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1 "Mankind divide Itself Into
two classes, benefactor and
malefactor. The second class Is
vast; the . first , handful."
Emerson. . 1 - -
jm. rENTOJTS LETi'ER
KT
R. FENTON has written to Tne
Journal, a letter concerning
the pending Campaign. It la
an explanation of why he and
his associates are In this campaign.
The Journal has ebeerfuuy printed
hlB statement. -" '
' 'i i Mr. Fenton la an excellent : and
amiable gentleman.1 He la an able
man, and a brilliant lawyer. His
rlirht to participate in politics Is ad
mitted. The constitution guarantees
to him and every other citizen that
privilege. 5 This Is a free govern
ment, and a franchise available to
every citizen un'.t la Its most splendid
and most sacred guarantee.
The fact that Mr." Fenton is at
torney for -the Southern pacific and
Standard Oil does not preclude Ma
right to take a hand In politics: Nor
should there be denial of such a right
to the attorney for Wells Fargo, the
attorneyvfor the Portland Hallway,
Light & Power Co., the 'attorney for
the Pacific States Telephone com
pany, aild the attorneys for other
Big Business corporations who at
tended the conference Mr Fenton
describes, ', They had a right to be
present..,, They had a right to take
part In the assembly. They have
the right now to boost and defend
the assembly;' ! .V-.' '''
But, here Is- the fact. One of
these corporations ; is In -the courts
trying to destroy the' initiative and
referendum. - It probably has the
assistance -of , the other big Inter
ests. It has carried the case through
the Oregon courts. : ; It has gone to
the United" .States supreme court. It
Is1, trying to 'have the measure, de
clared unconstitutional. It Insists
that the system denies the legislature
the right to elect United States sen
ator and gives, that right to the peor
pie. In the same case, it is trying1
to destroy the law taring the gross
earnings of express, telephone, tele
graph and sleeping car companies.'
It is an effort by Big Business to use
the United States courts to beat the
people of Oregon out of measures
hey have adopteay-)QPnlarterflTOi of ammu-
And - all ot these representatives
of Big Business are la the assembly
movement. . The assembly" is a plan
to beat the people of the state out of
the direct primary, p, i y'f::'Ky-'
The situation is perfectly clear.
The Issue Is as plain as noonday. The
struggle that is going on In the
courts is the struggle in this cam
pelgn.'
" THE" MEANING OP ARIZONA ;
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A S ' IN MAINE, so in Arizona.
- Republicans lost In both. ' In
h Maine, they voted the Demo-
cratic ticket because a ma
chine-controlled Republican conven
tlon refused them the chance to vote
tneir sentiments. Their only re
course was to vote the Democratic
ticket
In Arizona, the Republican bosses
opposed the initiative and refrendum.
They, committed the party to the
policy - Masses of 'Republicans fa
vored the Initiative and referendum.
The Democrats promised that if suc-
xecsful in the election of delegates
to the constitutional convention, they
would write the initiative and refer
endum provision into the new state
constitution. The issue became
paramount in the campaign, and al
'jough the territory i3, Republican,
the Democrats won. Many Repub
licans voted "for the Democratic dele
gates because they could not get
what they wanted through the Re
publican delegates. It was "Maine
repeated.
Arizona is another example of the
folly and futility of machine domi
nation, Republican defeat there was
accomplished by the opposition of
Republican bosses to popular gov
ernment, Arizona citizens naa neara i
. ftt the Oregon ftVRtarrt. and vantml It I
Arizona bosses had also heard of It,
and hated it They tried t divert
the tide of people's supremacy t They
sought to give Arizona over to .tea
chine rule. They imported' ex-Gov
ernor Geer
assemblylte,
stumped the state. He ridiculed the
Oregon system.
But Arizona , declared , for pop
ular government The Republicans,
though In the majority,, lost.' -The
Democrats, though la .the minority,
won. Republicans voted the Demo
cratic ticket. The resistance to ma
chine rule and Big Business- domi
nation has spread from Maine to
Arizona, and from Florida to Wash
ington. What can Oregon 'Repub
licans do but read the signs, 'and vote
EJUasLitoSCmbJi lam. ..nd-io-i.he
ptojile's supremacy? -
In- fVontesano, . Chehalls county,
Warl.;o;on, out of 455 vota count
t3. 11 wct'9 Democratic' There are
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a fsw of the faithful everywhere,
even in Montesano but In many
places only a few. There are a heap
of insurgent Republicans, however.
TOTE INTELLIGENTLY
L'
AST TUESDAY the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, a "regular" high
protection organ, hud ,an edi
torial beaded. Vote Intelligent-
Under this caption there was a
good deal of good ad vie J. The voters
of Seattle and of Washington were
probably not much influenced by this
particular advice, but they seem to
have voted "Intelligently."
vThat is, they voted, not so .ach
for new men in office as for better
things, for truer service, for a squar
er deal on the part of officials, for
real government of, for and by the
people. : The Seattle paper in this
ardcle, remarked : t " 1 '
The responsibility for good gov
ernment Is now squarely on the elec
torate. the primary law gives fair
onnnfnlty for all of the voters who
care fo act intelligently to contract
the records and the characters of the
different candidates for each office.
If they have not done so, the responsi
bility is theirs alone; It cannot, be
put off on any machine or political
combine, as was the happy custom in
the past.
The direct primary aims to bring
home to the individual electors that
sense of Individual responsibility for
the manner in which government is
administered which has been some
what lost in the past.
v::. This is important truth not. only
in Washington but in Oregon, and in
all states wherd the people are more
and more taking politics Into their
own hands, and out of . the hands of
bosses, 'managers, advisers, leaders,
organizations, conventions and as
semblies.; If the people are going
to rule more than they have done in
the past, they must act with increas
ing intelligence. '
"LABOR COST" AND DUTIES
H'
EltB IS a sample, of how the
tariff law kept the Republican
platform pledge of, making a
duty only equal to the differ
ence of labor cost in this country
and abroad: Carroll D. Wright, form
er labor commissioner, and as high
an authority as anybody on the sub
ject, said that the "labor cost in cot
ton, manufactures was 26 per cent
of the price of the manufactured
goods." .Even if we assume that foreign-goods
have no labor cost what
ever, 26 per cent ; would, therefore,
have been , the maximum average
rate required to equalize the labor
cost of production Vat home and
abroad. If the labor cost abroad Is
one half the labof cost at home, the
rate of tariff required ito prevent the
foreign fmanufacturer ; from: haying
the advantage ot cheaper labor would
be 26 jperceiit,;- th e, American " cost,
less 18 per cent, the European cost,
or 13 per cent. Instead of an equal
lzing duty, of any sort, the Aldrich
crowd protected cotton manufactures
with a duty of from 35 per cent on
handkerchiefs to 74 per cent on cot
ton cloths. ' Ul'i :':
Many other illustrations might be
nltlon is 20 per cent; the duty is 67
per cent; the "labor cost" of men's
clothing is 16 per cent; the duties
run from 37, to 134 per cent On
gloves, carpets, chemicals, station
err and many other things, it is the
same; the duties are far above, the
total "labor cost" One half, in
many cases one fourth the duties im
posed, would be ample- protection, ft
the foreign laborers - worked 4 for
nothing and - "found" themselves,
Protection Is not for labor.
INSANITY A LEGAL DEFENSE
T
nm Washington supreme
court has decided that a law de
claring that Insanity could not
be set up as a defense in a
murder trial is unconstitutional. This
is one of the cases in which the pub
lic will certainly agree with the
court The wonder is that . a -legis
lature composed of Intelligent men,
many of them lawyers, would ever
have passed such a law. It was prob
ably done because the defense of In
sanity has been greatly abused, and
In an effort to stop that abuse. The
motive, the intent, was good; but a
law declaring that insanity could in
no case be pleaded as a defense ot
course could not stand.
It is the business of the conrU to
restrict or restrain the insanity de
fense in cases where it is falsely or
Improperly nrged.., Such a case, very
likely, was that of young Thompson,
who killed a prominent man of Se
attle. And if when Insane a man
kills another he should be confined
In some place tor Insane people, as
is beig done with Harry. Thaw. A
defendant should not be allowed to
plead and attempt to Bhow that he
was insane Just at the moment of a
murder, and sane immediately after
ward, as has been done in some cases
and as was attempted to be done in
the Thaw and Thompson cases. But
there niust be a ohanc to show that
ANNEXATION
T
HE ANNEXATION of St JohnB
and. Lents to .. Portland Is
destiny. . It Is a finalty that
cannot be prevented. ' It could
be temporarily postponed. Ultimate
ly, it will eventuate, because it is
the inexorable logic of events that
in time both- suburbs will, be in Port
land, of Portland and for Portland
Portlandisonlyinjh
expansion
is only begun.' Its population has
more tnaa doubled in 10 years. The
transition stage Is but fairly on. Th
forces that are assembling multitudes
or people here are merely becomin
active. Their potentiality will In
crease with each accretion. The
over-crowded east is seeking Its level
of population on the Pacific. The
Panama Canal Is riveting attention
on the Occident. , The tendency of
each added day is to make the city
limits more widely flung. The ten
dency in the suburbs will constantly
be to gravitate more and more' into
the actual city.
The imaginary lines that have been
set up to distinguish the suburb from
the central multitude are man made.
They are artificial. The gathering
of population Is- natural, and will
presently extinguish ; the unnatural
divisions set np by men.
Portland needs- St Johns and
Lents and St. Johns and Lents need
Portland. ' They all belong to one
another and should be one great
municipal family. It la not the og)c
of life that they should1 remain di
vided. The canon of community
growth Is that they should be united,
and each be bettered by the union.
ITS LITTLE ASSEMBLY
H'
OPE was quickened among the
old line Democrats of the ctty
yesterday when they read, with
their breakfast, that Maine had
gone to ; tne democracy.: , as
result there- were many little meet
ings during the' day in the .offices
of leading Democrats and the pros
pects of duplicating the victory in
Oregon were gone over... ; '
Put np Jefferson . Myers for gov
ernor and run him against Jay Bow
erman.' That was the plan voiced
on many sides by leading Demo
crats. -They recalled that' Mr. Myers
is a vigorous campaigner and that he
has an immense personal following.
Oregonian. v;r:-'r':
Which Democrats were these?
Were they the so-called Democratic
Imps ot perdition that the Oregonian I
Bays have "perjured" themselves byi
registering as Republicans? Were
they the Honorable G. W. Stapleton,
Democratic candidate on the assem
bly ticket for" the legislature; the
Honorable W. D. Fenton, Democratic
pillar in the late assembly; the Hon
orable S. B. Huston, Democratic can
didate for chairman of the late as
sembly, or the Honorable J. V.
Beach, Democratic: candidate of the
assembly for circuit Judge, all feg-:
istered now as Republicans? Or,
were they the" inner circle of "the
Kentucky Kllck, consisting of S. C.
Armltage, Mark O'Nell and Leslie
Scott, of the Oregonian? Did they
meet in Mark O'Nell's office or in
the Oregonian office?
Perhaps Kelly of the g een neck
tie was there. Perhaps Mr. Bower-
man and Maxie Cohen were there!
They and Kelly, holding a little as
sembly and recommending a candi
date to. the Democrats ot the state
would be quite as laudable a func
tion sb their recent assembly to
recommend candidates to the Repub
licans. It1 gives them the advantage
that they and the Oregonian can thus
pick out a Democratic candidate wuo
will be the opponent of Mr. Bower-
man, if nominated.
Incidentally, if tha Oregonian,
through its' big assembly, can pick
ut-he ReTratmcanxandrdate, -, and
through its little assembly, the Ken
tucky t Kllck, , pick out the Demo
cratic -candidate, things, ought to be
aoing.,::.;
A TIPLESS HOTEL
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N NOVEMBER 15 a tipless ho
tel , is . to be opened in New
York city. It will bea hostelry
at which the employes will hot
have that expectant look that the
traveler has learned so well to inter
pret The delivery of, a pitcher ot
ice water or service at the, dining ta
ble will not be on a basis ot a fee
for the waiter; for tips are strictly
prohibited. It will be a pioneer; of
its kind and Is the crystallzatlon of
an idea that may yet take root in
the body politic
The new hotel .is for working wo
men, it is located cm East Twelfth
street and Is the creation of a num
ber of philanthropic women. It was
planned by Miss Virginia Potter,
niece ot the late Bishop Potter, Mrs.
Henry Ollsheimer and other influen
tlal women. Morris K. Jesup con
tributed $25,000 and Mrs. Sags an
equal amount to the establishment
The place will have reception rooms,
reading rooms, every ordinary con
venience and even music. The prices,
including three meals a day, will be
13.50 to $6 a week.,
Philanthropy takes many methods
of rendering aid. The whole of the
race is a victim of the tipping sys
tem. The effort to rescue working
women from the tip taker is a prac
tical and applaudable endeavor.
? The people ot Washington have
very plainly told the next legislature
of that state whom thiy want for
United States senator. With such
a vote, a "Statement .Number One'
law is scarcely necessary. ' .' :
Representative Humphrey ' of
Washington -especial champion " of
ship subsidies, seems toShe in trou
bled and storm-tossed Waters, no-
litically, and in need of a subsidy or
some means "of help. "
International Tuberculosis Congress.
.Official announcement ef the Seventh
International Congress on Tuberculosis
has been made from the American head
quarters by the . National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis. ' The congress will be hei in
Rome in 1911 from September 1 4 to .30.
This gathering, which meets every three
years, ana was last held In Washington,
IX, C, In 1908, will be under the direct
patronage of the king and "queen of
iwy. xn secretary general is Pro
dSnt. ' Prof eii-sor Gulda Baccelll.
j It is expected that an American com
mittee of one hundred will be appointed
as the official body representing the
United States. Estimating on the
present rate of Increase, the National
Association for the Study and PrevPti-
tlon Of Xubexculoal announc tb. )hj
American conimlttc will be ftbl to give
ft most flattPrirs report at the congress.
They will be able to announce that the
number of tuberculosis agencies in this
country has tripled In the three years
since the last International congress,
and that more than twice as much
money Is being- spent in the fight
against consumption by private socie
ties and Institutions, and also that the
appropriations for tuberculosis work by
federal, state, municipal, and county
authorities have quadrupled.
The congress at Romelll be In three
sections, that on etiology and causes of
tuberculosis; on pathology and thera
peutics, both medical and surgical; and
on -the social defense against tuberculo
sis. The names of the presidents of
these, seotlons will be announced In the
near future,
Letters From tke People
rrofessor Swett's Important Work.
Portland. Or., Sept. 13 To the Editor
of The Journal Noting an article In
yesterday'B issue of The Journal enti
tled "Swett's Test Sutoessful; Preserves
Fruits and Meats," together with a por
trait of the inventor, I am prompted to
write you with reference thereto, sup
plementing aU' you have said and si v
fng you a little data "with reference to
Professor Swett, for I predict that his
discovery will cause him to rank with
EdlBon, -Burbanlc and others of their
class. I am sure that Professor Sweit's
discovery and Invention will add- nftny
millions of dollars to the productive
Value" of the,. Willamette valley alone.
M first met prof essor Swett In
Shreveport, La., !n j896,.Ue.liadJust
then "come from, the Tulane university
of New Orleans, where he had taken the
course In medicine. Even then he was
experimenting In foqd products and his
knowledge of such, coupled with his
other splendid Qualities, gave him rapid
advancements in the army.. I was a
first lieutenant in 'the fourth United
Btates volunteers, and Professor Swett
was then second lieutenant In the Sec
ond, Louisiana volunteers. This was In
1898; -We were then stationed at Jack
sonville. Lieutenant Swett's knowledge
of food products, wa the determining
factor in placing him In charge of the
commissary department Afjerthe war
i came to Portland and about a year ago
was most happily surprised by a visit
from Professor Bwett, who had Just
then come to this city. He explained to
rae at that time his discovery of what
he hat termed the "detrimental : heat
ray," and which he explained as the pri
mary eause of fermentation, the first
stage of decay. He also -explained to
me how he had labored for years to
perfect an apparatus which would ellml
nate the action of this ray and with
which he could dry food productsin
large or commercial quantities. .He
gave me at that time a. large variety , of
samples, of his evaporated goods suth
as corn on the cob, various kinds of
berries, peaches, : applea, . etc. These,
when Immersed in t water and allowed
to - reabsorb , the moisture taken from
them, became In every case like the
fresh product, and careful tests have
in every case proven their complete re
tention of food values. I have careful-
y gone into the professor's theory of
the detrimental ray and am convinced
that ho has made one of the greatest
scientific discoveries of recent years.
That his discovery will have a far
reaching effect there can be no doubt
There appears to be ho kind of food
product, whether meat, ' fish, fruit or
vegetables, but which with his devtoe,
can be readily dried and which, while
In the dried state can be preserved in
definitely., . v
Like alt .really 'great men, Professor
Swett Is modest almost to the point of
being diffident and 1. am glad to note
the press giving publtoity to this dis
covery and to add this personal testi
mony of it and of the man.
" . v H. HU PATTON, M. P.
Some Views on Tuberculous Cattle.
JHarrlsbiirg-Or
pt,' 12. To the I
Editor of The Journal- I read In The
Journal of recent date that there had
been four deaths at the Baby home
caused by improper feeding, and that
the attending physician said It was not
the milk that caused their death, be
cause the cows from which their milk
came from had been tuberculin tested.
This Is about aa plausible as the.. state
ment made In the columns of The Jour
nal about bne year ago that there had
been a great mortality among the babies
of Portland and the greater per cent of
the fatalities was caused . by the milk
of tuberculous cdws.
How does the doctor know but what
the milk used at the Baby, home Is from
some of those dairies that know how
to "fix" their cows before the Inspector
cornea around; In fact keep them fixed
all the time so they will not respond to
the test? " ', '
If tuberculosis among - cowa Is one
fourth as bad as It has been repre
sen ted In The Journal It Is a wonder
that you have any babies living or even
any cowa
The common people understand all this
fuss; the only wonder la how a great
paper like yours can be led into a
plain, simple graft like this, one thit
haa been advertised as this one has.
The same methods have had their run
in many of the eastern states, and they
have all found 'there la nothing In it
out gran.
The Kansas City packers have Just
recently stated that they receive more
cattle that are afflicted by tuberculosis
from Wisconsin than from any other
state .In the union, and . there they do
more tuberculin - testing than In any
other place.
This proves the theory that"! learned
when a boy, and 1 am en old man now,
that consumptive germs were liable to
be in all persona and all animals, es
peclally cattle, and could b developed
if the conditions were right.
For this theory and the evidence be
fore us, there is no man of good judg
ment that will permit one of his nice
healthy looking cows to be tested with
tu-berculln, especially' by a, lot of fel
lows that could not tell whether a steer
gives milk or not
In this part of Oregon we never hear
of a cow dying unless It la from acci
dent or old age. Maybe some times we
hear of some starving to death, as we
did last winter:
The dairy Inspectors have been around
and counted the spots on our cows and
counted the cracks in our barns at
great expense to the state and I sup
pose the next will be tha aqulrting of
tuberculin, hut not if the common herd
understand themselves.
. Tours in the interest of common sense
milk.. , -j , 3. M. PHIW?9TT.
E. H. peer j Not a Candidate.
Portland, Cept. 14 To the Editor of
The Journal My name Is mentioned in
the ticket suggested i for, Democratic
voters . ai , the coming primary, by the
Kentucky Kllck for the office of cir
cuit judge of department No-. I, recently
published In your paper, and I wish to
say that under the circumstances I do
not "believe t would be proper for me
to qualify for the candidacy If selected.
I very fully sympathies with the ef
forts to secure a full ticket to be voted
for iby the Democrats at the coming
election, as nothing could bo more dis
couraging to the apragempsratlhaa.1,
he comes to vote on election, day; but
tber is a well . defined and general
movement to take . the Judiciary out of
politics, and the Democratic party
snouid contenance and aid this laudable
movement by giving support to the non
partisan nominees. . .' Every loyal Demo
crat ousrht to b WllHng;. to accept . tha
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGS
As Maine goeth, eta
Polndexter knew, and acted.
The people versus the trusts.
Ohio la now scarcely doubtful.
School's took up; now study, you kids.
v-
Tag day, the 17th. Be ready and will
ing. ; .-,.", . . : . " . :
Even the hens cackled aver the eleaf
tlons. i
The assemblyltes have a- dark blue
color. . - '
e .. . .'
Look out for Philadelphia to go Dem
ocratic. - ' .
"Big business" is being kicked out of
politics. s " - "
,.. ; ,s.--,;.'-.'..- ''- V'X:V ;JH:
The Baby Home deservea Very gener
ous support
The politicians can't fool all the peo
ple all the time. -
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Raise the price of hosiery to benefit a
trust, will you? .
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' Peoplev sometimes
vote the other way.
cheer -and - then
President Taffa smile Is reported to
have diminished somewhat . ,
e
The Plalsted family seem" to be rather
well regarded down In old Maine.
The women, the ' housewives", were
largely responsible for the results. -
Probably Maine will now erect a mon
ument to its old-time Governor Kent.
''.'--':..,;'...;-.:.-.... ',.:,
Tt Chrlstmsa Is com In before long
and even before that, Thanksgiving.
It is doubtful if even .Teddy could be
elected unless he turns Democrat He Is
a near-Democrat, anyway. . .
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The old standnat guard of Kepubll-
cans needn't retire or resign. The peo
ple will attend to that for tnem.
SeptemDer 15 in History
;,One of the red-letter days in the hls-
tory of railways was the opening, on j
September :1d 1880, of the, Liverpool
Manchester railroad In England.
There was unusual ceremony connected
With the event A long list Of distin
guished men were invited to participate.
It was the first railroad on which 'the
powers of the steam locomotive for pur
poses of traction were fully established. '
Eight locomotives, all built by Rob
ert Stephenson, ' on the model of the
Rocket," took part In the procession.
The. "Northumbrian- took the lead,
drawing a splendid carriage. In which
the Duke of ' Wellington, Sir Robert
Peel, and other distinguished visitors
were seated. Each of the other loco
motives drew four carriages, and the
whole of the 39 carriages conveyed 600
persons.: .,, .
They ' formed eight distinct ... trains;
the first one, with the 'more distin
guished guests,' having one line ot rails
to itself, and the other seven following
each other on the second line. The pro
cession, Which .started from: Liverpool
about, 11 o'clock, was an exceedingly
brilliant one, with the aid of flags, mu
sic, etc' and the sides of the rails were
lined with thousands of , enthusiastic
spectators. The trains went on past a
number .of stations to Parkhurst Here
It was,-. IT miles from Liverpool, that
the train stopped to enable the loco
motives to take water, and hare It was
that a deplorable - accident, occurred.
which threw a cloud over the "brilliant
scene. "
In order to afford the Duke of Wel
lington the opportunity of seeing the
other parts of the procession, It -was
determined that the' seven locomotives,
with their trains, should pass him; his
carriage, with the "Northumbrian,', be
ing for a while stationary. Seven gen
tlemen alighted from the carriages,
while the locomotives were taking wa
ter. ; Mr. Huskisson, .who was one df
them,,, went to shake Hands with the
duke, and f while 'they 'I were together
the "Rocket" passed rapidly on the oth
er" line.'."" ' .
Th nnfnrtnnt nnllim,n vho tin
pened to be7 In a Weak state of health,
candidacy of his party for any office
which hi conditions and ability- allow
him to fill with credit, and the more
especially In view of the overwhelming
vot of th adverse party; but under
existing condition th judicial nomina
tion ought to be made an exception,
and the mora especially as our party
has been given an equitable representa
tion on th nonpartisan ticket.
E. H. PKEItT.
Insurgents Are Republicans. , '
From the Woodburn Independent (Rep.)
Don't be bamboozled . and , led into
the erroneous Idea that the only way
to disc-lav ! tru Republicanism Is" . to
support the assembly ticket 1 That'
simply nonsense. No true Republican
will go back on the people; a machine
Republican will; it is expected that he
wilt Direct primary and Statement No.
can be included in, the category of
honest politics. An Insurgent Republican-'
' la no - less "'. ar( . Republican
and '' '". 1 an honest politician.
He is a Republican and believe in the
masses ruling. , The potentate on earth
do not and w rind,., their : monarches
gradually crumbling and their rule
nearlng a close. The ozar of Russia
haa an heir, hut it l extremely aouoi
ful If he ever ucceed his father. In
the United State we will hav either , ma
Chine Republicanism and the country
ruled by. a favored few or th majority
in congress and the president selected
by the people, who have at laat reached
a state of high, Intelligence. ; At heart
Roosevelt i an Insurgent -ana who
doubts hi Republicanism T Few of the
regulars ,wer 4 Roosevelt , men. v Wall
treet was never for him. In Oregon,
on September 24, it will be decided
whether we go back to the old corrupt
convention methods or accentuate our
belief in the people ruling. The gov
ernorship contest will be no fair test,
owing to too many candidate , on the,
anti-assembly side, making a- aivided
house, but the legislative ticket will
show whether there will be a body of
corporation- attorneys .or true represent
atives of the. people. It la for the vot
ers to decide at. the direct primary.
c Survivors of the Sit Hundred.
w From the London Telegraph.
There are believed to be only thirty-
two survivors of th rank and file who
took part in the historic charge of the
Light Brigade at Balaclava, and of th?se
twenty-two are In necessitous circum
stances. The oldest Is 86 year of age,
and but for philanthropic effort he and
heir
last days overshadowed by want " At a
moment when the thoughts of th nation
have been fixed once more upon the Crl,
mean campaign by the . death of Miss
Florence Nightingale, .the need forimon
ey to aid these old heroes will asswtfdiy
not be allowed to exist for a single; day.
It is thirteen' years slru'fi T. II. Roberts
of I mmJl 2, i'lougheourt, f
NEWS IN DPJEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Lincoln county Is going after "more
good roads.
"
A- good deal of paving li now being
done in Corvallis. 1
V " ' ;
Linn county Is vtry prosperous, says
the Brownsville Times.
Stome very fine "apples, hard to beat
are on display at Rllverton.
Greater and desirable Interest Is to be
taken hereafter in Yamhill county in the
poultry industry. ,
Sublimity is practically deserted, near
ly everyone having gone hopplcking,
says a correspondent of the Stayton
Mall.
... .....,
Mrs. II. D. Coolcy, who died in Jack
son county Sunday, was .92 years old,
and had enjoyed good health almost to
the last. : '
Burns News: X L. Sit, near Drew
sey, raised nearly 1000 sacks of potatoes
this year, and they are all spoken, for
already.
A man near Newberg sold a tract of
land containing 87 acres, which he had
owned but seven months, and cleared
1335 in the transaction. , r
A -Canby man, tells the Tribune, has
been furnishing apples to the hotels at
Oregon City and to many around Canby.
He still -has windfalls, and they are
good anples, which he Is selling at 25c
a box delivered. .
... : ' -'...-: 1 ,','' ?'" .:.s.?-.-i! ,
A man ' near Independence has Just
finished harvesting hia alfalfa for the
third time this season, and he is more
than pleased with the yield. The first
cutting yielded four tons an acre, the
second cutting three and the third cut
ting a ton and a half to the acre. The
total yield was eight and one half tons
to the acre for the season. . ,
. '-. A:.; : V ; ' .
' Redmond Spokesman: I." L.",Harader,
who has successfully , grown fruit at
his ranch near Cllne, Falls for several
seasons, has a 3-year-old Wealthy
apple tree that, is loaded with apples
this year. The tree is so heavily laden
that the limbs had to be propped up.
Some of the 'apples measured 18 Inches
in circumference, f :':?,'' : A
Liverpool to MancKester
became flurried, and ran to and fro, In
oubt as to the best means of escaping
danger. The engine driver endeavored to
stop the train in time, but without suc
cess, and Mr. Huskisson, unable to es
cape, Was kQOckMidown by the "Rock
et." the wheels of which went over his
leg and thigh, - k .-
The same locomotive which had trl-
umpled at the competition now caused
the death of the statesman. The direc
tors deemed it necessary, to. complete
the rest of the journey to Manchester, aa
a means of showing that the railway, in
all 'Its engineering elements, was thor
oughly successful, but it was a sad pro
cession for those who. thought of the
wounded statesman. He expired that
same evening. 1 -.'.
