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PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1205. : XH E ORE AW C S. JACXSOg Published every evening (except ,. : HOW OREGON COULDPQINT THE WAY.' , I HF. PRIMARY LAW Jo receive itimoit effective exemplification must embrace the United state senatorship a well at every other office' within the gift' of the people, Everywhere throughout ' the country the popular tendency has t ion of United States senators. It' has been found that following the existing .methods of elections through the ,' legislature that the senate to all intents and purposes becomes the absolute instrument of '', of men who are continued in office term after term, ' sometimes with, but oftentimes without, regard to the actual-wishes of a majority of the . . . i t . i i . t control ine political macnine, tne macnine cgnuou inc legislatures and the legislatures do the bidding of the machine." Thuaihfse senators' are If this was all there is to it,, it certain states, for long terms of .a preponderating influence in national legislation which might be invaluable to their local these men too often are maintained friends if not the actual representatives of certain special interests which demand of the 'government concessions which are inimical to the people. Concrete illustrations of the value of this senatorial terests can be found in the tariff schedules, which ate of infinite importance 40 all the" trusts, but a crushing burden to the masses of. the people. ' No feasible system, except the direct primaries, hs ' yet been devised to accomplish -the purpose of electing a United States senator by the direct vote of the people. Against the old. plan of an amendmenttb the constitu tion the senate itself, whose consent is"vitl, stood like a stone walL' But with the direct primary Jaw as it now stands approved by the people of Oregon candidates for the senate must enter, the party primaries like all other candidates and they must stand or fall for he nomina tions of their party, precisely as other candidates da Later they must enter the lists for the popular suffrage precisely like other candidates and the one receiving, the majority, vote must be declared elected by the legisla ture, provided the petiple speak in terms that cannot, be ' misunderstood.. '' v.; .; ' ; . ..; ' ' Herein is found another long step in .the direction of .turning back. -to the people themselves powers which they had delegated, with disastrous result to their trustee officials. '.Involved' in it are fundamental oppor tunities for reform. They strike to the very root of abuses which have grown with weedlike swiftness and even now threaten to choke the very well springs of our popular system of government.'? .With' this - power in their hands, it is not likely the people of Oregon will hesitate to take advantage of it- They have to consider not alone that they themselves are thus -emancipated, but that through the" success of the direct primary plan in its application to the election of United States sen ator in Oregon they point the way tooths emancipation of all. the people; of the United States, Herein is found an additional incentive to start right, to give in. not an . inch and to pioneer a great patriotic movement' which in itself will confer Upon the country, the greatest boon which could come to it in the year of grace 1906 upon which we are now about to enter. ' One' senatorial worm Smoot has, turned and tells the W. C T. U:, "an organization" that he has ."heard of somewhere, that he, will be in the senate to vote for the army canteen. But, though the good women may not unseat Smoot, (hey may be able' SENATOR LA FOLLETTE. AN INTERESTING NEW SENATOR' who will take his seat after the holiday recess is La Fol- lette of Wisconsin, who has three times been elected governor of that state, afteV having served sev eral terms in congress, and always, except perhaps the first time he rancor representative, in spite of the oppo sition of the "regular party leaders, the "machine," the "system" of his party. This is evidence enough that he is a man of much independence and courage end -great energy and talents. ' ;...- - In the senate La Follette will not amount to much for awhile, for he will be put in cold storage by the veterans and kept there as long as possible. He has been pfitr on only unimportant committees, and if he attempts to make speeches the old-timers in the senate will retire and -allow him to talk to their empty seats. It is customary for a 'senator to maintain silence for two or three years after his advent into the senate on' all national or important questions. In deference to- ten atorial seniority, and it may be presumed that La Fol- . lette, though not afraid to set tradition . and custom at defiance if he thinks the occasion warrants, will for policy's sake conform to usage and no obtrude himself unnecessarily upon his superiors in point of length of service. : :v .. ',-. : On the railway regulation question, however, he may deem it his duty to speak, to the country if not to the '. ancient mariners of the senate, ss he is better qualified to do than almost any other senator. He has studied the subject, and, has had much practical experience with it officially, and- the country, if not' the senate, will be ; glad to hear what he has to say. " .. .'