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REVISIONISTSAND-STANDPATTERS.-
T
riAT Rood. Xsedate, Republican yet sometimes par-
tfsanly mischievous paper, the St. Tarn 1'ioneer
Press, attempts to prove the title of an-editorial:
"Revision a Republican Demand." Yes, of many Re
publicans, but.it is to be observed that with a large Re
publican majority in both houses of congress, and a
president known to favor revision, the thing has not been
done, and With the same Republican majority in the next
congress there is no prospect that it will be done by that
body, ' ,, -', ' y x " ,.? ' .
.The .last Republican-national platform declared that
"rates should be-readjusted only-when conditions have
to changed that public interest demands jheiralteratipn."
A mere piece of . platform palaver, of course, but the
Pioneer Press, albeit solidly Republican, declares-that
"conditions have distinctly and palpably so changed" that
public interest demands alteration now and has been de-
. manding it far sania tima
Thr Pioneer Presa goes on 4o-wam-the-(andpatters
that the excuse .of present prosperity js a joor on?, for
when, leaner years come there will be "a dangerous re
action and revision .will fall 4iito Democratic- hands.".-It
points out, further that "there art two elements uniting
iir h e -Rpqbltcann"dainat4-ioviaktn-whtch-ra but
, loosely bound to the. Republican party. On the one hand
-there, are those who have but recently become Hepub-
-licaiis, who are still iiiclinad to be. DemoxrjJ:tci.nariff
doctrine, who on that issue -would not find it difficult to
- Tvitlk 'moderate revision-; on the other hand there is that
.... jtrye- nnmber-of - independent Republicans who,-' though
protectnjnists, have'alwayr deetnedthe-l)ingtey-tclied-4
tilesTtsy Uselessly and unjustifiably high, jvhq are. con
: v.vmced that certain schedules are maintained $Oylely for
" T the benefit of special interests and who to teach the
X standpatters a" lesson or to put an end to these abuses
would swing over to the Democratic side."
' Further, the Pioneer Press admits and emphasizes the
truth that more and more s the independent vote that
decides national elections"; and if this te true'of ria-
lionalelfctiQns, how much more should it-be true of
state, county and city elections. , . .,.
. The people will not endure - standpatism and sub-
--aerviency. to .RockefelIerand Jhe protected trusts much
.longer in the nation, for the sake of a party name; and
when voters r implored to vote a straight ticket merety
' because it is a party ticket, regardless, of how that party
' is treating them, this very plea is a tacit confession that
mUm. .mmm.'m - J 111 A I 1 . ' . J .
! n tn; i icvuiu win nui ucar invesuganon ana an
: alysis.; 'S ' - X,- ; ; , ; r ;j :- v
sea. Thtrt are "few fairer or naturally richer regions on
the j;lobe than tjiajjahditsjiiterests i. and Ab!tionsare
IndTssotubTy linked with those of Portland,1 and eoually
with this citvdmand-AnpeflLrivei; from above-Celilo
to the sea.
, The suggestion ' about a railroad connecting Walla
Walla with navigable water on the Columbia to be owned
by the people of the two cities, is 'a good one, if the need
is TrototheTwiesooir-'8,npplied. Such"aroad could be
cheaply built, as the route is practically level, and it
would undoubtedly be a paying investment irom the first
Our commerciakorganisations should look into this sub-
ject and confer with Walla Walla capitalists concerning
it. unless, as is the prospect, the desired object be ac
complished by extending the Northern Pacific to and
through Wall JWalla ; , . . . , ;
The criminal meat packers cannot sell their diseased
and doctored meats abroad, where inspection is rigid,
so they onload the poisonous stuff on the American peo
ple. No wonder Americans who can afford to da so go
abroad whenever they can. ' 7
GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN'S RECORD.
