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- jowl ro;;TLAi.TD. osegon.-- .i. 1 J V J i K E : O R E a t. iackso-. I - PUBLISHED ; BY JOURNAL . PUBLISHING CO. f Published every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at v..-;' ..";;.'V, , . vi'-v-MD Portland,' Oregon. THB RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE JN GRANTING a public franchise to an individual .. or a corporation, whether by gift ot tale, the peo . . . J; pie do not surrender their rights to x.aci Irom the s holder of the franchise fair eetrce.iair service means adequate service t reasonable ratee. , Adequate service ; rncans 'tne upply of the accommodation, whatever it rnav be. inn ataSuhrand'&TTrindanfricienfr.to-ineet . the demands of the community, that atcoiniiiodatwB aoa-fo-reaca 5iclrTfrneeareasoTable rates, it it nefdlesr-to -X L not be reached by the application ot w pnn t cf "aa c.rr;arnrwar-ban' ' '..Tit U Reeded to secure thia la, t r conception n ' the part of '..I s to the service,- and , thia - as l rL cf nrivate ownership. Over against the cor t r-'zn't view of the sacredneto ot its rested rights I t (c ' must place a clear conception of the sacrcd- : r::s cf tie'r rht'to fair service, '2 . ?' ;-: -V '!";t! " A f.er necessity ia order to secure a recognition of - t i ri-"..t Is an effective assrtioaof it A vigorous i.irtion of the right based upon a. clear conception of ' It v;:i c.'isa be , effective. '.. . Corporations composed oi i I ' . ' .l.i rnn,.arnot seldom reached by. such, an V a n on the part of the people. ,. If this it not suf- . ( i, then the people ara bound in self defense, if the "a :e be important, and. the Jail uf specially, harmful. tJ further, and make their .assertion effective." If c c t fail to afford relief they may, by lawful rjieasures, ';-" the franchise in question, and operate the utility, m ver it be, in their own interest. This certainly . s S.i be a last resort, but it is a resort-which the pec l't cannot afford wholly to ?ut out of view.: v ' kf sumption and operation, however, are not in theme-elves enough. . In any case of resumption the people ' snusfshow by actual experiment That they are'able to Vperate the utility efficietotly and economically." A few tases in which they shall thut exhibit their ability to op i it-rate public. utilities satisfactorily will be enough. "The . Influence of these examples of .the people's disposition ' to operate public utilities, if necessary, and of their proved ability to do so, will be widespread, and salutary. " There will be no need to. go far in this direction. Let it one become thoroughly understood : that the people . know their righta in the premises; that they are ready, ' wrhen necessary, to assert them: and that in "the asser- lion of them they, are able to 'maker good in actual ex-, - jriment; that they are, in fact, able to do for thern elves , what private 'enterprise has- failed to do, tney liave gone far toward compelling private enterpriseto furnish them with thr service to which they are entitled, svnd"w1ilc1riirt5narwiy or another President Stickney f the Great hi recent address, struck the true note, in the recog nition he gave of the right of "the . community to fair service from any corporation to which it grants a pub lic franchise, It would be wise foresight on the part of - fell transportation companies, and all corporations op N crating public utilities,' thus to recognise the rights of the people. Such action .on the part of corporations gen erally would Save friction, and by bringing about a good understanding in the community forestall harassing leg islation.' In the long run, such a policy ,wouId be profit able to " all concerned. All ' reasonable contessions on the part of corporations to the advantage of th com munities they serve must lnt the end "work to the ad vantage of the corporations themselves.'. Surely the .iirnejnust soon be,, past when thoughtful and far-sighted - men composing any corporation 1idldinga"pubfic fran j chise can longer be blind to the fact that their interests . fcnd the interests of the comunity they serve are one. ' i V TH3 COLLAPSE OFA.EACHyf-jl I ' !A CONSIDERATE MAN'S toe character ana conduct ot senator jjepew as a eublie man an' element of "tity will mingle- poor . pld-man-afraid. -Yet ft' musi be said that he fully de . ' aerves all he can suffer.. For SO yelrs he has been false to the public whose great and especial friend' he pre . tended to be, false to high conceptions that a "brilliant od oromibent cnan should have and held aacrcd of his ' Iduty to the public of which he'sought I 'and preferment, false, to himself and been his own inner and higher ideals. r But at last the bubble burst, the "peach" all at once ahowed i(self rotten from pit to skin; its surface blush wanished, and it appeared, what .for 50 years it really had been under the surface, only growing gradually worae all the time for nobody nor nothing ...j .mseasea, conieropwoie iuin. . .. . ...a : Senator Depew has eaten and drunk freely and deeply 1 t what is popularly considered the good things of life. - While yet a very young man he waa .