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EDtiriaK linage of JOTirinialJ I ,r -, r TUESDAY, , MAY, . 2?. -V ISC3. PORTLAND. OREGON. TIIE-OREGON-DAILY-JOURNAL AM IKDIf IKDIKT mwlftfll C JACKSON , published every evening (except Sunder) morning, at The journal uuiiains. i -t -.- r - . .Yamhill streets. Portland. Oregon. Entered at the postofflce at Portland. portation tr.rougn uia maus aa aacona-m - - TELEPHONE Editorial Room, .Vain 160 Business S" FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. : yreeiand-BenJamln Special Advertising A fancy, 119 Naasai treat, Naw Tork Tribune Building. Chicago. ,',- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Venae fcy Carries, . , Ta Dally Joaraal alt Baa- day, 1 yr ST SO Tba Pally Jmmal. 1 year.... a-W Tka D.llr Jouri, with aa Say. snathe.. I The Pally JohhI. sweta.- i-OO Tba Pally Journal, wllb Ss- - ear, awatlM.... 1?" The IHlly JoamaL SMmths.. 1.00 Tba Dally Journal wick Sua ' day. I axot. M Tba Dally, m . M "Dally wadaUtarlS? Sob-- day cpted.-. ............ -40 nit day. Tba Daily Vn.A-n.ll day. I Tha Dally Tba Dally TW Daily Tha soaday Tba Sunday Remittances should be made by express orders and small amounts are ' t-oent- postage Blampa. . ... , ,, u TOMORROW IS DECORATION DAY. yl7GAINr'TOM0RROWorrter the day formally ; "V set apart for especial remembrance of the dead. , and particularly of those who were soldiers in Ithe treat civil war that ended a little It has become largely a holiday of recreation and sport. j we think too much so, yet its original intent and pur pose have not been entirely obscured, and millions of . Americans will tomorrow pay an especial tribute of frag- 'rant flowers and appreciative recollection to the loved and lost, the brave and fair, the old and young, for whom "life's fitful fever has ended in the silent cities fthe UaL . Every year the living ranks of the grizzled and wrinkled now become ; year sees many accessions to .the grand army of .those who have passed on into the realm of peace. The dead we jean but remember, and what they did and suffered whXrtcTr'flilcHKe century .ago, aal 4ha .meaning and eceuUe-oi -that, awtaa conflict; but the living, most of them to the shore of .the sea beyond which . inscrutable realm, we can somewhat cheer and comfort -and if need be help. And in this let uj not fail. -Th tribute ol JbloonLJindJragrance jvilLpe paid not i only to the dead veterans, but to all; to men and women -nt ilnmi In tfteir prime, tiyr.nth wlin fell nn the threth. . old of manhood and womanhood, to little children, as i sweet, and. pure as the-.Iowers. laid upon their, graves; j while the old mystery of Life and Death is pondered ! upon again for a little space, remaining as insoluble as ever '."" "It is believed that the Republicans "who have recently come to Oregon '.will vote the ' Republican ticket - straight." Report in-morning paper. .They may, but if "they have been reading about the plight of various prom- inent Republicans and Uhe land-fraud trials, they may " investigate and consider a little before doing so. , . -i JO CLIMB AMERICA'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. HE ATTEMPT to scale Mount MeKinley, in r. Alaska, . which Dr. Frederick A.. Cook and J': gin.earlyne month, from, the .head of Cook's inlet, -is probably the most difficult task of mountain exploration ever attempted; Professor Cook attempted to scale this mountainin .1903 art4Jai!ed;in4wilI now. try -again, -by a different line of approach, from the southwest tide, where no dvetitnreraaLieveTrJimbe4jBndwhere;niore than 1,000 square rhfles of territory is a terra incognita. , Mount MeKinley rises, according to a United States raphical tnangilation survey, 20,464 feet above the jeAjeyelHigniripbirits '.Jhavebeen reached, about 24,000 feet being the record; but not in the vicinity of the Arctic eireler Moimt -Aconcagua in the Andes, "2J,00& feet h ighr has twice been scaled but MeKinley, it is said, presents greater difficulties, besides that of climate. The summit of Mount ' Everest in the, Himalayas, 29,000 feet,' has never been, reached, rather perhaps because of the" ratify of the atmosphere at that height -than because joI, physical difficulties, i ' . ; . '; j , ... ' -MeKinley, according to the observation of experienced . , a aa mountain ciimoers. presents a naroer her great mountainRobertJDuniWA lessor Cook s first party;., har described IheTappalling conditions found there conditions which combine all .'the perils of mountaineering and Arctic exploration, the problems -o the. Matterhorn and the. pole. The .Him alayan and Andean peaks rise out of tier a gradual approach; MpKinlfy, risea abruptly outof a 2,600-foot "pi a attacks the point-te.whkhTanimalay-j.. TeelTTeaving 15.1AAJ feet to be cllnibed'on foot, all through regions of perpfluaLsnwand JceJThus.itpresents several thousand feet more of actual climbing under vastly harder condittfmrTCllrnale' nr footing' thanare to be met on either Everest or Aconcagua. ; ' In 1903 the Cook party tried the ascent from the'north 'side, and reached an altitude of 11,000 feet, but found