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14 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903. ROOSEVELT HELPS TUFT'S GANDIDAGY Other Aspirants Would Be Glad to Have Approval of the President. HIS WORD SECURES VOTES Executive Based His Choice on Knowledge That Secretary Would Carry Out the Policies Al ready Inaugurated. OREGOX1AN NEWS BUREAU. 'Wash ington, March 18. The fact that Presi dent Roosevelt Is favorable to the nomi nation of Secretary Taft Is distinctly ad vantageous to the candidacy of the War Secretary not detrimental, as the reac tionaries would have the country believe. Roosevelt's Indorsement Is worth thou sands of votes to Taft before the country; It is worth many delegates to him In the National convention. When the thinking; people began to study the situation they discovered that every candidate in the field against Taft Was currying favor with the White House, in the hope of securing the indorsement, or at least, some commendation. Senator Knox let It be known that the President bad spoken most highly of bis attain I ments and at one time had expressed the opinion that tie (Knox) was a man 'of Presidential size. Speaker Cannon was quick to let the country know that on the occasion of bis visit to -Oyster Bay last Summer, the President had alluded to him as "Our next President." (Can non failed to appreciate the President's humor, for the remark was made at a time when the papers were flooded with predictions that "Uncle Joe" was sure to land the nomination.) Is Most Valuable Asset. Even Governor Hughes took occasion to dispel the popular idea that there was friction between himself and the Presi dent, and cleverly paid a high tribute to the President's achievements. And yet it Is from the friends and supporters of these candidates that we hear that Taft Is being Injured by Roosevelt's indorse ment. There Is not a candidate in the field against Taft who would not pay richly for the Indorsement of the Presi dent. It is the most valuable asset any Republican candidate for the nomination can have, but it is a thing that will be accorded to only one Taft. It was given Jilm without solicitation: It was given be cause the President thought he de served it. Why does Roosevelt favor Taft as against all others, and why has he made known his preference? Because he is personally and intimately acquainted with every aspirant for the Republican nomi nation; because he knows the record of each, and. therefore, knows what to ex pect of the people, and knows full well that Taft, nearer than any other man, approaches the standard fixed by the pub lic. President Roosevelt knows that his policies, and their enforcement, are alone responsible for his unprecedented popu larity. He, knows that the people ap prove what he has done and want his policies continued. Therefore, It Is but netural that should be interested in helping the people get the best man available to keep those policies alive and continue the reforms that he himself In augurated. - Taft Is pre-eihlnently that man. That is why the President favors him. It is not because he likes Taft personally: it la not because he wants to dictate his successor; it Is simply and solely because he knows of his own knowledge that Taft, above all others, meets the people's re quirements. Gives Strength in West. Only a few days ago there gathered In Washington a group of prominent busi ness men from the West. One was from Utah; another from California; a third from Idaho. Montana and Washington were also represented. Politics was brought up. Remarked the man from Utah: Th people of our state want Taft. Tha President has vouched for him. and we know that Rooavlt would not indorae Taft un less he bellved the Secretary lit unless he believed Taft was more fit than any nther man in the race. Out our way we don't have any personal knowledc or acquaintance with the various candidates Tor the nomination. We have seen one or two of them for a day or so. perhaps, but we don't feel that we know them, except at long range. But Teddy" knows them, for he sees them right along: he talks with them; works with them and studies th.m. Now we know that the President would not stamp his approval on any man unless he believed him to be all right. Roosevelt knows what the people want they want a continuation of his policies and If he. with Mi personal and Intimate acquaintance and BMoclstion with all the candidates, picks Taft. we feel that he has some good rea son, snd we are resdy to defer to his Judg ment. He knows these men: we don't. He has good reasons for supporting Taft, and in Utah his Indorsement goes. Depend on the President. It waa notable that every man present poke up and indorsed what had been said by the business man from Utah. Senti ment in every one of those states, ac cording to these men. who are not ac tive politicians, but who are in touch with their people, was overwhelmingly for Taft, and largely because Roosevelt vouched for him as the proper man to keep Roosevelt policies in force. It was also noted that it was the unanimous opinion In the party that the West would like to vote for Roosevelt, but having taken himself out of the race, they re spected his wishes and were ready to sup port the man of his choice. The reactionaries are weakest in the West; that Is acknowledged. Therefore, their tirade against Taft. because he is Roosevelt's favorite, had less effect there than in the East. But even in this end of the country, the bottom has fallen out of the clamor