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Beck with Special Agency New Tork. room, ta in Tribune building. Chloago, room 510-51J Trtuune building. PORTT.AXT), THCBSHAT. OCT. . !- AXPIHATIONS. RATIONAL AXTJ OTHfcB. In Portland alone Innumerable propositions and undertakings are awaiting the result of the election. It In a fact known of all men. Every real estate man, every architect every Investor, "will tell you so. These pro posals and undertakings are not watt tnic. however, through fear that Taft may be elected. They are waiting through apprehension of the election of Bryan. It is the same In every city. It is because business people are afrsld of Bryan. They do not regard him as an Attlla, or an Intentional wrecker, but as a man whose defects of Judgment and of temperament whose vagaries and fantasies may keep the country in fear and uncer tainty, during his Presidential term. His career has created this apprehen sion, and supports It. It Is asked, then, whether the peo ple are to Ve prevented by these fears from electing to the Presidency the man they want? The answer here, as In all matters of human Judgment Is that consequences are to be con sidered: and that they who do not consider consequences are probably on the road to a fall. When It Is said that "It Is Impossible to Imagine any proposition having the support of seven or eight millions of voters in the United States that would cause even a ripple on the great wave of business In this conservative Na tion," the past Is conveniently for gotten. Question is whether the "con servative" force will retain control, or the radical force overcome It. Nor Is there any parallel between the little panic of last year, which was produced by a few speculators who overshot their mark, and the condi tions that might ensue. If the radical change demanded by Bryanism In the financial. Industrial, legislative and Judicial policy of the country, were effected. Again, It Is fallacious to as sert that the railroads and agencies of legitimate business made the flurry .of a year ago. Harrlman and Hill did not close the banks or tie up the cars. Legitimate business Interests were the victims. Should Bryan be elected they will not desire the destruction of their business and property. But If the apprehension should be general and stagnation should ensue, they would suffer with the rest. No adverse conditions threaten us. If we only continue sane. But every appeal of Bryan to the country alarms business and property, and the regular order. The man In high place who stands for Bryan's Ideas, beginning with his crown of thorns and cross of gold, disquiets and disconcerts all reasonable calculation and experience. It is altogether erroneous to assert that if a panic is to ensue it can occur only through the efforts of interests that predict it. Precisely the reverse. They who fear such consequences do not want them, but simply are taking such precautions as they can against them. .Men may ray. "We have our aspi rations; they are sacred to us. and we have a right to do as we please." Cer tainly. But there never has been a time when warning against "aspira tions." If not rational and Judicious, was not In order; never will be. Be tween "ideals" there is mighty differ ence; and morn, of them are wrong than right. When a principle of uni versal liberty is involved, as in I860, any sacrifice is necessary. Then, fhe people may disregard "conservative" warnings. But now, no such principle is involved: It Is simply a matter of rational proceeding on economic lines. Mr. Bryan never stood for such action, nor ever can. He is an agitator merely playing to every gust of opinion and to every vague- '"aspiration." The aspiration may be regarded as "sa cred," but It is a great matter whether it is rational, or otherwise. BIBLE STfWY. At Columbus. O.. the first Interna tional student Bible conference is in session. The members are connected with the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, and their principal aim is to promote an Interest In the study of the Bible among college students. It is to be hoped that they will labor fruitfully because there Is no better book In the world than the Bible for people to study, whether they are In college or out of it. With the desire to aid modestly In the great work of the international conference, one might possibly con tribute a suggestion or two. Perhaps the strongest reason there Is why Bible study as It Id usually conducted does not prove Interesting lies In the fact that it does not seek to discover the truth. It seeks to confirm this or that preconceived theory, to corrobo rate some creed, to substantiate some theological system, but for the pure, cold, disinterested truth It does not seek. On the contrary. It shuns the truth and not sejdom pronounces It sinful. Were those who undertake to teach the Bible to lay aside once for all their pre-judgments and conditions prece dent, and seek for nothing but the genuine facts, they would not need to hold International conferences to stim ulate Interest In their work. The Bi ble is extremely Interesting when It Is viewed as a book and not as a- fetich. The English translation to a great lit erary monument of which nobody ought to be Ignorant. One reason why so much slovenly English is written today and so many doughy thoughts are uttered Is the common neglect of the Bible: but so long as It Is made a fetich It cannot be taught In schools, and until It is read In schools it will be neglected. Hence It might be well for the International conference to consider ways and means to eradicate superstitious Idol worship of the Bible and elevate It to Its proper position of a mighty monu ment