- the New York legislature, and a very Eireer was before him. He waa handsome, witty, amia le and ready of speech, voluble, and -talented. : -He ' fcould long ago have won high places in public life, per v haps the .very highest; but he chose rather"to become a , ' Corporation attorney and lobbyist, at a very large salary. fThis was permissable, legitimate, but having become the '. lobbyist and all-around corrupter for the Vanderbilta, - i ht bad Ho longer any right or Jbusiness to aspire to pub- lie position.- Ho man could serve two masters, and some- - times, if not continually, the interests of the corporations ; lie served and that kept him fat and jolly conflicted with . the interests of the rest of the people.; The people, since i ht was elected to the senate seven years ago, have paid . - pepew $5,000 a year and some pickings; the corporations fiare paid him over $100,000 a year; and his calloused, shriveled, decayed, discouraged, paralysed old conscience - ilid not prevent him from retailing musty jokes and pos , ' ng aa a typical American statesman, while he was .all ' the time betraying the American people.!. . . ; " But at last, accidentally as it seems, through the sense x , less splargiog of a man named Hyde; Depew, along with bthers, was exposed. It was shown thst for doing noth ing be had drawn $20,000 - a year of policy-holders' MQDeyr MTiq inn ne nin prrnnrri-ti -- windl by which a largfrurn-of heir trtoney--wis lout , Hut this is only an illustrative incident This is what lie has been doingrn one-way or arrother,-The30yearr.1 r .,-roor, annvcico, roiicn, oia peacn. it hasn t 'even the semblance of Courage that In Some, rncn becomes al- riost admirable. 7He isn't winter apple, only a peach, le Cannot face his' fellows '.in -the senate, though he knows well enough that there ara worse men there than lie, and that-his Own old senile colleague is no better, tie has aphasia, and what not; and hia physicians' advise a long residence abroad,;. He had better go. He isn't '5 Crusi f Uaa tp Brutes. tlroenhorn Corrrapondence ot Slue lloun- - tain Eagle. , -, , A case ot r-rnolty haa Juat occurred hioh ralla.for a vlgoroualy onforcad t againat cruelty to anlmala. A tour I "-a tam left Austin heavily loaded; I Ji a point about IS miloa distant in ' "V. I new tell haavlly all the we J meat ot t way thara wag no elgn If a roai 1. t io. horaaa, waah at -1 -t fmiri lark ot rare, .wara foreod i oaS until ona dropTad In hr tracka, ra aha waa Uft with harneaS on,-no r i v :i r- i tt G O N D AJ L'Y AN. INDEPBNPINt " N1WBPAFID TO FAIR SERVICE he,ULda.JhisVjn41kej!i and, the extension of Xhe.f flgmmxULty jg Jhe In the first place, a the people of their against any or ill tn; the United cannot touch them; hearts' and pockets' content. they wilrua- Western railway, in I since the, ease court' - uously, especially, ougni 10 require work more than In large cities such u it is not already - REPROBATION t ; The courts are oe some years and Obtained' favors to what must have uuuuiicn unut without faults: stands still a' rotten. ia doing as much elected a member of prominent political - ni inrIT, , to expect; let us Boss M trrphr in 1. a. . t die la the snow. Poor brutal Wo food, no comfort, '' the tharmomatar only 14 degraea abov aaro, left to die by tha wayalda by -hr drlvar whoas atrongaat aaouaa waa that "she waa ortiory, any way.'" M'hnt fata la mora patheUo than that of tha horsat So many timet ia Ufa given to tho aery tea of man, where tha only return can bo klndneaa, food and belter and sense enough to know when a horee baa done hia best But whan thia Is denied by any ar of horseflesh tha law ahould lay Its heavy hand on tha orrenaer. .. .The. proportion - of faamsna driven Ia eaatera Oregon Is grievously J O U R N A L jvo. r. CAUOU The journal Building, Fifth and Yam- v-;'Ur.'',5. : "y:;":; : T:;t needed in thlt country. The sooner he goes and the longer he stays the better. Neither : should he resign. The people of New York like that kind of a man in rlre senate.' They dote on him.. Their representatives in the legislature reelected him only a year or two ago, ant recently 34 out ini TiepuDjlCStr BiemDerspi me siare senate Refused to ask him to resign. , He ought to lld on to his office and never iro iiear the senate. We hope what tha people of that boss-ridden state aeserve.i. i'oor old JUncle-Chaunce,-His-4nerryquipsnd Jestsaje o'cr 'Alss, fonr.Ynrlrkr ; - TIMBER-LAND SWINDLERS. REQUENT ITEMS In the JournaTs news columna ; make it known that certain rascals and thieves - are still uninterroDtedlv pursuing their to them pleasing occupation of robbing , credulous victims by showing them valuable timber lands that kre represented to be subject to entry at a nominal or small price, when in fact the lands shown of described are not subject to entry at all, -and what the victims really get for their money are lands either wholly Imaginary and non-existent, or worthless. Yet we jire told