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I vestors and engineers .insisted that
the standard track gauge ot t feet,
8)4 Inches, should be changed to
I feet, as was then In vogue In Ens
Fahltabtd rr malu tarrrot So47) end
Tcv mmii mm am, at 1M iomM i
- U. rifuk b4 laBkUl itrwtt, fortlaad. Or.
pays for this as be goes along. No; the president on this subject came oti
be does not. As a rule.' the man course from the senator, and . if ha
with a little pays, even In direct! should not consider himself a re-
taxes, a far greater percentage than I former, who would? A good many
land, but after years of costly effort! the man with much; and In Indirect J people la Oregon 'who are familiar
the attempt to change the gauge was taxation, specially tariff taxation; he (with the senator's brief but not bar-
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM
Small Cfianga
" From the Poat-Dispatoh,
The revival of Sunday laws In varl
abandoned, though, now railroad men P7 many times aa large a rate. Of ren career, as member, of the leg- Vnt Th. ' ta th AtomZ
.v i m . .,a I v. nimi i I 1. n, i m . ... . 1 m"nv- 1 11 lawa in W nrit piece tw
Bntd .t th ptornc t portit-d. or ir admit that a broader gauge would the hundreds of multimillionaires In Mature will learo for the first Ume fl.cted the religious creeds and predilec
aMtahw tkMy ta siie as-at be far better. ,' ' 'v New .York city, none pay. on more that his purpose and object were re- tlons of their, authors. ' "
-. : . So in political,, economical and ed- than a small fraction of their wealth, form, : r..f ' 1 ".-i" v 'Of 'f :I taking, notice of the flaming seal
f ELxrHOjtKS-lUlII Til bomb, a i M , r, M, .. t ..a . i BOmA not on a-' thousandth nart of I ' " '" S5sss---a' I which everywhere acenmnanlea ftuhdav
t.r'Ztll I Inertia 1. scarcely to be overcome; It. and the same Is tme In other large Now, Mr, A. L. Mohler - glrea , an I mebered that- not withstanding t'h!
. ..u- I we make chancres, even though we cities.
rviiu.i ,uviisikii rJw i . ... ' ...
that . .nlh.t.il.. V. A
And the man worth 12 5,-1 other cause for present and prospect-1 picus inspiration of Sabbatarianism, the
rreaawfrk BoUdlnf.
I . ... .. .. .... I AAA AAA - ...... 1 .all., ........... 1. . . V . . . . . .1 I QOIirlfl' hltVA hM A tffiAlt m'lthfMlf
. . . - . . .. i ri.Driff ail irn nw t n at wmi ii r a rn uuu.uuu com imm nur 1 11 1 1 n mnra otiiti rcn ctuuuihisiil ud i iir n a n or rmii . - - .
r. fiMvjaBin sBvciai Aarrv.n 1 " ' " j ""i. . . . . . . - . I . . 7 T i cepuon mat Jeruiation of this kind can
w i onr Drinrir reiurrantiT ana flonbr- i uuubuib idoqi. or lanii-iaxca com- i vu, biiudu, uv increaaiax area 01 te auetained oniv nn nwniir tronniii
ellef aa a reason
sntocdPttM ta--. k an to ear 44nm --- - " i .TT.. I vm.i ' . . 2 ror Hunda blue laws would be to null-
fci um ohm Buu. rMda at WaxIoa. icai ir wronr ana unjust to tne ms-i wunu e,0wv, ana so jjs oai mig i ivuu.wui-buo va aaiains arouna iry mem. -. - . . . . - i-
we nave tne atranse spectacle, there-
nactd ana en-
rellrionlAta.
rhlch deny that
and aaaert that
ilntr mora than nnlica Anii
un grounds nroaaer ana more gen- conaiaeraoiy m Mr. aionier s mina. I ""S-l1," mouaurwe.
. a "M . a loritv of mod i at aeverai Mints: more io ids KOTemmeDt. 1 is tnis i me ranroaa ousmess win aecrease m I
. w i w :. . . . T: ' i. . m. i lore,, or reiigioua laws ei
"V""- . DUl It IS almost imDOSBIDie to cnanxe Miguv, vr ure ooa. i . 4 juw uJ uo Dome rorcea at the demand of
; w jre-.v.v..ao t w tAABra. e . imnftr. Mrti,i.. n.tr one conaldtratlon Would aaam to I truth and reason" In thla nredlriinit'. ! and upheld by courts '
""V, . a, " ""'.."' . " , ""T7.r " ,: .v...... they are rellsloue lawa
...... , - courts still drat? a one in semi-medl-1 jubuit a leaerai inneruance tax. 1 muusa wo nuaRiue ji; is mscninea they are not
5T
f
. The common problem, yours,
v ' mine, everyone's,
Is sot to fancy what were fair
; - la life.
.ProTlded It could be, but
7, - finding first
' What may be, then find how
to make It fair.
Up to our means. ' :
'VV;-w -f -Browning.
