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FEB. 14, 1008. Cr.NTRAL, BANK AND BRANCHES. Anion? the authorities on ilnanclal '. enT "-f the present day, none stands higher than Signer Luzzatl. of Ilaly, formerly Minister of Finance of that country, whose administration effected more than any other agency in bringing order out of the chaos of Italian finance. When therefore, Signor Luzzatl Bays that the great need of the United States, to give con trol and steadiness to its financial affairs and currency system is a cen tral bank similar to those in Europe, and that "thla would do more than anything to purify the financial atmosphere of America, and check the Immoral speculation that is stain ing the greatest democracy in the world," he utters words which we per haps have not wisdom enough yet to heed, but which by hard experience we shall yet be taught to heed. The main obstacle now is the ignor ant prejudice of our politicians., which has been handed down as a heritage from the days of President Jackson, who. instead of allowing the Bank of the United States to become what it ought to have been. In a fit of partisan fury destroyed It. The crass stupidity of that act left the country in flnan cial helplessness, with no system at all; and at the outbreak of the Civil War issues of treasury notes, with no provision for their redemption, be came an only resource, followed by the present National bank system, so called, which is but a piece of rude patchwork the whole constituting such a travesty of banking, finance and currency as the world never be fore has seen. The Bank of the United States was everywhere attacked by state sover eignty demagogues. The states had never delegated the power or.--au thority, they asserted; the duty of a good government was to destroy not to charter monopolies; a moneyed class would- be given privileges and benefits that could not be enjoyed by all; the states would be deprived of their right to enact banking laws, and concentration of money power would create an aristocracy of wealth and bring down upon the Government the Just and heavy hatred of the great mass of the people for whose good the Constitution had been framed. Jefferson' had opposed the first bank, and that was enough; though taught by bitter experience, after the first one had been wound up, Madison had been compelled to sign the sec ond, on the pressing need of finding a remedy for the disorders that were besetting the currency. Madison had a "much fairer and more open mind than Jefferson, whose hatred of Hamilton was such that he was ready at any time to sacrifice the interests of the country to it; yet every pro posal for a bank must follow, through necessity, the lines marked out by Hamilton. This financial "genius has, indeed, dictated the laws of banking and currency to both hemispheres. Jackson, of course", knew nothing about banking, finance or currency. Passionate Ignorance was the guide of all his actions. And the Bank of the United State,- instead of being continued, and adapted as it might have been to the various and chang ing needs of the country, 'was at tacked and destroyed. Many of the, states taxed its branches, stock and issues, and were urged by the party in power to persist in doing so, in violation of the law and Constitution as interpreted by the luminous de cisions of Chief Justice Marshall. At tacked so furiously, the bank made various efforts at explanation and de fense, but these created political en tanglements, which still further In furiated Its assailants. Principles of finance, of banking and of credit cur rency were wholly lost In the din and fray and uproar of partisanship and ignorance. Thus the central bank, that, under right treatment, would have been the financial stay of the country, providing It, moreover, with a sound, flexible and stable credit currency, which would have enabled It to stand the strain of the Civil War and to meet or avert panic conditions since, fell; and we have the present crazy-qullt as a substitute, which will continue to plague us, so long as It shall exist. . . It is not probable that even yet Congress can be Induced to consider any plan of a central bank, with branches; for the partisan prejudice of the former, time still persists and seems well-nigh immortal. Some progress, however, there has been; for nobody now advocates return to the schemes of banking formerly author ized by the various states, which offered examples of nearly every form of note issues and every degree or phenomenon, of failure. Progress of the National Idea has cut the state sovereignty notion out of this business; yet the flat notion as to money or currency still prevails widely, and many still demand to know why the Government should not issue direct from the treasury all the money" wanted by the people. . Why they a3k,, should notes be Issued through banks? Necessity of main tenance of conditions for redemption of notes, so that their nominal value may be their real value. Is a lesson yet beyond the teaching of this school though one would think there had been experience enough, even In our history, to Impress It on every mind. No one of the central bank systems of foreign countries would quite suit our own, for they all vary from each other, to meet special conditions of their own countries, and so ours would vary from them. But the gen eral principles