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It was to foe expected, perhaps, that they would favor the election of United States Senators by popular vote, for that Idea hae taken hold of the public so firmly that few politicians venture openly to oppose it. Of course the choice of the electors is not manda tory upon the Legislature in any case, but it is coming more and more to have the force of & command. The constitu tional method of electing Senators is visibly going the -way of the electoral college. In a few years more the leg islative choice may be nothing more than a mere form in any state. It has not been much more than a form for years in several states, though the peo ple were not always responsible for the Innovation. Neither in New York, New Jersey nor Rhode Island have recent Legislatures done more than ratify a se lection made for them by the bosses in the interest of the corporations. It has, in fact, come to a pass where many Legislatures have abdicated their con stitutional power, and it must go either to bosses like Aldrich or to .the people. No friend of American Institutions can hesitate which to favor. The Demo crats of Michigan display unexpected shrewdness in yielding gracefully to a tendency which no party can resist. Their trust resolution cannot escape so easily. It is elmply contrary to the fact to assert, as they do, that the evils from trusts and corporations which an noy the country "are a direct outcome of class legislation by the Republican party." In most cases they are not the outcome of legislation of any sort, but rather of the lack of it. It is univer sally admitted that corporations have arrived at their position of overween ing power by taking advantage of gaps in the law. The Nation has been try ing to make a system of Jurisprudence which was developed before the mod ern methods of production and trans portation arose apply to the new condi tion of things. Of course it falls. Hence the assertion that all these evils are due to class legislation is a lamentable departure from strict veracity, and it must be, in part at least, willful. One may concede that trusts have been fos tered by the tariff, but for this the Democrats must share the responsibil ity with the Republicans. "When the Government was In their hands and they had a chance to reduce the tariff to a reasonable level they did nothing of the sort. Instead they raised it. Many of the most irrational protection ists in Congress have all along been Democrats. Their convictions upon the question, like those of their opponents, are determined largely, if not wholly, by their selfish interests. Should the next Democratic National platform de clare flatly for a revenue tariff, the party would split over it. The convention was clearly guilty of another moral lapse in saying that the remedial laws enacted by the last Con gress show that the "Republican party has no honest purpose to remove from the people" the evils of corporation rule. It is Impossible, they add, to ex pect relief from Republican sources. Now men in general are inclined to judge the future by the past, and wisely so. The remedial legislation passed by the last Congress was In cer tain respects defective. It was the out come of compromises in some case9, and compromises always fall short of what reformers desire. Nevertheless the rate bill, the pure-food law, the de natured alcohol bill and the measures to push the Panama Canal form a re epectacle body of .positive achievement, greater than any Democratic Congress ever enacted in any one session, in the history of the country, and what the Republicans are likely to do hereafter will be decided from what they have already done. Mr. Hendryx, the tem porary chairman of the convention, made some queer statements in rela tion to the rate bill. He would find it difficult to verify them were he called -upon to do so. The efficacious clauses of the bill, he said, were stricken out at a kitchen cabinet meeting, where the President surrendered to the railroads "and the dark-lantern brigade." Such talk Is very well for a Demo cratic convention, but the fact is that the rate bill when it came from the Senate was a great deal more effica cious than the House left it. Even Mr. La Follette, who Is much displeased with the action of the Senate upon the whole, admits this. It is admitted also Iby all candid, citizens that the rate bill Is a more thoroughgoing measure than anybody thought it possible to pass when the matter first came before Con gress. We got more than we dared to hope for, yet the President is blamed because we did not get still more. Were such a thing as fairness admissible at a Democratic convention, we should be inclined to reproach the Michigan body for its untenable position with respect to the President and the remedial measures of the last Congress. It is safe to Bay that everything was done which under the circumstances