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C. with Special Agency New York, rooma 40 60 Tribune building. Chicago, rooma 110-012 Tribune building. PORTLAND. FRIDAY, AUG. 7. 10. WASHINGTON'S FIERCE FIGHT. Over In Washington, too, they are trying to elect a United States Senai tor by a pretended popular vote. They have no Statement No. 1, but they have a pledge that up to a certain point resembles Oregon's Justly cele brated Statement. It binds all candi dates, if elected, to vote In the Legis lature for the choice of their party. Many candidates have subscribed to the pledge. Others have not. A campaign of extraordinary bit terness is under way with Senator Ankeny and Representative Jones as the only Republican candidates. Mr. Jones has, in a public speech in Se attle, made sensational charges against his competitor. It is exceptional even In Washington for a candidate lor high office thus to assail another. Tet this is. It may be supposed, such an occurrence as may hereafter be ex pected in our popular campaigns for Senator or other Important office. It Is well enough, perhaps, that the can didates get into the open and fight It out between themselves. Mr. Jones, no doubt, weighed his cause carefully, and feels that he is, in the circum stances, fully Justified. We dare say that the effect of his .extraordinary speech will be greatly to damage Mr. Ankenys candidacy, if his accusations shall be generally believed, and per haps to defeat Ankeny. Yet, If we understand Mr. Jones correctly, he has pledged hlmselfto support for election by the Legislature an unfit man, if that unfit man shall be suc cessful in the primary. The Oregonian does not intend this remark so much as a criticism of Mr. Jones as an ex position of the absurdities and incon sistencies one is led Into by an at tempt to elect a United States Sen ator In a manner not contemplated nor authorized by the Constitution of the United States absurdities and In" consistencies that will obtain until the Constitution shall be again literally followed, or the constitutional method is changed so that there shall be an actual election by the people. But now suppose that Mr. Jones shall be nominated. Every Republi can candidate for the Legislature who has subscribed to the pledge is bound to vote for Jones in the Legislature. Will such candidates be loyally sup ported in November by the Ankeny faction throughout the state? Hardly, for the reason that the Ankeny people will undoubtedly see another chance to take a second bite at the Senatorial cherry at Olympla. There are about twenty unpledged Republican hold over Senators. There will be some Democrats. Others not pledged will be elected. Some of the regular can didates, bound to Jones, will be de feated by the Democratic nominees. All these In the aggregate are likely to prove formidable in the contest by the "Statement" (Jones) members for election of their candidates. Be sides, how many of the latter will be really for Ankeny but pledged to Jones? The same situation will be presented if Ankeny shall be nomi nated at the September primary, and Jones defeated. Jones will support Ankeny. but can he deliver his fol lowing? It may do no good to point out to the Republicans of Washington the dilemma which confronts them; but it is Just as well for them to under stand now that It must be met if the campaign is to proceed on its present hasis. which it will, no doubt. THE RAILROAD VOTE. The "railroad vote" this year will undoubtedly play a more important part in politics than ever before. The "platform" of the Nebraska Railway Employes' Protective Association, as outlined In Wednesday's Oregonian, reflects a more serious interest in the political situation than has ever been shown in a similar announcement. Thirty thousand men have Joined the association in Nebraska, and the membership is spreading to other states. The pamphlet issued by the association states that over 6,000.000 people are either employed directly or are dependent on the railroads for a livelihood, and that $300,000,000 is distributed in wages through them to as many more engaged in various vocations. An Industrial machine of sucti great dimensions' cannot fail to wield a powerful influence in politics if Its energies are not divided. As more or less secrecy surrounds the organiza tion and campaign of this new factor in National politics, it is not known to what extent its members are bound to Ignore party affiliations and vote for the Presidential candidate agreed on by special committees; but there are a great many reasons why the men should vote pretty nearly as a unit. In the recent muckraking cam paign which swept over the country, all railroads suffered alike In tle eyes of the foreign Investor, and. wherever the roads suffered, the em ployes were also affected. Mr. Bryan, with a desire to add to the confusion In which the railroads were plunged by indiscriminate attacks, on his re turn from abroad, came to the front with an indorsement of Government ownership. He Is undoubtedly still a believer in snch a policy. Just aa In his heart he still remains true to free silver; but his friends have suc ceeded in stopping his flow of .lan guage on both of these topics. The railroad