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The his tory of parties doesn't appeal to them, Is no guide to them. To them, in fact, one party is the same as another. Per sonal likes and dislikes control their action. Of course, however, all men are judges for themselves, and will act as they think fit. But there can be. no party where there Is no attachment to any clear line of principle or action. This is the reason why there has ceased to be a Republican party in Oregon, that will unite on any candi date for a leading office. Faction has done its work though not quite. Other things of like kind are still in store. . Good judges hold the opinion that there is at least an even chance that Bryan will carry Oregon against Taft. The Oregonian Inclines very much to the same opinion. There Is no Re publican party in Oregon. But the Democratic party isn't much, either. It Is a mere congeries of opposition elements, without other bond of unity than that of opposition. But there are times when such force becomes a cohesive power, and often for a single effort a very aggressive and powerful one. Realization of this fnct will be witnessed In all the elec tions of the present year. Victories won under such circumstances, of course, are no real victories; for in their consequences they speedily dis unite the forces, having no common principle, that have united to produce them. Democratic success this year, which is among things very probable, would simply be an Incident of the dissolu tion of old ideaR and of severance of the present from the principles of ac tion In past times. The departure Is at marked upon other lines of thought and action as in politics. Theological dogma Is all but gone; the profound trust In ecclesiastical creeds, once so general, now scarcely exists: Ideas as to social statics, industrial conditions, taxation and use of public revenues, are undergoing revolutionary change; whether for the better or worse time will show us all. Meantime The Oregonian feels dis inclined to support party, or to try to effect anything through party, In the midst of the general cjebacle. It is useless for any one to attempt it. Af ter while, doubtless, in the general confusion, or out of it, some nuclei will begin to form, which will afford rallying points around which definite action may begin, for some sure pur pose. But the dissolution, though far advanced, is not yet complete enough. After the agitation has gone a further length it will he found that the reins of authority will begin to tighten, which will increase the disturbance and confusion; new aggression will provoke still severer exercise of au thority, and we shall have the materi als of Internecine war. familiar to all who have acquainted themselves with human history during past ages. But since It is Inevitable we can only await It. The strife will be long, though in termittent; and th country will be tarried through many vicissitudes be fore it can settle down to such rest as it once knew; and then th new rest will not be like' the old, but still on bases that will enforce authority and conoerve property, without which there can be neither society nor government PARTIES AND PAJJICS. Mr. Bryan at Wheeling on Saturday talked about panics. He referred to the panic of 1893. which he said was called a Democratic panic, because the Democrats then, were in power. "If," said he, "It was logic then, why should It not be logic now to call the present panic the Republican panic?" Very good taken as a hit in a stump speech. But it was "smart," rather than profound. It never has been just to call the panic of 1893 a Democratic panic, for it was produced by the juggle of both parties with silver, partly through Ignorance and partly through dema gogic strife for partisan advantage. But more Democrats than Republic ans were affected by the silver craze. About two-thirds of the Democratic party was "off" on that subject, and about one-quarter to one-third of th Republican. These formed a combi nation that controlled Congress for years each party trying to bid higher for the silver vote than the other. The legislation that resulted from this alternate alliance and competition of partisanship, of ignorance and of folly, coined silver for many years on a false ratio at the rate of 54,000,000 dollars (so-called) per annum. In the course of fifteen years this output of pot metal expelled nearly all the gold from the country, threatened the fall of the money standard, from gold to the market value of silver, threw everything Into confusion, and was the chief means of bringing on the finan cial panic of 1893. The difficulties were aggravated to an extent by the success of the Demo cratic party in the Presidential 'elec tion of 1892, since that party had been the chief prop and support of the sil ver craze. But Mr. Cleveland prompt ly took the situation In hand, called Congress together In special session, and forced repeal of the silverpur chase act, for which his Rarty has exe crated him ever since. The agitation for sliver was vigor ously continued, and In 1896 Mr. Bryan became the candidate of his party for the Presidency, on a plat form which demanded unconditional and immediate free coinage of sliver at 16 to 1: which protracted the panic, and