Iseval fashion, clinging to precedents
-H and spltttlng hairs of technicalities eral but very likely again uncon- There will be plen'ty of business for uttie common Vioneaty aiid for 'tome
while common sense Is outraged and ! stltutlonal-niuch a tax is o be de- railroads even under prohibition. But fnu,n? American, baokbone. v . if
Justice writhes with wounds. is fended, namely, that without adopt- almost any excuse for retrenchment hn" obedience to a . reiirioua del
there any attempt to reform our Ing socialism the general policy of J will do Just now. ; .' ' mand and for religious purpoaea, they
political system, such as direct nom- the government should be to bene- 'f- . ' , g pfor uVirdproDabhi2 mat
lnatlons and the Initiation and refer-1 ui tne masses 01 tne people, ratneri biw ouurm, according 10 a 1 me oi rengioua eennmeni waay 11
endum? It Is "vtslonary,M "lmprac- than a few, to ease the burdens of Washington report, declined to dls- meDts! . "V4 'ntVu? P'f';
tlcable," "socialistic," and whatever the many roor rather than those of 1 cuss tne Bcnuebel-Blngham lmbrog- It may be doubted If a convention of
else Is surely "unconstitutional." the very rich, and ao make life easier "o, lest if be did so the-public might JU,, "whenwe cSS
. A change In educational methods and more tolerable for the average draw, the' inference that there was , aider that moat people' are attached to
and standards has been easier, for man, and especially for the worthy friction among the Oregon delega- 1n,DerIur,cnu ttwrtr8S5aaV,l
cbvlous reasons, and has been grad- poor man raising a family and by tlon In congress, u, no, such a fear aiona, it will be Been that any revision
ually going on for years, and wIH the closest economies trying to gain la surely, without any foundation; J'
continue, for it has not yet pro- and maintain a home and educate the public -would not suppose there atatute books. ; '
gressed far enough nor altogether In his children. This Is the right as the, least friction whatever, nn- Ao'&eept1 o
the best directions. To state the theory, but In practice the opposite leM the members get . Into a fist they are secular in purpose ought to be
desideratum of education briefly, It occurs., Nowhere Is the burden flht. at least.- All is -perfectly se- SnS.lnV
THE ASSASSINATION OF DOLPII.
T OE9 a clsnee at the oast en-
' I 1 courage' Oregonlans to desire
1 J legislative selection of sena-
v tor? There, for Instance, was
the political butchery of the late
Senator Dolph. It occurred at Salem
under circumstances that reeked with
"infamy. , The detailed record of It!
is to fit every pupil, both In common I lightened for this sort of a man; if
and higher schools, to apply the he has a large family,, while the mil
best that Is In him o that work for llonalre baa only one or two cb.ll
whlch he Is-best fitted, so" as to be dren, the federal government may
useful In the world and Individually actually take more from the poor
successful and contented. Educa-lman than from the rich man; and a
rene and harmonious among them, llToi "th.chi 'o wVai'th. of nine
we are. sure
Bourne nvr
papers. , v
writes to . the news-
tntha of the population and practically
all respectability bohtnd them. It la
not ao now... Compelling their rigid exe-l office.
outlon at thle time, a fewaealota are
Imply Invoking the authority of aano
tlmonloua law-glvera dead and gone for
the regulation of people of different be
lief e, different tastes and different ne
cessities. , . .'- . i' '
We are to remember also that true
American liberty had aome of Its. most
Important beginnings In successful as
saults upon these very laws. It was
not until the people) had learned-to flues-
MS..?.? .12?. ?aVL 5-Ab!'i..S 'rom ennui!
4Ulig BIIU tuvuui au s.uu iai.i.D vhwi vui . . av
There Is no disgrace in running to
afaCJ,b,' c,pbU 'wUr sara hU
out,ofrdn.teh,UM "r"ltesyars ivout';
- , . '. e e . t
l.1i'Tu.i?l'l!," ,n th" Arlsona and
t MM -
ipere is no Sanger "of tfp. u.
e e ,
no danger "of Mr.
'an antl-spltting-ln-the
01 virvmiM. inn witjy vtuiurvu a uauu i : . .
thA Afnl, nntuniFflm f Haorn 1 1 IT I . en " mere an ' Sn
who ruled by divine right Bam Adams ordinance. In TarlaT
I n . ILf a a aa fhtiAAfrPA a nit ThAffiii jAffArArtn I . - ' P.. e . e
In Vlralnla were hounded to their graves I Everybody who can emclov labor a.
Dy ine eiemenv wnivo , aupponeu , ui '.w.owu.jr anuuia ao so now,
blue law,
Theaa men an(f ethers almost aa cele
brated held that emancipation from ec
clesiastical authority waa essential to
llbartv. What would they have thought
of SO.OOO.OOOof people subjected to re
llgloua laws which gained their for6e
hv turllclal denlala of the self-evldnt
fact that they are reiigioue lawsi
Maybe we had our winiav iaa
mer; there wasn't a great deaf of dif-
ference. ",.'1, " : :. - . ;
.! 113ei?. 1- "othlng In the new' scrip-"
tariff iawVr,'l uph,ol(lln" Dlngley '
If Mr. Bourne were at the head'of
a great corporation or cooperative
concern, in which millions of dol-
IhavAd and ronrturt themselves In a way
deaervtng merit, and certainly thrae not
deserving aucn treaimeni wouia nuwt.
' The eouroe ef information as already
stated, la prlaonere. The county rooa.
nil la a nenal Institution. The men
It la maintained In some Quarter. I n Governor ITorhoa isaa mm a .t-.,
a... A -. - h that Mn.a tA Invi.lnn. 1 tAm.rn.rn .-..-- ... ..."I " " l7 .
of popular rlghia during the last SO or Sent or jiol v , Tr " Vj :f ?J
40 yeara have resulted In a serious cur-j ,- A-r,a r ? ,.:;.
tallment of liberty. If reasonable and I , How those .eld .bnnur, n..M.l
harmless diversions on Sunday may must be suffering, by this time. But .
now be prohibited by a small religious maybe not , . i . I
element, backed by s notorious false! . r .'v ' 1 ? . : :
pretense in tne courts, u must db mail - jr naa not neen reported that Fulton
thara haa alaa been a 'moat emnhatlo I Called on the nrulrlant on hi. .........
loss of Independence on the part of the Waahlngton. ' . '
tvAnnlA ThA wnnt nf ill lltTtl VI I ' , , '
those who willingly bend to the yoke. J Count Bonl Is probably Tery mad b $
Many lmDortant ouestlona are press-1 tause he can't set at hta i. . iHL. h
Ing for settlement, but they all shrink I her aome more. , -
into Inalgnlflcanoe in compartaon ; win i : n .
thla 'hfta. Involvlnr aa it does ths Per-1 "The Tord knowa aava XT- sim
sonal liberty of millions. TaTlffs, trurta,But the Lord aeema to let us work eut
currency, rebates and all auch prob-1 our awn salvation. . . ... . ..
