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IS lVt'CfENPENT NEWSPAPER. -
t- S. JACKSOX rublUhff
f..ishM err evening (errant Sunday) and
err fiicdiT nrnr-nlne at Tha Journal Bulld
lni, Hitii acd l'arnblll atreeta, Portland, Or.
rnlprpd at the pontofftee t Portland. Or., fnr
trshsmission UirouKh tha malla aa aecond-clasa
mutter,
TEI.EPHOXES Mnln 7173; ITome,! A.60M
All opaTtainta r-h1 by lb- -number,
lell tha. operator what department joo fant
rriRPinv. anvrRTisiNfl REPRESENTATIVE
ff-nlsmtn A Kentner Co., Bnrnawlc FulMln,
J:'5 Fifth aronne, Kew York; 1O0T-08 Eorce
6iitwrr1ptkn 1 nn tr mall or to any addresa
In th tutted State. Canada or Mexico;.-
DAILY. ' '
One year. ...... .15.00 (One month........! .90
. i ' STJXDAY. .1 V
On rear... .....(2.50 t One month. .SS
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
On year ..$7.80 One month I .AS
The evil that men do Uvea after
y- - them;.
The rood is oft Interred with
--Shakespeare; ' Julius Caesatf.
NOT GUTLTY
IT HAS been Judicially determined
. that a court of justice ir not a
harbor of refuga for Kiernanism.
Iflg not an asylum to which men
whose acts call down criticism can
. run for shelter. Nor la It a tool
to be used by Kiernanism to muzzle
free speech. ( All thia la meant by
.the prompt dismissal last ; night - of
the so-caHed contempt proceedings
In which It was sought to find The
Journal guilty of contempt of court.
Like Its Buit in court against the
i Broadway bridge, the so-called con
tempt proceedings were an attempt
by Kiernanism to use the court for
personal ends. The underlying pur
pose in the suit la to defeat the
bridge. This was established In
court by Mr.- Klernan's . declaration
on the witness stand:, "I have done
all I honorably could to defeat the
Broadway bridge, and I intend to
keep on." The contempt proceeding
was an effort to use the court , to
mm I rV TVia Trtfn a 1 rt c o v f n cr In ifa
columns ' exactly what Mr. KJernan
admitted in court.' In the eyes of
the law, contempt of court is an of
" fense agajnst the bench. v In this pro
ceeding, It was an : offense' against
Klernanlsra.- In real contempt, it. Is
the Judge or the prosecuting officer
that moves in the proceedings. In
this case It was Mr. Klernan as prin
cipal and Mr. Dunlway as his attor
ney that made the complaint . and
pushed the case. No district attor
ney or other officer of the court ap
peared as assailant of The Journal.
It was . Kiernanism arrayed In the
livery of. prosecuting -official , and
rolling Its innocent "eyes ln'a pious
pose toward high heaven that sought
'to close The" Journal's mouth and
shut off honest criticism of one of
the most notorious instances on rec
ord of private and petty obstruction
to a great and vital " public enter-prlse.-;
.., ... -".,' -; ..' . ,
I This attemptjo muzzle the press
eo that Kiernanism would ', have; li
cense to. go on with Its -obstruction
; with Immunity from criticism should
be of value to the people of Port
land in revealing the true .Inward
ness of this opposition to the JBroad
!way bridge and Portland's" progress.
.'jit should give them a clear view 'of
just what Kiernanism" means. The
; verdict In Judge Morrow's court dis
missing " the Kiernanlzed ' contempt
proceedings shows the Impatience-of
the courts with , Kiernanism, 11 an-
'other confirmation of the Just and
righteous character of the Judiciary,
and ' a judicial affirmation that
speech is still free, that the- consti
tution still stands and the' flag still
" means what It ; symbblizes.
EXrifESS COMPANIES VERSUS
THE PEOPLE
"I
P THERE is an industry in the
country that needs attention
from : representatives of the
pudiic interest, it is tne ex
: press business," says the "Chicago
! Tribune.!, Recent disclosures of "mo.
y,uii.a, calui liuuq auu ; Uie-
'crimlnatlona ought to arouse, public
opinion and launch effective action
; In the direction of regulation . and
control." -i v x- H
The most effective means of curb
ing these combined, grasping, "ex
tortionate" monopolies, the Tribune
: points out. Is the parcels post. Free
delivery of malls has proved a nxeat
-success and benefit to the people;
- so would ; the parcels l post Some
country , merchants and those . of
Email towns' have epoken "in opposl-
" tlon W It, but they'have done so be
cause they; did not understand the
Stthjcc v,:'Tii opposition,"- - the
Tribune says, as The Journal has
repeatedly shown,-"is mistaken.. The
parcels post" would not take trade
away from the country merchants;
It would give them trade. Their rnn.
tomers would buy more freely. If
.. mere were tetter facilities for the
delivery of goods." The country
merchants ; who are onDostne this
measure are merely playing into the
canas or me express companies.
Every congressman at lenuf
every one la the least degree fit to
be a representative of the neontft.
knows that a parcels post would be
a boon to mlulons of iDeonla'and
would Injure nobody but the express
companies, that are making net prof
its of from 45 to 125 per cent a
year on tneir investments by "ex
fortlonate charges."
