THE 0KEG01T CaTLY JOTORNA'P'ORTtATm, MTONDAT EVENING, MARCH 21, ' 1910.
THE JOURNAL S
serve for them such of the compara-
vely fow great natural resources
AN Independent newspaper. pumic lanas. runner, minerals ana
Pubiib i 'aler powers-as are left; and to
,ace to it tnat these resources are not
& a JACKSOJI.
Mil's consideration throughout a ses
sion. Cannon appointed all the regular
house committees, and did not scru
ple to "pack" them so that they
tomer. Speaking broadly, Canada
buys twice as much from u as we
buy from Canada. Every commer
cial interest of the United States Is
concerned In having a very liberal
BJ ""i1" TTrJ""rtVliuMrt Hplze(1 an1 exploited for their own would act on bills to suit him and reciprocity arrangement, If not ab-
SwVirtk a'dBihm'itrwtY iwtund. or. ImnieiisB profit by a few people of I the Interests or the combination or j solute free trade with Canada. Hut
n r.ti . h. ,ffi . rortund. or., fw ' Rr,,at wealth and consequent power. I coterie with which he was asso-iour over-protected lnteroets have al-
(ranainiwkia through ti nn cood-ciaaa ( ,. elopmont should go hand In hand: elated or which he favored. Thus . ways dictated a Jug handle policy
. ., j with conservation, but both should . many good blllH, such as the people , In dealing with Canada and main
tEi'EPHONKs Main Ti;s; nin, hwalicr be for the benefit of the desired should pass, were pigeon- talnlng far higher rates of duties
COMMENT AND NEWS' IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE.
Tall tba oprn tor brt d.rtmfui ru nt j people rather than that of the Mor-1 holed and suppressed. Several bills
roHKir-v invniTisiNd KKiMiFsiTrvr KariH. Koekefellers and (iuggenhelms. of national Importance are In that
Benlamln Krntnnr On.. Hnrnai-li-k flulMliif
128 Fifth auu. Srw Vora. Itx7-os Ho-c
Bnlldlnc. rblrafo.
MAKVKIiOrH IOHTINFS
Mlbafrlptlcn Trrma I- mall r lo nr aildreM
IB ti Ural tea Stitpa, Canada or Mneo:
DAILY.
0.- rr 15.00 I Ona mouth...
8TNIUT.
Ona rear 12.90 Ona month ...
DA1LV AND Br.NPAV.
One rear 17. .to i Ona menth .
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i
position now. Cannon moreover ex-
than Canada does, which causes re
taliation, restriction of commerce
and 111 will. The matter Is being
errlsed his arbitrary pleasure about again discussed by no less eminent
recognizing members: If what a I persons than President Taft and Karl
CVKR HE FORE In the world's j member desired to present did not ; (irey, but nothing much beneficial
history have private fortunes milt Cannon, the member would not can come of It until our absurd tar
reached or approached such I be recognized and he might about as
vast accumulations as In recent i well have been at home as In the
ears. As compared with the re- house
f tt'p"fe1 fo''lnes of Rockefeller. Mor
I .23
Iff law Is radlcally'revlsed.
Chancellor Day has been heard
Complaints on these scores have i f r"" again; he la now attacking
A mini win it good u i' i tr ? In
shed Ins blond fur his country Is
good . n.n.R'i In It kIviii a Mjnarn
deal afterward M'.ic Ihm I ml
no miin is inliil'iT t'. and Ic-h
than Hint no man Mia II hnvr -Theodore
KooxcwII. .-pc , h at
Springfield. IM , Juh 4. 1 J'i3.
! Kan. Carnegie and some others,
i those of Croesus, of the magnates
) ; r ancient Greco and Home, of Hie
j Conde family of Frame, of any pri
vate citizens f if former times, were
but small. l-.'ven Solomon In all his
glory probably could not have "sized
up" with any of our multimillionaire
magnates. Rockefeller alone has
Chen away, according to reports.
been multiplying, and reached a rll- i'r'8iiont larr on account or me
max Saturday, when the Cannon federal prosecutions, and is pleading
rules committee was abolished niid I vo-1f.-rouIy for the poor, downtrod
a resolution Mr a new committee ! 'len. persecuted trusts. Evidently
of 10 members of which the speaker ' Chancellor Day thinks criminal laws
should not be one was adopted. To "f 'y for the poor.
what, extent this will revolutionize
or reform the Cannon methods can
not be foreseen, but much of his ar
bitrary and often misused power has
J"ORTLAM SCHOOL lUIUHNOSj
IN SUNDAY'S JOURNAL, Architect
"BPTiTiPlt Is quoted as emphasiz
ing the Importance of great care
and Intelligence In the erection
Of school buildings. It is not likely
that there is a resident of Portland
that will differ with his view. In
Its lines and proportions every
school building should be an appeal
to the beauty sense of the observer.
whether child or adult. There is an
vi r eternal harmony and an eternal dis
cord. The nearer everything In the
, material environs of life approaches
eternal harmony, the stronger will
more than ) 1 3 T.ono.nnn, and has : been taken away. There must be
several times that much for a 1 rules, of course; there must be lim
great philanthropies! 'foundation" j Nations to debate; there must be
though there Is some reasonable j such regulations snd restrictions as
doubt whether society should allow, will allow business lo be done; but
so great a sum to be thus tied up - hereafter It will not be almost solely
and removed from active circulation, j the Cannon business, and done In
even for the best of purposes. j his way. Representatives who want
This and the other great fortunes' ,n I,pak and act for the people will
of the present have mostly beer, piled I nave more liberty and power.
up within a generation, or at least I
TANGLEFOOT
OllEGON SIDELIGHTS.
Bills and Hawley bah I - Roaeburf will pav part of 11 street
I WW OIUCHS.
Oh. If will h fin, .rd.n If. I .
a a I Medford women art doing; much to
Uncle Joe irled to hang on too long. "' Development.
Fine otter win caught on Salmon rlv-
plu.'?uTe.h" P0'n,'d th' t0 P0ier:y:mh,i'ircCn,"U''
a I
f
Hetty Green gives no sign of Intend
ing to nie poor.
a a
Cannonlsm la downed. Its twin, Ald-
rlohlnm, will go next.
a a
Mnkee a fellow fei-l like home-grown
raaienes, onions, lettuce, etc.
a
The npar-twer douhtleas deserves all
the hard Jelta It la getting.
Bend baa doubled the near-beer II
cense; made It $200.
a a
Stone building will replace the re.
Irently burned Oelser building In Baker
a a
Subscription! to the Ncwhcrar colWe
ouuuing rund now 'amounts to about
$27,000.
McMlnnvllle aoda works Is doing a
tlirlvlna hilAlm.Ma rAnnrl. th. Vi.uu.
I'i'i'ii iii'duiian. nioiKHn wni iiiv i iteiiori er.
to come nai K and tnKe cnarge
II Iooks as thouch a aood tnanv neo-
pio ii:ni put j'oary In llie Cook class.
Lincoln county has a new tnwnallo.
It In named Oecanslde I,nke Beach, and
Is located at Devils lake, a few miles
north of the SUetz river.
"Pass the pork." envs an exrhanae
Many people will. If the nrlce continues
to rise.
since the elder of the multimillion
aires Were young men. Morgan and
some others Inherited a considerable
fortune while young, yet these sums
were but as drops In the bucket com
pared with their possessions now.
FinvT mtowx
be the tendency for uplift and good I Rockefeller started with nothing, as
living. If a child attends school in
a rookery, the tendency will be to
rookerylze its life. The men who
lived In caves led a cave existence
In their dally conduct. Every dilap
idated tenement, every unsightly
Structure, whether public or private,
Is harmful as a life setting. On the
the other hand, every edifice that
has lines of beauty and symmetry
did Harrlman and some others who
amassed enormous wealth. A single
product, oil, made many of these
vast fortunes- of the Rockefellers,
Arrhbold, Rogers, Flagler and oth
ers. Other Immense fortunes were
made In monopolizing other prime
necessities steel, sugar, meat, etc.
Some were made from lnndgrnnt
railroads, some from manipulating
E
mVIX A. RROWX. the humani
tarian, can be of service to the
city of Portland. No man In
the country Is more fnmlllar
with life on the lower levels. To In
form himself as to the facts, ho has
repeatedly discarded the habiliments
of the well-to-do and In overalls.
1 1 By Miles dvcrUt J
Many people nre buvlnir tracts and
preparing to Improve small fHrrns. rc-
porta the LlntHiip count y fruit Inepec-
IVary found It about a cold down lur l l"e .storla Iludget.
In Geomia hn he did un In the Arrtln
eglona. I nenevue correspondence or the M
Mlnnvllle Telephone-Iieglaler: Several
Thev will h fine irlnrloii da wninir (Irunime! a. an eve-doclor. and a few
iiiun miuuiki iuni wi'i'R imi'fl atp im
proving
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Go REALM
FEMININE
17
A Foolish Thing to Do,
AY'8 a model, 1 tell yon. H
flnesn t smoke, chew, drink or
swear. He's an officer in the
ehUTch, superintendent of. the
Sunday school snd well. It
would be lota eaaler for mo at home If
he wasn't quite so good. Every tlm
I do the least little thing the folks al
ways aay. Ray wouldn't do that.' "
Those few words spoken In no spirit
of criticism or complaint by a younger
brother of S3 tell n. tiilo In themselves
and point a moral that many parents
could well heed.
mornings to get up n to see the comet
In May In Oregon
With good, decent management, the
imnk apparently might have succeeded,
though started on nothing.
a a
Kaneaa City Star. (TncT.) Somehow,
the more the public reads about Bal-
linger the better It llkea IMnchot ana
Ulavls.
Hlllsboro Is moving right along, thank
you, ways the Argus. A pull for a can
nery; a pull for a big snwtnlll or two
I to add to the one already here, and a
pull altogether will put lllliaboro In the
oOOO class in a year or bo.
output of beer Is increasing In Min- n.Vin the
.eso.a-an Indication say. the St. Paul -"yiaVs. and i,e
'loneer Press, that the state la becom- no lo8; t0 ip(,al of
nesi
I
lng dryer
A stockman Just returned from the
lava beds In Klamath county tells the
Herald that the paat winter In that
best for stock In
there was nracMcnllv
speak of during the winter.
