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mar no anod tea money, with tba aadaratana.
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CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
A TEOUBLESOME EOOET MAN.
'The fear of militarism In 'not a pro
duct of American aoib Our history
contain no example o. the army in
any way encroaching upon or usurping
the right of the civil authorities or
becoming an instrument of. tyranny in
tho hands of a despotic leader. On the
contrary no page of our history ia
brighter or baa been viewed with great
er wonder by tbe nations of the worlJ
thaa that which relates the closing
scenes of the civil war and the dig
bnnding of tbe largest army ever mar
hailed by ft republic. When this gov'
'ernment eibausted by four years of
rivil etrife disbanded within six month
tnore than 00,000 soldiers who retired
quietly to private life without causing
a ripple on the surface of a peaceful
and law-abiding society. At the be
ginning of 1860 the army had been
reduced to less than 50,000 men and
la 1070 it contained but little more
than 25,000, hardly enough to care for
the ordinance the nation felt It duty
to keep on hand for an emergency. At
the beeinniiiff of the Spanish-American
war tbe unprepared condition of the
army can hardly be realized. Bo un
fit waa it for aervice that General Milea
then in command, urged, in tbe strong
eat term that no aggressive meaaure
be taken tor several month until the
regiment were recruited, and the vol
ueteers were drilled thoroughly. While
the country would not permit such de
ploy at that time, had we been going to
war with a strong-nation it would have
Wen necessary to have adopted Gener
al Aiiles' plan. It wa humiliating to
the American soldier, when ho reach
ed the I'hilipplnea to find the native
rebel in bare feet and breech clout
better armed than be was, and. when
bb was fortunate enough to capture a
native bia own' gua- was thrown away
and tbe savage , appropriated . with
the knowledge' that the Mauser rifle
would shoot three time as far soothe
old Hpringfleld ha had abandoned.' The
war wa half over before the American
soldier bad modern arms. This should
haVo leen a good lesaon for the coun
try and it did have the effect of Con
gress authorizing the United States to
support a regular army of 100,000 men
when on a war footing, but in time
of. peace to be reduced to less than 60,
000 men. , Thia is the condition of our
army; today that causes all this talk
alout militarism and its threatening
dangers. The Democratic party pre
tends to see calamity ahead for the
nation from this source; it "views
with 'alarm" this most awful specter
and demand "the reduction of the
army to that point historically demon
strated to be safe and sufficient." As
a reatter of fact, the array is smaHwf
tolav than, it ever was before in pro-
portion to the population. According
to figures compiled by the Army and
Navy Journal, a non-partisan publica
tion, In 1800, the day of Jefferson
and Monroe,' there were ninety-six men
to each 100,000 population. In 1829,
the proportion was 103 and today there
are only seventy-five to each 100,000
people. - v 4
When it is remembered that these
60,000 men are engaged in policing 1000
islands in the Philippine, and scattered
in small detachment from Alaska to
Florida in this country, it does not
i 1 ..
air
' 1 have timed Avee'a HilrVIr
for over thirty years. It has kept
my scalp free from dandruff and
has prevented my hair from turn
n gray." Mrs. F. A. Soule,
Billings, Mont. - - -
There is; this peculiar
thing about Ayers Hair
Vigor it is aMiair rood,
not a dye. Tour hair does
not suddenly turn black,
look dead and lifeless.
But gradually the old color
comes back, all the rich,
oar coior it used to have.
The hair stops falling, too.
!. Man, AB ersnMs.
' r, y00' ernpirlat cannot atrpplv 70a.
aaod , ua ena toilar arbd ra will aztraaa
wma av inuia. tia amb j a . &
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J.C.AYEaoO,LoV7Ctaa:
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seem possible that a party whieh claim
to have recently regained its sanity
could become frightened by ancb. a
shadow as " militarism. " Even Judge
Parker,! "that 4 profonad ; jurist and
statesman," who a the Courier-Journal
intimate, has power to cause the rain
to cease, the elood to disappear and
the sun to shine, also sees danger ia a
great military display, h argues that
we are; not a military nation, bent oa
eonQcest. Of course we are not, and if
we were inclined that way, 60,000 soi
Uts would make a very poor begin
ning for a eonqnoring nation. - The talk
about miltariim I the worst kind of
rot indulged : in by demagogue for
uolitical effect. No one ean really be
o ignorant as to fear 00,000 Americas
soldier who love their country a dear
ly and serve t more faithfully, than
those who are constantly abasing them.
