Purifying Elections. There is in one direction in which i' would seem that Congress is doinp good work. That is in the purifying of elections. The Senate has reporter favorably the resolution making it a crime for corporations to contribute tc election funds. Now of course the contribution of any amount to an elec tion fund by anybody is wrong in prin ciple and ought to be suppressed. Bui if nobody had any election fund, then the man with the biggest bank account would be able to go on the hustings and make the bictrest show and get his ideas the better put before the people. So people who have a personal or an ethical interest in a candidate contrib ute to help him in his campaign. Then the other side, seeing that there monev being spent, starts out to collect money for its candidate and it ends in the party in power, which naturally has the whip hand, landing more con tributions than the other side and pre sumably .continuing'.its candidate in of fice. Buttho anti-contribution bill just reported is designed to change this. It'prohibits national banks, cor porations, engaged in interstate and forgeign commerce and corporations or ganized under federal laws from con tributing funds to any election, The penalty in the case of a corporation is fixed.atot more than $5,000 and in the case of individuals who include the officers, directors and stock holders of the company, a fine of not more than $1000 and a jail sentence. That is the thing that will hurt the in dividual who might not be touched by a mere fine. Unfortunately the cor poration cannot be subjected to a jail sentence. It has no body to be kicked ando soul to be damned, so it can es cape with a fine. But of course the corporations are not opposing the new law. They have been blackmailed by campaign collectors often enough, in the past and they are glad to subscribe to any law that will prevent raids on their treasury. But how the reforma tory law will be enforced is a question. Cigar tte Smutting. Cigarette smoking is no llonger sim ply a moral question. The great busi ness world.has taken it up as a deadly enemy of advancement, of achieve ment. Leading'business firms all over the country have put the cigarette on the prohibited list. Reports from all over the country show the sentiment against the coffin nail. In Detroit alone sixty-nine merchants have agreed not to employ a cigarette user. In Chica go, Montgomery Ward & Co,, Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlctt, and some of the other largo concerns have prohibited it among all employes under eighteen years of ago. Marshall Field & Co. and the Morgan andJWright Tiro Co. , have this rule: "No cigarettes can be smoked by our employes." Cne of the questions on the application blanks at Wanamnkcr's'reads: "Do fyou use tobacco or cigarettes?" The superintendent of the Lindell St. Railway, of St. Louis, says: "Under no circumetanceswill I hiro a man who smokea'eignrettes. Ho is as danger ous on the front end of a motor as the man who drinks. If I find a car run ning badly, I immediately begin to in vestigate to find if tho man uses cigar ettes. Nine times out of ten ho does, and then ho goes for good " The New York, Now Haven nnu Hartford, the Chicago, Rock Island, imu rucnic, me iign vaucy, me isur- lington, and many others of the loading railroad companies of this country have issued orders positively forbidding tho use of cigarettes by employes while on duty. ShixU lliillctii s Tho general opinion here is that Creflield got what ho deserved. How- ever one and all deprecate the way the otit of the stale, but they havo been in act was done. If Mitchell had shot his power for years and have never done a victim in tho face or through the heart ' thing yet to secure for the Bt:te inter from tho front, all good people would 'est on its money. Instead tho stale havo praised him as a hero; but to treasurer it is openly admitted has ap shoot even a dog from tho rear savors ' preprinted the interest for his own use, of a lack of courngo bordering on cow-' thus securing a handsome income, said nr.lice. Many of the admirers and sym-' to be quite large. The state treasurer pathisers of John Wilkes Booth used to is somewhat like the darky porter who blush with shame when they remem-1 gets a very small salary but makes a bored that the martyred Lincoln was 'heap lot" of money through tips, apart (hot in the back. However just the of the plan of Mr. Pullman, tho same cause no ono can be he 11 blameless as the treasuryship is a part of tho who shoots his enemy in tho dark or plan of previous state legislatures. attacks him from the rear. I Many women are weak and tho weak- . cr they arc the moro they should enlist our sympathy, and they have a natural ....I I...'