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iROOSEVELT AND- ORKGOM
HE FRANTIC APPEAL to
for Withycombe, Bourne
county and precinct officer
KnnaevrJt -is really amusing when we
the political record of two year past.
' r It was Roosevelt, w are told,
prosecuted and convicted one of, our Repubhcanj-epre-"""sentatives
in congress, and who i prosecuting thether
' one, on divers charge. Yet only two short year ago
. the organ that are now urging all Republicans to vote
the whole-Republican ticket from Bourne down w.ere
just as urgently clamoring for the election of Bingef
Hermann and I. N. Williamsons
against the election of Binger Hermann.. It said then
that egardkjvpf prty..ot politic Jie was an utterly unfit
"man to send to congress, and that it would be a disgrace
to the state to return him there, and it told some of the
, KB.UJI, WMJi r- il
-Tri e 'Ore if on i kh and w f i rr-R f uhblicaii'Taueis kii e wlh a t
"The Journal was telling the truth,
turing no campaign lies, that ir was
are 'making now aupport Hermann
'"KoolgveTrcra
prosecuted Hermann.
"VI We arenot"intimalTngthatProfessof7Hawley '"t ' any
. such sort of man as Hermann; he will not be a tool of
land grabber nor burn government : r'ecordsilbutjwe are
, pointing out the absurdity of this appeal to voters on the
part of these organs, that a' straight ticket "and possibly
unworthy or less capable men. must be voted for in order
to support Roosevelt. ". . .. . . '." .: -"' . .
'Why, see what Roosevelt think
Oregon.. He prosecuted three out of
.congress., convicted two. and i tryine
He fired the United States, district attorney without a
" moment's warning and that on the recommendation, of
an imported Democrat He .threw out of office the
-United Stater marshal, the boss of the Republican state
machine.. He'caused three Atate senator to oe indicted,
;' and one of them, at Je9$t. be evidently
cute ana convict it .possible.
": When Roosevelt sought "for lawyer-to whom to en
' trust 'the prosecution of the land-fraud cases he selected
not an Oregon Republican, but a California Democrat
Not that he supposes that all Republican lawyer in Ore
gon are incapable or rascals, but he could not tell how
many, or which ones of them were tarred with the same
stick." AndToday -the. man Jwho ha exerted mora- in-
fluence-in recent federal -appointments in Oregon than
any other is a Democrat, Francis J. Heney. And prob
biy the man with the next greatest amount of influence
is Senator John M. Gearin, a Democrat.
Does anybody really suppose that, Roosevelt greatly
V desires the election of just such a man as our spectacular
"-z friend Jonathan Bourne Jr.f-Does anybody imagine that
- Roosevelt, after his experience during the past two years
with Oregon Republicans is very anxious iorthe. whole
Republican ticket to be elected, from A to Izzard?-
But even if he had said or should say that he so wishes
t which he has not and will not. all such.Teportsbeing
manufactured out of "whole cloth" it would be an tin -
irrantable expression on his part.
to her own political affairs, without
part of the president, however grcat-a
ut the-tdea that-Roosevelt is wrapprntp, T...,t rn4 Lm,
ouH ntne success of the Republican
really funnyVZ '
Russia The ribbon-maker of Lodi.
ing bombs, gathered the mill owners in one building and
kept them there without food,- water orwhiskeyovitch
Tmttrnhey--ereTtidyto raTse'the wage scale. As a
token of llirir apprilation oi th Tnrirn. .1. .
atrikers, the manufacturers will pay
"iv -juiviicaa.
ALLEGED CRIMES OF THE MEAT PACKERS.
1 HE REVELATIONS of "the
vnicago pacicer plants, operations and methods,
expose them in an incomnarahlv
than that in which Commissioner Garfield's report and
xne consequent inai piaceq them. It is a had ihingjfw
Inally to-swindle and plunder the oeoole. hut it ! inrnm
- parably worse to cause them to have dire disease, and
lowly to murderthemlwith-diseased-and poisrjTicnis
" meats. "P .
Of course the packers "will deny that they have done
; so. - Like the railroad moguls and the Standard Oil mag
nates, they deny all accusatTcmsTndfheargerare
proved beyond a doubt, or are aure to be proved, they
Mdeyor skip out to Canada or Europe, or plead im
munity on the ground of Incriminating themselves. The
. concerns that will sell diseased meat by wholesale, to be
distributed broadcast-among the people, will not only
cheat in all other possible ways, but will lie, steal or
Tbd report of these investigators,
public in detail, j said bertumstamteciftcTTra
elusive. It is alleged that these criminal packers killed say. . '
uiscasca animais, soia diseased and doctored meats, to
anybody and everybody in thi country who would buy
. Wittt May Be Ambassador.