and features would be the same. A bank currency, under a proper system, is elastic or flexibly; Its security is the gold reserves and mercantile bills based on staple com modities moving in all markets. Un der right management, in which Gov ernment particpates, the security is perfect. But a bond-secured currency is fixed and rigid; it has no expansive and practically no contractile quality; it is liable to congestion in banks or hoards, and the congestion becomes both a cause and effect of panics. On the other hand a credit cur rency, bank currency, based on mercantile bills representing com modities all the time in movement for the demand in the world's markets keeps the commodities al ways moving is an active currency. It must move, because the com modities move for ' necessary con sumption; and gold comes, when the wheat and cotton and other products represented by the merchants' bills are sold in ,the foreign markers. Our Clearing-House certificates. Is sued at Portland on wheat, are illus trations 'on a small scale. But the whole business ought to be transacted through a central bank and Its branches, under close""- regulation by the Government. LINCOLN" AND HIS ENEMIES. There was very general observance of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The observance will be still more gen eral next year, for that will be the first centenary of Lincoln's birth. The most gratifying thing of all is that Abraham Lincoln has conquered his enemies. He was nearest to our universal humanity of any of our public men; the mildest, the. most catholic, yet the firmest; unequalled In sagacity and in devotion to highest Ideals, yet most vilified and maligned. One reason why a great many men ,and women don't like the Democratic party, or even its name, is their memory of the bitter and terrible abuse which that party heaped upon Abraham Lincoln. And it was the whole party that did It, not merely the spokesmen of the party. In the agony of the great war they came near beating Lincoln,' even In the state of New York. His majority in that state In 1S64 was only 6749. In Oregon it was but 1431. No man was ever fought by any party so venomously as Lincoln was fought by the Democratic party, that now pretends to revere him. The speeches and newspapers and general fury of the Democratic party of that time were simply horrible. No supporter of Lin coln, then, and of the cause for which Lincoln stood, would even speak to a Democrat in those days, if he could avoid It. There were politics then, politics. Indeed! Hatred of Lincoln in the South was but natural. But why should It have been so venemous in the North? It pervaded the Democratic party of the North, through and through. There never has been anything like It. To read the debates and proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held at Chicago in 1864, with the de nunciations of Lincoln there on every body's lips, will, evsn at this distance of time, start a thrill of horror. A MOVE TOWARD MONOPOLY. In a tentative manner the Produce Merchant's Association seems to have taken up the problem of preventing farmers from peddling their potatoes, veal and cabbages on the city streets. This practice of the farmers Is dis liked by the association, one gathers, partly because It demoralizes prices, partly because It Interferes with the retail grocery trade. Both these rea sons are worth examining, not only from the point of view of the dealer, but also from that of the consumer. It is undeniable that both the farmer and the consumer have rights In this matter of street peddling. The mer chants are not the only parties who are Interested In It; nor are they the only ones whom the Council should consult In case It proposes to legislate upon the subject. What are we to understand by "de moralizing prices," It means that the farmers sell their produce cheaper on the street than the combination per mits the retail grocers to sell the same class of goods in their stores. As long as the farmers are permitted to peddle potatoes and cabbages from their wagons, no trust can fix an ex tortionate price upon such goods. The liberty of the farmer t seH protects the consumer from robbery. Forbid the farmer to peddle his produce and Immediately the purchaser of vege tables for the table Is placed exactly where the purchaser of wood now Is. He is at the mercy of a combination, which will push prices as high as they will go. Prices are "demoralized" In the opinion of the combinations when they are fixed with reference to the consumer's rights. Anything which prevents the combination from agree ing upon an extortionate price and compelling the consumer to pay It is "demoralizing." The purpose of the Produce Associ ation , to ask restrictive legislation from the Council is certainly courage ous. For many months the Council has been considering more or les3 seriously how to relieve the public from the extortions of the wood, coal, ice and divers other trusts. It is somewhat bold to come forward at this Juncture and ask the city fathers to deliver the people over to the tender mercies of another combina tion which may not be a trust, but which acts in many respects Just as a trust would act. It Is to the Interest of the consumer that prices should be "demoralized" as much as possible. It is to his in terest to prevent the establishment of monopoly prices in produce as