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ffM M3 OP Hi eTQlM r THE JOURNAL - AS IKDEPEKDENT KIWSPAPEE. ' C . JACKSON .......... nllner J PBbllh! ry Tn!n nrrtt Sonflajr) I7 Snndar (Dornln at The Journal Bulg ing, rifts ana xamniu man mrxuma. r. Cntcred at Dm aoatof flea at Pw-tUad. Or Cor tnonlMioa Uiruua Uw aiilt an aaeond-elaat Battel. '.,. fEI.CPHOKRS MAIN flTI, HOME. A-SOM. All aofxu-tutFnta wbUI bf tbaa aaajbara. Tall tha aperata tha Aapajtuut yea want j FOREIGN ADVEBTMUMO BKFBESENTATIT1. . ts rtfUl imiM, Kaw York; 1007 -OS BTot P ' Bulldln. CMeaga. '.. v.t.-...r. .": -:-,-,V - Tha Jon real la oa flh) In Doedoa. ' Bnrlaad. i at the atflee at Tha Journal' English rtira i aratitlm. . A J. ' Baroy d, rtaat J itwt, where tnbMrlptluM and adarUaBMBta .trill b racalTad, - ' Subscription Terma b aU or to anjr addraal . si tha United at fa. Canada ar Hariaaj ' dailt. ' ). One w.........fs.00 O.a Ktk.,....9 M SPNDAT. Ona faar....... ..18.00 Ona Knn......t i DAILT AND SUJtDAY. . .' .', Ona ..'. 17-00 Ona Booth...,..! .83 Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It ; Is In men as in soils, whers sometimes there Is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.-Dean Swift. i : ME SPEAKER'S DISPLEASURE THE COMMITTEE! . assignments for the next session of con gress have been announced by Speaker Cannon.; In all . In stances members known as insur . gents have been humiliated by as ' 6ignments on committees of trivial 7 Importance. ; "These members par ticipated in the' fight oh the "rules - at the beginning of this session and " thus Incurred the speaker's dlspfeas ; ure." says a dispatch. The members had the temerity to resist the tyran- nous rules, it offended his majesty, x the epeaker, and with sublime hau- teur. he has made an example of all of them; J : The members of the 1787 conven- tlon never anticipated a spectacle of the sort to result' from ihelr.handl 7 .work, "s They were for free speech , and for freedom of action. - They expected that .members of the lower house of congress would freely re flect the wishes of their constituents without being penaliied for rt. They did not expect the house to be , a despotism In '-which any slight re- - siBtancQ to the will of a tyrannical . presiding officer would result ,ln hu i mlllation and reduction of "commit- tee rank,, They did not expect that the power of the "speaker was to be the power, of a despot and..that to "incur his displeasure" was to' be ostracized. , " - - But all this Is what.nas eventn ated. The power of,the speaker Is tremendous, and Cannon augments it : by humbling . thOBe who "incur his displeasure.' George III did the same thing. The house rules that the humble members sought to re form were the speaker's throne They, were the citadel of the Can non cabal, and the means by which 'the trusts of the country ruled the house. The members who fought those rules are true defenders of 4he country. Those who supported them are - mere pawns that the maj estic Mr. Cannon moves and makes' mark time at his own sweet will. thickly peopled '"and intensively pro ducing northwest must be created In order to give adequate trafflq to the trunk lines built, building and pros pective. e , , f An extraordinary growth should come out of these conditions. ' The trunk Unes so far are relying main ly on transcontinental traffic. Save narrow areas along each but little effort has been made at local devel opment. , The : modern railroad' Is a mighty power In developing activity. It has the power of transportation to begin with, and transportation can almost create traffic on a desert. Its shrewd traffic managers In addition have learned that It is business for the railroad to make 10 stalks of wheat and as many blades of grass grow ' where but one j grew before. Agriculture is a constant stream of wealth. .Gold mines are exhaustive, coal veins disappear and Iron lodes are. worked out, but the fielda go oh producing forever. The j railroads know it and with a science and po tentiality equal to that of the ag ricultural colleges, the progressive roads' Jiave in,.these piodern days be gun to build a country in order to build 'a paying traffic." The Mil waukee road has grown so rich by these: methods X In Iowa, - Michigan, Wisconsin and the Dakotas that it' is building a transcontinental line at a cost of more . than 1100,000,000 without Issuing a dollar of stock. The same Intelligent policy Is char acteristic of the Northwestern"; and, is fast comlngiinto use on all the great lines. James J. Hill once said that in pursuance of this policy if he. could be the means of aiding a farmer to produce 2 worth of wheat his-tallfbad. would get SI of the usufrhct. -hV, . ; i-':-i:: ?. "These.are the signs that are on the horizon of the northwest. . They augur a developing activity such as the region has never seen. A great transformation Is to be wroughtv The infant Is to pass out of its swaddling clothes into a robust' ma turity. They will be wise men who comprehend the situation and take advantage of it. ; - aaannniaanaiannnaannnBaanannannin chy; of Prudhon, who said that "property is robbery," to those who . merely favor public ownership of cerjtain public utilities. Socialism means many things to many minds in all countries, but in no country probably, does it mean so ; many things to so many j people as ; In France. , : Except in vague, general terms, that will not stand the test of. interpretation into -actual condi tions, or applicatioa to practical problems. Socialism Is impossible of definition. There may be a hundred Socialists, no two' ;; of which will travel the second step together. ' So the new premier may. not be a So cialist of much radicalism 4 , SPECIALIZED WOMEN , THE CASE OF jrCARTHY ON THE NORTHWEST HORIZON road 4 HE NORTHWEST has seen no real railroad develop ment," The words are those of a close student of rail- finance and methods, gained first hand by exhaustive personal In vestigations,' and the statement Is made In the course of an unusually interesting article In the August Is sue of World's Work. ' The energies and resources : of ' railroad owners have been applied in ; securing a footing for transcontinental lines in this north coast region. - The build ing of feeders and, the development of agricultural dlstrlcts--methods employed by modern railroad energy have been postponed until trunk lines" can flhd lodgment. . .T7' By this diagnosis of the situation,! the northwest is only In the Infancy of growth. ; The assertion is that the Canadian Pacific will not 'stop at Spokane, but will push on to Portland, Tacoma or Seattle, and that within five years the Chicago & Northwestern will seek and find a similar destination. It is a state ment that has not only the -affirmation of this expert, but' Is backed by sound Judgment and by every law of railroad survival. i' X-.---. V.;-; ' ' By these tokens, within the next few: years, a tremendous develop ment should take place in the north west, The infant 'communities of today should be ; mighty common wealth tomorrow,' All these trunk lines must have traffic- for-survival, and to get iti" they must bring every agricultural - district under 'produc tion. The Harney "valley rancher who has the . richest of . ; land but grows nothing ' because he cannot ship or sell It, will be given a rail road line because the trunk lines must have his wheat in order to sur vive. ; The remotest district in every soot ion of Oregon will be reached by transportation agencies for the same reason. The whole power of the railroads will be exerted for kopen ing Irrigation areas and for the same reason the railroads will bend .every energy in bringing out people "to settle unpopulated districts. These things must come to pass, because a ' a ,MOST EVERYWHERE mem A' hers of the legal profession h are . urging : reforms In court , practice and procedure.; Both judges and attorneys In Increasing numbers . are demanding a change. A powerful Indictment of - existing conditions by a New York represen tative at the late National Bar asso ciation is a sample. The strong mov-ement in New York state is n-r other. ' At meetings of state bar as sociations In half, the states of the union there have been ringing de mands for reform, A notable ar raignment of frailties in the juris prudence was made recently by Judge Gilbert of Chicago in an ad dress before -the. Illinois Bar asso ciafton; ; He 'recounted the ' follow ing instance of the failure of Jus tice through legal technicalities: , - McCarthy was injured In a coal mine and brought suit for $10,000 damages. In opening the , case his lawyer began" by . saying, "In this case, Patrick McCarthy, 33 years of age, with a wife and five children " He was interrupted by an objec tion, the trial was allowed to prcn ceed, the Jurors being Instructed to ignore the statement about the wife and children. - The verdict was for 110,000 in favor, of - the . plaintiff. The appellate court affirmed the finding to the jextent of $8000, but the supreme court reversed : the Judgment and remanded the case for new trial , on the ground, - that ! the statemerit to the jury regarding "the wife and five children, was improper, and that the fact once lodged in the minds of the jury could not be erased by an ? instructlon.', On the retrial the plaintiff secured' a verdict for $11,500. but even then the appellate court reduced the 'amount to $8000 on the ground that otherwise the plaintiff would have profited by the misconduct of his counsel at the first trial. " ' ' It real justice was desired In the case, the mention of McCarthy's wife and children could have done no harm. It was JnJormatloh to which a jury, was entitled If the full con sequences of, the injury were to be accurately measured. Yet the mere mention" of it by his attorney sent ; the case to the appellate court, then to the ; supreme court, thence back to the trial court, and again to. the appellate court Finally, fh tha last , instance, it cut y $3500 from i Mc-; Carthy's allowance, merely . because the wife and children had been men-i tioned at the first , trial a legal quibble disgraceful ; to , the .Justices who perpetrated it and to the court from which it was issued as a solemn decree. " i The ' incident ' strongly ' confirms President1 Taft's public utterance some time ago when he said "the machinery of the courts is so cum bersome, and slow and' expensive for the litigants, public and "private, that; the whole judicial, branch falls in a marked way tP" accomplish certain of -the purposes for which it was created." Agitation by bench and bar for reform has begun none too soon. ... ' ". : THERE, IS a company or women In' the 'distant eaBt who insist that the day of the specialized 4 .woman is, to. arrive. : Their dream is discussed by "Winifred Black in the - New York American "I went to an advanced dinner for 'ad vanced' women lait night, says Miss Black.- "and listened to 'advanced' Ideas from an 'advanced: speaker till I am so 'advanced that I, am afraid to pick up this morning's paper and look, at the date lest I find myself in the middle of the fiftieth century. The speaker told us that the day of specialized women-i had come .and that woman was about to take her proper specialized place in the prop erly specialized world. She threw the old fashioned mother and house keeper and homemaker out into the dust. tin of the ages. We want specialized cooks, she said, 'special ized nurses and specialized menders and. specialized mothers." " ; ' .. According to the new view, the woman who can cook, will cook and do nothinK else. The woman who can take care of babies will take care of babies and do nothing else. The woman who can sweep . the floors will sweep and do nothing else, and the "world will no longer be a treadmill full of white faced, sad eyed beasts , of burden we j call women." ' ' - It is indeed a 'glowing prospect. How handy it will be in the home to have a first class specialized mother 'living just around , the cor ner. What follyall these anxieties and troubles in rearing children, when a specialized motherhood will be procurable at eo much pen wnat a fine system It will be when we are all reared together like a lot of chickens in a brooder, and when the same specialized , person ; will be called "mamma" by several hun dred grown up men and, women., As forw the s aunts iand grandmothers, they -will be "eliminated from this vain rf tears bv the advent of the specialized mother. And the hus band will no more , have a motner-In-law to beat him over the head with an ax. handle, or. to lock; the family door. against; him when he stays late at the club. e ' J The new view may have a pleas ing . prospect to " our "advanced" women, but no dream can ever come .true that requires the - mother t as mankind s cnnaren Know ner to go from ; the world. ..... ; ' just; enough, perhaps, to enable a . . .... . . . . iraaesman .tp inaicaie .his piauo u business and the character of his wares." Mexico v. may j have earth quakes,' which It canTnot help, but that It does not allow billboards In every possible place from mountain top to seashore, and throughout every city and village, is a credit to her.' ' ,!.-5. " -'--'j v'; The disclosed condition of the timbtc In the Madison street bridge shows-t;onclu8ively that Mayor Lane and his executive board were right and wise in tclosing it ; when they did, in spite of many vigorous not to say violent protests On the part of various people and the morning newspaper. The timbers, it is found are rotten, and were unfit" to stand the strain to which the', great traf fic over: the bridge subjected them. It the bridge had been kept open, as was urged, there might have been a frightful calamity, and the ex-mayor .can properly congratulate; himself that he had the firmness to close it when be did. . It . was a - servlee which put the ' people . of Portland under much, pbligation to him. All' the items "' in-: the , cotton schedule of the new tariff law- are higher, says Senator Dolliver. And so they are, or there have been no reductions, in the woolen schedule. These comprise things of everyday wear by everybody. It wouldn't do to lighten the tariff burden in these places; that would be giving , the sacred 'principle"; of protection too severe . a stab, yc" t T ' HILL'S STATUE ; .. .The new premier of France, Aris tide Brland, is described as a Social ist, but as It Is said that there are 57 varieties of Socialists in France as many as of a certain brand of pickles in this country Brland may not be enough of a Socialist to hurt French. Socialists, so called, repre sent every shade of progressive eco nomic thought, from the " near-anar- HERE IS a streak of vanity In almost everybody, and great men of whatever . sort are no ' exceptions to the rule. M r. James J. Hill, is .nolexceptlon and it is no discredit; to" him If he is pleased and proud at the erection of a vstatue to him -at Seattle, a city largely of his creation. Few men in modern times have, had statues erected to them while, living,, but in the case of such "a man as Mr. Hill it ' Is a fitting thing to do: , It is well to testify to him In this expres sive way while living, the apprecia tion of the great development work he has done. Taken all in all, It exceeds any like work ever done 1y any one man in this or any other country. And there Is so much of his work completed, and there have already been such great results of It, that there Is no need to wait till the great railroad builder ; is dead to show appreciation of It, and of him, who. principally.! originated tt. and carried flrforward. May Mr. Hill live years yet to prosecute his work, and to come oc casionally and look upon his coun terfeit presentment , In : marble, and long may it stand, until Seattle and Portland have become cities of mil lions Instead ,of hundreds of . thou-1 sands, : to remind the . people of a man ;Who did ;. things, and .: who ; hastened, as no other man did, the development of the great northwest j ..... i i i ;.