Diplomatic) change arraorudden In
Waahlngton that tha tuft hunters have
Xiardljr had time to Ingratiate thiftn
aatvea in tha good gracaa of tha much
falad foreign contingent- than thaaa
pattaid darlings are transferred to 'other
poeta and tha daapalrlng matrons have
a bgt n all over again their social
'campaign. '
' Tha moat interring rumor la to the
tract that tha Ruaalan ambaaaador,
HaVan Koaan, la to be recalled to St
leteraburar r aoeradlted to ona of the
Kuropaan court a, and that Count Sarga
Wltta. tha Ruaalan prima ralnlelar, la
ta nrpraaant the white caar in Waah-
. Ingtan. ... ' -a..
Inaemwh a Baron Roac hta hard'
y ooanMatad hla flrat year aa ambaa
4C la the taUtd. SUlM kai toUow
JOURNAL
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abroad, but could
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Publlahir.
Sunday
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firm Germanv'a
If this report be
Oregon, for trans
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Offloa.
Surely none that
.Mala
They should be
pockets are their
Chicago,
terms.
Men supplying
serving of condign
.TOO
rear.
Joaraal. t
a-w
now filling our penitentiaries.
a month.... ......... t.TI
Journal. bob tha.. AI
the party organs.
on the Republican
noethe... J
Joaraal. axatba.. l.W
Journal, with oa- ;
Bourne has been
aflata......r..t .o-
members of his own
, Tha Dally Joaraal, 1 ewotn... .V
Tha Hond.r Journal. 1 yaar.rieo
maries. IflsT
hiblfed. "
draft. postal . XOloa,
acceptable In I aa
GEER
REPUBLICANS.
E
Republican '.'to vote
and all the state,
iiriama as he can
in order to support
Chamberlain, but
gland back over
tjeoole who hear
'
and correctly, who
tal contrast betweerrthatand Chamberlain
Fassinsr by ome
relative to lucrative
. .. , v- I thankful that Geer
lrrtfl.
Let any yoter at
that it wa manufac
lam.
publishing no sland-
These men and
ha4ty Lsuin istra t.ias;
in order to support
combe is desirous
the state many tens
ofdef ourof chaos
Ex-G-overnor Gees
Chamberlain; he
may crack jokes and
the people; but to
of the G. O'. P.ol.
four members of
to convict -a third.
.-Surrounded by
other way, the public
will be compelled
meat-trust or at
stroyed" by order"
intend lo-prose
To elect all the
that party in this
aenate Again, in - New York, papers like the morning
whiskey organ here would be urging his election in order
to support Roosevelt- : -
Every voter who
man who stopped
among the galaxy
has Oregon stood
lican victory here?
Oreiron can attmrt
Interference on the
man h rnay be. -
not be accepted by
encer- but tha -chance
party of Oregon is
--
themselves with the
end in
-at
tt1re-rocx-TnerT:fti(
intai.f t,rn..v
to tto it.
hia vnt rt againil
the men for five
It ha been nearly
valleys have suffered so great a flood, but there was not
nearly so much property to be destroyed or injured then.
invesrtgators of the
A minority party
candidates, at least
ess it does so it. has
wo years agot
Alder street organ
support and indorse
$500,000,000. At the
it will be e'en more
The only reason
asking them to confer on him the governorship is that
he is a Republican. .
In all probability
Alfonso. But if she
considering.-
thouth not v.i m.A.
The-4'rallie" are
Inr ao cloaely on tha somewhat aura
mary removal of Count Caaalnl, rumor
Is rife to the effect that tha foreign
office on tha Neva la dlaplaaaed that Ita
repreeentatlve haa not been able to
counteract tha antl-Ruaala fnellng In
tha American praaa any. better than
tha lamented Caaatnl. It la wall known
that .Count Caaalnl employed the moat
able preaa agnt In tha 1attara opinion,
to be found In the capital, who racelvad
large check and decorative baublae for
hla efforts.
. In tha diplomatic eonteat' at Ports
mouth last aummer It waa tha towering
Wltta who bora tha haat of tha day,
Itoaeu playtflf-flnlliar-6r an lricon
spfcuoua part, ao that It la aald that tha
Ruaalan government hopes to atay tha
arntlment of th country by avndlne Ita
Able diplomat t Lbe smi-Iosa ,rrtsl
them and of course their diseased' condition was con
possible. They could not sell them
inflict disease and slow death "upon
- Wc alaY.C-,W
many of manufacturing reports of diseased meats un
country, but thi -.report tend to con
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complaint." T
proven true, if these men be guilty of
this dastardly crime, long continued and habitually prac
ticed. what- punishment should be meted out to them?
the law provides can be too severe.
mulcted in millions, if possible, for their
tender spots; but besides thuv tney
should be nut behind prison-bara for no inconsiderable
.
a - . large proportion of the people with
meat who wouldTesort to. uch practice are more de
punishment than nine tenths of those
"There is no dissension in the Republican rank," gay
Then why the attack by Republicans
nominee for United States senator?
the object of relentless criticism by
party, both before nd since the pri
sorrysamplf of harmony" that is ex-
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AND CHAMBERLAIN.
