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CIRCULATION (SWOIN OVER 4000
MT LADY.
Fle walks onnoticl in tbe street;
Tl.c i-8ual eye j
fetts Bolting in licr, fair of wet t;
Tie world goes by,
Unecmsciou tbat an aogel'a fec(
Are jasiflg clu
does a tho-mJ kindly tUings
TLat n one knows; i
A loving Voir.aa'1 heart ete brings
to Lcamtt woes; ,
And to I.er fare tii aunlignt dings
Where'er sue gocs.
Vn l so sne walks her quiet ways
.'Witn ibit content
i That, only eom'es to ainlefls vays
And innoecnt; r .
A lif devoid of fame or praiw,
Vet nollj sjcnt.
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TIIS DALLES CANAL.
It would to dilfieult for the middle
aged Os-egoniun to remember w1.b it
w&s not the hoie of every, loyal citizeti
that he might live , to see an "open
river" at The Dalle. Happily, the
time is nW at hand when this d ream is
ready of fulfilment, the only condition
being the presentation of the right of
way lo the General Government.
Happily, also, t ho Legislature is in
sesnion just at the time wheu the ro
quir(?ment imposed by , Jthoi Governoieat
in m.x5c known and the opportunity is
present to eorrplv ? with the eemlitioa
which rnrkes il possiiile for the state
to scure- a $4,OC5DdOD; apj ropriatioU
from'lho OeneraJ Uovcrnment by inak-
lag uue vi iroiu uiiy iu a uuuuicu
thousand dollars. " ' .
v The Legftlatura should not hesitale
for a moment to comply with thU re-,
quirement. Xo argument is beedea to
support the -powtiou that the ipropii
ation should be made. Every iutoreat
of' Hast era Oregou demands it,: as do
those of the West era portion. It "It not
a sectional question, for no body, gov?,
rnmental or physical, can Ve.evcn par
tially paralyzed without impairing tbe
efficiency of the whole Eastern Ore
gon ' prosperity is ours, us ours" is
theirs, i" ; '
t By far tbelarg?r portloar cf cur mag
nificent irreducible school fund has
come from the sales of the public lauds
in ltstero Oregon. The lands in the
Willa incite valley were for th most
art, gives away and made no contribu
tion to the eehool fund, and yet, -two
thirds . of it i annually uiitributM
among the people of Western Oregon.
Let Eastern Oregoa be remembered.
Umatilla county, alone, raisi annu-
nlly more than one pvr cent of all the
wheat produced in the jentire United
FtatesC Eastern . Oregon is an empire
withia itself and her trade should be
regrdedand her commercial interests,
If. this appropriation , K. mau Tort
land and Eastern Oregoa will pay more
than two-thirds of it, anyjkay. , 'Why
should .Western Oregon hesitate ia the
-matter for a moment f Even s. eelfish
consideration of the' quest ioat would aft
justify opjTOsitioo to a measure of such
far reaching and permanent welfare to
the people of the - entire state. The
right of war should in aonle manner be
rone
iK T hvm kert Aver'a Cberrv Pec
1 toral io my house for a great many
H years. It is tbe best medietas in
' tba world for cougha and colds."
,i o vrmiaras, Attica, N. T-
Alt serious lung
I troubles begin with a
j tickling in the. throat,
j You can stop this at "first
in a single night with
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Use it also for bronchitis,
hard colds, consumption.
il ent!tymrdoctw. If ne says tak ft,
i tLeu rtvi a fae Ray. 1 T lsc teHs too act, to
li take tt, Uhsv uoa't tais tu tie knows.
J Yoa sbcu!4 protnptlj' correct ny a
; constlpatscn or, biliocsness wito
Ayer's Pills, rnsH.-Iavative doses.
J. C. A THE CO.. Lowell, ilxt.
MB
hitisi
'it? are titiaUd or r&crtid fiwids tua
Jig- tt vCiui and
a; th
lyuueta d-f-ilve dges- ,
rney.are aanwrty aue ta a-r-uve ages- ,
Una lmfcz soueiiuc tefatrited.'.
luw wey amiuirtni.-iTii ? .-.-; i,
i:j xua&y lore is ci
f cutaneuii -fcrppttrnv
ititu. r i2-Bii, ji;ijrlp'6Pl bofisv
lu Kiltkbfeif, UtiACtf. t-t:fSl Ci-UtlllJ,
f -rc.w are tLeT fp.lrd ?
tiijlttcJ from Uci4. ' t
It U tli,l4 ixicU-Jue ts ill tapiOffc
provided for before adjournment.