Then why don't alleged "repre
sentatives of the public . Interest'
pass a parcels post law? Why doesn't
the prsJdont advocate It In a ring
insr sr-erial mrsshee? Whv doesn'-
. ,1 H.Jl-t If l.VA i In JOi . A M i tf i it T.t VI .
ibat every other civilized-govern
j-.'nt hns Eivcn its pronle a par
""Tw'v; TurAf . In Postmaster General
V.' "!-"-Vo-'s time, tbrre ere four
reasons; now more, are e'.gnt -me
express companies. ' These monopo-
polistic. extortionate concerns have
more Influence ,'w,ith. alleged "repre
sentatives of the public interest
than nearly all the rest of the peo
ple have',' than justice and public
welfare have.
Did you ever hear of Representa
tives Ellis and Hawley advocating a
parcels post or postal savings banks
No, and never will, until Cannon
pasges out the word that they may
do so. Whom then do they -repre
sent? Not the people of Oregon, but
the .express, companies and the
banks. How would it do, then, to
let the, express companies 'and the
banks vote for1 them and .th rest
oi ine peome : vote lur nieu wuu
might truly represent them? ,.;
ASTRONOMERS AND THE TAIL
T TOW HAVE the mighty fallen
M meaning .the astronomers who
foirwWks had been telling all
us people who' haye-iiqreat
telescopes "and but little astronomical
knowledge that the earth would tmss
through the comet's tail Wednesday
afternoon olrvening. Now" they say
It didn't';; but as they: had, told us
that nobody wonid see or feel any
conaefinencea of the occurrence, how
are ; we to be sure that what they
predicted did" not, occur? If they
could only, have consulted together
and i agreed that thia happened as
foretold.- nobody else ' would have
beeri the wiser, and the astronomers
would not have been discredited.
- The explanation Is that the com
et's tail has a "lag," which swerved
or delayed it from keeping Its en
gagement according to predictions.
We thought at first that there, had
been a misprint, and that "lag" was
intended for "Jag"; that the .trouble
was that when the tail on its joy ride
came near the. earth It -had become
hilarious and got off its courses but
the star, doctors do not confirm this
view, .and "lag" will do very well.
The comet's tail may well be tired
by this time; not" only ffom traveling
so far without any apparent purpose,
but also because of all the alk that
has been, Indulged. In. 'about it .
BUt let us not be anything more
than ' facetiously- critical of the as
tronomers. They probably made a
pretty close guess, and what little
information t most of us have about
the heavenly bodies is due. to them.
In all ages, since history began and
even before, the students of the stars
have " been enllghteners of the peo
ple and leaders of Intellectual prog
ress. - - - -
A LEGISLATIVE LIMIT
REPRESENTATIVE SMITH has
discovered, a new vineyard In
which ,to havgf the congress of
the United States work. . His
bill makes it unlawful for prize fight
news to be . transmitted from.' one
state to another," It Is of course
founded on the Interstate commerce
clause ' of the federal constitution,
and is a proposal to carry that ppwer
to lengths that the framers of - the
constitution never Intended. Already
this clause has ; been '-stretched ; and
strained unduly in , the passage : of
measures by which the .federal gov
ernment Interferes extensively in af
fairs that are ; purely local to the
various states. If there . were no
other objection, this alone should be
enough to kill the Smith bill. .
But even a larger Issue is the
question of how far 'government
should go in regulating the personal
and moral acts of the citizen. If it
can forbid him from reading prize
fight news, it can prevent him from
picking his teeth with a jack knife
or her from , wearing a C.hantecler
hat. It it can regulate reading. It
has equal warrant for control of
eating, sleeping and the character of
clothing to, be worn. If congress In
tervenes to prevent Oregon, ox Kan
sas from being contaminated by Cal
ifornia's pugilistic news, we shall ex
pect to 'see the , highest legislative
noay in me , wona .regulating tne
length of bed sheets, the eating . of
onions by barbers, the indulgence in
gossip at pink teas and prescribing
the "etiquette of. the ballroom.; And,
ff we snail come1 to these ends In a
government of regeneration and reg
ulation as given down to us at Wash
ington, to what limits of benevolent
bossism shall be not be carried by
our governors, in the city of Port
land? ',..
OX TRIAL
HE PEOPLE of Portland are on
trial. If a . publje j vote ; on a
pending issue means anything,
It means that the ultimate In
authority has been called upon to
decide, the verjlict is to be final, and
that there Is to be no. further ques
tion. But . here in Portland we are
confronted ") with the extraordinary
doctrine that the city council has the
power to review, revise and reverse
such a vote.1. Not ' only Is the claim
set up that a mefe council has-the
right to review, revise and reverse a
public vote, but, six councilmen by
their votes have actually attempted
to carry their propaganda Into ef
fect. Not only have they (Tone 'so,
but the mayor of Portland, by, veto
6f the docks ordinance, has actually
reversed a public vote, in which .the
whole body of citizens acting in con
cert, returned a verdict In'one of the
moBt emphatic majorities ever given
in Portland. .