X-OOVERNOR GEER of course ha a perfect
right tomake peeche in behalf of Mr. Withy
combeTand to criticise and indulge in such wit-
manufacture' at the expense of Governor
he should not wonder or complain if
or read hi remark and who are la
miliar'with Mr. Geer' administration should draw a men
alleged 1 transactions, by no-mean
creditable to Governor Geer, and i appointment of
portion, the great ditterence, net
to ay great contrast, in the matter of handling the pub
lic lands during the two administrations is such as to
cause people generally without .respect to party to be
did not receive the nomination ana
all familiar-with-theiactrconsiderthe
record of State Land Agent L. B. Geer, a relative of the
then governor', and Special Agent H. O dell, both ar
pointees of Governor Geer, and the. record of State Land
their Acta-are-typical of the two ad-
Jobe observed that Mr. Withy-
of getting rlcf onSTrT'" Wesl, a ntatt
who" under Governor"CTiamberIaini" direction 'ha Saved
of thousands of dollars, and brought
and substituted capacity; and honesty
for rascality or incompetency, or both in the manage
ment of the state' land. , " ; ... ,x ,
may find something to criticise in
may urge the loyalty to party plea: he
use whatever arts he pleases to fool
point with. pride to hi administra
tion as compared, with-Chamberlain' js an exhibition of
audacity that overshoots the mark.' -
disinfectants, with its nose turned the
hears with equanimity that Chicago
to consume the entire output of the
least that -part of it that is not de
of the sanitary inspectors:
judges of all courts ire
not only not a "square deal," but is a bad po!icjr.lt
would be better, as well as .fairer, to have one Democrat
on the supreme bench, and at least one or two judges of
district, county and city.
If old Uncle Chaunce Depew were a candidate for the
it opposed to open gambling and
the city'spirtnership with criminal gamblers, should
logically vote for Tom Word for sheriff. . Heli the
it. : r-1
"Republican success means much for Oregon' standing
of states." Roseburr-News; How
in the "galaxy" since the last Repub
a- 1 " ' " - -
The Aldrich-AIlison amendments to the rate bill will
the house without a fight -in confer-
The college athletes of Washington arc consoling
thought that when Oregon beat them
Poor old doddering grafter Depew sent word to hare
Smrtnl, mhn, thnngrf a Mnr"1'1".
a far more respectable figure in the senate thart DepewT
24 year since the Umatilla county
is very likely to nominate the better
in some instances, knowing that un-
no chance to win.
and three yeara-agoj-the-ry-of-the
was: "Elect. Hermann in order to
Roosevelt."
General Grosvenor-'says a sea level canal will cost
present rate and style of procedure
nor that. r , , -
that Withycombe gives the voter for
Ena would make a better ruler than
cart rule him, he may do pretty well.
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all "rousing," of course.
Terrapin Aliva In Ashe.
From the San Francteco Chronicle.
One of the strangest Incidents following
the graat Are waa tha finding of a live
terrapin In the-eulne of a building at
the corner of Powell and "Waahlngton
atreeta yesterday morning. Mlea Char
lotte Eates and Mlaa Lilly Plowman
went to the ruin of the normal school,
whrre Mlaa Estea waa a atudtnt and
while investigating conditions notlcad
aomathlng move In tha aahee In m base
ment. . Mlaa. Eatea climbed down and
removed the, aabea and debris and found
tha tarrapln.; It waa ao active that whan
filaced on tha ground near water It ran
nto tha bay' and awam awayr .
This animal had undoubtedly paaaed
through tha fire and lived for 10 daya- tW
the aahea of the basement In which It
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SMALL CHANGE
, WTitra are the flood predictors T
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Summer can't be very far off now.
Only two nor daya, Sunday excepted.
a .
Are you going to let the women
vote?
e a - . .
Good by.. May; w did not lov you
overmucn. 1
Have you " considered! .' those Amend
ments yet 7- - t-' ' '"
. '.. a a , . .
A man will bo hi beat 6r hia worst
on account of woman: '
,T: .:; v-w a ' -
Strawbarrlea and roaaa scarce., for
Oregon; yet there .are some.,
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A legislative body la better and safer
ror Having a strong: minority.
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r Tha people of Multnomah county are
not going naesi on Tom woid.
A girl by your aide la worth two In
an auiomoDiie. you being afoot -.
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The Salem Statesman haa a tjaw acara
knownothlnglam." What nextT. '
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Tha. vota-'ar-atraight dootrlne Implies
A return to, the reign of pollticat boaaes.
- . ' .e .. .. .. ,'.
Perhaps tha senate took . A small of
denatured alcohol before passing the
bill. . :. ... : . .-,
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It'a over at last and Ena Is Queen
or Bpein."Ere'-'r 'eaith and 'appt
ness. - , : 7-. ...' : . ..
