The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 28, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextAM IXDKPBN01NT JtlWBPAMM. THE JOURNAL MR. SCOTT S LIGHTNING CPIANGES 0 C . .' JACKSON .Publlabef 'ftnllebes Wt !n eiept day) aed aaara asfufav mah nv. af ilia journal neiiu- hu. rifta aad Yamhill atrwta. Portlaa. Oa. N th flrat page of thta Issue la an editorial, reprinted from the Oregonlan of January 28, 1907. a uttie more tban a year ago.' ' Kator at the paatofftoa at Kurtiaod. or- fr I It Is an article that appeared edl . y:?tl'B .' " tortally In the Oregonlan the day klwhokct-main wis. bomb. following the election by the legls- n Aapartamti mrM or ! BeDera. ui Denatora MUIey and fall tba opera Ike rtwirlront asat aid office. b-z: i roa auL Tarn; Trlbane BalldlnCMryo. Sabaortprioe Terme by null to any adareee k tfea United Statee. Canada or Mexico. Dim faar. 6m aar. .13.0" i nr Donlb SUNDAY. ... , . .M Bo i One month DAILY AND fc(MAY. 7.fW I On month .rs ""'"Such as every one Is In wardly, to he Judgeth out wardly. Thomas a'KempIs, Bourne, and emphatically commend ling the nlan hw siiinii it - - yoBUOH ADVERTISING asFKUUCNTATIVB .-,. s., h " " T Sraaawk-a BaUdlnc 2iB Plfta iwot, We Value Bt this time. In that It f it r contradict recent utterances by Ed itor Scott In his bitter attacks on the Statement No. 1 method of electing senator! It Is so fulsome In Its praise of the "popular" selection and subsequent ratification by the legls ture, that the reader of later tirades against the plan "by the same hand, is left In hopeless bewilderment as to what Is really Editor Scott's opin ion on the subject. Thus, speaking of the plan February 11, 1908, the Oregonlan characterized it as "indi rection, pretense, deception and humbug" and stigmatized It as "du pery and humbug." In the article of a year ago, Mr. Scott's paper spoke In a widely different strain. It said: "Seldom has a body of public men given a finer demonstra tion of loyalty to American princi ples than the Oregon legislature gave In ratifying promptly and de risively the popular election of Sen ators Mulkey and Bourne. Dy doing this, they have acknowledged the fundamental truth upon which our THE PENDLETON TRIBUNE AN SWERED. 1 f HE PENDLETON TRIBUNE pro pounds a query, and demands that The Journal shall answer. "If a man notoriously wrong on very question likely to come before the Oregon legislature next winter should announce his candidacy for a teat In that body on a Statement Ko. 1 platform," says the Tribune "and his opponent was a man known to be right on all those questions, Kiit for Ma own rsasnni nnnnxAd to that statement, which of the two 1",t,tu.uBi re,s V,,s-Jlat a11 ,p0WeI would The Portland Journal advise "'11"1""'1' ",u ,u luo, the conscientious voter to support?" ; The Tribune is speculating on a wholly Improbable theory. There are so many everyday, practical prob lems In life that there is little time to conjure with vagaries. There Is no more likelihood that a leglsla- tbat whenever the people choose to exercise this power directly, it Is their right to do so." Referring again to the plan Feb ruary 7, 1908, Mr. Scott s paper said, "every kind of fraud and de ception is in this business. It Is a tire candidate who Ukea Statement V"esl nd, a eat through and ' ' 1 111 Ko wrnna- on avarvthfn u mo aimiu ui a ) ' .11 mn, hfnrA th Wlalatnre. "So, the Oregonlan said:, "Our leg ,. ,., th. nvii . tn hmm a islators have also acknowledged with wul-saver. The candidate who takes ? fidelity to fact and reason ,: Statement No. 1 is more likely to be tnat. hla " thelr dut,e8 m7 be right on all Questions than the can- ' dldate who does not. The man who Indirectly subsidized trusts, and takes it is In better touch with the would demand not only food but dla- '' people, and more in sympathy with monds, and money for luxuries, and ' their purposes. He assumes that alt to use as boodle In corrupting the they are bat the servants or agents of the people, and that popular man dates expressed under the forma of law, are lasting obligation on all public officials. We may, therefore. say, without undue Insistence upon its Importance, the ratification by the Oregon legislature of the popn lar choice of our senators mark an epoch in the , development, of free institutions." Again, In striking contrast, Mr. Scott's paper said February 3. 1908 "The whole business la farce and humbug." "The Oregonlan Is wholly indifferent whether any candidate shall take Statement No. 1, or refuse It. It does, however, take some satisfaction In exposure of humbugs and puncture of absur dities." And bo, yesterday Mr. Scott's paper .pictured the popular choice plan In colors as glowing as a mas ter of good English could paint them, but today, Mr. Scott says "the whole business Is a Juggle and a cheat through and through." Why these lightning changes? Involuntarily, and with one Impulse, the people of the state will wonder why Editor Scott has so strikingly altered his views. Instantly, they Letters From the People 'Preferential Voting. Portland, yob, St. To the Editor of The Journal On of the most important meaaurea; which comes before the peo ple at the' Coming election is the pro posed constitutional amendment to al lew the principle of preferential voting to be Introduced as part