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...""MR. BRYAN'S THIRD VISIT.
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N- H IS third visit to Oregon;-Mr.
I Bryan "conies preeminently and
X atithcnticallyaccredited. Ilia for
, mcr visits were, just before 'and
7 just after bis first defeat for the
7 presidency,:: He was firmly believed
in by bis own adherents, but because
-of many of his then new doctrines,
he was cordially bated by his politi
cal opponents. 7 . ; "7,-" 7
777To the latter in bis c6mingviBit,
'Mr." Bryan presents the compliments
of Theodore Roosevelt, president of
the United States, from whom he
bears letters testimonial. Though "in
1896 Mr. Roosevelt himself bitterly
assailed Mr. Bryan, he is now a faith
fitl adherent to many of the Nebras-
- lean's important doctrines. ' An inher
. itance tax, and an income tax, liberty
.of the citizen to criticise courts,
eight-hour labor laws, ' railroad rate
control, , and war en trusts all car
dinal tenets in Mr. Bryan' faith, but
bitterly , opposed by Republicans in
1896 hare in the evolution of avents
become leading policies in the admin
istrative measures of Mr.' Roosevel
. .now. Mr. Roosevelt within the sim
ple lapse of the decade, has inclined
to Mr. Bryan's way of thinking, and
the principles the young Nebraska
Democrat, standing - almost alone,
enunciated then, have been given the
full sanction of the presidential of
fice. In fact, as president, Mr. Roose-
-, velt-is journeying along-the-same
political path, is squaring bis course
. by the same political chart, and is
steering the ship of state by the same
compass and . polar star that were
largely proposed by '. Mr. Bryan in
1896.' - t ;
dorsement that the official head of
a great political party ever gave to
a private citizen of opposite- political
faith. It is an indorsement that is
multiplied ana accentuated - by- the
. fact that while he is criticised even
by his own partisan for most of his
- own -policies,1 the widest popularity
that' has' come to" Mr."; Roosevelt's
administration has. been due to his
adoption and promotion of the Bryan
policies.' 7,77''"' 77-;
' .It is a most extraordinary incident
" in the career-of two remarkable men
and one that reflects incalculable
credit on both. It gives to Mr. Bryan
at 48 the - unchallenged position of
being the most distinguished private
citizen, of the. republic and the fur
ther eminence of being the, first In
the history of the nation, who, byLterriut in effect promised the public
sheer force of intellect, has actually
shaken the .important policies of
destiny, not only of his own party
but of the party of his political oppo
nents. It is a i distinction so pre
eminent that the presidential ptvee,
were" Mr, Bryan called to it, would
scarcely, add to his renown.
PARDEE ; ON PARTISANSHIP.
. J5SIBLY Ex-Governor Pardee
of California is a ' little dis
gruntled because after serving
the state welt for one term he
was not renominated; perhaps if the
Republican convention frad renomi
nated bim he would not have taken
juite so critical a view of partisan
politics, but he is right, nevertheless,
"when, after declaring himself a "good
, Republican," he saysr "But , if the
Republican party puts up a yellow
. dog I am hot going to vote for hini.
.The time for voting for principles is
past You mast yote for men bow,
for it is men that count.. Parties
have their uses, but the evil of parties
lies' br ibe prostitution of state and
national party organizations for self
ish purpose, "-Greece and fiome fell
as the result of unchecked bossism.
If the bosses are riot checked in this
country, we shall share their' fate."
Mr. Pardee does not mean that
right principles shall be cast aside,
but that moat alleged and professed
"principles" of party bosses and pol
iticians are insincere, counterfeit, de
lusive, mere trumpery, "sounding
brass a,nd tinkling cymbaL . Party
"principles" have corns to be used
chiefly. for grafting and ' granting
privileges to a few at the expense of
the many. The principle of pro
tection" is a conspicuous example of
this. ' Legalised robbery is sheltered
under an assumed and fake prin
ciple." ,;'.:' 7,7; : -.:r ,'';
If the-man Is right, , his principles
will do. If, io office, he will serve
all the people faithfully, if he will
be a foe to every species of graft,
if he cannot by any means be se
duced to the service of those who
seek to plunder or oppress the' peo
ple, if he be - intelligent, watchful,
energetic, clean, sincere, true, then
we need not inquire much about his
principles," and' still less about his
party allegiance. Of course jnany
people will disagree with such a mart,
on various 'propositions, but this, is
inevitable, and inconsequential. The
important thing these days is to get
men first who know what the best
interests of the people are, and then
who-will -stand -for thent-agsinst all
assaults, all temptations. ..
