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A PLEA FOR A NEW MACHIXK,
M
. R, W. M. CAKE, late Repub
lican committee chairman
and manager of the city cam
paign last spring. Is reported
l , . ; a alluding to tho result of that mu-
niclpal election and saying: "It Is
' time to get out, aa we should hare
. gotten out last summer. We will
, hare the old tight on for sheriff.
' Gentlemen, I ask you to support
every nominee who Is chosen by the
. nominating committee. We have
',thre ,TOtes to iheir one; why not
' elect our nominee?"
, Mr. Cake is a very Intelligent man,
.... yet It seems that he and others
:; whose sentiments he no doubt ex
pressed Is slow to learn by expe
rience, Many Republicans did not
' support the head of the municipal
ticket last year because they be
lieved the saloons and the "lnter-
, ests" were for him, and they cared
nothing about party in a municipal
election. So, as he cays, the Repub
lican candidate for sheriff was al-
most defeated because Word had
done Ills duty as no previous sheriff
-' bad, and a great many Republicans
cared .nothing about party In a
v county' election.
- : Now these Republicans and we ex
pect mote with them will adhere to
, that position; they care nothing for
", " party as against , men and local in-
fluences in a local election; and
. they are not going to be either
coaxed or scourged back "Into line"
la .the- name of party, ,
,' " There' is a" primary law, Intended
. lo provide a way for the voters to
nominate their own candidates and a
Terr large proportion of Republican
voters like that primary law, see its
. importance, t and are not going to
give it up. Yet Mr. Cake, after last
i jear'a disastrous experience with ob
etlnate Republicans, hopes that they
v will all "support every nominee
chosen by the nominating commlt-
1 tee.' 'But thejprlmary law provides
for ' no " "nominating committee.
-What II nominating committee but
' a. machine? Jpoes Mr. Cake imagine
' that the Republicans of this county
ara going to stand for and unitedly
' support all the nominees of a ma
chine? If so, "we think he will be
about as badly disappointed as he
- ' was last June.
The whole effort is one to get
"v away from, evade and undermine
the primary law and revert to the
machine method. The platform.
restored. Thereupon - the railroads
refused to accept lumber for eastern
shipment at all. In consequence of
all this, not only the big mills bare
suffered much loss of business, but
many small mills have been put out
of business. Many mill owners bave
been financially ruined or crippled
and thousands of laboring men, most
of them with families to support.
were thrown "out of employment
This one case alone was suffi
cient for congress, if it had the
service of the people In mind or in
heart, to have Impelled the passage
of this amendment through both
houses within three days. It needed
no long debate; it is manifest to
everybody but a railroad president,
attorney or tool that railroads
should not be permitted to do such
a thing unless authorized by the rate
reEulating power of the land. We
take ltv for granted that Senator Ful
ton offered the amendment in good
faith and desires Its passage
thoueh we cannot know. But the
senate, It is indicated, will not even
let It come to light. Or If it does,
it will be at so late a date that it
cannot get through. And this Is
only one instance of many showing
how the railroads and trusts and
great corporations, instead of the
people, are served by congress. Yet
there are persons and newspapers
who would have the people take no
heed or action, but leave everything
to their legislators.
rir hnth aM. of tha ouestlon. them Is that the leaden In congress p . "ev ar tn rawiimtit cri
----- - - - i . I all wiflnnm. Ami fllra ITia Irlnr p.m a nit
- . . . 1 I a a A .H f I A l..4l.nlln. I I - --.--nit
ine journal nas always uwo m " i bhhw bu iuinuuvu, i wronc. xnay ar iawyr wttn ta aim-
Small Clianga
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favor of an MociatIon of hepmen Ad the gr atting and Pftence g- jgfe - tft 9
because it believed that was about ' perhaps as great, relatively, in Many lawyer boom judges 7lesa by
the only way the growers could bold tne army as in. tne navy,- am or XlJ7maJtJri
liet'a fix it so that there will be no
more SZMvO contracts.
iy me growers coma noia ry " Midi tMrnJ!i All tlmee are good time, to clean up.
their own against the combines of course ail tnese matters snouia oe I the veeted tntereats which they have I but this time of year especially.
various short selling dealers. The Covered up and no reforms attempted l'rMJ'w,vo' ,A . " " , iV n
repuria wmtu nan ucou tmuiou nil " -.w. ... i uunnmaj a cap,, ana fowni uoee lie i make Portland more and more beauu
Iin-reuy Daooma True, noneat, noDie ana I f ul
Infallible, Immune from crltlclam and e
"1' I cenauraT I am arlart tha mihlln nrui xr.n ir.i,.,,.... v. V.
upon fact, as several of the officials that there IS much San Jose scale pomee the courase and atamlna to marked" down as' a spring month this
. i . , . . . i ... j I crltlcMaa erroneoua oeulatona of tha l
Know, ine news nas Deen orinieaict- " i-ww.v, cou.., rrom the lowest to tha niirneat. i
simply as news and not as Judgment ine rru,t maustry is too-important ven ine .uregonian flrvea areat u lg th, 0jdi 0id ng.ht, the many tin
. ... . I on man shn at o-root lahnp mil . vinriiinw,T.i iu.vuni..
