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AUrcus Aur'elius. , V ? - , -'' WRONG, ASHJSUAL. : ITgiDRXCONtAN, tn -casting about for some support for its , attitude of .oppdsition to an -appointive '.railroad , commit sion, and .findingnone iniare sorts to misrepresentation of facts, -which is nothing "new or strange for that paper. It says: "Down in Texas there has for yesrs been, a railroad ' commission -elected . by the people. It is one of" the tew efficient state commissions. Its principal member for a long time was JohnH. Reagan, who died in 1905. Now the fact is that Reagan, who was he father' of and a most forceful factor in rail--jrjegulatioiLinjrcjuamslago, and hit " colleagues on the original commission, were - appointed by. the governor, and ntot elected J by 7 the ? legislaturcflf the-Deoplc-Thecfttn- mis.ion-acrompHshed much good, but since it has become elective "Is said to have deteriorated and become less efficient Hence the Texas case, if truthfully presented, makes against rather than for the Oregonian's conr tention. - - A -----V- - '' --. -.. In the state pi-Washington -a com-! jnminnft who has been the; object of much criticism has resigned, prob- - ably -to-': save- himself -from - removal by the governor, who has now ap pointed another -and presumably a' better . man ihlhfs place, whereas, if the commissioner had been entitled to two or four years more of an of fice to-which he had been elected there would have been no. means of gplting rid of him. . .- "' No man in the United States is more competent to judge of this question, from practical experience and results ' obtained, than Senator and ex-Governor La Follette of Wis consin, and he-very decidedly and positively" "urges the appointjve plan. Tht fact is that the fight being made against this feature ' of the r. Chamber of Commerce bill is simply and entirely a ruse of the railroad - interests to arouse partisanship " and defeat legialation the people demand. VALUE OF WATERWAYS. F ROM NEW- England ; to Cali fornia, from Oregon to Flor ida, the cry- is going up: f "What are the people going to do to secure adequate, transportation facilities and protect themselves from ... the. constantly-increasing and never satisfied greed of" theJ-tatlrOad land- sharks?" And gradually the people are more clearly perceiving that one great means of relief is the improve ment of natural waterways and sup- - plementing their deficiencies by ca nals wherever practicably open water way! are a sure bulwark against rail road oppression . Navigable rivers cannot be ae eraired by private persons or corpor ations, and canals should never be al lowed to pass or remain under pri vate ownership. The mileage of nav- Igable waters in this country is small, only about 18,600 miles, as compared with railroad mileage, about 215,000 miles, but these waterways have been an incalculable benefit, and with the country thoroughly awakened to their importance this will be greatly in creased during the next few years. New York state recently voted $101,000,000 to deepen and enlarge ' the -Erie canal, and representatives of that state sent toA Europe to in vestigate found that on the 485 miles of canals and 741 miles of rivers one third at much freight Was transport ed as on the railroads, and on the competing" railroads the rates were - low. Germany presents . a - similar condition, y and traffic j on inland waterways is increasing. Russia has, fturing recent years, : appropriated large sum to ' make" or ' improve water ways- .The city, of Manchester, in England, made 25 miles ot water way, costing $75,000,000, to make that city an inland seaport, and considers it a good investment.-' r"-" Not foreseeing railroads, the fath ers of our republic advocated an ex tensive canal system. .Washington advised a canal connecting the Atlan tic and the Ohio river, and that with the Great Lakes, Madison advocated a ship canal between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi,. now being con structed. In 1830, when the first steam locomotive ' wt the world's wonder, there were 818 miles of ca nals in the Atlantic states. If the in fant" republic could do that mtich 77 years ago,, what might not the giant republic do now? Wherever, possible, railroads hsve put canals out of business, but if the people can retain ; control - of the waterways the competing railroads must reduce their rates. On the itn proved Erie canal one engine will move, freight five ' or '. six miles - an hour at a cost of 52-100 of a mill per ton per mile, while the railroads chwgTTHxTirs"e nearly, 12 times as much. One canal barge will carry 50 carloads, at the cost of handling