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THE MORS1XG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1908. tOKTULSD, OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Poatofflc Second-Ciaa Matter. eubecripttoa Kate Invariably la Adraaoe. By Mall.) Dally. Bandar Included, on rear IS 00 Daily. Sunday Included, six months... 413 Daily. Sunday Included, three months. 2.23 uany. Sunday Included. oo month. ... Daily without Sunday, on year 0-00 Dally, without Sunday, six months 8.29 Daily, without Sunday, thrc month. a-71 bally, without Sunday, on month. & Weekly, one year. l o0 Sunday, one year. .............. 2-30 Sunday and Weakly, on year......... .( (By Carrier. Daily. Bandar Included, on year. 00 Dally. Sunday Included, on month. ... .73 How to Remit Send postorft.es money rder, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency r a. me ena?r s risk, uivo postotnee aa dreai in full. Including county and slat. Portage Katea 10 to 14 pases, 1 cent; 10 o 4 pages, 'a cecta; ao to 44 pacea, l cents: 43 to 00 pases, cents. Foreign post axe double ratea Eastern Basineaa Office The a. C Back with Special Agency New York rooms 45 DO Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 610-012 iDjut ouijains;. PORTLAND, TIESDAT. EPT N, 108. THK CAMPAIGN "DEBATE." It Is probable that the Roosevelt Bryan controversy Is now at an end. Neither will wish to say much more to the other. But both are belligerent and both are voluble. In belligerency Roosevelt Is superior; In volubility perhaps Bryan. But It will not edify me country to see this carried further. It is Taft who is the Republican can dldate, not Roosevelt; and Taft every aay la speaking for. himself. His speeches are of the plain, practical and sensible kind. They show a grasp of every Important matter under discus sion. He la, as the New York Sun says though the Sun cannot be num bered among; his supporters "a sound lawyer and Judge, of the widest train in In public affairs, eminently fit to be President." And since he Is to be President (unless Bryan la to be), the country wants to hear him. But we believe it Is an undesirable custom into which the canvass for the Presidency" has fallen the custom of pushing; the candidates out to make speeches for themselves. It has grown up within the memory of men yet liv ing, and It comes from the Demo cratic rather than from the Republican party. It was started by Douglas, an aggressive politician, who had little regard for precedent or decorum. Lin coin did not "take the stump" in his own behalf. But Greeley did, and Blaine did. Cleveland did not. nor did MeKinley, nor Roosevelt. Taft did not Intend to, but the circumstances have compelled him. He has yielded to im perlous custom, which doubtless here after will compel all candidates who will be selected not for their worth, but for their "stumping" powers. The man who excites hopes that never can be fulfilled, who promises what he never will be able to perform, has a kind of advantage in a contest of this kind. He Is not detained much by scruples: he sees nothing clearly himself and imparts his vague and unrealizable notions to others. Mr. Bryan's favorite query, "Shall the people rule? comes to nothing; for he expects the ruling multitude to form an opinion by following the opin ion of himself; which Indeed has some plausibilities to back It, but nothing realizable. In all ages oratory like this has been barren of results. But It Is formidable, for the time, till the ex pectations it excites vanish into thin air. Yet government by talk, or, to use the more dignified words, by debute, must go on; to come to crises at times by disagreements that produce civil war. But yet people who talk and talk will not fight so often, and the system has some historical value In the fact that it often enables portions of the Nation, who otherwise would be armed enemies, to be only factions. WORDS AND DKEDS. It is ardently to be desired that the President and Mr. Bryan may both strive to practice the virtue of brevity if they Intend to keep up their inter change of letters. Sundry advantages will accrue to them and to the public if they limit their outpourings to a column or so a day. For one thing, their respective styles will appear more energetic. The satire being boiled down will bite more savagely and the fire of epithets will wound in proportion as It Is concentrated. Pun gent and convincing as the President's last lettar to Mr. Bryan Is, still It suf fers somewhat from prolixity. Twice as many voters would have read It had it been only half as long. If this Is true It is a pity, for what Mr. Roosevelt says In the letter bears weightily on the issues which the vot ers must decide. The section on fhe publication of campaign contributions is less important than the rest. In deed. In those paragraphs the Presi dential pen came dangerously near to a lapse into special pleading. The bad logic of the plea which Mr. Roosevelt makes for secret contributions Is so transparent that one cannot call It sophistry. It is. more likely, a case of Homer composing while he nods and mistaking rubbish for inspired poetry. There Is no respectable reason why all campaign contributions should not be entered in a public register as soon as they are made. In trying to excuse the contrary practice, Mr. Roosevelt Impairs, rather than strengthens, the terrific cogency of the rest of his let ter, though he does not Impair it very much. The beginning and end of the Presi dent's letter are the valuable parts of it, which is lucky, because the middle is the part that everybody will skip. The beginning treats of what has been ac complished in law enforcement against the defiant corporations. The end treats of Mr. Haskell, of Oklahoma, j and it is pleasant to observe how little there Is left of that precious rogue when Mr. Roosevelt gets through with him. Mr. Bryan Is not the only per son who makes a habit of sneering at the "trust busting" of the administra tion. Many others do the same. It Is common to hear that the President's opposition to the law-breaking corpo rations is mere sound and fury sig nifying nothing. "Don't the trusts go on flourishing in spite of it all? Show us one solitary magnate whom Roose velt has put in Jail." Thus they harp endlessly. Mr. Bryan and those who echo him seem to forget that Mr. Roosevelt has not the power to jail anybody. He cannot even issue an Injunction and Imprison those who disobey it. All he tan do is to bring offenders to trial by tedious and roundabout legal process and by the decision of the court he must abide. If there are no trust mag nates In Jail the fault belongs to the law and the court, not to the Presi dent. He has done his part. How much better he has done It than any of his predecessors Is shown by Victor Murdock In the October McClure's. The Sherman anti-trust law was passed In Harrison's time and his Attorney-General began only seven suits under it, four In equity and three at law. The latter all failed. The for mer produced three futile Injunctions and an appeal to the Supreme Court. This appeal was fought out by Mr. Ol ney under Cleveland's administration, and its result was the far-reaching de cision against pooling agreements among the railroads. This injurious victory over the railroads almost ends the story of Cleveland and Olney's efforts to break up plutocratic monop olies, while their seal against the labor unions was furious. The Addyston Pipe & Steel Trust was broken up while Cleveland was President, but Judge Taft was the man who decided the case. In McKinley's administra tion only three trifling prosecutions were begun under the Sherman law. So much for Mr. Roosevelt's prede' cessors. All together they began IS cases against the trusts, of which the majority failed. Mr. Roosevelt has begun 27 cases, most of which have succeeded. Out of the 19 which have been decided he has won 17 and lost 2. In other words, the cases he has gained only fall short by one of the whole number all his predecessors lost and gained, while there are 18 of his cases still pending, of which, judg ing by the past, he will win a goodly proportion. These figures show us how much force there Is In Mr. Bry an's sneer that "Roosevelt has done nothing against the trusts." He has done twice as much as all his prede cessors together. If Mr. Bryan were elected President he must either con tinue the Roosevelt trust policy or change it. If he changed it, how could he better it? Could he do more? Could he do it more effectively? If he did not change the Roosevelt policy would he be likely to carry it out as well as Mr. Taft? The Secretary of War has been the President's trusted counsellor throughout. He understands the pol icy because he has helped to form it. Mr. Bryan offers us a baseless promise; Mr. Taft, substantial performance. The former gives us words, the latter deeds. It does not seem very difficult to decide which is the safer leader. BCIEJiTIFIC PROHIBITION. Prohibition can't be enforced in New England because they eat so much salt codfish. Even those who vote for prohibition next hour want to quench their thirst. The bibulous person who watches the barkeeper filling the high-ball glass from the syphon may not realize that he is indebted to the sacred cod for his thirst; nor does the barkeeper fully understand It. But Secretary Str&us, of the De partment of Commerce and Labor, said at the opening of. the Interna tional Fisheries Congress at Washing ton the other day, that dried fish was the greatest thlrst-provoker yet dis covered, and moreover, that the early New England trade with the West Indies, where various New England products were exchanged for Jamaica rum, might be traced indirectly to the unquenchable thirst provoked by salt ed flah. Then If thirst is to be extirpated root and branch, let prohibition be extended to salt fish and salt meats. We are pickling and drying salmon and salting and smoking meats, and then we complain that prohibition can't be enforced. How are we to trammel up the consequences while we promote the cause? It Is plain that prohibition should prohibit things, that pfovoke thirst; not only dried fish and smoked meats, but piquant sduces and "keen" cheese. We shall want the initiative on this, for support of local option. Isn't It most unscientific, and all wrong, for government to strike at the effect instead of the cause? Since the man must be controlled in his drink why not control and repress the thirst-producing stuffs, laying the ax at the root of the tree? This would be scientific prohibition. STRENGTHENING THE RESERVE8. The New York bank statement con tinues to reflect the extreme caution with which financiers are proceeding. The statement for the week ending last Saturday shows a decrease of more than $6,000,000 in loans, and in spite of a shipment of 22,000,000 gold to Canada for crop-moving purposes, nd a similar amount to interior points in this country, the surplus re serve is still more than 250,000,000 in excess of the legal requirements. De posits in New York clearing-house banks have reached the enormous amount of $1, 405, 935, 000, while banks and trust companies not members of the Clearing-House Association hold deposits of $1,044,808,200, a total of more than $2,450,000,000. The trust companies carry a much smaller amount of cash on hand than the associated clearing-house banks, but the report shows a total of more than $99,000,000, which, with the reserve of the clearing-house banks, brings the total on hand up to more than $500,000,000. The first anniversary of the panic of 1907 will be here in less than thirty davs and the latter part of October will show some seemingly phenomenal 1 gains in bank clearings and In the reserves as compared with one year ago. The surplus reserve of