against Taft because he haa Roosevelt's Indorsement, and the rank and file of the party are now fully alive to the fact that Roosevelt's in dorsement, given In good faith. Is in the interest of the people, and given more in the interest of the people than In the interest of Taft. Roosevelt has lost none of Ms popu larity In the East, outside of New York City, and the people here are as ready as their brothers of the West to ac knowledge that Roosevelt has always labored for the people as against cor porations, and they appreciate that he is continuing .that policy in trying to bring about the nomination of a man whom be regards as competent as himself to continue the present-day policies that are approved in all save reactionary circles. Fight for Work Causes Riot. CLEVELAND. March IS. One man waa fatally injured and a number of others seriously hurt In a riot near the plant of the American Steel Wire Company in the south outskirts of the city this morn ing. Fifty men were crowded around the gates of the plant seeking employment. A quarrel followed an attempt of those in the rear to get closer to the gate, avnd general fight began, Uie men using stones and clubs as weapons. One man was armed with a revolver. He shot down his opponent, who had struck him with a rock. The police then arrived and clubbed the rioters right and left. A number of the rioters were found lying unconscious on the ground. Charles Wryciet, who was shot, cannot recover. RELIGION IN EDUCATION Rev. C. E- Cline Favors Church, In fluence at Oregon University. PORTLAND, March 19. (To the Editor.) Shall the State University recede the neee ary moral and financial rapport of the peo ple of Oregon? Thla La a question, aoon to be determined at tb polls. e It may be stated here that wise and rood men are divided in opinion on this subject. Nor Is It difficult to account for this dif ference. The standpoint of observation la dif ferent. Many zood cltixens believe the state alone is competent to direct and provide for the education of the people and that a well orcanlxed, hisjhly efficient public school In every community is a recognition of this prin ciple. But the churchman, guarding- with extreme care every Interest of the church, recognizes the intimate relation between education and the greatest success of Christianity, may easily come to the conclusion that the church alone la competent, and of right ought to control the education of tha people. Neither of these views la wholly wrong. Probably the true policy lies between them. Abstractly speaking, few persona would think the state should abandon the education of the young to ecclesiastical organizations whose teachings may or may not be con ducive to the- state best welfare, and whose educational Institutions necessarily, in a pioneer region like Oregon, lack means, cer tainty and universality. The design of the state la to systematize and make sure the education, of the young; the wisdom of which is fully vindicated In Us history and results. But It may be af firmed that higher education can be pro vided by private or denominational enterprise. It may not be generally known that notwith standing the multiplication of colleges and universities in the state, now numbering more than a quarter of a hundred, the youth who obtain a college education from these schools within the state has for many years been growing less and less In proportion to the whole number of population, and Oregon' growth of population ha been slow. The reason of this diminishing output of graduates from the colleges of Oregon the last 30 years, may be found partly In the easy and quick transportation to the well equipped schools of the East and California, but chiefly In the lack of requisite facilities in local echooia. As thing have been going Oregon is de prived of many of her best students, some of these staying away for good, besides taking out of the state much capital that should be used at home; and withal keeps) our educa tional effectiveness chronically under the weather. In matters educational the state has reached a critical period In its history. Private ed ucational enterprise la restricted to private ends, and denominational enterprise is limited to denominational purposes, and the higher education necessary as a mearj for the at tainment of the ends for which the state exists, must be secured by amply providing for the University we now have. But it is objected that only a few seek this higher education,- and it is therefore unjust to tax the many for the benefit of the few. If this principle were adopted as a policy our whole system of government would be de stroyed. We should have no appropriations for rivers and harbors, no roads made or bridges built, no courts maintained by pub lic taxation, for not one-fourth of the peo ple ever use either. Yet, their maintenance by public taxation Is Justified on tha ground that they are a public benefit. Every man. woman and child Is more secure in prop erty, person and life because of their ex istence. On this principle of public policy, higher education by the state Is maintained. Nor is the pending appropriation to the Btate University, as might be supposed, a back-handed "lick" at the church schools. That these church schools lack means will not be denied. ' That it takes money to erect suitable building, keep them in repair, pro vide necessary apparatus, and the best teachers, la likewise plain. A Western college cannot compete with Eastern institutions unless it possesses