The two boys were only a few years
apart In age and from boyhood bad beeia
radically different. The older was the
wlilney aort who ran to mamma with
veiything. "tattled" on his Utile bleth
er and was afraid of the things In which
the average boy delights.
The, younger brother waa all manli
ness. If he disobeyed, he did It openly
and then took the consequences without
a whimper. His senae. of truth and Jus
tice was strongly developed and It is
that same sense of Justice in the vu:mi'
man which makes him dislike having
his older brother's virtues continually
hrown up to him. As far as geiiernl
worth and likeable yualltles an- con
cerned the harum-scarum hrotlurr Ik
equal to several of his older brother
who is loo near an approach to the.
"goodie-goodie'' type ever to amount lo
anything more than Just a "good boy"
and "good mtui.-'
Jefferson Review: The Review would
much appreciate the favor If our ddln-
The boy stood on the hunting deck.
Whence all but him had fled.
For when tnat hoy began to scrub
lie splashed 'Cm heels to head.
Mayor Oaynor expects to save New
. i ion.-, w.a .i , . iiiiuiii ai'i'irrmir luw i mi 11 tint uri i
ork $12,000,000 this year and Improve t ,', )H,.rltu.r8 wouM ,,av p. w
public service besides. This seems un- n'e(.,, thp money. It .os's' money t
Letters From the People
constitutional.
money to
build our new home. We don't often
ask for money, hut we have trusted you
now make good and pay up when we
Hallfnffer's Apisdnt motif.
ra!rv. Or- Mt, h ic t-.ii,
1umi)er and rough shoes has himself j of 'i he Journal - l see it state.i )n the
played the tramp and learned at (""ess. giving Congressman Isaac R
first hand how the unemployed live, i "hfr"'""d vt nH authority, that ' It
u . .ii i ,i i i '9 a 'art notorious In WashliiKlnn that
what are their aspirations, and why,,p pr,(n, ,,,,,.,, a. Ha I linger
they are derelicts. As a result of , secretary of t h.- Interior at Uie refij,-nt
his Investigations, he has reached i nr demand of the tjuggcnheim interests,
the conclusion that 90 per rent of i ''" lm'1 ln ,,r,1''r i'n- ,h"
' MiUirirenlle m driirl ,nio nw.n..
i o , ii in in I'll iv t ij nir iniiiiTi 1 1 1 1 1 , nil 'i , r n 1 1 Ui'ni'e
Tlie O. R. & N. la dolni a very good
and vahiable species of development need It
winn wiiu us uuveionmerii iiain ill
eastern Oregon. Amity correspondence of the McMlnn
vlllo T.lniihnnu.n.l.lAr Mniiiluv- mnrn.
t: . .... li,A.Ai i ,i., , il. ....... . p, ..... . ... ..........
.in,- ii.nmi hi-- nisums iimi i i ni(r number or people arrlverl from
me. Bl well as "It is I, Is correct the east who were so irrrallv Impressed
enough. "lis well; most people will with such beautiful weather and our
say me," anyway. thrlvlnar little town timi thev have
bought property a-id begun building
Ihe heattle. Post-Intelligencer estl- tnnjr homes at once
mates that city's floating population at
4II.HII0 and most of them will be The Ualles Optimist: Oil near Dal
counted in tins census.
No one enjoys having someone else
thrown up to him continually and one
of the quickest ways to lose the confl
uence of a boy and girl or estrjnue
them fronj ties and Influence, Is to
throw someone up to them all the time.
It Is not fair to measure one child
In a fumily by the standard of another
even though they are of the same par
ents. Because two hoys are brothers
does not mean that their temperaments
and dispositions are alike, and those
being different how ran they he ex
pected to net like? In fact why should
they be expected to act alike?
Many persons adhere to the same
principles of right but their Individual
ity mukes the manner of their adher
ence different. So In the cane of these,
two hoys, both are good boys, but they
go at it differently. The younger boy
accepts his beratings for not being
"like Ray," as a matter of course, but
Inn nil n h r Tltiftir nil In Mnlhttnp ntl
In Harney oil all' over Oregon. ' Or i "'cry time that his parents bring such
Another astronumer hns assured us under Oregon. And we believe the pressure to Pear upon him they ar
that llalley's comet vlll do the earth strikes will soon become realities, and, running the risk of helping make t
has an Individuality that the oh- millions of Insurance money, some.,., . ln ,,. I a ' . 7n,A. ? t... "i'.0"""
server unconsciously assimilates and j In monopoly of traction and other 1 t,)fro afp ,,PmPnt8 nf character more ! Marll!"K statement.' hut that it is sup
makes a part of his own taste and of I public utility pervire. the telephone, ' . , . j ported by several circumstances seems
hiB own purpose. School buildings ef press carriage, etc.
and their grountls, ln the object les- Of course, after accumulating a
or less worthy.
no harm. But most of us were not Ulnt WB wl1' 8x'" HPP pipelines being
worrying about it at all. Such as were Mid. Nothing could be or moio uene
will worry still. o ine state man a run ann perma
neni on neui.
"I've been
hewer of wood and
In learning the carpet business be
for" he marries. Theodore Roosev It. Jr..
seciiif. in K- very seusioie young man ,v, -i r nKiu.n o.t,.
