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that alive. Franklin.
FACTIONAL SPITEWORK.
EPRESENTATIVE BEUT
f CETTSbiir-to-rJepTive-Cotrnty
i 'Judge Wcbjter of his joint du-
. ties with the county commts
sioners in transacting county busi
ness, and restricting him to purely
probate business, seems to be a' petty
piece of factional spitework, and for
this reason ought not to meet wtn
favor.. Republicans have been de
claring for the last two or three years
that their factional hatchets were all
buried, but this bill indicates that
these representations require mate
rial modification. . r ;
' The people generally jpfMultno-
ah county. aiarga. majority.)!
" whom fare - Tlepublicahs.-'Tiave but
slight interest in thj ups and downs,
the ambitions and schemes, the plot
tings and revenges of the Republican
-' factlon'aTtcailcrs, but they ar att-itv
terested in having an efficient, eco
nomical and progressive county judge,
the faction or party to which he ad
heres or leans being a matter of no
consequence. After he had served
one tertn of four , years the people
elected . Judge Webster '," sgain, and
did so not only because he is a Re
publican, but largely upon his record
- in. attending toth'e very business of
which this bill, proposes to deprive
bim. It is therefore not a bill called
for by the people r the Republicans
oTMultnomih county. .,7 .
' During Judge Webster's incum-
bency of this office a county debt of
$500,000 has been wiped "out, many
miles of good roads btve been built,
the probate business,' some of it neg
lected for quarter of a century, has
been cleaned up, and county prison
ers have been put to work breaking
rock for county and city roads and
"- streets, and a saving has been ef
fected in boarding, them. The.com
missioners are entitled to part of the
r credit for . this' good showing, .but
Judge Webster is entitled to a large
share of the credit, and it may be
safely assumed and asserted that the
,. people .of .this county wish him left
undisturbed in the possession of the
. authority and power now vested in
him by law." .'-;''. r -!;.: '. 1 ' 1
There'is no good reason or excuse
r-for-the proposed-change. If this ac
tion is prompted by Sheriff Stevens,
it will be well to remember that he
'. was elected "by a very small and for
awhile doubtful plurality of " votes,
which docs not justify himrin organ-
' tzingr a hostile movement against an
other county officer. ' The sheriff
ought to be fairly ' treated, but no
measure of revenge or spite ought to
be countenanced in - the- legislature.
Judge Webster is, doing good work.
and the people generally approve of
it, arjd they desire him to be let alone
WHY THEIR CASE IS WEAK.
A. MAIN indictment, and one that
counts lies HyagainiT tliTstate
afjL normal schools, is the low rela-
- tive percentage of normal grad
uates wno are actively . engaged in
teaching. -The average in the coun
try at large is but IS per cent, fig
.' tires surprisingly low. In Massa
chusetts and Near York,' where nor
mal systems are . elaborately devel
oped and generously endowed, the
j percentage is 46 and 25, respectively.
In Connecticut it is 36, Indiana 20,
Illinois 10, Kansas 10, Iowa 124,
Maine 23, .Minnesota 25, Missouri 15,
South Carolina 25, Vermont '24, and
in Wisconsin with a highly developed
ystem 35. ' The average is so small
that it leaves 85 per cent" of the ele
mentary teachers - to be trained in
other institutions than normals. It
raises a question if, after all, the im
portance of normal training has hot
been over magnified, else why are
not more normal graduates in the
'work? Were their efficiency markedly
luperior, would they not be more In
demand and accordingly more in evi
dence in the schools?. ,!
In Oregon .these doubts.", are
heiKhtencd by local conditions. The
ute has per capita fouf time s
many normals as the ..average in
the country at large, and yet has
counties where less than five per.cept
of the teachers are normal gradu
ates. In one of the Willamette coun
tics there is only one such teacher.
It is the misfortune of the normals,
but not all their fault. There are so
many of them, they! have been but
half supported. In attaining growth
and influence, their creation and the
manner of it TTas crippled them." "It
was not so much to serve education
but to secure votes for senatorship
that some of them were given life.
Education and politics are a bad mix
ture, and their joint product Is of
doubtful value. The consequencftjs
prejudice, agitation . and hostility
among the people that has hampered
and handicapped the normals, and
that-nowthreatens, their existence.
