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The Washington times., 1906-05-06

But for nothing less than the Presi-
dency would he willingly reIinquish the
speakership. Why should he? He Is
too old now-older when he took the
Job than any one OF his thirty-four
predecessors IN the Speakers chair
TO accept an office for the purpose OF
working up into something better. Be
sides. he has something better now.
To be SPEAKER Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives is. IN his opinion. the great
est honor that can come to any man
except he be elected President. There
Is nobody else on earth-not even the
President-whose yes or no" is in
vested with such absolute hnality. He
sits there in the little red room at the
end Of the lobby. just OF the Demo-
cratic corridor. with his inevitable
cigar fitting slightly upward from the
lower jaw. and listens 10 the appeals
OF his subjects. the members OF Con-
gress. It is a pleasant room. cozy. and
homeiike. The sun pours In IN liberal
splendor on the red carpet In the
center Of the room Is a table piled high
with documents. BY It sits the Speak
sr. his short legs swinging from his
swivel chair. or perhaps his feet cock
ed on his desk. and strsngIes bills with
a simple .'no"-pronounced IN the
quietest. kindHest way. with a low,
drawing amiabIe voice-or breathes
the breath Of IL into them with a
yes" 1t is hero that the Speakers
real work Is Gcre. here that the great
public improvements Of the country
and its legislation NEE; their fate.
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The Conservative Man.

He doesn't believe half the stories ne
Hes very conservative man;
The papers. he says. spread unwarrant-
ed fears
Hes very conservative man.
The troubles We hear of he mildly de-
Most often are nothing but newspaper
To favor the bulls or to profit the
Hes a very conservative man.
These charges OF graft. he avows. are
ali trash
He's a very conservative man;
he thinks that John D. doesn't care
much for cash
Hes a very conservative man
He VIII tell you that half Of the news
Cf the day
Is merely truniped up so the papers VIII
And he jumps al each chance TO com
2laceuuN say
He's a very conservative man.
He thinks that the spirit OF Lincoln
stu rules
Hes a very conservative man;
And ne saws most retormers are rascals
Hes a very conservative man
He doesn't believe half the stories he
hears
And he thinks he's entitled to praise, It
appears.
For not having voted IN -wenty-six
Hes a very conservative man.
-ChicagD Record Herald
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IN Enthusiastic Dancer.

One doesn't fancy Uncle Joe as a
dancer when one sees him in the
Speakers chair. But, in spite OF his
Quaker blood. he was passionately
fond OF dancing as a boy. and many
night after the old folks were in
bed. he got into his best and most
un-ouakerlike garments and stole off
70 the village dances. where he always
had the prettfest girls for his partners
as even his rivals admitted that he
was the best dancer in the country
side.
II was one OF those pretty girls whom
he used 20 dance with that he eventual
" married. She was a Miss Mary Reed.
a girl OF unusual beauty and unusual
character and intellect. Young Cannon
was over head and ears in love with
her. but she was not 10 be won by a
man who was merely the best dancer
IN the neighborhood- fact which is
probably responsible for Uncle Joe's
being Speaker today, since it launched
him into politics. He ran for states
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Achieved His Hearts Desire.

1t is said that in achieving the
Speakership Uncle Joe has accom-
plished his hearts desire. There are
innocents who believe that the duty
OF the Speaker is 70 preside over the
House of Representatives. Mr.. Can
non holds that the Speakers chief ex-
cuse for living is TO keep the Senate
In lis proper place. His ambition for
the Speakership was founded on his
desire to rescue the House from its
subserviency to the Senate. That is
his professed aim as Speaker. And
he comes near enough TO accomplish
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4 Bundle of Contradictions.

During those thirty-odd years Mr..
Cannon has certainly been no idler IN
the vineyard. He has been one Of It's
most important. most useful. most dill
gent, and hard working members. Like
most men who have made their place
IN the world and held It, he is not ex-
actly a great man, II the measure OF
greatness is intellect. or force Of
character. or that Imagination which
is the mother Of genius. But he Is
good many degrees above nediocrity,
Ike all lovable men, a bundle of 6on-
tradictions. OF a combination OF op-
Posite and seemingly antagonostic ele-
ments. a man OF many remarkable
qualities. and a man who has been in
fnitely more useful n his day and
generation than the greatest Of gen
fuses could possibly have been.
He has had little time and less in
clination for conventional etiquette or
the artificial code OF society. In a
social way his daughter, Miss Helen
Cannon, who presides over his house
hold, and his secretary. L. White
Busbey, who presides over his official
life, have done their best 70 keep him
up to the requirements Of his position.
And the Speaker really means to be
biddable in these matters, for theoreti-
caly he believes in their observance
though practically they don't appeal
TO him IN the least. Even without
these two guardians. his own good
sense and good taste. and his real
kindness would have kept him from
any very bad breaks.
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As Seen From Press Gallery.

