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THE JOURNAL AM IRDBrlNOKXT MKWPAPB. H JACKSON ...Pabltobat I"bnh4 tiwf tMlnc frteeet taMtrl aaa ararr Ssadaf nornlof, at Tba Joaraal ! " . FlfU a a XaaieiU MiwH, rertiaaa. ur, ratw4 at tka aatofOe at ror)a4. Or.. traaatulaaloa Uraifk Ux mlla aa amaMiO wanar. taXtrBOKCa MAIN TITS. HOUB, a-SOM. ' aVeartawete raaekH f low mail the cparamr ttf Sapartaient 1 a! Rda aXXWa. B 1447 Bwl Sis. tul. ruMUON ABVEKTIUMa KrnKSHNTATlVg TrwbkaVBvajanta SpaHa1 aartlnf Afrx-T. j Praaaarlrt BaUdlng. 230 ttfta af.aaa, N I "rt ; THpta hullrtlnt, rblffa etohaortsrioa TWnia ay sail la aa kv Ball aa aar addraaa 1 Ss ta Uaittal Stalra, Canada ar Maxleo. IUHT. . . Oaa aar....,..SS.oo Ooa awata I .80 Oaa rmi tlao I 0a noatk I JO DAILY AND SOTI DAT. oaa faar IT. SO I Oaa awotb I "the system," by which party is everything and the people, except as party voters, nothing. It ha. been "the system" of railroad to rob the people by rebates and otherwise. Bo Letters From tkc People Primary Law No Experiment. Portland. March II. To the Editor of The Journal 1 a that soma of your reader look upon tha primary lection aa .a aort of experiment In political work, Thla la a mistake, .It f .i ti Few are needed to do the out-of-the-way taski which startle the world, and one may be most useful Just doing commonplace duties and tearing the lasue with God. MacDonald. SENATOR FTIjTOV, FLEA8B AX8WER. T"ECEXTLY The Journal appealed IT 8ent0r ruItn 'of the good IV, ?f 0reon. 'or tne fety of the party, and for his own sake, to request his friends In Oregou to . ,. stand for popular choice of senator ' nder the present Oregon plan. As -' an .Independent, constructive news i paper, seeking the betterment of Oregon, purification of politics, the preservation of all political parties 1 and the welfare of the people. The journal is in duty oouna to renew Its request. In such a course aa this newspaper has recommended you hare all to gain. Senator Fulton, and 'not a thing to lose. You would not - lose one adherent, you would gain ....very. many. Your chancea of auc , cess, now dubious, would be Im mensely Improved. Your present at titude puts you In the position of be . lng unwilling to let your record In . the senate go before the people as a -; test of whether or not you should be elected. Its effect Is to say to the' people that you are not willing '.to trust them, an effect much em- " , phaslzed by your late announcement "I am not making any statements now ;- If your record Is good, and -. It probably is, would It not be lnfln ,'itely more praiseworthy for'you to - show yonr confidence In It, and in the people, by submitting It to thera for Indorsement or rejection accord lng to its merits? Has It occurred to yon that if you refuse to have confidence In the people, the ten dency is to cause them to have lees confidence in you? If you have wise , friends, Senator Fulton, they will . tell you that you of all men ought to be willing to leave the selection of senator, to the people, that you could do so with greater confidence , than most men, and that you are making the mistake of your life by not doing so. Cut there is another and a crown . v lng reason. You hold a great of fice. The holding of that office .. . should lift you above all trivial con . alderationa and cause you to take a broad, comprehensive and patriotic interest in 'everything bearing on the welfare of Oregon. If true to the obligations of lofty citlsenshlp, you should set the prestige of your high , position to achieve those things that will be of .benefit to all the people of your state. You should use your position not for party interest nor for personal interests, but for Ore . gon and Oregonians. Why not ' grasp the Roosevelt conception that great office Is a means of leader , ship by which better conditions may be brought to all your countrymen,! L and use your position, its prestige and your powers, not against but for that splendid end. If the people want to choose the senator, and as you know,' they have clamored for the privilege for 30 years, you should stand fcy them in that desire. Al ' most more