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:-r A CHANCE TO HELP PORTLAND.-.
J f"V UTSIDE 'of all other considerations Portland day
should be made the greatest
, reason that the attendance on
ly fix Portland's ftafus in the eyes of
the fair has come to be an old story with tfie news
papers of the country, and 1S is -printed about it than
jwas formerly the case, every paper in'the United States
will print the total attendance on that day as it is tele-
. graphed them uirougn tne press agencies iroiu umuu.
If that attendance is relatively small it will give an
undeserved reputation to Portland. With a large at
' tendance American readers will get an impression of
Portland- population jind, enterprise suchas(udhi
no other way be made ao, effective :.'
;"lf we feel the importance; of getting an advertise
ment thaf will really do the city a great deal of good,
then the thing to do is to turn out on that day and swell
the attendance so that it will go forth next Saturday night
that the .attendance on the. city' day exceeded that
. recorded at any of the smaller fairs. , If the number could
be made lOO.OOCf the value to the city as an advertisement
would be inestimable. - Therefore let us all patriotically
ijoin together and make it 100,000 or over, r ; ', .' i?
' CirPPPffSa THtt PASS EVIL. ' 'i 1;
- ? vTrT8"0111 Bj hi ,tlff wgfc-te
V TVf .tickeU to, Portland and return, paying the
Y y " j usual rates and refusing passes over the rail
Jroaa oa which they traveled, they did a good thing, and
th. governor did! well to make the fact known.. 'He did
:not do it to parade his civic virtue, but it was proper
that when a prominent official does an unusual right
ithing -it -should , be made known, as ai example and a
lesson to others. ." .. ''" U: ?' ? ''
; When Mr. , Bryan, though not an official, ,refuses
'passes and paya. his farv he does a good thing and sets
good example. If he . were president he would never
-accept a special train, or even a, car, or. government
Vessel for himself or family, or if he diddrowl iay
-he-regular: pac
lie would oe corrupted or in me teasi inuucnf cu uy
accepting the favor of a railroad company or the gov
ernment, but to set an example and because it would be
ijright jA railroad company does not offer passes to men
like Roosevelt and Folk to corrupt r-influence them.
. ut as a matter of courtesy and in
But it is an evil custom. --
' When Mayor Lane sent back the passes handed to
him on his election, in accordance with this custom,
he did a good thing and set a good example. The rail
Toads ,; did not expect to influence Mayor Lane ; they
. Ijcnew they could not, if they would; but they did 0 be-
- -cause this bad" procedure has become customary. ,
i . If passes were to be confined to such men as Roose
velt, Folk and Lane no harm" would result; but every
, 'man elected to office, down to dog catcher, expects and
gets a pass. And for many of them a pass is a big
thing, r They value it so highly that in consideration of
it they would sell out their, constituency, would in any
1 emetgencrserve the corporation giving them transpor
tation rather than the people who elected them and who
(: pay them... . , ?, ;j ; . .
. 'The pass evil becomes most . manifest in state leg
itlatures. Every man nominated for the next legis
lature should be pledged to accept no railroad pass. If
a man isnt able' and willing to pay his fare to Salem
end back he isn't fit to, go to the legislature. , ' -;
The next legislature should pass a law prohibiting
any state, county or city official from accepting a pass.
If the legislature does not pass such a law the initiative
should be invoked to compel its passage. The pass evil
should be suppressed. . .i?. ; ' '' ' . ".t"
NEW YORK CITXJOUTlCa
U
CONFUSION worse confounded" expresses the
political situation in New York City. It is the
field against Tammany, with efforts to effect a
fusion of opposing forces so far ineffectual, or at least
not entirely successful, 'f-; . ;: .
The central figure inj this ferment is District Attorney
William Travers Jerome, who is his own and the peo
1
THE PLAY
. For about'atx minutes last night a
crowd of rpranUtlv Portland play
ors UucHad themselves to a point one
shad leea eerioua than apoplexy ovr
. burlaaqu of the - avaraa bloodand
thundar, ehlld-ateallng malodrame at
the Baker theetra, wher 81m Williams'
Ideals preaentad their harmless extrava
gmnas to en audlanca which taxed the
capacity Of tha playhouse. -The ehow
la twarer real burlaaque than any of Its
prdecaaora. Take-offs of th order
" described are as funny as any other
form of comedy and it's a eaaa of removing-
our hate te the Williams crowd
tor keeping ally tha rare old feature.
.." But that Isn't alL . "HuilcalTy. tba
probabilities era there 'lias been no bet
ter performance by a burlesque company
in Portland, soma of tta work being up
- te the standard musical comedy . for
which play-goers pay $1.10 a aeat. Tha
" comedy, too, la Usually good, although
there - are times when tha comedians
- bore their bearers with aged material.
' Chief among tha funny, men. Is Prank
rj'Brlen, who la the conventional tramp
and an. acrobatic, dancer of no mean
ability. Although he failed at times
to amuaa the- bouse, he was a Pate
Delley compared with his assistants.
" Tha voices of the aggregation- are
those of Katharine Klare.'-who makes a
great hit la "My Irish Molly. and Car
rie Franklin."the leading spirit Of a song
specialty celled "Lyna." These girls
re splendidly supported by a chorus of
beauties In magnificent ooatumes. The
epecieltlee foreign, to, tha burlesque It
self Include a remarkable acrobatic tura
by three women and a man end a mlxup
between Qruet and Oruet. who are
styled "musical mokes.' The costumes
are dassllagly new and a prettier scenic
setting than that of the second act
could hardly be expected. The bill Is
oa for tba entire week.