prolonged the hardest of hard times till after his defeat. But the gold standard assured, ' the country quickly righted itself, and the panic caused by the silver craze was at an end. But, after all, it was not quite fair to call the panic of 1893 a Democratic panic, since a section of the Repub lican party had for "years been sup porting the fallacies and follies of the silver propaganda Oregon contribut ing all the time through her represen tation both In Senate and House. But finally the Republican party took a decisive stand for gold and the Demo cratic party went over bodily to silver. A considerable number, however, of the former adherents of either party shifted places, from one side of the party line to the other. Of the causes of the panic of 1907 it is useless now to write or speak; for the causes are so recent that every one easily recalls them. They were sim ply the consequences of desperate financial plunging in New York. In their origin they had no relation to party or politics; but in their effects they may bear heavily on the Repub lican party, since there are multitudes who, when hard financial and indus trial conditions appear, vote against the party In power if not with ex pectation of redress, at least to ease their feelings by throwing the blame on somebody; and an election affords the readiest way. Don't blame Mr. Bryan for trying to make the most he can out of an opportunity of this kind. Few politicians are above it. AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE. THE BISON. The American Bison Society, of which Mr. Roosevelt Is president, has formally called upon Congress, through a bill Introduced by Senator Dixon, to establish a National herd of bison on the Flathead Indian Reserva tion in Northwestern Montana. The nucleus of a herd now owned by the Society will be made a gift to the Gov ernment, conditioned on Congress providing land for a range and enclos ing it with a fence. The proposed plan has been very carefully considered by a competent board of managers men Withal who see in the threatened extermination of the North American bison a calamity of natural history a wasteful and un appreciatlve attitude of the American people toward the wild life of the con tinent that Is a matter of deep regret. But now, as it seems, the great table lands of the interior literally swarmed with bison. Ponderous, shaggy, formidable looking, gregarious beasts, they grazed over a wide, range, and though the chief source of food supply for the Indian tribes that were joint possessors with them, without the formality of title deeds of vast areas of grazing and mountain lands, their numbers were not decimated by the chase. The natural increase of the animals was a guarantee against extinction by such instruments of de struction as the Indians could bring to bear upon them. They were, more over, sagacious and alert in their own defense. Less than fifty years, however, un der the occupancy of the white man have sufficed to clear the great ranges of buffalo. The bison census, an Interesting feature of the last an nual report of the Society, shows the existence at present of 1722 pure blood American bison in captivity throughout the world and 325 head (estimated) running wild. Of the latter. 25 are in Yellowstone' Park and 300 in the regions of the Great Slave Lake. Canada. The net Increase in captivity since 1903 has been 6X3 head. This shows a degree of thriving under such restraint as It is necessary to impose upon these erring creatures that promises a perpetuation of the species, providing the Government can be induced to provide and enclose the range. The location of the proposed site is an Ideal one for the purpose. It con tains twenty square miles 12.S0O acres of ridges and hills. unsuitedgto agriculture and of no value except for grazing lands. There is an abundance of water and sufficient timber to af ford shelter for the animals in the severest storms. One thousand bison can be pastured the year round upon the grounds without feeding them. Senator Dixon's hill carries an appro priation of $30,000 for the purchase of such lands as belong to the Indians and fencing the entire tract- If this measure becomes a law, the American Bison Society will at once engage in the effort to secure and present to the Government a small herd of from 15 to 20 bison for the new natural range. It may be hoped that the effort will prove successful to the end that the bison may not within a few years be added to the list of extinct animals of North America, the record of whose existence is found only in fossil beds and museums. WHY PORTLAND GROWS. It is a dull day in Seattle when the rumor that Swift & Co. will establish a large plant on the tidelands of the Sound city is not given ample public ity. Seattle, having for years enjoyed a monopoly of the Alaska business. which brought with it phenomenal growth and prestige, has never made a deep study of other factors in com mercial growth. Swift & Co. will not build a large plant In Seattle. They are building In Portland the greatest packing plant west of the Rocky Moun tains, and will make this city the headquarters for their Pacific Coast business. These statements are repe titions of what Swift & Co. themselves have declared, but they are unneces