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ttth MORXIXG- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, 1912. 8 PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oresan; postottloa a BOOEQl.lUf MMW. Cubscrlbtlun Sate Invariably In Advanca. Daily. Bandar Included, ona year. r.u c i 4 at v monttal Dally. Sunday Included, three months... JJ Dally. Sunday Included, ona montn Dally, without Sunday, one year. . J uaiiy. without Sunday, sn "'":" , Dally, without Sunday, three montna... -JjJ -aiiy. wiiaout Buaumjr, w jhw-m..- - Weekly, one year JjJ auodajr and Weekly, one year " CBT CARBISK.) Dally. Sunday Included, ona year.. Dally. Sunday Included, one montn....- " liow to itemlt Send P"'V. T,r cer. express oroer or pvivnu " mrm local tal. Sum, ':. c,Vf"Dra.: afc iflf Koaeri r.iA. ui'" f lu full. Including county and stata. Postage Rates lO to 14 page. 1 cent. to 2a pages, z centa; 30 to 40 pages. .4 to eu paces. 4 centa. Foreign postage, double rata. . mnk- La.tera Business Office-Verra , Conk Jin New Torlc Bninewlc building. -" caao. 6i'Kr building. c- gala Fraoclaco OHics R. J- BldwaU ca. 143 Market street. S. European Office No. a Regent street. W.. Loudon. PORTLAND, THURSDAY. ACGrST 8. 191- BADICALISM AND REACTION MIXED Roosevelt's confession of faith re veals an. effort to advance beyond either of the old parties on the main Issues which now occupy men's minds. rr th. old Issues of the tariff, the trusts, the currency, high cost of living, his policy is in line the Republican platform. Recogniz ing the necessity of making new is sues and of taking advanced ground on some of the old issues as a basis for the formation of the Progressive party broader than the already dis rrAriitpr! crv of fraud, he builds a platform which is a strange jumble of progressiveness, as aennea o mo re publicans, and radicalism. Much of what he proposes as radicalism, mure over, is found on analysis to be ac tually reactionary. Coloring this mtx iiira with the phraseology of social justice and lofty purpose, he offers it to the people as the gospel of progress. The recall, according to the Colo nel's programme. Is to be applied to Federal as well as state juages. to r eu. eral as well as state Judicial decisions. He asserts the need of easier constitu tional amendment. That is generally conceded in all except the rockrlbneo. conservative states and Is already an accomplished fact in many states. But If we facilitate change In the constitu tional principles on which laws and judicial decisions are based, why trou ble to recall decisions which are of limited application? If a constitu tional provision does not accord with the popular will or is so interpreted as to defeat that will, why not change the provision to set the Judges on the right track? "Why peck at the big tree with the hatchet of recall decisions when we canf use the broadax and crosscut saw of constitutional amend ment? The Colonel's remedy for a well-recognized evil is weak and in effective. The measures proposed for the safe ty of workingmen and women, to se cure them compensation for injuries, to prevent or limit employment of women and children, to limit hours of Iabcr, differ in no material respect from those earnestly supported by President Taft and indorsed by the Re. publican platform. In his effort to vindicate his claim to radicalism, Roosevelt proposes that we borrow the schemes of minimum wage and old age pensions from the semi-socialist nations of Britain and Germany. We doubt whether the Nation is ready to fro to such extremes and whether con ditions in this country warrant such paternalism. In dealing with the trusts, Roose velt places more emphasis on the strict supervision of corporations, and on the pretended impossibility of do ing business In a small way, than on the dissolution of monopolies. This was to be expected from a candidate whose financial backers are among the controlling forces of the greatest trusts, but his opinions are more re actionary than radical. He becomes radical and socialist again when he suggests that his proposed Industrial commission fix prices lor trust prod ucts. No man of discernment and patriotism can contemplate with ' equanimity the spectacle of a com mission of a few men empowered to fix the price of practically every im portant commodity the Nation con sumes. The opportunities and temp tations to do wrong would be enor mous. In condemning the oil and to bacco trust dissolutions, the Colonel overlooked the fact that they were the best that could be had under the present law and that, however much they fell short of public expectation, they pointed the way to supplemen tary legislation which would remove the shortcomings of the Sherman law. Taft has recommended Just such legis lation and Roosevelt's supporters in Congress must share the responsibility for failure to enact it. The Colonel's tariff policy so closely resembles Taft's that his statement of It is tantamount to an Indorsement of Taft's scientific revision plan. The only new feature he adds is that the Tariff Commission examine Into labor conditions, and that we refuse protec tion to those industries which do not give labor its share of the benefit. The most striking example of op portunism is the Colonel's open dec laration tn favor of woman suffrage. It Is the first he has made and Is so completely out of harmony with his previous pronouncements on that sub. Ject and with the known bent of his mind that the conclusion is warrant-, ed that It was dictated by political expediency, not by sincere conversion. The confession of faith is explicable only on the theory that Roosevelt first