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I Cao:; statesman" Tuesday.. M.vncu 4, i:-c2. Jlil.JMM QtiftOht. TAIESr.1ATJ Issued eyery Tuesday STATESMAN PUIiSHING; COMPANY R. J. KKBDRICKB, SUBSCRIPTION RATEa-40ne year, m advance, $lj Six months, in advance 50 cents; Three months, in advance, 25 cents; One year, on time, f 1.25. ? ' i - ' Tb, uUnnaa has been establish- in In advance, wttl have the benefit of ed for nearly fifty-two years, and It ha. the dolla rate. But fcf they o hot pay . i . . , , ... for six month, the rate will be thtt a soc .ubacrlber. who have received It Hereafter we will send .the p nearly that long, and many who have to all reaponsiblt; persona who or read It for ' a ! generation. Some of iler it, though they may not send the these object to bavin; the paper dl-money, with the understanding that continued at the time of expiration of they are to pay fL25 & year, in; case their subscriptions. For the benefit of they let the subscription account run these, and for other reasons, we' have ever' six months. In order that there concluded to discontinue subscriptions may be no misunderstanding, w, will only when notified $x do so. All per-keep this notice itandlnx at this place sons paying; when subscribing, or pay-In the paper. . .Ha. the Sampson-Schley controversy been disposed of at last? If Roosevelt has really accomplished this, bis fame Is complete .and the Immeasurable gra titude of the nation is due him. The proposition to. make a 20 per .cent reduction in tariff duties toward Cuba will not afford the relief desired. By making such a reduction we seem to fulfill our obligation to that Island, but at the same time it will in no way shield Cuba from the threatened calam ity of commercial and Industrial ruin. We are .too large a nation to deceive eurselvef as well as the people of that country by pretending; to do a thing, but at; the same! time fall utterly and wholfy-to accomplish It. Liberal con cession, or none should be riiade. ; The proper punishment for Tillman and McLaurlh Is expulsion, and It is too bad there; is a single; man in the Bcn.te opposed to inflicting such a pen - alty. The Senate and the Nation have been grossly insulted by these Ill-bred and vulgar Individuals, and It ought to . be possible to put them beyond the as ' soclalion of decent men. But there seems to' be no-way to' accomplish this. Two-thirds of the members do not want to resort to such a serious measure, and I nothing much can bp done but restore theimen to their! privileges and permit them to outrage the dignity of the Sen- ateUmd the American people. The Chinese exclusion -bill seems to be making satisfactory progress In Congress .snd will be before both branches. In a few. days for discussion and action. The changes made in 'it by the cmlttee are not very numer: ous and are not In essential parts. The section prohibiting the employment of Chinese as crews' on American vessels will probably be omitted.," A ehange will be made in the phraseology of the section relating to Philippine Chinese: I Other sections, ha wever.; were expected to be reported substantially as drawn In the original bill. While the Chinese) M In Inter has arrayed- a good deal of onooaltion to the measure, yet Its friend, feel quite hopeful f6p Its early passage. , ; ' There can scarcely be a Slmon-Geer combination with both parties, keeping faith.. We doubt verymuch If there is any agreement at all. Governor Geer'a peculiar moves do not In-the least, demonstrate that he Is looking after Simon's interests In Marion coun ty. ' We believe theGovernor does not propose to be burdened by Simon, and will be in' a position to deal with the other skle If Simon fails to carry Mult nomah. A Slmon-Geer agreement -would mean that" Geer'a nomination 'would depend upon Simon securing the Multnomah delegation. Geer will cheerfully accept help from Simon, but the report that he Is working alto gether for Simon is assuredly errone ous. . i The play In districts outside of ttalem trrovea this. Wood burn Inde- pendent;. 51 -. ' j : Thi St Louis i Republic. ine of the leading Democratic paper, of the coun : try. has no sympathy for Tillman and McLaurin. and if Its advice were taken the Senators of all parties would join to rid " the Senate of these mien. v It ays:' "If the "Senate could manage to expel both Tillman and McLalurirt the regretwould.be confined to the two In- , dividuala .These men---Tinman being 1 the worst of the pair have been for more than a year acting and talking iik a rnuivi. of barroom brawlers. In the last disgraceful scene thy had not the excuse of sudden excitement., Pre; vleus explosions! should have taught them to avoiJIpthe causes of disturb ances. Neither of them being neces sary, or even Important, In national or party affairs, the time suits well for the utmost severity I f which ythe .law,' of the land and the rule, of the Senate are capable." . j , , , v NOT FOR SALE. It , is rumored' among Republicans that Wi J. ; Furnish. ex-Democratic sheriff, of Pendleton, offers to put up $15,000 to the tate committee cam paign fund tlf be receives the Repub- ltcan nomination ; for Governor. HU .experience as. Democratic aherifT.1 has doubtless convinced him that a public office Is a private snap, and the bigger th office the bigger the snap.' When! and Friday by the the state committee chairman called on Mark Hanna for campaign fundsa few years ago, Mark told him that the national committee was not' building any more $10,000 residence, for an Ore gon state committeeman. Mr. Furnish appears to see the matter differently, however, but the state committee may not be able to control the convention. If Mr, Furnish should succeed in purchasing-the nomination. It Is probable that a few thousand Republicans would choose Hon. George Chamberlain as the 'best of the two Democrats, and elect him Instead of Furnish. Sump ter Morning Reporter. '.-- TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. The great number of accidents that have taken place on railway, recently ha. put men: to thinking upon device, to prevent ; such destruction to life and property a. a result. One road has adopted a device to prevent-the train from leaving the track, and if it proves satisfactory, no doubt other roads will adopt the plan. The most frequent cause of accidents, however, is collis ions, and a device which railway offic ials predict will go far towards solving the problem .of the prevention of rail- way. wrecks has been tested recently on the Chicago, Milwaukee tc St. Paul road near Chicago. The device consist, of a powerful electric headlight, which not only illuminate, the track brightly, for a mile ahead of the engine, but also 3- " , throws a beam of light of almost equal brilliancy penetrating" over 700 feet above, which can be clearly seen ten miles distant. It is possible for ap proaching trains to locate each other by this vertical-shaft of light, though miles apart, and it Is this feature which railroad officials assert will eliminate mostf Of the danger of collision. This : vertical beam will, in hilly country es numeroua, P positively fix the location pecially,-where curves In tha track are of trains that nothing but carelessness: on the part of enginemen will permit a collision. i Recent events make It necessary for railroads to employ some means to eliminate the danger of collisions, and If the device referred to above does not accomplish the purpose for which It was designed it is quite certain some other scheme will be applied. The ne cessity is apparent, and a. necessity is the mother of invention, the day may be looked for when the danger of col lislons will be removed. vj APPLYING FOR STATEHOOD. There Is a strong feeling In the House of Representative, In favor of the ad mission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arixona to statehood during the pres ent session of Congress. This has been developed at the meetings before the House committee on territories, and It Is evidenced by the expression, of lead Ing members in, both parties In the pop ular branch. Action is soon to be tak en in the House on this question. There Is a chance that all will be admitted to- get her. and that the list or states will - . before the cloee of 1902 be Increased to forty-eight.- ; i Byf the. census of 1900 Oklahoma wa. shown to have 398,000 inhabitants, and her present population' mustv.be fn the nela-hborhood of 450.000. She will be entitled to two members of the IIuse of Repccstrntalivc., New Mexico had 194.000 people in 1900. a number which U a 11 title In excess of : the unit of repre sentatlon, for state." in Congress, pri son a population was 123.008, which is considerably less than the represents lion unit, jbut Arixona led the states of Wyoming! and Nevada In population and Is much larger than many other states were at the lime of their admis sion. ', . .. ; 1 ' 5 : i . ;N ; MISS STONE'S RELEASE. A more contemptible article seldom appears even In the columns of the Ore. gonlan than the short editorial notice of Miss Stones release, in Monday's Is I sue! says the Albany Democrat, i In Its i endeavor, to insult the genius of Chris J tianltjjv 'the Oregonlan ha, only heaped - 1 up a succession of falsehoods and mis J representations. ; It state, what it J terms the "deeply philosophic truth I that-Turkey and all other such heathen J countries are good place, to keep out of. The real truth.of the matter is that the peaceful invasion lf 1 Turkey by ChVl.tI.nlty through the -doof- f noble institution In Constantinople, the Robert College; ha. done more toward the healing of the open sore of political and baoral corruption than all th peace congresses and convention. fa..cn tury.. In, reply to the statement that the labors of the Christian missionary are apt to be unproductive of any thing but irritation unless carried forward on t a powder cart, let the Oregonlan exam ine Into the history of the American mission. In Egypt, India, CbJna and the Island, of the sea It U time tnat in statement : that the Christian mission ary effort only engenders strife, to be given the He. ; The Chri,tian missionary enters his field of labor not flanked by armed battalions, . ut' I unarmed and with the gospel of 'peace.. J, It 1. th trader filled wtth greed of gold or the emissary of empire flushed .with the greed of t conquet who follow, hard upon the - missionary;, whose presence stirs up strife, and sometimes precipi tate,, war. Tn .hoc lgnoylnce,'' may have . been the motto of Con,tantine, and the sword may have been usea py misguided enthul..t. In the attempted propagation of the goapel but such i. not the spirit ; of Christianity as taught and lived by 'Its Divine founder. The Oregonlan should ponder over this SPAIN'S TROUBLES. - ) While the number of casualtle. at first reported, a. a result of the mob vio lence In Barcelona recently were very much exaggerated, yet the condition I. a most serious one for Spain. The in dication, point to a contlnuanace of the trouble, and the hope for relief I. quite remote. Sagasta ana weyier ao not agree on a policy for dealing with the insurgents, and SagSsta only hold, Weyler from taking charge of affairs in the district of Barcelona by threat, of resignation. While the Queen Is said to. favor Weyler. plan, .he dare . not authorize htm to put it into execution a. the alienation of the aupport tof Sar gasta would , weaken the Government very much in the confidence of the peor pie. Very stringent measure, are being taken to put down the trouble, even though Weyler is not given a free hand. The old custom of filling up the Jail, with suspicious persons is in vogue, and. a search from house to house for sus pect la being made; the slightest evi dence or rather suspicion 'la enough to land a man behind the bars. The working classes, seem to be In sympathy with the rioters and much pressure is brought to bear on the sol diers to prevent them from using their arms upon their own. class in defense of plutocrats. . Spain ia being shaken to its very foundation and much fearf Is expressed by people friendly to the Government for the safety of the present dynasty. The Republican, are gitlrig active' sup; port to the rioters, and' the Carllst up rising so often promised Is being talked of as a possibility. The outlook for Spain is anything but ' favorable to peace and contentment. The destruction of rats throughout the German Empire, so far as this Is practicable, is under consideration by the Imperial health department, of which Dr, 'Kochler Is president and to which some of the most distinguished scientists of Germany are attached as counsellors. The -object of the health department is to mitigate the. danger of contagious . diseases. Dr Robert Kdch, the eminent bacteriologist,- has been asked to devise the tactics of the campaign to 'this end, which will be be gun in the seaports. Rats and mos quitoes are suffering at the hands of scientists, and their, lives La the future will be strenuous in the battle for ex istence. ' The thousand ur more inhabitants of Molokal. an Island near Honolulu, to which all the lepers of the Sandwich group, are banished, no doubt reel a thrill of hope In the announcement of Dr. Vamp of a cure for this dread dis ease. Dr. Camp, or Honolulu, has'been experimenting with the extract of an herb called tua tua and claim, that he has effected a complete cure of one case by its ' use. Whether it proves to be what he believes, a cure for leprosy, remains for future testa to determine, but it is pretty well demonstrated that the remedy will alleviate much of the suffering from leprosy. , j - - ' rT IIOnM. A. Moody, according to re port,, carried LWasco county yesterday over Williamson and will have" behind him in the next convention .a solid del egatlon to support him for renorri'ina tlon for Congrersman. ThlswiH bolster up Mr. Moody's following very much. and .it makes his chances r of success Very favorable. v Williamson seems to have made a strong fight in Wasco and his failure , there will not. be. encourag ing news to hia friends over the -district. Since Moody's friends and Geers friends were working shoulder to shout der tn this fight, it Is appsrent that the Wasco delegation will support Geer for renomination. .v . ; - . ,f: William K. Redmond. M. P.. and Jo- seph' Devlin. M. P.. the leaders, , have arrived In Irish league this country to make a tour of the United States in behalf of the United Irish League, an organisation with 700.000 membersTh1 league aims to secure the Independence of Ireland. Mr. Redmond, thongTx a member of; the British parliament. think, the army pendtnce. and he trtk of a peat army that will yet be formed -.Independence or xreianu, - - bury,". he says, "knows what he is iai 1ns about when lie declares that Eng land more afraid of the Irish than of the Boers." - - . " Quite a revolution Is going on in Or egon farming'. methods, ..v TW Idea of wheat raising i rapidly giving way to the raising of fruits, vegetables, grass es, ensilage products' and stock. "The Willamette valley, however, will for all time continue to yield a vast amount of wealth.' - ' " ', . Ponce, , Porto Rico, had a strike on the trolleycar, the other day because the nanagement Imported a number of experV track layer from Italy. The striker were .atiafieft with their wages but the pressure from the -unemployed Is supposed to be the ' cause of the trouble. " WHAT MUD HAS DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY. Mud. that at first glance seem, so un sightly, is in. truth the annual blessing of the lowlands to which it is being borne. We sometimes feel Impatient at the way in which sediment close, the mouths of our rivers and impede, navi gation. If we could ee a. map of our country, with a Ired - line surrounding sil the portions that have been built out of this silt, I think it would startle most of u. to recognise how much of our best rand 1. the gift of these muddy stream,. -Professor S. C. Schmucker, in Ladies' Home Journal. A PROPHESY ABOUT AMERICA. From the Astrologers Magazine and Philosophical Mlscellaney of ( October 17, 1793. ''-'v.-' .".' - Empire has been traveling from, east to west; probably her Ja.t.and broad est seat will be in America; here the sciences and the arte of civilized life are-to receive, their highest improve ment; here civil- snd religious liberty are to flourish unchecked by the cruel and blighting hand of civil and relig ious tyranny; here genius aided by all the improvements of former age. is to be exerted in humanising mankind in expanding and enriching their minds with religious and philosophical knowl edge and in planning; and executing a form of government .which shall In voke all the excellencies . of , former government,, .with as few of their de fects as are consistent with the Imper fection, of human affairs, and which shall be calculated to protect and unite in a manner consistent with the natur al rights of mankind, the largest em pire that ever existed. Elevated with these prospect,, which are not merely the visions of fancy, we can not but anticipate the period os not far distant when the American empire will com prehend millions of souls west of the Mississippi.-Judging jpon probable grounds, the Mississippi waa never de signed as the western boundary of the American erholre.ifor can It be proo able that the god of; nature ever In tend ed that some of the best part or nu earth should be inhabited by the sub jects of a monarch residing. 4000 miles from them? And may. we" not venture to predict that when the rights of man tvaJl be more fully known (and the knowledge of , them t, fast Increasing both in Europe and America) the pow er of European potentates will be con fined to Europe, and their present American and other of their present foreign dominions become nxe tne United States, -Tree; soverign ana in dependent empire.? I OLD FAMILIES IN AMERICA. New York. correspondence of the Pall Mall Gasette: Many Engusn wonuer what the people on . this side of the water have to be -stucx up suoui, and in view of the closer rela tions which the last decade suggests to be inevitable it may be interesting to understand more fully that thousands on this side of the Atlantic have bet ter family records than their critics. Book, ahowlng the unbroken line of forebear, accepted as gentleman for 250 vears. ana someiimes zw years are nrntiablv not more numerous , in Eng- land than In North America. Theje gltlmate writing of a In records of this Kino nas own rlsht which has not been, rendered less valuable by European sneers. These are the record, of the people w no cre ated the United State, and Canada, and are not to be gauged by the pres ence or absence of titles, becaure it was especially to escape the worsings of a feudal system that the people re ferred to removed to the new country. They were the few who had the man hood to face trial for their conviction, and when their descendentsfrorrt Can ada are now able to beat the Boer, at their own game. It may be worth re membering that Canadians are not among England's subject races, and do not like the expression "only colonists" which has done more to separate Can ada front England than any political mistakes. Americans : who are of bet ter family than, their sometime, plebe ian critics do not like being regarded .. nnhnrilt-x. and It seems that the world would be a-good deal more har monlous if other peoples reasons for heins! "stuck up" were, more fully un derstood. A due respect for the vanities of others is an Ingredient in friendship which will have to be more fullv un- AtnA nntitirsllv than it has ever been before. ; 7 IT IS CORRECT TO SAY fGOOO' , HEALTH. Tf "health" means "bodily soundness" Mow is it oossible to spek of "good health? - ,' inMta nrimarv sense "health" means bodily soundness; but it a loo means, by extensfrm. the general condition of the body as compared with some condition taken as a standard, and In this sense "health" Is properly qualified as "bad; "raod." -weak." "delicate, "robust; -tc Elisabeth. A- WItbey In Ladles' Home Journal. Legal Biaak-SutCmanlJob OfTlce. Legal Blank Statesrosnv Job Office. Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Office. EDITORIALS 0F: . THE PEOPLE Ccn2-!c3tl:ns Sect la on far!- ess Subjects JOHN P. ROBERTSON DICUSSES THE PRESENT LAWS ON AS SESSMENT AND TAXATION And Show, Where Other Countie, Are Compelled to Continus! to Carry th Burden f Multnomah County for Another Five Years.) (The Statesman rs pleased to print communication, upon topics of general Interest, at any time. .There scarcely any limit to the topic, of general in teresu It Is asked only that corres- condents refrain from personalities and use care that nothing of a libelous or unworthy or untruth ful' nature.) Ths Tax Law. Editor Statesman: I promised la my article lni your daily of February 18th. to. shoW how the Geer-Booth Mil, discriminating against those -counties making the fairest as sessments, and ln-f avor of those mak ing the most unfair.. . Before proceed ing to a study of the 'statistical c facts which demonstrate this, let ( the reader flx in his mind three other facts: First That by this bill thf state levy is not. made, directly on, the "assessed property of the state, in i. uniform number of mill. ; on each dollar. -but ia levied in a luiiiD sum against each county; Second That this sum 1 not appor tloned to each county, according- to ths last assessment, but according to the Assessments for the five years, from 189S to 1900 Inclusive. Third-1 That the Constitution, article 9. Sect. 1. directs: "The Legislative Assembly' shall provide by liw for uni form and equal rate of assessment and taxation." ' This surely mean, that the same number of mills shall be leHed to the dollar in all the counties Of the state. I believe all will aarree that under this constitutional provision, ,the Leglsla ture could not directly Impose a tax of only 6 mills in Baker, 7 iik Benton, In Multnomah, and 8 In Umatilla. Then. If not directly,' can k constitu tlonal law be so framed that It will -rk out this result indlredtly? I be lleve not. TtV-t?- dsVn.. a n.t Uniatilla, by taxing all th con out of as by It. thefstate, demands against!. . .. ,it.tv ttn .- . the several counties, not being appor Wined, as formerlv. on the last assess ment, but being a fixed percent of the state's requirements, the assessors w ould no lona-er be tempted to under valuation, and the consequent result would be assesments at actual cash value, as the law directs. Now read the actual result in cold statistical facta. In round millions, our aggregate state assessment In 1893 was J168.000. 000; In 1900. the last year under the old law. but 8118.000,000. a Ions kf iso.ouw. 000 nr nearly 30 Per cent in seven yearn In 1893 Multnomah's i.s ment was $60.00ft,000; In 1900 but S32. 000.001. k loss of 828.000,000 or 4 per cent durlna- the same seVen years. Thus Multnomah lost $28.00,000 of th $50,000,000, J'belng 56 per cent of th? entire loss of the stated during these seven years!! : In the terse language of the Governor had not tfultnomah "outstripped In the race to reach the lowest possible level of assessment, in order to make the least possible contri bution towards the support of . the state government V " ' I Then taking the last five yea rsr of this seven years period, itx was found by msthematical calculatlonjthat Mult nomah had 31.23 per cent of the as sessed property of the state. Then this bill Is enacted.' decreeing tliat for the iitxt five years Multnomah shnllpay 31.23 per cent of the state taxes, and other countries In proportion to their several assessments for ih same Ave years. This bill thus adopted these try low asoessments in some counties, and the higher valuations In others, by making them the measure of their sev obJe;atlonB to the ,tate for five t yf ar to come. The counties that were imost suecessful In-swindling the state for that five years, have 'tbJe authority of this bill to continue "the kwlndle for the next five years!! Now the assessment for. 1901, the nrst under this bill. Is complete, ana tne result Is before us as tabulated In the Oretronlan of January 13th last The state valuation is 8 " I.ooo.ooi. an Increase of $23$94.0O0, oV nearly .17 per cent. Multnomah returns $48,195. 060, an Inrrease of l.t,i.m0 -48 per cent. Thus two-thirds per cent) of the Increased valuation ih the entire state wasn Multnomah county.' Can there be stronxer proof that Multno mah had been "systematically evading the law. "In order to make the least Kssible contribution towards the sup- port of the state government But neither the state traury, nor honest taxpayers In other rountles re ceive any benefit from this Increased valuation In Multnomah, or In other counties of he state. The Btste Board dr-fded that the t.tate reiulred. and so made sn aggregate levy bf, $920,000 The lumn sum to be laid on each ccuntr was found by taking the per rent of this agKregater levyfas fixed In this bill, to each' county. The several pmounts thus ascertained are certified to the several county courts. They, having their last assessment, ascertain the .number of mills on the dollar necessary to be laid In their county, to raise the required sum and then make the levy accordingly. Could any man who could see a mountain before his nose strikes It, fall to see that this would inevitably cause a Variation In the rate jn unequal number of mills on the dollar, to be levied; for state purposes In the different counties? Surely not. ' I ' ' A uniform levy of a fraction over H mills on last state iaesment would raise the $920.O required by the- state. Multnomah now has 34.il rer cent of the entire state assessment, and should pay that per real bf the state levy.or $313,000. Bat by nl bill ne is to nay but 31.23 per cent, or only $287,000: and at a rate of I but mlUs on the dollar, of b.er asse?ment. The weaj thy taxpayers of ,tha 'y-ounty will pay one-half mill less than a uniform rste.save 50 cents on each 31,000 of as- , cessment, and the. county shirks 000, which the taxpayers of other court- : ties must make good to the state treas ury! ; r ' Twenty-six thousand dollar,! A small sum. you say; .yet. Jn the five years the rule la to apply, amount ing to 8130,000, a sum perhaps suf ficient to mark the difference between a deficit and a surplus, at Portlands li05 Exposition. ' While it Is probably true that Mult nomah led In thi",y,tematic evasion of law.- yet it 1, also true, that "a degree of astonishing success has at tended" the efforts In some other counties ."to. make the least possible contribution towards the support of the stats government,!: I will mention only one other, that has either had a wonderful prosperity the last ye'ar. or assessed astonishingly low for the five year, previous. .: .Baker. The board levied on this county $17,940, which requires a levy of only 5.1 mills, l.t mills less than the average uniform., rate. .'According to her last assessment she should pay $23,900. " Baker thus saves $3.96(. which other countes . must par. Some, of the counties must make good the loss. S '' - ".: i " ' ' Benton According to last assess, ment her share, at the average of 4 mills, would be $15,500. But under this bill she Is required to pay $18.500 $3,000- more than her rightful share. And to make a levy of 7.7 mills. .1.2 mills more than the uniform rate. This is $1.20 on each $1,000 f assessed prop- ., erty. taken by the state, from the tax- 5 payers of this county. In defiance of the Constitution. Douglas At the uniform rate. 6', mills, should pay about . $27,340. The board levied $31,740 $4,400 more than state levy of 74 mills. Just $1 extra ort each thousand of her assessment. Each cltlsen who pays taxes on $1,000 pays $1 on Multnomah's taxes! "' Lane- The home of the author of th. bill. Is mulcted to- the tune of $3,330. or about 94 cents on eoch ' thousand. Serves her right." Let Lane hereafter send to the -Legislature -better repre sentatives. V.' .-.',"' v Linn Sent to the Legislature three Populists, one Democrat and one Re publican, yet so feebly did they d-fnd her Interests, that the county court had to. make a levy of 7.4- mills for state purposes to paythe extra $4i3l0 de manded by the State Board 90 cent on each thousand of her oswessment. Polk Is fined about $33,70098 cent. on the thousand. Marion Fare, a j little better, with onlv $2,200 extra to nay about 2 -nts on. each thousand, i Umatilla The home of the.rKtlve Jack rabbit, and other candidates f.r gubernatorial honors. Is-'VI m-hl fr over $8,000 more than she shovii l pay. requiring a levy of."S mllU for pt.ite purposes. Sk mills, more thanthe uni form rates."' 2 more than MiItnoinnh. and" nearly 3 more than linker! Iid our facetious Governor play a practical joke on his Bepubllcan brethren f body can "I-'urnlsh" the motive twer to set the workers' tongues n-wairging. orto payfare to the-state convention? It looks suspicious. For ways that are dark snd tricks that- are valn..'our T. T. Ofs peculiar! 7 , . Yamhill-i-The home of great men gets oft by paying t5.170 of Multn--mah's state taxes nce-ttatinK a levy of 7. mills for- state purposes $1.10 on each thoursind. extra! llarrlng. un avoidable errors, and small inaccura cies Vesultlns; from fractions. here is $36,000 demanded of these eight coun ties more than equity reiulrc, they should I pay, or they would be required r. if apportioned "uniform and to oar. eouaL" on lastassensment. Will they pa.y It? - .They should rool their Issues, pay all that 1 Justly. due. snd then let the state brln a test cuse. The result could hardly be -doubtful. If the board can now levy on the sev eral counties in proportion to .assess- - ment, nve years sito. wny nui i-n . Twenty? Forty? When Portland was a wilderness, and Eastern Oregon a voiceless solitude? .- I submit that If the board may le authorised to disregard the last as- : m ssment. in apportioning' the levy. . there is no other definite year beyond which they may not go. even to the first year under the Constitutions Also If the Legislature may definitely fix the apportionment five years, or;, ten ye.rs In the future, why can they not fix It twenty, forty, or nrty 7 Just wnai particular year In the future may they not pass:- .... Mi- ' - y. : andXequal - at mills, can a levy of only on Baker. 7.7 n Benton, i.s on- Iuglas. on Multnoman, ana on Umatilla, be also "uniform and equal.". end contltutlsonal? If-so. plere tell me how far the variation must go to ty unconstitutional? ;' T it not stranse. nasslng strang". that lb Governor, who seemingly com prehended so clearly, and po rtray ed vividly, the injustice of thW-'sysi matic evasion of law" should recom mend and approve abill. framed not on lines to correct the sdmltterl sliuw. end to compel the: delinquent cunti- to assess fairly, and to hereafter con tribute equitably to the support or trwv state government, but to reward .tb-Trt for their delinquency, by. maklnr t' ir extremely low valuations 4h iwnwif of Jhelr obligations to the state for fivf more yiwrs In the future? An i ' compel the counties whose officers r fused to violate the lawr snd tb irofN ncial oaths, bv returning unfair as- mn in make up the deficit sn increased levy!! This Mil 'an cknowledgel abuse at Its worst sta. and under pretense of a remedy there for, adopt It as a rulei and ottfirip to legalise, and irpetuate It for five years!' Great statesmen these!! Hut tM is not Its only failure, nor perhwp the worst, which must be treat '-d In f another article. . John p. itoHKnTyoN'. Hiem, Feb. 28. 1902, I THE BANNEJt MONTI Irbruary was the bannr month f'r fecfi collat ed In the Marlon county recijfl-r"s de partment. The money so received Krexafed $233.15. breaking any previous record of monthly receipts since J. H Roland has been In the office-r-four years. The receipts for November, 1901, which mountd to $325.r.. was the previous record. The fees received by the county clerk for the month of Feb ruary. $19.03. is exactly the reverse of the recorder's department, it being the least amount of fees received In his of fice for several years.- . Legal Blanks Statesman Job Office. Legal Blanks Statesman - Job Office, i'j' 1,. - '' fr