of the elec toral system of this state. In view of the very aDDarent need nt thla avatem in our direct prlmartea In order to straighten out some of the dlirtcultlea which seem to be cropping out In Ite worainra. H la wall evarv volar anouia know about this. , When thle system la once smiled to our iirimariea ana general elections ill thle nolea and trouble about the direct frimary resulting in minority nomlna lona and party- faotlona will disap pear and one more aten will have baan taken In the line of progresa In popular ivvimmtni, In the nrat clace. It should he under stood that the proposed amendment will not of Itself make any concrete law or system. It will almoly arranae the constitution of the state so aa to allow the principle of preferential voting to be uaed in electlona whenever a law aball be made for It. and It mar be ap plied In a municipality, or for the whole state. In the general election, or In the primaries In any or all of theae. Juat aa may be provided by law. inie ayatena will give each voter a "preferential" choice amonar all candl- datea offering themselves tor any of fice. That Is to say, auppoaing there are Ave candldatea for the aame offloe befora the primaries: aa the law la now the voter may make but one choice among all these. Hence It often hap pens mat aome candidate la nominates by a minority vote, in fact, thla will Opinions of State Press! on Statement One Small Chang Politicians versa People. , From the Solo News. The polltlclane and would-be boaaes know If Statement No. 1 la adhered to by the people their power and preaflge la tone forever, llnnra th rrantln forta to persuade the people to Ignore Waymre and RaddlngT m.i.n..i xi ...v . v. ... I a a x.u.u iw.i u uivew intensely lu" I . . ... w. -.a n. - . . ... . i 1 na nnsiora wm nuw mi rw w """l.?',",n" "no DO"""- " "" Fulton's reelection. Ha gava them Tuior wiu Bimpiy asa "wno are ins men I salmon dinner. The boy with' the bird ahooter should be auppraased. Ian't It possible for 100,000 people to get rid or conraaT ' a e ''' "Injunction Taft" won't do, says ths Portland uioor areas. j ; , e a Who. if any persons, were behind who are opposing Statement - No, ir' Snowfall in Portland and in Blrmlnr- . . . . . ... .i Hnnwran in n na wan aearcn out me answer Dy on- ham; .way 00wn In Alabama, about the oe wm una vary enemy to same thla winter. Statement No. 1, without exception, a would-be boaa and oolltlcal leader and dictator. It makea no difference wheth er the enemy ba great or small wheth er nia influence extends throughout the state, county or precinct. If you will Bimmer nia activity aown to tne bottom A Detroit woman wanta 178,000 for a kiss. Bhe muat have enormously wa tered her kiaa aioca. a The children and the rosea will match well toe-ether at least the aula and you will fiad ho la actuated by aelttah I the very small boy a mpulses. H expecta personal gain In some way with . Xhat.de feat of fitate- Mr. U'Ren hae at least raised a great """.i: .K--f,.V' ??m?.7 ' dl-cuaalon and arou.ed political thought -r-mm vv.-..7 "-"l.nrt BO htt- ,lon -OOU. the wlahea of a majority of the people. riuer man iae wianee.oi aome nartiou- lar oandldata for United States senator. Candidly, do you not think that the majority or the people ahould rule, even In the selection of United Stalea ean atori But, aay our Republican rrlenda, a Wa are beginning to feel real friendly again to the hen; ahea smashing the aueu of tne egg trust a a Thav ware fine aoeechee. na doubt. but the jury would have returned the power emanates from the people, and l; that It is theirs to command and t Ills to obey. Like Lincoln, it is his lew that this is a government of, ' tor, and by the people, and that "one - man should not be placed above an other." It la Impossible for such a man to' be wrong on all the questions '. to come up in tne legislature. ' ' On the other hand, the legisla tlve ' candidate who refuses to sign Statement No." 1 shows by that act ' that he Is unwilling that the people - should give him directions as to whom they want for senator, and by that token, unwilling for them to 1 give directions In matters of legis lation. He refuses to act for the people, but insists on acting for him . self. ' He refuses to be their repre 4 sentatlve,,to do the things they de ' sire done, and Insists on being their guardian, and doing only those things he wants done. Unlike Lin , olo, he Insists that "one man shall be placed over" the others, and that lusal to eign Statement No. 1 means. Incidentally, Editor Geer steered . the Tribune into Its opposition to r ."people's choice" of senator. Mr. -. Geer went before the people under the Maya law In 1903, and begged .the legislature for support on the "ground that he was the "people's choice.? He indorsed the principle behind Statement No. 1 then, when lie hoped to use it as a vehicle to win the senatorship. Has the prin ciple changed, or . has the man changed? j government. Subsidies would only accentuate the evil, and, would benefit the few at the expense of the many, which is the essence of the "principle" of protection, at whatever point you get a look in below its elephant hide. TOO MANY DIVORCES BIORE CLAMOR FOR SUBSIDIES ;'afHERE is renewed clamor for " I' flbip subsidy, or subvention- :v . . 