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Newspaper Page TextTHE JOURNAL AN 4KDKPKKDBNT KIWtPAPKt. C. . ' JACkSOM.. .rsbllaber 'rebll.baa ri7 Tnli fesrapt Seaaay)a4 X vvrj aoa. koralnf, at IX Jooraal Belld lag, rut aas .aajfaill atrta. Portlaad, . Eataraa at the aaatofftee at Portlaad, Or., tof traaamlaakia threegk the Mail M aialllaaB mutter. son has nevertheless been one of the foremost opponent! of the principle of popnUr -election of United States senators, as embodied In Statement No. 1 of the direct orlmarr law. and take a pledge siring the people the right of Selection; he, In fact, takes a pledge that is not likely to be of j any value whatever, ' . There will be both Prohibition The twelfth to the Hat ef II Initiative and rtfarendum mMiuru to com. be TKUCfBOHKaWKAlN TITS. BOMS. A-SOOt. An aapartmaets nmM by thM tnlM, he has adrorfttiMl. nnanlv.ann' nor. I and a. Socialist candidate for sens .latently, areturn to the system of tor, as well as one Democrats and ?PJ th 3Aatt leaving the choice of the senator ;to one Republican , candidate, ; to be w" . Im . .l--i. .. . t - im.. T I wr u .. yravuvaaiy uuyiuugea i(unr. wwu wr iu vuue. in rivuiuiuuu appear on, the offleal ballot is, as fol it is or course a familiar tact mat ana uociaust canaiaates win receive iiow.: throughout bis political career Mr. 1,000. to 4,000 votes each. In fact,! Vropoead by . x&lttailve retlttom. aai. Uiodson has been closelv identified together mar receive 10.0 00. There! For constitutional amendment provld- with the Republican machine, bat is not the slightest probability there- li"?.!It a " hou..., bama. ;roaua AevgTiau airassHTAi.va Xh jonrnai fcM not thought It ec- fore that either the Republican or teWoe. thereto? 'ui maohinarr and sad the ppmi tha atortaaa ft a Baet Side vfflra. B-UUl Eaet S88. VrMlaad-rValnmla Special AdrarUiinf lwtr, praannra Bauiia. KM ruta a Tort) Trleeaa Building. Ch (" MaCT. I . mi A.. a a . vi I ... . I .. ...in.i. IttiiflHIn.a tmmJt bvTiiI.1i. ,- Mannf.i. g-a Saudi.,. K3S rift. wkuh hiimi bi a vaawaug SB ""V" ' " I turinV "pu7ss and aDDUrt.noM REFERENDVM MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON NO. 12 . . . . , ... ...... i . , . . .. .. .j, . . .. . . . .' .... . ' ! than any othar in am bar of society living home market for Oregon farmara" both near It. The entire population have for raw material for- tiie factories,' and Jointly created , thle value and should produce for the. fhcreaalng population; take it for publio uaea. . A conorate II- will aave freight chargea-on many com- luatratlon will make this more apparent modltles now shipped aoroae .the. contl- Some 40 years ago Mr. McGinn paid cent;, while home competition would 11.600 for the southeast corner of 8ev lower' the. cost of ; manufactured ar- en th and1 Waahlng ton atreeta, Portland, tides. . . -.,. Thl site Is at present ' covered with Believers In a protective tariff readily mer. a hacks, but It Is safe to say it see this and low-tariff men conalder It a has yielded him a net Inoome of more fairer way- of fostering manufacturing ffHAM tlAA AAA . h Ik. IKtk A tt T.fl. lndUBtlMAB- , - t . .... uary, 108, Mr. MoOInn leased this loca-I . Baltimore, Atlanta' and' Birmingham, lion ror It rears, the leaae to erect thereon a substantial building of not candidacy. Saheertptlaa .Terne aa Va W nave deemed It sur- majority or AH US Votes Cast. thereto; aU fences, farm machinery, and kr mu ta aav adttreaf ncie&t to confine comment to the Wherefore Mr. Bonebrake will be ?P"ianc.! H ?'; " tr one fact that he la uncompromising- released from hi pledge and will hare mcnts on farmst all iivestockaii bouse- Lfaltad BUIr. Canada et atastea. - . VAibl, ' mm I v I -S w w,wwu iwuifMi uTHiit, at! Mvwn :se rear. ?;t1"J1 ly opposed to the principle embodied carte blanche to do as he pleases, if p01 "rBUurt ,n nd "4 . . -I.! o... r. v I -.v. ' ' owned.br workmen and In uae, shall be iw.,.u.wj vo mmnB , itu guiieunut .iui t vmiw utichmou. iui cienvai vi iriiimpi rrom taxation in addition to ex- r,..r.iT i oiD aJi". M fralned from anything that savored Bonebrake has discerned this and fot0Mv S?w J11"1"4 by cn,tl" v a man la an 111 husband of hla honor that entereth Into . any action, the falling where in may disgrace him more than the carrying it through can honor him. Bacon. son or upon any other of the legis- ministry has let loose his program latlre candidates with whom he la on the nnraspeotlng people of Ben- associated. The Journal's campaign j ton oonnty. But will the game has been conducted npon clean, I work? straightforward lines and has been ,ooTSTJTIONAL,, objeo. TIOXS. fight for principle, not for or against any individual. In conclusion, we have a word of advice to offer to Mr. Hodson. Wei suggest that he refrain during the remainder of the campaign from de MR. PAYOT9 GETS AXGRX. 