' '- "The" Convkt'a Daughter."
.At the Empire this week "The Con--vlet'e
Uws-hrer- fe-epree before- ha
the&tre-gners.' There - la magle In the
rtame end more magla In the piece.' It
la a thrilling exposition of the horror
of Jail life t aa Innocent man. who. In
the end. aveeaea the wrong performed
a rlnt hm and cornea once more Inta
I ! of his wife end che-ruld.
- -a-., Ceevlet'a - Ueughter" la .-, sot
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O N " D A I L Y
IHDEPBNDIMT HIWIPAPER
PUBLISHED, BY JOURNAL PUBL1SHINQ COJ
' Sunday moralng
Portleued, Oregon.
at
of the. fair for the
that day will large
the country. While
a miscellaneous
a good work in
New York could
It -will be seen
reason to complain
In the wheat
This was due
i .imiinr
happened this year.
deference to custom.
weather, and crop
Yet when later
remains true that
this season shows
centage of failure
farming, dairying,
sequence, ol it and
Should. '; - '- - -
MAKE A
tvhnmti thnt intra
are to be-hrought
tftWJiej3unis'iehe
where it is wisely
unfamiliar to- patrons of the popular
priced bouses and to bun who may de
sire to follow "Weary Willle, - the
tramp, through his remarkable career
once more, to see him become a gentle
man In the end and get the best of tha
villainous Blackadder, there la a splen
did opportunity this week. The play la
very well bandied. Geora-e J. Elmore
In tha herolo role la convincing and Wll-
pur ennsty is an exceptionally detest
able villain. The women of the com
pany carry their parts well. "'; ,f
Authors of melodrama usually strive
for one sen nation on which to build tha
play. In this Instance it ta the escape
of the oonvlct aoroaa a prison wall by
leaping te a swiftly moving train. The
play waa cheered to the echo yesterday
afternoon and last night, the house
being crowded at both perfopnancea.
"The Convict's Daughter" will run
all .week. : , ,
May Irwin at the Marquam Tonight.
- That exuberantly ralrtbral perses. May Irwin,
will prearat Ser latest eecermrol emardr. 'Mrs.
Dlark la Bark," at the Marquam Grand tonlaht
at S: e'elaek, esatlmlnc Tseadar, Wcdnesdar
d Tharsday slshts. Tbs earned has a .plot,
ad the complicated situations wklch arlae
compel resrs ef laachter. Mrs. felaek, the part
aaumed hy Mlas Irwin, rasrrles a second tlaia.
Her knabaad Is a aeo'eeaor of giolnf, who fc
kind-hearted sad Innanmt. Be readily beHercs
that hi eharmlns wife te enly 3 yaer of
aaw, whea la reality she Is , Bnt the troahls
srlsea with a soa ef Mrs, Black fr her former
BMirlaea. . Aa ha hi rwtw at aebooL hla fond
mamma tshas "the' rlak or telling her bmband
that the yeanaatar Is ealy -10 years old, sad
tha bee worry eoaameaces. - The eoaapeay aap
aortlnc Mlas Jrwla .Is a strone eav being the
original taet which pi red with her at tba
Btjoa theatre. . aw Tork city.
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"Under Southern SkieslComing.
The remarkahle hoaeeUraad hrrlatle anrreas
ef Lottie Rlalr Parker's two plsys, "I'ader
Bovthere Skle."' which will be the sttraetlwa
at the Marqnam Orand theatre aaxt Friday ana
Sarnrday Ishre. Rentember S and SO. and
" 'Way rtowa Kast," has created xreat demand
frosa prndnelae BMaasan for plays from her
Pa. She has Bow sereral new plays eotltaed.
ehlef amoae whleh la a dramatlaatloa of the
Bev. - Charles Predeiie Aeas's feiaona story.
"The Bedemptloa ef Daeld Oaraha.'' which will
he BS"tam dwrlns the earraat aaaeoa. The
adeaoea aale ef seata will onea for "Uader
aeathers Bklea" aext Wadoeaeay. ' ,.
' "Sweet Clover'; at Empire.
Complateaeai la detail Is eae ef the claims
ef the meeaeemeet for the pradarttoa ef
"Sweet Ckreer," that dellctooa, dainty and 4a.
Ilfhtfut enmedr se rhoroachl? enjoyed at In
Initial perforataae here at the Maroaaaa, - It
I te he see at the Empire for tbre olchra.
aeauaeadag Tbaradsy, September Ss, with OUs
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J iO U RlA li
no. r, OAmsou
The Journal BuikUng. Wftk and Yamhill
ple's candidate .for. reelection.'! Some of the .JVeforra"
forces, either sincerely or craftily, insist on his running
for mayor instead of district attorney, but so far Jerome
has refused to listen to this proposition, and probably
is right to do so. He would" make a good mayor no
doubt; he is big enough for that place; but he is not
candidate; he knows that he has done
the office he holds and. can do even
better work if reelected. He asked the people to nomi
nate him iot reelection.', independently! of any party or
convention,-end they have doneso, and -will undoubtedly
elect him. If he should change his mind and accept a
nomination for mayor he not- only would not be sure of
election, but th district attorneyship might their fall into
the hands of some tool of ; Boss Murphy. ' - ."
