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-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1906. -
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SHERIFF WORD AND THE DEMOCRATIC NOMI-
. NATION.
SHERIFF TOM WORD officially decided today
to go hito the Democratic primaries to seek a
nomination for sheriff. -Two years ago he re
ceived his original nomination for the
,the same source. He was elected by
Democratic and independent votes.
. pledged' himself to wipe put public
aeerricd a herculean one. The gamblers were not alone
powerful in themselves and their resources but joined
with the liquor men they formed a hitherto invincible
.'" political combination. Allied with them was the Repub
lican machine and the Oregonian. The fight was both
bitter and prolonged. r f But the people believed -that
..Word would be true to his pledges and gave him a flat
- Bering Tote-of confidence. It-required -courage-oek-ribbed
honesty and shrewd practical" experience to meet
the obligations which , the election imposed. A man
might he honest and courageous to the last- degree- and
nevertheless fail in the task which Word had voluntarily
et for himself. But Word's success was i veritablet tri
umph. : He pursued his task tirelessly and was found
fully equipped at every point of attack." From beginning
to end he showed himself master of the situation and
evoked plaudits and encomiums from all parts of the
state such as have seldom been showered upon a local
official It is enough to say that he more than met pub
lie expectation and that he fuHy made, good every
promise, that fie made. '.: '
. While he has been chiefly tested 04 these-moral is
1 sues and while hcJias triumphantly emerged from this
"test his successes in" this" respect constitute only part of
the unexcelled record which he has made in other re
spects. His office has been a model in every way in
which it may be judged. His tax department is as well
: managed and equipped as an average banki Collections
are .better and more fully made than ever before and the
money received is turned over with a
delight the hearts of the treasurers. If ia no disparage
ment to other men who have held this office and it is
hut bare justice to Sheriff Word to say that never in
its history has the sheriffs office been so Swell and ably
managed as it is now and has been during the present in
cumbent's' administration. He has therefore earned -not
alone a renomination at the hands of his party but a re-
- election at the hands of the people for, if we are to have
first class public service, the way to secure it is to do
feat' for reelection those' who have been untrue to the
trust reposed in them and to maintain in place those
who" have conspicuously done, their-duty. Measured by
this-test the" present sheriff may"coniTdently go. before
the yoters asking a -reelection and in no recent local case
that we recall will the voters be so ready and even en-
: thusiastic to honor a man whose record in office has done
so much Jo honor himself nd IfceTn. " , ' ,
. . CURIOUS VOTE IN CHICAGO.
f I v HE VOTE in Chicago yesterday on the municipal
-1 r - ownership of railroads question "was what may
" . "be termed a stand-off. The vote was close on
the various propositions submitted, not more than two-
thirds of the people voting on any of them, and the
outcome being rather negative to the ownership propo
sition, although a small majority voted in favor of it.
Such a radical and very important revolution in exist
ing affairs cannot' be brought about and carried into ef
fect by a -bare '--'majority vote ; it can only be done by an
overwhelming or at least a very decisive vote.
As" stated in the dispatches, the majority voted for
municipal ownership but against municipal operation.
If this summary be a correct analyzation of the vote, it
shows that the people of Chicago haven't yet made up
their jminds. Ownership necessarily carries with jt the
righi and power of operation. To vote for ownership
and against operation is like voting for a man for some
office and helping to kill him before he takes his seat.
; The $1,000 license ordinance recently passed, it is said,
will stick, and we predict that it never will be repealed in
'that city, nor in any other that passes a similar measure.
THE SUFFRAGE DISCUSSION.. '
HERE IS A NOTE of personal
through the discussion of the woman suffrage
question which should be eliminated. ' At the
coming election the question ,of whether or not women
shall, be permitted to vote in Oregon will be submitted
to the voters of the state for their decision. It is a ques
tion which should be discussed on its broad merits and in
relation to the principles involved. There is no need of
indulging in any personalities against or by either side of
the controversy. The idea is no longer a new one. It
has already been adopted in several states of the union.
Before that time its outcome was a matter of pure spec
ulation and the very best that any one could do was to
theorize upon it. Doubtless there are now some sub
stantial fact by which it may be more severely-1 and
practically tested than ever before.
' But in any case it is a matter for temperate discussion,
for proof and for argument free from personal rancor
or bitterness.
The New Mother Goose. " t"
Wllberforce Jenkins In New York World.
Mlntreee Moro. full of sorrow,
How does your Rrden if row?
