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THE JOURNAL AN IHDKPKNDNT MBW8PAPKE. .' v O, I. JACKSON ....Pebllaher with the . law ; If it interferes ; with of either statesmanship . pf patriot, the - machine's projects and pnr-1 tsm. 1 1n this direction a simple and poses which, it need not he added, I seemingly harmless matter may work are inimical to the public good. We inestimable evil." ut (wHoriKhr) think Mr. Cake is entirely mistaken; - la writing his book . Mr. Devlin fii VtitVwtuXV the law will stand, whoever is elect- must have been greatly Impressed with the evil of strict adherence to Lcttcra From : People : tabllahed mrt- arm fonder aioroln Ins. Fltta aed Ymmh n,., . k- -.,ff,. iwttMd. or., for 1 mayor, but it vill be a good '.deal trammiMiM turotwb tne emus as eecoad-euae Ba.tef -ani, naV( ; - jitter chance to antler. . TKLEPHOSB MAIN TITS. ' AD atpartneats leached toy this nam. Wl the oftntot toe departpiaat yea waat ' IOEBION ADVBBT1SINO BBPBKSBNTATIVa fjraiiawtrk BoUdlo, 5 Ftfth enoe, years in thfl City accomplish 1U design of , establish' ing a government of the people if the machine Is smashed ' before it gets a chance to operate for two " 'A Pugilistic View. ' ( Portland, May 17. Te the Editor of The Journal The fight Is now on be tween Mayor Lane and Thomas C. Dev lin. Lane seams to be the favorite, and o ; far has the : better of tne ugni. 'v Snbwrfptloa Tml 6f mail to any eddre (a tb Ualtea Statae, Canada 0 atesloe. All .v Pae year. ....'..'..I"! On 1 Ona Moota,. One faar. 12.00 I Ona aiaatk ..I I DAILY AKO SUNDAY. ... Dm ft ...HM I Oaa mta.......l AS Nothing has ever remained on any. revolution but what was" ripe, in the consclous ? ness of the masses. RoMn. A SIGNIFICANT MEETING. rHB meeting at the Armory last evening was remarkable for ( one of Its kind, the opening , ' meeting of a city campaign. It party in city elections, for on page 63, in opening a new chapter, he says::., "In every national and many Devlin ha. done a little sparring, be a state" campaign party enthusiasm Wea deUvertag two-toeaeettve 'Wowa y 6 f"" ftt lon(r rang- which were so weak that runs very high. There is a persist- Lane did not consider them' of any eon Ant nffftrt t nnnflna the vnt within Sequence. I understand this Is to be a ii i . fight to a finish and that the knookout party; lines. ..The great differences blow u to be deiirered on the sd day THE RECLAMATION LAW MAY and prominent Issues,, which ; ire J next months Bo, Jmbt every. BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. proper in their place, are forced Into TthT" d?1!rt inlerft the affairs of cities, with which they which Is not likely, as I understand HH DICTUM ' : aven if 'It be hoiv. - in.ix.t. ......n.. .v.i I they all have money un on hunt. It ' . . " . i uaiw uv iQit-iuiMv lAfuuovuuu """ i,.. v... ,. navlln haa - AVaV. Al A. -m A. TTikliail I - wwu IUMuaVVU , more waa wm, w iu evr. There are few questions in I something up his. sleeve which would States Supreme court, to the mnnlMnal affaire tinnn vhlch mnnA surprise Lane and his followers If It ' .. .. . .. I r . I . ..vn. f v.. v..n .Iv.n U:s effect, that the reclamation cltlMn. should differ." , He goes W ut. sho'w Tp. Tat-dotft law is nnconstitutlonal, is greatly to to say that party : service should do it Perhaps he is only "Devlin" him h nmttMl iTha rnnrt aornrdlnel . t .11 1 a v ..la little. But It Is a long "Lane" that " " " ' 7" tvuu"' iur a au uwuraijr ha( turn and ,t -Mm M lf th, tura to news reports, expressed the opm- an,i competency, but that "the pec- haa eeme. The fight win be watched ion that consrress has no legislative niA r. aAiiivif in t. w.ii fit nn-1 with Interest from now on. D. u. powers except such as were clearly tisanshlp, and the city's interests granted by the constitution, and that ar0 forgotten, , : e fa offices, the use of public funds for the recla- emoluments and honors are1 dlstrlb matlon of arid lands by irrigation uted among those politicians who was not one of those granted pow- will for , reward perform Question ers; hence the law passed nearly two aDie rervices. " With a years ago, and under which so much justy campaign cry and partisan ooperative . Homes of the Future iRoctefellerMillions and Princeton . .'