. 7 . Senator La Follette may be depended upon not to antagonize senatorial senility' too rashly; but if he takes amotion to talk the old 'uns might as well clamber qff the lid. "'It will not be many years till there, will be more senators, like La Follette, and then, if he mikes do serious blunders, it .-will boijie rather than Spooner who will be a' leader in the senate,-. ; x i '.- ;; " ::; ; . ' r '' '-'V 'f Mrs. Bob says she won't talk and then proceeds to talk like the vairt, silly, thing she is, ' .. '""' .' '' . i i ' . - ' j THE TRUSTS ARE THB-COVERNMNT f SHE Chicsgo Tribune Philadelphia -correspondent '1 a., says 4hat Standard Oil's .and its allied trusts' ! agents "are.in, effecfsaying this to government investigator:" .'"We are bigger than the government. ' Standard Oil is' stronger than the states, " We own, the .' senate snd the house of representative's. If you pursue : your investigations, beyond the point necessary to fool : ihe public" weKvitl 1iare-y6u"removtd. Wecan lecure the. instant deposition of the secretary of commerce aod the commissioner of cprporations. If you persecute us " in the slightest degree you will be out of your job, and if you keep at your business you will find out that whs,! we say is absolutely true.",, j , . . ;c " v ;'(. Actions speak lottder'than words, 'and np doubt the ' Chicago Tribune's correspondent has stated the Standard pil's snd other trusts' position quite '.accurately.. They ' arf bigger than the government; they Jiave more powers thev control congress; they are running. the" country; and, not being oqIs, they kndw, their-power" They have" " nothing lo- say except, "What are yon going to-do about it.".' ; '-; ..: .' r 1"-l- . t .t It, will soon be up to the people o answer in way !" ' iiul juoaot be misunderstood. . i. G O N D A I L YVJ O U R N A L lNDEPSNDENT- N B W P A PUBLISHED ' BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) nd every Sunday moraine, at . hM atreeta, Portland, Oregon. SMALL Spot of public oi much of their been toward the elec source of the a very small clique people. These men i: . i il. perperuatetfln power. might not be bad for service give senators constituencies.' But in the senate as the coterie to special in Then the Swiss " Darts of the world.. tirade" bugaboo people, all with to spare,' annually hotels alone, to for carriage hire, Tourists seek Italy, Germany, is complete without know how to make t- Fortunately. composed letter. man to announce THE HTS IS the Tonight, .- "will be every year, there and melodrama in general and this to annoy Jii'iri somcl goes out leaving easy if large, significant and' portentous jobs. . a better year than ESTERN ., tit in jb ill IJ ibk, river, thit- the rains had, embraced within hcanal -project, and actually digging. , E R , ,, , ' f .. - - - t ' i mo. r. camc-h The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam ..'"-V '. '. BUT HAPPY SWITZERLAND. WITZERLAND ; IS AN INTERESTING little earth, ' a self-maintaining, respected re only 3,315,343 people, who must import foodstuffs and -who therefore resort sue cessfully to manufacturing, : although the greatest re country is the money spent by tourists. In 1904 Switzerland's imports an enormous amount for tliSt many inhabitants, but tourists must be fed well- amounted to $260,000,000, while its exports reached the sum of $160,000 an adverse balance of trade of $200, 000,000. ,. But still the Swiss, economical, energetic and thrifty, prosper fairly well; they have to spend nothing on an army and a navy; they have gathered capital by many ears of saving and hoarding, and rejoice in their mountains' a another "people' might do in great fertile plains;nd valleys. . Yet Switzerland is not without con siderable agricultural resources,- Jt produces, consumes snd exports enormous quantities of cattle, cheese, fruits and wines. Mountainside pastures give the milk1 a pe euliarly rich flavor' and Swiss cows, cheese and con densed milk are shipped to France, Germany, Holland, England and Italy, while the fresh milk is in great de mand in many continental and English-Swiss curehouses. keep up. with -the fashions,, simple people though they be, but shrewd, inthe manufacture of laces and embroideries, and Swiss watches, while not equal to some American "makes, find a market .'in, all . ' But it is the great summertide of tourists that makes Switzerland prosperous, In spite, of the ' "balance of for such it is. On an average 3,000,000 money and most, of them with plenty enter this little country to remain some days or weeks, who leave $30,'000,000 a year in its say nothing of what they pay other business establishments, railroads, guides, small farmers and to boatmen and various laborers. Many millions