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The com plaint now comes that they can no longer control or restrain their young people. The examples about them carry their young people away from the ancient regime. The girls will have fashionable hats; the boys will have the trappings in use by the other young felows about them.' Boys and. girls catch something of the modern spirit. They want Its literature, its amusements, and participation in Its social life. More, they will have them. But this grieves the elders, and threat ens the foundations of the church. Etymologically, Dunker means Vdip per. It was a name historical in Ger many given to the Brethren, because they baptized converts by plunging them bodily in streams. We used to see the like in our own states. In pioneer times, as practiced by Methodists at campmeetings, and sometimes by oth ers. Rock Creek, in Clackamas County, was a favorite stream. The Dunkards are numerous in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and in parts of Canada. Their people eschew all ' ornaments and luxuries, all "styles" in dress and all fripperies of city exist ence. Yet they live, usually, in the ""most abundant and substantial man ; ner; but their life does not please or . .' satisfy their young people, who see conditions about them more attractive than their own. There is a similar Mennonite sect in Illinois and other ' states, known as the Amish congrega- tions. In "some localities they are nu : merous, notably in the counties of '; Tazewell, Woodford and Fulton, in Central Illinois. Their way of life is . .! very rigorous and severe; yet they ' live in abundance, and have continu ous and increasing material prosperity. ' The primitive church is their model; they drive to the church on Sundays and stay all day; they have sheds and forage at the church for their horses and carry their dinner with them; they have Sunday school and a sermon, then dinner and another sermon, and disperse at nightfall. Their whole equipment and dress are of the plain est, description. But the Amish, like the Dunkards, cannot hold their young people, ft Is impossible, of course, to continue the habits of isolated places in Europe centuries ago in America today. The Amish people is a sect which derives its name from David Amen, who led a division of the Mennonke Church in Switzerland some 300 years ago. They hold the usual dpctrines of the fall of man and the atonement, the authority, of the Scriptures and baptism; but keep themselves secluded from the world, and refuse all participation in politics. All these people have habits of great- ;' est industry and thrift; but their way - of life cannot be long continued, be cause they cannot hold their young .' people to it. The schism in the Dunk ard body In Iowa, just announced, is a sign of the dissolution of this and other similarly exclusive sects. It is "the spirit of the times," in their new situation in America. In their orig inal seats in Europe they still flourish, because there they are removed from the temptation and incitement to change. Maji everywhere is a crea- - ture of the conditions that surround " him. That, indeed, is the reason why the social fabric is changing in Ore gon, as elsewhere; but it Is In the new ',' communities, where the forces of Na- ture are as yet unappropriated, or at least unexhausted, that the change is , most rapid. In the Bernese Alps the Amlsh branch of the Mennonltes re mains almost unchanged. SOUND JUDGMENT OF THE GOVERNOR. Governor Chamberlain will hold on till the end. of the year 1909, so as to keep the direction of the affairs bf the state out of the hands of "the fool party" as long as he can. This Is a splendid effort of patriotism. A little later Harry Lane will be nominated for Governor and most probably elected; for, though he couldn't have been elected to such office, nor ever would have been thought of for it. In the days when Oregon was sane, he is going to be the man for next Gover nor. Of pourse. ' The Republican party can't do anything but commit folly on folly. " It elects five-sixths of the members of the Legislature, yet has so tied itself up that it must elect a Democratic Senator. We shall favor the retention of the asylum for the Insane in the hands of the Democratic party as long as possible. There should be a branch department of It, called- "The Limbo," for Republican political para nolacs. No wonder Democratic states men from prohibition counties have come in force to Portland and are full of hilarity. Our admiration of the Democratic! party never was so great. Why? Things always are presented In, and exist, by contrast. The Democratic party Is not the biggest fool party In Oregon. When, for fifty years, could one say as much as that? We trust Governor Chamberlain will hold f.o the helm. CHINESE MILLING COMPETITION ENDED. Advices from Hongkong report the closing down for an Indefinite period of the big Rennie flouring mills, which began operations about a year ago. The plant was such a large one nd there was apparently so much money behind it that its construction was for a time regarded with serious misgivings by the Pacific Coast mill ers, who had built up a great flour trade In the Orient. The fact that, it was to be operated by Mr. Rennie, who for nearly twenty years had rep resented the Portland Flouring Mills in the Far East, and