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mm EDITOMlAb BVGE OP TOE JOURNAL THE JOURNAL AM ' INDKrKNDENT NUVBPAPKO. C. JACKSON rntllbT 1ihHkk.l emy wntn i--pt SundaM asd , WI Uxa.it T "lfnli.lt m H. J.Mirn.l llull.l tot. rtrtk an4 VtmMII ir.t-u. foMlaad. f. turned nearly $ 1,400 In fees to tho there la no reat for mankind. Id state, fees that a partisan legislature escaping these we dodge Into line limtd at tha pnatofrlw rnrtland. .. trammUalaa laiuaia liw Bulla (!& TELEPHONES MAIN TITS. HOME. A SUM. AU eVfMrtBMat raarhul by theaa numbar. TU tha eawratnr Ui drtBnnt yo want 10 HON ADVEBTISINU KEI'HESENTATI VB rMUaa Beajiiniln Sr-clnl A1rtli1ng Arnrr. ?nnwl BuIIiIIm S Hflli mn. N : Trltwiw HnlMInc f hltio atnrripttoa Term, hr m.ll to nr liArrm ts lk Cnl lr 8tl t n-.l or l.-lra. HAll Oo iitf tS'm 'i mortb I -IW srst , Om nar... IVAK ' il"" mnnth I-'1 PAII.V M sl'MMV. On jt 97.&M l nx.nth I Ci A wise man haa well re minded ut that In any con troversy the Instant we feel anger we hare already ceaaed striving for troth and hare began atrlrlng for ourselves. Carlyle. JUD 2 pi 1 1 TRY, TRY AO A IX. 1 UDGE CLELANDS decision igalnst the validity of the vote for bonds for various municipal purposes Is not much of a sur prise, and seems to be based on suf ficient reasons. It Is a severe dis appointment nevertheless and will retard the city's progress material ly for many months to come though it will go ahead rapidly In spite of its Inability to do several Important things that it needs very much to do. It is a difficult matter for the people to get any important thing that they want. It seems sometimes as If all the machinery - they hare constructed for their serv ice Is dead set to work against them. A measure calculated to benefit the people has but a small chance of getting safely through the gauntlet of the courts. . The fault in this case seems to rest primarily with the last council which undertook to do something which it was not authorized to do and could not legally do; namely, to submit a charter amendment to a vote of the people. This, the court ays, can only be done by an Init iative petition. But the council Is not so much to blame as its legal ad viser. The city pays a good salary to a lawyer for advising the council what Is legal or not, and he gave them wrong advice, which is very mostly to the city. It could better have afforded to pay $10,000 for a correct opinion. Yet let us not blame the ex-clty attorney too much of his own label created for him over and against the plain, unmistakable mandate of the flat salary law. Not many days preceding. In published Interviews, Governor Chamberlain publicly declared the taking of the fees to be Illegal, and without au thority of law. Without question ing or Insinuating for one moment as to the secretary's motive or orig inal purpose In accepting the fees, it remains a patent and powerful fact that here was another case where the governor would not. and Old not "stand In," and to that extent Ore pon is the gainer. If those fs had been allownd to pn.s unquestioned Into the hands rf the secretary, n precedent would hnve been estab lished that would have resulted In a renewal of the practice by future legislatures, until In this and other state offices, the abuse would have accumulated and the old regime that cost so enormously under the late fee system would have been re stored in a new form. The making by a partisan legislature of these fees of nearly $1,400 on the side for the secretary of state Illustrates the "stand in" tendency, and opposition to It by the governor exemplifies the tendency of a courageous man of op posite party not to wink at the transaction. It was. as a matter of fact, a happy episode for the Repub lican party itself, as well as for Ore Kon. when Mr. Chamberlain, was elected, because It Is human nature, it Is unavoidable, it Is Inevitable, It is fate, for a party, no matter what party, when it is unantagonlied, to do foolish and inexcusable things. Just as the late legislature did in voting Illegal fees for Secretary Ben son, me tears ana uiuiauons oi those who lament because of Mr. Chamberlain, are those of Job-hunt ers and professional politicians, and not of the great body politic who want clean, economical government. and do not give a whoop as to how officials are politically labeled. GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER. L of it. tally ADIES, consider the girl behind the counter these days. Be as considerate of her as you can. She has no easy time She Is a woman, too. Men put yourself In her place, when you "go shopping." We imagine the "Bhop-girls" In the big stores have little love for the ante-Christmas season, and that Christmas is anticipated by them more as a day of rest after a long severe strain than one of merriment. We wish them all, In advance, a merry" or a restful Christmas, 1 either; lawyers, and judges, even whichever they prefer both. If pos- wlth the deadly aim of tlje small boy with the target rifle. If, with a final effort, we eacnpo