' e , e r
Now Is the time te "laUneh" eaiidl-
fo'ckVm.V.VtVnt,.th!
- -'- , e e i ,
.A Nw Tork man has buried 14 wires1
and yet if he haa any money left many
a woman would marry him. , ,
e - e .... . .';."".
lems will hardly be dealt with wisely
by men who are not free or by courts
wnion are terrorised or insincere.
Chamberlain for
t- - President
Vice-
Will alwara h an nTv tlnfh n aVaI DUOTPU vynicuieu. i.uuta-1 iuou iuau uuui mo iivu uiau, nuu a - - -- i p. m penal inatltutlon. mei
nui Biwaja uo an qgiy oiotcn on lflei.,nft .i,am u.v tnl.-.j,,.! inh..iti.M t nH hain I lars a month were handled and thon-li.np th.r. Vnraiiv have bec6me crlm
cL0:60;,-:.! draw out and: train tor practical use to even up these Inequalities and cor- nd , of People were Interested, to 'fhSN Tnlre"'
KltJ 11 K HI I inilllll WHS Hn IlllllirinilS I ... . I . - 1 am Baa 'a..-1 . - I . . . " . a A.-.
Senator Dolph was an Illustrious
statesman, t He held a distinguished
From ths Bait Lake News.
A Jersey City woman gave, a man tit '
te marry her. - 6he -ean't raaaonahlvi
This Is the launching of a real vice-1 expect much of a man at that price.
the capacities of the dudII. mechan-1 rect this injustice.
- - - . I w I aa
leal as well , as ' Intellectual. . ' It 1 Mr. Havemeyer came here from a responsioie,
whom he. a. general manager, wu .a,U?
"'"T' should seek to match pegs and boles, foreign country and found this , a "an Schuebel
nous ability made him a, factor In
the councils of vhat body. He bad
a caucus nomination for senator.
Every consideration of , honor and
good faith called for his election- It
was of paramount Importance to
Oregon that 1 he should have been
elected. But he was not elected.
'. Oyer night, the buccaneers at the
state capital got In; their deadly
work, and tfie next day Mr.' Dolph
lacked one vote of an election. The
majority wanted him, but a beggar
ly minority determined . to rule of
ruin. Treachery had its opportuplty,
and this primal asset In, legislative
senator-making played Its part. " It
played Well, and one of the best sen
ators Oregon ever had at Washing
ton was sacrificed. The buccaneers
politically assassinated a man recog
nized as the peer of any man In the
senate. It was done by men Whom
the Republicans of .Oregon elected
with the tacit understanding that
Mr. Dolph should be returned to the
senate. It waa understood to the
.;n7rt,:,. liny fat kind aver to bs Uuncbed tft" SSLVlM thi1-"-B5l?r ttt7I!J,
i T v, u aVVHM Cl5o"K an? they do Their pleas In Salt Lake. On. circumstance , Is MkHVwlTl1! VVtoSS? SKtZZ
bel nla head attorney? if I ....... t mil nf work are varl-1 . ..... I 7.Z...Z' S1Z wl" oave a eieaoy ana atreO'
, , -- i - r, - - ,!,. in-.. I vrroni uj guaraniee ion n win lire ua
e doing his dntv hv the bus. 6ome sham Insanity, ptheraUlneaa, - m , -j ;e .. e ,:-r,)
ifir uuir w. ... I -.wvmw, wiau ..v, " ova. wus. I npii wnrifl Tn.r. aiii
.'.t?.:. Wit "A""" - E? k,n- "o. deacons." irthitrinf
A Detroit Breacher aava: Tn '
worm mere ,wui ne no eablneta,
There
4.M,Vnt and not let It be ter of: events, is suggested by the fact A0.". " H? 0"" PWple. snd
a aubiect of aympatby. Con- that the town in which thla boom .will I
The time-has not come, and will tn'elr tVrm it compulsofy liborT r,nt T'y. w .nnw oeteat or sue- r Detroit News:. Only 1118.000 for At-
Backward or dull pupils should be land of great opportunity. He had no. was ne qomg nis amy Dy inei- ""- th;mVeiV to avoid longer than the day on whtoh it Is
worked on particularly, not to make business ability and improved one W r the United States and of their daily taeka. - t: . launched, and how near Salt Lake. Is
. . . . . . - . . . . . .1 ... ........ ... I nninn n n..Mnl.. t- I To minila 80 or TO men Or Buon cnar-
scnoiars or inem-rmosi people can tioi tne many opportunities to become v i"v. u Kicvvmi v I scter is no easy taak. Ond must act on
and shouldn't attempt to be scholars I very wealthy."' Tcre government Pcuuouei or owirici nuorneyr v i his bent
A. A. A. .1.. ... - S SBMAlBAataAMAAlAAaABBMAAMAa . 1 W (V STlIlgg1
DUt to Stimulate ana Cultivate Bucn helped him to do SO, and yet pernaps ' , r 7 ' ' ... Beauently after the prleonera have
.v . . . I . . , a... I The time. haa not rnma mil will I "...i":!1.!" : ...i... i.ki.
