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THE : FREE WATER
. MENT.
AMEND-
WHEN the city council directed
. that the Wagnon free water
amendment should be sub-
. ; mitted to the people in the
June, election, this action was taken
in ignorance of the fact that 'the
measure provided also for the aboli
tion of the bridge tax. So far as can
be learned, not a single Councilman
knew of this provision. All reference
to it was avoided by the proponents
of . the measure.- ,They 'now assert
that there -was no intention to de
ceive or imp6se uon the council, but
if they had frankland fairly dis
closed the ' full character of . their
measure- the - council would never
have agreed to submit it to popular
vote. ' Inasmuch, therefore, as the
council proceeded upon an utterly
mistaken idea of the nature of ,'he
measure, it would seem the proper
thing now to reconsider their action
and instruct the auditor not to place
the amendment on the ballot , Such
a step would be a fitting rebuke for
the course pursued by Mr. Wagnon
and his associates - in withholding
from the council information of such
vital importance. . It " would ' be a
warning to all who may in the fu
ture ask action by the council on
other measures, and notice that sup-
fresskn or misrepresentation of the
acts , will not ' be tolerated, r Mr.
Wagnon informs us that it was and
is the intention of the framers of
the free water amendment to issue a
public statement calling attention to
the i circumstance that it includeilhe
abolition of the bridge tax, but the
fact remains that no such statement
was made when the petition was be
ing circulated for , signatures,' the
signers, like the councilmen, being
kept 'm ignorance on this point. Out
side of the little circle of the spon
sors of the measure, no one knew of
the little joker that lay hidden in it,
until it was exposed by The Jour
.' naL ! '
BORROWING BRYAN'S IDEAS.
HE announcement from .Wash
ington that the president is op
. posed to ' Cuban ' annexation
throws side .light , on - some
presidential campaigns .of the past
Secretary Taft says it it the presi
dent's purpose to restore the Cuban
republic as scon as poasible. Trob,
ably . Mr. . Roosevelt believes .with
Andrew. :D. ..White, who says that
"Cuba as a" state would-be a curse
to us, simply a vsnt rotten borough,
with a few wealthy men in the midst
of A pegro population, incompetent to
govern themselves, to say nothing of
aiding in the government of s," and
that, "if Cuba were made a itate of
the union it would rapidly become a
curse to itself and the nation." -
So fades . an iridescent dream of
imperialism before .the . unalterable
laws of fate, for If Cuba be so odious
a prospect or - the sisterhood of
states, what, of the - Philippines?
When the truth finally finds its way
into the sunlight, then jue shall all
know that all these cherished hopes
of governing a distant and alien peo
ple, as melodramatically apostro
flsired by spell binders iri 18?6 and
POO, was only a pipe dream, and that
tliete United States in the e-ood old
( rm planned by the Fathers is our
tr sad a noble sphere. Thus One
br one. the BrvkB policies of 10
yeari go are digged from their oli
tudes and brought out as tht policies
of an administration that condemned
them. With the islands costing mil
lions annually in bigger navies and
bigger armies and yielding nothing
in retnrn, in its own good time Mr.
Bryan's policy with referenct to the
Philippines will be brought from its
oblivion and clad in new robes will
be launched upon the country, Ma
coned and booted as the adminiitra
tion's own and only.
J SECRETARY RO OT. '
1 aMMaaajaMkaaaaa
THE REPORT that Secretary
of State Root will retire from
the cabinet In the near future
mav or may not be true, but
that his appointment was a great mis
take' on the part of si president who
orooosed to fight the "bad" corpora-
tions-and trusts-can scarcely be-d4
puted.. Mr. Root is a man of great
ability.nd is perhaps the ablest trust
lawyer in the country. 'In the matter
of important business between this
nation and foreign nations a great
trust lawyer might do very well,
might serve the American people
faithfully, and so it may be said that
his trust proclivities and predilec
tions cut no figure. But -this is i
narrow yiew of the matter; the-sec-
retary of state should be and is al
ways supposed to be in entire accord
on all great questions of national pol
icy with. the president And on so
great an issue aa that of the people
versus the trusts, there is. an uncom
fortable incongruity in the president,
supposed champion of the people, se
lecting for the highest seat in his ad'
visory council a man whose whole life
has been s.'ent in serving the corpor
ations and combines that have become
the people's enemies and the greatest
menace to the republic." , 1
It is such Selections of close advis
ers that cause the people to wonder
what the president means, and if .he
is after all a champioj. that they can
trust Perhaps he" meant to placate
and show the trusts his intention to
give them a square deal, but this is
not. safe, nor is the desired result
under such circumstances possible.
