ViiE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL 'All 1KDIF IHSINT NIWIFAMI C- S. JACKSON - - - Publisher. .Published every eveiiln; .texcapt -Sunday and every- Sunday niornln. -at The Journal BulldlngC'Flfth and", . Tarohill. streets. Portland. . Oregon. . i Entered at the pbatofflce at Portland. Oregon, tor trans portation through the malls aa aecond-elaaa matter. ' Editorial Room. TELEPHONES, ; . .Main ISO Business Of flee.... Mala to : FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE.- Vrealand-Benjamin Special Advertising AtHC7. 10 Nassau street New York; Tribune Building. Chicago. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. -Term Vy Carrier. ' Th Dallj Journal, with Boa- ' - Say. 1 7m... ..$7.30 The pally Jnareal, 1 mi ... S.00 The iMtly Juernal, with 8ua- jr, BMuths . . ... S T3 lb Pally Journal. eiosths.. 3.00 The Paujr Jvarnal, with Sua- dar. S Dxmlba....; 1-05 Tne Wily Journal, months.. 1.00 Tb pally Journal, with B- day, 1 noatu.. .83 The Dally, per week, MlT- ' flH bunday InclniW. ..... JS Patty, wark. AcllTerad. Sua- , , ;- ir iwpll...... ....-JO Terete by HelL - ' -The Daily Journal, with Boa day. I year (Tea Iha Dally Juamal,.l yr. ... 1 00 The Dally Journal, with Boa.. v lay. months............. t.TS The Dally Journal, 4 months... S.7B The Dally Journal, wlU 8oa- day. g awetua....... 1.9 The Pally -Journal. sjoaths.. LM The-Pelly Journal; with Bun oay, 1 moelo. ........... , .69 The Pallr Joarnal, 1 smth... .50 The Hundav JoumaL 1 eear.. 1.U0 The Sanaa Journal, araatha 140 be more so ere' many years pais. Not merely to say that thrv rna v favAr tome modification of the tariff law in the future bv it friends, for that is simply a form of sUudDatiam: it would be "more manly to come .out flat footedas Cu'shman does against any tariff, revision, now or henceforth. ButilMuuululia aadolawley.favat tariff revision, how mueff. to what extent, in what par ticulars, with what precise objects in view? Theifopin ions, thus expressed, frankly and tuny on this subject, in the campaign, might win them "approbation if .not votes." The people like a man to take a definite, decided stand on any public question, and a considerable propor tion of ..the' people of Oregon would like to neartrom these candidates on this subject. t --, - - ' MORAL PERVERTS IN ACTION."; v Remittance ahould be made by draft,"' poatal - notea, eiprees orders and small amounts ar acceptable la .1 and -OREGON IEADS THE WAYr-ffr T TOTERS OP OREGON have an opportunity to 1 1 take the lead in a great reform which is of vital -t-- importance to the welfare-tf the-nation, The United States senate has become dangerous menace to the interests of the people. The majority fits members ' owe their position-to the influence of powerful corpora' ; tions, and are necessarily subservient to the interests of their political creators. " '-, The "American . House of LordsMias ceued to he, representativt of the people, and '. has become the bulwark behind which ire .entrenched the trusts, the monopolies and the huge aggregations of 1 -capital which thrcatcn-th -industrial life of thc-fietion. The remedy for this condition Jies in wresting the elec tion of senators from the hands of the corporations and vesting it in 'the people. The leading thinkers of the country are agreed that 'only through popular election of --the senatorg-carr-the-Tviig-rJhidr' haveTgrown" urTYe abated. 7-Through the direct, primary. lawthe pcople-oi Oregon have the opportunity to take the lead in this great reform and to name the next senator from this state legislature, Republican as well as Uemocralic, are pledged to vote for the people'A choice iorjehatorJ-Out jt.74 Reublicajinominees, 44 have' given-- this pledge wmioui quaiuicuion. ui tne uemocraiic nominees probably there- axe not nalf -a-doxjBjjhore-flficpm mittedr unreservedlyTd the same-course. .The people have it in their power to refuse to send any! man to the . legislature 'who jias not solemnly obligated himself to obey their will as indicated in the vote for'senator in the Jnwelectiwu .. 1. ' . 1". 7T All that then remains zs for the people to designate in , the June election the man-of their choice for -senator. To all intents and purposes the senator1 will be elected ... by (irect vote of the people. When this system has once been established there will be no retrogression to the old method, no more legislative holdups, no morejobberx, hribery, tfading of "votes on inforjant.4egislation, such as have, been 11 too frequent-incidents of the election of pnited States senators jn the past.,. .'- ' The day is not far "distant when in eveiy'ilateTof the " Unioa-4he -senators-will ,b chosen directly by the people. -4tfc-fllen to Oregonko' lead the way in ihtaHgrgarrct - form and the measure-1 vhkh her people recognize - the responsibility they have assumed will be observed with national interest. ' . ,'. , ; ! . HOW DO OREGON CANDIDATES STAND? REPRESENTATIVE CUSHMAN of the s'tate'of .Washington js t standpatter, and . frankly, savs v so, He doesn't admit that the tariff should be revised, and claims that its revision must be postponed and dpne'by its friends; but with Cushmanian boldnes's -. lie declarei tht the tariff is .all right just as it is and will "remain all right, now, henceforth and forever. It- makes no difference to Cushman that under this ... tariff law manufacturers can and . actually do sell their -1 products.