inieiusencn aa iaer dt anu oircci laioa mm scarcely more uuring an . tnoir irm 'i 'r " . i . lia tmt nvt, th. .. ,,,., (nrnv rmm i -" ..".,", r. "
...... , . , . , . ... . . not rnma In tMa niinrv hn a we would not expect them to come out f?BB 's just over tne mountains to orny v-romweu ror transferring the
It Into the "channels where they can these years than one of his working- not come, in mis country, wnen a f,hwoJyA the east , property of the Panama Canal com-
use It best t , . men- what Injustice would there be newspaper cannot-criticise the action ind Its management, and If the Tele- July is the time for the boom to Pfwr to the United StateaT Hnhi s
use u oest. , . ... r men, wnat injustice wouia mere ne t-tr,ct .MoriMIT - -r.-d fnr- iram pretended X be decently honorable come to a head. Denver la the place, city ajvlngebank receiverahlp Is wortli
.These remarks necessarily offer then In the government requiring or nstnci attorney, a grand jury, ajram p re nn eai ioo- th8 "pubjj,. and George b. Chamberlain, governor more than that.. K-.
only a mere hint of the changes that him at his death to turn over part f even a court. In fact, we know that KeUy Butte la corrupt by, auch ofOregon, is not in una ca aOiegirl , 1
-'.!.. v...T ..t.. ,.v x... .'- of no nubl c servanta mora dMPrvlnir low. miserable, and partial Information. ttae . wlc lewta . rmocratlo The new mlnlstedr from Oreeoa la
are vaaiu Via,co iuU iuduib , mm ut um 6rv. wpsuu, ieaim uis m- ' j. , V A CITIZEN AND TAXPATER. governor or a KepuDiican atate, ana I quoted aa aaylng: "i never aaw greater
' " "". .V"1 "l w"rn bo, di resemoiance between the women of two
itn. win i.a Pn. nirla Ties' known in the eaat. and of the men In I diffaranr m h.. v.-. - .wt- " a
Perhaps the supreme court, when Wyeth. Or, Jan. 10.-Te the Editor of 10"" " T" WIT?ZS& aJSl aIJZZA
mat aeciBion in tne futnam easel n'ou,,1 ia "f""" m ,uown hub r
young men of Wy.th tc . pweci , ..tness- WathwJ
Kuw siingi 111.0J iii.mi.- 1 0i 11 ,wnue aeeaing other news. He
place in our standards and methods ily aUll very wealthy, to the coun- of criticism now than many Judges,
of education. They should not be I try, the government, the people, all
lowered, but should be broadened. I of whom bad aided him In his en-
Higher education supported by the I terprlse?
etate cannot be, if it should be, aban
doned. but It and common education
too, can be and should be made more
practical, more effectual, more in
dividually adaptable. 1 . - ' v
GAO LAW.
comes up, will be inclined to ask:
"Whajt is the matter with Wanna?"
mn that American - women are My
, wmi asaer wws numogri,
TAXING INHERITANCES.
I
Letters From tke People
Facts About Kelly Butte.
Portland, Or., Jan, 10. To the Editor
T IS the Inalienable right of s
newspaper to criticise any person
holding public office or perform
ing public duties, If that person
Is derelict or untrue to the trust re-lot The Journal; For aome Ume the Tel
HE LATE Henry O. Havemeyer posed in him. Indeed this is tiotJerajn has been making a vicious and
left his property, estimated at only the right but the 'duty 0f a unw"rnimea "ac on -u"
from 115,000,000 to $25,000.- newspaper, and if it falls to call Pf'endent of Kelly Butte. This source
; 000 entirely, to his immediate attention to the delinquencies of pub- "X
' furthermost limits nf the afAta that I m i, .1 ,..v, I ... ...
. --- - ifniuu, siiub uuiuim mr vusui,BOi u uuicisis n ceasea 10 ueserve me articles freely that were airalnat him
i. Z V. 1 r . : V Pr clT,c Purpoe- aa pertect connaence pr tne people. but have refused to print any communl-
wbat wa-s this to men who had per- herai rirht to do this, and inany In the performance of what he 9t,on ent to them that was In his
sonal ends to? T ;.. . :,, -;r v would say a perfect moral right, too. deemed his duty to the people of his we' all know the attempt. at reform
Senator : DOlpn Was butchered in I He made the tnonev leaitlmatelv? community. norern Putnam, editor the Telegram haa recently made. It haa
spite of the fact that his name annhau fo v. .... k th thk.,. . P0n'roni thJ? "u.bJe.ct ?' "P? Digging
record were without taint.. Against he violated no Jaw of the country, local grand jury and the district at- h1" Heaven." -and when a reform was
lZ " " p a . state or city; it was his, to do with torney for failing to Indict a man athe
Midu,; iw wm Bcoaiur wnoBo ajj be pleased. who bad been guilty of a murderous tortn with the childish boast of "Tele
iiueuty io ms ntgn i position was But this conclusion, or fact, may assault.
