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ras with Bunbeams. the more
tney ate condensed, the deep
er they burn. Southef. . :.
RAILROAD MAN SEES A
GREAT LIGHT.
. M. E. INGALLS, president
of the Bis Four railroads. In
a soeech at Pittsburg
showed that he had a Tery
1 fslear comprehension of the situation
' tt the case of the People versus the
lllallroads, and he gave his fellow
railroad men some Information that
tf not new needs consideration by
' them,: and , some . excellent advice,
oth to the " railroads and the offi
cials who .-are' acting on behalf of
the 'people.';-j -' i .w'U. . : JL
Mr." Ingalls' acknowledges, and
fctrges railroad men to understand
and acknowledge, the basic, central
- fact around .which everything else
. ' turns that the railroads are public
and hot private, concerns, and j as
euch the people have a right to and
iwlll control them In their-own, the
people's, Interest. 'He alluded to the
; granger cases, saying that "In the
end the decisions were in favor, cf
' the people that the railways were
; public institutions and could be oon
, trolled by legislation"; "and i in'con-
elusion,' urging the railroad presl-
dents to'submlt to laws and observe
them fully and ' conscientiously,' he
said: r Y ' " 't j v ,V
"I know 1 this will cause a storm
among some railway promoters,' hut,
.gentlemen, you have got to submit
and you might as well make up your
."minds now that you are no longer, a
private, Industry and he -who Is not
: prepared to manage his railway as a
' -" publie Institution Is accordance-wlth
. law should resign and toek other
business," '- f
Mr. Ingalls told how the railroads
, tad ' conspired to ' violate the law,
; - how they had given rebates and fa-
vored some shippers at the expense
;: ' of others, and how they had persist
ently opposed giving the Interstate
1 commerce commission more power,
, ' until they had aroused the people to
- drastic state legislation and. had no
; friends left anywhere, and he be
1 Jleved it was about true , that the
president ..was the best friend they
':-. e; i had, ",.;';;;,;T;., S ':.';
What they must do, he said is to
encourage the enactment of reason-
' able laws andobey them strictly;
-jwork in .harmony with the inter-
'state commerce commission; if prc
posed laws were unreasonable or
$ unjust, : openly; and honestly show
, .whereln.they were bo, making their
r whole business public; ask for law
ful , authority , to make ,necessary
? joint traffic agreements, and so
.' have the government with them
Instead of; against:, them;, prevent
r Wall street from using railway
stocks for counters In speculation,
fahd keep In mind 3 that the rail-
roads roust Berve the people's inter
j csts and so make real friends of the
people, who after all are and must
r be acknowledged to be the masters.
' -When the bead of a great xail-
' J (road systemthus talks publicly, It
S snows inai a - great aavancp nan
been made recently in the position
' and a great, change wrought In the
attitude of such men with regard
? to the relations of railroads to the
I people- Others of them have eX'
t pressed themselves similarly. If not
quite so outspokenly, and there is
r no doubt that these expressions are
sincere. - ',
; Mr, Ingalls says the railroads can
probably show that they are not
' over-capitalized, and that rates are
" not too : high, , but he admits and
" 'urges that it wlll not do merely to
V assert' this defiantly or scornfully;
'. they must show it to the interstate
commission or other public author
' lty; must make'a full, honest, en-,
' lightening exhibition of . their busl
''iieBS, because, as they now have to
' recogniie.lt is the people's business,
, and the people have 9 right to know
all about It. This being done, and
the rallroads.having put themselves
In the attitude of, strict obedience
to the law, the people, through the
" 1 commission and other constituted
authoritieswill treat them not only
justly' and' fairly, but liberally.
"There Is no disposition on the part
fit the people Imywaera to do otlierjyittto xw. xeara. ;JCri4eacea et the
wise. If," as Mr. Ingans says, the
railroads have no friends whatever,
It is because they have, defied and
violated the Jaws with Impudent
Insolence, assuming that they were
above, the law,
s-Alluding " to 7 the : devlcei " of the
railroads to evade the anti-monopo-
Hzatlon laws, especially . n the mat
ter of the. Northern Securities com
pany, Mr. Ingalls Justified the gov
ernment's prosecution, ' saying ,:.tnai
under such ' a ; policy "a few ,men
could , have , controlled . the, great
transportation ' interests of x this
country, and while they would have
mainUined rates, , they would have
made " and , nmade statesmen;
would have controlled congress and
legislatures, and in the end no one
knows what the result would have
been." But'lnstead of accepting the
conrt'a decision tba railroads con
tinned to temporize with deals and
subterfuges, In ,the meantime
"public : opinion has ' been getting
educated, and the end haa come.