1 1 a a a mA rKinff hv anv r a m A m ui. 1 t.uv uauiv vuiug, jj muj ' 'smells the same. Not only all the members of congress who are owned by the interests, but a good many people who are not thus innu enced are In favor of this method of reviving the American merchant marine, which continues to decline But If It be s Important to .revive the American Bea-cairylng business why not first try the repeal of some features of our navigation and tariff laws, and see- what effect that would have, before taking millions of cash out of the people's pockets to start another great trust? . If ships can be built abroad at half (or less) the cost of building them here, why not let Americans buy them and give them American registry and permit them to fly the American flag? Subsidizing the chips would not make their cost if built In this country any less. ut it is not desired by the principal ad vocates of subsidy that ships should be built here at less cost, for several great; trusts are Interested in mak ing the cost exorbitant. The steel trust, the lumber combines, the rail-1 roads, and other monopolized indus tries, prevent ships being built here! at fair cost andi reasonable profit. They all muBt have heavy toll out, of everything that goes Into the con struction of a ship. Hence, the high protective tariff wall should be bat tered down at these points. The millions demandedsunder the proposed law would be only the be ginning; Ai the 0 Infant grew It would constantly require more sub sidy food, and grown very large and strong It would go Into the govern lr, s , business, along with the other UDGE BRONAUGH Tuesday re fused to grant a decree of di vorce in a case In which the ev idence was more sufficient to justify a decree than in hundreds of cases In which decrees have been granted here and in Oregon City during the past few years. This is said not in criticism but In com mendation of the judge, who we infer does not believe everything tes tified to by all plaintiffs and their witnesses in divorce cases. The Journal cannot accept the doctrine that no divorces should be granted, for from a secular point of view at least, there are numer ous cases where a divorce is Justl fled, and to refuse it would be a pro longed crime against innocent indi vlduala who should have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which unfortunate bonds of matrimony deny them. But di vorces are too easily and numer ously granted, and this has become a great evil and scandal in the land- Trifles are magnified Into the grossest offenses; testimony la filled with exaggeration and whole-cloth Inventions: and the desire and ob ject in a large proportion of cases Is to throw off marital obligations and to mate with some new affinity. The courts must conform to the law, of course, but a large number of de cisions like this of-Judge Bronaugh would be a great reform. EDITOR ANSWERS LAWYER. I T IS easy for a country editor, who Is on the right side of a proposi tion that he Bees through clearly, to confound In argument an able lawyer of statesmanlike parts, who is on the wrong side, t or example Judge Lowell of Pendleton states as follows the position which he thinks a legislative candidate should take: "I am a Republican (or Dem ocrat. as the case may be) and If elected to the legislative assembly, I promise, as a member thereof, to support for United States senator whosoever shall be the candidate of my party at the general election, thus constituting the entire party electorate the legislative caucus." To this the Milton Eagle answers: The judge favors legislative candl datea binding themselves to vote for the candidate of their party for sen ator receiving the largest party vote. We would like then to ask the Judge what purpose la served by voting for senator at the June election? The party's choice has already been made at the primary election, the June elec tlon being for the purpose of aacer tainlnti the people'a choice. , But -the Judge proposes to set aside the : peo ple's choice and substitute the. party 'a choice, made at the primary election. It doea not require a fine- legal mind to see theit would be an asinine prop oaitlon tT continue voting for "a eeoa tor at the Juno election if the result la to be ignored. " '' ' Again. on the unconstitutional argument the Eagle wants to know why a choice by .the state electorate of a party Is any : legg uncoastitu- will recall the famous teleirram Mr. nearly always happen when many can Ofntt aunt Ilrnwnpll whfin th lftr. dldate" preeent themaelvea, each fairly bcou sent urowneu, wnen tne leg- well Bupport. Mut unier the prefer- isiature was aoout selecting a sen-ientiai plan tie voter could not only ator in 1903. "Now is the time, '""hm.,-- k.T .i"k7- ."a .1, If you can help me it will be appro- choice, all' on the aame ballot Then if i0.j tne canuiaate wnom tne voter naa l-iait?U. Iinarlra.4 tnr I.I. dm nk.ln nrn unconsciously, too. toe peuuie win to oe a tow man in tne count tne Da not revert to the American Magazine M0. story of the Scott-Bourne contract, the voter had marked aa bis second with its $25,000 in cash, its promise, l?'- " wu'.