could be done. Why should Mr. Roosevelt "surrender"? He had nothing to hope from Mr. Aldrich and nothing to fear from either him or the railroads. In view of what the Department of Jus tice has been doing of late, it is simply puerile to believe that Mr. Roosevelt Is under the influence of "Standard Oil." Some libels are absurd enough to re fute themselves. It is to be wished for their political welfare that the Michigan Democrats had paid less heed to the shortcomings of the Republicans and attended more wisely to their own steps. What have they to gain by evoking the spirit of free silver from the -dismal shades where it wanders ghostly and forlorn to shed tears of regret over It? Mr. Hendryx repeated this folly at Detroit apparently with the approbation of his colleagues. Do they expect to incorpo rate a free-silver plank in their next platform? If they do, are the Ameri can people expected to vote for it? To the evils of trusts and corporations are we to add those of repudiation of debts and & debased currency? For the ad monition of the Democrats it may be said that every tear they shed over the corpse of free silver drives a nail in their political coffin. The sooner they drop the putrescent subject and devote themselves to living issues the better for their own success and the more wholesome for our National political life. GROWTH' OF DIRECT PRIMARY. It is the common opinion in Oregon that the direct primary is here to stay. Undoubtedly it will stay, with some changes and modifications that experi ence will suggest and require, but it is to be something more than a perma nent method of nominating candidates to office In Oregon only, and is to be in troduced elsewhere. Sooner or later, no doubt, it will be adopted in every other Western state and perhaps in the At lantic States, although it is a singular fact that little or nothing has been done in great states like New York and Pennsylvania in the way of nomination reform. It Is not easy to understand why, for it is well known that both par ties there are profoundly dissatisfied with machine politics and with the cor rupt domination of individual bosses. Apparently the voters think that the convention method is good enough, and all that needs to be done is to change bosses. They may think differently af ter a while. The remarkable spread of the direct primary movement has been much In evidence during the current week. To day, in Illinois, a direct primary law is to be tried for the first time. It covers nominations by all parties for every office, from United States Senator down, although the convention system has not been abandoned and the pri mary is merely to be considered the formal expression of the voters' prefer ences. But it is obvious, from the ac tive campaign being made by candi dates for all offices in Illinois, that they consider the results of today's pri maries of first importance; and that succeeding conventions will not Ignore the nominations thus made or sug gested directly by the voters. If conventions do Ignore them, it is certain that the next step will be be abolishment of the convention and outright nomination of candidates by the primary. The professional politi cian, who is the instinctive foe of the direct primary, 6trlkes bis flag with bitterness- of heart and anguish of spirit; but strike it he must. In Pocatello, on Wednesday, the Idaho Republican Convention adopted the following resolution: "We favor the enactment of a primary elec tion law In order that the election may be brought nearer the people. Nomination of a United States Sena tor by the Republican convention was avowedly an expedient adopted in lieu of a primary law providing for direct nomination of Senator. It was success ful at Pocatello, not so much because the candidate, Mr. Borah, was popular, but because the temper of the Repub lican voters was favorable to a direct primary law and every reasonable measure looking in that direction. En actment by the Legislature of a satis factory primary la win Idaho is a mat ter of only a short time, just as it will be in the State of Washington, where the agitation is general and growing more and more formidable. The Iowa convention on Wednesday adopted this plank; The Republican party has always stood for the enlarged participation of the Individual voice In public affairs. To this end, we pledge ourselves and our party In this state to the enactment of a wise and Judicious primary election law, which will provide (or the selec tion by direct vote of all candidates tor office to be filled at the general election and the expression of party preference In the selec tion of United States Senators. The Michigan Republican Convention the same day passed a resolution to the end "that the people of the United States so amend the Constitution of the United States as to permit the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people." The Michigan Democratic