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The new age., 1906-02-03
VIEW IRRIGATION WORK.
Henny Coming to Study Yakima and
Malheur Projects.

Washington, Jan. SD. G. Kenny
in charge of government reclamation
work in Oregon and Washington, re-
turned today from Holland, and will
spend several days in conference with
dep lrtment officials before going West.
While here he will probably take up
with Tirector Walcott the proposition
of Senator Fulton that the Malheur
project be remodeled to iIrigate only
those lands not entangled in the wagon
road grant or railroad right of way.
When he leaves here, Mr.. Henny
will 90 first to the Yakima valley to
ascertain what progress has been made
since he left, then to Portland.
Senator Gearin today asked the Re-
clamation service to make an investiga-
ton of an irrigation project in Crook
county which it is hoped might utilize
the water of the Deschutes river to re-
claim about 900 acres. Mr. Walcott
told ths senator there is no money avail
able for further work in Oregon at this
time, and will not be for several years
TO come. For that reason he did not
deem it advisable to authorize new in
yestigations at this time.
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cally, if not otherwise, of the New
York Democrats who invited and will
listen to him. 1t is an unnecessary
insult not only to every colored per-
son in the country, but to reasonable
white people too. These Democrats
profess to be in sympathy to large
extent with President Roosevelt, but
they thus take pains to publicly hon.
or and applaud a man who has out
rageously slandered and vilely at
tackled the president. Tillman is a
confessed anarchist and criminal in
intent for he has openly advocated
the lynching of colored men, and he
has brazenly and with the clustering
of the swashbuckler that he is, de-
fed the constitution and laws of the
United States. He is big cowardly
bully of much the same type as his
nephew who armed himself and mur-
dered an editor who had criticized
him, giving his victim no chance for
his life. If the New York Tammany
society of Democrats and rascals-
for most of them are such-can get
no better type of Democrat to honor
and listen to, it should forthwith lose
what little respect, if any, anybody
ever had for it.
The new age., 1906-02-03
MORE ABOUT THE PLEDGE.

The Evening Journal insists that
Republican candidates for the legis-
lature who take the pledge No. 1"
of the primary nomination law will
be in honor and duty obligated to
vote for Democrat if one should re-
ceive a higher popular vote than any
one Republican candidate, even
though the aggregate Republican vote
were three or four times the Demo
cratic vote.
For example, suppose 100000 votes
are cast for the legislative ticket next
June, and Mr.. Gearin should receive
10000 of them, a probably liberal es-
innate for Democrat, and the 10000
Republican votes should be divided
among three or four candidates, the
highest one of whom should receive
only $4,000 votes; then, according to
the Journal, it would be the bounden
duty of all the Republicans in the leg
The new age., 1906-02-03
LYNCHINGS IN MISSISSIPPI.

Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
has in some instances done what he
could to prevent lynchings of Negroes
in that state, and in one or two
cases has done so, but that his ran
corous and extreme contempt for and
malignant hatred of the Negro race,
in any other capacity except that of
slaves, so often and virulently ex-
pressed in public, has done more to
induce lynchings than MS efforts in
certain cases have to prevent chem,
is to be inferred from the fact that
20 Negroes were lynched in Missis-
sippi in 1905, as against Is in 1904.
Not only were a score of colored men
thus savagely murdered in that state
last year, but only two of them were
alleged to be guilty of the crime for
which some Southerners claim that
lynching is justifiable and the only
preventive When people get in the
habit of lynching men on account OF
their race and color, rather than on
account of the enormity of the crime
charged-that is, when they become
imbued with the idea that a colored
mans life is no more sacred, under
any circumstances, than that Of low
er animal-then they will lynch a
niger for almost any crime, or
even on suspicion of having commit
ted a crime. 1t is professed by Ne
grophobic Southern papers that
lynching of colored men is resorted
to only in cases of their assaults on
white women, but it appears that in
Mississippi last year Is out of the 20
lynched were not charged with that
offense at all. AS the Indianapolis
Star remarks:
Governor Vardaman hates Negroes
and does not try to conceal his hat
red of them. He charges that they
are of such a low order of creation
that it is actually a menace to edu-
cate them ever so slightly. Is it not
possible that the constant preaching
of this view by the chief executive of
the state has had the effect Of en-
bittering many minds against the Ne
gro and has resulted in this ghastly
array of unwarranted murders, un-
warranted even by the rule of South
ern chivalry? Is it not possible that
the leaders of the mobs that have
put to death Negroes for ordinary
crimes have accepted the Vardaman
view that the Negro is a blot in the
creative plan and one that should be
erased wherever possible? 1t looks as
though Vardaman's chickens were
coming home to roost."
The new age., 1906-02-03
TILLMAN TO BE HONORED.

