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agoras. AS TO EMERGENCIES
NOBODY objected to relief of
tha supreme court The peo
ple did not oppose it. They
..--want guilty criminals to be
swiftly brought to justice. They
want no respite of a year or two for
guilty murderers through an ap
peal to the supreme court, which
the court, because of congested busi
ness, cannot reach except after long
delay. ' When an armed man shoots
an unarmed man down in cold blood,
firing on him as. is sometimes the
cKe. from "behind, there should be
celerity for 'bis case In the Bupreme
court. The months that must in
tervene, the disappearance of prose
cuting witnesses, the weakening of
evidence that results and the mis
carriage of Justice that comes from
long postponements and delays are
a notorious encouragement of crime
and criminals. Whenever It comes
to be the rule that a cold blooded
murder is followed swiftly by
prompt conviction in the circuit
court, a swift confirmation in the
supreme court and an equally
, prompt application of the gallows,
murders will decrease and murder
ers become less In evidence. Then
law will be respected and Its maj
esty be supreme. To hold that the
court of last. resort should continue
ft year or more behind with its busi
ness,, is in truth and in fact offer
ing a premium for murder, in the
delay and in the hope of escape from
retribution which it affords. The
possibility of such delay constitutes
a crisis that justifies the emergency
clause that appeared in the bill
creating the two additional justices.
What the people rejected in the
June voting was a proposed revolu
tion in the judicial system. The
measure submitted to them then
proposed to transfer probate busi
ness from the county to the circuit
courts. It proposed that the legis
lature should have at all times over
the supreme justices a power to
make the number 20 it the legisla
tors desired, a grant that the elec
torate did not relish. It opened the
way for many and great changes,
changes unspecified, full of mystery,
making it a vote in the dark, a step
the electorate very wisely refused
to take. The emergency clause in the
supreme court relief bill was not a
move to ward off the referendum,
but a plan to get the supreme court
In position to pass on the cases of
murderers and other criminals who
are seeking escape from their crimes
through postponements, subterfuges
and delays.
THE PTJRIFIED PLAY
rflHERB IS probably much truth
Iin the contention of the New
York manager that the public
fixes the standard of the plays.
"Let the word be passed around
that a play is broad or indelicate,"
he says, "and the town runs wild
about it, whilev'some play of merit,
bright ana entertaining, is laid on
the shelf."
The merchant buys the goods
that his trade demands. His suc
cess or failure In business depends
on bis ability to please his custom-
ora Tha mnnti fartnrer fsartinno. tifa
products to suit the demand, and if
he does not accurately gauge the
wants of the public his doors close
No matter what the activity, the
supply must match the demand, or
by the inexorable law of trade, the
business will fail. The theatre Is
no exception. The inevitable query
before a theatrical manager as he
cons a new play that is offered him
is, will It please the public, will it
draw the. crowd, will it bring dol
lars to the .box-office? To get the
crowd and . get their dollars is the
supreme purpose of the theatrical
inininr. tha name 11 with 11 i.
" - .
engaged la the struggle for commer
cial survival. Like all others, he
may have pride in his profession and
desire to surround it with the hlirh-
eist standards. He may want a clean,
purified play, but standing always
la the presence of that alt-consuming
questioa of Whether1 he is to
sink or swira,e will not and cannot
.put on such a play If the public
won't have it. The grocer does not
sMl stontt when the customers calls
for bread, nor the physician 'pre
scribe enough poison to kill when
Ms r a;K nt want's to live.
V? r,-.ay wish for I higher stand-
iii t f f ;j?. tut we cannot got them
THAT DISTRESS .SIGNAL
0'
REGOX IS not going to engage
in any activity that will bank
rupt the state. No state rail
road has been built yet. None
will be built until the best thought
in the state is convinced of its ad
visability. Even were the constitu
tional authority provided it might
never be built. For . the present.
therefore the elevated tower can
safely haul down Its flag of distress.
In fact, the sages up there ought to
calm themselves, for there is really
no danger. The business men that
went from the chamber of com
merce to Salem are not financially
dizzy. They are not going to plunge
the state into dire bankruptcy, plun
der the treasury, mortgage the
homes, drive out the women and
starve the children. From the
standpoint of constructive financial
brains every one of them is about
the opposite of bankruptcy and
starveling's tears. In safety, Banity
and general conservatism both they
and the people of Oregon universal
ly have a splendid' record, and the
shrieks that proceed from the tall
castle in the air are really unneces
sary. If the affright proceeds from
undue nervousness, catnip tea and
mustard poultices are Invaluable
remedies. They would certainly fit
this case In which the trouble Is
largely superficial.