determined to run for President, then, failing to secure the Republican nomiJ nation, resolved to organize a new party as a means of carrying out that purpose, and finally prepared the con. fession of faith as a plausible pretext for the new party. It is the first spec tacle this country has had of the or ganlzing of a new party to support a certain candidate and the building of a platform for that candidate to run on. THE CELILO-PANAMA CELEBRATION. Celebration of the completion of the Celilo Canal Jointly with that of the Panama Canal, as projected by Lewiston, Is most appropriate. The Celilo Canal and similar waterway improvements are" the corollary and complement of the Panama Canal, for that great enterprise was undertaken for the same general purpose the development of water routes as the most economical means of trans portatlon. Opening to continuous navigation of the Columbia River and its main trib utaries should be the chief aim of all the Northwestern states, for by that aneans more than by any other can the development of this section be hastened. The rapids which are now an obstruction may be made the serv- ants of river improvement, for the dams which will be erected beside the locks at such points will develop enough power for the operation not only of the locks, but of all the ma chinery in the vicinity, and to pump water for irrigation. The same power can operate electric railways which will become feeders to the water lines. The great bulk of the products of Ore eon. Washington, Idaho, British Co lumbla and part of Montana could be drained through the Columbia vauej to the sea, Just as the waters of that river are drained. From the time when these products are loaded on river vessels from wagons or electric cars near the point of production these commodities need not again touch land until they reach the At lantic ports or the ports of foreign lands to which they are exported. Lewiston and other up-river towns may then become as truly ports as are the cities along the whole course of the Elbe. Having developed the water routes In the manner described, we couia carry a volume of traffic which would tax the capacity of the railroads, even if their tracks were doubled, or quad rupled. As in Germany, cranes could load freight on barges a river ports and tugs could take fleets of these barges to the ocean ports, where the cargo could be transferred as the barges lay alongside the ocean steam er. The railroads would do the bust ness which is mostly non-competitive and pays the highest rates, but the volume of this business would be so great as to swell their earnings far beyond the present totals. Whatever through business they retained would be of high-class, requiring rapid tran- sit, and would, therefore, pay the highest rates. The railroads would be relieved of the necessity of spending the billions on improvements, of which James J. Hill speak but would increase their earnings per mile on their present Investment. The events which Lewiston proposes to celebrate will open a new epoch in transportation throughout the North west. The celebration should, there fore, be an occasion of rejoicing on which 'the people on both sides of the international boundary from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean will assemble. MURPHY ON THE TOBOGOAN. Murphy, the Tammany boss. Is "on the toboggan." Put In Coventry by the Democratic National Convention, he now sees the graft which he levies through the police force in peril and the whole pernicious system by which he maintains his power likely to be destroyed. The very law which he forced the Legislature to pass in order to prevent election of a Republican state and city ticket in a Presidential year 19 to be turned against him, to be used in wresting from him control of the Legislature and the city. If he loses both houses of the Legislature and the Governor, a law may be passed placing the metropolitan police force under state control. That would be a deadly blow to Tammany's power. In these days of Independent voting the entire separation of National from state and city tickets is a direct invi tation to vote on each office accord ing to the issues Immediately In volved. A strong National ticket, backed by public sentiment, can no longer be used to pull through a state and county ticket made up of Tam many's tools. The healthy public opin ion of the up-state counties regards with reprobation an organization which has caused New York to be viewed as a black sheep In the Demo cratic flock. The state will be more than ever disposed to cast out the unclean thing and to fit Itself to be again received into full fellowship, now that the depths of Tammany's depravity are exposed. However New York may vote on the National ticket, there promises to be a slaughter of Tammany men on the state and city tickets. OHIO AND CALIFORNIA. The father and grandfather of our temperate correspondent. Mary E. Hill, were present at the birth of the Republican party, and on that ac count she feels that she has some sort of superior right to aid In destroying it. We can hardly concede so much, since the loyal sons of other fathers and grandfathers who were concerned in the accouchement think they can be true to their birthright only by making an earnest and honorable ef fort to save the party from foes with out and traitors within. We do not reproach Mrs. Hill, who Is free to do as she pleases; we merely suggest that the men and women who think the Republican party is worth saving are moved by worthy motives and do not belong In the thief and rascal class, so vehemently and indiscriminately denounced by Colonel