it impossible to proceed on account of deep ravines, snow-slides, avalanches and' hanging glaciers,, and : as the -altitude mentioned they encountered sheer walls of rock rising 5,000 feet above them Mr. Dunn Thuiks that 'this greatest . ; Learned From the Farmers. ; I , From the Philadelphia Telegraph. An automobile stood In front of n gasoline supply station over In Jersey ' ' a few days sgo and of course the usual crowd aasembled to talc a look at the -. - r show. Among the spectators was an old farmer, who walked all around the machine and interestedly watched every ?. movement of the chauffeur.' As soon aa the gasoline was procured and stowed away, the chauffeur turned the crank to start the spark, and a ; moment later the auto was hiking down , the pike at a pace that made the coun try constables alt up and take notice. It was then that a ffJmofjtaMsfaC-. lifm"ar,peered""onr''t1testin"Bcorclied vis age of the ancient 'agriculturalist -' t-Them auterbllea Is great inwcntlona, ; all right." he remarked to a bystander, -- i'1at t her geesorwhat got 'em-up-had - trr take a tip from i hayi-Hfrt on how ter make ther blamed things go, ' ' Jea ther earn a." ' Z&nt me wise,' said the party ad dresaed. fall to catch your mean Ing i "WaC rejoined the farmer, with his mile still beaming, "when" any. of us . herkers has got an old cow what gits aontrary an' won't go through a gate or " In a barn door, we Jes twleta her tall a coupleti turns, an' off she bustles," ... . t w.- - X .. Oregon's Best Chovernor. ; JTrnra McMlnnrllle Telephone-Register. George U. Chamberlain Is the best . governor Oregon has ever had; not that his political conceptions are truer, than those ef many of his predecessors; not that all others have been lees faithful or leaa eerneet In the performance of their duties, but In 'the sense that greater pportuiQUea for work la' la undertaking. - He Publisher. and svsry Bund' Oregon, for trans ...... - thing is sure; they Office. . . .Main 100 amount of competition tn their undertakings. - Mrs. -Magee, a thrown in, for the Tama y Ban. cheap guy,. but is Tba Dally Journal. wUh Boa day. I year.......! Tba Dallr Journal. 1 year.... B.00 are. 1 lie divorce SmpmbL wlA Saa r LAND moatha. S.TS JooraaL g swaths.. HI Inan. 1 with SUB GOO aiooiba. ....... 4. ... I W Journal. I BMStka.. 10 of Tames Journal, wllb gus- Swiiaal. I awalbi.. ' atBjtislifd.1 The land Journal. 1 year. -1.00 ceived the qews of Joaraal." a sMatan i-vi draft, postal nous. unqualified approval. acceptable la. 1 and , . : The state land pijm. Uurifigme taxpayers' money The present state '-I : - - uovcrnur .vnai" over 41 years ago. -Under former old veterans, all thinner, and every When Governor titrintentiuii if pulling a ewwnary..top tQ lhC-wtiQlesaie drawing near how lies the unknown. pointed i OsWaldAVest i stale lahd agenrand radical re andrlcn end.. West's the hearto of the colossal system of all rttft Wntr" the evidence was laid before a Marion county grand jury and indictments were secured. ' swindles perpetrated by S. A. D. Puter after the federal iutnoTltTe'rTi adpractlcalty serr him free, and, but for West, Puter would now be at large,. carrying on his nefarious operations at will. West's discoveries 'forced the government to make search for Puter, and his final capture affords one of the strongest illustrations of the efficiency of the state land agent's work. : . bteve I'uter is ames Withycombe's agent should be' abolished. And so is every other rascal who has helped to rop" the people of Oregon of the state's domain. Listen to the plaudits of the indictedl Jonathan Bourne point in commonr - ordinary talent for CANDIDATES GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN, in a recent speech, after declaring against perpetual or . long-term franchises, and in favor of taxing all franchises for what they are actually worth, said: "But better than all this is the public ownership and control of public utilities so ities may utilize theml NoFTor profit, but at thelowest rare Tompatible-wrth -the- public-goodZL,. Mr. Withycombe thus stated his position on the public pwnership -question:. "Public-utilities, I believe,' are best administered by priyate' interests rather than by public servants, for in the latter case self-interest, the greatest of incentives, is lacking and thriftless and unbusinesslike methods will surely sooner or later prevail." Many-voters will agree with Mr. Withycpmbe; many proDiem than any nthrra. and we think a large maioritv. with Governor - jaember of fro Chamberlain-Taka Opinions change with the times. An English doctor says lack of food is responsible for crime. Many people blamed too much liquor.