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T IS KNOWN and admitted that a good many Re-
- publicans who voted for , Chamberlain four years
ago will not vote for him next Monday, not because
they have any fault to find with his administration, but
because they haven't the reasons, or what they acted on as
anffieient-feaaons. 1or votinaj-against Withycombe that
thjJiajdJQrjotingagaihst-FniwshvT-Thew
a a . a . . a S . . A . VfL j a. a . mm i A. . I
here ana mere a uemocrii wno vtxea lor vnampcriam
in 1902 who out of personal piqne.or for some small rea
son will not vote for him this time.' Therefore the Re
publican managers conclude, or pretend to take it for
granted, that he will be easily beaten by decisive ma-
But they forget or keep in the background Chamber
lain's splendid record as governor, which they affect to
think will amount to little or nothing, but we think it
will, and we know it should, amount. to a .good deaL
When a man has made as good a governor for the peo
ple as Chamberlain has, he ought, in these days of much
independent voting, to receive thousands of Republican
-votes now that as an tintried. manifrtharpositioif-he
did not receive four years ago. ;
He has proven himself entirely true.to the trust re
posed in him in every particular.: He has. been Jn-
fluential in lowering taxes; in increasing the state's
revenues, in unearthing and stopping land frauds, in urg-ing-the
taxation c franchises and corporations and so
easing the 'burden .of taxation laid upon she people,' in
checking and defeating anwise and improper legislation,
and in evei-y-possible way in advancing the Interests of
Oregon ,.-,...,., rr.,
And while doing all this he has been always accessible,
urbane, democratic in conduct, as ready to welcome-a
workingman as a capitalist to his office or anywhere,
T1atrrr.lT--.r.4 w-afljily friendly wjt' a1utjrjim-
inals, ever a true "friend of the workingman, the farmer.
thy tCTtCTS-nd1 producers ottl kwws.
-SMALlrCHANGI
' Ena Just mlaaed belnf a June brida.
'Aftsr, tha al action It may clear up.
' Perhapa Juna will uahar In spring-,
-Now,-MlfS Juna. warm ua p a llttla.
- ' j a- a-. - . - ,
;A lot for sale alwaya looks nlcs on
a plat. .
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Only ona mora day of publlo j:am
palarnlng. r - -a---- -
a , a
Amona tha aad featurea of Decoration
Day is Ha poetry.
' By a vote of tt to IS, Cobura has da-
elded to lncorporata. t -----
Soma of tha propoaed amandanants and
naw lawa are all right.
Tba Independent ' intelligent - voter la
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iw .uuii.i j m w m i ...lyii.
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The election board a will have a long
Job, ana they won t qurry,
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'-A'eounty-judge ahould not bare too
fqych dtatant private buslneaa .
This, in brief, is the governor's record, and we expect
it to-couatiot- TOuch, nct Monday with the 'Silent vot
ers. It certainly should -count for a thousand times as
much as the bare," franticrunsupported appeal td party
prejudice.' - - ;-, . ;.X':'X ' :
One of the inspectors at the Chicago stockyards is very
indignant at the charge that he neglected to stop the sale
of diseased beef, and loudly insists that not more than
25 per cent -of the meat sold was unfit for1 food. This
is very encouraging; some of the muckrakers said that
about 35 per cent was infected.
OREGON'S VOTERS THINK FQRTHEMSEI,yES
Tt was a great "rally" last evening, and constituted a
big "straw" indicating that Chamberlain and Cearin will
carry this city and countv. v'-.-.
ROOSEVELT AND OREGON.
ROOSEyELT--WXA2calRie
r"etected1n Oregon, ihsistTTfae morning liquor or-
v.r gan.- But we only have its say-so for it, and that
amounts to nothing. In a campaign it seldom has a
speaking or writing acquaintance with the truths '
', How Roosevelt must love the erstwhile and indeed
very recent Republican leaders of OregonL Of one in his
grave we speak not, but where-are .
, Ringer Hermann, some 25 years in office? TTnHr tg.
eral indictments, brought by direction nf Rrvr.-vtf ,.
X J. N Williamson, twice elected to congress? Con-
-vicira oi iana irauas, ni case oemg on appeal
ackt:Mifthews,-Republican-boss for manv" vears?
riredromJbC- Qffjce ofJUnitedLStatcs marshal by Roose-4
' velt
John H. Hall, for some six years United Sutes dis
trictJittorney ?-- Turned mt -without even a warning on
the recommendation of a California Democrat.
State Senator George C'Brownell. the great promiser
v and spellbinder of Clackamas county? Under indictment
for connection with land frauds. - .