are spent in shops for aouvenirs wood work, clocks, toys, laces all sold, of course, at enormous profits. -,'- .' '.';. v,-v many other countries France, Spam, the British jsles but no European tour a visit to Switzerland, and the bwiss th"e most of their opportunities. : Switzerland is not one of the great powers; it doesn't Jiave to intermeddle with any other country's affairs: the bigger nations let it alone and it is independent, intelligent and happy. What big Europ ean country can say as much? ; ' . Professor Hawley is also out, in a lengthy and nicely Who will be the next Marion county himself? .. ' FAG END OF 1905. last 4 reralar busihess day of 1905. for the most part, thenar's business v - wound np, the records closed. As in have been successes and failures, gains snd losses disasters and development, tragedy, comeay but, viewing first this country at large portion of it in particular, and Ore gon and. then Portland, seriatim, still more scrutiniz ingly, we can'truly ssy that' it has on the whole been a good, gracious, bountiful, beneficent year; that it has been a progressive and a prosperous year, and -that It to its successor, iwo, comparatively The United States has scarcely if ever passed through 1905. Never was so great an aggre gate of crops wised or so- much : received for them; never, considering what are now regarded as the neces saries of life, were the people so well-provided for; not in recent years has there been in any "one so much ma terial development; not for many years has the general government been so well administered; not in any year has there been .the beginning of such an awakening to the importance and necessity of high moral standards In public and business life. ' To attempt to portray the history of the year as to Oregon and Portland would be a futile effort to condense into a few sentences what many columns of The Journal have been filled with for the past 363 days. In some respects the year has not been more prosperous, nor even quite so much so, as some' others, but in the aggregate, all things considered, it has been the most prosperous and progressive year in Oregon's history. The Lewis and Clark fair-was ope big thing; the decision and de termination on the part of railroad men to build many Important lines to and through Oregon was a far bigger thing. This year has seen a great deal of good seed sown on, good ground; next year will witness its sprout ing and growing, e'en the beginning of the harvest, which shall be increasingly greater from year to year, while there is an Oregon,and a Portland.. ; It has indeed been a great year for this region, state and city, and the one to dawn tomorrow night will be a greater and better one sU; so with true hospitality we can hail the coming, speed, the parting guest. :. v z " " '" ':"'' : ; " " TheLewjs and Clarlc exposition business should be wound up" without a squabble, and without much longer delay, . ' f ' v '--- r .' ; v t , ; '? . ANEW AMERICAN RIVER. ; j. NEBRASKA1 has a welcome strange sm aa aaaa rtar Jkt ' MOAl1tf . V Jkf ' XTaU. in m as v vr a i v vi as vpvi j iiMiisvu . w which in size already rivals the Platte, Niobrara and Elkhorn rivers,' snd is slowly bur surely making its way along the lines of least resistince to the Missouri. It took its freakish rise-in the eastern-part of Cherry county, Snd has slowly crept southeasterly through six other counties.' 1 The phenomenon of its origin, though probably sample enough, -has attracted the attention of. scientific men, and the. state university is investigating this new prairie stream, t V ' It is undoubtedly an upbreak of subterranean streams flowing fromThe Rockies, to the MississipprValley. Little rain falls in the region of its surface, origin ex cept in the spring. . This part of Nebraska is a great cattle range, and the cattle, unless supplied by artesian wells, must go far for-water,' so that this stream is a godsend." ' i, ."' : -.--v., -v-.v. ' ' Last ' soring ' a Cherry., county cattleman discovered fillet a deep depressjon in the hiffs his range, and saw a prospect of all- spmmer water there; but the. wlter kept rising, spread out inm a great lake, overflowed the littler valley, and began ina worx-ot river-maxmg. ii is saia tnsi no iikc phenomenonon so large s scale has ever appeared, in this country, hence New river is a thing of widespread interest and a subject for profound scientific study. .-5- , , , v More than 17,000 men are employed on the Panama it is hinted that 17 or so of them are ,v- ' " . . . SMALL CHANGE "His face is arc-wins; sharp and thin." It cost 11.000,000 to1 hold the. late municipal election In Naw York city. ana Utetv th nan elected mayor was equn,taa out. , , . . , How about miking tha Jlaat Sunday in ui year ina ooat oner - "r What's the matter with Chicago! No big strike tnsra for a month or so. . . . -. The new year-will b welcomed with great expoetatlona. , ; . Btlll Pluvlus wlU leave a ltot deficit A sain It rained today." at Tort Claliaop 100 years asro, and what was true man naa baea true at this tlma of most years ever since. Storms tiara arisen around the head of Beeretacy of Bute Btorma of Indiana. ... . - -a ; . ' I it day r(Bunday. excepted) of 1905. -v ... i '. : Poor 'old Fits seama to put In much of -his time blubbering. But this may be Art '.;.'