-rt manykinda cheaper in foreign oountrics, -afteVpaying the treight,-than they sell them in their ownJ country and to their own neighbors; it coants nothing with him that this tariff law fosters and fattens some of : the. great trusts, among them the sugar trust, the tobacco . trust, and the steel trusty he is for. letting it alone,' and - againsfany, reformation or revision of it at all, and says ..- so plainly, :We,beIieve that his tolleague, Jones, takes the - same-view, and - perhaps- his herngue-alsO Humphreys. - ' . -: . .:- ' ' ... We doubt whether, in2 taking; this tandpti position : these congressmen 4 ruiy represent th sentimentof a . .'. majority of the people of their 6wnpartyV eVeii,"ln'lie state of Washington, and are ouite sure that they "Would not' represent the majority if they were from Oregon. , Hot. that Ihere it any great clamor l of pressur7tortariff revlaion, for most of Ahe peopleare too prosperous and too busy to think much about the matter; but they know ereTthleBrTheinglcy" law is one calculated ,t'6 :.. y' plunder the many, for the benefit pf the few, that th du- ties in many of its schedules are unreasonably high, and that it ought to be revised, and some if not all the pro tection given to the trusts cut off. Yet when people gen- r eraUy are doing well, not because of but rather in spite , tt this tariff law, they don't care very much about it or how their members of congress vote upon itr T " " Yet it would-te-intereatinff JOf rs-Ellisand Mr. Haw . ley, Republican candidates for -congcess, would" express themselves on this question, which is a live one, and will HUMANITY is made up of aJJLimaginable varieties of people, morally and mentally as well as phyv - jcally. The normal man is about so high and so iaree around and weighs about so mucli that is, with in no very remarkable or noteworthy divergence from the average, but exceptions can b found, men and women abnormally tail or short, fat or Jean, large or small, and some, like lucnaro in - came crooaea into tne wonu nhvaicallv. ?.vv..L.V-4 - --i . : A- So it is in the mral realm, and we read ot people wno plunder the relief stores sent to San Francisco, who to enrich themselves a little would see others, even women and children, starve.' These, let us be assured, are moral abnormalities: they are not of the average, representa tive citiaenrypf the, country; they are monstrosities, and such acts should not tend to destroy our faith in the hon esty and virtue of humanity at large."" r " fV iYet such-creatures exist, and m a large xity in no in considerable number, and rp.ust be noticed . and dealt with, and in such a time as this in San Francisco Jhey roust necessarily, when caught, he dealt with sternly, severely and promptly. Warning, examples should be made of some of them, for the times in such an emerg ency as exists-there "are otit-of joinC?.Tbe stealing of food and clothing sent to the destitute, and sold at extor tionate pricesTo such as have means wherewith to pay, is about as base and cowardly a crime as can be imagined, and those who commit it are entitled to no leniency,, NEWSPAPER ASSASSINS. rHEQregonian, Irom timetotime, indulges in Ihejjihitjof jmakmgL.warUre4ipcuv,mnroia--t knows to be honest, clean 'and eminently re spectable and upon whoralhere is jioLlh idowpigu.Lli or-coiuniiiely. 1 11 . . , ina h Dnvnniin in thie reanect and thev attrihnte I nearlv nut the end-aeat- hoc out of its abuse of editorial power to personal spite and matpualnJs-yconatructing differentiy- licious intent to do injury to character. .v.J 1 sv cnt-spe)echjApril-J4r4'M(smen rferredLto tHeOregoniarTs class ornewspapers in the fol; lowing language: r , , . "The liar is no whit better than the thief. Jt uts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest I man, urcyen witli liystertcarexaggeration Tcrsssau a bad man witfauuntruth. " Gross and reckless assaults on char acter, whether on the stutnp'W-in tiewspaper,.' magazine, or book, create a morbid and vicious public, sentiment, and at the same time act as a profound deterrenf to able men 6f normal, sensitiveness and tend to prevent Tthem from enteingthe public service at any price." v --is-a-Tighf-rommTgr-Hp"5f The charge against newspf per assassins. An honest- man a character is as dear to him as his life, .and those who wantonly destroy it are as much criminals as he who wields the stiletto or WayJajrOhejedestrianithpiatolnd-Wudgeon- J0URNAL MEN. AND METHODS. .. . " M RrjV-Ir-CARROLX;, who -hat been connected with The Journal in aa -editorial capacity for the past three years, has retired from his position with this paper and has accepted a similar position "with the Telegram, the evening edition of the Oregohiattr-"- Mr. Carroll assumed hts new duties today and' The Journal congratulates. its contemporary upon his acquire ment, for he is a newspaper man of fine character and capacity. -' j - - -.