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EDITOELMj ryge op toe journal !'; THE JOURNAL " 'AM INrtErKNDKffT NKWSPAP--. c. Jackson. .Publtohaf PuMMmnI aT.ry a,.ntnf (axcopt Bund) and Hflodir Biornl'iit. t Th JmiriMl Bullil- lng, Mia m VnuiMII tnrn. I'ortUnd. r. Itntewxl at th pot"'fl" Portland. Or , fr ; trilikm through Ui nialln econd-i'la : . Hiauvr. , TELICI'UONES-MAIN 7173 IIOMK. A-Ootl r, in d.trtnr wurl,, J hy Ibi-w ucimlx-ri, , Tll the nnarit.tr the .lr.rtmei)t ton ut at Sl1 iflc. 112444; Kt N. FOREIGN ADVEIHISIMJ ItKI'UKSKNTATI Y'E ' VraaUiul.l-iilamIn aiu-rlnl A ilri-rt lallK Acrncy i Hrumwlt-k Kulhllin i Klflh Tnu. Nw Tori! Trltinnp llullriii'K. I hlruiro. , Snbscrlpllon Ti-rui bj mU lo ujr liUtM In tt United Still)', lauada or enc. ', . . . IIAll.V On Mr fS.nO I n nwnlb I J0 S1NKAT. 5 Ona mr 12 Ml ' Our mon'b I .23 DAILY ASH M.M'AV. 'Ol Jir $7.W I Oim mouth I .03 There is only one place where a man may be nobly thoughtless hltt deathbed. No thinking should ever be left to be done there. Ruskln. the land system of the state and kicked out the petty grafts and abuses that bad preyed upon It. lie fought against unnecessary and ex travagant appropriations by the leg islature. He used the veto power with courago and Intelligence. Ho was a clean, courageous, up-to-dato aud progressive official. He was tho i iype or executive tnai is a Diessing to any stale. His administration and his personality appealed power fully to the masses, and they elected hlrn. They elected hlra because they wanted him, and the manner of his nomination and of W'lthycoinbe's nomination had no more to do with It than did the question of whether the election day occurred in the light or dark of the moon. Finally, under the primary sys tem, Mr. Oeer, an aspirant for tho Republican nomination for governor, campaigned the state for Withy- combe. Under tho convention sys- they clamor against the truth being tern, did Mr. Geer, a defeated asplr- told." WHY CHAMIIKRLAIX KLK(TKI). WAS power. '"And ho pays his respects in no uncertain terms to the editors and pamphleteers and professors who have voiced these accusations, and defended the methods of tho big lawbreakers. "The apologists of successful dishonesty," he says, "al ways declaim against any effort to punish or prevent it on the ground that any such effort will 'unsettle business.' It Is they who, by their acts have unsettled business, and the very men raising this cry spend hun dreds of thousands of dollars in se curing by Mech, editorials, book or pamphlet, tho defense by mis statements of what they have done; and jet when public servants cor rect their misstatements by telling ho truth, they declaim against horn for breaking silence, lest 'val ues be depreciated.' They have hurt honest business men, honest work- ingmen, honest farmers: and now Small Cix ang3 Thin Is the year when February has . It la easier to convert a man than to keep him converted. Chancellor Day lost no time In parting with a piece of his mind. Every old machine man and -rafter Is against statement No. 1. I" LETTERS FR OM THR PEOPLE ' ' I Officially, the message was to con gress; reully, It was to the country. Thaw did not ret iln deserts, but let nun go. ant for the nomination, campaign the stato for Furnish? TI1K THAW VKKDKT. I HE OREGON! AX says the pri mary law was the cause of the last election of Chamber lain and the defeat of Wlthy- combe. It knows better. It makes the) statement, for some temporary . unholy purpose, In order to dis credit the primary plan with Oregon Republicans. It mistakes them for fools, which they are not, and Imag ines it can fill them with any sort i of absurd rubbish. It has too long contemplated the common people as ' . an Ignorant herd, Incapable of In telligent action in public matters. It has proceeded so long on that hy pothesis and attempted so many times to foist absurdities upon them that Its influence Is destroyed. This Is the secret of why It has been ; forced to take an Independent atti tude and to assign as a reason that 'Oregon Republicans would not co - . operate with Its so-called efforts to keep the party cohered. When it " told them recently that they were too Ignorant to vote on initiative : measures and that therefore they should "vote no" on all these meas ures at the coming election, It nian- ' ifested this spirit of contempt for ' their Intelligence. It now repeats ,; the insult by an Insane ana unrea - sonable. attempt to discredit the prl mary law with them by the absurd statement that the primary method 13 what elected Chamberlain and do f eated Wlthycombe. : The primary law had no more to do with the defeat of Wlthycombe than with the defeat of Furnish, ': and the Oregonlan knows it. It bad no more to do with the last election of Chamberlain than with ' the election of Pennoyer in 1886 or his reelection in 1890. Both Penn- oyer and Furnish were nominated under the convention system, and before the primary law was in ex- istence. The results In each in stance were the same as In the sin gle instance in which the primary nomination has been used, to-wlt., a Democratic governor. In the last five elections in Oregon under the convention system, the result was three Democratic governors and two Republican governors. How absurd , to claim that it was the