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Newspaper Page Textf v ----- . - TUB eJOUENAL t At EDITOMAL BGE OP . - - - . ; ' -W " . . I . . - . I ..." .' 1 1 ' aaaaaaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa--a---.i , i , . . 1 1 o Si m ,v;- . I ... .jmau vnani?e ; !,-. " .11 , , THE JOURNAL ,' AN IXPtPCKPEMT ; IWtFAPtU ' c. a JACKSON. Pa-lUna? I lBtillBhrd Trv avmlti. rnt Saadart in" rtary Similar einmlna. at TIM Journal Boll j Int. flftk ami Vani-in streets. Putt land. Or, Election , Comment The Victory la' Marion. From the Sulem Journal. Br the election of a 8uUmot Na 1 together merely for meanness, or I bo at much at aea on the question a from a whim, v On the other hand thla on la. Tha favorable report ot the house can do almoit nothing on the house committee on the Fowler leea permlttod by the speaker and his bill will probably, under the rnlei, appointees on the committee of rules, .which can be used to abut off de- ThAV ran hlnrV itmul an. Kill in ,.,--. Itm v.- .. V,..a I . . 11 - ' an... .a. w I -iw iva. yBBj V tun uvuji I Oeleva t Ion anit ninfln. .hi. art... , a- n.ir ih. a..,-... ,.-.. th. .1 i., . J T,BUon and carrying this county for " . vam (wra, vut iu. ovuaio i tiaciT iu ll Pl-V lb mm I a, Statement Nn 1 ..Ml,tata -.r ullu. KM,-- at lb. a.Mn. at Portland. Or., bi practically WHOOUl aeoaie, aimOBl me nOUSe Old WO Aiaricn Bill, , lor. th people of Marlon, rmintv h.va r.r.aawioa uiwujfB ! aa aisaa j any measure, lta opponents of both So nothing to reform the currency won a signal , vjttory over machine '....r ... . I parties being effectually gagged and! will be done, and perhaps It Is asPOI'tic. . 'a",, lple. Thus Well. W doubt whether. tn con" j to AtheVprTmry 'elecfloif'fe 'needed l Tail ill .TriAMinv IK. ...,.,,...,, .na I tha arwkaVAP mil hru nt V la llanfan. I mmm ('.Ma I 1 " Primary election ! needed 10 Caat aiii Mti. BUMtt Ui. I T " " ""K.. , i ui,y unaereund Uie mafnltude their . ; , ante oerome pracucany me nouse. imng, eren ir it sincerely tnea to ao w"" ... - ufJr'lnlT All the rest of the member, are mere so.' It .might a. well adjourn, with t2S,At BruWiJ Btiwirm. s Vif aiotf nJw ' lgure-heads. They might as well the record -of the most do-nothing '?pc porpoee of mkm ioriaitive '"" Am. ct Btty at home. Of course the speaker congress of our history. " , " tirai B(tPpth2d ithofe1 prty 1 nach.m"y tiNKTlntloa Trma ht m.U ta aar aiMraaa and 018 trlU m Vlrate 00 not alWtlS eX II mi Lulled (talra. ( anaoa er Masioe. DAILY. Ooa rf ...... ! I One taeatfc ..I i . SUNDAY. One Jf.L $.M ) Oik montn UAILV AND SCNDAT. , One rar.......7.M I One month I rnlnet Ptatemant Nn. 1 ercls. this power; membera are Km M tSDEPESDKXT . MOVEMENT. M "5.itu. ani u.M 'th.0 or.n.-I nun iii u .tnii convention ror tnat ' If It Is a little harder to build up character than repu tation, it Is only so In the be ginning, for mere reputation. like a poorly-built house, will cost aa much for patching and ' repairs, mm would hare made It thorough at first B eerier. Ml some little leeway on 'many occas- m ions; out unaer me present rules tne power Is there, and too often It Is ex ercised. This Is why It is often truly said that the speaker ot the house has more power than the president. Many repreeenUtlres hare pro- T. 1 . , A"! . if opular vjovcrnmcnt in n i . ... . . ' Ipurpoet and aa far as poanlble eaw tolfact doe not mean that the people rule. T 13 Impossible tO turn aside Or " thai Statement Na l Hepubllcana a V matter of fact tha area t majority oam up a gatnered tide of pub' ' BV F1TEDEIU0 JT. RASKIN'. ' . "(Copyrlaht 1108, by Frederlo J. Haakln.) ' ' . , Taklo," March 22. While the Japanese constitution bases the gov ernment upon popular representation and the will of the people, anrf while these forms are rigidly adhered to, Japan , has no' such '.thing as "popular government". In the American Interpretation of the nhrase. Th" constitution limits trie Imperial power, but at the same time It declares the emperor to be "sacred and lnTlolIble." . The imperial diet is organ ised and conducted along the lines of parliaments of other constitutional monarchlea, but It reflects the purposes of an oligarchy rather than the wlU tf the people,, . ; ; ' ,,i;;,A'."; : ; :,..;.. .'...., TV. .... .... 111 . m . u . . 1. 1 .. . a . ' . . . .K . . . ' a uw tbiuiibiuu i r ii i in. auiLirL .u auvnrnnn nw a miiitawu . . ..v. it,. i. - a . l:. . .i: t:: ::.. ' t vih.i- -um w n . . miiia uuuui.i iiuu w u. in. 1 1 a uiii n ru.n.n m ii.ii. uii ia pracHicaiiv aammea, out aa tne houee la eaaentlally arlatocratlc. thla ..Tih' country has heard from Oregon again. . , . . ( . t ty the n. oin i.m.1 e hai been i ' m m . ... Mr. Bryan rylng much.- ,., , V! ft ' - ,-..f i . ua be thinkful; EUla hain't never dona Qothln', . , . . , , . . f . . . . . e e ' '-' ao7.Vn7JeVrUM " WM .-lf rra.va t ... -' . has oftn ruHhed a nation Into war and man cnunieu ine coat anerward. ' - . : C.rAt Kaaa cf Japaneee People 'Is tTa thlntlng and Impro-idapt. . The grwt maaa of the Japanese peo P'.. thoe a-low tho rank of votr. la uniiiiiiKtuK ana improvident. It la. taatad. and are t.rotat!n. arafnat . . ,a a . Kw'V flt4 aga nat -- ; - ' - " yrenwa m wiuvaprcau uareeu mere 'fa 1111 otwement rvo. 1 tho" I fcowever, (ntenaelr patrlotlo and full ofj. Btowly but aureiy the flrat baaeball ' Lu? rr.."plr.,t- Civil affaire of govern. dar for IH)rUand draw, nlgher. "JT not the convention. . lof the Japaneae publlo knowi little and . The 1 nt.n tnr mtmm .la ftanlaiM a a A I Aa aa. v .a lie Sentiment, Once set In. The J principle of Republlcanlam . aaalnat linen t. The auffrage la real rioted by heart of the commonalty throbs r. lat. V - lia Me. - I- . w. -a 'H e I -. geOat ei a w II V aM fVtBJ Vfla-HV W IllllW wun me apiru oi. cnauge. ine re- oemn airect primary, lew. I vital Intereat lo publlo affaire that ment attract no attention ' from thla . , , , iiiuiwi b ui.uuira i nn- are eaauy oomipiea, ana nence I c.eea. ana 11 iorrows Its. I practically declared agalnat any Japaneae parliamentary, el-ctlona are -vholiirfrom . mflitarv aourcea. -i tui Biu-niini na i men saving a i auction ealea or votea.' The average I the middle claaa rouet atand alone a. aMD anfl aettlea connrtlon 1 1 " pfni in onoee cy eucceaarui l aaamai tne preaent tenaencv of tbe and absolute power In the hands Of I. v.. ...,.vrit!f.?. nd fn"J'?". lower house la mI4 lovernment which U believes jneana . juut tne purpose was declared in the I this aunt la widely distributed It la avl. I The middle class knnwa that lh resoJutlons Uiat were adopted and all I dent that the average Japaneae elector lernmenl la not now reeoonalbla tn tha Ton Tanwia v,. ui. a . a . . i . . . . . uiamvii mr uw slrtng the nomination. nill0-rJ!T'a?'ry heup' th fragments of amaalied machine. , . -, t . 'Jtr.O""' W(n'5 et ,n southern negro votenor . anybody elee. . e sponse to Koosereltlsm Is the ex- ', m".7,Ya 1. .i..?1 .Wa -ln,jr ,r .lr co.rrupUM' and nence ciass.snd it Jborrowa Its., opinions wnwir 1 draws nlgher,. ',. e - a -jru.diM aff,r' Orar l not reeponelbla for the actions of bis fool frtends. MORE SflSSTATEMEXTS. parliamentary el-ctlona these rules, which place almost sole I IjUj. on the legielatlve ticket although I amount aoent In bribes by aucra - "ocratio legislatlre ticket wfll 1 pretty surely win In Linn county. , . ' - , e. ,.,-,? Everything eald agalnat he hen la hereby retracted and apologlaed'for. ' t ,('.- a , , ; i - fore, bv m ,ff0rt( be actually cap-!.." I" V ood rhinoceros coats luiBu ur ini nsoDie. this is what tha l cvnunaiviy. law or. na naat aia l a .. .... vw..va.wa, , - . . . . . a , w, . H , . , - I a I .v.- " 1 .v. I tlnlr ..j Ml. a. I k . k.. . I . . 1. .1 . j .l. . I Dlia. , " I reiorm. a reasonaDie revision oi me 1 univoraai ami -,..),. (,. I " . " ... .vr,J r .i.T...r. "a I rrrt.J '"7 i,u.u.n I -T'.Z.z:. ,"" l.."""? "is!1 in . ... . . v. i . s y irii:iiJi wivirimw Mautiua uiainjoa, or xeuaai loraa.' bui i y . r"'a w uu. i ney are I u Vwv- miv I United States Senate IS tne bOme Ofl"!;.5; war opuiiblb, ranraans 1 ww nosis or aamurai, poaaesseai represented in tne house at all. the speaker, and many of these pro- ben Imnosed noon hr those In eon- taaflfiar n.nli.n a.a T)annKHn.na aa I . . . r . . I 1801 U IWnS tliat Were SdOPl ,, . a . . a.w mm mm aw..a, .aa. myv . ...a mL au.ll uiuUii. IWDI w. alls uwa OVl VIKf nigf. eSlimai UpOII 110 I lWuiar Wlii. SUI II lOinKa It" flSS "... mmm wwvvi .Mi irv TMi.vua v. L, BO various OT- j-..,- hare aoeclal nrlvllct-fia h rrty were lined tip for the program I valua of his franchise, ganlsatlona Of the country ought to -hich ther are ahled to nre nnoA 0VVk".b i.hMV Mr "Tlaid iaae iuo uiaiicr up ma uvmaaa great opportunity In that the forma nf I that the preaent I sovernment are popular and may there. I arovspnmanc is1 rap aiiDarior ta i iur uy the multitude. The conviction IS I ' PSewa nirea in me uaiem Btatea-itnat wmcn obtained until fifty rears i. ; a a . . .- nnmlnaHna thai- . ji.. A woman fiunil a iMa i. . i i 1 . Mlh la.n. aaalaaM fUiaAa..!. D.a... IK. . akl . J. . 1 . k. . t I Ind if tha. WMwaaMM.an lit I . . . 1 "TlW Kilt thln.a .1111 . . . aalaaaala. a A aaaJala I I ' ' aaaiaum, aiMW.a, U j. - a . .ia4. v. KIIU UIUII IW T'l " ivi.i gm.iii Will VIUI. HI Will I . ' UU WUr CDUIt IS entrenched and predatory Interests I hes and what-not I common people. Nowadays if one I t0 elected by a fair count. , the next I due- -1 ' THB advocates of SUteraent No. and that It is the Instrumentality by Py macninery ana tne ""Kes cooiie ne ie almost certain to i.V"' , contain at icaat a re . i .... tt.a i n. nraa nv aw nan van ..ui.i, , party organisation wit uaed to defeat go to J(U1, be hie provocation to anger ever fpectable number of actual repreaenta t; 1, says the morning paper, IT WAS PLAIN HAJU-KAKI. which betrayal of the multitude Is (r.e Statement No. l candidates, who so great It muat also be admitted that """ ' ,n people who will set them "are endeavoring to establish . ' '.' ' accomplished. No man claims that were new men of little political expert- the present government la benevolent ??lvM ln "trong opposition to tho ..... " ' ... . ... . . ' enceand small means or reaourcea. In many waya. that It reatwrta tha nat. plana of the military oliararchy. '. Ja spite of these disadvantages thelural rights of the loweet claaaea. and I Toklo bank president who has been firataman' Ma I man aU a .Imil H. I that It la aa a alial. wlaala. Jnlala. I Mrnfit lit hla enlavnra tn twilnt tory at the handa of tha people. I tered. But for all of that it Is not I th lsngers of tha preaent spendthrift I Hobaon. If tha Statement No. 1 men bad had I truly "popular." I course. Is now a candidate for the lower! statement that he wal defeated millions. Every man who speaks on fixation, had got their voters The bou-e of renreaentatlves is com- "10," e0,"" nf,n ."'.B .J.'J: .JA .w5" ""yious sentiments a situation that a Republican legisla- by Democrats. If he is wise enough the subject, no matter what hla poll- Kwou.d have no'm wbjSu if a patn v,t0 th1 IHE advocates of Statement No. non-partisanship in the elec tion of a United States senator as a fixed practice of Oregon politics; they are trying to bring about such S and that it Is the Instrumentality by I ENATOR rJEULTON has made body to be the champion of the some blunders: One of bis masses. No man declares it to be an greatest Is . his post-primary Instrument for deliverance pfth -wjyaJ?rwr,rM ar non th less im-' Ing dry ?CU" mur,ulu 'r- -- ' ' .,-e ' e - . . ' .. '. ' . A Jan ill awtan lnnll. k. a-. fcTAh olh JV.: Wire thi niwVlo !?S "'Jl' 'M" t0 .t0 United State, senator, he tic. rellgloE i or JJX- JfttTO S MKt m- i Of preaatory I Mnon ounty naa ror once got intoi S9rtP'uZ. is enxiueo to vote. I :" --"T anuo weito pieces. tha ..la " wiin ine great political tiaai move-1 vihto du, wiwi population -v -;.', .w. . a. . . ....I " ' I ment of tha whole a tale. I ?i quite twice as great as that . of I f no no inqiviauaj, is sun i , it i- over the I - I japan, the actual voters number four I , "z 'n -'Pn- ine ramiiy. oonaiat-I will I Paanla Vaaama WlAaaaal I IWH limfl II minw aa (hi JIMnlll 1 a.a a.w. v.aa wi m avrui w null DI OUUH.1 analahaa It U mere I - i-,i.a ..rii,'., T.T.ilJi- .Z I holds and ef hundreds of memhar. ! I elect a Democratic candidate for sen- knows better. In the Innermost re- that the United States senate Is th Vor Kiciog over th7 sior u me ijemocrat snail nave tne cesses ot his own heart, he realises bulwark ana defense nominal indorsement of the "people now that his indefensible attitude to-1 wealth. It was there that at the polls ; : -I ward Statement No. 1 was a chief bill was marred and maimed -- a a a a a 1 I . .... . vi ny is ii mar. our contemporary I factor in his defeat" That blunder protest of Mr. Kooseveic can scarcely ever represent a pollt- was a peculiarly fatal one for any that every measure that tends to leal situation as It Is; but must al- candidate for senator In Oregon. loosen the hold of the special lnter ways distort and misstate it? The , What made It extremely disastrous este upon the vitals of the nation Biaiemeni iso. i aavocates fully rec-lto Mr. Fulton was that Mr. Heneylts quick and ognize the two parties and are not I was accusing him of belna- a survivor "laughter. ...,.a,-, . ciouiioii uua-uariiaaa-1 oi me Old macnine and Its exlstlnc urcauso ui iu icmuuwu suu n tha near memory ot tha partisan and 1 city council. There waa but ana ta Ship,", nor to compel a Republican Lmhodlmflnt and rr.raTitatlv M- this belief, that a reform Of that body ordinary voter has not yet appraised I payer In the ward entltled.to -ote, and Wyl VPA !JL if.?."1? legislature to elect a Democratic sen- Fulton's tacit onnosltion to Btati.li desired. That is why the people &7lr!V. tSSTr-o hVvilln 1.0 out o'i iVhich our i? . I , .1 . 'a-1 laa. ' f J a. - . . " 7 ' W " I IfM , ffl.VaPI.mSnt ftPAaa. l-.a.tn CI-.--a Fn j. Twcouni ivanrxo received 1 te 1 1 a jt ' : . v.. w"p.v-iiyH ath?..if the ux-pavey. tooweik .ven" iH?": , rom tne AStoriaa, . I would ralaa tha nrnnnnlnn muh hlh. The popular primary grows space In I In local af falra, not only the actus. the popular estimation: new to te tasen up aviaiy; too cum-1 tended - to "judicial i: It is vet toolP"on wh0 Py Uxee are permitted 'V7 Mo vote, but ie franchlae Is alao ex- LVldlTS tOO luffl I laaill . la J l.-l- ,. . . ignominious I heraome to be quickly and completely tax lists. Therefore corporatlona have 1 SK5 Unt cU1 ennectlonaand the assimilated; the party council, party la direct vote, in Toklo, Vlacount Kan-I IV'Ji. aml?rar." now. as for a tho a I b0""' PrtT Primary, are lingering yet o waa elected, a member of the ?5,r,l , tne,r opinions from the responsible to society sa a whni. .Tha declalon of a family council In rural Japan Is of areatsr fares anit affat than the decision of a legally conati tuted court These families have their Indl- thousand tha ohlaf of the clan. The Japaneae rule of life Is exactly naturally exnactai that inVa make sweet and nicely flavaraat 'Couldn't aome of our theatrical mi. ol.ndTra 'U.ncl ToVC.blB for e e ' a If we can have only a third-rat ahin 'or two. and S few email fr vaaaaia An we want any? , . Tbe people have yet to beat a num. ??L 1' .,h" legislative nominees throughout tbe state. ws e vavcu. U uuri Ulin HI) Till 11 If in. I snar. IV 1 wm IhI-mm - amkaa,. a a. I Willi, nil riinillH MinilLUr Uirm L. aUM.l.1 vvvi -mi vrs wHuut . a." . .. - .Z uj.,hu, a tutus ii.u. ; --- . I But ha thla aa It may. tha nannla VOte And waa unanlmnn.lv alataA tia I ""?y .means me. Iioerty Of the Indl naraeiy, it a majority or tne neonle thnnaanrta nf ntvnni aa nnaini-- tn I Is the underlying force mat rives I a - ti... k.. .h.a. w mm nnt iiva i- tha .. .vr ..: I viauaj to do as he thlnke best SO ions of the state shall choose the Demo- h a tha machina. Hifii .ni enormous strength to Statement No. Ye spoken, their nominees are named arede of people who did. bad no voice 1 5lr,r.r."i?!? i!. cratlc rather than the Republican .hereby caused thTHeney cmcilm. 1 to Oregon. That, and the desire to e in USS W VP&X ffl LZ ritlo.. mE ti D0Stk. ..-;;, to be far more effective. Regardless fverrowleglveta .mS.wl . S W' "nominal indorse- 0f the question whether Mr. Heney's M the influence that has aroused re- thXt h.;; biin 'raisSd and which "ce.n pie at the polls" I accusations were tru nr fik Mr I Bentment against legislators Who be laid only at thecapltol, in Decern- And what does . m it. . iiin ui iu- pcopitj mi me POUS" arriisntlona vr ten nr filu Mr meanr Why merely 'Uomlnal"? Fultbn's failure to come out bravely Beek to go to Salem on Ulnted Statement No. 1 advocates insist that and boldly for a new clean system P,edKe or no Podges. It Is the WHfWWUI ; . Tha a-nral ttarllamanta alaall... ber next, or thereafter, In the courts. I are manipulated in the Interests of the i Kuril, or ana ih rirn. ini in ft a or imw i rutins oiiaarcnv in manv rrrrmri w. a liticai freedom in Its more modern per- I Bribery is alwaya In evidence. Then, It shall not be -nominal - but real. ...i..: " Z Ii Z" .ZT nower behind the Indeoendent move- 2!?iin " L" fwL !? ! R7"15 mf the date of aft a vt a. . vi jptojih vuuiivi elm ium mxum lniia inn pvu(ii nu - ny eirorx in m eiovuon. cine was. to nave been errectlve, and binding. Thus, in ef- tiona lodrment In the mfnda of thou: ment In various Oregon counties to curb or limit It will be tha signal fori held in April this year, but the com fect. the people will elect their sen- w f fffJSJ? i.i 1.1 " aocompllsh the defeat in June ot can- tririJL11- hSSSA '2r..-J 5I.hTOA A'. S!?a aior. inis IS tne ; only way, for J neatedlr "It was tha mlstAkn 6T his didates sailing under false colors and J has known more of thia benlsoa than "lt. or feared It would cost too much- mantr naiaaa A a- I . I ' " " ("ia0 , I . . . . . . . ....! HIT nation an aarth hilt tha anl I tO hll tha vntara whan Ikaaa n t - e wsnmj.sww life." ; eiecl ,n8leM re&1 tatemen. iNO. 1 mr:n ,, "thaj riniTaious Tliw of ctTstom: Potltlve bidding." sC T'the elVstK wile mis result, i ir Republicans , mostly It was nnttlne- hla own ! rle, candidates. . It Is a Rooseveltlan had set up limitations that had become postponed until June.- If the outlook SJrrtK'S h berte!' 1 tneaner. fit wasVul oV It 1. a movement direct- TaWt iV-" wuj ne elected. If enough of them . ,nii m, -.-, -nati frin nt ed at reform, first at Salem, and the .eoncreta, and the people are rlsina- . The oligarchy which actually rules ... . . .. . , 7 J '.7 I then at Washlnrtnn Patrlnttam ta I rPal' "-na 'aiy to every phase of pan in maae up or tne leader of the Democrats, that defeated him.) fen ai .yvaaningion.., rainousm IS J pubUe independence that la 'presented he two dominant clans of Choahu and He and 'his friends misjudged thel 1 v uu u vv uu l,7l i every aucn Benefit ,, """i" ?, vu" """lonaire Mitsui xam- uie vote for the Democratic nominee he win be cbosen by the people. No I He an(t .. friends misludged the ltt to"Plratlon; and equal opportunity I and , win take over every such benefit Batsuma, of the millionaire Mitsui fam v a i. a " . s-"" i intelligence of the people. - i iui wni-u-uiwauCT, uu wu uu obey that vote. ' ; I ... .. v a.J -a : mote be stonnd than the flow of th waters oceanward. Higher Will la chanced. Tha ImarlMn and Engllah Idea of popular govern ment is that tbe power la granted from If the next house of representatives not DemocraJlfl It a-m u . u - rights of others I fault of thia congfeaa. When Mark Twain saya the ocean Is wet, people think It a arrrat inks ha. cauee Mark Twain said It Alfred Austin has succeeded in wrlt- e ' e ' Vv hat ra fiaaan .na1a1 Waa a . Mat. Gould with some .true American man-, bood, a lot of muacle. and a No. 9 boot , . , e e A woman explained that she did not r0WER OF THE SPEAKER. intelligence of the. people. The Journal here declares and re iterates what everybody knows, that if, when this paper appealed to him . I tn An mn ciaa.ia. ip..tn- v-j I ' Thft f!nn Bay Warhor. aftnr mm. g 1 r w ,ueBt. irom me i . " , , - - !7 v.ITZ: mentlne at lenirth on Th Jnnrnal'a 1 ! 1 foi who mocks l-f president, or the American " . H l - . rt . "v""1' " rZt "..i..i7 ,.... n..T; ' 9 namper hi II Newspaper Pnbllshpra' ' an. otaiemeni iso. it ana naa requestea vw "' ", X "rBpw.r. rn.D'18ne, asso- . . ,.,.. tn . t.M mnma . portland " conclndes! "Hov-r. ciannn mrmt nia mnnrtwra. r4" "v..a Mv .uv ..wv. uv n va i i ' - - - The Oregon Election. PVom tha Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Nelson of Wisconsin replies that he will gladly do so if an opportunity occurs, but goes on to say; ,i ' 1 : ' "Doubtless by this time your as sociation has learned from bitter ex perience ; that the members of the nouse nave been deprived of their in herent rights of initiative legisla tion, being recognized to support measures, or of having them consid ered by, committees and reported to me jiouse -in short, the legislative power or me House of representatives has now been merged In the hands of me speaker, his two aesoclates on the . committee on rules, and the chair- : man or tne committee on ways and , means." ' Enclosed with this response la a , resolution: which it is supposed jur. jveison means to suggest should be adopted, of ? the whereases of wnicn the following Is a summary: "Whereas, The parliamentary sys- iem now in use Dy the house of rep resentatives was adopted from the .ngiisn nouse of commons during rsii oi me tour Georges, the worst period of English parlla , mentary history; whereas, thepresent : procedure has become t so complicat ed, arbitrary, and cumbersome that most of Its, business has to be trans acted under, unanimous consent,' sus pension of the rules, or through rid ers on appropriation ; bills a pro cedure so bewildering that It has re cently been acknowledged even by a member t of the committee on rules that "comparatively few members of tbe house Itself, much less outsiders, have any reaf knowledge of the . rules." i:J;fft'?'v ; And, Whereas present conditions and the national welfare call for a revision of the rules of procedure and parliamentary practice,; therefore re solved, Then follows an. evidently well-considered ; resolution detailing - the desired changes. : , j .. We are. not sufficiently Informed to say whether this resolution is Just the right thing,'; nor. Just; how the rules ehould be revised;, but that some change, to curtail the arbitrary ana almost absolute power of ;the Fpcalcer, Is heeded Is manifest Ex tremes In both directions should be avoided The: senate tmlea run to one extreme, and allow unlimited de late, so that in aoine cases a single k rmtor. by continuous talk, ean: kill ft 1 HJ that pcrlip.ps the majority want t r: s. A snator-taa talk for days ment for self-deliverance, and can no I their own affairs. Tho doom of thelre8ent tlv" or six families, which are Dosa nas been sounded and he may. aal"'1 powenui oy right or tradition, anl wu go graceiuuy, ror go be will, if I V'J " me win or tne em the trend of sonular onlnton hnMa a .a I peror. Aa the imnerlal household- ii It never turned on Itself in American I connected intimately in political and history yet ' . buainesa affairs with the membera of ine transition Is slow, but Immut-1:2" ""sercny. mere is no friction at a xmjiuw, peopis may protest Ta 1 "v1'1"' aa inucn-as tney line The Intelligent business 1 men and publicists of Japan who ars not con nected with the ruling oligarchy are unanimous In their protests &galnst .uriiirr impoyerisnmg tne nation ror toIc the fantastic, claim that li was If all other Portland Papers would I a ..7:. " V" 7?r":v 09 PndItures In unproductive . invest- .. . , , . ,, . - - , ..u.0 .iviuu tor ui peopie aa i menu, i ney ao not want war with any defeated by Democrats. The senator I be as fair In all, their dealingB with I against the politicians and it may be jbody, and they do not see the sense of is a victim or plain, simple hari-kari, us oay as ine journal is, this sec- tfy ?h".?i Tvn.V i!t0 Sra to bi'fourtT "w " not Of Democratic ambush. I tlon would have little cause for com-1 cannot truthfully be said that the boo- But tho-mtuury clique,-' always as- plalnt. The Journal is rapidly gain- or Ja"ut0! Oregon have not ?ilST. tZtT,. JS Jl1 ?rV5" aw innfnn -nrrrnntr 1 1 a. -a i- iti. a, wnai mey nave unoera I f T . ""i m, y...ui w ai juniiw XH-MJI.M.. iims sfuuuu iu iuib aecuoa u wen aei taken to do. The Orkronlan ha. maa I epi oonunuauy Derore tne public mind ... ... ... ... I. .a a . . . . VI . 1 H a u IB. f 1 1 a . . . ... . K a l.aa .a Ual. .. eisewnere m me state oecause of its I m""jf na ojwer xignt against state-1 1 .a .l. ' ","'z' ""v? T th.bmtopr;S umphanuy nominated, the editorial appearing in The Jour- TXZo paper on the free list. LpresenSve not now feel Impelled to naM, extremely fair to JtaJ nd ta th. atate of SrlgTTvZn ' To I in some quarters, not only that Oregon a great many Democrats regis ment No ;. 1 and the strongest snd most L"T Ka hlr Sff" le4:f a.ma'.l5 have favored Senator Fulton, a. i innn i i-jf. 10 assumea, ana even assertea, aosolute fairness to ererj Bectlon oil powerful "intereetr and "ini mere poiitictanc They bare VSt Tlie 1 " --- - -.- sa,a-A- Cake has , carried -Multnomah 'oinntv sovernment trr.nl n n gwfci iiui.il. muav uaj w ACCD Is one of of the whole pies choice, for senator. Just as the I It Is thus that Reoubllcana In Orea-on electoral college is a mere registering I have been knifed In the house of their body, for the people's choice for presi- friends that Is the political regime of Rieai xuttuj uemocrais regis-I r - I right under the afunS of r tha onian I n tne government must p tered and voted as Rennhlirana In the whole bunch of 17 leeisla- by more than 2.ffoo. . staiamat 5?Ai h16 1". the limelight -Thf - . . . i- 1 a a a a ' -aja aV I W r tV. O t-WMt-l tft a 1 V rkAIMttl a-.T V ata kala in the late primaries, but that they tive . nominees from Multnomah k'n by theorerotf'ed-. -TtaVdoV lVr "whue Japin ii all, or nearly all, voted for Cake for county there is not a lawyer. It used candidate to the legislature to vote tot o10a0nmtntrywanrbit 'i-'nfnr.Jw senator. So IntlmatPd Ron.m, P-i. r h aaM that lawvera ivrninM th. .m!. '".. V"ite& States senator ot potaer wr' " unfortunately . . - i;- "". -7 "v"wno snail do tne choice of the majority I - ; ; ton, and so says a Portland evening large a proportion of the legislature, j fif the people, which is taken to Imply I that defeat of FuUon speiia popular paper tnat is toot allowed to express but tills cannot be said any more, at I : H-r,,hYic.n wT,m h-S -isiaiHre vow ror cnamoenain june. v Ttiat any political opinions of real interest least as far as Multnomah county 1. 0 .VrXtlV 1? IVt&JBFilZ ' Cak. bhy' U Fulton bad won overtake, the concerned. Of the whole delegation it. VT"aa?ua cnoice of menus wno, consiaenng caxe the coma dain, wn.,i k' 'a- en n.ini,. - 4i-t a-iLST-JKX'-S H" Pffi'- J oh f weaker man,, centered tneif energies viauaw MHllU nVIMU UB'B UCCU UiaUIS. VI -V. IUWIIUIUK W juiul BCUaLUl . BUU I VUJCVUUH i Ol.Vi LU Ii 1 f.ll If 1 T1 0 Tlf Nf.f a. f I Hlfa rah, T an with ,aMlla n a ...... 11 a . a lti 1 1. 1 a it,... I11 V. I Bllllt NO. 1 lS that it 111 iiBtllltlna la I auu WHU 4UII.0 U aUUVU, It. UUl iUUrB, I JUIUV ICJIICBCUHUID, IUC1V Will HU I na.tv Thla Armm V' . : I - - , . . .. . a, . I plausibility and reason. Indeed.; it but one lawyer, and he a young one. I leal conclusion. ; Th other let ? ?Sl h ' . .. ' la. .a . . w. a . .. ' irmm.t. I. tk. ; ..7" " "".""" "T'Vf . " . "'. wno generally supposea mat jjemo- wr, nacAnnur. - bui in lawmaking! Afinwa that ha iaaT,' crats who thus registered did so tor It 'has seemed that lawye make a.Sav al a a. aa 'la a. . 1. . a . a I "t 1 ' m Ahftl rla ak aa a. A aa a a . . r . . I 1 . a 7 a a a. . a a . . tne purpose oi voting ior ruiton, as aoout as many mistakes as otners. the probably weaker man. on account - Of his refusing his indorsement Off '.: General Nord-Alexis, president ,0fMn ' 14 very evident that from now Oregon Kepubllcanlsm, so-called. SlnfpmATit Nn '1 anrf tha .nta . Haiti." ft .negro, la 90 VfiftrS old nnrl t Z'""??'"-'"''- Propose 10 --"-w' -Mw-i , -j v. - a muu i-uo UbD aiva I l; -r- - - w-. va iiavn lllUtWI Till jr-sa 1 1 ma V nnnnarn In m .V. la.-f-l.il... ' .aa.JUai:a ; A.-2. ; . Ilttaa. .'eiavnntl't n-T,1,.HAH alaaA. la f t lll.ll .K TTJ 0-aa .1U" sv iNiats i l vh I'MniiHiui ua nr. j rnn ti i Liin m mnii l. a rruiin.iiin mbthiiini ri i in i ud u ui ic ia at? i.n ics Hfnu rnr t-nna ..B....... ."."- . .... "f ar I . " "I . " . r ""-Ithew hava raoantt. v.- maries lends color to this conjecture, j was neaaea py uenerai Antenor FlNI " ; . ."7 The better and more-general opinion j mln,'-' ft ; frisky recalcitrant , of 92. j ; Victory for tbe Principle, probably is yet that Chamhftrlain I Nord-Alexls suppressed the revolu-1 :-From the . Pendleton Tribune would have had a hfttter han Hn l tion by. killing all its Participants or The e15""" of Mr. Cake over Mr. beat Fulton than he has to beatlBymPatl1,zerB :1nOnl be Could get hisFuUon 18 0,,.f the greatest surprises I lost none of the. warm personal friend- Cake; yet now the absurd theory Is hands on, 27, more or less. Thel ai, "uu" was gen- snip or nis neignoors ana reiiow towns advanced that Democrats voted for government guard la a force of 6501 ?h1.trCrien1a &&T.'f.! "!?.or hl!B. p"p '.th0 Cake. - . I men, Including their 10 generals and jwnator was a failure, and would much iT.f.tTf AtoriaandK . .. ;-u' - , i a.. ta-ais av ai i i maeea naa. reno innAfi ta ih is. aiAtnan.a i r .. . a . . . . r We suppose the facU to be that no scores m puouramaio orncers. . I But Mr. Caker "triumph la a affifij ?Tn' V J-i.t mr!ir -B'. Ji..f?niest very great number of Democrats reg- . ' - . U TtMf.:-? lstered and vpted as Republicans; "' oulMM V4 is , wwaya i hV sunnort f-lit:?TJZwvWr I to ..awmre tne senatorsmp of that such as did o vot-d .rcnrdri Impudently negligent pf , his Obllga- coVtWe Jon. been Jealous of t-. tha.1- 1.JI.M...I ava ..a Hons to "other nations Until fririiyn ("Ude manner of scouring that re. I , ,. : . , w vuna lumimuBi uuuua ui umu-i . . . , Va w-" 1 SUlt butS Is th best tliei la In iJa-iit I - - tint Inn and tint In nhiuuihuuu nf an. 1 warenipfl neavd In filgnt. and tnn he I and was accent. a. nrs-n in .r"v,. i . ; - Thla Date in Hlstorr. concerted nlan or movement amone I" - once' weakens and becomes re-1 dlr"-i - -J 1707 Henry Fielding, the ."father of rff" !:,PIfffa;mam! snectf nf. 'PerhaPB thefwllv nlrT ft. ?.h.? ''la- .PttJa'Wr ex-1th. Engiiah Sovel born near Olaston- vUCUi, ouu iiiut. iuuuseiiueui.gr nuixioi,- ' j'; ' j " w . ; na ine result I bury, tungiand. Vied in UsDon, October Voted for CflKA and Some for lfllltrtn I '"w .iuo stucuivB- w veuura Ul YlBllS I Vl vuciiuuy aocepiea Dy B, 1764. ZvzJZ-CZ1l?-V1z of dlff-rtnt rrtnntn-- tn .bllcan : voter in , the state. ' 17U-Eleaser Wheelock. first presi uv vioonoiy more i iu3ia yuieu ior " 7 7, i ' . 1 " " cuae in ma situation for I dent of Dartmouth college, born at Fulton than for Cake - y ; 1 wi""'VK'i -ur enjoyment or ;-"', '".1-'l,"l,"?.auu "L8r not likely 1 Windham, Vermont. Died at Hanover, nissuojects. , , ;.n7M. . 'f." ?.,1'. 1".:..n,i"i,,u'' 4 - . .. the people to their representatives "to ling a Doom that . nnhnriv -an ..n. KvevJJan. .a ,ntr"t ot the people, stand; hence he is certainly a genius. The Japanese Idea of constitutional gov. . smuua. eminent la that the r emperor permits ' u.I. ,.v,a a ... . - the people to select representatives to tuJ w ! h n1Wat6 p,c- asslst him in managing affairs for tha J??. 1d..?,i,er. c.an?Pa,fn. announoe- glorr of tho state. 7 , . "I """- or ait tne defeated ones. Japanese) Soa atubject ef I'atber's WIQ ' - Vatil Ke Obtains Xoasebola. v This dlfferencs nht.lna thmiiahmit all forms of government, national, local, family and household. A. Japaoeae son la snbiect to hla father's will until ha establishes a household of hla own. na I attend tbe Mothers' conarraaa hiua inauer K ne is v years -old. Oneisne wse not a tneoreucal mother, but Japanese father the other day declared) had six children.. . ... ' .. . that If hla son went to the theatre hel '' Would disown him. Tha inn mi am K I . A New .Teraav hlnahlr. ma. I. a.a years old, but as he had not aet up alln the . new . spring hat of a young household of his own he cannot do the woman. The young woman wori the impiesi ining against his father's wllL hat to church. In church some of the This father, in hla turn, la ahaoltitelv I membera nf .Ida i..,nH.. aii.a. subject to tho will of the head of family ered the bird peacefully sitting on four council. If it directs him to disown tiny eggs. , The fellow who Invented ma mva, n naa no recourse DUI 10 ODey. The family la sacred, It muat be main tained, and ita mandate, ma mv ha disregarded.. For thousands of years these people have submitted to disci pline of this kind. The law has told them what kind of clothea to wear, how much' food to eat and how tn anin t hat ha lr. .When a aueatlon arlaea aa tnlttnn. policy, the Japaneae does not ask what I e la. best, or what Is right; ho looks to thel Crop . prospects are fins In tu-.i auun nun tvr rcguiauon ana oi-1 county, ' taaflnn ... I - a. . a ThlS method! Of ".dallv Ufa (ill nl Dal ' aml.Ml. ..a ha.ai.l-. . . ...a. ehanied by the adoption of a eonstitu-1 around Milton. , , " " tlonal form of Kovernment Tha eon. I . e e stltutlon itself bows to the law of the! Many fruit and shade trees are being supremacy of tho family council, and set out In Condon. , this story can go to the head ot the nature faking class. Oregon SitkliVLts '-,.. - -aa ' Bandon's new creamery Is In opera- OtUlam thereby recognlxea.a higher power. It Is that the forms of popular govi man t In Tana, .-a -a a a 1 . So rnvarn. I ' A. Y..m it iiifiiiw , a. - - 'J. ' - , a I . ",V " J" a VB U IJii j ip t m5lf venieni i county sold xor 945,000 puMniiioia.uvv ajuliuub aji raxit power I 11 ' Klamatli im. .Alii 1. ILa 1 1 ''M a n . r . 1 is) aLiiA in Liiej ii mi ui oi inn n nnrrnvi -am . ... . . of ruling families, and will be r an trt ... '"!. n..JMMM county such a time as the Japanese mind operations. grasps me raci mat in those forms of I ' .. ' . " .' government they have a weapon which I Work on the Cathollo $ JO, 000 school a. at! aa aatala. JL - . . . I k a I 1 Jl I L a. 1 "t A .. . o overtnrow tne i uuuuwg ia vunaon nas commenoea. - will enable them power of the family and assert the ngm ox tne inaiviauai. An Astoria Opinion. .. 1 ' From the . Astoria Budget." Senator Fulton has cause for consola tion In tne fact that there is nothing in his official career of which he need feel ashamed and -that defeated he has was. Sent to lhance to establish a mnn. astery. Banished from France by the A rTnrvallla nal . In .la ...... her mistress down and broke her wrist. Vale is to have the' larreat war a. ' decree of 1880, he came- to the united I bouse In eastern Oregon asserts that estates, wnore as a missionary he worked wasoue. . . long and ardently. Ha. was of tbe ,. ' , Franciscan mission at Peterson. New Many residents of Lakevlew are set Jersey, when he -was recalled to Oer- !Lnf ont tre" nd otherwise Improving many, having been elected provincial theif property, s . v . In 18. t. ' After servlnar four term a ln " 1 that office he was. In - 1903, made I a ada In King's valley; Benton coun-superlor-aenerat ' of the order Ha h.ty. are all In good condition. SDeaklna- under his direction 18,000 religious of we11 that community. the first, order, some 10,000 Franciscan I ' ' sisters, ard the third order nf St . 1 A Benton county mnn mM it els, consisting of lav persons, now num-i yearling sheep that sheared IS pounas boring about 890.000. , ! of .wool each, for (IS per head. . T T7a-ai A. D. Li ' In one precinct In Crook county only JUCtterS rrOHl tnC irCOple j one voter registered, yvho were . the No Oaadldate May Serve. : Judges and clerks Is not explained. Tha t..k... ..vl..i.a '. ' aoverdale, ON AprU 18.--.T0 the Ed- thS "Milton-FreVwater iTrlnt "... a . 2 ltor of The Journals-Will you answer begins about May l.v the following quesUons, .which may b . " useful to other vtotlng., precincts in L. :f22? !5!Lll5.!2t-.,ay?. fLn."old.Jn a . ( V . '. aa . . I i IWHII.IH VI JT1 I 1 1 II 1 Af 1 . ; Air. Oregon T A. was appointed an officer I Ha rrltnan ought to buy ono or two. of the "primary election board, - After I , i -.' ward he was nominated for county sur Nearly as many fishermen are lash veyor on the ' socialist fi.icet u. lnr the various streams In this vlcinitir served against the protest of a number! this spring as there are fish in the of voters. Was it legal, and is-it legal oreeks, says the Drain Nonpareil. One , Tor any candidate to serve on an eleo-Party live bagged . 600 trout In two I V T THIT TiV-klirT 17T tlTT.-', Anere are some Kepn oilcan -noi HE house committee' on the cur-lnee8 wn0 refused s to subscribe to rencv h am a e'rcerl to rnort the I Statement No, 1 who are ' likely to aiscpver tnat a nomination in Apri ls not equivalent to an election in Jnne. . Fowler asset currency bill fa vorably. , providing, however. for a committee Of investigation ' to consist of .43 members, 11 members of each house and 21 other men. r It is not Jlkely that such' a committee would! accomplish anything. It is unthinkable that so many men would agree and it is doubtful .if even a majority ot them would agree on any measure as a whole, .There would be two and perhaps several more re ports, and the next congress would ; The machine was badly damaged even in Marlon county, and another whack, at it by the people in June is likely, to make an end of it.' . t; '.;:''f.' j- ..:',".": ",". ; TheI)eerlnr corresmnnilent - - ha fi."? Courier says of himself: Uncle Eba .came tn Onmn with jvni 60 cents In his pocket and now he has nothing left but his annetlia an' m.ij office address, but Is very optimistic la regard t the futua just .the same." , on any, candidate from ; United SUtes ivr uuwu. . , j,s--.-. ' ii . -i What Beat Him. J ; From the Seaside ; Signal . We, don't .think- Heney's ' action had a great deal to do with Senator Fulton's defeat at the primaries. Rather, it inmaia w mo Bin ior or tne .algnal It na. in. Riuuvri 1 aimuae " toward Bwwintm o. u coupiea witn a num ber pf rotten - appointments. , Either wuuiu own suiiicient to defeat inn, aiiu uit iwu foinoinea oniy added to the magnitude .-of tha . m,iii. against htm.. However, the loyalty of i:i u.uio .uuui.v uukui to De consoiina to a supreme degree. . . l. polefal Pdlction. - , ''' From the Eugene Register. v"! J After the smoke of battle has cleared away, and the result of the fight Is bet ter uuiemooo, It wjui ja-aftljji hsjuenl 1786 Demerara taken br Great Brit aln. 1834 The auadrunla 1 treaty eataha Ilshed the right of Isabella to tha throne or opain. . --t 7 ... - 1868 The French army defeated the Annam troops, iu.uov strong. . . - 1896 James F. Wilson, who gave the uric oouce in congress ox an amend ment to the constitution abolishing slavery, died In Iowa, Born in. Ohio, October 18.- 1888. x 1888 American squadron undar Dew ey eaiiea ior aianiia. Father Denis Schnler's Birthday. ' -The Most Rev. Father Denis Bchuler. superior-general of the 3rothers Minor of fit. Francis, popularly known as the Franciscan Fathers, was born In France, April, 22. 1864. In 17J he entered the monastery of j Fnlda.- . l.inaiiH fmm Germany at the time of the Kultur kampf, tie took refuge In Belgium and was ordained a priest in 1878, and k.": tlon board? SUBSCRIBE?.: AND -VOTER. Section 6728 Of the statutes of Ore- ays. . , - a ' t New settlers for Harney county from gon7 . relating to elections;" provide- fil Pfrt".?JL t.h6J.V.nl.t? fi.ttea5F f ,Iobk among other qualifications , of judares i'J" ,";mi ". n,,u V" p . and clerks of election thJ.-eMh must h Jal land of ftco are kept busy-mak-be -able to read, write, -and speak Ttho " homestead and desert entries, says English, language, not a candldaU lor th? New.;y ; - t f; ;; passed through municipal The Judges M'ere Wronir. ': Milwaukle, Or., April 20. To the Ed- rvlni on an a1 elec"on' todar Is the primary election, rying on an elee- ne. la the general election' followed , vv ,. ' '' I by.a school election, and later a-presi-; anai..n a arrinn " .. Th . . an.aa.a . a. p. " au.n nviinait 1 IQlaanll. cover the case von man. Inn a. it I centiy Civ..,. . iatir'J inMiia cu.jr uiiuiuto aerving uuq. uuaru, .-.(. a j - aw. . -Iilnntlal alentlnn:. Tnn Tnn.H alantfnn . 'v . ' e ' 'FfiA- fai-miia " srminJl' X Vnaa Itor .of The Journal. I see in Thurs I begun a campaign for . good roads. day's Journal how to prepare a Demo. I South of town subscriptions-for -more . . ' .-' , V, a nil il.v .,n.b -wl.K ...naa. t.a..a crat naiiot. -. Kevarai vntiu. 'nr n.... - ,.-" mniB uv. E. - cnamberiam on tha , hniiAt th.,. X, George E. Chamberlain, The Judges refused to count it on the grounds that it was not-numbered. -I. fta nna vntar WAHlJ ill .a 1 . , nuuau iiewiu aiiuw wdh Krounaa tney iicHA iw iv uviug, nespecuuny, v .IttAAU aUi-LOCK. JOsenhlne CniintV has. a nnntanarlan tn the nerson of Jamea Farran hn nas reacnea tne uncommon age of 102 years. He says he never drank Duffv'a pure malt whiskey and. took but ona chew of tobacco which made him so Sick he did not care to re neat tha rinaa If he lives to see the next presidential election It will ba tha 21at iln- ha became - a . Voter. j Mr. Farren ' resides On Brls creek about 10 miles from Grant. Paes. , , , ' been : secured. One; farmer. W. H. Booher, . gives. 20 days' work '-and, the free use of his rock quarry.- , .- a i f The Myrtle country has on Its spring : finery Just now, says the Mail. .- The ' grass lands arrayed in a pleasing green, the oaks in pink and green, the orchards : in white. From the hills about town the scene is pleasing and beautiful. On -, every band can be seen acres and acres Of orchards now in full bloom. Winding ' In and put among, these orchards- arid fields of green, the tree-lined river ..ii creeks pursue,, their way. . Beyono tr valley, fh-Jw!ovred witK oaks, Jiv ?htl2pBniCt,1?,'aJ,j,8' blend with tne fir and nfn in tha ho ---.-..... a.j . ar w.niiiuiUJ, IIIU beyond the vaat stretch of forest the" rhi).!.appe.t.7eak". of th8 Cascadea thrust up thefr white, silent heads.