821. No. The ' amendment aa It has bees Dre- parea zor suomiaaion 10 ma oeooia is as follows: CONBTITtTTIOTtAIi IMODVONT. CecUon l of Artloie IX of the consti tution of -the state of Oreron shall be. and hereby la, amended . to read aa fol. lews; fieotlon I. The legislative assembly MTvin th nnntiliMn I shall provide by law for uniform and FAIIVfl, the Republican Mno a-aeaament and taxation 1 nouse leader, nas been I ana shall presoribe such regulations as amrtkiwl nut The TWimfwrata ,haU ""oure a Juat valuation for taxa- smoaea out. i ne Democrats i tlon nf .m nur., 'Kh rai ni n,N are forcing tha majority tolsonai, exoepting that ail dwelling liberately distorUng Th Jonrnars ahow their hand, to some extent 2.5-2X5 tau m"! utterances in the effort to make cap I Payne, according to report, was I ohinery and buildings ased exclusively if.i v. i inrrr. and "ahonta at tha tnn nf Uor-manufaoturlng purpoeei I and the ap- vs v mui.ou, ..v lav., - tr -1 Durcenances Loeraio. ail lanaea. larm hla complaints against this paper be 1 his voice" that the Republicans machinery and appliances used as such. stated candidly and fairly, and tor would carry out their program. In improvement': on 7m.T aiilive- any such statement he will find the I spite of the pestering . Democrats. I stoek, ail household furniture in use. columns of The Jonrnai open. If What that policy or program is. noj Vhai? b! etromruoTeS he -desires to prove that P"boodle, body knows, though it Is reported fftinir also such j property for muaio- boose and bribery" were not familiar that Payne, said that an employers' iru7 or chbii uy concomitants of the old system of liability law would be pawed; that be specially exempted by law. electing United States senators, well It had been the intention all along to 11 to iuViSrt5 "the TamwdTent: and good be is welcome to the pass it Since the last swing of the step to single Tax. ' task. But If he desires to prove Big. Stick, we Imagine.' But what To the voters of Oregon:- The pro- that he, personally, was not con- about the other U or 18 bills that J"VK E5," "o'nTt I corned in sncn practices, it would do i itooBeveit" nrgeai wnat aoout in- wouia exempt most personal property well for him to wait until he rhurtraA with thm. WOOd pulp, and a lOfof Other thingsT nfiilnW VermlsacSk" final rayne got maa ana snontea is provements or puono service corpora- rather a good sign. The Democratic L"LFuZl -.aw -.- . . I SVIIMII en-uu IIUUI V W QUI U VeVt A A vrviuu . MISS THOMPSON, a lecturer, minority is doing a little good by Tax Reform association, composed of says that Industrialism con- provoking the Republican ma Jority "'"J0 f7 "Z L.V.SS.rSS tlnues "more and more to draw I tn ans-Ar. PoaalMv if Pan. Dal- llnloultoua results of our nrant avstem nonnia 'nnf nf ths.tr hnma anil ..it - - .1 ... nv. of taxation, which has been so carefully 'Fulton la comnlete answer to all . : . , I. ' " flefended and unscrupulously evaded. ,r Uiiun, IB COmpjet.8 answer IO aii I Brit thorn In tnfitnrtam tarhnarv I -AAA ..ah.Ii m. An . I K h. .rl,, l. mA .this Ulk about COnsUtutionality. hvmln mora and mora anto- n. f .vwl tnr tha. mnnir. . ft r monopolies, feel certain that the Ume . . . . ... . . . 1 - - - -w j 1 1 naa arrived and the people are reany to mauc, so tnat less SKllitls reqmrea au. I abolish this effete and iniquitous sys- 1 iem-ana insuiute a oetier, just, ana N XIIS August speech at Corvallis, Senator' Fulton expressed: doubt to the constitutionality of sen atorial elections by Statement tNo. 1. Editor Scott says such elec 'tlons are not constltnllonaL All the ' pee-wee politicians are probably ' ; cuckooing the phrase, "not constlta- Clonal.-:, 1:; ' .. ' I But, alas for their contention. j there la Bourne in the senate of the United States. If the plan had the slightest Irregularity, If there were the remotest shadow of .unconstltu tlon&lity, 'Bourne- and Mulkey could "Jno more have secured entrance to Ithe senate than Secretary Taft could Renter the eye of a needle. The fact ;that Bourne Is senator from Oregon, ;that he attends the senate dally, that he votes. Introduces bills', and per; -forms the functions of his office just , as freely and fully as does Senator is terior waterways, and real currency S .r.K'"V'r1.'?, ?.- reform, ana tne anty on paper ana that an suen property wui uiumatciy n noes 7heREAUi- I The Timely Duty. V f ; T Is worth while remembering, and needing, that the only possible prep aration that we may make for the cares and responsibilities of llfs Is . br a almnla rfa h il.w rlthfn1naa under the policy of exemption, have I to each day's tasks. ) become areat manufacturlna-- cVntara . I " . a u-" .1 ' less than six stories, par a rental of I There Is no roaaon wbr Oreaoa should I mmn won thrust into a rgs 11.000,000, par, all taxea, aasessments t do likewise. . Note that this amenl-1 sphere of usefulness, unprepared. His Incident to all' oltr .Improvements and I ment would not exempt the location of Idutr Aanm Am h it.. .mnnt,.. k. forfeit the bulldlna- to Mr. McGinn at nnucting plants, nor the timber I. ti.ZJ ttVm T.r. Tdur the end of the term. Meanwhile MrJl ot millmen. ; ror JUs feet to travel te the Urger duty. McGinn lives tn southern California. lvTh proposed amendment will, as In I And one opportunity let slip may be the n.w. .... -vm..... nm.. t ik. I the caaa of the farmer, benefit ym ... i.. .i.v Li. reatsi value of this location even Indl-w,orln, "J" by making, employment Mng undoing the whole. Who can call recUy, but simply appropriates 11.000.-ftta n f.b.unf,n.c '' back again wasted opportunities? Who I n g back araln and do the ihlnc that irea rmiwn l.f ...rf-. . i.w - . , .anvanoing wagaa I i is a far-raarhlna tnotivht. and It a a OS net of weal bodr. This sIitidI d br which mononolr everywhere fllohes wealth from th produced by aome PPr'nl nd a "fclty lr Ifiustrates the meth- 2...U. c,ond'Uo invariably, gl lopolr at all times and P"'' rise, to ever advancli . l p (ir incnuM n.manfl inr wnrii.ri I .... . . . ... . 