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" aia ia' the year (sally eveiege).,, -1M Tha Jenraal to tba wiT Paar a Portlaad tbat glvee airralattoa facta Aid nuna ta tbe pabltf. fauy and freely -la abort, aoakea Ita recoroa aa oeea heok. Bark f erar- Joersal rtreolatlaa etatemest la aboadast . aa4 coortoclm roo. opes to a-rr ad-artleer who daalrae la siake par. eonal taveetbjatioD, art room reports, ter ror mate etreeta. elrcnlatloa reaorda, paper bUU. aipraaa and peetnfflpe reeelpte, aad tba raak raralpt fcr clrrahttlan. tba beet arldrora at all. Oa top at tkla Tha Jonnul la aetlOed to Rowoll'e Aawrtcaa Newapapar l1ractory a iruarantaa nu, naa insuring tba ruu ilrar . m vartiaer. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE "ESTEEMED Salem "Statei - rrftn, b partuan organ of .the Undpat Variety, recently headed long tditorial, "Re publicanism Always Pure" and prop erly, under auch, a title, went on to show as well as it could that "the Re publican party has done a great many most excellent things an4 never did anything even the least .little" bit wrong in its life. This would indeed be a most remarkable record, and one .which the Republicans - could point to- with pride, standing shoul der to shoulder, and huzza themselves hoarse over, if it were true. But alas, it isn't. ,''v,,..' .'... With a curious mental contortion, the Statesman interprets Governor Hughes' recent remarks,- commented on in The Journal, to imply a criti cism of liny Republican who on any occasion even temporarily or for whatever causis declines to Votethe Republican ' ticket straight; and the Statesman argues that the governor's exposition, of true Republicanism does not furnish any "excuse for political betrayal." 1 If anybody v else in ; the United Starts so construed Governor Hughes' speech, he hasn't been heard from to date. V"; v'!, , But the Salem editor assume, and indeed positively asserts, that to -be a Republican involves absolute polit ical and civic virtue and purity. He says: - . v. . .. . ' 7 "The genuuieTRepuWIcan is always an advocate of clean, honest political methods and ia ever ready to discard from party favor pr indorsement the mas who, w6uld prostitute it to un worthy ends -': , r PV ''. i Assuming that "genuine", means a Republican who always votes straight ' and accepts, approves and applauds whatever the leaders say and do, one could in a lew minutes recall many prominent names and events that make such a statement stupidly silly or grimly ironical -The Republican who ia what is described as "genuine" could . no more always "vote v- 'er traight"" and "stand shoulder to shoulder," and hurrah for everybody and . everything v Republican, lhan Jesus could have gone into a per centage partnership with the money changers ia the temple. , " - j"; , ' Alluding again to Governor Hughes and New". York;;' and ' illustrating its position that the Republican ' party always drives out unworthy men as soon as 1 their un worthiness 1 is dis covered, the Statesman-ays:'i-;,'The fact that for. a few years past, the party in New York has fallen under an unworthy leadership, wherein senil ity and venality were exercising their deadly influence ' . only . emphasizes the fact that genuine Republicanism is not ' dead, but that Governor Hughes proposes to revivify it in that state and bring it forward in its pris tine and historic beauty." .1, ; - "A" few years," indeed.' How long has Flatt been in the senate? "And did not'Harrimaa compel Odell to reelect Depew? ' And how long was Quay in' power in Pennsylvania ? And have the base and rotten Republicans been driven out of power,' except for very brief 'periods for 40 years In those great states? And is Ohio much if any better? Or West Vir fjnh? Ot most of New England? Is AUrich of Rhode Island a "gen ii ne" Kri)ublican? 'And ETklns of West Virginia? Oh, but bad Repub !;. ans are being prosecuted now and t irnf l rut. r Yes, to some little ex lfnti!,oiif.h there are probably a fnl mny Cadr Powells in office j t-1 ,.t v ' ea 'did the Republican party ever elect a Roosevelt before? And can it again, or does it really wanrto? Aiid"wainT HUgheTnom bated in New York against the wish of nearly all the "genuine" Republi can leaders, because they knew that one of their sort could hot be eleeted, and they rather hoped Hughes would be beaten? ";.:,.; ,. ?.-'- VV do not mean by. these queries to say that the Republican party has not much to its credit " It has, and not only are its rank and H patriotic and worthy, men, but so-are many of its leaders and most of its promi nent men. ' Nor do we say that the Democratic party, if in powef, would have done or been on the whole"any Setter.