who was excep tionally well Informed on all matters pertaining to the Oriental flour trade, gave additional reason for fear that Pacific Coast milling interests might be endangered. But a single year of operation has served to demonstrate quite effectually the impossibility of Chinese mills competing with those of Oregon and Washington. With Manager Rennie driven to sui cide by the heavy losses sustained by the company, with no market for the by-products of the mill and but little better demand for the flour than for the mill feed, the directors have closed the mill, pocketed their losses, and practically retired from the field, leav ing the mammoth plant in Junk Bay, a gloomy monument to misdirected capital and energy. From all reports that have been received, failure of the enterprise has been so complete that there will be no early attempt to re vive it. This unfortunate ending was due to Its inability to meet the legiti mate competition of the Oregon and Washington mills in the Chinese flour trade. ' There are a number of reasons why Mr. Rennie's enterprise was from Its Inception doomed to failure, but two in particular stand out clear and dis tinct. One was the inability of the new millers to induce the clannish Chinese buyers to take up new brands of flour. The Portland Flouring Mills Company, pioneers in the field from the Pacific Northwest, atod still the dominant factor in the flour trade throughout the Orient, had for more than twenty years been selling the same "chops" or brands to the Chi nese, and in a land where accomplish ment of any kind of an economic change is a matter of centuries, it was almost an Impossibility to wean the Orientals away from the Portland brands to which they had become ac customed. The other insurmountable handicap was the impossibility of get ting rid of the' "offal," as bran, shorts and mill feed are termed. Most of the wheat used at the Hongkong1 mill was imported from . Portland or Puget Sound. The freight rate across the Pacific was about the same as the rate on flour, but every to)n of wheat contained more than 500 pounds of bran, shorts, etc., for which there was no market after the mill had. sep arated it in the Orient. This enabled the Portland and Puget Sound millers to ship in its manufactured state 2000 pounds of flour at the same freight rate that the Hongkong miller was paying for about 1500 pounds in the shape of wheat. The Hongkong miller could neither use nor sell to advantage this extra 500 pounds of "offal" on which he had paid the freight, while the Coast miller, quite to the contrary, found an ever-Increasing market at high prices for all the mill feed that he could produce. The development of the Manchurian wheat fields may in the future supply Oriental mills with a cheap .supply of wheat and enable them to compete with the Oregon and Washington mills, but it will be many years before the change can be ac complished, probably not ' before the ever-increasing population of this country takes up the surplus which is now forced to seek a market beyond the seas. The absolute failure of the first big milling project in China leaves the Oregon and Washington millers more firmly intrenched than ever, in a very rich trade field. TAFT'S REMARK ABOUT GRANT. It is astonishing to note how great a number of newspapers.ln the East ern States denounce Taft for his ref erence to Grant's early habits of in ebriety. Taft did it to commend the strength of! character and purpose in the man who had force enough in himself to abandon a vicious habit. Rawlins helped his chief, undoubtedly. But Grant had the moral stuff in him; and it was the object of Taft to bring out that fact, to increase the public admiration of Grant, and to use it as an example, for encouragement of his countrymen. But many treat it as if it were slan derous and false. That is deplorable. At Portland, Vancouver and The Dalles Grant was seen' often,' by everybody who cared to look, in a state of intoxication. It was not much thought of at the time, but was recalled immediately after he had be come famous through inestimable and immortal service to the country. There Is a spirit of hypocrisy in the innumerable attempts to "vindicate" Grant against the slanders of Taft. The fact is, Taft was delivering a most excellent and effective temper ance address. Grant himself never was the man to deny that he had been addicted excessively to drink, in his early life; but of course he never mentioned It that he might boast that he had reformed. The Chicago Journal says: "Taft's at tack on Grant may have an Influence on the political history of the United States. American .sentiment Is not to be trifled with, and It will be unfor tunate for Mr. Taft if his blow at it shall defeat his hopes of the Presi dency. The Republican convention will be likely to ask itself whether the country really desires a President who is subject to lapses of the sort to which Secretary Taft has shown him self liable." Could anything be more Inept or overstrained? WHY MR, CORTELYOU? The rumor that Mr. Cortelyou has been selected as the Republican can didate -for Vice-President sounds rather fishy. There are many reasons why Mr. Cortelyou ought not to be selected. It is hard to conceive of a single one why he should, except that he is said to be in high favor with Wall street. It Is commonly believed that during his