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THE JOURNAL
AM INDEPENDENT KKWBPAPBK.
JACKSON.
.Pabllabar
f(bUB4 emy CTtalne? (airapt Bandar) and,
erjr ftaadar x"Uufc at Tba Josrnal Bnlll:
ln. flfli aad Jfamlilli ilrwu. Portland. Of.
crat. Then why la It shrieking every1
day about the terrible danger of
the election of a Democrat with a
popular Republican majority of 30,
000? We don't want to "start: in"
for a Republican or a Democrat;
what the people, and Tbe Journal In
Eoi t tb po.tofne t jortUDt or., fnf I their behalf, have started In for Is
nauiUtioa tljrouik the Bulls aa mtooua-c'i I ... . . .i, .. i i 4 il.i
matter. i iu ici iui juripio lua atrtliur.
choose and decide between two can
didates presented by the people of
each party, the legislature to bo
bound to obey the people. All this
talk of whefticr the next senator1 will
be a Republican or a Democrat Is
premature, Is entirely out of order
until after the primaries. Then
leave It to the people.
ituceuoNis main nrs. uomb, a-aooi.
.iH dapantBfnu rMebrd t7 t essibari.
. Tail tba aparamr tba dapartroaiit, rem want.
' . Raal flit offlra. B U4, Kaat em
r -
' F08E10M AOVIUTISIKO BEPRKSBNTATl V
. Vn-alaod-rVoJutnln Special adwrtlalns Afencr.
, .Rranawfrt BulMlui; JB3 Fttlk aBua. Kaw
, - nt i ,7W"" Building. rhlrr
aahaerliiiloa Tarma bx mall to anr addxeat
ta tha toita fltatca. Canada at alailoo.
liall.V
' Oaa Mar .' I our mootb I .SO
,.. . si;ndat.
On raar $2.t I Una month I .29
DAIl.V AND SUNDAY.
Ana fair 7.M I One mouth.
oi;k sch(x)l
1 proportion, we lore
truth more and victory
less, we shall become anx-"
lous to know what it is
that leads our opponents to
'think as they do. Herbert
Spencer.
.S3
miLIUXGS.
Port-
will as a rule support Statement No,
1 candidates as against thoM who
refuse to make that statement, re
gardless of politics or party. They
are .saying so, and they mean It.
Aad.lt may be assumed that, what
the Patrons of Husbandry are going
to do most farmers who do not .be
long to the order will do. Where
are Hodson et al to get the country
votes to establish and maintain their
machine?
These people do their own think-
ng. iney read both sides and know
Just about what is going on. They
have learned that party leaders have
deluded thera for lo, these many
years, and hereafter they are going
to do a little governing on their own
account.
And what is true of the grangers
Is true in a large measure of labor
organizations In the towns. The
day of bund partisanship is past
Nobody except the Wall street high
financiers and 'the trusts approve of
. ,m as one member or congress
expressed It, In effect: "We must
pass something in the name of cur
rency reform, ad the people won't
know ,the difference."
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Bull and .the Locomotive.
Portland, March To ths Editor of
Th. AMri., Tn Journal Ons doe riot havs to look
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--vii.ci wu ii nam niil I rtetermlnatlnn n h. f,...
rather be harmful. It Is satisfactory political interests to defeat and abolish
10 j. r. Morgan, James BUIiman and primary election law and the rlht
wan street generally, and It neces
sarily follows that It Is not in the
Interest of the people.
f the 'peopla to elect United M...
enntore.
Ihm Jaau thus brought horns at
pnee to every voter In the atate. The
Uaue 1: -tihali thaae political man
agers (to call them by aa. respectable
a name aa can be thought of) be sue
ceeeful In destroying; theae measures
RE school buildings In
land or elsewhere In the
northwest of a kind to make
possible a Calamity Jlke that And tne day of democracy we don't
in uiese ounaings mean nartv Democracy Is at hand.
has every possible avenue for escape at least , the Intttter of the elec-
or pupils in case or fire been pro- tlon of Unlted StateB Benators
vlded? Has account been taken of
at Cleveland?
PROTECTION.
OBSCURE MISSTATEMENTS.
f
HE Oregonlan makes what it
characterizes aa "A Few Plain
Statments," some of which are
neither olaln nor true. Or If
V -plain, they disclose an opposition to
; the whole primary law and the prln
triple of election of senators by the
; people. It says that two years ago
' nobody considered Statement No. 1
f seriously, or regarded It as an es
sential or Important part of the prl-
mary law. On the contrary, not only
did Senator Bourne make his cam
paign solely on that issuebut a ma-
Jorlty of the legislature was pledged
. to abide by Statement No. 1, and It
was - because of this that Bourne,
who had received a majority of the
. popular vote In June, was elected.