livei Wi. Thil ex ample illustrates the value of a water way in competition with railroads. , Many-eastern and middle-west ca nals are projected or talked of, and in-time maybc built by the jovern- ment; or the respective states, or by both conjointly. The people . are seeking and demanding relief, from railroad extortion and " oppression, andwill find the surest means there- of, wherever practicable, - in - open waterways. ; i,This is why The Jour nal talks so much about open rivers. It is well enough to 'regulate rail roads by law as best we can; we must do that but wherever possible let us regulate them surely and "for keeps" by open rivers. - . j Open up the Columbia, clear up as far as boats can run, and make a suf- jcienthamiejithe al low the -ingress and egress of Jhe largest sea freight- carriers-rQpen up the Willamette by making the locks at Oregon City free and con st ructi n g -t herr-Opiii: u p e very stream' that" can be made navigable, improve all available harbors, use natural advantages as far as possible to regulate" railroads.; Most of this the general government must neces sarily do, but the state, or states, cap and p kahty will liav tn h1p rlra. gonr Washington and. Idaho must pull together for an open Columbia, and by pulling hard enough, and unit edly' they will get' It. Oregon 'must take care of the Willamette, unless the UnitedT Sjates - government can be induced to do so. -r r SAME COMPLAINT AT TACOMA EVIDENCE adduced before Com . missioner Lane of theinter state i commerce commission, V at Tacoma, allows that in the matter -of car shortage the lumber manufacturers and other, shippers of the . Puget. sound region Jiavebeen nearly as badly served, by the Hill roads as the people of western Ore gon have by the . Harriman linea. Big tumber mills have been running at from 25 per cent to 75 per cent of their capacity and have , orders six months or more ahead, while small mills have been driven out of exist ence or are on the verge of bank ruptcy. And all other industries suf fer in less proportion but in the ag gregate-greatly. , Thousands of men are thrown out of employment, or get work only part of the time, and four or five times as many women and children are victims also. Mer chants, of course, feel the depression in .trade,, customers for the lumber are delayed and disappointed, me chanics are put to loss , or incon venienceand the damage finally travels pretty well around the circle and hurts about everybody before it ceases to operate. , Mr. Hill may Have done the best he could, even if it does take three or four months to move a carload of lumber halfway across the country, with the facilities he has at hand, but it is manifest that these facilities are lamentably and , wretchedly inade quate. He admits this himself and then goes on to show why sufficient facilities will not and cannot be sup plied. " ';'.'', , But the people of Oregon .and Washington will not be content with this attitude of helplessness.' They don't believe such a situation was necessary, and believe it can be re lieved in a short time to a great ex tent by the railroads themselves. Somehow, it. must be changed, POLITICAL' HAIR : SPLITTERS J THE SORRIEST proposition Ttharc6li1r well be Imagined is ': the claim that the railroad - commission should not be ap pointed., by the ' executive - because Governor Chamberlain is not a Re publican. It is picturesque in that the objector admits ths excellence-f the appointive plan, provided the executive be not a Democrat , It is grotesque in that it suggests that if the governor1 wotild erase hir Demo cratic brand and label himself a Re publican he might safely .be trusted to appoint a commission. It is pa- thetic, in that it discloses the un welcome fact that there are persons to whom this hour of transportation crisjs, bitter to so many shippers, is a secondary consideration to parti sanship and party, , ' v- In this clamor against an appoint fve commission it is easy to hear the howl of the railroad wolves who have so long preyed on Oregon commerce. If there are at Salem legislators who would be against an appointive com mission because Governor Chamber lain is not a Republican but would be for il were he not a. Democrat, what amazing spectacle have we? What a sweeping stretch of mental horif on in a statesman who claims that as a' Republican the governor could appoint ; a trustworthy com mission but' as a Democrat he can- notr " By the record, and by the spoken verdict of thousands of Republicans who have twice elected him their governor,' the capacity, fitness and qualifications of Mr. , Chamberlain have been established nor do they depend in