The president cannot have such men
asRootKnox. Cortelyou and Morton
around him as aclvisers and confi
dants, and. give the people a . "square
deal" in this contest m
Rockefeller, Ryan,' Root Roose
velt this is the - combination v.that
Harriman flung at the president, and
it looks as if. he had some warrant
for making the taunt ( The people
believe , the president means to do
right and to serve them faithfully and
valiantly, but they ' cannot see how
he can do so by rllying himself to so
great an extent with the very people
who comprise and chiefly represent
the people's enemies. , .
NEED OF BETTER STREETS.
THERE WAS considerable . good
talk about' better streets and
more paved streets at the
Commercial club dinner Tues
day evening, and it will be conducive
to action. It is.said that Portland has
the worst streets of any large, preten
tious town in the country, and if
this is so it is a good thing, not only
to know it, but to Acknowledge it
The first step toward conversion is
conviction of sin, and nobody will
ever reform himself until he realizes
an urgent need of reformation. So
with a town; if: Portland can. be
brought to a realizing sense of its de
plorable condition, with respect to its
streets, it will soon make a large,
decisive" forward "mdtementlnihe
line of . reformation apd improve
ment , - . , ' ' V,-.
Some may exaggerate the 'case;
Portland has improved a good deal
in the matter of streets in the last
few years; but not nearly enough.
Street improvement is not -keeping
pace. We have as yet no well-defined
system of street improvement here.
There has- been too much wrangling
about material. . Contractors . have
not been held to their contracts strict
ly enough. On the other hand, con
tractors have been subjected to pos
sible undeserved losses through non
paying, property owners. It has been
too easy for a few pull-backers to
defeat needed improvements by re
monstrances. But finally; and chiefly,
the- people of Portland as a whole
have not : as yet sufficieittly waked
up to the great value and importance
of well-paved, well-kept streets. It
is time for such an awakening, and
the Commercial club will help bring
it about ..' ''. ', .
. When nature has done so much for
Portland, its people ought to do the
rest, all that is ' necessary to make
this the most besutiful city iri the
country. ' With, our drizzling- rains
there must be some mud at times, but
much of the town lies on a slope
that renders drainage, sewage, and
surface , cleaning easy. The Facific
Outlook, published at Los Angeles,
says that city aspires to be the most
besutiful one in the country and in
the world, and adds: Nature has
done more to facilitate artifice than
in almost any other city on the Amer
ican continent, with the possible ex
ception of Portland, Oregon.? -'
So it is gcnerallTecognized that
in a contest to become the most
beautiful city, Portland starts out
with natural advantages. But science
am art 'capital and labor, must be
brought into play.
First-class, durable paving, parking
of residence streets, and constant
cleanliness, will cost a good, deal of
money, of course, but what of that
so long as: the expenditure .pays?
And nobody who has examined . the
subject intelligently doubts thatSt will
pay. It alwaya diji in every city that
amounts to anything, and nowhere
will it pay better than here. Port
land is getting a good, big, fine repu
tarion in several other important re
spects; it must do to in the matter
of its street. We hope the Commer
cial club and all other civic organiza-
trons-witt keep up theinleniand.Tnd
insist on it, for better streets, many
more paved streets, first-class paving,
parked residence streets, and every
where clean streets. Millions of do!
lars spent in this way during the next
few years wilVbe well invested.
OKLAHOMA AND NEW YORKt
t:
HE New York' Tribune indulges
in some slur upon the Okla
homa constitution makers, al-
if , the expression were one - of, bril
liant originality, , as " cornfield . law
yers." Of these the Tribune tays
the convention was full, and it en
deavors to become quite facetious at
the expense of the "cornfield jurists."