men, however, who have no use for Government owner ship, with its attendant red tape and political favoritism, and who prefer to stand on their merits as railroad in.n instead of politicians, have not forgotten the matter and they will probably vote In November for the candidate who has never been famous for his pursuit of fads and follies such as free silver and Government owner ship. TO KILL PACIFIC TRADE. As was predicted In The Oregonian several days ago, the attempt to kill the trans-Pacific trade by enforcing the absurd law which prevents the railroads from competing with the Suez route, meets with the hearty ap proval of the New York papers. '.'The East can be reached without going West," asserts the New York Jouiial of Commerce, whose advertising columns contain the names of numerous steamers offering to carry freight to the Far East by way of the Suez. The New York paper also notes that "there is ample means of transporta tion by way of the Suez Canal and Cape Horn, and it Is likely to keep up with the requirements of the trade." A column article on the subject con cludes with the encouraging statement that "if this Oriental trade is allowed to decline on the Pacific It is likely to rise' correspondingly on the Atlantic." Plain statements of this character from a newspaper of the standing and reputation of the Journal of Com merce .ought to convince the com mercial bodies of the Pacific Coast that perhaps, after all, there is some thing in the problem that might be worth looking after. It is pointed out by the New York paper that Chicago and other important distributing points are so much nearer the Atlantic than the Pacific Coast that shipping can be handled without difficulty by way of New York. From the Atlantic Coast standpoint, this may be all right,' but It should be remembered that the first protest against the mon strously unjust provision of the law came from a Chicago commercial or ganization. The Chicago shippers, as well as those of hundreds of other ports, do not care to have their business handled by a long, roundabout route like the Suez, when they can ship across the continent and thence across the Pacific In about one-half the time consumed In the old and out-of-date Suez route. Pacific Coast shippers op pose the law because by depriving the railroads of the transcontinental freight for the Orient curtailment of the steamer service Is forced and local business suffers accordingly. BRISTOW V8. LONG. The lively contest within the Repub lican party for the United States Sen atorshlp from Kansas has ended in the defeat of Mr. Long. The victory of his rival, Mr. Bristow, at the pri maries is now past doubt and the people of Kansas are to be congrat ulated upon the good Judgment they have shown. Mr. Long belongs to a class of public men who are rapidly disappearing, and nobody except the predatory trusts and a certain group of corporations regrets their retire ment. His public career has been one of subservience to the undesirable "in terests." He has never cared much for the welfare of the people whom he pretended to serve, but has de voted what ability he had to the rail reads. Standard Oil and similar causes. The contest between him and Mr. Bristow derived almost a Na tional Interest from he fact that Wil liam Allen White took an active part in lt. His newspaper did excellent service in showing up the more or less shady Incidents of Senator Long's career and in emphasizing Mr. Bris tow's merits. The latter has had to travel the usual thorny path of the man who carries inflexible integrity into poli tics. As Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Mr. Bristow won the hearty hatred of the Jellified Congressmen by exposing their grafting favoritism. Their-clamors drove him out of the Postoffice, but Mr. Roosevelt provided him another berth at Panama, where he was sent to. Investigate commer cial affairs. Here he disclosed a num ber of disagreeable facts which, of course, made him more enemies. It Is safest for a public investigator not to find out too much. Mr. Bristow is exactly the right kind of a man for the United States Senate. Rigorously honest, courageous, independent. In full sympathy with the people of his state, approved by publicists like Wil liam Allen White, with a record of In numerable enemies made by noble public service, what more could we ask of him? It Is interesting to think of the emotions his success must in spire in the patriotic breasts of Mr. Aldrlch and Mr. Piatt, of New York. MILKING COWS BY MACHINERY. Difficulty in securing competent and steady help in milking cows has been a great hindrance to development of dairying in Oregon. For this reason much Interest will center In the prac tical demonstration of the operation of milking machines at the State Fair next month, when all manufacturers of such machines will be on hand to show what their inventions will do. If it can be shown that any or all of the machines are a success, the demon stration will go far toward giving new impetus to the dairying industry an Industry which, more than any other, tends to keep an agricultural region productive and make it prosperous. There are plenty of men in the coun try who know how to milk, but they don't like the work and will not do It iff they can get anything else that will pay nearly as good wages. In recent years, when employment has been plentiful, men have deserted the dairy farms to work in the logging camps, lumber mills or railroad construction gangs. Though that work is more toilsome than milking cows, it is more attractive to strong men and the hours suit them better. As a rule, too, the wages have been better than most dairymen have felt that they could afford to pay.