' Franklin Pierce Mays, mired in land fraud accusations,
and who never showed hTmself in the last legislature ex
cept to take the oath of office and ask to be excused?
Booth and Bridges, former receiver and register of the
Roseburg land office, and political bosses? Turned
out to grass ignominiously, -
.. Menry Meldrum, ex-surveyor-general, indicted and
convicted on many counts? Fired long ago.
" Indeed, how the president must-vearn with intrnaa
solicitude for the complete and overwhelming Success of
tne KepuDiican party in Uregon!
77 x. The peopTe ofTthe nortnWst wilL be glad to see Hill
.and Harriman come together on any terms thatwill
guarantee ouick service -and competition. - -
..V WALLA WALLA AND PORTLAND. -
" HE Walla Walla Enterprise Tomplains because
-.the Portland excursionists to' Spokane "over
' looked Walla Walla." Apparently forgetting that
"the Walla' Walja-country for. half a century has been
X. sending them an increasing stream of wealth. They
overlook the fact that Walla Walla is only 30 miles awav
from navigable waterpnjthe JColumbia.jiver and that
30 miles of railway owned jointly by enir people and the
people ot fort ana would secure for them for all time
the rich tract of southeastern Washington." -
" ,X It is not very long since a lot of Portland men visited
Walla Wallar-whan on their Way to Lewi.Mon, and spent
lljomeJiQurjjthere Jind were.yery xordially mt and enter
tained, and as this was especially a Spokane .excursion
7 , we suppose it was thought that there was no particular
need of stopping off at Walla Walla again so soon.
' But Portland men certainly did not design to slight the
" splendid "garden city" of southeastern Washington in
the least, and are fully appreciative of the "increasing
stream of wealth" flowing from the extremely productive
" Walla Walla valley down the Columbia river route to the
I
N--NO STATE-irrthe -nnionir therr to
ence oi party l as in Oregon. No other-state has
- furnished - auch - frequent and such extraordinary
political surprises. The voters of Oregon have demon
strated, . times without number, that (they cannot be
herded to 'the polls like cattle by the partybosses. For
them the party lash has no terrors. They think for
themselves and they vote as they see fit.:
This spirit .of independence of party ties is an expres-
h highest typa of American cittetnhiprrhe-
tokens an appreciation of the. obligations imposed by the
right of suffrage, and shows that the individual voter is
exercising his royal privilege to think for himself. Jn
this-4ie the greatest-safeguard of our-institutiona-and-the
sovereign remedy for the nation's ills. ' . . .
Strangers who come to' Oregon ask wnh amazement.
How can a state which gave Roosevelt more than 40,000
majority two years ago have a Democratic governor, a
Democratic United States senator, a Democratic justice
of the supreme court, a Democratic sheriff in its largest
and most populous county, and how can these men ex
pect reelection?- ; T -'
The answer is simple. ; The people of Oregon care lit
tle for party ties. It matters little to them whether a
candidate be. a Democrat or a Republican,, provided .bis
personal fitness for the office which he seeks has been
provedrrGeorgerXhamberlaittiirbe-eeIectedhecruse
he has" Stood 10yany7nnninchingly''ariduhwavenngly" for
the. people and their rights. His record is an open book.
No page is disfigured by the blot of 'a dishonorable or
unworthy act. , The great mass meeting which wel
comed hirrrlasrevcningwarttittiflgexpression "of the
people's recognition of the services of an honest, faith
ful and efficient public servant. .
--For-4hs -m-rason- that - they .. aupport-Governor I
uiamDeriain, - tnousands ot KepuDiican voters all over
Oregon will cast their ballots next Monday for Senator
John M. Gearin and Justice T. G. Hailey.- Party consid
erations sink into insignificance when compared with the
merits of the Man. , This. was the reason why Tom Word
was elected sheriff two years ago and it is the reason
why he will be triumphantly reelected next Monday.:
These candidates are Democrats, but greater and vastly
more important is the fact that they have been tried and
proved worthy of the trust and the confidence of the
people Their appeal is to the- independent voter -of
Oregon and we believe that the appeal , will not be in
vain.. - -- . - - - j,--- n J : .