Convention on Thursday adopted a resolution favoVing "the nomination and election of United States Senators by direct vote." The North Dakota Democracy favored ex tension of the primary election law to state officers. These are the results of one week In these important reforms. No state con vention held during the week Ignored either the question of a direct primary law or the kindred question of direct election of United States Senators by the people. A NEW AND VAST EMPIRE. The world is not likely soon to lack for bread. Not only are the rich wheat growing centers of the United States embracing Kansas, the Dakotas, Min nesota, Montana and Eastern Oregon and Washington,' enormously produc tive of this great cereal and increasing in productiveness year by year, but away to the north of us far to the west of the old Canadian provinces that until recently were considered all that there was of Canada that invited civili zation a new empire has been dis closed and added to the great domain of agriculture. From this new bread producing center of the North Ameri can Continent nearly a hundred million bushels of wheat found their way to the world's markets in 1905, and there yet remained 70,000,0000 acres of wheat land to be settled. Like the table lands of the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, these lands were, until recently, sup posed to be a barren waste. Now, as stated by W. Frank McClure In a late number of the New York Independent, it is predicted that the present genera tion in Western Canada will witness the growing of wheat upon 45,000,000 acres of this wheat belt with an aver age production of twenty bushels to the acre. This will exceed the annual sroduction of the United States by 200.- 000,000 bushels, and will equal one-third the crop of the entire world. A feature of this growing and wheat growing region that is of interest, not to say concern, to the American people is that these provinces of Canada, ac knowledging allegiance to Great Brit ainManitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Assinlboia have already drawn to themselves 200,000 Americans, and it is freely predicted that it will not be long until 18 per cent of the people there will be of American birth or parentage. Not only so, but already millions of American capital have been invested beyond our Northern boundary and millions more are setting that way. Speculation as to the outcome of this feature of the occupation of Canada is rife. It may mean the growth of a re publican empire to the north of us, the citizen-subjects of which give full and free allegiance to the British crown, thus nullifying by the arts of peace the far-away edict of the Revolutionary war; or it may foreshadow the fulfill ment of the long dream of the annexa tion of Canada to the United States. Will the peaceful conquest of American citizens to the number of hundreds of thousands be compassed by the allure ments held out to settlers to come in and possess this new agricultural cen ter? Or will the American spirit, sup posed to be animated by political lib erty, leaven the whole lump and result in a demand for full and free repub lican Institutions? THE TRANSPORTATION SHORTAGE. In no other line of industry is the upward swing of the pendulum of pros perity more noticeable than in the transportation business. On land and water alike there is scarcity of facili ties for moving the enormous amount of freight offering, and the scarcity is daily becoming more pronounced. The railroads for more than a year have been overtaxed, and even addition of new equipment as rapidly as it can be secured has failed to make a noticeable Impression on the situation. On the ocean, except in the .foreign trade, sim ilar conditions hamper the operations of shippers. Rates on all classes of coasting vessels have steadily 'ad vanced, until now in some lines they are considerably more than double the figures quoted less than two years ago. Even at the abnormally high rates de manded by vessel-owners, it is Impossi ble to secure tonnage sufficient to han dle the business. - In the matter of rates the shipowner has somewhat of an advantage over the railroads, for he is in position to take advantage of the law of supply and demand, and is quick to do so, while the railroad rates must remain the same, regardless of whether the roads have more business than they can han dle or have thousands of cars idle. In dull times, when rates are low and charters are not easily obtainable, the shipowner can console himself with the thought that the inevitable up-turn, when it comes, will enable him to exact enough additional toll from the shipper to offset the loss through enforced idle ness. But the railroads, with thou sands of cars standing idle on the side tracks when business is dull, can figure out no such prospect for getting even on the loss sustained by failure to keep the rolling stock in motion. This