." umber 14. : ,. ; ' a . a .' ' '-' It is bad enough for an "Innocent bystander" In a aaloon that la belna- held up-to ba nit scared to death and robbed, but to-be required to swallow his "chew" of tobacco Instead of being permitted to eject It. aa waa the caae in a saloon hold-up yesterday, la -adding cruel Insult to Injury, . , , ... i . a e ' Might practice awhile tomorrow writ ing "."- ' - - . - : , There is a whole good day left of 190(-1b which to do' some good. ; : ' ', Democratio Saint Jackson won't care. '- a " ' A New Yorker Is going to deliver an address on "What We Owe the Banker." Most of us don't get a chance to owe him anything. . . -J "Man predominate in ' the United : In number, ' . f a States," aays an exchange;' he only means. s . : a a 'Moat everybody can halo make it a and Happy New. Year for; himself, otnera, . ,.. ... It U said that RpreaentatlTf bn- worth Is ao far gone that he spells his first name Nlchallce. . . Uncle Joe Cannon can afford to "be optimistic; he haa ' had - oysters and foranges for lo, these many years. . v. . ' , a .':-.'.,'.' ' Their Platforms are all Just . about alike. i . , 5 e e - . ' ' ' It was really fortunate that Sob Pltsalmmonr was licked: think what Art. aa exhibited on the ataa-e. tnla-ht have lost If he had quit acting and kept on slogging. . a Why doesn't some enterprising cos- 1 respondent tell ua something about -auatMna. - m lava i Caarina Alexandra, the' young ' csar- lnaesaea, ar whatever they are called, and little Aleck T - - v ... e - e The lack of memory on the part of Colonel Mann, - proprietor of . Town Topics, ahows that he would have made an excellent president of a life insur ance company. ' ' , OREGON SIDELIGHTS Jj i . -, -i, -i it. i. n -t irxinj - - . -. i l. Plenty of trout weighing from two to three pounds each being caught al the forks of the Coos river. -- . a e .-I - .... 1 Gasoline launches are the teams and wagons of farmers and dairymen In the Coos Bay country. - v - Wild geese and ducks numerous around. Tillamook. . . . . - 'a a : . ' Quite a number of fat bear have been killed lately on the head waters of Lob ster and Eucnre creaks, where acorns are numerous. Many of the settlers drive their hoga .back Into these oak jCoreaa-where the hoga get "rolling fat ana mass me xiness or paeon. - - . ' a e- yy..s People who hare lived In Oregon aome time and go back' east again to live al most invariably return to stay. ,: , ' a a About three feet of snow at Meachanvi and Kamela. - , , - a . a ; . Thieves rampant In and around Milton. ... .., . . e e ,. .-. , :, Among the most promising and far- reaching enterprises that will do much toward the rapid development of our resources, aays the Burns Tlraea-Herald, Is the proposition of local people to get machinery to sink artesian" wells. Ten degrees below sero at Burns Sat urday. .. , :., . V, Two steers sold to a CorvaUla market weighed S.SS0 pounds and three men guessed their weight exactly. Two others gueased within H and IVk pounds f their weight separately. ' a e - t' - ' ' ... ; Over sAOO beef cattle are being fed In fhfc Klamath basin, with about the same amount of stock cattle and horsea, requiring 140 tons of alfalfa per day be sides II tons for sheep. -.''-a -a Sheriffs', sale advertlaementa fill 4 targe space in many Oregon papers, but not so large a space ss formerly. There has been considerable- thunder and lightning lately down around the mouth of the Columbia. There was also some Just 100 years ago, but little since at this time of year, so far as known. - ' . e i e .v -.. - . -i ThBandon Becorder laat week laatied an-4nteratln and Instructive special edition containing) much well-written In formation about that town and the trib utary resourceful CoqulUa river region. The Unn county Jail Is empty, ,. '. V . -r r Tha raising of cranberries In Coos county1 la an Industry that offers good remuneration. The berries raised there are of good , quality, and there Is a flrst-claaa market. . ' .v , ..-' k;i a-taiona iieraM ..v. L'JJJ that town harness shop, a plumber, a bank, an electrie light plant a sewage system, poved streets, asphalt sidewalk", a railroad, an elimination of all knockers and grumblers, more enter-. prise snd more faith In the town, coun try and inhabitants. , ' , .