REA
FEMININE
divers times regarding the inactivi
ties of the growers have been based
T
The Hasty Answer.
HE story comes from $t. Louis
or two tiny tots taking' aa aeri-
ous the Joking response given by
the mother of one of them, when i
against the directors. The fact that men wno at great laDor ana ex
he asked her If he and his small
iVJrV.0'? might get married, and the
evok aiwaya taken precedence. The Hunday I nH.r V.-, . Journev of tha tn rfon, n.it..
number of the directors of the pense have destroyed peBts ana urnu "ur.quoiM n nupw a . ... weary tramping, to the county seat
a "-I A promoter who salt the mine and nd foar h.pk
watera the atocK rurnianes material tor j" . V ... 1 1
victims' tears. iuni ox ineir nappny-iaia plans.
union have been work n for Tears maintain ciean orcnaraa nayj nroval
with one of the Californja leaders right to demand mat county rruu
FIVE TO FOTr.
has been commented upon by rrow- inspectors do their full duty, without The shadea of night were falling free
D I . ..... . I Whan nn i-nm U,' aaklnaff An Ii C
On the surfaoe of It, It la funny, oC
er. who scarcely care to tie up their' fear or favor and strictly enforce hJ "'Ywn vMtJ&ri& ZTto. "f JS .fh 1,
crop, for five years to a clique of th. la -OtU not rendered By Judge, wrapped iblack -i.k gown- mount auction. , - SJldKlSS S ' S rriJTSTMJ
AS IMPORTANT DECISION.
r
HE decision of the United States
supreme conrt sustaining the
Oregon law limiting the hours
of women's labor as wage
earners was, we Imagine, rather un
expected to most people who had
noticed the trend of decisions on like
or kindred laws, and is a large and
distinct victory for this class of
legislation. The court, speaking
through Justice Brewer, takes the
broad ground that women are phys
ically different from men and their
highest duties and functions are en
tirely different, especially in the mat
ter of Maternity, and that therefore
such a law does not violate the con
stitutional guaranty of individual
liberty, as such a law might If It
applied to men. He Incidentally
approves the recent New York de
cision that a law limiting the hours
of bakers Is unconstitutional, be
cause bakers are or may be men, to
whom the reasons for sustaining the
Oregon law do not apply. In effect,
the court says that society has a
right to protect women from exces
sive hours of labor, especially stand
ing labor, purely because they are
Women and child bearers. Women
naturally and necessarily look to
men, the physically stronger crea
tures, for protection, and the good
of the race, considering the future,
requires that the statute-law con
form to the natural law.
The logic and doctrine of the court
are sound and right, yet we are not
sure that fathers as well as mothers
do not need the law s protection
against over-labor, though In a less
degree. The maternity argument
seems to us unanswerable, but should
It not apply, to some extent, to
paternity as well? The good of the
race requires strong, healthy, bope
ful, vigorous fathers as well as
mothers. Women admittedly, and
for obvious reasons, need more pro
leaders who have made repeated pestiess must De destroyed
failures In hop shipments. Again
In regard to a union, The Journal
favors the idea.
The income taxT They pondered late
And argufied with learning: s-reat:
They aelsed their pens and gravely wroto
upiniona men tney tooic tne vote
ive to rour.
A PLAIN LESSON.
T
Other parts of the state are wak
Ing up to some extent to the vast
Importance to the livestock Industry
Of the immense packing estaDllsn- The MeranrT 'Twaa a famous caae.
ments in Portland, and It Is time Each judge aat there with-solemn race.
HE lesson of the Durell tragedy they should. Here will be an ample when the dedaion came 'twas seen
is so plain that he who runs market for all the stock of all kinds Five rr-
may read It. It Is a lesson re that can possibly be raised any- Our wards beyond the deep blue sea?
peated 10,000 times, yet It will where In the Oregon country. This l'rely nre tney win agree:
i r-i ill a r i hp rin ai n r m aria iiirai
not be learned by all as they pass Is a great thing for all this region Behold the epectacle once more
through, life and aasnma relAtlnnn aa well aa fnr Portland I Five to four.
and obligations to others, especially
to wife and children, until the earth Wanted A brainy and
A law to safeguard human life.
To care for orphans and for wife;
Ah. jtidirea on tha! will agree!
Dut there- the record look and see
"Five to four."
