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TT -V r-. f V' J I ... 1 PORTLAND. OREGON. '..'. . A. - THE: OREGON.. D AILY JOURNAL ''''.,'',?VV; - iA,'' AN INDEPENDENT . NBWIPAPIR , O. S. JACXaOsT, PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. nro. r. oiuou Published svery evening (except Sunday) and tvery Sunday morning, at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam- V' . ;,-. '' UH atnata Portland, Ortfoa. ''. ; ,-.". '."( LIGHT ON A BLACK TRAGEDY. NOyGH TESTIMONY anent the Valencia horror his already been adduced to justify the aasertion that but ior.almoJ unprecedented heartlessness. cowardice or incompetence, or, a mixture of all these, ..moat if not all the passengers might hare been saved. ' The blame Is to be divided and distrnut&Itappears. " -poBible 'tliat the, captain orthe doomed ship lost his j'Jiead-anUliad to proper -eqmmend; f-htacrew or-fn t fluence over the passengers. The Canadian and perhaps ' "' the United States governments are to some tJUtut le ,aponsible-for.not providing betterland-ampla lifesaving -j- -appliances-in jthatwpecially-ngerous-locality The Bteainship Tompany-TJwmng-the- Valericia wilPlikety-be found culpable for not seeing to it on the first report ' ' ,. ' pf the disaster that tht vessels thst went out ostensibly , j3ii a. .voyage of rescue were not supplied with sufficient : v means for the work in hand. But finally, the brunt of the blame, as it now appears, must fall on the shoulders t of the manifestly cowardly or incompetent' officers of . : ' the vessels that steamed to the terrible scene -theQueen, v i the Topeka and the tug Czar, especially the former, : whose roaster. Cousins, if the representations being made ;, tsre correct, should follow the. example of Judas Iscariot .fend- go off and bang himself or perhaps drowning " vrould ba more appropriate. Proof is beiag made that .'. 'the sea-, was not exceedingly rough; a raft containing 3,3 persons rode it for many hours; these vessels ap proached near the distressed ship, looked on awhile, and, Apparently made not the slightest single effort to rescue those poor perishing souls.. Unless some excuses or; V. explanations that as it now appears are"riot likely to - te forthcoming can be made, this action on the part "Mof those ships' officers will be the blackest sea tragedy. tn record in modern times, scarcely excepting the cruel ," - fend murderous action of the crew of La Burgoygne in reusing many scores of passengers to perish in order J llo gave themselves. '.V. ''. - . 11 f 4 .", .VJ'v NO HOPE OPTARIPPRSYI$IOlU: HAT IS CONGRESS going' to do ' about the tariff? Will, that body continue . in effect the present absurd schedules or will It bring about a general reduction? Will the sena tors and representatives in the two houses serve the people, or will they continue to do the bidding of the 4 tnists?' asks the Astoria News-Herald. The Astoria paper seems not to have been very observant of pro ceedings in congress or reports therefrom on this sub ject, or it would not be seeking this information, though perhaps it intends these queries to be taken as affirma- tive criticisms and reproaches. It may be remarked, 2 however, not as pier .of news, hut lest therpeoplt- f forget, that congress does not intend to do anything with the "absurd schedules" of the tariff, unless tn.order to retaliate on Germany and other countries it fixes the I present schedules aa the minimum and 25 per cent higher , duties as a maximum, as is proposed by some Republi- can leaders. A few , Republican members are in favor jtof tariff reduction, but they are utterly powerless and Itaven't conrage enough to became "insurgents" on this (question. The president himself, though he can zeal- ously urge the passage of a railway rate law. and can , even dictate and domineer in the matter of atatehood for the territories, has -nothing specific to say about the tanti. 1 he trusts and protected interests control con- Kress on this ouestion. while the nennla'a intrta ... -Lgonsidere j ofPOconicqucnce hy4he-comparativlr few; men in euner nouse who control all such legislation. No tariff reform can be expected until tht Republicans in congress are reduced to a minority or the people ', elect a different type of Republicans as members of that ., - ' - - - GARFIELD AND THE PACKERS. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS GAR. FIELD'S aide of the story is yet to be told, and it may be that he will denr the assertions of the beef packers' witnesses that he promised them im ' rnunity from punishment 3f fhey would let hint look into ;v their affairs; but aa the case appears so far, the public will have to suppose that he did this. Such action on - v- bis part renders the investigation and- prosecution a (mere farce, for of what use is it to prosecute criminals "." ' sifter having assured them that. they should not be pun- n isnear inert was in in is case no need whatever of the ,, present prosecution, for Commissioner Garfield could have , officially reported what the packers under this promise jdi immunity disclosed to him, and the public would have known as much about the matter, and what the beef trust has been np to, as will be known after this expen . ejivt and probably abortive trial is over. . This, like tht -, tilt against tht Santa Ft railroad, in which the govern ' rnent found that while the 'corporation was extremely . ' guilty its officers were as innocent, seems to be very attach of a farce, with Garfield as the chief chump of the play. If this is an unjust presentation of the case :at is up to Garfield to demonatrate it. - .