-r-rrir -t . high ranges, trhich aya Mr, .Piinn indlt highest base have -been roasted. Yet it has not been shown that Mr. Bourne was run ning a prayer meeting in the Eldridge block. The czar is kicking around somewhere. between the douma, the devil and the deep sea. 1 Pakers - who - ell American mountain for a few years in interests of1 the people have presented themselves, and consequently better re sults have flowed from the exercise of his efforts. Me has been Instrumental in placing much of the burden of state taxes on corporations and Inheritances. He has been the main factor In practi cally trebling the price received by the state for achool lands. He has saved from 119,000 to 140.009 per year to the taxpayer, .by Insisting that the state school ..fund be kept loaned. He has made reforms In ths penitentiary, cor recting abuaea that were a disgrace to the state. He has shown hlmaelf to be above a narrow partlaanshlp, and Is Justly entitled to rank as the best gov- ernor Ore gon ever had. ., . . Woman Who Can Talk Politics. From the Kansas. City Star. Bpgaker-Tfteed1 : ones " remarked that there was but one woman' In Washing ton society who could talk politics In telligently, and she Is Mrs. Robert R. Hltt, wife of a representative from II llnol. Mrs. Fairbanks realizes more nearly the woman who Is such a fores In British polltlCrilfe.-he ts a law yer and a profound student of social conditions Bhe la a worker In the Junior Republic, and tha preaent pros perous condition of that social venture is Isrgely due to her direction. Mrs. l- Kollette. wife ef the newly elected senator from, Wisconsin, is also a law yer, and Is Interested in social reform, especially among tha younger criminal class. But ths women of wealth, high position and Intellectual force of Amer ica, wl.h rare exceptlona, are. too fond fit the frivolities to. take an active In terest tn tha movements which engross the time of the women Of the old world, especially la. Britain, i . cannot be conquered Jn aingle" summer, but that h will -rakeTa"srTwoseasohs, by a party"7uTTyeuippedfor establishing a base far up the mountain, a very extensive says it cost the IJuke de Abrurit $5U,' 000 to ascend Mount St. Elias to a height of 18,000 feet, and this only after four failures, 'and that the scaling of Mount MeKinley is a more difficult task. ' Docs all this effort and expense pay? To the ordinary individual it seems not, yet there are men who could not be contented unless engaged in this sort of labor. One will never b subjected to any great Pittsburg, millionaire .'widow, has bought-an Austrian title, with a profligate husband paltry sum of $100,000. He must be not so much of a fool as the women court will nearet the couple ere long THIEVES APPLAUD HIM. . OOD CITIZENS have. learned with amazement i Withycombe's repeated declaration iathe-ofneeofneaand gent should thieresyow the olhey kawdf have the. Republican candidate's views with , ', agent receives a salary of jijtsw per an past tour years inis investment oi xnc has been repaid many hundredfold. land agent, Oswald West, acting under ;...,lnM ..I rrwin nitt Ilia un wnu ..... wu ..... policy, has accomplished more to put a stop to the huge frauds in state school lands, to recoup the losses that have been sustained and to bring to justice those impli cated in the frauds, than any other state official. administrations the, office of the state land agent was surrounded with an atmosphere of fraud. Prior to the time when Governor Chamberlain took of fice, the state bad been robbed of hundreds of thousands of acres. Forgery, perjury and subornation of perjury had been practiced openly, flagrantly "and apparently without fear of punisTiment. In a single day durixigi'??' 1 JA "I", i i:..-tn nfW-iiin--iitAMU'i Vjovernor oeers aaminisiration w,ww n w iuuiv school lands were secured through bogus applications filed by an agent of Benson and Hyde, whose gigantic swindleaimallyjisuUdjnas federal grand juries. . Chamberlain took office ne declared forms in the conduct ot tne state una aepartmeni were 1 .4 ' . 'TttnArl9itw"r9 tfij, ntili dnmain - r&me to a visorous measures struck panic into land thieves. He soon laid bare the rascality which Tiid prevailed and tn rr nimnnnnr tth imr run It was State Land-Atrent West who unearthed the undoubtedly in hearty accord witn opinion that the office of stateland and the Oregonian have one strong Both of them have-ahown-an extra' getting on all sides of every quesion. ON PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. 4haMh-aUtaan4-aevexalznuni your choice, Bourne came in for only a small part of the criticism. Oregonian." Whewf 'How some of the 'otherlTnast ' Z It takes Fonny and Ena so-long-to become fully mar ried that they ought io-atay married a long time.- - deased TOf srbugfiOoTi averto eafTt a penitentiary. ' Inventor Who Died Poor. Tfevethick Invented the first steam lo comotive. He exhibited it In London on a circular track. It ran 16 miles an hour. Tre vet hick, though, made nothing out of hla invention. People laughed at It they'd have none ef it all Treve thlck accomplished in hla life was to pave the way for Stephenson's success. He died in poverty, Koenlg Invented the steam printing press. His partner, Benaley, cheated him. Koenlg, to support life, had to ssll his patents. He died a poor machinist, working for about l a week. Whitney., the Inventor of the cotton gin, didn't make, a cenXoiH ot .bJaldeaJ Howe, tns' inventor or tne sewing machine, sold his patent rights for a passags to England."1 He was" a mill hand -.when. hls machine .waa putting mtrHons tnr-the pockets of other men. Jacquard, the Inventor of the fsmous loom, might hsve become a billionaire. This unaelflsh Frenchman, though, tgkv his Invention to the government and all he-got In return all he asksd In re turn, was a penelpn of 11,000 a year. . Whert tha Speaker Rules. From the Washington" Star. "You seem exceedingly proud of that brief speech of yours." . "I am," answered the young states man. "The fact that I got a chance to deliver It show I have Influence with the speaker." ', v t. , Of Course She, Could. From tha New "fork Sun, ' L Mlstres-rTou can't entertain your company in the parlor. Bridget OI can't? Why, mum. didn't ts beat urn laugtua' UK to split t SMALL CHANGE - This week la the h orae-et retch.- e e Tomorrow Is the dav of flowers. . e. e The independent vote will be very large. , -:-.) ..-. ... . It is better te vote right than to vote straight. 1 mm How poor Mr. Bourne Is being abused, te be sural -- 't ----- Mr." Bourne seems to ba very much on the defensive, . , . Mr. Oearln has no axplanatlona or apologies to make. , m e ,. Some sUte papers persist In spelling It "woman sufferage.'lj; e morning -organ -can- always quoted against Itself. It la always the fruit Just out of mob Ibat one dealres most. ' ' a . . ' -. ' A great many RapubUcana will refuse to be lashed Into line.--. - . a e Oaarin la lucky anyway: ba didn't have to wear hlmaelf out tn a campaign. ..,..' ' a '. a ' ' : ; '. Isn't It a little inconsistent for Pto- htbltlonlsts to nominate a full ticket I . a a May mlrht have been pleaeanter. and then aaaln she mlant have been meaner. - ' a a Anybody with a lot of money can rt hlmaelf whitewashed by a few selected friends. , - . . a a To atet trade In new localities Port land men will fcava to hustle more than mm w m V W. UMIIW. f i ut 1 Castro and Mrs. Tarkes-Misner and Pat Crowe and now even Dow la seem to have dropped into, oblivion. . - a a '. Mr. - Hermann '"mls-ht as - well - have come and stamped the state, for- all If la said that' strawberries cauae insanity. But not aa much- aa,-tha sweat creature who reaUr them with : . . It Is said that Grandpa Rockefeller can't , spall rlahC But .a , man wit a billion of money can spell any wa na-siamw-pieaaea; If women were Jurors, some of them would decide the oeee flrst -and Impa tiently 1 la tan to the often needleas evi dence afterwards. - . - , Anarchlat Berkman eays that he had nothlna against ' Mr. Frlck at the time he tried' to kill the latter 14 years ago. What would have happened to Frlck If Berkman had had something against hlmT - Alludlng to- The Journal, ths Hood River Newa Letter" says: "This moat excellent Journal would, have us believe that Dr. Wlthyombe could not give equally as wiae an admlnlatratlon aa the present, because he happened to bjs born In another country, and has only been a resident In this land of the free'- for some 15 years and a fulKfledged citisen -for half that time." - The News Letter, which we know would not.pur posely ' misrepresent, hss misread The Journal, and ft ii entirely mistaken. This psper never - took - the - position stated. '"" " -: " ' OREGON SIDELIGHTS S MxtBgtonr'iwnr' hava aereamry. e . Corvallls will have a second creamery. . ; e e .' Creamery at SHets probable; 100 cows In sight ; . . . ' ' . An Astoria fisherman caught a 70- pound salmon. Halsey will have waterworks, with a 10,000-gallon tank. ,e Crook county man has a contract for clearing and- plowing J.000 acres of e e Canby is achieving an enviable repu tation fo tha excellent quality of her strawberries. . . . . . e e Within the paat few days IT cream separators' have been taken Into that sectidnfjJbuntfyTembracIng LobsterJ Five Rivers and lower part of Alaea. e e Aatoriani An 11-year-old girl, her mother and her grandmother, all chorus girls- in one company playing at a local theatre, is the startling fact laid bare by a lawsuit What a shock to the ad miring boys beyond the footlights! Greenville Is dead the railroad went two miles eaat of the place and left the town high on ' the beach, deserted, wrecked, etranded like Goldsmith's De serted Tillage. One family 'that will move away has lived there tS years. ' e e The seasons are getting better and bet ter each year in Baker county, declares the Herald. The crops will be of the bumper brand and everybody will be prosperous. This Is a farming county and hundreds of acres of sage brush land are being redeemed each year.. e-e --. A deal was completed in Albany Sat urday providing for the transfer of 121 claims around Bend, over the mountains. to tha Deschutes Lumber company for 11. too a claim, making a total of 190.000 which the. transaction win bring to Albany and vicinity. ; SB - i-An automobile service will be estab- )- w Tillamook and Bherldan this summerrThJa will be mucti potter than so much heated atmosphere about railroads that pervades and isacharac- terlatle of the Tillamook environment says ttie Forest Grove News. One 2.160 car baa already oeen securea. , e e With thousands of . acres open ing up to Irrigation