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Published Wtrjr nlit (except Sunday) and miy t undsy moraine. Ths Journal BuOdTg. Fifth and Y-
- :; i'.Ct-v.!'-kM strwats, Portland, Oregon. ' . y y s- f-' ' " .. -, ' - ;
LOOK AT, THIS PTCTURfc iTHIN AT THATI;
li J5 Drego-ian- ha opinion oa,vMythu. but
c rarely,' if ever, fettled ,' opinion . on anything.
Today it i writing, with heat and haugfctyjin-
I't . difference to the. facta on one. aide of aXcaaf .and to
ri morrow with the, same heat and Jhe same indifference
to toe lacta on me oppotuc iuv nnuuit w
"' f cuvy all the intermediate positions ibetween the farthest
awing of the pendulum on one' aide and it extremest
rnmif wrthe ether.' '. ; '.' . '
' f From .the , very beginning, r The journal haa be
" ftrongly in favor of hi direct primary law.?- It regarded
- it a a wove in the direction of the elimination of bosaea
;.:from our politica and the return to the people of powera
which they had delegated to their public aervanta.Mt
- 1. mimi tnftvk anr!f ii-kllv hrrauKC it HVt
-.the people the opportunity to jetecf their own United
States eenatora ; thua removing aourcea of legialative
acandal which were demoraliiing the whole atate. Dur
ing temporary. hilt in the diacusaion in the early part
ol JaAutrjrJth(tOregonjatt uddenly appeared : with n
indorsement of the bill Incidentally, with an aaiump
tion of fairneaa . peeuliarly-characteriatie- of tbr Ore
gonian, it pretended that The1- Journal had been op-
posed to fhe biJL.lIn the. light of the funny campaign
the- Oreoiai haa been waging, by indirection, againat
The Journal for the past few months, it will be interest
ing to- the-'publie to. read the first of ',tle -fpllowfng
parallel columns. Incidentally it may not be without
- interest to read bothi ,Thty prove what we long have
claimed, that the Oregontaa haa been on every aide- of
', every public question that haa ever been discussed and
tbat Jt haa no mind of ita own on any of tbem. What at
' the moment aeema to be to the best interest' of the Ore
gonian and ita i editor, is Jhe. test with it every time.
Borne oneaawhispered to the dear, old man of the
Tall Twer that hia only hope of getting to the senate
la to try to capture the legislature, hence he la support
ing witn heat and bitterness a proposition which A brief
.'montnago lie- was opposing with all the resources At his
command. . For an Qregonian opinion pn anything seek
the line of ita personal interest and yo will. have no
troubla in .locating ha moving impulse.! Otherwise it
haa no-OfMBiona, just the autocratic and blatant assump
: tion of them. ' t ..,,.v-; . .-i'i' I i . ji - ' .
... Read, the deadly parallel, herewith presented and ee!
THH : NKW METHOD.
Of wra the lcialatnra
ct the BenaUtLtlf
United BtatM. But ta the
14 lalatur K b ulJ"4 . by
, tb wpiwi sd wlU tM p
plo, or todhre to -tha old
way at traffic, of Mraratn
and aalSeo amployad .at the
-4aiae4itat, tUaa out of
' . This 1 method enabled un
' eerupuloua aplrnt, partly
by .direct purchase partly by
promts of office and favors,
not only to control the eleo
tion of genatora. but to cor
rupt the life of the auta In
Its domestic - poltey, ' and to
control ths offlelal life f
tba state la Its relatlsna to
the National Government at
J Washtnarton. -r'-r-
He who, waa ' responsible,
chiefly, .for, this syetcra In
Oregon has .. paased away.
Had ha lived, the abusa could
not hava bnen carried much
farther. TNe new . legisla
tion that Oregon haa enacted
was the effort of a people
to rid themselves of the eon
aequencea of this corruption.
The primary election law,
With tba oblla-atlona It . Im
poses, waa 'adopted' and en
acted as a mesas t ratal na
our political llfaout of this
corruption . and dearradatlon.
., It la not perfect, of course.
. end It la .easy, to find fault
with It But . honest ad
herence to It. and enforce-
' ment of It, will cut off the
Id traffic at Islam. .
As tb Salem Capital Jour
nal expresses It, "There are
' era ft, Tenallty. fraud " and
eorrupUon on the aid of the
Id way of aleotlng aVnators.
The of floe la pat up at bar
rain .and sale, raffled off to
" tba (OghMt bidder, the srreat
eat corrwptlonlst. jTbla baa
been: tb rula, not tm axeep
Hon.. Nina times out of ten
., money snd pstronsgs have
carried the iay - InstaaA of
kymeatr and principle,"
. Tb results of this system
. Its aaaitlmata consequanoe
hava at last overtaken . tb
. aystem and those who have
employed It. The results are
, eollapsa of tb system, dls-
graoa to those who hava pur
' sued It, dishonor, Infamy and
death. -'. ' . I s,
But a new' light appoara
" We shall net aay It la a clsar
and .psrfeot light It la easy
to find fsult with It; assy to
aay It does not answer every
- purpose of Illumination and
reform.- But at least it will
. Shut f f or put an end to the'
old system of purchase, bar
' gain and aala. -. a i -
There la a plutocratic In
. fluenca la Oregon, that haa
. Its headquarters in Post land.
whose purpose it is ' to con-
- tins the -eld sorrupt Tlne.
