THE JOURNAL
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No great deee", Is done "bjr
falterers who am for certain
ty. George E'lot.
MORE ABOT T THOSE FEES.
OTmTH STAN-DINT, former Sec
retary of State Dunbar's
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I lengtiiy criticism, published fn
The Journal yesterday, there
is In equity and reason, If not strlct
,t ly !n law, a distinction between the
moderate, well-earned fees allowed
the three chief state officers for
' services as members of important
boards that were required to per
; form necessary public services, and
' the emoluments piled up otherwise
by the secretary of state and state
- treasurer. The former fees brought
the governor's pay up to $4,250 a
year, the secretary of state's to about
. the same, the treasurer's to some
what less, and made fair but not ex
cessive salaries for them. Beyond
fc this the governors got nothing, but
beyond their salaries thus properly
and reasonably Increased the ser're
... pr tarles and state treasurers got
thousands: of dollars a year. ;,It may
be that there was some sort of
"legislative warrant" for all these
',. fees, evenfor the state treasurer
r- loaning out the state's money and
, . pocketinft the interest, however much
It might amount to; but It remains
T.lrue that the fees for services on the
boards were reasonable and properly
earned, and made up decent salaries,
while these other emoluments1 were
excessive and for the most part not
really earned.
The Journal does not wish to enter
" " Into any constitutional hair-Bplitting
on this subject; let the courts settle
the question of constitutionality. If
!' all these fees and emoluments were
distinctly authorized by law, const!
tutional or not, then The Journal
- -finds no fault with the officers for
- ..taking them, and has no sympathy
p. with the movement to recover them.
.To bring up the question of constltti-
tionality now, against laws and prac
"r tices that have been in vogue for
nearly 40 years, and especially after
the matter, has been settled by the
flat salary law, appears to be a mere
piece of spitework, with no good re
BiU ior anybody in view.
If Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Kincaid, or
any others still living, took money
not authorized by law. an action to
make them repay it is proper; but
.' to ask them to repay fees clearly
t authorized by law, even if such laws
.are now determined to be unconsti
" tutional, is unreasonable. They were
not obliged to look beyond the laws
and read the constitution against
their own interest.
Oregon should be commended or plac
ing f.jilrl tlsm above, purl ImiiukIi Ip and
rlerl inn to one i.f the highest offices
within thir ;lft tin honest ami capable
Democrat Instead of one. of their own
political creed who they believed whs
not as good a num.
Agreeing with this, t lie News con
cludes: "All (his would Indit'iiti! a
deposition on the pnrt of the people
to assume the sovereignty t hat was
always theirs. It indicates a deter
mination to throw down such of
ficials as abuse their power or refuse
to obey the popular demand, and to
Ignore the advice and suggestions of
newspapers whose editorial policies
nre not in harmony with the public
mind. There is nothing alarming or
insnne in all this. On the contrary,
as the French would say."
This Is, or will be more and more,
the sentiment of the fair, liberal,
progressive. Independent press of the
country. The people of other states
are not going to despise Oregon be
cause Its people have deposed the
hollow, deceiving political lenders
and bosses and taken their affairs
largely lpto their own hands; nor
will the people of Oregon be regard
ed as Imbeciles, or lunatics because
They have deliberately and on full
to fear from Taft a sort of left
handed assurance that the celebrat
ed "policies" will drop into Innoc
uous desuetude, and that the govern
ment will relapse next year Into en
tire sanity and aafety, from the Wall
street point of vldw. Sherman is
thoroughly a "business" man in poll
tics..
BOOT FOR CHIEF JUSTICE.
c
''information and belief" selected a
Democrat or two for high offices.
while choosing Republicans for most
of the offices. This is on the con
trary an evidence of entire sanity
and political health; it Is a most
gratifying and notable proof of In
creasing- intelligence and realization
of their power among the people.
The partisan and subsidized organs
may indulge' in "frantic denuncia
tions" and "savage vituperation,"
but the movement of the people to
ward greater light and liberty will
spread and grow. Such a movement
cannot be stopped. The objurgations
and abuse of the people of such non
progressive newspapers as the Ore
gonian will have no moje effect than
the spewing of a schrfrl of cuttlefish
would have to stop the voyage of a
fleet of war vessels.
OMMKNTING on the rumor that
Mr. Taft, if elected president,
would appoint Secretary of
State Root chief justice, on the
retirement of Chief Justice Fuller,
the New York American" utters a pro
test, that seems worthy of consldera
tion. Mr. Koot Is undoubtedly a
great lawyer, and ranks high as a
statesman, but his professional ca
reer is not such as to recommend
h i in for this position. Mr. Root has
always been a trust lawyer, since the
modern trust cams into being, and
Is regarded as the ablest of trust law
yers. The late W. C. Whitney is re
ported to have said: "Other corpor
ation lawyers will tell me what I
cannot ddt but Root will tell me what
MR. EATON'S POSITION.