In everything else. It Is well enough to regulate farmers' peddling. They should not be permitted to obstruct the streets or to annoy householders by importunity. It Is not a bad idea to have a public market where all produce from the country may be ex posed for sale during certain hours of the day. This is done in many cities and it is a good plan. But stalls In the market ought not to be held at prices which are prohibitive to farm ers and only within the reach of the trust. If Portland is to have a genuine public market the stalls ought to be rented at a figure which will protect both the farmer and the consumer. The market should be conducted pri marily In the Interest of the' great public and only incidentally for the benefit of the produce merchants. If a public market pays expenses, that is all the city need require from It. The general benefit of clean, cheap, fresh and abundant farm produce, on . sale where everybody could get It, would be so great that the Idea of profit from the Investment need not be considered at all; though a public market conducted in the Interest of the consumer may well pay a money profit. The people of Portland have the right to buy their table vegetables anywhere and of anybody they please. They have the right to buy in fhe cheapest available market; and It would be Intolerable for the Council to try to compel them to pay two middlemen's profits where one will suffice. In this era of high prices and difficult subsistence the Council would not be wise, to Impose new burdens upon householders. The home is quite as important as the re tall grocery store. While we value both, if one must be sacrificed it should not be the home. We should never forget that all these efforts to place the public at the mercy of monopolies are direct blows at the welfare of the home and family. NEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. Secretary Taft Is still lifting up his voice in behalf of the Phillipines and to his consistent attitude and earnest endeavors, to secure fair play for our trans-Pacific dependencies, is due the patience with which our new wards have waited for this Government to do what Is right toward them. Out of the chaos, which resulted when the United States "broke the bar of Spain," the Filipinos have emerged with surprising rapidity, when the handicaps they endure are considered. In their National Assembly, they have, as stated by Secretary Taft, "a gov ernment that Is largely a government of Phillipine people under the final guidance, however, of an. American executive, and one branch of the legislature." But while the Phillipines have come Into our family circle as an adopted child, we have as yet, signally failed In extending to them the rights and privileges that are granted other members of the famllv. The newly established Assembly has sent to Washington as representatives of the islands, two commissioners who are said to be able men, well qualified to plead the cause of their constitu ents. Unfortunately they have no vote in Congress, and no place on the committees, and aside from their pos session of official credentials from the Phillipine Assembly, they are but lit tle above the grade of lobbyists. These commissioners were Instructed by their Assembly to make on Congress the same demands that have for years been put forth by Mr. Taft and other exponents of the doctrine of a square ceai. me most Important concession. "if It be proper to term an act of simple justice a concession," de manded by these commissioners will be the revision or abolition of the Dingley tariff rates on sugar, tobacco, hemp and other staple products which are particularly adapted to Phillipine territory. In a spirit much fairer than that which opposes them, the Fill pinos express a willingness to have free entry of sugar limited to 250,000 tons' per annum, and of tobacco to 3,000,000 pounds per annum. When it is considered that this sugar must be shipped 8000 miles by water, and 2000 miles by rail, to reach most of the American consumers who are now at the mercy of the sugar trust. It Is easy to understand the fallacy of the argument put forth by the trust representatives, that their business would be ruined by this com petition. And there are other Inter ests -to be considered. When the ar rogant sugar trust publicly announces at Washington that no relief will be given the Phillipine sugar producers at this session of Congress,' it not only Increases the hatred of the Filipinos for the country that Is hampering its industrial growth, but It is forcing millions of American consumers to pay exorbitant prices for the trust ! product. The commissioners will also ask the repeal of the law requiring all ship. ments to the United States to be made In American bottoms. This of course will be fought by the Interests who are using lack of American tonnage as a club with which to beat a sub sidy bill through Congress. The American flag is a glorious banner of freedom, but when the unsophisti cated Filipino Is made to suffer mon strous injustice by the country that has forced his allegiance to that flag, it Is small wonder that his reverence for the flag Is not on the Increase. The Republican party won freedom for the Filipinos, but It has not com pleted Its mission In their territory, and unless it rejects the pleas of the svigar trust, the tobacco trust, the shipping trust