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OF THE ' JODENAL ' 4ml., EDIT0MAL IME THE JOURNAL A UfDEPEKDBN .' KEWSPAPSaV a. jACiso.N... .PobU(ker FablMed arary a-fanlaf (rxrrrt Sandy! I sag mrr 4y taorainr. t Tee Journal Ball las. rina M xaaililll straars. Entered t ttoa eoatofflce at Porttand. tr.n.mlaaloa UUOIUIB IM BIUI aawaiw-M Blttta. . .-, tTxepnoKEi uain tits. bom. a-smi. All Sevartneats ra-bxl .1 tbaaa irenihara. 5ll -tha operator tb aVpartiueiit j-oa want. Bast Slda ((Km. B-MM; a.aat 8SD. IOBKIOX ADTEBTI8IK0 BEPttBSENTiTIVB VimIhuLRhiIiiiiIii Rnrvlal Artwtlalnr Asency, Rnnwwlrk Buudin. ZS rtfrh aTeaoa, Naw - Vara; Trftmna Btuldlua. Chlcafo. - flntaacriptiea Tarn y mil to any addreM n uu laiiaa siaue, i.anaoa or auiiv, DAILY'. Cna : mt. SS.00 I Ona month I M . Bl'MiAX. One year...... .t!80 t One mrK-tli I JS riAir.T awt rttnDaT. On Mr...,. ..17.60 I Oua moatli t -8 one lamp lights another, -- nor grows lese, So nobleness enklndleth no- - "' bleness;- Lowell. ' A QUESTION ANSWERED. QUOTING The Journal's remark that "political independence Is a sign of emancipation," the Pendleton Tribune asks; "Eman , clpation from what?" From ma chines, bosses, slates; from political ' self-seekers and sharks; from' dis ingenuous leaders ' who constantly peek to delude the people to their hurt by false pretenses and prom ises; ' from parasitical and piratical politicians who . no sooner get into offica than they , sell out. the people to corporations. Interests, and bood lerg; from the slavish party chains that have held them invariably to one or the other - party, right or wrong good or bad; from the men tal bondage In which tiey were for bidden to think, to Investigate, to reason, to . discriminate, to act as free and patriotic men,- but were re quired on every "occasion to vote for every candidate of their party from president down to constable, at the " pehest of jk few Mac leaders. --; Emancipation from ' the, narrow corral of partjism into the broad field of patriotism; emancipation that informs and enlightens, voters so that they realize that the . wel fare of the. people of the- country Is of infinitely greater importance' than that of any political 'party; emancipation from the notion that a party name successfully : covers a multitude of wrongs, and that be cause Lincoln' freed the slaves Gov ernor Folk is a miscreant and a traitor. ' - ' The Tribune amusingly, says that The Journal's purpose Is "utterly to destroy the Republican party." It is news to The Journal that it had engaged on any such tremendous task. It Is' trying to destroy noth ing but what Is bad. Insincere, hypo critical, injurious ' to , the people, wherever it may be found tit has no sympathy with delusive pretenses claptrap catch-phrases, V and false promises. 1 It applauds and supports . Theodore Roosevelt, said to be Republican, day In and day out; how then' tan It be trying "utterly, to de : stroy the Republican party"? The Republican ; party suits The Journal as well as any other, If it will speak sincerely,' act candidly, and serve the people well. But The Journal re fuses to worship at any party shrine it judges parties from day to day by what they do. " And It believes voters ought to do the same. RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA. LARGE number of American papers have, published during the ' past few months an ex tract from an article purport ing to have appeared in the "Mel bourne Review." as follows: "Not a single Australian government has made a success of Its railways. They have always nearly been bankrupt and get deeper Into the mire every year, while la some of the states they are years behind the times. If the lines were run by private com paniesj with no general taxpayer to draw upon, they would have been wound op years ago." Referring to this, Mr. Max Hlrsch, iinilnent nrirl rellahlA citizen nf Melbourne, a political economist and publicist f distinction in : Australia, writes to The Public that no such publication , aa the "Melbourne Re view", has existed for the past 20 years, and that the statement quoted , is an absolute perversion of fact. It is untrue, says Mr. Hirsch, that Aus tralian 'railways are unsuccessful. that they ;have been bankrupt, or that their r financial position is or has been growing worse. He pro ceeds to give the official figures, which do entirely disprove the as sertions made in the extract credited to the "Melbourne Review." The net return on , the capital Invested ana tne net rnfnu i?r ion per mile in 1 SOT ; In 'Australia were greater than la , Great. Britain or Canada, -and ..nearly as much as in the United States, while the percent age of killed and Injured was only about one third that In the United States, v The ; Australian railways show the lowest percentage of work ing; expenses and the hlghest'rev enue per train mile, a smaller per centage of accidents, and their cost ft construction is fat less, than any railroads la this country of England. These facts are all the more re markable because Australia has an trt Pf 2,572,908 saue miles and n rif.pulatioa of only 4,146,000, or I.4D persons per square mile, where r s la tta Cdtfi4 Btatea there axa ti persons per square mile, and in Eu rope many more.' - w Density of population being large factor in determining the profitableness of railroads, the suc cess of the government-owned Aus trallan roads 'is all tha more strik