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B tha fta ll.fcliuf coini-atir to Ne
Or lilli nr uri or cow-
petition for the urpoft of Tort-
U Uie freaeet rottnacr to bur K
at ftt tlx umroT
A faw BlODtt KO "va VtOUDl Hoo4
rompaBjr bafor tho'pst)1ft of
. IorUfto4 1U Dl(t)tr i-romUr Iu
ffJcUU pftl&tnl lit tx-aotlful or4
i fktortft of rotnpetlttua. f hep light
J tB( 4 cb'p power. Ttiej enrol lad
.a ajlurtflf pftftorattift of tha mlhty
. thtac thft Uoant lloo4 cotsptar
; to 0o for rortlaad.
TBf "aate4 a fraarhla.
1 n4 tb frtachlao waa craat4
i Bat th Moant Hood roaapaay baal man ara plucked. runusl aa4
iftjjlhed Ilka a baautlful 4rm. ItltirayeJ utoa ty tha atuboih4
la BO tnor thaa aa U14rBt aa4 proflt-ahareni.
BBhftBkabla naraorj. It baa bn 1cm floorlihra txraua ft paya ttift
' ftbaorbaxL Iprlca It aaffera 1 1 1 1 i- latarfaraae.
j la tha lloaot Hoo4 xpriBOft ts briti tu prlrllK ftr boaghL
b rtpftato4T Ara tha compatlUoa I Thar la no mora affectlrft m4ns
. tht fa promlaftd aa1 th franchfaeajfor controlllac Ih evil thaa la da
ara aakod for, to b uad la drlT- atrolnc tha illrnt partnarablpa that
1 tag -a proflUbl barraia vltk tha ara tha bulwark of tha traffic. No
TortUad Rail war. Llbt & Power I greater rrorreaa ran ba made thaa
, compaarf Ara Portlaadara again to by elating a public proarcator who
ba fed oa firework a prorata for a I will proaecata th Kraftera that ex
t period, only to be let down later tort earning from th fallen
.'with a realization that promlaea ar Incidentally, how many potlremen
M. flMtiax .aa a rtUnbow'a oolora. I ek their Joba for th privilege of
and with a realltatlotr that bther graft?
t(itiK. b4 for i-r ii'oi oa la ra It.
4lJ ll.o .llf rfacatil I! to tr
fvr k for rfh Inrj.le and ' a
for tha !rl!t( of cotodatliag I La
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ll ft the l4liliiy of the fatlva
but harm atta la etidettre Is t ot
ul:,eJ Who can y that tha t
ttxb Iratltlad falarlf?
Th Journal fcaa oftra 1J. and
oa Ihla MrldB-a It r-pca(. that It la
lh commercial tha uf the aoctal
ail). atir4 by offktala and htcher
uia. that aaUa th traffic to flour-
Ub Ilk a grvea bay tre Th t-o
tent forrw bhtn4 It, the fore that
make It difficult to control, la
erte-4 by thoao who oollwt aocrvt dl
IJeada from tha baatnr
Th woman ar ho, !- derelict
la th band of their -crl artar.
and nobody kaowa how many th
partner, nor who they arv. The wo-
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4lua of tha l(t'e erur!!a and to
arre by a tarfa aniouel the bond J n, Pma of aot.rcor.
(tnlllloaa hara bean added to th flo-1
'tatlona of rortland'a publlo aerrlc
capital 7
, Thar ahould b a detenmlnatlon
,of theft) matter befor th council
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RODABLT th moat unniual
publication In the United ftatea
la Th Public, printed at
Chicago.
It la publlahed without quratlon aa
grant . a franchlaa. Tb Journal
want to ae new capital enter Port
land. It waat new blood and new
men. It want competition that will " whetoer or not It la rem un era
aMr men and enterprlaea to new en- " welfare of roan. It
-4aa.ae aarf better aerTtew. atrlva only lor buwan unllft. It
" But It doean't want rortlandera to nM n0 otber mlaalon than to do Iti
b agaia led up th height of great Prt f0P "-n genomic adjuotment that
be old t-a fotilld lo 411 1 tJ i gkua.,-! TtUats fM-UlftaT lrw;re4lt.
t-clo r luf (baa alocllaftl "v tU I. Arll i -Ta 144 tlllae
lira, aad ftO doubt, lit farl Ital UU Tta J-WmI-Jw IfUUj M;
rvftdtOo aiUta I daa la a graat , at"ai.a
, . , . , ! l-4l Mill (ivi4i ta, 4r
ItlUftHoa IbatltiiUd and trrtc4 on twtu.i .k . r.iaiAa .ata fta
by tha ai pllaat after II had baxoma j u4 Ma ii. twl a ttaia
M-rhl to aeryUdy lhal Ita only ( kaa ar lain l a aJaaHir ta'
af.'at aould U to deprwl.la lhaj'" 44 t!
