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THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 4803.
THE ORE
Published ever "evening (gyfgpt
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BAKER AFTER A
our diliiigill5flit feltuw tilien
Frank Baker to the national
geluer .altruistic jn .ilAnatret'Labc ved
- . that he had gone there to fill the sack for campaign uses
in Oregon this spring. -This news was received with ob
Yimisanifestaticmsr also- an.
; -other object in. view. .. Had he not been chairman of the
- - Republican state central committee when, a majority ab
..,' sohjtely without, precedent had been rolled- up for
Kooseyelt and had not that result been largely it not
. . , solely achieved through the'strenuouj personal exertions
of Frank-Bakerf Thta being true-he
motion. In asking for promotion he was following the
regular party custom, going from the chairmanship into a
.goodJobLVVhafornstanceiThe eollectorship of
- customs at Portland vvould d.
; Some people hate already began to argue that as
Baker is alleged to have accumulated about a quarter of
a million dollars out of the public through his partisan
activity, veryJargely from the office of state printer, it
would be a good, deal better in every wayj including the
good taste of it, if he went back again as state chairman
and gave some other patriot who has had no chance at
the public crib an opportunity to grow fat and comfort
able. - :--r... :
It is not likely that this aspect of the case will strongly
appeal to Chairman Baker but it' ia not altogether un-
ikely That it wilt be poweffuitjrBTged
quarters that may have more to say in tht final dispo
sition of the matter. - - .. . ' , .;
SenatorTillrnanprefers the Hepburn "brat" even to
liis'owa bantling after being dressed and put to sleep by
. -' ldjich, V v : , sr
FRANCETN-NORTirAFRlCAr
A
DMITTINCTThartoeordhraTsystehTi
or beneficial to non-progressive and slightly civ
ilized people, France ought to be let alone in
Morocco,' and ought to. will on airimportant points at
-'Algeciras. But the German emperor is ambitions, png
nacious, and what is more, strong. So some concessions
will have to be made to him fof , the sakt of, present
peace and to avoid future friction: s ."
. lThe work of the' French in Algiers gives them a par
amount right, if there be any right -outside' of the Moroc
cans, ia Morocco. No doubt France - seeks to make
Morocco practically. a French colony, as Algiers is, and
its work in the latter country, like England's in Egypt,
. gives it the best right of any nation to do so, "without in
terference. Germany , doesn't ask for' joint occupancy
and guardianship in 'Egypt '. or. in Algiers; why in
Morocco?- , ' ;. .
- Step by atep'French "influence1 gained ground 4n Al
r giers, until now that country is a French province," and
is represented in the French parliament. , Morocco can
""" be developed and advance in civilization only under
some one strong nation, and France is best fitted for
., carrying this portion flf J!the..whi!;ejrn.an!s burden
.'The French government of Algiers has been a success,
:". substituting law and order for piracypirrigating deserts,
.developing agriculture and other Industries, advancing
education, and irtcreasinglhewealth and general -welfare
of the people. From Algiers as a base the French are
' pushing the borders of civilization and the areas of agri
culture southward into Sahara, and cherish plans for the
reclamation . of the great desert of that name, and of
building railroads along the old caravan routes. . ,
A railway between Algeria, ' on the Mediterranean
.'coast, and Timbuctoo, on the Niger, a distance of 1,700
. miles, 4a in fact mora than -hall -ymplH r-d will ttf
' finished in a year. Two other great railroads, one from
-the Atlantic coast to Timbuctoo and a third to connect
- the Algerian road with Lake Tchad, are projected, these
railroads traversing the Great Desert from east to west
., and from north to south.-- '', ' V
Sahara, comprising; nearly a fifth of all Africa, and
- once containing a large population, is now mostly desert,
with a population of only about 2,000,000, living in set
tlements" iar remote from one another.. The ancient in
habitants cultivated the valleys by irrigation from wells,
and the French are encroaching on the desert by the
same means. But the prime object of the railroads is to
get control of the' great caravan - trade with central
' Soudan and Niger valley, consisting of ivory, ostrich
feathers, gums, hides, gold dtisf. Indigo, cotton, dates,
. palm oil. Salt and alum to be obtained in barter for Euro-
' pean wares.- J-'-:;-:Lr.--:-: .--T:.':,
1 French intelligence, energy and-commercial exploita-
tioo are doing a great work in northern Africa, and
France ought to be permitted to carry it on, not only in
Algiers and Sahara, but in Morocco as well. ; If the Ger
roans had gotten in first and done as much,: would the
emperor have tolerated any interference? , v.
Poor old Depew.'
misspent life. -
A miserable
HOW THEY MADE AN EFFECTIVE TEAM.
I HE TASSAGE-by unanimous
mtf nf the bill aonrooriatina'
provement of the mouth of
It a feather in the caps of the two Oregon senators. : It
was the result of able and concentrated work on the part
of both. It is manifest that they have worked in com
plete harmony for the accomplishment of this purpose.