LWhen r a - big railroad man talks
like this, and no doubt with much
effect upon men of his mna, it
shows that; a great change is being
wrought In the relations of railroads
and people. . The granger laws and
decisions were the beginning, , and
the Roosevelt Big Stick flourish-
Ings are the beginning of the end,
of the whole dishonest, corrupting
debauching system 'lot railroad man
agement la this country. , s If the
people cannot 'control, to the extent
indicated by : Mr. ; Ingalls, ttfey ; will
take and own the roads;, they will
submit to past practices no longer.
THE ALBANY COLLEGE EN
DOWMENT.
UND3 are being solicited for the
further endowment of 'Albany
college. r- Ten thousand 'dollars
is sought to be raised ameng
the people of Albany by the end of
the week, in which event an addi
tional $16,000 will be available from
other sources. ,; .
A useful and noble end is served
by ' the denominational college. It
fills a field -that p larger and unde
nominational! Institutions do not
reach The atmosphere about It Is
sometimes more wholesome, and the
diminished numbers of pupils always
of value for studentship and oppor
tunity. The famlly-elrcle character
of a small college in a social way is
a feature that 'appeals to many pa
rents, and Is of unquestioned value
to students In numerous Instances.
The closer Individual and personal
relations between those who teach
and those who study, and the' in
spiration awakened in the student
through that agency, Is an advan
tage peculiar to smaller Institutions.
There, too, the . hurrah ' and slam
bang of frenzied athletics Is usually
less Intense if pot altogether absent,
and there are parents by whom this
feature Is considered an advantage.
The world, fortunately, contains all
kinds of views and all kinds of peo
ple, and It is well if there Is every
kind of college, for the avenues of
light should be as varied as are pref
erences. -"Albany college has i mes
sage and a mission, and to rally
around and sustain it is both a duty
and a'n honorable privilege.
SMALL FARMS IN THE WIL
LAMETTE VALLEY.
T
HE JOURNAL is pleased to
see so many Oregon news
papers actively Joining it in
urging the small-farm move
ment How small a farm may be
profitable depends, of , course, on
various conditions chiefly charac
ter of soil and contiguity to a mar
ket for such products as can be pro
duced on a small farm, principally
poultry, eggs, berries and other
fruits and vegetables. Portland will
continually furnish an enlarging
market for these products, and Port
land is also the distributing center
for a very wide market.
The Independence Enterprise says
that while hop culture Is the prin
clpal; agricultural Industry In ,tba
Immediate vicinity u naa -orxen
been demonstrated 'that "no better
soil exists anywhere than the ri
bottom lands for the production
mull fruits of all kinds, vegetables,
sweet corn; tomatoes In fact neatly
all varieties of horticultural and
agricultural products. , Therels no
question as to the fact that they can
be produced In enormous yields that
would bring '"handsome , returns to
those engaging in that line of agri
cultural industry.".
But for the purpose of -such pro
duction, sufficient to support a fam
ily, only a small tract of such land la
needed. Immigration Is increasing,
but would increase "much faster If
there were thousands, of such small
tracts to be purchased at reasonable
prices. A large proportion of Im
migrants want such , farms, and the(
tendency to accommodate them that
Is noticeable Is encouraging. , The
Independence paper saysf. n v
Th mall rrnl will ' chan(f the en
tire character ot the Willamette valley
change are at hand In '.the arowth of
the dairy "busineaa. canneriee, eio.
Within a very few years thoueande will
be supported where now nunareaa exe.
Th. amaii farm will make It poaslble.
New life will be put Into the town of
the valley under the changea proceee.
The magnificent -srrowth f ortlnd le
aaalaUng In the nevement ? toward .. the
mailer farm as It l now a great mar
ket, but It Is the local Industry to be
established in tne smaller roww, iuco
aa creameries, canneries, mlla: conden
sers, eta., that. Is to put new life ad
energy Into the valley and thus put a
derree of DrosDerity into, larm
hitherto, not dreamed of. ,:v -i
This is not only true, but It la a
sort of truth that, it would be well
for papers throughout the Willam
ette valley, to proclaim and exploit
constantly Small ! farms will ere
long predominate in the valley, and
then Its population'' and products
will be several times multiplied
OREGON'S POLITICAL BIRTH..
