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SATURDAY,
OOT 13. lWfi
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GOOD FOR ROOSEVELT AND
ODKLL
Evory good cillten will wish good lack
Hto President Roosevelt and Governor
Odoll in their efforts to bring about n
Settlement of tho coal strike. While
"aot much progross appears to have
' boon made eo far, thoconferenccs teem
"to have brought out :omo facts very
"clearly, and havo helped to crystallze
public opinion.
J It is plain that operator do not want
any eettlemant which does not Involve
'the complete surrender of the miners on
''every point. ' They will not submit the
'questions in dirputo to any sort of arbi
v tration. They do not want Justice: thoy
"want a cinch. And they expect the
state and f-enorel government to help
them enforco it.
On tho other hand, the strikers arc
Trilling and anxious to submit tho whole
question to reasonable arbitration, agree.
lng beforehand to abide by the result.
It appears that tho average earnings
of tho miners are about $3C3 per year
" each, n trifle over $ 30 per month. IIow
J4nrtnpyiiar"cio:tfnna"cau7atollieTf
families?
We talk about "ignorant foreignora'M
What but a plague-spot of poverty and
and Ignorance can be a section where
the earnings of the people will barely
keep body and eouI togother?
The operators take the position that it
is do one's business bat their own; yet
the the first thing they do when their
workmen revolt against intolerable con
ditions is to howl for troops to protect
their property and oblige tho strikers to
eit down and starve peaceably.
If it bo no concern of the government,
Btate or general, how tho operators
treat their workmen, then tho same rule
should work both ways. If government
havo no right to Interfere for the benefit
. of the workmen, then It has no right to
interfere for the protection of the opera-
. tors and their "property."
i If the coal barons wero dloeed with
their own medicine for a while, they
might be willing to concede that tho rest
of the country may legitimately havo
something to eay in tho controversy bo-
, tween them and their wprkmen.
The energetic action of Roosevelt andf
. Odell may havo the effect of decreasing
.somewhat tho contribution of tho coal
barons to the next Republican campaign
land, but tho ehortago will never be
missed. It takes votes as wolf as dollars
to elect a president, and even from tho
V Btandpolnt of political expediency, it Is
sometime; well ,to do the right thing in
all confidence that the American peo
jilewlll appreciate it.
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GIVE US A HKST.
Tho Myrtln Point Kntorpriso copies
from tho Florcnco West an Abusive oong
and danco about tho woman', (or out
taglng whom tho negro, Tucker, recant
ly mot a richly deserved lato here in
Marshtleld. Coupled with condomua-
tlon of tho wamnu Is n still tnoro abusive
attack on tho mnnDumilp, Tho animus
of tho article is n destro to show thnt tho
negro wis presumably iutiucout nud that
i lawless mob perpetrated la tho streets
of Marshfield tho blood-thirsty and
uuprovoked murdsr of n defenceless
human bolug, whoso only offence wac
his color.
Nothing could bo further from tho
truth. Of tho negro's guilt, thoro wax
inipTe evidence, and not tho tightest
doubt exists among thoso best acquaint
ed with the facts. All that tho West
has to eay is entirely beside t':o ques
tion. Even if Stall bo true, which tho
Mail doubts, it docs not in tho least
fffect the question of tho negro' guilt,
the evidence of which did not lie in tho
unsupported word of tho womau, but in
indUputable corroborative circumstanc
es. Tho negro was guilty, and ho got
exactly what he desorvid, The Mail's
protest ogalnst lynching him, at the
time, was based on other grounds.
Tho West is, perhaps, txmsablo for
loppicg over, an it is somo distance
from thesccnoand is not directly in
terested in the gcod name of Coos Hay.
With tho Myrtle Point Enterprise t'.o
caco is somewhat different. The En
lerprico is a Coos county paper and one
would, expect, U to haVo tomo care for
tho reputation of Coos county. It in
said to be an ill bird that defiles its own
nest. Perliapp, however, tho sectional
jealousy, which is not entirely absent
from tho ofllco of the L'utcrpiieo. has
carried It off its feet in this case, to the
extent of giving needless publicity to tho
senseless screed of tho West, which can
do no possible good and may do harm
among thoso not acquainted with the
facts. Very likely tho Kntorpriso itself
is numbered among tho last named, for
wo aro constrained to remember that,
two days after the tragedy here, a day
after it had a correct and circumstantial
account in tho Daily, a day after the
Ccquillo Bulletin bad published ono
neatly as complete, tho Kntorpriso gavo
to tho wondering light tho following ac
count of tho manner of the negro's death.
"tho nesro was beine nnrsued by tho h
mouanujran-to mo second story ol a
ouuuing. locking liimKoll in ono ol tho
rooms. Tho mob broke tho door down, I
riddled him with bullets, and then threw1
him out ol the window on to tho street
helow, lator taking tho body to the-
econo where tho outrago wait committed
and hanging It to a bridgo."
Tliia matter should be allowed to rest.
bhck bcaflt- who raet a rauch
easier death than ho deserved, was an-
questionably guilty. Thocircumstance!
n .,.n .t .in.v. .. ..i. n..
gu4uuuui(( iitn uvutii nviu duvii iijui
endlesB, useless and expensive complication-
Mith the law wore happily
averted. Now lot tlie matter alono.