- .- " - : i - -.. It will not be eonsidered unseemly, we hope, for The Journal. texpjresa here Hs,: regret .in parting with Mr, Carroll's serviceuand to frankly cbnfess that it consents to make (he sacrifice for the good of the newspaper cause la Portland-'Tyj:CZr. I , 'V Ifrijdicy--eart-save-heTeregTamMratfoltrran. Since our contemporary has generously helped itself in the past to Journal methods, it is now in order for jjjrj, turn to Journal flfen in compliance with the law of self preservation. . ' " ' .- " ' ' . ' ; Mr. Carroll has our good will and best wishes; out respect and esteem, for no man is more entitled to the confidence of his fellows, t E SAtH OF THE O. W. P,T R-TRANSFER of thefegnTYftefower-: Railway company, which - occurred Monday,is an incident of more or less interest to this com munityM It brings to' mind the good work performed in the conception and carrying to success of this enterprise. CiditorfrtsdUe'principaTIy o Mr. F. S. Morris and Kt,3YJJHtJlBrlburi.An4lh ejm ateriaLwealth thaboth may have gained by .it is altogether deserving... By it an example was set to others that must serve its purpose. It shows . what can be done in this country of ours by those who have energy and capacity and are not content to sit idly by and allow their faculties to go to waste. 1 V It is gratifying to know that the sale of the road "does not mean the loss to Portland and Oregon of either Mr Morris or Mr. Hurlburt. Mr. Morris is identified with the banking business of Morris Brothers and Mr. Hurl butt is-eontinued a the 'gtaIiiTm&igtF&&cX3ZV?ZTi interests and properties. r5MALL CHANGE ZBeip sotne . tr:nk"e .. Portland . clean and beautiful. -Conaclrnce Is to many a troublesome mini, ... . ... ... . . Tha kids are all ready for baseball. Throw away tha muck; rake and start the lawnmower. - r ...... . .....a e .,.' . , , The rlrhtmeijj- at tha front In Ban Francisco. Oet ready for the Made In Oregon fair. - .. . t be Now. Mlaa May, ''you'll havo very nice Indeed to beat April. e ' e : If Dowie and Voliva would so out and fight a duel with rifles, at IS steps dlstanoe, -both firing at the same In stent, the country - would . be much Obliged to them. " -' . - ... .. e , Oregon looks good to the newcomers and is just aa good aa she looks. .. Smith eanttot equalTraey'a, record. ' ,' ' - ' "" '.J. Treatthe refugaesjwell. - ' . . . . e e- . J. There- if ami ' to be - tnuen doubt throughout the state as to tha probable result of the senatorial election in June and "next winter. . tVIH Meaars. Ellis' and Hawley pleaae apeak up plainly and clearly on tariff revlalonT' , . . . ' - . . : -. e e -. ... Mr. Frank Baker perhapa had a vision f what was likely to occur. ... X"' '? "r: When you, give to worthy and needy people; it doea you as much good as It does them..-. . -r-r?' .. - - rioat.. strayed or- -stolen a United States senator from New York; former ly answered to tha name of Peaeh. . , I: .e-e--- ------ : Thoee mads In Oregon are the best. , - v " Tou can never tell how much a man Can do or how he can do it until a great emergency arli seated cars. -. .-- - e --- -. - - lTAndria Itaal barmony after all ? . - " e e - 1- v Not much kicking about this weather. ; ! - . -'e e ' .- What's a party to most of jrouasjt. way In Fourth - of July - celebration talk many towns now. 1. . Who will writo the first "earthquake novel! ... :.i.,....;"y:; .... Mot stuff that jnenexiln SaWFran Cisco vaults. . . ' ' ' .... e (...( .. Only five weeks-tllletectlon,' -J --- Republicans . aa welLr aa Democrata seenLl to be "st1sfled- with- flovernor Chamberlain anl Senator. Oearln, . tTadertake only ?wht you -can reason. ably expect" to accomplish.- p.-- o. Mount Hood haan't erupted. . t , ,,. t LETTERS FROM THE '- Ki PEOPLE - .... -- ...,.-.- lm m.m, , ..M'i w--"Or.'- A jTorward Step. " r Portland.-April IS. To ths Editor of The Journal The letters now appear ing In The Journal for . and against woman suffrage are highly Interesting. Sincere consideration of this question marks ths high station to which modern civilisation has reached. . To have ad vanced such a proposition 100 years ago would have set one: down a a rank visionary and a foot. Every, step for ward bv -Anclo-Saxon civilisation has been accompanied L by ,a step ' forward toward tha enlightenment and freedom of woman. Let anti-woman auffrsglsts remember these historic facta. Now, Mr. Editor. I want to submit a few propoaltlona for the antl-euffrag- tats to pick to pleoes If they think ths power to do so lies In their cranlume. First Woman has- as much natural right to eg.ua! say in tha government of all aa has marl, and tha denial of suob right to her by. man is simply the ex erclae of brute foroe In legal form. Becond-The srantlns of the fran chlae to the millions of .Ignorant men, aa aoon as they haye landed. upon our shores from serfdom end Irreaponsl. oiiity . in the monarchies or Europe, end have deolared their Intention to be. come -American cltlaena, and the exer cise of ths franchlao - by - millions of ignorant blacka, - but lately emanci pated, while we deny that privilege to our wlvea, mothera and slaters and all the millions of the