On the Stockton & Darlington Una,
formed a few years earlier, tractton by
animal power, by fixed engines, and by
locomotives, had all been tried, and the
experience thereby" obtained, had deter
mined Stephenson f o reoommend the lo
comotive -system for adoption on his
new line, .When the Liverpool & Man
chester road was In progress in 1829 the
directors offered, a premium of 82500
for the; best form of locomotive to be
determined j br public 1 competition on
condition very clearly laid down. In
October of - that year the contest took
place, and Stephenson' "Rocket" car
ried off the prise against Mr. Hack
worth' "Sanspareil," . and ..'.Messrs.
Braithwaite and Ericsson "Novelty.". ,;
September 15 Is Mexico's "Fourth of
July." The Brrtlsh under Howe en
tered New York city on that date. In
1776 f and .' James Madison and Dolly
Toda were married In 1794. It is the
Wrthday of Jean Bylvain Bailly.i the
distinguished astronomer (173$); James
Fenimore ?Cooper,! the novelist (1789) ;
James G. Perclval, American Scientist
and poet (1795): President Dlas. of
Mexico - 1830) j Richard Olney, secre
tary of state under Cleveland (1835);
and Sarah KnowleS Bolton, author
.(1841).. It is the data of the-jJeath -ot
Lady .Arabella Stuart In UlBj Richard
Boyle, eminent Irish statesman (1643);
and General Lazarus Hoche, the French
commander v(t797). .
lished the Balaclava ... Light Brigade
Charge Survivors' Relief fund. - At the
banquet then held, seventy-four men at
tended, and It was discovered that sev
eral Of them were spending their last
days !n. workhouse forgotten and neg
lected.: In tvje intervening years more
than half these heroes have gone to
their rest, and it Is a duty which the
nation owes to Itself that none of the
survivors shall be again permitted to
need any of the simple comforts which
oan add a solace to their last days. The
work or aiding these veterans, it need
hardly be added, ha lost a sympathiser
and supporter la Miss Nightingale.
The money which; goes to these neglect
ed heroes is well spent. They are sent
weekly pensions by post-and when at
length th "Last Post" sounds each of
the old men receive a decent funeral.
. An Oregonian Falsehood.
From the CorvaJH Gasette-Time. ;
Republican generally do not accept
the Oregonian' etatement that Demo
crat In considerable numbers are regis
tering as epuDiicana Thi 1 bun
combe, a "big noise" that Occupies space
more easily filled this way than In some
other. Some time ago the Gaaette-Tlraes
pointed out the fact that Democrats la
this county have not registered as Re
publicans, and now comes Deputy Coun
ty Clerk Robert Johnson in the Portland
Journal, saying: "The registration books
are open for inspection and I will give
the. Oregonian or anyone else 310 for
every Democrat found registered as a
Republican in Benton county f r the
purpose 01 meaaung in Republican pri
maries." ,
Voters Ar Not Idiots.
' - From the Milton Eagle.
That voter who wrote to a leading
paper asking ror advice on how to vote
on the measures which Will b submit
ted Jn November, giving as a reason for
hi request 1 that he .did not have the
tinie tc Inform himself concerning the
merits of the different questions, should'
be a citizen of the czar of Russia, where
he can have the thinking done for him.
Any man who has not the Inclination to
try. and learn how to vote on questions
which are vital to th state, la not de-
servimrof citizenship in a democracy.
' The Oregonian's Falsehoods.
s From th Harney Valley News.
The Oregonian's hatred of Senator
Bourne should not lead It Into editorial
falsehood on plain matters of fact in its
immediate commurj
hews facts stated on the same subject
by the Evening Telegram and The Jour
nal show that the Oregonian ignores th
truth -when it states that Bourne 18 in
full control of the antl-asscmbly forces.
New towns are springing up Aver the
hills, with immense, possibilities- and
nmr-eroui . probabilities,., ceutark - th
Albany Democm
TANGLEFOOT
By Mile OverWt
A moth flew onto a candlestick
And remained all day on the same, .
For he was waiting for night to come
" wen icq o meei an cua flame.
Brother Bowerman on .the ' Stage.
From the Corvallis Gaiette-Times.
' Accounts of Bowerman meetings held
through the state' ay that" the as
sembly's choice for governor is mak
ing a favorable Impression and that he
is growing in popularity. This is very 1
hard to - believe. Mr. Bowerman is a
personage "with a stage presence that ',
does not recommend him and to I th
casual observer he doe not possess a ji
bearing that would , recommend him to f
the . thoughtful person Who might meet
him "face to f arfe. . This Is not sav: 1
ing that Mr. Bowerman doe not pos- I
sess certain ability,, but rather that S
he is extremely unfortunate In lacking
the capacity to "show" to advantege. '
Therefore it seem carcely possible,
that in a hasty trip through.the atat !
he is making a favorable impression
or that he ' is growing In popularity,
except a his friend - increase that
popularity. If nominated at th prl-
mary, as he probably Will b aim ply 1
because the Republican hav no bet
ter choice, it la by no "mean cer- ' !
tain that th overwhelming Republi
can majority in this tat make hi
selection sure. If th casual expres- l
s"on heard In this city 1 aught to go " li
by, Bowerman will 1 have exceedingly ,
hard sledding if Oswald West happen ;
to be the Democratlo ; nomine. - West r
has es many friends here' among the'
Republican a he ha In hi own party 1
and these do not hesitate to say that.
of all th names mentioned In eon nee- !
tlon with the governorship, v west's ;
sound best to them. If th anembly
lte In other counties ' ar perfeotly or
ganised and hav on . their - crapplng
clothes they may; pull their ticket
through, but, they will find It no easy
In Oregon 80 Team and Glad of It
E. H. Woodward. dltor of th
Newberg-Graphic, thus write, remln
lscently in the last issue of his paper)
Th editor and owner of th Graphic
does not rank with th ox-team pioneers
of Oregon by several years, but 80
years- ago Tuesday, September -s, he,
in company with hi little family and
Jesse Edwards and family walked
from the deck of th steamer Stat of
California and et foot on Oregon soil..
Th following , morning W cam up
the river on the old steamer Orient and
late in the afternoon w registered as
residents of Yamhill county living
hnppy, ever : afterward. V i
v..c-s:',. .:. ..v
Th retail huslnes of Portland was
confined to. First treet merchant'
signs were wung out over the walk
the same aa in a mining town, and th
tinkle, tinkl of th bob tailed hors
car could be heard up and down
10 or mor blocks, on thl street J
A friend of our who had been out
in this country "in 1859 advised us be
fore we left Indiana 4o Invest In ireal
estate Just as , near Portland a w
could get It saying h knew th,loca
tlon; that Portland wa destined to
make a great city and consequently
i,heinv8tment would make us rich H
as certain a fate. Our fnena must
have been correct in hi reasoning for
since we did not locate near-Portland
w hav never grown rich. .
All thir wa of Newberg ' at that
time wa two small wheat fields, a
very cheaply built farm house and
numbers of fir. oak and hael grubs
that firmly resisted the encroachments
of civilization. Time and much hard
work has wrought many change. Chllt
dren who were not born 80 year ago
are now grown men and women with
children of their own who ar help-"
ing to swell the already, large chooJ
enumeration in Newberg.
.Our little cltyt ha a good nam at
home and abroad and we hope we have,
in , a small., wa- at, least - contributed
something toward making Jt a desir
able place for those who believe in
good schools and good moral a real
home town for home , loving ptople. ..
- One of the Floppers.
. From th Eugna. Guard. j .
" Judge -W. M.' Colvig of Medford lias
filed hi petition as an anti-Statement
One.csndldate for th legislature. Say
. -fn.a rJt.i.n
he wants a. Kepuoiican . vmu d
senator from Oregon, and Will vote for
toother if elected. Salem Journal.
i And yet , thl same Colvig" wa for
years a bourbbn Democrat and repeat
edly ran for office on th Democratlo
ticket and stumped ;th tat. for th
party. He only "flopped" about four
year ago, and naturally ha th zeal
of a new convert Several mor of thee
fellow Who are vlndictlv against pri
mary law. Statement No. 1 and every
thing' but dyed-in-the-wool Republican
ism, were Democrats but a few year
ago, and their course Is mor to b con
demned by fair minded,, men of all par
tie than that ot those Democrat who,
It 1 alleged, are registering as Republi
cans Jn order to lnfluene th nomina
tions of that' party. ;
San Francisco Should Get It -From
th Taeoma . Ledger. -
Certainly San Francisco should hav
the Panama Pacific International expo
sition. A city that has passed through
what San Francisco-has in the last few
years and that raises 87,500,000 for an
Lexpobltlon by public subscription de
serve the support and good wlshe of
alL .-' .-, f:. O '' ' iy. 1 . V ,: -
Conrrtbntd to Ttae JoorcU by Walt Meeoo,
th fimom Kansas poet. HI prosa-potma ar
regular feature- ot thli tcolumn li Tli DullJ
Jouroal.) - 5 , . .7 f , .. .!
The heathen lady dressed herself one
evening In her humble lair; she pushed ,
some . fishbones through her nose, and
wov 'some, seaweed In her hair. ' She
put a-teapot on her head, and wound ,
brass wire around her arms; she walked
in beauty Ilk tha night what 'chieftain;,
could resist her charm? ; Her dusky,
cheeks she -painted red,: her swanllk
neck she painted blue! eh wore a simple
sheepskin gown, a alm leaf and a
chain or two. ; Her toilet done, she left ,
her bower, and;. turned ome hand
springs on the beach; a shipwrecked
milliner beheld and said: "That lady Is
sane, and leaves her movements smooth
and ; free, and she could run a rabbit
down or dance a jtg, or climb a tree!
No wonder that the heathen beaux In
love are with that giddy flirt! But
would they love her W she came among
them in a hobbte sklft7Jf ; .'- ' - '; ,
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