" It puts np Its money without
' stint for support of its aewa
' psper 'organ; Its desire Is to
. render the , primary law
abortive; it believes In the
power of money, snd thinks
f every Bias has tils price. (t
plays gam between tbe
parties,, professing sttach
. ment ts nattber. It bss no
principles, save the prlnolsaea
of pelf, and therefor pro
f esses -to : be . "lndepeadent''
- All it wants Is apeolal prl'rl
' leges, from, Ibs pubHev. Its
ambition Is to pouens frsn
rhlees. control officials,' man
see , legislation, : municipal.
.' tate and National, while It
' poaeav- far philanthropy and
'. . rakes- ln prof its;
I 'nder the primary law, this
Inriuenc can eontrol neither
party, certainly cannot 'both
of them. The people of Ore
ton are awake, and now and
henceforth- will . cast these
selfish and corrupt Influences
est nf their , politics. . . The
randldstes who receive nomi
nations may not be those
whom everybody .wants, but
at least, er at worst, they
will not be the candidates of
s-nll and Corrupt cliques, la
en lance with plutocratic ram-
, Hnes. ..The new ssetlind.'fcow
lar eoever It may fall abort
ef Ideal results, will be for
' t ia better, cannot be for the
ores. Trent the Oregoalan.
f":ry t, !. .
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A FATUOUS INNOVATIOK.
The Stats f Oregon haa a
primary, election. Jaw. enacted
for- the purpose of directing
and controlling the method
f making nominations for
of floe. . It was not enacted
(or the purpose of directing
or controlling elections. The
law, aa to elections. s)tends
aa it stood .before the .pri
mary law waa enacted. , In
the election the people are to
vote just est they wish, s
leotmg' their candtdstes from
the psrtyttleketa, or. voting
for Independent ones. Ths
voters are ns-MtU4 up" to
candidates, by . tbe primary
eleatton; but 'doubt!
are moral - obitgaeUma and
party obligations, Ir oM res
istera as g , Republican p
a .' Deraocrai. snd votee
such In the primary, to vote
in like manner In ths general
election. - But all such obit
gatlona are left te the voter's
own discretion. -v .-
Aa to United States Sena.
tor. Vetera may Indicate
their choloe, first In the pri
mary and -oext in the general
election. But In the election
of SenatorUs devolved by the
ConetltutloiTand laws of the
United Biases upon the Leg
islature. - As in the eleotloa
of lUU' otflclals, there
doubtless I will be a moral
and part obligation upon
each member to vote In the
Legislature so as to carry
out the declared wish and
preference of his party aa te
Senator; but aa. tola la an
election, and the member is
an elector, escb will Interpret
that obi last Ion for bimaslt,
Just as ths voter does In the
general election. It will .be
aa honorable requirement
however, that ths meraber
should vote for the candidate
whom hia party haa declared
for. Thus will be fulnll the
expectations of - those whs
elected him. No Republican
will b elected to the Legis
lature under the expectation
that he -will vote for
Democratic Senator; - no
Democrat under the expec
tation that he will vote for
a Republican -genet or. r "
It ia aselesg to Juggls witk
thla subject or try to' so
phisticate It Klectlon of
United States Senators Is
wholly ' in - ths "hands of ths
Legislature. Senators are
not cannot be, elected by the
people. The voloe of the
voter in the general election
may be accepted aa.a guide
aa to ths ' candidates of tbs
respective parties to be voted
for by the members, but no
further. - As to the Senator,
the declaration of the "voter
In the general election- haa
the effect almply of making
nomination; nothing mors.
Evsn these are at tb discre
tion. Of members of the Leg
islaturethough it rosy be
supposed- Member " will be
guided by the wishes of ths
voters of . the parties Who
elected them. ' . , - '
! This i attempt' te provide
elaborate machinery for the
election of United - Statea
Senator, different" from the
method provided - and re
quired - by the mandate of
the Constitution end laws of
the . Vnlted ' States, can be
supported i by no series of
quibbles or jugtles, however
subtly contrived. An an ad
visory - measure ths popular
vote for Senator Is. well
enough and all right; but It
can't abolish distinction be
tween political partlea and
their-, purposes.- nor- make
rules 'for tne election . f
Senator different from those
prescribed under ths lawa of
ths United States,, nor con
trol er hamper the election
of Sena tors by making state
teste not known te the Con
stitution of the United
Statea. nor Insist that ' mem
bers lected by on party to
the Leglalatar - shall , vote
for the candidate of another
party for the United State
Senate.' Certain Innovations
attempted - ln the ' much
abused nam Of reform are
really too absurd for serious
consideration. - From the
fxrajonlas aruary u, lit.