Utyltotiy wants' short aesnion, but
iai irtant Lusine to the state .should
not bo nrgWuJ for a Chritaias din
ner. . !
TILE VETOED BILLS.
With all due rennet for the law de
partnseiit of the - state tne Statesmaa
is of the opinion that the decision of
Uie attorney general oa the 'question
or thU speci&i seaion of the Legisla
ture considering the bill passed by the
last' aessioa and- vetoed by the Gover
nor la somewhat strained. In fact, very
much so. - : ' j : i : " .
The state constitution of Oregon says
that in the case of a vetoed till Hied
with the Seeristaxy of State, that officer
"shall lay the same before the Legis
lative Assembly at its next session.'
It requires a hair-trigor construction of
language -ere to decide that in plain
English "the next jtessioaf does not
nioan "the next session."' -And more
especially eiote ia this case the next
session M a session of the very same
men who originates and passed the bills
nnaeT eonsideration. Tbey are the men
entitled to consider the objections of
the Governor; since, if he had vetoed
the bills under consideration In time
to have retorced them before the ex
piration of the session, the men in the
htate House today are the ones who
TCould have 'considered the validity of
tae Governor 'm objections. It is even
fortunate that the special session of the
members who passed these vetoed meas
ures should; have been given this op
portunity fcut for the iatervention of
the Attorney General. They were their
measures, and, a reasonable construc
tion of the ;sit nation forces the conclu
sion that they, and not some new suc
cessors, should bav the privilege of de
ciding whether the body which passed
them originally is still in favor of them,
-'notwithstanding the objections of the
Governor.' i :
Why the men who originally passod
these bills, )id; who-; would have had, the
constitutional right to examine he' ob
jections of - the Governor if - he had
vetood then wcilo' the two houses were
stilt iu tifssioa, ranonld how be deprived
ox.: that .privilege, eing-ia ecsaian;
not clear ettber in law or ffoin the
ordinary- view point of sound reasoning.
Tnere. 4mght he some semblance , tox
withholding these measures if under our
coiisti't-utiou a special session of the
i.gislature wero . restricted to a tun
iiUeratioa' of the questions contained
in the! Governor's call, ' but
there i no limit anywhere,
either implied or direct, i to the
worls a special cession may do th.it
would be, lawful for a regular - session.
Eicciaily, for this reason, "the. next
session" ia this state is "the next
session."! It is gocwl EngRBh, it is goad
garnimar and it is good construction.
liesides, the Supreme Court of Soutu
Carolina u iot the best authority on
many questions. , Some of us can re
meuber taajt at one time that court
was unanimous iu the opinion that its
state had the constitutional right to
secede from he Union and the spirit of
Us decision cost this nation quite a- lot
of trouble before it was finally over
ruled, it ia,a questionable place to go
tor constrtultonai aumeriiy on unpon-
ant questions. J
In the case of Moore v. Packwood,f
5 Oregon, page 325, the Supreme' Court
neld that k special term of the appel
late court meant a regular term. The
statute! provided taat 4 the appellant
must, by the- sfecond" day of the' next
regular term, P wit a the clerk, etc."
Tue Supreme CoMrt held that "a term
of the Supreme fcourt, appointed by an
order of the court, entered iu the jour
nal thereof in terai time, is & regular
term within the meaning of the statute
govertiag appeals." .". ;
Here is a decision where our own
Supreme Court has decided that even
where the statute spocificaliy uses the
words "next regular term" a special
term comes within its meaning, and
this, too, where the statute used the
rocnilar" while the constitution
in tae ease of vetoed bills does not.
And if a special term ef the Supreme'
Court means a regular term, by what
system ef reasoning i the conclusion
reached that a special session of the
Legislature is not truly and fully the
"next session f." .
This is all isaid with the greatest ve -
spectifor the learning of the disU-:--
guished Attorney General, but thoaej ment trom their food. . -bills
should be aeted upon "by the jres- j - - ; Poor blood, thin body Opeh
eut. session even
nonel ox tnem wouia pass
standing the objections of the Govcr
nor.