- Present indications are that employment will continue to be plentiful for reliable men, so that the outlook for the dairyman Is no better than it has been, so far as the problem of securing help is concerned. To the dairyman the wage scale is of secondary Importance. He must have a man who knows how to milk, who will give' honest service and who will not quit cn short notice. There are few men who will meet all these conditions. The latter two qualifica tions are the ones most commonly lacking. A dairy farmer can manage to get along with a poor milker, though his cows will reduce their yield under the handling of a man who does not understand his work. The man who will not give honest servlce.how ever. Is a serious Injury to the dairy man, for he will soon turn a herd of cows dry. But most of all, the man who will quit unexpectedly Is the one who makes dairying a troublesome and unsatisfactory occupation. The orchardlst can let his trees go unculti vated for a few days without damage resulting, and the grain farmer can let his wheat stand In the field till he can hire a new crew, but the dairyman has work which must be done twice a day, as regularly as the sun rises and sets. A milker must therefore be as steady as a machine. From these observations it will be seen why so many dairymen have In xecent years given up the production of milk and milk products. They found the labor problem too hard for them to solve. It is a problem which vexes the dairyman not only in Ore gon but In practically every part of the United States. For this reason there is need for a machine that will make skilled milkers unnecessary and re lieve milking of its character of drudg ery. Reduction in cost of milking is not the object to be accomplished, though this, of course. Is an important consideration. A machine successful in Its operation will meet the demand even if It does not reduce the cost In the least. The United States Department of Agriculture has been giving attention to the subject of milking machines, and seems Inclined to believe that sev eral of the contrivances now in use are or can be made successful. Mrs. S. A. Yoakam, Deputy Dairy and Food Com missioner for Coos County, who has charge of the dairy exhibit at the State Fair, has milking machines in use on her ranch, and at the last meeting of the Dairyman's Association she as sured the members that the machines are a success. The particular advan tages they are believed to possess are regularity of service, thorough milk ing, cleanliness and simplicity of operation. THE CHARTER COMMISSION. Appointment of a commission to re vise the charter of Portland Is an event which may prove to be of prime importance to the city, and again it may not. A good deal will depend upon the spirit In which the commis sion undertakes its task, upon the ex perience, information and ability of the members and upon the disposition of the people to follow their work with intelligent and sympathetic crit icism. For.it must not be forgotten that in this matter of charter revision the citizens of Portland have the final word to say, and, unless that word is spoken fairly and wisely, the com mission's labors may be of little con sequence. It is conceded by most ob servers that the charter we have is unsatisfactory in essential particulars. Perhaps its worst defect is the com plicated nature of the government it establishes. Wheel within wheel grinds, whirls and buzzes with such a complexity of forces, pulling in all directions that the net result is stag nation. It Is a common belief among the taxpayers of Portland that, the charter we have is unworkable. What the charter seems to author ize in one section it seems to forbid In another. Few of the functions which it provides for can be carried out without litigation. At least this appears to be the lesson of experience. The Executive Board does not work harmoniously in the scheme. It Is often at outs with the Council and sometimes with the Mayor. its authority is apparently extensive, but in reality vague and shadowy. Ac tually, the Executive Board operates like a superfluity upon the govern mental system. It was created with the best of intentions, no loubt, but somebody failed to give those inten tions the exact twist which bridges the gulf between theory and practice. Again, the civil service rules are not to be commended. Instead of oper ating to secure a continuous and efficient public service, their main effect Is to keep Incompetents In of fice. The police force, of all thlnyg.v ought to be under undivided and re sponsible management. The present civil service rules simply paralyze Its control and leave- nobody responsible. Discipline is difficult. Removal is virtually Impossible. The system of electing Councilmen by wards has been