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mmmMa THE JOURNAL ' AH 4 INDEPENDENT " NEWSPIPBB. f. JACKSON. llibllahrtf rry aalng (airef SaiMtarl ana aw Sundu Hnlti. at Tba Journal Build , Inc. Firm tad Yamhill it !(, loflUDd. Or. the Interest of the misses' of, the people. t - ' The president begins by urging the Immediate passage or an em' ployers' liability law as applied to Interstate business, to meet the ob Jectlon of the supreme court. Why not? Why should this Just law be luatt. 3 ELEPIIOKES MAIN TITS. HOME. A-l. All aVpartaMata tet-i br tbeae oamhan. aril tn oMimt ttm department yon warn. Km! Sl.to office. H SU: Kl 830. tOBEJO.f ADVCBTISI.NO KITRIWKNTAT1VK fa U Lulted Stair. Cauada or Mexico. DAILY On Mar ..t3.no l (too montk I .00 KI NIli v One liir II. &0 I On month S .25 . OAll.V l.Vn KI'MIAV. On nil S7.&0 I Ona muulb I .05 Eatera,! at the poatofflce at Portland, Or., for " "J J"- ra.uimiiiMi utroib iba ma lta aa wwood-tUaa r delayed and postponed perhaps not I passed at all? He also wants a law providing for compensation to per sons Injured while In the govern ment service. This Is right, too. He expresses the sound view that whlla .Vmianii-itoijaMia sp!! A.im tiain Aicncri j injunctions are sometimes necessar.-, Ynr" 'rVfhaw BaiTdtn7 cbir.V. ' they should not be employed to sup- Sabeerlprku Tarsia by mall to any addraaa press lanor organizations in tneir ei- iorts to uetier tueir conuitiuns. Besides his scathing censure o predatory and dishonest corpora- tlons, the president Invites their fur ther attacks by recommending the physical valuation of railroads by the interstate commeiw commission as an aid to fixing Just rates, and also "supervision over the financial operation of interstate railroads"; and ho denounces stockwaterlng and overvaluation, and would like to see stock exchange speculation restrict ed. All this, In the estimation of all the "Interests," will prove the pres ident more unsafe and insane than ever. He will have now lost all he gained In their estimation by the mildness and flaccidlty of his an nual measage. He is on all these questions for the people as against the people's plunderers, and the lat ter will hate him more, if possible, than ever. But since the president takes this stand on these Questions It is not easily- explained why he does not favor for his successor the - Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will ren der It the most easy. Tillot-son. RAILROADS DISCHARGING MEN. STILL RAILROADS are closing down bhops, or reducing hours of work In them, and so throw ing large numbers of men who! ly or partly out of employment. Yet everybody knows that the railroads of the country are not sufficiently equipped to do the business of the country promptly and satisfactorily, and that there Is much evidence to show that a good 'deal more instead of less work needs to be done not only on the tracks bet in the shops. fn order to have the traffic conducted efficiently and safely. qualities at any-Tate has never been equalled In this country.. That per sonal Influence wOl endure what ever the ballots say In November slm ply because the plain people of this country have the fullest confidence In Mr. Bryan's courage, capacity and sincerity." That Bryan , has a larger personal following of people who believe In him as the Ideal man than Clay or Blaine, Is If true a remarkable fact. for aside from two terms in congress he never held any public office. Nor is he a mero frothy spouter of words. As the Age-Herald remarks, he uses good Engllsh.'he knows what words mean, he uses them to express Ideas of interest and importance, and his speech always shows that he has thought, aud not superficially, along right lines. Like Clay and Blaine, Bryan may never become president, but, thnn?i vastly Inferior to them as a politician ho ia aa much superior to tht-tu in honest, straightforward sincerity of speech and purpose, and has un doubtedly the greatest "personal fol lowing" of any American today, per haps excepting Roosevelt. MR. BRYAN ON PRESENT ISSUES the time .of, the legislature . Is re quired in determining who shall be senator. The . legislative candidate who refuses to take Statement No. 1 shows his distrust of the people In selecting the senator and indicates a secret desire to have the selection take place In the legislature with all its nauseous Influence on legislation. Tt,. V n -i-i. .l ... I .. . . ' auiu i th Xm.orni ..." "calt" mings, mat other, questions shall b relegated oWlon. it would be s fatal mistake win the not for the candidate who shall see. From the Commoner. -,; , ,, restore the competitive system. The nS M the Democrats who have I ,ruBt Queation. iein a new - question V hn inrtirr.r-.ni TT- Z I aa compared with the tariff question, X !n Indifferent to thetrust ques- opinions are not so set upon It and It . J i ion ana the railroad question are lta much easier to convert Republican a' now Instating that -.