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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAE, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1911.
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TROOPS TO MEXICO
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T IS TIME FOR the president of
tha United 8tates to take the
country Into his confidence. ,, A
movement In mobilisation of
troops . Is : In : progress ': that presents
all the trapping and panoply of war.
Drums are : beating, - recruits , are
called for, munitions are being as
sembled, and troops are hurrying to
.the front. Warships are being sum
moned under t secret: orders from
very sea,', aeroplanes for , patrol , of
the i- air are being purchased, and
militiamen are drilling and recruit
ing for anticipated service. Brass
fhuttons, epaulettes and ; uniforms
more) than all else are in the public
!yv
What means v this bugle call , to
,nnsT Is the country at- war. or
,oa th verge of war? Is .the divis
ion that : has : been hurled to the
! front under secret and silent orders
to be followed by other divisions?
It so, what is the enterprise, and. If
It he war, what the provocation? ,
; There are occasions when military
and. naval movements are of neces
sity, matters f of Justifiable official
secrecy; There are limits In the war
. like demonstration for ;, diplomatic
purposes that are completely admis
sible,'. Jf this occasion of command,-rxs-ln-chlef.
colonels and ' cannon
werji within "reasonable limits,, It la
thinkable that the extraordinary se
crecy, dissembling and false Infor
mation from the White House would
-be of proper warrant"
' But, have not the bounds of the
reasonable ; been t passed 7 ' Tba war
flgns on the horizon are almost as
Imposing as when we went to the
defense of Cuba. The preparations
have reached proportions that enti
tle the country to some reliable hint
of what It 'all' means. "If all 'this
Fpectacle of r troops and marching
orders is a mere- frolic, the world
ought to know it so the forebodings
t$ay be quieted.' If it means diplo
macy by force of arms and diplo
macy with, cannon shots In the ter
ritory of a neighbor with whom we
we and , should continue at peace,
the people ; of. the United States
ought to know it. When the tidings
from Washington are, that the Mex
ican Question has ;been transferred
from the. department of state to the
department of war, H is time for
the- people to be enlightened. They
might desire to protest. , ;
PURCHASE OF FOOD STUFFS BY
Sf'X hv::'':- japan v, 'ij;.'.; -
S'
pJ,U3PAPERS FIND verification 1
for their fears as to. the reality
of Japan'! expressions of friend
liness for the United States in
fher recent purchases of food stuffs
ion a large scale; It is not out of
A"
llAPJ tn pit ihm .Turin noca svnTin,.
on. ortbege facta,? ' Japan recently
ordered,; ltls said, 4;the purchase
for " Immediate delivery of 100,000
tons of tice from China, a quantity
xer which there could he no con
;eeivable use xceptlarcasflr f "war.
(Th answer of Japanese aper just
(received is that Japan is compelled
to buy t large quantity of tbe cheap
T Chinese or Rangoon rice every
year when the market condition Is
favorable. And this year Japan has
to feed thousands upon thousands of
famishing people who are suffering
from, the devastating floods of last
rear.'.;- :
t Here ; is one sample of the ex
j cusee aelzed on by a yellow press to
I stimulate "national animosities, and
!to pile up military and naval pre
;paratlons xostly to the peoples on
both, aides of the Pacific.
CHINA
VS WE READ OF 400,000,000
A of Chinese the figures are so
t huge that no one can grasp
their significance. It can be
understood that In the province
struck by famine there are 12,000,
000 people of whom 2,000,000 are
facing death before next year's crop
matures. The charity of the whole
world need be called on to meet Just
this one exigency, So there should
he no check to charitable efforts to
this one end.. The need is extreme,
M all know.
In. the northwest, in Mandhnria,
There. Russian and Japanese armies
fought, the plague rages the mur
derous pneumonic " plague claims
nearly every, victim that It seises.
Medicine proves useless, and only
the obvious means of Isolation, of
turning dead bodies, and destroying
me nouses as weu as tne clothes and
f f ecte of plague stricken patients.
serves to stay tbe progress of the dls-
ase. - The Chinese government has
. . 4 "anufifrouiscl' to "caa to" their
ttd western doctors, nurses, and by
fVriJsts, so abandoning their heart
; - s, ancient, ways. The analogy of
" r cuttreaks of epileir.lcs'Is that
the virulence of the .plague will
gradually lessen and die down, ,
On of two results may follow
when the stress is over. Thet one
was foreshadowed In the Boxer riots,
Western men and ideas- the lavas-
ion of the essentials of a civilisation
destructive, of the oriental ; calm of
the- Chinese .people, perversife of
their religion. Inconsistent-with, so
cial habits that descended to. them
from centuries past all ' this' may
rouse' the savagery of the f mob
Riots, with accompaniments of mur
der and incendiarism, may break out
over rast-regions, ; and among the
people of , both town and country,
slnca responsibility for every dlsas
ter to the nation wll,' In such case,
be laid on the "foreign devils,.
Or, it may be seen that the spread
of Christianity, the earnest "work of
missionaries and schools and of re
turned students, the Influences of
commerce and the Inventions of the
west, the ; self sacrificing " efforts of
doctors and nurses in the plague
stricken districts this, in its ac
cumulating forte : may allay the ef
forts of the disturbing elements, atad
quicken, instead of check, the awak
ening of China. . ,jii.:i':: ;rv:
The power of Christianity In
China may be Judged by the figures
recently com piledrr The work of
Roman Catholicism In that nation Is
three centuries old. There are now
1400 of their missionaries at works
and more than 1,000,000 Chinese are
in that .iold. 4 The Protestant work
is the growth of the last century.
There are - 4000 missionaries In the
empire of whom, however, about
1000 are wives, and therefore not
always able to do full work.; Half
a million Chinese are in the Protest
ant churches, and of these about
200,000 are communicants, . Well
nigh every missionary , is a school
master. He and his family are the
apostles of clean living for person
and family. ' His Influence reaches
farther than his direct teaching, and
Is supported by a'wide circulation of
Bibles, ' testaments,' and other good
books; v The reality of the faith of
the Chinese converts 'was proven in
the Boxer troubles by their faithful
ness unto'' death? t w 5 '
The Chinese nation will live many
years In the times now close at hand.
PTJT tOrRSELP! IX HIS PLACE
O JUDGE OF THE effectiveness
, of the volume of advertising
Oregon, continuing to be poured
out j in unending streams, two
tests may be applied. One is from
results. Aro the much desired fami
liesarriving in numbers justifying
the efforts made? - Thf -crowded
trains, ' actual and promised, answer
aa to many Will hundreds multi
ply Into thousands, and those Into
ten thousands of home makers? .
So far as material aUroctlens S
the prospect is shown'as it never has
been before. The tale of railroads' and
irrigation, . of the. -.possibilities of
fruit raising and dairying,,. of, stock
raising and poultry 'farms, and of
general farmng, is fold in hundreds
of thousands of -: booklets and
pamphlets, and in advertisements in
magazines and 'newspapers, coming
under the eyes of millions pf read
ers. The unbounded resources ' of
our forests, of .thft' water' powefl In
our..rlver8, in the minerals stored in
our mountains; of the raw 'materials
abundant for manvfactures,. of tbe
markets opening for the products of
our factoriesall this Is dwelt on
Dy trainee writers - who pass noi
cnances to enforce the moral and
adorn the tale. -
So "varied" are " the " opportunities
that ,; the eastern v reader may well
buffer in a Very'-'embarrassment: of
Offered riches'. And yet he hesitates.
He may, and if wise he will,
check off and verify by many In
quiries what , advertisements and
booklets tell. He will find, we trust,
that he Is receiving Impressions of
the booster, not the boomer ac
cording to the distinction Mr. How
ard Elliott draws. For we believe.
as he 4oesr that Oregon lives and Is
to grow by truths plalnly'and hon
estly told, and not by the exaggera
tions of Irresponsible writers; Our
doubting ' friend may get the best
confirmation of his faith from some
of the Oregon dwellers' letters that
the malls carried , east , laBt week.
And yet the nail of purpose may
not be driven home. . Why? . ;
The best settlers "of them all are
they who must know that the fam
ily; In all Its branches, must prosper
In more, ways than can be measured
by plowed fields, fruitful orchards
and multiplying stock In this, new
land of promise. ;
How about education for the girls
and boys? They find that the com
mon school system of Oregon is well
supported and up to date. That high
school are found In every county-,
filled with pupils and well ; taught
That agricultural teaching In the
country schools, and manual train
ing and trade schools In the cities
have been Introduced. That lessons
In , cooking and. other branches - of i
household economy and hygiene are
spreading from the agricultural col
lege over , the entire state until
trained teachers are . In great de
mand. . : ;'.;
Then as to the State unlverjlty
and 'the state Agricultural ''college.
Inquiry shows that both Institutions
are prospering to the full if attend
ance far in "excess of the standard
suggested by the population of the
state, if large faculties of qualified
teachers, ; W ; crowded buildings
equipped with modern apparatus. If
hearty support and interest by, over
whelming majorities of the people
of;;, Oregon"; spelt, prosperity. . Bat
considerable explanation is needed
for that short word.
The -needs , of university and col
lege, both for ' new buildings and
equipment and , for more current
funds, so impressed the legislature
recently la session that sums aggre
gating over a million dollars were
voted for these purposes. . But the
friends of -both thesslmportanrifiTOThebalf of the Irish .people. : He of-
stltutlons hold their breaths in sus
pense -until the statutory period for
a referendum ; to popular vote Is
passed and the appropriations be
come available for use. So the story
of the support by Oregon of her
most useful schools of higher educa
tlon cannot be completed now. So
far the state has done her full duty
in this regard. It seems Incredible
that there - should be ' utreasonabla
delay 'in utilizing Junds voted for
this most necessary work.
Another Inquiry Is suggested as
to the spread of good literature both
in the schools and in the .families of
Oregon. Nothing Is lacking here In
organization and facilities, both in
tlie city of Portland and over the
state at large.' ' Good books circulate
freely.;, Nothing more plainly stamps
the people of Oregon as a community
which seeks and finds, this best of all
resources for uplift and entertain
ment in the home. ' ' : , "
Such facts weigh heavily when the
transplanting from an older Into this
new state may be la the balance:
Oregon will be the richer for all to
whom the facts here cited shall de
cisively appeal.: v
THE RIGHT TO WORK
A
MONO THE LABOR : party's
measures recently presented Ja
tbe. British house of commons
was the right to work bill.
Under this wai set up the obligation
of the state to find work for every
man able and ready to work who was
unable by-his owjj efforts to find It.
So was involved the provision of re
lief works paid for by the state, Mr,
Burns, the president of tbe board of
trade--himself a working .man, be
fore he was selected to hold office
opposed this bill in uncompromis
ing terms. He showed that in- the
remedies of labor exchanges, of in
surance against unemployment, and
better distribution of seasonal labor,
no undermining of the morale and
independence of the worker was in
volved, nor any Injury to the, "proud
spirit of the poor." The nation
should go no farther In aid for the
unemployed. : The opposition to the
bill carried by 225 votes to 39. '
The presence in a representative
assembly of members elected to
Btarid - for the class by , which they
have been" Chosen ; rather than for
the community at large has both ad
vantages ' and drawbacks. Advan
tages, in that ambitions , and com
plaints ; of, the class are so' brought
Into light and openly and decisively
dealt with. Drawbacks la that such
members generally deem themselves
delt gates : rather than representa-
tIves(withiarrow views and Hm"
tef appiratidhs Jn ' the ' recent ar
tide in the Independent by Mr, $los
son on Oxford university an anec
dote is told. At Oxford a working
men's college has been recently es
tablished as a part of the old univer
sity, Mrr Slosson made acquaint
ance with a student, and asked him
if he did much reading in tbe.Unf
versity library,, the Bodleian, famous
the world over. "No," paid the
young man, "I have plenty of books
of our own in which I study, I don't
trust the books in the Bodleian,'
Yet he bad, and threw away,- the
chance of his We to get a wider view
of questions more Yital to him and
his than thoBe "own books" of. his
could teach him. , - ,1
A NEW ROUTE TO LETHE
N'
EVADA COMES forward with
a plan to permit those doomed
to capital punishment to pass
hence by the poison route if
they prefer poison to the gallows.
In Utah, a condemned murderer may
choose shooting instead of hanging.
In Ecuador the musket is used, in
China they have; strangulation by
the cord, in Spain , the garrote, and
in Brunswick, death by the ax. .
Arizona requires one . convict to
spring the trap, that hangs another.
xweive eiecrric Buttons are on a
table, of which 11 are dummies and
the other is connected with the trap
on which stands the condemned. At
a given algnal, 12 convicts each
press a hutton, with the, result that
neither ever knows which hurled the
executed Into eternity.
The Nevada poison plan provides
that the , condemned may make; a
cholca between hanging, and swal
lowing pruseic acid. " A vial of the
deadly fluid Is placed in his bands,
and if, at the end of 10 minutes he
has not swallowed the poison, he
Is hurried off to the gallows. The
bill has passed the Nevada senate,
and at last accounts was In the
bouse with every prospect of adop
tion, r
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
N'
OTHING HAS so. clearly marked
' the imminent solution , of the
long pending problem of hare
monious and loyal relations
between the English and Irish peo
ples as the recent debate in parlla
ment, raised on Mr, Ian Malcolm's
amendment to the address accepting
and adopting the policy of the Liber
al government , The Tory amend
ment was rejected hy 826 votes to
. xne principal speecnes reached a
high level of oratory. ' The prime
minister, . Mr, Aiquitb, K reviewed,' It
la said, the definition of Home Rule
on which the general election ;,was
decided, He I claimed It as f part of
our normal constitutional ' develop.
ment'.'...:Thaiew-LlbcraL4mDrlia.
ism he, defined afresh as that under
which Boer . and Briton, Celt and
Saxon,'1 each brought his own trJbu
tary to the mingling and confluent
waters -in the stream of; Imperial
unity." y: So ; wonU be - constituted
"one throne, one empire, one peo
ple otfe in heart and spirit.'