ing. There are practically no nav igable rivers In Australia none for more than half the year so that railroads had to be built to accom modate sparse settlements. There is a mile of railroad for every 281 per: sons, whereas in the United States there la only a mile of, railroad to every S87 persons, and In the United Kingdom to every 1,912 jrsons. The Australian states treat rail roads on the theory that they should be built not to make profits for pri vate owners, but to subserve the con venience and Industry of the popula tion, and this ought to be regarded as the function of railroads every where. Australia makes its rail roads self-supporting, but does not deslrer that they should make large profits, so rates are reduced when ever more than a sufficient profit is shown. Moveover, the state builds roads into new regions, even if they will not be profitable at once, know ing that the consequent settlement and development of the country will soon make them so. Some lines, of portions of lines, do not pay inter est on the cost, net. but the system as a wnoie aoes. In Australia rates are : uniform. There Is no favoritism, either to per sons or localities. Employes are well treated, and work on an average of about 48 hours a week but are under discipline and must be capable and faithful. Political influence is pretty successfully excluded from railway management and service,- A new railway is built by the construc tion department of the government, which is entirely separate from the department which manages the rail ways after construction, and which is composed of three commissioners, one being charged with full respon sibility. They are experts, and In dependent during office of the gov ernment. So there Is . so political Interference and no corruption) iNo public man in Australia, Mr. Hlrsch says, would dare to suggest the sub stitution of private for public owner ship of railways. These are the facts in contrast to the piece of "tainted newB" quoted. It might not be as easy to establish and maintain government ownership of railways in this country as In Australia, but Judging from the per formances of the railroads in bring ing on panics, throwing hundreds tf thousands of worklngmen out of em ployment, diverting 'dividends to im proper uses, raising rates - at their own will, and defying public sent! ment generally, ' public ownership will be the people's only final re course and remedy. THE ANTI-BRYAN GAME. 0' NE OF Captain Marryatrs yarns was entitled, "Japhet in Search of His Father," which is re called to memory by the search of the "conservative", or reaction ary element of the Democratic party for a candidate, someone who will be "safe and sane"; who, as Croker sug gests, will be "quiet"; 'In brief, an other Alton B. Parker.' For awhile Governor Johnson ,of Minnesota was seriously considered. not that he is the right kind of a man at all for these retrogressive Democrats, but It was thought that If he could be nominated through their influence and if he should be elected, they might be' able to man age him and keep him "quiet." There was at least a chance that he would be more pliable to their purposes than Bryan, whom they well know will not be pliable at all. But the Johnson movement was for the most part only a feint, Intended to divert support from Bryan. Judge Gray was talked of for that purpose, and now it is Mr. Judson Harmon who is pushed to the front as the favor ite of the Democrats that are tied up with the "interests." . ; All these efforts, have but one object, namely, to beat Bryan at Denver, with whom is immaterial, and the reason these Democrats want to do this is that they fear Bryan might beat Taft in November. As between Bryan and TaftalL these pretended Democrats who i a1" 'or Gray, or Harmon, or any reactionary candidate, will vote In November fox Taft Though he is heralded as the legatee of the Roosevelt policies. and though he is not the first choice of the interests, thejr are not at all afraid of him. Unless they are po litical idiots these men must know that no Democrat of. their selection could come anywhere neaf being elected; but what they are after is to prevent the nomination at Den ver of the only Democrat that woald be dangerous to them, and they think this Is possible because In Dem ocratic national conventions it H re quires two thirds of the delegates to nominate ?' r ; '' '"' - The onlv nominations that would leave these plotter against thepeo- niA noneles would be Bryan on me one hand and Roosevert or La Fol lette on the other. Roosevelt, by de clining a second elective term, and. forcing the i nomination of Taft, Is " i aan (i ' a - playing their game, wxin iaii mey are tolerably well content; ' the only danger to them lies In the nomina tion and election of Bryan. Premier ; rAsquith ' boasts, with apparent-goodTause. that Eng land is - paying . ff .Its-- na tional , debt at tha rato' of $76,000,000 or ; more . a year, and Is no more in , debt now than 20 years ago: The time, therefore, Is propitious . for inaugurating a sys tem of old-age pensions, which, it is estimated will cost for awhile only about 830,000,000 a year, and will gratify a popular demand which the government acknowledges to : be meritorious. : This would be a dan gerous innovation ' in 'this country, for congress would in a few years bankrupt the country to bribe . vot ers over 40 years old, hut England and France manage these matters better, and considerable good will bo done to many impecunious old people' without greatly increasing the tax burden. HACH TRACK GAMBLING. T HE PUBLIC is being more or less rapidly educated to an un derstanding of the evils of a a. 1. 