East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-16

VIII ~ nt thlhEe tndN are 10 DC
Different? done at the coming ses-
i sion and the high deter
mination to be satisfied with nothing
but the best and most economic re-
suits. Every year at the conclusion
o: the legislative session there is the
same talk OF ineffective results and a
falling away from standards that is
almost criminal in its results. No
body is satisfied. everybody is criti-
cal and the members of the legisla-
lture themselves are sore and dissatis-
fled with the exception OF the man
aging few who have achieved their
aims in enacting Jaws that give par
tisan or private advantage. which is
the only thing they sought and the
only purpose for which they had
themselves elected to the legislature.
A good deal Of this. we must insist,
comes from the manner in which the
president OF the senate and the speak
er OF the house secure those hon 0rs
As a rule. to which there is rarely an
exception, the speaker-elect and the
president-elect enter upon their du-
ties with absolutely no control over
committee appointments. To get
these offices they have traded off the
committeeships to gain support from
members whose motives are purely
selfish and personal The session
therefore opens with every avenue
blocked through which legislation in
the public interest could possibly
come. AT the same time bills that in
the public interest should never see
the light of day seem to slide out OF
the committees on creased wheels
whilst every avenue of escape is
blocked against bills in which the
general public have the liveliest in
terest.
People as usual are hopeful Of the
outcome at this date when the legis-
lature is sim two months off. win
they meet with the same disappoint-
ment when the session opens and the
usual heartbreaking disappointments !
when it closes?-Portland Telegram.
S~SSO~SS@
The interstate bridge bonds, draw
ing five per cent have been sold and
this causes the Ore
overworking. gonian to herald the
sale as capitals re-
sponse to the voting at the recent
Oregon election. the leading feature
of which it sets forth to have been
the election of an almost straight re-
publican ticket
How impressionable those bond
buyers must be and how novel to sell
bonds to men who rely on the voter
straight slogan rather than the time
honored custom OF observing the Sc
curities offered and the interest rate.
What a rip snorter that interstate
bridge bond sale would have been II
Booth could only have sprinted a
little faster and Till Taylor had been
beaten for sheriff.
BY keeping its piffle factory going
after the campaign is all over and
the votes are counted the oregoniar
runs risk Of becoming a needless
bore.
There is an argument for those
who believe ways of living have
much to do with
Diet and Death. length Of living in
the following tale
rom the London Chronicle:
The average duration of life is
shorter in New Guinea than in any
other country. possibly owing to the
peculiar diet affected by the natives
who devour with gusto the larvae Of
beetles, dug out OF decayed tree
runks. and habitually drink sea
water when near the coast. '"The peo-
pie die off at about 4O," we are told
n Mr.. A. z. Pratts Two Years
Among the New Guinea Cannlbals."
We saw one very old man, who may
iave been about 60 years of age-the
'nly example of longevity that We
anne across. He was bent almost
louble and had long white beard.
lis fellow-tribesinen regarded him as
great curiosity, and brought him to
zee US. Despite the deereptltude Of
lis body however. there was no trace
4 senility; his senses were nuim- ]
aired. and the poor old creature
howed great gratitude for a bit OF
obacco."
The AudacIous will not be SO au-
acious henceforth. :
~SAA0S@eS I
When the Blue Mountains become
,rapped in snow n ,is a signal for