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- arallon for dying. It la
preparation for living that
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AN INSULT TO VOTERS.
0
lKE of the strongest arguments
fa favor of Statement No
Is the anonymous screed sent
by Its enemies. It Is
equally an argument for the inltla-
. Utb and referendum, and the prl
mary law, for It attacks both and, in
cidentally, proves The Journal's re-
Iterated contention that the present
' increment, though nominally against
popular choice of senator, is equally
hostile to the primary law, the
.' "right of the people to Initiative laws
' ' and their right to veto bills or ap
propriations through the referen
; dam. The circulars are of some
value, because they disclose enough
to make it certain that if an un
pledged legislature ever convenes at
Salem the ax of destruction will
at once be applied to every popular
right that the people now enjoy. .
The rircalars are a powerful ar
gument for Statement No. 1 because
of their character and because of the
' methods employed. They are un
signed, which means that the men'
who sent them out are ashamed of
them. These men are skulkers,
' shrinking from the public gaze and
ashamed of their propaganda. They
are in hiding in dark places and are
doing their work behind a mask and
dark lantern, just as burglars do.
They refuse to father their own
words and send them out nameless
foundlings, laid as it were on peo
ple's doorsteps. Honest men, work-
' log In an honest cause are never
skulkers; they do not slink, like
Jackals, along the by-ways, but like
men, stand in the open, beneath the
sunlight, proud of their cause and
, loolflng the public steadily in the
eye. There are, of course, a few men
' who honestly and candidly oppose
Statement No. 1, but are they not,
when they contemplate these un
fathered, unclaimed, doorstep cir
culars, seci out by Portland political
bosses to lionest people, heartily
ashamed of the company In which
they find themselves?
Worse still than the fact that they
are unfathered are the utterances of
..these foundling circulars. It is not
surprising that those who issued
them were unwilling to stand spon
sor. Every line is an insult to the
' recipient, in that It underestimates
- the intelligence of the people of
Oregon and directs at them not argu-
:mnt, not reason, hut a mass of jllly
drivel, directed at prejudice and
essaying the humorous. It is evi
dently the work of city politicians,
who never come in contact with
farmers and other of the plain peo
ple. These country folks have li
braries now, read newspapers and
v con the magazines. Their standard
that few can reasonably object to
the following declaration of the Ne
braska platform:
We favor tho postal savings bank,
and In Addition thereto Insist upon th
passing f laws, state mid national, for
tha better regulation of hank and for
tha protection of bunk deposits. The
government demands security when It
deposits public money In a bank and
we bellava that the socurlty of the Indi
vidual depositor who intrunts his earn
ings to a bank should be aa perfect aa
til government's security. We oppose
both tha Aldrlch bill and the Fowl-r
bill, and believe that. Insofar as thn
needs of commerce require an em
ergency currency, such currency should
bo issued and controlled by tho federal
government, and that It should be
loaned upon udequate security nud at
a rate of Interest which will compel ltn
retirement when the emergency has
passed. We demand. further, th.it
favoritism In the deposit of treasury
funds shall be abolished .-in,! tl-at sur
plus revenues vliall b- il incited at
competitive r.id upon sufficient so
curlty and fairly distributed throughout
the country.
the platform declares for an
eight-hour labor day, conciliation In
labor disputes, modification of the
Injunction law, an employers' lia
bility law, reclamation of arid
lands, improvement of interior wa
terways, election of Tnlted States
senators by the people, a federal In
come-tax law, exclusion of oriental
laborers and an issue of $500,000.-
000 government bonds to provide
funds for public works. And when
Bryan promulgates a platform be
means what he says.
of metropolitan life. It is an Invl-1 time. And the people, once do
tation to inefficiency and even toltermlned to act and being well ad-
corruption; It is cumbrous, extrava-1 Tised how to act, will be a different
gant, wasteful; it has ceased to be foe from Mr. Stuyvesant Fish.
democratic because It Is not and can-
OPINIONS OF STATE PRESS ON
STATEMENT NO. 1
not be sufficiently controlled by the
community whoso Intelligence it re
bukes, whose standards of adminis
tration it ignores, and whose repu
tation for public spirit it debases."
THE OLD WOMAN'S HOME.
G
The Direct Primary.
From the Dallas Observer (Rep.).
To hear a few Republican bosses talk
trnnr In Ct r..nn wn.. 1 .1 V i-,a ...
Old Woman's L.11.U. k-. a, i ,
Home. This is a place where L Democrats and Popullstio Iniquity
IVE A THOUGHT and if vou
can something more nourish
ing to the
rrkl. In(1l..lmaiit 4a A (.n. Kill
iina nM ,V , . - .. --- ....,-...,
against the government of all cities. " "uw v"u uo ,oner worK saddled onto th. stats by the voters of
and the larger they are the worse
. " '"' acted by a majority of 40,000 votss.
