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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-16
RAILROADS DECLARE THEY HAVE
POWER TO BLOCK PRESI-
DENTS PLAN.
Executive and Legislative Branches of
Government Liable to Lock Horns
Over Rate Question.

WASHINGTON, May ia dead
lock between the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the government over
the question of the railroad rate MAX
ing power is approaching.
The president and Secretary Taft
have declared thmselves in favor of
giving power to make rates to fed
eral commission, while it IS every
where admitted that the railroads
would never consent to such a prop
osition, and that, through their hold on
ally to block the presidents program.
That would mean no legislation at ALL
but for the fact that the railroads are
willing to accept laws which will re-
strain the private car companies, ter
minal railways, etc.
Compromise Legislation
1t is now predicted that if there is
any legislation at all next session, it
will be along this compromise line. The
railways claim that such legislation,
added to the Elkins antirebate laws,
will meet every demand which the
public can properly make, and on that
statement they will stand and fight to
the last ditch.
The lack of definite information re-
garding complexities of the railroad
question has led to much popular con-
fusion, and this confusion will increase
until the campaign of education has
had time to make itself felt. Here is
the most highly specialized industry of
modern times, and the general public,
without proper and sufficient knowl-
edge, is endeavoring to pass judgment
upon it, just as it would pass judg-
ment upon the merits of a murder
surface and easily understood.
Like the Silver Situation
This was the situation during the
early stages of the discussion of free
silver, and it was not until after the
question had been up for several years
that public sentiment finally crystal
lized in favor of the republican posi-
ton.
The campaign of education must do
it's work in this case as it did in that,
and meanwhile there will be confusion,
and an inability to dovetail the public
demands into any reasonable legisla-
tive bill.
AS an evidence of this confusion take
tine Esch-T Townsend bill. The president
and Secretary Taft favor it, for they
say it will confer upon a federal COM
mission the general rate making power.
E. P. Bacon, spokesman for the ship
pers, who has done more than any 9TH
err man in the country to focus public
sentiment on the railroad situation,
says the shippers do not want to
clothe any federal commission with tn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-16

action to become a precedent If ref
erees generally were endowed with
such discretionary power the Joe
fighting game would be in danger of
being knocked sout" every time they
put up their hands.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-16
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION.
June list to October 18th.

June list to October 18th.
Tickets to Portland will be sold from
Walla Walla daily at rate of 1915 for
the round trip, good for thirty days.
For ten or more travelling on one
ticket a rate Of $3.50 for round trip
will be made. Tickets limited to ten
days.
In addition to the above daily excur-
sion rates the o. r. & N. Co. will, from
time to time during the fair, run a
series of coach excursions at very low
rates. Dates for these excursions will
be announced later.
R. BURNS,
General Agent, o. r. & N. Co..
Walla Walla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-16


Esch- Townsend bill, however, but saws
that it does not confer such power.
How Will Public Decide?
Now how will the general public
decide as between the president ami
Mr.. Bacon, both of whom want the leg
islation? The railway managers agres
with the president that the bill would
confer the rate making power on the
government, and so they oppose it. The
senate, which is under railway infiu-
ence, will take this view of the case
and will defeat the bill. This will
throw the president and Mr. Bacon
upon the compromise proposition. en-
bodying private car line regulation.
regulation of terminals and vigorous
suppression of all rebates.
Shippers from all parts of the coun-
try, among them a number from ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, have appeared
before the senate committee in opposi-
ton to any proposition to give the gov
eminent the power to make rates.
rms testimony strengthens the rail-
road proposition, and will give the
senate further excuse for refusing to
comply with the presidents recon-
mendation
Deadlock is Certain.
as congress is to meet, and that this
fact might as we'll be faced now az
later on is the prevailing WASHINGTON
opinion. The moment the president
raises the issue of giving the govern
ment the general rate making power,
the experience of European countries
will be pertient to the discussion, and,
here, too, the senate will find an ex-
cuse for failing to do as the president
requests, for the expression of France
and Germany, as pointed out by ex-
perts, has been of a character to sug-
gest the exercise of great caution by
the United States.
Senate Against President
So far as the work of the senate
committee is concerned, it has thus far
been against the presidents position.
The railway men delight to 1iken his
vacation of a month, in the wilds of
the southwest, to a Rip Van Wrinkles
sleep Of 20 years. Sentiment, they say,
has changed during his absence, and
he has not yet had time to adjust him.
self to the change.
Some of them go so far as to hold
that ne will not recommend the Esch-
Townsend bill to congress. But this
is perhaps the extreme view, in the
light of his speech at Denver and again
at Chicago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30

MEMORIAL DAY POEM BY WEST VIRGINIA AUTHOR

: ~ y ] il =.
'Butito the hero. when his sword
Has won the battle Of the free,
Thy voice sounds like prophets
q word;
And in its swelling tones are heard
The thanks Of millions yet to be-"
-Halleck.
Come loyal freeman, young and old,
To honor all our heroes bold;
Let songs and sculpture, paintings
great,
Their noble deeds commemorate.
A nation that neglects its braves,
That fails to honor heroes graves.
And sing their deeds in poets song,
Cannot retain its freedom long.
Memorial Day! Sacred! Sublime!
In patriots hearts, throughout all
time.
To-day, sweet peace. with beams Of
light,
Lies cross the land; and happy
bright,
Its people dwell from sea to sea,
Beneath our Banner of the Free
Beneath Old Glory's starry fold,
Which shelters all, both young ant
old. IA
To-day, sweet blossoms everywhere
Are garnered, with most loving
care;
From gardens over all the land,
With yearning hearts, and tende
hands, K
To strew on soldiers place of rest
+ Springs wealth Of blossoms, TO
the blest,
For those. who freedoms land di
save, &
And filled a patriot soldiers grave.
These emblems Of the nations love,
Are smiles Of heaven from above
They celebrate the sacrifice, !.
Made at whatever cost or price,
BY men Of war, by heroes great, .
hose valor; saved the ship Of; state
Made ighteousness and peace Eat las
Kiss each the other and hold sfas
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30

Still LIVES
NEWS FROM PARIS SAYS HE
Is; 3 SAVED a SMALL REMNANT OF
HIS FLEET.
(By Publishers Press.j

SsSS - LoNDoN, May so.-Admiral Rod
5iestyensky succeeded in saving rem.
snant Of his once magnificent fleet.
Suck is the news that comes to-day
from Paris, where dispatches received
from Vladiyostok report the arrival Of
four Of the Russian warships. The
torpedo destroyer Bravi is also among
sthe arrivals reported at Vladivostok
8and aboard this boat was Rodjestven.
Sky, dangerously wounded. The Ad:
3Smiral is suffering from wounds re-
@ceiyed by the bursting Of shells. He
was taken to the hospital where his
condition was pronounced serious.
The protected cruiser A1maz is
stated to be one Of the. ships that was
saved fby: flight. II rs I;
raI dispatch from Shanghai reports
4 that small conyerte cruiser has
entered the sharbo there. i3S
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30

There mingles this Memorial Day,
With all the people grave and gay
Departed heroes, spirit throng,
In sweetest concord, all day, long.
In certain sense, it can be said,
The earth and sea give UP their
dead,
This blessed resurrection day,
To share the blooms Of flow'ry May.
In memory we see again
The faces, from the hills and plain,
With vict'ry flushed, or paled in death,
BY musket ball, or cannons breath.
We know full well their valor gave,
Our flag in heaven place to wave,
Made it to float in freedoms air,
Ger men and women, brave and
fair. ,.5s is{@
Loved mem'ries, halowed, precious,
sweet,
To-day we fondly, dearly greet
Each soiled and faded fotograf,
tits antique phase, most makes. us
laugh) Z, II
Blest sacred pictures, Soldier boys,
Who passed from earth and all its
joys, u
These pictures held by parents gray.
On this most hallowed soldiers day.
Perhaps widow, temples white.
Her cheeks-the roses taken flight.
Doth hold with trembling hand the
i prize, S5
And speak the name with tear.
dimmed eyes.
And dear ones there, round old home
stead !,
Have not forgotten brave one dead.
To lisping, prattling child they tell,
It's grandpa's name, and where he
1 fell.
These soldier boys of sixty-one, ss
To; sixty:fye with sword and gun,
/ iA look into their faces brings, IS n
The memory Of far on spring
The springs Of forty years, long past,
\. low fading from our vision fast,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30

Where boys from mills and shopst|
and farms. q & M
Rushed forth to answer wars
alarms. "
Boys in teens" llght.hearted, bright,
In homespun Jeans, came forth TO
fight; s;5;
From workshops, stores, from schools
and mill, 55S5{
They came, the Franks and flles% to
fill;
Beardless and rosy checked, with
eyes Il M
OF brighter blue, than that Of skies,
Laughing,eyed youth, hair black as
:g night, Y
With faces, radiant as the light.
Young. sweet and pure, yea mothers
K yet, h st Z.
The circus, and "old swimming hole.n
Picnics, and Sundays twilight stroll,
Through village lones, with sweet
..s faced girls,
In pretty gowns, and flowing curls-
When you for heaven sometimes
yearn n Y
IT'S cause you want those days ""re-
turn
School tads at play, with marbles.
ball. S
"Close up in ranks" and answer
call; n s,;5; .S3s5
Some Just engaged to girl they love,
Go forth their manly souls to prove,
And others, who are older still.
With wife and babes; with iron
will,
Suppress the tear, hide aching heart,
When they from loved ones sadly
part. q
These veterans we see today
Some bent with age, some bald.
Sf some gray, II
Can Shardly u realize or know.
How rapidly old time, doth aaowsl
pc conrad des from the field and camp
Could raise 70 day to join the tramp
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30
PEACE AGREEMENT
lMIIZAl'Y7BE SIGNED.A1 ] \
NllA:sHINGTON
JAPANESE LEGATION SAYS The
H PEAc EGoTlATloNsS MUST
M BE HELD in AMERICAN.
GREAT BRITAIN 4 sYM7ATHlzEs
Wit HSTHEtc tczAR IN THE De.
sTRUcTloN OF HIS SELECT.
5(By$ publishers Press.)

! |
4 LON DON. May So.-The unprece-
dented magnitude Of Admiral rogo's
Victory over the Russians has come
With such stunning force as to- turn
3Eeven English sympathy toward Rus.
l8sia. Expressions Of commlseration
fer the Car are heard everywhere,
s;S an,l & Eiissia, as the inevitably vail
SQulshed side, is the recipient Of mere
SsconciiiatorY attention from the Brit
$ishspeople than at any time since tile
war began.
In, their present feeling Of sorrow
for Russia, Englishmen seem resolr.
led at present to forget the incident
sof5 the sinking Of an English vessel
}Soff the island Of Formosa a few days
s:agoS by Rodjestyensky. although a few
days ago such an occurrence wol;ld
Saineyitably had been followed by All
!$soutburst Of jngoism. /
The question of peace is now being
discussed as the necessary corrallary.
sfof the tragedy of the Corean straits.
The general feeling is that the Gar
must now see the futllity and utter
sshopele elessness Of continuing the strus.
gle8and will sue for a cessation Of
4 $Shostilities.
The belief is prevalent that peace
sstwllls come with the same dramatic
sgsuddenness as the annihilation Of
Rod odjestyensky's fleet. A
In the discussion of the subject Of
peace negotiations will prob.
~ ably be held, Washington is practical
the only place mentioned. Mem.
Of the Japanese legation, in prl.
sssyate conversation, say that Japan
the agreement to be known
of Washington, and that the
" Japanese government has never con.
3i ri sidered any otlier capital than Wash,
as the place where the final
III adjustment Of terms can be arranged.
Z s. o. 3 { q y I'D q.
Russian Papers Deceive the People.
x "A ST. PETERSBURG, May SO.-The
N newspapers this morning, acting uu.
der the instructions of the censor, ex.
y press the hope for Russia's success
in the naval operations in the far
& east. This method of deceiving the
ss5s people lis not meeting with great sue.
~ cess, however.
The news Of the battle and Of the
/ Overwhelming defeat Of Admiral Rod.
jestyensky's feet is becoming gener-
\ ally known, and the greatest alarm
$Sexists.
S8sa y The revolutionists are doing their
lsS best to circulate the news of the de.
s$S feat, and to turn the situation to
\ their own advantage. They declare
gas that Togo fought the vanquished
foe in the interest Of Russian con
81. stitutionalism, and that his success is
avictory for this cause.
They make no effort to concea!
their Joy at the outcome Of the bat
l,fs tie. n
There are some signs that the rev
olutionlsts and territorists are pre-
pairing to inaugurate street demon
strations against the government, but
AS5siit is not likely that they will succeed
in doing so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30
GOOD NEWS
Comes From Minister Griscon, Con-
eerntng the Merchant ship
Episode.
lIsy PahIlshers' presa.l

WASHINGTON, May so.--aIr. Girls.
com at TOXIC, has been informed by
the Japanese government that the ].
merchant ship sunk BY the Russians
on Eormosa, about May 20. and which
was supposed to have been an Ameri,
can was in reality d British ship vess
sci. i; g. '';iis.i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-30

Or 9 marching heroes; youths sthey'd
4S be- y!t Il Il sf{i
Just 8 1tlhey wsre il slsty:th
This hallowed day, each laureled
grave, I
Of him, who helped his country
II save,
Is loved, reyered, throughout the Hand
BY millions, come. with blooms in
XII hand i;i5 V M
To cover Ger the mighty dead
Who for their country fought and
bled ,::sI
On CORY battlehelds Of pain. NE
. Mid shot and shell, and 3leaden rain.
Or, prone on beds Of sore distress,
OF camp disease, sad merclless,
MID forests dark, morasses Wild, u
Where many a blue.eyed soldier.
child, n 4. WI i33s3s
Passed p weary days and nights Of
woe.
~ On narrow cot while to and fro,
Sweet visions pass in mem'ry ken, q
And soldier dreams, he's home
again. h. Y
In mind and heart we make to-day
Our pilgrimage to- graves, away; \
Some. meath the cluster Of the trees,
Mid songs OF birds, and hum OF bees
Some on the farm, mid roses bloom,
Oriin some valley, where the gloom
ofsdeep old woods, whose shadows
rest nv. MAJ
Ger streams that gurgle cross
their breast: ~
Or where the birds in joyful song,
Give praise to i God, z the whole day;
4, long; n
J Where Gag gles hover IN the sky, "A
And storm clouds thunder as they
fly ~
Across the face 81 heayen,s = blue,
To hoary mountain tops. In view;
Here lonely graves of soldiers dead.
tcontlnuea en Eiahsf Paas.)
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14

Postofhce Inspector W. l..
Reed is credited with saving
that there is talk among postal
official of adopting a new rule
compelling publishers of news.
papers. magazine, ETC., to dis
continue their paper or period.
cal within thirty days after the
time paid for has elapsed. The
United States postal depart
ment has made some fool"
rulings in its time, but it will
hardly go quite that far in its
idiOcy. -Brookfeld Gazette -
The Monroe DEMOCRAT doesn't
care how soon the ruling is
mace for then there would be
no delinquents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
A Lot of Fun for 15c,

An unusual offer is made by
the Judge Company. For 25c
1t will send for three months,
its monthly Magazine of Fun,
GA pages of humorous stories
and sketches, and many comic
illustrations. This is the only
humorous monthly magazine in
the country. 1t has a laugh on
every page. Regular subscrip-
tion rate. 81, 90 per anuum. Send
25c in stamps to the Judge Com
pany, 225 Fourth Ave, New
York City, for three months
subscription. You will not re.
greet it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
Christians Sentiments.
BY CHARLES DICKENS

Christmas time. That man
must be nisanthrOpe, indeed,
in whose breast something like
Ia jovial feeling is not reused
in whose mind some pleasant as
sociations are not awakened-
by the recurre nee of Christmas.
There are lew people who will
tell you that Christmas is not
to them what it used to be; that
each succeeding Christmas has
found some cherished hope or
happy prospect of the year be-
for f, dimmed or passed away;
that the present only serve to
remind them of reduced circum.
stances and straitened income
Of the feasts they once bestow-
ed on hollow friends, and of the
cold looks that meet them now,
in adversely and misfortune.
Never heed such dismal rem.
iniscences. There are few men
Who have lived long enough in
the world, who cannot call up
such thoughts any day in the
year. Then do not select the
merriest of the three hundred
and sixty FIVE, but draw your
chair nearer the blazing fire.
and thank God it's no worse.
Our life on it, but your Christ.
ma S shall be merry, and New
Year a happy one.
BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
1t is impossible to conceive of
any holiday that could take the
place at Christmas, nor, indeed
would it seem that human wit
could invent another so adapt
ed to humanity. The obvious
intention of it is to bring to.
gether, for a season at least, all
men in the exercise of a COM
mon charity and a feeling of
G God will, the poor and the
rich, the successful and the un-
fortunate, that ali the world
may feel that in the time called
the truce of God the thing COM
mon to all men is the best
hing in life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14

Mrs. Lena Tooley has had a
delightful visit with friends ia
Chillicothe and other points.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14

Mr.. and Mrs. w. McKiuzie, of
Woodland, are looking for Mon
roe property.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
BY MATHEW HENRY.

We put ourselves in the way
of divine visits, when we en-
ploy ourselves in honest bust
ness. Tidlngs of Christ's birth
were brought to the shepherds,
when they were keeping their
Jocks.
BY MARGARET FULLER OSSILI.
If ever there was an occasion
when the arts could become all
but omnipotent in the sers ice of
a holy thought it is this of he
birth of the child Jesus.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14

Ray Moss, of Hunnewell. was
with Monroe friends. Thurs.
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
BY HAMILTON w. MABIE.

He who does not see in the
legend of Santa Claus.a beauti.
'tul faith on one side and the
native embodiment of a divine
fact on the other is not fit to
have a place at the Christmas
board, for there should be Meth.
er carol nor holly nor mistletoe;
they only. shall keep the feast
to whom all these things are
but the outward and visible
signs of an inward and spiritual
grace.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
BY EDWARD EVERETT.

May this hallowed and graci-
Gus time diffuse it's innocent
cheer through every family cir
Gle, and scatter its bounties
largely among the children of
want!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-12-14
BY GEORGE MACDONALD,

My heart was glad that
Christmas eve-just as if the
Babe had been coming again to
us that same night. Aud is He
not always coming to us afresh
in every childlike feeling that
awakes in the hearts of his
peopleH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
sUPER1oR's LoNEsoMEsr SPOT.
in the Lake That is Fifty
Miles From Nearest Port.

FROM the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Out OF sight of land, perched on pima
Gle OF rock far out In Lake Superior and
visible only to lake craft which make Mar
quette and other ports along the south
shore east of Keweenaw Point or those
which ply from one end of the lake to the
other, Is a conical graystone tower rising
102 feet above the level of the water and
from which every night during the season
of navigation there flashes a white light
every thirty seconds. warning navigators of
the danger zone. This is Stannard Rock
lighthouse-the lonesomest spot on the big
inland sea,-of which Capt Chambers of
Mackniac Island Is keeper.
So isolated Is the lighthouse that the
nearest port-Marquette-is more than fifty
miles distant, while the nearest land of any
description IS Manitou Island. In clear
weather the light Is visible for a distance
of over eighteen miles, and In thick
to give warning to passing craft.
During the season of navigation the
keeper and his assistants while at the rock
look out on nothing but sky and water ex-
cept when they sight passing ship in the
distance or the lighthouse tender visits
them with supplies.
The rock itself rises from two and q half
to three feet above the level OF the lake
and is but fifteen or twenty feet in dame
ter. This pinnacle marks the site of dan
gerous shoal extending north by west and
1900 feet Close around 1t, however, is
some of the deepest water in Lake Supe-
rtor. soundings having been taken for coo
feet.
In the early days of the lighthouse the
keeper had only one or two assistants, and