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Psbskdjed vry tvsnmg apt Sunday)' mad svsry Saaday morning at
1 j: , : OUR . INTERBTINQ -PRESIDENT.
El RESIDENT ROOSEVELT haa been considerably
criticised by Very Tair and in some esses friendly
t t -i" newspaper of high standing for hit appointment
-i-of PauTMorton, a confessed violator 01 ,iaw, 10 o ceu
Hnet;' for. the refusal .! the attorney-general to jiphold
the hands of Attorneys juason ana tiarmon in ui?irip;
vettigatiohs against the; Santa F railroad, of which
& Morton was vice-president and manager, resulting in
their retirement from th case; and for the retention and
I honoring of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis, while
? Bowed was everejyc,ensurea ana oiscnargeu m uisgrscc
i 1 -, We will not take space here to go into the facts in de
1 tail that hare been mad public in these several cases,
but will only say thai as to them, as far as appear on
ii,. .i.rW the criticisms of the president are well
I tn,tTAA 1 seems that the Santa Ft
.1 wtr.tun ui be investisrated aid
I man-who was responsible for this 'railroad's criminal op
' r. nations was not onlyvnot.to be prosecuted butpraised
Mod promoted and honored because,-forsooth, tinder
; r.ath. he told the truth. It looks on the surface of
I things as i Loomis wasAbout' as 'nsf-f
rdormdch thesame teUnB!' the truth 4het gained
Morton honor and reward. How. it might be asked, is
l railroad corporation to be punished for criminality ex-
I teptUhrouga:itrespohsil)le Btliceraf-Anawnai eori
Tnf WmA: and "righteousness" is it that attacks a criminal
j railroad and makes an honored assistant in the govern
( ment of the man who is the executive head of that rail
road? And why should molasses,
Loomis and Bowen be fed vinegar?
r Well, we don't , know, but perhaps the - New York
World is largely, right in saying, in substance, that
I Roosevelt is running sort 6f personal-government If
1 he wants a treaty, he gets It, or makes it To get the
Panama canal he fathered a new republic And so on.
I M l not a martinet He cuts the
necessary for his purpose. . He thought
aereiee bv makinst a toll, straightforward statement, and
i liked him for doing so.' He thought
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credit Loomis on account of what
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to nave been a peccaauio, ana so ne
the other.' Hewantel to show up the Santa Fe ras
cah'ty tmt not to punish liis friend Morton on that ae-
count
JSojneQf.lhcjeatjte
i Is an impulsive man, and takes short cuts to the objects
he desires to accomplish, but nobody any longer doubts
i'that his impulses are food, his motives high and-right,
( and his purposes in harmony, as nearly as he can strike
the chords, with pure patriotism, , v' .-. . - ; .--';
Though some of these criticisms-seem reasonable and
; Just, it is not to', be forgotten that Theodore. Roosevelt
ibai immensely raised the standard of official life in this
country.' , There are fewer rascals in the public service
"j than there were five years ago, and very much less fear
i and 'prospect of rascals getting into the public service
j than, tbenW All through the , country pen have a dif
i ferent, a higher idea of the proper responsibilities of pub
' lie service, and. are acting on that idea, t While we can
) not satisfactorily explain the president's actions 1ft these
; piiiKuwi) we vcticTv inn uc is ucicrnunca to execute
, tne laws as wuy ana isiriy as isonioie, and tnat gr-f to Aemseve, U
. m.m " . " .si -f can representative bod?
tect them and weed them out. His.
i - cofsvm -- tec ot a- tremendously strong lirer Shows
this.' So does his appointment of Bonaparte,' a man .who
''I is nothing if not a reformer. I: :Xy.r .S::'-
t We believe-, in a word, spite of the Incident mentioned,
j that Roosevelt is a man of high ideals, of sincerity, of
great courage, and of rare executive ability; and that it
was Immensely valuable to the country that an originally
f "accidental president" was a man of this mould and type.
THE SCHOOLMA'AMS WILL ENJOY "THEM-H
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C CHOOL TEACHERS, while ioing vers ImdoTN
ij ' ant and onerous work, arid-while-the rank and
rtl le of them are usually underpaid, nave some
I advantages and compensations that do not fall to the lot
i of most people. ' Their pay is regular
it they can accommodate themselves and have all neces
sary comfort and some -of the luxuries of life. Their
actual working hours in the schoolroom are short, and
they have two full days. Jn-the week to themselves. And
then they have a long vacation through the summer, for
study, recreation or other remunerative labor. C "
..: We are not criticising these features of their occupa
tion or bearudffinsr lbt trarhrrs thrss blrtting fnr th
deserve them, and require them in
i work well; on the contrary we are pleased at this season
of the year to see the teachers who can afford to do so
J, tsking their vacation and enjoying themselves, as well as
' gaining new knowledge and ideas for, the year's work
4 that lies beyond the vacation period. v,
i A large number of teachers from many states will visit
fthe Lewis and Clark exposition and remain a enmuUr.