and all other iniquiti ous organizations for the restraint of trade, the prestige for making true and loyal American subjects out of the island men, will rest with the Democrats, for sooner or later, the In terests of the producer and consumer, will be given precedence over those of the trusts which now wax great from the efforts of both. Grand opera sung in English is one of the Innovations promised with the change in the management of the Metropolitan Opera House in New Tork. This radical change is sug gestive of the remarks of the rural gentleman who attempted to order a meal at a high-toned restaurant In Gotham. "I believe." said he, "that if a man were to go down into New Tork City and start a hotel with the bill of fare printed In English so that folks "could read It, he would make a fortune. It would get rumored around the country that there was such a hotel, and the sheriff would never get It." New Tork may perhaps be sur prised to learn that theye are a num ber of people in this country Tor whom the English language, sung or spoken, has a very pleasing sound, but it is a fact, and it may be dem onstrated, even in grand opera. The following special came yester day from Washington (February IS), to the Evening Telegram: Senator Bourne has issued l circular let ter addressed to the Reaubllcan votera of Oregon in support of the primary election law and Statement No. 1. In support of his vlewa Senator Bourne quoted from Washington's farewell address. Lincoln's Gettysburg address and Roosevelt on the party. In conclusion he .says: "I advise jny friends and constituents In the interest of true Republicanism and Ideal American cltlxenshlp to vote for State ment No. 1 nominees for the Legislature In the April primaries and vote only for State ment No. 1 nominees at the June election and their party nominee for Senator." All this could have been made more Impressive, if, 4n support of his views. Senator Bourne had added to his quotations from Washington's Fare well Address, to Lincoln's Gettysburg Oration, and to Roosevelt's recent message, Bryan's electrical metaphor on the Crown of Thorns and Cross of Gold. And Senator Bourne was Just the man to do It. All Oregon must be sorry that it escaped him. Commercial bodies of the Pacific Coast are already agitating the re tention on the Pacific Coast of a fleet of at least six . modern battleships. There will naturally be strenuous op position from the same sources that have been criticising the sending of the fleet to this Coast, but among loyal deep-thinking Americans, who regard the Navy as an agency for the preservation of peace, the proposition will be warmly welcomed. The Pacific will be the scene of the greatest com mercial and political activity that the New World has ever known. The Atlantic with shores crowded with a people on whom the restraining hand of civilization has rested for., mora than a century, will never again be the scenes of such trouble as is possible on the Pacific so long as we are con fronted with the ambitious, recently civilized and In some cases almost un civilized races across the Pacific. The financial condition of Japan is an' excellent guarantee against any very wide breach of International peace at this time. The discussion of the financial budget at Tokio almost precipitated a riot on the floor of the House of Representatives, and the principal speakers for " the Govern ment argued that it was both unwise and dangerous to discuss the nation's finances from a pessimistic stand point. The success of Japan In con cealing its true condition from Russia was the greatest factor in forcing the surrender of its antagonist during the recent war, but should the men of Nippon get into trouble with a nation like the United States, that Is per fectly familiar with conditions, much greater difficulty would be experi enced In putting out a bluff that would be duly respected. Now would be a good time for Seat tie promoters to have the census of that city taken. The bill-board cam paign for advertising Seattle has been pushed In the East with such energy and success (?) that disappointed, clamorous thousands of men and women are in that city stranded. begging for work which is not to be had and accepting in lieu thereof the dole of- charity. TiB Is a heavy price to pay for the name of being a phenomenally busy wide awake city of unlimited Industrial opportunities, but It is a legitimate one. It is to the credit of Seattle that It is doing all it can to liquidate its obligation to the multitude of men and women that boastful boomers have lured to the city. The Oregonian has had something to say hitherto in notes somewhat loud, about the condition of railroads in Oregon and danger of travel upon them. It doesn't wish now to say, "Told you so," but It would like to urge anew the necessity, and the duty, of a more liberal management and service, so that the people may have better assurance of safety. Senator Bourne is out with a state ment advising Republicans to vote only for StatementNo. 