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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-18
PAGE NINE.

PAGE NINE
This year the new pianos which you, through
your congressman, have ordered for these
schools will cost you 2,4oO.
Doesn't it make you feel good when you
your children in the cotton patch to reflect
that they are toiling to pay the taxes which
furnish free bath houses and pianos to Wash
ngton City niggers?
But this is not all Read this, taken from
the official record:
For textbooks and school supplies for use
Of pupils Of first eight grades $75,ooo"
That much for just one year, remember You
pay similar sum every year, you know. In
other words you keep the school-children of
the District of Columbia supplied with free
textbooks, and every other school-house nee
essary.
Yet you refused to follow the lead Of the re-
formers who tried to get you to vote free
school-books to your own children.
New school buildings and the repair of old
ones cost you half million dollars this year,
in Washington City.
There were increases of salaries and other
expenses all along the line in the District bill
upon which we are commenting. Not a single
reduction or retrenchment was made or at
tempted. Every change called for more money.
NO once was dDOllSneQ Many new pOS1t1OnS,
with nice salaries attached, were added. Only
in one Or two instances did any of your Sena-
tors raise the voice of objection to the lavish
and wicked waste of public funds. No fight
was made upon anything. Even the mon
strous item of $1,000 to pay for lawyers
opinion about the title to piece of property,
went through!
You already have four lawyers employed by
the year in the District, at salaries aggregating
$4,000, and yet your Congressman set aside
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PAY
FOR ONE LEGAL OPINION.
Of course, this means that some lawyer with
pull needs the money.
This District bill is proof of your lack Of at
tention to Congressional doings.
Why don't YOU put the screws to YOUR
Representative, and compel him to promise to
make fight on this prodigal squandering of
your money?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-18

no marvel IN the triumph of the Union over
the Confederacy
Mr.. Davis, himself, was true man, but not
great one. He had no War Secretary equal
to Stanton; he had no Secretary of State who
was, In diplomacy and resource the equal of
Seward; he had not the assistance of such f.
nanc1ers, as Jay Cooke and Spalding and he had
not at the head Of Confederate armies recruits
from the North to offset what the South lost
III SUCH generals as Custer and Thomas The
wealth and the population Of the republic were
on the side Of Mr.. Lincoln and SO was the
public sentiment of the world.
Consequently, it was~no miracle that the
Union triumphed. Nor did he bear upon his
shoulders the entire burden as WASHINGTON
did in the Revolutionary War. In that strug-
gle Of eight years, all the odds were against
Washington.
He had no strong cabinet to aid him. He
had to rely upon himself in all things. In the
field he had to direct armies and with the 9th
er hand he had to direct the state He was the
indispensable man.
Had he fallen, the cause would have col
lapsed. His place could not have been filled
There was no one else who could have held
the army together and kept the states in active
cooperation.
Historic justice forced us to put Mr. Lin
coin upon less exalted pinnacle than which
Washington occupies, but we did not do it
sneeringly, nor i'll a spirit of carping depre-
citation.
Judging Mr.. Lincoln as constructive states
man. we felt bound to say that he was not the
equal Of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Ham
ilton, Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay.
Weighing him as lawyer the truth required
that such men as Webster Choate, Reverdy
johnson, John Marshall and quite number Of
others should be put above him
AS debater, he equalled Douglas on the
hustings, but would have been no match for
Webster in the senatorial forum. AS prac-
Using attorney his rank was high, but not
higher than that of Tom Corwin Sargent Prem
tiss Ben Harden, Dan Voorhees,. Ben Butler
and many other famous nis-prius lawyers.
A calm analysis of Mr. Lincoln and a dis
passionate comparison Of him with other great
men, should not be offensive when it is not
meant to be SO.
Had we been SO inclined, we might have
raised the question of the mistake made by Mr..
Lincoln in signing the national bank act
the law which enslaves the whites and blacks
in terribly impartial serfdom to the Money
Power. We might have gone into the man
ner in which General Mcclellan was sacrificed,
because of his politics. We might have dwelt
upon the refusal to exchange prisoners and the
resultant horrors of prison life on both sides.
But all such issues we refused to raise. And
why? Because we wished to avoid any topic
which would arouse sectional feeling and re-
vive the bitterness Of the past.
We hope that the bright paragrapher of the
Herald will take the trouble to carefully study
that Lincoln article, and will then apologize
handsomely for the injustice of his paragraph.
Who Can AnSpey?
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"7haf's The Wap The Money Gees:
Pop GOeS The Weasel.


Do you know, Brother Taxpayer, what it
costs you to run the municipal affairs of the
city Of Washington?
The yearly expense of doing that is twelve
million dollars. When the Jeffersonian was in
Congress the amount which we took from you
to finance the District of Columbia was about
one-third of what is now taken. But in the
appropriations for Washington City, as in
every other direction, extravaganza gets worse
and worse
Senator Clay, of Georgia, stated in his speech
in the Senate, that it is costing the people
more to govern the one city of Washington
than it takes to run the state government of
Texas. Georgia's state government costs
about $4,ooo,ooo and that of Maine about
$2,5ooooo, and each of these states has very
much greater population than the District of
Columbia. TO be exact, the last census of the
District shows only $4,000 inhabitants.
Therefore, you are paying out annually,
nearly forty dollars for every man, woman and
child in the City of Washington.
Some of this comes back in the taxes paid
in the District, but the larger part of it is gone
for good.
Let us look into some of the items of this
enormous outlay.
The yearly sum of 5000 is paid out to a
"Sealer Of Weights and Measures" and his as
slstants. What on earth does Sealer of
weights and measures do to earn that big
amount Of your money every year? We con-
TESS that we don't know.
The sum of $4,000 was appropriated to pay
salaries of Librarians of the free library which
you maintain in Washington, and the sum of
$4,000 additional was given for the purchase
Of more books for this free reading room of
yours.
The sum of $1,000 was set apart to warm
up the building and to keep the lunch room
going. Then $4,000 was given to this free
library to cover expenses included under the
vague word "Miscelanes."
1t seems that you maintain bathing cstab-
llshments on the Potomac at heavy expense,
and that you have set apart, through your
Congressman, 5000 to construct a new swim
ming pool.
Now read this line, taken bodaccously from
the official record
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF POOLS FOR
COLORED BATHERS AT PRESENT
PLANT, $1,000
Quite free with your money, aren't you?
1t seems that you not only furnish free edu-
cation on the most elaborate scale in Wash
ington City, but that you buy the pianos for
the music teachers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
GHOULISH.

1t is a ghoulish move certain re-
publican machine politicians are now
trying to put through at Salem. They
hope to get Governor Chamberlain to
resign the governorship Immediately
after he is elected senator
Should the governor resign. his Of
flee would go to the secretary of state,
Mr.. Benson, who would then have the
appointment of a new secretary of
state. But Mr. Benson has a fatal
malady and he might be unable to
live out the two years during which
he would have the office. In the
event Of his death the governorship
would again be vacant and the office
would go to whoever happened to
hold the secretaryship Of state.
Do the people of Oregon want the
governorship to be kicked about in
this manner and pocketed perhaps by
some stray machine worker selected
for the. job? The East Oregonian does
not believe they do. 1t believes they
would perfer to have Governor
Chamberlain serve in his present post
until his term as senator begins
The statement that Governor Cham
ar1a IN fy hl1 -I
is absurd. He could not do so if he
would. But he cannot commence his
duties as senator until Senator Full
tons term expires. Unless a special
session of congress be called the new
senator will not qualify until next De-
cember. Since this is true there is no
occasion whatever for the governor
TO resign at this time.
But regardless of all this the posi-
ton Of statement members Of the leg
islature is the same. They pledged
the people they would vote for the
popular choice for senator. They |
made no reservations whatever prior
to election; they can make no post
election changes in their pledges. If !
the statement members are the hon
orable men their constituents believe /
them to be they will neither waver
nor quibble, but will vote next Tues
day as they promised to do-for the
peoples choice for senator.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
GET INTO ACTION.