Ills plurality vote, In April would
not have been sufficient, but the
, . people's choice in June decided the
senatorship, as everybody knows.;
"Indeed, if Republicans In the legis
Mature are going to vote for the Re
publican plurality candidate In the
' primaries, and Democrats for the
-Democratic candidate, then the
.' June rote for senator Is needless
farcical, utterly without any pur
, pose whatever. The very fact that
the law provides for a vote on sena
tor as well as on other offices In
' "June Is proof k positive that the law
Intended that vote to be decisive of
. the matter. Statement No. 1 there
' lore becomes a pertinent, effective
' ante-election declaration of candl
dates for the legislature that they
. v. ill carry out the law. Its accent
ance ;xr rejection Is ' the test by
.. which a candidate's purpose as to
putting the law, in force may be de
termined by the voters. It Is this
; test that the would-be boss politicians
and their Portland organ, are at
tempting to evade.
' . Nobody ever supposed, says the
: Oregonlan, that -the old method of
election of senators would be set
aside or changed. This is an as
. , tonishlng statement to make, In face
" of the fact known to everybody that
this is exactly what has been talked
of, advocated, insisted on, Intended,
desired and determined upon by
nearly all voices of the people for
years past. The Oregonlan itself
has posed for years as the cham-
- plea of this change. On the elec
tion Of Bourne and Mulkey it con-
. gratulated the people on having ef
fected the change and said it was a
- great step forward in popular gov
ernment Not a word till Just re
cently about the constitution. Ev-
. erybody knows that the senate will
-, never adopt' the necessary constitu
tional amendment, and we may wait
- JO, years to get it in the other way.
The. way opened up by the primary
, law la the only way to accomplish
the very result which the Oregon
lan bas long been clamoring for,
, perhaps hypocritically, and which a
year ago it so warmly and unquali
fiedly, commended. It is perfectly
constitutional, for the- legislature
' floes .elect, as the constitution pro
vides'. It provides, however, through
Statement No. 1, that the legislature
shall elect the man whom the peo
ple have chosen. Thus we get popu
r lar election of senators and the con
stitution Is not infringed upon or
. disregarded.
Bourne, asserts the Oregonlan
; owed Ills election ntirely to the fact
, that he had received the Republican
vote at the primaries. This Is not
true. He owed it to. the fact that
?he got a majority of the vote at the
'polls in June. If Gearin Jhad beaten
him, Gearin would have received
f Bianr TifnilhHsin lfcrlolo tnra' untus
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TnCclK1v if anjmA nmn I. .1. i 1
Pledge, not enough to elect; but in
7 that' case does anybody suppose
Bourne would have been elected, .at
4 least without a great struggle and
- great expenditure? This situation is
. likely- to eeur, unless there be a
1 majority In .the legislature specific-"
: ally- and: absolutely pledged by
SUtement No. 1 that Is. a
' lock, corrupt bargaining, . boodllng
and morse scandal it Dossibla than
ot old. Perhaps, nay. probably, this-)
is wnax.. is peing played tor.
; The. Oregonlan says further: "if
)wetwapt a Democratic senator or a
Republican senator, let as start in tor
the object we aim at. The popular
vote may be an index or guide, but
It Is; not conclusive." But ' that Is
Jost '; tha?polnt; the" popular ; vote
should be conclusive.;- The? Oregon
ian.ssys Ji doesn't care' whether the
re: atcr 13
the fact that when flames roar and
death stalks on all sides children
cannot be expected to retain their imhE American Protective Tariff
presenco of mind, and that disorder, , I League Is busy, as befits the
panic and hysteria must be reckoned I protected Interests in a cam-
wlth in making provisions for palgn year, In sending out pro-
BaretyT lection literature. In particular so
If all this has not been provided licking the names of "first voters."
for it should be done at once. The bo that it can Inoculate Immature
Cleveland calamity Is a warning, minds with the polBon of the protec-
ine charred bodies of little children tlon "principle." The protected in
piled, up in the street, their wrlth- terests and trusts spend a good deal
ing forms .wrapped In seething jot money every year in printing and
names in the basement, the awful distributing literature and It Is per
norror or me spectacle, tne tears, haps a good Investment, for of
shock and Borrow of parents seeking course men are hired who can make
their child dead all this is warning as plausible an argument as possible
to build against such horrors. The in faVor of the noxious doctrine of
little faces at those third-story win- high protection.
dows of the burning structure, with There was a time when some de-
every avenue to escape closed, are gree of protection for "Infant Indus
an appeal to every scnooi ooara ana tries" was at least excusable. That
every citizen to determine that the time long since passed. At most
scene may never be. duplicated. Less' American manufacturers have not
In numbers of Its dead than was the for 20 years past or more needed any
Iroquois calamity, it is almost greater protection than the differ
greater in us portent, Because or tne ence in "labor cost" In this and In
youth ot its victims, and because ot foreign countries. This "labor cost"
the errand on which they were bent averages less than 25 per cent of the
when death stalked in upon them. total cost of all kinds of manufac
it is poBSiDie ror men to Duuu turod articles. Even If labor here
In effect the committee. Whatever
he opposes is aa dead, aa, the late
Julius Caesar of Portland. And we
boast of our representative govern
ment! - . ....