. Bunards, sulln and grinning skulls
All set out tn a row.
L.lttl Andru went too nkool.
Wooden t lern too Spel bl rool.
And they snankt him, I hav herd.
Whcnn his mllyuns hee hadd seezed.
Then he spelt lust as be pleesed
And no wun sed a wurd.
Tommy Lawaon not no fat, '.
likewise little lean; . .
- And that la why ha wagged hi tale
. In Trensy's masasine. " -
Dick McCurdy's tone to sea
For a vlstt to Pare. -
He'll come bark some day to me, -
. " Or my name Is M. U. I).
Building Wreckers.
' From the Technical World ' '
Perhaps so band of men In the World
uffured sin-h constant Injuries, if not
deald. as the corps of butldlna; wreckers
to fmund In every larae city. They
vlt a buttdlnar which kas been Kutted
by fire, the tottering; walls of which
re tllr MartJlng, and which accordingly
re a menace to pedestrians. It Is the
business cf these wreckers to pull the
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has the open door
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gambling.' The task
policies. ;, . Y- t.
This peaceful
other nations. A
again occur than that .which was presented to the Al;
gecirss conference. Two nations,- traditional enemies
both in the highest
tipneach morbidly
part of the other,
almost to the point
opposing claims
finding of a basis pf
after months of conference and deliberation is no ordi
nary achievement of the method of peaces ,
In estimating the
result due weight
lingness of the' western world to admit that any ditter-
ence can arise between. Christian powers that cannot be
settled without appeal to the sword: a feeling that such
a war must not be,
feeling during the. sessions of 'the conference was wide
spread in the civilized world. This common sentiment in
its growing intensity reached, doubtless, the members of
the conference, and was felt by them as an ever-present
influence pressing
tion before them. ; ...
America's part.in the settlement is a-matter of pro
found satisfaction. It begins tp look as if our policy as
a world-power had now become settled. Pekinsr. Ports
mouth, Algeciras
icy of peace and
and power. It shows, tob, the growing influence of our
nation among the great powers of the world; an influ
ence, let uS trust,
precision that must j
ends lower than
standard. '
THE
I N THE MUNICIPAL' ELECTION in Tacoma yes
terday Mayor Wright, who was reelected, received
1 nn (. t of .u. t. .v.i...
didate, 3,306 votes,
ship candidate, 1,999 votes. ..This was a total -vote of
8,874. There was great interest taken in the contest,
and an unusually full vote was polled, which would in
dicate that "Tacoma's population is about 50,000. This,
under all the circumstances, would be a fair if not a
liberal estimate, so, far as a city's vote goes. - " "
Mayor Wright was not reelected because he is a Demo
crat, but because a great many voters suspected Mc
Cormick of being too much of a Hill man, and because
Tacoma wants the Harriman road, just as Portland wants
the Hill road. A' Harriman man would be beaten here
just as McCormick was beaten in Tacoma.
.It is slightly amusing in retrospect to observe that
the Tacoma Ledger most confidently and strenuously
predicted McCormick's election by an overwhelming ma
jority, showing in the cold, bright glare of the event that
its judgment was very poor or else that 'ft did noit tell
the truth. . . . - .
The municipal ownership candidate was not considered
a large factor in the scrimmage, and is said to have not
been a strong character individually, yet he received
2,000 votes, from which incident it would not be at all
surprising if Tacoma went for municipal ownership a
few yeara hence.- .
Mayor Wright was not worthy of reelection, for rea
sons which The Journal stated some days ago; he is a
man of policy, not of principle; yet as between him and
McCormick the people of Tacoma have probably decided
wisely. At least they will have to lie in the bed they
have made, and people of other towns have no license
to growl at them. ' : ' ', - .
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- ' MAKING MOST OF IT. .
Y EARS AGO Secretary Seward shrewdly observed
that rules were made to prevent a man from do
ing something he didn't want to do. Our great
and fundamental rule and guide, the constitution, seems
to be regarded in many quarters in precisely the same
way. In fact we do not rernember anything ever pro
posed or suggested in the interest of the people that
wasn't unconstitutional.. In fact that is the bugaboo, the
scarecrow, that is always flaunted to the front by the
public official to justify him for refusing to do some
thing he should do and which the people demand. And
yet how little the constitution operates to prevent a filch
ing from the peoplje of their rights. This is one of the
poor rules that do not work both ways.