If the legislature takes up the mat
ter Of providing a branch asylum for
eastern oregon the people of this city
should see that Pendleton's claims in
the matter are properly presented
Reports from Baker City show that
the business men of that town are
working actively to have the asylum
located at Baker City A strong lobby
ing committee has been named and
they are going to Salem to camp until
the bill is disposed Of
Umatilla county also has a good
lobbying committee But it is a gen.
eral committee and will have many
matters to work for aside from the
asylum. Consequently the committee
should be given all support possible
by others who are interested and are
able TO help in the fight
The location Of the asylum near
Pendleton is Of the utmost Importance
to the business interests Of this city
and OF the county. If an asylum is
to be established for eastern Oregon,
Pendleton is the logical place for its
location.
But Pendleton will not get the
branch asylum unless it goes out and
shows conclusively that it belongs
here, Why cannot Pendleton send
forth a delegation Of business and
professional men in addition to the
regular legislative committee? There
is much to be done if Pendleton wants
to make sure Of fair treatment from
the legislature.
The East Oregonian believes there is
enough at stake in this matter to JUS
tify' some earnest efforts on the part
of local people. The war horses of
the town, old and young, should get
in line and pull for Pendleton. If they !
don't do so, Pendleton may not get
the branch asylum, regardless of the
fact that this is the proper location
for the institution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
\ TOWN BUILT OF CONCRETE.

A serious fire recently visited Win
thrOp and within an hour two hotels
and several houses were completely
destroyed The progress Of the fire ID
one direction was completely stop
ped by q concrete house VIII ch was
just being finished, and which waa
not injured at all. The fire was so
intense where this building stands
that the granite curbing across tho
street was split and crumbled as II
broken with sledge hammers In
view of the strength and flre-resist-
Ing properties Of concrete the new
town Of Concrete, Pembina county, N.
D.. proposes to stand by It's name,
and the tOwnsite people refu i 10 sell
lots except on the condition that
concrete will be used IN the cOnstruc-
ton of the buildings to be erected
thereOn.-BOston Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
THE S'TAR-GAZER.

No sage in Tearing, 1;
Yet in the nights,
When earth is dark and twinkling
lights afar
Bespeak the city lost.
From out the blankness Of forgotten
self
A shadowy being steals,
And the mind reels among the sway
ing stars!
Then, from this speck of star-dust
hung athwart
The great, incomprehensible abyss
Where the alternate seasons move like
ghosts
Between the spheres
The far-flung being Of the mind
drifts on,
Asking of worlds the secret of the
world!
And evermore they point
Onion through ordered chaos,
where the calm
The mighty, breathing calm
Seems like the desert, full of whisper
ingsi
Infinityl And then ?-Infinity.
Where the mind reels among the
swaying stars,
And sinks to earth and this mracu-
lous self
Baffled and impotent!
stephen Chalmers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
The Angel Enced Murderer.

While there has been much stupid
sentimentality in the case of the
young wretch in Toledo who murder
ed his mother, the jury took a severe
ly practical view OF his crime. The
only consideration shown him was on
account Of his years. He was con-
victed, but, instead of hanging, the
penalty was fixed at Imprisonment for
life
This juvenile monster has been cele-
brated as "the angel faced murderer"
Like many another vicious youth, he
bears a strong resemblance to his
mother He killed her in cold blood
with a hammer for purposes Of rob-
berry and spent the proceeds in dissi-
patton. If determination Is ever JUS
tifiable in the case of criminals, IL
might have been resorted to with pro-
priety in this instance.-New York
World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
This weather is nice.
SHELLS FOR
THE GERMAN NAVY

Experiments are now being carried
out on German warships with acety-
lene shells. which, it is believed, will
take the place Of the electric search
light used hitherto by warships. These
shells contain calcium carbide, and
the water can reach it through a
tube. The shells are fired by a gun
built specially for the purpose. On
being fired, the shell goes into the wa
ter and then rises to the surface, and
the action Of the water upon the cal
cium carbide produces the acetylene
light. Each shell is said to have g.
900 candle power and will burn three
hours. The great drawback of the
ordinary searchlight is that, although
1t affords some protection from the
unobserved approach Of torpedo boats,
it yet makes the warship using It an
excellent tarket. The new acetylene
shell referred to will have the great
advantage Of lighting up a given
space while the vessel that fires it
viii be left in darkness.-Atchison
Globe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
WE HAVE HOTELS.

II branch asylum is to be estab-
lished I'm eastern Oregon two things
surely worth considering in the Sc
lection Of a site are -ese-economy
TO the state in the matter Of trans
portatiou and the convenience Of
friends and relatives who visit pa-
tieutg.
The East Oreponian has already
shown that from transnortation
standpoint Pendleton is more favor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14
A JOYOUS TIME.

; =. :
The bright flames up the CHM :
ney leap
Winter gives a warning; :
With the night a watch Wen 1
keep
And dance into the morning, |
II. !
) We, that toiled in summers 1
heat,
) Feel the Joy that heightens; I
What care we for winters sleet?
All the prospect brightens!
Atlanta Constitution. I
4 4 4 = = 4 = = 4 = = = = I,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

The animal stood across the center
Of the road with ears calmy folded
back defying three policemen and a
small army of advisers to make him
stir from his tracks. Some one sug-
gested building a fire under him, an
other was in favor of rubbing his
nose with turpentine. But the AL
manac editor went over to nearby
fruit stand, bought an apple for a
cent and proffered it to old Dobbin
who Immediately became so intent on
swallowing it without choking that
he fOrgo this former resolution and
started off at the first touch Of the
whip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

tions have TO Pendleton's merits as a
location for the branch asylum. II
is this, relatives and friends are con-
stantly visiting asylum patients. In
justice TO them the asylum should be
located in a town that is easy of ac-
cess are where the hotel aocommoda-
tons ar ample. Pendleton has both
these advantages.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

1T seems to me the republicans
who are now opposing Chamberlain
are a poor lot of sports to try to bat
him after he overcame a ncrmai ma
Jority of about $4,000" sal a proml-
nant local member of that parry to-
day. That expresses the situation
very we'll If the Fulton people were
game" they would never have open
ed their heads about the senatorship
after the June election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

Some of the old time political wire
pullers and hired lobbyists are find
ing things at Salem are upon 4 slight
ly different basis this year. TIey fail
to understand the new system and
wonder why legislators are so foolish
as to stand by their pledges. 1t is
the hardest thing in the world for
some people to comprehend the mean
ing of honesty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

Now that the weather has moder-
dted, perhaps that little matter of SELL
ing the remaining $4,000 woolen mill
bonds will be attended to.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-14

For the next few days the legisla-
ture will be in session in Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-19
CLOSE SHAVE FOR
THE TURKS

SEATTLE, June 19.-After Sc
attic had made four in the first
and three in. the second inning,
Portland settled down and gave
the Turks run for their money
but could not overcome the big
lead. Score: r H e
Seattle. ............. 8 IL 8
Portland ...... go. 5 IL Q
Batteries; Allen and Custer;
Chinault. anaton and Murray.
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/ SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD
GREAT CROWD GATHERS TO
SEE THE NEIL -ATTELL FIGHT
LINE UP EARLY TO GET SEATS
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MILL
TODAY.


(By United PRESS Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, June a.
Interest manifested toward the
championship 25-round mill be-
tween frankie Neil and Monte At
tell this afternoon, brought one
Of the largest crowds of the season
to the ringside.
As early as 1890 this morning
. crowd was lined up at the box
Office waiting for the choice seats.
Thereafter the line was steadily
heightened by the mobs that emp
tied from the ears and other We
hicles that were pressed into SER
vice. At noon the box office was
opened and the crowd filed into
the arena to take up the front
seats.
Frank Nell was up bright and
early. He was allowed to take a
short walk 10 Timber up his mus
Cles but found himself towering SO
close to the weight problem that
he did not have to hit the road.
Frankie chatted gaily with his
trainer and followers and seemed
to suppressed an unconcerned air
in regard to the engagement The
has on his hands,
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the slab for Tacoma and the YER
dict of the fans was that he Is
worth what he cost. He put UP
a magnificent article Of ball pitch
ing, even outdoing the old ma
jor Lacquer. Mr.. Siever of the
Black Cats. r
Tacoma started right out in the
| first inning and Bender came home
with the first run. Cartwright got
one In the third and In the fourth
Aberdeen landed one at the plate
In the sixth Tacoma took another
when Suess hit and Kellackey rap.
ped one to the fence, but in the
next inning Aberdeen tied things
up with a pair.
Johnny Bender was right there
in the next round, however. With
a three-bagger to start with he
came in with the winning run.
No one ever had enough start
to make the game secure and there
was action on both sides all the
tame. Score: r H E
lTacoma 49,. ..i.i.Ig.. a
Aberdeen
Batteries: Newlin and KellacK-
ey; Siever and Kreitz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-19
DIR. ROLLER THROWS
TERRIBLE TURK 81.

Nelson, and the second in 81 min
utes So seconds on an arm lock.
From the time the burly CRAP
piers came to the center of the
mat and locked for the fray, the
contest was fast enough to keep
the big crowd in Cort's arena, ON
the Pay Streak, yelling with ex-
element. Both men were on the
aggressive, both ready 30 mix 1t
all the time, and the struggle was
SO even that up to the time the
actual falls came, neither had Sc
cured any marked advantage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-19

OAKLAND, CAL, June 49,
These are the boys who got into
the limelight a few days ago in
THAT record Pacific Coast league
game between San Francisco and
Oakland that went twenty-three
and two-thirds innings without a
run.
Think of it! Only one man
crossed the plate in "a innings
The rival pitchers, Clarence
Slivers") Henley and Jim
Wigs gave a remarkable exhibit
ton of skill and endurance, each
pitching the entire "a innings
and both were strong at the fin
ish. This also is probably a
record.
Only one man received q base 9 sc
twirler during the entire game.
Was there ever another exhibition
of control like it?
The sun was fast sinking i'm the
west when Nick Williams, 'Fris-
co.'s big blond catcher, ended the
game with sizzling drive over
first.
Williams, by the way, was a
classmate of "Ovie" Overall at the
University of California.
Rollie Zeider, 'Frisco's sensa-
tional third baseman, opened the
gath with a two-base smash to
left field; a bad throw got him
to third. Wigs threw Tenants
bunt to third to catch Zeider. Roll
lie played tag with the entire
Oakland infield until Tenant
was safe at third. Then he gave
himself up. With two gone, VIII
Hams stepped quietly to the
plate. He let Wigs first offer
ing go by. Then he smote- to
right. Nobody was home and one
of the greatest of all diamond
contests was ended.
There have been several games
in history which furnished more
innigs, but none in the history of
organized baseball ever went so
far without run being scored
The nearest approach to this
was back in 1884, when Provi-
.dence beat Boston / to 0 in Is
Innings, Charley Radbourne, zone
of the kings among pitchersy win
ming the game by slammi4g Ia
home run through a hole in the
fence.
In the summer of 1902 : the
Grand Forks and Fargo clubs, IA
pair of bush teams, are credit,d
with having gone % infings
without scoring a run. But these
clubs were not in organized ball.
and therefore their record was
never seriously taken. though Eit
is marked down in the annals al a
wonderful diamond feat.
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IS FINED 500
FOR STEALING
CHICKENS

When arraigned before Police
Magistrate J. NJ. Arntson yester-
day afternoon. Anton Kults, who
was arrested at 3 o'clock yester-
day morning near South Eleventh
and Sprague streets with q sack
of chickens sluns over his shouI-
der, admitted that he had stolen
1.-THE chickens from his divorced
wife. and explained It as only a
| Joke on the old woman" The
Judge could not see the joke, how
ever, and fined him 500 and
costs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-19
PITCHER NEWLIN is
WORTH THE MONEY
FINALS IN TENNIS
MATCH TODAY

The finals in the tennis tourna-
ment that has been on all week
are taking place on the court this
afternoon. The feature OF the
program is the match between
Armstrong and Pulford. The lat
ter is one of the youngsters but
he has disposed of the old timers
with the exception of Armstrong.
Yesterday he defeated Paul Vaeth
and put him out of the finals.
Miss H. Vaeth and Miss e. Bail
lie are up for the finals in the
woman's singles.
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st. Jeans Orchestra for good
dance music. M.7390, A4Ss0. I"
STEAMER FLYER will make
special trips this week We'd,
Thurs, Sat. and Sun, leaving Sc
attic $3.50 p. m. Leave Tacoma
IL p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-19
COLLEGE GOES TO
VANCOUVER

The proposed English Luther
an college will be located at Van
couver. Wash. making 1t almost
a Portland institution. but It is
thought that some arrangement
will be made by which the semi
nary Gun be built in this city. This
was decided upon at the sessions
of the Pacific synod OF the Eng
fish Lutheran church yesterday.