To this Mr. Redmond responded
fered a treaty of "peace and amity1
he gave a solemn assurance of fair
play to Protestantism, invoking the
power of the imperial parliament to
enforce Justice he hoped for
long and glorious reign ' for- King
George and ended by trusting that
the king would open In person the
new parliament ot a rrienaiy ana
reconciled Irish nation. -. t ,. . - ;
Other ministers followed I In' the
same vein. Mr. Churchill based the
case for home rule on the facts of
the south African experiment, sus
tained by the ' reconciling prdseseeS
of the past generation. . Mr, Birrellr
the secretary for Ireland, insisted
that unaided English statesmanship
had now done Its work in Ireland,
and that a national administration
must ' succeed it; . And the vote pro
claimed the acceptance of the treaty
of "peace and amity'? that Mr. Red
mond offered.?''--''.'-;
The entire solution? of the Irish
question it centered in MrrAsquith's
text. ."We are to solve It, said he,
"by walking by. the light of common
sense In the domain of reality." .' ;
Home rule, therefore, it has been
well sald, presents Itself a an Inev
itable development which the house
of lords cannot stop and the'British
people wilt not.
The main points are agreed on.
The i Irlshparllament wiy 1 receive
from the parliament of Great Britain
and Ireland similar rights of con
trol over Irish affairs to those that
are exercised by the great self gov
erning colonies of the British empire.
Already the national principle has
been developed. . - From now oft -It
can have tree play. Many points re
main yet to be settled. The most
difficult la the proportion of repre
sentation in the imperial parliament.
Mr, Redmond has already announced
that -considerable reduction in the
Irish representation is reasonable
and will not be opposed. The Eng
lish ministry take the position that
they 'neither -wish to lose the Irish
Element In the Imperial parliament,
nor are they willing that it should
control Imperial -politics.' And ques
tions of finance also are reserved
for future settlement. But "the
Rubicon la grossed, and home 'rule
for Ireland takes its recognised
place as the first and leading meas
ure to be passed when the obstruc
tion of, the house of; lords Is over
come. .r;-;'
.THE DOLLAR AND THE MAN
I
N THE UNITED STATES 3,000,-
000 people are ill all the time.
On out of very 30 la to a great
er or less extent a sufferer from
disease every day in the year. One
out,, of every 30 is thus incapacitated
from W'ork,';under; treatment and re
moved from this enjoyment of life. .
Most of the aliments" are held by
scientists. to be preventive., i Of the
deaths last year, it is asserted that
600,00(T could' by proper life condi
tions, have been prevented. ' It Is
reckoned that more than one fourth
of the children die within a year
after birth, and that 65 per cent of
these deaths could be prevented. It
Is asserted, and. there is Increasing
evidence of the truth of the asser
tion, that the larger part of the phy-
slcaV suffering is due to Ignorance,
carelessness and Indifference.
But, we are told that "agitation
hurts business." , If we ask; for pnre
milk, we are met with the charge
that we are reducing the volume of
dairy products.'- -' v.'----- -i
City Health Officer Wheeler and
his assistants found a frog in a, bot
tle of milk the other day. In an
other bottle they found an earth
worm. Both bottles were In process
of being delivered to Portland cus
tomers when seized by attaches of
the city health office. When earth
worms and bullfrog? get into Port
land milk what other undetected
things may not enter It?
tTetrwe are told that we- must not
protest against frogs and worms In
the milk lest we "hurt business."
Three million people sick in tbe
country, every day; one out of . SO
under treatment all the .time, end
still we dare not ask for pure milk
It hurts business. Shall: we put
the dollar above the man?
A LA POSSUM HOLLER
HAT SMALL PAR- of the
public which may chance to
have read other papers than
the Oregonlan or the Tele
gram which receive and, print the
news of the Associated Press dur
ing this recent Mexican flurry, have
had ample opportunity to observe
how many things that are not so may
be Invented and printed on tbe au
thority of news associations whose
chief function Is to psovlde sensa
tion and not fact. Every reason but
the true one has been given for the
mobilization of the army near Mex
ico every theory from Japanese in
vasion down through English and
German coercion to the death of
Diax ." Xfrt tifg-- ',:m--'The
excerpt Is not from' the Pos
sum Holler Bladder. Nor from the
Weasel Flat Whoop-'Em-Up. Nor
from the Podunk Buzzer, Neither
the ' Bladder, the Buzzer, nor the
Whoop-'Em-Up print that sort of
editorials.
It is from the Oregonian that this
scintillating editorial, brimming
with world thoughts, is taken. It
is a production to have made the
Hogtown Bugle of 4l years ago turn
green with envy, Nor , the Oshkosh
enuifrgo wlW-atUih-dmlr&aeni------
But, speaking of the troops to
Mexico, if there Is one reason from
Behrfng sea to tbe South Pole and
from tbe setting sun to Tlmbuctoo,
that Oregonian news , has not ' as-
signed for - the mobilization, will
some Inventive cuss pler.ee trot it
out la a single dispatch Friday
morning; tnese reasons were : as
signed for the movement. . ."..-. -V
.First, ' to preserve a stricter neu
trallty Also,, to be handy in case
of Diaz' death to prevent disorders.
Also to' warn other, nations that we
are going to handle the situation
under the Monroe doctrine. Also,
to show with what celerity we can
mobilize .troops for the effect on
critics of the army; Also, - for the
effect on other powers.' '
So many scatter . gun guesses as
to reasons for the mobilization Is
example of : then- news service over
which our neighbor is so expanding
Itself; m point of fact The Journal's
news service as to the mobilization
has been splendid, full proof of
which . appears in the 'Oregonlan's
peevishness. It is a service appreci
ated - by the'- more . ihan 40,000
patrons of Tbe Journal, In view of
which: the tall tower's opinion; like
Its opinion on tssemblyisra, goes tor
nothing, '
TAXING aiURCH PROPERTY
a:
READER "WRITES to. Inquire
of i an eastern paper why
-ehurch property should not be
taxed, and is told in reply that
It should be taxed i in- common " with
all other property. Many persons
hold the same view. They argue
that wealthy and; powerful churches
with rich congregations have costly
edifices on sites of enormous value.
The value of the site on which Trin
ity church, New York, stands passes
into the millions, In every consid
erable city there Is church real es
tate of which the value Is very
largeiiAjii-
The right Of such properties to
go untaxed la widely questioned.
Tbe assertion Is made, that congre
gations wealthy enough to own such
sites are able to pay taxes on them.
In all such cities there are home
owners who, are driven .to the wall
in the effort to save enough from
earnings with which to ; pay their
share of the public taxes. There are
such home owners in Portland today
who are stinting themselves and
pinching every nickel to save enough
to satisfy the , tat collector. .Their
necessities are Increased in some
measure by the exemption ' of valu
able land sites from taxation. It Is
such conditions that give rise to the
suggestion of requiring taxation of
all church lots , that ' have a value
above $10,000 or $15,000. ' How
ever, It is doubtful If there should
be taxation of church , buildings or
cheaper sites on aceount of the finan
cial stringency with which the poor
er churches constantly struggle.
There Is more demand for farm
ers' Institutes than there are experts
and funds at the .Agricultural col
lege to supply. The demand for the
Institutes Is the best sign of an awak
ening among the farmers for-better
methods, and the farmers and their
farms are Oregon's best resource for
wealth making. Still, there Is talk
of referending the Agricultural col
lege appropriation. Will It pay?
.A father and three children have
been tor three weeks in a Vancouver
hospital. as a result of using infect
ed milk, J StUJ, there are those who
say there should be no agitation. for
clean milk; Shall we plade the dol
lar above the man and the children?
iam vvKBmiisoa jogiBiKiurv idu
M . iii
ran amucK on roaa tegiaiauon. Aiier
1? hours ot filibustering,!, final ad
journment . came, . with , the '. result
that the good roads program may
turn out to be as badly disfigured
as thatln ' Oregon. -
Into the Express Business. ,
From th Kansas. City Times.
Of all th Impositions or Inequities
of the transportation business, past and
present, none has been more flagrant in
character that th extortions of the ex.
press companies. Rebating was a much
more xtensly .lnjustlc, Jbuliit eon-
l ..
SlWfiNESMOUS
Damon and
- History Is full of nobl friendships;
of sacrifices one man has mad for an
other! of th constancy between great
men a'nd women. - Probably none of
these famous friendships ar as famil
iar as that of the story of Damon and
Pythias. It has been so oft repeated
and So strongly emphasised upon the
mind, that th two names today stand
as a synonym for two persons who are
drawn - closely together either through
business y social relations. .,f4 i
Damon and Pythias wer prominent
resident of ancient Syraousa, The for
mer being condemned to death by Dlo
nyslus, the tyrant, of " Syracuse, he
begged for the privilege Of visiting his,
wife and children before his execution.
This privilege was refused until his
friend and neighbor, Pythias, also a
man of family, volunteered to take Da
mon's place in prison as a pledge for
his return, and on the condition that if
be failed, Pythias should suffer in his
Stead. .;' -
At th appointed time, Damon failed
in appearing, and the tyrant had th
curiosity to visit Pythias in prison.
I "What fool you were," Bald he, "to
rely on , Damon's promise. How could
you imagine that he would sacrifice
his life for you or for any man v ,
"My lord," said Pythias, with a firm
voice and noble aspect, I would suffer
a thousand deaths," rather than 'tny
friend should fall In any article of hon
or. H cannot fail. 1 am confident ot
his virtue, as I am of my own exist
ence. But' It beseech the gods to pre
serve his life. Oppose him, y winds.
Disappoint his eagerness, and , suffer
him not ; to arrive till my death . has
saved,. - Uf, of much greater, conse.
duenca than,' mine,, necessary : to his
lovely wf. to his little innocents; to
his friends, to i his country; Oh! let
me not dl the cruelest of deaths in that
e4myame.n'l
Dlonyslua was confounded,, and awed
with the 1 magnanimity of thesa senti
ments.' Ha wished to speak; ha hesl
utedt he looked down, and retired In
silence. - The fatal day arrived. Pythias
was brought forth, and with an air of
satisfaction walked to th place of exe
Bltd in giving concessions to favored
shippers and thus struck &t th most
essential thing- In general business
healthful competition. The tariff, of
course. Is a much mora stupendous evil
because its graft mounts Into hundreds
of millions annually. But the express
companies are the most extraneous and
manifestly parasitical inventions for the
enrichment of favored persons that this
country has eve?, tolerated with pa
tlenc. " : "
For these reasons, It Is a satisfaction
to know that the attention of the Inter
state Commerce Commission Is at last to
be directed to thesei privileged common
carriers, which really , have no excuse
for existence, being organised for the
purpose of taking over the most profit.
able of all the v railroad business
which the railway companies should
transact .as a Dart of their chartered
obligations end operatln'g.Jt, for the
abnormal enrichment of & comparatively
few atockholders, mostly railway offi
cials of the higher rank.
Anu u is to b hoped that the forth-
coming Investigation will ;- be . deep
enough to demonstrate th advisability
of abolishing; th express companies en
tirely and turning- their business baok
to th railroads, wher it belongs, and
where a fair profit might help the net
proceeds s of th proper carriers and
work a factor . in reducing rate in.
stead of advancing them, as the rail
roads propose. .
For th railroads cannot eonemtmT
aslc for an increase In rates So long aa
extraneous - companies authorised by
them to do a part of their huslneaa ar
making as high as S9,pr,eent profit
annually.- v. I .
Reactionaries-Hnntlng for Reasons.
From tn ?iw Tork Amirtean. ; -Wbtn.
th popl of Seattle Invoked
th kecan against Mayor Oill for per.
muting the pollc to levy trlbut upon
syndicated vie the mayor appealed to
iu touni if or. b injunction.
His lawyers were rrolifio In Masons
t9r ahow that th people -had no right
to : recall malfeasant officials la gen
eral and In particular no right to re
can 'Mr., am. - ,v,.'.-;'
But th Judge before whom Mr. GUI's
case was argud dismissed his petition
with certain remarkable words. These
words ar-oueoinct and significant
mat tney deserve to b. written in ls
lbl gold letter on th walls of Amer-
ican courtrooms: ,
"W must not hunt for obicur rea
sons to thwart th will of th people,"
When one considers th salutary x
parlance of Washington. Ortron. Call.
fornla, and other states in their march
toward th restoration of f re govern
ment, and considers th consplcuousness
of their exampl it becomes plain that
th reactionaries who. ar ut hunting
tor reasons against th Initiative, th
referendum and the recall have to aeou
th woods with tireless pertinacity and
content themselves with the smallest
gam. ' '::':us::. , ...l;- , :- ..
risona bow purposes to oom Into
th Union with a constitution that shall
embody th recall and th other com
mon devices of modern democracy. '
The reasons why Arisona should not
be permitted to hav tta way in . this
matter ar vary obscur but they ar
uttered ' from high platforms,- la loud
tones and by voice keyed to self confi
dence and scorn of opposition. r
Th reasons ars neverthelae hard
bunted and far-fetched.
They should not b eermittad to
thwart th will of the peopl.
, Why Do Yon Worry? . .
Front th Christian Herald.
"Why do X worry? Beeaus I nan.
not help it. You would worry If y
were in my place." How muv times
has this little conversation been re
paated. cn friend chiding ahothr for
th puckered brow and frowning Jook,
the mood of depression and th anxious,
wearied, careworn slump of mind end
body together, incidental to a habit Of
worry. ...True,- it tr My to say to on
who Is overborn - by th burdens h
i bearing, - that; worry . win : make her
load no ligrhter. 8h knows thin, yet
Willi sh conoedes that worry is doing
no good, sh goes on If ah were
ojimbing a bill and slipping back at
very tep or grop.ln through a thick
fog, unable to free herself from the
smootherlng- clutch of this flnd. Three
fourths of th woman patients in a
certain insane asylum - war said to
hav reached their morbid eaUta and
th loss of mental balance through th
lnflueno of worry, Worry is really
waste. It wastes nervous tissue, is
th enemy of happiness, and a prolific
cause nd aggravation of ill health.
; H' " :" ' Hoes tuaH Hots.':''C!''-;V'
From th Grants Pass Courier. "T?
The Oregonian ays that ther 1 no
Demooratlo party In Oregon, only few
Democratic bosses. That may be true,
and if w may udga by results It ean
be said that It la equally true of the Ra
pnblloan party, Only thara are more
bosses. ;: Th machine politicians of th
Republican- strip ' ar - trying- to get
back into power and displace th Insur
gents. The Oregonian has th dlstin-g-uished
honor to represent th regular
Republican machlm
FRIENDSHIPS
Pythias.
cution. H ascended th scaffold and
addressed th people. ,
"My prayers ar heard; the gods ar
propitious; th -wind have been con
trary. Damon could . not conauer lm.
possibilities; h will be hr tomorrow,
and my blood shall ransom that of my
friend." -.n ::- - : -v-
As he pronounced these words, a iuxs
arose, a distant voice was heard; th
crowd caught th word, andw6top,
top, - icutloners?" was r rapeajtsd by
every person., A man oam at ? full
speed.':: In the same instant It was off
his horse, on th scaffold; and in th
arms of Pythias. ,
' "You r' aafa," h cried, "yon;ar
safe, my friend. Th gods b praised,
you ar safe." .; ...
Pal and half speechless in the arms
of his Damon, Pythias replied in broken
accents 1 ,
"Fatal bast; cruel 'impatience. What
envious powers, have ""wrought impossi
bilities against your friend; but I will
not ; be wholly disappointed. Since I
cannot die to save you, I will dl to acr
company you;" - r - - v -
Dionysiua. heard and belyeld with as
tonlshment. Hia tyes were opened; his
heart was touched; and ha could, no
longer tesist thev power of virtue. He
descended from bis throne, and asoended
th acaffold. .
"Live, live, ye incomparable pair. Ta
hav demonstrated th existence of vir
tue, and consequently of a God who re
ward it, i Dlv happy, live revered; and
as you hav Invited m by your example,
form trie by your precepts to participate
worthily of a friendship so divine." .
- A number of ancient wrltera have in
troduced th story of Damon and Pythi
as into various of their works, most not
able among which wer Cicero in his
Dl Offlclis. .and Valerius Maxlmns, a
writer of historical anecdotes. In these
classics there Is some deviation In the
story.; In one Of them it is stated that
Damon ..wenltanrlsonas,ponsot.Xor
hia friend and in most of . the ancient
writers the nam is given as Phihtlas
instead of Pythias, and it la now sup
posed that the name Pythias has corns
about through careless translation.
Tomorrow- DemMxiu and AntipMlus.
JoKn Muir and
r; , ' JoKn B urrou
From the Lo Angeles Times,
Burroughs Is now 74 years of age, and
Muir . is only a . year younger. - But,
owing mainly to the outdoor lives they
hav led and th philosophical state In
which that life baa tended to keep their -hearts
and minds, thesa two eminent
naturalists are still . quit hal and '
hearty, as much interested In their call- -trig
now as they have ever been and able
to . do the work which they both lov
so well. , ;, a : , - ;,;; : . : ; ,
Mulr has been the mor atronuou
wanderer. Far flung are the wild trails
his feet have known. Tha great gktcier
which bears bis name in Alaska and ;
other places long distant from hia quiet
California home tell of th wanderings
of Muir. Not a foot of tha Siarraa but
knows , him. He is . th lover of tha
mountains. Tha things of th wild greet -him
as friend and neighbor. - Where an
other; man goes' with knif and gun,
John Mulr goes : welcomed and - saf a
against barm with no weapon at all and
only a pocket filled with tea and a few
biscuits . to sustain hia few meager
wants. .' t V;;- r r. li V Ki ::sv
Burroughs travels far In quite an
other way." Within th confln of his "
littles garden In. the east ba makes many
far Journeya Into th marvaloya cities
which th master architects of th soil
build th Tyr, th Carthag and th
Babylon of the ants and th cliff dwell
ing pueblo of th bees. A nesting thrust
with U family is a whol world In It--self
for this wonderful old man. "
Boast as we may of th conquest ef
oommeroa, the cities of steal and atone'
which wa build, th fleets with which'
w hav conquered th seas and th ar
mles with which w hav circled th,
earth, w still may nvy John Mulr and
John . Burroughs th happiness of th .
lives they hav lad. ' The man who' goes"
through Ufa knowing only th little that
th cities hav to teach misses the best
and tnoat ther is tn Ufa, Natur has ,
mor Important and mor fascinating
secrets to dlvulg than are locked up In
th eonnting houses of tha World. And,
in many way, th cities which tha
beavers build ar mor marvelou than
London or Kw York.