able time in the Pacific northwest this summer. Many
( of them are already here, and the exposition will have no
more ooservant, intelligent and appreciative visitors, nor
any, perhaps, unless it would be an equal number of
newspaper people, whose visit will result in more good
to this region '.These teachers will be delighted and in.
spired by their trip to Oregon, and cannot fail to in
terest Jhe rising-generation in their several localities in
this state and section of the Country. AnH ,fcf
t girl, being told about Oregon and the exposition by an
r enthusiastic .teacher, will not desire to come out here
f when, grown up? . '
Not altogether for this somewhat selfish reason, how-
ever, does Oregon welcome the teachers from New Eng.
land, from the middle west, from all parts of the country,
f but also because we know they well deserve to have at
f onc. recrtlv 'nd educaUve vacation, a really and
sensibly enjoyable time, and we believe they will have
t this here in Oregon, and particularly in visiting the ex
. position. I ; , a :
b PRpSECUTION IS WELL BUT
ENATOR; MITCHELL has been Indicted, tried
and convicted. With ther
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. v ine, penauy mc ueinanus oi me law have been
I' "Satisfied. He is entirety within his rights to strive for a
rehearing or to take the matter to a higher court. -,
Put-having been convicted it is neither manly not" de-
cent to continually "rub it in," to rake and scrape every
j unfavorable and oftentimes unintelligent comment' from
' the press of the country to reprint it here so that poison
may be put in a wound that is already dangerously near
? fatal Th Journal ha no sympathy for wrongdoers.
,. It believed in the justice of the verdict which the jury
! found against Senator -Mitchell end it said so; -Bnt it
; does' not believe in kicking a man -when he is down or
i keeping up indefinitely the torture of a writhing victim.
Senator Mitchell is not the only man in Oregon that
I ever violated the law. For his derelictions lie is already
raying' the heavy penalty. , Others more fortunate, but
; perhaps not less guilty, bare escaped. ' Some of Uem
AHINDBPENDENT NRW8PA
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convicted; he is
deal with him;
rasred in
railroad as a cor
disciplined, but .the
lection of a site
be ladeled out to
So long as the
tion the iroblenrii
clusive that the
red tare whenever
Morton did a big
relief ' come must
Bowen fried to dis
seems to Roosevelt
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kicks one ana Kisses
with" the
certainty of heavy
ground which an
secure st very little
The east side
problem but it is
arouse .the sympathetic interest of people in all section
of rhe citv regardless Jof iverything except their in
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retention of Hitch-
for the present ruling class, the grand duke and.other
It mav be urged
originate and pas
true, yet an assembly ,jn which the grand dukes and great
land baron would be the controlling element would be
only a pretense and a mockery.,. How far the czar can
and sure; and to
or resist those -demand,' are problems that may well
order to do their
AFTER
MAYOR LANE has taken a radical but very com
mendable step in revoking the licenses of every
special officer in the city. ; He has been forced
to do this by the fact that no record has been kept' of
them and by the . certainty that in the hundred or more
appointed there are . included many; men who are not
entitled to the commissions.?' Indeed there is no way
in which the system of graft can be better perpetuated
than by the special officer system. 'There are men hold
ing star who are doing legitimate knd necessary service
but there are many
to protect -or i fleece
There hse consequently grown up a thoroughly irre
NOT PERSE-
them when they get
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fb Journal Building. Pin and yanhi3
may even lurlr in the dark corners of the .Tsll Tdwef.
We have all heard of the "Cassius-save-me-or-I-perish"
message sent to Attorney-General Williams 'at Wash
ington and likewise rumors of how he made good with an
exhibition of strenuosity rarely equaled. : :j.
..But that is cithervhee Jior there., Mitchell has been
now in the hands of the law which will
The officers of the law have prosecuted;
nobody should persecute. : If there is one among us who
has not sinned let hkn cast the first stone. , Surely on
that basis the missile will not be launched from the Tall
Tower or by the experienced hand of Harvey' ScottT
V-lL 1 i CONSIDER THE FUTURE" NEEDS. ; - ,
HE PEOPLE OF PORTLAND are so busily en-
so many other directions, that they are
il sot to "Oyeflook.the. question presented in the se
for th easf side High school. "There
rectly in connection with the fair that most ot tnem nave
no time for other matters of local ebneern and rtot too
much for their . regular businesses But nevertheless
some seridus attention should be paid to this question for
it 4s hut the-oreuwnerf-manyheruesions of sim-4
uar import tnai win soon come crowumg in a cuy -wnicn
will grow as rapidly as Portland is destined to grow
within the next ftoe years. : The growth as well as the
inclusion f suburbs complicates the rannicipal"problem
presented and materially, increase the cost of mainten
ance. ' But any one who looks around andNioteS the
rapidity with, which the city hi being built'cannot fail to
be impressed by consideration of what fs to become ol
the school childreaunless some provision is mad for
their future well being. V ;';',, v.'.
