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lion's akin,
While the beast lived, was
killed with hunting him.
Shakespeare.
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wnicn WTLL PQITRM
or barrels, and does It . carry ibo
onion label?
la the "Simon prosperity a tri
umph or Republican policies, Demo
cratic policies, or mugwump poli
cial? Is It patented, and will there
be prosecution of all Infringements?
to a career .which might had
many yearn yet to run.
If put up In bottloH, does It fin, of departure. No action baa yet
when you pull the cork? jbecn taken In congress to carry these
The gay world wc!d also like to recommendations Into force.
know something about Mr. Simon's Canada, Australasia aid other new
full dinner pall"? I'oos lie fill It countries are fully allre to the ad-
wlth lc cream or with r.lfalfa? If .vantage of straining out undesirable
alfalfa, does bo shako It before tak- Immigrants before they are allowed
Ing, and does be recommend It lnito ro on shipboard. The United
that the sooner they find their waylnear 'London sta V dramatlo end
out of the taate the better.
After four years' experience the
federal Immigration commission ad
vised legislation supplementing that
now in force to examine and select
tntendhrg Immigrants at their port
v : COMMENT AND -NEWS IN BIEfT 1
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A very clear discussion of the mu
nicipal paring measure appears on
another page. It is by R. D. Lam-
son, and it embodies points not hith
erto presented to the public It is
worth reading both by opponents
and friends of the measure. ' "
SMALL CHANGE
Letters From the PeopL
Great daw Monday -featlval esanlnc
una laciion. , .
Tha roaaa are rattlnar readr fast
tbaaa daya.
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Evan tha aunrama court f tha TTnltad
Htacea nas tiacoma proruiaalva.
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rry should acre to arbitrate anythina
laat it oaraa notning sooui.
OREGON fiIDELiaiI.3
Hood Wvw will
Fourtb thls.yssr.
not eslabrate th
allopathlo or homeorathlc doses?
Furthermore, has It leni properly
sprayed, and la It certified nlfalfn?
The Journal will perhapH be par
doned If Mr. Simon as the harbinger
of good times reminds It of Johnnlo.
What Is the baby crying about,
Johnnie." Inquired . the mother.
'Nutbln", said Johnnie, "I Just took
the bottle of milk from him and
bowed him how to drink."
FACTXO Oil EAT PRORLEM8
States exclude the known criminal,
the diseased, the contract labor, the
pauper, and the prostitute women
classes, and these only. The princi
ple of selection has been introduced.
It should b carried far enough to
Include undesirables who' are not to
be catalogued under any of the de
scriptions given.
COLLEGES Oil DREADXAPGnTS ?
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rF HE SHOULD be elected major.
will Mr. 81mon suddenly lose en
thusiasm for commission govern
ment and find pretexts and ex
cuses on which to postpone a change
- of government until the end of bis
term ?
If elected mayor, will Mr. Rusb
' light find pretexts and excuses with
1 which to postpone a change of gov-
ernment until the end of his term?
If Mr. Thomas be elected, will he
' , find pretexts and excuses with which
'. to postpone a change of government
y until the end of his term? Will
such councllmen as are elected, find
pretexts and excuses on which to
postpone a change of government
for a long period?
The one supreme issue In this
election Is commlsson government,
. and on that issue the city is united.
The end and aim of the election Is
to secure officials who will further
a change with the utmost dispatch
The people are not electing Mr,
Simon to be mayor for two years,
but to be an agency for hastening a
change of government
They are not electing Mr. Rush
light to be mayor but to be an in
strument for pushing the cause of
commission government.
V They are not electing Mr. Thomas
to be mayor but as a part of a plan
to effect a change in the Portland
barter.'
. They are not electing councllmen
with the Idea that the elected shall
, go on serving aa councllmen indefi
nitely, but with the expectation that
the council as a body will help leg
islate Itself out of office as quickly
'as possible.
' -i Such are the specifications. There
; ,ls no way to misunderstand the
' 1 terms. All the candidates are shout-
'ing their , devotion ; to commission
government from the housetops.
They all avow .themselves healers
, ;and apostles before election and the
' - paramount question Is, which of
' them will be quickest to squirm after
" election.
, If elected, will Mr. Simon still be
. for an early change, or will he
:, squirm?
If elected, will Mr. Rushlight help
.speed a change, or will he squirm?
' If elected, will Mr. Thomas fur-
ther a change, or will he squirm?
Will such councllmen as are elect
ed insist on still being an official
menagerie?
We shall see what we shall see.
T
R. GARY OF the Steel trust
declared before the house
nvcstlgstlng committee at
Washington yesterday that
his corporation would welcome gov-;tlonal education?
HERB 13 complaint in Oregon
about the cost of higher educa
tion. Appropriations for build
ings at the state university are
held up. How stands the account be
tween national armament and na-
ernment supervision of its affairs.
In an article the same day, Colonel
RooRevelt declared that more dras
tic legislation for control and regu
lation of trusts Is necessary.
8uch utterances by men who are
national figures are extraordinary.
It seems Incredible that the manag
ing man In the steel corporation
should publicly Invite government
supervision. It seems unbelievable
that the ex-president should insist
on legislation more drastic, even,
than the Sherman law.
Nobody knows yet what the evo
lution In big affairs In this country
Is to be. There are signs that we
are on the verge of a momentous
transition In the Industrial worjd.
It awakens a country-wide query as
to what changes a decade of the
future may bring.
Ten years ago, It wouid have
startled the country to have been
told that the government would soon
exercise the large control over rail
roads that Is now the established or
der. Yet such regulation Is liere,
and It Is accepted by the railroads
themselves as a legitimate function.
Moreover, there Is much proof that
It Is by far, a better status for the
transportation companies, and that
In the end they will profit from the
change.
The United States Is the greatest
field in the world for statesmanship.
The problems this country presents
are nowhere approximated. It Is
probable that the present momen
tous time will bring forth its con
structive men, and that the most
serious of our problems will pass to
a successful and beneficial solution.
The battleship Kansas cost more
than $7,000,000. The entire invest
ment In higher educational institu
tions in the state of Kansas la but
$8,000,000.
The annual cost of maintaining a
battleship Is $740, OOQ to $960,000.
The Institutions of higher learning
whose annual cost Is as much, can
be counted on the fingers of a hand.
The operation of a dreadnaught for
one year costs half a dozen times as
much aa the annual maintenance of
the University of Oregon.
The total income of the BOO col
leges and universities of the United
States for 1909 was $25,000,000.
The cost of maintaining the battle
ships of the United States for the
year 1910 was $2,00U,000.
The appropriation for the navy for
a single year is about $133,000,000,
or five and one half times the in
come of all the institutions of high
er education In the country.
Yet a battleship that costs more
than $7,000,000 becomes obsolete In
ten years, and in a few years more
may, as in tbe case of the Texas be
shot to pieces as a target. The $67,
000,000 Invested In grounds for ed
ucation establishments lasts for
ever, and the truths of education
never perish
Council Crest as Public Park.
Portland, June 1. To the Editor of
The Journal. An editorial appears In
an evenjnv paper tonlf ht advocating the
aoqulaitlon of Council Crest aa' a publto
Prk and urs the oltlians to rote for
Its purchase. It la perfectly trt that
it la a beautiful site for a parte that la,
a para wnose ohlar merit Is that of a
viewpoint But la not that naroose al
ready served T Council Crest is popular
oecauie it IM aioassiDie. But there are
many other polnu on the hilltops that
command equally beautiful views that
will ere long be aocasalble by ears, aad
that could caw be purchased at a very
mucn lower price than It Is proposed
to pay to the owners of this land at
Council Croat
On would be led te Infer by the
earemeas to buy this h!sh-prtced land
mat tnia council Creat la the only fit
ting placa for a view park. Literally.
the latter la not the casa. and consider
Inr the wholesale way la which the tax-
peyere money is feeing voted. It would
be well for them to pauae and carefully
consider the advisability of aoqulrln-
this einvated property at the elevated
price asked for It
Council Crest Is aa amusement park
now, and doubtless private Intereats wlU
continue to keep It so Indefinitely. Our
vlaltore will always be able to reach
It It would be better for us to allow
It te exist as a privately owned park
for public use, under proper regulations
and control. Would it mot be more an
albl for us to spend our money and
ret oOr money's worth In acquiring some
other site on a high point, poaalbly ad
joining the beautiful, neglected and
nearly unknown Macleay park?
It certainly would be more economical
to do so. Portland needs an amuaement
park auch aa Council Crest now Is. How
would It be better If it were publicly
owned? The ownera of adjoining prop
erty may object to ita present uae and
doubtless would prefer Its being con
verted Into a public park, but their rea
sons are- personal and ahould not affect
tbe majority of voters. The editorial
in question Is misleading. The pur
chase of Council Crest Is unnecessary.
The park Is there and we should not
waste any money In Owning It. The
cars go there and the 'view will always
be there. If we think we want a hin
vlew park now let us get one In another
location, and ao have two view sites, but
before we buy any luxurlea would It
not be better for ua to provide for our
necessities? Portland la ao beautiful,
there are ao many charming vtowa to
be gained from so many vantage points,
that we , need not be oOneemed about
losing ear vlewa, they will always be
Corvallls Coffee elub has celebrated
its twenty-eighth anniversary.
The Iowa eeonle at lalem are a-
panng xor meir aanuat pionio.
Tha Rood River Women's club has
ts,is in us rr library runa.
Forty-one universities are represent
movement at Philomath for a
central school la to be held In abeyance
The
mtral
until next yearj
Bla- universities are ood thlnra. hut
farms rather than millions for unlver- ln University club of Medford.
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A trust or corporation ean't ha erlnv
InaL can't be ounlahad.. Quilt la necee-
aarily personal. Home day, , personal
pumsnmem win loiww..
,; ,'
The auDreme court aaema to have aent
the tobaoco oaae back to tha dletrlot
court to find a remedy which tbe higher
court couiun i useii . una. .
When you talk or think of anterprlse
e" ,(
Tha Krssa Commercial 'cub le rrow.
Ing rapidly. Glxteen new member wars
added at the last meeting.
It fa eroaetad that IIS atndenta will
enroll In the Klamath county high
school xor seat year course.
R. L Parker, an xpatieneed hotel
and public aplrlt look at thoae Medford
dodI. who offer 1000 acres of very
valuable land and 150.000 for the pro- the Redmond hotel, at Redmond.
posed Uarrlman university.
Automobile races almoet Invariably
reault In aeveral fatalities and serious
personal Injuries, but since the autdrav-
dihms are wiinnr to take tne riaic no
body else need complain. Others can
keep at a safe distance.
man from Cathlamet," Wash., has leased
Ontario's musicians have organised a
nreea band. w. J. uuara ex nine, coio..
will serve as instructor en salary.
A Commercial olus has been organ
ised at Hainan. B. E. Harder Is areal-
dent and F. B. Mitchell, secretary.
td.f u Vmwhrith-t ,vWi,,Hl The Jteds d the Blues ef the Cor
I.T, J tJT.-V?-! Vll Is Commercial olub are making an
tn.ir l&mm-..P-?5lr?&ml!! cltlng finish, la the games and mero
Julcy andsweet. With sugar) It a sum- h.rahln contaat . .
mars first, fairrat fruit-meat. Like Ore
gon roses. Its strawberries are. The beat
In also, richness and beauty by far. They
Four nurses paased the final examina
tion In St. Mary's school for nuraes at
Astoria. The graduation exercises will
be held June 17.
Marshfleld Kewst John Swing left
yesterday with his gasoline boat
Ranger bound for the Port Orford reef
to Hunt sea lions.
can t be excelled ln any clime. And
month-long and more Is our strawberry
time. The berries will bring to many
much gold. With their aid xoik many
a feast win hold. They're an aid to
health, and a eouroe of cheer. And
one of the blessings of the year. Hence
this little rhyme to the strawberry time.
(Two boxes, we .nope, 'iwui soon be. xor
Tor a thousand years, we mar aun-
K'SroU? nrume'srm'or0. M profe.,on.l dog catcher,
1 ween. The rose nas been caiiea or
flowera the queen. But nowhere and
ne'er, aave In poet's dreams. Wera roses
so sweetly superb. It seems. As now and
hern, In this city so fair, In this lan-
frorous, love-laden, early June air. More
rose Is to a blooming bride, voluptuous
fragrant, young and pure, incarnate
beauty that saints might allure. Every
June there are brldea. There are roses
each June; Ring the wedding bells, the
earth Is ln tune. Quaff the wine of de
light, as sparkling It flows: 'TIs the fes
tival time for the bride and rosel
More than 400 dose have perished In
Baker within the paat five weeka, under
the ministrations or Henry maimer,
Bugene Rerister: After considerable
delay, the carpenter crew of this divi
sion of the Southern Pad no company
has started work on the addition to the
freight depot it is to be ready ror uae
by July 1.
Pendleton East Oresonian: News haa
been received here of the death Of 8. O
Morefleld. formerly of this city. He
died at Sylvan Grove. Kan., of tubercu
losis. Morefleld was a pnotograpner
and paid especial attention to farm
acenea. .
SEVEN FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS
Black Hawk.
'If we complain at the cost of
higher education; what about the ar-1 commanded from every roadway in the
mamenta? Whfrh fa better fnr thm m,ba.tv,,oa "ch ultimately cover
race and Christian civilization, $7,
000,000 worth of education or $7,
009,000 worth of dreadnaughtsT
MARINO TUB TICKET!
THE SIXS OF THE AGE
VOTE
ALL THE MEASURES to be on
the ballot ln Monday's election
have been given, a full and fair
discussion in news articles ln
recent issues of The Journal. The
arguments of the advocates and op
ponents of each have been Impartial
ly presented, and with such fullness
that all reades have had ample op
portunity to form an Intelligent
opinion.
It is important that all citizens
should vote on all the measures.
The collective Judgment of the citl
en body is almost uneningly ac
curate. It is always a patriotlo
judgment because the average man
has no special Interest to serve, and
always reflects the spirit of the
homes and the common good.
No rnan should stay at home Mon
day. All should go to the polls. If
tempted to fortiio the franchise, be
cause of dissatisfaction w'th the
candidates for office, thoy should,
nevertheless, go to the ballot box
nd register their views on the
pending measures. In doing this I
citizen's duty conscientiously, they
will build for a better Portland.
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OLITTCAL prophets :re sleep
less In their vigilance. They
have already nominated Mr.
Taft, and are busy selecting his
auto! running mate. They insist that the
second place is to be- given a pro
gressive as a means of harmony.
They talk of Senator Cummins, but
Cummins la opposed to the presi
dential policy of reciprocity. They
mention Henry L. Stlmson, the new
secretary of war, but he was defeat
ed for the governorship of New York
In last November's "election and can
not be counted on as bringing run-
HE PURCHASE of an
means debt. Is the claim of
Irving Bacheller, the novelist.
He describes automanla as one
of the sins of the age, and for other
sins recounts various American fada
and fancies. His views, vividly ex
pressed are to appear ln tomorrow's
Sunday Journal.
Mr. Bacheller narrows the sins of
the age down to extravagance, am
bition, selfishness, idleness and raco ning powers to the ticket.
suicide. He develops his thesis on
extravagance by telling the tale of
the automobile ' buyers. He lays
most of this sin at the door of the !
wife. He claims that the man
strives ever to "keep up with Liz-'
zle," but she sets too hot a pace for !
the man to follow, and he falls by j
the wayside. The community suf- i
all the hills, but we actually, positively
need small parks and playgrounds ln
our inhabited and congested districts.
This la not sentiment It Is a. fact
We ar woefully short on such neces
sities and gloriously long on the luxur
ies of views. We want Dlaoes where
the poor (would there were none) can
find ready quietude near their homes
and without paying carfare; where tbe
children can play In safety and be free
from the contamination of the streets;
where we can have social centers. Every
school should have Its playground. Now
what are we going to dot Purohaae
spectaoular sites or provide for the well
being of the mass of the people and the
health and morale of the children? Ne
ceaslUes first Luxurlea second.
As chairman of the playground em-
mlttee of the Oregon Congress of Moth'
era, I know ef this necessity..
MRS. THOMAS l-JLWKM.
They also speak ln whispers of
La Follotte. It would be a happy
combination, but to ever expect the
gifted and unmanageable Wisconsin
Napoleon to accept the tame posi
tion of vice president in which his
fighting powers would be in total
eclipse, would be to look for the sun
to cease to shine, or the rivers to run
fers, according to this writer, by the , uphill. "Little Bob" is a man of ao-
locklng up of unnecessary wealth ln
the garages of the country. He in
stances one, where $69,000 was ly
ing dormant, bo far as any good uae
of the money was concerned. The
purchase of an auto means debt.
The over-crowding of the profes
sions is attributed to Idleness and
ambition to desire to escape the
hard . work of the last - genoratlon,
and to emerge Into a higher sooial
status.
tion, a Caesar of Insurgency. His
bent Is not to be a mere passive pre
siding officer, removed from the
scrimmage, but to te a plumed and
armed knight in the thick of the
fight on the battle line.
La Follette's life, hla campaigns,
his public works, his whole mental
and physical temperament are of
character to make a mere rice pres
idency repugnant to him. He would
never opneent to become the tall of
Then comes the oM song, brains a ticket, and his country and coua
hath left the land and sought the j trymen would not want him to do
cities. We have kept everything, i so. He has a larger, a mora valn-
SIMOX PltOSPKUITY
upon the farm that was not good
enough to be sent to the city and
that's what's the matter with the
United States today.
Last comes the most serious ac
cusation of an. "Race suicide is
the right term; Love Is no longer
sufficient warranty for matrimony.
They are close to 30 when the time
comes when she decides that with
economy and no children they can
afford to maintain a home. The
bells ring. But we hear In the ring-
able and more effective field of service.
SIR W. S. GILBERT
T
HE ACCIDENTAL death of Sir
W. S. Gilbert, a few days ago,
brought feelings of regret to
many thousands on two conti
nents who did not know his charm
ing personality, but to whom his
name was familiar as, ln some sense,
the Joint originator with Sir Arthur
of tlio bells and in the strains of 'Sullivan of modern comic opera.
iIMON AND PROSPERITY."
'Simon and a full dinner
pall." Snch are the slogans
of the Simon campaign man
agers. And still, Mark Hanna lies
quietly ln hla grave.