., vl.rht l,t (llliin hhllibi ti,,n from thnso who have the holv ties of kindred. Tho man who will not pro- tn-f dm i,nnr nn.l .rood niiiiie of his wife, mother or sister, hns no principle of manhood in him, and wo can only conclude as we began that the only re grettiblo thing in this holy and right eous killing was tho manner in which it was done. Mark McClain has been very sick for tho past few days but is better now. Dr. H. B. Stanley has turned his druir business over to John ('. Davis, 1 M..-..... U7 ll.iirw it, Tit liner nrt n neat up-to-dato drug store in the spend in nnianner wh.ch gives emphasis SpringeV cottage. As soon as ground to their feelings, rhey should bo per and material can be procured these m.tted to just as liberally as they w,sh. rentlemen propose to build a business louse that will be an ornament to ihedd. Already most of the airange nents have been completed and in a ew weeks we expect to see the Davis jharmacy in new quarters. Miss Irving, who is staying with R. R. agent Allen s folks, was serious y II Sunday, but she is much better at this writing. Will Bourne be borne up "Salt Riv er" or will he be born again? If Bourne is born again and christened United States Senator what will be the cost of the accouchment, and who will be the godfather and god. mother at the christening? If Bourne is christened United Slates Senator will the baptismal font ever be fit for use again? If Bourne be borne up "Salt River" will the craft that bore Bourne ever be seaworthy again? If Bourne be borne up "Salt River", will God still reign and the republic still live? Yea vrily to all the above. John A. McBride has been in very poor health for a long time, but his many friends expect to see him well again soon. The better element of so ciety cannot afford to see such men as Mr. McBride die before election any way. John C. Davis has been sick for sev eral days but is some better at this time. If John would rustle less and rest more he would get along much better. Ben Lendh was indisposed the first of the week but is on deck again as fresh as ever. If J. R. Davis, of the firm of. Davis & Shedd, falls down on you, you may know it and you may not. If you live through the ordeal you will surely know something material is not far away. Mr. Davis tips the scales well at away over 300 pounds. On the telephone: Hello, Dr. Stanley. Is this Dr. Stanley? Yes, what's wanting? Oh, nothing, only how is the health of the community? D-d-d-d-doggoned dis tressingly healthy, so far as I can learn. Thank you, good-bye. Sam Jones says: "A glass of good whiskey is a good thing in its place; but its place is in hell." You are right, Sammy, but the man who blows' a temperance horn on all aecasions is a I man who you will do well to watch. If , with theae two meet'ings all the pre I of the rights they have been demand that man ever takes to drink he will imjnnvins of ti,fi MmnaiTn havo hfin."iS- uuL-nC.uui;uu. "'i'CIur , TT 1 TT I A It.. 4..,.,. man is temperate in all things, even in agitating temperance, Hi Farwell says there was never such a demand for heavy draft horses before time is cominir when good driving and saddle horses will be worth big money. Shedd has been visited by three horse ouyers tne , usl wee. .i wu.u u,B noraes. winy mum m n, ..c cigut hundred dollars for a span of big well matched horses and scarce at mat. ' Just tor Vote-. One of the planks-in tho republican platform is in favor of statement num- ber one. This is of course done for the benefit of Bourne, but everybody read- It is nimost the unanimous opinion of ing the newspapers knows that nearly the votera to abide by "Statement No. all the republican papers of tho state y nml roadless of the frantic dis have opposed statement number one-, ciajmera 0f the old republican bosses, as well as the politicians. Tho com- it js givoll up that the next legislature mittee which makes a platform without will vote f01. the people's choice authority had to havo this in for a play fol. Tjnjte(i Staces Senator. This on the feelings of the farmer who is meana that either Son.ilnr ftonrin particularly in favor ot it. Uut it is exceedingly insincere, and is only ill it for clrcct, it is declared without any intention of respecting it if any one but a republican shall be elected . Juno. 