his fire, there Is the chance of being shot up by that talented but troublesome In dividual who did not know the gun was loaded. Then thcr Is the armed drunk who runs amurk with his revolver on the street, the walk ing arsenal who shoots on every provocation and 'sometimes without It, the fusillade of the policeman nfter a fugitive and the wild bom bardment of the housewife. In her effort to shoot up the nolphbor's. tomcnt, to say nothlnx of the K'"-tk-man from Kentucky. And-Oie folly of It nil Is. wbnt single, scintilla of earthly good comes from the manufacture of all theso firearms and all this fest of bloodshed by those who buy and carry them? ment concerning him attributed to Mr. Heney will not cause the shed ding of gore on Heney'a arrival In Washington. Both men are needed for other things than mutual accu satlons. L - I When all the facta are known It will probably transpire that William C. Brlstol'a chief offense was that he assumed that the department of Justice was in earnest in its professed Intention to prosecute the remaining land fraud cases with rigor. The Instructions of the department of Justice to United 8tates District Attorney Bristol find a parallel In the Biblical story of the captive Jews who wero ordered to make bricks without straw. ADMIRABLE RECORD OF PENNSYL VANIA STATE GRANGE, A WISE COURSE. r HE BREWERS of the country, or many of them, probably a controlling portion, sre acting wisely in using their great In fluence to Induce saloon men to keep orderly places and strictly obey the laws. It Is reported that brew ers' associations have resolved, or contemplate resolving, to supply no beer on the usual terms to the trnde, to men who violate the laws or bring the saloon business Into un necessary disrepute. This is a far better move for them than one In op position tp local option, and will do more than'all the money they could spend to check the prohibition tide. The majority of people, we presume, have really no objection to the mod erate use of beer obtained In places that comply strictly with the laws In every respect. It might Indeed be a good thing If even more beer were consumed, providing if would proportionately decrease the sale of alcoholic liquors, which cause most of the mischief from drinking. But In any case the people, whether pro hibitionists or not, are determined that saloons shall strictly observe all laws enacted for' their regulation, and shall, as saloons, keep out of local politics. If they will do this, he prohibition tide may wane if the liquor interests go out cam Representative Hawley.is a mem ber of the committee on agriculture, and though he Is not a farmer he has not lived all his life In the Wil lamette valley without learning much about farming. A contemporary confesses to be ing "crushed and crestfallen." To be crushed might not be so bad, but to be crestfallen besides Is terrible. From the North Amerlcart. For many yaara the North American haa been declaring that th ' Stata grange Is tha moat, progressiva b'jdy of rltlaena Ju Pennsylvania. We be lieve that contention' proved by tha one fact that not a alnala nuhlln ra'nrn. r.. economic betterment haa been effect ed which did not' first find lie sup porter and advoeatea la this organise Until recent ireara the inntt in state waa mlaumiaratoad. t a i.r.. number of people the name waa aynonr luuua with populism and financial an) economic falllrlea. a waa rntrdni an aggregation of "Sot-Klvaa Jerry.' i. u"v"v Yiainn iimne wicm atria "' "i ieri in tne darn ,nver a ouratlon of general Import waa In l- This view prevailed despite tha record i mo a rant or aas, Tneir detruc tun iHnurru aucn raria aa that It was ine grange wnicn forced from tha do lltlral machine In this mlagovernd state a larger grant to the public arhonla than tha appropriation of any other commonwealth. nen the bicycle and tha automobile came and rouee,d wldeanread latereat In the aubject of aood caneo it a new movement. They for got that they were but lata recruits in a Small CL angu Don t worry the shop girls more than neccaaary. e e Nobody haa committal aulrlde on ac count, of buying Portland real eetate. Tha Democrats would take that 1100. 000 if It were all pal J in silver dollars, e e No natter how many shop early, there rni to late. to be about aa many who alios tlon. For 20 years It beaeeched con-gr-aa to do osuctly what Jtoosevelt compelled It to do last year. 11 waa the grange that first aaw tha danger of daatroylng our timber aupply, and cried out the warning whlcji brought about tha creation of a for estry department. U waa the grange that first advocat ed endowing tha trolley companies With the Dower of eminent domain. Tho arance atood Immovable In op-1 r,reaent poaltlon to the ateallng of i the water a powers of tha slate. ' How car, there be harmony when 14T The grange made pnealble tha paaaage prominent ntepubllcans want to head tha of uniform primary election laws. delvgutlon? . Tha wlaa a-lver flnda out what tha give would Ilka beat for a Christmas The grvga lump