- ..- -I What has become of those Sell-1 wood- resolutions that the Oregonlan so heartily indorsed and promised us to print "from time to time"! For a long time now the. populace has been waiting for them to be re published, but not . a soul has been able to "see them, even , with a tele scope, i Has the paper forgotten? if so, this will remind it, and here-i after we shall all have the pleasure of reading "from time to time" the ; Sellwood assault on the initiative and referendum. : V ' ' ;. . ': ; , i - . . . , T KIUI OVKaVHOLT. S ! THE VICIOUS TOADSTOOL. i . . ' Again v th dis- y7T , ' patches u tell Of a ' V i: '... , " family betnK pol- KLS JmtT ' "oned r ty eating fs S ' toadatoola " which tney tnougnt. were vtuahrooma. If tb toadstool would attend to Its own business and act aa a. rocking chair for the toad exclusively it would be all right. But. instead of that - It tries to pass Itself off as a mushroom, and gets people - into trouble. ,You never milkweed advertising to furnish ice cream, or a cucurooer trying to take the place of a typewriter. They know their places. Then why can't the 'toadstoodi come out from t hind Its disguise and glva the mush room a fhanpe? . No one will deny that the euoumber is ja dangerous weapon, and -so we do nofmonkey with it unless. we are pre pared to die, but with the toadstool It is different. -When the milkweed comes into our homes 1t does so In a straight forward snd uDrlarht manner. But the crafty- toadstool sneaks into our dining rooms and our mushrooms (this Is a pun Which I felt coming on all the time, and 1 had to get rid of it some where), . and, unlesa the hired girl is exceptionally -'fond of mushrooms, will strike us down while our backs are turned. I don't know how other people feel .about the matter, but I do not tninK it is rignt. iv COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANQB hear ' of "I suppose you belong to the class who desires a lob - shoveling snow in the summer or mowing lawns in the winter time, said the lady of the house. "No, indeed," responded the tramp. "I am trying to qualify for a position in the postofftce department as grave- digger- ror me aeaa letters.-' Letters From tke People Iettra to Tha Journal ahoold b written on one aide of tha paper ontjrv and abonld be ae companled by the name and addreaa of the writer. Th name wlU hot ' be . osed if the wrltHr atka that It be withheld. The Journal Im not to be understood as lndoralns tha aiewa or atatementa ot eorraspondehta. Letters abonld he made aa Dripc aa poastble. Thoaa who wish their letter returned wban sot used ahoold la els postage. . Oorreapondenta are notified that letters ex eeedlns 800 word In lensth mar. at the dis cretion of the editor, be cnt dowa to that limit. -. . Rather curiously, Mexico is the only - country '-. that has suppressed or prohibited j, the billboard - nui sance. This is credited by the Mex ico Record to "the artistic sense" of that country, which "prohibits the display of bad art and lying Inscrip tions In public places, and the prop erty owners of Mexico permit as lit tle disfiguration of the . landscape upon . their property as possible "y"1 ' '.. ' Communicated. r?. Deer Island, Aug. 5. On July - Jl, 1809, on the Colman dock at ' Seattle, WaaW l-bought a ticket for Bremerton, (one way) paying- 75 cents for the same. At t:80 a. ta.1 took passage oa the- steamer 'Tourist for Bremerton,!. on this 'ticket .: . ... - At, the ticket office In Bremerton (of me pame tine or steamers), I saw on a large' handbill the announcement round trip tickets from Seattle to Bremerton and. return 50 cents. I bought a ticket at the office In Bremerton for Seattle for 5 cents, which the agent of same company told me, was tha price for a ticket one way. k-.: '.. On my return to Seattle I went to the ticket agent and requested him to correct the error, and pay me back the SO . cents he had overcharged me, but he said I was .mistaken and refused to pay i me back , my money. He then re ferred me- to' the 'general agent and manager of the company, In another office- on the same dock. '. Finally the general agent (after con sulting the ticket agent), took dowa my name and address and assured me that he would Investigate the matter and) see that I had justice done me Is the case. I cava heard nothing from him since. :- .