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Br una wick building. Cnlc ge. Stager bunding. - EanoMi Office No. S Regent street, B. W.. LaadAO. rOB.TLA.VIX WEDNiyDAT. KC. , IMt ikk nrmus or obcaxjzeo labor. Tho unexpected upshot of the Mc Namara trial ha put organized labor on the defensive. Not hopelessly so. of course. Very likely some answer will be forthcomlnir to the numerous perplexing questions whlrh unavoid ably force themselves upon the can did mind In thinking over the extraor dinary train of events which has cul- ifilnated In the confession of the Me Itmira brothers and the U-nlent sen-l-nce which the court has passed upon jb.em. But the answer ought not to tf lone delayed and It should. If pos I.ble. be made sufficient to quiet the l.nxloua mind of the public. A con spiracy to fight society with dynamite haa been partially disclosed. How far did It extend? Were the McNamara brothers alone concerned dr did it In volve others? Can organized labor as a whole be accused of participating in the affair? Did any of Its leading officials know of the McNamara plans and connive at them? Where was the sympathy of the labor unions during 'the trial, with the dynamiters or with the law? Had the accused been proved irullty would organized labor have asked for their punishment as eagerly as at now demands vengeance upon them? Apparently the confes sion is taken as an act of treason to the cause of labor, while one can hard ly help believing that, had the McNa maraa been convicted on evidence however strong, the unions would have made martyrs of them and ac cused the court of committing a Judicial murder. For Its own welfare we hope that organized labor will produce a com plete answer to these and similar ques tions without delay, for In our opinion It has come to a crisis In Us career. . The time Is here when society will de mand searchlngly what are the pur poses of the labor unions, and by what methods they expect to attain them. Do they propose to depend upon vio lence, either open or secret? Or will they hereafter rely upon peaceful agl tatlon and the use of the ballot? A hlfty or evasive reply will not be suf ficient. Society will not be content to accept peaceful professions from the unions while they secretly en courage dynamiting. From this time forward It will be useless for organ tied labor to protest that It respects the law unless It lives up to Its protes tations when the law Is In perlL No doubt It will be replied to all this that the unions always have respected the law most profoundly and that they have Invariably stood for legal and peaceable methods. Perhaps they have, but Just now the public Is dis posed to doubt It. and for years, to come there will be many suspicions afloat. It becomes the unions to make their case as good as they can both by words and conduct, more particu larly by conduct. Are we to expect fresh McNamara exploits every few months or not? The labor unions have always asked for the good will of the world on the ground that they stand for the funda mental welfare of humanity. It in not desirable, they aver, that any body of men ahould live under debasing condi tions, be subject to overwork, or lack food and decent shelter. The Intelli gent classes of mankind have admit ted the Justice of their contention and conceded to the unions wide and sym pathetic toleration. Attain, organized labor has alleged that the commodity which It had for sale, namely, human toll, was so Intimately allied to the mind and soul of the man who wield ed It that It should not be looked upon like other commodities. It should be charged with human and moral val ues. In particular the unions said that they ought not to be called a "trust" and subjected to the laws against restraint of trade because of their moral value to the race. . Here, too. the world was disposed to make concessions Enlightened men grant ed that labor was not to be treated like a mere commodity in the market and Christ I ah sentiment revolted at the thought of applying the rigor of the anti-trust act to bodies of men who were striving to better the conditions surrounding their wives and children. But the McNamara Incident will set a new train of thought going In the publlo mind. If dynamiting Is the consequence which flows from unionism, can we concede that the right to organize has any great ultimate moral value? Can society afford to encourage a process which issues in warfare against its own being? Is organized labor, after all. a constructive force working for the common good or is it merely an Instrument of class vengeance and factional ambition? We do not ask these questions with any Intent to give or suggest an affirmative ansner or to bring discredit upon the unions. We simply give them as examples of what everybody Is saying since the McNamaras made their confession. They do not Indicate active hostility to the onions, but they certainly show that the public mind Is critically anxious and that the conduct of or ganized labor for a long time to come will be scrutinized without much In clination to overlook gross faults. The same remark applies to the socialist and the Industrial Workers of the World who have taken a hand in defending the McNamaras without much regard to their probable guilt or Innocence. It has been assumed all too readily that the trial court In Los Angeles was corrupt, that the accused were to be hanged to satisfy the mal ice of "capitalism" and that the devil must be fought with fire. The unwis dom of this sort of haranguing must now be manifest even to the soapbox orators. Whut has been