The chief guest of honor and prin-
cipal speaker at an annual blowout Of
the Democrats of New York City is
to be Senator Benjamin r. Tillman
of South Carolina, commonly called
"Pitchfork" Tillman. To thus single
out this ruffian for preferment and
honor, and to sit at his feet to learn
democratic doctrine, is evidence of
the evil and rotten character, politi-
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former occasions

Several Eastern papers have COM
plimented Senator Fulton on the able
and well-considered speech he made
in the senate a few days ago on the
rate bill, it having attracted good
deal of attention and showing much
ability and a thorough consideration
The new age., 1906-02-03
EDITORIAL
ABSURD SUNDAY NOTIONS.

Some of the officers and workers of
the Northwest Sabbath School asso-
citation. which has just held conven-
ton in Portland, should have lived in
New England about two centuries
ago, when the blue laws" were in
force, and a man dared not kiss his
wife or smile at his baby on Sunday
(Which by the way is not the Sab
bath anyway. These "unco guild" peo-
pie would have laws forcing everybody
to observe strictly what their narrow,
befagged minds interpret to be the
bible Sabbath; they would allow no
work and no play, but everybody
would be compelled, under heavy pen
alties, perhaps capital punishment, to
go to church twice at least on Sun
day, contributing literally each time,
and spend the rest of the time look
ing glum and being miserable and
making everybody around them mis-
cradle. There would be no Sunday
trains or newspapers, or Sun
day cooking. Wherever a train
or steamship was at 12
(midnight) Saturday there it must
stop for "a hours, even if it result
ed in forty collisions and the death
of hundreds of people next day
These shallow, silly goody-goody
folk protest against Sunday papers,
not being competent to understand
that the work Of making a Sunday pa
per is almost all done before Sunday
begins, and that it is rather the Mon
day paper, if any, that must be sup
pressed. So with all their crack
Drained Sabatarian theories, they are
utterly impracticable and anachron-
Gus. The great teacher whom they
profess to follow said that 'the Sab
bath was made for man, not man for
the Sabbath" and he did about the
same on the Sabbath as on other
days. God is revealed in nature all
around us rather than in any book,
and nature observes no Sabbath or
Sunday. Plants grow; the atmos-
phere circulates; the sun shines; the
rain falls, and the birds sing on Sun
day as we'll as on any other day.
1t is well to observe one day of
rest out Of seven, for both physical
and moral reasons, but Sunday, or the
Sabbath, is wholly a man-made insti-
tuition, and there are quite a-plenty
Of laws for its observance. 1t should
be free for all who choose to do so
to observe it religiously, without mo-
lestation or annoyance, but it should
also be free to all to make it a day
of lawful and decent recreation, or in
which to work if necessity requires.
If these good people who want to
force everybody to their way of
thinking and acting had the power,
they would be torturing people and
putting them to death for not agree
ing and acting with them, as was
done by their religious predecessors
and progenitors centuries ago. They
are alive at least two centuries be-
hind their proper time.
The new age., 1906-02-03

RTLAND. OREGON.
Of his subject. In all but politics
apA in many cases this does not cut
much fgure-Senators Fulton and
Gearin make a good team.
Mr.. A. "A. Bailey and Mr. G. M. Or
ton, both connected with "the art pre-
seryative of arts,p having served in
the lower house, now seek to become
state senators. They are men of ex-
perience and, so far as we know, good
records-but doubtless there will be
other candidates. They should be
carefully chosen.
Mr.. Benson, Southern Oregon law
yer, is circulating among the voters
in the interest of his candidacy for
secretary of state. His friends claim
that he is a very competent man, and
will make strong race, but he will
have to do some hastling to beat a
Salem man, or perhaps one from
Portland.
1t is naturally supposed that the
candidacy of Lachner and Rand, of
Baker City, not to mention Aitkin Of
Huntington, in Baker county, will
somewhat impair the chances of Mr..
Johns, candidate for governor, and
| if so it is believed that Professor
rWithycombe will be the chief bene-
ficiary.
| 1t is conceded generally that Pro-
fessor j. H. Ackerman has made a
very good superintendent of public in
struction, but good many prominent
teachers, some of whom, perhaps,
have an eye on the office themselves,
are intimating that two terms are
enough.
toned as a candidate for representa-
tive in this district, but if he is we'll
advised he will conclude to let that
Office go to Eastern Oregon, partly
in order that a Multnomah county
man may be elected to the senate.
Up in Baker City some of the pa
pers allude to the latest candidate for
congress as "Jawn" Rand, but this
may be only an photographic evil
dence of affection.
Still Judge Webster fails to speak
out and let some anxious people know
whether he has made up his mind,
and if so, to what.
Some candidates for the legislature
are signing the pledge, but it is not
to be inferred that they do so on ac-
count of Mr. Jonathan Bourne's ar
gument and appeal.
Young Mr.. Galloway, of Yamhill
county, is a bright young man, but
the people of the First district will
elect a Republican next June.
The governor of Oregon is visiting
the state for few days-or hours.
A good many people are wondering
what really good work Inspector
Bruin has done to earn his salary.
At least Mayor Lane, on the appro-
priation ordinance, seems to have a
horse on the council.
If Professor Hawley should be
elected to congress, he could preach
if the house desired sermon.
The new age., 1906-02-03