' Mayor McClellan will be renominated by Tammany,
and the outlook how is that he will be reelected. He
certainly ,wiUbeunJe,l the ppposing . forces can' do
better than they have yet dohe'.irf effecting a fusion.'
There have' been , worse mayors : than ; McClellan, and
elect a worse man this' fall; but the
metropolis sadly needs a better man in that high place.
McClellan has been a great disappointment " V
s ; CROPS SOMEWHAT SHORT. ' .
HE'SEASON has so far advanced that it may now
,; be said "the harvest is ended."- Yet it is-not
entirely over, for potatoes are to be dug and
most of the apples to be picked and some other frag
ments of the earth's fruitage are yet to be garnered;
yet the harvest is so nearly-ended -that a tolsrably ac
curate estimate of its volume and value can be made.
in making up a summary. of Oregon's
crops and products of all kinds that while it has not
been quite as good a year as aomcynot quite as good as
was anticipated in the spring, it has nevertheless, been
a fairly productive ' year, and that there is no good
at the results.. ; ' s -
belt, the crop is somewhat short, per
haps about one third, taking the state over, in yield.
The same is substantially true of fruit, less so of hops.
In spots the general crop yield has been up to the
average, 6r even above," but, in. other spot it has fallen
to 50 per cent of the average yield or even less.
mainly to the unusually prolonged dry I
u -i- " ' i j ?""ri"t-
summer, vyuue vC(uu lummcri arc always ory, 1141
not ususliW-threei months ta pais without-rahy as
And the season was also unusually
warm. . There was no extreme heat coupled with such
a degree of humidity as makes life., almost if not quite
intolerable, as was the case in eastern cities, yet.it was
an unusual if not an unprecedented ipell-biwarmr dry
suffered considerably from it.
the full account is made up we shall
find that nature has not been very' unkind to us and
that Mother Earth has no apologies to make to us. It
"crops never fail In Oregon," though
that there may be a considerable per
and that the anticipations and expecta
tions of the early year are not always fully realized.
'-;But we "have enough and to spare; therewith let us
be content" The season has taught many useful les
sons to a multitude of people. There will' be better
fruit raising and stock raising in corn-
we will better - do our "'part as' we
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CLEAN JOB OF IT NOW. , V
THE DISPOSITION manifested by the managers
of the local theatre to comply with all the re
quirements of the city deserves 'commendation.
Immediately after the Irocuois theatre fire Sn Chirac
every city in the United States' became particularly ac
tive in making provisions to safeguard the patrons of
the theatres. A great deal was done in this direction,
but doubtless much yet remains ' to be done. Portland
made a thorough investigation at the time and the con
ditions were very, much improved. Investigations have
ll irinrt tn Annm .1 r1j.hfftlttl
up to the highest standard of modern
continued to the front here.
The demands made by the city, as a general rule are
not exacting. The managers show a disposition to meet
them. Now that the matter ia again before the people it
shou!aTwt ba-dropped until whatis required has been
performed and in so far as possible the safety, of the
patrons of our theatres is reasonably assured.
'"r- O"-'' Beadhlll and tl. excellent
eompaay that preaeatad the play at the Mar
oam laat seaaoe. " ' . '
- 'V Belasco's New Play.' v" '
The Bslasee theatre stork eonwanr will .i
taollht oTun'i!.!
li I..? ?"td """a, "Oa the Oalet.- which
JT1"!- .u',,r,t. prodactloa of the
; , New Program at the Grand: :'
With the matinee this afternoon the Orand
ewers aew program of eaaderllle. The
Great Laoo. prtmler UloslowaV aeada the- Bat
D""1 Courtaney are offering the lateet
soag bite of the east. Wstok and Lhjon sra
preaeatlnc a refined anwleal act, freeman and
Clark hare a comedy aketeh and Trank Parta
toa will alng '-Jtofcody Seems to Lots Me New."
The araadlacope baa a funny film.
eet. eii-,.M if tti
.. ;. . . ne utars new Bill . ,
The Star cemmencad the new skew this after
Boon with aa sttraettee lot of tame, headed
by tba White Yogi, a magician. Richard and
Blrhartla, aliwrera, talkers and ' dancers, are
meat entertaining people. Wilbur, a eomedy
bicyclist, does a asmher ef elerer trlcka. The
Ste terms are three Jolly people, rranklla Ooe
fer slnse and the BUroaaope shows aa Interact
ing pict ore.
, Bargain at BakerT-'v:-. ;.
A special barfala matinee at very low prices
will be gleea Wednesday ef this week at tha
Baker theatre.' It haa bean tba policy of thla
boose te glee a Wednesday art 4 Thursday mati
nee It Tegular Tr1cea. hervianax-r Baker has
decided te discontinue , the Thursday aaa tinea
and make Wednesday a low-price maUnee dee.
, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"
' The J old standard drama, "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde." Is being stodnoed at 4ke Iric Thta
week and ahoald proes s srsat drawing card.
Mr. McLean, who plays toe title role, la said
to hare played the part mors than BOO times.
There will he s dally matinee at t:SO. Cranio;
per forma nr. at T:o and .