But from what we have read of the
proposed constitution, it seems to be
the work of a lot of very intelligent
up-to-date, thoroughly-informed men,
who in making a constitution were
careful to protect the people's inter
ests as far as possible in the organic
law. Some metropblitan papers
seem to suppose that the far west or
southwest is inhabited, by a lot of
semi-barbarians, but a paper of na
tional reputation should have learned
and be ready to acknowledge that
Oklahoma, while not devoid of "wild
and woolly" specimens, has been set
tled by as intelligent, progressive and
patriotic, lot of people as can ..be
be found anywhere in the country.
And when the state has been organ
ized and is ready to elect United
States senators, it is safe to tay that
it will tend to the senate an incom
parably . higher4 type of statesman
than Piatt and Depew, who shed a
doubtful luster upon the legislative
bodies of the gryit state of New
York, which might - well wish it
could exchange thy e old trust tools
for a couple ol'- honest, staunch
cornfield lawyers," of eorn and cot
ton raisers, from the new state of
Oklahoma. The United States am
bassador to England ought to hire
editorial writers , who have tome
proper conception of western people
and western law-making ideals. ' '
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEST
R'
AILROAD COMMISSIONER
AITCHISON tells in the Cham
ber of Commerce Bulletin of a
case that haa been settled by a
compromise between the railroad and
the complaining shippers, through the
instrumentality" of the commission,
and intimates that much of its-work
may be of this nature, ' arbitrarial
rather than coercive. Of such work
the public wilt hear little, but should
not therefore jump to the conclu
sion that the commission is doing no
good, How much good it will. do
canbhly'"be esT;rmatedaftef"ayear-br
two, when it has made a record on
which an intelligent judgment can be
based. So it Is premature to say, as
some state papers have already aaid,
that the commission has done and
will, do nothing, s' '- .
The railroad commission of Missis
sippi,, according to papers published
in that state, has successful, carried
through - harmonious negotiations
with at! the railroads in the state ex
cept one, whereby two-cent inter
changeable mileage books are placed
off sale, and nas effected other
changes beneficial to the people. The
commission , here, as well as in ill
states, . represents the people, who
want only what is fair, reasonable
and right, but who demand this, and
if a commission can secure what the
people demand without a fight in the
courts, so much the better. i
A commission, however,- should
stand firmly , for the people's rights,
and against imposition, abuses and
oppression on the part of the- rail
roads, that might as well lesrn, soon
er rather thsn later, that the people
are their masters, and will insist on
their, rights. And the less the rail
roads exasperate and alienate the peo
ple by oppression, the less insistent
for regulation' will the people be. Re
forms must be brought about, if by
negotiation, very well; if not thus,
then by compulsion.
Registration for the primary ejec
tion, and also for the general election
in June, will close at 9 p. m. next Sat-
urday. vAU voters otherwise entitled
to vote who were not registered last
year, or who having registered then
have since changed their residence,
must register now in order to vote at
either the primary or the final elec
tion, at all voters should desire and
intend to do. Votea may be sworn
in, but this is a process that causes
delay and trouble to one's acquaint
ances, as those who swear to a voter's
qualifications must appear ; at the
polls and be sworn in person, and it
is a process that should be avoided
if possible. Evidently -a good many
who should register have not done
so yet, and there are but twd days
more in which to attend to this duty.
Every good citizen entitled to vote
ought to register. ' ; 'rf
It teemt not to be denied that Mr,
Harriman raised $200,000, contribut-
ing $50,000 of it 'himself, for a boodle
t1iffdTtol5eu se d in" "th 67N w Y or It
campaign in 1904,' and that he didnt
get what he supposed he was- buy
ing. So much Is clear. Whether the
money shouid be refunded, and if to
by whom, are questiont about which
opinions will differ. - Many will tay
that it it no wrong to bnnko Harri
man under such circumstances, as he
has been none too scrupulous him
self; but is thia an excuse?
. " I ,
, Men boring for oil have often
struck nothing liquid, but water; but
a man-' in northern Idaho who was
boring for water is reported to have
struck oil, and to have a copiously
flowing well of first-class, petroleum.
This is good news, if true, not only
for Idaho, but for Oregon, for it
seems as likely that there are pe
troleum beds in this state as in that,
and very good things they would be
if they could be located, as, we doubt
not tome of them will be some day.