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HE. AMEJUCAN' TREE ART. J-EACUEwiUi
headatiarters In' Boston, is making a sirstematic
effort to Induce consresa to remote ths uty on
works of but tbe petition for thit object, rg likely
t,o fail, a heyavf heretofore, le.st what the atandpattera
wpuld regard as a dangerous breach ahould be made in
the "tariff walL The duty aincr;i897 ' has been 2Qjtr
cent, and the revenue has averaged about .uw.ouo..' in
I$HrdMr55fT works of act wee on the free lisU and
from 1880 to 1895 the duty had 'raifged from 10 to 30
per cent. The United States i th only large and im
portant country that imposes such A duty1, works of grt
being admitted free into Great Britain, France, Germany,
Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Greece, Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and many, other coun
tries. V ij.' vT r-; i -c. v 'i-r- . ; '" : ;
Works of art are distinctly educationaj In character,
and Whatever makes forf education and refinement ought
not to be aubjected to thta ta. If they were used, only
to adorn the palaces of fnalUmiHionairca a 'duty might
be defensible, but many ' collections' Are ; designed for
public exhibition, and thousands o! people ; of com
paratively moderate means would adorn their homes and
five their children' and friend and neighbora an uplift
ing impulse if in addition to the cost of worka of art
abroad thie tax were not added. A great-deal ia aaid
about the, absorption of Americans' in mere money get-
a ' s '. a . s
ting, in the struggle tor wcaitn, ana yet congress tnus
hampers and discourage the Jtnowledge and cnlture of
higher things.-, " '"'y -;.-r- ;'-" ',, ; -'; '
. True, work of art intended only for public educational
Institution art exempt from duty, but Very large pro
portion of those in American museums, galleries ana
college arc donation from' people who have had to pay
the duty The late Senator Hoar said that' private own
ership of fine painting and other - work of art -was
generally brief, and Ken yon Cox, a noted artist, recently
said.' "The tariff ia the greatest handicap in the power
of the government to put oa the progress of art in this
country." v',: r - ,f -.7 : . -v. ' i
America-la a eomoarativelv new country and stores of
art accumulate slowly.. It would be well for this Country
if it atore of foreign work of art could be greatly and
rapidly increased and become more common and more
gcneraHysblecte of IntereirAnttraTOnregxrDir
work of arttia a tax on an important part of education,
or what ahouM become more so, and on refinement and
aspiration for "the good, the beautiUil and the true";
for next to nature unadorned art ieAhe most inspiring
and elevating form of education. 1 ;; , v : , " ,
A- bare majority of the supposedly eminent consult-
In1 cnarineers favor a sea level canal, while a similar ma
jority of the canal commission recommend a lock canal,
making on the whole a standotf, but secretary l att ana
the president throw then- recommendation irr favor of
the lock canal; which will in consequence probably be
decided npon, by the time the amount estimated for com
pleting the cinal is all expended. The country has
scarcely begun to get s canal, but a large number of peo
ple are drawing Jarge salaries for doing little or nothing,
which will help put money into circulation.
:y THE FAMINE IN JAPAN.. '
his' Incomparably- rich, nd; resourceful
nation cannot neglect the exercise of charity
: called for by such a famine aa that now prevail
ing in Japan, where it i-reported 300,000 people are
starving. In. the caae of one of these calamities, in any
country where aid can be made available, Americana
must take the lead in providing relief. ' They lately aent
lare-e. sum to Aid persecuted Russian Jews, and now
the call come from another race and country, but in
Cltner case it ia uroauij true iu an we i uniuitii.
Famine never scourges this great land of plenty, which
Is all the more reason, for helping people who suffer
from it v ' - '.-'''' v.
Japan' agricultural aire is limited, is amall compared
with ita population, and much of its foodstuffs, when a
rice crop' fails, must be imported, which' ia why the
Japanese are, turning their; attention so industriously
to manufacturing; and why it desire dominance in, Korea.
Japan ia by no means a pauper nation, and doubtless ja
doing and will do mifth within itself to relieve the dis
tress of its famine atricken districts'; but especially as
the country is to some extent exhauated by ita lata great
war it cannot do all that is necessary to be done. In
such a caae Americana must come to the rescue, and are
doing so. ' Already people of Portland are moving in this
matter, and may be depended upon to do tneir part,
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. Only. Tew , day ; ago, reference wa made' In .these
column to two "grand old women, . Miss- Susan B.
Anthony who ia 86 year old, and Mr. Julia Ward Howe,
and now both are - auddenly and 1 at the aame time
stricken with illness, from which at their age it cannot
reasonably be expected that they will recover, and which
ia deeply regretted by millions of women.
Jh?;TREAT THE IMMIGRANTS WEL' .
Hp HE COMMERCIAL BODIES , of Oregon, and
; especially; of Portland, have a' duly to perform
: with respect to the tourist or immigration move
ment beyond that of inducing homeseeker to come to
the state in large numbers These people must be
shown and favorably impressed, and helped to obtain
what they want and what will best suit their purpose.
It is Important that they become pleased with Oregon
and make' favorable report to their friend and neigh
bor back east . Nearly, everybody ia busy with hi own
affair and wh at is everybody a buainaaa ia nobody s,
but insofar , aa is practicable the many people no w. ar
riving and soon . to come to find home in Uregon
should be encouraged, -enlightened and made welcome.
They will mostly scatter out through various parte of
the atate and of the Pacific northwest, and local com
mercial bodies and business men should supply .them
with facta and information that win te A neip to tnem.
not . forgetting to Insist that Uregon, whatever tempo
rarily unpleasant aspect may be encountered, ia the best
state in the union tor these nomcseekers, ana tnat it
they have meana enough to make a fair start, as most
of them have, they have made no mistake jn coming
here. -: -' '..' 'i,.:.r. -v-
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' Somehow ws can't take quite so much
interest In the wedding of Fonny and
Ens, though of course her slothes and
ornaments will have to be described for
two or three week. , 4 j ... .
Wall; If Bryan did say that this na.
tloa woeJd oontmue-ito- esolude Chinese
laoorers ne only roia, IA truth, ang
as usually aoe tost. .. .' v .
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Nest year Mar will b 10.W miles
nearer the United States than It Is now.