rooms and buildings in which chil
dren will be perfectly safe while at
their studies. . After this hideous
warning let it be done, and let there
be no excusing if it be not done.
were throe times as high In this
country as abroad, an average of 20
Practically, In many cases, the
nrwialifir la f )i . waI. vA
nn . . r ' . . , I that have been indorsed by suuh overt
bill can get through the house this wheimin Dotula voter' Tht i , ihl
session except allowed by the com-1 """ must oe passed upon a
... . . line comlnc election.
mmee on rules, and the speaker is It is an issue broad and deen enmiah
to tear an old party to plcea. or to
iunn m, new party upon. Parties are
formed upon great Issues aa they come
up In the history of a nation. They
cannot be made to order, like a suit of
clothes, but grow out of national con-
uuiuns. ii was so Derore the civil war.
"''ave tttgarohy nrred thw nation,- bat
uiiiMinicas. nKe ins iiorseiacch rimivh
mrka rn mratr nr tha i ueatnora in rrovema. la n.v.r
.,hnni i . I1,.flttA nd It was .-rasping for
...v,. v.. nu.iu no jiuooi- grtaior aominion and power. It wanted
ble. See to the doors, that they unJutfoned authority. The question
open outward, if any do not, and ?h." Vv.rnm.nt. or .. to .T,
mat tney are never fastened during I snouia own and run it. This
,hl hnnra a M a. " fl"1. "hed down on the minds
. " vuo invioi Lincoln ana ueward. and of thou-
drill, with brief, impressive talks on ,and" ot others, almost at the same
the necessity of obeying orders and tVuh.V r'Vn1? rfhhr.ori.h:
avoiding a panic in case of fire. I no way to avoid It. The Whig- party
uiea oecause u coma not, or would not.
Another craxy college professor cowardice and want of conscience, and
has bobbed up Into momentary no- ukn,' a,"."" par,y wa 'ormd t0
torlety. He Bays ex-Dresldenta The situation at nmont i v.r. im.
should be killed or given $100,000 A"othr olisarchy has seised the
, , . reins of power, and seeks dominion aud
a year pension. It Is easy to say authority, its voice is harsher and
what should be done with this In- "!?r" brutal than that of the old slave
diana professor. There must be in- when Vandf rblit uttcrod that noted
Bane asylums In that state. I remark' 'lh people be damned!" This
inici'uHr ludiai-ina; power noias sway
over Lublip alTalrs throua-h tha I'nlt,l
id in xamnni countv tne late at- oiaies senate, inn raot is so consD c
. t ii.. .1 uous that everybody sees It. The sen
KMi.y fc .ua.u, iivi-uiiuil was at, Btand, ln , way f many neded
regaraea Dy most itepuDiican voters reiorms, ana is tne uome or much that
brand. If tha loyal voters of Oregon
want a non-partisan governor or sena
tor they hav a nsnt to voie mm1
directly or Indirectly
aarv and do It "overwl
beon committed. T. B. COON.
i may be neces- fh
rhalmlngly" toraom'
rime will havs , . ;
" Small CLang.'
Tou'd bat-ter huivry and register. '
" ' . .
Id the people aak Hodson,, at air a
. t '
True reform, like charity, ba'gWi at
Mr. Harrlman avMantl liv vi ai.u
well done. . " ,,,B
roople Of ItOSSCsr Which la arraatar ll .L,.' '
Albany, Or.. March l.-To tba editor a party? ' "w"" or
tlvea'tlU p'a"1 loubt'ul ' ta-
tehoolvrA more Important and valu-
of The Journal. Being a firm adherent
of direct primaries and Statement No.
1 I heartily congratulate Tha Journal on
Its stand ln regard to these principles
in behalf of tha people. Tha time la ap
proaching- when the people of Oregon
will have to decide a question Of great
lmuortanra to them. It la whether.
after having put out of commission a
aet of political tricksters and cormor-
wlll pay.
OOla-ara n
able than armories.
.irr aa nard as he may. Wu
political tricksters ana cormoi- a m no raij, v
ant, who have managed and conirouea - oryan in talking.
the affairs of our atate. we are to re- a a
turn to that system again. It may after a while become as rrent
The machlno politicians or bossee are a disgrace to be very rich aa to hi
now muklng a desporato fight to regain very poor., ' " 10
the privileges they 'enjoyed so long and a a
which have been ho detrimental to the It seems that even in the hands at
taxpayers of the state. It is a very policemen the revolver la a daoKorous -
'is iTirivaa mr iiHiTi ij I as.ii 1 1 fiaaaMviv nniuan...
vuwlse and impolitic move ror mem 10 ana aeaaiy nuisance.
ti
rv to defoat the wilt of the majorit of 1
the people. Are they so b nd as to Through the ne
think the votere of Oregon will passive- Hudson river N
ly and with good grace submit to thehuat .horn
. .i n.lm.,u law .nH I ". , . -
Htatftment IMO. l, arier rain aucn a
va ant f a-ht tn nhta n it. ana surrender r,.
- . . , i i. . rr rt .uuikim in. mwama . .
S law fnrKIln .
woman to talk more than 10 hours 2
' tunnel under the J
Yorkers will
wcoi as uiey ever
th.ir ,iir.. f o-nv.mmant of. by and "1 ,U"P0"' supreme
m ... . - i k jmw inrninntnw
for tha tAnnla?
If they compare the common people to dir.
a herd of cattle eaallv led with a rope, I
and think they carr fool all tne people an 0
the time, they will realise their mistake th. ."1. " company are for I
all right, providing the ptiiU rt-ltlS?l
who is to rule In the future, the people
or the bosses. EDVVAHD PAOEOT.
Are Our School' Buildings Safe?
Portland. March 6 To the Editor of Russia.
The Journal With the accounts oerore
that ruir.. uppwn
r... . ' - "ui as Daa
as a mere Joke; they paid no atten
tion to it. They will decline to be
run by any machine or bosses here
after.
A Hood River reader of The Jour
nal writes that he knows of 600
voters in that valley who will fight
for Statement No. 1. That is the
sentiment of the vast majority of
the voters of the state.
Is corrupt. Senators Have not ht
elected by popular vote, but bv lerlsla
tures, that were, sometimes at least.
open to corrupting Influences.
Then public opinion said "We must
elect senators by popular vote. Bu
It could not be done, berauae the con
stitutlon of the United Slates stoQdln
me way. j,et us amend the constltu
tlon then, it was auKgontrd, no It can
bo done. Hut the United States senate
put Its thumb to Its noaa and said: "Not
on your life!" No such an amendment
can pass this body.
overwhelming majority vote, at a public
Then
'erwh
election
the people of Oregon, by an
Speaker Cannon, it is reported,
favors the Aldrich' bill. Very likely;
r
USES OF THE TOMATO.
T WAS long a subject of dis
pute whether the tomato is a
fruit or a vegetable; it seems
a fruit ln the garden but a
vegetable in the market. Dlatet
ically it occupies a place between
the two. It Is acid like a fruit, but
at the same time it contains a quan
tity of woody or cellulose material
rhich should be excluded from the
stomach as much as the prohibited
grosser vegetables. Nevertheless
the tomato contains a high allmen-
tive value and its use is especially
recommended ln cases of poverty of
the blood, on account of the great
quantity of iron it contains, a fact
recognized by simply cutting the to
mato and applying to the cut sur
face any of the react! ves of that
mineral. As an agreeable and most
effective method of administering
Iron, it is the medium to be pre
ferred to all those artificial nos
trums or prescriptions in which it
is so often administered, to enrich
the blood. Indeed it Is generally
agreed among the best educated
practitioners that the inorganic prep
arations cannot enter Into the com
position of the blood, though they
may doubtless sometimes be useful
s serving to neutralize the acids,
which form insoluble salts with the
litn of food, thus impeding absorp
tion and assimilation. The tomato
gives the same result, providing
with natural action the amount of
iron demanded by the system. These
Ideas, resting almost entirely on a
theory among some hyglenlsts, may
be modified by later discoveries ln
the rapid advance of chemistry's
development, but the truth remaius
that the tomato is a valuable all-
mentlve and when properly pre
pared, is well received by stomachs
not altogether lost.
said: "We will vote our Dref-
eronoe xor senatorial candidates at
primary election, and by this method
instruct the legislature as to whom It
shall elect Mr. Hourne, the last sen
ator, was elected by this method. An
As a matter of on to favor whatever Is aealnst the othe7. ';n?tor ls 1? P.e elected by the
... . . next leciHiature. snnu we continue thl
popular method, or shall we go back to
me old caucus system? ls the vital
MlnnB.,ta Tteinrot. will tr r.rry 11
. , . ..... .j .v is one on wnicn every voter must nass
raw materials In most cases are more make Oovernor Johnson a presiden- This primary election law was not
n ,.ij v.. . iimicu By i r. u nnn, as sume would
e would be a good f,uve vou believe. It was submitted to
per cent duty would be more than Uncle Joe can generally be depended
ample protection
fact 10 per cent would be enough in people's Interests
most cases. This would give the
Americans the advantage, for the
abundant here, and except when
themselves over-protected are cheap
er and then it has often been demon
strated that our labor produces
much inoro por week or per day
than labor ln any other country. Yet
able demand O, you know.
Another raid has been made on a
Chinese gambling joint. Bow Wo
the average protective duty Is over (must have been negligent, or possl-
40 per cent. At least two thirds of bly there Is a rising market.
it is deslened as a means to and in
oDeration does Blunder the Amerl- ine iew i orK worm heads an
can people for the benefit of a com- editorial, "The Blight of Bryanlsm."
paratlvely few. and enables trusts to vve suppose farkerlsm was sunlight,
be formed that can raise the prices showers and fertilizer.
of necessaries to any figures they
tlal candidate.
one, but the rank and file will prob- popular vote In June. 1904, and the re
turns anowen mm do.:ud votea ror 11
and only 16.S54 against. That ls, the
majority in favor of the law was about
three and a half to on.. It ls the peo
pies law. if a politician wants to fight
such a cause and such a majority as
mat, J. suppose he has a right to all
the fun he can get out of It, but one
cannot neip rememDering tne little bull
that attempted to butt the locomotive
off the track, when he contemplates
such a performance.
LEVI P. MYERS.
please.
The protective "principle, as
such, Is wholly vicious. It simply
means taking a portion of the earn
ings of 100 people and giving it to
one person, without his giving them
It is becoming more and more dif
ficult every year to fool the people.
An Exercise in Reading.
By request the Detroit News reprint
the following old and curious exercise
In transDOsltion with which students
. i. i i . rrui I - .11 V i I .... I nil JU
unjiiuus iu ieium. imo is nu mere it) i nave Ion- been familiar, but which may party. When we get wise enough there
to It. ine pretense tnai me lUU in I be Interesting to tnose who have never win do a cnance to Deiong to as many
h.fnr met with It 215 wava In whleh '"ie an mere are issues.
Parties in Oregon.
Hood River. March 4. To the Editor
of The Journal. Oregon ls said to be
"Overwhelmingly Republican." A glance
into the past will show that the nursing
of the party spirit of the "overwhelm
ing" variety has cost the people dearly.
Most men become partisan under cer
tain circumstances. But there must be
vital Issues. Without an Issue, there is
no Justification for the existence of a
us of the terrible loss of llfo due to Columbia college has barred a nro
fire and panlo In frame school build- ressional pugilist as athletic trainer Of
ing at Cleveland. Ohio, It would be well course, he is not In the football root-
to direct attention to the frame scnooi m cmse, ana misrut set kUUrf
buildings in Portland. Are they safer I a a
Four husbands have successfully da
wned an Illinois woman because Tt
her cooking. She must have takJn J
a cooking
school.
a a
insn'Sr.!?" J" w.mn for
than the one which burnt at Cleveland
and if so, in what respect T If my
recollection Is " correct, most of the
schooj buildings here have no fire es
capes, and while many of the schools
are of only two stories, these stories
are usually very high, and often are over
a high basement, so that a Jump from tne tio.60 damaaraa fnr hrlooiT . n or
second story window would most likely l!ioUrtlnT expenses wa .n-pr0raJ?8
result in severe injury. Impendence certaln?T luaHfiaJrBSPI0f.a' ?ho
cannot be placed on toe hook and ladder pr"ralse ' 7 Ju""l In breaking her
companies, because experience shows , ,
thad frame bulldtncs burn too fast to Th. . . ,
allow many persons to be rescued to ,Jii "fil "P1" .
The frame school buildings of thleKo" can ViU wrt?0 here
c should be llnPcted to ascertain if ia the ye 'round. nw,jr
ail Bia vuiuiiniiiiT ui iiviuru wiih mv
escapes and exits, so that a disastrous
It would Hum onlv a matter f fair
ness to the school children to have the
same rules for safety as are provided
for theatre-goers. O. O.
People vs.' Machine Bosses.
Cove, Or., March 4. To the Editor of
The Journal The question confronting
the people ln this campaign la: Shall
the people or the machine bosses elect
our next United States senator? Do
the people want to go back to the old
machine methods of electing our sena
tor, or shall the honest voters of Ore
gon elect our senator? Take your
rnoire, voters, ii you prerer corrup
tion to honesty, then let the machine
fanlo ls Impoaslbo, and whether, at all That was a Republican convention
Imes the bulUllng is occupied, th doors Jney had down ln Pottawattajtnl coun
of all exits are free to open outward. V Sioux Fall Journal. A regular
..a.iuai convention, w suppose, suit
able to Whatapotomy county.
a a
A member of the Oklahoma legisla
ture from the town of Paradise has
introduced a bill Drohlhltlna- .n.JlJl."
Ing. 8o It seems the snake are still
froubif . raradlse and causing
a a
?rr- J i H"1111 Preparing to bnUd a
railroad paralleling- the Canadian Pa
win ln.', Alb,"ta- a distance of about
1.400 mllca. He must be able to scrape
together a few dollars, notwlthstanding
the Rooseveltlan ruination.
A
Sun
hav
correspondent of the New York
resurrects this ouatrian. aaM
presidential
bosses take toe reins in their hands and
run the state to suit themselves, and nv been written of Jefferson, by
elect their choice for senator. If not, ""Ham Cullen Bryant ln I80:
noia iasi to me primary law anaipiaie- -Qo wretch' ra'ain k
ment No. ; and vote for no representa- chair r'8ln th
iva uniABai net mirnfl NrnTampnr tj i i ri.i .
don't believe the people of Oregon I , , . 7 i measures, roul or
want to go back to the old disgraceful Go search win. .
methods ot electing United States sena- U ' ?rSs cur,u 7 for horned
ors. we nave a ngnt on our hands, 'Mid the wild waata T ,
ind The Journal la fla-htlnir manfullv a ln WUa WMte of Louisiana hoavi."
for the people's rights, and I wish ev- But this doesn't half express what tha
Ksome roundabout, mysterious way
get value received for what ls filched
from them in increased prices is in
nine cast's out of 0 a false pretense
The arguments used In support of
this theory are wholly sophistical
They have fooled the American peo
pie long, but will not, fool them for
ever.
the first line of Gray's elegy may be
read:
The plowman homeward plods his weary
WAV.
