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a. jac -jt
bll ' -1 cvrr er-lr? (except
THE tin.VOAD MUST
I tolerate any unreasonable
, position to the building of tne necessary pnage
of the Hill railroads across the Willamette river... The
"Portland & Seattle" road must get into this cityf by
means of bridae. and kridge built where it will serve
rernWientIy3haQaT1r.oad'
"inks that the bridge should be built, if there is any prac
tical choice of points, where it will be the least obstruc
tion to river commerce, and so far It it- not clear to
teHjljfgadthat thc proposed Swan island bridge wdl
"oe more objectionable than one ; buWIsewliere. r 'l he
Hill people apparently want to do and mean to do the
fair thing; they propose to build a bridge with an ample
draw,' one much wider than any other in' the city, and
ti deepen and widen the channel so, as to fender the
bridge as. little of an obstruction at possible, and mora
than 'this, it seems, cannot reasonably be asked or ex
pected. -XiA..-.-.i;v :"'. i- ' ? Vv"
Wg all understand why the IUrrlman people and in
terests, including the river , pilots, oppose the bridge at
this point,' as doubtless they Would oppose it equally at
any other point,, and they are hot' to be , blamed for, thia,
for the Hill road they look upon as an invader of their
territory.and, a trespasser; but while the people wish.no
injury to the Harriman lines or interests,! they will not
stand fon prolonged opposition to he entrance of the
Hill road to this city; . r;T. 7 5 TT'" -'V
The bridge must be built where the railroad fan use
-. it advantageously foe a vast olume of traffic, and aome
point suitable for that purpose must be decided oivand
opposition must be borne down by . an overwhelming
weight 'of public opinion, which, after all, finally rules
all public: officials.- . ;t r. r-:s -:; v-t .. v.
The interests of theriver. traffic. mutt be protected as
much as.' possible,' .of course but one more bridge will
not hurt veryj much, and the bridge is a necessity.' ; Op
, position 'to it "at the point' selected should be based
only on strong, clear grounds, and pq on rival interests.
Let in tlie new road; build the bridge. " v
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Senator Burton 'peeked into, the senate chamber long
enough to be sect), ad that he could draw his mileage, j
Hermann actually 'spent part of a dayMif the house, and
to will have1 no rjrouble in drawing his.: Now the two
listingu-'eJ -statesmen can go where they please land
enjoy 4bmetoM. i .. .'. :' ''
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PRIMARY NOMINATIONS. 5 - ' 1
N ONE -AND PERHAPS INTWjj? Kansas con gres
" sional districts this year the Republican candidates
will be nominated by a direct primary vote, as can
ci3afesT6r ft presentatlve and "others will be in'Oregbn,
and the Topeka Capital ask why this should not be tried
on state officers (nd United States senator. The plan of.
direct nominations is being discussed and considered' in
several states; and is gaining in popular favor.' Min
nesota has a sort of half-way primary law1; thc Iowa leg
islature ii considering a law similar to Oregon's ' and
will probably pass it; in some southern states the primary
system is in operation as to the election of United States
senators, and quite generally throughout the country the
people are casting about for meant for. breaking away
from the old boss-ruled, tlate'-making- convention system,
The; primary nomination-la wiaon trial in Oregon,
and the results of our primary and general elections next
rpring will be watched with great interes(Lthroughout
"thecounlry7The1awrsHtb some 'extent experimental,
. and it will probably be found that tome changes in it are
desirable, but the people -will never revert to the old
system, whatever defects may appear in the new. It
should be given a fair, honest, thorough, trial, and the
results should be, at they are sure to be, carefully noted
, and studied... -V--. 7 ryc,. f...-r . .-
.The greatest disappointment so far apparent is in the
failure in some instances of the best men, really deiir
able men, to 'come forward as candidates. This it par
ticularly the case in this congressional district as to Re
publican candidates for representative in congress, , but
there is still time for some better material to appear
than has shown up so far" ' ' . ' " :vVv .
When Mayor Lane wrote hit open letter' to the people
of Portland showing that young girla were -beinsr de
bauched at Richards' "hotel," which was hit moving im
pulse in authorizing a raid, the only word of commenda
tion that came from the Oreeonian wat that it contained
a sentence 287 words long. : But the Dublic had no doubt
f the mayor's meaning nor can there
the public s approval of hit act - Now
board hat determined that franchises
as the public strongly demands, the'
out with insinuations that it is the
the executive board to keep out new public utility cor
porations. It is a poor compliment to the mayor and
his executive board to say that their motives are at least
as far above suspicion as the Oregon isn't which paper
na never yet undertaken a ngnt out tor motives to en
tirely telfith at to be perfectly apparent to every eitiaen
ot rortiana who had sense enough
rained. rr. K? . ' 'r "
THE N. P.-S BIO BUSINESS. -
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC'S recent annuat re
port showed that great railroad to be in a tplen
. , did condition, and to be doing: a far larger Vol
ume of business than ever before, so that Mr. . Kill can
well afford to hint if not specifically to promise, as he
has done several times during the past year, that rates
would.,from time: to time be reduced in the future, at
hey have- been in the pist. -.'" ; ,,;. ., ,-
A gratifying feature of thia report not only to the peo
ple of the state of Washington', but to those of Oregon
also, it the proportion of business handled in our neigh
bor state. With a total mileage of 5,676 miles, the
northern-Pacific hat 1,533 miles bf track in Washington.