1 nominees at the June election. Some Republicans may take the advice, if they feel like it; others will not, because they don't feel like it. They feel, somehow, they say, that the results of Statement No. 1 hitherto have not been all that could be desired. A writer in the Albany Democrat, not liking Brother Hofer of the Capital Journal, calls him "this piti able editor." Isn't this too con temptuous? "Take any shape but that." There will be no need to vote for any Republican nominee for the Legislature who pledges to Statement No. 1. Any Democratic nominee will do as well. La Follette, his Intimates say, does not expect the Presidency now, but wants to keep his name before the country for 1912. A far look and dim prospect. An inexpensive way to improve the city streets would be to make the ob structing banana wagons and peanut vendors move on. -Patrolman Hepner hadn't served long enough on the Portland prflice force to be a coward or to flee In the face of danger. Investors who are looking for real estate that has slumped should try Seattle or Los Angeles. There's hone in Portland. While the married letter-carrier patiently bears the burden of Christ mas loads, he rebels. at being a pack horse today. "The Roosevelt panic" Is what they call it. It alludes, we may suppose to the panic among the plutocrats. RAPS OREGOX HOME-MADE LAWS The Initiative and Referendum Slaed I'p as an "Iridescent Hambng." Washington (D. C.) Post (Ind.). The voters of Oregon are entitled to commiseration. In spite of the fact that they have brought most of their trou bles upon themselves. In a spirit of revolt against graft and grafters, the people have attempted to run their government at first hand. In a few months they will be confronted with the first fruits of their new Initiative and referendum scheme, in the shape of a ballot containing at least 20 Impor tant and complicated measures pro posed for adoption. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker will be called upon to drop their tools long enough to make a cross on the ballot, and thereby enact this legislation. One of the proposed laws deals with Sun day observance; another makes a new system of representation in lawmaking bodies; another establishes a new and untried system of taxation; another re models the grand' Jury laws; another provides for recalling from office men who are unsatisfactory; all these ind other proposals being difficult ques tions, requiring deliberation and dis cussion. But there Is no time for deliberation on the part of a man working for his living. He must vote and get back to work. So the Ushers and choppers and plowmen of Oregon will take a day next June and try their hands at law making. It will be Interesting to note the effect of laws enacted without de liberation and discussion. How soon will It be before the votera will use their power of Initiative to kill oft the laws they are now asked to enact? What will they do when they are asked to patch up the laws, striking out the bad and keeping the good? How will they manage to escape confusion and disaster? One of the notable features of the In itiative scheme in Oregon is the fact that practically any foolish proposal can be placed before the voters of the whole state. The initiative is seized upon first, of course, by cranks who have wild notions of reforming the world' by means of new laws. The cranks who swarm about Congress are powerless, and those who infest State Legislatures are nearly so; but In Ore gon, with the initiative in full blast, they flourish like the gTeen bay tree. They are Joined by cunning and un scrupulous manipulators, who endeav or, by Indirection and concealment, to secure legislation that could not stand an hour of honest public discussion. And this hodgepodge of freakish and crooked legislation proposed by these undesirable classes is placed before the voters for their offhand decision! It is little wonder that The Portland Ore gonlan, bewildered but with honest ln etincts, calls upon the voters to vote "No" right down the line, in order to be on the safe side. The Initiative and referendum, one of Mr. Bryan's pet policies, is an irides cent humbug. Bride Has Tea Children. Philadelphia North American. William Maguire was before Magis trate Scott, accused by his bride, who was Mrs. Clark, with neglecting to sup port his family. In his defense Maguire saJd all his trouble was due to miscal culations he made before the marriage as to Just how he would support the widow and her ten children. She had told him, he said, that three of her children young men as big as Maguire were working, and that all he would have to do was to provide money to pay the rent of their home. Maguire consequently calculated that It would be compara tively easy sailing for him in looking after the family. "But, judge." said Maguire, "I no sooner got married than these three sons of my wife quit work. Of course, I kicked. I saw what was coming. Those sons made it so unpleasant for me I had to get out. I am willing to take care of my wife." "And you have been married only a month," commented the magistrate. "Yes; and, by gosh! here I am," said Maguire, "still on my honeymoon, spend ing It In a patrol-wagon." The magistrate said he was sorry for Maguire, and he released him upon his own recognizance. A Story on Senator lodse. Washington (D. C.) Dispatch In New York Sun. They are telling this story on Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts: Mr. Lodge went to a dinner party and at its conclusion asked for permission to use his host's telephone to summon his carriage. I "Give me Senator Lodge's house," said Mr. Lodge when central answered. "Number, please V Inquired central, sweetly. "I have forgotten