- c '."V'.V' .V".-. :; I ' C:-. BIG IMMIGRATION EXPECTED. ; ' . RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENTS predict a far ; heavier tourist travel of homeseekers to Oregon - . - . this spring during the period of special rates than in any former year, except "last year during the . Lewis and Gark fair. That event will have been to home extent the cause of the expected greater Immigra tion, and the predicted-and expected benefits of the ii,Jrxpoaition are only-beginning to appearr and will con tinue interminably. We shall never be able to calculate V even approximately the benefit to Oregon of the big fair. There are other reasons also why more people will ; ; , oipe to Oregon-this year and in future years than in the. past. News of railroad building in and toward this y otatc is onev When eastetnpeoplerea4 pf great activity In constructing railroads' to get into and through Oregon, heT rialiae that something it doing and is going to'bd , Idoing put here, and that Oregon is a state worth notic Ing and with good opportunities and bright prospects. ' . (Another , cause is the increased literature about ''Oregon - being sent . east And the recent-"See America" con- Trtntion'at SaltrLake City should not be without good . . results. . , "" The west wants settlers homeseekers,' investors, Tde r felbpers, rather than tourists, but it wants them, too, "; rot so much for the money they spend in transit as for . ; the reports of. the eountry-r-if they will really and in telligently, inspect and; investigate it that ' they will .;vnake on their return. ' Eastern people able to spend , money in travel owe it to themselves to see tht west , and understand if better: ' The average western , man . Is far better informed about the east than the eastern - man ft- about the west," and if we may say so without undue boasting the western man is wiser in an important ; sense than the eastern maa- - t ' , , The western man is tht true American -cosmopolitan, while tht average eastern man is comparatively pro- vinciaL .Wt may bt to a degree primitive out here in the far west, but our vision embraces a greater scope than the New Englander's, Who is more cramped not only in his boundary lines but in his imagination and ideas." The -westerner has unlimited horizons, and bis imagination and conception of things' are stimulated by the fertility of soil, the great mountains .and plains and forestsr theytl variety of naiurca. unl6ldlng::alLabont him. .; - .", ..: J L . ' .V' : . , . --Tht-easterner-cahnot-really know- very much about his countrv till he has had slimpses at least of the twin titles of Miunesuia, Kansas Cilv, Denvei, Gall Lakerf Galveston, LsngelesanJisDciscOj Eoolaneattle. Tacoma. Spokane and -Butte.-and-until he hat crossed tha-Woad- prairiel.-and-lhe- great mountain ranges, and beheld the mighty forests, and the wonderful crops, and ridden on the Columbia river and Puget aound and looked -out on the Pacific as well as the Atlantic So come west, homeseekers and investors, and help develop this wonderful, glorious region, and come west, tourists, and get inspiration and "wisdom."-" ,'. v SHOULD BE FORCED TO SIGN. THE PLEDGE. T I TE NOTICE HERE AND THERE an Indispo V V '"'on on the part of aspirants to legislative . ; honors to seriously heed the direct primary law. s The purpose of that law is to place absolutely in the hands of the people the selection of the man they desire to represent them in the United States senate. The voters have learned by bitter experience that under the old system they rarely got the man they wanted for senator and that the legislative session in which a sena torial election occurred was devoted almost wholly to a fight over this office, to the exclusion of other public business.' Under this new law pledges are exacted of every legislative candidate; he must express Himself on how he stands with reference to the selection of a United States senator. : There art two pledges permissable under the law, but the first alone engages the attention of tht- people" . . ;. ' " "" - Under this first pledge the candidate for the legisla ture pledges himself that in the event of his election be will vote for the candidate for United States senator who has received the' highest popular vote. - This, it will be noted, takes no heed of the individual or partisan preference of the legislator. On this one question he simply ratifies the popular, will. If the people of the state give the highest vote to a Democrat and at the same time, elect a majority of Republican members of the legislature they must ratify the popular vote and elect the Democrat, whoever he may be; on the other hand it Is incumbent on the Democratic members in the same way , to ratify tht will of tht people if the majority vote for aenator is received by a Republican. But the thief point which The Journal wishes to ira press is thst if the people intend to make the law effective they must insist in every case that the candidate for the legislature sign the first pledge and bt content with no other. In this way, and in this alone, is it possible to make supreme the popular .will in the election of a United States senator. . , LOOKS TO HIM LIKE FAIRBANKS. T HE WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT of the'. Springfield Republican . says . that . ?tht strained relations between the president and congress cannot fail to have highly important bearings upon tht nent-RepttMiitu nomination to the presidency," snd-he thinks that Vice-President Fairbanks is more likely than any other man to become the 'nominee in 1908. ' , ' , v ; . "While it would be rash to say that the nomination of Fairbanks is actually probable, it can, at least be said that his nomination seems more probable than that of any other one candidate,' 1 ; This correspondent thinks that Taft and Root, espe cially the former, are involved along with the president In the disfavor of the Republican leaders' in congress, and that Taft s chances have been diminished by the troubles over Panama, which will continue to arise to plague him. Then there are several senatorial aspirants, Foraker, Beveridge," Kftox," and others, not to consider Standpatter Shaw, and they, while each one is working for himself, will combine to tht extent of working against Taft, who it a bigger man in all respects than any of them. Root irecognixed as a very able lawyer and cabinet officer, but it u believed bt would be espe ciatly unpopular in the west The Republican's correspondent also thinks that "after tht strenuousness of Mr. Roosevelt the people will seek other qualities in their next president, and the popular fancy will turn to some man of quite the opposite, type He says congress "is in -a tense tired of the president, of his "hobbies' and 'frills'," and that the people will reflect that "tired feeling" when choosing Roosevelt's successor, preferring a conservative to a man of radical impulses. In the minds of the conservatives and standpatters Fairbanks fills the bill rather better than anybody else. There is nothing radical about him. ' There would be no danger that he 'would try to reform anything very much, and he is working very industriously and sys tematically, if quietly, for the nomination, and among other things Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks art doing some remarkably lavish entertaining this winter, there being no other house In Washington, it is said, where so many large dinners and other functions are given. . Fairbanks Is a man of ability and would make as arood a president, no doubt, as any man of his type or make up, but it is much to be doubted Whether the people wilV desire that kind of arman elected in 1908. Instead of being tired of Roosevelt's radicalism, they may be tired rather ot congressional standpatism. - i. SHALL CHANCE "Wanted, " tsginiatD, aajr tht Band Bulletin. , " . - Oregon nut havt 'nearly ae saejiy "colonels" a Kentucky. aeeordlnaT tt population. :, , ( .....-.; Nalthar la It a daad sure thin that the president and his rnend. air. Plp- chot, bave not . carried . their forest rasarve. policy too tar.. i . ir, jt-. a Unci John D. Rookefoller la reported to b In hldlnav- dodglne- -subpoena. B-what do-they- -want hlea fort He wouldn't aaow anything. - - -rvrr-t Now la tht time for oaadldatoa te adTtrHge. suar pera.. ? e Tfcere will be "aorao" vote eaat la Salem, aaya tha Journal, toa Mrr Tooae, and "eome" for Mr. Huaton. Freni which remark It may ba Inferred that Mr. Hawley will get most of them. Commlaaloner Garfield s earns to have mad meaa of hla beef treat Invaatlga- . .' : .o a . ; ' Over In'Waahlna-ton a S-year-old boy shot hla t-yaar-old brother, which may aueveat to. their parenta that a loaded revolver la not - a . suitable plaything for children of those ares. ' " "-" ; " : An Qreroa woman has drank ne water in 41 years, but fortunately doea not go about lecturing ton the benefits of her abstinence in this respect e e -.- ' t' ' 1 4 Another admirable thing about women Is that they seldom If erer spit on the sidewalk or elsewhere. : " ' e e '.' v.- V 'i ' Whtle the woman who worked Mr. Drohn out of upward of 14,000 la not to be defended, and ought to be punished. It would seem that he Isn't capable of having any considerable amount of money. . It would soon be parted again from auch an "easy mark.' r ' . We wont -belleve.-tt ta eprlng untfl w hear the bullfrogs sing. . February may be a better, friend of the fuel dealers, . . e e .. a, lot of other men are Ilka tho late Marshall Tield In never giving a prom issory note, but for a different reason. Tonight winds up a queer January. aa to .weather, even In mild Oregon. e a- 1 - .. Can't any correspondents acare up any Russian news any more? Has every body gone to aleep over there? - - .-- lS.ewlIlletastsJpne untttl??' AMJr1' ahe geta through debating with the kaiser, but Castro may suppose France assent" Uncle Russell Sage says a man can not have too much money. - But If he had It allr as he would like, how could other men,' have enough ? e e Colonel .Mann and Judge beuel -were "kind to the rich" If they Dunaled eufflrtently. ;, ; '; It la said thlt Hetty Orson la monm- Ing because a lead half . dollar waa passed, on her, hut fehe "can console "her self with the reflection that ahe never did buslnesa with Colonel Man a. '.- ' e 'a " r, , ',, LETTERS FROM ' THE v- i:.; PEOPLE 'i' ' - . - -- 1 " aetaJ,N..,J,eM eaajaiaaaaiejfiia 1 j Jrveaeella Mov Attaeke air. Barmardl Portland, Jan, IS. To the Editor of The Journal An article appeared in Sunday a Journal about "Powle'a Finan cial Chief Iaavlna- Zlon." 'Charles J. Barnard. Zlon'a financial1 manager, did leave Zlon'a Institutions a year ago.. But what are the faqtsf I do not aoeuse Mr.. Barnard of having anything to do with the artiole, but It waa apun out of the reporter's brain, who knows nothing of the-facta.. The-writer would have yon belteve that Barnard waa a wonder ful financial . executive. ' whtle Dowle waa a apendthrlf t and a foolish financiers The fact are that Mr. Barnard had been a banker before com Ins Into Zlon but "had not -financiered large inatltu- tlons, and proved Incapable of handling so Jarge an estate as that being punt up In Zlon. Aa Ohio man Uvea after being abet In the heart. A good many men have had the same experience, when Dan Cupid did the shooting. -"l .....j'-- e e ; TheyT have also had a' very warm January back east, but we will read of billiards later, no doubt. . . The president may get mad enough to run again, after all. I -Ml OREGON SIDELIGHTS INVOKINQ THE INITIATIVE. I F THE PURPOSE ir to secure "the greae'sfp6ssible benefit from the initiative law it would bt wise to submit few laws to the popular vote and to be certain that these have been carefully thought out to remedy an existing condition. - Properly used there can be no doubt of the value of this law. It not only returns to the people the, opportunity to exercise some of the most vital powers which they had delegated to their trustees, but it places in their own hands the remedy for existing evils which otherwise could be abated only through the most tortuous and difficult proceedings. But there IS real danger in tht very facility which the initiative provides for the remedy of these evils. 'It is a known fact that a law once placed before the people for then vote ta more than likely to go through. ; There are so many things to cover In an election, so many features to consider, and the ballot can be made so com plicated, thst the averagt voter becomes confused, with the outcome that the very best result is not secured. The real friends of the initiative law will be slow to invoke its aid, and when they do it will be to remedy a manifest evil that'll is otherwise - difficult if not impossible to reach. . '. , Senator Foraker'e Chance. : From' the Minneapolis Times. Certain people ta ObJe are atlU talk trj SJt CassUoc CusaJkat M poaattlllt la m.; The senator would stand about as much ehow of election as a boys snow man would of decorating; a eeuta exa eaBoeuxa ta hadesw, ' . -."' Coyotes are becoming a great pest In Josephine : county, - -destroying quail, pheaasjftai sg.lrrela poultry sheep and Zone la te have a brass band. t .;, .e e Coqullle City and Myrtle Point have contesting gun clubs. New achoolhouae In Mount Hood eet- Uement " . , y , ... ..:,e - e . . Mosier Correspondence of Hood River News tetter: - Well, I am on hand with my usual runaway. . This time It was an Jndlan maiden that Uvea near town and a young buck from Turn water. They galloped away contrary to her parents' wishes, The team never got a scratch. .a e . r The county division proposition will cause a - lively, campaign In Waaco county. f i.. . ... . .," e e " Band on has a concert band that alvea popular open-air concerts on Saturday evenings. ... s e For the first time In a number of yeara the business men of Tillamook City have got together. They met Tues day and decided that life waa too short to spend 14 hours a day In a store, and decided upon early closing. This la a good move, and we are glad that the buslnesa men have come together, ears the Headlight. , , e v , - Although Tillamook la legally dry, some people get drunk there, according to the Headlight :.""""" "" ': More needs a society to prerent im position. There are too many subscrip tion papers afloat for a healthy com munlty like this is, aaya the Obeerver. r-t . - - - - A man has