A3 TO THU EMERGENCY CLAUSE. :
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The decision f the Supreme Court
that the Legislature has ? the right t
declare when, anemergency exists on
tar dwaii .Ktsu -u
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it.jw f ui..lu minf r.l low cf n iwt ,.f fta i
ma,Ong i . i-uiKi by it, friend.
tL t&itora of the legislature
the custom of the legislature rU-
li.Uiiv e h an ires tLere wiU L f en biUi
lLjlt wiU not be considered neee.
vu' .L
or safety. In the past perhaps ninety
per ftBt uf all bills enacted hare pr-viJc-1
that "inasmuch as an emergency
e-xlsts th.s bil shall "be in force. from
and after 'its approval by the Gover
nor," even though it be a measure ro
vidiug for an emergeney' of na more
importanve taan the taxing of dogs." f
. While it is probable, that hereafter
.there will be more !tre- ia attaching
this proviso ; to , legislation, It ; can fce
sera that if the Legislature should, for-;
any reason, desire to - withhold a
uti'.isure from submission to the people,
that privilege eould be!. nulliEed by
providing an emergency clause nnd tbe
matter would be settled, s
'i basic principle, of the referen
dum idea was that since the Legislature
cannot be r.i together, trusted to do its
duty by -the people, and often goes
against the best public policy, the right
to review its work should be vested in
thepeopIe. But if the Legislature has
the right to declare an emergency to
exist which puts a law Unto effeet at
once, and by that act places it beyond
the power of the people to Invoke the
referendum upon it, the supreme power
yet restr with that body and its legis
lative power will be as potent and. in
dependent as before toe adoption of
the amendment. . The fact that this de
cision of the Legislature will be final
and not reviewable by the. courts' will
deprive it of much of tae force its sje
eial advocates claimed for it and hopel
to 'realize as a result. ? ' 1
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However, though the amendment is
adopted, it is hot likely it, will be in
voked frequently enough to cause any
disturban'e-e either way, but as a
"club" to awe the Legislature into
core care in its work, the amendment
is materially weakened by r the fact
tnat the Legislature (which ' is sup
posed to need watching by those who
worked) for its adoption, can, nullify j
it at any time by tacking on to a sup
posedly bad I law a declaration that it
isy needed for , the immediate peace,
safety or public health. It would be
difficult to select a law that, in the
mitids of its friends, did not easily come
under one of there heads i
jhe most sallgactor conclusion,
however, is 'that, after" all,1 the mem
bers -of the Legislature will average
pretty 'vrell' "Jiteliijpeee. jd hVesty j
a-'itoo flagrant advantage: ; will t-not bo
taken of the undonbted right which the
Supreme Court has said is kbeitlK , ,
THE MAESTEHS AMENDMENT. '
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lue Legislature should not adjourn
without passing . . the Slarsters - bill
amending the Australian ballot law an
which was vetoed oy. the Governor last
winter, providing for -placing names of
candidates on the official ballot Mn
groups by parties, f That otherwise
sjJendid law has needed - that ' amend
ment ever since ' its adoption twelve
years ago. Under the. present arrange
ment the naif.es of all candidates for
any particular office are- placed on the
ballot in a group separately and the
man whose name begins with the letter
in the alphabet nearest the top has the
first place on the banofc. ;
This is a purely; arbitrary arrange
ment and unfair, as welL Where four
candidates are running for the same
office the man whose name occurs first
on the ballot has the advantage of the
other three. . No man will deny , this,
because any candidate, if given jiie.
choiecy would sebet the first place in
the. group. It is a distinct advantage,
and tbe mere accident of birth' should
not be thus favored 'ia the matter of
arranging an official ballot.
- Six years ago Judg TL -H. Ilewitt,
of Albany, was defeated for re-election
to the district judgeship solely be
cause bis name was .the last on the bal
lot of four candidates , for the same
office. It is no answer to this to say
that the voters should know better. The
fact remains as i. is, aud, besides, the
official ballot should be? made as simple
and easy to be unaersfood as possible.
The Marfcters amendment would simplify
the official ballot, would be more nearly
just to all, candidates and should be
adopted at. this session - in order : that
I SCOTT'S EMULS ION,
is; for babies and children
who are thin and pale when
they ought to : be fat and
ruddy; for men and women
who; are weak and; delicate
when they ought to be strong
and hearty for all who are
l nr ftlr nWr n,,l,
the dOOF for disease. . 'SCOS
tmulsion bars : the way.
Makes, the blood richer, pro
duces healthy flesh and above
all provides nourishment .
- V SCOTT & POnk, 40 rwi swt, xwYr.