- In some respects it might have done worse. AVe. quite; agree with the Statesman when it- says: There, ia ,much to live fof aiid be proud of in the Republican party yet" But the spirit of partyism for partes sake is dying out, and should die out The man who votes a straight ticket on all occasions,, in local as well as general elections, just for . party's sake,' is becoming the exception rather than the rule, and it is well that, it, is so. ' The' Republican party aa such has done a good many good things, and a whole lot of bad ones. Most" of the men it puts into office, we hope, are honest, capable and patriotic but"t the aame time there, are a good many deplorable rascals among them. If a party was alto gether "pure," this would not be so: Indeed, it is well; after a party has been in power a long time, to turn it out to short grass for a while, and let it repept of its sins while some oi the tainted fat is worn off it In rust ling for its grub. V ',-' DEBAUCHING A NOBLE PRO- ; ; FESSION. ' ' . -"''' -- . .,. ',?,--. IN THE lengths to which attorneys have gone in the defense of Abraham Ruef, the public has part explanation of -why "courts are sometimes in disrepute, and - of why they are often criticised. Chicanery is not on any account 'aft admissible means of defense. . If it were, law,, which in contemplation is a noble profession, would be outlawry, - and justice -would be a 'question of which lawyer in the case' could be the big ger mscaL ii'i-'.'J,-'.. 7 A criminal, though guilty, is en titled , to a renonible-defense, but sot an unreasonable one. The law guarantees him a fair trial' bUt does not expect , unfair means to be in voked for his acquittal. Every law yer knows, or ought to know, where the fair ends and the unfair begins, and that point thould be the limit of effort; Every 'ethical.-, consideration, legal or otherwise, insists that- a crime be' not' committed in order to free a criminal; To win at any cost, with invocation of such methods aa that policy means, may be effective for generous retainers, but it brings odium, often undeserved, - upon. 1 the courts. ; .. i', ..; ,'V,;;. ,.' .'! ;,;,. .'. The. criminal always has the ad vantage of - the ' doubt, and . that . is enough without ,. Hessianizing wit nesses and hiring evidence.-. Specious pleas of 'insanity, where often there is no insanity,; afford a sample of tricks -long overworked, and for which courts .that ' are frequently blameless, are blamed. The trial judge cannot blot out the evidence, he cannot prevent jurors from bet coming confused by insanity dodges, and many a time is driven by counsel for defense into' proceedings that are a travesty on justice,. and for preven tion of which the court is helpless. '. At San Francisco there is the spec tacle ' of a judge and a prosecutor bent on, administering exact justice, but so far they are powerless to, do so For weeks. and months, the crim inal has been at bar, but by the loop holes and pretexts of the law, he has held the court at bay. - The .fullness 6f bis guilt is acknowledged by the resort to every resource to stave off trial and "judgment yet time rolls on with law blocked and justice cheated. It is infamy incarnate and a crown ing example of a noble profession debauched , and dishonored. : ' ; t." VALUE OF, THE VETO POWER. SPEAKER DAVEY, in the Sa lem . Statesman fulminates ."against the Veto power as used v by Governor Chamberlain," and says it ought to be abolished. The Linn county council, patrons of hus bandry, in resolutions, declares? "We heartily indorse the ! actfon'orCover nt Chamberlain in exercising the veto , power on h appropriation, and other .bills passed by the legislature, and - commend " him.: for the . stand taken in the interest of the citizens and taxpayer's-of the atate." While tbey might not indorse all his vetoes, nineteen-twentieth s of the people of the 'Stat will very largely igree with the Linn county grangers, and, about the same number would vigorously resist any attempt to take the veto out of the governor's hands. It would doubtless delight machine politicians to take away the veto and. expose the state to any "passing brain storm" of frenzied finance r high politics tha might sweep over the legislature, but that is a consum mation the people do not want The great body politic is not near so much frightened over what the gov ernor might, do with , the. veto,, as what the legislature might do without it Indeed, if power is to be taken from either the executive or legisla tive department