i 's,-,v'v,; v - - ' 1 i -i-:c:- .."'V"'-
E8TERDA Y , occurred am anni
versary that will be observed
.as long as Oregon endures-
the decision of the Oregon plo-
neers,'on May 2, 1843, by the close
vote of 62 to 60, at Champoeg,. to
become American and not British
subjects, and to form a provisional
territorial govertment. That was
the beginning, the birth, of Oregon's
political history, , as an American
territory and state. The govern
ment for a while cared little or
nothing about Oregon, but tnis
staunch, loyal handful of Americans
cared .much, about, the government,
their ' country, and their political
status and destiny. . ::
That action on the fhampoeg
prairie 64 years ago was of epochal
character; it marked the beginning
of the political fate of a region now
comprising three great states afcd
part vof another. True,. Oregon
might ' have become American with
out this action,? but it might K not;
this dechion helped mucb to make It
so. The settlers , Immediately be
came busy In governing themselves,
after a rude American fashion, and
when the ear of the government was
obtained Oregon was all ready for
her territorial garments.'
Only one hero of that memorable
episode, one of the 'majority Of; B2,
yet lives, and he lives, Btlll "hale and
hearty," near that : historic scene,
X. Matthleu, whom an of old
Oregon .would be . pleased to honor
in the flesh for many years yet, but
whse memory, with that ot his com
panions, with the intrepid Joe Meek
for their Impulsive spokesman, will
be honored evermore. . : ;
NO MORE USE FOR HIM.
D'
URINO THE brief reform era
In Philadelphia after Mayor
Weaver had been prayed for,
as it seemed for a little while
effectually, an army officer named
Gillette was employed to take charge
ot the public works department atfd
clean It up, In more ways than one.
Ha did so, finding it ot course reek
ing with corruption, and demon
strated that ltn this -one department
the city had been looted to the ex
tent ot over. $8,000,000 by the garig
of ' loyal Republican patriots in of
fice. ; To take up this work, Colonel
Gillette gave up his position in the
army and an agreeable and lucrative
life Job, being guaranteed a long
period of service at a good salary in
Philadelphia. But the prayed-for
mayor so'n fell from grace and fol
lowed the example of the Bcrlptural
sow. At the last election the old
Republican gang of looters gained
full control again, and Colonel Gil
lette, who . did an enormously valu
able service to the people who,
however, proved totally unworthy of
It and who coulol not be bribed nor
bullied into any connivance with the
grafters, has been fired and told to
move on. They don't want any such
able and incorruptible man in any
such position In that stronghold of
this grand and glorious G. O. P. We
hope that where the! gang stole
$6,000,000 before it will steal $60,
000,000; that where It cleaned up
$50,000,000 it will plunder the peo
ple speedily of $500,000,000. This
will be Just what the peopie of that
city deserve. Such .loyalty to party
should be expensive. ' -
r
Democrats who prefer Harry Lane
to G. H. Thomas as a candidate tor
mayor should not tall to go to the
polls tomorrow and writS the name
pf Harry Lane on the ballot, placing
an X before it. Enough such votes
will give Lane the nomination. He
is' not asking for it, but the great
majority' of Democrats, if they
would express their opinion, prefer
him to have It
Addlcks; remarks an eastern ex
change, is "reaping the whirlwind,"
which It seems to think points' a
moral; but how many senators who
did what Addicks did, or worse,
only not quite so openly, never went
broke, but are regarded as brilliant
examples of success.1 t
The -fr exhibition , of pictures by
American artlsts,td be shown at the
Uuseum ' of Art op to Max 18 by
LMrs.; Hugh Hume, will e attended
with great pleasure and much profit
by aU, art ; lovers lot Portland and
vicinity. ; The catalogue contains the
names of about a dozen ot America's
successful artists, wbose pjctprea are
thusj displayed., here ' for-the first
time.
There 'is really some, talk to the
effect that Binger Hermann , may
contest with; Mr. . Hawley for the
nomination for his old place back in
congress, says the Albany Herald
If he should be "vlndlcatod" by a
nomlnatlott bt course all the loyal
Republican " papers would support
him, and , perhaps the presiaenv
would "end a member of his cabinet
out to Oregon to speaa tor tum. .
Prom certain apparently' indisput
able facts it appears that Mr. w.
MoOarrv is not eligible to serve as
city attorney, even If he should re
ceive the nomination. A candidate
for this, nosltiott, ought surely to
know whether he is eligible, and to
act In conformity to the law.
1
Letters From
v People
tlK
Refer It to People. t
Bhedd. OtJ May tTo the Editor of
Thu Journal As there seems to be con
siderable discussion In your paper on the
referendum question, I desire to say a
few words on that subject Jt appears
that the. grange" of Linn county Is re
ceiving a good deal Of notoriety for un
dertaking to have the appropriation for
the ' support 1 of the state university
which was passed over the veto of the
governor referred to the voters of Ore
gon for their approval or disapproval, as
they may see fit .''