administration of the Treasury the public funds have ben largely at the disposal of his specula tive friends in New York and perhaps they mlglit reward his usefulness by contributing to the campaign fund. If he is nominated, everybody will un derstand that it is for the sole purpose of attracting money from our million aire gamblers and the trusts. He will be expected to repeat his performance in the campaign of 1904, when ho slyly and sleekly gathered in the wealth from the syndicates. But a scheme which worked well in 1904 may happen to fail in 190S. Pub lic sentiment has changed in the last four years. Public morals have im proved. Political methods which passed then without discredit would not be tolerated today. The public understands the plutocracy better than It' did, knows what its methods are and what they lead to, and is resolute ly determined not to be governed by it. The mere suspicion that Air. Cor telyou has been nominated in order to elicit a slush fund from the trusts will be almost enough to defeat the Republican ticket. .In states like Ore gon, where unrest is conspicuous and party bonds have been loosened; It would perhaps mean a Bryan major ity. . . . .. ' Mr. Cortelyou is a man utterly with out merit so far as the country has been able to learn. He has accom plished nothing of statesmanlike pro portions. That he is a "nice feller" everybody admits, a much nicer "fel ler" than Mr. Fairbanks; but "fellers" who are nice and nothing more have not so much vogue as they once en joyed. The country wants something more solid in its public men. Between Cortelyou and Fairbanks, give us Fairbanks. With all his negative traits and defects of ability and tem perament, he is at least ' respectable and his puritanism is genuine. While he would never greatly adorn the Vice-Presidency, he would never dis grace it. Of Mr. Cortelyou we can not say as much. The chances are that he would disgrace the office. If he has ability, he has never shown it. If he has conscience, he has effectu ally suppressed it. If he has loyalty he has managed to prove that he re gards it very lightly. His campaign for the Presidential nomination was a series of indirect, underhanded, half treacherous maneuvers which few men of honor would have had the hardi hood to undertake. Mr. Cortelyou's nomination might strengthen the- Republican ticket in Wall street, but would weaken it everywhere else, for the conspicuous favor of Wall street means distrust in the mass of the voters. Mr. Taft will enter the campaign with two or three handicaps which are unavoidable. Why saddle him with one worse than all the rest which is easily avoidable? A MODERN CRUSADE. The International Congress on Tu berculosis will meet in Washington, D. C, September 21, and close its work October 12 of the present year. Pres ident Roosevelt has accepted the pres idency of that body, and will give his personal attention, as he has given his public indorsement, to the work for which the congress was called. In common with all thoughtful. Intelli gent, well-informed people, Mr. Roose velt sees in the crusade that is now in progress for checking and stamping out tuberculosis in its many forms a movement full of hope for the individ ual and calculated to confer material benefit on the world at large. s' The economic feature of this move ment can never quite overshadow the humane feature, while human love and pity watch at the citadel of life, anxious to overcome and expel the in sidious foe that' has Invested it under the dreaded name of consumption. This feature is, however, one that ap peals to practical people, who see the necessity of conserving the working force of the world and preventing its depletion by the slow decline of vital forces ending sooner or later in death. Any long illness Is a drain upon the resources of the family and in a less perceptive degree upon the commu nity. AVhen accompanying this loss of personal energy and earning power there Is a menace of subtle contagion, or at least of communicability of dis ease which is too frequently followed by another and yet another deadly blow, the condition becomes justly alarming from an economic stand point. It is a well-known fact that the energies of a whole family have in numberless cases been absorbed in blindly fighting tuberculosis one after another falling in the contest without conquering the insidious foe. This is true in a National as well as in a family sense. It is for the pur pose of forging weapons with which to ight the battle of the race of all races against this scourge and direct ing their blows so that the energy that i behind them will not be worse than wasted, that this International Con gress on Tuberculosis has been called. A study of this problem in all of its aspects and phases will be made and the control of the scourge will be di rected and urged by and in the name of science, economics and humanity. Preparations for this congress are in progress all over the civilized world, and it promises to be the greatest gathering in the interest of public health ever held In this country. Editorial reference to the pioneer steamer Beaver" In yesterday's Orego nian brought forth inquiries regarding the age and first appearance in these waters of the famous vessel. The Beaver was launched on the Thames in 1835, and sailed from Gravesend for the Columbia River August 27, 1835. She arrived at Fort . George (Astoria) March 19, 1836, coming out under sail, with the bark Columbia for a consort. Her vaddlewheels were attached at Fort Vancouver. Steam was raised May 16, 1836, and a day later she made her first trip, towing the bark Columbia up to a sawmill lo cated about five miles above Vancou ver. On May 31 she took a party of excursionists around what is now known as Sauvie's Island, and depart ed from the Columbia on her first sea voyage by steam June 26, 1836. She was in active service m for fifty-two years, and was" -wrecked on the rocks near the entrance to Vancouver har bor In Jul-, 18S8. Her first com mander was David Home, the name being misprinted as "Howe" in yester day's Oregonian. The Tax Commission of the State of Washington loses a valuable man by the resignation of J. H. Easterday, of Tacoma, who is now a candidate for the office of Attorney-General. Mr. Easterday has made a specialty of tax ation legislation, and, unlike some of the men who have taken up the sub ject in other states, he is so well posted on all matters relating to the subject that he has originated some most valuable reforms in the assessment laws of the Evergreen State. He is exceptionally well qualified for the po sition he seeks, and, if successful, would maintain a' high standard for the office. A typographical error In Monday's Ortgonian made it appear that the salary of the Baker City postmaster was but $2000 per year. The figures should have been J2600 per year, the gains in the business of the office be ing in keeping with those of other growing Oregon cities. Baker is pre paring for an extension of the Sump ter Valley Railroad and for construe tion of the Eagle Valley line. Both of these projects will add materially to the growth of the Eastern Oregon mining metropolis, and it will be but a short time before another advance in postmaster's salary will -be warranted by the growth of the city. With a surplus of labor of all colors California fruitgrowers are" no longer confronted with possible loss through their inability to secure help. This labor surplus, however, is bringing with it more trouble for the author! ties,, as some of the white fruitplckers have already mixed with the "honor able" men of Nippon, and. If there is a continuation of the assaults, our Japanese friends may send over an other ultimatum. The trouble will hardly assume serious proportions however, so long as the white squad ron remains within hailing distance. Lists are published of members elected to the Legislature. But they are absurdly classified as to politics There are no Republicans except those who have refused to pledge them selves to the election of a Democrat to the Senate. The rest are Demo crats. The Legislature is Democratic. That's all there is of it. Why juggle or palter with terms? The Oregonian congratulates the Democratic party. It has played with success the great est bunco game ever played in any state. It is entitled to everybody's admiration. The Columbia River is "coming" now. Yet it can hardly be deemed probable that the water will rise very high. So far as we can learn, the; pres ent flood area, in the great watershed, is not very extensive. It seems to be confined to a few tributaries. Yet from the whole mountain region it is not possible to obtain reports. From present information we shall not ex pect more than 25 feet. The. high est record at Portland is 33 feet. Naturally there is mighty indigna tion among the "allies" because the Taft managers insist on seating the colored delegates from the South, where the Republican votes don't come from. Their wrath would be greatly appeased, however, if they were themselves permitted to seat some of these same cullud gemmen. It was a fine (Democratic) conven tion yesterday; but nobody saw a sin gle non-partisan in it. Carry the news to the (so-called) Republican members of the Legislature who are pledged to Statement No. 1. Everybody is sorry that "Jim" Raley appears to be mixed up in the land frauds. It was sincerely' hoped there would be "nothln' agin our leadin' Democrats." We ought ' to have one virtuous party. But, they say, the reason why Dem ocrats have been so very virtuous is that they haven't had much of a chance for fifty years. This places them in excellent position to shout for reform. The Taft machine Is pushing Cor telyou for the Vice-Presidency on the theory that somebody has got to pro vide the Hon. George B. with a Gov ernment Job; and it's up to them. This would have been a fine week, of -course, for the Rose Festival; but the ideal time would be next Fall, when that Arch of Welcome is com pleted. The Emperor of Russia, after four years' Isolation, has contrived to take a railroad ride without being blown up. The anarchists are losing their grip. Once a year we learn from the Kan sas flood stories that there is a Kaw River. Otherwise the Kaw belongs in the Calapooia class. The "allies" have got together on that brilliant statesman, that peerless orator, that magnificent leader Any body to Beat Taft. "What of the" billion-dollar Con gress?" we are asked. "We are a billion-dollar peope." Well, most of us are. More land fraud Indictments. Evi dently Oregon has not gone out of the business. Yes, it's hot enough for us. "THE MAO STATE." A Fairly Snecnsful Attempt to "Size Up Oregoo. New York Sun. The Hon. George Earle Chamberlain, a Migsissippian educated in Virginia and transplanted to Oregon In 1S76, has a genius' for popularity. He had been In the Northwest only four years when he was elected to the Oregon Legislature. He was also a District Attorney in the Os. In 1S91 he was appointed and in 1892 elected Attorney General. In 1900 he 'was again elected a District Attorney, and before his term was out he was elected Governor. Re-elected in 1907, he Is sow the choice of a majority of the voters of his state to succeed the- Hon. Charles W. Fulton as a Senator in Congress. Mr. Fulton's term expires March 3, 1909. Mr, Cham berlain's term as Governor ends in 1911. Surely a fortunate politician, who can serve his time in one office before an other Is thrust upon him. Governor Chamberlain Is said to have much of Clay's and Blaine's extraor dinary gift of remembering names and faces, a gift of rather more use than any other to a politician in this world of vanity. Yet he is no mere "mixer" and 'handshaker." He Is a man of cultivation, a sound lawyer. As Gov ernor he has Introduced reform and or der In the state institutions His ap pointments have usually been excellent, we believe; and his not infrequent choice of Republicans for office has strengthened him among the friends of "non-partisansiup," a theory which has helped him a good deal in a Republic an state and has perhaps humbugged, not to say buncoed. the Republican brethren there. On the whole. Gover nor Chamberlain seems a winning can didate in every sense, and so can hope nothing from the National Democracy, which loves to lose. It should be said, however, even if some Republicans and devil's advocates say the same, that Oregon may best be described not as a Republican but' a crank state. Show the Oregonians any new political notion, any device for nullifying a bit of Constitution or depriving themselves of representative government and they will Jump for it. So many of these devices are in opera tion already that it is only after a long and serious course of reading that a voter is able to do his duty at the polls. Men'r minds are up in the air. Beautiful dreams like "non-partisanship" scintillate before their eyes, and meanwhile one of the choicest lots of cutthroat politicians that ever flour ished has got hold of the Republican party. An attractive situation for a, clever and popular man like Governor Cbamberlain. We don't know whether it's true or not, and It seems too good to be true, but according to some of the mourners the Oregon Democrats, who are subtler far than most of their tribe, registered under the primary laws as Republic ans. Thus they prevented the choice of Senator Fulton as the Republican nominee for Senator, substituting the Hon. Henry M. Cake, supposed to be the weaker man. Then in June they worked to beat Cake and did it. We don't wish to underrate the mer its of Governor Chamberlain, but it la fair to remember that he belongs to a state possessed of the devil of change. "A HATIONAIi PRIMARY." The Vashlnsrton l aw Compared With That of Orearon. Aberdeen (Wash.) World. It is all very well to say that the people rule lri O.regon and that the Indorsement given Governor Chamber lain, at the polls is the resulc of that rule. But do they? And Is It? The Governor's plurality is somthlng like 1.R00. perhaps, while Mr. Ellis and Mr. Hawley are both reutrned to the House by more than 15,000 each; and pluralities of members of the slate ticket exceed in some instances 25.00f votes. What does It mean? What sort of people are they In Oregon to say that they want RepublU-ans in the House and a Republican state admin istration, but prefer a Democratic Senator? Of course they did not vote for the party. That much is pluin. Tarties mean nothing in that kind of voting. But. this is not to say that the direct primary system is vicious, worthless and demoralizing. It does, however, write an Indictment of State ment No. 1 as silly, nonsensical and not only visionary, but a factor In disintegration. What else can be said of a method that seeks to compel the legislative representatives of one party to present a member of the opposing party with the highest of fice a state has to give? That is not the rule of the people It Is the ven geance of factions. It has no place in a rarty Government. If so. we have been conducting our affairs since the foundation of the Republic on a misapprehension. But the direct primary system it self, rid of an obnoxious pledge like that contained in the Oregon law, ap pears to be a benefit. It la What He Did That Coasts. Chicago Inter Ocean. A city clerk in St. Louis has found a paper showing that U. S. Grant in 18E9 applied for the post of county en gineer and was rejected. The fact Is not new and it Js of no, more importance than what Grant drank and when he drank It. Not his humiliations and rejections not his. faults or failures but his vir tues and -his successes made Ulysses S. Grant a great man whom all the world honored In his life and mourned at his death, and whose memory Is held in reverence by his countrymen. That small men when he was obscure ruld not see his merit and passed It by means nothing. Such a detail is ab solutely worthies In forming an image of the true Grant. What did the town pump think of Webster? What did Webster drink before he replied to Hayne? Who cares? What Grant did is what counts. A FEW SQLTBS. "Pa. what is a metrical .rnmancp?" Well, this month's eas bill is one." Phil adelphia Inquirer. Hoean "Pltwat became av Pat?" Gro- ran "The poor felly mlshtook an auto horn fer a whistle and shtopped wurrk crossing tne sirate. men. Rolling-stone Nomosa "Dis paper' says dat labor is ennobling." Tatterdon Torn "Dat's all rlirht. hut I'm asln' do nobility, anyhow." Philadelphia Record "Are you sure. Aunt Susan, there Is noth ing deleterious in this pie?" "Sure, honey, My recipe don't call for none of that kind of stuff." Baltimore American. Pater "And did that young man have the nerve to think: that he was in a position to propose to my daughter?" Daughter "Oh. he was, papa! He was on his knees." Cleveland Leader , Old Oentleman 'No, kiddies, do you want me to have a pame of romps with you? Eh?" Youngster "Oh. no! We're playing: at Indians, and you're no uae. You're scalped already!" Punch. Weary Willie "Firemen has a cinch; dey don't do nothln' most o' de time but loaf around de fire-house. I'd like dat Job, wouldn't you?" Rarson Tatters "Naw; onrt I seen a flreman git soaked wld, water Irom a hose." Philadelphia Press. MORE VIEWS OX OREGON ELECTION Popular Choice (or United States Sena tor Discuased by Newspapers. Philadelphia Press (Rep.). This means more than the election of a Democratic Senator from a Republican state. It is, so far as it goes, a breaking down of party government and an ef facement of representative government as it has been heretofore understood. The Legislature still in form elects a United States Senator, but the members do not vote for the man of their choice or for their party's choice. They merely obey orders given at the polls. They may be protectionists, but they must must vote for a free trader if he has received a majority at the polls. They may be strongly in favor of the policies which President Roosevelt stands for and yet be compelled to vote for one who re gards these policies with abhorrence. It would be far better to have the people elect United States Senators at first hand and have done with it. than to have the Legislatures thus devitalized and the election of United States Senators in the Legislature made merely the official re cording of the result of a vote cast else where. Teat of I.avr to Come In the Seaate. Washington (D. C.) Times. The Oregon plan has been attacked as a circumvention of the constitutional requirement that the Legislature shall choose Senators; it Is urged that the Legislature Is made a merely ministe rial body, and that all discretion in the matter is taken from it. There has never been a serious contest to deter mine if the law is a violation of the Constitution. If the pledge to Cham berlain is carried out, it may safely be expected that his seat will be con tested, and that a test of the law will be secured 'in the Senate. If the law is sustained, it seems likely to be adopted in other states, for the agita tion In favor of popular selection of Senators grows stronger year by year. Oregon and Iotrax Experiment Stations. Washington (D. C.) Post, Ind. The Democrats could easily take ad vantage of this widespread desire for change. It has even manifested itself in the very innermost ranks of the Re publican party of Oregon, normally a stanch Republican state; sends a Dem ocrat to the Senate. Allison, the be loved old war-horse of his party and Iowa's fldus Achates for more than 40 years, is barely able to hold his own with Cummins, a comparatively new man. In the struggle for his seat. The situation is not unlike that in France before the revolution. There are great cracks, dissensions and schisms in the ranks of the ruling class; the sub merged classes lack only a leader to become the rulers themselves. But he must be a real leader. Not one who makes his lungs do all the work. And then comes the quinine in the candy, "but I Just simply can't stand for Bryan. Intelligence and Club Accompaniment New York Press, Ind. Ren. In Oregon, the Republicans are in dorsed as a party and continued in power, but the electors discriminate in favor of sending a Democrat to the United States Senate. Possessed of state and Federal machinery, under the old system not only could the dominant party have prevented a Democrat from going to tile Senate, but its machine could have forced some selection of its own, however distasteful to the mem bers of his party. No matter whom the people desired they could have had no voice inhe matter. Since the peo ple cannot make the bosses ee what they want in any other way, they are going to beat Intelligence into their heads with a club. LegiNlature to Correct Error. Indianapolis Star. Rep. The Republican voters of Oregon have simply made fools of themselves, and fortunately the Constitution affords their i epresentativea in the Legislature an opportunity to correct the mistake. It is not surprising to learn that a movement is on foot to require the election of a Republican Senator at the hands of the Republican Legislature, and if that should be done tills Winter, the initiative-single tax-Prohlbition-"recall"-woman suffrage hyuterla that has run riot in Oregon the last four years will get the setback of reason and sanity that it has long had coming to it. Thankful for Small Mercies. Baltimore American (Rep.). It follows that a Republican Legisla ture will be called upon to elect a Demo crat to the United States Senate, the rep resentatives elected to the Legislature having pledged themselves to abide by the result of the primaries. This is one of the strange outcomes of the system of nrimarv elpptfnna fnv Rvna. if i- certainly not paralleled by any previous Biiuauon in any state. But, however, this may be. Oregon is strongly Republi can, and in so far as this is indicative of the political weather, Republicans have cause to be elated. Expects That Deal Will Be Carried. North American (Ind. Rep.). Under the new Oregon primary law. Republican legislators, obeying instruc tions of their constituents, will elect a Democrat United States Senator. Right here in Pennsylvania. Democratic legis lators have elected Republican Senators and voted against the instructions of their constituents to do it. Reduced Government to Absurdity. New York Times (Dem.). We should say that no candidate could make such a nrnmiHA withnut an ,11. cation of his self-control, a surrender of his self-respect, that would be a very good reason for refusing to elect him. It is the reduction of pretended repre sentative government to an absurdity. Predicts a Chance of Heart. Indianapolis Star (Rep.). Oreiron would have a. nrimarv nlertlnn law. but the chances are that a majority of the voters of the state would not have it now if they could help it. Clear Case of Reciprocity. ASTORIA, Or., June 8. (To the Ed itor.) One would suppose In reading the different comments on the election of Chamberlain by the Republicans of Oregon, that the majority of the people did not understand the true theory in the matter. It is a fact that cannot be denied that the Democrats of Ore gon are noted for their generosity, especially when it comes to the elec tion of a United States Senator of the Republican faith. I had the honor of being a member of the Legislative body of 1901, and a Democrat. Our lit tle band of 27 looked like IB cents when the Mitchell people got through with the sifting. Now, I was .just foolish enough to believe that those Democrats were paid in coin of the realm; but since it lias not been ad mitted by them, and Republicans of high standing have denied that money bought Democratic votes at any -time, it is just as plain as the none on a rum-blossomed face; the good Republi cans of Oregon are only paying a debt of honor to their Democratic friends who have always been "Johnnie on the spot" to assist them whenever a Republican candidate was in need of Democratic sympathy. It's a clear case of recipro city. B. F. ALLEN. Goes to Jail for His Dog. Philadelphia Record. J. R. Penrod, of Crafton, Pa., was put In Jail for refusing to kill his dog by or der of the court, but the dog went free. SOME SECRETS OF " SPOOKOLOGY" Simple Tricks. Kxplclned by Amateur, Used n Evidence of Spiritualism. PORTLAND. June 7. (To the E.iitor.) In a letter published in The On'gonian of the 4th inst., Thomas N. Wafrner (rive? a few instances which he s:ys seems to him to be "first-class evidence" of spirit communication. The instances are inter esting only in go far as they so to show how little is required to satisfy some peo ple that such phenomena occur. To those who are anxious to believe iv. spirit manifestations, the performance of a simple trick, a coincident, or any of the many strange actions of the mind occur ring in abnormal conditions, are conclu sive. There is a natural tendency on the part of most people to seek after the marvelous and the extraordinary. Thrre Is a fascination -about the mystical which they rind it difficult to escape. What they cannot explain they are pleased to assign to the supernatural, and they shy from a critical examination of the facts, or of the nature of the evidence, as the devil does from holy water. The first instance given by Mr. "Wagner is the reading of questions, and the ii:ini' of dead people, which have been written on pieces of paper and handed to the "medium" in sealed envelopes. There are several ways of doing this trick, and i.f done with some dexterity and with the assertion that it Is done with the aid ot the spirits. It seldom fails to win converts among the credulous and uncritical. I have often amused children with it, al ways explaining, however, that it was a trick; but about a year ago. while visiting an old friend who has charge of a well known health resort in Southern Califor nia, I was induced by him to perform it for the edification of some very estimable, though somewhat rheumatic old ladies who yvere guests of the resort. Let me first tell you what I did along this line and then explain how It was done. I asked some one to write the name of a person, living or dead, on a card and place it in an envelope. This was dope, and the envelope sealed and handed to me. Without looking at it I placed it be hind my back, where I held it for a few minutes, most of tho time ruhhing tho c-.ivelop with the tips of my tlnpers. I then told them the name In full and re turned the sealed envelope. I had not looked at the envelope at any time dur ing the performance. I then suggested that I would leave thi room while a name wus selected and writ ten for a second test. A very thick en velope had been secured and was handed to me on my return to the room, which I took In my left hand and rubbed lightly for a second or two with the finpers of the right. I then let my left hand drop to my