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TilE OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND.. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH G, 1311. 8 1 . . J . i J 'J! THE JOURNAL AS IKDErENDENT KEWSPIPEB." O. S. JAJKSOX.,. ....... ."; . .V. . . PubtWw ln. Hit aad VanU.i.1 atreeu. ror.UDO. Or. Kntin-a at tha potofnc Porthnd. J-v. iniouiiwtoB u.rosnk to mU aa aeeona-ciaei mailer. .. , .- ..'.,. ., -'..-?: 1f 5 '".-' . . . .. a . , t -ri . Dnn v AUVVI1. All irjmrttDfnfr tewbti ty theae muM. . P-nJan.,n kutnor Co., BraMlck BnlWlne. c Building. Cb.-o. .; y ".-r flaiweiiptloa TVnn by nail or la r -.&s la IH lioUNttitn. uanaaa w ., - -. . v.- miT.T. ' - : fin. " B.OO I On Xtk.,......f"3M nill.Y AND EUNDAT. .Ow-atT .$ . t3 -e A ' Be arise with speed,.' y 4--foot forty- Is fool Ind f .-.- UarHart . ma,, Hmftt'lir T7a V n it A I 1 begun.. uemocraiu m vuu- 1 'trol of the house, ana race to face with the Payne-Aldrlch tariff. ; ' - ' " ' 1 5 . The tariff baa been "the rock on which many. smooth sailing party craft has been wrecked, i Tampering -.m. ha Wn m almost constant record oi rt.j isiwh,; and kindred interests do not always ppt a dollars worm - oi . prowuiwu fn . vrv- i.lneeed Denny's J worth the farmers get, the. mischief is to . rav. vii an arraugeiucuv m.vvi x"""1 ing JusUce Is reached,' nobody Is sat isfied. , r it is the Irrepressible, conflict 'It make private enterprises pay by ar- tlf iclal mean- process ma, itably arouses all the greed in men, and that hurls tremendous forces into a floniesi mat. necr cuuo. It is a business that ought not to be an issue of politics. It ought to be determined - largely by such a tribunal as .that 'which is so effect ively and wisely regulating trans portation. ': It will' never be intelli- geniiy, jiammtBioicM uuu , under the large direction of such a body, - This is reason why the new i .!... 14 nnniM , a hottpr hill 1 JMf.j..Arl i M TIT 1 I .1- TIB U.K. UUUaQ D1VUU Jtiayw - -w,... r 1 for a permanent tariff board than that Just defeated, and offer it to the senate, the president -and the tounryi Properly framed, it would be the, best piece of national legisla tion in a Quarter of a century ' . The new house has an astute' lead er. But there are numberless dis tractions at Washington. They talk about the plain people as "the mob," but Washington is the, city; of 'the mob. It is the , Mecca t which the real anarchists make pilgrimages. It is a wilderness of , Morgans, Rock efellers' and other colossal anarch ists. Their agents are on the floors of congress ' as .evidenced by ; the Arch bold , letters to J'My pear Sen ator Foraker." , They were' evidenced again in, the rally of 46 senators around Lorlmer. These and other visible facts illustrate how -Democratic troubles ate about to begin. THE RAILROADS AND " , PEOPLE TnE VERY DAY ISSUE iu taken on L the performance by the rail-! pi roads of their duties to the . people. Once in a while the other side of the same question may be considered. . What are the rights' of the railroads in relation to the service rendered? -, - ' An article in.the Atlantic Monthly Magazines for ' January, 19 n; ' by President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Pe, speaks with authority on this head, from the railroads' standpoint. .,.!.. The : writer ' asserts that business prosperity is reflected in growing earnings of the roads. Conversely, that contraction of railroad opera tions and railroad building is inevit able in the face of diminishing pub- . lie prosperity. This may be taken as admitted without-following out the figures of the demonstration. Coming then to the relations be tween the railroads and the public, not " constitutional enactments, b ut . alLl 1 1.11 a a . . . and reciprocal duties should prevail. Tried by the rules of equity and justice how. then shall rates be regu lated? Law and ethics demand that they shall be fair and reasonable I .That Is, equitable as between differ ent Commodities, Bhippers, and local ities, and not exorbitant. ' Two tests of rates have been ad vanced: yt -The value of the ser vice, t; 2 The cost of the service. Railroad' inen advocatt the for mer. Take the following example: Band and automobiles cost the rail road about the same to transnnrt in ; carioaa lots. : Af ale, fair to auto tuobiles, would prohibit transporta tion or tne sand. Rates on sand therefore,' must be lens than the av erago on all freight, on automobiles largely in excess over average cost. Discrimination is the bugbear j.ut tnere are two definitions. That which. "distfngulBhes accurately" is" one. That, which "treats ; unequal 1" Is the other. , The duty of the railroad manager is to distinguish 8'jcarately. From this follows the basing of the rates on the. value of the service. Free circulation of the cht-apor ind. bulkier commodities can be secured only by adjusting rates on other commodities roughly in proportion to the value of their transportation, ' i-ree jnaustruu ana commercial ronipetltion la Involved in the ad Juptment of , rates. -f. Therefore the long and the short haul is defended - -j t hat- i,TfPffzstlirn'rfalTtoaa end water, transportation cost at the puint pf 'trrlral-rrtnust be conceded Moviificatlon of the Sherman ant! trotomz begins trust law and the, interstate eo'm - merce aw should permit railroads to enter into reasonable agreements for adjusting rates.: ' Not only rallr roa44j)reiUdenUdmltJ4lal8 What do the people rightly ask from the Toads? ; Improvements in service, especially safeguards against accident; and still : better treatment of employes. 4 Out of 336,869 miles of operated roads only 65,758, or 27 per cent, tre now protected by block signals., . Extensions, new ; stations, branch roads are also required1 and maBt-be- providedi lHow shall - the needed expenditure be met?, .' ,v The cost , of such Improvements ahould be divided, -the-TaJlroadS-.say, between surplus earnings and fresh capital if the credit of the railroads is to be maintained. " Without . such support,; based on demonstration of increased earnings of the road, in vestors will hesitate and values of stock and bonds will fall. Therefore the limitation of earnings to a "fair return"-arid that is taken to mean no more, than a standard interest on ordinary invested money will pro hibit savings, deplete (he accumula tlon of surplus earnings, and prevent Investment of outside capital The" accepted system of dividing cost of Improvement . between Bur plus7 earnings "and ; invested, capital has ' held the '.average capitalization of r American- roads to $5 9,23 9 ; per mile as. against the ayerage In Can ada of $66,7S2,.in Germany Of 1109,- 788,: and in England of 314,000. So It is that American railroad in vestments , ; maintain their values while many of the English roads are facing bankruptcy, as the Inevitable sequence from over capitalization. The railroads now freely accept the oversight and -control of the in terstate commerce, commission. The policy of free disclosure of the meth ods and results of railroad manage ment in this country is adopted. Anxiety to Improve the public ser vice is universally felt by the man agers and- officers of at least all eadlng, roads. ' . .These appear to be the leading features of the railroad's . case, as presented by Mr. Ripley. " They will be seen to be compatible with the ac ceptance of the recent rulings of the commission. ' . . - . THE ; GAME E VIDENTLY COLLIER'S' had the idght slant In the Oregon po litical deal. Mr. Taft is un questionably in cahoots ' with Ralph Williams . and the assembly outfit; v Thou gh ' Colwell's n ame had been' rejected by tb senate, it waa returned by the president to that body In the last moments of the ses sion, and . Colwell now .continues as a aecess appointment, i ;. ; A. United States marshalshlp and the Issne of who : Is to be the ap pointee is a petty matter It is scarce ly an lesue itf which a president of the United. States should manifest so much concern; ; Yet here is Mr. Taft engaged In' a hand to hand politfcal conflict to keep Mr, Colwell ln of fice. It is not the character of en terprise we are wont to expect from the Incumbent of the highest office n the world, . 'iy: '-s? The political service on which the Colwell 'claims' are based is that he is an uncompromising machine man. He was a sword bearer and recruit ing officer of assemblyism, and as semblyism was ' an attempt to rob Oregon citizens of the right to nom inate officials, v He was a color ser geant for Ormsby McHarg and Ralph Williams in the attempt to beat the people's nominee ' for. United States senator in 1909. He is a camp fol lower In the bourbon band in Ore gon which claims that the citizens of this state don't know enough to choose candidates for office and have to be "advised." He is wanted in office by the cohorts of assembly ism so the position can be used in further assaults on popular govern ment. f ; Assemblyism is not , dead. It is sleeping on its arms f hile the White House plays Its game. ' LAND AND POPULATION S' OME MEN, HAVE the gift of expression in epigrams. Ideas are fluid in many, minds. Then comes the epigrammatist, and the fluid erystalizes in sharp, transparent, permanent form, and so becomes a fixed fact. Of this broth erhood James J. Hill Is a conspicu ous example. Land without population is a wilderness. Population without land Is a mob." The whole philosophy of our ... boosters, of our development leagues, Is here fixed and given, en during form in twelve words. The function of the man who tel egraphed this concentrated wisdom on Thursday night has been, and is, to abolish the wilderness, to elimi nate the mob, by connecting the first word of each branch of his great sentence, "Land population." But one other factor must be introduced, and that is transportation and the epigram-- extended but a little must read, "Land without population plus transportation," remains wilder ness. V Population without trananrtr- tatlon to land remains a mob.". -J Oregon may -be likened Jo one of her great Irrigable areas teeming wun tenuity and opportunity, but lying yet a wilderness until "irri gable" is changed to "irrigated." : The railroads are the canals, the great channels throutrh . mMh m. life giving water is brought In con tact wun the tract. But the wil derness is not converted intn thm fruitful f!M .hi 1,-1- J , 5?i i!ra38 ar aa.ftJ .,v if' a ' . Zl:"V reftcnea -:tM wuwudu jci, BDunaani water. Unless the whole" work" la com pleted to Its full capacity, and the j ultimate land ii cropped, the great original Investment In dams,: canals, and laterals, lies dormant, and the water still tuns by to wasto. ; So with the state. It was Iwell said the other night at the "boosters' Banquet"! that it needed enormous courage and undaunted faith for Mr. Hill and, his compeers to provide the millions to build the roads into east ern Oregon. Much, of their work' is done, the rest 'is tinder way..;"; ; It remains' for' the state to Uphold their hands and Justify their j fore sight Immigration, settlement of 'a land at the .western edge of this wide continent has. been, but a. alow, pro cess.' If needs to be quickened