W. M. M.
expert
becomes a literal kingdom of heaven, enced lawyer for United States dis-
Durell himself, weak, foolish, wav-ltrict attorney for Oregon. Must
ward, plaintively gave warning In have had no experience ip timber
his last written words. Though he land or railroad litigation and must
a I . . . . . hi, I I ulCI CIIUUII1 UCUISJIUII IV B 1IYD AU IllUI
accused the woman, as man has have taken no part in politics. Ad- decision of a court. He would prefer a
been prone to do since the first cou- dress T. R., Washington, D. C, or referendum decision to a unanimous de
i a v- i-.-... .u.. t t t o rv r-.l r.,8ln Jlkm that recently rendered by
w . x.., uau . auii vis, . .
Tha.average litigant would prefer a
referendum decision to a "five to four"
pie transgressed, he Indicated that F
the folly and part of the fault was
his. When he had desecrated and
defiled that most sacred of earthly
places, home, as he thought irrevo
cably and beyond forgiveness, he
Letters From the People
'It la still true that It Is better not I rhiini.h i.,iin.. ,ri. . ..u. t..I
n knno. . .V... I - - "'" U I
. . niiwi? mv . . n v. i , .ii.ii i j nnu n ou i . . . . M , . . .. ... I
much that ain't ao. ""t me puy or ii, un
a jaerneatn the Jest, Would not the weary, I
we have nearly rcaolved not to write "l'l cm id whose short legs had trudged
a single pert paragraph about the those weary miles to the town and
Easter hat this year. baclt a in ha luatiflcri In tha n,Auik I
,, ,. , l(n wnicn ne would greet his mother:
Well. If neither Ellis. Geer nor Sheo- I She told him it wnnM h u ri.h, dk.I
oiu uiv juu, limn r, jiii, a iBuia: "les. inaeea, run along now.
really lit candidate. What was the lad to think?
a Mother stands to the child as thai
Wouldn't It be rather ludicrous to see viaioie embodiment or all that Is true
congress putting "In Ood We Trust" "a ngni and just. Beyond her he
the gold coins? cannoi go. iter words is absolute truth.
and her judgment infallible. What au
awakening to the childish mind when
he finds out through such a bitter ex
perience, that mother said yes and
muni no,
The head of tho Harrlman steamship Wher now u hi. inni nr truth
lines has cauaed more excusable rla-ht? That ihinime ir...i in ii., ,i,atl
Bchwerln than almost anybody. perfection of reliance must of neces-l
a slty be shattered. To the pueiled, child-1
Some people talk of reforming a party l"h mind there Is now apparent a flaw!
within Itself. But the only way to re- n universe, is it any wonder If I
rorm a bad egg is to smash it.
a a
A New York doctor says almost any-
a hundred. But
own case?
back on the gold coins?
a a
No. we suppose it would hardly do If
Tart should be nominated, to nominate
Harrlman for vice-president.
Nor is It necessary to get outside of cn llve..? b
Oregon for comparisons. w" prove u in nis
Too much superstitious reverence at
taches to the cap and gown and tne I you win have to live only about a
title of iudae. We haven t entirely out- decade to see five and oerhaDs ten timea
grown anoestrai errecia or pomp ana as much rruit raised in Uregon as now. think a minute and see if It is not
paerentry for the antique and defunct I . . aerloua tn taat with th. rith r,t a
.iiuiic, .iiMuum, nw .a u,,r.... , Now Admiral Evana la aa d to have cnna.
he now confeaaee a Joke and a lletl
"What Is a Joke?" he will revolve ln
bis childish mind. "Is it saying one I
thing and meaning another?" And ifl
that is Justifiable for mother why not!
iur mm i
But surely, says the practical minded I
one, you are not going lo consider suchl
a trifling Joke aa aertous? Mothers.!
Too bad Thackeray did not
I cannot think of that little child!
Hostility to the University
Portland. Or.. Feb. 28. To the Ed
oaw wivnui vuuuku kuo ici i luiv i uiu i uur oi ini jourou in y u u I ihuo ui i aroma. iuo Dan 1 1 mucriT um nub . u - - . i
he had wrought. But he thnne-ht the J6th Inst., you publish a com- w"te verses applicable to judges like I j.,'a not trv to lmaalna hla linrua. coming back after tho long, wearying
r,f tnla an hama , munieatlon al.ned bv Fred E. Ilarrl- II1 5.. ' ,np ,nl BV' a a .trmP without meeting the rproac . of
uwiaiuv a iuwi awi u uuu I " " . " . . , r niiy. I n h iff nsinv vsi A ni i nunnnf tlilnlr
when hi, own elfish desire, were SlLSf rffuvWifir 1 VEti.ZZ " th pUnM f -a 'oW. ..MJ b with deep Phy of
rejected and Beamed. We speak in i?w'XrTctt 1 would 51 mi2n.arT'..n,lt and f0wn old P"CM a KOOd mny never would- mtf. heart aa he triVd to rccbliciie in.
sorrow and not In anger of the dead t& un verVity ee- and unfavonUle t0 and hymnbook too. mothers' fooling him with his previous
i iiiv uuiveraiijr. ....... I Htnaaaal mi rnnvlpt.d It la ana. nt-rii talih l h.K I. nnt nnln uiuit
when we irv. as rtne-ha tn hm uM Mr. Harrison s article la along the Th. tin. hii nm h.n tha nnnla r. j I u. ... .' ' itlL". V.. . , Vr "V'f. .!
that he want contemptible creature
morally, as well as a dangeroui
creature mentally and physically.
was not because he had lost his true
home life, not because he had com
mitted a terrible wrong there, but women like Dr. Wlthycombe and Mrs.