Again the morning Falsifier reports that President
Roosevelt said he hoped the whole Republican ticket
would be elected in Oregon every Republican candidate
for member of the legislature, for judge, sheriff, county
commissioner, constable everything; regardless of; any
local circumstances ; or. conditions, of the. respective
merits of candidates. Of course the president said ho
such thing -r'
All -the -civilized -world "will ye grer lhefiehdishiict of
the anarchist who sought to exterminate with a bomb the
newly-wedded royal pair of Spain, and failing inthat
killed a number of other people.. It is a tragically sad
introduction of the young queen to her adopted country
and will fill her future days with anxiety. The anarchist
is ever-the greatest-of fools,- but that hould-not avail to
protect him Trom the severest punishment, for. such a
dastardly and terrible crime, that the law permits.
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The relatives of Miss Magee deny, with the proper
amount of indignant emphasis, that they bought a baron
for her for $100,000. We felt confident that the story
would be corrected; the sum is, indeed, Ridiculously Small
for a title. , - - ,
LEWIS AND CLARK
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O the Clearwater river, in Idaho.
Jwna 1 Two of our men, who had
p the rtver to trade with tba
Indiana, returned quite unauoeeaaful.
Nearly oppoatte. tha vllUge their horae
fell with hla load down- a ataap cliff
into the rtver, aeroaa which he aware.
An Indian on the oppoalte side drove
him back to them, but In. oroaalng moat
of tha article were loet and tha paint
melted., Understanding their tntenUena,
tba Indiana attempted to come ovet to
them, but having no canoe ware oblleed
to use a raft, which atruek on a rock,
upaet and tha whole Store of roots and
bread ware deetrayed. Thla failure com
pletely exhausted our etock of raer
ehandlee, but the remembrance of whnt
we eunred from cold and hunger dur
ing tha peeaaga of tha Rocky mountains
tnak.ee us anxious to increase our means
la better than' a party rracord.
Probably a' eloaa vote--between
SooiallsU . and tha Prohlbltlonlats. ;
a ev . ' .
Well, then, how does Mr. Withycombe
stand on tha normal school question T
There Is dearln and there Is Bourne.
Look and think them over, party aside.
A woman always thinks her husband
la either much better or worse than ho
really lav - .-.r - - : . -
If that douma doaan't humbly behave
Itself tha-esar may turn hla Coasacka
loose on It. y
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Tha 'people believe in publlo owner
ship of some publlo utilities. HrrWUby-
e deaatt
EfJTIRE EAST SIDE
LlilV-GO DRY
Local Option Question to Be D
r cided In Most Precincts
'i' . Monday. ' (
INTEREST IS SHOWN
IN LIQUOR CAMPAIGN
Fight Is Particularly Warm fa Sell-
wood Mount Tabor District, Out
side City,' to Vote on Question
Also Other East Sid Events.-
-. am anaa oeparvaiaaa, -. rr
Should all tha patitlona for local op
tion on the east aide that have been
file -wlth-ho-eounty-lerk win out
next Monday practically -all of that part
or tha city except Alblna and a small
pexlff thet central easAJ(tlewllLt n
the water wagon.
Beginning with' tha extreme weetera
portion of the east aide, precinct. SS. em
bracing .the territory., from . McXanna
avenue to . the olty Umlta on tha west,
has been united with St. Johns to form
local option district It la eonoeded
that there was soma doubt In the
minds of the local optlonlsta of 8t.
Johns as tor their ability to win out
So precinct No. tt, a atrlctly realdentlal
district, waa Incorporated with BC Johna
In tha petition. The issue Is said to
be doubtful. Both aldsa era vary active.
Tha residents of tha territory bounded
by KUltngsworth avenue on the north,
Vancouver avenue on the east, Fremont
street on the south., and west by tha
Willamette river, have riled a petition
with the county clerk requiring a vote
on local Option. There are no saloons
In thla district. . 1 . -r-
- In tO years or even leaa Portland may
be aa large and Important a city aa
San Franolseo. '
.... .. ...