never maae tne subject of accusation; be reasonably discussed along two by Indicting the editor. Now behold desired to place aome one as auperin
He brought no contumely tipon him- lines; first, that since certain laws of the unutterable farce that was en- tfo'bSd 'Jnf"!? bUw'Vcot4
self.i upon the office, or upon ; the the country are so framed as to give acted when bis case came to trial. proved o satisfactory to the court, for
!!P. .VTn:; H0 ft, opportunity to become a Putnam desired to prove that the grY "ffitt"". pmoted iTtS
,iu uuiuu, uu at wttBa- monopolist and, fix the price of a murderous assault was committed, supenntenaency. The result of the in
ington reflected credit upon his con- commodity, i sO that the people are Thla he had to do In order to show twttigtl1
stltnencyi and upon his 8tate.it, But involuntary contributors to his that the grand Jury failed In its . The fact that it wiii print articles
A u'l f, !nta f 7 1,lolIlIn; then- wealthrte Is under a moral obliga- duty when it omitted to Indict the ZWi nTt&n, gfo itTy
and It Will Under like circumstances, tlon on dylns: to return a nortlon man guilty of the assault, and that table citizens Is sufficient to brand ai
t fnnitf fnr nnltila- ,...n.. If I. I . .... ... ..... .... I. . ... ." ... . Ian lnlUHtlcS. It In a itmni InilinApInn
. W- i,Xf ;r,.7T l TvV .v.l01 tn" aitn, it it oe great, to the his editorial criticism was conae- that they are not actuated by motives
- vayiui. . -. -people; ana secona, mat in any case quently justified. But tne court re- ao in" service, nut are un-
personal selfish ends to serve in sen- 6f great wealth the public is entitled fused to admit this evidence on the &Bon.at x mwspw ''wff'Soop
, atonal elections. ' ; . , to a considerable portion of it, the ground that the question whether an to "uch low Journalism as that la guilty
a.I-JI Prcen. to be proportioned to the assault had been committed was res ?t13-Ud,!St
v,r" Tl " . I awe) oi tne zoriune at tne aeatn or judicata; that Inasmuch as the grand I Me county, jaii. . . , -
, i lie yec6rd was spotless. : "It mattered lh w era .1.4.4 v - A pretended communication from
,. v. . in . , I : w.uumuou "- w w i Henry Bpauiding in the issue of Jan
, HOI mat ne Was a man OI lllUStrlOUS I The first Of these nronosltlona Islnn aaaanlf thnlf nnc1nnlnn rrmld nnr uary la a series of unreasonable false
' SiV A ot worth discussing, except for the be assailed. l In Other words, when USSi T$5?$&&My&?t t&
.vov. v " " " purpose 01 seeing now laws could be the grand Jury bad Acted no news-l"oon artr m release, spauiding says:
t0 prfVent the oopoliza- paper had any right to question the -SlSSLA
. iT' !' TT." ' uon 01 a Proauci ror every mum- correctness of their conclusions
of . the state f ' Oregon' and von can
Sired Wm: to be'htr own successor. miiMonaif a i. - l.w , blm-1f i -,.14 wi;,.h A .ia count youraelfv oije; of; the, list" Its
1 -,w 1 .n, r viuiu sj uitiivuih iu . vuuticna -nmnriairinn annvi an 1 1 nrnrwta an 10.
" . f-wuivua , to tne disposal or his wealth; but of anv more oernicious or more dan
to admit It. that be bad a caucus the second proposition, the one for eerous ludldal deHalon than thla. Tt
.al.aiUa A - 1 -a I " I" - - - I StUUllJ.
hub uub. aw a oeBBioa given 1 an inheritance tax, is practical and alms a direct blow at the freedom of They have told the ' -story of Cole, the
Over to TiOt and rowdyism, he Was worthy nt eoneMeratlnn A rrnH. v. ,viu i v... PKro . prisoner, Over nd over till It
jgnomimousiy oeaten, ana
place was chosen ' an
noratit person, -while the article In the
Telegram Is written by one of sliaht
aouuy, poaeioiy a xeiegram reporter,
They have told the atory of Cole, the
.....l .,1,.,, , ,a-A v ....jnegro prisoner, over na over tin it
speech, which is guaranteed by our I is stale. Cole was punished to some
and tn - nla j. a c a . j Is male. woie wan punisnea IO some
ana in nis uated inheritance tax, the percentage constitution, and it places a grand tt for hla Insubordination, but the
i'SJoS!1 of wlta rn'9 ,ury beyond the of pitT.Tw!?fT
H W HO KB Ben- wao tt i tnmto-h rr aAma nvtonr .-in m. i & 1 i. . . ' .
loveawe man. out a man wno as sen- wealth, though, . to some extent so
ator was neipiess ana impotent. clalistlc in character, is In vogue in
Such Is the record. Does it en- England, France and probably other
courage us to abandon Statement No. countries, and . in several states, and
1, and give back to the legislature ftS a national policy is advocated by
us ngnc to select tne senator! President Roosevelt and many lead
Ing statesmen and thinkers of! the
CHANGING STANDARDS." " country, men who -would not admit
, , r , . , .. if moment that they are in anv
fii2Vu&n or standards or, sys-jwlBe socialists.
.. nio mi uiiiiuuh uu u poo- objecuons to an inneruance tax
j aibie at an are usually brought! will occur at , once to any one; it
t . about only, by slow, long .pro- violates the constitutional : reauire
cesses. People cling to the old and ment that taxation shall be equal
tried, and, what they are accustomed and uniform,, it would discourage
to, even when not doubting that the thrift And, enterprise, it would be
new would serve their .purpose bet- evaded by some and so would be an
ter :were .it once adopted and in injustice to others, and it is essen-
general use. ,' Our system of weights tially eocialistic; '. but all these and
, and measures is an illustration. No- the rest of the objections put to-
body disputes that the metric system gether are not sufficient to overbal-
is better, but we won't adopt it' be ance the arguments in its favor
cause It would be troublesome to though it may. readily be presumed
make the change,;, trhe Torrens sya-1 that the supreme court would hold
tem of.-land .transfers, would be a
great Improvement over the present
cumbersome, expensive' and antiqua
ted system,' but wev won't put the
. Torrens law into use because of the
Initial trouble and expense. We have
aeen Jiow. useless it is to " try to
change Uhe orthographical system,
or rather to adopt a sensible system
In place of none., Once people learn
to spoil - -English the way their, par
ents did they will stick to that way.
Jo the farly history of railroad build
J:g la Ula United States English In-,
it unconstitutional, as by a scratch it
did the income tax.