Mr. Pardee, who had refused as
goveTnoTTtweaTTbOailrbad collar,
was turned out by the bosses, Ilerrin
and Ruef significant combination
and 'so he may have some personal
feeling in the matter, but a great
many voters are coming to think as
he does. Not only will Totes for
"ye'W dog", candidates . be fewer
hereafter, but., voters will scan the
men more closely and place' less
credence" 10 their professed "prin
ciples." 77777 v----'.-'- ..." -7.."".,
IT WONT WORK.
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S
PEAKER CANNON announces
the- proper, policy to be to
monopolize the home market,
and then Conquer the trade of
foreign countries. . This does not ac
cord very well with the late Presi
dent McKinley's last speech, in which
he declared that' the day of exclusive
nesswas past and that in trade we
must give as well asv take. Does
the venerable and fossilized speaker
suppose "t haC weJcaal probibitJ f or-i
eigners from, selling anything to us,
except what it is absolutely impos-
ible . for us to . produce ourselves,
and at the same time be allowed to
sell our surplus to them? Does he
suppose that other nations cannot
pass prohibitory tariff laws as well
as ' ours ? England cannot, as to
foodstuffs, but Germany,' France,
Canada ndSoulhAmcrica. can. ' .
Suppose a- city was enabled by law
absolutely to monopolize the trade
of a large surrounding region of
country, and then should start' out
to get the trade of more remote
regions in which were other central
snd equal cities. Does anybodrjup-
pose these cities would not resort
to ' the same law to protect them
selves from this monopolistic - com
petitor? The speaker's scheme won't
work. '' . '.-'". - . .
COUNCILMAN SHEPHERD
SHOULD RESIGN. ' ;
s
OME six months ago Council
man - Shepherd announced that
in consequence of his employ
ment by the Harriman railroad
system be' would shortly resign from
the council. In making this state
ment he impliedly if not specifically
admitted that - the . two . positions
could not be properly held by the
same person.- He desired to continue
in the council for a short time, in
order to act upon some special mat-
to resign shortly. But he not only
did not resign, but soon after ac
cepted the presidency of the council,
a positon which he holds yet .' And
he is still in the active employment
of Mr. Harriman. . .. '1 ,' . " .::
It. ought to need no argument to
show that such employment at this
time is incompatible with service of
the public as a councilman., The in
terests of the public and the inter
ests of Mr. Harriman, as he views
them, are at several points in direct
conflict In a word, thereirtwa
on between the people' of Oregon,
including those of Portland,' and Mr.
Harriman. It was said a long time
ago that no man could serve two
masters, and when those masters'
interests conflict this is manifestly
true. At such a time as this no tnan
can faithfully serve both, Mr. Har
riman and the people of this city.
There is no objection to Mr. Shep
Ijerd acting as an attorney for Mr.
Harriman. Such employment is en
tirely legitimate, and may be entirely
honorable. But there is an objection
that everyone recognizes and that Mr.
Shepherd himself recognized, as
valid, to an attorney for Mr. Harri
man acting as a servant of the peo
ple who are at war with Mr. Harri
man. As such attorney Mr. Shepherd
is doubtless paid many times the
amount the " people pay him, and
while we regard him as an honorable
man' it is but natural that he should
best serve the emplorer who pays
him bt- ?For! where-the-treasure
is, there will the heart be also." ,
So The Journal thinki .Mr.. Step-1
herd should resign from the council
t once, and that he should have re
signed the day be accepted employ1
inent from, Mr. Harriman. - His re
ported excuse now is the same as it
was before he is particularly inter
ested in the passage of some ordi
nance. J his time it, is the saloon
license ordinance. Mr. Shepherd
must pardon the public if this is re
garded as an .-insincere excuse.' -If
the coifntil desires ; or intends to
pass a license ordinance It can do so
very easily without Mr. Shepherd.'