Roosevelt. Mrs. Hill does not quote The Ore gonian accurately; but never mind. There was no contest by Roosevelt at Chicago over the Ohio delegates-at-large, though he Instigated a large number of frivolous and dishonest contests In other states, and It Is not easy to understand why Ohio was let alone. The Oregonlan overlooked the fact that Colonel Roosevelt had said any thing about Ohio, and is censurable for its oversight. It ought to have assumed, of course, that Colonel Roosevelt put the Ohio Taft managers in the index expurgatorlous for their heinous crime of taking on any pretext any delegates the Colonel wanted. The Colonel rarely disappoints expec tation In that regard. The six Taft delegates-at-large from Ohio were elected by the state conven tion through a deal or arrangement or combination with the Roosevelt chair man of the state committee. The Ore gonlan knows nothing of the terms of the trade. Colonel Roosevelt has gone on record with the assertion that they were discreditable to Taft and the delegates. But we have not yet reached that Ineffable stage of virtu ous self-satisfaction where we know that anything and everything Colonel Roosevelt says is so whether it is so or not. But whatever the conditions of the Ohio "steal." we venture to say that they do not begin to approach in moral turpitude the audacious and shameful Roosevelt project of stealing me nepuoucan electoral . machinery for the election of Roosevelt electors under the guise of Republican candi dates. Nor do we think that the case of Massachusetts, where Roosevelt got the delegates-at-large, but Taft got me popular vote, rests on any sub stantially different basis from the worst Colonel Roosevelt has to say of Ohio.' It seems superfluous to dlseusa rm. fornia, but The Orea-onlan will v again that Colonel Roosevelt ought not to nave oeen deprived of those two poor little votes on any purely techni cal ground. Mrs. H1U has the situa tion there pretty badly twisted. There was. we believe,- no state convention; but the Legislature was called by Gov. ernor Johnson in special session, and passed a Presidential preference pri mary law carefully designed to avoid and defeat the terms of the National committee's convention call. The Taft candidates subscribed to the terms of the primary law, for there was no other course open; but the two Taft delegates from the Fourth District expressly stipulated that if elected they would vote for Mr. Taft, and declined to take the alternate pledge that they would abide by the state-wide popular vote. Conflicting affidavits as to the result in the Fourth District were filed at Chicago, one of the officials named by Mrs. Hill making two opposing statements; but It appears to be certain that the two Taft candidates had a plurality over two Roosevelt candidates; and the National committee took advantage of the situation and seated them. If forms mean anything and rules are to be followed In electing dele gates, the Taft delegates from Califor nia had a fairly clear case; if they mean nothing, California Is at liberty to take its own method of electing delegates to a National convention. If California may Ignore the terms of the National commit tee's call, as to electing delegates, on the plea that a "sovereign state" may take its own course, California might make Its own apportionment and in sist on sending, say, fifty-six delegates. and not twenty-eight, and having them seated. Why not? What right has a mere National organization to override a great state like California? The states had their own way as against the Nation fifty years ago and for fifty years the Republican party has taught the doctrine of the supremacy of the Union over the states; but after half a century we now know that the Republican party has been inculcating false and unpatriotic notions into the minds of all citizens and the time has come for a reasser tion of the inviolable sovereignty of the separate states. MIZZLE THE DOGS. When it is a question of putting dogs to the slight inconvenience of wearing muzzles that human beings may be protected from torturous death. The Oregonian is unequivocally on the side of man. Even were man. immune from rabies it seems to us that humane treatment of animals would better be served by protecting dogs from each other than by permitting the spread of communicable, racking, fatal convulsions. It may be admitted that dogs wear ing muzzles have an unhappy look. But did any of our tender-hearted friends of dumb brutes ever see a dog afflicted with hydrophobia? There is suffering that Is voiced in more than unhappy looks. It Is real and it is cruel. Why do not our humanitarians rail against the working of horses, the branding of calves, the shearing of sheep, the shipping of stock in cat. tie cars? Animal suffering is caused by all of these. They are acts com mitted for the benefit of man. The muzzling of dogs is that and nothing more, and It is Inconsequential In comparison. We are offered again today the old story that hydrophobia Is merely hys terical fear. Scientists admit that there is a false hydrophobia of purely hys terical origin, during an attack of which some patients have died. They also assert that the true hydrophobia may be positively and unquestionably detected in the pathological changes found after death. Still there is no comfort to a man's widow or a child's parents to ascertain by post mortem examination that the beloved one died from fright and not from true dis ease. Nor are the convulsions that precede death likely to be less painful In the one case than in the other. If dogs are muzzled there will be neither deaths