Incidentally, he very likely has learned fln,, now , am gnlng a oandldli
for tlie legislature, is the declaration
mnde hv A (I Mtepl ha mmpr of Slti-er
It looks as if I ncie Joes reign were ton. A Steelhammer ought to be able to
boy more unlike, than like, the model
they are continually wishing him to
emulate.
a a
Me praised me at a .lme when jraisn
Famuel Johnson.
drawer or water for tlie last 4i years nr vnlnn to me
t H
to be undisputed. Ill The sworn slnlo-
There Is need in the country of ment of oiavls that riallinger urged
more men of the Brown tvne The 1 him to ileln his work ,T I n est I iu r I n n
'"j " " """""; human '"llts ln society are SO busy ; " ,' " ' """" -' '' '"""about over. When it Is. his opponents give some hard, resounding knocks
uc it pan. ui iue iruiuuig ui uie euu-i inn. iuu orirer eureriirises nesines , wiv, iu problems of life that thev all ,fi . . , , ""U"""" ' an iruiy say sonic goon or mm. ne
"'l HiailC 111,-U IJIIlll l fttl II ClI'lIU lO l' IIIUIM IIMiritni ..A,.. Tnr-At. Kn.-.la ora .rt l.r.
a 1 nari- i.r,.j ,irc, imiu. caeo banker
Itonlrfr Romh 1' Vi'lson find .1 H
WIT n fri.i I.iictu.iiiIii.I n.. .... 1 . - - lo. ..rj ,1 ,1.
i., 1 "im mm ine Kreai , , . , . puiiiiii ui inuc itniif in i' nun .n innii ui i n
nt a Kr. ninnn... i . . .. . r'resiiieni inn ravs inp o iv on on- - . i .. i . . i. , i .
r, .,vi.,u ij i ii " , '"'-i 'un which corrunien me election . . . ; . - . . ' . - . r utiivpu, riaie eiicu oiuen-o iiueii
ln S"c..,,i,i in, wunu ,,,,,,-e.u iiifY.ji, whf) sppin RpfBh would be I of boh. That Mr T. f , h . . , ., VT was r""." 'I " PPr rvB . 1 s n 1 f roni t he I sle of J ersey 11 animals and
to a great extent controlled as far as . more p(Mlt,rous lf tney knew the trUP ; faslly p , ,,ainKer to the verge IU!" I. an auTnorlVhe suT Vh?selirw,.lfo''i'n,o,,pk co'unVi' 'o'
I..... ..n nii.nuj fi,,-rti ; inWardness of things. In his rounds!,' " : ' "":"r "
tunes grew and swelled to proper- Mr r,mwn Mas fminrl ns manv .,i , for Ral Inger to the extent of
5" ' Mr. mown nas rouna as manj as dismissing oiavis without giving him
tlons that half a Century ago would an onemi.loverl mm. sleenln on Iheia hearln in rer.iv to n,.in.,
catlve.
: 1 It Is human to copy
copyists. Almost every act ln every
human life is an aping of the act
Of some one who is or was. There
may be limited exceptions in the case
of peculiarly gifted persons with
dominant traits, but the exceptions
are so rare that the rule Is a law.
If there is symmetry in our public
'school buildings, there will be sym
metry to a far greater extent In the
after life of those who are pupils ln
them than there will be if the struc-,
tures are haphazard and unsymme-
trlcal. At the moment when Port
land Is planning a City Beautiful, it
is Important that an immediate be-
lfifnt I , 1 I.I I 1 " ..nil III,
. .,,, .ln,h, ' nn- forget the unfortunates, r ew of them ; contribution to the Republican campaign from what lie was, he wasn't
We are all ; roadlng, land grabbing, especially of ,.lb , c,tl ,, ,nl,ir r,:fund. i:, That Haiiinecr is in fsvnr sf.
I V 1 l i , '
.......er uwiu. anu ttnuer a compiais- f wh manknd
ri
have been utterly incredible.
M'here Is this acquisition of vast fhe
fortunes by a comparatively few
men to stop? Will there be any
limit? And if so, who shall set ft,
and how? Can and should any man
be limited In the amount of his
fortune? And If so, how Is this to
steps of a costly Carnegie library, i "Tift was for many years a judge on the
books Inside offered
.Up. e pi'inuiieci to evaue
the charge of unfairness hv the nl.. f
neither sustenance nor work, but the ignorance, with these fa, S and clr
Stone Steps Of the building WPre a i ''..mstances all pointing In one direction,
rest spot, a fact that to Borne extent ;'t"",f' 'V n,lml" bat the charge
, ,. I made hv tongressman Sherwood is not
Signalizes the true value of the ll-jvcry wide of the mark. That Mr. Taft
biary Jihilanthropy of the laird of has. during the first year of his admin
Sklbo. Mr. Rrown found an army i!,t'on. come far short of meeting pub-
Ject, figured it out that the duty
really ralseil.