41 tliwati af iiafifc a ! ac tua la
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(aaalaa ut4 14 a au(Mfa4 aaoft aft
aaa4 iMitigi of Ofaavft'e ara af
ataata lav a. A f 4 lraa raaai ra
Kaa ftlfdar callaa af principle
iKaa of lT. aa4 Mr kWHtag laJtnalad
ftla WaaaJkaaa fc aaerllltslag aU hia
buaala4 ftfwiaaaitraoaaa t aurrt Ike
aaaamLiir ranJUala
la 14a lt!aiua Mr. ftWIIna aala
riat44J atdar tra fee waa waaft.
lit- af clanaa to lb Uowartnaa
rr4. a a4 hara aa paaltlta itc
er lAataxarlly bt vollag ftftaj&al tha r
olaltoa B.4utalit tfce Ocaaoa ayatanw
aa i. (ula Journal Jta vctad
wUJi I low aim an. I'ajaoa and olbor 1-4 1
ra of lha nion arlnv aad aaalnat
(urh real prit4l aa Kallahor. Bin
mutx. Joaapb a4 alihl other true blue
adtoralra of tha Orafflii orilaRV.
Tha above nould eeam eurrirlaat lo
elaaalfy Mr Hailing. ul where do wa j
rJ htm lined up lo llll? nral aa I
J chairman vt lha Tart commit tea. until i
! !ia allgt ola af all own caJiial(Q I
I raueaO him la realan. Doae anr toterj
r4ilr thai Taft la a pror.:t.
iKwa Taft bellaia In ll. a Cron aratrm.
lunatic i Bd If ha dnaa not. doa hla orathlla
chairman tr. Belling M mi in u any
mure than ba did when ha volad aaalnat
a reaulutlon tndurelng II In tha laflala
lura Of 1 1 1 T If Mailing waa a atnrere
.nrealva now ha would Ba for Mr.
I. Kcll.tia or Mr. llooaoralt, Dover for
TafL
If further artdence ware needed tt
would only ba naceaaarr lo point lo hl
artlra aupportera rrnw Who la really
Lark of Belllne In Ihla campaign T Urit
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kalfa, argued tat i-a 14 Ma4jaa la
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Uaoe norrftaary la cowf Ida the cob
template! Improvowaat "
Th lingua of th court I not
unlike that fur wblcb Th Journal.
IB th early daya of th Proadway
bride fight, waa dragged lata the
circuit court to defend Itair pn a
charge of contempt of court. lodgr4
by Iiualuay aad Klernan After a
bearing, th ptr wa quickly
onerated then, aad It baa tb aati
facilon of elBg Klarnaalam Jadlc
latlr ce-Biured now In alout tb aarue
terma that ll applied to the obetrue
tionlata hen the Utter had not yet
eihantted their reaourree la bold
lag up a city.
Incidental!, why U It that our
court a ar ao oonatltutr-d that thle
unthinkable farce of Klerncalam
could be o long maintained?
Whcr U there one Jurlat. on law
yer or one layman. bo it yet out
aide the penitentiary or a
aijlum. who will for one moment at
tempt to defend the unspeakable fol
ly that haa been enacted under core-r
of th law and In the livery of tha
coorta. In the Broadway bridge
caaeT
lia fcetitiMt aea alone Ike Ula
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Woaxtrow U'lladf) ebeuld fain tft pop
ular .alarm aed euxfl cm aArunl of
aa ftatura aa auutce af allacka an
jklnv
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inoal of the fwii war lnit,f Wa U
hav ihla iub. or woU have ft aoau
at alt"
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There) will Ka many and varied
eii..a for fallina a ra(li.r. but lha
tru la ma I cateea will ba: lo Ulr
or car-1..
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Certain deerlorta aaara la have
nln4 col hurl. 1 IVIlett Tha
. ballet ba deaarvaa ndelllv In hia
aaaurlalea and follower.