that nothing can be done, that these audacious" swindlers cannot be prose cuted and punished; that.there is no Isw by which they can-.be reached. z", ,'"'-----:-r'--'---..i'I"vi : We? have often read 4nd heard, and when very young believed it true, that' in practice as well aa' in theory, there was in law "no wrong without a remedy;", but we have lonir since learned -that thia. is only one .of .the many false pretenses and delusive generalities with which mankind has been fooled ever since- Eve put on the fig leaf end. Adam plucked the -apple. Here are these , fine gentlemen in 'the known and as-good-ss acknowledged business of robbing innocent and credulous victims, of whom there are many; making thousand and perhaps tena of thousands of dollars a - year by deceit, fraud, swindling! thievery; giving this state and region bad name and causing many homeseekers and intending in vestors7 in Oregon landa to doubt whether they can. really get anything for their money or not and yet nothing can bt done with them or about them, joe district at torney says there is no law under which he can.proaecute States district attorney apparently they can swindle and steal to-their Under such circumstances, if some Victim should take a notion to. inflict punishment to the best .of hia ability himself, we doubt whether a Jury would find him guilty of anything involving a eevere punishment r V ' ' ; -HOUR LAW UPHELD; UDGE SEARS evidently was'in much doubt as to whether the law limiting the hired labor of women " and children to 10 hours would stand the test of the higher court, but be decided it according to his best judgment, in the face of-eonflicting decisions, and per haps in accordance with, his sympathies to. some extent. would in tj cvant. go to the supreme ' '-' .'.':'.'"...';' i. ' We do not assume to suggest at all what that of any court should do, but on broad general principles the law is, a good one. and ought to be observed and enforced Ten hours is long enough for anybody to work contin women and ' children wage-earners, There may arise an occasional emergency, of course, whenJongererioLof jwork. mutually agreed upon, would not be objectionable, bnt ai a rule no employrt or even permit women ana cnuaren to 10 hours a day. It-has been found that a law is necessary, and it will be so, ao here. , .' i ... : , - in conflict on the subject, and It will before there will teB decisivenre pondersnce of authority;" but' we hope the courts will see their way clear to uphold such laws generally. Their intenf ia good, and the will be of more benefit than harrow "-'- ' .. . ,. - , . : KEEP IT WHERE IT IS. .. HE EFFORT being made by certain senators to : take the reclamation business out of the hands of the interior department and' turn it over to congress ought to.be opposed vigorously by the united press of the country.' - The " interior department has iiiisiaKca, ccrciar riucncoCK IS not bnt he is a-thoroughly honest man. and as could be reasonably expected in the line ot reclaiming and lands by irrigation. With .this business left where ft is, more rapid progress will be made, people will know1 what to depend on. and thev can depend on a minimum of grafting; but with the reclama tion Dusiness turned over to congress it frould become a great :gFaftmgrnachine- from tenter - to circumference. Every member would have hia pets to-put into position, regardless 'of their competency or the' need of them; and secrets as to irrigation projects would be a matter of bargain and sale- in dozen congressional committee rpoinsY$ ' '.!v?'s X;.-'.vt' $y ..y, t,.: .-.-'. i ItNvould be nothing less than, I" national calamity for thia great work, how fairly . started and well, under way, to. fall. into the hands of the .wolves and coyotes of congress.' Keep it where it is. ;" ' t ; M'CLELLAn" HAS LEARNED SOMETHINQ. N TAYORM'CLELLAN of INew York City evl I Y I - dently- learned something by -the lasti election. T' He isriot.of the bourbon . tvoe of Democrat whd nevr learns anything The fact that .Tammany waa so nearly beaten, was in fact beaten and odly partly saved itself and him by criminal, frauds, may have given the mayor courage to cut loose from that orcanization. but he is to be commended for doing so nevertheless. If he hadbeen courageous y0"0 have been still more admirablerbnt'this" wastoo much give him credit for breaking loose from trbecoml n ghf s: Ttrwtr w xtcrAr Uch he ouKiu to maice a gooa mayor oi . me great metropolis, for he.js ajnanolability-and, save f6r his alliance with . i u . at Tsmmany in the past, of high character. - . Mayor , McClellan evidently has kept his eyes and ears open during the past year; he has read and seen What is happening in various cities and states, and he wisely and we presume gladly. allies himself with the reform movement that is going on everywhere, - v . - ii ' Something Out ot.H. H.