News Forecast of tbe
Weelc t
(Oalted Preia UastS Wfra.1 -. '
.Washington, Maroh 11. Tha impend
ing xtra session ef ' eongrasa and the
osllook: - for th ' Canadian reciprocity
agreement will contlnu to absorb pub
Ho attention. Many of th senators
and repreatntatlves who have followed
th example ef th president ta taking
a short vacation sine th adjournment .
on March .4 will b back tn th capital
by th and of the weak, -.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will
spend th early part of tha week in
Texas, visiting half a dosen of th ahlef
cities of that atata. Leaving Texas ,
h will spend th greater part of Wed
nesday and Thursday v In Albuquerque
and then will proceed to Arisona, what
on Saturday he will attend th formal
opening of th great -Roosevelt dam.
Secretary of War Dickinson is sched
uled - to sail Monday from Nw York
for Panama, wher h will spend tan
days inapeotlng th work on th lsth
mp.n canaL
Argument in th famous "tap line"
case will begin before tha Interstate
Commerce commission in Washington
Wednesday." a'-
Tor th first tim 1n the hiatory f :
th atate, the women f Pennar1"iTs -who
dealr to vote, will b given op
portunity to argue tha question before
a legislative committe at Harrlsburg
Tuaadayi'.'S- " .-.- ., . . .
Th" marriag of Ogden Mills Reid,
son of Ambassador and Mr. Whltelaw
Reld. and Miss Helen Roger will be ,
celebrated Tuesday at ' Raclnv Wis.,
the bom of th bride-elect Another
notable wedding of th weak will be
that of Countess Margot von Barold- '
ingen and Samuel Morris, secretary of
tha United States - RSbber company,
which will take place Saturday at th
bom of th bride' a mother In -Newport
EJventa of tha week that will inter- ;
est followers of sport and athletics
will Include the annual power boat re-
f atta at Palm Beaoh, th championship
eurnament of th Canadian Bowling
association at Montreal, th annual win
tar meeting of tha National Aaaociation
of Amateur Oarsmen In New York,th
pugilistic contest, between Ad Wolgast
and George - Memsie In Los ' AngelesY
and the contest : between Packy Mc
Farland and Owen Horan in Now Lork.
In financial and railroad circles con
slderabla Intereat Is manifested in the
annual meeting of tha Missouri Pacific
railway, which will b bald Tuesday -in'St'Louia.
'iS'Y ?.
' Brigadier General Charles I Hodges
in command of the department of the
lakeswiiLba. placed on the retired list -of
the army Monday on account , of age,
OnMonday Franc will obaerv the ".
second centennial anniversary . of tha .
death Of , Nicholas Despreaux, the "
French .poat and translator, friend of
Racine and member of th Franoh ao
ademy. '. - ,. ;
Friday will be oatebrated In Boston
as' Evacuation day, th anniversary of
tha evacuation of th city by th Brit-,
ish In l77.;-a: ;:. .; i -.-1 -:,-
Among othr matters; that will fig
ure mor or les prominently in the
new of th week will b the opening
of tha annual live ateok and horse ahowv
at Forth Worth, .tha opening of the
Pacific Land and . Products : Exposition
in Los Angalesi and an 'interstate con
ference of aea island cotton growers' at
Waycross, Ga., to consider plana for in
creasing tha price, of. th staple. . . -
' -' . A Diplomatist. , ' " '
' From th Youth's Companion.- -,
As Mr. Compton looked down at his .
waistcoat be discovered that It lacked -A
button. "And I asked my wife 1 to
sew It on mora firmly, last night" be '
said to his commutar neighbor In th
train. don't sea how she .forgot it."
"Don't" ever ask her to mend any-.'
thmg," said his friend. "I learned a
better way before I'd been marl red a
year. ; When I want anything mended,
say a shirt, for Instance, I take it under
my arm, all mussed up, and open th
closet door, and sing out to my wife,
Where's th rag bag, Peggy V ,
"What do you want of th rag bag?
she'll ask me. - - .
, " 'Oh. I thought I'd throw this away.' V
1 tell her, and squeeze it a llttl tighter'
uader my arm.
"Let me see what you hav there,' "
she'll aay, and I'll mutter something .
about worn.oufc old thing!' whil" X band.
It over to her. , , , v -
- .Why. r James Holland!' ' ahell say,
when-she's spread it out . and looked, it
over In a hurry. 'I am surprised at you!
Thia la perfectly goad. It doesn't need
a single thing except And then and
there she sits down to mend it, looking
as if I'd mad her a present." , ,
rr :: 1 1 ;-jy??;iv
,' Who Are Howling. ;
JCromnthaWestoaLea4
It ia noticed that there is no xitra-
Ordinary howl over w Oovcrnor West's1
vetoes except on tha part of Jfhos ta
whom the fact that he oocuple th
governor's chair 1s regarded aa nothing
short -of a personal and political ca
lamity. i
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