Any one with ordinary intelligence
oop;ht to be able to e that it would
bo impossible tof these widely scatter
ed troop to get together even If tbey
All became traitor at once and if tbey
did, they could make little headway
ngninst a nation the strength of ours.
A sheriff in many counties would be
able to disperse them with a posse he
eould summon in a few hour.
Dot why 1 this ghost of militarism
paraded before an Intelligent citizen
shipt It will not frighten any one nn
less it be those new arrivals from coun
tries where the large army is a burden
upon the people. Ail tbl bluster I
made to catch a few uninformed citi-
aena'who have not yet become fatnil
iar with the history of our eountry and
tbe temper of our people. Tbl non
sense ia not addressed to tbe Intelii
gent voter. It will not appeal to him;
it is intended for the ignorant.
'fWHO'S WIIO IN AMESIOA?"
From the current volume of tbe very
interesting book nnder tbe above title,
a copy of which is on our desk, we gath
er several Items of information, that
are essentially out of the ordinary. The
book contain the riamr of 14,443 peo
ple 'who have attained more or less em
inence hi their - different vocations,
13,204 men and 1,239 women.
Of thc 13,204 men who willingly
fuixished all tho details of their careers
for publication, 310 refuse or neglect to
give their nges, while of the 1329 wo
men, 305 refiww or neglect to disclose
the date of their birth.
In other words, as the author says,
" reticence 'on this subject is largely a
feminine characteristic, for while 2.35
ptr Vent of the men do not give the
date of their birth, the proportion of
women who do not Is' over' 20,45" per
The average age of the 874 ' women
who give the dntea of their birth Is
50.57 years, and, of the JJ.Hfig men is
53.10 years. ' - ' v
Of tho 13,172 who give , their a sea
only 40, 41 per cent are iptrr iidL S!i.
pef cent ore ovr 50. r
Tho author ayf married women are
a averse to giving their age as, are
"bachelor maids." . -
Moro of the men were born in 18C5 than
in any other year, while more than one;
half of them were born between 1840
and lfc6 Of the women more of them
were born In 1860 than in any other
year while more than one-half of them
were lora between 1840 and 1865. ',
Of those who gavo any statement at
all as to whether tbey were married,
9883 men are so Lieut, while 1,225 wo
men are similarly ituated, 815 men dis-
-fa4le n1f ItAavlAl rAl ihaH masa a bm m
,7 , , f.. , A.
ried and 410 women admitted the same
state of facts.
Of the 14,443 persona whose biograph
ical sketches are in this volume, scatter
ed all over the United States, only one
of every thirty of the men is a, bach
elor, while ono, of every three of the
womei ia a spinster. - '
From this it is fair to conclude that
most of the prominent men are married
wUi,' most of the prominent women are
not, gom to show, does it not, that
wives are a positive assistance to their
husbands, while husbands, it would seem,
constitute an insufferable handicap-to
their wives. v
". Who 'a Who In America " i a
very valuable book even though some
of tho conclusions drawn from its sta
tistics are more interesting than flatter
ingin some directions.
THE POSTAGE BO AD.
The earnest and effective assistance
given the state board of canal commis
sioners by leading citizens of Portland
ia the matter f. building the Colilo
portage road not only creditable to
that city but augurs well for the firat
important step in the tangible develop
ment of Kaatern Oregon. This enter1
prising move on the part of Portland
furnishes ground for general congratu
lation. ' .'""...--'-' ;
It means not only that the farmers
of ; that section now in business will
reap the benefit of cheaper transporta
tion -while they need it, that is, while
tbey are yet living, bat it will f urn wh,
as nothing else will, a stimulus to an
earlier completion of the canal.
