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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27
TACTICS OF THE LOBBY.

The railway lobby fearing to meet
the advocates of a regulative commits
sion in a square fight in the open
field next year, is now planning to
nominate as the republican candidate
for governor some eastern Washing
ton man. ostensibly a supporter Of
the commission plan, but secretly
pledged if elected to use his influence
and his veto power against the pass
age of a commission bill. Indeed, the
railroads in order to gain their point
will even go so far as to consent to
the reaffirmation of the commission
plank of last year provided they can
make sure of naming a candidate for
governor who can be relied upon to
stab the commission bill to the heart
whenever the lobby gives the signal.
The lobby cares nothing for plat
forms so long as it can name candi-
dates. Last year Stansell of Stevens
county succeeded in being elected to
the state senate only by protesting
loyalty to the commission plank of his
party platform and by promising that
If elected he would do his utmost to
have it carried into effect by act of
the Legislature. Having gained a seat
in the state senate in this way, Stan
sell did not sCruple to barter his
vote to the railroad lobby and when
the commission bill came up he voted
Squarely against it. There were many
other JudaSeS of the same sort in the
legislature and all Joined in cruelty
ing the commission bill to whose sup
port their party was sacredly pledged.
Platforms, pledges and promises in
the view of the railroad lobby are
good enough Morgans" with which
to win votes, but after election they
are regarded as only hot air. 1t
would. therefore. be easy enough for
the lobby to accept a strong commits
sion plank in the republican state
platform next year, provided it car
select a promise breaker like Stan
sell. as the candidate for governor. OF
course no one in such bad odOr as
StanSell would be chosen, but instead
some good. amiable gentleman with a
colOrless record on the commission
question and on every other question
OF Importance to the people. Such &
candidate could play the role OF
good Lord and good devir with
everybody during the campaign, bu
after being installed in the governors
chair. he would be the plant tool O,
the lobby.
This is about the game that the
railroads will attempt to play mex
year They will endeavor to secur,
by indirection. deceit, chicane ant
perfdy what they know that they
could never gain in an open fight be-
fore the peOple
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27
NEW LIGHT OF OLD MIRACLE.
The "Burning Bush" Seen by Moses
Recently Discovered and May Be
Exhibited at the Worlds Fair.

And the Angel of the Lord ap-
peared unto him in a flame of
fire out of the midst of a bush,
and he looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with fire, and the
bush was not consumed. And
Moses said, l will now turn aside
and see this great sight, why the
bush is not burnt. And when the
Lord saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of
the midst of the bush, and said
Moses, Moses. And he said, here
am I. And he said, draw not nigh
hither; put off thy shoes from off
thy feet: for the place wherein
thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus iii:2-5
1t probably will not be the identical
burning bush" that Noes saw that
may be exhibited at the Worlds Fair
but there is little doubt that it is iden-
teal with the species spoken of in
the only one in existence.
Authentic reports from London
state that an English botanist discov-
cred in the hot and arid plains of
Arabia a remarkable shrub that can
be none other than the burning BUSH
described by Moses. The Englishman
procured the wonderful shrub and
caused it to be conveyed to the famed
Kew Gardens on the Thames at Lon
don.
Frederick w. Taylor, chief of agri-
culture and horticulture has commits
stoned Joseph H. Hadkinson, supern-
tendent of the outdoor planting for
the Universal exposition, to CORE
spond with the Kew authorities and to
obtain if possible this wonderful bib
lical plant. In the event that he is
successful, Mr.. Hadkinson will place
the shrub on the north side of Agri-
cultural hill, near the great floral
clock.
Numerous English and French
scientists who have seen the shrub,
declare it to be identical with the
burning BUSH whichc Moses saw
burst into flame at his approach and
blaze for some time without being
consumed. The discovery of the re-
markable speciman is accepted by
biblical students as confirming Moses
account, and throwing light on one
of the most famous of the Old Tesla
ment miracles.
The plant at Kew has attained a
height of about six feet. 1t possesses
the remarkable property of exhaling
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27