primary law that paused the last election of Chamberlain. What insanity under the circumstances to make a claim l that, on its face, Is false, and one that everybody knows to be false, and that everybody knows tho Ore- ' gonian knows to be false. I . The Oregonlan unwittingly be- . trays its deception when it says "Fur- , .nlsh was defeated by disgruntled leaders in his own party." Where did those leaders become disgrun- ,-tled except in the state convention that nominated Furnish? That con- vention was stacked, as all conven tions are stacked. Some Bald It was bought. In any event bossism and political swaps and combinations ' made these leaders sore, just as the Oregonlan says they became sore un der -the primary plan, and this, the Oregonlan insists, defeated Furnish. Republican conventions In those ' days were notable affairs. There were "rump" conventions, Mitchell conventions, .-imon conventions, "regular" conventions, "Mitchell Re" " publican" conventions, and, In Mult nomah county conventions of Simon , Republicans and Democrats, and .conventions of Mitchell Republicans and Democrats. When they were not vaudevilles, they were high trag edy. Perhaps the famous Astoria i convention comes under the latter designation. More factionalism, strife and bitterness in the Republi can party was engendered by the convention system during a dozen years than could be brought about by the primary system In a century, - and nobody knows it better than the Oregonlan. It' was a constant and malevolent participant on one side tr another In every one of them. - Nobody knows it better than the Re publicans of Oregon, who along with the Oregonlan, and through the Initiative, enacted the primary law in orderito get rid of conventions and' bosses, strife and factional di- Vl8iO&. r . ' C The peoplo know why Chamber lain defeated Wlthycombe, and Is a thousand years the Oregonlan caa . not fool them , on the proposition. Chamberlain had been governor for four years. He was Immensely pop ular in the position. He reformed T UK VERDICT in the Thaw case did not conform to law or Jus tice, yet there in nothing strange about It. I'lider the Now York law as charged to the jury by Judge Howling, nothing is surer than that Thaw was not legally In The president comnar's these apologists and defenders to those I who would defend a robbing gam bling establishment, and declares that they have set themselves Rome candidates' clsitrs sro somewhat iiko nun Davis uppies. Chinese New Year's Inn't what It used to bu In Portlund, cither. Gladys and h"r count have not fallen out y't, so far as the public knows. One cannot always be sure of the price of pork by watching thu pig- Iron nmrKei Bark kocs the groundhog but per Iwipa It was becauHe ho heard lluney whs here. llryan llkod the mcHnaRe; the Republi can lenders didn't. In Jtoosevelt a lie puUMcun T The complete knockout of Foraker hIioWm the declining itower nf thn nolll against any moral betterment of con- ial machine. dltlons. He is not afraid to partic ularize some of the dishonest law- breaking, plundering concerns and occurrences Insurance, banking and street railroad scandalR, the Al ton deal, combinations between pol- no when he shot White. ttn the ,CanB and financiers, and ' the an jury, as often happens, closed their eyps to the law, and wero governed by sentiment. Thaw can thank his pretty llttlo wife for the verdict. Since Thaw will escape a term of cessful effort by the Standard Oil company people to crush out ev ery competitor, to overawe the com mon carriers and to establish a mo nopoly which treats the public with 1 1 A 1 . . . 1 . U 1 . . . .,L.L I ' imprisonment, ui-.vi.nu mui iu '- contempt, which the public deserves he was subjected previous to his ac- BO ,on(? ft8 ,t permits men of fiurh qi.lttal, he should be given a long pr)nrlp)cs to avow and nct (m (n(,nl period of seclusion In an Insane asy- wlth lnipunty-.; and ho adds. .Tnc lum. Justice Howling took Imme- ou(crv aeaInBt 8tonl)nt, dishonest dlate steps, on the rendition of the practlces among the wrongdoers who verdict, to sona i naw io Maucawan. tn h wpai,nv , nrPS(iv on the ground that If he was Insane when ho killed White he Is insane now, or was liable to become so any moment. But Thaw's incarceration in the asylum Is likely to be brief. His money will be sufficient to hire any desired number of expert alien ists to certify that he is now per fectly sane, and this will be suffi cient for his release by the court. If Justice Dowllng will not do this, some other judge will. Thaw, strictly speaking, is not in sane, but he is, In a popular sense of the term, a fool, and so It is too much to expect that on his liberation he will retire to obscurity and allow the world to forget him. There are plenty of other fools to note. Thaw is stale. zrwo CASKS. similar to the tratcry raised against every effort for cleanliness nud de cency in city government, because. forsooth, it 'hurts business.' " The long message is crammed all through with virile democracy, with militant protest against and in dictment of the abuses to which the people have been subjected by that mighty alliance. Politics and "Busi ness." It is a succession of trumpet calls on congress to duty. It Is more over a tremendous arraignment of the president's own party