At a regular meeting of Tangent
rr.no. a hMd Aorll 27. It was decided by
a unanimous vote to have the bill re
ferred. We are not opposing the good
work done by the university, but we
are opposed to appropriating' eo much
mnnfiV to universities and normal schools,
and at the same time cutting off the
publle schools with, such little sup
port - - -
t la well known that 90 per cent or
more of the children of Oregon never at
tend anything but tne puono scnooia.
and many of them never get to tne
eighth grade, and tney are as mcn en
titled to- an education as the favored
few who go to the Wgher Institutions
of learning. . . .
Jt is also well known tnai tne uni
versity and normal schools are contln
uallv calllna- for larger appropriations
every time the legislature meets, and we
have good reason to believe this same
thing Will continue for years to come. If
It Is not stopped by the taxpayers or at
least a check placed, upon me lawmane
nt thin at ate.
The grange of Linn county Is looked
upon by some a an Insignificant band
of farmers, and If this Is so tbey have
stirred up quite a commotion among
those who favor high appropriations.
The voters of Oregon should sign the
netttlona and refer this matter to a
higher power than the legislators of this
state. We think the educational facili
ties of this state should be extended.
but let the children whose parents are
too &oor to send them to the university
have chance to go to the tentn or
twelfth grade In the public schools, then
we will be willing to support higher In
stitutions of learning at Eugene and
elsewhere. ? ; J. M. SCOTT.
A Question.
Wlnberry, April 29,To the Editor
of The Journal: When' there Is talk or
tariff reduction to stimulate trade with
European countries. It Is common for
opponents, such as Speaker Cannon, to
show, by statistics and figures, how In
significant onr export ' trade is, com
pared with our home consumption so
small In fact that any stimulus would
not be of any consequence. Now If a
farmer raises wheat and corn worth
11,000, "manufactures" it Into chop
worth $1,100; feeds It to hogs, when fat,
worth $1,900; "manufactured" Into pork
worth $2,000; according to statistics, he
has produced $6,000. Now If he exports
the "manufactured" pork worth $2,000,
please tell me If the $4,000 remaining
and consumed at home Is water, such
as is put in railroad stocks, or simply
political hot air? .
...... , ARTHUR HARTMAN.
A Correction. , , ,
Albany. Or., April 80. To the Editor
of The Journals In an article in the
Saturday Journal I stated that Presi
dent P. L. i Campbell was receiving
$4,000 per annum: I learn since that his
salary has not been raised and that he
Is still receiving only $3,000 per an
num, although he had been offered the
former amount from other quarters, but
had not accepted the offer. The fac
ulty. I learn, also,; are still receiving
their old-time salaries only. It gives
me great pleasure to correct any mis
leading statement that may have been
made through misunderstanding.
, EUGENE PALMER.
Portland Headquarters. , :
From' the Marshfleld Times.
Men who have been In Portland re
cently make a good, suggestion tf the
idea could be carried out. They suggest
that Coos Bay should have a headquar
ters In Portland. The local business
men ot that city do everything In their
power to. show the local advantage of
their place, while coos say is not rep
resented. With a headquarters where
exhibits from the bay could be shown,
people arriving at Portland Would get
some idea of the place. The man in
charge could aeelst travelers In getting
aecommodatlons to this point, and
people who , are known to be going to
Portland can be directed to the headquarters.-'
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As It is travelers who arrive In Port
land and want to come here can learn
nothing of Coos Bay, and are liable to
be drawn to some other part of th
state, or to remain perhaps, in Portland,
It would cost something to conduct a
Portland headquarters , In the proper
way, but Coos Bay would get It all
back with good Interest
Omissions of History.
U From the Chicago Tribune. -
; Henry -Hudson was sailing up the
majestic river that bears his name, a
"I think we've gone fa enough," he
said, scanning the landscape.' "I dont
want folks to. suspect that I'm trying
to find the New Tork legislature." .;" -s .
" Hastily giving the order "to put the
ship about warned the newspaper
correspondent on board to write noth
ing about the Incident, and sought the
seclusion that hia cabin granted, .-,
Is Woman Always
Dissatisfied?
' J ,v -T.. f-ftnsilVft !1PrNPAtt. r .