sary to convince any close student of economic conditions In Portland and Seattle at which of the two points the plant should and would be located. Any good railroad map of the Pacific Northwest will show that the newly completed North Bank road and Its connections in the Inland Empire have made tributary to Portland practically an or the territory that Is now tribu tary' to Puget Sound. In other words, Portland and Puget Sound are on practically even terms in nearly all. the territory reached by the Hill lines. Traffic can be drawn out for Portland and sent in from Port. land through as great an area as is reached by Seattle or Taeoma. But after Portland has annexed her por tion of this business from the Hill territory (and the downhill haul will eventually bring us the lion's share) there still remains tributary to this port, and not to Puget Sound, that garden spot of Oregon, the great Wil lamette Valley, a territory capable of such development that It will some day alone be great enough to support city of 600.000 people. Swift & Co. and all of the other investors who are starting enterprises large and small In this city, can reach all of this great valley from Portland. They could reach none of it from Seattle. The same Is true of that magnifl cent undeveloped empire in Central Oregon which will some day sustain a population as large as the Willamette Valley will sustain. Then there is the great coast region stretching south from the Columbia River for more than 250 miles and containing more standing merchantable timber than can be found in any similar area in the world, and having also large numbers of little valleys of marvelous richness. All of this is tributary to Portland, and It is not tributary to Puget Sound. These are some of the influences which brought Swift & Co. to Portland, and they are also bringing to this city more residents and more Investors than are today coming Into any other city on the Pacific Coast. Dilatory tactics in improving our river, undue complacency regarding excessive charges levied against our shipping, together with other self-imposed han dicaps, have delayed Portland in com ing into Its own, but the hour has ar rived, and recognition of our impreg nable position is ho longer withheld by the railroads or the capitalists who in the past have been dazzled by the glare of Alaska gold In Seattle. NOT A HELPLESS NAVY. An effort is to be made to secure the presence In Portland of one or more of the battleships now headed for San Fraaclsco. The usual objec tions will, of course, be offered by in terests which make a specialty of "knocking" the Columbia River; but there is no logical reason that can be offered why these ships should not come here. We should like to have one or two of these ships brought to Portland. Pur people, who assist in paying taxes to the Government and tribute to the steel trust. Would like to see what they are getting for their money. We should also like to have the opportunity of demonstrating to the Government that this port has been maliciously misrepresented by men who, by asserting that there is an Insufficient depth of water on the bar or in the river, in the past have pre vented such vessels from coming to Portland. The largest of these battleships are 400 feet long and have a maximum draft of about twenty-six feet; but in the "trim" In which they would cruise along the coast, would not draw to ex ceed 23 feet 6 inches to 24 feet. The absurdity of a contention that it would be unsafe for vessels of such length and draft to enter the river is proved by the shipping records of the port, which show that within the past six months more than a dozen vessels ranging In length from 400 to 460 feet and drawing from 2 4 feet to 26 feet have departed from Portland and made the run to sea without delay. The big tank steamers Santa Rita and Santa Maria, 430 feet in length and seldom drawing Jess than 24 feet, cross Into the river at all stages of the tide and never encounter the slightest diffi culty. But few of these deep-draft freighters, some of them fifty feet longer than the largest battleship, are as well equipped with steering gear and handle as easily as the bat tleships, and there is not a pilot on the river or bar who would not regard the task of bringing the largest of these battleships to Portland as much easier than taking some of the largest tramp steamers over the same route. Yet the deeper draft and less easily handled freighters, come and go with out the slightest detention through out the year, and the battleships, if they come here, would reach Portland when the rivers are ten to fifteen feet above low water. This carefully fos tered Idea that our Navy is composed of weak, unmanageable, helpless ves sels, Vhich excite wonder if they make a cruise without mishap, is all wrong. It is the outgrowth of too much stress having been made on performances which were not at all out of the ordi nary. Too much wonderment Is ex pressed over the feat just performed by our battleships in steaming from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Weeks and months were spent in preparation. Supply ships, repair ships and hospital ships accompanied the fleet, and nu merous Ftops were made en route. It sounds patriotic to say that