Then will be a good time for Taft and
Shonta to take a squint at those canala. '
There l also gensrally room for ens
more at ins DOVlom. r- V. ., ''I
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.'"A Washington, oorrespondent probably
snads a wild and sxayverated sues when
he said that Alio k.ioeeve't-Loneworth
d reosntly. spent 11,000 for aosisry
though there la nothing new la women
putting money In stockings.
If ths ehangea In ths peraonnel of
tmt head.; general of th army keep
up at th present rata, even th cor
poral ought to get tntr betors they
di. If Ot tOO Old. , '.',. .
Moat of the candidacy annouaeementa
ar made Ypctfully.', ... .;. t
Tha tlds of homssssksrs Is rlalnav. ...
The Topeka Capital paragraphar haa
dlsoorered that - "everybody. . know a
llttlfbot punctuation and aapltalUa
Oon except th sohool teachers And the
pr .chera." ir- j- - j-,. 'u
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V Now we shall 'hear again what a good
and great tea OeOrge tVaahlngton waa.
Don't give up that, Alaska project. i;
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1 Mrs. Lonrworth travala with a asaJd.
but Nicholas will have t losk aftsr hia
wa habiliment, '; j ' ,; i
Sine some people are worrying about
what th .president will do aftsr his
term la out, why not make him polio
commissioner at larg fos th earth? -
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The alienee of soma muoh-menttoned
men 1 becoming painful to thers. ,
'A New Torn boy picked p a roll of
bUla a ouattng tav I4.S0 asd waan't
rewarded by th loser; th boy kept th
money. . - ,
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It seems nto to b newly asarried and
hav lot of money. , . -., .,..;. .
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Mr. longworth Intght make a credit
able governor of Ohio, but It is doubt
ful If he will ever be a suooesaful gov
ernor of Mrs. Longworth. , . . - '
The taaislatar must so threweh tb
form of electing a senator,, but there la
no good reason why It should not ratify
tm people's choice and carry out th
Intent of th primary nomination law. .
The Dread naught may not b so bl
aa not to dread a submarine torpedo
boat-: '"...'-.. v-,vti.,, v . ,
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If Mr. Too doesn't win. It won't T
wsae ewweav we wvmiV(- l-e ' . . J,
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OftEGON KDEUGHTSr-
GOOD THINGS TOU '
'rjCLE.JOEe;'',
'.'J. '' PierpolitMorgan, who ailed' on the Celtic for
the Mediterranean: was asked.'for ' an' expression of
opinion regarding .conditions. "Aren t we prosperous r
Then what more can I ayr' wa hi answer: f The only
additional question that might be asked is, who are
we i , . ..-' ...'....!,.. ..:...
A between the accusation made against the Western
Federation of Miners, and their counter, charge against
the Mincowner' association, only fraction of, the truth,
are a yet discoverable, but It seem to bt a cue of lix of
eatsa Ulf a slosca ei the tutor,-- J:, v.v;. ,
Sprlnrfleld News: ' The editor of tba
l.yon Sun refused to writs up a big
oanqust at tnat town for th arood and
surrvaiant reason that hs- was not pres
ent la person. Hs waa n6t invited. It
takes plenty of gall to ask an editor
to publish a big writsup of some doln'a
without first giving bint an invitation
to b prnt. . . , .-,'..,,.:
; Nyaaa la growing rapidly. .." . ' . ,
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Powder river valley want free rural
mall delivery. : r ,
' Bellfountain CorrespoVidenc of Cor
vallls Times: ' Almost Vvery horn in
this . community haa anS. Independent
phooa. with a central here. and a trunk
tins to Corvalll.. It 1 giving th beat
of satisfaction. ... -. . ,
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X B. Nunn. county fruit ' inspector
of Polk., report that a Is meetlna. with
soaroely any opposition t th enforce
ment of tne fruit lawa and that peopl
gsnerally ar now pruning and spray
ing their trees. , -' ."-'
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'Skull g prints Correspondence of Tale
Orlanos Plenty of snow, meaning
plenty of graaa, plenty of graaa mean
In a fat stock. Fat stock means a big
pockstful. of cash. , ,, t
Rye hay makes good feed In Malheur
couaty. .' , -v : . -y. '" .; .
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Snow at ' feet deep on Mountain
Meadows, Wallowa county. fi,
Chssnlmnus Correspondsnc of Wal
lowa Chieftain: Sawing beea ar now
th order of th day. Th neighbor
boys ar becoming very enthusiastic
over ths wood-sawing proposition and
are working much - mors cheerfully for
their neighbor than when their own
slstsrs ask them to saw nough wood
tO fill th BOX. 1' '.;'.';.'- ."'-:' -
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- Myrtl Point baa A . Voter ! yeara
old. ; , ' -.' .. , . .,. ?
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Bandon e pacts a big summer tourist
traveL .,."'';' ' , -., '
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A considerable loss or finely nrsa
goat -has occurred in Carry county,
because . tbey ar tb most delicate,
and having formerly been confined in
small pastures, ths extensive rang they
now occupy gives tham too much lati
tude and they travel about until e.
hausted. It I Intended to divide th
rang Into smaller sections to avoid
this troubla, .. . - ;' . . ... -
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' Ion will have electrie llghtA f
!; 0-rr. v ''
' Th superintendent of th Coe rivet,
hatchery haa t.B00,00 young Chinook
salmon, soma of which h haa been
feeding with beef liver and meal for
three weeks, and the fry ar now two
inches long. . '.-',' , , ....
