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FULTOX A XI) CAKE.
ENATOR FULTON is said to
have given, oat a statement at
Washington in which he pro
fesses that he is a loyal sup
porter of Mr. Cake and the "entire
ticket," and he Is quoted as saying:
'I see that in certain legislative-districts,
-where anti-Statement No. 1
candidates were nominated, voters
,who. participated in the primary as
Republicans are aiding in bringing
out independent candidates fledged
to Statement No. 1. Those same
: voters registered as Republicans,
- and as such participated In the pri
mary, or had an opportunity to do
flOi They registered as Republicans,
and are bound as honorable men, by
the results of the primary, whether
they voted or not. To assist in
bringing out opposition candidates
now is positively dishonest."
- That is to 6ay, the principle em
bodied in Statement No. 1. the elec
tion of senators by the people, cuts
. no TiEiirB in ina camDUEO. aiili-
statement candidates are all right,
', In Senator Fulton's estimation, and
lie supports Mr.. Cake, who Is of the
came opinion. Senator Fulton is
consistent In this, for he never did
Indorse Statement No. 1, and there
tore election of senators by the peo
ple,' but Mr. Cake did indorse and
support Statement No. 1 up till the
primaries, by which means he defeat
ed Fulton; then be flopped over into
' the very same position that Fulton
bad occupied and in which he was
.. beaten."
There are a great many Repub
licans In Oregon who think that
Statement No. 1 la very much in is
sue, is of vital importance, is Indeed
tii nanmnnnt niiontfnn And. tha
support and establishment of which
" w Is far more important and necessary
than sticking to the "entire ticket,"
when some of the candidates refuse
to do what the people want done.
: Fulton is for anti-Statement No. 1
- candidates; he declares himself for
Cake, perhaps partly because Cake
agrees with him now In this view.
' Or just possibly Fulton is saying to
himself: Since the people of Oregon
turned me down for not supporting
Statement No. 1, they won't do a J
thing to Cake O no."
, PEARY AND THE POLE.
GAPTAIN PEARY Is again solicit
, lng money with which to make
another effort to discover the
North Pole. This is an old
atory, and is becoming rather monot
onous. There is no objection to Cap
tain Peary making as many trips as
he can in search of the pole, nor to
anybody who Is so disposed donating
the needed money, but It id a' little
, strange that since nobody seems will
ing -to do so, without a great deal
of urgent solicitation. Captain
Teary does not realize, the fact that
nobody cares whether he makes an
other Arctic trip, or whether he dis
covers the pole, or not. Probably if
,' assurance could be given that his
3!pe-dream could be realized, and
that he could really reach the end
' ot the earth's axis, the money might
he forthcoming, but nobody has any
faith In ha ability to "get there."
Captain Peary Bays:
. uiuu iuio rescued iae poie on
my last trip had. it not been, for the I
circumstances which caused our
party a delay of 15 days on the Ice.
The pole is within our grasp, and it
- seems a pity that $50,000 cannot be
raised to make the possibility an ac
complishment," This p always the
case, with all of them; they would
have reached the pole "except," and
"It" But there Is always the "ex
cept" or "if," and probably always
. will be. Recent pole searchers have
penetrated . a , few degrees farther
.north than, those. of a generation or
two ago, but there still remains a
space , beyond the farthest point
reached that probably never win. be
passed. - -' ' ' .
But If. it can : be and should be
passed, what benefit to humanity or
to any considerable-number of peo
ple, would" the feat be? Peary says
Vthe pole Is within our grasp' but
who wants it, and what good is it to
anybody - when grasped, except to
Peary or- some one else' who will
' -thereby acquire some fame? ; v,
If to gain the end of , the earth
were to be of any appreciable bene-
1 f.t, it is pretty certain, that Peary
end other poleearc,hers would not
Un.'l lack tor fundsjbut It seems to
l?e utje of tbos erkerprlses that are
THE QUESTION QF FITNESS
ANT Republicans who in-vot
ing for senator cannot and
would not Ignore or put aside
the political or partisan view.
who would much prefer a Republican
to a .Democratic senator, will yet be
fair and Just enough, to themselves
and to the state to consider carefully
the relative fitness of the two candi
dates, especially as this is shown by
public, service and acquaintance with
the people of the state and their
wishes and needs.
Governor Chamberlain has lived in
Oregon for about a third of a cen
tury, ever since he was a very young
man. In that time he has served as
member of the legislature, twice.
in different districts, and both of
them with Republican majorities; as
district attorney; by appointment
and afterward by election as attorney-general;
and now for about five
and a half years as governor. Not
only has he performed the duties of
these offices well, and satisfactorily
to the people, as his repeated suc
cesses and especially his last elec
tion against a strong candidate show,
but the knowledge and experience he
has gained In these offices, and es"
peclally as governor, will be of Im
mense advantage to him as senator,
and to the state.
Chamberlain has not been an inert
governor, merely performing the
duties of his 'office. He has con
stantly been active in visiting the
people of all parti or the state, fa
miliarizing himself with their con
ditions, ascertaining their needs, en
tering sympathlzlngly into their
projects and ambitions. He has at
tended fairs, dedications, Institutes,
reunions, and conventions all overj
the state, so as to get close to the
common people, and be the better
able to serve them. He has taken a
deep and active interest not only of
ficially but personally in irrigation.
ana as president one year oi me na
tional Irrigation congress he attained
a prominence that would be of great
value to the state it he were in the
senate. .
Governor Chamberlain has long
been an ardent advocate of river and
harbor improvement, and of inland
waterways. He is in entire accord
with President Roosevelt on this as
well as on most other subjects, and
if the Roosevelt policies are to be
carried out by his successor Senator
Chamberlain would be; found active
ly and Influential supporting them.
He has repeatedly visited Coos bay,
the Coqullle, Sluslaw, Yaqulna and
Tillamook, and knows Just what the
1 i 1 y
not worth while, except to on or a
very few individuals, and probably
not even to them.
The very first time a party con
vention after the old plan got a
whack at them, it kicked .Statement
No. 1 and the primary law out of
the platform. The first time a legis
lature of the right sort gets together.
those measures will get another
whack of the same sort. The only
way for the people to retain their
rights under those measures is to see
to it that only legislative candidates
pledged under Statement No. 1 and
the primary law, are elected. They
can further defend themselves by
seeing that the Benator to be,, elected
will use his whole influence and the
power of his office In the same In
terest. If they fall- to do these
things, they will wake up some fine
day to find their rights gone, with
the bosses again in the saddle and
the old rotten political system once
more In vogue.
If Standard Oil Aldrlch of the sen
ate could once hear the Cake claim
that the only way to get things for
Oregon is to "elect me," his face
would take on a sardonic grin. The
suggestion that Harry Cake could go
among the Aldrlches, the Platts and
the Elklns and put that crowd on the
run would be downright amusing to
Mr. Aldrich. What Is altogether
more plausible is that if Mr. Cake
should get there, he would be quietly
taken In band, and when Mr. Aldrlch
said "thumbs up" the littlo Port-
lander would hop up with the ce
lerity and promptness of a jack ln-
che box. If Mr. Cake has not the
force of character to stay longer than
a fw weeks oa one side of a ques
tion in Oregon, how would he be able
to resiBt-orders when Aldrlch waves
his wand in the senate?
. V ---f ' ' ..... f :.
At a meeting of the county com
mitteemen State 4'ChaIrman W. M.
Cake ! criticised Vthem sharply for
their , apathy and apparent latek of
Interest in the pending campaign and
the success of tbje party's candidates.
But Mr, Cake should Jnake allow
ances. It is asiolfficultto manufac
ture enthusiasm without any proper
reason therefor ' as It was, for the
Israelites to - make brick .without
straw. The committeemen "find that
great numbers of Republicans have
become their own men and found out
where their best interests lie, ana re
fuse to be led around by their noses
any longer. Moreover," they are
pretty weir disgusted ; with that plat
form, and Candidate. Cake's flop. -
The fleet went past, about four
miles out without stopping at all
either off Yaqulna bay or? the Co
lumbia river.'. But be careful about
that Oregon first gun In the cam
paign, . ' ;
- The Democrats of California have
done better la their convention than
the Republicans did In theirs. , While
people of those -seaperts-waaiir and
will spare no effort to get it for
them. And of course, he would be
tireless in his efforts for the Colum
bla and Willamette rivers.
' All this long public experience,
this close and intimate acquaintance
with All these places andJaffalrsanti
his- unaffected, enthusiastic desire
for the improvement and develop
ment of Oregon, makes Governor
Chamber! atn, politics aside, Incom
parably the abler. stronger, fitter
man for senator, the one who from
long experience ' and a great store of
knowledge gained would do far more
for Oregon than any other man who
could be sent to the senate.
Rut this experience and knowledge
are not all that make him the fitter
man. To put it briefly, he knows
how. He knows men, and without
affectation or deceit or flattery
makes friends of them. He is gen
ial, cordial, winning. He would soon
become a favorite in the senate, and
could score successes for his state
where even a Republican not pos
sessing these natural qualities for in
fluencing men wduld fall. Without
sacrificing principles, or deviating
from the path of honorable duty, the
governor has the happy faculty of
making friends, in all walks of life.
He is at home among worklngmen
or business men, and he would be
equally at home among statesmen.
Looking over the two candidates
thus, would It pay, many Republican
voters are asking, to defeat such a
man solely on account of politics, es
pecially at this time when partylsm
counts for so little, and for practic
ally nothing Insofar as Oregon's
needs are concerned? There is noth
ing that Oregon wants that Chamber
lain, with his experience, his wisdom,
his temperament and attractive per
sonality, though a Democrat, would
not be more likely to obtain than an
Inexperienced- man like Mr. Cake.
Chamberlain would go into the sen
ate with a national reputation, alto
gether in his favor; Cake as a Port
land lawyer who never did any pub
lic business In his life, and who had
tp be sized up for two or three years
before being noticed.
Without any personal disparage
ment of Mr. Cake, and conceding
that from a purely political point of
view he Is preferable to Republicans,
these weighty considerations of fit
ness, natural and acquired capabil
ity, are not to be overlooked or
evaded by thoughtful Republican
voters. They are of prime Import
ance In making the choice between
these two candidates.
the Republican convention was
seized and fun by Boss Herrin of the
Southern Pacific, the Democratic
convention repudiated Gavin McNab,
and took a square, courageous stand
in behalf of the people. Under the
circumstances the Democrats of that
stataught to triumph.
An Irresponsible publication says
Chamberlain and Cake equally stand
for Statement No. 1. And Cake run
ning on a platform, adopted by a
convention that repudiated not only
Statement No. 1, but the whole, pri
mary law. Is Mr. Cake for or against
that platform?
The law providing that railroads
must issue free transportation to cer
tain officials seems to have no
friends, unless It be said officials.
The press of the state is practically
unanimous In favor of Its repeal by
the ballot on June 1, and there Is lit
tle doubt that this will be done.
The Astorlan speaks of "the tre
mendous necessity for the rehabilita
tion of the Republican party." "Tre
mendous necessity" for whom, the
politicians? The people generally
don't seem to be suffering any. They
are not in any agony over the plight
of machine politicians.
Roosevelt Is popular and approved
and applauded not because he Is a
Republican, for he is about as much
of a Democrat as a Republican, but
because he is for the people. If he
lived in Oregon would he dodge or
ignore such a people's measure as
Statement No. 1?
Of Doubtful Expediency.
From th Pendleton Tribune.
There Is much reason to doubt the
wisdom of the action of the Republican
state convention, recently adjourned, In
Its absolute suppression of Senator
Bourne and all his friends as to any
sort of recognition whatever.
Mr. Bourne has some following- In
Oregon,' at least Is one of our United
States senators; will serve yet for two
thlrds ef Ma entire term, and was en
titled to some recognition in a state
convention which has itself no stand
ing In the state law and was composed
of men chosen, by the different county
central committees.
To be sure, it was necessary to hold
a ajate convention. There was no bet
ter way to provide for It in the ab
sence of any form under tha primary
law than the one adopted, and It was
composed of -representative - Repub
licans; but It Is extremely doubtful if
this form of absolute effacement of one
of our United States senators was an
exhibition of good policy, or if It will
have a beneficial -effect upon the party
In the future.
There were some of Senator Bourne's
friends who are strong Taf t men, even
though the senator is not, and the rec
ognition of a few of them would have
savored less of Intolerance and more of
a disposition to concede the rights of
minorities, whose support Is at all time
necessary to assure success.
Snap judgment and the thumb screw,
especially when rigorously applied, ara
not the most approved ingredients lit
the formation of a healthy and effect
ive political party. -T V, . .." - 1
. It is such "drastic' measures as this
action by the state convention that cre
ates a stronger demand - for primary
laws and soma of the movements In its
wake that border on the abmird. .,.,-
Ohio is considering; the referendfirm
and Initiative, Perhaps Ohio may be
civilized vet. -v 'j., ,'-' ... '
Ite?sjFrom tKe People
Woman Suffragist,' 'Aged, Sixteen. -
. jouue, waan., nay is. to tne Emor
of The Journal Our ; great civU ;. war
was caused by that dreadful curse of
slavery. Let us look back on the. past
and see the multitudes of men, young
and old, who fell Into that great tur
moil of civil war. Brothers fought
brothers, a thing that pierced the very
heart of man. :
ah, iur tut, jiuuib vaun ui iiueny
All 11 .. -t.l -. .(....
ana justice, xney rreea we weak and
down-trodden slaves from the terrible,
low-down andL dogged life in which they
were situated. They placed them on th
high throne of liberty, liberty that we
an aaore. iney gave tne negro men a
filace in which they could have a voice
n the -government and be heard. Where
thev cnuld ha va a vnfr?A in th mnlrinv
of laws by. which they were governed.
Think, brothers, how' much' the dear
wives, mothers and Sisters bad given
to secure that liberty. They gave up
tne, dearest of tneir nearts in this world
for the noble cause of liberty and jus
tice. They gave up the lives for which
thev would gladly have sacrificed, their
own to save. r .
Ah. brothers, what la the thanks they
have received for it T A ridiculous car
toon, drawn by T. K. Powers, that
brings to disgrace the whole of woman
kind. A black heart has the man who
pan disgraced ua by. his cartoon, if, ln-
aeea, ne nas a nearc. . '
It is true indeed that, we women have
asked for our rights. -But all in vain.
you turn to ua a deaf ear.
The American women whom you pro
fess to hold in auch high esteem and
who are so much higher, you claim,
than are yourselves, and whom, you
say, you do not wish to bring down to
your level; who are more capable of
making the laws that govern them and
you on account of their superior ability
that you say they possess, by granting
them the right to help make the law,
then why do you lower folks wish to
have the exclusive right to govern
them? '
Men and women must a-o hand in
hand through life together. Tou have
no real home without woman. ,A the
nrst steps of government begin at
home, it Is positive proof that you have
no real national government without
women.
I say with truth and pleasure that
the United States has the best govern
ment that exists unon this earth. But
I claim by what I deem to be only just
ana rignt tnat it can ne greatly bet
tered by the aid of women.
I have discussed the question of wo
men's rights with many people. One
man gave for his base excuse that wo
men would have to work on the roads
to pay for their road and poll taxes.
Ah. man, I think it would be a great
honor cast upon the women were they
to work upon the publlo highway than
to labor slavishly in some Individual's
factory where they are hounded by a
gruff, ' burly, overbearing and heartless
man.
Again I will Bay that Mr. Powers has
made a great mistake in his cartoons.
He Is lost In the high breakers of these
ever-moving years. He must go out of
the sad dilemma. In which he has placed
himself, and pursue the only, the real
and the true course, or perish In his
own lack of good principle. Ever a
true- believer In the cause for which I
have written and eager to secure the
good effect which I am certain -will
come from ao Just a cause, I am
MAK1K J. EIDEN.
Age 16 years. .
Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
Portland, Or., May' 20. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Will you grant me
space In your paper for !a few facts
with reference to woman suffrage, as
I differ materially with Dr." Bartel.
First. The average woman does not
want the ballot. Electioneering, cam
paigning and such, are foreign to all
women who delight In making the home
life what It ought to be. Man waa
created with a combative nature which
enables him to stand up and flgbt the
battles of the world. Woman, on the
other hand, was endowed with that lov
ing, endearing, feminine nature, that
men most admire, and which spurs
them on to do their utmost. A wife
in that capacity is more to her husband
than if she were standing in line be
hind him at the polls. -
Second. The doctor will agree that
the majority of women past the voting
age, are married. How many womon
would vote other than as their hus
bands would? Would that not douMe
the expense and produce exactly "he
same result? Supposing 10 Republi
cans and their wives would vote for
a measure, and 10 Democrats and their
wives would vote against It, would
there be any difference in the result
other than to increase expenses, and
consume time in counting the extra 20
votes? Suppose they would vote op
posite. Can the doctor Imagine the
so-caJled "curtain lectures" near elec
tion time, and how often this would
figure in divorce suits? -
Third. Voting is not .so much a
privilege as It is a duty. Any voter
can become a candidate for any office.
How can the mother of five children
(eldest eight years) become a candi
date end be elected governor or to any
office? .
Some say, leave tha children with
the nurse or hired girl. That Is the
vital point. Too many children are
"left" with the hired girl and become
bereft of their mother's tender mercies.
Let women vote through the agency
of their husbands, fathers and broth
ers as they do now, and the people as
a whole will continue to grow steadily
better.
Mr. Bartel mentions, 'Taxation with
out representation was tyranny." So
It was. But that Is a dead issue, and
Is not applicable to the present cam
paign, and has nothing to do, what
soever, with woman suffrage. That
was the prima cause of the revolution,
and the right of suffrage was not
enacted until lone after.
Whenever I poll a vote. It will be
for the best interest of my ' family In
particular, and others In general. Con
sistent with that In voting on the suf
frage measure, I will put an X di
rectly opposite the word NO.
D. W. BOSS.
No County Should Be Parasite.
Olex, Or.. May 18. To the Editor of
The Journal In your issue of the 12th
Paul Daschel attempts to answer your
editorial in Which L. J. Gates of KentJ
is quoted as saying that Sherman coun
ty has been exceedingly prosperoutvun
der prohibition.
Mr. Gates has shown very conclusive
ly that businesses better,' that the peo
ple had more .money and used li-lri
their business he didn't say anything
about the condition of the cities and
towns, but Mr. Daschel has Informed
us that the City, of Moro la out of
funds and can't pay his 1200 war
rant, which he offers as' evidence that
the county has not - prospered. But
we consider' it excellent proof that Mr.
Gates' statement is true.
If the city had plenty of money , be
fore the advent of prohibition, much
of It must have been obtained through
licensing saloons. Sherman county has
enjoyed prohibition for two years, the
wealth produoed .daring that time Is
about the jtame as that ; of the two
years preceding. Where is tha money?
It has not been paid Into the city
treasury through the saloon licenses.
It must be -where Mr. Gates says It
Is. And a . city sustenance from the
hard-working wealth-producers through
the license plan could, best serve the
public by giving up Its charter, and
cease to be a parasite. .
Do Balfour, Guthrie & Co. annually
buy, millions of dollar worth of bar
ley from the farmers of Sherman
county which they sell to tha brewers?
We think not the barley . raised In
Sherman county Is . the beardless va
riety which Is net a ' brewing barley,
but If such . were the case, the same
ground will produce as 1 much wealth
through wheat as barley. ."Further
comment la unnecessary.
- - OLD FULLER.
HEART-TO-HEART TAJ.K TO RE-rwPUBLIGAN-POLITIGlANSr
' From. tha EaJem Journal. , -
If Jt la any satisfaction to tha old
Portland Republican maohin to have
controlled tha state convention, it Is en
titled to Its glory. -So
far as the independent thinking
people - of Oregon Tare concerned, they
have nothing but contempt for that ma
chine, and will express it whenever
there, Is opportunity in the future.
As a matter of fact, no one cared'
threo-trawe.-or even- one --straw. who
went to' the national convention from
that convention.. If the people had a
choice in the matter, probably none of
the men who nave gone would nave been
elected. i-
The Deople of Oregon have had bit
ter experiences with the machine poli
ticians or tne oia acnooi, ana ir any or
them are not convicted or indicted or
defeated, they probably ; will be when
the time comes.
If any more condemnation of tneir
mismanagement . of public matters is
needed. If .any more convictions ere
necessary to break up grafting, such
condemnation and convictions will be
forthcoming.
One of the kinanlns ' of the oM ma
chine has been in Washington for the
past two months giving up reluctant
testimony in tne Benson-Hyde - land
fraud cases to save himself and his
principals serving terms in the peniten
tiary, i
Everybody knows who knows ' any
thing about Oregon politics that if
that chief agent of tha glgantlo land
frauds were a candidate to represent
Oregon Republicans in the national
convention against any Republican in
Oregon with clean hands and a spotless
record, the boodler would be preferred
by the machine and decent citizenship
would be rejected.
ir tne rottennest corporation poli
tician in the state or the biggest land
thief In Oregon were put up for any
honqr In the gift of the party, every
machine manager in Marlon county
would line up for him.
And vet that mental and political
attitude Is misnamed Republicanism.
The rank and file of the Republican
party are not sunken into that de
bauched state of political turpitude, and
can only express its disgust by repudi
ating such samples of machine corrup
tion at the primaries and at the elec
tions Whenever there is an opportunity.
The state convention calls such ac
tion by the rank and file of the Re
publican party abuse of the direct pri
mary law.
There will be more such abuses of the
primary law in the future han there
No wonder that . President Kooseveit
has turned down a lot of those tainted
specimens of Oregon machine Republl
cantsm when they have been put up to
him for Important federal appointments.
KepuDiicanism tnat wnitewasnes
grafts, resists reforms, prolongs abuses.
and advances and protects men who
have violated laws and platform pledges
deserves nothing but constant fumiga
tion and relentless opposition of Inde
pendent voters.
In the political campaign In presi
dential year all the old junk that a
polftlcal party has accumulated for 20
years comes forward and clamors for
recognition.
The snorting warhorse. the back num
ber, ex-federal officeholder, the man
who could not get a second term, or
who quit a first one under fire all
these unselfish patriots come forward
with their spoon out for more. .
What has the aggregation that has
dominated Oregon Republicanism for 20
years got to its credit to demand further
nonors upon 7
wnen men win stana up ana ten you
Small Change
Various politicians are kicking in all
directions.
V
Congress Is afraid to do anything, and
afraid to adjourn.
The submarine investigation dropped
down out of reach.
Oglesbv Toung is a square, trust
worthy, capable man.
WTiv 'doesn't somebody find out what
Is the size of Taft's hats?
Anti-Statement No. 1 candidates can't
be Statement No. 1 candidates.
Wouldn't It be best to postpone the
festival till the roses are ready7
Probably Mae Wood Isn't old Piatt's
wife, but it would serve htm rignt ir
she were.
w
Th nennlA would better hang onto
what they have gained. In the matter of
government.
The new $17,000 statue Of Quay is of
white Italian marble, symooncai oi
stainless purity. '. ' "
V-.r, nM Vermont waking UD Is
going to set out 60,000 forest trees and
spend $50,000 on roads.
x T.-aav man havb rats can be
exterminated by snuff. But aome people
sneese at the assertion.
Tit. Atlanta, council has appropriated
$500 for the mosquito bat not. to Day
his bill or for bis music.
ti rmwrta that flock to the Gunness
arm nhnw that there are a great many
fools that she didn't kill.
Th Huahea boom-is growing," says
a New York dispatch. GtflwJng smaller.
and Is about out or signt.
,
It always was a difficult feat for a
politician t-rlda two animals going In
opposite directions, at once.
Temperance people of an Indiana
town have put tha ban on sweet cider.
Buttermilk may have to go next.
That Philippine assembly proves In
capacity for self-government; the mem
bers haven't had a row In a month. .
Governor Johnson Is aaily satisfied
says a 25 per cent tow m
complimenlary; so will like vote bo In
uenver.
Tn0 pjty
of it is tl
that Mrs. Gunneas
did not pose as a millionairess, and get
a few of those counts, dukes and princes
to come over. .
While soma men are no doubt digging,
vet a lot of politicians and papsuckers
ara working on the Panama canal or
rather drawing pay.
, '
A widower with three children and
earning $12 a week, who admits that he
drinks some, advertlaes for a wife, who
of course must be in every way a supe
rior woman. - -
William M. O. Dawson's Birthday.
William M. O. . Dawson, governor of-
West Virginia, was born in Maryiano,
May 21. 18M. As a youth he removod
with hfs father to West Virginia and
his education was received in the pub
llo schools of that state. He spent
soma time at the , cooper's trade -and
subsequently clerked la a stora and
taught sohooL In 187S he settled In the
town of Kingwood and became edito;
of tha local paper. Hia political career
began about tha name time with ills
election to the chairmanship .of the
county .Republican- committee, a posi
tion ha continued to fill" for 1$ years.
He was-elected to ,he state senate In
1880, was reeleaSkd.f in 1884, but de
clined a nomination in 1888. " In 1891
Mr. . Dawson waa chosen - chairman Of
the' state Republican committee, and
three years later. West Virginia, which
had always been looked upon as a Dem
ocratic state, was placed In the Re
publican; column. He served as chair
man until 1904, when he resigned. In
the same year he was elected gover
nor, having served two .terms previous
ly aa. secretary of state. .-. .
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that the .state university,; lands were
wasted, that tne. school-lands were
stolon, that the : swamp lands- were
boodled .away to cattle kings, that lieu
lands and -base lands were made the
sublect of lawless speculation under Re.
publican administrations, and ' no one
wtu puDlicty 4eny.it, and -tne same men
who did these thines ara not condemned
but put In the saddle,-' wjiat . can the
people, do but ; repudiate them at very
opportunity -
The Caiittol Journal hna stood for re.
forms within the Republic.an-party,rbut
It warn the machine that the patience
or tne" peopia is exnawMaa. -
They win not be lined UP to ratify
machine programs 'i a-tney have been In
the past. - , Ay'' VC v - ;
Men's political Tecofds are going to be
held ud" as never before, and belonging
to the majority-party is not going to
B.ti n iitau iiv ! uiuit ur wnu n,
had a bad record from merited defeat.
The people realise that the machine
would take away from them' every right
ana vestige or protection to. aecent aa
ministration, and would foist upon them
the professional disciples of graft poll
tics. .- ' - v .
poes the machine condemn Dunbar for
pocKeung, ijua.uuu illegal ieea; go
condemn Steel for pouring state school
funds into a rotten bank; does It object
to Krafts In tnv denartment?
The people are Mlssouriang and have
got to be shown where the machine
does any tnmg nut deiena , ana gioss
over abuses. '
It will bs said that such" talk Is
only driving one machine out of office
to maite room lor a jjemocrauo - m
chine.
That Is a right the people have and
as a last resort tney win always exer
clse that privilege.
If the federal appointments In Ore-
?on In the future are to be made from
ho cast-off and rejected representa
tives of the old Portland political ma
chine, Roosevelt or Taft wilt have
something to answer for.
lAt the delegation in Washington
take warning, let the president be as
sured, that men with tainted reoorda
win not be accepted by the voters.
If Oregon Is to be kept in the Re
publican column In November, there
must be a nae drawn -against grafters
for federal appointments, and this In
cludes the agents of Incorporations that
nave violated- tne laws.
In saying this The Capital Journal
VAVIVUS1.D iivi vtauuat viiiivii, wu
voices the deep-seated determination of
tne people themselves.
What Is the use of sustaining a party
organization that stands for good prin
ciples but culminates In the appoint
ment of bad men who make bad records,
put their party on the defensive) and
then leave the state?
Republican voters are not mere blind
folded cattle to be rounded up In the
corrals once a year by a lot of sharp
ers who cannot look any man in the
face after what they have done.
Resentment at abuse of the party, at
grinding Its imost sacred obligation In
the dust and mire of personal plunder
ing a-Ia J. Thorburn Ross, machine
methods has grown apace and will
mae itself felt.
These words of warning are thrown
put in the hopes that decent and
thoughtful Republicans will appreciate
them for what they are worth, will give
heed to the demand for a better, cleaner
order of things, and that they will not
dig up and foist upon tha people too
much of the ancient and rotten hier
archy that arrogates to itself to be the
only Simon-pure Republicanism in Ore
gon. . ,
The people of Oregon dtmand leader
ship that does not have to be passed
by in silence and with downcast eyes.
Oregon Sidelignta
Fruit prospects. Including prunes, are
good on Myrtle creek.
Strawberries up the valley are all
right only will be a little late.
At the Rogue River hatchery 1,600,000
young salmon are being cared for.
. a
NewportNewa-Reporter: These late
storms are rather disagreeable, but
there are brighter days ahead. The
rhododendrons snd the 1908 bathing
suits will soon be here.
Despite the heavy frosts that have
prevailed throughout Douglas oountv
recently reports from most every sec
tion are to the effect that the fruit
yield will be a banner one this year,
says the Roseburg News.
fclalheur Gazette: We are In this
fight to close every saloon In Malheur
county. It Is a fight to the finish, and
we would not lower our standard if by
so doln we could get all the advertis
ing and Job work for the entire county.
a
Kernvifle correspondence: The beach
for six miles was strewn with lumber
from the wreck of the Minnie K. Hel
ton. The neighbors turned out to save
the lumber, but tha next tide covered
thousands of feet of it with sand to the
depth of four feet.
J. H. Pratt of Acme, says the EugoheJ
uui 10 inaugurate a
scheme that will put the Sluslaw coun
try In touch with the commercial world.
He- says that through Its isolation the
Aim aw a. k.Mtlu K l j -j
tion of the United States and therefore
aiym win pruuduiy do ia Ken at an eany
date to organize an Independent repub
lic with Florence pr Acme aa tha seat
of government.
Much snow is reported to have fallen
1 CHa Winil t 11 i . a.
of Lane county durinir th raina in the
for May la about the 'coldest known In
Oregon for years. The fruit situation
is good and growers report that the
cherry crop will be exceptionally fine,
cherries in the valley now- being as
large as pea a The only orop so far
reported to be not up to standard la the
prune crop, which will be only about
half. Hopa are In fine condition.
There was a woman holding some
thing resembling a baby cuddled in her
lap at the depot, says The Dalles Chron
icle. The woman' and tha bundle seemed
to be asleep. The reporter closed the
door easily to keep from waking -the
"baby." It is considered " the Better
fiart of valor to keep from waking an
nfant If possible. Tha nawnvrliar
stepped lightly to keep from making,
any noise, and scowled when a new?
comer entered noisily. After awhllg
the woman awoke, took the bundle and
placed It in a boxthat was near and
tha bundla waa, only a Spits dog.
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A dispatch from Portland to tha
different 'papers of the state says the
recent cold rains throughout the Wil
lamette valley have been very destruct
ive to horticulture. This Is entirely
misleading, says the Albany Herald.
The fact of the matter Is that tha rains
have been worth many thousands of
dollars to tha valley, and the only dam
age to apeak of waa a alight Injurious
effect upon the prune crop. Crop pros-
rects. are very good and If all Indlca
lons do not fail this year's harvests
will be bumper ones.
This Date In History.
19 John Eliot,-the Indian apostle,
died in Roxbury, . Massachusetts. , Born
In England m 104. .-
1780 Elizabeth G. Fry, pioneer pro
moter of prison reform In Europe, born
in England. Died there, October. 12,
1845. ' .
1829 Second cotton factory' In South
Carolina established at Pendleton.
1832 Election riots in Montreal.
1881 Benjamin Paul. Akera, noted
sculptor, died In Philadelphia. Born in
Maine, July 10. 1826. : - r -i
. 1S64 First express trains run - be
tween New York and Buffalo. -.
1876 Donald A. Macdonald entered
office as lieutenant-governor ol On-
IgSi The i British expedition arrived
at Alexandria, Egypt. - ., ,
1094 xhe Manchester ship canal
opened, . . . . .. ... ...
Is June 1 Too Soon?
IT appears quite - evident that
the-roses which have made Port
lanja . famous , are .-"unavoidably
detained" In bud and will not be
; ready .; to do .their, part In the
entertainment of tha city's guests,
would.lt not be reasonable to postpone
tha Rose Festival until the roses are In
bloom?: The continued "cold and rainy
weather has, kept the roses back, and
while they will ba all the mora gorgeous
for this alow blooming, tha tact is un
deniable that this juuctf vaunted feat
ure of the festival week jvlll be lacking. -We
wish to greet 'eastern guests with
roses at the GepoL fill their rooms with
them at the hotels, shower roses upon
the departing guest; but. how are we
to do this without roses? The play of
'Hamlet" with the prince leftout would
be as cheerful as a josa festival with
out roses. i.x
The local florists, who have tried to ba
optimistic about the prospect for roses,
have agreed that two weeks' bright sun
shine will bring out a wealth of bloom,
but day by day the aforesaid bright sun
shine lurks behind the clouds. ;
If any change in the official program
Is to be made the sooner it la ennounoed
tlfe better. Eastern people who are
planning to be here for the festival will
be starting In a week. They should be
told if any postponement la contem
plated. The thing that made our world's fair
different from the many othera that
have been held over the country waa the
fact that it waa ready on time and that
people were given their money's worth
In the sight of finished exhibitions. It
is a good reputation to live up to, and
we shall escape the censure of disap
pointed people if we have our roses
ready to show before we ask people to
be astounded with them.
Even two weeks of sunshine now will
bring out only earliest roses. The Ramb
lers, which make so . gorgeous a show
over house fronts and walls, can not
possibly be In bloom tn two weeks. The
Testout and LaFrance, which always
bring a chorus of approval from people
who are accustomed to seeing them
only In hothouses, are not yet showing
color.
We want to show people odr best,
surely, and In order to avoid disappoint
ing them we should in honesty ask them
to wait until the show Is ready. June
16 would be a much better time for
opening the festival than June 1 don't
you think so?
St K K
The Underfed Child.
THE school directors In many eastern
cities are Instituting tha plan of
giving the poor children who come
breakfastless to school a glasa of milk
and bread and butter before commencing
work, realizing that children can not
possibly do good work when their little
empty stomachs are crying for food
It Is a good plan, and should, do
something toward keeping thesf little
underfed people from developing crim
inal traits, but as a matter of fact it is
not only the children of the poorest peo
ple who come to school unprepared In
this matter of feeding.
In many families a little girl of A. or
10 veara of age nervously picks at a
dish of porridge, takea a sup of milk
and starts on a run to school for fear
she will be "tardy" the blackest crime
a child or tender years can commit. Tne
small bov who would rather play than
eat and his number Is legion, will put
In the interesting half hour before
breakfast trying to make his puppy sit
up, a i
dining
and tnen win aasn tnrougn tne
room with the announcement that
he Is not hungry, and scurry off for a
few minutes in the handball court be
fore school. Unless a mother actually
holds on to them, compels them to sit
down square and straight and Insists
upon the- breftkfast being eaten before
thev leave the house, the nervous fly
away children of the present day and
age will not eat enougn DreaKiasi m
fortify them for the day's work. Be
fnw noon thev have a headache, are
listless, fidgety and cross, because they
re faint from hunger. .
This is no overdrawn imaginative pic
ture it Is actually the case in many
families right here and now.
A French committee on aietetics ie-
cided that a school child s breakTast
hmiM consist of farinaceous food, fruit.
eggs, milk or preferably cream and stale
or toasted bread with plenty of butter..
At noon a child snouia nave, according
to this regime, roasted or stewed meat,
bread and butter, and plenty of vege
tables. At 4 o'clock he should have a
aweet pudding. it wouiq ne easy io
count on the fingers, tne enuaren or
well to do families In Portland, who eat
anything like that amount of plain
nourishing food in a day.
Fruit, green, ripe or over ripe, cnii-
dren crave and will eat an or it that
they can get, but instead of a plain un
varying dietary, such as the French
onmmiftfiM aavs Is a necessity, the child
of the town eats atore candles, cookies
and ice cream cones.
There la no remeay- in signt save can
ing upon the mothers, who already have
mora than a little to attend to. to give
A
earnest attention to the feeding of the
children. . .
One mother has found a plan for
doing away largely with the sweets that
children crave. She buys fresh dates by
the box and gives the children all they
want of them.
Another gives the children the prom
ise of ice. cream for Sunday dessert if
thev eat no candy at all during the
week. Another serves candy two or
three times a week at the conclusion
of a meal and Insists that it shall not
be eaten at any other time.
The great thing is to secure regular
ity in the eating, and while It would be
going too far to aay that children should
never have anything1 to eat between
meals. It has been found by careful
mothers that If Is far better to arrange
and oversee the extra meals and have
them at a time when they will not de
stroy the appetite for the usual meals.
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" Cooking Suggestions.
A LUMP of sugar dissolved in the
water in which turnips are cooking
Improves them.
All, canned fruit should be kept in a
cool dark place.
. Wash the salt from butter before us
ing it in puff paste," as 'It retards Its
rising. Keep the paste on Ice for a day
or two before it is baked, for in order
to have a light cruet two things are es
sential cold paste and a hot oven.
Save the sirup from pickled peaches
or pears to use In mince meat.
If cranberries are put Into a keg of
water, they will keep all winter.
. To keep lemona put them Into water
and change It once a week.
When boiling flaiTtilways have the
water at a bubbling bo! V salt It, add a
few teaspoonfula of "vinegar to keep
the flesh white and firm and tie it In a
piece of -cheese cloth to keep -ft from
being covered with scum.
The "eyes" of a ; pineapple may be
easily removed If the fruit Is first cut
In thin slices crosswise.
Bread Is ready for baking when the
dough springs right up and leaves no
dent of tha fingers.'
To keep - sausage - from bursting,
prick them with a fork before frying.
" -.'si f $t .
' , " The Daily Menu.
. .-, BREAKFAST.
s """oranges. Cereal With -Cream. -i
Poached Eggs. -. Coffee.
. - -. LUNCHEON.
Baked - Beans. Boston Brown Bread,
Spinach and Beat Salad,--
Baked Custards. Cookies. Tea,
. . t DINNER. , -----
- Lemon and Egg Soup. : '
Pot Roast of Beef. Creamed Jarrots,
Artichokes "With Mayonnaise. ,
V Rice Pudding. -i 1 Coffee, c v
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