the performance was remarkable, but it would have been incomparably more remarkable if the fleet- had failed to reach the Pacific in as good condition as it started. It might be well for the American people to get over thinking that our Navy is so perilously near to being unfit for sea that it cannot safely make a cruise over a route which is continually traversed by wheezy tramp steamers with cracked shafts, soft patches on boilers, ill manned and otherwise poqrly fitted" for the voyage. But the tramps make the trip, and so do the battleships, and the largest battleship in the squadron can come to Portland without taking any more risk than was involved in the peaceful cruise through two oceans. Ours- Is not a toy Navy, and the ships should not be regarded as helpless playthings. April 16 has been designated as Ar bor day. Observance of the custom west of the Cascades would at first glance seem like giving sweets to the sweet; yet there are many spots now bare that would be beautified if the advice of the lte J. Sterling Morton were followed to "Plant a tree." There Is a sentiment to the' advice and its practice that appeals to mankind. Mr. Morton made it his lifework to en courage forest growth In his prairie state. In season apd out of season, he talked to dwellers on the treeless plains. So well did he succeed that the custom has crossed rivers and mountains with, the migration of youth grown to manhood, and it is more than a monument' to his memory. Every owner of a piece of land should at least "plant a tree" on the chosen day. ' Some one in years to come will be benefited, whether in fruit or grate ful shade It matters not, and hold a kind regard for the memory of- the planter. The Boston Transcript recently spoke of Harvard as "our oldest uni versity." A correspondent of that pa per "ventures to' remind it that Will iam and Mary, in Williamsburg, .Va. was founded some years before Har vard." To this the Transcript an swers, with the following interesting details: In the matter of date mistakes are eaay and our correspondent Im not the first to make one. The first butldlrtt; for Harvard College a-aa erected in W7 and the first class was graduated In 1R47. This was eight years before William III. of Enaiand, for whom and his que.en the Williamsburg- Col lege was named, was born. It is true that as far hack as 1M1 grants of land had been obtained for the establishment of a col legiate Institution near Richmond, and such a school was established at Charles City two years later: hut Indian troubles ended the enterprise for the time being, and It was nearly forty years later when the grants were renewed. It was not until 1SS3 that a charter ,was secured from King Wil liam and Queen Mary by the Revt James Blair, Its first president. This makes Wil liam and Mary College only seven or eight jeara aiaer tnsn yaie. Cheap labor on British ships has attracted attention of the House of Commons, and a protest is being made at the action of British shipowners in replacing British sailors with Lascars and Chinese. This is- dreadful, and seems beyond repair. The popular American argument for ship subsidies is that they are needed to make up the difference between the cost of American labor and foreign labor. Now we learn tiiat even with a ship subsidy there Is still "furrin" labor to contend with. Close inspection of the subject leads to the belief that in the business of carrying the world's prod ucts by wates, as in every other line of industrial effort, It is a survival ot the fittest; and if in the end the Lascar or the Chinaman proves as satlsfac torjf a sailor as he is a . "hewer of wood and drawer of water," he will probably swab the decks and feed the furnaces on the ships of the world. Hopgrowers are now getting the best of the fight in the courts. The buyers, who determined the wording of the contracts, had things pretty much their1 own way for many years. but a slight modification in the con tracts and a number of adverse decis ions from the courts have given the growers a fair chance. As said a num ber of times in these columns, one of the most effective things an organiza tion of producers can do is to secure the right to take part in the making of the contracts between grower and buyer. The one-sided contract is never in the Interest of the producer. A reader of The Oregonian, noting its remarks on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the railroad cases, writes that he wishes to call the attention of the paper to the fact that there Is nothing in the decision which estops a state from prescribing rail road rates. Very true, if the rates prescribed are high enough to please the railroad. But if the railroad isn't satisfied it may obtain Injunction, and take its case to the Supreme Court; which amounts to virtual estoppel of state legislation. Superintendent O'Malley, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, an nounces that he has Just received 100,000 rainbow trout eggs which will be hatched and liberated at Clackamas station. He also says that about 2,000,000 steelhead eggs will be se cured at the Rogue River station. The figures are disproportionate. One hundred .thousand rainbow trout would eat 2.000.000 steelhead fry be fore breakfast. Yon Yonson would make