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L PAILY AND 81'MAY.
On tnr IT. IV) I On month I
Work la not man's pun-
Uhment, It Is hia reward and
his strength, his glory and
his pleasure. George Sand.
PLAYING PETTY POLITICS.
T SEEMS to be nothing less or
' else than a spirit of sheer, spite
ful petty obstinacy that prompts
the council to oppose tho mny-
.. Jor't proposal to make inquiries with
Jerard to public lighting and elec
Jtrlc power, with a view to ascer
." ttalntng whether the city Is paying
Uoo much for the service, and
; Whether a municipal light and power
"', Jplant would be beneficial. No harm
Jeould result from such an Inquiry,
Mind with a council devoted to the
Jclty's Interests, Instead of one spend
ing all Its time wrangling over petty
differences or studying how to op
. 3ose and obstruct the mayor, much
; -good might result.
. Nobody is proposing to rush Into
TOnnlclpal ownership of a. light and
p6Wf)r plant; nobody, proposes to
cubmlt the question to a vote of the
; Jpeople at present All that Is pro-
, i)osed is to make an intelligent, care
; 7ul Investigation of the subject, so
Jthat the city authorities and the
jpeople can see "where they are at,"
can learn something about this busi
ness, with a view to determine later
Jwhether It would be wise to take
Jiny action In the direction of munic
ipal ownership. This might not be
done In several years, or at all, but
1 mn would get some iaformatlon and
?data ' upon which action could be
Jaken.more intelligently, if taken
jat aJL '
St The suggestion Is a good one, and
Altogether reasonable, and this Is
jso even If it should be determined
jrm Investigation that a municipal
wnership of a light and power plant
would not be a good thing. It is a
hiatter that needs very careful In
vestigation; why not make some in-
qulrles Into it?
n The council has no good reason
.for opposing the proposition, of
course. It needs no good reason for
opposing, or for supporting any
thing. Over half the members ap-
patently do not consider the right or
wrong, the good or bad, the wisdom
or folly, of any proposition at all;
If It comes from or Is approved by
the; mayor, that settles It; that
the only thing they consider. This
' placing petty politics is a species of
public service that is utterly con
temptible. -
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Statement 'One
roads would come pretty near "own- minished. The socialists clajm it is "the heroic achievement or Wia,n (Joinioria bf State Pr? on
Ing the government" indeed. the ultimate of business life and dis- Charles E. Clark, who In a period pr"""0 r ;
These are verv Imnortantand far-J tlnguished economists admit that lot the greatest streBs brougttt wun-
reachinc decisions. We have to dulv large concentration ahd cooperation I out sup or strain the splendid nai-
respect them as the final court-made in Industrial aqd other lines is likely J tleahlp Oregon from the Pacific to J
law of the land, but we think a large to be an unavoidable finality In so- the scene of war In Cuban waters.
nialorltv of the common people will clal and business arrangement. For land reached In season his aesuna-
Small Change
Yes, Whittaker AVas Elected.
From th La Qrana Observer.
In vlw of the fact thai a Democrat
Incline to the dissenting opinion of 30 years capital has so operated, tlon, amid the plaudits of the coun- has not been sent to congr within at
Justice Harlan, who charaoterlsed both leea y and 1 erallr. and ef- try. ut Aamirat v;iara n ibi'-- - wv iioiy 4onr.
the opinion as era-making in the his-( forts of statesmen to prevent have paid
torv of the court, and said It had the been futile.
I I a. a.
effect of closing the courts of a state Disorganized labor In such an in- passed on mat memoraoie voyage,
against thestato Itself, and predicted dustrial order would be at the com
First ; rturn Visit of Orsroa winter.
Fulton Is In the " band-waa-on for
It is the open season for politics and
gardening-.
i t...it a tanattl we called ud aeveral lealme? mamhrn not a 6-10- Oeclelon.- . '.
. .. . . . . . . . "of the party and without looklne- ulI e
or tne oraeai tnrougn wnicn ne their ancient hletorles they : could not StM!, perhaps state governments need
tell In what decade U was, .or who the not diieoiva nulta vat.
man was. One Kentletaan thought It I . a
" )jiuiKr, ana we peiieve ne ill
During the reading of the presl-1 correct. It seems that the opposition to
that the result would be disastrous, piete mercy or exploiters. It 19 " " Butement No iby. few ir the Raoub- cour
.. ... ..w . 1 .ni dent's last message to consress. tell-IE--- tl- 1 7 .I,.w?t.l.n KePuP:
11 certainly win revive mm nmoo ui 1 uumuii iu uu huiiibu, uuu laviiui win i " - i iitana uu mo (ruuna iomi toiy mignii
tho doctrine of state rights, and this always take
iaunn nrnmlona rr tlii j arrnunt to iret. Inst an
become a leading issue in national the same conditions. There should ca. DUl ltePDIIca" " "''
carapaignH until, after the natural be peace, according to doctrinaires, lent, showing the party s hostility, I Republican majority of anywhere!
onnr t Hiari,inn and effort, the between labor And canltal. but in or at least laca or sympamy. tan t rrom is.otfo to 40,000. a Democrat ehould
matter of
Every candidate is, as a
rriena or uoor.
The negro vote is still for Foraker
It It gets a Chance, nut it won u
e
The senate haa Its troubles; 1a Fol-
lette Is about the worst of them,
e e
... 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 wrt f 1 v a m niiir-H nv r n m a v t n r m , , - - - - - - - -
rt,.trinn f thn. rtoriRlon Is finally tirnetlrft them in alwavi . contest ins evidence mat tne nooBeveu 1 rtHf( . "r.,.. ', ,i,-, 7 ZZ7Ar: Governor Hughes class no show at ail.
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accepted by the people, or until, over division of the profits of the P"c" r mocrawu ..iu 4U-"ML0,itY;n,!il0 "fJV"fk-JtSJI.ti
. v. -1 1 i - .1 . t. , . 1 , - -- I Ht'nn nurHTi r I ' : v
ears hence, they force their reversal.
HAITI AXI) SAXTO IM)MIXGO.
T
industry. Business is business, and
the employer is going to hire labor
as cheap as he can, and pocket the
lion's share of the profits, if he can.
HE little island of Haiti, con- LaDor unorganized and capital or
taining sonio 18,000 Bquaro ganzpd would inevitably make the
miles, Is never long out of troir- re8Uit 0f the unavoidable and ever
ble. For several years the nr8,nt contest disastrous to labor.
nlted States has been represented t, important to the countrv. to so-
there by a receiver of customs who ciey .and to capital .that labor should ever BubJect
collects the revenues or tne repuouc nave an amDie wage. The higher
of Santo Domingo, and this will go tne laborer's standard of living, the
on until the 20.000,000 50-year better nla home, the more clothing,
5-per cent bonds Issued to pay tne more food an(j more aayB 0f school
Dominican debts to foreigners, are for hla children, the safer for the
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paiu. urn repuuuu ui oauiu " republic. These, in turn, mean a
Let nobody suppose that the ma
jority of the council doesn't work
a lot. The members must do a
good deal of hard thinking and
put up to justify any representative in
not voting for him.
Parties Not Important.
Cams Correspondence of the Oregon
cuy courier.
Supposing a few disgruntled Bepub-
Men who don't have to bur them will
have no objection to the "Merry vviaow"
Bmneror Bill wants to let Teddy
know that he (the kaiser) is somebody
yet.
It la usually a weak man in some 1m-
wrestling with conscience in order I llcan bosse get together in Portland or portant respect who uses strong lan-
to concur in getting on the wrong eisewnere, ana say as they have said . .
It la unlikely that the Washington
side of every proposition on what-rrJV"2?x!
follow that we will do soT No! Think
ing men vote as they please. The bosses
State Universities
mlngo occupies the eastern portion better educated 'comln tceueration nowever about thU'
. . I uv a aaaaaaaaaMaM
of the Island, the name given oy tne of ab0r, a more widely intelligent
Spaniards, while tne 01a name, future citizenship, and hotter and
Haiti, or Hayti, Is retained by the more wi8eiy conducted organizations
western portion. Petty lnsurrec- for the defense of labor hereafter,
tions occur in both little republics Rnd continually more and more of
frequently, and now it is to Haiti nee and happiness for the multi-
that the United States has sent a tlld Ponereas should not fall to
, . . I have lost their grip and have no control
The report of the special house I over the votere In this twentieth cen-
commlttee on Judge Wllfley'S case tury. The people of all parties have
. a ,ui ir- . ..n I had enough of boss rule. They know
amounts tO this: IIS IS gUllty hatlfuU -ell that thv ara a can&bla of
can't or shouldn't be impeached and electing senators aa a few common or-
punished. There is nothing new, crook ,et ,nt0 the jeruiiture. Yee. In
deed, we have had enough or partisan
foolerv of eDendlnar the entire session
of electing a eenator and then the bar
rel gets empty and the bosses can get
no more money to buy votes and so ad
journ without electing any senator.
What difference doea It make to the
masses whether It la a Democrat or Re
publican, so he la a square man, and will
five us a sauare dealT Talk about par
ties. They have been relegated to the
rear, and will never catch up again.
From th (Columbia. S. C.) State.
We are not accustomed to think of
the great and growing west aa being
hampered by a spirit of unprogresslve
niggardliness fatal to achievement.
Especially would we little expect to
gunboat. eve t0 labor Its rlKht of COODera- find such a sentiment there exhibited
Th ntmsrs'lA for ascendencv In thai.. - j I against the great cause of popular edu
- uuu Hi its uwn uricuoo. cation It In Bstonlshlrnr. Ihereforu. to
petty republic has been largely one
between the blacks and the mulat
toes for control, the blacks, as a rule,
showing more capability. One, Tous-
salnt L'Ouverture, who expelled the
British In 1798, was extravagantly
eulogized In a lecture by Wendell
A HOMESICK KXQCKER.
read that the action of the last Ore
gon legislature In appropriating $125,-
000 for the support of the state unlver-
Under the Head of "What People held.
Say."
From ' the Grants Pass Observer.
'Have you noted how frantic the
City papers will announce next year:
TTrt vaii m 4 - n n m I n rr In tn-.
Prohibition la gaining ground, but the
Prohibition ticket will probably get
aoout tne usual numoer or votes.
"Niagara Falls Is In danger." says an
eastern paper. Is the supreme court
going to decide that It mustn't fallT
Andrew Carnegie's autograph sold
for only 40 cents, but It wasn't attached
to a check with a blank amount space.
Congress cafPt plead that Its duty was
not pointed out to Jt. But the leaders
may say they resent executive Interfer
ence. There are at least Republicans
enough in the southern states to get
Into fierce fights In all the conventions
A
elty has aroused stubborn opposition machine organs are getting over that
N ANONYMOUS correspondent amon c'a ta,t9' harmless Statement No. IT" askel one
... . .. I who have Invoked the referendum prlv-1
01 nit) ueiruii. iewB, wnung liege enjoyed In that commonwealth voter wno prummtni in ma .uiuiim
I l ..... ..I nl.H A h.K n .1 n fnlltnr
Ami riflvn aurpfwnan in rvtnar n T n I "Ii www itnumvu
fund .v,i,.h t,- .,iv.r.u "They are wasting a lot of time and am-
micuigan anu aajoiuing Biaies pends until next June, when
Phillips, and the French sent over not to come to this region, saying in our th" "late election, at which tlr
by Napoleon were expelled by part: "There is no work here, meVun the Sa1S?rnaS elcc2.
Madame Gould Is reported as saying
that she will not marry again. This is
probably the reason Began is sura she
will marry again.
Why doesn't the S. A 8. Co. go upon
the desert, where nobody lives within
40 miles, to establish Us plant? That
Is the place for it.
which time "ot lftt t,ie hert of the new primary law Prince de Sagan followed Madame
o cut out a nor any sucn iasniun. xno uouia across, Dut tne ocean was aa fre
accept people realize only too well that It Is to him as to her; she can't have him
e leg-1 merely a concerted movement on mo i arrested for coming.
t .'fy vapl ii pa', ciilTducnr Tpcafl 1 1 nPO I r.!U-- -1. 1 M .1 ....knl.j 1 n r rAlnir thA aptlnn rf IK fat
" - . " DUlllcu UI UU91UIBU men. : nr nt th. lln. nnlltlrlftn- vhn Irn
Haiti Is a beautiful Island, a trop- The Pacific coast was harder hit by rntii'th- :t ..-.inn t th. nnmn UnaUy agitated over this matter. They
leal garden snot, and under one sta-1 th erl8lature Increased th amount, the ee tnp,r. chances to ayaln jyet hold of
D J' " u arvi nvu a. I , ... " . I the ta IMtn rr. Ddhlna w sr. tr 1 1 sn m akll rt tr
-- a a a I II n 1 Va r 1 I rinrl ria.ovn sr rilirirl I n mlrtT I iuum-ai uiav- iniivi 3 at j nttiiai.tvi iiiat,
ble government couia oe maae very the United States, because it had on a ; naitrv 7 iatin nV iJ m . If this law is kept in full force and
rich, but its people, while In 6ome only a boom prosperity, and could year for the support of an Institution f.fecf- BVt l1 ?? light of past po-
ays intelligent, and Interesting, are not stand the shock of hard times. Sfwffomar. the people do not
incapable of self-government. It e e t rain- nearlv all thA their way through. The members of the Mr0.PP,ft b9 fooled Into giving up their
25fi
REAUl-v
FEMININE
' March flardenlne.
OW that March U nearly over and
danger of frost reduced to a min
imum, the gardening may begin
in earnest. These are some of
the suggestions given In Subur
ban Life, but adapted to our locality,
for getting the garden and orchard in
trim for the season:
Prune the fruit trees and also iha
small fruits, gooseberries, currants and
grapea. Wounds . made In March will
heal better than those made durlnr the
odder weather. Prune the hedges Jnto
shape before growth-starts. Spray the
orchards for San Jose scale.
, Th work can be done better now be
fore the leavaa nnma nnt th.ii it)-
later. Use lime-sulphur-salt solution or
some of the mtscible oils. Frequently
there are fruit trees on the place whlc&
bear poor fruit. In some of the. limbs
eich tr Insert scions of good varie
ties bv cleft arrnftlnir Thru ....- n, III
be necessary to work over the whole
tree.
Plant earlv smooth naa 1nt aa mnnrt
as the ground can be worked. Do not
Biiempi to plant the wrinkled ones un
til later. They rot aaaliv. Hrv a. imt.
bed and plant lettuce, tnmaln nlnntr
eggplants, peppers and all the tender
vegetables which must be started under
glass. How seeds of early varieties of
cabbaare. anil rn n lini.r -1--
earijr varieties of celery, such as White
Plume. T
To -get rhubarb earlr. over erh ront
put a barrel, the head of which has been
knocked out. Around the barrel pile
fresh horse i manure and over the top
of the barrel put a board to keep in the
heat. Bow sweet oeas. Start aatera.
slnnlns, stocks and other annuals In a
cold frame or In boxes In uie house.
Urass seed can be sown now. Kepalr
the lawn where the arraaa rnnta hawa
been pulled out Scratch up the sur-
race of the soil, sow seeds and roll.
If the grass is thin all over the lawn.
scratch the whole with a rake and sow
about a pint of seed to 600 square feet.
Holl the lawn.
wmiM ha hotter for them. If not for tim . j i m. acuity nave been miserably paid. In
- . I unit, ia iuj "CI auu uinoiiccuuio. ronReii tienre nf all ttlaa rrlnnlin. In.
this country, If the United States there are always pools of stagnant 'luences, Oregon has borne the dis
would annex the Island abolish both water. and a damp, nasty smell ex- S 0 tS bl Seated
governments, and make a territory ists everywhere." So he advises peo- than any other commonwealth In the
of It,
to do.
as President Grant wanted niA hack th tn hv r "i, m. proportion to population
.v.v. conauion mat is aiwavs to he denlnred.
seniaiions auuui iins jracuic uonn
A POLITICAL BLUNDER.
T
STATE RAILROAD LAWS NULLI
' . WED.
I
T SEEMS to be generally agreed
t that the decisions of the United
States supreme court In the Min
nesota and North Carolina cases
will nullify all state laws passed for
- the regulation of railroads whenever
a railroad chooses to take a case in-
, solving any point In the state law to
-wlilcli"they"6I)Jecl; Into a" federal
f ourt. Neither In Minnesota nor in
- North Carolina did the federal court
' allow the case to be tried out In the
state courts first, indicating that It
' Js the federal and not the state courts
that have exclusive jurisdiction of
, all railroad cases involving rates of
., treights and fares. This Is construed
to apply even to railroads altogether
within a state, if one of its stock
holders living outside the state is
the complainant; and probably the
fact that such a railroad carried
freight shipped from or to another
state, or the mails, would be suffi
cient. So that It looks as if all state
laws for the regulation of railroads
, ,'were rendered null and void by these
decisions.
'4, What a great many people cannot
. . understand Is why such a law Is de
; dared unconstitutional on the
-' ground that it confiscates property
or that the regulative rates are un
reasonable before the matter is in
fact tested by experience. So far as
" the average citizen can perceive, the !
federal courts are prepared to hold
that a rata Is unreasonable and con
' flscatory as soon as the case Is
I brought before thefij,. and on an ex-
- parte showing by thB railroad. Judge
JSmoryiSpeer, of Georgia took what
seemi to laymen to he the more reas
sonahle viewi that the facts should
- be fully '.inquired, into .nd tested.' be
fore a Judgment against the state law
could be rendered; hut the supreme
court seems to aay that all such laws
' are nneonstltntlonaVylthoutv jjolhg
" Into h"7acljr as Id reasdnablenesas
or: income upon; actaal investment,
it aIl.ThU, if correct, Is Indeed
' fnlghty victory for.the railroads, and
read ert , the " stat es helpless ; . and '-It
uiay reaapnably he Surmised that on
una ground or anof'ber even a federal
law of like character wllj fce knocked
cut. If that should hapfen, t,he rail-
HE majority In congress Is mak
ing a political blunder. The six
eventful months just passed
have brought to the front many
matters calling for constructive legis
lation. Severa1! far-reaching court
decisions have thrust conditions into
the foreground requiring remedial
legislation. More than a million
men are In the country, unemployed,
as a result of the October financial
crash. That crash, and the causes
that led to it, exposed a lamentable
need of reformed conditions In the
country's banks and currency. It
showed that the whole financial sys
tem Is a pyramid, resting on Its apex,
with nothing but confidence as the
chief supporting stone in the nar
row foundation. Supreme court de
cisions have thrown the labor of the
country Into consternation and upset
rights hitherto regarded as sover
eign in the states.
There never was a time when so
many pressing problems knocked at
the door of congress for solution,
and there never was a time when
congress proceeded upon so do-nothing,
so makeshift and so patch-work
a policy. There never was a time
when the people so universally
thought that congress ought to be
active, vigorous, potential, and con
structlve. The Inaction 1b a blunder
that, If persisted in, is certain to
make trouble, rather than buncombe,
for the Republicans in .the coming
campaign.
The efforts of the minority mem
bers to lash the majority into an
earnest endeavor to enact remedial
legislation, Is to be applauded. They
are demanding the passage or an
employers' liability bill, a bill to give
publicity to campaign contributions,
free wood pulp and free print
. ... . . t.i i .
paper dm, ana a oiu ashmen e.-
partl injunctions used as a super
sedeas of law by a sovereign state.
The passage of most of these measures
has been specifically recommended
by the president, . and they, with
other remedial legislation, ought to
be passed. The game of petty pon
tics should be dropped for the sake
of the country and the people. What
do the members of the Oregon .dele
gation think about it?
Houtn Caroline, we are ashamed to
ay. was once uossessed of thla aama
Oregon spirit of parsimony that al
lowed Its Institutions of learntnar to
.r'v... . VLVJ. be hard for the various treat Industrial
nnnn aflpr hla nrrfvnt flnrlnir a ralnv tOi1v have ranaa tr K nrnA nt .k- and railway corporations and Other
.o - - ----- " : " "J ,--, n.nt.l .,.A,.tlnn, tn nam
west, and stay away.
This fellow probably never went
outside of Seattle, and wrote this
rights after any such fashion."
There Will De Money In It.
Trom the Oregon City Courier.
The money used in Oregon to carry
the state against Statement No. 1, will
not be raised to any large extent, in
Oregon. There la great fear that pop
ular election of senators will spread
to other states. In such event It might
Ha niadA nn InmHrlos rnt nn a'al support mat tne people of the
nal 1
" - , ' " T "tate through their legislature accord
iniuriuauou, tuunu out noinmg. tie I to tne demands or tne nigher education
got no proper Idea of the region VZmI' XmXAZ2n:? L.,
whatever, misrepresenting it in every of thone who have reg arded the eouth
particular. He was evidently home- np,"??Vl fn? Y"1'.. dfuI eduC-
r "'I tlnn TO thia llllimlnitrt nsr rnntra m Ka
J . 4 1 1- t 1 X I . .. ..... , ... vxr
bit-a, auu wruie ihib Hiiucmng iet- i i ween houtn Carolina and Oregon. And
tcr. A few others do the eame, but KflwWlsli for ireKOn the dawnlna- of a
I rkat tier rllV narlrAel aravy4 i am aMAKA
on the other hand many, especially liberal eentlment ' toward
if they stay a tew weeks, and if they
are people of fairly good observa
tion and Judgment, write only in
praise of this region.
The writer knows of one, as an
example, who recently returned to
Kansas City after visiting three
months in Portland, through the
winter months. She was a middle-
a cause that
Is the foundation f all national nro-
gress anu nu numan acnievement.
In the Wild East.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Huntingdon Is a town in Pennsylvania
not very far from the capital of that
rrontier state, f rom a recent dispatch
It ucpears that Its suburbs are Inhabited
by bears, wildcats and catamounts, that
thee animals attack the farmers on the
ooraeri or tne wnaerness and the ven-
nubllo roads,
A veteran of the civil war -who has
ntrorl woman r,f pnnH InHernonT or, lure8? travelers on tne jrails that are
D- ., ..-D.-... cauca
wide experience In travel: had lived
In Arkamuin Kentucky MlRRniirl and a cl:lm about five miles from the town
in Arsansas, neniucay, Missouri ana u the iatest victim. He had been
southern California, bhe was going tracked by a catamount for a mile, when
to try -on her return to prevail on i??,1.. 1SS?d.iK!,h,,m.. tro.m t?n
' ; . overhanging rock and bore him to the
her husband, an extensive stock- ground. Then -a terrific struggle en-
grower and business man, to sell out 5" ;k i? i M .1y
' for the veteran had It not been for hl
and come to Portland. She had noth- faithful foxhound. Dog and man fought
ing but praise for this city and Ore- V,e wlld bifin9t.aflfhfel.nd thoufh ?
' vr ci i niiicu ,ie7 a (, isava(QUi Willi
gon and Washington.
Everything isn't absolute perfec
tion here, of course. Gold Is not
picked from bushes. Great crops are
not raised, nor other success accom
plished without work. It rains con
siderably but none too much, and
not as much, at Portland and in
western Oregon, as at some points on
tho Atlantic coast, and rains far
more beneficially here. There are
better opportunities here for people
of means or people of industry and
thrift, than anywhere else in the
country. Not one person out of
1,000 who has lived in this region a
year ever want to leave It and stay
away.
his life after receiving painful wounds.
Tho catamount, which dragged itself
from the scene, waa round dead later at
a distance of some 200 yards. It meas
ured four feM three inches In lehgth.
This thrilling story frem the wild
east will make the present generation
of Chics goans rejoice that all the perils
of the pioneers are behind them. Even
40 miles out along the raging Fox river
we are safe rrom Dears ana catamounts.
It is a fact, also that we are not much
troubled by the Indian nopulatlon.
though tho wlld east Is still Incredulous
when the truth is stated. Probably this
Ik because it has Indians as well as
hriirs and catamounts. We know a
Chlcagoan who saw his first Indian near
Hyracuse. New rorK, wnere tne onon
dagns dwell. Yet his eastern acquaint
ances thought tljat he must have Potta
watomles for his playfellows.
It is thus that the people ef pioneer
communities Interpret all the world
with a childlike simplicity by what they
see around them. But Pennsylvania will
Kit rid of its bears ana catamounts
In time. It will be settled up some
The New Commandment.
Hoboes are coming Into the cl,ty day.
from ,the south by the hundreds
.v.a rt ihalr Rprrti-nnnnal ri P r r t m-
UUO Vl ...11 Tm 1 TITII
ages. The railroads, It would seem, copyright. 190S. by American-Journal
are too lenient witn tnese migratory examiner.
... v ,, ii - I heard a strange voice in the distance
citizens, but we suppose It is easier calling
and cheaper to let them ride than As from a star an echo might be falling;.
THE RIGHTS OF LABOR.
I
T IS of consequence to the
country that congress should
enact into ltw that feature of
the proposed amendment to the
Sherman anti-trust law giving labor
the, right to organize, and the right
of peaceful strike. Without the
right ot organized cooperation, labor
Is helpless. It has no means of en
forcing Its Jamaada, -except through
organization, It Is confronted on all
sides with organizations of employ
ers houndi together . by 'b ustness re
lations and. ties that laws seem in
adequate to break up. - The enlarge
ment ot theB employing organiza
tions has been the trend ot conditions
for a third, of a century,., and the
prospect is-. that It n ill go on -undl-
to fight them. As far as is practica
ble they should be hustled out of
town ahd made to get Into the coun
try and work for thetr living, as
other people have to do.
"Chamberlain," says the Oregon
Ian, "is looking for Republicans
who commend the policies of a Dem
bcratlc governor." Well, that hi a
quite legitimate quest, If the Demo
cratic governor's policies ana recora
suit Republicans. What should
voters care whether a governor Is
Renublican or Democratic, If he
serves them well? The party name
has become something of slight mat
ter, at least in state affairs. , J
The report that Admiral Evans
would ask to be retired on his ar
rival at San Francisco has been de
nied, and It is hoped by everybody
that he will not, be retired Just jet,
'at least on account of ill health,
though "he is near the Jegal age of
retirement The voyage of the big
fleet recalls to the' Boston; Globe
It spoke four syllables, concise and
brief,
Charged with a .God-sent message of
relief:
Let go the Cross.Oh. you who cling to
sorrow,
Hark to the new command and comfort
borrow.
Even as the Master left His cross be-
low :
And rose to Paradise, let go, let go.
Forget your wrongs, your troubles ana
?'our losses.
th the tools of thought we build
our crosses... .
Forget your griefs, all grudges and all
iear
And enter Faradlse-lt gates are near.
Heaven Is a realm by loving souls ere
a ted.
And hell was. fashioned by the hearts
mat natea,- ;t -v ;
Love, hope and trust; believe all Joys
are yours. -
Life pay the soul whose confidence en-
OUICS. - .; -
The Mows of adverse fats, by larger
nleasures.
As after storms the soli yields taller
Let go the ross roll self ths stohe-
v-i-v away,.-1- -;:... - r - v . .-
AndAweU with Love la Paradise today.
ft
heir resnective ouotas Of senators. Th. I T" " , " " y 2
Ttl.-.i a... ..,.,.. ..all. ha. I '"" ana
come a branch of the people's govern
ment. No. it la absolutely necessary
that these big capltalistio organizations
own the United States senate and this
hobby of the people that they would
like to elect senators must be nipped
In the bud. There Is every reason to
believe that hundreds of thousands of
dollars are to be used during the next
month In overthrowing the amendment
to our constitution commonly known
as Statement No. ' 1, and that this
mnnav onmea lararelv from outside
sources. If the next legislature can be I pockets, as all wives are supposed to
made up or. men not in narmony witn uu
Statement No. 1, the trick Is done. Our
privilege of electing United States sen- Detroit News: "It s rot. Nlnety-
ators will then be a thing of the past seven men do not own this country,"
The people, helpless, Irresponsible, must vociferates James B. Forgan, Forgan
be prevented from doing themselves In- Is correct. Two hundred and fifteen
lurv Tt la nhanlutelv neeesaarv that men own three fifth of it. tn ha sar..
the politicians become their guardians, and three men run It Morgan, Harrl-
That $1,000 will come handy to Judge
jMorcroas, ana senator tfourne won
miss It: but the article won't change
uia aiiuaiion an atom
a
The last day on which nominating
ueuuuna can oe I nea is April f ool s
day. Some who wait till that day are
jucay to do Aprn-rooieu.
The Republican leaders tn congress
will be as happy when. Teddy's term Is
out as a man is wnen his mother-In
law leaves after a very long visit,
The funny pen Is mightier than the
mg suck. At an auction sale an auto-
fraph letter of Mark Twain's brought
15, while one of Roosevelt's brought
oniy z.iu.
College youth who excel In atudlea are
seldom heard of any morfc; only those
are remarked
about who excel in athletics or Insubor
dination.
Senator Fulton Is to open hla cam
paign as a guest or tne South Portland
Republican -lub. We hope that no local
Herrey will open up a bottle of sulphu-
reiou ujuruKtu on inai occasion.
Mrs. A. Hart. McKee Is accused,
among other thlnas. of rifling her alo
naughty husband's safe. But la this
any worse man going through a man's
man and Rockefeller.
A New Jersey woman 70 years old is
holding officers at bay with a gun who
..cm. iu orjjai am ner irora ner younir
husband at the Instance, no doubt, of
her relatives. We hope the old girl
will win out; she is certainly old
enough to attend to her own business
and marry whom she pleases.
Oregon Sideli'glita
Everybody Is so bunv In nntn.
ty that candidates are scarce. So far
there Is no candidate for the legislature.
a. umatuia uninaman named Too
Soon stole 25 tons of O. R. & N. coal.
7,.f ,,r, "". "na sola it around
that little town, but was rllsnnvoi-
Statement No. 1. The great privilege "-"- auu mm.
flrnt AnlnvArl hv tTha nannle nf Oroirnn I
will not be considered a fixed and cs- With 18 cows milked last month, a
laDiinnea risrni until ii wins u. resi """""..""'- ""' " --i-.aiiu-ry revenue
and decisive triumph. As long as there ror Dutter rat was nearly J170, an av
is hope or its overtnrow tne politicians '"y"3 lu,n aiu.oo per month
will be constantly seeking means of PJ cow. Six of the herd are two year
This taste of real political liberty has
become a dangerous thing. Under some
pretense or other the people's privil
eges of electing the senator must be
Won back from them.
If a candidate subscribes to State
ment No. 1. all he will have to do to
ward the election of a senator will be
to ratify In the legislature the peo
ple's choice. If he doesn't want to do
this he doesn't believe in majority rule
and it is very probable that he does
believe In boodle rule. If he is un
willing to subscribe to Statement No.
1, for some reason or other, he doesn't
want the people to elect United States
senators. The only reason that such a
man may occasionally be elected the
people permit themselves to De num
Eugged. Let every citizen who believes
in the right of self-government and who
believes In doing away with the corrup
tion that has lnrested Oregon pontics,
make a last and winning fight for
accomplishing its destruction.
"National Parties in Local Elections"
In his paper on this subject, "National
Parties In Local Elections-," Mayor
Brand Whltlock of Toledo said:
"To me the cure for all the Ills from
which cities suffer Is not, as many sup
pose, less democracy, but more democ
racy. The first step toward municipal
reform. real reform Is the exclusion
of national parties from municipal pol
itics, ir i were asaea to designate tne
man responsible for the ilia or our cit
ies, I would designate not the poll-
but. instead, the man who In municiDai
elections always votes the straight
party ticket.
"This, after all, Is a representative
government, but only the trusts, -the
railroads, the streetcar companies, the
brewerlerand other privileges have been
represented In It. Now all the people
shall be represented and that without
having to pay or even to consult a boss,
big or little. And the people will ob
tain this representation hy dofng away
with the fetlchlsm of partisanship and
all Its nonsense and extravagance; they
will nominate men by free petition and
then vote for them; that la all."
Gerrit J. Dickema's Birthday.
Gerrit J. Dlekema, representative in
congress from the fifth district of Mich
igan, and ona of the Republican lead
ers of that state, waa born at Holland,
Michigan. March 27,' 1859. of. Dutch
parentage. He graduated from Hope
college, in his native town. In 1881, and
then took a course of studv at the Uni
versity of Michigan, working his way
tnrougn I'oin jiibuiuiiuhs. in jsb3 ne
began tho practice, of law in his home
town ana soon became promlnefit in
local public affairs. lie Jield the of
fices successively of; school Inspector,
member of the local harbor board, mem
ber of the board of education, mayor
and city attorney. In 1885 he was
elected to the legislature and served
for four consecutive terms, being Break
er of that body In 1889. He has served
four terms as chairman of the Republi
can' state committee ln Michigan and
Inst vear was elected to conarrees. Fol
lowing- the close of the war with Spain,
Mr. Dlekema served as a member of the
Spanish treaty claims commission. ,
olds.
Recently the Catholics of fha uriTt
and Freewater district organized, and as
a result the parish of St. Joseph with
the Rev. Father Nooy as pas ton A
new church building Is being arranged
for to be located at Freewater.
It is estimated that about 1,000 teams
are now engaged In plowing summer
fallow in the different parts of the
wheat belt of Umatilla "county, the
weather being especially favorable and
the soil In excellent condition for the
worn, ah over me reservation tho t,,..i.
of plowing is now at the high tide
while In the vicinity of Helix, Athena!
Adams, Fulton and all through the
nurmwwi puruuu oi ine county team
are pieiiiuui 111 me summer fallow
e
Six carloads of alfalfa seed have al
i cnu; ucmi Diupvuru xruiji vaie, and a
merchant says that he could have sold
a hundred cars If he could have obtained
the seed. This is one of tha mr.-
profitable crops for our farmers, and our
minima mu uro eapeciauy Suitable
for Its production, says the Qaaette.
There is no place anvwhera tom,v, .,
fords a better market for everything the
farmer raises than Is found here But
ter, poultry and eggs always bring a
good price and the supply Is not equal
to the demand. H
This Date In History.
1625 James I of Ena-land Aiml.
june i, looo.
1984 First settlement In Maryland,
that of St. Mary's, founded. T
1887 Simon Bradstreet, colonial gov
ernor Di wwupanu,. aiea at niem.
Massachusetts. Born In England In
J608. . . ' " i, v , , .
1785 Louis 0CVH, titular king of
France, during Hhe French revolution,
born at Versailles. Died in Paris, June
t, 1795. v --.utf- v...
- 180 France restored . the old relet
tlons with the little republic of Andor
ra, in the Pyrenees. - : i ,-'
1854 France', fdeclared war' ; against
Russia. , -. - J i. -
A " w v VIIIUO..J. lil , .. u
leave Japen, arrived at Bn Francisco.
1889 John Bright, English states
man, died. - Born November 16, 1811,
The amateur gardener who has not
room to carry out all of these sugges
tions yet feels tha rail of tha anrlnar
and longs to be digging and planting
may find work suited to her needs.
There are some things which may be
set out now. It is not too earlv to
plant a few bulbs of lilies of the valley.
They want a rich soil and shade. Well
grown nansles may be set out; Indeed,
those that have been In the around all
winter In Portland are now blooming.
Seeds sown now will bear blossoms
In the late summer, but to get early
oiooms one must get the plants from
tho florist. It will not be long now
before lilacs are In bloom. There have
been so many new varieties developed
from this favorite old ahrub that one
who has a fancy for them may find
much pleasure in growing the new
sorts. All of them grow rapidly here.
The Amoor lilac is one of -the showy
varieties. It unfolds its leaves early
and bears large clusters of yellowish
white flowers. It retains Its deep green
foliage well through the season. The
Persian lilac Is a low-growing variety.
It grows from four to seven feet high
and has slender branches which form a
graceiui outline. . The flowers are pale
purple, and there Is also a white.
One who has but a little space must
plan more carefully than he who can
indulge all of his fancies. The cata
logues and magazine are united In
praise of nlcotlnana afflnls, a variety of
tobRcco, which bears star-shaped white
flowers which are delightfully fragrant
during the summer nights. It is sug
gested as an excellent plant for a bor
der, to be placed In front pf taller
growing plants.
For color effects nothing surpasses
popples. They must be sown where
wanted as they no not bear transplant
ing. ,e are all familiar with the Eaeh
scholtzla, or California poppy which,
though It does not attain such a radiant
glow here as In Its sunny home, yet Is
rich in color and makes a beautiful red.
Another old favorite for color is the
hollyhock. There are those who pro
fess a great delight In the new double
varieties, and they are showy, but the
real old-fashioned single blossom Is
also beautnul. The clear, rosy pink of
these, the white and the deep red make
a beautiful mass against a tall fence.
They should be sprayed with Bordeaux"
mixture for "hollyhock disease." It Is
often true that we fail to appreciate the
things which are easy to get.
In magazines and In catalogues you
will And the mock orange, or syrlnga, is
noted as a most desirable garden tthruh.
Here, where It grown nhundnntiy all
over tho hillsides, and where we may
by making a little exertion bring home
armfuls of the fragrant sprays during
late July and August, it is rarely seen
In the gardens. Yet It repays cultiva
tion. Its fragrance rivals the orange
groves of Florida or at least serves aa
an excellent substitute and It Is so
beautiful with its long sprays or White x
and gold blossoms, frequently so heavvjf"
that the branches are borne nearly toT
the ground, that tt Is delightful as a
airub In the garden.
Pruning should be done after the
shrub has blossomed, as the blossoms
appear on the wood of the last year's
growth.
By careful planning the gardener may
have something different during each
month of the year. Beginning with
April there are wall flower and narcis
sus; In May, Sweet .Williams, stocks
and pansies; In June, iris, roses, sweet
peas and carnations; July, these and
phlox petunias, hollyhocks; August,
larkspur, lilies, snap dragons, marigolds;
September, asters, salvia, lupines, dah
lias, foxglove, verbenas; October, cos
mos, anemone, japonlca and a continua
tion of the summer flowers until frost;
TJnvemha la tha tnnnth nf rhrvanntha-
mums, and they last well on until 1
Christmas.
it
The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes. Cereal.
French Omelet. Broiled Bacon.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed Oysters on Toast.
Sardine Salad.
Soft Cheese. Wafers. Bananas.
Tea.
DINNER.
Oxtail Soup. Boiled Salmon, Egg Sauce,
Stewed Tomatoes.
Spaghetti. Spinach.
Orange Cream. Nut Cake.
Coffee.
Bourne's Irophecjr.
From the East Oregonlan.
Senator Bourne ventures the nroDh-
ecy that unless Roosevelt runs for the
presidency, William Jennings Bryan will
be elected. And this prophecy should
be heeded by Republicans everywhere.
xne 'tart poom is aoing more to maae
a Democratic president tnan any other
agency.
Either Roosevelt or La Follette must
be nominated to save the day for the
Republican party this year. jThe people ' r
nave had a taste oi tne spienaia prog
ress which haa come of the Roosevelt
policies and they will, not be satisfied ,
with the conservative soup of the Taft,
Cannon W Fairbanks brand.
Bryan Is stronger today than ever
before in his political career. He has
pursued a" Bteady, forward course, .tie- '
mandlng many of the very things which
Roosevelt has put Into execution and
winning friends by his earnestnesssin
cerity and .fearlessness. - - T1
So In order to keep a Republican
president in - power, a man equal - to ''
Bryan In every way must be nominat- i i
ed. Taft does hot fill the bill. Cannon, Or-,'
falls far short of the mark. La ..Fol- r
lete, Roosevelt -or1 Hughes must' be
chosen 'to carry the standard in moi 1
or It will be lost ,17