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Including county and state. roetac Kate 10 to 14 page. 1 cent: 1 to 20 ptfi. 2 coot: SO to 44 pazea. a canta: ad to 60 paaee. 4 centa Foreign poat' ace aouole ratea Zaat a Btuiaxaa Office The & C Beck wltto Spactal Accdct New York, rooma 4H BO Tribune bui:dlna. Chicaco, rooma 610-613 Tribune bulldlae. POBTLAXD. FRO AT. OCT. t. 10. .CST A rLAT FOB TOTES. Never had Any man. In quiet times, more difficult role than W. J. Bryan has Assumed. He Is on A hunt for votes. His extreme Anxiety to oonclll Ate All cssea And conditions and 'roups of voters Is manifest In every course or turn be makes. To play on the prepossessions, the prejudices, the supposed Interests or antipathies of one sort or another. Is his study night and day. His principles, say rather the pur poses or announcements, on which he made his former efforts, have all been put out of sight. 2s"o more of free coinage of silver; yet we once heard that till silver should be restored, there was no use to talk of anything else. No more of the necessity of re construction of the Supreme Court, to meet the new and rising demands of the American people. No more of Anti-Imperialism and scuttle of the Philippine Islands. Nothing now but a lot of dust or chaff, about injunc tion and tariff and monopoly and trust magnates, blown about by every wind. To the man who talks so much as Mr. Bryan does, and who wants to please everybody. It Is a trying or deal. He desires the help of the busi ness interests of the country, yet he wishes it understood that he Is the enemy of every Important business interest for he insists that every one of them Is a monopoly or a trust. A while ago he denounced Wall street as "Fagln's den of thieves: a gam bling hell. In comparison with which Monte Carlo is insignificant." But more recently and only the other day in the same hall, he made a speech in which anxious not to an tagonize the business vote he said: We are not even opposed to the ex change, or to the stock market." No need to "make up" -with Guffey, of Pennsylvania, whom he threw out of the Denver convention; for Guffey lives In A state where there is no hope of a Bryan electoral vote. Guffey now tells it that he recalls an Incident, namely, that on the night the creden tials committee reported to the Den ver convention, Haskell, Bryan's man ager and platform maker, yelled to him (Guffey), "Back to your oil tanks!" It doesn't bring distress to Guffey to learn that Haskell now is out of both lines of business, political and oil. But Pennsylvania will vote for Taft two to one, so that isn't inter esting. Yet as far as possible Bryan has tied up all along the line. In the contested states, wrth those whom he had previously denounced as the be trayers of the people to plutocratic interests. "Tom" Taggart, of French Lick Springs, manager of the Parker candidacy In 1904, who. Bryan asserted, was "so Intimately asso ciated with trusts and corporations" as to disgust everybody, is now Bryan's representative and manager In" Indiana. Judge Parker, whose nomination was "secured by crooked and Indefensible methods," now is accepted by Bryan as a worker and supporter, makes speeches for Bryan, and entertained Bryan In New York th other day. The services of David B. Hill now also are sought the same Hill of whom Bryan said that he was so, close to Parker that If Parker were elected Pres ident, "those who attempted to reach the White House would have to wade through peanut shells knee deep to reach him." Kven Ryan and Belmont, drafters of that "cowardly and straddling platform" of 1904, as Bryan called It, are now welcomed. The Bryan leader In Illinois Is Roger Sullivan, whom the peerless Nebras kan once assailed, and of whose plans to control the convention of 1904, Bryan said, "No band of train robbers ever planned a robbery more deliber ately or with less conscience." Is now his trusted lieutenant in Illinois. And the writer of the Bryan platform, tinder direction of Bryan himself, was Haskell of Oklahoma; ami every body knows now who Haskell Is and what has happened to him. It Is an attempt to drag In the sup port and to get the votes of all sorts And conditions of men. But some sort or lot of them Is to be greatly de ceived and disappointed. Doubtless It will be those who furnish the great mass or bulk 6f the votes. The bosses. In the event of success, will be near the throne. A tendency of these Associations, solicited for Bryan and active in his behalf, is to drive voters to the Debs and Hearst tickets. The great com plaint of the supporters of these tick ets, most of whom formerly supported Bryan, is that in his eagerness to get the help of tho plutocratic Democracy, he has turned his back on the ideas and purposes upon which he came to the front and which gave him name and fame. There is talk about "The New Bryan." but these people don't vant The New Bryan and others have reason to distrust him. Vital statistics of Ireland for the past year show a birth rate of 23.2 per 1P00 of estimated population and an excess of births over deaths of 54.40S. In the same twelve months, however, the emigration reached 39, 081. an Increase over the former year and also over the average the past ten years. Net loss of population was 14.6T4. Now in France, one of the