. An Oraquler "Utterance, ,
' " Prom tha New Tork Bun, '
- The Hon. Joe Blackburn represents
the Immutable, essential and funda
mental principles of Democracy aa
vaguely, vociferously and truly aa any
body can until somebody finds tint what
- - ' ' . Z : ", '
General -Linsvitch g . Restraint
." Prom thi New Tork Commercial
J Now let's congratulate General Llnle
vltch on hla excellent aelf-control In not
giving -the' Japanese-e good whipping
when he knew he could. - -. t -
SMALL CILA.NGE
If the modlatee' convention doesn't
break up in a row; a- good many mean
old male things will be disappointed.
When you read tba proceedings of
the dressmakers' end mllllnera' con
vent lew thank- heaven yee ere a male
u.ye.v are.. .-: --. - -
- The dreaamakars ere not - to - raise
prlcea unleea cuatomera will a tend for
It It , la , realised that soma other
women are aa wlae and aharp-ae they,
Waists era to be etlll smaller. If arras
and stays are atrong enough to make
them so and hips larger. Pity tha poor.
near women. ;
r- - yi .e e 1 .
Mr. Perkins was vary handy with
other people's money. , Soma other men
who neve been, so are In JalJ. t .
:.. : e . e , . ..
v" Perhaps Komera's typhoid 1waa ao
qulred In reading reporta of Japaneee
rioting. -,'. - -( ;
It la reported that President. Roose
velt and hla close advisers have decided
that thai Republican national commit
tee must hereafter receive . no more
contributions from corporations having
an interest in. the conduct or the gov.
ernment. But - the Democrats may be
Induced to take some of. their money.
It ta easy to understand why TJnels
J. IV Rockefeller la eo jolly lately,
that Baku nra, ',
Bowe' bopaT - .v- ... .
.. e-e ,; :'. .:'
Only three weeks more. :
'e-..e,-.
Only five days more In whlch-toJ
see Tthatrnne stock. : r
Get licked yat?
Howd you like the teacher! .
e ' e
Parents breathe eaaler. ;
r -t a a rr '
Get ready for next Saturday.
. .,.,. . , e e .
Of course, it was a Chicago university
professor who discovered that tha earth
la aolld clear through, it was tne eniy
preposterous proposiuon ha could think
r. r T,....-r. ,,
The ' wrong man wfa lyaohed down
arathrr-a4jacajeMTbla Ja alwayallsn
ble to happen when a mob geta buay.
Tha right lynchers ought to be pun-
.labed aa murderers. a , ,
. i ar:
Albany Democrat: ' The ' PortlanaS
undertakere might wall have burled Bear
era! dead, polltlclana In Oregon. , .
Kan Patterson Martin hasn't yet ap
plied for a divorce. , . ---
So far? Norway and Sweden are prov
ing themselves sensible. ..-.'.'-' ;;;..'.
Komura la well; tha riotous Japa have
aubslded. 1, . t. :
Because bla seJary bad been eut down.
a Tacome preacher, tne congregation
being assembled Sunday morning, and
without aermon, aonat or prayer, t an
nounced bla resignation and left' tho
church. - The: people of .that.', obureh
should be glad he did not accept the
reduced aalary; be belonga in somav
ether bualneaa.- .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
In addition to the IX.OOS ha received
from Wheeler county for running down
the Edmondsons, Jease -Selkirk baa re
ceived 11,000 from the - state -wool-
growers' association. .
A large rettleanake waa killed In Ms-
Ulnnvllle. and though no one waa bit-
ear-
few persnas, fee slag thsst ail
meet with, auoh e mlafortunav-look. liiaa
by the forelock by taking an unusual
... ... - r-r -e -y
Wild fowl keeping their weather eye
The new Condon brickyard proprietor
will soonest, ready to nre nirTlrst klln.1
which will contain between 100.000 and
400.000 brick. He la working II or 10
man. - ' ' '- ., .-..'. a.:.!. .
Condon will have another hotel, 40 by
100 feet, SVi stories high. ... "
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The town of Caacade Locke voted for
nrohlbltlon at tha recent local option
election, but the saloons there continue-
to run wide open, , ' ' r . '
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Christian Science has made rapid
strides among the- people of Ashland
and the erganlaatton of the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, la now fully per
fected. C. Cunningham of Umatilla county has
Just shipped a carload of Ramboulllet
bucke to Mew Mexico to auppiy oustom
era of hla - extensive trade. He - haa
ahlpped bucka Into nearly every Paclno
eoaat state and territory thla eeasoa.
Box factory Will
be JuM in Hood
River. , ' ' .- . - -
A amart, active boy 'might pay bla
own way to the fair, by rounding up a
carload of dogs In Fossil and taking
them down to the Igorottea. Fossil,
Journal. But would they be fa.tT
Having to be away on business a
North Tamhllt storekeeper closed up for
three days. ' . -. ..
Strangers la Canyon City looking for
investments. jy-,:- -,. .(
Visitors to Newberg compliment It on
neatness: ; 1 1 1 1 "
The manager - ef a big Polk county
hepyard reports -the- experiment of dry
ing bopa by the new system of forced
air a euccesa. The aystem haa been tried
in three of. the hon houses, e kiln hav
ing been taken from each-house, Tbla
system only requires rrom 12 to 14
hours for drying,-Instead of 10 'to 24,
the time required by the. old system.
. . . , e e
' Wonders' of stockralalng are being
dona with alfalfa and vetch.