our lut battle which the ran hm t.n carrying on years before their enllat-ment. For 15 years the State arance haa advocated tlie parrela poet and the noet al aavlnaa bank on the Identical llnea Irelcss system of telegraphy tn' i'rwient Roosevelt and Taymaa- frra to eatabllah. The grange waa fnremnat In the fight for pure. food. Pennnylvanla'a wlaely trlnjtent lawa were the plonevra of Ilia Ktatutea of ftther atatea and of the The lWt la eettlnir down Intn a """ "ci wiai tne people or ine noei is getting aown into a the wno countrv tod,- am force i fine summer climate now. and will to eat lesa notnon than . formerly la have a summer season for the'mcst Y.rSn The Is a fine invention, no doubt, but It would not do for secret messages ex eept n some well-guarded cipher. of their voyage. road paaa and railroad rate dlacrlmtna- ge joined the movement to oerruloala years ovrore I in. Pennsylvania Itglalature guvs to that kiiKl t uvailon tne leat attention. It waa the grange that fought and won the ttalllv for apnroprlatlona lo take the thouaanda of Indigent Insane off atone floara and out of squalid cor ridors and tend and abetter them with thu aplrlt of humanity. Title record of honor of tha Pennayl vnnla State grange could easily bo pro longed. It la enough to say that every good thing that haa coma to this com monwealth In many yeara, either haa fcom People consider anv law a blua law that reatraina them from pulntlnj the town rev . v Some town i ft re an lit bo so dry that It la Impoaalblo t . .ilao tlie other lid by ralalng an eyelid. The Wee tern Federation of Mtnera would no doubt Ilka to craacriha a inriv for Harry Orchard. New York haa become ao good that water may be prohibited on Sunday be- been tha creation of tha grange or has " Yr'm . d-m had Its stout support. eauae it comes from a dam Throughout thoae years tha grange had no rair Hearing, ft waa not np prerlated, because It was not under- A Kansas man was found leanln against a telephone pole, aaleep ling ami. atood. Tha North American oounta It waa arreated for Imperaonallng a police one of our beat aervlcea to tha public roan, that we were able to force the merlta of tha orgatasatlon upon the attention . " 's all tha better to swear off Just of the people. nerore Cbrlatmaa, and then by New There la a dirrerence now. jn annu- ' rm 1 " w ue m time uaea to Bo at meeting of any other body la reck- atloence. q uned more Important. And the aatno ncwapapcre which Jeered at tbe. grang- Atter Ita long and nrduoua labora eon era 10 yeara ago now have only gooJ a rasa will now adjourn for two or three words and rair treatment. I " jui mm or ma van amount We congratulate the members today 01 wotu it nna uone: upon the fart that, artor their yeara of Knlcndld effort, at last they are The aame atateamen who talk about coming into their own; that the grang- I protecting American labor allowed 1, era atand today conceded to be the beat I :S.00u Immlgrunta. nearly all laborers. l vie oi our ciiiaanemp. ami inni inoir i iu come into una country iaat ir oraaniittliou la a power biiuwii anu rec ognised. Navy Yards Out of Work. From the lioaton Olobe. One of the results of the great naval excurlon around the Horn Into the Pa cific will be the stoppage of work In the navy yards of tha Atlantic coast. And Ihla la pretty aerloua. Letters From the People Mount Tabor Park. Portland. Dec. 10 To the Editor of The Journal I noticed In laat evenlnn's isaue a very good article headed Taxes. Politics and Politicians There are now some 16.000 mechan- u-iaher nf fit v.- hut i,e to Inform Inkerlng and repair of the few vessels cense, by thousands ror picnica. pi.ij- ft behind. There are one or two col- abounds, camping parties, societies and era building which may require their on onB occasion the A. O. L". W. held arvlcea or the cut would b atlll R three days' meeting there of thous- Ics employed In getting the battleships this writer that he or she has been Into condition for their lonir cruise. The misinformed or does not understand 1 1 ' estimate of the department "la that at Mount Tabor pork proposition at all least half of iho.w v inni mn m,,.t , I When Mount Tabor waa first appro discharged when the fleet moves out. Prl"ted for park purposes the wrli r It is even doubtful that the remalnlnc eannot state, nut ror tne last 10 ear h i rnn no nrnv n.n v- i u-nri, n ,h 11 una ncc i uaru. nuinmi n-a- v. tinkering and renal r of the few vl cense, by thousands for picnics, play left behind lie SAI greater. amis, and very likely will be used I'n liicstlonnl, v m i. .1.1 . i the future. whether the property fs thn nrranltnilnn nf ih. mrh0ri,.ni enn.. bought by tfw- rlty or not. as It Is n of thfl n.il'V vanlfl V f m A nilf until eln rw most suitable tilace for a people's purk But establishment In ordinary running could When the Mount Tabor Push club 1 inrow out nair its tralnea rorce or n. " " uinm-i up ainni i"" j " " I tloves and look to t hnrle n miiijSiii. the committee found about 1 J panning against strict regulation lent force wheia business again becomes acrr" of ground, owned by 22 or more H lol tlr,r, thv -lll nnlo o H ,t Urgent. 1.50010 umi lUllill ur j.uiiu .UU, "... ... mnri nfrhln,,. .,111 1. At., about, nn averaKe or ii.otm per acr to the volume and, momentum Of the charge of these thouaanda of skilled not "an expenditure of Jl. 000,000 woiKinen from rnnrtimni .mn n .1 . vviBner siaies. moment when iIia m H n.-1 tn nriv.i. in And the committee also saw that t dustry. due to the monetary disturb- properly transform these 127 acres In ance. has led to a serious curtailment r.H to such shape as to he used ror John N. Tener may be a candidate against Congressman K. F. Acheaon for I Certainly the Republican nomination for congress t make a conspicuous fool of himself In the Twenty-fourth district of Pent If Denver really hands over that 1100,000, It will not be very difficult to find some" one to net as chairman of the Democratic National committee. . A New Tork paper asya prison Ufa haa been beneficial to Harry Thaw. ne ran t do much mischief there. aylvanla. Mr. Tener la grand exalted ruler of the Elks. t'nlted Htntcs fienntor Ptnna of Mis souri, whose term will expire Marc!i 4. iao9. 1 said to have written numer ous ix-inocrntlc irlenda recent v to, "He never did a wrong thing In his life; he waa intelligent. Induatrioua, faithful and affectionate," said a man of a dead individual. The deceased waa a mule. An Illinois man died after drinking sound party sentiment on the subject of four P'"1 whlekey In short time, his reelection. He must have been a very taugh fol- i ion not iu ntru aiou aner mo inirj The I.lnccJn league, the leading Re- or P'nt- , . "There should be no Income tax not publican organization of northern New tork state, has adopted resolutions rec ommending uovernor Charles F. Hugh-a to ail Republicans as the next Repub lican nominee for president. because It la Wrong, but becauae It is not needed," aaya an exchange. nux how many would object to paying less property t&xesT prohibition wave. SOUTHERN' DELEGATES. the number of employes. T HE SOUTHERN' delegates to a Republican national convention have ever since the war been I people's park would cost less than $25 000. There Was no "scheme urged forward by real estate dealers at all. In fac owners of tho property were hunt I find and I know of no real estate mt being Interested In nny way; the com more than doctors, disagree, and i perhaps half the lawyers In town ' would have given the same advice. The' mischief has been done, but while the delay is aggravating and damaging, It can be remedied, in 'time. And no unnecessary time should be lost. Get the case before the supreme court as soon as pos sible; it may disagree , With Judpe ( Cleland, and then the improvements can go right ahead. But if his de cision Js affirmed, get the same amendments before the people by initiative petitions as soon .as possi ble, and take another vote op them. Portland must have the Improve ments, therefore the bonds, and should get them with no unnecessary loss of time. Every month of delay works a large If negative injury. O TE TEARS! ,."? HERE are still walls and tears I because the governor of Ore- gon is a Democrat. The ulu latlons are not from that vast array of tillers and producers who " create Oregon's wealth, but from thoBe who live by politics, and who seek; to organize the -state, not for the public welfare, but for political purposes. The clothing never did nor never will make the man. Does the mere political brand make or un .make a public official, or furnish a test of his qualifications? Does it have any more to do with it than , does the marking on a cast-off col- Jar, or the tag on an ancient sheep PltT : Late, events have demonstrated it to be a happy fact that Mr. Chamf berlain was under no party obliga tions to "stand In" with other state officials. His critics say he played ( "politics" at Treasurer Steel. Was 1 not the "politics" then, a good thing, since it ended so happily for - the state and the people? Did not the state get over JIOO.OOO worth of money out of the defunct bank, and is not the remainder secure and drawlng 5 per cent interest? If Mr. Chamberlain had been a Republican, would he not have felt that, for the . sake of tbe party, and to save It from being -scandalized, he ought to "stand In," in which event, would ; not the result have been costly to t taxpayers? . Is It not always the im pulse of officials ,of the same party . not 1 to antagonize each other; for does not each expect aid and com fort from the otheri'ln attaining of fice later? On the contrary, is it not the Impulse of an official of differ ent political faith, especially if a strong and courageous man like Mr. Chamberlain, to. turn on the spot light if Irregularities occur, at ' Jn . th Steei affali? Who profits; from the twrnlng on of the spot light, but that great plodding body of burden bearers. ' so often victimized ' on- the Altar .f partisanship? HrVy The secretary of atate recently ye-1 slble Think what they must