condemned by pretty nearly every well-informed modern writer on municipal policy. Publicists are not entirely agreed about the wisdom of the Galveston or Des Moines plan of eliminating the Coun cil and lodging the government of the city In a commission of five or six members; but there is no disagreement upon the precept that all Councilmen should be chosen by the city at large. Portland knows well how inefficient the ward system has shown itself in practice. Each member represents, of necessity, a narrow group of voters and can pay little attention to the needs of the entire community. Worse still, local politics put the members In opposition to the Mayor, and we have the spectacle of a divided gov ernment working, not for the public good, but to accomplish petty, fac tional purposes. It Is conceded, too, that the present charter makes in sufficient provision for the municipal interest in the matter of granting pub lic service franchises. The rights of the city are not wholly ignored In this particular, but in practice it turns out that the pro visions for safeguarding them are more apparent than real. They bear many traces of the fine Italian hand of the corporation lawyer. It Is believed that the new commis sion will labor to secure first of all simplicity in the government of the city. A complicated machine Is not necessary and experience has proved that It entails unnumbered evils. After simplicity will come responsibility. Whatever form is adopted each power should be definitely located in some clearly designated individual who may be rewarded for his merits or pun ished for his dereliction. It ought to be possible to devise a charter un der which no official can shirk the blame for his misdeeds or his neg ligence. Another . highly Important matter Is the adoption of a modern system of municipal bookkeeping. This may seem trivial to many, but if the taxpayers will consider how lit tle they really know of. the way in which their money is spent, where it goes, what for and who gets it, they will recognize the great advantage of an Improved system. Complete pub licity of municipal accounts is one of the crying needs of the present time. As Mr. Roosevelt has well said on many occasions, publicity Is In Itself a remedy for many evils. What the commission will probably try to do Is to formulate a plan of government which shall give Port land fuil opportunity to develop into a great, beautiful and healthy city; give each official a free hand to ex ercise his ability for the public good with full responsibility for his acts; distribute equally and fairly the bur dens of fire protection, water supply and street Improvements; devise an adequate scheme for keeping the streets clean and disposing of gar bage; provide for an efficient police force and for safeguarding the public health. Upon all these questions re cent investigators have thought and written abundantly. Many experi ments have been made In other cities and their results are at hand for our instruction. It is hoped that the com mission will make the best possible use of all of them. Mr. Harriman apparently fixed mat ters up in first-class shape before he left New York, for, while his special Is rolling Westward the price of Mis souri Pacific, the chief Gould prop erty, continues to advance, the gain yesterday being nearly three points. The continued strength of the stock market, especially railroad stocks, has a tendency to confirm Mr. Harriman's statement that he came to the rescue of the Erie and the Gould system for the purpose of preventing a general depression In other stocks. In saving the Wabash and the Erie from re ceiverships, the railroad king not only covered himself with glory, but in cidentally protected a good many thousand miles of railroad that might have been unable to withstand the hammering that would have followed the announcement of any additional receiverships at this time. Mr. Har riman has always shunned notoriety and for that reason his recent coups have not been given the spectacular publicity that is welcomed by other lailroad klng3; but they have had a remarkably healthy effect on the market. The peculiar attraction which a railroad track holds for a man who is deaf has never been explained. If explanation is possible, but casualities of this nature are about as numerous as ever. Two of these victims of their own infirmity were killed Wednesday, one a laborer on the O. R. & N. and the other .a prominent farmer of Freewater, Or., the latter being struck by an interurban car on the Walla Waila-Freewater line. Railroads and electric lines are indispensable fea tures of our social and commercial life, but they should never be used by pedestrians who are hard of hearing. The Sunday school lessons printed in the daily papers make curious reading sometimes. In the current one the sage remark occurs that "the best way to cure doubt is to' save souls." Why under the sun should anybody want to cure doubt since doubt is the beginning of all Investiga tion and progress? But if it must be cured, we suggest that the best remedy Is to tell nothing but the truth and be ready to prove it. -The law of gravitation is sometimes noticeable In commerce as well as In aeronautics, and for that