sure, good and In tellectual American - women who own tne half of the property In the coun try and wno have contributed- their full and equal share In tha labor of making this country grand and glorious as It Is, Is nothing short of monumental roiiy unworthy . or asena!bie nation. Third To giva women the ballot la - to give more power to the . moral element among.ua, for women average Immensely higher In morality than do men. - - Fourth It does not follow thafTbe. causa a woman may vote that we ahall demand Of her that ahe ahall alt on juries, pay poll tax, fight tn bloody wars and -work the publlo road. Thou- Bands of good cltlsena now vote and are exemptfrom theae dutjeandthsre, I enough" chivalry yet left among men to exempt her from them. Fifth The " participation" of women a. JontTcal aftalra-aUl In. no. war. work to Iim, lnjory, but on the contrary will iner-make ofCLherailctterielpmata-for man a make her a better power for good. ' It will tend-to fit her to take care of her self in the-worlrtf affntr. "It wfU maxer her stronger, better and purer, for knowledge and' power and equality lead to a higher and better life., while Ignorance and servility stunt and de- Biroy the aoul. - ' Tha Totsr'a Duty.. I, OREGON SIDELIGHTSS! r A Gold Hill man captured two Ihfant wildcats andput them la charge of an old.housecat that had soma kittens. and shot? accepted - them - and - feeds - them along with her own;"'" '' V " Many bumi ' on' Iralna end . lota of work to be dona at good pay. - .. fr'r-1, : a ; e . . '; . : Big crop of prunes around vUle;dryer needed there. Browns nsbbftlhg . well In Cowhand Wind creeks, f. r . , - ., . r.i .- A. . aa as t- ".The' Wallowa Kewa prints four -pages of tftnber land notices . jf- Albany women are all right Albany Democrat. . Of course. - Bo are. tha good women -pfll.'otheT-laces..T Marahfleld has. a crab -"-ST! cannery." Marrow county produces mors wealth capita than -any : other county, In Oregon, claims the Heppner Oaactte. 4 . e e , - - -Sheep1 shea ringonnWheelerounty; Junction" City Is Improving . rapidly. By ths way.-It's dry..' ' --- j - - a e -- Horia ' market active In Corvallia. ' jr f The Sleep of Hibernation. i. - From the London Spectator. . - The sleep of hibernation la a very dlf . :: f erent matter -from tha sleep of re port. If It be otnpletet respiration ean ' no longer' bee detected. 'A torpid bat when disturbed will heave. salgh or two, and, being' left alone, again to all appearances oeases t breaths. , J . 1 " iubmerg;ed In water of a temperature ; slightly higher than his own. the hedge hog not only ebntlnues to live,. but ap-'-. pears to. suffer neither Isoonvenlenca. trror nari. Inrelosed-"trrmn airtight re ; ' coptacle, his - atmosphere undergoes a changs, so slight that It cannot be Im ' . puted to breathing. But circulation, doea " net ceese." As renplration diminishes . the IrrlUblllty of the muscles ' of the - heart Increases, and thua. without the stimulus of oxygen, although- much ; more slowly, the heart continues to : heat. - In - ths absence - of the freah ' air drawn Into the lungs In times of ao- - -.' tUity, unoleansed and - Unrevlgorated - an4 venous" blood lase Orr-to -.fill' the ; whole system of circulation. . A profound lethargy ensues, only dls ' llngutshsbla from death by the slight - bantings of - the hesrt. ' The wsste is very small. Ths fat accumulated dur ing ths plenty of summer and autumn - . eupplles all expenditure until ths com ing spring, when- earlier - or later -the , Stbernatlng artHnal, -having p capital In reserve, keglna te suffer th pangs , of hunar. ' la response to the demand rvr.lntloa vrry slowly .Increases. Ills ettdlaed hleod flews mora quickly and - lit ray flniw-'' Then the Ivt .fJleg'orth ones more Iroaa the hollo irss la tha jroad. to find ths warm duak teeming with In sect Jlfe, . and th hedgehog comes, tt. may . be., from th - cavity under th gnarled roots below, to find beetles; worm and slugs ones more among th spring grass. Hibernation - has asved him from starvation; but If hts nook had not been snug and wisely ehosen. It could not hare preserved him- fram death from frost. -, .- Ths hiding plao also mast-be secret and free from Intruaton, for the hiber nating animal cannot - beas .to be Bud denly aroused! Even th -Jlttla .-dor. mouse, which - comes out at Intervals to feed, when !n-4eep sleep does not survive-too : hasty an awakening. ' Th heat of the hand .gradually passing through the neat or to be carried In doors to- the warmer temperature jjf .a room, la well enough... lie awakea refreshed, full ef activity, and with' a idlajosltion speedily to be come tame and make friends. But If you warm him sMdenly back lo llfs be fors he has gradually breathed the tor por out oT his blood and established an equilibrium between hi respiration and muscular IrrlUblllty. his heart will beat at a tremendous rat and la a few min utes he Is dead.. - , - Tn - t:- From ths 'Atlanta Constitution. ' Steel produots ' used In shlpbulldin mads in Plttsburs Pennsylvania, coat tha horn shipbuilders ISSI -ths, sarnsApf ths UnHed States senate. material la shipped, to England" and sold at a pront to Brttn..blpbulldnri for 12f:"Th(s1s why ws need a ship-subsidy to bolster up aur langMlahlrg ship building ladastrz, ,v . ' : .Woman Movement In Egypt. i, - From tha Nsw Tork Times, j " -Woman's emancipation goes-merrily n in th valley of ths Nil. A. number of native womeay hav just proffered a petition to th government Imploring protection from the unjust marriage laws -of th-ountry..