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THE MORNING OR EG ONI AX, MONDAY, MAKCTI 4. 1012. Bt (Drctrommt POEfXAjrD. OKEGOX. Bnt.-d at Portland. Orafon. Pnetocfte aa leoad-c! afattar. uacripuea Ktui Invariably to Adfttfl (BT HAIL) rt. jn! Inelnd. en year J? Llle. Sunday lnc!'ial, tx montnt. . Ii.jr. Surd In. ljd-d. hr month 4 M 1 -. 7 . guraij m iiiaa, . . ..r. (iucdtr lr.cJudi. n moot.... ally, without Sur.day. on, yar Sc? al.y. without Sunday. B'.m month....- f ..r. -. imaui sur-.a,. ... .....--- I, ..I- . . k irnBlbJ.. 1- ' 3 Waattly, n y.ar luadAf, bb yr kw-4 a ud Weakly, on yax..--- 1M -J (BT CARRIER.) Daft . Inrlnrted- AD year. . "o .is I;lr. Sunday Included. on month Mow tm Kranll Band PoatofTlc m"T or r. utrtai ordar or paraonal that o yttae l-xal tank. luinpa col or C'jrTrcT ara t tba aandara ria Gl-a patofTira aaor la fo.U larluttin county ana tat. rafala Bala 10 to 14 -. et: la ja aaa. 3 ent: 1 to 4" P cat: to u pa-. 4 cant. Fur, lan pot ub: rata Laataru uilim OeTca Varra Cn ttn Tra. Hrauaiit illIBC- ca caco, atf,r build: aa,a.aa OUatw .So. S "aut strwit. W leaden. HKTI-VM. MONDAY. MAIM H 4. lli. WHERE ARK ROOf: I.LT1 OLD RJ l" ? How completely Theodore Roosevelt ha broken away from his old political mooring and how generally President Taft Is regarded a the true leader of progressive I:. -publicans may be Judged from th fact that almost every sur viving member cf Roosevelt's Cabinet U aligned against hltn and In favor of Taft. These were th men who ad vised and sustained Roosevelt In dtvls. Irg and carrying out what are known a the "Roosevelt policies" the poli cies which gained him the pneltlon of leader of the progressives. They still are as progressive as tney were nen they served tinder him. but they have turned to Taft as the man to carry out n-rnrrvesive policies. They have not abandoned those policies, but Roose r't bus broken away from his old sup porters to follow after the strange god of interpretation of law by popular ote and of ll. en.-ed monopoly. Chief among these men t. Klihu R.xt. who served Roosevelt first " Secretary of War and afterwards a secretary of Slate, and of w horn Roosc vrlt said: :il0) Rwet t lha ahie.t man I have dln in our imrrnm.nl afrvW mill ao fttith.r. Ite t th ar-aiaat man that haa appealed In tl publti- lite ot al.r counlrv. in mnr pnaition. on rithrr a'de ot tha "t-ria. at fRT time R.xt mva thet proptsals for recall f court decisions "proceed from a fail ure to rralixe that this Involve an ibandonment of the most essentia! fea ture of our tem of constitutional jrovernment." He continues: MV,rIKD ne.rt!a whlrfc Hee!rea that I rnn hav- r-rtatn inalteeaMo rtchta ae-1 -nip-tava upn Itait il.a rrat impersonal rules of lon.lu. t ilr'inxl n-eaaar for th pr-rAtin ef thoae ncrtta. and at th aama Itma it--tara that It artll rilareart ,hiao ruiaa ahmrttr In any particular enao t ta tha alii of majority of Ita voter to 1 av aatallahe aa rnmpltli eontra Itetlon In the f untlam mat principle of xtr ilovrrnmrnt a it la KaallH tu con :al,e. others of Roosevelt former lieu tenants ho no longer support him re: P. Knox. rx-Attorney-riencral. now Secretary of State. Robert Bacon. ex-Secretarv of State. Lrelie M. Shaw. cx-fJecretary of the rreasury'- Lttke E. Wright. e-Se-retrtrj- of iVtr. K. A. Hitchcock. cx-Perret.tr' of the Interior. fharle.s J. Ronaparte. ex-Secretary ' the Na and ex-Attorne -tleneral. James Wilson, Secretary of Acrlcul :ure. Robert J. Wjnne, ea-postmaster. "Jrneral. Victor II. .Metialf. ex-Secretarj" of ;he Navy. Oeorgo B. t"ortelou. ex-Postmnster-tVeneral and ex-Secretary of the Treas- urv. Oeorge von I.. Meyer. ex-Post master. "Jeneral and still Secretary of the Navy, is he was at the close of Roosevelt's second term. Oscar S. IStraus. ex-Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Of those who formerlv held office in Roosevelt's Cabinet, only two are open, ly supporting him for nomination James R. Oarfleld. ex-Secretary of the Interior, and Truman H. Newberry, ex. Secretary of the Navy. Roca-evelt's most stead ft.r cham pion. In fact his recognixe spokesman. - In the Senate, was I.odge of Massachu setts, but he cnnnoi go with Roosevelt in his new departure, though the ties of friendship forbid open opposition. Herein he la unlike Roosevelt, whom such ties do not prevent front entering Into rivalry with the man who waa always at his right hand, ready to do. and do well, any difficult lark, and who haa continued with even greater sticcesa the policies handed down to him- ctiwrrrtTiox im avla. Haunted with dread Test another lathmian canal be dug to compete with that at Panama. Mr. Bryan proposes thit we charge tolls only sufficient to pav the cost of operation and that we make no attempt to recover from us -rs of the can.il Interest on our great In veatmer.t. He fears leet another cenal be dug at ha'f the cost of that at Pan ama and put the latter out of business. It Is barely po.vible that a compet ing canal on!ii be ,lug mi half the cost f ours, since we have done the pio neering and solved the great problems which future can.tl-d'Rers must en .our.ier. But It Is well t. remember that estlmie of the rot of so great a work are seldom borne out In con rtructlon. Our can.il has t'ni twice as much as we estimated, and