a stir, in deed, as the Democratic candidate for the. Presidency. He has the right idea, too. that a man shouldn't be an active seeker of a great office. But he'll not get the honor away from the Peerless and Perennial in that manner. A son of President Jordan, of Stan ford, was in the parade which brought suspension to forty-one students. But that fact did not prevent the father from maintaining a firm stand for dis cipline. Perhaps it helped. Among astronomers violent dispute 13 still going on about the atmosphere and supposed canals of the planet Mars. Why don't they settle It by call of the Oregon referendum on It? Trust the people. Perhaps that earthquake in Mexico was an effort of the earth to applaud the splendid marksmanship exhibited by the gunners of the American bat tleships off the coast of that country. Whether he likes it or not, Admiral Evans must serve the next few weeks as a high-class advertisement for a rheumatism cure. Whatever may be the result in Eu ropean countries, dynamite never served the cause of liberty in the United States; and it never will. IX SWITZERLAND. Experiment With Initiative aid Ref erendum la That Country. Francis B. James, of Cincinnati, presi dent of the Ohio State -Board of Uniform Laws, and member of the law- faculty of the University of Cincinnati, in Washing ton City the other day, made the fol lowing statement, which is reported by the Post: The argument has been made that law making by the initiative and referendum would be especially successful in small communities. There is not a single can ton In Switzerland with more than 500,000 inhabitants, and yet not a single measure has ever received the approval of a ma jority in any one canton. The . referendum in Switzerland has resulted in the making of law by organ ised, aggressive minorities, which en force their measures upon the majority. An attempt was made to secure popular approval of a law making it a crime for an elector to fail to vote. This agitation forced a much larger percentage of elec tors to go to the polls, but when they went there under threat of criminal pun ishment they put in blank ballots. They are now attempting to get out a popular vote by providing for a pay ment by the state to each elector who marks and casta his ballot, just as we pay for Jury duty. The experiment in Oregon likewise Is worth nothing. At the coming election 19 separate propo sitions -win be submitted to popular vote, and It Is obvious that it will be impos sible to obtain popular, expression on so many questions. The referendum tends to paralyze the Independence of legis lative bottles, because members of leg islatures know that no measure Is free from the attack of 6 per cent of dis gruntled members of society. The men really back of the referen dum desire it merely as an instrument through which they hope to force upon the public Henry George's fallacies so cialism and government ownership of railroads. THIS IS SARCASTIC. But There la a 1t of Truth In It, Just the- Same. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Enforce the anti-trust law, indeed! Really, gentlemen, something -depends upon whose ox Is gored. How curious that you should have forgotten It. If labor is to be given a special status under the conspiracy laws affecting "the re straint of trade," why be shocked? Labor already has a special status. What are strikes? Once a strike was in itself crim inal because of the palpable conspiracy In It. But a strike Is no longer criminal Jn this country. Wage earners were gi-en the right to strike In order that they might protect their collective Interests Jy waging industrial war. In England very recently labor unions -were granted by law special immunities from damage suits, and thus they were made under English laws a privileged class. The Taft Vale decision aroused to political action every trade unionist In the United Kingdom, and not even the House of Lords dared to reject the trade disputes bill, which was driven through the House of Com mons out of fear of the labor vote. With President Roosevelt following rap idly in the footsteps of Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman, and seeking to counter act judicial decisions against labor by leg islation designed to appease the wrath of unionism, the notion that he would en force an old law that a Supreme Court decision had lately sharpened against unionist methods of warfare is a droll conceit of the hopelessly reactionary mind. Hid Long Reach. Puck. "Yassah!" pridefully said the venerable colored falsifier. "I's a hund'ed and twen-ty-fl' yeans old dls Fall dis ynh comin Fall, If I keeps muh heath. T'anky, sah. for dis seeffyah; it sho smokes fine, and the 'band around it Is monst'ous purty." "A hundred and twenty-five years old. eh T returned the f Hcetiousl'y inclined tourist from the North. "Then, I sup pose, you knew George Washington?" 4Well-uh, nussah; not mo dan doss to howdy wid him nev' was one. sah, to take up wld newcomers. But I knowed Christ fur Clumbus consid'able; y as sah, knowed him right well, comin and gwine. To isn't got a vial In dem swell elegant pants dat fits yo' so fine, is yo' sah? Case for an Expert. Youths" Companion. "Have you fixed up my will just the way I told you?" asked the sick man, who was the possessor of many needy relatives and some well-to-do but grasping: ones. "I have," asserted the lawyer. "Just as strong and tight as you can make it, eh?" asked his client. The lawyer nodded. "All right," said the sick man. "Now t want to ask you one thing not pro fessionally who do you think stands the best chance of getting the prop erty when I'm gone?" Wina Thonnands of Dollars on m Joke. Boston Transcript. Several years ago the superintendent of the Rockaway Hunt Club on Long Island, N. Y., bought, as a joke, a tract of swamp in Jamaica Bay for $75. He has since sold the salt hay on it for $300 annually, and the other day refused an offer of $25,000 for his purchase from a dock company. Who says that real estate as an investment does not pay? He Felt Hart. Chicago Tribune. "No. I haven't anything for you," said the hard-featured woman of the house. "Instead of spending your time in loafing around the saloons and begging, why don't you try to follow some useful oc cupation T "Madam," said Wareham' Long, lifting his jaded remnant of a hat forward and eyeing her with a frown, "do I look like one o' de idle rich?" Hard Qaewtlon. Washington Post. Everybody knows that as 'the head of the Iemocratic ticket Governor Johnson can get every vote in the Electoral Col lege Mr. Bryan can get. Everybody knows that he can get votes in that college Mr. Bryan cannot get. Then the question ob trudesis the Democratic party mentally responsible enough to be at large? Congnreoa an a Talking Machine. Topeka. State Journal. Congress can keep just about as busy doing nothing as the average farm hand. A FEW H (teaming to waits) Is it very hard to revr She -Oh, no: just take your foot off mine, and put it on the other. Life. Bops I'd like to have my face on all the ten-dollar bills. Coggs I'd prefer to hav my hands on them. Harvard Lam poon. "Sir. I hava come to ask for your daugh ter's hand." "Take her, dear boy. As I hav just failed, your proposition is a very handy one." Baltimore American. Antresfi Mercy! This paper says I am inclined to be tout. Do you think I am? Maria eer I should say not.. You are stout. b.11 right, but very much against your in clination Chicago Daily News. Mrs. Crimson beak Tnu were pretty late getting in the house last night, weren't you? Mr. Crimsonbeak Tes. dear; it was very slippery. "What was itippr-?' "The key hole, dear."rr-Yonkrs Statesman. - "Humph!" ejaculated the Japanese offi cial, "we could land an army in California within twenty days!" "True." replied an other dignitary: "but could we keep it there long I've read that living expenses there averaged twenty dollars a day." Judge. Old man (who? thought have been turned by whisky to conversational topics) Can e tell me, squoire, the difference be tween "contract out and "non-provided schools." Squire Go twy home, me man. and come to me again when you're sober. Old Man Pober! Nobody care for them sort o' things when 'e'a sober! Punch. NATIONAL GOARD SS WAS to have been expected, the recent and entirely unexpected action of Congress in tacking a paragraph into the Army appropria tion bill ruling commissioned officers out f the National rifle and pistol matches is meeting with a sweeping opposition. The War Department has taken up the objection, as have mili tary experts on every hand, branding the amendment as a piece of crass foolishness based on a narrow under standing of military affairs. For tunately the measure is not beyond the remedy of reconsideration, and it Is hoped to have the paragraph stricken out. according to an official report ieceived dring the week from Washington. D. C. In the first place the amendment would serve to exclude from a third to a half of the best riflemen in the service, for officers have long taken the most active interest In marksman ship and the great advantage of having them do so is not hard to understand. The War Department announces itself as looking with great favor on the interest taken by the officers, point ing out that no officer can properly in struot his men in that most essential feature of a soldier's work unless he is familiar with the exact science of marksmanship in its practical work ings. Thus .the enthusiasm aroused among commissioned officers at Na tional competitions is no less valuable than the increased ability to shoot straight imparted to the enlisted man who does the actual shooting in war time. An inconsistency in the amendment lies in the fact that it excludes officers from the National pistol matches. This shows very clearly that the author of the .amendment did not devote any too much thought to his document, for trie revolver is the officer's weapon in the field. ' A table lately sent out by the pub llclty bureau of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and just released for publication, indi cates that In the matches at Camp Perry last Summer there were 303 en listed men and 261 officers on the range. The table, arranged in the or der of relative standing of each team of 12 riflemen, shows officers from the various states, territories and branches of the service as follows: Navy. 7: Massachusetts, none: Ohio, 7: United States Cavalry, 10; Washing ton, 5; United States Naval Academy, 12; Pennsylvania. 5; United States In fantry, 7; New York, 4; New Jersey. 