Is the Hepburn commission all right? - . We do not
know; nobody knows. It is a necessary experiment in
the right direction and nothing but the test of expe
rience will prove It. But it should get that chance with
out a divided responsibility. It has been emasculated
from the relatively 'strong EschVTownsend bill and at' its
best will perhaps not be any too good. If it is pared
down until it is a literal nonentity it may meet the de
mands of the constitution savers but it will be a neg
ligible quantity so fat-as the public and its interests are
concerned.i .
.feeling running
walls down,' arid ' a half 'hour spent
watching them at this work-brings the
quick thrill as nothing else in our hum
drum urban civilisation can. They
swarm' over the swaying walls with
reckless Impunity, fastening ropes here
and there, preparing for the long and
strong pull. Frequently the walls go In
simply because of the weight of the
men at work upon them. The bodies
are dug out of the mass of Iron and
brick and the work goos on as if nothing
had happened. ,
A Hundred Proposals at . Fourteen.
"J was married at 14."' aald an old
lady.-"It was my one hundred and first
proposal that I accepted."
"A hundred proposals before you mar
ried?" ..
- "No less."
"That exceeds the average, doesn't It?"
"rive Is the average, as, of course,
you know. I doubt If there Is another
woman alive today who has had as manj
proposals as I. A hundred! . It Is a vast
number. Isn't It?"
She looked dreamily Into the fire. Then
she went on:
"This Is the secret. My father emi
grated to California m IMS. and In 14.
when the gold fever Inflamed the land.
r. a girl of 14. was on the scene. I was,
my grandson would say, 'Johnny-on-the-spot.'
I was in. 'as It were, on the
ground floor. I lived ia a town where
J O U R N 'A L
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JMO. J. OAmKOIX
The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam.
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PEACE OF ALGECIRAS.
rrUE ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE has at last
basis of settlement acceptable both to
Germany.. It is not what either at
first wished to obtain,, but it embodies more thanucithet
seemed likely to concede to the other. Germany now
in Morocco, and France's frontier in
Algeria will 1esafe from unfriendly , and . harassing
settlement of the differences between
thoscx two great powers is of large significance. , R
augurs well for the peaceful settlement in the future of
disturbing questions that may arise between these or
more delicate situation can naraiy
state of military and naval prepara-
sensitive to any encroachment on the
and their relations already strained
of rupture, rush to prosecute their
before the great world powers. - Ihe
agreement under-such circumstances
influences that have worked to this
must be given to the growing unwil
cannot be. The manifestation of this
for a peaceful solution of the ques
a succession bP-t'Vtritr'sIiowlng a pol
conciliation of increasing distinctness
which will never be exerted toward
those of the nation's present high
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TACOMA ELECTION?
and Hartman, the municipal owner
T Clark Russell to Retire. --
Clark Russell Is going to retire.
Having celebrated his sixty-fifth birth
day recently the veteran author of The
Wreck of the Orosvenor" and "The Frosen
Pirate" says that he Is going to write
no morei but. to end his days quietly at
Bath, England, which has been his
home tor several years. The novelist
declares, however, that the temptation
to write just one more book is uncom
monly strong, because of late his repu
tation lias suffered in a way that has
been wholly undeserved. His grievance
is that a book recently published under
his name as a new - work, and .'vigor
ously roasted by the critics. Is not a
new work st alt,' but 'a set: of serial
stories written several years ago and
completely forgotten by him until their
unauthorised appearance under a ''mis
leading title. Bo Clark Russell feels
like showing that his hand has not lost
its cunning if he Is SB. Probably, how
ever, he will content himself with ex
plaining the matter to his admirers, for
bad health has made composition diffi
cult to him for some time. -
Washington Poker.
From the New Tork Bun.
Knlcker What's the matter? Didn't
jrou heve a full house? -
Bocker Tes, but the other fellow had
A senate, ...... .
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A lot of lasy fellows will want to
swear la
their votes. w wian tney
couldn't.'
in, peopip atmj o
but they are the people.
Httle wrong-
What bocam of Futerf -
'If jrou were delinquent, don't kick.
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I. Roosevelt a Republican? ,. ;
Some people know It is spring be
cause they are a. little laxler than
usual, possible. -
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The United States senate.' you may
observe. Is still talking about the rail'
way rate bill and saying little but
words. -. ,.''
Is Ben Tillman . our greatest Jiving
statesman?.':.-
Up in the First district three Repub
licans each expects to be nominated and
elected to congress,- and two of them
at least will wonder why they were, dis
appointed. '
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Looks like Mr. Mulkey 'would get
there, for some -six weeks.