the New York banks vanished during the week ending October 26. when It was re ported more than $1,000,000 below the legal requirements. It had previously dwindled to $2,600,000 for the week ending October 5, but a heroic effort was made to stem the tide and It was built up to more than $11,000,000 by October 19," only to fall with a crash. The drastic part of the panic was comparatively short lived, for the maximum deficit in reserves was reached November 23, when the statement showed them more than $5 4,000,000 below the legal require ments. The upbuilding process was so rapid that a deficit qf $11,609,000 on Janu ary 4 was supplanted by a surplus of $6,000,000 a week later. Since that time the gains have been steady until the surplus reserve amounted to $66, 000,000, when the demand for crop moving funds began in June. The de crease from that figure has been re markably small considering the de mands that are usually made during the period when the crop is moving. The possibility of Bryan's election has had the effect of. making the New York financiers unusually careful, and with the preparations they are making for such a calamity, its actual appear ance would hardly create so great a turmoil as was in evidence last Oc tober and November. CAPITALIZING THEIR REGRETS. There is much post-mortem regret over the indifferent manner in which the first annual exhibition of the Pa cific National Show was received by Portland people. This, of course, does not pay the bills contracted in the suc cessful effort to give the Pacific North west the greatest livestock show and racing meet in its history, but the feel ing argues well for the success of the next meeting. Those who, through neg lect or misunderstanding of the impor tance of the event, failed to extend support during the meeting just closed will now have an opportunity to assist in making the 1909 show a brilliant success by guaranteeing a patronage which will warrant the directors in proceeding with the plans already laid out. Next year's show will be visited by thousands of strangers who will come West to the Alaska-Yukon exhibition. and, if it is up to the high standard established at the initial attempt, it cannot fail to prove of inestimable value to the city and state. There should be generous response to the ef forts of the management to dispose of a large number of admission tickets sufficient to warrant a repetition of the high-class exhibition Just ended. AX AGES' OLD PLEA. Frank D. Pinkham, for eight years one of the most trusted employes of the Tacoma Mill Company, has "gone wrong." Wine, women, cards, auto mobiles at $S an hour, and an extra plunge at the Seattle races ran up an expense account that his salary, though no doubt a good one, would not meet. In the financial stress that resulted he shook the dust of Puget Sound cities from his feet, taking with him funds to the amount of several thousand dollars that belonged to his employers. Even in the matter of responsibility for the fast pace that Pinkham set for himself, and the money, not his own, that was required to keep it up there are no new features In this story. It is the "same old slobbered tale" in which Adam appeared in the title role some thousands of years ago a sorry lay, the Introductory line of which is: "The woman beguiled me." These words have been voiced in the whim pering tones of the poltroon for gener ations. There are no variations what ever in the puling recital. Wine and wassail, fine raiment and a "gotid time," theft of money to meet the ex pense incurred, flight and open dis grace these are the counts in tne ra miliar indictment of a life ruined through voluntary excesses but against which the ages' old plea, "the woman beguiled me," is regularly entered. SENSATIONAL PREACHING. In returning daily thanks for our many blessings, let us not forget Dr. S. C. Lapham. His sermons are a source of mingled sorrow and joy, but the Joy so heavily preponderates, as a rule, that one begins the perusal of each new one with anticipations of en tertainment which are seldom disappoint- . His latest empties half a dozen vit-'iS of wrath upon those of his pulpit brethren who draw large crowi by what Dr. Lapham calls sensational methods." One is tempt ed to remark In passing, that quite frequently the most sensational of all preachers are those who most bitterly denounce sensationalism. If there ever was a more theatrical bid for at tention than the good doctor's recent tirade against the women, it has es caped our notice. But as to "vaudeville in the pul pit" and other such quaint devices for gathering in sinners from the. high ways and hedges, these methods may be bad or good, according to what is offered the sinners after they are gathered. There is an old saying among lawyers that it makes no dif ference how a criminal Is got into court, whether by persuasion, guile or force; the Important fact is what is done to him while he is there. So to the secular mind it appears as if preachers like Dr. Lapham paid a great deal too much attention to the arts which their brethren employ to attract the lost to the fold. If min gled with the noise and vaudeville there is a generous seasoning of the gospel It all comes right in the end. does it not? The main thing is to make careless people go to church and listen to the old, old story. If the worn-out creeds and moth-eaten tra ditions which Dr. Lapham so lauds will not attract them, why the preach er, if he Is a man of sense, wilfintro duee something that is true and mod ern. Both truth and modernness are terrible bugaboos to some pulpiteers, but the common people have a prefer ence for tb.en wb.lehj-ls not easily overcome, and the minister who util izes it for good seems wiser than the one who vainly fights it. Has Dr. Lap ham forgotten how sensational the methods of Jesus were, feeding the multitude with a handful of bread, curing the