Nohodv knows-what sort of a Kepub-
Mcsn imr. tin, ii. jt wgn't ,fcnpw their minds a nd are -pre pa
-, ajr a.----..:l- n -
AH the state aympathlses with . the
good, people of Umatilla county, and
will aid them If aid la needed.
If a week or two of ' hot , weather
htrald-WTTMr-nwartttrowa;
country,. look ' our.! or. a Ir d. , ,
: : ...-a '. . .'-
- The planks of Dowle's watch tower
are to be used to build sidewalks.-- This
will put Zlon on a firmer footing.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
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'.'After tha election, more development
work. -.--'- -.- -.
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Several -counties are expected, to go
i'Arfl-Monday. .... .: '
e a i-t
t6rvaflls"showa1m're activity than
many larger cltlee.
.. . m ( ,
. Thirteen eoyotes were killed last
week near Sodavllle. . . '
V.4-r
killed
At a parenta" meeting ln Alsaa over
100 people were present. . Y
e a t
The vote will be light next Monday.
ManyyoteraauayandjaanyJndlfr
ferent.
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Election over, Oregon towns will be
gin preparing to celebrate tha aver
glorious Fourth of July.
The committaa of arrangementa . for
the- general clean-up of Corvallle le
being enlarged In order to have enough
members to deal with whatever needs
may arise. The general cleaning-Tip day
is June T. -: . ,
The Lebanon paper mill, has passed
Into naw hands and tha plant will be
materially increased and the Output im
proved ln every wsy possible to sup
ply . the trade In tha northwest.
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Sodavllle "correspond ence"of "Xebanon
Expreaa.Advance; It's "mighty small
politics" and a :Very low-grade . joll
tlolan that can't atand the strain of
the - present campaign without mixing
ID' personal merit with a lot of boodle
In the form of cigars and aim liar brlb-l
ary rot 1
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' i'f here, says a Malheur paper, we
have tba made in Oregon alfalfa, and
themade In Oregon sheep; and - the
made in Ortgtm rnarC HemTghrnol
have been manufactured here, but Ore
gon has made him and thus ha is made
In Oregon.7 But while looking, don't
overlook the made ln Oregon maid, for
the maid that waa made In Oregon la
the bast maid that waa ever made. .--
OREGON CAMPAIGN
PRESS COMMENT
-rr:i:i;. An. 'Overworked Dodge. ".iXt-XX
Eugene Guard (Dem.).
. Three yeara ago. when Blnger Her
mann was a candidate for congress at
tha special election, . the Oregonlaa
worked the franled dodge 1y printing
that Infamous snapshot showing Presi
dent Roosevelt on- the rear platform of
his special train with hta arm around
tha oily Blftger. Tha voters bit that
time and sleeted Hermann, although
they knew t that Roosevelt had - lust
kicked htm out of the general land of
fice for-unlawful acts. :
. Two years ago tha dodge worked
again and Blnger' Hermann and J. K."
Williamson were reelected- to congress
because Roosevelt -wanted them end rn
a few months both were Indicted for
criminal practices by the officials of
the Republican national administration.
With this records beforethenv the.
voters of Oregon are not likely -this
year to be caught with the same old
bait. They have voted for "any old
thing" just to please eastern Republi
cans, aa . reported by the Oregonlan,
and "fired the first gen" foi tha old
party until the state's political corrup
tion has become a byword and a re
proach throughout the nation; and they
Intend to vote hereafter according to
tha dlctatea of an untrammeled judg
ment - -1 -
of subsistence and comfort, since we
have again to encounter the same In
convenience. ' WS therefore created a
new fund, by cutting o(T the buttons
from -our elothea and preparing soma
eyewater fc4nd baalllcon, to which were
added some phials and small tin boxes,
la which, we had once kept phosphorus.
Mnntavllla psaeaata ta enle,Ms eeeeia
cle of being the onlydistrt.cC on.tha
east aids) where tha aaloon intarests era
aeektng to have. vote en local option.
Two yeara ago that . town wont dry-
Now It la said that aome pf the former
advocates of local Option, hare changed
Loaola
Zeatoua prohl-
bltlonlats . of Montavllla. however, deny
that there has been - any considerable
change or sentiment end freely preeics
that the effort to open up the road'
houses and beer gardens will be de
feated. -
That, part ot Mount Tabor not In the
city ltmlta . will aubmlt the local - op
tion question to the votere next Monday.