-' I tn tha Democratic position on the truet .k.n w. ... . . "luuaatlnn than It la to convert him 10 -. . in. paramount isaue and Democratic position of the tariff not many voters Vote against to the rear. Ist' this demand shall do- for the party to refuse to make an ap- tooVvlous legislative candidate who doe. Jlr. some ot rank and file of th. fift-. J W. K b. sign Statement No. 1 and vote ?r,y' " mJr well to-recall a bit of the tariff reform Republicans, and they "J?",.1,?? Small Clx ; Now the battleship turn northward. ; No, Thaw beat Hall out as to the trial. ;. . -.1 : e - e - ' ;i . ... . ,. Teddy haa' poked no the animaia aaaln. - - . - ... . . H Will Hener become a Chaw.TaJk.wav lecturer? ; . , " 1 Senator Bourne seems to have been does? Wo history. The men who are so acajous r not 1'Kely to inelet Upon the a- now in their .desire that consideration Ufi,0' V.tiJS:1 lel"1tlon 'rom th of the tariff shall exclude the eonald- eratlon of all other question had a Republican leaders. a a The railroad magnates have In Ilk when alienee la a-oldan that money talks. . . . . O. the Ions- and dreary winter for baseball fans. w m e was comparatively' CREDITABLE BY COMPARISON. T It Is true that there has not been so great a car shortage during the IIe Beemg to a8gUme that Taf t so pas? iw monies as was me case iob stands: perhaps he does; but who year oeiore. crops, except in me ra-1 )tn0W87 cine nortnwest, were not so neavy. HE THAW trial Just concluded was a very creditable affair, as compared with the former trial of the case. There was no open wrangling among the defendant's lawyers, and Littleton conducted .the defense on a far higher plane than that traversed by Delmaa. District Attorney Jerome also showed a great improvement in the style of prose cution. The evidence was given in one Republican prominent in pub-1 much less time and a large share of lie life who conspicuously stands for I the alienists testimony of the former the president's policies La Follette. trial was left out of this. The de- The Washington correspondent ot ch.r tM u"U(m na1 rt1Iroad .W?,. "ifSL 1 . wh n injured innocent Abe Ru.f fi.. Rn.in Tn.in .... -i... . . .... umr mnwi in " ,."".1 :'!: A" " . . ' . iuhiiiv lueiu nucui mis SUDject. Then the Ttenuhllan I aiocunoiaora wen an iny yairuui vi the president read, ' or heard, the dldat. wn. the hi.h nHe. linZ. -ro ."n .,u,1 N, "'"i,,". charge that he was using federal he had Jinked hla name with th. n-'. leadera have taken the I side of the officeholders to forward Taft's can- M bill atandlnn for the most ultra pro. S1""". a,f "S.tht h.r o?2" t h J hi . . . .,, . . , I v j . 1 amount issue is tnererore tne protes- didacy, he said: "That is an unqual- ,oct,on- nnd yt some of these who are tlon of nil the people who desire equal lfled He " Yet If thn tironldnnt mM "uw P"'"a aa (ne spec al auardlaha of riants rrom the rew wno aemana special uiea lie. xet. u tne president saia r.fn, A, ol prlvlieaes. and this issue la presented In nu, ouu u iub punicuiiir ming ne t th B ... - - - every nutation before tne people read or heard is not so. it still may (inly possibe that thir .nVhnifaJl A A U . a. Jk A LA -- nS . . . I 1 Hen inuawu rue u al goou niany iea- r snrT that time and vet it tV -n regulation U cv.n mor widespread a The Thaw trial sane this time. Don't nominate men who wor't trust or obey the people. a a The cron of kandidates will Increase and grow rapidly now. ant mnnt nlf I ha truala w.w. w. . w ...v .w.mq " u . uiuiKcijr mar uiuio same men will h.. .......,. -.-. - r , they can quietly for Taft because tt'tionveW'thS WSMA they know that the president wants hi, at lt i hn?" SurTdnai hiS uSKJ ?nd ,n various slate lesislatures. him nominated. This much Is per- fMiC4f& confab".. Va hacs unavoidable. 7ivl- Kl.:. i JLw,"".r"".c"-1' lnem- llcans are in favor of effective railroad ed with railroad lntrata mithm, iVZS. I reg-umtlon and the Democratic partjr Si w'Jr r.a? 'n,erM.t". "ltnra" "took nannot aff..r.1 tn (mora thla nueatlon The supreme court of Pennsyl- &&ia vauiit lately ueciueu mat a two-cent i eiieciive regulation or the railroads, fare law in that state was unconstl- w.?hMt iuuuum uctauno uureanuuBuio uuu i vinin are even directors and confiscatory, and yet it develops on i1r"JLr?.w"orn'r .for.tru"1- Th investigation that the average rateUaeuaiy -I J.. a . t I eSlimatfl rtin Innnrlinu nf Ih. ...... i ..