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aar lha e-oif a4 lull a Uiiue a4vaaira
a lha ti aariuti.a iue at
Ike eeuafy, . ll U ft gawd .
aa
Klamath lleemldi Tifae4 A
jl tlalli a a flaa launch lor
AIom UuakB4' rae baa
oa lha I t-par U 14 laaaea ia i
ael liu Wllft a fool Mm. aa4 will
ba aulfu l.ailr large I carry aUaal It
paMaageta,
Mac A kIWaJl. aa lnelrut.lr tft lha
tMfliiwBl it agroa4r at lha earl
vllurwl cull.aa al CorvaSlla. haa Ua
hao aa laatruriar In lha aatrlculla
rat Beoartraeal af lha klim.ll fall
big B aci.ooL
a a
AlKaar Iemrrat' A I haa r haa Ih
dlttrtla I af bar la a Iba tl4 rna-taJ
atll oa .' eauthara rwriric-a He
lirafAii J K Iwbru. foreman or
he mcIIoii from fuel ovfaaalt lha d
4uth. haa luef l-aa a 4r34 ita gold
Btadal tut having lha baal a.llcn a.on;
h tine aa honor aouaht br ail for.
men. Thl ta aald lo ha lha aon4
lima Ihla haa baan eorured by Mr. Cocft.
ran.
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SEVEN GREAT FOUNDERS
Joha Lorkev.
RAIJIM OS TRIAL
T
HE campaign for completion of
the Willamette, unlrerally en
dowment baa been opened In
Faleni.
It placet th public aplrlt of Ralem
on trial. No city, or people or ma
terial Intereat I no vitally Interested
n a eurrrnaful outcome.
A million dollar unlreralty at
John Locke was the flrat of lha
' Knf !lh metaphyalclana. lrooeellDg aa
l ha did lolo rwainia unfamiliar lo con
j tamporary or pravtoua phlloauphr, there
n ra llmo a ban Ma logic waa not
unavailable, nor were eome of lha Ian
eta which ha held, above question. Hut
I Mi Is cot lo be wondered at. alnca ha
wa. aa ll weea. feeling bis way.
ills writings show many common abl
quallllea, tha roost dlatingutahlng of
which ta his love of trutB. Ha held
fclmaelf neither aubmlaalva le Lha opin
ions of olhera. nor lo hla own, and
adopted no dominant prloclplee from
which he refused to decarl Ha
ard foreman! the Oregonlan, the orlgi- ! pllariy fxa from tha falling aoma
expectatlona only to bo duped wlthl"111 bring th ultimate of Justice to i Salem meana ultimately a five mll-
i another mvth I men
t If tha new llrhflne romnanv la ail It haa been published for 14 year.
It parporta to be, and Intenda to per-Jan1 'bneTer there haa beea a defl-
form all it promlaea, it abonld be c,t 4,1 amoUDt hB brn aupplled and
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granted a.rranctuae. i 1 utj uu"1 t"u,-'"u"ru- ' f in
Lou la F. Poat, wnose Impulse is not
for building the skyscrapers of Mam
mon, but for building manhood. He
Will SHIIUSE FAILED
s
Hon dollar university at Salem. A
million dollar university, or a fire
million dollar university, meana a
great educative and social forward
movement In any city In which It la
located.
It means a greater revenue, In the
dlatrlbullon of money to come from
rml or of Iba III fated assembly, lha or
pan of atandpaltlam, the malignant
haUw and perennial crltlo of the Ore
gon system. Would tha Oregonlan aup
port Hair Belling If ha waa a alnrara
believer In progreaelve lawsT Who el to
la back of eUlllag In ihla aaraoeJeat
Charlea W. rulton. Jay Bower-man. Sen
eca' Deach, Joe 81 Dion. Ferdinand Read.
Bam Mon, R n. nper and all the other
a.amt)lv satellltea In the state. Where
pbtlosophers have bad, vanity, but at
limes dleplaye lack of patience
amounting to contempt for bla prede
cessor. Ixcke waa very original throughout
all hla work. Wherever wa trace any
of bla ldaaa ta another aourcw, wa
find alwaya that ha haa added to them
some new mean Ins ail hla own. or haa
clothed them in new and different
words.
Ills entire work was long, minute.
do wa find rtalph W illiam.. Tafr.; man , p.ln,ulllll , ot hum.a
Krtday for Oregon T Everyone Iaowajmln(1 Tn . m(Un poinu which ba
now Haipn rrmic m uiii ''"
IlaJph Is heartily oupportlna in ai-
HIRASE and hia men pot back waa once a successful lawyer In New i Increased atudenta, increaaed faculty
to Japan alive. When be sailed York. But the dlaputea of hla cll-
wlth hla Japanese for the Ant- enta brought vividly before him the
arctic their failure to reach the Ineaultlea and injustices of average
'South Pole waa foretold by all who life. Ilia practice became dlataste-
could meaaure th Blender meana fuI. He waa Belied with the Impulse
that they bad to aet agalnet polar to strive for human betterment br
cold and Ice and the dark vlclsal- strueellne for a chanra in economic
tudea of the Antarctic wlntcra. conditions.
They had but about $21,000 In Mr. Posit soon became editor of
money with which to outfit while Truth, a newlv established New York
CapjAbi Scott coneldered 200,000 weekly. He continued with It aa long
none too much. The Japanese ship as Its editorial expresslona were al
had but about six Inches thick of lowed to remain free. But a time
wooden aides to compare with the
twenty-four Inches of thickneas In
,th aolidly built Fram.
Without experience In Arctic work
came when the Goulds, who were
heevy stock holders, undertook to dic
tate the policy of the publcation.
Then Mr. Post resigned and The
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me Japanese iook neavy lur gar- Public was established. It was to
ments, Instead of the moderately be a Daner fitted to the Poat ideal.
thick woolen clothes used by Shack- It was to be such a paper as em-
leton, Amundsen and Scott. It Is
said that Shlrase had few maps and
charts, and that his Instruments
were poor. He and his men had
bravery and enthusiasm. Hut it
needs more visible and tangible
bodied the objectives of a man who
had deliberately sacrificed a profes
sion and a legal career for the hope
of serving his countrymen.
Such a paper It has been, and is.
It is not surprising that Its growth
UTAH CONVICTS ALSO
ITHIN a few years Utah
will have some of the
fiaest publ!e highways to
be found in the United i value.
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"They will be largely built at a
cost so small that the taxpayers of
Tlbe state will never realize how lit
i tie It has cost them.
"This Is convin lalor, made pos
,elble by a bill passed by the last leg
islature which authorized the work
ilng of Btato prisoners on the public
highways of the state."
So gayg the Salt Lake Telegram.
' This is the testimony of Warden
Pratt of the Utah penitentiary. He
'Is no novice. For several years past
be baa been warden. Previously he
jwaa chief of police of Salt Lake City.
He knows .the criminal well.
. Th first Jot of twenty men began
work' In th southwest of the state
far from the penitentiary, on Janu
ary 1, and iron has attempted to es
cape, aaya the warden. ' They have
s worked willingly; with fllacjplina bet
ter Jtept than within tha penitenti
ary walla! Of those, working In
other oountie four only took French
leave, and all four bare- been recan-
tured aad returned to tb panlten-
) " ' " '
Mr. Post's labors, still In the full
ness of their influence, are a notable
example of pure patriotism.
weapons to fight the polar cold and is announced by Its management as
aaruness ana tnis in tents, instead most satisfactory,
or 80iia, double walied houses.
They sailed, every one on board,
from the lieutenant down, knowing
that their fellow co.intrymen Set
them down as foolhardy starters on
4 8n Impossible quest.
And they verified the .prediction.
' Happy they are that their Uvea were
spared.
PANAMA SCRAP IRON
I
N two years' time, or less, Colonel
Goethals and his men will have
done with a great railroad plant
at Panama. It Is said that fully
3 75 miles of railroad track will be
set free, with at least 40 locomotives
and 800 cars. With this will go
steam shovels and miscellaneous
plant to, an Immense extent and
The fetching and hauling
between Gatun and Culobra will
cease when the unending maritime
procession through the canal is set
moving.
If all this goes to the Junk heap
for sala the nation will be lucky If
it gets back one fourth or fifth of
Its original cost. Much of the old
French material was sold for scrap
iron.
But if congress adorts the plan to
be recommended by Secretary Fisher
in the report that he Is about to sub
mit a sufficient quantity, of the' Pan
ama plant will be shipped to Seward,
Alaska, and there but to use Immedi
ately on the railroad to open np th
Matanuska coal fields."
Not only on the material ltBelf,
but In the direct shipment from Parf
ama to Seward there will bo enor
mous saving. One serious expense
there must be-r-on cutting down th
axle length cn both locomotives and
cars, from, the five feet .Panama
guage to the four feet, e'ght and
one half Inches of. the Alaska' rati-1
read. It Is understood that this
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and Increased resources a fact of
enormous material value to Salem In
any enlargement of Willamette.
It means the enlargement of Salem
In the public eye, In the fact of Ita
being the seat of a great university,
a sntverslty that now la moving
awlftly to a position In which It will
be conspicuous among the educa
tional establishments of the state.
No greater opportunity baa been
given Salem to prove ita public aplrlt
and to grasp material and social ad
vantages than in the chance now to
do Its share in making Wlllanette
university a million dollar institu
tion.
Salem and Marlon county are on
trial.
Isnd oroe-reaslvo Mr. Balling. There
lan't a atna-la true proareaalva In tha
atata supporting Mr. Selling. Tha vot
ers of Oregon don't rare what Mr. Pall
ing waa or pretended to be In 1S9. they
are only concerned in wnai na is loaay,
T. B. M.
ba summoned up
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY
I
N his address to the senate. Sen
ator Chamberlain made a strong
plea for the new employers' lia
bility and workmen's compensa
tion act.
The measure is the most advanced
yet proposed by a federal statute.
It was prepared during the. recess
of congress by a committee consist
ing of Senator Sutherland of Utah,
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Rep
resentative Moon of Pennsylvania,
William C. Brown, president of the
New York Central lines, and M. L.
Cease, editor of the Railroad Train
man. The bill expresses the general
conviction Jhat the injured workman
or his family should no longer be
exposed to the vicissitudes of a law
suit, and to antiquated defences
against the claim , to secure an in
adequate and doubtful compensa
tion, reduced by the heavy expenses
of litigation. It shifts the compen
sation to the railroads, to be pro
vided as a part of the business cost
of operation. -.,
But the bill goes farther and es
tablishes"' a new scale and now con
ditions ror payment or compensa
tion. Unless commuted by special
contract into a lump sum the com
pensation will bp paid monthly for
eight years. In the case "of a widow
and one child it Is fifty per cent of
the wages of the workman killed,
with 10 per cent more for .each ad
ditional child and It reaches fif
teen per cent for partly dependent
parents. The specific injury will
fix the scale. In( case of an arm
compensation will b continued for
seventy-two months, and so on, grad
uated by the severity of the accident.
Champ Clark.
Ptsylon. Or., April . To tha Editor
r Th. Journal Araonr the leaders in
politic today there la no mora promi
nent flrura than Champ Clark. Wrien
aa a young man Mr. Clnrk left college,
soma fellow students asked ntm about
the future, what he expected to do.
"Well." he said. "I will teach school,
practice law, and go to tha legisla
ture." "Then whaW waa aakod.
"Then Til go to congress."
"And then what," they continued.
Then be president," wbb the reply.
Upon leaving college he was elected
president of a oollege In Kentucky, being
at the time the youngeat man ever elect
ed as president of a college In this
country. The writer of this brief trib
ute has been personally acquainted with
Mr. Clnrk for nearly jo years. e nas
seen him enter a strange town and be
gin the practice of law, has seen him
enjoy first rank ana renown in oom
county and state politics.
For 20 years Mr. uiarK nas repre
sented the Ninth district of Missouri in
congress. And when the Democrats
gained control of the lower, house tw
year ago, be was the ackiowledged
champion and leader of the party, and
was elected epeaxer.
Mr. Clark has maaa a wonnerrui rec
ord during his 20 years in nationar poll
tics HtB record is clean.- He has been
before tho publlo' aa much as any man,
In different ways, as a campaigner in
politics, as a lecturer on the platform,
and in religious conventions, but the
breath of scandal haa never stained hi
character.
Last winter when it was thought that
Mr. Folk of Missouri would bo a candi
dal before the Democratlo national
convention, Mr. Clark said that he was
willing to leave the matter of choice b-s-tween
Mr. Folk and himself to the Mis
souri delegation.
' But recently he haa declined to enter
New Jersey, or to allow his name to be
placed on the primary ballots in that
state, out 'of respect and courtesy to
Mr. Wilson. Honor never had a more
loyal disciple than Champ Clark. Jef
fersonian Democracy never bad a more
fearless defender. No man is nearer tb
the people of the cation than he.
lie is not in a class by himself, but
he ts at tha head of the class.
R. I MORTON.
brought forth may
briefly as follows:
Human understanding la not based on
anr Innate principles, and no fact
makes Itself apparent through any born
sense. General asaent to any particular
principle by all mankind he. held as no
argument. In that there la no one prin
ciple to which all of mankind glvea as
sent. Even moral principles cannot ba
inborn, because of tha fact that they
differ with different nations and peoples.
Therefore, all Idrea eome from either
direct aonaatlun, such aa ftallng. bear
ing. teal; or from reflection, the build
Ing up of a compost Idea from a nam
ber of different eonaatlona. And no mar
ter how complri an Idea human under-
landing may f orni, it must ba the re
sult of other Improaaiuoa and not la one
Hem original.