1t is naturally supposed that the
candidacy of Lachner and Rand, of
Baker City, not to mention Aitkin of
Huntington, in Baker county, will
somewhat impair the chances of Mr..
Johns, candidate for governor, and
if so it is believed that Professor
Withycombe will be the chief bene-
ficiary.
The new age., 1906-02-03

1t is conceded generally that Pro-
fessor ]. H. Ackerman has made a
very good superintendent of public in
struction, but good many prominent
teachers, some of whom, perhaps,
have an eye on the Office themselves,
are intimating that two terms are
enough.
The new age., 1906-02-03

If Professor Hawley should be
elected to congress, he could preach
if the house desired a sermon.
The new age., 1906-02-03

Mr.. Benson, Southern Oregon law
yer, is circulating among the voters
in the interest of his candidacy for
secretary of state. His friends claim
that he is a very competent man, and
will make a strong race, but he will
have to do some hastling to beat a
Salem man, or perhaps one from
Portland.
The new age., 1906-02-03

At least Mayor Lane, on the appro-
priation ordinance, seems to have a
horse on the council.
The new age., 1906-02-03

Still Judge Webster fails to speak
out and let some anxious people know
whether he has made up his mind,
and if so, to what.
The new age., 1906-02-03

Up in Baker City some of the pa
pers allude to the latest candidate for
congress as "Jawn" Rand, but this
may be only an photographic evil
dence of affection.
The new age., 1906-02-03

Of his subject. In all but politics
apd in many cases this does not cut
much fgure-Senators Fulton and
Gearin make good team.
The new age., 1906-02-03

Mr.. ]. p Kavanagh has been men.
toned as a candidate for representa-
tive in this district, but if he is well
advised he will conclude to let that
office go to Eastern Oregon, partly
in order that a Multnomah county
man may be elected to the senate.
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Orilene Wins the Ascot Oaks.

LOS ANGELES. January 2o.-The Ascot
Oaks, for three-year-oid FLIES, was the
feature Of a fine card at Ascot today, and
the big crowd picked five favorites and
short-priced second choice. Fast time was
the rule in nearly every race. Orilene won
the feature a MILE in 1,l40A. Confessor,
at to 1. was the largest priced winner Of
the day. Weather clear track fast. SUM-
mary:
First race. six and half furlongs-C onfessor,
ITO Davis, 4 to /, won: The Gadfy lo7
tBooker), Is TO 1. second; DIR. Mccarthy, 50 tSco-
yille), 20 to /. third. Time. 1:204. Silver Sue
purbar, Vino. Revolt, Dewey and Bert Arthur
ais ran.
Second race. Brooks course-Nine Spot 93
whey to 5, Won; Arrahgowan, 100 taforiarityl.
90 to !, second: Wyefeld. 100 (Hogg). 10 10 !.
third. Time. 2:041a. Gentle Harry, File dor.
Xxi and Folto also
Third race. one mile and fifty yards. handicap
GiIpin. 90 tNotter), even, won; DR.. Lego. ITO
(Wiley), to 8. second; Embarrassment, 80
(Swain). to 1. third. Time, l:4sA. Preseryafor
also
Fourth race, the Ascot oaks, one mile Oriiene.
ITO DAWN. to 10. won; San Fara, Ito tMc-
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REFORM IN FOOT BALL
CHANGES ADOPTED BY NINE
WESTERN COLLEGES.