within a few ' months, with miles of the most expensive canals vary soon to be In course of construction, with a dam and reservoir to be constructed, and all within from hair a mile to seven miles from Echo, the growth of . the town Is assured beyond doubt, says ths Regis ter. - . - ' - -- - - - - Banks correspondence of the Tilla mook Naws: Railroad! Railroad! Is all the talk! The crew of teams, men, scrapers about 400 are here, ths con struction train is here and ths track la graded: ties laid steel rails spiked, and : engine In town. ' So after - waiting all these long SO years we have the roaring engine reverberatine; i from anouataln to mouo. ataliv I SOME MEMORIAL DAY - THOUGHTS '- - Bv Mra. JTnhfa A Tyiiran - Looking back through the vlata of Ik years we recall ins grand spectacle or the first Observance lt th rinnnnlH of Memorial day, under order No. 11, of General John A."- Logan, then commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Rerjublle - Uu an im gloriously, as if heaven had smiled, pro- fi.uusiy ior tne execution of the pro- a i .Ma Vg me aay. . cnexoectiullv rinMi t fc w- - - w .. m mrmmn . w vr- ler elicited tha h.tfo.. .i " .irvviMivu v .""4 cuisons witn the grand army ins rcpuouo in nonorlng the memory the heroin faH wkn- kii.. 1 . u 'mot "very, city, village and-. hamlet waavs sea, Jtu. " . i ne survivors of the dvU war wera all communities They-aelsed-wtth- great .. "usBM.iion ot commem nratlnn nf lha names, end 4-4. ,1 tl,.i. departed xomrade7'tenrously assisted - iraupm, me neaven-born ceremony waa Inaugurated with so much reverential eclat as to make an indelible Impression on the -whole nation and es- ..u.i.n urn permanency forevermore. Bn intereetlna' wsm tk. , - " v.imuvuiH ' nai Ufir"? ,nd n appropriation for the r.u. u.ui di me reports of the pro ceedings at many places In almost every state and territory, aa also In Old and New Mexico. The appropriation could not be repeated on account- of the volumlnoua amount of matter presented as the years multiplied. ' The next lmnmin . , - r ' uu mprvMive exercises were those at Arlington, where '"'"v- more xnan 12,000 heroic dead Two thousand rn ki . i'.nuini ui mu num ber are In the catacombs of the granite mausoleum upon, which la inrik. Unknown." 5 It may he, nf Inteseet te have not -v 1.1 led this V.ihall of Amer ican patriots to TtkaA K. chi.led on this tombi :"""un iseneatb this stone repose the bones tWO thousand una K.. j . - -- mwmm.vi B,,u eleven unknown soldiers., gathered after the " "ie neiaa or Bull Run and the route to Ruinahinitiuib ... , . - - " i rir rvmiim uld ""t be Identlfledbut their names sens honor them as of their., noble army of martyrs. May they reat In neacel "September. A. D. lg." Surmounting the Inmh .... : field plecea. one at each noma . stack of cannon balls. On rk..,i.. day, lit V floral shields formed tha een- appropriate Inscrlptlona On ths north siae: XXn Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are inruii And Glory guards with aolam The blvouao oi thai dead " On the west side:. "Whether on tented field - - Or In the battle's van. - The fittest place for man to die js wnere he dies for man.' - On the east tderTr" - ' Here rest the brave who sunk to rest, By all their country's wishes bleat - On the south side: .. ""f- The grave should be surrounded by everything that might inspire tender ness and veneration for the dead, ot that mem win tne erring to virtue. It H not the place of disgust and dismay, but of sorrow and meditation." r In addition -to- the thousands In" ths mausoleum there are hundreds of graves in me grounas marxea "Unknown." - But few of the preaent generation know that the hallowed bones In the mausoleum and those In the gravea whose head stones bear the melancholy word "Un known" were, , through the efforts - of that Incomparable patriotic woman. Clara Barton, gathered from the rainy battlenelds of Virgtnla-and from' the Isolated places in the foreate- around them, whither wounded soldiers had crawled and died alone, and whose bodlel wera unaiscovered Jy the burisl corps,, yhoatbest could dollttle more than cover over their fallen comradea with a w spadefuls of earth after the san guinary struggle of many hours,' before mey were ODiiged to press forward to hold advanced positions. The snrlna- tlms rains, the summer suns, the winter snows neat upon the hastlly-mads mounds or trenches and laid bare the sacred forms which were soon -naught save whitened skeletons. Clara Barton conceived the Idea, of gathering . them together . and placing them in scientific hands, so-asto- eta sst- iyaneintertnemfnArlIngtonCon- grass adopted her suggestions and or dered the secretary of war to furnish transportation anddetairTnen 16 AST company her on her mission of rescuing me remains or neroes from obliteration by further exposure to the elements. Tha sacred spot Is full of historic In teract. Once the property of the family of Washlngtonc-XcPra-jrhom . It wss In. herlted - by Robert-Lee-rand . when he deserted. lt to cast his lot with tho confederacy It curiously became the last resting-place of. thoss