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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

been a great blessing to this country.
Egypt is becoming the most prosper
GUS country on this side of the Allan.
tic. The Bible prophesies are all to
be fulfilled, and here is the most i'm.
portant spot of earth today. Then
whole country is far better than | ex-
pected 1t would be. | expected to be
disappointed in some ways. But am
agTeeably surprised in many ways.
However rent is very high and ordi-
nary board is $3.50 per day; all hotels
charge from SO to So a day, but food
is cheap, fruit, vegetables, eggs, but
ter -four, sugar and coffee are no
higher than in Eureka, but fuel and
lumber are high. Labor is cheap.
These workmen know how to build
lovely stone houses, the floors, stairs
and roofs are all of stone. The people
hang their clothes to dry on. the level
roofs, and | find them nice places to
sit and read.
am learning the Egyptian Ian
guage and find it very easy, and will
soon be able to teach these people In
their own language.
The Copts are the only people who
are fun blooded Egyptians, and they
are fine, intelligent looking people.
have made friends of two of them.
one relative and lives with the lead
ing prince of all the Copts. He Is
called the Patriarch, he is now in
Jerusalem.
Alexandria is great city and a
finer seaport than San Francisco,
there is much more shipping and larg-
er ships and all the lumber comes
from Norway and Sweden. The city
is destined to become a mighty one.
got up at $50 this morning and
saw the sun rise up over the Mokat-
tam bluffs Just as Moses and Joseph
and Pharaoh used to see IL rise. ex-
cept they did not bear the street
electric cars rushing along the rock
paved strets at sunrise, or the ele-
CANT steamers whstling at the Nile
wharves as do.
X. V. MILLARD.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

S'lute yer pardners, let 'er go.
Balance all and do-se-do-
Swing yer girls and away
Right an left and gents sashey
Gents to the right an swing or cheat
On TO the first gal an repeat;
Balance next an don't be shy!
Swing yer pard an swing 'er high;
Bunch the gals and circle round;
Whack yer feet until they bound;
Form a basket, break away,
Swing and kiss an all get gay;
Al-man-left an balance all;
Lift yer hoofs an let 'em fall;
Swing yer op'sites, swing again
Kiss the sage hens II you kin;
Back to your pardners, do-se-do.
All join hands an off you go;
Gents salute yer little sweets;
Hitch and promenade 10 seats.
--Clod Hopper
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05
CONSPICUOUS IN A BALLROOM

Flakes Of pandruf on the Collar ana
Shoulders OF a Gentleman In Full
Dress.
This IL the thing you quite re
auently see in the ballroom--a mans
black dress coat literally covered with
dandrufi.
II must be annoying to tn ewearer'
and certainly not pleasant thing 10
observe hut dandruff can be eradl-
Gated. It Is a germ disease that VIII
some day cause badness.
Nebro's Herplolde kills the hair-de'
stroying germ, and stimulates the ha'r
to a rich. abundant growth; IL doe
more-keeps the hair soft and piiaht'
thorpara Hernlcide Ia most
odor and cooling TO the scalp.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05
Lucy

Lucy.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of love;
A maid whom there were none to
praise
And very few to love.
A violet by "A mossy stone,
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived, unknown, and few could
know
When Lucy ceased to be:
The difeFeh66 To- mer''' ''
Wordsworth.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

A very close fight is on in tho
Danish Landthing over the proposal
to sell the Danish West indies to the
United States.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, spoke
exhaustlvely in the senate ON Friday
in favor of strict Chinese exclusion
ect. .,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

OF forty vessels entering Astiria
last month, not one few the Stars
and Stripes. Twenty-slx sailed under
the Union Jack.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

Clyde Felt, i5-year-old boy, of Salt
| AXE City. has confessed to killing
Samuel Collins by cutting his throat.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

The Canadian government will build
n wire fence along the northern
boundary of Montana.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05
Why is ROYAL
Baking Powder bet
ter than any other?

Because in it's mammoth works a
corps of chemical experts is con-
stantly employed to test every ingre-
dient and supervise every process of
manufacture to insure a product alb
solute1y pure, wholesome and perfect
in every respect.
The most wholesome food and
the most digestible food are made
with Royal Baking Powder
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05

y naxentu: AiNrntr'S,uNnns', ,rr rts'''ve'
of snow
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-05
Dance at the Ranch.