city is not closely built up in certain sec
not loserious as 11' might otherwise
be. But the evidence of the past three year is con
breathing places are rapidly disappear
ing in the neighborhood of the school and that whatever
soon come from the vacant ground
owned and controlle5 by the school board itself. It must
not be forgotten that when such an enterprise as a high
school is undertaken it is built not to meet a present
necessity but to provide for the reasonable requirements
of years to come. That nothing should be considered but
the1 bare ground 4or the building is a preposterous way
of looking St the question. It simply means cramped
charges in the furore to provide the
enlightened public sentiment could now
cost J: -.:'''.-' " .;'.
people. are directly interested in. this
none the less a problem that ahould
terest m the public school themselves and the children
who are there being given an education. . , '
THE PROPOSED RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY V j'
HILE from the St. Petersburg reports it is hot
irflv iclrr-. wht' the' Russian 'nthnrlti
to do as to the much-discussed par
liament or representative body, and perhaps is not clear
seem unlikely that a truly and fairly
will be.'suthomeM or snowed, ex
cept,sfterfar.gTeater .revolutionary demonstrations than
have yet taken place. A recent report is to the effect
that the czar has. wholly changed the plan supposed to
have been adopted, , and . now purposes-a parliament
based largely1 on property qualification, and especially
land holdings. This would effect no change worth while,
great landlords, with their immense and almost intermi
nable estates, would oh such 'a basis still be in power, and
could dictate or defeat any -measure or legislative, move
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that. the neasantrv-ere not fit to
laws, s.nd cannot be trusted with legis
lative land administrative power, and this is probably
safely go in granting the demands of the zemstovis'ts,
and on the other hand to what extent he can safelv denv
puzzle wiser beads, even if honest ones, than bis. That
there must be a change in Russia's form and method of
government seems inevitable, but how radical that change
may "be or hdw long its accomplishment may take, or at
what cost and by what processes, are questions that can-
not a yet be ajiswerexL. : ;; - -
THE SPECIAL OFFICERS.
other who us their stars as mean
vice as best suits their purposes.
sponsible system, of which practically no one had cdjitrol
and out of it all has developed a system which in some
respects has become 'thoroughly disgraceful. '
.This latest move of the mayor's wilt immediately get
thing around to where they ought to be. Men entitled
to the commissions will get them, if they- pass the gaunt
let of the chief of police. If they are not the; right sort of
men they will not be able to get hi consent to the is
suance of a commission and if their appointment is not
sought for a perfectly legitimate reason that fact; will
soon be apparent In this way the interests of the city
and people can be protected' and all special officers made
to feel to the full the responsibility: which rests unon
a city commission. ... -. . ,; "
SHOULD BE ADMITTED.
FIRST THINGS congress ought to
. convenes : next ' fall is to admit
either with or without Indian Ter
ritory, as a state, it, or they, if theyare to be joined for
the purpose of statehood, have, ample, population, wealth
and prospects to Justify their admission. Statehood has
been repeatedly promised them, -and has been as often
defeated by politics) and partisan maneuvering and man
ipulation, and possibly by even baser means. The bill
admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state
was detested, by the expiration of the last congress, but
should be put through without fail this falL , We think
that Arizona snd New Mexico, though more sparsely set
tled, if not ss two, should be admitted as, one state, and
thn clean- up the territorial business, except a to
Alaska end that territory will ats6 probably be a state
some day, after the construction of the projected Alaska
Siberian railroad.:; v ,. i , .-
SMALL CHANGE
' The good roada tnovsmsnt Is tnrfvlns.
Tbe "Cowboy f roeu" . will , aeon
Alokar -out 41k all -iraUar : characters
have done. t
.. The expoeltlon aeema to bave eneour
ased matrimony. It Is Just the thing
for a wedding trip. . . .,,'..'
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I- OkUhome deserves to be let tn. f ;
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Two-bits for evenings ts enough.
ftoyr the pert perasrsphers will work
rf. HROifwii vvmr evme mvn, (
. .. A row followed the flag In a Canada
town, .. ..; : ;
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We hope none of the doctor will set
sick while. here and bave to take eome
ef their own or their medical brethren's
medicine. , , .."!..'
Hops afford some 'people an opportun
Ity. to, gamble. t , ,,. ,
JLlse, a; railroad to' Mount Hood."- T" '
The eeteemed Taeoma Ledser can any
day In the week flsure out a terser
volume of commerce for that City, than
el moat any other port In the world. ; Of
couree 'Taeoma, according to the i
teemed Ledger, far outclaeeee all other
flfle coaet poi te.'- JJeten to Taeoma
twlUer. '," :1 -?-':
It is very eaty for a lawyer to advise
others, to so out snd work In the barvest
Oeldav : -. 1 ,: , i
If mankind bad no peeta to light or
foes to subdue, they would soon become
too proua ana laey to ne endured, i
The Poet of the Sierras is properly a
sueet or nonor. , " , P '
Rockefeller date -eome- Broorrwith1"a
small portion of ble .money, anyway,
Let bim bave credit for that much. .