Colonel Jim Ham Lewis attributes
Mayor Dunne't defeat to a divided
democracy. He is quite correct, no
doubt And Busse received only a
small majority because of .a divided
Republicanism. Or, td state the fact
more correctly, a large proportion of
voters paid no attention to : party
lines.'-.. -: I .. ; ''
But a good many of the rest of the
Republicans in the United States per
sist in the, opinion that the president
should allow them to nave some voice
in choosing the party's next nominee.
They hint that they did not elect him
as a perpetual party dictator.
Since Secretary Cortelyou standi
officially ready to relieve Wall ttreet
whenever appealed to, Mr. Harriman
may think that he ought to be re
lieved to the. extent of that $50,000
that turned out to be poor invest-,
ment : : ;.: .. ' : ' "- ' : '""
Don't forget that if you do not reg
ister, or have moved, and don't reg
ister this week, yon can't vote, except
at much trouble ' to yourself and
friends. Neglect to register, will be
regretted later. : (
There is no evidence that any of
the congressmen who visited the Pan
ama canal took hold of pick or shovel
and. tried : to., earn . that . increase of
salary they voted themselves.
We hone that the booming of Coun
cilman "Kellaher1 for mayor by the
grocers is not intended as an effort
to, "array class hatred."
? . Charlea KL' Hughes Birthday. ,
Charles Kvffsm Hughes, governor of
New Tork. and spoken of as a possible
choice of the RepubllcansT for the pres
idential nomination next year, was born
at Glens Falls, New Tork, April It
mt His father, a clergyman, was
paatur of tha Baptist church there.
When tha son was quite young the
family moved to Newark, New Jersey,
where the lad entered the public schools.
tter the family removed to New Tork
city, where young . Hughes continued
his education. -He graauatea from tba
Columbia law school In 1884 and waa
admitted to the bar the same year, Be
fore many years had elapsed he had.
become widely known 'as a brilliant law
yer. His . brilliant conduct or the in
vestigation, into the affairs of the big
gas companies first drew general at
tention to him. In 1S0I he acted as
attorney for the Armstrong insurance
commission, and it waa in this work
that he gained his greatest distinction.
In September, ISOt, Mr. Hughes was
nominated by the Republicans for gov
ernor of New Tork and wss elected the
following November. Clbvernor Hughes
occupies bis leisure hours with golf
and readlnr, and hla library is his fa
vorite retreat .' . ...
' i , Today in Hiatory. .,'.';''''"
IBlti-Oaaton da Foil killed at the
battle of Ravenna, -
1(44 The parliamentary forcee victor-Inns
at tha battle of Selby.
1711 Treaty of Utrecht, terminating
the war of Queen Anno.
176S One quarter of the city of Mon
treal destroyed by fire. '
.1791 Stnnlnlaus Ponlatowakl, ' last
kin of Poland,-died. ' -
If 14 -British array entered Toulouse,
Trance. . .
IMS Montgomery. . Al., aurrendered
to the federala. j
list Charles Reads, novelist died.
Born. 1814. ' 1
198 Japan seised tha Fellew Islands
tn the North Pacific- w
. 1J04 Qerman troops In Southwest
Africa defeated 1,009 Hereros.
Pittsburg's Supremacy. ,.
' From ths Atlanta Journal.
Pittsburg Is now th sixth city in th
United (Hates end the first In some
particular not necessary to mention.
Snake Remedy: For
Lcgislators
' By Ray. Thomaa B. Gregory.
One of tha oldest crlea with which
wa are acquainted, "rinlne down tha
aroovea of tints," through all tha caner
atlons, ta that of -tha lncorofcetenojr or
uoraithfulnaaa of legislator. - '
Eleoted by tha people or appointed by
soma other form of tha powera that be,
tha . publto servants serve themselves
. wiv. uwvia, r, mm ia onen
Che eaaa, fritter away their time dolnar
nuinins ll mil. x
Now a remedy baa been proposed for
mis ancient and honorable difficulty.
One W. J. Parvla, whose . Inventive
emus ana otherwise brilliant mental
parta are destined to make him better
known to fame, haa communicated with
one of . our state legislatures to ths
effect that If it did not "do better" he
would appear before tt and turn loose
upon It "100 vicious blacksnakea.. sar
age, ferocious and possessed with rav
enous appetites!"