-Rogers, ; From tho Charlaatoa News and Courier. Wa would not dlacouraga tha Mlaaou rlana, but the only time that anything was over, gotten out of H K. Rogef-s waa whan ha was operated upon for ap pendicitis, r ,' .!'". I - , ,- ' ' . . ....... r . ' . i Can Us s Their Frank, Prom tha IndlanaAplla News. , If that no-paaa bualneas realty does stick, tha nonrressmen ellU have tho ouslylprlvllegs of franking Ueiosslteg heme Tr-' saalU, ,T.r".'; . . ,-. ' x i SMALL t:iLfKG3 It Is jsotnetlmafl rough a ajtrt It s) young Baaa nssrlMta to ahve. , The caxrrlnc et Kasland by tho X4b- rals saama to "bo oomethlng like Mla aourt going- JUpublloaa t , ... . : o The Ulaaovtt attereoy-ranoral'a name rhrmoa ouall woU wtu "aadir and -giaaty.- A man who aoo printed roBraoon i uttion or tno American xiag to furta his candidacy for, aa of rioo la a safe man to -vote against. He haan't good oommoa son. .-l...., - .. ..,.. Tho oaeurolontata would bottoa nnrrv oomo ana atj oil eutsiao, The young hoodlum wttnwmitBal doncjeslncule-1 moat aorioua probloma. Improvod Rod Man Kooaovatt ahotte sign ox going on tho warpath. M . . --...a. . ,r The foal maa la bagtenlma- ta look glum, v . . , . i - -.. , - . ,' Kohody caa say hain't has M A Minnesota man oonfaaaod to miN dor, but tho jury aeiaittod him alt the ma.-' rrobably Richards mla-ht aa won nava cooxoaaea. . "' - ' o Castra probably ,ha aaothay asolorr in stoc. '... . : ;:,'.. Now Seattle - wants the Tahooavar barracka bualneaa. Tha "gall"' of that town is simply "immanaa, . ' . ; Clla and Xaohnar are thay aUt . ' ' ' ... , ' .,'.....'. Hillaboro Argoai Poatzaaater Carna- llua nd f oroa ara busy nearly every mail distributing letter from Jonathan Bourne Jr.. who haa aa Itch for the United States amatora(lp, Tha Idea, of Jonathan". in tha senate la enough.--to make old Chaopa aids vibrate with laujSTbtar. i . .;.,!. If hasiiHr and football eoald be wK In the college aurrtouluma aa studies they would atop of themsalvae. . . no real hero baa seed of a p agent; . ,:-,'.';.-.)- i , If wo are to have 'April all through January wa may axpaot soma January weather in April but there a bo use in worrying about It. e. a ' .' : ' Chicago seems to need about d mfl- Uon Instead, of. a thousand mora police men. ; ..... . -:-T-- fr-a-r ' : T KepreaentailTe Lrfuigwortn baaeoThIa reoent apeeoh on "personal observation at tha Piliplnoa.' But people will doubt whether ha bestowed much parsonal ob- aervauon on anybody except Alice. - All railroads moat be let la on (air terms. :. ,. ;- ;- . l'" e .. -',,: : ,y yranohUea moat be duly taxed. - Tha Paria doctor who wag aalled non to treat "Aadjr BamUton. tha legiel Ov agent of tha Ufa tesuranoa ayndl oate, when It waa propoeed to have him to return to1 New Tork, aald that his patient waa ' aufferlng from -a "grave affeetlon of hia harva oenter." WelL Andy had cartalnly worked hia Berva-ii pretty hard zor long time. . , v 4 OREGON SIDELIGHTS Umatilla county maV form a develop- eagua. : ' Intereat in tha dairy deralopment of If ewberg and Vicinity ia eapeclaUy kaan Juat now - , . . - ,. - .,':.., . a a s- '..: ..' In lyobaaon Is '' family . of four widows Mra Drana, who waa married la Kentucky In 1111, and . her throe daughters, all widows, , aged TS, St and SS. .-ft? n. '; v i v v .?';''' .-' '': !.f ' - "-v.;-A CTatekania hog , weighed, draoaed, 111 pounds. . . . . i . . .. .. ',., e e ' Lumber business da Taquina bay haa grown greatly in tb past two years. . . , . ... e ' , Intereat. la poultry greatly Ineraaaing ia uregon, ., , . . 4. . ... A - Soma Polk county farmers are volun tarily doing good -road work, j . .. . - . a ., e "... - '',". Rev. B. ' Hays, who' haa moved from John Day to Vancouver, Waa nine-ton, went with hia wife to Canypn City In 1181 and became aaator at the U. E. church, and after a year, waa trans ferred to a former oharga in La Grande; three years later ha located in John Day, and In It SI was elected county school superintendent, tha duties of which office ha performed- vary faith fully. In 1181 ha went into tha mer cantile business and later retired to a farm, which he conducted for aeran yearn, meanwhile doing a great deal of car penter work, at which be Is an expert. Coming baek to 'John Day ha resumed preaching for three yeare and since re tiring has preached for many ministers temporarily all through that region. He haa officiated In Orant ' county at St weddings and 101 funerals and haa even preached at ;tha funerals . of Catholics. no wonder sucn . man win aa ml seed la that region,.,...' ,....-.-;.... ., Telephona line from Ijaxington. to Irrigoa talked of. " -, - ,- ", -. e i ; ; ... '. ...j.,..: ... A- Tamhlll county farmer la named Blowfoot. Tet ha mat be fast foot en the farm,: -.' ,-.-,-...- . ...'.'' ;;..-ee Toledo needs a cooperage factory. Pupflg In Moldlnnvillobubllo' ichoola numbor Sit and in the collage noarly se. " . ' " " I .CoyoUa multiplying tn Banten oounty. r - r -.aa -yr- The united age' af a couple of mar ried at Albany waa 18, but Dallaa baa gone pna better, r. worse, with, tt for ie twe. J -i. i .T-.