(1 'AVwi?.1!0 ilLir . ' I voters who had voted for the low can- in case Mr. cou oecame senator, to dldate or candldatea be similarly trans Hellvnr all federal natronaire to Mr. frred and counted for the candidates r, ... .v... ... of "!' second choice.. Thla process uuurue, auu no ijicuro mm iuo iu- would De continued until aome one re- fluence of the Oregonlan and the ceived an actual majority inaorsemen . ... . . of all those votinR. E-vening leiegram wouia De exertea The effect of thla syatem in bringing to beat Mitchell and elect Bourne out the moat generally popular candi .... . . . . I date Is exactly the same as where euc- uii, iue Bicut yiiuc an. own iu ceaalve ballotlnfra are taken in a lodge pay for the eenatorshlp. When Mr. room In order to elect a presiding offl- t, ... ,!,- cer Dy an actual majority wnere more Scott s paper makes such extraor- thBn two canddates 'ir, running; l. e., dlnary changes in Its views, how can casting out the low candidates after .u- ..vii. 1 v,i a t oanoi ana allowing a now voie. mo yuuuu uo uiaiucu n.ua Tna only difference is that by the pref an explanation? lerentlal vote the thing la all done on a single Daiiot. 1 ne voter marss inn choices "1. 2. 3." and ao on. and by tlonal than a choice by the whole this simple act of voting he haa ar . . . ... T ranged his ballot so that when .the eiccturuiB ui tuo eiaic. iu enuer count la made of all the votes the tell case the choice haa been taken away ere are enabled, by the simple process . , .i rt , n.v ,. 01 aropping tne low counts on tne nrei iiuui uo icRiBiaiuir, un.u ia uu- cholce and transferring these ballots constitutional." So candldatea who I to the count of the candidates warked take the pledge proposed by Judge Zt a" cama'wlth a maSrlty'ta1! Lowell are quite as unconstitutional dorsement. The procesa la very simple o.. . xt, 1 ...JM.t. and tnucb more easily done U deed, rather more so. I am sure, appeal to the average voter Acnin tho cnnntrv orfitnr hmmm I wno ! is iooKing,ior tne rignt tning. D I The mnat rommennahln fAaure nf on r the lawyer's fallacy that the primary direct primary law la that it enables law hrpaka down nartv Hnea which any member of a party, no matter who, law Dreans aown party lines, wnicn t0 offer nlmself a candldate to his the law declares for, by asking: party, if he out secure 3 per cent of his 'ff it waa the intent nt'thn law tn Party s voters on bis nominating petl- ir it was tne intent or tne law to The door Is onen to all seekers. maae party lines 01 more importance I No boss or machine can interfere, it than the wishes of the people, why 81VaSt.benntike..Vd!: was the provision for the election of rectiy to the whole electorate. Thla v, nnnni. i I is just as it snouia ne. 11 is mis real j . Ji '"""'''"' lure which haa marked the direct prl- ated in the law? The fact that thelmary as one of the moat useful pieces law rsnninhpa tho ritrht nt tliA nan. oi nanaiworK introaucea into our moa- , I ern voting systems, pie to elect the senator proves that The convention leader or boas. the law intended the people's will to "J- cahaa eenlfmUed! prevail over party, utnerwise tne whatever the degree of his usefulness whole proposition 1b nonsensical." " if" m no,5 nn.?w lA Whatever argument is made, the stagecoach driver wis who suddenly question recurs, as certainly as the S"". ueeuiH iu iu3 uoib, iu tuo Bitnpie, ir he win ror tne return or tnose gooi single question: Shall the people of iJtS the whole state elect their senators? ment for the people of Oregon are not Election by the people who belong a"0'" back to the old convention system whatever they do. to a party, no more answers this The only special difficulty in the way question affirmatively than election of, the frfe,?.t "f ot, dlr'.ct J , . , . . I primary Is the inability of the party uy mo ic-giBiaiuie. iuuubuuus 01 voters, aa a whole, to record their con DarMiMlnQno n ctofAn.An v 1 I currlnc rjreference of aome one candi . . , 'I date, among several offering themselves, because they want election by the and in this way make their final choice whole people to be a real instead of B.ut ,f at the coming June flection majority of the people may vote for I aame verdict without them Governor Chamberlain for United Btatea I e a ffSE?:.".! Pr..ldantlal boom. toU naving BUDsonuea to oiaiement no. i, and- ocoudv but little space, he would be alected by tba legislature. na ocou)y DUl p"-. Trait, muyyvmm mi event enouiu trene- Wl plref Hiat of It? Would not wlah General Stoeaael ahould reflect that bt the majority of the people be carried . 1 Impossible for a nsnin court- out T . . . The efforts to discredit Statement No. 1 are the last despair ing endeavors of corrupt polltlclane to regain their loat power. Defeat for , these political trlckstera and wire pullers at the June election means an nihilation. Their succesa win mean the martial to disgrace anybody. a a Wa now have no more confidence in the groundhog than in a machine poli tician when ha taiaa patriotism a a 7 nA fait mrtA nrrnarfu female restoration of the rotteneat political hereafter go weeping to Mayor Lane uiiiuvui mm.. !