1 J a race iraca gamoung, ana uov- ernor Hughes of. New York, though he may have taken an extreme po sition, has no doubt done much good along this line. Horse racing should be more and more disassociated from gambling. We do not, say that it should be made a crime for two peo ple privately to bet on a horse race, but the regular system of gambling that has always been associated with and has constituted the main inter est in horse racing should be sup pressed. : It has long been supposed, or assumed, that gambling was es sential to. racing, and that otherwise the breeding and training of thor bughbred horses would cease, but people are being educated out of that false belief. As an eastern paper ' favorable to racing contests says: The racetrack interests ara a combi nation of gambling Influences that havo depredated state after elate, plundering the Ignorant, the creduloua and the poor; demoralising young men and injuring- business intereete a. extensive ana as Important a tb breeding inter ests of the different states. Business Interests that cannot stand on moral grounds cannot stand at alL Business interests that are built up by pulling down other Interests, by seducing employes, by nourishing the gambling passion Is an Interest that costs every community ten times Its value. There has been no war made upon the breeding Interests. There has been no war made upon the racetrack. The movement In America today against gambling Is a' far-reaching movement. It Is a conviction born of many years' experience. It can easily be discovered that the gambling interests have been in trenched behind the breeding Inter ests, and have-been using the latter to do the gamblers' fighting for them. It was the breeding as well as the gambling interests that fought Governor Hughes In New York and that are fighting the sup pression of race track gambling else where, but the breeding interests should see, and are beginning to see that they are in bad company and that, contrary to the generally ac cepted theory, the professional gam blers are not necessary to them, are rather an Incubus upon them. The plea has been and is that to suppress gambling Is to ruin Taclng and breed ing; but this should not. be so and we think a few years will show that it Is not so. , Salmon are steadily petering out in the Columbia river. From pres ent prospects Jt will only be a few years till they will have almost en tirely disappeared. Then people will wonder why sufficiently strin gent measures were not taken.to pre serve this, great and vastly valuable industry. But apparently It is Im possible to do this. FiBhermen are concerned about profits this year and next rather than the Industry decade or generation hence. - To what extent the Republican party in California has reformed it self, or will do so, in consequence of the "recent primaries in that state, cannot be known until results in elections audi official performance appear; but as 'far as -can be Judged now, a very gratifying victory of the honest, decent rank and file of the party over the bosses, grafters, cor poratlon tools land all sorts of po litical scoundrels, was won. The house can come to no agree ment, after all, on a currency bill. It ""Immaterial. - It it conld,, the senate would Mil the bill. And If one passed both houses, it would be of ho appreciable benefit to the peo ple. ' This congress evidently wants to make a complete,, consistent rec ord of doing nothing whatever in the Interest of the common people. A nnarentl v the railroads are ab solute masters - of j the government, and of the people, puid yet they are not satisfied. . V Charles Fairbanks1 Birthday. . Charles ' Warreri, Fairbanks, viae eaident of the United States, was born May, 11, 1852, In. Union county, Ohio, and received ' his education at -Ohio Wesleyan University. in ma - early career he was engaged in newspaper work. - which he abandoned to study bar. He removed to Indianapolis the I same year and began the practice of I ' . . . . . I his profession, in which he was em inently successruL xnougn ne took a more or less active Interest In politics for many years he never held public office prior to his election to the United States senate In 1897. Mr. Fairbanks was reelected to the senate In 1D08 In 1898 he was appointed a member of the joint mgn commission wnirn met in ; Quebec for the adjustment of ques tions between the United States and Canada. He v was one of the Indiana delegates at large to several of the Re publican national conventions and was temporary chairman of the convention St St. Loiitsjn 189. In 1904 JVe was unanimously nominated! Tof vl "presi dent of the United States, a fid Was elected en, the ticket with Theodora KrtAaavelt. i &maU Change Keep the pfeeent Judges right there. The president Will talk some "this wee. , Ask 'em what the-"party" will do for And still congress does nothing; of consequence. 7. " ' ' Judge 01)1 deserves election almost unanimously. ' - - T 't 1 ' -j "As Vet President Roosevelt has noM announced larta) cabinet. , Only four days in eVnlch those negli gent voters can register. i. ' - a A mftnA tnanv nnnl. ir tallrlnv ITaVa wno wm a. unamoeriain. It Is still honed that winter will clear out Before May is over. - a . 