-. ". .. t , , e . e v. , , ., . . ... , , . , The Salam States maa la also going to have a contest, to send IS young woman to Newport next summer : ,. . S II vert e family named Heater need as much f usl as If the nam . ware Jreeaer. . : ' ,' . . - e e .. ... - ' Denial "Smith of SmtthvlHe, - tan county, eslebrsted bis 81th birthday with four generations Of Smiths of his family In attendance; ... ; - It la suite generally ralksd that the electric line now belna built from Salem to Portland will eroaa tha river at New berg, says tha Enterprise. If this ia don Jt will put Newberg in eioae touch with tba capital oa the wits and lbs toetropeu lit aertv -t( LI TIIlf FHOM r Tin .PEOPLE J. ' -A Ourd rrosa tha "JontoSa. Fortlaad, Or., Jan. SO. To the Editor of Tha JoumaJ-Neting tha telegraphic article, "Dowie Ousted by Trtumvlratd, and knownig it waa not Jrue but that I only eould prove It untrue by a tele gram from a leading officer in Eton City, I wired to Overseer John O. Xxeell. ecclesiastical .aeoretary for. Rev.. John Alexander Do wis throughout tha worlj. If there waa any truth In what the article said thai! the "triumvirate" had aet aalde Dr. Dawla in tha financial Interests of ZtoavJCItyr-1 Tha telecram 1 tn reply from Rev. X O. atxoeU oasae to band at I b m. yester day, earing: ' "Absolutely no foundation wr- t nrTHths. -prea-tnat -dt. Dowta ha-beea ,et aside la nnancJal matters. Xa Deoember, U06. Dr. Dowie. the first apoatle of Zioo, planned to . go south for a rest and formulate plana to further the latereeta of Eion. lie appointed three men with full powera of attorney to carry on tha work ot lion In tha ao- elealaatioah educational and all financial departments of tha church throughout tha world during hia abaenoe. Tha flrat appointed. Rev. John O. Boeicher. haa been everaeer of Zlon City from the start: tha seoond of the triumvirate,' Judaa Baraaa formerly an able luage la . Chicago, haa been Eton City's judge and general counselor since the curs argajuaatloat tha thira, ueaooa .-Alex ander Q ranger, has oaea won a general financial manaa-er. whloh poaltlon he baa ably fliled to the satisfaction of. all Con go wheaUa December Dr. Dowia of ficially announced thia 'triumvirate' to oversea alt tha affaire of Eion during hia neriod of rest and study there waa unlveraal aatls:aetioa among the 100,001 member and investors. That satisfac tion prevaila today, except la the minds of noma who, under tha oover os press news, are seeking to sow dlaeenatoa tn Eton and hasp people from Investing. The management ot tha city ana enuroa la going on as thai Arat apoatle and leader of Eion planned It ahould, being eon firmed by tho t el eft-ram I hold as evidence from tha proper official. . . Wa Investor tn Elon'a flnaaetai in stitutions know the absolute impoasi. blllty of Dr. Dowie being aet aalde with- out hia -consent.-- Alt propert. " of the church and In the city la In tha name of John Alexander Dowie ae sole trustee of the Church of Zlon. Million af dol lar have bean willed to him tor Zlon' college, where 1(00 students are In at tendance (five from Portland and Oregon City), and for other charitable lnsUtu- tlona. The millions are the enures property: the S.80S acre f city alt, the four-story stons collate building and all other, school buildings. . Institutions anlladaatrleaatand tn.. his, name,, a trusts, but by will all proparUe are tha church's at-hi death. Tou might a well talk about three sobs setting their father aside and run ning things, whsn all properties are In the father's nams aa ta Imagine that John Alexander Dowie haa been set aalde In financial aftara of Zlon. Thar Is a full statement fn Eton's of ficlal organ. Leaves of. Healing, that Dr. Dowie, Eton' first apoatle. had sum moned all overseers throughout thS worloT t assemble tn Eton City.. Illinois, In June ltot, to meet In conference with htm and medltat with "him concerning tha appointing af II man with apostolic authority la overseeing The - financial educational and eocleaiaatical Intereat of-Zloo throughout the .world. These the . meiu Overseer Voltva, ' In Australia; Overseer Caatell. la tha United Kingdom -af England r Overseer Hodlar, for Europe; Over sear Bryant for Africa : Overseer Mason, for Chlnat Overseer Piper, for Chicago, with ether overseers ot Eion City,, and the "triumvirate" is tha bodg of men who wlH meet In eon- rare nee ana runner in institution oi Zlon.; " i '- v As to Dr. Dawla and hia family renal v ingavlarg aalarie and so uan daring the church's money there le n truth In it at all. Thay have always paid their own bills with their awn money and given yearly eat ef their own private purs 8100,000. and more realty' to the tithes ot tha church that the hundred of alder and officers throughout the world might llve oomfortably. . w are all weH paid from headquarter and are satlaned with our monthly allowance. , - All af Eioa'a Institution have bean on a cash beat tor two yeare; hence cannot Incur xlebt as thia article in fers. '.. . . - W aught to proeper Inandally and plrttually, for w stick together, - do not let a member, knowingly, be tn want. and have no use In any form for liquor. tobacco or doctor or drugs. W think thia 11 ooecerntng the setting asld ot our flrat aposUa must have originated In tha. cloudy brain of soms aonfussd nicotine aeribbler. Tours for truth, CHARLEw A. HOT.' Elder tn the Christian Cathell Apoetello Cbureh In Zlon. . .',..,;-. 