- tut inn aaaina: ror evmnatnv in Dnvate. throned boaaeai and profoaalonal poli ticians mora arogant and dictatorial than ever. They will interpret aucceaa to mean Indorsement of their corrupt methods and govern themselves accord ingly. It will mean the driving of de cent, honorable men from the publlo service, to ba aupplanted by boodlera, bribers and a general reign of corruption. If the politicians win out in their as saults on Btatement No. 1 the efforts of the people to reealn control of gov ernmental affairs will ba a flat failure. The eyes of the people of the United Btatea are directed oward the Oregon country. They are watching with ln- tenae Interest the "Oregon experiment If we are successful In this reform In popular government we will have performed a service or last ing benefit to the American people. Our succesa meana the adoption of the "Ore gon experiment" by other states and Wall, why doesn't Wu Ting Fang come out and .ell ua all about It? lie haa been In the country several days now. e a What a great Joke a silver thaw like laat wlnter'a would be yet this aprlng. But that happens only once In a genera tion. 6 REALM -FEMININE t When Uie Joke Is on Voo.' 't. T haa alwaya aeemad particularly; sad tnat woman ahould ba clasaad ai devoid of humor, - for the jolly woman Is about the pleasantest sort to meat and to know, and woman especially need the saving grace of hu- mor which enablea one to aea the trying things of Ufa In their true proportion. 'Tba faculty of looking oft the bright aide of thlne-a la worth a . iluiimaj pounds a year," soma aaga philosopher haa aatd. But that only insures cheer fulness. Downright humor la mora than this, and It Is something which -may be cultivated. Burdetta once aaM hur funny thlnga happen to everybody, but the reason people do not enjoy them la that they fall to see the funny aide un til afterward. He asaerted that thr only way to enlov lira ta tn ti... funny thins whan It hannena- tn K.i able to laufch when the joke la on you. It la probably largely our own con celt that a tends In the way-of our en joying tba humor of a situation, espec ially when we are the central figures Our .own personality atanda ao hlah inJ our own estimation that wa cannot bear) to aee ouraelvea at a dlaadvantaga. Wet' forget that unleaa wa accept the altua-i tlon eaally and happily wa are far fun-l nier than wa Would Otherwise ba. ,. 1 Humor demanda for lta full enlnvi ment that It ahnuM be hnH mnA thL la another disadvantage under which w.- Stand. Bo Often we are hlleA tn ne our Uvea with persona whoaa Idea of if Joke la totally different from that whlct. we hold. Thla difference of taste liJ Jokes, la. aa George Kllot haa said, a aa-f vere strain on the affections. I Now we flutter ourselves that art taste In Jokes la of the most refined and gentle nature. It combines th Xmrmrmt hanrtl small. f mi t l . I 1 ....... . . x , . w w . 1 . T ... , UIW.VIU W (IJ . the subtle acumen of Bwlft and the log Iral faculty of a Locke. A grave eltf uatlon may ba Instantly turned to it quaint humor by the Introduction o any element which upaete the loglcall ness of events, and thla aooeala to our acme of the ludicrous. ' , t But suppose that we are house-mate;"' with one whose Idea of humor Is tt sue a man running after hia hat or M see a atout woman fall in the street I These things are not funny, yet tli Illogical person whom fate haa aelectett to be our copartner may find them slde splitting. They have the aame relation. to humor aa the antlca of a clown tn k i-trcua have to the gentle lines of SJ old comedy. t Can It really be called a free coun try where a man can't aet a drink be tween 1 and 6 a. nr. to aay nothing of all day BundayT Wa suppose that county convention Will nrila. twit H Pr.aM.nt X) r. r m m. . m t I 1TH....I....1M . , . " ... mf. w... . . . V. . 11. a.v ww , v. . I IIIIUUIIBCIUUI , WO rUVFJIl 1 1 1 1 T I Til. nH . establishing and he RePub'lcM pety. A political ture In our appreciation of what we flmJ a a vcallng than the kind of biscuit wa eel Roosevelt alluded to the man who Meet for Inncheon. The boor will guf. did something ho didn't like aa "the raw at the injury of another person! i.imhiirritp anunv Mnt we ihnnrhr a unvoice iinua 11 emuaina to see an .iiiiiwi. "J . I . . . . . . . - . i.i -1 i I nthAr. tn n. n A a.n. flu. .mil KM the eventual purification Of American noosoven naea atrong, poeuive people " '" ., "" ',"".,'! ",KT noli lira I ana tninga. - i ' ... -- v.,... I m i sorrow or even traaedv i CP1"F.', "J0 A Plttur. man. ever alnoe mamage! . That' 1. most hunWou. which 1. II IT,"." " rr-.mV. heat hl wife everv three davs. on the os-ical or that which producea a atart. not " must not allow a gang of theory that it waa good for her.. After contrast, or brlnga the though a?untW8tconrrunt Titlciso defeat about 1.00 beating. ah. differed with 'f2H-a. '?r8er."V.bJefi. to.."t w . I. - . Ik I n JnM nm aa iaati1 Hnana . I I J lliniHUIll-ailla A - laa UUL IU ItlV our efforts, -rna people anouia ever " t0 . ca7 w.h lta fare We hvi advance to higher and better Ideala In men or ao obstinate. M. cat wah lta rMVV. hayt popular government, but never take a a being moved to mirth. Yet if a oa step backward. Ex-Governor Black says the country comes out upon the stage when.aorav out in i nu to m iw uup mm m i serious pertormance la in order ana BDOOn. No. but It needs to hire ofrl-lralmlv elta 1nwn tn nerfnrm lta ne. clals who will not allow a few iioga to cullar ablutions wa are Inclined t swill moat of tho aoup. snicker. It la Illogical. It makea e People Above Party. From the Jacksonville Post. The Post's editor la a Republican, and all other thlnga being equal, would like surprising contrast. u viuci vM.iiBv uwu vui, " . Dayton twregoni item Mtya: tjw- i la iu um me reai.iwuTwi. to aee Republicana elected to office; but ling to the non-arrival of the paycholo- wat8r K,nd of play which waa so popul v.. in hnnraaver ulvnci tht KIM. tne Bievenin Kraae naa peen gib-I . - ty m " ... aw.w., .. v ........ , i- , . . . . 1 . . L hn (11 ttiA alUnllnn n r aitj1lnMa at T r, . -lTi-t. .tani, mlaaed during the last quarter of each nol?a, tne, attention or audiencea ( election of a candidate for office aim tMm w6eV What would become certain claaa of theatrea. dependa of our children In their teena If they ,ta succesa upon the Joy It alvea aom i!ihfW0Hi, believe that r not thoroughly lnatructed In pay- JJffPj ee ,th'nf '? wro,nH ight. He beiievea tnat . . I place. A railroad train la not surprise ubllo aervants ahould be cnoiogyr fn Jn Jn f i orpot. nut on the stage it la in Oregon bidelights a halfway, a doubtful or a sham per formance. ine journal is in receipt of a large batch of Philander Chase Knox literature, including several of his able speeches and a great many complimentary newspaper clip pings. The Journal has much re spect for Senator Knox. He 1b amendment, then laws may be made embodying the system I have suggested, After that it will be Impossible for any minority clique or interest to force lta nomination on a political party. li. UttNL-lNUEK Come to Grand John Day Valley. From the Prairie City Monitor. In John Day valley and surrounding hills and mountains. Is untold wealth lying dorman. in agriculture, forests, all kinds of minerals, thousands of wat man Of great ability, and we believe er horse power for manufacturing and is an entirely clean man in public other purposes are going to waste ... TI . ... briefly, every resource Imaginable Is me. no nan iui iiiau jeiiib a cor- here, arffl dormant ror want or capital, nnratlnn lawver nnd an msir In- eneray or ambition. . . , . . , . X lie 1H11U l 1 i li, uiatn iuviii uroi clined to lean toward great corpor- of garden and fruit soil. The climate atlons, but that employment was 18 unsurpassed, pure mountain air, pure v. . ... water, moderately warm in summer ana honorable, and we think ho ia too moderately cold in winter, no extremes big a man to willfully work against or any kln5- 'UBt, rlK"t t0 enJy "fe. , v rt i . , . wiin iiie ucctuiixui bucuci y 111 yiaiii the people s interests as he under- view, makes this an laeal place to make Btands them, while holdine an lm- a home. Here are the best of schools portant office. Yet his probable bias makes him an object of suspicion, and this will prevent his election or even his nomination for president. and churches, and the railroad within 15. or 20 miles, with promises of Its ex tension Into the valley this year. This Date in History. 1631 Birth of Henry Stubbe. "the most noted Latin and Greek scholar of hln a cp Japanese immigration was nnlv mo Russia issued a declaration of 971 in January, against 5,275 In the "ffl.t fS',mhmB.,, ,t, same month last year. The imml- governor-general of India. gration from Hungary fell from 10,- ca" VffiTlt. "fSt ft fv fr 1 7 9 Q fevm Ttal.. . g tw t I i . ' to 2.883: from Russia tmm 11 . 871 congress set apart the Tellow- nr . n eon 7 ' "tone vauey as a national park. 625 to 8,283. The only European 1888 Union Square theatre. New gains, and these were very small ones, were from Greece, Bulgaria, Servla and Montenegro, and there were slight Increases from Turkey in Asia, and from North and South American countries. The total from all countries fell from 64,417 in January, 1907. to 27,230 In January, 1908. The panic and Industrial de pression were the causes. A Chicago man, says the Record- Herald, has an orange grove in Cal ifornia, which takes part of his sal ary to support and has been Belling his oranges at from 85 to 75 cents per box, a box containing 10 dozen oranges. To his grocer he pays 40 cents a. dozen, the prife be receives for five dozen. . He dotes not see any thing wrong at either end of the line, - but is getting a vague idea that either the producer or the con sumer, or both which he is, are be ing somehow "skinned." Of course the railroads wouldn't do thla. , York, destroyed by fire. 1900 Relief of Ladysmlth, after a siege of 120 days. 1905 Beginning of the battle of Muk den, Manchuria, between the Russians and Japanese. Thomas "Wallace Russell's Birthday. Thomas Wallace Russell, M. P., who recently auccoeded Sir Horace Plunkett aa vice-president of the department of agriculture and technical Instruction In Ireland, was born February 28, 1841 in Cupar Fife, Scotland. At the age of 18 he settled in Ireland and has since identified himself with many pub lic movements for the betterment of conditions In that countrv. He rim came prominently torwara a an ardent temperance reformer. For many years ho waged a fierce campaign against the liquor traffic, and held numerous stormy meetings in the Rotanda, Dub lin. In-1885 he waa an unsuccessful candidate for. parliament, but a year later waa returned to tha house as member for South Tyrone. - In 185 he accepted from Lord Salisbury the ap pointment of parliamentary aocretarv to the local .government board,- which post he continued to hold until 1900. In the ..house of' commons Mr. Riieea.ii