1 . . . try,. Data or tne a Dove taaen rrom i tz-. "fZ;' V .. JiClr I M1 we are too hurried to give hint thj Oregon Dally Journal. January S 5. .iUwwtn;u?PL,r Lfi'ii 2?nh.n2 th few moments out ot a- day that 1S6I. Wa flo not conderaa Mr. McGinn. I overns the price of --exchangee. would have broua-ht him atran.th And but the syem of UxaUon that permit. eZ? Sund thl amdn.. uTon'Sim'whVh. U authorities agr that taxation of 'X af,-J5il4K land value U the only Just certain and ft. thiht (u ai that tf Jl atlnii-h L JJ ,B lesson that It Is hard for youth efficient method f taxation. It has f.0. 5P,nh.tittl A"! 'J1 to learn, for youth Is ever looklnar for- been partially adopted la New Zealand, JJL T, .hAii.h tmnk mnnnfni I wara to tous deeds afar oft And. Manitoba and locally In other countries. t i, tlVinwS5?tJllr,t on no lB tn and burdea and In avery In.tanca ha. given rl. to ft h.p" "P, tt.S'te ?.W-M5li2 middle eg. has no chance to prosperity never before, known. The S05oliej Iiduat77 mu.t auff. "The a. taska 111. time of farmers of Manitoba are the most pros- IrJK" nfa SoamSls " be taxltlm? tin'?PTtlon WM tn,lt m o11 ut1 parous in the world, and New Zealand nirralt the uS ft? 2ftn ore. th. preaoni h.a bmt.. br,.. Cl.vl a. K...I. I "Be Ot ISJia rTOm WniCIl "JM dUtr In the fatuous vlr nf nna.lnllllv " " m.m ...... - w. i w.iiin - la a ruitiv a. inn irr r I v ' Yrn- I a ; : - w Jt at H ness depression slnoe It. adopUon. On duceT And aa amDloVment of land In Jb opportunity of today may look the contrary It I. unlveraafiy known gulldln cltivVuoV and inanufao'urlni U!11? Pr hrunk.a llttl. Trown .eed. perior to any other portion of the Tha raHnnuiahmant at lands, """r .nayiv. yours. f, yftv? "m .POPV.1""0"' . n now held at enormou. .peculatlve prtoea, ManUoba the law read, that no 1m- m m&l)ttl powtbia the rearing of homes K . ; . "' - ana release men xrom via uii(ui.ui( nv than the vacant land alon .Ida Thacur,. af imdiordianL I Hlnte on English. Every new home broadens and ITomuvu more oieany stamps, woman eauoauonai than the uae or misuse . . . . i di our oonrnnn mwn im vaiih. na viaent mat a. grouna rem iau. .01 . r - w waaa must rlsa IP1 who wl.h to bold the esteem of eul- The working man in whatever ea-itured people cannot afford to overlook effect of onr amendment will be Identi cal. It will relieve the farmer by el- .tI"X "Vi.. l.tv lI man a t lowlnc, tmprovement to be made with- trenrthns the ba.e of l.ty. We ni Oui Or a out inbreadn. th. ta,.. of -th. to- ta-wjj prover. .m. ht munn rant fatia aa r our common sp lrtne oa Honesty. The farmer usually Insists on tax. ina- everything. uuu4 ,uku ' ..houi I niniiT n. iinnra. t rrry m rm riflrn. . rr I. . . . . - . . the farmer pay. Ux.s on everything, sans, mechanic, ind all shbVld biir " nBn ruie. or struorurai whU. th. bulk of th. wealth drained ci.7it in mind that the nresent .v.- Eng""b. The misuse . of capital. Is an from th. farm, to th. cltle. alway. and tern of taxation shift, th. whd. load important point In thl. connection. WOMEN, WORK. AND HOME. A I Incidentally, was It "constitution al" for Representative Smith of Linn t0 operatt) lt and on operatlTe ,9 i ., a v 7 " , TT able to superintend the work of half everywhere elude, th. assessor. Such a system 1. a fin. on honesty and . a premium oa prejury. . The most hone.t official cannot aueas anywhere near the value oz tne vast ana various zorms or wealth In the cltlea cannot tall th. difference between a 1100 and a Hot carpet On the other hand, the country assessor know, the worth ef th. farm wagon, and can eatlmate within 10 per cent the value of all the farmer ha a Under thl. amendment the greatest tax ation will fall where the land la moat valuable. A whole farm can b. pur chased for 15,000. One block 109 feet square In the city of Portland 1. worth 11.000,000. The value of thl. one block of taxation on the con.umer, while ".v"",. X' monopoly, of landlordism, like the. rob- "- was Pitted than 1. now con. a. ber barons or old. how a ipe people in . " T" Z.Ia .ubjeotlon and levUs tribute even from Jnl.KVtTS.! arm,!' th. sick and destitute In spit, of f SVfft 'td' !5 u.mn. -$1,600 in a senatorial election at Salem? Was It "constitutional" THE ,MREPTJBLICAN PARTY. a dozen, machines or even more, as in the cotton mills. In such cases .ucu. t '8". cuaracier, a chnd caQ Bwytj qu,te a, wen an .whose honor In other matters was adult and then because of the re-ever-questioned, went to. lengths duced e that child can de- u'T more certain method of taxation. We have, - therefore, determined to submit th. above amendment to remove taxa DuiHiureui x uwuiv. values, we will Drove tnat tnis amena- a... . . I . MM l 1.1 l. 1. . v we are jmoia, are to put up i "' wm uouw u t. vr. .wi.iiiau, iii.uuiaiii, .i , iinji viiut, . Ill those their own ticket after the and. In short, every producer. We w: nrlmirfai tn Annntia. show that taxes will fall ' on tho nnd did things which they no doubt J" r .w. . tJ.,.:ti,a. .... Z. ..-... ImonopoUw which have, through our -regretted ever after," as Senator Ful-i t. t.K.' m,.-. i. n.r,.n.nj ThU ! ! mn.) tha an outraaeou. toll on Industry and have TTT-- j. , I wkui. M uwy.vTvw " - ' - If V-nt nu. himnd.. af tnlt. -iuU aa,., wh- h A waouiiu.ioii thory tMt chnd jabor crowding of Statement Nc 1 are interested In 1 .fens of douar. of publicly eriated ' vol. ?u"ultorV or n and that society is the success of the Republican party." Henry Geor?. h. -"Jt - . . , . "itenamg lowara an era wneu aauiia i uicguuwu. i tni. amendment: .after tens of ttousands of dollars wJ11 b8 entlrely fleyoted to the rear- Why should the average voter care I J .PPfWiate Jf ijjMo ;had been spent . trafficking for fnf of chlldrn t0 worn out ta about the "success of the Repnbllcan aboK T"1" ",CB' " lu".f no -!0 factory life." ' ' party" or the , ator elected? - Was -it Vconstltn- t. . i.tt. i. .nT th,r art. f as IB a llel B.-vik f .WIT SUU M I -r w-.M-wa a aww w vf U) v. VHuv I gioua LaAV lUUUUUUU VA TVVJOU probably true in spotr; but we think and move, in, of, for and by "party." mfc.t!VesCUtS' p'odu lt overdrawn. However, lt la worth The Oregonlan itself has been would at tha same time enori the production of wealth by open natural opportunities, utterly destroy land monopoly factory life ' ' .thtDa - i i J Ty . 1. 4 T . . I II to am UK Hl avr-lil, llIT lUU I a, wuwa yvn v,. a aww v U) vavH,uv I UIOUTI IU VIUUUVWUU VA TTVMIU UJ 125 TOO and TromlW addltfon F;obab1 trne ,n bnJ V n' ,D' ,f' "i i V?7'" MvSTS' p'roducY.or Il 'i i . ' i"? v tt owinn. However, it is worth The Oregonlan itself has been would at th. same time enormously in- . . vatrvu-Ko eUu uiw - notlclng Women don't have to go fighting the main and practically the J. - fluence of a morning paper and Its ,ntft ,ni,nBfrl(1i i... ,naHt ,n thf, Lnw ..nrin-tnu- r tha pannhii..n Ul"'"! evening appendage, In consideration i... t I r,.,t. ,... .n .. by makina the hoidin of land unbrofit of his support In the senatorial atrue- U. Iv , , 7 v T r . T k t i!. I. ! t0 y but the user. - There would . . ' t mm nl. 7i .I i m If they insist on doing so, there is protective tariff; why should it be be no temptation to an one to hold f ' V.t. ' V.. , no way to stop them; but we think so tender and tenacious about "par- J n .,?,y!?h?rlnu lT.ot;" "constitutional" for everv nee-wee I .t . .. . ' . , . L .. . . In it. value when that Increase wa. cer- . "-.' ' . . I "at an reasonaoie aavisory voices ty- nowi Uin to be demanded In taxea No one J! pulp,t'. Club -and Who represent, and speak, for the kg 0 .vaiuabulandidi. 7 , 7. . T : y . , snouia constantly ana persistently itepuDlican pary liooseveit ana ial heavy a. lt would be were It put to the buuyttarric And trade, nndvhpwl advlse wbman that her highest, no- Follette, or Foraker and Elkins? If '"lla..SS ,Ln,a1'i - tOl, in a bedlam Ot DOOdle and legis-hnnA mnk.rhnnil Vn..AVlnr ln ,. n.nhii... .. wish to use It. The enormou. increase r latlve loot, from the session's be-Z , " v T . 7. v ,1 "" in production which would result from uvuivavvyiuQi i nvuiu iiau w nuun vr u Ab vvilQTdo I U11V HirUWlIlK U(fTJl LIIV uaiui at tiiait Too many girls think this sort of in, what it stands for the 17 laws ff t,J- life too humdrum, tame, trivial: Roosevelt insists on. or the stand- which now hamper, restrict, and fines they need to learn the great truth pat policy represented by Cannon, P"0",-rlrJ?XBlIni mat uomeKeeping ana moweraooo rayne Jina uaireu. we mirsi tor i are drawn. Henry ueorge, co lls the averaee woman's true mis- Information. clai wobiems, page zso. .k. i.nn.n.1. rnativ tn I winter, luuier. uroinor, maoame, sir, n.aZS5TtSu2e anS iail fforLied Professor, college, club, consulate? were 5M-"4ldlei,5?'.JeSLt h.T.Ln?re??d all Itallolsed. Indeed eome of these Z.L . ftatarthaTta fn- th.rl.ht ld"r P'U- f'y brlsU. With , Oap- jnark. It. hUtory trlbut. for th. right UaJ praon or thing spoken if 0 . y" - . v being given thl. honorable distinction. t Boon to iaebor. ja writing modern Englieh. such com The , amendment, will benefit all mon nouns, are never capitalised. These workers, by multiplying demand for simple rules for capitals as given by labor in factories, on farm, and In con- Luella Carson of the University of Ob struction and distribution, by making con, should be committed to memory by thatn inrl'n.nHant thronrh free use of thoee who know that they have laosej would ' purchase JO.000 acre, of farming land, by making of each a home owner, of memory along these llnea Indeod land at tSO ner acre. This block would and by increase or wages wnicn win me wuoia vi uiu mu wor oi greai pay aa much taxes aa 10.000 acres of rise a. rent monopoly power rail.. 'If.iVv.: .? .AV wif- 166 per aor. farmlnir land. M Vacant lot. and land grant, bur no n a.j ok .b ould h ave it and know It. ThV land value, of Portland and th. dry goods or grocerlea The merchant These ere the main rule, for capltala other larse cltle. of Oregon are more will readily lee in the amendment a By1w,V?r.cpJn!,, mrtnA. . than .even times a. great a the value wide opportunity for Industry, a .reater J- The first .word after a T' ?dl of all th. farming land. Of Oregon, yet employment of labor, higher wages, usuiUly, after the Interrogation point they pay only 40 per cent of the taxes, and an ever enlarging fund for purchase VhiaiaPat Ji f ...r. n U Tha araa. of all fha farming lanA. In or axohana-a. Ha will see that exemp- The first Word Of .V.ry line Of thl. stat. 1. 11.000,000 odd acre, and tlon of the farmer", improvement, and P0?1 tha farmlnr noniilallnn 1 0A 000 Tha tha rflannuraa-ement of idleness of land . . T.n" tlT word Of an exact quota- railroad landa timber monopoHe. and wlU enable and .tlmulate a greater pur- llVA '"S, VI lmr. ' cltle. of Oregon con a tl tut a ver M.OOO,- chaae of building material, machinery, 'J Th,"i, "L . ginning to its end? . The Lord save the "conBtltutlon' . from Its Oregon lera. . " : defence A WORD TO MR. HODSON. 1 R.VC. W. HODSON, through slon. This Is the divine, eternal law; the medium of a paid adver-j immutable as the stars. ' tiflement In a Portland paper,! The Detroit News says: XTo Property JUght... The attorney-general ba. stated that The morning paper stumbles onto Uh.. SKKn'tni. TaSendmeni "wm li the truth occasionally. , It says, for empt th. particular thing. - which it ,.,ffAa Ti... mav Ti. aiimmoa tin aa announces to the public: I Attempt, are constantly being made instance: ji tne election is 10 do i t. tWo basic pursuits of production "The 'Portland 'Jonrnai, In its anx-to w11' human affairs by law, but settled by the vote Id June, there is and home building. The effect of the ..lety to defeat me as a candidate, tor l"e 'ws canl De nclr aapld 10 no need of Bending men to the legis- Monopoly and discourage industry-3o uu nature either as Republicans or as as. 110 saiu. 000 acre., and the population of th. furniture, apparel and sundries. Jus- ,,w m ifii " cities about -8J8.000. therefore under tlce does not discriminate. She benefits u",t'?n' !lId-J1 11.". A0! our present system th. product ot 40 all alika. We have but to obey her n Oh w& whenT it biain. a .entence per cent of the area nays over so per that prosperity which only h. can give 0rllr Zoubu .entence. SI i.no eniii in proauci m wm ne our recompense. Adlectlve. derived from nroner t Th. amendment will enable the bank, noun., unless, by long usage, they have to loan the million, of depo.lt. on lost all association with th. noun., from actual development of Industry instead which they are derived, as, "Christian," of on .peculatlve scheme, to diacount "damask." futur. growth. It will turn th. able 8. The word, street, river, mountain, brain, at the head, of great publio etc., when they are need In connection service corporations from schemes of with proper names, aa, "Columbia monopolisation to expanding their proper River." business aa common carriers. It Is op- . The words north, south, east and posed only to those interests which west, and their oompounds, whenever lence natural uupui iumij tt n.j n u.u r' , ,t enterprlae and Industry. By shifting not .Imply to points of the corapaas; or . . . . . . m H........I.. I .att.nl illraittlnn xe. to lanu vaiue ana ui.cuuiajnn ""-, .v... th- v.iin. ian it ni fn.t.i- 10. Names of the day. of th. week creaaea amount, not upon iana as Jana, '," -- " (h . fh Thl. ml. but upon land value.. 'thereby relieving home bu ding, and land, now barren flnd j,? inclnSAr, of fei.t! the farmer. . waste, will teem with wealth and popu- I" V""."1 i -?i tCi tSi -- Oregon discourage, th investment of Natron, nan, rauure. ami. panics win 'X"A :i...l- .r ;""IZ' tr,r oapltal and manufacturing enterprise, disappear, for failures usually and pan- not oanltailai narnea Tof sea- with high taxes. The, people and, the Ics always ar. caused by schemes of "J- paper, continually clamor for the . in- speculation in corporation rrancnise. ori vestment of capital and the production special privileges over me iana oi me of wealth. Then why dlsoourage It? publio street, and highway.. AT. no,ttour Uw" blghy bBUrdj Oregon will derive more advertlse- i?iii0.7 HSe h nonproductive ment from lt. adoption of thl. am.nd- L.-iH?r.V0.-f.'..iU" ou; mont, attract more capital and settlers sand, of natural manufacturing sites? , n th. vr anant fnr that 60 ner oent of the land (the moat val- a . . ' . . . . usdi. iana) pays less tnan 40 per cent of the taxea That Is to say, less than one fourth of the population pays 60 per cent and three fourth, of the popu lation oniy nay to per cent or the taxea. This is srlarlnalv unlust. Th. supreme court recently nullified me customary 3uu exemption or farm er's and householder's belongings, yet under the same law millions upon mil lions of monopoly values bo free. It should be noted that if this amendment! 1. adopted, tne taxea will rail in an In creased amount, not upon land as land. m. . , . , , . 1 Lfian Mil LllVt IUUI1UJF VVOl ,11 i7tZTJt K..w.iXn?. d tt wlU place thl. KiAi.;.!"" on 5".h the mo.t progre.. the Republican nomination for state senator, accuses me of being an ad vocate of Boodle, Booze and Bri bery," and he adds an expression of the hope that "all decent citizens will make a note of The Journal's methods.", . Of course The Journal made no , such charge, nor Was there, in the ; article to which Mr. Hodson alludes, the slightest attack upon his per sonal character. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Hodson was ever ' . paid' inpney for his own vote upon any measure during his service in the state legislature, nor that he was ever a 'party to the bribery of any other legislator. So tar as the use " of Intoxicant, is concerned, he bears the reputation- no doubt well merlt-ed-7-of being exceedingly abstemious. These fac. The Journal has always recognized - and has always been ready to'etate without any expense to Mr. Hodson. ' , It.. Is not necessary for him to resort to, the advertising col umns Of any other paper in order to A place them before - the public. But The Jonrnai did say and it reiterates that Mr. Hodson has been .a.. rprElsteot advocate rot "a.return to the old method of electing senators by the vote of an unpledged legisla ture; it did say and it reiterates that '. "boodle booze, and -bribery" were common and almost Inevitable inci dents ot that method and no man familiar with past senatorial elec tions in Oregon can gainsay. It. Mr Hodson himself, knows well that in the senatorial struggle of 1 9 03 ? when he was a member of the lower house, money was used freely and In large amounts in the effort to affect the result 4 Mr. Hodson know. that tribes were offered' during that ses- fion to nembers of the legislature b rid as an Intelligent man he must la Rtvi're that this had been a com tr.oa rractiQ dnriug previous ses f : : ror rm : r ycair. ' ". . .. ' . -v ; . v ' . .thlBz ' "::r. Hod-, changing conditions. question but th. family 1. a better unit Democrats." It really 4?ls not Im f rtlvlll.atlnn than tVi. InlitMiial tT va. , ii in. in in .ii.. i. ...a ...u. . iu ua.. . . a , - - - . . r,t t h. .1,11 portant whether Republicans or deprived of home life i. impaired in Democrats, are elected. If the people hi. development There are a few par- are well served. ents whose greed for gain Impels them to force their children Into the fac tories at too early an age and to keep Nearly all ? Democrats, have regis tered as Republicans, asserts the tnem mere too mucn or tne time, ror mornlng paper. Then there must be some Democrats In Oregon, after all at least voters who are not al each one case of this sort there ar probably 100 families who are forced aeaJnat their will ant hr lc.sn - n.a. slty to sacrifice the best welfare of the ways machine Republicans, children who are of working age be cause the high cost of living? make, lt impossible for people who have large families to support them unless every one capable Of earning a little finds employment. The human specie, has not yet reached a state o; development where natural parental love 1. lost In the homes of 99 out of every 100 work lngmen the chief ambition Is that tha children may reach a higher social sta tus than their parents. Sacrifice I. made to give them the beat possible chanue. ... , Read this over, girls, twice. It contains a lot ot truth. The happiest person we ever knew Is a grandmother! A FANTASTIC PLEDGE. T HE most fantastic of all the pledges yet filed by legislative candidates is that of the Rev. P. A. Bonebrake of Benton county. It runs thus: u . :., "I further state- to the people of Oregon, as well as to the people-of my legislative district, that I will always vote for. that candidate for United States senator- la congress who has received the 'majority of the people's vote. ; at the general election next preceding .the election of , United States . senator - in : con gress." . , Vfis'v 4The trlcfc ixk ! the' statement Is! at once apparent For the words "high est .number of votes" In Statement No. I, Rev.- Mr., Bonebrake substi tutes the word 'majority," "and Jets It go at that. Though purporting to The registration list is crawling un. but not. as fast and far as it should. . It should run up to 32,000 or more. The voters are here. If the railroad commission of Ore gon can , make, its order stick, it will be another great victory for Oregon, Nearly all business, men seem to be ooposed to the Aldrlch bill. But Morgan wants it. v f Letters From tte People ' The Rule of the People. Portland. March SI. To the Editor of " Th. Journal Government mean. svefI gr t yy pe wa, rule. The right, fir power at least, to rule, must be lodged somewhere, and with somebody. The government, of the old world Were put la- th. crown, or at least, in the bands of a few.. Th. people war. - hardly considered. : If' they were thought of at all lt wa. a. "subjects," to b. u.ed a. the crown saw fit All , "right." i wer. In the crown, and th. ruling few. Th. people had no "right. They only had auch :"privUeger a. the crown graciously granted them. History tells how this conoentratlon of power marked cruelty and injustice. The great body UK mo aravl".i wri. iuuuqu ana PIUB' aerea, iiu uiugiiea igr tne glory ubsldis. monopoly and fin. production, to take from the Individual a portion nf tha ttroduct of hla labor and give It to th. land monopolist, (and lt should b. remembered that every monopoly Is at base a land monopoly) for every im- ?rovement which results from expendi ure of taxes, enhances the value of the land adjacent to the improvement. On the other hand the value of any given site la not earned by the owner. He ha. contributed no more, to lt. valuo tt tt H For the Sick Room. UTTON BROTH On. pound lean mutton or lamb, out small; one quart cold water; one tablespoon- Salem, Portland. The Dalles and other I -r -i.- -ti . ful rlc or ban, ,0aked In warm cltle. have from time to time offered I LJL, , w ' .water; four tablespoonfuls milk: salt Ktf.fl. tT ".090 to L Thl. i i no war on P.rsonj-no appeal taDpcnrm. mnx.sait tau,vuu to inauce muis ana lactones to I " ciavaa or iittr.uuu uiioitni., uui iu i r-rr . a- - the respective cltlea. and have further I progressive publio spirit to amend a I Boil the meat, unsalted. In th. water. offered to partially or wholly exempt I tax system which has - encouraged In-1 closely covered, until it fall, to pleoea them from taxation. What doea this I lurlou. .peculation and discouraged the Strain lt out add th. soaked barley or mean If not the fact that these com- increase of Industry and wealth. After trice; simmer half an hour, atlrrlng munltle. have consented, to purchase of I more than 40 years of statehood. Ore-1 Often: stir In th. seasoning and the landlordism the privilege to have an In- gon had only 416,000 population in 1900. milk, and simmer five minute., taking dustry In their midstf For In almost Her area 1. twice a. great aa New York, care not to burn. Serve hot with cream every instance the bonus offered or about a. large aa Old England and New cracker.. given haa equaled the value of tie de- England combined. They surpass her Sago Qruel Two cup. water, two aired site and the taxes for a term of n nnmtUtinn ino thnaa whlla aha air. tablesDOonful. sago, three teasDOonful year, which under our present system passes them in all that should draw white sugar, one half pint of milk, one are adroitly levied on Industry for the I population and enterprise. If Oregon tablespoonful lemon Juic, nutmeg to uenej.it oi iimiiuyuijr. inn amendment I were a. densely populasea a. Rhode I lBBlw' Bnu ymuu ui "u rui, uie mmv will Druij,ioiu iu atnie miiiiuns ' or I xslahu She would have 45,000,000 people V,B waier wuue coio, ana warm w d0llI?Al5ftIl,i. Dow f.ln. V oth5r This amendment appeal. f to tnat "ln? Jn Afa"??.Lbo"i, JT.Hlr: iti.ttitfinhiriii, ..in.i... I tnougntiui conservatism wnicn Knows i i. rrh.- hnii in ninnt.a .... iv - ....uw.ww.h. -u. Y"-Ua 'o0. . ,.v i Thar wa nava nnn.i rnn via. in. nrvir I r . awln. Tir m Ifl.n. will .flu.. n n n ' . . " w . . . I .Im. all freedom from taxes will cause manufac turing plants to enlarge and new one. to b. established need .hardly be ar gued. To thl. manufacturer? all agree. roster Trad.. . A. high-tariff men would . say, ''to stimulate manufacturing will provide a 3 the - crown, and th. : maintenance ; : o aDeciai nrivuegea - The men who formed the American government .aid this Idea of govern ment was wrong. - That Instead of on. man being born, .addled and bridled, and another born booted and spurred to ride him. all. men are. born with equal natural rights and that .11 are entitled to life, liberty Snrt the nureuit of happiness. So, they said the . power of gov ram tut shall b. taken out of tha hand, ef th. few, and placed In the hand, of the ' many. They .aid the majority of the people can be more safely trusted to form and administer Just and good government than tne crown and nis advisers, and they put the government in the hands of the people. iney turned tne uia lunaa up- Side down. They reversed tne old oroar comoletely.. placing, power wnere it or right belongs, and where It must and will stay True, these Ideals have not been per fartiv rarrlad out in Dractlce.. but they must not oe lost ur tusuuuuw xur ail that Men have not practiced the gold en rule very much yet but lt l. beau tifully true, nevertheless, and I believe will prevail at last. unaer tne new order of things this government was not to have "rulers" Over It but "pub- lln servants." to transact its pusineas. This country waa to be a republic and not a despoti.m. Washington, with hi. great compre hensive mind. w the loglo of the new situation, and deplored the fact that so many Americans failed to see lt These Americans could , not shake off the nM man from across the sea.- They were aristocrats at-heart and loved con centrated power and special privilege. The crown, the crownl They wor slilppedtrni.tru.td.; or hated, the, "rahhla." the "mob." the common peoplewho dare believe that, they could tdmini.ter. publio affair.T -w. hava a drear of that sam. lov. of power, ana or special privilege, turn fllStrUBL ' OZ : DUDUU v vuiuq. uivu u. yet Uppish people .who like to occupy the high .eats In th. synagogues, and hold the-publio office., but who do not Ilk. to consult publio opinion, or consult the people whose, patronage not f servants.".' ; In off Ice, they want to serve their own interests, and not the peopla'a They feel they ' uric of, royalty; "laird" Jn. the hatching, and wear too good clothe, to be told by Just "common people" what they .hall do and how to do It Thoy want to go back to th. . old wallow out of which our. father. lifted the governmental concept If the people ask these embryo ruler, to respect th. popular choice for United State, sen ator,'. wun a naugnty wave . or in. hand they reply, "No tag for met Don't I know, better than you. who should be' your- senatorf" I. It dishonorable or ' unmanly - for an employ. to take order. .frora'; bl employer? . Are not th. peopl. in power and authority," and have they not a right to say what .hall do aonei - It seems almost incredible that In , thi. day and age, and , with aa our experience in government. there seems a to be call for tha ..I. .1 n . . A , L uiwuhbivii va. iiiavoi e au ruuinieniary ana lunaamentai. - is a man, woo tv hook or ' erook secures a ' seat m tho legislature a "ruler,"- wno need not un bend, to take' pointer, from th. "mob," or is he. just for the time being, a so far as he ha. gumption enough to comprehend the wishes of his con stituents, to do their will and obey their orders? Which? a To make this plain, matter plainer, If possible, ; apply It to other affairs. Suppose one out of employment should seek and find It In a bank, or business house. Because his service, were 'ac cepted would he therefore become a manager of the business? Could he rightfully refuse to take order. , from the proprietor, who gave him his place? wouia ne wear a - taar- ir ne am, tne work assigned mmr iveea ne reel hu millated because hi. employer tell, him what to do and how to do lt? . Ta aak such Question, is to ' answer them, and the principles involved apply wiin nquui iuiue ajia cmmni to tne man., who - takes a legislative position He s-oesio " the-T6sTislaturtr not" on business of hi. own. or of hi. own creating, but he goes to serve the pub- aone. ir ne snouia go there to rill his own pockets, ho ought to b. recalled, lust a. th. proprietor, of a bank - or business house would turn a man out wno, tnougn an employe only, should Insist on his right to run the estab lishment aa he saw fit, and not as they wanted Ji uune. ... It all depend, on where the right of government ia, ana wno i. to oe served. If the crown 1. in power. It must b. served. If the people are In power, they must be served. If the politician, ar. in power, they will servo them- seivea - ino aouot sdoui tnat. a nn. didat. who will not obey the publto voice ought . not to be ewt.i1 tn th. 1 Jt... . T r-. lCJ.