1 p'uoucu wiin me neces- I iters in poiic countv with a. normal ri
00
ma
to
the Republicans
soma pretty lively
primary. The
HAVE WE A REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT?
I
S IT a representative, a republi
can government, at all, when one
'man, the speaker of the house of
representatives, can absolutely
efeat any bill that he chooses to
defeat as at such a juncture Is
this, and on frequent and prolonged
occasions, he can?
No bill has a chance of passage un
less it is brought before the house
by the committee on rules, ap
pointed by the speaker. This com
mittee consists of only five members,
really of three, the Republican ma-
orlty. The speaker havlrig their
appointment of course controls their
action. Thus he becomes, as to legis
lation, the house. As a bill must be
passed by both houses to become a
law, he becomes congress.
His power Is affirmative as well
as negative, though not to so great
an extent. The committee on rules
can take up any bill It chooses, out
of order, and pass a rule limiting
debate on It to one day, or one hour,
and railroad it through by a ma
jority vote, giving the minority prac
tically no chance to oppose or dis
cuss it.
This would not be so bad if the
speaker were a liberal, progressive
man, who really wanted to do some
thing for the people, but Cannon Is
a narrow, hidebound, fossilized, old
extreme partisan, and worse than
that, a lifelong and confirmed ser
vant and tool of the trusts, the rail
roads, the people's enemies.
Is this a republican, representaive
government, after all? Isn't the
boast that it Is so a mistake or a pre
tense? When one man can deny
85,000,000 people any law they want
or need, where does the representa
tion and republicanism come in?
the system operates. It is astonish
ing that people as intelligent as
thoso of New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and
no on down along the line submit
to the tremendous extravagances,
corruptions and malfeasance with
which their officials load them.
Volltics la the principal mischief
maker, and "interests' are Its part
ner and ally. Between the two, the
people are most scandalously served.
ana wno nave no home, and no rela- those parties, when ths fact la that It
tlve who can and will care for wa" indorsed by all parties and waa en
provided with the neces-lHor in polk county, with a normal R
sarles of llfe.Nand whose last davs PUUMC" ruJority of something like 40
In a wnrM that t. u lh law carried by the enormous m
in a world that brought them much jority f i.nt votes. It is evident
iroume ana sorrow may be passed n,iy ninKlng mlnd tnat
in comfort, or at least not In abso- votifo3 t'T
IlltO U'Anf frr fn l,wt.ln,. - A I writer vlaII ri mumhara Thaf (hu AlA
. . uvu, -luunuii OllU I ------- , - "J
shelter. Thev nerl ht nm- h F.or um "a was fighting
4 . " I me measure as nara as ne could, and
cost ior eacn is
Is
not much; Mrs. lno one ven seconded his motions.
t of the s(
no doubt capable, careful and tn primary law was to secure the elec-
consclentlous as wM . ehorit.hi.,- "?n. ot the people's choice for United
, ( . .,. . Hlatea genator, ixgardless of the sue
OREGON'S ELECTION DAY.
0
NE of tho constitutional amend
ments to be voted on In June
Is to change the state elections
from the first Monday In Junel9av'
ana so any girts in that direction I cesaful candidate s politics. Had the
will be money well expended. Think ould "be nTd "Sf voMfor
ii it nuio juui luuLiir, or u ytur I enmur at mo june eioiion. vne vote
sister or daughter should In her old 1 5ir?? ffJ SSiili fuVtn'votfn'g'
eo icn .uu urauiuio buu UCHO-iai i" pons in June would De Unnec-
late. An impossible case, vou miv ,Th ntnt J the law la clear,
nrl fpiilv lnAl- 14 I a si.i.i . . . " . .
v uui;, uui. iuua at i, miuicrn inieiiiKenre wnen n Claims th
to the first Tuesday after the first that and help a little If able jd not understand it when h. voted
Monday of November, the date of
election in nearly all the other
slates. The arguments In favor of
the change are that a separate elec
tion cuuses considerable expense.
I to do so
Whether Mr. U'Ren's candidacy
will really aid In the triumph of tho
principle of popular election of
and that .Oregon should do as the ,:nlted 8tate" "enators, is at least
nthr RtatPAll hut thrf nr four lu luesuon. 1 ne IIOOO Klver
--w r ' - - -- - - - - - -
do In this matter. Neither argument
has much weight. The extra ex
pense comes but once in four years,
when a national election must be
held in November, and In a quad
rennlate is unappreciable. The
other point seems to us not well
taken. By holding Its election in
June, several months before any
other state does, much attention is
attracted to Oregon. It Is men
tioned throughout the country and
gets a little free advertising. More
Portland Rosses Foiled.