H'n?'L0i B0urce'how in the mean- . . ?h V" "bV YouVannot toS
It " The AgVrcuItuVal college 1. a highly "JL n' A""w,"ye oeTnU.nU . .."5. Ju i urd Vi A"" ?' JlL-. -:
creditable Institution .and doing ;a splen- that may be heaped upon them, for now -re all closed?" aaka the Atlanta Jour J him tha leva at rla-hf anrt t?.ith and
aio. worn lor ine aiaie, ana is ae.erv- R of yore -rna laughter of fools I naT " absolute honeatv
lna- of liberal support, but the men and .n,,n.'i lira tha rrat-kiin of thorna un. "" . - aosoiuie nonesty.
W.
h...n.. v . . . . vvaiao, wno are aomg vanani won in
because he was balked in carrying building up the Agricultural college,
out his wicked and criminal desire, "hould ask to be delivered from this
that he became remorseful and re- W"n v'VesuU. in arou ai n a- lo va c i t-
vengeful. Yet he suffered, no doubt. Iens, who have no interest In either
And annnor nr latar mfforln. I cnooi. only bb iney are laciorB. in me
--..v.. .u j weirare or the state, it is Quite evi-
Buch a case Is sure remorse and lcnt the opposition is not on account
ano-ntah an.. Jun.i, T, t the amount asked for to maintain
anguish and despair. The wages the university. They opposed the ap-
of sin Is death." The treasures of nropriatlon two years aao. and used the
aln ara hut for a annann iibubIIt a same arguments they employ now. If
sin are dui ior a season, usually a constitutional. I would suggest that in
oner, season ana mem lxroit tor-
ward Into that "then" and restrain
tectlon and care, but do not men
' l V a , need protection and care also?
aside from the attempt to declare v
"TTtgalast Statement No. 1, is a mere
-v pretense. On nearly all the planks
of. the platform except the party
' ' buncombe there Is light if any dis-1
agreement among voters. Resolu
tions on national questions, rivers
PLATFORM SIAKINO.
A
COUNTY convention was held
in Portland Saturday for the
purpose, it was announced, of
adopting a platform. Just
and harbors, etc., are mere chaff; the why a county platform at this time
object of the movement Is disclosed hs necessary Is not clear, but assum-
ln, Mr.. Cake's plea for Republican hng that It is, whose platform is it?
support for "the nominees of the what does it amount to? Isn't the
nominating ; committee, alias the importance of platforms much over
machine. estimated? The Republican news-
We are of the opinion that about paper of Portland said that this plat-
t half the Republicans of Multnoman form "was drafted chiefly by W. M
eounty will politely, even silently, Davis, who with Richard Delch, A
tut firmly decline, to conform to Mr. b. Mnley, James Kertchem and
; Cake'B plea and submit memseives Geprge M. Orton composed a special
again to machine domination, reauc- compilttee of the executive commit
ing themselves as voters to mere tee of the county committee, ap
ciphers, and that a large Traction or pointed for that purpose."
yourself and refrain; turn back to
duty and stick closely there; this
1b the lesson of the Durell tragedy.
, them will resent the effort to in
duce them to do so.
, RAILROADS RULE THE SENATE.
I
"This Is the way platforms are
made. In this instance W. M. Davis,
assisted by a few suggestions from
four or five other gentlemen, writes
out a platform; several scores of
delegates, without much opportun-"
T IS reported from Washington
t. Canfltn, Tllltnn'fl Q TT1 PH1-
. " aJT",""r ity to examine or even consider it
ment to the so-called rate law '
k.v,- .th t vote aye for it. and so this produc-
the eenate committee, of which El- deflnlte oplnlons and expres.