It is also suspected and rumored
that Councilman Shepherd is active,
out of public view of course, in de-J
vising ways and means for defeating
proposed railroad legislation bills in
the legislature. If this be true, the
reasons for calling for bis resigna
tion are ten-fold stronger. A man
might possibly act as a right-of-way
attorney and still do bis full duty by
the people as a councilman, but to
act as attorney for the railroad, in its
efforts to defeat legislation demanded
by the people renders him clearly and
totally unfit to serve Jbem.. in any
official capacity. , . , ,
For . these reasons- The Journal
calls on Mr. Shepherd to keep his
promise made last summer, without
further delay. We assure him that
though the people have no objection
to railroad attorneys, they are and
should be opposed to a combination
of railroad, attorney and councilman.
or other public officer. Therefore,
The Journal is absolutely sure that
it voices public opinion in Calling
upon Mr. Shepherd to resign. -
Most of the state papers have pub
lished the statement that the late
Frank G Baker left a large portion
of his fortune to various charitable
institutions and for public purposes.
This is incorrect; these bequests are
contingent on the death fhis daugh
ter without issue (she is now 5
years'-old)landafterthe death of
her mother. The prospect that the
institutions named in - Mr. Baker's
wilbasr possible 'beneficiaries will re
ceive any portion of his estate is at
least refnote. . r
Most of the legislative committees
appointed to investigate various pub
lic institutions . are f little' benefit
In some cases they are fairly farcical.
The members of such committees
haven't time to really investigate, if
tbey-arrcapableJ"6f 'doing 'so," and
the institutions and officers, to be
investigated. are always ready for
them, ' of course.. .Whether- there
should be a permanent official in
vestigator is a question, but these
committees as a rule don't amount
to- much. :
' A Gardiner, Oregon, woman, Mrs.
Gertrude Black, who rescued a wom
an from drowning' and sank white
trying - to - rescue - another woman,
very properly receives a Carnegie
medal. Her dog, which rescued her
and incidentally one of the other
women, ough t to ha ve a medal too,
or, what is better, good board, and
lodging and kind treatment the rest
of his life, and no doubt will get
them;' - - --r.TT r
Senator Stone of Missouri is sorry
to see amity among Republican sen
ators instead of enmity and warfare,
even if in their .amity they agree on
the right thing. -.That is about the
caliber of "Gumshoe Bill's" states
manship. He prefers evil to the op
posing party rather than good to
the country.- . .7 .
. Portland's bank clearings for this
week showed an increase of 44 per
cent over the - corresponding week
in 1906. But two cities in the Coun
try show a higher rise in the tide of
prosperity. The other- towns on the
coast are doing very well, too; Seat
tle shows an increase of about 18
per cent over last year. , -., '
If we take people as we find them.
welcoming all their good points and
passing over the others, and being
kind and generous to all, we shall
come much nearer, to the truth about
them than if we labor to make a
critical analysis of minds and hearts
of which we can see only a few frag
ments.. '
Seattle to the fore again! A Se
attle man isto.be commissioner of
the general land office. He may
make a good one, although there, is
more water than land around Seattle.
Really, we can see no good reason
for, objecting to a parade, or march
of workingmen. They are not
reds," and, this is not Russia.
Oh, how proud little Delaware isl
She has elected a senator at last,
"Gas" Addicks having become too
poor to hold her tip any longer.
Coat ha been-defined ir'i Fuel
stored in , God's underground wood-
yards and left for thsuss of alt bis
children, although one ' Baer - and
others are contesting the will, claim
ing they are the only rightful heirs
Andrew , Carnegie says he would
give $200,000,000 for a 10-years lease
of life, which shows bow little money
is worth after all. .
Texas seems unalterably opposed
to negroes in the army and anybody
but Joe Bailey in the United States
senate. . '.',,' '.;..
The ' legislature ' is afways cold
hearted to , would-be clerks the first
week, but succumbs, later. '
i 3 ' a
State and Federal
; Rights
r From Bryan's Commoner. '
Tho Oregonlan la In error. The.aa.o-
nopollata who ara bleeding tho country
ara the very ones who aro defying the
tate and belittling- their nrhta. Of
course they object to national legiala,.
Uon, and In making tho objection they
PWf,ra"Y r-"'"''" irrnminn In favor
of the stale, but these argument ought
not to" fool anybody. Whenever- th
etata attempt to do anything these
same monopolists rush to the cover of
fered bjr the federal court, Tho rail
road have don more to build us the
power of the federal courts than any
other Influence, and there 1 scarcely
state legislature which the railroads
have not defied. If tho trust magnates
and the railroad president had their
way about It. state line would be en
tirely obliterated - and corporations
would be chartered by the federal gov
ernment That they do not have their
way about I due to the fact that the
people recopi lse the necessity for local
elf-government -
I . " - '
It la true that the atate have been
brought nearer together and their rela
tion made mora Intimate sine the
adoption of the federal constitution,
but the need for the atala 1 .stronger
today than it waa. a century ago. The
wide extant of our country, the increase
in our population, the greater complex-!