: Our Washington correspondent informs us that each
.senator iookJiphis own side of the senate, Fulton the
Republicana and Gcarin the Democrats, and in this way
and through" personal exertion-and solicitation they se-
-AHugeSeacpw Aahore
From the Cloverdal Courier. .
,If you did not go down to th beach
near Oretown. and se this monster of
' the deep, you lost an opportunity that
" will not com to you again soon. It
'was wall worth any one's time, for-you
ar not likely to ever an animal Ilk
One's . first impression of th animal
as you approached it lying there on
,-- the beach, was that of a, huae elephant
- without trunk or legs.- sprawled out
on th dand. W stepped it off and
' entlmated that It was something over
iffTeerTrTBy ana awmt S feet In ilf
cumference, and would weigh something
like three or four ton.
It wa grayish brown enlor with
oeaot,- short hair about its body. It
had a decidedly short neck and It bead
..'wa rather small In proportion to lta
' . body. Its caudal appendage or tali was
genftvr burled in th sand. It bad It
or IS teeth In Its lower Jaw.
Tbey wer smooth, round and about
on and ' one half Inches In dlamtr,
i with smooth, flat crown, showing that
th animal was herbivorous. It. had
two large flippers or flna on each aide
ef Its kody.
Thl animal belongs to a family
known In soology as Manatldaa, com
' wrnnly called saarows. It lives upon
. aeaweada and Is very awkward and
. elumay. "From what w hav read, we
frailer that Uls a - belongs U the
G ON1 DAI L Y
A N INDIPINDINt NIWIPiTlfi
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL ' PUBLISHING CO.
Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at
hnritreaU. Portland.-Ore.gon. "
JOB.
vented wTat thVy
at ihis particular
capital is not alto-
-was -ready lor pro
SENATOR
islatures simply
Senator Tillman
common people
whom the late
imotherTnfhiential
succeeded in the
Elected governor,
the dispensary
refractive, and
of whether the
members of the
system, but not
that these .evils
metto state.' ;. t
Men elected to
government are
would be if we
that way. . . .
HOW
I
S TAFT to
ending of a largely
consent in the sen
$400,000 for the lrrt
the Columbia river.i
genus of Msnatlda. called Rhytlna.
It - was -'-described - and - named, by M,
Stellar, who was with Bering ' a his
second expedition, when one was found
on th shore of Kamchatka.
It Is supposed to be extinct, as no
species have been reported for -100
year; but from th sis and general
description given by M. Seller we be-
r The Southerner and Joe Gang.
From th NewTork . World. r .".
Representative Hardwtck of Georgia
wa9.jecenUrrveltnai.ina JPullman car.
Hard wick Is the smallest man In the
house. Th presence of a negro pas
senger gave him great concern, and
after the negro had son Into th dining-car
and eaten Ma dinner, sitting
near the Georgian, the Georgia mem
ber went to th conductor and aaked
that th negro be put out of th oar..;
"W can't do . that, air," tla con
ductor answered.
"Well, if that fresh nigger gets near
me I'm going to wipe op th car with
blm," declared the Oeorglan, "I won't
hav hlra around m."
Everything want' along paaeeahl
enough, th negro sitting in his nest
"Who I that black raacair asked
th southern member of th portr
aftor a time --r-
"Who? - Hlrar asked .thf. portr,
- nuu naa-r as j rmm isani.'
JO URN A L
no. r. CAtmoLi
Tha Journal Building, Fifth anTY
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cured nanimons consent to. the passage of the measure.
When it is known that a single vote would have pre-
were trynTglo do if will be "seen'th:rH
juncture, with many other importari
measures being presse for. a hearing,' it was no misfor
tune to haver had Democratic- cenator 4n-Waahington .
And if such were the outcome of the popular. election
in Jane what better could the voters do than-to elect
Senator Geafinr-who fn the-6hort-tim-beJiasibeen in
Washington has demonstrated in a most remarkable way
his fitness and effectiveness? - - -,-..-r...
l.The decision pi the United States supreme court is
immediately squeezing t; greatamountjsf water out of
Chicago' tractiod stocks.' "' : - --r- - - ?' 1 , '
TILLMAN ON THE WARPATH, i
ENATOR TILLMAN .will have anotheToflne
fights of hi life next summer to secure a renom
- ination, after serving two terms as governor and
two terms as senator. In South Carolina senators are
nominated t prmtarjr election's, and the-sueeeeding leg
go through the form of ratifying the
people's choice, as is intended by the primary law to be
the case in Oregon. '. . .
came into power by arousing the
against the silk-stocking Democracy, of
General Wade Hampton;-whom Tillman
senatSr-rWas a conspicuous example.