. Outside of Russia there Is not a
king in Christendom who would re
fer an issue to the citizen body for
decision' and thjea deliberately re
verse the verdict &o. reached." It is
even doubtful if the czar of all the
- R natrt a-worrl d "Bfnme" ant hfrrlty-eo
supreme. If the will of the mayor
shall stand as a reversal of the will
of the lawful majority of the citizen
body, what Is there left In Portland
of -the forms, of law," and of what
possible value la any public vote on
a pending measure? -If the Simon
Ized councilmen shall persist ih
making this veto of the mayor ef
fective, a precedent will be estab
lished to he effect that the mayor,
or the council Is not subject to the
forms of law, and that th,ey bave
full right to review, revise and re
verse any and every act taken by the
electorate. In the face of such a
precedent, what use will there be
ever again In Portland to submit anyj
measure to the public for a decis
ion? . Of what value Is such a
public decision if either mayor or
council have the right and authority
to. reverse It? - : . , . ,
The people of Portland are on
trial. It is simply a question now
of whether they are capable of gov
erning themselves or whether they
must have persons In the city ball to
benevolently boss and govern them.
It Is not a question of docks, vital as
docks are, but a graver question1 of
rights. If the public permits this
veto to stand a precedent is set In
which ; the -mayor and council are
above the law, bosses of the , elector
ate, and the people are Incapable of
directing their affairs -or enforcing
their will. .
WnAT IT MEANS
I
T IS ALMOST Incredible, but we
all know that a foul murder was
committed . at : Colvllle, that
every detail of the tragedy of
poison' reeked with .suspicion, that
the most powerful indicting evidence
was presented to them, and that the
authorities,-until driven to'.do so by
publicity,, refused to prosecute. It
Is '. most ' extraordinary that la the
face of so majiy convicting circum
stances, officials charged with the de
tection and ; punishment of crime
could have, remained so long Inac
tive. ' It raises the question of how
many crimes go undetected and un
punished through the Incompetency
or dereliction or . ornciaiaom. n
raises, also, the qu,ery of what steps
can be taken to secure a more ef
fective and dependable discharge of
their duty by officers entrusted with,
enforcement of laws against murder
and other crimes. It recalls .vividly
the disagreeable fact that the United
States stands at the head of the list
In homicides. Our total of homicides
runs as high as 10,000 per annum,'
while! the average In Frahce, with
nearly half bur population. Is 847,
In England S18 sai Germany 667.
The per cent of convlctlona In Ger
many is 95,' in Italy 77, in Austria
70, In Belgium 80, in Spain 66, in
France 70 and in England 50. The
startling contrast . appears with .the
United States at the foot of the list
with oniy 1.3 per cent of convictions
of homicides tried. It means that
while, we convict but 13 murderers
in every 1000 Germany convicts
950.-,
At - Colvllle - the mother Ht the
murdered wife, armed with copious
and powerful evidence began, the
day after the J uneral, to urge Invest
tigatlon upon every officer who
would listen. - Constables, sheriffs,,
coroners, prosecuting attorneys were
appealed to In a campagln that was
not given up until the mother: had
toiled at it futllely for-five months.
All stolidly refused to move, time
Bped on and the body with Its con
tent of poison administered by the
husband and the ex-convict, was
turning to its original dust.. The
Woodmen - were- Boeusplcloua that
jbey refused a day or two softer the
murder to pay the insurance, but the
authorities whose business it to
BiispecLjcould see nothing suspicious.
The final verdict on the first ballot
of guilty, brought , about by . The
Journal's publicity; shows how Im
portant It Is In this country to pre
serve the liberty of the press unim
paired. When t has come to the
pass that a paroled convict, can enter
a home; can,, with the consent of her
husband, spend two nights Alone lh
the room with a -wife made irrespon
sible by Slow poison; can, with the
husband, give this poison-dazed wife
enough strychnine to kill a dozen
people; and then, through the Inert
ness of officialdom, be Immune from
punishment, it is high time for the
voice of a fearless newspaper to be
free. ' 1
FAIR RUSIXESS PROSPECTS
A'
N AGREEABLE feature of the
New Tork stock market during
the early part of May was the
large purchase abroad of Amer
ican . securities,- prlnclpallyjrailroad
bonds and stocks. The ; estimated
aggregate of such investments is
1'20,000,000, and this" money will
afford much relief. The favorable
bjalance of trade, very: heavy for
years past, has disappeared, and
while kthere, is no panicky feeling,
shlpmenta of gold to square an un
favorable balanee would have caused
financial forebodings.' Prices of agri
cultural products have been so high
and until, recently with a continually
rising tendency, that producers have
not sold to so great an extent as
usual, but the' movement of surplus
products will now be freer,' because
of the' approaching harvest. , " Com
modity prices are declining in all
lines, but Only moderately. The high
cost of living agitation ' decreased
consumption somewhat,", but there
will apparently' be a good demand
for . all remaining stocks and for,
the new harvests. The reports of
damages to crops la. the, middle,we$t.
and east seem to have been a good
deal exaggerated. ' Much aggregate
loss was doubtless sustained, but the
general crop outlook Is fairly satis
tacttrryr'.with" nTrrcrage"Tnro"jn,Ti'ff "
country'tnay be'sure of another pros
perous year, for, as Henry Clews ob
serves; "Thfr crops are the . key , to
tl,entlre situation financial, Indus-
trial and commercial." Everybody
depends finally on the farmer. He Is
j the backbone of all business. And
the. Pacific northwest farmer, ac
cording to the present outlook, will
gather a greater harvest and enjoy
more prosperity this year than any
other one in the country.