As to state owned railroads, that
is not at this time an issue. ine
issue is merely one of whether or
not. after years of discrimination
and oppression, Oregon people Bhall
put themselves in position for de
fense. Shall they go on paying
tribute to Mr. Harrlman with no
reciprocal and cooperative effort in
return, or shall they put themselves
in position to get something back
for the good millions of money they
annually pay out? This is all that
ia Involved In the issue: When the
building of railroads is actually con
templated it will then be time to de
bate the question of bankruptcies,
troubles and tears.
Meantime, it may be remarked
that the teases of state owned rail- j
with empty seats. We may desire
an elevated drama, an intellectual
drama, a purified drama, but we
cannot get it at the price of bank
ruptcy for the manager. The box
office. is his sheet anchor and trie
public controls the box office. We
could lift the stage to the standard
of its golden days if we would, but
so far it has not pleased us to do so.
In the drama, as in all things else.
we get exactly what we pay tor, and
It is always ourselves tnar. maae
the selection.
ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH
P'
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S Lin
coln memorial day address yes
terday was worthy to be classed
among the notable orations of
the country and the age. He pict
ured Lincoln very truly and in fe
licitous language. All of it Is worth
re-reading, and much of it worth
memorizing. Here are a rew ex
pressions: .
Timid and lukewarm people were) al
ways denouncing him because he was too
extreme; but as a matter of fact he never
went to extremes, he worked step by
Btep.
He had continually to cnecK mono
who wished to bo forward too fast, at
the very time that he overrode the op
position of those who wished not to go
forward at all. His goal was never
dim before his vision; but he picked his
way cautiously, without either halt or
hurry, as he strode toward it, through
such a morass of difficulty that no man
of less courage would have attempted
it while it would surely have over
whelmed any man of Judgment less
serene. Yet perhaps the most wonder
ful thing of all, and, from the stand
point of the America of today and of the
future, the most vitally Important, was
the extraordinary way In which Lincoln
could fight valiantly against what he
doomed wrong and yet preserve undi
minished his love and respect for the
brother irom whom he differed.
To Lincoln was given this
supreme vision. He did not hate the
man from whom he differed. Weak
ness was s foreign aa wickedness to
his strong;, gentle nature; but hla cour
age was of a quality so high that It
needed no bolstering of dark passion.
THE CALL OF THE PEOPLE
r
HE MAYOR of Los Angeles Is
about to be required to run
the gauntlet of an election that
will determine whether or not
he must surrender his office. The
proceeding Is under the recall and
the 25 per centum of voters required
to submit tne case to ine electorate
has been secured. The conduct of
his office in a manner unsatisfactory
to the signers of the recall petitions
is the occasion for the action. It Is
the second instance in which the re
call has been invoked In Los An
geles. A former case : occurred . in
1904. when a councilman of that
city was made the subject of a popu
lar vote as to whether or not he
should be removed. As a result of
the vote he was dismissed and. his
successor elected. The Instance was
the first in which an American of
ficeholder has been required to 'sur
render his, office by a mandate of the
people. . , ': .
The action at Los Angeles is in
harmony with the trend of the time.
Men everywhere are learning ' that
those elected to .; public - position,
whether in jt legislative or executive
capacity cannot always be depended
upon to do their full duty. , There
have been so many betrayals, of con
stituents that the people are more
snd more reserving to themselves
v.-
road that did not pay were in the
south during the' notorious and
plundering ' rule ; of . the carpet-bag
gers, a gang of northern politicians
and adventurers who went Into the
stricken south after the war for pur
poses of spoliation and graft. It
was no test of the plan because the
promoters were thieves bent on
spoils, and their administration in
this and all other respects la one of
the blackest blots on the pages of
American history.
It is history, aa In the case of
Alabama, for instance, that the state
bonds for the construction of these
carpet-bag .railroads were sold In
New York for 25 to 30 cents on the
dollar, a feature that gives a glimpse
of the character of the men behind
the business.