The weary plownian ptuds his homeward
way.
Th plowman, weary, plods his home
ward way.
His homeward way the weary plowman
mods.
Ills homeward way th plowman, weary
plods.
The weary plowman homeward plods his
way.
parties an there are issues. When an
issue ls settled, the party sDlrlt should
die. In the absence of any issue voters
will continue to vote and public busi
ness will be conducted "on business
principles." In any case the non-par-
iiMHn iihs as many ngnis as me parti
san. Mr. Chamberlain WftS triads gov
ernor by non-partisan votes. Some had
registered as Republicans, some as
uemocrats, ana others with equal scru
ples may have registered as Methodists.
Each voter must decide for himself
whether his vote shall be partisan or
not on any occasion. Oregon is looked
to as a leader In good government. It
ery veter ln Ohegon was a reader of Sun thinks of Roosevelt.
ne journal. ine Kigin itecoraer is
the only paper ln Union county that
has come out open and above hoard In
favor of Statement No. 1. The other
papers in Union county are afraid to
etat how they stand.
HENRY CHAMBERS.
Oregon Sidelights
The Tanana District.
Woodburn. Or., March 2. To the
Editor of The Journal How far back
ln the Interior ls the Tanana valley?
How far from a. seaport or town? Does
Upon an ordinary postcard a Pen
TJlI"?1!?' ""cceeded m writing a
otah.6,l".word"- To d0 required
hi v """"""" wor ana it took
...... v. c mica nours to
word.
count the
Umatilla county need a lot of little,
whrtiir k euow' . m1 wlth families
?iVLb! ! ' -mall, highly
a single man take up S2o acres? Does cultivated tract on which evarv fUn r
he have to live there on th. place a land will be producing luxuXntly Jays
certain amount of time in one year? tha East Oreaonlan u""nuy, says
A reader Is wroth because The The plowman, weary, homeward- plods 1a(1 because our voters refuse to be
Journal suggested sympathy and if
necessary aid for the family of Po
liceman Sultter, and not for the
widow of the man who was killed
ihe reason was that one has two
oung children, who, like herself.
his way.
HI way tha weary plowman homeward
plods.
His way the plowman, weary homeward
nlods.
His way the plowman homeward, weary,
Dlods.
His homeward, weary way the plowman
plods.
partisans at all times. A man mav be
a partisan without being either a crim
inal or a fool, and he ls non-partisan a
good share of the time. He wears no
M.T.h JH"rew!! ? th Treewater
sai,vii UJ0LI1CL I1HVH rkalAn 1t.tf
spraying the tree the past week.
busy
Fro.it
he Tansna district, or valley, is pspf fl1,? '!? ction are excellent,
al hundred miles long and nearly fc2 WJI? ! advef"e weather conditions;
lame in width. Th lieart of the ??.t1;f, four wf k h crop will be
Is it prairie or brush land? Is the
Tanana valley adaDtfid to all klnda of
agriculture?
THEODORE SHYKES,
itoute 3. Hoi S3
i i ne
several
t h. ma wn A
region lies about 800 miles north of Prc?aiiy assured.
me raoutn or uoppor river and the dls-
met itseir lies immediately south and one of the best signs of the tlmesl
bordering on the Yukon. There are for th future advancement of WascS
many acres of land in th valley sub- county lies in the fact that mil Vt
Ject to homestead entry and the whole our large land holdinas to T. LS J
regon. wnicn i principally a rolling divided, and the small tracts win bM
prairie s well adapted to agriculture sold to actual settlers aavi Th nlnl
oi tu Kuius during me mree month I uptimist.
ui Bummer, ino almost constant aun-
Hiinif. niKiii ana aav. aurina- inia t ma & .tn.i. ... rri,. , . ..
produces vegetation In bunifiMM it,. I ' . L S "P. .r three of
are Innocent sufferers; but we very Weary, the plowman homeward plods
hpprfullv fxtpnd lhn Hiie-coGtlnn tn ... nis way.
- - -no kj vveary,
WHAT OF THE GRANGERS?
T
HE politicians of Portland and
a few other towns who arc
busy trying to construct a new
nartv machine will bo murh
disappointed1,' we think, if they count
on the solid or even general sup
port of their program by the rural
voters. These politicians seem to be
blind to the outspoken Bentiment
against their movement throughout
the rural districts, and even in the
towns also.
Very significant, even though
these self-constituted leaders may
not perceive or acknowledge it, is
the action ot many granges through
out the state. Probably three fourths
of these Patrons of, Husbandry are
Republicans, or. have been, and so
register, but a large proportion of
them are not going to follow any
machine leaders, or Bupport, unless
it entirely salts them, any machine
made ticket. They are not the par
tisans they used to be. Because they
would vote for Roosevelt or Taft or
Hughes, it does not follow at all
that they are going to vote fojr; the
candidates brought forward or' rec
ommended by the i Hodson-Beach-Bailey
machine -or ;a;Iike- and sub
ordinate machine In other counties.
7 Moreover, the granges afe t nu
merously declaring specifically for
nclude the widow of the victim of
Sultter's gun also. We Judged from
reports that she had many friends
while it was' conjectured that the
other might not have. As to the do-
ceased, the allusion to him was
founded on the record; if he had
been a merchant or banker he would
have been no better rather, worse,
because he would have had greater
opportunities. Anyone has read The
Journal to little purpose If he imag
ines that it excuses the unjustifiable
killing of a man because he
laborer.
This Date in History,
1829 Martin Van Buren of New
lorn became secretary of state.
1834 Toronto incorporated as a city,
184o Mexican minister nrotested
the plowman plod his home- against the admission of Texas Into the
.7 I I I , . .1 J . . . . 1 .. I.i. - . .
wara way. 1 u111"" aim ueuiauucu ms pasHporis.
Homeward hi way the weary plowman 1848 Income tax riots In London.
nlods. ' 1867 The Dred Scott decision deliv.
Homeward his way th plowman, weary, ered by Chief Justice Taney.
plods. 1867 Charles Karrar Browne (Arte-
Homeward hi weary way the plowman mus wara;, lamous American numor
nlods. 'at. died. Born In Waterford. Maine.
The plowman homeward, weary, plods April 26 1834.
his way. 1868 President Johnson summoned
HI wearv way the plowman homeward to appear before the courts of lmpeach-
ninds. ment, on Aiarcu is.
His wearv way the homeward plowman 1888 Louisa M. Alcott, American
plods. I writer, died. Born November 29, 1832.
Homeward the plowman plods his weary I 1882 Edwards pierrepont, attorney
wav.
Homeward the weary plowman plods hla
way.
The plowman weary, his way homeward
plods.
Is a I ',ie Powr',an plods hi weary homeward
Representative Lloyd of Missouri
has figured it out that the railroads
have swindled the government out of
t wav.
Weary, tho plowman his homeward way
plods.
Weary, his homeward way th plowman
piod.
areneral , In Prexlrinnt r.rnnl'n nihni
died. Born in North Haven. Connecti
cut. March 4, 1817.
1905 John H. Reagan,, a member of
jerrerson uavis cabinet and one of the
authors of the Cullom-Reafran inter
state commerce act, died In Palestine,
Texas. Born in Tennessee, October ,
- plants at the mouth of the Columbia Is
t 2" ?' .tt? !er'"K signs we heeded to
cession of other rlentha !-laaH him .
the head of the family. How distant f?IvKPat. th,e ack ? tne dH season
his relationship to the last duke was Pnca.ut. 18 br?k,n- W hope they will
mar ue isaiiierea irom me fact that
th peerage has to go back to the de
scendants of the fourth duke, who was
slain In a duel in 1712, to find the
pedigree of the present holder of the
title. The duke's estates, amounting to
about 167,400 acres, are In trust, ao
cording to the will of the late duke.
The duke of Hamilton has one of tlio
uiosi interesting- nerecmary offices In
Kinwaum, ror ne is keeper of Hol-
thlf ,V"'ntr:uP.tedly for the balance of
hummlnr w th tham- .hi. r'."S
i. f u " . ""roi aDroaa react
1g ,fIom ,tne au'tuJe of last year
Ah.tnH. mahe 1908 a to1 y with
a a
Three tnnm nf . .
, , . . uuiaiuM, ion ana a
5flf .0t,appl?" anJ 'arga quantity of
vegetables. In all over Isn?
rood palace, the old and historic home J Ppn,.C01,al,J?OBt a totl los to E. T,
V.?"llna"Km8-.. '' duchess of rvi
tiamiuon, wire of tha present duke,
whs iuiss rvma fonrei. a. nnnuiai vxa-
llsh actress, tp whom the duke was
marriea in lvvi.
Dnke of Hamilton's Birthday.
Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton.
duko of Hamilton and Brandon, and
A Country Pond.
.i tntil of J7rt 000 000 In oarrvlnc? lUL hara to 'anoy a pleasanter sight the holder of nearly 20 other titles ln
a total 01. ?U,uuu,UUU in carrying Than a country pond on a wintry night the English and Scottish peerages, was
ine uiana. nut lucre io uo nope oi wnen inn ice is smooin ana me moon
the economists ln congress who can
not snare any money, for Inland
waterways or harbors cutting off
this swindling overpayment to the
railroads. What are they there for
but. to serve the railroads, instead of
the people?" " .
Representative Ellis says that the
bill for the new federal judicial dis
trict, to comprise eastern Oregon,
cannot be passed at this session.