With the passage of the act appropri
ating money with which to- secure f the
right of way for the canal, the state
board waa placed in a very embarrass
ing position, since it followed the ap
propriation for ' the J building of the
portage road before the latter project
could be commenced; and since one of
these undertakings is but temporary
while the other is to be for all time
and much more effective in tbe accom
plishment of the object ia view, it
Ef cetari!y brought matters to a halt, honor, but is first, last and all the time
Many conditions arise confronting for Senator Kuykendall for the plaee."
publie officers where 'respoBsibility J Uut it occur to some people that
cannot be avoided, but whew dnty Iiethi ia thfe aeeond time Brown ell ha
along one of two or more paths, tbua"deelared himself first, last and all the
increasing the embarrassment without ! time for Kuykeadall for the position."
olvmg the difficulty. ' , '
The portage road I oar ot $aeh lif
Acuities. There are many farmer ia
that section of Eastern Oregon which
is ! to hm particularly benefitted by . it
construction who do not expect to live
long enough to tfee tbe eanal completed.
and these men see the money which ha
been appropriated for their Immediate
relief lying idle in the state treasury,
Naturally, they want to eee It expended
in the buildiag of the. portage road.
Tire mm wLo seeds relief today from
an annoying condition doe not get
omen eosoiatioa from tbe assurance
that aMistanee will come within a short
period after his death especially, if
the asjurance come' from tbe very
source that has ben empowered and
directed to furnish tbe relief at once.
The farmer of Eastern Oregon are
mere interested in having the benefits
of reduced freight rate eome to them
solves than to their successors. An
this i all nataral enough. Tbe portage
road should bo built If possible, and at
once. The Htatesmaa believes the state
board baa wished to do the best thing
under the circumstance all along, and
this enterprising movement by the
citizens of Portland, if, unaccompanied
by any 'legal entanglements, will: no
doubt be promptly accepted. It wil
mean the beginning of the great work.;
that will eventually give us the reali
zatiou of that alluring dream of our
father an open river to tbe sea.
T3XB
'lEGAl." POWER
I LEGISLATURE.
OF THE
' In regard to the communication by
Jiidgo lWise, printed in this issue it ia
only necessary to refer to that part
which deal with tho constitutionality
of the law enlarging the boundaries of
Balem.r A to tbe desirability of tbe
enlargement of. the territory of tbe
city, the Legislature ht such eases ia
influenced by tho delegation most con
cerned and its power to act is never
questioned.
All of Judge BoIm's letter, that bears
directly upon the suit against the city
if contained in the following sentence:
"You do not seem to comprehend
that there Is a difference between the
'Power of the Legislature' to amend
the charter, and the legal exercise of
that power." -
But this I indeed a hair splitting
distinction .that strongly suggest the
nbaende of any fljfferenre at all. To
concrajo.thaCwayijogUlature ha tbe
power to do a thing is to, say that it
bn the, legal power to do;t4 of course
That body, ha no illegal (power to 'do
any thing. All its power are legnl and to
admit that it has the power to extend
the boundaries of a city is to admit
that it baa, tho, legal power to do eo.
We ecrtalnly do not 'comprehend the
difference! between- twoi -thing that
are precisely' alike. ,h'uu,uh-v
tAnd we are , vtfry much inclined to
differ, from . the , eminent jurist in his
implied statement .that the Legislature
has tbe power to appropriate money in
an unconstitutional manner. That body
ha not the "power" to do any invalid
thing, and when, in speaking of the
Legislature, we concede it has "the
power" to pass a certain act of course,
if we intend to be candid, we refer
only (o those act it can pass legally.
VTo dmit it has the power to do a thing
i s .t. .
wo ipw certaio inc couria WOUK1
decide to be invalid would be an nn
candid statement on our part ac well
as unfair to 'those ; depending upon us
for advice. If we say the Legislature
has the power to do a certain thing,
and (t does it, and the court; afterwards
say it had no such power, the action
of the court only shows that we were
wron in our first statement.