-"-- " aireuu in lorcu on tne rei railroad is but 1.97 cents When the hops are all sold, ud will go the pce, of course. o a 'There is no law aaalnst Schuebel do dining- the appointment. a a Now the "plumbers and fuel dealer look a little more cheerful. a a This Is the day for Mr. a. Hoc to make his annual appearance. But when It comes to land-grabbing, merely to please those who nre more in terested In tariff reform than in rati road ree-ulatlon. Hnw could our nartv excuse Itself If it attempted to follow the railroads are the' "higher-ups." tne suggestion or railroad magnates ana the railroad attorneys to the lanorlna of this question which Involves first. But don't plant the rosebushes on any" . ratimat h T.....:. i .V- V . I ona. me xuture lasuo or -watereu s Pennsylvania S,''8 l?hn2Llt'l 'i and third, the" reduction of rates, nts ner mll ui. rtHmlS J.?i .w thA There Is no Inconsistency In the : nts per mile, the railroad question. They Insist .entatlon of all of these questions in alone The financial stringency cut down "Industrial traffic a good deal. And the railroads had somewhat Increased their facilities. But it Is at Just such a time that the railroads ought to keep busy building and repairing and PARTY AND TRUE MEN. C fense put some alienists on the stand, but Jerome did not hire a lot of others of their trade to contradict them, wisely concluding that the Jury would pay little attention to them, except as to particular facts narrated they are I of Thaw's actions, words and looks straight at certain times. Jerome told the ONSIpERING THAT made In a hitherto Republican rather than an In- jury what he thought of alienist wit dependent newspaper, the In- neases who for Dav testified to hvno- putting" in order, to catch up with the dianapolls Star, the following state- thetlcal dilutions, declaring that it Business 01 me near iiuure, ior wnicn ments are rather remarkable: "The "was a crying shame that experts can iney are not ana win not ne pre- average man does not need encour- be purchased to testify to anything yarea. . . r Bgement to Stick to his party SO Thin evlrlpncn nprved one nnrnnHO ins ranroaas nave pieaaea tnai i mucn as ne needs encouragement to and that to emnhaslze its utter materials and labor were too high, bolt his party when it takes up with worthiness. Not one statement But the price of materials has de- wrong principles or unworthy can- made by them was worthy of cre- rreased, and Just now labor is low. didates. This is especially true of dence. wny not use sucn an opportunity to local elections; but it applies also Jerome also took reasonable and extend, to repair, to build more loco- In the national Held." The Star pro- riKht grounds regarding: Thaw, intl motives and cars? But they say they ceeds to remark that while enough mating that manslaughter In the first haven t or can t get the money. Then Republicans voted against Blaine In degree would be about the right ver- they confess their incompetency or 1854 because they distrusted him, to diet otner unmness to ao tne ousroess elect Cleveland, a mucn larger num- Littleton made a capable but in no In which they are engaged. They Iber "were weak enough to vote their wise a sensational cr strained de- party ticket against the dictates of fense, and on the whole the trial was their Judgment and conscience." And a credit to all concerned in compar It Instances also the case of Demo crats, notwithstanding the bolt of many, who voted for Bryan in 1896 against their convictions. Instead Now that Pennsylvania has its $10,000 statne of the late Senator Quay the authorities are in a di lemma over the question of what shall be done with it. But why would It not go well with that new tnat tariff, and that tariff n me Daramouni imnii hut 1 am certain that no tariff clank ronl.i ha, iiiaue a irons- enouan to suit thnm If th.. "iijr iii me same time took an em phatic position in favor of railroad reg- auea ulatlon, and against trusts, and nom- 2eth Inated a candidate known to be in aym- Ty be Pathy with the platform. They would hove find some excuse for fi-nrlna- tha hi ...... capitol. in building which the graft "ftEWZ' ran up into millions? mnli HXS pre- questlons in tne same campaign, and fortunately a larxo majority of tne Democratic voters be lieve in tne elimination or private mo nopoly, ana in raiirnaa reguimion aa en as in tat-irr reform. Tne tnree tlona cannot only be discussed to ner consistently but tney can ecarcc- be discussed seoarately for the trusts have used both the railroad and the tariff wall for the building up of prl- i .isue more fundamental rust Issue, or the tariff certain day If the. ground Is xrosen. There seems to be no doubt that Beat tie haa a larger population than Port land that is, In Jail and of unemployed men. In one fish cargo arriving at Boston were 46,000 lobsters. But they arrived too late to vole at the recent city elec tion there. . Jakev Rile haa always professed to be a great friend of Roottevelt. yet wants him to become the next mayor of New York elty. New York haa passed an ordinance masses. Secretary Taft appeared before a The tlinlc And fllft of tha rlsmivpfl tin congressional committee the other 'Jj!&'''v,e I? arff reform and "7 . . w . .. vaj iiihii II I COO OCI1-UUI1- have paid very large dividends. They . have spent tens of millions In the stock whirlpools -of Wall street Money is now plentiful. Yet they make the very poor and bad excuse that they can't get money. We don't believe It It rather looks as If the railroads were in a conspiracy to influence votes. They have thrown several hundred thousand men, directly or Indirectly out of employment, Just when the railroads of all Industries need the work of these men, and cau , get work done cheaper than for sev eral years past t is perhaps calcu lated that a million or so men can be starved Into voting according to orders next fall. But it might work I i the other way this time. 'However tnis may be. the rail ison with the first trial. One hun I dred years from new, we may reason ably predict, such a case will be tried in three days instead of three weeks of complaining because a large frac- and with even more regard for jus tlon or Republicans in one case and tlce both for the defendant and the Democrats in the other went over public. to the other party s candidate, the Star's criticism is that more voters did not do the same. What is the country coming to when such rank heresy is taught by a Republican newspaper? The Star remarks fur ther: ,"At the present day the two op- PERHAPS A GOOD DEFENSE. c iURIOUS ARE some of the in ventions of defendants' lawyers One of these peculiar defenses appears in the case of Sander son, the grafting contractor of the posing parties are not far apart on Pennsylvania state capitol. It seems many pressing questions, and with- a great many items of graft occurred In each party all sorts of views are in the matter of measurement of ar- held on those, questions. The Re- tides of furniture. Where, for In roads owe it to the country not thus publican party today contains many stance, a thing measured 6 feet, it to lie down and quit at such a time, free traders, and the Democratic was charged up at 16, but the de The country has given them every- party contains many gold standard fense make a virtue of this by show- thing they asked for and been almost men. Democratic senators from lng that it was somehow possible for Infinitely patient with them and they sugar states vote for protection on the grafter to have charged for 26 as ought to keep all men possible at that product. The Republican party well as 16. That is, though adding work now, instead of discharging points with pride to civil service re- a good deal, he might have added everyone possible to spare. I form, and promises to uphold it; yet more, or if multiplying he might our Republican editors of Indiana in have used a larger multiplier. Thus j illXjMllM . WIOIU'.E, AilU AA0.1i.1J( I tUUTVUilUU UDOIUiriclu luc UUIJ f, 1 UL 11 f . nucio UJT IJiC law THAN EVER. civil service law and reiterate the yer's system he might have grafted Jaoksonian doctrine that to the vie-1 $2; so that while the state was swin day, and made a plea for the A. Y P. exposition, since when, if Seattle could send 1,000 delegates to the Chicago convention it would do so, and every one of them would be for Taft. "This Is an outrage," says the president, alluding to the fact that under the law an injured govern ment employe is without redress. Such language by a president will no doubt be shocking to Chancellor Day and Colonel Harvey. The Silent Treatment. By AVex Jones. Governor Hughes vetoes the Strap for Every Passenger Bill. Governor Hughes appoints the Public Service Commission for the Investiga tion of Pie-fllling. Governor Hughes refuses to say any- tning. Governor Hughes moves his desk Into the open street. A photograph of Governor Hughes and his family Is concealed by publication in the New xork Sunday Chimes. stituted guardians of tariff reform who auuueiuy oecome so interested In the cuccesses of the Democratic partv a party to whose defeat they largely contributed but the rank and file know that there are other questions besides the tariff question, and that there ques tions must be considered and any at tempt to Igifore an issue Is sure to result uisasirousiy to the party. A ma jority of the American people favor tariff reform and it is probable that a majority would be willing to intrust tariff reform to the Democratic party, although there Is an element which deludes itself with the, idea that reform of the tariff can be secured in and through the Republican party. It Is to be hoped that during the campaign thla element may be brought to understand that the Republican leaders are impo tent to bring tariff reform. There ia also a majority an won i.ri.H Jorlty-ln favor of annihllatlne the trusts, and annihilation of th tmat. does not mean an annihilation of Indus try, It does not mean the closing of factories but simply means that no cor poration shall own o control enough factories to give it a monopoly of the market, and annihilation of trusts would simply prevent a monopoly for the fu ture, and require corporations now hav ing monopoly to sell enough plants to railroad issue and It Is in- prohibiting women from smoking In volved In all of these Issues, und this public places. But they can chew If Inrger and more fundamentul Issue is I they want to. this; Shall the' government be admin istered by the people in the interest of the whole people, or shall It be admin istered for the benefit of a few and by those vhom the f-jw. through coercion ana the corruption of politics, elevate to power. Shall the people rule Is on