.. : muo ao vuau uiau. iuid tv ao iu
expected. This amendment is that
railroads cannot raise rates without
the consent of the interstate com-
merce commission, and it was first
suggested as an obviously reason-
sion thereof of some 20,000 Repub
Hcan votersajof Multnomah county,
none of whom but four or five haveJ
had any hand or voice In framing
it, and two thirds of whom may dis
agree with parts of it. Isn't it a
No one familiar with the trend of
popular sentiment will believe that
the platform adopted by the Repub
lican "mass meeting" In this city last
Saturday reflects the attitude of the
Republican voters of the county
toward Statement No. 1. It was in
no sense a representative body, the
rank and file of the party having
taken no part in the selection of the
J?Late8. . Its platlgrra. was. a feeb
compromise between the minority,
who advocated Statement No, 1, and
the majority, who favored either
the "modified" statement or an abso
lutely unpledged legislature. The
Hodsoh-Balley-Beach combination
backed by the remnants of the old
machine, made a desperate effort
to secure assent to their scheme of
sending an unpledged delegation to
Salem next winter, but In this they
failed. A few more such "victories'
as this for the foeB of Statement
No. 1 will put them hors du combat.
George Meredith, the eminent
English novelist and poet, who re
cently celebrated his eightieth birth
day. Is reported as saying that men
should die, would better die, at 65
This is treated and commented on
seriously, though it must have been
said, If at all, facetiously; if not, it
only shows that Meredith has passed
into his second childhood. Some
men would as well die at 65, or
younger, some at 25; but on the
other hand one could hunt up hun
dreds of names of men and women
who have been actively useful and
enjoying life very well after they
were 65, or even 70, or 75. Some
did their best work and some passed
their happiest days after they were
65. All such talk is nonaense and
Meredith, who Is a deep Joker at
times, probably meant It as such,
future appropriations for the atate uni
versity. Linn county be exempt from
able and necessary amendment to C&1 performance?
. quence of the arbitrary raise of
rates, on lumber last year by the
Hill and Harrlman roads. The rates
on lumber bad 1een tn existence for
years and the railroads had found
them satisfactory to themselves, and
, as the evidence afterward showed,
very profitable. But perceiving that
'; certain large lumber shippers were
making a good , deal of money, the
r railroads suddenly discovered that
the - ratea were too low and made a
raise of 10 cents per 100 pounds.
The lumbermen declared that: such
a raise; would-.be ruinous to their
business and quit shipping lumber
ast. The'c'ourt, on application, de
cided tfcat ,nntil the matter could be
decided by t,he interstate commerce
commission the old rates must be
F
A HOPGROWERS' UNION.
ROM Hubbard comes this re
quest r "Please print mere
favorable news from the hop
growers' union. We hppgrow-
ers liave always looked upon The
Journal as a booster for high prices
for the grower. The unfavorable
things you print about the directors
of the union are unfounded; they
have no personal favors to receive."
This is one of the many instances
where The Journal Is asked to print
nothing but "favorable" news about
various market lines. ' This paper
has at all times desired to print the
fullest and most correct news of all
markets, believing that the produc
ers and , buyers- are entitled to re-
By actual personal Inspection, not
through a Pullman car window, but
by walking the track from Corvallis
to Portland, Railroad Commissioner
Oswald West has ascertained many
minor facts about the condition of
the west side road, all of which put
together shows that the road Is In
a bad, If not in many places, a dan
gerous condition. While Mr. Har
riman is extracting dividends from
his O. R. & N. business to the ex
tent" of 18,250,000 he cannot BffordrtlBns. be'niade appilcablefto decisions of
paying any part of this tax, if thereby
we could avoid nostuity to the univer
sity that has emanated from this lo
cality, as it has, and Is working an
injury 10 our scale. wniie ine citi
zens of I.lnn and Beaton are as broad
minded and progressive as any. it is
evident mere are a number or men, re
siding in mat locality, who are very
hostile to the state university, and have
Dy tneir methods Kept that institution
in a crippled condition. While the re
gents and faculty have never made
any reply, and are not doing so now,
the fight has been carried to such
extremes that everywhere men look
ing only to the best Interests of the
slate, are becoming active supporters
of the university, and Indications now
are inat when the votes are counted
next June, it will be found that the
opposition has come almost entirely
from these two counties. Theraxo t
mis same right is to be gone, over,
every time an appropriation la asked
for the state university, it would bo
economy to exempt this locality from
any tax 10 maintain 11, and let the bal
ance of the state go on and build tip
an institution that will be a credit to
Oregon. -p. BEACH.
. The Referendum.
Medford, Or., Feb. 28. To the Editor
of The Journal A considerable portion
of the Oregonlan's editorial page of the
17th Inst was devoted to facetious com
ment on the proposed application of the
referendum to decisions of the courts.
An editorial of the New York Sun la
quoted therein under headlines of ap
parent disapproval, but the perusal of
the Oregonlan "leader" convinces one
mat its editor shares tha mtivIkHhhi
of the Sun writer on the subject. It is
perfectly clear, of course, that Attorney
w. W. Calkins' scheme for the call of
tne reierenaum on decisions of the
courts was merely badinage Intended
in aipcreait tne initiative and refnren.
dum generally, and the discussion there-
01 Dy plutocratic newspapers main
tains the same spirit. Ridicule la fr
quently more potent than reason, an4
It is manifestly ridiculous to these writ
ers that the jjeopir could intelligently
pass on the flndlnsrs or fact arnf mu-
ciusions or law involved in a law suit.