richest countries In the world, there Is a shrinking of population also, the birth rate having declined to 19.7. Last year, for the first, time in history, deaths exceeded births by 10.000. A century ago the French birth rata was 32 per 1000. Econo mists And statisticians are watching the situation with Increased anxiety. They see, indeed race suicide. On this side of the water we would probably be face to face with the same problem if new Immigration more prolific than old stock did not maintain an average. SIRENS AXD SATYRS. Mayor Lane tells the exact truth when he says that "sin-soaked sirens .have played a part In the world's his tory as far back as tjiere are written itcords," and a good deal farther, but it is only part of the truth. To make It complete he should have specified the aid which the sin-soaked sirens have always received from rum soaked satyrs. The two parties to the' Bin and shame have always been In separable. Without the latter we should never have had the former, though the converse Is not true, for in most cases it is the satyr who is ac countable for the existence of the siren. But when it comes to making laws and enforcing them, the woman, because she is plainly In evidence and easy to strike at and helpless to strike back, must bear the punishment and the misery while her partner in guilt goes scathless. It Is respectfully submitted that the question what Is to become of tho scarlet woman when she is expelled from her home is a pertinent one. 1 Mayor Lane says he does not know what 1 to become of her. Perhaps there are some eager enthusiasts for law enforcement who do not care. Let these Pharisees get what comfort they can from the contemplation "of their holiness; but let them remem ber one thing besides their holiness. Had they been born and nurtured In the environment of the siren, they would be as sin-soaked as she is, in stead of standing in their radiant pur ity and casting stones at her. Even as it Is, one cannot help believing that some of the most ardent of these strenuous law-enforcers must be classified with the satyrs. How many of those who clamor for the expulsion of the scarlet woman from her mis erable shelter can aver that they are not responsible for the fate of at least one of her class? But, aside from all that, the ques tion of the siren's crust of bread when she can no longer ply her trade will not down. Of honest industry she knows nothing, and, even If she gets a job in a respectable establishment, the police will haunt her and finally drive her out of it. That this Is the inten tion is unmistakably intimated In the latest news upon the subject. The poor creature can therefore be neither honest nor dishonest. Surely her lot is a hard one. There seems nothing for her to do but commit suicide and get out of the world as quickly as she can. If she could only take with her the male reprobates who have made her what she is, perhaps this might be best for all concerned, but as the law permits them to live and flourish, certainly It ought not to force her to perish. Is there not some way to help the lost woman? Are religion, the church, the world, all good men and good women, utterly helpless in the face of this awful problem? What would Jesus do about it? GRAND CIRCriT BEATEN. The summaries of the grand circuit races at Columbus, O., as printed in yesterday's news columns, offer addi tional testimony to the high character of the races at the Pacific National Show in this city last week. The Co lumbus track Is one of the finest on the grand circuit, and the big meet ings always draw great fields of high class horses: but the 2:13 pace at Co lumbus waa won In four heats averag ing 2:09 Vi, while at Portland the 2:14 pace, eligible to horsea a full second slower than the limit at Columbus, was reeled oft in three straight heats averaging 2:08. Five heats In the 2:09 pace at Columbus, Wednesday, were paced in 2:07. exactly the same Average time that was made in the 2:09 pace at Portland, Although the fastest heat at Columbus was three quarters of a second slower than the fastest heat In the 2:09 race at Port land. An even more remarkable showing was made by the trotters. The aver age time made In the 2:19 trot at Co lumbus Wednesday was 2:13Vi. while at Portland the 2:27 trotters reeled oft three heats in Average time of 2:14. In other words, trotters in the 2:27 class at Portland came within half a second of equaling the average time made by tho 2:19 class at Columbus. Not only was the 2:09 pace at Port land faster than that on the grand cir cuit, but it was also the fastest five heat race ever paced west of the Mis sissippi River. For high-class racing without the unpleasant gambling and drinking features, no such entertainment as that offered by the Pacific National Show has ever been attempted in the Pacific Northwest, and if there is prper response to the call for sup port, the show next year will be even greater than that which was so In differently received by Portland peo ple last week. rORTLAXD'S INDCTEXDEXT POSITION. The recent visit on the Coast of a party of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul directors, together with ap proaching completion of their road to the Pacific Coast, has renewed inter est in this latest of the big rail lines to cross the