there is sms'l reason to believe that other could !.i better. It milt be time enough lo meet that contingency when any ration or corporation ha made its snr. vex and estimate and seriously r-ro-jes to act upon IJ-.em. Any body of men contemplating such an enterprise would be confront ed with other difficulties besides those of construction and finance. We mtght. ar.d probably should, hold that a concession by any Central American republic for ;-uch a work to any for elrn power would be a violation of the Monroe doctrine. If the Nicaragua -cute were adopted, our financial guar dianship of that republic would put us in good position to Impose our veto. Were this obstacle overcome, the In lending htifMers of a competing canal would ak themselves: What will the t'nited States do? I'nless commerce ! across the Isthmus had grown to such proportions ss to furnish trafllc for Uit canals, we should meet any cut in to:: made bv our competitor and hout-1 be in at least as good a position, ir not a better, to pass ships toll-free. If traffic grew to such proportion that there was too much for one canal but not enough for two. we could widen our canal at less expense and In less time than a rival canal could be completed. L'nder such conditions any nation or body of capitalist would think more than twice before Investing several hundred millions In a venture which offers so "dubious profit. Mr. Bryan makes much of the ad vantage to transcontinental railroads from the imposition of canal tolls. As the highest toll yet proposed la $1.50 a ton, it will not go far to aid railroads In retaining a share of transcontinental traffic. If Mr. Bryan wishes to with draw from the railroads the advantage they enjoy over water transportation, he will accomplish Immeasurably more by using his influence in favor of re vision of the shipping laws. Let foreign-built ahlpe owned by Americans be admitted to American register, that ( they may engage in coastwise irune. and the railroads will be deprived of a ubridy equal to the earning power of one-third of the cost of such ships If built In the United States. The rail roads have enjoyed this subsidy since they were built and will continue to enjoy it after the canal is opened un less we adopt the free ship policy. IIICAI. PARTY LMDIRS. Mr. La "Toilette is Mr. Bryan- Ideal of a Republican. There Is reason to suppose that Mr. Bryan Is Mr. lot Fol lette a ideal of a Democrat. Quite in teresting and quite conclusive. If you agree that there Is precious little dif ference between a Republican and a Democrat. But it does not leave much room in either party for those Repub licans and Democrats for whom Mr. La Follette Is not the ideal Republican and Mr. Bryan not the Idea Democrat. Perhaps there are enough of the off side players some day to form a party of their own. It would be an interest ing aggregation that would include all the anti-La Follette and the anti-Bryan people. But Mr. Bryan has been saying some very pointed and striking things late ly, aside from his praise of Mr. I-a Fol lette. He ha given much attention to Mr. Rooeve!t. Here Is something from Bryan worth reading more than once: Whan h ever had In the Nation' hiat'ty au.-h a au-eta-ie aa that of man romtn Into tha I'rea drm-y on th rreom mrmlaiion of one man and coin out of It on tli rrrvninrriltii-n of tha anie man? Aril no It a.-ema Ihat thev are plannlt.K lo violate the pre, ulrmi of tiutulre.1 ar t-v th- nomination of tha ama man In order if p-aihl. In aav tha Repub lican party from o er helm in alefeal. I hli-e ri-n party haa only one man In It fit to he Preatdent It would be net tar I burr the party and atart all over ln. Of course Colotif I Roosevelt might retort on Mr. Bryan by similar com ment as to another party which has only one man fit to be President. Vet Bryan has made a fair hit. The Re publican party w-ill have to get along without Colonel Roosevelt some day. It looks as If the party had decided to start In on Its own account In 1912. A PIIN' PITT. Some 13.000 persons we are told re sponded to the call of Governor West that they write to persons in the Fast and Middle West on Colonic day (Feb ruary 21 advising them to come out and lotuto In Oregon. All of this Is well, provided the letter writers had some dlflnlte suggestions to make to their friends in regard to location, the"t price of land, opportunities to engage In business, etc.. with some knowl edge of the capabilities, resources and inclinations of the people whom they urged to come hither. A general appeal to horncseekers in the name of Oregon's gracious climate, generous noil and exceptional advan tages Is one thing. Personal appeal to one's friends to break up home and family ties and como hither to make a new start, without specifying In the matter of opportunities and location Is quite another. The man who writes a personal appeal on this basis takes upon himself a grave responsibility and j one that, if his appeal Is answered favorably he Is In duty bound to fol low to the end at least of meeting his friend, upon arrival, making him wel come and supplying him with all the Information that a stranger who romee seeking a new home and occu pation amid unfamiliar surrounding requires, and to which he Is entitled. It Is relatively easy to