gained by It except suspicion and ridicule? What ran ever be gained by such methods? If socialism really has a cause which appeals to the Intelligence and con science of the world, why not trust to Intelligent and conscientious methods of propagating it? The advent of the millennium Is not likely to be has tened by dynamite and verbal dyna mite cannot be much more effectual than the kind the McNamaras used. All the progress the world has made It has made by trusting to it Intelli gence. In the long run nothing eLe avails. No other foundation Is any thing more than shifting sand. "Come let ua reason together" and resolve to abandon dynamite, both physical and verbal, forevermore. KTEKFESS. Doubtless there are people a few who take Lincoln Steffeiw seriously. Steffens is one of them. Steffens de scended upon Los Angeles a few days ago with a brand-new instrument, the Golden Rule, and fussed around among the various principals and ac cessories of the dynamite case, saying that he waa commuisloned to compose the Issue between capital and labor on the basis of Justice, mercy and truth. Steffens, the unscrupulous muckraker and nasty scandalmonger, has made a life-long practice of denying Justice, despising mercy and distorting truth: and his mission had the aspect of a rare piece of effrontery. But It was very mild assumption compared with the shocking Impudence of hla virtual declaration that as the vlce-gerent of the Savior he had arranged for the ad justment of the controversy. Of course Steffens did not bring Prosecuting Attorney Fredericks and Counsel Darrow together. The causes of the compromise between them, and of the great sacrifice of the Mc Namaras. were powerful, deep-seated and unavoidable, and the meddling In terference of a petty plnhead like Steffens contributed nothing to the re sult. Every great occasion has Its Ster fens. "I did It." cried Chanticleer, when he crowed and the sun csrtne up. TUB POl I.TRT COJiVEVTIO. Protlv Mln lshora la now In town. All drod ui in her full of brown; And al" her coualna. arrayod In whit.. And othr noar kin In buff o llsht. Mis Plymouth Rock. In black and sray. And Mr. P. Hock In tna aama array; And tho Wyandolt family entir. And all of their friend, hora to tnqulr W hy It la wo 'art cold atorac W hlla Orason soil for mora poultry bes Too much attention cannot be paid to the poultry show now being held under the new Multnomah Hotel. If there Is any one pursuit that Oregon has not done wll with. It Is In the production of poultry and eggs. All honor then to the gentlemen who are sponsors for the present show. It Is bound to stimulate interest and be the means of causing more people to consider the hen as an adjunct to prosperity. The officers of the Ortgon Poultry and Pet Stock Association are greatly pleased with the Interest being taken In their labors, an Interest hitherto unapproached; and they ahould re ceive the unbounded encouragement of every- well-wisher of the "made In Oregon" movement, whoever eats an egg. These officers are as follows: Pres ident. M. J. Myers, of Portland; secre tary, S. E. Smith, of Portland; treas urer, B. Lee Paget, of Portland, and superintendent of exhibitions, C. D. Mlnton. of SaJcra. As an indication of vhat an awak ening of interest in poultry might do, suppose we consider but one phase of It. the consumption of eggs. When you eat your next egg. remember that more than likely it is one of the 62. 6S0.000 shipped Into Portland from states east of us every year to supply the demand over and above the eggs the Oregon hens furnish. Are these stupendous figures? They come from the officers of the poultry show. Mr. Mlnton gave the state ment. There arrives In this city an average of a carload of eggs every day in the year. Each car contains 400 casee. each case has 30 dozen, or 360 eggs. So you can figure It out for yourself. We pay on an average 30 cents a dozen for these eggs, or 31.314.000 a year. Every dollar of that amount ought to be paid to Oregon producers. More than that, we ought to be ex porting Instead of importing all poul try products, for there Is no section of country under the sun where poultry will thrive as well as in Oregon. MK.H. BIXMONT A A PORTENT. We do not pretend to know exactly what effect Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont's new clubhouse in New York will have upon the progress of the suffrage cause. Indeed. Just at this moment we do not greatly care. The venture Interests ua more as a sign of the times than as a political maneuver. Mrs. Belmont Is a woman who has a large Income at her disposal. She can go where she likes and do as she pleases. If she wishes she can lie abed all day every day in the year and do nothing at all. But manifestly com plete idleness Is not her Ideal of a happy life. She has a mind and a body and she wants to use them for some purpose. She wants to make herself a factor in the progress of the world. She Is not content merely to devour her food; chatter Idiocies at parties and sleep. She craves the sen sation of helping to make things move. So, in spite of her money and her social prestige, she goes down Into the arena of politics and lends a hand. For the moment she Is a shining exception among those American women who compose "society." It has been their habit to make them selves anything but useful in the world. Indeed, usefulness has been the object of their liveliest dread. To their minds It has seemed that a per son could not be at the same time both aristocratic and helpful to mankind, and since they would prefer to die rather than not be