Y3evereVGo!d
.-Lr - i --i-l ' l.i.' '.ell
rd-;froai sudden Cl. CtiUi nr attaei
;from sudden !&. CfeiUs attack of
a!vU. fevtf atti Imi ,Iv Ukine Jio-
tetter's ttt imach lilio-rp. 1 1 ia t he tet
safegiiatd lo existence, and at this s?a
sun of the year no tioow should b
without it. , It will slo eure Irjiftesdl,
IsslsesUea. ItervMsaess. lasemaU sad tudaey
Troohles. lie-sure to try it. Ask your
drugiMt for our 1901 Aluiarmc.
Ilostetter'S
Stomach Bitters.
its' benefits, would be available at the
next general election. '
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GOOD BOADS. I
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The attention of the Legislature i
ealled to the advisability f pewwing -jti
resolution requesting our - represents
Uvea in Congress to exert themselves
earnestly in the matter of securing the
passage of the BroWnlow bifi, provid
ing for national- aid to ' the slates in
building good roads. This bill, in gen
eral terms, provides for the direct dis
tribution of the sum of 20,t00,000
-among the states according to popula
tion, excepting that those having a less
population than a half million . shall
have a lump sum. of- $250,000. Under
this arrangement Oregon would receive
the latter sum, and it Is worth making
an effort to secure. Way have reached
that pSjint where good roads ore regard
Cv as one of the needs of civilization
and , quite, "coming under! ..the , bead . of
necessary ' internal Improvements ' f de
serving national consideration.' ,
v If the same speed should bo observed
in the adoption of a resolution to this
effect as was reached in the; passage of
several bills in, tjhe Senate yesterday it
ean be disposed of in thirty seconds
and is really an tiuporbtnt matter..
UNNECESSARY ALARM.
Ex-Oov ernor
Gccr has assumed edi
torial coKtro! of iuu Salem Statesman.
We are gla.il to sec. 13 r. Geer iu a po i-
I tion to hand out the hot stuff to the
newspaper boys w-o threw the harpoon
into him during a period which we all
remember. Excuse" us while we take
to the wood. Lincoln . Leader. (Our
friend over by the bay is reminded that
tae harpoon thrubts to which be refers
werei ail returucd'-'in kind 'as fast as
they were delivered, .'.dEuVing al period
which we all remoiabcr,'. leavipg noth
ing necessary, to. eay or"do after ifi was
all jov'er. ' The Statesman' ;trnstfvlts
frie:'nueVl ,ihhrwi.ng 6ff the
hallucination thV t. if-Vt ' be.cesssry
to take . to the: wdod& Try - clams on
the beach;) .' iK"
JErrEESON DTOIANA.
While coinmentiitg on the ehtennial
celebration i. of the purchase r of the
LoHLfciana Country, now being held ; in
NewOVleanSj the Orcgoniaii Bays 'fJcf-
Werson 'a purchase of , Louisiana was
the greatest, act, of his. H career," and
add that Jefferson wometimes talkenl
like a demagogue "leforo ' be .became
PresidcBt, bue his action in. the matter
of the Louisiana purchase aud the ex
ploration of the Columbia ; river was
that of a very enterprising and far see
ing stat eama n,",,. .
""This is all true as far as it applies to
the Lewis and Clark exploration, for
that scheme origir.atet with JeHcrson,
and he it entitled to practically all the
credit that belongs to, it, but the, pur-
chawe f. Iouisiana was a mere aeeident
so jJr a? Jefferson's Tjlanntng it or
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Working for it is concern!. 'All Jeffer
son did wasto sanction it nf jt i.vvas
done and even. then be-hesitated, as the
history of the time plAinly nhuw. He
bflievwl tbe aeq'iiisHion'of rpreign ter
ritory was utxconstitutional, - that his
representatives' in France had cxcctxled
their authority, plaiuhr said sj upon
their return, and his friend were com
pelled 'to labor" with him before he
consented to sanction the purchase.
The purcha'w of the Louisiana coua
try was diiectly opposed to Jefferson's
strict construction theory of the consti
tution which he had maintained np to
that tima, but, as an "enterprising and
far seeing statesman, ", he could readily
see that the purchase of that mngnifi
cent country, would be Of priceless value
to ; the Unitel States as well is a lasting
credit to his administration, jw he
promptly, - change! the views
promulgated, for twenty years and ar
dently, worked to secure the passage of
the treaty of ratification by Congress.
The purchase of: Louisiana 'Ofeurfed
during Jefferson's ; administration, to
bo sure, but so. did the acquisition of
the rhilipj.ines take - place while Me
Kinley .was President, though no one
will be found to sa that the Philippine
Islands belong to ns 'as tho result of
MeKinley ' far reaching st ataman ship.-
The fact S apoU on sold tho Louisiana
country to the United. State; before
Jefferson knew of it, and .before he con
cluded to aequimwre is what his repre
sentatives had done without authority,
he placed himself on record many times
as being oppoMsl to it on constitutional
grounds. ' " t ,.
fa Curtis' Eife Of -Jefferson occur
these words,;" He did not originate the
project nor was he the author of. the
scheme. 7 Again. Jefferson; groped
around la .all directions seeking eonso
l.".tion for his conscience and nrgu.
menu by w hi dr. he might sixain him
self he forest he ,peorlc and juBtify. Bis
jn.-onstittttIoaal pioocliaH It w3 a
j sok-mn' subjt of eonfereuj:.- in the
1 Cabinet, tnd "many anxiou.H,-hurs wc
1sreat in discussing various -devlee4 io
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J Orthe HtL of Aujurt. 1S03, Jeff:r
saa wrot t Knstor IiroekcarulgaA
foll.WS? ';. ru.Vr-.--.r - f ,
I wrote . you on : the 12th inst. ;;
on the wibject of Louisiana ' and '
tw jtontitutionnl provision which
"' lnibt W teccsHary for it. A tetter
tcceivctt "'-yesterdsy '4-hows that
noih inj nut" be said : on that sub-, ,
jet"t which may give a jretext. for
retraction, but that w Khouid do
7 sub sileniio " what shall- bo found
necessary. . - v
certain !was J eflerso n t hat Monroe
and'LivingstQn-had 'done a thing that
was "clearly uat institutional, (aud, of
course, h had never planned a movement-
thaU he believed . was uncoustitu-
Ltional that h; prepared an amend
ment to the ,; constitution wljeh read,
''Louisiana, as ceded ; to ...the United
State? by, France, is hereby made a part
of tbe United Stitcs."
Jefferson - was, indeed, ' a fcr seeing
statesman, one of the greatest ' of the
Revolutionary 1 period, but , his . eonnee
tion with ' the Louisiana purchase, was
that of a man who found ' what he re
gardod as 'a great '. thing thrust upon
him, and his statesm&nshjp consisted in
being willing-to accept the situation
thocgh it"requirej the abandonment of
a long cheriHhd idea concerning con-,
stitutional eoafrtrttction. No doijl t it
required a tatemanx to do that. - ",-
. But the Lewis and Clr.rk exploration
was Jtffersou's ovvn" fdc " After the
step bad been takenby the Louisiana
pureha.se lie became an. expansionist
with all the enthusiasm f his nature
and the entire nation -- owes much to
his 1 enterprising and far seeing states
manship" in many direetioBiii-"
FLYING MACniirES-
Everybtdy would like tosecTEo!pr:
sifitrut efforts which - have for many
years lcn made -to navigate the air
crowned with success. ;lt would uo
doubt simplify ir.auy phases of .the
transportation qucKtiou and render the
long or short haul controversy one of
minimum importance. Iustcad of wait
ing in an acnoyed mbo-l for a delayod
traia for Portland, for instance, you
could light the gas in your aeroplane,
if Von happened to have one, and, if
not, then blow up your ? ierolronic. , or
your rtjaphragm ana.Degtn iii-owrney
at once, independently ofticket agents
or street tars. You ' would .be satjed.
the vesat.lAoftrylng. tCsu.r. cehlral
in a frantic efforjtolen whether tno
train is going. t be on, tjfa vnlVjto be
told after anexaspejaung dfpy t that j
the line is busy as you might ,Uavo as
sumed at th -tvtnet- ;Tho busiest-thiog
on this ilAnefct w. tlehotie. Iin. 0 It
never baV to;,tgt; busf: 1 Wklways
busv. It, was buV at hc start., . . ..