Rcv,l SeuNs o~or7 co 100 WILLIAM ST., Srw voeK.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05

date would be able to pledge the offices 10
advance and so effect the same compiled.
lions by the same corrupt practices. There
fore the power should not be vested without
limitations The safer method is to give the
mayor the right OF appointment subject 20
majority approval by the council. With
such check he could not guarantee the de-
livery of the goods. which he might bargain In
advance We must always bear in mind the
possibility OF designing mayors as well as
selfish aldermen and inefficient heads Of de-
partments. Then. in order to prevent dead
lock by an antagonistic council. after the
mayors fixed powers OF nomination are ex-
hausted the council should have tho right
of election by two-thirds vote. Such an
arrangement would insure the merits Of
tho appointive system without inviting the
dangers Of its abuse.
The same report opposes the section Of
the charter giving the city control OF
primaries as we'll as elections. The Post
takes direct issue with this recommends
ton and earnestly approves the charter pro-
posal. Primary elections in Houston, as in
most other cities Of the State and in the
State as a whole, are conclusive. Elections
are in effect mere formalities officially
confirming party nominations. Therefore
the corruptons and abuses Of the ballot
which need prevention originate In the
primaries, and remedial measures should be
| applied at that point This state Of affairs
is VIGOROUSLY true 70 Houston. Only last
spring serious trouble, not to say bloodshed
was narrowly averted in a controversy II
the democratic executive committee over the
matter of representation at the primal!
polls. Instances of fraud in the past arr
too numerous and familiar to require par
naturalization.
It is a demand Of the last state demo
cratic platform, which is almost certain o
enactment by the next legislature, tina
legislation shall dehnitiyely and completed
govern party primaries and precisely tn
same conditions require precisely the sam
remedies in municipal primaries.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
CITY CHARTER CHANGES.

The Post publishes today the report Of a
special committee of the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION ON the proposed now city charter,
snd viii from time to time publish other
-omment in order that there may hc the
rocst publicity and the fullest consideration
IF this important matter.
This report commeuds the charter in the
main and points out a rew Inconsistencies
and complicated passages which can be read.
~ cured.
Hearty Endorsement is given to the sec.
ion which empowers the mayor to appoint
III heads Of departments and holds him re
sponsible for their administration The
Post can not go quite so far, Tho appoint
ng power should rest In the mayor. but It
should be hedged about by reasonable limi-
tatiops,
The appointment OF heads OF departments
Ia preferable to election for many reasons.
In the first place, appointment secures a
harmonious administration as a whole by
securing an operating force in sympathetic
relation and by making the minor officials
Immediately responsible to the mayor who
can discipline their shortcomings. Under
the elective system chief of police, for In
stance, might prove sadly deficient and vet
without some outrageous act warranting i'm.
parchment there would be no remedy dur
ing the two years of his term. Under the
appointiye System he would be directly &C
countable TO the mayor and any fault of adj
ministration could be Immediately corrected
A great advantage in the appointive sys
tenn is the practical elimination of cheap mol
itics and corrupt methods in election. i,
candidate for mayor usually stands for is
sues of government without much regard t
personality. II is too often the case tina
candidates for minor Offices are elected upol
personal popularity without regard to issue
or proved abilities, and they fall under tn
control OF selfish or corrupt influence
which contributed to their election. More
over, with number OF minor candidate
combinations are easily effected which d,
feat on confuse the meritorlous issues II
volved in a municipal election. and whe
the result is aseertained it is SO complicato
and contradictory that the popular verdict
without specific direction
On the other hand, with iuil paweF OF Al
neintment vestsd in the mayor. the eand
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
STREET CAR STRIKE SETTLED.

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
OPPOSES TAXATION SECTION.

Section IS Of this article relates TO taxes
This section IS verbose obscure "a. to its mean
A'' 'OS''0" 30 O'00''' 'O7oo'0 '' ~ ''' "''a"
ing and contradictory. As nearly as we can de-
teruune II also attempts to be retroactive IN ITS
terms, and to make legal that which is now
clearly illegal
"'Ns''
1t seems to US that the whole subject could he
covered in a brief article giving the city the
mower Of the State for ntrnosrs Of taxation nro-
Ii. ~. IL. 49,. ~
F'u'hS mat INC TAX fdle shaH h't exceed , per
cent that property shall not be sold for ta~es
where taxes have been due for over Jour years
and further nrcvidirg tb,. ,,b,r, +,,,g avn ,,ot
o,;l ,r;,ti. -. -,
assessor shall alter due and positive notice to
~" NV. VI suSI piope'y, sen al puOliG saie'
1na ID case OF reaI estate sha give a deed, which
Degu Jnan uG PIlma iaeie evidence OF title:
bi -. ~ d. 'IlIe Oh u''' nature would en-
au'e every Ci'l1en 70 know what the law was,
Mou'u minimize court COSTS ana would give ample
pSteeugn 10 IHs cllizGn and the city.
So" l,'o SNl'luit y
,l 80" 10 dU."gIlAcS tAe cry council during
e'I year lYo5 10 issue ponds TO the extent OF
y-2o.o0o Lo' INC purpose OIL street paving and
~ So "iso du'uoIi@Ss 'hen 10 issue bonds
,sa ~ NNSleu 9loo'ooU IoI permanent improve
,L. - 80, Mil'i""l fu""'I'lllE same 10
uC people tor approval This would give the
r., o,''.-'' "''"TtiP 10 issue ponds during
,gI2 ''' f5ao,'Ju' we sec no reason why the
IN tljs cv,rr,t % go poNol 10 issue ponds
.LoJ Iol ''a' any ~oLu'll should issue
bonds Tor 9Iooooo without obtaining the ap-
pn goo Oh Inc people at an election held for that
Sso,;o, 80
section - relates to street car fares and trans
.I T ms Is strong section and is worthy Of
an pia'sc, me author Is to he. congratulated
~, Sne duemPt ne mas made to safeguard the in
lefssts OF the citizens,
eeCuon ~ relates TO city accounts and the man
y . IN "nlen they are to be kept, We believe that
.,.ls Seeuon IS 11ily complied with it will be
gee EXHIBIT "A attached
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
PAY FOR ALDERMEN