continent. Both Seattle and Tacoma are quite naturally claim ing exclusive rights as the Western terminus of the line, but, if real estate purchases offer a afe criterion, Ta coma would seem to be a favorite. The Milwaukee road has not made many purchases in the immediate vi cinity of Portland, but if any one Imagines for a moment that this city will not be one of the North Pacific terminf of the road, such view will undergo a change in the near future. The Milwaukee is spending an enor mous amount of money to reach the Coast. Some of the construction work on the line is the most expensive that has ever been encountered in railroad building in the West, and this enor mous expense must be met by the revenues which come from the traffic developed along the line. Portland and the Immense territory tributary to this city already offer more tonnage for the railroads than is available from any other' point in' the Pacific Northwest, and the volume is steadily Increasing. The opening of the North Bank road has introduced this city into the Eastern Washington and Idaho trade field on even terms with the Puget Sound cities. In addition to that field, this city stands alone as a distributing point for the entire coun try lying south of the Columbia River and north of California. Portland may not have the exclusive routing of the traffic that will originate in all of this territory, but there are a great many thousand carloads of freight which will originate in the immediate vicin ity of the city, and Portland capital and influence will be felt in the rout ing of many more thousands of car loads in other parts of Oregon and Washington. For this reason, the Milwaukee will hardly ignore the position of Portland. This city, through the North-Bank road, now has three direct trans continental lines which are all property-owners and heavy taxpayers In this city. As Portland is with increas ing fidelity following the patronize-home-industry rule, all of the freight in this territory will be turned over to the roads which center here and which own property here. If the Mil waukee is desirous of participating In this immense and rapidly growing traffic, it will, of course, be necessary for it to come into Portland on even terms with the other roads, ' but the day. has long gone by when Portland or Oregon finds it either necessary or advisable to patronize a line that does not terminate in this city. For this reason the Milwaukee will come to Portland, and It will require no exces sive amount of urging'to bring it here. THE TSELESS RICH. Ethel Barrymore is of the opinion that the "society element" of New York would never be missed if A plague should wipe it out. She finds the women -of this exalted circle to be piggishly engrossed In fleshly delights. How the men occupy themselves Miss Barrymore does not say, but we know all about them from other sources perhaps quite as reliable as she is. Miss Wharton's House of Mirth gives one enticing glimpses of the daily occupations of our male aristocracy. When they are not engaged In high way robbery, according to her, they divert themselves by drinking, gam bling and racing horses. To break the monotony of these pastimes they occasionally trade wives with one another. Two or three other authors have given us pictures .lately of the upper section of American society and their agreement with each other is so close that it Is hard to disbelieve them. Of course it is possible that Phillips, Sinclair, Patterson and the rest have all copied the same mislead ing report, but it is not likely. These satirists allege, just as Miss Barry more does, that the men and women of what is called high society are In terested in nothing but more or less vicious self-indulgence. Miss Barrymore's statement .that brains are an Incumbrance rather than a help to a person who wishes to shine in society is probably true. Con versation at gatherings of the rich Is Inane and foolish. Nothing is dis cussed which could possibly interest a sensible person. No topic is per mitted which could stimulate the faintest ray of Intelligence. Million aire society shuns mental as well as physical exertion. The use of either brain or muscles stamps one as be longing to the vulgar herd. To be thoroughly eligible in this elite sphere one must cultivate a haughty contempt for everything that is use ful and a disgust for everything that does not gratify some of the senses. There are species of parasitic animals which by disuse have lost all their organs except the mouth and stom ach. Our wealthy social parasites are undergoing a similar process of abor tion. With some of them the degene rative change has already gone so far that they can no longer reproduce their kind. Thus one might continue for hours setting forth the folly, vice and use lessness of our millionaire society, but what good would it do? One .might recite the fact that society in Eng land, France, Germany and other countries welcomes authors and art ists, placing genius at least on a level with birth and riches, while ours in its stupidity admits none but money bags with his wife and children. One might quote from that significant story In the Atlantic Monthly entitlod "The Flavor of Affluence," where the heroine. Just back from Europe and Its social ways, unwarily addressed a sensible remark