endure though employers are ever so con siderate and kind the questions to be answered, the criticisms made the reduction of their counters many times a day from chaos to order, tho effort to comply with vexatious de mands, the attempted compliance with whimsical wishes, and through it all they must look and act pleas antly and deferentially. You say you are "eo tired" when you return from shopping. Do you think how tired these other women muBt be when night comes, what lit tie irritating annoyances and aggra vations they have quietly and pa tiently endured throughout the day, to say nothing of being at work on their feet all day? Do you become fretted, , and crabbed, and inclined to liink Christmas shopping a nuisance? Think, then, for a moment, how the girl behind the counter must regard the holiday season, and imagine what her opinion is of some women. Don't forget, she is a woman, as you are, with a woman's physical fralltles.a woman's inherent desire for protection and support, a woman's temperament, the same aa you, however rich or however high in society you may be. If you were in her place, wouldn't you fairly hate some women by Christmas time? A little thoughtfulness, consid eration, pleasantness, appreciation, kindness of manner, and as Utile bother as possible, will make the shop girls' burden easier, will help them to have an enjoyable Christ- 1 a . , e mas. xninK, as you go uuppius, (n the girl behind the counter. Holiday Shopping. TIs the time of the year when atten tion it turns t'nto all the holiday shonnlne-! regarded by aspiring candl- When money In pockets a big hole burns mlttco dealt with the owners in per dates as a purchasable commodity. hn.thT, i Tme when the ouestlon ,-0' To maintain a peoples park proper. Belne able to eet onlv federal offices what nhall I g-tve?" will cost annually, first a salary fo j .1.- j , .,inrB n net-in n ih naraiv ones worm ine neaa Keener una iiohbioiv iwo u.i uown mere, ine aeiegaies ure win- whlle to - slstnnt, during the snrinir summer and ing to trade votes for promises of S pressing, so pushing, and so. positive fall, while during the winter ono as Are ine claims or ine Holiday shop- sistnnt wauiu oe enougn. wins. i jl vieil v iwier oi v-ny win t-im out In the open and meet the write lis the time when each man and hla or any member of the Mount Tabor lUs sore-worrted mate club committee on pars, l assure mm Who does most of holiday shonnlna or her that one visit over this gorund For currency which la elastic In state. will convince him or her that there tilghii to stretch to the holiday shon- cannot be found anywhere near thl lung, ciiy a Deuer piece oi grouna ror me fat offices, or, It Is rumored, In many Instances for cold cash. Hence an aspirant who Is seen making a spe clal effort to secure the support of Bouthern delegates Is always re- carded with susolclon. Tout new ihfra la a flnrrv In nn For when one sits down, of the presents purpose of a people's park. This WIS JUSl now mere is a nurry in po- t0 think. the opinion of the various committees lltlcal circles in Washington because The cash that's available sadly does of the council, water board and others It has been reported that Assistant Postmaster-General Hitchcock has been very active down south in the J matter of securing delegates for j somebody. The first rumor had It i that he was sent down there by the As they tempt to the bargains with shrink. who took enoueh Interest In the mat And brings one to nervous prostration's ter. aarK Drinx, wnat can ne done now, two years When looms up the holiday shopping, after, respecting the cost of purchane anil inoor to clear una clean up tne TIs the time when the shops drive the ground is not known to the writer. customer wild WILLIAM G. OBERTEUFFER Who starts out on holiday shoppln ailing a Falsehood. Portland. Or., Dec. 19. To tho Editor later it was asserted that he was When lists grow the longer as Christ- of The Journal With regret I read a m t i v i. . rn . wmcn mey are pnea. IiitBiueui iu unci cot ui i an., uui u reaoy for holiday shopping: rounding up delegates on the strength of tha third term sentiment with a view of turning them over to Cortelyou. There may not be much truth in either of these theories, butvthe pres ident would better have kept Hitch cock at work attending to his official duties than authorized or permitted him to go delegate catching for any- mas draws near. And the worry and hurry, the fret and tne rear. At last make all glad It comes but once a year This ordeal of holiday shopping! Baltimore American. "how body. And it might be as well fori And they win their hearts, old fellow. Of -the ,IKe tney once aid yours and 1 mine souiiiern iieia They're talking of the Christmas morrow will lr hp ' Again It Is two southerners ana lis Sfnty Claus in Greenland? Is he nnmrwroto. u-Vin liin h a A a Act flo-ht COmln CTOSt h6 Sea? a. u ill ' l u l. tT rivr iiu I vi li a iiuw -C Talking of Christmas. They're talking of Christmas lonir It la. An' when will Hnniv C'lana h mmin1 Hmn