-.' : ' ' Holiday trade never so large before, resort tha merchants of , all Oregon i towns. -.,.'' ,'). BRIDES OF THE WHITE ' HOUSE . ; From the New York Sun. The announcement "that Mlas Alice Roosevelt is to be married to Congress man Nicholas Longworth In the east room or the White house In February next recalls the fact that only one other marriage .has been celebrated In that apartment That other marriage was tbeweddlng of Mlaa Nellte Orant, the only daughter of Prealdent Orant,' and Algernon Charles Frederick Sartorls of England, In May, 187. -; But there have been, altogether nine White House brides, and Miss Roose velt will be the tenth. The Saatorls-arant wedding was a no table social event of Its day; but It expected that Mlaa Roosevelt's will be even more notable from a spectacular point or view. The White House, In Its modernised, arrangement. Is pre-eral nently adapted to a aoclal spectacle of this kind, and the wide balls and eon nectlng drawing rooms on the - south side are admirably suited to a wedding. The east room, where It Is expected that the ceremony will be performed. la a stately apartment, SO- feet -long. 40 feet wide and II feet high. There are In It four mantels of marble with Italian black and gold fronts, each mantel be ing surmounted with a French mirror framed In a .style suited to the room. Four other large mirrors, two at each end of the room, reflect the rays from three large chandeliers, each one of which has 13 - burners. Glittering eut glass pendants add to the effect ef these chandeliers. r , The walls are - tinted "in harmonising colore. , The east room waa not used until the Monroe administration, when furniture for it waa purchased In Parte. For long it waa not seen by the public except on the most formal state occasions, Mrs. Madison did not use It at all. while Mrs. John Adams used - It as drying room - In stormy weather. Its great alse haa militated against Ita use for family gatherings or purely social affairs', and hence, though there have been, many weddlnga In the White House Miss Nellie Oranfs waa the" only One celebrated in the state apartment. Eves when Prealdent Cleveland mar rled, he chose the blue room In prefer ence to the east room as the scene of the ceremony, ita else and beauty lend ing . itself to xioral decoration more readily than the east room. ' , .., ' - . - .'.'" ; Tha first marriage to occur In the White House was that of Mlas Todd of Philadelphia, a cousin Of Mrs. Madison, In the winter ef 1S11. The bridegroom was a young member of congress. John Q. Jackson of Virginia, who became later the great-uncle of Stonewall Jack' son. Mrs. Madison, who waa tha great social leader In ber day, and who dearly loved weddings, made a galaoecaslon of the marriage of her young -relative, and the festivities Were of a most hos pitable character. . President Madison put aside some of his quiet reserve for the time being and entered Into the merriment of the evening with as much J spirit aa was shown. by the large family connection present This wedding took place In the red room, then, as now,, a favorite family gathering place. - The second marriage waa .that of President Monroe's second , daughter, Maria. - who was married in the 'blue room In March, 1820. the bridegroom being her cousin, Samuel I Gouverneur of New York, The wedding waa de scribed as being ln New Tork style"; that la, with only relatives and a few of the moat Intimate frlende of the family present Two wedding recep tions to which all the world was in vlted followed. ' ."."', : Six years later another wedding oc curred in the -White House, and this time it waa the son of a president who was tha bridegroom. ' Toung John Adams married Miss ' Helen Jackson. This, wedding waa a semi-private one, aa was that of Mlaa Lewis of Tennes see,' the daughter at President Jack son's old friend, who became the bride of M. Pageot. secretary of the French legation and afterward minister. A second marriage in President Jack' son's time, and the fifth to occur In the White House, was 'that of Miss Easten, the president's nleoe. te Mr. Polk of Tennessee. - During, tha following administration her . was no wedding In the White House, though President van Buren's second son, Major Van Buren, waa mar ried to Mlsa - Angelica Singleton Of South Carolina lo November, 1818, and on the following New Tear's day Preal dent Van Buren gave a reception which waa of unusual attraction In consequence of the fact that at It the bride made ber. first publlo appearance. . Tha next wedding that took place in tha executive mansion was that of Mlas Tyler, -the third of Prealdent Tyler's daughters, to William Waller-of Vir ginia. This wedding occurred in the blue room, and was celebrated on the evening of the laat day of January, 1141. . ..." It was the most brilliant that bad yet occurred In the White House. Presi dent Tyler waa a Virginias, with' the old style Ideas of hospitality, and he had not only a large family, but an extended family connection. and the Virginians of that day vied with one another in making the ' aoclal life of Washington pleasant There had been four Virginia presidents, "Tyler making the fifth, and the wedding wasiiot only family but a state affair. Mrs.. Madi son and Mr. Webster, who was then secretary of state, graced this wedding with their presence. ' ' - President Tylef, whose wife died In 1141, -remarried' two "years later, and In June, 1144, his bridal reception 'was heTd in the White House. Tha mar riage had occurred in New Tork. It