and inflammable gas from it's flowers
which, on being approached by a light
takes fire and burns brightly for a
few moments. The foliage and flow
ers remain uninjured while the gas
is blazing because of the sap in the
plant.
In the hot deserts of Arabia, where
the plant naturally grew more vigor-
ously than at Kew, a larger quantity
of gas was exhaled. and the fierce rays
of the sun, it is said, often set fire
to the gas.
In appearance, the burning BUSH
plant suggests an arid, sterile habitat.
It's leaves are of a dull, Sage-g green
color, the foliage dense. and a small
pale pink timed blossom appears on
the end of a long and slender blooming
stalk. The plant has no scientific
name and SO far as known the speci-
man at Kew is the only one in exist
ence.
1t is not generally known, but it is
true, nevertheless, that numerous
flowers give forth gases in a small
degree. This is especially notable in
the lily of the valley and of the
meadow sweet. The blossoms of both
these plants exhale the fumes of dead
ers throw off carbonic acid gas.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27

rs Our National Congress Repre-
sentative? ?" is the question which Sam
uel j. Barrows asks in the November
number of The North American Re-
view. This question Mr.. Barrows
answers in the affirmative, not only in
so far as the members of congress are
politically representatives of their
constituencies, but in SO far as con-
gress, as a whole, fairly represents
the nationalities, the age, the occu-
pations, the education, the character
and the personal ability Of the peo-
pie of the country at large. AS in the
country, so in congress, there are all
sorts and conditions of men. Mr..
BarrOws takes the fty-seventh con-
gress for the purpose of studying the
question of representation. Most of
the members of that congress were
lawyers; but the Industrial, the mer-
camille, the agricultural, the mechan-
zeal and the professional interests of
the United States all had their repre-
Sentat1VeS. AS to age, the aVerag sc
was sixty years, the youngest senator
being forty years aid. In the house,
the average age was forty-eight, the
youngest representative being twenty
eight. AS to education, their early ed
ucation was received in American
common schools, forty members of
the senate and one hundred and thir-
ty-nine members of the house being
college graduates. Foreign born cit
iZnS We're represented by members
born in foreign countries, or by mem
| bers who were the sons of immigrants
| AS to morals, standards of taste, and
personal habits, congressman repre-
| sent as fairly as in political senti-
| ment the communities that sent them
| and if men who are below the moral
standard of their districts may some
times slip into congress, they are not
being kept there. AS to character and
| ability, the American congress today
| is fully equal, Mr.. Barrows contends
| to any congress that ever transacted
the Legislative business of the country
or to any foreign parliament Mr.
Barrows says:
Our political machinery does not
| provide separators by which the
cream always comes to the top, nor
does the lack of such machinery
mean that congress is made up of skim
milk. Neither the skim milk nor the
cream would be fairly representative
In a democratic government-which
is the best of all governments, because
the only true government is self-gov-
ernment-we cannot expect an aris-
tocracy of intellect or of character to
be always dominant. Aristocracy and
kakistocracy are both foreign to the
democratic method and idea In a
public assembly now as in Homeric
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27
BRITISH MONARCHY INDICTED

An English writer who conceals
his identity under the pseudOnym of
'AnglO-American," has drawn up 'An
Indictment of the British Monarchy
number Of The North American Re-
view. AngloAmerican calls attention
to the fact that, while other great
powers of the world are at present
facing the future with confident hope,
Great Britain has entered the TWEEN
tieth century in a spirit of depression
and fOrebOding. The British people
are questioning all things connected
with themselves; their habitual sys-
TENS; their most cherished dogmas.
which lies entirely outside the scope
of criticism. The energy of the bold
est reformer does not even remotely
point towards the throne; and there
could be no stronger testimony to the
fundamental affinity of the throne to
English instincts. Indeed, the throne
affords to Englishmen, just as their
constitution affords to Americans, a
guarantee that the fundamental ques-
tons of politics and the social fabric
case, the influence of this institution
upon the country must be very great
for good or evil and Anglo-Ameri-
can believes that that influence is to
a very large extent of an injurious
nature. The conclusion of any thor
Ough and dispassiOnate inquirer
he holds, must be that the monarchy
initiates against national efficiency
emphasizes and encourages what is
least desirable in the national charac-
ter, and perpetuates an atmosphere
which is fatal to the realization of the
cOuntry's best self. What mode OF
life does England expect of her mon
arch? a life involving an infiinity OF
court ceremonies, levees. drawing
rooms, and similar functions; more
or less attention to sport of various
kinds and a vast amount of popular
charity One is tempted
| indeed at times to regard the beating
up of subscriptions for charity as one
Of the chief functions of the royal Of
ice; whereas the relief of distress is
not so important as the prevention
Of distress. Were education, for in
stance to become as much an Object
| of royal solicitude as the London hos
| pitfalls, there would be little need tc
| talkNf England's decline. And if the
crown does nothing for education, i
| does even less for art and letters
| But there are more direct ways il
| which the monarchy works to the Diet.
| riment of England. 1t handicaps eff.
| ficiency. The monarch himself canno
be efficient except by giving no pc.
| litical trouble, which after all. is a neg.
| ative virtue. No one thinks of thu
| king as ruler, or of his taking a leaC
in anything; in, say, the reorganiza
| ton of the war office. Practically, hi
is next to nothing; nominally, he i:
everything. Thus is a premium pu
on make believe, and the false notion
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27