CHICAGO, Ill, January 20.-College foot
ball in the middle west today was dealt a
staggering blow by the representatives of
the Big Nine" western colleges, who at
the close of a two-days- conference tonight
recommended many changes for foot ball
and other college athletics, with a view
to curb tendencies toward professionalism
Unless proper notifications in the rules
of the game, SO as to prevent brutality, are
made by the American foot ball rules com
mittee the colleges of the big Nine" will
discontinue foot ball for two years. The
money end of foot bah strongly con-
demned in a set of resolutions and in the
future college faculties will have charge
of gate receipts.
One of the new rules proposed will COM
pei foot ball players to have many reci-
tations during the foot ball season as at
any other time of the year, and at the end
of the school year he must be able TO show
a scholastic record to be eligible for the
team during the next PLAYING season Any
or other academic degree, it is proposed
shall not be eligible to play on a big
Nine foot ball team, no matter by what
institution that degree has been conferred
This rule would bas graduate students
from big Nine teams. Hereafter the
athletic associations shall have nothing to
DO with the securing or coaches that duty
being left in the hands of the trustees of
the college, and there shall be no foot ball
training before college opens.
In future the coach of each foot ball team
belonging to the Big Nine colleges &C
cording to the proposed reform. must be a
member of the faculty. Professional paid
coaches are not to be employed
1t was advised that the six months rule
be extended to one year rule. This means
that freshmen would have to forego prep
aration in athletics for q full year after
matriculation, instead of six months The
rule also applies to students going from
one college to another.
Among other recommendations made We're
the following:
The number of intercollegiate games
played by each university team in a season
shall be limited to five.
Admission to all foot ball games shall not
exceed so cents.
No training table shall be kept for ath-
leteS
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SPORTS AT M. A. c.
Seasons Schedule of Base Ball Games
Nearly Ready.

Special DISPATCH to The Star
COLLEGE PARK, January 20.-The Ath-
letic Association of the Maryland Agricul-
tUraI College has elected f. A. Blair of the
Junior class manager of the foot ball team
for the season of 1896. Edward Bryon of
the sophomore class will be assistant man
ager. Cadet Cooper has been reelected
captain Of the eleven. Manager H. j. Caul
Senior class of the base ball nine has al
most completed his schedule of games for
the approaching season, and expects to
take trip TO Virginia in May, playing
the team al the Virginia Military Institute
and Washington and Lee University There
Will be several new faces on the nine this
year. The following members of last years
team VIII be absent: Smith. catcher: White
shortstop; Park, left field; Pyles, first base
and Benson. pitcher. Manager Caul saws
that Notwithstanding the loss of these men.
tIe nine this year will be as strong as
II was last season, there being many fine
players among the new men and those who
attended college last year The season
Will be opened with Georgetown College In
Washington.
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Semi-Finals and Finals.