took an active part In the fight against tha home rule movement, and he was the principal promoter ot the t unite acts committee of 1894, which resulted In the passing of tha land-act of 1896. He la an eloquent speaker, and has written much, on Irian subjects. I because he Is a Republican. He will never advocate tho worn out slogan to Vote her atral the varv beat m elected regardless of political afnlla- tlrtne Rut the nnnonehta or Htaiement ro claim that Tnaeinuch aa the office of United States senator la a political office, that no candidate for represen tative who believes in Republican prln- clplea ahould ever promise under any circumstances to vote for a Democrat. It la a complete and a fair anawer to thla to state that Oregon la about 40,- nnn Runnhiinn at thle time. If the Re publicans of the state of Oregon cannot merclal club, nominate a man ior a political uince i like the office of United States aenator, Many rarmmg l; start him out with a lead of over 40,000 lng tn Silver Lake. vntee end land htm a winner under the wire by an overwhelming majority at J Malheur county aheepman the regular election in June. luos. then 1 ganize an association. iUlf iraf It la tn th become 4 great the wrong place and It drawing power. But the aavlnr araca of humor hi It lta application to dally life. And thla has no reference to the disgusting Poultry affaire are booming at Tha Danes. Eugene la going to uaa lota of brick 0.theF,an wh h" "P'i'Pt .v . . . ... i Butiiain ilh n lunnv man ana wnw U11B jfCBi. I button hnlee hie ennllelntanoee at all times to tell them tht Roaeburg will organize a strong com- wtU or- lt la plainly evident that there ia some thing ao aecioeaiy wrong wun mat re publican candidate that he ought not to be a United Btatea senator Brownsville peoDle have onranlsed to prevent the sale of liquor to minora. Its Real Object. From the Grants Pass Outlook (Rep.) Don't swallow any of the aophlstry about Statement No. 1 being In defiance of tha national constitution. It la no more a violation of the constitution for the people to express their desires as tn a United States senator than It la to mreai themselves on any other bud- Ject. Don't Imbibe any gas with regard to Its being designed to wreck the Re publican party. It Is designed to place Several eastern Oregon papera com no good, buttonholes Inconvenient funniest thing he ever heard in hi uie, ana wno roars at nis own witti ctsms. Everyone who remembers So omiin Kuaseii recalls that sober, almoa luguorious race with which he gav utterance to hla ludicroua remarks. I was his face mora than the Jokes tha made tha mirth. Humor can be aDnlled. when th, busy housekeeper has taken UDon her self soma particularly dusty, dlsheveli lng piece or work, secure In the thourh of not being Interrupted, and tba moa( plain that the deputy game wardens are Particular and exact of her acquaint no good. I antes cornea to call, aha must learn tl accept me situation gracefully. t 110 nnr men trinl lafa.i- nut th. 1 ne urania rasa cannery la dolnar a .."."r y.""' v u. n. . lively business: lta enlargement wilfbe eiaent in tne same category aa battle mni.i in in.li muraer ana suaclen death. lauah about ..uiu.v.vu ... Af... Ill Ta nahiMl a,... at..l.litlA..ul . ,i. m I iisa.M m auu aiiMgiiuuiwaiu II tv,. u.tu .i 1 i. 1 accept it. Don t apologize and try t.l crowded, and there la urgent need ot . y aome aubterfugl another teacner aa well floor space. w m raent nee of wiggle oui or It Dy aome BUDterfUg'l aa additionei nor Bay that tl woman who had promf as additional ,se)1 to 6o the worlf d,dn,t comev(proL Ivldtng you had not engaged one). I Is altogether likely that the caller ha: I ITlvIm T) anAMa.1 Trn,lf . V. HMl.li. li-, 2L.1 ..r:. t V -".ua it similar exnerlene to relate If vet. tne man aoove me periy. n rausi iw " . miuoa eiiu Bv6 her the chance to tell It .. t conceded that, aa a rule, the choice of cleaned, the Recorder will be heard lA"nd I when John forgeta mat von a J the majority ia a Wise choice; else it from regularly, and In terms that will to b. out -II th rte?no5nTt th. X stands confessed that the masses are not be mild. - " J? nd VilnM a ftiend home to dtnl incapable of intelligent self-government - ne? and thV batcher ftdla to send th3 Thean who a afraid of majority rule , The forest service will build abouf me, an,1nd hn U ? w de-SiVt lS hl nemi lo ue bci iikiii ill 111a uc annua. 1 i.u .111, o u& icici'iuii a line in ijiih l,.,,.. . . t. & . . . i - The man who would rather aee a yel- county thla year, which will connect In Nni..t,t,.vir.r.. V.