Sam Parks has hadS an ofeF :,
$4,000 for 20 lecturers I Ralph Wa. =,
Emerson once wrote tot CarIyAe
he could make $500 In 81 Winter
lacturine. which simn,, proves np
much superior Sam Parks Is -
son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27
TOLMAN FOR GOVERNOR

Senator Turner having positively
declined to be the democratic candi-
oate Tor governor next year. State
Senator Warren Tolman of Spokane
is the logical candidate He was the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27
w EATAER.
Tonight and Saturday, partly cloudy.

The Boxers" came within 81 votes
of carrying republican primaries al
Olympia. The narrow margin by which
the Madge- Scobey ring won shows
that their power is rapidly waning and
1t is doubtful whether they will ever
be able to repeat their victory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-27

Girl in the Grandstand-Isn't that
cruel game? Do you think it's fair
for a dozen men to pile themselves on
top of the poor fellow that has the
ball? Her Escort-No; there oughtn't
to be more than eleven of them, any
way.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
FEARFUL ATROCITIES.
Turks Reported 10 Have Done More
DiabOIical Deeds.
SLEW THE FUGIyIvES
Insurgents Hurled Bombs at Sol.
dlers Of the Sultan In Noun.
tsins and Latter Beat n
Preclpltate Defeat.

Sofa. Bulgaria. Sept. i2.-The revo.
lutionary headquarters here has re-
oelved from Burgss news OF fearful
atrocities committed by the Turks ana
Albanian soldiers In the vilayet Of
Adrianople. a squadron OF Turkish
cavalry intercepted and slaughtered
fugitives attempting to cross into Bull
garia- Sixty Bulgarians were killed
within three kilometres of the frontier.
The whole district OF Losengrsd is
filled with Albanian troops. who are
burning houses and killing villagers.
About ffty persons have been slain
near the frontier. fifteen others In the
village OF Kula, twenty-five old people
IN the village Of Eyekloor. IS families
at TaSpeta and 20 families az Asma.
dgig. Eight families fleeing from vari-
Gus villages toward the frontier. have
been literally cat 20 pieces by Turkish
soldiers during the last few days.
large body OF Infantry and cavalry
WIN AANff NlnuNhdlN baAAtflea httnCk-
ed an insurgent band In the mountains
above Vasiliko. The insurgents await
ed the near approach of the troops and
then hurled boms at them. After two
hours fighting the Turks were forced
TO retire with the loss OF twenty men
killed many wounded. The losses OF
the insurgent force were slight
The FIRST intention OF the Greeks aid
Ing the Bulgarians against Turkey ap-
pears in a circular addressed by rhe
general stan of the eight revolutionary
districts 20 the Greek towns and VII
lagos In the vilayet % Adrianople. II
expresses pleasure al hearing of the
Greeks desire TO Join their Bulgarian
brethren In the hght for liberty and
invites the Greeks 10 send delegates 20
formulate plans for joint action.
The mixed population % Greeks and
Bulgarians IN fifteen villages of the
district o. Kostur have JOINED the
inSuTrection.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
STORM WAS GENERAL.
Over Fifty Serious Casualties Are Re.
ported 10 Shippers.