. . ' . I " " - - - tinea wei oriwu, iuo iucai wara; r iipmu peoplepresent, in the character of or . commenced., is unconstitutional D0 wlll Becur6 partisan vote of ml,n,0Jl!! wiu k the audience and in the fact that. and Told. This opinion was only in- the better classes but rowuStf?' By Mra John A. Logan. ' (Oopyrlfht, 1907, by W. H. Utant) . iwas significant in f the number of vastly beneficial work has been done tines well drawn, the local (ward) for the expenditure of Mr. Rockefeller's wiu be empowerea to aia auca movements as President wood' ain'a "PrlnAatnn Rxnarlmant.' although the meeUng was in the in- cldental. bnt nrlvate Interests will no l.w .11,., .u. whloh. though found moat Important, Is terest of Mayo: Lane', candidacy, a doubt bring Wematter squarely be- Bbould ,aflUence a man's vote In to- JLaJlS , irs iruiuri.wu i .jfw f0re the court, and seer to nave me cai matters Is never ex- ent were Republicans; who evident- mi,jntloa Jaw knocked out. : , plained. Purely the alli- ly were quite as much In earnest In ;. lt WOuld be r presumptuous In us ance of the business of cities with lils support as the Democrats. 1 The to dispute the soundness of this national politics, and, its control by lioddlums the pounders, , the thugs, augu8t court's opinion, yet we be- th4 party maChine. is a serious evil. tne aive naDitues, me gamuiers, we ueve that tne courts have gone en- jt opens the way for every form of those who studied and those who heelers, were conspicuous by their I t,PAi-too far In oTertnrnine leelsla- taughV w Th 1,. ,n'mn.thT " I; :;,, .vl..." . r""""-' "uu Jn other words, students are to have . - iiua uouiuuou uj wuh wnicn avarice ana amnition can sng- with the.mayor'a campaign. On the of the people. Congress is supposed gest. with such nethods there can other hand, all classes of decent, or- t0 act for the people. - Theoretically, be no good g0Ternment in cities." derly. industrious, fair-minded peo- congress does Just what the people ia these few brief extracts Mr. pie, Including many women, were desIre and require;, congress repre- DeTiIa U8e, the word "partisan" aVV A AVa atMKiVAa ax ArAtlt f atAA ...... a . a . 1 W laoro ui.uum r ,w, genlB ana IB, I0f leglSlSUVB purposes, .ATAn tlmAaandnartrornartfaanahln .f.i and It was evident that, although tflA people; ; and we believe the flTe tlmes and ta each un RS Bome. students, so that the peculiarities of probably more than half of them are proper bu9laeM of tba nri Is to Ulna- offensive and evil when an- f.V," TJ?"JV? 2?L' ...,!,) -tAW nnAM tn ha In I . . . . v. . I " ' I "'""u 4vci-u.m vv, yv - - interpret tne meaning ot tne acis 01 Pned to or connected with city elec- ment of the very best that Is in each. entire; accord, witn - tne weas aa- coagress when appealed to but not tions and government, yet his man- 'fhose acquainted with thi re voni1 tir tTiA annnkfira and In am. . . . - I I suits of the past three years since T " J ..I ::. " . w "ev Wieitt maw?t '"f ,u. "t4C"ic agers are now appealing to this very pr.ident Wilson Inaugurated the ex piete sympaiay wiw me non-paruaau cagea ;v ., V..N: iv gpirft of , partisanship which in his perlment cannot say too much in favor movement to reelect Mayor Lane ( ; The constituUon was framed and book Mr. Devlin so strongly and re- iL'SSwSSi and prevent a reactionary aaminis- adopted a long time ago, by men who peatedly condemned. Then Mr. Dev- have already done sol much for the irauon in mi en. . 1 Suffering Caused by ,Thoughtle5snefl3 . . B Ella. Wheeler Wilcox. , (Copyright, I90T, y Amwrleaa-Journal giamlnar) in the London Mau appears n w lowing: i ::'v - 'j,.'- : r-u ; i;! ; "Wrltina from ? the . Mansion House, tha lord mivor describes the latest saw ia a vaa v vviiiviiy w aaaa w if ga as sw a . . - as aggravated a form, as' era even now charitable project to be launohed from By Professor Otto Flck of Copenhagen. . The reaaons whloh prompted me to And a solution of the housing and servant question in Copennagea were that we in Denmark had the same dif ficulties to contend with, .though not In existing here In New York the high rents and the scarcity of domestic help of all kinds. . , : ; ..;., -4 ' I soon came to the conclusion that if anything was to be eliminated In the ordinary Jt was .the .. family i kitchen, with lt drudgery, Its waste and Its many unnecessery inconveniences.' The Idea that from 26 to tl famillea of the better, sttuated class, such as can afford that historic center of benevolenoe: , " 'A.t the Fishmongers' hall It was my privilege to announce that X had decided to raise a Manelon House fund for fBO.Ooo to ba expended in tne es tablishment of a specialised Institution for the relief of the crippled children of the metropolis. "It was my pride also to stats (hat t hava reason to believe that the te keep a servant, should maintain an schema, whloh has been drawn up with equal number of cooks, when ail the the advice of experts, is one whloh cooking necessary might as well be done tneets with the approval of his majesty in one piace, at a great saving ox teoor 1 tha klna. . ' i . - t and expense, seemed prepoeterous tome.1 Tor many years, as you are aware, and the idea of a central kitchen tmme-1 bAVe