equal educational facilities. This takes money. The atate alone has this ability, and for the state to fall in making her University what It should be would be paving the way to state inferiority. Shall the State University receive the .sup port of religious men, or shall they give their support exclusively to the denominational school ? It is believed that a grave error exists in the minds of some whereby the State Uni versity Is called a "godless school." Unques tionably the most potent factor in any school, state or denominational, is the personal Christian Influence of the teacher. Prom careful inquiry it la found that every mem ber of the faculty save two In the State University is an active member of some branch of the Christian church, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Coogregationaliste. Episcopalians and Lutherans, all being rep resented. One of the strongest and best Young Men's Christian Association in the West Is maintained in the University, more that half the young men In the school sus taining active relationship. It has been said that "skepticism and In fidelity are fourwt in the State University;" that students have lost religious faith there, and therefore the school should not be sup ported by religious men." Will some one please point to a Christian college in Ore gon, or elsewhere, where there Is no skept icism, and whose students are not. some of them, irreligious ? Because public prayers are not said In chapel once a day and the students exhorted orally to faith and Chris tian living by the president or members of the faculty, is not proof that the best pos sible Influence la not quietly and personally exercised by the different Christian teachers. The best way for a teacher to do good Is to be good, and on all proper occasions the Christian professor may speak as freely In the State University as in a church college. Were it not so no Christian professor could honorably retain his position for a day. Furthermore: euppoae every Christian min ister and las-man In Oregon should withdraw his friendship from Tne State University; would they not by this act turn It over to the "godless" crowd, sure enough to be di rected solely in the interests of lnfldenlty? Would that be wise? It may be well in tbe meantime to remember that the State University has come to stay; that the state ta pledged to it; that its In fluence will be Christian or otherwise as the churches and. well disposed people yive or withhold sympathy and friendship. Why not bring It up to the highest degree of effectiveness? To do otherwise would profit no one. C. E. CLalNE. . f Bankers Plead Xot Guilty. MADISON'. Wis., March 19. G. E. Newman, president or the wrecked Ladysmilh National Bank, and former Assemblyman Lcroy McGUI, vice-president of the bank, both Indicted on the charre of making- false bank reports to the Government, entered pleas of not guilty here today. Ball was fur nished. J. A. Corbett, cashier of the bank, who was also Indicted, is in the State of Washington, and arrangements will be made for him to enter his plea there without coming to Wisconsin un til June, when the trials will be held at Eu Claire. MPETUS T0T01 Sew Mexico Favors Tart. 8IL.VEK CITT. N. M.. March 1S.-AU counties In the territory have elected delegates to the Republican Territorial Convention, which meets here next Satur day, and have indorsed Secretary Taft for President. It Is a foregone con clusion, therefore, that New Mexico will send a Taft delegation to the Republican National Convention. Oregon Electric Railway Company New Fast Limited Service. Effective Sunday, March 15, this com pany will place in service additional local and limited trains between Portland and Salem. Schedule arrival and departure of trains ice another page, Bill Drawn to Aid-Reclamation Communities; AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE Idaho Delegation Proposes to Pro vide Villages on Irrigation Proj ects With Schools, Sewers and Water Systems. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 19. The t movement started by the Idaho delegation In Congress to provide funds with which to erect schoolhousea, construct sewer and water systems, and make other municipal improvements in towns on Government Irrigation projects, will stand some chance of success at the present session If Western men gener ally take hold of the pending bills and push them to consideration. The Rec lamation Service is favorable to the plan, and will report favorably upon the bill as eventually agreed upon by the Idaho delegation, namely, authotv izing the expenditure of moneys de- POSTMASTER 11 YEARS. 1 John F. Miller, of Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, Or., March 15. (Special.) John F. Miller, the fifth postmaster serving at Jacksonville, has Just been re appointed by the President for another four-year term. Mr. Miller has served this town for eleven years as postmaster, and that he has been a remarkably efficient official is shown by the fact that his petition for re appointment was' signed by practically all the patrons of his office, regardless of political . faith, and that no name other than his has been suggested.