Judgo Boise hints at a technicality
upon which tho suit against the valid
ity of the act extending tho city boun
daries will be based, although he does
not actually give it hi sanction. Of
thi it may be aaid, however, that no
ty ever grows or reaches At best
possibilities when micb a spirit ia per
mittfed to dominate its government.
A3 TO CESTAIN; FEATTJllES OF
V EOSSISM.
It is given . out ' to tbe public tbe
public enjoys to have these matters set
tled by thoso who think they are spe
cially commissioned by each other to
settle important matters for the public
that Brownell has withdrawn from
the contest for tho Presidency of the
Senate next winter and that Kuyken
dall 'a "triumph is assured."
There are 500,000 people in tbe state
of Oregon, and , thirty state senators,
but four men met ia Portland last
week and fixed the entire matter for
the t wen ty -eight senators who were at
home and having nothing whatever to
"Ti the matter. This system of
managing- politics simplifies, tnattera
and renders the duties of the disinter
ested senators less irksome.
Two United" States and the two as
piring candidate meet, talk the mat
ter over, make compromises, rale '"'fa
tore positions, trade some men in and
others out, men who were not there, of
ceurae and the Important matter la a
'closed incident," and. is so given out
to the public! ' Ilere is tbe way it is
reportea:- ? ., --i ti , : :t ,- ..
'Mr. 'Brownell declares positively
and ia onmisUkable terms that he is
not a candidate for re-election to that
At that memorable meeting just after
hi election to tbe presidency of tbe
senate two years ago, Senator Fulton
and Senator Howe were present when,
in order to get Kuykendall out of the
way as a promised aspirant for tbe
chairmanship of the ways and 'means
committee, Brownell promised to ' sop-
port Kuykeadall "first, last and all the
time" at tbe next session f
How does it come, then, that here Be
is ia tbe race for that position, msking
it necessary to call a meeting of, those
wbo manage these importsnt matters
for the people f Since the sffair wss
settled at that meeting two years ago,
why has it been necessary to settle it
again! And what assurance I there
that it will not bob op again 'before
next January requiring a still larger
"concession" to appease the; distia
gnisbed gentleman "whose service to
tba Republican party la Oregon have
been so vast as to defy tbe power of
proper computation f"
And where do the people eome la on
these programs based upon sueh a love
ly plane of political manipulation.
Likewise, where does Julius Morelan
find himself domiciled in tbe politics
arena f And is John Hall to be finally
Immolated on the altar of the second
Brownell promise to support (Koydcn
dall, "first, last and all the timet"
And doesn't any other aspirant for the
presidency of the senate dare breathe a
political hope because two United
States Hen a tors and two aspirants for
that position meet and trade and com
promise and settle the matter!
Beally, it might turn out that there
are others, though ths thought seems
not to have occurred to tbe Big Four.
THE STATE SB 0 HO DISOBACE.
; All tbe leading newspapers of the
South are outspoken la their denuncia
tion of the atrocious burning at the
stake of negro.' already convicted of
murder according to law. This ia cred
(table to those papers, for there is
nothing else to bo said.
Tlie Atlanta ; Constitution says that
'in its unreasoning desiro to inflict
summary puishment upon the two prin
cipals the mob defeated the ends of
jnstiee," since thns" mnrderod negroes
were alone able to give testimony that
would lead to the apprehension of oth
ers connected with fhenrin the murder
of tho Hodge family.
Tbe Memphi Commercial-Appeal
ays tho burning was the result of
iru re blood-thirstiness," and says ,it
was "an atrocity that, is calculated to
hake faith , in popular government."
And the Charleston News and Courier
ays that "in the presence of sueh. a
spirit of lawless violence f every good
citizen must be appalled." And the
at paper .quoted get at the kernel of
the whole difficulty by- asking the fol
lowing question: ('
"And now what,, will the Gov- V
ernor and the peace oflicer and the
law and order loving people of
Georgia do about it f It i not to
le believed that the murderer of
Iteed and Cato are not known.