. The Ions-suffering people will watch
with profound Interest for tha effect
thav Parvla' threat haa upon the lex's
latufe in ouesttoa ran tf-th-resuit-ls
disappointing, if,-in spite of the dread
warning that haa eoma to them, the
aolona of tha "Blue Hen" commonwealth
remain in statu quo, there will he left
.nothing for ttrevpeoplea of tha respective
states to do but to turn loose the
snakes. -
It will be traglo In tha extreme to
nave tha legislators Incontinently and
reraTseleealy devoured by tha anakee.
but those who know history ara aware
of tba fact that the human story is full
of tragedy. . ' -
Indeed, history Is nearly all tragedy.
In a word, without tragedy human prog
ress would have been absolutely im
possible. Thousands of blood-eurdllna;,
heartrending spectacles - have : been
necessary in order that tba right party
might find its vindication and tha car
of progress be pushed a little further
on Ita upward way.
Tha . devouring of state legislatures
by an army of ferocious snakes would be
kn awful thing,- but beyond doubt
good would coma Of It .
It would make all future legislatures
think as nothing els could, and the
final benefit to humanity would be
beyond all estimate. ... '
About every conceivable means nas
already been resorted to by tha out
raged and Insulted publlo to get the
right sort of service from Its represen
tatives, but all in vain., Pnbllo office
haa not been a "publlo trust" the publlo
servants have of tener than otherwise
failed to do their duty, and If tha Dela
ware legislature fella to take notice
of tha warning that haa been sent to
It br Provldenoa through. Brother Par
vla, it wilt become tha solemn duty of
all patriots to yjta for tha application
of tha snake remedy.
It ia not necessary to remark tnat
tha average American cltlsen feela but
little Interest in snake hunger. Tha
average American cltlsen doesn't care
whether snakes are nungry or no. oik
it will be admitted by all that It were
better to feed pur Worthies legislators
to hungry anakee than to nave mem
serve in the economy of things no use
whatever. . . '
. i i " '
Where Railroad Control Should Be,
From th Saturday Evening Post (Bur-
. llngton, iowa). , -Tha
neonle will mak a mistake if
tn nermit th D resent crisis in rail
road control to drift in th direction of
exclusive power and behest at and from
Washington. Th people will be bl to
dictate term to tb railroad Just tn
proportion a they retain th power to
do o in their own hands. Tha state
ar demonstrating that they are better
qualified to ek but and apply th equi
ties of this contention than 1 congress.
There Isn't a man tn eongres now nor
ha there been on there for SO years
who didn't know that th railroad were
absorbing continuously th bulk of th
errated wealth of th nation aa rapidly
a labor created it - But with this
knowledge hoary and old amongst them
they had to be gashed with whip by
President Roosevelt and threatened with
political extinction by publie opinion
before they would mak an inters tat
commerce law that could not be used as
v plaything and bandied about as a good
)o by th road. Th fact 1 that
congress always Is more or less tainted.
It I unwieHly, it i too slow. Th
Nebraska way beat it a thousand miles.
The state are not committing any act
of injustice against th railroad. - But
they ar demanding and compelling lue
tic. -Th whole northwest is now ob-i
talnlng th t-cent far and substantial
reduction !n exorbitant freight rates,
through It state legislature. Congress
never would be able to deal with local
sbuaee aa sanely as - communities di
rectly interested and depredated by
them can deal with them. Th people
or we norwiwesi nave anuwn "r.om
. ... . . m -r-
umi I1UI iner vara iraiiig luuinu uj
th railroad and they hav applied th
suitable . remedy. Congress may also
oav known It but it took ho steps td
correct ths abuse of privilege on the
psrt - of th robber. ; Th atatee ought
never to surrender ' thl clearly pos
sessed right of railroad control to a
bureatdown at Washington, but ahould
retain it firmly grasped In their own
hand. , .. . . -, .' , '
What Kind of Railroad Bonds. -From
th Saturday. Evening Post (Bur
lington. Iowa) ,
The acceptance by th treasury de
partment of railroad bond a seourlty
for government deposit, the same being
anr.nurieed tb treasury' policy by
Secretary Cortelyou, naturally excite
th query in th mind of th publlo
what kind of railroad bondat Tha kind
that Harriman ha been ateallng from
the treasuries of th road her of 1st
and converting into cash on tb double
quick ' and at a- dlrcouat below y face
value? The acceptance of security for
government deposits . mesne thSt th
government make a call, loan fb tha
bank and exact such security to ihsure
it against loss. .It is Impliedly, a loan
with the usual Incident of -security for
It repayment In making thasa loana
in large aum on railroad bond the
government I giving a practical exhi
bition of a confidence in their legiti
macy and atablllty that emr not to
be shared by investors generally, and
which i th more surprising Inasmuch
as tn theory at leant tha government
never accept aa inferior security or on
ler competent in th rsssno of valua
than th value parted with. In event of
trouble, would government be able to
realise faoeT . .' ;. ,.
A Uteful Invention. '
From th Philadelphia ledger. '
"John Henry," she said, "1 want you
to clear thos ashes out. of th base
ment this very morning."
"But my dear," h protested, "we can't
afford to throw ashes away. ' pldn't you
read about' tha Invention for burning
themT . They give out 10 tlm more
heat than th original coal."
Thl won a span of silence. -"Thst
may be a fake Invention." mut
tered th man. "but it's S pretty good
thing." , .
Press Comment on
, Harriman
Roosevelt and Parker.
From to Baltimore New (Ind.) '
In all this affair for it may belaid
to hkve had its beginning in the famous
controversy between Judge Parker and
President Rooeevelt at tha close of the
campaign of 1804 Judge Parker shines
out in refreshing contrast to the ureal
dent. His aocusatlona in relation to the
oampalgn funda war characterised by
Mr. Roosevelt at the time aa atrocious
and Unqualified falsehood ' He finds
that event have completely confirmed
them. In this it must be said that ha
goes too far. for it wa clearly a large
part of th expressed or implied accusa
tion that there wss, to all intenta and
purposes, a bargain that the corpora,
tlona ahould get "Value received" for
their contribution But Mr. Roosevelt
was not content with making a dignified
denial of Judge Parker's charge a they
were made chargea whloh made no per
sonal accusation against the prealdant
of direct participation In a bargain, but
which rested on the assertion that th
great truste and finaasial somblnatton
had mad heavy contrlbutlens to the Re
publican fund, and, on the assumption
that they would not have dona ao with
out a clear expectation of future favors.
Mr. Roosevelt' hot-beaded denunciation
and denial, hla charge of atrocious and
unqualified falsehood, waa widely under
stood in the country a applying to th
whole matter of. Judge Parker oharg
-not only to any Implication of person
al wrong doing, but to th charge of
Inherent scandalousness in the relation
between the flnanolal combinations and
th Republican fund. How much truth
there was in this charge, subsequent de
velopments hav only too amply shown.
:'i i People Humiliated.
From - th New Tork Evening Post
,,. - - (Ind. ; ., -.-
W think that th first and most pain
ful impression caused by Mr. Roose
velt's violent controversy with Mr. Har
riman I on of deep mortification that
the presidency should be dragged into
uch a vulgar and humiliating quarrel.
Unfortunately, this Is not th first tlm
that th president ha permitted hi hot
Impulses to make him forget what is
due hi of tier -and hi countryman. He
cannot realise how it ahocka them to
hav th repeated giving of th II
from th Whit Houea Other presi
dents hav been attacked; their attitude
miare ported; their private conversations
garbled; but non before Mr. Roosevelt
ver vented their rag in publlo. - -
' President RooaeveltV Incubus,
' From, th Boston Globe (Ind.)
- Th statements of Edward H. Harri
man concerning hla relation with th
administration during the presidential
campaign of 104, aside from all ques
tion of th veracity of either party to
the discussion, mean the resurrection
of a ghost which President Roosevelt
repeatedly and inotfectually ha endeav
ored to lay.' It la the ghoat of that cam
paign whloh waa made forever memor
able, by ' the direct accusation of th
t; Small :'. Ctang ;
Trout are Ilk, people; the good die
young. , :; -, , v
Ohio eeems to be th political Balkans
of America. .' " ,; ,.-". 'V' ,
It will be warm nough as soon as
baseball begin.
Th big stick aeem to hav
cayed spot or two. . t
Nature' spray 1 very nle. but it
won't kill th pt. v ; :
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If spoils ar withdrawn, a party soon
shrinks a good deal.
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Another federal grand Jury causing
anxiety to soma people. - , , .
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Not very many people tak O. H. T.
very serlouly anyway.