On the other hand a case of a
state owned railroad in which the
carpet-bag gentry had no hand and
which is Indicative of the sanity of
state ownership, Is that of the
Georgia State railroad. It was built
from the proceeds of state bonds 40
or 50 years ago. It was operated
by the state until 12 or 15 years
ago and always with a handsome
profit. When the proposition of
the Louisville & Nashville and the
Southern railroads was made to take
It over on a lease, there was strenu
ous objection on the ground that
the road was a property bringing an
excellent revenue to the state. ' It
was finally leased, however, and Is
still operated on that basis. It is,
at this time, paying to the state a
revenue of 10 per cent on the orig
inal Investment. But, whether it
pays or does not pay, whether a sim
ilar railroad In Oregon would pay or
hot pay, is not the question now. It
will be time to consider that some
years hence, when the question of
building a state road is actually in
hand.
Meantime there is not the slight
est occasion for screams and hys
terics over possible bankruptcy,
plundered widows or the poorhouse
over the hill.
powers that were formerly delegated
to representatives. The movement
is given Impetus through the con
tinued lapses of public servants until
it is now apparent that the servants
must either become patriotic, punct
ual and pure In executing and mak
ing laws or be more and more re
lieved of their powers. The effect
is that the citizen through greater
interest in public affairs is fast be
coming better Informed, and in time
will reach a civic standard in which
the old deceits by which he was
fooled and duped in the past cannot
longer be used to victimize him. The
one danger is that a reaction against
popular government may be aroused
by too free or indiscriminate use of
its privileges, and to avoid this the
friends of popular rights will be
wise if they always observe extreme
prudence.
A news syndicate Is soon to issue
a pamphlet containing articles by
Judge E. H. Gary, James Van
Cleave, Paul Morton, F. A. Vander
lip, Theodore P. Shonts, James
Speyer, David R. Forgan, Henry
Clews and Railroad Presidents J. J.
Hill, .B. F. Yoakum, W! C. Brown
and F. D. Underwood, in which they
express their full confidence in Mr.
Taft and his administration to give
the nation widespread prosperity. It
may be suspected that these eminent
business men mean prosperity for
themselves and their intersts rather
than prosperity for the people gen
erally. The fact Is that the coun
try at large is less prosperous than
It should be because some of these
men, and Rockefeller, Morgan and
others, are altogether too prosperous
and have too much power in the gov
ernment. The ways jrtJoTmris committee
of the natUmal rttrruse of reDresen-
tatlves has &CIaed, says a dispatch, 1
to report a tariff bill In which lum
ber will be put on the free list. This
Is well as far as It goes, but if the
duty is to be taken off of lumber it
should be taken off or reduced on a
good many other things. It might
be better, if lumber would come in
with a small duty, to maintain such
a duty, for the purpose of revenue
though it is not likely that much
lumber would be imported, except
Into the northeastern part of the
country, even if no duty is imposed.
The lumber manufacturers may not
be strong enough to maintain the
duty, but they may have consider
able influence in behalf of breaking
down the tariff wall at other points,
if It is breached in front of them:
An appropriation bill that appears
to be entirely meritorious is that of
Representative Rusk for $15,000 for
carrying on the , work of topograp
Ical survey of the state' by the geo
logical survey department of the
federal government The need of
this work is well though briefly
stated in a letter published Ton this
page. The government trends as
much money in any state as the
state does, and Oregon is far behind
other states in this respect: ,t Only
about one sixth of its surface has
been; thus topographically surveyed,
and it is of muchiulmp"ortance to resi
dents, settlers and homeseekers that
it should be so surveyed,,, i The sen
ate, where this bill Is -pArting. will
probably find it:one,wofy of pas
sage. . 1 : ,
Letters From tke People
Lettera to Tha Journal eboald 'be written on
m aide of the paper only, and should b ac
companied by the nam and ad tires of rba
writer, xna name will not Da ned lr me
writer aska that It be withheld. The Journal
la not to be gndaratood aa iDdoralng the view
or atatements of eorraapondettta, Lettera ahoold
be made aa brief aa poaalble. Tboaa wno wish
tnelr lettera returned wbi sot uaed anoula la
clone Doetaere.
Correspondent! an notified that lettera ex
ceeding 800 wordi In length mar, at the dis
cretion of toe editor, b cut down to that limit.
Oregon's Need of Topographic Sur
veys.
Portland. Or., Feb. 11. To the Ed
ltor of. The Journal I wish The Jour
nal would print a few words In behalf
or H. B. 147, introduced by Representa
tive Rusk, which psed the house yes
terday, and will soon be In the hands
of the senate. This Bill appropriates
$15,000 a year to be used with a like
urn furnished by the United States In
making topographic niaa, of Oregon.