aristocratic, they have cultivated the fine art of being nonentities. Nobody can deny that they have cultivated It successfully. There have been American women who counted in public affairs, multi tudes of them, but they have not been rich society leaders. Mrs. Belmont's activity seems to portend that fashion Is going to alter her decrees on this subject before a great while. French women have always prided them, selves on being factors In politics. So, and even more, have English women. The United States is the only Christian country- where it is supposed that, in order to be ladylike, one must be ut terly Indolent and useless. Perhaps within the next ten years we shall see all our society dames as much en gaged in public affairs as Mrs. Bel mont Is. Exposure of Stolypln's intrigues sheds light on the methods of Russian despotism. In order lo get rid of obi Jectionable men, he commissioned his secret agents to organize a conspiracy against the government and involve his intended victims In It. Then he "removed" the dupes and let the prov ocation agents go free. The assassi nation of Stolypln was a case of the punishment fitting the crime, for his assassin was a tool of his own provo cative agents whom they neglected to check in time. By inciting crimes against Itself the Russian despotism furnishes excuses for Its own contin ued existence, and for repressive meas ures against revolution. Thus it has an effective answer to those who es tablish a constitutional government by peaceful agitation. t'IRMT SKIRMISH IX CONRE. ' The commotion raised in Congress by Martin Littleton is a foretaste of the stormy debates on trusts which are to come. Littleton rendered him self conspicuous In Pittsburg by de nouncing in the Presidential presence Taft's policy in relation to trusts. The President, usually urbane, was aroused to anger and pounded the table with his fist to emphasize his determina tion to follow along the lines on which he has started. The incident served to accentuate the division In the Democratic party on the trust question. There are radi cals, moderates and reactionaries In that party, as among the Republicans. Such men as Littleton would deal ten derly with the trusts and echo their cry that prosecutions under the Sher man law are "attacks on business." Radicals like Bryan would dissolve as a trust every corporation which does more than a fixed percentage of the business in its particular industry. The moderates would recognize that big corporations are a natural devel opment of modern business and would allow them to continue under such strict regulation as would prevent them. from throttling the competition of lesser rivals and thus developing Into monopolies, and as would secure to the consumer a share of the econ omies effected by the large scale on which they are privileged by taw to do business. There are like differ ences in the Republican party and we may see party lines obscured if not obliterated In the struggle which must precede any action by Congress. Mr. Bryan's strictures on Mr. Lit tleton are In line with his intolerant attitude towards all who disagree with him. and will still further weaken his influence with his party. A man who attacks the integrity of all who do not see eye to eye with him Is too narrow to hold his place as a great political leader. Bryan was flung to the front by the free silver fanaticism and has kept himself there by means of cease less activity and by dragging down every other aspirant for leadership. He has become a querulous, scolding victim of thwarted ambition. PRESIDENT TAIT AND THE TRl'STSJ. President Taft's message to Congress on the trusts is a clear and statesman like definition of a policy which will legalize big business without legalizing monopoly and will thereby keep alive - n.flrun u-lrhttif forrlntr business )f: l HW 11 - a . to return to the conditions under which competition was carried to tne wasteful extreme of mutual destruc tion. The President takes the solid middle ground between those who would throw down all barriers against mo nopoly by repealing the Sherman law and those who would dissolve every corporation having within Its nature the possibilities of monopoly and who would fill the Jails with officers of such corporations. He defends the Sher man law and its interpretation by the Supreme Court in the oil and tobacco cases. The statement that the court has emasculated this law he declares obviously untrue, saying: By Ita Judgment, avery contract and com bination In rutralnt of lntertata trade made with tha purpo or neceary effect of con trolllns price by atiflins competition, or of ratabluhlns In whole or In part a monop oly of uch trade, I condemned by tha tat. uta. Tha mot extreme critics cannot In stance a eaaa that ought to bo condemned under tha atatute which I not brought within It term as thua conatrued. Mr. Taft holds that "mere size Is no sin against the law"; that "there is nothing In the statute which con demns combinations of capital or mere bigness of plant organized to se cure economy in production and a re duction of lta cost"; that the law "Is directed against such an aggregation of capital only when Its purpose Is that of stifling competition, enhancing or controlling prices and establishing a monopoly." Herein he shows the law to square with the principle for which Mr. Roosevelt so vehemently contends. The President replies to, without mentioning, his predecessor's attack on the reorganization of the tobacco trust as a mere change of clothes. He shows that the trust has been divided into fourteen distinct corporations and that no branch of Its manufacturing business has been allowed to remain in the hands of a single corporation. The effect, he says, is "to make com petition not only possible but neces sary." All parties to the suit and the new corporations are perpetually en Joined from combining any of the companies, and the companies are en joined from acquiring stock In each other, or from having common direct ors or officers or common buying or selling agents or lending money to each other. He asserts that a new combination in violation of this In junction could not well be concealed, and emphatically says that "not in the history of American law has & decree more effective for such a purpose been entered by a court." He says that the critics of the decree "have not given consideration to Its inevitable working and understand little the personal danger of attempting to evade" It. Reorganization of other trusts Is well under way and "seems possible with out general business disturbance." The President shows little patience with those who complain that the law does not definitely describe that which Is forbidden, for, evidently having in mind Mr. Roosevelt's defense of the steel trust's absorption of the Tennes see Coal & Iron Company, he says: Th uggetlon la that wa may have a combination of two corporation which may run on for year, and that aubiequently tha Attorney-General may conclude that It wa a violation of tha atatute and that which wa uppod by tha combiner lo be Inno cent then turn out to b a combination In violation of tha tatuto. Tha anwr to thl I hypothetical caa I that when men at tempt to ama ucn lupeuuvus cmmumi will enable thejn to uppre competition, control price and eatabllsh a monopoly, they know the purpo of their act. Men do not do auch a thing without having It clearly In mind. Mr. Taft also seems to allude to the steel trust and its virtuous professions in the following passage: Th courts never assumed power to say that auch contracta or combination or con plracle might, bo lawful If the parties to them were only moderate In the use of tha power thus secured and did not exact from th public too great and exorbitant prices. But the President sees decided ad vantage in supplemental legislation "which shall describe and denounce - - A . . aj - s W J I I I methods of competition which are un fair." He renews the recommendation made in his message of January 7, 1910, that Interstate corporations be given Federal charters under which they can do business In compliance with the anti-trust law; "subject to reasonable taxation and control by the states with retpect to purely local business"; "that such corporations be forbidden to hold stock In other cor porations except with Federal ap proval." He would make Federal char ters voluntary, holding that the bene fits "would attract all who are anx ious to keep within the lines of the law." He would make corporations "subject to rigid rules as to organiza tion or procedure. Including effective publicity and to the closest supervision as to the issue of stock and bonds by an executive bureau or commission." But the President, is most earnest In his assertion that only supplemental legislation is needed; that the Sher man law "must continue to be the line of distinction for legitimate busi ness;" that It "is the expression of the effort of a freedom-loving people to preserve equality of opportunity"; that after 20 years, during which "many of its violators were cynical over its assumed Impotence, its ef ficacy is seen, its power is heavy, its object Is near achievement." Yet, he says, we are now advised to "abandon this work of 20 years and try another experiment for another term of years." He closes with the solemn warning that If we make "ruthless combina tions and monopolies lawful, . . then Individual enterprise and ef fort will be paralyzed and the spirit of commercial freedom will be dead." The President's policy as laid down In this message Is directly in line with that set forth in Mr. Roosevelt's dis cussion of the same subject in the Outlook. He 'would preserve the Sherman law. but supplement ltwlth a law defining what a corporation may and may not do and creating a Government body which should keep it within the Jaw from Its birth. He agrees with Roosevelt that "mere size Is no sin against the law." Where the tva men disagree Is as to the application of the law to par ticular cases, like those of the tobacco trust and the steel trust. Mr. Roose velt holds that ,the law should not be made to apply to the steel trust, but the people are more likely to agree with Mr. Taft that the moderation of men who happen to be In control of a corporation In which monopolistic power is inherent gives them no se curity against extortion. Mr. Roose velt regards the dissolution of the to bacco trust as farcical, but Mr. Taft demonstrates that It has been pretty effectually torn apart. The miraculous healing of Miss Edith Bullard may be read about by the curious in the New York Herald. She Is 24 years old and for five years had suffered from an "agonizing dis ease." On a recent Sunday she heard a voice telling her to "walk round her bed three times" at the sixth and ninth hours and at night and she would be cured If she kept It up long enough. Perhaps sne was also to toot a ram's horn like Joshua, but that Is not specified. She has not been cured yet, but she expects to be, and meanwhile the miracle of the voice has set the metropolis all agog. What interesting events there are always happening In New York. The news that country hotels will no longer be satisfied with 32 a day from their guests raises anxious thoughts. There are some country hotels where it Is a delight to stay and some where the unfortunate guests ought to collect heavy damages for the tortures they undergo. If the service improves as the price goes up nobody can complain, but what If the food gets soggier as the charges ex pand? Hotelkeeplng is a fine art which some Americans have mastered while to others it is still a mystery. Thomas A. Edison will decline the Nobel prize of 340,000 If offered to him, on the ground that Nobel's idea was that the prize should be given to an Inventor who did not have financial resources to carry on his work. This view, if applied to the Intent of the pension Idea and pushed to a logical conclusion, would prune the pension rolls of perhaps half the names that they carry and keep them within rea sonable limits. . i The retirement of the old guard of the Standard Oil Company Is not com plete so long as John D. Archbold re mains at the helm. He was the au thor of the letters to Representative Sibley and others, toy the publication of which W. R. Hearst exposed the secret methods by which the Standard influenced legislation and appoint ments and tried without success to Influence the publication of news. Judge Bordwell never said a truer thing than that the McNamaras do not deserve clemency. Still he Is probably wise to be lenient. Convic tion would have gained less for the world than their confession, and what we are really after In these af fairs is the public welfare rather than vengeance. The whole question in dealing with criminals is, from the public side, one of policy. Three Smiths ran for Mayor of Grants Pass Monday and "Smith of Josephine" was chosen, the same lucky Smith on any ticket. The prices of three kinds of meat ham. pork and bacon having "rlz," the country hotel must, perforce, ratee Its rates. The rogues' gallery Is to have a ri val attraction In the Bottle-nose gal lery at Hancock. Mich. A poultry show or a dairyman's meeting in anything but rainy weather would be a novelty. Hlllman Is fighting desperately to keep out of Jail, but the Government seems to have him. It Is to their credit that some big labor unions have no enormous "un accountable" fund. Wasco hops were world-beaters at Chicago, which must be a surprise to Valley growers. Great things depend upon the out come of the first arrest for smoking on a streetcar. All Portland will need next year is a ball team to fit the superb grounds. James McNamara's confession Is a sloppy piece of sob literature. The Burns-Gompers controversy is nearlng an acute stage. Radical Propaganda Has Done Harm to Cauae. PORTLAND, Dec. S. (To the Editor.) Qulta naturally and with Justified lnqulsltlveness, will the general public ask. What effect shall the general con fession of the McNamaras have on the future propaganda of Socialism? Per sonally, we Socialists are ready to de clare that It will have a very savory effect and react very beneficially to the interests oi tne party. In many states, including Oregon, and especially in and about Portland. the Socialist movement has not taKen on the real scientific phase that right fully bclones to It. Its propaganda has been conducted too much after the I. W. W. non-constructive policy, with its appeal too exclusively made to the poorest-paid laboring class or what has been styled "the blanket stiff." The propagandists have failed to appreciate the fact that the entirety of society must be considered through legisla tive enactments. If the philosophy of Socialism be carried Into effect. The Socialist party of Oregon must make its appeal to the citizenship and should exercise the possibilities of the initiative as lonir as it has no Repre- ; sentatlves in the State Legislature. It j must show the party to be capable of I constructive work and not confine its j activities to an appeal to a homeless I crowd of workers, deserving though they be. Socialists must hope for and I effect more than applause and a meal ' ticket, if they be able to demonstrate to society their ability to direct the affairs of the state and Its municipali ties. The confession of the McNamaras will, by taking away cheap "thunder," open the way for the more construc tive members of the Socialist party to lead the way beyond I. W. W. police defiance and a repetition of that which gets us nowhere. Socialism proclaims the folly of legislating aeainst machine production, and demands that our so cial and commercial relations be ad justed to the machine, and not the machine to our social relations. There must be some practical plan demon strated whereby what we want can be accomplished, and not rest our cause with oratory and cheap applause. Mr. U'Ren, of Oregon lawmaking fame, has, by taking hold of the legis lative possibilities, effected much for his plan. Socialists should be able to do the same by their activities If properly directed. The people were never more ready to turn from the old way than at the present time. It remains for the Socialist party to pre sent a constructive plan for relief from the class war that breeds Mc Namaras. Let me hope that tho Los Angeles McNamara confession will cause the labor unions as well as the Socialists to consider wisely their ways for fu ture work. Most certainly, as Mr. Berger Intimates, the plan of unionism must fail. The pleading for, or getting a few more pennies for labor while the product remains the property of another class cannot effect a change. The owning class has the power to retake all the pennies by increased prices. Their plan will never end the class war that makes for the Mc Namara dynamite explosions. As surely as night follows day. either the Federal supervision and regulation of the price of commodities and the price of the labor that creates them state Socialism or the overthrow of the profit system and the Inauguration of the co-operative commonwealth Socialism must succeed present condi tions. Terrible as was the Los Angeles Times explosion. It, clarified by the McNamara confession, regardless of the penalty suffered, will have a savory effect on society. The Socialist party will profit by the McNamara confession. C. W. BARZEE. PIONEER HISTORIAN IS HONORED Reminiscences of W. H. Gray, Astoria, and Influence of HIM Life. ROSEBURG. Or., Dec. 4. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of yester day, an editorial about W. H. Gray calls to mind pleasant remembrances when I was associated with John Henry D. Gray, a son of W. H. Gray, then residing In Astoria. My first personal acquaintance with both of these men was in the early '70s when Captain John H. D. Gray was a stockholder and trustee with L. A. Loomls. H. S. Gile, R. H. Espy. I. W. Case with myself and others who first organized the Ilwaco Steam Navigation Company. From that time until their deaths, it was my good pleasure to meet frequently both of these men, and I always found them to be men whom It Is pleasant to remember. On one occasion, when siting In the little office of Captain Gray, waiting for the steamer General -Canby to take me to Ilwaco. I discussed the temperance question with W. H. Gray. We both heartily agreed in favoring the abolition of all saloons and the manufacture of all Intoxicants that could be used as beverages. While In the discussion with W. H. Gray, his son came in and after listening a while took part and I well remember the words In a few of his first sentences and the reply his father made. Captain Gray began by saying: "Mr, Rhoades. father has been lighting the liquor business all his life and I be lieve it - has kept him from making money all these years." The good old man replied Immediately: "John Henry, It may be true that I could have made money if I had not. fought and done all in my power to exterminate that great evil to mankind, but If I had my life to live over. I would do harder work in the same line." John Henry replied: "I honor you. father, for your course and am on the side of temper ance and hope its cause may win and that the curse be done away with." Good, honest and active men In their day that made their mark upon the generation In which they lived. Yes, It is refreshing to have the question come up: "Who was W. H. Gray?" When we are reminded of the sterling qualities of such men In those pioneer days, and the good works done, it gives us courage to continue in the same good cause, even If we do not lead all our fellows to see things ex actly as we do. I thank The Oregonian for what It said commending the life of W. H. Gray and the Influence of his books. L. H. RHOADES. GIPSY SMITH REPORTS LIKED Dr. William Hiram Konlkea Praises The Oregonlan'a Work. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. (To the Edi tor.) As a far away Easterner, yet as the one responsible for Gipsy Smith's campaign In America. I want to ex press to The Oregonian. my sincere thanks and appreciation for the ad mirable way in which it has given publicity to Gipsy Smith's campaign in Portland. The attitude which The Ore gonian has taken, not alone does It credit, but I am sure, will act as a genuine Influence for good throughout the entire Coast. . I wish Portland the most abundant prosperity. WILLIAM HIRAM FOULKES. Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York City. Trade In Timber and Pork. Washington (D. C.) Herald. "Nothing lost here but the squeal." declared the pork packer. "Are you as economical in conducting your busi ness?" "Just about," answered the visitor. Tm in the lumber business. We waste nothing but the bank." Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of Dec , 1861. In a speech made by Senator Mc Dougal In Illinois last Fall he referred to an interview between himself and General Shields in San Francl3CO in the Fall of 1860. which shows that Shields was enlisted in the secession movement at that time and visited California to further its interests and tried to induce the speaker to Join his forces with it. Othen evidence has come to light that the party claiming the name Democrat In California be lieved that 'they had the power to precipitate that state into the arms of Jeff Pavis.' Gwin and others knew for what purpose Floyd had sent 60,000 stand of arms to Benicia and why A. S. Johnston had been sent to San Fran cisco Eay to take charge of the troops there. This Johnston could easily have surrendered to some Confederates and the forts and all the arms could then have gone Into their hands. Unques tionably this was the plan and It was known to be such w-hen General Lane avowed in the East that he was coming to Oregon to place her under the gov ernment of the Confederate States. But it was rendered abortive by the sudden appearance of General Sumner at San Francisco and the displacement of Colonel Johnston. It was a move fatal at that time to the hopes of secessionists in California and Oregon. The arrest of Gwin, Benham and Brent by General Sumner These men were the leaders of the Democratic secession party in California, as Lane. Curry. Stark and company are the lead ers of the same party in Oregon. There were reasons for believing at San Francisco that these distinguished secession-Democrats were in cor respondence with the rebel authorities in the Confederated States, had re ceived important ' appointments from them and were desirous of reaching Europe by the steamers to Panama. They took passage in the same steamer with General Sumner, who had with him 500 troops and 30,000 stand of arms. The morning of November 3, General Sumner requested Dr. Gwin and his friends to appear in the cap tain's office. They were then in formed by General Sumner that they were under arrest and would be taken to the United States and delivered over to the military authorities, but that they would not be placed under close arrest until the steamer arrived in the bay of Panama. On their tem porary release. Benham and Brent proceeded to their rooms, collected their papers and threw them from their windows into the ocean. The steward's boy saw this movement. He said that Mr. Brent threw out of the ports maps, plans, papers, etc., which went under the ship's wheels. Besides these loose papers, a large number tied up in a towel were sent overboard. The captain of the steamer, Pearson, pro posed to General Sumner to return and obtain these papers, but this was declined and the steamer passed on. General Sumner then put seals on the baggage of the prisoners, except on one carpet bag, which was seen float ing astern. It Is a great misfortune to public justice that the papers thus thrown Into the ocean were not re covered. We should probably have found evidence against persons In California and Oregon which would have convicted them of complicity In the rebellion. On the arrival of the steamer at Panama, some of Dr. Gwin's confed erates there sought to Induce the new Granadian officers to interfere for the release of the prisoners and to prevent them from being taken across the isthmus as such. The United States consul endeavored to prevent General Sumner from carrying Out his designs. The Governor ordered 60 armed police to guard the landing. In the mean time General Sumner armed his soldiers, furnishing them with ball cartridges, and ordered his officers to place the prisoners on the train at all hazards. The prisoners were landed in the morning. The chief of police asked General Sumner to desist from his determination. The General re plied: "Tell your Governor I peremp torily decline to accede to his demand." The prisoners were taken over the Isthmus on the train, deposited in the steamer at Aspinwall, taken from thence to New York, delivered up to Government and at the last date had been sent to Fort Lafayette. It is dreadful to witness the awful destruction of property by the flood. Wrecks of buildings are constantly coming down. Last evening the Mil waukie sawmill floated past Portland. We have great apprehension for the Standard mills at that place. We ex pect to hear of the loss of most of the flouring and sawmills In the valley, but we have no reliable news from beyond Oregon City. . . A large part of the active capital of Oregon has perished In this flood. Island mills Messrs Marks anl Sim mons have towed in this mill to Shoe maker's on Sauvle's Island. It con tains a large amount of flour, which they are taking ashore. We are Informed that the stock of flour on hand In. this city Is very limited and holders are unwilling to dispose of the article at slight ad vances, inasmuch as they anticipate higher prices when the extent of the damage on the Upper Willamette mills becomes known. CHARACTER OF JIDAS ISCARIOT Clergyman Shows "Why He Classes Jesua' Betrayer as a Thief. BURNS. Or., Dec. 4. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of November 27 there appeared a communication from D. Priestley, entitled "Judas Not One Who Objected," In which it is stated that while the writer dad not believe In the Judas spirit, he felt It a duty to defend him because Judas did not have any friends. Mr. Priestley also said that the accounts of scripture said nothing about Judas In this rela tion and went on to quote the synoptic gospels in defense of his standpoint. I wish to differ with Mr. Priestley for the Bible very plainly says that Judas was the one that demanded the ointment be sold and the price given to the poor, etc. So, we preachers have some authority upon which we make the claim that Judas was a thief, and even" worse than we ever have dared to paint him. The scripture that Mr. Priestley should have looked up, is found in John 12:4-8. though the 4th, 5th and 6th verses cover the ground of discussion, and Is as follows: "Then saith one of the disciples, Judas Iscarlot, Simon's son, which should be tray him: Why was not this ointment sold for 300 pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." This quotation is taken from the King James' version, and while the original and American versions change on "e" or two words, they all agree upon the Individual that asked the question. This communication Is not given for the purpose of entering into religious controversy, but to correct what I be lieve O. " Oil UUlUVtmivui. ' v .mm , part of Mr. Priestley and also to answer his question: "Where does Judas come-' in?" CLAREMONT C. BABBIDGE. D. D. First Presbyterian Church, Burns, Or. Opera, Acting and Fat. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Poor Jane Is In despair." "What's the matter with Jane?" "Why, she has just begun to realize that she's too fat for an actress and not fat enough for a prima donna." CIVILIZATION'S WAY By Dean Collins. Lend your ears, and I will sing you just a simple little thing you Will rind, perhaps, is worthy of some slight appreciation. As an Interesting contrast of the cus toms that have jrone past. Against the customs now in vogue in modern civilization. In a distant spot, secluded where no prying eye intruded. Brooding o'er his how snd scalping knife the solemn Ishi sat. And the uncontaminatcd man primeval meditated Upon the good old days (tone by, and other junk like that. There were frowns upon his forehead, and he spake in jargon torrid. Hurling hot anathema against the Kimnle how and knife. And persistently belittled the good blade with which he'd whittled At the scalps of many chieftains In his carefree early life. "Cultus blade and cultus bow stick! On the square, you make me so sick To think how long: 1 used you In my killing recreation. Ere I got the white man's weapon and became entirely hep on The ways of wholesale slaughter in the haunts of clv'lization. "When a red man undeflled then, through the glades I stalked the wildmen Very often sev'ral week before I . met them in a fight. And with joy I used to squeak then. If I averaned one a week when I knew nauRht-of the fancy stunt of paleface dynamite. "Had I had the dope I know now, I'd have made a hyas show-how Of the modern comprehensive way that paleface chieftain helps; I'd sneak up when they were sleepy, dynamite their deerskin tepee Bing! Boong! And then I'd gather up hyas close string of scalps. "Oh cultus bow and arrow! You sure stack tip like a pair o' Cheap deuces in a. fancy deck where straights and flushes be. Ishi all the class you are for is a sign at a cigrar store When you stack your string of scalps against the pale-face chieftain's. See!" Coiratry Town Sayings by Ed Howe When a package Is delivered at a house, the little girls of the family hope it is dry goods; the little boys hope it is something to eat. Sometimes I half way fear that some day I'll become tired of "Annie Laurie." When you recall that Henry James Is famous, you should be willing to ad mit that Fame occasionaly makes mis takes. The only remedy for anything is to be careful. Don't you sometimes feel that It Is the duty of your friends to take your enemies out and whip them, without mixing you up in it? When a man writes his name on a hotel register, he can read it, easily: put he can't help marveling at the poor writers who have registered ahead of him. Sometimes people make up their minds to neglect a man, thinking he won't, notice it; but he does, although noticing the neglect does him no good. rrtT, tmt th notion that vour enemv will be less Industrious in defaming you If you do him a favor that should go to a friend. All your enemy wants from you Is to be let alone. Sometimes I find that many persona who are accepted as honest, have funny notions of honesty. Every family really needs a dog to eat its bones, and a pig to eat Its slops. SMALL. SHOT BY THE WAY. Is not that other great reformer, Pinchot a little late In announcing himself as a candidate for President? Perhaps he is awaiting a "hunch" from his celestial monitor as to the psycho logical moment. Now we can readily understand the Link Steffens muckraking articles thex were simply jokes. The trouble is, however, that the Steffens Jokes are too subtle for the average reader. The Oregonian would like to be tho first newspaper In the field to suggest that perhaps General Otis hired the McNamaras to blow up the Times plant. Colliers and the other magazines and newspapers that wasted so much space over the unholy alliance of captlal against the McNamaras, will have their Christmas digestions impaired if they try to eat their words. Mr. O. H. P. Belmont, the suffragette leader of New York, is bound to keep the Belmont name In the limelight, re gardless of expense. She pursued dif ferent methods under the name of Van derbilt. "Bill" Matlock, the newly-eleoted Mayor of Pendleton, has hosts of friends throughout Oregon who will re joice In his victory. Not that the office can confer any honor upon "Bill, but that It shows hla health has been re stored and he Is again In the field of activities. We have far too few Bill Matlocks In the state. The Individual who thinks all labor leaders are honest is Just as far afield as he who thinks they are all dishonest just as far wrong as he who thinks all employers treat labor fairly or as the one who thinks they all treat t unfairly. There are good men as well as bad in all walks of life, and it is not wise to call a man, or set of men. one or the other from their profession. The largest amount of "wind" will be emitted in Congress during the pres ent session, and disseminated through the Congressional Record, in the estab lishing, rehabilitating and k lling of Presidential booms and boomlets. and the furthering and dwarfing of lesser political ambitions. For instance. Ore gon will be flooded with Young Man George's speeches on single tax. and Wisconsin will be swamped with .. . o,-tr.i. members on the atesmanship of La Follette. And the taxpayers loot tne u-..- On Expiration tif Prison Life. New York World. She was a woman visitor to the prison, kindly and well meaning, and as she chatted with a burglar who had been sentenced iu Imprisonment, she thought she detected signs of reform in him. "And now, she said, "have you any plans for the future, on the expiration of your sentence?" "Oh, yes. ma'am, ho said hopefully. "I've got the plans of two banks and a postofflce." The Bull Run of 1011. Puck. Willis They say Dobber has sold his painting, "The Retreat From Bull Run." that he has been trying to sell for years. How did he manage it? GiUis Easily. Simply changed the title to "Automobilists Returning Home"