9 to come, now. who cares about politics, a , m ' There seems to he some doubt of Its being a Bneriock -Holmes Job, after all. . a w: The alleged Democrats who want to beat Bryan don't seem to be able to see Folk. ... . -- Oreroniana are sometimes out of luck a little bit: none of them have any corn to sell. . v a The Baker City Herald fs velllna Tree trade.? It will revive s snrine; slavery next. Some politicians are continually tell ing the voters that they must vote straight.- But some won't. "Vote NO every time" on tha nro- posed laws, Is foolish advice, and as sumes that voters are fools. -. a Well, are you going down to climb upon some rock overlooking the Fa clflo and watch the fleet pass byT a a vniiiauoro Ar(ui: inrea lourwia ox the Republicans of Oregon are for Roosevelt for a second elective term. Why didn't the government think to have the fleet pass Yaqulna and the moutn or tne Columbia in the night. a . The New York World says "Bryan's nomination means Taft's election." What would Parker s nomination mean? a a Most people are more 'Interested In the laundry bill or the butcher's bill than In the Vreelaod or any other cur rency bill. Woodburn Independent: Orearon will make a political error If It sends an Instructed delegation for Taft to the Republican National convention. a Senator Jeff Davis says the newspa pers may "gnaw from his stiffening bones every vestige of quivering flesh." The newspapers would certainly have to be in a desperate state of famine to do that. Oregon Sidelicntd . - An Echo man had rloe strawberries on May 8. m Klamath Falls may have a i woolen mill. a a The prohibition fight waxes warm in Llhn county. Asparagus Is being canned at the Mil ton cannery. a a Three boys and a girt were born in one oay in rrairte city. a a ,' Are we going to celebrate the Fourth? many country paper are asking, a a Taft visited Grants Pass F. W. Taft or eresoent city, a cousin of Big Bill, a a It is a crying shame that Woodburn nas no opera house, says the Independ ent. a a In a hatch of 400 young chicks by In cubator, W: F. Miller of Hubbard has i.ot lost a chicken. a a C, A. CJark of Polk county Is dividing ma i arm into rive ana ten-acre tract which he will put on the market for sale. a a Fifteen teams carrying 0 ,men left Forest Grove Thursday morning for TlllamooK where thev so to r.rulaa Til lamook county timber, so that It can be properly assessed. a a J. C.f Wilcox, a North Bend dance hall proprietor, who was found guilty of conducting a house of Ill-fame and sell ing liquor to minors, was fined 9656 by juage cinmiiTon. a a "Rhododendrons, rhododendrons, averv. where, and as free as this city's bracing "Hie sea air, wnicn maites every nerve ungie ana me mood leap witn joy, writes a Salem visitor to Newport. Hlllsboro Argus: There Is a decided ly strong movement In real estate In this, city, and the country surrounding It. A number of sales are renortef ana mere are many inquiries ror illlls- ooro residence property. a a James Tokum. who operates a farm near Riddle shipped on April 30 a crate of choice berries to a Portland commis sion man. receiving- 60 cent a Mr hm or ai a crate lor nis rruit. a a a Gervals Star: Cron nrnsneot ara ih. very best; a large acreage Is already sown to fall and spring grain; ' fruits and berries are promising a good yield with a largely Increasing acreage; there will be less hops and potatoes; hay and clover plenty, and of course a larger supply of milk products. a a Salmon River Correspondence of h Sheridan Sun: A person with a small' place can make a comfortable llvingMn here in a short while. Strawberries, huckleberries, blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, loganberries and currant are at their best in this soil and climate and also apples, pears, cherries, prunes. cm., am ugapiea to ine piace ana ao well here. There Is no place where they can raise better gardens. With a nice big bed of strawberries, a good garden, a few cows, chickens and sheep and one can live like a king, with the best that nature affords. a a . . Athsna Correspondence of fha "Raa Oregonian: Never before in the history of Athena and Weston has the value of the Weston mountain potato end berry land been so clearly demonstrated as this spring. The last of the 40-car ship ment of potatoes sent out-last week. whes long lines of two and four-horse teams were seen hauling In tha product of the rich mountain land. At but 0 cents per F.-ick the Weston mountain po- iaia lanu ra yieiaeo irom to Sou per acre. This potato land comprises all of the west slope of the Blue moun tains tributary to Weston and Athena and aside from being one of the richest potato belts in the west is also fine tj ana uayuiiu an excellent tmeltttit a lata Wam1aM wklab - a variety of late berries . which coma In several weeks after the regular crop la exnausiea ana wmcn . conaeouentlir brings fancy prices. Most of It will yield 1100 per year In potatoes or 1250 in berries and Is free from frost, does not neea irrigation ana is a rich, black loam, nignif productive and easily cul tivateo. . - - .-.',... CnrloSitlew of the Calendar. . 'No century begins with Wednesday. Friday jr Sunday. . At the beginning of each 20 yis tha same calendar Is re peatedv The 'month of October begins slwsvs tho same dav of tha arwlr January; April" Uie sanfe a." Jiily" and Septamber. The first and the last day or tne year are always- the same. In these jnlcattpns leap years ars omitted, I 'MAKING AMERICANS IN HA WATT I L- i I ... t BY FREDERIC J. UASKIX. ' (Copyright, 1808. by Frederlo J. Haakln.) i Honolulu, H. T., April 2 7.- some "millions of dollars In fortifying Hawaii It Is equally as neces sary mat tne American nation do wun a gooa, sturdy, nonest American cltlienshlp. ' The task of "Am ericanizing': Hawaii la one of the this mld-Pacifio territory have to Americanization of these Islands arles from New England landed iuro ana wniie men were mere men. They were fishers of whales ather arles soon had control of the politics of the islands, the chiefs and kings inviting missionaries to become their advisers When a white man advises a chief of an inferior T . For many years there was great ri valry between the Americans and Brit ish as to which of their nations should have the preponderant - influenoe. The United States was represented by the missionaries. England bv businasa men ana others, xne, ntru was long ana bitter, and It IS still manifest in the scorn' which certain peoule in Hawaii can put Into the sentence, "He's a mis sionary." - To be a 'missionary'-ta Ha waii oerore tne nays or annexation was not necessarily to be a preacher of the gospel. Jk. "missionary" mlaht be a gambler.' The word .was used to desig nate mat raouon wnicn insisiea upon American supremacy, The bitterest foe tne -'missionaries'- rial was the mis sionary bishop of the Church of Eng land. All .this has chanaed since an nexation, but the line which defines the missionaries' , is . still drawn aulte sharply. It may be mentioned that practically all f the territorial offi cers and a la ge majority of the lead ing business 'men are missionaries." The exceptions among citizens of wide Influence are more often British or Ger mans. . v.; ,s '.".v.-,., ,. ..,?;.-. ' 'nKawaa Xs Amerloanlsao., Si far aS politics is concerned: Ha waii a already Americanised. The task now is to bring the Industrial and so cial life to the American standard, rnj to keeD It there, . The overwhelming majority of Japanese and Chinese popu lation makes this taBk a difficult one. The sacred fetish, of "business Inter ests" is also In the way. The oncom--Ins- of the vast numbers of orientals of Hawaiian birth who 'will be entitled to vote is a danKt? which must be faced. . .. The islands are under-the - business- rule of King Sugar. Sugar Is a trop ical product which requires the ex penditure of great labor, and that labor must be cheap. It also must be a class of labor which Is content to remain in the cane fields at tit a rooms for a lona- time, nreferablv for acnarationa. It was King Sugar who brought the Japanese and Chinese to the Islands and caused their eoonomical orlentallsation. King Sugar has also brought Portuguese and Spanish laborers, who have made Sood, and whose children are good merlcan citizens. The policy of the American party la to encourage the immigration to Hawaii of American farmers who will take up muau nomeaieaas ana Decome citlxcns, to form a nucleus for a middle class to-stand between a-reat Kin or Rncar and the semi-servile laborers of the cane fields. "Small farming" 1 the hobby or many or ine Dest men m the tern tory. But it must be admitted that con dttlons are such as to make this task extremely difficult. Hawaii has good homestead lands, and it offers opportu nity for making money to the hard working farmer. But tropical condi tions are vastly different from those which obtain in the great agricultural districts of the United States, and It is mis airrerenca that breeds difficulties, agar is Xing. King Sugar Is not In sympathy with the small-farmer movement. Some of the planters, It is true, are leaders In me cause, out tne great majority threw cold water and sav It is imnoaalhla. They do not like to look forward to a iime wnen mere will do a.noet or cltl sen farmers to oppose the r'ans of the few great planters who till the ground with thousands of contract laborers. The Japanese have already driven from the islands the white artisan class. It la almost pathetic to hear the drtft of the talk in Honolulu about , some things. When the news came that it was practically certain that congress would appropriate money to Improve Pearl harbor there naturally -was re joicing. But It is to be doubted if Americans generally could aruess the burden of the self-congratulatory 1 "l"- vwavaa V yrass Vila b Lli O X CO. i HIXl k)JY work would bring 2,000 or i,000 Ameri cans to Honolulu to aid in "American ising" the territory Thinking men in Honolulu rejoice because the United States Is at- last awakening to the value of Hawaii as a military outpost Not because the Hawailans are bloodthirsty imperials drunk with sisht of Dowes. hut- h. cause they hope it will mean a garri son or two or tnree regiments of Am erican troops. "If thev DUt a biar uiA-r of troops here it will mean that some of them will take homesteads andt tie here when their 'term, of enlist ment expires." Truly, It is inspiring to see how these patriotic - Hawailans grasp at every little thine- that will aid them In making , citizens of tha genuine American pattern. Hopeless as the task of inculcAtln ar American Ideals Into oriental minds may seem, Hawaii accepts the chal lenge of centuries and is trying man fully to accomplish what Is all but Im possible. Churches and achnnla tiaar the burden of this work. The church Letters From tke People Believes Manning Hasn't Made Good. Portland, May 11, To the Editor of The Journal As a citizen and tax payer I would like, first of all, to ex press my personal commendation of the stand The ' Journal has taken and is taking on the many Issues affecting ta general gooa or tne community. In this connection permit me to men tion one subject that Is. In my opinion. of vital Importance to the best interests of the city snd county. . I refer to the coming; eleetionr Insofar -as It -pertains to the selection of a man to fill the office of district attorney. This Is a matter that touches all ef us, rich and poor alike. ' If the man who holds the office is incompetent and extravagant. It touches the pocketbook or tne property owner wno must, per force, "pay the freight. If he can be influenced In his official acts or lack or them oy a "pull." then the poor man is tne suiierer. - The present incumbent of the office. John Manning, has been charged with both incompetency and . extravagance. If these charges be true, then he should not do returned to oince. it is a weu known fact, and one borne out bv the records, that In almost every important case to wnicn ine state nas oeen a party It has been deemed necessary to employ special counsel to protect the state's in terests before- the courts. A recent example la- that of .the prosecution of xjajiKer floss. ine active prosecution of 1 this case was Dlaeod in the hands of a special prosecutor who received, it Is publicly alleged, a retainer fee of $500 for his services. Scores of other and similar Instances are of record. many of them of recent date and 'familiar to xhe readers or tne dally papers. - , w hv anouiri tna vnters ana tatcnavers Of this county be forced to undertake tnis heavy additional expense in order to preserve their rights, when' they sre paying a heavy annual sum to a district attorney and a large staff of deputies? As one who helps pay the bills I de Sire to protest against a continuance of such a condition of affairs , ... In the office of district attorney In competency - spells expense.. It also means possible immunity - for criminals and all of the attendant evils of such -a state of affairs. .U -"' ''.,.': v..,.- Take thoLslngle Instance of the man JValton whd terrorized the Willamette of weekSTSnd wMB was Bnallv captured - A.yiwiiA )i v m nnllcAmin aftar h.rnla heights residence district for a period red-banded by a policeman after a heroic struggle'ln which the officei was shot land nlj-u fatally wouodei Walton was I The United States has decided to SDend something practical to fortify Hawaii greatest problems which the people of solve, and they should have helD. The began in 1820 when tha first mission-' there. v White men had come years be : uuc iney were of a different tvne. than fishers of men. The mission. race that advica is generally taken. ' .' " ' ." missionaries have all but forsaken the soorns to oalt for.maacuUne aid when work among; the native Hawaiian a. who I ever she wanta tn h.n.ii a, i. . are all nominally Christians or. Mor iuuiib, Kim .r ueToiing ineir energies to extending the Christian faith among the Japanese. Chlnaaa anil Knrum With religion these missionaries preach the ' doctrines of western civil or inn I ana American iaeaja. j-.iney are mak ing, progress, as such things go, but k is . BlOW, . BlOW, siow. , . , una scnooi teacher in Hawaii la a perennial Fourth of July oration. Even I tha Naw Yi-irlr mihlln anni, .,whl thdueands and thousands of European children are annually transmuted Into Americans, have no notion -of the work- ad ay patriotism of the publlo schools of these faraway Islands. Conarlom- erate classes of children of every blood and color khowfa from Oreenland's lev mountain to India's coral strand are dally drilled In exercises that sound likVnopoln; tXrESSS 'L'JthTi Islanders and Molokana from RnaiTal"1" . enough to escape Join with the -Jananese and ,tM,lnJ grasing all such obstructions, but much '"-"l.J"- ne japaneae ana icninese in i as one hears about cur hurt atr h.v Snfis?d ti--'-lT?umn, ngiana antpem ( . , Land of the 'Pilgrim's pride,", eto. Then, they alL with appropriate s. tures, salute the SUrs aid Srripes and swear We give our hand, our heads and our. hearts to our-country. One country .one lane-uaa. onariaa-'' Than LUiiR. una Tin Th.niHA.u. .1 . 1. . . . - : . :r The United States of America. What 1. our lanruaga? English., Whatl. pur flag? .The Stars and-Stripes! Hip. Stars, And-Stripes! Hip, las our flag ever been nip. nurrani Has our flag ever been conquered In wart Never! What lsitlon Is a most timely and sensible one the greatest country In the world T Our I and should be given consideration by country, the United flutes of America. I the fathers: . in what is It the greatest? In free - uom, wua ana nappinesa wtiy Is it the rreatest? Because its Dennis are generally Industrious, well behaved ana weu eaucatea. now are they educated? ' In good sohools, both public and private. What is tauaht in these CnolaT. Knowledge of books, useful 41U.1U nvisk, savwu BUU xVasl esllij H UUU Ulfcl" 1 so senshlp." They they all sing "Hurrah for the schools of Hawaii," with rousing chorus: "Then hurrah for the schools Of our dear native land. i For the free publlo schools of Hawaii. All honor we will pay, to the noble patriot band Who founded the schools of Hawaii." . , . , This Is a sample of what is done In une arnau puuno scnooi. exercises oriireau, sucn as lettuce, spinacn, corn, similar spirit and lmoort ara halri In I peas, beets or a mixture of two or mora. all the schools. Americanism In riHlfari into the children day after day, along with the English language. But three per cent 01 ine pupils in the publlo schools of the territory are Americans, Many schools have not a single Amert- can child. But the treat maloritv of the teachers are Americans and those wno are not American by birth are tnoroughiy naturalised In sentiment. Training l& Patriotism. What the results of this systematic I" suit for most families to economize, alnlna- in natriotlam will ha in ml "Roasts are dreadfully expensive, but training years rrom now no one may say. but there can be no doubt that the general effect will be good. The doolie native Hawailans. while retaining their local pride, adopt the American patriotism as their own. The Portuguese and SDanlsh children do so na.tura.llir 1, at KrVean M United States. The Chinese have never known the feeling of patriotism and IX&IL some extent even the Chinese become enthuslastio over the SUrs and Stripes. The Japanesebut that Is another '?-. They are as earnest ft their patriotic exercises as may be and salute the flag with manifest pride and devotion. But to even the tiniest of and he knows that he owes luortma iiieiu 1 ne una uuuuiry on earm is japan. I allegiance to the sacred emparor yon- aer in ioma r -une country, one language, one 1 lag: 'mat is the doctrine of Amert canlsm which has been successfully taught to the millions who have come to our shores from Europe since the great tide of immigration set in in 1820. For 90 years the armv of Euro peans has been steadily increasing, but the American influences have been strong enough to swallow .them and as similate them. It is one country one language, one nag. bui always these were Americans all around them and In Hawaii there is but a iitiful wui nieiu, uiTttvi in iu majornv. I ,1 1 1 . , ' . .1 this0rtaskWh BhuS tekrv "P11"" from time to WH. hefore Vnne" A.Jr rr li.worlI , SV on- add a small half-cupfui of rice or a American- the Hawaiian Islands are.linra-a nnn nt tnmatn mi mnii thi. and American they must remain. convicted and sent to the penitentiary to serve a 28-year sentence. But the district attorney had blun dered in the trial of Walton and the su preme court has granted the man a new trial. He was brought back to the county jaw more than three months ago i ana ine new trial nas not yet oeen had. In tha meantime the county is forced to maintain thla riaanerata Arlmln.l ., I wlll .have to bear the heavy expense of a new trial, with the possibilities of a conviction exceedingly remote, as the witnesses are scattered and may not be found at -all. 1 - - This is but one of numerous cases of the kind, and I respectfully submit that it Is time for a change. 1 worked and yoted lot John Manning at the last eleo- over. I put a thick padding of newa tlon. and I therefore feel thalTTAm" nntl ariTS-oi tha -flnni anil tTatthori-, going beyond the bounds of good taste when I say to the voters of this county who have the beat interests of the com- munlty at heart: "Let us withhold the support of our votes from a man who hae not made good." A. J. g. Baistne Children on a Farm. a- ... niendalev . Orea-on To tha Rdltnr nf I -Tha ; Tnnrnitl I think farm llfa nnnM The Journal i , think rarm lire could be made more attractive to young peo- pie by giving them a buggy and horses so they could Tide and drive. Get them good books and give them some stock for their own, and let them, care for ltand sell it and have the money for a bank account for themselves, and give tem a piace to raise vegetables and take it to market, and that way they will ' become interested In farm life. , "'? The country has more advantages for raising children than, the city,- for In the country - children do net learn so many vices and on the farm they hsve good wholesome food and there is some thin . for them to do so their time will be spent some other way than be ing on the street with -other bad chil dren, and you can keep thetminds pure, xney ao not learn so many rougn things as town children do. More good honest men and women come -from the farms than any other place. - - V -": : - " ! ; s Ella- tVheelef Wilcox. Portland, May To the Editor of The Journal Please repl by sriving in frowr - pa the address of Ella Wheeler Wllmr ( . ' 1 RRADER. ' Wilcox. ' ' A READER. Address Mrs, Wilcox at tha Bungalow, Short Beach, Connect!--, - fae REALM' I nnl FEMININE I A Sensible Sueeestton4-- W HEN the Council ?of Jewish Women ae forth a petition to the city council to pass an act lowering the :' steps of the Streetcars.' thev struck a nnta jthat vibrates responsiveiy in every fe- I - nearts are inciuaea in the sex problem. There Is at least one little lady of the town who no . matter what the lena-th tf W imim. j walks, because she eannot possibly get lupon the streetcars UnaaMlated. nl aha - I to be sure, unusually ehort,vbut so are l y mo acnooi cnudren who- are obliged to use the cars twice a day for I nine months out at tha vur . , , .. I Who h" not seen a woman with par- ceis ana umbrella trr m hin am.ii child upon the cart At considerable ef- rortsne tins the youngster to the un necessary helirht of tha flrat at-r. .n,l the little one scrambles up, baud and knee, the j-est of the way, with scold ings and injunctions to - "hurry ud" from the waiting passengers. . . ' ; .. i . - - K ,s to big a f ep to the first of the ftr tsps-jthat isTsure for the average woraen. And as there Is no movement ,n to "nut th women of the city HP-in..hrm and forbid their going ,.rf i2,f 'L"' woull seem that I J! "I'11 nave this much constdera- 11, t, "lrM 1 country I rods' Vi lHloc"s and "thank-ye-mamsf' e.w nd"- ArSt atop hav. ? uUe thai badThe7 arVI r.aUy I decently level. So why should women I Y!$Pf.. Tw sure it's a small one !Pu.Tiau1T:.: snot so Mlai having SfAciSr liiS T th. Rf ohm ?. ,rcUy but whm vou I PJiVAv?0. am.Vi"P?yt 1 r i'i" V""1" .D?.1UV-'V V" tP" I .. 1. its"offendinV lowered to I reasonable T dlstency from lowered to a reasonable distance from I the street, it annnam that tha mu. I the street, it appears that the suaaes- 1 St St St The Sirapllied Dining. IN planning to cut down our table ex panses and who is not engaged til at nflj nnA. lit -mM.mI 1A I us always ' remember that there Is real . rw u V . ...ID UU1U .l . 1CV economy In the ' three-course dinner, strange as that may seem, writes Elisa beth Ellis In . the Delineator. In sum- -mar Instead of the soup there should be a green salad after the meat, with a light dressing; this Is wholesome and Inexpensive and, llko the soup, prevents one from wanting- too much meat Or. if one . does not care for salads there are the light summer soups made of milk and vegetables. To make these. all that is needed Is a pint of anything I Put the - vegetable on to nook in. a nlnt I of water and add seasoning and a slice 1 Pffln,on: when it is perfectly soft press uj iwnutr r 1 iiurto msy and add a pint of hot milk; melt a tablespoonful of butter and when It bubbles ad Just as much flour; rub to "IS?0,tn Paste, sdd the hot soup little by little... and after boiling a moment strain and serve hot. But between the soun snd the salad is the meat, and here is where it Is dlf- wnv ejao is uieie 10 nave: may in- Quire plaintively. wu ' "-r many klnBs of cheap meat which are , excellent. Beef, for one thing, may be used in half a dozen way- Get a meat chopper and ise it at home, slnee butchers' choppers are too oft." uncljan; buy .0 pound, of the Id "neoner flauin It oit lfki tek Jn3 't P a' strlo of suet throuah th "IddClerttt the ada-e- lnv It in a verv hot rtrv frv- fPind 7tuVn it .rTnlS ?once take tt uft make a good gravy or pour over what la In the pan as it isnd servo nn a hot niattar- it- tm lnnb nA t.,i like a porter-house steak, especially If you do not cook It thoroughly; leave it pin n in tne nuaaie. Or chOD the beef as before, add a beaten eeg, a cupful of bread crumbs, a slice of onion;- minced, a heanlna tna- spoonful of salt and a very small one of pepper and put It all In a bread tin; bake three hours,-, basting often with melted butter and hot water. The next day there will be nice sliced beef loaf to eat cold with salad. If you do not own a chean earthen ware casserole or deep dish with a cover by all means get one, for they are invaluable for Inexpensive cookina. With one, put In a pound and a half of peer cut in nnger-iengths, a cupful of parsley, and, after an hour's cooking, salt and pepper; put the dish on the B KIIU VVl Krtb. : , . . . ur. V" A"u serve in the same dish the stew was cooked in. . . It St For the Kitchen. HIS suggestion won first prize among original articles of do mestic economy: TTflvln IT lam rotimfl M-hf.h . r.nnfr, a na.l fif -.mat mu t . Sreal aeai . 01 carpet. We COUld not af- fora to linoleum for the kitchen. I made a collection of potato and cement sacks, giving them a thorough washing and. mending all the worn places by putting a patch underneath and darri- Ing over the top. (Do not cut out the worn place.) In sew-In tham ins-ether the seams were laid flat and whipped covering tightly over it. As the color ,was to be Indian red, for a priming, or first coat, metallic or roof paint wan used. When this was thoroughly dry (which took about three days) it was ready for the prepared floor paint. The kitchen is quite large, and nt the noml- nai cost of 12.60 for the paint we have la verv nretttr nverlne whinh will nut. wear linoleum. If-It Is painted one a 11 wil1 ,ast indefinitely. The more pa)nt that u u8ed the Jess the seams will show. We have 'only used two i fat!l of the P,rare Tafnt so far, and " -.-. --v" -v a . a . a - -. The Dally Menu. URKAK1PABT. , Creamed - Dried Beef. ; Potato Balls. Popovers. Coffee. Scalloped Salmon. - Green Onion Salad." Htewea. Knunarn. t.ake. Tea. . .' ' -. ' DINNER. Clear Bonn. . Roast Lea of Lamb. Hominy. Tomato Jelly. Mint Sauce. epinacn. ...... Lemon Jelly. - Nut Wafers. Coffee. : , - t " - This Pate in Ilistory. ; - 1778-iWlllliwn Pitt. Earl of Chatham, died. Born November 15, 1708. 1779 Norfcolk. .Virginia, occupied by the British. . 18B3 Charles Warren Fairbanks vice president of the United States, born. - 1857 The Indian mutineers seised Delhi, v : . .. ' ... . . 186 Minnesota admitted to state hood. ') " . ::' .-. 1SR tAst fight in. the Civil war at Palmetto ranch, Texas..' 1871 air John - William Frederick Herschel, astronomer, died. Born March 7. 1792. . '. . ..' . , 1872 Thomas Buchanan Read, poet and painter, died. Bora March 13, 183 J, 5 I