(lua, UliVi v. AlXJbruS. to .peculation. - Oregon 1. rich. In P- . " An .VZ,,.r.Va t . . i ...j tugar and lemon and pour into a bowl the law." that the abu? of nature HJH- ' s. frfta n tha hand nf Indnatrv I xumei waier oiiuen oi iuuw nioeiy , may ne tree to tne inana or inaustry. lurr.ns,A .nhnnt hum n. Knin. w..r andoVsed) led Februarv 8 1908 W to cover. Pour over thi' boiling Water (rKw:dBENSW.FSec7ry3'of "stat.. Lh.8. "l.'I?!? Vy.&J2 ... . . i H ii i i - Via VlW ,.-. IB VT VtVI tiV&B B.V atXVO I V BBk41U k . ,, v I a piec. or ice in eacn giassrui. xr tn. pany wUi use,. and how many; realise phy.lclan think. It fafe, add a little what dredging can b. mad. to mean in Mmt teaLmade from tha areen laavaa Oregon, f reaUy do not bellev. that ored to eSdor ho?waterd .wIS there 1 one .tngleclaim Thoma. Law- M 1. pflaibf. and he&inV to Vh. un moao. wi u.. u,BUUOmi vrmgin. stomach and bowels, company of Alaskahat cannot b. mad. gage tea, sweetened with hon.y, i. ... ... Y.B.,w v gooa ior a sore tnroat, usea .. a gargia, gon posslbinues, , especially- n Baker ith a .mall bit of alum di.solv.f In It county, wnere tne greatest gviu. weaitn of our state has been found.- Dredging is a mining method that 'wholly elimi nates th. element of chance. Simply Mary Margaret Anglin, th. celebrated .peaking, th. presence of gold Is first American actress, was born April , determined, next the practicability of 1876, at . Ottawa, Ontario. ' She studied working the dredge on th. particular for the .tag. In a New Tork dramatio area in question, and then the Work I school and her first appearance In a begins a. sure and simnle as dla-B-ina-lschool Deriormance attracted the favor potatoes. I understand the greatest able attention of Charles Frohman, un- Margaret Anglin's Birthday. , Tnkon and Oregon Dredging. To th. Editor of Th. JournalIn pa- ruslng the Yukon gold advertising put out by , Thoma Lawson the. ouestlon come, to my mind, how manv wiLnrAn in Oregon - really know anything about areaging, , tne metnoa in. Alaska corn- gold dredge in the world la now ann. cessruiiy worging at uoia Hill, and plans are under way for dredges in the southern part of th. state as well a. in Baker county. Then why. do wa nnt near mqre aDout in-egon a. a gold dredging center? Why ' doe. Alaska loom so largely on the horizon in thi regard r onnpiy oecauee uregon a dredg ing opportunitle., like so many of her other industries, have not been brought into the limelight 8 Fortunes are to be mad. In tnis one Industry alone, and it is-as yet unknown. Those who take UP -,2,f-:'drdinf vork before: aaatam tie. will find themselves capitalists hi th; future. .. E. B. HAIOHT. 229 Beach .treet. Portland.. i esMataBBaiaka-aaaaaBataaa- "": , 'j. 'J,:,': iv;': April." - -Th. wet mind blow, along th. Ian. A thrill of laughter faint and wim- 'Tis April come again - . inimitftDie child! , . She play, her prank, with .very bud And haunt, lt like a frolic a-hosf But violet, o' the' wood She teases most. -.-y They open Wid. their wondering eyes: eue (jimii, vncui wun a anower of . rain. - And then at 4hetr surprise :. . She laugh, again. tr race Hazard Conkllnr Ainslee'.. , , in ' April Gold Beach Globe: After a 'del a v nt three weeks the Agness rarer -mall ar. rived here Thursday and tha patron, of the postofflce started home so loaded with packages and paper that little of them but their ear. could b. seen. der whose management she later acted for several seasons, ultimately becom ing tho leading woman of his Empire tneatre siock company. ner -professional work beg&n with the role of Mad eleine West in "Shenandoah" In 1894 at the Academy of Muslo, New Tork. Her first : important part, were Mer cedes in "Monte Cristo," -Virginia in "Virglnius" and Ouhelia In "Hamlet" I all played with James O'Neill. Her mo.t momentous achievements have heen Koxane in "jyrano ae uergerac, Mrs. Dane In "Mrs. Dane'. Defense."? Mabel Vaua-han In "The Wilderness,"? Marguerite llautlei1 TnTThe tadv Of &mf uamenas," wester Trent m "Zira,? Frou Frou Paula In "Tho Second Mr.. Tan-ii queruy .nu nuui iivruui in Ana ureal Divide." : This Date la History. 1266 Richard II of England born at Bordeaux - 1782 Washington Irvlnr. AmnHnan' writer, born in New York City. .Died at irvington, ruewixork, November J 177--Frar.cls 1 Lee, one of th. .Igh ers of the American Declaration of In depenaenc.,. aiea. . Born - October 14 1734. . ' -v.t 1822 Euward Everett Hal. born i Boston. - . ; . ... -" 1837 John Burroughs, famous Amer lean naturalist, oorn at Koxbury. Ne York. ''.''".-r.'rtV., 154 John Wilson v tChrlatnnhai North) Scotch "writer and poet, died Born May 1. 1?8S. 1665 Federal . troops occupied Rich tnond, Virginia. ' , i 1KU8 China leased'. W.l.WaU Wl in Grest Britain. v-. 1 1902 Large section of A flan tin r.lt destroyed by fire. I , . ; . .; j