he took up the state dispensary ques
tion, and after a hard struggle won his point,' South
Carolina having had no private saloons since, the state
managing the liquor traffic, which is comparatively
small. But the present legislature has passed or is about
to-pasa-a law-repealingJenator Tillman's pet creation.
law, and substituting a local opttonia
a4 senator fora.Jtb.ird term is ari8ing,.and his enemies are
with characteristic bluntness heTias in
formed the legislature and his opponents that there- will
be. something doing down in South Carolina after con
gress adjourns; that he will go on the atump and make
the whisky question the issue in the campaign, regardleas
law is changed or not. He refera to
legislature who voted for local option as
three-for-a-quarter politicians, and- asserts .that the
whiskey people and the prohibitionists have joined forces
with his political enemies, and declares that the legisla
ture is acting without instruction from the people, who
when appealed to will not sustain them. He admits that
there have been corruption and graft in the dispensary
so much as has been, represented, and
can be remedied by amendments to the
law. ? He believes in encouraging the aale of light wines
and beer, and would give the contract for selling the lat
ter to some brewing concern by bid, the beer to be sold
under state drspensarygirtationshkh-would put ihe
state out of the basiness directly but would give it in
stead of saloons the profits He says local option is a
snare and a delusion, and if the state dispensary system
is overthrown he will come out for absolute prohibition.
;.W do-not know exactly how successful or the con
trary the dispensary law has been but Tillman will stand
Ijy it, and try to T improver itrand it-ll be-siirprismg 4f
he does not carry the people and the next legislature with
nimrrArattyratc7herwiH-caBac some warm time next
summer, however the mercury stands, in the. old Pal
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the Russian douma who do not suit the
banished to Siberia. ' What a blessing it
could serve some of our congressmen
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' ABOUT ROOSEVELT?
be sidetracked to the supreme bench?
That is a question which many besides Mr. Taft
himself are debating with considerable interest.
Secretary Taft is undoubtedly a presidential possibility, as
he is most assuredly of presidential stature, -He is a big
man, mentally and physically, perhaps a little too arbi
trary and domineering but a big and experienced man
nevertheless, '..-'(-- :.-.---r "
But in the midst "of it all let no one overlook the
possibility of Roosevelt playing a strong hand for re
election. Refrigerator Fairbanks -to mention him is to
laugh. ' Possibly no one outside of himself considers him
a possibility. Root havthe stature and experience but he
has in him feV of the elements of popularity. Taft, on
the otherMjgrid, makes good all-round combination.
With Taffout of the way, from the present outlook
Roosevelt would have plain sailing. The corporations
have carried things with a high hand. for lo, these many
years. Their methods are being laid bare and fully
comprehended. Make-believe reforms will no longer
satisfy and the conventional. Republican candidate is
likely to have little chance before the people at the next
national election. Can Roosevelt nurse his boom all that
time? . Can he secure a few concessions, in response to
public clamor, just enough to lay claim to being a real
reformer, and thus force himself on the party managers
who now so cordially dislike him?
Stranger things have-.happened, though there is this
constant danger to Roosevelt, that the time is now at
hand when nothing short of strong meat will satisfy the
cravings of the people without regard to politics and
if the present status of things is maintained the Repub
lican party is likely to sustain the most crushing defeat in
all its history. . , : x ;
When any allusion is made in the senate to members
who are standing in with the railroads, up bobs Foraker.
though the speaker did not. .even look in his direction.
The End Not Yet.
: ' "From "ths Albany Herald.
' Much dissatisfaction is expressed in
th WUlamett valley because of th
committee .report to th Portland coun
cil unfavorable to th WUlamett Val
ley Traction' company.
Th end i not yet . ' ',
ecouBciTTia-'nBr-titnr-rinaTie-
tion.
Portland's interest ar identical In
this cas with those of th WUlamett
valley, and it would be a blow to both
city and country to atop thla Important
erpriaa at .ini time,
It haa been subject of hop for many
years that a new. railroad like th
rlorth bank Una and an electric- Una Ilk
that of th Willamette Valley Traction
company would " buildInto "Tortlanff,
adding to that etty'a importance a a
market and-trading eenter, ministering
to th comfort and convenience of reel
dene in th interior and helping prop
erty values in the way that usually fol
low such Improvement In transporta
tion facilities. .
Now opportunity knocks at several of
Portland's gatss, and Instead of listen
ing to opportunity, soma of the author
ities ar listening, it would seem, for
omethlng else and. incidentally, doing
a llttl knock reg of their, own.
' '
Ontario win bond Its (or IH,0OS (of
aY gewarage aystanw " ' "
SMALL. CHANGE
It Is htfh tfane to predict a flood.
Tbero will t pec'liiTan& 'cramnezrT'
Thr IS one objection to floa& River
Smith; his front nam Isn't John.
" "rf-rh-d- chajioo to --votes, the
lieSrw6tnf ' ma'1ater-TrtTesMngmn
Umblng instead of tha tartrr the para
mount lseue. . , .
Kverrbody should throw out crumbs
for tbo birds.
-' a - -
The -poll of "winter will do good as
well as he rm. . .: ' - -
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Hain't it been cold enough to frees
up the microbes? ' ' -r.r-z
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If Uncle Jo Cannon cannot b boaa
he can at leaet make aom trouble for
thoa whom b can't control.
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Sttll it mlKht have been a rood deal
oetrer ior in piumoera.
- -
Amtiasaador Whit ha not complete
ly aettlcd that Franco-German dlnputt
ytt. He will get Into the dispatches a
few time flrt,
Should a circuit 'Judge go traveling
about in hi Interest as a "candidate
for representative In congress!
And how are Alice and Nick getting
alongr
Don't at " oat ' eabbag - plants thl
week. . - - -i-
Tn' such ca, it 1 excusable to talk
about tb weather.
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Vice-President Fairbanks thawed a
Httl whn he heard :thaf Secretary
Tart would go on th bench. - T
There will be days next summer that
ii ads r-ui 'in.
Thefrti'aalways something disagree
able; ' soon w will har lot more
8moot etuff.
. Hurah for Chairman Burton of th
river and harbor committee I ... Had for
the Jetty appropriation. ,
'. .. .- .. . ...... e e ' "r
Dowl is knd Dowle isn't, '",
Dowl won't and Dowl win,
- Dowle does and Dowl doesn't,
Dowle ere long will be stUL
No half-way divorce work for Anna
Castellan; she's wise. .
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- A good many discussions in th sen'
ate ar wU named as -exhaustive."
' Three brothers in "(he British parlia
ment named -rninip ar respectively
els feet . three .Inch; six' feet four
Inches and alx feet ' seven Inches in
height. They ought to come In handy
to their party in case of a knockdown
argument with th opposition.
' Some rioh men ar becoming Social
Ists, 1 bul- in'-i-thsory only-. . . .
Thia win be A Teat with, two aprtag;
ana may d mora. '
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Hood River flour mill sold S.0OS
sacks Of flour to a "chink" t.mA
vy Scott
North Powder will enforc the Bun
day closing law. ,
Three Coqulll sisters each haa a but
ton from a coat worn by their great
grandfather in th Revolutionary war,
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urants rasa expects to be quite a
railroad eenter, with roads from there
to crater lak and the Illinois valley,
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" During February there wer II birth
and only three deaths in Josephine
county, on of th letter being acci
dental and another from old age.
The Douglas county assessor will as
sess property at full value. .
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Norway youngsters make money
catching frogs, which they sell at li
cents a dosen.
Th purchase of many fine stallions
by eastern Oregon farmers shows that'
th value of good, large horses la balng
appreciated up ther. . .,
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Extenslrs Improvements in Klamath
Falls sawmills.
. . ..'
- A Bonansa child played with matches
around Robert Sparks' haystacks; re
sult, 7$ tons of by. burned!
'.
Each milking of a Wallowa t-year-old
cow yield half a pound, of butter.
A -7-months-old - - Hood r Rlrr - colt
weighs. 709. pounda. . .
..... .
Josephine eounty farmers have formed
a breeders' association and will raise
larger horoe and better atock, ,.
Th owner of th Olwell orchards
nsar Medford la putting out 8,000 more
fruit trees.
Th Medford Mall last week Issued a
fin,-' well-Illustrated special edition, -devoted
to the resources, opportunities
and prospects of that growing elty and
Jackson eounty. it was lull of Interest
ing Information and In th hand -of
homeseeker should be of much valu to
that rich oountry and progressive town.
' A sawronris' neeaef af BUela"
Toledo people are busy holding rail
road meeting. - j
A California man located ' s.gfts.AOO '
cuBRrinche bratrort TWarnath rlvarl
near Keno, Oregon, and 100.000 miner's
Inchss under four-Inch pressure, from
the ssme river Just over the boundary
Mn,-to be-us for electrlo power, 11 eat
ing ana lighting purposns and Irriga
tion. Th aanal will b feet wide at
th top, 40 feet wide at th bottom and
fet deep.
e . .
Ike county's development league Js
getting wusy.
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Women of TTmatllla eounty towns have
organised suffrage sssoclatlons.
.
Th North Band pur food eondensery
will hav a capacity of 10,000 pounds a
dsyj 'also a creamery and ehecs fac
tory, and will manufacture breakfast
food ana thr srediMta y
i 1 irr. I
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TQintsTOy"rs-nr right - 7 J
WHO JOSEPH MEDILL"
PATTERSON IS .' .
eaeawxasssxaaaax
Often a navel has woven la It such a
tory an lira la the experience of Jo
seph Modlir Tattsrsonr only wn of -he
rich proprietor and editor' of the Chi
cago Tribune, who haa taken hla rather
aback and moved to It depth the rest
Iff t"q "t'nrh Ttcpiiwiran trin oryat
terson by ennouncin n i niae ix a con
firmed Boclallst. It I ueh a story as
hla that makes folk, who have only
reading aeojus-lataaos-with- Amsrlca ay.