Senator Allds testified that he has
no recollection of the source of J2360
which he deposited In two banks within
a montli of the adjournment of the New
York legislature In 1103. or of 11550
which he deposited six days after the
legislature adjourned In 90fi Prob
ably he knows that not a single per
son In the country believes him. Yet
he cannot be successfully prosecuted
for perjury.
and be the nucleus of two fine herds
. Shaniko fitar: Forerunners of the
Immense volume of travel that is to
pour Into central Oregon during the
current year have begun to trek south
ward" Early last week eight covered
wagons in one train purchased heavy
supplies from local stores, and since
then 32 prairie schooners have sailed
from .this port for points as far south
as Silver Ijake. ISfi miles, though some
will lo'-ate near Deschutes rlve towns:
Bnnd. Redmond. Kaidlaw and Madras
IttiHds House for Her Pet Cats.
I KRIIAl'S the greatest enthusiast the
world over regarding cats Is Mrs.
W. Karnes I'olburn, wife of the 'hl-
Mrs. Colhusn's blue rib
bon cats alone number 35. snd she has
a bfr collection of less patrician pus-
be accomplished ? Mr. Cnrnerie and ' , onn .lm(o f nmnim.0j t "" expectations In many directions Is
" 1 i"" i "i"'.' i oHm ll.-H
Mr. Rockefeller and Mrs. Sage have Npw York last summer and
ginning be made in the new school j been giving much away, for cer
Duuaings mat are to be erected. tain purposes; they seem to he seek
AX
EARLY IWG JEVEIA)IMEXT
SCHEME
c
HARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
mat ter.
on every hand but In nn Hi.
00 reg-: rectlon are his derelictions more evl-
iments In F'hlladelphia. The num-rlenced than In regard to the Ralllnger
hers were 200,000 and 100,000 re-
Ing to re-convey to society much of j gpectlvely.
There Is a terrific struggle among
the very humble In every rountry for
survival.
the vast wealth of which they feel
ln their old age they are only trus
tees or stewards. Hut others do not
So It seems to
('. W. SHERMAN, SR.
Irate Frenchman's Demand of Shah.
The shnh of Persia on hls visits to
It takes all the Strength of Prance received many curious letters
feel this way, and seek to keep the Ihe father and mother In the house- Thf' '""owing, quoted In the reminls-
retells In Hampton's magazine j accumulations going on after their ! hold t0 kPpp hParl above wafer. and'. M' Pao" ,n McClure's, i.
um smi), wun, nowever, aeat n. ir some men in 4(1
years In niilllnns if instanees the children "Ti.r.rm. ,
orv, ,..li! ,1 ... j ., ,, . " I ip,... ...i. i.ij Homer. All-
ov,... ainp.uiiBinnis aim aoai-inave amassea nunnrens or millions, art, lufitered into the working army ! - 1902. Your Majesty Yester-
tlonal facts, of the building of the, may not their sons or successors to hPin w.p,, (rip shin from sinkirur ' 'iay' TllPSoay. I was in Parts, waiting
central Pacific railroad, from Gran-i amass billions during the next 40 ,, , tnrtnata ,n havo K;irno nn thl, hHV u, of seeing you
And la It r of ' . " leave your Hotel. That pleasure was
' " " "" is competent ana or mina ror lean- not vouchsafed me
SOClety 10 tolerate this? Are Hot ,.,itl ln l,half nf the banless end
Marck 21 in History Robert Bruce
This so angered the English king
that he sent a large army against
Bruce, routed him, and even followed
him In his flight with hounds, until he
foitnr1 rbfnva it a mall lclaii1 on Iho
he ascended trie throne of Scotland as j ,rish coa(1L TnoU(?n (U.foated. lie was
One of the most picturesque figures
ln Scottish history is Robert Bruce,
who followed William Wallace as the
leader of the people. Today Is the day
Robert I, and wherever you find a :
not conquered, and In a few months
Scotchman his heart beats for the love again took the field, and for three years
nf the patriot, and his whole being I he and his brave followers fought the
ger, Wyo., to Sacramento. He as
serts that the four projectors of the
road, C. P. Huntington, Leland Stan
ford, Mark Hopkins and Charles
Crocker, divided among themselves
In landgrants, government bonds and
bonds guaranteed by the govern
ment, stock and donations, the sum
of $149,000,000, for which they did
not pay one cent. The total gov-
"Rut, on the other hand, a rln set
such enormous, almost Inconceivable ijr Rrown 8 such a man. He should wlth a ulamond. which I was taking to
fortunes a menace to human sociery? be vnry WPl(.ome n Portland
hvery man should be allowed to reap
the fruit of his endeavor. Ills Intel
ligence, his ability; socialism Is no
right, solution of the problem; yet
perhaps It will be necessary to fix ;
PLURALITY CANDIDATES
T
HE DALLAS OBSERVER, an op
ponent of the direct primary
law, says:
I.et us suppose that there Rre
some limit to a person's or a corpora-
ernment subsidy was $60,000,000. i tion's possessions, or eo to tax them
And at that time, nearlv 60 years progressively that acquisition on the 'r'1n Republican voters tn Polk county
ago, multimillionaires were verv I part of a few will be checked and T'Pt "s SHwnse further that six Repub-
Th . , , , I. i i , a, , ' llcan candidates are In the field for
rare. The government issued $16.00-0 I circumscribed In the interest, nay, s,imp ,,m,.p Wlth the primary
In bonds for every mile of valley or for the sake of the very life, of the vote dividi anything like equally
level land. $32,000 for every mile of many. Really, ln Hie ultimate analy- "".ong the six. it would bo possible un-
foothills and $4S,0u0 for each mile sis, it Is the many who have made
through the mountains; hut on many ' these vast fortunes for their pos
tnlles of the level land the company j lessors. The multitude of consum
charged and secured the mountain j (rs have an equitable rebate coming,
land price. j .