fact In a measure accounts for the car shortage which so frequently disturbs business conditions in the West. To make estimates of sufficient ac curacy so that there will be no short age of "cars, and at the same time have no abnormal amount of idle rolling stock on hand during the dull seasons, is a' task which not infrequently over taxes the abilities of both traffic and operating departments of the railroads. This year the situation in the Pacific Northwest promises to become more serious than ever. Paradoxical as it may seem, prosperity and misfortune alike have contributed in bringing about this car shortage. The rapid and enormous growth of the lumber busi ness, together with an Immense amount of development work in other lines, would probably have overtaxed the fa cilities of the railroads had there been no otller influence. The San Francisco disaster created new and abnormal conditions which had to be met by sac rifice of interests in other directions. We have not yet felt the full effect of these abnormal transportation condi tions, but will undoubtedly do so when the wheat crop begins to move. In past seasons the railroads serving Portland have generally succeeded in borrowing cars from Eastern roads for temporary use while the rush was on. This year prospects for relief from that quarter are not bright, for the simple reason that the same general song of prosper ity Is heard all over the land. Kansas alone, with twice as much wheat as will be grown in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and 200,000,000 bushels of corn, will need more cars than ever be fore in her history, and other Middle Western and Southern States are simi larly situated. The ocean situation presents an in teresting study for the political econo mists who profess to believe that our foreign trade is actually hampered through lack of tonnage. With coast wise rates at abnormally high figures and an insufficient number of vessels to handle the business that is offering, there is a surplus of tonnage for the foreign trade at rates as low, and in some cases lower, thartMhey were when coastwise rates began moving upward. Of course none of this cheap ocean tonnage can come to relief of the over taxed shipper who is dispatching freight to a domestic port. Our ancient shipping laws were not framed for the purpose of facilitating business and aiding the millions of shippers and pro ducers to take advantage of the law of supply and demand. Instead, they have created an artificial condition in trade affairs, and its maintenance is a perpet ual menace and injury to legitimate trade. For more than three years Germany has had direct steamship service with the Mexican ports, and Great Britain has also enjoyed regular communica tion with that country. Theoretically these facilities might be expected to in crease the trade of the two countries, but the records do not bear out the as sumption. For the first six months of the last fiscal year Mexico Imported from the United States goods- to the amount of $51,408,988, compared with $49,216,637 for the same period in the preceding season. Germany, which comes next to the United States in the Mexican trade, exported to that coun try in the same period $9,793,141 worth of goods, compared with $11,331,271 for the corresponding period in the previ ous season. Great Britain also showed a loss, her exports declining from $10, 407,314 in the first eix months of the previous season to $9,068,134 for the same period in the season just closed. It is but natural that the United States should enjoy the lion's share of the trade; but the fact that this country is making gains while the other countries are losing again demonstrates that if we can supply at the proper prices the commodities which other countries are in need of, the facilities for shipping them will be forthcoming. The Oregonlan prints on this page a remarkable tribute to President Roose velt from the New York World, an Im portant Democratic newspaper. The World is not blinded by partisan bias. It understands the strong hold the President has on the American people, their unqualified trust in him and their belief that he has done more to procure imfortant remedial legislation as Pres ident than any other could or would have done. The World, we think, is mistaken when it suggests that Roose velt will be the Republican nominee for a third term. Mr. Roosevelt will be largely the issue in the Congressional campaign of 1906, and more or less in the Presidential campaign of 1908, but it may as well be taken for granted first as last that he meant what he said when he declared that he would not be a candidate arid would not accept the nomination. It is neither fair nor proper to assume that he is shaping his political policies and personal conduct so that the next Republican National Convention will demand that he be the candidate, despite his definite declara tions. The sad death of Ell A. Gage, only son of Lyman J. Gage, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, closes the tragedy of a life of struggle and of disappointment to all in touch with Its expression for a period of forty years. "Poor fellow," Is the Involuntary exclamation as we turn the last page in this stormy career. The sympathy thus expressed is due in a full measure to the father whose hope the young man was in his boyhood, to the wife who was in earnest, affection ate quest of him at the time that he took his own life, and to the young sons, to whom he can never be more than a shadowy, troubled memory. In this as in many other sad instances The outward, wayward life we see Its hidden sprlnKB we may not know. American biography would be inesti mably enriched if there should be dis covered a written estimate of George Washington by one of his Cabinet offi cers not of Washington the soldier and the first President, because we have these, but of Washington the man. By common consent, Ulysses S. Grant is America's military chief tain. iHis achievements are known to the world. But what about Grant as a man among men? Judge George H. Williams, Grant's able and trusted Cabinet officer, contributes to The Sun day Oregonian tomorrow an article dealing with Grant's personality. It is certain to take and hold a permanent place in the literature of the Civil War. A most remarkable and absolutely unique story of suddenly acquired wealth comes from the new State of Oklahoma. On land allotted to a negro girl 12 years -old, the daughter of a for mer Creek slave, oil was recently dis covered, and the child is now receiving royalties from men operating the wells at a rate of $237,000 a year. And she is only one of several dark-skinned, ob scure youngsters who are bound to be come very wealthy from the same find. This twentieth-century romance, based on fact, will be published in The Sun day Oregonian tomorrow. Coqullle and a few other Oregon towns, which were voted dry by their friends in the contiguous territory, manifest an inclination to vote them selves wet. Just to show that some things can be done as well as others. There Is still a difference of opinion in some Oregon communities as to what local option means, but under the fine array of laws we are getting through the initiative it would seem to mean "you pays your money and you takes your choice." A twenty-flve-foot lot in the business part of Ontario, the old railroad me tropolis of Malheur (it being under stood, of course, that "Vale is the new railroad center), sold last week for $4500, the buyer needing it to finish out a brick building, which shows Oregon prosperity to even the remotest ends of the state. T. W. Davenport, of Silverton, has Just passed his 80th birthday. The Ore gonian congratulates him, and the com munity in which he has long been a prominent factor, upon the fact that "by reason of strength" he has been enabled to reach an age otherwise in excess of the old time limit fixed for human life. One phase of the Idaho situation: Be cause Gooding "kidnaped" Haywood and Moyer, and Borah will prosecute them this Fall, the state is to be made Democratic. But will It be? Somebody murdered Steunenberg, and the Idaho authorities, we take it, are determined to punish the guilty and exonerate the Innocent. President Roosevelt has sent his dol lar to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, and Governor Higgins hag followed his example. That makes two dollars. However, an other dollar is needed from you. The Cossacks continue loval tn th "Emperor, and shoot, slay and murder at the royal command. It is evidently a mistake for the revolutionists to try and win over the Cossacks. Their true policy is to reduce the supply. Despite the Hartje, Thaw, Corey and other scandals, Pittsburg millionaires are in great demand. Fay Templeton, the famous actress, has just married one; but it is understood that it is merely a Pittsburg marriage. The Art Students' League drew a lot of nude pictures and Anthony Corn stock seized them and threatens to put the artists in jail. Mr. Comstock's art education may be deficient, but he has a good eye for some things. The Michigan Democrats decline to take cognizance of the question as to whether Tom Taggart is a gambler or not. , They prefer to address themselves to such live topics as to whether Bryan was right or wrong in 1896. Ex-Secretary Long kept discreetly si lent about the Pilgrtm Mothers. Doubt less he thought it hard enough on them that they had to live with the Pilgrim Fathers. John D. Long says the Pilgrim Fath ers some of them were "drunken, li centious, vicious and quarrelsome." Wouldn't that make Plymouth Rock? See that "slump" after the Fair? Getting bigger and bigger all the time. Who was the original "slump" prophet? And what has become of him? MR. ROOSEVELT AS AJf ISSUE. Democratic Tribute to the Achieve , mests of the President. New