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V -. IiriHiswIpk BnUdloc. JK Kifth a.-inie. New
J ; iork; liHTTJS Borce Building. Chlmco.
In ,t.h lulted SUtex, Canada or Meilco.
docs his garnprlng. Thirty millions
g:nrnered from the Jn'oplo along; the.
O. R. & X. within a decade shows
what a past master be Is nt this prac
tice. . .
It Is hish tlmp tho people were do
ing for tlioniselvoK, instead of de
pending upon Mr. Han inian, or-any
other Interest that manipulates rail
roada for what they can sqijeeza 6ut
of tho public, rather than to develop
tha country and -render a eervlee
Worth the nonev charged for It.
TIUFM; UITII TH K PEOPLE.
; DAILY.
. n , year;., .13,00 I One moatli $ .BO
' ' svuvax.
Oiw fear.,, 12,00.") One jwintri ...$.25
DAILY AND BUNDAY.
One year.'. $7.50it One month $ .65
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" There Is a kind of eleva
tion which does not depend
on fortune. It la a certain
air "which . distinguishes us,
and aeems;, to eetine U3 for
, great -things; It la a price
which we imperceptibly set
on ourselves. By this quality
we usurp the deference of
other men, and it puts us, in
general, more above them
than birth, dignity, or even
merit itself. La Rochefoucauld.
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THE 'FIRE IXSOtAXCE BURDEN.
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HE patience and humility yith
wntcn tne people of Oregon
Bubmit to Inordinate insurance
exactions Is remarkable. Al-
; Jnost a million dollars a year goes out
;j of the state as velvet for the men
,who have had the enterprise and the
T eudacity to build up t. the insurance
trost. In 12 years Oregon has
yielded to these sagacious persons
; ; the normous net profit of $10,000,
' 000. It has been an extortion of
'$20 per head upon 'every man,
i woman and child In .thev state. In
? the time,. $21,000,000 has been ac
H tually paid to the companies, of
!2 which but $11,000,000 was paid
tack In rebates and fire losses, leav-
, Jug a net cleanup for the insurance
; SbiTrons of $10,000,000.
This burden constitutes a drain on
J Oregon , endeavor for which there is
j. literally no excuse. It is one of
'those 'things for which """there is an
jr easy correction, if an effort at.de-
liverance were only made. It is a
sT case from which there will be no de- l
S Jtverance' unless relief be sought, for
5 i obviously and naturally, veiders of
JJ" insurance are not philanthropists,
j ,bi(i,;are,n.te business for all they
can get out of It. If Oregon, with its
peculiarly favorable cenditions for
profitable Insurance writing has been
plucked and exploited, the usual rule
of selfishness in life has been fol
lowed. But a relief ought if be seasy, and
the wonder I.fthat It' is not attempt-
j 'red. .Oregon has millions upon mil
lions of capital that is not employed,
and -withal,' is-a beautiful field for
the Insurance business. The state is
literally without tboap terrestrial and
elemental disturbances that minimize
'Insurance hazards, but which, being
present in other states, fix the rates
of Insurance in Oregon. Some day,
insurance rates -in the state will be
infinitely lower, and somehow or in
some way, the Insurance business of
Oregon will be done by Oregon cap
ital and labor, and the profits go to
those who live and have their larger
Interests In Oregon.
HJ-: Washington dispatches have
it that there "is to be no prose
cution of the O. & C. Innd grant
matter until after the election
If then." Why thero should be
a delay of action until after the elec
tlon is past finding out. The coun
try knows Harriman has these lairds
that; he is holding them illegally, and
that he intedds to continue to hold
them, if he can. It knows that the
whole transaction rc;ks with rot
tenness, and that it constitutes one
of thg most gigantic frauds ever per
petrated in Oregon. Not only with
out warrant of law, but in complete
violation of law, an imnienso acreage
of these lands was sold to illegiti
mate purchasers and at illegal prices,
while, although the law is specific,
plain and unequivocal, sale is refused
of nearly three million acres held by
the corporation.
Congress has directed that pro
ceedings bo instituted in the courts
with a view of restoring these val
uable limber lands to the public do
main. In view of the bare-faced
character of the fraud, it is incon
ceivable why there should be a post
ponement of proceedings until after
election, or to any other time. It is
by the delays of courts and by those
charged with th$ administration of
justice that violators of the laws are
most and best served.
. The issue in this case is perfectly
plain since Mr. Harriman' declares
he intends to hold the grant-lands,
and the country insists that he shall
not. "With the issue so beautifully
marked, ahd Mr. Harriman so very
bold, It seems impossible that there
be excuse or reason for delay for the
presidential election or on any other
account.
DRY AXD HAPPY.
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TO FLY WITH THEIR OWN AYIXGS
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VER in Central Oregon there Is
presented the spectacle of fit!
zens attempting by their own'
efforts, to deliver themselves
from .Isolation by building 90 miles
i-of railroad from Shaniko via Priue-
Villa to Bend. They have waited
f' iong and in vain for-Mr, Harriman to
ect. They hauled 4,000,000 pounds
I ot wool last year to Shaniko by team
f .for shipment by rail. In the "Wilson
creek basin they raised 1,500,000
v "bushels of wheat. "With a railroad
- tvtlflf tViov M'r,.l1 MtcA h A wVioof off.
t gregate to 6,000,floo bushels. SOme
of their woo! was hauled 150 miles
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lirave people to secupe this railroad
J. connection, men who have not tha
J'money to cnmri!nn will labor with
their hand.4 and their teams in the;
construct:!. :i ot the line. Others will
'"contribute materials an I right of
Way.