II haa Leon arauod that Locke waa
among I hoe who do not admit tha
moral faculty of discerning right from
wrong, but a perusal of hla wrlllnas
will show that he haa repeatedly aa-
aerted a natural law Imposed by a su
preme being which la universal He had
a firm and constant belief In sueb a
divine betaa. - and never ahowed tha
sllfhlMt tendency lo atheism. He him
self states that God Is suTflclantlr
In evldance to amply prove ftla as let once
to the human understanding.
4ce waa educated at rTaatmlnatar
and Christ Church college, at Oxford.
Through flbaf teabury, ha waa made eeo
retary of preae ntatlona and later of tha
board of trade. To Americana ha ia
beat known on acoount of a constitution
which ha drafted for -North Carolina
embodying ortlora for nobility, but which
waa never put Into effect. It was aa a
philosopher, however, that ha Inscribed
bis name In history. j
whatever wa may find to censure
in bis theories, we will do well to re
member that ha waa tha first adventur
er in tha great field which ha opened,
and that he threw much Hunt on prin
ciples wlch, familiar aa they now seem,
were entirely new at the time.
Tomorrow, David Hume.
A detective will be employed to ferret
out the method of securing the oil com
panya land In South Portland. The
citizens have for years kept up the bur
dens of government, paid taxes, street
Improvements, sewer assessments, fill
nssessments and what not and ara
therefore bitterly opposed to corpora
tion enslavement. They court Justice
but defy tha machinations of law defy
ing companies.
JOHN HEITKEMPER,
Chairman Citizen's Committee.
Knew La Follette In Boyhood.
Newberg, Or., April 9. To the Editor
of The Journal Fred L. Ames of this
city gives an Interesting account of
Kobert AL La Follette as he knew him
and knew of him in the early years of
his life In Dane county, Wisconsin.
"Hob lived- in the Primrose neighbor
hood, about 10 miles from us," Mr.
Ames tells us. "Ha used to come over
to our school house with some of the
other boys to the spelling matches.
After spelling it was the custom, to
have speaking and dialogues. Bob was
very apt In these, especially in dia
logues, where his acting always made a
hit. He waa generally conceded to be a
smart, shrewd boy, and was popular
with nearly everyone."
Mr. Ames came to Oregon six years
ago from Nebraska, where he lived 21
years after leaving Wisconsin, He says
he has been in close touch with La
Follette's career all his life through
friends and relatives, and believe him
to be thoroughly qualified in integ
rity of character, native ability and
training, for the presidency. He notes
with pleasure that Newberg is included
in La Follette's Itinerary.
W. L. A RANT. ,
mother. I remember when my mother
uaed to push me away from the trunk
to keep from pinching my Inhere when
she closed down the lid. When I waa
IS years old she rave the trunk to ma
I used it to keep my Sunday clothes in.J
aieo my love letters. I have the trunk
now and it baa been In continual uae for
63 yeal-a. It has etood tha woar and
tear of eight children of my own and
nua oeen tumbled over and about by 16
of my grandchildren. It came into my
iaw.erB nwuse in old Yamhill before I
waa oorn, nence It haa been my con
iinuaa companion ail my life. Portland
was tnen a small burg, for 63 years
make many changes. I look, bank to
my youth and compare the picture of
then to the picture of now. Even my
u una. uu onanaca its looks wtm
peat mis trunk story?
- SIMPSON WILSON.
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Tay a giai Uwyera - lor tb.ir
c.laala are Ike aaoal iwwerfal saaawie
of c4aclralaa woalia ftt.4 Btlvllaao.
Tt.r iMlude anoal of Ka gtoalaal law
yer of our I felloe. If a'aalaxae be
gaug'd by bo aft4alla4a a f aaa) lo
co I ad.