York World (Dem.). "The Republicans Intend that Mr. Roosevelt shall be the issue in the Con gress campaign," complains the Buffalo Times. Of course they do. What better issue can they have? Not only Is Mr. Roosevelt the issue, but apparently the issue is going to manage the campaign. This may displease Democrats, but no Republican candidate for office is likely to complain about either the issue or the manager. It .was inevitable that Mr. Roosevelt should be the issue in the Fall campaign, but how about 1908? Is It not almost cer tain that he will be the issue in the next Presidential campaign. If conditions con tinue as they now are? That Is a situa tion which the Democratic party might as well face first as last. Let us exam ine it. Mr. Roosevelt has really done extraor dinarily well in the matter of curbing trusts, monopolies and corporations. It is easy enough to say that he might have done more, but the fact remains that in coping with the abuses of organized cap ital he bas done much better than any of his predecessors in the White House, and while he has been doing it he has succeeded in holding his party together. He has forced a rate law, a meat-inspection law and a pure-food law through Congress. He has enforced the anti-trust law as none of his predecessors ever dreamed of doing. He is enforcing the anti-rebate law with vigor and success. He is moving against the most powerful and the most unpopular corporation In aft the world, the Standard Oil Company. - Let us assume that the Democrats nom inate Mr. Bryan on a platform demand ing the curbing of corporations and the destruction of trusts and monopolies. Mr. Roosevelt has already appropriated these Issues. In large measure he has made them his own. Will not his party de mand his renomlnation on the ground that, having Instituted these reforms, Jie Is the logical candidate for President In order that he may complete his work? Will Mr, Roosevelt be able to resist such an appeal? If it should come to the pinch of choos ing between Mr. Roosevelt, with his rec ord of substantial achievement, and an untried executive like Mr. Bryan, with a handicap of dead issues, would not the sober business elements of the country select Mr. Roosevelt as the lesser evil? Would not the very men who are now denouncing him for what they call "med dling with business" support him in pref erence to somebody who claimed to be far more radical? And If, in addition to an appeal to the country for support in carrying out the reforms he had already undertaken Mr. Roosevelt should add tariff reform on the basis of moderate, reasonable protection, would not that add immensely to' his strength among independent voters? Would not this be particularly the case if the Democratic convention adopted a vio lent and extreme anti-protection plank of Mr. Bryan's own framing? With Mr. Bryan still clinging to his belief in free silver, still handicapped by the 1S96 attack upon the Supreme Court and standing on a platform that denounced every form of protection as "a robbery of the many to enrich the few," would it be Mr. Roose velt or Mr. Bryan whom the business In terests of the country would favor for President? Could Mr. Roosevelt refuse a nomina tion in such circumstances? Would his party permit him to refuse? Mayor Jailed for Not Enforcing; Law. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mayor Rose, of Kansas City, Kan., has been ordered by the State Supreme Court to relinquish his office and pay a fine of $1000 for contempt of court. If he doesn't pay the fine he must go to jail. And all this becauaj the Court claims he has failed to enforce the laws he was elected to enforce. But how many mayors would continue In office If the courts were all as strict as this Kansas court? The Poor Old Mnn. Kansas City Times. John D. Is not a billionaire, Poor old man! So those tales were empty air. That said it had this goodly share; "I've not one-third of that, so there!" Poor old man! I Give poor old John D. a dole, Poor old man! Such poverty must Irk his soul: Let's all chip In and swell his roll, With rebates from our oil and coal. Poor old man! He scarce has where to lay his head. This poor old man; His heart, discouraged, beats like lead, "Not half a billion," so he said; He scarce can buy a crust of bread, Poor old man! A poor old beggar, who'd mistreat The poor old man? Let's give him words of courage sweet; He yet may "get upon his feet." We should not let him feel "plumb beat," The poor old man! THE GREAT TTvriCE. ftMTRlBOTC TO TrtC CAMPAIGN FUND Will BE TAKEN OUT Ano SHOT. DOLLARS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE RECEIVED GLADLY. PEARLS HI' LB JEWEL SALE. Contest for Rare Necklaces aad Brooches In Auction Rooms, New York Herald. The Jewel sale at Christie's, London, did not disappoint those who expected it to be the most important event of the season at the well-known London auction rooms, and 