. One sufficient Justification of such
a tax is that the very rich man bas
Vastly pore benefit than a poor man-
from the protection of-property by
the laws of a stable, safe govern
ment. The millions of one mani in
whatever; consisting, are as safe as
the thousands or hundreds of his
neighbor. .lie is protected from both
socialism i. and anarchy : The more
be has. the . more such protection is
worth.; But It may be said that he
criticism. This is not common sense
and we do not believe it is law.
other -prisoner, - waa ' necessarily pun
ished because he repeatedly refused to
work. Any person who would torture
rumaail by binding hla leg with a cord
to atopthe circulation of blood through
his foot until hla foot became swollen
and black ao he could plead the cripple
ana tnus . arouse pudihv aympatny , tnat
tack, hv tha vouna- ladles, have formed a I ran Into a. lair of local Democrata and
?7TZ:' HoT. .fI- oetDr,.ThhJ
Joined to win the prlae given to the to apeak on other mattera, but the arid
one who is most successful thla year in farming president waa making the be-
refualng proposals of the young ladies, ginninge of a Chamberlain boom and
They expect a goodly number and aome he would not be denied. ' ' "
warm conteats, as the glrla of thla vl-. "You can't aay things too' good about
cinity have been longing for the coming George Chamberlain for me,", he said
of thla year for many months, when "mni t t,u you tn boom for the vice-
thav could do the woolnr. Of course rrA.Mr.. i. ... .k. Zin ul Z l.,
there may be a few weak ones In our one. Chamberlain knows the eaat and who can also make ahoea preferred,
iincB. iiu l awn uwiq aj aaa v .av rin k nuava naa aa aa b v m n wnai'g iaa
other members they may always aay about it la that he knows that no good
. Oregon SideligLlra
'A telephona llna Is being bttlltfroni.
Eugene, to Donna.
,- - e , , .
island City la to have eleotrie lightg
again from the flour mill power.- . ,
Hubbard wants 4 harnessmaker.
isro". for the next 12 months.
J. L. W.
can .come anvwhera to Ihi wut ,itv.
out it affecting Oreron one wav or. an.
other. So whenever there la anything
i u oi liar ii pniiniini srst vctar a v wrearrn wah
find Chamberlain supporting It with in
dulgence, energy, ana a good heart He
O. C. Matthews of Lane county haa
killed over 100 cougars with one gun. .
. The Honorable Allies.
Great merriment In Tokio; great glee
in linnnon uj wn. i u l. it: .
An honorable "treat 1 Joins ths White "i"B ,t"V T"." "'"1""?" n7.t.n5I
, .""" ",,u.w.!'" uinra uun Mn.k.-. ... .i
...... ..r... .. . inaraea auccesa. ana mat mnnntinii I uv va
una . iavm mi i .. - - . . . - i mvapaa
- i it u it DMn run imr.ir
Tha. worth v British
Morrow county haa Z05.KI sheep, lt
000 less than last year, all In good con
dition. - i i
single agency ,
By various persistent methods Grant
unty a
coyotes.
worthy Rising Bun, - v working In the paat five years to at-
The red-rayed flag snd Union Jack tract mtereat to the west"
mfc.AhenCnt0rmH-hTinWia va the 'tnow Chamberlain. Whon
"Thoae lolly little , Japp les. aays the th. g,e America convention brought to
b.ftliy h.P,, 8t Lak two yeara ago the govirnora
uanaai io wisier ouu, "iand prominent people of many western
honorable Jap, .... . 1 states, the presiding Officer was Oov-
WB're pals front now, Oia leuow, says I .rnor Chamberlain. TTa a-iiMa th I lahaa and tnrnlM In hi. ..a.
fV.- wnrlhv Johnnv Hull: t I 7.. I- ; , T""Z 1 ... .... B..UD.
-VCL "v-".i n' ati I ...... vu. . ay.M maaing a great e
oaya n ini un. v.wu i nemonsiraiion or . tne west resources, j
v" . in neeas, ana its opportunities. Ouiot
Five families have within a fewt
weeks bought parts of a former large
farm near Central Point
a , ' . -
3; W. Cook, of McMlnnvllle. II yean
had laat week lettuce, beets, rad
old.
' I . . a v. Jlal' manner, he yet gravitated easily o
The honorable Jap proclaimed ba loved the center of interest and In memory
t n aa a-iriBn uiHir. I naa rn emai tt m mm av . a
But when he got Manchuria ha opened it i'bU spirt ta- "1 -a1"-
no mprej , i..a f "There la only one other Democrat"
Tha honorable ally, now the treaty had aald Fisher Harris, "who Is a serious
Was. very wrong In thinking ba could j ernor Johnson of Mlnneeota, who to
share Manchurlan trade; the peopia 0f the east la aa dear -
And furthermore the Brown Man, haV- f Ohamharlaln la, in l)m.. ne ,.
Ing aubsldiaed a fleet, .. . I Going on to aoeak of the Oreaon mnn. I ' While" no nev.- developments relatlvw
Kan the worthy P. A p. boats on their 1 Mr. .Harris declared In all the warmth the new outlet to Tule lake have
honorable neat;. . of enthusiasm of one whose pet schemea I bMn nde public recently, yet there
While by gently cribbing trade-marks j have had , warm and friendly backing Is no apparent change either as to tha
In hla oriental Way . ' I frnm ' a man ti mihetm Vim wa,.i. I Imnnnl nf watnv mniitn. a . ...
Hi showed the British makers compe- furnish return support "George Cham, disappearance Into the bottomless nit
titlon wouldn t pay, . . berlain, Is clean cut and aa bright as s It were. , -
And to the British protests that were a dollar. Without an exception he Is ' .
a hi Ail without end ' - tha ahl.it M.n In th. t u. - T.aal Wiilnu.n .m. .