u was a great and admirable;
piece of work, but "it was alrfo a
monstrous triumph of greed, fraud
and corruption"; and the blessing ;
to the coast region that the road
Wight have been was made rather'
THE DOWNFALL OF CANNOMSM
w
HAT "CANNOMSM" is, what
its most, objectionable fea
tures are, can be pretty ac
curately comprehended ah-
&' blight because of the closing of'stractly, and ln a broad genera!
the gateway and the policy of cbarg- sense understood, better than very
lng all the traffic would )f.ar There, briefly and specifically stated. The
came the sensational race between ' gravamen of the charges against,
the Central Pacific and the I nion Cannon exnressod in cnmmm,
ulnr phraseology, )H (hat he is In
variably allied with the "Interests."
with privileged classes, tvith those
who seek to use the government as
n moans of Increasing the wealth
and power of the comparatively few
at the expense of the manv; that he
racinc ior government gi'is and for
occupation and control of (ho strate
gic points, and later an adjust merit
ln the Interest of 'the milllonaiie
builders.
Rehearsal of tlie story is of some
Interest' now as showing ul:;; sort
rrf "conservation" and what methods ' directs legislation to the advantage
or aeveiopment tne govnitnent has.
'practiced for these landgrants were
only some of manv, and durin nil
this time it has been the in'
of corporations, great capitalists,
combinations of wealth, and very
highly and unduly piotected con-
i)i uiese great captains or promotion.
construction and finance, rathei ih.nv.
the people's, that have guided the
government. The lands have been
In many rases withheld from set
tlement. or sold on far different
terms from those provided in the
law, and the people have been com
pelled to pay in traffic rates and
Otherwise for vast amounts of bo- self
nuaes and gifts to a privileged few
reis corns; thai he causes the govern
der existing law for a candidate to
win the nomination with less than 300
voles. The successful candidate might
be n man whom the remaining 100
oters would not lie willing to support
f..r office under any condition. Would
such a nomination represent the "will
of the people"? The Observer thinks
not.
This is supposing an extreme case.
It would very rarely if ever happen
that a candidate was nominated by
so small a percentage of Republican
votes. But If the possibility of nom
ination by a small plurality Is a se
rious defect in the law, it can be
remedied 'either by taking a second
ballot or by second choice voting,
the system in vogue in the state of
Washington.
Hut. even if some candidates are
nominated by a plurality, and some
times by not a very large plurality,
this Is better than nominations by a
few scheming, trading and in some
rases bribing "leaders." whose main
object is their own and not the peo
ple's welfare. Arid this is what the
convention system amounts to. It
has always worked that way in this
be repaired, was stolen from me by a
I piCKpOCKtt.
"'1 he ring was the only diamond
which my wife possessed. In conse
quence of the theft, she now posseses
none.
"I put myself the question whether
I could not Indict you before a French
court, as being the direct cause of the
theft.
"I find nothing in our French law
books likely to decide In my favor.
"And so I prefer to come and beseech
you to redress the Involuntary injury
which you have done me.
"A choice stone, which I could have
set as a ring, would make good all thJ.
damage that I have sufffered.
"I am well aware that you must
have numerous and various requests
for assistance. This Is not one of
them.
"But I should be Infinitely grateful
to you if you would understand that.
but for your coming to Paris, I should
not have been robbed, and if you would
kindly send me a choice stone to re
place the one stolen from me.
"Will your majesty pray receive the
homage of my most profound respect.
"G. P.,
"Attorney at Law.
"Barbezleux (Glronde), France."
A Fortune for an Idea.
From Technical World Magazine.
One million dollars more money than
any man can save in a lifetime work
ing for salary or wages awaits tlie
Inventor who can give to the world an
appliance, no matter how simple, which
will consume smelter smoke. Smoke
consumers are used with success in
many of the large cities of our country,
but the smoke In such cases Issues
from ordinary heating plants birrlng
coal or wood. Smelter smoke contains
fumes and gases from the roasting ores
and thus far the human mind has failed
to find an influence that will combat
thrills while recounting his services to
his country.
Robert was the eldest of the 12 chil
dren of the Earl of Oarlck. He was
born July 11. 1274. During his early
years he lived at the court of King Ed
ward I. and It Is said that he even
Joined the English army which the
king led Into Scotland to fight the brave
Wallace.
Put soon after the shameful death
of that chief, Bruce began to think
tnat he would put himself at the head
of the Scots, in order to rescue his
country from the harsh rule of the Eng
lish, and obtain the crown for himself.
He dared not openly avow this design,
because he was still in the power of
the English king. Rut he told a, friend
whom lie trusted all tnat was In his
heart, and this friend, whose name was
Comyn, after pretending that he quite
agreed with Bruce In his plan, shame
fully went and betrayed him to Ed
ward. Edward did not seize him Imme
diately, snd he was warned by the Earl
of Gloucester, who sent him, by a ser
vant, a purse of money and a pair of
spurs.