was the custom In that day for, re-' freshments to be served at all the presidential receptions, and one of the features of 'the wedding reception' ta ble waa a very large and elegantly deco rated bride's Cake. Champagne - and other, wines were- served to the throng. Later, 6n the Marine band played In tha south grounds, snd tha president and his bride appeared on the portioo, near which crowds Of people soon gath ered. Mrs. Tyler, who was Mlas Jull Oardner of -New 'Tork, deeoribed her reception tn part as follows: "The company, who waited upon ma with their most respectful compliments, comprised the talent and the highest station In . the land. For two hours I remained upon my feet, receiving quite In oueen-llke style. I sssure you. ' "At o'clock I h:l to appear on' the balcony, it being musle afternoon, and go through Introductions. 'Throughout, everything haa been very brilliant brilliant to my heart's content as much so as If I waa actually to "be the preal dentress for four more years to come. "Crowds followed me whither went My high eatate has been thus far slt. gether pleaaant to me." - . There were no marriage 1 belts rung In the White House during the admin istrations of Polk, Taylor, Fillmore. Pierce, Buchanan. Lincoln and Johnson, snd It was not 'until May 1874, when Miss Nellie Grant's wedding occurred, that the White House waa again, ths fiuas, ,i.u ne of a marriage. As the bridegroom this occasion wss an Englishman, the British minister played a proml nent part In the ceremony. ' V At the wedding breakfast, served in the state dlnlng-soom. the president stood at theiiead of the table, the bride on his left, and next. So her stood Sir Kdward Thornton, the Brltlah minister. The bridegroom and Mra. Orant a tool on the right. ' Vice-President Wilson stood beside Mrs. Grant ' The bridal couple made their depar ture from the White House In a car riage drawn by four horses. . A special and new palace car, which had been made for the Vienna exposition, wss supplied for their accommodation. It waa elaborately decorated with flowers and draped with evergreena and Amer ican and English flags. . President and Mra Hayes held the only wedding of its kind ever celebrated In the White House. On December II, 18TT. jthey.vhad their sliver weddlnn thene. The same minister who married them In 1861 and many bf tha guests who witnessed the ceremony "were pres ent ... , On the first evening of this celebra tion there waa a family gathering,-and the next evening a large party - was present, the majority of the . guests being Ohloans. A1 feature of the second evenings entertainment was the wed' ding supper. The floral, decorations were superb, and tha presenta sent the president and hla wife from all parts of the country were exhibited. - During the Hayes administration blue-room wedding occurred, the presi dent's niece, Miss Emily Piatt being tha bride. The wedding occurred In June. 1878. The bridegroom was Gen eral Russell Hastings. - President Cleveland's marriage to Miss Frances Folsom took place In ths blue room In the White House on the evening of June 1, 1888. . The room had been transformed Into a floral bower, and the entire first floor of the execu tive mansion was garlanded with roses and shields of plants and blossoms. ' The wedding party was a small one. the guests belng--reatrtcted to the rela tives ef the bride and bridegroom, the cabinet officers and their wives , and Private ' Secretary and Mra. Lamont Tha company met In the blue room at I o'clock, and 10 minutes before tha tlma appointed for the service thef Ma rine band, stationed In tha corridor, an nounced the coming of the bridal party by playing Mendelssohn's "Wedding March." Down the western' stairway and across the corridor came tha presi dent and his bride, unattended. They entered the blue room and the simple ceremony was at once begun. A chronicler of -the day gave his picture of the bride aa she appeared to the guests on the evening of her wedding. - - "The bride, beautiful in race and form, waa a vision of loveliness as she stood blushing before the audience of friends gathered about her. - Her gown was of Ivory satin, with trimmings of India silk, arranged tn Grecian folds over the front of the high corsage and fastened la tha folds - of satin at the sldet "Orange bloaaoma and buds and leaves outlined this drapery and adorned the edge of the skirt A coronet of orange blossoms faatened the veil and garni tures of the same blossoms were artis tically arranged throughout the cos tume. '"' .' 1 . ', . "Her Veil of silk tulle enveloped her form and softened ' the effect of the satin gown. It fell over the entlrs length of the long court train, ' which lay about the feet of the bride In a glis tening eoll. - v. "She carried1 no flowers and wore no Jewels, except , her. ' engagement ring. Glbvea reaching to the elbow completed the perfect toilet of the White House bride." - - j : r-s, . rrom tne nnae or isss to tne Bride- to-be of HOf is a lapse of 10 years. and In that time no wedding has oc curred In the White House. Frank, un sssumlng, happy and kind-hearted. Miss Alloa Roosevelt haa won friends for herself wherever she haa been, and the people of her own country will wish her good luck when she becomes the bride of Congressman Longworth.. . . 