Bald: "Xou wouldn't doubt the motives j born in the south, yet he la filled With I tare in Pendleton registered alt thewaef!
at at naanrsnig rrisnn - 1 . Mai. ..-a. . 1 a . .. a 1 m m . . -
t va. an iiwi.v.-wv , , juio sviiH ui ma V I vn ow UB OJf re. wniCJI ! WftrOI
- 1 -'v 1 aT TemaAl 1 uh (aa, - a... tlAa,! ' 1. a .1. I av. it.a Aa Y M a 1 m - iaa.
The honorable Briton, when the treaty ! the entire west d not luat for Ore- For the past two weeks the thermomo-
Met an opportunity to show his friendly character beyond reproach, , a signally and most of the time the weather has
, i. r.. f r.r v - . ahu i. wihi i unn uiuuuicdb,
a Dunco oi wormy .mwv. y see mm named ror vice-president on
BAltlad down. I tha nnmncratifl tlpVcP , .
Full of love and friendship tor the "1 haven't heard of a Chamberlain
worthy ally's town: boom anywhere else ga yet" was sug-
8o up rose several Britons, and with gested. . . 5 ,
, hnnnrahla aruna - - "Nn.. vml hiv.n'l." amA h. , aaa,.
Wltn honoraDie puncnw ino i Doom inc. west couia possibly get up.
orable Jabs, ' .JTou write up OiIb interview and you
With, gracious kicks, and wallops andi can launch tha boom." ;s , ,j 4 .
. lth rirlnna halta and StabS. . I Anil thnra nnw It B...
. " . o ' V . j . ... . i -- . - ; - ' " ,.v . " uijnii
With wortny mumps nu ueuui "ina unamoeriain sounas wen ,, enough,
The Salem board of trade Is advertis
ing Salem In 4,000 or 6,000 eaatern pa
persall the "patent eutsldes" In the
country.
Many strar jers have arrived In Sheri
dan recently for the purpose of look
Ing over the country with a view of In
vesting in aome of Yamhill valley's pro
duotive soil, aays the Sun.
The attorneys for Thaw and their
hired expert alienists are going to
show that it was Stuporous melan-ihe might beg more. effectually through
cholia" rather than "dementia Am ou!a need more than gentle
, ... . 7. . I entreaties to Keep mm at worK.
ericana, or exaggerated ego," that I There baa been one escape from Kelly
was his excusing af fl ctlon when be fuiw.Jn vfr y'rna m ini sun-
t,iiij ot.,.it wm. . , Ject th Telegram has kept their type
Killed Stanford White. But people net for many issues. When Jack Earle
generally had an Idea that Thaw was ecapfj Mr. Brlgga was guard, and not
rather a gay and lively gent, even on BHggs was not at Kolly Butte -at the
that occasion. However, one term um,?- '.u a m' ,
win ii.n,,t n i. m The other guards had thla prisoner In
vi ouuuv 0.0 ""w bo Buuiuw ior custody ana were responsiDie-ror nim
an excuse. -t tne time, ir w are to, nota Briggs
responsioie we win nave1 to prove a
consnlracv between the a-uarda. It waa
it would oe interesting, though I al" ted m a recent issue that the
possibly not profitable, if the people '"vsbynV
of each state could indicate their I Butte, and' she walked to the end of
choice for presidential candidates to
advance of the national conventions I evening of Earle'e escape Brigga left
and delegates were .obliged to vote ihW " " : . ) " 1 " v"
The Telegram makes the cowardly ac
Tor the candidate having a nlnmiitvl
vote, or divide their votes as neariv f2f,"i! .:,-fetfcw" e1?!?-
i luiounc " v uf , iiicii, iioTcu v tnera unvn
as possible accoramg to tne popular
vote. In this way we would get
somewhere near electing a president
by a popular vote. ,
According to a dispatch toThe
Journal, Senator Bourne was a spe
cial and the only, invited guest of
President Roosevelt at '4inner the
other evening, on which occasion the
president expressed much pleasure in
the devotion of the senator, both in
the present and in the past, to re
form work. Tbe information given
more escapes,, especially of 'those promt
nent . and , well-to-do ; prisoners,, aa It
pleases to ' call them, Instead of the
poor, penniless wretcnea tike Jack Earle?
The writers of the paper accuse Mr.
Brigga of being a coward A good way
10 prove tne accusation would he to
send the most pugillstie member of
tneir atari, or tne wnoie atarr, ror that
matter, to Kelly Butte and tell tt to hla
face. I am confident they would return
with a different opinion and aome ex
ternal evidence also. The vile He was
firinted In yesterday's paper that he was
ntoxlcated at times. I know tilm well
and know lie Is never under the influ
ence' of liquor. k:.V:,; ..v "i....
The prisoners say the superintendent
haa favorites. . It la a nracttce of all
Senat Institutions -to treat with some
eference, prleonera who are well ba-
with honorable raps, - .lit may be aupposed, for iany western
a ..
; December was an unusually busy
iiviibii. in Liia ui ' unnaa jana oillre.
There were 159 timber and stone proofs.
43 homestead entries. IS final hnma.
teaa proora, 14 rtnai mineral claims,
3 original deserts. 41 timber and atona,
applications, beside a sprinkling of
contest cases and minor: matters that
required an unusual amount nf norm.
gpondenee. The total cash receipts)
niiiuuiiieu : id 09,iSJl.s
. . e
Arlington Record: The Record ha
mi ... ,k.lv trmnAV faallna' fnP nmnnrat h,.t h- I1J ..
the honorable Jap; . . . Icertain color rides forth In the qrjeT j received sn offer from a manufacturer
And when the eons of Nippon had re- Honing objection aa to Vwhether the li? furnish us an automobile and take
. a lA J . 4U A A. aa I mm. mm m t Mm mm MM W-V mm. mm. mm mm A, t mm. 1 . '. . . . mr fl 1 m D W Vl Brltfairl M MM . "TTgT mm 1 iHAA J .
naivai . it in 1. 11 sinust, i rnsiri ri - umiiutirM.Liti i f mi. er-H wnniai tar '
In, advertising,
yj sj -.v ici LiaiiiEi : vi ' urn i ' is.