'y.',;, j :"It:TonaetI Vrooeadlnga. '". ' -..' Portland, or., Jan. 10. To the Editor Of The Journal I believe every property-owner and taxpayer Would like - to know what ' business I transaoted - at tha meetings' of the olty eouneU. Tou are editing aa up-to-date paper, and If yoa . eould devote enough spaoa under tha heading, "Council proceedings." I am sure your reader would greatly ap preciate it. Give ua the full details of the business transacted. Let u know who ara tha eyea and who are the noee Who make a motion and who seconds It It seems to ms that th eounoll at present ears more for antagonising th mayor that it doe for the welfare of tha city. - Let u know -how -iener- tax payers are going to stand for this kind of bualnssa. Ifi.th people did not want Lane for mayor, why did they put htm thereT It was their votes that elected him. I am aotaally sorry for th eoun oll 4t should be pitied, not e ensured, for It actions. Lane la doing hi best and th eouneU It worst. I am a subscriber t your paper and a Repub lican, but you put Up a good paper, and to keep up with th time you hav to read Tha Journal. Respectfully, " A" SUBSCRIBBRAWD"TAXPATER.J Aa Aneodot -t. niostratloa. Portland, Or., Jan. 18 To th Editor of Th Journal It 1 a matter ef great surprise rths verdict of the Jury In th Rlohard case, tn th face of th evi dence produced. I have read It In three paper, and how a verdlot of net guuty waa reached 1 astonishing. It mad m think ef a story X one heard. An old negro stols a hog.-. Th evidence showed plainly that he atnl It; but th jury said "Not guilty." The Judge want over t him and ealdi "Sara bo, svarybody knows you stole that hog. Now tell m how It was that th Jury did not find you guilty." . The old darky acratched hi head, then said) "Wall, mesas, I don, know, less tt wa dat sbery one eb dat Jury had a piece ob dat hog." - READEA; " 1 Vaalt at (M. gohaaf " ' . Bherwwd, Or., Jan. IS. To th Kiltor of Tt Journal t see by your valuable pap'r fU1- eitisene of It John ere therai It i e-'J they are not aware Of li s e i t a smelter doe to th groa .j vssstatloa. yTbr I at preeeht a big lawsuit an at ' Butt, Montana, over a malter. That th veg etation haa bean killed for mile around t know myeazr; and at Salt Lake City. what they one raised everything, they now hav a barren country. - If there waa aameltr at St. John they eould not grow rose or have- the alo lawns Portland now boasts, and in a few year our rardena, fruit and barrio would be a t: i of th paat for ml! around. If tt l i. Johr paopl wUI look thl thing up t. r wl.1 oon dlsoovar that wher ever t r i a smelter th farming Jn rusury aaa aeen ruineo. ,- . - - , r . JaV'&'TOUNa PorUand, Jan. IS. To the Editor of The Journal In reading your paper Sea the ' church ueople of Oregon have t st&ftc3-g,riniiyesiitrMx-t aa :tna wlsh them all success. Th oommltte appointed to draft rule ha don well but In so m thing I think they are tnl consistent. I think they would bav dan better If they had Just aald, "Wa are going to take th Word of Ood for our by-law," hut Instead of- doing thl they tram rule and at th earn time com out and say women ahould vote. Now, If .Ood aald tt wa wrong for a woman to apeak; In ehureh, tt must be wrong fo them - to om out on th street corners and talk to a lot or man and tall them' how they ahould vote. It is all wrong for. woman to nflx in politic, W hav- now enough wak minded men Jthat are voting without add. ing a lot ox weajc-minaea women.- we hav men who will vote for a drink and wa hav a lot af Women who. If they eould vote, would do so for a smile or a nice compliment aad on their look. their complexion oe their figure by some fallow who had oa a alo mat or clothe and. waa running far om f flea ' - - v - - . The committee ta unite th churches haa a tart ad a good work but they are getting; out af Una Let a max tha fight. Tb woman hav nough to do to take ar at th bouse without mixing In th fight for men. "when yon find a woman who ha tlm to run around th streets and tell th men how to vote. you eaa be sur ah has not done her Work at horn, --.'