-. . .. GEO. , MERRILL. v . , . .Perhaps., From the Pendleton East Oregonlan. mere is little doubt but that both eldeslare out in earnest to build to the interior. , Both inay build... What ha caused all this mad hustle? Have the railway kings Just discovered that the interior of eastern Oregon la a country susceptible of . great development? They knew it before. Perhaps the pro posed constitutional amendment pro viding for. state built roads has had something to do with hastening opera tions. If so then the wisdom of the legislature In endorsing such an amend ment has been fully justified , - Cannon Is an Incubus that the people should. .rid. themselves d. : ... . ' i Bet this tariff doesn't last 13 years. a ' It's summery in thefternoons, any way. .- Joy rides are quite likely to end In ..... -a It will be known as the Payneful tar ah - an "Tis done, the great (tariff) transac tion's done.''' . This year the bop growers will also wear smues.. . -i . ... ..e ... .-- o , There will be more. Insurgents In- the next congress, . . a a " - Well, then, maybe we'll have summer in tsepiemoer. a - a , District attorney's office Is great on reform and virtue, j - Once more .Thaw's trial is about over: may It be- the last -i -1 '-.'-" 1 : The mayor has seen the blar billboards and doesn't like them. Taft laus-hert as h atimf r Karn fiA. uioa wuiig iorpe ournea. Spam is lockv that'ufiiv hain't ("una and the -Philippines on 'her hands. ::.'.. - ... ,! It- seems that Director -r?hllhr7 la not such an "awfully" cold person, not- rrii.iiaiaiiuiiiic ns iiama - ' , - a ' a ' , Ion Jaime should be mighty glad that he Is onlv a nratfnrif-. an1 a anl. dler of fortune, not a king. , . Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson have Put up. Now If thev will shut un. tha country will.Je obliged to thera. i.w.. a-.; ., '"Cannon mowed ilnwn lntircanta In Barcelona. Cannon will a no knock out insurgents in Washington. V. C. j Chauffeurs proven reckless, after an accident, should ue punished to the law's limit - Borne of them are getting entire ly too gay. When married women rtt nut " anil stay all night with men other than their husbands and all get drunk, some disagreeable Incident 4s always possible. Pretender Don Jalma un Onun Vlr. torla of Spain is very unpopular He has a BTUdBe asainst her on annnunt of those kids. The two older ones boys. uK California mnn waa inrd nfin. matism by the stinirs of 19 honey bees. But if the rheumatism comes back as oaa as ever in a rew (lays, won't he be mad? ' .. .... ' ,: , .-. - ' v $: tacoma 'has 11 candidates for repr. sentatlve in congress to succeed the late F. W- Cushman, besides about as many more from other places. But none of thera Is a Cushman. (; 4 . . U.. ' ;,' f - 'y i -i'jvV'-V;;' f Mayor Simon appears -to have about come to Jbe conclusion that he can do no better than to follow Mayor Lane's example 'with respect to tha prostitu tion problem down town. v . - . : y;. v a. ' 'V s One g,xl trait of Mayor Siniott Is that he is much of a walker. Where many another man In his position would have an e.utomobile in attendance he is aeen frequently moving quickly about the city on- foot. ' This Is good for a man's health and temper, --jc .:y'- j-v, ,-'v,i:';v:v A speeding oy ride In the night; O, It ia such a delight in the moonlight or the starlight to the boozehouse on the road. ' Surely, it 1s awfully oly, there with frolic and lewd folly, with little thinking and mueri drinking, to aoquive a. loyous "load." Hilarious in the early morning, conventions, . consequences scorning, for nothing earing, -full of daring, homeward recklessly they dash. A frolic like this who would miss? Each wanton kiss Is sweetest bliss One killed, rest injured. In the crash I OREGON SIDELIGHTS OH will be bored for near Lbanon. Buyera offering IS for lambs in qrant county. - - . Huckleberries very abundant back of Seaside. . : e ' ' . Central ' Point has a new paper, , the Record. ' . Man near Lskeview bad a big crop of cherries. . t , Roseburg Is rebuilding its principal streets and cities. rnhin, man fnA IS for uslna pro fanity on the street. , , , , . : , , , .... a . ' nam it " uvi tha Fossil Journal the John Day river. K ri-in in wrnv valley turning out better than expected. t na rf ni - around TSurnssince Frank Davey went up there. , . - - a T.b. ri t-m mill 'm t ennta more than. Portland Buyers for wheat D.iti A n,.nn niiun . anaaka - of "sceptio - tanks." Many people . have . -k St.. a. V. Masai ajrtlll KaB WArrTrl VflBVlSil VI sj,wi Aivym vy aw " y- -- ts.fiflo.ooo. afttr a Rathar wortn 1-..a. waaam Vint-, fY Si tnloAsnl TtaaS) t ttklirsi for $5000 and sold ' it within week for $7000. TaaeV.A M avA i n ve tThan' 1Sil1flT nil m riP ; lifttliei ilivi S iies,sa mv of boys have fallen: out of cherry trees andSbrokea thtlr arms this summer. rira aahAnriAra am. threatenins' : to tie im traffic nn the Roarue River railroad. says the Medford Tribune. They flock upon tne rails in-sucn purap mai u rails become! slippery, and it is almost Impossible to get up the grade, v - ,-. ...... . . . . , . ... t.