and its leaders. If some peoplo thought the pres ident had been cowed and humbled by tho attacks upoh him, they are now thoroughly undeceived. They would better, for their own sakes, I have let the lion alone. He has not I February struts out "n's If It did not Intend to be such a winter mollycoddle. hii January was. New York lias don on the police force, but the Hilly things have never learned to Kraft. m m Hevlvnlins; bus become a regular pro- fcsxlcin. nnd some "evangelists" maku a K0,l deal of money. When will people become wine enough not to allow politics to lnterfore with anil depress business .' Mayn't there be the de'll to pny In that convention If It doesn't do what the president wunts It to do? Governor Hughes enn run In New York without danger of a serious col lision with the fat man. The New York World Is praising a list of Democrats because It knows none of them will be nominated. It Is said to be pronounced Suy-chcn- yee. Why. that It lust as easy as an- derbllt. when one learns how. A schooner named Taft was disabled the other day. but Candidate Taft In dUU In fine running condition. Judge Pnrkcr says he Is nut of poll- lies, lie should be, considering the force of the kick-out l.e got In 19U1. Governor Hushes will be 41 years old In April young enough to run for presi dent any lime during the next 20 years. Now if Tlinw will modestlv Wren nut of public view and not get offensively gay, ull will be forgotten and forgiven. The late banker poet Stedman was 1 wise man; he made two fortunes In Wall (street, and lost only one of them there. . Changing the Title. Albany, Or., JTeb. lVTo ths Edltoi of The Journal Tha lat decision of auag Galloway ballot title ia a.t least "far fet5hed." Hs has given tha frionds of the IIM.OOO V. of O. ap propria tlon more than they asked for, that la. in their, plea they asked that ina iaiiot title be changed as prepared &Hr?T',l,,!,L CrwfrdT which ro,'ow," 'r an ct Increas ing the annual appropriation for the support and maintenance of the tJnl- ur"n rrom 147,500 to 1125, ??r, V!? Pt'tl,'n Prayed. for a dlf- lerent title am fnlbimra- mi - lng the annual appropriation for tho -..J.,..,, i na maintenance; Of the . Uni versity of Orgon at 1128,000 per n- li'u" L.uu,n out me compari son of the orlglnar $47,600 with the proposed 1126.000 now h.ln. to tho people to vote upon at the com ing June election. ,i,r?wl Jud?e O-JIpway has declared the title as follows: "An ,. n i'.n.3i29-. ?f UuMr,rer and Cotton's Annotated Oodea and tftatutes of Ore gon by Increasing the annual innro. .nation for the support and main enance at tha rrnjv..r.. r ", n. . . i . ... . ....... . w vichuii. Thus It will he seen he has eliminated all reference to the amount to be ap propriated as well as the original ap propriation Of 147 800 It la ul,l.n ; nil that thla will befog the measure and will not give the uninformed voter any opportunity or insight Into the measure being voted upon. Kven had the voter the time nml Inpllmiinn njt - .... ....u...... . l .till, and read the session laws of 1601 and 107 he cannot have access to them either at home or In his booth at the ru.in una consequently he can not voto undcrstundlngly and Intelligently. Hy this method tliev itnivl ol th.i. i , " 1 - r...,i " ' I'viiii mm secure me 1 126,000 appropria tion. Thi was the only way that was v mein io uooawinK tne voters of lie siaiO. 1I11S Is much morn afiullv nn. uersiooa wnen we tnko Into considers (ion mat there are 18 other measures to be voted unon not Juno Th... meiiious mat are dark and ways that vain may not vet materln m It Is to be hoped tho voter may se cure the Information desired In xpito of this rank ballot title and the shame ful methods of the friends of the state university. with a clear, honest bal lot title the appropriation would have oeen voica uon by 30,000 majority. It Is difficult to say at the present tlmo what the effect will be 1f tho people become aware of how thev are to bo (icnieu an sources of ballot Informa lion, the amount to he voted for and the chicanery used to keep them In Ignorance. It may react, and Its authors suffer In consequence in the -esteem of an good citizens who desire fair pluy and do not belong to the combine. EUGENE PALMER. iari" and "hnld-un" a deatn penalty and enforce It In all caaea and mere burs will not be muoh further use for the revolver. I believe as long mm omn ia on the Increase and criminals are let off so easily that he revolver In the hands of reputable cltlsons la a good thing. , Halt., nraach. da awav with the crlm Inala, before doing away with about the only means we have of self defense aa-alnat tho "hold-up" man and the "fiWbur,Iar.'' ""TWAiOHI T WO HARD-UP fellows, one scarcely more than a boy, con When a mnn abandons his wife and half big fortune for an affinity aid then loses her. he should not expect any sym- only taken the offensive against his pathy. accusers', but ho charges upon them gnme pe0pio are quite unhappy; this with astonishing, overwhelmine roli nai fame too early to kill the nut i" l n --in nut urepair , i lie re cocted a scheme to extort $500 i''k-m' muu- uj ue: riu suuws tnein; witn me fruit. may be a lato freeze up. from a wealthy old lady, but the Job was so crude and Imprac ticable that there was really no dan ger to her in It, and