1 LEWIS AND CLARK At Fort Clatsop. - A " ''' i . ,. December j 80. The next day they were Joined by four more of their coun trymen from tha Wahkiakum village. These list began by offering us soma roots; but aa we had learned that they always expect three or four time ss much in return as the real value of the articles, and are even dissatisfied with that; we declined such dangeroua pres enta.- Toward evening, tha hunters brought In four elk and after a long course or abstinence and miserable diet. we- had a moat sumptuous supper of elks' tongues and marrow. - Besides this agreeable repast the state of ' the weather was quite exhilarating. 1 It had rained during the nlghtibut Inthe morning, though the high wind con tinued, we enjoyed'lhe fairest and most pleasant weather since our arrival, the sun haVlng shone at Intervals, and there being only three showers In the course of the day. By sunset ws had com pleted the fortifications and now an nounced to the Indians that every day at that hour the gates would be closed end they must leave the fort and not enter till sunrise. The Wahklakums who remained with us, and who were very forward In their deportment com plied very reluctantly with this order; but, , being ' exoluded from our. bouses, formed evcamp near us. . ,. , , , .' Lincoln the 'Farmer. , From Frederick Trevor Hill's "Lincoln the Lawyer" In the January Century. As a man-of -all-work, however, Lin coln .did not prove altogether satisfac tory to his employers. lie was too fond of mounting stumps -In the field and 'practicing polemics" on ths other farm hands, and there waa something . un comfortable about a ploughman f who read aa he followed the team, no mat ter how straight his furrows rsn. There is a well-known story about a farmer who found "the hired man" lying in a field beside the road, dressed In his not too Immaculate farm clothes, with a book Instead of) a pitchfork In his hand. - - .: '.'What are you reading?" Inaulred the old gentleman. - v I m . not reading! " i m studying." answered Lincoln, his wonderful eyes still on the pages of hla book. . - ..."Studying whstr f . ; . "Law, sir." .- t. The old .mtn ' stared -at the speaker for a moment In utter amassment - "Great God Almighty!" he muttered ss he -passed on, shaking his head. yK IjJ 'k.,m I . . -"..Hardly iCredible. : '' From the Chicago Trlhuae. Ths Hon. ' Steve Elklns. denies em phatically (hat he has "surrendered to the presldenV'on the. rate regulation question. The report certataty did seem absurd aftd wildly improbable. t A Praiseworthy Innovation. V From the SL-TOuls Globe-Democrat. It is a good Idea that. Instead. of fall ing, a bank In trouble should vanish by benevolent absorption, after paying de positors In full. ',"',,'.'''-, ' i. SIX lILES OF MIIXION-AIRES From the New Tork World. If you 'chance to be at the railroad station sf Morrlstown, New Jersey, about f o'clock of any weekday after noon, you will see one of the comedies of real life a comedy of almost pathetlo. seriousness te the participants, yet ab sorbingly Interesting and almost mirth provoking to the spectator. . Hundreds of handsome equipages fill the contiguous thoroughfares, scores of automobiles are lined up on the station grounds, dosens of publlo hacks crowd the nearest curb. Liveried flunkeys are everywhere, many sitting stiff and un seeing on the tiger's seat of a fashion able trap; others standing like auto matons beside the emblasoned doors of heavy broughams. It is time for the arrival of the mil lionaire's express, and every one Is on the qui vlve of expectancy. ". In a mo ment the train will be in, and then all will be hustle and bustle. From the for ward coaches an Indiscriminate mans of humanity pours forth, but from the elub coaches at the rear emerge In leisurely rasnion a silk-tiled and usually Corpu lent host men who, perhaps, hsve spent the day considering tha rata of nations, the financing of a new transcontinental railway, or the funding of a dog show or monkey dinner. Hamilton McKay Twombly makes his way. to the drag-and-four where his daughter. Miss Ruth Twombly,' awaits ; him, surrounded by a, coachman, two footmen and a postilion. Richard A. Me- Curdy walks alowly out to his splendid victoria, where awaits Mrs. McCurdy. a coachman and footman. Luther Kountse enters hls80-horsepower Panhard, to be. warned away to his palace on the Menrt- ham road. - Robert H. McCurdy hurries to his pale blue mortor-car; William 8 lark Letchford to his trap: Otto It Kahn to hla saddle-horse; John I. Water-- bury to his brougham, and In a few .'