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Many women" And "AlrTa will "be June
brides, and many who won't would like
to Da.
A great-many- Republican ara nnlofr
T
y going to aay: "ucarin la - good
enough."
.z-uovernor ueer is not in a very
safe position to throw rocks at Cham
berlain. . - ;
... . . . . .. - . . a
-Orover CTrTTlgniTJarmiaalErPllv.
bootty are also .keeping out. of Driot
tnese aaya. - . 1
Wa hop Alfonao will ba cood. but an
lnauxaa-JLhAth-,-y 1 1 1 be 'would be a
payy-j",:-'., ,
-ItJla reported thatTesuvIua' crater
haa - fallen- In. - Something like- this
seems to have happened In the senate.
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-Tha Qaekwar Maharajah f Barod a
la touring thla'oountry, and meeting a
great many glrla who are dying to kiss
r -.: .
Tha courts ought not to permit the
work on the north bank railroad to bo
delayed by the tactlca of a rival com
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unuung . scions on s rrult tret or
others' akin on A bumt.bodjr la not the
kind of grafting that tht people are
kicking about '.
In A party organ's estimation . anv
"erttleiem. of fta candidate, however
uat anfl reaaonable. la always a ."aour-
oua attack. ' .. - , -
. - - ; . a a ' ; . ' -: -The
Monte Carlo eaalno la. onlv broke
in novels. It haa Juat declared a divi
dend of TO per cent, which beat Stand
ard Oil a little. .
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The monument In the plasa la a da-
aerved tribute "to Oregon youna- men
who promptly answered their country's
call and .bravely did their duty.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS " j
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aaaaajaaaaajaaaBaak
Many new faces in Glendale..
a
Perch plentiful In Coos river.
All parts of-Oregon Improving.
e
Big prune crop along Myrfreereek7
e.a
Echo Is to have a free public library.
Several buildings' are being erected at
Talent
-a a
Umatilla county wanted rain, and got
too much. " ' t V
1 e . e
Chicken thlevea are buay in Inde
pendence. ' : -- .
Malheur county will-vote on a
High
arhnnl Mnnrla.y.
Vale will soon anjovthe aound of th
locomotlve'e screeoh. -
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A Jackson county dog euoeeasfully
herds, without aid. a band of 1(8 goata.
a a '
An Aatorla man will donate a site
for a $100,000 hotel, if somebody will
build one.
.a a
'Douglas, county will certainly have
bumper hay. grain and fruit croa
this year, says the Roaeburg News.
a t .
Jacksonville Is taking on hew life.
owing largely to increaaed and aucceaa
ful mining operations around . that
place.
a a
An English dealer writes to a Talent
fruit' raiser that his shipment of New
town applea waa , the beat . he ever
handled. -
No town In tha Willamette valley the
else of Brownsville shlpe more produce
of a general nature, and It la conatantly
on the Increase, aaya the Tlmee.
Prairie City MinerL The Peter-
son boywho-was struck by Ua-hf-
nlng a few weeks ago ts stiil con
fined to hla bed. The burn eaused by
the lightning - extended over Jlfc..entlre
arm and the doctor had to reaort to
kin-grafting to heal the wound. Mem-
bare of the-family-furnished therms
Uriel for the graft ; .
. a a
" Tha leading cltlsens of Crook, Harney
and Lake counties. In Oregon and Modoe
county In California, have organised a
Livestock Protective aaaoclatlon, with
headquarters at Lakevlew, for the pur
pose of preventing the killing of cattle
and the stealing of heroes, - cattle and
mulea, which crimes have become preva
lent In that region. , . ( .;
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- Salem Stateaman: The proanects tat
a good -grain crop In the Willamette
valley are good. But thia ahould not
encourage the farmer to reiee . more
grain, excepting aa they can raise more
on their land that haa beeax rested with
clover and other leguminous eropa. Tha
thing to do la-what ta being done milk
more cows and further diversify the
MOM , - . ...
THE
Some rertlmeo. QneeUoaa.
Portland. May !. To the Editor of
The Journal The Agricultural college
at Corvallla ought not to be uaed by
any man aa a means of promoting hla
candidacy ror oince. In a public apeeon
at Corvallla in the opening of the Re
publican state caropalan Dr. Withy
combe declared in effect that he owed
hla nomination to the Influence exerted
in i
hia behalf by the young men of the
Agricultural college, and ha puniiciy
thanked the college people for their seal
in hia intereat - But what about Mr.
LETTERS FROM
PEOPLE
Geer, : Mr. Brown. Mr. Johns and Mivthe-alaer one day loat his way, and
Sehlbrede, the very excellent gentlemen
and eltlsens' of Oregon for whose defeat
thla political machine," the so-called
State Agricultural-' college, Beams to
have been directed T la it for the pro
motion of the nomination of Dr. Withy
combe' or some other profeaaor In- the
faculty and to defeat other cltlaena that
the ao-called State Agricultural college
la maintained and Supported .partly By
taxation of the- good people of the state.
amoirg whom ara Ex-Governor Geer, Mr.
Johna, Mr. Brown and Mr. SehlbredaT
Incidentally, alnca Mr. Oeer, Mr. Johna.
Mr. Brown and 'Mr. Bahlhrede all baa
warm frlenda and supporters, and alnoe
theae supporters, too. are taxed ror
money to be uaed In teaching fanner
bow to farm at the corvallla eollege.
was It a proper move for thi eollege
that they pay to aupport to be wheeled
into line agalnat them, a political engine
to down them and their fa'
date? '..".':'
Nearly a year ago the publlo press of
Portland printed reaoiutiona in wnicn a
portion of the board of regents of the
State Agricultural eollege aought to
have Dr. Wlthyoomb retrain from poll
tlca, or resign from the Institution.
The reaoiutiona were - debated - and
voted upon In the board, and according
to atatementa printed, at tha time, were
supported by tour members, two .Repub
licans end two Democrats and opposed
by seven, mambera, fou:
and - three -"Democrete. These reaoiu
tiona, by the publlo declaration of Dr.
Withycombe In hla Corvallla speech,
seem not after all to' have been am lea.
since It Is his own confeaalon that ha
owea hla nomination to the State Agrl
culturlCOUege Uaa-the-aai
he.haa amcAllBra
been charged up In the accounts of the
college to .the department of sclenttflo
farming and high Instruction In veterU
nary ethics, or does It go down jln the
isager u iwt oroaaer account ci po
Tfttcal 1 U'lulethnlea and aooustlcal.
Theae. afa,.uaal1fuia nf, vltaamportanc 1
to the taxpayera who are taxed to main
tain, Ihla achooL In -which Dr.- Withy
combe is paid a large-salary to teaoh
farmers' boya the devious paths- of high
and advanced farming. Nor is this alL
Bealdea theae publlo thanks to hla po
litical machine for Ita effective work In
defeating the wishes of the 11,000 Re
publican votere and taxpayer that
wanted another than Dr. Withycombe for
governor, there are further eigne of the
eathetlo brand of farming- taught at
Corvallla or. which, the taxpayers are
taxed.. - - . -
If is known, here In Portland, that
leading etudenta were In constant touch
for weeks prior to the primary election
wltlr downtown polltlcleDAali-arvallla
who-were- booming' Withycombe. Vot
ing lists from registration books were
pnt-ttt-the- hand of students by"Wlthy-
combe politicians, and meetings were
held for mekinreentlment for the chief
professor of -esthetio farming. It la
atated by a traveling man who eaw him
there that the atudent colonel ofthe
cadet regiment "was eent to Dallas and
Independence to drum . up a crowd to
go by special train to attend the withy
combe meeting at Corvallla. Meantime
how fared It with thla atudent colonel's
class 'Work and . his eadet . soldiers T
When he graduates wfil hj diploma be
for high agriculture tr political engi
neering? It seems to me that the publlo thanks
of Dr. "Withycombe to the etudenta for
his nomination, the renolutlona of the
regents calling for a cessation of polUI
tice on the part of the expert on rarm-
tnar and - the - late-errand of the eadet
colonel are eertalnly fit food for Oregon
taxpayera to contemplate. I have the
highest regard for the ecope and pur
pose of the State Agricultural college
when properly directed, out aa a cuisen
of 4h state, I-muet-utter my aolemn
protest against present conditions there,
and I do ao, not In the Intereat of Mr.
Chamberlain, for I ahall not vota for
that gentleman, but In behalf of the
&tai.AriGuUurel eollege and the young t
men and -women sent- there by over
truatful parents to receive an educa
tion not in frensled politics, but In the
proper Jinee, .TAXPAYER.
Bonn Xeepe Shady.
Portland. May I. To the Editor of
The Journal Jonathan Bourne haa been
spending 130.000 or $40,000 In the effort
and hiring 49 or SO aplelere to sound hla
tVraTiea In all Corners or th state, and
yet he has never In all thla time showed
himself at a single publlo meeting or
any kind not even at meetings of hie
own party friends when - specially in
vited to attend. . Ia this not very re
markable T How can such studied se
clusion from the publlo eye be ac
counted fort Can there be any other
reaaon than the absolute unfitness of
Bourne, for the high office of United
State senator? Bourne, feeling his
own unfitness for the office he seeks,
knows that If he appeared . at.Jubllc
meetings the people would quickly take.
his measure and aa promptly turn him
down. - " - -
But how la It with) thla competitor
Senator Gearin T Me has been for year
the sought-for orator at publlo meet-
nge of all kinda all over the atata. He
s now a forceful end Influential mem
ber -of 4he aenate, and most, creditably
discharging hia duty In the eyea of the
whole country. 1
Which man will be the useful senator.
and a credit to Oregon Bourne, who
skulks and hides from publlo view, or
Oeatin, who ably diachargea "his duty
on every public question beyond cavil
and criticism In view of the whole peo
ple whose votes he asks? - ,R. C
Worth Ten Cents.