they were caught with slight effort, and on the confession of at leaBt one of them will no doubt be promptly and prop erly convicted and punished. Such attempted crimes deserve punish- meut, even if the culprits are such ignorant bunglers In crime as these. To convict and punish such the law has no difficulty. Oregon Sidelights The Weston Normal school has about 50 students. Ulg Stick in full swing; with gleam ing eyes and exposed and gritted teeth, he rides upon and over them ruthlessly, unsparingly, irresistibly. bpienuiniy. it is inoeea a war in Sprlngbrook, Yamhill county, wnicn tne country is engaged, and it growers win organize. has a general in command of such knightly bravery as has not been seen in it before, and may not be seen again. This message, and others to fol low. If like it, may make Theodore Revolvers Again. Portland, Or., Jan. 31. To the Editor of The Journal I note In today's pa per a very good letter "on the revolver," from Henry Helmseth, Cascade Locka. 1 do not think that we would be any better off If the revolver was dona away with, I. e., at the present time when criminals are let off so easily. If the laws were made strict enough and enforced, and there wero less shyster lawyers who for the sake of a few paltry dollars and tho making of a reputation among criminals do their best to get a guilty criminal turned loose on a technicality, there would be less need for the revolver. In other words, do away with the criminal, put him out of business along with the deadbeat who is little. If any better than the "hold-up" man; make-"house-i f"ntrtOTaanwn and PonnlonB. w.. ........ -. - - . To the Kdltor of The Journal In Tho Oregon Journal of January 14, I see a Ions Hat of pensioners of the war of the "late unpleasantness" over which la big headlines saying, 'Mr. Hawley Secures Many Pensions." Now I must say that I know no reason why or how such an impression snouiu be conveyed to the public, when every man of ordinary Intelligence and one who reads and takes any thought for himself knows that Mr. Ilnwley la a congressman and as sucn naa not i thins- to do In the matter of filing pen sloners' claims or Issuing pension cer tificates neither died Mr. Hawley have anything to do with enacting tne jaw under which thoae pensions are granted; all this work is done In the department of the Interior ami bureau or pensions and anv mnn who la entitled to a pen slon under the luw can addreas a letter to tha nonslon commissioner ana get a blank from him and fill It out and have It certified by any notary public In hla stnfe anil return It to the nenslon offlcd and set his pension, It Is a matter be- tween him and the nenslon department an,! no cnnDreMsman can itet It for him. nor keep him from getting It, and tho congressmen know It. Here Is the point we are making: We want onr communi cations to go where they belong, and leave our congressmen free to attend o the business for which they nre elect ed, and If they do that they will do well; let us not take up our congress man's time In 'reading and answering foolish questions which don't concern his business tho public Is entitled to all the time that a congressman can pob Bihlv give It. GEOKGK W. VEDDEIl. (Mr. Vedder Is mistaken In supposing that congressmen have nothing to do with securing pensions. Much of their time is consumed In looking after pen sion claims and expediting their progress. Ed. REALM -FEMININE ?' Journal Edition in New York. Elmlra. N. Y., Recipes for a Country Dinner Menu By Mrs. F, & , Skinner, Harrlman, Or. ' OTATO BOtJP.Peel three good- slsed potatoes and boll thorn soft. Then mash them, add a cup -of cream, two cups of milk, and season with ta't, pepper and on half teaapeoAful of sugar. An onion , chopped and cooked with the potatoes adda much to the flavor. Corned Beef and Cabbage. Put a good boiling piece In cold water and aoalc over night In tho morning drain off the water and put the beef Into a pot witn suincient com water to cover. Place over a brisk fire, and lust before. boiling skim carefully, then aet on back of the range and let boll slowly until lenaer. e Cabbage. Wash a aood white head Of cabbage In cold water and cut Into quarters. Doll one hour hi three pints of liquor In which the beef has cooked. A slice of salt rork boiled with the cabbage Improves the flavor. Mashed Turnips. Boll three allcea of salf pork. Peel several medlum-stsei turnlpa; slice and put In cold water; then put them In the kettle with the pork and boll one hour or until tender. Remove the pork, mash fine and season with pepper and a half teaspoonful of augar. If not aalt enough add a little aalt. Maahed Potatoes Peel the required number and boll until Mona then drain off the water and mash fine. Mel( a. piece of burter the else of an egg in a. nun cup or not milk; adit salt and pep per and beat until, they are light. Heap up, smooth In a vevetahla dish and nut a amall piece of butter on the top. Baked Squash. Cut open a squash ana remove tno seeds. Cut Into pieces four Inches long and two Inches wide. Put In a dripping pan and bake one hour n a moaeratoiy not oven. Beet Pickles. Select small-sled roots: put In a kettle of bolllnir water and boll from one to two hours; then put mem in a pan or cold water and remove the skins: slice and nut In a. glass Jar. Heat some vinegar; If very strong dilute with cold water; add aniespoonrui or sugar and pour over ne neeis. snn let stand i hours. Sago Pudding. Wash three Quarters of a eun of sugo and out Into a ouart or mux in a anucepnn; let it stand in boiling water on the stove until the vciiou. nnno not ana two sago has s t.t.l ... . . Tnn 27 To the Editor l"it-npuuiliui HI uuiier, one cup ot ...... -.. ,, arJt nounrl,, 1 I 1 of The Journal Tho Elmlra chnmber of th. won-beaten voiks of four eaes. commerce would be very glad to receive Put In a buttered pudding dish and bake ennv nf tha firth anniversary number thro quarters of an hour. Beat the , ' . . 