' .THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2.- 1007.
THE JOURNAL
tit IK1r?PltNPlCHT' NEWSPAPER.
. . Publtahat
l-onuafceil etery evenlnir (ateapt Snnday) aud
, every Kuuila awning, at Th Journal Build-
inf, ririB ano ) annul atreera. iottiubb, tr,
Bnten-a at tbe pnatofflce at foreland. Or,, for
framnWai tbrvuj Um Bulla a aacond-cUaa
matier.
, i y . , TKI.ErHONB MA1X 1T8.
ill departments reached by this anmbrr.
T-ll lh operator the department yon want.
FOREIGN APVIttTISINfl BIPBKSBNTATIVH
Vreelaad-flenlaailB Snarls! ldf-rtlaln Acenry.
Brunavlrfe UalMlnc. K2S Klfth arcane, New
Tor) Tribune Hiiliillnf, Cbloago.
tubarrlpfloa Terms by mall to any addraea
la Ue, t'alt4 States (1"1 ,,tc0-
Poa yatr. ...... .$9.00 on month ..f .BO
1 - '.' SUNDAY.
.01 year. ....... 12.50 I On month ... .28
... t JAIL AND nCNDAY. v
On ptr.t T,80 I Ob month I .65
;?,.They art never alone that
are accompanied with noble
thoui;hta.--Slr Philip 8ydney, .
A MOST DASTARDLY CRIME.
O LANGUAGE is strong enough
proporjy to characterise the
dastardly assassination oU.oi-
, Sheriff Harvey K. Brown of
Baker City. No effort or expense
. should be spared to bring the per-
spetrators of this horrible crime, to
' jusuoo, . nut it win probably be a
difficult If not an ; Impossible task,
That men. can be thus killed and no
one suffer punishment," Is an op
rresslye, thought, and perhaps la a
good excuse for belief in a future
boll.- . ' . ',-3
Th similarity of this crime with
that of which ex-Governor Steunen-
berg was the victim at once arouses
the suspicion that It was planned by
the same gang, or at least by a slm
liar group of, assassins, and that
there Is another Orchard at large.
Mr. Brown's statement that the deed
was committed In revenge for bis
, work la the Steunenberg case, and
especially in trapping Steve Adams,
' seems reasonable. He knew he was
marked and hunted for slaughter,
and :, he probably knew . pretty well
- by whom, if be did not know the in
dividual assassins.'
Such a deed is hideously Infamous, i
Brown was a . straight, . brave, con
scientious man, , As sheriff of Baker
. county, especially . during, his last
- term, he dared to do his sworn .duty,
though to do it was very difficult,
and gained for him many enemies.
He put .duty, before gain, party,
ease or friendship. He was a noble
man. " ' '' i I
; - It is difficult to comprehend the
fiendish depravity of those who
planned and consummated the assas
sination -of such a man, making his
iwife a heart-broken "widow and his
children orphans. Tet the assas
sins of a prominent man's reputa
tion and character are scarcely less
abominably vile. Consideration of
such fiends causes a thoughtful per
son to shudder at the desperate de
pravity concealed around him. . i
It will be a glorious thing for the
country if every person having any
guilty knowledge of - the Brown as
sassination can be rounded up, con
victed and duly hanged. Every
good citizen will hope for such a
result. " , . .
revolutionary departure from the
theory of representative, Repub
lican government to the theory of a
"pure democracy," very well; the
name Is nothing, if
right. '
, The people of Oregon found, and
those of other states have found, too
that the representative system, with
no strings in the people's hands at
tached to it, is a failure, a delusion.
a fraud. The masses of people are
not represented. The few are fa
vored, the many, forgotten or Ig
nored. It has been so In lalem, and
more so in other state capitals. In
none more so than in Sacramento;
and It Is so In , Washington.- Per
ceiving this, the people of Oregon set
about regaining the power which
their representatives had abused,
and now, if they want a law they
can get it, in spite of a mis-representative
legislature; If they do not
want a law that the legislature has
Imposed upon them they can veto
and annul It. This may be "revo
lutionary," but it is only revolution
ary as compared with the monstrous
record of 'misrepresentation which
our congresses and legislatures have
made. . Really, it Is getting back to
the first basic principles of "a gov
ernment of, by, and for the people,
If that is really what Is wanted,
Oregon has made a notable move In
that direction. If the people want
would be all. that it is claimed he
would be; only saying that nobody
knows or, can assert 'that he would
be. While bis career. has been en-
the . thing ill tlrely creditable; It points to no sure
conclusion in this respect., And It
will be quite generally apprehended
that he is rather too amiable a man
for the tremendous task that Roose
velt will leave to his successor.
r
OREGON STATE COLLEGES.