Portland, May ts. To the Editor of
The Journal Haa a United States dime.
de.tadlSerany-etra valueT On front
the Goddess of Liberty with stare
round edge; on. back "One Dlme.". If
0, what la the premium T
-- , p, A. WOLFF.
8uch a dim is not Hated by dealers
aa having any value except that on its
face. . - ' -
Thla KepnbUcsua ta Batlafled. ,
Portland, May J. To the Editor of
The Journal I hope you will accord
me epace for a few words, with the
belief that it will be of benefit to some .
who are uncertain . aa to which candl
datee to support I will state that I
am a Republican, and always have
been: but If A Republican on the ticket
doesn't suit m I do not hesitate to
scratoh. I helped to elect Governor
Chamberlain four yeara ago and I have
not yet found that I did -wrong. I do
not believe there Is a Republican - In.
the state but what will admit that ha
a good governor. ' I cair aay the
aaame ox SeoaUix GearUi ab4 ei ftwltt
Word. As there- la no great eriata Im
minent that will demand tha whole
stxenath of the Reoubllean party to
save the nation. I -would like to ask:
IjyhJLahouId wa-waka A. change, in the
inrea poaltion aoove ntiuwnaa 1 a
expect" to " vote for - alt three of them
and hope there) will be enough others do
the same to make their election saxe.
and I am. aa aver,
- A REPUBLICAN.
(A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THEN
Xalser a Capable Kan.
While vlaltlnar hia chateau. Schllts.
aakad an old peasant to give him a lift
in ma- cart, seeing the kaisers snoot
ing uniform, the old man said to him:
"Well, ere you one of the kaiser's gen
tlemen, or perhaps one of the couht'a
gamekeepers r
"No, I am with the kaiaer," waa the
reply. - "What - do- they - think of him
arouc nerer
"Oh, he la all right" answered - the
peaBantr-we alt-tike -Mrnr-natg"TiaId
to be a quite capable man."
While relating hla adventures In the
War of II, when he fought the Prue
slana, the peasant told the kaiaer that
on hia side were "lots of druma, but
raw soidiera"
Much amused. William II related his
adventure to hla courtiers, and aent the
peaaant hla portrait with thelnicrlp
tlon: "To my falthfuTcompanlop; lota
or, cruras and lew soldlere.'"
, - Oeatle
A preacher waa annoyed by people In
inw ounirtRiiioD aagiing ana iBJaing.
He pauaed and looked on the disturbers
snd said: "Some time ago . as I waa
preaching a young man who aat before
me constantly made grimaces and
laughed. -Tfauaed and administered a
severe rebuke. After the service a- man
said to mer r "Sir,; you -made a-bed mis
take. That roan 1 an idiot.' Since
than I have been afraid to reprove .diay
furbancea In church 'Teat T ahould re
peat the mistake." During the remain
der of the aervlc there waa good or
der. ; : : r--v-
A Toolometer. , ,
rlaltnva wha were 'belna arrown
FoTeTTSanpertuhatfoj sy1urnllno.uJkeil
a - a a --' i eceaa. mim,r-"'m-'' m "
Tot their guide what hiathod waa em-1
ployed to. dlacovar when the Inmatea
were eurncienny jecoverea to leave.
"Well." replied he, "you aae. If this
way. . We haver a big trough of water.
AniL-F turns on the tap. We leave It
running andenirnern' t ball1 uu( tlie
water with palia until tney-vw-wmptiwa
the trough." .' .. .
Howi does that prove lti asaea one
of the vleitors. " . ' . .. ..
"Well,- said the guide, -tnem aa
ain't Idlota turns off the tap.
jfer way to Take Feaa.
At a dinner oarty the coachman waa
called upon In an .emergency to assist
In waiting upon tne gueata, among
whom waa a very deaf old lady- The
coachman. In paealng vegetablea. comes
to the deaf lady. 1 , . '
"Peas, mum 7" aaye Jenuv . ,
No anewer. - ' .
"Peaa. ' mumt (louder). - ---
Still there wa no answer from the
old lady', who at this, moment llfte her
ear. trumpet .toterrogaUvely toward .the
man.
Glancing-down and seeing tne tune.
he ejaculates In a whisper, "Welt-It a
a rum way of taking them, but I sup
pose ehe likes It Here goes.", and down
went the peas into tne ear irumpsi.
V- Certain of Xn yaagiUMre. -
Tha nrlnoloal In one of Washington'
high echoola relajea an Incident In eon
nection with last commencement day.
A clever girl Bad taxen one or tne
principal .prises. At the cloee of the
exerolsaa her friends crowded about her
to offer congratulations.