This is 27 per cent of-itt entire mileage, With grott
earnings of $50,771,070 for the whole lystem, its earnings
in Whington were $14,132,504, or nearly 28 per cent of
-the-totatTo-aboot thnmegrihi"TeceTpts from
passengers and freight Ja Washington have exceeded the
average for the entire system.'. The average receipts for
carrying passengers per mile were 2426 cents, -while for
f whole fosd the average wa 2,23i; centsOn freight
'..-...ington paid the company 79 xf a cent per ton
.::s, while the system at a whole collected only v832 of
j cent. The lines, in Washington carried a dispropor
tionately large share -both ' of passengers and freight
C i of 5,14251 fare-paying passengers on the whole
- ' Ilotr They Voted, : .
TVom the Xanaa City Star.
at nappeaed In Ohio and New Tork
I Pennsylvania and Maryland and lr
r etatee on alactloa day recall e one
e bout of the Uncle Cheater. Tbemaa
" . : . .
' re a hot municipal easte't r
' 1 1 Toeka. On the dry of the
Cheeteeyw" i -l lean
' a mrf the nolle, - fer ath
. rr'y ktsf v z. ..: ; j aa.4, ay-,
GO N 'D A I L Y
' PUBLISHED 4 BY JOURNAL . PUBLtSHINQ CO.
8unday) and evsry Cc-fay moraiaf, t
COMB IN.
or purely eelfUh op-
He will toon have
Over the natural
j partf -of-Qreyont'
tnorougniy, ana.
a state in which
tled the reading
judge on the bench
marked hit conduct
paper. was. written
who get together
xWaordinaTy-Tuc
'And so town
lic and no matter
years, of persistence
prominent business
be any mistake of
that the executive
must be paid for,
Oregonian comes
real purpose of
to come in when it
;
PRANCE,
doubtful, is none
preaching hie eldest son, exclaimed. In
that eomleal. quavering voice- which no
body but George W. Peek' could ever
quite Imltatet , .. t
- Dolph. gd down quick to the eaoond
ward; the fellers down there are voting
Juet aa they pieaae." ; , r . , ..... ;
"e"""eaeBaaBealanaBnnastwiW- ?
; "Unci JoeV nomeapnn. ;
Prom the Philadelphia Preae. '
' "Give honor te whom honor le due."
raid Cpeajtec Caaaea reosntly. "1 regret
: JOU R. N AL
no.; r. cabbou.
The) Journal Building, FtTi and Tn
line, the Washington oassenger's numbered 2,117429,
Out of 1J.036780 tons of revenue-producing freight for
the system, the Washington lines carried 5,234,190 tone.
Of course, a large part of this traffic, both passenger and
freight, wat interstate business.
No wonder; in the face of this showing, that Mr. Hill
it in lore with Washington, and appreciative of itt great
resourcei and rapid development, nor that, knowing Ore
gon to be an equally resourceful State, he at last broke
t - '.r-n. - .
loose from me trauic arrangemem uciwcm ciiireu.nir
the division of territory agreement, and invaded Oregon.
a terminus in Portland, and we may
and best route, but will invadeoiheilSi
He Bwdaritmdl We ractfic northwest
tnat uregon u or can oe muo gooo
to do business at Washington. ? ; . -,
THE CASE AOAINST TOWN TOPICS.
HE REVELATIONS being itiade' in the libel stiit
unwisely brought by Town Topics against the
editor of Collier's Weekly, 'hat somewhat star
public of the country. To know that a
wat one of itt chief etockholdert and
that b htlped to-engineer the-MaekmaHtng schemes, to
learn that many wealthy men of the country had been lit
erally held np to keep certain tcurrilout articles out of
the paper, that others had paid heavy tributes to' be
granted Immunity, has come like a shock to the innocent
public r- - VJJ ).s i'iL ' " ''
But after all it it but a logical outcome of the methods
emnlovecT in the eublication of this weekly newspaper.
Town Tbpict was by far the ablest paper in its' class. It
was read by hundreds .'who would not touch a Police
Gazette and it waa infinitely worse because, it wat more
insiduous and very much more attractive. Its purpose
was to exploit society. 1 From cover to cover it was filled
with racy stories. . Itt publisher waa Colonel Mann, in
ventor of the Mann boudoir ear, a person of genuine
talent who. would have made a success in life in almost
any direction he had chosen had he devoted himself to
his 'work with the tame enthusiasm and energy tljat
of thit paper. He gathered about
him a staff of brilliant writers.' He paid well and his
with the brilliancy-of the degenerates
Parisian papers of the tame data and
character. For years he had thriven." So tecurely did
he teem to be anchored that he could, do with impunity
many things which, attempted at first would have
brought j his , enterprise to , sudden ruin. 'Hundreds of
people feared. him. He stopped. thdrt at nothing that
would 'force a dirty dollar to his till. Emboldened by
his success be' came to Vegard the wealthy at hit natural
prey. . At length he went too far. - Collier's Weekly made
an exoosurc of the Colonel's methods.' Havinar met with
whicHTad
been brought against him he essayed one against the
editor Of Collier's.- - But that gentleman wat strongly for
tified. When the case wat called into court he had a
cloud of witnesses to demonstrate the truth not only of
what he had laid, but to go far and away beyond any
thing that the average newspaper reader had suspected.
lopict stands pilloried before the pub
what the immediate outcome of the
trial, it it absolutely. Certain that its day of, terrorism
andj blackmail' is over. Mann and hit associates after
in their courses at last caught them
selves in a web of their own weaving and the public will
help them from-the jumping off place which they have
now reached in their spectacular careers. .- ':'T -
7-v TTT-V. '.' . 1 v., -V:."
Senate Boss Aldrich has already marled and, showed
his teeth in opposition to any railway regulation measure.
and the big fight will'soon be on in earnest " A split in.
the Republican party in consequence teemt inevitable.
PORTLAND-ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINBL - '
HE PROSPEfir fof a ateamship line to Alaska
, brightens, and may toon be expected to assume
' a definite shape The special committee of the
chamber of commerce appointed to investigate the proj
ect has apparently been diligently active in securing in
formation and data upon which to base itt report, and
everything looks favorable for decided action inthat
direction in the near future. . i . ::, "s , . ) :, . :
Not a week passes without additional testimony from
men of Alaska to the effect that di
rect trade with Portland la desired, and can without
doubt be made profitable to our merchants, and in a lit
tle while if not at the very first 'to a steamship line en-fi-affins?
in it. " The Alaska oeoole are tired of beinsr re
stricted to one town in which to purchase their supplies,
and in consequence thereof have been imposed upon in
various ways.' They will deal where they can do best,- if
they have the choice of two or more towns, but having
had long experience with Seattle they are generally "pre
disposed in Portland's favor, and on equal terms would
give thit city the preference. , . v. ; "j ',.
- That Portland ; merchants can furnish tuppliet as
cheaply at Seattle merchants can it certain, and that thit
city hat at good a chance td do business with the north
western points in Alaska Nome, St Michaels, Copper
River, etc, is undisputed. ' As to Southeastern Alaska
we are at a disadvantage, but possibly even some of that
trade could be secured. There should be no cessation of
effort until a Portland-Alaska steamship line, put on to
etay becomes a reality.. . ,''.., :,., St.. ,''
CASTRO AND UNCLE SAM.
HE UNITED STATES would better go rather
tlow m jumping in. to aid France in itt threat
ened chastisement of Castro. It seems quite
probable that the Venesuelan dictator, ; whatever his
faults and provocations, has been imposed upon a good
deal by alleged creditort and by trust-backed ayndicatet,
and that if all the truth were known he has a good deal
of excuse for being indignant if not impudent -. . What
France does, so long at it does not violate tne Monroe
doctrine, if anybody knows just what that is, which is
of our business, but the United States
has enough . affairs prjts ownjo attend to. without 4itclu
ing in 1o aid any( European nation that gelt into a quar
rel with a South American atate. Castro appeart to be
pretty well able to look -out for himself, but if he is -not
he will hare to take the consequences. - On the other
hand, if France ia determined to punish hhn, and can do
so without "running afoul of the. Monroe doctrine, it
should do so without any assistance from Uncle Sam. 4
Acting as a South American policeman in the interests
of Europe should be beneath hit dignity, at it it. cer
tainly out of the line of hit proper business. . ' "
te nay that a mistaken lmpreeeion has
gone out about ear aomeepun hanev
woven aalt Inetaad of being the gift
of an admiring constituent It Is a pres
ent from a kind of lady -fn" South
Carolina whom I have never aeon." ' '
The present was transmitted through
Representative Aiken of South Carolina,
with a note to the speaker, saying that
If be wore It he would "have the beet
tult of clothes In the house.
Mr. Aiken also baa a eult Which he
wear a, made from the sane material.
f v SMALL CIIAKGi
Better be eareful with the btg attck,
Teddy. !.! ' ' , '"
Mo tax law -fa arar right , ' y i-
e.. v
Vf still adviaa readers net to plant
garden yet - - rf - r(
('.' -If m w 'I-
ttdge Oary mt Chleage ear a wife
la luxury. . vrell. a good wife ts the
beat luxury a mere male nan eaa In
dulge; la. v, ,Lr v, ,;;v? - .(-'..';,
Oet ready for winter next spring.
Portland needa to . kill Ita hog. At-
panyTJeuiuci atrWby- tb Inaular-Huia-
berT WblcaT . WJMT
, ------
- Over' tB.0tl looks good to The Jour
nal and ita boat cf frlenda, ; ;'
la these crucial tunea where In thun
der la Max ryaehtt -'.- v
Bote afurpnr aaya ha ean't name a
log catcher. Wall, nobody exoept aome
rascal wants nun to.. -. , :" j?-' :
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The election to a high office of such
a man as Gqvernor Folk la worth an
Ineatlmable' amount not to be measured
w delUfe, to the eouuUy.' 1 ., , ;
right the fruit pasta' te a nntsh.