And if the Initiative and referendum are
not broad enough to comprehend our
three branches of aovernment. tha influ
ence intended is that no part of It can
bo regulated thereby.
But shall reason on such an Important
matter db supplanted oy ridlcuier The
doctors can not cure everybody, there
fore abolish doctors and medicine. If
me enemy a army canont be surrounded
and captured in the first battle, hoist
the White flaar and aurrender. Tha nan.
pie are unable to reform the world In
a day, then why not unhorse them and
reseat the political bosses In the sad-
uiesr as wen argue that because a
perrect civilisation has not been at
tained, we should return to the cliffs
and resume the skin-clothes, stone-
natcnet nabits or our ancestors. Even
If the referendum can not be enlarged so
It may be invoked in erroneous court
decisions, we have already attained
much by the enactment of -the people's
rule. And the court dectalona ara par.
tainly no worse than they were when the
osses controlled pontics.
The recall, which will surelv he In
stalled at our coming election, will be
another long step In the right direction,
for then an lncomtietant or enrrunt
Judge or other official may be, by the
people, displaced and shorn of evil
power.
But If the recall should prove inef
fectual to curb the courts, In all se
riousness. T do not see whv tha refer.
enaum-mignt not, with proper restrlc-
der a pot"
E. PHIPPS.
The Diary of a Juror,
Bv C. B. Qulncy.
Three men following me all day. Tried
to shake 'em, but couldn't. Wife rather
frightened. Bought a gun for self-pro-
Men asking about me when I was out only once
or orrice. stenographer tens me tney
This Is the Way an Alabama paper I We forget, often, how large llttlel
puts it: "Senator bodge always has I things are to little people. What seems!
a reserved seat on the Wall street band to us a trifle, to the child. Irifiperl-
wagon." enced. and Judging all nature by hlal
own nine outiooa. tne trines nave ani
A writer in a Chicaa-o paper says: entirely different meaning.
When your wife begins nagging. A promise to a child should be farl
laugh. ' But some men would try that 1 more sacred than to a grown persots.l
it it is impossinie or extremely incon-i
venient to Keep a promise hastily made I
Hake1 If I drank srlnaer ale. what make Elm Ira, New Tom, is acquiring rame o a grown person, mere are possioiei
or tvniwHter I uSS.'lf I ever received I as a boosting town. It deserves to be excuses, and one may at least rely!
' ' ... ..... I , Ajt . . . . .. . V. . . i . u .1 .. I iituin In. . ,1. lAl.p.nA. ,,,., ma I
mysterious letters, ana if i ever ex- I ui inuuau n uu a una i r ,","'"1
pressed an opinion on anything. country around it, an rignt.
to spend enough money on this west
side division of the Southern Pacific
to keep It In decent repairs or safe
for the people to ride over. It would
seem that this Is a very live topic
for a political convention, if one
myst be held, to "resolute" upon.
The old adage, "where there is Jbo
Much smoke there must be eome
fire, applies to the navy depart
ment. The charges of various kinds
appear not to be mere random muck
raking in, the lark but to rest on
tome pretty solid foundations. One
evidence that there Is a good deal In
Found men had been at home during
If I
Tha Roaton Olobe heads an editorial
myDsence today ana aKea wire ir i "Tha nouma'a Hlrh Dutv." But th
liked eggs hard Donea. wire toia tnem douma dare perform no duty except
uu uuiinu, mnu uno man ram iu what the bureaucracy permits.
other. i enaer-neartea cnap; iooks
Appeared pleased to learn that I did. ra"roJ L" mKa-, 0 !7
Went to a show last night. Men sat la"!11'n5 Ah?K.Rv-U -."tt-Ji!
on each side watching ma.
notonous.
Getting mo-
In Jury box this morning. Asked if I
had conscientious objections to any
thing. Replied yes. Btlr In courtroom.
Asked what. Replied "to eating ice
cream on hot mince pie."
hostility of the people. Cheer up. Uncle
Jim;
a a
Owen Wlster was beaten for the
nomination for a Philadelphia council
man. The voters probably heard that
he wrote "The Virginian," and thought
he was a Democrat.
In afternoon was asked a hypothetical Dr. Hillia thinks the rolden are Is
question: Supposing I were a married I near, but we expect the world will have
man wun iu cnuaren ana a raoiner-in- to depend largely for several genera.
law, lived in Brooklyn and dldn t like tions yet on paper currency and credit.