"Weren t you awfully arraid you
wouldn't- get - it- Hattle,"-asked -one.
"when there were so many coniest-
ajit7 '
Oh. no!" cheerily exelalmed Hattle.
"Because I knew that-whenJt came Jio
English composition I had 'em all
skinned .live.H
'""" A Pnyaiologioal-Qneetlonrr
Mre. Anna Garlln Spencer tells- the
atorytif-B)-little cousin -ofJiere. - The
smell boy had been even more inan
usually a . perlpatetle Interrogation
point The mother waa exnausiea ana
welcomed the night e she undreeaed
herllttle eon: and prepared him-for bed.t;
But ha had not finished hla q
."Mamma,", be aaked, wnere ia my
souir
Now. deaf ." replied Jhe weary mam
ma. "I am very tired, and I can't an
swer snother question tonight" '
"Well. then, you needn't answer It
. , . . ' . . ,, I
tonight" said the chlM. "b plea
youe-flnge
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- ia-DLPLSu mrn
- By Wex Jonee.
Sing a song. of. summer hiking up this
wayr- r -
Hot spell's sure a comer, now we're los
ing Mayr
This Is how we know It: Men put On
straw hats
pipes the June-rose poet housewives
clean their nata. f ( "
Crowds jam soda fountainar-kida go In
to swim
Pop decides ths mountains ; cost too
much ror nun. - .
Fat man drlnka gin rlckey, aay It make
- him cool
Subway's close and eticky children tire
of school. ...
Open cars are running fish-net . shirt
waists shock j -
Aquatic fools start - funning, In cranky
boats they rock. . ,'. .
Roof-garden ehows rehearelng the same
archalo jokes, . '
While city man' conversing with
Whiskered country rotas.
Sea serpent In his glory "laahe the aea
to foam,"
And visitors the story will tell when
.-1 they get home. j :jjrj
Oh, nmmer'i faat approaching the sum
mere even here
For on "Hot Drinks" encroaching we
aee the Blgn "Cold Beer."-.''T
; Sound Yellow.
' "From the Chicago Chronicle.'
The rumor from St Petersburg that a
courtmartlal haa condemned to death
Lieutenant-General Stoessel and Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff .for getting whipped
by the Japaneae la one of the thlnga we
need to take with a grain of aalt. If
Ruasla la going to kill all her soldiers
end sailors who were whipped by the
Japanese she will not have a great many
left and shs probably knowa she, Is
liable to need all ehe has.
Making the Consumer Pay. -'
From the Philadelphia Prese. '
It - doesn't . make much . difference
whether there 4s a atrlke on or not
tho prie of coat goee up Just the same.
Thla la the trust's wsy of making the
dear public pay for lt losses duiing
Ua miner' recant -period at Idisaesa.
THE RISE AND FALL OF
SENATORBURTQN
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Topeka Cotrespondsnc ITasise City Stan,
Joseph Ralph Burton filed on the offloa
of United Statee aeaator aa s settler In,
a new country Claa on 'a eietm. He had .."
no following and no reputation. On the
contrary, by sundry Indiscretions, what
little the people knew of him waa not
favorable. In hla supreme confidence In
himself he sometimes had aet publlo
opinion at defiance and the newspaper
hammered him for it He even ventured -to
Invite the oenaure of the clergy, and .
once he waa the eubjeot of aooldtng com
ment In an official report of the atata '
superintendent, of Insurance.-But what
MT. Burton lacked - of personal follow
ing or reputation he made up of nerve,
energy .and fair ability, and since there
waa a senatorshlp In eight for the .
swiftest If not the best to win. he went
In after It. - . .
''"One. day In the early spring of ISM, .'.
wheirtheTlme waa ripe Tor nlnTTdTakerr
the publlo into hla confidence, Mr.' Bur-,
ton choee two men 10 break the newe to, -and
the scene waa In what la, called tha -"little
dining-room"" of the Topeka club. , .
Covers were laid for three, and the fu- .
tur aenatora guests were' David W.
Mulvane, who since has come Into na- V
tlonai political reputation, and Hiram
P. Dillon, a . lawyer who hates politic -and
runs from politicians. Mulvane wa .
only nine yeara out of Yale eoHege' end
Dillon Juat approaching middle aae.
Burton unfolded hla acheme gently after
the eoup, and they laughed. Mulvane '
said It was Impossible, and Dillon was .
cynlcaL But Burton waa not to be put
down. The luncheon, ended with the!
boom in the air, but later Mulvane eaw
In It an opportunity to make an opening j
ror himself In politica, and he decided to"""'
go In. Dillon never waa In the move-.,
ment, but he alwaya backed Mulvane,
and .he was silenced. In the same way -
W. H. Roe win a ton. Charlea Blood BrnUh
and others were Initiated, and Mulvane
did the rest - 1 ; - .
