THE JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT NIWSPaPSBV
C. B. ' JACKSON.
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FOBEIQN ADVEETISINO BEPRKSENTAT1VB
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jfj IPIIBI Will I.P.,PWi.
rrwMor time!" Is tba usual
exclarnatlon, even by tbosa
who bare all the time there Is.'
They should bethink them-,
selves about "mora method,"'
or elsa waste less time. W.
ILHowa. ' .
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TOLD THE TRUTH.
"HB Oregonlan la right In saying,
I ' "Erery other principle of poll
, J' tics la now superseded by State
ment No. 1,"-. It may, or may
not, have spoken the words Ironical
: ly, bnt It told the truth. The sin
slble way to settle great Questions Is
: to take them one at a time. The at
. tempt to, determine a dozen of them
at once makes contusion, and con
fusion is always the means by which
ine peopie are ntmuiigged, Tanothe
Interests" and the politician given
ineir way. we nave , been try
; lng to. ; solve the . tariff --- for
a century, and ' are ' farther
. from v" solution than - when we
began. The railroad problems, the
trnst problems, public land prob-!
lems and the other multiplied ques
tions of public economics are beyond
the pale of Immediate and definite
settlement. ' , '
Not so with the principle of direct
choice of senator In Oregon. It can
. be. and is In tha wrr nnvvn n ha.
lng settled for all tlmeifthe eleev!
torate so desires. For 80 years or
more the people have clamored for
It, demanded it, pleaded for it. It
was aa hopeless of settlement as the
rest of the great Issues, until the Re
publican party . of. Oregon ,, evolved
Btatement No. I, and by a great, up
rising of the masses swept It Into use
by a flood of. nearly, 57,000 ballots.
uney roiled up tor it a great ma
jority of more thAn.iS8.000 votes. It
Is a Republican measure, voted Into
the statutes by Republican ballots.
ana us utility was demonstrated in a
Republican legislature, when two
United States senators' were elected
within a few minutes.
The uprising was a Republican
revolution against the scenes of riot
and rebellion, ''t Salem that had
brought ruin on the party and shame
tq the state and In which as Sen
ator Fulton says'Men. of the highest
character did things they regretted
erer after."' '--.nV'"- t..
This Is why,'!n the. late-primaries,
wnererer statement No. 1 was on
trial, it swept everything; before it.
ana wny, as the Oregonlan - says
"Every other principle la politics is
now superseded by Statement No. 1
It is a paramount issue because the
people realize that it can be definite
jy settled now.itbat by settling it nw
they can save their right to choose
a senator, -and that If they neglect
to settle it now when -the advantage
is au with them, they will lose their
rights and the old regime of riot and
rottenness at Salem will be restored.
They should, and doubtless will,
push it as a pressing issue in the
June, election, press it as a nara
mount issue In the nekt legislature,
fettling it finally and definitely, and
unalterably, regardless of other is
sues, now that the means of settle
ment is actually in their hands. It
js ue more vitalized and emphasized
as a present, pressing issue by the
vacillating attitude of Mr, Cake on
ue subject
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on the. election of Cake, even It he favored Instructions, e "But there is
Should be rejected by the people. j no way of doing that," said he, "and
.v. Therefore the Register,, and all pa-1 politicians do not represent the peo-
pers and persons kwho take, its po- pie.", How can harmony be expect
sltipn, are , against the election of I ed . when a ; delegate . breaks out
senators by the people, pit would.be against his ..fellows Inhonorable, dls-1 wr. prematura.
more creditable to them . to say so. Unction like that? r And how idld he
frankly, Instead of pretending to be happen jto. be chosen a delegate, any-J which to . register
f 1 Small, Change J
; ' There. Ib always money enough for a
vireuaw -:u . . .
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Possibly " compliment to the police
THEi STATE IR'THE GAME
ShbrtStories'of -National
Capital ;-v
i'--r' f
for this: thing whiles doing alt they wayf
can against it.
RAILROAD IXTOTLAKE ALSO..
THE MENACE OF. EXCESSIVE
i
Well, there are only five days more la
Apparently the unlnstructed v won't
npea tnucn instruction... : . ..i
Hall - to . the OroB-on atrawharrlaa
dui gouiniu op (Mm.. '
By James S. Evans.
. Thomas B. Reed once said that Frovl-
JEt, HARRIMAN, it . Is an-
tnounced, , will .Also bulla : a
road' into Lake county, as he J In Poryana ttjle May, yet. ,
nas punt or is ouiiaing one
i HE laws of nature are unalter
able. --Thev? never : rhanrA A
-given cause always has. and It ,nto Klamath. . from the' south, to .oonVate7 .he Td.
always will produce a riven ef-
iecu. roesession or undue tower
tempts - the possessor to unwisdom.
The more ' absolute the power, the
more certain It la to be unwisely ap
plied.
or; changed,1 and must be Accepted
We know it from every pare of his
tory, and frpm every day's observa
lion in passing events. Kings; from
the beginning, assumed power over
connect ;.those great,! rich, .regions
with San . Francisco. He has ! mil
lions at hand for carrying on these
prolects, but not a dollar for build
ing in Oregon otherwhere. That
To 'dominate this half billion of hu-
Man kAlnM , a ...... .ui J
'.'.-'- " i . . , I to mnt in mil thlno-a .n l.lm.l.n
'What tha aenata riMda la m. larra num. I h.twMn th.m nT tv, w.u.nt 4. . A
ber of new and different senatora. , I Japan aaplrea to do. If Japan playa a
- , -laewperate tame, it has at least, the Joa-
Tom Johnson couldn't be more than 1 tltlcatlon that the stake la worth lak-
partly beaten In the - Ohio convention. I '"f; CIi?n.ce' T,T ' variety of rea
. . . I aona" the United -Stale ...of Amarlcavla
This la aa In-rff.hl nM. great Southern Oregon region Will be Baloontfe.ners of Paolfl rt- 5i JI "r.WP-.0" ? contendlna;
avoidable as that water forever flows ?'". than evr - tributary to are n doubtJe.. in favor of . bfer dea K:i&iMk&:'gStk
oceanward.--Mt caonot'be orerented. -ra : vep,'.1?- ' ' ' . -
y 'iiiAMnuitiul.MMi DaIa.j iy I Th. .... ' l . t r - , l.... ..i ....ll.:.