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. Clackamae eounty has an Indspend
ent hayseed" candidate far State sena
tor. ' -w-f hi ' : . ' '. ; !,,-,
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" New Era Correspondence of Oregon
City .Courier: A young men waa out
calling with hia best girl and had th
misfortune to tl his horae up loos.
They cams out to gst In tbe buggy and
ths horse and buggy were gone. They
sound tha wreck up Che road. .,,.
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. Sherman eounty. says -the Condon
Time, la 'about depopulated a ' th
rush I en In full blast for wheat mad
la Tessa. There will b a. lot of sick
peopl in th Lose Star Stat some mt
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Washington Correspondence of the New
v , .: York Bun. , .' :r ". '
All kinds of folks are .trying to do
something for Uncle Jo all. the tUna.
Ula mall la cluttered with letter from
parson eager to 1st hltp id on good
thing. ' Hardly a day pasase that aom
fellow anxious te toss something pleas
ant and profitable In th speaker's way
doesn't shaw np at th oapltol and
send In bis card t Uncle Jos.-' .
- One of these benevolent Individuals
braced the speaker In A house corridor
about fortnight ago. He Introduced
himself to Uncle. Joe by showing co
pious credentials In th form of letters
written on eaoer with - ornate letter
heads fiy persons with flourishing and
somewhat undecipherable signature.
He mad It plain to Mr. Cannon that
hVa afraid Utels Jo waan't getting
ahsd-ast enough from th. financial
point of view and that na waa tner to
glv ths speaker a lift. ; He waa th
president' of a rubber eompaay with a
tremendous number of thousands of
square miles of rubber plants In bsarlng
in bearing, mind yon,- ne repeaiea
omwnr in atexioo.- ---
"Now. Mr. Speaker.- aald the rubber
man, fruitlessly attempting to button-
hoi unci jo when n bad got tnia
far, "thla la tha nub of It. ; Her'a what
we want you to de in your own Interest:
First wa want you to become first vice-
president of our company."
-Vetoed, without call for the yea
and aay;" promptly cut la the .speaker.
Ta doing a little mors presiding now
than la good for ma sometimes." . . '
"800000. went en th benevolent In
dividual, without - appearing to . notice
th Interruption, w want yon to rid
down to our rubber plantations la Mea-
too, and taa just a utti peek at them
as soon as eongrssa adjouraa. - --,'..
w'r going to provld you with
special ear ds luxe, and w"r going te
taks yon down to Mexico in style. . Ton
plaea . yourself , under n obllaratloa
Whatever to us by making this trip At
our expense. We just want to show
you, that a alL ' .r- .; . . i -
After : ws . snow you, you'll become
our first vioe-president, all right That'a
a elnob. Ten- thousand ebars of stock,
par value a hundred, go with th posi
tion. .. . .-.
"Tner won't be a nickel's worth of
our srock on tb market at a dollar lssa
than, par a month after you have be
come our first vice-president, and yeur
dutias In that office will be merely
nominal. . -1 am putting a million In
honest money In your way, Mr, Speaker,
Because i lues you. and always nav.-
'tfy sonnectloa with -your company,"
said Unol Joe. much amused, "would.
of course, remain aa atlr aeerett"
"Well." spluttered th benevolent rub
ber man,. "of course we couldn't abso
lutely r guarantee tnat" . ... i
'Tm afraid you'U havw to dislike me
about a million dollars ' worth, my
friend,'' put In Uncle Joe, moving, away
with a quiet ehuckle. - .
Another man who plainly' had tlncl
Joe's Interact at heart presented htmaelf
to the speaker at .th capltol -and dis
played unmlstakabls proof, duly est down
in writing, that a waa tba possessor of
a hole in the ground out In tbe Tonopah
mining eountry. ' " ' '' , -.-, ;
ci "Oold I presume," said Mr.' Cannon.
who - rather enjoy drawls , out these
Whol-ouled ebap who spend their days
and bight thinking out plana to enrich
tbe speaker , beyond tha dreams of
avarice.
"Ooldr aald th man with tha Tono
pah gash In tha earth. ."Why, my dear
sir. It's "rotten, putrid with gold I"
. "Taken mush of It out ystf" laconi
cally Inquired the speaker.
"Well." replied th man, "what : wa
need now la money for operating ex
pense. We're going to' sell ths first
hundred thousand shares of stock at 1
cents a ahare.
"Now thla Is wher you-com In and
If It doesn't put you In ths Rockefeller
class inside of a year, I never sat down
to breakfast thla la what wa have ar
ranged for you: We're going to calf that
mine tha Uncle Joe Cannon mine if you
, come In, of course. - ',..
- "Then we're going to print a vignette
of you en each erttfloat of stock. .. you
don't have to Invest a east - Ton get
1.00 ahare of th reeerve or treasury
stock for th use . of your nam and
vlgnett. and w da th rest - - - - - .
"Five thousand times a hundred, th
par value of th stock and ws'U see
to It that It gets ts par in n time after
operations beginla SW0.000. Not bad,
ebT" And the man wKh tha Tonopah
property ' essayed to glv Unci Jo a
crafty poke Just abov th waistline. '
Th speaker, however, waa already
moving along.-" ' . ; -v- ''..
"I couldn't stand all that prosperity
at my age," he remarked over hi boul
der as be passed along. 'It might get
ma Into-bad habits, and I know hew
bard It la to resist temptation." i -:.