than any living man, you know y what legislative election : senator , means, its deadly blight ' upon men, its sinning against the , people. Admitting all this, and you must; admitting that one word from you would wheel all your friends Into line for Statement No. 1, and you must; admitting that you bave everything to gain, and not one thing to lose, and you must; admlt- ' ting that as compared to your pres ' ent attitude, your attitude then would be more statesmanlike, more exalted In purpose, and Infinitely better for Oregon, and you. must; why do you not do it? of pith, and many are among the best-contributions that have been made ' to the discussion of current issues. . In them, especially In their number and character, the cliques It might beald that this cannot be of politicians In Portland, and their helped, or changed, because It is I associated cliques In other counties. "our system." Roosevelt thinks the ought to be able to read the hand- sjstem can be broken up. So a writing on the wall. It offera dls great many voters think the of misrepresenting them through parties allied with the people's ene-1 la Oregon, and to commit the cltl . a aiaail I UakT-l A 1JVJ itWUl fill V X PJ TI 9J tlO OX mfes can be somewhat changed softenship to the old regime of packed naari 4a vM .n mai iDeir luicn-Bis win come urn. conventions, wire pulling, traffic In know whoraof I iDaak. mis is wny tney want to elect sen- bonor, and legislative follies. Is ' ontarad too stawapapar flalda In alors directly, so that they will be fully understood and stubbornly re-llJjl "'A. fe." SriW a a i . a . Ia. .a . .... ninav uwvgsaw OT U a V Ail fcW II t. aepenaeni upon mem, not upon aisistea Dy tne gentlemen or the State I oo putting down tha reballlon, a coterta few machine bosses and corporations press. ?JR?iuJ .J? h'? PI! n.d !n , . . , ., , I I trenchad thamaalvea that tha majority or voiara wara powarlaaa aaalnat tham. Jhey could put any ona up or down aa thay chuaa. Their hanohman in tha primary caucuaaa had ao bulllad and outwitted tha common votare that tha latter, who did not rellah a flaht. or OPINIONS OF STATE PRESS OIV - STATEMENT NO. 1 The People or the Politician. ' From tha Tillamook Herald (Rep.) It la true that ilurlnar tha nut It an old and wall triad device to got weeks Statement No. I has baa ro. system jcouragement to their fond hopes. I . ct th ,wMm ,n ,h manag oraont I calving soma hard knock but at the :hrough The conspiracy to resurrect boss rule I T" M" hM lIe hamI- of who,nT - ' " ' '' . ..uua ia iair nnuuvu i mi oia machine crowd r politicians TEACIIEH8 AND DOTS. I F WE have interpreted the evi dence In the Ilughson case cor- cltllrna. J have had an eXDerlenCe off and a atihaMlaA nnu mnna rraoiicaur every waeaij nawanapar in mi aiaia la nrat ana laat la ravor or tha people havtna; their aay Inatead of tha politician whom Statement No, 1 hae releaated to tha back aaat and tne paai. It la tha people, tha maeene who will inair ht in puDDuri 91 nm laau. or It ia tha politician who will as of yor hold tha ever ready aaok for the blfiaat wad of "filthy lucre." (Statement No.' 1 ia tha oaoola'a voice in. me maicer or wnom tney wtan to reDreaent them: It la the true nrlhclDle of "a BTOVernmant for tha caonla and would not sanotlon a trlrk. atavad mv I bv tha Daonle" and tha worklnaa at tha rectly. Justice Held acted wisely aitogvtiier. and the politicians had every- new atate of affairs la belna watched In nnliHii vi- t i. ....ivi. I K""a i"ir own way. oy praciioany every aiaia in 101 union, in acquitting him. It IS possible ln IIS or 1I70 an Innorant r.anlutlon I The countrv oraaa of Oron a They act and work not! that ln the case on trial he was tool waa introduced in a unty convention pnlr oppoaed to any tampering wltn at an iui iuj S"u ui iuw jcym iii"" . -"' yivui.j ui fwiu county candldatee auould be nominated a whole," the oregonian liatiy de- io suspect mat tne complainants, I primary election, xna manaaars. Clares, but for party and party Is perhaps honestly, magnified, the The reque.t and T the reflation wai run and controlled by machine noys injuries, a teacner should I