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A'man who leads a life of
.'tranquility and reflection,
who is not disturbed at home,
' and who meddles not with
the affairs of the world,
may keep his mind at ease
and his thoughts run In one
even course. But such a man
has .not been tried, all his
philosophy and his passive
virtue might turn out to bo
idle words if he were once
exposed to the rude realities
of human existence. Marcus
Aurelius.
4
THE VALUE OF IRRIGATION.
AN ULTIMATE process in the
Willamette valley is to resort
to the widest possible extent
to irrigation. it is destiny,
,and It will come. Present day farm
era may raise their hands in holy
horror at the idea, but natural laws
care nothing for that. From time
immemorial the housewife has
known that water saved and aided
, . her flowers. Without water the
green lawn is impossible. The
farmer himself has long used water
In rearing and saving his tomato and
cabbage plants. If water is a saving
- -agency for all these things, the same
water ia a saving agency for the
' larger crops.
Robert Gellatly, of Benton coun
ty, working under direction 6f the
department of agriculture, grew
onions on an irrigated plat, and got
a yield of 850 pouads, while on an
'aqual but unirrlgated plat he got
, but 350 pounds. Oswald West,
-under the same supervision
Sot from hla hop yard In
Benton county,. 1,150 pounds
per acre on irrigated, and 800
pounds per acre on unirrlgated land
.Wnirrigated corn on the Oregon Agri
cultural College farm returned 5,
' 34? Dounds of srreen fodder, while
i " iSTlgated once the yield was 7,000
and, Irrigated twice, 9,666 pounds.
. On the same farm unirrlgated pota
toes yielded 2,604, irrigated once,
fl, 760, and twice. 7,500. G. R. Bag
ley of Hillsboro turned water in July
on clover that had been sown in
, February and 52 days latter cut a
5 clover crop three feet high. From
, the eight acres he took 2 0 tons of
vetch hay, 100 tons of green clover,
- four and a half tons of clover hay,
and eight tons of clover silage, be
Bides having a mulch crop left six
"to ten Inches high.
These are tangible and formidable
- results. Gradually the value of the
' process will become understood, and,
one after another, men will come to
I Utilize it. .The possibilities for the
J t : agriculturist that daily flow by his
j .farm In the running streams of the
.Willamette valley are, measured in
dollars, both Invaluable and inestim
; able. The water is the agency that
loosens the soil's fertility at the mo
ment when it can be of the greatest
service to the growing plant, and
whether we accept It now or not, 1b
I, : 4 destined to be an agency of great
I r' ralue and great wealth In the region.
, 'v- -7 Little by little, the green spots here
' ; and there among the dry, will dem
Onstrate the possibilities of frnetifl-
I i I leal littnko Bteerer? Is It Indeed
not both?
The progressive man Is the salt of
society. Ho sees above and beyond
his own impossible ambition, and
looks abroad for the enlargement of
the pleasures and "comforts of the
race. All men In the. nation but the
wantonly stupid see what the repre
sentative system has brought the
I'nlted States senate to. All beard
recently the pleadings of President
Roosevelt with that Imperial body
for bread for the American
people. They saw Mr. Aid
rich hand out a stone. For
six long months they saw message
after message sent from the White
House, entreating that rotten resort
of trust lawyers to give the country
remedial legislation and saw every
petition denied, coldly, bluntly, im
periously denied. Why were they de
nied, and by whom? Why were the
desires of the American people re
sisted, and by what authority?
One single incident tells the story.
It was tho day In the senate, when
La Follette was striving for the de
feat of the infamous Aldrlch 'cur
rency bill. The pressure in the
chamber was, in the words of an eye
witness, "something awful." The air
was electrical with feeling. Aldrlch
was in command, openly, shamelessly
driving hard the senate,-and senators
sat there, mortified beyond expres
sion because they knew they must
submit or earn the ill-will of their
master. Senators openly admitted
that their position was galling, and
some even hesitated to submit. Every
person in Washington knew of the
shamelessness of Aldrlch assumption
of command that day, and of his
open flaunting of it, as though, after
months of excoriation he purposed to
let the American peopla know that"
he Is supreme, after all. It Is not ex
aggeration to say that people fairly
gasped when he went to the vice-
president, spoke In a peremptory
tone, returned to the middle aisle,
and pointing at his own breast. In a
dictatorial manner gave the signal to
Fairbanks which the latter obeyed,
recognizing him, so as to cut off de
bate and start the rollcall.
Such Is this vaunted representative
Bystem in all its symmetry and
bjrauty. Mr. Aldrlch is the master
who rules with his imperial scepter,
even to the vice-president of the
United States, and here In Oregon we
are told that no modification must
be made In the system. It Is at such
as he that the Oregon method Is di
rected, and with its wide adoption In
the other Btates would drive this ar
rogant creature from the chamber
even fis the money changers were
driven from the temple. What a
bunko game it 1b, and what a bunko
steerer that does it, for this continual
lamentation to go up in Oregon for
perpetuation of the system that gave
us Aldrlch, and made him bigger
than Roosevelt, bigger than the peo
Never was a professional ghoul la
-faired by a more mercenary spirit
because the sole aim and end of
the Murphy-Connere crowd, aided by
Judge Parker, Is the perpetuation of
the ascendency of the Belniont-Ryuu I Hi
combination, to which Democracy
Small Change
The war for liberty l never ended.