'.. Is U true that wentam after" She has
attained what she most wants, refuses
to rbe , satisfied . and - keep on wanting
more? , A bachelor friend -or, my ac
quaintance, says it is, and some others
I. know, mainly women, sajp4t Is iot
And yet pursuing my; Inquiries for
several days, I have, come to the con
elusion that women as a' class are never
satisfied. If you ' are : a ; woman, you
know this 1 true. Also. If you are a
married1 man you have guessed It ere
this. ' . "'i: "-;.:"'' -
I suddoss It Is born m women, just
as curiosity and the love of finery and
motherhood and some other . things are
bom in her. r I never could unaarstana
why. but I suppose , It was because
Mother Eve, after she had gained pos
session of the apple, kept on wanting
things, and we are but following in-ner
footsteps, we can't help it; that's au
there. Is about It v.'-.. ;.
The woman who ' . Is ' poor always
thinks she would be perfectly happy If
she were rich Just i moderately : ricn.
8he wouldn't care about being a mil
lionaire, or anything of that sort but
she would like to be comfortably well
off. say a hundred thousand. And while
her husband Is working and working
away for dear life she is indulging -a
day dreams of what she will do when
she reaches the one nunarea inousanu
mark. '
And when she has reached the stage
where she can take a carriage Instead
of a street car, can order a meal at the
fashionable restaurant without . looking
at the prices of the dishes, can go into
the larsrest drr coods store in town and
have her purchases charged, she begins
to think how nice It would ,u sne
was the wife of a 4llllonaire. , Y'.
Only one million. She wouldn t want
to be a Rockefeller or a Hetty Green.
but Just a millionaire, with a steam
yacht and a garage full of automobiles,
and a house at Newport, and a .racing
stable, perhaps. ' Finally he gets ' the
millions, after struggling and working
harder than any man on earth ought to
work. Hi wife's ambition forces him
on and on,-untu his very. mind turns
Into money. ' .. :;; y.tv. . -. :
Still the woman : is awsansnea. a
million is not enough. Neither would
ten millions or twenty millions e
enough, for la she not a woman?
. When she has reached that height to
which' she has been looking forward,
when she can order what she wants and
know - that there Is money enough to
buy . everything In the world almost
still she Is dissatisfied. She sits down
upon the wreck of her ambition, and
what does she sigh for? More money?
No. Where is the use in sighing lor
that?' She has more now than she
could spend In a lifetime. She sighs
for tha old Ufa when she and her hus
band were poor when they lived In a
modest way, when she, herself set Lie
table, cooked the meals and did all the
work of the little home except washing
and ironing.
She tells herself ehe would be per
fectly happy back In the little home.
Unul the day sue dies sne is dis
satisfied. . Always searching for the un
attainable, never content
What's the reason? i.
I just asked a man friend of mine,
and he says It's a disease that la heredi
tary, and that originated la the Garden
of Eden..-.': 1 , ,.-: ,7. i
la It that or (a It curiosity? ' .
Let the People Rule
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From W. J. Bryan's Recent Brooklyn
Speech, y j," ''"'.
The doctrines of Jefferson are march
ing on. Anything that makes the gov
ernment more Democratic, more popu
lar in form; everything that gives the
people more control over the govern
ment will win.
Tou may help It you may retard It
you may defeat It, but one of the
things that is coming, that Is Jefferson
tan, that Is Democratic, la the Initiative
and referendum for the control of the
government No man will make an
argument against the referendum who
is not prepared to deny the capacity of
the people for self-government Tou
may differ from m on every ques
tion, but If you do not believe In the
right of the people to govern them
selves, I will. If I can,- drive you out
of the Democratic party, and If the
Democratic party does not believe in
the rule of the people it will have no
trouble in driving me out of th Demo
cratic party; but I do .not think it H
coming to the test
The faults of our government are
not In the, people themselves; they are
in those whom the people elect. The
faults of our government are In the
representatives of the people who pre
tend to be friends of the people, but be
tray their trust and turn to private ac
count the authority placed la their
hands for public purposes. The initia
tive places It In the power of the peo
tlonple to compel the submission of any
question upon which they want to act,
and the referendum enables them to sit
in Judgment upon anything whlca the
legislature has done. . Tour constitu
tion provides thatthV governor -or
president may veto what the legislature
proposes, and if any man has a right
to veto the legislature, who wilt 'say
that the majority of voters has not ui
right to Veto also? ,
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Seaside Will Go Dry. .
From the Seaside Signal.
For several .months the Signal has
frequently called attention to the man
ner In which some of the sajoons have
been violating the state and town laws
by running gambling games in their
places of business. The towu attorney,
the town marshal, the town mayor and
the deputy district attorney and the sa
loonkeepers have been asked to stop it
before the patience of the people should
become exhausted : when they would
arise In their might and prohibit for
ever the licensing of saloons In Seaside.
These appeals have ' all been made In
vain, it is probably better that it is so.
The people have accepted Che challenge
of the saloonkeepers, and on Monday,,
the Sd day of June, will vote fcpon the
question of prohibiting the licensing of
saloons and they will prohibit t,.The
petitions calling the election are now
being circulated, and ara being Signed,
and the result as forespoken is as sure
as fate.,; -7 ' K7- '"'
It will be a grand day for Seaside!
Some people who come to Seaside for
recreation now, won't com thewj but
there will be others who prefer a closed
town to one that has a reputation for
"tin-horn gambling" to. take their
places. .'.' 7,'. .7.7; '
V ". Bourne and Hawley. -
From the Klamath Fails Express.
' ' Senator Bourne and Congressman
Hawley are entitled to greet credit for
their efforts in behalf of the common
people in. trying to break the Southern
Pacific land monopoly In this state.
The Express Is a Democratic paper,
but It believes- In giving the devil His
due,' and when - a political ' opponent
shows by his acts that he is disposed to
uphold the right of the people sgrlnst
corrupt corporate , interests this, xapsr
Will Stand DT Him. f:1. !f : ,.;...-
Senator I Bourne .in
: Gomic .Opera
. n.iU' daiHrnnr Sun. ;
; Evidently upon the theory
cannot biia.W.ifS o
he, falls ngurativeiy utw
I!?, repute? victim, Senator urne of
Oregon, has com om. r -z
pronunclamen o.. - jr-v,
term xor . jrrju!i".
Intimated In . Washington . dlspatebes
that Senator Penrose of WW""
the allegedrch-eo
Slnltor. Bourne has anticipated the
Pennsylvania statesman's
his peal of loyalty and rfewtlon rings
. .iihiuirli not SO lOUaiy
a. to prevent the man :;rh?,?01!trhtt.r
the ground neanng, sounu- "
l?U that twentlethcentury
. : . ma and harm-
less ereatures. Those ,whos minds sjts
.uk Kiatnrirai romances or tne
old school picture a "conP,w"'"l
bold, bad man, wno pur.u-. ....
with the tenacity of a M004"""
: -i iMi,h riiow who . will nake
every sacrlflo to win. To such a man
conspiracy 1 the very breath ot lire.
With hat pulled over his eyes and long
black cloak enveloping his sinister form
he goes forth to "conspire.' The writers
of the good old romances made him a
perfectly , dreadful fellow- villain to
be feared as well ass to be detested.
. Alas for th "conspirator" of modern
times. He doesn't growl and snarl
Ma dnasn't look as If he were
fed upon gun powder to make hlna
fierce. His piao is in .coraio upi.
is smog and Asrmless. H "conspires
i,k t.ia ratios with the look of in
expressible happiness which rests upon
the features or cuoan - general
ice cream In a plae of refreshment la
Havana. Not long ago th Official por
trait of Senator Penrose depicted the
great and good statesman as a person
with a scowl that wouldn't come off,
meditating deeos of unutterable dark
ness and desperation against a great
personage: He broke bread with Sena-
Cn.iraa anil that, of course. mSde
the Oregon statesman airoblect of sus
picion. . With teeth- on edge, pallid coun
tenance and nair standing on na oeo-
aM, Tjuh tnM hla'ehlef about them.
and they were proclaimed to the world
as political villains or tne aeepesi aye.
cold-blooded "conspirators," utterly bad
.n.an Xtitt th ara ravenred.
On has climbed Into the "third-term"
band wagon and the other is said to ne
preparing to throw t"he weight of his In-
rinMM In whnlf"Vr tha nrenldant Her
is material for a libretto for the most
fetching comlcppers ever written by an
American. WhaVa pity that Gilbert and
Sullivan are not alive, o do Justice to
such a theme so full of richness. Did
ever "conspirators" bubble over with
the milk of human kindness as these
plotters" have done?
Hi
losyncrasies
v By Mrs.' John A. Logan.. '
(Copyright 1007, by Amerk-an-Joarnal-Xzsnilner)
One is constantly ireateu io exnini-
tions of temperament which com under
the head of Idiosyncrasies that are often
amusing and - sometimes very trying.
Some people affect peculiarity In dress
and are excused-because It is an Idi
osyncrasy .with them; others do all
sorts of queer tilings . ana presume 10
enter places where angels .would not
dare to tread. - Ten meet persons af
flicted .with - this disease everywhere.