".-" Irrigation i? in the full swing of
development in some parts of the
region, and it is of little avail if no
,transj'ortatlon facilities are at hand.
It Is the fight of the settler for thos
HE St. Johns Review, while sym
pathizing with the men who
have been thrown out of busi
ness and suffered disappoint
ment and loss, is pleased at the re
sult. "Are we glad the town went
dry?" is asks, and answers, "Well,
we should smile." And it is not to
be doubted that the Review ex
presses the sentiments of a large ma
jority of the good people of. that
growing Indus trial city. (
St. Johns will always be a city
composed largely of workingmen,
most of them men of families. There
or in that vicinity they will live, and
a large proportion of them will or
should have homes of their own. In
a majority of cases these homes will
have to he paid for out of carefully
saved surplus earnings. There will
be hundreds, after awhile even thou
sands, of children growing up to
clothe and feed and educate and
train to become good, intelligent citi
zens. What does a community like
that want of a lot of saloons close to
the scene of these men's work?
. It does not want them, has no
proper use for them. If none is
there, many of these men will save
many dollars in the; course of a year
for their homes and families that
otherwise they would squanuVr, and
.will be better off morally, mentally
and physically besides. If a man
must drink the Etuff that "steals
away his brains" and kc-ps him im
poverished and unrespecu d. lie can
still obtain abundance'to easily grat
ify his desire. But we may expect
that most of thes,e men. the tempta
tion not being right before their
eyes, will get in the habit of going
without the stuff, to their advantage.
As to revenue, St. Johns will man
age without much difficulty, as other
cities have done. Some additional
taxes may be necessary, but most
people will have more money to pay
taxes with. The city will eventually
find Itself richer by a large margin,
and better, in other ways. So let St.
Johns smile with its editor.
piiblishod, a' narrative of special
color, touching the private as well as
public life of a man always despotic
even in love. Of course, all is ad
miration nnd applause of acts that
might properly have been subjects of
a respectful and benevQlen criti
cism; naif, not exempt from a mer
it ed reproach. In reading Fain'
diary, one must not forget that in
sight of a faithful servant were ex
hlbited scenes unknown to the pro
fane, in that interior cabinet 6t the
emperor, where only with especial
permission could even the empress
come, and Berthler and Marat. The
suggestive pages of Fain lrtake us
present, after the pnssage of a cen
tury, at the domination of the owner
of one half of Europe, while, seated
In the famous great green arm-chair
by his chimney side, he opened with
avidity the communications handed
him by his secretary. After reading
the letters, he arose bruskly, accord
ing to the impressions he had re
ceived, and etriding from one end to
the other of the room, answered
them in a loud voice, as if his cor
respondents were . present to hear
him, completely absorbed, in these
imaginary interviews.
At times, , says Fain, he excited
himself and threatened so that any
cne near his door would Imagine that
several persons were there, engaged
in a lively discussion with him. Dur
ing all these scenes the secretary,
mute as an oyster, sat writing every
word that went out of the terrible
mouth, without ever venturing to In
terrupt the imperious thought. These
Imaginary conversations are the in
splration of this famous correspond
ence of the emperor.
Menivel had already published
some short but very interesting anec
dotes of the private life 5f Napoleon,
in which the adulation is more pro
nounced than in the work of Fain,
and some of his personal apprecia
tions of the ardent author of "Maria
Louise to her husband" produce
laughter. The book of Fain, much
better constructed, gives data of Na
poleon's methods of work, of great
historic value. The book contains
details but little known of the em
peror's character; the peripetias of
his campaigns, his solicitude for his
soldiers, who, by lack of resources.
often went without pay and, at
times, with insufficient food. The
admiration, the fidelity, the invinc
ible constancy of those warriors are
described with a simple eloquence in
narration, which illuminates with a
brilliant light the private life of Na
poleon -and makes him intimately.
known to posterity.
"Tho Journal claims that Cham
berlain was elected United States
senator on the 1st of June that he
is already elected. His going before
the legislature, therefore, is a mere
matter of form." Pendleton Tri
bune. The Tribune, as Is often the
case, is mistaken. The Journal has
never claimed that. Chamberlain was
fully "elected" in June, or that it
was not necessary for his choice by
the people to be ratified by the for
mal action of the legislature, to com
ply .with the federal constitution.
What The Journal claims is that the
legislature, should, as a matter of
course, elect in all cases the people's
choice.
Small Change,,
Pfobnbly Taft won't llko Bryan'g plat
rorm. either.
Mont miffertnir from heat la nedle,
in tnis rcsrion. , .
Let us be huppv before ha traw vot
1U1UL gt'is uuay.
It is aupposcd that Sherman will be
a ffnou rat rryer.
It is Inferred that Senator Bourne Is
taking a vacation.
Nobody teems to know or care how
Torn Wutaon Is running.
Nobody seems to know- or care what
has become of Fairbanks.