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..Nice time to put In that garden. .- ,
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We won't have to gaxe on those por
traits very much longer, thank Father
Time. - Moat of them are- those of
rather good-looking men, all right, but
they become tiresome after , several
weeks. ,' ' . ' "
Flood predictions are in order, .
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Last chance to register; .'. : ' ' .
It does not necessarily follow that
because a man has been elected a Judge
once he should be. kept On the bench
as long as he lives. . - -
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It is hinted that some country editor
who- have- been running-Mr,- Bourne's
picture may, vote for somebody else.
Tes, it will rain yet during April. - -
Candidates are nearly' all hopeful yet.
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Ex-Governor Oeer may conclude . to
kry farming, after all. '
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It is easier: to ..lead people than to
drive them.' r
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Tacoma is struggling forjsraeer That
always Was a nice town. "
Anybody can invent a new breakfast
food and many do.
Judge -SaMbreda and Sheriff Brown
will also "have ran." .
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The birds . are unconsciously men's
friends. V ...
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Tou ought to enjoy the bright morn
ings. For many there will be no other
spring. .
Are we going to celebrate the Fourth?
How would you like to be a railroad
rate bill, and be talked to death?
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We are thinking Of writing a leetura.
to be entitled "How to Be Honest,
Though a United States Senator.' It
should be thrilling. . :
Qoats - are becoming better money.
makers every year in western Oregon.
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The Carlton school district will vote
on bonding itself for $7,000 for a school-
house. -
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All crops looking fine In Josephine
county.
Baker county property is to be as
sessed this year on a (0 per cent basis
of valuation, says the Baker City Demo
crat. A bad policy. ,1
Better stock than ever before ia be
ing raised In the Illinois valley in Jo
sephine county.
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Seaside expects to be more prosperous
than ever next summer.
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New creamery at Althouse in Joseph
ine eounty.
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Oregon will have lots of big crops, as
usual, after all. -
Worthless dogs have killed - many
quite valuable kids in Marlon county.
An Applegat man has a vineyard of
27,000 grapevines and finds grape-grow
ing profitable. His vineyard consists
of 100 acres, and from its net proceeds
last year he built a fine nine-room resi
dence.
A wagon road will be built from Ice
land to the coast.
Draln improving every week. ,
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Roseburg Review; Our elty Is full
of strangers and Immigrants from the
east, and it Is common to hear them
peak of the good order we have la our
olty day and night.
S 'e
: Eugene should have learned a lesson,
and other towns as welt
There will be a big excursion of San
Franolsco people to .Klamath Falls next
summer.
laurel Oreve correspondence of Grants
Pass Courier: A panther tried to hoM
up the stage between Grants Pus and
Williams one day of this week, but
being a small One, It was captured and
taken on as a passenger for the city.
The Helix Herald replaces the Adams
Advance. Neat and newsy.
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A Marehfleld man' found out that it
was "agin the law" to kill seagull.. .
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' Several Portland . and Carlton men
went up on the river Sunday, says the
Carlton Observer, to witness the break
ing of the big log Jam. The dams at
both Falrdale and in the Yamhill were
turned loose and gave a rise of at least
six feet Where the Jam was. The Jam
was successfully broken and the lows
carried as far as the dam. The com
pany will flood every other day from
now on and Jt is well worth one's white
to tt : '
Jefferson la congratulating Itself eh
showing progress.
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Rome Grant county bucks yielded be
tween 21 and 19 pounds of wool each.
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. OREGON SIDELIGHTS
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EX-MAYOR VAN WYCK
THE EXPATRIATE '
From the New Tork World.
' Robert A. Van Wyck, former mayor
of New Tork, has bid farewell to the
country of his birth. He sailed for
Bremen, whence he will go to Paris, to
resiae permanently. He will not giva
up hla American citisenshtp nor hit
membership in the Democratic club, but
he has cast his last vote here and will
return only at times on business.
Mr. Van Wyck has had this 'step in
mind two yeara A year ago, when he
returned from Europe, he decided to re
turn to the French capital to live. He
will be. Joined In Paris by Charles W:
Morse, his close personal friend and as
sociate in ice trust stock deals, to con
clude the purchaso of the mansion at
the head of : the Champs Elysse. . once
occupied by Dr. Evans, the American
dentist who died In Parui and left a
large estate. A little more than a year
ago Van Wyck and Morse had a plan
to transform the mansion Into a mod
ern hotel, but the project was aban
doned. They offered 1700,000- for the
mansion and grounds, but the. execu
tors demanded 1800,000.- It is expected
that 'they will increase their bid. in
view of the steady Increase in real en
tate values, to a sum nearer the figure
named by Dr. Kvana' executors. The
mansion: hsa a commanding position
nearly opposite' the unhappy home f
the Castellanes. and occupies an entire
block, with a frontage of about 800 and
a. depth. of 1,000 feet.