From .he East Oregonlan.
The political bosses sf Portland who
called a county convention of Repub
licans for the purpose of killing State
ment No. 1 and the popular election of
United Btntej senators have been glor
iously foiled In their attempt. Their
own convention turned against them
and reftined tn rlprlura) uruln! t h.
stock has advanced 23 points since matement. It was by a bare margin
tha antmna r i!'Do in v. that the bosses prevented their own
. , . . ' , OCUB" convention from declaring emphatically
torlal race. On the basis of 100 the for the vrry thlnr which they had as-
candidates range about as follows at "Portland l8 not . 0, 0rea-on.
f Ulton bi, Cake 34 and If the bosses cannot control tho lnde-
News-Letter expresses a view held
by many when It says: "Fulton
present:
U'Ren 13."
program pre-arranged In rortland. gives
not ine SIlguieBl liiuiemiuu vi hid
sentiment of voters who are reading,
thlnklnn- and getting ready to vote a;
they please In the April primaries and
June election. It will evidently requlrs
another good, hard bump to bring me
Republican politicians around to a full
realization of tho fact that the old meth
ods have been abolished Tor good ana
that the people purpose to hold fast to
their newly gained powers oi sen-gov
eminent.
People Will Choose Leaders.
From the PTnterprlse News-Record.
Statement No. 1 Is not responsible If
the Republicans have not a leader with
the ability and courage of and who pos
sesses the confidence of the people as
does the Democratic candidate for
United States senator. The fact of the
matter Is the old machine-made leaders
did not occupy their positions because
of merit of their own. and when the
primary put tho making of leaders into
ine nanus er me voters, mose no-cniioa
"leaders' shriveled to their natural sliie,
and left tho party lendcrless. But Ke
nuhllrnn nrarana Mhould not bfl disheart
ened. As soon as the debris of the old
machine Is politically burled, and the
chaff that arose with the change Is
blown awav, new leaders will come di
rect rrom the people or wnom me party
will be proud, and who will bo an honor
to the state and nation.
Election of senators by the peo
ple means election In June of one of
two candidates nominated by the
two principal parties in April,
than this, state affairs and politic fnd not.the electlon b the ,eSl8,a- hlnnI1ra
r new sPLM-atPd frnm national turG of one Party's candidate irtin
Issues, and considered on their own who has been rejected by the people ; them for rescuing the state from
,V .i. .v ,j v In the sreneral election The latter Ule 8KU"a"SBry or mncnine pontics.
merits, more than they would be if . 8 uwal election. ine iauer
pendent voters of Portland, what can
they do with the more Independent vot
ers or tne remainder of the stnta?
The sentiment In favor of the popu
lar election of United States senators
is stronger today than It has ever been
notwithstanding the continued ham
mering of the bosses, and the day will
come when the staunch Republicans
ldlng out for this principle
Dosses win be proud or
uregon will be grateful
voted on at the same time that the
national election occurs. There Is
no chance for any trading, and vot
ing for president is not in any wise
mixed up with voting for state and
county officers. This is a distinct
advantage that we think is worth
maintaining. The proposed amend
ment would better be voted down,
as It was once before.
theory, now urged by the politicians'
organs, would not only not be elec
tion by the people but would be the
very converse of that.
Suspicious Harmony.
From the Eugene Guard.
We are gravely Informed by the morn
ing paper that Multnomuh and Lane
counties are working harmoniously to
The don ma lias vpntnrprl to k t,own Statement No. 1 and the direct
ine aouma nas veniurea to asK . . If . ..,. ..har.
a question Of the government. If mony" among the old-time machine poll-
the douma Is not careful not to be i1:'""8 "f u' 8taV Jhat ? m.thl.n?..the
f,u"t" " V null kanc uwiiio luai OICI o
is "something doing." Because a few
professional politicians and precinct
workers get toRether and hold an en
thusiasts (?) meeting, carrying out a
SEATTLE'S
CHARTER
MENTS.
AMEND-
B"
Y A VOTE of nearly two to one
the people of Seattle last Tues
day adopted the charter
amendment providing for the
Initiative and referendum In that
city, as its charter permitted them
to do. The new feature of the Se
attle charter is substantially the
same as tne uregon law. Another
amendment adoptod by about the
same vote provides for a direct vote
on franchises and gives to the peo-
too Inquisitive, its members may
find themselves packed off to Si
beria or otherwise severely pun
ished. They should understand that
they exist merely for appearance
sake and not to take any part what
ever In government.
Davey's Position.
From the Harney Valley News, (Rep.)
A political news writer In the Oro-
gonlan recently named the editor of the
News as one of those Republicans who
are opposed to Statement No. 1. This
s a mistake. This writer stood throtijth
the entire legislative session of 1903 lor
the principle Involved in that statement
the rule of the people in voting for
United States senator. In 1906 he be
came a candidate for the legislature
gain and pledged himself before the
primaries and on the stump to the sup
port of that statement, whs elected and
stood by It. He still stands for It,
having full faith In the right of the
people to rule and full reliance in the
wisdom. Intelligence and patriotism of
Republlcans'to secure a majority at th)
polls for the Republican candidate ror
United States senator.
Small CL
Nov
pull tor the battleships.
a a
It Is Its Habit.
From th Enterprise News-Record
Why so good a newspaper as the Ore
gonlan deserts the people In the midst
of the battle for popular rights Is
mystery. That paper fights valiantly
again bosslsm and political gratters i
California. New Jersey and Sauedun
but favors the same sort of bourbonlsm
In Oregon. The working- nlnn of dlrec
primary and popular election of United
Btates senators may not be perreci, dui
It Is better to Improve the machinery
than destroy t'.ss models. I'rlncipi
should be put above party at all times.
Would ne Expensive.
From the Seaside Signal.
If it cost H. W. Scott 126,000 to buy
Bourne's support for United States sen
ator In 1903. how much would It cost
him to be elected to the United States
senate with the primary law and state
ment No. 1 In full force and effect?
A Year of Sil
encc
(It Is
By Wex Jones.
the Intention of
President
Whito House. Ills present program Is
"A Year of Silence." Evening Past.)
Minnesota is suffering from the Roosevelt to retire absolutely from pub
severest blizzard It has experienced lie life for a year when he leaves the
for years, and some people have been
frozen to death and many are suf
fering. If the Minnesotans could
see and feel Oregon Just as she is
and has been all winter we could
surely depend on a big immigra
tion from that state.
March Roosevelt packs up the Big
Stick, the Ilrotherleas Spear, tho Square
Deal and the charter of the Undesir
ables Club, and starts for Colorado,
accompanied by Uoeb, mho Is unablo
to shake off the habits of years.
Large bobcat, by maliciously Jumping
at tho wrong moment, avoids Roose-
The Salem Journal urges voters vcit's bullet. Loeb ducks just in time.
chauffeur. Machine sinking rapidly
Loeb la thrown out.
I.neb resigns and becomes conductor
of streetcar.
November, December. January Ad
vice to president. Assistance to Presi
dent In enlarging Undesirables Club,
President nsKs, Who was elected me
or you?" Roosevelt goes to Africa, nrd
shoots elephants to signify his contempt
ror degenerate Jtepubiican party.
pic the right to acquire for the City to ..read read ad A ... k Party fires 800 bullets Into savage
r.r.tA k ,-Jl. 'aa, reaa, reaa, ana mink, bear observed on ledge of rock. Bear
fUNICTPAL GOVERNMENT.
V
ARIOU8 cities are studying and
some are experimenting on
improved forms of govern
ment. A few cities. In addi
tion to primary nominations, have
adopted the recall, notably Los An
geles. In some the movement seems
to be In the direction of putting of
ficial responsibility on a great num
chlsa from tho city, under con- register, register, registerand 'vote,
demnation proceedings. vote yote B(jt we Buppose
ine vote on mew amendments lt does not mean that each one
was oniy aDout uu per cent mat on shoud regl8ter and vote three times.
mayor, snowing mat many people
did not care about them, but It may
duJ Prpei iy optimeu uy a iran- think, think, and act, act, act, and remains motionless. Knife In hand, the
iruuci ciuwia upon urn moiisicr anu
with a quicks-slash lets out large quan
tities of sawdust. Evidently a decoy
Teddy bear. Loeb dodges In time to
avoid knlfo.
Large mountain goat bounds from
crag to crag. Member of partV 1ml-
tntes a crnir flnri crnat hminrla nn him
Don t forget or fall to understand Bullet gets goat's aoat. Cheers from
be presumed that If all had voted that, the Relf-constitiitfH ipnrfora on Loeb. pitto from stenographers.
V i ,,..U 1 1 I I
ino p,upujuuii wuuiu nave ueen their organs that are flchtlne State- April Explorer reports that no one
about the same. The general Inltia- roent No. 1 are aiming at the whole has ridden up Mount St Ellas, Roose-
tive and referendum amendment primary law and the initiative and I ve,t org-anli-es a Rough Riders No. 2,
carried by a vote of 11.409 to 5.671. referendum Thov moor, n A,t and begins ride for summit of moun-
. ,. , ,o a ' . . J """" U""UJ tain. Ten men drop out In Nebraska.