"Oh, it can't be true. It's Just pretty
notion
College thlte.ow puncher, uniui-
pcctlna member of a sang of ruatlera,
report rr, eltor-ln-ch!ef of a great met
ropolitan, dally, member of the Illinois
leglHlature. reformer, atump speaker,
publlo works commlsalonar of on of
the laraeit American cities and Social
tst that's " ther gamut "Joe" . Patterson
has run in tha'past elghf yearsv--H'
only. ST.--Pour years aga hm- married
Allc Hlcalnbotham. a Chlcaco belle
and daughter of a- wealthy family, and
they fcava a, Utue girl who la nearly I..
''Joe" "Patterson Is a healthy specimen
of a clean-cut American. Thar is a
full six feet of him and there's a thick
ness In bis shoulders that football and
a year with Tale's freshmen eight mod
eled, 1 Of Course., when Robert W. Pat
terson sent "Joe." his only son. e
to Groton school, it was, according to
his plan, th beginning of th education
that was to fit bim to tax over in
Tribune when the youngster' lime
came. "Jo'' got on at .Groton in th
way most boys da He was called
ForkOpolls- and -wild and wooiy
nntll th other boys-got tired nf nagging
him or had felt the weight of his fists.
There were four years at Groton and
then cam a year on a. ranch in New
Mexico. He chock full of yarna about
th good times h had in. th south
westyarns about 1roncobnsthig7and
letting broncos try to bust him, or
roping and-branding and all the reel
that goes to make up th llf out there.
tmr TsJaw M.yIm Iia ant artkA V1
the other dayr1 got through Till right
riii
In Thehdr maflBinost of -the socletl
and ail-that sortoflhlng. Xe. I went
In for athletics for awhile and mad th
freshmen -eighth - That was all ther
was to tnat'
It was -while Patterson - was a Tale
student and during one vacation that
he got Into Wyoming and' fell In with a
gang of ruatlera -
'It was a pretty bad outfit, Is tha
way he tells it "I thought the fellows
were all right;, but overy last" one of
them was arrested, except met One
day, I remember, w bad been out after
antelope and we got m Jtlg bag.' Then
nothing must do the outfit but go and
parade before the sheriff, with the
gsrae, which we had had no right to
kill In plain sight The leader of the
gang had his rifle lying across his legs,
and he asked the--sheriff .for. a. light
The sheriff handed him a match, and
ever sine that I've been mighty glad
ha did. 'If h hadn t been wla there
would ' hav bean aom shooting that
day and I sappos that I would hav
been the first on to gat it. I was never
much of a band with a gun.
1 got hem from Wyoming by hock-
tng-my saddle- for a- tage rid -that
wa worth 125, and' whan I struck the
ratlroadby- telegraphing tut my father
for the fare. I hated to do it,, but it
simply. h4 to.b.lone.There Js .n
doubt that I was a pretty tough-looking
sight They wanted to throw m out
a ti Ph1Im.ii ktit T .t M nk "
L It was a case of buckling! down to
work after "Jos" left Tale. - His fathsr
started hlra out aa a reporter. ; He did
the "hotel beat" most of the six months
he was ''on th street" and then be
was put in th Sunday department of
th Tribune.
bit yellow about that time." Is th Pat
terson way of describing his experience
on the Sunday ataff. "Father had a
chap at the head of th supplement who
was a peach In the yellow Una And I
was his very. able assistant I wrote
yards of guff about lov and things of
that sort And at th end of eight months
father said I waa getting demoralised
and yanked me out of th Sunday.
Maybe he waa right I waa put on the
newa desk, and then in a llttl while In
charge of the editorial page. '
It waa not long after that that father
left me in charge. He went to Kurope.
$ had th editorial and, and Medlll Mc
cormick, my cousin, was In chargs of
the business end. That- was the cam
paign that the Trlbun cut loose be
tween Loudner and Dunn, th Re
publican bosses. Th Trlbun was for
Dunesn. Loudner -knows the family,
but at that I guess Duneen was the
better man. Oh, yes, father waa a
Duneen man, but tha Trlbun wouldn't
have bit it up ao hard tor him if father
had been home. Anyway, Duneen won."
It la a naive way that young Pat
terson has of describing how he got
into the legislature, which waa before
the Dumen-Loadner fight. -
"If a fact" b declares, "that I
didn't know three of the voter In the
district. Father Just went to a couple
of bosses, my name was put on th Re
publican ticket, the machine voted for
me, and that Is all there was to It. Just
aa sasy as that but lt'a Just there that
our whole system 1 wrong. The ma
chine In politics haa to be smashed th
very first thing. ,
"Ther wss a whole lot doing In th
legislature that session. That waa th
year w got through th enabling act
which was to open up the way for
Punn and municipal ownership,, which
doesn't own.. I was put on the commit.
ee of municipal corporations, and theft1
they tried to get me out of the wsy by
putting me on the penal ' institution
committee, whose chief work ' la riding
sround th state in a Pullman full of
Scotch and soda and things-like -that 4
It would be a long atorz to. go over
all that happened that year at Spring-
Held. Th machine was vary busy.