6f eoura the Willamette valley "eanJ
ralae better applet, and muat .
Now that the' Llberaja of England
have woa a great victory, what are' they
going to a With UT Nothing. , .
The Sunday Journal la also ateadlly
crawling up; nothing equal to It In Ore
gon.'. ' .1 , -,i ,. -. "' . ,. v- ,v ,;
It Caatro has to pay he prepeaea that
France shell pay a lot of eoeta. - v
-The mayor did indite rather a long
and Involved ' aentenoa. But the good
stuff waa boiling out of him. Everybody
knows what he meant.: A '
We hope Mayor SfeClellan' will be
good, but doubt If he can ever gat rid
of the Tammany brand and etench.
Peer old - New Tork with far worse
thaa senator.'" 'vr.-; ' -v'.-'
Bomehow we can't help having a aua-
picion of ,a grown-up man who elans
hlmaelf rwllLT Bettr "Bill." ; -
Bring, landless people and uninhabited
landa together.:--!- r r-1;;.. ,v.
e. e . . ......
"TOev.fTfie weather, ytw ahouMj al-
ways keep a . goodly atom or -auo-
hi ne la your soul.'' - 75 v. : - ' ; 4 ;r
,....-, " ' ...
Wanted The right kind 6f a. Repub
lican candidate for representative . la
eongress from this district ,
If Roosevelt Is a Red Man Bryan la
a Datto 00 there. - - -. . ... t
- .
When ' BUI ' LAchner - reoresenta - Ore?
gon In the Second district, C, A. Johns
occupies the exeoutive cbairK J. H. Alt
kin of Huntington holds the state treas
ury sack, tbs millennial day win have
arrove, 'arrived, -arrlven,- as it were, or
words to that effect remarkavthe Halnea
Record. . -,.-.
"" ; vs. ' 1 't,
- The atatehood blU la
having a
monkey and1 parrot time.
Members of
eongreea are the monkeys and parrots.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Electric line to Bngens, too, of course
and te other places, 1 Salem will only
be a central ganglion, never a terminus.
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A Eugene man Is wearing a pair of
hoots which he. baa wore mora er leaa
for IS years. They were made la
Kugene and have been half soled only
once. Perhsps he greased them and
aet them away la a dark eloeet most ef
the time. -'.
.. ,. .... .!' v, eve
Albany did npV escape the Beautiful
snow, enough-falling o etep on, remarks
the Democrat, i'-
f"9
Baker City He
this great for (ti
water for trnge
for mining purpe.
"But eay. Isn't
year Plenty of
Plenty of water
aker county will
be the greatest n
northwest by the
end of another sumer.
- Squaw Creek (Crook county) Irriga
tion company preparing te Irrigate 1S,-
00t acre.
e e ' , v
Prinevllle baa a Williamson Quartet"
V: " '.- t- .A h-' A f.i '.
' go many cases of typhoid fever In
Eugene prompts a doctor of that town
to advise boiling to minutes all well
water -need, ,- A ,'".'
''Because he was fined for obstruct
ing a street a Marahfleld Ironworks pro
prietor three tena to move to North Bend.
- '-'J- a f '.r .,
prinevllle people made up a pnrae of
tits to eend.a young man away, for
treatment for aP'nal trouble. , :
. '. - e , . ,'':;;:,;
Amity "MethodlsU held aa all-day
meeting one day last week.
- H. H. Vincent of Presoott Washing
ton, waa in Condon last week and bought
at carload of mules la this region paying
on an average of $1T per head. Mr.
Vincent . usee them on , his extensive
wheat ranch at the above place, where
he. farms S.000 acres and where last year
he raised 18,000 sack ef wheat - -,
: -;. ' '.j v. ';'; : .'' !
herinM ntyTla tout .W bVJus
money in thejreeeury and baa a lew tax
levy. , f. -: ., ,y t .
Mens pay.
Oood hena, at least do,
aaye the Corvallla Times. .Thirty three
of that sort of the J, B. Irvine yard have
produced III eggs In the laet 10 days,
a average of nearly 11 egge per day,
worth IK.Il. Thle may be fair for
winter time, but II egga a day would
have been three times aa good. . ' .
.,..,,-,...:.. - e
A Marahfleld paper fills nearly two
pagee with an aeceunt of a mlxup at
a hotel cauaed by a drunken lodger.
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' "Jack Roll feu out of a tree," aaye
the Pine Creek correspondent of - the
Poeail Journal. . Why didn't Jack roll
out? "v -" -- ; ' '-.' .''
. . . ,,- .. - e 1 e r . : .., i
Port" Orford Tribune: ' It la amusing
to hear all the ehallow harbors on the-
coast crying 'out, worse than Prohibi
tionists, for "more water." port Orford
stands placidly en her 7t0 feet," and
bidet her time, , ,
t3- -K. xwi..wi.w mm9
-' ,
,v .:, ra, rers axl its vmtwmt.-'y.
Seattle, Jan. 10. To the Editor of "n.e
Journal la a Ions artlule tat anpee-d
In The Journal on January 10, !!,
football men of the Unlveralty el Ore
gon were practically charged aa being
guilty of drinking,, gambling and . pro
fanity. The general athletlo policy of
the nmveralty was -also attacked and
serious oharges . of professionalism la
athletics laid at Ita door. I do not know
whe wrote the article, but I do know
that with few exceptions, ale - charges.
so far as they relate to the University
Of Oregon,"are absolutely groundless. , J
agree with that writer that too much
time .was. g4 ean to ootbalt-the . CUr
fornla trip being the moot marked Inr
stance..- Bat as both California- and
lefasBil lu make tlie uiu te
Rugens or-PorlUnd, mi ulhsr ariania-1
ment eould be . made than .that both
samaa be tla red In California as was
done, Berkeley on Thursday and Stan
ford on the following : Tueeoay. con
trary to the general opinion, the foot
ball men are themselves opposed te long
tripe and would be only too glad to
have a season s schedule of home games.
An effort la being made to have one
of the California gamee played -In Ore
gon next aeason and unless suoh ar
rangements ean be made but one game,
with either Stanford or Berkeley, will
be played. ; The football aeason, of the
University of Oregon was ahorter than
eoaat and I . am positive that ne more
time was given to football than la any
other coast Institution. 1st faet muon
less -than In most others. This Is not
saying that too much -time was not
given to the game, however, la all, the
colleges. ..it ,
' The charge that men were encouraged
to enter the university for the purpose
of playing on the football team la abso
lutely falae. It Is the boast or the unl
veralty that the men on her" .athletlo
team are aonaftde etudente In good
standing. . I am acquainted with the
football men and conditions In Wash
Ington, Oregon, California and Nevada
and I eaa' say positively that po insti
tutlon la .any af theee etatee le freer
from professionalism la football thaa
the University ef Oregon, war In any
other la a higher standard of scholar
ship required. - r- i -, j.- - -
In regard to the charges of drinking,
gambling and profanity I tnnst say that
tne accuaer waa . grossly ignorant 01
etudent conditions end ' college affairs,
for against no institution could such a
charge be made with lees I truth. Dur
ing the years I have been actively to ter
se ted in football, aa Player and eoach.
have never seen or known a etudent
body of men whose. habits were better
or whose general moral ' plane
higher. . It was one of the first things
observed when I look up my worn
with the men at Eugene and on several
occasions during the season. I congratu
lated President Campbell . and other
lembare r,t tha facUltyQB thS high
moral standard maintained and lived UP
to by the entire student body.
X am not now connected In any way
with the ' university, but I know - the
athletlo and general student affaire -of
the university are of unusually high
standard and that the afore-mentioned
article. In so far aa It related to the
university, waa wholly unwarranted.
Tours truly.
BRUCE C. SHORTS.
,. Manhood ef
Portland. Jan. te. To the Editor
The Journal The interesting article In
your columns on great fortunes suggests
that one elde of the case has been over
looked, a ad that is the- character ot the
Industries which have piled up aucn
enormous wealth for the mea who owa
and control them. They are without ex
ception such enterprises as Stl Trthe
member of society have an interest In
and are known as public ut lilt lea, or
they are such nuetaeeaes aa have formed
en alliance with aome such utility,
usually the utility of transportation.
That le to say that In a-bread- aense
theee public utilities belong to the peo
ple of the nation and to their descend
ante lr democracy is, anything more
than a name. - '
Even without 4 Socialist - resolution
the nation could 'take possession of the
railroads and operate them aa has been
done la between SO and 0 nations ot
the world. Oermsny to an Instance of
a nation Where the government, though
far from a democracy, has eome. aa a
writer In the December Atlantlo aaye, to
be the great barmonlser and arbitrator
between conflicting Interacts. . And this
view of the function of government la
He turn, haa f oroad into the very center
of political life a demand which , In
other ' eonntrtee ta - more commonly
based on moral and economic grounds
ths demand for social justice.
- Te eome ' back to the United States,
It muat . be 'admitted that the people
have been Insensible, to the dangers of
such accumulations of . wealth and
power. ' If we own Mr government-
end we certainly ean own it and control
it lr we win we can regulate or we can
own and operate all ef our great public
utllltlea. - Then aome fine day: when we
are wtlllns- to take the trouble to under
stand the laws' of taxation we can com
pel great accumulations of wealth to
pay their due proportion -of . taxes ta
place of the present - system., There
would be ebsolutely nothing to prevent
(when that .day comes), without a hint
of revolution or a surrender to Social
ism, the taxing of the eetatee of deceased
minlonalree to ouch a point? that no one
heir should tnheritxmere than 11,000,-
00. ' . ' , '-.' ,-' ' , ; " v
' There la also another polhti Which we
have recently seen Illustrated In fregon
and,, according to report New Tork Is
seeing It Illustrated In ths case of Its
United States senators, and that la the
power of public opinion upon men in
high position. ' If condemnation la uni
versal no man ean stand against it - The
ingenuity of pian can devise no punish
ment like It It drlea up the blood; It
wlthere alt social pleasure; it destroys
the desire for life, and death mercifully
ends a career, that a man's contempora
ries have judged to be a dishonor. There
are lote of faults In the American re
public) but there are aome compensating
qualltlea which will lavs us for a time,
anyway, from being owned and exploit
ed as slaves of millionaires. Alarmist
talsHabvwt out desllni botiaii the lack
of that quality which Emerson preached
perhape hie finest sermon upon.
"Trust -thyeetfr -every heart ' vibrate!
to that iron string. '- Accept the-f place
the divine 'Providence . has- found - tot
you, the society of you a oon temporaries,
the connection of events.' Great men
have always done so, and confided them
selves childlike te the genius- of their
age, betraying their perception that the
Eternal waa stirring at their hearts,
working through their hands, predomi
nating In all their being. And we are
now men, and muat accept In the high
est mind the same transcendent - des
tiny; and not pinched In a corner, not
cowards fleeing before a revolution, but
redeemers and benefactors, pious as
pirants to be noble clay under the Al
mighty effort; let us advance on chaos
and the dark."- -
And again Emerson "says: , . - '' - -- I
"Let a man, then, know hie worth, and
keep thingo under hie feet tet him not
keep or steal, or skulk up and rtown
with the air of a ebarlty boy, a bastard
or aa Interloper la the world which ex-i
"1 '.JiL Z Jt the man In ; the
a Inc. nf no worth in himself which
eo. e. mds to ths foroe which built a
tower or acu'-tured a marble god. feels
poor wbea he looks on theee. To him a
palace, a sta r a costly book have
an alien 1 -d "-'ing air, much 11 xe
a rr ec jags, a I aeem to sap Uke
th (, r 'h are you, -irf Tea ta. y ase
all L" , a ore for a notice, pe.ltlon
sra to ' ,s untitle -at they wlJl eome
out a4 t e i sion."
Mow doee that compare with the
closing words of the article on the mil
ltonalreaf '. . f - . ; ;- - u
Temenber how Euro-e ' cringed to
Mr. Morgan at his last visit with em
perora seeking his favor and princes
waiting at hla door. A real ring? Why,
we p radically have tne o taem al
ready." .... . .'.'" ,'' ' 1 : '
- And yet It" ta aur proud -no: eg-that
we are American eltlsens, ,and that ear
government le the one deacrlbed by Lin-
coin la bis Oettysburtr speech.
C SOR.C J - Jar THACHER.--
t.raUiy poi lliT Conamlai CysUaL
W Portland, Or.. Jan, 29. To the Editor
or xne .journal 1 ne iniroauauon
through Secretary Root's Influence ef
Senator Lodge'a new consular bill- No.
I.ttl has caused considerable discus
sion. - That bill was not passed In Its
entirety, but left the senate, neverthe
less, , for the house with Important
nhangea. which wnauesttonably will
passed this session, and xnl vastly
benefit the Paolfle eoaat Aa an Amer
ican consular officer for elx years In
Europe, paaeing from the lb west eonsu
lar grade to the higher grade In that
ed scans aaporloaoe' In
that period, and accordingly two years
ago I pointed out Ita defects In a arti
cle copied ia Washington (IV C) news
papers, entitled "Flaws In the Consular
Office"; hanoa I venture now to explain
the previalons of the new eonaular but.
aa amended by and as It passed the sen
ate a few days ago. ' - 4- , 1 ,
Heretofore - the V United State had
TIT . separata consular . astabllshmenta.
over 10 per cent ef which are operated
now by forelgnera who nave never vis
ited America, and thia 10 per cent ef
consular offices are controlled by Amer
loan-bora dtlsena, who. are consuls and
consuls-general, and who by law (aa It
now stands, HOC) are authorised to di
vide the consular fees so collected, with
the so-called Amertoaa eonaular agents.
who are nearly all forelgnera, Including
vice-consuls and deputy consuls totally
Ignorant of United States artalre and
manufactures, and are paid out of con
sular feea collected by Uncle Sam's gov
ernment Nevertheleea there la an an
nual deficiency la the service that for
ths fiscal year ending July 1. 10$, was
1144.111 ahort bf the consular receipts,
which were l,TSS,Sts, while tne oon
eular exnenditures that year wer
tl.tll.m. It to against paying thia de
ficiency yearly which the house appro
priations committee complains that Is
called a deficiency appropriation oui.
Secretary of State - Boot finding the
eonaular fee ayatem was a mistake, as
also the appointment of M per sent of
consular officers pure - forelgnera
as end dividing same -by law wtta4
American consuls .of higher rank; deter
mined to abolish the whole ayatem, and
If neealble at the tame . time abolish
the ottronage tof senators and repre
sentatives of -nominating consular offi
cers to the president for vacancies;
ha had Senator 1odge introduce senate
blU l.ttl, Upon which Secretary Root
haa been examinee by seta me senate
and house committees.
How well he has succeeded, although
the civil service rules and examinations
clauses were stricken entirely out of
the bill Ty the senate.' may be seen by
an analysis I have made of thia new
consular bill as It passed the senate.
and la now in the house. - - .
Section 1 The consular system Is
delegated to the president to reorganise
the earn in terma or tnat act aa fol
lows: - - .': . : ' -rx
Sections I and 1: That tt eoYisula-
general ahall be divided In alx claases
and, excepting two at London aad lftver-
pool with 1 lx. wo salaries oaen, tne
others shall receive salaries varying
from 11,000 to $1,800 each, and abso
lutely prohibited from taking any reee;
that S7t oonsuls shall receive 18.000
to fleet aalariea, to be divided Into
seven separate grades or classes, also
prohibited from taking face, who, with
their vice and 'deputy consuls, whose
latter salaries ara 1 1.000 a year and up
ward, muat be American clttseno. In
cluding theiy elerks ia consulates. -"
Section 4. with la one year after
tas sere of the act the prealdent shall
classify all consul a tea-general and con
sulates, namely, the tzi authorised ay
the new law. and may change saani
thereafter or create pew consulates-general
and con aula tea
Section a. That Immediately after
be has done eo the tnoumbents In offioe
shall, be aasla-ned by the nreeldent on
fixed aalariea to aha Various classes tor
grade aa nearly aa posslbla In eeoerd
with their duties, conditions and com
pensation of the offices they now bold.
but only hold earns aa American etU-
sena. - - .. -- - ...... . .. , .
Section a. That a consul-general or
consul may pe transferred by the presi
dent's - order (without - consent bf the
senate) In the same class from one place
te another or to higher gradss. .
; Sections T, I. and it have been
stricken out by the swats committee on
foreign relatione because they relate to
civil service examinations and modus
operandi of appointments, and Instead
tnereor tne system now in - operation
(January te, ltot) Shall be retained.
which from consular regulations, sec
tion It, page it, now in force, shows
future appointments will be , made In
following order and selection: ' '
"Any vacancy In a consulate or Com
mercial agency, now or hereafter exist
ing, the salary of which la not more
than $2,600, nor leas than- $1,000. ahall
be filled 1, . - ...
'First, oy a transfer or promotion frsia
soms other position under the depart
ment of state 0 a character tending to
gratify the Incumbent for, the position
to oe xuiea: or, : !,,,.
"Second, by appointment of a naraon
not under the department of etate now.
but having previouely eerved thereunder
to. ue eausraction in - a eonaular ca
pacity tending to qualify him for the
position to be filled; or, - -..
"Third, by the appointment of a peraon
who, having furnished - the customary
waw sx hwwti responsiouity and
capaolty and eelected by the president
for examination, ia found after such ex
amination to be-cjualtfteeWer-'the -position."
Thia examination Is now made
by three consular off leer e i named, by
Secretary Boot'..---"- -
SectionT 11 ereatea five ineeeotors-
general of eonsulaua at a . salary of
SD.eee, wua-ranjcr or oonsuls-general,
ehoeen from the consular servtee, terie
epect every consular office, abroad, with
power to suspend consular officers for
$0 da ye where rulee are violated.
Section It. Ne person not an Ameri
can citlsen ehall fill any position where
the salary la above $1,000 a year.
Section It prohibits offleere of any
grade being interacted In any business
whatever within the limits of their con
sular jurisdiction, nor shall they or any
officer or olerk practice aa a lawyer,
and must gtv bonds not to do so nor
receive any fee or reward.
' Section 14 authorises every' consular
offices to take oat he M ft norlal
acts at feea to the U. J t l-v-emment
preeerlbed by te ('' -Section
la, reee for windier, up aa-
TK3 UIJITED STATE3
''3-- C2NATE V W-:r-
ty v. Th iu B. Oregory,
; Ha per ng to 1 ok fp a cpy of John
Stuart k..il'a "I. ire antaUve Govern
ment ths oler any, I opened It at
random, when my eye fell upon hla ":
deservedly famous - tribute to the. old .
toman senate ths senate of the re- ,
publlo the senate of the daya when .
Rome was in the glory of her vigorous
and nnoorrupted. manhood I - . , ,
Mill's eompllmsnt to ths senate ' of '
Rome thrilled me through, sad through,
11 ret with pleasure and then with ehame :.
for I eould not help thinking ef aa
other senate, ones great like that et ;.
republican Roma, but now fast falling . '
into -decay. 1- ;v ' -- -
- What an Illustrious body, the United
Steasenars-- unue waat . 111 '-b'r'
The senate of Clay, Calhuun andr
Webster, ot Silas Wright and Thomas
H. Benton, of Nathaniel Macon and the
Bayards what prestige It had. how '''
mightily did It command the respect at
the whole .world! t , '""-j "('f
What intejieetual giants our senators' '
were In those daya; and better atlll, ;
what eplendld chara tiers they were able .
to show I How proud the country waa ;
of them, ; and how ' grandly . did the -country
trust theml .- - - 1 ' ' j"
- Nothing mean or unpatriotic, nothing. .
crooked or dark ever came near- tkeir '
behdo or hearta Their Integrity was -
as stanch as their intallaota w
llant and the people, knew, that with
them the national honor waa absolute., ' .
ly safe end the Jiatlonal safety per- vV
fectly secure,-- - - ' '
But "how the mighty have fall en" I In ?
the eeats ef ta Intellectual gtanta and
Incorruptible patriots of the olden time
What manlklna'are aittlngt -. -'''.;
Now and then. It ta true, a senator v
goes to Washington who Is worthy af '.'
the high place to which be is elected.
but In far too many Instancea ths seats '
ef the mighty are being sued by mem " '
who are both mentally and morally up.-," j
fit for membership ia the most com- - - - -v,
mandlng deliberative body on earth.' . ,
f Speaking of the - Roman . senate, 'It w -
should be known to every Intelligent .V:, ,.
American that that lllustrioua body ,
never, even at the height or Ita glory, ; v , ,
presided over a domain Has that which ..
belongs to the United States of today. ;
Ths United Btataa or America is a
much bigger fact that even many Amer
loaas think; .and It le a shame that we - '
cannot In every lnatanoe, nave big ; ...
men te represent ne In. pur national . .
senata - . : ' , . -j. -V -,- ;
Such men are pieotirui enougn in tnia - -
country, and we should have pride and
patriotism enough ta see te It thai none .' .
but men of commanding, brain power '
and Incorruptible manhood are aent to ... ,.;
renreeent ua In ear moot important ana . -
most honorable deliberative assembly.
At Port aatsop.'f -. : r " :r t-r
January We dtopatcnad Howard-t
and Werner ta the , camp ef the aalt . ,
makers for a eupply of salt The mm f .
eathe garrison are baally employed in
dreeelng elk skins for clothing. . They '
have great difficulty, from th waat of -bralna
with which te soften th skins, J
We have no soap to eupply thia def I- -ctency,
nor, can we procure ashes ta . ,
make lye. None of th plnea we used : :
for fuel afforda ashee; alngular as It ..
may aeem, the greenwood. U..cpMumedJ
wlthoat a residuum. .. - , .
t - ; - - -: '
New Woman at Sulphur. , Av - 1 '
-MProm the Kansas City Journal.-
Suhhur baa on woman who believes ;
In soratchlng matches, according to the '
time-honored custom employed by ,hef .
mala contemporaries, aad after witness- :
Ing 'an exhibition af her proweee th -
editor of the Sulphur Journal takes ref-. '.
uge lathe Bible and relieve his feelings ,,
In the following -vein:
"In this ths thirty-fifth year of our
reign, even her in th city of Sulphur,
hath it first been given unto ue to' be-' T
hold th edifying spectacle of a woman
scratching a match even as a man ,
acratcheth. VarUyl Verily t Though -''
our daya .b many and laden with wis- : .
dom these ' days of ths new woman -1
transformeth th machinery of our bet :
fry Into merry-go-round. But. the edU-
tor nsmeth ne aamee, for he of ex- : ,"'
perienoed mind provoketh not the wrath ., -et
woman." . -.,t -. , ..-.' ,
Si'.y'i'. pinkelaptoleTS.).-; .S-V-.'v
Many matrimonial matches vaa etrurg
mltould kindling der fires of love..
Der maa dot likes ta do all der talk
ing alvaya.onuma mlt a gootteady 11s-
Der man dot la wrapped up In himself '
alvaye dlnka he ta a varm baby. . ,
Man vante but leedle her below, una .-
rot leedle .he get is ehenerally In der.. , .
neck. . Dv DINKEUBPIEL. -.
Per. George V. Hobert
';''.:
tatea of deceased ettlsens abroad and;..' t
acting as trustee by consular off icsrs
shall go to .the United - SUtee - alone, v .
whether feea are official or non-official, "
Including depoelUone, commissions, ete '- .
except consular" agenta. The latter are .:' v'
to be appointed as heretofore, but by? ; : v
secretary of state only, whose corapen-
nation shall be by feea up to the max I- ' , r
mum of 11,000 a year ana n-- more,
and surplus beyond same to go to the
United States treasury and to aorta
other.. x:t .;';-;- ' .i. ' ' :
section l. rnwiaini w ii pn oi
fees for certification 0 lnvolcea, and re
peals sectlone $18 and MM f the re
vised statutes.' j
SecUea 17. That consular officers
shall all use adhesive stsmpe te be sup
plied by secretary of state and to be
affixed on all documents, and no consu
lar act shall be valid In the- United
States without such stamps are affixed
and paid, for Into the United States
treasury. - , " wiLimAat ttiuiu.
170 Worcester buildings t--;- . r
The Woman ana the Telepaena.
Portland,-Or r JawlJT-tiir'EaiTPrfC
ot The Journal I read the article of ;
CPM. Moore, dated January 1$, In reply v
ta my- letter af-Jaauary-a I. aav wot
so much - surprised that the editor did- '
not sign my namctn full., as he knows
men do not cars to become popular as a . , '
rula I have never been married and -don't
think X ever will be if I keep my."' "
riabt mind: one thing sure, if I . was
I would pot need to have a brick house : '
to fall on ray heed to get my eyes open,-t
for I know what hundrede of women'
have done and, very true, a habit once "
formed la hard t break. I have dealt 1 ,
with the public most all my life and 1 -have
seen lots of things that some " --' -would
not believe, while others wouldn't'.'. '
want to believe. One half of the world -doea
not know what the other half la -doing
because they are not In the post- -tlon
where they cah see. I know there - 1 '.
are a few good women living yet There '
le no one on earth whrepecte a good , -Christian
woman more than I do. A
good woman ean do more good to men-
kind than a good man, and It la a poor - V
rule that doea not work both weye. "
.-... . . a. a ti n,