of human genius and record of human life: As a work of man. It is something wonderful: for It Is the trancsript of the life of a people that never will be repeated, any more than the era of the Greek or English drama will be. Call It a work of the Deity, and It must be admitted that it lacks many qualities that might be expected from such a source. THE BOOSEVEI.T-K.SOX I.F.TTf R. It is asserted by the New York Sun. and Insinuated by the New York World, that Roosevelt didn't write the letter about Gompers, but got some ex pert In composition to write It. Intima tion Is even made that it was all con certed between Senator Knox and President Roosevelt that Knox was to make the speech and the letter was to follow both the compositions of Knox. Of such "conspiracy," how ever, there is no sign of proof. But it Is unimportant. The only question is as worth of the matter presented in the speech and in the letter. Theodore Roosevelt Is not a very great writer, but his compositions have the merit of force, and many of them exhibit much literary skill. Before he became President he wrote and published a dozen books, several of which were famous before their au thor became otherwise known. In the Knox letter there was a deal of mighty good stuff: and Roosevelt may have conferred with other persons even with Knox about the whole matter. In advance. Suppose some other person did make a contribution to It which, however, can be only a supposition. Nobody has been able to meet the letter. It was given out that Bryan would prepare an answer. But the country has not yet been favored with It. Best proof that It Is unanswerable; for Bryan is no bad verbal fencer, or dialectician. "Theodore Roosevelt." says the Brooklyn Eagle, "forfeited none of his rights as a citizen when he was sworn in as President. He has taken a great deal of interest In the cause of organised labor. Whenever and wherever that cause has been pro moted along legitimate lines, he has encouraged It. But he has said he will do wrong for no man. And he solemnly warns organized labor to call a halt. He denounces as wicked the proposition to secure the passage of a law preventing the courts from In terfering with riotous violence having for its object the destruction of busi ness.". What Is the precise matter under debate? Mr. Gompers would have the National Legislature pass an act open ing to assault? certain personal and property rights guaranteed by the law of the land. "Whatever may or may not have been said to the contrary. Injunctions Issue, if at all, for pur poses of protection. This so that none shall be deprived of life or property without due process of law. Mr. Gompers would have the safeguard withdrawn." He induced Mr. Bryan to put Into his platform acceptance and approval of this Intention. It is to be made Illegal to obstruct pur poses which have for their object the destruction of business, and more than likely to Issue In violence. Yet is It to be the law that efforts to prevent a man or corporation, that a labor union may proscribe, from doing business, shall not be restrained? Are men of a labor union to be exempt from laws that all others must obey? This is the plain and simple situa tion, as to Injunction. The Oregonian therefore agrees with the Brooklyn Eagle and other Independent papers of the country that the Roosevelt let ter was written none too soon. It was more than a protest against oppres sion. It was an effort, moreover, to secure from one who may be elected President a statement of what the country may expect in the event of such election. Added to that. It is an appeal directed to the Intelligence and to the patriotism of the laboring men, the 'workfngmen of America. "I do not believe," says the President, "that they will permit Mr. Gompers to de liver them like chattels to Mr. Bryan In exchange for a sham." APPALLING FIRE LOSSES. The National Fire Protection Asso ciation, which was organized In 1896 for the purpose of creating public sentiment and securing legislation in tended to prevent at least a portion of the enormous annual loss by Are, has Issued a very Interesting statement on the subject, which demands increasing attention each year. The association places the property loss by tire In the United States during the past thirty three years at 4.500,000.000, an an nual loss of (136,000.000. This an nual loss has been increasing con stantly, for In the first eleven years of the period mentioned the loss aver aged but 1 82.000,000 per year. For the following eleven years the average increased to 1130.000,000. and for the past eleven years to $195,000,000, while for the past five years the loss has reached the enormous average of $252,000,000 per year. The association circular quite truth fully says: "One billion, two hundred and sixty million dollars in the prod ucts of human toll swept out of exist ence in the brief space of five years Is such stupendous waste as almost to atrophy" the Imagination. This sura equals almost our customs revenues; it would more than pay the dividends of all the railroads; It exceeds the rev enue of the National postotflce; it is greater than the production of gold and silver. The extent to which care lessness both In fire protection and In laxity of building regulations is blamable Is shown by the figures, which credit this country with an av erage of forty fires for each 10.000 population, while In European cities the average Is eight fires to eevry 10. 