' But . abandoning the .pardonable t rli-:
grestoHf-, the flying mab4ao will -have
its advantage over all 'oVb'cy fprtns Of
transportation, if it cy raateriaUzes,
And'it-.has as much, , ia. favor of its
prospects ns tbe steam' engine basd -at
one time, or as the telephofae had thirty
years' ago. Indeed, it seems less im
probable than many of our well estab
lished modern -conveniences did only a
few yea rs ago. In this connection it
may be said, that while the unbroken
faith of Prof. Langley is in some re
snects'amusin? vet it is to iuf-t sueh
unyieiamg connuencc ana perseverance
hat we owe the stf am engine, the tele
graph, and a thousand other latter day
inventions that are, as common with us
1 1 . 3.
today as corn bread 'and sauer kraut,
When Prof.- Langley 's air ship -fell
to the ground, or,- rather, when" it col
lapsed, for it never got" - high enough
from the ground to fall) Vc "tood by his
ship aad stoutly, maintained . that . it
was all right, that its construction w:ti
along the right lines, but that its. fail
ure was the fault of the launching ap
paratus. The opinion of the man who
was in the machine at the time, how
ever, and w ho barely escaped with his
life, rather leans toward tbe idea that
the machine itself was not altogether
op to the required -standard of aeriel
navigation which would guarantee get
ting anywhere with a satisfactory de
gree of safety. To those to whom it
has been intimated that they" should
"get off tbe earth," the Hying " ma
chine will favorably "commend itself
be hadT011 ncn ne Brof essor turns his at-
tent ion more directlv toward the ae
eorapanying launching apparatus.
. In the meantime his supreme faith in.
his machine, furnishes the ..fundamental
ingredient which, goes to make op the
sucecraful inventor, and the disposition
to poke fnn at him should bo , firmly
held in abeyance. Let him alone. It
may be that, more, hot' air is just what
he need, and that in apparently sup-j
plying tt. every day in his publinhed in
terviews be is merely payjng the way
for a forthcoming successful attempt,
which the public will await with sup
pressed interest."
x LET US BE THANKFUL.
There are a .thousand things, for
which the American people should le
especially thankful today. We, should
be grateful that we live in a Christian
land wbere; liberty ' reigns and equal
rights are maintained more nearly than
in any other country on oarth. ..We
fehould.be thankful that we: live in a
land' of plenty,- where, famines never
come ''vnd pestilences are unknown.' We
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Flora the Statesman, rebnury
28, 1854.
(Kditori.d) ! .
I apfn-a rs f rom 'out -ish-inton
correspondent that Judge
Doady has been reappointed as
Associate Justice of tbe Su
preme Court of Oregoa. The
Original appoiatmeat, of Judge
Deady io the bench in this ter
ritory gave general satisfaction
to the Democratic . party, and
was considered by ail, unbiased
by the vindictive rankling of
recent defeat-as peculiarlv be
fitting. V : -
' "By hiB own. choice he was
assigned tho southern 'district,
and although the country was
in a state, of war, at the thne
appointed by 1 aw for holding
court in Jackson county, unex
pected by the people and offi
cers of the countv,- ho promptly
appeared, opened the first court
ever held -ia that section of the'
country, and proclaimed the law ,
of the land. , :y
:By it contemptible system of V?
nick naming, pursued by a cer
tain unscrupulous press' in Ore- '
gou, a misnomer appeared in the
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IreBdcnt's commission to Judge. -
-Deady. . This was taken-,: ad-"
vantage of by his political en- '
emies and a misrepresentation
was made to the President that
no such person ft commissioned
for Judge live in Oregon.-- ' '
This temporary derangement -
of our judiciary indirectly -ef-.
fected by the base practices of
our political opponents, gave
- ibem a joy 'only -known "to, -those
.. who would Kacrifice the good of
thir country to the use of private-
malice. -
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- v natever- we i-ave said in
ro-"
lation to the appointments of
Pre SKlent Fierce of men previa
onsly resident of Oregon, we do
; net -wisuto le understood .as
casting, aby - - refiei-tiohs . upoa
thosa hijifa" places of author
' ity among ' joh by late appoint
rout from the States. . They
are now, citizens of Oregon, and
Demofrats which, when - we
have Kstid. is for us to have Raid
" enough, x
should be contented, that, though mul
titude of us have not that portion of
this world's gootswe would like, yet
there is an abundance of all tho hecc
wiries oflifo wherever we turn,, and
want is unlfiiOTrh. ' It might be so much
worse,. for-Sbv SjUe Gf us; i..-. - -
Eft Rood cheer, then, prevaiL pre
vaiV toiy, if at no other limeutlet
'jt;jircvffjil all tlie'timeT We have'buti
qne)ife to live $nd let us deilicaie' each,
day, while it is yet today, ta, aecoRi
pKfehing ;good wherever possiblri)' glad
dening .the hearts -of those lews ' f or
tunate" than ouneelres (and ! no. ixatter
what Our condition there arc,-always
those .whoBC . troubles are greater ; than
obrsjvaq! to what we , e.m; taward
making life the more - nearly WoTth
"iying. ' ' stit!? -ji'; ' .
Thi is good advice to folloVr, Espe
cially" on Christmas, and , partictila.rly
dsirihfr the rest, of tho year... ' .,V ' '
M0BE BOODLXNO.
And now the clerk of San Franelseo
county, California, is dis'ovcrcfllp
have been stealing from, the . pnb'ie
funds Withinv his nosscssiou to the
amount !of. $00i?J,, while the total
amount. of shortage found to have oc
curred during the past three admin
istrations amounts toS40,00rt. k Each
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day some- peculation i reported from
different. -parts of the country and, as
a rule, tho eoilty offcuder is 'Bus-
ponded'" and his. books, investigated,
and- the public rarely- ever. hears fur
ther of tbe matter. Occasionally one of
thes?. birds of prev is sent to 'prison
but generally they escaie through
sotse technicality of the law -perhaps
by means of the "statute of limitn
tions." : . . :
A few years aeo on a memora'ole oc
casion Judge Glleway re&snerted the
principle that ad honest man is a
ways under oath.'.' In like manner
and for the same reason, the "statute of
limitations-should not run against the
embezzler in ofiice, "or elsewhere, no
matter what length of time may have
elapsed. ., .
lor;twO years the' slate ' of Missouri
has been the subject ot comment tho
conntry over on account of the deep
seated ' system of boodling that ,- has
been prevalent; in the city of St.-Louis
and ia the State Legislature. 'Joseph
Folk, the City Attorney for St. -Louis,
uas made a record, in ferreting out
these cases that has given, hint nation
al fame as an efficient - officer with
moral stamina and unswerving honesty,
but - of nineteen convictions, some 'of
which were made, nearly two years ago,
not t man has been .sent to the penl
toatiiry. "Stays of proceedings" and
" Misnended sentences.' V ttiado the work
of th courts, if, indeed,' a. "higher court
does hot upset the decree 'of a-, lower
one altogether. " " ':. 'i":' I " .'
Attorney Folk said of the recent de
cision of tho Supreme Court of Mis
souri, by which Ld. Butler, who had
been sentenced to three years in the
state 's prison, was set free, that it
swung tbe prison doors outward for
convicted criminals, and his disg-.it
was teqnalled only by his discourage
ment! ; ,. ' 'j;. . . -...--.':
There, is no effect ml remedy for the
prevailing boodling save a f lot: of
prompt " eonvictions and sentences " to
prison that mean '. what tbey purport
audi 'that will .not be balkel by the
intervention of. technical lawyers and
obstructive courts. -
t LET, SANTA' Ct-VUS ALOITE.
The father or mother who. u tbe
supposed inte.-ett of tv.uhag thl- liulf
children to be ''mea and wointtj," de
stroy their belief in the acti.'d s"t.
en-e of Santa ("laws, kr tmt tnm
iTMiacior or tue re. We dou't
want a little boy to be "a mawv uor yet,
to act like one, not even lik? a g.jo 1
man. And the little girls have no . j
abondanee of time to learn tuany thtur
kuown by women which vvii ctita i
them in. due time. Let theot t thU- '
drea ' as' long as possible and the
beneficiaries of the' little privileges and
beliefs that make childhood the happy
season it is and vvhiv-a contributes the
greateiit light that brightens tho path x
war of those who carry, t be world'
X-urdeus and respouwLilijlies. " . .j
": Little children, take the assurance of
the- Statesman thf.t' Santa Claus is t. ,
little .old fat gentleman with 4 whit
whiskers, always good aaturcd, who
travels with a reindeer team-and bring'i -:all
sorts of nice:pres.-nts to gKl littl.
chiKrren and puts tbeisila their, stock-
1 tugs unleKS tho stockings ate too
smalL If any ono tells you. there" i ao
Santa Claus answer bv saying" that vou
know letter, becaase the came lo ,e
"jyou on Christinas. .