Lorlmer was boss and he wanted the
Muller bill amended ao that If it was
passed aa h put It up to us th en
abling act which municipal ownership
needed wouldn t have been worth th
papar.lt waa wxUtcnoivWhowlfl.
gooa ana juua. vve wo up in re
former and got them coming down to
Springfield' by the carload. ..The day
Lorlmer's amendments came up our
side wanted a vote by yeas and nays,
butthe sneaker choked us off. Ths
uh
own way until wa pelted the speaker
with books, dragged him out of hie
seat and threw hlra out of the house.
Wltlf a rump house we"got what we
wanted through. It wasn't legal, of
course, but the peker eame back and
did what :w wanted him to do. H let
things stand aa we had fixed tham. ,
"No. father tlldn't kick at me then.
The Tribune rather helped u along In
our fight . It waa when I eame back to
go on the paper again. ,. He ainn t like
th thing I put in th editorial page
about municipal ownership and wall. I
printsd Just one too many editorials ror
municipal ownership and then I had to
pull up stakes. Father said- I was a
fool or-eraay or something to that of
fer t
"Hot pelag mhts te firlat the thlngg XI
had to say, I want out on the stump for
Dunne. It was hard work, but -I did all
that waa la so to help In bis election.
ana wnen it was all over th cnairman
hip of th civil service commission was
Offered to ma - I didn't want it. but
when th commlaalonrsh!p of publle
works cam my way why I took that
"Fiuin what I ti
pretty nergaesstn
aQCjjiijun. It hasn't been from book.
I never read a book on socialism, but I
am.-going to get hold of Karl. Mara
now and aee what ha has to say. So
clallam Is something that you've got to
faalta.x artntnaptitoti; -Jt's Jb
earners head that poke Itself lute your
tent if you r thinking at all about th
StJrwUPJCjndnotuqL boutjrour;
- "Ther must be a reorgan Isatlon. Our
system is wrong from th ground up
and everywhere there is discontent
That vat of Dunne's n Chicago last
ran proves it so far as Chicago 1 con
cerned-. I could tell - you -any number
of instances of young chsps of wealth
and position whom no on would ever
suspect of hoping for a ehsng in th
sysiem. .- - ; .
"Ths government ought to own the
publie utilities. Look st Germany, where
socialism- baa worked Itself out con'
cluslvely in th railroad situation. Th
government own Its railroads and Ihey
ar mighty good railroads, which make a
profit
Am 1 going to let my nair grow
down on my shoulders- as a badg of
my convictions? Not a bit of It. I'll
b the sams Patterson that you sea be
fore you now right down to th em of
th chapter. Long hair Isn't socialism.
Long hair is Just th municipal owner
ship of socialism. Socialism hasn't any
flowing locks to get in Its yesv
A Chicagoan entered the room and
Patterson hailed him. with a "Hello.
Sid."- His first question was as to th
election of a president of bis polo club
at Lak Forest.
"Do I play polo 7" no asaa turning
again to hi guest - Tee, and I'm going
to play the game aa long aa 1 nave
a cent of money to buy the tools.
gratl"- L 1
Its
"And what la your rawer going to
say about your becoming a Boclallst r
wss ths last question.
Don t-know-!!aaid "Joe with
uesa he'll say It all right
A.
1 -
Father
has sine - said " that ia- aub
stance.
-THE PLAY..
At the Marquam theatre last night
Paulina Hall .and a company of player
presented "Dorcas.'Va comic opera or
operetta of the old school, to the evt
dent delight of many who had heard
Miss Hall In times psst and round bar
bit more buxom, but otharwts as
charming. To those .who looked upon
th performance critically It seemed
that it was notable chiefly from a must
cal standpoint. - The ..singing waa bet
tec than haa been heard In Portland in
orae time, every" member of the com
pany having a singing vole and three
or four being uncommonly girtea.
It was th singing comedy or th old
school which Miss Hall and bsr people
gave us, and to th many who hav
bean aurfelted by the atyle of fun
making . provided by prent day
musical eomedy and burlesque com
panies,- tha opera laat night was a dis
tinct relief. However, in corneal an.
Mfc Young. InUoductd. vaudeville borse-
play which was distinctly out of place,
Spitting In the face is barred now. even
In burlesque. :
Distinctly th beat volo In th com
oany waa that or Joaapnine Knapp. 1
west round soprano which ah used to
excellent effect-in several Songs, notably
In "Th Bird" and "Chesa" Mi Hall
sang about aa well aa usual, ahowlng
an occasional brilliant touch, and than
marring' It by wretched enunciation.