This work Is carried on by the United
States geological survey, and th maps
produced by that organization are
among the finest in the world, and are
useful alike to farmers, railroads, en
gineers, surveyors. Irrigators, public
officials, in faot to all persons who
have any traveling to do or who are
interested In land of any sort. The
maps show all houses, roads and gen
eral Improvements, together with a de
tailed representation of the character
qf the surface of the country from a
topographio standpoint They are sold
to the publlo when completed at three
cents a sheet, and they have only to
be seen to be appreciated.
The government baa been carrying on
this work for many years, but only 17
per cent of Oregon is surveyed. There
are only six states In the union with
such a large percentage of unsurveyed
area, states like California and Ne
vada are nearly half surveyed, and Ore
gon only one sixth. The writer believes
we can stand an Increase. There are
only 16 sheets finished for Oregon
now. The. proposed appropriation will
make possible the completion of about
six- sheeta annually. We certainly
need them.
There are large areas of Oregon that
are practically unsurveyed and of
which maps cannot be secured. Only
person who has tried to secure good
maps of parts of the state can realize
what a nuisance It Is to finally have
to fall back on railroad maps, or bids
eye views cut from real estate folders.
Thera are many sections right here In
the Willamette valley of which It Is
impossible to get good maps that can
be -arried about.
Even since the geological survey
adopted the policy of spending a sum
equal to the state appropriations, many
states have taken advantage of the law
and have appropriated large sums.
States like California, Mississippi, New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania appropri
ate from $10,000 0 $28,000" a year, and
Oregon ought to be able to stand a
$15,000 appropriation. Furthermore the
money Is mostly spent at home, and
the appropriation means that the gov
ernment will come here and upend
money also which will be of benefit to
the state. Let us urge the senate to
pass the bill as the house has done.
H. L. T.
Believes in the Sunday Law.
Waldport. Lincoln County. Or., Feb.
10. To the Editor of The 'journal
I saw an article February 4, or one
t;. P. Willis attacking the Northwest
Sabbath association for presenting a
bill before the legislature for a Sun
day law and crying "unconstitutional";
but the question la: Are we in the
same condition today as our forefathers
were? Did the seventh day, or the
violation of the Christian Sabbath agi
tate them? Under the existing laws
shall the minority law? Would It not
be better r the children of God to
Join together and have one day sancti
fied or set apart for the worship' of
God.vjather than agitate the seven day
questlSn? Now, he says he is a Seventh
Day Adventist and keeps Saturday a?
the Sabbath, and cannot keep the first
day, commonly called Sunday, without
violating the Sabbath commandment.
Will Mr. Willis please tell me where
ho gets his command for keeping the
Sabbath day on the seventh day Is It
from the creation Sabbath or Is it from
the commandment of Moses? Then It
might be we can tell him something
about the first day, or the first of the
Sabbaths, with all his $100 boasting.
Now 1 ask him to please tell me by
what chapter and verse In the goxpels
the Christian is commanded to keep
the seventh day Sabbath.
GOltfRO DE.
Was Obeying Her Instructions.
A reader of The Journal sends the
following anecdote:
Mary, a servant girl who had never
been to a theatre, was sent by her mis
tress one afternoon to get some tickets
for the evening performance.
"I want you to get me two seats In
the center of the balcony," said Mrs.
Brown on handing the money to the
girl.
"Yes, mum," was Mary's reply, and
off she went. On arriving at the ticket
office she asked for two seats in the
center of the balcony and the man hand
ed her two tickets. Mary looked at
hjm and said, "I did not ask you for
this, I want two seats."
This Date In History.
1760 Samuel W. Dana, who served
11 -years as United States senator from
Connecticut, born In Walllngford, Conn.
Died in Middletown. July 21, 1830.
1776 Americans defeated the British
at battle of Moore's Creek, N. C.
1795 University of North Carolina
orjened
1S05 David Dudley Field, 'eminent
lawyer, born In Haddam, Conn. Died
In- New York city. April 1,1894.
1826 The American Temperance so
ciety founded In Boston.
1851 Act establishing the University
of Minnesota passed.
1862 Assault on Fort Donelson,
187S Four lives lost by the falling
of a bridge into the James river, Rich
mond, Va,
1883 Alexander H. Stephens 1 dellv
ered the oration in Savannah at the
160th anniversary celebration of the
settlement of Georgia.
1890 Oklahoma territorial bill passed
by the senate.
Denis T. Flynn's Birthday.
