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tDHKlGN ADVERTISING REl'BESENTATIVH
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' ' DAILY.
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, -,. a year 12.50 I One month.., f .26
v J DAILY AiD SUNDAY.
a yeir 7.6i one month." .68
THE OLDEST PERSON DIES.
Ml
RS. MARY RAMSEY WOOD.
who died in Hlllsboro on New
ear's morning at the age of
120 years and 6 months, was
far as we remember the oldest
f; white person on record in this coun-
It Is to be remembered that" h ran
as a ' non-partisan more than as a
Democrat; for he had particularly
repudiated orsanized party dictation
and avoided partisanship in his ap
pointments. Besides, the Repub
lican candidate, who "was handi
capped by certain elements of sup
port, would in all .probability have
been the nominee of a party con
vention. Or if not, the party nomi
nee would have fared no better. A
majority of the people were and are
against government of the city by a
partisan mayor, the tool of a party
machine and ring. But this is what
the Oregonian is hungering and
thirsting to get back to.
Why Bhould Republican voters re
fuse to support a nominee under the
present system any more than one
selected by a convention out of sev
eral eager aspirants, each with an
army of friends and supporters?
There is nothing to show that such
is the case. There is no reason for
"knifing" under the primary law
more than under the old law, nor
is there any evidence that more of
it is done. Now, Just as formerly,
' - CLnm ? -J I 1 . i .
'XnZ" uu,"u" "uu uesroes uavo the party with the most votes elects
v- been older at death.-according to nearly all the candidates. Now, Just
r popular report or their own asser-
as then, there is an occasional ex-
would rather be what they' are than States would leave It an easy prey
a man with a good home and all the I to the " Bear, which nobody knows
' 1 . . . 1 lla.i .At- J A "L - - i - -.... .at
comforts ot life U tnese mvojvea i oetir in.au ino eiaer , ruiers ot
actual, persistent, lifelong work. Nippon. " i-
Some, esneciallv the younger ones, I
can be reclaimed, and Boclety should Tn malign, financial machinations
do whatever it can to accomplish of Thomas P. Ryan and J. Pierpont
this, but a'laree DroDortlon. it is to Morgan nave wrecked me Airline
be feared, are hopeless cases. They Seaboard railroad. No corporation
have no ambition or self-respect on or legitimate business enterprise
which to base reformatory efforts, could stand the enormous rates ot
The real remedy ia the work til Bev- interest, commissions and rake-offs
eral generations, of a better system that those buccaneers of finance and
of education in homes rather than Industry required, ' Against them
in schools, and in Juster economic there is no usury law, nor any con-
and political methods and higher spiracy law. wnai less or eise are
ethical ideals. To cause a man to such men than colossal robbers?
be somebody Instead of a tramp, we
must begin with his grandfather.
OREGON EDUCATION.
C
That Portland has the lowest
death rate of any city of consider
able slxe in the Country only 8.27
per 1,000 Is a fact that ought to be
advertised as widely and thoroughly
SI ' ? l the alleged ception. Pennoyer was elected gov
i? V WVU UUl U, ,qlUeU, R WUI( p,.,,,,,, U,JC0 un(Jer o(1
to haveeen done sufficiently in the Webb was elected state trcasurer.
- case of Mrs. Yood And what adds chamberlain was elected district at-
.xoinewonaer other longevity is the torney here,-and before that attor
, fact that untll almost the end she riey.general. Surely the primary
.was In fair possession of her phys- law was not responsible for these
- lcar and mental faculties, jo that terrible calamities, that wrought
she could walk, talk sensibly, eat, Buch terrible wreck and ruin in the
and act In general like what we call Btate
' ell-preserved old woman of 80 or So aI tnig wainng an4 gnashing
85. But In spite of this, life must of teeth is puerile, absurd, without
lave become quite a heavy burden any reasonable cause or excuse. But
for nefvand she wa's no doubt glad even if the new law should result
to lay it down and go hence. tn dividing up the offices a little
- How far back the term of this more( jn causing the voters to be-
! woman's - life takes us! What come more discriminating and in-world-transforming
e'Vents have dependent, no harm would be dope.
taken place in it! In the same year The state would be auite as well oft.
'that shai was born the fathers of the Voters now have' some voice in de-
;; American republic framed the con- termlning the choice of their pub-
stitutlon, and when Washington was nc servants; under the lauded rep-
first inaugurated president Bhe was resentative system .they had none, i
"nearly two years old. She was mar- it was a-slate in every county con-1
; 1.; riea auring jenerson s nrst admin- vention. a slate in every ' state con
v" Istration,- and when Jackson became vention, a big ring and smaller rings
president was a mature, middle-aged an along the line, and some such
matron. The year of her birth fellow as Jack Matthews in charge
Louis XVI dissolved the' French as- 0f the machine. The new system
semwy, one or the acts that led to does not work to the oerfect satis
the treat revolution and his and his faction of anybody, perhaps, but we
.-.queens execution. She was two think the people of Oregon will not
years oia when the Bastile fell. At soon be ready to return to the old
; aer : birth Napoleon Bonaparte was systn
, -u arvuicr iitsuienaai, a aemocrai
' nd a revolutionist, 28 years old.