bought SO.000 head "of aheep around Mitchell and wanta several times aa many more. ; ,--1 '. ' The 'Ashland eouncll will ' limit the number of saloons there to four. Quite enough : , . e " One supposed ease of diphtheria waa sufficient to elose the Fossil schools last week. . . .t e e "Announcement In Bhanlko Republican: My name is. August Holsteln, from the great city of Kent; I left there of my own free will, and net because I was sent. I am a fighter, you alt should know, and one that can't be beat; eaa whip any sick man In Bhanlko, pr nr old bat m eat . . :. . .e , e lelghrldera, revival, meetings . and much alckneea In Enterprise . - ' . Still more water wanted by loggers ta eome coast streams. . . ....,.. e a ... Halnea hae a Hret-elaat orchestra, says the Record. ' ' ; , s. . . , . ... Blaine item in Cloverdale Courier: Wanted A man with a - wooden leg to mash potatoea at the Jones) A Faaa- 4 wpria plabbovte. The first apostle of Zlon. John Alex ander Dowle. before going to Mexico a year ago, aent to San Francisco for an expert financier, . who belonged to Zlon there. Deacon Alexander Granger, at that time president of 14 large baalnsas enterprises, to eome to Zlon City and overhaul the hooka, and business meth ods of Charles J. Barnard. He found things In a great . muddle financially. Mr. Barnard foresaw that he would be set aside financially when the head of Zlon returned, ao he hastily resigned at a time when he should have stood firm to his post until hla leader returned. Instead ot maklna large Inveatmenta In Mexico them and squandering Zlon'a money, he was simply spying out the land to report to hla people, and this large plantation was lust nurchaaed outright this month, when the press had ua falling and our plantation a -failure. Now, as to Barnard selling hla Invest ments In Zlon with difficulty. It was found to the amaiement of all, after hla resignation, that he had not Invested a share In stock from hla large salary. and that the tS.000 lace stock given him for his family, never, to be sold, that he had broken hla -oath of honor and sold the stock to strangers which he prom ises to leave stand forever as an Income for his family. ,. In one article the press sava. Today the splendid factories that Barnard financiered are silent their doors closed and hundreds of people Idle" Another article headed, "Dowle Makea Hla Will." concludes. "Zlon factories are running it hours a day instead of eight1 I leave the reader to drew hta conclu sions. . , The facta are. people that believe In our teaching take their families dally from all parte of the world, out of the wicked clUes to that clean city, where law la executed, where there Is no liquor, no tobacco or cigarettes, no gambling or theatres. n6 ewearlng or ice. There are over. '70 " nationalities harmonising In that city, today. , . But Is. most ail eome IMalnempToy'm'enTPul-'do notbrlng mucn capital to establish Industrie We constantly need much cash to buy raw material' to furinsh these people dally employment that they may remain for their children to attend our college and schools, and they dwell In peace and safety. But more eome than we can furnleh - employment - We aend out mostly the single men. some being with me In Portland who can be interviewed concerning tjie above. 1 I have been appealed to to give a lec ture on "Zlon- City, .Her Leader (John Alexander Dowle) and . Her Institu tions." - ' ' , " A free stereoptlcon lecture, when lit photographic scenes will be thrown on the cam an and exacnagta stated, will be given on Sunday, February 4, at T:0 p. m.. In Allsky hall. Morrison street near Third, by the writer... For years the people have been told that Dr. Dowle fleeces the people. What are the facts? . Six yeara after my wife Evangelist Hoy. and X, while preaching In another church, were healed of se rious dlseasea through the teaching and prayers of Zlon'a leader, we oame to hla large seven-atory - hotel In Chicago, known aa Zlon home, to associate our selves with thia man and movement to help be a blessing to humanity. Wa ate at hla table and took part ta the meet ings with him. We saw him faithfully teach and pray with the poor as well aa with the .. rich. - The - poor were healed oftener than the rich, for they 'were more ready to repent and obey God. . . ' Thia movement baa grown from a handful then to the great institutions and wealth, usefulness and following that we have today, all because the cleanest-brarned and beet people of the land who deeplae the evils we oppose are constantly associating themselves with us, end around thia leader, who la not on his last lega aa some would have you think, but who smites aln wherever he aeea It without respect to person, color or creed. v Sunday's press said, "The will of John Alexander Dowle aires tll.000,000. or tt per cent of bis estate, to Zlon' City It was learned today; 1H per cent to his educational institutions, and the re maining 1H per cent after all debts are paid,. to go to bta family.' The above will waa