and the people are to be consulted it will not be the executive from which the subtraction win dc made, v , ..;. ""Speaker Davey urges as a reason for taking the veto" away from-the executive, that the people have the power of veto. , So they, have, but it comes much cheaper if applied by the executive, and if. the -voice of the Linn county grangers is to be trusted, the results are about the same. "Be sides, if, as the late speaker insists, the fact that , the people have,., the referendum is reason for the veto to be abolished, why, is not the fact that the people have the -initiative equal reason to have the legislature abolished? ,'' :-' ' rfi k MORE GOOD STREETS ARE . ' NEEDED v- ; . . " k - 'a ' PORTLAND should oegin tnis year to improve its streets a good deal faster than it has " " yet done. ' There will always be individuals opposed to any spe cific improvement, and taxpayers who will object to large expenditures for this purpose; but it should need no argument any - more to " show that good, clean streets are a modern ne cessity in a progressive city, and that their cost is one of the best invest ments a city can. make. ,, , r, Portland should have gained suf ficient experience through ' these many years of experimentation,' gen erally resulting in a greater, or less degree of failure, to be able to decide as to the best paving materiaL and having settled that question. ahouM gcr ahead at a far faster pace than ever before to pave many streets, and require the laying of cement side walks. ; The , city J has made quite a creditable record - in these respects during the past two or three years, but what has ; been done should be only a beginning of what is to-be done, and that as rapidly as possible. . Streets that are, not to be or can not yet be "paved "should be kept cleaner than they have been, espec ially through , the spring and sum mer months. , It is due to residents who have neat houses and grounds to keep the streets in frontof. them clear of deep- aggregations of mud and dust, .and , their' accompanying filth. . And well-paved and clean streets are due also to strangers who have heard of Portland as a fine city, and above all to ourselves as a City. The council has been more liberal with the police and fire departments than with the street department, per haos because' a greater direct pres- lure.was brought to bear by heads ot those departments, but the author ities will make a mistake, and prop erty "owners ; also, ' if they become parsimonious,--'with ' reference r to tret imorovement: " There is arareelr a limit' to the profitable ex penditure for this purpose, provided there is no bad work or grafting. -. We have often remarked that "pav inar Days.f f We have said this in al luding to proposed pavements in Sa lem, Eugene, Pendleton, Baker City, Albany and other towns. We meant it But if '."paving pays" ; in such towns, it pays all the more in Port land.,1 And so do .cement sidewalks pay; they ought to be required al most everywhere.; And clean streets pay. f And so does street parking, of which' there has been a good deal of talk. Is it to be all talk? " J,;- Portland is getting to be a big city; Its population and wealth are in creasing rapidly. V It it challenging the '- whole country attention as a splendid ' and exceptionally growing city, that aspires to be the metropolis of the whole coast Occupying such a position It cannot afford to be either negligent or niggardly about its streets. .. V- : ' "'(- A big extension of the well-paved and . well-kept areas should be made this year. See to it that the best possible work is done, but don't fail to do the work. v-v It look . like a oretty bi'ar ' strikei hut the interested but helpless eublie wni6pe71h-atlh06nlesUnlSwill soon come ' to j some agreement so that work can go ahead without much interruption. . . 1 r It has come to pass that only a rich man can afford to; go to. con gress, unless he is willing to be a social nobody, and this weakens hii power for useful service. And rais ing salaries would do no good, for thesocial. and public demands on the congressman's -purse, if he yielded to them, would outrun the increase of ( salarz, F nope there are yet a few staunch, . un spoilable members who can do good service and yet live within their sal aries. Such men ought really to be the ones most honored. , , -'"The long campaign for the, enact ment of ship subsidy legislation has finally terminated .in nothing more tangible than the accumulation of a stock of political capital bythe Dem ocrats," remarks the extremely Re publican Sioux City Journal. But another campaign will be inaugurated next winter, with the same . result The Democrats " in " congress can't vote for the detestable thing, but from- a merely partisan point -of ew they ' might ; hope the Republicans could muster strengh enough to pass, it '- "'..