Denis T. Flynn, for many years prom'
inent In publlo affairs in Oklahoma,
was born February 13, 1862. at Phbenix
villa, Pa. His boyhood was spent In
Buffalo, N. Y., and he received his edu
cation In the public schools of that
city. In 1880 he removed to Riverside,
Iowa, where he studied law and was
admitted to the bar. Later he removed
to Kiowa, Kan., where he engaged In
the practice of law and at the same
time edited a newspaper. He went to
Oklahoma in 1889,. locating at Guthrie,
and for several years he was postmas
ter of that city. He identified1 himself
with the Republican party and soon
became an-acknowledged leader In Okla
homa politics. He was elected dele
gate from Oklahoma to the 83d con
gress and continued to serve eight
years. - '
Tha hanklnar business of La Grande
la represented In the sum of Jt. 280,572.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
A scalp bounty for hop (narket bears
l suggested. , ,
Planting gardens next week might be
slightly premature '
It is well' that the Hens don't take a
lay-off during Ient.
No, Claude, the single tax doesn't
mean taxing bachelors.
f
"Three normal schools go," says the
Salem Statesmen. It means they don't
go.
a
But most people will still believe that
It is
give.
more oiessea to receive inan
to
A reform of the Jury system would
help a good deal to expedite court busi
ness. .
Annarentlv the legislature will have
several goo 4 and Important laws to Its
credit.'
Taft should be in favor of a nine-foot
sheet law In width as well as In
length.
Oregon will also have a birthday to
morrow, and Is sure of many happy
returns."
Now Taft Is also capturing Louisiana
or at least the historic old city of New
Orleans.
Roosevelt's oration on Lincoln ought
to have been one of his best speeches.
and it was.
9 m
If anybody turns a flashlla-ht on the
powder trust It Is expected that Cannon
will explode.
The countrv seems Inclined to stand
by Dr. Wiley and believes he haa on the
whole done notedly good work.
Do nothing about It the lack of rail
roads says the Oregonlan. Do-nothing
nus neiu yregon dbck too long.
8enator Tillman admitted one regret
table Incident In his career but It wasn't
the Oregon land-grabbing Incident
A New Jersey Jury decided that $5 a
week was enough for a woman to live
on. But dare they say so at home?
A mother displays sublime confidence
or reckless daring when she sends her
little boy to the grocery for eggs these
days.
There are so many soul doctors these
days that any one can get his soul
saved at bargain rates and In a hundred
and one different ways.
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Whenever some movement for the
great development or betterment of
Oregon is proposed, the Oregonlan al
ways trots out its old stock lions to
place alongside the road.
In an eating contest among three
New Y'ork fat men one consumed 275
oysters, eight and one-eighth pounds of
steak, 12 rolls, 11 cupfuls of coffee and
three large pies. Shouldn't this animal
be classified as a hog?
The Register was -the first, and so
far as we can learn the only paper In
the state to advocate a board of par-1
dons by which to curtail the power of
the governor In granting pardons. Eu
gene Register. Probably other news
papers did not Join in advocating a
board of pardons because none is neces
sary. A governor may make mistakes,
but a man fit for governor Is as likely
to do right as a board of pardons.
The Baker City Herald, a Republican
newspaper, says that eastern people will
have a very high opinion of Governor
Chamberlain's ability and astuteness,
and adds: "No, eastern friends, it is
not Chamberlain's wisdom, but it Is the
thickheadedness of some republicans In
Oregon. The present legislature 1
turning water on Chamberlain's wheel
every day by passing appropriation and
salary bills which gives Chamberlain a
chance to use his veto."
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"The Code of Honor"-
(From an oration over the dead body
of Senator David C. Broderick, wl)o was
killed in a duel with Judge DaWd S.
Terry, September 12, 1859, in Ports
mouth square, San Francisco, Cel., Sep
tember 18, 18a9. The speaker was killed
at Balls Bluff in the civil war)
Fellow citizens! One -year ago today
I performed a duty, such as I perform
today, over the remains of Senator Fer
guson, who died as Broderick died.
tangled in the meshes of the code of
honor. Today there Is another and
more eminent sacrifice. Today I renew
my protest; today I utter yours. Tha
code of honor is a delusion and a snare;
It palters with the hope of a true
courage and binds It at the feet of
crafty and cruel skill. It surrounds
its victim with the pomp and grace of
the procession, but leaves him bleeding
on the altar. It substitutes cold and
deliberate preparation for courageous
and manly impulse, and arms the one
to disarm the other; It may preveryt
fraud between practiced duelists, who
should be forever without its pale, but
It makes the mere "trick of the weap
on" superior to the noblest cauBe and
the truest courage. Its pretense of
equality is a lie it is equal In all the
form, It Is unjust In all the substanc
the habitude of arms, the early train
ing, the frontier life, the border war,
the sectional custom, the life of leisure,
all these are advantages which no
negotiation can neutralize, and which
no courage can overcome.
But, fellow citizens, the protest Is
not only spoken, in your words and In
mine it Is written in Indelible charac
ters; it Is written Irs the blood of Gil
bert, inthe blood of Ferguson, In the
blood of Broderick; and the inscription
will not altogether fade.
With the administration of the ' code
In this particular case I am not here
to deal. . Amid passionate grief let ns
strive to be Just I give no currency
to rumors of which personally I know
nothing; there are other tribunals to
which they may well be referred, and
this is not one of them. But I am
here to say that whatever In the code
of honor or out of It demands or al
lows a deadly combat where there Is
not in all things entire and certain
equaltty, "Is a prostitution of the name,
is an evasion of the -substance, and is
a shield, blazoned with the name of
chivalry, to cover the malignity of
murder.
And now, as the shadows turn toward
the east, and we prepare to bear these
poor remains to . their silent resting
place, let us not seek to repress the
generous pride which prompts a recital
of noble deeds and manly virtues. He
rose unaided and alone; he began his
career without family or fortune, in
the face of difficulties; he inherited
poverty. and obscurity; be .died a sen
ator In congress, having written his
name in the history of the great strug
gle for the rights of the people against
the despotism . Of organization and the
corruption of power. He leaves In the
hearts of his friends the tenderegt and,
the proudest recollections. ' He was
honest, earnest, sincere, - generous and
brave; he felt in all the great crises of
his life that he was; a. leader In' tho
ranks; that it was his high duty to
uphold ' the
Interests of the masses;1
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
Cottage Grove's water system la be
ing expanaed.
The curious law; ' it makes Medford
wet and Condon ary. -
Mayor Bodgera of Salem will keep
ooys out oi pooirooms. .. .
A canvass of Marshfield indicates a
population of nearly 6000 for ..that town.
An Ashland man caught a salmon
chat In Bear creek weighing lift
pounqs.
The Democrat continues to be rapid.
Laat evening an Albany lady who ad
vertised for a girl secured one before (
o'clock. The Portland , Journal will
please take notice. Albany Democrat.
Would an equally prompt result be
guaranteed in the case of a young man?
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Enterprise News-Record: From pres
ent indications tha suarar beet culture
will be given a good test. In the valley
this oommg season. A number or pub
lic spirited land owners have offered
land ana water at a low rental . in or
der to nave the test made.
Bandon Recorder: Port of Coauille
River sounds good to every one living
in this valley and tne people or nan
don will be glad to take up the prop
osition. If other towns along the river
will assist,' and from reports received
from other places It would seem that
It will not be hard to get them Inter
ested in tne proposition.
Gervals Star: There should be a tin
store, a lawyer, a dentist, a live rust-
line: real estate aarent and a harness mak
er located at Oervais. If one comes and
understands his business be will make
?ood easily. There Is an opening here
or several other lines and business
with Oervais farmers pays big, because
tney have tne money.
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OaTcvllle correspondence of the Al
banv Herald: It is reported by some of
the fruit men that the late freesing
weather has played havoo with the lo
ganberry plants, killing the vines down
to the snow line. If so, this damage
will prove a great financial loss, as
this line of fruit raising has become
one of the leading Industries of the
country.
The Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rail
way company la to build two miles of
road In Salem In 60 days. The same
company has been three years building
the two mties Detween .uugene ana
SDrlnsrfleld and H Is not half done vet
uur people win naturauy waton tne ea
lem experiment with Interest, says the
uuara.
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A real estate firm has Just placed
on the market a tract adjoining tne
city of Cove, 675 acres, which has been
subdivided Into five acre tracts. This
Is In the fruit belt of thai famous
fruit nroduclns: section. ancK much of
the tract, if not all, is subject to lrrl-i
ration. This will not only make tjosm
hie a large number of homes, but will
also be of great advantage to the city
or cove.
The Albany Democrat points with
pride to the following Industries In that
town: largest chair ractory in tne
northwest, two flour mills, two large
Iron works, two creameries, two rlnn
Ing mills, two tanneries, a big packing
house, oest shingle mill in the valley,
two ice factories, and a bottling estab
lishment. A cannery has been built
and will soon be In operation and prep
arations are being made for a milk con
densery. A furniture factory will soon
be doing a larger business.