Soon Postmaster Boss ef Chicago
will become otherwise busy.. .
Drummers think Oregon ought to be
in fashion with t-cnt fare. .
Buss is pronounced Ilk Huesey. But
Dunn lin t pronounced ilk Funny,
." -" e
' But' if Penrose was drunk, how does
he know what he said or didn't, sayt
v Several prominent people not tagged
yet areaupposed to fa in th 1 r claea
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, Jmnlan, amount Of Oil from DOW on.
, . . - i ; . e . ,
' Lt Oregon rejoice; there sr ststes
whose legislatures have not .adjourned
v - :
' Befor committing a murder, practice
th stupid insanity dodg a llttla It'
T... - ,-.:'
Maybe Harriman ' realises that ha
wasn't very well entitled to a quar
deal. , ,, !. 1 "' v '
'a e ... ... . ,
it wilt coat about 888 to get scalped
on th warpath of tb Jamestown xpo
anion. '-.- ' ' . ,
. i. ".: 1 --... . , '
- Peopl would not be surprised if Sec
retary Loeb should ask .for another raise
of salary. . "'v' "' :-'
i ,. : " ,
A few years' imprisonment for Thaw
might not be an unmerited punishment,
bad as White was. .... .
' ... .. .-; a . . - ;' . . .-
' Mayer-elect Busse being a very fat
man, Screta,ry Taft is assured that a
fat man can run- well. . , . -
; '. - .,' . ' ". i .'; ' "''
Foraker ha tooted til horn,- but th
Ohio wood are full of Republican who
didn't yll ,reBonalvely.. :-..---T
; ' ,-a-e : :
Th wild and wooty tate of Montana
and Texas hav prohibited all games, of
chance, except matrimony.'.
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Th man behind th gun la a back
number; the man behind tb cash coun
ter la th Important on. ' .
.' I ' '
General Christmas wa recently cap
tured, but Santa Clau win b on hand
at th right tlm, a usual. - . (
v ' - " '.-'I
TVhen General Harmony visits a Re
publican club meeting, he ahould wear
a coat of .mall and be well armed.
-..'.,..' vi a - e.-, . ,.;
Of 6ur th Maryland fruit erop
had to be killed and Juat a well now
aa later though It will b killed again
later, too,
. . ;.-.'..;'. i . '
Of course a lot of peopl who should
register In order to vote won't do -se
end later will hsv to swosr their vote
In. . It might be well, to - repeal to
wearing in provision, i
the Roosevelt and
Quarrel ' -
candidate of oh party for th preal- .
idenoy that th candidate of th other '
party was being aided, with hi knowl
edge and consent by th contribution
of great corporation, seeking govern-,! -,
ment favor. . "
Unsettled issues hav no pity for th
repose of na tlona The tranaaetlona of
th campaign of 1804 hav never been,
explained to the satisfaction of th
country, so far as war concerned th
relations of th administration or It
gent to th corporation. It Is with t
greatly Increased fore that Judge Par"
ker. then candidate of th Democratic
party, reiterate hi aocusatlona, and ., -calls
for an Investigation, while point ,
In to the significant fact that tha last
cotigres would not pass a law prohibit- i r. .
Ing oorporat contribution in th fu-I ,
tur. ..... .-. v : , : ' '..,, ..
' ' A Few Known Pacts.
From th Los Angel ee Examiner (Cam.)
Th following thing th . people ac
tually know: !
Mt. Itooeevelt aeked-Mr.HaJrlmani9,
come and eee him.
Mr, Harriman did go to se th presi
dent and wa asked by th president to
get for him a quarter of a million dol
lars, to be spent in electing Mr. Roose
velt to th presidency. v
- Mr. Harriman got th quarter of a '
million dollar and gave it to Bliss,
who gavejt to th president's secretary,
Mr. Cortelyou. , . "
Mr. Harriman himself I contributed
J50.000 of that sum out of his own
pocket. Th Vanderbllt contributed
and other corporation contributed, in
cluding the Bqultabl Life Assuranc so
ciety, -
Mr. Roosevelt in getting thl large
um with tha aid of a prominent pluto
crat mad th usual promise that Re
publican polltlclana make when they ask
railroad owner for money to debauoB
th ballot - . ' . : - - -r
Mr. Roosevelt ' failed ( to : keep the
promisee he mad, - j - ;
; . Should Restrain Himself. :
From th Philadelphia BuUetin (Ind.)