-.r.,... Tan mllai hli aide of Haines Is an oat field that must be Over a mile long and more than a quarter of a mite wide, says the Baker City Democrat The oats stand higher than the surrounding fence and seem thick enough to : lie down on. Salem Journal:- This year has not been normal. There were four dry mnntha Kef ore wa e-ot a rain by prayer. Then there was more rain la July thaa In 9 years previous. In August there are two full moons with five changes of the moon. The Fourth of July fell on Sunday. The year begins and ends on Friday. s . "v ' ' nnacfira Knvi: "It Is probosed to put an enT . to the prevailing fly pest In the city, and Health Officer Houck can not see any other -way of doing this than destroying the files' breedina- beds. He propose to devote all of his spare time for two weeks to accomplish this work If necessary- and will bring - the matter before, the-council 'at its next meeting." - -Rurna Tlmsa-rlerald: "The Harney Valley Oil .A Gas company has been doing some- prospect work this week. with tne result u is now aeraoniiniwa the gas belt extends over a large terri tory north of and bordering on the )ake. Three wells have been "sunk, and gas has been develoned in alL The machin ery being used is light, and not capable of going to any depth against the Im mense pressure of gas. However,; the work Is merely prospective." 'Alhee Correspondence of the Pendle ton East Oregonlan! The California and Oregon foot walkers passed through here Saturday evening. .They were ac companied by a packer and two pack horses and had a full equipment of blankets, grub and cooking outfit end will camp over night wherever , thev find s water and grass for the pack horses. Their destination ts Los An geles, and. whoever gets thera first Is to get a purse of $1750.- - - r- ri , WorJs of Trutk, From the Chicago Record-Herald (Rep.) - While the tariff bill was progressing in congress the president under a keen sense of constitutional propriety, main tained silence. Once or twice. In pub lics addresses, he referred significantly to the Republican pledges as ,to. tariff revision and the necessity of redeeming them -honestly and loyally. Standpat ters "wondered" -whether he "had the Aldrlch bill In mind," while outraged oonsumers hopefully awaited a. more definite expression of opinion as to the style of revision , Imposed by, Aldrich & Co, ' ' . ' '--.' '- - 7 ;'. -!..;.- r The expression has come,, and it is certainly definite. Indeed, a stronger, more forceful, more Illuminating state ment than that given out at the White House could not have been, framed.' Its strength lies'? chiefly In its ;;' direct and simple appeal to fact and . to ac cepted prineiple.. It is literally unan swerable; . the bourbons ; are paralysed by It- the progressives and the people delighted and encouraged.. - The president sweeps away all sophis try and pretense by saying that while he and the party he represents are not committed to "free raw materials,' they are committed, to a fixed principle of revision. Ts those who clamor for high er rates on these- or those articles he quietly says: "Produce your evidence." Protection in each case should be a question, of fact and s should "be the degree of- protection. This is the mean ing of the Republican . platform, ; and this must be the policy of any protec tionist who is. not an apologist for plunder and robbery. ' " , - The conference now knows what JlestB the president Intends to apply to the various schedules- and rates. It knows that not greed but actual need will be his watchword. He will . approve up ward revision where the facts appear to justify it; he. will insist on down ward revision where the facts -' plainly show that present duties are excessive and oppressive. -;' He wants Information, not loud assertion and glittering gen eralities, and he will do liis duty in the light of available facts. , . ; - v No good Republican, no honest .-protectionist Mr. Cannon admits, can take exception to anything in the president's statement Exactly, and that is why the statement; Js so "crushing"' to tho followers of Aldrich & Co. Now let the conferees take care in the applica tion of the principles so vividly set forth to the concrete questions' before them. ' ' ' . - Running SLots 2k -REALM fLMININL Fads and Fashions. NEW YORK. Aug. 7. It; has been obvious for some little time that , the fashions of the Moyen Age j were growing in favor and now, . . It may safely be said that this style has been accepted by the most fastidious women of fashion In Paris r as well as In New York. , But la spite of this fact Mme. Paquln has cast her -eyes around for something new," and it la said she will attempt to force upon ' the tastes of the Parisian women not only the fashions of Louis XVI. but an other fashion which she herself seems to have designed and to have stamped With her Individuality. It possesses th pointed corsage not in the front but r in the center back, the front is rounded Off. and even Slonait linaaM Tha Irirt. to be' worn with this bodice is very full; in fact It Is made . in fathers around the hipa. . - One of the most recent Paquln gowns of this style ia of soft taupe chiffon wtc m? uniMjr utue sacin. ino corsage . is trimmed with folds of chiffon in the . fichu style of Marie Antoinette. This fastt-ns into a buckle slightly to the