Nearly 700 pupils "in the four schools
two years ago with but 269 in the
normal courses, is not so much the
ftfaulrof tint Horwalsy of the polr
ticians who created them without re
spect to needs, system, propriety or
any sincere desire to promote educa
tion. It is such conditions that have
dwarfed nonnaMnJjuencand.jgr
lessened . the percentage of ; normal
teachers. ; It- has created the wide
and fast growing hostility that has
starved them in the past and that will
starve them more' than ever in the
future, Vntif-the normal schools are
extricated absolutely from the mire
of politics.
ON DANGEROUS GROUND.
HEN THE legislature sets
out to tinker with laws made
by the people, it treads on
dangerous ground. It is the
electorate .now-that is iinal authority
in Oregon, and it knows how to wield
its power. Through the initiative it
has enacted reform laws that" never
could have been wrung from, the leg-
The importance and utility of the
representative bodies at Salem is
largely lessened as a result of exper
ience.; There is less concern and less
interest nowadays in what the assem
bly; doeiffor there is a way in which
good legislation can be secured, with
out the assistance or intervention of
the legislature. It is easy to imagine
time when the people, cognizant of
their power, of legislation through
another channel, might conclude to
lessen the number of gisla.tive ses
sions, say to one in four years, It is
equally easy to imagine-, a condition
wherein, the. sessions would be short
ened. and the legislators bestill fur
ther stripped of their importance and
prerogatives. .
In no way can such a day be more.
hastened than by giving politicians
full swing at Salem, and in permitting
them to manipulate laws in their own
interest, rather than in the interest of
the people. A long stride in that di
rection is just such a travesty on leg'
islation as was proposed with refer
ence to Statement One of the direct
primary law, which it was planned to
so change that it. would be neither
more nor less than an effective block
to the carrying out of the will of the
people in senatorial elections. Of al
most identical import was the suc
cessful effort to subordinate the in
terests of the people to partisan con
siderations in the railroad commission
bill. , Pursuit of such enterprises will
have its sequel ' in legislative de
cadence, greater or less, according as
wisdom or folly prevails at Salem.
CONSTRUCTING THE CANAL.
L
ETTING the contract for dig
ging the Panama canal -seems
to be a very difficult matter.
" It is not'st range that it is dif
ficult, for it is a big job, but the gov
ernment Seems disposed at times to
give up the contract scheme and do
the work itself. Chief Engineer. Ste
yens is said to have threatened, to
resign if the contract were let, and
then the Olliver contract was called
pff, and it was intimated that- the
contract policy would be abandoned.
though this report has not been con
firmed.".' . '." '
That there with, be "jobs in the
job, whichever course is pursued,' is
to be expected, but it would seem
that these would be reduced to the
minimum under . the contract plan.
By this method - the v government
would be "jobbed" perhaps but once,
whereas u-jt attempts to construct
the canal directly "jobs" will be nu
merous, in spite of the utmost ef
forts of the president to prevent
them. ' '. ." : v'''"
Responsible ' contractors ; would
probably do the work in far less
time than the government would, and
do it as well. The country in a
great undertaking like this .does not
care about a few millions extra ex
pense, provided the work can be well
done and pushed to a speedy comple
tion. It has full faith in the presi
dent, but not much in members of
congress .as a - rule. The - country
would like to see an end made of the
jealousy of .chief engineer and of
some of the interminable balls of red
tip, and also of the pull of congress-.
w
men - in favor of political pets . who
seek soft jobs where there is littl
to do and plenty to get. .
Consequently the public, if it could
express an opinion, would -undoubt
edly favor the contract plan, relying
on the president and Secretary Taft
to make " a good contract ; Hence
there is some disappointment over the
deference shown to the threatening
outbreak of Chief Engineer Stevens,
and the holding up, of the Olliver con
tract. ... Puhlic criticism on this point
is not in order, because the public is
not In possession of inside facts, but
JLis Baf e. ta say that there-has -been.
a good deal of "backing and filling'
and mismanagement, and the contract
plan seems to be preferable, ,.
NEW RAILROAD MAP.
A-
NEW railroad map of the Har
riman . lines in Oregon is very
encouraging and gratifying,
and is a sufficient cause for
great" rejoicing and general celebra
tion all over the state or .would
be if the indicated projected .roads
were sure to be built m the near fu
ture. They may be, and if they are
everybody in Oregon will be ready
to give Mr. Harriman the glad hand
on that account, but it cannot be
forgotten that railroad presidents,
and Mr. Harriman in particular,
sometimes change their minds, and
do . not keep apecific promises, let
alone making the actital railroads
correspond with railroad maps.