TANGLEFOOT
.By Miles Overhoft
"Now Tommy," said tha teacher, '"what
Is it that you get ,
When you've been mean and naughty,
which makes yo'ur parents fret?" '
"I'll te't you. teacher, Tommy said, and
tha room was still as death,
"When dad Rets through with me, why
I get nothing but my breath."
BUT IT'S NEAR THE TOP. " ,
'There'B a man who began at the, bot
tom, has always stayed at the bottom,
and yet ho ls.one ,o our jrreateet.finanr
ciai successes," eald the man who was
always figuring out things like that,
"No! 'Why.' I have been led to be
lieve that aoocesa waa only at th top!"
replied his friend who didn't really cars
much about It, .. '.: , . '
"Not In bis ease.. Tou see ha sells
strawberries, , He gets In his work at
the bottom of the box. He says as long
as he can attend to that part of the
program ho cares not who eata the
shortcake." , '
PEACHES AND CREAM.
"Don't those puffs set off that lit
tle peach, though?" remarked - a guy
who hd ,an eye to beauty.' He really
had both eyes for beauty but ho waa
afraid to. risk but one.
"Oh, is she & peach?!' replied his wife..
Then sarcastically: "In that case, I
suppose they must.be crea.pi puffs, eh T
I understand they Improve peaches."
"Slow horses and fast women;"
The women set the pace;- " v
Though tha horses die of glanders,
It's the man "who'll lose the race.
The armless wonder 1 took, a pen . and
wrote a simple line;
Twas neat and clear chlrography, the
shading, too, was fine.
Now Patrick, standing by the man, ob
served the wonder do It
He says: "He scribes a rotten hand, but
he. writes a dandy fulL" ,
The coal fields at thi South .Pole
are not only being conserved, but they
are preserved In Ice, . '
- .' Council Crest. , : ' .
Portland. May 20. To the Editor of
The Journal An article written as if
an editorial, on the front page of last
night's Evening Telegram, is of such a
nature It should call for the unquali
fied disapproval of every one In the city
who reads ft newspaper. :. Jt seems more i
the expression of such an lndeceney-s
it decries rather than the impartial
attempt at correcting an abuse which
becomes a great daily newspaper. As
to tne truth of the matter, I will not
deal,. That is a point which tha ownars
and the "ruthless plunderers" should,
and J have no doubt will, take up. . I
have visited Council Crest more than
once, and I still hold myself In the class
of decent people which this newspaper
says will hot be found there a second
time, and I should think every person
who spends some of his leisure mo
ments in innocent amusement on this
beautiful spot would greatly resent this
slur on his decency-. No one is compelled
to spend one cent on Council Crest, and
I am sure those who do, feel they have
their money's complete . worth. 'Also,
this "ruthless plunderer" was ; kind
enough to open his observation tower
free to anyone on the night Of the
comet's transition across the sun.
I agree that the city should possess
this place, ' should - have' possessed it
when for a reasonable - sum - It - eould
have done so, and I happen to know that
for a period of some years it was con
tinually importuned by the .owners to
do so, and refused. Under such condi
tions I consider it an affront to the
rights of a property owner to allow
such an article to be printed, "and even
if such things did exist, they would not
be so debasing to the morals of the
young people of pur City , as this dis
graceful article, firlntod where thou-
BBnJ. '..J.. J ft 1 "I 4.
could not . Help but read it This arti
cle, headed "A Foul Blot on the Face
of Decency," is indeed a foul blot on
the face of a decent newspaper, which
ought to, be an ornament to our city,
but which, through such vulgar, passion-inflamed
articles,, can only become
our disgrace. " v ... - H. 8J;
Onr German Citizens and Prohibition
Portlahd, May 20. To the Editor of
Th Journal Your erytorUU entitled,
The Overflowing German . Hive" brings
forcibly to mind the fact that tha Ger
mans have for some years formed but
a small part of the . tide of European
Immigration into the United States.
It is not too much to say that there
Is no Immigrant more welcome among
us than the German. - The crying need
in America is more men to cultivate
the soil. - The pressure of the tide of
immigration upon the large cities must
be relieved If we are to remain In the
position we have so long occupied by
supplying foodstuffs to thft peopled, of
the- - old -world."-- Our "agricultural pro
ducts must Increase in greater ratio
than they have of late years or our
economic problems will otherwise mul
tiply. None , can be of greater asBlst
ance in th solution of those problems
In America than the German. -He is
agricultural. , He is Industrious. Ha is
frugal. By education,, training and In
stinct be is fitted for the new doctrine
of Intensive -agriculture which the
farmers of America have bo long neg
lected. Neither WU1 he rob the" soil
without giving' back td It its meed of
restorative nourishment, i'TrT o
Intellectually, the German is a valu
able addition to any community. Ho
will fight for his liberties, as quickly
as the most patriotic American. He is
of the sturdy,- consistent mentality
which makes strong men.. He loses no
time In becomirtgv a citizen of the
United States, and while he never loses
his love for the Fatherland, Jt is here
that he makes his home. : a ,
Why has German Immigration1 to the
United -Btatea fallen to such inslgnifi
cant proportions? For one reason the
uermany , of tne present decade Is a
different Germany from that wlllch ex
isfed when German Immigration to
America was at the flood tide. Oppor
tunity for the individual increased
with the forward movement which has
placed Germany in "th front of all
other European countries. The. cofldl-
ttonsexisting in Germany during 1846
nave Deen enangea. , ioiay . every tier-
man, ejther -at home or abroad, takes
an honest, justifiable pride in ; the
progress Germany has made. '. .'.'.V:
Another reason is the spread of pro
hibition,, .Ui. United States., Prohl-
Letters From the People
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGS
Old mothrr earth will race her founds
for a long time yet.
"
Still, a funeral la not exactly Roose
velt's favorite function, . -
For a thing composed of nothing the
comet's tail causes a great deal of talk.
..vf .......... nac, nr. a 111 in . j. in i ri i,
but she was aa harmless as the tail of
' ' ...
Now that the comet has nassed hv.
nobody will be afraid to look at It If
an opportunity occurs.
Almost an old hill will suit th
president, so that it can be said that
Republicans agreed on It.
A ViAvlnMln. amiU V. ' . J -
j b,iiiiiii. vvu.u iivvo uucu iiinug
with that $600,000, and then the people
could have decided about more.
Hyde's lawvers ranspd t.h lurnra tn
cry, but. they brought In a verdict of
first degree murder all the same.
As soon as the comet Is' out of the
way, people can devote their whole at
tention to the Jeurles-Johnson fight
NO-Shlrt ran Into iha mnnntnlnai .rnfht.
than have his censui taken. Perhaps he
thought the census taker was a woman.
TS' Tacoma tn hava m. nnlov TPnnrtVi
alone?" asks tha Ledo-nr. AVhv nnt'
Hasn't Tacoma enough people to make a
noise? ..... .. . 7 , . . .
The Oree-nnla A umnrMia mnt if V
Kerby testimiwy-and- the Balllnger
Thomson correnDondenciL It hia tn
stand by the Qnggenhelms. , '
Uncle Sam Is arolnir tn ttiUnm thm
ff his paper money.. Most people find It
asy to reduce the else of tnelr "pile" of
money, especially If it Is a very small
pile already. -. .
Seattle ywlll grow xsome alrlglit, for
many years, but all Indications are that
It will gradually fall behind Portland
from this on. This 4a the right site for
the big city of the Pacific northwest '
;' ' j - . -r-.. : V
A fep'ort published Friday VaysV just
now earth, sun. comefa head, tall and
'"lag" are In the same place. We have
tried to believe everything the Bky
sharps have said about this old comets
but can't stretch our credulity to the
point of believing that eaith, nun,
comet's head, tall and -lag" were ''all In
one place." This Is "too, too much." -
Most of the astronomers admit that
they were mistaken -about the earth
passing through the-comet's tail Wed
nesday evening, and that they really
don't know anything about that wide
spread but tenuous object Hereafter,
therefore, the common herd down on the
ground will be slow to accept all the
astronomers theories. i - ; 5 ,
May 21 irTHiatory-
One of the most Interesting charac
ters in history Is Philip II ofr Spain,
and quite the most interesting figure
in Spanish annals. . Late on the after
noon of May 21, 1527, Philip of Austria
first saw the tight In Valladolld, the an
cient capital of New Castile. ' An over
powering sense of the' greatness of his
coming destiny pervaded the birth of the
emperor's first born. His mother had
ordered her face to be hidden from the
light so that no Involuntary sign of her
pain should be visible -while her' babe
was brought Into the world. To the re
monstrances - of p her attendants, who
urged her not to repress the natural ex
pression of her sufferings, the empress
replied; .
"No: die I may, nut wan x win noi. -
And not In the gloomy old palace
alone was ths Importance of the -event
Impressed upon mankind. The ruin that
extended empire Was destined to bring
upon Spain had riot proceeded far
enough to be recognised by the citizens
Of the street . - -
Throughout Philip's life fate decreed
that bis brightest hopes should end . In
gloom and disappointment The demon
strations' of Joy. that heralded his birth
were silenced by the dread news that
only two weeks before (May 6) ths em
peror's troops had sacked Rome.' In a
moment the rejoicings ' of Valladolld
were turned Into mourning. i -
The education of, Philip, during the
absence of the emperor from Spain,
from August 1520, to May, 15 J3. was
confined to the, empress and to one of
her Portuguese ladles, Leonor d Mas
carenhas. Philip was a preternatural
ly grave and silent child with fair Tink
and white skin and silky yellow hair.
The gloomy etiquette of the Castilltan
Court, the atmospher of grim devotion
that surrounded tha empress,, and., the
ever recurring suggestion that his father
wax entraeert In a struggle on. the-slde
nt Cint aeainst - the powers of evil, I
struck deeply Into the nature or tne
child. He was a descenoani ox a nno oi
religious mystics,, some of whom had
crossed the borderline of Insanity. He
bltioni-a greater Insult to the aver
age German than it is to tne average
American, . because- for centuries the
moderate use' of mild stimulants has
been a matter of course- in his country,
and drunkenness is , almost unknown.
Great as Is the love of the German for
hia kaiser,, he would not remain kaiser
If he promulgated or endeavored to en
force such a law as prohibition. Tem
perance as practiced by the German
and the "temperance" meant by; -the
prohibitionists are as wide apart as
the poles.- It is certain that Oregon
need expect no German ' Immigration
worthy, the name If the radical meas
ures to be placed upon the ballot by
the prohibitionists should carry, and
while the ' prospect of their becoming
law is most remote, nevertheless, this
is an added reason for 4ts overwhelm
ing defeat. Oregon needs development,
not prohibition. - O. E. F.
-''V- n "sir fun-.---'' " f
Glavls' Attorney, L.' It. Brandcis.
- From Hampton's Magazine.1,
Louis D. Brandels works for the pub
lic simply from conviction that some
body ought to. He is Instinct with the
publlo conscience. He, understands the
publle Interest, and he fights for it from
sheer love of fair play, of the, fight, and
of the opportunity to use his powers..
Born In Kentucky a' little over 63
years ago, Mr. Brandels was (educated
in America and German universities,
being a law graduate of Harvard. For
31 years he has practiced law in Boston.
He attained success, - even distinction,
early in -his career; and then an ab
normal and Interesting idea got posses
sion' of lm. - He explained it recently
somewhat thus! .' "I had done pretty
well In my practice, and in getting to
gether enough worldly goods to assure
against want; and then It seemed to me
I ought to do something for the publlo.
I have been trying to do it"
Mr. Brandels' way of doing something
for the publlo has been to arouse the
public to do Something for itself. His
first great fight in Boston, some 10
years ago, or cheaper and more honest
gas is an illustration. Boston's gas
business was, outrageously overcapital
ized, the gas was high priced and in
ferior, and the situation was altogether
bad. Mr. Brandels hired a hall and an
nounced that he would talk on the sub
ject. The people came and were Inter
ested. He moved off to.another part
livered another speech! and he -kept at
i it until he had' made fin issue of gas.
The people ' were aroused, and then
Brandels was ready to carry the fight
up to the legislature. He got the legis
lation he wanted, and-today Boston, as
NEWS IN BRIEF
Or.EGOX SIDELIGHTS
A Canvon C!tv ' radish Is S',4 inches
"arcund the waist."
Tree near Grants Paes contained ripe
cherries on May 1.
More street work is being done in
Marshfleld than ever before.
"Bully for the bltullthlc boulevard,"
exclaims the Salem Statesman.
There will bo a great crop of wild
plums in Summer Lake valley.
.
Honorable R. A. Booth will not be a
candidate for - governor, says ' the Eu
gene Register, '.
' J
Womert of Greater Medford club
made over 1000 on their Sunday edi
tion of the Mall-Tribune.
,.','. . ' '.; )
. A La Grande '. young -. woman Who
climbed to the belfry of a school house
to see the comet, broke one of her legs.
!..'-' : r.i i (,.,
Sunday's Medford Mftil-TrlbUne. three
sections, wait gotten out entirely by
Medford women, and they made a fine
Job of itespecially In getting lots of
big, fat advertisements. . '.
' Not In many years has there been
the quantity of snow in- the mountains
of southern Oregon that there is the
present season. As a result the Rogue
river Is from eight to ten inches higher
than for several years past at,thls time
of year. - .. "... ' . ,
- Vernon Hastings Is probably the
youngest man in the county to be doing
business for himself, says, the Klamath
Herald. Two. or three years ago he
bought 80 acres of land and has a house
and barn built en it' This year he has
rented and Is farming the Hank O'Brien
Jilace, putting In a good sized crop.- He
only 18 years old. -
i i -'....v - l:y : -
:Aecordlnj; to reports made to the
master fish warden there were 17 tons
of steelheads caught) at the mouth of
the Rogue last autumn. There were
Tactically three tons caught at Grants
Pass last season, making a total of 80
tons, which, with the average weight
Of the fish, means from 15,000 to 20,000
steelhead trout seined for commercial
Surposes. This explains whv trout are
ecomlng extinct in thoavRogue river,
says the Medford Mall-Tribune.
,-,-'.-;,:.. - ; .'gl.,:r f. .';j.:;3:.;-T,..l'l,..y'1.?
Fossil .Journal:.: The weather la still
'made to order,'' and crops are growing
splendidly. Bunch grass on the range
Is as fine as it was In the good old days
tha pioneers tell, us about,-when they
used to cut It for hay. j It certalply does
a man's heart good to see his pasture
waving in the wind like a field of grain.
Haying has commenced on Pine creek,
from - a fortnight to a month earlier
tnan usual, and the crop U very heavy.
The. fruit crop, also a bumper one, has
passed the danger line from frost
PLilip II of Spain
sprang from the union, of first cousins,
land the curse of epilepsy was tn his
blood. It Is not wonderful, therefore,
that the effect of his ancestry and bis
surroundings were , visible from his
earliest years. ' '
At the age of IS he lost his mother;
She had borne the emperor two other
sons, both of whom dted of epilepsy in
their Infancy, jio that Philip remained
the sole heir of hS father's-greatness.