Fredetick the Great had died the
' previous year. Catherine was czarina
. and empress of Russia. When War
, rea Hastings as tried Mary Ram
- sey was beginning to walk and talk.
Ceorge HI of England, who fought I tramps, hoboes and bums. This
.to. retain he American colonies, probably an over-estimate, but there
. lived till she was 33 years old. If h8 a great army of them. Most of
fler; oldest child had lived till now, them are not criminally inclined, ex
he would have been 102. She was a Cept In petjty ways, though there is
. woman oi wnen ner aaugnter at a fraction- that on pressure will
. whose home she died, aged 77, was commit burglary, and a considerable
. . . number of 'them graduate into
,wnai mjrjaos norn later than "yeggmen." A portion of this great
, Biie usYt. passea away, wnat na- ftrmy o( men afflicted with the "wan
. tions have crumbled or been re- rieri.ist" wTii wnrir Brfin nnrtinn
modeled. What Industrial and eco- Uf the time, Just enough to maln
aomlrevolutions have heen accom- tain existence when It cannot be
pusnea. vvnat wonder those eyes 8Upp0rted otherwise, but many wiU
saw and those ears heard, during not work at all, under any circum-
" pi more man sjancea. A writer in the Philadel-
half a century she had lived in Ore- phla Press thinks the existence of
K . 7 v , I, , y. 10 a8Sume this vast army of loose-footed and
I f healt,hful a!r and Practs low.minded people is "the biggest
,, helped to prolong her life. Yet with menace confronting the United
these it may be long before a per- state8 today. and he takes a fa-
..' J ,lveB m KJCOD 10 06 yeara vorable view of the suggestions made
J AVUJMAUU U A i.AXA.CU j 1V1 luvl kj
AND THE PRIMARY r ".Z."U1S'."..? " I .
j I uuw a practicing puysiciau oi iBi-
YNICAL COMPLAINTS with ref
erence to education have been as possible: and the true explana
uttered in Oregon of late. It tion should be given, that it is due
is asserted that our youth are largely to our exceptionally equable
given instruction that leads them and healthful climate, and even
away, rather than " into, industrial more, perhaps, to the best drinking
life. A charge ''made by one news- water in the world
paper is that our parents seek by
education to Dut their children in What of it if Ohio is not solid for
the way of gaining a living without Taft? When Cleveland was nomi
work, and that tho effect is largely natod the first time and the third
a kid-gloved college output. time, the New York delegation was
There are but few tests deter- against him. Yet he won both those
minatlve of the truth or falsitv 6f times at the polls. The second time
the charge. Such as are available the New York delegation was for
seem to Indicate the charge to be at him, and he was defeated.
variance with the actuality. For il
lustration, the most widely attended When any of our state exchanges
educational institution in Oregon is 'eel like condemning Portland and
the State College of Agriculture and wishing it were in Guinea, or any
Mechanic Arts with its courses of where out of Oregon, let them re-
technical instruction. There are at 1 member that Multnoman county
Corvallls aDDroxlmately 1.000 stu- Py 31 Per cent 01 tne 8tate taxes,
dents, a number not very far short and does so very cheerfully
nf tho rnmhlniiH fit tnnrlnnrn nf nil
It is said rnaw is quarreling witn
his lawyers again. And of course
it is understood without telling that
THE GOVERNMENT THE LAND
the colleges and universities in the
state, normals and Portland instltu
Hnn evditriAri Tta unnnnrl rnmpa
from every county, and indicates they are Qarrellng among them-
I
THE ARMY OF TRAMPS.
T HAS been declared that there
are in the United States two mil
Hon roaming, homeless, unam
bitious vagrants, known
is
TARTIES
THE PORTLAND morning paper aEes of 9 and 25 associating with
is most dolefully pessimistic a11 Krades ot the vagrant army, was
about Republican party pros- crested over 100 times, and served
pects under the primary law. 42 terma ln Jalls- He mentions va-
The Republican party, it says, hai? r,ous causes which drive men into
abdicated, surrendered, quit;' has trampdom, and says: "A great per
become nothing, non-existent, be- cent are mere ,ads wno 8tarted out
cause of this law, which has abol- wlth bo'lsh fancies about fame and
Ished parties. There follows some 'ortune and who have got bo far
moldy claptrap about the necessity lnto the dePtbs that they are afraid
of parties, the insignificance of tho to 80 home. There are no end of
man and the imnortancn nf "nrin- causes which tossed into the whirl-
ciples" declared by a party conven- Pool of vagrancy those million and
tion, converted Into a machine and
run by bosses, who never have any
principles except to humbug and
that the trend Is as strong as it
might be expected to be, in the di-
. ' . . a I j. 1 , i
reciion oi industrial uuu tecunicai
training. It shows a distinct ten
dency to secure that industrial
knowledge and skill which means an
after activity in the orchards, on the
farms, in the shops, factories and
mines of the state. It seems to in
dicate that there is very little dis
position to educate along the cul-
selves.