he slightest degree or in the most remote particular upon whelheTTie is a Democrat or t m publican, a Mormon or a Methodist? Does the party label have - any more to do with this issue than would the tag on a last year's sheep pelt?'; HAINES AND DEMOCRATS. ' Hb tllLLSDUKU inaepcnaenttu-i who was to have been "resd-ouv 1 says: To his constituents in '". Washington county it looks as ; if Mr. Haines has paid a pretty stiff price for the position of presi dent of. the senate. The honor, - if there is any honor in a position got atsuch a price, places him in a very uncomfortable box." . , ' - We do not know what the Repub lican paper in Mr, Haines'" home town is driving at, but suppose it is Ihe- senator's" acceptance- of 4hv vole of four Democratic senators for him for president of the senate, they be ing ' probably ' promised some good positions -on-eommittees-But-since it is the custom for a candidate for presiding' officer of either house to Tnake some antc-orgamzation bar gains of this kind, we do not perceive that it is any worse to get Demo cratic than Republican, votes in this way.To "oTglhlie the senate prompt ly was a good' thing, and "no harm willbedone if thi president treats the Democrats just as well as the Republicans. There is properly, no politics in the work of the legisla ture, and it is not necessary even to ramemher.whethera memberis a Republican cr a Democrat. The more politics is forgotten the better will the work be done. , ' i ;; HIGHER LICENSE. - . i- r , , seaBasaaaSs-ea , , ' - i ' its - - SOME provisions of the license - ordinance- proposed by, the Initiative One Hundred, or a committee thereof are more radical than the people are likely to approve.'.If the initiative has to be invoked on the license question, as seems probable, it would, be a mis take to present an ordinance so radi cal that it could not be carried. If there are to be saloons, the laws al ready in existence for their regula tion are sufficient, if strictly , en forced, so that it might be well to confine the issue to the amount of license tax to be paid by all classes of liquor sellers. Confined to this, an ordinance providing for a license or $800, or possibly $1,000, for - sa loons, would carry, while one loaded with other provisions," even if good ones, might fail. "s The law already prohibits saloons from keeping open on Sunday, but it is not enforced. If it be deemed best to vote on the Sunday closing proposition, it would better, bs done in a separate ordi nance, so as not to jeopardize the higher .license ordinance. " , ' ; '. ' It is quite time that the govern ment devised some system of, coal land possession "and operation," and also considered seriously the ques tion, of private ownership of coal mines already being worked. ' Any thing approaching a private monop oly of the country's coal supply,, stuff which should be an inalienable pos session of all the people, is intoler able. .. ', .: , . Mr. J. J. Hill says the trouble with the "Pacific northwest is that it is growing too fast. It never would occur to him to put it the other way and say that the transportation facili ties had not grown - fast - enough. Must the country moderate its pace to' suit Mr. Hill and Mr. Harriman? Governor Swettenham of Jamaica appears to be .one of those people, not rare, who, when clothed with a little authority, lose no opportunity of making asses, of themselves. - -Somef the -committee's thitT it is supposed, will be appointed today will have plenty of work to do in studying the many bills that come before' them, and selecting their best features, if laws are to be framed out of 'them.'. Better a few well-consid ered liws than many passed hastily, An expert legislative committee on phraseology, . on the art of saying clearly in a bill what is meant and so that it cannot be misconstrued, is in order. : y - ; , " ; 1 . ' ,; Tkc Play John Salnpolls and a - mixed chorus aaaar coon aonra in "Mow Baxter Butted In," which besaa a wel('a nsageinant at the Baker yesterday. Otbsrwla mm bow Is fairly good Imaslne Oeors Waahlngton raokitif elffarettea, Napoleon playing- plns-pona;, or what Is even more Incongruous Wil liam Dills doing- s "heavy" part, which actually occurs is thla new offering ot the Baker, and then Imagine .Balnpotta doing a Prlmroaa stunt. It's new to Baser patrona. "How Baxter Butted In" ta s farce (comedy With quits s bit of tnuale snd so aDunaam amount 01 aun. it opened w capacity houaea st both performances yesterday, A a whole. It u eviaantiy pleasing, for the atory has' .enough plot to ds intereating ana snougn runny ieat u res to make averybody laugh. Besides, there are several opportunities for ex cellent Individual scjinai 'Baxter la the typical "fresh arumfher" found In fiction, who butts In st a very opportune time for the young; woman in the cass. It is Baxter's doings wnicn keeps the atory going snd his fresh, but certain snd good-natured, way of doing them that makes It nrflabls. - Mr.