Subway travel, was wearina; a brown witn perhaps occasionally some clear-
l ravor tne lnavhouaa certificates
a
We accidentally turned a remark of
Mr. Oeer's around the ;other day. quot
ing him as saying "The office seeks the
man. As tne comment snowed, ne
said "The man must seek the office,
lie is right, as to most cases, not all.
Jerhy Jn such a case would
employment of staff officers 'to com
mand B. K. t. carsr
Replied: Perhaps sometimes occas
ionally. Asked if I would be Influenced
by anything I hadn't read In any news
paper,
XV
epllod: Not always.
Sworn in.
Listening to others being examined.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Another Juror sworn in.
Jury completed. Celebrated
birthday.
my
Speeches by counsel.
Same, same, same, same, same, etc.
Celebrated my birthday. The baby
must be getting quite Dig.
Cise begun.
Case continued, continued, etc.
Juror No. 7 is getting quite gray.
Celebrated my birthday.
Juror No. 5 much depressed,
his relatives died yesterday.
Celebrated birthday.
Last of
Ditto.
Ditto.
,ujui . i j wi.up,. i.v v. iiunu, .in
patient. None of us have ever been In an
airsnip, ana ne wants to cross tne ai
lantlc In one of the liners.
Lost track of birthdays.
Saw bay out of window. He was
married yesterday. Dear me, how time
files!
Juror No. 7 very garrulous today.
Says he remembers day Brooklyn was
connected with the United States by
subway. Anna wandering.
Bad news came with shock today.
Hinted trial might be ended next year.
All want to end lives here In the way
we have grown accustomed to. No
friends left outside. Strange world.
Hope the news Is not true.
the courts. Is not the whole of ailv-
thlng stronger than a constituent part?
The courts Tielng part of the people are
manifestly not winer and better than all
;JJB peopia. me intricate and perplex
ing questions heretofore submitted . to
me voters tnrougn tne initiative ana
referendum were accurately considered
and disposed of. The good measures
were adopted ana oad ones rejected.
True, the primary law and Statement
Not. 1 have been scathingly criticised by
ine political macnine, or wnicn tne Ure-
fonian is the horse-power, but does not
his fact of Itself prove they are good
fnr tha nennla? No evMenra. hnnr
is necessary to establish this statement.
If the people as a whole make mistakes
they will be corrected, whereas repr.
tentative of the people, when corrunt.
which is too frequently tne case, are al
ways .reactionaries, opposed to all re
form. There la no reason Whv tha courts
Should not be held amenable to th peo-
Thls Date in History.
1778 Americans bombarded the Brit
ish in Boston.
1784 Blanehard. the aeronaut, made
his first ascent from Paris in a hydro
gen balloon.
4806 Jab Cfownlnffshleld of Masea
cuhsetts became secretary of the U. 8.
na-vy.
1829 William Boyd Allison, United
States senator from Iowa, born in Ohio,
mJ-r-President Jackson signed the
tariff and force bills.
18S8 Texas proclaimed her independ
ence of Mexico.
1848 Louis Philippe escaped from
France to England.
1884 IJlvaRPH 8. .Rmnt annnlntad
Ueutenant-a-enerftL
1887 President Johnson vetoed the
tenure or ornce ana military district
bills, which congress passed over his
veto.
1898 Spanish battleshia Rein R
Wni aupposea to nave rounaered witn
oss of her entire crew of 400 men.
A rabbi tries tn nrnva ih.t tha ha.
traying dlslole Win not Jnriaa hut Ta.
ter. Improbable, but If so it would wot
be tha laat &aa nt tha lniuu aiifr.
ing tor the guUtjr.
Secretary Taft'a father, who gradu
ated from I ale in l3a, was third In
his class, the secretary, who graduated
in 187s. stood second, and his son Rob
ert gives promise of standing first. The
next art m line oi aescem may nave
to be expelled.
Oregon Sidelights
A walnut meeting was held at Al
bany with 25 walnut growers in at
tendance.
Some Wasco county orchards are bad
ly affected with San Jose scale, says
the county xruit. inspector. this
won't do.
Gervfil Star: If one were to travel
about a bit they would be surprised at
the wonderful growth now so apparent
in the farming sections.
a
6rea:on apples sell in North Carolina
at $1 a dozen, according to a letter re
ceived this week by a Corvallis man
from a friend In that state.
A Baker City man has gone Into the
pigeon industry. He has erected a
house, surrounded by wire netting, and
thinks ne can mane money raising
cooers.
m a
A Salem merchant has been traveling
in California and returns saying we
have the best water in the world. Sa
lem Journal. What! Hasn't he ever
been to Portland? Or If so did he drink
no Bull Run water while here?
u
Few towns In the state of. the same
class as Woodburn can chronicle In
six months time a creamery and Ice
cream plant and a ,uuu cannery, and
that will be Woodburn's record, says
the inaepenaent.
Every Monroe ma if Is a booster from
the around up, says a correspondent
There are here a creamery, a flour mill.
