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Editorial Page' of The Journal fTHEJQURNAL ID ItfDBPCNDKNT RIW8PAPIR. a. JACKSON.. ..FakUabet ' t ..!i.wi -aaiii iaTenl..amiOaJl i eterr Sunday nanilnf, at Tke Journal B Ud "ruts 4 mUi usate Oraa. Eaterwl it lh paelnrflr "Portias, Orro. for trawmlMta tbrwilk the MU 'flm taalUr. . - aa eeOMU- '3 IKLirHONKS SMtterill. P" i .n i'- - r -'--' ulUH 0BO. ........ J .Mai SM u.ia oe fOREIG! PVERTISiyO HPRtNTATITl : VmUnlt KfBliDll Boertal HflTWlliiui m Kmt. iw YortS TtHmws Su f ' lu. Cktako Suberrttrtln TrroM by sall to to Laltee SUM. Canada a to any adareaa ataxic. 4 . - ' i. ...., DAILY. Dm yee., 13.00 On neat .1 J ' ' 9 On year.... .'....3.00 I On eatb.. . ' pAILY AND iUNOat. . J J0" T-0 ' ' 1 ' . Vi THE REAL ISSUE. , ' SrT'HE Oregonfan.U again discus ' ; I " 'n vTytn'nat iu' l'bel ! -.' : I ' - Jou and cruel . cartoon that .. fhas made" many " innocent people ; wretcheaV It aya The Journal is try ? jing to influence-the grand jury. Th .. grand jury will be influenced only by TthTeidence7Vunr T - : Acan be influenced toward law and de- cency The Journal will be glad to help to do so. The Orcgonian well : ilknowa th influence it ha .itself ped Ifind where it conic trout, and ollVer" know alsa '' -- '. '' " WhatTslTgr'anfflur1f-lVfn . "Jeitizens, engaged in inquiring intoua ' ',". 'breach of the law. . They are citizens io! the county. They are our fellow ' ititiaena. ;.That is all. 7Ther are '.Ihousands of others who are also our Jfellow citizens and The -Journal in tends that' the Oregonian'e yellow outrage shall be kept before them. ; l. When Mr. Ladd swears that he has ' iio hand in the conduct of this paper i ; and is only a . minority stockholder, lie U beliered. - ThoM who know him : 'know that he will not resort to false ' hood to serve any need. Mr. Ladd's of fense Is that he jielped to start an op : : position paper in Portland. That is the Jaole reason for the Oregonian's ma ; "lignant attack. 'A' UNIQUE REPUBLICAN SEN- S EN ATOR LA FOLLETTE Is an ' exceptionally interesting fig ure of national reputation. He 3 especially so because, though a Re- ' apublican, he is out of favor and per- Ssona non. gratia with .the leaders and ; dominant element of his party. His Tight for yeara in Wisconsin was not against the Democratic party which , 3o great extent supported him, but . fagtinst the controlling forces in his I Jown Party. Getting a majority of the j-5ot4voaiadefalautjyb,t he waotci i-t" be meantl and that he was sin jteere and in dead earnest, he succeed 6, finally! in accomplishing about all lie set out to do in that state, and was $ent to' the senater- ' C In the senate he was I received by he Republican leaders frostily, scorn fully. He was not to their liking, jnras not of their sort H had forced -h railroads to reduce rates and pay jkaxes in Wisconsin, and had pushed J h rough a direct' primary law: He ras a man 'who meant what he aaid i; Jo the people and performed, what he promised, Thecorporations and all heir political tools in" highTpTaces f-oul4 neither frighten, bully nor bribe Jiim. He was a born fighter, liked a -fterap anyway, had faith that the right . fvould triumph, made , no corhpro- )nises, asked and gave no quarter, jptruck from the shoulder; and his ad- J ftnt into the senate was regarded by hfc leading cnrporatlnnattojeyji - aophitts, hypocrites, flim-flammers ynd egg-treaders of that body with mingled feelings of fear, disgust and :' . Jiatred. ' - I They hoped, however, that awe of senatorial custom would at least keep iim quiet for two years, but no, he had been there but a short time till he liad something to say, ind he said it. .The senators sneaked out and would rot listen, but the cottnjppr listened. La Follette knew what would make . the rate bill strong and effective.and accomplish itr ostensible objctr and ; he 'proposed the necessary ; amendments, but the Republican sen ator! promptly, rejected them, of course, under the lead of Aldrifh, El kins, Spooner, Knox, Lode, et al. : They did not want a strong and ef fective law, and then they hated this audacious - interloper-who had - no thought of anything or poTi? anything but the people's interests. ' They were amaed that such a Ireak ever got into their senatorial com- pany. J The country needs $titi more men substantially like La Follette in the . senate, and in the honse, and wther ' they call themselves Republicans or Democrats is of amalt consequence, L Follette calls himself a RepuV Jican, butin-action he is rather a Democrat, and so Republican leaders! regard him. lt is substantially right rn lha public questions ha discusses. f e is not a whit too radical. He- is a man with courage and a conscience, frjle has done, thing and don them il.'