who had sacrificed their Uvea In the defense of the Union, which Lee and hla cohorts had tried to dismember. ' '. The program of May 20, 1168. for the decoration of the gravee in Arlington waa perfect - The" president, his cabi net, the great captains of the army and navy and distinguished representativee of foreign countries In the persons of members of the diplomatic corps, many of the supreme court, the "senate and house of representatives were present to participate in honoring the fallen braves, with the troops of the different branches of the service In and about Washington and the long line of ex Unlon soldiers waa composed the de partment of the Potomao of the Grand Army of the Republic Under the di rection of Professor Scale, the Marine and other banda played the Miserere, funeral dirges and appropriate airs at intervals. Odes, original poems, ad dresses and prayers full of pathos and patriotism were rendered with unususl eloquence. - Tons of flowers were laid upon the graves by ths hosts of women and children who came bearing garlands and wreaths. In the . arrangement of wnich loving hands nad twined many tender memories, and upon which , tears of remembrance had fallen like gentle ahowara of . springtime. No language could adequately describe the glorious spectacle the cemetery presented after the graves had been decorated. The Coliseum, - In -which ths-Tiermie gather annually for- the -exereieee, la Indescribably beautiful. The space Is surrounded by columns, a light lattice work forming the roof. Beside the col umns 'had been planted wistaria, roses, clematis and - other early flowering vines, which formed a perfect bower overhead, while the majestic trees made ample-' shade for the multitude who came to Join In the- labor of love. It waa late In the afternoon before-the last ena had passed without the gates. The thouaands of ex-Union officers and soldiers who have died during the II years since tha first Decoration day. and the hundreds that have fallen since the Spanish-American war, and whose bodies have been- born acroas the sea to be burled In Arlington, have made this the Lara-eat city of patriotic deed on the globe. This toth dsy of May, like all others, will see every low green mound of the extensive yield covered with flowers end Immortelles. There will ba a repetition at ths annual cere monies, I with probably additional in leiesttiif -yea tares. - ' ' ' Alas! ths column ot ex-Union sol dlers will not present a long line, ni h tfmmr whn will na rt IntnKtat AM foe thl moat part bowed with age and Increased The pit riot io ortanlsatlona. on and yrwyitm jistvw isuivii Uf uw w wa a w hi.ii older hands hav had to Uy down; The tAA.il t A see Sfc A mm0xwmm eaws. Ink yini ui imiiuaf ana ubtwhuii iv mvmorjr oi ins counirf uvienavrst n D!r th whola nation 'today aa It did a a sag - .. .. - - - i LETTERS FROM PEOPLE THE ' ' The Duty of Patriots. - Portland. May- tl To ths Editor of The Journal The spirit of lawleaaneaa which has had its Innings, In Portland has aroused a determination on ths part J-of -the- teeter-laae of -cltlsene -to put a period to Its progreaa and. If possible, tn Ita Tlit.n The enemies Of ths publtcweal -muat-tay- down the reins snd the. friends of progress, prosperity and- purity must take them up. True advancement cannot be made along par tisan lines. - There must ba a breaking away from the control ot minor lssuss and an. espquslng of those that enter into the bone and fiber of human In tereats. What comparison exists be tween tariff rates en Iron and wool and the social and moral welfare of the people? Partisanlsm has been the refuge of every form of vice. Bums and thugs have wielded a fsr more definite Influ ence in civic matters than have - cltf sens of pure morale and thrifty busi ness. WhyT Because the former have combined their . forces and the latter have divided theirs. ' Thla fact must.be admitted: and a child can understand why tha friends of good and safe gov ernment are everlastingly being da- fsaten. '1 Hi peOBU of miandna"ve never had -black and white placed before them more plainly than ..now aaklng their auffragea ' (I refer to issues, not to candidates. Ths lawleaanees stlllexlst Ihg In our city can be obliterated, but only whan good clttsens refuse to be di vided at the ballot box, The duty of non-partiaaa patnoia is piain. iei us stick to tha candidate who has alread; Abraham- Lincoln's suggestion -during his second campaign Cta In here "It Is not safe to swap horses while crossing a stream." J. H. LEIPER. Booeevelt and the mepabUoa Party; Portland. Or., May 18, To tha Editor of The Jonmal--Theodore Rooeevelt 4e ndTlhepfibTTan--pHy: Intelligent voters cannot be fooled with that kind of talk." . What - little the - pr eel dent - has - ac- eompliahed In legislation lie lias been compelled to fight for. Lined up against Wm-hs-has Sound-thsnatuTaHeaders of his own party. Across his pathway stand the vice-preeldent the speaker of the house and the chairmen of tha great committees of congress representative Republics na-who .control ..tha .policies of the party and. while In