been brought closely into con dlately suggested Itself to roe. ' I witn the 7,000 little sufferers, the This, however, was not enough; other I crloDlad children of the London poor, and Improvements must be made, and 1 1 it la because so many friends bavs belped added one after the other to my original Idea. . Cooperatron having . been .gen erally successful In various enterprises in Denmark. It occurred to me that If the tenants of an apartment bouse were financially Intereated in the house la which they wera living they would not be apt to move, rents might ba lowered me .annually to nrignten meir mwa livaa somewhat that I have been en- eouraged to think X might successfully set on foot an Important movement which Is Intended to do them perma nent Instead of merely, temporary good. " The scheme provides that the crip pled child shall, whenever possible, be the expense attending adoption, requiring as It does employ ment of a larger number of tnstruotors than the regular force, and also a raJi cal method of teaching. Its worthy ob ject is the "Improvement of scholar ships 4n Princeton by the promotion of an Intelligent comradesnip between coma Identity with the faculty, or at least with their instructors, by divid lng the students Up Into groups and having enough instructors to assign one or more to' each group, who would be come personally Interested- with the character. Intellectual abilities,' moral and habits of the had no conception of the country as Un wu writinr a book and putting r,noton etudents. . .. 'n Mn.HfnMnn !.. .... . .. . . .1 Many years ago I The MtoDubllcan candidate for I . n, MnatitnMnn aa ... .. .i Many years ago I remember the case o. .n, .M.Mro V 7; .7 018 nest ana truest tnougnts ana 0f a young man at Harvard who had mayor was not personally attacked. been bent and twisted and turned al- boneBt opinions into it. Now he Is a no experience of being away from home but It was plainly shown, both by ex- m0Bt ttpBlde-down and lnslde-out on candidate. and says this is rroperly "Ul hundr- whoTvedhr. t&l benator oearltt and ex-judge j?lpes, Varl0us occasions before now to meet a partisan campaign, t Which la the pleased,, and had really no acquaintance that politically, he was in extremely pubiic -xr party exigencies by this sounder and truer opinion? We wlth the instructors outside of the bad company and that it elected he Bame august cqurt. and M we may Bbal, pur8Q6 tba distinguished author tZl Corffi.' would be tnder obligations that he Tenture so far, in all due deference, farther, no doubt to the profit of its and dissipated with wealthy young could - not Ignore to the "north . tHIttlr thle la annthr oooaslon far .v v,.- men who gave little attention to the . it... ..; I . . .... mnuuwv, una Bieueai u. m uuummuus ia i straining the constitution a" bit ror tis support, and to the "Interests the pubilo weal. drudgery of study, and depended upon ooaches whom they employed in the Governor Gooding of Idaho seems preparation of their studies. ' that- are - constantly seeking for.l tr h a.inrm mnrt itnii L.i .:. . Finally it was discovered that the i.-.A nmm. t wM,h tV U"l lo M w rranK- ruvng mM ln ..tion was absent from ' " nauy aoia iuo reiaamnuwa iw. uu- jng to glye a few Associated Press Class too frequenUy. His father was "Vuu"u UT 7v7 v be lost in getting tne constitution ter of interviewing Harry Orchard, very, talented. The father ".pent some In a word, this meeting showed amended so that this law would be the confessed murderer of ex-Gov- days in investigating to discover that Jretct'Sowt ctitutIonaLd since there ap- ernor Steunenberg; It was,mani- ZrXl tonest people of this city, those, who pearB t0 be such a danger, this move- festly a very improper thing, at this with the many others of his class, the desire neither to violate the , laws ment Bbouid be inaugurated as soon Btage of the trlal to allow 0rcbard '"j!. J and indulge n and profit byvice possible, by ; congress and state to be interviewed, a. it I. principally ofTh.t0.tS?nt?a nor ,w. iua ..upuo xor ..ww legiBlatures, in anticipation Of tne nt)on testimonv that tha r.ros. to their honor, eto. (uu, wrm ucuuui,v u mfeawuM aecision. xne worg 01 favor of Mayor! Lane's reelection, and that they are so regardless and with scarcely a thought of party. It iwas further manifest for this was '.a thoroughly representative audience that lf party Is taken into consid eration the masses of voters are op- , posed to party' politics in municipal affairs and tb the reconstruction and renewed operation of a "political ma chine in this city. They agree that tiaving smashed several machines, one aftef'anotner, they. ahouM not permit another one to be organized for its selfish, corrupting; and - de basing purposes, but should see "to It , that Portland shall . never again Je loaded, bled and cursed with an' other partisan machine. jThIs',;Was ':; the 'sentiment of this rreat representative rally, s ; .There !waa an electrification throughout the audience,; sympathetic with the eloquent and unanswerable speeches : of Senator Gearin and Judge Pipes, Indicating a nigh purpose and re- BoIvelo"ma2ntaInla "this city not only an honest government, but tilgh standard of political purity and ' civic righteousness, for which pur pose party ; lines must be entirely trodden down and obliterated, so far bs city affairs are concerned. This was the,, thought and word of the speakers, and lt met a sympathetic response in that great audience, as It will at the polls on June 3. " " PLEASE EXPLAIN, JUDGE . 1 JijutXJ-CAXE,. , CHAIRMAN CAKE3 is reported as . saying in a public meetirg . , that Mr". Devlin's defeat would . be a death blow to the pri mary election law. , This is supposed to mean that it the new machine, of which ' Mr. Cake Is nominally the fceal jusLnQW.fannot elect Its man and so reestablish 1 Itself in Port land, the Republican party In the next legislature will, in revenge, re real the primary law. Or else he rnearfs that the machine will some liow evade and override the law. pi, r eraark expresses the antipathy of i ! e machine ; poIiUcUns to the law,, rnd discloses ts intent to do away reclaiming our arid lands must go on, if another patch has to be put on the constitution for that purpose. - cution relies to. convict the defend- ESs-, ants on trial. But since the governor, establishment of a chair ln all colleges AUTHOR VS. CANDIDATE. A RE-READING of Auditor Dev lin's little book entitled ."Mu nicipal Reform ln the United or some one acting with his sup posed authority, had planned this in terview for a few favored corre spondents, other and special corre spondents including The Journal's, were right In demanding the same privilege. Mr. O'Neill, The Journal's special correspondent, not only had and the appointment of professors whose business . it should be to culti vate the acquaintance of students and take some personal Interest ln them for the purpose of lessening the number of escapades f students, and for the promotion of good morals and stimula tion of the ambitious, r 4 Aa a matter of fact, Mr. Wilson's plan has been modeled after Oxford methods, and it is needless to say a higher one could not be found. The good - Ideas and observations,' and J with Orchard, but had world ,onf. ata w ha. acknowledged It. were present and was therefore, able to make lt more complete and inter esting than the others. among them scarcely any is made more prominent and emphatic than the evil of partisanship ln municipal elections, and government, that Is, the evil of i adherence to party candidates as in - national elections. In ' the first chap ter, page 13, the author says: "In almost every American city the indebtedness to Oxford for the devel opment of the greatest minds and char acters that have ever been known. Our student, a. a rule ' are brainy. brawny fellows wltjh tremendous ener gies, and they need the stimulus and culdance of close - comradeship with We hOP Mr, PevHn's" candidacy J t1- Instructors,-; But few are lntract- - . -.. vwwu. , iw u uw., i edifying Influences. "Municipal Reform In the United I It would be a sad misfortune If this States." v The auditor's expenses R??" - "1.!" a aa uiudi suuuauuit smu biwivi irvuion" and profits at the same time increased. I provided with a training to fit lt tobe- eome, lf possible, a, wage-earner. " "Every child thus assleted will be the means of helping the struggling family to whloh the cripple would oth erwise DO a iiietong Duraen. "May X ask for your sympathetic auDDOrt ln the furtherance of this project London should not be behind Paris and New York In caring for such afflloted little ones In a practical way.' " ;- ." e e ;. e .. It is a lovely charity, this solicitude for the crippled children of the world, and lt touches all hearts. But in every part of the world, wner- fter some time my present plan evolved In detail and I submitted It to various business men, most of whom, however, sssured me that, though they could see many advantages In It, they did not think It was original with me, but that houees of this kind were to be found In plenty In America, and to con vince myself of the truth or untruth of this statement X made a trip across the Atlantto ln ISM. , -"i ., I oame to New York, where X spent considerable time, only to find apart ment hotels and houses by the hundreds, but with none of the features upon u 1 t. w . . i. . . . v. . the contrary i round that the evil a ! fta v art nr to eradicate I how to care for their own cnuaren. Id Parts, aa ln New Tork. and every other spot In America which I have seen, mothers drag their helpless chil dren of three,' fou& five years of age, along the street at a rapid pace, uncon scious that the poor baby's arm 4 stretched to an unnatural position, and that the ohubby legs are unable to keep up the pace set by a thoughless parent without exhaustion to the small body. I have heard a crying child roundly scolded on the street by a nervous mother, who exclaimed: "Well., you which X , was endeavoring to eradicate were much more In evidence ln America rents were outrageously high and ser vants next to Impossible to find, and X went home eonvlnoed that I should in time find a far better field for my en terprise la the United States than any where In Europe. - Soon after my return X found the necessary capital and the necessary number of shareholders, and began the building of my "Central House" ln the city of Copenhagen, which has proven a success financially and otherwise from the very day lt opened its doors. - This nouae, tne first or us ama any' Small Change Only two weeks more., for campaign work. ;!' ,; v e .,, .r. r 'J .' : (j ; Taft's support seems te be growing up to his else. .: i , ' Unless he unconditionally surrenders. Porakefa name will be Dennis. . 7 ,i'.V:f?,'i::-.'.;.?ri,'1v''A'e e T-'v;?.v-:V The labor candidate for mayor. Vi Kelly, will naturally expect the Kelly' vote,, which is no small matter, r ,. A comedy now on the road is eaJiaA "A Race for a Widow." "A Baca From a Widow" might be more exciting. ... i-A T.:.r--.a.- a...-.r..-r' L So there are ' bad. . criminal dontim here, and some of them are quits ath ical, too. In the matter of advertising. If Ireland really wants a leclalatuM. , there are several states In this country ini ovum spare ineirs wun advantage. A man claims to have invented a ma. chine , that registers thought.. Tw people,, only those fit for heaven, want Answer, to "What la a Demooratt indicate that there is material enough' won. iwinocreis to start nair a dosea new parties, r ' If Ruef and ' Schmlta ' tall all tti know about each other, and then are properly disposed of. tha situation WIU be cleared a good deal. - A New York girl ha. recovered III.. 000 damage, for the lose of one of her mother', limb. ,What a dear creature the whole girl must have been. - ': '.''"". 'V,' e 'y. If the president would rive the weather bureau men a " good looking over, might he not conclude that tha . were nindeslrable ol t liens" T " . - ;.; e.; a Last year the Ohio Ranuhllnana In dorsed - both President Roosevelt and Senators Foraker and Dick. Why can't they continue to be consistently incon sistent and hypocritically harmonious T Abe' Hummel will have to serve m. year In prison.- For less offense, many a man Is serving from five to 10 years. But to send a man like Hummel ovar the road at all is an unusual Instance ox partial justice. - a a The Saturday Evening Vnmt Senator Dick "sUrted life as a flour and feed merchant" ,- This beats the record for precocious Infants. We cried till I. got you out, and now you never read of anv other n. iT where In the world, la built In aU Jts are erylng to go back home! You are a anything at the outset but milk., - essential parts like any . modern apart ment house. Xt contains 15 apartmenta, of various sites, each complete ln Itself except that the kitchen la missing. It has electrlo elevator service, and by the modern method, the air ln every room la continually renewed and an even temperature maintained at all tlmea. Each apartment haa it. dining room, I. connected with the central kitchen ln the basement and an autejnatlo electric dumb waiter, upon which til meal, are cent up .h ; - Each family turns Into the' kitchen to the chef a list of dishes and courses which ; are not wanted, and these are then never served ln apartment The manager of the house supplies free of charge Servants who do ail the cleaning of windows and who also re move all dust from carpets, portieres. etc., by the vacuum method. For all other work servant. are supplied at fixed rate, by the day or hour. But. the most novel feature of the enterprise I. the financial arrangement The profit, of the owner representing interest on hi. Investment and payment for management, eta, are restricted to 4000 crown, a year. s .. The elty of Copenhagen, which from the very first haa taken great Interest ln the enterprise, holds the first mort gage, receiving Interest at the rate of per cent , The second mortgage I. held collec tively by the tenant., who receive I per cent and the whole net profit, over naughty, unreasonable child, .and you ahau never come wun mamma again i . - ,,.. . . . . The child was .imply exhausted with " m.mU.Ur. wh "ied Corey the rapid pace lt bad" been obliged InJuT.A t J maintain, and It. arm wa. aching from Kr.r .!?,,1..an.d..w?u being half pulled from the socket e e Oh. the stupid Ignorance, the crim inal thourhtleasness. of mother.. Over and over, and everywhere, X see the helpless baby ln the perambulator or "go-cart" lying with blinking eyes, un shaded from the glaring sun, -while the mother or nurse stares In at ahop win dow, or at pa.aersby. Man v times I have crotested. And re- that particular I eeived angry glances or rebuffs from tha selfishly Ignorant parent, who felt I was offensively officious. . But when babies or animals are suf fering from the thoughtlessness or cru elty of their owners. It Is the buslnees kept the 11,000 too. But this minister's conscience became tod troubIe.ome-r else the prospect of losing hi. Job was too terrible! - . .'-.,..' e e . The Salem Journal is" Dleadlna- the cause of the bull, which 1t .ay. 1. treat ed inhumanly bv confinement it h.' editor had ever been chased and tossed and gored by a bull, he might not be quite ao soft-hearted. - But he may be "em., aiv me duu more rope. Oregon Sidelights The farmers want mar hi x o every Humane using m luionoi. Mia i tor IDI purpose Ot more feat II mo owner 01 ins neipiaae oujtoi ibi -t- m t. - vnmA tr. -thlnk trnt Anna hn hla r hmr f-T "Sot B-na VIW respiniiblllty, something , Is aocom-'T na" Improving, nllshed. . I W Mr Mv .Wa. . . . . ' . . "wu uit ivn uier orana hundred times ln this column ltl?""" in a aackfuL says the Seaside has been .une.ted that the greatest i eignao. need of the world today 1. a college for - the training of parent And only when I come grain : thieves are operating a man and woman hold a certificate of I around Aurora, .ay. the Borealla, and graduation from , thl. ' college ahauld 14 ot shot would be the light thing they be allowed te secure a marriage I se msm, I1aa .-. J':- ... I " Meanwhile, you who have not passed! w owiamg. are going up In every ...-k t.k. WI Di IJallaa. and itinunitan ... n-- and above the . 4,000 crown, allowed the entrusted children, remember hangers, painters, and In fact all elassea , ' I f Via f .;.r. i - , .. , I special committee elected br tti "'.:. j .viu tenant . rrlva all inrnatlnn. n1 1 ; ua f Buum.ii m vtu I Do not let the sun pour down on their I tender unprotected eyea Try to think of these two things until your mind Is fitted to learn more useful truths which I will fit you to be rood parent complaints of the tenanta and lays them before the manager, who must act upon them. ; . j .-.......;;. . .,-.v The saving to the tenants' aside from the absence of worrying over servants, ha. been very considerable, amounting to about SI per eent on rent and house hold expenses, and lt la now the Inten tion Of the city of Copenhagen to help working people to erect similar houses all over the city,' an Idea which I. also about to be adopted ln several place. In England, Germany and Sweden, I have come to Amerioa for the pur pose of forming a company to undertake the building of similar houses all ever the .civilized world, and I have in my ' This Date in History. 42 Montreal founded by Malson- neueve. 1781 St.- John,. N. B founded by U. E. Lioyailsts.. : 1104 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed emperor of the French. " 1808 British took possession of the Island of Anholt expenses people at one time or another have muBt be ie, and we can recom- ment along ' intellectual ;linea should v" . v. wwv.", . v. . J- i.-ii-lfaU tnr want f maiMtarr iiinnnrt . . .. . . . .. , . I when ao much ha. been freely given for BiruuB uu rn.crut iu ueyiwiuB vuo education and philanthropy by our gen evils of Partisanship and machine erous mlllionalrea. " ? - I w a . - at..a rule in municipal election, and ror-f iihasled "!o eminent. AS a Citizens Or Inde- , Princeton's endeavor ln this direction and that be may direct the trustee, of grown weary beyond endurance of partisan misrule and : extravagance and have given expression to their indignation through some form of citizens' movement," - The result, he have lived up to his teachings. As a machine candidate, he has con demned himself. "-'-- 1 t ' ; Now it Is Mayor Schmlts that Is "on the verge of physical and men tal collapse." All the defensive de vices are ln vain; Heney and Burns "have the goods," It looks like a complete breakdown all around. It saysr-has-been-tllsappointlngrbe 1 candidaie, Devlin, jrould cause "the new officers have found a system of government so honey combed with the greed and selfish ness of partisan politics that no good could be done." In the chapter . on "Elections," page 48, Ur'. Devlin says that the system of elections