' Another Sxubarant male person waated
to name a new brand of mall order
whiskey, to be sold for 78 cents a quart
after th speaker. Hia Idea waa to sail
It "TTnche Jo Whisky," with a picture
of ' Mr Cannon en the label ' of every
bottlS. .,!,;.,,.'
In approaching the speaker this man
probably . had ths Idea, erroneously
shared by a great many other people,
that Uncls Jo uees a lot of liquor. Th
truth la that he hardly ever vn
touches If " " . - .-,---....,
"t guss thafd be a bad ad. wouldn't!
II r saia toe mail oruer wnwaev maui,
who belonged to the out and out breesy
class. "Couldn't sell a b. of It to the
mall order hanky panks with your name
and picture on It eould wef . ..
. "Tour picture would g at tha head of
every ad, and our . advertising man
would' frame up some tasty eatohllnss,
such as The Kind the -peaker Uses.'
r 'It's Oood Enough for Ms.' 'or 'If
Tou Must Drink. Drink th Kind, I Do,'
and etuff Ilk that , t: " -.
"Oh. awful punk Idea, Isn't itt And
It an't such a bad sort Of a whtsksy.
elthsr good as any of tbeseV blended
booses." '.
vBut" suggested Unole Joe, affably,
"do you think the Epworth league la
my district would like to ae my por
trait In whiskey advertisements and en
whiskey bottles?"
"But you'r a btg epeur& man not to
ears what th' bias tnee ball pUywr
thlnlTkboift ydu ain't youf replied the
whiskey man, but he waa addressing
himself to ths speaker's back. '
The speaker had already moved away,
and from behind It looked aa If hi
shoulders wsr shaking considerably.-
. Had hi sens Of propriety not been
so strong Unci Jo eould have arranged,
not long ago, to b provided with under
wear, winter and summer, free of cost,
for the balano of hia life. A represen
tative of a Union underwear manufac
turing establlahment called upon him
and mad him thla liberal offer.
AU Mr. Cannon 'had to de In return
Was to allow th manufaaturtng plant
to us In ita advertisements a picture
of Unole Jo rigged out In a suit of ths
union underwear. Mr. Csnnou's Innate
modesty caused htm to turn the offer
down. '.....". . ...
-I couldn't think of battling for put
ehrltudlnous laurels with: a woman, aad
apectaUx a dead woman, le t .Venn
de Mllo, in the fcack page of th rnaaa-
slnee,",-se's e- ".tt the.age.ij
of the"unU . . '. . tf T-nufacturer. -
. A BAlttmr s t manufacturer cam
over to Washington a while ago to get
tha speaker's permission to dub a nsw
brand of' e-eent cigars after htm. Tbe
el-rax man's V " waa to call the l-oenter
"Uncle Joe favorite." with th speak
sr'a picture In ornate colore on (he Inside
label of the box. .
Unole Joe'a real favorite to ths way
of a cigar Is a long, black affair that
sella at retail at tbe rate of about thret
for a dollar, and the sneaker 1 rarely
without one bf them between hia teeth
when, he I sot prsaldlne; over the house.
"I'd underUa to ke-ji -you provided
with the brand named after you as long
as you wanted "em." said ths cigar man.
And he added. With great frankness ef
expression. "Tou could give them to
ypur ' friends." v -;'
"To my enemies, you mean." - aald
tTnclaJoe.And 1 guess JLfisa goi-ight
along making my enemies amok with
out giving 'era clgsrs." ' .
- Aa ths cigar man was Just starting in
business, however, and waa banking a,
good deal upon tha Use of .the speaker's
nam and picture for hi specialty, ths
nickel brand. Unci Jo gave htm the
required permlaalon, , ., ,;
-Th representatlv of a publishing
firm tnat issues vsry. cheap paper
backed literature called upon th speaker
recently to set Uncle Joe permlaalon
to call 'a miscellaneous collection of
alleged humorous drummers' tales and
auoh Ilka, cribbed mostly from the
newspapers, "Joe Cannon'a Jeat Book."
"Nope," said' Uncle Jo when thla
proposition was presented to him. "I
hav too much veneration for the mem
ory of th late lamented Jo Miller to
try to wrest th wreath rrom hi buat
Why don't you . aame It ' after John
Sharp William 'Williams4 Waggerlas.'
or something Ilka that Or what' tb
matter with naming It for Ben Tillman
Tillman's Tltlvatlone," for Instance T
They're both a good deal funnier than
I can evr hop to be." - ?
- -"W i eul '- 1"
INSU?sAi;C3 CCM-AJ41ES
at-"iw eeiiie.ei,ii
i. ii ii ' - .
' Thomas W. Lawsen ta " ths ' Marcg
number of Everybody's MagaalnA drops
hia ' "Frenalad linanoe" and dlsousses
tha Insurano ustton under th- title
"Th Black Flag on tha Big Three.' He
says In partv-. v
"Aa an Indication of the laxity of
moral and the Suplnenoes of principal
prevailing In th country at the moment,
surely th abaanc of a storm of Indig
nation at tha admission that tha N
Vnialr T .1 InauMnn, MmMii, mtmm n
ulatlvs profit Is conclusive. Th ob
vious esduction inn tat reratna'a
'vindication' la; An Insurano company
having obtained a vast fund from th.
people may, without criticism, provided
it is successful, use this fund in an en
deavor to secure from all tb people
; tETTERS - FROM ' TOE
f people V
.'' .' M Tm --At ..tin..