the number," said Mr. Lodge. "That Is an unlisted number, and we have strict orders not to give It to any one," central explained. Mr. Lodge told who he was and In sisted that he was entitled to be con nected with his own telephone, but no amount of persuasion could Induce cen tral to disobey orders. Then Mr. Lodge had an inspiration. He called up the White House, explained his predicament and asked for his own telephone address. He got it promptly. Joke Vnhlncea Woman's Jaws. Philadelphia Inquirer. With her mouth stretched wide open, Mrs. Etta Holmes, 37 years old, of 1S87 Charles street, was admitted to the Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J. For eome time it was impossible to learn what troubled the woman, but after a thorough examination it was found that her Jaws were dislocated. After they had been put back into place by the physician she said that she was talking with friends at her home when one of them made a funny remark. It was while enjoying a hearty laugh that her Jaws suddenly became rigidly open. Then the, trip to the hospital was made. Mrs. Holmes said the bad a similar experience about a year a-jo, and now ehe declares she will be care ful how she laughs in the future. Here la Sarkaam. New. Tork Sun (Piute). 1 Shakespeare was told bis works were by Bacon. "That's, nothing-," he retorted. "Doesn't Roosevelt hog Bryant" Lightly dismissing the matter, he turned to the Job on hand. A Mystery Solved. Caryle Smith. In Harper's. "What Is the Navy nailing for?" quoth I to Captain Sinks. . "I do not know," the Sea Dog said. "But this Is what I thinks: Bob Evans wants to teach the Jape ths game of Tlddledywlnka." I put the question next unto our droughty Admlrell. "I do not know," said he, "and If I did I wouldn't tell." I thought he muttered something else that bade me go to thunder. The Secretary next I sought. "O Mister Sec," said I, "Why is the Navy sailing West?" Ho straightway made reply: "Because it Isn't sailing East." And shook my hand good-by. I went to Loeb. "O, William. Loeb, pray can you tell to me Just why the Navy's going Weat to tho Pacific Sea?" "Why, Is the Navy going West? Who told you so?" said he. At last I asked the President, "Please tell me why you risk The Navy sailing round the Horn?" He an swered sharp and brisk: "Because the sailing Is so bad from Omaha to Frisk." ' DISTRUSTS MR. BRYAN'S SINCERITY Democratic Authority Concedes That He Looks Small to Mr. Taft. New York Times. (Dem.) The Roosevelt policies were mine, are his, and shall be mine again, said Mr. Bryan to the Democratic Senators who dmed with him at the home of Senator Newlands. This is probably the first time In political history that a chieftain of the opposition has sought to establish his title to eligi bility by planting himself firmly upon the principles of the party in power. In fairness, of course. It must be ad mitted that this singular situation Is somewhat modified by Mr. Bryan's claim to a prior use- of the principles in question. That claim is so well es tablished in fact, so thoroughly but tressed by historical circumstance, and so generally admitted that it Mr. Bryan had had the forethought to copyright his policies he could estab lish his rights to them as intellectual property In our Federal Court where infringement suits are prosecuted. Indeed, a moralist so asture as Mr. Roosevelt ought to admit that the pol icies called his are not of his origin ating, and their transfer to their law ful owner should be effected, not by recapture but by voluntary reconvey ance on the expiration of the ter minable Interest. If Mr. Taft has In his makeup a shred of respect for property rights he will, of course, take himself out of the way In order that Mr. Bryan may come Into his own. and, as Mr. Curtis 6aid of President Hays, "pass unchallenged to his chair." This ingenious and subtle plea of Mr. Bryan qujte eliminates from the campaign the issue of principle. The fight now beoomes altogether a matter of men, reversing the old axiom. And there's the rub. If the voters all thought alike we should probably have Mr. Bryan unanimously, but they wont think alike. Inevitably, the platforms being Identical, there will be a measur ing and comparing of men. If the com-" parlson were between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan, we should be alarmed for the Nebraskan. The American people admire ability, and follow after It. Now, Mr. Roosevelt is so lmmeasure ably the superior of Mr. Bryan In that respect that he would enter the race already so far in the lead of his ad versary that the gap between them would never be closed. Mr. Bryan's personal disadvantage in comparison with Secretary Taft is not less evi .dent. This Is a moral people. The people believe William H. Taft to be an absolutely sincere man, and a very large part of the people , distrust the sincerity of Mr. Bryan. He is too facile. He has too many principles. He lays aside the old and takes up the new with such readiness as to beget and continually confirm the be lief that expediency, not conviction. is the motive of his action. The peo ple, moreover, know Mr. Taft to be an efficient man. The efficiency of Mr. Bryan is altogether untested. In the two great endeavors of his life he has disastrously failed, and appears to have succeeded In nothing save In accumulating a fortune while pursu ing his profession