Thsir Jolly allies made their stores an their party go to battle with two: west badly and have Instructed the builder
. honorable wreck, . em men at the head of It. - ?' gasoline wagons to send one by re
While the Jape that weren't Injured all , .. .... .- ..--..,- ,..1 . .... Ui, turn mall. There la an excellent op-
. flourished friendly knives, PHnrA '''Arfhny'a Ttlrthiia ' rwt5tt1 t,"loop the-gap" from tha
thip honorable way took sey .. mnco Armors sirtnqay, 0D 0f onB hlll t0 that of th. n
t '9iik llvaa. l mnre Arthur., of Connausrht,, on a nt either a., n 1 nf Arllmrtni,.
And now to all the protests that Tokio j the. most popular members jof the .Srit-1 "jpectlng a lot of Jtun when the ma-
ldonblSS- ! "Can you -doubt your . fnW...wa. .bomanuary It.
occidental B; ,QUINCT,
chine arrives.
a a
lt63. He IS the only son of the Duke Hepnner Times: Th weafner nn far
of Conrrkught, brother of Kin Bdward. I this winter In Morrow, county would d
Hla full name: Is Prince Arthur Freder- . eaJi l2 VT world-famed winter weath-,
, ' Ick Patrick Albertl Prince Arthur re- little fret; ng weather the farmw bilni
La 1 &E&m&
trj.vi ... , ,.lnB.-....i- :rl ,n. S"oa conaiuon;. n iu range,,
prayers travel : rtmiw'prti ST thi'wSrtoV The Tw7mmmVW IXZflh.
young prince Is a great favorite of the rtu Vi Im JLjlt." v-
.a Afsmmm. king, whom he haa represented at wed" I"01? J"!rteB.d. "fa.,iw.ta!Ti '
Doubtful About Teddy.
From the Ms Angelea News.
William B3. Curtis tells tha story
little. .girl who was saying her
KA'tima nna nlaht recently:
"After repeating 'Now I lay ms 0 rditflnZt had considerable rain, and
n .leen' and asking Ood to bless ner functions abroad, i On of thaa.'A;.' 5lurm "om" snuw, anu ino ouuooK
father, mother, Bisters, two brothers, 1 lone was-when he was aent to Japan lor l fom,n CT0 Te" ooa'. -her
vony and kitty, aha added: Oh, J twoyeara ago to confer the Order of f l 1 t "J ! ' i .
tTK.r?r nareful of yourself, be-1 tha ?arter upon the mikado. Prince Arl J. B. Stumr of Monmouth had 140'
cause we have only you and the presl-Jthur and hla aulte returned by way of J Jn 2 m 1907. and threabed out
dent t depend upon,-ana pap aoesn r i ,num, ; ." .a.ruiy; received in I t bi pusn
like the way he is acting. '" iall the cities in which he stopped, ne tn Lie acre, Mr. Stump Is a epeclal-
jrftt In -in is cane is an trXKm uiv v w sin i-m n-iy niiia im in a I v vwbvii wwnio j. mo ani
e "children of an older growth' who 1 wire or tne Mweisn crown prince. The
th.
a.u tha rcaaon for things unreasonable,
Hesitating to place the blama for con
ditions upon divine providence, hla, mind
turna with childlike simplicity to the
president aa obviously responsible for
Fi,m ; To thla same order of Intel
ligence -the protected interests appeal
tn claiming for - the1 saored tariff the
credit of all our prosperity, . , . ,
other, is the, popular Princess Victoria
f-ainma,
; r, This Date In History.
1S08 Salmon P. Chase, chief justice
oi ' ine unnna oiaves supreme , court
born. Died March 7. 187S. . h
181J John Armstrong off New York
Denmi iffirsiirr i war. .1"
1t1lThanlralvtnA In fl 1 , .
His Unfortunate Business. I for successes over Bonaparte, '"
Front the Catholic Standard and Times.!. JetOSteamboat Ixlngton burned on
-Why la if asked the fox. "that you MS? .f.rtT "UV V
always look so gauntr' - '; " - I ig8S-chuylr ?Colfax.- seventeenth
"unr repuea tne woir. "it s an aue I vice-oresident or tne united Htataa.
to the business I'm In. I always have Bom March tt. 1823. -to
keep away from, the door until I 1891 Pa m ell presidTed over meeting
there's nothing left la tbe houiot to Of Irish National league in Dublin,
eat" . . .i , ' l0i Japanese entered Port Arthur. ,
mala, ne has a large flock of sheep,
Rnu u.av wr aiii?yRQ. ruuhl ,uuv DUCKS. I
Orchard culture Is interesting Mr?w
stump now. .and ne naa just set out 175
acres to . English walnuts. .The trees
have been planted H0x40 feet apart, and v
between the rows Mr. Stump haa plant
ed 420 Royal Ann Cherries, which he
flgnrea will bear, ' good cron .fnr v.
era! yeara before th4 walnuts are large
enough to spoil them by their shade. '
M..mmi.-,.h,J 111 '. ' "" i1-1 i. i. i.i 1 'i .,.e.;-s-V:.
i.. . Par, From. Dangerous. ; ' , :
: , From the Philadelphia Press. . w
v The boom - of Governor Johnaon f
Minnesota for the Democratic presiden
tial nomination Is ahowtnar alcna ne ka.
ing In pretty good health In some parts
of , the country, but It will have-to be
come far more robust than it ia a
shove the Bryan boom out of the way.-