and the apathy of citizens ha, ve nearly destroyed In dividual sovereignty,' adding (this book was published iln 89 6) -"The power of the 'average citizen In city aJlairiexcjDt revivals, Is limited to a choice of two partisan bosses, who shall have control 'of the city' business to con duct it in the interest of himself and his associates. Even In this limited sense he Is influenced by partisan passion." Conditions have some what changed for the better since this was written, yet it Is manifest that the very forces and Influences the princely- .urn he haa -donated te- ed ucatlon to Include "Intellectual Com radeship" In the list of method, for the advancement of education. ' Roosevelt Ruler. From the Herald, Washington, D. C Someone . is sending out mimeograph, circulars, , signed only by the Initials of a "committee" of three, proposing that Theodore Roosevelt be mads presi dent ot the United State, for life, with power to nominate his successor. The circular, say that Roosevelt Is likely to be acclaimed by both the national conventions, and suggests that lt would is not Impossible that Calhoun and TlreylTord and the officers of the be the proper thing to propose at : the HnltAil nntlwAva will u. nnfRln same ttme a constitutional amendment and throwing" theflWelwr mercy xt the court next. on the that Mr. Devlin -criticises are now at work in his behalf. . t;4 . - Again on - pages 67- and K 8 the auditor . reverts to , partisanship, . to which he now appeals, saying: "The partisan must have no advantage over the Independent voter, for par tisanship la not an essential element ' A Chance for Somebody. From thr Chicago Tribune. Why doesn't eome multimillionaire give Commander Peary that mere trifle of 160.000 and get him started for the north pole without delayT .-' , The Mecca. . ,. ; From the Washington Herald. ' Whether they make their lucky strikes . n AM Anal tiw twvrlr. t h . nra. Hh i"..V" J'.'. Tiit. tn - Am. circular ln conclusion, "that putting ac l7l-l v.v " , . - i tion Into words. 1. often a startling and allowing iiim .to .bold the Job down -a. long a. he Uvea, and then name hi. auo- oessor. . rt-'y-1 Ki-'tj.. The circular .ay. that lt has beooftie apparent that a very large part of the American democracy, perhaps a great majority of It, has lost faith In Itself and ln democratic institutions, . with their Inherently cumbrous, - hesltallng. tentative qualltlea v The eye. of the dsodIo are turned, as lt seems, without reference to party, to the personality of the doer of things, Theodore Roose velt, as the savior, the guide and the leader of the fortunes of the United States of America. - ' It Is ' undoubtedly true," says; the 1 AAA rtarnltna - Mil rat. alatav mt Ma. I ....... . . ... . , . . ... rw- possession xacis ana zigures wnion snow i poleon X. and ex-queen of Naplest died. Mi'.' Two' Is Company - ' . . From Le Sourire. ' Urchln--I et If I wasn't here the gentleman would kis. you. ; - Girl you insolent eoyi uo away uui very- minute. ; 'v-i.'-'V-; aoDarentlv revolutionary thing to do, but let u. look the matter honestly and squarely in the face. I. not the revolu tion already, accomplished, and are not the American people really prepared, save for an insignificant , hesitation about the name, for a ruler like Theo dore Roosevelt H ;, ,.-.., . . that no safer or more profitable invest ment can be found. -rV"V "..--I have been made out a dreamer, a philanthropist and an exponent of Utop ian theories, but X am determined not to leave America until I have proved to American business men that I am not but that my idea 4s practical and good a. a business venture based on the principle which underlies all sound en terprise. good profit and .mall risk. Two. Heavyweights. ; Washington Correspondence of St Paul 1 Pioneer Press, John X Sullivan called at the white House the other day and paid his re spect, to the president While he was waiting Secretary Taft emerged from the inner office and started out : "There goe. the real good.," John L. said, "a genuine heavyweight in Intellect and avoirdupois. 1 want to shake his mlt" The two "heavyweights'' were Intro duced, and a reporter with sporting pro clivities yelled "time." John L. threw un his dukes and Teft '1affed." No blows were struck. - Some heavyweight talk was indulged in, however. How much do you weigh 7" asked Sullivan. Two hundred and eighty pounds," sald-Taft'-Tr'i-,r---! You are ln the middleweight class," retorted Sullivan. "I tip the beam at ISO. Oo and take on E0 pounds and then we will arrange for a 'go.' " Taft said he had been "going" some already recently and wasn't looking for any more "goes." Well. I hope you Keep going until you land in the White House." John L. replied., "If you get the nomination I am liable to forget my Democracy and vote for yu." After h la r conference with the presi dent John L. said: "Teddy I. a great fellow. He and Cardinal Gibbon, 'would haver made great ptiseflghter. lf they had taken up that profession whensthey waa young." 