The Athena press., October 27, 1905, Image 2

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ATHENA, OCTOBER 27, 1905
"Tainted money" baa become an
issue in the state political campaign
in Nebraska, and two of tbe candi
dates for regeuts of tbe state univers
ity have signed statements tbat if
elected they would advocate return
ing to John D. Kockefeller $66,000
which be gave last year for a temple
for the religious societies of tbe uni
versity. It is difficult to understand
how such a pledge should commend
thorn to tbe intelligent voters of tbe
state. The propriety of Chancelor
Andrews soliciting Rockefeller for
contributions for tbe university may
be questioned, but the gift itself has
beeu of valuable assistance to a
worthy institution and to cripple the
university now by handing back the
money would seem to be an act of
folly.
Frank Baker's "harmony meeting"
of republicans at Portland the other
day seems to have been very well at
tended by one wing of the party. The
other faction was represented by one
man, Wallace MoOamant. From in
ference it may be concluded that Mr.
MoCumant was in attendance at the
meeting either to satisfy bis cariosity
or to keep tab on the doings of the
other fellows. From the way things
have turned out the harmony meeting
was a fizzle and tbe factional strife re
mains much the same as before the
meeting. It will take more than one
wiug of the republican party in Ore
gon to cement harmony in tbe rank
and rile. Either one faotion or the
other, working single banded, : will
nevor accomplish anything.
The government will unquestion
ably be able to secure a very com
fortable revenue from tbe grazing
privileges in its forest reserves. The
reserve comprises over 740,000 acres
in the Blue mountains. It is the pur
pose of the government to lease the
privileges to stockmen at a stipulated
price per head for sheep and cattle.
The prevailing price for sheep will
perhaps be about five cents per head
for the soasou. By this arrangement
the government will be able to de
rive a revenue from its forest rese ves
sufficient in all probability to make
them, at least, self supporting, if not
u nut protlt to tho government.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York holds a local office corresponding
to tbfit of county attorney in this
state. Yet the whole country is, in a
lively manner, interested iu the fight
he is making for reelection. This is
not so much because of Jerome's re
lation to this expected prosecution of
insurance " thieves, but because ' of
Jerome himself. He is tbe first man
in a generation, who bas bad tbe
temerity to defy the bo&ai on either
side. He was elected four years ago
as a Tammany candidate and has
spent the most of his time in prose
cnting the thieves with whom
Mnrpby consorts. He might have
bad tbe republican nomination but
be preferred bis liberty, and by ex
pressing bis opinion of both Murphy
and OdelL
There is no occasion for the Walla
Walla Union and the Pendleton Tri
bune to frame up a quarrel over the
C. M. & St P. railway. Both papers
are selecting a route for tbe road tbat
seems to be coming Coastward, and
incidentally, each paper lays the rails
in its borne town. Now, right off tbe
reel, the Press sees tbat a comprom
ise must be bad, so proposes to split
tbe deal and let tbe contract for tbe
road bed through Athena.
Everybody concedes tbat the farmer
is the most independent man on earth,
yet the tremendous growth of the
cities proves pretty conclusively that
no greater proportion of us yuarn for
tbat kind of independence. On tbe
contrary, the farm boy goes to the -city
but tbe city boy does not go to the
country except for a vacation.
Bains have fallen to tbe extent tbat
soil is in excellent conditiion to re
ceive the fall sown crop. The farmer
bas bis drill ready and seed is in
proper shape. All now depends on
tbe antios of the weather man.
Should bis capers become too obstrep
erous, the ranchers would do well to
give him a coat of tar and feathers.
The telescope reveals the fact tbat
the landscapes ou Mars are subject
to sudden and frequent changes of the
most extensive character. Map mak
ing must be the most profitable em
ployment on that planet.
Charles R. Flint, just back from
Bnssia, says that the czar is a man of
high intelligence and strength of
character and that tbe grand dukes
are all right Mr. Flint must have
got his contract.
Capt Sir Ernest Cochrane of Dublin
and Belfast promptly denies tbat he
bas any design whatever on the
American cup. He must have been
reading the papers since Sir Thomas
Lipton started out to "lift" it
A woman cashier in a Chicago res
taurant put two holdup men to flight
recently by throwing cigar boxes at
them. The name of the brand is not
given, but the cigars must have been
fierce.
, Now that the experimenters have
sent a kie up more than two and a
half miles in the air, it is obvious that
anythiug that is knocking higher
thou a kite must go up pretty high.
D 1VK WON'T COO.
(Portland Journal.)
Apparently tbe only definite result
from Frank Baker's Bepublioan peace
conference has beeu a wideuiug of the
breach in this country between the
Simon and Mitchell factious. The
conference simply served to show the
impossibility of harmoiiiziug the bos
tile clans and tbe deep-seated antagon
ism iu tbe Siuiou routs of Baker and
all bis works.
In other sections of the state there
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bas been some disposition to bury the
hatchet, but in Multnomah the obi
feud is as bitter as ever. Here it was
well known tbat Jack Matthews and
Frank Baker, the two men most- de
tested by tbe Simon republicans, were
the prime movers in , the scheme for
a pe ce conference, which was looked
on a nothing more than an effort to
reestablish tbe old Mitchell machine.
Wallace McCamant was tbe only
one of Senator Simon's old lieutenants
who took any part in the peace con
ference, all of his former comrades
being conspicuous by their absence.
"What can the Mitchell faotion
offer us?" was tbe common remark
among them.
"Their leaders are all discredited
and their organization is a wreokv If
they have chestnuts to pull out of the
fire, we will not be their catspaw."
Frank Baker's personal interest in
maintaining bis bold on republican
politics is well understood. He owns
the printing plant in the state print
er's office and derives from it a . sub'
stantial yearly revenue. He is credit
ed also with receiving a fat slice of
the state printer's handsome profits
and is therefore deeply interested in
naming the next incumbent of the
office. According to the gossip tbat is
current among the politicians, Baker's
chief object in his effort to reunite the
factions was to be able to name the
next republican nominee for state
printer, thereby insuring the oontinu
anoe of tbe revenue which be now en
joys.
Some of the aspirants for other state
offices who reside in this county have
been regarding Baker's movements
with jealous eyes. They suspect bim
of a desire to sacrifice all candidates
from Multnomah county except his
own choice for state printer.
"Baker would gladly give every
other place on tbe ticket to the outside
counties if he could only name the
state printer," said one prominent
republican who attended tbe peace
conference. "He wants to be able to
compel every candidate in this county
to come to bim for support, and then
be would throw tbem all down and
say to the outside counties, 'Multno
mah wants nothing but tbe state
printer; give us that and you oan take
the rest' "
Tbe original scheme, of which the
peace conference was but .a feature,
was to call a convention next spring
in advance of the primaries and make
up a slate to be ratified by the voters
in the primary election. So much
opposition developed, however, to this
suggestion that it was reluctantly
abandoned. This was peculiarly un
fortunate for Baker, for tbe difficulty
of programing the ticket is vastly
increased when the nominations are
made by the voters and not by the
bosses. Nevertheless, he is said to be
still hopeful that tbe republicans of
Oregon will show a proper regard for
his private interests when the nomin
ations are made.
THE Y1KWS OF ONE.
(By Ambrose Bierce.)
This Hall of Fame matter is be
come, as was to have been expected,
ridiculous. Edgar Allen Poe is de
nied a place and James Madison is se
lected "by a heavy majority." It is
needless to drag the name of that
political imbecile from the sunless
pantheon of American presidents and
damn bim with a deeper obscurity.
Erected by the widow of Colgate,
the millionaire soapmaker, a tomb,
"probably tbe most expensive of its
kind in the United States," will bold
the asbes of "Dandy," ber favorite
horse, and incidentally keep green the
memory of tbe family product I
venture to submit the following lines
for inscription: .
His virtues here iuscribed where al 1
may see" 'em,
Daudy reposes in this horsoleum,
Whose massive marbles, fit with Time
to cope,
Proclaim that even after life there's
' 8aP ''
When tbe president shall have regu
lated to his taste the American birth
rate and done' it by talkiug, and
when he shall have set up an Al-phonse-and-Gaston
code of football
etiquette, I should like to invite his
attention to the abuses that Save crept
into tbe national game of "Simon says
thumbs up. " It is not at all what it
was when its illustrious inventor left
It as a legacy of delight to a grateful
posterity, aud I was recently beaten at
it by Jan unsportsmanlike conspiracy
between a girl of 13 and a lad of 10.
For what have we presidents?
Mr. Hall Caiue explains that he does
his best thinking in church. Good,
but the doxology and the benediction
must have a paralyzing effect ou the
tbiug tbat be remembers with.
"I am convinced tbat the 2,400-
ponud projectile fired by tbe 16 inch
gnu is more effective in proportion
than tbe 1,000-pound shot of the
smaller guns." Secretary Taft
In proportion to what? The expense
of firing it? If so, its destructiveness
is truly volcanic
No, Mr. August Belmont's vermi
form appendix may have been "oast
as rubbish to tbe void," or may have
wriggled away iuto the Incommuni
cable Afar, but be is not "out of ,
danger." His life is still shadowed
by the imminent peril of remaining !
what ha always was.
"Japan does not wish to disturb the j
Philippines." Minister Takahira.
No more did Dewey.
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