ik. and If thev desired to honor the mem chimney place again?" ory of a noble king, why should they be For the toy stores are open their gilt- denied It? I know many intelligent letter In this evening's Journal from a correspondent who goes out of his way to announce that at tne King usenr me morlal meettn- held at the Presbyterian church no Norwegians were askod to tane part. l know nothing or the racts as to whether they were or not: in either case, the statement is uncalled ror. King Oscar was once the king of these Norwegians, as well aa or tne Bweaes, -"to- ln congress, one of them the dis tinguished leader of the minority, e VmY th. n.?' Dut the men Swedes and Norwegians, and not one worcThave I heard from either side to mar the good -feeling that exists be tween them here In Portland, and, I be lieve, all over this country. The political strife of the last two years did not strain oijr friendly per sonal relations in Portland, wny, tnen Hipqa rrnntnhlA cftizpna fihould be in sulted by advertising the ill-will of an individual Is more than I can under stand. I myself have never been a sub ject of King Oscar, neither waa my father: hut I reverence that great man talkln' of the Christmas Its for all he waa, for all he did, for all he arlor es and Its elearns: tr ed to i.o to better conditions. Ana Will he have a heap more reindeer? bigger load of toys? and the other the scarcely less dis tinguished Missourian who wanted They're to be so. They will doubtless make I It's with them In their waking, it sings there are many Norwegians who feel the due apologies and will not resort to the duello, as Frenchmen would. FOOLS AXD FIREARMS. ITH A BULLET in his brain, a Montana forest ranger has paid the penalty of hunting with an armed com panion. Methuselah, according to the record, lived to the ripe old age of 969 years. .But he did not flourish in the firearms age. He could not have turned the trick in this armed and arming twentieth century. Most of us, like' this top-notcher among the patriarchs, manage to escape whooping cough, measles, the colic and other perils that babyhood Is heir to. ,Wo survive in . turn, the old swimming hole, mince pie and football. We bear up under the pangs of despised love, marriage and the divorce court. We seek con tagious, adulterated foods, banks that are frenzied and mothers-in-law of the unruly class. With life still Intact, we escape .cyclones, ' the Fourth of July, earthquakes and au eomobiles. ( But in the midst of this firearms fest;we are helpless. Between dodg ing the bullets of reckless hunters and side-stepping tfce pistol shots of freaks Who take as for burglars. The incident is illustrative of Dem ocratic harmony. Whenever two or more Democrats meet, there is sure to be a disagreement and probably a row. to them In their rlreums- nnmn wnv And the Christmas stars will twinkle When they, moved by a feeling of the Christmas skies aglow reverence, approach the last scene to Same stars and skies, old fellow, we pay their respects "to him who was, loved SO long ago: I but is not , wnen mis iaii saa aci ap- Atlanta Constitution. proaches, anu Swedes and Norwegians, hpnri to heart, bow tneir nea us in si- rm. .- .,. . it:... ent erier wno men in ine name oi aiu-V"""- " jwmoij.. fippflncv shall steo forward and chal 1117 Thomas a'Becket, archbishop of lenee one who Is a brother, nnd with Canterbury, born. Died December 29, whom we here in Portland have lived in Carroll K. McCulIough. of Anderson, has announced his candidacy for th Democrat ic nomination for Uovernor of Indiana. Mr. McCuIloueh la a tirnthei-. In law and business associate of former hn expectation of oata? - u ...... v. 1 . I . lUIUIIl. "Again, the Democratic oartv is ao built that there la no question aa to the direction In which It la traveling." aaya the Commoner. With eara elevated Admiral Rojest venaky has given out The latest rumor In Michigan politl- R long interview on the American fleet cal circles l that Charles U. Kelsey, expedition. One would have supposed or f.rand Rapid, will be a candidal that Rojestvenskv would have nothing next yeur for the Republican nomlna tlon lor state treasurer. Mr. Kelsev la a prominent banker and business man of the Furniture City. to say about warships. The Democratic National convention, according to present proapeeta, could transact ail Its business mi one aay, as Congressman Henry Allen Cooper, Bryan will have a platform ready hut who attacked Speaker Cannon and tha n justice to Denver and Its ltOO.000, rules of the lower house at the open- the convention must spend two or thrcn Ing session of congress. Is the repre sentative from the Klrst district of Wisconsin and has been in congress Jor 14 years. An unlnstructed delegation from New York to the Democratic National con vention Is said to be the program of Leader Murphy of Tammany Hall, who expects 10 control tne state convention next spring which will name the na tional delegates. dnvs there. Perhaps the choice or a candidate for vice-president will fur nish an