4; Minnesota, 6; Illinois, 8; Wisconsin, 2; United States Marine Corps, 2; Dis trict of Columbia, 9; Michigan, 6; Ore gon. 5; Maryland, 6; Georgia, 6; New Hampshire, 3; Iowa, 6; Connecticut, 3; Colorado, 6; California, 5; Montana, 7; Maine, 5; Florida. 5; Kansas. 9; In dlana, 6; Texas, 7; Missouri. 7; Okla homa, 7; Kentucky, 10; Hawaii, 7; Wyoming. 6; West Virginia. 5; New Mexico. 5; Arizona, 4; Mississippi. 6 South Carolina, 4 ; Nebraska, 2 ; Ala bama, 7; Tennessee, 7: North Dakota, 4; Louisiana, none; Vermont, 6; North Carolina, l; Virginia, 6. Appended to this table is a state ment by a member of the National Board, whose name is not given, of his views upon the amendment. The statement follows: "In my opinion it would have a very injurious effect upon rifle shooting were the officers pre vented from competing at the National matches. The officers shoot alongside the men elsewhere and work with them In practice, and should be permitted to do so In these matches. There is no other way for the average officer to get to the National matches except as member of a teanv the place on which he wins by superior skill. The good which comes of their mingling there with the best shots In the world is in calculated and it is felt throughout all branches of the service. The War Department and the National Board have always regarded their presence there as highly beneficial to the cause of marksmanship and It will be deeply regretted If they are no longer per mitted to participate in these contests.' National legislation is just now keeping the Guardsmen in the anxious seat, particularly members of the Ore gon Guard. The National approprla tion bill has been tampered with in many different ways since It was first submitted to the House. For exampl the appropriation for maneuvers was culled out. This aroused a storm, and it was undertaken to have it reinstated. Since then nothing definite has been heard. This leaves the Coast Guards man in doubt as to whether he Is des tined for joint maneuvers in the Sum mer or for only a ten days trip to a camp of instruction somewhere with in the boundaries of the state. Then too, the work of organizing two com panies of Coast Defense Artillery and several additional companies of inian try is held p. The bill provided equip ment and clothing for all state troops and its final passage would make the way for many new organizations of all branches of the service. Settle ment of these matters, one way or the other, will be a distinct relief. The review and Inspection Friday night for Governor Chamberlain was a brilliant military spectacle in every way. The Third Oregon made an en viable showing and Colonel McDonell merited the congratulations he re ceived on the appearance made by the troops. The battery and Signal Corps were splc and span and the turnout throughout was the best of any quar terly inspection of the past year. The campaign for a favorable vote on the Armory appropriation bill of $100,000, held up under the initiative and referendum, is to be taken up this week. Adjutant-General Finzer has issued a call for a meeting of the committee on procedure, which will as semble today and discuss a modus operandi. - The last part of the first shipment of new Springfield rifles has been dis patched to company stations. Every company in the state should have its allotment of five guns by this time. General Flnzer has received word that a shipment of 1400 of the new rifles may be looked for shortly. That will enable equipment of both Oregon regi ments with the Springfield. The row obsolete Krag rifles will be returned to the War Department in exchange for the better guns. Japan's Financial Burdens. Leslie's Weekly. "Within a few years Japan must raise $1,000,000,000 to pay off or convert her loans and to continue the improvements already begun. and on which the prosperity of the country depends. Until the great war debt is paid, that alone will compel the tax collectors to WTing lm every subject of the Emperor about $63 a year. The other day the diet added to the taxes on a half-dozen of the most used articles in the country. The end has been reached. The people of Japan are carrying a bur den which is almost too heavy for them now, and a burden that cannot be in creased. There is where the political dan ger lies. Fin for Playing; "Hookey,"' 5. Philadelphia Inquirer. In Chicago they flue the parents of children who play "hookey" 15 and costs. A good licking, for children, is much cheaper and more effective. Advertising Talks No. 3. THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE By Herbert Kaufman. XERXES once led a million sol diers out of Persia in an ef- - , ... .Luii i-auiure LTreew, out nis invasion failed utterly because a bpartan General had entreni-hed a hundred men in a narrow mountain ' pass which controlled the road into Lacedaemon. The man who was tirst on the ground had the advantage. Advertising is full of opportunities for men who are first on the ground. There are .hundreds of advertising passes waiting for some one to occu py them. The tirst man who realize that his line will be helped by pub licity has a tremendous opportunity. He can pain an advantage over his competitors that they can never pos sess. Those who follow him must