Qi,u uj a ui n.o.i. w mem ail. 10 more In Wyoming, and 200 fall to
C,34i. Thus It will be seen that cross Rockies. In dnh across British
while some Oregon politicians and
February Roosevelt sails In steamer
Roosevelt t.i discover North Pole.
Passes Roosevelt Land on Roosovolt
Uay. ana encouraged by the omen,
presses across Roosevelt Fiord to
Roosevelt Island, where he discovers
tho North Pole and home of Fairbanks.
His yenr of silence being complete, he
returns to America to raise his voice In
pupiic azrairs.
Mr.
John McCourt, when a very and Loeb. Near top of mountain Lead
; of Intelligence Is not the low, unlet- ber of ci,izengi as ,n Germany, per-
lered sort that the circulars mistake
It to be. They are the peers in un
! derBtanding of their urban neigh
s borB, as the skulking promoters of
the doorstep circulars will later dis
cover, or them, 6b,SJ4 threw their
ballots for the primary law and they
knew what it meant then and know
now, without instruction from an
unfathered screed, which nobody
Owns and none would claim.
THE NEBRASKA PLATFORM.
rHE Nebraska Democratic plat
form, written or approved by
Mr. Bryan, will undoubtedly
be to a large extent the Demo-
, cratic national platform to be adopt
ed at uenver next July. Some parts
of the Nebraska platform may be
modified or eliminated, and others
- elaborated, but on the principal Js-
k ues or questions of the day we may
depend on the Denver platform hav-
.,-y Ing been in substance already pro-
; tnulgated.
..'The Nebraska platform was
Drlntad In Tha T, , .
v, j, , -wuiutii yesterday,
nd j worth reading by voters.
- . t ?y entlr'y agree with it
t Of not With most of it we pre
, surne most voters. Republicans as
... eU Democrats, will agree. On
the suDlects of. state rights and the
tOTerament of the Philippines many
t4 Republicans will differ with the
. platform. And some who are for
tariff revision will not go to the ex
tent this platform does In demad.
- ing a tariff for revenue only. But
. as to trusts, railroads, monopolies
the ; subjects that have come con
spicuously to the-front during the
past few years most people will be
i In accord with the Nebraska Demo
s crats, On the currency Question the
rank and file f voters are not so
well informed, but it would seem
haps on the theory that graft will
then le impossible to conceal. In
oihors the opposite theory of vesting
almost sole power in the mayor Is
preferred. The Galveston plan,
government by a commission in Its
rase of only three members seems
to have worked well there, and Pes
Moines has been trying to adopt a
similar system, and the last Iowa
legislature passed a law enabling the
cities of that state to reorganize their
local government on v.hat is known
as "the Des Moines plan."
The Des Moines plan Is considered
by many the best vet devised. It
socks to place the entire government
In the hands of the people. It in
cludes the initiative, the referen
dum and the recall. N'o franchise or
valuable right c;in be granted unless
the people vote in favor of it. Five
commissioners are elected, all at
large, and one member is placed at
the head of each of five departments,
with absolute control over it. They
receive good salary and must not be
interested even Indirectly In any city
contract or public service corpora
tion. All candidates must be se
lected at a non-partisan primary, the
old notion that "parties are neces
sary" in municipal government hav
ing been cast aside as a delusion.
We cannot go into details here.
but the Des Moines plan is likely to
succeed better than the present sys
tem in most cities, and gradually to
De adopted by many of them.
The Boston Herald Has" published
a pamphlet containing the law In
full with ampla notes and explana
tions, which It is tistrlbuting free
to Its readers la that city, saying in
explanation: "Boston needs not
only a change in city governors, but
a change In the system of govern
ment. The present system has been
outgrown by tho complex conditions
, - i, s ;
' r.' '!
their orirans are throwlne mud at. I vntmir man had tha miirnrinni tn e's horse slips on a glncler and turn
u- a .r.K: r' "'"" "-"" . . . bles back on Loeb. Leader finds Loeb
iuu imoauio uuu icic.cuuuiu, uuin Be a inemuer oi ine uregon legisia- a useful cushion at foot of mountain.
places are adopting these measures ture, which mistake of his early life Expedition a comparative success.
for the peoples protection against may weigh heavily against him now
mlsrepresentatlve government.
All the other charter amendments
proposed In Seattle were adopted.
One fixes saloon limits and restricts
the number of saloons in proportion
to population. Another provides
for municipal quarries and an
asphalt plant. Another raises the
Italian Emigration.
From Charities and the Commons.
