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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The prohibition fight waxes warm in
Llhn county.
Asparagus Is being canned at the Mil
ton cannery.
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Three boys and a girt were born in
one oay in rrairte city.
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Are we going to celebrate the Fourth?
many country paper are asking,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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. - -
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; 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.
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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
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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,
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