000 inhabitants. The average per capita loss by fire In the European countries is 33 cents, while in the United States it is $2.47." This enormous waste of property that can never be replaced has been In progress for so many 3-ears that It has almost ceased to attract attention until it was brought before the public a few weeks ago by the heavy losses occasioned by the forest fires in the Lake regions of the Northwest. The loss of life and property was so large In these recent conflagra tions and the destruction of tim ber revealed in so much more striking manner than usual the grow ing scarcity of the supply of raw ma terial for lumber that the people have become very much aroused over the matter and will undoubtedly endeavor to secure the passage of laws which may lessen the losses. So much of the timber of the country Is now fall ing Into the hands of big syndicates who are very watchful of their inter ests that elaborate fire patrol systems In the woods may prevent such great losses from ever again being noted. In the cities, however, where lax building ordinances and careless ten ants greatly Increase the risk of con flagrations, there will be no Immediate Improvement until the people are made to realize that the annual de struction of $252,000,000 per year Is an economic waste that can hardly fail to make its presence felt In many lines of industry, some of them far re moved from that directly affected by the fire. The loss Is almost a National disgrace. BED TAPE'S RESPONSIBILITY. The Oregonian Is in receipt of a communication from an officer in the revenue cutter service, protesting against some unfavorable comment made by this paper In connection with the loss of the American ship Star of Bengal. The news dispatch from Se attle regarding the testimony in- the examination of the tug master who was blamed for the wreck criticised Captain Stanford, of "the revenue cut ter Burnside," and It was on this testi mony that The Oregonian's criticism was based. It is now denied that the Burnside was in the revenue service at the time of the wreck, but. according to the protesting revenue cutter offi cer, the Burnside "is a United States cable ship, manned and officered by civil employes, and is In no way, con nected with the revenue cutter service of the United States." Our correspondent is quite Indig nant, possibly with some cause, that a branch of the Government service with which he is connected should be blamed for the apparent shortcomings of some other branclf, but in his In dignation misses the main weak point at which The Oregonian's criticism was directed. That point Is the ever lasting superfluity of red tape In nearly all movements In the Govern ment business. It is not the fault of the revenue cutter officers that their craft have so often remained in port long after private owners have been obliged to send tugs out to look for lang-overdue ships. It is simply the fault of the system. It would have afforded no comfort whatever to the poor unfortunates clinging to the rig ging of the Star of Bengal, and fight ing" against the Inevitable, to have konwn that the Burnside was not connected with the revenue service, and must accordingly await orders from Washington before she could go to the rescue. The difference between the Govern ment methods with its own ships and with those of private owners, is that the men In charge 1 of Government craft are, as a rule, powerless to move without orders from Washington, and would be subject to a reprimand in case they did make such a move. The vessels of private owners, on the other hand, are expected to, and generally do, give Instant relief to a vessel In distress, such assistance not infre quently being given at great sacrifice. The Oregonian regrets that It was mis led by the news reports of the Star of Bengal case, and Is glad that the reve nue cutter service was In this particu lar case blameless. It has no apology to make, however, for the general crit icism from time to time on the super abundance of red tape whicTh, In the case of the Burnside, prevented that craft from proceeding Jmmedlately to the scene pf the wreck, where she might have been of some assistance in saving many lives. FREE SPEECH ON ELECTION DAY. Does the so-called corrupt practices law in Oregon violate the constitu tional guarantee of free speech and free press? On election day the law forbids any person "to ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or per suade any voter to vote for or refrain from voting for any candidate," and says the penalty shall be a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100 for the first offense. "And for the second and each subsequent offense, occurring on the same or different election days, he shall be punished as aforesaid or by Imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five nor more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment." A writer to The Oregonian, whose remarks are printed In another col umn, insists that this ban on election day politics is forbidden by section 8 of the bill of rights of the state Con stitution, which reads: No law shall be passed restraining th free expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write or print freely on any subject whatever, but every person shall be responsible for the abuse of this right. The corrupt practices law Is a freak that, no deliberative body would have enacted. The Legislature of 1907 re jected It, because of Its absurd pro visions. Then its sponsors, chief of them U'Ren, presented it to the elec tors under the Initiative last June, and it "went through" with a whoop, be cause the voters read in the title that It was a bill to "prevent and punish corrupt and Illegal practices In nom inations and elections; to secure and protect the purity of the ballot:" En actment of the bill shows that the voters read only the title. As a matter of fact, not one elector in a hundred knew what the bill contained. Only Just now they are finding out. Political campaigning on election day is older than the Republic, and this paper ventures the prediction that no jury will deem it a corrupt practice In this state, if It is conducted with decorum. The free speech habit of the American people is more potent even than a bill of rights. It gives to a man the right to strive for the well-being of the Government, In an orderly manner, at any time or place. Strange would the Jury be that would punish a man for urging the cause of Taft, Bryan, Debs, Watson, Chafin or Hisgen on election day. This habit of the American people belongs to the republican form of government. The District Attorney who would prosecute an orderly voter for "electioneering" .would be fool hardy. Constitutions declare "the people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state," but statutes take from them the right of bearing concealed weapefhs. Constitutions guarantee freedom of worship and of religious opinion, but statutes prohibit certain activities on the worship day of par ticular sects, and compel other sects to conform. Constitutions prohibit laws that favor special Interests, but special interests are entrenched in statutes throughout the Nation. Thus free speech in the Oregon Constitution may or may not guarantee the right of "electioneering" on voting -day. However, the rule of American poll tics and the habit of American citizen ship certainly guarantee that right. The corrupt practices act is a fool ish law. It should be repealed or amended to conform with common sense. Some of Its provisions limit campaign expenses of candidates while others allow candidates to spend as much money as they can get. One section forbids any person to dine an other, for the purpose of Influencing his vote. Another prohibits the wear ing of political badges at the polls. Still another forbids distribution of campaign literature at the polls. The initiative method of law-making has been subjected to wholesale abuse In Oregon. It has made the Constitution as unstable as the stat utes. It Injects Into the organic and the statute law provisions that could not pass a deliberative body, wherein modification and amendrtent and bal ance of opinion would rule. Last June the people enacted a constitutional change, declaring "no person shall be charged in any Circuit Court with the commission of any crime or misde meanor, defined or made punishable by any of the laws of this state ex cept upon Indictment found by a grand Jury." This means that no per son shall be prosecuted, unless by grand Jury Indictment. In this state are numerous offenders murderers, bankers, and others whose convic tions, based on informations filed by District Attorneys, are illegal, unless the courts shall stretch their Interpre tation of the law. The main points of these remarks are that the corrupt practices law desjgnates as corrupt certain acts of the people on election day, which Juries ought not to deem as such, and will not, and that the law teems with Inconsistencies and absurdities that Justify its repeal by the Legislature. If the departments of the Multno mah County Circuit Court had been busy last Summer, there would not now be so much congestion of busi ness. The law should be amended so as to continue Judicial functions in July and August. After the new Judges shall have become thoroughly used to the harness, four departments of the Circuit Court ought to be able to handle the Judilcal business prompt ly If there shall be no halt in the Sum mer months. Besides, the business could easily be expedited by all the de partments. In a great many cases there is unhappy waste of time, by conten tion over trivial, irrelevant- and unim portant matters. In Coriolanus we have it: "You wear out a good whole some forenoon In hearing a cause be tween an orange-wife and fosset-seller and then adjourn the controversy of three hence to a second day of audi ence." We don't so much need more Judges, perhaps, as less litigation. It may be that Bryan will be ele-ted. Yet The Oregonian never before has seen such consensus of opinion among the great newspapers of the country, as now that Taft will be elected. Do all of them mistake? And the men who lay wagers, too? It is possible, certainly. Every one feels, however, that Bryan is not so strong as when that Bupreme folly, free coinage of silver, was his one lofty note. That was the most seductive appeal, for economic and political error, ever pre sented to the American people. It so alarmed the country that it is carry ing myriads of votes against Bryan now. Candidate Kern, who is Mr. Bryan's running mate, is authority for the statement that 14 men have absolute domination over all the railroads in the country. Inasmuch as the Demo cratic candidate travels around the country on passes issued by some of these 14 men, he may be speaking authoritatively. His relations with the railroads and with Tom Taggart, however, hardly leave him in an un assailable position, -when railroad af filiations are under discussion. The football season Is not yet fairly under way, but the death roll for 1908-09 Is already in evidence. Thomas Evans, right guard of the Utah Agricultural College eleven, died at Logan, Utah, Tuesday, as the re sult of Injuries received in a game last Saturday. Football Is not quite so de structive of human life as war, but It has prizefighting and other mild amusements badly distanced as an agency for reducing the census of hardy young men. You may put It down for certainty that not a Republican In Oregon will vote for Bryan. Because only the man who Is a Democrat will vote for Bryan; and if he was not formerly a Demo crat, he makes himself