-7 -- --"When any -of us,' thiy V declare, "have differences with our - husbendsT they almply abandon us and 'compel u t petition-for melntenarrce to th meh. kemeh Bhareh," ths supreme. Mohamme' dan tribunal. But this court clr cumlocutory. 'Bo When at .last tha needy wit secures a judgment and hopes to obtain a "nafaka" from ths government, that document is only too often value lea a, the huaband having pleaded pov erty, ...... : Th Cairo mlnlatry, at th urgent r queat of Lord Cromer, Is looking Into th matter, and will try to see their way clear to redress the grievances of th petitioners, who, although they "may he divorced by their husbands, ar forbid den try ths Mohammedan law to -secure a similar bidependeno. Neighbors. ?...From Ihe Ban Franclaco Argonaut After looking over the upper branch of congress from ths reserved" gallery, Mark Twain was asked What he thought "Oh. I always -maxa it a point not te- crltlnlae my neighbora," said MrrClemens. -"How doa that apply to - th senater" was asked. "Why. I live in Connecticut and Mr. Aldrlca Uvea In aUtod Zsjaavd.' ' Ttlddl correspondence of Canyonvtll Echo: A number ot new 'houses have been- built In th last few years, W. Q. Brown , having just completed a SS.MO bouse.-' - - j- " .- ,v .x "Jltt Athena farmer drrree aronndrwltr) a pair of Shetland ponies weighing SOO pounds each. r ' Fruit proapct around Medford never ottr. . .--'.- v- 'X government trail will b built this season from McAllister springs to Fish Lake. '" The forest- ranger In conjunc tion wtth ths . cltlsena ot .that locality will - do th work. -. .2LL .!;wist. -Now Is th tlm t spray. ,- - i-1 .- i e ' .. .. j . ' , . ; Everything looking " fin, say all th country corresponded tv llalnea': new bank opened for busi ness last week., - - ' ' ,' " Alfalfa' th thing to raise. . ', s e' . r- : Balls wljl soon be laid on . the Val Malheur railroad. ' - , - -"' r-- - - Three sawmills running on full tlma at Aurora. . . ' - 1 ''. ' - v " -A - ButtevlUe being on of th oldeat towns on the Pacific ebaat, it should have a pound law, as th neighbor hood cow are becoming ' so familiar that, they occupy the sidewalks and would enter the pieces of bualness If they .were not chased away, says a corespondent of ths Aurora Boreal Is. An orchard of ft) acre has been set out near Brownsville. ' e e According to the Albany Democrat' the new owners of th Lebanon paper mill pata-sMs.eno gor K, Isn't jhars a -ttMMthL" "to mucht Portland. April 17. To th Editor of The Journal Th nomination for th varloua city, county and etate ofttcaa have been made and under the. new primary law the candidates thus nomi nated are supposed., to represent the ex pressed will of th people.-' Doe th clsss of, men selected indicate an Im provement over that of- the- former method of nominating cancjldatee? -The direct primary law Is not going to be the mesns of placing la office any -better set Of raenthaijsusuailyihacas under the old law. unless the people vote Intelligently and the- way to do this Is for each cna to carefully study th que. ttons Involved and then vote accord ingly.' Do your own-thinking lhatead of depending upon some on else to do tt for you and to instruct you how to vote. Show some individuality In the matter; asaum and exercise your Ood-given right and privileges. Why should any one endeavor to shirk this, responsi bility? There ar some Important ques tion to be voted upon In June next The woman's auffrage queatlon, for In stance, -and other- matters ars Involved of equal importance. There ar a few who seem to believe that if women war given the ballot, through their lnetru mentality every ' saloon and gambling houae in Oregon would b -closed and all other places of vies-eliminated, -What do you think about It? It Is ths duty of every voter of the atale of Oregon torstudy-earefully and tntetltgentiy this question before yptlng, and also to con sider well the character and qualinca tlons of ths various candidates, and .In each case where a selection Is to be made, vote for the on who In his Judg ment Is best qualified to discharge the sacred- duties of office, " regardless of party aftlllationa; or. In other, words, vote for, principle rather than party., . Th moral status of a city or com munity Is judged' Very largely by.he class of miM -office. Our publlo of fices : and positions of trust - should be nlled by men-wlth back pon and of hon 1 st purpose. .Men in ofnc possessing these quallfleatlonsj eouptejj wiynr suf ficient smount of reason and common sens, form a strong safeguard against Saud and corruption In th admlniatra on of public affairs. But ths perma nent closing of saloons, gambling houses snd other places of vice I look upon a a much mors complicated and difficult problem to solve. Thar ar feature of thl