4 A Faithful ' Assistant From the Chicago New.. ? Very likely lti. true that many young doctor, do not know much,: but nature work, as hard to. assist them a. It does te assist the eld practitioners. . 1840 John M. Niles of Connecticut beeame postmaster-general - -of the United States. 18B6 Queen 'Victoria 1 distributed medal, to the wounded heroes of the Crimea, - 186& Cxar Nicholas II of Russia born. at Bioux City, Iowa. ' 1897 Turkey agreed te an armistice With Greece. 1198 -Battleship Alabama launched at Cheater, Pennsylvania. of labor are ln great demand. : :. . e a ..... .-, Three ' minute, after the Phoenix postmaster had been sitting at a desk on whloh was a telephone, lightning etruck the wire and ran to the phone. e e . "JacksonviUe.' .ay. the Medford. Tribune. v "enjoy, the dl.tlnoUon of be ing the oldest town ln the atate." What do Astoria and Oregon City think about MIST V The editor of the Oakland Owl wants a chance to aleen o' nixhts. He savs: "If cow. must run at large within the city limit, the bell, should be removed at night" 'ii 'f'ri' H'.i:., ..-;.". ' '. :;.::;. The prune crop is all light, "se far. with a promise of a splendid yield next fall, says the Myrtle Creek Mall., while tnere , 1. some shortage reported of Italians, in certain localities, the age is not general. ' - Klamath Falls Express? "There Is more 'than the usual amount of ao- ttvity ln boating circles this . spring. Several new launches and aall boata are already on the lakea and numerous othera are in course of construction. - The O. R. & N. company, haa etruck artesian water at LaGrande at a depth of a trifle less ' than 900 feet and gTear-'Tejolclnrrlr-'repbrted "at the Nicholas Birthday;- r Nlcholaa II, the present esar of Rus- county seat The water la reported pure ana sparKiina:, inouga augauy impreg nated with suipnur. The deposit, of , the First National sis. who 1. the eighth ruler to repre sent the house of Romanof-Holstein, was born May S, or May 18, according to the new style, in the year 18(8, end wa. the eldest eon of Emperor Alexan- bank of Albany have Increased 40 per der III and Princesa Dagmar, the daugh ter of the late king of Denmark. . His education by private tutors waa1 sup plemented by extensive travel. One of the moat exciting incidents of hi. early career wa. his attempted assassination cent during the. past yearr and have passed ' the million mark, which occa sioned Cashier Sohmltt . to give the other. Albany banker, a dinner. . . Senator Fulton ha. sued for possea- by 'a fanatlo when he waa traveling I alon of hi. 84,000 automobile, - which througn japan on ma way around tne recently arnvea in A.tona with world. Nicholas ascended the throne I charges on it for repair, by a Buf- November 1, 1894. and, four week, later, falo company. lie claims the charge was married V Princess : Alexandre is excessive and offered 880ft. whlclv a Allx, daughter of Grand Duke Ludwlg refused. An automobile is aa expensive IV of Hesse and granddaughter or the luxury. late Queen victoria, xney nave nve children, four of : them daughters, youngest a son. the ;' The Best Support. '." From the Philadelphia Press. Governor Hughe, of New York doe. not aeem to have the eupport of any body but the people ln hla fight against the political gang, of botn parties. . The Time to Worry. . i "From the Kansas City Star. It will be time enough to become alarmed about the financial condition of the country when you hear from Kan sas that the crops are bad. v . .' - -i : The Talk That Counts. . . -From the Chicago- News., ' Reports by large corporation, belle some nan's panto talk. . - ,.,.." H. a. otewart, a ecrawoerry man o: Myrtle Point has received first- prise for the largest strawberries. A larae nursery firm offered prises for the best and largest varieties and a few days ago the award was mane, since when he has received letters from all parte of the United States regarding bla ber ries. At the present he - has 40,000 planta . out but expects to , have five acres next year. , . H i!r;---i-'.-----; A :-;;"?, t William Griffin, of Baker City, while at Prairie City, aays thel Miner, found a team of horses that had been stolen from him about three years aga The team haa been in possession of Levi Anderson for 'more than two years, he having purchased them from Jim An-, derson. who got the team -from a man - by the name ef Knox, who has .inc. been hung for horse, stealing In south-" era Montana, . . - ( -j .