Looking at this fine new map,
with its beautiful red dotted lines, one
can scarcely repress an outburst of
spontaneous enthusiasm. Certainly,
we . are. inclined to think no railroad
map maker would . use red ink with
which to enrapture the people's eyes
and arouse their enthusiastic expec
tations unless all -the lines so indi-
TateTr"were surely to be" built, and
that speedily. Red ink means, we
imagine, a rapid and copious flow of
blood, energetic action, and glorious
results; life, movement, ' victory, ac
complishment But having, like Pat
rick Henrjr.no lamp tcr lighten the
future but the experience of the past,
we are forced to restrict the amount
of confidence with which; we would
fain nourish. . hope and expectation.
We can. but realize that a railroad
map maker, does not have to confine
himself so . strictly, ,to facts . as a
geographer. .. . ,; :.-. ,,.:'
However, this is a nice,' instructive
map, On it we can, see not only
where Mr. Harriman's lines are built
and in operation " in Oregon, but
where they are projected, whatever
that may mean. Some, indeed, as
is shown, are actually under con
struction; and this, whether reason
ably or not, adds to our atock of hope
that those projected, and even others
still, 'will be built in the near future.
The map is a real convenience, but,
after all, what is a railroad map to
a real, running railroad? ' -
Congressman Wharton has intro
duced a resolution in which he de
clares the evidence in the Thaw case
to reveal a ""depth of moral deprav
ity, degradation and degeneracy un
equaled in all the annals of our crim
inal history." We fear he imagined
himself making a campaign speech
about the. opposite political party.
The Thaw case in all its essential
features is unhappily a very common
one. If the men had been carpenters,
and the girl a housemaid, nobody
would have given more than a pass
ing notice to the same evidence.
'.An extraordinary monster is said
to have been cast by the waves on
the beach at Seaside, whose simple
people are in doubt as to its identity.
As the strange thing is reported to
have the head of- a turtle, the body of
an octopus and the horns of an elk,
.scientists wilLliave.no. troubIeJarcc:.
ognizing it as a species of Prevarica
tion, which only makes its appearance
around hotels in the dull season.
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.This congress will pass no Phil
ippine tariff bill,". and it is now re
ported that the ship subsidy bill will
probably pass, which will make one
large sin of omission and one of com
mission for it to answer for, and the
responsibility for the latter will rest
largely upon the president, who has
somehow been curiously induced to
advocate the ship subsidy grab. .
Secretary Hitchcock has probably
made some mistakes, and his policy
may have done injustice to some
honest settlers, but when one thinks
what might have happened if Senator
Carter, one of Hitchcock's violent
accusers, had been in his place, the
secretary's mitdoing sinks into com
parative insignificance. ' ;
Congressman Crumpacker says the
Philippine Islands are, like the sword
of Damocles, hanging over our heads.
That simile should draw-renewed in
terc.t to his nitne.
The. Washington legislature is also
likely to pass a demurrage law, that
state already having a railroad com
mission. Lumber manufacturers and
other producers over there have suf
fered , about the same as those of
Oregon, and are making similar de
mands. Oregon and Washington
have both treated the railroads very
well, but the people's experience the
past. year was "too much."
A Washington dispatch says that
to' admit the letters written by Rep
resentative Hermann to various par
ties irj evidence "will put the defend
ant in a deplorable position." Very
likely; hence the quite natural -effort
to keep the letters out of the rec
ord. ' . '
If ; Mr.' Hill should build another
transcontinental railroad wouldn't
Mr. Harriman have to do the same,
with terminal in the Pacific north-
west? .-But no; we forgot; there ia no
money for railroad building. 4 ;
The Western Union has raised the
wages of operators, and as yet has
not raise Mts ratsr but- as 4t says- it
is losing money on much of Its busi
ness, a raise may aoon be expected.
California succumbs, ' She was will
ins; to fight the Japanese, but fell be
fore the threatening' glance of their
great ally in the White House. j
Mr. Hobson is conducting the cruel
war against Japan in a method and
with a weapon highly 'satisfactory to
the board of strategy.
Burn Love Letters
Br Ella, Whaeler Wilcox.- 1 -
It Is done! In the fire'a fitful flaahea
Tha laat line has withered and curled:
In a tiny white heap of dead aahes
Lie burled the hopes of your world.