vuuvcu uviu iv.unuu,', , m I. v " vmn iM. Btra D.magBa, 1 what fla thev aa.ll nnrir Th IlnltWI
But as for this Klamath-lAkere-f"" ; lrurV W?UJ?" ther U too statea in x0(),obtained the piedrea -of
glon. Portland people are to.'blamer''" " V .bn.M., VKI
as weU .MHarrimaVCyX4Mhro &
wth aitffttAnt anar:..4 1 - "t" 1 ""'. l,u"'"l " wjran
e j .m -nv, . . ...m. ,!,,, w mi, j , 1 u .01 tneir lerritoryi The Chinese
.t i' . '. V'"; ' """'-"B'r. FREDERIC J." HASKIN. . '
X- : ' Vi ;'!" V -.t, ':(Cbpyrtht l08..by Frederio J. Haskln.S
TokI9, , April J.-The sUke .In the great game of world politics which den 7oved E
toJiPlTlns ;a?alnst -the powers ofHhe accident Is China. The c- Mug ly QYtlet
leBtialempire Is the oldest, biggest and; the slowest of the nations, also nesaee. etui atands in favor. He eau
potentially jthe rlcheife; Its ,awakenlng means' that a, half biUion people P more" apace ia r the Congressional
'will demand occidental wares, and the business ott supplying j this trade R,word than almost any one else. Few
will, make . great nations greater and Bmall nations large. But once be- 'i? ubjct" up for debate about
fore in the history of the world has anrthin of like Imnortancn tn ton.' wh ch h doea't have aomethlrj to say.
At least, there haan't been any. arnow I merce taken place, and .that , was when Columbus sailed into the nn- tt. IJl0" white, curly, waring
UM BMA .K If Ma. f -- ' - 1 ..-r-
Known west and. multiplied the world by two. ,1
them, .Therefore . It I
lock of hair; more ferocloua f mm .
slon to session, appears his leonine face.
At one of the county fairs near Nash-
equal .of anys of-
trtust come up to standard with. ita ao- vllle last fail, John Waslev mA ..
tlons as well ajT its pretensions. - It -nread l-Uol u esley,. m ade a
hold. Itself to be full-grown, and Its sf aa-eale speech. He : pawe the
accountability must be ,, In the same air; he ran all opposition Into Fasaum
Miwauio. xi nopei ia .accompiisn usicreeit: mcliwl tn no.,nn.i .
ing advantage of 'Us cheap labor and loo. Then he paused to Their the , rikmu
purposes
to. build
Piece. of their territory.
oi so Know tnai every other power has
human life. They beheaded men by l .S Wr 1m fa $l.oob cradK 'F7- -"territor? S
a .wave of - hand, or on a passing .5
whim. Thev had no rla-ht hnt "'.' "". MJ """. " -. coaung sjx t lr.;:---w:-'Cl,,r-..,irf
they,had,the:power. Their gret
nrarrncRTi vpb maun rnnm urnnt uio. i " " -...v up, notwiinaianainar Mnatnr Hnnmn a i
tory reeks with accounts of where -T fij., - ; . IV tK".w
. it were ' not Imnrored. Rometlmea itl ' i I the aid
power, reduced other groups te Beems to be a nder that Portland
aervitBda ' v :.s ' f grows, after all, considering how ut-
, If a political party has an- bver terly Indifferent t is to extendlagits
. V -. i .. . . .-j i. I rlnmHi trarla bmi r. -...
wnetming majority, wnicn gives It " ' ' - " v. ";
Muwimmai yuwor, it SWI liiaa.l ... . . '
Wltoa tK loot ft nn.i,. " o tne criticums oi me aa-
amona- themselves that When the Amer
' iivvk. vvtu7e , mo aTBUiiiu Liinrta
prto"gaUTeam-.de.WdniBk.Hlil
Japan, brought to its present state'
4 Btlll, it is not certain that Japanese I bowers, and for a nn, iim. .,t n
war ressela could not coma ud . htm I thai !. ),.. t...i n. ,u.
an, destroy, Portland. i "J displeasure; 6f-most of them. If this
Hi - j 1 ' idiepifaeure pfiould a-row Into impatience,
J lth snW! Sif"d, impatience mta hostility, Ae fault
raphers another r !vJ oiuy-vwlth -Japan. Japanese
Indiana' was covered'
MayM, giving paragraphers another
.gnanca to mention airpanas. v
If John Havi Hammond bad n iit
- A i , . i - - . . . . "
Djnm tua. I """o"'"-"" torest, reserre , policy, i r u me ireo overuimg no gets ne
wisdom in congress. , President ,J:w .,,-..w.. a would need that jsoo.oott a vear aaj.ru.
dlDlomatlsta nrnmlna tn atnn nii.r..