queatlon whloh cannot , be reached or controlled by legislation. Ths only way thess places can be succsssfully and permanently closed 1 by csislng to patronise them. In all vocations of life and In every grade and shade of society are to be round people who contribute in soma degree to th support of these places of vie and crime the reform movement along this line should begin within th home. - 1 - - DOUGLAS "MILLER. .. Teeallarly Dsstrabla tat Oregos. . Boise. Idaho. To-the Editor ef Th Journal I am -In favor of woman's suf frage under any circumstances, but wore I a . resident of Oregon, where they ha v th primary election law In full foroe, I would be doubly sealoua In Its ad vocacy. . I-believe It to be th con sensus of opinion of tbos who have ob served" matter political that woman' auffrage ha been a success in Idsho even with th conditions under which It hss been tried. Th great obstacle to successful politics In our day is ths oaucue and .convention system which, in my. judgment, has-been fruitful of more corruption and misconduct In publlo life than all other political evils combined, and this system 1 especial ly objectionable to women votera. In other word, the battl la but half won whan th right to vote is given, for un der ths Venal-breeding eyetem of cau cus and convention nomination, women, though Voters, are deprived pf their greatest Influence In politics. While be lieving earnestly In wonTtn's suffrage, I believe alao that it will meat with the greatest success In state where such laws obtain, as .obtain In th state -of Oregon.., ' v w, B. BORAH. Fre BmploysMst Bar. Portland, April 17. To th. Editor of Th Journal In looking over your even ing edition tonight I was somewhat surprised at an article complaining of th scarcity ef la bo rare tn Clark coun ty. Now ther la no scarcity or la- bo rera whate-wer; on the contrary, ther ar tnousanaa ot laoorera rini oere in Portland who are not only willing, but anxious to be st work but do not know just where to go, And It vaema tt never occurred to those psrtles wh "com. plain of th sesreity of labor to ! thoir wsnts be known except througn th medium of an mployment m---Why don't thee peopl Insert an ad in some of th papers and let their want be anowntaettond ahould asUbllsh fre mploymsntf''mca It would re dound to th honor of th opla.of Portland to do so. "P""":T:-, ' - ( EDWARD BRUCE. '' . Lu'sntraM wlBaAjrsiaVi Portland, April II. To the Editor of Th Journal Two more aeoavu -woman sulfrsg were decided Isst weea unanimously for ths anti-suffraglats, on wa at Forest Orove. where the nega tlv argument was presented by Fro- U T. n.taa and Mrs. M. L. Todd. Ths other wa held- Long Creek. Ore gon, and was la charg or Wlr, editor of th Long Crk Ranger. Logic and common sens tell twice ""MEMBER OF THE ANTI-BUF-FRAOB ASSOCIATION. - '"SOME ' ONO'l? 1n a big - By CUra Morris. - T aa waitlns for "change' departmantJtore and to pass the time studied mr neighbors. Thst s how I earn to nrtlc her such a pretty, wor rled. fresh young face; and she was from th country.- - -' - Why no, of coura.- sh did not tell me so ner gown did thst. It was good, but two or' thre seasons old In cut and atyle. -Well Ullorrd. - but evidently a mail order, and mad from -sslf-meaa-urementa, hence a poor fit " Sha-wss looking st som silk wslsts. and grw mur uncertain moment oy moment H-r ' met mine, snd then came a sudden, Impulsive requost for advice. It was for a party, a dancing party in the publlo hall In the vuage (what did I tell you?) and sh hsd been invited: (graclousr-.whata color that girl could get Into her cheeksls-and aha had nd one to consult and her, skirt would b black silk-very nice and fluf fy about the bottom and ih"watst..-,s. Ther sh stopped and waved a help leas hsnd St tha counter ol held up the bluer the pink cloe-W-er ler,-ytng "Th pinks for you child." end as sh haDDllv handed It over to the salcawom- aa-4 reoei.vcd.Jny change and was do me and offered herjiaiid An thanks, ssy Ing, while shyly laughing'. "iH, -think orvbU"mtBe "flrat" danca.1 And 1 thought you. wlU not b abl to-think consecutively ef -any ' ewe by tne wat dance, ' '"-i 'Zi -'-,. A country dahce-dii you ver go to one? - Flutter back the leave of time, busy tnislneae man, to that place when you were still "back nome." uoni you remember how you used-to do all rh THE EARTHQUAKE Of '68 IN SAN JOSE Frorn the San Jos Mercury, lj At thlatlm th old settlers bav v grown reminiscent and gone to recall lag th great earthquake of October SI. - ' 1 , and telling of the damage don by It Th old Mercury files hav been i" oonsulted. and ths then weeklr psper,-r-r published by the pioneer newspaperman : - t. of San Jqae. J. J., Owen. prlnU th tola lowing apropos to the 'quak ef 'SS: , - Terriflo Earthquake. Th-mot tr - -rlble shock vr experienced In this seo-. V tlon, since th settlement of th country . . . by Amarloana,- -occurred -. yesterdsy morning at about o'clock. A dense' , fog hung over the city at th time, when without soareely any rsmonltory. tremor, th shock waa upon va In nil. of , Its foroe. Buildings snd trees seemed to pitch about . Mk ships In a storm at sea. Fir walls and chimneys wer .; -thrown down Jn all parts ol the city....