There were mad. foolish tows n each!
letter
It la wen they ' have shriveled and
burned;
And the ring! oh. tha rlnf was a fetter-
It was better removed and returned.
But aht la It done? ' In tha embers.
Where letter and tokens were east.
Have you burned up tha heart that ra-
' members ' ... -7-7
And treasure Its beautiful past -
Do you think in this swift, reckless
fashion
To ruthlessly burn and destroy
The months that were frelrhted with
passion,- ...
Tha dream that ware drunken with
jorl V' r ;-'.''--
Can -yon burn up the rapture of kisses
That flashed from the llos to tha aoulT
Or tha heart that crow sick for lost
' bUSSeS : "'
In spite ot It strenctn of control T .
Have you burned up tha touoh of warm
nosers '
That thrilled through aaoh. puis and
' each vein.
Or tha sound of a vole that still Ilnrers
And Hurt with a haunting- refrain T
I It done? Is tha life drama "ended T
Ton have put ail the lights out, and
yet.
Though the-eurtaln, rung down; baa de-
. scenaea. . ( ,
Can the actors go horn and forsett
Ah, not They will turn In their sleeping.
With strange, restless pain in their
- hearts, f - 1
And In darkness and anguish and weep-
ing
Will dream they are playing their
, , part. .
Don't keep love letters. ,
Unless you are receiving them from
your own wife or husband or your
nance, you might better keep a box of
dynamite la your kitchen or Introduce
an Infernal machine Into your house
bold than to guard a package of love
tetters. . 1 ,
Let them perish In tbelr own Area as
aoon as absorbed by tha aya and heart
II your engagement is broken, even
though ona or both swear ' never to
marry, nevertheless It Is worse than
folly to keep the letter exchanged dur
ing tha existence of tender relations.
Fateplaye such strange pranks with
us all. Your lover may some day be
president of the United States, or your
sweetheart the wife of a great eelebrlty,
and unnecessary pain and annoyance en
sue from tha unearthing of these old
letter by some accident. ' -
Bum them, I say. burn them I .
e ... .. . ...
It is ona thing to have your husband
or wife tell you of an early rehearsal
of Cupid's drama before you mat. It la
another to encounter . the love letters
written during that period which aeera
to your exacting heart mora realistic
than the role you have been engaged to
play for life. . r
- Bometlmee a ecnelble. moral being Is
suddenly swept off bis feet by a tidal
Wave of passion.'' -
- Borne times hs I safely landed on
shore by a happy turn of the wind or
by the life caving erew of Providence.
He hides his brclses, and no one
know of his brief disaster unless he
carries .about with hlro tha incriminating
letter, . . - -
Oh, tha folly of ftt
It la.no easy task, however, to burn
or destroy a letter that la dear to you.
A genuine love letter breathes tha very
fragrance of the writer's eout Who
cepable of understanding the grand pas
sion ha not felt tha keen ; sense of
pleasure that was twin to pain at the
sight of the beloved one' handwriting?
Where la the man or woman so stolid
or commonplace who has not at some
time kissed the page whereon -a dear
hand has rasted and then hidden it near
tha heart whose accelerated throbs wel
comed Its approach f
. And who of deep feeling and wide ex
perlenca ha not at soma time felt his
owp heart scorching with the parcel of
letters he tossed upon tha coals T
But human hearts have a Phoenix-Ilk
propensity for rising from their own
aahes, strong with new life and capable
of new emotions. Let there be no ac
cusing records of the old.-
. Let the dead bury Its deed.
However It hurts, whatever It cost
burn your lov letters. . ,
The Burns Times-Herald notes with
satisfaction that outalu representatives
hav failed .to. tak an order from local
merchants for hams, bacon and lard. We
are keeping our money at home for such
produota, aa also flour. Now If some
enterprising people would look after the
dairy product w would be better off
tUl. . j
Party or People,
Which?- '
'.: from Tha Astoria n. ..
There Is a mighty Juncture In affairs
that call for tha most deliberate and
far-reaching action by tha Republicans,
ss such. It Is tha passage of tha Chapln
bill for the establishment of a railway
commission" charged with the Immense
tssk of wharplng the railroads back Into
the harness of the law anu aaving the
people and Industrie of Oregon from an
nihilation commercially. . A certain
group at the capital is fighting the bill
on tha ground that tha preliminary ap
pointment to tha proposed commission
must be paased up to a Democratic gov
ernor.- ant) that the remedial results ac
cruing will .redound, not to the dominant
party In Oregon, but to tha democracy.
and the Impetus given to" Democratic as
pirations will react to. enlarge tha scop
of power of the minor political cult, and
perhaps pave tha way to tha federal Sen
ate for the present governor.
