5 s &
U9Pllll""llllll,M111
rpTTT? T.C.T7T3 XT A 1 lfV and conferred on itself. S
1 JT1D JVJUXvlNX.i-UB amendment would place the
AN : IMDKPKMDKNf . rHWS-AFlB,
a iacksok;.;;
i.ieMaeMf
l'.,i!ihl mr amlna (aarrpt Bandar I od 1
!(. rirtk urf Ytrntalll Hiwu, Portias. Ur.
Fntrl at tha Mammia at Portias. Or-
inuwniiiNiiua Uu-oucb Um aiaiU M .ocd-cUaa
i i tci'uuMcs main nra. iiohta. a-i.
tl 4eprt nmts iMeb bf Am MMbatm.
J I IX operator u department rs wim
Kt.t SlOa office. B-M441 Bast SaS.
Such
BU-
preme court back Into the position
the fathers Intended It to occupy,
and "give toother branches of the
government some chance to Help
govern, .ol;
f NATIONAL , CONVENTIONS.
a NATIONAL conrentlon
A MEANINGLESS PLEDGE
L
EGISLATIVE; candidates who ? have pledged themselves -to
vote for the Republican voters' choice for United States
senator are, ? to all intents and purposes, absolutely un
pledged.
I Opinions of State fyress on
; Statement One ' ;
Small CLange'
t . - -
Republicans Most Stand by It. :
From the Silverton Sllvertoalaa-Appeal
(Hep,).
Apparently there la a arrowing neces
sity for abaolute honesty u tha political
Nether Mr rlfr nor Senator Fulton, if defeated bv Cham-1 field, and we can eoncalva of bo batter
lunajia o aocnnijlliui mis lo ids (UllMll ' a uwuauu ia w auiutm
The people will, tolerate ne more a
The "Portland Gateway" la difficult
to Keep cioeed. . . ,,..':...':
W1H it be allowable to wear a nerry
widow bat on suurl . , - ,
Tbe only way aorae spinsters will i
lh4RE'AUl..
FOttElON ADVEBTISiNU BEPBBSBSTAT1VB
?n-nl n.njumla SpacUl AifwtUlnl Afaef.
franawlrk Bulldlo. KM lfth" araoua,
.. York; Trltnina BulHIm, CblcafO.
Snbacrlptloa Tra br ll
! fee lislMB fetali-a. Cum
DAILY.
.Nia I heriain in Tune, fan he a candidate before the IeciSlature. Mr. vaice I ztant than b or through tha dirmt
A aeT?r ben hld ,ap WMt li. an nnrnmnromUJno- adherent of the firindole that the Oeoole's fZLuSl
em?:Li.-. . t. v.. i .1-..- -U .'. .,Kl,Vlvler overthrow lie one ImporW feature.
Kill. Oeer, Shepherd; wae ton Mult-
noman county, ana tne reemt in ine oia-
T
Heath and Pinery.
HB action taken last week by the'i
wuv. ui.uuuu Lni lariLii ii K
the wearing: of alvrettea and wild
bird plumag-e on hata. la a long-
atep In the right direction. Whiia .
aooletlea, for the nroteotlon of biM ur. '
fa (ar adftaaa
Oaada or Made.
Om ra.......3.oft ( axth.
t i,iwa.
.1 JO
On rr..... ,.Hbo ona amntli 4
- , DAILY AND 0XDA.
Osw fair. I7.N) Oaa awatk g
Trnat him little who pralieg
all; him leas who cenaurea ail,
and him least who la Indiffer
ent to all. La rater. ,
ti
aVal r v v. rvv
m aw iscutvi, wuoiv ma . - - , , ... , . . . , ' . t-i;- I or overtnrow Ut one Important feature,
ei 4b .i . . I rhnir. fnr inntnr miict ha elected hv the Itn.l2t1ire ana IS DUDHCIV I xia t - .v.. a . k.. . i
k v.m !. riunntiAin ,1mL.i.: t. . in k: J- u .k-. ...u in T.. Kenntnrl1 non-prtnelple movement. They evt- How mad Count Boot muet be that he 1 protective agenclee of ' varloua kinds,
be held tnia yaar. ConvenUons nave proclaiming that he will abide by the result in June, senator i deBtly 0 not ftpprcut the magnitude I couldn't ralie the price to follow Count grant by the: breeident inakin eiruin
uu m v. uuu-, uu vuvo - E-liltnn declared in hit. rrvallia aneerh! Tlf it ahall fiaODen mat I "- "Vw, I
Republican national convention waa , " " ; TT . c. . TevUe of maVhine
held in MinBeapolia; but Denver la some other candidate receives a larger vote for United States pft.cr. j0n,
the limit," ao far. Speaking of na- senator than I do. at the election to be held next Tune, I promise Vbh.iKh i.Vi.i
you now that I will retire from the field and will not permit my Eine,
name to be presented to the legislature for that or any other office, pow tn. ..of prlBC u- l00k4
Iftherefore, Governor Chamberlain should receive the popular for in th. Repub loan partyt Are th.y
:jtr?t vote in June, his Republican opponent, whether it be Mr. Cake Lnffli
for preatdent and vioe-preatdent tt J or Senator Fulton, cannot in honor become a candidate before the I Jj0,0, fhJtJSJtion'of tnTted staue
" . I Urnelarnr Tn Hc ac nonld he a croju breach Ol at nieare DUD11CIT aanator ny tae people, ana naa no oear-
anopiea nyi " o-- " .'ling whatever upon the real motive.
l-la not particularly
tlonal conventiona, tbe Boston Globe
Interestingly Bays:
The first regular national Democratic
convention waa held In Baltimore In
lilt. Andrew Jackson and Martin Van
All Republican candidates for the lee-
lalature in Union oounty aubscrlbe to
I Statement No. 1.