to her hostess. The woman, accustomed to nothing but eeml-ldiocies from her guests, was shocked and annoyed. Miss Barry more is entirely right in saying that American society is gross, vicious and stupid, but we repeat, what is the use of her remark? This extraordin ary group of men and women will never mend their ways no matter how severely they are reprimanded and exhorted, but there is much reason to believe that the spectacle they pre sent, though extremely disagreeable, Is only transient. Evolution Is Intolerant of useless organs' in the body and useless groups in society. Our reverence for vested property rights sometimes enables such groups to exist long after the process of natural selection would have eliminated them, but even this gives them nothing more than a re prieve. Their ultimate fate is certain. We may therefore feel Assured that our so-called high society is on its way to absolute extinction, unless it can Assume some effective part in the work of the world. When the feudal nobility of England lost their func tion of military leaders and protectors of the people, they became hereditary governors. Thus they prolonged their usefulness and obtained a new lease of life. One may remark also that the merely wealthy class In England has never been bo utterly functionless as our own. It seeks pleasure of course, but there has been no time when it felt absolved from every duty 'to the public like most American million aires. Since our wealthy group serves no purpose whatever in the social organism, it is safe to predict that it will presently be aborted or extin guished. How this will be accomplished no body can say. Evolution depends upon innumerable factors and their interaction is so complex that the de tails can seldom be completely traced after it is completed, much less can they be foretold. The socialists will perhaps endeavor to extinguish the useless rich by confiscating their be longings, but it is not likely that so ciety as a whole will admit this meas ure. One can speculate with more con fidence that many millionaire families will vanish from the world through their own sterility. Statistics show that their offspring is falling off both In numbers and in vigor while men tally It verges toward Incompetence. Frequently men of great wealth recog nize that their children lack the mental power to take card of their property and therefore secure It for them in trusts, but this is a device which American law .will not long tol erate any more than British law per mitted perpetual trusts in land. Appropriate legislation will ultimately force these enormous fortunes from their lurking places and the feeble minded descendants of millionaire fathers will rapidly squander them. Deprived of their wealth and unable to earn A living they will then sink into the slums and presently perish. Thus the problem of the useless rich, though annoying, is not really dif ficult. "The Conquerors" is the title of a new book on the early settlers and settlement of the Oregon Country, by R. A. Atwood, of Seattle. It is devoted mainly to the missionary settlement of Oregon, and though it is not notable for new matter, it gathers to gether in highly interesting presenta tion much material widely scattered among books, pamphlets and manu scripts. There is freshness of treat ment, too, which commends the book, and variety of detail and of personal history to which few except special students- have been able to obtain access. In equal space there is hardly so much information about the early history of the Oregon Country acces sible, as in this book. It is strong in exposure of the Whitman myth. There is A very large and rather dreary lot of material about our early history, that has not yet been reduced to consist ency And form; and this effort, that deals almost exclusively with the mis sionary episode, is a fairly successful effort to cultivate a single pArt of the field. This is the season of low water. With the river gauges showing the zero mark, the pilots are taking twenty-five-foot ships down the river with out much trouble. This showing Is highly gratifying to the taxpayers who have been obliged to foot the Port of Portland bills. Now that the water is at its lowest stage, the dredges should be put to work in the shoalest places and kept there until there la positive assurance that ships will meet with no detention. Columbia River improve ment is now on a permanent basis, and a little work at the worst places may save a far greater expense later. If it is not neglected now. The old practice of dredging dirt and sand out of one part of the channel and dump ing it a few hundred feet away, where it will wash back in again, has been practically abandoned, and, if it is not resumed, it is only a question of time until the expense of keeping the chan nel in good condition the year round will be quite moderate. Flood in India has drowned 10,000 natives and frost In British Colum bia is threatening to kill a number of pneumonia-stricken Hindus who have wandered far from that land of flood and famine. The Hindu prob lem in British Columbia is becoming quite serious, and hundreds of the aliens are said to be living on one meal a day, and are in no condition to withstand the rigors of this climate. Viewed in almost any light, the case of, the