made from the be ginning, known to all officers. The in vestors agreed that after S and t per cent Interest waa paid them In Invest ments he could se per cent of what was left to live on and Invest -aa he pleased.; Th'at came to him by agree ment and "waa largely spent for the good of the people. It any one carefully thinks over these facta he wllUeee at once that thia leader has all along been planning to build up a movement to help people to help themselves by eliminating the great wastsful habits formed In the use of liquor and tobacco and deadly drugs, and to use that money In making their families comfortable All that he haa thua helped hla people accumulate Is to be enjoyed by all who live In that city and obey the rules, and whose motto is, "Where God rules man prospers. " . Tens- of -thousands -of eleen-bratnsd. Industrious men and . women In Port land and throughout the earth are back ing thia movement with their money and -their prayers. " But - malicious people who do not want to quit their bad habita and live clean are constantly seeking to misrepresent ua and scatter us. If possible We constantly say. we are willing to see eeattred-whetis -not right or pleasing to God. . We Invite Investigation. We aimply desire humanity. In whose Interest we are laboring, to give ua a fair chance to prove to- them that cooperation In eplrlt ual, financial and educational matters la the only solution today to the chaotic condition of humanity and - society, church and stats. Your for the good of humanity, CHARLES A. MOTt Elder In the Christian Catholio Apes . tolls Church In Zlon. . . Cooe bay and learn all about the mag nitude of its trade possibilities. The difference between Hon. Blnster ' Her mann and the Oregontan and ita stair is the flrst one aaya but - little end acts; the Utter acta but little, but aaya entirely too much. - The readers ot the Oregonlan learn that they are staffed too much with "blarney." , at O. POHU : The valeaeta piseeW T Portland. Or- Jan. tt. To the Editor of The Journal I wish, through the columns of your very estimable publi cation. The Journal, to extend to Mr. J. B. Zlegler my sincere thanks for hla ex posure of the Pactflo Steamship com pany's responsibility for the loss of so many lives. - The publlo will certainly appreciate that it was Informed as to who the company la that will employ eueh men who will ateam away, when a hundred or more Uvea ot children, wom en and men are In peril. Pacific" ateam shin eompajiy da sires to give the public the eafeet poe stole servleev It eaanet saawtfeet much a desire In any better way -the a by-dealing raeverely -with the captain -of - ths Queen. Employee " of public transportation companies are getting to be entirely too negligent in the discharge of their du ties. , Some of them, not a few, are going ao far aa to handle "side lines" while on duty. Conductors, brakemen, baggage solicitors, captains, pursers, etc, are positively known to solicit for hotels and rooming-houses when on their trains and boats, and they get ehelr rooms end board gratia, with a little "rake-off of li'eenta to SI thrown in. -Are these transportation companies not abundantly able to pay their men living wages ao that the men must de vote part of their v time, while on duty and have hundreds of Uvea in their cere, to make board and room rent on the alder - Every transportation company enter ing the city haa men In Ita employ who solicit aa above stated. If the official are not aware of thia email, contempt ible, duty-neglecting practice, they had better wake up- Possibly, the captain of the lir-fated Valencia was carrying a side line when, or before, the wreck oc curred. ' ' Y . . ' . , In these days of schedule-cutting, rail and boat men need all of their energy, strength and wlte to perform their du ties to the public If their mlnda were concentrated on their work there would be fewer disasters. J. W. KINO, . 471 Spokane avenue' . Bx-yese pa' Bane Mdev - Oregon City; Jan. t0.--To -the Editor of The Journal The article under this heading under yesterday's Journal la a great misrepresentation. How could I be "on rum side" ' and be "opposed to the proposed amendment" T My lecture haa nothing te do with the proposed amendment , . . The statement thativt believe the "church,, not state" should reguiats sa loons la also false, . ' On the contrary, I .claim -that the that -the church should attend to its own affairs and .not be attempting med dlesome legislation. I believe In the all sufficiency of Christ and the power of the gospel to reform, and .aeve.the world. - The preacher who doea , not should atep out ot the pulpit and quit taking a salary for preaching something he dues not - believe. If the churchee were what they ought to be and were doing what they ought to do there would be ne saloon evil. . The local option law la decidedly a chares, law, and It la a step backward toward the dark aces, to the time when - people were forced to accept : baptism at the point of the sword. - The appeal