left " of the front, and the , waistline of the bodice rises' in- front to this nolnt. then The overskirt is gathered, although th-i underskirt fits tightly and the raised waist gives an effect that suggests tha empire when the costume is viewed from the front. On ail gowns of this type the sleeves are but elbow length, and a scarf im made to carry with each one. - These, of course, harmonise with the gown. ho one belonging to the gown just described -. being of taupe v embroidered at eacor and with smoky ' blue. , Too Many Men Carry Guns. From the Baker ' City Herald. " ' , All over Oregon .the gun habit Is practiced - entirely too much and of ficials fall to make the proper effort to enforce the statute - prohibiting It Little thought is given the terrible curse of gun toting until some -trag edy occurs such as the one that at tractedvwlda attention to, the little village v rtf, Durkee Saturdays night when one man was almost Instantly killed, the finger of another , shot off, fcnd the crime of murder firmly placed against -a young man whose life has hardly fairly begun. ,., . , , - Some wreat around Tangent is yield ing 80 bushels an acre, . . Written 'for , The Journal by Fred C Denton. Money for the local contest between U. B. Dry and I. B. Wet is. furnished from treasuries far remote from Idaho banks, but the scrap is on all over the gera state. -..( , j.. :,--;,. ;. Two railroad Jconstructlon.- gangs struggling for the possession of a right of way leading to central Oregon makes the smiles broad on the lips of the "sand- tappers or mac nunerto neglected re gion. A' few more such contests and Burns will be almost as accessible us Dawson, Alaska, : 'Locations on tha timber lands of the Southern Pacific railroad in southern Oregon are still being sold In various parts of the country. What tha locator buys is a long- wait on a lawsuit with a . def undent company that loses few tricks when it comes to a ease before I the United States courts. .i.;iB'-.,j.ii.i.,B.J.;:.--. a rjyy Snaln seems to tie about ripe for a revolution at home. - - Fighting Moors does not appear to be as popular a means of allaying domestic discontent as in former times. - A regiment or two of Tennessee or Kansas volunteers would clean up tha Moors one week and Spain -the next-. , ' . '.; - :; e a'-' A i: Child labor laws are always best where - least needed. The difficulties encountered by a legislature In enacting a, law. against child labor are always augmented in a state where thousands of smug and pious manufacturing man employ - all the toddlers they can get. a a v 4 Virginia . Republicans hope to . carry that state because of squabbles and misdeeds of the Democratic party. If they do it cannot be laid to the referen dum and Initiative , by the Portland tower organ. s For the misdeeds of the Republican party. accompanied by di visions and squabbles, a certatn popu lar Democrat was. given to the United States senate from Oregon. ' The direct primary and ether methods of putting power In the hands of the people have been blamed, yet such things hartoen tp states still going In the good old way of mossback and frlory. - . ' ,. ..- . . , . ' ' ' ' 'Some of the people in southern Orft gon are boUnd stronger year-by-year to San Francisco "because the railroads so trend. Southern Idaho seeks an outlet to the Oolden Gate, but the cheapest way will -always lie down the Snake and Columbia for that section, - and with the latter river opened fof navigation for hundredsof miles above the Celllo canal, no matter how-many railroads are built on either land or paper, the products of this great region will come to Portland unless we permit them to be diverted. --v. 'v..--y '- -.-,' Of course It is a difficult and deli cate operation ' to pretend to cure a sheep-stealing dog and at the same time preserve, his-life and hide.- Sometime the American people will cure the tariff with an Site. .Suppose we had the na tional Initiative, and suppose the Amer ican people should have put before them the celebrated Tom-Johnson tariff bill: "All laws for the collection of duties on Imports are- hereby renealed." There would be - no hair-riHttlng schedules for the people to quibble over. : " .. a .. . ' -.. -S; "More comfortable farms and opportun. Itles for home building are within 60 miles of Portland than anywhere else on the coast ' "-Flying machines have come to stay but some of them stay on the ground.