175 items produced a total of 70,178 ($350,890). Toward this 10,000 ($50,000) was contributed for a magnificent neck lace of 47 large pearls with a single bril liant clasp. Mr. Drayson opened the bidding with 3700 ($1S,500), and 7000 ($35,000). C. Thompson, of Agnew & Son, stepped in and remained to the end. though the final bid came from Mr. Holdaway. Mr. Tan. nenbaum secured a pearl rope, composed of 191 pearls, for 3700 ($18,500). The same property included many more pieces of considerable value, notably a five-row paarl necklace, for which Mr. Mallott gave 3300 ($12,500); a pair of fine cabochon emerald and diamond earrings, bought for 1350 ($6750) by Mr. Graham; an emerald and brilliant collet necklace, bought for 1250 (J&S0). and a fine oblong sapphire mounted collet border of bril liants as a brooch for 1020 ($5100) by Mr. Hamilton, and three fine black pearls mounted as studs, bought for 1000 ($5000) by Mrs. J. Phillips. The late Lady Montgomery's necklace of 76 pearls went to Mr. Lyon for 780 ($3900). The same price was paid by Mr. Mallett for a collet necklace composed of 49 graduated brilliants and an oval bril liant snap. The miscellaenous properties included a five-row pearl necklace, com posed of 417 pearls of fine Orient, well matched and graduated, and with an oval brilliant clasp of foliage design. The hammer fell at Mr. Lowe's offer of 4800 ($24,000), Mr. Robinson being the under bidder. To Mr. Lindenbaum fell for 2350 ($11. 750) a necklace composed of three rows of 219 graduated peasls, with a pearl and brilliant cluster snap, while Mr. Tan nenbaum gave 3400 (J17.000) for a neck lace of 55 graduated pearls, with a square brilliant snap. "The So, of Skidoo" Organise. Exchange. The Sons of Skidoo, composed of citi zens born on the . twenty-third of any month, has been organized in Waterbury. Conn. Defiance of those who scorn "23" was hurled during a birthday dinner of 23 courses, served at 23 small tables, July 23. Qualified sons of the "23" from all over the state were invited. The move had its inception with City Clerk William H. Sandland. who was born July 23. 1868. At the last city election he was the only Republican candidate to win at the polls and gives this as proof that Father Skidoo looks after his anointed. The constitution of the or ganization states that its purposes are the abolition of foolish superstition and the exaltation of the name of Skidoo. It is proposed to make the organization na. tional. Man Dressed as a Woman, Flirts. Newport (R. I.) Despatch. At the Casino dance there was a sen sation which the governors of that aris tocratic place say will not occur again. It was the sensation of the dull season. Harry Lehr was outdone. A young man. dressed as a woman, danced and flirted as a woman. The young man was Dud ley Morgan, son of William Rogers Mor gan, who owns a villa on Rhoda Island avenue. When Morgan, superbly gowned in white embroidered net. In empire style, with a coral necklace, long white suede gloves, Japanese fan and blond wig, with Jewels in the hair, came In with Miss Pauline French and seated himself, all eyes were centered on him. Sidney Col ford, not to be balked, took the "lady" on the floor, and danced with "her," amid great laughter. Read the Bible for l.TOth Time. Chester Corr. Philadelphia Press. Ambrose S. Ottey. one of the best known Bible students in this section of the country, Is dead at his home, at 524 Highland avenue, after an Illness of two years. For over half a century Professor Ottey had devoted his spare time to study of the Bible. Several months ago and before his Illness became serious he read the book through for the 130th time. Clerical Professions and Longevity, BostonV Transcript. The clerical profession seems conducive to longevity. Dr. Howe, of Cambridge. and Dr. Marsh, of Woburn, have Just cel ebrated their hundredth and ninetieth birthdays, respectively, and yesterday Rev. Dr. Bills, of Pittsfleld, died In his ninety-first year. Couldn't Live I'p to Its Name. Boston Post. The Morning Majority, London's, new newspaper, has died after a month's pre carious existence. It was never able to live up to Its name. The Children of Nature. . With countless number of coeval orbs. The earth still makes the Journey without end. Unless it be when to their source returning Within the radiant bosom of the sun They shall expire. Theirs Is the mystery Of boundless space and time! Whence they arose And why! The destiny that must be theirs. And what It means! Man's queries are In vain Night's starry page of grandeur and of gloom. By nature writ, reveals no sign to him. Except some syllables of their Immense Careers the children of infinity! mes Armstrong. ONE-DOLLAR CAMPAIGN From the New Tork Press. f SOME FEATURES OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN First and foremost, all the world's news by Associated rres, special correspondents and members of The Oregonian staft. making the fullest and most complete record of any Pacific Coast newspaper. STRANGE FREAK OF FICKLE FORTUNE Down in Oklahoma oil was struck on the land of a lowly negro girl, the child of a for mer Creek slave, and she is now piling up wealth ac the rate of nearly a quarter of a million a year. Other Creek Indian children are certain to become millionaires from the same discovery. This Croesus story is & simple record of the facts. "HAM" BURR. A NEW CREATION BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND The author of "Chlmmie Fad den" has created a remarka bly attractive American char acter in Hamilton Burr, a per fectly natural boy at a board ing school who plays baseball and sees the weaknesses in human nature. "Ham" writes to his dad with freedom and candor. His first letter will appear tomorrow, illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. It will be followed by others in Townsend's best vein. GENERAL GRANT AS A MAN BY GEORGE H. WILLIAMS A most fascinating article on . the military chieftain dealing entirely with his personal side; his strength and his weakness; his bulldog tenaci ty; his warm-heartedness and his imperturbability; his mo desty and clean-mindedness; his friendships and his devo tion to those he loved. MAKING BEARS TAKE THEIR OWN PICTURES Here is an animal story and a true one without a parallel. Besides, it took place on the Pacific Coast. A well-known naturalist was commissioned to gee a photograph of a bear in the wilds, so lie rigged up a camera, a flashlight and a string for a trigger and got t. How he did it is fully ex plained. TOO FEW OREGON TROUT; . TOO MANY ANGLERS Reforms that genuine sports men propose in order that our many streams may be re stocked with speckled Inhabi tants. One plan Is to license rods and use the money for game fish hatcheries. THIS SUMMER'S BEAUTY SHOW AT NEWPORT The season of 1906 at Ameri ca's most fashionable resort Is marked by the greatest array of feminine loveliness ever known; illustrated with portraits of noted social lead ers. A POCAHONTAS OF THE PACIFIC COAST Glenn N. Ranck, of Vancouver, tells the romantic story of Prlncees Winnemucca, the white man's friend in the Nez Perces war. AUTOMOBILE RIDE TO MOUNT KOOD Lewis Russell made the trip a few days ago. took several good pictures, which are re produced, and describes the outing. There Is room for improvement In the roads, but the scenery is matchless. ELIZABETH NEGLECTS HER IRONING The mistress of the ranch of the pointed firs runs away from home and spends the morning amid nature's green ery along the banks of Deer Leap. Her telling of the tru ancy Is charming. SWEET PEAS IN PORTLAND GARDENS A little floral sermon, together with some interesting facts concerning this favorite flower and a bit of sweet philosophy. WHEN JOE CHOATE BADGERED RUSSELL SAGE It was in Sage's cross-examination in the suit brought by Laldlaw whom Sage used as a buffer against a dynamite bomb. The ex-Ambassador to England exercised his wit, satire, sarcasm and shrewd ness and kept the Wall street pawnbroker on the gridiron all the time. SUSAN CLEGG ON MINISTERIAL MONOLOGUES She edifies Mrs. Lathrop with remarks about what the preacher could do to secure larger congregations and less discomfort among his parish ioners. HOW JAPANESE PUNISH THEIR CRIMINALS Annie Laura Miller writes about the National peniten tiary where prisoners are con fined in a wooden building and draw one-third pay. The au thorities carry on with some success a system of reform for youthful lawbreaklng. BEACHES ARE THRONGED WITH RECREATION SEEKERS The Oregon and Washington beach resorts are now approach ing the high tide of the present season. All of these seaside re sorts are covered by The Orego nian, and news printed of people of Portland and the Paclfio Northwest who are spending, their vacations there. SOCIETY, MUSIC AND DRAMATIC REVIEWS Summer outings and outdoor par ties make up the society news of the week. Delightful weather has given many Portland host esses the opportunity to plan and carry out plans of entertainment that fit the season. In music and drama the scene has shifted to the East, where the managers are preparing tours and new plays for the coming season. MANY PORTLAND GIRLS ARE CRACK SWIMMERS A full-page article is devoted to Portland girls who are expert swimmers and whose .feats in this sport are quite remarkable. The article is illustrated with some unusually successful action snapshots. REAL ESTATE REVIEW OF THE WEEK Portland's remarkable building growth Is the theme of the week ly building and real estate re view. The page is illustrated with photographs of some of Portland's handsome new dwell ings. SPORTING NEWS ' 1 AT HOME AND ABROAD Two pages are devoted to the sporting news of Portland and vicinity and the world at large. Special articles by experts are found on these pages, as well as Illustrations of current sporting events.