-". r ; I v .Tillamook county may, well rejoice over a court decision that knocks out its toll roads, . or road tolls, rather. The people may have ' to pay' a little more taxes to keep up the roads, but they will gain, indi rectly,' a good many i times .'this amount Toll roads are a -relic, not actually of barbarism, but of primi tive times k that should have . passed ere this in such a naturally resource ful county as Tillamook, that is just entering on a new era of develop ment, ; . . ;: .;',': Letters ; From tke ; ; People ; ; .. ? i. - -' Humanity and Immortality. Fortune. March T.To the Editor of The Journal So tar mm Z know all men hope for continued,' oonsclou, per sonal exlatenc bajrond death, and so far aa I know a larce majority of poo pi believe tbat such la the faot, but so far as.Z know nobody baa positive knowledge that such la the fact - A great many people think they have auoh knowledge, but when it conies to a careful eorutlny of what they know, it Is found that they have jumped to their conclusions, without euffldent evi dence, and -can demonstrate nothing. And then the pointless, discussions aad vain repetitions sro on. -, - "J. (R." thoug-ht he had a cloud of witnesses, but when the roll was called, not a voice responded, either mortal or Immortal. , And his proposition shrinks to this, in a single day: "if 'Student' la one of the class Just named, and will send me his address X can and will aut est to him .a line of thought and pro cedure that will furnish to him all the proof he professes to crave." But if "J. R. haa anything- in the way of knowledge that Is good and help ful to man, and soothing to aching hearts, why not out with it at onoeT Why dole it out to aa tndltvdual, here and there,-when the whole - world Is hunreiing- to know what he' seems to think he knows t - Why does he assume this air of mystery and suggest "that J could if 1 would," and that sort ot thing? No. Mr. "X R., if you are not a "trifler rather ' the serious" teacher and demonatrater, you will not with held your '"vital truth" front an anxious world, dive it to all or us, on the lightning- wings of the telegraph and of the publlo press. Do not let anybody thirst for "a line of thought and procedure" that you can so easily suggest to them, and one that ean open to them the mystery Df the future. . ; STUDENT, 7 . : Wants the Name,':' " Portland. March . To the Editor of The Journal Let me suggest to "Night watch" if he haa anything worthy of consideration on the subject of "Hu manity and Immortality" he should let us know this particular "Nlgbtwatch" by . signing his nam to articles. ' He must give his name to the editor to show his good faith and 1 as one of the publlo desire him to father his opinions and not Hide himself behind a nom de Dlume. Although I eannot blame him very much If he Indorsee - his "Two propositions." I would be ashamed of my humanity tf I thought a child was conceived . la sin . ana - shspen is Iniquity," and of Immortality If I be lieved la a God of wrath. , j. ; j. JAMES O. SPENCER. .. '' Lost No Time.1"'-'-' '- 'Portland. March 7. To the Editor of The Journal Immediately upon the ad journment or congress sugar advanced II cents per lot pounds. Enough eatd. CONSUMER i. -A Country of Trousers.' ' In rie-do-Re. France, says the Travel Magaalne. the peasant women work with the same ease as the men in the salt and oyster beds, at the catching of shrimps, and also In the fields.. While engaged In theee tabors - they wear baggy knee-breeches, .loose walsta and light-colored sun-bonnets. The sabots of the winter have been put aside and the feet are left bare, although the legs of old stockings ere often drawn up as far as the knee, aa a protection from the heat and Insects. It is Indeed a country -of -trousers,.--Nor does it-stop with humanity, for many of the don keys, aa well, wear long striped red and white or blue and white coverings on their lege, which look . very much like the remnants of uncle Barn's wardrobe. Tbeae are put on the stubborn little ani mals to .keep off the files and mosqui toes, so that they wUl be less liable to .kick. .,..!;!'.;.. -. :v - ....... a-'l. Paradoxes of Travel." ' There are surprises to him who trav els. There are no onions In Bermuda, for the visitor. Tbey are all exported. No tobacco is grown in Egypt The khedlve bag forbidden Its cultivation. There are no olive trees on the Mount of Olives. . The Turks and tourists hav destroyed them, - The French do not eat frogs,--The Parisian restaurants may be searched for daya without finding a single frog. Irish whiskey is drunk n Scotland and Scotch whiskey In Dublin. Tha Holland ohaem la seldom seen at The Hague and Neufchatel cheese Is made In New York. Kansas City to in Missouri The chief Justice of the su preme court of Egypt is a elttsen of the state of Florida,- and the head of tha antl-Armenlan party In the Turkish em pire is an Armenian., , . ' " " '? " , . ' ,A A Voung Mountain. From the London Party Mall. The-Kentleh fat boy, Charlee Law Watte, of Woodchurch, hat lust cele brated his sixteenth birthday. During the paat year he has Increased, in else, and he now weighs 171 pounds. On his fllteania birthday be weighed UO sounds, Mrs. B6ttlecorkancl tliSnowball - By We Jones. "Ethel, you hold Baby while I to scross the street and talk to Mrs. OJua. No, you can't go sliding with Minnie Muggs Just star here and keep your dear little baby- brother amused! . - "What a eight that ,woraan looks, squattering about on the sidewalk Any one would think she'd been drinking. Maybe she has, toot it lan't so slippery today! - ' - . "Oh-h-h-ori Mercyr Oh-n-rtoni (Bump-bump!) Oof! "I'm killed. I'm killed. These etreete are like glass. -Ethel! You unnatural child! Are you laughing at your own mothert Tea, you are now: don't you dare to deny It v-you're snickering, you little demon 1 . "Come and help me to get up at onoe. Never mind Baby: put him down In the snow there, Pull now, pulL - Oh, I'm glad to he over that street If s an out rage the way the city leavea the cross ings. - -V ; - r "New I've -got you, you little Imp! Take that for laughing at your mother (Zlff! Zlff!) Now run back to Baby. "Oh, how do. Miss OJua. isn't it an awful day tee-heel "Excuse me tee-heel for laughing. but you look so funny tee-hee! .with that snow in your ear. What's' that T My Harold threw the snowball T i "Well, what It he-did, the boy must have some play. I'm sure -he didn't mean tt to hit yeu." "What! Ho threw It at meT Harold. come here inatantlyl It's an outrage the way these boys throw enowballa. But you looked so funny, Mrs. OJus all that snow In your ear and down your neck tee-hee! end you trying to ecrape It out with a muff. Tou shouldn't get mad It does give the children such a lot of fun, does it not? I think snowballing's good ouch! ugh! oo-goo-ugh! "Harold! Harold!! . Harold!!! e'mere at once oh, you you you I don't know what you are. Walt till I catch you I'll make you sorry you ever threw a snowball! Ugh ugh 1 my month's full of enowt - "What's that yelling? What dyou eay, Miss OJua, It'a my babyt, Ethel! Oh, abCs gone and left my poor pet- tums. And has sunk away Into the snowplle.. Oh, why did I ever have a child the 1 little well, devils, that's Just what they arel ". - ; --t --- There, - there. Baby-boy v uommerll have you dug out Id a minute, and won't she warm up your brother and slttef when they get home!" , 1 ., ' : . The Play ' Black Pattl and her .Troubadours are undoubtedly the premiere of their race In the way cf entertaining. The place haa been Won by thia organisation by worth and merit and by long and dili gent effort The troupe has ranked high for years, but Its leadership baa been firmly established with this year's per formances. . All the world knows that the real negro has a .voice that Is melodiously his own, but every one does not know perhaps that with the company that opened en engagement at the Empire last night there are some of the best negro voices , in America. - The com pany scored tremendously before one ot the largest audiences that was ever packed into the Morrison street house. , - Black Pattl, or Slssleretta Jones, wae repeatedly encored last night Ae a fun-maker, ' John Laxklns Is the real thing In. colored variety. Ha baa a laugh that le Infectious and a mouth which, when opened, must surely cause a roar. ... w,- In the first of the three acts there Is a one-act comedy, entitled "A Royal Coon." In the second act there is a series ef high-class vaudeville acts, and In the third act there Is a scene from "The Chimes of Normandy."'' - , . The .engagement- continues - tonight and tomorrow night and tomorrow mat inee. . It Is certainly worth while to visit the Empire during the . engage ment ; " -.- ' ': 'r v f; Thievea Marketa.':';.; ;; In the .United States we appeal to trie police or search the pawnshops for ar ticles that have been stolen from us, but in the City of Mexico you wait un til Sunday, aad then hie away betimes In-the morning to the Public market of Volador, Just a few steps from one corner of the areat.Plasa. aaye the Trade Magaalne. ' i Here you may discover, openly dis played, the silver sugar bowl stolen from your house. -You must not try to confiscate It nor-offer to prove It Is yours. ... Tou sedately begin- to bargain for It and when you have haggled the price down to what you can afford to pay, strike a bargain, hand over- the money and the bowl le yours again. Take a good look at the fellow who sold it to you that you may be on , your guard if aver you see him about yout house, for in all probability he ts the thief who robbed you. . ' w Strange as it may seem, the thief Is protected by an old custom, which says that If be on the Sunday morning after his crime, display his booty. In - this market he may be exempt from pun ishment. -This old custom has given this Volador the name of "Thieves' Market"- .. Homer C Davenport's Birthday. Homer C. Davenport.. Whose political cartoons have made hie name familiar to many newspaper readers throughout the country, wee barn In Bilverton, Ore gon, March (, 1117. - His boyhood was spent on an Oregon farm and the only education he received wae that afforded by the humble district school uof ths neighborhood. Tiring of life on the farm he left It to seek a wider field for his ambitions and activities. - For sev eral years ha engaged, In various pur suits, being In turn a' horee Jockey, a fireman ow e railroad and a clown In a circus. . But no matter what work hs wae engaged in he devoted many of his lelaore moments to drawing "funny" pictures. His first work as a cartoon artist wae given him by a San Fran cisco ps per In ISIS. . Hie work attracted attention from the start, and three years later Mr. Davenport ' located In New Tork and began drawing the po litical cartbona which won him no little fame. ' 4- Couldn't Fool Him. ; .', ' Prom the Green Bag. An Irishman was arraigned before a police court Judge Cn a charge of as sault and battery. . - "Are you guilty or not guilty r aaked the clerk, when he finished reading the charge, to which the prisoner replied: "How can I tell unfit I hear the evi dence r , ''. ' The Great Problem. Prom Life; " Mlit - Smith hae written a problem novel. 'haen't ah T" "Yea." , ' '..'' "What le the problem t" Vom to make U acll." ; I Tlie Serious, Si de of a lCinjfl Laugh By Rev. Thomaa B. Gregory. Edward VII., king of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India, wae pushing hla. automobile through one of the London streets at a speed that was much faster than the law allowed. A policeman, seeing the car approach ing at such aa unlawful salt nlanted himself In the middle of the way and raised his hand. The machine stopped. The fat-faced. Jolly looking gentleman In tba rear aeat gave his nqme as Wernher, 'called the polloeman's atten tion to the number on the car and stated that his addrese was Bath Houaet Pica- dlllji , -.', , ', - Bomewnat awed by tne cnaractor oi the nelghborhool from - which the fat gentleman hailed,' but still true to his duty as an officer, the -policeman per mitted the auto to go on, but not with out Imparting the Information that the transgression would have to be settled before the msgistrate, little dreaming tbat the culprit was "his majesty." . The machine had scarcely resumed Its way when the king threw hlmeelf back and laughed until his sides fairly shook. i There was a whole lot of tragirdy in that laugh. To htm who knows how to look at it there la la that laughter of the king pretty nearly the whole history cf the long paat of man's misery end wretchedness degradation and shame. : The king the "anointed of Ood," the representative of heaven's order on earth is above the law, and whatever he does la perfectly right and must be aecepted as such by the joor devils who are hts "subjects." From - the dawn of human history, right down to the Red Terror known as the French revolution, that old He be strode men'e thoughts like a Colossus, and kept the world In a condition of po litical servitude and moral chaos. Of course. King Edward, as compared with the kings of old. Is a moat tract able, mild-mannered, reasonable and law-abiding gentleman but In '. .d ward's laugh we may, without much difficulty, aee reflected the horrible past Just re ferred to. with Ite almost Inconceivable story ot ignorance and shame, brutality and oppression. ' - Even Edward VII. la the opening decade of the twentieth century, knew that he wae perfectly safe la rushing his car as fsst aa he pleased. He was the "king," and. hie "majesty" once re vealed, no "subject" would dare to bring him before the court ' - Indisputable Is the old saying- that the law la a net that catches the little files, while the big onee break throughand go on as tnough the net did not exist at all. . . , - History Is the ugly, dispiriting thing that tt la simply because the great ones of the earth were permitted te laugh at the acts for which the poor and the humble were made bitterly to Buffer. The- "upper ; classes the king and hla favorites could . (t what 'they pleased and there was none to call them to account while if the "lower classos violated the law they were Imprisoned, branded, whipped at the cat-tail, de prived pf their ears and oftentimes of their Uvea. 1 -. - - But It is encouraging to know that at last things' are taking a turn for the better. With all cf Its - faults, and faulta It still has a plenty, the grand new century In which we find ourselvss Is waking up to the Important fset that right is one, and tbat by right e one law alt men are bound, rich and -poor, the strong and the weak, the Illustrious and the humble ell bound alike to ren der obedience to the rules of civil order, upon which all tru. progress depends. It le the perception of this great truth that le nowadays, almost for the first time In history, bringing. the big criminals to tbe bar of Juattce along with the little ones, punishing .ae pow erful and prominent offenders as well as those of lesser note In the world. - It te a moet hopeful sign. It mesne that the long night ef moral apathy Is passing away, and that we are n earing the morning of a new day In world- ethics,.... .- . .. :l ... .. . i '. '- March 8 In Hlatorj. 1T0S Klns William m died and Queen Anne came to tbe throne of Eng land. ''v ' e -- ' -; - -. 1TSS The 'stamp act paased Tor the British house ef lords. . 1(01 British defeated the Freneh at battle of Abouklr, Egypt. . V ISIS President Monroe recommended recognition of Independence of Mexico and the South American states. 1144 Bernedotte, king of Sweden, died. . - ' 1S5S First steam fire engine exhib ited In Baltimore. .- t 1171 Treaty of Washington, between the United States and England. 1S7 Millard Fillmore, thirteenth prealdent of the United States, ' died. Bora January 7.. HOB. . ; j 4 HIS Harry . Hayward ' eonvleted in Minneapolis of the murder of Catherine Glng. - - . .. ltoo Theatre Francalse In Parle de stroyed by fire. 1I0S American troop killed f 09 Mo- roe In battle near Jolo. - - , , a T I. By William T. Kirk. - In my. bachelor home I was dreaming. with a- volume er Keats on my knee. And the nooks of my etudy were teem- v lng ,- ; '-.. .With visions once precious to me. I saw through the hase of Havana v ' . The lane that 1 trod long ago. And while I was thinking of Anna ' The gaslight mathought '. flickered v. . OW. ... .,' ,- - . . . I thought of the ecree cf cotton ' - Stretched out 'neath the south'B shln- - lng etarsr " ,. - . - I thought ot my vows, all forgotten I thought of the world and Its scars. Around me the ehedee slowly lowered-r I hsdn't been drean.-lng, alas! For, coming to life, I discovered - That the Gaa Trust hed ehut off my ... . gaa! ,. ,. ,(. -. ll The Other Man's Joh : r.f , y ' "" ' v ; ' - ;.Y;-- -; -t- Bt WILLIAM, F. KIRK. : - ' ' . ' .". It's pretty soft for the tnoterman he ridee the Whole day long; ' ; v. With nothing to do but start the ear end tap a warning gengi The rest cf,ue hove te pey five eente whenever we want to ride! ' - Lacking the fere, we must use Shank's mare when we do cur homeward : ..- glide. . , ... icjj . ... . j ,,,.:,'(;: It's pretty soft for the doctor, who deals In human Ills, Though at I a. m. hs must laave hla bed, armed with a box ef pftfs, ": ' At tlmee he must face the wintry wind that etlngeth like a knout. But tbe rest cf es hsve te take the dope the doctor dishes out - y . '4 . If pretty soft for tbe lawyer, who ' labors over hlsbrlef, ' And prays te the court thst his client be granted sad relief. - , - ; , , He must read a thoueand volumes, ell bound In musty calf, . " But the rest ot us, when we break our legs, must give the lawyer bait It's pretty soft for the hodcrrler he fllle his hod with brick. '; t And beats It up the ladder it'a asy to learn ths trick. Hs climbs to tbe top of the building, where ell Is mortar and muss, But most of the bricks get loosened snd fall cn the rest ef us. .- Let as gather around the table, while cur hearts with' envy throb, . -And drain a flask to te easiest task The Other Fellow's Job! St vwwVWWWWWWWrt Small , Change ' But maybe Contractor Oliver got $49, 00 worth of advertising. --'- e e Washington. Idaho and California era still suffering legislative throes.. e . e ,-, Now It msy be a eittle easier te -solve the problem, "Why is a hear e e The Sunday baseball discussion will soon be on, with the usual result . e , e . - ., . But . such,' lamblike weather cannot be expected to last all through March. : ' '. - ' ' e e -. . . It seems that If a man II years old Is crasy It Is a Case of "adolescent In- sanity." ' . ; : '. , ' e" -,' .' . It. Is a wonder that Plnchot doesn't get Teddy to put MScIeay park Into a forest reserve. V a e :,V ": -.' . A Hat of Boston's "best people" nunw bere only 111. It might Import tt more from Pittsburg. " ; - e - e ' '''' ' . V Mr. Harrtman will retire in a year, when he Is SO, Just about ae much as Mr. HU1 did when he wae tha age. v .-. tee '.. ( ' 1 j; . The government's land policy, what ever It may be, always helps a few big fellows and injures ths eomraoa people. .' " r - -' . : ' t "Mental "fulmlnatlon" now that -le a great Improvement on "brainstorm" . longer and more elegant and eupho-" nious. , ... ' - " " , v.-r ' Possibly Mr. Harrtman waa eon suit ing the president about the chanoee of Harriman becoming Roosevelt's sue cessor. . . - . - - t "' ' .. e - e. . i .' ' How would It do to chain up the next chief engineer sent down to Panama and put a guard around htm eo that he can't get awayt j ,o- ". '- , - .''.'; . .; Mr. Rockefeller hints that he le go ing to make some more big gift. Can't he be prevented T Oil la . high enough and poor enough now. ' '' : .A wealthy -Kentucky woman had her brother cent to a workhouse to eeve his soul from perdition." It would , take more than that to aame here.' . - j , -. - ' ' " ?:--v; ' It is decreed by the milliners thst women's hate are to be much more ex, pensive thle spring than ever, and the old bachelor chucklea and congratulates himself on his wisdom, or luck. '. - . '-.'-..V .:': ' : ,- ; : ' . '. Another evidence that Stanford , White, with all hie faulta. waa a genius. It is- said that his elgnature. which has been ' reproduced - recently, looks like a gooseberry bush - that; haa been etruck by lightning. . , . , Oregon Sidelights Eggs down to II cents In Albany. ; : ... ..-' e ' e ' .-v.'-.-' ; Lote cf newcomere looking around WUlamlna. - .- . v- a' Linn county aoWs litter, of plge numbered 1. , .,..,. ""'A-Clarki canyon. Morrow county, has-.-. ketbaUr social ' neUed 0v; . ; i.ir'-- ' i" -s : .-''...:'' -. The popular sport , for MolalTuv boys Is shooting English aparrowa, - ' -. ' -"' -. ;. i "' A great' tnoreaae In orchard acreage -will take place thia year In southern Oregon. ... - j. : 't .-ikVJ',-' iv'-"'- Mitchells-end other pointe In that region was over four weeks without any, malt " )', . j:r ;: . Some papers In email towns are proa-' parous; tha Toledo Leader, for tnetanee. : la publishing 4ft land notices, t . . :( e .m. .'., ..'I. - An Alemeda man hae ' bought t.tit acres of marsh land lying a ear Midland -in -Klamath county for about 141,000. i r- . e -e. -- '1 An Kola man It years old la going t raise over an acre of garden truck thle eeason,.' .and Is entering Into It with ' more vim than most men of la. . j-. i .. e ; e v , V :: Coyotes have been more numerous en -the desert this winter than for many years, says the - Lakeview Examiner. ' They have killed many sheep and young calves. - . i . ' a.: e .. .. v. The Heppner Commercial association offered Its and II prise for the beet -two artlclea on Tbe Resources of Mor row County,' but only one artlole was . received, which ot course . took first prise. ' , ... -.' ' -..e e ; -:. .!r:' : ' The stories of stock leasee tn Gilliam county told by a Tacoma bridge builder were, ee the Journal said at tha 'time, entirely untrue. . The losses, the Con don Tlmee eaya, are but a little above the average. . ; - . .. . . e. e ' Now that the reclamation service ha appropriated the Link river, the people of Klamath Falla, through which It flows, precelve aa they never did when , the water waa free the value of It for . power purposes. . . " ;;t ' . - ; A Tokoalia man, eaya the Courier,' te . having a gun made to hie special order ' for enlpe shooting . exclusively, - aa crooked as' a rail fence that the charge may roilow each crook and turn la thenar flight of hla anlpeahlp. v 'v . . - ' a. e i ,.' .; . Hagls Point correspondence: Grad ually the range le being fenced up, and In a short time about all the outside -range will be gone and stockmen will have to provide feed for their stock or drive them back to the high hills. . , aaMiaaaan,waj, ej,v r