such by that act. But The Oregonian gets no response to its offer to print lists of the hundreds and thousands of Re publicans in Oregon who, It is alleged, are to vote for Bryan. The Morse case in New York sup plies a reason similar to that furnish ed by the Scriber case at La Grande, but on vastly greater scale, why In surance of bank deposits on the Bryan plan is impossible. Sound banking never will insure unsound banking, or honest banking dishonest banking. Why don't some of those Bryan statesmen who are so terribly incensed about "Pat" McArthur's estimate of the vote of Oregon next Tuesday, make an estimate to suit themselves and publish it. Or does the "corrupt practice act" forbid these things? Look out for roorbacks. A joint letter from the Chinese and Japanese Ambassadors to the United States, strongly urging their countrymen to support Taft or Bryan as the case may be for President Is about due. Possibly the Seattle exposition was stingy with Henry Reed because it forgot that Henry secured the $100, 000 appropriation from the Oregon Legislature. How would it do to elect Bryan, so you could Invest in property at panic prices? But you would better have fuel enough to carry you through the freeze. It Is unfortunate that the city char ter cannot be amended soon enough to reduce the number of self-seeking patriots in the next city election. "Nothing will happen," says Chamles K. Henry, "If Bryan shall be elected." That's what's worrying everybody who has anything to worry about The farmer who has not been plow ing and sowing In the last two weeks should have no valid complaint against bad weather later. No matter who wrote that Roosevelt letter to Knox. We may never know. But we know now who don't, or won't or can't answer It. For the benefit of President Roose velt, we hope the farmers in Africa will not care about their fences. Mayor Lane promises to look into that Sunday poker game. Wonder if he needs any more "specials." What, by the way, has become of Judge Parker? FOOLISH AND INVALID UW. Doea Compt Practices Ac Not Violate State Constitution f PORTLAND. Or Oct. 24 (To the Ed itor.) I noticed your review of the law passed June last. In regard as to what one must not wear-or say en election day. Did it ever occur to you that the initiative when voting on a law Is a legislative body, and as such is held in check by the Constitution of Oregon? Can it override that constitution by any other means than an amendment? Your article in The Oregonian does not state that the act passed by the Initiative was an amend ment. How. then, do Sections 32 and 34 In the law compare with Article 1, 9cction 8 of the Oregon Constitution, which says: "No law shall be passed restraining the free expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write or print freely on any subject whatever, but every per son shall be responsible for the abuse of this right." How can the law passed last June stand? Our State Constitution Is even more forcible In protecting the freedom of speech than the United States Constitu tion, yet there it Is laid down that the wearing of a button or other mode of ad vertisement Is within the constitutional Intent as to freedom of the press and the right to so do cannot be impaired by any eConeresslonal legislation. Upon what ground can these two sec tions stand? They are not a legitimate exercise of the police power. What good Is the State Constitution, if its provisions are subordinate to the police regulations, and under that guise at the mercy of every legislature or popular movement by the erratic Initiative? As I understand it. the Constitution of the state is a limitation on the power of the Legislature and all other lawmaking bodies of this state on which they cannot encroach by other means than an amend ment. Its very purpose and usefulness is for just such laws as this one, namely to prevent hasty legislation and give the people a fair and open issue as to what they are voting on. The idea of a law prohibiting a man in- any way from in ducing any person to vote a certain way. The Oregonian is within the prohibition. By that law, on election day, you must be neutral and can only be safe by absolute silence on political subjects concerning the candidates who are to be voted for on that day. You can publish no picture or cartoon. A man cannot read your paper when around the polls, without run ning the chance that some one might see your cartoon or read that paper, which. If not non-partisan, would be within the provisions of the section. In fact, if you offer that paper for sale on election day for or in the hope of helping Mr; Taft, you are violating this law. THOMAS D. REED. HERE'S A DEMOCRATIC VIEW. 'it Wants Bryan Elected, and la Will- Ins; to Take the Consequences. PORTLAND, Or.. Oct 28. (To the Edi tor.) Referring to the question of effect on business, from the result of the elec tion and the right to admonish employes of the consequences of Bryan's election, etc., allow me to suggest that if it is possible to move voters by threats or any suggestion of the possibilities of harm to their business interests, etc., when every man of ordinary Intelligence must know that it makes no material difference who is elected, and that the business of the country will be unmolested to any visible extent for the reason that there Is no proposition advocated by Bryan which in volves a revolution In any industry or busi ness of the oountry then we had just as well turn loose all the corrupting Influ ences we have been fighting to have abol ished, as a great crime against the citizens and rights of citizenship. It is Impossible to imagine any propo sition having the support of 