;, :.. ,,. a a ..; . .... -
Prunedrylng on Galea .prejrrina
A vineyard near Forest OtoVe will
yield. over 40 tone - - '' '
.4:
A McMlnnvtlle man planted a bucket
of early Ohio potatoes about tha last
of April, on a small plat of ground. Ha
began using them the laat of May. Hla
own family and bla aon'a family used all
tha potatoes they could out ef the patch
until laat Monday, when Mr. Pratt dug
seven sacks ef finely flavored potatoes.
'v i'l'e ."' .' .' ' : ' jj -
esaeaaeaaeaeasaawaaeeaw.. n. -r-mmmmm;BaBcseIs,
e-IlUSSIA'S DUFUCITY
IN; THE LIMELIGHT
WUUam H. Oalvanl In tha Pacific Month-
' . ly for October.
Mr. Wltte's engagement et Portsmouth
baa coma to an and. and peaoa between
iiap11 n4 Bu"'a haaWn duly estab
lished. Aa the star performer, with hla
company or trained diplomats, Mr. Wltte,
"""'ever eise ne may bava failed to
acoompiisn. baa neves fora-ottait r
hla part aa If Japan were tha conquered
and Russia the reel conquerer. All of
Ruaala's bureaucratic opinion on tha
Portsmouth peace settlement, aa voiced
oy me servile Novove VremvaT at al .
runs aiong precisely tba same lines. Wa
are repeatedly" reminded bv them of our
oiemn auty to consider the cear "mag-
umiumous toward the enemv." that ha
gracieualy "allowed hla love at hum
t6 triumph over hla national temptation
to continue the war"; that fie-has done
all-thla when hla "glorious army", (not
at -worn aoouf. nis celebrated navy) under
Oaneral Idnlevltch completed ell necce
aary preparations for a grand' aaaault
upon the Japanese under Rieirv Merehai
Oyama, -which aasault would 'have' un
doubtedly, resulted In tha total annihila
tion" of the " already "exhausted Jana.
eae.,-T-But Japan having on August a
jrinmea ail our oondltlana e e e m v
duty to my oonsclenca and to tha nannle
wraam to nra oy uoo, commands me
e e ncr f m-wmm kAH. w -
enaieae horrors of war In order to retain
half of a remote Island which. Japan
ceweo io us m ism" Thus In all majesty
spake the caer.- However, ws ere told
that Russia still "finds herself moralle
charged with tha duty of becoming! the
bulwark of tha white race i aaalnat the
yellow," and, alnca more troope are ta
be aent to tha far east "to aerve In the
army or occupation;" the white race may
cuueiuer nseii out or all danger.
Contrary, however, te aU these blah
sounding declarations, the world knows
oniy too well f.ne magnitude of the die
aatroua defeat which haa overtaken the
despotism or the north.. The world
knows, too, that the caar'a grand army
In the far seat baa not won a "Single
battle, nor managed to retain tta grin
on a aingie point tne Japaneee conteated;
wnue-es to Russia's armada It auf
rered complete annihilation from : tba
mannera of Japan. The . world also
knowa only too wall that in addition
to the usually prevailing - turbulent
state of affaire throughout -the empire,
every new attempt to mobilise an addi
tional army corps waa everywhere ao-
cooipaniea by riots and bloodahed,..Add
to thla the complete "commercial atagr
nation, the failure of crops due te tha
withdrawal of farm and - field laborera,
the downfaU et Russia's credit even In
France, and one can easily see why Rus
sia waa abiiged to bring the war to en
and.'
It waa not therefore In reeponee to
ppeela from any neutral power that
Ruaala a beaureaucracy came finally to
Its senses In the matter of ths absolute
hopeleesneee of the Manehutian strug
gle the fall ef atukden.. the destruc
tion of Ruasle'e armada on tbe See of
Japan end the rapidly spreading rebel
lious apirit throughout tbe empire com
bined to- bring about the "psychological
moment of which the celebrated Caaalnl
talked so much. Hence, it was that, be
fore any wona . had taken any - atepe in
tbe direction of peace, the csars govern
meat "promoted" LJnievttch te the chief
emmand. beceuaa It made up Ha mind
to have tbla successor of Kuropatkln
return with a great flourish of trumpets
the general who had neither re
treated nor been defeated In a aingie
battle At the same time. It concluded
to "promote Caaalnl to Madrid, and
filled-the vacancy thus created by tha
appointment of Baron Rosen. One need
but know the. part played by these two
diplomats during tba, ante bell urn pe
riod to realise the f ullslgnlflcance of
thla iransaotloa. Caaslnl was the active
agent of Ruaala's bureaucracy In de
frauding Japan of ths frulta of hsr-vlo-
tories In the war. with China, while
Rosen, aa ambassador to Japan, up to
the memorable, bight or February s,
1904. used his efforts to prevent an ap
peal, te arms on tha part of tha Japan-
m. - . -I'.-. . : , . ,
such as te make a peace eonfaranceJovar.
there lmpractkablefroBaedj
elected. Thla ef necessity made the
supplanting of Caaalnl by Rosen abso
lutely Imperative, and herein Is tha ac
tual beginning en the part of Russia to
secure peace with the aver victorious
Japaneee. All thla thegovernrnent uf
tha mikado knew fully aa much aa it
was known to any of Russia's bureau
erats. and Japan wae therefore prepared
to govern Itaelf accordingly. .