-;,. -The heavy brick cornlc of Murphy's-. ' building, at the corner of Market h4 El Dorado street," f ell -to th ground. The-wresbyterian Church has sustained an-tmmens damage. Th brlok turret ar all down, and aara portion of.th ,i N ateeple wer precipitated through -thv roof to th'floor, crushing th organ, causing great damage to th gallery and . fixtures below. Th walls of th ateeple ar almoat a total wreck. Thy ; will hav to b taken downC e thousand -r - dollars would not maks good th dam age don to th church. The large water t tenk -over tne roor oi taovay imurini mill fU through th roof, carrying d stuctlon in Its course. .Tblr wooden -storehouse. 100 feet In length, filled with - , grain. Is a ,tpUI wreck and the grain t . badly mixed. Two Urge chimneys of h.-flan Joe Instltuts wer thrown -i down; on of them crashing through Into , , . th rooms below. A poruon -- ar-r -.-wall of Welch's livery stsble felt. Otter's unfinished block, at the corner of First and ft. John streets, sustained- , very serious damage. Ther Is not brick building in the cltr thst la not , more or leae injured. j Brick walls' ar. verywhere wrnchd and-lcracked and ;- ?:y" many tf jUom. r ready -r faU,' An-'i otharauorr shock, .would prclpttat many of our brick- buildings to. th , . ground." Th "brick comic of tb Me-. . sonle-hall-buttdlnrwitrhav to b Uken down, and the entire building In -It.-'.'-' present cohditiori U frAWfjMme& for further oecupancyjcTarga qan, " wnd-BSwwr- chores a bit earlier on that afternoon; feeding snd watering the stock, bedding down the creatures In th barn, brlng- ins In water and arms full of wood, and mother smiling at you very knowingly? And then you tramped off to your own bar, little room upstairs, carrying your freshly blackened boota with you and shaved-and eembed aod put just a mite of pomade on your hair to keep It In order, and put- n- a -collar - that nearly eut your head off and a suit of clothes thst seemed somehow kind or Short- walsted-. - ' - - . -' - - - Then more than likely you stole into mother's room and just ahook her hot- your-ndkerclslet". AftVr'thtV'aup- nosedly aecret a. gpj.walkedlh.roughl ygsterriay. except that the latlea ware the KhCKen. leaving a -trail ot perfume I Use ssndy. At ths distance of nine . bout thre feet wide; - and mother's smile became a comfortable laugh. Don t you remember bringing out tho sleigh a emel) cotter every tlma for preference? tHT ou -filled 4 with.' clean, aweet 'Straw.'ilaet to keep tha cold out and over the straw you spread some horacblankets, and over all went th good old. buffalo -rob, that father bought when he waa courting mother. - And tnen you jumped In and Billy the young sorrst; covered with bells, was off with a rush, and you stopped not Tar off before the gate, and the. deer opened- in stantly, and som on cam out a mere slipping, sliding bundle, with little laughs escaping from -It And Boms One'a moth- er " called: "Now Aa b carettii. you John, and don't you keep her out to latel In my young days, etc. And -your bundle being safely tucked In, you discovered that tha fleecy-white head wrappings left exposed two sweet eyes and a red mouth; and your heart pounded so you were, afraid she'd hear it And then, too, though her. left hand waa mlttened, . th right one was' bare- girl needs one bar hand to arrange her- wraps 'properly. '------ r Then after a bit of silent driving you grew anxious about that Jiand. and bed to touch It Jo find If It was warm: and then had to hold It" to keep It warm. , Lord! - Lord!-Don't you remember her calling attention to littt wisp of steam rising from Billy's flanks, and how yoe drew: down a bit? . And certainly you remember how . you used to watch the arrival ofother ooupiesrand'judgedr by the condition of the horse how afar along th driver bad got-to hrsparkln1T't A steaming, - used-up animal meant euner quarrel or. just the beginning of . the game, while the boy was yet in. th showln'-ofT" stag. - x - .But a horse that was dry and comfort able, - without a turned hair, ; was tha equivalent of an announced engagement And that hall with tn boughs or hem lock and sprue around the walls;' and the lamps with reflectors behind, or, per haps, juat candles; and the musicians at en end on a platform, -- Th- gh-l.Jwb--hsd'burst--fTomthslr bundling wraps Ilk butterflies, fluttered on th benches or chairs against the walla, gently touching , their-batr and feeling for certain bows and buckles. and when th men cam In suddenly breaking Info animated discussion with on,, another .