This was rather a puzzling present,
but Bruce was quick enough to cotnpre-
hefd. and he took the hint Immediately,
shoeing bis horse, we are told, wrong
side before, ln order that any one who
pursued him might think he had gone
in an opposite direction. He reached
Bcotland ln a few days, and under their
new leader the 8cots took fresh heart
and in a very short time drove the Eng
lish into their own country.
English with varying suocess.
At one perldd he was on the point of
abandoning the struggle, but at that
very moment, raising his head, lie saw
a spider trying again and again
to fix a thread for Its web.
Twelve times It failed, but the
thirteenth attempt was successful; and
it at once struck the despondent mon
arch that If an Insect could show so
much perseverance, a man ought to be
ashamed of giving up ln despair. With
renewed spirit he set himself to his
great task, and at the end of three
years almost the whole of Scotland
recognized him as king, when he as
cended the throne March 21, 1306.
Five years later, 1313. the glorious
battle of Bannockburn. ln which a
hundred thousand English under Ed
ward II were defeated by the Scots, es
tablished Bruce ln his kingdom, and
freed Scotland from foreign masters.
Robert Bruce died at the age of 64, In
the year 1329, after a reign of 22 years.
On March 21, 1556, Archbishop Cran
rner was burned at tne stake at Oxford.
It Is the. birthday of John Sebastian
Bach, the eminent composer OHH5); of
Henry Klrke White, the poet (17S5); of
Joseph Vance, the Revolutionary sol
dler (1786 ; of Fitzedward Hall, the
philologist (1S25); of Henry R. Poore,
the artist (1859); and the date on which
died Baron I.a Motte-Fouque. the French
poet and novelist (1843); Robert South
ey, the English poet-laureate (1843),
and Rev. W. Scoresby, the Arctic voy
ager, in 1857.
ment and his party to serve such
;!. privileged and to some ex
ten' predatory Interests rather than
the masses of the people; that he is
arbitrary, nonprogressive and fossil
ized in this attitude.
the prisonous effect of the smoke which
ountry, and there is no assurance, i fi,ls atmosphere In. the vicinity of
nor any means of assurance, that it I ,V' . ,,., , .
. .... ........... irwdia ior ine
will not work that way again If re
vived. Under the convention sys
tem the rank and file of voters have
practically nothing to ray, are not
successful Inventor is no fairy tale or
pipe dream. The big smelting compa
nies of the United States have spent
many times lhat amount fighting dam
age claims or settling with damaged
and disgruntled neighbors. A year ago
the Guggenheim interests, which prac-
considered; but under the nri m a rv
Cannon's chief instrument in do- system thev all have an enual voic
ing this was the houge committee and the nluralitv candidate enmec !' Ically control the smelting trust, nub
on rules, which was nrartlcallv lilm-'or Mn. ihir ,.v,i ! licly oriered -500.000 for a successful
Ho atanlnA '"" "".-- man ally j smoke consumer and the offer was du-
... .... ,u ,uc , n to ne-.otner. plicated, .though unofficially, by the
bill) can members, and thev tiiru t . - .... 1 . .-j ...
In tho Urht nf ih,,co , ,j , " ' iu uiau.i iti.-t-o man is eiectea DJ Anmigainaieu ui'in-r company, wnich
" "D "-." "i niese lacttr, to were a maiortfv of tho fivo- tho inn i . ,f. . . ...
1 " v' din v n )i u ra my ui i ne voies -as I " .... cuwui ,'ihihb
fcrtn sh la fnr i !, 'nlr a i ' '"rt" committee on rules, as long as --and there Is no objection to this
ISiUnme "aj;"y p8r,,y W'1,d : Why Isr't plurality In the primaries
irTZ! 1. 5 . , I ' W"" aln,08t 811 t,owerf"' '-; as'good as ln the election?
more carefuj. In future to guard Islation: could either press a bill -
their, rights and interesta. to pre-1 forward to a vote. dV culd prevent a Canada la this counip-'s best cu
As an illustration of what a costly
proposjtion this smoke business is the
Amalgamated Copper enmpa.ny. or the
AnacondW Copper Mining company
which is a subsidiary concert), is t,till
In the throes of a deadly struggle ith
I POlilan of the nonulatlon atJilontajjA
over the question of smoke damage.
True the company drew first blood
through a recent court decision, but the
people have asked for a rehearing of
the case and ln the event It Is refused
th.y threaten to appeal to the United
Stales supreme court.
Recently an $8,000,000 smelter was
closed by the people of Utah on the
grounds of smoke damage and the smel
ter owners everywhere await wun anx
iety the final outcome of the great Mon
tana suit which will probably be ac
cepted as a precedent.
The Pawn of Empire.
From the Chicago Tribune.
All I hat once was Kaskaskla, the cen
ter fl-st of French and later of British
power In Illinois an3 the west, chief
settlement and future capital of the
state, has long since vanished Into the
maw of the hungry- Mississippi, which
still, unRppeased, gnaws at this shore
and at that, dissolving the land ln Its
tawny flood. But less than 150 years
ago the settlement and its tributary
territory loomed large in the fortunes
of Great Britain.