A full summary of today's semi-final and
final rounds in all divisions follows:
pl First division semi -fnals-George W; Keath
3 and 2; Allen Lard, Columbia, beat c. L. Becker
Woodland / up.
FinaIs-Lard beat Keats and 4.
Consolation, semi fnals-W. Freeman, Montclair
beat F. J. Bailey, Chicago, 6 and 4; G. W
S Wurzen oakmont, beat w. D. Moffatt, Hacken,
Finals-Freeman beat wurzen up nineteen
holesJ
Gamsis' beat J Q; II; Denny, Pittsburg, and a
e. Lee Knight, Philadelphia beat c. f. willard
Midlothian, up nineteen holes).
Finals-Knight beat Inslee and 2.
consolation semi fnals-C. A Munger Camden
peat H. 9; Fownes Oakmont, and l. Clarence
FIJI Ttn al a,A,a,ss beat Angler 8 and q
Ihlrd d1yislon-Semi finals. J Hazen FoxhilI
beat G. D. Fownes: oskmont, l up GO holes ;
George p Sheldon, Greenwich, beat J. H. Iasher,
Baltimore. up 10 holes,. Finals-Hazen beat
Hayes, Philadelphia, beat Newton Annis Detroit
and 2; B. Hostetter. Pittsburg, beat w P Rob,
beat Hayes, and 3.
~, Fourth division = Semi finals f NJ. Harrison.
2; S. Allen, Philadelphia, beat W. C. Johnston,
Canoe Brook. and 2. Finals-Harrison beat Al
len. and 3. Consolation, Sem. hpsis.E. E. Rne;
2; NJ. e. Danforth Columbia, beat O. H. Norton,
Garden City, and l. Finals-panforth beat Rne.
Fifth division-Semi- fnals-G. H. Perey, Otta-
wa, beat A. 8. Brownell, ST. Andrews, and 3;
G. Steele woodland beat w. w., r. &c G90dnow'
Consolation fins Isl. A. Johnston, ST.. 10
seph, beat R. R.. Malnlook, New York, and 8; :;
and /. Ffnals-Johnston beat Morton, and l.
The winners In special match play con-
ISOLATION tournament, begun Friday, follow:
First eight J. g. Plat. New York. and q:
third eight, T. W. Weeks. Storm King Cornwall,
! up.
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far this season. got a good hold on several
of the prizes in the District League. He
rolled a high score of 2SS "Wednesday even
ing.
The three-man team of the Palace alleys
last Monday won their seven-game contest
against the Market House team by tStai
score of Apt to 9.a46. Tomorrow evening
the Fat Mems three-man team, composed
of Harlow. Waters and Rodrck, will roll
seven games against the Palace team.
In the duckpin tournament on the Palace
alleys the scores of the first ten men are:
Rodrick, 1,274; Michigan, 1890; ]. Eiker,
1,2l5; Parker, 1,1S9; List, LISA; Gerry, ITS:
6. Eiker 1,161 Warren, LOG; Gates. /, l5a,
and Bright, 1,130
The standing of the teams in the Plate
Printers League is:
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the past season, will also come out. The
other men who will compete for places on
the team will be Wright, Powell and II. j.
Moore, who are all promising half-mile run
ners; Staples formerly of the University of
Notre Dame; Morrissey, who played on the
base ball team of Holy Cross College;
Burke and Monroe and Calder. Newhauser,
who cover a mile in record time, Will
also be among the candidates, as will be
Sterrett, who did such fine work at the meet
of the A. A. L. in Baltimore last season.
This year he has begun work. and it is eX-
pected that he will do much better upon
the cinder path than last season.
Manager Aurkenton has arranged for the
following meets during the indoor season:
February ,, Johns Hopkins University,
the representatives, of the Euff and Blue
will enter a team in the two-miIe relay to
of Maryland and Temple College of Penn
University will also be represented in the
mile half and quarter mile runs and pole
Vaulting.
February Il. at Richmond, Va, where
the George Washington men will probably
enter the relay team against those of Viz
ginia and the University of North Carolina
The negotiations for this event are still
pending. Men from George Washington
will also enter individually.
February "a, high school indoor meet in
this city, exhibition relay. Men Will also
enter in the individual events.
March s. meet of the Georgetown Univer-
sity, where it is probable that the Buff AMI
Blue tWo-mile relay team will be entered
against that of the Blue and Gray. Indi-
vidual entries will also be made.
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THE CHESS LEAGUE.
Games That Were Played in the Past
Week

The Navy chess team of the Departmental
Chess League continued it's good work last
week, defeating Justice Monday night by a
score of to 0-the first "whitewash'' of
the season. The jur:sts fought hard to
avoid shut-out, but Navy held them safe
at all points,.and had little difficulty in
landing the seAes.
1t is unfortunate that Justice has been
unable to secure a stronger team, but in
all proba bility something VIII soon be done
in this direction. Team Captain Hendrick-
son stated recently that he had several
applications on file, and hoped to find some
good material among them.
Interior 3 seems to have recovered from
it's lethargic state, and in its match with
the A squad Monday night fought the lat
ter to a standstill, winning two out Of the
three games played. This gives the B team
more than an even chance of winning the
series. good many people were disap-
pointed by the pOstponenent of the Sour
nin-Walker game in this match, but it Will
probably be played some time in the present
week, as will the game between Hill and
Byler. Rafter and Burke We're unable to
finish their game, which was adjourned
after the forty-fifth move of a stubborn
contest in which neither side had been able
to secure an advantage. 1t Will be con-
Guided probably this week.
Government Printing Office has started
in on the matches postponed by its prede-
ceSsor, the Post Office team, and Wednes-
day night played off two games of the
match with State, carried over from No
vember ~. The score SO far is: G. P O., l.;
State, l.
On the same night Agriculture and State
finished their match, adjourned from Janu-
airy 3, the former team winning by a score
of TO l. The game in Ahis match between
Croker and Hitchcock was one of the most
interesting contests of the season. and was
not won by the latter until after a hard
struggle Crocker came very near secur-
ing draw in the final stages of the con-
test. and made things very interesting for
his opponent throughout the game