from fright nor fatalities from true hydrophobia. The great majority of the public are prone to accept the researches and conclusions of scientists rather than those of lay reasoners. The word of a dozen theorists will not counterbal ance the statement of one health offi cer that rabies exists In Portland. The fear win remain. That there ia an hysterical form of rabies is all the more reason why dogs should be mui. zled at this time. Let us compromise with the disbelievers in science and materiality, If necessary, but let It be by muzzling against both fear and disease. Those who speak of open reaches and Summer climate have a false idea of the geographical distribution of hydrophobia and Its causes. The disease has been found in Greenland, England, Turkey, Saxony, Bavaria, Russia. Siberia. In Germany it has been wholly eradicated by muzzling dogs. Call It fear or call it an Infec tious disease, hydrophobia exists, and muzzling of dogs prevents its spread. Its infliction is lingering, ghastly and generally fatal. It were better that all the dogs In Portland wore wooden gags than that one person should suf fer from Its death-dealing convulsions. FEDERAL PAY FOR THE MILITIA. An effort to make of the organized militia a serviceable aiivlHarv fnr to the regular Army for war service is being undertaken by the United States Government. Having perfected the organization of the militia ainn r. ular Army lines and having provided full modern equipment for the citizen soldiery, the first big step in the direc. tion of increasing the efficiency of this reserve force has taken the form of a pay bill. This measure, providing ior appropriation or something over 19,000.000 a vear for th militia ha. already been reported upon favorably by the military affairs committee of the House. By Discing the militia nn rav I. Intended that basis shall be laid for wiping out such shortcomings as now exist in this branch nf rha . V J 9 military service.- The foremost provi sion is one that empowers the Presi dent to attach any organization or all organizations to th mmiar am,,, active service at home or abroad. The second provision In order of Impor tance is one demanding of the militia man a full degree of fitness tnr service. When there is a monthlv. or annual pavdav In th Marital Guard many things may be demanded that now can hardly be expected. Service at present means financial loss to every officer and man and with very little thanks. The militiaman devotes his leisure time to study of military science. Several evenings each week are davotad tn nVliia m. Sundays during the Summer months are occupied at target practice and his annual vacation goes Into a trying maneuver campaign. When he is do. ing all this at a loss to himself it is difficult to ask more of him. But with the pay schedule estab lished as a recognition of his work and worth, a stricter application to his duties can be demanded with some show of fairness, even though the rate of pay is made very small. Discipline can be made much more exacting. At tendance at drill can be enforced by a system of fines and In short the whole status of the militia as a potential fighting force can be changed. i The price is not great when it is considered that an army of approxi mately 120,000 men will thereby be added to the first defense, line. We have a small regular Army and our National military policy seems to pro. hibit a much larger one. With our rise to a position where international relations may make a show of force occasionally necessary to back our pol icies, or at least to give them weight, the maintenance of a military estab lishment somewhat bigger than a met ropolitan police force seems altogether discreet. An admirable and effective solution of our military problem may be found In further development of the militia to the dignity of a National fighting machine. VACATION DAYS. One of the rich men of the country, one of our foremost financiers, wno is now an octogenarian, was asked how it came about that he carried his eighty years as though they were but half the number. "Because," replied the man of big business, "I never take my business with me from my office. When I was married, almost sixty years ago, I made a boon companion of my wife, and when I returned daily from the office she and I had great sport In riding, driving and romping together; when the children came we all romped and played together. I tried to be as young as they were. When I went on a vacation it was such in fact, for-1 set my house in order before departing and had no messages, no wires, no word of any sort to annoy or vex me. I forgot everything save the Joy of living and making my wife and little ones happy." This man enjoys life. He lives a sane and sensible life. He appreciates the fact that he will not pass this way again and that he will soon de part. So he enjoys his fortune while he may, taking as much pleasure in making those around him happy as he does in making happiness for him self. To such, in reality, a vacation is but a change of environment; but the way is open to all, rich and poor that Is, those who are, with their fam ilies, above want. For the very, very poor there have been no play-spells devised. But In these times of pros perity, when there is honest labor at good wages for all, only misfortune should lead to deep poverty. There are some people who take pride in saying: "I never take a vaca tion; I take my rest at my business, We feel sorry for them. There are depths of happiness of which they know nothing the happiness of hav ing the mind free of every thought save the Joy of living. And that will be found when one