and extended ,by all legitimate means, Development leagues ; in Oregon; -in spired by the; example of the mother league In Portland, have shown; the way and can; point to good results. - j . . m "l at ortunaieiy ipr, an ; ot us, ran roads, state, citizens, alike. Oregon Is a vast reservoir of opportunities. on her valley lands, in the minerals of her nills, (Ji the riches of-her for ests, I in the waters of her streams and estuaries, in the expanses of her uplands, in her dairy farms and orchards. , . ' ' ' None who coine need return empty. They can, they will, take root and grow.H To publish these attractions, to carry the invitations into the very hands' and home of all who" should come for' their; own good and ours, is' the" binding uiy 'of us all. J There tnusf be, forivery pride's sake, f a free response ; when . application comes, or, rather, when the privilege is open, to find the Blnews , of war for this campaign. ; '; :Tr-U':'- 'jS:iBAILEV A DEMOCRAT f "; s ENATOR B AfLEYi' who made a spectacular play, by resigning, only to withdraw the resigna tion;; fewliours; later, regards himself not only as a Democrat but as peculiarly qualified to be a Dem ocratic .leader. But he is out of touch with the rank and file of his party, and with, leading men In it. Bailey Is bitterly opposed to the Ini tiative and referendum and . recall, and to other progressive political policies. He sent in his resignation, whether in earnest or , only' as a grandstand performance, because he was offended ' at the Democrats . In congress for ; favoring the' progres sive ' Arizona constitution. ' That most of them 5 disagreed with him, and would not conform their opin ions to his, offended him greatly, for he has an overweening estimate of his intellectual superiority, ; but It would not the Hazardous torassert that ti great majority of Democrats; and a large proportion of Republi cans, also, agree with these - other Democratic senators " and ' not t with Bailey, not ottly on this question but on BeTeral';bther'''oittpoTtanc.,f:l ; X. Senator . '' jOwenipf Oklahoma, a Democrat, 'stands diametrically ; op posed to 'Bailey;, and filibustered, to keep the New Mexico statehood bill from passing; because "the , Arizona bill was not to bo passed also; What looks, like good Democratic doctrine to Owen is disowned and denounced by. Bailey. . After ail,' the important question is not which Js the truer Democrat," but which Is nearer right, and there is little doubt on ' this point, ,! , ' ..v . , Senator Bailey Is nqt ' constitu tionally fitted to be a tribune of the people. He la prpud, haughty, dom ineering and intensely egotistical. : ' Texas points with pride to his un doubted ability, but he is not a fit ting representative of the people of that great state today. His sympa thies and much of his Influence are on the side of Aldrich and the Re publican 'old - guard,,r rathe? than with - democratic " Democrats like Champ Clark or progressive Republic:-hs like La Follette. . Excspt for the accident of having been born in the south, be would have been in the forefront of old guard .Republicans, serving privileged interests. I lft'tem" perament,. be Is quite in accord with Lodge, and Depew, '- His convictions are- reflected correctly in - his ve hement defense of -LorlroetK; If his grand stand resignation had been left to a vote of the American peo ple, it would have been quickly ac cepted. -,. : ''T. "T'Ti7" HOBSON STILL HOWLING AR MORE unreasonable sugges tions have been made than would be one for a commission de lunatlco inqulrendo in the case of former Captain and now' Con gressman Richmond P. Hobson, Thursday he was at the White. House voicing his Japanese war .bogey, de claring that "the United ; States t is on the brink ; of war with Japan,' that "every well Informed, diplomat and army ; and naval officer ' knows that ' war with Japan is Inevitable," and that, "Japan would never permit the United States to finish the Pana ma canal." , ,f, "r - . All of which la "unmitigated rrot.: It would be too sllLy for notice ex cept that there are people who place more or lees confidence, in it. The persistent reiteration ' of these pre dictions by members of congress, and military and ' naval officers must have some Weight', and it is a baleful influence..', . ; '-', It may be assumed that most of the people1 who indulge' so freely In this war talk are desirous-of, war. Cither war is their profession, or they stand to profit by war. : 'But there is no prospect or prob ability of war with Japan. There is always a possibility, but this does J..4lVl l-MnlatAH ..A&. -a." iuu' JVS1-" iumoicm, uuitry, our the expenditure of hundreds of mil- UUU . nllCW.TlHM MCUai- tafy Hobson and the'other war .toen . Freauent insinuations in . certain Quarters , that Senator Chamberlain J was Inactive or without influence In Washington was again ; disproved Saturday, by the passage in the clos ing Jbours of , two house bills of In terest to Oregon., one for the relief of Silets reservation settlers, : and another providing for Pie exchange of certainlpubllc lands. : With the senate In a condttlon of legislative chaos,; and. when a single objection would have shut these bills out. Sen ator Chamberlain mnst - have done some pretty good work to "secure their passage. ift-y't.!': There is a fair prospect, that the tariff , will be considerably ; revised by congress this spring, for the Dem ocratlc majority of the house is bound to pass some bills of this kind. and while the senate Is still Repub llcan. several of the Insurgent sen ators may Join with the" Democrats in reducing some duties.; But there are also a few so-called Democrats, at least those from Loulslana.