of perpetual candl date. Put against his barren record the achievements of Mr. Taft In 'the Phllllpplnes, In Cuba, in Panama, and In his dally tasks of administration. The comparison makes Mr. Bryan look small indeed, and on election day we are entirely -confident he would dis appear from view. NO THIRD TERM ABOUT IT. Observations on the Recent Message and on Oregon's Third-Term Senator. Harper's Weekly. The suggestion that the recent message is a bid for a third term Is rubbish. Sen ator Bourne, who grabs at It for one, has his reasons, which are- obvious enough, for twisting any event or any utterance that comes along into a third term portent. Senator Bourne came from Oregon last Winter, a new Senator and unknown except In his own state. By fastening at once on the third term idea. and identifying himself with It, and talk ing about and promoting It all the time, he has gained himself a great deal of notoriety, so that his name is familiar to the readers of the newspapers. Every chance to shout for a third term for Roosevelt Is a chance to familiarize the American people with the name and sentiments of Jonathan Bourne. No such chance has been neglected so far, and It Is not likely that any chance will be neglected. Mr. Bourne has only four short months more in which to use Mr. "Roosevelt's popularity as a torch to make consplouous the outlines of his own figure. The sole idea he stands for is the third term for Roosevelt. He will stand for that for all he is worth as long as there Is anything to stand on. ' But there Is no warrant in the message for the suggestion that the President feels differently about a third term than he did two months ago, when he reiterated his declaration that his present term should be his last. That he wants his policies to survive his administration has never been a secret; that he should uee all the Influence he can command to Im pose them on the country Is entirely nat ural and characteristic, as it also Is that he should consider that that purpose Is furthered by expounding them anew from time to time. The message does not need any third term yearning to account for It. It is fully accounted for by the ex planation that the President loves the children of his brain, and believes that the voters will love them more and more the better they know them. Also, it Ir ritates him to have any of them dis paraged or assailed, and he likes to defy their assailants. One other thing counts that the writer's passion la very strong In him, and he likes to see himself in print. Tin? AMERICAN -LAXOTJAGa Detroit Free Press. This Is the way an J-pngllshman recounts his experiences with his mother tongue as "she is SDOke" in the "States": "I was a stranger in Boston and found some difficulty in understanding tho lan sruage of the street. "I stood on the curb and listened to the conversation of two teamsters, who were wrangllne about the right of way. "One said to the other: 'Aw. oloso yor trap, or I'll get oft and fracture your re inforced concretes! To fhis the one addressed replied: -Stop overworking the hot-air pump or I'll pull you off your chariot and swab the Belgian blocks with you.' "What are those chaps talking about?1 1 asked, turning to & bystander, who was also listening to the conversation. " 'Don't you cotton to the gab?' he asked me. In surprise. " 'Don't I which r 1 retorted. "Don't you fall for the diction?' he continued. Why. them two rein-pushers meets head-on right here in the scrouge where there ain't no room to let both of 'em tries to pass on the pole side then they conjunct and loosen no their valvei you heard the eplel one gets kippy and calls the other a bifurcrated bajazzo then t'other threatens to put a crimp In No. l's lung cage. Then 'long; comes a pair of pinchers from headquarters and tells 'em to uncork the congestion and move to'rds their destinations or they'll get a transfer to the refrigerator. This claps the lid on the incident. Say, are you a furrlner that you can't dope United States lingo with out blue-prints?" " Shutting; Opium From Filipinos. Baltimore American. In the endeavor to enforce the law pro hibiting the importation of opium into the Philippines, the United States is facing an important problem, and in circumventing the strenuous and stealthy attempt which will be made to evade that law all the In genuity of the representatives of the Gov ernment will be reaulred. There is no doubt that this law, which aims at the protection of the natives from this Chi nese importation, is needed, and It is to be hoped thatlt will prove effective. SILHOUETTES BY ARTHUR A. GREENS. LIFE is so short at best that tt seems a pity we must spend most of it trying to be pleasant to people we don't like. At the . Opry. The City Relative took his country cousin to the theater and they sat In a box. "I don't like the acoustics of this theater a, bit," growled the City Relative during the performance. T don't, nuther," responded Country Cousin, "By Jacks, I'm most breakln" my neck trytn to see the acters from thls'n." s Revised Definitions No. 1 Adventuress (noun-fem.) A woman who knows you but doesn't know your wife. Almost every day something happens that makes me hope there is & hell. A woman dropped dead irr a bargain- counter rush in an Eastern city recently., She was trying to get some silk, stockings marked down from $2 to (LOT, but couldn't for the