The pioneers ere passing.. Be rood
to them while they live, . y :,
Still, a 18,000 a year salary Is some
what of a consolation purse, . v ,
Morton has out down all salaries
except presumably, bis' own. . x.-
Torrldlty Continues ' to cans .'much
eufterlns and many deaths In eastern!
cttlea,-whlle In Oregon the temperate
breeses,. moistened . with - midsummer
mlet, make living a delight ,.:
Peary la happy again oft . for. the
frosen north and aiming- for the pole.
The chances are-, many to one that be
won't reach It, but he may very likely
beat all .previous efforts In the matter
of reaching; a low ltutudr.i.,v ----"
The Prince and ' Princess of Wales,
having already four boys and only one
gin, wanted-the latest arrival to h i
little sister, but were t.lsappolnted. as
the csar and csarlne, of Russia were' for
long time because all the little new
comers were girls. - Fate and fortune in
such cases have no more regard for the
desires xf princes than of peasants.
Sons Canadians trampled the Ameii-
cn flag in the mod, but before declar-
Ing -war. on Canada and -areat "Britain
let the provocation, and ail the- clMum
etanoes or tne occasion te duly consid
ered. A 'flag doesn't give Americans
license to Insult snd Impose-on other
people in their own country,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Twenty teachers are em ployed in the
Roseburg publlo school s t
... , ' . e- - e ,' y
The flrat barveeting of 'wheat near
Pendleton began Monday'. - Tw6beaders
and sight header beds are need la cut
ting the wheat and the handling of the
grain is expedited by the us ot nets
in the boxes - Thirty men . are em
ployed to run the different parts of the
machine and Ti horses are used on the
different wagons la the outfit, j - t
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The Pendleton scouring mills finished
Monday the work of scouting the re
maining wool from the Are that de
stroyed two. carloads at Baker City re
cently. . The lose 1 much greater than
was at first reported and will amount
f-SS.00. There was U.00O pounds
of scoured and tl.OOS pounds la the
grease in the consignment and of this
amount but l,09o pounds was saved.
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Willamette valley development leagues
should get busy about those railroads
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On bopyard near . Independence con
sists of 440 screa .. ,. , '. - ' ' .
The North Bend shlngls mill will re.
celve another machine on the next Al
liance. This will increase the capacity
Of the factory one third. The ahlnvla
mill received an order for 1.000.00
ahingles this week and Is receiving
Inquiries for orders dally. ' .'
Tillamookera still doubt about . a
railroad, , . .
. ..vv;; 'e XiLijf. :;Z:,.
Waliowa is to bst a bank.'
- l; !'-'''..-' ' ',, ;. . e (e '. ... U -Spraying
and sunshine bava rid the
hopyard of most of the lice.
Burn TImee-lferald: Miss Julia
Oreeley has returned from her vscstlonJ
trip to the fair snd other points. She
bad a very pleasant trip, and upon re
turning home promised never mind,
only she Isn't a "roan of her word.'' -
-Hot spell did more barm than good.
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If fov wanted hunt get a license. 1
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All the bop lie ar not dead vet
though some hundreds of millions. of
them had- tsets . eternal -Quietus made
by the hot weather ot last week Salem
Statesman. Couldn't you count 'em any
nearer, t nan tnat r . ' . i , T
.-it' e e
Oregon needs and must have mor
railroads. " f , ' '. . . 'M j
Moot crops sll right, In - pouglas
county, f ' '.u .r.. ' ; 1 ju'H -,
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Lakevlew Herald: PerKsps th Her
ald owe to its readers en apology for
tne lack of local item this week. This
has been a gala wem for Lakevlew and
the editor foreman, devil and all the
reel of the fores bave been celebrating
and taking tn the ball gamee. And be
sides all of tfeese amusements we have
leeued a small, dally; which took con
etderabt of the force's time. Next week
w promise's good local paper, full oi
the happenfbge of interest in the town
snd throughout the country. . .
LUXUIIY IS A NATION
AL MENACE 'r;;v: .
' y -ssv. Taossss B. Orefory, V
. Ths Amerieans are. the beat fed people
on ths face of the earth, snd this year's
menu shows a greater abundance and
variety of the thins ' that tickle th
palate and promote gustatory' delight
in general than were ever snown oeior.
Better food, and more of it not only
the neceesariee, but many of the luxu
ries as well is the ordinary ruie loqay
as oompared with the days of old. t
For all of which w should be thank
ful. ... , , - .: ' .
The, underfed man Is crippled In life's
battle. His body, bis mind, hie moral
nature eveiv are weakened by the lack
of proper sustenance, and bis achieve
ments are . proportionately curtailed.
1 But there is such thing as eating too
much, and it In more , than likely' that
overeating has dona more - then the
drink hsblt toward debauching the : hu
man race, j " .. v
Be this as It may. It will pay us to
faithfully remember that food is not the
end. but the means to the snd; that we
should, eat to live, not live to sat; and
that ' ths moment this, rule is reversed
ths true life of the. Individual and of
the nation la put In Jeopardy. : V '
National progress is not to be meas
ured by . the advance - that is - mad In
luxurious - living. Somehow or other
Spsrtsn valor--is- jmreparably connected
In our thought with Spartan elmpltclty.
The. moat noticeable -feature of i ths
living ot ths- wonderful men who 'made
the great Roman republic was Its tem
perance; whilst of the men- who - de
stroyed th republic or -by their Impo
tence Invited its deetructloiv it may be
said that - their most pronounced poets,
llarlty was an inordinate fondnee for
long snd elaborate menus. " . . -1
Wo have aurely not yet forgotten the
fact that ths men. who mad the ynued
State of America lived stmpl lives,
live that were in no way overburdened
W"h, luxurious bill of fare,
Eating to live, the fathers of our
country subordinated ths palst to prin
ciple, and ths gustatory glands to ths
high snd solemn sense of duty. - -
They bad . a work to do and that
work was not to gormandise.
Remembering that national luxurious-
ness Is always the forerunner - of na
tional decadence and death, I am free
to confess that some of the sights I eee
around me In our American life make
me tremble for th future of -my coun
try. ".' ' ; -. .' " - ; .-(.---
Her 1 the conclusion-of the whole
matter; ' National struggle, simplicity
and" suceeasrnatlonoevso wetland splen
dor; national weaitn sna luxury roi
lowed by corruption; decay 'SmaWW&th. .
Through an ths ages it is tn asms
old story; and as ewre'es fate it will be
our story, too, .. unless we mend our
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The United States of America he no
"pull" with the powers governing thia
universe, and It la as certain ss any
thing can be in this world that If we
forget th law of temperance our glory
will depart and this great republlo will
take its place alone witn th otner
ghosts In the graveyard of the nations
Beyond a doubt ws are drifting to
ward th conditions- out -et which "ns
tlonal decay springs as naturally as th
fungu grows out of ths dying tree.
It la a fact that 1 not to b denied ny
any one who la aware-of what is going,
on around hlmy that the' American peo
ple ar becoming mar and more enam
ored -of luxury; more ana mors inter
ested in money and the things ' that
money commands, euch aa .fins- estab
lishments, high living, social eminence
In eword. dlaplay. To put ths whole
business Into a single- word, . material-
Ism. -!'- ' T -
The modiste, ths hairdresser, th dec
orator, the butler sad, high sbove all
ths rest, ths chef, are already th high
snd sovereign term smong the 'four
hundred.", '' ','
And, to our everlasting sham be it
ild. th people th plain people. If
you will ere doing their level best to
ape th rich simpletons at ths top. '
With a pace that I far too rapid, tb
masses of ths people ar being Infected
with the luxury microbe, and with the
mania for menus, functions and other
such thing that appeal to the eye slong
th line of vsnity, or to tn appetite oy
way of rich drinks snd viands j .-
Last Sunday I heard a fins band play
something or other they celled "Pan-
Americana." but all , ths Pan-Ameri
cans in creation will not servo to save
us unless we set back before it is too
lats to th simplicity or nr wmca enau
keep pur bodies full of healthy blood
and our mind fuU of clean, sensible
sad honest thoughts.
sme Roosevelt
' Trom the New York World.
Our arraat and sood friend the New
Tors. trsas Is among the many orthodox
Republican newspapers which profess to
be mystified by President Roosevelt'
conduct In th caae of Paul Morton snd
Francis B. Looml. . . -
Ws can assure all these perplexed ad
mirers that there Is no mystery what
ever, about Mr. Roosevelt aotloa lie
1 carrying out the same inherent no
tion of personal government . that he
haa exemplified ever, since he beoam
president of the United State. . - ,
- Th Theodore Kooeeveit wno aDsoivea
Paul Morton and promoted Francis B.
Looml I th same Theodore Roosevelt
who' invented tb constructive recess In
ths Internet of snother friend, Dr.
Lonrd Wood.-', f; .-? v ., v U :
He l the same Tneooore rtooeeveit
who inspired penalon. order No. 7. '
H la th same xneodore nooaeveit
who arbitrarily closed pontoffice when
the conduct or eome or tn patrons or
those offices was not eeernly. v .'
He 1 th same Theodbr Roosevelt
who made war In Panama without the
consent of congress. , '-' .. .' ' '.. '
He. is the same - Theodore Roosevelt
Who undertook to make trestle with
out tb advice snd consent of the senate.
He, is the same Theodore Roosevelt
wbo, after congress had refused to give
him power to remodel ths Panama canal
commission, boasted that "I remodeled
It anyhow." v V : :.-
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First Shoes in Fifty-Eight Years. ..V
- ProrA ths New York Tribune. '
United States Commissioner Shields
put on a new-pal" of shoes yesterdsy.
the first Jie had worn In It year.- Since
s boy the commissioner bad stuck to the
old-fashioned bo?t of a generation ago.
The same bootmaker in Brooklyn n.r.'.ie
them until he oled, and etnee then the
on continued the manufacture. ' , " '
Teaterday morning., tb-x'mmlMloner
pptsred i at ths Federal building ap
parently hardly able to walk. Hi sou
In-law, "Big Sam." Edlck, ran It hl
asstatsne. W -- - 1 -' 'J-
.''It' thee hoe, h explained, 'They
won't stay tied."
All day - U wee reported about th
building that the -commissioner he a die
carded hie boots,, and Marahal Henkrl
nd th other cam to eee end wondor.
Twenty time through th day sm on
had to tie thera for him, and thnu he
discovered hi nocks would not stay vp.
Bend out nd get m two of thoee
blnrks and tackles, or whatever they
are, that you keep 'tm up with," be Mil,
A' boy 1 :u-Tit them, snd tor halt sn
hour f a c T.lu.ionar etruggUd man-
fully to et tt. n -en. Ha gave It up Rt
last e?. i asked that some one "rig .em
ud for Li . . . i t . - I.
8eem l.ke I am walking about tn
my socle feet." hs explained last night
"My son 'Archie' got me to go buy them,
but I think 1'U send, him out of town
tomorrow snd pat any boot bsca on.
LETTERS FHOM THE
' '"? ' PEOPLE ;':-'-:):' sr
, A as-frestod Eolattoa. . ...
BalUton, Or July XL To th Bditor
of The Journal In th National Maga.
sins for July, Senator P. J. MoCumber
of North Dakota' st great length dis
cusses -What Lies Ahead .of. This Peo
ple r H devote much space ts setting
forth Spencer's view of evolution from
gas w came and unto gas shall we re-
tum-and then proceeds t trso pres
ent-day oclal tendencies as exhibited to
department stores, trust and great rail
way comblses. His conclusion Is th
Usual one, that' there la no escape from
a great world-socialism of the paternal
government- type, la whicn-ine pessv
mistlcallr ssserU) ths individual. In ex
change for a -relief from th worrle rn
oldental to the present . trugl for
existence, must Submit to 'Ah ear
render of his individuality: that dwarf
ing of every funotlon. that makee for b,,, nto ti phi state of unprenarednt
perfect manhood and-womenboort Uslnd ineteney---r- -JtTtlmT
perpetual imprisonment pi me potential
possibilities of ait and the final decay
of the mind end soul." This is a Cheer
less view of the -"brother bood-sf saon
of our Socialist friends, but th senator
aaaerts that such I th inevitable snd of
all abelal tendencies
If this la the eeruin onn or au
human evolution, on may well ask what
haa become of . Spencers -power, mat
make for righteousness." and one might
easily excuse suicide In the materialist
who thlnka the final destiny or iai
vldual man . la a more return t the
ongtnar gaseous stats, geelngr thst-thers
Is no escape -from "rapia. integration
and . its onaeq.uenv1l8,"- the senator
can only suggest-legislating as tar as
possible to protect the neiq or maiviauai
opportunity and - st retsrd th un
lann. cllmas, . .'.ij . -
But i evolution, tn,. rare senator
MoCumber' would have Q believe I I
this long-drawn-out martyrdom of man
to have no better ending than ba been
shows In the past . In Hgyptian and
Babvlonlan civilisation, where immense
populatione were pat to toll at bug
monuments, '.walls 'snd temple for th
double purpose, of, keeping , lhem- em
ployed snd to graury tne vsnuy tu
psternal rulerT- One can hardly bellev
In such a universal' paradox, but rather
that th mind of man will triumphantly
evolve a system whereby th benefits of
ssaociation may co-exist witn tn larg
eat Individual development snd freedom.
As leading in that direction can we not
limit , the functions of existing form
ot government to- control -of these busi
nesses wbich are In their very nature
monopolies, leaving Individual effort
fre snd smple opportunity for it sner-
!a"end development t ' in otner woraa.
Instead of .assuming that mankind must
perforce follow th patn laid out oy
Bellamy and Msrx. wouia we not o won
to give a trial to the sytem of Henry
OeorgeT, . .' wal.ua (.a iaiu.
Thera la a remarksbl difference M-
wMn the Tim Frswley who used to
haad Ma own atock company up ana
down the const snd th T. Daniel F raw-
Icy who Is st ths Marqusm in wenara
Harding Dsvls' ' delightful, comedy,
Ransons Folly." And that difference
tm rfecMaidlv In favor of Daniel. ,
-In thl. on of th best of Richard
Harding Davis' plsys. we have sn ideal
American hero as army lieutenant
full of deal, and abandon: handsome,
chivalrous; without a fsult " beyond
Scotch high-balls, truly in love with s
gh-1 beneath hi tatlon and what more
could be desired! He takes It Into his
bead to hold-up .a stage ooach with a
pair of sheers, just to prove to hi
fellow officers that It can be dona It
work . perfectly, but .unfortunately
there 1 a real hold-up after the Joke
la ended A. United 8 tales paymaster
la ahot and robbed snd. ss the victim
of - circumstantial - evidence, Ranson ia
mated for the crime. He ha paid
dearly for hi folly. JSut happily a
Davis always get to b In act 111
th real: highwayman .wa shot In the
hand, and Ranson s right upper limb Is
without a blemish. And In th last Una
of the nlay hi Innocence Is proved, he
win the girl, makes friends with her
father, Is restored to fellowship by his
comrades and the' curtain goes down on
a cen of rejoicing.
It Is much like th story I .."Ran
eon's Folly" only it contain some
mle-htliy interesting characteristic that
could not be crammed within th pages
of short army yarn.-. It 1 a play of
absorbing Intereet snore serious than
"The Dictator," and almost th equal
of "Soldier of Fortune." v , ,
But, to return to Mr. Frswley that
trip around the world appears to have
accomplished wonder In hi favor. He
ha less rotundity than three year ago.
He 1 more natural, a much better ex
ponent of th repreeslve art; he speak
with more precision, enunciates more
distinctly, and exhibits' mors tesr-oom-pelltiur
qualitlc in hi scenes of pathos
than lil oldest friends thought possible.
Frawley. was s favorite long ago. but
hse now won higher. honors. ' .,-.-j-.'
Ths compeny supporting the 'star is
often good, and sometimes indifferent
As Mary Cahlll, Miss Kleanor Montell
raptured th second place in th Sffec.
tlons of th audience, whereas It might
have gone to Mark Price a Jeff Cahlll,
tlie dishonest post-trader. Mr. Price
was not quite convincing ia his love for
the daughter. - y r, '.
"Ranson' Folly" move on against a
military background and to tb large
audience which attended last night It
was thrilling. Tb bill wtll finish the
week st the Marquara. . . -
c;. i". :-.'V j, ;.. RACS. WHITNET.
Why Soap-Eaterg Eat Soap. '7.
' . From ths Buffalo Knqulrer. ' ; '
Mr. Charles 8. Howe, the general seo-
retsry of ths American Assoclstlon for
th Advancement of Science, Said at a
dinner of scientists: '. -.
"False ' science, th pseudo-scientino
method, with its explanations that ex
plain nothing and help us la no wis,
may bs Jl lost rated, perhaps, with a
little episode that I heard of th erher
day. '. ..n ,' '-
"A-student went to his Instructor
and said;.. :,
" 1 am Informed, sir, that people ar
Sometimes bora with a desire te eat
soap.' . ' y ''" '
"That i -.uts-tru,th. Instructor
answered.' . "'..''
" Whst Is tb csus ef Itr eased th
etndent i ' : :' ': ! '
" The people,' wa th reply, are
th victims of aappeaeomanla.' .
" "What doe seppeeeomanta mean,
profexeorr th student said. '
"'It means,' th professor answered,
a oslr to est op.' "
( :.::iTHE 'PLAY &ya
1: vAtrrj-TiizI
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From th Londob Malljj .'
':- Lord Roberts haa Issued S strong ap- '
peal to the natlon-for funds for the es. -:
tabllshment and encouragement of rjfl
dub throughout tb country. . ,. '
' "Courage and dleolpllne." hi eays, "are
a necessary a ever they -Were, but
these-qualifications win net enable us '
to win battle nowaday unless we can
boot aa well as. or bettor than, our
adveraariea. ' ' .- - .
"In the last' resort th 'independenc'
of a tst depends not only on tbe wll
Ungnee but th ability oft th nation
a a whole to toke up' arms n self
defensa . Even fot the South African
war. w had to look: for help outside ..
the "regular and auxiliary force of th
United Kingdom ,and the colonic, and
wers forced to hastily organise an army i
composed of men who possessed no pre
vious military training, end had never -before
handled a rifls. Thi fact wa
th cause of many of th disaster that '
occurred In th later stage of th. war, '
and tended materially to prolong mill- '
tary operations... -,-. . . .
"In America. Canada. Australia and:
South Africa, rifle club have multiplied !
elnce the South African conflict. Eng
land alone seems to have learned but lit
tle from the lessons ot ths wsr. and tn
bs content to sllow th nation to sink "
Rifle shooting ShouIdTb made a t.
tlonal pursuit, and Skllf with-1 he rifle'
a-natlonal aocompllahment In tbe same
manner that archery and SMI with ths t
long-bow wer so considered In th olden
day tn England. N- J- - . ,
-'By this means th country Would
cur a potential reserve without having
recourse. ; to - oonscriptlon. "a messur j
which is so distasteful to th major
ity of th people of thl country that it
adoption I greatly to bs. deprecated
except under th pressure of sn Over, f
jrhelrnlng national emergency. J-i :
"At th same time I am aattsflii ,
that unless om ytrs .'of obligatory -physical
training and' Instruction In
rifle shooting be enforced In all School v
and colleges snd smong the youth of the
country generally up to ths kg of It -year
we aball be compelled to reeort to
conscription In some form or ether." -,
Step are being taked te secure the
amalgamaUon of th National Rifle as- -
sooiation and tn society of Miniature
Rlfl club, and if Is hoped tbst under .
ths suapicea of th newly formed a ma.
elation rifls shooting will take its proper
place ia ths pursuits of tb nation. T
further -this object Lord Roberta eatl.
mate that 100,000 will be required.
ssawesse-aaTasaBSsesessBBSvases r '
LEWIS' AND' CLARKv
riourneytng U6' the Mtssourl river' near' '
Ing th Rocky mountains.) v,-
juiy -1 sergeant Ord way joined ua
about noon. On leaving the Wbitebear .
camp he passed at a abort distance a '
little creek or run aomlng In on the 'left.
Thl had been . already - examined . and -.
called Flattery runi it conulna : back
water only, with vnr extensive low v
ground which, rising Into larg plains,
reach the mountain on th east; then '
passed a willow island ea th left within '
one mil and a halt and reached,'1 two
miles farther,' a Cliff of rock in a- bend
on tb sam Side. In the course' of an
other mil snd' a half he passed two
Islaade eovered -Wth- wblts'tiottonwood. ?
Doxaiaer, 1 sweet ' willow and the usual
undergrowth. Ilk that ef the'Whltebeer
Island. At II mile cam to th .
mouth - of a small creek on L the -left r.
within the followlng nine mllea be passed.
three timbered island ad after making
13 H miles from th lower camp arrived.,
at th point of woodland on the north .
where the canoe were constructed'', " r
Ths day was fair and Verm; th men
worked very industriously and were en- .
abled by la evening to launch tb boats, ,
which tiow want only seats and oars ..
to- be completed. On ot them la SS, h
other S3, feet In length and three eet
wide. CapUln Lewis walked but be
tween' three and (our mile over the
rocky bluffs to a high situation ' two
mile from th river, a little below Fort '
Mountain creek. ' Tbe country which he v
saw wa in most part, level, but oc
casionally became varied by gentle rises
and descents, but with no timber except
along th Water. ' From this position th
point at which th Missouri nr tbn
first chain ef th Rocky mountalW-bor f
south ts degrees west sbout 2 mile, so-,
core ing to our estimate. .
Tb northern extremity of that chain n
north TS degr west st th distance of .
a rallee... I.. ,.
To th earn extremity of th second j
Chain tiorth 65 degree west 150 miles. '
To ths most remote point of a Iblrd ,
and continued chain of these mountain
north, B0 defer eee west about K0 miles,.
Tb direction of th first 'chain was
from th south to degrees east t north -
SO degree weal; of th second, from ou,th -
46 degree east to north 4 degree west;
but th eye could not. reach their-south- :
em extremities, which most probably may
be traced to Mexico. In ths course south
7t' degrees west, and st th distance of
eight miles, la a mountain which,-from
Its appearance w shall call Fort moun- .
tain. It is situated in tn level plain-
and forms . nearly a square, each eld
f which Is a mil . In extent These,
id, which are composed of a yellow
clay with no mixture of rock' or slone '
rhtvr rise -. eeroendlcularly to -the '
height of loO feet, where the top become "i
a level plain covered, as captain iwi
now observed, with' a - tolerably fertile -mould
two feet thick, on Which- wss a ,'
coat of grass similar to that of th plait '
below; it has the appearance- of -being ,
perfectly Inaeoeeaible, and althoughMbe t,
mound near the fall somewhat' re
ferable It yet none of them ar so larg. ;
What Does It Mean? " Vj; :
' ' From the Irlgon Irrigator. ', .. 1 !
'A gang of surveyors, about 15 In all
are st work acros the river, on th
Washington aid. . They ar now csmpenl ;
near th Patterson ranch, about four .
miles weat' of- us, snd sr working, up . '
the river, or' t ... '. : vl,.,--Z:-;.:
There la also s .right-of-way man "in .
th party snd it is asld thay ar locat- '
Ing a Una for a railway snd purchasing " "
the right of way aa they go. '
As theysrs practically adopting th
old Northern -Pselflo lmes it I . aitr.
mlaed that th -Northern Pacific will 1
at once begin the construction 6t a road y
along th north bank of the Colurabl '
from Paaeo down." " . -, .
We are not prepared to Bar Whit M
In the air, but the surveyor are work-
ing with great dispatch snd it will not '-.
take them long to reach s?eo ei tb -
present rate of ped.
Eclipsed
T From ths Chics go Nw. - .
I bsve here, sir," began th book-,'
agent "a volum .containing II lecture
by is great men. One lecture for' every .
week of th year." . - ' : ;' f e
Ooed rracroua. man," replied the merk '
cltlsen, "I ant married and have a wife .
that supplies m with a lecture every day
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