reason Chi cago wheat yesterday lost about one half of the gain of the day previous. As the decline left the May option soaring well above $1. per bushel, there is no occasion for great alarm among the down-trodden farmers, and the contributions to the Bryan fund will not be seriously jeopardized by reason of cheap wheat. About one-half of the traveling population of Portland would much prefer a seat-whlle-you-rlde car to the pay-as-you-enter- vehicle. The great fear now oppressing the army of strap hangers Is that the new scheme has been Inaugurated In- order that a few additional passengers can be hy draullcked Into place when it is no longer necessary for the conductor to worm his way through the packed aisles. The tobacco trust has not been very hard hit by the panic. On Wednesday it announced a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent and 7 per cent extra on common stock, the largest quarterly distribution that has been made since August, 1907. Even in hard times, the necessities of life such as tobacco and whisky are pretty certain to enjoy a trade that knows no interruption. As might have been expected, the criminal law stands in a hopeless muddle over Jackson Reid. Although everybody admits that he committed murder, still, It seems that there is no way to punish him. This, of course, excites no surprise. There is no way to punish any criminal. To this consummation has civilization come at last. The Sultan of Turkey is about to arrest the grafters "who have made his people miserable." We venture to predict that there is one grafter whom the Sultan will not disturb, and he is the greatest and worst of the lot. The good ruler can see the picture of this malefactor in his looking-glass almost any day. Governor Cummins feels real bad over the death of "Iowa's greatest man" and has placed the state in of ficial mourning. Let the Senatorship wait, he says. Besides, it will take time for the Governor to figure out a way to appoint Iowa's surviving great est man to the Senate. It is costing a good deal of blood shed In Persia to maintain for one rather foolish man the privilege of calling himself "Shah." Some day the world will waken to the truth which America discovered long ago, that luxuries of this sort are too dear at any price. Forty-seven thousand barrels of whisky were burned during a confla gration at Midway, Ky., Wednesday night. This suddenly-created short age In available supplies can be but partly filled by watering the remain der of the stock. President Bryan will, of course, make Alton B. Parker his Chief Jus tice of the United States Supreme Court. Such touching fidelity and un bought laudation as his Los Angeles speech should be adequately re warded. The increasing number of auto mobile accidents doesn't decrease the number of gentlemen and ladies who are willing to take chances on preci pices and grade-crossings and all styles of midnight lunacy. MORES VIEWS OF TABTS SPEECH Republican aad Independent. Albany Journal (Rep.). It Is logical, direct, clear, exhaustive, strong, conservative. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph (Rep.) He states the Issues with clearness and without any attempt at evasion. Boston Advertiser (Rep.). He is both forceful and judicial, care ful in statement and clear In purpose. Cleveland Leader (Rep.). The next administration is to be no echo of the present. It will be a ful fillment, not an imitation. Manchester (N. H.) Union (Rep.). It gives assurance that there will be no backward step, while Its calm, ju dicial tone carries with It a deep sense of reasonable conservatism. Providence Journal (Ind. -Rep.). Throughout the speech there IS a wholesome spirit of self-restraint that differentiates it from most of Mr. Roosevelt's recent addresses. Kennebec (Me.) Journal (Rep.). It is a speech In which Candidate Taft makes good and will make the country more pleased at the opportu nity to make him President Taft. Utlca Press (Ind.). The worst thing about Judge Taft's speech is its length. It la difficult to see how he could have said it any bet ter if he really felt obliged to say so much. Hartford Courant (Rep.). The speech Is eminently a reassur ing, tranquillizing, healing speech without a syllable of wild radicalism or menace to honest business in it from first to last. Ohio State Journal (Rep.). Judge Taft's whole speech gives to his party the assurances that It Is on the right path, and the whole country will feel this assurance, as the cam paign progresses. Portland (Me.) Advertiser (Rep.). The following of this policy means the carrying out of plans already made and well understood, so that there need be no disturbance of business If the Republican party Is again Intrusted with the management of the Nation's affairs, Cleveland News (Rep.). There Is much In his speech which will find favor with the admirers of President Roosevelt. There is also much which will recommend the Candi date to all -who perceive danger in some of the President's measures and utterances. Detroit News (Rep.). He wants to carry out the plans of Roosevelt. He wants to make every Roosevelt principle operative. Where he cannot do so with existing laws, he will labor for new laws. Where he can substitute common sense for red tape he will do so. Washington Post (Ind.).' There is no doubt of his intention to carry forward the Roosevelt poli cies. There is calmness in the an nouncement of his position; but it is the calmness of a firm man, who does not need to shout in order to empha size the fixedness of his purpose. Baltimore News (Ind.). We venture the assertion that one William J. Bryan, after reading Mr. Taft's speech, has increased respect for his political acumen. It is difficult to see wherein Mr. Bryan is going to carry out that programme of posing as the real logical successor to Mr. Roose velt. Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.). The speech, on the whole, must be re garded as conservative, and it should be acceptable to the legitimate business interests of the country. It affords them, anyhow, all the conservatism they will be apt to get at present, and all they can hope for in some years to come. Boston Herald (Ind.). In this speech, more than in any oth er that he has made, he has revealed the qualities of a statesman of broad views, with a clear understanding of the life and history and spirit of the great Nation over which he will soon be called to preside; he has shown sa gacity and firmness, courtesy and a wise optimism. , Washington Star (Ind.). If elected to succeed Mr. Roosevelt, he will use all the powers of his office toward completing what has been worthily begun. If there la material In this for those of his enemies who in their attacks dwell upon the charge that he is Mr. Roosevelt's candidate, he makes them welcome to it Democratic Comment. Albany Argus. It Is defensive, labored, and apologet ic to an unprecedented degree. Providence News-Democrat. One thing that strikes the reader of the speech is the strained effort to take the wind out of Colonel Bryan's sails. Virginia Times-Dispatch (Dem.). It reveals a man divided between two instincts, that of loyalty to his chief tain and that of anxiety to soothe the business Interests which that chieftain has so thoroughly alarmed. Charleston News and Courier. The bad trusts will not be frightened by it. and the good trusts ought to chip In handsomely for the Taft campaign fund. The only people apparently who cannot exact some sort of comfort or doubt from it are the white people of the South. Buffalo Times, Chairman Mack's Paper. In a speech of 12,000 words, Judge Taft has not contributed a sentence to the education of the people in political matters. There Is no backbone, no meat, no strength In his speech. From beginning to end it is a plain attempt to keep on both sides of the great is sues which are to be fought out in the campaign. Charleston Evening Post. Mr. Taft Is a conservative; he has a Judicial mind; when he discusses the phases of the anti-injunction idea he speaks with profundity and impressive ness as to the legal aspects of the things that are, but when he attempts to present the things that should be he loses himself In a political maze that he cannot thread. Detroit Free Press. It is a most satisfying speech to those whose admiration of Roosevelt policies and methods is unqualified, and not less so to those whose admiration of the policies is less qualified than their admiration of the mechanism by which it has been sought to give them effect. The fact that it is satisfying In quality to both these large elements In the electorate does not detract from Its strength. Kentucky Gazette. It Is not likely to arouse any great enthusiasm, and the country can hardly overlook the fact that the Republican candidate has put himself so far In ad vance of his own platform and the po sition of the really dominant force in the Republican party as to make the execution of his pledges an Impossibility. BOTH AJfTI-INJrxCTIOX FLANKS Judge WHIIama Points Out the Danger in the Democratic Utterance. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Editor.) Much Is said about the anti-Injunction planks in the Republican and Democratic platforms and It is claimed that the Demo cratic platform proposes all the relief re quired while the Republican platform pro poses nothing of the kind. It is easy to show the fallacy of this claim so far as the Issuance of Injunctions is concerned by putting the planks of the two plat forms in Juxtaposition. Both platforms profess a high regard for the courts and then the Republican platform proceeds as follows: We believe, however, that the rules of procedure in the Federal Courta with re spect to the Issuance of the writ of Injunc tion should be more accurately defined by statute and that no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice except where Irreparable Injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing should be granted. The plank in 'the Democratic platform upon the subject Is as follows: Experience has proven the necessity of a modification of the present law relating to Injunctions, and we reiterate the pledge of our National olatforma of 1806 and 104 in favor of the measure which passed the I'nlted States Senate in 1806. one which a Republican Congress has ever since refused o enact, relating to contempts In Federal i . urts and- providing for trial by Jury In cases of Indirect contempt. Questions of Judicial practice have