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home, j-:' i " ' "' .
" Ry srigr-l hands to valor given!
Thy stars have lit the welkin
dome,
And all thy hues were born In
heaven. ,
. Joseph Rodman Drake.
TOOZE'S CALL
HIVING BEEN appointed pre
cinct chairman tip in the green
hills of Falls City, Polk county,
Walter Tooze has called a prei
cinct assembly to "assemble in peace,
harmony and enthusiasm", to elect
delegates to the county assembly at
Dallas. June 22. The divine affla
tus was upon - the Honorable Mr.
Tooze as he dipped his pen in the
ink pot, and painted the glories of
the assembly to his waiting fellow
citizens. Hear him: "For this great
purpose you are called together on
the evening of June 22 and it. you
value prosperous ; conditions and a
more -magnificent commonwealth,
with the grand old flag of our na
tion unsullied through all .times and
the mighty principles of the great
est party ever known in all our his
tory maintained in all their Integrity,
you will be present to do your duty."
Unfortunately, at this point the
afflatus gave out, and the torrent of
assembly eloquence ceased its mighty
flow. Had the afflatus, the torrent
and the ink held out, we can safely,
imagine that the great color sergeant
of assemblylsm would have added:)
- "Why, fellow citizens, under Jef
ferson, 'an anti-assembly insurgent,
this nation could only muster a pal
try five million souls. It was an in
significant country without railroads,
without telegraphs, telephones, elec
tric lights .or trusts. . Today, my
friends, under the benign influences
of assembly rule, ;we number 100,
000,000, we are ( bounded on , the
north by the aurora borealis, on the
south by the southern cross, on the
east by the rising sun,-and on the
west by the day of judgment." Well
may the poet sing:' ' , ' 1 '.
And I doubt not through the' agesi one
eternal purpose runs, . - . ,
The assembly system widens with the
,,. process of the suns.- ' i-
(Great and prolonged: applause.)
"Ah, my fellow citizens, well may
we; exclaim union and liberty,' - one
and inseparable,., now and, forever,
and as the last rays of the setting
suq kissed the folds of the stars and
stripes, a federal office holder quiet--
ly - whispered the figure four and
three ciphers into the ears of one of
our noble legislators and behold, a
new assembly senator wag ' born."
; (Great and prolonged applause.);'
TO ATTACK PURE MILK
AN ATTITUDE of hostility to the
pure milk .ordinance of Port
land is displayed by the but
. ter board. The air is thick
with reports of resistance the board
will offer in order to kill the or
dinance or render it inoperative.
Before a fight is begun against
pure milk regulations in Portland it
will be well for everybody to take a
look at the record.. Eighteen chil
dren under two years old died from
bad "milk in Portland during June
last year, and 10 morevwere killed
In the same; way during July. In
August the death roll was appalling.
One child died for every two born.
One was killed by bad milk for every
three born. The births were 154,
the deaths 75, and of the 75, 67, ac
cording to the public records at the
city hall, were killed by impure milk.
It was a record of infant mortality
greater than In any city of Portland's
size in the. United States. It showed
that there was less protection for lit
tle children from impure milk than
there was protection of apples from
apple scab or hogs from cholera. In
Chicago ...with its ; great population,
congested quarters, poor water and
great heat, the child mortality was
only3S4 percent. Portland's, with
far 'cooler cMmate, smaller popula
tion and water of incomparable pur
. ity, was 50 per cent. The gentlemen
of the butter board will profit from
a ntudy of these figures before they
make an attack on the pure milk or
dinance. . '-,
' And while the board reflects on 1
these death records, it will be well
for the , people of .Portland to recall
certain incidents. Let them remem
ber that doctrine enunciated by the
dairy commissioner that, "Of 10 gal
llons of tuberculous milk, five fed to
boss will kill them, and five fed to'
children will fatten them. An equal
ly interesting recollection for them ls
the declaration of that dairyman who
was supplying milk to Portland fam
ilies: 'The dirtiest dregs in the can
tire the healthiest milk to give chil
dren," a "declaration that was ap
plauded to the echo at a dairymen's
moptlng. Remembering these most
fclffnlf leant utterances, and. reraem
lif ring JaM, . August's death record
.AiaomioflUiid children, tha fathara
nnd mothers in Portland homes will
note with very, great Interest any
hoBlila action the butter board may
rink on the pure ..milk ordinance. It
will b'?o cause them to be interested
in what the city hall Is doing in the
enforcement of the pure milk ordi
nance. .Pure milk for Portland Is an
issue in which Portland citizens will
make no compromise nor take a
backward step.