One of the largest general mercantile
establishments In the state, a fine
school building, two churches and a
cannery. A railroad is badly needed.
The city council of Joseph has of
fered to purchase the water system
which is now conducted by a nrivate
ownership and it is probable that the
deal will be made. Th,e council offers
16.006, r will agree to arbitrate a
prioe with the company if this price is
not satisfactory.
Hood River Glacier: John Loon, aa a
culmination or nis series or banquets,
has had his queue cut off, much
against the wishes of his father,. John
Bald, however, if he ever wanted to go
hack to China he could Iht it grow out
some and braid In the old one, so he
would not lose caste among his people.
.
A man or boy who will chase and kill
a 6er just for "fun" needs education
py -stripes," wnicn remark-is called out
by this item In the Coos Bay News:
with yeara and Is the reault of similar!
experiences on the part of the one youl
nad promised, to me child mere are l
no such reserves. He Judges life byl
simple concrete examples. White lsl
white and black Is black. He Is not!
deal in a; with subtleties.
And if It must be thst offenses come. I
yet woe to him by whom the offense
cometh. It is as cruet to lay the first I
black mark of distrust snd knowledge!
or evil upon tne whiteness or that In
fant soul aa to strike his fair, white,!
lime Doay.
Oh, mothers who treasure these llttlo!
bodies and dreHs them and pet them
and enjoy them as your possessions,
oe carerui. ir you mane a promise,
no matter how trtfllne. to a llttln child 1
keep It at whatever cost. If your child
comes to you ror wiaaom. leu mm
truly, as far as vou know. Listen tol
his eager questions, and take time to
understand h s childish Droblems. A I
careless answer to a half-heeded quoa-
non- may nae-me ftrsi- barrier -
tween you and your child.
Portland From New York.
ORTLAND, and Portland s markets.
Portland's market Inspector,
Sarah A. Evans, are in th(
public eye, not only of this city but of
the whole country. Other people are,'
watching to see what success a woman
will have in dealing with these prob-f
lems, ana the success or failure of the.
plan Is being watched with interest.
The following, clipped from the New
York Sun Is evidence that our nrnhJ
cm in nm muiis ours dui is or natlonsJ
bearing. It la headed. "A Woman in
urrice :
'Mrs. Sarah A. Evans market In.
spector of Portland, Oregon, gives an
interesting account or the trials and
inouiaiions or ner orrice.
4
PORTL;
and
Mrs.
' 'When -the board Of health cnnferrgTll
on me tne honor of. my present post
w mat i ii aa a Herculean
task before me. she sava. 'not tho ina
ui wnicn was to overcome the prejudice
of the merchants who resented 'women
fksjnterfering with their business.'!
The first point I tried to make clear
to tnese men was that my mission was
to help, not to Interfere. When that
was accomplished hair my battle was
won.
'With no precedent to follow it
was a campaign or education to itiv,
self as well as to the merchant Ctna
of the first lessons I had to learn was
mat a word or commendation for what
had been don would go much further
man iu woras or Diame ror what hadn t.
'By suggestion I began to show
tne merchants how it would pay them
to keep their stores and goods in bet
ter condition. When I proved the
economic advantage they began to be
Interested and I soon found that clean
liness was contagious. When I per
suaded one merchant to clean ud.
was pretty sure to find the neighbors
Ceiling la worK.
" 'In summing- un mv exDerlence
state without the slightest hesitation
that the only solution for the clean
rood prooiem is personal inspection.
Filth cannot be legislated out of ex
istence, but publicity is its deadly,
enemy. ......
'"Municipal housekeeping is Just as
mucii a amy ior women as nqme-mcK-
ma. .every town mat can arroro a
salaried market inspector should have
one. In towns that cannot afford It
the women should constitute themselves
Inspectors. Shops like home -kitchens
neea tne vigiant eye or tue home-maK-er,
and try to get away from It as
we may, tne responsibility of procur
ing clean food depends upon women.
It Is woman's work and she should
not shirk it.' "
t H
The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. Cereal With Cream.
Poached Fish Balls.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Baked Hash. Rice Cakes.
Stewed Prunes. - -Coffee Cake.
. . ' Cocoa. Tea.
DINNER.
Oyster Cocktail. Roast Pork WltH
naKea Appiea.
Cauliflower. lettuce,. French
LTCBnillg;.
Pineapple Jelly. Biscuits and Cheesa.
Coffee.".-
The carcass of a fine buck -deer waa
found floating In tha bay yesterday
near Porter. A billlet hole tn the head
showed, how th animal had met his
been ran Into the bay by dogs and shot I Aa7 Referenee 4o Admiral Bob? t
by some hunter who was afraid to take From the Atchison Olobe. -:
the meat tor fear of arrest, this being I No one can. take care of good look
the closed, season, , land rheumatism at tha same time.
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