In 1887 emigration from Italy to
transatlantic countries for the first time
exceeded emigration to Mediterranean
countries. Thin year marked, too, the
crossing of 100,000 emigrants In one
May, June, July Roosevelt starts on
tour around world. Throws six Japanese
wrestlers out of Toklo window and
passes on to next compartment, India,
where he catches Bengal tiger by the
tall. Gives the kaiser a few practical
demonstrations In running a country;
Institutes the Undesirables Gesellschaft
and the Grosse Stick. Knocks out Gun
ner Molr in ona round, but is attacked
with indigestion after a 6 o'clock tea
with douphy buns, and returns to Amer-
The Charge of the Spelling Squad.
Half a leag, half leag,
Half a leng onward,
Gallopt the spelling board,
With Its three hundred;
Knockt out one "g" from eg,
Llm Is the word for leg.
Hear Brander Mathews beg;
"Lern the three hundred."
Forward the spelling board,
Teach 'em to spell It "nr.d1"
Slashing words llm from llm,
How we have blundered:
We'll never yield the gost.
What tho the scoffers rost,
Spred them from cost to cost,
ah ine inree Hundred.
Dwwiur r unun ia inaoaina rroviaancs
for Air. U'Ren. .
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Any old sophistry to keep the people
from chasing a senator.
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In Ms moment of extreme despond
ency Plummer had a revolver.
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Shouldn't Teddy make tha stork in
stead of the eagle the national blrdT
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It Is very seldom that a revolver In
action does good; almost Invariably
barm. .
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Taft looms ao large that perhaps none
of the other candidates will a.
look-in.
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No fruit or grain killed vet! this nar.
haps was never the case before aa Tale
as this.
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The Republican nnrtv Isn't dasd Ymt
it Is getting somo dangerous Jabs from
would-be bosses.
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It wis a woman's bis- nlctura hat that
caused the New Hampshire murder. It
Is scarcely surprising.
Mayor-Elect Miller of Senttla hmm tha
satisfaction of knowing that the Clan
cys worked against him.
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Two umbrella thlevea war nrrul,
In Ioulsvllle. Reform Is all right, but
thU is carrying It too far.
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fl'n. TAA t... m t. . ...
- - J " - ' . iirna riiiniru UDDn nil U
year as president at least until some
one eise serves a term or two.
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If the shoe Were nn tha nttt t
the woukl-be bosses' and vraf t.handlara
would say "D n the constitution."
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Strong police soon Is the beat thlnir
to clean the block hand. Portland
(Mnlne) Express. It needs an ax rather
hnn soup.
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1 he president has heen out nf tha
1 mted States again that Is. he dined
with Amhnssndor Jussurand at the
French embassy, and that is rnch
territory.
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It Is laid that a mousa haa hMn
taught to do the "widow waits" Rut
nv untaught mouse can make a widow.
married wnmnn or anlnater atan n.
Her thsn waltzing.
year. Since 1SS7 the emigration to
salarv of council men from 1QAA tn .c."" ""u. i.'."" cu.u"lr," ca in eclipse,
' ims Hieauuy increased, dui tne emigra-
$1,500 a year and another raises 'n to" the American countries has out-1 August Speech
I , t ii oirippea il Dy leaps na DOUnas. Scarabs.
oa.ai., Ul .uajrui, Luuiyuuiiei, In SDlte of the vast numbers that onh n Tata Nnrwea-lan Baas.
corporation counsel and treasurer, have left the country during the last 20 Rneech on Comets I Have Cautureft.
a itmyotiiar 90 u m an a m ant, ye, 4,000,000 of whom have become Speech on the Mental Attitude of
on Early Egyptian
a permanent element in foreign coun- Grizzly Bears,
adopted, that for raising the sala- tries, the number of Victor Emmanuel's
rles of counrllmen receiving hut - subjects has not diminished, but has
ries or counenmen receiving Dut a on tne contrary increased. Italy has an
very smau majority. unless se- annual increase or births over deaths
0Ho o-ota v,0ttQ rnrr.tt or Bou.tiuu, ana in 17 it rose to 408.000.
vm. u....mCU "WU TMi tlttla nonfnanln yvith on ar.o f
those of some cities, this amendment lio, 23 square miles has a population
Speech on tha Fighting Attitude of
Bobcats.
Sneech on Ksce Bulclde.
Speech on the Dangers of Overpopu
lation.
Various speecnea.
should have been defeated.
of 82,449,764, or 293 people to a "square September
Denunciation of Bill
GREAT CASES ARISING.
T
WO DIG CASES are arising.
They may get into the courts,
mile, as against France with 189 and the Short. who publishes story that Cana
uni tea states witn only 41. uverpopu- dlsn lynx climbed a moonbeam to catch
atlon in districts difficult of cultiva- a flying goose. Roosevelt calls Short
tion, heavy taxation, fearfully low a mendaclous meddler, and declares
wages ana proportionately nign rents, t)lBt R g-oose cannot fly. Short replies
have combined to keep the people poor Roosevelt must, have seen geese only
b.m.1 iiviiin uoouiiiona iiLiiu nencr man upon the table. plucKed ana roasted.