This comes with wrstched grace from
a party holdfog tha tremendous leverage
of a 10,000 majority' In tha state of Ore
gon that stood still and permitted tha
election of George B, Chamberlain, and
if it Is proposed to recoup that miser
able blunder by tha commission of one
infinitely worse, to-wit, the studied and
utter submergence of a half-million
people and their abounding -capital-and
interests to tha eternal rule. .of ruin Ml
ready Inaugurated by the railway of
Oregon, then it must be known once for
all that this paper and US Influence
riaes superior to party and stands for
the commonalty against the free-booters
and their henchmen, who In the nam of
party, would cinch forever the thrall ot
robbery and defiant audacity the people
are at laat in a position to throw off.
The. people in their extremity come first
In this hour, and wa beg tn go sauarely
on record, in this behalf.
Mrs. Bottlecork Helps tha Kids.
' By Weg JTonea. 7 ... .
T'ow, children, eoma here and
ru
neip yon with your studies.
"Ethel, put baby in his oot turn him
face up. you little minx;, he can't
breathe through a pillow.
'-Harold, where did you set that mud
on your shoes? "On the street.' Indeed)
None-or your Impertinence,' nuw.
-Here your arithmetic lesson. Now,
If I give you. Harold, six apples, and
even to Ethel, what will you have?
-What' that you said, air? 'A turn
myache!' Tou vulgar, rude little bov.
3WmO- 1 wirt-ty-1raewlsr"h6wmany
appies you 001a would havs together.
1 lou answer, jstnei. Toud arve
tou answer,
your to Harold.' wild you? Answer
my question at once how many apple
would you .ha v? '
"What- that, Harold? "Why don't
I give you th apples and let you aae?
(smack!) 1
"This Is a Question In arithmetic
don't whimper Ilk that or I'U hand
you another not a Question of getting
apples. ? ... .
Ethel! Repeat that remark out loud.
Tou ' think you're getting lemona In
stead of apples f
My, oh. my! What' a mother to do
with such children?
I don't car if you did hear your
father talking about tha lemon he got.
Tou pay attention to your mother or
you'll never grow up into a lady.
Now, here's tha question again. ' If
I band you six orange and seven lam-
on how many apples will yon have.
"What are you Uttering at? "There
were no orange In tha question be
fore T j said nothing about orange. -
"No, Harold, I did not
Don't yon dar to oontradlot your
mother, you young villain. .
"My. bead fairly busses -round., uo,
here comes your father.
"Now.. Tom Bottlecork. yon Just gat
off your coat and help your children
with th rest of meir . lessons peiore
you get any uppr.-,
"I've taught tnara meir aninmeuc
thoroughly for once." : .
Is Thera Any Wonder?
From Eugen Guard, February It WW.
Tha Balem Statesman Is tha only news
paper In Oregon openly opposing all ef
fort at railroad rata legislation. is 11
ny wonder, therefore,- that speaker
Davey. who Is editor of tha Statesman,
has come out tn favor ot an elective
commission and la deslrou of making
such other change la th Chapln bill as
will practically make It worthless?
Money Instead of Mystery in This Case
ARTHUR
Every thinking man and woman tnt
th United State 1 Interested In th I
trial of voung Mr. Thaw for murder.
This la not merely a murder trial, our
modern civilisation la on trial: our
scheme ef inherited wealth Is en trial;
tha nrbrallty, the aundaxdaofour ay
are on trial. 1 Th Thaw case, which
concentrate th attention of this coun
try and of the world, 1 an event of
historical Interest It 1 not merely a
little movement of th second band of
time tloking off new events
There hav been lnth world's his
tory many famou trials. Aomng those
that com to the mind ar those of
Dreyfus, or-.whleh th bael was race
and rellgioue hatred,
' The trial of Warren Hastings wa
made famous by th eloquence of Burke
and th descriptive power of Msceuley.
Thl trial was baaed upon th tendency
of powerful nations and their repre
sentatives to exploit and a bus th
weak. . '' ,''"'!-.--
Th great trial of th French reve
lation, during which one leader after an
other sent hi enemy to th scaffold,
and In his turn was sent ther, Illus
trate brilliantly th passion of po
litical trlf and of revolutionary hatred.