Perhaps Taft intends to substitute
the B!k Smile for the Dig HtlcK.
An artesian well or an lrrtnatton ditch
beats a saloon In any dry county.
It Is time for Portland to organize
herself Into a ."3O0,0OO-ln-191O" aoclety,
It surely would not 'do for a real
Roosevelt man to preside over the
senate.
By sticking to the farm through- the
summer and fall, Bryan might get as
many votes.
If the president wants a right hard
lob, why doesn't he try to catch oysters
V oyster Bay 7
One need not aro for from Portland to
find nice places, to camp out If there
are any such places.
"The rooster Is half the" flock," says
a poultry Journal. He thinks he la very
Ninety-two degree heat would cause
many deaths in an eastern city, out
kills nobody In Portland.
There Is no sign that Cortelyou Is
ever groin t; to toil all about mat Harri
man et ai campaign uooaie.
Springs for the summer. It will doubt
less be hot enough lor tnem.
One thing we don't understand is why
President Koosevett doesn't preach on
Sundays during his vacation.
A bfg thing to be thankful for every
summer Is Bull Run water. In a year
or two. more of it will .be needea.
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I LETTER'S FP DM THK PEOPLE I
All Oregon. Portland leading. Should
determine most positively to break
oose ffpin the Harriman tyranny.
A burglar stole $.33 fspm the room of
wo college girls. He kfVew better than
to look in college boys' rooms for cash.
A likeable thing about Taft Is that
he seems not to over-estimate himself;
e is duly modest, ana always natural
himself.
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If Roosevelt would m6ve down to
Mexico he might find a Job to his hand
here for 20 years or so arter f resident
Diaz dies.
The people who over drank on June
30 and did not lav in a private snnplv
of wet goods Cre suffering terribly
from drouth now.
Bitter and uncompromising Is the
Oregonlan's opposition to the growing
power, of the people, but It is kicking
against the pricks.
Any man who nttempts to open the
campaign in the good old summer time
should bo made to know that ne la re
garded as an undesirable citizen.
"Tho Bartenders' and Saloonkeepers'
Total Abstinence society" of Chicago
has 2,000 members. It is supposed they
are assisted in Keeping tne pledge by
looking dally at tne norriDle example
In front of the bars. .
"It is very warm," said a friend to
Mr. Taft. "Yes. was Taft s reply
"but It Is quite comfortable for a cool
man. which was a very proper an
swer to one of that Innumerable lo
of bores who as soon as It gets a llttlo
warm are constantly complaining to
everybody that "it's awful hot, ain't it?'
Mr. Dunbar Bees to Differ.
-.ASX?f,at r- i111" 80 To tha. Editor
Th- e.T Journai-T-irt the last Jssue oi
iil? Siday JournaLIn an edrfortal un
" caption, "MCMahon vs. the Gov
raSnt-"' yU make tne following state
v, Ths actlon ,B based upon the fact
.v as mji e.-uiiicio i memuer or va
rious board created b the legislature,
suvmnor) received rees as pro
Vlded bV Statute. In iHIInn tn hi,
constitutional salary of $1,600. a year,
MCMahOn'S actions ne-nlnar fnrmsr Kf.
retaries Dunbar and Klncaid were based
not.onlv nnon this amA k,,
ln,u um-iaci mat r,nev received
iargt sums in tho aggregate as fees
for certain incidental services for which
IIO BtatUtfi rtrovlrieft-- anv .r.mHunBatt.t,i
for them. .Much of the emoluments of
lurraer secretaries of state and state
y (usurers prior to the going into ef.
;??.!; lhe flat salary law on January,
1907. were whhnnt ,,v rf,,.,..,f i
of law.- . , go there Would seem
to be a clear line of distinction between
me two classes of cases:
So indee.1 thorn it
ment were entirely trutnful. You pro
cued, however, and add the following
""ny unjust statement:
"The governor is .not charged with
laiting any fees except those authorized
vy law. wnilA T n A nthur FfMr mn
"oned took fees not authorized bv law.'
Of course evervhoHv knnwa vnc ,1a.
plre tO Protect ftnri riAfnnri tha wnvprnnr
but is his case so desperate that you
uiuBL neeus llDfii oinerM In nrrtcr rn Ac
complish your purpose? Now the truth
s that f was hot charged with charg
ing or collecting any money as fees or
compensation not clearlv nrovlde.i for
or authorized by statute. At the trial
oi tne cause It was specifically ad
mitted by .counsel for the plaintiffs that
for all fees and commissions collected
by me there WAS lednlAttvA nnthArilv
but their contention was that under the
constitution I could not receive com
pensation in excess of J1.500, and that
no siaiutes allowing me rees in excess
't that sum were uhcon.mitutinnAl And
void. There was never at any time
tne least pretence that I ever collected
a fee or commission without legislative
warrants
So you will observe thnt when the
truth is stated there does not "seem to
bo a clear line of distinction between
the two classes of cases" or anv dis
tinction whatever. Why, sir, should you
endeavor to make it appear that there
Is? No doubt when the governor is
sued, if he shall be. It will he alleired
that he received and collected from the
state various sums of money for which
there was no warrant in law. In sup-
prt of that allegation It will be argucd
Ex-Judge and Ex-Candidate
Parker, it is said, will make a de
termined stand at Denver against an
anti-injunction plank, or anything
favorable to any modification of the
processes of the courts. Parker is a
typical Bourbon, one always to be
found against any progress or reform
of any kind; and he moreover stands
for and represents the predatory and
plutocratic Interests- and elements
just as much as Depew or Aldrich
does He would better look at the
last. Taction returns and keep quiet
on a rear seat.