. . , , ' ' I' , " ' - - - -' 1 , iirilBU O.l luJI luillffuil nillVO IIUIT,
DUt they are already getting compelled those who could not make "The Dejection of Jags, the Kootengay
Into the court of last reRort even lne poorest Kind or a living at I Ham." Roosevelt points out that rams
- 1 noma jn an , ipwnprp iiHimi iv in '.Tvir 1 4 ....... .1 . , . , aiwa.... .1
mo iiicai. iui uui ui luc uruu c. is nn. r-iiuKiuina, ibw in numoer ai nrst. tn hut Jnto anvtmnff.
succeeded so well that others have fol- John Burrows and William Horna
i 1 a ,v '1 v lowed until now the government, pat- daze write iolnt letter maintaining that
" iiii-iuucB iuq uul ui o icoBcr i none ciiiro ana tkm. lanunoiuers, 1 the lynx of uanaua is airrerent rrom
case is of especial local interest, -?vLl nhiffui V Unk8 cf ""
nA n..tl...l..l. .1.1 " "
onu muiu pai Liuuiai 1 cuueems me 1 ers.
t'.efendant to be mentioned thoueh
there will be others. This case is I Luther Hurbank's Birthday.
that of The People of the State of .KLft
Oregon versus E. H. Harriman. The new varieties of fruits and flowers,
ther is The Pponl nf tha TTnim was born March 7, 1849, In Lancaster,
; 18' 1116 X United Massachusetts. He spent his boyhood
un a xnriu una was Huucaiea in me
academy of his native town.
' October Roosevelt goes
Roosevelt flying machine,
up in the
ith Loeb as
Dettors to right of them,
Colums to left of them.
Bedsteds to slumber them
Changed in tho making;
Fonographs squeklng loud.
Bravely they spelt and rowed
What tho their heads were now
Wofully aklng!
Gone were the extra "p's"
Dum were the silent "b's,"
Dlpthongs were routed;
Crazed by fonetic schemns.
Quire singers rote by reams
Such words as solem,
Cam for and colum,
Harang and thum and lam
Pamflet and dlafram,
Tho the world douted
Bravely they bllt and well,
Teaching us how to spell
Campatn and boro;
Even that dred dlseze,
Tlsis, they spell-with eze.
Honor such worinraT these,
Rebllt so thoro.
Detroit Free Press.
This Date In History.
I7BZ Sir John Frederick William
Hersohel, astronomer, bbrn. Died May
11. ion.
1808 Portugese roval familv Arrival
in tirazn, naving ried rrom Portugal
1809 Francois Blanchard. who mo,i
tne rirst Danoon ascension in America.
died in reiriu. norn in f ranee in 1783
1814 jonn Howard Kavmond. nri.
aeni anu one 01 vne organizers or vas
sar college, born In New York city
Died In Poughkeepsle, New York, March
14. 1878.
1849 George W. Crawford of Genre-la
became secretary of war..
1854 Homestead bin passed by con
gress.
1S74 Minard nnmore. thirteenth
president of the United States, died In
Buffalo. Born In Locke, New York,
February 1. 1800.
1902 Lord Metnuen wounded and
taken prisoner by .the Boers.
In his younger days In congress, soon
after the war. Senator, then Representa
tive Allison, was a tariff reformer, but
ho fill Into the easy life and has se
renely pursued It fbr 80 odd years,
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A New Jersey man haa married a
woman whom he had rescued from
drown'ng, and In this case romance was
long-lived, for the rescue happened 25
years ngo. nnd both had been married to
others since.
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We often hear about stealing a reJ
hot stove, but according to a news Item
this actunlly took place In New Jersev,
and the thief took along some beef
steuk tlmt was boing cooked on It. in
Pennsylvania a man stole the only
lamppost in his town and used It for
firewood. Thee fellows. If voung, will
make great financiers yet, and perhaps
can solve the currency question.
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Mr. Kurs of Albany, whose supposed
wife sued for a divorce becauaa ha
threw hot potatoes, n the kettle, at
her, has discovered that her name was
not Mrs. Kuss but Mrs. Buss, they hav
ing been married several years ago by
merely taking out a II
mado up. and were reallv married this
time. Uus becoming Kuss. and both
bussing without any kusslng.
Oregon Sidelights
Bandon's new creamerv will ha r-.
to run by April 1.
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It Is Rtill 'hinted ncraalnnaltv tin i n
that city that Salem Is going to pave.
Eggs are still dronnlnar. aava tha Aa.
toria Budget. What a pity to break
em.