-who always vote for: the highest possi ble - OTotectlon. ' . So there may be much talkr and little result. s. . Ex.Railroad Man Spealui Plainly, y mamath trn.na. Ore.. ' March V t-r To the Editor of Th Journal In your Issue of February i7 is telegram from Santa Barbara, Cal., outlining tho plan Of O. Cv Barber, trust magnate, to un load the rallroiiis on the people of the country, ' with a string attached. s! i He proposes t -.- 'i . v' ' -? That the government Issue bonds for all railroad securities, ; uch bonds to bear thre per oint intereet Conserva tive men, who are well iniormeo mrw the jplnionUiat rallroad securltlea In the aggregate are at leaet hair water. Next thaUaU raUroads be consoli dated In one system.. That would . not be so bad. if he proposed any control Of that aystem. v mMKM" Thn no further increase of eapltal- isatlott and that the government, guar antee three per cent on the present capftai stock. There is no provision for guaranteeing tne ; governmeu " loss that, I can tt; ir-:- 4 Next, a large gold reserve w. ioruiy the bond Issue. He. does not snow wny thla reaerva Is necessary for a perpet ual bond, nor does he show who Is; to provide this reserve.-' 'f ' Such t 'securities axe to be used by banks for '.the Issue, of bank notes, to a 'limited extent,". It : is not stated who Is to fix the limit, nor whether that limit is elastlo or not , ' Next. "In time" tthe people are xo own the road". It would appear to an ordinary, everyday , clodhopper, who knows -little about high finance that If the people pay for the roads at a value about iwlce their real coat, they ought to -own them at once and not "la time." v The writer, of this ha ' for, several years, advocated the public ownership of railroads, wttft tneir operation oy private leasing company, as the only solution for the conflict a to rates, the plan contemplating i that the rates be f lxed by the government prior to leas ing the roads 'for a term of years, to the highest responsible bidder. By such a Dlau. if the roads are bought on val uation by a responsible commission, the people would not be swindled .; by watered stook,C the rates would be ' aa reasonable as safety' would permit and railroad Interference with the publlo business- would come to an end. sThere are grave difficulties in the way of such a plan, but they are less thaiv the dan gers, we now eonfronli li an sure. The -experience' of the country with guaranteeing the issues'-of the ' trans continental lines,, wUl prevent Mr. Baiv ber's scheme from receiving much at tenUoa iJlnd while this , is true,; his agitaUon of a subject, and Mr, Ripley's attitude toward it, show that the rich men are beginning . to read. the signs of the time., , It U to be hoped i they ; will convince a large enough follow- j ing, to prevent the rising storm, from breaking in this country. - ?. ' Carlisle in The French Revolution, : says, that France accomplished as much for freedom for the , masses In four years' revolution . as the . English se cured in 860 years of evolution. . , The price paid war terrific, however. - He gives as a reason that the ruling classes in France made -no' ooncesslons, but sat on the lid until the explosion hurled thent; into eternity, while ' the ruling classes in England made just so much ' concession, , when conditions be eemar dangerous,, aa they deemed suf ficient to. prevent revoluUon-riC , w It need not be said to any, reader , of Lparlisle-that the above is not a literal quotation,' out my interpretation oi jiie rather extended essay-, on this subject It' is to be hoped that the rich men of this country will follow the English plan, rather than the French., ,. They should remember. , however, that they have not te deal with peasantry, ' but with a people ; still; comparatively Iree; and With free traditions, who will not brook too long deferred action.' ' : - . W . V AN EX-RAILROAD - MAN. . Second Choice Nominations. ' Cove Orchard, March 8 To the Editor of The Journal An enlightened publlo opinion will agree with The Jour "Letters FrbmtliePeopi.: nal's commenu on thiTaeeondchdlcel"4:?0""?" VV22ZZ?- amendment , that "the cumbersome de tail : it imposes upon the voters is enough to condemn it", .' r; .v -'. - . ; ; "Some of the leading men f Wash-, ington are already advocating a shorter ballot and that many v of the eff ices that are now elective should , be made appointive. ' We have only to observe the peculiar, operation or tne second choice in Washington to know what it wilt do in Oregon, t Over there candi dates strong on first choice are gen erally i weak "on second choice, while candidates -decidedly weak ? on first Choice are strong on second choice. This would lhdlcajte that many voters place, too little value on, their second choice. '; They . consider, it an incumb rance and vote it under duress. Regard less of the constitutionality of the measure it would be contrary te good publlo. policy to compel a voter to eje- erclse a second choice against his will; especially when he considers that his second choice or rather ; vote is cast for an opponent to his voluntary first choice candidate. ", ,.,;.. Men holding the-same politicaivlewB differ in their personality and in their ability to fill publlo positions. Advo cates of the : second choice are almost compelled to maintain that one man IS as well qualified for office as another and that any ' man ; who is fortunate enough to be the recipient pf a lot . of Involuntary second choice ' votes ' Is squally , entitled to a nomination. . s It la strange that good intelligent patriotic citizens can , become so per-- vertea 1 in ineir taeas as to call that progress. At the last primary election a very large per cent of. the successful candidates received " ? majorities. Jt wouia certainly pe unwise to vitiate one whole nominating system by adding the seconor"cnoice snnpiy to try the doubt ful experiment of remedying, the defects of a small per cent of the nominations, j If ihe best interest of t the electorate, hnitrbfthV Cahaiaatesri.ecessitat'es ma jority -nominations a better and saner plan would be to provide for a second primary election so that in cases Where there are no majorities the two can didates for the same office receiving COMMENT AND ; small m&xo& x .;'4v ' Senator Bailey seems rather ally." ": '? , . . ., .... . , . , i No, a recall Is not the same thing as an encore. . .;, .... jv;..jf ',';. ,:.e ; if ,'-v v.- i It la now, the open season for 'city candidates. t : The Maine should be raised, whatever the COSt ..W ,, : l'; . , ,T -v. -:.;',;.' Now the time fop gardening has snre ly arrived, a. laat . " The new congrres should let both AH tona.and New Mexico isv-wp d-' Whatever-other styles of hat come and go, the derby remains. ,,y :''; ' ' . i'if?. i';.;.,.-; A common opinion Is that Senator Bailey is overblown jwlth self conceit v Any day is a good time to write those letters to eastern people about Oregon. The sugar trust looks forward with pleasant antic!patloni4Pihfruiti3an nlng season. . ; . . )r,.f-fc-.-fe. ;1f;';'i'.V; ' Clfted thnnrh Vl. .- Oanaf.v Call.. hasn't the "glftle" to see . himself . as many other people see -hlnvr!"'.... kv-S-y For a month the nreeldent will taica a comparative rest, also such members ofcongreas as can come back . . , , . ' " V-' ' --a ;. ' rJ-:,';.;'.', Voten ttt rininn ,n nn Ilk.!. t sign referendum petitions aulte aa free ly as tney have done in the pastS -. -yy'' r.x'y""' '"n: :; a --a. & t , .. .. 1 That rThfnaiaa' i-MIA, tA v..t. - look a little, more respectable, ut it should be quickly doubled, sat least. . . '--X-.i.-, a ,.; a , . i -'.-.- -yh - Governor. Harmon has already opened headquarters at Cincinnati as a presi dential candidate. H la motto rniv h. Harmon. and. harmonyi;. SiivC? Work en the Wknili: M 'Wuita'- Mtttiii ent from joy riding In a purloined auto mobile, but the former is a quite proper sequence-of the latter. 4,, . , That craxr fallow' whoa tnanla la clipping off girls' bair might have a worse one, but this is bad enough to require his sequestration. '-mm Mfy .;;..,,,....). m.,: vf a - a 1"t,1,',.,,'.H.v.,' The retirement of no annatnr la mora welcome to the people of Oregon than that of Carter, of Montana. , He lias shown his emnity to this state on sey- citm occasions. - a -a 'An aaatarn anffraa'a 1m iilmuiatM the wearing of harem skirts by all women suffragists. Here la matter for another disagreement divided suffra gettes over divided skirts. , ,v.,. .v '. I yy.:i. ..---i . a a ; ,;-.4.r;i.:. -r,- After this Vear the - noatoffioa"' am. ployes are to have a month's vaca tion. . no puDllo employes deserve tt more, but most people who work for others are not so fortunate. - A young man who can speak six Ian- guaees xiuenuy was arrested In Bos- ton for vagrancy. and explained that he couldn't s-et a 1ob. Higher educa tlon isn't of much , use to some peopje. What ' in the world is the . man who has objected' to being kissed 4 times on his forty-Sixth birthday going to do when he ' gets to be -72, asks an ex change. . Perhaps no-Jady-' will want .to kiss him then. . rt.v :i v-. A : maelstrate turned an ',"" offender named Luskey over to. his wife for sen tence, and she sentenced him to 10 days separation from her. Which probably caused the scapegrace to think that his name might - appropriately be Luckey Instead of Llckey. , ',-,.. Mr. Bailey resigned, but soon chanced his mind, and 1 the government : atlll ambles on, which it couldn't have done if Texas great son had really resigned and aa-a.a.aw 4 fla V a. . I. Ih Ir . . M- la.l,. . K . 1 9 he'd stepped out there'd havo been no cause for tears, for the Texan's name has. acquired ill fame f during reoent kerosene years. .- - SEVEN OTEIRY WOMEN EUzbeth Barrett Browning. o. Lyrlo i I7Ve, half angel -and. half And all a wonder and a sweet desirer oira. ''' .'y-i- L :;Tao"en iirowning. Women can uoint with much enthusi asm and pride to the achievements of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, .as one of the noblest and brightest .examplesIn literature among, their -sex. Her writ ings have charmed the world for close to .a generation, for It must be remem bered that although she was, not born until 1809. she, oegan wnung com poetry and verse at the age of 10. and when aha was IS years old her powers as a writer were already recognised. . Elisabeth's gift . for learning is said to have been extraordinary. When she was only I years old she was able to read Homer' in the original. She would nurse her doll -in one arm, and simply devour the , Greek clasalo held Via , the other . hand.' It .is saloV "she dreamed more of Agamemnon than of Moses, her biackipbnyf w When she, was only 11 years old her great epic of the ."Battle of Marathon" was. printed in four books. All things considered her 'career is one of the most remarkable in the history of - literature, : and ; this. Jra spite i' ot a serious mishap when she , was ' .16, through" injuring -herself that She was confined to .her bed for a long, time.' She was about 20 when her mother's last Illness began. At the, same time money catastrophe overtook her father. He would not allow his wife to be trou bled or told of this crisis in his affairs, with hia creditors which materially di mlnlshed bis income for, life. so as to put off any change in the ways at Hope End until change could trouble the sick lady .'.no more After Mrs;- Barrett's death, hen Elizabeth was a little over 20Fi they came away leaving Hope l&ind among the'hllia forever.,;. "Beautiful, beautiful hills." illss Bar rett wrote "Sometime afterwards front her Sick room in X,ondov "and yet not for the whole world's beauty would I stand among th; sunshine and shadow of them any more; It would be a mock. cry,1 like the takjng ; back of a broken' flower to its stalk.". ? Her continued delicacy kept her. for months at a time a prisoner, in her room, but' she was becoming known to the world., TTo fully unaerstand1 what a remarkable woman she was it Is only necessary to appreciate' how difficult Is' the task to think deeply. It is the hardest work in the worlds and yet this tittle woman, ' - so . frail and delicate, hardly strong enough physically 'to be moved from place to , place, yet intel lectually she was able to endurethe strain for close on to ?6 years. ; No higher praise of Mrs. Browning's accomplishments has been bestowed on the largest pluralities' can be voted on again,' This would preserve' the voters' liberty1 and freedom of action, in the ex ercise of a goott conscience.' The sec ond choice Is un-American, "it is too coerslv and could easily be "character ized as a vicious and ijeedless attack upon' the voters' - voluntary choice of mea and measurea Owing to the very short ballot the cost of an extra pri mary election; would be reduced to the minimum. Those who would object to an extra 'election ' "t upon economic, grounds would do well to remember the trouble and expense that was incurred In making nominations under ' the old convenUftn Sysienu which .raa.jnbottL.aa follows; Two precinct, primaries, two county ' conventions,' one dtetrlot con vention,' one state convention, in all it required six separate political func tions to nominate candidates for all the offices of the state. . .When we adopted i r ' r-: ft;. : ';:f, V' . h NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS ' A Buell "parrot that died' was valued .w.-. : . .a . , .. - Fruit growers of "Polk county will organise.. w u f. -.J'.ir! LX.yy....; i- s .i,.iiy':-';t"-i-i- Brick and tile factory at Talle Oty seems assured. . ...,,.; iV ( -... e e v .'r-r i'".:;:...::. -Land" sales are frequent in portions Of Folk county. ( ; f-, -.yy Springfield grocer will raise chickens on a large scale. ' Eugene Elks Will build a four story brick next summer. ''.-c T-a-r About 1800 will be: spent Improving the Bethel cemetery. , : , j ' Land" ' buyers . are quite numerous around - West Cbehaleinairr''i;f';,1'':, K;-)t , '-"'- x"-'yy7 y), y ft y i?K ; - Big success of the Astoria centennial celebration seems assured. "i-:,-' ; ."(..;y.j - f. ,''-',' e - .i-,.i.':v.?Vf,V'.': Vallet Mack en ass been postmaster at McCoy slnoe August, . .;,-'. " -,j '. ''jA, ' 'J " '- :a- ; : ' i."' .- -'.; y' A county baseball, league - will be formed in Washington county, ;, .,. ,:xiy ..-''f ." 'J'iHi-ijS&V'W' ' According to the census, Curry county has a population of only. 1 044.-. . : ' ', ':,., a " . ;l.' Touna- people's nnioiT'of Ashland Will retake the population of that city. i. yTr'.-.r - !..--(-. '. a - , - v - -, ; ,.-t,.ri Sheridan and Willamina 'have issued neat ; descriptive ; folders for distribu tion, yy, . vl,4.s;:.;v -is""-.;r iiForest drove men caught a live wild goose that had flown against electric fight wirS,fc .r.V y" i't :i '"; ;;: Some Corvallla neonla era asitaMna for municipal ownership of Its electrlq light ptant:U -; 'v.-. -v M&y:tr.K.i, . -.vv.,n F.'Kr6j,J!-",.,.'Vi.iP -; The Connell place of nearly BOO acres near HUleboro, has been sold to Wash- IneiAn "wn al-laa ''-'!,.-. , r ..' stal-weiptsnwstTiearTy-all Oregon towns have grown considerably in the past. year, . v . -.i,,;' . v-:-,.:'-i c. ' i ! 5 . e :,ii'j'"yy.y -;-i.iy-'y:,. r A Wallowa county man's sheep to the number of S5. died in consequence of KiHjauy,. ravm-coyiei-'.t"'T-or-rtr a lacoma piano - manuractory "may eome to Hillsboro, if people there will subscribe, for; a suffialenU amount of stock. .- vr., rr -TrxraiKxr y-j. ' .' Woman came "all the Way from Mon tana to get a job as waitress In a res taurant liw-Reseburg. - in consequence of a false advertisement s v x 1. -r a, :f a u;ivy;rfe" An Illinois merchant arrived in Port land and went up to Newberg the same day, and the next morning bought a 15 acre farm and surted home, but will soon return. v . In advance of the tourist ' excursions pushed by the railroads during March, homeaeekers are flocking to Salem, and many stales of property are being ne gotiated, reports the Journal. , -"v - v" --.-'.''- ;s .va Over 100 letters of inquiry about land and city property for homes were re ceived at the -Eugene promotion office of the Commercial cluV one day. The number of such letters is constantly on the increase. ... v. -.;e- e'.'.-V-..',,.::.-r-'...