11 i .. whites or the eggs to a froth with three of tho Oregon Journal for display In our teaspoonfuls of sugar nnd spread on the offices and for preservation In our pudding when cold, and put In the oven resdlnir mom to ""Khtly brown. reading room Cream PAllftke rlrh ent , We have heard this number very high- ho m ninn icn- it,,, einn iy ni.on.en ui mm wim o bpim . p)nt oI rirh mUK anj !)0n three fourth umi n . imiii-r . r, . .u . or it. Ktir with the remaining fourth It. I am sure, that the advertising that lwo tablesnonnfuls of cornstarch and you will receive out or tne display or dd to ,ollnB; milk, stirring all th the number before our 800 mombers w 11 t)me TnPn n(id a half cup of sugar, pay you for the effort of mailing It. Hnd the volk of two ,RKH w. beaten. He ndmlre progressive and modern ef- R.moVa from the Are. flnvor with ions ami inn issue ui yuur ihkim lemon or vanilla and pour Into tho nuniDer appeals 10 us. a uiuukh . rutti Whip the whites of the eggs and know that the number was Issued Bep- .,4,1 three teasnoonfuls of murnr: unroaJ tcmber 8. 1907. We hope yOU Still have nn tho nle nnrt aet in lh nvti fn l.rnmn . . . t - . -. I ' - " " ' J ......... a copy leu wnicn you can semi us. I slightly. An aannionai reason lur wibiuuk a copy of the Issuo Is the fact that on the ship Columbia, which I understand Is vonr cover page picture, was General Kendnck. my great, great grandfather, who Is supposed to be the real dlscov- rer of the Columbia river. Yours ruly, ROY 8. SMITH. oecreiary. w THE PASSING OF THE MACHINE fruit- More snow would we welcomed eaKtern Oregon farmers. by- Much building Is going on at Sand v. und it Is becoming a big trading center. An evangelist nnd a lot of church people have been heatedly discussing I.,lt nlAt i i ..ii peop Turn for a contrast to the late of- "S"'" lJ,lc Ul baptism. But none of them showed that iimiseii. oniy summer oaniism 13 right. fleers of the Title Guarantee & Trust bank. The main facta are pretty well ascertained; there is no doubt about many of them; except for Mr. Ladd's public-spirited action hun dreds of people would have lust money that they could not afford to lose; many would have been almost ruined financially; widespread and dire damage would have been in flicted. Observe that all this 'occurred through undoubted violations of law and of a banker's or trustee's legal and moral obligations, not altogether through mere errors of judgment; so much is known by everybody, and may be said in advance of a possible trial. Hut what a difference in their case. Motions, demurrers, arguments, de- THK KILLING OP CARLOS. K tlon. l-.cho Register: Some men in ITma 1111:1 county niuKe more irom live ncres or irult or berries than farmers In ING CARLOS Of Portucal and rocKy Massachusetts scratch from 40 - I hla lHncf enn iha ti.itt in. t ' I AM vppI i n i n ir f rr n hnw tn -, tvr.o f I,a throne, are the latest rulers Newberg Graphic says'he "must have a tn full vleHtna f, coocdn fair education nnd a l-ooi! speller. "U ..v.v....t Hiinnnse he mnat hnv,. tl, .. 1 ins uic-aus vi reiorming con- to learn now to spell. ditions, besides being unjustifiable, seldom if ever pays. It accomplishes nothing for the overburdened and oppressed people, in whose interest thu assassins are supposed to act. At least, the cases where it does so are exceptional. Tho government of Portugal has been bad enough, everybody knows; revolution, if It could have succeed ed, would have been justifiable at any time for generations back; and vet it. ia unllkelv that tho ermntrv la jays, postponements a.gu e,u, ue- at a m tQ ,)e a bic R , murrers, motions, ad Infinitum And ,)ard matter for a p(,op,p tQ be rued later, It iriam uccui, lue.c v.u hv such n klne- no r-nrlnc ,-nt T.f appeals, and arguments, and motions, L.a ,8 a C()ns(ItutIonal monarr:nV- and the corte'z was worse than the king. Real sympathy of all classes and and an even chance of reversal. We are not criticising anybody or anything; courts, or the attorneys, or the condItlons of people w, be extended e law, on.y mating a tQ tho bereavcd (IX1CCTI who in 0 th fact with regard to two typical cases It will probably be many generations hence before "even-handed justice" and a "square deal" obtain in this world. A TKl'MPET 15 LA ST OF WAR. r HE PRESIDENT'S special mes sage is a scorcher. Or, to use another figure, It is a para lyser. Nothing like It was ever Bent in the form of a special message to the American congress. dire moment lost by assassination both husband and first born son, and upon whose shoulders will fall for awhile the heavy burden of the gov ernment of the distracted state. In t his crisis she needs to be a woman of great strength and courage. It has long been a dark time for Portugal, and this deed has not dispelled the clouds, only given them a lurid tinge. This Date in History. 