Issue which all people can understand, yiiall this be a people's' government of syndicates, by syndicates and for syn- dlratesT This is a question that de mantis attention The truats have made the government a government of a few und for a few, just as the beneficiaries of the tariff have subordinated the wel fare of 80.000.000 of people to the pnru niary interests cf n comparatively few - It is favoritism for a part of the peo pie or Justice to the whole population and no matter where you turn this issue presents itself. It is paramount be cau re it Is uppermost In the minds of the people and paramount also because it Ip embodied In all of the questions unaer consiaeration. On this issue the Democratic party must stand wtth the people and fight for the people. If between now and election time It can convince the public that It is worthy to be trusted by the people it will become the Instrument of the people to secure the reforms, the need of which Is now confessed, but the accomplishment of which csn not be expectea rrom Republican leadership. Letters From tke People In response to several demands. Gov ernor Hughes Issues a statement: "While Governor Hughes has no other ambition than to serve the people as governor, he Is not sufAclently strong to PfUltWsh7ved a b the 8 ui His iue ruuur ui me wooaourn in Governor Hughes appoints tha Public dependent, when he asserts that "those fro Statement No. 1 Mast Prevail Portland, Jan. 30. To the Editor of The Journal The nightmare that seemed to disturb the pipe dreams of our friend Hodson at the club smoker the other peanuts, send a fun statement or your h.i. ";..',, "..r".'.'" .r;?"""v;,: iase to the Commission, which willDro- . ln Tiiy. tne . I KiiiiHi f 1 1 l : n Ia TTI nnrla In 1 m rn I -r hvnuarh tect you ty Keeping your complaint n . . ,.i i; a large pigeon-hole. ?ufabf ?. Rhten timid Asked for a statement of his position. Governor Hughes manes no reply. Meeting of three Hughes Boomers Dasses unanimous resolution that Gov ernor Hughes must be full of sublime utterances., since he has never let one escape him. vuiera. r or tnev wen Know that nn Democrat has been elected of prominence in this state by reason of iue primary iaw, or or statement No. 1 uniess tney Class senator Bourne aa i Democrat. Chamberlain waa fl rat nnml nated and elected under the convention system, and the neonle warn an wall satisfied with his administration that they "did the trick again" under the primary law. That Is all there is to Taranfv Aaiarnhlvmpn nvoronm mt rm. rntlnn hv warmth of Clnvemnr HuarhnA' I it, and If they want h Tangiexooc afuncn. uesoive unanimously mey win cieci mm united states sen- N OW "WALL STREET" and "the tors Delong the Bpona. interests win Dreaic out witn True enough. Let us quote a lit- more COmpiaintS against t1 further from thn Tnrlinnnnnlia na. died out of some $5,000,000, it real ly owes the contractor gratitude to the extent of $10, 000,000; for he might as easily have grafted to the WE SHALL SEE. T Roosevelt, and their apologists Lnr n..a.vnresRinir our BPntiniPnts! ana aerenaers wm worn over- "Submission of the nrivate iude- extent of $15,000,000. This will arive ume in creating ana aistriouting ment t0 the party judgment is toler- a supreme court something to ponder nu-ttooseveii literature, iney win aMe to tne honest soul only up to upon long and deeply. The only do this ail the more industriously tne polnt where the issue is one in- wonder isthat the lawyer doesn't ask ana yiruientiy Decause ine president yolvlng a difference of opinion, the court for Judgment for the bal to plainly points out the sources and There is no room for difference of ance of the amount that the con .motives Of this Class of literature, or,tninn to whether a corrupt man tractor might have stolen if he had . i a 1 1 ' wnemer appearing in newspapers Bhm,iri be nreferred to a worthv man. used larger figures. sor in pamphlets. The attacks upon ..The party is not an end in it- mm 07 corporations or great 8elfi but is onry a means to an end. wealth , he says, "have been given That end l3 good government. That vwae circulation Dy people wno con- man ls a poo,. patriot who puts his sciouBiy ur unconsciously act as me nartv before his country. He is also representatives of predatory wealth. ,n tha lone run a noor man for his ot weann accumuiaiea on a giant nnrtv scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppressor of wage-workers wrtr,n nv thm pwipiv x 1 . i I a-.ia... M-m.vM w.. - ... iu uuiair auu uawuuiesome memuas of crushing out competition and to I mm wmR. BRYAN delivered an address defrauding the public by stock job- llfl at Birmingham, Alabama, not ,bing and the manipulation of se- l long ago, his subject being curlties." And that the president be I , "The Siena of the Times .' of lieves In the "conspiracy" story cir-1 which the Birmingham Age-Herald ciliated some months ago is shown j says vj mis lurtner statement: J ' "His address was a model of good Certain wealthy men of this rhetoric and