In the autumn of 1542 the Dauphin,
with an army of lOJioo men, overran
Rousllllon, which then belonged t the
crown of Aragon, and besieged Perpig
nan. , It was his Initiation In warfare,
but" he saw no. actual fighting, for
Henry of Valois abandoned the siege.
The prince was barely 16 years of age
when -fee was entrusted with Charles'
Secret system fcf 5 government,' which
thenceforward became his own and
swayed most of the actions of his life-.
On January 14, 1668,' the orowns of
Spain were transferred to , Philip, and
Charles - remained emperor -v only In
name, the most powerful monarch In
the world. But he fought his way along
to his own death and the almost total
ruin of his nation. His defeat by the
English at Cadis gave the last blow to
tfce naval supremacy of Spain. Suffer
ing Intense agony he was carried In a
Utter to the great granite palace, the
Escorial, on which he had squandered
vast sums wrung- from his miserable
people, where he died, on September 13,
1398.. V'
On May 11, 1894, the- Manchester ship
canal waS opened and St Helena was
discovered. In 1501. It U the date on
which the head of the department of
agriculture was made a member of the'
president's cabinet In 1888. . It is the
birthday of Alexander Pope, the poet
(1688); Bryan Edwards, the English
historian (1743); Reverdy Johnson, at
torney general under Taylor and Fill
more (1786); and upon which Robert
Harley, prime minister under Queen
Anna, dWd .Itt ,1724, and Dr. Thomas
Wharton, British poet. In 1790.
a result of that fight, has cheaper gas
than most eastern cities.
t That Is the Brandels way to make the
campaign before the people, strictly as
a volunteer; then to carry the fight to
the legislature. ' He -next took savings
bank Insurance; and obtained efficient
legal "reforms. He got ; the Massachu
setts legislature to pass a new anti
merger act under which the New Haven
road is prohibited from actually merg
ing the Boston & Maine Into Its own
system, but permitting the New Haven's
holding in the tatter's stock to be turned
over to a holding company. Under this
act the two roads' must, be; operated
independently. The New Haven la pro
hibited from exercising any control, di
rect or Indirect, , over the Boston &
Maine. ; ,, -k-i :: , V V'V '':.
, Then Brandels, meddler in things
which,, being of concern td everybody,
are widely accepted as of interest to no
body, got into a national struggle.. He
took up the question of limiting thb
working hours Of women In factories to
eight hours per day-Hls measure has
been considered In a number of states,
and wit.9 interest has been aroused in it,
Illinois passed the law, and It has been
carried to the courts in the effort to es
tablish Its uyonstitutlonalitr, Brandels,
of course, ,1s the counsel supporting the
statute, He expects to win the case, and
to see similar ( laws u passed in other
state's In the near future. , , . ' pa
This has not kept him too bssy to
serve as counsel for Louts It. Glavls In
the Balllnger-Pinchot fight of the peo
ple to save their public domain, , ,
v , , ' Portland Boy's Success.
- ' The . Fort Worth Star-Tel.egram has
Inaugurated a new ; Sunday feature
known as the Sunday Sandwich, edited
and prepared by Heppner Blackman, the
Star-Telegram's current event cartoon
ist ' '.' '.- ''.
Mr. Blackman went to the Star-Tele-gram
two years ago-from New York,
where he drew the "Epitaphs For Live
Ones" series for the Evening Telegram,
"Rawhide Bill" for the Evening World,
etc-, ., and is ' regarded as one of the
best cartoonists in the southwest espe
cially along Industrial lines, and his
"eyelash" cartoons have been the sub
jects of favorable editorial comment
in Texas.
: He is also the owner of the Star-Tele
gram cartoon service, through which he
serves some IS small .weeklies and dal
lies .and the Dallas TIms-Horald with
Some' of the Democratic leaders" of
New Jersey are now talking of Presl-,
dent Woodrow Wilson of Princeton uni
versity as a candidate for Unltet) States
senator - - ,
rails and Fashions.
KKU' YORK. May 21. An inspec
tion of tho materials for spring
and summer wear shows that cer
tain old time, reliable materials
have returned under new names,
particularly anion? th rrmirh -lnth '
and basket, weaves. The feature that
commends itself to many women is "the
fact that the rough weave in these ma
terials is so evident that it serves for
decoration, and therefore requires very
little other ornamentation. Simple braid
ing designs or . buttons are generally
sufficient for the morning Kire68, while
the square meshes of those coarse fab
rlcs form excellent; backgrounds upon
which designs In cross stitching, dono
with woolen or linen threads, may be
added. ,
The girdle belongs at the normal
waistline at present and there is reason
to believe that that will remain its place
during the summer , season., But It Is
impossible to forecast where the belt
will be placed when autumn comes. The
girdle may be plain, folded, embroidered
or clasped with one of the marvelously
wrought metal buckles of oriental de
sign. - The tendency of the girdle Is
to widen or to. be pulled to a greater
width In front after the line of the
empire. -This ia the ; first faint sug
gestion of -a1 return to the empire out-
line in women's apparel.' and Polret, the
Parisian modiste, is responsible for it
tn his continued adherence to the Jose
phine garb.'