R'
EPLYIXG to an impertinent and
unfair article about him in the'
Oregonian, Mr. A. H. Eaton, a
Republican , Statement No. 1
member of the legislature from Lane
county, writes to that paper in part
as follows:
I can do
It may be supposed that as chief
justice of the suprrtme court, Mr.
Root would aim to eliminate all
prejudices or predilections he might
have In favor of the trusts, and
would most sincerely mean to" fill
that high position with the utmost
impartiality and fidelity to duty; but
at his age a man's Ideas and bent of
mind have become fixed, and he
could not if he would change the im
pressions of 40 years' environment
and activity. That great position
needs a. man who has been neither a
trust lawyer nor a radical advocate
of people or interests at the other
end ff the scale, but a man broad
and high enough to keep all the peo
ple constantly in view
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID.
A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
T
rHE Detroit News remarks that
back of the apparent lack of in
terest among the masses in the
action of the national conven-
i.;tlons, "there is evidence of a general
J drift. The frantic denunciations
-r which - the reactionary press has
' .hurled at all reform tendencies, the
Z-i savage vituperation and accusations
".Of demagoguery, seem to rebound
without leaving a mark on public
opinion." The News notices that in
a number of states "a movement Is
on foot, which Indicates that while
- the functions of government must be
delegated to elected and appointed
f official the policies of government
are bound to be controlled by the
" people. The mass of the nation is
. C evidentlyTfnerging tow ard a rational
'Z- State of mind, when partisan spirit
I understood the meaning: of State
ment No. 1 when I signed it. and had I
known in advance that Mr. Chamberlain
would receive the highest number of
votes at the general election, I would
have sigr.ed it Just the same. I took
the pledge knowing that it might defeat
me in the primaries, but I preferred to
h" defeated on the pledge rather than
to be elected without it. I took the
pledge two years ago, when it was "all
right." and I took It this time because
I believe in the people electing their
I'nlted States senator, and Statement
No. 1 is the pledge that will make that
result certnln, and it Is the only thing
yet devised which has accomplished
that result in Oregon. The Ore
gonlan seems to wish its readers to tin
derstand that those wen who took State
ment No. 1 were led into a trap from
w hioh they now would like to be re
leased. Such statements indicate that
the Oregonian either don't or won't
understand the men who differ with it
on the senatorial pledge.
To this plain statement the Ore
gonian replies with its usual tirade
that Mr. Eaton and all others who fa
vor the election of senators by the
people have "no political principles,"
that they are mere "jugglers with
politics"; and it sets up the old plea
that party is the only important
thing in politics. The Oregonian de
lights to repeat, with reference to
f lection of senators by the people,
that it is a "bunco game," hut it Is
not "a circumstance" in the bunco
ing line to the old dodge of inducing
people to think of nothing but party,
and pay no attention to what party
does or neglects to do. That has
been the greatest bunco game on
earth these 4 0 years In this country.
But men like Mr. Eaton are not to
be diverted by abuse and ridicule
from the main issue election of
senators by the people. This, as lie
says, Is to be accomplished by adher
ence to Statement No. 1 and in no
ether way
fectly clear idea of ihe issue in
LAW passed at the late election
provides: "That we, the peo
ple of the state of Oregon,
hereby instruct our representa
tives and senators in our legislative
assembly, as such officers, to vote for
nnd elect the candidates for United
States senator from this state who re
ceive the highest number of votes at
our general elections." The Salem
Statesman attempts to criticise the
phraseology of this because the word
"candidates," plural, is used, and
says that therefore Chamberlain and
Cake must both be elected. But the
word "elections," also plural, shows
clearly enough that the law aimed to
cover not any one election merely
but all future elections, one senator
only, as a rule, being elected at a
time.
All members of the legislature
who believe in obeying the will of
the people will vote for Chamberlain,
who received the highest number of
votes at the June election. This law
is mandatory upon those who did not
subscribe to Statement No. 1 as well
as to those who did, though no pen
alty is attached to its violation, and
it Is admitted that the law cannot be
enforced in the courts. The State
ment No. 1 men are bound by an ab
solute, specific pledge to the people
who elected them; the others are not
so bound, but to vote the same way
would show that they believe in
obeying and truly representing the
people.
Mr. Sherman, Candidate
for Vice-President
Tho Buffalo Times, whose owner Is
Norman Ki Mack, tho New York mem
ber of the Democratic national commit
tee, describes Jamra 8. Sherman as fol
lows:
'It was In 1R84 that James School
craft Sherman broke Into politics In
I' lira, Oneida county, New York. lie
was at that time a very bashful but
.handsome young man. Ills frlerMs
called him 'Handsome Jimmy. He In
herlted a taste for politics, the Sher
mans bavin- been aJldlo.tcd to the Imblt
irom uio early tinsa or me repuDiie.
wnen he somewhat nacKwaraiy in
formed some of the Influential Itenub
llcaiis of tltlca that he would like to be
one of them thrv were Inclined to laugh
at hint, but Thomas Wheeler, the boss
of tho purtv in Oneida county, saw bel
ter than they, and he welcomed the.
young man into the charmed circle, lie
had what he considered excellent reasons
for doing bo.
i lie gang, w hicii haa weome notori
ously corrupt and a stenrh In the
nostrils of the gftod people of the coun
ty. needed new blood and rehablllta
tlon. In the absence of which It might
lose control of the people's affairs In
the fall and Jeopardize the liberty or
some of Its boldest members.