rood English. Every eiampwnose conduct should be ab- word went to its place with proper j every man or ordinary weight and emphasis. There was no .vu.icui ana wno;commit the hid- redundancy, no inadeauacy of ex pression. It was acceptable to all. eous wrong of teaching bur young men that phenomenal success: must he based upon dishonesty, have dar ing th,e few months made U appar ent that they have' handed together Id work for a reactiTO.f1-;";-' The president mentions the Stand ard Oil corporation as the leader In tlii" conspiracy, other great corpor ations and the railroads being parties to It,: and opposing? unitedly every law "for honesty' in business pro posed during the past sir years. And Lo luisht have added, every Jaw In regardless of their political views or their notions of society. He de clared himself an optimist, because all the nations are striving to secure intellectual development, political betterment and the growth of moral truth. No matter what the result of the November election Way be.WIllIam Jennings Bryan ean not be -robbed of his personal follow ing,' a following larger than Henry Clay or James 0. Blaine ever had, a popular following that in staying S IT not the fact that candidates for the legislature who fail to subscribe to Statement No. 1 are tempting defeat? Will not the candidates who subscribe to it stand a much better chance of election than will those who do not? The taxpayers of Oregon are sick and tired of senatorial deadlocks at Salem. These senatorial deadlocks, more than all other bad Influences combined, have caused vicious and costly legislation at Salem. The senatorial situation dominated the session, distracted the attention of members from the real business, brought to the capital a horde of politicians and heelers, introduced evil influences, brought about a traf fic in votes by which good measures were defeated and bad ones pro moted, and generally demoralized legislative and public affairs, to the great cost and shame of the long suffering taxpayer., Experience has shown that Statement No. 1 obviates all this 'nonsense by giving to the people the real business of naming the senator, leaving to the legislature the mere formality of ratifying the people's wllL Experience has shown that by .the plan but 10. minutes of that he's a bird ..and also a Jim-dandy. Twenty Assemblymen wake up. Governor Hughes appoints the Chll blain Commission. If you suffer from chilblains; write to the Commission and receive Dy return mau a pnntea card 01 is generally so well understood by the yiuymnjr. i ucuyio. iug fiepuoucan party, as such. . . . . T .a . lis in no trougle ln this state. But a Important statement expected from I few of tha whlinm nniiti.i v.nD.. Governor "If nghes at animal dinner of are In a mint of trouble, because under iuo num i.cj.vi lu ticiiut. i me present iaw every citizen has th privilege 01 going Derore ator In spite' of Mr. Hodson. myself or any other Republican; and they will do it uy leaving at nome an those legis jauve canulaates who nr nnnnui tn tne popular election or senators. But wny not come out, openly and say frank ly wnat tne real grievance Is, when It . V. - ... Governor Hughes speaks at dinner of electorate for nomination, whether he Tariff Reform League. "I am thor- I be ln good standing with the nniitirtM. ougmy in lavor or a arastic revision (wild cheering) a drastic revision (pro- ionged applause) of the new football rules." Governor Hughes appoints the Public Food Commission. Persons feeling hungry can obtain an expression of condolence by writing to the Commis sion. ur HIM. KI1U in political DOHnnH ann ss formerly, call a so-called representa tive convention and "fix things" by u.iuii.ima menisci vn Bna menus ror umce, ana men aemanding the loyal support of the party, because they are the regular nominees. I5vrv nna n,v, has been In politics for a time well knows that a large majority of those who attend and manipulate these pri mary conventions are "looking for something," either fpr themselves or their friends, and' are whniiv snhrvi. ent to thosd who stand a little higher than themselves ln the scale of political i3a-o-4 Tri,i.,i.AWM onia,.. i t.. iiniiuence. ana tnese nrnln in turn tn tno cheers every mention of Governor l"?.s1 .n,fr. o that both party Hughes. He is elected Honorary GranH P.llc.,e' and. party andidntes, were dlc- l.unf Purtnln .t tha SnMotir .n.l I latOO TrOm the inner DOlitical clrr-Ui In. lsed the solid Fringes and Fire Escapes 8t,,ad of emanating from the popular vote. Jill of the party. But now it is dlf- i larerii, iia nooKii somewhat "griev- Governor Hughes vetoes the Pure ols to be borne," the people are entitled Molasses bill, to a fair and square trial at self gov- i eiiiiiieui. in tne seiertion nf ttiih liovernor riuenes addresses tna( Rail- "unm oenswrs as wen as or minor nf. road Regulation Association. "I am 'icials, and if the trial proves unsuc heartily in favor (cheers) of absolute cessful. the law can easily be amended Twelve members