Hut how can a Wg Hill bs popularT
NEGATIVE EFFORTS OF RAILROADS
From the, American Lumberman
It til M frAHIIAtltlv K.n , ' I . I -
Tkl. I. .W. Tv , I. I " 'J 11 IB m
"-. .'- - - long lano that ha. no turn." Evidently
th author of the, above waa referring
i nfl ice nnn npi-pr i'ii in m ni snotir I tn tii ....-,.... .4 .. ... ... .... .
owes Its last ignominious and well- the weather. vance litigation.' At any rate this do
deserved defeat. It was Belmoni-j - .u . i. ... . I M, rtption Is applicable. When complaint
.. .. . .. ... I "e presume mat iioosevcit couio get was brought before the 1nterlm. com.
Ujan money mat financed JUaRela Job almost anywhere as n farmhand. I meroe commission In tho lumber ad-
I'arkpr b campaign for the nomlnu- ' , ..t10. eases it waa thought by the
i . . 1Qn. . r,,, Mr. Hryan Bay he will be elected, uninitiated that the railroads would
tion In 1904. It was netmont-Ryiin nut fU,,M-t Ue ny B0 J(ju8 ftm, 1800? abide by the opinion of that trlbunul.
money that nominated him and It ii waa found, however, tiiau tho rati-
.oo tii,. r,. d,ui I Id exnerte.1 that there w Ta a - m iimiiur
..y.iuu.a-.vjau lnB clear JouJ ring from a Hill at Denver V,1,. var'ou courtn ,lavln JurlM-
made an anti-trust movement under Tuescfuy. I ', , 1 ,. " tVp ,0 "ie supreme court of the
i . " " invicw, rxni or wie
. i . i A . v. . . nl still honurul thontrhr ttmt ti.u aoi.i,
yviiu wiotl una iiei-fiiiir 1,1 iiiul niimui . " u vin,.',i
pink boom for vice-president labeled I , i . i i if vnuea isiaiea
Jim Hum IewlsT I " i V. na eunary
u. in men ana oinappoinimenia were In
store. The attorney, for the railroads
"u leu a tew asyracketa which they
have aot off from tlijie to time, (bear
ing houses were eatabllahed for audit-
Mayor Pithlman of Omaha la known i i ?r.
the money of the trust magnate and " H.deadZrem. tfloo.Bryan h" a fia,V,"nf?-wi-?..un?Pw'F--? ?
abide bv the renortM nf rh... nnitr.
Hrndatret' says It doean't cost najThe publlo at large ahould undeiatand
such a brand absurd and Impossible.
Parker, continues Watterson,
should rest content with the reward
of his rich law practice, and .lot
emerge from his highly-paid obscur
ity to make trouble through sheer
malevolence; to appear backed by J
Doctor of Laws Is sultablo for J. P.
Morgan: doubtless ho has doctored sev
eral financial laws.
much to live as It did. Not If one eats I from the foregoing that lumbermen are
unBopiusiicaieu. were thev versed In
traction tiileves, appealing over the
dead body of Cleveland, Is disgrace
ful. It 13 also hypocritical, for as iess and wears old clothes
to most that Cleveland did and was, icgai technology they would under
Parlc-r'a haofcpra anrl pmnlovsrs . Mr. Taft lspersonally a Unitarian. courao. the degree of their pro
- - ' but as ftlra. Tart la an Kplseopallan """'i'""".
hntori rlfv.lnnr! anrl he hAtprl Ihflm ' I what ha la n.m't Ammt I
I ' I Tn , I . A . 1 I 1 . I .
. .. . .. . .. A T. nronhe. announces that the i" .rtt.'.,rP."a 'npaniea discovered that
gnastiy ana aasraraiy ror nenet .,m i. ;nmiB. .; .n,i i nu h.n "c' were neing put m for a
it were not the last desperate play It Is this year or never for Bryan. " "dlffeVence oT opinion having arTsen
of a clique of discredited pollth.8na . , , to who paid the freight. Owing to
seeking to rule or ruin. Firebrand ft 8rnllP.. Many men know already the attitude on all questions of refund It
Is the only Initiative and purpose of "binary kind, 15 cents, or two for 26. was, of course, highly unrallroadllke to
the body-snatchers who propose to There Is no doubt that the Bryan when It was "found by 7olng through th
use it to conjure dlssentlon, niie l',"l'UI;0 ', ",vcr .J " 1 entire aipnaoet mat claims put In by
.!.. ' ., lou. ThJmlnu,e cheering record, If they want to. y and Z were contested. , edict
nic j .v. .U v.v...e.v. , a went rortn tnat the Interests of Y. and
spectacle lacks common sense and At least there will be no such vice- Z should be conserved and that It was
common decencv Comlntr from Presidential possibility joke in the Den- necessary to withhold payment of all
common aeeenc. Loming iron r convention s John Haya Hammond, claims to Insure the conservation of
Conners and Murphy, from Heimont me interests or i ana z.