HE ATTENDANCE at both the
University of Oregon and the
Agricultural college is larger
than ever before, as It should
be, and Indicates a prosperous year
for both those , institutions. It Is
stated, however, that Oregon stu
dents to the number of 61 are at
tending the University of Washing
ton, which is to be regretted. '. How
many of them are freshmen we do
project, lanslng 'an undoubted large
loss not 'only' to themselves but to
others. ; With this ; action on ' the
part of ' the rest of the depositors
success will be in sight. , p r
Again the boy with a gun, a rifle.
He is 10 years old. His' younger
sister would not Immediately 'obey
his command, so he fired, and she
will.be blind; for life, it , she liyoia
This is a pretty heavy price for .the
parents to pay for allowing a(boy
to get hold of a loaded rjfle. :
E
0
REDUCED
ALSO
TAXES
VALUE OF COUNTRY'S
Small CL&ngd
The Infanta Eulalle Isn't as young as
her nam Indicates. . -..
It's eaaler to give a place or thing a
nam man w cotnia 11, ,
"Eat leaa If you want to bo healthy,'
mmym a uuoior. ur weauwiy. .
' a
A
not know, but verv likely some haveL...1 il t?"1?.
iMiuiri ii Know no waa btouu ior lir
"REVOLUTIONARY"
, MENT.
MOVB-
a mis-representative government, all
they have to do is stand by the pre
vailing system, t We don't care to
split hairs about definitions of "re
public" and . "democracy"; a people
that spends 'time , wrangling over
definitions can In t,he meantime be
plundered, pauperised and enslaved.
The beautiful rensentatlve sys
tem, with the masafes of the people
utterly powerless, ' either positively
or negatively, is in vogue in the New
England states, and in New Tork,
and in California; look at their sena
tors.. How many represent the peo
ple in the least? ' The people of New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and California have
scarcely more to say in the legisla
tion of those states, and are regarded
scarcely more therein than the peo
ple of Tahiti or Tlmbuctoo. And the
only reason ' that they have not be
come "revolutionary" is that so
many of them are given some little
petty favors or bribes free passes
if nothing else at the expense of
the mass.
. There Is not even a representative
government in California, only the
mere form of it. One man' gQv.ernj
the Btate, selects all important offl
cers, sends his tools to congress, Is.
almost as much an absolute dicta
tor of public affair's as a ciar. From
that sort of government, festering
at all points with corruption, reek
lng with iniquity from center to cir
cumference, deliverance by a peace
ful "revolutionary" movement would
seem exceedingly desirable. And
we shall not be surprised if the peo
ple of California follow the example
of those of "sane" but progressive
Oregon and try the "pure democ
racy" plan.
gone there on account of the so-far
ucceasful nnnnaltlnn ,tn fh Orrnn W,U ' t.h bay that
jHooaeveic pucnea become celebrated?
btate university appropriation. This
TAFT A DOUBTFUL QUANTITY.
T
HE LOS ANGELES Times
views' ; recent legislation, and
the direct legislation move-
: ment, in Oregon, with alarm,
pity and reprobation. "Nowhere,"
it says, "has he pernicious wave of
Buciaiisuc mougni wrougnt a more
'complete' overthrow of American
Ideals than in Oregon." The Times
wonders at and, deplores this all the
more beoauss , Oregon was settled
by exceptionally" sturdy, steady and
"sane" people. They made a model
constitution and began all right, but
now, alas, "we find in Oregon a
constitution the most revolutionary
of any state in the onion." The
, Times says the agitation was started
by f'a half-baked dreamer," and re
sulted in "a new constitution which
Is clearly revolutionary," and goes
: on to argue against the principle of
va,"pure democracy," and winds up
by predicting that the position tkken
by the telephone company that is
seeking, to evade paying taxes will
be . sustained by the United States
supreme court. Inferentlally, the
, Times , asserts that the majority of
the people of Oregon, who voted
for the "new constitution," are
chumps r unfit for self-government
and incapable of attending to their
own affaire.. ...
"S
peles paper alludes that authoriz
ing direct legislation -la somewhat
"revolutionary,'; but there is noth
ing, to get scared -about in-that
word. The people's slow and toil
some progress upward toward light
and liberty, has: been made almost
altogether , through . . "revolution.
warlike or peaceful. This is of the
peaceful kind, and therefore far jess
cbjecllonable ' than a revolution
whose instrument , Is war. it, is
leased on the simple, broad principle
that tha people of, Oregon are fit for
Mf-fovcrnment and are and of right
( ;:.r?.t to be their own' masters In
I ttcr3 of kslslatioa. If (his is a
UPPOSE," SATS a Republi
can contemporary,-"that the
Democrats should nominate
Johnson, and the Repub
cans Taft or Hughes; loud then
would be the wallings from Wall
street; frenzied the ululatlons of the
pirate trusts. Tor whichever of the
candidates was successful there would
not be the faintest hope of a retnrn
of the halcyon days of unrestricted
piunaer. But without assuming
that Mr. Taft would not fulfill this
prediction, If nominated and elected
what proof have we that he would
be a vigorous arid unrelenting en
emy or tne "pirate trusts," and the
puissant and 'tireless foe of public
plunderers? It is true that Mr,
Taft is a superior man, of very fine
qualities and with a good record of
public service, an admirable man in
many respects; but does all this
make him Burely the man for the
place in this time of a really great
ethical American revolution? Who
knows? How can any one positive
ly say?