BlicrmanoamaM a good family, was
a college graduate, enioyed a popular
lty with the best element of the younger
neonlA nf l rlru m hiia n irnnd Rnrtenr
ance and wlthai had plenty of money.
Boss Wheeler took him in and made
him mayor of the city. Thus the gang
gained a new lease of power. Of course,
the young mayor was merely a figure
head. Wheeler was the manager.
"Later Sherman was useful to Boss
Wheeler in capturing the congressional
district in which I lica wait- situated.
The boundaries of the dlstNct . were
changed two or three times, but Sher
man stuck to his office, thanks to the
leadership of Wheeler and the free use
of money.
"There Is more politics to the square
inch in Oneida than In any other county
in the Cnited States, and tho conven
tions there have for years presented
scenes worth going a long distance to
witness. Sherman, after being elect (1
mayor of t'tlca. developed remarkable
ability as an orator, and hoss vv neeier
made, him his rlghthand man in the Re
publican conventions. The young ntii
was compelled to take many hard .-aps
from the Insurgents for casting c.is lot
with the gang, and they hurt him, but
tie stuck to the gang and has ever jit-o
been Its most valuable asset.
"Congressman Sherman's connection
with the notorious t'tlca lee trust be
smirched Ills reputation, and his na.'t
in the alleged Hariiman contribution to
tne itrpunitenn national coninuiie?
which was regarded as somewhat "pics
tlonable In character has made him
still more unpopular. His manipulation
of oil leases looms black In his offi:ial
record.
"In Oneida countv Sherman is known
as 'The Rud(iv-cheo1ed Chieftain of
Oneldas.' In Washington he Is called
Joe Cannon's Whlte-hulrcd Hoy.' To
the country at large he is known from
his record in congress ns a firm friend
of the special privilege corporations
and a factor damaging to the interests
of the nlain people.
"This Ut the man the Republicans
have nominated for Vice-President."
OPENING OF PORTLAND GATEWAY
the American Lumberman
The Pacific Coast Lumber Mamifac
turem" association and others Interested
have partially lost their case against
the Northern Taclfle and Great North
ern railway, the Union Pacirlc system
ttnd others, In which It was asked that
through routes and rates be established
through the Portland gateway. This
decision was 'handed clown hv the inter
state commerce commission on June
1! and the full text of all the Important
portions of It Is to be found on another
page In this paper.
In this petition the western Wash
ington lumbermen sought to Imva a
route alternating with the Hill lines
opened to all the territory that ran be
reached by the Oregon Railroad & Nav
igation company lines, the Oregon Short
Line and the rnlon Pacific; the prln-
orn' uo-uiiftiiuiia oeiog uiuo i iiiuii' i I eiinon. i near p-ieiit Hiiiririiuni n..n
points. T'olorado common points, Mis- been reduced to 2V4 and their actual
wished to bring, about was nn opening
of competition between the Hill amr the
Harrlmau systems of roads. This they
have not succeeded In doing not even
to Utah points for this decision will
compel all lumber from the territory
covered by It lr western Washington to
go via the Portland gateway, leaving
all the rest bound to Bo by the Hill line
connections. Competition between the
systems has not been promoted by this
particular decision or tne intersium
commerce commission.
The Oregon people will, however, be
gratified by reduction of the rale for
the important consuming territory in
Utah, while the western .Washington
lumbermen will be pleased for the same
reason. Their S-rent differential has
The Oregonian says: "Those per
sons, calling themselves Republicans,
who have been entrapped Into a
pledge to vote for a Democratic sen
ator, are not worth sympathy from
City Budget Politics.
From the Buffalo Evening News.
The Bureau of Municipal Research in
New York is a private institution. It is
organised by certain citizens, who pay
the price, employ competent persons,
and make a study of the way business
is done In behalf of the ctiy. It asks
nothing for its servKes. but the work it
has clone is of such a revolutionary
character, by simply turning on the
light, that Comptroller Metz, one of the
ablest heads of a finance department
In any city of the United States, pledges
himself to a complete reorganization of
the accounting of the city.
Few understand tJtat the method of
building our budget consists first in
the comptroller making up his bagfull
of estimates, with every department
head or commission tugging at his coat
tails for candy. Then it goes to 2a
aldermen and they give and take, yield
ing here to get something there, word
ing out bargain anil sale.- 1 hey all
know it, they admit it. and regret It
for tile most part, but they do it be
cause It is the law that permits them.
The next step is a course of haggle,
and trade, and dicker between nine men
called counCllmen and when the comp
troller and the aldermen and council
men have all bad their hand In the
game, the business is pushed on to the
mayor, and then every sort of resource
Is applied to him to keep an estimate
in. or to nave it cut out. wniie ne can
pain glory solely by cutting and slash
ing, lopping off here and there. So for
three or four months the process of
building tlie budget goes on in that as
tonishing way.
If the Intellect of the city which Is
devoted to politics should devote Itself
to thinking out a better plan of making
the budgets and of handling the money
of the city, great good migit be done.
Such a plan as the creation of a board
of estimate and apportionment, a board
made up of the heads of departments,
would limit the bargaining to five or
six men at the moat Instead of 35 or 36.
Here is a field to be cultivated with a
show- of results
soiirl river points and froniAhere south
What Is granted is a through route and
rate via Portland to Utah common
points and a reduction of the rates
tnat nave heretofore been In force in
that territory the petition being de
niea Dy me interstate commerce com
mission as to all other territory.
Thtj commission called attention to
the fact that the distance from Tacoma
to Kansas City via Billings, which Is
the Northern Pacific connection. Is
2.041 miles and via Portland Is 2. 143
miles: to Omaha via Billings the am
tanee is 1.909 miles, via Portland 1.943
miles: te Chlcaaro via Minneapolis the
distance is z.sis miles ana via portiana
2.436 miles.
The commissions opinion was mat
no relief would be afforded the west
ern "Washington lumbermen bv the
opening of the Portland gateway to
destinations such as these, as the" con
gestion of freight has been In times of
car shortage as great on tn union ra
clfic system as on the others and un
der normal conditions such as pre
vailed, prior to 1906 the service to
these 'points was satisfactory via the
Hill lines.
As to Colorado common points It
found there Wfts about 200 miles dif
ference In favor of the Portland gate
way. but that th s was too small in
comparison with the entire length of
the haul tgr He controlling; therefore
the commission held, "though w'ltn
some hesitation." as It says, that the
route to Colorado common points via
Hillings should be regarded as satis
factory.
As to the Utah points, of which Og
den and Salt Lake City are illustra
(ions, they can be reached only through
the Spokane or Sliver now gateway
from the eastbound lines of the Great
Northern and Union Pacific. In both
cases the traffic must move through
Pocatello. From Tacoma to Pocateilo
via Portland is -875 miles, hut via Spo
kane 1.32S mils: thus such is the sub
stantial difference in favor of the Port
land gateway that the commission de-
clde1 that a through rate via Portland
should be established on lumber orig
inating on the Noi ihern Pacific lines
north of Portland, which involves, wf
suppose, all the lines west of the Cas
cades from Portland north to Seattle.
Including; that point. In fart-, this
definition is expressed in the opinion.
Both interestins and gratifying to the
lumbermen concerned will be the de
cision of the commission as to the
amount of this new Joint rate. In
brief, the decision is that the Tate from
points- on the Northern Pacific railway
north of Portland to Utah common
points, after August 15 and for two
years thereafter, shall not be more than
4o cents. The rate hitherto has been
45 cents, counting a local 5 cents from
point of origin to Portland.
Another decision referred to hv the
commission also establishes a differen
tial of 2M- cents in favor of Portland
district mills as against points to the
north, making' the rate from Portland
to Utah common points 37 M instead of
40 cents, as It has been heretofore.
The oilnion of the commission is an
interesting one and there Is some light
op other questions some of them of
much Importance which it has had
under consideration during the last Fix
months or more.
We are not authorized to speak for
the western lumbermen in this matter,
but we assume that they will not con
test the matter further, but accept the
decision as rendered, which, on the
whole, strikes the reader ns being ex
ceedingly reasonable and fair.
'
One point, however, made byi the
western Washington people, and which
perhaps was more prominent In their
own oplniorr than in their pleas before
the commission, has been ignored by
the commission. This Is the matter of
competition In routes. ' The necessity of
paying a local to reach the Union Pa
cific, or Harrlnian lines, practically con
fined the shippers to the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern that Is to
say. the Hill lines. between which
there is no competition. What they
rate reduced bv 5 cents. They are there
fore more actually and realiv In better
position" to compete for the Utah trade
than they were before.
We do not understand that this de
cision has anything whatsoever to do
with Ihe cases brought by the lumber
men of western Washington and of the
Inland empire In protesting against the
advances made In eastbound rate last
fall. This decision lnvelves a brand
new ouestlon. The new rates are really
new and therefore there will be no re
hate of rates made since the hearing
was begun. Such, at any rate, appears
to us to be the case.
The Willamette Valley and flan Fran
cisco Rate Decision.
The lumbermen represented In th
Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' asso
ciation have won a victory and gained
nearly all they sought In the decision
handed down Juno s:o by tne interstate
commerce commission regarding the
protest of that organization against the
advanced freight rates put into effect
by the Southern Pacific company on
rough green fir lumber and lath from
W llaaaftte valley mill points to au
Francisco and San Francisco bay points
on April 18, 1907. The old rate wni
$3.10 a ton from all points on the east
bank of the Willamette river and on
the west hank as far north as l:or
vallis. Or., with 25 cents more from
mills north of Corvallis on the we-t
hank, Portland not Included in tne
rate.
On the date above mentioned th!
company advanced these rates to a flat
fit a ton. Portland lnciutiea. l ne re
port of the commission states that these
mills did not have a sufficient outlet
for their product except to the south,
where they met water competition com
ing from Portland, the Columbia river
and other territory farther north, and
that in 1899 to stimulate production
anl to increase its own business the
Southern Pacific put in the above
named rates, which have proven profit
able to the road and have been demon
strated to be necessary to the profitable
onduct of the lumber business In the
territory involved.
On April 18, 1907, the rates were Bal
anced as above statd. which advance
would and did. as shown by the testi
mony, make tne lumber nusiness un
profitable. The advance of J1.90 a ton
was the equivalent or about - 1 - i
1.000 feet, while the profit In the manu
facture of lumber In the Willamette
alley during the last seven or eight
years has ranged from $1.50 to $2.50
000. not taking Into account the prorr.
there might be on stumpage. The com
mission found that the advance last
ear In the freight rate materially ex
ceeded the average profit of manufac
ture in the Willamette valley plus the
prlre of stumpage.
The order, which, altogether with tne
major part of tho opinion, is to be
round elsewhere in tins issue or tne
American Lumberman, does not restore
the. old rate, but nearly so. It requires
the railroads on or before August IF..
190S, to put Jn force, and maintain
thereafter for not less than two yeais.
rate for the transportation of rough
green fir lumber and lath in carloads
not exceeding $3.40 a ton from points
upon the east fittnk Of the Willnrhette
and upon the west bank south of Cor-
alllS to Han f rancisco and nay poiri's.
nd a rate not exceeding $3.65 a ton
from points upon the west hank north
of Corvallis, but neither rate to in
clude Portland as the point of origin.
The old rate has. therefore, by this
decision been advanced 30 cents a ton,
or less than 9 per cent. Instead of 53
to 61 per cent as wished by the railroad.
Small CKandis'
Hurrah for Cleorge Washington. ,
Also for his successors, Roosevelt be
ing last but not least.
.
Hurrah for Taft. Aryan,' and all good
and great men.
People can celebrate, whether town
dors or not.
Make a Joyful noise, but riot one too
awfully loud or too much of It.
Wouldn't those old founders of the
republic be proud of tiie country If
Ihey could see It now?
The Socialist party has spilt In two,
but Tom Watson and W. II. Hearst
each seems to hold ills party solidly
together yet.
This Is Oyster Huy's Inst year of
summer prominence.
Ah, hn! was It cool enough for you?
Apparently the Oregonian is also op
posed to the people raising crops.
It Is said that Bryan's platform will
be really quite brief. Can It be possible?
Young Teddy Roosevelt has goneVo
work for ths steel trust, which. thlJTV-
Ing he may be president some aayywril
train him up In the way he should go
to suit it.
Tammnnv Is prepared to have high
old time, regardless of the altitude of
Denver.
After the Fourth Is over, enforce that
weed ordinance.
Country people to the city and city
people to the country; that Is a good
way to ceieDraie.
Portland will have Its celebration af
ter a while, when the north bank road
is fully completed.
Bury the dead and bind up the wounds
and be thankful that the Fourth of
July comes but once a year.
The death- of Grover Cleveland has
brought to the mind of somebody that
the country has never had two ex-pres-Idents
at one time, says an exchange.
This somebody- would better study his
tory a little, and change his mind.
There may be a buttermilk boom In
the dry towns.
.
Parker will find that Denver Is not
Wall, street.
A New York Judge has sentenced a
man to work for his wife. But ho
should have made an exception of but
toning or hooking up the back of her
waist.
No danger of a Roosevelt stampede
In the Denver convention.
Brother Oeer thinks It very funny
that the Iowa Democrats declared th.xi
the ereat need of the (Niuntrv u-tiM mT
patriotism. But it seems to mis scrib
bier that they were about eight.
Here again the lumbermen have
gained a substantial victory. This opin
ion of the commission Is characterized,
like others delivered at the same ttm ,
by an evident desire to do justice -"fn
both parties In the case. The situation
and the evidence have been carefully
considered and It would seem that both
the shippers and the railroads should
feel safe In Intrusting their interests
to the Interstate commerce commission
as now constituted.
anv nnurtpr Thpv havp no nolitical 1 " ",nflK "I' "uugei.
any quarter. ine nae no political j f p( the rlllmPV sy8tem of back tax col
lection be made like that of the rest of
principles. It doesn't hurt them to
profess to be one thing or another.
They are merely mollycoddles of
politics." We have not heard of any
of them asking for "sympathy." Nor
do any of them admit having been
"entrapped." They knew exactly
what they were doing, and why. And
If they are men utterly without
"principles," and "merely mollycod
dles," they have plenty of company.
for so must be the nearly 70,000 peo-
Mr. F.aton has a per- : pie, more than half of them Repub
licans, who voted to make Statement
volved, of the object to he attained, i 1 a law
of the method by which it is to he hi
the state. Give the city legislature
power to act in a -wider range than now
so as to save making trips to Albany
and then give us a rest from revision.
tained, and of his duty as a repre
sentative of the people. Statement
No. 1 has "buncoed" nobody but a
T'-ivlll lose Its compelling power, and
.'when tbe men who do what the pco-jfew discredited politicians. I
pie would require of them will rom-j j
? - mand the votes Tarty lines will not SHERMAN VERY SATISFACTORY.
TrT-"Tj Strong enbugh to hold the voters
' -' who do not approve cither of the pol-C-
icies or the candidates of their own
-'party."
Tetroit paper' eye closely scans Ore-
,gon, th leader among the states.
along with young Mlsa Oklahoma, in
t: tbli movement, and of this state 1:
aji: "Oregon has giTen the rea-
tiooariea unpardonable offense bv
H'
ERE is a sample of comment In
sevwa'l party organs:
There can be no doubt that the
national convention uad, spleri-
d'd judgment in the selection of John
8. Fi.eVrn.an as Taft s running mate for
coming campaign Roosevelt and
i is near following wanted Cummins or
I "Silver of Iowa, but o'd Uncle Joe
i Rnnon. and a few of the party men
I nan nA Shtfwtan t. r A f r '. A f.tlnv.
adopting tha Initiative and referen-on Thl. Bt.,r,tn.nil th tIrket ln
flan, mil nepuouciD ute aas nso j 0 wa,. ranr.on and his crowd will
- administered a blow below the con-
atitational belt by advising its Re-
publican legislature to elect a Iemo-
r ratio senator, and by putting
Democratic mayor over the Repub-
Quctlng a
Heart city of Portland
- fling of tha Xw Tork Sun, a Wall
rtrect organ, th Kewa reprints In
rrt t reply of a Portland citizen,
Mr. John Simpson, who aald:
Tt ln!tlaIV and referendum were
r t a.1rrtl hr througa r rr k I n or
a deKir tor frt)ilBC w, but the
, j p; thowttst th-ta tb et aat trii
ue f J tht,Tttr of th JolitlfJ
' tr Inttg bae rua lb
I !;. !i t.f 'iifr Inrtead f
i t i .-:. :r euiui. tha rjia i
lel that thy had a hnd in naming the
nations! ticket and therefore will work
probably Anr, h i 'v than they would
otherwise have ione and Sherman's
personal strength, his business standing
snd busings Judgment will materially
id the ticket T.org the business peo
ple of the country.
This aeema to mean that the nom
ination of Sherman was a conces
Iod. in some measure a surrender,
to the standpatter, the trusta. the
Interests, Wall afreet, etc. The poli
ticians who eerre the Instead of tbe
common people wanted Sherman, not
bfau he will have much power at
rlc-prvsldent, but as an Indication
that these clement will hart aotticj
"Let us have plain speech. It is
the onlv luxurv left to man in a
world of humbug, Insincerity, clap
trap and delusion." OreRonian.
I'oor. crabbed, fossilized, rut-con-fincd.
old organ of everything op
posed to the people's interests.
Everything making for the people's
advancement, education and enlight
enment, politically, every movement
to freo themselves from the rule of
machine?, bosses and classes. Is
"humbug," "claptrap," and "delu
sion " This has been the cry of op
pressors and opponents of liberty for
thousands of years.
The county commissioners are
moving in the right direction in plan
ning to d-ipllcate the Kelly butte
plant, so as to put all able-bodied
prisoners, city as well as county, jtt
work. The county needs"the road
material, and the prisoners should be
made to work for their living. It
i:i do them good, physically anil
mora!lv.
Cool Reading.
The frost Is on the window pane.
And icycles adorn each sill;
The snow is heaped on field and plain,
And garbed in white Is yonder hill.
The hlazlne- fagots on the hearth
With ruddy glow light up the scene;
I'm writing: now for all J'm worth
For some December magazine.
Outside I hear tbe children shout.
It Is a sleigh ride passing by;
Ah. youth is there without a doubt.
The spring of life for them Is nigh.
Now biting blows the bitter wind.
The storm door bangs and drifts are
seen ;
Don't think that I have lost my mind,
'TIs for some winter magazine.
From father's beard there droop to
night Three Icycles of slender size:
HIk heavy coat is frosted white.
But Jov Is shining in nis eyes
For mother nuickly brings to him
Hot toddy in a soup tureen;
I'm writing this with all mv vim
For some December magazine.
Now quick Into tbe oven hot
Poor father outs his frozen feet:
And bv his side our faithful spot
Lies down to get ils share of heat.
And round the fire we sit nnd chat
Of (i when the trees are green;
It's mighty hot. I tell yoy that.
To fill a winter magazine
Detroit J"ree Press.
Letters From the People
Report Was Not True.
Portland, June 30 To the Kditor of
The Journal Your evening contempor
ary makes fun of the weather bureau,
and I don't see anything In vour paper
to contradict It. Now, I am an ad
mirer of The Journal, and this little
roast of the bureau bv the Telegram
Is not fair to the forecasters, for wiiile
H is got fn tip in fun It is not true. In ! Several other states '.H',
ru. inr irie eeiiewe um an- i ., . . i ...
letter or spirit, for the eellrse did ap
pear or. I should say a partial eclipse
The spot covered about one eighth of
tbe face of the sun and was seen by 1U
or 12 people. Including myself and wife
right here ln Alblna and with the aid
of nothing hut smoked glass. It ap
peared about fi : 1 5 a. m. and was yet
visible when I went to bed I am work
ing nights at about S:30 a. m
C. R. AINSCOE.
Saloon-keepers in several coun
ties are still making efforts in the
courts to be. the local option law,
but it is a safe guess that In moat
If not all cases the law will stick.
Such has been the trend of tbe. de
cisions so far. If the people want
prohlbtlon they are going to have It,
as to open aaloooa leut.
Fells Ajrnn' SIxty-Mnfh Birthday.
Agnus Felix, editor and publisher of
the Baltimore American, was bom In
Lyons, France. July 4. 13. H re
ceived a college education In Franc,
traveled for several years, served In
the war of Napoleon III with Austria
and cam to the United Ftales tn 1M0
as chaser and sculptor for Tlffav.
Wtien war between the north and the
south was declared, he resigned his po
sltlon Snd enlist-d as prfvate In Dr
rea's Fifth New Tork ZouaTes. He
made a brilliant career and st the ir
of 2? had rHchd tho rank of brevet
brigadier aeneral. He was bonorsbl
mustered out August JJ. !:. fnon
after the war he r-a.m connected with
the Baltimore American ss buln
manager. Afterwards h bcm edi
tor and publisher of that Journal, which
position ha still holds.
( Idl" Hope.
"TJuhbr the Jaeltor of these flats Is
Unmsrrtd."
"Wlist of itr
"I really think he is h-ilnc In
trted In our Hdet danrhter.' .
"Tbera yen go again,-with your Pipe
dreams: ast wsaav It waa a dua, .
Newspaper Ad Best.
Through a careful experiment made
bv the manager of Hurtlg Seamon'e
Music Hall. One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street, New York. It was discov
ered that TB per cent of those who at
tend the performances are Induced to
visit the theitre by the newspaper ad.
C. P. firene'-ker, the manager, said
he placarded all the fences In Harlem
with billboards telling of his show, em
ployed 10 "sandwich men" to walk
about the streets, sent out 15.0011 postal
cards to Harlem reaidents and distribut
ed 15.000 handbills All last week slips
nf paper were passed to the auditors on
which they were asked to designate
what had attracted tbem to the play
house The printed requests were
"What attracted vour attention to the
fact Cist Mr MrAl'Ister 1s appearing In
H'lTtlg A Resmnri'v'
"Did you read it In a newspaper? Did
vou see It on a billboard? Did you
see it on a moving wagon? Or a man
rarrylna- a elarn? Was It bv means of
a postal card Was It by hearsay? If
not by any nf tnese means please state
what induced rou to come.
Practlcal'v ,vfrv one who received
a slip of paper told what had attracted
him or her to the rdavhouee. snd a
count of the slips showed that more
tnan it- per cent erthe aufllenre nsd
been attracted by the newspaper adver
tlsements
This shows conclusively." Greneker
said, 'that we make no mistake In rlv
Ing the b.itk of our srprrpr1atlon for
aavertising to tne newspapers."
man best fitted to represent them In
the United States senate.
Oregon's example might well he fol
lowed bv the people of other states. The
great state of New York, for Instance.
Is now represented by two worn-out
politicians who are an absolute dis
credit to it. If the people of New York
could, by a plan similar to that obtain
ing in Oregon, select men better qual
ified to represent them, they would In
crease their influence in the senate, and
in tne councils or government generally,
regaining that prestige which the Kni
pire State once had. If the people of
several other states would adont the
Oregon plan, they would not onlv benefit
themselves but the country at large.
Oregon's example Is worthy of consider
ation because Its possibilities look to
the promotion of the common welfare
In every direction.
Fitted to ' Rcprpwnt Them.
From the Patersnn (S. J I News
Oreron la.a Republican stste. In 1"4
it rre President Roosevelt 4l.J4 plu
rality. In lo It elected two Repub
lican representatives to rongres In
1e snd s(rafn 1Mb rear It elected a
Republican Ir1elatur Tt In the re
cent election th peopl of Oregon aotn
Ina ted fjoremor Ovkifirr1sln. a rvno-
rrat. for United Pis tea nator a a
rlalve tt. eomrilin their RruMW-n
leaislattjr to rattfv the rleUfn made.
Tbe re-rvl of ' rrin rliwi notmor
Chamber-lain, slthoiieb a I rnoc r t be-
C4vua Uy baUavad fc a u,a a auclw'
Bird Neighbors.
The robins and I are good neighbors,
you see.
Where my window abuts on their side
of the tree;
They call me at dawn and Invite me to
sTTare
Their Joy of the dewy and delicate air.
Next door are the martins, fine, purDle
pled folk..
Who laugh so politely at life's little
And ffi? me with cheer when I'm bur
dened with gloom.
Till all the world laughs ln blue ripples
of bloom.
The larks and the finches are field
friends of mine
In their little brown tenements under
tne vine.
And the skyscraper maple beside the
green door
Is peopled this season as never before.
Ah, lore thou thv neighbor: I do when
they're birds.
For we never fall out and we never
have word.
And they call me irom slumber and
hid me goodnight
With always the sanve tender chord of
delight.
At dusk the hrown hermit thrush down
by the stream
Potrrs not her jmni soul tn the music of
drem.
And then through the dewy calm twi
light and still.
Oh. hark, that tost spirit the lona
wnippoorwm.
It Is well not to believe in a rron
failure until after harvest; then you
can't.
Now the political eyes of the country
will turn to Denver.
Bryan would doubtless withdraw If he
thought it best for the party and coun
try, but the trouble will be in making
him think so.
Another thing to rejoice over Is the
sale of that quarter block at Seventh
and Stark streets and the consequent
obliteration of those horrible old shacks
that have disgraced that site for so
many years, iiere Is the best-- of luck
to Mr. Wilcox.
Yips, the newspapers publish advertise
ments of so-called "quacks'' and non
ethical medicos, for pay. and they also
give the ethical regulars considerable
free advertising, which seems tS be con
sidered strictly ethical.
An astronomer says that the star
Arcturus has been traveling right to
ward the earth for many ages at tho
rate of 300.000 miles a second but Is not
near enough to view with alarm yet.
o regon Sidelignta
Salem nostoffice receipts for the last
quarter showed an Increase of nearly
one-tnira over tne same period last
year.
a
No doubt the cherrv fairs nt Salem
and The Dalles were both best.
Klamath Falls has Imposed a $3 streot
tax on all males between 21 and 60.
More than half the saloon buildings
were already ehgajed for other pur
poses before they became vacated.
A Umatilla county man who lost 1
acres of wheat was paid 70 cents a
bushel for 32 1-2 bushels an acre.
Nine of the sites and hulldinzi
hitherto occupied by saloons tn La
Grande are owned by outside parties.
At the present rate SOft houses mill
have been built in Salem this year, de
clares the Journal.
By order of the district attorney.
Burns saloons will be closed hereafter
on Sundays, and gambling will not ba
permitted.
A movement is on foot and is well
under way for the creation of a new
county out of the eist half of Clackamas,-
Estacada to be the county sea:.
All cojntlea of southern Oregon are
dry today except Jackson county. From
the California line to Marlon county, a
Stretch Of over three Iinnr1r,d mlls In
Jackson county alone can a man legall"-'
secure a nrins, and there only In the
wet precincts. Medford Is the onlv
large town south of Salem where tlii
thirsty may assuage his thirst bv
taste of something stronger than so-.LT
water, except by ways that are dark
and paths tnst are devious. And th
wet precincts of Jackson county mav
become dry when the supreme court
Is heard from.
-bir3
your
Dear n-tg"-."vifv - fond brothers
brothers, yott see
God's peace to rour lives In
home 'mill the trees.
And would the world's heart could pour
out to rou, dara.
As mine pours tonight through Its sons
and its tears.
Raltlmorw Sun.
A Little Realism.
"All th heroes In the Twr ar atther
r,iniljr rich .or Pitifully Door.'
'WellT" '
Wh can't avroefcod r aiva aa a turn
earning tit a waT LIX la full f
The Rogue river fishermen have had
a change of luck this week and have
been making very good catches. As
many as i.Soo pounds have been take:i
In a single night, says ihe Grants Pas
Outlook, one of whose staff recently
hroked a whopper that gave him 45
mlnuts of hard work and broke the
ttt off his steel rod and got away -ritli
a part of his line. Later he got a line
on a big chlnook that kept him strenuously-
engaged for over an hour, and
that weighed 2 pounds.
This Date In History.
1 2a John Adams, second president
of the United 8ttes. died at Quln
Mass Born In Bralntree, Mass, October
0. iTJt,
IIJ1 James Monroe. Ofs preslder'
of the United Mates, diedin New York
Ctty, born in Westmoreland county. Vi.
April 21, 17BI.
141 Peace "proclaimed between the
United States and Mexico.
Hit Integritr of Denmark guaran
teed by England, France, Prussia and
8wedn.
llil Cornerstone, of the extension of
the capltol laid by President FtHmore.
Lord Canning appointed governor-
genera of India.
I Nathaniel Hasrthorna, A merles.
""Joe.bora la talent. Mass. Died May
' H7ryaa,rpe (Wfhaidf. Italian lib-er-atopf-ttarn
at Nice, -pled at Canrert,
Jne t. !2-- -g x
1 t Chrlsfa ro-fefw. CambrMae. rl
bratad Uja mta Iu o( Its fouadaUaa.
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