benighted Hindu Is not a pleasant one. If he remains in the land of his birth, the dangers of fam ine and flood are ever before him, and if he wanders afar he encounters the labor union and the chill of the Octo ber morning. Through all of his trou bles, however, he is, theoretically at least, a British subject, and as such is entitled to protection and food, both of which seem to be scarce in Hindu haunts in the Pacific North west. The noble red man, George Sloane by name, who has kept his daughter a girl of 16 chained to the floor of a barn near Tacoma on some flimsy ex cuse, must be first cousin perhaps brother to the Tacoma man who some months ago was haled before the courts on a charge of tying his young wife to the bed and leaving her thus bound day after day as a means of discipline. The .step between savagery and civilization is in some cases ex ceedingly ghort. The Supreme Court of Idaho having decided ex-Senator Dubois is not a Democrat, that gentleman concurs by bolting from something to which he did not belong. That should elect Brady, Republican nominee. The di rect primary has its disadvantages. There are injunctions and injunc tions. We haven't heard any very Vigorous denunciation from union la bor headquarters of the latest Federal Court lnjuction tying the hands of Oregon's Fish Warden. Governor Haskell says he lays aside his dignity to answer one Theodore Roosevelt. Hadn't he already and aforetime laid it aside In the service of Standard Oil? Mrs. Howard Gould is dissatisfied with her petty alimony of 324,000 a year, and demands 3120,000. We vote for the 3120,000. It isn't too much for a real lady. No one can doubt that that Murphy picture disclosed to a pleased world the benignant countenances of an ideal Executive Board from the Lane standpoint. .' That drunken cook with the rattle snake made a lot of needless excite ment down in the . red-light district until It was discovered that the snake was real. "The sin-soaked sirens must go," remarks the Mayor. But the rum soaked satyrs who are responsible for the sin-soaked sirens may stay. The Indiana Republican papers are gleefully announcing the fact that one Indiana family has 30 Taft votes. He needs a few more, however. Speak up a little louder, Mr. Taft, The boiler-factory war between T. R. and W. J. B. has subsided and you can now be heard. No more head dropping In the new Executive ftoard. No, sir; not while the euckoo chorus keeps its voice and can be heard. General Apathy seems to have been succeeded by General Hysteria, but old General Results has his turn next month. Of course a man may spend his wire's money. If he cannot, whose wile's money, caa lie spend Z MB. FORAKER'S DOWSFAIX. There la o Rfudi Why It Should Injure Mr, Taft. Springfield Republican, Dem. Taft. That the exposure of Senator For aker's intimate relations with the Standard Oil Company some years ago may now hurt Mr. Taft Is a conclusion that no fair-minded person can enter tain, so far as his own vole" is con cerned. Mr. Taffs political relations with the Senator have been notoriously unfriendly and he cannot be held re sponsible for Mr. Foraker's corporation record. One could wish, of course, that the ostentatious meeting and "recon ciliation" at the recent Grand Army pa rade in Toledo between the two men had not taken place; and the zealous politicians who engineered the affair are npw wringing their hands probably. In any event no further political rec ognition of Senator Foraker by the Taft managers is expedient, and they will doubtless keep him off the Repub lican stump, if possible, during the bal ance of the campaign. Hearst has been making a desperate effort for weeks to besmirch the leaders of both the great parties, and his activities against Bryan in this line have been notable. The Democrats, on the whole, have thus far been tarred up by Hearst quite as much as the Republicans, but he falls to pro duce the evidence clinching Ma charges against Chairman Mack and Treasurer Haskell, whom he accuses of receiving campaign money from the Standard Oil Company. Natural Suspicions. New York World, Dem. Unfortunately the stench of Stand ard Oil now extends far beyond the Senator himself. It clings to every thing he represented and smothers ev ery action, however courageous or dis interested. A large element of the pub lic will believe that he fought against the rate bill only because the Standard Oil Company oppoeed it; that he cham pioned the colored troops only because the Star.dard Oil Company believed It waa no effective way of attacking the President; that he was against Mr. Taffs nomination only because the Standard Oil Company was against it; that he resisted personal government only because the Standard Oil Com pany was incensed by Mr. Roosevelt's course In prosecuting it. Cynlclam and Arrogance. New York Journal of Commerce, Ind. There can be no greater crime against the Republic than a deliberate effort to cheat the citizen of his rights by in terposing between him and his elected representative the obligations of a paid servant of a corporation. Nothing could be better calculated to give the ordin ary American voter the Idea that all great combinations of capital are en emies to free institutions than the cyn ically avowed and arrogantly practiced methods of the agents of the Standard Oil Company in dealing with the state and National legislation to which they were opposed. Embarrassing. New York Tribune, Rep. There are, we hope, few persons who do not wish to believe that Senator For aker has thue acquitted himself of a particular accusation which involved the propriety of his conduct and his veracity. Neverthless, it seems, to us that a just, public judgment of the hitherto unknown relations which ad mittedly existed between him and the Standard Oil Company would continu ally embarrass his appearance in the campaign as an advocate either of Mr. Taffe election to the Presidency or his own re-election to the Senate. Suicide. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Taft. So discredited or disabled is, or ap pears to be, Foraker, that Candidate Taft declines to appear on the same platform with him hereafter. That speaks for Itself. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. The Republi cans would rather Foraker should per ish than Taft be endangered. They have not finished Foraker.. Not even Hearst has done that. Foraker has just finished himself. More In Sorrow Than In Anger. New York Times, Dem. Taft. Only a fiendish partisanship can gloat over such a disaster to reputation. Senator Foraker has done service of inestimable value in the Senate. His experience, his ability, his knowledge of constitutional law have at times made him a seemingly indispensable member of. the Senate. It is pitiful that so great talent should have been used in bo base a way. A Iocal Parallel. - Boston Transcript, Rep. So criticism of a United States Sena tor's being In the pay of the Standard Oil Company, whose relations to legis lation never Bleep, is an "assault upon the confidence of the people in their Government." Sounds strikingly like what Frank J. Linehan wrote of the JTlnance Commission! Fartlia Descensus Avernl. New York Globe, Rep. Senator Foraker was magnificently equipped for a life of great public use fulness. But the strain of his surround ings was too strong for him, and he sank to the plane that the Archbold correspondence discloses. Mr. Foraker aa an Individual. Buffalo Express, Rep. Whatever basis there may be for the Hearst charges against Mr. Foraker, they can in no sense reflect on the Na tional Republican ticket or party, but can apply only to Mr. Foraker as an Individual. Careless Mr. Archbold. Chicago Record-Herald, Rep. Was it not very careless of Senator Foraker and Mr. Archbold to leave such important letters lying around where people whose names cannot be divulged might pick them up? Not the Nominee. Chicago News, Ind. It would have been annoying for the grand old party If the Ohio Senator had been carrying the banner when he blew up. And a Pocketbook. Washington Star, Ind. Mr. Hearst is demonstrating to sev eral statesmen what a nuisance a man with a ecrapbook may become. Mr. Foraker's Prosperity. -Cleveland Leader, Rep. It isn't hard to understand how Sena tor Foraker became a rich man in a very short time. Butler's Fare "Repairs and Fuel." Washington (D. C.) Dispatch. The Comptroller of the United States Treasury has decided that the railroad fare of the second butler employed at the White House, from Oyster Bay to Washington, D. C can be paid out of the annual appropriation for "repairs and fuel." ' Ghoatly Planlata Strike Keys. Philadelphia Dispatch. Misses Liliie "and Minnie Joseph, of Georgetown, Del., were badly fright ened by hearing 15 or 20 notes struck on a piano, although no one was near the Instrument, They auspect ghosts. 1 OXB GOMPERS' COIP THAT FAILED T OREGOX'S FIRST STOCK FAlK St. I.oula Labor Body Which De nounced Bryan as Wctl as Taft. St. Louis Correspondence of the Chi cago Dally Socialist. The Central Trades and Labor union Sunday turned down the report of the committee which, since the meeting of Sunday, August 13, had been investiga ting the "reward our friends and de feat our enemies" policy of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and had report ed favorably on it. A substitute resolution directly op posite to that which the committee had brought in was adopted after some dis cussion by a vote of S8 to 75. This action came as a complete sur prise, especially to the local Democratic newspapers, which knew of the com mittee's intended report and had de voted much space to "boosting" it. . It took a decision from the chair to get the opposition resolution started and one of the committeraen grossly in sulted the defeated coal miners of Ala bama. For the past three weeks the Demo cratic papers had ,much to say about the good work this committee would do for William J. Bryan and the Demo cratic party. So anxiously were these yellow sheets pursuing their political "labor friendship" work that Joe Pul itzer's Post. Dispatch (the St. Louis edition of the New York World) got its dates mixed and published the an nouncement a week ago that the Cen tral Trades and Labor union would meet on Sunday, September 6, and' in dorse Bryan and the Democratic party. Public Got Wrong Idea. The names of the resolution com mittee, Wilson, Conroy and Barber, were prominently mentioned and it seems that every capitalist paper wu well informed as to the kind of a report the committee was going to make. Since at least two of the committee members are