The residence and church district, be
tween Hawthorne avenue on the south
and' the Base Line road. on . the north
and from East Tenth street east to tha
city limits has filed 1 a petition sub
mitting the-loeal option question to a
vote. It is generally thought that In
thla dlatrict, composed of city preolneta
Noa. eft, 46. T and it. local option Jlll
carry by a large majority. Thla dis
trict contains aome of. the finest homes
la the olty. -
Sell wood and precinct Ss, lying north
of Sellwood Along the Willamette river.
have been joined ln a local option die-1
tnct and will vote next aionaay io de
termine If the' saloons ahall So or etay.
Tha struggle In Bell wood haa been very
bitter. - But recently a man; and his
wife., were arrested for assaulting -a
woman, wherein it -was said the location
of saloon waa the cause. - Advocatea
of local option claim that by uniting
precinct IS with' Sellwood they have
aasured a victory. One of the interest
ing featurea of the election In Sellwood
Is the possibility of doing away with
the sale of liquors at the Oaks. This
resort- is within tha territory included
Jn the Sellwood petition. It la said that
if local option carries the owners ot the
Oaks will appeal to the court to decide
execoptlnglt from. the operation of ths
law. .
Precincts t and: 41, embracing the
territory north ot the-Sail wood district
ajid south of Division street, have been
made a local option district. The South
ern Pacific car shops are tn this dis
trict. It is generally conceded that the
local optlonlsta have the advantage hare
Outalde of St Johna and .Sellwood, It
Is thoug-ht. the aaloo-n vote will not he
very strong in any of the east aide dis
tricts where local option Is an issue.
The city officials of St Johns are pro
testing against the union of that city
with city precinct S ln the local option
fight and are calling upon tha voters
to defeaOocareptlOn In Bt. Johns. "
' The ' Christian r Endeavor society of
the Mlapah Praabytarlan church will
rive a campftre social tonight at 'the
raaldencea of - Mrs. Herbert PoppletonX
and tha Mlaeea McDonald, East Twenty
eighth and Sherman etreete. .
' Rev. H. C. Shaffer Is closing tha eon-
mrenC yearZtth4J"lrst.i;nils4Breth-
ren church, ast Morrison ana f if
teenth streets. Conference meets next
year In Eugene, .June 14. . Presiding
Elder J. O.- Rhoads-wlll apeak . next
Sunday at the church. Rev. Mr. Shaf
fer will deliver the association address
at Philomath college during commence
ment week, this year.
At the Third Presbyterian church,
last evening. Rev. Robert MoLean told
his former congregation ot conditions
In Porta Rico. Four yeara ago Mr. Mc
Lean left Portland to take- up mission
ary work-in the Island possession, and
since then haa accomplished much
among the ' natives. He declared that
whtls tha United States administration
of Island affairs had greatly improved
conditions there waa atlll much to be
done, Rev. A. J. Montgomery, tha pas
tor of the church, told a llttla atory on
Mr. McLean to show how tha city had
changed elnce he left . The other day
he wished tofvtslt some frlsnde ln-what
he had known as Oak Grove. He bought
a ticket and landed at The Oaks, some
thing; very different from hla Intended
destination.
There""Ielocalel at'EaaT"Tf'wenty
alghth street and Francis avenue, on the
Wavsrly Woodstock car line, e -email
shack erected by the boys of the neigh
Ivor howl 1 on tt 1 VeaCesvtrt lot - f immi 1 1 fi it -oti
Twenty-eighth street. On -last Sunday
evening three of tha boya who congre
gate there . became ao Intoxicated on
liquor bought at a Powell street saloon
that two of them, aged It .to 14 yeara,
had to be Carried to their homes. Four
gallon pelle of beer were drunk by the
party, and half a dosen ware under tha
Influence of the Intoxicant None of
the btfnd of boya who congregate In
the shark are above-14, and all but
two or three are under 14 years.
Arrangements have bean made to es
tablish two branch libraries - In the
Mount Tabor neighborhood. Mrs. W.
B. - potter, who Is much Interested In
library worst haa arranged for- one
branch at tha store of O. W. Gibson,
East Forty-fourth street. Mr. (Jibs on
has agreed to look after the books. It
Is the Intention to establish the other
'branch rteae. West avenue and the -Base
Line road as soon as a suitable build
ing can be arranged for. These branch
libraries win contain about II books
C AN Di D ATiG ALLOIVAY AI CIU S
GREAT RACE- FOR CONGRESS
Charles T. Galloway,. Democratic nominee for congressman In the first dis
trict, is surprising even Me most sanguine friends by the vigor and success of
bis campaign. .Everywhere he has been-welcomed by large u and enthustastlo
audiences and, deaplta the heavy Republican majority which ths district usu- '
ally gives, it Is freely predicted that Galloway will be elected. -
each, to be eeleoted from theoHTand
library with reference te tha. needa ox
the community. : : .is -
-A- reception- tree tendered- -today eit I
o'clock at the . Centenary Methodist
Episcopal church to Mrs. Lucie F. Har
rison of Worcester, Massachusetts; na
tional secretary of the -'Woman' Foreign-Missionary
sootety, by the ladies
of the Columbia river branch. . Mrs.
TJpmeyer, local secretary, was pres
ent Both Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Up
mayor 'made addresses. X :. . '
JREMEND0USOVAT10IL
Continued- from Page -Three, r '
trusted to carry out . what Is best f oi
their interests. Under this law If the
people .enact a ,law. which la lnlmloal
to their Interests, they will take, th
back track at the next election and It
won't take long to' straighten . it out
The Initiative, and referendum must be
preserved. And I aay -to yew that It
am elected again, it makes.no differ
ence what kind of. an appropriation
cornea up that vitally aft ecu .the In
terest of the people of this state, 1 pro
pose, ao far aa is in me lies, to make
tha leaialatura observe It in letter and
It a punuc place or amusement, -tnereoy i )n trrit mm well
In
"V TraaohlM Crrabbere.
my first address I told the peo
ple of thla state that I was opposed to
tha grabbing of perpetual franchises by
any person or corporation for any pur
pose or consideration. .-1 said that If
you were going to grant limited fran
chises they ought to be for ' limited,
terms only and for an adequate consid
eration, either to the commonwealth
or . the county or the atate, and sub
ject to the Inspection of the proper
authorltlea; but that better than this
waa ownership by the public of publlo
utilities of that kind. (Applause). My
opponent,-' who'-, I - believe haa XX two
speeches, oner forth country end -one
for the towns,, said he waa opposed to
having very much to do with these
things because he believed private own
ership and prrrate capital could handle
them xar better tnan tne pudiio couto.
believe the publlo of. Portland and
erery-eity of thla -state -can handle-its
own affaire and do It as successfully
as anybody, and sohandle them that
these publltfliitlHtlea wlH be "carried on
with the leaat - axDjiaeand for -the
benefit of the people, and without coat.
and that la where I stand on that prop
eat tlon. n . -
I " am not going to talk t you any
longer; I want to aay to you that the
state of Oregon was never more pros
perous, the people never happier, than
now. Muoh of that prosperity Is due
to the fact that tha people of Portland
with a magnificent generosity raised
$500,000 (or the Lewis and Clark fair.
and the other people all over the state,
through their legislature, appropriated
SSOO.OOO morerr The money which was
expended in Oregon haa had the effect
not only to enhance the value of prop
erty here, but all over the atate, and I
find wherever I go thee land and town
property haa enhanced In value from SS
to 180 per cent
People noeklnr e Oeereav
The people are coming Into ' Oregon
from every state In the union and into
every portion of our state, and they are
coming from foreign countries aa well.
With all that a beneficent Providence
has blessed us with, with a fertility of
soil unequaled by any country on the
face of. the globe, with these mountains
on either side of us that teem with
mineral wealth.- with our forests and
everything -that-eeuld be- ahowered on
a people, and, above ana oeyona all ot
these, -without" which -n-Brits Tran-be
great, the best cltlsenshlp that can be
found anywhere, the time will corns
when Oregon will not be spoken of aa
one .of the great .atatea of. thla nation,
but as' the - greateat - of ell the great
ptatea In the constellation of statea. .