anrmvan trnm Pnplor Drift QVloohon I It is Bftlfl that F)0 carloads Of BnOW
.t . ' in , . . . will De Drougnt nown irom ins moun- i ' iitvvc nniuwra mis utiga-
te resolution will be thrown out as taln t0 r)enver for the convention, and tlon ore aware that In the opinion and
Infamous it may all be needed. .' order of the interstate commerce com-
...,. . , I . (mission the advance wns declared II
most or me aoove is wauersou s T . v.rv frnm legal, unjust, discriminatory, and other
ior,o-iioro on li a roal Flo m rf r a t a .if I- . u w.. j.' .iiilwlse unfiivorably classified. That or-
"" V ,,, i V 7 Ju Iv while the June magaVlne is pub- der and oP'n'n were confirmed In their
the country will indorse its sentl- ." JZ oris 101 ? entirety by the supreme court of the
rr-u .i .... USned In aiB.y Or IS It pmi I ITnlterl Rtnten Mlm- fr,, n,
, , , . ' 1, , , , " T . were allowed bv the Interstate com-
sultably honor the memory of Cleve- Having had John Johnson for gov- nieree commission and approved bv the
land without committing itself to the jZcW jA.o-bjt"who"T- d afl of' tZ(
malevolent schemes of these gray the Republicani nommee? lake ban course, to criticise the courts' rterf-
wnlvpa nf Wnll streot Uuda fellar- to-
presumably ecauee clalma must be paid
In cash and their corps of attorn s
are carried as a part of the general op
eration expenaos. When the railroad
conscience called a halt In the disburse
ment of funds, Judge Speer of the
United States circuit court, stepped In
and offered to relieve the carriers of
the burden of responsibility Incident
to the refund of the overcharges. It
should serve to place the railroads In
a vary pleasing light to have It gen
erally" understood that no Interstate
commerce commission, no circuit oouit
judge, and In fact no tribunal of any
sort can meame wun tne- rannmu
conscience; It stands firm and Immov
able as the rock of Gibraltar. Having
determined to pay the overcharges when
they themselves shall elect and to whom
they themselves shall decide upon In
the fulness of time they can not logi
cally and consistently permit anyone
to interfere with tnoir plans.
lheREALM -
-pFEMlNlNE
F
course, to criticise the courts' rleri
slons. but their excess of seal will not
The attorneys for the lumbermen are
Incline. 1 to he somewhat caustic In their
comments upon the attitude or tne rail
road companies. in a iinai Drier vu
the merits of the status of the caae of
H. H. Taft et al, vs. the Southern Rail
way company et al. reference Is made
to tne ract tnat ine ueieuuam ion
road companies promised to refund
"iirnmntlu'' anv eirfeiiR collected In tbe
event the oblectlons of the complain
ants were sustained by tne courts. 11
Is said that 60 to 90 per cent of all
claims have been checked und vouchers
could be Issued were It not that the
railroad eoinnanles were Indisposed. In
conclusion the attorneys for the lum
bermen nnf:
tnnr that the farts shall
bear their own comment; only suTxnlt-
tlng. witn due respect, inm much ion
duct does not tend to impress fair
minded people with the Idea that rail
road managers have any sincere desire
that thair corporations sljall observe the
scriptural Injunction to love mercy,
deal Justly and walk humbly before
Uod
Counsel for the lumbermen doubtless
are exasperated at the oeiay encount
ered In this suit. Were the facts here
in related to be brought to their at
tention thev doubtless would coincide
with the 'views expressed and they
themselves "humbly" acknowledge the
strenuous efforts which the railroads
ai"e making to conserve the Interests
of all their patrons. Some people may
be Inclined to differ with the railroad
conscience and to argue that 90 per
cent of the complaints In this case cmji
not Justlr bo made subservient to the
Interests of 10 per cent, but the railroad
conscience sternly, stolcly, bravely and
amid jeers clings to Its Ideal. What the
railroad conscience shall pronounce good
let no plebeian malcontent impugn on
Funerals and Weddings.
OR some years the ministers of the
country have been trying to do
way with the Sunday funeral.
From time to time agitation on
the subject Is taken up and then
Is dropped. It aprliTRs up somewhere
else and the problem Is. considered, but
except ror Individual ministers wh
may urgo upon their congregation the
advantage of holding funerals upon
other days, no action Is taken.
Yet H Is easy for us to agree that
the minister Is entitled to some con
sideration, and that It Is true that hJ
cannot do himself nor his congregation
Justice in his evening sermon if he has
been kept going all day long on Sun
day, preaching In the morning, address
ing the Hunday school at noon, holding
funeral In the afternoon and conducting
the young people's meeting at 8 o'clock
coming to bis evening service worn out.
luiiv niiu II 11 U.
Some people will be Inconsiderate
enough to die on Friday It Is true, and
the convenience of relatives who travel
somo distance, as well as the wishes of
the griej-strlcken family, must be con
sldered. Yet it often hnwn tar
more often than la neceasai-v thai s, 1,1-
day l selected for the tline of the fu
neral just oecause It Is Sunday. It
was told in a ministers' meeting In
tills City not lona- since thai fumllv
was hopelessly estranged from a cer
tain minister's church because he w'ouM
not give UD his- mornlna- hptvIpa Anrt
hold the funeral Instead! We need a
general reform lii funeral customs, and
thlB matter of holdlna- the fimr.ru I .1,1
Sunday Is only one point which- needs
consideration. Some time wn will And
out that It is not necessary In order to
snow respect to tne departed to run
hopelessly into debt for trappings and
satin facings and rosewood caskets.
Flowers, when they are the gift of
sincere friends, a song, a prayer, and
the tender placing of Ihe body within
a crematorium or deep in the bosom of
Mother Earth. and'he commitment of
the soul to Us giver, without display,
ostentation or harrowing mockery, mav,
until we find some bettef wav. mark tho
funeral customs of the future.