Congress meets again next Mon
day. Now, Brother Hawley, show
'em how stout you' are.
If.
If I were Are, I'd burn the world away.
If I were wind, I'd turn my storms
thereon.
If I were water, I'd aoon let It down.
Cecoo Angouen.
tural to the neglect of the industrial And warm it till -It blossomed fairly
forth.
lines. It is probable that other ex
amples could be found to confirm
this view.
That the next decade will show
still more favorable phases in this
direction is certain. It must be
And In the sweetness of Its smiling
mien
Resemble some soft southern garden
scene:
And when the winter came again I
seek
The chilling homes of lowly ones and
meek,
From., the Pendleton Tribunal
There ) much of apparent Justice in
the. Sunday Portland Journal's severe
criticism of tha , Juggling that has
maraed tie courae of tha national, ad
ministration , la the pas v of United
state District Attorney W.C. Bn.toL
UniKir the clrcunancejiaa.iar as the
puDiio baa been Derm It ted to under
stand the situation. thr la Mm
ground ror the suspicion that the vlg
orous nrosecutinn tr th n,.i.in.
e"d,an,t I" the land fraud trials la not
i. in ntiE jnnfl. Tha tin.
warranted and unnftesaaxy delay haa
been docldedly unfair to the accused
men, and the cessation of. the trials,
now near t mm . v.,r. 0n . .
The idua that the government Has
had no. money for tha purpose, first
urged, wm of course, a mere subler-
ruae. That th unv.rnm.nt n .
United States la not able to pursue a
V tr1aB JL thu character la a claim
absurd in the extreme. When it la
able tO Indict M-Omlnailt man n.t .....
endless quantities of money to the
pursuance of a, plan vigorously proea
cuted. It should 6e able to give the de
fendants a apeedy trial and not fofoe
them to rest under a .cloud for ycara
lr innocent, nor let them Mrmw nun.
shmnt when thr
of them, are serving ther ierms behind
prison bars.
or it .should be remembered that
wno nave been pronounced .
the
Letters From tte People
Putting Himself Right.
Portland, Jan. 2. To th Editor of
The Journal In reply to Esmond
Ford's letter, which appeared in your
iue oi uecemDer jo, wm say that, un
like him I' have been regularly dis
charged from my ship In Tacoma,
Washington. I have never been to sea
as a coai passer or have I worked my
passage to any part of the world. I
have been In. and I carry my discharge
with me. If it Is news to Mr. Ford
I may aay that I cam to th Pacific
coasi irom England on the steamship
htlaine. As far as my having run away
from my mother la concerned, will say
that Mr. Ford haa another guess com
InK. My mother came some time ago
ii urn Australia to t'ortianii ta m
and my many friends who met her her
knew that Mr. Ford'a statement Is false,
I might aay ihat ever .Bine leaving
iiume i nave aepi up a regular corre
spondence with her. Now my advice
to Mr. Ford Is: not to meddle with nthr
people's private affaire, a he only
makes himself ridiculous and la liable
to get hlmsolf into serious trouhln. I
am not accustomed to throwing mud ln
the public press, but I thought it only
fair to put myself ln a true light to
the readers of The Journal In the face
of this attack on me.
david s. Mcdonald.
borne in mind that Oregon has as And do my small, but most efficient part
heart. ,
yet but six persona to each square
mile of territory, while older states,
like Rhodo Island, have as high as
400 or more per square mile, and
that our educational system is as yet
in Its infancy. What is possible
elsewhere 13 not yet possible in Ore-
If I were wind I'd turn my breath upon
The calm-bound mariner until, anon,
The eager craft on which he sailed
should find
The harbor blest toward which it has
Inclined: ,
And ln the city streets, when summer'
dava
gon, because of sparse population. Were withering the soul with scorching
The thorough organization and cost- rd .eertBhe fevered brow and
lv industrial instrumentalities of eves
Massachusetts are not possible for An1 brln to them a tft8te of pwd
lack of people and wealth ln Oregon, if i were water it would be my whim
What w havn accomnlished ednca- To seek out all earth b aesert places
tionally is as a matter of fact, far in And tifrVeach arid acre to a fair
1vnr nf what we have achieved Lush home of flowers and oasis rare.
aching
in other lines of Btate development,
as is suggested in our tardy growth
in people and production, compared
to what they might have been.
That we are on the threshold of a
great development In all things is
apparent and that our instrumentali
ties of education will accommodate
themselves to growing needs and
advanced ideas, is equally probable.
That the conditions and prospect on
all sides are such as to inspire real
optimism rather than misanthropy Is
The Journal's view of the situation.
The future, indeed, seems overflow
ing with good cheer ln every direc
tion and from every standpoint.
T
a nair I speaK aoout ana if thpy
just got the chance to get up and
stand on their feet they would
"work" the people. There must be Jimp at it." What they need, he
party organization, says the dis- eays, is decent clothes, a little
tressed Oregonian, which of course money, a chance to go home or to
be somebody elsewhere, and make
a start, and then they would work
all right. So he advocates a law
that would at once compel and en
courage these fellowB to make
something of themselves. "When a
moans a return to the old methods,
when a few self-seeking and grasp
ing fellows were the party, and the
masses of coonle nothing tholp in.
, terests cared for less than the wel
.vfare of bo many sheep or mules.
Republicans fit for office, we are vagrant. Is arrested he ought to be
ftold, won't seek nominations under sent to jail and put at hard labor
the present law, and if they do they and made to work Just as hard as he
cannot be elected. This contra- can producing something which is
-'diets everything Abe same naner 'has salable. F6t this hard labor he
. said about' "Republican candidates ought to be paid a certain sum by
i during the past s tfyree years that the hour or plece and when his
t ihey Were good land worth v men. term is up and it should not be too
) which '.In. the main' is -true; and it Short, either the money he has
.' contradicts the undisputed fact that earned should be given to him, part
'In most cases they were '.- elected. ra presentable clothing and part in
The governorship was an exception, cash." And the ex-tramp think
but Withycombe was not beaten.be this would in great measure solve
AN OLD CUSTOM.
HE DARK history of the Title
Guarantee bank, now in large
part disclosed, contains Inci
dentally, a warning against
the alliance of business and politics;
that is, the bargain, hitherto com
mon and almost universal, that busi
ness concerns in return for favors
shown to candidates or other pol
Itlclans should be- rewarded, by of
ficeholders who were thus helped to
win. - In this case the evil was ac
centuated by the fact that both
parties to the supposed bargain were
handling in carrying it out not their
own money, but the money of others
who had no knowledge of such a
transaction and would never have
consented to it on one side money
of depositors and on the other the
money of all the people of the state,
much of which, except by rare good
fortune, would have been lost.
When, If ever, will the time come
when a public office shall be re
garded as purely a Jpubllc trust, and
when candidates will Indignantly
spurn, Instead of soliciting, all at
tempts to finance their campaigns
for a consideration to be paid in
voluntarily by the people?
iT-V !-- Buuu, Mfc U14MJ,
V- K:l hoto ti fta. r?hBm1iQi1itn L-.
' tried and the people wanted hint-for
another ' term. - He would have
Deaien. any man nominated ny a con
;TentlOi just ' the - same. Furnish
- wm TinmltntBil lindur tha nM
tem.no" :M ( was beaten; then why
blame the primary law for Cham
herlaSft's success-which must be the
grievance; for no other Democrat of
the new.' law" In Oregohrr.If Mayor
Lane .he considered a case In point,
tho tramp problem. It has been
A great deal of comment is made
because the Japanese are buying
stated that J. Eads How, a St. Louis
millionaire, 'has offered to spend
f50(M)00 in , aid of the passage of
sucba law in the different states.
Such a law would no doubt do
somr good; the.; suggestion, is along
the right line", but the ex -tramp doc
totisltbgether too optimistic in his
view of results. A large proportion
of tramps are so because they want
to be and .like to be tramps, in pref
erence to performing real, steady
labor " at whatever
much war material, and all the fire-
alarm newsmongering attachments
are chattering of an intention on
Japan's part to fight the United
States soon. The premises, if true,
does not support the conclusion.
Japan looks far ahead, and believes
in being abundantly and thoroughly
prepared. The war with Russia
showed , that, and as Japan expects
another war with Russia as soon as
Russia can get . good and ready.
Japan proposes to be prepared. For
rewfrd, ; They Japan to g& to war .with the United i
Resolved in dew, I'd nestle In the rose.
As summer rain I'd ease the harvest
woes.
And where a tear to pain would be re-
rellef
A tear I d be to kill the sting of grief.
If I were gold I'd seek the poor man's
purse.
I'd trv to win mt wit Into the verse
Of some grand singer of man's brother
hood, And prove myself so pure, so fraught
with good
That all the world would bless me for
the cud
Of happiness I'd brought for all a sup.
And when at last my worK 01 joy was
o er
I'd be content to die and be no more.
John Kendrlck Bangs.
The Money Went Back.
From the Breeders' Gazette.
Illustrative of the wrinkles and kinks
developed during the financial flurry a
story Is told by central Iowa banker
who was carrying a time deposit of
14.000 for a farmer who took alarm
and dpmanded hla money, although his
denoHit certificate aid not require pay
ment until January 1 next. Persuasion
and argument proving futile, the banker
decided to appease his Irate customer
tiy paying mm, suojeet or course, to ror
felture of tho Interest, amounting to
$80. As a salve to his Injured feelings
he handed out the money in metal, an
tlcipatins that When the deposlfor saw
its bulk tie would relent: mil tne de
positor was determined and shouldering
the hag of coin, strode across the street
to the postofflce and made a peremp
tory call for $4,000 in money orders.
"I'll trust Uncle Sam and nobody else,"
he declared. .He received his orders in
due time, a pocketful of them, paying
$40 for the privilege of making the
postofflce his custodian of funds. His
total cost to protect himself, a he Im
agined, was $120.
"Well, I can go home now and breathe
easy," he remarked complacently as he
tucked tho orders away.
"Yes, you've got a good debtor," as
sented the postmaster, "but will you
do me a tavor !
"Sure!"
"Well. I've got rheumatism In my
back and I've got to get that bag of
money over to the bank to deposit It.
Just tote it over and I'll be your's
truly."
The reassured capitalist complied, but
his subsequent conversation was so sul
phurous, in an earnest effort to ex
press his chagrin to see that the money
went back to the bank from which he
had drawn It that the town marshal
experienced the necessity of taking him
In hand.
Another "King Jake."
From Lipplncotfa. .
With a scowling brow the Irate vau
deville agent awaited the next applicant,
who. was not long ln coming. A long,
lanky individual, with more hair than j
was absolutely necessary ana a coun
tenance that waa not a bit cheerful
came to his desk, and in funeral tones
said. "Good day, Ir,"
"Well, what doyou want?" was the
unnromlsing reniy.
"I need a lob Justow about as much
as anything else," answered the lean
person. -
"Ever had any experience?'
."Oh, indeed, I have bn with"
"Chop it short. I ki iiw you've been
with all the big stars rom Hamlet to
omelet," Interposed th agent shortly.
"That doesn't cut any 1 reezes With me.
What'a your line?"
"I Ij I'm a a a comedian," was
the faint reply."
' "Well,' then, make- me laugh," de
manded the agent with a snarl.
Longitude.
Portland. Jan. 2 To the Fdltftr nf
The Journal Please let ma know
whether longitude i from north to
south or from east to weat.
P. J KKr.T.EV
(Longitudinal lines run north and
soutlj. from pole to pole. The longitude
of any locality la Its distance east or
west of Greenwich, England, which Is
the usual base of reckoning).
The Panic and Hard Times.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Now that the country has passed
through a mtoney panlo It Is time that
everybody who has contributed to It
. , ' Small CJiange '
a fina2tartCOra h flnrt tl?r'!). ,a
1 I, j 0 LI ' f J
, ' . 1 - win xo oanisn ue uniuCK?
guilty wero Indicted for practically the Friday superstition f , .. - n'-
same 'offenses as those now under in-1 j '!2;'','V',!'';';'. ' .
dlptmnnr und this unfair delay lacaa 1 uui r Ulll ' eniinilA r hi
7. . . . . . . . 1 - - - - - ...ItflttvlnHliul .. . ' WUWHWH . w
lime -or mini nquiviiini iu uuiiii" vm vHigusir una yearT -..
hat there Is but allaht hone of Ultl-1 ,
mata 'convictions, .which would. b f But then Jeff nvi 1.
mnat MniilvAlant to 1 fDrtner aamiMlon I unrtA. r-".T - . "uio.i.
that 1n the former trials there" wac i " . V,' , T;" v J "a
approaon-10 a raiiroaaina vrw ' i , . ' - -
jIoyed. w! i - I ... i ,n W1! mawetc but the
.To closr the atmosphere In : these ''Jf mlnerc arc cheap in the mines.
matters Mr. Hiney -ahould -have been 1 . . " s :
directed to proceed wun tne inais w coma oeattic have pulled off 1U
soon as the Indictments wfere found, sjialr, next year without Portland men T
Representative 'Williamson and ther,l. This. year i just like 'all th. rmmf
w 4n a-ravea. aome In Prison I (ha vm. k.LVt. " tn"
and others on appeal. And Mr. Bristol I , . .1 Zr'r r
ahmtM hava haif tha unhesitating BUPI 'm... . - t
ort of our delegation ln congress and I ..llrii !vlnu..I,.?,Me eurrenoy
of the aamlnistratlon, not only ;in- 7 puW aai tne money us
atructed to orocecd witn cua irmis, put
v"w - " 1 wnr not make J Vlm.. u....
This would : have been the Only fair fTretrJ' the treasury and done with
way to the defendants, to uia ai-irw 1 . ' - t
attorney and to the public. As 'mlgnt ierhBr. ' ' ","L !' '
have been expeoten, tne aniy-uuuyni 1 " -'"",,1. c ai.v'""
methods puraued have given rise o .7ten VS." " 10 P'- mu
oubllo susolctoB that there Is a lack niion to books.. ; ?