It is not known what are ex-Mayor
Van- Wyck's plans as to the property
If he acquire it, or what arrangement
exists between himself and Charles W.
Morse as .to -ownership.- One Of Mr.
Van WyJk s close friends thinks that he
Intends to use It aa a residence, but tne
opinion may be "questioned. Inasmuch
as Mr. Van Wyck, a bachelor, would
find it lonesome to occupy such a vaat
establishment alone, even with the staff
of servants necessary to maintain it.
The settlement of-that nuestlon Is not
likely to be made until after he returns
from Egypt.' He will spend three .or.
four : weeks -In Paris after; his arrival
next week, and In all probability
bring the negotiations to a dose. Then
be will start for the upper Nile, to-be
absent for about six weeks. On his re
turn to Paris he will enter at onee Into
the preparation of his future home and
outline the general plan for his diver
sions. '." " '
The former mayor has two automo
biles In Paris and has engaged an ex
perienced - chauffeur to guide him and
his friends ever the. best roaas in eu
roDC. It was not known generally In
New Tork that he had a passion for
motoring. He would not Indulge. l--hee4
because of the conflicting speed laws in
different sections, and the imperfect
roads. He will not visit ' New Tot k
again until the early summer of 107,
and then will not remain longer than a
week or ten days. After that the in
tervals of return. In all -"probability,
will become longer. Mr. Van Wycka
severance of all social and political ties
will be as Complete as the cutting loose
from old associations ' by';. Richard
Croker. ., . . . '...'.
The former .mayor went on board the
Kaiser Wilhetm at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning. Many of his friends wantea
to give him a farewell dinner Monday
nlsht In the Democratic club, but he
vetoed the proposition with posttlveness.
He was opposed to any aemonstrauon
whatsoever and, at his earnest request,
only a few personal friends were at the
steamship pier to see him off. They
were John F. Carroll, Philip J. Brltt,
John W. Shaw. City Magistrate Henry
fitelnert and Henry ; Walker. Two or
three others who recognised Mr. Van
Wyck shook hands and chatted with
him en the strange whirligig that has
shaken up the world of politics since he
Was In OfflC. e-w - - -
The talk drifted from one sudjsci to
another, and .finally rested on the pecu
liar attitude. of District Attorney Je
rome, .and his denunciation of the news
papers that have been urging mm to ao
his duty.
"No public official should resent crit
icism of his publlo acts." said Mr. Van
Wyck. "I never did, and it i need
less to say that I got my share of it.
I never made reply, and never found
fault with my critics. I understood
fully when I took office that I would be
an object of attack and went In expect
ing It. No one ever has heard me say
whether I regarded the animadversion
upon my acts as Just or unjust.
"Criticism by newspapers is a gooo
thing for the man in - publlo Ufa He
must expect It as part of the game.
He cannot avoid it He may or may
not ileserveJt,-but he gets it Just the
same. I would do the same thing, no
doubt, if I were directing the policy of
a newspaper with political opinions."
Mayor Vsri Wyck'e fortune was ac
quired during and after his terrn'ot
office. There have been many mayors
who had greater fortunes than he be
fore they became Incumbents. There is
none who went in with o little and
came out with so much. His wealth i
estimated at 15,000.000. He nas maae
more than half of It since he left of
fice He is credited with having made
nearly $f, 000,000 In American Smelting
shares in the last year.
All bis investments bava been fortu
nate. He was interested in the Peoria
Oas combine, and was said to have a
large block of, dividend-paying shares in
southern coal lands and railroads. In
1 he was a clerk earning six a wees,
in 1871 he was araduated from the Co
lumbia law school, and soon after Joined
Tammany. He shifted from Tammany
to the county Democracy In 1S80 after
an attack on John Kelly. In 188 he re
turned to Tammany. Croker took him
up and was responsible for his subse
quent political successes.
His first office of Importance waa
that of Judge of the elty court, td which
he waa elected in 1. ' The salary was
110.000 a year. Out of this he mac
liberal contributions to the Tammany
campaign fund. In 15 he was. re
elected and made enter justice, ana in
107 Croker put him up as the Tammany
candidate for mayor. He made one
speech of 117 words In that campaign.