TFTE SUXSHIXE SOCIETY,
I
Tihri n Tt nclrefeller Is wrltine tha
story of himself and Standard Oil, but
if vriss Tarbell lives It Is safe to pre
dict that Bhe will have the last series
permit them to pay approved claims,, I pain of conviction for lese majeste
X SOME eastern cities a "Sunshine of words.
day" is set apart and celebrated
by members of the prosperity so
ciety whose main nurnose Is to womnn to buy 2fi shirtwaists at once. The JournalIt Is no intentional fault
tiety, wnose main luipubu is w ... nrTin nponle sav that we mustL. .... .
. - ... 01 mine tnar a. controversv p-vintn i
A Philadelphia judge has held that 1
It was not evidence or insanity ror a
Letters From the People
A Word From Mr. McMahon.
Salem, Or.. July 4. To the Editor of
to forget that there have been any
other kind.
pie, bigger than the country.
THE CASE OF RAIXEY.
C
ORRESPONDENCE to The Jour
nal from Washington Intimates
that evidence accumulates to
prove the existence of an Im
mense fund to defeat members of
the congress who have been vigilant
to oppose the illegal trusts. Men
tion is made of the fierce fight now
made on Congressman Ralney of Il
linois, who achieved a reputation for
particularly brilliant, effective work
in exposing the methods of the Am
erican watch trust and who brought
to light, from sources hitherto un
known, facts bearing on the Stand
ard Oil company's objectionable pro- j
cedure.
The Journal believes that the sit
uation In Mr. Ralney's congressional
district Illustrates the Imperative
need for the enactment of a federal
law requiring the publication, before
election day, of all contributions of
money to campaigns for president,
vice-president, senators and represen
tatives. Wre such a statute in force, it
hrlntr flhnnt hpttpr t!crtf hv strlvinir l,ava ntlr confidence In the courts
- tuia miid uui 1110 1 t-nei ui ui Ullier-
'nt till the last of this month will nt stt nfflcr in r.ipni,,
TH- ! h -l-l, 1 ... A t hi. m(r,o. ' ... .j
in. a .a nSu. DU. t ?,r. inn u " ;r. "":" versatlon with the Oreeonian renresen-
Of spirit to cultivate. The business " " The r?ai ! surprise tatlve. he called un the Dunbar case
world need3 to adopt a creed Similar will not give him a dangerous shock. ami 1 remarked tnat wnen 1 got tnrougn
11.1 v, ru-loi ol.l, Him "in m I'uiiunr mm iviucaiu
to that of the Christian Scientists. . , ... , cases I will sue Governor Chnmherlnin
r. v.ii u me Mosion journal, rnuiiuK i.mi - ,lhf .,nnnn h v,a ,i, , ;,,.,:
11 one umicics imiu cuuupu iuoi platforms don t amount to mucn, says; , .v ' ....
.i. . . 11 i i,. ,h -aL ihiir.ni. would boil their latln" f the express provision of th.
there is no pain or evil, lo,' there is
none. Few can believe quite hard
enough, but even a partial belief
helps. Faith, Hope and Charity are
still the great trinity on which the
world hangs and moves, in business
as well as religious matters. "Get
sunshine in your soul," sings the
happy undoubting Christian, and this
Is just what the business world also
needs to do to be saved, or to feel
that way sufficiently and effectually,
If there have been any hard times,
forget them; refuse to admit that
there are any hard times and fill
yourself up with faith that there are
going to be good times, better times
than ever, in the future. Let every
body at least Informally join the Sun
shine society.
HAPPEN EI) OXCE BEFORE.
cation, by the process, and more and 1 would be detrimental rather tha 1
more Irrigation will be Invoked. It helpful for any candidate t"h accept
Xl'Ill be one of the agencies by which I pecuniary aid from corporations or
the Willamette region will ultimate-1 industrial combinations. No nwu:
ly come to be known as one of the ! of such concerns would be estopp. j
richest and most productive spots on : from counselling voters to supi r;
the planet.
THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM.
DAT In andday out, there are
harplngs here in Portlandaimut
how the Oregon method of
electing senator violates the
in..... n.i. i . . . . . . . ,
coMuiowon, wuicu i nut t. ur. uu indicated by the volume of th
how it Invades the realm of so-called j rontrlbn,ion8.
representative government. As tui Rather would not surh ft ;nw
Violations or w constitution tne ue , prevent special inures
their favorite, not. Indeed, wnh.n
any certain limit defined by the law.
from contrlrmtlng money to tha' end.
But. with such a law, the rotor'
would be able to estimate to what
dfjiree the predator; Interests re
garded a given candidate as aiuahl-1
tn them, because t r at value would
HE STATEMENT that the
United States was never before
without a living ex-presldent Is
not quite correct, though It has
been more than 100 years slhce no
ex-president was alive. During the
latter portion of John Adams' term.
he had no living predecessor, Wash
ington having died In 1799, while
Adams' term did not expire till
March 4, 1801. The elder Adams
and Jefferson lived through the
terms of Madison and Monroe, and
John Qulncy Adams lived through
the administrations of Jackson, Van
Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and most of
Polk's. Van Buren, Inaugurated in
1 S r? 7. lived until 1862, a year after
Lincoln's inauguration. Buchanan
lived till 186S, Pierce till 1869 and
Fillmore till 1S74. During Haves',
Garfield's, Arthur's and the first
car of Cleveland's administration
Crant was alive; and subsequent
' presidents who lived through suc
ceeding administrations were Hayes,
I Harrison and Cleveland, It Is a llt-
tie remarkable that none of the pres
j Iderits of later time lived to very
Test of Initiative m Oregon
From the Detroit News.