1 778 Burtrovne's army denied Most of the senators, it is said, tried harkatlon at Boston. to appear nonchalant, and to show their contempt by affecting not to listen. Poor Pharisees and hypo crites; the country sat up and lis tened. The masses pay more atten tion to 80 lines of the president's message than they would to SO speeches, each SO minutes or hours In length, of 80 senators. That is about the difference in the country's estimate of Roosevelt and most of the members of the senate. The president had evidently kept quiet as long as be -could under the reiterated assertions that he had eaused the panic and Injured busi ness, because be attacked rascals and lawbreaker ot .great wealth, and X07 Joseph E. Johnston, celebrated confederate general, born. Died March 1, 18!1. 1810 Guadaloupe surrendered to the British. 1811 Horace Greeley, Journalist nnd candidate for the presidency, born. Died November 29, 1872. 1813 Spanish courts abolishcjl tho In quisition. 1 X23 Spencer Fullerton I5aiil, first I nited States commissioner of Slhh and. fisheries, born at Iieading, Pennsylvania.' Died at Woods Hole, Ma.iaciuscttM, August 19, 18S7. 1SS0 Independence of Greece de clared tojr the allieL power. 1888 Hudson Maxim, inventor, born at OmevIIle, Maine. IfcGS Peter J. McCumbcr. i:nltd States nstor from North Dakota, born at Crete, Illlnoi. J88 United 8tat. congress exempt ed ilton from th Internal revenue tax lt George W. Child". Philadelphia publisher and philanthropic, died. Bom at .Baltimore ilmy 13, 1829. 'The revengeful screed of one Francis j. i-ieney, iiuesiionaiue Democratic lm poriuiion irom i.aiirornia, Is the way the Junction City Times puts it. The editor of the Times haw held down 11 lat legislative Job for several sessions. Jesse Cook, a North Dakota man, who purcliused last August lu acres In ao pies In the Rogue river valley, has net ted $6,000 profit from Ills orchard In five months, and he only secured the win ter apples on the place. From 15! trees of Newtown pippins he sold $3,100 I gross worth ot apples. With not more than one-sixth of Its 1.800,000 acres under cultivation. Mor row county produced last year 2,750.000 bushels of wheat. Hesides this, it mar keted 2,000.000 pounds of wool, 7,500 sheep, 4,6110 head of horses and cattlj, with enough hogs to raise the net re turn on all agricultural products to $2,000,000, or $400 for every man, wom an and child in the county. From four nnd one half acres of pip pins, a Medford man netted $2,052; from four and one half acres of young wine saps he got 1.368 boxes that sold at $2.2fi a box, nnd 160 boxes of seconds; from 600 trees of 7-year-old Spltzen bergs he picked fix'! boxes that sold, net, at from $2.25 to $3.50 per box, and from 600 old Ben Davis trees he sold 2,200 boxen nt $1.25 a box. Figure it up and see whether raising apples In Rogue river valley pays. The total receipts of the Ashland city waterworks for the year 1907 amounted 10 i(,(ioo.B3. The total expenditures, including interest, taxes on mill nron- erty, maintenance nnd additions and ex tensions ot tne system, amounted to $8, 24.4ti, leaving a balance on the right side of 18,827.01. Objecting to the erection of a nnst- orfice building In Kugene to cost only $40,000, the State Journal of that city says: "It will not erect a building lnre enough for the present needs of Ku gene, which now contains about 10.000 people, is growing faster than any other town In Oregon except Portland nnd win soon Do uie largest cltv n the Wil lamette valley above Portland, with a population of 25,000 to 50,000. To erect a $40,000 building would be a waste of money." Hillsboro Argus: Most of the onions raised in the northwest nre grown In this county, on account of tho rich beaverdam lanu. which is a soil in which onions seem to thrive better than in any other. The onion crop is always profitable, and the growers have a pro tective association, which enables them to get the top prices. There are beaver dam tracts in several parts of this county, and the most. If not all, of such tracts are usea ior onion, raining. The From the Gresham Herald. A number of years ago the writer at tended, fof the first time, a county convention. About 100 staunch party men were present. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, of ficers were nominate-! from a slate, other preliminary work accomplished and then a recess was declared for lunch. After lunch the meeting was again called to order and from n paper held In front of him one man nrose to his feet and nominated each officer In turn. These were all coached through by the efforts of four men. The slate was fixed by these four leaders, and under their political lash all nominations were made. This was equivalent to election, and the candidates (more truthfully classed as tools) were assessed finan cially In proportion to the Importance and financial value of their oflice. Dater, the ward heelers elected dele gates at the countv convention, again did the bidding of their master at the state convention. Umier this despot's tyrannical methods the June election was the