one OF the Speakers abiding troubles
lies in the height OF chairs Il Is per
haps one reason that he is so little in
the Speakers chair that his normal
attitude OF solid comfort with both
feet high on his desk and his body
down on the edge OF his chair. would
hardly be dignifed IN the presiding
officer Of the House. at least while
presiding. As Re sits IN his high leath-
er backed Speakers chair his feet just
touch the floor. He has 70 talk. 70
gesticuIate, TO pound with his gaveI
al q rate that makes the position one
OF physical exhaustion But Mr. Can
non has devised a way 10 rest that has
attracted no attention except IN the
press gallery. which is just above his
head and behind him. At an opPor-
tune moment he will raise one leg care
fully on the floor and stow Il tenderIy
and slowly in the seat OF the Speak
er's chair Then he will sit down on
It, just like the unconventional college
girl At intervals he VIII change the
leg he IS Lf:ing on. and thus rest his
tired limbs.
He IS a man OF the simplest tastes,
IS Uncle Joe It IS told of him that
when he joOa possession OF the Speak
er's private room he found on the desk
an elaborate silver inkweIl that cost
IN the neighborhood Of 500. He didn't
ike II II was too elaborate for com
fort-more convenient simplicity, L
you please. So for temporary use Mr..
Busbey secured a plain glass well
cost about dime-which suited Uncle
Joe pretty we'll But finally his devot-
ed secretary got him something that
suited him down 70 the ground It
seems that IN the Illinois Legislature
they use old-fashioned wooden ink
wells. with places around the edge
for the holding OF quill pens. Abra-
ham Lincoln used one OF them. and
they have come TO be known as the
Lincoln inkweils. From the secretary
OF state for Illinois. Mr. Busbey pro-
cured small well OF this pattern and
the address OF the manufacturer. From
hIm he ordered. and in due time there
arrived at the Speakers room, one Of
these old-time wells. They were popU-
lar nifty or seventy-fve years ago. but
Mr. Cannon is more pleased with it
than with anything else in his room.
And the private carriage which Uncle
sam provides for the Speaker on the
theory that it isn't dignifed TO allow
him TO walk or use the street cars
Uncle Joe is getting used TO having
that at his beck and call. but for
long while he fought shy Of it. He
preferred 10 sibley's big red devil
automobile. Even now he occasionally
lapses. lodges the waiting vehicle and
walls home with one Of the boys
ali ne Congressman are boys to
Uncle ice -ad then telephones TO have
the '-blaIned carriage put Up. and not
stay there waiting all night"
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Mr. Cannon arose. and with the In
deX finger OF his left hand-that I'm
ger which is now NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
parabolas in the air. with the coat
sleeve Of his right arm drawn UP so
high as to show a wide expanse Of
shirt cuff, with his right foot on the
chair and the expressionlessness of
a sphinx. began:
MI Speaker, we are told that in
the early days of the republic Abigail
Adams hung out her laundry in the
East Room OF the White House. Good
Ood' MT Speaker, where IS that
clothesllne now7'' Just thirty-six
words, md the opposition was pune
tured- The House roared. The Presi-
dent was not impeached.
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turailv aIlotted ID the dayH