THE. PEOPLE HAVE A SAY.
, Whatever, appwpxiatioa. is wade J)y
the legislature for tho Lowia & Clark
jtuli wilf nave to ran tho guantlet of pub-
llc'opldotij and U fi por cont of tho vc
tors petition (or Its submission to popular
vole, It will havo to bo submitted.
This Is along stop In advance of tho
old system, AthVroby tho legislature
could dish out tho public funds in any
quantity It pleased, ami tho people had
no recourse
The probability is that tint legislature
will tnku no chances on tho appropria
tion being held up until tho next general
election, but will tuako the host guess It
can at what amount tint PEOPLE want
to give, and then call a crcelnl ulcctlon
for Its ratification.
And that Is not tho oidy moaiuro thut
will stand In tho tamo position.
PLAYING WITH PIKE
(Oregonlau)
Tho attitude of the nould-ba oligarchy
of coal-mining plutocrata in Pennsyl
vania la only ono of tho signs of the
times. Passion for wealth-getting for
tho sake ot tho idle pomp or brutal
power it implies surges In tho veins and
arteries of American life. This vulgar
passion (or wealth vrongly won U at
tho bottom of tho St.,Loula scandal; it
Is tho attraction of cohesion that vital
izes tho trusts; tho cold-blooded greed
It breeds Is behind th policy that on
rages worklngmon and stimulates them
to strike, to wage long and bitter battle
with President Uaer and his associate,
whom ho describes at "Hod's aunointed"
guardians of labor ind the hard-coal
monopoly of the country, Tho impiety
of Pner Is not moro in evldcnco than his
in'Olcnco wh'on ho tpld J'rosldent Kooic-
vclt In spirit that it was tho President's
bueincss to enforco the laws rather than
i to offor tho mlno operators uuaskod-for
and unwelcomo advice. Ono of Iiaur'd
associates, President Fowler, of the Now
York, Ontario it Western Railway, is
reported to havo said: "We will brook
no outstdo Interference of whatever
nature, political, humanitarian or any
other."
UpoQ what moat has this imperious
Cacearoftho hard-coal monopoly fed
that he has grown eo great that ho can
afford to fling his dcflauce at tho law, at
the church and tho pcoplo? This kind
of talk shows how much easier it is to
get rich out of a coal mlno nud coal-
carrying monopoly than it is to acquire
brains, for brains is a gift d!;ect from
God, white money may bo stolon within
as well as without tho law by a combi
nation of mediocre men who nro eatur-
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r.ted with tho passion pf Ineano acqulsl
., .... . . ..
Uveneaa. If there was a man of gonu-
jno ,jraln I)0wer nmon t,,ra Coal-minlng
r
conspiracy he would teo that when ho
assumes the present attitude of Presi
dent Iiaer ho is playing with flro and In
u,u um"""u U1" " l"u ""UD u "iU
Q ho do(lu3 nml tho rubl,
'sentiment ho inaults. Thoro aro soxo
23,000,000 of American waijoworkers, and
they all eympathizo sufllciontly with th'J
present quarrel of organized lubor, The
wageworkcrs of this country will ulti
mately rovjt tho coal-raining and rail
Vay transportation pl.ujociAoy with Jio
close and deadly flro of their ballot.
The plutocrats In this country cati
buy bayo'nut, hut thoy rrtlihot buy tlion
enough to rapture tho ballot-box, (or
when tho people unco become roused to
tho conviction that tho prlvnto owner-
ship of rnllwayu and coal mines moans
an Incroaitug public duugor, National
ownership will surely follow. When
that ultlmato day of wrath com on, tho
wealth of Morgan & Co, will not, ho nblo
to elect n Loujilaturo or oven buy one,
to corrupt or cajole a Governor or ni
court of Until resort. Why not? Ho-
cause when tho people are utigry nud
feel that they do well to ho angry no
man dure toll them out; ho cannot af
ford to pay tho price, thnt wilt bo ex
acted of him for his treason. Dooloy
tipped with tiulh Ills sarcasm when ho
said the "decisional tho highest court
was always affected by tho election re
turns." Wull, tho Amuilcau pooplu
have the ballot and thoy will tnko such
good care of tho election roturnj that
no burled plutocracy in coal or railway
transportation will havo any chance of
n long and rlutom life.
Wo aro n patlunt people, but wo nro
in'.enioly praullcAl, htid lu the loit
nn..lysls If wo ctunot untie tho knot
of v."lfuUy wo shall cut It without
I hesitation or regret. Wo aro people
who beliuvo thnt Imperfect and ovon
unjust government In better than no
govern is tint, so will not r.cklcstly train,
plo under fit tho laws whoso shelter
has buuu used and abused to tho Injury
of tho public weal, but If theso rtupld,
rcckkia plutocrats coutluuo to play
with flro '.hoy will burn up tholr own
plant. Donla Kearney, n common
jilnco, cunning demogoguo, lednn In
itirrect'on In California In 1870 which
elected an Iconoclastic Livlalaturo; It
behaved Itku the Puritan soldiers, who
not only killed godlesd cnomiei, but stu
pidly dc:'.roycd precious and uob'o
works of art, If tho railway transpor
tation conspiracy to leech the public,
tho oppressive trusts, the coal monop
oly, do not heed tho notes of warning
that begin to fill tho air, thoy will waka
up somo morning and And their rcat
master, tho American pcoplo, is wide
awuko too,
Tho Govornmont, If forcod to It will
tako tholr railroads and take tholr coal
mines, not at their inflated price, either.
These plutocrats will call that social
istic rovolutlon; so it will be, but a
peaceful revolution won through tho
ballot-box which makes and unmakes
Presidents and Governors and Legisla
tures and courts in this country. It
will ho n peaceful revolution becnuso tho
pooplu will bo behind it with nothing to
oppose them but n few plutocrats, who,
having used their exceptional opportu
nity to fill their moneybags, aro now
disposed to sandbag tho public with
their sack at every 1 turn of tho road,
Uut there i no army in (Ida country
that cannot bo disporscd by tho ballots
" i
of tho people, nud it id high tlmo thnt
tho plutncrutic combinations in nil tho
stutbs ceaaod to invito trouble with nn
Irritated impatient people. ProBidont
Ilaor and his aaeoclatos recall Dean
. -.- v " '. . . I
Swiff blttrr saying : You ,can fudge
what God thinkof Miches by tho knd of
p
fellows no p.tvea tuem to,"
A REMKAnt.KUTTKnANOn .
Attention Is railed to a remarkable
editorial from tho Orogonlan, which wo
print on tho fourth page of tlila Intuv.
l It laromnrkablu, tint only (or lln Htroiifj
arraignment of the Inordinate gtoud and
sordid mental equipment ol Prusltlent
liner nud hln Ilk, but (or Its uuggenUvo
uos of a pneilblo solution of the dllllcnl;
ties when NntuiOH gilts aro monopolized,
I,
bottled up and corked down by Individ
als.
No nuo will accuse tho Orrgonlau of
being n Bocltillnt organ, yet the Appeal
to Rimnuii It-olf would hardly muko.ii
stronger plo.i for govornmont action (u
such casos.
This Illustrator, for tlioio who aro able
to reo It, tin) radical revolution that Is
taking placo In public thought In thoio
Unltod Statue.
Peopla havo ceased to bo scared into
convuhlonn by tho toclaltlui bug'bear,
nud It Is no longer sulllclent toileuouuco
a meauro us foclnlhtlo lu oidor to make
mon avert their iyed and minds lu hor
ror. Wu aro beginning to look tlilngj
dUaroly lu tho Licit and to uUu up cur
tain l,Uiit) on thslr moiltit. Wo are ap
proaching the point where If It ho proven
thnt government ownership cf any par
ticular thing would he best font largo
majority of tho iwopK), wo won't care it
linker's nnatlmnm w hsthur government
ownernhlp la "uoclallttlo" or "paternalla
tic" or "innnatchUlic."
The Amorlcan pooplu nto level headed
and couturvatlre enough to tako a step,
in any direction, whothur It be toward
toclallsut, Imperblljin or nny other Um,
without "goliigai$y"r5tar'or!rtnurthnn
tholr boat cool judgemont sanctions. In
fact they might bo called sluggish in
taking up w Ith new ideas, but as tho Ore
goulau points out, whuu thiy do get
thoroughly waked up atnnd from under,
MAKE IT EFFECTIVE.
If tho refureudutn nmendmcut to tho
constitution of Oregon is to lion dead
letter until tho leglalaturo cuncta laws
for putting 'l Into -ffo:t, then tho sooner
Governor Gcer calls n special session of
tl ii lcglulaturo tho hotter.
Tho pooplu do not wnnt to bo fooled on
tl.!- proposition, na tho pooplo of South
Dakota havo been fooled. In that state,
a referendum provision was iucoporatcd
in the constitution four years ago, but
has never gono into effect beam so tho
leglalaturo has fallud to msko provisions
tor tho necessary action on tho purt cf
the votuis.
In this state, direct legndatton will bo
fought to tho Uut ditch by tho spoilsmen
whoso grafts will bu diminished, onco tho
people get a whncknt thorn, and if thoy
can render tho amundmont n dead lottor
by preventing or postponing tho neces
sary legislative notion, they will not
noglect to do oo.
GovornorGeofhhHglvon nHSiirnnco that
if ho hail any doubt of tho referendum
inneiidmeiit being effective as It stunts
he would call nn extra heiialon. It would
seem thntThls inenriH mi oxtrn susalon,
for It Is hard to boo how thu pooplo cats
act under tho nitiundmaut, unloso thu
legislature provide tho method of doing
HO
Govornor Geqr should remomber that
his strength Heu.wlth thu'pooplo of Oro-
J uon, hot wuii iii.o io. . -. " ,;
rte05MSr.iSS.r
Oll, hot With UH! poiiucuuiB, nun it iiu
..... i . .1.1' At... .iin.tliiiH nl It I u rtrlo
ill tliom in iinrrwi huihwui
jlforo will notably decrease.
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