. e . e a
Thl Thaw trial Is something new In
America. It records ' will b studied
centuries from now If historian oar
to get sn scctirate Idea, of that condi
tion of life which we ar pleased to call
"our civilisation.'- -
The lw forbids the killing, of one
human being by another. And It per
mit no justification whatever. Tet
human being and human natures Ig
nore th law, when, th law Ignore
them. , '
And In th murder trial It Js already
made clear that th efforts of th law
yers defending Thaw will b-to prove
by Thsw's wife and other that it ws
meritorious act to kill th dead man.
Ther are three important figure In
th esse. Out In the graveyard lies the
man who was shot dead. He was not
typical of our civilisation, fortunately,
however, . II was typical of a very
smell class only. , t
.There is a young women whose good
looks, with her husbsnd'a..!bllllons,j; at
tract their crowd. " '
She Is typical In her way of Amerl.
can life.' Her testimony prove that
money can dee troy moral Uf today .as
It hs been sbl to d lac history be
getw . . ' '.
; Small Change
Tha defendant will not rejoice at Mr.
Heney'a returs. .
. e e
Tha state printer graft has bean at
leeet much reduced.
, . . a e . ' ' -
Any bill a lawyer-legislator ' doesn't
UK Is unconstitutional. . "
"In th multitude of eeunsel thar 1
danger of nothing being dona, .
. e e ..;,'.'
Tha anti-Webster bill look Ilk
piece of petty, spiteful faottonal politic.
Bonl 1 another ' fellow - that h
dropped out of sight lately. . How 1 the
poor. man. II vjn g ? :.4
That highwayman In skirt I proba
bly trying to exemplify a wrongheaded
notion 01 aqua rights. , .
- , .. a . e .v'-".'
Shakespeare might have thinking of
Stanford White whan he said. "The evil
that men do live after them." "
Tha Salem Journal lnferentially says
legislator "steal." W don't believe
that tt deserves that term. l. ,
How long 1 It going to take to find
out that th canal must be dug at Pan
ama, and' not in Washington?
At least tha Weston Normal - school
will not be abandoned. It basketball
team ha a complete outfit of natty new
unirorma.
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' Judge Fraser either forgot or did not
think It hi duty to obey the scriptural
Injunction to turn th other cheek when
a witness slapped him on one. '
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Bryan alt en th fence and smiles as
he see Harriman, HlllOould, Bear, and
the rest of th big railroad men work
ing their level beat for government own
ership, .rv .
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j. Ham Lewis' is asking th railroad
for $300,000,000 back taxes claimed to
be due Chicago. He was probably
thinking of a percentsge fee when ha
fixed th amount .'
' . , . a a t.'7,
India napol la ho. Id-up manpleaded tn
excuse-when caught that he robbed no
body but Hare. But th wis police
judge knew that tn that case sea rcely
anybody wa exempt ....
""An Inolan7wglnaTrTniUtefi
vorca becauee her husband would allow
her to eat nothing but parched corn.
But probably be thought everything else
had microbe. . . i. - . t .
. . 7 - a - ;-r-r: -7"
If Chancellor Cay is to be th bene
ficiary to any extent of that 131000.000
gift w mav expect to hear soon an
other bray of adulation of Rockefeller
and contempt for workingmenv
.. .-.-,.' e e -v ,y
An Indlanapolla street ear conductor
ha been sent to the penitentiary .for
stealing a ticket worth 4 cent a. If tha
boaa of th road had stolen 14,000.000 ho
would hav been sent to tha senate. ..
Mr. Harriman suggests that ha would
make a. good interstate commerce com
missioner. A membership on th Ore
gon commission would be too small a
place for him, but he might Ilk to sug
gest ths names or one or -two1 good men.
Some of th big railroad men have to
spend a good deal of their time or
would If they complied with authorities'
demands on th witness-stand. Most of
them dodge, but Mr. J. J. H1U goes
around answering questions a If be
wasn't afraid ef nothln nor nobody. '
: February 16 la History.'
1TI4 Amboyn seised by th English.
- 1114 Lionel Lukln, Inventor of th
life-boat, died.
1 340 Henry Watterson, - - American
journalist, born, -(,
. 1145 George Kennan, explorer and
traveler, born. - ''
1864 John Sadller, member of British
parliament committed suicide aa a re
sult of revelations of gigantic fraud.