arisen, especially in connection with Industrial disputes. We deem that parties to all Judicial proceed ings should be treated with rigid Impar tiality and that Injunctions should not be Issued in any cases In which Injunctions would not issue if no Industrial dispute were involved. It will be noticed that the Republican platform provides for notice before an in junction or restraining order can be is sued except in extreme cases, while the Democratic platform makes no provision for notice in any case. The vital point In this discussion, if there is any, is that persons should not be enjoined or restrained by the courts be fore they have had notice of the applica tion for the writ and an opportunity to be heard In their own defense. Suppose Congress should pass an act providing, as set forth In the Democratic platform, that: "Injunctions should not be Issued In any cases In which injunctions would not Issue If no Industrial dispute were involved." It would amount to nothing, for two reasons: First Injunc tions are not now and never were Issued exclusively because an industrial dispute is Involved. Injunctions are Issued be cause certain persons threaten to injure or destroy the property or business of other persons and it makes no difference whether these threats arise out of an in dustrial dispute or otherwise. If mer chants or farmers were to indulge In such threats and were considered dangerous, an Injunction would issue just as readily in that case as in a case where an indus trial dispute was Involved. Second No limitation or restriction upon the power of the courts to issue in junctions is proposed in the Democratlo platform. Any judge to whom an ap plication for an Injunction is made where an Industrial question is involved can say: "This Is a case In which I would Issue an injunction if no industrial dispute was involved and therefore I will issue an in junction in this case." It may be as sumed as absolutely certain that no Judge would issue an Injunction unless the facts Independent of the fact that the de fendants were laborers, mechanics, mer chants or farmers warranted its Issue. If the provision in the Democratic plat form for Jury trials in case of contempts is more favorable to labor than the law as it now stands it is equally favorable to all other persons. To be valid a law providing for Jury trials in cases for contempts must be general In Its operation. It cannot be made to apply to any particular class of persons and therefore under such a law a railroad or other corporation might at tempt to appropriate to Its use the prop erty of a citizen without compensation therefor and " if enjoined by a court might trample the Injunction under its feet and by expensive and protracted litigation in a Jury case practically ac complish the purpose it had in view. Re cent Judicial proceedings in Idaho, Ore gon and San Francisco show something of the expense, delays and difficulties of Jury trials. The fact is that this pro vision in the Democratic platform is an Implied invitation to people to defy the courts as much as to say: "If an injunc tion Is lsBued by a Federal Court which does not please you, disregard and treat it with contempt and we will try to empanel a jury that will justify your conduct." It seems to me that every in telligent person ought to see that to strip the courts of the power by appropriate means to enforce their orders. Judgments and decrees is to strike a destructive blow at the independence, efficiency and useful ness of such courts. It Is radicalism gone mad. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. Does Thla Refer to Mr. Bryan? Dallas (Texas) News. Up to the present time, the great man who knows how to hold his tongue cautiously how to evade dangerous Issues and questions, how to devote his energy and emphasis to far distant or Imaginary enemies of the people, or to matters upon which everybody Is agreed he Is the great man who is quite sure to win and to keep the high est and best of the public offices In this country. Misleading Names. Kansas City Star. Royal names for hotels are some times the cause of peculiar misunder standings. An aged farmer from the home country decided to make a visit to Toronto. It was the first time he had been at a city station, and when a hotel crier hurried to him with the In terrogation: "King Edward?" the new comer simply smiled as he answered: "No. sir; Thomas Cox, of Eramosa." His First Thought. Chicago News. The Arab guide was showing the American politician the pyramids. "And It took 30 years to build them," said the guide. The American politician gave a sigh of envy. "Thirty years to build? Great Scott! Just think of the opportunity to graft!" Descent of Mr. Cortelyou's Ambition. Kansas City Star. Mr. Cortelyou's "boom" for President fizzled. Then he had a boom for Gov ernor of New York, and that fizzled. Next, probably, he will be suggested for Mayor of New York City, and that will fizzle. Ultimately he may be men tioned for Deputy City Clerk, and something may come of that Cincinnati's New Glorlea. Washington Star. The pride that Cincinnati used to feel in its pork-packing houses and its breweries has been completely eclipsed by Its political glories. Our Kewest EnKlleh Word. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. "Airmanship" Is the newest addition to the language. Why not, as well as seamanship? . HARRIMAN A MAKEH OF HISTOK1 He Moves In the Railroad World After Hla Own Peculiar Faahlon. Washington Star. The public is not in a position to comprehend the full significance of E. H. Harrlmarr's latest activities in the aggrandizement of his railroad hold ings. It is aware that certain negotia tions are in progress with the Gould in terests for the absorption by the Har riman system of the Gould lines. But the enterprises embrace such a vast array of values and such complex financial relations that It is beyond the powers of the average citizen to obtain more than a casual Impression of the proceedings. The figures of American railroad systems today are so Immense In their totals and their significance that it takes a bookkeeper to keep track of transnortation oDerations In ) detail. When It comes to finance the man In the street is likely to be utter ly bewildered by the differentiations between common and preferred stock, between classes of bonds, between leaseholds and options. But out of the maze of this situation appears one plain fact, that Harriman, unquestionably the master mind of the railroad world today, is at this time engaged in an effort to Increase his power. It Is not to be doubted that If he succeeds in his present negotiations and obtains control of the Gould sys tem he will be an irresistible factor In dustrially In this country. He Is as suming a tremendous responsibility and It must be believed that he Is con scious of it. No man can gather to himself such power lightly. It may be merely a game with Mr. Harriman, perhaps the pursuit of an ideal of con centrated influence second to none In the world, or It may be a sincere effort tq, Improve the transportation condi tions of the country. It Is said by Mr. Harriman's friends that he Is a great builder, a conservator of vast forces, an organizer of the highest ability. It is said by his enemies that he is mere ly a stock gambler on a vast scale who cares nothing for the welfare of those whose property he uses In his game. Whatever may be the truth the fact remains that when he moves In the railroad world after his own peculiar fashion he makes history. Happy In Lifting Others' Burdens. Baltimore American. A rich young woman in Rhode Island, recently rendered miserable through n unhappy marriage, has sought relief from her troubles by becoming a trained nurse. This sensible young woman has discov ered that nature supplies a great pana cea for unhapplnees of mind or body in hard work, and also the alchemy of transmuting one's own unhapplneas into a means of relieving the sorrows of others. She has adopted a much braver way of getting rid of her burdens than by suicide, the refuge of the weak. A Universal Worklnsrman. Emerson. I believe In a spade and an acre of good ground. Whoso cuts a straight path to his own living by the help of God, in the sun and rain and sprouting grain, seems to me a universal work Ingman. He solves the problem of life not for one, but for all men of sound body: Statesman's Educational Trip. Dallas (Texas) News. Hon. David R. Francis' trip to Europe Is said to be preliminary to an active stump speaking campaign for Mr. Bryan. He goes abroad, perhaps, to learn a few foreign figures of speech. Professional Jealousy. Washington Star. Journalistic circles cannot fail to be somewhat disturbed by these reports that Editor Bryan and Editor Hearst do not speak. The line on professional Jealousy should be drawn somewhere. Jobs for Them In OreRon. Boston Transcript. A prominent New York lawyer says there are 5000 young law-school grad uates In that city looking for positions. The harvest season Is not yet ended. A Boon to SmuKKlera. Boston Transcript. Customs officials are said to fear the advent of airships. Smugglers would doubtless find them preferable to pneu matic tubes. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN WHAT THE BOYS OF THE GREAT FLEET WILL SEE IN NEW ZEALAND They will then be among a kin dred people, speaking their own language. ON THE WAY TO THE WELL One of George Holman's pho tographs a full page in colors. WORLD-FAMOUS SEARCHERS FOR THE SPIRIT LAND Distinguished scientists who are bringing their highly-trained minds to bear on the absorbing and overshadowing question of an after-life. MRS. JOHN W. KERN, OF INDIANAPOLIS Wife of the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate; a model housekeeper, yet active in the work of reform. "WHAT'S TEDDY GOIN' TO AFRICA FOR?" "One dollar a word," says the lintel Clerk, and he proceeds to satirize modest publishers and royal huntsmen, and pictures rare sport on the Nile. 'GYPSY BOYS OF OHIO Y, M. C. A.s Orderly, cleanly lads who rough it on foot for their Summer outing. MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SKULL The thousands who have been reading the chronicles of Creston Clarke may look forward to a 'fas cinating story. Like its prede cessors, this story is complete in itself. THROUGH A VACUUM TUBE A MILE A MINUTE Four-foot cylinder for carrying mails that will transport passen gers also. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER