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tain relaxation or repose.
For he -who Is - o, will get
neither. Confucius. ' ' .'
X ARROWED BY EXTTROXMEXT.
land was his , environment.. It
1 gave him, as it gives most men,.
a biased viewpoint It is: dif
ficult to think broad thoughts amid
the narrowed circle of tall buildings
and stone walls of New Yorfc. 'Wall
street is the world to those who live
in it, and their estimate of what is
good for the-world Is made up with
la those hard environs. Human na
turals selfish as well as erring. The
safest view is that .wMch ' is , nnob
etrncted by sky-scrapers. ' The world
is big and full of varying and con
flictlng Interests. Until , all the
ttratas of society are seen and un
derstood, there Is no real breadth of
vision..:-':,.. . - , . t '
' Transplanted to the 1 wide open
west, Mr. Cleveland would have been
as big as bis country, and as broad
as its breadth. He was full of hu
man sympathy,' and was anxious to
nerve his countrymen.". His heart was
big and his courage undaunted. ; la
the main his political maxims were
true, as measured from bla , view
point, which was" the viewpoint of
high walls', stony streets and adam
antine buildings. It is a viewpoint
all its own, and differing from near- j
Jy' all the 'rest' of this great land.
When he sold United States bonds in
the deal with the Morgan syndicate
find gave the buyers a profit of $16,
000,000, Mr. Cleveland was honest
but wrong in his conception and
wrong because of the advice he had
listened to. His associations with
the kid-gloved cormorants who revel
in coupons and bonds and his unfa
mlliarity with -the souls and aspira
tions of the commonality of his coun
trymen made him fail to see that the
transaction J was a tragedy, :v It led
him Into walks and through paths
that Grover Cleveland In his innate
honesty of purpose and -unhesitating
courage never would have traveled.
History should, and will deal kind
ly with the, name of Mr. Cleveland,
not for his statesmanship, but for
Ideals. It will take away from him
the odium of a panic with which, he
was blamed, but of which he was in
no part or sense the cause. It will
hail him as one of the heroic- figure
of his time, apt . for constructive
achievement as-president of the re
public, but for his unswerving stead
fastness in following the light, as he
saw it' .".'' ' " ,
WE CAN SAYJ3 OURSELVES.
TV 0 THE PEOPLE of Oregon real
I ize that they are literally and
f J bodily -. In the hands of one
man? Some one has said that
"he who controls its transportation
rules a state.'" Measured by this
test, what-is the situation of -Ore
gon people? Who owns their rail
roads, and wnat lines nave been
built within the past dozen years?
: It has been a thousand times said.
and it is true, that instead of build
ing new lines, Mr, Harriman spends
great sums of money to prevent
other people from building lines into
Oregon. ; Did be, or did he hot" offer
obstructions in every possible , way
to the building ot the north bank
road?- Has he, or has be not, gob
bled np every road that In any way
offered the remotest prospect of pro
moting" and .developing Oregon? '
Ours is an undeveloped . state.
Western Oregon alone is capable of
sustaining a population of 6,000,000.
Eastern Oregon -with Its broad -.expanse
of plain, has enormous pos
Blbilities. , Thirty million dollars col
lected In" surplus tolls ia ;iO years
on a single line and spent in exploit
ing lines in other states has been Mr.
Harrlmaa'e hand in peopling and de
veloping pregon.tWe( have 1,720
miles of railroad; - Washington has
8,260, nearly' double, Oregon has
the great valley of the Willamette,
tnd unsurpassable southwestern Ore
gon, for neither of which Washing
ton has a counterpart! yet Waslting
tnn, the child has nearly double the
railroads and almost double the pop
ulation of Oregon, the parent state.
Whether they know it or not, Ore
f on people are , being ; exploited.
There is a strangle hold at heir
tliroats. snd a toll taker at their
farm homes. There is a tax on their
l.tis, and barriers blocking their
way to progress. ' Tribute is lal.d
uroa their labor,and fetters hang
nl out their enterprise. They toil on
i 'ul thf.y proiluce, but their march
t s roress is blotked by this man
- i will nfcithfr build raUrqad nor
lt oilers build them, i,They are lit-
erally and bodily In his hands. They
are gagged,; bound and nearly help
less, and Mr. Harriman has his hands
In their- pockets." . He is collecting
transportation rates ; that ; were la
vogue 25 years ago. and they are
powerless to resist; Thirty millions
of velvet on a single line between
Portland and : Huntington without
one single proposal for extensions or
one atom expended to assist In the
development of Oregon is the proof
ot his policy of exploitation. 1 It is
a tragedy ia transportation tor which
there Is no parallel nor precedent. A
state of magnificent resources, un
bounded possibilities and progressiva
people "stood up and made, to de
liver is the situation. - The arennes
of transportation harnessed and
held, the land grant forests pocketed
and the people plundered by the gen
teel" methods known and practiced
by-high financiers is the long ana
the. short tot ' this 'story ot Oregon"
wrongs.- . 'r,':1-J ':-
: mat is the relief? It is easy. Tha
men ot Oregon are not mere pawns
Jor Mr.' Harriman; to move. They
can think and they can act.: They
can open their waterways and make
them free. They can group together
and with the power of that grouping
Induce other capital to open up Ore
gon. Action,' instead of toleration
and mere suplneness to Mr. Har
riman' will, will . point the way
Why not make the attempt , Why
bow to the will of our over-lord, and
be his lambs to pluck, his shorn
sheen to exdoit? They can save
themselves. Self-salvation is
best salvation. ' Where there
will there is a way! -
the
is a
JTJXE BUG AND HAWK.
T IS not . altogether comfortable
to the sons of earth to feci that
19 the wars of the future they are
to occupy the relation of the
June-bug to the hawk. Outfit seems
likely that; nations, now qccupylnst
their genias In producing' ships for
the destruction of enemies must soon
be emulating their loving : allies in
the production of aerial armaments.
A Russian Aero-club has Just been
formed under the presidency of Gen
eral Kaulbars and the patronage of
the government, for perfecting aerial ;
navigation, which-. Saint Nicholas,
czar of all the Russlas and head of
the divine institution known as the
Greek church, has blessed with tb
gift ot 50,000 rubles ($25,000) with
the understanding that all Is under
the administration of the minister of
war.
: Meantime, the , mechanical , gen
iuses ot the world are engaged In at
tempting tb make an effective weap
on against. balloons.: This, however
is nothing, new, for In 1870 an es
pecial gun had been Invented by a
German, named Treskow, an officer
ot the Prussian army, who ' offered
the first weapons to Von Moltke, by
whom they were accepted and used
with such ef fectiyeness against the
French- balloons that . In a single
week of the month' of November,
nine balloons had - been destroyed
This gun demanded four minutes
and an elevation of -55 degrees for
each discharge. - Later German in
ventions have a capacity of 24 dis
charges per minute at an angle of 70
degrees. Other nations, notably the
French, have been at work on this
"arm of the service." Although, the
several . nations preserve profound
secrecy on the subject, it is well
known that the great object aimed ut
is a weapon that will discharge
schrapnel, or a mode by which
scattering fire may be belched in
every direction, so that the gun may
be used .with. , equal ' effectiveness
against terrestial and aerial targets.
THE TRUSTS NOT OFFENDED,
A!
RE what are popularly known as
i trusts to be an issue in tbe
coming campaign? The people
have heard and read a great
deal about the. trusts, and the neces
sity ot breaking them up to some ex
tent, or regulating their operations,
so that they could not continue to be
great monopolies, controlling the
output and price of manynecessary
commodities. President Roosevelt
has on frequent occasions lectured
against the trusts, and written mes
sages about them, and has attacked
some ot them through the courts.
Restriction of the trusts is in fact
ens ol his principal professed pol
icies.
But the Chicago convention was
very areful to say nothing that
would antagonize the trusts, or com
mit the party Insofar as a conven
tion can do so, to the president's
policy in this regard.' The plank on
the Philippine tariff .is significant in
this connection f It says f "Between
the United States and the Philippines
we believe in a free Interchange of
products, with such limitations as to
sugar and tobacco as will avoid in
Jury to domestic interests." :: 1
The only meaning tb-ere is in this'
that amounts to anything is that the
sugar : and tobacco trusts need not
be alarmed; they will be dnly taken
care: of. as heretofore, and conse
quently are expected to make the' us
ual ; large 1 campaign - contributions.
The sugar and tobacco trusts are al
most absolute monopolies. They can
fix the price of these commodities,
snd make almost as many millions a
year profit out of the American peo
ple meanwhile doing the Filipinos
a shameful injustice as avarice
could covet. And yet this "Roose
velt policies" platform1 in effect tells
these trusts that they will not be In
terfered with, . v;
Ana tners is not a vora, eitner, l
j-
that wou.14 alarm any of the snx.t
of other trusts or .uoneplltr-
steel trust, the arv(er trst
glass trust, the sail trust, the apr
trust, and many- othrs, Thy are
all at least BeratlToiy gir to un
derstand that they caa rra ihflr
pleasant occupt ion t vodrtsf
thetr (ellow fititena by aid f laws
passed for their benefit.
vBt tht r was a tariff m tsion
plank, ta which the difference la the
pay ot labor abroad and la. this coun
try was mentioned as a basis ot re-
vision- Thla looks pretty well, and
probably Mr. Tart rl!r favors such
a reTisioa, aa he does tree trade -with
our subjects la the Philippines, but
nobody supposes that the party as
now controlled will pass or even
frame any law along this line,' That
even indefinite measure of, reform
adopted in deference to the growing
tariff revision i sentiment throughout
the country, was not adopted in sin
cere earnest la sufficiently shown, by
the care with which the platform
avoided any positive declaration that
could be offensive to the trusts,
THE Hm'STTTUTION"- AGAIN.
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TrtHE 1 Pendleton Tribune Is slll
I . harping on the federal const!
I tutlon. It says that any state
law which conflicts with the
constitution is necessarily void, and
from this jumps to the Inconsequent
conclusion , that - the election by the
legislature of a senator who was the
people's choice rather than the legis
lature's choice would be void.- All
this and there are columns of it in
the course of a week in that paper-
is political pettifoggery. By agree
ing beforehand, as ' candidates, to
vote for the people's choice, members
of the legislature officially made that
man their choice. And this Is no less
so because that man differs in poli
tics Trorri" a majority bf the legisla
ture, fort In this' voluntary advance
choice the candidates, now the mem
bers, took this possibility fully into
consideration. The Statement No. 1
members made a ' voluntary choice
early last spring of the man whom
the people, would choose, and they
will adhere to that choice next win
ter. The federal constitution will be
fully complied with In every respect.
The people have chosen;' the legisla
ture chooses : to, elect the people's
choice and yet some political hair-
splitters and. constitutional .editors
try to make It out that such a choice
is unconstitutional, while a choice
made through bribery, promises ot
office and pther spoils, and all sorts
ot corrupt means, would of course be
entirely constitutional. It a member
ot the legislature votes for a man for
United States senator in considera
tion of an office, or a wad of money
or some other personal favor, though
the candidate : Is : not. his personal
favor, though ' the candidate is not
his personal choice, that is perfectly
constitutional; but If the member
of the legislature votes for man
whom the whole people have cnosen
that unless this man is bis personal
and political : chfilce, is unconstltu
tlonal. We confess to a weariness of
such arguments. ' ; ;r -
But though still harping on the
constitutional . bogy, - the Tribune
says: ui course me legislature win
elect Chamberlain, nd should, tor a
majority of its members have prom
ised to. Nothing else Is expected nor
should : anything -v else " be done,
What! I and thus smash the sacred
constitution, obedience to s which is
the highest political duty?. But no
body really believes that there is any
merit or substance whatever in' this
flimsy, far-fetched plea for constltu
tionality. .
WILL WEEDS BE A BLESSING?
T
HERE is a possibility, according
to careful observers In that re
gion, that the growing weed
pest In Umatilla and perhaps
some other counties ef the wheat belt
will, eventually prove a blessing in
disguise in forcing the breaking np
of the now increasingly large wheat
farms and the substitution of diver
sified farming. The tumble weed
and the vtarweed, or whatever they
are, have become a serious pest in
some sections, much reducing the big
wheat raisers' crops and profits, and
the larger' the wheat farms are the
more difficult it la to get rid of tbe
weeds.' ' Land on which, a, crop is
grown only; every other. year,-lying
f allovjf every fcecond ,year,' Is "aura . to
become toul with weeds. -.It would
seem possible to. eradicate them", but
it appears that- in many .cases this
is not done, and unless all the. farm
ers will cooperate to do so, it is dis
couraging work for some of them. ,-
So, a man who has lived a good
while up there tells The Journal,' It
la likely that unless concerted and
systematic v efforts are -' put; forth
throughout that region to eradicate
these -weeds, the big i wheat raisers
will give np trying to farm hundreds
of acres,, and will divide up their
farms lor the purpose of raising a
variety, of crops, cultivating the soil
every year, ana ridding it ot tne,
weeds. ; If this .should gradually
happen It would no doubt be a good
thing for that . country. ; In some
sections small farming might not be
practicable this would especially be
the case where water Is unattain
ablebut In many other localities
good crops of other products besides
wheat could be raised every ' year,
and a ' family could do well on a
small farm.
Hepresontative Hayes of Cali
fornia, on bis return froth Washing-
ton. recently, was xPiWled -to 2mre
. -.. ... , . . i
sail that ia a conversation he had
wlta rrld(nt Roosevelt Just be-
tar llay left. the president said
that he was "sending to Japan the
narpt correspondence that any na
Uoa has ever received," and that, if
he twuU not get what be wishes "by
diplomacy, he 'would rt It "by ex
elusion legislation. The president
U not very cautious man, but no
body who read this report supposed
that he had made such a statement to
Hayes, who seems desirous ot mag
nifying his importance. 1 He i later
claimed to hare been misquoted,' but
this Is always the case when' a public
man sees that he has said something
he regrets. Roosevelt is no doubt
working for exclusion, but re didn't
tell Hayes what Hayea was reported
to have said he did. '.
U Small Change
Dooam't that Door fellow Loab ever set
a vacation ; . ,-.
How would It do to make a few cewn-
brokera detuveT .i .
The nomination "Of Sherman was s
lap at Governor Hug-bee. .
May the O A. It. veterans' have a lor
ous time over at Newport this welc - .
troha.bIv the relevenatlon of Mary
happened because she came to Oregon.
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Joev Voraker will e&v" the earth 1
either round op fat It heMx allowed to
aiay jo.
Wlin the Teddv: bear coee out of
IZ1V iQUIJJ . UMI BUCI VUl V.
what sort of a Billy beast Will
plaoe Not a goat? - 1
rajihinn,
take It
o
Annarentlv there won't he anv "Uies"
at Denver; the Bryan steam roller will
omy nave jonnaon to run over.
o
Several or the Republican nartv
pianxs oir vnnr notes, says tne Syra
cuse journal, les, ana splinters, -
One of Taft's congratulatory tele
grams was signed "Nick and Alice." But
there la only one vote between them.
It will be with rea-ret. If at all. that
the Puget sound papers will report that
e rest or -water on toe Columbia bar.
W Tuns-fans attended the Renuhll-
can ' convention, but he la too diplo
matic to express an opinion about it. .
Druggists of Oregon mar meet next
year In Pendleton. That town has gone
dry, but It will still have drug stores. .
Kone farthest inland where trains and
ships that can be fully loaded can meet.
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it la suggested : that a " new. order
might be formed, the A. A. A. A-
Ancient Amalgamated Association ' of
Allies.
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A frequent expression - rs: , "It goes
without saying." ,. It would be better If
a good many more things were let go
that way. - .
t ,' ;
J. Pierpont Morgan baa been made an
Lt. D. again. It would be more ap
propriate to make him an IL F. D.
doctor of high flnanoe. . -
; The '..young ' kins off Knaln evlrlerttl v
Intend that the royal line ehall not run
Short again in the near future, if those
ooy Kiu grow up ana ao weu.
It seems that a good dear nf the time
that Henejr spends in court Is occupied
In , calling people liars, or retorting to
uwBi wnu 4iave ciui nim a liar.
A lot of Chicago jgfrla aire' trying to
find husbands - ir JSpokane, say the
Spokesman-Review, .; Their former hus-
oanas, or otner women s nusoands?
A couple who havs been spending
their honeymoon taking a wedding tour
in oojcar, ana oioerwise as tramps,
have been divorced. It Is supposed that
mejr quo-rrvHra nuuui wno snouia make
the fires and the bed, and about the
Nothing is more certain than that if
uie voie anouia De laxen again the Ke-
DUbllcann WOuMn't wtwt r,hamh1,ln
United 8tatea senator and would lack
iu.uuiL votes or it Pendleton Tribune
Probably Brother Geer knows thin nnit
" euruuniy aa n aia on me morning
ui ma primaries mat nt would H
itomiiiaiea tor representative.
Oregon SideKgnts
A Dallas rat was seen cuttfnir' ofr the
seed pods of the popples and carrying
them away, and everv once In a whii.
wouid stop ana eat a pod, showing the
in lununcn xor opiates. -
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Iana countv rnmnrln a. terrtfnrw Kn
by 150 miles in extent, has 14,000,000,
000 feet of standing timber, the finest
waier powers in the state, ana room for
bvv.vuu population, says the Register,
Albert .Swisher who riled it Alhunv
Tuesday, was the nlilat : mull rarrlsr
in tne unitea States, say the-Herald.
H graduated fiom Brown university in
1856, and was a classmate with Secre
taries oi estate uiney. ana Hay.
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With indications that tha mim mnv
be doubled before the year ends, nearly
180,000 la being spent by private own-
vim ia ouirami resiaences in corvalus.
mat sum Having etthes been spent or
comr&ciea xo oe spent on i structures
completed : since.. January . i. now in
course of construction, says the Timea
Burns Tlmes-TToraM; Thnu wKn mya
observing say that every precinct that
voted "dry" at the recent election had
been receiving more rain than those that
went "wet." It had begun to look
rather serious, but If this is followed by
some Warm 'weather nur arraln ornn iclll
be an average yield. ,
' y'-- ':. a a :;,.' - '.'.J. 'y!.y:'y
Condon 'Times: -There's
rying about crop prospects, and that
the town has gone lrv. , Thlnaa .nt
cendltlon will eventually adjust them
selves and promote the growth and
prosperity of the home town. Cheer up
and look pleasant! Stand up and yell
for Condon I
There are no Inns tVian thr a,
mills and factories of different kinds
that are contemplating locating In Ban.:
don, says the Recorder, and at least
one or two of them are practically as-!
SUred for this Claca. Rnnrlnn .ta floKl.
wodorbihrenePy?ar,aat,0n WUhln
two or tnree years. .
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Men employed in . road - work, and
Strawberry picker tn northern Benton
county wer driven . from their work
Monday In haste by a shower of bullets
which whizzed Uncomfortably, close - to
their head and ploughed the earth all
around them, fired hv enortamen on th.
Willamette river,- ana a resident ay
people are frequently annoyed in this
way.
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Ther Is talk of a new hotel ln Sa
lem, and a traveling man said to th
Statesman? ' "Every traveling man that
makes tbla town u heartily Tn favor of
something being done to relieve the
present lack of hotet accommodations.
I haven't much money, but I am will
ing to take 1600 or 1,000 worth of
atoc& ln a company to build a good ho
tel ln Salem. I have not a dollar's
worth of property here and am not in-'
terested in. tha town except that I orant
a mnA nlaire to atnn vlian T am v, i
and am positive that a first-class hotel
8aLBa 'W asceilsci iasss th
in'" : -,.... . taittf.ftca. ' . 1 - .
il A TwrvDvr txt tactc cmn I
I . VAli Jl.LV A XXI A J jJxUU I)
John Temple Grave In ' New Tork
' American.
it la arter the namingr when the
shouting end the tumult die that flow
ere will -fade away end the thorne will
line the rougher road that leada on to
iovnner. , ..,.. , 1
' For the thorns In the w of Vr
Taft are already evident a goodly crop
tutu mo convention is planting- new
one every hour. The Frovidanoe which
la eald to temper the wind to the horn
lamb must also bind Its political bur-
aen o me Droaa nacK, ana an the heft
and girth of "the Ohio man will be
needed ror the etrenuoue and extraor
dinary difficulties that are before him.
Candidate Taft came to the convention
a the Republican leader, not In the
right of lila strength and popularity, but
distinctly as the legatee and Insistent
choice of the strongest man the Repub
lican party has developed In Its hls-
lory. mx-tiovernor oaeu declare he is
not the personal choice of 60 out of the
700 delegates who will support him.
Good man and popular cltlsen as he
la, he is literally to be forced upon; the
convention by a will , stronger thaa its
own. ... ..
1 may say f rem personal conversation
with Republican leaders that most of
them) believe In private, what they will
not say In public that he is the weakest
man trta Renuhlican nartv Ain nreaent
at the present time. : .
The presidential nominee comes nere
handicapped by five distinct and definite
lines of opposition. Some of these may I
' .Running Snots
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Written for The Journal by
Fred
C.
: i: ,. v . Denton. ,
One of the ereateat advertisement
for Oreson is Its advances In free gov
ernment Its material resources and ad
vantages are great, but If our booster
would say a little more about the power
in the hands of the people and how that
power assure good government and
better conditions In the - future, the
boosters would attract more favorable
consideration from homeseekers: in the
In continually misrepresenting the
state to outsiders the great knocker in
the brick tower Is a dandv. To read
the editorials on the referendum initia
tive," recall, direct primary, proportional
representation, election
oi u;
Jntted State
senator by the people, etc., amounts to
warning to keeD away- from Oregon,
for the people are all insane, weak-
minded and criminally f Intent on de
straying the glorious , federal and state
oonstitutlona Loyal Oregonlan people,
who are ia the vast majority, do not
relish that sort of thing, for It t th
wort ort of "knocking.1 Tha Oregon
citlsen Is proud of hi reconstructed con
stitution, loyal to American lnnmuuuno,
and inclined to view with superior con
tempt the unfortunate state . that, has
not started la to copy after us, Oregon
is all right, constitution a amended,
oil, climate and prospect..
Cities looking for revenue with which
to make uo for . tbe: saloon ; licenses
should consider the empty lot In many
places the empty lot ha been treated
with distinguished consideration by the
local assessora' -This party 1 not of cave are not necessary to human haruntl yu know him well and from that
any particular use to a town; does notlplness until some man by astute ad-1 time on he. will hold less and less of
mum,' un ' luwii, gruciaur . lunuiu,
values iiae a' sponge, , ana neips out ni
local enterprise, .it taxea a mue more
In accordance with Its actual value it
cannot run away ana migni. d maae 01
soma use in consequence. .
Oregon hag honest men, and, tha at
tempt on the part of the supporter of
the discredited and dilapidated Repub-
lican machine to prove that grafters are
the only kind we can send to the legis-
lature doe not meet with. utcess. The
will of the people. may not wit tne 01a
Kuaru m,i ,o uuto .ratuncu
china to victory and the public trough.
but Oregon expect every man to do hi
auiy 10 m ieBiaiure. v;v : i
4 Had the renr,la voted down the re0-l
iStiSf hitPZPmhfiT. f 1h?nie;iat,T?e
vote for the popular choice for United
Stater senate? tbe claim would have
were Meiby the To", of the peo
. J.r: -uii. :.i-rtilx -1
" t"". .wl l.X - " I
ceTvea thVsmsll
proposition on the ballot, it would p-
pear as if It wa the duty of every
m.n.K., nf ,h loo-lalatnra tA vnta art.
cording to the will of th people and
give Chamberlain a tinanimou vote on 1
tne'nxst oaiiot. wny noil 1
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The recent Republican national con-
ventton ws a far removed from thejthan it 1 today -:, . . .7. " I
neonie as the ureson state convention. 1
Both were opposed to election ot United
States senators by the peopla and both
Somtnated by the politician. . , "
t .Air At.t tn itnarvrnnnrl attanVa nn
thelnltlatlve. j
1
A a faf frier he eecond place en
the O. O. P. elephant i filled by a past
master in the art. j
f . 1
In Denver some v delegate
will b
thirsty If they do not stand In with
Tammany with it carload of Iced fit.
Th nannla nf central Orefi-On who are
building a railroad . of their own miy
be blurting, cut tney are on me rigiu
track, and Will be on a railroad track
If Hutches of New Tork will com to
Oregon we will give him a few pointers
onBow "to bring" a legislator fo time.
The people do Jt here. .
t. T t " ' I
isnouia xne npuguvnn uariy u re-1
turned .to power, doe anybody suppose I
tha tariff . will be renovated o you
could tell ltr 1 . . , 1
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Renresentatlv Sherman Of New Tork I
a chairman of the judiciary committee
ha killed more bills in congress than I
any man living or aeaa. - is 11 pobbioiq
that he is solmr to kill another political
Bill by running with biro for vlc-prel-
dent? . r : i . 5 ' '
. Sereno E. Payne's Pirthdajr. , I
sentativ tn Congrei. of the Thirty-r.t
2isViA ? SZZnZSflh V a?Ia Uri5
I. 184S, In Hamilton; N. T. At art early
age hi family jernoved with him to
Auburn andhe ha ince made that city
hi J home,.: - He was graduated from th
u 1. 'a w .. i.Tiii u ; wjJi h
mltted totb bar ln 18. H s first pub-
burnrwhioh heU.d from 18681871.
1 1 r 1 Tl fa WH BX 1 1 1 L a. ) 1 UIIT U1CI SSv lya. A.U I
uuae.iuoiiuy. w , , vJV":- "'i presiaentiai six and waiting for lnf.ir
ylsor, district attorney, and meoer J mation. Without reflecting on the cau
Jn.?oa2. f e?Uh?K 0nHrtJJ PhSi dldate, we should say that the mystery
!. S'M'fKiUS rM'-an.. il8" ot o his adfantage.
been reelected biennially ever alnce,
with the exception or on term. Mr.
Payne wa a member of the- British and
American Joint high commission In 1899,
and as- a member of the committee on
wars and means be helped to frame th
fioSlhlS? anTthe'
Igtnce 1S he has
I ways and means c
: uingicy tanri Dins,
been chairman of the
way and means committee and one of
the recognized Republican leaders of th
house of representatives. He is
ft
close
friend of
speaker cannon
and during
the legislative session the two usually
leave the. capltol together and stroll
down Pennsylvania avenue arm in arm
when tne nay wora ia aon.
, This Da'te In History.
1758 Louisburg taken by the English
under Amherst. . .
1830 William IV uCcedel t George
IV in ungiana. v- --
1849 British :. navigation act
pealed. .' 1 -
tr rr mr, a v A f 1 , . .-,.. 1 1 Vir.tnl.
lsoa uenerai tr ope . assignea 10 in
(uinii I
died. Born March 8, 1799.
1893 The Chicago anarchist par-1
doned bv Governor Alt geld of Illinois.
ihd international council or women
met ih London. -
1907 In- the British house-, of com
mons a resolution ln favor of curtailing
power -at, tiw Jiiwe of lord
not be well founded In logio, but they
are Just as effective In fact, and will
De at the pons as potential as even leas
er reasons have been In time past
against candidates just as great. The
handicaps which the war secretary
prouent to umcago are!
First The labor Injunction ' decision
made when he was a United States dls
trlct judge. . So far nothlne- that Mr.
Taft or Mr. Roosevelt has said or done
has satisfied the labor element of the
country as to his position in this case.
Second The opposition of the negro
voter, growing out of the Brownsville
incident as militant today . aa It was
In 1 December. -
- Third The distinct if not generally
understood opposition of the great Jew
ish race because of bis cordial visit to
and his subsequent eulogy of the czar
ui nuaaia, unaer wnose autocratic rule
tnetr countrymen Buffered the unspealc
able atrocities of Klahlneff. '
Fourth The Memorial day allusion to
me resignation or uenerai Urant rrom
the army because f his drinking habit
This allusion, however lllosrlcal. has
stirrea the open opposition of the Grand
army posts, and is likely to hurt the
Republican candidate as surely as Blaine
was Injured by Burchard's
manlsm and Rebellion."
., ,mt
Fifth Tha lndestruntlhla. Mm, that ha
is "another man's man" the legatee of
tha president, the executor ct another
mans policies, and ,. practically the
forced nominee of the national conven-
non.
A Forgotten Wonder.
t7p to about 1870 the Mammoth Cave
In Kentucky, was well advertised, aay
l',lb.,?rt Hubbard in The Philistine. A
I. J.0 u wa considered a sort of
finishing touch to one education, and
gntlv about it
sociefv M tndln ln P"l
' ' ,
oiTurua epi me Mammotn uav no-1
w from tne time-It was opened, in 1837,1
,wune in piace was peingixaat ne aoes not keep; : wno is
uuveruaea in various way the num.
nor or visitor wa many tin
is -now, when the publicity promoter
Know u not in 1844, for lnatanoe,
r"?n. W"9 population wa less than
-.vvv,Vvv, ,.,w.uv, mm . ov wan mil
lion of today, those "who cam to see
me natural curiosity numbered on an
average ta a day. They traveled hun
d' and thousand of milesfor many
crossed the Atlantic to behold it, Slxtv.
one years later in 105 the average
m jeaa man aosen a aay,, ,
. The pubile simply ha been permit
ted to forget that Kentucky's Ham-
moth Cave exists. The man who owned
if died in 1869, and his 18 heirs, c:it
tered all over the country, simply de
voted themselves to spending the In
come that they derived from the . 13
a head admission fee. They thought
the financial stream would keep. on I
running without any expenditure ' on I
their part for advertising. They have!
""n uisappoiniea, or course.
' As soon a the advertising wa aban
doned the people became Indlfrerent
about the cave, and finally it figured
iiw ivuger aa one ox me great now
piace 01 me wona.
In wis
lanffiia n . Th thll1.H.
1 veriiamg.i iius men ana Women With
a oesire to see them, and when the
advertising ceases the desire cease
also.
Knew What They Were About.
, From Collier' Wwklif 1
Great Unwashed 1
ur" TW",t . . ' i'
., majority, however, la increasing
a supply of bathrooms, and likewise
TtlA M.in.11. . . .. . L , , . It .
uppiy or comprehension.
u will not take a great many elec-
in,im um me recent .one in Oregon to
I clinch tha l.t. that . h. nnT. ...
j likely to (elect better Senators than the
Btat7 esiaiature have been accustomed
1 10 elect.
'nax anew wnat tney wer doing
wnen 4hey made a Democrat governor
They Knew
ln aJn "m ,tht Save to Mr.
nlarlt' . ,. han
.They knew what they "wer doing the
other, da v when thav mimrta m P)u,?,,Kii.
can leslalaturai and intr,,ta it YJiZZ
Democrat to the senate:
'" vnmiriara is in aina or
man wno ougnt to ne in the senate, and
(the CeODle of Oregon hat, rlnno Ihan.
aelye .proud In voting with freedom
"" neroea party catua.
. utouoh 01 ino people mere un
uuuiMi,uijr wouia oe a numoer or aema-
that tha a vera nT7M V.uKrri-Kstock
.. rin., .k . , . 1
not be reelected from lnnsvTai.ia
WJ T should inrobablv at"ben an.rad
thV Spectacle of Plaft and C.w !2
iiririv, .nrftv.fmn.. - ' if..,t
Rhode Island. .
-! rjf,iini . . ai- ..ti I
preeenc r -v
They ar rather rapidly deciding that
there are a number of matters which
iii .wu,, yrvnj wen inem-
selves.
Mr. Sherman's Nomination. :
From th Chicago Record-Herald Ran.)
1. mereiy staling in lac l s to say
that If James S. fiherman had Wn
S a . r ,
mentionea ror the vice-presidency ln
loud, resounding tones a few weeks ago
me wnoie west wouiit unva timb and
asked politely, -"Who 1 James S. Bher-
manr , . : ; -
tha't -Th.rS'V.." to fceSui
nominating Mr. Sherman exi
was the aon rlamanrlrt h
It Is merely stating the fact to add
1 . reason, ror
xrent that ha
was the son rlem&nrlixt hv tha aontlit.
men wno naa oeen run over dv tne great
steam roller. The arrangement were
all mad . beforehand, as was evident
from tn- proceedings in the convention.
out tney were not all cut and (dried.
"Unci Joe" falrlv trwmhlerl with mn-
tlon aa he made his speech seconding
tha nomination of Mr. Sherman, who is
or in , stanapat . variety of statesman
hln. v. ...... .
Whether tha nomination was good
Jpolitic or not tiro will tell.-- At ''prev
ent w not it an exhibition of tli
moianini - nf such gatherings. Thers
4 S'nVS
P.alll.1y,;th majority of the delegates
from an the states were not deeply nf-
faca because their knowledge 0 the
candidate wa but little more thorough
an(J Compreheniv than that of tbe pub-
.""r were carrying out tne agree-
mcnt that had been for them .
Vwrm tkA . 1 II. ak ..U1I. .a,ji
oV"wondr.ng',lf ' Mr 'shern. of
3Iarvelons Instinct of s Cat.
rrom the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.1
The marvelous instinct of an animal
l said to sometimes be a sure warning
of impending danger. It seems to be the
esse or tne pet cat or the steamer City
of Kingston. This animal, a large yel
low on of no particular recommendation
except Us burrlnjf proclivities, ha long
been attached to that-vessel, and not
even the most persuasive coaxing could
Induce It to leave the confine of the
ship. - It ha never been known to miss
a trio.
When the Kingston arrived In Seattle
from Victoria early Sunday morning, for
some mysterious reason the feline went
ashore, and when the time came for the
departure fdr Taeoma, which resulted In
the disaster to the Kingston, the animal
refused to be coaxed aboard. Finally, a
saucer of milk proving unavailing, one
of the ship' crew took the cat tn his
arm and carried It aboard the vessel.
but just a th line wer hauled in and
the steamer was leaving the dock the
-"" juh aupanar irom m, iving-
ston to the wharf and disappeared ln a
pile' of bags. It Is now-alive and the
i admiration of all hands at Yesler wharf.
Several large Douglas county farms
have recently been divided up and are
peuig aoiu in amaii tract..
lheREAUl I
Men Worth Avoiding. :
T
HE Veteran Wall street magnate.
Henry Clews, ha written a book
entitled "Fifty Tear of Wall
Street,' a volume ; : containing -.
much good advice to young men.
In a list of men who are good to avoid ,
air. t;ews enumerates: - t
"Avoid a man who vilifies hisbenefae- '
tor: who unjustly accuses others of bad "
deeds; who never has a good word for
anybody: who. when he drinks, habit- ;
ually drinks alone; who boasts of the en-
fieriority of his family; who talks re
igion downtown in connection with hi
dally busineas affairs; who talks reck- :
lessiy against the virtue of resectable-
women: who runs in debt with no ap
parent Intention of paying; who bor
rows small sums on his not or check
dated ahead; who will not work for an
nonesc living; wno iooks aown upon
those who do; who is always prating
t, w, i , kl, w ..I.,.,.,.. Imniit., k. A '
I motives to those trying to do good; who
I uwiiajm tuiiiiueiwc. wuv lit, wiiu is
honest only for policy's sake; who de
ceives his wife and boasts of It to oth-
era; who chew tobacco in a public con- ,
veyanoe: who set intoxicated in nubile
places; who partakes of hospitality and
talks behind his entertainer's back: who ,
borrows money from, a friend and then ,
blackguard thaiender." -v
This 1 not a bad Hat for a girl to cost i
In her memory book, although it seams
somewhat superficial and to be mora
largely concerned with manners thanr :
with morals. What Is that "Pinafore" .
stanca "Though I'm anything but clev
er. I could talk like that forever." It Is
an Interesting kind of composition.
Avoid a young man who spends all he 1
who be ieves that all men stay
straight only because they are afraid
j to do otherwise; who thinks a girl will
give up respectability for him lr h
should ask her; , who makes promise
Isea
lavish
with other people's money and stlngv
un nis own; wno manes a practice ot
going continually with one girl until
tie thinks he has won her affections and
then switches off to another: who is
cynical -about honor and virtue; who
prides himself on being a very bold,
bad man; who thinks being sophisticat
ed is being distrustful and tough. .
Oood thing to avoid. It Is trus. and
an application of thera to any young man
wno seen ner company ia not a baa
idea, but if a girl will look into tho
matter of character, reading' a little
more closely, she will be able to do with
a less burdensome list of sign and ac
complish " the same purpose,- that of
choosing her friend J. more easily, j -.
T k. al-.) .-.II .
whose lives are not founded on the old
well established standards, of truth,
clean living, sobriety and absolute hon
esty, A man with these things so es
sential a part of his character that you
cannot think of him without having
them brought prominently before you,
will do to tie to. H will not disap
point you, and as time goes On you will
love him more and more. . A man lack
ing any one of these thing may be ever
bq attractive for a little while,.
I Jr iwra unui you cannot tning ot
I nlm witnout contrasting hi weakness
I with another man's strength.
It Is a vital matter enona-h. that of
choosing one's friends, or one life mate v
ana a gin nasangni to consider 11 care
xuiiy ana soDeriyi
Mr, Clew's suggestions may serve f
Indices, but when a girl gets the toue'
stone of dependable nees in her mind s'..
will not need hi finger posts..
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Economy In the Ilonschold.
O PREVENT waste In cooking, writes
" Mra Rorer. and keep the market
- Ing bills down, the housewife must
truly be mistress of the kitchen; she
must understand the best methods ef
aeiecnng ana purcnasmg materials, una
can not Correct the cook for wasteful-
net in cooking, and criticise the dlnhea.
"h J w" vr"f.d '""L" il f
ood prallcaT'eook book or a household
I Kulde will enable ner to know the best
methods of msklns out bills of fare, rid
Km ,te,lch h,r h?7!L to v ta th pur-
chaslns and cook in a.
in America, to be sure, we are averse
to anything that seems like economy.
In our mind we confound economy,
which means . culture, with penurious
ness, which Is really extravagance, keep-
ing th bones and the carcasses of chick
k
en ana turkey and using them for ;
save many dollar In th course
of the year. - A houewlfe recently told
me tnai sue wouia not want ner serv-
ant to know that b was "mean nough
to save bones." , v
Und,r uch i circumstance th gen-
-The housewife who brag that "she
iWJnJ ,IZ L' CZU
and allow her cook or her maid to
manage her f house, -houldhav
have the abil
tty to select a trained woman, and have
the purse to pay her. :
( A ri urtii ul want jn cooaing may,i
be avoided If the bills of fare ar mada
out a week in advance, and th ordering;
1 don twice a week. Th greatest
waste comes from ordering at 10 o'clock
th food .which I to be cooked at 12; or
having the maid set un an hour earlier.
because she imist market 'for bresltfaat.
i Ordering atTthe last ' moment, and only
a snort time eerore meals, is the most
extravagant method of living. Cheap ..
fileces of meat require long, slow cook
ng: the quick "order-meat" must be-,
high priced and tender. And it must be
remembered that thia meat contatna rto .
more body building material thaa do
tbe cheaper piecea . - i v
Housewives who have studied the art
Of housekeeping from the modern stand
point will agree -with me that meal, ar
ranged ln course reduce the cost of
living, are more easily cooked and
served, and very much more easily di
gested. A soup, a meat with two veg- -etablea
and a salad form a complete
daily dinner, and one need not change
th routin when there are guests. .
... as si m
The Dally Menn. "
Cantaloupe. , Cereal. Ham and Egf a
CotTea
Halibut en Coqullle. Wn"o!e Wheat ;
Munins. Ktiubarb and Fig jam. - .
. -Cookies. -1 . Tea. v -
: y . . niN'witti ; : -' :
Vegetable Soup, pot Roast of Besf.
Sliced Tomatoes. ---, .., ,
- Lettuce, French pressing.
Strawberry Shortcake.- Cof faa .
Halibut en . Coo ui lies Take, two
pounds of cold boiled or baked fish, .
free It from skin and bones, and cut It
into tiny die. Put a tablespoonful of
butter into a frying pan, and set over
the fire to heat. Peel and chnn one '
doxen mushroom, put with the butter,
and stir until bpown; season with salt,
black, pepper, a dash of cayenne,, a .
squeese of lemon juice and a little .
grated nutmeg. Mix well, and add six
tablespoonf ula of melted butter sauce: -
add the fish. . Butter some china shells,
fll) them with the mixture, and 'place in
a steamer over boiling water until
heated through, Sprinkle the tops with
the . sieved yolk of hard boiled eggs
and the finely chopped whites. Arrange'
on a dlstt, and' garnish with thin slice -ef
lemon.- -
Rhubarb and Fla- Jam Six nounda of
rhubarb, five nnunda of auvar. one -
pound bf figs and one lemon. Cut the
rnunaro, witnout peeling, ln naif lncn v..-,
slices and turn the eugar over It Let '
stand three or four hours, then place
over the fire, add the juice and grated .
rind of the lemon, and the figs chopped. '
Simmer two hours, seal ln glass jars.
This la nice to eat with cold meat or '
bread and butter and for filling In tarts.
Strawberry Shortcake Three cup of -flour,
one teaspoon salt and three tea
spoons of baking powder, sifted 1 to
gether. Rub In half cup of butter and
mix with 1H cups of sweet milk. Bsk -In
sheet half an houV (do not roll).
To prepare it Individually, cut the short- '"
cake ln squares, after it Is done, open
each on,e, put In generous piece of butter .
nd a spoonful of mashed and sweet
ened berries or prepared fruit, aso a
spoonful over top, and serv i with '
whipped cream. . tv i , ,.
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