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The Seaside Lumber comnanv hn re
sumed operations after 10 weeks' ldlo-ness.
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Lakevlew Is sure to have a fl Aii rlrtar
mill, over $3,000 having ben sub
scribed for it.
A $ AA C Tlllnml 4
a i'u j. i in i ill m in i i in r i i v i .1 vr nn r-
io uuy snot mmseir in the foot with a
rifle. Another case of boy and gun.
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The Dalles is to havn another narlr
The raco track and a nortlon nf th
3 acres adjoining are to ha leveled
p and this barren piece of land con
erted into a beautiful spot.
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To propagate suear beet culture tn
Wallowa county Is the practical plan
formulated and which will he iimnt,i
by the Amalgamated Sugar company
during the coming year or two.
States versus E. H. Harriman et al.
Mr. Harriman has done and is
doing things, on the one hand, that
the people of the country in general,
and those of Oregon in particular,
will not always permit him to do;
and on the other hand he Is neglect
ing and refusing to do things that
in his position they will require him,
or some, one in his stead, to do.
The complaint is being made up.
It copyists of a multitude of counts
or causes iqX action. In, one vay or
another It win come to trlaV aomt
He earlv
manifested an aptitude for the studv of
nature, especially plant life. In 1876
he moved to Santa Rosa, California,
where his successful experiments won
for him the name of the "plant wizard."
He is the originator f many new ap-
fles, peaches, nuts, berries and valuablo
rees, flowers, fruits, grasses, grains
and vegetables, but he Is probably best
known to the public as the originator
of the famous Burbank potato. For his
work and achievement as a naturalist
Mr. Burbank has been honored by
numerous colleges and scientific bodies.
He is an honorary member of all the
prominent horticultural and. other act.
entiflo societies on the Paeifie coast (
and Is a special lecturer on evolution I
at Leland Stanford Jr., University. I
.Vote for No Legislative Candidate Wko Fails
to Sign TLifl Pledge :
Statement No. 1 of the direct primary law, which ensures to
the people the right to elect United States senators, is as fol
lows: t
"I further state to the people of Oregon, as well as to the
Feople of my legislative district, that during my term of office
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-preceding
the election of a senator in congress, without regard to'
my individual preference." .
Seaside Signal: Salmon trout fish
ing aunng the week Just closing lis
vwii klm'u, uu Hpieiiuia caicnes na
rewarded the efforts of the enthusias
tic fishermen almost every day.
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The great number of birds which
frequent the Harney valley has been
the source of wonder and of Interest
with students of bird life for years and
has attracted the attention of many
prominent persons In various parts of
the country, says the News.
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A mechanic, who arrived a short time
ago from the east, and has since ben
working In Corvallls, left yesterday for
his .former home beyond the Mississ
ippi, says the Times. He expects to ho
back in Corvallls within 0 days. Ha
has been here long enough, he says, to
be able to bring back a dosen or 15
families with him, and that Is what he
expects to do.
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Lakevlew Examiner: Jack Kimball
closed a deal with J. D. Edler Monday
for the lease of 53,400 acres of tim
bered grazing lands belonging to tho
Weyerhaeuser Land company. This Is
the biggest lease ever made In this
country to one man. The land lies
partly in Lake and partly in Klamath
county. The price was four cents ner
acre for one year, Mr. Edler having tho
privilege for another year at four and
a half cents per acre. Mr. Edler owns
27,000 head of sheep, .that are now on
the desert, and which will start for
this range about the first of April.
DansODS la Carmagnole!
From the New York Sun.
The Hon. Jonathan Bourne haa rallied
to President Roosevelt's bugle blast.
The whole Pacific coast, Including the
San Francisco sand lots, throha and
palpitates with ecstasy.
The boycott looks up again. Tho
'scab" betakes him to the tangled bush.
A livelier iris breaks unon tha bur
nished walking delegate. The eve of
Gompers new flames expectant, and
victory nestles In his bristling mane.
Arkansaa Jeff falla Intn Una TTa
whoops the Ozark foothills till thev Vs.
ring again and all hands snuff
around." Nebraska B!1I avows that ha
has never been so hapov In his life.
The Hon. John Sharp Williams, having
worked the redneck propaganda for a
senatorshlp, surveys the scene With
tranquil resignation. Sorrel Top Car
mack, still manipulating tha long
haired multitude In Tennessee with a
view to office, may be relied upon fop
a yawp of special volume. From far
and near the clans assemble, Down
with capital! Down with property! Let
ua Join the Carmagnole!
She. Has No Time To. v
'i from theRutland Herald. i
The mother of six nr eiht iMim
never worries for fear th.t .nn.ft.iit
outside the family will discover her r'
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