.it. He is afraid vt nobody, and ia a hot-footed foe of political wrong doing: What a', cpmmcnlary it oa .on the . Republican party that it hasn't another member of the senate vho JjvilLxUadup.auarslyj.longi4el.his. big little man! . FREE THE RIVERS AND HAR I ernor'' Chamberlain of dele- - gates : to the - approaching Rivers and Harbors Congress to meet at Washington, is a reminder that, in the past 10 years. 40 per cent of the appropriations by congress have been for war or the incidentals or war, and thf, during the same period, the ap propriations , for improvements" of rtvera-and - harbors of -he country have averaged but 4 per cent' . In the time of Charlemagne or- even of Napoleon 40 per cent for war and 4 per cent for rivers and harbor's might hive been appropriate! but in a peace ful republic and under the advancing light of the twentieth century ten times as much of public expenditure for war as ' for commerce is incon gruous if not 3isc7edIfa!Te. . . " "" "" A few millions less for the man on horseback and a few millions . more devoted to opening rivers, deepening ttuHimlg mil tiiip'l'vmg " ngrooW would make the farmers' products, the orchardit' fruit, the millers' lumber and the output of every industry' less expensive to land In the ultimate des tination and proportionately more profitable to the producer. ; Half a million taken from the war fund and applied to. the installation of a canal aiftl locks at Oregon City would add a cent and a half a bushel to the sale price of every bushel of wheat grown in the Willamette re gion and correspondingly increase the price of -all products and lessen the c6stbTan suppliesin the seclioriTT Proportionate sums, withheld from our war lords and applied to the( opening of the Columbia, both above and below Portland, and to the im provement of our southcoast harbors would be equally, fruitful of good to those who till and toil their lives through. Oregon people should gen tly bring it around so that the voice of Oregon's delegation in congress shall be little for war and loud for the arts of peace. The : Boston Transcript recently published a four-column article on Portland, written by Chester A. Legg, a staff correspondent of that paper, which does this city full justice, and should be of much benefit. Mr. Legg'i article is replete with just such information as will attract the high character of the Transcript will be a guaranty of its fidet(TyTo" tot Mr; Legg enters into many details, and concludes with the statement that "for a superb combination xif beauty and strength, enterprise anf stability, this Rose City- of the Willamette is almost if not wholly unique and su preme. Every time the president reiterates the declaration that he will under no circumstances be a candidate for president in 1908, there is a lively "re vival of the demand that he shall be a ion that he must be in order to sive the party, and incidentally the coun try. So it seems that a great many people don't believe that the president is sincerely in earnest and able to re sist the pressure, that will be brought to bear upon him. Perhaps aa to the latter conjecture they ar right, The president has yielded on several oc casions. Mr. W. M. Ladd was annoyed at the republication in The Journal of the Oregonian's libellous cartoon. The Journal did not consult him and had it done so, the cartoon would have been published notwithstanding his objection, for we believe that just as the law makes it the duty of the district attorney to prosecute, whether Mr. Ladd wants tqapr not, so ii Ja.jOur.duty tQJay.this offense against manlness' and American cit- uenship oefore the people, whether Mr. Ladd likes it or not. This is a case whera the duty which. The Jour nal owes to the public is superior to the wishes of any individual. .' c 'I g J. Democratic! governor is not sarily - bad,'-" nor a- Republican; good. Oregonian, Yet that a Dem ocratic governor is . necessarily bad and a Republican governor good is exactly what the Oreajonian insists upon, during every quarlrennial Cam paign unless" i hs some- pergonal grudge against the Republican can didate. . - ' It has been a fault of receVit admin istrations, to console men beaten for reelection to congress with some fed eral position." regardless of their fit ness therefor, and it is reported that this practice ia to be continued in th appointment of Representative Lacey of "lows, a rank standpatter, to the important 'cj ' commissioner of Ar Little : Oufof "tKc Gommon r . 1 11,111 'T"" 1 -? THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE VOU WAIT. Oerhardt Hauptmann's Birthday. , Oerhardt Hauplmann, the Oerman playwrleht. the "rMl( flrur In Oer man literature today." was born In SJi leala November IS, 13. 'He won few laurel In school, and hla teachers fe arded him aa hopeleksly lasy and-bjr na men brllllitnt, J-At-th il'Rlveralty of Jena Ma genius began to unfold. When he left the university he planned cided to go upon the etage. Filled with admiration for the works of Tot' tol. Zola and Itiion, the young man wrote hla earlteet reallatlo play. "Vor Bonnenaufgang." produced In 1K at the Berlin Iesalng theatre. Boon he ram to be looked uoon n the cham plon of the movementM . naupt tnann'a fundamental thought la the de sire for moral, mental, aortal and ar tistic freedom. , "The Sunken . Bell" 1 regarded aa hla masterpiece. , . ' Reflectiona . ; The family-wash ranks with padl- greea In determining the aortal Importance- of one's . neighbors. New Tork press! Government meat Inspection will not affect the Wall street 'iamb- industry. Chicago Newa. ArlsHa .Ifmp-raraentl Lord. I hev thai aw'vh m r . n ( n ' I 'l i l"-'TTMTa I II iai Power. A man will lie about the money he makes lust as a woman will about the beans she had. New York Press. mrtrmm "ir ntswrm mmmm 1 1 wr m marriage doea a man begin to realise that, courtship Is but theotsfaoa--trf' haTflmp;rhlcago News. . "Doln yer beat ain't any good on earth ef It don't git ye whar ye want to go." Balance of Power. r , . Well Named. There, ia a new drink In town. It la Imparted from Marblehead, . where' It goes by the name of "Ruin." Those who have tried many of It say 1t Is well ramed. Says the New Tork. Sun: Ruin l Med ford rum, ginger ale and Just enough Carbonsted water to liven It up. It has been a popular drink all the summer at Marblehead. It was brought back to New . Tork by New Tork yachtsmen. To Light the Gaa With Your Finger. Thla ia a feat, which anybody ean perform. Let a person In hla shoes or slippers walk over a woolen carpet, scuffling his feet all the time, or stand upon a chair with Ita legs in four tum blers, so aa to Insulate It, and be there rubbed up and down on the body a few times with a muff by another person, the general land office. A sufficient objection to him is the fact that while our illustrious Oregon statesman. Binder Hermann, filled that office Lacey was chairman of : the house committee on public lands. He was either J'atanding in" or incompetent. i t ' V For the first time in the history of (he Country a president has gone be yond its borders. President Roose velt violates precedent, but no law, in doing, this, and unless-some accident befall him ; no . harm,, and possibly sume jd, 'will result. All-th American people wih him a success- ful trip and a sale return. "Clatsop beach is an ideal place for snTpsto come ashore,--remarka-the Astorian. - WeH-Tiowr that's aoif ships want to get aground, let them go ashore on pleasant, hospitable Clatsop beach, instead . of cruel Van- TOuverTstarrdT-: r : Prosperity continues to knit con tentedly here. , For this week, Port land's bank clearings were over 31 per cent greater than for the corre sponding week in 190$, an increase matched by less than -six othef cities in the country.' .' ' "Does Japan want trouble with the United States"? asks a San Francisco paper. The people .of Portland give it up; Ihey are too busy trying to solve-thenRidbopr6btm to waste time on non-essentials.- '. Among the special articles that would be read with interest at this season would be a symposium on "Why I Am Thankful," by Bossed Murphy, W. R. Hearst, Abe Ruef and John D, Rockefeller. !. : I "I demand an immediate trial," cries Abe Ruef, interposing a de murrer to the indictment and de manding a continuance of his case all in one breath. ' eaaaaaaaaai aaaeaa aaa aaaaaaaa awiaaaaawa aa i ' Mr. Rockefeller "spoke up quite warmlyjwhileago jn i .behalf. of, the meat packers; can't some of them publish a. criticism of this continued persecution of Rockefeller? Republicans " who voted for Her mann, having opportunity to know the" manner of man he was, have no license to demand his resignation. , " - - An Insult to Idaho. Fronv. the Pendleton East Oregonian. President -Roosevelt, although