. mlnutea they are all speeding away to nearby homes. . . f . : , , For Morrlstown la the City of million-. aires, and there la not another commu nity like It In the United States poasl-, bly not In the world. Here are gath- . ered together In one little circle, within radius of three miles, more men of million . than can be found .elsewhere In many times the area the country over. Between 9 and 100 plutocrats live here, and with their servants, retainers and small tradespeople, who. -serve them, make up a town of 11,000-inhabl- teats. --"f -.r -' ; -V-.1-." w.".. . ' ,;.: . . . V. . v. A. .' '.; ' And so' It eomes about that Morrls town- Is a city of handsome dwellings, beautiful palaces and country mansions., some of which have cost nfllllons of dol lars to erect and equip. . There Is Flor ham, for Instance, the country seat of the Twomblys, where there 4a a park of -180 acres devoted, entirely: to lawns snd flower gardens, and In tha center of which stands a manalon of 50 rooms. Adjoining this, park If Florham farm, of , 750 acres, on which , Mr. Twombly in dulges his penchant for farming and plays tha country squire. Here, too, la the riding academy, a great building, with tanbark floor, where the . Twombly youngsters were taught ,' that, graceful seat which has . earned them so much ' praise at metropolitan horsa shows, snd w retire- their horses were put through high-school tactics of the advanced order. At Florham Sena tor aod Mra. Depew" are frequent vis itors, snd it was here that the Duchess - Of Marlborough was entertained recently. But the Twombly place la only one or , a dosen or more establishments-or tne same kind. A Delbarton. the kountse . place on the Mendnam road, la the same -thing, except that the architecture of the Twombly place Is Colonial, while Delbarton Is Ellsabethan. It Is at tha latter place that the Vanderbllt and Gerry boys, snd others of their set In New Tork, make frequent visits. Cedar Court,- the country place 'bf the . Kahns, is a vast park of LI 00, acr.es. surrounding a Moorish palace41 of SO rooms. Here all the archttectlure la ' Moorish, and the general plan of ths? -property that of. French eatates.' : As is indicated In the ' case of the two . estates mentioned, most of the large places In Morristewn have names, and -these names are embossed, with coats of arms, on the family stationery. " The names 'are also painted on farm . vehicles, while coats of arma are usu ally emblaanned on the carriages. . - Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bradley call. their place the Way Side. Mrs. Peter H. Ballantlne haa named her houee Sunny side, while Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. . Ballantlne call their home Linden Neuk. . Maa. George F. Stone has named her -place Fair Oaks; Mr. and Mrs. Water bury call , their ' residence. Fairfield house; Dr. and Mrs. Leslie D. Ward call their estate Brooklake Park. Beau regard is tha home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Thebaudi The Gables that " of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scrlbner; The 8yc amores that of Mr. and Mrs. George R. D. Schleffelln: Stone Acre that of Mr. and Mrs. D. Rait Richardson. "The Pyles live at Hurstmont while the Pottsen are to be found at Pot Luck; the' Mitchells live St The Bungalow, Ln. ana Mrs. nunur ascAipm mi diwh lawn Manor, Mra. McAlpin st Glen Al pin, Mr. and Mra George A. Low at Crescent Manor and the Rudolph Kissels at Wlnamere Farm. ' - .':' - Perhapa one might think that Morris, town waa a place where the wealthy lived tor a short time -each year, but that "Would be a mistake. It la her that most of the wealthy people In the ITst given above have their permanent residence, and It Is here that they spend ths greater part of their time. ' ". WmWthey are all at homeln Morris- ' , town they have one continual round ef , society functions. . There are dinners, luncheons, teas, breakfasts, receptions, dances and other gaieties raoet f the , time. - There are, of course, three aet ' dances every year the assemblies and besldea these there are usually 10 or 30 subscription dances organised' by th- young people 1 Three big elubs are kept -open all the year around, where man ami woman entertain at bridge or euchre, . with a vaudeville entertainment, ttf, a, concert continually. There are the golf courses for. those who enjoy the game and polo grounds' for tha lovers - f horses. - Hunt meets srs usual spring and fall affairs and fake placs two or three times a week, while amateur raca ' over a bunting sourse or on the Whip pany river Club track take up much of the time. Then, of- course, there the horse show, that greatest event if all ths 'year, Which for three days In October brings all' the people. In this, section of the state and- many from' fashionable colonies In other ststi ' here. That la the really great time of ths year In Morrlstown.' But then. -every day Is great In the little city of millionaires. ' y , '.: Family Insurance. 'wife was " going through Our our pockets. '"What sre you doing r?. we Ssked, slseollv. -"Running an Insurance company," h replied. . . "--- ' I '. ' Perceiving the useleesness of further Investigation, we turned over snd went te sleep sgsln. , . ," '.' ,!..; j i. .. It t ,"1