to law to overcome evna-a-cenfessioirowihe-pArror we church of the weakness of Christ end the gospel, or else it IS a confession that the church haa not the Christ- My appeal -to the church ia that it purify Itself of Its mammon worship, and with the Irresistible love of an all powerful Saviour copied In Its own Uvea that It overcome the world by-the gospel. That according as It ia written, be thai gloiielh, let him glory In the .Lord. ' "For It rlghteousneea eome by the law, then la Christ dead In vain". Gal. 11:4. -,,'- H. M. STREET. " The sgaiatoe Bxploeloa. tt North Eighteenth St, Portland, Or Jan. t. To the Editor of The Journal I can tell you how the ex plosion occurred aboard the steamer Regulator. The men were drilling holee In the -tanks in order to connect the two. The explosion waa caused by a spark -from the drill; and those men should have known better than to have attempted to drill the tanks while any oil or gaa waa in them. If they had draw,n off the oil, then tilled the tanks with water, the explosion would nsver have occurred. And I will add that If any ena elae attempts to do auch a foolhardy thing he wtll be lucky if he Uvea to tell of it afterward. JOHN W. BANHOFSTER, DINKELSMELERS and the Oregwaiaa. Myrtle Point Or., Jan. t To the Editor of The- Journal What la ' the matter with the Washington correspond ent of the Oregonlan? Is he stiu look ing for Blnger Hermann In St PaulT Oh where, oh- where can he be? Looks as if the correspondent waa not On hand to report that Blnger Hermann, on the lth ot this month, took the wind out of the sails of all the possible and im possible candidates for senate or eon greet b; .tetaiaolfta; IrtU ta eryex ' By George V. Robert... ": day alvaya stays In dsr house ven.it etonne. . - ,. J Lota of men vlll pay a grudge long before dey pay a bill. . . Der vise man .aaya It dot fortune knocks vunce en ef ery maa'e doors but eueh le Im possible because der ehanltor vould not let it upstairs in dose New Tork 'compartment houses, -T . Der early bird eatohes der vurm, hut soonest or latest der vurms get efen mlt dsr eerly bird. . - ' Der Pullman conductor ain'd likely to gif a lower berth to der man dot travels On. hla uppers. , J" 1 Tou can fool some of der peoples all der time if you care to spend your money dot way. . ..'. .v..... v-i. - ';; Sustaining Mayor Lent. v 'From the Salem Journal. 's The eeurageous work of Mayor Lane in' rooting out such infernal divas aa the Portland , assignation boarding houses deserves support The time la past when publio officials eould ait back and aasume they bad no duty to perform ia our country In these tnattere .. . It la a greater crime to debauch the young than It is to hold np a train or rob a bank, and yet officials are sup posed to- hunt down robbers. The politician who seeks for scurvy personal ends- to get control of a city to . protect arid blackmail these aunt vicious elemente U unworthy of nubile confidence, Good men and women In Portland and In this elty have eome to a pass when they must sustain the offiolal who put his hand to the plow for a stratghter and better furrow In the direction ef etvle rlghteousneea ' - All vice cannot be exterminated until all individuals are reformed, but gov-srnp-ent should not. be made a partner or Mtector of vice In any form. Of ficials who do tjefc fluariLtfl i jmi aa couraged, r .ZZ." .... , , - - - - - - WILL HANDLE THE ; H2LD ESTATE ; i ; 1 i ' From the Chicago Tribune. During the next two score years, or . until the final division of the property Is made, ths Marshall Field estate wilt ' be one of the greatest buslnesa insti tutions In the world.- Its capital will be more than 1180,000.000. and in all , probability, win before the expiration ot -that time reach the aggregate of UO.-.. OOO.OOO.-Including as it doea the busl- ; . aeee-of Marshall Field A Ce., already the largest mercantile enterprlae In the ; world, and dealing -with the rente of a vast domain of valuable real estate. . Ita work will reach prodigious propor- T Hons Jhe management of this great busl nesa will bring Into the public eye the personality or one man chosen ny Mr. Field aa .bastfltted.hy character snd I experience to carry out hla wishes and to preserve the Institution which he ; founded and developed. The senior exe cutor ia Chauncey Keep, already one ef . the beat known flnanclera - la. the ; elty. - , .