Tt.a Itwt aci4 Joaaab 1L rftoale.
forenar an Ua. 44 Jor la Uraal tlrttala;
t-Ubu IVaol, bow failed Stalra aaaalar
fruia Sow York. Joba I. 4wa!adr.
aissabar af Siroag ft Cadaalader. I
bleb firm lleeiry W. Tafl. lb ra.
inl a trutf. In org t . John l gpoorwr.
fortwor nlor from Wiacwnaia. It ,
Trai-y, fvnnar Judge of (ba rourt of
poala aad r tint I itlHt. t4la klar
r.all; John V. Uriaa-a. formr geror
ot Nw J.raay. and tho wall fcftoan
lioniocrata. Jora U. Mlllbura. H'llllaaa
llombioair, Lowia t'aaa Ledyar' aM
Uavra I. Ultra 4rul ioakr. dafaad
era of (he Wall atreel arrly of hltb
flnaara. '! paid and efriclrnt aartanta
uf ta bulnaa and tru la Ih.lr c lK
and lu Ih anclsnl lirougham doctrine
en and all
la a ainallr way. In every eerBmuatty
are found like l4r of (he bar ajiJ
txneh. aided by lha banrfirlarlae of p.
rial prlTlUg. moDopoliatlc onmblna
llena, big busloaaa of atery valaly
evary lnlrat. In fact, the swollen
profits of which might ba lend kr
the establishment uf aoclal Justice ai d
rea partial restorallon of popular gov
ernmentare found rrylng out. a, lh
lgal cromlurs and aavlora of lha trust
are doing In New York, for a protective
alliance agalnat any augfeotlon of anr
honeat and safe progressiva remedy for
acknowledaed ailstlng wmnaa
LXarywhere lha outcry la baaed first
upon tha nilsreproaentallOB that there
la a demand for tha national use of the
racgll of JUdgrs; that It Is a baelo prin
ciple Instead of an ameraency Instru
mentality, rarely to ba approved and
more rarely to be uaed; second, the ar
rant faUelioiid that "tJia propoaed meth
od of reveratng Judicial deolalona by
popular vole laya the ax at tha root of
tha tree of well ordered freedom anil
subjects the guarantees of Ufa, liberty
and property without remedy to the fit
ful Impulse of n temporary majority.
The plain truth la that the supreme
court haa led, and In both state and
federal Jurisdictions tha lower courts
have followed. In usurping the powers
of tha legislative branch of our triune
government, until both letter and aplrlt
of the national and state constitutions
hnv been perverted In accordance with
the contradictory opinion of Judgea.
And the perveralon has become In
tolerable to a free people alnce It ha
become extonded to tha degree where to
safeguard class rule by concentrated,
criminally acquired wealth the courts as
sert subatantisily tha right to grant to
private interests tha power to tax tha
entire people and to license and legiti
matize Illegal monopoly.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
Portland' registration Is the
largest In history. ' And the Vote In
the primaries ought to bo thai largest
In history. U we doa't vote in the
The Oil Tank Question.
Portland, Or.. April . To the Editor
of The Journal The Union OH com
pany are going into court with the oil
tank question, and the people are well
prepared for a bitter fight. 'The com
pany left the east side where they had
a 15 year lease, and by, mlwepresenta
tlon and trickery Secured the passage
of the district oil ordinance, whereby
they attempted, by slipping In the dis
trict from Sheridan stree.. to Lowell
avenue and from Macadam atreet to the
river, tft locate 1,000,000 gallons o& oil
in South Portland and prove an ever
lasting menace to tb whole city,
smashing property values and endanger
ing the Uvea of the cltlsena. Th dis
trict oil meaaure wasrtlrawn np m such
l way 10 1001 mi cvunciiifiru aa tney
did not know where the tanks would bo
located. The people welcome the antics
of the company aa .this occasion will
prove a opportunity to expose thia
bold.atapacioua attempt" to - throttle th
rights of the people who. demand Jus
tice la th protection of their homes.
;. V ' ' v'"":;: v.'. 'V" " V.C -' : '
Tho Game Laws.
Portland, Or., April 6. To the Editor
of Tha Journal For the .benefit of
"Journal Reader," will say that " the
Miimon fish laws and the game game
fish and Kama bird laws, are enforced
from entirely different departments. If
the violators pf the salmon lien laws
who were caught ft couple of daya ago
are,' not prosecuted yet you can-Teat as
sured they will be. as ror tne game
law, what you need is a little Influence.
Here is a sample or tne worn oone oy
tha came department: Only July 9,
1911. a rame warden arrested a fisher'
man at Oswego and took him before the
i.iariro of the peace at that place. The
man got a hearing and Was fined $25,
which he paid. All this happened on
Sunday which waa strictly Illegal axoept
the arresting part - -
The law entitles tha deputy to half of
Khe game .flnea. Doe he get it r Nol
It IS supposed 'TO 00 lurqpu uver to ins
game protection fund. Ia, there anything
to show, that It ist -
. ,..t.t , r vDirnro n?"i
A Valued Possession. ,
; Central Point Or., April 7. T the
Editor of The Journal I see la your
paper many accounts of relics of 'by
gone days.. I read them With much In
terest, for 'they always put me to think
ing, but I am going to preaenf to your
readers, many of whom can vouch for
the truth' of my story, an eld trunk
story- .1 own ft trunk; that my father
bought Iti Baa Francisco In '.the; year
lSH-.and hroaaht th trunk home to
North, Yamhill, Or, and gave It. to my picture show.