As a result of the elections In fre
gon the croakers and tha pessimists
have been quieted' for the moment. The
Linitiatlve and referendum was given Its
severest test, and the principle was fully
expected to break down and prove its
own condemnation. With this end in
view the reactionaries In the legisla
ture purposely refused to pass upon
several critical measures and put It up
to the popular vote. The appropriation
of money for the state university was
one or the responsibilities shitted. in
addition there were 18 propositions, the
majority of them Intended to confuse
the voter. Prohibition, woman's suf
frage, the recall, single tax and all the
Individual reforms that have ever been
tiled. I was much surnrlsed the next urged were placed on the ballot, through
morning to see the subject of our con-I the cunning devices of the opponents of
versation puDllsnen in the uregomun. uie mutative. witness tne uiscomiii
I assure you that no person other ure of the reactionaries. The principle
than myself Is behind these suits anJii tne initiative nas neen juatirieri un
int the
22 Inches in height.
How bit Is Malheur county? Oh. It
Is a dainty little morsel, says the vale
Booster. It only measures nu mnes
wide and about ISO mllea long, and it
has S.oon people crowded Into It. Just
think of It only about a mile square to
a man In Malheur.
Woodburn Independent: Tn one year's
time we will see a marked change for
the better: In two years' time the
change will be more remarkable, and
ten vears from now. with a network of
electric lines, there will be such de
velopment that this section will be
bristling with unwonted activity and
flooded with capital seeking Investment.
The change Is taking place.
'a a
People of Klamath Falls are going to
try to take measures to protect the
game birds of Clear lake, which, says
the Horald, Is a natural breeding ground
for all kiniJa of fowl, and after the dam
is constructed for the Irrigation project
th area for nesting will be Increased.
Parties familiar with the conditions
say that at this time the tules sur
rounding the lake are literally alive
with young birds and that there are
still many nesis with eggs In them. A
party of Indians Is now camped at the
fake feasting on young birds and on
the eggs, which they gather by the
hundreds.
rtvHtnnilrr tn Xewnort Vftll' T hnvp
eld age. Two ex-vics presidents are never met the man so utterly Indolent,
Mv nc- T ,.vl P forHnn and Adlal 'zv and Inactive as a homesteader up
.iv.ng. i.fl l. Morn ana Aaiai;n g9 Thg man nR1 prove(i up anJj
)' Stevenson. ; gone gone. I trust, back to his muddy
. . I bottom land in Iowa or wherever he
, , balled from. The reason I call him the
passing away of I nele lie- ia7Ps.t man on earth Is Hist he dvna-,
inns ' -Joel Chandler Harris at the mlted the pool under the falls of Drift;
, ... creek. I know dldn t I trap there the
!iiarniieij ean. as" ui ov, ... w nter of '9S 7 thatasmnl! worm on a
n.KHon. wr,,,M hell their 'anon or tne express provision or tne
oantlments down tO 'We DOlnt yttn 1 lilt" irnioiRf.1 mill
Vrll to tha tZct that wfl Ve Tin,' he a story of it" and I
L ! :r ' u nrrt nni.i nald to him to not do bo. bpcnuse I
WHiu iJ .n n .u.J wauled no phn nfwnnnr rifitnHptv
;iv v pw wiln a firm me inai H ;- " J
i-'re nut.' and want to get In. the OVPr 11 : f"1'1 tllore woul.rt would be ttma
;,.m,ic.n n-o on lust as well." enough tor a utory wnen the suit is
Oregon Sidelights
c .iffto rocolnta Increased that the animus Is not to preve
-c "' - ovr iin7 election or tiovernor tjnamoermin to tne
35 per cent oer iU(. senate Oovernor Chamltfrln i n la
. ,v, uu , . accredited representative or the prlncl-
Pendleton may become the nub of a .,,i,,h t umu.iiv u thai
network of electrlo roads. ne wlll Ke eieoted. I have sued Dunbar
and Klncald and I cannot with anv de-
Fruit prospects were never brighter gree of consistency fail to bring a like
In the Grande Ronde valley. suit against Chamberlain. The dlffer-
enoe between him ana uunnar is not or
Crons in Klamath land will be late, principle but of amount taken, and It is
but nearly up to the average. doubly reprehensible upon his part, be-
Laust1 ne ia Li.e, rjiauiivii ui in- mair?
The Medford Tribune will have spe- ,s eH',er'K"y "ou"u lo lni" l"
. . v- . itiws ure cjueveu.
Ciai Lnnea i ress ire tun.iw.uun. 7n t,.,,: .Tnnrnnl. Mr fMnhur
I ata tui (hot K a r--irl jfA ti r f oaa lint o 1
Mvsterlous Tule lake Is gradually InwAil him bv lw. This statement Is
getting lower, and as tne water in tne untruthful. It Is true that an act, In
lake recedes the Volume finding US way violation of th constitution was nossod
tnrougn tne ouiiei urauumi; utuiunac t,y tne legislature allowing the secre-
tarv or state a per cent or tne lnaur-
nn a 5K-acre alfa fa f eld near New- ance money, but by no construction or
v.-d- ih. it crnn frnm which was tne law can ne claim, tnat itie learia
,,t 't,,v,. a and which vlnlded 80 tons, lature authorized him.' even bv lmpll
of hay. the new crop already stands cation, to retain to his own use any of
the other fees. It is true that his pre
decessors In office took these fees, but
larceny by bailee. however long con
tinued, or' bv whom, cannot ripen Into
right. Custom makes laws but the cus
tom must be legal.