in reauit was aimoat mai bosses that ln almost every case are never lose his temper, should always noV .mori T than 10 to 40 voters of toe in alliance with the enemies of "the in punishing a pupil be entirely I Prty had taken part In the primary people as a whole The mask is off. The people as sue Is not fit to be a teacher. And now under the primary plan mora ui mo vuivrv panic out of 1 BOO sidered only secondarily, If at all. bones or put a boy under the care of ftn1 &rth,'7 tt.' Wr of'thvo't.?. They are of no consequence, as a doctor. But in most cases of such hve been their own leaders and have of whom he bought his seat. Senators and representatives, we are told, "will represent their party, not the people as a whole," Then it Is confessed that they are m repre sentatives of at least a large frac tion, in many rases nearly half, of the people. . ., It. rnmnlalnta oan If tha to..... k.. I '"""M. mrir two aiiaira. ur couraa u..u.uw hum v-. - i . una i ma old leaden fouaht tha new nr. rvnf.Hnn tnil unoAltt ) n nrin oIIIam hffOn f Bthft, tATk lAVafa tha Iflln. riDff'ntint mnA haaff.il t K . rtj.nr.la n . n I L . ' .. ' 7". 7. " r . . baca to tha M -a in - ni.: t'in? Teiepaona ana tne b inis is our system. True, it nas muiciea is greatiy exaggerated, xne Thev aM tha h,wi nt tr. .;,i; Telephone companies naa won been. But we are not so sure that it average boy will do this and too turn out to the primary, even after they ,"n1" virmVnt UM Tk. Ta 1 K- manv noronfa nfUn aalll nmnnrt hlrr. " uui ana TUieu, IV 10 one, 1 cannot be changed lieves that "party cant consequence as compared with "the people as a whole." mi- t i i lMHH nA.An, . 11! .. . VI auv .uuiuai ut-i u vwa t.... .u.i "'"lu aaa tint tha cauoua avatam Tha Is of Inslgnifl- in bis version of the affair and rely "leaders" said the primary election upon hi. representations. Aui- .n RACETRACK GAMBLING. lng that physical punishment is ins the primary cam pa I an that the de- BomAtlmaa narnaaarr. or aalutar frted 1 anllu.,!. would not support -- line nomine! at tna T HE question of licensing gam- areneral aiartlnn there would be an end of discipline The reauit waa precisely the opposite. i nrra waa no Doiung unaer tne new eveiem. Any man could run for any and a few rlns orsans are trying to anaicn n irora ine people. The voters of Tillamook county will we are sure vote for tha man for lerla- llator and he only who announces him- eeir aa veuna- ror the people a choice for the seat of United States senator. ln the state , of Oregon has or will declare in favor Statement No. 1, and the gran re u a mlshty factor In oreron riolltlca econn. every anti-macnine do ltician win support tne statement in tne elec tion of senators who are safe on thla question. inira. tne state press witn out rew exceptions are pronounced In favor of the frlnolplee of Statement No. 1. Fourth, the recent attack on tha Initiative and referendum law by the unaet thou popu- Flfth. the brasen effrontery and bull dog- peralatency of the old ring poli ticians to dictate the nominees for of fice has turned all who were "halting between two oplniona'' toward tha ban ner of Statement No. 1. Sixth, the naaty political record of V ; Small Change",'- - Mobabri Is llktfly to declare war any a a - the laat generation of Dolltlclans of tha old machine dynaaty, which has be smirched tha fair state of Oregon with an odium of graft - and hlsli-handed thievery, calls for ramedlal efforts by r lacing maa In atate and national au horlty who feel a fair aenae of obliga tion to all the people of the state for ineir oinciai nonor ana election, i ' t ' , One Against a Thousand. ' From the North Tamhill necord. ' Manv Voters mm to ba confuaed or I luck on Frldav. tha tith irhnaoaaaartlv alarmad ahmit atatemant No. 1.- For our part wa cannot sea any. wh '" ??T,mal"t9& Alfonso, thing which would lead to any great lm lookln "1? tot ,. ? Ivet the bla nacklnar nlant In. k. stats and rtfon need it, " ; "V " dlaaatar should It be carried Into affect to tha fullest extent. Wa have been taught from our childhood that our of ficer are only 'servants of tha Deoola ana inis is exactly wnat (statement no. 1 makes them. The legtalature aa eemblv ia oomrxiaed -of in mambera. there ara In Oregon about 16.000 voters. I be very fine, aaeh member of tha laaHalaiura r.nra. I a aents a little over 1,004 voters. Now! But Mr. Bryan Emma Goldman Is nearly as dlfrimjit salo'oXer" Portland That railroad trln tn V(ni ir m i tna good old summer tlma win determined ' that those who oppose Statement No. 1 say the ."runic and file", shall not nraf.i bv oppoelna it that the Aae repraaenta. anyCody elae. - - . "al preier tlve (e 1.000 times aa competent to aa-1 ' a loot our senator ln the united States Harmony over In Waahlnaton elan- congrese aa me voters wno elect mem. tne Heat lie p.-l. la bitterly flahtlna- Whn avar ni hafnra that tha rrratm U..i.. . " """riy Ilgntlng - . - " I -"-v. ucuf, was greater than creator. I e e m i . . 7Z i , Li Di"lt women wants 7S,00 for a Maintain the Principle. I kin Hut aha might make a aiacaunt From tha Prairie City Miner. u" . ..... a. a i i .i .a l - - yw n lavur m wia viauiiun o I What a InV. i. ...u v. .a tr.llA Sl.lu W. r.r.,.1.. I'-' " WnilS ""' i"'!'"' i i im carrying ivebraaka Hrvan lo. If so you cannot consistently , be I should carry Ol against Statement ISO. 1 in principle, but you may for policy aaka. lie a man Stand un for Drlnrlole ' We are told that according to the prl- Air. ITUen did not arat Vl. .... edge or Information about that gtS.OOO We are told that according to the prl- I contract from the eolri te rnary law Statement No. 1 newln't be tne spirits. uikiiuvu iu uj ilia uanuiuaicB. T a are well aware or tha fact. But re member alao that the voter needn't sud port any candidate for the legislature who does not pledge hlmaelf to vote for the man who receives the popular vote at election. The cowardly, scheming boaacs and political demagogues are now on record againat tne popular aemanu are giv r principle ror policy soke. Wll le sustain their dirty work, and lng awai tha peopi t back 111 in the school, if parent, thu sided .V.Vem. An?" mTMTun with their boy. every time they office. He could print hie tickcta an.t so Oregon Sidelights he and hla frlenda could hUn. w. W I. I B I ,hlr,rt T t I Vi t. I...V.. " . n ""6i "sc ii. ia jj'tr-1 r.c.a nu,VVvu. a. u i.oavuoi, uv field and canvaaa aa much Into the aa thav hlblted by the state constltu- posing the Injuries Inflicted were pleaaed. If he did not get the nom- tlon. is before the legislatures much exaggerated, had been wnTaoVthr of New Tork, Kentucky and other victed, many other boy. when pun-1 field and an open opportunity, and if Btafoa That tha dlacnaalnr. t.,rr,a 1 lehod wniild hT hmn anMnriral b d,d. not galn the prise It VII be- ; , 0w. cauae ne had not friends enough, or wa principally on racetrack gambling Is to make like complaints, and If their not popular. He could not find fault not essential, for that Is scarcely less parents took their part there would fhhon"rCbound luppoVt hmd h oujeciionaoio man otner iorms or De no ena to tne aistumance or ais- The caucus or convention ayatem Illicit. anMnlntlnn Thora will ha rlnllno in tha arhnnli Taachar-a m.i.t breeda bad blood, bitter rivalry, fends. a-"" v 1 t .V.V.V.. ... Mtn, nd cut-throat revengta. The icw aquare, uoaem nurse races wnen oe careiai ana reasonaDiy moaeraie, primary election aoiidiries. aatlafles, gambling runs high on them. but it is better that a boy should be "a'do not'nk'e ?trUTheyBiike the Tha hV Tnrk lnnaHf ntlAn nrn. I n.fip.whlnna1 a llttla rutaftfllnnallw .nnv.nl!.. k.ll T-K . . i - " " i v. . v.. t u.if" vU w... y . ..k. woi... iu. , luiivciiiiun i Albany a woman sola sou ouaneia hlbits gambling, Governor Hughes than that a teacher should be con- Yhlur.r5fuV f,Fht the matoes and many went to waate. has urged Its suppression, yet the vtcted on contradictory and doubt-1 aomebody and to beat tha other fellow. La oranda Is preparing for free deltv- The Oervals Star has been olubbed Into line for the machine. This waa expected. . w The Marahfleld city council haa placed a bounty or 6 centa on rata caught or killed within the city llmlta. t With two streetcar syatems in Al bany, other valley towns will look like SO cent pieces, boasts the Democrat. From a small piece of ground near Albany a woman sold 800 bushels of to- leglslature Is indisposed to follow ful evidence, his advice. Ex-Governor Black ap peared before the legislative com mittee as counsel for the gamblers, and he admitted that he would not consider the moral aspect of the case at all, only the practical aspect. Bishop Potter wrote a letter appoa- SMART SET WITHOUT MORALS. T HE new act ln the Thaw drama is pretty true to a common phase in human life. Even the iney enjoy the convention aa thei rould a horse race or a bull fieht m then, the plunder la mora eaallv reached In this way. The voters of Oregon bullded wlaer than they knew when they adopted the primary election, ana statement No. 1, ana ix tney are wiae tney win stand by them with the utmoat tenacity. They put the political Dower of tha atala playwrights, after depicting " VhrT't'e'neTy ' ailllam county man says sll tha sheen ln hla neighborhood are In good condition and will ahear better than any year ln tha history of the county. Sol King of Corvallts, has a colt leaf than two yeara old, that welgha 1.600 founds, ana anotner only I montna old, hat la even larger ln proportion to age. Into the old rutT It remalna seen. Fear not Stand uu for principle. re1 to bo The predatory politicians' organ trusts the won la " nh v.. K,.t mom io Hsap out or poilllos. There sra alwaya mora lawvera than nocvaaary; never enouan aunarlnr aa. pert men In the induatrlal field. a a After ha falrlv aata hla hnrinn sgaJn, Wu Ting Fang will tell us Just iiuw America anouia pa rsrormea. liable tlma when this valley will ba the seat of this Industry, and when It ill oa tna greatest lnduatry in the atate. . a Orchardista aradlct tha larveat eron In hlatory for 1S0S In tha Roarue river valley. The fruit buds already Indicate hoodlums and hobos to the council next an immenae narvaai, iar larger mill I "in.: nouiant tney ao aoout aa Shouldn't Henev and Lana-rtan ha anni trtr mn r.. hv ahrall wA D .. - a . . - . -- ' - 1 ....... .in, nu.i, anil proaccuiea lor laisa imprisonment T a a Nobody ever thinks of Jesse Grant aa a uemocratio preaiaentlal nomine ax. cept when he speaks of It himself. e How would It do to elect a dosea second meeting of the Jacksonville Commercial club took place. Why. that old town Is wak ing up, sure. ibllcan leaders congress are retired to private life. ln If the Salem board of trade would go to work and stay at the task and succeed ln securing a linen factory In thla city, on well organised and succesaful. It would do more good than could possibly i oe none in Statesman. OVER THE HILLS TO THE "IN BAD CLUB PEOPLE AND PARTI. i E" VBl no .. Miff VERYBODY, we are told, who elected to office, Is" elected not by the people but by party. The man elected is a nartv man"; that Is, he considers in all he does hla party's Interests first, ; and ; the people's interests after i ward, if at all. This is the -infer-ence. No "peopled choice" is possi ble, says the morning organ of the machine: "Ofhere can be no 'peo ' ple'a choice', nnder our system " They do not electi "one party or the other elecU." ' ThUiaThalf ; aophistry, and the other; Jhalf .lBV logy with stupidity 'Under our; system," observe. But we have changed or are trying to change the "system"; to some ex tent.. This the paper quoted tries not to recognise, seeks to Ignore. A vast number of voters art tired of Ovar 4AA .Tackannvllla hnnatara wnn - - - . i . . . ... I ' ' - - . . . . . v . . . kjn j iiiiiv i - - - . - - - - - Inir Rnnrnnr Hnrhaa' nnsltlnn aov. snooting, tne trial and Matteawan. attention to tha efforts betnr tout forth out to the courthouse auditorium Tuea .0 . ""J ,, . . ... . in mlalntarar.1 art K...k Jt. iC.L- 4a v .v.nln. whn tha aar i .L.i . 1. 1 1 . i I wmnn Rr n rro I v novo n namni triA niAt i ' ' -r . unii utenn i J . - mg ma.!. gamDiiog couia not De - measures. Stand by them. They were BtoDDed. This is an old nlea. and it complete wunoui tne aivorce. niter- aaoptea dt i majority or nearly four ii v.... u j.. nal fitness iisuallv works nut and ?-.one' n1 r,..a credit to the ln- ayvkiva buuui as mutu iu uiuruer, i tenigence ana puouc aplrlt of the etata. robbery, burglary, arson and other u ,B tmiioBsioie to tnrow arouna tne levi w. mters. neaaine man ana lean in? lAdv in thla In Kentucky gambling is Drohib- W a romance into which no dl- Southern Pacific Unds 'or comne h Ited bv law. vet It "can't be stonnftd." vorce was to enter. Keaj marriage m.Pany '? ? J"V. to the people, . ' ... . " that nr. A, .u- Until a lOl OI KCDUDI Decause tne auinorities ao not want i i me or desire to stop It. A distinction not possiDie to this style of Is made there between gambling at performers. The degenerate scion the racetrack and gambling in pool of an over-rich house is an impossi rooms, and there may be some rea- b,e partner to a trqe alliance. Dol- son for this; but anything beyond lar marks, far more than poverty, private, personal betting, at most, seem t0 carry an alloy into wedlock ought to be suppressed. that is freighted with danger. The The professional gambler, of what- thrifty fathers who pile up enor- ever kind, should be put entirely mous fortunes and maintain spoiled out of business. He Is by law a crlm- ana spendthrift sons are as danger ous as anarchists to society. A "smart set" without morals contrib utes more to national decadence than all the agitators ln the country. The former's power for evil Is In finitely greater, because subtle and hidden. The operations of the Whites and Harry Thaws is a world N THE utterances of the state within a world, which, if the SDOt- press, reprinted from day to day light were thrown upon, would shock In The Journal, there Is a world the nation and stir 1, from stem to of meaning. In them there Is stern. Hope for the permanency of constantly reflected the real sentl- the republic would sink beyond re ment of the people toward popular suscltatlon if it rested on such as choice of. senator and other popular they. It is the good fortune of the privileges. For a long time the nation that It has its myriad of farm last season's, unleaa aome unforeseen event, such as a lata frost, cuts down the yield. a a Arko correspondence of the Wallowa Chieftain: People ahould be very care ful what they say and do. The writer knows an Instance wtiere just the cut ting orr or a hoga tall caused quit cnaturbanca. So keep a close watch on your word and action. a A man named Torch Is missing at Taqulna Bay, and the local papers are flaring up about It Perhaana he hns hired out to some campaign club. Pen dleton Tribune. He may be discovered yet up in eaatern Oregon whooping It uo for the O. O. P. and Geer. That mignt be disastrous, though a torch. Here Is a sample of the snaps In Ore gon: 8. Starr has sold hla ranch, oon slstlng'of 980 acres about three mllea rrom roaail, to c. B. Zachary at $7 an acre. This la a good stock ranch with about 200 acres of fine plow land on It, and It Is finely watered, with a num ber of fine big springs on it With over BO Pendleton women work ing together to make tha cleaning up days a aucceaa this week, can any one doubt the outcome? The event will be successful of course, aava the East Oregonian. Correct; but If BOO women would turn loose on a cleanlna- criinrin anw other way, saya the the editor could eat his 'vittlea" off tha, It would haaten the Inev- I street rell? How much have vou. and rou. and von inyDWT, everynoay Deen renre- rnion in tne periormances or inis con- areas 7 a mop growers wno are d ittlnr un their yards are probably wlae: fortun ately they can put tha land to other profitable use. U Hen may have done 'some wronat bad things; moat men have: but he can show aome very good work for tha peoples benefit. w m Party, party, party, party, nartr. psrty, narty. These are the seven rea sons for opposing Statement Np. 1. The people be d . union Pacific stockholders wsnt Harriman to disgorge aome 140,000,000. That is about the amount he has roDDud uregon or In a decade. a When the machine gets entirely through' manufacturing Its legislative ticket, there will be enough Statement No. 1 candidates, we hope, to oppose It, wiruugnuui ine siaie. a Mr. Hodson denies that he will fuse with tho