, With these facta before ua. It la cer
tainly eut ef the question to think that
tha Japaneee peace envoys have - sur
rendered all that tha valor and wisdom
of the mikado's army and navy . have
won In tha far carat. Tha only thing that
the Japeneae envoys did "surrender" waa
that of allowing Russia s star performer
to Indulge In tha bombastic display1 of
words by . which he thought he eould
make tha world believe that hla lord
and master came with flying colore out
of hla Manchurlan adventure. - For let
It not be forgotten that whan all ' tha
terma of peace submitted by . the Jap
anese but that of Indemnity, ware, fully
agreed upon by tha Russian envoys, aven
than peace waa aa far away aa ever, and
It waa only after a secret conference
between Mr. Wltte end Baron Komura.
lasting a whole bour, while their re
spective assistants and secretaries were
welting In an adjoining room, th;
Wltte managed to emerge -with his mes
sage ef peace. - - . y ,
Surely the Japanese, aa tha victors, had
nothing- in -the way- ef - termeof ' peace
that required any secrecy. . Not so with
Rusaia. The moutnful crocodile, having
discovered Its amour propra In serious
danger, after repeated declarations "not
an Inch of territory nor a kopeck of
Indemnity," found Itself confronted by
tha alternative of either paying In hard
eaeh for Ita Manchurlan adventure or
of fighting It out. Unable to carry on
tha atruggie, it finally secured the eon-
sent Of. the. Japaneasenvoys toa secret
conference where a quid pro quo waa
definitely arranged to ths satisfaction ef
Baron Komura. -
Such a proceedlhg'on the"barr6rRua-
ala waa made necessary by ths Internal
conditions of the empire, and also In
order..t0 ". enable, ths. autocratic govern
ment to announce to the -World "that tha
'ultimatum " of- the eaar had been ac
cepted by tha mikado. That la all there
la to tbla supposed "no Indemnity" trans
action.
Aa to Ruaala's .future. it g aa dark
aa darkness Itself can make It. Tha
bureaucracy, strongly Intrenched aa It
la, realises that, any participation of
the people In the internal affalra of the
great empire would mean an end to
their profitable crimes and -crimlnall-ttee.
Hence It la, while announcing In
high-sounding phraeea e . proposed"na
tlonal" assembly,, they take good care
to-retain the hangman Trepoff In posi
tion of dictator, maintain their firm
hold upon nswepepere and other pub
lications, help along the maeeaoreg of
Armenians, Jews, Poles, Finns, etc., snd
Sing Te Deums" over ths peace mesas re
from - Portsmouth. ' Oh, the hypocrisy
of It! To find a parallel to aU" thla
orutai duplicity la certainly impossioie.
For haa It not been fully demonstrated
time and again that every riot accom
panied by murder end arson baa been
aideV and abetted by the governing
erswT Has It not been ahown that every
sorrow end misfortune et the people
of Ruaala owea Ita actual origin to tha
deapotiam presided over by tha Hoi
ateln-Qottoro and Anhalt-Zerbat dy
nasty, the aupposed house of tha robber
RomanoffaT A time there -waa when
neither the -people tbamaelvee nor the
worldLetOarge knew aaueb of this actual
state of affaire
- The day haa. however, eoma ; when
tha Ignorance ef tha source of Russia's
afflictions has been ' dispelled: ana.
whether the world at large lends tta
moral support to tha people of that
long-auffering empire or not. the day
Is not far distant when the inplements
of destruction so freely and so eon
atantly need against - the . Inoffensive
people, will be turned upon .the. guilt?
heada of the moat corrupt and criminal
bureaucracy that human endurance has
ever permitted to exist. r
To contemplate tha prospective revo
lution which, sooner or later, must be
fought out In Ruaala, is certainly a' moat
terrible thing.. But every ,. people, it
seems, haa to pay, and at times very
dearly, for freedom from the oppression
Of priestcraft and atatecraft.- The peo
ple of Rusaia era et laaOearneatly and
courageously engaged In tha 'struggle
with its twin monster of priestcraft and
atatecraft, and when that great struggle
comes to an and the curtain will drop;
over . wnat naa so long bean m - that
land aconstarit tragedy of guilty power
and murdered Innocence,
September 6, 1106. , ... ..
LEWIS AND CLARK
Near the Columbia river.
Sept. It. The weather waa very hot
and oppreaalver to . the- party, .moat of
whom are now complaining or sickness;
Our.aituatlon. Indeed, rendered It neoeav
sary to, husband our remaining atrength,
and It waa determined to proceed down
tha liver In cenoea. Captain : Clark.
therefore, set out.. with the Twlstedhalr
and two-young men In queat of timber
for canoes. As he went down the river
be croaaed at the distance of a mile a
creek from the right, which from - the
rocke that obetructed Ita passage, he
called Rockdam river. Tbe hilla along
tbe river ere high and steep the lew
grounds are narrow and the navigation
of the river ta erabaraased by two
replda. At the distance of three mllea
"farther lie renhed two 111 1 w arrual
forka of tha rivsr," one ur wMcti "Trowed
In from the north. Here ha reated for
an hour and cooked a few salmon which
one of the Indians caught with a gig.