Portland. Feb. tl.--To th Editor1 of
The Journal Tbe council, composed of
the cltya "peanut" politicians, seecn to
be devoting a great deal of time to so-
called Investigations. Tbey ar now
Investigating th Portland Oa com
pany, but what their motives are for
this lnvestisatiou is mor..tnan tn
avarag man can ..gueaA. ,; ,
So far aa the gaa company Is son-
earned it I one of th oldest eorpors
tlons Ia the city. The jrice set n jrs
vt thousand feet la no test a to ita
cheapness. . A might be paying IS par
thousand feet and B might get it for
cents per thousand feet, yet A'a gaa
would be no more economical tnan tt a
bscaua be might be getting an inferior
article. - -r : .? --t:.--r--.- - s
If the elty council . ar dealru - ef
doing some thing for th lntereets of th
community tbey should permit th gas
company to fix their own price, and
then compel the gaa company to main
tain a aortal standard of purity, aad to
maintain so many candle power; ahould
the company than . fall to furnish this
gaa than thsy ahould be fined. .
There Is on thing to be said -In favor
Of tha present ass somsany, and that
is. . tnr .nave, sever.. mixeo m : poiicica.
Had they dons so, ttisy weul saving
no trouble with tb present city council.
aa they would hav mad .-their peace
with th eounellnten before eleotion.
Th present council devotes - all Ita
time to politica and none to the duties
to which it waa elected. It haa made
itself ludicrous by ft so-called lavsstl
gatlona In the Richards and Bruin In
stances, which have cost th taxpayers
larg amount of money and- so far
hav been f no benefit to tha city.
Our mayor baa don hi utmost to. I
glvs ths peopl a Just and oonomlcal
overnmesl - based oa business prlnoi
plea The executive board ta - a good
one and haa - tried to help tilm in
every sray, but the council has been
mixed up so much la tbs - past with
bosses- that.lt la Impoaalbl for It to
repreeent tb city on a business basis.
Given its way taxes wooid be aa high,
ar hlghar than In former years, as ita
vary effort has been not to' decrease
but to Increase mx. !-' rij-.v
way oo act in memoers or tae eoun-
ell call th attention of th street rail
way people to First and many other
streets- over which their raliwaye run.
wners trie tracks prelect several lnchee
abov th surfaca of the street T ' They
should also know that the city Is pay
ing tbe eleetrte light eompaay an enor
mous asm for lighting the atreet and
are furnishing-a vary poor quality of
light, way ar bids not caned for thta
lighting; and allow tha ga company a
chance to bldT gome of tb beat eltle
In America ar lit by gaa, and for street
Illumination gaa la far superior te elec
tricity. - I believe that thoussnds of dol
lars could be saved to the city by hav
ing competition, laatead of paying th
electric light peopl th price tbey de
mand. In all modern eltle It 1 cus
tomary to furnish lights for the city
free of ehargs, and tn many Instance
the suburb ar also lit at tbs cost of
th electrlo light company.' Tha rail
way also sprinkle streets over which
they run, whll In ear city ws nay th
electrlo company to sprinkle our streets
for ua - It la also customary In modem
cities where the railway companies con
struct bridge to have them free to th
oltlaene of th city. In our city we pay
tha railway company large sums of
money per annum for tha us of these
brtdgea, to Say nothing of keeping them
in repair. -:....'.
Now, If these would-be statesmen
want te d something for - the benefit
of their constituents they will hav
aa opportunity to make arrangement
with the Seattle A Portland Railway
com pany. who-- are about 'to construct
a bridge for the benefit of tha commu
nity. , - i ',. .,- .... ; '',.,
Again, It la customary in all well kept
cities to have wall kept parks at the
terminus of th strest railways, which
ar free, t th natron - of th road.
Such parka are to be- found In Seattle,
Spokane, ia fact all well kept and well
organised cities. Of cours at these
parka thsr ar to so found amuse
ments, for which a amall sum l
o barged If the people deelra to patron
ise them, but In no other city, save lit,
Portland, Oregon, do the patrons of a
street railway pay for th privilege ef
entering and leaving tha park. .
Those ar a few gratultoue sogges
Hons I offer for th benefit of our
would-be statesmen. ....-,
. THOMAS OUINKAN.
V
Kitchen Closaary.
From the Chicago Tribune.
' Doughnut A amall body of lr. Sur
rounded by Indigestion.
Pi Sybjet of the joke that father
father used to make. - , '
i Tart Nature of th eook'a reply to g
auageatlon from her mistress.
Egg A doubt that may not be die.
polled. ,
Roast A burn from which na trav
eler eecapee.
Salad A rec'e which should be ln
eorporatad In ".susehol4 s.e-stSA'
Vast profits for which It need glv th
people nothing In return; -. .. .