He waa elected to serve four years,
from January 1, 1S, which made him
the first mayor of the consolidated
city. ' '
Van Wyck's eohnenion with Ramapo
and the ice trust Illustrated his utter
contempt for publlo opinion. It was
proved beyond questfon by the Maset
invtsttgating .committee that a conspir
acy exlxted between the ice trust and
dock department to 'create a monopoly
of the supply of Ice to the people of
New Tork. It was shown six days
after this disclosure was made that
Van Wyck was the owner of S00 shares
of stock of the par value of 1690,009.
He never made the slightest effort to
prevent the consummation of the gigan
tic Ramapo fraud, which was prevented
by the World's obtaining an injunction
restraining the city's officers from sign
Inf. the eon'ract.
Not in Theatrt for Forty Years.
From the New York World. :
Charles Stewart of 061 Eighth avenue
went to the theatre Xor the first Uzne In
mW than 40 years last .flight, when he
saw the performance of- "Happy land"
t the Casino. Mr. Btewart. .who is
about Si years old, was accompanied
by his wife. The first and last time
Mr. Stewart was lh s theatre was the
nlcht President Lincoln was shot by
John Wilkes Booth lit Fort'a- tbeaWev
Waahlngton. The trageay made so
great an impression on him' that he
never had the courage until last night
to attend a theatrical performance." He
appeared a little amased at the physical
display on the part of the chorus. It
took two newspaper men about live min
utes to explain why the ponce permitted
the-appearance of women without their
skirts and with sleeveless waists.
WOMANS SUFFRAGE
- . Aatt-Soffxaa-e : Wiaa. -
' Portland, April I. To the Editor of
The journal The force and weight of
the argument against woman suffrage
are constantly proved. by the decisions
of Judges in contests on the question.
Two years ago Whitman college de
bated on the subjeet with Idaho univer
sity. The debate was held in the suf
frage atate. but the antl-suffrax-a de
baters won the argument. In January,
1904, the Salem High school debated the
question, and the antl-auffrage side won
unanimously, Salem then took the pro-
suffrage sldo In a debate with the Rose-
burg High school two weeks ago and
was defeated. The Judges were Sena
tor Coshow. -Attorney Dexter Rice and
W. 15. Willis, editor of the News.
The Monday History club of Portland
recently had a- debate and - the- antl-
xuffrage side won. though the head of
s team waa personally a suffragist. .
Last week in a -gold medal contest
at Da Grande the anti-suffragists again
won the unanimous decision of the
Judges. In many;, of - these eases a
printed debate was supplied the losing
sldo from the suffrage headquarters
at Portland, so there was no lack of
Information, .and all this only goes tn
prove that, the logic and good sense were
an the aide of the opponents of woman
sufrage. . " . -
A Member of the Anti-Suffrage Asso
ciation, '.- - --T- .......
A Forms Xdaheaa's View of It.
' Union. Or.. April 1. To the Editor of
The Journal The opponents of equal
sufrage are frequently heard to assert'
that "women have no time for politics, "
that If they are granted the right of
suf fragerttiejr will neglect their domestic
duties, that political differences of opin
ion would peove a souree of discord in
many an otherwise happy family. ?
. -At to the net pf voting, that operation
consumes no more - time than a call
on a neighbor, or a trip downtown to
jet a roast for dinner, and as for. a
knowledge of polrttcsrTbelleve the aver
age woman knows more than she Is
given credit for knowing, and if she
reads the -newspapers she can soon in
form herself. , I . .
Office-holding is a great bugbear with
some of our opponents, and I think this
Is where the masculine shoe fits a trifle
too snugly for comfort.
I think . there are very few women
who desire to hold office. Most of those
who do are - professional women, usually-unmarried
with nothing to hinder
them from performing their duties prop
erly. The woman . who would neglect
her family for the sake of holding a
public office would neglect them- any
how for society or club work or church
work. ;--.'.' . ..... . " .
"But Just think of It! gasps some
good sister who ean not understand why
the women of today should differ so
greatly from the women of the days
when the sound of the spinning wheel
and hand loom were heard In the land
and the tallow dip shed Its mellow ra
diance abroad; one of those who can
not see, that It Is the operation of a
natural law that is forcing wbmsn out
of ' what has so long been known as
"her. natural sphere." that the. Intro
duction of labor-saving machinery is
at the bottom of the equal suffrage
question.