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Astoria Budget: There are not many
guinetters who nave Deen Keeping tneir
web In the water, but those who have
had the courage to do so during the
recent bad weather "have had excellent
luck for this time of the year. The
steelheads and chinonks are of the fin
est Quality, coming Into the cold fresh
water of the river from the ocean. For
this reason they are as firm and as
full of oil as when caught on the bar
The demand for them is greater than
the supply.
By Edward D. Bakejs
that he could not falter. When he re
turned from that fatal field, while the
dark wing of the archangel of death
was casting its . shadow upon his brow,
his greatest anxiety was as to the per
formance of bis duty. He felt that
all his strength and all his life be
longed to the cause to which he had de
voted them. "Baker,"' said he and to
me they were his last words "Baker,
when I was struck I tried to stand firm,
but the blow blinded me and I could
not." I trust it Is no shame to mv
manhood that tears blinded me as he
said it .Of his last hour I have no
heart to speak. He was the last of
his race; there was no kindred hand to
smooth his couch or wipe the death
damp from his brow; but around that
dying bed strong men, the friends of
early manhood, the devoted adherents
of later life, bowed In Irrepressible
grief, "and lifted up their voices and
wept."
But, fellow citizens, the voice of
lamentation Is not uttered by private
friendship alone the blow that struck
his manly breast has touched the heart
of a people, and as the sad tidings
spread, a general gloom prevails. Who
now shall speak for California? Who
be the interpreter of the wants of the
Paclfio coast? Who can appeal to the
communities of the Atlantic who love
free labor? Who can speak for masses
of men with a passionate love for the
classes from whence he sprung? Who
can defy the blandishments of power,
the Insolence of office, the corruption
of administrations? What hopes are
burled w-ith htm In the grave!
"Ah! who that gallant spirit shall re
sume, Leap from Eurotaa' bank, and call us
from the tomb?"
But the last word must be snoken
and the Imperious mandate of death
must be fulfilled. Thus, O brave heart,
we bear thee to thy rest. Thus, sur
rounded by tens of thousands, we leave
thee to the equal grave. As in life,
no other voice among us so rung its
trumpet blast upon the ear of freemen,
so in death J ts echoes will reverberate
amid our mountains and valleys, until
trutn ana vaior cease to appeal to the
human heart.
Good friend, true hero, hail and. fare
well!
A Bad Break. "
From the Harney Valley - News (Rep.)
Representative Brooke wants to send
to prison everybody who hereafter
signs Statement No. 1. Too harsh. He
might glv)them the' option' of -going
to the insane asylum. Oregonlan Edi
torial. . ' . :
The News hopes Mr. Brooke baa not
nud.i an expression such as indicated
by the Oregonlan. but if he has, it will
seriously annoy him in the future. Does
he realise the full meaning of such an
expression? , Its - fair interpretation Is
that every person is a fit subject for
prison who Is willing to admit that the
people of the state have a right to say
who their 'United1' States senator shall
be. The people will see that no such
sentiment - shall - receive . indorsement
hereafter. , .: .
Runninc? Sri nf
Written for The Journal by Fred' C.
Denton.
Th axntl-pledge bill is Just a foolish
kick at the stump the old machine baa
Jarred itself to pieces against,
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Labor conquers all things but a leg
islature afraid of hurting the feelings
of capital - "
'.'- '' ; e.- ' ;v;v 'XK'--:-'-'-
Taft may not be too optimistic in
promising the finish of the Panama
canal by 1916, but of course he experts
a second term, and the specially in
structed engineers may be diplomatlo.
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The determination , of some of the
California law makers to call the bluff
of pur brother Japs is painful to the
eastern people, who would cheerfully
cede California to Japan in return for
a permit for a missionary school i
Formosa.
ynijr rew more days of the Oregon
senator chosen by the people, regardless
of party. For this the members so
voting deserve the gratitude of all;
but some of their other acts do not
seem to warrant any testimonials of
regard.
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We need a better informed and more
responsive body of men In the legis
lature. Any system of proportional
representation will give us the service
of more, experts and leaders, rather than
uninformed party collar wearers.
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Organized labor has never made a
demand yet but what the employers
rushed out with the declaration that
It would ruin business. British shin-
owners declared 50 years ago that the
merchant navy of England would dis
appear unless ships could be loaded to
the danger mark, and then some. Ruin
of the entire building trades was pre
dicted a few years ago If the carpenters
of Boston reduced the day from 12
to 11 hours.