Har poor enunciation and stilted man-
nermad.ej.be doll song less snjoyaoie
than It should have been. :
Charles Fulton has a clear, agreeable
tenor and hi perform anoes. In singing,
were llksbls, except on two occasions,
whsn ha broke bsdly. His acting, how
ever, was execrable. In the ssme clsss
an actor, and several rung down
tha ladder as a vocalist Is Uoeffrey
Smith, who . plays - Lord Lam bourne.
Minnie Jar beau, an old favorite, was
Dorcas. She . sang sweetly, with a
tremolo. , Th ensembl numbers war
all well done and formed on of the
agreeable features. . .
Miss Hall ana her company repeat
"Dorcas" tonight .
LETTERS FROM
. PEOPLE
THE
A Oballenge to Debate.
Albany, Or., March 12. To the Editor
of The Journal The letter of the Rev.
E. Btllington of Cottage Grove, Ore
gon, repudiating me as a Christian min
ister, shows how the prohibition move
ment blind and harden th heart of
Its advocaua I waa billed to apeak In
hi town whn h wrote th lettera
It eem to m that honesty and' broth
erly love should hav restrained him
from - writing such letters or repudia
tion until he should have beard me him
self; but they who have trained them
selves to believe that It la right to con
fiscate th property of thousands of
their fellowmen by a majority vote, and
reduc them to poverty and pauperism,
could not be expected to hesitate In
confiscating a fellow ministers reputa
tion by a few strokes of the pen. While
I believe that Mr. BUllngton ia a well
meaning man, and In- every way an
earnest Christian, yet be haa done me
an injuetlce. .
I bare always claimed to be a mem
ber- of th Christian church; but I
never "posed aa an accredited minister
of the Christian church." I have simply
claimed to b a minister of the gospel.
Mr. BUllngton-and-Mr. Clarenoa True
Wilson ars ministers of churchss whose
creeds, either written er unwritten, de
mand prohibition.
- My creed, the Bible, teaches temper
ance. . Their creed teaches prohibition,
Therefore a I am a minister of th
gospel I preach temperance; and as they
ere ministers-f -churches.. .thy preach
prohibition, as their creeds demsnd.
Tbsy ar laboring for redemption - by
law;' I am laboring for redemption by
grace.
motto of th Christian church
1 n
s , -as:
we apeak, and where the Bible la silent
.we ars silent in matters of faith and
practice." -
iam,althful tothl motto, and am
repudiated for the very fact that I am
faithful te It, by thoae who have repudi
ated their owa motto, and thereby have
repudiated Jesus Christ himself.
I hereby challenge the Rev. BUllng
ton to meet m publicly, and prove that
I hav broken th above motto of the
Christian ehurch. He la a better speaker
than I am, and everything is on his
side but truth and right Will be ao
apt th challenge and meet m In th
city of Portland? Rsverently your.
HOMER M. STRUCT.
Condon people aubeorlbed IMS toward
the Twicasahaa bridge.
.THE PATHFINDERS OF'
!; HISTORY v"
T
By Rer. Thomas B- Gregory. .
Wu:U)la.e.idoJliB criterion.
Ih hftBarolthamveiitlon of printing '
I unquestionably due to Laurence Cos"--"'
tef of " narlem. who first round. so rsr
as moderji times are concerned, ths'.
method of impressing characters on
paper by means of carved block of
wood. .IXlmpvable type be considered
ths criterion, th merit of "th discovery"""
belongs to John Gutenberg of Mentx.
while Schoeffer. In 'conjunction with
FautJtTwas ths first who" founded types -of
metaL-.. . r - .-
I have given the Jionor to Coster be-. .'. .
rausa, it seem to me, he baa the Blearer - --"
title to It having established the prin
ciple from which ell the resg naturally
and Inevitably followed. . .. ... ...
- It was about-1140, or lt that Cos- -ter
put the wonderful - little - wooden -blocks
to -work,- and so rapid - was- the j
Improvement -in the art -and ao strenu-.
ously was It applied, that between 1470
and ltOO more than 10. 000 editions of
books and pamphlets were printsd In
Europe, the majority of them in Italy.
Printing was Introduced Into Italr
about 14S, Into France and Swltser-- -Isnd
"in 1470, Into Holland and Belgium r
in 1471, into Spain In 14T4 and into Kng- '
land somewhere between 1474 and 1477.
It Is Impossible to overestimate the -
Importance of this Invention or to over
atate the beneficence of its result ' .
Befor th printing pre cam knowl
edge was necessarily connned to an In- .
flnlteslmal fraction of the people. The ,
process of making th parchment books
waa a alow and laborious one. and of ne- '
eesslty their number was limited. ; ..
To own a book waa to own a eostly
treasure which not many could afford.