Thev ask most lmDertinent and offen
sive questions and are usually victims
of stupendous conceit using the pro
noun "I" freely. 7
Among th most aggravating of this
species are those who insist upon call
ing altogether too frequently, forbid
ding ushers or attendants from an
nouncing their names, but present them
selves with an insinuating smile, say
ing, "I am going to put to test your
reputation for remembering names and
faces. Now, who am I and what Is my
name?" ': " v. :
A bright woman in society recently
replied to one of these boors with per
fect suavity, fin th language of slang,
your nam Is 'Mud 1' Of course I know
you. Tour calls are so frequent one
would be unable to forget you, however
much on might desire to do so." . .
. For onoe a member of this class was
nonplussed. It la a piece of unpardon
able conceit for persons who have never
dona anything to distinguish themselves
or to immortalize their names to expeet
to be remembered or recognised by peo
ple with whom they hav had only a
casual acquaintance, and yet scarcely a
day flits by without one witnessing in.
stances of eggreglous vanity.
Another class equally offensive are
the men who, the moment they are pre
sented or when they meet ladles, begin
their conversation with fulsome com
pliments and extravagant expressions
of admiration of their gowns, personal
appearance, gracious manners or capa
bilities, forgetting that they are re
flecting upon the common sense and
are shocking th sensibilities of any
woman of refinement and Intelligence,
and that of all things wblcli a self-respecting
woman abhors is flattery. Such
persons only betray their own poverty
of thought and insincerity and usually
provoke the contempt of the Incredulous
listener, who, as a rule, estimate un
merited compliments at their true
vain,.-,. . ; .
Women have idiosyncrasies as well as
men, and sometimes make themselves
equally disagreeable '. In th exhibition
of . them. These . persons are always
supersensitive and Insist upon being en
dured, thinking their vagaries should be
excused for whatever they do, because
they are ''naturally peculiar."
As a matter of fact selfishness la at
the bottom of affected peculiarities, as
the persons affecting them ar Indif
ferent to the comfort of others and are
firon to Indulge themselves In the grat
fication of their whims, no thought be
ing given how unpleasant it may be for
others. . ' . .j., .s. ;5
It seems very easy to go through life
without offending or really copying the
multitude if one would remember to
haye proper consideration for all with
whom on comes In contact , ( ,'
7 ' Today fa History.
, 1SK6 England took Jamaica-from th
Spanish. ' - .
1748 Emanuel Joseph Sieyeerwii of
th chief political thinkers of th French
revolution, born. - Died June $0, 1138.
1782 Robert Monckton, colonial gov
ernor of New Tork, died. Born June
24, in&u.'?&w fc7 .r.fc7o.
: 1802 The olty. of Washington Incor
porated by act of congress.
rUl Havred Grace, ..Maryland;
burned by -th British.
. 1841 New Zealand separated . polit
ically), from New South Wales.
1846 Thomas Hood, English author,
died. ! 7. 7 ".:V-': . :
18SlLarge part of San Francisco de
stroyed by Are. -v ' ' '
1859 France declared war, to expel
the Austrian from Italy. .' ;
1872 Horac Greeley nomlrtated for
president by tne Liberal Republicans, -
1890 Senator Bee of Kentucky died
suddenly of apoplexy at Washington.
1886-Tennesse1 legislature ; decided
governorship contest la favor ot Peter I
Xurney . - - '' ' ' "-l
Small Change
.; Weeds hav no psts. ''.7 ;, .:.). ."r
v''j 'v:.''-'W?!- t:.'-r 7J7il',7':'i;'?;'i(:(i '
: We must hav better streets. . ; .
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' Everx voter ought, to vote somehow,'
' ' " ' ' ' ' '
' Some people will wish they, bad rg.
lstered. , ,
It takes very kittle to kill 'a fnu
j,.nn4n Mnnrl .. . if . . T
:::,'.'-'if-'. ." '''"' 7 .7. 'v' 7
;- Great " is plurality undery th direct
nomination, law, ,
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A light vote In the primaries is the , '
general, prediction , : v.-, .,. - . . -i
,,,77; 77'777V7.7' , &ir&&
In new buildings Portland keeps at j
th head, of the list
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A candidal who forswore Scriptural j
quotations might get quit a lot of 1
votes. ' ' ,
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Th higher the wages the oftener the
strike, appears o be the rule An San
Francisco. , ,
;...-,v ;v '' e .i':-7-i- '' ' "77,
Secretary Taft'S .middle nam Is not
Henry, nor Happy, nor yet Hooligan, i
but Howard. ',""
This has been a good week for acquit
tals In doubtful cases Hermann, Mo
Manas and some others. -
-" '' e 7, :'C;:,. 7' 177 .:
Nearly , everybody la, disposed to be
lieve almost anything alleged aralnst
those New Tork-insurance comflKsiifls.
f-71';: aSaJ
' A minority party that feels ao boo TT
Of ever becoming th majority, party
cannot be expected to be very sea loua.