13(4 Forty German sailors killed by
boiler explosion on cruiser Brandenburg.
1S Francois Fell Faure, president
of France, died. Born January SI, 134U
1402 Two thousand persona killed by
earthquake In Transcaucasia. . -
BRISBANE DISCUSSES THAW
The third figure-In the case Is th
man on trial for murder. He represenu
Inherited wealth: ha repreeent lack of
self-control and Ignorance a to th
meaning of life. He sits with pussled
look ss his lawyers argue. He seems
to miss front hi Anger th pea that
hitherto has solved all his problem
with the signing of a check. He ha
never learned to act only to express
hi . ungovarnad ieeung.i.;..
While we. etin In misguided affection.
leave great wealth to our children, w
do not control th thing that they can
do with that wealth.
. Some centuries ago a young man aa
rich aa Thaw might have committed not
ona murder, but a thousand, without
finding himself seriously embarrassed
or deprived of hi liberty for on day.
Farther bark still It might have been
his dally amusement to have men mur
der each other before him. And ha
might hav - deaconded Into tha 'arena
to kilt and satisfy his own lov of de
stroying life. It 1 to tha credit of our
day that It takes so great jin Interest
In crime against life and against mor
ality that only a short time ago would
have been merely commonplace,
w , e e a - " -,
The story of Thaw's wife Is aad and
depressing. It Is a dreadful thine to
know that a young girl, poor and friend
less, lacking, th constitutional moral
strength to defend herself, should be
made th victim of hearties men.
. But rn that respect also th world has
Improved. It la at least recognised a
a crime against tqa law and a crime
against human decency to Injure a de
fenseless human being, as Evelyn Nesblt
was Injured. i - -.
It I discouraging to read th charge
mad against Stanford White, a man of
power, of Intellect and real achieve
ment -- ... ; J
It I horrible that he should have been
treated aa a man, much leas aa a friend,
by those who knew the life he led. ' And
yot w can at least say that such men
are rarer. In our day than they were.
The crime they commit against woman
hood are recognised aa crime.
Not so many years hack In the world'
history a Stanford Whit might have,
bniight-a-dosen-or- hundred Bvelyn
Neablts, at so many dollars spleen; hnd
he chosen to do so. -In order to take
advantage of th poverty, end Ignorance,
nd th helplessness of a young girl to
day a nan must break pur laws, and ia.
Oregon Sidelights
ensaMeaassssBBegt ,
Harney valley rejoice In a big now
fall. ' . ..
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It look a If Albany Is bound to hav
some paved streets.
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Wallowa Methodist burned a mort
gage on their church. .
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Four valuable blooded . horse war
drowned neer Corvalll.
''..... . e . . ' .' . ''...7 .. . '' : 1 '
. Th flood destroyed - many wagon
roads In Gilliam county.. . .
" ' ' " '.' " ' e .' a '.,',
-Not many stock are suffering front
lack of feed ft eastern Oregon. ,
e ';.''' ,
'"Bine 1101 Arltnglon"has "rducdTt '.'
Indebtedness from Ili.MI to 13.700.
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Ther was a wedding In Paradls last - '
week, and now two people are doubly ' -In
Paradise. .
,- -..... . ' ,77-" e; e .. v:'.' .7
New buildings are ' prlng)ng up all
over town and evert out In th woods,
ay th North Bend .Harbor. ; -,
-''"f'-.''-- ' '-':.' '", '..7.
.' Purina? the high water two Polk eoui -ty
men held 13 cowa and t horses for' -two
day In a barn. 34xl feet
' . V . '. : e e. 7 - ' :'':V'.
-On North Powder man will hav
shipped fiOO oars of l thl winter, nd -another
one several hundred car.:
'7 , '. 7... . ...
Th Klamath chamber of oommerc
has ordered 6.000 folder for distribu
tion, and th number will probably be
lnoreased to tO.OUO. ' , ; .
George Thomas of Cov has received -
1,000 cherry tree which when set out
will make with what he already has
cherry orchard of te aoree. . ;
;. ' ' e e
Beveral people In th Echo vicinity :
ar killing many rabbit and shipping
tnera to rortiand and Beattl parties. .
Several dosen ar shipped out nearly
every day. - . :, - - 1 ';
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Lane county people ar nulling' for a :
change In tha Una between that county
and Douglas so that the Bohemia mln
Ing district tributary to Cottage Grove.'