There were 410 public lyiirarle. andths -
Isolated private libraries could boast of ,
but few volumes. i '
Printing did awsy with ths fesrful .
dlffleulty at one by. multiplying book
ana oy eneapening tnem. wnen me
pre fairly got down to work . books
were -easily obtainable, and at prices
that were wlfhln the reach of multl-
Judeg of . people.: - - .
Knowledge began tQispresd ' Ilka a
r-p all g ". ana la segl
jiff Ins end.
of the reign of Ignorance and auperatV-
tlon was-assured.
Knowledge ie power, the highest kind
of power the power of self reipect or-
moral eourage, ana or ..the lnltistlve
which puts one on his feet and reso
lutely faces hlra toward hie oppressor. .1 ...
v Hence, whsn, thanks to ths press, a
larger proportion of th peopl had be
come sufficiently Intelligent to feel an
Interest In the affairs of state, it was as
good aa aettled that governments could '
not much longer exist except for the
benefit of the governed. -- -
Books became plentiful, readers and
thinker multiplied, knowledge got In its
blessed work, and th accursed old mot
to, "Authority for Truth." hsd to
changed to that mora glorious slogan, '
Truth for Authority."
' Slowly, aa a coneequence-of th work.
of ths printers, humanity .btgni) to forgs
ahead, shaking off th incuDuses that
had for ao long tormented and retarded
it . ,
The knowledge that the art of print
ing made possible gave man the soul-'
courage which enabled him to demand
of his long-time oppressors th rights -that
belonged to him., and to Qght for
those lights when the oppressors rsrused
to grant them peaceably:.
It was only by the penetration of thia
knowledga to the maaaea of the people,.
that modern progress became possible;
and from now on th world' soaial and
economic condition will Improve-
act proportion to the advance of intelll- -
gence among the masses.
Tou can do almost-anything witn a
fool, but when your fool becomes en
lightened, when Into the gray matter of
hie hitherto lethargic brain there comae
the electrlo apark of a real thought rot
can no longer trifle with him.. ' '
LEWIS AND
CLARK
At Fort Clatsop: '
March 16. This morning the hunters'
returned, having killed four elk only.
It eeema that Labiche was the only one
who fell In with the herd, and having"
loot the foresight of hi gun shot a
great many times without offset As
the dead elk were lying aome distance
apart, we aent two details for them. '
Both returned in the evening, bringing
the flesh of three and the skins of four. -
qne carcass having become spoiieo.
through the carelessness or ins nunier. .
We were visited this aftsrnoon by De
lashelwilt and his wife. We were else
visited by Catel, a Clatsop, with his
family; ha brought for aale a aee otter
akin and a canoe, neither of which we
purchased. The Clatsops who Isst even- ;
lng brought ths Indifferent canoe to sell .
left ua early this morning. Bratton ia .
atill on th sick report
Idaho Men Investing on 'Coos Bay.
From - the Coos Bay. (North -Bead) .
Harbor. '
It looks good to se so many Idaho
people becoming Interested in Cooa bay.
More people and more capital nave
come In from Boise than any other out- .
aide point Boise Itself hss 10.000 peo
ple and will be a great city like Bait
Lake or Spokane. uui.ior an tnis
Boise peopl realise the opportunity
here for Investment and they eee that
Cooa bay offera the best and nearest
seaport ror the outlet or tne prouueta
of southern Idaho when we ahall have
direct rail communication. Again peo
ple whose homes are In the hot enervat
ing climate of the interior anouia 11
they can do ao spend at Isast a part of
the summer on the sea coast This Is
one of the - reasons Idaho people have J
been attracted to Coos bay. They can .
find no better place to apend the sum- . .
mir on ths ocssn beach. The develop- ,
meat will bo mutually beneficial.
Telling theNw in Holland. -
From Tit Bits. '
In Holland births, marriages and
deaths, instead , of being reoorded in
newspepers, ar Indicated by wlndrallla
When a miller get married ne stops
hla mill with the arms of the wheel In
K llxnllng pusltlon an -with -taa-saua 1
unfurled. .His friends ana guests xrs-
quently do 'likewise with their mine in
token of the ceremony.
To Indicate birth the wheel ia
atonoed with th arm In a abutting po
sition, but era more aeut angle thaa-t
for marriage, and With the two; upper
aalle unfurled. '
Should a miller die the sails of his
tnlltrgalt-Turtedi and . tha wheal la -, ,
.turned around until th arm form an .
prlght eroes. in which position they
ar left muttl after the .funeral baa
taken plaoa. .- - - . ' . -
r The Limit. , .-
From th Philadelphia Bulletin. v
"Perdition take thee truita and me
opolleel" h cried, ruffling hla long
hair. "They are actually limiting now
the output of Velaques portraits snd
Raphael Madonnas, while only three
man ar allowed to pal it Whlatlara, -which
are th only thlnga that sail to
.i