-,,. - f Then the mualo began and slippered feet -tapped and- fingers beat time on knees, and tha wait waa so ghastly that at laat, with . burning ears and hurried breath, you went over to Som One and asked for "th pleasure." and after that h, well, such a night! - - Seuarea. waltses. Virginia reels and down -the middle and up outside, crosa- overs, forward tours dos-a-dos, cheat vour partner, swing to sides. Isdles change and all hands 'round, oh. It waa Juat a delicious, delicious hodge-podge througn wmcn you followed th luring eyes, - that, tk - wllr-o'-the-wlsps, Jed you wherever Som One willed. . - ' And tn nomawara a rive, , when ther seemed to be Juat you and Bom .On and Bitly, In th whole, pure, whit world, flooded with stainless moonlight-.' And th bells danoed. and your blood danced,' and you wer so afraid the -eld -buffalo rob might slip-down that you had fo put your arm about Some On and-hold It tight-, 7 And onoe once, sorrel Billy threw back th snow from his hoofs so hard that Som On had actually to put her head down on your shoulder to protect her fso. on, yes, ir mere a any one in -this town who ever went to a country dance, be remembers all right. - Official Tntellls-ena. -: - From th Louisville Courier-Journal. "Th postofTVee," announces a Kansas poatmaster, "has been . moved from where It waa t where it la now," Broken TBa P"""""" gpia,iw-siaa windows la very great and much havoe . Is done to plastering generally. n naw courthouse - stood the shock ad-.- mlrablySIBamaCnitle Bracking -ea-wailsr and crumbling or plaster oeoorarton is all th damage done to th building. Th . . leaaon of the-earthquake Is: . Erect M more high church - steeples; - build no. more brick buildings abov two-sTdrles in height and thosspnlyln th moat substantial manner, A second--but-much lighter shock iwa experienced st -. about 10:i0 of th earn day. and shortly . -thereafter a third of l!k character." LEWIS AND CLARK ft At Preacotta Wishington. May 1 At an early hour In th worn--Ing we collected our horses snd after breakfast et out about 7 o'clock, and followed th road up th creek Touch t rlverT The Tow gtOUMS and 'pi'' sented th earn- appearano ee-that of miles the Chopunnish Indian.- who -Was" In -front, pointed out an 'old "unbeaten road to, the left.-whlch he Informed ue was our-shoruat 'Voute.7 Befor ventur- - Ing. however, to quit, our praaent road. . 1 which waa level, and not only led us In V ,, -T the. proper direction, but was, well sup piled with wood and water, we halted to let: our horses grass until the arrival of our other 'guide, who happened to b at some d lettuce behind. On coming up he seemed much - dlapleaeed with the other. Indian, and declared that-tha road- wa were nuraulns was ths nronar one: that If we. deckled on taking the left, road It would be neceasary to- remain till tomorrow morning and then make an entir day's march ' before -we "could " reach either water or wood. To thl th - T Chopunnish aasentea,. but deolared that he hlmaelf meant to pursue that route; 7 We tberffor gav him som powder and some lead -which he requested. Four hunters 1 whom w hsd sent on in the jnornlng Joined us whll. we halted end i. brought us a beaver ror dinner, we then took ourjleav of th Chopunnlah at 1 o'clock and pursued" our route up . -the ereek through a country similar to - ' ' that w had paaaed In th morning. But - st .f d''""e three mllas the kllla- on the north Bide became lower and th ' bottoms of th-reehs wide pleasant country two or three mile In extent Th Umber Js now more bun- dant and our guide tells us thst we shall not want - for either wood or game from" this place as far aa the Kooakooe- . ke. W have already seen slumber or -deer, of which we killed one. ndob-j. served "gTeit quantities of curlew, as -well, as 'aorne cranes, ducks, prairie- larks and several species of sparrows common to the prairies. ' There I In fact very little difference In the general -facs of ths country here from that of Ah plains on the Missouri, except that - th latter are enlivened by vasj nere of buffalo, elk and other animals, whloh give them an additional Interest. - Over -these wide bottoms we continued on a. oours N. T. degrees E. till, at the dis tance of IT miles from where w had - dined and. as .from - pur last camp., wa halted for th night ""W had scarcely camped when thre young men cam up from the Wollawollah village with a steel trap, which hsd been left behind In- -advertently, and which they had coma a whol day's Journey In order to rsstors. This act of Integrity wa -the -more pleasing because, though ' very - rsrs among Indians, It correaponds perfectly,, with th general behavior of the Wolla-. wollaha, among whom we had loat care- -leasly several knives, -which wer re-, turned a soon as found.' W may, In deed, justly affirm that of -all th In dians whom w hav met sine leaving... th United States th Wollawollah ar th most hospitable, honest and alncere. , ,J If Which Were T'other, From th Dnvr Republican. '"If Howell wsre Jack London ' "T 'And wrote Of dogs and flghUi If Tarklngton were Riley, ' And tried poetlo flights; . , .i -If Twain wer Mrs. Rorr, And wrote of grub and cooks- - If all thes change happened ' Would people read more books? . ' If Dunne were Mr. Freemasv . And Dooley an old maid; -- If Page were Owen Wlstsr, - And Cable wer Oeorg Adl . k. . If Whit wr C.'T. Brady, Now tell me this, gadsookal '. If all the ehsnges happened ) Would people read more book a? . Would Kipling loe his grlpllng If b war Henry Jamas? . .. - If Conan DoyU wer Phlllpotts, ' - Who'd play detective games? - f '. If Conrad iwere (?oreIll. - Who'd write of ropes and boots? ,' If all these ehanges happened "x ,Weu4 peopl reael aaer booast '. -