get additions to our population by advertisement of our climate, opportunities and re sources, but to retain them by friendly overtures, advice and direction 1 quite another matter. These things are not subject to passing fancy or even gen erous Impulse. They represent a duty voluntarily assumed that as a point of honor, or in the interest of tho friend ship that Is presumed to have dlctattd tne letter of Invitation, shoujd be faith fully discharged. The object of our effort to increase our population is not alone to get peo ple to come to the state. It should be supplemented by an honest, con sctentlotis effort so to direct and ad vise those who come that they will he satisfied to remain and make the most of opportunities hj they present them selves. The first year will usually tell the story for the Incoming colonists. If by that time they have become lo cated in their various vocations the prospect that they will become dissat isfied and return to "old Missouri" or an other section of the country where tho climate is savage an ' the Winters long. Is very remote. It is therefore pl.ilnlv the duty of those who Induce friends or acquaintances to "come to Oregon." to see to it that thopo who accept the Invitation are given a proper wrK-ome upon arrival and such direc tion, as to localities or business oppor tunities as the ca.se may be. as will land them at once upon their feet and point the way to contentment, and ul timate prosperity. f.tK Or MISTVKEX If:TITV. Mr. At kerson's letter printed in an other column I bewildering In several particulars. It is indefinite and Imag inative In its opposition to the now rt-b.ir.doned test of the Presidential primary law and inconietent In Us an. nouncement of principles. It Is worth perusal as an example of the temerity with which some men rush Into print without knowing what th are talk ing about. "That a few of the old guard" should artempt to overthrow the laws of Ore gon to enable them to chdose a dele gation in some back room that would be servile to their wishes Is the belief of the man on the street." sas Mr. Ackerson. Who is this "man on the street ?" Is he always reactionary? Why should he believe in a return to machine rule any more than the man in the house? But If the man on the street believes Judge crry an others should go ahead because they may thereby be able to nam the delegation; "the man on the street has a woeful mlscon- ception of the issue-assailed- The pro posed suit was to attack but one fea ture of the Presidential primary law the Hilly provision that permits the elector to vote for but one delegate when there are ten places to fill. If the law remains as It Is. Mr. Ack erson will hnve as many opponents as there are other candidates for delegate. He must ask the voters to vtite for him i and him alone and to ignore every other candidate. If one of his friends Inadvertently votes for Mr. Ackerson and some other candidate or candi dates for delegate, the friend's ballot will not be counted. As the law now stands no candidate ran safely enter the race for delegate unless he la confident that approxi mately one-tenth the people of the state prefer him above all others for delegate. He might win on fewer votes If a large number of candidates were out or If there was in the race a man of exceptional popularity. But one- tenth Is the safest figure to rely upon If he Is known only In Multnomah County he must be able to count on one out of every three voters. HI platform and qualifications must ap peal to one-third of the party In Mult nomah as superior to those of every other man running. The proposal tva. to test this feature of the law. If found unconstitutional then every voter would be entitled to vote for ten men Instead of one man alone. Each elec tor could then designate the ten men who he thought should go to Chicago or Baltimore. It would, moreover, be interesting to learn how Mr. Ackerson would pu both the Roosevelt doctrine and the Oregon plan Into the National plat form. Mr. Roosevelt frankly opposes the application of the recall to short term officers. But we have Just tha recall in Oregon and it is one of our boasted powers. Mr. Roosevelt op poses the Judicial recall except as last resort. Obviously he believes It Is dangerous to trust the people with it unless the courts are so corrupt that no damage could possibly be done, no matter how the recall was inflicted on them. We have an unrestricted Judl clal recall in Oregon. Mr- Roosevelt. in words that cannot be Interpreted otherwise, has declared that the inltl five, referendum and recall are local Issues. He simply favors letting the people decide in each community whether they want or ought to have them, subject of course to the reserva Hons mentioned. One cannot consistently stand for the Initiative, referendum and recall as we have them in Oregon and ap prove the Roosevelt doctrines also. The Republican who believes the Oregon plan is perfect is logically a La Fol lette supporter. Mr. Ackerson must be mixed on candidates and doctrines. A Jl'ST KKMMTIOX. For the first time In the history of the Mare Island Navy-Yard and, so far as we recall, for the first time In the history of social economics and Jurisprudence the wife of a man serv Ing a prison sentence will receive