OF mans life. Tomorrow he will be
seventy years old-or rather young.
Nearly half OF those seventy years he
has spent in Congress. where no ar
rived in 1872, and where he has served
ever since, except for the two years
OF the FIfty-second Congress. 20 10 'e2,
when he was made 70 stay at home-a
fate common among Republican legis-
lators that session-by gentleman
named Busey.
Mr.. Cannon was born OF God-rear-
Ing, uan-loving parents. He made
himself. and did a darn poor Job OF It. p"
That IS his autobiography written
years ago IN good-natured response TO
a newspaper mans request. One does
not Ike 10 disagree with a man like
Speaker Cannon. especially on a sub
ject on which he ought to be well
informed. but the consersus of opinion
certainly is that IN making i.iIlself the
Speaker has done pretty well for a first
attempt. and has no reason TO be
ashamed Of his maiden effort.
There are certain points, however, on
which he and all his ether biographers
agree. He was born at Guilford Court
House, " c., May Z. 1886. Ie comes
Of Quaker stock. the great Quaker plo-
neering stock that went from Massa-
chusetts. where QUakers were not
popular. to the South. and from there
went out to help build up the new
Middle Western States. Uncle Joe"
was only four years old when his fam
ily formed part OF a caravan of per-
haps n score OF families that emigrated
from North Carolina 70 Indiana When
in reminiscent mood he still likes 10
tell of that trip over the mountains in
canvas-covered wagons. Of 10 nights
spent in tents. of crossing h jsttle
Dan river. which seemed TO him then
rs big as the Mississippi does now; Of
the great forests, the wild flowers by
the roadside. the squirrels darting
from tree 10 tree. He was only four
years old at the time, but he claims
10 remember that trip perfectly. Per-
haps he does. He has a wonderful
memory, as his opponents in Congress
have occasionally discovered to their
overwhelming confusion.
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ing II TO make him a thorn IN the
flesh tc the upper house 1t has found
him so serious an embarrassment that
It has been quite ready to give him
the Vice Presidency, and is even ac-
cused OF being back Of the occasional
talk of Cannon for the Presidency. in
the hope Of turning his head and get
ting him out Of its way. His head
remains immovable on his shoulders,
and he remains immovable in his seat
Not that he wouldn't like TO be
President. To Frank Carpenter. a
well-known correspondent. who asked
him point biank II he would not be
glad to be President of the United
States. he said:
Glad to be President OF the United
States, or course ] should be glad
to be President II the people wanted
me ard thought me At for the cleo
ton. There IS no American capable
OF filling that place who would not be
glad 70 have it. The President OF our
people ranks higher in my mind than
any monarch who sits on a throne,
and as things so today he has more
power than any ruler on earth. Any
one would be glad TO be President.
II 20 not mean by this that 1 am
tormented with such an ambition.
thank Gcd that the Presidential bee
has never hummed about my head.
Its poisonous sting has never inocu-
lated my veins. and I hope IT never
will. I have known many politicians
who have been so stung. Some are
dead and some are living still. None.
However. ever recovered. The blood
of the man so attacked becomes con-
taminated. and he carries the at
tendant ambition. anxieties. and dis
appointments with him TO his grave"
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rectness, Of simple words and home
ly simile. and a certain quaint philos-
ophy. He says what he has 20 say
so that none can fail to understand
him. He never prepares his speech
es, but he does prepare his facts Nor
does he, like most OF his colleagues, re-
wise and polish his manuscripts be-
fore they go TO the printer. His
speeches don't read particularly well.
but they carry conviction to his hear
ers. lie IS impatient Of words. mere
words. He perhaps undertakes their
power. He cannot use them as his
great predecessor, Thomas B. Reed. of
Maine, could. Yet he is not without
power TO fay, TO crush with ridicule,
TO mock, jeer. make sport Of an op-
ponent But he uses this power near
ly always to batter down pretense. to
defeat peanut politics, to rout un-
worthy attempts to distort wholesome
things TO base uses.
It was during his last term as a
mere Congressman on the floor Of the
House that the opposition was trying
20 work up a maudlin sentiment over
a sideboard. This sideboard had been
presented TO Mrs Hayes by some
young ladies of Cincinnati. in token.
paradoxicaIly enough. Of their admir-
alton Of her temperance principles. 1t
was ordered sold. along with much
other old furniture. after the remOd-
cling of the White House. The Demo-
Gratis had demanded an investigation
of the heinous iconoclasm which
would sell so priceless a relic. Re
publicans. with John Wesley Gaines
My God. Mr. Speaker. where is that
sideboard nOw?" ringing in their ears
were wondering whether they would
have 10 impeach the President, when
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NCLE JOE CANNON. the
Honorable Joe, thirty-nfth
Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives. Is round
ing out today the three
score years and ten. Scrip
The new age., 1906-05-05
1.-THE MILWAUKEE"

"The Pioneer Limited" st. Paul to
Chicago.
Overland Limited" Omaha to Chi
cago.
Southwest Limited" Kansas City
to Chicago.
No trains in the service on any
railroad in the world equals in equip
ment that of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railway.
They own and operate their own
sleeping and dining cars and give
their patrons an excellence of service
not obtainable elsewhere. Berths on
their sleepers are longer, higher and
wider than in similar cars on any
other line. They protect their trains
by the Block system. Connections
made with all transcontinental lines
in Union depots.
H. S. ROWE, General Agent,
1874 Third St., Portland.
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and against the said defendant for
the sum of $86.10, with interest there
on at the rate of 10 per cent per an
mum from the 18th day Of February,
1906, and a further sum of $25 as at
torney's fees, and the costs and dis
bursements of said action taxed at
issued out Of the above entitled court
on said judgment on the 10th day OF
March, 1906, l levied on the follow
ing described real property in Multi
nomah county, Oregon, to-wit: Eight
and one-half acres out Of the herein
after described fifteen acres, to-wit:
Beginning at a point twenty chains
north of the quarter section corner,
between Sections twenty-one and
twenty-eight, in Township l south,
range 2 east of the Willamette Merid-
ian, thence north to the county road,
and to a point 1 chain and so links
from where a continuation Of said line
would strike Johnson creek; thence
south sc minutes and 80 seconds east
along the county road 9 chains and 16
links to a point; thence south to a
point 20 chains from the line between
Sections 21 and %; thence west to the
place Of beginning, save and except a
strip containing five acres off the
south side of said land and decided to
Abraham Frankhouser to C.. Whit
lock, February 21, 1891, and recorded
in Book 154 at page 305, Record of
Deeds for Mulnomah county, Oregon.
All of the said land being part Of
the VIM. Johnson Donation Land
Claim for Multnomah county, Oregon;
also lots 1 and 2 in block 1 in Hun
ters Addition to the City Of Portland,
Multnomah county, Oregon. And by
virtue Of said execution, l will offer
for sale, and will sell, all Of the de-
fendant's interest in the above de-
scribed property, as the law directs,
at the court house door in the said
county of Multnomah, and the city of
Portland, on the 5th day of June,
1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock of said
day, to satisfy said judgment, attor-
ney's fees, costs and court costs.
T. NJ. WORD,
Sheriff of Multnomah County.
First publication May 5, 1906.
Last publication, June 2, 1906.
w. S. HUFFORD,
Attorney for Plaintiff
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When the japanese protectorate over
Korea was declared recently many
Koreans grumbled and some even went
the length Of committing suicide In
order to mark their displeasure. Ac-
cording to the Korea Daily News, the
emperor has conferred posthumous
hOnOrs upon several Of these suicides.
One of the misguided men, who poi
soned himself with opium, was a minor
official of the educational department,
but the emperor raised him to the rank
Of vice minister Of education, and an
official Of that department was dis
patched by the emperor to lnscribe the
title upon his coffin. Another man. a
private in the army, who committed
suicide at the same time and for the
same reasons, has also had posthumous
promotion conferred upon him
The new age., 1906-05-05

The Illinois Central maintains un-
excelled service from the west to the
east and south. Making close connec-
tions with trains of al transcontinental
lines passengers are given choice of
routes to Chicago, Louisville, Mem
phis and New Orleans, and through
these points to the far east.
Prospective travellers desiring in
formation as to the lowest rates and
best routes are invited to correspond
with the following representatives.
B. U. Trumbull, Commercial Agent,
142 Third St., Portland, Ore.
J. G. Lindsey, Trav. Passenger Agent,
142 Third st., Portland, Ore.
Paul B. Thompson, Passenger Agent,
Colman Building Seattle, Wash
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Democrats Have Ma ioritY.
II. S. ROWE, General Agent,
1874 Third St., Portlar

st. Petersburg, May 1.-The constitu-
tional democrats have clear working
majority Of seven, us members of par
Lament belonging to that party thus
far having been elected. This, however,
by no means represents the strength of
the combined opposition of the govern
ment, as fifteen members have been
elected by the social democrats and
thirtv-seven are classified as progress
sives. Besides, the opposition is expect
ed to draw strength from forty-eight
members who are classified as indepen-
dents. and from seventeen whose politi-
cal opinions are unknown.
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THE oLD-TiME SUGAR CAMP.
In the Good Old Days When Every
thing Was Done by Hand.

thing Was Done by Hand.
Most everybody knows about the
modern method of maple sugar making,
writes e. A. Bushnell in the Cincinnati
Post. The story 1 would tell deals
with the good old days when every
thing was done by hand. The season
begins about March and lasts from
four to six weeks
When 1 tended camp in the old days,
big black kettle was swung to the
hanging pole" out in the open. The
sap was brought from the trees to the
kettle in pals hung one on each end
Of the "sap yoke" resting on the neck
and shoulders of man. During "big
run" 1t was kept filled and boiling all
day and night In spite Of smarting
eyes from the wood smoke and scorch-
ing heat, the fire must be tended every
few minutes and the scum, pieces Of
bark, dead leaves, cinders and twigs
skinned from the surface of the boil
ing sap.
l can see the blue smoke curling from
the tops of the brown leafess trees in
the old camp, and smell the sweet OdOr
of the steam from boiling sap through
the open door Of the sugar house. The
air is frosty and invigorating. Down
In the hollows on the north side Of the
hill, little patches of cold white snow
are hiding beneath matted dead leaves
behind tree trunks and old MOSCOW
cred logs.
Ice clings to the banks of the slug
gish brook, and l hear the trill of wood
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birds, and the monotonous throbbing Of
partridge's wings up where the hem
locks stand thick and gloomy. On the
southern slopes the first warm breath
of spring has melted the snow. 1t
stands in clear crystal pools where the
grass is green. and reflects back the
sky and tall trees as you look down
in 1t.
The sweet, cold, sparkling sap from
the maple trees oD the hillside tinkles
drop by drop into the buckets, and rod
breasted robins call to their mates
among the branches.
A frightened woodchuck scurries into
his hole at the sound of merry song and
laughter, and barking Of dogs from the
camp in the valley. A flock of hungry
"cawing" crows flap" lazily over n
frozen and honeycombed wheat field on
their way to the rookery in the old
mysterious tamarack swamp.
The air grows chilly as the sun goes
down and dark shadows creep through
the woods. The little Misunderstanding
sugar house, which to the superstitious
was a rendezvous for ghosts through
out the cold, bleak winter, now re-
sounds with CHEEKY voices, and Is aglow
with light and welcome
There is a big run" on and the ten
ders are boiling down" all night And
supper Is ready, and such a supper !!
Smoked ham, eggs cooked in boiling
sap. potatoes roasted in ashes. and cof-
fee sweetened with pure maple syrup.
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Vatican Holds the Principal.

Rome, May 1.-The plan devised by
the vatican for the division of the
$7,OOO,OOO paid by the United States for
the friar lands in the Philippines has
been approved by the Dominicans, and
substantially agreed to by the other re-
ligious orders. The Vatican will retain
the principal, and a portion of the in
terest will be given annually to the
Philippine dioceses and the remainder
to the religious orders in the islands, to
be divided by them according to the
agreement.
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Clash of Coal Miners.

Johnstown, Pa, May IA conflict
occurred between union and non-union
miners at the Paint Creek mine of the
Berwind White Coal Company, near
Ingleside, about midnight last night.
The union men were attacked by a mob
of foreigners and a number of shots
were fred. Steve Pepock, a foreigner,
was fatally wounded, and three others
were injured, but not seriously.
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Their Policy.

"And so you live In Skaneatales r
he asks Of the fair young thing who is
visiting his cousin.
Yes, SIR" she replies, pleasantly
enough.
How do you pronounce the name Of
that town, anyway
1--WE don't pronounce It We permit
strangers to have their own way about
it."-New Orleans Picayune.
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Duty First.

Her Ladyship (whO is giving a ser
wants ball, to butler)-We shall begin
with a square dance, and shall want
you, Wilkins, to be my partner.
Wilkins-Certainly, m'lady; and af-
terwards l presoOm we may dance
with Dom we like?-Punch.
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sHERIFF,s SALE.

In pursuance of judgment rem
dered in the Circuit Court OF tne
State Of Oregon, for Multnomah coun- odn
~ on the 18th day of February, isoo'
n n an action wherein The Ames Mer-
- lnantile Agency, a corporation, was
,1laintiff. and Thos. S. Kearns was de-
tandant, in favor of the said plaintin,
The new age., 1906-05-05

Perhaps the reason short calls are
fashionable is that the caller who
stays less than fifteen minutes Is not
expected to ask the daughter to play
on the piano.
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Always ask for the famous General
Arthur cigar. Esberg-Gunst Cigar
Co., general agents. Portland, Or.
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Peanut Pick-Me-Un

When you come In tired from a
shopping trip. try glass of milk, hot
or cold, thickened with chopped pea
nuts
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the Northwest. It carries an immense
stock of the best things in paints and
building materials, together with an
unusual list Of specialties. Those who
need anything in these lines can Ger.
tainly profit by going to F. E. Beach
& Company. Remember the number,
1876 First street