EXCURSION TO: SEASIDE.
uaday, fnae . - "
Another popular 11.10 excursion " to
Seaside via the A. J C R. R. will leave
the union depot next Sunday at I a. rn.
Ticket sales limited to seating capacity
of train. - Tickets on ssle at 14 Alder
street during the week and at the 'union
depot Sunday morning. '
For information telephone C. A. Stew
art, agent. Main 101.
flllllG LIEN If
WAICHiriG BILL
Have Their Eyet on Measure Lo
cating Assay Office In
-. Portland.- -.
ITS PASSAGE WILL : x ; :
1 f - HELP THE STATE
Oregon Gold OutputJIUl.ThenjBt
Credited JoThuiJ?ltriclJin
ere Will Not Be Obliged to Send
. Samples to. Other -Cities. ;
Mining man era watching with Inters
sat the aourss of a bill recently Intro
duoed-in congress by -the Oregon, sen
atora providing for a yearly appropria
tion of 1 11.000 tor the support of
United States assay Office in this city.
- The bill passed the - senate about
three weeks ago. It met with no eppo
altlon in the senate and Is now before
the ' lower house, with every proepest
of an early passage. If the bill be,
comes a law tha money will be avail
able as early as July 1 of thla year.
In order that it may be made use of
at once Senators Gearin . and Fulton
will In a few days Introduce another
bill provliMn for.a.S.000-pproprtattnn '
to. pay for the . construction, or a sep
arata building ror-the assay -office. This
part of tha program haa not hitherto
become generally known, but the plan
Is to locate the building eomewhsre on
ths east ids.":"-;-"-'. .......... t-,-.-.
, The propoaltlon to establish a gov
ernment .. assay . office here - originated
aome time ago." It was brought to a
culmination by the men who later be
came the promotsrs nf the naw organh"
sation-caJled. the Oregon Minora'. aaao-.
elation. The aaaoolatlon will meet next
Batu rda y at HI Ablagtow swtldlag- te
Kntwtdv aver heard nt strawharrlea
causing Insanity when three boxes sold
for 11 cents, as thjr ' . fe-w rears
perfect Its organisation. At that elms
a numbsr of committees will be ap
pointed and recommendations will "prob-"""!-1-ably
be made In regard to further laws
needful for tha promotion of the mining
Industry In Jthe state of Oregon. . Ths
assay office will rsqulre the -labor of
four men, all with good salaries. There
will . be an aasayer in charge, and
first) second and third assistant. It is
expected that these men, will be selected
on the recommendation jof . theessocla-
tlon.,
A government assay' of floe at thle
fiolnt, It is said, will have far greater .'
nfluenoe on tha ' future prosperity sf '
this city and stats than merely tha em
ployment of four men. . It will furnish .
a convenience for mining men and bring
them here, whan otherwise they, would .
go to Seattle, to San Franclaoo or to
Boise,, at each of which places Is lo
cated ah' assay off loa. Miners front ,
Alaska, for example, eomlne to Port
land, find it necessary to ship their
gold to ona of theae other points.
The assay office will also reveal Ore
gon's real gold output This is now '
set down In government itatlstlcs to be
11.100,000 a year, Mining man declare, '
however, that it is not leas than three
tlmea this amount." In many casea th
product of Oregon- mines, being' assayed
outside of ths state. Is not registered
as coming from Oreson. This Is the
ease with the North Pole mine in east
srn Oregon, ths largest producer in the
state. Beoause It la owned by-foreign .
capitalists, under ths present conditions ' ' .
not a dollar of its product Is credited
te Oregon. , , ' . .
Grand Rally.
Kt Marquam Grand theatre Saturday
evening. June I, I p. m., under the sus
pires Traveling Men's Tom Word club,
for good government. Speakers, Stephen
S. Wise, Hon. Henry E. McGinn, Tom
Word and others. Good music; Come,
everybody. - ., : . .. -
Attention Traveling -Men. ;
Grand JMirade under auspices Travel
Jng .Men's Tom Word club. Ssturday'
evening) June i, will form en Seeond
street, between Washington and "Stark
streets, at 7 o'clock. , (