This will disappoint Pendleton and
Baker City some, as each was pull
ing to be the headquarters, and also
some aspirants for office, but Ore
gon will get along very well never
theless for two or more years with
out the new district.
i a RcfubUcan or a pemr.Sutement7N0., i, and tbe memberajslbl, pa
It is reported, from Washington
that the Aldrich currency bill, pos-
ls bright
And the crowd so merrily whirs about
Weaving gracefully in and out
While song and Jest and laughter and
, snout -
"With the ring of skates all mingled
together
Make one forget th bite of tho
weather;
The fire on the bank, with logs plied
high.
Shoots little comets up toward tha sky.
Throws out its warning and welcoming
glow.
Flinging queer shadows across" the
' snow:
And. the girls, with their eyes and their
cheeks eo bright,
How pretty they look in its ruddy
light!
No wonder their sweethearts can hardly
wan
Till out Km' the Ice for another skste,
But whisper sdft words which they
blush to hear
And blushing look prettier and, I fear.
Too oon for the good of half-frozen
joes. , .
Eath Couple in search of less company
goes
Tea, It's bard to picture a pleasanter
isleht
Thaft a ' country pond on a Wlnrr
horn March b, 18BB, and succeeded his
Kinsman as uin auKe in isvn. Now
the premier peer of Scotland, and "hell
male of the house of Douglas," when
ha was a young man there seemed not
tho remotest chance of his succeeding
to the dukedom, but the death of tho
only son of the 12th duke and a Suc
re rreAlr f..m.. . .1.
,ee.n jmposaibie to
S..V.?-tufft0 market, because t)f no
S5S?.ma llU 'ay the Wedderbura
that mI' ZbJ, ln another Item sayS
that Mr. Farria managed to get out thl
"Jl"' following "th, bid of the
stream during temporary low water
taam -r."lV M lib hlS
" v. w i. . n iiaui on ncpnnn, 9
Wonderful Pews.
"Are you aware," said the antiquary,
"that there are certain church pewa to
which the contribution basket ls never heavy roads,
nnaaed?" I ' a
"It I a fact. The- news are in Jlecor-a A? .men on
certain old Episcopal cnurches in JPhila
aeipnia, in uosion ana in a number
New England villages.
'They nave been rented on -a non-1 sold.ii
A -
in land n. m.aZ. es or
..v. .u,Viu xium April is. 1B07
12 2JRa0n.Uttfr.,V' i9-- Garden truck sold!
VJaL Qj.t 22; .00 worth oi
the
-ft
OAT
fMdenrrodt now on hand and
sold.M From t wn nnn,. .... H'
Ofl
not!
contribution-basket basis for a couple of eight pounds of butter ir'.f
centurlea. In the past. It ls said" men another 1100 " A. aKttJ.'.5Jlli2!f
slept ln chnrch, they even played ecarte sides, thS family living ?hf. t
or draughts there, and the advent of from' the land. Th ,?f. 8,ffi,-nl
uia uuiii.iiuui.iuii uaonci mjurn iivo uwu i inoiuaing the 11 vino- nt ti r "
an amazing interruption to them. So, $2,670. From elalft aer ofil WkF
for a very much hlgheF rental, thev ob. Um i nSn i-.L.. "I?" of lan? they
are sti:
. Vote for No Legislative CanclicJate Wko Fails
to Sign Tins PleJge :
Statement No. 1 of the direct primary law, which ensures to
the people the right to elet United States senators, is as fol
lows: "I further state to the people of Oregon, as well as to the
people of my legislative district, that during 'my term of office1
I will always vote for that candidate for United States senator
in congress who has received the highest number of the peo
ple's votes for that position at the general election next pre
cedirtg the election of a senator jn congress, without regard to
my individual preference," N - ' . . .: . V - - i
i
tained pews that the collectors Ignored, three fifth of an 0?!
These pews, ln churches that like to " PinAcIe-r lan sold 32V
keep up th. gualnt custom, of the past, a"nare of h h'..", VSS' PJlf "JrAi?.f
mil maintained" th r.oii. ti5 r " ""
The Editor and the Saloons.
From the Seasidft J9)a-nal.
A friend accosted the editor the other
r . ";' wy you are so na
on the saloonkeepers? You go Intent!)
saloons and drink when you want to.'
-vu.lui 0 icuit weta: e Ra t m ti
saloon and drink, and drink too . much
t.141. wip.1. is not m point. All -.that
have ever asked the saloonkeepers to d
was to obey the law. so that tha rwnni
would not pur them out of butL en-
tirely. Instead of taking my au '
1 ",r" or mem 101a me they werej
EuniB iu ma 111 put or town. oner on
them assaulted me and undertook tn
uuycun.me. wow, personally, the d
tor , aoesn t care whether the aaloo
run pr whether they don't run.. ButJf
. " fw'" . jf"P Ior a saioonkeepe
obey the Jaw, he haft better go ou
th business. I am not "hanr oa .
oody that want to- do Vhat la r
patched up a JJtUe, will pasi
-Kansas City Times.. J
u.jV a mm. gumg to ry ana be four.
j
m biuo ti taw ana, order artd flee
s
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