Democrats. There la. or I should bo a good reason why he won't aside from his own inclination: Demo. crata wouldn't ruae with Hodaon. ft HOU$C inal, and ought to be, for he is a pest, a parasite, a contemptible sponger on better men, a robber of unwary victims, a rulner of fam ilies. THE STATE PRESS. I TAKE 'EM AWAVi ONE 15 AS BAP AS "THE Q-THEPf! HAS IT Come to Chee: wHEn 5 wall WE T'REE MEET AGAIN "era- This publishers of interior weeklies al lowed themselves to be used by the county politicians. Each, In his coun ty, helped to boost the politicians into office, did the hard fighting for them in campaigns, injured his busi ness by doing so, and Was fed on the shucks, while the politicians fat tened on the loaves of office. Ho was allowed to sit at the feet of the bosses when his services were need ed, but in other than campaign times he had to root, hog, or die. But a new epoch has been made in the life of the interior journalist. The primary law has emancipated him from the power of the politi cians, and, together with direct legis lation, has given him new powers and influence as a factor in the com munity. He haB become Infinitely bigger in every respect than the boss. He Is ln position, more than anybody else, to push reforms, to exert Influence and to promote the j interests of the masses. He is no longer a truckler, but a free agent, moulding and building for the best, according as he sees the light. He, and not the politician, is the man, more than anybody else, to whom candidates must look for favors, for. the columns of hid paper, ) honestly conducted, are an influence. He, and not the politicians, ia the man to whom the people must look for a defense of their rights. The editorials The Journal is dally reprinting from him and his. associate, of the state-press show how well the interior journalist is meeting his new responsibilities, and with what fidelity he I. discharging hi. duty to the people. These art cle. are nearly alway. a note of de fiance to the politicians, all are tall! homes, its multitude of those who if humble are honest, and its sprin kling of wealthy whom wealth does not contaminate. Without them j how long would our foundations stand? This Date in History. 1782 Thomas H. Benton, first United States senator from Missouri, born ln North Carolina. Died in Washington, April IU, 1868. 1831 The celebrated bill for Parlia mentary reform read for tho first time in the Hrlttsh. nouae or commons. 1844 King Humbert I of Italy born. AsHasslnated July SO. 1900. 1856 First train over Niagara bridge. 1861 Kingdom of Italy established. 1879 Sir John A. Macdonald intro duced his national tariff policy. 1883 Karl Marx, founder of German Socialism, died, worn May 5, 1818. 1894 Walter W oilman Arctic exDedi- tion sailed from New York. 1900 Lord Roberts entered Bloemfon- teln. 1907 Great flooaa ln Pittsburg: water tne mgttest in to years. Henry S. Boutell's Birthday. Henry Sherman Boutell, representa tive In congress from the ninth dlstrlot or Illinois, waa born in Boston. March 14, 1866. At the age of 17 he removed with his family to Chicago. Here he attended Northwestern university, from which Institution he was graduated in 1874. The next two years he spont at Harvard university. Ha was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1879 and began the practice of law in Chicago. He was elected a member of the Illinois legis lature aa a Republican In 1884, and was one of the famous "103" who elected General John A. Logan to the United States senate. Mr. Boutell was first elected to congress ln 1897 and has served continuously In the house ever since. Me has been conspicuous in de bate and in recent years has done ef fectlve work as a member .of the com mittee on ways and means. -f m "5 E ON. Com Your INCHEPJ m Iff OF IC Of Coarse. From the North Tamhill Record. U'Ken does not seem to be satisfied that Mr. Cake la strictly up to the re quirements on Statement No. 1 mo ha has launched his little bark on the tur bid waters of the political sea. This will divide the vote on Statement No. 1 and Increase Fulton's chancea tar tha nomination. m m Mai 4& Iri '.it;'' '