sick, raising the dead and so on? MORE EXPENSIVE RED TAPE. It would be interesting to know whether it is the regulation Govern- ment red . tape bungling, or the strength of the Atlantic Coast "pull" that is responsible for construction of Pacific Coast lightships and lighthouse. tenders at a point more than 13,000 miles away from the locality where they are to be stationed. Not since the Government built a huge drydock for Manila at Newport News and towed It more than half way around the world, entailing a needless expense of about $100,000 before it reached its destination, has it indulged In such a wasteful proceeding as that In connec tion with the small vessels now en route to the Pacific Coast. In the case of the drydock, the sav ing effected by having the craft built on the Atlantic seaboard was less than $15,000, and the additional cost of sending the craft to her destination was abouf $100,000. Several times while en route the great, unwieldy craft narrowly escaped destruction, and the risk, had it been assumed by as insurance company, would h,ave cost many thousands'. The fleet now under way from New York to San Francisco and Portland consists of three lighthouse tenders and three lightships. The diminutive size of the vessels makes it necessary that frequent stops be made for coal, and at every port at which they call there wlll be pilotage and other port charges to be met. The aggregate cost of this long journey will run into big figures and there is the ever-present danger of such small vessels being lost. There are half a dozen shipyards on the Pacific Coast which would have built these vessels and delivered them at their Pacific Coast stations for much less than It will cost the Government to deliver them where they will be placed In service. Unfortunately for the Pacific Coast bidders, a surplus of red tape and a scarcity of common or dinary business sense prevent the Gov ernment from taking anything Into consideration except that the bids for these vessels delivered at Atlantic Coast ports were lower than those for the same craft delivered at Pacific Coast ports, where the vessels were to be stationed. The absurdity of that storied rule that "a pint's a pound the world around," has never appealed to the Iseepers of the royal red tape in the departments at Washington, for much of the work that they put forth bears unmistakable evidence that the rule is in constant use in awarding contracts. A record-breaking increase of more than 5,000,000 bushels In the American visible supply of wheat yesterday caused a slight break in the market, but the inherent strength of the cereal was shown when the price failed to break under $1 per bushel for either the May or December option, while the spot market closed firm at 99 He per bushel. The strength of the mar ket In the face of the bearish statis tics yesterday was remarkable. Not only was the increase in the visible one of the largest on record, but there was an increase of nearly 3,000,000 bushels in world's shipments, while quantities on passage were nearly 1, 000,000 bushels greater than for the preceding week. The growers of the Pacific Northwest, having sold quite freely early In the season, are in a po sition to regard any weakness with equanimity, but, in spite of yesterday's bearish news, a, pronounced decline in prices is hardly probable. A McMinnville farmer tells of a return of $38 an acre from raising hogs. Specifically, he let 57 hogs have the run of a 100-acre field of clover early In the season, later confined them to a three-acre field of clover, then to an eight-acre field of wheat, and finally to a four-acre patch of peas. The pasturage was a- benefit to the first clover field, which was afterward mowed for seed, so that does not count. For the rest the hogs did all the harvesting, and were rounded out at the last with $42 worth of mlllfeed. Summing up, the owner found that the returns showed a fair Interest on 15 acres of land at $400 an acre after deducting the cost of put ting in the wheat and peas. When Oregon farmers each dedicate a corner of their farms to Individual ex perimental stations, as in this case, the day of unprofitable farming in the state will be over. ' Two physicians at $100 pet month and a nurse at $75 per month are re cent additions to the Mayor's official family. There have also been added an assistant health officer at $125 per month, and a bacteriologist at $75 per month, since Dr. Wheeler, alone and unaided, looked after the health of the city for a salary of $125 per month. This Increase of something over $5000 per year in one branch of city officialdom should not disturb the equanimity of the taxpayers, for it is light In comparison with what might be expected with the possibilities that are before us. Why stop with one nurse, when there are schools all over the city which might be used as rest ing places for $75-per-month-at-taches? On with the dance, for the bills are footed by the taxpayers, and their rights are not entitled to con sideration. The latest mlstaken-for-a-deer trag edy happened In Clatsop County, and the explanation given by the man who pulled the trigger is that his friend, who is not here to present his version, disobeyed instructions. It had been previously arranged that the friend should remain at a point farther up the ridge than where he was killed. This is probably the best excuse that could be advanced for the criminal carelessness, but it fails to excuse the hunter. Even had his friend remained at the point decided on, the man who was so handy with his gun would hardly be Justified In shooting at the first object that moved a bush. There 1b always the possibility that there might be more than two hunters out In the same county. If this reckless killing continues, no careful hunter will dare to enter the woods without a suit of mall or boiler plate. The steamship Guernsey, which entered the Columbia River without a clean bill of health, was fined $5000 by the Astoria collector of customs. The customary permission to knock off $4995 of the fine will be forthcom ing from Washington as soon as the master's protest is received at the Capitol. Our quarantine laws are not half so stringent and severe as they seem. The most imposing thing in connection with them is the bewilder ing maze of red tape in which they are bandaged. Haskell says he will sue for defam ation of character. It will be neces sary for the defendant only to put in evidence Haskell's forced resignation from the Democratic National Com mittee, and from the office of treas urer of the committee for the cam paign. The resignation was confes sion of everything. Whatever may be the punishment for Sunday law breakers, District At torney Cameron dare not indict a lot of people for climbing the hills the first day of the week and bringing in big bunches of red Autumn leaves to illuminate and warm their homes. If the President and Mr. Bryan had to pay telegraph tolls on "letters" In terchanged the past week, perhaps the communications would be shorter. Fortunate, indeed, was the West Side Portlander whose laundry stove was in good enough repair to bqil the coffee for yesterday's breakfast. When you write "synthetic philos ophy," and it appears In print " 'sym pathetic' philosophy," you feel the injury, but there is no remedy. There's one consolation. This cam paign can't run more than five weeks longer. REMARKS OX JEFFERSON. Evidently His Followers Know Little of HIa IIIMory. (Tillamook Herald.) "Why doesn't the Republican party do something for the farmers?" asks Mr. Bryan. This belongs to the same cate gory as his other fool query, "Shall the people rule?" Somebody ought to tell Bryan about the homestead act, which the Republican party put on the statute book just as soon .as it gained power in the Government, and which the Demo cratic party had defeated while it held sway. That act, passed 45 years ago, did more than any other single fact toward peopling the West. It contributed hun dreds of thousands of settlers to Bryan's own state. If Bryan calls this "ancient history." some things will be cited here which ore not ancient. There are 66 Agricultural Colleges Injhe country. These originated in an act passed by the Republican Con gress in Lincoln's day, but the principal gain In the number was made In the past few years. There are agricultural ex periment stations in many of these states which are an outgrowth of this Repub lican legislation. In 1902 President Roose velt signed the National Irrigation act, which had been passed by a Republican Congress which is effective through the whole arid region of the country and which has already created homes for thousands of persons. Did Mr. Bryan ever hear of the rural free delivery of mail? If not, somebody ought to tell him about this at once. His own State of Nebraska has a good many miles of these free delivery routes which have brought the farmer into close com munication with the world. This is also Republican work and every intelligent farmer in the country knows about it, even If Bryan is ignorant of It. Through the Department of Agriculture the Government spends great sums of money every year for the benefit of the farmers, largely as a consequence of the improvements In methods of cultiva tion which have originated in experiments by the Government, the farmer Is less de pendent than formerly on the uncertain ties of the weather, and the average di mensions of the crops have increased. As a result of all these Republican aids to agriculture the aggregate value of the farm products of the United States for 1906 is $8,000,000,000, as compared with $1, 000,000,000 in 1860, just before the Repub licans entered office. While the country's population has increased two and three quarter times since I860, the country's farm products have multiplied eight times. Here are a few points which some farmer ought to bring to Bryan's attention. THE ALLEGED CLEVF.LAND LETTER A Statement by Sir. F. S. Haxtlnfrsj, Executor of the Cleveland Estate. That the letter, attributed to Mr. Cleveland was received and published in good faith by the New York Times cannot be doubted. Mr. F. S. Hastings, executor of the Cleveland estate, in a letter published in the Times last Wednesday, pronounced it genuine; yet two days reversed that opinion. Mr. Hastings, when shown extracts from various papers criticising him for not stating more promptly such facts as he knew about the letter, wrote to the Times affirming the letter. The whole matter is an exceedingly strange and curious thing. The man who supplied the letter to the newspaper syndicate only says that it was "not written nor dictated by Mr. Cleveland as it ap peared In print." But that Mr. Cleve land had some part in its composition seems certain. Perhaps it was only through conversations; for he would hardly.have given out notes of an un finished article. Here is the Hastings letter to The Times: I have delayed making any public state ment regarding this matter, acting under advice of counsel. The facts are that there Is abundant evidence that Mr. Cleveland was engaged In writing an article for pub lication some time prior to his death, who merely obtained from me. after Mr. Cleve land's death, confirmation of his authority to sell it to the New York Times. My sole connection with the affair was In acting in my capacity as Mr. Cleveland's executor to confirm the arrangement that had al ready been consummated between Mr. Cleveland and the literary agent. Naturally, in view of the doubts cast by the various critics upon the authenticity of the document. I took great pains to in vestlgate all the conditions surrounding the transaction between Mr. Cleveland and the literary agent, and 1 can state positively that I have no evidence which would war rant any doubt as to the genuineness of the article In question. There are wlthtn my knowledge facts and Incidents that confirm my belief In the genuineness of the article as Mr, Cleveland's own production. During the course of my Investigations I have unearthed a design among certain promlnont Democratic lead ers who have asserted that, in order to off set the effect of this article of Mr. Cleve land's, it would be necessary for them to question Its authenticity. Of this I have abundant proof, which can be produced at any time if necessary. SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE. A Few Points That Might Be Brought to Bryan' Attention. Pendleton Tribune. A recent Issue of The Oregonian con tained an exhaustive analysis of the pub lic career of Thomas Jefferson as con trasted with that of Alexander Hamilton, which was so comprehensive and fair that it could be read by every citizen. To be sure. It contained nothing which Is not already known to students of American political history, but his part In the form ative period of the United States Govern ment was so conspicuous that the -611601 of his influence and Its trend should be generally known. The Oregonlan's dissection of Jefferson's pernicious course in many instances oc curring in the period following the Revo lution is absolutely along 'lines which the history of that time amply supports. Every step made by Washington and Hamilton in the construction of a govern ment that should have sufficient internal strength and recuperative vitality to sur vive internal dissensions, which could even then be easily foretold, was opposed by Jefferson not only openly, but in the most insidious manner also, and methods were employed so underhanded that they would put to blush those which are com mon in ward politics today. Jefferson's repeated attacks upon Wash ington's administration, even while he was his Secretary of State, reveal his real, "cunning" character. He was never a sincere man no more than is Bryan of to dayand the steadfastness with which his present followers applaud his every public act indicates a surprising lack of study of the history of his time, which is to be found in abundance in every public li brary. More Teachers Required. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 28. (Spe cial.) The new Gladstone school, which opened last Monday, has an en rollment that exceeds expectations to the extent that an additional teacher has been engaged and a general shift ing of the gradework Is necessary. Miss Edna Caufield, who graduated last June from the University of Ore gon, has been given the first and sec ond grades, Miss Pearl Selvers the third and fourth. Miss Munsen the fifth, sixth and seventh and Professor Vedder the eighth, ninth and tenth. The Oregon City schools are also be coming crowded. PATHETIC PLEA OF NO AVAIL Stealing to Help Sister Does Not De ter Sentence. Because he stole a gold watch and other Jewelry, valued at $157. that he might as sist a destitute sister in Detroit. Mich., so he said, Harry Riggs must serve a year In the County Jail. The sister is said to have been deserted by her husband. Rlggs is a member of Company D, Twentieth Infantry, -now stationed In California. He pleaded guilty to simple - larceny be fore Judge Gantenbein, in the Circuit Court, yesterday afternoon, and was sen tenced. The property, which belonged to Mary Barton, was stolen June 15. P. Boutcher, who passed a worthless check for $15 on D. E. Bowman, of the Mover Clothing Company, May 10, was paroled to Chief Probation Officer Tues cher, of the Juvenile Court, after he had been sentenced to serve one year in the State Penitentiary. Boutcher pleaded that his wife and children need his support. His parole was made conditional on his faithfulness in supporting them. Otto Harold, who shot E. J. Braun in a North End saloon August 29, so that the man was taken to a local hospital in a precarious condition, pleaded guilty, but said he shot in self-defense. In telling the story to the court he said that he is a German, and had taken only five glasses of beer 'during the afternoon. Braun, he asserted, had slapped him vi ciously 'in the face twice, and then at tempted to choke him. He shot at Braun twice, he said. Judge Gantenbein took the case under advisement, and will sen tence the man today. Eugene Rooney, 19' years old, pleaded guilty to simple larceny, and after being sentenced to serve a year In the Peniten tiary, was paroled to H. M. Esterly, for merly connected with the Juvenile Court. Rooney remained in the store of J. Nudel man on the night of September 8 until after it had been closed, and stole about $10 from the cash register. Charged by the grand Jury with the em bezzlement of 14498.40 from the Thiel De tective Service Company on May 2, W. E. Douglas pleaded not guilty yesterday. Joseph O'Brien admitted to the court that he is guilty of stealing personal articles belonging to Fred Malletvon Au gust 14. He said he came to Portland from London, Ont., and had been here but two days when he was arrested. He must serve one year In the County Jail. A. P. Markham was arraigned. Ha was recently indicted by the grand Jury for obtaining money by talee pretenses. It is asserted that he passed a $35 check on M. Gardner, a saloon man. District At torney Cameron said that the check was indorsed by George Reed, and that It was upon his representations that It was paid by Gardner. As Reed has now reimbursed the saloon-keeper the District Attorney recommended that Markham be permitted to go on his own recognizance. Judge Gantenbein will decide today whether or not to dismiss the case. Harry A. Clark pleaded not guilty to forging a check August 12. and singing the name of J. Sorensen. The check was made out in favor of the International School of Music, and drawn on the First National Bank of Coquille. Peter Kallor was arraigned on a charge of burglary, and a demurrer to the indict ment submitted to the court. Otto Tanberg pleaded not guilty to a charge, of contributing to the delinquency of 15-yea'r-old Selma Schwartz. M. F. Copley was arraigned on a simi lar charge involving 7-year-old Edith Non kin. He will plead at 2 o'clock this after noon. Tom Sehoek and Eugene Bachelor will enter their pleas today. The former is charged with causing 8-year-old Violet L. Harris to become a delinquent child, and the latter with contributing to the de linquency of 17-year-old Katie Stricklln. The case against F. Bloom, charged with stealing $300, was dismissed because the prosecuting witness cannot be found. TELLING ABOUT KELLY BUTTE Grand Jury Probes Administration. Ends Work by Saturday. - H. Warwick. M. Calker and John Smith, who served time at Kelly Butte, were brought before the grand jury yesterday, presumably to tell what they know regarding affairs at the rock pile. Although an air of secrecy is maintained about the grand Jury room. It Is said that at least one of the men has a grievance against Superintendent Brlggs for being fast ened to tne bars of a cell with his hands above his head for refusing to work. He was sent to the rock pile for ten days for drunkenness, which he says had reached the delirium tremens stage. The present grand Jury will cease Its work next Saturday. The October grand jury, to be drawn from the regular panel, will take its place. Deputy County Clerk Bush has com pleted the list of jurors who will try cases next month. It is as follows: N. E. Ayer. R. H. Ashby. R. J. Ashley, J. G. Bacher. John Bliss. H. J. Burrows, J. E. Blackburn. T. J. Burns, K. Barker, I. Brunn, H. Bauman, I. TV. Butler, Thomas H. Brin son. William Ball Is. George C. Burton. S. V. Bugbee. Herman Burke. H. Bruck, P. B. Brigham, J. C. Bayer, G. J. Burns, V. S. Blackney, Balnea, John Chalmers, H. L. Cha pln. H. J. Crees, A. B. Cameron. C. C. Ca ple. D. Chambers, A. M. Compton. A. Cor nutt. J. R. Callahan, Touis Carmensen, Henry L. Carl, Sherman Cochran. A. J. Clark, Will lam C. Clow. C. C. Childress. C. H. Cobb. R. C. Clyde, A. M. Cox. Frank Collinson. F. J. Catterllne, C. I. Cunshow, Cooper. W. W. Clark. J. T. Concannon. Harry T. Clarke, J. Ij. Cline. G. I.. Davenport. L. F. Danforth. I. N. Day, A. D'.lley, J. Danneis, E. Dimbat. J. Dellar, N. E. Daugherty. N". Davie. George W". Davis. W. H. Donahue, C. L. England, R. R. Effinger, C. D. Fraser, Joseph Finke, Wlllhsm H. Foulkes. TV. H. Foster, Henry Fassbender. F. J. Fellaws. P. Feld man, B. E. Fish. R. Garrison, A. H. Gria wold M B Godfrey, Charles Gauld, Paul Geisler, C. TV. Goode. R. E. Gibson, George F. Hubbard. E. T. Hatch. Frany -Heiney. N. Hodgson, George B. Hampton, J. A. Howard. Theodore Henrichsen, J. Hartfleld. J. H. Ham ilton, W. I. Harris. 'William P. Hanson, John H James. Otis Learned. E. O. Magoon, Thomas A. Moar, A. J. McCIure. O. P. Polk, Fred Rlx, Peter F. Sievers. Fred Samuetaon, William Smith, H. F. Taylor. J. E. William. Decision in Annexation Question. Presiding Judge Gantenbein, of the Circuit Court, will decide at 2 o'clock this afternoon whether or not County Clerk Fields must place the Mount Scott annexation question on the bal lot for the Presidential election in No vember. A petition that an order for a writ of mandamus be made was pre sented to the court yesterday after noon and taken tinder advisement. Administer Simon Estate. E. M. Lauce was appointed yester day by Judge Webster administrator of the Leon P. Simon estate. This con sists of a $7500 claim against the Clark & Wilson Lumber Company on account of an accident by which Simon met his death. Bank Closes Early in Life. FRESNO, Cal.. Sept 28. The Valley Savings Bank of Fresno, incorporated under another name originally on January 16..wjth an authorized capital fluck ui ciuu.uvu, w o uiucrco tem porarily suspended by order of the State Bank Commission and its af fairs temporarily placed In charge of an accountant. One who Is conversant with the affairs of the Institution, says that the depositors will be paid in full In the end. May Place Bibles In Hotels. KANSAS CITY, Sept, 28. An organ ized movement to place a Bible In the rooms of every hotel in the United States was formulated at the Grand Avenue Methodist Church last night at a meeting of the Gideons, an organiza tion of Christian Traveling Men. I SCHISM IX OREGON DEMOCRACY Rival Factions Seeking to Run tin State Campaign. Dual-headed . is Democracy's cam paign In Oregon, and hydra-headed ii may be before the campaign is over for Into the ranks of the unterrifiefl has come two Democratic organiza tions, or machines, each striving t surpass each other in behalf of thl "Cross of Gold" orator of Nebraska Harmony talk prevails when informa Hon Is given to the public with refer' ence to this double-headed campaign) but underneath are nettles. The party's regularly constituted campaign committee ' In this state If composed of Alex Sweek and Johi Montag, of Portland; Lark Bilyeu, o) Eugene: Sam Garland, of Lebanon; W F. Matlock, of Pendleton, and M. Aj Miller, of Lebanon, National commit te.'man. Not content with this com mittee. a faction in Multnomah hai usurped its functions, has set about td raise a campaign fund and to makl all contributions gravitate Its way an according to supporters of the regulai order of things, has undertaken to bl the "whole thing." In order to takl possession of the spoils of Bryan's pos. sible election. This usurping factioti is headed by a committee made up oi Jefferson Myers, J. N. Teal, C. J. Smith of Portland, and W. M. Klser, of Salem Kentucky Klick Gets in Action. Last night the Kentucky Klick took n tlce of the situation by adopting resolin tions declaring confidence in the regulai campaign committee ar.dr deploring the ad of "some hypnotic coercer" that hai "thrust upon Chairman Sweek a new cam. paign committee, thereby ignoring an4 discrediting the original and legal Statl Democratic Executive Committee." The Klick is composed of "whltl males," born south of Mason and Dlxon'i line or coming from ancestors so born It's members are mostly Democrats, head ed by Mark O'N'eill. president, and S.. O Armltage, secretary. Its membership ln eludes the most celebrated of Democracy'' local sons. The meeting was held In thl Chamber of Commerce building and thl resolutions are as follows: TVhereas, Pome hypnotic coercer has thrust upon Chrlrman Sweek a new cam paign committee. thereby ignoring thl original and legal state Demacralic execu tive committee therefore be it Resolved, That the Kentucky Klick. II meeting assembled, makes known Its faito and confidence in the ability and Intfg rity of Chairman Alex Rwcek. John Montagi W. H. Wehrung. Lark Bilyeu. Sam Garland, TV. F. Matlock and Mr. Peterson, member! of the said legal Democratic committee, tt wage a vigorous and legitimate campaigf against the opposing party at the election. Alignment of Factions. Arrayed on one side are the old-tlmi war horses of the party in this statej those who, from a time antedating thl remotest possibility of Democratic sue cess, have fought the battles of the partj and endured the Jibes and jokes of vlt torious opponents until long ago thej ceased to resent them. For long yean they have financed and conducted even campaign in the state for their party anj have entered each new fight as zealouslj as if they had occasionally won. On the other side are apostates of thj non-partisan creed which they shoutei long enough to elect several of their num' ber to oflioe, and Jumped upon the bacj of the donkey as soon as they thought they saw a chance of Democratic victory Included In the ranks of the new-fang'ei Democrats are several prominent office, holders in Portland and in Oregon. It is these latter acquisitions to thl party that are trying to usurp the placel of the faithful; trying to snap the plums as it were, from their very hands. So these non-partisan Democrats arl trying to crowd out the battle-scarree! veterans of Democracy from the man agement of the campaign in this statei But the old-timers refuse to stand fol any such treatment, and there is whert the fight began. The. story of the'flgW begins afar back. It revived with thl Word and the Malley factions, and wltl the Lane and the Thomas factions. As a matter of fact the Democrat!-! campaign in Oregon is in the hands of the executive committee of the state cenl tral committee.. When the organization was completed last Spring this com mittee was placed In charge. Althougii a bitter fight was waged on Milt Mlllei for National committeeman that gentle" man won out at Denver. It was onlj due to the fact that D. M. Watson re mained loyal to an ante-conventioij pledge to support Miller that the "Sagl of Lebanon" was selected. Great press ure was brought to bear on Watson U induce him to forget his pledge. The non-partisan branch of Democracl has set up a rival Institution in the waj of a campaign organization. It has has appointed a committee to solicit fundi which is making a loud noise for money) Amounts are not specified by either faoj tion. and all contributions, from postarH stamps to real money, will be gratefullj received. The Kentucky Klick resolu-i tions mention a hypnotic coercer as bavl ing thrust this committee on Sweek. , Thu) "coercer is Governor cnamberlaln. . Members of Democracy's non-partisap faction declined to discuss the fight Meanwhile they are continuing their ap peal for campaign contributions. TAFT RAL-IT AT SUXXYSID Mayor Rodgers, of Saljin, Principal Speaker at Meeting. Mayor George F. Rodgers. of Salem, ixt his address last night before the Sun nyside Taft Republican Club, in Hunter's Hall, gave a plain and forceful presenta tlon of the Issues of the campaign. Therl was a large audience. Professor R. F, Robinson presided and Introduced Mayol Rodgers, who declared that during thl 40 years of the past the Republican parti has been the party of progress and con struction and the Democratic party hu4 been the party of obstruction and del structlon. , Passing on Mr. Rodgers contrasted thl two candidates and showed what thej both stand for, Mr. Taft standing foi the policies of President Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan for vagaries of every sort. Hi discussed the publicity issue, a stront) government, trusts, tariff and bank in surance by the Government, and set fort the Republican positions on all these topics with force and clearness, belruj frequently interrupted by applause. Allan R. Joy followed with an eloquent review of the political Issues, closing witB the prediction that Taft would be elected by the sober, thinking people of this country for what he represents. Excellent music was furni&iied by thl East Side High School Quartet. Misl Mary Thompson and Miss Paulina Voelt pel. late of Boston, gave Instrumental and vocal selections. Literature, picture! and campaign buttons were distributed It was announced that another meeting will be held in' the same place in two weeks. TELLS ABOUT GORE MEETINGS M. A. Miller Returns From Trij With Orator to Southern Oregon. M. A. Miller, chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee, returned yesterday morning from Southern Orei gon.' whither he accompanied Senatol Gore, of Oklahoma.' Chairman Miller pre sented clenator Gore to the Democrats, of Roseburg and Cottage Grove, and in both places the blind Senator from Okla homa spoke to overflowing crowds. Ai Roseburg Senator Gore spoke in th Courthouse, and Chairman Miller say! that not more than half of the peoplfl who wanted to hear the orator could gel Into the building. J. H. Albert, of the Capital National Bank, of Salem, was yesterday appointed a member of the Democratic banking committee. Mr. Albert is heartily in ac cord with Bryan's new banking scheme.