There should no longer be a dis
position on the part of any numbers
of Portland people to "trust some
body to do something for .Port
land." For years now a large body
of Portland people have sat doWn
!inl waited patiently for something
;o dun up, and accepted what has
come to them without appreciation
f the fact that smaller body of
r 1 1 -1 . i r s made these good things pos-
Oregon Sidelights
In the little town df Chinook $460 waa
subscribed In a few hours for a Fourth
celebration.
Forty-three Hoo-hoo black kittens had
their eyes opened one evening lately at
.North Bend.
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Wallowa county has never owned Its
courthouse, having rented, but may
build one soon.
Flora in Wallowa county is to have
a flour mill (not a flower mill, as Its
name might Indicate).
Lakevlew has limited the number of
saloons there to eight. and requires
them to close at mldnignt.
Many of Corvallls' streets are in a de
plorable condition, but some are being
Improved, and others will ue.
A-H'neswell creek. Lake county, man
has been verv -successful raising fruit.
and says that Is going to be a great
country for certain fruits, especially
apples.
A Jacksonville man has" a limb of
Royal Ann cherries 18 Inches long with
over 1.000 large, perfect red spheres.
lth tne exception or a rew spoiled ry
the birds every cherry would demand
the highest plee in the market.
A new nrteslan well on the hill near
North Powder, says the News, gives
nnno of 3iARfcr;o and ax s-
TERI.ITZ.
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ii will to have the assurance
'1. ' Sheriff Stevens has given that
the r :;n'.y prisoners will still be kept
"irking on road material for the
eoiintv This is a very good system,
VERYTHING relating to hero of
Marengo and Austerlitz inter
ests always, and it appears that
as time passes the students of j ate! the sheriff will do right to assist
all c.'.antrles have redoubled their f the cour;ry court all he can In carry
anivitv in a search for even the most ;ng it forward. There is no good oc-
ir.:.:r.iMcant details, not only of his , cisi-.n
conveniences that will make his rf-i epoch t ut of the intimate life of the! t!." mi,
fort fount in the strutrele for life and . m-at erntreror. ov-r t!
comforts, and it is not surprising I In the histories published to the
that there should be deep interest be- present, the masterly work of Thiers,
hind the movement
It is attruggle of a brave and ex
asperated people to pull themselves
"T!
Consulate and Empire," are
found details of inestimable value
r the two departments of
;ty government to wrangle
business.
The Los Angeles Times refers to
the ar'i-ln junction plank of the Re-
pulilcin platform as a "toothless
respecting the character and private compromise." The Times is antl
ont of prlniitlW? and Into mod' rn ; life of the warrior of thtt exotic lap,,r r: -i rabidly Republican, hence
oonJTUoin mnefe" Their ton, "IIT
ennt ii heavily for tbe means of
fxistencfilas does the toil of those
wht'Se products r In easier reach of
tLe markets. S'osi owners of rail
road ryrtenri would see In this Fpirft
t-t enterprise a reason to Join in the
rt-otcmcnL and te a factor in this de-
r lornrjent of a country. Most of
t'.e railroad lhat hare beea built la
tx. country wer tfca forernnners.
t,4 rot the. folio wrw of, community
1 :tiTit" That, however, is sot the
way Mr. Harriman r'aya the game.
!?(. w--ff c;t.i t' e fruit I ripe and
ifadyytu I flacked, and then l
court, wnicn tne aunerents or rwor- , )t kr nK what )t ,g talking about,
bonic royalty have found it conven-
lent to ridicule with bitterness and ,
at time with a certain appearance i
of truth. In 'Ahe 6een "Madame
Open Willamette and Columbia
rivers are great needs of the state.
Free n a V i iro t inn will A r much irk ila.
sans Gene." a very popular .dramatic a fr Qther
ork. we are pret-tnted in a sugge?
tive manner, tbe vanities and mis
eries of thoQ lords and ladies, im
provised with all tie apparatus
whrch characterizes adventurers. ,
Baron Fain, tha private secretary,
confidential friend and Intimate
companion of Napoleon, has given
ua la lis diary, lain hidden in the
Tamil closet for SO yean, ui bow
ouM qu'fkly follow the opening
of these rivers. " "'""
There is enough material in that
Republican platform to keep Bryan
talking for yean.
The country will hava big Bill
to pay after next Mafchg-aad It may
osltlve assurance that artesian water
is to be had here. And given plenty of
water, It Is only a matter of some little
time until the town Is a bower of roses
and shrubbery, reen trees and gardens.
Cor-al'.ls Times: A buver was at the
cannery yesterday, offering to lake
lare quantities of canned vegetables
and fruits, for use at one of the big
lumbering establishment the north
west, lie (ndfeated his desire to use
several carloads. The management has
also offers from several ottier buyers,
some of them being In the east.