the. majority, the destinies of the people. , To show- that the chief executive - Is not wedded to party, he has called two Democrats and one antl-lmperiallst Into hla cabinet. If Secretary Taft had his way he would "haul down the flag" tomorrow. He says that he Is "sorry ws . are In the Islands." The president has added, particular prestige and lustre to his administration by cnoosing trust worthy and able ' Democrats " to prose cute the land thieves. When he greatly desires ths passags of some bill to curb the greed of the trusts. In his extremity he appeals to the honor ana patriotism of Bryan Democrats. Ths president hae little practical uae for a straight Republican. On the morn ing after our June election, when his eye Is cast oh the returns from Oregon, I have no doubt that he ' will be "de lighted" to know that we have reelected the Hon. George E. Chamberlain our brnve. honest-and-efflcient-y-ywrrror.- "H. W. D. fSl OREGON CAMPAIGN PRESS COMMENT , Party Brand of ITo Yalue. Corvallla Times- (Pern. r-arTcroT--Blavaa--that-a Re publican or-a-Democratlo - boss '-shall cry to usr"Vote 4t straight" because of a whitewash party brand stamped on a canoTdateT - Voters of - intelligence look not at the brand, but at ,the goods. . The lash hss lost all tha wax from Its cracker. Sensible men no longer shut their eyes .wallw. J'Lty.. -PZ J?. the candidate stand, far .that Is. of-moment to the people. A-party brand stamped on a man Is of no greater value to the average voter than lfajaatyer'a mark on a sheep pelt t ot Wlaa to Trade. Jefferson Review (Ind.). ' The Review does not pretend. to Judge aa to .Wlthycon-ibe'e cjualtflcatlons for governor. If he would keep bis word he would be an exceptionally good, one, for he promises to accomplish what Chamberlain has already performed. However, Chamberlain has already demonstrated what he will do, and the people of Oregon are too sensible to trade an aasurea met ior an uncer tainty. ; , ; ; .-. '. . r.-' Aa Out-of-Uate Appeal i Med ford Southern Oregonian (Ind.). Vote for the best man, under all clr- cumstanoea. "Vote the ticket straight" Is ine cry of the-political bosses, who hsve an ax to grind, and belong to the dark ages.-- ghotUd Bs Bonpartlsaa. . - Toledo Reporter (Dem.). -As our courts " should ' bo non partisan ths election of Judge Helley ahould be made unardmoua. A strictly partisan court is an unsafe court .Shouldn't Iky Books. Albany Democrat Governor Oeer lives- In too much of a glass houss to throw stones at Governor Chamberlain. - The people of Oregon hlm ; LEWIS. AND CLARK On tha Clearwater river, In Idaho. May 29 Having now a tolerable stock of meat we were occupied during the day in various sngagsmsnts In the camp. The Indian'' chief is rapidly recovering, and for ths first time during ths la -it It montha had strength enough to wash hla face. We had Intended to repeat the sweating today, but aa the weather was eloudy, with occasional rain, ws declined It This operation, though vio lent seems highly efficacious for our own man pratton, on whom the "ex periment wag first made, is recovering his strength very fast, and ths rsstara-' VUon ct ih cbiat la .wonderful - THE UQUOR DEALERS' ' 'BILL '!" ': By Dr. Clarence True Wilson.. . On the official ballot you will find, "For amendment to the local option law, giving anti-Prohlbltlonlats and Prohibi tionists equal privileges." Thla innocent-looking .statement la a designation. of the liquor bill written In the office of the Wholesale Liquor Dealers' as sociation, purporting to be aa amend mtnt to the local option- law, but really repealing IT sections out of the II of the present law, and so altering the one section left as to totally change US meaning. .. . - - It Is not suppoeable 'that we. would, ' get a very stringent t temperance law from tha liquor dealers' office, r If the' majority of the eltlsens of Oregon want a local option law. I think they know enough to let the local optlonlsts write It They will hardly, look to the liquor dearera-to'compose and push a law re-, strlotlng their bualneas. They - have ' never distinguished themselves for ad.-- vacating -the best- laws nor mads them selves famous for aiding In tha saforoe ment of such'ss sxtst . . . . Knowing the history of the liquor trade and Its political methods there are three things I should expect to discover as soon aa I learned that they were trying to amend a local option - law: first, t should expect their-bill to make local option eleotlona as dlffloult aa possible; second, if carried I should ex pect the law framed by them to be Im possible of enforcement and third,: I should look for utterly deceotlve and dishonest-methods- of pushing- their campaign. There has been no disap pointment on either of tba three counts. First, this bill makes local ontlon elections difficult.. By restricting local option to single preclnota, It does not allow a county, city or town or commu. nlty to vuta OnTthS subject at all" then It raises the required - paroantace of voters from 10 to 10 par esnt before tha election can be called. Again. It takss away trom the people the right