Far be it from this newspaper to
pose as an expert on dinner palls or
a prophet of prosperity. But it
would fain Inquire where and how
Mr. Simon got a corner on . good
times and when and bow he became
a fountain from which dinner pails
. are filled? In what way ia Mr.
Simon going to till dinner palls, and
by what tricks of legerdemain can
the mayor of Portland bring the
crops, tb seasons, the) growth, the
employment and the trade that
make prosperity?
What attribute of Deity has de
eoonded upon our Joseph, and when
dll it lijippen When did nature
enter Into a merger with Mr.' Simon,
and will the combination pass mus
ter with the supreme court? Is
'fiimoa, protnaritjj". put -oj in culm
jibe great organ-
knell of a race
march of a race.'
-what? The death
-the Joyful death
STRAINED IMMIGRATION
0
UT OF LAST year's immi
grants, pumbering 1,198,000
ln all, less than 18,000 could
be classified as farmers, and
only 8 00,000 could, by any courtesy,
be calb-d agricultural workers. Over
SO per ront of the total were des
tined for about 100 congested cities
and over-crowded labor centers of
seven or eight eastern and north
eastern states.
Less than 1 8 per cent "went to the
88 states and territories south of
the Totomao and west of the Mis
sissippi. By force of the private,
state, and federal efforts at distribu
tion n considerable number were
beaded for Florida and other south
ern states--and from Florida conies ,
a complaint that so many of these
Gilbert, the dramatist, Sullivan
the musician, set a new standard ln
the line of art that they made their
own special province. Gilbert knew
how to write librettos that were
Intensely funny and nirth produc
ing, but were free from all taint of
vulgarity and salaclousnesa, and im
modesty in evesy sense, Sullivan was
a real musician or high class, with
a gift for tune and melody, and a
knack of orchestral writing, that es
tablished comic opera as a worthy
branch of stago performance.
"Pinafore," the "Mikado," the
Pirates of Penzance," have taken
a permanent place in the literature
of the musical theatre. They appeal
to all classes in their many audi
ences they will live when many
ambitious classical productions of
their period will have become obso
lete, and their trifling and unmusic
al rivals on the comic side will have
been absolutely forgotten.
The tragic death of W. S. Gilbert
Immigrants are utterly strange to In striving to save from drowning a
conaiuoaa of Uta aad work there iladj Tiltoc U Us beautlTul ioaiaipuHDWrs-exai-aa he - weald -lv
Protect the'WateTfront.
Portland, June l. To the Editor f
The Journal As The Journal haa op
posed the progressive monopolisation
of the waterfront, I trust it will allow
us through Its columns to enter protest
against the unjust and misleading state
ments made ln the Oregonlan, edi
torially, by anonymous critics and by
Clfc Henry concerning the waterfront
bSuot measure. They claim that the
measure would prohibit the use of
streets by new terminals.
Tm the contrary, the measure pro
vides that at the terminal , points of
streets the streets 'may be used for
terminal purposes "by or for the pub
lic"; ln fact provides that the street
may be merged into a dock or a railroad
terminal If the Ymbllc's full right of
access to such utility Is maintained. To
retain the right of the city to enforce
and regulate such access, vacations are
prohibited, and the whole tenor of the
act Is to substitute franchises for the
forbidden vacations and to provide for
necessary modification of street use at
terminal points. Owing to the concen
tration of publlo traffio at these points
It is all the more necessary that the
city's rights and jurisdiction should
there be maintained. Instead of that,
pettifogging lawyers have always made
the necessity for a modified use oV
streets a terminal points an excuse for
turning them over to private monopoly
and put a narrow construction on the
use of a street. A more unjust, absurd
contention or a pollqy Injurious to the
public could ' not be 1 advanced.
It's a public use, a transportation use,
and Whatever the detailed features of
tha use may be, a publlo easement
therein Is still necessary. Observe the
text of the act:
"A street shall be held to fulfill Us
function as a street by being used ln
any way for the. purpose. of travel,
transportation or distribution, by or for
the public; and where a street abuts
against a water way or connects with
a railroad terminal, it mny be occupied
by any stricture or machinery facili
tating or necessary to travel, transpor
tation or distribution, and which does
not Interfere with full access of the
public to the uses named; and this
clause shall Include anck apply to all
structures necessary te the Improvement
of the publlo docks."
Mr. Henry's tube comes under this
category, and would under this act very
properly and sensibly debouch on a
street
Mr. Henry says our "toy blocks" are
not sufficient for terminal yards. They
don't have to be. - The right of the city
to grant franchises Is not changed one
lota ty the proposed act, except to
amplify the use of the street for termi
nal purposes.
Mr. Henry complaints that the P. R.,
L. & P. Co. bought the block between
First. Second, Pine and Ash streets as
a depot and has not aeoured the needed
street vacations. Whose fault Is that?
This amendmeat cannot be blamed.
Perhaps there Is general opposition to
giving away prpoerty worth $800,000
per block. And wouldn t a franchis
be Just aa good for present use and
better for the future?
One is forced to remember that Jlr.
Henry has negotiated these deals for
railway terminal, and to suspect that
hla commissions, are partly contingent
upon the vacations be can negotiate with
the city. Ills interest la not so mucb
- When the white people .gradually be-
gan pushing civilisation westward they
were compelled to fight for almost ev
ery Inch of the ground, for most of the
Indian tribes, having been driven from
the eastern states, were then ln suffi
cient number along the atates border
ing on the Mississippi to put up a rata,
er stout resistance.
In 1820 the Sacs and Foxes, through
a chief named Keokuk, had sold much
of their land to the United States and
had agreed to move to the west of the
Mississippi. Black Hawk, a man of
splendid physique and noble bearing,
waa a principal leader among these
tribes, and. not being consulted In the
matter, he became very Indignant when '
he learned what had transpired, r ina-
lng that other Indians were dlsaatls
fled, he agreed to put himself at the
head of the dissenters and to renei
against Keokuk. Open rebellion, how
ever,1 did not occur, because of dim
cultles with the whites, which soon
turned the vindictive spirit of Black
Hawk against them and not against
the men of his own race.
"We must have war," said Blaok
Hawk, to the council that way held, "or
else we shall be driven into the far
west, without lands, fcorses or shelter.
Those of you Who are cowards may
follow Keokuk, but those of you who
wish to maintain your own against the
aggressions of these whites, must, take
up your tomahawks with me.
In the autumn of 1830, while the In
dlans were away in the forests for their
winter's hunt for furs, the white peo
ple came and took possession of their
village at the confluence or the Mis
sissippi and Rock rivers. The Indians
were very bitter at this encroachment
and several conferences were held with
representatives of the government. In
183i Black Hawk collected a Urge force,
crossed the Mississippi, and marched
upoA the frontier settlements.
The government Immediately dis
patched troops against them. The' In
dians were defeated In one engagement
after another. Finally, with a small
party, Black Hawk reached the Winne
bago village of Prairie du Chlen, and
threw himself upon the mercy of that
tribe. He announced that he wished to
surrender himself to th white He
was delivered Into the hands of General
Street The general was seated at the
table when the famous warrior entered.
He asked him If he had anything to say
for himself.
The captured chieftain drew himself
up te his full height and then spoke In
a slow and majestlo manner.
"Tou have taken me prisoner wltk all
my warriors. When I saw I oould not
beat you by Indian flghtlnar I deter
mined to rush on you and fight you
face to face. I fought hard. But your
guns were well aimed. The bullets
few like birds ln the air and whtssed
by pur eara like the wind through the
trees ln winter. My warriors fell
around me. I saw my evil day at hand.
The sun rose dim on us in the morning
and at night It sank ln a dark cloud and
looked like a ball of fir. That was
tbe last sun that shone on Black Hawk.
His heart la dead and no longer beats
quick ln his bosom. He Is now a prie
oner to the white man; they will do
with him aa they wish. But he can
atand torture and Is not afraid of
death. Ha ia no coward. Back Hawk
Is an Indian."
Although much Impressed by this
oration, the general ordered tbe noted
chief to be mad a prisoner and sent
to Washington to confer with Andrew
Jackson, who was then president After
a cordial reception in Washington, In
company with some companions he vis
ited the large cities in the east, where
he received mueh attention. From New
Tork they returned to the upper Mis
sissippi, where they were set at lib
erty.
Blaok Hawk died en October t, 18S8.
Many whites, as well as Indiana, as
sembled at his tepee te par their last
respects to the noted red man and
burled him as the Sac chieftains had
always been Interred. Instead of cov
ering his body with earth It was placed
upon the ground In a sitting posture
with a can between the knees support
ing the hands. Slabs and rails were
then piled around the remains and the
bones of Black Hawk were left to the
elements. During the following win
ter the body was stolen and a year
later was found ln the possession of a
surgeon of Qulncy, 111. But the gov
ernor of Iowa, learning of this out
rage, compelled the thieving medical
man to restore the skeleton of the
noted warrior to his friends. Then
Interred the bones of the chief beneath
the ground, with a simple headstone to
mark the last resting place of the once
powerful . warrior ot to Sacs and
Foxes. - v
Washington. Despatch la Los AhgeUi
, . ; ' Examiner. ' 1 . . ."
. Thar Is a, new and formidable presi
dential ticket In the field, snaking three
for the rtopubllcar.s against three tor
lh Democrats.
James 8. Sherman of New Tork for
president .. . v .;, i
. Lafayette C. Toung of Iowa for vie-
presideat
When I call this a new ticket
mean new to th public, but not new
to the politicians. '
The ticket Is as eld as the extra see
slon. And It Is as definite as any presi
dential ticket in the field.
Mr. La Toilette is th declared aad
formidable candidate of th progre
sly Republican league. Bourn of Or
egon, is his present campaign manage.
that is, if any human being even Un,
Robert M. La Follette, herself can
manage th senator from Wisconsin,'
Th Insurgent Republican senate Is
pretty solid around La Follette who car
ries their united hope for the triumph
of progressive polloles In th Repub
lican party, and th states that Borah
swings and Bourn and Polndexter ant
Cummins and Works and Frlstow and
La Follette, himself, control, ar like
ly to make stirring th next Republican
national convention with the banners
of th statesman from Wisconsin.
Th new ticket ef James Sherman
and Lafayette Toung repreeents the fin-
I crystallised point of the atandpat
Republicans of privilege and high tariff.
And so th vice-president and th lat
senator from Iowa represent th last
rally of th regular Republicans.
Sunny J!m" has always been the
front and center of th regular ma
chine In national politics. While h was
In th houae ef repranentatlvea, to
gether with Speaker cannon and Dal
sell, he mad up the triumvirate that
ruled the Republican machine and trad
ed to advantage with the Tammany
time servers who sold tariffs and speak
erships In return for Republican help j
gainst th reform of eieotion laws Irv'
Mw Tork
And today the careful observer wfll
not with Interest th shadowy figure
of th lat speaker ef th houae of rep
resentattves flitting In persuaalv grao
and earnestness among th Republican
members ef the house.
Progressive Republicans, Ilk Victor
Murdock, to whotri Uncle Joe nas not
spoken for seven years, are becoming
the subjects of his political blandish
ments and charms.
Th quieter but more effective Dal
sell Is equally active, while Sereno
Payne transports his ample body about
with a new Interest In life and politics.
Over In th senate tn er is a buss
among th "old guard" which grows
louder day by day. While no open bis
son has yet been made almost any well
regulated Republican In th senate or
house will tell you "ln strictest confi
dence" that "Sunny Jim" and Lafe
Young are going to win the nomina
tion In the next national convention of
the Republican party.
And these stalwart rnenas and sup
porters of th ticket do not confine
themselves to talk alone. They are
active and militant and progressive.
An. they are working all the time.
Next week Seven Famous Prisoners.
th voter bellev
On a par with this argument for va
cations is the claim that the measure
would giv the O.-W. R. & N. and th
Hill lines a monopoly of terminals to
the exclusion of new roads.
The fact Is that the O.-W. R. & 'N. Is
very much exercised over the threat of.
this measure to block rurther vacations
it wants and is using every means, fair
and foul, lo defeat It.
Citizens, do not be misled, but vote
186X yes to protect your right In neces
sary publlo traffio territory.
3. B. ZETTOLiETt, Chairman.
DAN KULAIIER,
H. El WALTER,
Committee on Ballot Measure 138.
In service, on tti first eemptatat, 1 net
at au popular with ve masses.
It Is up to th property owner to re
flect before lie cast his vote, aa we ar
groaning under the burden of taxation
that combtned Interest has levied upon
ue, while for the Short time that Coun
cilman EUlls has served, he has done
more to relieve th oppression than any
man In th city.
CARL KRCEEX 108 lreront St
Portland's tint Recall.
Portland. June 1. To the Editor of
The Journal The hour Is nt hand when
the first recall that has ever beon ad
ministered to a Portland public official
will be applied to Councilman J. T.
Bills (Tenth ward) and at the fall of
the dice the verdict will be disclosed
and silently show In what measure his
action has found grao as their publlo
servant Let him who la without fault
throw th first stone. It Is Jiot hard
to criticise, but to do better, and es
pecially when one alms to be Just to
all his constituents, some one Is apt to
behold a grievance, real or Imaginary,
and Ellis' case bears witness of sev
eral. It requires no searchlight to de
tect the germs of fermentation In his
case; -defeated political aspirants have
plainly shown their hands and the main
faotors toward which his measures are
directed, as tbe sand trust, th terra
ootta sewer pip trust; th recovery of
river front property, the billboard ordl-'
nana and th competitive street pav
ing amendment, although too suave to
openly admit that a oordon threatens
to draw around them out of which there
will be no escape, directly or Indirectly
have contributed their share to discredit
him, and thereby remove the real causa
of their annoyance.
