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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? ; . ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'There is no law aaalnst Schuebel do
dining- the appointment.
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Now the "plumbers and fuel dealer
look a little more cheerful.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Now. perhaps, some ice will be out
up ln eastern Oregon.
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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.
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Four or five Eugene men who went
hunting brought back two ducks.
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A La Grande paper accuses Its local
contemporary or being Daseiy illog
ical."
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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.
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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.-
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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 .
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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.
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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. -