Anna Gould aava she will not marry
again. Thue aha advertlsee that she
want to marry again. , .
ee s . '
TUlae Tour Own Dukes," la the title
breeding places national property, and1
Other devices for insuring the perpet-
uauon oi our wua wras. nave been at s1
work, the (.laughter of birds for mil-''
llnery purpoace has gone merrily on.
It la Indeed ; high, time that the edu t
cated, Intelligent and womanly, women
of the countrr should begin to give men
their cooperation tn tbla largo purpose.
x uvi w un ninr oeen - any excuae
COWARDLY ASSASSINATIONS;'
1840 there waa
ALL the country must have heard
tha detonation from Telloride.
They heard tha same thing
from Baker City, and from
Caldwell. All three) were horrors to
stir misgivings,' aa well aa indigna
tion.5 Wo do not know' tha Inner
agency that hurled these bombs, and
lb at ' 1b . occasion -for .misgiving.
Orchard saya this agency was the
Western Federation, but the Hay
wood Jury In effett. Bays not.
What" we "fld 'know "iatSaf there I wn"n tn' roU ot was oaUed.
was behind each of these cringes tha
tplrlt of rerenge, because no other
motive is possible or plausible, and
revenge la the moat terrible of all
human passion".." Beside it, even cu
was la tola assemblage that
moua two thirds rule waa
whlnh all anhianu.nl T)aimfwra.tla nn. I nnrl im1iininl, m,4n trie nennle rt the atata. I Statement KFo.
was not the free.- choice of tbe Demo- of the rveonle'a votes in Tune, for whom does the legislator who The election of United States senator
of aa article la an exebanaa. Tee. It 1 uri i for 7h- kiiii..
oocaslonaUy necessary. feathers except .tffat woman's Vanity
.' . . f was thereby xlatUred. By. this definite
Make It IDS a dav from now nn. ran I and decisive at an tha TVnm.n'a nii.w f
It up to over 10,000. Portland baa that i Portland has sh wn Its members to be
manv ' than anma. . ' leasable Of tha finar thnn.hl hlih im
revolted at the thought of unneoeasary
onae-i. . ... .. d. ... m.m . . vt.i i"ul" v"r y "
sired bis nomination and It was made, pieagca to tnc xvepuoucan vuixis uiuv.o puc riiST rZiuirUrt t
S I s J l W TT" 1i . . w - - S a . u Mm. mr aa I T". ... 1 i
accomDllah the dealred nurooae. should
not balk an earnest and candid Kepub-
many voters and than some.
aa aa
Oood-bye, March, you hava been quite !'tt ?Hi-ilmi(?l.ruf 4hJ wom.ea
decent Vou came In like a lamb, and $$2? JKtaln.T?lSl7v!!l!'
went outlue a JM nannygoat , Mnifundplia 1 f .
The opinion growa that Taft will not rt la not the fault of the Audubon's.
have a walkover. His brother's mU- olety if women do no" by thiitlmeT
Uons may hurt more than help. know that the. beautiful alrrette which
e i naa SO lona bean eonaldararl ihkuum
There are 10.000 unemployed men ta fo1 woman's adornment is plucked from
ad
The Democrats met in Baltimore also in for Cake, not for Fulton, for neither can allow his name to go before
X H 1 BAH lBfatAl lBIl SB IH1 1HB1 ' IH VRA I ..... a a I IIIII B1SLABX Ban SBUSI rTlBBtaa K. am. II IS IT Bill 111 HVUUIT' B A lAPirBBl KrV a B.UUU UnHHI IIIIITIM1 BTIMFfl IB1 B WB
w..f .www. 5 i 1 a. TT At :ii al:. 11.1.4. a4.a.MiM aa ...sS ii i " t - t .7 i. . i i n.r.T 7 v s 7-.T .r. T. . i rka , l i a. i rr -
atBT aa a.. . I in i r tv iiaiiirp. rifiw nm win 1111a iri'iaiA lui uclci iiuiic vviiv i ur u vda nrniaisei to am in iavor ui i iiiiiai itnoaa laiano. -i nmv wiii an nivs m ufivu mi, uit. unninv una inn an
conrfttitioa it is rwaiw wi I - o i "r.- k iaw wAt. '- Vw ' a M.uu'ilnT that thAuuml. A -vtAth. T.im. .7.:
office-holders who took part were the Reoublican voters choice ? A majority of the Republlcana ot passes. I torn from their young who are left to
counted ana tneir names were puo- , ,. , . I Oregon voted in ravor or uia popular
llshed.; In the body-wfaloh: assembled in I The answer IS easy. The machine and the bosses Will once syatem, several Republican legislators
but one member to more ewt Orepon's United States senator. Once more the people ETS.S.nV
vm 'w wv wuwvuuaaiua. maa aov-1 .,, .. . , . . . . . l lion autnorilina Ul people 10 voie ai
oral of the vreStern aUtes were thinly Will Witness the disgraceful SCCneS Of the past, When legislators rtctiy for members of tho United States
nrM. a. i.. i, I i 1 . i 1 i !! . ..hi. ...i n .1 i : .t . I senate, ana. umese we are 10
" 1 w CI C UUUK'IL aitu suiu 11B.C kaiuc. rtiiit mc uujiiii.oj ji l..v
so easy to travel long distances as It 1 I . , , ,. 4 , A iL . , . . . . .
now. which aoceuate for maay absentees legislature was subordinated to the interests of rival senatorial
e. e
Dorothy Xtx saya some of the
hats are millinery aisales. Rather.
coarse man's point of view, guffaws,
Dorothy.
1 "" m vi uinae wnue, eoniy curl-
. . . .... ... .1.. ...... . . . .
. . . .. M . 1 V... Y.vmaw. . a.. .fT&lM .MkiiKI.. I .IH . ClUILHW KIUUE II). Brim
that the Oregon people are shams or sol Some over on Columbia slough say they j jr)?lnr p w4 to cv"r be en-
ian t It beauUfuir asked the sales-
starve, in Order that woman.maw araai.
spring "ese ,.,tr feathers pon their
, from h nd ln ""sir balr. , Only last week
ffawa. I hat..was shown at one of our leading
estaousnments which had for trim
ming, uoiens or tnese white, softly euru
candidates and when the corporations, not the people, finally named
the man.
Already . a little coterie of politicians here in Portland is
In ltd the Demoerata tried Cincin
nati, but In 1S60 returned aouth, meet.
tag first in Charleston,' South Carolina
separate meeting and adjourned to meet scheming to manipulate the legislature in the interest of a dark
ren cu- ia Baltimore. .The Demoerata. tried Chi- V,rc nAA r-ir, nnihin& tnr Tab- cr tnr Knltcn Thev
.... A . . a '.I .... I llvi VHUUiUUkVl 11V T VHt V AWASaaaSL m rm aasV V aW B Ma was aawy
pldlty,. as a motive for crime, pales I caao first for a convention city in 1 884, 1 .. , . 3 ,, . . . . , .,,
into insignificance as to ferocity.
It seems Incredible that any or
ganization of men could be the war
rant for either Caldwell. Baker City
or Tellurlde, The ' peril would be
too great with several sharers ln the
secret. The enterprise i ia too fool-
hardy, and the consequences too aw
ful for men capable of wide adher-
IKS, and In. 1B71 nominated Horace
Qrealey ln Baltimore.- But since then
thay have met ln either St. Louie, On
clnnaU or Chicago,
The time may come, with faster
time and cheaper rates on railroads,
when a national convention will be
held on Pacific coast at San
Francisco, Seattle,, Tacojna. Los An-.
simple-minded that they do not know
what the are dolna. they must be
counted aa desiring to- go forward with
tbe metnod they nave aaoptea wun
unanimity.
Not True.
From the Albany Herald (Rep.)
A reoent report from this oounty un
der a Lebanon date Una purports to
tell the world at large that Linn coun
ty Republicans are against Statement
No. 1. This is untrue. If. as this cor
resoondent aavs. Statement No. 1 is
can't sleep o nights on account of the
mewing oi camsu.
fT,!0,P,m0tMt" Wfuld 8eemUeles or Portland. Why not? Del
iuijuiici , ui via jiiausiuia lu ausyect
that isolated and fanatical sealota, or
occasional men. of .the Orchard type.
went to Tammany Hail, New Tork, in care nothing for the people's will. "The people be damned" say
these self-constituted rulers. "WE will name the United States
senator. It is easy to fool the people into voting for legislative 2KFvotereW
candidates who are pledged to the 'RepubUcan voters' choice' and contmntSth.'r ' to
then we shall have matters in our own hands.
Republican voters' choice" is empty and meaningless claptrap, kVtfWod AgB1loM0t
a nlodcro tViat Kinda nr. nne a challnw tricb- dec.o-ned nnlv tn doceSvi. I centered around the city of Albany.
" 6- - " f)SW of tha old-time politicians and party
the people and to rob them of theif hardly-won right to elect theh"f" end.?v0.rl,,.",t?. upplJi.S!??J:
r jo in In nroaneotlve ltirlslatlve candidates
gates would spend only a few, days United Mates senator Dy tneir own votes
more time and a few dollars more
fling these bombs. It Is true: that
Orchard says it, and that the hatred
of HuT, federation c'rorV Steunenberg
and tor General Wells seems to point
to the miners' organization, and that
many will accredit that, body with it,
but It. seems aa unthinkable propo
sition that; such aa errand Could be
money and could thus make a de- j
llghtful summer -excursion. Since
the Democrats have ventured so far
west aa Denver this year, why not
begin to work up a. movement; ,fpr a
! national Convention in Portland ln
1912? Very. ' likely we might get
it Denver put up $100,000 to get
on the Republican ticket, honing to get
thorn alatiwl nn tha "o-hnat or a chance"
No man should be nominated or elected to the legislature who they have contrary to the wishes and
I ,atiHm.nt it i. ruM-mla T.lnn conntv
lias, not suDscriDed unquaiineaiy . to statement xno. X.
A Copenhagen trust company baa
failed. It waa "some time" ago that Mr.
Hamlet remarked that there waa some
thing rotten in Denmark.
e
If the capital of the United States
were moved from Washington to Port
land, members of congress and other
government officials and employes
would live a good aeai longer.
"
A West Virginia Democrat is basing
his candidacy for congress on a demand
tor a hla-her tariff on peanuts. Now
who wUl say that there Is no founda
tion for the phrase "peanut politician T"
e e
A Brown university profesaor pro
poses to use nitrogen explosives as mo
il va power for airships. This seems all
light; this stuff will send them up, all
right, and they will come down of them
selves. e
Detroit Tribune: If the duke bf
Westminster, who taxes- tribute from
woman but one who looked deeper
wvuiu mn omy a, oeauniui Direr siain,
her poor mother-heart beating wildly
for fear that her babies would be hurt
one mother-blrdT It required the
death of to or 40 to make that one
hat trimming. Think of what the wo
man wears who places such a travesty
upon mercy upon her head.
Woman, tha gentle, the compassion
ate, the merciful, - ornamenting her
head with the breasts of birds, or
their wings, or their poor dead bodies '
isn't It revolting T -
It is sincerely to be hoped that tha
other women of the eitjr wlU fall in
with this definite atep of the Woman's
club and put the stamp of their dis
approval upon all millinery - creaUona
for which a life has been jld.
' Flowers. were never ae beautiful In
their artificial forms aa they are this
season. Every flower that blows has
apparently been studied by the flower
makers, and Its danlty characteristics
reproduced In most exact modeltnar and
coloring. Ribbons are beautiful and
range through, every color known to wo-
partlea above all its other objects,"
remarks the Pendleton Tribune. We
think hot; 'rather that Its main ob
ject ia to put the people's affairs
more ln their own hands.
countenanced ,l)y any considerable J7 L ; " ; . " "
!S r.J" will be a city of about
section of.tba .membership tin that ,ftnnn emnnon
body.The Jederation: has doubtless
said and done many things that
should have been left unsaid and un
done, and the same ia doubtless true
of the mineowners' iwho opposed
them. There are unquestionably bad
m en among good . ones in ' both , or
ganizations, and that one or more of
109,000 people, and $100,000 would
not be much to raise for such a pur
pose. We submit the suggestion to
Tom Richardson, Whitney Boise, et
al.
President Roosevelt pays scant
heed to the kaiser's objections to
Dr. Hill. Is another international
complication to ensue?
will send three Statement No. 1 men
to the next session of the legislature,
the Lebanon correspondent to the con
trary notwithstanding,
'Letters From tte People
Answering Mr. Brooks' Questions.
Albany, Or., March J 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Returning home after
a short visit, my attention waa called
Ia a nllttrhtn.. . At i .4 fPh. Tm.m.1
.... ,,.... tT TT Just so long as Statement No. 1 is car
et some recent date, whereta H. thJ ppi. of Oregon can take
From the Union Scout.
For years both great parties have ad
vocated election of United States sena
tors by the popular vote. That Is what
Statement No. 1 is and what it means.
600 acres of Inherited holdings in the manmna. utner devices nave .been cre-
heart of London, comes to America, 'd to ' take the place of the aigrette
we ll take off our hats to him aa the ln. mUllnery. too. There are - white
Ideal of successful manhood. t"- aralo; and grasses of many kinds,
aim irra .urn anu rnoas lonni wnicn
comprise lightness and grace. With
tnat woman
materials for her
adorning without recourse to bird plu
mage.
Nothing Wrong About It. Oregon Dldellhtfl ' 5ouldhfind 'plenty1 of "mit.
Justly
are
Running Skots
Written for The Journal by Fred C.
Denton.
Stranger things hava happened than
The Journal assumes that Senator
Fulton meant exactly what he said
them, acting for themselves and not when.he dcLared at Co"aI119 !hat he UtUe Bb 'r pr S,'en
for the whole body, may have under- w,ou'a: ' 09 canamaie ior re
taken these; cowardiv asaassinatinna election before the next legislature,
ia easily believable. if some other senatorial candidate
r In any event, it is lamentable that! "BOU'a receive a larger vote m ine
juue ciotnuu. out it is cenaiuiy
justice cannot lay swift and heavy
hand upon the perpetrators.. It is a
character of bloodshed out of place
ln this free republic. There is no
condition to justify It, nor craven
r esa of spirit to tolerate it. It is out
of. harmony with our Ideals, and out
cf tune with or civilization. It
lght be Indigenous to darkest Rus-
surprlslng that he now1 declines to
reiterate that declaration. This - Is
a matter of too much Importance to
be ignored or evaded. If Senator
Fulton's position has changed and If
he how. proposes to seek election at
the hands of the legislature even
though defeated ln the primaries or
!a. not in a freehand, under a free In he June electIon. the People have
fag, even If every man in the nation d' kow 0n two occa
must become a tiollceman.' B,on Within the past fortnight, once
ai w asm n Eton ana once in I'oriiana
Tha. Trtnrnfll rtna BDlrof) Rflnaff TPtil.
A ration OVMU itnn thA direct niipatlnn vhatW'ho
111 esf nvtrln ISv thA nlail era nrtilAh Vt n
- . p. . , , . . ". . I DUlli DtaUUD VJ a. AAV L'AV'VASWU W AABVAA Uv
T HwT .1fBiBlatlV6 fandldatf ln gave In his Corvallia speech, but each
I . wuuj, u "" time he refused to give an explicit
reply. What Is the meaning of this
refusal?
"Republican voters' choice" Is i
pledge that has not been- fully -under
stood by the rank and file of the
people. It does not mean the choice
of the Republican party, 'but the
choice of the Republican bosses,
That is why the machine politicians
are so ardently ln favor of it.
-I ported-. to be making a vote-
getting campaing on a "two
:ent railroad fare" Is on an entirely
"also scent. What was, is not.- Ore
gon once had,' and all the states had,
tt thought they had, power to make
wo-cent fares and to fix railroad
ates, but all that function the su
reme court of the United States has
Srned over to itself.- The fact that
, stockholder 'or stockholders of a
allroad may-reside, .ordo reside in
ther states, 'the supreme court
.vows gives it warrant under the
;onstltutloh to become arbiter in
ixing rates of. fare and freight.
True nongh, it is under the laws
f Oregon that a railroad is given
ii right of eminent domain, which
9 a privilege no private citizen en
oys. By it the railroad can select
he route it chooses to follow and
allow that route, regardless of
hat farmer's home may be ln the
ay or how a farmer's fields may be
ivided - and damaged. Thus Ore-
on has power . to bestow a special
rivllege, a' privilege which Is the
asis and the only basis of rail
Dad regulation," .hut la not for
regon but - for the federal courts
do the regulating, even though
ia-', railroad.-be wholly within
rf-gon. It may seem to be ex-
,..uJI."..mW'1...1 X.Y iL x s
awrawary.MHv, exiraorai- A mortllng contemporary has
ry oi -not, tt is. the-supreme court j waked up enough t0 Inqulre whether
Bryan "will be " , nominated.' , . This
should afford the editor of the Com
moner' matter for . a pert paragraph.
Some of the machine politicians
are apt to discover that there Is an
other April fool's day on the 17 th of
this month, when the people will
vote at the primaries. And the joke
will be on the politicians, not on the
people.
Abe Hummel says he has $1,000,-
000 ;left and ISS going to have a lot
of fun but of it. We all know how,
if not quite where, he got it, Abe
Ruef will have $1,000,000 or more,
too, as soon as he gets clear. Nice
boys, these Abes. .
.Registration is showing up fairly
well, yet there are several thousands
of ellgfble voters wh6 have not reg
istered. ' : Register! Do your duty
as rulers.
.ys, tbe law. It nips in the bud
e fond aspirations of the Wash
r.ton' county' candidate , who pro-
icq to be blown Into the legisla
te on a popular wave of two-cent
ie enthusiasm. -No matter how
u eh and often7 he' may promise he
rnot'dellver the goods. A farbct
r lampaign issue for Mr. Fisher
'his time would be to propose-an
. ndment to "the 'constitution .of
I'nittd . States, giving' back to
n and "to the other states that,
li the supreme co'rt tjj tpa ,
It would annear as if New Tork City
bad .6.een annexed to St Petersburg or
Moscow.
a
Pnlnrndn la trvlna- to come into the I Creased its enrollment 100 nar cant nr
llmeuent as a rjynamue state again, woras nag aouDled since 10L
Mew xorK goes it several Deuer,
Brooks Insists ton toy "AQswerfns' some
Questions which he aeema to think 2
faUed to do. I .think, however. I did ao
answer his questions tn The Journal ot
the third instant, but briefly will again
say:-
First, that "araft." in its aeneral ac
caption of the term, as I understand It.
wouta mean needless or extravagant
USe Of tha State's nr tha nnnnla'a tnnnav
If this definition ia correct, and I trust
jar. xtrooKs win accept it in this case.
i mm compeuea to say, LJttunit, la an
swer to his question, "yesX.
xna aiumni, in lta statements says
ma. uiv university or uregon has in
a broadside shot at the United- States
senators, if it la aanerea 10 n win not
be long until othea states will awing
Into line and before many yews the
people will own that which they long
coveted, the Drlvileae Of choosinsr sena
tors by a direct vote. We fall to see
Baptists of La Grande
proud of their new church.
e e
Astoria may get the SchwartsschOd
ft Sulsburger packing plant.
r e
Hobos by hundreds have sassed north
ward mrougn southern vvegoa. ,.
, e e
A Cor vail Is man's 10-months-old
Fercheron colt weighs .1,020 pounds.
what Is wrona about it. The bosses Drain-Coos bay railroad -In reoorts.
may not Deiieve mai uie tuiiimuu iwupio
have sense enough to choose their sena
tors, but bosses have never been known
to do any good for the country at
large.
Th anloona are all Eolna to be rood.
wa am tniri but the license committee
of the city council is still very short
signtoa. ' , ' , .
After the victim of a murder has been
dead a year or two public sympathy
turns to the murderer about to be made
a victim by the state. "-
..j.. .v.. i..ii. University of Oreron
hasyPlaye3 at hi. nrto-bStorVn r V Wuii
would call good politics, but tbev are Kg0 tw? yeare. . there would
not . accustomed to Statement No. , 1 gavewS tSfll0 i4en on.?ur Part
issues. " D . ?? tnejr a8ed for a continual ap-
u propriatlon, unsegregatjed, and the un-
m. . t .,ti.. n. . used balance, if anv. tn ha .Hii.it n hn
companies have encouraged the impor- "n or.ne?, yer; bt a cent -ever ro
tation or nunareas or inousuius i mo i ,ciul jr C. t 7W" "
A Straggle Against Bossism. .
Drew Correspondence Canyonville Echo.
We see bossism and machine politics
, " ........ . . . i v u.n nr. .
Tte -rin?ftnr, the oposltion to Statement No.
tH-JS.' 5?.!t,?d.entB.(on half of 03, ?u"d'you7rC,ary election law. Of
tlta.vvv continuailv mat what tt ahnn M . . '. rr--i . -,
ha anil I. . ' Vj . i. Wara Until UU gwa wur ancauj UBKuni uuuuj im tuiuui( iununor Clatsop
fasM& bei7ev a ?rn?i,mti? complete anS this e-overnment shall county will make greater progress In
the neonli r?f tV? h tZPBFJ&Jll be in truth of the people, for the people the line of improving her public high-
and by the people?" juong live tne pri
mary law and may Statement No. 1
never die until we elect United 8tates
senators by popular vote independent of
state legislatures.
the people of the state, and it was this
that "brought on the war." Had the
The wonder la not that women liaVe
at last awakened to the fact, but that
they have been so long asleep. .
. 7 fet It t
An Easter Luncheon.
N planning for the Easter luncheon
. r.n turn, m, nrit la aaif.Siama..h
food and the decorations, as far. AS
possible, all-la white. A . dainty bas
ket tor the centerpiece could be -made
Every week work is returned on the I of the Interlacing boughs of cherry
Diossoms. 'inese may be held, in place
by strands of dark brown raffia, of
the same shade as the branches. With
in the basket, a vasa or Jar of water
with white aweet peas would be charm-
"The favors may be any -of the pretty
things ahown ln the shops: Bermuda
lilies, butterflies or cards painted in
fruit blossoms.' would be the most ap-
Sropriate, Let the -children have tha
yed -eggs, fluffy chickens or little
white rabbits which signify tbe awak
ening to new life of the animal world.
It would be appropriate to have all
in. white. A menu wnicn would
this idea would be aa follows:
Bouillon with Whipped Cream
Mushroom Catties.
. it , I Broiled Spring Chicken. AsparafusTlpe.
During the coming summer Clatsop 1 Celery and Cheese Balls with? White
aiayonnaise. '.-
Ptnaonnl nianemana-e. White Ceka.
ways than in any single previous year Vienna Chocolate with Whipped Cream.
Turkey wheat around Echo looks wall. I
. . . . . . . i
ana growers expeci 3 ousneia an acre.
Tha new Presbyterian church at TtnnA
River Is fully - paid - for ' and there ' Is J
money, leiu
,
Culture of the Tokay grape has al
ready become a permanent and sub
stantial reality in Josephine county.
a a
tnouent It hleh t ma tn "whl.M. j...
. , , - .. ..... .J .. ..
brakes. Thev Mn nnn t aa nnn n
..... T .u i',.-.r ".
f u iiium wun ai. a. v. aupiica
tion work cut out it should be sufficient
ai present per .year to pay the
feasors." ,
XniS WOUId doom tn ananas '
Brooks' second question, "How will the
"pro-
most is-norant. desrraded and lawless.
Now the state of New York Is confront
ed with conditions resembling; Russia
and will have to break the strike break
ers. .
W 9
TTnTpmi the two-bv-three statesmen af-
fiin.in fvla Mtv In tha pnimr-ll take a
tumble to the fact that Mayor Lane s "cnopi oe Kept open after July 1. Also
a havln. mnra hnrna aenaa In I his third. "Does Mr Polm.. ,t,ini. .u.
a minute than the whole push of them professors sliputd serve again without
possess ,UI. A .year- more w V I ,.,"""! CTnl t Mr. JBrooKS
them will be honored with . a recall to J would intimate, that , this referendum,
private life whenever a special election 1 should it carrv at the, colls, would shut
is called. . J ?' a appropriations. This he knows
' Iv" ' .V ... , T,-...liI,W0 Ba.If r.:wonId yet have
States,.supreme court are clothing them- j from other sources, as before stated, to
selves with great responsibility in j bring" it up to 180.000 yearly,
arnnrlina- hntnreen the neODle and the OX- 1 Aealn he-ftaka 1 T -hav
tortiona of transportation combinations, "inquired the- needs of the UniversHv of
but the common herd will find a way or Oregon?" Does Mr. Brooks supnose that
make it when the pressure gets too the Linn County Council, P. of H , went
BuuiiH. uuvBiuiiivui. miiivmi. ... uw iu mailer Diinaioided? II so. he
iu a, owui wiini ,u. . jmuv. uv. i in v y uiuub misiaicen. - I nave had
r n Mrvland offer Inducements Snott""
to manufacturing plants in the shape of and talked with President Campbell and
exemption from taxation. In th ,10 have all their reports. And r&ht here
vara findino- in iuuu manuraoxunnR
capital Increased from about $38,000,000
ln the city of Baltimore alone to over
$92,000,000, and Is supposed to have in
creased to tuny twice tnat in tne last
eight years. what Maryland permits
its cities to do, Oregon might do aa a
state. Manufacturing plants In Oregon
do not pay taxes on but $10,632,889, or
less than our furniture and farming ma
chinery. ...
Snecial instruction in the. public
schools Is needed on how to address a
lttr. We read of wonderful stunts
done by the postal sharps with illegible
epistles, but we do not hear much about
the many letters never aenverea Decause
of scrawling and careless or insuf
ficient directions. Some of our best
business houses are cruilty of most
abominable "short cuts" in directing
letters that not only result In fauure
and delay, but absorb the much-needed
time of clerks and carriers. No letter
is properly addressed with Just "corner"
tiuw m 10 araie rnnr Tnia a-
cu, not nis granire committee .which
rrange coun
is simply aoinir their bidding has never
uiuo tun university ,ot oreg'on as
Z Y ' weiieve in nigner eaucation,
but we do oppose this excessive appro
priation, because we think our common
Schools are Of Paramount (mnnrtanna
and we favor state aid for their better-
men, ana aiso state aid for high
schools and union high schools.
Does Mr. Brooks know that our com
mon schools only received last year
but $1.87 for each student from the
state, and this from the irreducible
school fund, from Interest on sale of
school lands, not a dollar being appro
priated for this purpose?
Does he know that there are over
157.609 children of school age ln this
state, and that they receive only $247,
289 state aid. and that the University of
Orea-on demands $125,000 for 400 stu
dents, more than half as much state aid
as all the 167.R09 children of school aire
reoolve throughout the state as state
EUOENE PALMER.
' It is April just the time to clean
up. All yon have to do Is to think
about It and work a little.
: The Republican campaign book
should consist ; mainly of blank
pages.
,"The primary' law rather places
Je. insulation iVd strengthening of
cfvAaf withniii iumkA
HUB HIHI vital. o - tv x. t, n uuiiiit, i " mm
Three fourths of the public Behoof I alaT
letters correctly. The children are ae- I Build Fpt Not Down.
i?aii?r S?!af "ifi l"V"Vi wJIii,I Brownaville, Or., March 30,
i-Juisivi .jt . . in .11. uud.v.i.v.. yj X . u . u.
volumes of "Don'ts could b
for the especial use of Portland children
ana grown-ups. a
Not Progressing Well.
From the Harney Valley News (Rep.)
The fight to eliminate all adherents
of Statement No. 1 from places of honor
ln the Republican party Is not progress-I
insr to the full satisfaction of thai
would-be dictators. Even In. Marion
One Against Many.
From the Harney Valley News (Rep.)
It looks very much as if the Oregon-1
ian-was -testing its strength against the
small local papers oi we state in an ei
fort to wipe out the primary law and
the initiative and referendum. The
weeklies are practically unanimous
against the proposition, as are several
or the smaller aaines.
Blanched Almonds. Whits Bonbons..
... B U H (-
Latter Day Wisdom... .
N sparring with a mere ..man flirt,
girls may take a few points:
Never take him seriously. All
"allusions" to matrimony accept aa
mere pleasantries. ' - i
' Make him pour out. his soul In very
unmistakable English. Never grasp at
I
in her history, says the Budget.
...
The Union Republican was "pinched'
for $5 this week by the state labor com
missioner for an "inspection" of this
office. After this ceremony is over.'one
feels very much like a man who has had
his pocket picked.
..'.-,..
It Is understood that the cannery at
Freewater will again be running full
blast this summer, some extensive im-
wuuiu-uo uiv.i-vv.i-. . . " -" nrovtmnnta hava han maria In h . atrawa.
of it refused to be ItolaitBl. " . of machinery-and" equiFmenr th Ta. t Always assume the dsfensive; If you
OI 11 reiuseu iw uo ouuiiu.i.u. .,,- ".-j .v..... .m v.. Lilmmi. n.v.i- ahna vnui hand. i,.
quantity of fruit and canned goods Let him believe there are lota f
turned out . this season.. 1. others. . .A .roan. lifc? , to feel that the
ooiect ne aaores is coveteu uy uio
. . i,
The Grants Pass Courier speaks ot he .tows devotion aDrear eym-
work being done on an extensive ditch nathetic. but never anxious.,, , Practice
which passes through one of the prln- all the arts Jof fascination, and yet
cipal owner's beautiful farm, and on- sweetly insist that he take plenty of
ward through miles of country, covering time to analyse his feelings.,
hundreds of acres of the finest farming a a, a
land that the world can produce! a land ri.'irTL'i' t'fniiil
where Tokays flourish ln a vineyard on The :;trnaJ emJnine. -
one side of the fence and three crops of LADY visiting ' Paderewski'B villa
alfalfa are cut in one season on .the A in Paris recently noticed a cherry,
" ' stone on the mantelpiece.
Heppner Tlnies: Fruit raising in Mor- She took possession of the stone and
row county has received scant atten- t,. i. .. nrarlii and- diamonds as a
they all aspire to something higher "on. wheat and livestock having claimed relic of the master. A few weeks later,
.v,i t..h' T.In front rank, and still bold on. but the t.iAwaiti mt: this ladv. who. in the
wonder that the farmers do not sympa- "me is not far distant when fruit will course of conversation, showed him the
thliewith the university. be one of the staple crops, because the cherry stone fwith Its elegant setting
If thU iMXto hlrfbem'ilveii soil and climate of the valleys of the ''But. madam."' Satd Paderewskl
... ,u. .!n Katt.nn.nt n? th. streams of the coiintrv are nilmirahlv .tHntr hm locks. "I never eat Cher
oommon schools, this referendum would adapted to the growth of as fine peaches, ries. :The one you found on my manw
never have been raised ny tne mumtuae npp'os wiu pears as are grown in me i piece must uv
oia.19.
A Myrtle Creek man has a penny
coined In 1790, bearing the letters O. C.
V. ln monogram; which are supposed to
be an abbreviation of "Old Colonw of
Virginia," although coined after Vir
ginia had become one ot the 1$ states of
our Union. He . picked it up while on
the march to the sea with Sherman in
1864. While tearing up railroad tracks
north of Atlanta he found the coin em
bedded in the end of a railroad tie
which he turned over.
that of other states. University friends
acknowledge this fact. They argue that
the university is turning out hundreds
of teachers for our scnoois, out iney
do not care to mention the fact that!
than a "country
-1 note
be written that tne university appropriation friends
continue to preach about the Eugene
university being the head of our public
school system. Now, providing this e
the fact, I would like to ask the ques
tion, Why not commence at the ground
or the foundation to build up our edu
cational system?
Why not appropriate $125,000 for our
common schools and raise their standard
to such! an efficiency that our scholars
No Good Reason. .
From the Pendleton East Oregonian.
Can you give. one good reason why, a
Republican should be afraid to take the
Statement No. 1 pled gey in Oregon, a
state havinsr a Republican plurality of
at least 40,000 votes? Republicans are f wlll be' prepared to enter our colleges
the ones to See that this Pledge is taken and nnlvaraita: fltrla ara nn mn
and adhered to. That is the .way to keep low that rural districts cap hardly se
ttle state in the. Republican9 rank. Noth- J cure teachers; wages range fromv $25
lnr will cause it to chancre to a Demo-1 tn lis .a. month. . ft la . . i.m.nMi.
era tic state ouicker than for Renub. I tart thai r rcttrnn'a pnmmftn katl-irtnl ova.
lltaaMliLrUr.VPlSa - -. I tem is a disgrace when compared to
at farmers and aranKers of our state.
The university's friends argue that the
riamani for teachers is three times as
large as the supply. So -it is, especially
so in tne rural amincM, uui tojio
range so low that they can hardly eke
out an existence on such dogs' wages.
The outlook in Oregon at the nresent
time, ia very discouraainir for the com
mon scnooi teacner: inaeea, it is iar
from bright . .
To be sure, a certain per cent of our
boys and girls want a college educa
tion, but far more want a common
school education. So, voters of Oregon,
let us build up cajr common scnooi and
give our farmer boys and girls a good
UDllC scnooi eaucation, bo iney win
prepared to enter our colleges and
universities, and then If we think the
university and normal schools need help
let it be given; in the meantime they
will not suffer. -
Citizens of Oregon, I appeal to you,
is it rlaht. is it justice, to throw money
at our university and a whole host of
normal schools - whUe ourr common
schools are starvlna? If we want im-
Jirovements for our , common schools we
evy a tax on our districts aqd dig
down in our pockets for the cash. Now
if the university wants new buildings
and more land we are compelled also
to furnish them the money. Let it not
be so. we, can kill this measure. Lot
us stand together for a good and noble
cause.: .,:'-,. . iiw-.,,..,
I appeal to you, voters of Oregon, as
a man who has been a student ; of our
state college and who understands the
workln" System of our state colleges.
I regard ' the agricultural college as an
Institution which is betterlnar the condi
tion of the farmer, but the university
is no farmer's friend, and this will be
proven at the coming election.
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st se t
' The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Bananas. Cereal.
Creamed Halibut.
Echo Register: Kill
those razor-backed hogs, 'little . camel
numped, big-horned cows and woolly
rabbit-breasted cayuses. The packing
houses must have, plump and fat ani
mals. The horsemen will not use the
cayuse if they, can get a real horse.
it costs but a trifle more to breed
Breakfast Rolls. -
Coffee. . '
LUNCHEON.
Dried Beef with- Scrambled Eggs.
Puffed Potatoes.
Steamed Rhubarb. Green Onions. v
Currant Bread. - Tea.
DINNER.
off or sell off scotch Broth.' Braised Ribs or Beer.
MangoQnd DrYed Apple Pudding: ;
WafefS- . Coffee. C-e8e,
This Date In History. . ,.
good stock and the "market priJe "pSinffl "ftSTuiV'
i?.m.uP y ."?. beyond, the figure ueror of Persia, tJS ct
the circulation of the bwod, bora. Died
Ums Edward 'Hyde Cornbury, coio
nlal governor of New York and New
jersey, died ; In -London. Born T about
"ill 5 Prince Otte von Bismarck Ger
many's "Iron Chaneellori" born, - Died
July 80. 1898.
182 S Edward A. Sothern. Tamous o
tor, born In Iilverpool. . Died ia London,
January 21. 1881.. ' ; --1862
Edwin Ai Abbey, famous Ameri
can artist, born in Philadelphia.
Iggji-john" Milton, war governor or
Florida, -died ' in that . state. .Bora in
Georgia,. April 20, -1807. , . ,- -
1888 Uniform mostasre rate of S renta
per letter adoptecf throughout Canada.
1885 Battleford, 'in fciaskatchcwaiq.
besieged by Indians. ,
the runts are Quoted, for. It rinaa nnt
pay- to raise runty, woolly, wire-nosed
horses or cattle any- more than to
ittioo wormy apples. - .
An Applegate valley correspondent of
me uranis .rass uouner says of "her :
Last year she grew a 10-pound potato,
some 9-foot alfalfa, 18-foot raspberry
canes, l-foot com, some 4-pound onions
and she wow has one of the neatest,
cleanest up-to-date creameries in the
state, the best horse In southern Ore
gon, the largest vineyard - in: the state,
two 'rural' deliver v systems, a network
of telephones with connections every
where, some of-the richest placer mines
on the coast 12 irrigation ditches, cov
ering an approximate area of 10.000
acres of productive soil, end the. best
quality of citizenship on earth.
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