If th president of th United Bute
must be continually engaging himself
ia personal disputes before tb Amer
ican public, let him at leest bear his
part in them without - resorting to
habit .which 1 eminently chsracteiiatla
6f bar-room or curb-stone controversies
ana which, whenever1 he fall into tt al
most Invariably weaken hi ease.
An Important Distinction. '
, From the Loulavlll Post (Rap.)
We cannot aaa the a!amtrinns ,,
distinction drawn by th president be-
wwi ervicee renaeraa to a tat tlaket
and to th national ticket . If th presi
dent could not accept aaalstano from
Mr. Harriman ha oua-ht not ta mmw tk.t
objectionable aaaiatano for a Repub
lican candidate for . governor ef New
Tork. - Th fact 1 th cooperation naked
or offered and renAaravt rnnrfl it.
obligation 1n on caa as la th ether.
Oregon Sidelights r
Olendale Odd Fallows wW build
sw halt ; ; . - -. ,;'
i .' ' . ' . ,. ... - -.,
' Th Springfield hotel ha aoqulred
aaww auau ' t - - f -
: . , :.' ' ; f ,
The Bfkyton Mail has s Bw press
and plant . .
' w i- ' '; "' i . ' '
FosU creamery stockholder ' have
purchased a slta . , . , .
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' Mra Nancy Coon died at Halsey on ;
her eightieth birthday. -' t v,;
:, . -' a . , '; .:' -v
Albany boaate of being th best tekl.
road center la th valley. : , i J . '
' , ... ; . e a .,, ' '
Th busines of th Daytoa eramry
U Increasing satisfactorily,
i.-'-' . . e ' - ' V-',; '
Seaside claims' J.tot regular popnla
tlon, and U ladlly growing.
" ',' " ' ;' ' . ;" .
Among a lot ef hogs sold by a La'
Grand man, on brought 84T.88.
' ' : ; .,.. :s: v -r--":'.
Times ar lively and prospects bright
tn th Suaanvlll mining district ,
- - e " -
.Many old, infested rult tree hav
been cut down Jn Benton county.
'": . . a
Freewater a well a' Milton, adjoin.
Ing, will hav a nw brick hotel
...... e e
Th Southern Paclfla receipt at Oak.
land in March amounted to over $1,800.
Th assets of a Corral!! bank are
Itlt.OOOand Bsnton oounty i "dry.?
; ' '.. . . .-... ... :
Cattle, that k- ' -
stubble, field around Weston ar tn
imm oonamon. , . ,
r Thar liaare Wun . mf.
ale around BrownavlU this year than
uurmg an iat year. .
A Brownsville farmer received 8
for the cream from six sows last month,
about ths -average for' lght months
Pt . ;
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Corvaill Times: Th published atat
ment that ther a re twin kid at Frark
Franctsno'a la atHntl trnm. tin .-
" -", ... . .MW
are little goats.
;- .' -.- ; ;-- -
Bom of th sheepmen in th vlolnlty .
of Echo ar alreadv bearlnninar tn aha..'
sheep,, and wool' ts oomlng into th
Echo warehouses.' ,, i
- . e . e . . . , t.
T4rAamaivlt1a la rum i A mm ul.-
of a stream, and th two part of th
town ar bucking against each other,
complain th Tlma
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B. St George Bishop, th only eandt
date for mayor of Klamath rails, be
lleve in treating th saloonkeepers the"'
same a other business men. - .
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A La Grand littls child was looked
up in a church on evening, each of its
parent supposing th other had taken
it away, but it yells later caused its
libsratlon. '
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"Corvaill,". boasts th Time, . "ha
th greatest water system in western
Oregon. There ia no better in th . -world.
It Is an asset on which to build .
a town, and new buildings era going ,
up. New people ar oomlng In. The
college Is growing. The county is
growing.? -
e . .
-Union Republican: It Is to be re
gretted thst th business man of Port
land, on their . trip through aat
rn Oregon, did not sae lit to In
clude Union in their itinerary. There
I not a town In this part of th state
that ha brighter prospect than Union, -and
wa would hav been more than
pleased to entertain eur brethren from
tb coast
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