-Saln- polls gets sll . there Is out of ths part. and Is "gains" even in ths coon songs Mint-Lillian Drew." who appeared at the Baker yesterday in ths leading ferol- ntna mm tnnlr thi nirt tit K allta. - ha of ths village church because of the slanders circulated by scandal-mongers. Miss Drew made much more than s fa- vorable Impression. She . was quite heartily ..recelvs4and certainly made rood. Miss Drew appeared In ths place of Mlas Lillian Lawrence, who Is lit ss s result of s severs cold. Howard Busselr, as Ezra Quick,' the hired help., snd Miss Marlbel Beymour, as Tabby "Tully, the kitchen glri. were about the most energetic tun makers that - hsvs basn - seen st ths .Baker in many a day. With reference to Miss Beymour It was to lsugh merely to look. Her aona-s were excruclatlne.. Mrr-Hus salt, has a part which he evidently rel ishes, for hs is able . to inject excessive merriment Into the sudlenos. ----- Arthur Mackley gives an ideal pre- eontatlon of the character- of Erastus Winch, landlord of ths hotel where Bax ter "butted In." He la as narrow sna bigoted ss sny Pharisee could be. snd as Puritanical and hard-hearted-ss the England. -Tit la ger But you -may-lsugh when you- really ought not to laugh, when you ses Wil liam Pills doing the part of Abner Mfeek, ths village sport snd villain of ths play Not that Mr. Dills doesn't maks s good villain, just as ho mskes good in . any thing else he undertakes, but It's thr novelty of ths thins; that may cause you to smile. However, he received s few hisses to show how good a vuiam he was James Olesson is a ' comical country constable, snd Mr. . Donald Bowles brings out sit there la to the rather in consequent part of Ed Dais, stepson of the bard-hearted landlord. " Mrs. Mlns Olesson- ss ths patient and sbuasd wife of ths landlord, snd William Harris ss Zenus Mask, descon snd Justice, are In teresting. ' . . , ' The chorus Is acceptable, though it might not take first prize It in competi tion with ens thst wss unusually grace ful. The play was quite enthusiastically received snd bids f sir 'to draw well. It Is to bs the Baker's bill for ths week. "The Midnight Flyer", There is s thrill in every Una of "The Midnight Flyer," which opened St the Empire yesterday with "standing room only." At both ths matinee snd evening performances the houss wss packed, and there wasn't a single ons who didn't feel that he had received mors than his money's worth. - When sensational scenic effects snd Intensely realistic situations are consid. ered, "Ths Midnight Flyer" is probably ths top-liner of thla season's attractions at the Empire. At least, that's the wsy the sudlencs seemed to feel about it yesterday, for it was more than usually demonstrative In its appreciation. What with screaming st extremely ludicrous situations weeping for ths sorrow of the heroins, snd catching its breath after soma wonderfully dramatic rescue, the big sudlencs had sll It could sttend to In keeping -up with the rapidly ohsnglng and Intensely interesting plot Ths attraction la well stages: snd is ths occasion for several piece of good act ing. - i . Miss Bess Soabright won a high place In the estimation of ths audience by making good in four separate char sclera. Dsn Macvey, as Bam Snowball, ths coon from Hoboken, kept ths su dlencs In an uproar with funny stunts and songs and by always getting Into the wrong place. He snd Miss Sea bright did some clever specialties. - a-ed A. Blgelow, ss Jack Jlerndon. was an eminently successful vClaln, snd It was generally agreed that ths part of "the snaka In the grass" suited him. Mis Hasel Stevenson,- as Mlnnls Tem ple, sn ' outcast, won sn abundance of sympathy, and Spenser Walker created excessive admiration ss captain of the steamer Winchester. ; -.Among the most Intensely -realistic scenes In "The Midnight Flyer" are Brooklyn by moonlight, the lonely tele graph station, , the thrilling railroad scene, snd ths wreck ot ths steamer. The play abounds In startling sensa tions" and thrilling incidents It is one of the best of standard railroad plays "Ths Midnight Flyer Is essentially dramatic and wonderfully thrilling. It was highly satisfactory to two big au dlenoea yesterday and will likely prove to be s record-breaker In the way of attractions It la to b the bill st ths Empire during the week with the usual matlnsee. Bees' Intelligence