of sincerity back of tne matter; ana 1 . ( . :'
that somebody beside the derenaanis jck- Mattnews Is delighted with
. j . 1 marv nnm n.HA. 1 - -
There la bur one fair course to the . , , ,e -
accused ir.cn aid 1 for the 1,pvf"M tCndidate for the senate will have
aiiu iiiai i - - - i vnnia oui soon, or bold thalr naaca
at once and dlipose of them all before for four years more! noia.ln,,r P0'
another vacation ia permuwa. . r. a a
a--.'1" 5r'v 'Possible that one of I
Menfttnr Ttnuma'a xr-. -1..; I
tlons waf to drop the third-term propU
ganda. i7
HOW ttmiM Vilm tloli. A. aim
deat. William J. Bryan of Nebraska; for
wiuiam j, tjryan 01
- a v iu 1
Bristol haa at ell times been ready to
go ahead with them, but
The Taft Mistake
The fleattle Tim., aava tur i
now at least as large as San Francisco,
Dut -aamits that Chicago is a little
a a
Don't despise a man thaaa Hivi nn
"eeenra!0V.".t-of hl" perhaps il we
by the t holiday present from his wife and he
From Collier.
That the secretary of, war would
make an excellent president we are more
than ready to believe. Once In office,
he would get back to his old independ
ence. Nevertheless, the collapse of the
Taft movement is due ln large part to
mismanagement of the Taft campaign.
A worse error could hardly nave
than the Seattle Dech. followed b
Cincinnati deal.' In January.- 188
ian- ' "" pul Iorwru Vim-L A Michigan man had his head frac
... I iiran nv at t-im a at W L. . -
It la a matter of business with Mr. f"." w" "rrl"
Cox. He cares as little about Repub- u,;"VAr.ee.t:.w."en n reU- Mor,:
lican principles aa about the topography 1
or the moon. He does not care ror sent-1 .. . .
Iill.nt Vila ..rirlnu mn.t hji aatirad If I Get tiriCM Tnr a fillvvavit 4a.
nomination is desired. The result Is he night," say a New York pacer. Better
haa become quite wealthy." I come to Oregon where bracing for blls
uu year nia servicea were iccurra -u. iivi necessary,
Dy t nose having in cnarge ine aecre- i a
?.ry. . campaign. In August, 1U6, .a German governor of Tonao land had
xo pay $3.50 for killing a native. But
William H. Taft declared:
"It is a condition of affair a local if he '.hould Id a " h.lV,J-,lC
despotismmuch to be deplored. If I get the price per head reduced to whole
were able to cast my vote In Cincinnati I Baie rates. "
In thn romlna- election. I ahould vote I a a
against the municipal ticket nominated Bryan' Commoner wished a "happy
bythe Republican organlxat on. New Tear a twelve-month of neac. aS
We advise anybody Interested In poll
tics, who has access to the "Cltlaens1
Bulletin" of Cincinnati, to read it care
fully. There are few publication as
sound and illuminating ln regard to
what government la and what it ought
to be. This periodical,, ln one of the
issue in wnicn it eauoriaiiy regreuea
the secretary a acquiescence, proaucea
the following from Seneca' "Pilot":
O Neptune, you may save roe ir you
will; you may sink me If you will; but
whatever happens, I will hold my rud
der true.
Tommy Todd Writes Uncle Jack.
By Wex Jones.
deer unkel jack 1 suppose vt no Iday
Is krlsmls 1 no Itt
1 got 60 cents 2 time last nlte 1 time
from mister brown & 1 Time from bii
Wllsun each Of them ed putt This
self what it 6ras all about.
Materially, Industrially, there ha
been no cause for auch a condition of
mind from which we have suffered. We
have simply been seeing ghosts of our
own conjuration. Business is good,
crops are good, and except ln so far as
wo have influenced them ny our foolish
alarms, times are good. There is notn
ing the matter with us except ln our
mina.
The panic from which we are now re
covering had no rational justification.
It waa rational enough that there should
be some reaction from the abnormally
high prices of securities and commodi
ties, which reached their culmination a
year or two ago, but it was supersti
tion that caused so many security hold
ers to act upon tne presumption or a
coming panic merely upon the theory
that another panic was about due. Then,
when. In addition to this, we underwent
a money stringency wnicn was not un
natural under our miserably defective
currency system and our banking sys
tem, as perverted by the New York
banks and trust companies, we thrashed
ourselves into the panic which we had
convinced ourselves we had been ex-
Fiecttng. And that "we" includes main
y two classes the banks and the de
Dosltors. The depositors grew afraid
of the banks and the banks grew afraid
of the depositors, and there we were!
the absurd and disastrous deadlock was
the reSult. We had our panic ln due
time, or rather ahead of time the more
fool we.
It Is time ta right about, we snail
not have resulting hard times unless we
choose -to have them, as we chose to
have the panic. We can have good times
more easily man we can nave nara
times, because the good times are Still
at our door, ready to remain with us,
unload vt are hent unoti drlvlne them
away and having the hard timex. It Is
with us entirely. All that we have to
do is to recognize the good times and
quit talking hard times.
Pills and Power,
Bv C. B. Qulncy.
A sura-eon may be placed In command
of tne naval nospitai snip enei. uen
eral Leonard Wood was formerly an
army surgeon.