That Mr. Taft Is outspokenly for
tariff revision is much in his favor;
that he would postpone doing the
right thing for two or three years
is not to his credit. That Mr. Taft
has announced that the tariff ought
tc be revised is well; it would have
been much better If he had told the
country Just about how and In what
Institution ought to be, if It Is not,
every bit as good as the University
of Washington, and to make It so
the state must give it a liberal and
cordial support.
And.then the youth of. Oregon,
and their parents, should have
enough state pride to depend on
state colleges for the desired hlgher
education. If the Washington uni
versity is superior to Oregon's, It Is
so because it is more liberally sup
ported. If we are to have a state
university that will hold " Oregon
youths and attract outsiders we must
give It ample support. - And the
same is true of the Agricultural col
lege, which is an excellent Institu
tion, and constantly becoming bet
ter. The state cannot afford to be
niggardly in these matters.
But notwithstanding the invoca
tion of the referendum on the uni
versity appropriation, it starts out
well, and we believe the people will
rally to its support next June. This
Institution, and the agricultural col
lege, and Pacific university, and
others, are deserving of the patron
age of the people of Oregon. Ore
gon young men and women can get
as good an education, for all prac
tical purposes, in these colleges as
over In Washington, or in California.
Both the taxpayers and the seekers
after higher education should stand
by the Oregon colleges. This is the
only way to make them better, and
the equal of any.
Theoretically, the law reaards a noor
man the aame as a rich one, but lawyer
a .
' TnlS week Rooaevelt ' will ba tnn,
ttoned oftener la the oaDara than Jo
- a . r
We auaoect that tha VlaalaatDnf IU
be alluded to thla week aa tha ;Fathr
oi waters."
e i
Will the Memnhla convention dImm
aeciae tne queeuon wnetner tne Alien!,
ippi runs up niUT ,
e ' i V
A woman likes to visit a derrtlst; be'
cause lie will improve her appearance
me pain n inmcia is a pleasure to fier.
e
The trouble with, the Jana la that
they Inalat that they are not only as'
rood as anybody elae, but a whole lot
oeiier.
,. a a .. j
It Is announced that food rrtca wilt
be raised 10 er cent more. What la
evidently needed la a food abstinence
society.
mm -t
From tha war Jananeaa treat Mr.
Taft, they would elect nun president If
he would run over there. But they are
a polite people.
a
"St. Paul would have made a rood
sportlns editor." save a preacher. But
perhaps the world Is better off for his
naving cnosen to do a preacher.
a
That was a rather cute preacher who
remarked that he would like all the
women's hats that had been paid for
removed during- the services.
a a
Mrs. Waymlre's past mla-ht not be
altogether agreeable, but.lt needs to be
looked ftp. as she acts as If she were ex
perienced in curious transactions,
a a
Covington and Burilson are in a dosen
places all the- way from northern Alaska
to southern California, which Is why
tne aeaiue ponce can t ten wnere tney
are. v
Habit of .Lowering Assess
ments Not Confined to
Sheriff's Office.; ,
VEItBAL CX03IPLAINT V.
ONLY WAS NECESSARY
' rr;;Y$
Tax Rolls Changed Even After Board
of Equalization Had Teased on
Them Formality of Affidavit Not
Required. -
IfllENSEi WATERWAYS
"rrcsident Roosevelt Addresses Great Throng: at St. "Louis
on Rivers and Their Importance, Panama Canal'ahd I
Its 3cnefltsm
at
LaUlp the Pendleton Tribune
has used columns of space to show
that a choice of a senator by the
people was unconstitutional, and
that the legislature must actually
"choose" in the full, literal sense
of that word, and yet the Tribune
now says: "One of the best results
of the direct primary law in Ore
gon is the absolute settlement of the
selection of United States senators
by the people at the polls prior to
the meeting of the legislature." But
perhaps having Just passed through
a fair week the distinguished editor
may be excused for such glaring in
consistency.
Oregon Sidelights
That tha practice of reducing assess
mcnts after the board of equalisation
has passed on the rolls Is not .confined
to Sheriff Stevens and his deputies, is
shown by a number of affidavits from
Assessor's- Slgler'a office on file fh the
sheriffs office. , o ) -V
After the tax rolls have been equal
ised and turned over to the sheriff
for collection, neither the assessor nor
the sheriff has authority to reduce the
assessed valuation of any property,
though Sheriff Stevens has taken the
power m a number of instances, act
ing on "affidavits" which were , not
sworn to.
A number of affidavits sworn to be
fore Assessor Blaler's deputies reducing
aasessments are found on Sheriff Stev
ens' records. Though the deputy- as
sessors have no authority to reduce
aaseasmenta after the rolls have paaaed
the equalisation board, Sheriff Stevens
makes no explanation of why he has
accepted the affidavits and red u eel
taxes on them. The law requires that
the person objecting must nave; been
assessed with property he does not
own' before the sheriff has power to
remit any taxes or assessments. '
One of the affidavits from -the as
sessor's office contains the following ex
planation of why a reduction is" necea
aary. it Is signed by Mrs. K. Griff Hit.
relating to the asseasment of 1I0C. and
Was mude September It of this year.
"I, Mrs. K. Orlfflth. being duly sworn.
say that 1 was assessed at 1400 for
household furniture. That the aame
was wrongfully assessed, and that tha
following Is a list of all my property
liable to taxation, to-wlt: Furniture
used many years and not worth half
the amount assessed. Four hundred
dollars is too much."
The assessment was reduced to 1100.
not because Mrs. Griffith did not own
half of the property assessed against
her, but because she believed 1400 was
too high. Attorneys declare that such a
reduction Is clearly Illegal. A large
number f them have been made by
tha sheriff, and about a dosen by. the
aasessor.
All the reductions of assessments
made by the assessor In violation of
the law were made during the months
oi juiy. August and September of this
year- on 190 assessments. Sheriff
Stevens' shortcominKS as to tax reduc
tions began as early as March of this
(United Praa Leasee wire.) ' '"
Louis. Ort ' Not alnca H the
Louisiana rurchsse exposition has 6L
Louis entertained such vasts crowds as
assembled today te greet President
Iloose v el W" ' Governors,' senators, con
gressmen, farmers, merchants, labor
ers, millionaires, professional "'men,
rubbed elbows in the-vast throng that
lined the river front when tha presiden
tial bos t steamed down the river be
tween an interminable line of every va
riety of river craft , Kvery available
steamboat, tug, launch, sailboat and
rowboat was pressed into service, pre
senting a scene of activity such as
has never before been witnessed on the
Mississippi. : Despite the enthusiasm of
the welcome to the chief executive, the
great object of the demonstration was
not forcotten. and averr vessel carried
an Immense banner with the words:
"Fourteen Feet Through the Valley,"
while m great chorus Bang.- "Dig Her
tion. and that la our navy. Tha navr
Is not primarily of Importance only to
the coast reglona. It la every bit a
much ' the concern of the farmer who
dwells a thousand miles from sea
water as of the fisherman who makes
his llvina on tha ocean, for It la - the
concern of every good American who
know what the meaning of the word
patriotism la. This country Is definite-
fundamental
fiolloles to the Monroe doctrine, for
nstanoe, and to the duty not only of
building, but, when it la. built, of polio
lng and defending tM Panama canal.
We have definitely ' taken our place
mon
WOUl
ik toe great world powers, anat t
d be a elan iarnobla weakness.
having taken suoh a place, to. shirk its
Deep Through Dixie."
the safety of the president during his
Thorough precautions were taken for
star In St. Louis. In addition, to the
usual i detail of secret service men who
accompany President Roosevelt on all
his travels a -dosen' cavalrymen acted
as a body guard on the trip from the
river landing to the Jal Ala! building,
where the president made his address.
After reviewing the great naval
pageant assembled In bis- honor, the
resident resumed bis trip down the
isslsaippl thla afternoon. Accompa
nying tne Mississippi, carrying the
president and his party, waa the steam
er Mackensle, having on board the In
land waterways commission, and the
steamer Alton, bearing tha governors of
a. score of state The Vlotllla la
scneouiea to reach Cairo, nitride,-at
o'olock tomorrow morning, when the
president will make an address. At 11
o'clock the trjp to Memphis will be con-
unuou, ana me lenneaseo metropolis
will be reached Friday afternoon.
The president waa Introduced and
wea enthusiastically cheered by those
who heard his speech.
The president said:
"It is a very real pleasure to address
this body of oltlsens of Missouri here In
the great dir of St. Louis. - I have
often visited 8t Louis before, but al
ways by rail. Now l am visiting It in
tne course ox a trip or water, a imp on
the great nitural highway which runs
past your very door-- highway once
se Important, now almost abandoned,
which I hope this nation will see not only
it
restored to ail its former usefulness, bu
given a far greater degree of usefulness
to correspond witn the extraordinary
growth in wealth and population of the
Mississippi vaiiey we nave uvea in an
era of phenomenal railroad building.
Aa routes for merchandise, the iron
highways have completely supplanted
the old wagon roads, and under their
competition the Importance Of the water
highways has "been much diminished.
The-growth of the railway system has
been rapid all over the world, but no
where so rapid as in the United States.
Accompanying this there has grown in
the United States a tendency toward the
Heppner needa 60 or 100 more resi
dences.
e
The Ontario High school has 41
pupus.
year, mo mat ne cannot assert he ac-
QUireA the hehlf ffnm IhA o ...Ac..,..
In no case did reductions mads by I practically complete abandonment of the
the assessor s deputies involve assess' I system of water transportation. Sucb
Irrlgon
winter.
has
a a
enough
fuef for the
The amendment to the' Oregon
.constitution, to which the Los An-J particulars and with what purposes
he would have the tariff revised. As
to all this we are still in the dark.
President Roosevelt is said to
favor Taft for his successor, and this
preference, we admit, Bhould have
considerable weight; but who knows
that Roosevelt knows Just what
Taft would do? isn't It true that
somehow the people who want real
rt form and strictly, straight gov
ernment in . the : people's Interest
would rather trust Hughes, who has
served only a yearr two as gov
ernor t . New Tork, than Taft, who
has held various high and. Important
Offices for 20 yeare?
''One of the tangible good results
of the work of the state railroad
commission is the new train which
the O. R. & N. will put on between
Portland and Pendleton. The com
mission made careful investigation
of the service and finding it inade
quate, ordered the railroad to put on
an additional train. The officials of
the O. R. AN. are to be commended
for responding in the proper spirit
to this demand. The public will be
quick to appreciate all such evl
dences of a disposition on the part
of the railroad to improve its serv
ice and to give proper facilities for
handling the traffic.
The notorious Milwaukie club has
reopened Its gambling , games
Neither the district attorney nor the
sheriff of Clackamas county appears
to have been aware of the fact. If
these officials proposal to enforce the
law It is incumbent In them to act
promptly, - sternly and decisively.
The Milwaukie club" gamblers are
impudently defying the law and
they deserve no more .consideration
than is shown to the commonest pro
fessional criminal, for that is the
class in which they belong.
The Antelope Commercial club will
give a series of entertainments this
winter.
a
A Klamath man raised 627 bushels
of barley on seven acres of irrigated
iana almost no bushels an acre.
a a .
Kvery day witnesses the arrival of
more families In Albany to reside. With
in the past month the population has
Increased notably, says the Herald,
a a
There are by actual count 107 store
buildings and residences today under
construction in Medford, says the
Tribune, and there is a demand for
even more.
a a
Matters are now shaping so that the
prospects look better than ever before
lor the thorough testing or the oil and
gas possibilities In this section, says
tne Ontario uemocrai.
a a
-Kvery part of Harney valley where
there nas oeen cultivation, sowing ana
Dlantina- has brought forth a rich yield
this year. There Is not a failure re
ported In any line of agriculture.
a a
Toledo Reporter: Again the need of
a fruit dryer or evaporator on this bay
is apparent Hundreds of dollars' worth
of as fine prunes as could be found
anywhere have spoiled Jn the orchards.
a a
An Albany young woman left het
purse with some money on a window
sill when she retired, thinking about It
arterwara out concluding it would be
all right; but In the morning It was
gone. Some days afterward it was
found where, as it la supposed, she hid
it wnue in ner sieep,
mm
A Sllvertonman thus writes to the
Stayton Mall: You may have said it a
thousand times, that stayton is the
best town in the world. If you have
thus spoken, you told the truth aa re
fards quality. The grandest of all the
rinltles, sea, (river) earth and sky have
nere uniiea ana ao tneir oest to make
happy the homes or men.
a a
F. F. Seavers. who owns a five-acre
tract In Benton county across the river
from Albany, has 1.000 White Rock
chickens which' he has raised since
mente of more than 11,800. while
Sheriff Stevens cut one from 120,000 to
$6,000, another from $20,050 to $12,050,
and still another from $61,000 to $4S
000. ! Following are some of the re
ductions made by Assessor Slgler's
ueuuiiVBi
T 1X7 XT , U - .
. - "l .""""j . waBinn, reauceo
from $200 to $75 E. Obdle. from $300
i?!"i.Mr8- A- Troutner, from $200 to
$100; Nels Nelson, from $260 to $100;
Mrs. C. Gallagher, from $300 to $50:
S. A. Stafford, from 200 to I2R.- Mr. v
Van Zandt,frem $300 to $60; Mrs. C. EL
Dahl. from $260 to $100; Mrs. W. A.
Ciamson. from $225 to $100; Mrs. Q,
ivtiBLkuia, jrom aiuv to soil.
AT THE THEATKES
"Prince of Pilsen" Tomorrow.
r,,,t,l?r,.,ellln at b0 office the
Helllar theatre. Fourteenth h
lngton streets, for Henry W. Savage's
production of the beautiful nJfn.i
comedy, rrhe Prince of Pilsen." Three
nignis, Beginning Thursday. Special
price matinee Saturday.
'
Musical Play at Heilig Tonight.
The attraction at the trem h... I
Fourteenth and Washinrtnn airMt. '
nignt at s:io o clock will be Geo W
Cohan's famous musical play, "Little
Johnny Jones." Seats are selling at
theatre. .- .
tendency is certainly not healthy, and I
am convinced that It will not be perma
nent There are many classes of com
modities, especially those which are per
ishable In their nature and where the
value is high relatively to the bulk,
which will always be carried by rail.
But bulky commodities which are not
of a nerlshable nature Will always be
specially suited for the conditions of
water transport To illustrate the truth
of this statement it would only be nec
essary to point to the use pf the canal
system In many countries of the old
world; but it- can be illustrated even
better by what has happened nearer
home. The great lakes offer a prime
example of the importance of a good
water highway for mercantile traffic.
As the line ef traffic runs through
lakes, the conditions are In some re
spects different from what must obtain
on even the most important river.
Nevertheless, It is well to remember
that a very large part of this traffic
is conditioned upon an artificial water-r-nnal
the famous Boo. The
commerce that passes through the Boo
responsibilities. , Therefore, unless we
are willing to abandon this place, to
abandon our Insistence Upon tne Mon
roe doctrine, to give up the Panama
canal, and to be content to acknowledge
ourselves a weak and timid nation, we
must steadily build up and maintain a
great iignimg navy. ur navy is al
ready so efficient as to be a matter of
just pride to every American. So long
as our navy la no larger than at pres
ent. It must be considered as an ele
mentary principle that the bulk. of our
battle fleet must always be i kept ; to-
f ether. When the Panama canal Is
ullt it can be transferred without dif
ficulty from -one part of our coast id
the other1, but even before that canal la
built It ought to be thus transferred to
and fro from time to time. In a Couple
of months our fleet -of great armored
ships starts for the Pacific - California,
Oregon and Washington have a coast
line which is our coast line just as em
phatically as the coast line of New
York and Maine, of Louisiana and
Texas. . ' - . . ,.'.
Destination of nee. V - - ' .
uur ueei js going to its own norae
waters in me faciric, ana alter a stay
there it will return' to Its own home
waters in the Atlantic. The best place
for a naval officer to learn his duties is
at sea, by -performing them, and only
by actually putting through a voyage of
thla nature, a voyage longer than any
ever before undertaken by as large a
fleet of any nation, can we find out
exactly what la necessary for us to
know as to our tiaval needs and prac
tice our officers and enlisted men in
the highest duties of ' their prof ession.
Among our dtlsens there Is no body of
equal slse to whom we 'owe quite as
much ' as to tarn officers and enlisted,
men of the army and navy of the
United States, and I bespeak from you ,
the fullest and heartiest support, In
the name of our nation and of our
flag, for tha services to which these
men belong. v
"I . believe hat the nation has the
whole governmental power over Inter
state commerce and the wideat dlaore-
tion In dealing with that subject; of
oourse under- the express limits pre
scribed in the constitution for the exer
cise of all powers, such for instance as
the condition that "due process of law"
shall not be denied. The nation has no
direct -power over purely Intrastate
commerce, even where It - is conducted
by the same agencies which conduct
interstate commerce. The courts must
determine what is national and what Is
state commerce. The same reasoning
which sustained the power of congress
to incorporate the United States bank
tenda to sustain tbe power to incorpo
rate an interstate railroad, or any other
corporation conducting an interstate
business.
i Control of Xailroads. '
""Ths 'American people -wilt not toler
ate : the bappy-go-aucky system of no
control over the great Saeritate rail
roads, with the Insolent and manifold
abuses which have so generally accom
panied It The control must exist
somewhere; and unless it Is by thor
ough going and radical law placed upon
the statute books of the nation. It will
be exercised in ever-increasing measure
by the several states. The same con
siderations which made the founders of
the constitution deem It imperative
that the nation snouia nave complete
control of interstate commerce apply
with peculiar foroe to the control of
Interstate railroads at the present day;
and the arguments of Madison of Vir
ginia.- pinckney or souin Carolina, ana
Hamilton and Jay of New York, In
far surpasses In bulk and in value that their essence apply now aa they applied
Seat Sale for Mr. Faversham.
The advance seat sale win mm
Friday. October 4, for William Faver
sham. Who comes to the Helllv fhor
fUu n,?t. beginning Sunday, Oc
tober 6, in 'The Squaw Man." -
"The Girl With the Green Eyes."
This delightfully fascinating, absorb
ing and withal -amusing play is being
given a auuniir yivuuaion Dy tne Baker
company this -week. Miss Barney In
the complicated role of Jinny Austin
the jealous wife, who caime an tha
irouDie, is greatiy increasing her al
ready strong popularity ln Portland.
"Uncle Josh Perkins" Here.
ripe
and
starting into the chicken business less
than a year ago. He raises poultry
a scientific basis and says he has little
Governor Comer of Alabama has
called a special session of the legis
lature in order, he announces in' the
call, "to establish the fact whether
the railroads of the state are to
dominate the situation, or the state
is to control the railroads." This
seems to be a growing and. more
pressing and paramount question in
various states, Eventually the peo
ple are going to show themselves to
be bigger than the railroads.
Prospects for . a reorganization of
the Oregon Trust, & Savings-bank
are said to-be growing brighter, and
all that is needed for assured suc
cess is for the depositors who have
not yet assented to tne reorganiza
tion plan to Join with those who
trouble ln keenlns his ooultrv in o-ood
neai in.
Commenting on Benton countr. tha
smallest county ln the state, winning
ine nri county Dnze at tne state rair.
the Corvallls Republican says: Benton
county has always had a reputation for
richness, and year by year this reputa
tion in growing, a new setuers come
in, and the large farms are reduced In
size and more thoroughly cultivated,
this county will be able always to main
tain ner name -ion progressiveness and
vne nenness oi ner resources.
'ine Dumpxins are rme the i-nnni.
fairs are being held, and we also have
ine ioiiv oia larmer. iini-m .inh p.
kins". With US this Week. SO the hnnnl,
ness of a bountiful harvest should be
complete. uncw jonn comes every
yenr aim ll b vviueni at tne JSRiplre
this week, that he is more welcome
uian aver. ,
"To Die at Dawn" Pleases.
The Lvrlo' has never offered i mnn
satisfactory performance than that of
io ua ti uawa, uie oik sensa.tionn.1
melodrama which opened the week on
Monday night Everybody who has seen
it Is of the same opinion that it l nu
of the best ever, : Matinee tomorrow.
Midnight in Chinatown."
The oriental ouarter of everv lam
American city is filled with mysterv.
11
re'
some Idea of his section of the tnmm
A reception and banquet will be given FJ ,,f.,VfiV" "a " W nd th m-
lumgui in ine reception-rooms or tse
White Temple which will be notable. Cheerful Acts.
ORGANIZE MEN'S CLUB
AT WHITE TEMPLE PVettxrwrMa?6'
bf the Sues canal
Improve the Kirers.
"From every standpoint It Is desir
able for the nation to Join In improving
the greatest system of river highways
within its- borders, a system second
only in importance to the highway af
forded by tbe great lakes, the high
ways of the Mississippi ana-its great
tributaries, such as the Missouri and
Ohio. This river system -traverses too
many states -to render, it possible to
leave merely the states the task of
fitting it for the greatest use of which
It is capable. It is emphatically a
natiAnai molt, for this Brest river sys
tem is itself one of our chief national
assets. Within the last few years there
has been an awakening Itv this country
to tha need of both the conservation
and the development of our national re
sources under the supervision of and
by the aid of the federal government
ThL ia Mneniallv true of all that con
cerns our running waters. un tne
mountains from which tha springs start
we ar now endeavoring to preserve th
120 years aao.
"The national convention which
framed the constitution, and ln which
almost all the most eminent of the first
generation of American statesmen sat,
embodied the theory of the instrument
in a resolution, to the effect that the
national government should have power,
in cases where the separate states were)
incompetent to act with run erriciency.
and where the harmony of the United '
States would be interrupted by the ex
ercise of such individual legislation.
The interstate railroad situation is ex
actly a case In point - There will, of,
course, be local matters affecting; rail
roads which can best be dealt Tth by
local authority, but as national' com
mercial agents the big Interstate rail
road ought to be completely subject to
national authority. " Only thus can we
secure their complete subjection to, and ,
control by, a single sovereign, repre
senting the whole people, and capable
both of protecting the publto and of
seeing that the railroads neither inflict -nor
endure injustice. - .
"Personally i - rirmiy - oeneve that
f.t; wh ch rerulate the water supply lJ'Jl-l?''T
and prevent too startling variations be-1 wntrox aif industrial corporations doing
tween droughts, and freshets.; . Below 8tata bu,,ne ,ncJudln the controi of
the mountain a. in the high dry regions
of the western plains, we endeavor to
seoura the, proper utilization of the
waters for irrigation. -This, is at the
sources of the streams.' Farther down,
where they become navigable, our aim
must be to try to develop a policy which
shall secure tbe utmost advantage irom
the navigable waters. -,
, Build the CaaaL
"I think that the building of the Pan
ama canal will be of especial advantage
to the states that lie along th Pacific
and the states that lie long; the gulf;
and yetwter all, I feel tnat tne aa van
tage wilKbe shared in an only less de
gree by the states of the Interior and
of the Atlantic coast. ' In other words,
it is . thoroughly national work, un
dertaken for and redounding to the ad-
The pastors and the ladles of the church
From the Uyeno troupe of Japanese
itoaiyn, mere is not an ace on the pro
gram at the Grand this week which does
not n-osaess merit- The two tnreninra
have a slnaine; act of more than nrrfi.
nary worth. Music lovers have flocked
to tne urand this week to hear theaa
people.
have done so. A considerable num.
- are cot denying that Mr. Taftiber by hanging back can defeat the
are . making elaborate arrangement-.? or acrobats te- the singing of Pierce and
the banquet, and.it is thought that no
less than 800 will share ln the feast
and fellowship. The purpose of the
gathering Is to organise a men's club
in tne cnurcn ror active work and co
operation. An orchestra has linen en.
gag;d und solos will be gtvnn by
Butterworth and . J. W. Belcher.
Brastus Smith, who has recently come
from Rochester. New York, and whit haa
naa experience in such clubs there, will
ppeak , on "The , Men for the Church";
F. E. A. Smith, assistant castor of tha
White Temple, will sneak an "The
Church for Men"; Rev? John Dean of
tseanie, rormeriy - a secretary of the
. ., i lal litems Oil BUUITHB. An
address will be made also by Rev. J.
Whitcomb Brougher. Preceding the
Danquei a. reception will be held In. the
cnurcn pariors irom s:so to 7:30, and
all men who are Interested are invited
to be present and to help establish the
the output of their securities, but aa to
inese tne necessity ror leuerai control
is less urrent and Immediate than is
the case with , the railroads. Many of
the abuses connected with these cor
porations -Will probably tend to disap
pear now that the e-overnment -the
publto is gradually getting the upper
hand as regards putting a stop to the
rebates and -special privileges, which
some of these corporations have en- ,
joyed at the . hands of the common car-riers.-But
ultimately it will be found
that the complete remedy for these
abuses lies ln direct and affirmative ac
tion by the national government . That
there is constitutional power 'for the
national regulation of these corpora
tions I have myself no question. - Two
or three sren era t ions sro there waa lust
vantage of all of us to the advantage as much hostility to national control
of the nation as a whola Therefore,! of ' banks as there is now. to national
am glad to bo able to report to you control or rauroaas or vox inausinw
how well we are doing with the canal I corporations doing an interstate bust
There is bound to be a certain amount ness. yr- ' if -
or experiment, a . certain - amount oi
ft task sxeater than any of its kind that
Ym ever been hitherto undertaken.
Whatever I Is - really Beneficial . to
one part of :j our country is
ultimately of benefit . to the
whole. Exactly as It Is a good thing
for the interior. of our country that the
seaports on tne Atlantic ana ine jracuic
and the gulf - should be safe and com
modious, so It is to the Interest of the
PLANS FOR TRIANGLE
LAKE POWER PL'ANT
' (Special DtiptteB te- tit Vooraal.) ' -Eugene,
Or., Oct 1. The Pacific Light
St Power company has let the contract
for 100,000 feet of lumber with whloh
to i build the flume for a big electrio
dwellers on the coast that the Interior I plant which It intends to erect near '
,-eluto
PENDLETON TO BE
AMUSED, , AFTER ALL
(Special Dianateh. to The Journal I -
Pendleton. Or.. Oct 2.-The FraxAP
theatre In this city will be reopened thla
season in spite of the fact that It had
been condemned. With new scenery and
other improvements, ne playhouse will
be acceptable to the fire department A
company with Ralph Coon, a theatrical
man. at the head has been formed, to
be known as the Amusement company,
and the repairs-will be made at ones.
The opening night will bs October 11, ,
should Doseess' ample facilities for the
transportation of its products. " Our in
terests are all closely interwoven, and
in the long" run it will be found that! spring and, summer.
wo go up OF go oown ioneiuer, .gy
; siMcuig ir ny,
For over a year past we have been
engaged In making the dirt fly In good
earnest, and the output of the giant
steam shovels' has steadily increased.
A . m uuw ma nun; bumuh. "hdu t. u,
la moat i41eiit1f an tha Tfttnmua vet in
the month -of August last we excavated the site of the powerhouse to furnish
over 1.200,000 cubic yaras or eartn ana i tnousanas oi norsrpower.- can firan
rock, a greater amount than , in any J Cisco capitalists are back of the scheme.
previous month. If we are able to keepi
Triangle lake, 10 miles west of Eucene.
It is the lntentton to build : the flume !
this winter : and erect the Tlant next '
It is planned to
run power and light wires to Eugene,
Corvallls and Juration City and per-"
baps Other towns in the valley. , The
company has appropriated 60,000 min
er's inches of the waters of the lake. ;
which Is three or four- miles long and
two or three wide, and there is enouorh ..
fall between the outlet of the lake and
up substantially the rate of -progress
that now obtains-we shall finish the
actual digging within five or six years:
though when we oome to- the great
uatun oam : and locks, wnue mere - is
no question as to the work being feasi
ble, mere are several elements entering
into the time problem !-whlch make.lt
unwise at nreaent.to hazard a DroDhecv
in. reference thereto. , -
"Now. aentl.men. this leads me up- to I association in
another natter for national consider-1 county la the east.
Bert Hoffman -Prlso Booster. ', $
; (Special Dlapatca to : The ' Journal.) ' -
Pendleton. . Or- . Oct - J. Bert Huff, -i
man, editor of the East Oregonlan. took
the premium for the best -composition-
on Umatilla - or Morrow counties, -of-
fered by the district fair. His tonln
was "Umatilla County and Its Oppor
tunltles.'1 Jt will bs used by the fair
aaveruauif , bmatuia