of the Rah Rah Cor respondence College acclaim Governor Hughes as "Our Next President at a dinner of the Pie Beetlp Fraternity. of the Oregonian's editorials ls most nearly correct and fair. We are not afraid of the people and certainly deulre that our action may be widely discussed throughout the state. ami men mere win De an intelligent vuie June i ncxi upon our rererenoum CYRUS H. WALKER. Sena The Altruist. By C. B. Quincv. (senator Atcurearv nroDoses tn nsv rx-presiuenis as aeiegates to interna tlon conferences.) To all the dark and heathen folk good iui tuna win accrue When we send along our president to tell 'em what to do. On Patagonian pampas he will form a gallant corps; Rough Riders with two Jobs apiece and some of them with more; And passing north again he'll reach some swaying Arctic floe And preach a nature lecture to the foolish Eskimo; He'll tell them that -their nature men must be cxtremelv In To say that herds of seals will yield them tons of sealing wax. And, furthermore, they're swallowing their naturn-faktna- vhnla Since -he haa frequently observed that polar bears won't noil In Turkey, where the cuss-words are unusually fine. He'll show them up as amateurs along In -nlneteen-nlnn. No matter how t.iey jabber in the lingo they have pat, With a Shorter and an Uglier he'll knock their chamnlnni flat Hell show the guileful orient its liars may be rare. But with his Ananias club, pooh! they never could enmnam He'll teach the Russians how to spell With x's. t h anil v'm A a l . "uu " omiiung voweis a language Chinese along the rivers will get ad- vi-D ill HIIUIIKB About the worth of doctors as com mandcra of thlr h, The world at large will benefit by our unselfish nlnn Rllt till 'that Hrvi. ... .... ..v uiuoi iuu aiong in Granville Stanley Hall's Birthday. Dr. Granville Stanley Hall, president of Clark universltv on r,.i..i i. Of wide reniitfltlon w- ''""'"i The census bureau has overlooked one Important matter; it should collect sta tistics showing how many women pro pose on leap years. a a Four Elmlra, New York, boys were rmittd for throwing snowballs Into a church during service, and by the di rection of the Judge were rioggea in open court ny moir parents, wun a strap. Probably they thought thla more fun. , . In Hamburg. Germany, policemen watch the streetcars sharply and if they find a car that tarries a single pas senger more than the law allows the conductor Is fined. Yet east aide strap hangers and eyebrow dingers won't move to Hamburg. Ex-Representative Groswenor of Ohio, says that Mr. Bryan will get Just 16 electoral votes, and adds that the devil could get that number on the Demo cratic ticket. But the devil, like Gros venor. Isn't a Democrat, at least not regularly or generally. Oregon Sidelights The Alco club of Albany will add an athletic department. a a Now. perhaps, some ice will be out up ln eastern Oregon. a The Dalles Is to have a chicken show. Of hens that will lay? A tract of ISO acres near Dufur win be sold In 10-acre fruit tracts. Fairmount. a suburb of Eugene, will set out 1,000 ornamental tres. a Four or five Eugene men who went hunting brought back two ducks. a A La Grande paper accuses Its local contemporary or being Daseiy illog ical." m m The Stockgrowers' and Farmers' bank of Wallowa has become a national bank. Last week 16 carloads f hay, hops. potatoes and onion sots were shipped out of Hubbard and several carloads more were awaiting cars. a a The jail used by Lebanon haa been burned, but as it was situated six miles out of town, what else could be expected! The Milton Eaglo says it doesn't care for Cake, but If a man named Pie would run for senator It would, sup port him.- a a While traveling through eastern Oregon recently. Mrs. Potter Palmes paid II for one apple out of a box raised at Milton. iciiuerwi reaerai control noun cneerina- and cries of "Hughes ls all right," Rah ior Mugnes; he's with us!") of abso lute Federal control of the mints" riourt suencej. Governor Hutrhes 1 sun en a Mtntomnn siaung mat ne has nothing to state. or repealed, as raav seem hat n down gentlemen, and be patient for a little while, and when your services oecome inaispensawe the public call will reach you. and vnnr u.ih.. m " ins neiwr appreciated. But State- mem. i win De maintained. J. G. GARRETSON. Governor Hushes', addresslne- thn Hair ncBiuniig oucieiy, aeciarea tnai ne would accept the nomination If ft was rorcea upon mm, as he felt it was his Changes the Wind. AJbany, Or., Jan. 29. To the Editor or Thn .TnnrnlT vonb . i .,.. duty to the hirsute voters (wild cheer- for y0Ur late editorial. 