-V, .v 1- A- Eugene man has 26 Rhode Island Red hens which during the month of February laid enough eggs to bring f 13 In cash,. besides 240 which were placed into an incubator for batching.. He figures that they mads him $38 dur ing that month, Sheridan Sunt : Twentyniix Jap la borers from the orchard districts of Hood River arrived here Monday and 12 more Tuesday to commence the work of planting 2000 acres to fruit trees in the Clear View district They are said to be proficient in this work and were brought here because other labor eould not be seeured... ,., ..,,, .. . t.,M ,,. ',,, ,.. , an author than those directed te her by Leigh Hunt, who, In one of hia clever poems, calls her; "the sister of, Tenny son.? T this a critio takes exception, and stysr,rw object to this, and claim her ' as Shakespeare's daughter! Great as Robert Browning is in the world of poetry, hlswlf e is literally .the better hsJt-T-V. Mary Russell Ml tford, in hef "Recol lections of a Literary Life," pay a glowing tribute to, this great genius of her-sx;s "Such la -the influence of , ner manaers, her conversation, her temper, her thousand sweet anil attaching quali ties, that they who know her best ara apt. to lose sight -".altogether of. 'her learning and of her genius, and to think of her only as the most charming per son that they have ever met" f Competent critics y. declare . that the genius of . Elisabeth Barrett Browning was perhaps as great as that of any poet of our generation; that while in certain Intellectual qualities she was in ferior to Tennyson and Browning, ' in others she was their superior; and that upon, the whole, she was ths most re markable Woman of her time, r ?' Miss Barrett was married to Robert Browning in 184. i Imnjedlately after their vmarr!ag Mr. Browning - took . his wife A abroad. ' First they " went to France, and then to Italy, where their boy , was born at Florence in 1849. -Here they lived most of their married, life, and here Mrs. Browning died on June SO, 1861. Turning aside from the Eliza, bettr Brownlnr of f he world a part, to the gentle little woman in her home life, it is best described, in miniature by a personal -frlendi ' 'w , , "Those among, us Who only knew Mrs, Browning as a ; wife and as 4 mother have found it. difficult, to realise her life under any other conditions, so Vivid and complete is the image of her peace ful home,' of its fireside where the logs are- burning,1 and the mlBtress estab lished on her sofa, with her little boy curled up by her side, the door -opening and hutting meanwhile to the quick step' .of the master of the house, and to the life of the world Without, coming ttf find her in her quiet corner.' i We Can recall, the .slight- figure In its black silk dress, "the- writing- apparatus bv the: sofa, N the tiny inkstand. " the quiil nipped penholder, the unpretentious Im plements of her work. ; She was a little woman,; who liked little things." ' . Each age Abas its great, poets, and each generation its .women of tnfldence' but Mrs. Browning ' has made an In delible, place that time will not1 erase, but instead make her' nobler life stand out; cleaner and Imore beautlf uL-in-the future even than in the past . K ri lf - i ' Tomorrow Charlotte Bronte. ; the direct primary we simply expected to accomplish too . much through one political unction. It requires a second primary election to perfect the system. ' ' " - ., W. PHILLIPS.., ' i 1 i i , "' t . f , ,( A Mile Square and a Square Mile. . Portland, March 1 To the Edi tor of The ; Journal Kindly tell me through your paper, the difference be tween a tntlevsquare'and a square mile. If any. Also the difference between feet square and it square feet 1 u , , F, W, CHINDLAlD.' ia mue square r is that Is,, a square ' of . Vhlch . each side - -aMf ,.a . mjm VS M.TL1 D JIlllli; . means a square 'of which each . ih ! measures nine ;fet, land lit con Ulns coyn aie ?n in, Jump; , because hls 81 square feet. .Nine square feet me Mi-i"r,l,b0,r, . 5 h wbar8 100 pma11 what it-says, no more, no less; , that i ,h0 Man, 41 Way M VchuP-, . ; is, for example, an area of three feetl 'tCmrity,. imo br ' fs. ' ih by three or nine feet by one.) " l'utat. WflUtHs ' J oW tks Curss "cf v 1 Government--.- From the Detroit News-Tribune. lAs ajnatter of moral significance It hi ar mure 1 serious fact that . citizen -voters sell their suffrage than, that a - . clique , of black-leg legislators sell. -theirs. The nation could afford to have every official body in the government corrupt from head to foot more than if could, afford to have the citizen .voters corrupted or , corruptible. t As a choice j whlch-would ymj-take-a corruptTllIuoIs legislature' or a -corrupt Danville city . .,.,Aaa. 9 ' 'Aa. a. t 1 1.1 ' . ' .. , . " , ,vic,,i u tiiuiuo wnicn wouiu , you take--to bring it nearer home & ; , wtrupi,' micnigan legislature or a cpr rupt Michigan electorate? -r When ', the peopie resignshelr citizenship In the . United States - for- money for that is ' fc wnai tne saie or a private Vote mean- when - they Sell for money all - the ad- -- . - ----- i waava ana iiu VCJIU vl V ' ' ' Htlcal deDravltv bflvonii tht, ft is the .people jir the source. . Corrupt the auts. wQiiHr-f Ul Ulfl HUIA 1st -JriAnPaMiia(4 I-. - aB al a . . ' -; . i ovuavv mu-i wiiai nope nare your urr-v hoots .of 'the people, like councils' and ' ;i lAClHIil tltrOl el.1 .' i -, i rtnutlAA ewAva aAaH.Ke I a. im i ... ' a. V', that condition you have an uncorrupted ? " -cMwi-ui um cuunirv ir in nn sna-ee t wll liM T't-iae- t r ...-x. 1' . . . "1 , . , 1 A (.atrial . 11u ti. a . . ' vwi'uvivu) aAiias. lsj wnv iijanviiisi a Tin ' - . - --7 vHia.M.io,,Acr t'lOIl .; thr WArit ' rtf than vananfi ...a I aerial -a !,,.. looked at Abraham , Lincoln's- 'position 14 II 1 1nh" hia iuw lit. la. ton nun . ! ; ,.v ' J V UW1'4 "-.6. WAIlM A. l. . a ..,.1 a . r . - n w.. . wiUU.ll.jn. JR. .' inn" naAM. h.-.