Today Kaskaskla Is nothing but a
name, and her annals, tnose chronicles
written In the French of the revolution
ary days, misspelled English, or the
Latin of the church, tie ln musty ar
chives In far off Quebec or ln the
vaults of historical societies in various
state capitals. Some must be sought In
the museums of Ijondon and Paris. The
Illinois state historical library, however,
is doing a magnificent thing In select
ing, collating, arranging and editing all
extant documents relating to Virginia
Foss for Cong-ress.
From the Boston Globe (Irid.)
Voters of the Fourteenth district will
shortly have an opportunity to register
their oiinion of Cannonlsm, Aldrlchlsm
and standpattism. The whole country
will await with interest the expression
of that opinion at the balloting for mem
ber of congress March 22.
The Fourteenth is a typical district.
Old colony to the backbone and Cape Cod
in its underpinnings, ft Is thoroughly
American in Its aspirations and Us
enterprises. Composed of communities
which are representative of our national
versallty, Its verdict will be instructive.
Fortunately, the case to be tried at
the polls Is not between persons, but
between principles. The Republican
nominee Is well qualified to sit In the
national legislature. So Is the Demo
cratic nominee. But the Republican
nominee, Mr. Buchanan, represents the
conservative, or reactionary, wing of
his party, a wing which many think
has thwarted and Is still thwarting the
efforts of the American people in behalf
of more progressive legislation.
On the other hand, Mr. Foss, the
Democratic candidate, Is unequivocally
representative of the advanced elements
In both parties.
If the election were a mere local af
fair comment on it might be deemed
superfluous. But it Is not It may
have a national significance. It doubt
less will have a state wide Influence
Its result will proclaim Just where
Massachusetts stands in the national
contest between reaction and progress.
Wis hope she will stand, as she al
ways has for progress.
sles who receive as much loving cure.
Each of the SO odd cats in her posses
sion Is known to Its mistress hy name
and pedigree and each of them shows
by Its delighted "meo,ws" and purrlriKS
It also recognizes Its benefactress For
her prize cats. Mrs. Colburn recently
had built a modern seven room hcupe
with every luxury known to architect
and designer. It Is fitted up wltu
specially made brass beds, richly hung
with silken draperies snd lace curtains,
each Just big enough to hold one of the
blue blooded creatures in comfort. An 1
In every room is a well nigh Inex
haustible supply of thick, luscious
cream.
H
A Turkish Girl's Life.
THE first twelve or thirteen years
of a Turkish girl's life are not dif
ferent from that of any other girl.
She plays with children of both sexes.
Turks and Europeans. The instant.
however, that she becomes a woman
and tnkes tchirehaf tbu loose out r
garment which conceals the figure her
companionship with boys ends. She no
longer accompanies her father or lslts
that part of the bouse c;illed selatnlik.
where the men are. ijhe lives In tin
part of the house called haremlik. and
begins her education as a woman. Sh-j
learns what Is expected of her as Ulster,
daughter, wife and mother. Sh- Is
not deprived of her European friends
nor of the. chance of making new ones.
She Is permitted to study and to go
about freely, although always veiled and
attended.
K K M
A Itiee Dish.
fpO PREPARE rice as It is cooked ln
1a French convent, noil nan a pounn. jr
drain and dry It. Season It with avi
level tablespoonful of butter ana a
pinch each of salt, pepper, mixed herbs
and a little parsley. Add a flaked,
dried haddock, which has been soaked
and dried. When th fish and rice have
been tossed thoroughly together turn
over the mixture a white sauce sea
soned with grated cheese and mixed
with hard boiled eggs chopped fine.
Snrlnkle with buttered crumbs and
bake for half an hour.
Delicious Macaroni.
A FAVORITE way of cooking maca
roni in northern Italy Is to boll it
tender ln salted water, drain It, add
consomme and cook until the consomme
Is absorbed. At the last a teaspoonful
of French mustard mixed with a table
spoonful of butter, four tablespoonfuls
of grated cheese, onion Juice to flavor
and pepper are added. The mixture is
well blended and is then oovered with,
buttered crumbs and baked.
At Sund
unaown
(Contributed to The Journal by Wlt Maanu,
the famous Kansas licet. His prose-poems -re a
regular feature of this column iu The Pally
Journnl. )
When the sun of your life's going
down in the west, you'll try to recall
all trie deeds that were best, for soon
at the seat of the Judge you'll appear.
to give an account of your stewardship
here. Each day you are doing sonic
thing that may ?eem as smart and as
brilliant as any man's scheme; per
haps it will gain the applause of
the town, but how will It look when
the sun's going down? Each day yo-i
are striving to build up your pile, and
maybe resorting to systems of guil".
and when you are asked if you think
It is straight, you have your defence
and begin to orate: "There's fierce
competition, and men who would win.
mustn't be too afraid of the shadow of
sin." That logic may do in the loud.
bustling town, but how will it lobl
when the sun's going down? You'd
like to be good If you only had time.
but you are so busy pursuing the dime,
that helping your brother or trying to
cheer the grief-stricken pilgrims now
Journeying here, is merely an impulse
tnat comes but to fade; there's only
one. temple, whose Idol is Trade; and
there you may grovel for ..wealth and
renown but how will it seem when the
sun's going' down?
Oopyrtjrht. 1910. by
6orc. Matthew Adams.