life of her. e e At the Beauty Shop. Her face got onto her nerves one day. So she went to the beauty shop over the way. And. timidly asked of th Maroened miss. "Can you do anything; for man like this?" "Of course," smfled the maid, "itnd be fore we get through. Your face will be even better than nsw." The) patient sighed, as she felt tax her purse; TO take a chance, for rt can't be worse. see When one does el good deed, be usually dulls the edge ot benefaction by talking; about It. The only disagreeable feature aJMyat heaven, so far as I can learn. Is that Bt Peter doesnt Issue pass checks. The average woman who sues for breach of promise Is perfectly willing to dismiss her action after she has broken Into the papers as "a striking beauty with rare charms of face and figure." One of the really enjoyable spectacles that the American people have been privileged recently Is the petering out of that noisy nuisance, Thomas W. Law son. s It will soon be time for the prospective June bride to collect her trousseau prep-! aratory to becoming a November divorcee, see The combination of a woman and a telephone Is responsible for the loss of more valuable time than any other agency, not even excepting theatrical performances. e According to the President, the Repub Uoan party Is entitled to its opinions so long as they are acceptable to Theodore Roosevelt. e e If Councllmen Driscoll and Vaughn don't subside pretty soon they should be tied together and thrown over a clothes line. e Wisdom and Folly have conflicting franchises and frequently get their wires crossed. . Home View of Mr. Bryan. Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal, Rep. Mr. Bryan has become well-to-do, and yet to charge him with mercenary motives Involves a complete misunderstanding of his life and character. If anythins can be proved by the testimony of a : man's neighbors, let it be sat down' that Mr. Bryan should be credited with purity of life as well as personal charm; that he Is sincerely devoted to the In terests of his country, and that few men are more willing to give of their earn-1 lngs to public causes In which he feels an interest. The failure of a community that cheer-, fully and virtually unanimously offers; testimony to all of these things to sup-; port Mr. Bryan for the Presidency isi another matter. It arises from a lack' of faith In the Democratic party and; Its principles and a distrust of Mr. Bryan's ability to accomplish anything i with such a following; rather than a lack . of belief In the sincerity of Mr. Bryan ; himself. Enoch Arden Is Ontdone. Raleigh (N. C,) Dispatch in New York' World. The Legislature has passed almost un animously a bill validating the mar riage of Joseph RIdenhour to Mrs. H. C. Doris, two years ago, in Rowen County. The woman's husband, Doris, left North Carolina more than four years ago. When he had been absent three years reports came to her. that he had been drowned In the Far East. Some time after she married RIdenhour. Now there Is a child several months old. Doris recently returned without notice, went to his old home and found his wife married, real ized the circumstances and left the state without troubling her. Senator Redwin, opposing the bill, said -he thought it would contravene the Constitution and be granting a divorce. A FEW SQ.rXB3. Patience Lessons, are given now, you know, by moans of the phonograph. Pa trice la that the way your sister learned to sing? Yonkers Statesman. "I've never had any great luck," declared the pessimist. "Neither have I," admitted the optimist. "Made my money by hard work and advertising. Louisville Courier Journal. Tom (at the musicals) Don't you think Miss Screecher singB wltli considerable feeling? Jackj Not so I can notice It. If she had any feeling for the rest of us he wouldn't sing at all. Chicago Daily News. "How did you like the sermon today?" "Fairly well, but didn't you tiilnk the min ister struck a mther pessimistic note?" "I hadn't observed it. The choir struck so many that 1 overlooked the minister s." Judge. "Is my son getting well grounded In the classics?" asked the anxious millionaire. "I would put It even stronger than that." replied the private tutor. "I may. say that he Is actually stranded onthem." Chicago Record-Herald. Dennis Goln' f ahpend th' wake-end at Callahan's, are ye? An' phwat do yez call th wake-end? Terence Shure. thot's Sathurday noight frum th' toime yez dhraw yure pay till th' ealoons close. Judge Small Boy Do your glasses magnify things, grannie? Grannie Oh. yes. dear. Small Boy Then I wish you wouldn't wear them when you help me to Jam. I don't ' axually get as much as you think. Punch. Contractor (coming out of his palatial residence) Come, boy! No loafing! You ought to have had that enow oft half an hour ago. Boy Oh. I wus Just -.valtin' for It to rain, same as you do when you has a snow-removal contract. Puck. "My daughter," said Mrs. Nexdore. "is positively delighted with her new piano. She's quite familiar, you know, with all the classical composnrs " "Familiar." exclaimed Mrs. Pevprey, "why, she's posi tively flippant." Philadelphia, press. "Bluffer Is such a boaster you never know when he's telling the truth. Be says he has been presented at court; do you think he Is telling the truth?" "I think he Is." "Who do you suppose pre sented him." "I guess It was the grand Jury." Baltimore American.