,
Astoria Bii'lppt: A depth of 300 feet
has been reached In the well which is
b-tng drilled at iJeep river to proapoct
tor on. l ne arm is running through a
hhale. which carrloa a heavy odor of
oil In fuct. Judging from the Indica
tions, there Is almost absolute certainty
that oil win be found at a depth of
from 1.00 to 1,500 feet, the great ques
tion being whether or not It will b in
paying quantities.
Wedderburn Radium: The planting of
the lt salmon fry which have been
fcl at the Irvlinn creek feeding ponds
was begun Saturday and conclude!
Tuesnsy. 1,30.0x10 baby salmon "bUnir
transferred rrom captivity and artificial
feed to liberty and a life of hustle for
grub. The husky Bunch of little fellows
wt-IW piarni ill 111 iri ,11 ujc migue
close to tn mouth of lniian creek, and
were out of-, sight In a twinkling.
Canyonvllle Krho: Vith a view M
taking measures to keep other rallrnnis
out of southern Oregon and northern
CaUfftrma, R. B. Millers general freight
agent for the Harriman lines In Ore
gon, and other ofrlclajs are making a
tour of this section to study possi
bilities fr railroad projects and ec'ir
coi-trol pf the. strategic points. -Jha
Soiithtrn Pactfle has long held nds-
puted dominion over this . region. t'it
th -determ-lnatlftn to brek Its' power
is JteadUf .becoming jftronger, and there
laM'ttle doubt thu-4 fierce battle will
b fought v tela-.territory bet many
re&raJiencc.' ;--
t the trial that an unconstitutional leg
islative enactment Id not a law. So It
as contended in niv case, but tt was
ot pretended that I collected In anv
Instance a fee which an act of the leg
islature did -not authorize me to collect.
It was simply contended that the leiris-
fature had no constitutional authority
or power to enact such laws.
Now I am not contending that the
governor has done wrong in collecting
salary in excess or Jl.500, but It seems
pertinent here to suggest that If any
tolation of the constitution has oc
curred in the matter of collecting the
compensations mentioned In vour ar
tlcle, it appears quite clear that It has
been under tfie flat salary statute. The
fees collected by me were collected for
some special service imposed on me by
the legislature outside of mv duties
trlctly as secretary of state, such, for
instance, as insurance commissioner.
So prior to the flat salary law, which
took effect January 1. 1907. the gov
ernor collected his salarv In ercco nf
i,ouu as a memoer, ex-orflclo, of sev
eral boards. The salary law abolished
11 these fees and gave him a flat sal-
y or o,ooo as governor. If It be true,
i you assert, that "the governor's
constitutional salary is $1,600. ' then the
w frrvng him $3,500 per annum ad
ditional is void and he is Deceiving that
m in viointon or law. lie s not re-
vlng It as compensation for serving
on a state board, nut as salarv for dis
charging the duties of his office as
governor, tho constitutional salary for
wnicn is, you say, ji.juu.
Whereas the extra compensation I re
ceived was paid to me for services not
imposed and not supposed to be Incum
bent on me as secretary of state. So
ducert a bill bo provldfhg and It was
passed and became a law in 1908 and
thereby the fees of my office were re
duced between $4,000 and $6,000 per
annum. In 106 1 prepared' ana naa in
troduced a. bill- Increasing the fee for
notarial commissions and turning -.the
n-hiilA Into the treasury, the fee then
provided by law being payable 6 this
secretary or state, xne . phi, nowever.
failed to pass. In view of what 1 did
for the state, when In of fit, in the way
of voluntarily reducing the roes or my
office, reorganizing and Improving on
the methods, ut conducting it, and in
view of the various laws I recommonded
and aided In securing enacted, wnicn
are now producing a large -revenue for
the state, I have, I confess, keenly felt
the injustice of articles such as the one
referred to above.
Thflrn has seemed to me to be a
Btiidleri and determined effort to give
.the public the impression mar tne ac
tion against me is ror mipney misap
propriated or, wrongfully and without
warrant of law charged and Collected,
when the truth Is that every dollar I
collected was In" strict -accord with the
plain letter or tne statutes oi mo mic
and there has been no contention other
wise by those prosecuting the suit, but
thev contend that the "statutes were un
constitutional, though they had by?n
recognized and acted on as valid for
mnny years, as above stated, most of
them Xor over 40 years. And now that
it i nrnncseri to sue. the governor The
Journal makes haste to show that What
ever salary or foes he collected or re
ceived was provided for by statute,
wherein you say tils' ense differs from
mine, whereas every ' dollar 1 received
was In strict conformity to a statute.
Why r.ot be Just andsay so
I. DUNBAR.
Something Will Be Done.
Tn tv.. FMitnr nf The Journal The
ppople of Oregon are "sore" at the ma
nipulators of the railway transporta
tion system and something will be do-
nir' nnA cr tnese nnvs to in-icittiu
entire commonwealth from "a tyranny
that dips a spoonful out of every mans
plate of soup, ir one nuns ni-ui.
the people will try another, and with
.i,.. iinfi,, thv ii II I keen trying
Oremn has nlentv or crenu. plenty in
lJte REALM -pfFEHININE
T
More About Philopolism.
O "be a lover of your own jolty it is
not necessary, that the placo
should be beautiful, for It" is tho
commonest trait of human' nature
iv wvo wiimi is uur-own, -j.ua i
tow-headed, freckle-faced IHle boy, for
instance, whose bare feet show signs
of . close acquaintance wiyi his native
soil, whose smudgy face beams up at
you In eager curiosity, may seem to-you
a suporflious atom In the world's
makeup. But to one mother he 1s tha
heir of all the ages, tho oomlng mun,
the Individual toward whom all things;
have been working because she loves
him and he Is hens.
so we have seen the crudest of bur
American- villages, looking -as though a
ctuyice wind had blown it together Jm a
huddled pile, and, another might come
and s-cutter it again, a. village of un
penned shacks and fartee fronts, be-
nvoH r.v A 1,1 u ri unn haft uau ,i mnal f
the cities of the world merely becauso
It has a claim upon him; it is his by
that Irresistible tie that binds a man
to his birthplace and holds his affec
tion because it was the scene of his
childish awakening. Yet it does not fol
low, mat because our home city is
beautiful for location and settln-g. we
shall love It less. Other things being
equalAwe are bound to feel a stronger
affection for It because It satisfies the
craving for rhe beautiful. .
v'inlrl .j , , V l i mi vr tillii im-cu lift . I1U I
skill and plenty of material wit.i wnicn lj the Kreat Coiurnma w
to build railroads. Nobody is .0PP081flipon its bosom the shlppl
to railroads. We all know that tl ey d e- tio r, these t
as
there may after all, to adopt your lan
guage, "be a clear line of distinction
between the two classes oT cases." but
If so, the distinction Is exactly the re
verse of what you sought to point out.
It is. however, no part of my purpose
io criticise tne governor, i navo said
what t have lmjly-4o show the incon
sistency and Injustice of your conten
tion. 1 believed when I collected the
fees for which I have been sued that I
was taking only what the law of the
state authorized me to collect, and I
still so believe nnd believe the court
will so hold. Certain it is that I never
charged or collected a,,single. dollar not
r-iieun icany awaruuu me - ov statute, it
the statutes werefvold lt seems strange
that fact was not discovered before, for
they or most of them had been In force
for 4 0 years or more and all of them
many years before I was elected to the
office, and ail of my predecessors had
collected the fees under them. Indeed
Instead of collecting all fees that prec
edent authorized me to collect, I re
frained from collecting In some matters
because It seemed to me that my right
to collect was not free from doubt,
For Instance, my immediate predeces
sor charged and collected a fee for at
taching the seal of the state to state
deeds. It Is probable he was Justified
In so doing, but the law not being clear
to my mind on the subject, I never
charged any fee therefor. Instead of
seeking to enlarge my compensation I
recommended to the legislature during
my first term of office various reduc
tions and never an inerease.
For example. I recommended that the
corporation organization fee, which by
statute was payable to the secretary of
state, should be paid to the state. I
assisted In preparing and had lntro-
ainn An,i nonulate a country. What is
htar-tnrl In la the nlg-eved DOllCy Of bOt-
llng up and suppressing the develop
ment or sections as ricn mm n wi
s ever have been rouna in tne west,
'he mnnntrement that repels Investment,
Wlement and local manufacturing; that
rants special rates to n iavoreu iew in
each community nnd proceeds in aeri-
ance of law, morality and good common
sense to make every producer in an en
tire state long for some club with which
o beat the railroad into suomission iu
the best Interests of -the community, is
what we have to contend with. -This
management is not railroading! It is
stock gambling. Real practical railroad
men wtinw what Is the matter, but they
do not dare to say anything. i ne ex
press hold-up practiced on every com
munitv, and the thousand and one be
wHuirlng "published rates" for freight,
the employment of shoals or lawyers
and the occupancy of the time of courts
In fighting just claims: the overworking
of the men and neglect of equipment and
"track that dividends on' f Ictllloua stock,
bonds and phper lies may be paid all
ihi. io nni railroading. It Is nlmulv Ir
responsible government of the neople.
and the levying of taxes without rep
resentation. ' ,
I its unequivocal stand for the prin
ciples of genuine popular government
as now Imbedded In the constitution
of Oregon The Journal has made thou
sands of friends and inspired hope In
thousands of loval hearts throughout
Oregon. In the long fight ahead of the
producers of Oregon for the abolition of
transportation monopoly they fcee a
friend In The Jiirnal. The people nre
"sore" on railroad defiance of Justice
and the common Interests of the neople
of Oregon. They may strike bock In
the wrong way; they may make some
more Ineffectual atterfipts to enforce
equitable regulations on transportation
combines. "Some sweet day old
Populous will swat the. transportation
trust with the Initiative club where It
win feel like lvlng down: or he will
become the transportation trust himself
and thus do away with the problem al
together.
The reason population in tiregon is
crowding in along the Columbia nnd
Willamette rivers Is because of cheap
and reasonable transportation. It is
the same In Washington and California,
populatlpn Is seeking those spots where
the free waters give relief from the
binding shackles of the rails. True. In
terior points are developing, but not as
thev should or would if the rates were
at. legitimate figures and impartially
evled. The government railroads ot
Australia seem to charge high rates.
Lbut they are levied on a simple and Im
partial BCuenilK', Bi OIM1. wvt-iy linn n.is
a chance. The people of Oregon have
onlv Just obtained the tools with which
to "solve the economic problems that
press upon them. When they learn that
tmnsnortatlon monopoly and land mon
opoly are twins, and that if opposed
with flrmnens and wisdom they ran
easily be reduced- useful servants of
civilization and not its terror dealing
tvrants. thev will proceed to make the
stock gamblers, the timber grabbers and
the land grant beneficiaries get to work
on legitimate lines and thus become
more honest people. FRiD C. DENTON".
The Yonngest Graduate.
Portland. Or.. June 29 To the Editor
of The Journal In Tne Journal o
June 29 it was stated that Verda May
Wells was the youngest girl of the
class which graduated from the Phat
tuck school. Verda was born SepWem
her 6 while I was born on September
2. This makes me 22 days younger
than she. I. was the youngest girl to
graduate. MAUD HUGHES,
i i 4 college fireet.
We do not ne-d a traveler from a far
land to tell us that Portland has an al
most unrivaled situation, for It is borne
In upon our consciousness every day In
he year. What are the main elements
In a beautiful landscape? Ar the-y not
rolling land and water? Then look upon
Portland's green hills sheltering it on
the west and uron the gently 'sloping
land stretching away to the north una
south and east, and look upon the bluo
waters or the Willamette slipping be-
Hon. George II. Williams.
From New York Evening Telegram.
Easily ons of the most noted Ameri
cans at the Republican national conven
tion Just concluded was the venerable
George H. 1 illiams. sole surviving
member of the cabinets of President
Grant. Mr. Williams carries his yaars
well he was 85 March 26 and
throughout the proceedings he displayed
the liveliest Interest In the various con-
entlon activities of the Republican
arty. '
Mr. "Williams has been a lawyer 64
years, and la in acilve practice still In
hl home town. Portland. Or, where he
a the dean of the panfesslon, being sen
ior member of the flrrn. of Williams,
Wood A Linthleum.
From 1665 to 1871 he served In tha
United States senate as one of the two
Oregonlans in the urfer houRe, and In
hl last year as senator he was appoint
ed one of the Joint high commissioners
to draw up the treaty of Washington
to nettle the Alabama claims. On this
commission were flv men representing
the United States and five from Great
Britain.
President Grant, recognizing In Mr.
Williams a. man possessing exceptional
ability, appointed him attorney-general
of the United States. Williams served
his country until 1875.
"Yes. I have enjoyed the convention
Immensely," said Mr. Williams In his
apartment t tho Wellington hotel, last
evening, to a reporter for the Telegram.
"Of course the proceedings have been
drawn out longer than necessary, but,
It li so In every convention Men come:
loaded with speeches, and they have to
get rid of them. The nomination
speeches om Thursday were useless,
with trie exception of that for Mr. Taft,
of cou rs. Arid I trtess that really was
not needed."' he added, with a smile.
"The enthusiasm nf the convention has
been for Roosevelt right through. That
21 minute session of cheering after the
nomination speech for La Follett was
really for RooseVelt."
Mr. WiHTm. asked to po for a plot-are,
readily assented and dirtvlayed the
liveliest Interest In tb preparations,'
asking many auestlona about the conn
fact camera use-d by tb. Telegram's
staff photographer and comparing t-$t
lib the cirniMnntM rrtarhin nf ttn.
older era of (holography. 1
George Edrtinnd Fobs' Birthday.
Representative George Edmund Fobs
of the Tenth Illinois district, -who has
announced his candidacy for the seat of
Albert J. Hopkins In the United States
senate, was born Ju4y i, 1863, In Berk
shire, Franklin county, Vermont. He
was educated in the public schools and
at Harvard university, whence be was
graduated In 18S5. Subsequently he at
tended the. Columbia Law school, arid
he was graduated from the I nlon Co
legs of Law In 189 and began practice
the same year in Chicago. He was Drat
AlACtArl Id cnnvrBM in - 1 B Q I n ml
served eontlnuouKly since that time. I"0"1"
He - has never held any other po--T,,,r"a '"'
Utlcal office. For several sessions he
r.a been chairman of the house com-
mlMe- on naval arraira. In Ms coming
race Ar the senate he will lie opposed
by two leading candidates of his own
rarty, Albert .1. Hopkins, who Is a can
didate for reelection, and former Sena
tor William E. Mason.
Tli is Date in History.
1 64 4 Cromwell defeated the Royal
ists At battle of Maraton Moor.
1776 Continental congress adopted
the resolution of indepefidwee.
1800 Union of Great Britain and Ire
land. 1812 Colonel Peter Oansevoort, who
hld Fort Stanwlx against the British
and Indians, died at Albany, N. T. Born
there Julr 17 1749
1821 Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian
statesman, born.
1850 Sir Robert Peel. British utates-
rjian. died- Born February 6, 178 8.
184 ?ongre chartered the North
ern Pacific Railroad company.
1M Bartholdl statue unveiled In
New Tork harbor.
1894 United State court issued In
junction to prevent Interference with
rarhmad trains by strikers.
107 Sir Henry Maclean, eonSmande
of bodyguards of the sultan of Morocco,
rapjured by tha bandit chief, Ralaull.
Ancestry of Taft.
According to a statement tYisds hr
Candidate WHllam Howard Taft's fa
ther, Alphonso Taft. -In IS7, -the first
Taft In America was Robert Tsft who
settled In 168 In Merdort, Mtu- and
who was a Lowland Scotchman and a
tween these banks of green In a sinuous
curve and meeting the rolling waters
wortny to bear
ing of tne na-
not make a bea-utiful
picture?
Add to this the fact that this restful
green is not merely for a short, sweet
spring, then fading into the scorched
browns of waterless regions, but is
ever with us fresh every morning nnd
remaining every dewy eve; the deep
green of the perpetual firs and of th
never falling grass, the green of hazel
and dogwodd amJvlno maple, of alder
and huckleberry and sweet wild rose.
This would make a beautiful setting
without Adding another element but '
the crown and glory of It all, the ele
ment winch lifts It ont of the region
of the merely ploturesqus Into that of
compelling grandeur, Is that given to
the picture by the snow mountains,
rearing their hoary heads in a per
petual glow as though fresh from the
glory of the eternal.
,
lew cities In all the world loofc every
day of the year uron this uplifting
splendor. Some few do, in remote
Switzerland, or In the Ice-bound fast
ness of the Canadian Rockies; a few,
like Denver, catch this glimpse of
grandeur along with the commonplaces
of life, but no city of America looks
more proudly from Its green hills upon
a W'hole range of mountains, pierced nt
Intervals by majestic snowy peaks
whose whiteness Is dazzling, tbfln does
Portland, queen city of the northwest
And bo not alone because lt Is tht
scene of our dally life, the mart in
which we barter our modicum of brain
force a living, not alonn because It
Is the scene of our hopes and fears for
our children, nnd the setting of their
childish emotions, and not merely be
cause It Is our own, we are Justified In
loving our ei'y and desiring grwtt
things for her, but also becioi-se she sl't
In unrivaled splendor. about her th"
towering beuutlea of snowy peaks, be
side her the rolling waters of the grc;it
rivers, and encompassing her about, th-
green hills fast becoming the residence
site of her people.
Othur people have loved less worthy
cities nnq have mde It their most earn
est endeavor to leave within the -city
that they have lovi-d. som.- evidence of
their affection. Tiny b.-ive left their
fortunes for the upbuilding of the.-e
places, have established schools of ar,
of music, have established museums of
painting and statuary, have made their
home cities the recipients of their
bounty in donating ground for public
parks, for beautiful boulevards, lor
recreation cenfor.-i.
They have rem. inhered the little chil
dren who would mow up In these c-ltic.a
and have provided for th-ir eluenilon
and their growth in ell right directions.
Such a city lover, who realizes that his
city Is his home and that nil which af
fects the thousands who live within Its
borders and who gives his best efforts
to Its upbuilding Is a philanthropist on
a large scale. Ills deeds live after him.
bearing their inessage to the many
whom he has never known, blessing
multitudes to whom he Is unknown:
Most of us will - never be what the
world knows as philanthropists. We
shall not, 'In all probability, have mil
lions to give for parks nnd boulevards
nn.i public Instruction, but we can all
be what Charles (loss calls "phllopo
Hsts." that Is. lovers of our city, desir
ing her welfare, and careful of her good
name.
K K
The Vogue of Satin.
TAFFETA, which has played such a
large and important part both !ri
the making and trimming inf
clothes. Is this season being supplanted
by satin.
Satin is the vogue in black and In
colors.
For the dressier costumes satin in
chosen, and It Is seen in nil the modish
colorings.
Simplicity Is the dominating note In
the construction of these costumes, for
satin Is a mnterial that can well afford
to be used untrimmed, so handsome la
it.
Beautiful evening clonks nre of antln-
and. as trimming, it appears upon other
cmuKs tit oressy type, whetner ror even
ing or day wear
Gowns of voile and chiffon an nil
diaphanous fabrics are bordered and fln-
lsne.i with satin In matching or bar-
hue.
ds of black satin trim whera
like folds if taffeta used to adorn.
t
Health arid (rood "Looks.
SHOE which compresses the foot
I retards circulation of the blood,.
" much as the compression of a rub
ber hose retards the flow of water. It
is as foolish and unhyglrrflc to wear
such ihofi as tt would be to sleep In a
poorly ventilated room. In a bed -v.
eral feet too short to accommodate the
full length of the body.
A woman who has learned dectt
breathing almost, always Is a rood
sleeper, for nerves and mind are kept
In healthy condition by the good chest
expansion. Then, too there is an a!-
ence or facial wrinkles and lines, anl
she is apt to keep her freshness lnm-
after the time that moat women loss
It.
According to an old beatitv tradition.
fresh strawberry has wonderful merit
as s tooth bleach. A fresh berry Is I
sqiieesed Jiver the teeth and then
brushed thoroughly with cold water.
K R R
Tbe Daily Menu.
v. BREAKFA8T.
Strawberries.
Cc-Idlsd Eggs. Baking . Powder Biscuit
Coffee. '
LUNCHEON.
Nut Sandwiches. Salmon Ralad,
Raspberry snd Currsnt Jam.
- Ceokls Tea. r -
. ' L1NNER. -
Puree of Corn. Roast Hf. Horseradish,
roung Beet a. Iettuoe, French liresslcg.
'.. Crooseberry Pie. Chees.
iJlack Coffee. ... , '
Puritan In religion. 1 . -