me second section Of article provides tbs,
me council shall serve without compensation We
believe this is entirely wrong and hurtf,,l n
the best interests Of the public The members Of
the city council perform a valuable service TO-
which they should be paid just as any other cit,
official is paid, Not to pay them under o,,r
democratic Tree institutions would he a h,ot.,..rs
Gsp-, we should not desire to build up in III
cry nan an aristooracy OF wealtts persons h Ie
sle ape 70 serve the people because Of tbc;y
Weallh' bht whose environments may ne snrL
Is not 70 readily respond to the pnblir mug, inSn
nor should We ON the other hand disfrancbill,n' ~
,SIee body OF laboring men who may wish 20
e,su members OF their own class 10 serve ~.
cry Certainly the average citizen cnu,5 ~, .iis
Be stricken out iu's should
section 7 OF article treats of the manner i,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05

"A"-We believe that the occupatiou M !,
at present laid are inequitable and not lsvia N
cording to any just principle They shssl \
changed SO as to bear more evenly on al I'D
and should apply to professional men IS vi 4
merchants and manufacturers
"B'-Section 0 refers to Schools, Muea
Libraries, etc The first two clauses Of la y
ton are but a repetition OF the State law uaa,
an Independent school district in Housa Y
are therefore unnecessary. This law was I'D
by the State Legislature, for the specific pEz
of removing the schools entirely from En2s
control, and from municipal and Other raEi3
environments The system has worked vsr 6
sfactorily in Houston. and our schools Is .
Quoted under this system have been well q
aged Each succeeding election will ted 4
more to divorce our educational system fren Y
turmoil of city politics, and we are most srcI
opposed TO any change.
We therefore recommend that all this ssar
except the following, be stricken Oft; tn
shall have the power to establish niussdrA
braries and such other institutions fof d, J
struction, enlightenment and welfare Of u
habitants as it may deem appropriate o. %
sary for the public interest !,
"C"-The last portion OF this section peraa
for the creation of 4 board of appraisensT,
recommend that the last clause provide ia
appeal to the council in case OF unjust aHs's1'
and be made to read as followsi
The taxpayer whose assessment nay
creased by such board shall have the usll =
peal TO the city council and the council !
have the right by a two-thirds vote to thinsi
assessment of said board. The taxpayer my Z
subpoena for any witness he may a'sn'
testify in his behalf before either poay'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
Teddy's Thanksgiving

Guadalupe Gazette. ,.,,t Ttrs
It is supposed that when the prs .s.s TT...i,
giving turkey was to he killed ~ ,is,rssiIs
and all the little Teddies arTaysa g .,r,csi \
rough rider costume, secured 'nV hounds =
trailer from Montana, a PACK sor he ~
Mississippi and swooped down W. couveS
bird. After his capture he wa ,slt o
a closely guarded cage win , lnaI hssg r
cellar where he was confined .pa aaia i,s z
till the afternoon before me us His o.
he was shot with military l n- osp.ard :
was draped in the Spanish ~ M critics.
Iuan hin. stuffed with neWspsgS ',rsausii I
H h5e4 being sf '" ae S3'' b@oyo:d :a +
sum grease and trimmed Of WIN i ] AoiHs
borne to the table on the ha ih II I he Ffi'.
Booker T., who was oommana'O y ss,i,t
10 take of his apron ana -
table.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
TO INITIATE LEGISLATION.

As a whole the proposed charter is a very
great improvement on the present one and with
some modification, will tend to improve our city
government. It is along the lines OF municipal
reform laid down by the hest authorities on such
subjects although it is by no means as progress
sive as it might be.
There is a large and ever increasing demand
for a charter which will give the people the
power to initiate legislation themselves, and al
low them, by prompt petition, TO hold UP any
legislative act and call for vote on same at the
polls II does not follow that under such a sys-
tenn there would he any more elections than now.
for the reason that representatives would he
more susceptible to public opinion and would
seldom pass any measure which they thought
would meet with popular disappfoval
We also believe there should he a clause call
ing for home rule in taxation so that Houston, il
the taxpayers OF the city wished, could exempt
industry from taxation This would build fac.
tories, encourage industry and increase property
values more than any other measure Houston
is today Handicapped in her efforts to get capital
interested in manufacturing enterprises because
OF the fact that New Orleans aud different sec
tious of the South are able to offer factories eN-
emption from taxation,
Coming now to the charter in detail we report
as follows;
Article ] seeks to extend the boundaries OF the
city half a mile in each direction We consider
this is not sufficient territory to take in II the
city is enlarged it should he done thoroughly and
should take in ali that territory which is properlv
part of Houston. We therefore recommend
that the city he enlarged to six square miles
square. This change would make the third sec.
ton OF this article, which gives the CITY the
right to enlarge the boundaries of the CITY nv
ordinance, unnecessary, and VIC recommend that
it he stricken out,
We commend section 3 OF article >. which en-
powers the city TO own and control and oreratc
its public utilities, and to control and reguistc
public utilities which are owned and onsr,teG
! by private corporations. We would suggest in
order to make the reading Of this clause n,ore
| specific and the rights OF the city better uD1c,
! stood TO add the following and Shall he -
quired 20 build tunnels bridges under ar o,Sr
/ their tracks wherever necessary ior the con
Nenienee or safety OF the public"
Section 2 OF the same article gives the .;.,.
power 10 build prisons and reformatories, sIso
hospitals and such charitable institutions s'S :;
deems expedient We would suggest cIs,sa u
lowing the city 70 own aud operate a re,o. OF
or erematory both, providing by ordusnces 3 ,
proper tolls or charges. The need Of ceme,sr,.
| kept up IN proper manner by the CITY H. ~
( burial of the dead, where the CHARGES ,;u I Ie
| reasonable and where the friends ana rst.t;Ue
OF the departed may feel reasonably ass,,r.5 " 81
be properly cared for is becoming prestar WIZ
year. as the unkept and desecrated eorJ;ee.s ely
| some OF our privately owned cemeteriss ~
| show, VIII
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
THE PRESIDENT AND BOSS AoolcKs.

Despite President Roosevelts assertion |
that a recent appointment in Delaware was
in no way recognition OF the notorious
political corruptonist, Addicks, those who
have been keeping in touch with the case
seem to entertain an opposite opinion
In any event it seems that the presidents
explanation has left his chief politician
in the cabinet--Postmast General Payne
in rather an embarrassing position, Mr.
Payne. it appears, was very much impressed
by Addinks' claim that his followers poled
$4,000 votes in the recent election, while the
opposing republican faction polled only 5000.
At the suggestion of Payne, Addicks went to
Washington and presented his argument to
the president He told the president that
two republican senators could be elected
from Delaware provided the administration
refused to allow the present Delaware rep.
resentatve in congress, or any one else rep
resentiug the minority republican faction
to use the Federal patronage in that State
to fight the Addicks faction. The president,
also. appears to have been impressed by this
statement, but It is not plain that he went
TO the extent of plainly promising Addicks
to recognize him in any way But 1t is gen
orally charged that he asked Addicks about
tho district uttorneyship Of Delaware and
was told by the gas man that Byrne would
he good man. Later Governor Hum of
Delaware recommended Byrno and he was
appointed. Despite this fact the presidents
explanation" seeks to leave the impression
3 that Byrue was appointed for purely personal
reasons
As The Post has said before, Delaware is
a long distance from Texas and ordinarily
fractional rows in the republican party are
of no general interest, But in the case now
being discussed there are features which
warrant some attention. Addicks is per
haps the most noted political corruptionist
this country has ever known. Ho has for
years past prevented the election OF United
states senators from Delaware and It is not
vet certain that he will not be able to con
tinue to do SO, Addicks great ambition is
y to go to the senate himself, and II it con
tinues to be a question OF himself or no one
being elected, it seems reasonable to as
sumo that Delaware will continue to he un
represented,
- The Post is willing to give MI Roosevelt
credit for all that is coming to him; but /
seems plain that he has recognized the motor
ious Addicks, and il that Is really the case
=, there is nothing coming TO the president say,
condemnation as a friend and beneficiary O
:, the bosses A professed and noisy politica
purist, he made haste to take into his cab
> met the adroit manipulation, Payne he earl,
=, surrendered to Plat the easy boss" OF New
= York; he openly allied himself with Quay
! the Pennsylvania plum tree shaker, AM
! finally he employs a questionable opportur
. ty to cultivate friendly relations with tn
!, most offensive machine of modern times.