Here, too, he waa joined by two eanoea
of Indiana below; they were long, ateady
and -loaded with the furniture end pro
vislone of two families. He now croaaed
tha south fork and returned to the
camp on the south sids through a nar
row pine bottom the greater part of tha
way. In whleh was found much line tim
ber for eenoea, One of the Indian boats
with two men set out at the seme time
and such, waa their, dexterity in man
aging the pole that they reached the
camp IB mlnutea after him, although
they bad to drag the canoe over three
raplda. . He found Captain fcewls and
several of the men etlll very sick and
dlatrtbuted to auelt aa were 4n need of
It salts and emetic ,
. . Another Jong Succeasl'
t " By wnilam T. Kirk. - ' "
The following ballad bit- written by
tha author ef "It Waa in a Laundry
That I Seen Her First," "Do Not Let
Them Take My Mother's Flatlrona" and
In Going Home to Beat My wife,'
bids fair to become the rare of the sea
son. Reed what the erltlee say: -
Peterson Nawai "One ef the sweet'
sst songs we ever seen." - -
Hoboken Standard: --"w have never
beard a song llks it." .
Tonkers Messenger: "A good cry Jn
every line"
The dressmakers' convention It was go
ing in full blsst.
'aahlons lone since past
While ether dames Ihey stood "Id" line
Ub eulte e weary air
To get some "figure" pointers from ths
experts standing there.
At laat a slender woman stood In front
of Madame Wade:
Destroy that buatle!" waa. the word
rwoman disobeyed.
It doesn't fit you take It off!" enoa
mora tne maaame cneu; .
But-with, a teardrop In bar eysJthe
woman then replied: .
CHORUS.
1 can't give up my bystls, no matter
V; .what you gay
bought It back In 'IS, before my hair
wae gray. -Tbla
bumble little-buatle. len't stylish.
I'll allow. -
But It baa stuck to me for years, and
I'll protect it now i"
A hush came e'er tha dressmakers no
sound waa in tne air ...
Save when a set of "plumpers" waa ad-
lusted hers and were
Then suddenly-throughout the -Tsallwe.
-m heard mighty apiaan
As twenty thousand teardrops hit the
' carpet with a crash.
One tall and regal Venua who had eoma
there to parade,
Bald, "Let her keep her buatle, please do.
ear Madame- waae. - ... ,-t-t -. -.-
Then Madame Wade relented, and softly
said. "She may:
X couldn't bear to grieve her eince these
sad worar-ene 010 eayi- -
.:"'." chorus:' '
1 can't give up my bustle, ne matter
what you aay
t bought it back in 'II, before my half
- waa gray. -
Thla humble little buatle tan't etyllsh,
I'll allow. ' ;
But it has stuck to me for rears, and
. I'll proteot it nowr-
Up-to-Dgte Definitions. .
Trom the San Frenclace Call -r--
" A Cr1ttc--One who- tells ho-w to do
things that hecould not do.
A Reprehenaibia sinner una wno nas
been caught at- It.'
A Falsifier One Trw: .
A Glass House Ths one you and I
are trying to hide
Labor Tbe sort of plsyws don't de
sire to engage In. . 1 '.
Play The sort "of. labor ws fsll to
recognise ss such. '
Virtue a fragmentary garment that
ee wear only In spots.
Vies Tha remainder of tba garment
An Admittedly Wise Man One who Is
dead. " -J ,
A Simpleton The other fellow. .
Now for the Old Standby.
From the Waahlngton Post. -
It mgy be just ss wel to, arrange tha
stsgC -liow for the Balkan war cloud,
which haa been In tbe wings for months
waiting for Japan and Russia to finish
their, stunt, ;
-J a- ,
LETTCH3 moi I
; KOFLE
THE
' Th Jewa as Ctwscee.
Portlsnd. Sept II. To the 'Editor of
the Journal. The Oregonlfe ' f
September XI, In' an editorial, quoted
"tha estimates" of the New YorV Sun
that the Jewa In New Tor now-constitute
nearly a quarter of the whole pop
ulation of the city,-that they ere push
ing forward In trade and the professions
more than any ether race, their children
crowding the achoole and a majority of
the pupils attaining the highest ti.
Moreover, the paper quotes, at present
the Jews are divided politically and no
attempt haa been made te- concentrate
their political strength! but should Oils
be done, their power, "aa the Sun aaya
truly." agrees the JDregoalan,- might be
dangerously provocative.
One cannot help but feel the poison
ous atlng of antl-Semltlsro In' the above
estimates",, of the quoted Sun and
the always-looklng-Jror-somethlng-eut-ting
Oregonlan. . . ... J
.v11.1" "ur svsn cruel to suspect
the Jews of avsr concentrating a politi
cal power. - .
- Indeed, 'they-are divided politically,
like any other race of people, end they
alwaya will be. . 1 ,,. ':;
A Jew. politically, is an American eltv
sen, end. .well SDnraelatlnar A-m
the motto. "No rellarlon in etnllHna .
'.iw n" Jaw ,n Polities. ... . ;
When. as tbe Oregonlan quotes, .the
influential Jewa of New Tork ,ii.i.
ed the forcing from of flee of state Li
brarian .. Dewey for dlacrhnlnaUon
against the Jewa they aim ply took ad
vantage of the fact that they were free
American cltlaena, whoae honor can
not be trodden upon by an official who
gets hie pey from their own taxation.
In a WOrd.'thew endaaiwAMMf en 1-
their rights that belong to them, not
Americana!.
.-g.-JBByNZACHv-7
roasts Aguish to change. -
Lenta. Or.. Sent. l Tn k. vh.
