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Canada or Uaafco. , i DAILY. ; tut fear..... ...ID w I Oar Bontb. ....... . .60 - r j e-'-" SUNDAY - One ? aai.'.V.."'.2.5o"l One month....... , J) j DAILY AND SUNDAY. if ,Os rwr....... 17.50 I One mrDtb...,.... .S3 ." i: To , bear much rand . long from a principle of humanity,' from reverence for the law of ; love, U noble; and " nothing . but moral blindness and deg-? radatlon induce ' men to Bee t higher glory in Impatience of s Injury and quickness to re- , sent W. B. Channlng. . . PROHIBITION GAIMXG. 'S EVER AL more Oregon counties have been added to the pro hibition column, while all of those that were. "dry' before voted to remain so. The vote ' In the latter counties would 1 seem ' to indicate that their inhabitants con elder prohibition a' success, and on the whole profitable, for' It is not principally moral sentiment that de cides such a question. Opinion Is divided,; of course, in such towns as . Albany, Eugene, and . Medford, but the majority in several such towns appear convinced that they can afford to Jose the revenue the Ealoons produce In order to gei rid of them. Other cities, most of them as yet,- are not favorable to pro hibition, but in some cases ? are forced to become "dry through a county-wide vote on the - question. It Is a debatable ; question whether this is a quite fair t specimen of -localption," but the people of the whole state enacted the law and the Eupreme court has upheld It, and It Is not likely to be changed. So some towns that would : prefer to be wet must be legally dry because prohibition is forced on them by the rural vote, and Jn such cases there is a strong temptation to engage in unlawful liquor selling ' Probably, in-most cases, compara tlvely. small cities would be as well or better off, from a merely material business ; point; of view, . without ealoons, and with" a strictly enforced prohibition law, ; ; There Is no way of making an accurate' estimate, for no one can find out how much money , is saved, - and otherwise spent In business. channels that' with saloons running would be spent In them, nor can the cost of drinking be reduced to figures, f Milton and Corvallis are examples of towns that have pros pered without saloons, and the, may ors and other prominent citizens. of . Eugene and Albany are positive that prohibition ' has . benefitted i those cities. The honest' opinion of many . people Is different, that .prohibition spells , business bright, and of course if many business men so believe, and act on that -belief, their prediction is likely to come . to pass, at least partially, ana for a while. v". It is a large and complicated ques tion, viewed purely from ItsbusineBS aspect, and will be much discussed throughout Bot'only ; this state but the country-for years to come, - but the present trend,, here as well as elsewhere, seems to be in- favor of prohibition, an increasing number of people believing that the saloon 4s an intolerable eviL ' ' ; fiBut whatever officers of the-law may believe,' whatever theories they may hold, their duty is clear, and that is to enforce the law. This 'should be done strictly and vigilant ly. They have ho discretion in the matter. They are, only the hired t servants of the people who passed the. law. ' '' ' , .A BUSINESS MAX'S SEK3IOX. IT WAS only' a plain business man's, . a manufacturer's, talk to men of his kind, and as he called It only "A Plain Business Talk," but it was worth noticing. He Is Mr. D. X. Swartwouti president of the Ohio Blower company, and e was dik ing to the National Supply. & Ma ' drinery Dealers association at Rich mond. Virginian He said that while so-called "gentlamen's aKKreementa' for the maintenance of reasonable . p rices ana ior tne correction of abuses aref efforts in the rlKht di rection, they are commendable and of value only when supported by 'right-minded men. " i . , "Purlng the last few years.' he . . said, "the light has been turned upon large undertakings,; disclosing con ditions so dishonorable as to seem Almost beyond belief. Much good lias doubtless been accomplished, but fince lying and trickery and under handed methods are not exclusive ly confined to Interstate commerce, much still . remains for business i men's association Jo, do. , '; ! Mr. Bwartwout urged tlfet more persistent? efforts be made to create a demand for goods of quality by talking quality truthfully Instead-of - dwelling altogether on price.'1 The manufacturers most truly successful are thoo who have established and ' latitntHln&J a Tepntaflon fyr c iallty. Lulling rric a secondary considera- STATEMENT NO. 1 SUSTAINED HE OREGONIAN makes the in explicable statement that "Mr. Cake owes his failure' to the championship of Statement' No. l,v as he had owed his nomination to the tse of the statement." This is absurd, for as The Journal con nnuedhroughWflffilTcampalgnl point out, Mr. Cake did not stand for Statement No. 1 In the election campaign as he did in the primary campaign. - When seeking the nom ination, be was a thorough-going Statement No." I advocate; after, the nomination he encouraged the elec tion of anti-Statement No. 1 candi dates for the legislature. The peo ple saw this change, and many voted for"- Chamberlain on this ..account alone. ';. .'Ur-r--5 i ' : - The Oregon Ian is characteristically and ' constitutionally opposed t9 Statement No." I, and imagines that many of the opponents of the state ment and of the change it Involves Toted for Chamberlain so as to-discredit It, believing that Republican members of the legislature who took the statement will not, vote for him; or if they do that Ihis will end the effort for direct election of senators by the people. "' "L"- 1 - But ;The Journal cannot thus in terpret the returns. However viewed, they indicate that the people are in favor of this principle, this ' move ment, this policy election of sena tors v by the people. ; Their rotes were not -cast with some secret, sin ister motive and design, for the pur pose of : discrediting sand hereafter preventing direct senatorial elections by voting for Chamberlain. This is a theory not supported, by any of the facts. : , , 'U " In the first place,- Chamberlain has. hitherto proved himself a very strong and popular man with the people, of Oregon.,, He s was elected governor two years ago over a strong and worthy candidate by nearly J, BOO : plurality; There is . nothing -very strange In the fact ' that - a plurality of the voters should pre fer him to Cake, an unknown, un tried man. But Chamberlain's firm adherence to and stannch advocacy of Statement No. 1 no doubt gained him many votes, not of those who are opposed to the statement but of those who believe in' It. v The Oregonlan is entirely ' mis taken when ' It reasons upon- the tlon.' The important problem of to day, -he -declared, Is the tralnin&ot men for better things and how true this is In all fields of activity. "Tou must." said this busIneBS man, "sac rifice something for the Improvement of society by giving time and j in fluence to making men betters 1 know of nothing s6; well suited to serve this nurpose - as t for an em ployer to live an honest, clean -lif e himself. ' We devote 21. years to de veloping a. son, tind are well satis fied if, when he approacnes man hood, he has a minimum of vices, Yet we, are. unwilling to , gve :one minute a week to making 'a good man of the other man's boy. who happens to be in our office or shop; Employment in an honest atraos- nhere. among -'dean men, promotes honesty and cleanliness. ; If these associations would "strike hard at dishonesty, their power for good could 'not. be estimatedv' ' , The country needs more business men. large employers rof labor of all kinds, like this, men who set for themselves 'high .standards, who are satisfied to prosper moderately and are willing to "sacrifice something though they really .gain , when all Is counted upr "for the improvement of society" and- ".'to make men oet- ter." It is not only m- pudiic te hut in business life as well that there Is roomfor and need of moral advancement. . . v WHAT. CONGRKSS Dn, AND Dm , . NOT. , . ; " , .c .v, i .. T HE Sioux City Journal, which may be quoted as a type of the standpat ',. organs that are' de termined to approve the record of the last congress, because a ,.m orltr of it was Republican, does the best It can to make out a, favorable case, in substance 'as follows: It must be remembered that tne number of measures for considera tion was larger i than usual,' hence all could not be attended to. More, In fact, was accomplished than, was expected. Congress deserves much credit . for passing . a currency bill. even though It is not a perfect measnre.". An employers- iiaouuy law applying to common carriers en gaged la interstate commerce was passed being -f 'the only- measure af fecting labor 1 interests that came through the mill." ' A step was ta ken ; "toward tariff - revision by authorizing the senate finance com mittee and the ; house .ways and means committee to sit during re cess and go over the tariff schedules with the view of recommending cer tain schedules" for revision." - The pay . of soldiers and sailors was . In creased. . Two battleships were pro- vided for, with the tacit understand ing that two .. annually, would be authorized hereafter. - . "In kd "We Trusts was restored. An Appalachian forest reserve com mission was appointed:' The senate ratified "a number ; of arbitration treaties. About $1,020,000,000 was appropriated, including $33,000,000 for public buildings. Pensions were increased oy - aoout 115,000,000 a year. And the Iowa paper concludes: "Congress-was careful to let corpora tion and labor legislation " alone theory that . the: people of Oregon Hke(itself, are opposed to Statement No. I, la several legislative dis trlcts Democrats' gr independent statement ? candidates tiave : been elected to the legislature over Re publican, anti-statement candidates BBdTOielj'ontthls ground. . an. other districts, statement Republican can didates ran far ahead of anti-state ment candidates, even If the latter were elected. Moreover the in itiative bill which seeks to make It obligatory upon all members of the legislature- nereafter to elect the peo ple's choice for senator has apparent ly carried by a large majority. While the constitutionality of this law may be questioned, its enactment clearly shows the sentiment of the people on this subject, and they ; will see to it hereafter that, this sentiment Is made entirely effective. , That the Republican party seems to suffer at a point or two, and all the reasons why It does, are of no particular consequence, r The people elect Ellis and Hawley by a total majority of more than 80,000, and yet choose Chamberlain for senator, because; as to the former they are content as yef to vote aa they have been doing for years past, but as to the senatorsbip they are determined to take the election into their own hands and out of the hands of the legislatures and politicians; and, .in this instance' Tihey chose, the. man who 'stood "squarely and firmly for this principle, and who moreover had. served them exceptionally well and was peculiarly fitted for1 the office. , , v.::.; j - The -morniag paper entirely , mis construes -the situation. It thinks the "Holy Statement" is a" mere temporary, passing fad, that few really believe in. On the contrary, it Is a practical, valuable and vital principle, that the people are going to stand by, sticV to, and enforce. It simply means that the people shall elect their, senators. That is all there is to It, and there Is nothing vision ary, impracticable of vicious about it. If the people happen to choose a Democrat in a Republican state, they have as much right to diTthaf as to elect a Democrat for sheriff In a Republican county. The whole point is: Let the people decide; let their servants obey. ' Results as to party are of trifling Importance. waiting for a time when the air would not be surcharged with poll- Giving whatever credit may be deserved . for this ; record, it seems to ' be . a very' slim one for a six months' session, especially In view of the numerous important measures of importance to the people recom mended by .President Roosevelt The lack of time is an insufficient plea. for two-thirds" of ' the session was wholly .wastedi The currency bill will doubtless 4 turn oat to be no credit . to : congress.t The. employers liability;, law.,Roofievelt criticised as only partially satisfactory.' The tar iff investigation is a cheap campaign device. The investigators are Vfrlends of the tariff." that. Is, of the protected lnterestsVrand nothing beneficial can be expected of their work If they do any. And this Is all worth mentioning, unless excuses be made for spending so much money.: .. t . ;' l ;. But what congress failed to do makes a larger record. The small bop to employes was all the recog nition labor got. The child labor bill for the-Distrlct of Columbia was absurdly loose. No parcels post. No postal savings banks. No considera tion of (.waterways. No river and harbor-bill. No increased power to the Interstate commerce commission. No further attempt to regulate or control railroads. No income tax or inheritance tax law. No law pro-, vldlng iot.. the public ownership of coal lands. No reform of the land laws. No law providing for em ployes of the government injured In its service, ; No repeal of the duty on wood pulp or print paper or .the duty on works of art. No measure Interfering in . the- least with the sugar trusty the. ateel. trust, the, to bacco trust, or any; other trust. These are in substance j the -, af firmative and negative records, and It will be for the" voters of the coun try next fall to say what they think of them. : 't'yljx-': Governor Cummins of Iowa is an other i prominent' Republican v who thinks, and says, that it is doubtful if Taft can beat Bryan next Novem ber.- ' The contest,' In his opinion, will be "very close." But Cummins is somewhat of a kicker and bolter; he not only is not a standpatter, hut is anxious to succeed - Allison, the venerable egg-walker, as senator. . The vote given to Mr. D'Ren's new reform measures In Multnomah county will certainly be pleasing to that statesman. Eastern people heard the Oregon first gun but seem to be in doubt as to the tenor of its sound. ; Now the University of Oregon can reciprocate to Oregon "by doing bet ter work than ever. - , A, whole lot of people, also voted to protect the fish, both Up and down the river. ' Evidently a good , many Republi cans Btlll have, , the Chamberlain habit. Small CLange - It's up t the nrat legislature. ; ibe ProhlbltlonlHts and Socialists ran jum.auuui as usual. - The number of "yes" votes jon somo vi. in uienBures is surprising. ,"e7" to hv been larRely a per- a k fto'r town doesn't seem Dad; at teaat it might be worse. a a . Oregon ! a ReDUbllcan atata with a rsBorvnuon . aa -.to unamberlaln. A tO district ttm-imv tli ' li n iuu io g-ei noarse hurrahing, a a At lai.t l v . it, ' lt lht It laat fa5Shi-rri"fiWat,i a hor ' favorable to the end- ' . . " er teat hog. ; Well, is -Dan XfcAn ..i.. i,..,- a Fourth of Julv p.i.hr.ti5n J .hi.. .. - -r - ,. . ... ... . ..uu " . Having "shot his -wad." Senator' ',a. ' . , aker will "fall in line" and taka what he can get. In the case of the vice-presidency, the tfioe does really- seem sometimes . to set the man. office seek 1 ' a a IT IN DeODla nlfln't ma Ira ,li.rUn nf KVJ?',. "ur. " i, i Of course manv Kestti. nanni. m. 2n -nt0.ftthh-R-86vI'et,val' And well tear A" V' p wosltlon next :.:,:;;,.. , v , And yet again the men voters of Ore- on reiuse efuse to give women the ballot, 'hS&Hm? th WOmaB -""raglst. he a seems hopeless. a a L"Dronoalttrln ahniiM .-' for moving the atafe iapitil awaV'from Salem, wouldn't h&no countv to for it good i and itronaT - - ' 1 8v u t r , ... Bvelm1 Thaw.' Carrie ' 'Nation.' VTa Catty Wood and Emma Goldman ail seem to be . behaving pretty well, for who, mess aay s, . , A New Tor- preacher ears1 American men are Ideal husbands. But hundreds pr wives in tne divorce courts dally tell a uit-i-crcuv viury,- ' The curious thine- la that mora TTnnnh. llcans who voted for Chamberlain did 'Jcllars spent hi private entertainments not vote for Statement No. 1 candidates sregate a prinoeljr fortune. Bur lol for the legislature. iars and cents cannot measure the' real . a . a Juria-ln fntm tha nrf.4 Hetty Green, It seema probable that she is uiinaing or going on the stage or I marrying a foreign nobleman. Oregon SideKglits Dufur sprinkles its streets with oil. ' a a Marshfleld will soon have free nnatnl .,'''. V - Medford aranlte la helne- ahlnneil tnlctoio. t-ortiaqa. . - , r,i. n. i, i. Myrtle Creek, aava tha Mall, naeila a first class Jeweler, -- Ah ice manufaotorv ha. he.n a.tah. llshed In Condon. . , .K K..,JHen of the cruise of the fleet wiH be an acre around lone. A Uayton man has some anolea that I are nearly as sound as when picked, a a , . ' A few yeara aao Lakeviaw'a bonded Indebtedness was about 133,000. It has UTO "uu lu auoui ilv.VVU. , I For the nast two weeks. SavS the I3av- tnn f-ntlmlat wa hair. Kaa. ...Hnlnattn. " "i"' J"uy aimwrarnri, uui as yet they have not materialized. I a a - . -' Fop. a new establishment the' Fossil creamery is doing a large business. Be- tary of state saved, China by diplomacy, sides filling all the orders for the local Now China fears the insidious encroach market in Gilliam and Wheeler coun- ments of Japan. The Chinese believe ties, a ton- of its famous butter was that the demonstration of force made by shipped to tha Portland market during the presence of the American fleet will tha past month. . . operate to deter Japan from carrying 1 .. ' - 1 " . - Of orchards bn Griffin creek tha Med-1 ford Mall says: The trees of every variety of. fruit are heavily -loaded, but everybody sits up and pays attention when the Cornice pears are shown. A branch from one of the trees not more than 18 inchea long had 36 healthy pears growing tnereon. , . -'-'' " V Lalceview Herald: A few years from nOW some Of US will- be saylnir. "Onlr 5hor time ago this piece of ground emu f ui siuuiiu, wurro iiiuae large buildings are, and that fin farm Is, were covered with -sagebrush, and I could have boua-ht it at 110 cer acre." It will be the same old story, it Is part of the history of every , country. Stand for Something. Orison, Swett Marden In $ucess Maga ' " . sine. The greatest thing that can be said of a man, no matter how much he bas achieved, is ' that he kept his 'record clean. . Wl-y Is it that. In plte of the -rav ages of time, the reputation of Lincoln grows larger and his character means more to the world every year? It is because he t kept; his record clean, and The Journal When our ' great friend never prostituted his ability nor gam- ,,, .w., "there la noth bled with his reputation. King Solomon said that there is notn Where, In all history. Is there an ex- tng new Under the sun!' he made a re ample of a man who was merely rich, mark that will be remembered when all no matter how great -his wealth, who t. ., t exerted such a power for good.' who has been such a living- force In clvlll- is a rar cry rrom; me uuy w wiv.u, satlon, as '- thia poo backwoods boyT about the 'year A. D. 1, to, Portland, What a powerful illustration of the fact Oregon, year 1908,, but from tha cxperl that "character, Is the greatest force In VV L .n.mntimr tn vnta the World!- .: - . , ...... .: ance I had today In attempting to vote ,A' man assumes importance and be-II comes a power In the world Just as soon win not tease mi mannood ror salary, I tnan im siwuon iuu m " or for anv amount of monev-' nr fnrltAav - ;.- ' any Influence or position; that he will -To commence at the beginning I re g not lend' his name to anything which I Istered at the court house and after con- ne cannot indorse. ; The trouble Tvlth so rnany men today Is that thev do not atafld for anything outside ' the'lr : vocation. They may be wen eaucaieo, wen up in tneir special- I tlaa mav hava a nt rt ana I I edge, but they cannot be depended upon. There is some flaw In them which takes me eage orr tneir virtue, Tney may be fairly honest, but you cannot bank on them. -:,--"- .:-.- -. - .- ,-. t It. 1b not difficult ' to find a lawyer or a pnyaicmn wno anows a good deal, who Is eminent in his profession: but It is not so easy to find one who Is a man Derore ne is a lawyer or a nhval- clan, whose name is a synonym for all lnf;L " f lffii. ,',a"1";. "0"a' u?tant,l- . . .. .. -- . - . . -- " 'I lu-nna b gooa preacn - er: but it Is not so easy to find a real man. sterling manhood, back of the ser- mon. It Is easy to find successful mer- chant, but not so easy to find men who out character above merchant I aa What the world wants Is men who. havel principle underlying their expertness, ! nrlncl Die v underlying their1 law. their medicine, their business; men who Stand I for something- outside of their of f ices I and stores; who stand for something in I their community, whoaa . very nresenca carries weight. . Seeking' the ' Light, From Llpplncott'a. V"i At a dinner during the recent Episco pal convention at Richmond a young lady sitting pear the bishop of London said to him: ' ' '. -.. "Blahop,-1 wish you would set my' mind at rest a to the similarity or dis similarity' between ,your. country and ours on One point. Doea the butterfly because the tomato canT" - , ' The -bishop-4au?lied heartily at this vivacious sally. -Not so a young Eng lishman of his party, who, after dinner, bought his host. - . "1 want to know, you know," said he, "about that Joke of Miss B 'a - She ahnked if butter flew because tomahtoes could. Fray. teU ma what Jths point is." "' -' ' 'I i ! ! ' i ii .. ,L n n l - S- . ' i. l. 'II ... ' i" i ' 1 '" '; ilff 11 v w , ll ' t . . , . BY FREDERIC J. IIASKLN, , (CooyrlRht 1908. by Xo Angeles, May 'j9.- Without having met an enemy,' without' having fired a shot in anger, without having encountered anything more dangerous xnan aaiuiea and dinner parttea, the Evana; came to the ports of the Pacific coast states to receive a welcome mort enthusiastic. in spirit and more catholic in extent , than ever flat -re- ao!elved before.'. If .it had returned unscathed from a victorious' sea battle, the , million throats' could not ha va swelled" the volume of rhr. that arr.,i it. xne cities rrora San Diego to Seattle could not have Increased the show of bunting, the myriads of flowers, the multiplicity of entertainments for offi cers and men. Why did this peaceful . It was because the people of the Pa cific slope had feared the coming of 1 niwirriHYI ujing ins nag or me ms- ln Sun- -The tact that th great fleet had come from the waters of the At- lantlc to the Pacific seaboard and had Lar.rived. n bett fighting condition than wnen.w set out, seemed to these people iIAH ". nri.k .-.f... . . ,0 M euarantea, or hmkh anH Tmi. i nwn. . iiiui iiy, valvar iure was 1 ??.,?.retn . ' rell.f ;. If-th PP r.V.."v" li lne ea8t P1 tn ua.so' vet fall to understand whv the Pacific coaat xeareg mm aggression op an Asiatic pow- f! h People who live to the west of thJ Kr? divide are. eaually unable to understand why the Paoifio ocean should I De iooKea upon aa !forelgn waters." I hflnniu f Inlu But the influence of the cruise of I the great fleet ; doej not end with Its X-Zt bl a. a sense of sharing In the destinies of the future of this great nation which I Infv i ilia TlOc rVfiH Hfa Z 1 1 Yt O m haAn wa . cmed a " the first act of the long. I rrUicted . campaign for the supremacy of itjTOtitii' la hVftSifle Lc. 'ook ujon M e I tno .iuiure mat tne l'acino fleet ot.;.1,? 1 Art"a ' M be treated UMl-tithVmli?'m 'anl1-' ne.t,ii8i the JPaclire coast, will ondered a much a part of the United titates an the Atlantio seaboard. 1 he -Influence of .the fleet, think these western patclots, w,ll more than over come the influence of eastern states. men and editors wbo seem to look upon San Francisco bay aa a foreign port. I th Taclfto cities In entertaining the uo avu,vuv spni Dy me people or officers and men of the fleet, the $2, OOv.000 spnt by people of tha Interior Who can-. to-- the rort cltleai tn Inln In I the Welcome, the manv thouaanda nf (extent or good accomplished by the cruise of the fleet in allavinar the an. Prehensions of tha people of. the golden Weloome Extended. A little more than a month from now the great fleet will sail from Ban Fran. Cisco to visit the ports on tha other side of the Pacific It will be welcomed with even great-ir enthusiasm by the people of Hawaii and the Philippines, whose Honolulu imieiy ana protection it guarantees. I coming aa the greatest event- since aa- nexation or t&e Islands to the United It Is construed bv the Hawaiian as evidence that at last the I'nited States lh.. nmA v . ..nii.t . , , . ance of the Pacific, and that Hawaii is I"? "ey xo lne ""Premacy of that great But the fnll meaciiira nf rh intlv. In. srreat shlna will naif Thar Inflnana reaienafl rnoaa nnrta Innr.nrn , mnnth. In advance of the, cominir nf the ahlnn. it -jwlll remain potent to American welfare liong alter the, echoes ,ot' the- saluting "s navo aiea-irom ine ears m man, ' Fleet la China. - In Thlna Ihlnf 1,.T.. nf tha will ha whnllT rtlfFnrent. Alrosrlv tha rhl- Inaaa Innlc 'lmnn tha mmlnr- flAAl aa a . .u- integrity wmcn jonn Hay- preserved eight years ago. Then China feared i European nations Whose mutual Jeal- lousy prevented war. McKlnlev's secre- rout its designs. The Chinese newspaper Dress, which has coma Into eviatanna nlnce the Boxer trouble of 1900. haa tnld tha people all over the empire that the American emperor has. sent hi prcat fleet to protect China from the mikado, Americana at home may smile at this child-like faith in the Chinese-America. alliance, but the Chinese take comfort in t- - Furthermore, they will cite some UnrrnlinriitlvA toattmnnv In tha-fnrm r.t knat Tfl'a Hhanahal anaaeh - That speech had a much wider circulation In Asia tnan it naa in-America, rn,ata ti, IgTiore China s Bights. The Chinese fear the Japanese. Japan lis threatening Chinese territory on the Korean border, Japan Is Ignoring the Chinese rights in southern Manchuria. Japan Is putting obstacles In the way of Chinese railroad construction. Japa nese ships are bringing Japanese army rifles Into China to arm Chinese revolu- tlonlsti xne genuine rerorm party in Letters From tke People Red Tape at the Polls. Portland. June 1. To the Editor of lne ""V01 "" Z,.l " 1 .V feel confident that the metnoa or taa- jng the census In the early date above siderable Inquiry waa lniormea max i lived In precinct 20. Between the time of registration and election It was tny misfortune to move Into precinct 28, but sun in ignorance ui mo . hlnil. tha alnrtlnn avstem Of thla town. Today when f went to precinct 20 to c about voting. I was chump enough r. Inform them that I had moved and asked them the proper procedure to exerclae th riaht of ballots I was in formed to go. to the county clerk s of fice and they would fix me up. Arriv ing at that dignitary's department and repeating my trouble I waa Informed where Dreclhct 28 was, and told thst they would swear in my vote.- . - thing for me except at the order of the M I Afl At precinct ia tney cuuiu nui uu n, icoun - ty , clerk, under seal.- I departed 1 - Ii iM .. .ui , ai.-wa fl. waa informed thsrt the men at precinct 28 nad the law in printed form and should swear in my vote. I went back to pre- a .nMnnM nrv the law and found that I would have to bring six freeholders along with m' to certify thai I had hanaad mv residence to the place I claimed to live. After living In precinct 28 for about six weeks I -found that most of the men, were women, and I seriously auestlon If there are . six freeholders in the entire precinct . . Tn an innocent bystander It would seem that the precinct where the move 4 registered should glva him a certificate I to tne ciera 01 ine coun inai inn inovw has declared under oath that he is the party who did register from the former address, and 'as a further evidence of good- faith has signed -bis nam In their presence and that same is the signature wnicn appears upon uie registry dook. The clerk of the county court could then Issue an order on the precinct where the f arty Is entitled to vote, requiring them o receive his vote upon his writing his name in their presence and same agree ing -with the signature shown on the order.-'-.-' - - . - I have voted In several states under all kinds of conditions, but this Is the first time in my life-that I ever lost my vote on account of red tape, and. there Frederic J. Ilaakln 1 .fleet under the command of Rear Admiral cruise create auch wonderful IntereatT China looks to the United State as It best friend. It is the nation that re turns unearned indemnities, the only great -powor that has not tried to grab rich Cninese territory, the great power wmcn preve.Hea other Irom grabbing. The United States battleship tleet will have th -effect in China of bringing the Chinese to a realization of the great power or me American nation. All Chi neso are from "Missouri." They want to take a "look see" before they accept any tale.. The fleet will give them concrete material upon wnicn to base a contlnu ance of. their faith tn American good In tentiona. . . .. . . In the-philippines the fleet will have the influence of assuring the Filipinos of a . determination on the part of the United States to protect its Insular possession! from torela-n airrresslon. and of the ability of the United States to cope with all domestic . Insular Questions., The .Filipinos probably need no additional testimony on the latter Buujeci, ouv nevertneiess, n-is agreod that the coming of the powerful fleet to Manila will mean m,ucta for th future of American prestige. The collection of ships, which lewey commanded In thoae waters. 10 years ago, will be a strlk- wu vujtfKt iraaon in progress. In . Australia there's still another story. Australia is a long way off irom tnese united states. There Isn't any direct communication, and the peo ple of the two countries are not well acquainted. The Australians are Brit lsh colonials, and like their brothers jn every ciime, tney are. undoubtedly imbued , with' a, deepset prejudice against America and things American. On tha other . hand, they are of the same Diood. Jiave the aame traditions. the same hand lanruar and th. um. rt.' mu a maunr oi laoi, Australia copied Amerloan civic forms in organising its commonwealth , gov ernment. '. ' Australia has gone much farther afield from, old British treco ucnis in economio government tnan America. ' The only real difference is that Australia still sticks to cricket and tea. while ' America has deserted in tavor of. base ball and Ice water. v AostnOla's Position. Australia Is fearful' of Japaneseen croachment. Is determined not to re. ceivei Japroese - immigration, has set up tha standard of v "a white man's country." All this in snlts at the fact that Australia depends for protection upon the English navy, and England and Japan are tied fast -in an offen sive and defensive alliance. Therefore it waa or great significance when Pr- rn4ertieakln-apke of the Influence ine - coming rieet would have In ce mentlna; the ties of friendship existing between the American and Australian "nations," with sever a word about King, Kdward and his dominions be- yonu mo seas. 'Australian cities will welcome the fleet with heartiness, anl the Influence its visit ' will have will be written large on the pages of the future. " . .; . Tha British merchant In the east, the corner stone of English prosperity ana cngusn empire, nas never Deen an enthusiastic friend of the . United States, ..The English in England may talk about "Hands across the sea," but when John Bull ships himself "some where aast of Sues," he Is apt to for get about the blood that is thicker than water. The American traveler who has been bullied In the "English clubs along the shores of the China sea and tha ' Indian ocean - can vouch - for that. But Just .now this same British merchant-Is metaphorically up on a chair, waving; the stars and stripes and yel ling for 'Teddy." Why? It is be cause he Is every day coming into con tact with the unscrupulous competition of the Japanese tn business, and he Is disgusted .with the Anglo-Japanese alliance. He sees the, cocky Japanesa cooly relvlnir on the nrotection or Hrlt- lsh guns while he Is filching British guineas, it makes nis English blood boll and he Is "mad clean through." In the ft-reat show of strena-th tha ITnlte.l States la maklnsr bv the cruise of thla fleet, these Briton think they see the power that will clip Hi wings of the ambitious little brown man. ; Comine- home bv wav of Sues? That's ine program, in o hotly in the orient be ll eves it yet,' and If one ventures to suggest- that the trip back to the At lantic will be made, he forfeits tha respect of his x- fellows. - The Chinese, the Australians, the American and Brit ish merchants of the east, the Ameri cans of the Philippines; Hawaii and the Facffic coaat state are all pray ing tn&i me rieet win remain on tnr Pacific station "for keeps." Of all ins mierearn in inn Harirm rnara . la out one wnicn nope to see the fleet go back to Hampton Roads on schedule time and mat one Is jafpan. v are a great many' mors in my shoes to, day. If I cannot 4vote I am not going to pay a cent of taxes even If I have to move out tf the state to avoid the snerui... tours -very truly, ; II. G. BROWN. - S12 Columbia s-eet. Bolid Comfort. ' There's some what likes the slender kind what's graceful as the wilier, But I prefers a woman with a form . mat s like a piiier. . ' , The comfertubble bunchy ones f with china that's sorter double A woman with ' chin Uk that ain't s never nuntin' trouble. . t. You find, too, when they're good and plump they're tender and forglvln', am - inrn . wrigiii IB VfuruQlll.1 . r tney re fonder of good llvln'. I : never did go much on bones, al- - though I never tried 'em, Onless they've got 200 pounds or so of iiesn xo nina em. " i , . ,v . I don't believe so much In looks; these Mais mm a -so gooa . looKin . Ain't never wuth a hill o' beans when It comes; down to cookln'. Some like epi young, but rne. i '-don't. , I always did consider They re better middle-aged.: . . I'va no oDjecuon- to - a wicaer. , ;:. Not too derned smart Tha amartnaaa In a -. I .. T Jest smart enough to cook good meals an' keep the house up tidy. . This marryln' Is scary' work, but still If I should risk It - I'd know that I was sartin' of good pie sn'y decent; dtscult.-- ...y'v y.- Of pork an' beans an1 beef an greens, v cooked SO' a man could eat 'em. Them two s great conrbernstlons, an' ,, it's pretty hard to beat 'em. , You fill -me up with beef .an greena cooked right without no messln'- An' I'd hug my wust enermy an' give ain't romant!c7 -That may be. 1 don't make no pretensions. But when it comes- to woman, I will - iaae ma large oimensions. Chicago News. j Looking Backward, ' , . - ' -' ' From Puck. - t Foreman (excavationa in the ruins of Washington) What do you make of it, professor? , 7 . . Profeasor of Standpatology ' (exam ining newly discovered manuscript) Why, at first glance,t It seems to be a fragment of a speech''on tariff re vision. ThevDlngley tariff of th ancient Americana was revise by ltn friends, If you remember. In the year REALM m FEMININE LXJL The Prime Minister's Wife. OT " the least of the' Interesting personages brought ., Into tlio limelight yby the acoession f H, H. Asqulth to the exalted post of prime minister' of 1 Eim 1s his wife, Mrs. Asqulth. ' ' , . land. It is a notable fact that the residence of the prime minister of England has, of late been lacking In. a mistress who could take any part In the-social events Of the season. ... , Mrs. Gladstone was not fond of so ciety, and In her old flue did little to, make the position of the tlrst states man -of the land popular) Lady tialm bury cared little for such duties; Air. Balfour was a bachelor; Lord Kosebury was a widower; Mrs. Campbell-En nnni- ' man, was in poor health and died hist year. Mrs.- Asqulth therefore succeeds to a-iposition in which she will revive the. glories of a house which has fal len Into. sombre ways. And It is" un hesitatingly stated that she is . quite the person to do- it. It will ha a. renaissance of that interesting anil hril. llant union of politics and society which win man rs. Asquitn a salon unique nd do werful doublv. nowerful alnce she is said to be intensely Interested la pontics, as English women of position :, traditionally are. ; ' Mrs. Asqulth's 'drawing-rooms will undoubtedly Jnsplre many writers of fiction, and we shall have lit the next few years, many glimpses Into ' that world of -brilliant men and women, 'of social glories and political, intrigue in which English writers delight It 'will' not be Mrs. , Asouith's ft rift entrance into the world of fiction, how ever,, since If rumor speaks truth, she has already insolred two .of tha novels : of the period. It was her daring, sar castic, brilliant , personality . which Is represented In "Dodo." the novel in which E, F. Benson satirised English society. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's -Marriage of William Ashe," la said also to have been largely suggested by Mrs. Asouith's darlnar . and eria-lnai . anlrlt. In this latter novel, Lady kitty, whom me astute statesman, jord Asne mar- riea. la r, Arf ra v.H aa a K1v,..nlt.tta,l daring, .untamed little, creature, who carries things with a high hand and who satirises keenly all .the high per sona res toward -whom she should show reverence. - .... . Very much such a nerson was Mar garet Tennant. now Mrs. ASoulth. and an Interesting rumor says that it was Mr. Gladstone's prophecy that Asqulth was tha coming man, which drew the attention of the young woman- to him. Asqulth was then a member of Glad stone's cabinet,, occupying! the post of home secretary. Margot Tennant waa protege 01 tne prime minister ana to her he confided his oolnlon that Asqulth's talenta would one day IhihI him In the highest seat of the politics! government Gladstone's acumen nn1 Miss Tennant's faith in It-have been lnntheisstfewweeks, 7 vindicated. m ' - ' " Mrs. Asauith is a woman who ha the courage-of her convictions, at ail events.: She is said to dislike costly Jewels, and never wears them. . Instead sne nas a ronanesa ror quaint settings and unusual ornaments, many of , which she has picked up on tne continent or In obscure corners in London. , In dress she U guided solely by her own fancies.,...'.-,- -,,'' :.' . At one time she had a penchant ror rad. and wore It exclusively. It W;t about this time that she and a friend of hers escaned from the tnralldom of routine duties, and amusements "-' finding their way, to' a - vUlag whore a merry-go-round had ' been , set , up. Jumped upon the wooden horses and rode with the village boys and glrin, greatly to (he dell eh t of air beholders. Mr. Asqulth, it seems, disapproved of. this, and since then . she has not so distinguished herself. When sne piays goir, ana sne is a rood olaver. she aoes about the links bareheaded. Peonle were astftniahed at this at first, but as it is her unvarying custom, they had to get used to it. It Is told of her that on one occa- lon at a house party.' the prince cf Wales, now King Edward, said to her, reallzlnr her fondness for satire "I hone. Miss Tennant. you ' will let me down easy. Mrs. Asauith Is the prime mi n li ter's second wife, and has two chil dren, a daughter and a son. Another son died In Infancy. . . ... , . " Since her marriage, shenas grown more sedate, and while recognized as" a brilliant woman, is not likely to At tempt those glaring idosyncracles which made her so much talked about as a girl. . - It is a foregone concbislnn. however, . that at her salons wlllbe gathered ull the notables or the, kingdom,- and that there will be sen a revival of the old-time salon of France, whoae passing people are never tired of regretting. , K K R . r . ' ruttinff Atvay Furs, , WITH expensive furs It , is unq'ues ,. tlonably ' worth while to . send . them to some cold-storage nous?, where a guarantee of '.their safety can be secured or'th money refunded to whatever amount the coat, muff or boa has-been stated at. The smaller , and lees costly furs can, however, with per fect safety, be locked up In a . box or trunk in the storeroom, orovlded a few simple rules are complied with. Either turpentine or enmphor balls must be rlentlfully sprinkled in the box In which he furs are laid away, and the paper wrannlnar should be well saturated with. one of these oreventives against 'moths, camphor being generally preferred, hav ing a less obnoxious odor. The furs should, however, be first wrapped in tissue paper, aa the acid of the camphor may injure the delicate skin. Neither sable nor chinchilla, however, ran ever be laid away nrotected by camphor balls, for the camphor will turn to a hideous rellow the rich brown of the sable and ake away the soft gray tons from the lighter shades in chinchilla. . Imoartlna also a yellowish tinge that Is distress ingly ugiy. aoovs an tnings, it must oe remembered In, putting away , ermine. white lrnx or white fox. or any kind of white fur. that they-must be wrapped always In blue paper." never white or yellow, the acid in which causes the wmts fur to take on a yeuowisn tinge. It Is a mistake to put white furs away soiled. If only sllerhtly s-ray.' nowdered chalk or alabaster or cornmeal shaken well into the fur and allowed to remain there over night and then dusted will often restore th fur to its pristine whiteness, but If any of these prove Jn- . effectual the fur had best be sent to a furrier and thoroughly cleaned. It Is a very; gfeat mistake with whits furs to ever- aiiowinem 10 menme Tery soiled, for then In order to get them to . look' anything like -new such strong measures must be -used as will in all. likelihood Injure the skin and cause the hairs to rub off. ' v- ,. . 5 : s fit raw berry Shortcake Improved. ROLI layers of dough for shortcakes thinner than ordinarily. . Bake tWo in one pan, one above the ether, ; with a layer, of butter spread between, This does away with the necessity of splitting the cake, an operation often Homna-lnAr tn hnth ahane and llahtneaa. - The inner surfaces of the two layers ' will be found tn good condition to ab- -sorb the Juice of the fruit. . . -. -'. .. : h.. it i'-:-;:v;, . - The Daily Siena. '.?.. " v V. ' . BREAKFAST, f ' '' Btewed gooseberries. Ham and eggs. -Graham muffins. 4 - . Coffee. , , .- . , LUNCHEON. -Boston baked beans. Brown bread. . Milk toast. Stewed figs. Tea. DINNER. ' " - Cracked crab. Puree of pea. .- Broiled , Beefsteak. : 'Creamed carrots. -Lettuce French - dressing. - Strawberries and cream. ' Sponge cake. Coffee. . 4 J A .