uy 04 our tfusiasaa reta-uuue ainu uiuua-
i . . , . - - - . i- j T
tries, all Increase the Importance of
the atate. The federal' government
oculd not look after the multiplied in
terest of the people. The founder of
the constitution built more wisely than
they knew when . they reserved to the
state tho power not delegated to the
federal government. Congress has ail
the power it need. In the realm - of
Interstate commerce it i supremo. The
state can charter corporations, and so
long a those corporation confine their
business to the state.' the federal gov
ernment eaa not interfere, but the mo
ment these corporation step' acroa the
state line, they- come under the super
vision of the federal government and
oongreas ha power 4 to fix the term
upon which they shall do business.
This 1 a very much better arrange
ment than to have national corporation
Superior to and independent of the
states, w hav trouble enough with
overgrown atate corporations. We
would-hav still mora trouble If we per
mitted tho creation of overgrown na
tional corporation. '
Th state and the nation both are
necessary and th doctrine of Jeffer
son and Jackson la the doctrine that
muat prevail today, We need - no new
principle; we only need th courage
ous application, of old-time . principle
to the new condition. W need reme
dies, state and national, but it la not
necessary that the nation should en
oroach upon ith right of th Stat or
th atate upon the right of the na
tion in order to secure such remedial
legislation a 1 demanded.
Bad Year for Railroads.
From the Oreron Mining Journal.
The year 1907 la likely to prove an
unhappy 'on for railroads and other
corporation who hav lived and moved
In th conviction that th public was
their legitimate, sheep-headed prey, and
that legislative Interference with their
soulless rapacity was blank audacity.
Especially Js thla true of the railroads.
Th car shortage and th fuel famine
of th past few months, which ha
spread from the Pooiflo northwest
throughout th whole country, ha
aroused a wave ofv indignation which
will develop Into a wav of retribution.
Report from various stat capital In
the west indicate that th movement for
reform la widespread and that vital
legislation will be enacted with a view
to correcting some of th existing
abuse. Even in old CTregon. where rail
road domination ha been notorious,
there 1 a fair prospect that there will
be something1 doing- among this colons
In th near future. Agitation through
out .the state la now centering about
th proposed "reciprocal demurrage"
law, a measure which will have a ten
dency to compel th railroad to furnish
cara to ahlppere , within a certain time
or lay to the shipper a sum equal to
that now charred for failure to load
promptly. The Oregon Washington
Lumber Manufacturers association I
cooperating with the Portland chamber
of. commerce and other commercial
bodies In drafting a measure patterned
after th law now in fore In Tex a.
Virginia and other atate covering thla
point. Aa usual, th railroad atttorney
have questioned ; th validity of th
proposed enactment, but Attorney W. T.
Mulr of Portland, who ha given atten
tion to th matter, declares hi belief
that there 1 nothing td hinder th leg
islature from conferring upon th rail
road commission the power to fix or
suspend demurrage charge.
Hunting for Soda Bedi. 7 7'
"California miner are now aa anxious
to find soda beds as they were to strike
a good gold- mine In th days of '49,"
says th Technical World Magazine.
Manufacturer are clamoring for soda
for domestic and medicinal, as well as
oommerclal usee.- Pure soda commands
a fins price, and th great California
desert ha been found to contain vast de
posits of salines, notably -soda - in at
least one of th dry lakes. Here, then,
la the minora' opportunity, and they are
flocking to th soda lake In great num
ber. 8oda occur In varying form in
this region., but the only bed, which
are of value from a mercantile point of
view, or which furnish quantities enough
of th saline salts to be worthy of oper
ation, are In dried-out lake beds. The
largest and most Important of all of
these la th on known aa Danby lke,
some 30 mile southeast of th small
desert tow of Danby, In San Bernar
dino county. This lake not only contains
vast beds ef pur soda but about is
million ton of salt ss well. In point of
fact this lake la probably thfr-tnnet-val'
uabl saline deposit In the world, and
as yet only Its borders hav been en
tered by prospectori developments has
hardly begun. .7 .
Letters From the
V People '
7 Cost of Railroad Building.
Portland. 'Jan. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal: President J. J. Hill say a
It I not th lack of .care but the lack
6f trackage on which to move the cor
that 1 the main cause of tue eongea
tlon of traffic, and that it will rwjulre
an outlay of at least IS.tOO.voe.OOO in
new trackage and terminal befor relief
can. come, .1 receiving considerable
comment and credence, at ' thl time.
Now, th total capitalisation f all the
railroad In the whole United State
I about 13,000,000,000. Of thin capl
tali u tlon more than ll.tOO.000,000, ac
cording to authorities, oonslata of tress
ury stock not yat issued, so that th
real capitalisation, vea ty those who
claim there I no water in th capitali
sation, ha never been ald to be over
111.600,000,000, Now, aa everybody
knows, about on half of this amount la
"water," o that th real market value
of all the railroad, terminals, land on
which roada are mad. , rolling atoca
and everything else they own toutslde
Of land grants) la not much over
S,O0,000,000. Senator LaFolleit says
that It la 1S.400.000.000. . -
Now any on who win tnmk a mue
cannot out aee tnat 10 nun a roaa new
through, a country where all. material
muat be hauled with tteam and wner
th grading must be 'done by hand, so
to apeak. - without the aaaiatance - 01
trackare. will cost a vast deal more
money than to simply doublev in track
aaw of a lln already , made, xet Mr.
Hill attempt to make u believe tnai
In order to build Tl.ouo mue. poi pnn
cipally of new roada or even of new
grade, will cost 6,vo,uo,vu or a in
U more than on sixth of th value of
aU the road in th United States,
rlghta of way, locomotives, car, quip-
ax of all kind and terminal grounaa.
It 1 quite likely tnat tner i not
tracker enough, but J. J. Hliv area.
a ha la. will never get thinking people
to take bun seriously when n assert
tnat to increase in trackage 01 "
present railroad system : on - third
principally by doubling th track I go
ing to cost, wltn any una 01 economy,
very nearly a much aa th original
cost of all th railroad in th country
with th rolling stock thrown In. ; And
when he suggests that there la not
monev enough In th country to do thla.
a few of ua will wonder it he I not In
cahoot with those great banking instt
tutions who a fw year ago were
springing that wonderful banking our-"
rency scheme on ua wun in view ox
arettlns? the raoer currency of the coun
try In th hand or Banking lnmiuuons,
to be baaed not upon gold but upon rail
road asset. If It could be proved
there waa not money enough in - in
country to build th necessary railroad
to relieve the distress, what a fin ar
gument that would make for th "elae
tto currency." W do not mmm tne point
of thla argument that there l not
enoush monev In the country when
there aeems to M no lack or money tor
business.- but -we think we know
cherub that sees th point that certain
great banking houses would Ilk mighty
well to make It appear so, tnai me
banka might hav aa excuse to issue a
banking currency baaed on railroad and
other aecuritie. controlled by Wall
street, of course. H. PENLWQfiH. ,
The Foe of Game Animals.
'El!. Or., Jan. 17. To th4 Editor- of
Th Journal I hav hunted deer and
elk for almost 80 year and know some
thing of their habit and their enemlea.
Th gam law of thia stat do not pro
tect th game as thy should. My idem
of protecting; gam la to pay a bounty
on deatructiv animala that live on deer
and elk. such as wildcat and cougars.
On cougar will kill nor deer tnan a
dosen men. Wildcat live on th fawna
Gray wolves live tm th elk. I hav
found many elk killed by th wolves.
Th lk are very carc now, but th
wolves, wildcat and cougars are In
creasing all the time. W had a bounty
on wildcat ia thl county for two year
and it did much good. Th deer In
creased a great deal in that time. '
It I against th law to trap beaver;
wildcat live oa beavera A wildcat will
find where a beaver 1 working and will
watch end catch him when h cotne out
to work. - I hav found beaver fur in
th stomach of wildcat many time.
Th law for th protection of ram is
all right aa- far aa it goes, but It ought
to go farther and pay a bounty on eats,
eourars and timber wolves. Not till
then will our gam b protected.
J. C POPB.
7 January 19 In History.
1661 Seventeen Anabaptist leader ex
ecuted In London. ....... ,.
181J Cludad itodrlge- taken by Wei
llnaton.
183S City of Aden captured by th
British. -
1851 David Starr Jordan, president of
Leland Stanford University, born. -
1801 Juare entered City of Mexico
and reelected president ..
1SS3 Messrs. Cameron and Herbert,
war correspondent, killed In th Sou
dan.
. IMS Order of presidential Succession
determined. . ,
1901 Hailnr abolished at United States
Military academy at West Point.
1905 Attempt on th life of th csar
at th ceremony of th Blesaing of th
Neva. .;..;'
James M. Guffeys Birthday.
Jame M. Ouf fey, "Lucky Jim." the
Democratic national committeeman for
Pennsylvania, . waa .born In Westmore
land county, that atate, January IS,
1839. He 1 probably the largest indi
vidual oil producer In the United State,
I extensively engaged In silver and
gold mining and - ha large' bituminous
coal holdings. Beginning life as a poor
boy, with only a common school educa
tion, he has struck oil, in both senses
of th phrase, oftener- them any ether
man in th business, living or dead.
The foundation of hi fortune was laid
)n th Pennsylvania oil region In th
early '70. He was on of th first to
develop natural r and appreciate Its
commercial posaibllttles. In the oil
fields off, Kansas. Texas and California
e has realised millions of dollar. . .
Forgot Weddlnf Day.
A remarkable matrimonial experience
waa that of a young woman who waa
to hav been married at St. Paul'a
church, Brentford,- England, to an em
ploye of th local district council.
Th bride and her relative arrived at
th church at I o'clock In th morning.
Th. bridegroom failed to appear, and
th party were accommodated with
aeats while another marriage waa cele
brated. A messenger waa dlapatched td th
house of the missing bridegroom, who
waa found at breakfast He had gone
out to work at S o'clock, returned to
breakfast iat , and rorgotten all about
his marrUs-"arrangements. K
-HI prosperity brld In the mean
time wss weeping and ' siting at' th
altar. If hurried Into hi ' marriage
clothes, rushed post boat to the church
and waa duly married,
The Negro and the
Labor Prohl
em
. By Oovernor Joaeph M. Terrell of
Georgia.
" Th south I face to face with a very
serloua problem, which is giving her
nubile men no little concern. 80 snorm
oua haa been the muteutal -development
In that section, and so unreliable I th
ngro aa a laborer, that ther I danger
that th progress of th southern stales
toward a full measure of prosperity la
In- danger or being checked,
Oovernor Joseph M. Terrell of Oeorgla
I on of th south' tatemen who i
devoting hi energies toward th solu
tion of th problem. In th following
article he tell of th situation and ef
aomo of the atepa which are being taken
to meet it: - --
' W ara having no trouble In Georgia
with the country negro. The relation
between the white and black' ther or
amlcabl and we rarely hear-of race
troubles. ; There are fewer assaults snd
consequently fewer lynchlnga than at
any time aiuc th .days ef ''reconstruc
tion.
. In the cities there are two clae of
negroes -who rlvo trouble th Idle and
vlcloua . and the - oeml-educated .with
high-flown notion of social equality,
Ther ha ef recent year been a ten
dency on th part of th country black
to neck to th cities. They are at
traeted by th " higher "wage "and "the
greater facilities for. th gratification of
their desires. They quickly become de
moralised in the ettlea and constitute
real menace to ' th community In
many caa.
e
It was the' two claaaea of negroes
who wer responsible for th excited
tat of public opinion which led to th
recent rioting in Atlanta. Thl rioting,
whll undeniably bad, ws greatly ex
aggerated by th press of th country,
Ther wer only 11 killed all told. ' It
I a striking commentary on the wicked
folly of trying to right wrong outside
th recognised channel Of .law, that of
the number killed. 10 wer Innocent of
oil auaplclon of wrokgdolng.
Out of th evil om rood - comes
One result of th trouble in ' Atlanta
ha been , that the , tendency of th
negroes to drift to- th clti ha teen
checked, -temporarily at least. From my
horn section. In middle Georgia, ther
haa heretofore been an annual exodus
of score f families of negroes to'At
lanta and other cities. ' This year I hav
not heard of a single family leaving. In
th meantime several thousand negroes
hav. left Atlsntav.many of tham going
back to th country.
A vsrr serious phase of th nerro
problem In Georgia I th lack -of farm
labor due to th high wages paid In
other line of work and th lndlsposl
tlon of tbs average negro to work any
more than is necessary to feed himself
and provld ror an occasional spree.
Thl 1 a very serious matter. It can
be overcome, so far a I can see, only
in two ways. One is to Incresfs th
whit tiopulatlon by Immigration, which
will provld a ateadler and more effi
cient farm labor, and through its au-
parlority fore th negro to steady
down to hi work or eek other fields.
Th other la to educate th whit farm
r to better agricultural method, by
which h can produce th same or high
er result with lea labor. Georgia la
working along, both the line and in
way which 1 ant eur will produce re
sult. . Ws are now putting in operation
a law which waa paaaed by th laat
session of th legislature providing for
agricultural schools in each of th 11
congress loaal districts of th tat. ' Al
ready 10 of these school hav been lo
cated, and within a short time work
will be ia progress on all of them. - The
department of agriculture has given ua
Marty cooperation, and believes with ua
that moat Important results will coma
from thl Georgia plan.
Aa eminently- practical curriculum
la being drawn up, aud when th schools
are la operation arrangements will be
mad ao that th ambition boy and
girl anay work thetr way through th
schools at practically no expense, with
a cnance to earn a itttl more than x
pen. ; ...
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Th work of '.th achnola will 1 In.
tensely practical, so that the young
man ,woo graduate . wui understand
how to car for hi stock and hi land.
He will also have a working knowledge
01 xarm accountlax. and aconooilainaT.
and will be prepared to take up hi 11 f
wora wiu intelligence and with a mini
mum or misdirected energy.
'le-reung woman graduate will be
grounded In household clenc. th ear
of th dairy and poultry, and will b
fitted to be th wife and most valuable
helpmate of her Georgia farmer hu
band. Stenography- and . typewriting
will not form a part of th curriculum
of these schools, a such studies have
a tendency ta educate th boy and girls
away irora in rarm. - v
When they are in full swtna. and thla
will not be long now, w will turn out
eacn yr too or SOS educated, lutein
rnt farmer and farmers' wlvee. Th
iiect on the welfare of th stat ean
oara 1 y p overestimated. ,
Flans also are being mad which I
am hopeful will result In bringing to
each county In Georgia not lea than
100 - rood German or Swede, under
condition which will give them th
fullest opportunity of . maklnr Aomalii
and achieving material auccaaa Ifw
can one get th tide of Immiarratlnn
started this way, in view of th south s
many advantage. I do not doubt th
atream win ateedlly grow, resulting In
supplying th wast place of th coun
try with a thrifty, steady, hard workina-
and "prosperous white cltlsenshlp. The
negro, win men nave to become an ef
ficient workman. ' competent to hold his
own in competition, or h will hav to
go to th wall.
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Italians hav don well in soma narta
of th south and they oindo wall an.
where. It would not surprise me to see
a great Increase in Jtallan. Immigration,
eqecially in th extreme eouthern part
Of th country. With- cheap land of
praciloally unlimited produotiv raerlti
abundant In variety and quality, th op-
portuniti ror proper cultivation are
wonderful. . With churches of all de
nominations, fln achoola and college to
meet all demands, and with ready roar,
kets for th product of th oll, no
section of th country offer such In
ducements to th settler as -the Math?
and no atate In the south can offer
more than Georgia.. ,
A the white population Increase- th
race problem will become less complex,
nd in ttra I hop and trust will be
settled by th natural growth and evo
lution of. the country. The Industrious
and law-abiding, negro ha no better
friend than th people among whom he
live. II I beginning to realise thla.
Th vicious nerro is aa muoh an enemy
to one race a another. Th better
claa of negroes are now coming to this
conclusion.
Th meanest treated man in Oregon,
declare Hi . Albany - Democrat- 1
probably th recorder of Benton county.
He haa th smallest salary In Oregon of
any recorder, less than half of th next
smallest, hud haa to hire hi own deputy
besides,
' Small Change
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Rare, brief music In the air alelgh
beila. ' e
Spring aalea will soon be announced
by th merchant.
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Bryan seems to have been unanimously
elected speaker to several legislatures.
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;Thl tiro o' year western Oregonlans
construe ,afalr" weather to mean rain.
.
If you ar bound to worry,' presum
that th pur food won't taste good.
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In th election of Bourn, th Dallas
Itaralser aays. "th people hav been -fooled,
a usual."'
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.Frequent rumors that th csar' I in
sane have been fully confirmed; h baa
taken to writing poetry.
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Kan sea has elected an Indian to' the
senate. But hts tomahawk will b no
match for Tollman' pitchfork. - , . -
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60 far . a heard from non of th
lat shah of Persia's widows war orig
inal member of th Florodora sextet, .
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An Illlnot . man was strlokea Hums .
Juat after he had broken a New Tear's
promise, and will hereafter lead a qulat
life. - 7- '" -,7
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There's always something to he thank
ful for; two whole day passed without .
mention in dispatches of Corey and Ma
bell. ; , ; , '. , ' ' "
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Wasp waists will b fashionable thla '
years, aays a" fashion paper. It Will
be a tight squeese for some Bubble end, -
dad, too.- .
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A Massachusetts boy is said to have
lung capacity of 300, Inchea. It 1 un
decided whether to make a congressman '
or a barker for a aldeshow out of hlmr-
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A Chicago Bible student has been dis
covered to be a thief. Perhaps he res1 '
th text. "Let him that . stole , tal
and toppd. .
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If Persia, as reported, is going t have
a senate, thla country could lend them
a few of its senator, but not to Porala'a
advantage Piatt, for example. .
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Ther "must be a terrible fuel fasslaa
In Taooma; also. - to caus th New
paragrapher to ask; "How much wood
would a woodchuck chuck It a wood
chuck could chuck woodU' w ; s
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Th only member of th KcJamasoo
Oesett foree that refuse to attend th -
morning prayers established by that
paper -Is th -oelty editor. Good
enough, or a hopeless case? -
The report that a Kansas woman
found ffiOQ In bill between two place
of board ahe was splitting was doubt
less originated by soma woman's-
righter, as a lur to men . to spilt the
wood. ... j,', ... : .. . :' . . 7
Oregon Sidelights .
Wild ducks numerous oa appr Coes
bay. ..... . ' . . .
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North Powder U rejololng In alaetrid - -
llrht. ' '
Newberg will have a new 110,000
building. ' ' . 1 -
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Tangent needs letrle llrht and S)
blacksmith chop.- -r- : '-'
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Alt) any women have formed a Domes- r"
tie Sclonc club. . i '
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Think of Astoria ' being threatened '
with a water famine - ;
Next month th Carlton Lumbar com 7
pany will have 0 more men at work, f .
By a majority of one Turner voted to) Twri
turn "wet," after being "dry v year.
Th East Oregonlan My paving haa
paid on. account of th profanity it haa
prevented. : . , , .
A. St. Paul man wha waa burned aa a.
"practical joke" over two years aro has
died in consequence at Salem. '
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A man near Grants Psas will set out
ISO more walnut tree, maklna an or
chard of S.IG0 trees, occupying I) acres.
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A company ha been organised at Du
fur to bore for oil near there, and t jOOO '
ha been subscribed to drill th first
well. . ........
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Someone who 1 supposed ta hav
been hunting geese with a - rifl ccl- '
dentally hot a valuable bora near liar.
rlaburr. . . - . ,
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Toncalla ia atill malntainlna Ita men
tation aa being th place whsr they
raise an abundance of red apple and
-red -cheeked Appleratea, says th Rosa
burg spokesman. - - 7 .
Th"r ar- rt ttianr 's oa
ocn beach, alonr the Oregon ooast.
miv luioa iriivw mrw isiainr or making .
an attempt to float them during th
mootn weather and raft them back into
th river.
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Th snow now on tb around I f mat
benefit to : eastern Oregon. . and th
farmer there look for a bumper wheat
crop next harvest Many thing may
yet Deran to blast thla hope, but the,
probabilities all point to an abundant
yield. . .
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Dallas Itemlaer: Coupled with th un
precedented cold weather, when it la al
moin impossible to do work In an Ore
ron print shop, we hav been andnr-th
misfortune to have our foreman laid ut
with alcknesa and also our chief com-7"
posltor. . Th old man ha had to rustle.
Soma month aro ' the Astoria Box
company received sn order for 80.00 "
reet or special sprue lumber from a
Loa Annie piano fsctery. and now haa
received an Inquiry It 1.000,000 feet ean
be furnished this year; Tho price at Los7
Anreies is uo per m. . .
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ArllngUn Record: Large cake of lc.
ar filling and blocking th river here,
but Frank Babby and Charle Am
cross the river in a small aklff each
day nt they do not imsgln they ar
heroes, either, although they ar carry-
lng food and fuel to th railroad eampeJ
on , the north, bank.
Isaac Stmpaon of Benton county re
sides on and own th original Blinpson
claim, on which hi father settled in
1845. Th woodshed that be use 1 th
original tor cabin built by his father In"
1146, and in which the son waa born.
Ten yeara later a larger houa waa built,
and. Is occupied by hi mother, Si yeara
old. They, with a third, fin larga
house Indicate the growth, ef the region.
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