Shall they escape without punish
ment for their terrible crimcT"
But nothing is more ecrtain than that
nothing whatever will be done, in the
matter. To do so would be contrary
to Southern sentiment on the proposi
tion. The leading papers can do noth
ing but loudly denounce the barbarous
murders, but the proceeding is but the
natural outcome of the methods em-
Ioyed for the suppression of the negro
vote in the Southern states, for which
every Democratic pager in that section
stands an open sponsor.
In spite of the fourteenth and fif
teenth amendments to tbe federal con
stitutions, the negroes of the South do
not vote. As a rule, they know better
than to go to the polls. Tho admitted
free use of the shotgun has done it.
Senator Tillman has frequently boasted
of these murders while addressing the
United States Senate. And yet, while
not permitted to vote, they are used to
well the Democratic representation in
Congress and in the electoral college.
A large per cent of tho electoral
votes which will be gWen to Judge
Parker will come from the Southern
states based upon the citizenship of
hundreds of thousands of negroes who
have no share whatever in tbe choosing
of presidential electors. The rank in
justice of this eannot be defended from
any point of consideration.
But while all good men deeply deplore
this Statesboro .outrage, it is the nat
ural outcome of that generally tolerat
ed policy in the South of resorting to
iolence, if necessary, to trample under
foot , the constitution of the United
States, and from whenee comes tbe loud
est cry that "the constitution should
follow .tbe flag" a sentiment which
holds, for partisan purposes, that the
constitution should follow the flag into
the Philippines, but not into the South
without. 'the express permission of
those wbo reserve the right to govern
a large part of the citizens there with
out their consent! ' . f
CONSISTENCY" VESSUS PROGRESS.
" Am a sort of supplementary kidictmeat
against Presideut Roosevelt as an un-
safe man in bis exalted position, the
Democratic paper" are diaeoverrng
that ia one of bis books printed several
year ago sentiments can be found that
From,
tho
Office ;
Window
As Undoubted Case for Federal Inter
t , 1 , " ' ventlon. ; .
j Passing from a consideration of the
exchange of compliments between the
strikers of Colorado and tbe polyga-
mists from Utah, as they showed their
teeth in the Miners' Congress in Port
land, It Is Interesting to ponder over
a ease now making trouble in Washing
ton. City.
i; This difficulty originated in the in
cessant playing of a piano by a Mr.
Southard on Yale street, and so inf
erable a nuisance has be hweome to all
bis neighbors that a petition, signed by
fiftten of bis nearest victims has been
presented to the police commissioners,
but without avail. The next, effort at
relief was made through the district
attorney, but that officer pretends to
find himself powerless to Interfere with
the vested rights of the persistent dis
ciple of the lozart-Padarewski school
of public disturbers.
1 Tho district attorney has decided
that the proper source of relief can
come only from the grand jury,; and
to that body the petitioners have ap
pealed. In their complaint the follow
ing state of facts is set forth: i
"Ho takes a portion of a bar of
music and repents the same some
times for two hours,' says the'pe-
titioners; "then he will change to
. a combination of notes, and we
; eon be sure of those for an hour,
: if not longer. The loud pedal is
. usd and be pounds as hard as it
is possible to pound. Htinday i no
exception, and far from being a
: day of rest, it i one of the worst
. we havo. Pardon our going into '
' detail so strongly, as we wish to
; impress upon you the fact that this .
' is not the1 ordinary piano nuisance,
; but the most unheard of, as well as
; uncalled for, of its kind.
"Now we ask, gentlemen, that
yon will give your earliest and
closest attention to this petition,
allowing us the privilege of using
our homes for rest between the
bonis of 2 and 4 in the afternoon,
and our lawns after the hour of 8
in the evening."
One of the tenement bouses in tho
neighborhood has already been vacated
and the tenant of two other have
served notice that unless the nuisance
is speeUily abated, tbey will move out.1
' " 1 I i
And all this, let it be borne in mind,!, dojlar., It is merely one of tho. easy
is in Washington City, right an
nose of President Hoosevolt, a
latest rieWs!intlmatesno disposition on
bis part to bring to bear the powerful
are ccttstruod into a direct contradic
tion of some other acntiments to which
be has given utterance more recttly.
Whole column, aro thus devoted in
fome ot, tho inore prominent papers
Kast, . sometimes .developing i into tho
horrible display
most' ' effeciivo"1 e:
that 1 finds its
expression in the
loadly ' parallel " column,' ", clearly
proving that twenty "years : ago,
or, still more recently, ' Roosevelt
believed something that he doesn't ap-j
parently believe now!
Hence, his unfittiesn for the Presi
dency, "r
When one, of : America's greatest
thinkers said that he "would have the.
eourage to jdo what he beljU?ved today
though it might give tho lie to all
be said yesterJay," he was evidently
n a mood not altogether understood t7
these pert crities :of the President.
And suppose Judge Parker were t6
bo brought face to face with this sort
of a test as to his reliability or "safe
neasf" Four and eight years ago be
voted for tbe-f ree and unlimited coki-
age of silver without waiting for the
consent of any other nation on - earth,
etc., against which, at this time might
bo quoted, a certain telegram annotate-
ng that the gold standardIs 'irre
vocably established."
Paul, the- greatest of tho apostles,
was at one time act industrious perse
cutor of the saints. One of the things
that could be said of President Roose
velt is that he is big enough to change
his mind when deemed necessary. It is
one of the beat things yet to come to
tbe surface in Judgo Parker's political
career, that he could hud has changed
his mind. ;
Ia fact one of the most creditable
things to bo said of tbe Democratic
party is that it could and has changed
ts stand upon great public questions
about as often as it has had oeeaaion
to give them uttemice. f
or many . years the Democratic
party has made an heroic fight for aa
income tax law but its last national
eutventiom voted it out of the plat
form, and with Mr. Bryan's consent,
for the reason plainly stated by Sen
ator II 111, that with such a plank ia the
platform, the Democrats could not car
ry New YoTk." And Mr. Bryan, seeing
tbe point, ' withdrew bis amendment
and abandoned tho fight for a prinei
pie."' -- , r
Oh, yea, really bright men frequently
change their minis. Roosevelt no
doubt frepuently has. And there are
others.. f i
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influences of Presidential interference.
No doubt the matter will be brought
into the pending, campaign as aa in
stance of the rapidy waning strenuos
lty of tbe Kooseveltlan backbono and
ss vividly illuatratiag the necessity for
a Democratic triumph ia November.
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Bprncisg Up. ; '
Did yon ever look at. the sea of un
sightly telephone ' snd telegraph poles
that line either side of the principal
streets of Halem and one side of. nearly
every other f The next-time yon are on
tne atreet close your eye as far as pos
sible to every thing elw but thoa
poles yon know it esn be done snd
get a resiizisg sense of the unsightlioesN
that impresses Itself upon every itcw
Comer who finds himself within, our
gate. "" -. - ,
K The laws of tbe city require all poles
to be painted with; two coats of good
white paint. It is a plain requirement,
specific and easily "understood. But . if
there is one pole within the city limits
that has or ever bad a eoat of any
kind of paint, its location has never
been discovered.
The question Is, why? Thi ordinance
was passed eleven years ago for tbe
purpose of adding to the beauty of onr
streets. Our business men spend thou
sands of dollars embellishing the fronts
of their buildings that do not add one
Cent to tho amount of the it buftine,
unless in the matter of Increased attract
iveness. Most of the prettiest home in
the city keep their lawns1 neatly f tit
and watered, solely as an appeal to the
beautiful as accepted by the eye;. There
is no money in it and none is expected.
The court house and state bouse
grounds are kept green and lMoutiful at
thcTxitense of many thotutands of dd-
lar nch year,
Whyf Thdre l nVin-
come from it. Tliese things ( are all
done because of the difference between
u, or what I generally npied to le,
and tbe self-satisfied rcdmen who owned
thi eountry when we found it.
This was the reason for the passage
of the city law eleven years ago tfe-
Y quiring the painting of every pole
thereafter erected upon which wires
were to be strung. Why was the first
polo and every succeeding one not paint
ed? It is not a ease where it is necessary
p appoint a committee to investigate
tbe financial condition of the city to
'ascertain whether the expends can. be
afforded. It will not cost -the city
,.. .....,,;, - - - -. -r----- j j
ider the! cases where to, say the word is to secure
and thotbe,reulC. j . ' ,. . ' ', ',?
J And yet, we nro
, the custom of not
free to ad ant that
enforcing any ordi
V"s." sBsS
1 CORRESPONDENCE.
S m V
Another "rrtcndly' Enggestion,"; Ac
companied by a Cited, Precedent. -
Editor Statesman: ,
As to that ."Friendly Suggestion"
to tho Salem saloon-keepers we would
wish to remark it is wasted 'effort
in the direction of securing a strict ob
iiorvanco of tho law under which tbey
nro permitted to do basinea..-'The.faet
is the average saloon keeper seems to
presume that a license to sell liqlror
under certain restrictions, is a liccnso
to ignore all restraints 'whatever, and
then forthwith proceeds to persistently
act upon aaid presumption, regardless
of the fact that the highest court in
tho land has repeatedly decided that
the liquor trade is not a legitimate
business only , to the extent it is made
so by special; statute. , j
Another feature, of the business is
that the few who do observe the letter
of tbe law are ever ready to defend
those who persistently and systemati
cally violate its every provision. In
the states of Texas and Jvarisa this
matter has been fought to finish in all
its phases and the saloon has universal
ly gone down tinder the Constitution
both state and national. In the former
state Prohibition by statute prevails in
more than one hundred counties and th.v
number is increasing from year to year,
notwithstanding tho aid given the. local
saloons by aU the breweries and distil
lertes in the eountry from Milwaukee,
St. Louis and Chicago in fighting the
law on its constitutionality. --
At brat the brewers'- association of
that state have come to the conclusion
that it is useless to "kick against the
pricks" and now notify the authorities
that they. stand ready and willing to
prosecute and secure the convicition of
all men guilty of a violation of the
license law. Had they, and the better
class of saloon keepers, done this from
tho start, there would not have been a
tithe of the Prohibition sentiment "in
the country there is today. If ,they
had demonnrated the fact that license
regulated the traffic, which, it doe not
and never did further than to give a
few the monopoly rot the trade, the
"dispensers' would not find "Jordan
such a hard road to travel" as they are
now finding. Verily the old adage,
first mako mad" finds a fitting applica
tion to the saloon keepers. M.
"Legal Power of the Legislature.
Editor Statesman:
In the Statesman of tbe 21ft instant
In your criticism of a eommnnicat inn by
Wm. Spayd you quote me a having
said that the Legislature bad the pow
er to amend the charter of the city of
Salem, so as' to embrace new territory,
Jayn
e's Carminative Balsam
The Standard Remedy for Summer Complaint,
Stmaclk and Vomkinr. alsn fm r.
nary law to which some' man may ob
jet has become so common, that when
an oflicer startles the world by announc
ing that he intends to enforce the laws
for whih purpose, only, he was eWj.
ed, the; usual outcome is the institu
tion of a suit by the aggrieved victim
to determine if the courts will not in
aome wav fknoV nut ihn low
But believe the compaaies owning
the poles that -line our etreets erery-where,-would
raise no objection to the
enforcement of this law. (Vrtnudy
tWy would not. But this very admir
able' law ahould be enforced anyway,
and the beat time to do the work j
nowlefore the fall rains set In. . 'Will
the conncil mova In 1U mltr I s.
.... . -- 1 1 i i
not, .why not f;
Oar sinter citv of Afln nv. that alt
eld-fnsliionsd, out of date burg up tU
rivi-r has a-trim! Jar ' ordinance,
every pole in ho . city, on the naia
streets and In the suburb, i painted
white from the top to within eiKl,t.
feef of the ground, tbe remainder U ing
painted black, j The Ix'autiful effert njv
on the street is noticable the tttfm ijt
you enter thern,and a visitor lotdtrng for
a home would at once count it an n,i.i...i
attraction . . 'h;:
. The- next time you are on any .f
our street look at onr munificent f.
rav of n a Pointed nolcw and .
freo pniioramie reproduction of on (l(
tlu neighlorlno'b of Silver reek iSilU"
a remaining! relic of" the grnt firo in
tho C'aacade Sioiintaiii in the full of
M8. ). .;. . .. . :
But the qneetion i, who will I.e tli.i
firikt -.eonnrilmSn to raisn thia alirpin"
ordinanco front the sacred iireriuci
of the d ad, that wj may tihtfii the
belt around our municipal rir;i aii l
movt! up into the Albany t'Uxnf
s ; jo. - j o
Charley Kimius f'S, .ltdina, went
hoino Wednesday .night and found h'i
wife had gone to a dance. It mada
him mad, and he started for tint dan -
nail ; wui lifiyxi e wpouxn un pienxnro
lent or nbouMo be bent on the road,
and, proceeding to tell her it few titiu
to his surpriw she talked back. Tlu
made hint fund again mid n Twhi bec:tn
during which he slapped her 'a mK she
pniie.i his ttnir nni serteh-ii lilm.
. The case Is now in the local Court,
and serves in recall the fat that two
weeks ago a woman, in Chicago applied
for and secured n djvorce from her liua
band, because he Invariably let her, have'
her Town.wnyJ Uenlly, what intolerable
and inexplicable extremes we do "inert
up with'.' in j this beautiful old world!
at. I seem o Infer front (hat statement
that I a ImitU'd that the pn-sent rh;ir
terwas legally jnaeteI ami in vali-f.
You' do not." went to comprehend that
there is a difference between the "Tow
er of the , legislature" : to amend tb
charter, and the. "legal "'exercise' if
that power."! " .-- i '. .
For exanipto the legislature has the
power ' to pans laws for the appropria
tion of inirney for various purposes, bid
for such laws to be valid they mut'
roiopty in manner and form with the
requirements jof the State Constitution;
one of which) requirements.! found in
Section Art i.-le IV f the Const it u
tion. livery Act shall embrace but
one subject, find matters projerly con
nected therewith which-"subject shall he
expresod iit the title."
: I have .rexpre89'd no' opinion a t"
whether of not this new charter was
-paesed by the Legislature is in conform
ity with tho j requirements of the 'on
stitntion. That is an open question to
be deeiiled by tho projwr Tonr,t. What
ever, opinionf I have' expressed wa be
fore tho enactment of the .charter,
when I presented at a public meeting a
remonstrance of over yo per cent of th.i
pooplo of this ne territory, and whea
1 did not apprehend that the Lepifla-
ture would disregard the wishes of t lie
le4Vfdo in the new territory, and vio
late the rights of the people which the
Constitution is made to protect.
- The matters referred to by me in my.
former communication were as to the
right of the legislature to dnore tho
remonstrance df ever W per cent of
the voters of the new territory.
'Jlefore the enactment of a -si a tut
for the creation andl extension of any
municipal corporation jby subrhitting
the same to; the Voters At the district.,
to I'm) -embraced within the Ixiundarie
of such corporation, tho people, of a
district dtsiring to, form a city peti
tioned the legislature for a Oiartcr,
fixing its boundaries, and defining its
powers and (duties. And no such city
was ever created when the majority of
the peoph? in the district remonstratcil
against it, nor ha the imundaries of
any city in this state except Halem
been extended to embrace a' large newr
territory containing a large numher of
people, without the conaent of the ms
jority of the voters in such new ter
ritory. Such a proceeding was without
precedent, and unjust. The eople in
the new district were receiving no ben
efits from the city government, and will
receive none in the future. The new
territory is most of it too remote and
sparseljr settled to be properly lighted.
Or have a aoflieient supply of water, to
make its engines of any use in case of
fire. The new territory is to. get front
the enlarged city some burdens in the
way of taxes for the benefit of the old
city, but noj benefits, with many annoy
ances in the msnagement of their
lands and general business.
i ! R. P. BOISK.
Cramps. Colic, Griping Pains, Sour
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