has to think more than once to tell who he is or where he came from or where he is going. Substitution of surgery for penlten tiarles as a cure for crime suggests other possibilities. An operation on the head might reduce the exaggerate ed size of the Roosevelt ego; it might enable Pan Kellaher to see that a Re publican elector cannot conscientious ly vote for a man who is not a Re publican; it might so change the cur rent of Democratic Congressmen's thoughts that they would vote more battleships; it might so transform Lieutenant Becker, "Brldgie" Webber, "Jack" Rose, Harry Vallon, "Lefty Louie" and "Gyp the Blood" that they would become evangelists if they should escape from their present trou bles; It might make spendthrifts of John D. and Hetty Green; it might enable Henry Watterson to see- the virtues of Woodrow Wilson. But there is no end to what might be done in reforming the world. We are to ru a straight third party ticket In Pennsylvania. Ot the Republican electors, three-fourths are Roosevelt men. and the proposal was that they run on both tickets and give the electoral vote to whichever man got the most. To this I couia not assent. Moreover in Pennsyl vania, under the law. unlike Kansas, the names of Taft and Harmon go above the ttopuDjican electors, -mis being me case i felt that the Roosevelt electors should not be In that oolumn at all and moreover under no circumstances would I have consented that any man who votes for me by any possibility woula) have hla vote counted for Tail.' uoionei nooseveit a statement. Referred more or less respectfully to Dan Kellaher, candidate for Presi dential Elector on the Republican ticket and candidate for Presidential Elector on the Bull Moose ticket. The best and simplest way to elimi nate the danger of communicating disease Is to forbid spitball entirely. The mere thought of handling a ball which Is covered with another man's saliva is repulsive. The danger of tu berculosis should be decisive against the practice. The hose should be turned on the prurient crowds which haunt Mrs. Astor's residence. Even a millionaire has some rights which others should be compelled to respect. .Wilson says the tariff question has heen nolltlcs in our limn. Cartalnlv Democratic tinkering with it has been very baa pontics at times tn the past twenty years. It Is time for wide demonstration of the science of eugenics, since 76 per cent of the school children of the country have serious physical defects. Colonel Roosevelt was then nominated by acoiamauon. no otner name being pre sented. News dispatch. That's a convention that knows what a convention is for. Though she lost part of a finger by a gopher gun, a Chemawa woman per sisted until she bears the record for killing the rodents. must be good this Summer, for Uncle Sam is a dilatory paymaster. If the "spitball" is a disseminator of deadly germs, all left for the batter Is to knock it over the fence. It would be a Joke If the parties of the first and second parts ignored the party of the third part. If little things count, Roosevelt shows wisdom in beginning activity In Rhode Island. . Inside city real estate in Portland continues to be the" best Investment. . Tmacino a. Tammajiv man marchine under an orange banner. A negro Moose Club Is the acme of delusion- Stars and Star-Makers By Leone Caaa. Baer. Little Mayo Methot, playing with Cathrlne Countlss in "The Awakening of Helena Richie," wrote' a' letter to George L. Baker, in whose stock com pany she appeared in several plays last season. The tenor of her message was that she wanted Mr. Baker and his assistant, Milton Seaman, to see her performance as the boy David. "So this is what you must do," writes Mayo, "go to the box office and Inquire for Mr. Calvin Helllg, or Mr. Price who owns all us players, or Mr. Pangle who owns the theater, and tell them who you are Mr. Baker. Tell them I ap peared with you last season and they will let you in, I am sure." e e Speaking of the Bakers, a little note from Mrs. G. B. says that they are having a regular honeymoon trip on their way East, stopping off at Salt Lake for a few days, and at Denver, before they go on to New York. When Mr. Baker returns a month hence, he will have a list of plays to be presented by his stock company next season, and a list also of the actor folk who will present them. e e Lollta Robertson, who was never heard of as an actress until she mar ried Max Flgman, Is to substitute for the principal feminine role In "Fine Feathers," which opens next Saturday night In Chicago at the Cort Theater. Florence Stone was to have had the role, but has resigned owing to illness. The notable cast includes Robert Ede son, who hasn't had a successful play since "Strongheart"; Wilton Lack aye, who has "not had a good play for three seasons. Max Flgman, Rose Cogh- lan and Amelia Summers. Alexander Pantages' fine new Oak land vaudeville house a duplicate of the one in Portland was opened last Sunday with a carefully selected bill, e e Mina Crolius Gleason has been va cationing at Pacific Grove for a fort night, and this week returned to her work as character woman with "Ye Liberty" players at Oakland. e Eleanor Haber, a young actress who is known all along the Pacific and par ticularly in Portland, where she ap peared in stock, and in San Francisco, her home city, where she has been Identified with Belasco productions, Is playing leading roles with the Essanay e e a Bessie Barrlscale Is iplaying Jier Film Company, located at Niles, Cal. ( fourth and final week at the Alcazar Theater presenting "A Royal Fam ily." On Labor day quite appropriately, too, considering many of this actor's ventures Asa Lee Wlllard will open a melodramatic stock engagement at the Valencia Theater In San Francisco. Will Walling, who played In Port land with the old Columbia Stock Com pany, opened last Monday night in "The Melody of Youth" with James K. Hackett's company at the Columbia In San Francisco. Brandon Tynan wrote the piece, and this is its premier pro duction. e a a McKee Rankin and his players will leave today from San Francisco for Canada, where he will presenf'Magda" and "Oliver Twist." The company will number McKee Rankin. Sallie Drew, Francis Lewz, Pryse Mackaye, George Berlinger, Rose Campbell, Nell McCune and Ella Houghton. Tn h greeted In Portland by an old- time family friend who had not seen her since she was swaddling clothes was the surprise in store in this city fnr Vanlta Gould. . arlrl mimic at the Orpheum. Mrs, G. E. Burchard, of 665 East Morrison street, is tne oosom friend of the little vaudevilllst who o7o th flrut to erreet her when she ar rived in Portland Monday morning. Twnntv vsars BIO MISS liOUia IS not yet 21 Mrs. Burchard held the tiny mimic-to-be on her lap in faioux tity, la. Then Mrs. Burchard removed from imir fMtv and after several years wended her way to Portland with her daughter, Margaret, who is about tne same age as Miss Gould. A coincidence in connection with the reunion of Miss Gould and Mrs. Burchard Is that both were endeavoring at the same time to telephone to each other bright and early Monday morning. Miss Gould has been the guest of Mrs. Burchard and her daughter in a round of en tertainment ever since the arrival of the chic actress. a "Louisiana Lou" brings into town to night Sophye Tucker of angle-worm- wiggle memory, who since she went East has received the sobriquet, "Mary Garden of Ragtime." a e rntVirlno Countlss has been notified of her election to Denver Chapter No. 1228 of the United uaugniers or me Confederacy. Her father, the late Major Thomas J. Crooks, of Dennlson, Tuu wore the Confederate tray, and fought gallantly for four years until his cause was lost. He was taken prisoner and confined In the stockade at Mllll- ken's Bend, from which he escaped the a-ht hnfora the fall of Vlcksburg. He reported to General Kirby Smith in command at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was assigned to the battery in Indian Territory, and fought to the close of tha Civil War. when he was on General Maxey's staff. At the time of his death. four years ago, he was the oldest news paperman in Texas. Arrnrdincr to the San Francisco Tra.matle Review, "an lev wall of cold disdain arose recently in Los Angeles between Nat Goodwin and Florence Roberts. Miss Roberts' beautiful An gora eat was the cause. Miss Roberts had a luxurious Colonial suite at the Alexandria; One morning Goodwin came up from the beach for a few days and registered at the same ho tel. He was assigned a Colonial suite, whlrh haonened to adjoin that of Miss Roberts. He abhors cats, particularly Miss Roberts dotes on them. The hotel management officially detests cats and forbids their presence in guests' rooms. With the aid of a bell boy, who got a large retainer, but Is nnw looklnar for a lob. Miss Roberts slipped her Angora through, and every afternoon the boy took it to the roof for an airing. In his haste today he put the feline in the wrong room. Goodwin got -In a few minutes later, and the cat almost leaped upon him In getting out. And Nat nearly raised the roof. The management took charge nf the cat. and the secret did not get out until Miss Roberts angrily demand ed it. She was not acommodated. The rnnf narlv raised arain. Miss Rob erta and Goodwin have demanded suites in opposite ends of the building and on different floors." HOMESEEKER AND SINGLE TAX. This Newcomer Does Not Want to Ac quire Land at Expense of Others. PORTLAND. Aug. 7. (To the Ed itor.) I have been in the State of Ore gon since April 17 and will be a voter here this coming November, so quite naturally I have tried to put myself In touch with the issues that are con fronting the people of this great com monwealth. A letter written to a news paper by a man named Himes attracted my attention, as did Mr. Shield's reply. I do not own any land In Oregon, but I am anxious to build my future home here and try to become one of Oregon's honest and useful citizens. According to this single tax letter, land values under single tax would fall, and for me to acquire a home would be easy, but not Just. I do not think I should use the ballot box. one of our greatest symbols of liberty, to take from someone else that which he has worked, suffered and endured to ac quire. Single taxers say land had no value while man was a savage. Undoubtedly it did not. but the savage had his fancy stones, hand-made beads, skins, claws, and so on to his tomahawk and bow and arrow, which he took from the land and valued, and they were equivalent to the present land values. The savage would not take away his brother's treasures, but slirgle taxers, through their unjust system, would deprive the man, the widow and orphan of those values that were most religiously and honestly tolled for. I have not heard any warnings from pulpit, press or statesmen that the foundation of our Government will crumble unless we adopt the single tax. Quite the contrary. Our greatest statesmen, Washington,, Jefferson and Lincoln always advocated a clear title to land for all desirable people of foreign countries. It Is the certainty of this that Induces the emigrant to leave the scenes of his boyhood and take leave of his tear-stained mother to get here what this country offers, a clear acquisition title of land some thing he could call his own whereon he could die. knowing full well that by his hardships and perseverance he would leave something to his widow and children. Henry George said that every child, regardless of Its birth, should have an equal opportunity to utilize the natural resources. Most certainly that Is so; but does not every child become a wage-earner? And regardless of what occupation he follows, the money that he gets for his wages comes from the natural resources. The functions of a sailor, braving the treacherous deep, and the trapper In the frozen North, have to be performed. Everybody cannot cultivate land, but it is safe to say that neither the sailor nor trapper breaks the commandment "Thou shalt not covet thy nelgtiDors goods." I am Just starting in Oregon. This, as I said before, is to be my future home. If I am industrious enough to acquire a home I will be thankful; if I am not I will not complain. But If I ever get the power, and the Influence that the leaders of single tax and the employes the Fels' fund have, instead of giving or wasting precious time and money on an impracticable theory, I want to devote them to nobler causes. For instance, I would work for a pro longed working age, protected child hood.freedom from preventable diseases, illness and crime, for rational educa tion, indemnity against economic losses caused by death, and for a social re ligion. If that were only their plat form, how noble and honorable It would be. With reverence would the masses mention their name. Instead they are advocating that which will deprive the poor man and his widow of the result of his life's work. JOHN C. LANE. COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND OHIO Tbe Colonel, of Coarse, Chargred That Delegates Were Stolen. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian's reply to W. P. Wlncher regarding the action of the Ohio state convention, in awarding the delegates at large to Taft when Roose velt had carried the state, it is stated: "No' serious charge of theft has been made." In the Outlook for July 20, Colonel Roosevelt, explaining the Ohio case In full, says that the decisive votes In the state convention were cast by Cuyahoga County, which he had car ried at the polls three to one over jur. Taft. These Cleveland delegates, he further states, were "persuaded to vote for Taft by means "equally dis creditable to Mr. Taft and themselves,' and thus to "steal" from the people of Ohio the delegates at large which, by 47,000 majority, they had declared should be Roosevelt's. Are not these charges to be considered "serious7' Was It not the custom to give the dele gates at large to the candidate who had carried the state at larger. Also, with reference to California. replying to "One Voter" and else where, you state the primary was In voked with the intention of denying thn Taft minority representation. Was not the state convention in the hands of the Roosevelt men? Could they not have sent a solid Roosevelt rialearatlon to unicasrof iney nau nothing to gain In calling the primary. The Taft voters agreed to the pro visions of the primary. Mr. Taft's affidavit is on .file to that effect. Why did they agree to it If they did not in t.nrl tn abide bv its decision? The Registrar of Elections and the Secretary of State, the latter a lan man. both made affidavit stating that. owing to conflicting boundaries, it was impossible to say who was elected in the Fourth, the disputed aistnuu ou, for two delegates not actually elected, the National convention overrode the 77.000 majority of a sovereign ataie, nri AiA it in the name of "precedent." But the delegates from Ohio were also ftatnd bv precedent. T ahall appreciate very much an an swer to these remarks. I have always heon a eood RepuDllcan. i aia nut stand at the cradle of the Republican party, but my father and grandfather were there, incidentally, i ren.i Oregonlan. MARY E. HILL. More Men Than Women In World. rt.fn.cvA Tntnr-nrean. The total population of the world is . .MAAAAAAAn Tit. I. 1. now estimated at i,iu.u,v. ... based upon the most recent censuses, which all civilized countries now take, with a careful estimate of the num ber of Inhabitants of uncivilized lands. The proportion of the sexes is known for 1,038,000,000 of these, the ratio being 1000 males to 990 females. The .t. ....ia- Annol-derablv in different places. In Europe there are 1000 men to 1045 women; in nmci ivo., to 964 women: in Asia, 1000 men to 961 women; in Australia, 1000 men to 967 women. Estimate or a Wlfei SO. Philadelphia Record. First Life Guard How much did he fnv Knvlnff- his wife? Sec ond Life. Guard "Fifty dollars." First Life Guard uee: rie fond of her. Second Life Guard I don't know whether it was that or be cause she had a lot of diamond rings on. Top Stranda of Fence Rnst Moat. Scientific American. It is noted that the top strands of a wire fence are more apt to rust than those which pass through the dew laden grass. A possible explanation has been offered In the fact that the wires running close to the ground are slightly electrified. Motor-Driven Street Sprinkler London Globe. Tbe engine of a motor-driven street sprinkler in England also Is used to perate one pump to fill Its tank and another to help scatter the water. : Vacation Fantasia Br Dean Collins. Old Sol hath sent a bright, peculiar beam Out of the azure to shake hands with me; The red corpuscles through my system stream And urge me on to mad hilarity; And the alarm clock s tintinnabulation Torments me not for this is my va cation. Far from the madding crowd's ig noble strife, Toot-toot, the train will bear me where I wish, And all day long, beneath the forest shades, I'll burn up strong tobacco and I'll fish. And In the eve I'll seek a resting place, And snore, while "skeeters" feed upon my face. For the typewriter's click, the whir ring reel: For the streetcar, the plodding bur ro's back; For the sky-scrapers, the sky-scraping trees; For the hall room, the quiet sylvan shack; And for pie-counter and the sandwich shelf. The flap-Jacks that I'll gaily toss my self. Farewell, base world, I hit the distant pike. And leave you to your troubles for awhile; Weep, and you weep alone Til not be there; Smile If you wish you're welcome to the smile. I loaf In negligee, 'neath forest's bough. And find the Jungle paradise enow. For fifty weeks, mankind Is civilized; Yet 'neath the thin veneer of clvMl zation. The deep abysmal brute is doping out The programme for his annual vaca tion, When boldly through the forest he may rave, Sans collar, soap, cuff -buttons, and sans shave. No human eye shall spot me where I roam; Only the wild things of the wood shall know. Or the lone huntsman, finding In my camp Empty tobacco pouches In a row; But, when back home once more I ramble well, Believe me, I'll have fishing yarns to tell. Portland. August 7. Half a Century Ago From The Orogonlan of August 8, 1S42. We have learned the following par ticulars relative to the extraordinary proceedings of Victor Smith, who claims to be the Collector of Customs for Puget Sound district, which occurred at Fort Townsend on the 1st. Smith has been severely condemned in that section in consequence of his attempt ing the removal of the Custom-House to Cherburg and which we believe he has effected In having It removed to Port Angeles, which we suppose is the same place. It 1b further alleged that Smith has never given bonds to the Government, really has no authority and is already a defaulter for a large sum. Smith returned to Puget Sound on August 1 on board the United States steamer Shubrlck, and called on Lieu tenant Merrlman, who was in charge of the Custom-House, and demanded the keys, which Merriman declined giving up. Smith returned to the steamer and her officers and men appeared on deck fully armed and equipped for hostile purposes. Tbe steamer cams into tbe harbor with her large guns double shotted. Orders were, given to draw, the shot and load with shell and the guns were brought to bear on the town. Two officers with a file of marines came on shore fully armed and de manded, surrender of the Custom House. Lieutenant Merrlman finally save possession to save the town from bombardment and bloodshed. The papers and money were Immediately removed to the steamer Shubrlck and business of the Cusysm-House was transacted on board. Memphis, July 28. Another attempt was made on the 23d to capture the gunboat Arkansas. The ram Queen of the West made an assault upon her, but, not being adequately supported, failed and was obliged to retire. The ram struck the Arkansas two tremen dous blows. Injuring herself badly and not disabling the rebel. We acknowledge the present of a small box of peach plums of extraordi nary siae and flavor from Messrs. Asco & Walling, of the Willamette nursery, near Oregon City. CRUELTY IN MUZZLING THE DOGS Correapondest Believes Humane Society Should Protest. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) Most hearitly do I agree wtth Rev. Mr. Corby that this wholesale order for muzzling the flogs of the city is "cruel, inhuman and unnecessary." I have been hoping to notice the Humane Society taking vigorous action in the matter. Surely their activities are not confined to the horse alone much as that faithful animal warrants constant attention and protection. The Idea of a city of Portland's char, acter, with Its beautiful Summer climate and multitudious open spaces, being a city where rabies would flour ish would be Immensely comical If It were not so Intensely tragic by rea son of this recent edict commanding the wholesale muzzling of dogs. Wa do not own a dog, but I am a lover of all animals and I see no call for in flicting torture and suffering and fear on any of the lower animals to give ourselves Immunity from some fancied trouble, which, if we were not "frald cats," as the children say, would find no lodgment In our minds. If a few dogs are found which should be killed, mercifully dispose of them; but don't make the city a home of needless mis ery for the faithful dogs the play mates and protectors of children and the faithful companions of adults. Rather, as Rev. Mr. Corby says. Install more drinking places for dogs, and compel owners to take care . of their animals during vacation times, when the family may be away from home, and I think this foolish scare In regard to "rabies" will die a natural death, and all we will need to muzzle Is our own childish fear. MRS. W. P. OLDS. Ktir Injection to Cure Malaria. London Tit-Bits. A nw cure for malaria by injection with an arsenical compound named ferrokakodylate and colloidal silver is hnlnar tested in the hlspital In lrieste. The treatment, which was discovered by Dr. Barcanovlch, is said to be re markably rapid In severe cases of acute malaria, curing them in 24 hours without relapses. It was first used on 45 sailors of the Austrian Lloyd Line who had contracted malaria in India- One Hat Lasts SO Lean. Kansas City Times. Mark Cole, the first hatter in Mont. gomery County, Missouri, made a hat for William Logan which served Logan 20 years.- It was composed of 20 ounces of muskrat fur mixed with 13 ounces of raccoon tur, ana neiu an even half bushel. The crown was 18 Inches high and the brim six Inches wide.