- F. .Iii lf low dog elected, from his own party several places with local lines. If aat- rha v J Thev'p aX .h h, .Vi-'"... an a aquare-bunt white man from tne isractory contracts can be made. -nd fiorrow of CoV.r n.irthnV.Vni . s 2P."l5a,p.5K ?uf0re5-.w W,1: . . before him what, you can. but with aiP is v a ite end this era of progress. The r., .v ... , wJialuU ctt"' "ul .wlln - kV. .. ,v, oih reo-lme nt . '"'"" iwany a young "upretiBiiun 01 me nonor ne aoea yoi ."no? p7,SSitie ecnemrini,me.ndf Lamb ."P??. "a and vour 'husband InTenewlng tha W inennsmp. - b Let not for a moment any trace -o,, anxiety be apparent In tone or manner; If the guest ausoects that tha house;'; keeping ia more important than hii' friendship he will not aoon reoeat thi. experience and the husband will feei swannlng. luagling. scheming and "T'.u"" wrangling over a United States senator, 0"Va?k and other SDrini ffida ane to the operation of Statement-No. I, ta "TL'J T jndicatlona thf f eSrtn- 1- n-ir I? badlv ahop worn and should be put on maicationa that spring la near at the bargain counter along with other antiquities band. e e A Umatilla Indian's wife became IH and he at once bought a coffin, but aa ahe did not die as aoon aa exnecti hn diffident about extending such hosni looa 11 ohuh. Din sne men Decame woree and finally died, ao he rebought the uusatsu e . a The beach north and south nt Pm-i uriora is iiierany covered with a film few daya ago, coming no floubt either talitv again. Surelv vou would rathe he kept hia friends than that ha shouh nave a cold orderliness In hia horn and no Joy In lta privileges. ,. ft Oranges Now in Order. people to choose from a leak of some oil burner or from RANGES are aocletya lateat fad to invite antagon- -ome storm tossed vessel that used it I 1 obesity Tha luice ia a anhatl publican ticket, to calm the aeas, aaya the Tribune. II f, t " J 3"'Ce ,J8 8ub"i . . . U.vk. a ariiaViAr nnntmA l K A v. . I tUtfi TOT TOOfl. HO Other nni11lalf Frank Davey's Advice. From the Harney Valley Newa (Rep.) Tha movement atarted In Marlon county ia a hazardous one from a polit ical standpoint. The attempt of ao called leaders to eliminate all men who have a conscientious regard for tha law aa it atands, and who have full faith In the ability of the what they want, will lama whlnh the remihllcfln even in Marion couniv. cannon iYio.jo a. ugWi uuoncu in me ocean nen afford to encourage. It will foster a not far away. I ment being taken except at night, whe; spirit of indignant protest among men . T . ' - . the cult declarea that the heaviest an r."l "Afthi, neonie-e hutho Rancher, of Lake and Crook conntT;. most fattening of dinners may b! have In the past taken only a passive are Just beginning to realise that there eaten without danger of adding a poun Interest, and have supported good men is big money in raising alfalfa for feed- Of flesh. . regardless of their stand on that ques-l lng winter beer. With the coming of a . There la no doubt that tha pur iinn railroad northern Lake, with her thou- Juice la one of the best blood nurlfler . Banna or acres or rine airaira and grain anown ana its eirect upon tne comf The People Will Choose Right. mnas. win Decome tne greatest winter! P'exion is eviuent arter a lew week From tho Canby Tribune (Rep.). " " . V "u1"- fresh, while the eyea Tare brighter Thif Tha Tribune la first, laat and 'all the Tha biggest load of loga ever hauled metamorphosis is not to be expectej .We I on a Bled In eastern Oregon waa hauled I !n week, of course, but it will com .1. t,i .1..1 thai, into tne nimDoay mm on tneir Dl? new "v"v'.'u"., tm Myww n.w StatesK".natora. and thai if a lowtajc -led with a fou, - horse tea m. time in favor of Statement No. 1 believe TTI aV 1 choice la left .to the people, they will h? PiV! ke Central Oregtfhian. choose tha rlaht man every time. The IV B AH, "'" ana coniamea .7,480 machine politicians, who are fighting "vi-tJi r n- v,r iKSa JfP: g.i.m.nt n i tVint thai, ra proximately 25 tons. The load waa thi ;ni.. iiiiv Mn:t -"" hauled up a slight grade for a long die - r - f THn fllBL About 10 to 1. From the Milton Eagle. Wa know not how the aentiment In other parta of the atate la regarding Statement No. 1, but up ill thla neck of tn wooaa it s aoout 10 to 1 in ravor, and wa expect "to make It unanimous by election. Thoae legislative- candidates who refuse to subscribe to it will find It hard sledding. . , , Has Becomes Scold. -Tram tha Milton Eagle. Wa have looked in vain for tha Ore gonlan'a plan for tha nomination and election of senatorial candldatea by pop ular majorities. We fear tha erstwhile great Portland dally" has degenerated into an impotent old scold, with power to do naught but find fault with the work of . younger and mora vigorous In tellect, Easily Scared. From the Pendleton Fast Oregonlan. Such big Republicana as Harvey Scott and T.. T. Geer and A. Bennett ahould be aahamed at the prospects . of one small Democrat like Oeorge Chamberlain. For shame, old girls, shake your dresses and climb down' from tha table. Chamber lain should not even be aa harmful aa a mouse In a great big Republican atata like Oregon. , r , . Excepting With the Brownies. 1 . From Punch.. Peggy "Was that p'llceman aver a little' baby, mother?" ! v subject the pulp Is to be rejected, "fo oniy tne juice ia or value. fAfher-"Whv Mi 1aer" Peggy, (thoughtfully)- "I don't -he. mm J - i T. . " . w neve j. va ever seen a cacy B ueemanJ This muni come from sweet, sound and sufficient ly ripe rruit. sugar with it is no permit tea. ft ft ft "V- The Daily Menu. ; t BREAKFAST. - , . Tvi- Appies. cereal' with Cream. Cornbread. " . Coffee. LUNCHEON. : X - i Lamb Curry and Rice. Walnut . an Banana saiad. .. . - Hot Rolls. Baked Custard. TTea. DINNER. Chicken Soup. Fried Clams." ' Broiled Chops. French . Potatoes. String Bean Salad. : -Deep Apple Pie. CUieese, . : Coffee. . r . J . 'V.-t-i Governor Hughes, renlvin a- tn wnmn suffragists, aald that women would vV. timately have their way. Many an obi cure, common man knew that." i 3