Mr. Mulvane-took-hold of him -and
Btarted him out ' While Burton wa
making speeches In the campaign, Mul- ,
vane-wee tn Topekarinaktng frlenda wUlv
prospective members of the lealelatura. I
WmvarieJBatnodaATo
hoapltabla, and that aummer and fall
many men were entertained In the "little
kpeak for the whole ticket from the
stump ena make hay for Burton after
the meetlcgr it waa A-flne combination.
andJi; worked welL Burton AppaaledT
eepeclally to young rnenramongwh
ha classed - himself,' although be was ap- -
preaching M.
In thia way Burton enlisted the sup
port and srinpathy-of thousands of young
man, and when -the returns were all In
he had Tiearry enough members to elect
him senator..-Really he had enough and .
more, but hla enemies; by tying men up ,.
with state patronage and by "Jumping '
up" local candidates, formed obllgatlona
that deprived him of aome membera who
were chosen by the people for him. Bo
he lost the senatorahlp by a majority of
one In the caucus, and Luclen Baker un- -expectedly
became United States senator.
This lose -of the aenatorehlp waa A'
sore disappointment to Burton. He waa -
poor and In debt and. what waa worse.
out of business. But he was not wholly - -caat
down, and he had no Idea of aban
doning hia ambition. He pocketed hie
loaa and, manifesting . no resentment to
ward the- men who had defeated him.
prepared "for the campaign to succeed
William A. Pef fer. That campaign waa
due-in 18M, and In the meantime he muat 1
work. He went to Galena, where some - .
friends gave him a start in a alno mine, -and
his faithful wife helped to keep the
pot boiling by making cakea and bread
for the woman'a exchange. . .. She - had
been through the campaign ofMW and
186 with him, and now ahe was hla part- " '
ner and ally In making the living. The
election of ISM came on and the fusion
won the lerle!ature. Then - Burton eat
down to Valt for Luclen Bakera term
to expire. To begin, he waa given the
Republican caucus nomination In 1SH7, 1
and In 1WI the majority of the etata
senators, holding over until the legis
lature of 1901, were elected for him. In
1900 a majority ofthe house waa elected
for him.' He Bad a eonteat, but before
theaueus wae held Senator Baker with
drew and Burton waa nominated with- ' "
out opposition.
Now was the real. tegnn!nc.-Of- Benai
tor Burton's wrableer Act long as he was
only a defeated candidate seeking ultl-
mate success, hls enemies elmply laid
plani aa&lnst him. . They had possession
of the -office he roveted, ajid poaaaaalorf
wss nine points of the fight But when
he appeared with votes enough to elect
ana wrw lliw .uiiilti iruin mim m Tail-
aonS-wa, dur,d, and since then dan-
and wrest the .office from them a ven-
... .i Tui-kWI Tn averr rinari Tnr him.
Hie undoing finally was his financial ne
cessltlaa, ., He wsnlad to pay hie debts
and get rich, and ao be-reaorted to de
vious methoda to make moneyv '
LEWIS AND CLARK
- On the Clearwater river. In Idaho.
May tl Two men visited the Indian vtl
lags to dey.where they purchased a dress
ed bearskin, of a uniform pale reddish-
brown color, which the Indian
yacknh. In contradistinction to bohhoat, .
or white bear. In the couree of the day
the natlvea brought ua another one of
our original stock of horses, of which
we have now recovered all except two:
these, we are informed, were taken by
our Shoshonee guide when, he returned :
home. They amount to ts, moat of thcni - -fine,
atrong, active horses, in excellent
order. " :' "
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Win Bet on Length of Xife.
Captain U. W. Brolaekl, .a- veteran
eteamboat man, made a wager against
John Hay, Marshall Field end Corwln
H. Spencer, - and hae won. The details -were
learned after the death of Corwln , .
H. Spencer,' the grain operator. In St
Louie laat week, ;
At a private dinner party on the
little steamer Corwjn. H. Spencer, May ,
Ifr 1904, where the quartet spent an
evening on the river near St Louie, the
wager-wa made It wa the ceealon
of the last visit of John Hay and Mar
shall Field to thla city.
"Captain Brolaekl Is the oldest and
the youngest man at the table.'! aald
Corwln H. Spencer, when the subject
of agss came up for dlscueelon.
"I'm 8," -interposed Captain Brolaekl.
'ind Ml bet I'll live longer than any
gentleman present"- At thia time John
Hay was 17 years Old, Marshall Field ' .
5 and Corwln H. Spencer t.
"I'm good for twenty yeara more, .
esld John Hay, laughing. "And I ex. '!
pact to-reach the age, of 100," added
Marshall Field.
"It I a bet then," replied Captain
Brolaekl. ."Without " venturing ..any
money, I'll be living when you three are
dead and burled."
Captain Brolaekl, Is now 70 years old,- -"I've
fulfilled the contract." he said yes- V
teedey, ."snd - have wore the wager
whether 1 Uv much longer or not,"
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