also leaders of the "Work ingmen's Bryan Club," a late political creation of local business agents, and other agents, the general public must have received the idea that the St. Louis Central Trades and Labor union and the Workingmen's Bryan Club practically meant the same thing, espe cially since the president of the one was also the president of the other. The Democratic "big cinch" organ, the St. Louis Republic, which had al ready reserved its front page for a sen sational article on how Bryan and the Democratic party had been indorsed by 60,000 union men of St. Louis, was dum founded whan the Workingmen's Bryan Club failed to deliver the goods. Naturally enough the St. Louis Re public charges the Socialists with hav ing packed the meeting of the Cen tral Trades and Labor union, which sounds queer indeed, in view of the fact that for fully three weekB all the Democratic party organs of St. Louis had repeatedly published the news that the central body would practically unanimously Indorse Rryan and the Democratic party. The action was also taken In face of the fact that President Gompers stopped over in St. Louis both on his way to and from Texas, and last week addressed a number of "leading union men" at head quarters on Pine street. Made a Long Report. The report of the committee was very lengthy and cleverly put up. Af ter reciting all of the well-known sins of "Injunction Bill" and the record of the Republican Machine without men tioning one syllable about the equally dirty record of the Democrats, the re port ended as follows: Resolved, That we urgently request every wae-earner, whether he be affiliated with a trade union or not, to place bis stamp of disapproval upon the Republican party and its attitude toward labor by voting against labor's arch-enemy. Win. H. Taft. Tour committee would respectfully recom mend that the president appoint a commu te of five, of which tha president and sec retary ahall be members, whose duty it shall be to carry -on the fight for labor's redemption as outlined by the president and the executive council of the American Fed eration of Labor. Denounces Both Parties Immediately following the reading of the committee's report delegate Kaem merer of the Garment Workers' union took the floor and offered the follow ing substitute: Whereas, There are numerous good rea sons why organized labor cannot Indorse the candidacy of William H. Taft for Pres ident on the Requblfcan ticket: and Whereas, The Democratic party, as rep resented by tho Hawes-Kiely-Snake-Kinney-Butler-Wells-Francis elements In St. Louis, by tha Governor Comer remocracy in Ala bama, or by the Tammany Hall Democracy In New Tork, Is not a particle better than Mr. Taft and his party: therefore be It Resolved, That this Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis emphatically re fuse to indorse the Democratic or the Re publican party, or tha candidates on either of the capitalist party tickets. President Owen Miller ruled the sub stitute out of order, claiming it was not germane to the matter before the house, and If the delegate was desirous of bringing It before the body he would have to Introduce It later on after the committee's report was acted upon. Delegate Kaemmerer appealed from the decision of the chair and his appeal was sustained by a vote of 93 to 70. What Free Wool Means. - American Sheep Breeder. Half a dozen sensitive subscribers want all criticism of Bryan, the free wool champion, eliminated from our columns. They all agree that the Sheep Breeder would be a very fine paper with criticism of the free wool candidate left out. We had the same class and kind of critics during the free wool days of the Wilson-Gorman bill, when foreign fleets laden with free wool were unloading their cargoes in every United States port of encry and domestic flockmasters were going to tha wall right and left We scored the free wool advocates then, and Bhall continue to do It now until the elec tions are over, and we know whether we are to have a free wool-free silver free coinage, 16 to 1-Populistic-govern-ment ownership of railways-man at the head of affairs, or are to settle down to civil, sane government along prosperous and progressive lines, and if every Bryan admiring subscriber drops from our mailing lists and taboos the paper altogether, we Bhall pocket the loss and continue to sail under friendly colors. This Sheep Breeder stands for and by the sheep and wool Industry every time, and no free-wool sophist or demagogue can boom a sheep-hater in its pages. Ways of the' Trespasser. Eugene Register. The season of the year Is at hand when the would-be sportsman walks by trespass signs Into the farmer's field in search of game, regardless of being forbid the privilege, and like as not takes a shot at a cow or a horse just to see the animal Jump. There is no class of Individuals so unprincipled as the sportsman, so-called, who tramples the farmers' rights under foot by trespassing, and no class of men are more Imposed upon In this respect than the farmers. The farmer has the same right to privacy of his farm that these same self-styled hunters have to the privacy of their own residences. Let-a rancher walk into one of these fellows' homes unbidden and proceed to rummage around, and a policeman would be sent for posthaste. Absorp