London. sept. i2.-While the details
OF the havoc wrought by the storm
which ragged over the British isles
Thursday are incomplete. the rcpor 3
coming In show that the devastation
was general and it IL feared that the
loss of life Is much greater than was
at first supposed.
Lloyds already report over nfty see
rIous casualties TO shipping. Many
vessels foundered. several with their
crews, a great number OF minor craft
Is believed to be lost. and the bodies
washing ashore continue 20 swell the
list OF fatalities.
The gale sprang up with sudden fury
from the southwest and the wind blew
with "a velocity at times reaching sew
enty-two miles au hour. This contln-
ued Tor several hours. All the coast
suffered and the agricultural regions In
the interior report incalculablc damage
owing TO the late harvest. For some
time telegraphlc communication was
stopped and the land lines are stlu
interrupted. In addition to the dealt. =
from drowning reports from the inland
give many fatalities resulting from
various causes incident TO the storm.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
GRADUAL IS INCREASE
Yellow Fever Continues It's Deadly
RavageS at Linares.
MORTALITY Is MUCH
There Are More Than Four Hun.
dred Cases OF the Dread Dis.
ease at the Unfortunate
Mexican City.

p. Sessions OF Rookdale. Tex. has ar
rived here to continue the inyes'iga-
ton Of the yellow fever situation which
was begun by Or. George II. Tabor
the state health officer at Austin. DR..
Sessions IN an interview said: 1T Is
my Intention to stay here until have
determined four things: Whether yel-
low fever exists here. whether the
quarantine Is sufficient TO keep Il out:
whether baggage and freight from the
infected district are dlslnfected sufi-
ciently and whether the sanitary condi.
tion Of this city Is favorable or adverse
10 breeding disease. when have sat
ished myself thoroughly on these meas.
ures am ready 10 return and IL Is pos
slble the quarantine will be raised on a
favorable report"
Reports from Linares show that there
are more than 900 cases Fifty-two
deaths from yellow fever were report
ed last week. The death rate Is grow
ing no lighter and the authorities are
meeting with great difficulty Ia stamp
Ing out the disease. Houses are being
burned and disinfeciants used. Stili
many new cases develop each day. The
average death rate for the past six
days has been ten n day. There has
been a gradual increase.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
HOME SQUADRON.
II Is Though, Courtesy Visit Will Be
Paid Uncle Sam.

Monterey. Mex. Sept. i2.-Dr. /.
London. sept is-The Press assocla-
ton has announced that a British
squadron will be sent TO the United
States on a courtesy visit IN return for
Americas action ln sending squadron
to Portsmouth. The home squadron.
which is commanded by Vice Admiral
Sir Arthur X. Wilson. has Just return
ed from successful participation lu
naval Waneuvrrs and viii sail sept ~
for six weeks cruise around Scot
land shortly afterwards. according
10 the announcement. the squadron viii
sail Tor America The British home
squadron consists 81 the first class bat
'leships Ben Bow. Empress OF India.
Hood. Revenge, Royal oak. Royal Sow
sreiEn aud sans Pnreil. second class
Auson. first class cruisers
Edgar and Hawke. second class cruis-
ers Dido. Mersey aud venous and sew
sral other powerful cruisers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
Strike Breaker, Arrixe 4.

New Orleans, La, Sept. IA barge
carrying liz negroes and thlrty-fiye
white men. dropped noiselessly down
the Mississippi rfver from Haruhan TO
the Southern Pacific docks and anchor
I'd on the commissary ships Gussis and
Clinton. This was the first arrival Of
the trained strike breakers Of the Thlel
agency Of ST. Louis.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
Old Osfenders' Oav.

Baltimore. Sept i2.-The Baltimore
chamber Of commerce. stock exchange
and public buildings we're closed to-
day. The day was know as "Old De-
tenders day" In memory of the battle
Of North Point In 1914 In which the
Maryland militia defeated the invading
British army.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
REDUCED RATES.
Central Passenger Association Decides
20 Discontinue Them.

Chicago. sept i2.-Rallroads compos-
ing the Central Passenger association
have practically decided to discontinue
the practice OF granting reduced rates
Tor merchants meetings. which are now
held IN nearly every large center %
territory covered by lines extending
east of Chicago to Pittshurg and Buf-
falo and north OF the Ohio river 4
resolution passed al the monthly meet
Ing of the association Is to the effect
thta In granting reduced rates railroads
were discriminating against small IL
ties In favor u large distributing ccn-
ters.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
MINOR MATTERS.

Storage tanks are steadily nlllng up
NJ Sour Lake, Tex.
More Mississippi Choctaws are 10 be
taken TO the Territory.
Two more oil wells came In at Sour
Lake. Tex. on the ilth.
Major Moses p. Neal, a pioneer Kan
san. died az Chaneller Okla.
oniclal prohibition majority Of Up.
uhur county, Texas, was S2S.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
Lowered the Record

Bethlehem. Pa sept. lg.-Twenty
thousand people attended the closing Of
the state fair and saw Prince Alert
give the bethlehem half mile track tn
worlds record of 2:03is Prince Aierts
fractional time was: 81 i-2. i:o2 la:
i:33 i-2. 2;03 i-e
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13

commissioner tor tuv ,nvtoKer strIian
nation IN the Indian Territory and the
appointment of Dwight Tuttle OF Con-
necticut as his successor. The re-
moval Is the result % charges against
sterrets administration OF his Office
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
BASEBALL.
Southern Leaqus.

a shreveport-shrcveport. Z; At
lautn, Z.
Al Little Rock--Nashvilie 4; Little
Rock. Q.
Al MemphIs-Memphis, 5. Plrmins-
ham. g.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
American LEAGUE

AZ New York-Phlladelphla. =; New
York. 4.
Al ST. Louis-st. Louis. G, Chicago,
1.
AZ Clncinnatl-Flrst game. Detroit.
3; Cleveland o. Second game: Cleve-
land. 6; Detroit. o.
At Boston-Boston. ?. Washington.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
San Antonio Disbands

Galveston, Sept. i2.-Managcr Moore
OF the san Antonio base bail team uaid
OF his men and dIsbandod the team for
the season.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
WAS RETRIEVED
Execution Of James Hebert Did Not
Take Place Friday.

Lake Charles. La. Sept. IA re-
prieve reached the city Tor James He
bert. condemned to hang at Cameron
for criminal assault. Cameron Icing
inaccessible except by boat. Heberts
attorneys left IN steam launch TO
carry the message TO the Cameron sher-
m.
Hebert Is negro accused Of crim-
inally assaulting a white woman. who
identified him on trial. Since then
eevidence has been adduced to show
that the Identification was a complete
mistake.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
GOLD ORE.

Firtt CarIoad Shipped and Excitement
Is Great.
Lawton, Okla, Sept. i2.-The nrst
carload Of gold ore has been shipped
from the Wichita Mountains 10 the
smelters IN Colorado. The excitement
In the mountains Is growing steadily.
and each day brings In new capitalists
and miners from abroad. A mine Ia
reported TO have been sold for t25O0O
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
Sierrct Removod

Washington. Sept. i2.-Sccretary
OF John a Sterret OF Ohio as townslte
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
National LEAGUE.

A. Brooklyn 2. Chicago =.
At Pittsburg-Ph Philadelphia. z: Pits
burg, 3.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-09-13
Cholera Raqes in Syria.

Constantuople. Sept li.-Cholera Il
reported as raging nerccly at B.reilk.
Syria.
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MANlLA's SMALL BOY.
The Irrepressible Filipino's Ezra
Fourth of July Racket.

The I~rrepressible Filipino's First
Fourth OF July Racket.
Eyes, I can tell something about the
irst real Fourth Of July celebration in
the Philippines" said of the latest
arrivals from Manila's military circles
to a. reporter Of the Washington Star.
I'VE were there in 1898. and Dewey's
men had a bit Of a hurrah time. but
Old Glory hadn't been officially planted
to stay, so the day passed quietly with
the soldiers.
"But for 1899 there is another story.
.It had been planned by the wise
guardians Of law and order and the
general peace that irecrackers should
not be exploded anywhere in Manila.
except on the Luneta, which is usually
as bare as a street pavement. The
Luneta had its quota Of bursting crack
ers, as the crowds there could testify,
but the Manila small boy wanted more
room for the great occasion. He In
vaded the crowded Escolta, where the
high wallis Of the narrow streets
echoed the reports and raised a din
that was q splitting to those not
brought up on Fourth Of July noises.
$50 It was OF no use to try to put 4
curb on Manila's FIRST Fourth. Quiet
was broken. and all the population
joined In to swell the hum and the,
racket. .fhesfun lasted Ill night