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Is the loan shark to live?
.
Do the banks of Oregon want the
little hoei-ds of money stowed a way
by thousands of people In Oregon who
are waiting for a depositor's guaran
tee law? Evidently not.
"
A fruit tree In place of every stump
would be going some. Let us go as
far as we can.
99
The electrlo lines to HUlsboro, For
est Grove and Salem would make more
If they would charge less. .Nobody
ever accused the Hs P. of doing charity
with us passenger rates, nut the rates
for commutation tickets on the elec-
what Harrlman charged before the ad
vent of the electric. There Is more
money in a cent a mile than in three
cents, queer as It may appear at first
glance.
Of course the Southern Taclfie leg
islature In California does not want
direct election of U. 8. senators. Who
expected them to give any ppwer to
the people?
Tha utter Indifference to what the
people demand of their publlo servants
demonstrates the necessity of more
stringent regulation of the legislature.
more care In the selection or mem, anra
more emphasis being laid upon the
necessity of candidates in the future
being pledged to obey orders.
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Tfinra are records being made In the
legislature that should disqualify the
makers from ever being elected to even
watchman for a high scnooi lodge.
What Is the Difference?
From the Denver News.
D. J. Keefe, head of a longshoremen's
union, and recently a vice president of
the American Federation of Labor, has
been appointed commissioner of Im
migration by President Roosevelt. We
should like to cite a few bits of recent
history bearing on this appointment.
After the platforms of the two par
ties were adopted the American Federa
tion decided to support the Democratic
national ticket. Mr. Keefe waa a mem
ber of the council which reached that
decision, and he acquiesced In It. There
was not a dissenting vote.
Later on In the campaign Mr. Keefe
changed his attitude and came out for
Taft.
The Democratic campaign managers
made the charge that this change was
due to corrupt motives. They charged
that on a certain day Mr. Kecfo vis
ited the White House and was prom
ised the appointment as commissioner
of immigration If he would break away
from his fellows In the federation, .vote
for Taft and endeavor to divide the
labor vote.
Mr. Roosevelt made bis usual answer
to such charges. He Issued a state
ment, branding the charge as a He, aod
the men who made It as liars.
Mr. Keefe wer.t on record as saying
that during his White House visit pol
itics was not even mentioned. He also
continued to work for Taft, and to
discredit Mr. Gompers and the federa
tion as much as possible.
And now, after tho campaign is over.
Mr. Roosevelt gives Mr, Keefe the
very appointment which the Demo
crats charged he would give.
In view of these remarkable events.
the News has two questions to ask:
Question No. 1 What Is the moral
difference between buying a man's po
litical support with a federal office
and buying It with money? There is
a financial difference, because when you
buy with money you pay the bills your
self and when you buy with office the
moraltllf f erence r
Question No. 2 Who Is the liar? .
A Democratic Revival.
From the Indianapolis Star (Rep.)
It Is not too early to calculate the
considerable effect to be exerted upon
the politics of the nation by the pres
ence, after March , of three very able
and forceful characters upon the Demo
cratic side of the United States senate
hatting from the northern states. These
men are Shlvely of Indiana, Chamber
lain of Oregon and Hughes of Colorado;
and It is an Impressive fact that every
one of these three states went for Taft
in November, but each sends a Democrat
to the senate. .Their elections all speak
eloquently of Independent voting In
northern states, and also of the quality
of the men. Of Mr. Shlveljfa abilities
It Is sufficient to recall that he has
been the choice of his party in this
state for the senate for three successive
elections. The individual prowess of
Governor Chamberlain has been, exten
sively' observed throughout recent years.
The new senator from Colorado is also
a man of accomplishments and power.
r..
being a Mlssourian born and reared,
si
r.
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former professor at Harvard university,
a noteworthy figure in both the legal
and the mining engineering professions.
active in ; his own state a govern
ment and history, a speaker before the
American bar association and a man of
the world with club memberships from
Denver to New York city. It will be
interesting to see- what strength and
seriousness will accrue to the Demo
cratic party in the senate by reason of
these three participating in counsels
hitherto monopolised bit southern poli
ticians. Let us hope they will serve
their party ably and well, .and thus in
directly the general welfarfe. . There are
reasons to believe that In some direc
tions at least we may expect more sym
pathy from one or more of these new
Democratlo senators 1i the Roosevelt
policies tban was given by their predecessors.