- Ever since the banning of the sum- : lng has been done by Paris designers ' ef fashions, chiefly in the line of drape- - J riea, and the handsome frocks worn by -Paraslan elegantes have In many cases ' sacrificed beautv of line to eocentrlolty. Mian yf of the linen and muslin frocks wurn vj ransian xasnion loaders inia season and. to some extent by fash ionable women In New York, have been so cut up, so fantastically teased with trimming tin Diocks, points, angles, . DUf f s and frills, that ' they have lost all real charm, and, chio from the fash- ion maxer point, or view, couia not be called beautiful from an . artlstlo point of view. xnere is every inaication tnat tne very first fall styles will follow the lines of the Moyen .Are mode, which developed last winter. The chief fea- ' ture of this mode is- the elongated -waistline, the- belt or sash often falling over the hips. The fall models, bow ever, will cling to the figure mors trimly and not be as loose and bag- like from armholes to hip. as some of this summer's models have been: and this being; the case, waists are bound : to grow smaller. ' It la not likely that women win try - at this day the absurd IS-lach waist line of Catherine de Medici, but it Is -a fact that some dressmakers are al ready advising their patrons to loosen their corset a trifle over the hip and .. draw It in at the . waist ,Wlth the ; vogue - of ' pointed bodices, Watteau plaits and bouffant petticoats estab lished, a change in figure la tnvltable and the plump woman who has had to make herself uncomfortable to main tain a hipiess silhouette may take heart of grace once more, for tha Louis cos tumes wm pe particularly , Decoming u her style. - v - . Not that there is any diminution, la the effort to look slender. . Never wil embonpoint In such disfavor. But there , will undoubtedly be a marked relaxation . from the extreme of -elenderness de manded by the style of the past spring and of tthe present season. . s . . s v- , . n. .Mtim, nt what ever material, has a coat of some des cription as a third pieces This gar ment is rapidly changing shape. The most conspicuous change Is In the slope . of the lines at the natural waist short- . I . . v. .trl hurt .litanlnflr nf the cuius ui mo u." - " " . I shoulders and the lapping of the coat . . . . . T . , . ..111 n. ln.t.I.li I run x at or ow.ow iuq of the one, two or three button front; . v. a ,.,. and int awat. below, with back longer than front Another peculiarity la in the arrange ment of the trimming, which is some what like that used a few seasons ag?i to outlini the very wide armhcles. All ornamentations or motifs are placed . at . the sides over the hips. Instead or In the natural ' location over the shoulders, on the fronts and backs r in the points of the skirt part The fronts are then made with the deep opening and a narrow -shawl collar, or one with blunt notches placed high, but no trimming other than the facings of -sllk. satin or velvet The bacxs of all . of the latest Imported coasts are show ing more fullness below the long waist and this is la the flare of the part or In plaits at the seams. There must be no more of the straight and drawn look in a fashionable outer garment. In apeaklng of -the Increased width of .k.nu.u t .hnuM hit ramemberad - that length of this part does jot sign fy that the seam or width at this point is to-be carried over the round of th shoulder, placing thetop of the sleev-r-on the arm Instead of over i it but that there-Is slightly more fullness In the sleeve and that all trimming; are set out farther, usually to cover the seams. f Ono Of the' prettiest ' materials for a handsome house or evening gown for the dignified elderly lady. . Is a KJV crepe shot with steel beads. This fab- -ric may be bad In double width, and be i.. tn toTture. is softer in affect . - and more becoming than chiffon. The 4 gray, is particularly becoming tO the , woman whose hair Is approaching whttev and the glistening beads produce ' the necessary conUaet to save the whole from monotony. LitUe trimming' Is dem anded for thii material, - bur the transparent yolte and 1nd"rfleev!.0 silver sheen or s metallic lace , made largely of silver will prove its most . effective decoration. If the dross be a low-cut dinner gown, net may be In troduced to give the necessary lasi- "The long and very tight sleeve h tt already Uken on a common look, and women are ready to accept somettlng less trying and showing a little more , thought lit its conception. - . T " FLORENCE FAIRBANKS. , King and K.irl scepter i ladleSii tr tha"4 g. The ' wistr, I (ContrlDntea to me Jnurjni uj na , the famooa Kanaas poet. Hta proaa-pom are . . . . . ,v,la Mnlnmn In Tha I. .VI Iff . rvuiar tniui, v; Journal.) . , ' ' ,7 .vr-' " The king sat up on his Jeweled throne, and he heaved a sigh that was like a rroan. for his crown was nara, ana i . . bruised his head, and .his scepter weighed like a pig of lead; the ladles. smirKea ' as xney came to oeg; irnirha nn nulling the rova! leir. : Tim ... .v.. .r,J r,A T'l.h . WOU1U CUi Wl.t VUV, VKt - vj w.tv. For what is pomp to weary soul that yearns ana yearns iur iaw nnriing nun, the throne's a bore and the crown a . gawd, and I'd swap" the lot for a feam . boo rod, aii a can of wdVms and a piece of string but there's no such luck for a poor old king!" And a boy who i passed by the palace high, to fish fo 11 UU L 1 11 wm": UlSil, mwi " f In awe at the massive walls, snd caught . a a,lullJBQ ,113 iiiai U1C UftllO, BIIU I -l ,n klMB.lf. "TlVi V. M .h..l WUht HIU W UlillRCll, un, Hull; VUDV. . . .. . I was the king, an the king was met rpA ea4 a-n nil floff i 1-1 . arAlln A -anT v ntl straight is a whole lot bettern diggln bait and flehin round -when the fish won i Due, ana geiim . ncaea tor yuur luck at night!" ' . Uattbaw Adama.) f OrniFriirht.