"Just think of It!" she exclaims. "To
go to the polls with men and vote!" -
Why, my dear madam, the Immediate
cause of your earthly career waa a
man; you have lived these many years
in very Intimate relations with a man,
and all of your own children are not
females. Why then this unnatural fear
of other women's" men folks?
Tou rub shoulders with men in the
store, the postoftice, on the glorious
Fourth, and on the day when you take
your grandchildren to see the clreus,
and Z hsve seen you, my dear madam, on
your knees in publlo in .much closer
proximity to the wearer of galluses and
expectorators of the Juice, of a certain
well-known weed than you will ever be
in at the polls. m
. In Idaho and I believe all the other
equal suffrage states It Is the custom
to provide carriages for conveying
women voters' to and from the polls, and
It is the only ride in a carriage that
many a poor woman gets from one elec
tion to another.
Tour husband attends you;' you walk
into a public building, often a court
house, schoolhouse or public. hall, give
your name to a courteous and dignified
gentleman, another gentleman hands
you a sheet of paper on which the tick
ets of the various parties are printed;
you retire alone to a tiny booth, make
a few crosses, sometimes In a straight
line, - sometimes otherwise, fold your
ballot, hand It to one of the Judges and
retire with a vastly higher opinion of
yourself. ' .
Shocking! Isn't ltf
During as. voting experience in Idaho
which covered seversl years, I neither
saw nor heard of a woman who failed to
avail herself of the right of suffrage.
- My husband Stumped the eounty as a
candidate for the .legislature and his
experience was the same. He can not
recti 1 an Instance where a woman re
fused to vote, although some .women
were opposed to female suffrage before
Its adoption.
-- Heaven Is not -reached at a single
bound"! equal suffrage is not the equiv
alent of the mlllenium, but It la a step
In the upward march of humanity.
Women may not win the right ot suff
rage In Oregon -l the near future and
the sun may not come up tomorrow, but
I am inclined to believe that Old Sol
wlil rise above the Blue mountains
at thr proper time tn the morning and
I am equally Inclined to believe that the
women of Oregon-will soon be casting
thfir ballots beside their husbands and
fathers and brothers, even they work
and pray, . -, ; '' '
"Standing on what too lour we bore
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes.
We may discern, unseen before'. -A
path to higher destinies."
. KITTIE SPAROUR HULSIO. '
"A Beneficent Despot."
1 From the London Outlook. ,: :
' Mr. Roosevejt Is one of the few men
living who might be equal to the re
organisation of Russia, and he was born
to be a beneficent despot or anything
but a parliamentary manager.
Blngle-handed he Is evidently more po
tent to wreck his own party than to
break the trusts; and his crusade
sgalnat monopoly must end by making
him either Mr. Bryan's leader or the
greatest of Mr. Bryan's followers
ppsppsessiraw.p
LETTERS FROM - THE
PEOPLE -v
Women Superior la Many Fields. .
Portland, April .To the Editor of
The JournalThe first question ssked
by A. B. C T will answer with a state -ment
from a Chicago paper. Not long
ago the statistics given by a committee
from the labor bureau. in that city de
cided that women, as ' compared with '
men, gave better work, and the reason
was assigned to the fact that women
not being addicted to the use of tobacco
and whiskey have clearer brain facul
ties - and greater endurance, therefore
could be depended upon by their em- ,
players with greater confidence.
I deny ' that men do better cooking
than women. Men have greater physi
cal strength for standing this heavy :
work, therefore are' employed by hotels '
and restaurants. .-
One sometimes sees this ad: "Want
edBoard by a gentleman, in private
family, with home cooking.". When
they find such a place this cooking, is
always done by a woman.
Aa to a man jnaklng a dress better
than a woman, this I deny. For whes
a man gets out of his sphere, into that
of a woman's dressmaking- we "find
the women do the real -work, and the
"men tailors" presumably use their art
In persuading women that a man tailor
makes the most stylish suit, and it is .
the idle class of women that are thus
duped.. , ... .. .