'I he Stntc Treasurer. The republicans claim to be in favor of loaning tho money of tho state in the hands of the treasurer for the beli The "World M all Akin. ' The manner in which people of for- "ign countries are sending money to Sn Francisco to help tho people to help tho people in their misfortune, is very commendable. As much as has been given in tho United States it is far short of what is needed. All the world, after all, is akin, and it is a good idea to appreciate this fact. As tho shock of tho earth at San Francisco registered its ac tion on tho seismograph 'at Albany, N. Y. so tho heart aches of the people there havo registered in the hearts of people of Europe and they wish to re Not Much of a Mixer j Nearly all of "r. Bourne's addresses are by mail. He doesn't seem to be nuch of a m xer when it comes to get ;ing out among the people, for some reason or other. He probably has the )ld style of recommendation for the office, money. But this is the recom mendation that i3 sought to be done away with by the modern method of submitting his election to a vote of the people. Will the people see that the Bourne kind of a man is not elected. Made in Albany is not a bad thing to suggest occasionally, when it comes to business. Certainly Albany institu tions are entitled to the preference from Red Crown flour down to the Evening Democrat. The Red Crown is a splendid flour, and the Democrat well, it isn't as big as the Portland papers, but it is decidedly Albany and as big as the field justifies. Loyalty to a nome town and its institutions is a ' good thing for a city, and is what has made great cities out of many placet that had no more promise than has Al bany. The acinocrats Organize Special Correspondence. ; Portland, May 10. -The Democratic State Central Committee met yesterday ffaPnnAn nnri nrnnfA.i o vn.nnt tionbythe reelection of Judge Alex sk nhivmnn anrl n,,rW;,;n. Mm to appoint a secretary and an excutive committee. Chairman Sweek appointed John B. Ryan, the present incumbent, secretary, and named the following ex ecutive committee: S. M. Garland of Linn; J. O. Booth of Josephine; N. A. Peery of Multno' mah; J. R. Raley of Umatilla; Sam E. Van Vactor of Morrow, and I. M. Hall of Washington county. It was decided that a congressional committee be appointed from each of the two con gressional districts. The Democratic County Central com mittee of Multnomah county met at last night and mapped out a complete plan of campaign. All the precincts were represented and' a strong plan of . organlzatlon was made. made and nothing remains to be done except the hard work of the campaign. I Prominent and conservative leaders were pl.egent today from nearly every I ,,. ,- n, oft. th,. ..,,. that tho chances for the,, , i: bri hter thm ever More and more the fee,ing seems tQ Rrow tha(. it .g be5t for the people of Oregon to put Hlo mn ,nfriro t nn,i. , f . the oU titre c t repubii(.an nla. chine . the rear A Btrong eeUng ig growing that all interests can be served by having a non partisan judiciary and the chances for the election of Judge Thomas G. Hailey are very bright. Judge Hailey is making an excellent rec0rd and the best people of both parties desire to keep at least one ,jemocrat 0n the Sunreme Bench. ... .ion,.ti,an Rourno will hn Oiwrm's; .,vt Senator. When nne rnmoa tr. ai up tho tw0 men it is difficult to believe that tho ueonlo will nrefor Uniirno Senator Gearin is making a splendid record at Washington and it is novel and refreshing to have a senator in Corgress that is respected and honored by tho admistration and by his col leagues. Too many republicans have the interests of the Commonwealth at heart and have too much to ask from the general government to desire to re turn to tho old condition of living in a stato without representation in Con gress. Hundreds of republicans in this stat-; have had favors to ask from Washing ton and their requests have always been made through Senntor Gearin. The opinion is growing that he is a good man for Oregon to keep at Wash ington. 1 ho ennduacy of Charles V. Gallo way is being well and even enthusias tically received. Mr. Galloway is mak ing a spirited campaign and from this point of view his chances to obt iin a majoniy over nev. mr. iiawiey seems goo.l. The conservative business element of Portland, will without regard to party support Hon. J. D. Matlock for Slate treasurer bo much scandal has been connected with this office that it seems safer to remove it as far as possible from tho clutches of the old machine republican politicians M. S. Dnrbin of Ronton county, went to Roseburg this afternoon to take a civil service examination for r,mst singer. Prof. Walker, of the famous Rocnke Wa ker Husines College, Portland, is in the city on a visit the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Schmitt. RMrs. (i. M. Payne went to Poitland this morning to see Sara Bernhaidt in Cainille this aliernonn. M Saturday Niaht thoughts The people of this part of the country have been greatlv interested this week in tho killing of Creflield, the Holy! Koller, a man of notoriety on account of a peculiar belief and pretension of an enormous character. He was shot down in cold blood, and yet peop'e generally have excu?H the shooting. It has brought up a question ethics of I a very striking character. As a Holy ' Roller the man Creflield' through his powers had lead a number of persons off into his belief, or whatever you ' wish to call it, including practices un doubtedly of free love Among others were two sisters of George Mitchell, a young man of twenty-three. Creflield was sent to the penitentiary for two years on the charge of a criminal re lationship with one of them, though himself married to another woman. Upon leaving the penitentiary he again got his band of fanatics about him, in clud.ng the same sister and another j younger one. This made hot blood and young Mitchell never stopped until he had sent a bullet into the head of Cref field. Others would have considered it a privilege to have done the same thing. It would have been a splendid thing if Creflield could have been gotten out of the way at least personally through aue process ot the law, nut tne law seemed helpless and this Holy Rollerism "u "cl;u"'B '"me, """' course was taicen. rrom a strict em- ical stanbpoint it is not a good thing to ever fvor the killing of i person, ex- ce . in f'ual defense- Wa3ulthiJ3 a ouuii:ieiii, ueicijae ui uue own uiuuu iu justify this kind of an excuse for the act. If one can put one's self in the place of Mitchell it may be possible to look at it that way. Anyway the al most universal expression is that a K"uu JUU was UUI": A Russian parliament has been con vened this week with a short speech by the Czar o f only about three minutes That was a pretty good length for a Czar, who has a way of chopping things off short, even heads. Just what a Russian parliament will amount to is difficult thing to to solve, in a country where the word of the Czar is law. It is doubtful if the people are given any u u cu'11 ' Z "i l u j ?- ihla starublU o ;he prefnt sess'on seems to be some distance from a vote, has been considerable obstruction to progress from political sources, where better things should have been looked. iu" This week the Standard Oil Co. has again been shown up, but the people are used to it. Bribery, cheating and fraud are proven conclusively. It has been proven that as a practice the com- I pany is in the habit of selling three grades of oil from the same tank, that agents have been authorized to swindle their customers and that short meas ure has been a rule, in fact graft at every corner and along the sides. The I oc.upus, though, will simply squirm a little and go on with its swindling, give another million or two to Chicago Uni versity, raise the price of oil again, ' and the people can whistle. Frenzied Thoughts. The Richmond, Va., preacher who told a New York audience that in a century there will be 100,000,000 ne groes in this country, must have been determined to make tho future look as black as possible. After kissing all the babies in the sixth Alabama district, Richard P. Hobson is coming to Congress. It now remains to be seen what tactics he will adopt to get on tho committee on naval affairs. We should like a guessing contest as to where the President will break out next Here is the chance of n lifetime for able guessers. It is an exceptionally cold day when Tillman cannot find a new sensitive spot in a trust to stick a pin into. There never will be a perfectly earthquake-proof building, until we have an earthquake-proof earth to build it on. We should imagine that it would seem homelike to Casto if he went to Washington by way of Arkansas and stopped off to see Jeff Davif. MISFITS. Only until May 15 to register. Gcta move on. The welcome rain dropped down. The people make the prosperity, the party. not The best made in Oregon -strawber ries. Everything about the Standard Oil is slippery. The wing maker is now at work on a pair for Jonathan Bourne. In plain language tha Standard Oil Co. is a cheat from top to bottom. Sara