ad mired by many Democrats, Insulted the decent cltlsenshlp of Idaho by sending Taft to that state for the purpose of urging "law and order." Frank Bteun enberg'a murderer will be Just a tire lessly sought out and just a severely punished by a Democratic a by a Re publican administration In Idaho. It is not a question of politics, but of state honor and pride and the Impu tation ef Roosevelt that flooding should be elected In order to secure adequate punishment for a gsng f murderer Is dishonest. Unjust and entirely foreign to th president usually excellent rule ef conduct ' - . : - - y and he will be able to light the gaa by simply putting his finger to the burner. It ia only necessary to take the precau tion not to touch anything, or to be touched by anybody, during the trtaliof the experiment The stock ef electric ity acquired by ' thla process la . eis charged -by contact with another ob ject. The writer has lighted It in this way and seen It done by litttle children. W are all peripatetic luctfer match. if w did but know It. - Cat. Supcrstitlona, , , Napoleon Bonaparte ahowed a morbid horror of rata. ; The -night before the battle of Waterloo a black oat paaaed near him, end at the sight the great warrior wa completely unnerved. He saw an omen of defeat.' Henry lit of Franc swooned whenever he saw a cat. and one of the Ferdinand of Oermany would tremble In hi boot If a harm lea tabby got In the tin of his vision. Among the Romans, Tat was symbol ef liberty. The Egyptians held the animal In veneration under the nam of Aalurua. a dlety . with . a human .body, and a cat' bead. Whoever killed a cat, even by accident, waa put to death. Diana assumed the form of a cat and xclted the fury Of the gtanta. After It'a Over. w. York Time Somebody everything naughty . and vile; '.' ' Somebody's heart la a fountain of guile; " imebody s gain were .national. lose; Somrtjnfljr weartng the" chain ef - 'tosa. -,,. . - Somebody ; honest, unfettered and brave; y Somebody' destined th nation to save; Somebody's sealou our right to da- fend; Somebody truly th worklngman's frlnd.v - .-. -i- The High Divt Cure. In Revere, Minnesota, they take drunkard and give them what I locally called th "high dive cure," by ducking them In a large tank of water situated In a convenient location Ip town. .A counle nf din .ia all that has been re quired in any case yet, end one chronic offender from Walnut Grove who was Immersed one eventngiJiasnevMhwjri up In Rever since. . Discouraging to Muck-Rakers. In China any on writing an objec tionable book la punished with 100 blow from a heavy bamboo rod and then banished for life Any on caught reading such a book get 10 stripes with a lighter rod. TkePlay By Johnston MeCulley. "Them paper, poison,- keg of powder with a lighted fuse to It and the hero sitting beside It and a few more little conventionality Ilk that are the principal point In 'The Sign of the Four.- a dramatisation of- one of Sir A. Conan Doyle's -Sherlock Holmes" stories, which opened at th Helllg last nllht for a short engage ment.' :- ;' A gentleman named Theodore Loreh doe the Sherlock act. - He th man what recovers the blood-stained treas ure and carries off the heiress a hi reward. A small crowd watched him do IMail riTght-Hg-win do-lv-sgl tonight and tomorrow night If Captain a"'n 4"--"' fTt Th bast hit of acting don I that of E. J. Earl a Wiggins. He get into th character and does a little creditable work. Jo sephine Deffry, who support Mr. Irchr ls not satisfying In the role of Mrs. Bholto, which doe not ult her einabilttlee -The faulty Jechnle of the production - I not - agreeable, but' the play 1 a melodrama and will please Ita own particular clientele Sam bill tonight and tomorrow night. The Greater Religion.' From, th Pendleton East Oregonian. Thla week a poor woman with four little - children drifted Into Pendleton in a covered wagon en her way. to frienda In some distant point In eastern Oregon. ' Ah waa out of food, the children wercantlly clothed, ,th team waa poor, and utter destitution was written In every feature of the pitiable Outfit. Th entire family was UI with consump tion, t - ' Needing Immediate aid h telephoned to member of th county court. 