V,J 777 Vj.. .i-;U:ve : '
n'puDiicans win nave to max a
choice .tomorrow, though whoever Is
chosen there will be great dlssatlsf ac
tion. ' : ' '
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Corey and Mabelle, It Is reported, ara
to be married on th - ISth. This dat
may be remembered In the divorce pro
ceedings. - . - ;7; .
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'fTh deuma exceeds Its power." says
a headline. Of course. If It does any
thing. It is not supposed to exercise
or possess any power.
-.. .... .
Tet there ar men who wtlj get their
balr cut.; and won't pay. 85 cent for it
either. And there ar others who don't
care- whether they hav their hair cut
or not - . '!:
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Th Philadelphia Ledge says the
Democrats will have to act differently
If they -ever , elect a president Well,
aren't they acting differently? They
can't agree on anything except that
Thomas . Jefferson, was a Democrat
':
Solicitors to copy photographs free
(?) are getting busy again around town,
and housewives should show them scant
courtesy. Th scheme a very old one,
is to put the copied picture in a frame
wortb, about II cents for wnicn tney
charge $4 or so, end they almost force ,
people to take It and pay. The persistency-
of some of these fellows Is
often offensive, and sometimes actually
Insulting.
Oregon Sidelights ,
Dallas may. have tkxftees1faetorfr.---.
Lakeview is to hava a new public hall.
Rainier will build a new$7.000 school-
house.
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Mvrtle Creek will hav a prun pack
ing plant . ,
A Milton man ha two Shetland colts
weighing 35 pounds each.
Ranald will vote dry In the June
election, predicts the Signal.
Ttrnwnavllle Is1 nretty sure of a first-
class brick and tile factory.
Tha ' rrnn ot lambs Js liahtST than
usaal, owing to th cold wather. -
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Onlv two deaths have occurred la
North Powder in nearly a year.
a rVtnAnn man haa sold 81E0 worth of
dogs since last fall. Some bring $2
each. ' j, ,,' , . :-'-. '
k .tn.i.'a kiara-aot nana of nlat class.
is 8 bv 12 feet in dimensions, for Mayor
Wise's new.-stbre.-. v:1-t ' .--.f
Just a little colder weather up the
valley and Hn southern Oregon lately
would have killed much of th fruit but
the light frosts have done but little
damage.
. "
Last Friday night at the meeting of
The Dalles commercial club Mr. Gavin,
tha president, stated that $450 were,
needed to put the club In goodaFe
nn tvim voric. and tHwmoney
was oversubscribed by $0 before th '
secretary could foot up the items.
7 -7'f7if e- --'v
Coquille Sentinel: The largest docket -j
by far in a long tlma is oW befor the ;
circuit court for disposition. Some j
cruel Joker has declared there are 60 y
cases and 250 suitcases brought for trial f
in CoquilU. Bah! Didn't you know It j.
was a dry town?
e
Enoouraglng reports keep coming in
from the mines down the river, says g
the Huntingtoa Herald,- When the rail
road la completed and the smelters In
operation, you will- be astonished at
the Immense tonnage that will be han
dled by both. It Is said th Iron Dy
has $1,600,000 of ore blocked out and
expects to have $5,000,000. :;
4''.7. .',7: ' - V-,
Th interurban 'electric railroad will
do for Baker City what it isdo!ng tor
Walla Walla increase population In the
city, Increase the trafflo of the city ten
fold, cement together city and country
by bands Indissoluble and Increase the
country population on small, farms,' says
th Baker City Democrat. Same else
where. . .; 7 . .: fi-&-'f?hKm ..?'' '
Condon Times:' Gilliam count Is 6"
of debt That's good! But We had bet
ter go In debt now about $10,000 and
get some good roads. ; TKere Is not a
public highway that can be traveled for
any distance In . the winter time with,
a team and wagon. Grain cannot be
hauled any distance and haullns- wood
is out of the question, and wool must
oiten wait zor early summer.
'''S'i .i'.'i' .; .e7,7v: ''jA'"-'--
They are atill baring for oil in Tilla
mook county and are going to begin
again In . Polk county, between Dalls
and- Independence. They will strike it
one of thes days and we will have
a three-storied prosperity in Oregon
in the oil beneatn, the crops on the
surface'' and-the timber and fruit above
the ground, says the Salem Statesman.
And oil prospects In Wasco and Malheur
counties are also sjoksa ct ooofUaoUi.
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