- . -.. . ' k .. Mr. Keep la distinguished not by ee- . oentrlcitlea, but by the lack, of them. Hla . personality la a - study in those characteristics which betoken the force ful yet repoeeful individual.. Tall, well built muscular, with large, well formed features and hair and mustache -; touched with gray, Mr. Keep la the pic- -v ture ef a man of etrong constitution and robust health. t Hla qualities of mental temperament -ere. on the aurfaoa, mucn reserve and -continuous preoccupation of thought But ence drawn into conversation, hla . manner becomes enlivened Into a pleas antneaa of address as rare aa it ia win ning. His "mood la quiet his questions and answers quiet but on occasion hla eyea twinkle with a humor not ao quiet He la pleasant In the best sense of that term. . -, A ..... . In hla office In the Merchants Loan A Trust building Mr. Keep works from eight to ten hours a day. Callers find htm swamped with work and. leave him -struggling deeper In the swamp. But ' he hae a reputation for work equaled, by -. few other Chleago men. Olf ted with the genius ef concentration and method.' . he takes up the questions of Investment sales, leasee, bond Issues, end the thou- -and and one other probems of his f Inan- del Interests; and with an unerring eye -detects ths detail which demands fur- . ther and . specif lo Investigation, j He touches a .button, a messenger is die patched for this and that man. there Is a conference, and In a flash his judg ment Is made and the deal In on Or off. His secretary presents the next prob- ' lem and the process Is repeated. , Mr. Keep Is always busy. - But when a friend drops in he lays aside his work -tn that pleasant way of hla and chats -quietly and good humOredly. - A friend LraxeIyCLveratays his time In his hnsy ., office He haa hla chat but presently he perceives how tremendously buy Mr. Keep must be and he hastens away with a plsasant farewell from the finan cier, i - - -. Though a product ot. Wisconsin, hav-. -lng been born at Whitewater it years ago, Mr. Keep is a Chlcagoan to th0 backbone ' Hla parenta removed to thia city when he waa I yeara old and he , waa educated In the Chicago publio , schools. Hla father, Henry Keep, waa a dry goods merchant in the days ne fore the firm of Field A Letter existed, v At the ege of IS the boy left school and started eut-to enake his fortune. Like many another successful f inanolsr - hestarteoraraa office boy,' worked up; - to a clerk,' and aaved hla money as he worked. .." ' - r . When still e "comparatively young man he went Into the employ of the Raymond Lead company, in which he eventually obtained an Interest His genius for handling financial organise ttpn was recognised and he waa elected a director of the company. Then he be came vice-president a position which he. holds today. In addition to the nu merous other ' Interests which he has acquired, -, - '. '- LEWIS AND CLARK ' At Fort ' Clatsop. ' " -" January tl. Bent a party of eight men up the Netul to renew the search for the lost elk, and to hunt for others to kllL They had gone but a feW miles before - they found the river so ob structed by Ice that they were obliged to return. Jossph Fields, who arrived this evening, said that he had been hunting with Olbson and Wlllard for the last five days to procure some meat for themselves and for the other aaltmakera. He had. however, been un successful until yesterday, when he waa so fortnnata aa to kill two' elk, about " six miles from the fort and eight from the salt works. For this purpose we ' ordered four men to accompany him next meriting.; We discovered that Mc Neal had the smallpox and . gave him mercury. . We also discovered that though the dsys of the month for Jan uary are right In our Journal, the days tf ths week ere wrong, Captain Lewis being one day out and Captain .Clark two. Thia error we now correct '.. " Famous Feuda In the Senate. ' Washington Dispatch to Evening Wis consin. " -r There haa been -a .feud before In the senate similar to the feud between Spoener and La Follette, -where - men from the same state and belonging to the sama political party were bitter per sonal . enemies. Senator Galltngar and Senator Chandler for yeara represented New Hampshire together tn the senate and never exchanged greetings. The feud between Senator Tillman ant nis colleague. Senator- MeLaurlnr became Intenae that they came to blows several years ago on the floor of the senate. At the present time there la another feud futlt aa bitter aa that between Senator Spooner and ' Senator-elect La Follette. Senator Berry and Senator Clarke of Arkansas meet and pass each-, other ks total strangers. In their cess ' the ceremony of walking down the main aisle together when Senator Clarke was sworn in was omitted, ana senator Clarke .played' the part alone.' Senator Berrr volunteered to act as hla col league escort upon that, occasion, but the errer was spumea, . i , Women Succeeding ia Buslnesa. '-1 - . From the Tonkers Statesman. Buslnesa directories for HOB show a decided Increase In the enrollment of women.. This may not Indicate an act ual Increase In the number of women, who have embraced a buslnesa career, ' but It certainly doea Indicate a dimin ished reluctance to have their names sp- pesr In print In a trade directory. Only a few yeara ago most women objected strongly to such a form of advertising. No matter how success-. fully they might -be conducting their business, they , threatened dire punish ment for ths rash agent who breathed a desire to enroll them smong the rap. , Ulns of Industry. Now, apparently, ; they eeek places In tha formerly 4e SAlatd Jisi g tzgdagpaao, .