Bernhardt is swooping do vn on Portland regardless of the theatrical trusts. That dredge will please hurry up and dig. Albany wants an all-summer boat. Mitchell should not be indicted even. The case is an extraordinary one that calls for an example. To Mr. Democrat Man, from a re publican man : Johnny Bourne took the Cake, but will he get the Pie? A Voter. The Japanese Buddhists have opened a temple in Portland for the conver sion of Americans. We are more than getting even with them in their own country. Only four days to register. Over a thousand Linn county voters don't 3tem to care who is elected. The Eugene Guard says that another Eugene factory will have to do ;e on acount of excessive freight rates. Reproduction of the- San Francisco earthquake and fire are already being prepared for exhibition. Horrors! According to the evidence John D ?.(!f:k!fl1?r has. been the habit of selling three grades of coal oil from the same can. irickey John The President of the United States has to be born in the United States. What's the matter of the governship of Oregon. Dr. Withycombe is defending him self on the statements of some of the papers that he was born in England and is a horse doctor! An Albany lady left for Lebanon yes- terday morning to assist in the cam- dollars damages, caused by cutting a paign for one of our county candidates, limb off the tree in order to move a She is all right. Traveller. .house, the plaintiff claims that the - operation killed the tree. Mr. Hearst has caused a kick by San Francisco, May 11. This after claiming the credit of all the good done noon an earthquake gave a severe for the relief of San Francisco. Prettv twist, which lasted about three sec good boy. but there are millions of on(i3. There was no damage aside others who took a hand in it. from the falling of a few weak walls. 1 Portland, May 11. Considerable dis- It took the Czar only three minutes to satisfaction is reported at Canby and deliver his message to his parliament. other points over the division of the Our presidents will take notice. Some ,..,.,a,.5 tnr n,,tio,,, cm;n, m, ,m. of them would do well to try the three minute plan. The drug trust is now about to be broken into pieces, but the big meat trust and the big oil trust and the steel trust will continue to operate and con trol the government. District Attorney John Manning of Portland, wishes to assist in defending George Mitchell, the slayer of Creflield, whose record he knows from a thor ough investigation. He should De al lowed to do so. Edwin S. Greenfield, a trusted bank clerk is an example of what a young man can do with grit and determina tion. From an office boy he rose tt be head clerk, in which position he was able to help himself to $100,000 at times. The election of Mr. Alex Sweek as state chairman of the democratic com mittee was the proper thing. Mr. Sweek has heretofore proven his efficiency as well as loyalty t j tho party and its can didates. A Hundred Year Club has been orga nized in Portland. A specialty will be made of learning how to walk, stand, sit, lie down, eat, act, breath, etc.. ! that the members may live one hundred j years. I A valley man who could have sold i his hops for thirty cents two years ago I kept them, recently selling for 6 or 7 cents. It is always well to jump at a j good bargain regardlp.- s of the possibil ! ities of something richer. That $1500 reward for the killing of Smith was pretty well split to pieces. Harry Draper received $750, three men $50 each, and the remaining $600 was HitnMorl nmnnir 33 man in nt Iha rlt.atl, . v..,...... ....... ... uw .IIU UOUI ' nF thn nnllnw District Attorney Deckres.of Seattle, claims to have evidence that Mitchell was paid by an organized company of Corvallis people to Kill Creflield. Prob- I ably can't prove anything of the kind. I The ruination of two sisters was ' enough alone. The Democrat published an article on the Governor, after the words From the Salem Statesman, and now the Statesman kicks, declaring that the ar ticle was an advertisement. All the same it w'as From the Salem States man. A first street man furnisbo the fol lowing misfits: When a man undertakes reform he is never out of a job. , Eternal hustle, coupled with honesty , ana integrity, is me just price ui suc cess. The thought of work makes more men tired than tho work itself. Voters should study carefully the first question after the list of officers to be voted numbers 300 and 301: "Shall the appropriation money mair.taining the insane asylum, penitentiary, deaf, mute, blind school, university cgricul tural colletre and normnl schools be ap nrnvert. This is the bill vetoed bv the Governor because of the normal graft, and voters will do well to put a cross . between the number and No. TELEGRAPHIC. Washington, May9. -Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, is critically ill at his home in this city. He has not been in tho senate for many months. Within ' the last few days he had a severe sinking spell and his life was despaired of Portland, Or. May, lO.