I once knew a woman in a town in
Texas who surprised the men .by belne
elected superintendent - of the public
schools. . She served two terms, and the
parents knew the schools were better
conducted In every way, but a few men
decided to remove her. They even resorted-as
the last means to defame the
character of a good, pure woman, but
only succeeded in removing. her because
ane was "nothing but a woman." If she
had had the power of the ballet with
her influence and capability shV fcould
have kept the position as long as she
wished. ' - v
r As to neglecting' the children, how
woefully do. the fathers neglect their
duty, in this respect. They ..throw -all-
the care and responsibility upon the
mothers, when It should be a cooperative-
business. How many mothers think .
their husbands should at least look after
the training of their sons and direct .
them Into the path of ' morality and
sobriety. The . excuse of the fathers
for not doing so Is. they are "too busy, "
and will say. '."Oh, - let them sow their
wild oats; every boy has to" '
i see women who are our opponent
real 1 j practicing equal rights with men!"
betting at cards and attending cham
pagne dinners. etct Oh, how many men
of money and leisure are allowing their
wives equal rights with . themselves. -that
of living a promiscuous life fn a
social way! One does not find this klnt 1
of "equal rights" either wanted or prac
ticed by the' right-thinking women of
our land, which Includes all auffraglste.
, MRS. ELIZABETH A. CRAIG.
F
1
LEWIS-AND CLARKT
At La Camas.- Washington.
April 4 The hunters were atlll out.
In every direction, Gass - party from
the opposite side of the river returned
with the flesh of a bear killed by Col
11ns and some venison, but that ot six
deer and an elk which they had killed
was so meager and unfit for use that
they, left It In the woods. Two other
deer were brought in, but as the game'
seemed - poor we dispatched a
large party, Gibson, Shannon, How
ard and Windsor, to ' some low
grounds . on the south, six mllea
above us, to hunt there until bur
arrival. As usual many of the Indians
came te our camp, some descending the
rivers with their families, and others
from below, with no ohient accent to
gratify their curiosity. r The valley
where we are nowts bounded westward
by the mountainous country bordering
the-coast, from which It extends esst
ward 30 miles In a direct line, till it is
closed by' the range of mountains cross
ing the Columbia above the Great Kails.
Its length from north to south we are
unable to determine, but we believe that ,
the valley must extend a great distance.
The natives of this valley are larger
and rather better shaped than those of
the seaeoast;- their appearance is 'generally-
healthy,' but they are afflicted r
with the common disease of the Columbia-
a soreness of the eyes. To whai..
ever'- cause thle disorder may be lm
puted. it is a great national calamity;
at all ages their eyes are sore and weak;
the loss of one eye Is by no means un
common; In grown persons total blind
ness is frequent and almost universal
in old age. The dress of the men has
nothing different from that used below;.,
but they are chiefly remarked by a pat
sion for Isrgs brass buttons, which they
fix on a sailor's Jacket, when thoy are
so fortunate as to obtain one, without
any regard to any arrangement. The
women also wear the short rob aireaay
described; but their hair is most com
monly- braided Mnto two tresses ratlins'.
over each ear In front of the body, and
Instead of the tissue of the bark the
employ a piece of leather in the shape
of a pocket handkerchief, tied around
the loins. .. , .
Rockefeller Broke His Word.
' From the. New Tork World.'-
Harry Bvans of Cleveland, Ohio, 14 .-
yeara old, has gone back to the concert
hall stage because the richest man In
the world broke his promise. John D.
Rockefeller heard of the boy last sum
mer when he was warbling at a beer ,
garden. The oil king took Harry away
from the place and prot .lsed him and his .
mother that he would support them and'
give the boy a good education. Since -.
Rockefeller left his Forest Hall home
not a word has been heard from hint,, and
Harry Is wondering where he Is. . -
The oil king had young Evans out
to his home shortly after he took him "
from the beer garden. He talked of the
birds, the flowers and the trees, quoted
poetry and Scripture, and then asked ,
Harry to sing. - -
Without accompaniment the boy be
an "I Need Thee Kvery Hour." John
D. wiped his eyes and walklnr to the
window looked across tNe green lawn
Into the cool depths of the woods.
Then came "What a Friend We Have
In Jesus." The servants noiselessly
gathered at the door.
"Sing I Need Thee Every Hour again. ,
It Is mr favorite," requested the oil r
king. . .' ,
Rockefeller ' patted Harry s neaa.
"Tour voice Is a power for good,'. he
said. '"Tou must be educated so we may'
keep you in the church." .
The boy Is the support of his widowed '
mother and was forced to sing In a con- ,
cert-hall to earn money..
r " Helping Charity.
From Brooklyn Life.
The New Minister -Tou know Mm.
Scharley pretty well, don't you does .
he do much for the poor? "
Mrs. Devoutely Oh! my, yes! Why,
only last week she paid out more than .
1200 for a drees to wear at the charity
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