Our custom ln trial proceedings, when
based upon circumstantial evidence. Is
to allow th on on trial th benefit
of tbe CobU-adL.a. -iUsal eg a
Good Chance for Thomas'
Portland, June 2. To th Editor of
The Journal When will warrina- P..
publican factions gel It beaten Into their
heads that Democrats will not heln
wash their dirty UnenT Every Demo
crat, with common horse sense, must
realize that this Is the chance of a life
time to show that attempts by Repub
lican factions fb sidetrack Democratic!
candidates must fall for the effect It
will have on future elections, as well
as working to elect Mr. Thomas be
cause he is the best man of th three
candidates for mayor before- the people.
Both Rushlight and Simon have shown
to th entire satisfaction of an inde
pendent voters, and fair minded Re
publicans, ln every ward ln th city,
that neither should be elected mayor,
and It Is up to every Democrat to take
advantage of this war between the two
factions and. by personal work, get one
or more votes ror Mr. Thomas. Active
work by every Democrat will "slip one
over'- on tne politicians and elect Mr.
Thomas. -A. W. C.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
It
THAT LATER OF FAT,
Th women flk are better fixed t
stand th chilly clime;
They hav aa xtra lnoh or two f
Which they wear en all occasions. In
the winter summer time ..
And that will be about enough ef
that
Th point I want to make Is this: Teell
not that Injun squaws
Do all th heavy work at the
farm.
Th men, ln fancy togs and paint, g
out and bust th laws.
And scalp and de some other brans
ef harm.
ems that extra strip f fa
m a ri- fnp TfimiJA ral-
Se they could do most all th h
Art
But that was In th distant pmm a4
now tie bat a jok.
Th hardest work they do the dar
ts a-lrk.
We're told that In th dare ef eawssj t
women eeoked tn rooa
And carried wood and gained fb eea-
Then fotlowei them th India,
dead ar only gooa.
The women worked; tbe men
the bat
But let us pause and ponder, -; lefa
face it man to man.
Lot's think, awhile and rest .pen our
Din:
For wo must toll and sweat and granl
It seems that that's th plan -
lay. whaf's the use of all that fat If
men must do the chores!
SARKABTICK-LIKB.
Roses fragrant roses Wheret
O, you see 'era here and there.
THE POT LATCH.
"Great stuff, this potlach business.
said a Seattle man yesterday. "The
promoters are filling the pot all right
and, by heck, the latch has been taken
off."
O perfldyl
Speaking of harmony te A flat' 1
F. Designer Is a designer and architect
and builder and en thing and another
at Beaverton, Or.
Coming of the Income Tax.
From the Springfield Republican.
Ratification of the federal Inoome tax
amendment Is regarded by the National
City bank officials of New Tork as a
certainty by next year. If not this year.
They say also in their circular tor
May that congress may be expected to
Impose such a tax as soon as this au
thority Is given, to take th plaoe of
remitted tariff taxes. Those who ar
antagonizing ratification, chiefly fqr
the purpose of saving wealth from
bearing its due share of the national
tax burden, have lost their fight It
Is now ln order for them to admit it
TLc Man Who Wait-
Scotch Logic.
From Punch.
Donald (who 1 seelngr his mor
prosperous cousin- off by train) Ye
mlcht ta leave me a bob or tw tae
drink ye a safe Journey, Wullle.
Wullie (feigning regret) Man, I
canna. A my spare shullin's., L gi tae
my auld rnithcr.
Donald That's strange. Because yer
mlther told me ye never gl her ony-
thlng. ;
Wulll Weal. If X dinna gl my auld
mlther onyhlng. what sort o chance
4ae xe . tU-k-XQtftr. jptt -y t,
(Contributed to Tbt Journal by Walt Uuog,
the famous Kanaka poet Bla prose-poems ar a
regular feature ef tbla column la Tbe Dally
Journal). .
All things will come to him who
waits, th wise man said, and went to
bed, but history, methlnks, relates that
tuey don't get mere tin you're dead.
It Is a creed -for lasy men. for Idlers
ln the market place; the man who tries'
and tries again-r-that chap the good
things always chase. I used to throw
my hours away, I loafed through many
sunny Junes, wnno otner men were mak
Ing hay, and nothing came to me but
prunes. "Good things will come some
joyous morn," saia, -ir i stay on th
Job." And other men were eating corn
while 2 was chewing on the cob. And
after many years I said: "That logic's
surely out of pfumbi I've waited till
ray nose IS red, and still the good thing
do not come." Then Z rolled up my
gingham sleeves,"and cracked my heels
and gave a yell, and started bringing la
my sheave, since which I've done sur
passing well. ,1 own a cow, a pair of
pigs, a phonograph without a . crank,
and divers other thingmyjigs, and have
six. dollars In th bank. , ,- .
Coorrictt 110. br
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