-Frorrj her resting place on the rocks in the Columbia river near Reuben, half a mile south of Goble, where she is hung for more than a year, a fleet of tugs from Portland is engaged in raising the venerable steamer George W. Elder. Tie final effort will be made Saturday when assisted by tide and the annual spring rise of the river and it is expect ed to float the vessel. ' For seventeen months the Elder has been pinioned on the rocks. Seattle, May 10. -The District At torney today received a letter from John Manning, Portland, offering to testify for George Mitchell. The offer has been refused. There is small chance of convicting Mitchell. Public opinion here justifies the act. Chicago, May 10. -The evidence of the former Standard Oil manager of the Kansas district, before the invest igating committee today lays bare the bribery of the railroad agents to secure information for the Stanhrd Oil Co., also that three Grades of oil were sold from thesame tank. Portland, Or., May 11. A limb saw ed off an elm tree is the cause of a trial now proceeding in the Circuit court, in which more attorneys are engaged than - case tried here for many months, Among the counsel being one United States senator, and two former United States senators. The alleged vandalism occurred two years ago and the law suit has been pending ever since. The case on trial is that of Mrs. Emma W. Snow, against A. E. Moodie, A. N. Shannon, C. Annin, Andrew Johnson and Ellis R. Clarey, Wallace McCamant, of the firm of Dolph, Mal lory, Simon and Gearin, and Williams, Wood and Linthicum are attorneys for the plaintiff, the defendants attorneys are W. M. Davis, B. C. Spencer, Henry E. McGinn and Frank Schlegel. ine piaintm sues to htteen Hundred bers claimed being at his' death are not mentioned. A sensatiorial rumor is that Smith was unconscious when shot by Draper. Portland, Or., May 11. On a bench in the Union depot for nearly two days has set Mable Hood, an Indian girl who has traveled across the entire contin ent alone and is apparently waiting for someone of her own race. She refuses to utter a sound except the character istic Indian grunt when she was ques tioned. With racial stoicism the child endures hunger, and repulses every effort of the women of the Travellers Aid committee to learn something of her story. People Who Come ard Go C D Wise, Everett, Wash. H A Brewer, Portland. P M Hermans, Sublimity. A H Lea, Portland. A M Humphrey, Portland. J M Woodruff, Salem. F N Libby, Portland. J G Cook, G E Berry, Airlie. J D Bevens, " W H King, St Johns. J F Gilmore, " Wui Pomady, Portland. Justice Lovelee, Lebanon. N P Biddle, Halsey. R R Riggs and wf, Dallas. C S Pierce, Rochester. J C Ferge, S F. Hayes Temple, Portland. L E Post, Turner. Chas J Weller. Pullman, Wash. Judge Robert Eakin, L.a Granae. Max Wise, Portland. W R Taylor, " E Mallorv, " E C Davis, " H Sullivan, Mill City. The Johnson, Portland. I E Dawson, Corvallis. J V Smith, Lebanon. Geo J Cook, Portland. C W Albright, Geo Rudolph, Salom.- W O Munsell, Portland. J F Ferguson, Chas Wesely, Scio. Geo H Fitzgibhon and wf, Portland. Sam Goldsmith, Portland. P E Thomason, '" Letter List. The following letters remain in the Albany, Ore., postoffice uncalled for May, 9, 1906. Persons desiring any of these letters should call for advertised letters, giving the date: ' " Oscar Ballou, Virgie Baldwin, Robbie Boyle, E. D. Bogan, Miss Ida Cooper, J. G. Denny, Miss Ruth Elliott, Mrs. N. A. Fulkerson, A. B. Farrier. J. H. Grande. Bertha Graser. Harry Hanson', F. E. Hume, Thomas S. Holloway, j! N. Jackson, u. N. Kelley, Alice and Helly Kirk. L. T. Everett. Mrs. H. R Miller (2). Miss Sis Miller, Roy Frice, L. M. Rusk, Mrs. F. E. Roth. Mrs John Reid. D. B. Rhodes, Charley Skinner, Mrs. Alice Shelton, J. B. Savage, iss Winnie Scott, D. A'. Ter hune, J. W. Wells. S. S. Train. P. M. Brownsville Tines: Mrs. Fannie Blackburn came up from Albarv Sat urday evening and vis'trd with her mother u.itil Mcndi y even ng when she went to Eugene, r-turning to it is city this morning.'