- Mr. Miller was born in Jack sonville in 1870, and waa first appointed to the office which he now holds at the age of 27. He was also recently elected Mayor of the city of Jacksonville on the Progressive ticket. He Is prominent in Masonic circles. rived from the sale of town lots for tho purposes stated, and in the towns In which the moneys are raised. That is to say, money derived from the sale of lots at Rupert, on the Minidoka project, Idaho, would be expended in improvements in Rupert, and the pro ceeds from the sale of lots In Heyburn, on the same project, would be applied to the improvement of the town of Heyburn. Towns' Growth Retarded. There is great need for some such legislation, for it is a recognized fact that towns on Government projects are not growing as rapidly as towns on some of the Carey act projects. In Southern Idaho the towns on the Mini doka tract suffer by comparison with the neighboring towns under the Twin Falls project. This difference is due to the fact that residents of the Govern ment towns have no means of raising money with which to build schools and make other improvements other than to go down into their own pockets, and few settlers in the new country are able to bear this burden. Yet no town can prosper without good sewer and water systems, and no town will grow unless adequate means are pro- Keep a Full Supply of stored-up energy on tap for emergencies. i It's ' the competent man who is always ready, that gets the best places in the business world. Right food, regularly eat en, is the basis on which real energy is made, and the man who daily includes Grape-Nuts in his dietary, feels the glow of energy in nerve and muscle stored up for the steady pull that wins. The Phosphate of Potash contained in wheat and bar ley, is retained in making Grape-Nuts, and combines with albumen in the blood to rebuild the brain and nerve cells, broken down by natural effort and business activity. "There, a Reason" for GRAPE-NUTS STRANGE, ALTHOUGH TRUE PRESCRIPTION RUINS SALE OF PATENT MEDICINES. Makes the Kidneys Act to Overcome Rheumatism Easily prepared by Anyone at Home. To make op enough of the "Dande lion treatment." which is claimed to be relieving nearly every sufferer who uses It for backache, kidney com plaint, sore weak bladder and rheuma tism; get from any good prescription pharmacv one-half ounce Fluid Ex tract Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kargon and three ounces Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at bed time. Those who have tried it claim that It acts gently but thoroughly on the kidneys, relieving backache - and blad der trouble and urinary difficulties almost instantly. Many eases of rheu matism are known to have been re lieved within a few days, the pain and swelling diminishing with each dose. A well-known local druggist, who is in a position to know, asserts that this prescription, wherever it becomes known, always ruins the sale of the numerous patent medicine rheuma tism cures, kidney cures, etc. It Is a recipe which the majority of patent medicine manufacturers, and even cer tain physicians dislike to see pub lished. Few cases. Indeed, which will fail to fully yield to its peculiarly soothing and healing Influence. vided for the education of children: There must also be money for other street improvements, and unless the Gov ernment comes to the relief of the set tlers, these improvements will be slow, and the growth of towns will be corre spondingly retarded. Bills Have Been Submitted. The predicament of settlers on the Minidoka tract led to the introduction of bills by Senator Borah. Senator Hey burn and Representative Frenoh; but the bills, as drawn, apply to. all Government projects, and will afford the same relief to settlers on Government projects In Oregon, in Montana or in Arizona, of in fact any other Western atate, as is ac corded the Minidoka people. There has probably been some demand for such legislation from other states, but such demands did not bring results. In view of the fact that all 'Western states are affected, it is to be presumed that the Borah-French bill will have the active support of all Western men i.f Senate and House, respectively. Once the matter is properly presented, there can be no legitimate objection, especially as the Reclamation Service indorses ln bill and urgently recommends its pas sage. It calls for no appropriation; it does not materially affect the reclama tion fund, and yet it provides a practi cal means whereby all towns on Govern ment projects can be improved as they are built up. and made so attractive as to invite settlement by a desirable class of people. Effort will be made in the near future to get these bills before the Senate and House, when it is hoped they can be passed. SPECULATOR AS PARASITE Writer Says Single Tax Will Blot Out Entire Tribe. FIRIAND. Or., March 18. To the Edi tor.) The Oreg-onlan'a comment upon my letter advocating tax exemption la noted. "The main arffurrnt in support of the pend ing1 amendment" Is that it will remove the Incentive for land speculation. I am glad that The Oregon ian sees that land in the country should be taxed according to its location and natural values, rather than on account of improvements due to labor. Improvements which are necessarily due to labor should be exempt from taxation, whether in city or country. The farmer is but one of the classes of people who are un justly taxed. AH classes pay too much tax directly, excepting the land speculator. All classes. Including land speculators, pay an indirect tax for the support of the land speculators. Under the single-tax regime, the once land speculator will be able to make much better living doing something useful, than he could under the present sys tem, "doing" somebody, or rather every body. Why is It that whenever some writers refer to the coming of large manufacturing Industries, nothing too good can be said re garding the benefits which will accrue to the state? Why is it, whenever anything Is said about this tax exemption law, which instead of fining manufacturing industries would encourage them to come, stay and OCEAN SHORE RAILWAY COMPANY 5 Bonds $1000 $100 A SAFE AND PROFITABLE INVESTMENT FOR PEOPLE OF LARGE OR SMALL MEANS Many of the important railroads and public-service corpora tions are now issuing bonds in small denominations $100 and upwards in order to afford an investment within the reach of all classes of investors. Such bonds are being offered very widely by banking institutions and other reliable dealers in securities, thus giving the man or woman with a modest savings account an oppor tunity to lay aside their surplus earnings securely and at a fair rate of interest. . There are three important things which should be taken into consideration by everyone in purchasing bonds or securities of any character the first and most essential being absolute safety of principal; second, assurance of a fixed and fair rate of interest; third, possibility of enhancement in value of the investment dur ing a period of years. " It is generally conceded that these features are largely com bined in the securities of a well-built, modern railroad, located in a substantially-settled and prosperous section of country, calcu lated to furnish a profitable volume of traffic for such a road. The Ocean Shore Road, when entirely completed, will be one of the best built and equipped interurban railway lines on the Pacific Coast, tapping a rich and rapidly-developing section of California, from the City of San Francisco south. OCEAN SHORE BONDS OF $100 EACH CAN BE PUR CHASED FOR $92 AND INTEREST, CASH "Write or call at our office for full information regarding the same. MORRIS BROTHERS 6 Chamber of Commerce work, that they become "trust building manufacturers," and "money sharks" and "plutocrats'? Why is It that writers op posing this amendment Ignore the effect upon land-grabbing? Why is it that the sub ject of indirect taxation is always evaded? For what other reason than justice, do city people dislike to hear of the farmer paying more than hi ihare of taxes? Because they know that the price of potatoes, butter, etc., would advance. Would not the same principle apply to manufacturing Industries? wnat is the dif ference; from an economic standpoint, be tween a farmer who raises wheat, the miller who grinds it, the baker who makes bread, the grocer who sells it and the land specu lator who eats it ? Every one has done something of use to society, excepting the land speculator who has been Industriously "holding up" the community, but gets his reward just tbe same. Why is It that land speculators have to work ao hard trying to get a living oft other people's earnings? Because there are so many trying to get something for nothing that however big that something is, which, by the way, is the tribute drained from the farmer, manufacturer and people of other useful occupations, there is not quite enough to go around. For example: Suppose one-half the popu lation to be speculators and to do nothing else. The remaining half must each do two men's work, and take one man's pay. Now, aa the proportion of land speculators to working men increases, production de creases. When the proportion has reached its limit, there is a crash, the banks break and then comes a period of depression. Be cause the banks broke? Oh, no. Because the proportion of land speculation has reached its limit. Land speculation Is just as common and just as Injurious in the city as it Is in the country. The proposed amendment will re move the Incentive ' for land speculation. Therefore 11 Is valuable alike to the city and country. Here Is some data which show how the exemption would affect the direct taxes of Clackamas County: Total valuation taxable property .$12,500,000 Exempt unaer proposed amend ment Improvements on farms Dwellings and household furniture In cities Manufacturing plants Who is going to make up the deficit? The land speculator of course. But, since he is looking after the dollars he will be too wise to hold land out of use under the single tax. therefore he will either use it himself or let some one ele It. When 8,2-10,000 2,000,000 fiW.OOO 625.000 that is done a parasite is converted into a happy, productive, self-supporting member of society. p. g. GUIL.KORD. Would Organize Ratlrpadmcn. CHICAGO, March 19. The formation of a new political party, with the million and a half railroad employes of tho country as a "nucleus" to combat re strictive railroad legislation, both in the National Congress and in the State Leg islatures was alvocated by John H. Clarke, counsel for the Nickel Plate sys tem, at the annual banquet of the Ameri can Railway Engineering Association last night. "Only one man can stop the anti-railroad legislation rage which prevails, and he is the voter," said Mr. Clarke. "I believe we should organize men Into a compact political party, and I believe a great leader will arise who can affect such a great organization when the call is sounded." Free candy with children's shoes a Rosenthal's. Seventh and Washington. A Noted Cooking Authority Endorses Cottoleise Marion Harland Says: "COTTOLENE is now so well and favorably known and so widely used that It needs" no word of introduction or commendation from me. 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