ANOTHER PROTEST
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JIT DO not its advocates real
ize the utter futility of their
assembly folly and abandon
it? The protest against it
is going up all over Oregon and it
Is good Republican protest. Here is
the solidly Republican Tillamook
Herald saying:
"What is to be gained by the as
sembly? It la Impossible for the Re
publican party to. gain anything by
the assembly pr convention plan. We
have control of nearly every office
in both county and state and It would
be .hard to imagine a party more
6trongly entrenched in power than la
v'the Republican party of Oregon. It
is true that occasionally' a Democrat
is elected under our present primary
system, but then it will be remem
bered that it was no uncommon
thing for a. Democrat' to be elected
under the old convention system,
"Now then, when we consider the
present , flattering condition of our
party, why should we enter Into a
proposition thai cannot possibly give
ris 'more control of county and state
affairs, but, on the other hand will
cause the estrangement of many old
tried and true members of the party.
Just to satisfy the desires of a set
of 'has beens' . In Portland who are
not able) under present conditions, to
-use . us as though we were wooden
men."
; No clearer or sounder statement
of conditions has been presented. . It
is a truthful and exact reflection of
the situation, and without a flaw or
fault. It Is expression of the very
thought that is ' uppermost in the
mind of every rational Republican
in Oregon. What is the use of try
ing to force upon the Republican
party a policy to which nine tenths
of the Republicans of the state are
bitterly opposed? It is an Insane
plan that will only bring division,
distraction, and disruption to the
party, a party that ever since the
direct primary went Into effect has
been In perfect peace. Why attempt
to force the party into a crazy pol
icy that brings it face to face with
threatened ruin? Why stubbornly
Insist upon a party career that can
only end in party suicide, party dis
aster and party defeat?
. The Tillamook paper . points out
the reasonable and rational course.
The way to save the Republican par
ty is to beat assemblylsm in its mad
attempt to foist ' upon the party a
mongrel convention masquerading
under the name of direct primary.
. OREGON'S SENATORS
HE tall tower says the Oregon
- senators are no good, and-that
an assembly must he held , to
get better ones. ' Most "people
think the Oregon senators are doing
tnlmfifw -nraTiTf Tt-i a t-liraii an1 Vi n
K; to senateom e
house with no appropriation for the
Willamette locks. The' Oregon sena
tors at once had the $300,000 for
the locks Inserted, passed it through
the senate, foughl It through the con
ference committee, it passed the
house, and the locks will he taken
over by the government.
The public buildings bill passed
the house without, any reference to
a Portland postoffice, and went up
to the senate. - There the Oregon
senators got busy, the Bourne amend
ment of $500,000 for purchase of a
site was added and adopted by tho
senate, if it passes conference and
the bouse, the money , will soon be
available. , ;,
The deficiency bill passed the
house without any appropriation for
Oregon's Civil war claims, and went
up to the senate. When the bill had
been, argued, and was about to go to
a vote, Chamberlain moved an
amendment appropriating $198,000
to Oregon la ; payment of these
claims, the senate adopted the
amendment, and the appropriation
will come to the state if the amend
ment can be pushed through the
conference and the house.,
In all, the two Oregon senators
have secured about $1,000,000 by
amendments in the senate of appro
priation bills originating in the house,
where all appropriations are sup
posed to originate. Getting a mil
lion dollars extra shows that Oregon
has a far weightier influence in the
senate than In the house, and pos
sibly we shall not require the assist
ance of the assembly. Indeed, in
what way would "quietly whispering
the figure four and three ciphers into
the ear of a legislator"; and thereby
electing a senator give us more In
fluence in the federal senate?
COMMENCEMENT AT U. OF O.
t
HE MOST successful year in the
history of the University of Ore
gon came to an end with this
week's commencement exer
cises at the institution. ' Besides the
graduations in law and medicine, the
degrees conferred include 17 bache
lors of science, 8 masters of art and
76 bachelors of art The class is a
handsome contribution to the citi
zenry of the state, and a good in
fluence for shaping and guiding the
destiny ; of the commonwealth. The
culture, polish and substantial intel
lectual attainment reflected in the
76 A. B. degrees can and doubtless
will be a powerful agency In con
stantly lifting the Intellectual, civic
and moral tone of the state. There
4-n-place of infinwicw'aTidTrgmglniucli In' uricTvTnzedrreWseveiat
ror every university graduate' if
w,ithin the man or woman there Is
proper fibre, The polish and breadth
Of mental process brought about by
1 1 several years or mental training Is
a long start in the world race for
position and personal power. It is
"a personal asset that time cannot
lessen nor thieves purloin. Vigorous
application of it to the alternatives,
exigencies and problems of life is al
most certain to spell success for the
Individual and advancement for the
state. ' '-
States endow their institutions of
higher learning on the theory that
profit will come back in a more en
lightened citizenship, and the splen
did tear and superb class Oregon
university has given us is token that
the Institution Is 'meeting, faithfully
its part of the contract.
On, FOR LANE! '
W
HILE these bestowals of. -'wa
ter, front upon . the railroad
company are pending, what
a comfort it would be to
Portlanders to have Harry ; Lane
again in the mayor's chair. Not
with his consent would the gift of
streets at the intersection of Adams
and Oregon have, taken place. Not
with his consent would we have had
the .spectacle of the railroad build
ing .piers on the property in com
plete defiance of , the : referendum
against the vacations with its more
than 6000 signers. Nor would Mayor
Lane, when a citizen Bought by ar
rest of the company ; to have1- the
merits : of the case tried ; out in - a
court - of Justice, have encouraged
the railroad in 4ts defiance r of , the
referendum by Instructing the deputy
city attorney not to issue a warrant.
Nor would there be the slightest
prospect that Mayor Lane's consent
could be obtained for the crowning
act of gift-giving to railroads in the
proposed bestowal of the equivalent
of 14 blocks of water , frohti In the
very heart of the city. Nor would
there be the misgivings, the turbu
lence and the threats of recall among
the citizens .voiced at public meet
ings and everywhere rampant in this
town. The streets are the public's;
no government has a right to give
them away without the public's con
sent; ; and that is what makes of
present conditions in Portland with
a railroad defying the- referendum
and the mayor aiding and abetting,
a spectacle to make thinking men re
flect. Oh, for a few, if only'a few,
days more of Lane at the city hall!
MOODY'S POSSIBLE RETIRE-
r
HERE IS a prospect that it may
fall to President Taft In the
near future to name another
Justice of the supreme court
The lndlcatl6ns are that Justice
Moody 'a health will not permit him
to resume his seat on the bench. The
possibility creates a further complex
ity in an already complex, situation in
the,, court Three great national
cases involving profound legal and
constitutional Issues are pending 4n
the court, and are set for hearng
early this autumn. The cases are
the suits against' the tobacco and
Standard Oil trusts,' and the case, of
the corporation tax, and it is known
. seven surviving Justices
who heard argument on the ; two
former cases stand four to three. It
was on account of this division of
view and the desire of the tribunal
to have a full court in attendance
that the rehearing was ordered. The
present condition of Justice MOody'B
health and the probability that he
may never resume his place on the
bench creates a situation of some em
barrassment. A plan has been sug
gested of having Justice Moody re
tire on full pay so the president may
name a successor in time for the
hearing of the . three cases men
tioned. Justice Moody is supposed
to be one of the Justices who hejd
with the government in the tobacco
and Standard Oil cases. ,
THE BOY MAYOR
D ... WORTHIER appeal can be
made to Portland than one in
behalf of the boy. On him the
future state must rest The
boy mayors of today will be the real
mayors tomorrow. The activities of
the coming week will set many a
youth to thinking along the lines of
government and civic responsibility.
The 80 bright lads, who ; have been
nominated .by their schools or by
their friends for the boy mayoralty,
as well as their supporters are cer
tain to receive impressions that will
havtf profitable fruitage later on.
. But back of all' this is the broad
purpose"; of providing ' a home for
homeless newsboys,' and for turning
the "public tmind Into thoughts T of
how fares it (with our boys, There
Is no nobler I activity1 and no more
profitable field of endeavor than ap
pears; in these . two propositions.
There is nothing to appeal morlto a
city's pride, or to,: reflect' greater
credit upon its civio and social life.
"A child shall lead us," is a passage
In that Book of all books, and how
fitting then for ua all to aid in giv
ing hope, and help to that child
and all others. Why not give the
newsboys a club home, and why not
encourage boy life in the' boy mayor
activity?- . ,
IN ONE WEEK
I
N BUT a week 12,000 signatures
have been secured in Portland
to the petitions for the initiative
amendment authorizing counties
to issue bonds for the construction
of roads. Perhaps the celerity with
w,hich the signatures were secured
means that we are at last alert to
the importance of civilized roads.
We ought to. be since they knew as
much in Rome 2000 vears seo. and
centuries ago.
. The bonding amendment ought to
pasBj At ought to. be unanimous.- It
does not appropriate money
It does
not issue bonds.
After it Is passed,
a vote of the people of a county in
approval will be required before a
dollar in bonds can be issued. The
point of the amendment Is that it
gives local self government to each
county with respect to floating a
loan for roadbuilding. It gives to
each county the power to provide the
roads and let the residents of that
county each succeeding year pay
their portions of the cost. Since
those of the particular year in which
the roads are to bebullt will not
have all the use of the roads all the
succeeding years, should not those
who subsequently settle In the coun
ty or are born In the county help
bear the cost?
The proposition is one of com
plete equity. It is a Just and fair
plan. Its purpose Is to increase the
comfort and facility with .which we
may all pass from one place to an
other, to Increase the comfort and
facility with which the farmer may
pass from his home to town and
back, and to ' increase the comfort
and facility, of 'country . life, of city
life and 'of all life. There Is, no
more pressing issue in Oregon than
the ' perfection of a road system
which, by its present ' inadequacy,
costs ; the state ' $2,000,000 every
year. It Is ' almost Incredible that
any citizen who - gives , thorough
study to the plan and what It means,
can cast ' a vote - against the road
bonds amendment ; - - ' - "
Letters From ttePeople
OregonJan Seeking to Mislead.
Condon,' June 21 To the Editor of
The Journal: The Orcgonlan of June
20, oontalns an editorial headed "Demo
crats Still 'Playing- the Game,'" That
organ of the Interests In its ganje of
fostering the assembly plan Is now- be
coming desperate, as it dally sees more
plainly that its pet idea is meeting with
hearty disapproval from the voters of
this state. So this mouthpiece of the
professional ' politicians is resorting to
every scheme possible to swing senti
ment in favor of the old time boss-ruled
convention system. Among these schemes
it sets out In glaring scareheads the
"evil" of the direct primary system, in
that -Democrats, will 'register, as '.Re
publicans for the purpose of making
easy palling for Democratic candidates.
The writer-does not admit that the
Oregonlan ever told the truth, concern
ing politics since that paper came Into
being. - But, for tho sake of argument.
if the Oregonlan is right about such
registration, is there any logic in as
cribing their motives to 1 purposes of
furthering the Interests of their own
party candidates? - I make " bold to
charge that if such registration is
really made by Democrats, It is dono
through the Influence of such Repub
lican politicians as are advancing - the
assembly plan, with the hope that Jt Is
a long chance to pfay their game in the
primaries as iney aia in tne gooa oia
Loton-Stmon days. In order to thwart
the will of the majority of honest Ra-
publlcan voters, at the primaries, they
will persuade Democrats to "perjure"
themselves, -by calling their attention to
the fact that their party, is hopelessly
in the minority, tc., and making them
soe that they can do these Republican
politician friends a"favor.?. i ?
No doubt, it is the Oregonlan'i aim to
make Us readers believe that a return
to the old cauous-convention system is
tho ."remedy." Did Democrats ever Vote
in a Republican caucus under the old
system? Couldn't the Oregonlan go back
20 years and find that perhaps one or
two of what it Is pleased to call Demo
crats took Just a little part In ' tha
boodle campaign of Lotan and Simon?
In my native state, Michigan, in the
'good old days" of the convention. I
have seen Republican bosses - capture
delegation after delegation by packing
the caucuses with so called Democrats.
Even now in that state under the make
shift primary law, that the legislature,
controlled by tho Interests choked down
tho people's throats to disgust them
with the primary idea, the same trick
Is carried on in a lesser degree, but it
is promoted by the leaders of the Re
publican factions who seek to control
the nominations. . , .
Tour space is too valuable- to permit
me to go into this matter so as to more
fully expose the fallacy of the state
ment made by tho assembly sheet Suf
fice it to say that the Republican voters
of Oregon need have no fear of their
party's disruption because of the regis
tration of so called Democrats as . Re
publicans. For any voters who are .dis
honest enough to so register and so vote
on primary day, they can be as well be
depended upon by Republicans as by
Democrats on election day. Thus far,
the few Democrats who - have been
chosen to public office have been the
unmistakable choice of the whole people,
thanks , to the progressive constitution
and laws of the grreat state of Oregon,
which 'the Oregonlan and assemblyites
are not going to overthrow by - their
false alarms over the "dlsrupfBin of
patty." D. J. KAVANAGH.
Took Step-fathera Name.
Portland, Or., June 25 To the Editor
of The Journal rln your issue of June
you published an article purporting
to narrate proceedings had before the
committee of the Bar association in its
investigation of the attempt of Howard
Guilford to bribe Juror Barton, and you
state that during the .: investigation
Juror Barton testified that he had served
in th Philippines under the name of
Carter and that- -"why he changed bis
name is not known." This last state
ment is erroneous. Mr. Barton ex
plained to the committee that his step-
ratners , name was carter, and that he
enlisted under that name for said rea
son. . '. '-';- ;-i
Mr. Barton voluntarily appeared be
fore the committee, and we therefore
consider it proper-for , us to see that
he is not placed in a wrong light . '.
A. C. SPENCER, Chairman.
School Election In St Johns.
To the Editor of The Journal The
election for school director In St' 'Johns.
came off on Monday, the 20th instant
There were two candidates in the field,
vis.: W. H. King and F. P. Drinker of
the First National bank, with the follow
ing result: King, 62 r Drinker, 170.
Mr. King Is a good man. but he was
prevailed upon to run by the old gang
which has been dominating the politics
of this city for 'so long. This is the
second time they have met their Wa
terloo, and the next victim has already
been selected for the slaughter. ; From
now on the people- are going to run the
politics of the town to suit themselves.
. . READER
The Test of Endurance.
From the Los Angeles Herald. .
Editor Herald.' Our nation" has not
yet reached the supreme test of wheth-
I er the government of the people, by
fwre7rafthdffrC"We haveot
yet Deen put to the test of all th -consequences
of blindly vdeallng with the
criminal , combinations - of corporate
wealth which seeks- .ah , uncontrolled
and unregulated mastery .of the great
economic industrial interest! of the na
tion regardless of the unmistakable
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Now comes the big harvest
. .,
For emperor of the world. T' R.
,
Every capable man can find work.
.
It's a mighty good world, if you only
think so.
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No, we don't know who's going to
t governor.
Let the people rule; that is the im
portant thing.
Nothing that the people want is un
constitutional. It will be an assembly of, for and
by Joe Simon.
' Really, every wedding is more pretty
than any preceding one.
Los Angeles is a bl- town all right,
but it can't play baseball.
. Airships, to the average pedestrian,
are., preferable to automobiles.
iS, -f V:,:5" v ' ; i;,'.'.-. --vV,.-.
' Of course.San Francisco will pull off
the big Panama Canal exposition -
.Though Teddy's back.' they are still
Kicking about the weather back east -
v.-. .' ,. , .' ,..
- Have you rot your ticket to Reno, yet?
Fine place, Reno. Great occasion, too.
tiL -w: i .-. ; -,v . - v -.- -.
There is this good thing to be said
Of soma woman: thnv Ann' I car in an
fishing. ;. .
-"How long, O Lord, how long." ex
claims the Boston Globe. This about
the horrible winter weather back there.
Coma to Oregon.
. Some of the agony portraits on the
front covers of the monthly and weekly
periodicals are absolutely horrible. The
people who per-trate them should be
In the penitentiary.
.
. Important special news: Roosevelt
went to bed last night slept, waked up
this morning, ald hello to his folks,
and said that sometime this summer
he might go fishing. Don't tell 'this,
please.- '
June 24 in History-"Battle
On June 2'4,J14, was fought the fa
mous battle of Bannockburn, , between
King Edward II of England and King
Robert the '- Bruce . of Scotland. The
English king was not as wise and as
brave a man as -his fethei. He. was
influenced by unworthy favorites, and
for that reason he allowed Bruce time
ta, collect r large force and thoroughly
fortify himself against the English,
while he indolently looked on.
. When Edward found one place after
another falling from his possession he
assembled one of the greatest . armies
which a king of England ever com
manded. There Were not less than
100,000 men. " --
On 1 the other side, Bruce summoned
all his nobles and barons to Join him
when be heard of the great preparations
which the king of England was mak
ing. He was only able to muster to
his support about 80,000 men, but then
Robert was ...one r.qf th most experj gen
erals of his time, and he had good
officers under him. ;
Bruce studied how he might supply
by ! address and stratagem what he
wanted in numbers and strength. With
this purpose in mind he led his army
down into a plain near Stirling, called
the Park, near which, and beneath U,
the ' English army ,, must ; heeds pass
through , a boggy country,' broken with
watercourses, while the Scots ocoupied
hard, dry ground. He thenr caused all
the ground upon the front of his line
of, battle, where cavalry were likely to
act to b dug full of holes, about as
deep as a man's knee. They were filled
with light brushwood, and the turf was
laid on the top, so that It appeared a
plain field. ,
When the Scottish army was drawn
up the line stretched north and south.
On the south it was terminated by the
banks of the brook - called Bannock
burn. Bruce rode along the line of his
army. He told them he was determined
to win the battle or lose his life,' and
those who were not willing to do the
same should withdraw before the fight
began.
On June 23 the van of tha English
disaster to the rights and Interests of
the ' people a disaster 1 consummated
through a gigantic system of 4 occult
evasions, violations and infractions of
tho law.
We have not yet been put to the
test of all the consequences for that
blindness of the executive authority
which ' sees not how flagrant are the
criminal Invasions and violations of the
federal statutes enacted for the pro
tection of . the rights of tho people in
their contests with the skillful agents
and political emissaries of predatory
wealth, t:. (07 , ..... ..
. The day Is coming, however, when
this government must meet the logical
consequences of Us failure to bold cor
porate and private property in absolute
subordination to the sovereign author
ity of this natlpn.
There is one force In . God's universe
without Which this government will fail
to meet successfully the complex dan
gers as perilous as the hlddenfocks
in the mariner's highway that 1 one
fores more than anything else this na
tion must ' acquire before ' we ' are
equipped . to successfully - combat - the
perils surrounding the perpetuity of
this government that force Is an ac
tive, militant moral courage a moral
courage that gives a potent and effi
cient sanctity to the president's oath
of office and holds him responsible to
our people for the faithful administra
tion of the laws, as expressed In the
federal statutes, against the gross and
powerful offenders of the sovereign au
thority. We have reached a pivotal period in
the history of the gdvernment of the
people in which it has to be determined
whether the feudal forces of medieval
civilization rich in the spoliation of
the1 people shall usurp the exercise of
sovereign authority and reign supreme
in the interests of corporate wealth,
or whether the government of the peo
ple, by the people shall continue to
rule and administer the criminal stat
utes which are indispensable prere
quisites for. the preservation ahd per
petuity or tne government of the people.
The magnitude- of this peril is meas
ured by the magnitude of the political
power and corruption inherent- in thel
criminal combinations of corporate
wealth which have accomplished and
now hold in: iron 'hands the absolute
control of the American senate, the con
gress and the cabinet a peril before
whose grim torrent of ruin the Hebrew
commonwealth, the Roman tiommon
wealth and the commonwealth of Eng
land went down in the full bla-e of
their meridian splendor and commercial
glory.
If this mighty commonwealth is to
escape the perils that have proved fatal
to all other popular governments it 'is
because it will find its deliverer in the
heroic character of Lincoln, Jefferson
or' a '-.Roosevelt, as chief magistrate
luae or soul, whose love, of Justice and
whose patriotism compose the mighty
bulwark of the executive department
Of the government of the United States
,and sweep away, Ihe degradation of a
vacillating fealty1 to a political machine
which 'takes' refugo behind the coloosal
a i- i i i . .. .
uiiuu wmcn prociauna mo. ouDUe pur-
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Oregon cherries fan't be beat the
world around.
,
Likely to be some Important building
developments In Salem before the sea
son Is over, says the Statesman. Big
things in the air for this city.
Street paving work begins In Rose
burg again before July 10, and our
paved area will be trebled before win
ter comes again, says tho Review.
-
Lane county's big cherry crop is dis
tributing a good many dollars among
growers, pickers and packers Just now.
And the value of this crop will grow
every year, says theGuard.
Soon the heglra to coast and moun
tain resorts of Lane county begins; says
the Eugene Register. 'Few countries
wherein are combined all the features
that make life worth living and such
as obtain In this favored section of the
west . - '
:
' Jacksonville Post: No. the sidewalks
are not built yet; but the surveys are
finished the specifications drawn, and
the ordinance, providing for ' their, con
struction has passed its first reading.
The sidewalks will come -in time,
"'.;';'''',' ,;.,; V-- V..;;.'.'-j, i-.-.-V-'
A Klamath Falls.- man who has ,,been
to Burns states that throughout that
entire country, business is lively and in
anticipation of the coming of the rail
road everyone is happy. The country
is settling -up very rapidly and new
people are coming in in large numbers.
.- . ., is - ..
Gold Hill News: - Some wonderfully
rich rock was milled at the Lucky Bart
on Sardine creek Thursday. It came
from Dr. C. H. Smith's Corporal O. It
went over $150 to the ton. Large speci
mens of the ore are exhibited in AVil
liam Pauley's window, which are much
richer than that
..... ..... . s-V:, ,
Merrill Record: There are four busi
ness women in the town of .Merrill. All
three hotels are -owned and personally
managed by women, as Is also the local
newspaper. There is also a woman mil
liner who has her place of business in
her residence, while one or two wives
of business men take charge of their
husbands' stores In their absence.
of Bannockburn ,
army came in sight and a number of
the bravest knights drew near to see
what the;. Scots were doing, Tha next
morning . the battle began in terrible
earnest. The Abbot " of Vlnchaf fray
walked through their ranks barefooted,
and exhorted them to -fight for their
freedom. They kneeled,- down as he
passed an prayed to heaven for vic
tory. Kint Edward, - whosaw this,
called out: "They kneel down they
are asking forgiveness." "Yes," said a
celebrated Elgllsh baron, "but they ask
it from God, not from us those men
will conquer or die upon the field." .
On a sudden, while the battle was ob
stinately maintained on both sides, an
event-happened -which decided the vic
tory. The servants and attendants on
the Scottish camp had been sent behind
the hill for safety. But when they saw
their countrymen, getting the worst of
tho fight they rushed from their places
of concealment with such weapons as
they could get, and tho English see
ing them come suddenly over the hill,
mistook this disorderly rabble for a
new army coming up 1 to sustain the
Soots, and losing all heart, began to
shift every man for himself.' Edward
himself left the field as fast as he
could ride.
Tho English army was entirely rout
ed,, and never before . or v afterward,
whether in France or Scotland, Tost so
dreadful a battle as that of Bannock
burn, nor did the Scots -aver gain oris
of more importance. Many of the best
and bravest of the English noblUty and
gentry; lay dead on tho field;. a great
many mure were made prisoners, and
the whole, of King Edward's immense
army was dispersed or destroyed.
. On June 24, 1795, Jay's treaty with
England was ratified by the senate.
Today Is the birthday, of William Hull,
brigadier , general of the Revolution
(1763), and of .Henry Ward Beecher
(1813). It is the date of the assassina
tion of M. F. 8. Carnot of France, 1894,
and the date of the death of Vespasian,
Roman emperor (79); Bishop Isaao
Barrow (1680), and Nicolas Harrison,
historian (1720). ; ; - : -,:
pose of a criminal oligarchy to be the
political principles of the ruling organ
ization in control of the government of
tho people at Washington.
I predict that the will of tne highest
dispensation will" give this nation a
chief magistrate whose oath of office
and whose rugged manhood will prove
a terror to the moral and political coun
terfeiters a terror to ;the malefactors
whose corrupt political ' conquest of the
government is denounced by tha people
who demand immediate restoration of
the government, to its constitutional en
forcement through the instrumentalities
of the laws of a sovereign people who
more and more discover that neither
age nor wealth ia the test of the endur
ance of their government, but that
equal and exact Justice to all offenders
of the sovereign authority are results
which the government of the people
must achieve at whatever cost if it is
to grow hale and hearty with the
growth of Centuries. Respectfully,
T. J. THORP, ,
Member of. the Executive Committee,
Good Government Organization Los
Angeles County, CaL ' ' -
Roosevelt and the Pork Butcher.'
"He Is a man of ordinary endow
ments extraordinarily developed," Bays
Sydney Brooks, in writing of Roosevelt
In the July ' McClure's. "So far from
being a genius, he is a proof of how, lit
tle genius has to do with an Infinite ca
pacity for taking pains' I remember,
some four years ago, when I was spend
ing, an hour with him in the White
House; '" the conversation' turned for a
moment on this very point. Some New
York Journal of hypercritical bent had
been: complaining that he was hot a
genius.
; " 'I know I am not a genius rapped
out the president; and .then, turning
squarely toward Tne, he asked: 'By the
by, wasn't It. you," or some other Eng
lishman, whd said that a pork butcher
could understand met . ; ' :.; '
; "It was a wholesomely embarrassing
moment. My mind traveled backward
over the various indiscretions I had been
guilty of, the innumerable things I
might have said differently, In the
course of 12 years of writing on Amer
ican politics and politicians. It lighted
finally onsome such dictum, I owned
UP. ' . ', . .-; -'-
f "Because," said the president, 'f want
to tell you, you were absolutely right!' :
"Well, I am not quite sure today that
I was so 'absolutely right as Mr. Roose
velt believed. I iave rather worked
round to the conclusion that Mr. Roose-i
velt is slightly more Comdex than h is
aware of, and that it heeds a somewhat
moro elastic kind of mind than one
usually associates with a pork butcher
to understand him thoroughly." ,
May Help Ellis.
. From the' Harnev, Valley Keren.
George S. Shepherd, a Portland law
yer, announces himself again a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
congress In this district This will be
his third attempt and will mean the re
nomination . of . Mr. . Ellis. Indeed, it
appears as if , this was tke Intention
of his efforts
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
VAUDEV1LU3 LESSON NO. 4.
(The Monologlst)'
Hello, pals and pallases. It's always
the unexpected that happens, ''iBn't it?
I happened, so. that saying is knocked
out Unexpected! Huh!
Rode in' on the S. P. last night. Car
No. 4-11-44. Berth on a cow's back.
Leather covered couch. -Wot! Covered
myself with the cow's tail. Cow kicked
my , cover off. What do you know
about that! Climbed over onto another
cattle. .Bucked and bawled. Wrong
steer. Huh! Had a five- dollar bill in
my pocket. Steer Jolted, it lnto 800
Lincoln pennies. ,l
Oh, well, it's a long worm that has
no hook. I've got a hook worm a
fish hook worm. Speaking of bait, did
you ever sea a cat fish? "
Went into. Isacson's store this mora
ing. Said, "Hello, Ike." .
"Don't talk to me," he said. - Thers-
were tears In his eyes. ; ' .
"What's the matter, Iker X said, '
"Matter! matter! Vy, I ohust lost a
gustoine." .. . - - ..-
"Lost a customer t BowTV - -u, ,
"I solt-him a suit of close." i . '
You won't get that unless tou hays
bought a suit yourself. " ,h . . -
Well. It's a fine day. Isnt itt What
Is as rare as a steak In June.' Had a
bouquet handed ms today. Was talking
to a pretty widow over at the hotel and
along cams a couple of bachelor butt
ins. Get It? She was a grass widow.
But I got ' even with her. When she
passed me later in the evening and
spoke to - me, why I 'out the grass.
But speaking or baled hay, you know
Taft is our national him. Carrie is the
nation's her and Jeffries is our national
it.
Well. I sea gasoline Is going up. If
I owned an automobile I would say it
is coming up. But to me it is going up.
Wouldn't - that make a washtub turn
pall! r.i: '-w; V- --:if t-:'', "." ,:M.f, .:"-:
Here s a cute little thing.
A man was thrown into a Jail,
The Jail was wet. the man- was stout
And so he got a water pail,
Ana oanea ins poor seir out ...
(After the monologlst has talked him
self hoarse he should sing a Charles K.
Harris Bong done in oil and parody, and
dash off the stage to the right while
the dashing is good.) ; ; ;
f . OF COURSE.
"Here is a name Patrick O'Flahcrty
and his nationality Is given as 'Mix
ture. How about it?" inquired the
census supervisor. "Can't you sea by
the name that he Is a full-blooded
Irishman T'. , J .
"That's what he told me ha was,''
said the timid enumerator. "He said
he was a mlxturer".
"Think again; I fear you aro mis
taken." . .
"Ah, I have it!" he ejaculated, after
a half hour of thought He said: "Oi'm
a Mick, sure." , ' ,
I never yet have tried the stunt of get
ting a Jlvorce;
I know about a dozen men that had a
Wife who kept a-marrylng; it seemed
" her Only course, i
Because she liked t6 . Uvs down- in
. Nevada,
. Hold to the Primary. ,
From the Pendleton East' Oregonlan.
In the communication - published in
this Issue of the East Oregonlan Judge
Lowell again expresses his sentiments
regarding the assembly. Ho resents
the fact that 18 men out of 40 mem
bers of the county central committee
haVe assembled and, purporting to rep
resent the Republican party of Uma
tilla county, have : named delegates to
the state assembly. - In denouncing tha
assembly scheme ha believes he ex
presses the sentiment of the majority
of Republicans.
It is the belief of the East Oregon
lan also that the rank and file of Re
publicans are antagonistic to the as
sembly scheme. . Why should a dozen
men or more from this county, selected
God knows by whom and for why, go
to - Portland and attempt . to say who
the . Republicans ; of ,L Umatilla county
want to have run for governor ot Ore
gon? Under the law all the Republi
cans of this county are entitled to vote
upon that matter. Why not allow them
to exercise that privilege without Inter
ference? '- In answer the assemblyites
will say . that the people will still have
the opportunity of voting at the primary
election. Ah, but the assembly scheme
looks to takinar the affair out i of tha
hands of the voters at the primary
election. The assemblyites would settle
the matter in advance, of the primary
and then knife anyone having the cour
age to oppose the assembly oholce. It
is hypocritical for them to deny this.
There is nothing to it the success of
the assembly plan will mean the-nullification
of the direct primary law; It
will mean a return to manipulation and
boss rule. That will mean that certain,
men who will not appear at all upon the
surface will name - men for office.
Corporations-that are Interested in the
executive, ' Judicial and the legislative
branches of our government will name
the executive and Judicial officers and
the lawmakers. They will name men
whom they tnink will serve their Inter
ests s rather than the-interests of the
public- at largo. Corporations should
not be allowed to do this. The horse
shonld not be- allowed to name his rider
or choose his bridle. But that very
situation will come about in Oregon
If the assembly scheme Is allowed to
prevail. .
i Believing - this the East Oregonlan
looks with disfavor upon the assembly.
As for the success of the-Republican
or the Democratic parties lu this state
this paper does not care a fig. -At this
time party lines are meaningless. 1 .
I, i i , --1 ; . r, .i,,'.-j
The eight-hour day assessment which
has been enforced by the International
Bookbinders' union ' has been dlscon
linued. '
' (Contributed to Tha Journal by Walt Maaom,
the furaoui Kanaaa poet. His prosa-pocma ar a
regular feature ot Uila 'columo la Tha Dally
lonroaL) . ( y . .
. One author goes to the haunts of
men, in search of local color; and then
he tolls with his trenchant, pen and
his yain could not be duller, lie makes
of his writing craft a trade, and Facts
in his pages bristle; he works like a
man with ra ditching spader and stops
When he hears the, whistle,, He doaiBn't
care f ot the good old plot the sort of a
plot that .."thlckens"!-he, 1 lhtl y tells
you that -sort of rot would do for a
Reads or" Dickens., He-chases round in
.HQ uiraij imutiia iiir. iijwn mill JlnQ
i 1 .
Some AutKors ib.
us vermin; it isnx a piot ror a tale he
wants.'.bu't-a text, for a weary sermon.
Oh. these tiresome books with their tire
some Facts, and their yellow Journal
diction! They are not "pomes" and they
are not tracts, and they surety are not
fiction! 1
Copyright, mm. br ' A. .-fh "
George Mat (hew Mnr ' TTf ((t4fJt
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