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 intelligent voters in the United States, that would cause even a ripple on the great wave of business in this coserva tive Nation. But granting the fact that the interests will bring on hard times as they threaten Harrlman, and the rest Suppose they tie up cars, and discourage business, and succeed as in 1907, in pro ducing a panic, does it argue Roosevelt was wrong then, or Democracy now? The same cry went up when the tea went overboard. Washington was damned for the same reason. Abe Lincoln received the curses of the business Interests of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and every city and state North interested In the sale or manufacture of products sold to the Southern slaveholder. Cleveland in "84 was up against the same proposition, and yet it did not materialize; and again in '92! Ah! Then they got him, the dope was ready, the broth brewed and he took his medicine like a patriot Are there any conditions . threatening us, as those lowering over us at that time? None. Then why should we crouch and" cowerlngly shrink back as the waters leave our trembling feet, on the bank of this Rubicon, If 6uch it be? If a panic is possible, it can only occur by the effort of the interests to com pass that end. If we are up against that infamous proposition, that such power ex ists, and may at will wield Its scepter over us, it were better to meet the issue now rather than pass it on to posterity. Suppose you are an enemy whose ships were deploying outside the harbor of the Columbia, whose soldiers were landing at Fort Stevens, and my son. In the vigor of young manhood, full of patriotic impulse and fervor, proposed to enlist, I eay, "Nay, you idiot, you'd be killed, lost o all your possibilities, to memory, to all," would this be patriotism In me, his father, occupying a relation of peculiarly powerful Influence over him? Nay, nay. Then every voter has made up his mind that this or that proposition will tend ultimately to build up prosperity, and our fabric of human liberty, upon "a solid basis, from the best lights offered him. When you propose to stand up and say to such a free, intelligent American citi zen, do this, follow the Ideals you cher ish, as the saving ship of your destiny, and you, ybur dear wife and little chil dren who climb your knees after the hours of toil, will suffer from the pangs of hunger and cold and bitter want and necessity of every kind, you do not ap peal to their reason, to convince them their ideals are wrong. No, you aim your deadly weapon at the most vital point, where the least reeistanoe is encountered, where your potent argument (?) Is most sure to strike him. What better are you than the red-shlrted Ku Klux Klan who sent the deadly bullet through the heart or head of the negro for the same rea son you suggest, that their vote hurt business? The whole proposition is wrong first, last and all the time. W. T. BURNEY. First Honorary Member. PORTLAND, Oct 21. (To the Ed itor.) To correct an error as well as to set down a bit of local history, let me say that the late Captain Cleveland Rockwell was the first honorary mem ber of the Commercial Club. Some of his best paintings which adorned the walls of the club, were destroyed by the fire in the Chamber of Commerce building. Captain Rockwell held the club in high esteem, and after his death, Mrs. Rockwell presented the club with one of his latest and best works. . ' L. Gold In Circulation. PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Edi tor.) Will you please Inform a sub scriber what the circulation of gold money In the United States is at the present time as compared with 1904, 1900 and 1896? R. P. COHERN. In 1896, $454,905,064; 1900. $610,806,472; 1904, $645,817,676; 1908, $614,553,628. Crown Prince Given Ovation. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 28. Crown Prince George of Servla arrived here to day from Belgrade and has been lodged in "the Winter Palace. He was given an ovation outside the railroad station. INVITE PORTLAND TO FAIR Albany Business Men Coming to Urge Attendance. ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Business men of Albany will Invade the City of Portland next Friday to invite the people of the Oregon me tropolis to visit the Linn County capi tal on Wednesday, November 11, "Port land Day," at the big Albany Apple Fair. A systematic canvass of Port land will be made by a big committee of prominent local business and pro fessional men. Men representing each different bus iness and profession make up the Al bany committee and to each commit teeman will be delegated the duty of seeing every Portland business man of the same business or profession in which he Is engaged. A big excursion will be run from Portland on that day and Albany expects to entertain be tween 400 and 500 business men of Oregon's chief city. . November 11 will be a big day in Albany. Besides the big Apple Fair and its coincident attractions, the day will be marked by the formal opening of the new union depot in this city. Manager Dasent of the Albany Com mercial Club, is making extensive prep arations for this event The closing feature of the day's exercises and fes tivities will be a big banquet which the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Commer cial Club is planning to make a nota ble event The following committee was named by the Commercial Club today to visit Portland Friday and extend the Invi tation to visit Albany on "Portland Day": E.' W. Langdon. president of the Commercial Club; B. I. Dasent manager of the club; J. K. 'Weather ford, F. J. Miller, Percy R. Kelly, E. H. McCune, D. O. Woodworth, George Taylor, R. A. B Veal, A. W. Bowersox, F. M. French, C. G. Rawllngs, R. C. Churchill. Owen Bean. William Eagles, S. G. Simon, J. J. Collins, Y. G. Free man, F. P. Nutting. W. A. Barrett, P. D. Gilbert J. O. Lee, Albert Sternberg, A. M. Hammer, Marvin Brandeberry, William Fortmiller, D. W. Merrill. L. H. Fish. H. A. Nelson, J. R. Flynn, P. A. Young. Charles Welch, A. M. Holt J. V. Pipe. Walter Jackson, H. N. Cock erline and Peter Paulus. A com mittee was selected by the general committee of the Commercial Club on arrangements for the depot "celebra tion, consisting of H. H. Hewitt Dr. M. H. Ellis, A. C. Schmitt and B. L Dasent BUSrVESS VIEW OF CAMPAIGN W. P. Olds Supports Tart In Strong Address. W. P. Olds, a well-known Portland business man, spoke last night before the Republican Club and a large audi ence in the hall on Mississippi avenue and Shaver street He declared that it would not be conducive to the busi nets and Industrial Interests of the country to make a change from the Republican to the Democratic party at this time. As far as Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan were concerned personally, Mr. Olds said they were both honest and honorable men, but in other respects they were vastly different. Mr. Taft he said, is a man of great experience and had made good. "If I were looking for a man for my establishment," said Mr. Olds. "I would select a man whom I could trust Mr. Taft is a man who has been tried with great responsibilities, and in them all Re has proved his worth. On the other hand, Mr. Bryan's public service is con fined to two terms as Representative, during which time he did nothing, ab solutely nothing. Would you, from a business standpoint, employ such a man? On the other hand, Mr. Bryan is possessed with a lot of vagaries of various sorts." Mr. Olds attacked Government guar antee of bank deposits, showing that it would ' be a tax on thrift and a penalty on honesty. He said that a bank was much the same as any other business that is conducted on business principles, and there is no demand that other business . should be insured against losses. T. J. Cleeton followed with a short talk on the political issues. COLLIER LEAVES WITH COAL Torpedo Flotilla to Join Pacific Fleet at Magdalena. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 28. The big collier Justin left today for Magdalena Bay with a cargo of coal for the Pacific fleet. The wireless station on Point Loma was in communication with the Pacific fleet last night, when the vessels were about 1000 miles southwest of San Diego. They will reach Magdalena Bay on Sunday and shortly thereafter will be joined by the six ships of the torpedo boat flotilla, which has been stationed here for some time. Great Catholic Celebration. BOSTON, Oct. 28. With most of the highest officials of the Roman Catho lic Church prelacy in America present and with the Impressive ceremonials of a solemn pontifical mass, of which Most Rev. Diomede Falsonio, papal delegate to Washington, was the celebrant, the five days' observance of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Dio thedral of the Holy Cross today, cese of Boston, was begun in the Ca- Besides the church dignitaries there were also presented Governor Guild. Mayor George A. Hibbard and other representatives of the state and city governments, and the Judiciary. . Not Sure of Jury. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct 28. (Spe cial.) The end of the arguments by the attorneys In the Moore murder case, where James Moore Is charged with murder in the first degree for killing a negro sheepherder near here recently, will come early tomorrow morning, when the case will go to the jury. Public opinion freely expressed Is that the defendant will not be found guilty of first degree murder, though there may be a manslaughter verdict Accused or Stealing Clothes. Henry Decker, 25 years of age, who lives in Arleta, was arrested at his home last night by Deputy Sheriff Crouch charged with larceny. Decker is accused by some of his neighbors of stealing linen from their clothes line. He was locked up in the County Jail in default of bail and will be brought before the Justice Court today. Passes Forged Check. NEWBERG. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Cony Williams, aged 17, son of Ed Will iams, of Dundee, was brought before Justice of the Peace T. Brouillette in Newberg today, charged with having passed a forged check for $40, and was sent to the County Jail to await the action of the grand jury at the March term of court. He has served one term In the Reform School. General Shake-up Coming. WASHINGTON, .Oct 28. The assign ment of Brigadier-General Frederick A. Smith to command the Department of California, it is said at the War De partment may be only temporary. A general rearrangement of Army com mands is contemplated. J ATTACK DELIXQCENCY LAW Aberdeen Soldiers Arrested and Will Make Test Case. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 2S. (Special.) An attack on the constitutionality of the delinquency section of the state law pertaining to the National Guard of Washington is likely to result from the arrest and Imprisonment of E. T. Lovos. a private in. Company G. Aberdeen, and the warrant- of arrest for Jack Saun ders, a musician in the company, the first for failing to attend the encamp ment at American Lake last August and the other for deserting. Both men were adjudged guilty by the delinquency court officer. Lieutenant Austin, and fined $30. Lovos was ar rested and is now in the City Jail. Saun ders has not been found. Intimation has been given that Aberdeen attorney axe now preparing to bring action to have the delinquency law declared unconsti tutional. Officers of the local company say that the state will undoubtedly put up a staunch legal battle against such a move. BREAKS WHALING RECORD Whaler St.. Lawrenee During Past Summer Took 318. VICTORIA, B. C, Oct. 28. The steam whaler St. Lawrence followed the Orion to port today and the work for the present season off the West Coast of Vancouver Island has been abandoned. The two whalers took over 600 whales during the Summer. The St. Lawrence operated from Kyuquot and broke the world's record. She took 318 whales, In cluding 241 humpbacks, 66 sulphur bot toms, 10 finbacks and 1 eperm whale. The. crew's earnings range from $300 to $400 for the season. ' FLOATING WHALING STATION. Project Well Under Way for British Columbia Coast Work. VICTORIA. B. C, Oct. 28. A floating whaling station with one or poBsibly two steam whalers In conjunction Is to be brought to the British Columbia coast to engage In coast whaling outside the three-mile limit, according to informa tion received by the Norwegian whalers on the steam whaler St. Lawrence. Cap tain Larsen, who came to Victoria laet Summer to endeavor to obtain two li censes for coast stations, is interested in the project for which capital has been subscribed. Arrangements are well un der way for the dispatch of the floating whaling station to this coast. Clearances at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) The steamer Nome City cleared at the Custom-house todey for San Francisco with 100.000 feet of lumber, loaded at Linnton; 100,0000 feet loaded at Rainier, and 2no,00 feet loaded at the Hammond Lumber Company's plant. The steamer R. D. In man cleared today for San Francisco. She carried a cargo of 550,000 feet of lum ber, loaded at the Clatsop mill; 200,000 feet loaded at Rainier and 150,000 feet loaded at Knappton. The barkentine J. M. Griffith cleared this afternoon for Guaymas, Mexico, with a cargo of 19,250 railway ties, loaded at Stella. Wanderer Finds Estate. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 28. (Special.) George R. Harrison, heir to considerable property at Richland Center, Wis., ended a four-year's search for him on the part of Wisconsin attorneys, who wanted to settle' up the estate, by appear ing in North Yakima yesterday from a dry land homestead which he has been holding down in the East Selah Valley for the past 18 months. A letter was printed In a local paper a month ago asking his whereabouts, and it was in response to this article that he came ,to town Having always been a wanderer, It was a matter of difficulty to ' trace him. The young man will leave at once for Richland Center. Fisherman Kills Himself. CLATSKANIE, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) John Jackson, a Russian-Finn fisher man living alone at the mouth of the Clatskanie River, was found dead In his house this morning by Mrs. Tolva, a neighbor, who went there on an errand. He was lying on an old mattress In the room, with a rifle across his body, where it had dropped after he had discharged it with suicidal intent. The charge blew the top of his head off. Coroner Sherwood made an investiga tion and found $35 in money among his effects. Dr. Brongher Lectures at Medford. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.) The opening day of the joint County Teachers' Institute of Jackson and Jo sephine Counties was given up largely to organization. Tonight Dr. J. Whit comb Brougher, of Portland, lectured to the largest audience ever assembled in the church, even standing room was "not available. This is the first oppor tunity a Medford audience has had to hear Dr. Brougher. About 250 teachers are present tor the assembly. 1 End With Big Rally. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Hood River Republicans will wind up the present political campaign with a big mass meeting at Park Grange Hall, out In the valley, Saturday night. The prin cipal speaker will be H. M. McKinney, of Baker City, who will talk on the leading issues. Local speakers will also address the meeting, which will be attended by delegations from the Republican organi zations throughout the' valley. Swindlers Plead Guilty, By pleading guilty to a charge of lar ceny, J. B. Crane and A. W. Hegburn, agents for the "American Watch Com pany," escaped a charge of gambling which the District Attorney was about to file against them in the Justice Court Crane and Hegburn operated a watch game in which the victim was promised a valuable watch, if the ball dropped on the right number. They induced Joseph Bauni gardner, a Tillamook farmer, to play the game and he lost $28. The money was re turned to Baumgardner by the police. Cran and Hegburn will be sentenced this morning by Municipal Judge Van Zante. Want Bridge at Albina Avenue. At a short session of the Multnomah Im provement Club last night it was decided to work for the erection of the bridge for North Portland at Albina avenue. Dr. L. M. Davis undertook to show why this loca tion should be selected and why Broadway as propqsed is not the best place. Coun cilman W. T. Vaughn talked for a short time, urging that the people agree on some location. On motion It was decided to attend the meeting of the North East Side Improvement Association Friday night and see if some agreement cannot be reached. Injured by Boiler Explosion. Millard A. Becker, an engineer em ployed at Scappoose. Or., in the logging camp of the Chapman Lumber Com pany, was seriously injured yesterday by the explosion of a donkey engine boiler. Becker was scalded by the water which flew over his back and hips. A small fragment of the boiler struck him on the leg above the knee and broke the bone. He was brought last night to this city and placed In the Good Samaritan Hospital.