H Santa Claus make a happy day for
tuc cHijar;n. ; iuai ih a nuiucient rvi
sou for believ-ihg in hiin. What more
doea the grown-up literalist want thai
to thus contribute to the innocmt
pleasures of the little ones! The little
boy or girl wbo believe In -' Santa '
Cbxus gets twice the genuine hnppins
ovtt of ' Christmas day' :ts" the other isii-"".
fortunate little" fellow-, whq-, is made j.
kuow before he leaves hs cradle that
two and two actually make four! Let '
Santa Clans alone. ...-...-. ? T
. CHRISTMAS.
Christians in all lauds - celebrate
t!hristmas, the day 'on which t'hrjM
is upD?d to have bceu born -fur t
hhould be rciuembere! that the exactr
date: of. Christ's birth nnhnuwu.
Wh-n the ftival was first olerved
is not. known, thouL it i sjwkfh of
by' Clement, of Alexandria, ia -Egyptian
history as eurly as tLe third cen
tury. Indeed, Chryso.stoio, . a eelelnat- '.
ed Greek father or the Roman Church,
who diod in 407 A. I)., hpt-aks of tho
J festival as ' beip" of . j,reat antiquity.
Many centuries before the bin h ot
Christ heathCtt festivals--were, held mi
about th e "sar.io d hte," and when., th -Christian
era b.gau and the influence
of'iho early cnurch wero gradually au
ierehng those; of fofmer- .times, -the
date'selected was fclieved to be largely
offoctel bv,'tie fofnier "cu'jtbms 6f tho'
same, people.: . "' , ' -,. '"J ; 7
; In -the- oaf ly . days .bat- wa.-)tno-u ,;.
as ;tho -litistcrn. Church t.elobrate-1 thc '
nixth of January but by ib'greos tk. .
f'hrisrian people of "all nations HettlV
00 December ..25y' ,,"tldj' during, the J;
less cycl" "futur .years, .that hi,t
toric ia.v .will c r. ol wrved an- the as
niyerHhry -of 'tho Kelet-eier ?s 'birth
fhy dawn of a new hope f oVruaukial,
na' only fcr this life, bur 'for' vt be li if .
to come. .. , :. ;:.';" . , '. -
The Portland Telegram reporte tlm
a young girl of sixteen years 'pf Kv,
nliw home is in Corvallii, and' a vie-
1 tiin of the "Holy Roller" craze woe
weeks fdnee, it at the Boys and .Girls"
Aid Society Homo 1 in Portland, with
her renson unbalanced And under tic
neeeiwity of being sent to the asylum.
Su-h a fate is sad beyond expieiwiou
nJ serves to confirm the position taV
en"in these columns a few 'days df;'!,
that such exhibitions fmestsl irre
sponsibility as are made by these antics
in the name -of religion should be
eHtopped by the authorities. There is
not any scmblaucc of. true religion ia
such movohiehts, no possiblje bcncllt
ran 'result .from them, 'piety or go.hl
morals do hot receive any iiuulu froni
ahy point of view, while, -on; the con
trary, much harm is sure to ' follow.
Crazy people should bef looked .after Io
time to prevent the contagion spread
ing to those who aro yet; unaffected.
It is wiid tbat the Empcfor (it h
may be called an' Emperor) of Abysm-.
nia,-Mr. Mene.lik intends to visit the Ktr
Louis Exposition next year, .The pai
ticnUr history of the gentleman in not.
very well nndetstood in this neck of
the woods, but if ho looks even a little
bit like the picture of him printed in
the Evening TelegTara he will lo the
drawing card there st-ove all other at--tractions.
TheiLeist and Clark man
agers sbottld not fail to. secure his pres
ence' here in 1905. , ,
Senator Brownell refused to vdtc for
tbo'Rand amendment to exlMtiug laws
regulating capital punihment for the
reason that, in his judgment, it was s
Int facto, and would not anwwer tb
pwrposo. P.ut'what difference will that';
make to Armstrong after he i hin.
An ex post fato law thathaigs smut
until he is deswl would seem to answer
every purpofen in a case of this kind.
Or is thy ia tempt to be made t test it
eoustitutior.alitjv?
A Washin gton specie I
to a Chiceo
l.aier says that' "Many Democrati
loaders' are deeply impressed wKh the
remembrance of the -campaign of ls.00"
Siire. Xo doubt M r. Brya n i a nio (f
them, the English people h-ve always
been deeply impressed with the rcmeiii4
brance of the. campaign of 1776, too. It
might be added that the " Bepub!iciB
ul, rememler' that campaign of l"'
t