"Could a more vicious proposition be
enunciated. - Let m boil th principal
down to an-fndian-mush-and-molaase
equivalent thus: Undsr ths pretense of
k.P. A aW,. . . k.' 111 ....
certain churchwarden assess each of
th ongrsgatloa a given sum annually.
m mua vs iwa year iuouui.
explain that their collections had aggr-'
gated so much, that aftsr having paid
for all burial and laid away a suf
ficient sum to meet other obligation
there remained a large surplus oo hand
what would bo thought of th pro
ceeding if tbey reported that with this
money they had run a rambling-hell
whtoh had during ths year fleeced th
villagers out Of a very larg amount!"
v.Evn mor preposterous than thte
sshlbttlon is th deluston, so carefully
promulgated, - that th Equitable had
been purified because Thomas F. Ryan
haa taken possession .aad turned over
to three trustsee full power to control
th corporation. The peopl swallowed
this' nebulous morsel with thslr id
Mm '. of-coare-lt'e-all-rthtneas and
then s waited" developments, which earn
with th annual eleotloa, - Amid a fierce
beating of - tom-toms asd sounding of
basoos, each of th hundred of thou
sands of ths Equitable - pollcy-holdara
received an address, signed by th Hon.
drover Cleveland, ex-president of th
United States, as chairman of Thomaa
P. Ryan'a board of dummies. - What thla
address with all Ita many words amount
ed to waa about this: Every policy
holder' la now accorded ths privllsg of
knowing that each year there ar elect
ed It director of th Equttabl com
pany and that under the new order of
things, Instsad of the" being elected by
me Biocanoiaere. - in ine nru
ander regime, thsy will be elected by
uV wh ar appsiatad by th etsehheld
ers, to-wit Thomaa F. Ryan, In tha fol
lowing manner: - We will nominate. Just
as Hyde-Alexander, formerly did,-II :
men, but' before selecting them w .
pieag corset vee io bjiv n -sen policy--
bolder the pnvues-e or senoing u tn
names of seven pollcy-holdara who he
believe ahoold be director, and upon
receipt of aueh aamea or-before or
after, w will sroeeed th earn ' as
though we had not gone through the
fol-de-rol or asking for them,, to ap
point whomsoever w see fit as such
directors. ..'.-:. ;.( '.:.,':, j
"Which U sxaetly what- happened. Th
reorganisation ' and purification ef the
Equttabl actually amounta to thla and
thla alone: Thomaa r. Ryan la now la
mors absolute oontrot than- wsr Jyda
and Alexander, eompared to whom aa
an. exponent of oorpo ration frenalad fl- .
nans h i-aaa ahark to shrimp, y .
It must b born la mind that th
Big Three ar' th monoymagaalne of
ths "System' and that he who hold th
keya controls the means of speculation. .
Through tributary banks aad trust com
panies the Innumerable million of th
policy-holders' money are fed Into the
stock market and furnish ammunition
for th pool and merger by means of
which mea are converted into million-
alrea If th billion or more assets of
these areat corporations weso unavail
able for stock purposss, or If th policy
holders, through tbsir direotora, were to
rule that henceforth all Investments
must b of first mortgage bonds or reel
estate, and that speculative, holding
must forthwith b -disposed of. a panic
would follow In comparison with which
all previous depressions would seem aa
a thunder storm to th eruption of a
Mount -Pales. . It la therefore of the
utmost - Importance . te the Rogers-Rockefellsr-Morgan-Ryan
eomel nation
that auch regulation be - prevented at
any eeet" - , ' ,'. j' .. - ;r
: ,iEW3 ANt CLARK "
.......
If -Tnrt rl,tun i f-
rsoruary j l r, e were viaiceq ny
thrsa Clataops, who remained all day.
Thsy are sad bears rs. We gave tham a
few needles, with which ' they aeemed .
pleased, and departed. . Drewyer , and .
Celllna went Jn perault of aome lk
whose traoks , Collin had discovered -
yesterday, but It ralned o hard that
they could not follow the trail and were
obliged to return unsucoeaaf ul. Drewyer
saw a black fox or fisher, whloh, how
ever, escaped him In. ths fallen tim
ber. Sergeant Ordway ' and hi party -
returned from the aalt works, which ar
now abandoned; bringing th aalt -and
th utensils. . Our. stock of salt 1 now
about t gallona Twelve of-thess we. -secured
In two -small Iron-bound kegs
and laid by for ur voyage, - V gay
Wlllard and Bratton each a doae of
Dr. Scott's pills; they operated on the
former, but on the latter they did not -Oibsoa
continues hia tonlo three times
a day and la recovering fast -
. , , , i .
;A Pastor's ,QuAlincatJon a '
Boatleton Correspondence Philadelphia
North American.
Our. BaDtlst mestina-bouse Is still
without a pastor In ehargs all th time '
regular sines our former pastor repaired
over to Camden, New Jersey, across ths
river to take i. a no. or oirrerent -
pastors have been In our midst" trying
themselves oa our cltlsens but on sect
of not being up to the-qualifications we
reckon tbe place is still open. What a
heap of our cltlsens would like to see .
In th way-of a new pastor Is ,via:
Whiskers, , xina eyes, eiiner Diu or
gray, wife not very pretty but a heap
sociable, no mill children but some
daughters would MO. K. pastor enou id
be a right smart talker without read
In Sermons A should be able to mak -
speeches at political meetings, take In
smokers m the Bee Hive, drop in at
the'p.O. at nights now A- then, play
golf, L. Tennis, B. B sieve his own
aahe shovel hie own anew off not
saying anything about keeping Oerden
A keeping th parsonage tn repair such
as painting fixing up. MATB79 we
wlU hava a permanent 1 soma time, l
'J Recof nixed th 8plrit; " '
From the Washington Star. "
"Do vou think that olrltaallstla m. .
dlum was really controlled by th ml- r
neat financier you wished ta consult ?
'iV.. . V hmm uj 1.1 m b k-'
Ins'xted on getting ths money first and
mng me uke aJ Ute t aoes, . - - 1