111 all -be- In-Lane county,- where tt
seems geographlcallyto belong."- ., t :, --
. ''.: '.--.( ' e 7" . '; ; ,!
Mount Hood correspondence f Hood
River Glacier: Th most convenient-
And it Is great fun, too. Thar was a
jolly party out Isat Thursday night
coasting en th critter and they report '
just lota of fun and many tumbles.
Corvallls Time: They say that ail '' '
signs point to an early, spring. The -.'
ground hog failed to see hi shadow.
and ther 1 an early Easter, two sign
that used to b considered a dead shot
on a forward spring. . Occasional Oregon . .
robin hav been seen of late, and this .
1 counted as aa Indication, '
;-77. e . e -..,
Th fruit product of Hood Rlvev
valley last year amounted to 3430.00,
of which apple are figured at 3343.000 '
and atrawberrle 3135.000; of th Mosler
region, 334.138; Tha Dalles, 3113.300;
total for Wasco county, though other'
communities produced considerable, - -
I8IS.7I6. This la th fruit inspector's
report but the Hood River Glacier say
fruitgrower of that valley wer pald'
3535,813.44. , . ' - f '
Henry Watterson'a Birthday. :
Henry Watterson. journalist waa bera
In Washington, February 18. 1840. In
oonsequenc of defective eyesight he
was sent but little to the publlo schools.
but received much careful education at- '
home. At tha beginning ot the civil war
he went to Tennessee, where th family .
had formerly lived. After a abort edl-.
torial . career tn Nashville ha enlisted in '
th Confederate army, waa a staff off I
cer In 1881-83 and chief of scouts for
General J. XL Johnston th next yesr. .
At the end of th conflict ho went law
Louisville to seek fame and fortune.
Within a year or two ho had polned W. .
D. Halderaan, then - of the Louisville
Courier, which subsequently became th
Courier-Journal. In eu time Mr. Wat-.
terson became editor-tn-chlef, and a '
great power In Journalism and politics,
lit U author of . several book, among
them a history of th Spsnlsh-Americau .
war and a Uf of Abraham Lincoln.
TRIAL.
addition to this, aa many of our mur
der tiiala have shown, he must put
himself absolutely eutsld th law, out
aida th pal of It protection.
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While w reflect upon th Improve
ment In human condition as .thl trial
emphasise them, w must not howeve.-, .
fail to see our awn weaknesses and to
realise tha shameful 'truths which th
trial bring to light "--.vi:
We know that a man notoriously In-'
different to the pitiful appeal f help'
less childhood can aotually be received .
"In respectable homes."
W see that the superfluous and Often
dishonest wealth accumulated In on
generation may mean ruined live and
prospect In th next ' Th famous mur- .
der trial is full of lessons for rich fath-
crs and mothers. It ha also It wassw.
lug for poor mothera and their children.
Fortunately, it la possible to say with
absolute certainty that th law la taking
its course, regardless of th wealth of
th man on trial. That 1 to our credit
as a civilised people. . - - '
The plea of Insanity which 1 mad
by the man' lawyer I an Interesting
masquerade. Thle plea alone makes it
possible to Introduce tha evidence which
will tell the jury what Thaw has to say
as an explanation of the killing. . No
evidence of th existing murder can b
admitted. Ill lawyer ear: . ''The roan .
is craay, You must permit u te tell
you th thing that he heard aad that .
made him craay," and In that way only -they
are able to put before the jtary the .
story of th wife, tha accusations she ,
mokes against the dead man and tha
provocation Under which Thaw lived.- .
Not only . lawyers, but tha publlo la
general will be Interested when tha time
cornea for Delmaa to eay to th jury, la .
other word, but perfectly plain: -
"I called my client Insans. I admit
that he did th killing. My real de
fense to you 1 simply this question:
"Which on of you would not hav
dmi the sams under th same circum
stances r .... ... 1
A spoiled boy from his babyhood by
egceesiv wealth, a girl wretched Ijf un
fortunate In th fact that ah waa
beautiful and poor, a dead man whose
friends have npt dared to speak for
htm, a, jarv who. If ih defann is victo
rious, must be convinced that they, tno
would have killed Stanford White, j ' f
: Thl with money In plae of mystery,'
I th foundation of a famous '
watch, bg U what world. . - , . r
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