tion of a little of r.he golden rule would be a good thing for trespassers. False Teeth a Ground for Divorce. Chicago Dispatch. Mrs. William Schlesinger, of Mil waukee, Wis., wants a divorce, alleg ing that every time she gets a new set of false teeth her husband steals them. Veteran Salemlte write of Hlstorlo Event Which Left SO Debt. SALEM. Or.. Sept. SO. (To the Edi tor.) The business readers of The Oregonian may get A hint froai the following "true tale": The first state fair was held1 on the east bank of the Clackamas River, to be near to Portland. The Lueilings, Wallings, Rynerson and Barlow paid the Indebtedness it left, about $800. They were spirited citizens and rec ommended Marion, Linn or Yamhill Counties to prepare for the second state fair. Marlon County Agricultural Society bought 32 acres of land, and on It made a track and a roug" pavil ion. The fair was a success to all but its promoters, leaving the Marlon County so ciety $5600 in debt. Of the total cost up to tne close or me fair I1T00 had been subscribed by the citi zens of Salem, then a village. Tlie Marion Countv Agricultural Society numbered 40, and the membership fee was $1 per annum. Money was lent at that date at 10 per cent per annum to 3 per cent per month. A committee was named to sell tha fairgrounds for the Indebtedness of $3600, and could have done so under conditions that would have killed all chance of an annual fair. Instead of selling, the committee offered the grounds to the county, so that the lat ter could assume the debt and hold the grounds for public uses, for fairs, militia encampments, etc. The county took the grounds at $3000 and the spir ited citizens raised the $600 and gave the grounds to the State Agricultural Society, on condition that it hold 15 consecutive annual fairs there. Forty-six annual fairs have been held. The course outlined was urged by livestock breeders, who argued that the annual fair would he worth $6000 per annum to the business interests of Salem, alone. It has done more than that. OLD SALE MITE. Sitlt Hat la Governor's Hoodoo. Philadelphia Press. Bnwrinr Stuart has come to the conclusion that a silk hat at a mili tary function ts a "hoodoo." Since his election as Governor he has had three silk hats ruined by rain. Two were drenched at National Guard brigade reviews. A third met a like fate at a National Guard division re view. With these incidents In mind, the Governor hesitated about buying a new silk hat for the trip to Winchester, Va., for the unveiling of the Pennsyl vania monument. He finally conclud ed that the "hoodoo" would have to be broken some time and started South with the best silk hat to he had. He was accompanied by his staff. All went well until after the arrival at Winchester. The weather was perfect and members of the staff Jokingly chided the Governor on his fears. The Governor, seated in a carriage with General John W. Schall, of Allen- town, was being driven through the streets of Winchester. As the carriage was passing a man who was sprink ling the street the hose suddenly burst A stream of water struck the Gov ernor's new silk hat and drenched it from top to bottom. A crowd on the sidewalk thought it a great joke and laughed. So did the Governor, until he started on the re turn trip home. Then the Joke was on the Governor's staff. Want $2000 for Sound Tooth. Pittsburg Dispatch to Philadelphia In quirer. H. H. Alter was as mad as a hornet when, according to his statement, he discovered that after he had suffered from toothache for several days, and went to Dr. W. C. Rummell, the den tist pulled out the wrong tooth. The tooth that was extracted. Alter alleges, was about the best one ho ever owned, and he wouldn't have taken anything for it. while the one that he wanted to have extracted was "a worthless old thing that he would have been willing to give any one. Dr. Rummell said he was sorry be cause of the mistake he had made, but Alter was so indignant that he went Into the local courts and entered a damage suit against him for $2000, the amount, he declares, the lost tooth was worth. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN OREGON'S MATCHLESS BEAUTY; A TRIBUTE Former minister in this state, now an exile in Southern Califor nia, pours out his soul in adoration of the most beautiful country in the world. OREGON VIEWED BY A KANSAS TENDERFOOT She is a bright young woman in newspaperdom and writes to her friends to pack up furniture and all and come to this state. SILVER CREEK FALLS, MARION COUNTY Full-page illustration, in colors, of a bit of Oregon beauty not fa miliar to scenic photographers of the state. PHILADELPHIA'S 225TH BIRTHDAY Next week's celebration will illustrate with pageantry the in fluence of Quakers on our Nation al life. ROMANCE OF OLD OREGON Beginnings in the conversion of a great wilderness into the most fruitful empire on earth, with some rare illustrations. PLAYING POKER IN ETERNAL BLINDNESS At the rich blind men's club in Paris, there is the most poignant game in the world. THE HOTEL CLERK ON RESTAURANT LIFE An essay by Mr. Cobb, whose truth is quite as apparent in Port land as it is in New York. PINCKNEY'S ACTIVE TWINS Professor Shorty McCabe tells how they changed the atmosphere of a country house. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER