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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1910. 10 - rOKIXAXD. OHEOOX. a i . Cutsrae at rwflui OniM. Poatolflea aa eBd-ciaas Matter. MMatuM XUM-toniUklr In Aa CBT MAIL). rafTy. nar Included, on year i:r. PuBir Included, els montns.... iir. 3ar tMiid ihraa tnontaa.. "Tally. Bur.dar Included. ooa monta.... -7" without SuBdar. ana yaar I'ml.jr. wlthoat Sunday, ri oiantha... 2 Tai:y, witftiut fraodar. tb e mtmilifc.. 1 X'ally. wllheat Sunday. H maBth.... -J Ve!T. on im J J tan.lay. on year... J J" naadar SA4j waeklr. obo yaar. (Br Carrlaa). ' , Tr. Oqstr tnetuafl. oe yaar. I.... Dtflv. luadir. Intdd. on month. ... How to Kemlft sad pmiofrico winner ord.r. txrrfu order or Bfrfonal cberlc oe year local bank. 8:air.pa. coin or rurr-n-T ara ot taa Bender's r'.ale. OItb lPoatofTles adraaa la foil tarindia emintr and "t1- Poolaco Rales 10 to 14 pas. 1 rrat: H IS sasaa. 1 cants; to o paa. cants: 4 to parv a casta. Toralsa poaiasa aloobl rata. a ItaMuaaa offVre Verraa Con t Nw Tar. Brunswick boI dlD. Chi aaia, Staar SuUd.ac VETUD, VrCOVESD.tT. OCT. . - rnx the cooties. , Proportional representation and (majority rule are Jn Irreconcilable teonfllct. If we have) one In Oregon, we matt abandon the other. We can not have both. Nor can we have dis trict or county representation In the 'legislature If prefer partr repre sentation, divided and assigned on an absolute basis of votes for each party. The coantlas or the legislative districts of Oregon. In that event, must surren der the right or privilege of naming their Senators and Representatives tad turn them over to the political parties. If we decide for proportional rep ffenentation, we declare that It Is more Important that the Democratic. Xh Bociallst and the Prohibition par Ties name legWutcra than that they hould be named by such important ayubdlvtsior.s as Multnomah or Marlon Counties, for example. There Is to be passed on by the rvoters in November a constitutional amendment proposed by the Legisla ture (No. S06-307) for the division of the entire state into Senatorial and .Representative districts, so that each snich district may name Its own Rep resentative or Senator. This Is the common method la, the other states. St Insures, and Is Intended to in sure, the closest possible local control of legislators. The People's Power Leaguo oppose this plan in the In terest of proportional representation, I'nder the latter method the elector .votes for one Senator and one Rep resentative only, from any part of .he state. No attention Is given to county or district subdivisions. Un der the radical mathematical process by which Its proportion of legislators la assigned to each party, populous counties may, and undoubtedly will, be entirely without members In 'a Legislature. It is inevitable. We shall, therefore, adopt proportional representation for the benefit of the minority parties Democrats, Social ists, Prohibitionists at the expense not only of the majority party (Re publican) which may or may not be serious, but also at the sacrifice of the principle of local representation. How would it please the voters of Oregon if the majority of the mem bers of a Legislature, or a large part of them, should hall from Multno mah Connty? It might easily be done, and conceivably would be done, under proportional representation. El.r-ltELJ HA-UrEKED. . Improvement of waterways and harbors In the Pacific Northwest by raaana of port commissions appointed or elected by the people to atpervlse the expenditure of funds raised by taxation on the district Involved has "Become a common method of secur ing deeper water and other port facil ities, otherwise unobtainable. The enactment of these port district laws lias enabled Tillamook. Sluslaw. Port land and other Coast ports to proceed with harbor tmpsovemcnts that have .added or will add greatly to the fa cilities of the ports. The new method Irtmt Into use because of the dilatory X actios and at times the refusal of the Government to extend aid that was actually needed for projects of real merit. Tears and generations of "pork bnrrel" methods regarding river and harbor appropriationa had served to discredit all projects with the Gov ernment, and as a rule those possess ing merit were lined P for victory or Jefeat with others In which the rank est kind of graft was the predominat ing feature. Portland discovered a "number of years ago that the best method for Impressing the Oovernmont with the merit of the rlvrr and harbor projects In which we were Intrreeted was to schow our own confidence by spend ing tnoney raised by .local taxation. "Under this system Portland has se aured a channel to the sea that aver siges at least five feet deeper than the one In use when the Port of Portland first began operations. Not only bus the entire district which vu taxed for Tort of Portland funds benefited "by this Improvement, but It has low cred ocean freight ratea on all com modities sent foreign from the Colum bia Basin. The Port of Coos Ear, which was one of the first of the Oregon Coast ports to take advantage of the port district law, has been prohibited through an Injunction Issued by the United States Court from selling the $500,000 bond issue whirh had been authorised for waterway Improvement in the district. The injunction was granted on application from a prop erty owner who objects to paying taxes for interest or redemption of the bonds. - Technicalities named In the application have not. heretofore been used as obstacles to the improvement nought. As Coos Bay has at present no outlet to the world's mrkets ex cept by water. It is easy fc under .etaad that any Improvement that in creases the efficiency of these water ways or facilitates business In the har bor must p-itwr.ti'y benefit the entire district. In such conditions, opposi tion to the project can hardly be founded on any basis except the belief Oiat the Government may come to the rescue and perform the work that the Port of Coos Bay has taken op. . The only other reason for objoct- tag to the project would iwii to be a possible desire on the part of big . timber Interests to avoid paying taxes -until Government Improvement of the waterway or the appearance of rail road made It more profitable to turn thetr holdings into cash. But the Government ha apparently aban i doned the work of he!p!r.g those who i will not help themselves, and until I Coos Bay markets Its bonds and pro Vcads with, the Improvement as pro jected, no help will be forthcoming from the Government. The enter prising citizens of Coos Bay who have honestly endeavored to remove some of the physical disabilities of their port . undoubtedly understand this situation, and for the good of the port as well as the surrounding country It is to be hoped that the present legal obstacle Just placed in their way will soon be removed. THIS IS THE ItT.: NO OTHT.R IS. Let us aot be driven away from steady contemplation of the only real Issue of this campaign. It is not Statement One. That is all over. It Is not the direct primary. The pri mary cannot be disturbed, or even attacked, and no one contemplates It. The Issue Is the unnatural. Improper and Indefensible alliance and partner ship between Bourne and Chamber lain. They are together to get the spoils. They will divide the usufruct between them. They are willing to wreck; the Democ ratio party, as they have sought to wreck the Republican party, to accomplish their own selfish ends. They do not care anything about the people's will except so far as it aocordw with their own will. They love Statement One only for the Senators it has made. They will de fend and uphold the direct primary only to the exrent that It ministers to their own ends. Witness the repu diation of the direct primary by Bourne when It names candidates who do not suit him. They do not suit him or Chamberlain because they wi:V not bend to the Bournocratic yoke. There Is no other reason. So Bourne and Chamberlain are going to elect West Governor If they can. .West will stand without hitch ing, lie doesn't have to be watched. He listens always to his masters' voice. West Is a good thing for them. So Bourne and Chamberlain unite to pus him along. XOT A Rn-KJXKXTATTVE AITLa The biggest Jonathan apple ever grown in Walla Walla Valley, or else where so far as our Information ex tends, wae produced by a three-year-old tree near Walla Walla. It weighs one pound seven ounces, stands four. Inches high and Is fourteen and one half Inches in girth. A show apple truly, but Inferior In the purpose for which apples are grown to the Golden Russett. which looks like a crabapple, beside it, or to any one of a dozen varieties of first-class apples for eating. The Lady apple," said a thrifty farmer's wife who was the mother of half a dozen children, ls my favorite apple. In explanation eh added: "When a child bites into one he eats It all. whereas he leaves- almost any other apple lying around half eaten." This homely but wholesome virtue Is eulTlclent to make not only the dainty red-cheeked Lady apple, but any inedlum-elzed. finely flavored apple, preferable. In an apple-eating family of children in an apple-eating age. to apples that vary in size from a pint cup to an overgrown rutabaga. The big apple is a wonder. An ap ple show would be tame without It. But when It comes to an apple for home use. It Is away below par. For tunately tt Is the exception, not the rule In the artlstocrattc kingdom of appledom. IRRIGATION AND DftT FARMING. Between Irrigation and dry-farming and the great bodies of land available for both, still unoccupied. It looks like the desire of everyone who has dreamed of becoming a holder of arable lands In the United States ap proaches realization the more so as the Government, within proper lim itations. Is back of both of these rec lamation projects. .Irrigation has passed beyond . the experimental stage. Practically every body who has given the matter at tention is convinced that it Is only necessary to conserve the moisture that falls In the form of rain and snow in favorable sections of the semi-arid region during the , season of precipitation, and distribute' It sys tematically at the proper season. This brings Into the productive land area the possibilities of an empire in pop ulation, development and harvest bounty. . ' One does not have to be gifted with second sight to see myriads of homes dotting these long. Infertile wastes, nor does It require a great stretch of the Imagination to hear the ringing of church and school bells, the chime of merry voices, the laugh made care free by plenty where throughout the ages.: ' 8t)nt. saalaottov lona aa ttaa aaas Hound tho Southern polo, the land unmet Awaitod U plowman'a atom decree To- Luh Into i4&tr banaata hla foot. AH of this and much more has been said and sung by the prophets and poets of Western empire. The Government. In seemly manner mov ing cautiously, has listened to the arguments advanced by one Irrigation congress after another: to the reasons for conserving aM distributing sys tematical)' the precipitation of the great watershed of the continent; it has moved slowly In response to the call, not always well advised or well served, but with generosity and per sistence. Following this recognition, great ditches with Innumerable later als have been dug and mighty reser voirs have been built, while settlers, underithe restrictions Imposed, have demonstrated in beet culture. In corn, fruit' and stockralslng. in grain and alfa'.fa-growlng. and in the multipli cation of homes In the semi-arid belt, the beneficent power of irrigation. Tet we are told and are fain to be lieve that Irritation is htm In Its be ginnings and the largeas nf Its bounty is In reserve for future generations. This Is the preface to the water side of the great reclamation story that the twentieth century will write In many glowing chapters. Now come the advocates of dry farming,' with the Initial chapters of their story already recording success. What Irrigation has done, la doing and will yet do for arid lands, so situated as to make a conserved precipitation available to agriculture when most needed.' dry farming proposes to do Initiative j experiment has done to make scml-srld lands productive by specific, systematlo. intelligent pro cesses of cultivation. The Fifth Dry Farming Congress was in seaoion two days tmi week at Spokane. Opened by eight taps upon a gong, mysterious ly connected with the Executive Man sion at ' Washington. D. C attended by 2000 delegates and spectators, wel comed by patriotic and enthusiastic speakers and by a chorus of 100 voices, the cause of dry farming was launched before assembled thousands In the chief city of the Northwestern Inland empire. J ta caue was ably presented and eloquently advocated by men who knew what they were talking about. Its methods are simple, but they must be applied with understanding, per sistence and energy. They are not for the faint-hearted plowman, the man whose "soul panteth after the water brooks' and will not be satisfied with out them: the man whom the experi ence of the first year discourages. But for him who plows deeply and plows yet again and again before the dry soil shows signs of response: who so maps out his generous land portion that the amended homestead act allows him that he always has some portions to the good, while other parts of his holdings are being coached for their turn at the harvest yield; who learns something to his profit every year In this pro cess of coaxing reluctant Nature Into a yielding mood and Industriously ap plies his knowledge to the matter in hand, dry farming has already brought satisfactory returns. This, then; Is a part of the exultant song that the century sings to honest tollers a song full of Inspiration and of promise, the refrain of which In coming years will tell of contentment and of competence, since truly In due time the earnest,- patient tollers in these simple ways "will reap If they faint not." ITRE UO8 pfAGNIPTEn. That the timber loss through fire during the dry'season of 1910 In the Pacific Northwest was much lighter than reported has been known for some time. Much of the exaggeration Indulged In at the time or the fires was traceable to the Government Forestry Service. A . communication In The Oregonian yesterday from Presi dent Brumby, of the Northwestern Ore gon Forest Fire Association, says: "In the districts where the local forest fire associations have systematically patrolled the timber, the loss of mer chantable' timber has been very light practically nothing." Mr. Brumby cites the fact' that the association of which he is the head, operating In Columbia, Clatsop. Tillamook and Washington Counties and holding' approximately one-fourth of the privately-owned timber In the state, lost comparatively nothing, even with the district most active in logging, rail road building, wagon-road building and clearing of settlements thus in creasing the ordinary Are risks. The greater part of tho loss of mer chantable timber in the Pacific North west was lq or near the forest reserves where Government employes are sta tioned, and supposed to be maintain ing an efficient patrol. This experi ence In fire protection is not ma terially different from that in other branches of ' the Government. The private individual or corporation always gets a better service at less cost than is secured by the Govern ment. The suggestion of Mr. Brumby that the state take more Interest In protecting the forests that are not In the hands of the big owners who can afford to patrol them. Is a good one. So long, however, as the ultra-con-servationlsts deny the right of the state to handle Its own resources, some difficulty may be ' encountered In providing for their protection. ROBBING TUB THRIFTY. The mismanaged savings bank which collapses under bad manage ment and thievery usually spreads distress through the ooramunity in which it has drawn money from peo ple of slender resources. . The actual money loss to these hard-working peo ple, many of whom are making their first attempt at saving, is not the worst feature of these numerous finan cial tragedies, for with the loss of the money there vanishes the faith of the small depositors in such Insittu tlons. Carefully cultivated habits of thrift In many, cases give way to dis heartened recklessness and no further attempt is made to save money. The knowledge of the average small de positor regarding bankers and banking Is meager and it Is confidence alone that Induces them to Intrust their scanty hoards to the Institutions. There Is another method for robbing the people of their small savings which is nearly as reprehensible and fully as disastrous as the savings bank steals. This Is the fake real estate scheme, which numbers Its victims by thousands where the crooked bank fall ores can number theirs by hundreds. The Federal grand Jury at Taeoma has Just returned half a dozen indictments against a Seattle realty operator who for the past half dozen years has been selling "wildcat" property to thou sands of unwary victims who had been misled by his glittering promises. Conspiracy and fraud are the charges named In the Indictment. The various land promotion schemes on which the charges were based have repeatedly been exposed in the Seattle paper and the promoter has on more than one occasion wandered danger ously close to the penitentiary gates. Portland has not been wholly free from these land sharks who relieve poor hardworking people of their earnings by selling them country prop erty at city lot prices, but there has been less of the crooked work here than in any of the other fast-trowing cities on the Pad no Coast. man acnooi. and coujsgb. It Is difficult to escape the convic tion that Superintendent Turner, of the Grants Pass schools, has solid grounds for his complaint against the colleges. In his letter, to The Orego rfinn on Tuesday he summed up the matter by saying that the high schools, as far as their course of study goes, are "In servitude to the univer sity," meaning of course to the col leges In general, since the state uni versity Is no more determined than the other hlghjr Institutions to compel the high schools to frame a course of study suited to its requirements. Mr. Turner Inveighs against the In justice of such . servitude. It Js wrong, he argues, to model the cur riculum of the schools to suit the university, because out of all the stu dents who pass through the schools only some 5 per cent ever go to higher institutions. The remaining 5 per oent obtain no further education, and, if what the schools gave them does not fit them for life. then. they are never fitted. The cogency of this statement is difficult to evade. As a matter of fact, the tendency among our more progressive college faculties is to admit exactly what Mr. Turner contends for. Instead of asking the schools to conform to a highly theoretical list of studies laid down by the college they seek to make the college admis sion requirements meet the circum stances of the schools. Any bcanch which the high school believes to be worth teaching the college accents asjthe proper for admission credit. Thus the chasm between secondary and higher education Is bridged and con flict is avoided. It stands to reason that the studies of the high school ought to be arranged to suit the ma jority of its pupils. To provide only for the needs of the very small minor ity who proceed to the college later on is rank favoritism. That the pub lic has submitted to it for many years shows how patient the American peo ple are, but It does not prove by any means that the practice is Justifiable. Mr. Turner's letter voices ideas which will be met with among ad vanced teachers all over the country, and If the college should "stand pat" In their old habits trouble might en sue. Very likely, however, they will do nothing of the sort. The entrance requirements will be so modified that any student who has passed through a good high school will be admitted, no matter what his ceurse may have been. Portland's prestige as a packing center is daily becoming more pro nounced. Monday's receipts at the Portland stockyards were more than 4000 head. Included were 950 cattle, 1698 sheep, 144 calves and 1350 hogs. These animals were shipped from various localities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The total value of the day's receipts ran up Into big figures. Prior to the building of tho packing plants in this city most of this "stock was shipped Fast, aad Portland lost not only the disbursements that are made for labor and transportation in handling the business, but in most cases the owners spent considerable of the money received for the stock at the point where it was marketed. While the Industry is making a fine show ing for the brief period In which It has been In operation, the present out put of the packing-houses is small indeed compared with what it will be when the thousands of new settlers now rushing into the country begin shipping to the Portland market. The cotton market, which for the past year has afforded a remarkable opportunity for speculators. Is again wildly excited, this time in response to a bullish Government report. When Patten began buying cotton at less than 10 cents per pound more than a year ago, he was violently berated by short Interests who had sold some thing they did not possess In the be lief that they could replace It at lower prices. In due season, a shortage of supplies sent the price up to nearly 20 cents per pound, and for months It- has hung around 14 and 15 cents per pound. The stability of the mar ket before and after the hysterics whloh attended the attempts to cor ner It would Indicate that the cotton planters of the world as well as the wheat growers wer(e not increasing the output In keepltig with increased consumption. Bo customary has it become to have one of the family representing Massa chusetts In Congress in the past half century, the nomination of Roger Sherman Hoar, nephew of the late Senator, causes no wonder, except that he is a Democrat and that many of the younger-generation forsake the faith of their fathers. A notable ex ample Is Congressman Hitchcock, of Nebraska, whose father represented that state when the Congressman was a schoolboy and who was a Stalwart In the days of President Grant. The younger Hitchcock became a Demo crat when he attained his majority and "has become a strong factor in the po litical life of the state. One of the highly profitable by products of the alfalfa patches which are found throughout the Irrigated districts east of the Cascade Moun tains is honey. Near Hermiston two apiarists this year will have more than five tons of honey. A man who came to Hermiston- last Spring and had hardly time to get settled has 8000 pounds for sale. Beekeeping Is only one of a -large number of small in dustries which can be successfully carried on in connection with farm ing, gardening and fruitgrowing. Aa there is always a good demand for the output, the price Is sufficiently high to make the venture profitable. It Is doubtful whether Mayor Gay nor can ever make the New York po liceman truly genteel In manner, how ever severely he may scold them for rudeness. Politeness is not our Na tional virtue. Some Americans have even made a sort of fetich of rough language and coarse habits. The rus tic believes Instinctively that a person who is polite to him means to swin dle him. He associates One clothes and etiquette with gold bricks and three-card monte. Perhaps New York prefers bad manners In its patrolmen. The somewhat sordid competition among the big universities for students brings Columbia to the head this Fall with more than 7000. This figure looks large, but it is not very Impos ing when one stops to think a little. In'Abelard's time there were 10,000 students at the University of Paris and the other medieval schools were equal ly flourishing. Some sages have spec ulated whether the tremendous growth of our colleges Indicates the survival of the medieval spirit in the United States. President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, speaks of the excellent physical condi tion of his railroad. It will be news to many readers to know that this line is double-tracked more than half way between Chicago and Los Angeles. When the new baseball grounds In South Portland go into commission It will be convenient to duck unsatisfac tory umpires in the Willamette Instead of mobbing them. Manager Chance has a right to be proud of, the Cubs. A team that leads last year's champions by twenty-four games has accomplished something. The West Point cadets, being gentle men as well as embryo officers, met reconciliation half way. and all is quiet on the Hudson. With Marconi's wireless transmitting a message 5600 miles, all other long distance records this year can go 'way back and sit down. While the cause of -dry farming Is daily becoming more popular, it will not be practiced In all the dry coun ties of Oregon. Governor Bowerman Is handy with typewriter and cold facts. ; LAW APPROVES CONVENTIONS. Corrupt Practice Act. Ia Sufficient Answer to Bonrme. MED FORD. Or, Oct. S. (To the Edl- I tor.) Jonathan Bourne, formerly one of the most corrupt and unscrupulous politicians in the State of Oregon, but who seems recently to have been con verted into a pure and spotless states man, writes an open letter to the peo ple of Oregon, which is given conspicu ous place in the columns of the "non partisan" press. In this letter he says that the people of Oregon sought by the dlreot primary lawpermanently to do away with all kinds of political conventions and assemblies. It would be well for Mr. Bourne to examine the record in order to see what the law makers did intend. They placed their ,inn ..nnn It hv prefix ing to it a preamble, so that there ) might not be any misunderstanding as to its objects and purposes; in which preamble we find the following: "THE METHOD OF NAMING CAN DIDATES FOR ETL.ECTTVH OFFICERS BY POLITICAL PARTIES AND VOL UNTARY POLITICAL ORGANIZA TIONS IS THJ3 BEST PLAN . TET FOUND for placing before the people the names of qualified and worthy citi zens from whom the electors may choose the officers of our Government. (Page g. Session Laws, 1905.) I would like to inquire of Mr. Bourne In particular, and the non-partisan press of Oregon in general, what method of naming candidates for office was fol lowed by political parties In 1904 when this law was passed by the people? Was not the convention the only .nethod at that time? Senator Chamberlain, Bourne's run ning mate, has maintained a discreet silence on the subject of political aa somblies ever since writing his famous letter to A. D. Stillman. the Democcatio county chairman of Umatilla County. This letter was written in 190S and from it we quote: "I do feel, however, that It would be proper to call an assembly of Demo crats, both in the several counties and in the state, to adopt a declaration of principles and to suggest to the voters capable and trustworthy men to be nominated at the direct primary nomi nation election and to be voted for at the general election. . . ." That the people did not intend to re strict the right of nomination by as semblies, is fully borne out by the pro visions of the direct primary law and Is further confirmed by what is known as the "Corrupt Practice Act," which was initiated and passed by the voters of Oregon in 1908. I respectfully call the attention of Mr. Bourne and his de luded followers to this later interpre tation of election laws by the people. I quote from the act as follows: "Section Zl. NO holder of a publlo position other than' an office filled by the voters shall be a delegate to a con vention. ..." (Session Laws 1909, page 25.) What kind of a convention did these lawmakers refer to? Sunday school convention? It used to be one of the evils of political conventions that they were largely controlled by Federal ap pointees and others who had not been elected by the people. This provision was therefore needfuk We further cite: "Section 22. No person shall invite, offer or effect the transfer of any con vention credential In return for any payment of money or other valuable consideration." (Session Laws 1909. page zd. The people by this latter provision have condemned and made criminal a practice of politicians of the Bourne type that had become a crying evil in this state. Section 4 of the same law reads: "No payment or contribution for any purpose shall be made a condition precedent to the putting of a name on any caucus) or convention ballot . . ." Under these provisions Jonathan Bourne would not have any more chanoe a convention thus guarded than a negro would have in a Demo cratic convention In South Carolina. It is perfectly natural for Bourne and all of his stripe to be down upon the as sembly eystem. He never in all his his tory stood any chance in a convention controlled by the representative men of the state. With all his wealth he could not buy the Oregon Legislature, though he did aid in holding It up. Section 32 of the "Corrupt Practice Aot." says: "No person shall pay for personal service to be performed on the day of a eauevui or primary convention . ." It is not reasonable to suppose that the people used these words, caucus and convention, throughout the Cdrrupt Practice Act of 190S and intended them to have any other than the ordinary and commonly accepted significance universally given to them by the citi zens of this state. There are those "who having eyes yet see not, ears yet hear not," and brains but think not. It Is easy for a blatant demagogue like Bourne to have a fol lowing in his howl against the assem bly. When he ran for the United States Senate he used the whisky element in the State of Oregon for all It was worth and upon the other hand, when the anti-saloon league were investi gating the whereabouts of their cam paign fund, they called upon . Paul Rader, the general manager, to state what had become of the $800 contribu ted to the cause by Jonathan Bourne. He worked both sides to a finish, and has no equal in the State of Oregon in tho manipulation of political forces. In conclusion, if the assembly is wrong, the people should at once take, steps to change the wording of the di rect primary law and the corrupt prac tice act. WILLIAM M.- COL VI G. Tale of 1883 Over A sain. Baltimore Sun. If the Democratio party in New York Is as wise now as It was in 18S2 and In 1S84, there is no reason why the result of the Republican divisions now should not be similar to the result of the war between the Stalwarts and the Half breeds 90 years ago. The same oppor tunity is knocking ' at the Democratic door. Will the door be opened? The internecine war now raging at Saratoga Is as bitter as that of the go's, and it is not likely that the Republicans will put up as good a man as Judge Folger. The strife has become too bitter for any hearty co-operation. Whlohever faction prevails, the result will be th same, un less the Democratio party should come to the rescue by the nomination of a "yellow-dog" candidate. The Democrats of the whole land are looking to their party men in New York to make the paths straight to victory in 1912. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch Cabin, Los Angeles Express. A spot that is not often visited by motorists is the cabin, where E. J. Bald win died. This part of the great Bald win ranch was kept free . from vis itors by Mr. Baldwin before his death, and even since then few have been able to gain admittance to this section, which is said to be one of the most ploturesque spots in Southern Califor nia The cabin is the one Mr. Baldwin used when he was prospecting for gold in the early days. He had It taken apart and brought to his ranch. Foun tains, fish ponds and all kinds of rare trees, palms and shrubbery surround the old cabin. The Masculine Idea, . Ch icago ' News. Her Husband J saw a beautiful gown In a shop window today. His Wife "What was it like, dear? Her Husband Well, it was made of that zlg-zaggy kind of stuff with cur licues on the front and back, and some stylsh-looklng didoas an the skirt. I wish you could get. one Just like It. STATEMENT NO. 1 AS A PRINCIPLE Its Adoption Would Oemeatt RenubTJ csju, Says C W. HoOson. PORTLAND. Oct. I. (To the Editor.) I note a communication from the pen of E. B. Ellsworth, which I think ro qulres slight attention. I assume Mr. Ellsworth ia a Repub lican who desires party supremacy; at least that is a fair inference from the concern he exhibits as to the suc cess of the Democrats. Perhaps he, along with many others with whom I have talked within the week, feels that something should be done to prevent the disruption of the Republican party. Perhaps he, like these many others, is seeking a remedy. I was of the opinion I had pointed out plainly my idea of what the proper remeay is, but he has apparently missed the point, as he goes on complaining of the results, and seeks to discredit those bent on the same quest as himself by denominating them as "professional politicians," whose only purpose is "to win." Put it that way. What does he desire? Does not all this concern have a purpose? Is it not that he wants "to win?" Of course he does. So does .the "profes sional politician" of whom he speaks sneerlngly. What, then. Is the differ ence between them? But enough of this. The remedy is what is desired. I advocate the least resistance route because it has been demonstrated conclusively that a ma jority of the Republican voters of this county demand that legislative candi dates subscribe to Statement No. 1. It is upon those same Republican voters that Mr. Ellsworth depends for the party to win. Can he expect them to support men who stand for directly the oppo site of their wishes? The Democrats are not numerous enough to enforce the adoption of the principles of State ment No. 1, nor were they numerous enough to enact the law of which it is a part. It is a majority of the Repub lican voters who demand the pledge. Had every Democratic vote in the oounty been thrown for anti-statement candidates the result would not have been materially changed, so It Is Idle to claim the perjured Democrats are the cause. My idea of the remedy is to adopt Statement No. 1 as a principle. Having done that, what issue is there left for the Democrats and Statement Repub licans? Having removed the cause of complaint and dissatisfaction, what will prevent Republicans from getting together? Oh, but it will be sa'd if it isn't Statement No. 1 it will be some thing else. Perhaps so. It has been said life is Just one d d thing after another, anyhow. When other ques tions arise, we will have to settle them, and they will be settled in ac cordance with the wishes of the ma jority of the party, or the party will suffer. Now. if, like the "professional poli tician," Mr. Ellsworth desires the party to win, will he help secure the adop tion of the plan which will attract the majority of the Republican voters? C. W. HODSON. SIXTEEX WARSHIPS FOR PACIFIC Critic Favors . This Plan, and Would Bring; Men Overlatnd, as Required. ASTORIA, Oot. 4 (To the Editor.) Concerning the matter of maintaining a fleet on both the Atlantic and Pa cific Oceans, it appears to me that we now have 82 battleships in commission and next year we shall have ,34. There fore there does not appear any reason able excuse for not maintaining a fleet of 18 ships on each coast. Of course, the 32 ships are not all up to date but the oldest and smallest, the Texas. was only launched in 1892. If even the oldest 16 battleships were sent out to this coast we would have quite a formidable array. It would include the Rhode Island, Virginia and New Jersey, all launched in 1904 and put in commission about four years ago. It is contended that we have not enough men in our naval establishment to man all the ships, but It would not be necessary. Could they not be on the coast and in perfect readiness for commission at all times, and could not one or two of them be used for training our naval militia? Would they rust any faster on the Pacific than on the At lantic? Would they go to the scrap heap any sooner? It would only take a few days to bring the men to man them overland, while it might be im possible to bring the ships around after a war is declared. It is almost criminal to allow this Paoiflo Coast to remain without pro tection under existing conditions. We should, in addition, bring our naval sta tions up to requirements on this coast and have an abundance of war mate rial and coal always on hand.' We really cannot afford to do otherwise. A great percentage of our warships is always undergoing repairs. What would a private steamship line, having say 40 ships, do if 10 of them were constantly out of commission? There is something wrong, and some day we may have to pay dearly for out man ner of carrying on our naval policy. WILLIAM C. A. POHL. ' Open Air School In Public Fark. New York American. Chelsea Park will be used as an open-air sohoolroom for pupils of Pub llo School 33, who are afflicted with incipient tuberculosis, this Winter, if plans made by Park Commissioner Stover are accepted. Of the 500 pupils of Public School S3 about 40 are In the first stages of consumption, it is said. It' is purposed to use the park's newly ereoted "por tico" for the open-air classroom, the pupils to- be protected "by awnings in stormy weather. Commissioner Stover readily gave his assent to the plan. Minneapolis Municipal Lodging;. Minneapolis Journal. A municipal lodging-house, equipped to care for 60 men nightly and pat terned after the successful institutions of the East will be in operation in Min neapolis by November 1. The place will be simply arranged. The entire north side of the second floor of the patrol barn in Lockup Al ley will be used as a dormitory. In the front of the south half will be the dining-room, back of that the kitchen. In the remainder of the building will be the offices, shower baths and fumi gating rooms for clothing. What Every' Housekeeper Knows. Judge's Library. That she is easily the best In the neighborhood. That money doesn't go half the dis tance that it nsed to. ' That it is impossible to dean car pets with an eggbeater. That nowadays girls are not properly taught bow to keep house That housekeeping would be very easy If it were possible to get decent servants. That the servants ought to pay ber for cleaning up after them. "Dusty and Wet." Columbia Record. ' "Mr. Roosevelt, dusty and wet. drove up," says the press aocount of the ex Presldent'a meeting with the present President at New Haven. Who but Mr. Roosevelt could bet both "dusty and wet?" He is rain and shine; hot and cold; radical and conservative; progressiva and standpatter; for Taft and against Taft; down with the bosses and up with The Boss. Soon. Life. "How old is the Browns' youngest child?" "It can't be more than a year old. It's Just learning, to tl- Life's Sunny Side Once when Joseph Fels, the English multi-millionaire, had been stating his proposition at length a listener, who was impressed by the genial humor, the profound kindness and the serene wis dom of this little Jew, turned to hira quietly and said: "Fels, the Jews call themselves the chosen people: the world has acknow ledged the title, and I wish, for ex ample, am willing now, in your pres- ' ence, to admit that they are indeed the chosen. But what are they chosen for?" "The Jews," said Fels, with a care less wave of his arm. "The Jews were chosen to lntroduoe Christianity." a a . B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the execu tive board of the Frisco system of rail roads, on one occasion took to task a young man In his employ who had an nounced his intention of marrying. The youth in question was drawing a small salary, and Yoakum remon strated with him on the ground that ha could not afford to marry and that his wife would have to suffer great pri vations. "Oh," said the young man, "I guess Tve got as much right to starve a woman to death as any other man has." Popular Magazine. a Up in Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a cow killed by a railroad train. In due season the claim agent for the rail road called. "We understand, of course, that the deceased was a very docile and valu able animal," said the claim agent in his most persuasive clalm-agentle-manly manner, "and we sympathize with and your family in your loss. But, Mr. Olsen, you must remember this: Your cow had no business be ing upon our tracks. Those tracks are our private property and when she invaded them she. became a tres passer. Technically speaking, you, as her owner, became a trespasser also. But we have no desire to carry the Is sue into court and possibly give you trouble. New then, what would you regard as a fair settlement between you and the railroad company?" , "Val," said Mr. Olsen slowly, "Ay bane poor Swede farmer, but Ay give you two dollars." Everybody's. a a a A nurse had been called as a wit ness to prove the correctness of the bill of a physician. "Let us get at the facts In the case," said the lawyer who was doing a cross-esamlnatlon stunt, "Didn't the doctor make several visits after the patient was out of danger?" "No, sir," answered the nurse. "I considered the patient in dnnger so long as the doctor continued his vis its." Chicago News. a a a John Fox, the novelist, stayed over night in a cabin in the Kentucky mountains. In the morning he repaired to a mountain stream, producing, lncl- dently, from his traveling case a comb and a toothbrush, and being regarded critically by a native youth, who fin ally said: "Say, mister, ain't you a lot of trou ble to yourself?" Ladles' Home Jour nal. - Parties Reversing Positions. New York Herald. It would seem as If the parties have reversed their relative positions. The Republican party in the past has won its victories as the champion of sound money and conservative principles. Mr. Roosevelt by his attacks upon the Con stitution and the Supreme Court, and his demagoglo advocacy of socialistic notions has demoralized his party un til what portion of it that he represents now stands for heaven knows what. In the meantime, with the retirement of Mr. Bryan the Democratio party has become more conservative and in the main stands today for the sound prin ciples of government enunciated by the founders of the Republic and by the observance of which the American peo ple have prospered beyond any other on the face of the earth. The political situation today is unprecedented and anomalous. New Party Speculation. Norfolk Vlrgtnlan-PUot. The speculation as to the formation of a new party is not altogether wild, for the tactics of Roosevelt clearly in dicate his intention not to be shackled by the chains of regularity should the reactionaries maintain their supremacy in the Republican organization. Hearst is ready, of course, to strike oat a new path, and Mr. Bryan's bolt places him in a position from whloh alignment with other than the Democratio por tion would be but a short and easy Step. But all this, were It to happen, would increase, rather than diminish, the chances of Democratic viotory in 1912. Cry for Old Nationalism. Kansas City Journal. "New Nationalism." New nonsense! What the country wants is not new Nationalism, but more real old, old Na tionalism. We want the old quality of National ism that has been preached by the giants in our history from Washington to Taft. We do not want any new National ism recommended by political quacks or by mere candidates who have not been long enough out of the cradle to know the truth In political matters. One La? Chance. Brooklyn Life. A polite and obliging salesman In a department store had had his patience sorely tried by a fastidious shopper, who, after causing the salesman to take down from the shelves every bolt of cloth ex cept one on the top shelf, finally glanced at her watch, saying: "Oh, I must be going. I was merely looking for a friend." "In that case, madam," replied the un happy salesman, "I'll gladly get down the last bolt if you think she is in that.'' Chromatic Hero. Puck. ' At first glance the novel's title, "The Rainbow," seemed to be lacking In sig nificance, but as it afterward developed that the hero blushed crimson, Was blue with the cold. Had his lips grow gray. Was seised by a black rage. Fell Into a brown study. Grew green with envy. Purple with Indignation. Livid with fear. Yellow with chagrin, and Scarlet with embarrassment, the title proved to be entirely apt True Courtesy. Youth's Companion. A gracious and charming woman was asked how it was that she was always able to put visitors at her house so completely at ease. She laughingly disclaimed any secret skilL On being pressed, she said, reflectively: "I don't know if this is the reason for it but I always try to feel that the person who wishes to see me is the person I wish to see." Right of Criticism. Atlanta Journal. Colonel Roosevelt sayB the people have a perfect right to criticise opin ions of the Supreme Court, They have, and also they have the same right when it comes to the opinions ef an ex-President ! ' e Nothing Impossible Now. New York Telegram. A contractor says he cannot only raise the Maine, but bring her here under her own steam. This sounds al most incredulous, but then somebody has Just dug up David B. Hill and made him, talk. '