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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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