Would you wear a flashing sword.
And he a. brleadler.
And1 charge the hostile horde,
And fill the foe with fear;
Would you, wear enough gold lace
Your uniform to fill?
Here's the way to get the place
jearn 10 roaae a, iivar put.
prosperity, to everybody throughout the
world" and didn't axnant i nmvav
1 a. -
a
It 1 to be hnne1 tha tha naHu,.
from Indiana, who Is also a literary
gent. Booth Tarklneton. will h as.haral
up by the time congresa meets again
wiuugu b ia nui important.
a a
Louisville Courier journal: "But can
e live on ii.uon a vearT" aalrait ha
'TiPt'S Sen." SUM ah. "Thaatra llr.a
will cost about $260 annually flowers
aa much mora anil hnnhnn. .. 4aa
Certainly we can do It. John, ana save
muuey into me Dargam."
A PIttsburr nreacher refused fia
new zu pieces mat did not have "In
God w trust" on them, contributed as
part of a Christmas purse. But If the
donors had taken them back and not
(raiwuuiifn any otner money.
ahonM h .v HK, tna nvor Tha dor of ,T'lu "T Wouldn't
-lii u. I. r -"u "i"-xf -.. - -; - - i no nove regreiiea nis refusal T
Sil the hawl.
s
Oregon SideligLts
I went 2 mitt the neece thare butt sis
Had putt A bigg peece Thare awl reddy
soe 1 Gott 2 6 cents for Dootn nuthln
Kfinta klawii Wll come down The chim-
bley 2day butt L Peepd inn Tne ciosei juearora l likely to have a fine new
been
The COOS countv sheriff haa
raiding gambling Joints.
The heavy rains have been walrnmait
equally by farmera and miners.
when itt Was open & 1 saw A awto itts opera-house this year.
for mee 1 gess toodles wooaeni vvani
Itt shees onlv A aerl like sis 1 cant
see What bll wllsun & mister brown
want 2 Bee round with slss for
she cant slide down The bannister
tommy.
flaar nnkel lack I Have 2 rite sum
moar 2nlte the how Iss full of x site- J The all-state fruit show at Portland
ment doo not Forgett 2 morrow Is I should interest all fruit-growing parts
arismia. . I " ",u ""
miatar hrown Hee throo bil Wilsun
owt of Thee dore thay came Att Thee I So far the winter In eaatern Oregon
aim time & eech lookd att the missel has been mild and stock haa naat4 h..
toe & thenn Att eech utber & bil wilsun little feed. But there may be plenty of
(B1S8 CIU1S uyiliu 1 nv iiuclu vt. in c i J Bvv.iu ncaiuei jw,
iron at vain hee sea recmove yure self!
u pupp whoo R u enny way A Kandy For losing his temper and 'Striking
atoar clerk LthA editor of the Tribune. F. Osen.
mister brown he karriea bll wnsun nrugrge, president of the Medfnrd clt
Owt & droppd hymn over Thee fense council, was fined $10 by City Recorder
& sed runn along & by Yure self sum Collins for assault, though the editor
rnuiis. i rciuwrn id niMn a complaint or testify
RIIQ JllULV.il Jl 1 . . a ."" ,11111
mister brown Then hee mett slss At
thee d6re & he catchd Her & shee sex A Minnesota expert Is
o wnoo cooa nav pun mai mare mines in ine uogue river valley for
mirier uruwn neo w- iliilmcu w. ii -.w iuiil uapiiaiiaiH, ana IT his report
gav mee anuther B0 cents thisa iss eesy. I la favorable large investments will prob-
1 waa tninkin A wnue pupp vtroou oue i aniy roiiow, and coal mining receive the
A nlse present for A boy. tommy
fleer nnkel lack 1 herd Pod say hee
woodnt allow Knny moar pupps Inn thee
hows. .
1 think A trane thatt runs by B learn
wood bee nlse for A boy dont ? u.
toodles shee sex 2 tel u A doll mat
impetus which the character nml i.a
of the deposit Warrant
Almost frozen, and In an lntnxioatV
condition, an Indian woman "was found 4
bdoui nine mile rrom Salem Monday!
in em. nn liuubii was snivenng near
say papa & mommer wood Bee A nlse Mliitlon. were ihatah. hJSn
present butt that like A gerl A dolls Trom Srsa! Ue
a a
Never mind what .runs are for.
How an army mould De lea;
Never, mind the art of war,
Learn to feel a pulse instead.
If you can prescribe a dose
For a patient wim lever.
You'll be brigadier, or close.
With the aid of such a lever.
Or should you prefer the sea,
Want to run a navy ahlp,
Let the navigators be.
Learn the treatment of the grip.
Would you like a seadog live,
And defy the howling gale.
Learn the proper dope to give
When a patient's looking pals.
Do not study tide and stream
Or the way to shoot the sun;
A stimulant's as good as steam
If the engines will not run.
Can you write the doctor's "R,"
In prescribing draught or pill.