tion to the United States, but emigration-
goes on. - Japanese diplomatists
promise an open door in Manchuria, bnt
the. doer is closed., Japanese diplomat
ists promise observance to trade-mark
rights, but counterfeits continue 'to mul
tiply. In short, Japanese- diplomatists
Z. ,f" voiced by Senators Heybum and uM Med l609?.
a k.iuitk .. w... . u. Teller, appear, to The Journal ..to., her
aaata lb-RVWiv. , trTnM' well-founded and JusU: Th POoy r?snrtarl inhuu region for S2V:!i,;,l,V.;
hasten the) Wfiole been doubtless twlZZVL?.:???- WM AnoMPPrent rithgh heWpanefl:
lyet In 1 : . ' .. - , , j nt'on; Claim, recognition as a civilised
senate and the Big Five In the house
have: stood .in' his way.ikTheeoer-
tnous;p6wer- hajmade thgre-. SmHK co7n& It habh Evidently rZbC&ii&i
Blnnal malnr tv?moi Tbaw a Portions TJI tne Country It Das Deen I Tnaknm aianlnl.fn.thanl
:' . ' V' " I aaaalnrt k 4- " 4 A aa aa, a a a a a eat aaVkt , aaa I U rl.l 1 A J J A i a. -
vi g icu uuv lu iii uui cuduusujo in vjiim riy eiiuuj (.u uu usi Wilal9VOr
tent, and without " due dlscrlmlna- ieaM-
lion. iar. fincnoi is an entnuBiasil rt Is hinted that a clairvoyant has
" . j i a a a. 1 t J a - J It l rn ri T nai naaat1rtam that
thrma-hta nf th.lr vn mlnt,n "o1 is -4me iirpsiucut, ana wmis Tl
Just as the Old kings, on a whim, be- hey mea? ,We" Bd, havet dae K000' th? Republicans for president.
, j . j . . I too much of tha west has been I
Pinchotized. .1 suspected .- that a good many
ywykc wihi eua.1 iru iv wn eyring . po
ems have become discouraged and start-
- It." industries; b
i' of tta chnan labor anil Ira. Th.. k. ...... j.t" 8r, e
maklna .aoodV t be m i in ooan cIl All thlV lt.ln Cra?'(:
petition, it seises Korea and binds up Billy Somervllla , oneT, of " th. -ImZ,'
fcanchurla to make an especial mar- spirits o hj dlstrlc" ft wm thtTflrsl
ket for Japanese, wares. If China do.is time in his career that be hsd vV had
not Wlah En huv Janana rnnria than Mr Kr,M. V. .,,:.!'? ?' .v'r 1.B
China must al ways be In 'danger of sired to maTTar T Impress" om When hi
a sound whipping. : , W "H. : bad. finished with Vhls discourse?
Da If OS XrOOk Aaead.' . : , nunted 11 p- "Uncle" Billy and inquired
?JLa niaa ,"K.ea oration. The coun.
tryman looked silently at Mr. Oalnea
or a moment and than ifA i. ju.
tressinalv dra wling m. - -Sv-IT. ,
- 1 DUU1V.
The. Jananeaaj An nnt lnnk, iI,m4 nt H'"! ni ."ea nis oration. The coun
beneath. iThev lmltata the. anneaxlnca jLaBi00"e? eliently at Mr. Oalnei
of. '.thinaa with- aunreme disrVirard to ,?.n,ei" Ja th ald In a dls
copying- quality,- They are wllUng to Jawn von ha" Jf-, JtVun?l; T
sell a cheap Imltatioh -for 4 lmmedlate,'awiV;0U hav Powerful lungs."
profit, arid depend' for future orders on I P.. 1 "i.1 "" ' ' . ;
their strength to keep out competitor I .."i"- onaia Molean, president of
This characteristic Is shown in. thelrl W Uaughtera Of the American Hevnln.
diplomacy whloh seise upon a small vf0 t whose oongreBa adjourned Satur-
thlnar toilav for tnmnnrarv ariviinliin I pay MIL admits that ' evnrv wntnun
for instance the-. San -Francisco . school "ver a tntolllgent, clings to some
affair, without looking forward) to see mJI . . " id.IBtu Vo instance, Mrs. "
wnu lamer aavantaae mum Da arainea i o unyi u avert tne ionic
oy noiaing. nanas orr, it is shown in I ',tr ""'-y parson. - . .
their business by the fact that Indus-1 nce knew a tnan In Brooklyn. "
trial concerns divide their earnlna-a In ?"? BB.,a' Jwnose eyes . were terribly
atviaenas immediately and leave no bai-K7 .iT'. . . ""y o preyed upon
ance for working capital. They have I h'm.Ah.7 ia. a!er years, ha was almost
imitated the superficial appearance oflwT.V . 1 nese reu oowu
western things without comprehending !L 55", Dlne. paoteria nnauy killed
innir stnirir . --
U tnnw aa-aa KaS ean. It aaaa 1 1 sa aw it.in.' A.
A a xr mrfA aUAmntlMs. M 1 k I With ft COTiV fif hm Ks Vrtrlr imafl.
of the world in the dark, all f or . the I f?" In1.i?.,t"'.na.?ecrt" r. Taft walked
of an advantage which they soe ouse a rew mornings
President I power; apologies must constantly be
toxlcated with their numbers and
their unquestioned authority. They
are made reckless and absurd bv
railroads to" be
a large, rat.
nominated byl
headed a victim, they have, for five
long months, blocked the president
and beaten back his plans of reform.
It is the logic of an overwhelming
majority. It is the logic of natural
lav of cause1 and effect that isvas
unvarying and inexorable as that hy
which the apple falls. It is a law
that always has been, now is, and
will be forever, a law that cannot be
added to, ' subtracted from, or
abridged or set aside. ' It seems, and
means beyond cavil," that the present
overwhelming majority in the
haughty and imperious senate 1b the
greatest of ll the menacea to the
Republican party, and that any Re
publican who aids in the reduction
of that majority to within reason; is
actually rendering a conspicuous' and
valuable service to his party, a ser
vice that time and events will fully
vindicate. ; There is not a man, nor
a , woman, nor a schoolboy in the
whole country but knows that If this
maioritv had been but ; a ' rlnxAn nr
fifteen,' President 'Roosevelt's pe-
mums wr reiorm legislation wouia,
through fear of. loss ' of ' that nia
Jorlty, have been granted months
ago. ''.
made ror it..'-. ;;-, m-.n .
... japaasee Idea.
The' Ja Danes Idea seems ta W that
Imitation and - Industry will win for
them everything that tha Occident has.
They copy western--processes of manu-
isciure ana wont rara, out tney utterly
fall to grasp the vital fact that western
progress has been based on a certain
code of morals without which It would
fall to the ' ground. Thus.lt Is that
great Japanese business firms must dav
cash in advance for goods, while the
reat 01 nm worm emoys credit. Thus
herlnin Ita main contention la fori . ' ' . I it is tnat the business man in the orl-
neriain,, us main contention is for wtH,. he - Bpoke at La,0riind, the win not risk a cent on a contract
the election of senators by the peo-1 governor had a lot of mud on , his I wlth Japanese firm. Thus It Is that
a .. . a .ar '. 1 .l-il a i a, . . a 1 , I ina I a nana a thaanaaMfaa am nln.. , a".
cioincs, duc -no am nor. ciaim mat poi wf" v r- " ciKiwy
il a A j , k.'a. i likicmi ODDonrinii naa uirown iu i vh,v.-i cwiuiw uin vwu
While The Journal Is' tqr' Cham-jed fires with the spoiled paper.
saying a word about that. " It seems I
that they were for Statement No, 1
only as long as It could not be made!
effective for anything.
Oklahoma has Just had a "sen
atorial day" holiday, one to cele-
money. - - -
TO lustiry Its claim for extena on nf
Influence in China and on the Asiatic
continent, japan declares that it has
prospered by its adoption of occidental
civilization, and that V must now be
permitted to carry that civilization to
Us kindred peoples of Asia. Grave doubt
exists in tnet mlndn nf manvtif tha
Because - Thomas Jefferson, a Demo-1 closest and fairest nbaervera aa in tnt
crat, wrote the Declaration of Inde-1 slnoertty .-of this , Japanese mission of
penaenoe avna Sia
The voters of Oregon should Insist
on ana secure two mines: f irst, a mi
Jorlty of -Statement JJo. 1 members of
the legislature,-and. second, the-election
by them of the people's choice for sen
ator. ,
a a i
TWO CIRCUIT JUDGES.
s
0MB voters have somehow ac
quired the Idea that Judge
O'Day and Judge Bronaugh are
opposing . candidates for the
same seat' on the "cireoit court bench.
This , -is i hot : the -casi JdggjBro
naugh Is i candidate to iucseed him
self in Department No. l, and Judge
O'Day Is a candidate to succeed . him
self in Department No. 2. - Judge
Bronaugh has no opposition, and
Judge O'Day la ' opposed by R. G.
Morrow,;.- "
These two Judges, one classed as a
Republican, and the other as a Demo
crat, but on the ,bench .wholjy. non
partisan, of course, were selected by
the governor to fill vacancies because
of their peculiar fitness for the po
sition, which they have filled since
appointment with entire satisfaction
to the public. They are now fairly
broke in" to this important work,
and it" would be a mistake to make
any change. , - j -:
The attorneys of the city- are said
to be almost unanimous in their sup
port of Judge" 0 Day, . and business
men of all classes are quite general
ly also favorable to his retention on
the bench, hence his election, as well
as that of Judge Bronaugh, .seems
certain. . ' .
Another Portland institution that
has reached Its semi-centennial an
niversary is Temple. Beth Israel, the
pioneer Hebrew ; religious organiza
tion of the city. - For a full half
century it has been carrying on Its
good wdrk,- t or the henent of ' its
members and the Jewish people, and
of the city.: Portland .has always
numbered v members ' of this syn
agogue among. Its. most' useful, re
spected and influential citizens, men
and women who were always active
not only in behalf of their own peo
ple, racially and religiously, but of
people of all sorts who made up the
a . .4 .1 (.1 I nhHanll,..n. n K J- . U . A t
urm uie actouipnsuuieui. oy uui things, . it does not follow that all peo- not given this civilization to Its own
state of the election of senators by
the people. June 1 will be a legal
holiday in Oregon, on account of it
being a general election day, buf let
it be made a "senatorial election
holiday also. , s C -
pie who call themselves Democrats are power classes, except In a limited do-
Again, the second-elective term
boom, the last of a numerous series,
has subsided, and It looks more than
ever like Taft's nomination on the
first ballot. But there Is time yet
5r8Wtt?vlvate; of the - Roose
velt boom, and Senator Hourne Is not
a quitter. .
Admlraf Evans, who Is to retire at
once, nas naa tne aistinctjon ana
good fortune to close his active ca
reer, tnougb in, in a "maze or
glory" but not one of victorious war.
He has led in a victory of peace, as
well" as, in victories of war.
ITh'i brewers" 'seem to WVite 'in
eaVncst;.lnheir concerted" effort' to
reform -the- saloon business to some
extent, but they must expect that the
prohibitionists will look upon them
with suspicion.
eraclas of wisdom and political saints..
It is hard to keep a rich; ambitious
man out of parliament in England
Winston CfKirchlll was defeated for re
election In on- district, but immediately
became a candidate In another. In Knar-
land a man can run ror parliament in
one place and if defeated can try again
eomewnere else, where ne isn I so well
known.
a pisiKGExupus aitttude. ':. ...
fTlHB Eugene Register says: "Now
I , that the people have ruled that
Cake is their choice for United
w , " enator. The Portland
r2ivIrOCee4' oac to re
luBtS?!??'6110109 d howls
Renuou?t v ta thoroW disin
genuous. It knowg as well as The
Journal does that the peoDl?h,v
not ruled" or decided P.v.have
atbrahtri -.- - J" 7" luo en-
ot; perhap; "n S'tZ
votedVfo,,Cakea.a.caSate
senator; not . yoter. has yet had an
opportunity fe to, vote .for seriaw
There has been no -people', Set"
Junel, - Then If the people choo.
Mr. Cake, The Journal win b?Sn!
tent and satisfied, as it is with what-
. . .. o uu on any tmnn.
eltlon on which thM ... ..::JIKK
But however the' il IrJi Owtnf.ltT.r and of every 5 good
c lie on June 1, a, between cTke and
Chamberlain. The Journal insists
that the people's will be obeyed by
i no nrr f i a nM x a . a , -
"uv i6iMum,' am w InsurA nt
result it urges the election of State
ment No. l candidates for the legis
lature. : ia tne Keglster willing- to
Itave the choice to the people, and to
have tha legislature abide by and
tarry, out that choice, . in either
event r zso, it is not: It.lnslsU al
tirciy, ttfore the pt-ople have voted,
work undertaken therein. Portland
has been much Indebted to its pro
gressive, public-spirited , Jews, who
lo turn have prospered 'well In Port
land. , , . -
. At a meeting of delegates to the
Republican state convention, one of
them. W. E. Williamson, arose to
remark that conventions represent
the will not f the people but of the
Politicians,- If the people could in
struct for president, Mr. Williamson
Charles 'Henry Cramp's Birthday.
Charles Henry Cramp, tha oldest Jlv
lng - niembefe of -the famous family iof
rtipbuilders or rmiaaeipnuv was -oorn
In that' city May I, 1828.. His fatljer
'was the founder of the great flip and
englne-Duuaing nrm or wuiiam cramp
& Sons, a firm that built ships for 'the
Mexican war, tha civil war and for the
fleets that took Manila and defeated
Cervera at Santiago, . Charles V H.
Cramp, .after leaving tha public schools
entered nis xatners snipyaras, leamini
tha business thoroughly, and In 186
he was admitted as a partner in the
firm. He devoted much ot bis time 'to
the study Of Improvements in ailethat
appnoa to uie euipuuiiuuie; jniuisirx
He designed tha pioneer propeller, he
Sampson, whose type in now seen In; all
American -.-waters.' He "designed the
surf boats used, by the American, troops
during- the Mexican war.- From build
ing wooden .ships that were tha beet of
their class, tne rirm aavancea wiin ana
f loneered the progress Of marine archit
ecture, until in their productions of
the last aecaae? or. so tave oeen inciuaea
many of the largest and finest battle
shins afloat, as well as ocean passen
ger steamsnipa oi tne most , improved
construction.- ..' . ., . : .
. . i . ,
V - This Date in History.
178 (Nicholas ' Jm ' Zlmsendorf, re
storer of tha : Moravian- church, died.
Born 1700. ' . -: ";, t ,;,-'-: ,v-,j.
ISflS Johann C F. Bchlllr. one of
Germany's greatest poets, died at Wei
mar.-- Born jsovemDer 11, I7e.
1818 Test act repealed by the Brit
ish parliament.
1858 The G-eneva, the first Atlantic
steamer at Qaebec. arrived at that port.
i ine jjatnes aeieatea tne Allies
In a naval battle off Heligoland.
' ll"--Th ironclad ship Ismeraire
launched.-- , . ,- -
1886 Battle at Batoehe. - '
1807 Oeneral Kurokl nf Janan anfl
the Duke of Abbrussi visited Washing
ton; .. 1 .. -"'( ,
I,:!.:- 'ill,- . K ;;, , r-
A Profit, Anyhow.. --Ji
v ''v From- Success Magaslna .
I Hi waa'flUIng his first prerorlpUon,
and whea he handed It to. the lady he
told her it wis ll.l. V v
, 6he paid the 8118. and after aha bad
gone' he Informed, the proprietor that
the dollar was counterfeit. The pro
prietor looked over his glasses atthe
Oregon Siclelittkta
A new bank has -been established at
Cove.
Umatilla county strawberries are get-1
ting ripe.
Astoria is to have a big musical fes
tival eariy in june. ,
"
Surelv Salem should raise the 'money
to build that .road to stay ton.
Manv Albanv neonla will ao over to
xaquina to see tne xieei go oy.
a a - . ,
Peode of southern Wasco county are
confluent or geuing a raiiroaa soon, T.
Odd Fellow
caved tneir
free, an only after tempering It with
Japanese Ideals There la good reason
w iwnpTff iiwi janaji a aim . in to
plolt China rather than to uplift it
Japan Xa Elnoere.
But arantina that Jatian fa alnrere
and does wish to conquer China for the
purpose or exienainat western civilisa
tion, even then it must fail, for It eould
not in a quarter or a century become a
nt learner or the ideals of the west,
born of a thousand years of blood and
toll. The Japanese tell tha. rhlnnaa
tnat tney nave selected all that is best
In western learning and that the royal
road to knewleds-e is bv wav nf JTnn'an.
China listens to this and sends its thou
sands of students to Tokio, employs Mi
thousands. ., of ..Japanese teachers and
read millions ltf Kurooesn and -Ameri
can books translated and published In
Japan. But the Japanese teachers have
failed; the Chinese alndpnta fniiM nnt
learn everything in a few months nt
Tokio. and the books tell of a broader
and - ricnerv-neld -beyond Japan, - If
China Is to receive western civilization
it must ave other teachers' than .the
Japanese, for their very pretensions bf
knowlmar all . that Is best 1 additional
proof of the fact that fa little learning
Is a dangerous thing." - -; -; . ,
Japan- is Playlna a serious run now.
and with grown-ups. The tithe is past
ip iwrwnff wuuaer upoir tne sin?
swa'of Trgh valley have dedi- Pie?I2SHJk.ro.t?, b.ca.UH Ji
new bufldlnar 32x64 feeti JaPan- .It demands that It be treated
' W - ? a Mne ot hf world; powers and tha
a If.
In 'tha ImmMll.t. iitfi. rrriiA a.l i I ago.. Mr, Roosevelt, whom ha wlnhni i
of JaDanese areatness Ilea on the main-1 8ee- at the1 moment of his aecre-
VI n,ia, uui j i u ai.ii wvuij uiw I , . .'. . . ..... ... . . .
eeed along yneJa which would not irrl " .'.X""?a?, iB ? c "lr nI.Baid, rioldlng
wit tne uninesa ana uinionii ma " ' aiuericin;
rest ef the world. Its opportunity would I too 3fu seei Uday g Kaaooks car-
w:iU.i j-,M. re..lT. .r . n.-P-l .. Taft ... .
" - . ui. JJi a nuva Hll.nc IT u
Captain Lb J. Simpson was wrecked I
on coos Day au. years ago, ana naa oeen
glad oi it ever since.
a i
' A large number of Finnish people of
Coos Bay and vicinity are planning to
make a trip to Finland this summer.
- s -.
Lakevlew Examiner: We cannot af-
Letters From tlie People
i ''. Itegardlng Slnele Tax. :-'
Waldo, May 7. To .the .Editor of
The Journal Now that F, C Denton
hat tiken lis tha suhtact'nf tha alnrt
nave a sout to save ana a mgnity j to I ""'"?"" " wumiwi
maintain, and; he has' nbither.4 f . J with" the fneflts of thkt measure .will
f r. -- .r- VfZfAA i I that-'V gentelmarlpleMav' Inform -"your
-lwo migrawry auegea aei
migratory alleged' ' dentists I readers a Jlttla further' In reference to
stopped -at a LKe county ranchers 1 lit it I am not mistaken about this
house and worked - on his daughter's proposition it is a pernicious . bill and
teeth, and then tne hired girl's, cnara-1 ouxht to be voted down. -
ing 880 for. the first lob and tltO fori It nroooses "eaual taxation bv ex.
the second. The farmer foolishly bald I emotlne? the "factory, the dwelllna- and
them 860 to cat rid of them. . . t ' . . j furniture, machinery, livestock and lm-
. , - ; iprovemenis.
I ' Are railroads Improvements and will
cada Kews: Everything growing . and thr .iRXTej1 "nler. this bill? and if so
strawberries atettln rioex and now we'U whatT .If they do net own land but
have freh,. berries . until hjvrflber
Next to strawberries ome the; raspber
ries, then lotranberrlea. and. than hlnnlc.
berries, .and then again the. second crop
e .lMwk.wlA. Ana W.HM...An . V.mIa. '
What countrr can beat ItT Fresh ber will buy ltf If rough hill and. other
simply a right of way will . this law
reach themv -
If the purpose of this bill Is to make
land taxes. ao high that - the owners
thereof will be . forced to sell it, who
ries from May till November.
afji . ...r . -w-
. A Short, Heroic Career;'
' From ta Corvallls Tlmea "
A new mound in Crystal Laks talis an
unusual story ordeath. -- The mortal re
mains of Dean Knox were placed there
Sunday. He was only a boy In years,
but in the brief span of life that fate
afforded him he had exemplified many
of the- traits of manhood. A few months
ago, though then but 17, .be was the pro
prietor of a restaurant. The establish
ment was the support of - tha - family.
Three younger brothers, ranging from 8
years, tne eider Brother utilised aa
aids in the ' business. . Dean '; was tha
eook and the others washed the dishes,
wafted on the tables and' did tha other
work. It was a family group that made
a picture of Industry and self-reliance
that all familiar with the facta often
commented upon and applauded. - From
4 o'clock in the morning until midnight
or after the place was open to the pub
is- enterprise ana assiduity
far beyond the ages of the -young lads
voona- marf-and said:
"Well, how about the l 10 cents i
that good money?"
The young man answerad in the af
flrmatlve.
' "Oh, well tha proprietor replied,
that's i ' not ao bad we still make a
nick". . . . v. -
who conducted the business.
Before that Dean- Knox had' -carried
newspapers to aid in the family sup
port, and bad conducted a cleaning and
repair establishment But the - hearse,
the carriages and the new mound of last
Sunday enaea tne story, w nether from
exposure, in his struggle to help, the
family Dean became liU ' Consumption
fastened its grip upon him. He was he
roic far beyond that which these sim
ple annals record. With - his little
brothers and his bereaved mother the
community may well mourn, for the boy
fell at his post, striving to place the
means of life before the family, .
, ' .-" To a Robin. :
, O little a porter of the red. '
' Are you an anarchist,
Or do you only cell yourself r
A. parlor socialist? T -
--.--- New Tor. Sun, '. I
' '' ' " '".,r,:'
pasture lands', are assessed as high as
the best lands adjoining them, bow can
a small farmer keep livestock T will
this law, If adopted, throw all the lands
into the- hands of wealthy, speculators,
or la It -barely possible the government
may conclude to buy ItT
On this point "Mining Science," pub
lished. In Denver,, in .its issue of , April
u, page n, say:. . -
"The west must stir Itself and make
a determined resistance - to this present
scheme, of federal aggrandisement, cr
it will wake up one day to find the entire
public domain - withdrawn - from entry.
What a difference It will make in the
building up of the western states if the
bulk of all their property Is operated
as a' farm from, the office of the sec
retary i of the - Interior at Washington.
The sturdy pioneer must then betake
himself to Canada or Mexico of some
other .country which still Is willing to
give mm a snow to become a rree-tioid
Ing citizen aa a reward for his pioneer
ing industry." - - . ' - ' .
The trend of the times seems' to be a
mad rush for graft and speculation
tie tne, people nana ana root and pica
every, feathef from t their - helpless
bodies; what the trusts do not 'own the
government j must, leaving (the people
nothing. . -" . Jc - .
wny obliterate so " large a part Of
tne -taxaoia property or mis state and
pile the entire . burden of government
support on land alone T 4 If a man has
81,000,000 invested la high-renting city
property owning no. lands, or if he
owns a 'power plant on some of our
rivers worth $1,000,000, why shall he go
free of all taxes, while a small farm
er near him has his taxes doubled it
trebledf' The one is making a lot nf
money while the other Is struggling for
a. living? v -Is- this - a - fair sample of
"equal taxation" under -, the . proposed
amendment? ,
Would this bill not throw all land
and livestock Into the-hands of wealth
what poor home-builder -could with
stand such a law? If the taxes were
so high on land that It would force Its"
to have all China In their rrasn be- na wnue sitting - in this chair
fore It can awake to realst fhem and wun. parper t work I have had to
. . i. - -M .w. i . i I lauxn so ham aa to imnerll mv ihnul
uriuin I u o I riik VI I n world IB cwir-1 vl- , - .
vinced that It Is lust fled In lnterfer- "TOr cutting my.
. .. . - . i Hri.rip. I wn or tnrM limn, -
ing.. . ' - . - .. l - - ........
. Thai rrlfw-iama ara not thnan n an I
enemy of , Japan, nor do they aoleJrf The president has a stable tilled with
represent the opinions of -' those wrio I thoroughbreds. In it are saddle horses
are hostile to It.- Its friends would Vea fanciful as Foxhall Keene would cure'
blind indeed could thev not see the drift I to see. some can steo lilah. others
of world opinion against Japan, and Pace. A few can Jump.' The carriage
fapllsh if they contended that there I accessories, however, ara nothing to
was no Justification for it. But Jabanlbrag about. Compared to Elihu Root's
depends upon. 'its - Own diplomacy to I aggregation of Kentucky beauties the
answer the objections without changing preaiaent a looK scrubby enough. In-
the -conditions. To comnlaints - thtioeoa, Mr. kooi s stable is one of the
other nations .are) dented equal rights I costliest at the national capital.
or traae in wiancnuna. .japan oeciaresi .- '
tnat tne "open door ' ta open. To pro- Of a recent date Mr. Wu Inspected the
tests against harsh treatment of. Kore-1 ham nf ih inin...Wiin,. e
hub ana v,nines, 1110 repiy is msae tnat i state. He asked many questions) snd
nese better than they have ever bon for Kentucky. : The result of that viHit.
' . r . -..-fJ.... -f ... - aHP vvuvaiiicu. i ii ca ui is rtiyi v irum LUll-
protests may multiply, but the attitude sul Wilbur T. Gracey of Tsingtan, in
of the Japanese, is ever the same de- China, who says In his last message to
nlals-and promises that are not ful- Mr. Root: "Six carriages have recently
rilled. : . '. i. . - arrived in Peking for the use of their
larsa awnu orvviag. - . majesties ana tne court."
Hr -i mMt .in,m hnwin ti An attache or one or tne lee-atinna.
it breaks it may plunge the nations' Into I ?'"n""'nT ta styles and equipages of
in. DiHHiiMP mnfiiPE. in inn ni,Fr).v nf I o.uih. 1..11 iui until.. TPniniiiiv nu ill
war.. -The biggest and richest market) thBt, Mr. Roosevelt's horses wouldn't do
h, tlia wirlrt tha orat.i- .iftr.hAi.,. I at all at' the 'Berlin court: that. Mr.
or undeveloped resources, and tn. most I wve?r, wuuiu puss mueier at
abundant supply of Intelligent labor Is Windsor, and Senator Elkln's at Home.,
the stake. The white man has never! "But, he added, "Vice-President Fair-
yet voluntarily retired from a contest I V""" em. wun tneir outiermiiK
with another race, and It mnv be da. '' and their cock-tails, would have
pended upon tha , he will not abandon difficulty, In Indiana,, in attracting at-
the riches of China to JaDan. He has niion at a meeting or uuaaers."
slanlfred. his willinamess to nermit .la-1
pan to come in as an equal to share and I Admiral Caspar Goodrich is one of the
snare aim. Dot runner than this he critics oz tne new navy. None or the
will not concede. If Japan, having anlfWrhting boats come up to his standard.
Inch, demands an ell. there will he a I Nor are the men what thev should ha.
day nf reckoning and even that little I They are lacking in discipline and train-
which it has will be taken from It, " I tag. And what the admiral has had io
. The outcome deDends laraelv unoniaay nas Deen carefully read at tha navv
the Japanese themselves, i They are hav-1 bureau. It will be observed that he Is
Ing their inning and the world Is look-not with the fleet In the Pacific. -ing
on In Judgment. No young nation! it was unofficially reported no longer
ever naa more samirers or well wisneraiaa-u tnan toaav dv one or tne navaj
at the outset, and no people in history commanders why Admiral. Goodrich was
nave ever neen bo pampered and m- quaunea to ciiitid a mast or a battle
sisted.' They have borrowed and bor-jshlp and talk like a bottle of water. It
rowed until iow It Is not unreason- was in 1868 when, , aa captain pf the
able if civilization demands- something cruiser Newark, he was ordered around
uener in tne way or interest tnan cneat-l luo num. wncn wimin anout i.you
ing in trade and misrepresentation in I miles of Callao it was discovered that
diplomacy. If Japan wishes to recover the Newark didn't have coal enough to
tne ground tt is losing in world opinion, I ni a norsesnoe. -
it can easily do so . by , playing- fair! The vessel, drifted e round for some
and Keeping its pledges, if these quail- uays, so it is saia. Then an island was
ties are really not a nart of Jananeaa I discovered. . On it there -were lmmenaa
character.' then It mav ba mil v a&M I forests. Into these tha naval nfflf.p
thnt ctvlllMtlon's fledging has. fluttered dispatched men with axes to make cord
out or tne' nest too soon, -.... -, , iwuoo. iney pnea tne sucks n the
boat and then the firemen were ordered
1ft Ihmw th, matA l.ln t. ... .
th.", f.w.latv.0' .hl. bro.Wv. w?.uld wood waa green It wouldn't burn. About
sell both Ws land and his livestock and the time Sespalr was in the heart of
1 ' i . puna lur every one a tramp snip came along and
butter, and 25 cents a pound for fresh towed the war vessel to a port where
meats or go -without. - . coal could be had. ,
- .Because a-iew moneyea men are noid-l a - a
la. I . . . . . . . . . I
uj mm iratw oi laiio ior speculation I 1...1-. t u.t
It does not necessarily folfow.. that I .5enf? Anselm J, McLaurln of Mis-
small . andowner. are , to . be .pounced 1
Upon.
Remove diversity of industry and put
all property in the hands of monopoly
n uampi. tinai, iiioiwpoiy De tne .govern
men t or otherwise and you at once de.
stroy individuality, the, very 'basis of
our greatness . as a nation, and our
worm aa an enterprising people.
j -v ". ' . . : - ;'. W. i. WIMKR.
Approves The - Journal's Course.
' Belma, April .80. To the . Editor of
Tha Journal I . am well pleased with
The Journal, and in particular with the
rooa rigni you are maxing in behalf of
ue primary taw ana statement No.
f.
to rive the neonle soma aav In rea-a.nl tn
their public business. We have a bunch
of , the, machine. and' grafting gang In
Josephine, county. Our -ever-lncreaaina-
uvuhij luueuiaiueiB, - wii.n notmng to
show for It, Is a sample of their work,
but I think , we will scourge them out
yet '. , - JA4U,a M tiUlRB.
Ko Snch Law.'
Portlap.' May 7. To "the Editor of
The Journal To decide a dispute will
you ' please state ia your columns
whether there Is a law in any state
making It legal for a doctor to kill a
child, at its birth. If H-la crippled or
gives evidence of being an Idiot
. 1 ',. A. KiSARNBT. ' .
f Thers Is ho such law In anv mmt ttt
the Union nor in anr other civilized
country. Though such legislation has
Deen proposed, many times and In many
states, it has never been enacted, chief
ly through the fear that It might be
come a . cover Tor crime. Ed.) 7
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TOSnKAH EANCHEKS
' DEFEAT LOGGERS
..Aberdeen, Wash,, May t. In the fight '
of the ranchers on the Wishkah river i
against, me . wisnaan Boom company,
the government has issued orders to the
boom company to splash no more logs
at lta dams and to dear the river of
logs, by May 20. Ttie company will
make an effort ito comply . with- the
crder. There Is about 15.000.000 feet
Of logs In the various booms., Loggers
have large quantities of trees felled and
nearly ready to put into the water and
the order may result In the closing of
many of the camp. If these are closed
indefinitely it may-mif-an also the clos-lna-
of some of the mills. Eleht camos
are affected, the, -Coast Dogging com
pany, Haynes & Preston, the, Aberdeen
Lumber A Shingle company. Boeing- eV
MoCrtmmoTi) the Wishkah LogglBg com
pany, Murray & Blackwell, the X). K.
Logging company and the Larkin Log
ging company. . ...
hair soon will be white. However, his
mentality exmoits its strength and
force greater, perhaps, than ever be
fore. When v a -practicing lawyer at
Brandon, his residence, he read legal
statutes, supreme court decisions and
political news only. - Now he courts the
classics. Lights burn In bis room, until
far Into the morning. . He has read
Ibsen's works, has dallied with George '
Bernard Shaw, looked delightedly upon
the creations of -Tolstoi, and has even
smiled upon the books of Flaubert
The senator's recent days have been
saddened by the deaths of three of his
brothers Walter, Wallace and Sylves
ter. Wallace McLaurln was his politi
cal lieutenant, Walter his fiscal agent
and Sylvester his legal adviser. They
were big, strong, manly men. The
south knew them well, and liked them.
Originally there were nine brothers in
the McLaurln family. "Anse," as he la
called, at one time was governor; Wal
ter was railroad commissioner: Wallace
was receiver of public moneys, and 8yl- '
vester .waa district attorney; Dr. Mc
Laurln was on the state board of
health; William was judge of the.
Vlcksburg district; Sidney waa secre
tary of the railroad commission r'Gee"
McLaurln was Dresldent of the levee
board, while Robert was a member of.
the legislature. :, t .
NO STATEMENT MAN V
' NOW INDORSES IT
asaBSasasSasBaaaSasaB ' '' ' '''' '
(Special -Dispatch t The Jooraal.) ...
The Dalles, Or, -May . Dr. . H C.
Dodda, one of tha Republican candidates
for representative from Wasco county, -has
announced that he will come out on
Statement -No. 1 at the general election
in June. Dr. Doods at the primary
election ran on no statement In his
announcement he states that he sub
scribed to the principles . of Statement
No! 1 at the request of many of his
supporters, and realizing that' H M.
Cake,-who received the nomination for
United States - senator, announced his .
unqualified allegiance to Statement No
1, he believes it his duty- under the "
circumstances to follow the lead set by
the head of the. Republican ticket upon
this issue. ,. - ' .
-Although Dr. Dodds aecured the nom
ination, on . no statement, and while he
will have considerable difficulty in rc
onclllng himself with manv of those
who voted, for him in the primaries
because he was on no statement, yet .
by coming out ndw, on Statement No. 1
he will undoubtedly strengthen, to some t
extent at least, his Chances for election
ii. June.: especially In the Hood River
valley, which is strongly for .the state
ment. ,'-.... . t