excuse. ' Oregon Sidelights There are several bearing persimmon trees in Newberg. In the Joseph school district are children of school age. 1ST A Dallas man was found guilty of Governor Huahes. like President Roosevelt, will not nermlt hlmanir n be nuoted on nuhllp Miiantlnnu if ha has anything to say to the nubllo he shaking dice and fined MO, prepares n careruny ano delivers It in the form of speeches, for which he ia constantly in demand. Western Oregon ia destined come a great walnut region. to be- Thn Mtlhcomnarttpn Of ttia Iiaiiba .nm. mittee on banking and curffhev Intrust ed with tho task of framing a currency bill Is composed of. Representatives Fowler, of New Jersey; Prince, of Illi nois; Cnlderhead, of Kansas; Lewis, of ueorgia ana uiuespie, or Texas. There are shooting matches every week at Pedu in Polk county. The country around Falls City Is es pecially adapted to the raising of fits potatoes. Th nnilea ODtimlst: It becomes Of the eight men elected dlrectlv to m nra nnnnrent everv dav that Theodore the White House to fill the 12 nresl- ii'iim la th l.anrest flaure in Cre dential terms since 1860 Lincoln. Grunt, o-nn Garfield. Cleveland. Harrison and Roos?- ' veit were named In Chicago. The two Rogue river Cornice pears have mano exceptions were Hayes and McKlnley. a new record In New York $9.20 a box. f Who wouian l Jive in nogue river vauejr Tho Collsei'm in Chicago, which will and raise pears? be the scene of the ReDUbllcan National convention next June, has an ordinary a Port Orford man caught a large seating capacity of 10,000, which can bear in a steel trap but it climbed up bo Increased to 12,000 without over- a tree as far as it could and tell over crowding. It is proposed to further Increase the capacity by a rearrange ment of the galleries. William B. Wilson, who has lust tak en his seat in congress as representa tive from the Fifteenth Pennsylvania district, has been for many yers con- 'Picuous in the labor world, and is na IrtrTal secretary-treasurer of Mine Workers. Mr. Wilson a limb, tore loose and escaped The Klamath Falls council has cut irto-n vnirtfl of nl tv laborers to I2.2fi a day and Is otherwise retrenching In expenditures as mucn as pussioie. . The merchants of Lakevlew have all and Is na- a' ed to cloB0 their tores at 5:30 In the United the evenlnK because of the scarcity of IS til SOn 1 i t u a,--...!., will atan rtA f ln-lttrl of a miner and began toiling in the on Sundays all day mines himself at the age of nine. on Sunda8- a" ua' . I . , ... ,. ., , ... . , A United liretnren minister inn . To, th ,p y ,f Baltimore belongs the b0Ught a 4,000-acre stock ranch in Uma- ?U bLMd .fit'nci"".V f hav,n at "ce tllla county for $27,193, giving a mort- the oldest and the youngest member "'e on for the full amount. He of the 60th congress, score years separate them In age. Tho oldest man is Senator William Pinck- ey Whytc. who Is now 84 years old. The youngest member Is Representative Harry Wolf, who Is still under 26, and was Just old enough to qualify after his election. Almost threo- won.t make the price preaching. Port Orford Tribune: If Ex-Senator Mulkey would like to read the horo scope of his senatorial aspirations, let hlni change the "1" in ms nama vj "r" and it will be revealed to him. , It is reported that the railroad commission of Nebraska has ordered a reduction In (he freight rate on oil in that state, because it has discov- nnd impressing their crews Into the 1170 1705 Catherine or tiraganza. nueen of Charles III oi jingianu, died at Lis bon. 1775 BrltisJi parliament passed an act for confiscating all American vessels m-rwl that tVib rgilrnnrcf hfqa rKnl.'n I RHtiah nlV'. .... ...... ..... -"- - 1804-Lord Beneonsflcld. American In favor of Standard Oil. Incred- writer and statesman, born. Died April ,u"" .....,0...... uicuuaiu " i.l.iu rhnlm .ntiM n.,l iuuu 1. uu ami" oulii a tiling. 1 the united Biaies troops in loxas. Hasn't the commission read how It 1861 Federals attempted to blockade has reformed, and how pood It has 1878 All awards made in payment become? Such, persecution of a ot tne.AIb"m?o;I-!m,?A lca,vln8' a sur plus Ul Muwui. o,w-'". 1900 General Leonard Wood as sumed office as governor-general of Cuba, righteous, philanthropia corporation I3 shameful. It Is reported that the late police man, Gittlngs, left" a wifeJn a deli cate condition and some very young children in an entirely destitute con dition, or at least without pecuniary resources. Here is a case for relief and aid, and it ought to be forth coming from some source or other. The Bradley children ought also to be looked after. Society shirks a plain, important duty when it neg lects such cases. nence? Rv the Rhades of Bernadoite the 'brnther-fclk 8 weal ' still remained in force In this town until over the bier, f iiriir.-itl vel v. a rupture is attempted. But it shall not succeed. I speak for no society, but I believe that every rlirht-thlnkina: Swede In Portland re- crets the Incident. Ami I will add this that if everv rocletyMn Oregon should pass such resolutions as Is evidenced bv this indlvlduaKwriter, I would apolo gize to those Insulted. FortunRtely, no Swedish society would ever think oi pnsaing such resolutions. Too bad that tle memorial snouia De ine occasion 101 Ill-will, especially ns it has been ab sent before. Had ill-will existed, that occasion would have' ben n golden op portunity to clasp hands and forrrot. ERNEST BARTON. 1 We trust that Senator Fulton's emphatic: declaration, that a state- Sir Charles Santley's Birthday. Sir Charles Stanley, the veteran bnrl- I tone singer recently honored by King Edward witn a Knigiunoon, was born December 21, 1834. In Liverpool and spent his early years in that city. He went to London to study singing when quite a young man and made his first professional appearance in that city In 1857. Two years later he scored his first great success in the opera "Dln orah." From London he went to Italy, where he learned much that was helpful to him In the career that he had mapped out for himself. He has during his long career been heard In concert nnd opera In the chief cities of Europe and In Australia and South Africa. Re cently he completed his fiftieth yea as a public singer and was warmly praised by the London press as Bri tain's greatest baritone. Nothing Unusual, of Course. Portland, Or., Dec. 20. To the Editor of The Journal In last night's edition of your paper I read a letter written by Edward J. Grahg, secretary. Swedish American league, wherein he takes the Oregonian. to account for publishing er roneous Ataiftmwrs'"-" relating to the Swedish-American memorial services of the late King Oscar of Sweden, held in this city last Wednesrdny evening. As a Swede I -would like to state-that the Oregonian haa always been known to publish anytning nut racts in an mat. ters concerning theSwedlsh-Norweglan controversy and we Swedes, as well as the nubile In general, will be much mora pleased to have the Oregonian continue to do an, as otherwise if it should at tempts to make a change and. mix in some little truth In its articles, we will feel lost. A SWEDE. Without any fear of contradiction, without any exaggeration it is safe to say that of , all cities in the United States, NorthBend has weathered lha ter uitiii any The Kells of Chi-istmastide. The Magi saw hl scred star, In beauty undefiled And brought their precious gifts to greot I financial stringency bette; The birthday of the child. other, declares Tho Harbor. du, in Liur5 wumu ijuh tiity or nnys, in deathless love lmpearled, Hark! to tho hells of Chrlstms-tlde That ring .around the world! The holly leaves and mistletoe,' Where summer seems to cling. Whisper, through arctic distances. Of God's eternal spring. So. on this wondrous day of days, In deathless love lmpearled. Hark! to the bells of Chrlatmas-ttde That' ring around the world! The message of ."good will to men." Divinely clean and brleht Shines fiom the hills of Bethlehem ; With everlasting light. So. on this wondrous dav of days. In deathless love lmpearled. Hark! to tho bells of Chrlstmas-tlda rnnt ring around the world! William' Hamilton," Hayne, In Uncle Remus Magazine. Strange! The Wall Street Journal Says: "It is no conclusive argument against federal licenses for interstate corpora tions that the idea came first from Wil liam J. Bryan." Now that la a strange concession on the part of a great pnpet like the Wall Street Journal! Would the Journal seriously undertake to con-, vlnce its Intelligent readers that the fact that Mr. Bryan Indorses a orono- Lsition is not sufficient Justification for WtUa m nnA rlrMAM A n,..Un . A .1.. and organize for tha defense of their Uvea, their fortunes; and their sacred honor? .. -.r " i Eugene is considerable ahead of Port land, says the Eugene Guard, In one respect, in that she has an all-night car service. It matters not If the cars do not make frequent trips. They run as often as the trains come in, and that is often enough. n th 91 .t Inst. 2.000,000 chtnook I salmon eggs will leave Grants Pass en route T for Wedderbum via Portland and Coos Bay. The eggs como rrom k. u, Hume's Elk creek hatchery, situated A-. , hfeuriwnters of Rogue river nnd at the confluence of the Rogue and Elk. and which Is operated by the Lnited States. The Tillamook Development league, nvs The Herald, has several new pros pects of commercial enterprises oming to our city In the near future, among them being a large department store, an up-to-date bakery, a new banking concern planing mill and sash, and door factory," condensed milk factory, meit market, flrsi-class hotel, etc. " .- . , Estacada News: Some Interest is be ing manifested by several of our towns people and farmers in tbe walnut cul ture proposition. " A number are look Ing' up the walnut with a view of put ting out a fe!w" acres of the trees If the prospects are at all favorable, and . make a bualneaa of It. It Is known that our climate and soil are both - well suited to the nut. and that they-(row ' well here, ; . '. - -,.. r'-... ; . j aUl -lV-' i