- r." nuu.u iiavo ueen jusuiiea in oulttlntr. ; Just now a well-organized attempt la s being made to raise the aaiariaa .a- ...i jiwic, m usbi carea xor employes :; ; ; nr ..Ma, a,A.,.M.K, a "'."""""'v n we argument m. - jua moy coma make I".0''1.", other ."JDoubtlass BOt uicr im some u virtue in 1 the view of 5 those old faahtAnaaf atatAn... v. ; "Yes. our Judesarlai..--r--r---- " - -.w. .....uunii Will, M V . - AND THE HONORI- That is the ml ' MV 1n -T. MnllH.. UHa' MA..a..u .. '.-I ..' honor of being selected ; the honor ef n ".nougnf!, nonest enough; and able , '"" . m "iTi 'in tn neonla In-..auC high wayj the honor of being a states- man, a publlo man in1 ubii , ,0I.xlvat business man Jwtth an ' offldo in a publlo body. That ia v. ?f HT xnu,t taka - We must' take this' ' !. l-tn common 'council and the : United ' States senat---e0" muoh 'a Vear and THE HONOR! In recognising HON- ? ORABLE places you will almost always find honorable men; but In "Jobs" you " wm usually find place hunters. ' ' ; -., . -.. . . I . . 11 :,..!, i'iy-!h Arizona at ' thn 1W . , ' l . By W.'-J. Bryan.' ,'. ' .': ;,. ; Te President Tft-Artoa stands at . tne floor and knocks will you admit herT : to the sisterhood of sUtest ) Bhe de-- , serves well at the natioa'e hands. . Her peole are the bravest of the brave, and ' they are as intelligent - as they ; are brave, and as industrious as they are inteUigent They have forced the moun tains to give up their wealth of mineral , treasure; they I have converted 1 vast stretches of desert Into e-ardana air fields; and, they are patient, too. They -have desired statehood , for years and they, have deserved it. too, but hope has - -been, deferred. At last; aa enabling act was passed, 1 and a eonstltutional eon ventlon was elected, That oonventlon ... prepared a constitution "anoT that oonsti- ; tutlpii .hss been ratified by an over- '. whelming majority. ' Will yoe . extend the hand of welcome or will vtra nee your position to deny them the recogni tion that they eravef !: A oorporatlon controlled, press and some ambitious of fice holders seemed to speak for you and threaten the people of, Arizona tf ' they' dared to adopt such 'a oonsti tutten'' as they desired, but they did yen honor ' i to believe that you would have spoken'"' to them directly, rather than through ' ' such agents, if you had desired to warn'" them. It ought to be graUfylng to you to know that they have shown an inde- : pendence . which proves their capacity '. for self government. If their constltu- ' tlon contains anything repugnant td the constitution of. the United , States, the . supreme court can be trusted to nullify Jt i Cai y6u ask moref s If,however, , there is any provision which, while not a; violation of the federal constitution, . , is so objectionable to you that you wish ' It submitted separately, ask congress to. authorize a vote upon It where state of ficers are elected. If there is any pro vision' s objectionable as in your Judg- ' ment to Justify: you In rejecting-the constitution unless amended, do not put tne people to ..the delay and trouble of , writing a new constitution, ask congress . to maKe. ine elimination ox , suon pro vision a condition precedent to admis. slon. They can eliminate it when they- hold their State election. Make any con- ' -dltlons you please, but do not reject -their constitution. Let them . eome In, -and the career of the state will be such that you will find, . increasing pleasure -in ihe fact that you proclaimed, Arizona a state... : i.'iAy -v;, '- Old Mnthm. - I love old mothers-vmothers with white U ' hair, , - k . i And kindly eyes and lips grown softly . sweet .-. ,:..'. ,. .... . i- ''''- With murmured blessings over sleeping ' "' babes. - - There Is a somethina la their quiet That speaks the oalra of Sabbstb afternoons:- ' - , t A knowledge irt their deep," ynf altering v t3JTC1 That far outreaohes all philosophy. Time, with caressing touch,, about then) The all ver-tnreafled fairy-shawl of age, While all the echoes of forgotten songs ' Beem Joined to lend a sweetness to their speech.- - ' - Old mothersl- as they pass with, slow-: timed step. . ' Their ' trembling hands cling gently to v '; youths strength; . Sweet mothers! as they pass,' one sees aa-aln ' . -. ' , - - weaves Old - warden walka " old roses and -'bid loves. rThs Century. TKe Warrior ", (OootrlbdteJ ta Tha Journal by Walt Mitoo, -tb famout Kaniit port. lili proae-poems r ,; ' rrgnlar feature, of tills auluma 4a Tba Dally v ,' Joarnal). -f-yys.&A tm; tWtf&iifr.Ti '; !!, Jt ::ytif C ' . v . ' W One day, in times of yore, a knight ; V went out- for gore, wltlv-? sword and ? -shield and lancer his helm was1 wrought ' ' . atattt a ' amir vn nn . hia , h-,1 ' blicksmlfh made'TiIs . pants.,: ' And "as he rode along, so .valiant, big andf strong; he said, In undertones: ' "Ods v prunes! This Junk . I wear but, fills', me "with despair! . - It's crushing half 'c my bones! They say that ! am brave- ' when I my banner wave, and plunge into the scrapj when I to battle" prance J , and prod up With my: lance some un-J offending . ehap But I'm not- brave ' enough to shed this hardware stuff ' ' and wear a burlap : sack: a ' poor" old ? -knight , must v reel around , In , rusty i ' steel until' It breaks -his back. I-fear the caustlo laugh,vl fear the Jest snd h '' chaff of idle lad and lass, and I f 'I pack around about BOO pound of clank-1' : Ing ' iron and brass." That good old knight is dead; a foeman broke his head ' 500 years ago; ena bards write, Joking- . . . .1, . . 7-n ,! rjiyrnes apout- turn ana. his Umeswhen wrl.es, his lips In pain he tbltes-.Ms-v , : 4''