In the case of Governor Chamberlain,
he had a better example set before him.
Neither Governor Grover nor Governor
Thayer accepted more than the consti
tutional salary
dor the most severe test, and the legis
lators and machine leaders have been
rebuked. It Is safe to say that two
years hence no similar effort will be
made to play horse with a principle
that has been vindicated by the people.
One of the more spectacular results
waa the holce of a Democratic I'nlted
States senator by a republican stato,
because of popular distrust of the re
publican candidate, backed by a discred
ited machine. The people elected Cham
berlain senator, Just as they elected him
as the democratic governor of the state
two years previously. The legislature
Is now pledged to carry out the wlll
of the people, and the popular election
of senators is an assured thing in Oregon.
Instead of being confused by the 13
propositions in addition to the regular
state ticket and the senatorial propo
sition, the people voted with great dis
crimination upon all the issues. Wo
man s suffrage waa defeated. SIiikI
tax was defeated. There is no saying
what might have been the vote on any
one or these policies ri presented sepa
rately, but the people were not fool
enough to vote for the adoption of every
proposed reform all at one time. The
vote on the four statutes referred to s
regarded by the Oregon press as being
wise Moreover, a full line of reform
legislators have been elected, and It Is
anticipated that by rebuking at the polU
every effort to play horse with the ini-
In conclusion I slncerelv trust that tlatlve tn the future the number of prOo
tn this effort to recover to the people osltlons to be submitted wlll dlmlrflsh
m atlTea that by the admission of
Bourne aa aenator, and by the fact
"that primary nominations of senator
by the popla for their ratification In
rthe lejislatura are In full and fre
ian.tjoperation in many of the stater
of the union. -as arerybody knows.
. Aa to modification! of the repre-
tftt8.ttTr ) Btem. why sot bv
them? Has the repreaentatlre sys
tem of senator electing, for Instance,
resulted la legislative debauchery, or
has It not. Senator rnltoa says that
coder it. the highest character Id the
state did ttintrs they regretted erer
afterward, acd that "money, great
soms of It -were caed In senatorial
elertlona. Then, would It be a crime
aralnst society Tor eome modification
to be made ia the repre tatUe sys
tf ra? Because a system admitted
to N taJ. Is that a reaaoa why bo f
f --t t too Id made to correct it? Is
e r r.. t:ty of the representative sys
wn tie fc'-ih t deed acd rotten.
tie hapr'er and fetter.
from attempting to buy the election
of candidates for the congress" An i,
if It contained a, clause limifine tl -amount
which should be expends,
would It not bring high office nearer
within the grasp of the man of emai:
Mr Tuft bad a cnnsn 1 1 at Inn tho
means, and direst the wealthy man th(r dav w!tn Cortelyou. The
of much of the advantage which inexperience of the secretary of the
possesses solely by reason of his t7T;u.rr tn rai,jng boodre from dis-
cause sorrow In tens of thousands of i small line tied to a vine maple twig
I . , . j would bring out trotit up to ;n Inches
i. fines, wiivie tie iwi iwt.g neru on long at any time of 1y.
, i:v.r!ainf.r and instructor Modest. ' too lazy for that.
...... . , i noiehbor to brine him in a
refine-!, (leiicateiy numoruijs, picas- ( of pf,w,ifr R4 hen he was hungry he
antlv philosophical, he wrote much ' set off a stint "tn the pool. I am 1n
, .u . . ,,. 1 ( lined to think that he Is not only tbe
tl" at h.lped to make the world a lit- lazlpct but the meanest He will
these different sums of money. I shall
be morally supported by your paper. 1
broke up In '94 fighting these abuses,
while editing 'the Dally Independent in
this city, and the same controversy we
are now having over Jiovernor Cham
berlain's fees was fought out between
myself and Governor Pennoyer: and also
betwetn myself and McBrlde concerning
the fees of the secretary. At tnat timo
Governor Chamberlain was attorney
general, but I got no help from him
LJ. II. .VI MJIJ.
Wlll Not Let Teople Choose.
Portland. July 4. To the Editor of
The Journal Enclosed Is this editorial
statement In the Oregonlan:
"But will not the Pemocratlo candi
date for the senate be a stout champion
of the Holy Statement? You may de
nend that, on such Issue, or anv Issue,
he will beat Bourne. The Btatement
be a marked personage in hell. nhfr.
I understand, there are neither trout
streams nor trout.
wlll continue to. elect Democratic sena
tors; because there are multitudes of
Republicans who never will accept It as
a principle or policy of their party
anv more than they did an equal en"aze
thit prevailed In Oregon for years, free
coinage of silver."
This clearly admits that Mr. Cham
berlain was elected senator by the votes
of anti-Statement No. l" Republicans,
who preferred snd will continue to pre
fer a Democratic renatnr to the real
choice of th whole people Please give
tbe Ofegonlan credit for telling the
truth for once. vIt. : that the leaders
But tbls man j and wnuid-be leaders of the Republican
lie nired a partv In Orcein, inclinllng the Oregon-
stick or so Ian, wlll never consent to giving up the
privilege of choosing the man for sen
ator, this nrobablv being In the eyes of
the Oregonlan the most important prin
ciple of the party.
J. A. HT RLBURT.
each succeeding- election
Tbe Initiative and direct primaries
have already accomplished much for
Oregon. They have gained home rule
for municipalities and the popular elec
tion of -United States senators. It -:s
confidently anticipated that the principle,
of the recall will next follow. Says
the Oregon Journal: 'This has been a
very educational campaign, and as such
Is of great value to the people. Never
before have they taken so much Interest
In ...... ft.. I T- U ......
erned. but did no governing. A few "r any cooked, mashed or cooked vege
polltical leaders ran everything. All this ,,a,nl,!,v fn v'r "nJ, "rvf A" om-
"Women make customs, far more than
men do. . These .things distinctly, conic
within our province.
' And as women make and unmake cue-
trims, another which they may well con
sider is mat or the Sunday marriage,
which no less than the Sunday funeral,
shows a disregard of the comfort an!
best welfare of the minister. In
cities, that is, among people who wish
to conform to good taste, tbe Sundav
wedding is not held. It la never neces
sary, for people can he married anv
day and there Is not the necessity that
death may sometimes make. Besides. In
the city there are constantly ministers
within reach at all hours.
In the country It Is often more con
venient for the minister and for the .
neighbors to gather on Sunday, when,'
thy have come together for services,
than to leave their Work at other times
Tho country clergyma.0 has not so
many pressing duties and may be will
ing to accommodate them. But In tow x.
Sunday marriages are not more con
venient for the friends and are dis
tinctly a nuisance to the clergy, and
mav well be abolished altogether.
That is not to intimate tnat a mar
riage is not a sacred and holy thing.
Rightly entered into it is the most
sacredly binding and most holy of tile-.
and our church altar Is a fitting plac
for such a ceremonv. But not on hun
day, for It is. aside from Its religious
aspect, also a social ceremony, and its
celebration Is naturally marked with
joyfulnesB and the overflow of good
spirit. Let your wedding be solemnly
holv and Impressively sacred, and cony
with vou to your new home its perfume
and blessing, but let It be performed on
some other dav than Sunday, for the
sake of the clergy and because It Is too
largely a social observance to be quite
fitting on that day.
tt K R
The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Raspberries. Cereal.
Meat and Egg Molds. Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese Omelet.
Egg and String Bean Salad.
not Biscuit, t.urrant jam.
Chocolate.
DINNER.
Clam Chowder. Veal Steak. Breailed.
Green Peas. Cabbage Salad.
Vantla Ice Cream, white Cake.
Coffee.
ftleat or Egg Gems. Chop very fine
remnants of cold meat, mix with a like
quantity of bread crumbs, season with
salt, pepper and bits of butter, ami
moisten with milk, or omit butter and
moisten with cream. Fill woli-greased.
hot gem pans and bake. If liked richer
fill pans not quite full, place an egg on
each, sprinkle with salt, dust with pep
per, and cover with bread crumbs or
chopped cheese.
Omelet. Beat lightly the yolks of
four eggs, add five or six tablenpoonfuls
of milk, saving one to moisten a heaped
tablespoonful of corn starch, and stir In.
adding the well-frothed whites of the
peis. Put a tablespoonful of butter Into
a hot spider. Add the egg mixture: as
soon as It begins to set In the middle
put the spider In a rather hot oven and
bake eight or ten minutes, or until th-
ton Is a light brown. Season Willi sail
and pepper. Place a plate over the too
and Invert. Spread with sour telly, cur
rant or Krane. or with chopped cabbage
prepared as for sold slaw, grated cheese
has been changed to some extent."
So this Is the "mob rule" and the
"anarchy" anticipated by the prophets
of disaster and the reactionaries who
fear the people.
of
see
wealth?
WATTER-SOX ON PAKKER.
N'
O BETTER characterization of
the reported Parker resolution
on tbe late Grorer Clevelanl.
which the overwhelmingly de
feated candidate of four rears ago
it said to hae ready for Introduc
tion In the DeBver convention, coulu
be written than that of Henry Wat
tersca, la substance, and In part as
follows:
' It Is an lnrasioa of Mrs. Cleve
land's grief, a blow at party concord.
tir.gulshed "undesirable citizens" and
nialefattors of great wealth" may
be valuable next fall.
A difpatrh says Pittsburg auth
orities i:i r.ot allow one brsnrh of
'he Solvation Army to work there i 15
j any more. But e suppose Pittsburg ; th. t''nitd Statii
mill, 'till fcive the glad bant to Us
morally horrible multimillionaires.
It was a safer and saner Fourth
than most of Its predecessors, yet we
suppose thre !!! be a long list of
killed aad ounded In the news col
li ana.
ThU Date In History.
1 1S9 Henry . II., of Encland .111 et
Chinon. Born In Le Mans. In March,
15S5 Sir Thomas More, chancellor of
Fnifiand. beheaded t Iondon.
171 Sir Thomas 8. Raffles, govern
or of Java, from 1511 to ISIS, bora off
jamslca.
l:f Thomas Lelper. who built the
first tramway In America. In 1S0S. died
In Iielaware rounti. Pennsylvania.
Born a l Straihaven, Scotland. December
1 746.
UJ.". Chief Justice John Marshall f
aucrem court, died
In Philadelphia. Born In Germantosrn
Va . PeptmbT 14. 17H.
nichavrd Ooldon. tha actor,
born.
1M1 Oeorge Pope Morris. American
novelist and mrmg writer, died at New
York cltr Born at Philadelphia. Octo
ber 1.
1IM Ramnel Ixrer, the Irlah novel
ist, died. Bom. 177. i
17 OrenlBtT ft the new lift lock
lis the cavaai tu JElrktasld, CXU. --
The Thornless Cactus.
From the Tendleton East Oregonlan.
If the thornless cactus will do half
as well as a forage plant as IS claimed
for tt. It wnuH revolution! stock feed
ing and rnngt conditions In eastern
Oregon If. Witd. of producing ?0
ton ner acre, tt would produce 46. or
even 30 tons per acre, tt euld work
radical change la stock ratstng In this
and other eastern Oregon counties..
Alfalfa Is not the only crop adapted
to the arid and ernl-arld lands of east
ern Oregon The homely sunflower
will mske any man rich hi will crow
It In large enough quantlttea, cultivate,
ban est It and market II wilt proper
car and dlllgenr.
The rubber plant ef New Mexico and
Arlsona will also grow In luxuriant
abundance on tba highest, driest knolls
tn the sand belt and will yteM from
I1A to $7 pr aere, ai-ewdlns; to tb cul
tivation and c re btnwed upon lu
w.pl. ffet into a fit .snd rem to
Ihlnk nothtpg bot old rarleties tt rrors
can be rrared' t a trfiti! whflo all
about them It new nrnniiaM and ttew
ieppwrtuniUes of which Xhr don t dream, i
Turn Over a New Leaf.
From the Palem Journal.
Do not the would-be managers
he Republican party In Oregon
that the more they resist popular meas
ures, the more they drive the people
away from them?
Their last platform condemned the
recall and prnnort tonal representation
and the people promptly enacted those
measures.
The leaders hesitated In their often
declared loyalty to ths principle of
electing senators by the direct vote
of the people.
The people Instructed ihem by a four
to one vote to seat their choice for th
I'nlted Btates senate.
If those Instructions are not adhered
to the people wlll declare the Republi
can party a minority by an overwhelm
ing vote.
If the allegM leaders do not believe
that let them try It.
Has not the time rome to quit fight
ing; popular Idea snl to get into line
with the people themselves?
What have the managers to gain by
further attacking the right of the peo
ple to rule?
The politician who arrogates power
to himself, to do as he pleases, has no
future .
ThM arc loatacces cktso at hams at
this kind of political folly.
.The time has.rome -to turn over a
new baf and makje Republican party
responsive to tne win or me rwop
It kyui no future on any other lino.
It orre none.
Kay and Eaton and th senator from
Washington oaw th handwriting and
Jumped over oeito the rple's lfl.
Graft ia not all there is to politics
" Traders bad btter becom listeners.
Tbr wlp last a g-ooj deal .longer.
Thy wlh go nut of .rommtaalon less
often, ar 6 stand a bttr chance ef
Blaring wlthla smelling dlstasco of U)
public crib.
Dm Tpj Know the Aawer?
Wrr U It that a small boy
Who ways aro hard to trso
Will swim oil day then err berausaj
Ma is snade to waah his far?
OUcaga is'rwa. j
lets should be served while hot.
Princess Victoria's Birthday.
Princess Victoria, the only un
married daughter of King Kdward VII I.
and one of the best beloved members of
the royal family, was born July fi.
lSiiR. She was quite attractive In her
youth and many princes aspired to her
hand, but the princess had no desire to
marry. To her mother's great dismay
she always cherished an ardorit ambi
tion to be a genuine wage-earner In
189S she fitted herself for the profes
sion of a nurse and announced tier In
tention of entering a tendon hospital
It required all the authority of her
grandmother. Queen Victoria, to Induce
her to give up this plan. The devotion '
of the princess to her parents is touch
ing In the extreme, and she has often
acted as a peacemaker betwees them
Owing to TTr" delicate health the
princess neither rides nor shoots, hut
she likes tennis.- golf and cycling. Sn
Is also an expert needls woman and
has displayed great aMHtv ir artlstl"
bookbinding. Mas owns sorne fine
Jewels, notably a precious pendant,
oval In shine, and formed of superb
rubles and diamonds. She was sperlallv
invited to act as godmother to the In
fant heir of all th Russians and ren.
4rntd the English royal family at
in- i-ur..nmirin or n.ing naako"n and
Queen Maud.
I yearn to Swim!
From the Boston Olob.
A splendid opportunity for recreation
Snd for health, Faoly underrated bv
people generally, anJ especially by par
ents. Is swimming This Is th sesarm
and tn are the days. In which to
aequlro the art The brast strok gives
vigor to th baj-k and hoaidr mneel
often undeveloped; and It Increases th
breathing capacity th rrlme essential
lij heslfii for sir is the life 0f tbo
blood, and blood la.lh life of the bodv
awlmaslng In th ocean afford the
grat tonic refreshment which undoubt
edly Inheres In wll water
AH this stamps th sreteo im most
bnftclaj. to mar nothing of the safe
guard which a swimmer poweea in
ps siiln water sporta . Hundreds of
young persons aw a.iowed to n canoes
and boats nn rivW and ponds who for
l-k of this safeguard would mn if
sn upet occurred, snd yet people freelr
Us this chenoe for tkemselves snd
their children rather than take the
trVuMe sad Urns to loara to swim.