the wages or salary of her convict hus band, minus his legitimate prison ex penses. This initial case is that of Chief Yeoman Henry Hilpein, of the Navy-Ynrd. who is servln-f a three years sentence as punishment for mis appropriation of Oovernment funds. This naval convict Is incidentally re. ceivint" his first lesson in personal economy, along with the rest, since he is allowed but $10 a month for "prison expenses." while by the order noted his wile receives $60 a month, the residue of his salary. At the expira tion of this man's term in prison he will he dishonorably discharged from the Navy, but for the three years of ita duration his wife is insured such sup port as the sum mentioned will f urnli-h. Common sense and equity rule this decision, as they should, but do not in all cases where, through the de- llnquency of the breadwinner, his family is left without support while he Is paying the penalty adjudged by law. clearly an economic reform In law and custom is due in such cases. Of course not all delinquents have their pay go on when their activities cease, as In this case, but family men of the criminal class who are put to work, as all should be. whether upon the rock pile, the roads, clearing land on the county farm or elsewhere. should, of the reasonable wages paid he allowed only their own personal expenses and the residue, whether small or great, should be applied to the support of those who are Justly dependent upon them. As against the almost universal method of Imposing fine and imprison ment in the case of petty lawbreakers. thus imposing the major part of the penalty upon their families, this meth od of turning the wages earned, after allowance Is made for the expense of their detention to their wives, is Justi fied by humanity and economy. The refusal of a beaten wife to tes tify against her husband and thus In sure such punishment as the law pro ides for his brutality Is largely baaed upon the fact that fine and imprison ment in his case will mean hunger and cold for herself and her children, with out furnishing a safeguard against the repetition of his abuse when he is released. In the hope of making the punish ment more nearly fit the crime in the rase of the wifeboater the law provid ing the whipping post for his offense was enacted. But official sentiment, grown callous in the case of beaten wives, was found to be very tender when It came to beating brutal hus bands, hence this law was practically Inoperative from the first. But there should he no such sentiment in the matter of turning the wages earned upon the rockplle or elsewhere by de linquent husbands while In durance over to their wives. The Navy De partment has established a w-ise and Just precedent In this -matter which ought to rule in naval cases hereafter. Would that the principle involved, that of Justice to those who suffer, finan cially as well as physically, by the de linquency of the breadwinner, extend to criminal Jurisprudence In civil life. VillAT FAMINE LOVK9. A wise old philosopher once said, "Famine loves the land of a single crop." and we have all seen that ex emplified in more cases than one. Not that we have ever had In this favored country anything to approach what may be called a famine, for that would Imply a widespread' disaster. Our hlesed land has too many sources of revenue to suffer as a whole from the failure of any one or two or half dozen of them. But we can take individual locali ties where the chief income l annual ly taken from some one product like wheat, corn, hops or tobacco- and cite Instances where the failure for even a single year has caused much suffering. If the failure was repeated the following year there was wide spread disaster. Yet in some localities, particularly where the soil is nearly or partially "worn out." where it seems impossi ble to instruct the land owners into new methods, where it sterns to them possible only to grow such crops as their forefathers grew on the same land. It seems impossible to break away from the old methods and take up diversified industries. In Oregon, prac tically all of Oregon, there is no such excuse. If there is any land on earth where a diversity of interests can be fostered on the land it is in this state of ours. If there Is any land on earth where there is less excuse for Invit ing famine by persisting in sticking to one crop then we do not know where that land is. The farmer who ties his financial faith to one crop may be well com pared with a grocer who would sell only one staple soap, for instance. Why should a business man commit such a folly? None would, for he would soon find that he could just as well at the same running expenses sell other commodities and he does. It Is only the farmer that commits such folly, and only the farmer who is away behind the times the farmer who learns nothing and forgets noth ing. A banker was speakin- the other day and he is a wise, shrewd finan cier. He asserted that farmers were very desirable customers, especially (mark the words) those who had a diversity of industries, particularly those who raised some livestock in connection with their farming opera tions; those who fed to such stock what was raised on the farm. This banker also said that no farmer with a good reputation for integrity need sell his hay or grain because he had no stock to feed it to, for any reputable banker wculd lend such a man the money to buy stock. There could be no safer loans than those made to anyone. Perhaps the best way to find out where the farmers are the most pros perous is to go down to the stock yards and see where the most of the cattle, sheep, hogs and calves come from. You will soon discover that the same farmers who are shipping this stock to market have many other things to sell, such as milk, poultry. eggs, honey, potatoes and fruit. J ou will more, than likely find each one of them has a berry patch and a young orchard recently set or about to come into bearing. For the land owner who is wise enough to ship good stock to market is the wise-t of all farmers and takes advantage of every chance to enrich himself with out exhausting his land. The Democrats have been trying to push the wool tariff into the back ground, but the Lawrence strike has forced It to the front and may compel them in self-defense to take some ac tion on the Tariff Board's report. When a whole family in the employ of the most protected of all trusts earns $7 a week, the props are knocked from tinder the "pauper labor of Europe" argument and the Demo crats have a good opportunity to deal . blow at that trust with assurance of Id from the Republican President and Senate. The Democratic victory of 1910 was hailed as a disaster for Taft and as a forecast of his defeat In 1912. It has but served to give the Democrats an opportunity to display their own in competence and their hopeless divi sions. It has compelled a showdown and proved Taft to hold the winning hand. The English suffragettes may have overplayed their hand In smashing the windows of the London shopkeepers. So long as they confined their atten tion to the Cabinet Ministers and their houses, the disposition was to laugh, but when every man's window is in danger, the Joke is not so obvious. San Francisco tongs declare for war and Pbrtland tongs are ready for the killing.' These misguided heathen must be shown the way. Now that China is a republic, they are needed at home to become policemen, when they can kill with a free hand. A good sample of practical idealism is the breach In 1912 of a pledge given In 1904. Of equal importance with the right of the people to rule themselves is their right to have men keep their word, given to the whole people. Judge Putnam's objection to crimi nal indictment of the shoe machin ery trust officers has probably won for him unfavorable comment in the Com moner, which wants the jails filled with trust officials. The wife who objects to her hus band's bulldog becoming one of the family might cultivate acquaintance with the stork and show the old man the error of his ways. What charm Is there in blue uni forms to win respect for soldiers? If the man inside the uniform is worthy of respect he will get it, whether the uniform be blue or olive. Where eggs are always high-priced the neck of the laying hen is safe. The bird that rode the brakebeam into Vancouver maybe read the Portland market reports. Let not the motive of the Salem mother be questioned. She kept her little band together while she could, and in death let it be hoped they are not separated. A white man cannot, like the Wil- sonville Jap. make $1500 on three acres, because the brown man does all the work, and the white will not- With SOO.OOO triumphant revolution ist troops under arms In China, foreign intervention would be a more serious undertaking than It was In 1900. If any argument for equal suffrage were needed, it Is supplied by woman on a jury in a murder case, especially when the victim is of that sex. About all the Republican aspirants having announced themselves, this week should show activity along Dem ocratic lines. Mrs. Pankhurst and her aids must emigrate when their time expire. This is the country for them. Major Butt denies being engaged. In the nature of his job he cannot indulge the luxury. What Oregon Press I p-Mate JVeyrspapera Comment or Third Term and Other Phasea of Ki President Candidacy Much Oppolrlon Expreaned. T. R. Is Converted. Roseburg Review. Teddy also favors the recall Presidents. Taft Will Win. Clatskanle Chief. Taft will get the nomination In spite of all the duplicity of the Roosevel tlans. and then the voters will get Taft. Attrition is One of Availability. Hillsboro Independent. The question, then, is simply one of availability of candidates and decision upon the man who can insure Repub lican success. This choice should not be limited by the leaders to any one man. Party Pnt In - Fix." Baker Democrat. "Teddy's" anouncement that his hat is In the ring to stay and that he Is a candidate for the Presidential nomina tion places the Republican party in the worst fix that it has been since Just before the election of Grover Cleve land. Looks Like Taft. Hillsboro Argus. It looks as though Taft will win in a walk but Roosevelt already has many Western states on his list of dele gations. If the progressive element in the party united on one man. either La Follette or Roosevelt, there would be a pretty fight for the nomination. Roeaevelt a Progressive. Brownsville Times. Mr. Roosevelt is a progressive from the ground np and In favor of rule by the more modern method of the Ini tiative and referendum. He stands closer to the people than does Mr. Taft. Third Term Custom Wine. Portland Catholic Sentinel. Of course. If the country really needs Mr. Roosevelt's services as President it would be foolish to let the tradition stand in the way of securing those services. On the other hand, "the wise custom which limits the President to two terms," as the Colonel called it in 1904. Is a wise custom and should not lightly he overturned. nemoeralle Outlook Good. East Oregonian. It is possible that Roosevelt may not win asainst Taft before the Repub lican convention but may so tire out bis opponent in that race that Taft will not appear to good advantage when he enters for the main heat next Fall particularly if at the time there should be a long-legged man upon the track. Roosevelt I Choice. Grants Pass Observer. This paper favors Mr. Roosevelt for two reasons: One is that he Is better able to restore financial confidence in ,fal. r.f l hlnx9 stairtlll. Hon than Is Mr. Taft. The other is that Mr. Taft is largely responsible for the break up of the Republican party; that he can never reunite It, but that Mr. Roosevelt probably can. l.lttle F.nthusiasra In More. St. Helens Mist. To the great body of Republicans who are sincere In their belief that this party is the advance agent of pros perity and that a continuance of the party In power Is necessary for the continued prosperity of the country, the entrance of Roosevelt Into the race for President will not be received with the enthusiasm that he and his backers will suppose. Makes Democrat Squirm. Astorian. The Injection of the Roosevelt spirit and personality Into the political melange has had the effect of making the Democrats sit up and squirm some; and so long as he lasts, too, and after the convention in Chicago in June, they will never know a safe and peaceful moment. They had relied upon his ex clusion, voluntary or otherwise, and their disappointment Is as profound as their peril is obvious. However, Mr. Roosevelt is not yet nominated. Priendn Disappointed. Amity Standard. This move on the part of Mr. Roose velt Is a great disappointment to many of his staunchest friends and support ers who held to their faith that he would stay hy his declaration of 1904 and loft7. and would not again become a candidate for the Presidency. . The editor of the Standard believes that a renomination is the Just due of President Taft from the hands of the Repuhllean party, and will use all pos sible influence to that end. One Dose Fnoagh, Klamath Falls x -oneer Press. Roosevelt may have been a good thing to have happened to the body politic in America, lt is our opinion that his two administrations made peo ple do a lot of thinking. But he was very much like a dose of strong medi cine given to arouse the stagnant tis sues of the body. The first dose may be good, no matter how unpleasant its effect, but why under the name of neaven repeat it? 3iot a Square Deal. CottageOrove Sentinel. Many who admired Roosevelt for his firm stand against a renomination In 1908 have lost that admiration since his recent declaration that he Is willing to accept a nomination now. His with drawal of support from his friend Taft. who was a bulwark of his own Administration, and whom he himself practically put in the Presidential chair, does not look well coming from one who was such an ardent advocate of the "square deal." Voice for Fair Play. McMlnnviile Telephone Register. He becomes a candidate virtually for a third term against a man who has had but one term and seeks a second. He does this without telling the people why Taft is not acceptable for a sec ond term, or why he should not con tinue loyal to a friend whom he had thus exalted. Doubtless these reasons will be forthcoming, later, but unless they shall prove satisfactory to the people, lt would seem to us that Roose velt's candidacy would redound to the Interest of President Taft, prior to the convention, and if Roosevelt Is nomi nated. Republican disaffection would materially add strength to the Demo crat, should he be an able man. Above all things Americans admire and be lieve in fair play. Taft Deserve Second Term. Medford Sun. There will no doubt be a number of staunch admirers of Teddy who will be disappointed at this announcement. It doesn't show the most magnanimous spirit in the world toward his own nominee. President Taft. We believe in President Taft. We believe he de-serves a second term. We believe the time will come when the calm Judgment of the American people will appreciate his true worth, his courage, by his loyal sense of duty, his quiet but unswerving devotion to the best interests of the peopleu But if the majority of the Republican Says of Roosevelt party is for Roosevelt, then Roosevelt It should be. With all his shortcom ings, no fair-minded person questions Roosevelt's honesty, his force for pub lic good, his faith in and his devotion to the American people. White Man's Hope. Portland Advocate (Colored.) The enthusiasm aroused by Mr. Roose velt's blunt announcement that he will nai ne win accept the Republican nomination for President looks as thougn tne t-oionei la not in Jim jetines cioao. Many Content With Taft. Tillamook Headlight. It is a well-known fact that Roose velt Is very popular with a large class, but a great many voters who calmly look at the situation are content to let well enough alone, for Taft has madet good and given the country a progres sive administration. But Two Candidates IVoyv. The Dalles Optimist. The action on the part of Theodore Roosevelt will eliminate all other Re publican aspirants but himself and Taft, as Roosevelt has taken a progres sive stand. It would be impossible for T. R., with his disposition, to do other wise. Movement Purely Personal. Pilot Rock Record. In view of the fact that none of the boomers for Roosevelt from the eignt Western Governors, down to the en thusiastic straw voter, has in a single instance undertaken to show what the country is expected to gain by the res toration, we think it is stating the case fairly and truthfully to say that the movement is wholly personal. Square Deal Will Be Applied. Dallas Observer. Theodore was the disciple of the "square deal" which he told the Ameri can people about a few years ago. He made the saying popular, and now the people will follow lt faithfully. They do not see a "square deal" In deserting a former friend under a specious plea and the abandonment of an expressed principle merely to secure office. Harsh Word for Colonel. Pendleton Live Wire. At last Colonel Roosevelt has "xield ed to the Importunities of his friends," and will permit his name to stand as a candidate for the Republican nomina tion for President. If we had not been deeply disappointed at this seml-hys-terlcal. spotlight-seeking demagogue repudiating his own promises not to violate patriotic precedent by accepting a third term, we should be shocked and overwhelmed with mortification at the utter lack of originality displayed in his form of announcement. I Iterance Is Against Him. Roseburg News. Mr. Roosevelt, with all the expres- . "vc , and with all the apparent - POP" r tlment made for him, cannot hope to be nominated at Chicago. He will not be able to muster the delegates from the states that are really controlling in the convention. And, besides, he has a powerful obstacle in his way, an ob stacle which will grow as the date of the convention draws near. That ob stacle is a paragraph that he uttered himself on November 8. 1904. after he bad been nominated for the Presidency. Many Frienda Disappointed. Eugene Register. In again becoming a candidate the Presidency. Colonel Roosevelt disaDnolnted a great number of for has his friends and admirers. When in 1904 he declared most positively that he con sidered the three and one-half years that he had served to be his first term; that the wise custom that limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form: and that under no circumstances would he be a candidate for or accept another nom ination, he made a clear and definite statement of policy. Lost Hla Head. Newberg Graphic. The big " I " has been getting the better of Roosevelt, and lt has been evi dent from the date of his return from his African hunting trip that he has been itching to get into the political game with a view of a seat in the White House again. He seems to be puffed up with the idea that he is the only man who can do things. A few years ago we all thought he was too big and brainy to lose his head In this way, but he Is human like all others who have gone before him. Roosevelt Ambition Feared. Drain Nonpareil. We are prepared to think that if Mr. Roosevelt should fail in the con vention of obtaining the nomination, he would acquiese in every action of his friends, no matter how subtle, in placing his name at the head of an in dependent ticket or having it written in as a substitute for Mr. Taft. His action Is simply the dismemberment of the Republican party under any cir cumstances. His ambition -to rule will stop at no obstacle, and in that posi tion is a menace to the welfare of the country. Roosevelt Word Recalled. Salem Statesman. Great numbers of Colonel Roosevelt's best friends and most ardent admirers continue to believe what he said when he told the country Mr. Taft would make an Ideal President. So he has. and he deserves the "well done, good and faithful servant," of his country men, which they can give only by elect ing him the second time, as Is the im memorial custom in the United States. A custom that should neither be de parted from nor extended to a third term, elective or otherwise, successive as to time or at great or small intervals. The Oregonian is a great big factor in the upbuilding of Portland. The Oregonian is a clean, informative news paper. It prints all the news. It gives you the news when the news is born. It reaches you first thing in the morn ing, only a few hours after the news was received by telegraph. And the newspaper which is looked to for ALL the news is the best paper to advertise in. Advertisers know this. That is why The Oregonian re ceives the bulk of their advertising. And the medium which is given preference by the houses which have been advertising for scores of years is the logical medium for the beginner to use. More circulation, more HOME circulation, more ad vertising than is carried by any other Portland newspaper these are the reasons why advertisers get more for their money in The Oregonian than in any other paper. METAMORPHOSES By Dean Collins. Said Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt. "This is the man for me!" And Mr. Taft for President Full strong supported he. All this took place some years ago. We looked again last week, ami, lo What was it we espied? Instead of Dr. Jekyll R., 'Tuns Mr. Teddy Hyde. Oh. Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt, With deepest approbation, Yon raised your voice and well indorsed The Taft administration. , H. nQ, an vou contrary go? Who i3 lt dotjj flop over so. An(J former words deride? Not Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt, But Mr. Teddy Hyde. Said Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt, "Never again will I E'er, under any circumstances For nomination try." Would he go back on this? Ah, no! Then who is this hops to and fro At politics' ringside? Not Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt. But Mr. Teddy Hyde. Oh. Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt. To quote the poet plain. "There's surely something putrid In the kingdom of the Dane." I'll not go into details no. But, where you were a while ago, Who now have I espied? Not Dr. Jekyll Roosevelt, But Mr. Teddy Hyde. Dean Collins, Portland, March i. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of March 4, A letter from London says: "The funeral of the Prince (Albert) took, place on Monday at Windsor Castle. K was .strictly private and the persons who followed the coffin to the tomb were chosen from among the personal friends or relatives of tne royal family. Even the French Ambassador was not present. In London the day was ob served by a cersation of business and empty streets, but there has been no funeral ceremony such as would have been more than usually proper for the memory of a man who has done so much for England, nor have the walls of Westminster Abbey seen any new funeral pageant in behalf of tha poor Prince consort." There is the highest authority for stating that there is no truth in the report that a rebel flag has twice brought a communication to headquar ters threatening the lives of Colonel Corcoran and others in the event of the execution of the Missouri bridge burners. The expulsion of Bright from the Senate will likely prove only the be ginning of a war against all suspected Senators. Attention has already been directed towards Powell, lt Is said that a resolution will shortly be introduced uirectlng the superintendent of the document room to inform the Senate what puolic documents Powell has or dered sent to members of the South ern Confederacy since the formation of the provisional government. The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Morning Herald says that the French government has determined to send an additional force of 8000 to Mexico. This step is decided upon in consequence of the pretense of Spain, who refuses to act in concert with the allies, and seems inclined to carry on the war for her own especial bene. a. It is also stated that -. ornial overtures have been made to Austria, offering to bestow the throne of Mexico on the Archduke Max. It is reported that a considerable force of Texans was advancing up the Rio Pecos to attack Fort Union. An express sent to Denver City states that reinforcements had been sent and mar tial law proclaimed in the territory. All able-bodied men are to be drafted to serve in the militia, and all mules, horses and ammtiniti-n in the terri tory have been seised for the use of the Government. Th- Indians are re ported troublesome. Ex-Governor G. L. Curry has retired from his positon as editor of the Port land Dally Advertiser. Mr. Joseph Alli son has assumed the responsibility ot that position. The Turners are making arrange ments for a grand sr ree, which is to come off on the 17th inst. Mr. Ackerson's Notions. PORTLAND. March 2. (To the Ed itor.) In regard to the so-caUed "friendly" test of the inconstitutional ity of the law regarding the election of delegates to the National Repub lican convention, I wish to state that I, as a believer in the direct primary law, oppose the action of State Sena tor Nottingham. Judge Carey and the "no quorum" meeting of nine members of the state central committee at the Multnomah Hotel. That a few of the "Old Guard" should attempt to over throw the laws of Oregon to enable them to choose a delegation in some back room that would be servile to their wishes, is the belief of the man on the street. It is announced that the progressives are agreeable to this test, that is not so in my case. I am a candidate for delegate to the National convention, believing in the Roosevelt doctrines, the initiative, referendum and recall, hav ing filed my petition some time before Roosevelt announced his intention of becoming a candidate for nomination at the convention. If I am elected as delegate to the National convention I will support the choice of the voters of Oregon at the primary election April 19. 1912, be he Roosevelt, Taft or U Follette. I will use my best efforts (o insert in the Republican platform the progressive doctrines, namely: the direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall. Federal supervision of forests and tariff revi sion downward. CHARTES W. ACKBRPON.