to put any restriction - upon tba wholesale liquor dealers whatever. And. in viola tion of the American principle of major Uy rule. It requlrea that In a local op tion contaat .tha town shall not go dry unless n rflajritye)r all vwes -eagyri ialdTIIiHIod!fAfeZlSri?avQr ofZxirohlblt ina tne iiauor Dusinesa Two hunrtn people might vote at. an election "and 100 of them vote against tba saloon: If not one voted for the saloon, the saloon would win, because It would re quire let-votes to make a majority pf the votes' cast. . mtofeaa. this liquor waea's bill y er trick In section S prevents ths holding ot local option elections oftener than onoe In four years. It also requires that pe titions be In 45 days before the election ' Instead of 10.' as now. evidently designed to give time for the colonisation of voters tn precincts where a locsr option' election la held. . The bill provides that . the saloons shall have q days In which to cloae, : provided - the election goes against them; and that anyone can con-, teet the election, and tha county Judge shall have- full and final jurisdiction- to hear and decide the merits of air-such proceedings. - Think of giving thSlndge; of the county absolute ' power to set' aside the will of the people by a word. This explains tne activity of the liquor . sssoclatlon at the laat primary In their interest In certain candidates for county Judge. m w m Wa 'should expect the Ildufcr man t frame a-blll'that would ' makefthe'en-- forcement of local' option Impossible. And with a brotherly aollcltuda for fu ture lawbreskers. they have provided that tha penalties shall" hot be over 10, and may be as low aa 1 cant,' and the -prison penslty for repeated vlolatlona Is totally eliminated. They put it within the power of the eounty court to set aside the tesults 'of -any local option election at will and there ls.no appeal. The last' seven sections of our present lew are repealed and no aubatttutes offered for any of their provisions what ar triie provisions aside? That If prohibition carries In the eounty, single precincts of said county 'Shall vote on the subject for two yea re; that ths Judges of the circuity court shell Instruct the grand Jury to Inquire diligently Into vlolatlona of the law; that the district attorney t shall swear oufcomplalntTipoft Information that tho law Is being violated; that the sheriff shall be provided with, a search warrant to forcibly enter places where the laarla Joeing vlolatedr that upon a" aecohd convletioiinthe ehanysTiane both : nnej'and ; lihnrtsonmentrthat alt- persons to whom intoxicating liquors shall be sold shall be competent wit nesses, thus simplifying the rulee of evidence; that the principal shall be re sponsible for the acts of hla agents; and thst the holding of a federal govern ment special tax stamp for the sale of. l'auora,ahaijtterimatrvlum that such person.. Is violating the local optlonlawa. - - All these provisions designed to make law enforcement possible are set aside In the Interest of the liquor traffic, and this bill, it carried, will let down all tne bars to untrammeled rum trade.- We would be unable to convict or punish all violators of the law, and would have rum rule over all Oregon. Every pro vision for bringing about conviction would be repealed and penalties are eut dewn.Tha nominal tinea In dry towns would be cheaper than the regular li cense In wet towns, i - - "This has been a campaign of misrep resentation. First - ths si gnaturea - on the liquor men's petitions were fraudu lently eecured by the use of a little cir cular mlastatlng ths purport of the bill and pasted on every petition. This, of oourse, wss torn off befors tha petitions were filed. Then the words of ths offi cial ballot are calculated to deceive vot ers. "For amendment to the local option law.'' But this liquor bill Is not an amendment but a substitute, which leavaa nothing standing in our preaent excellent local option law. "Giving anti-Prohlbltlonlsts and Prohibitionists squal privileges." But an examination of the bill shows that no privileges are left for the temperance people. Wa could not close a saloon In this stats by the amended law. The election eould not be called and the law eoulfl not he enforced. -- e e . e , i . - . It waa a contemptible piece of decep tion to put the false and deceptive word ins on the ballots Id mlalead voters 11 tha very act or exercising the elective franchise. No other bill In tha list ot 11 seeks to bolster Itself up by a falla cious argument on the ballot Then, when the state ( printed the , proposed amendment, the liquor men had a hired clerk at tha courthouse to fold a falsa and deceptive extra page In with tho bill and make each voter think that tha liquor argument waa a part of the doc ument All voters of Oregon wh6 are opposed to such methods and sgatnst rum rule In Oregon will vote "X" be tween 101 and "No" on ths official bal lot '- '- - - .'': . Didnt Pain Him. Dentist (prodding a patient's gum in search 'of a fragment o root) Funny, I don't seem to feel It Patient Ironical In spite ot ths pain), ' Xou'rs in luck, ' . ' - 4l t t