-,', . . .. As to th gentleman who has been replying to om of my letters X d not think he Is worth discussing sub jects with, for he never had th spirit or uoe m any ex hi writing, in reply ta th lady who haa. anawered om of my 1st torn, and wh recently took a lot ef apae ta oalt m a fool. all I can say to hsr Is that Jf ah 1 a Christian- ah would not hav ald thia. for th word of Ood ears: "He who calls .hi brother a fool shall reoelve unto almaelf , heU'a , fir.! This reply unie nar i tuns ia aurnoieni. I Target Jcato mxraubjssCXt-tha men mak th right Keep th women out. If yon will watch th paper yon will see every tlm a case 1 called ta oourt where a man. and woman ar to. voivd . that th woman will -nay that the man exercieed undu Influence over her. - New do yon not think If a common plug eould use tandu isffluene ever aom woman that all tha women would not be Ilka elav in tha ftottMs hand. If th potter happened to be run nnig xor orrioeT , a wOBKiNaaf AN. rrlaad ml Salem, Or. Jan. U. To the Editor of The Journal -1 have read swveral cleeee In print about T. T. Oeer for governor ef Oregon. Thay seem to- make light -of nim running ror this affioa. - I think Oeer shoo Id hav th vote and support t every honest eitlsea of Oregon for he la an honest, straightforward man, and would discharge hia dutle to th beat of hi abtuty. Wa know that Oeer 1 honest and would not stoop to do any thing dishonest and anything- n did In regard to hi duties would be to th beet of hi ability, X think 0sr 1 more entitled t thia offtc than any man In Oregon. - Let'a all give bias a boost and ur support and help him ret what ha aeaerve. . ; ,. . . JOHN M. DANE. . , A Card From Bistort Attorney ataaxdag. Portland, or Jan. 18. TO th Editor or Th journal ,1 noticed In tha Sunday morning Issue of your paper aa article. with rd headline, la whloh wa etatad that ther wa a ault begun In th In. teres! ef gamblers," and bellsvlng it t be my duty t put myself right before th publio X hand you herewith thia letter, which. I hop yon will publish and give a much preminanc as you did to th article t which I rarer. Concerning th Information : tiled gainst William M. Ayers for conduct Ing the sal of pool on th raeetraok laat summer, I hav thl t say,' that the espreme court ha lwtof or de cided ta th Nsase eaa that conducting a place for the sale ef pool n horse raoe on a business street or thl city 1 a criminal onens. wasther thl I a law In respect t aelllng pool out ef th baslne center o? the city and at th Multnomah Fair aasootatlon race track la dlaouted. . . , X fhlnk that th act -of Mr. Ayer th within th Neaee deoialon. If X am right It 1 my duty as district attorney to prosecuts an persons at tha raoe- track or eiaewnere wno violate that law. I have filed thl Information now. In order that if poolaslUng ahall b con ducted next summer at th racetrack that in parries guuty or ao aomg will know what th law I and wilt hav no excuse for- disobeying It. - I did not brlnsx thia action to fool the supreme oourt, a wa intimated In your article. But ther I a wide dl- vergencs ex -opinion among lawyere as to whether or riot the NeaM decision actually cover a case of thl kind, mid, therefore, X am going to ask for aa opinion from th suprera oourt, whleh win settle an question of doubt Very truly youra i 7: -.":'fT7.;'; . JOHN M AN NINO. Objeetg ' sTlsslninarys Xntarvltw. - PortUnd. Jan. 10. To The Editor of Th Journal I regrst to b rorced to end you a severe complaint for Insert ing In your papsf that shameless, lying snd falsa article anent th tortures (Imagined) of some Proteatanta in the Philippine islands. ,;. .-, That fool ef Stunt -talks-about thing of Which n 1 perfectly lanorant. What doe h know about th Inqulat. tioni Mr. stunt i a raisintr and a liar. Such nonsense and boh ought not be Inserted In- any reapo table paper.' V""-v ' '" A FRIEND, i At Fort atop.' '" '' ''' '""."-; January t J. Th party sent for th meat thl morning returned with It tr th svenlng. Th elk was poor, and the meat waa very Inferior. R. IiJia re mained out with th ethar hunters, Shannon and Labloba . Car autply f alt ia exhausted. W bav no worl from th her two kanttr r part. X vno ar out below, In the direction of Point Adam and C r I "! f 1 tt I. - . . . " LEWIS AND CLARiX -nz: vrr.v; latest in Xy Rev. Thorn B. Gregory. -,' - A wealthy St Louisa n, - of strong Spiritual proclivities but thoroughly dla guated with all existing religious ma chinery, I about to build a churoh tn the Mlourlaa metropolis whteh be Intend to hav run on dorreot prin ciple. i , .'.-., i .. ; '.;. -. Certain rthouahtlea. imsulslv neopl may leap ta the eonolusioa that tha St Loul maa la oraay, but thoae who wll duly weigh matter cannot help feeling Wb Ja.aursnt-r-erw jiny mora right than wrong. , r ' For Instance, : thia man August Schmidt by nam .. hold. that 4n a w regulated ohurohjheraanouia; . pe tpo . minis ter, no choir, no regular order of Now to th question. "Is Mr. Schmidt' beside himself V - Can there possibly be but thia one answer t "Ha to aatl" a Without , harmony there, ean be no real worship, and every on know that tha minuter, or th choir, or th ritual, or th collection plate. I at th bottom of pretty nearly all ef th dlaoord that dlstraot and disgrace th caurchea. With th mloiatar out ef th way, and th bickerings and Jealouales . of the -ohotr dlspeaad ef, and the quarrel ever form and eeremonles eliminated, . and the oontributloa box ae more "la your' face,, it would look a though th , brethren should be able to dwell togtha In perfeet peao,- Inatead of th antlouated adjunct ef worship mentioned above, tb St Lout reformer would hav imply a aet of ohlmea and a big pip organ, Th, operated by electricity, will dleoourae " th "moat excellent muaio," which shall Uft th soul high abov all earthly oar and human weakneaa. Mr. Schmidt may be mad. but tt la ap- , parent that aa wa th eaaa with Ham let. User I a method la . hi madneea. -v Fur example, in th new church that he is going to bund and pay tor at of hi own pockstbook, Mr. Schmidt I go- lng t ae to It that no on worship . too long at a tlm. -- , - ' . , H elalma that wnll th worahip ef Ood la. a good thing, "fighting tha ' devil" ' I a better, and that Christians -spend altogether toe much tlm In their ; devotlona . - . . Ther ar a multltud ef lerel-hesded, practical folk wh will feel like saying "Amen" to- Brother Schmidt' Idea.- , ' The level-headed, practical folk are- ,; decidedly of th opinion that If each'. Christian. Instead ef spending he much. time on hia knees, wouie get up and f , for the devil" with a big stick, th re sults would b much mora encouraging. -However, the nublio will await with : bated breath th outcome or Brother ' Schmidt' experiment and my ;th beat man win." H : THE PLAY A majority ef thoa wh vtalted th - Emplr yeeterday left th theatre with ' palm tingling from much applauding.. It was th show fault. It I th sort ef a show that healthy Amerloaaa, Juat '- through Sunday dinner ean't help ap ptouding. L4tn: . , . Th villain, and an ualr villain hs ta .. If ever there waa'one oae of your oily, greasy, traactivrou, f alae-frlen-vllllna osbms to th -blonde heroine, alone la -- th attie room, aad 411 her -that hsr- husband haa inherited a fortune, and seeks a Bivoro and the custody ef th ". ehlld. Ha wlU glv th blonde heroine 810.000 to Sign th document. . The be- - eolne picks np th pan, looks over the 1 paper, actually brings, her pen down to . it and tart.to algnVand thn "No, hot for tie.eee.eeor - -.,-- -" Tumulteu., rwerberatlng. roof-ehak- .' tog applauaa .----. - - i ;j' It I aaeixoallent how for th money. . er for any money, ror tb sort sf sho "Th XAttl Churoh Around th Cornar" pretends to be. . Ther ar plenty if - -pplaudabl line "Politic cannot band th will of heaven," and "To awear away the ham of a good woman I net the -, work ef an Irishman and I won t do It" '. for aamnla One again the .villain' j : baa plotting bring th beautiful hare- ' in to the attie chamber, with famine In sight, but thl time, whsn th heroine, -Md. weepy, almost broken . In spirit "' comes tn from an adjoining room, he . ha eschewed th bedraggled gown and': th ugly ahawl that vry melodrama , company carries for such oocaalofia 8h appeara tnlnd you. tn aa trim a black ; silk shlrtwalet aa you ean find an Waah- : Ington atreet, and th audience 1 as delighted at the , change that ao one ' stop to figure wher h got It Left over, perhan. from more prosperous daya Anyway. Miss Allleen May, for auch la th nam of th young woman who play th heroine, look first-rate tn tt .- .:' " " ... r. - Th laeghs -tn th entrtMnmnt are supplied for th moat part by William -". L. Raynor and v loia Keen, and they ar good, hearty laugha, too. Harry . Babb, though orar Inche. tall for the. part, play the bootblee admirably. 1 - i ne name or ine piay is useu purely ., for affect for th play ha nothing to -. do with th church for which It t , named. . V " - .' .' i '-': " ' . , (,';:' Berleaqu st Baker- wil., A musical eomSdv -sort of ' ehorna ssveral girl with excellent voices, on ' unusually funny oomedlan These war . th feature of th ehow presented at th . Baker theatre yesterday by W. B. Wat- '.. on' burlesquer - which mad patron ' of th house declare it far and away ahead ef any of it predecessors. There were some people who professed to be shocked by th performance preasntsd , In' the second half, wherein a lonesOm bachelor advertises offsrlng a prise for - th girl who ean show th best ankle and cslf, also his hand In marriage to th wlnnsr. Th thing looks, Impossible, . but the f sot of it )s the performance waa ' without guUa No on questioned tn past of anybody- an4Ua on snaile acy 3 nasty remarks; th badness, such, as It . J ta.. m f.l1. hail . V . B Howsver, all this aside, th now pr- aented at the Baker is one that ean b recommended as a sur our to any oa who is afflicted - with blue, -or aa a - preventlv . f or any-on who fears be coming so afflicted. W, B. Watsoa th comedian,"! funny an th tlm and a he was th center of thing mere were few momenta when th audience, wss , not laughing. Miss Bijou Mlgnon sings wall, ss does Mis Lisett Howe, whoa Singing 'of "Isn't It Lovely to Be on th ' Mage." with th chorus to help, wss notably Well done. Incidentally It might be. remarked that this song ' brought Into vldnce more silk hat than hav been seen tn Portland at on tlm Ine th opening day of th fair. Th olio present twe Japanese wlre- wtlkers who ar better than anything t.at lu been Been la local theatres for many month. Their perform anee I marvelous. Th aeroballo oomedlana, a usual, . brought many laugha aad much ' arpUuee, wall th girl wh aftsrward apoeared as th bashful Venu of th parotid part Ml Jeanett Monitor,' did " snaky eontortionist stunt. s i ow I 'iHtifvv',' .- mil u " .