The Journal-Slnce marked ooplee of tha
pally Journal of August to, ia, have
been Sretty -freely circulated 'about the
town of Lenta, we think . thai , Miie. -
should hear both sides of tha story be
fore he makes editorial comment on a
local agitation that does not Interest the
general public. - . . . ... ,
in tha first place. Mount Scott la al
most two mllea from Lenta, and it cer
tainly would lead to a greet deal of con-
ruaion to nave twe places of one name
ao near - together. . Another reason la
th4ekheni -the-streetcargai -marked
Mow8eott.thm9mmw--kTtm9hVmm
aa wall aa other etatlone along tba line,
end do not make thla station a terminus,
as bee been erroneously stated. , A gain,
it would cause a great deal of incon
venlence to every patron of Lenta post
office to have their eddreas changed.'
One of the arguments la, -that -"Lenta
haa outgrown Ita name"; If that la tha
ease why not change tha names of Port-'
land. New Tork, Chicago end San Fran
Cisco, for the same reason, and they are
ever so much older than Lenta. Aa for
prosperity, three yeare ago. our ' achool ?
employed two teachers and had an en
rollment of 40 puplla; since then the dis
trict haa been divided end thla- year we "
employ seven teeehera end have nearly .
HO ehlldren In the district and a 10-room 1
sehoolhouse. Reel estats has quadrupled
In value la the aama length -ef time.
Could Mount Beott do any better .-"'".
Lest, 1 bet not least, : .tha people who
lived here years age held tha family.,
of Ok- P. Lent In such high esteem that :
when they secured a poetof floe la the
oommunlty they called It "Lenta." and
It seems that a more worthy employment
could be found than circulating a petl- ;
tlon to have the name of Lenta ehanged
te Mtount Scott. , - - . M. W.
. The 0enxaa rjrateet Talka. '
Portland. Sept. II. To the Editor ot
The Journal In reference to an article
In this morning's Oregonlan by one
Greene In name and in my Judgment -green
In taate - and decency. I take ths '
liberty to reply.- The American people, -ss
a rule, are known nd praised for.
their politeness, - forbearance, truthful
ness and not less for . their good Judg-
ment and falrneas. All of these virtues.
howevelrrlair'tenrlndnnn.neTIn
this one green American; if he should r
SUChPUtOtV which I. hsve my grsve
aoubta. -. 1 runner coudi tnat . Mr.
Oreene'a opinion of the .German crulsef ,.
Felke and the German navy , la shared
by any fair-minded person' in -the oltyT
of Portland, lrreapeotlva of nationality.
Let ma augment the knowledge of '
thla rank "land lubber," in which cate
gory Mr. Greene places himself, - thai
tbe cruiser Falka was never built aa a...
formidable vessel of war. - It. waa built .
mora for the'purpose of a dispatch boat.
luat as tha MoCulloch served ' In the
8 penis h-American war. - - ' .
The German board of naval strategy
doea . not send Its good , vessels away -from
home to be blown up In foreign ;
harbors, nor do such accidents as the
one on the Bennington happen In. the
German navy from - Ilka causes, , nor
do eltlsens of Germany criticise snd be-'
little the navlea ' 01 other countries -
whenever men-of-war of friendly na
tions visit German ports. True this Is
a free country and every one la entitled
to his Individual opinion;, yet -no man
making a claim to. decency and judge ¬
ment ahould se fsr forget himself ss td
hold Up a thing to ridicule whsn he him
self so cleerly shows his own Ignorance. .
Mr. Greene may yet learn tha worth ot ,
the proverb end content himself with
"Bens vlxlt, qui bene latult," . ,
DRPAUtrJ.-A-fiBMLERr
Xeayiag a Baaaor. -. . ' 1 ,
Portland. Or.. Sept. 20. To tha Editor
of Tha Journal I note In your Issue of"
this evening the reproduction of an Item -which
haa been going tbe rounds of the .
eastern praaa for severel weeka. . paat
and haa received correct lab In ' many
communities. - The Item-la headed, "Mrs. "
Eddy 'a Preceptor Deed," -end la refuta
tion of the atatements therein, in ao far
aa they relate to Mrs. Eddy, I will ask
you to kindly give apace to the follow-'
Ing letter by Mr. Alfred Farlow, chair- '
man - ef the-Chrl sttan- Science public
tion committee, Boeton, aa recently pub- '
llahed In the Boeton -Herelds-- - i
"Te correct thie rumor I have received -j
from Mrs. Eddy ths following state- i
ment: '-,'" -
" 1 taught rnr first student in 18ITin
LVnnr Massachusetts." I never saw
Miss Bagley until about the year 170,
while I wea stopping In Amesbury. "'
Maasarhusette Then aha (Miss Bagley)
applied to me for admlesloa -to a class e
In .Christian Science that I waa prepar
ing te open, but I declined to accept her
ss a student. I Bne waa a Spiritualist'
and a so-called medium 1 whsn I knew
her.T- - - DAVID B. OODEN.
1 '. ' .
Diplomacy of tha. Curb.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ;' ,
"Sav. Palsy. I seen dat de presldenT
wa sxln' de cssr fef to say da wort
far1' peace" ...
"Hw did ha put K to blm. Shorty?1- .
"Why, he aaya, 'Say Nicky, be . a t
sport. When yorlss Is licked take de
count and settle de bUV Det's wot be
said." . . ,- - ., - , ' -'