scene of nl! kinds of bull dozing and questionable methods suf ficient to disgust any honorable and clean-mlcded man. Of course the party won outl as usual. And then, to the victor belonged the spoils. Tho above was for ninny years the usual order of events prior to and at every election. In fact, politics had be come so corrupt that honest men des paired or any Improvement, 'l he game l of politics under the old regime had be come a' strenuous one. Men used every device at hand for the defeat or election of their candidates even to securing Immunity from prosecution for the pliable thief, and the persecuting of others, guilty or not guilty. Statement No. 1 Is the Ihver that brought the common peoplo relief. It was the weapon that killed the barter nnd sale of office. It is the medium through which the clean-minded voter expects to clean house, and through which he Is able to cast an Independent and an undegraded ballot for the good of his country. And these are reasons why the old-time politician Is so ready to cry, "Down with the direct primary law, ana especinny btatemeni .no. 1.' The graft of office under the old method was his so long that the poor H K It The Daby's Bath. HTLE the child Is small an oval dish pan or a foottub makes a very good bathtub, and theso can be placed on a low table, so that tho child ,can be easily handled without stoophf.g over. Infants' bathtubs coma In a variety of forms. A favorite one Is of rubber swung on a framework. It Is not ns stendy as It might be, and Is liable to collapse, but Is soft and has the advantage of shutting up and not taking much space. 1 ho tun should be rilled with water sufficient to covr the child, but before placing the chili in wash Its head, ears, eves and neck. In order to cleanse the folds of the ears, roll a wisp of cotton around a tooth pick and with It carefully cleanse tho creases. (Heanse the nostrils In the sam- manner with another one. This should In each instance be done care fully and without force. The child only stays in the bath a few minutes, when It Is taken out nn n soft towel, rolled in it and gently patted nnd dried. Great nttentlon should be given to these, for If they are not dried with care chafing will result, and they may even beoomn raw. A soothing powder Is used for this purpose, applied Dy bits of absorb ent cotton, which can be thrown away old fellow can t Ret used to honest a"pi once uaing 1 ne oin-rasnionen methods. Like the leech when he has 1,n?'(5eI r"f,f should be discarded. The been torn away from his victim he dally bath Is kept up for two or thres still fights for blood, no difference as w,'" " ," '"',y "e. oeemen Bavisa- to who suffers. It will be noticed, tin- "J8 to lA',0..tJiemJp,s" frequently. "Th; fortunately for the state, that the care of Children, In the Ladies' World newspaper agitating-the idea of killing Ior eDruary, The Charm of French Hural Life. I3y Frank Presbrey, in The Outing Mag- azine. Normandy and Brittany townB have a quiet sweetness In which the strident call of commerce and the bustle and noise of our American towns are strang ers. Wherever commercial activny comes In the charm goes out. Thero Is little striking in the contrast be tween the country and the small towns You leave the brilliant colored poppIe3 in the fields to meet the timid, open eved children in the village streets, and vou simply exchange tho peasants work ing at the roadside ror trie wiute-cappea women knitting in their doorways, and the men. wooden-salioted ana ciaa in blouses and baggy trousers' at their work. There nre no striking contrasts between country and village such as we are accustomed to in America. A Nor mandy or Brittany village is but a clu ter of houses and thatched-roofed cot tages, picturesquely set amid the tree; the direct primary law Is not usually found working very hard for honesty In anything, especially when it comes to the enforcement of law. To do so would be to antagonize the Interests usually round backing the ef fort that says to h 1 with the people. feather your own nest while you have the Chance. The Herald Is not at all uneasv as to the welfare of the direct primary of the right consistency to handle and law, or Statement No 1. The people aall and DPDr,or to taste. Put all Into a have tne 0111-iimo politician and his ilk " " , under control and they are wise enoueh saucepan and stir until hot. then sKl to kep them there. aside to get very cold. When cold form C . I with floured hands Into small cro- X K K Two Recipes. TATO CROQUETTES To each cup of hot mashed potatoes nllow one beaten egg. Whip the potatoes very light with the eggs, a little melted butter, enough milk to make the mass and fields. Of course, the larger places oso from necessity the pastoral fea tures of the villages but In them you see nothing of the broken-down and often filthy outlying sections observ able as you approach most American clt09. if the section is one or poverty It will bo picturesque not made hideous with the dumping of empty cans and the town's refuse. Neatness nnd at tempt at beautifying nre observable everywhere. Kven in the country we found the edges of the roads and the rows of trees often trimmed with care. No family is so poor that it cannot have some bright flowers In window boxes and a greater variety in the