Everything clings, and the skirt will
not widen out below In Jts outline,
but has rather taken on ft barrel like
tendency to widen through the center
and narrow In 'toward the feet The
deep hem, varying from nine to 18 In
ches, does duty here, either as a weight
to draw down, the skirt Into clinging
lines orjis aband into which to gather
the Tullness of the gathered Skirt
Necks, it Is needless to say, are left
collarless, and the plaited Pierrot frill,
though objected to In many ! cases,
comes to us as a distinctly new Parisian
note, This collar fullness is absolute
ly the only fullness on many of the late
Paris blouses , which are, made In one
piece, with merely the underarm seam
to shape them and without a vestige of
ornament except a sleeve finish and a
neck finish in the -event of the abandon
ment of the fluted collar. ; ; r
The latest advices from Paris Indi
cate that the else of women's hats is
slowly but steadily increasing and thero
la good reason to belleya that some ex
tremely large hats will be seen during
the latter part of tha summer. Hat
materlala are of , unusual beauty and
variety this season. TfaU is particu
larly true of the straws and braids.
One may find anything from the coars
est and roughest, of straws, which, are
nevertheless of admirable lightness and
luster, . to the finest and ' supplest ,f
gauze braids, and all of these in such
awlde and beautiful range of coloring
as haa never before been equalled,
- Leghorn of the finest quality Is enor
mously successful and Is used for every
type of model from the severest street
hat to the most elaborate dress hat
Black lace,' usually Chantllly, Is asso
ciated with leghorn In many of the most
charming summer, hats, veiling .either
crown or brim, put on , In big bow or
scarf drapery, facing the brim, etc. The
white laces on the order, of Chantllly
are also much used with leghorn. , -
" Good looking tailor hats of a popu
lar shape are . of rough - white straw.
The crown Js covered with black satin.
The wide white brim rolls up ft. little
to the left of the front and Is held
by a square button or mould covered
by the black satin, which In 'turn'
holds a small ornament or cockade of
black feathers. These little feather
trimmings, hardly more . than a tuft,
are a novelty of the', season and there
are all sorts of feather tufts or heads
from which spring long; slim feathers
n ...U1a Th. oh.o..- tm .J. ...
orlte for 'such ornaments because of
its beautiful coloring and very often
such a slender pheasant "fancy," aa the
modlBh feather ornaments are called. Is
the. only trimming on one' of, the severe
hats with front or side roll.'
Black and white Is also a favorite
combination for the big roll brim sailor
which Carller Introduced and which bids
fair, to have great popularity. It , Is
perhaps not so generally becoming-'as
the old time straight brim sailor, but
this is because it Is worn so row on
the head and the hat Itself Is of more
gracnui nnes man is mo arraign onm
model. The brim is wide enough to
shade the face If worn fairly well for
ward, although toward Its edge It rolls
upward for about three .Inches.
All kinds of straw are used for this
sailor, but some Of the prettiest are
In a very flexible though rough white
straw, with wide black velvet ribbon
folded around the 'crown' and three of
the large feather pom poms, two black
and one white, poised at the left front,
quite high against the crown. -'
; Flowers are extensively used on all
kinds of summer hats and, as a rule, ,
the larger the hat. the smaller the flow
ers used for trimming. Lillies of the
valley are extremely popular. They are
used in bunches on large flat hats In
which the white tone , predominates;
Then, again, the lilies are fashioned In
to an entire crown on . large lace or
straifr BrJapeSjWhen combined with pafs
green leaves they occur, on turbans in
fascinating cabochons. - Tiny roses, forget-me-nots,
violets, tlhy corn flowers
and fine mignonette are also used on
many models. , ", ...,!.. ;.,' .:;
Lace vellg dyed to match the color '
of the hats with which they are worn
are the latest; They are not pinned In,
nuwovor, pui, nana; down airaigni irom
the brim. 'tfejv ,,: 'kj, y.. ,
Shoes have- fancy , buckles Of' some
kin,d and are worn with gaily colored
stockings, either plain or embroidered,
. . FLORENCE .FAIRBANKS,
After tne Weddingf
(Contributed to The Journal by Wilt Miicd.
thefnnioua Hainan poet. Ilia pron-poma nri t
regular teoture of this column in To 'Dallf
Jouraal.r , -,. .. . . ,
The wedding-day is bright and : gay,
the bride ia blushing like a posey; the ,
happy pair are free from care as on
their honeymoon they mosey. A little
while they live on smile,. and glance, and
whispered J adoration; but , honeymoons
pass by eftsoons, and then there comes
a strained relation. The husband sighs
when eating s pies suggestive of-some
kinds of leather; he gives a whoop when
taBtlng soup that makes his lnstdes run
together. He never thought before he
brought the' blooming . damsel x to the
altar to ask if she could cook bo he .
could eat her i grub and never falter.
The bride is filled with grief and chilled
with dread: the skies seem dark above
her; he stays away for half a day, and
doesn't ewear he'll always love her.
Have patience, thoughl This phantom
woe will pnss away, as they grow
younger! The , bride will bake a
dnzzllntr cake, nnd nln tn cmr,ti, t...
husband a hunger!. , And he will learn
to pause and turn, when leaving for his
dally duty, and tell his wife that she's
his life, his solace and his dream of
beauty! ' -. ;'' r; . ....
Copyright, ISIO, r f . Jf)y "
Ocorta Matthew Ad.ircr