You're a thoroughgoing tar.
Just the man to fill the bill.
The Longest Year.
From the London Chronicle.
The longest year on record was the
year 4 B. C This year had 445 days
because Julius Caesar ordained that it
should throughout the Roman sphere of
Influence. To' clear away all the eon
fusion which had previously existed In
reconciling the lunar with the solar
gear, Julius Caeaar, with the help of
oslgenes,- an Alexandrian astronomer,
undertook a thorough reform of the cal
endar. He effected it by making the
year now called Atth C, -'the year of
confusion," consist of 445 days with
and the succeeding-year of 865 days with
me exception oi every lourtn
A fnnl thine
merry krlsmls deer unkel jacK tommy.
Lee S. Overman's Birthday;.
-Lee Slater Overman, United States
A report that on the branch of tha Bm.fh
em Pacific railway now under construe
non lu Aiumiun rous rrom wmh. r.n
rornia, worn win begin within a few
Senator from North Carolina, was born nay to straighten the main reclama
ln Salisbury, North Carolina, January jlon canal where the railroad Is to cross
3, 1854, and waa graauatea rrom innicy u umirTOi imavny una upper niamath
college with the degree of A. B., in
1874. He taught school for several
years, after his graduation and then
became private scretary to Governor
Vance and later occupied the same po
sition with Governor jarvis. He Degan
the practice of law in 18801 Five times
ha was eleated a member of the legis
lature, and lh 18816 was the unanimous
choice of the uemocrais ror me spean
ershlD. but was defeated by a combi
nation of the Republicans and Inde
pendents. - He was elected speaker of
the house In 1883. In 184 he was pres
ident of the North Carolina Hauroad
comnnnv. In 1895 he was the choice
of the Democratic caucus for the United
States senatorshlp, but wa aereaiea uy
Senator Prltohard through a combina
tion of Republican and Populists. In
1900 Mr. Overman was president of the
Democratic atate convention, and In
1903 he was the successful candidate
of the Democrat V succeed Senator
Prltchard in the United State senate.
vaar.
whlih waa tn HAntiiln QAft rf.u. OKi.a
wa established the Julian, calendar a Help The little Christian community
TKSh IrnnW tfr tAHoV . ..i Ja.. .. . IrtoU 41 a. JtUiaaaka.
The Unlncky- Japanese,
rtrtaf taleirranhla reports of disasters
In Japan give only a faint Idea of the
aituatlon there. Decimated by war and
struggling under a burden of debt the
island empire has also suffered this
year from a series of fires, floods and
earthquakes that would overwhelm a
less plucky people. Last May a big
fire nearly swept Sapporo off the map.
In August Hakodate, ln the same vicin
ity, waa almost entirely aesiroyea. top
dwelllnr of every foreigner except that
of the United State consul, Mr. King,
was burned. His house was filled up
with about 40 foreigners and over 100
Japanese. For inree days It was Im
possible to get food. The telegraph
pole were all burned and so communi
cation was cut off from the main
island for a time. An eye-witness said:
"It was a scene of desolation auch aa
I hope never to. see again. The flames,
whipped to fury by a violent gale,
licked up the wooden structures like
tinder. In six hours nearly 10.000
buildings were rased to the ground and
45,000 people left without shelter." Yet
thav have accented the situation with
courage, making no foubllc appeal for
lake, suggests the early continuation of
rmiruau wurn norm or Klamath Valla
on the route of the projected road te
lost four out of their five churches.
. Faded Dreams.
I want tp be a gypsy, ln.the springtime;
I want to be a rover, in July.
But November winds have racked me,
and those thing now don't at
tract me v v
I Just want to be a quiet little guy.
In a nice, steam heated dwelling In the
city, ...
With a carriage to conduct me to my
toll, , 1 .
Which should last from 10! to z and
corral tne revenue;
Yea, in winter I'm an alien from tha
SOU. ' , . ,.
I want to be a farmer In the Maytlme:
I want to be a vintner ln the fall,
But I wake from such ecstatlo dreams
for reasons quite climatic '
My ears no longer hear the WlldwoodTS
call.
For me the simple joy of town exist
ence,
Some twenty minutes from the publlo
sauare:
Lost Ideals! I wished, in June, I were
tramp or picaroon
Now, I only want to be a millionaire!
Cleveland Leader.
.This Data ta History. Sj
Iff JA ItAaiaJUr Annli1 ItAWa... ' hl.a
June 14, 1801.
1777 Washington mirprlsed and de
feated the British at Princeton, New
Jersey. '
1780 Benedict Arnold appointed a
brigadier-general ln.the Britsh army.
1798 Rev. Jacob Ducha, who deliv
ered the first jrayer before the con
tinental congress, died in Philadelphia.
Born there in 1737. '
182S Parliament buildings in Toron
to burned.-' :. ;,
186$ James A. Tawney, member of
congress from Minnesota, born in Penn
sylvania. . ."
1895 Public degradation of Drevfna
at Paris.
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