always-present little garden. One of tho most notable features of both town and country is the absolute lack of Idleness. Thrift and Industry are written every where. This is characteristic of the French people and it shows In their governmental balance sheet, for France has not. one cent, of bonded Indebtedness held by anyone except French people. When Hismarek levied a war Indemnity on France after the Franco-Prussian war In 1870 it was paid "out of the stocking" of the masses with a prompt ness that surprised the world. Statement No. 1. miettea helnc c.nrcful tn hnve theaa unl.l irom vne cauuiuaies. it mere is nnv form In a va nnrt ah una nnrt poll In f1m otner ooject in electing united States or if preferred. In a beaten egg, thenln senator by a vote of the legislature We cracker dust. Set In the lce-box'for an fall to see it. If the voters of Oree-nn h are competent to elect the governor. If in deep boiling fat. Drain In a heated iney are cumpeieni 10 eiect a repre- colander to free the croquettes from sentatlve In congress or even a leg-is- every bit of grease. Serve very hot in latlve body If they are comnetent in I a rtih iini ith a noniin I elect an executive officer of the whole Lima Beans Served in AVhite Sauce.- I country. It would seem that they ought A delicate wav of serving lima benns Is I to be competent to elect a United States In a white sauce. Soak one pint of I ,V . .1 . .1. .. o , neans over nint. About three hours! ... "",s"lul'" ' wen, ir tne before dinner drain, cover with twal cuLuiui, . mil ngni 11 is time to quarts boiling water and simmer gently make it right. I he people of Oregon for two and a half hours. Drain, snvlnff "! a.o cuwijoieii 1 m eiect a united States senator as most of the repre sentatives we are sending to the legis lature and If such representatives are not disposed to comply with the voice of the people and elect the people's choice it Is time to amend the consti tution or keep such representatives out of the house. From the Sllverton SlIvertonlan-Apnpal. Statement No. I gives oulte areneral satisfaction except to a few politicians who are eager to become the it and all t9 Ih. itnliHAil nll .1., . WflSJ?1F.?t0hn ?itLnl7,s.,ways, om- United States senator by a legislative mand the highest price In the market, j vote, and possibly graft a few dollars The Massachusetts rrimary. Speaking for the good results accom plished in Massachusetts by the adop tion of uniform primary elections. Rep resentative RTJbert Luce declared: 'The new law has absolutely stopped fraud. The old familiar scenes of tu mult, confusion, riot in cltv wards hnvn disappeared. Pugilists no longer stand at the rail and by brute force carry cau cuses. No count ever has been ques tioned, except upon the grounds of ordi nary errors. The nominating process hae been made decent, dignified and convenient. "When there is real occasion for re volt that revolt is far easier under the new system thnn under the old. In brief, we have mado it far easier for members nf n party to have their own way when they so desire. Is the net result the nnmi. nation of better candidates? No man Pan say. All we know is that we have made it easier ror tne popular will to express itself." t Paving the Way. Philadelphia Ledges. "George." said the prettv elrl. "I know you re awful bashful." This was . portentous, with leap year so new. He blushed assent. "And you'd have proposed to me ex cept for that?" This, too, he was bound to acknowl edge. "Well, I would have accepted." she went on. "and so that's settled." Discussing the matter later she ex pressed a natural pride that she. had not taken any advantage of the season. savlnirl tne water ror soup, rut into a sauce pan a neaping teaspoonful butter, al half tablespoonful flour, a teaspoonful! salt and pepper to sinaon. Stir Intol this a pint of hot mllknd cook, stlrr-l lng constantly untl smdoth and thicken. Season the beans with snlt and pepper. Add the sauce, simmer 15 minutes'! longer and servo. Judson Harmon's Birthday. Judson Harmon of Cincinnati, whose I name has been frequently mentioned lnl connection with the Democratic nomi nation for the presidency, was born lnl Hamilton county. Ohio, February 3,1 1846. After a course in the Cinclit natl public schools he nttended Denlsonl university and later studied law In the! Cincinnati law school, from which ln- stitution he graduated in 1869. Mr.l Harmon soon attained prominence at I the Cincinnati bar and .for some years I occupied a place on the bench. In 1 8951 President Cleveland appointed him at torney-general of the United States, inl which position, he served until March, I 1897. After his service in the cabinet.! Mr. Harmon resumed the practice of! law in his home city. He Is a former! president of the Ohio Bar association! and for some years has been a member! or the faculty or tne law flepartment Of the university or Cincinnati. Appearances. Alas, how oft appearances deceive! The fairest flower may hido a bitter taste; ; The gayest-plumaged bird will often leave ' v The echoes- howling o'er the dismal wave. And so. the girl who might inspire sonnet. , Whose smiles the coldest heart tnlgh overcome. Is heard to say "I Seen it" or "they . none it," - . , ... And has a fondness great for chewing emu. was 1; nig ion star. i.r-t-