'rrop-Heavjr cuueuwon, ail tne more so. s nee it la An Estate in Scotland. A Bostonlan bought an estate in Scot land without having seen It Last sum mer he went over to have a look at the place. The drive Jrom the nearest rail way station to Glen Accra was a matter of 12 miles. As the cart Jogged along the Bostonlan said: "I suppose you know the country hereabouts pretty well, my friend T' "Ayo. Ilka foot o' 't," his nignland driver answered. "And do you know Ulen Accra?" "Aye, weel," was the repl. "What sort of a place ib n. - .me American aaxen. Tha Honr smiled grimly. "A weel." hs iri '"if v saw the de'H tethered on It. ye'd Julst say, 'Poor brute!' " New York's 78 vntea at Chinao-n ivMr large, but Taft may have enough with out them. ' . along the line of the thought and action of the Linn county granges and our peo- nijf in trauma n. nan upon ex cessive appropriations for various ob jects, and esDeciallv unnn tha ir nf i $125,000 continuous annual appropria tion as set forth ln our referendum against ti. a. lo. 37. A recent Oregonian editorial. "A xirne to vote io, - nas these sentences: "Does a small body of our misguided people for one notion or another wish to stop an appropriatlonfor the state university?" "Calf the referendum." It seems to have fors-otten lta riltn. rial of February 11, 1865, entitled, "Machine-Made Citisens." and pitches Into us for trying to counteract the efforts of the promoters of the very things it then condemned. We contend for larger appropriations for public schools. Until then let the U. of O. wait We leave It to the voters of Oregon to decide which was hnrn E-ah.nn... 1848. at Ashfleld. Mnnsonhnoott. r .ftduatlns tTOm Williams college in ..... uviiu, xiciueiuerg anu L,ClpSlC returning to America in 1872 to become professor of psychology at Antioch col lege. In 1860 he became a lecturer on the same subject at Harvard university and Williams college. The following year he 10 ned the atnff nf intr,.;' :5 ?LJohns. Hopkins university, and In 1888 ho left that institution to accept ino presidency or uiark university. Dr Hall la considered thebest modern au thority on "the ,rtew psychology," and Is the author of a number of works dealing with that and kindred subjects That there ls a deposit of oil, or oil bearing rocK. under Duiur and the sur rounding country there is no doubt, for the outcroppmgs nave been apjparent ior many years. It is estimated that there are now about 1,600 cases of the grip in Uma tilla county, at least BOO of this num ber being ln Pendleton, but none of the cases are serious ana no deaths have resulted. rne southern curry company Is a new corporation that will build a tele phone line from Gold Beach to the south to connect with the line at Cres cent City, thus giving the people of iurry county an outlet to tne soutn. This Date in History. . 1757 John Philip Kemble. famous English actor, born. Died February 26. 1833. 1775 Second Provincial at Cambridge, Massachusetts 1811 The famous Bell Rock light house. Off the cOast of finntlnnrf -flrmt lighted. ; ' . 1852 State house at Columbus, Ohio, destroyed by fire. 1865 General Sherman left Rnvon. nan on his northward march. " 187S .The Russians nccunled VCa-rart 1889 Three million-dollar fir In tjurraio, new lorn. 1892 Suoreme court decideI H. braska governorship contest ln favor of james tn. aoya, uemocrat. Swearing the Witnesses. From the February Bohemian. Town Cynic I don't likn -th wav they're doln' business over in our court house. Friend Why? Town Cynic Tom immnnda. tha court-crier, tells me thai some one stole the court Bible more'n a month ago, an' since. then he'a been swearen' th wit nesses on h' town directory. Wenatchee men who have been vis iting Lincoln county say that with so much moss on the fruit trees of the valley they didn't see how Deoole here could raise any fruit at all. Perhaps there was some reason for this: but our people are waking up and learning what's what, and the new order is go ing to be spray, spray, spray, and that will mean dlstruction of all moss on the trees and clean orchards. It ls the crder of the day, says the Albany Dem ocrat . a The financial stringency and the beautiful winter weather ln Umatilla and Walla Walla' counties this winter, have conspired to "knock the socks off the wsol market at Kamela and Meach am, and wood that was selling two months ago for )5.50 per cord on the dump at the mountain stations ls now a drug on the market at $4 and there Is every prospect that- the price will go lower, says the Pendleton Tribune. ' All the wood dumps at the mountain stations are now full to nvarflnwlna- and there ls scarcely any wood moving. a a The report of tha Cor vail is watar commission shows - the annual revenue, . . "... liwu.uuiuuwii ui vra.(.c:i lu I xv. n.wn . '"for the year 1907, $10,242.61, fully $2.- N tn it,.- ... i - i . . .uu luuto uiau mo iiivuuQ ui pure water claimed for the enterprise when thn campaign for It was on. It shows, that the system, after a payment of J 1,000 on the purchase price of the plant, earned a balance of nearly $4,000 dur ing the year. In the meantime, while the system was demonstrating Its earn ing power, Corvallls was manifesting a splendid growth. Fifty-five residences i iwr uiu auuve ev tne year before are the figures. That the pure, crystal water from the mountain gorges of Mary's peak was large factor In thU growth is unquestionable - and uhde nlable, says The Times. -