spend more money to equal his je turns. They must not only invest as much , to get as much, but" they must as well spend an extra sum to coun teract the influence that he has al ready established in the community. Whatever men sell, whether it is actual merchandise or brain vibra tions, can be more easily sold with the aid of advertising. Not one-half of the businesses which should be ex ploited are appearing in the newspa pers. , Trade grows as reputation grows, and advertising spreads repu tation. If you are engaged in a line which is waiting for a newspaper pioneer, realize what a wonderful chance you have of being the tirst of your kind to appeal directly to the public. You stand a better chance of leadership than those who have handicapped their strength by permitting you to get on the ground before they could outstrip you. You gain a prestige that those who follow you must spend mora money to counteract. If your particular business is simi lar to some other trade or business which has already been introduced to the reading public, it 's up to-yon to start in right now and join your com petitors in contesting for the atten tion . of the community. The longer you delay the more you decrease your chances of surviving. Every man who outstrips you is " another opponent who must be met and grappled with for the right of way. (Oopyriicht. l&ns.) I.Iftt OR 1ST SOIlTH CAROLINA. A Picture of the Farmer Follower of Tillman. Will Irwin in Collier-... 'Tillmanism. the revolt of the masses against the old "aristocratic" rule, was the great South Carolina tssue in the early W. Ben Tillman, the- magnetic, shrewd, intemperate-mouthed tribute of the plebeians, was the man of the hour. Feeling; ran so high that South Caro linians marvel now at the things they did and believed in those days. In tfce wake of that radical movement ran aU kinds of extreme ideas. Especially was there pronounced pro hibition feeling in the country districts. The farmer follower of Tillman, known contemptuously to the opposition as the "wool hat and one gallus boy," has his own peculiar attitude on the liquor ques tion. He is an ardent and violent church man: the crossroads meeting-house is his social diversion as well as spiritual guide. His church and his pastor are violently opposed to strong drink; in his own minii run pa'rellel a purely theological loathing for the Demon Rum and a purely personal liking for liquor. A vote for prohibition places the onus on his sin upon the liquor dealer -who sold him "the stuff." His wife is even more violently opposed to the public sale of liquor. Locomotive In n Thlmhle. Kansas City Journal. Tha smallest locomotive engine in the world weighs 12 grains, and three drops of water fills its boiler. This miniature marvel was constructed by an ingenious American. Despite the fact that it could be placed inside a thimble, it is composed of 140 distinct pieces and is held together by 63 screws. The stroke of the piston is onQ-twelfth of an inch, and its diameter is one-ninth of an Inch, yet when it gets In motion it works as though it were the strongest and biggest locomotive that ever ran on rails. Oklahoma Asserts One Right. Terre Haute Star. When you are counting up Presiden tial candidates don't forget Jacobs. Ja cobs? Why, to be sure F. W. Jacobs, of Kingfisher. Okla., whom the Populists have nominated. It is tha privilege of every state to have a candidate for the highest office, and Oklahoma does not mean to overlook any of its rights. The Poor Boy Can Do It. New York Sun. The poor boy baa no chanrs unless he run arouse the people by using- his tongue. Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan is rich but generous. . Thus frankly does he lay bare the cause of his prosperity. But isn't his profession get ting crowded? Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrre. Charlea Kinpsley. Are you ready for the atecplc-chase, I.nr- " rafne. Lorraine, Lorree? Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree, . You're booked to ride your capping racp to day at Coulterlee, You're booked to ride Vindictive for all the world to see. To keep him stralg-ht, to keep him first, and wp the run trom me. Barum. Barum. Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree. he clasped her new-born baby, poor Lor raine. Lorraine. Lorree. "I cannot ride Vindictive, aa any man might see. And I will not ride Vindictive, irith this baby on my knee; He's killed a boy, he's killed a man, and why must he kill me?" "Unless you ride Vindictive, Lorraine, Lor raine, Lorree, Unless you ride Vindictive today at Coul terlee. And land him safe across the brook, sn-i win the blank for m:. It's you may keep your baby, for you'll get no keep from me." "That husbands could be cruel," said Lor raine. Lorraine. Lorree, "That husbands could be cruel, I have known for reasons thrpe; But oh: to ride Vindictive while a bahy cries for me. And be killed across a fence at last for a", the world to see!" She mastered young Vindictive Oh! the gallant lass was she. And kpt him straight and won the race as near as near could be; But he killed her at the brook against a pollard willow tree. Oh! he killed her nt the brook, the bruta. for all the world to see. And no one but the baby cried for poor Lorraine, Lorree.