Department M. Bonnier rasd s paper ' before the Acsdemy of Bclenos snnounclng his dis covery that each hive of bees possesses an intelligence department which sends out scouts to ,. discover where honey snd other good things sre to be gath ered, s M. Bonnier noticed thst some bees re mained hovering about flowers for s long time, as if prospecting. H marked soms of them, snd found that -when they discovered a v"good thing" they flew direct to ths hive with s sample, returning almost immediately with many companions. Pometlmea he found that the scouts appeared to give direction In ths hive to their companions for the bees be gan to stream out snd fly ts ths In dicated flowers unaccompanied by sny ef the "suls." . . . , . : , 1, By Mrs. John A. Logan. ' Ths most potent enemy ot woman la to be found among ner own sex. Whea ons think of ths noble sacrifices' of such women aa Susan B. Anthony, Mrs Csdy Stanton, Clars Barton Mrs. Csrrl Cbapman Cstt snd s host of other self aacrlnclng, grand woman, who have worked so long to secure privileges, en couragement snd opportunities for their own sex, ons 1 St s losa to know why soma ef ths beneficiaries of their salt sacrifices snd struggle tor women should deal such s blow ss ha just been inflicted by Mrs Elsie Clew Par- sons, who, laboring under the halluci nation . sometimes caused by s utile learning, ha . advocated the most re volting snd home-destroying proposi tions that have ever appeared in the English language. . Shs upholds liber tinism snd loos marriage tie in her book, "The Family," which she intended -as a textbook ror ss of- students in colleges, whs taks up the subject of marriage, tbe family and parsntnooa. Sh must know that this onslaught on ths acrednas-sf--ths-sMrvissev-tiS-snd ths horns will recoil upon - women snd that it will bs claimed that women who ... ...v.-.a- - - - - ml nue open to them srs unworthy snd. unsqual to the proper uss of higner privilege than those -smbodted- tn do mestlo pursuit. Her theories srs cal culated to-do incalculable mischief by ths Impression that she makes on ths minds of -young women who will look up to her as on of the favored of for tune and society. 80m of tb extrSots which hsvs been published In the news paper srs . so Indelicate In suggestion and so disgusting that It 1 to De nopea that the book mar be doomed to-short lire. . - . . It is not stated whether Mrs Parsons hs children or not. If she has, h must hav great confidence in the favor of fortune that they should never have occasion to experience ths unhappy side of life, or shs would hsvs mors solici tude for their happiness than to put Into their mind such total disregard of tbs sacrednees -of- Shs -marrlags vows Their fate might be ss brilliant ss hers. but their children might bs smong tb deserted should their husbands or wives sdopt her" view snd become dis enchanted with their companions - Ths patrlotlo cltUens of the -United States cannot be too much on ths alert In suppressing Socialists, - anarchists, free lover, home-deBtroyerp .and sU classes ngaed-ln--laarlng down the vital, bulwarks of our . national . su premacy. kj! ., imagine tb condition of the genera tion yet unborn if the authors xtf their being srs not conscientious snd loving parents, . W , hsvs already an insup portable burden In the cars, education snd proper preparation for the duties of Ufa of the children of criminals and the dissolute. Hnw would-4 1 be--possi ble to car for ths hordes that would bs thrown upon ths public were her theories to be sdoptedt ..- -- - - - it l wen known that naught ssv the laws of ths land influence many people to stay " together snd do their duty by thslr children, snd however In compatible they may bs it is fsr better that they should stay together and sup port tbeir famine than ts b allowed to fepsrat at will, remarry and bring Into he world other children to bs dumped upon the already over-burthened states snd communities -. If people in the higher walks of life are ready to succumb to such teaching Of Socialist snd anarchists American prosperity and American civilisation are doomed. ' "' - ' ' ' Let sll law-abiding. Christian, patrl otlo citisen awaken to thslr individual responsibility in opposing all form of socialism, anarchy, libertinism and irre ligious propositions if thsy would tbat our great nation should contlnus to lead in philanthropy, prosperity snd civilisa tion. - - 7 .. : Letters From tte People ; Christianity and Development. Eugene, Or., Jan. II. To the Editor of Ths Journal. A Portland paper (not The .Journal) said recently tbat the Bible wae a book subject to errors and consequently not a true or certain guide for human conduct. It seams to me that in tni age, which show ths en lightened effects snd force of Christi anity, (whose foundation is the Bible), such a statement should not go unchal lenged. What 1 there that is good in our legal, religion or social system that ha not com from the divinely benevolent and truth-glylng influence of ths religion of Jesus Christ? It is true thst the philosophy "of ons or two ot ths ancient nation ha contributed to the Intellectual growth of later na tions to s certain extent, but what I Intellectual development without moral and spiritual growth? Indeed, tbe latter I uprmely important, sine without It ths tendency ef ths human mind 1 to sink into sensual indulgence snd conse quent decay snd destruction, ss witness nearly all ths ancient nations .V. The tendency of eminent - cientifle thinker ss they eome to mature age 1 to acknowledge or at lsaat perceive the limits ef humsn speculation, snd to see the dependence of the race on a higher or infinite power. They (or many of them) cannot account for many of -the phenomena of nature; as, for' instance, the continuous giving off of hest from ths- sun, snd ths apparently flawless system of motion of the heavenly bodies (who number as later year - pas ems mora and mora to approach tb infinite), without supposing an infinite power (another name for God) to be directing said phenomena.. H. F. ANDREWS. San Francisco Booming. . -' In 1895 our population wa Ht.tit. ay Mage' Circular, and lsst year 400,000, The bank clearings for 181)5 were tC2.7v.Z40; last year tl,S8,400, 77. Bales of real estate In LtvS, 176. 147,8(11; last year, f8,es4,S00. . Savings bank deposit In 1S0S. 177. 744.448, ss sgalnst l(t,S45.14S In 10. Building operations In 105, 16,781,(43, as sgalnst 39.204,47 In 108. , ". Dinkelspielers. By' George V; Hobsrt. . Clothes dosn'd maks der man, but dey make udder men dink he Is, so der odds I der difference. It take a lot Of talent to paddle your own canoe, but it take J chenlus to- get udder peoples to paddle It for you. If some peoples could - borrow money ss easy as dey borrow trouble dey you Id soon maks Anty Carnegie look like der butler In der poor house. Rein Up, There! f. -' rronv the Pendleton Trltninr -The Portland Journal say "the young year knew how to rain, all right." Oond thing It did, since It will hav to reign for U months continuously. rVoman'a Enemy Senator . Gearin on tte Japanese v ' . j. . - ' . - From the Boise Statesman. r ' Senator Gearin of Ore son made 1 speech in ths United State senat in which he criticised the president be cause of the position of the latter on the school question in California, snd discussed the Japanese labor question in the same connection. . HI criticism seem to hav run against the presi dent on both questions The position taken by the Oregon sen stor on the general Immigration of Jap anese undoubtedly 1 In accord with pub. lie sentiment There J a feeling; every where, sna particularly tn the weai, that we do not want and cannot afford to sat a great laboring population that cannot be amalgamated snd that work snd live under oondltlona different irons those surrounding eur own people. In discussing the - subject. Senator Oearln mads a very happy distinction, saying he did not wish to say ths Jap anese wers Inferior but simply thst they wars-radically different from, ua. Q all ferent thst there could be no amalgama tion. . That 1 the moat illuminating dis tinction drawn In 'connection with the subject that the Statesmen Jss seen. . a a Senator Oearln struck the right posi tion. Th Japanese ar different, aor customed to different conditions, snd live according to . different rule,, snd they ar therefore not a people that can assimilate with us They can live more eheaply than eur people, snd . cons auently thev can underbid th latter in th wag market. Under the circum stance th disposition t to' limit or prohibit ths immigration of Japanese laborer and that policy will undoubt edly prevail. . . . j" . . ' - : Nor 1 thsra sny deal difference Be tween th senator and th president on thst point, for ths president Is known to bs ready ts negotlste a hew treaty under which coolie from Japan can be excluded. He I practical: hs know th conditions, snd hs i not asking that w leave our ports open to unrestricted immigration from that, country. On th school question ths president takes ther ground that had -ts- bs- taken If h wera not to be placed in th posi tion of treating the Japanese aa sn in ferior people. It 1 hi duty under' the treaty to see that the Japanese sre as sured ths right accorded thenv ana., to determine whether ths right to sttend the public school 1 one of those rights h. has planned to bavs a sas.. brought through which tbe courts may aeciue the point A president, hs is discharg ing his duty; If th court hold . the school law of California t -not an-ln fringemant of th rights of the Japsness that will end the matter, but the presi dent could not be expected to ignore a complaint of the kind ' that has bean msd. . . - i Bryan at Spokane, ; From the Spokane SpokesmanReview. Person ' who heard . Mr. Bryan's speech Tuesday , night and had heard him frequently before, said that his speech st the banquet wa the finest they had ever beard him deliver. All the element of arrest oratory were blended in thst address deep knowl edgs of ths subject discussed, flashes of wit. and humor, lofty ideals, good nsturad ridicule of th other party and frequent bursts ef the finer sort ot elo quencenothing- hysterical, nothing florid, but . beautiful - sentiments ex- oreued in cholc English. ? But perhaps tn tru grastnese - or ths man was better revealed oy Bis broad and generous utterance approv ing many of th sets snd utterance of President Roosevelt. Her wa a man who wa twice defeated for th presi dency; who leadership wa rejected at th last national convention of hi party, who has been abused snd vilified as probably no other American since Lincoln, and yet he spoke without bit terness spoke Indeed with a fine exhi bition of good humor and kindly feel ing and gave a speech whlcn wa char acterised rather mora by prslsa of th leader of ths Republican party than by criticism of that party. ; . No ' wonder Mr. Bryan retain hi grip on th sffectlon of th Democratic masses and th respect of th great body of American cltlsenahlp. Hi su perb courage, hi undoubted sincerity snd hi broad snd kindly ympathle en dear him to million of all parties It Is ths great good fortuno or tb nation that ths leadership of tbe Demo eratto and Republican parties- 1 held by William Jennings Bryan snd Theo dore Roosevelt. ------ '' January 21 In History. 170 Claud Duval, ths highwayman. executed. ' , . , 1793 Lout XYI of Francs guillo tined. - 1829 King Oscar IJ r Sweden born. 18S4 Emigrant ship Tayleur wrecked on Irish coast near Dublin; t0 live lost. . ' llg( Henry Hallam, historian, died. Born 1778. 1180 Captain Harrison of th Great Eastern drowned st . Southampton by cspslslnv of mll bost . 1 18S7 interstate commerce . mil Da- came a law..' . . . .'''- 1813 Nineteen lives lost la burning Of surgical lnstltut st Indianapolis. 101 United state government sur rendered the defaulter, Neely, to Cuban suthoiitles ' - lt0 Kin Christian IX bf Denmark dld. Born April I. 1818. Oscar II.'s Birthday. King Osear XI ef Sweden, who. ha been critically 111 for soms time, wa born in Stockholm, January 11, )82, and succeeded hi brother, Charles XV, in 1871. Destined for ths navy, he took an active part in several expeditions. commanding the - squadron. He also took th coura in th university of Upsala, where h was graduated s doc tor of philosophy. Ths people of Sweden say he is th most learned king and the best-traveled man among th royal head of Europe. King Oscar Is a Bernadotte, son of Oscar I and of Joaephln of Leuchtenberg, who Wa th daughter of Beauharnala, ths. stepson of Napoleon. Hi wife, whom he mar ried In 1867, wa the sister of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The Came Laws. ' From the "Boise Statesman, In Oregon ther I a demand among those taking an interest in th subject that th killing ef deer be prohibited for f lv years. Thst show how, the tat ha been cleared of Its large game and serve a warning to other state that, though law regulating th hunting of deer and all Other game have been en acted, they hav not been enforced with sufficient vigilance. - On difficulty baa bees Inadequate provision for deputies to carry on th work.- In thla state th gam llcens law bring In enough reve nue to snabls ths slats to pat more men In th field where destruction ot game In violation of law la likely to occur. If thst war done It would bs possible to prevent destruction of all gams , Small Change ' I ft coal enough for you I , Now for bulns st Salem. ' -V' . . " Everybody welcome Mr, Bryan, .'".''.;':'','-' .' ' ;.' '. Senator Bailey retains hi nerve, all right .-, .: . ',. ; Oregon Is her own, dear, damp self again. - -c - - .: v . . ' . ''. , ' .''"'-,' There 1 no shortage ef railroad dl-. , esters - . , .- - ' Now brag again on Oregon' wild , weathsr. - , "v.- - Th fire alarm seems to hav about run down. " ; . .j - -' , ;. Needles special trains sre hot a very good alga.. . ." ' ' . ". ' '' . . .' ;",- ' If Foraksr in't foolish, nearly evsryo : body is fooled. ' . . . The committees won't suit every poay, ox course. 'or skatlnar aV peopl can go oh skates. . '' t- . - -e ' s v ' Tomorrow th people1 aalectlon for enator will be ratified. Th peopl should 'begin looking around for new, councilman. ' '" " -.- ' - '" ; , r Why ia om wood " Ilk railroad atocki? Lot of watar in f- . - ... ;.. , '-"':' ;-- This la also th year is which a lot of good road should b mad. ,. "Mrs Russell Sag old, but hr rsla- : tlves thinks ah holds on wall. - ., . ;. ..-. - Thar is enough for legislator to do. six days In th week, at Salem. ..---' ' - ' 1" "" -.' ; ', '. .f ' -- A man who la real hungry doesn't atop to think about tb pure food law. '.-,. -. - What member will bs- brave enough" to introduce a blll-t raise mimbiti' -larit ' . . ' ... ,- .","''.'';."'?'."' v" - Epldemio diseases srs mostly th rs ult of needles Ignorance snd gross carelessness. .-- -. -.... ( .' : . Paonla'a. miArtM .Ml.rf m wnu.j ' don't go so fsr as to wish th road a protracted cql famine. - ... . -,. : .... , . . , ,,-..-. ..s t - ' -The member of the- leglalatnr-who - talks Or act nartiaanahln la alth ... . Of data or out of placs. . A machine fnr- kaonlna- Vb. - -. -. - been Invented. Soma borrowers-lean ' : keep-thsm wlthdut any machine. Now. ' Prof. Rawle. waa ha you went to Washington f or to push ' " that-rai-of-salry bill through? '-""-J . ; V:."; s. s ., .. . - -: , . God hss bssn banished from sWiui. so far aa the prims minister esa do so officially. He think he 1 bigger than God. 80. thought Robespierre of him self, .rj.; .-..v...,. -iia.-Jtii..:-i-J. . . V -OS Th Salem Journal orotaara ihIiiii - members of th legislature eomlng very week on special trains to Port land, where It am "sin M-.n,tu . , . ford ths chief mals diversion. " ToWrs behind ths times, colonel; slot machines srs under th ban bar now. - But th ' members ought to tay in Sahtm and spend thsir sporting change ther. " Oregon SirJeKghts . A Ho wall nrairls man klUed a I1U. ' pound soon. . f . Th Woods ar full of tlmba emlaara v. around BeUfeuntala. - - - - Wa ara a-nlna- to dan a nntia tl Sill-"'" verton, asy th Salem Statesman. A band of 150 head of beef eattle. fat. tened on alfalfa, averaging 1,410 pounds, -was shipped from Vale. - Juat before a big- Morrow county ahed wa blown down. 1,000 head of sheep . bad ben driven out of It. - Five live Insurance agents track ths . town Wednesday snd ths thermometer dropped to 10 below in consequence, ' says ths Scho Register - - . Vsl Orlano: Th Oriano didn't want th county printing 'nohow,' as there ' ", wa only about 1100 In it. 'WUl om -' on please pas th butter. The eomlng season In Sherman eoun- ty, ssys ths Wasco New, promlaea to b a greet ona Already the lgn of th coming good time caa be seen in many localities and th song of th croaker will soon be a thing of the past. ' Bom tarn duck were in a lake near . Rlllaboro one day lsst week, sad whan they left th water and went en -the v Ice their wing fross to ths Ice and they had to be liberated before they eould return home. One wild' fellow had Joined his domestic brethren, and h. too, uk tn reat, waa msd a prisoner. ' Forest Grove Newe: In regard to that marriage that waa to come off aoi two weesa ago, we nave to say that (be bride-elect got her "troo-so".. finished all right, sll right, but In sn ante-nuptial talkfest tb subject of making the morning fire cam up, and there I a light hitch in th proceeding in eon equsnoe. , , .. . - .-,.., The East Oregonlan comDllment Mayor Fe snd tbs Pendleton council on a fearless, economical and progressiva administration during tbs past yesr. om street paving has been done, th levee ha been repaired, a sits for a city hall ha 1 been purchased, open gam bling he been suppressed, th license of some saloon have been revoked, de cency na oeen enrorced, snd ths city hasabout $2,000 surplus. "In it fear lessness snd practical policies th coun cil ha enjoyed the fullest confidence of the people," says the East Oresonlan. What a contrast ts ths record ef om council that might b mentioned. ' a. . . The Albany Democrat publishes tbe following communication: "Portland orSan Jan lt-1 wont vou heln a nonre' man But Honest hav gust got s Job snd I want a wife one that can love aad chlrlsh wont you put my ad In you Paper for s while 1 cold git a wife hare -But they halnt fit for a Poors man all they think of 1 painting their fac snd buying shoe I want s small wife and 1 will Do ths wrlg-hi. thing to 1 hav not ny enonsy to aeml you Hop yo will do a charity act Be Cau 1 Dont' know when I ran Pay It but if you Do I will prorals to Send you tb money som time Pleas Help a por fellow out will yea. . J 1