A HOLDUP . AND THE WHY.
(Three Rattles and a Button.)
A train glides awiftly down the track,
past watertank, prospector's shack, past
waterfalls and mountain steep, past
aeaart lands and herds of sbeep.
The passengers inside the cars play
aevenup and amoke clgara, and tell long
taies or oaring deeds, of weird desires
and hopes and needs. Occasionally a
baby cries, an old man groans, a woman
sigha, and on and on th Flyar goea,
killing th miles at evening's close,
Second Rattle.
But harkl A doaen shots are heard.
The engine stops. A trembling word
goes down tb line from coach to Muuh
The word is "Holdup." Men approach,
and blow the aafe and ahoot their guns,
the while the engine puffa and runs
ad own the track a mile or two in charge
of robbers and the crew.
Then picking- up the aacka of caah.
the robbers make a frantic daah to
where a doaen steeds are tied, on which
they hop and start a ride that soon win
lead them to their doom within a cab
in's darkened room. For as they cantor
down the vale a eberifra gang takes up
in trail.
Third Rattle.
Into a cAnyon deep and wide the rob
ber, and -the posse ride, and a the
sheriff and hla men surround the ban-
ait in the glen, they ride their foaming
steeds inside a cabin door that's opened
wide, and there they make their hbpe-
ieaa aiana against in anerirf and his
band. ... ,. v
For aoon the cabin catches fire, and
as the flames and smoke mount higher,
each robber comes with hands in air
and ahouts his Innocence for fair. -Tha
sheriff take tb bags of gold, the
norses ana tne roooera doio. and back
to town the) whole gang goes, as friend.
1y as a neat of crows, telling each other
many jokes, and ail about each, other's
folks. . - ;--
: 1 The Button. . ' '
You see the reason for the stunt
the robbery, the sheriff's hunt, the
burning cabin and th gold, the standoff
of tha Tobtoara bold, tha passang-era and
craw, you know war working Tor
Pointed Paragraphs
Engagement rings are atlll popular in
court olrclea, X
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'Avarice ia the only kind of loe that
will hot melt.
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It'a a poor aplrlt medium wrho hasn't
a ghost of a ahow.
a
No accident policy can help a man
when he falls in love.
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People who raise objectione ar al
waya sure of a bountiful crop.
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Aiiuiy a mm lama wi mn j..a ,
who has never been married at all. ,Jf
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All things come to those who
but then we can't all be wait era
o
The man who la old enough to know
better la usually too old to do better.
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Every farmer'a wife has half a dozen
odd Jobs laid up for him to do when it
rains.
'Balmy Spring1
(Contrlbntrd to Th Journil by Wait Mason,
th. famous Ksnsss Doet. Ills Dros-Doms are a
rrulr fetiw f U)l column Id Tt Dslly
Journal.)
When with his chain that tyrant king.
old Winter, long hath bound us, how,
pleasant then is gentle Spring, whenjsha.,
comes smiling round us! Then to the
barber I repair, a gay and blithe cavor
ter, and have him amputate my hair and
cut my whiskers shorter. With sunny
smile and sprightly v Joke I wander
through the city, and put my overcoat
In aialr anrt ulna a .haarful itttv 'Tn
... va, - .
spring the burden of my years sCTsms
fallen from my shoulder, - and I'm.Tfto
frisky as bay steers and not a blamed T
bit older. I'm just as onipper as can do.
my vim could not be greater; ' I'd chase
a peeler up a tree, or whip an alligator.
And while I'm feeling blithe and gay.
aome sinful agent passes; , he sells a
tonlo made of hay and barks and buds
and grasses. He'backa me up against
a wail and says I need his mixtures
to heal my liver and my gall and divers
other fixtures. He proves that I am
out of whack by - reading texts and
verses from Dr. Faker's almanac upon
which book, my curse ia And so I take
hla dope and then my buoyancy's A-, '
parted; Tm feeling old and tough, again,
and atal and broken hearted.- When r'
spring Urn clothe the smiling hills.'
rejuvenates each acra, beware the agent
and hi puis, bewarft or Dr. Taken V" .
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