1 Th hand of publle charity, doled out a pittance and she went on with her little brood to th next town, where the same sorrowful program of begging would necessarily be repeated. It seems to th East Oregonian that th greatest religion In th world 1 to reach" out and shelter families of this kind. It seem that homes, hos pital, refuges of shelter and aucoor, open evn day In th week, waiting to welcome such pltlabl case as this would be preferable to a one-day relig ion, a one-day church. Th churches ar indispensable They have don a wondrous work. They stand for everything that I beat and noblest, but they limit their field of operation. Magnificent structures built at a cost of thousands of dollar ar closed six day in th week while mother and orphan children yearn for warm fire and a bearty meal. The greatest religion yet would be for churches, government and. soclaty to frown down th Indiscriminate mar riage of weaklings and incompetent. But since the world 1 filled with the offspring of these classes th next best thing to do Is to ear for them merci fully and cheerfuliy,,.- A Valuable Dog. - From th Hood River Glacier. P. A. Keene nf Willow Flat ha a valuable dog. H takes particular In terest In Mr. Keen' poultry, of which he haa a fine lot. When th dog waa six month old a hawk ewooped down nd captured on of Mr. Keene 'fine pullets, but h had hardly tounbed the. chicken until Buster had Mr. Hawk In his mouth and mad a good hawk of him. A few day age an eagle cam sail ing over the ranch and. seeing th nice fat hens below dropped like a rock and catching on of th nicest hens started to rls with her. Buster had been watching the eagl and was near when he oame down; and ) waa an dement the eagl had not taken Into consid eration. Th bird was about thre of four feet In th air when with a rush snd a jump Buster caught him on th fly. There waa a little scrim mag In which th feathers and fur flaw pretty lively, and Buatr had Mr. Eagle hid en th fence, , . - i. - - - ; . Need For a National Bbarct'of Health By Dr. A. C Smith. The establtshmeat of e national -board ef health, or of eoraa supreme federal authority over state and local sanitary bodies,. 1 aa absolute requirement to complete the cooperative power of the varioua state health board. Moat Of th tat' now have fairly efficient health board, which ar rn dertng service of inoalculabl value, but there la no concerted action on th part of th adjoining atatea during epidemic crises, which waa demonstrated in sev eral of th southern -states during the last yellow fever outbreak. Many or the state and local ooara may be Incompetent to secure effective quarantine, while other may be in duced by local loyalty or commercial considerations to greatly minimise, If Dr. Andrew C Smith. not wholly conceal . the facta during a dangerous epidemic. . This was notal.lv th case to a criminal degree. In Nw Orleana during the . laat yellow fever attack, and a repetition of th methods pursued In Ban Francisco during tn inclplency of th bubonic plague. This lack .of control by a national supreme board. If not remedied before another epidemic invasion, such as Asiatic cholera or bubonle plague, may result Jn. failure to enforce timely, ef fective quarantine with disastrous con sequences to the health and live of thousand of our people Another Important matter of national concern I that of acquiring uniform, absolute control of the collection of our vital statistics. Our present slip-shod method Of keeping statistic ar abso lutely unreliable. Many thousand of birth and death go unrecorded, valu able data pertaining to th prevalence of preventable disease ar not authori tatively tabulated, and much informa tion of Inestimable value on th preven tion of dlaees I allowed to escape un noticed or unrecorded. - -- e - - e ' j If th present state and county healtfi boards were marshaling Into on homo geneous, harmonious organiaatlon by the establishment 'of a supreme national board th most . perfect, effective work along sanitary lines would be guaran teed, ao aa - to reach th moat remote townahlD In any state. Wth thla perfect organisation and with th amount or appropriation mat ar bestowed on our militia, contagion of European or Asiatic origin , could never get a foothold on our shores, our water supplies would b guarded rrom poHuHois-ottr-eehoolr-hygiene would be U 1 1 1 fun ff "em Jlfeaavmg. our milk and other food supplies would be purer, tuberculosis would es tn be. a plague and our vital statistics would b com plete and trustworthy. To establish a supreme authority over 11 th sanitary organisation of ail th tatea - would of -course . be wfthln th provlnc only of congress, and I fear that the, old bugaboo of state s rights would be resurrected and that such a measure, would be doomed to die un born. There would really be no necessity for the creation of a new commission or board; It would uTlc for congress to leglalat or dlegat th power, to the department known a the publle health and marine hospital . service, with it surgeon-general a th supreme hesd of all the state board of health. This would Involv a new centralisation of.power but with no appropriation ao far a concern th creation of a na tional board of health. : Letters From vthe V People 1 , Xow OelVMtoa Boa Again. Portland, Nov. 18. To th Editor Of Th Journal Reading Of th troubl in Ban Francisco reminds ma of th Qal veaton storm and th after effect In that city. I was 1,000 mile from Texas whsn the storm cam, but I had two sons who came -through safe snd no ticed th condition, of affair. Th ne groes on th Island were mad to do th work by putting thera binder police fore Instead of th old-time overseer. Th dumping of th bodies into th gulf was a terrible 'thing, and In order, to hav th work don with dispatch th negroes had to be mad almost drunk. Well do I remember the work begun In graft there; but a stop waa put to it by th women rising up and aiding the best man of th city to work for justice Galveston waa called th Sodom ef Texas before this great calamity, and now she. is the beat, cleanest, most or oerly place in th country. Th club woman of Oalveaton war th first In Texaj to work for elvlq Improvements In th bt way. - Vvnen the people of Galveston saw what th mayor might do and what oth er In power war doing, th government was taken out of their hand and was given Into th control of ..fly promi nent and honest men called commlsslon-erv-who-tuu(a Qtlyeaton on business principle f lv year. 8 he waBftTrtrr rupt wnen they began their work; they not only saved one-third in running ex pense, but paid off ld debt Incurred under, the vtcloua ward aldermen sys tems. ' Galveston I an wall satisfied with this new arrangement that th firm 'men are- re-elected year after year. Wha r business men's clubs for if not to get together for th Interest of your eltyf Talk up defent government, work It up, ana If Oslveston's plan I best why not Portland and other cities fol low suit? Your for the uplifting of humanity, MRS. ELIZABETH CRAIG. craeyMhmtnia to Tnnctloe City. 'Junction City, Or., Nov,- II.- To th Editor of Th journal I noticed your pot of the man from Irrlgon with th tall chrysanthemums. I hsvs a large yellow chrysanthemum that tends alx feet six and a half Inches, that has 11 perfect blossom and a number of bud BIRDSEYE VIEWS -j. ef TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANQK. . V Moat farmer Should b very thank- rut. , . i "' : i. "And all th mighty flood were . ., 9 Bom queer freaks obtain admission to "th bar. .. . '- ''.:. Aunt Hettv Green predict disaster U th trusts.. She Jealous, maybe. Mr. Rockefeller bealna to faar that th country I golne- to wreck and ruin.; , " . ' .'" " "'V, ." Whan nothlnr els could be thoueht of. somebody invented th chrysanthe mum rail". ; 1 Ttuf couple "himself with Rocke feller. There 1 aom similarity . in tntr mtnod. . . -. a, e .;. ; - . Anxious Inquirer: . No. th president won't have the - canal finished , by Christmas. Did Mr. Hughes early In hi career vow to go unshaven until h became prldntT - " " t" An. exchange say: "For new read th '. fi. f'na.a"-lt.ahould hav aid "noatrum ada." . ..... ' Th . weather's most always doing something : to. give ua poet mortalt wjik few idea aomethtng to talk about. , Murder and erlm I all on read Iti th dally newspapers now-a-days. Garval . Star. Tea, it en won't read anything elae, ; . '' ': A considerable proportion of matter brought into courta and -that take up a good deal of time ought to be thrown ous soon aa presented. . - t , , -.'. i .;.'!. " . -''' Maasachusetta has no room - for Hearatism," remarks an exchange But It has plenty of room for "boodllng that would not discredit Pennsylvania. ,( ... When they saw flare Teddy , sail away th boodler and bummers left They . thought: , Now w kitten can aafeljr play; but" behold, thr- loomed up Tft ' Atient that proposed gift - of hi printing plant to th stats by Mr. Baker, many people will be pron to quota tb laying, "Bewar of Greek bearing gilts." . There will be on Republican In tb next Alabama legislature. How he managed to get there should he care fully Inveatl gated. Look Ilk aom fraud .In hi case . e , . .. ..4 " Th Roeeburg Spokesman say Mr, Hermann 1 "conscious of hi own In nocence," and I a much' abused patriot. Perhapa he will ask .for another "vin dication" at th polle Mr. Piatt y hrth senator and th ooachman have been talked about too much already. The publle I ready to forget them If they can behave themselves, or misbehave out ef every body' alght and hearing. , -'.... .'',-'','.."' Foraker ha been long regarded by many a a knave but If he. la In earn est In hi design to try to eacur th Republican nomination for prealdent In ISO, h must b pricked down In the fool class also. . Mayor Johnson expect io have atreet car operating soon In Cleveland In ac cordance, with a . plan similar In Ita general outline to that put forth eom tlm ago by-Mayor Dunne under th nam of th "contract""ptn. When, he flrat took offlc Mayor Johnson tried te bring In a competing company to op erate on the straight 1-cent far baale Injunction proceeding Interfered with th work of construction to such, an xtent that llttl progress was mad until the--principal- lit! gatton -waa -terminated, about a year ago. Fourteen milea of track have now been laid and twenty-four1 cara hav been purchased and will soon b carrying passenger for t-cent fares unleaa aom unexpected obatacl develop. aya th - Chicago New. , Th Ohio law doea not permit munlo tplUxatlon of street railways, o that course a a posalbl Immediate solu tion was out of th question. Mayor Johnson wanted th old atreet' railway company to lea It property to a hold ing company, to b composed of public spirited cltlxens who, while managing th line a virtual - trustee for th public should hav ne share In th profit of operation except that thy hould recelv reasonable aalarlee Theee trustee wer to tak car of th outstanding bonds of th eld company and pay to th stockholders per cent on $85 for each shar of stock; that la, Johnson agrd to uae his innuence witn th council and th people to get them to accept a propoaltlon for a lea on that basis. Th . tric fixed for th stock waa practically Ita aefllng price on th market.. To secure th company as-alnst default tn payment, th coun cil waa to pa a security f ranch lae. running -tot- l s-- year -na - giving - in and wa topped back In th spring. 2 alao have- thre . oholo varieties . that wer atartd from email altpa tn th spring and topped baek that grew lx feet high. MRS. ANNA- BAILEY. . . . Think St aa Overcharg Portland. Nov. 10. io th Editor of The Journal Being a regular ub. scrlher to Th Journal I wish to regis. I ter a "kick" against th Watm Union Telegraph compsny, and a Th Journal la always with th Peopl I tak tha mean to do so. I wa charged 10 cents by th company for delivering a me sage to th Southern Paolflo oarahop In Eaat Portland. Car right to th hop end II minute' rid from Third and Morrison trete , . Now if that I not robbery wht would you cell It T I Inclo th nvl op. I paid 10 cents, as It wa alt I had with m. J. W, REYNOLDS. ' A Doubtful Victory. 'From the Chicago Trlbun (Rep.) Th rult In New York Indicate that th battle will hav to b ought over again. It. Is well that th majority wa on th aid of sen and aober govern ment for th next two yeara, but It ia unfortunate that th vot wa ao close. Tb majority ef omthsn; evr. 40,00 ..Tom . Johnson and the Railroads ffl ' OREGON SIDELIGHTS. Sheep-kllllng dog ar active around Qervala. . - , ' . . s s . ' Many salmon" in the . I.liti. tpii t Walla near Milton. - - " 5..'- ' " Bom Tlllamookers are making' war on the town cow. . Tram pa migrating southward are a ., nuisance vp-ttoe-vaUey, . ' . . - "A llttl mor rain." remarka the Salem 8 1 teaman. If thla. la a little, what' a Jot? ' .'.,' : L -'' ' '. '" r " .' "" A haychopper near Echo cuta up M tone day. - Chopped bay makes better ' feed, with. 1 waste ,' .-.-.. ' e e . ' " , '.'. ' It (s estimated that fully 1.000 deer ' wer killed thla aeaaon In th mountalna of Josephine county alone v iji! "' -r'- -' Quite a number -of strangers and their families ar finding their way to New-"""" berg, . but moat of them are ranting houses and Intend to. look around some . before buying property' and locating permanently, say the Enterprise, ' "..".".'' ''' ,' :;' -'' '' ':'"' ' ' ' ' , Jefferson Review: Barb-d wire la net very profitable when W take Into con sideration Thc.numberet valuable borees which ar crippled each year by It use. Farmers ar discarding It aa. faat a " thy can get Other fence to tak Jta . . . place ' rr"' ! ..' ,. 7 - .... r - - A larg potato crop wa raised around lv Weston thla year, and there la a large demand for th crop, Weston potato ' having a peculiar flavor and being con.' sldered about the boat raised in the Intend Empire, hence they bring a high- er price thaa other potato, ., , . A Jackaon, county - man packed 100 boxea of applea In flv hour. , Another packed 111 boxes in eight hour. Other record nearly ten fit arreported. The price ueually paid for packing la ( - renta a box. Shipper are discovering . that the quality of th packing aa well : aa th fruit cut a big figure nowaday. ''..'.'',' "'.''.'.' Albany Democrat: That'a a good on on - the. SoutfcernPaolleTe- gt-to Jefferson-on ha to go. around by - woodburn. Th fare la 30 eente Sev eral hav caught on end bought Jeffer- . son tickets, getting off at Woodburn. .' paying their far to Oregon City, and than 21 cent to Portland, a total of ' only $1.10 for th Portland ride.'; - .e- . .'.,, Beat Oregonian: Hired girls In Pen dleton ar worth their weight in gold. Thr never waa uch a scarcity of the artlcl before.. It 1 not known whether " ' th scarcity 1 du to th car ahortage It I more probable that Pendleton girl sre so handsome that they are married off aa soon a they arrlv at the ag at which they' may either work or get married. ' " ;!,e .. e '- .' Th editor of the Tillamook Herald aays h haa nakn ovr th whole me- r.hanlcal - department of the office, .a . our foreman got hot In th collar and quit becauae h wasa t allowed the privilege ot dictating how the work' of th offlc should b conducted. -- H further remarkathat, he "know hi bualness about aa well aa any printer . . on the coast, barring none and he don't hav to depend on e living oul to get hi work done 'or he can do It hla own ., . self whsn It com to th snow-down." Bully for him. - , ' company,.. In cat . of- foreclosure th - -right to charge a S-cent fare during that period.. This proposition th company rafuawd to accept. ' . Mayor Johnson then conceived th " Idea of applying hla holdlng-oompany planto the-Jtcent, far llnee then in process of construction. A corporation waa organised tinder the name of the Municipal Traction company, on of th . director of which la A. B. du Pont, who f I helping to value Chicago traction propertie for th city. Thla company has- taken a tease -of the- S-een - fare lines, soon to begin op ration, and will hav th actual management of them. All profit in xceaa of a fixed dividend rat of per cent are to 'be uaed Ut making, improvement and 'paying for the property. Tb city wl) hav th right to tak over th plant at any tlm after securing .th necessary enabling authority from th atat legislature. v- A few months ago the old company offered te mak a franchl settlement with th city. It asked for a blanket " 20-year renewal, and offered In return to sell seven tickets for IS cents, good for use at any time. Th cash fare waa to b I cents. In It detailed fea tures this ordinance wa objectionable for aeveral reasons. Th company . wanted th ordinance submitted to a referendum vot thla fall. Mayor John x son aald h favored a referendum, but on condition that It waa broad enough to settle th question decisively for of " " against th old company, and that the company' would agre to b bound by ' th referendum. Thl th company re fused to do. It I th plan of Mayor Johnson to mak th I-cnt far Una th nucleus of a larger system which will displace th old company aa faat aa It grant ' expire ,m ; . for Mr. Hughe I not larg enough to dispose one for all of th Issues In volved in th contest. There must be another campaign of education , of the kind that waa carried on against Mr. ' feryan In ltt and 1100. ; . . : Mr. Hearst may with 'reason' eongrat- ' Ulat himself on th tremendous vot , . he reofllved and on hla ability to mak the cfiatest a close and Molting one H Imposed himself upon" a leluctewt ;. party. A powerful element In that party bolted him, aa ft did Bryan when he ran. But Mr. Hearst ha made a far better showing that Bryan did. He haa been able partly to repair hla Dem ocratic losses with votes drawn from other atiavtara. hllrRmn 'atrVxf"" Th vot In New York cannotje pleas ing t that gentleman. ' Apparently there ar almost S00.000 parson in New York who think that -Mr. Hearst Is fit U be governor. It la tru that a larger number ot persons In .. th tat thlak h I unfit. But a man of Mr. Hearst's atamp, who haa bean abl in ao short a tlm to rally so many' voters around him will not be dlacour- ' aged by on reverse. He will keep up the campaign ateadtly after election, and unless his opponent do llkewle ' they may find that thl year's victory,; he availed them lit ' ' , t f. ii ; . -..!:-. " ,v. , ; ... , ' - . . -