side, where I held the envelope in full view of the audience, which was now closely watching my every movement. Placing my right hand on top of my head and cloFing my eyes. I Informed them that they had given me a very difficult subject, and it would be necessary for them all to think Intently on the name. Standing thus, tho envelope still in mi' left hand at my side, and with my eyes still closed, I spoke, as nearly as I 10 member, as follows: "It Is a lonir time ago. He was born in Portugal. He was a great sailor. His name is Christopher Columbus!" And so it was. Judein'3 from the remarks that followed, the effoi t was startling, and one old lady ,-c;Ued me if I could cure rheumatism. Now for the explanation. In the first trick I was careful to secure the envelope immediately after It had been sealed. An ordinary envelope can be readily opened immediately after sealing without injury to the envelope or to the gum. Tho mo ment it was behind my back and out of sight. I opened it, secured the 'arrl In the palm of my hand and brought Hie hand to the fron.t. tapping my foreiie.i-l with the tips of my fniKPrs as if in thought. Having caught siKht of t name, the card was returned to the en velope, which must now be resealed. This was done by again bringing tiie hand to the head, and whilo in the. act of hitin;; the finger nail, or stroking the moustache (still thinking intently) the fm.-:er wa t well moistened in the mouth. It .? then an easy matter to wet the flaus of the envelope, seal It, and, after tellinr the name on the card, return the envel ope, apparently unopened and uninjured. It is obvious that tho second trick U performed by different means, and Iht.i la alwas advisable where the sme tirclc is to be repeated, as it helps to mysUfy tlie audience. While absent from t!o room I concealed a tiny piece of sponir' saturated with alcohol, between the first and second fingers of the risht hand. Eighty-five or 00 per cent alcohol ren ders paper quite transparent and soon evaporateH. leaving little or no trace. It is therefore necessary, after seeing tho writing through the envelope, to give a little time for the evaporation to taka place. Hence, after reading the name of the discoverer of America a little hocus- pocus had to be done so as to give tho spirits time to get away. Here we have the application of a sim ple fact in chemistry, which perhaps 13 not known to one person in a thousand, and even when it is it is seldom thought of in connection with the trick. Even scientists have been fooled by it, as they have been by many other simple de vices. It Is the object of the "medium." as It Is of the professional prestidigita- ' tor. to mislead his audience as to what actually occurs. One of the many de vices in slate-writing may be cited as an Illustration.- A slate is produced and the medium proceeds to wash tho slate, but by a clever sleight of hand stunt tho slate is turned all the way over and the same side is washed twice. On the un washed side there has been previously written a message in a chemical carrying calcium In solution and which is Invisible until the chemical dries, when thore ap pears the message as if just written with a chalk pencil. Some years ago the Eng lish physicist and chemlct. Sir William Crookes. was completely bamboozled by this and other similar tricks by the noted faker. David D. Homo. And Crookes, because of his standing as a scientist, is frequently quoted with confidence by ad vocates of this form of spookolopy. But while fraud and trirckery are at the bottom of a large part of the so called evidences of spirit phenomena, there is another and much larger element on the psychological side of the subject. The startling phenomena frequently found In many of the abnormal mental condi tions are well calculated to strike tho uninformed as being explicable only by the spiritualistic hypothesis. Obviously these conditions can be dealt with on!v by men who have given the subject spe cial study, and who by their training and temperament are particularly fitted to cope with the subject. Clearly the competent psychologist is tne best man to determine the nuijift and the powers of the so-called submliminnl states, sen sory and motor automatism, and tho various hyperesthesias. It is well-known that the whole field of these abnormal conditions, including tho mass of "liov- derland" and pathological phenomena. such as automatic writing, trance, post hypnotic suggestion, double personality, illusion, hallucination, hvsteria. and in sanity, with many normal states as well, are included in the problem of explaining the phenomena often accepted by the un wary as "tirst-class evidence" of snjrit- ualisra. H. K. SARGENT. To the Odor Born. Philadelphia Leader. Chicago man who was a member of the committee on reception on the ocmijh of the visit of Prince Albert of Bo;c:u-m a year or two ago, tells of his Highness' inspection of the stockyards. The Prince received every possible at tention and was mucli Interested in tho magnitude of the industry and the various processes for disposing of the thousands of cattle and hogs slaughtered every day. Just before he left he turned to the in telligent young man who hart heen to'.d off to act as his guide and asked; "Do you never suffer any inconvenience from the odor here?" "What odor, your Highness?" was tho naive response of the young man."