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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912. 8 i PORTLAND. OKXGOX. Entered at Portland. Orsgon. PostofDea 1 Beeocd-CIaaa Matter. SuDecrlbtlon Hates Invartablr in Adraaea Dally. Sunday Included, on year ?J Daily. Sunday Included, alx month J uauy, sunaay mciuaea. tnrea moniu. .. - " Ually. Sunday Included, one month..... Dally, without Sunday, one year "J Dally! without Sunday, tore month... Dally, without Sunday, one month... ao 1 . 1.M ClinH.H mnA Wuk! n war. ........ BT CARRIER-) Dally. Sunday Included, one year... TJallw BiinHav 1 1; 1 1 1 . 1 nnA month. a 00 .71 der. express order or pereonal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at the ender-a risk. Giro postofflce addraei tn full. Including- county and state. Postage Katea 10 to 14 pace. 1 nt; in to ZS page. 2 cents; so to peg". " 0 to u pasea. eeaia. Foreign postage. double rata. v Kastera Business Office Verre Con T1X.-- Dmnwlfk bUildlttS. Bi' San Franclaca OHlce R. J. BldwaU Co.. Kl Market street. . European Ofilca No. S Resent street. -tv. Loudon. PORTLAND. WEDXE3DAT. AUG. U 11 t BULL MOOeE'S HANDICAP. The veteran Levi Myers deserves I and will receive no reproaches from The Oregonian for his participation in I the disorderly Bull Moose aiiair ' day night. But we wonder if. In the ,' mad scramble of the contending apos- ti f the new faith for preferment or notoriety, the old gentleman was . able to find marked resemDiances the birth of the Republican party long In the calling of the roll then did every other familiar name suggest some selfish personal motive in join ,, now nrtv or some other mo ; tive of disappointment or revenge in - leaving the old ? Were the principal in cldents at the Republican accouche- ment the petty quarrels ana conten tions of rival political schemers and ' the obvious maneuverings of place hunters? Did rival bosses fight over the possession of the new-born in fant? The rank and file of the Progres sive party are undoubtedly worthy and patriotic citizens, as good, as any I other citizens. We know it and all 3 know It. They are moved by a deep i desire for a new deal which they think will benefit the country and ? all its people. But the party's leaders ! in Portland? What of them? How S far will any movement get under such I auspices? THE rropi-K's LAW. The sovereign people of Oregon In their wisdom passed at the general election of 1908, through the initia tive, a corrupt practices act, designed mainly to limit and define the politi cal activities of candidates and public office-holders. Section 19, in full, Is s follows: Section .19. No person shall, in order to aid or promote his nomination or eiecwu". directly or indirectly, himself or through any other person, promise to appoint another person, or promise to secure or aid in secur h annAlntmrnt. nomination or election of another person to any public or private position or employment, or iu i of honor, trust or emolument, except that h. tyv ntibllclv announce or define what Is his choice or purpose In relation to any election .in which he may be called to take Trt if elected, and If he Is a candidate for nomination or election aa a member of the Legislative Assembly he may pledge hlm-sel- to vote for the people's choice for United o..... c.lnr nr state What his action Will ha nn eui-h vote. Will Mr. Kellaher. the mute but glorious Kellaher. give the public at the next Bull Moose meeting nis in terpretation of section 19, so far as It concerns candidates lor taie oen- afor or Presidential elector, or for any office, who may be taking part in a movement to make a certain aisun- guished citizen President of the United States? Or will he tell us how far such a candidate, under the law, may go in nutting ud a state ticket, or a Congres sional ticket or a county ticket, for election by the people in opposition to candidates already nominated by the Republican primary? We commend to others of the nu merous candidates of the Bull Moosers, present and prospective, a careful pe rusal of the entire corrupt practices act. They will find rich reading. It may be profitable reading, too. The people rule, and they ought to be able to rule through their own cor rupt practices act. irOBBW'G OX WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Is the Bull Moose party for woman . 'suffrage or not? Those Oregon suf fragists who are boosting it say it is. Are Roosevelt and Johnson unquali fiedly for woman suffrage or have they simply thrown out a bait to catch women's votes in those states where equal suffrage prevails and to catch the votes of male advocates of woman suffrage in other states? Mrs. Mlnona S. Jones, of Chicago, who has come to "tell the truth about Roosevelt" in Washington, Idaho and California, says that when delegates and states went back on Roosevelt at the Republican convention, he grasped at any straw, allowed Ben Lindsey to state that he was for woman suffrage and got some of the Chicago suffrag ists, to hold a suffrage ratification meeting, but it proved a "frost." When he returned to New York, says Mrs. Jones, "the suffragists Just called "his biuff and presented him with a membership blank to sign and thus go on record in regard to the suffrage cause and Roosevelt stood pat and d'd not sign." . In the .prepared copy of his con fession of. faith, as published in all the newspapers, Roosevelt said with out qualification: "We favor woman suffrage." but when he revised that speech for publication as a Senate doc ument he inserted these words: In those conservative states where there Is genuine doubt bow the women stand on this matter. I suggest that it be referred to a vote of the women so that they them selves make the derision. Mrs. Jones pointedly calls attention to the fact that, though Roosevelt is 54 years old, this Chicago declaration is "his first c6nfession of faith in womankind." But before the ink is dry he qualifies it by proposing a con dition which has never been applied to men. As Mrs. Belle Case La Follette says in La Follette's Magazine: Men are not denied suffrage because they fall to exercise the privilege. Sixty per cent of the vote at primaries Is considered a good attendance. Even If It should fall below a majority, no one would think of withholding the ballot from men for that reason. Women are equally .prepared with men for the ballot, excepting for experience In the nse of It. Equally equivocal is the record of Governor Johnson of California, the Bull Moose candidate for Vice-President. Mrs. Elizabeth Gebording. hav ing stated at a meeting in San Fran cisco, in Johnson's presence, that it was mainly through his efforts that the women of California were given political equality, and Johnson not having challenged the statement-Mrs. Annie E. Krebs denies its truth. She says that '"he never once raised his voice or used his Influence for woman suffrage, that he almost killed the measure by ignoring or sneering at it and that "he is claiming all this now because he thinks he and Roosevelt will draw the women's votes." Mrs. Krebs' statement is corroborate ed by that of Irving Martin, who say that on the evening when Johnson was to speak at Stockton during his campaign for Governor, Martin asked him if he Intended to refer to equal suffrage. Mr. Martin continues: He said no. that he did not consider It advisable, and went on to state that co-ild not slxe up the attitude of the voters on the question, and that possibly it might Interfere with his proposals on cireci resi" iu Hun i v. h wna nrimarllv concerned in getting adopted. He said that personally he waa la favor of women voting, as a of simple Justice, but was not concerned In It beyond that. When Johnson went to New York letters were sent to him by the New York State Suffrage Association, ask Ing him to give twenty minutes to a suffrage address, but he ignored them Mrs. Goodman Loewenthal spoke to him asking why he had not explained his discourtesy and he promised to write to Miss Harriet May Mills, but has never done It. Mrs. Loewenthal says: . "He would have nothing to ao with suffrage back there." When Roosevelt found he needed votes an- interest in woman suffrage was suddenly awakened in his mind, but it had no sooner found expression than It experienced a chill. Johnson ignored and sneered at woman suf frage when he feared an open declar ation in its favor might cost him votes. Now that the California women have got votes without his aid, he angles for those votes by allowing the state' ment to stand uncontradicted by him that the women of California owe their enjoyment of the ballot to his efforts. MAKING PARKS PAY. The superintendent of parks at Hartford, Connecticut, has some origi nal Ideas on the subject of recreation which circumstances will probably permit him to put in practice. He begins by making a threefold division of municipal activities; education, oc cupation and recreation. In his view the last is as important as either of the other two and Just as necessary as they are for healthy and successful living. It happens that the provisions for recreation in the Hartford parks have all been retained by the city. It has a monopoly of the -recreation fa cilities, no private concessions being permitted." Mr. Parker, the superln tendent, proposes to derive a revenue from the eating places in the parks as well as from lockers at the free golf links, checks at the skating rinks and so on. His position is that the parks ought to be treated, not as luxuries to be maintained at public expense, but as necessities which can easily be made self-supporting. He estimates that it will cost some $1200 a day, the year round, to keep up the Hartford parks in accordance with his plans. The dally expenditure of vis itors will amount to 11500, so that a profit of J300 a day or more than $100,000 a year will accrue to the city. Mr. Parker's ideas are in line with the best modern thought upon matters of this kind. The day has gone by when any person who pretends to un derstand human needs looks upon rec reation as a waste of time or a mere Indulgence. Recreation Is positively essential to the proper management of business or the pursuit of any call Ing either mental or physical. The good people at' Klamath Falls who were shocked to see the Rev. Dr. Aked fishing on Sunday forgot the precept of the Savior that the day of rest was made for man, the plain Implication being that each man ought to employ It In that way which rests him best. nhabitants of cities lose their incen tive and become stale in mind and body unless they take regular play. time to rebuild their wasted tissues. It is easy to foresee a time when daily recreation in the open air will become part of the regular routine of every American business and professional man. He will as soon think of omit ting his meals as his play. Mr. Par ker's plan will then be as practical as sawhorse. OXCK MORE THE ANGEL PERKINS. We are obliged to say to our ini tiaied correspondent J. H. M. that some things are not worth denying. The Oregonlan has set forth clearly the Perkins relations with various corporations. The Medford corre spondent asked The Oregonian to deny" that Perkins had not come to the mourners' bench, and left his wicked past behind him. Why should it? Everybody sees the repentant Perkins In the front row wiping his weeping eyes with one hand and writing checks for the Roosevelt campaign with the other. He seems to manifest his faith by his works, though Indeed the right hand may not know what thejeft hand doeth. The Perkins sack is quite a long and deep one. It is unimportant whether Perkins is still an officer of the steel trust or the harvester trust, though, of course, he is. He may re ign, yes, indeed, he may resign: but he will not give away everything he has in order to follow a certain per sonage, as one long ago one with much wealth was unavallingly -bid- aen to ao in order to show the death and sincerity of his repentance. bo long as Perkins holds on to his steel, harvester, banking and other financial connections, whether an of ficial or not, he is the same useful Perkins. What in the world would the Bull Moosers do without the angel Perkins? We wonder whether, in the end. Colonel Roosevelt will throw over Per kins or the people? OXE TURN OF THE WHEEL. We are prone to imagine that we have made much progress since 1892, that we In 1912 are far in advance of the place where we stood politically in that year. But we are back where we stood then; the wheel has re volved but once: we are going Into another campaign with practically the same Issues made by the same three parties, one of them different in name but the same In general makeup, aims and inspiration. If any entertain doubts let them read this: The conditions that surround us best Jus tify our co-operation: we meet In the midst of a Nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption lomlnates the ballot box. the Legislatures, he Congress, and touch vn tii. rminM of the bench. . . The newspapers are largely subsidised or muxxled. . . . The fruits of the toll of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, un precedented In the history of mankind: and the POSSeSSOrS Of these In turn Hanl lha republic and endanger liberty. mat sounds like an extract from the Bull Moose platform of 1912, but it Is not; it is taken from the pream ble to the Populist platform of 1892. It - was adopted amid scenes which ere almost duplicated in Chicago this month storms of cheering, state standards torn up and carrted in mad procession around the hall, 'old men melted by emotion to tears, singing of the Old Hundred and of the song: "Goodbye, Old Party, Goodbye." Many, of the planks adopted by the Populists in 1892 are nailed down in the platform of the Progressives in 1912, but one Is missing. It declares that no man should hold the office of President or Vice-President for more than one term. History may continue to repeat itself in November, for the Populist ticket received little over a million votes out of a total of nearly twelve millions. From time to time third parties rise, .rain a certain strength, raise a few new Issues of intrinsic merit which the old parties filch from them; then die, to become but a memory, THE OREGON WHEAT , FARM. Taking the average for the last twelve years, we find the annual wheat crop of Oregon amounts to less than 15.000.000 bushels 4,obi,uu to be exact. The average yield per acre must be around twenty bushels. That may seem large, but it must be remembered that every year we are harvesting more wheat from lrrigatea lands, where the yield is more often above forty bushels than under, and by scientific farming much of the best wheat area has been brought to some. thing over thirty bushels per acri some of It to sixty bushels. Thus we have about 1,500,000 acres in our wheat farm, for the great bulk of the land is seeded only on alternate years, being Summer fallowed every other year. Our wheat rarrn can men uo said to cover 2860 square miles or, say, a strip of land 100 miles long by4 twenty-three and one-nair mnes wiou, In the great Harney Valley, in m terior Oregon, there are at least i thousand sauare miles of arable land If the valleys running Into the main valley are. considered such as Bilvles, Silver Creek. Sage Hen. Rattiesnane Cow Creek. Grane Creek. Malheur and Dunder and Blitzen, and dozens of smaller nooks and valleys there must be almost as much, land in the Harney Valley as there is in the present Ore gon wheat farm. But if there is any doubt, any over-estimate, throw in the Catlow Valley, which is more than half as large as Harney Valley and then say that when Harney County gets adequate railway facilities the Oregon' wheat farm will be doubled, as also will be the annual yield. It is not to be supposed that all of this area will be seeded to wheat. Much of the land is not deeded. Much of it is owned by absentees. Much of it is held for speculative purposes and some of it is not good wheat land. But there are dozens of other valleys in Harney County and many hundreds of thousands of acres of bench land that are almost ideal for wheat raising. There are also hun dreds of thousands of acres of good wheat land to be opened up In Mal heur County. Add these lands to the total and in a few years Oregon ought to be producing twice the quan tity of wheat we are now growing. That is one of the things to be ex- pected from the road being construct ed from Vale west to the Harney Val ley, or practically through that val ley. Vast areas now lying Idle will become productive. The thousands of homesteads throughout the interior that have been proved up on, and then abandoned, will again become real homes, and the land brought un der the plow. All of the vacant Gov ernment land within easy reach of the railway will be taken up. It is said that near Drewsy alone there are more than 600 good quarter sections that can be taken under the home- stead law. This will be only from twenty to thirty-five miles from the railway at Juntura. There are thou sands of other claims in other locali ties, many of them near wood and water and all within easy reach of the new rail route. This railway will mean much to Or egon; more in fact than many or us realize. If it merely brought back the homesteaders who proved up and left In disgust during the last forty years it would bring an Influx of from 25,- 000 to 35,000 people to those two counties. For it must be remembered that neither Harney nor Malheur is small in size. The two combined are four-fifths the size of West Virginia, UNDESIRABLE YANKEES. The popularity of Americans in the British Isles appears to be on the wane. The better our cousins know us the less they love us. Of course there are 'old grudges which prevent the British heart from beating with much warmth toward the Yankee even when policy dictates a pretense of something like affection, but Just now policy Is not making any pressing de mands and the genuine sentiment of the transatlantic critic bubbles forth in all its genuine rancor. Pretexts to give some little color to the outbreaks are not wanting. There , was the American victory at the Olympic games for one thing. The British had always prided themselves on their ath letic prowess. Whatever else they might be they were sportsmen. How ever Inefficient their brains might be, the world must bow to the superior ity of their muscles. But at the Olym pic games the Americans and the al most equally despised Scandinavians came off winners and the British were nowhere. Their one ewe lamb turned out to be a scrub. As true sportsmen our cousins ought to have rejoiced In the opportunity they had for congratulating their competitors, but since the games closed they have done anything but congratulate. If they have not actually whined, they have certainly grumbled and sneered. The Saturday Review, that typically lovely exponent of true British feeling for America, comforts itself by reflect ing that the whole scheme of the Olympic games is rather vulgar. Im perial pride ought never to have con descended to take part in any contest of that kind where low " creatures from America, Finland and Norway had to be faced on equal terms. In the very fact of the meeting there was danger that the British ideal of sport might be debased. Americans, ac cording to the Saturday Review, make business of their games "and a rather shady business at that." It is undeniable that there is some truth In this accusation. Our college sharp ers have done their best to destroy the National standard of sport and make our games a contest of venality, but after all the colleges are not the coun try and among our professional ath letes and sportsmen of all sorts the standards are as manly as they are anywhere In the world. The truth which galls the British Is that their athletes were manifestly inferior to almost every competitor in the Olym pic games. If Americans make a busi ness of their sport it has become pret ty clear that the British are too indo lent even to make good play of It Their national conceit Incited them to believe that they could win against everybody else without the drudgery of practice. They have found out their error and perhaps after they have salved their souls with grum bling they will take a needed lesson from defeat and do better next time, It is not to be supposed that the poi son of Indolence has permanently de teriorated the spirit of the English sporting classes as poverty has physi cally degraded their workingmen. But their defeat at the Olympic games is not the only pretext the Brit ish have for growling at Americans The conduct of our tourists does not please them any better than that of our athletes. The Scotch are particu larly disgruntled over the behavior of American sightseers. Time was when these visitors put up at the most ex pensive hotels, tipped everybody lih erally from the Duke of Argyle down to the gillie who carried their fish bas. kets, bought whatever the storekeep ers chose to offer them and paid his price without protest But now what a change. According to a tearful ar tide in the Daily Record of Glasgow American tourists are no longer noted for their lavish waste of money. The great Scottish newspaper remarks with irrepressible sorrow that they are determined to get' their money's worth for everything. They will go into a store and after making the salespeople show them tons of goods will calmly go somewhere else to buy If they do not find what they want, This is an unpardonable crime. No decent tourist ever refuses to purchase anything he sees in a foreign store and pay ten prices for it Another sin committed by the Yankees is to lodge at an expensive place and eat their meals at "cheap restaurants." This naturally entails a terrible exiguity of tips at the gilded hotels. Yankee vis. ltors to Scotland, if we may trust the Glasgow Record, "are extravagant only in their talk." The writer whom we are quoting describes American tourists frankly as "hogs." He says that "generally speaking, American trade Is not worth catering for." Strange that no com plaint of the same nature has ever been heard from Paris. That gay and no doubt silly capital caters to Amer icans more eagerly than to any other travelers. Can it be that there is any. thing about the goods displayed In Glasgow which makes the Yankees disinclined to buy them? We should never think of hinting that they are Inferior to the fabrics displayed In Paris, but the proudest Scotchman will probably agree that they are dif ferent Our critic sums up his stric tures in the remark that the Yankees "are a hard-faced, hard-fisted and hard-minded people." It Is interesting to recall that the celebrated Dr. John son described the Scotch in much the same words. But then he was notori ously prejudiced. Americans will certainly be ashamed of themselves when they become acquainted with the impression they have made on the Britishers. We dare say there will be an agitation to persuade the Supreme Court to interpret a clause into the Constitution requiring better manners and more liberal tips from our wan dering fellow-citizens. Since the good opinion of Europeans can cly be ob tained by purchase it might be worth while to forbid any American to travel in transatlantic lands who has not the means and the disposition to make himself welcome. W. G. McAdoo's plan to have the campaigns of all three leading par ties financed by popular subscription has several merits. If successful, it would put out of business those who measure their subscriptions by the di rect benefit they expect to derive from the winning party. It would greatly aid the movement for pub licity. It would put to a practical test the earnestness of men's ad herence to their party, by calling on them to back their opinions with their money. It would at the same time in crease interest in the campaign among tne ranic and file of the voters and would bring home to them the fact that the election of President and Vice-President directly concerns all of tnem. It would Impress on them the fact that they cannot leave a few men to bear the burden without placing their public servants under obligations to tnose lew, which will interfere with the performance of duty to the many. we are again reminded of the stormy days of Populism by the pro ceedlngs at the Multnomah County Progressive meeting. Wrangle about what should be done and simultaneous demands of fifteen or twenty persons for recognition by the chair were as characteristic of Populist conventions as they now are of Progressive gath enngs. nut saddest of all Is the charge by the members of 'a party wnicn owes its birth to a Drotest against bosses and the steam roller that attempts are made at dictator ship and steam rollerism. So soon do the elect backslide. There seems to be as much frail human nature among the Progressives as among the "cor rupt boss-ridden old parties." The new religious sect formed among the Washington Indians has maae a bad choice In naming itself the Shakers, for that name has al ready been appropriated. "Grapplers" would more accurately describe it Destruction by fire of a sawmill that puts 200 men out of work at Falls City is unfortunate. Opportuni ties for securing remunerative labor In a small town are not to be found read ily in a case of this kind. The murder of Mildred Green at Eugene is, like the murder of Bar bara Holzman, another argument against the West idea of punishment for these crimes. There is nothing remarkable in the fact that the flag placed behind the Speaker's desk Is short two stars. The Democrats always were behind the times. A business man of recognized stand ing should not be hauled to the Dollce station In the patrol wagon to answer a charge of petty infraction of law. The dramatic close of the career of Rogers, the American outlaw in Af rica, could not be excelled In the most Imaginative work of fiction. The Lloyd-George idea of pensions is taking hold in the United States. The scheme to pension widows In Ohio Is the latest evidence. Montana's August rainfall has broken all records, but they need It up there. From the lunch counter car it is but a step to the cafeteria car. The east wind is both drying and trying. INTEREST IN ALASKA IS GREAT Adoption of Flaher'a Policy Would Re dound to Portland's Good. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 16. (To the Editor.) Some time ago I read in The Oregonian art article mildly criticising Secretary Fisher for his attitude -on the three-year homestead bill, end classing him as a conservationist of the Gilford Pinchot type. This comparison seems hardly fair, as Fisher, unlike Pinchot, came to the Government service with a record of achievement In private life and for the public of which, any Amer ican might well be proud. During nis trip he studied the West with an appar ently open mind and his conclusions re garding the west and AlasKa seem tn deductions of an unbiased investigator rather than the preconceived notions of a theorist. One suggestion in particu lar seems never to have received the attention it deserves. I refer to the Government-built railroad for Alaska. In an Alaska railroad Portland is more vitally interested than is any oth er Pacific Coast port At present Port land has no coal; at present it has no Alaska steamship line. Both these con ditions are great handicaps to the city's prosperity. Manufacturers are not go ing to locate where they have no coal, nor are manufacturers In certain lines going to locate at a city from which to supply the Alaska trade It Is necessary to ship by rail to Seattle and there to transfer to steamer. The writer not long since met the chief engineer of one of the largest manufacturers of construction machinery In the country; he was on the Coast looking up the mat ter of a branch factory. Though no decision had been arrived &t it is a safe bet that the branch will not be located at a point not having steamer connec tions with Alaska. At present the principal ports of Alaska are so situated as to give the Sound the great benefit of the Inland passage, but with a railroad built with terminus as proposed, this advantage would amount to but little, as by the open sea the distance from Portland would be but little greater than that from the Sound. With the railroad built, the principal city of Alaska would probabl? grow up at its ocean terminus. Portland more than Seattle needs the coal: Portland and Portland's "hinter land" more than Seattle can supply those . products which Alaska lacks. Though we hear a great deal about the agricultural possibilities of Alaska, it will continue to be for-years to come a splendid market for the grain, flour, fruit meat butter, cheese, milk, etc.. which Portland's hinterland is going to produce in ever-increasing quantities. With the coal traffic started, this re turn traffic would follow, and In ad dition great quantities of manufactured articles, the market for which is now denied our Jobbers for lack of direct steamship service. Hamburg is Portland s great proto type. In 1907, Hamburg Imported 4,500,000 tons of coal from England. Three thousand and eight ships, ac cording to the author of "The Port of Hamburg," In that year left that port In ballast for English coal. Steamers, many of them. Summer and Winter. Winter and Summer, with clock-like regularity, ply between the Columbia River, San Francisco and Los Angeles, carrying not only millions of dollars in freight, but thousands of passengers as well. They can with equal regularity and safety ply the Alaska route. Nothing since that epoch-making event the coming of the North Bank Road, not even the Panama canal, has promised so much for Port land as Secretary Fisher's Government owned railroad for Alaska. With It will come the long-desired steamship line to Alaska, and with cheap coal, as a corollary will come, -on a safe, sure and enduring footing, that other great de sideratum, a Portland-owned line to the Orient; without it we well may wish the Panama canal undug. we hear on the streets that Portland has been growing wonderfully, but that little breathing spell is due now. "Breathing spell!" Fiddle sticks! That Is all we have to do to lose any race. Just sit down and mop our foreheads and take a "breathing spell." We, those who call Portland our home, are engaged in building not the largest village in this neck of the woods, nor yet on the Coast. ' We are engaged in building one of the greatest cities on the American continent New York, Chicago, Portland. That's the slogan. "New York, Chicago. Port land!" H. A RANDS. The Oregonian has repeatedly in dorsed Secretary Fisher's Alaska pol icy leasing of coal land. Government coal mine. Government railroad and all. We fully recognize Mr. Fisher's great public services to Chicago and to the Nation. We have only criticised him for opposing the three-year homestead bill and the bill relaxing the terms of payment for Irrigated homesteads. In these particulars only we have said that Mr. Fisher leans too much toward the Pinchot policy. His general nolicy In regard to conservation has our ap proval and we agree with all that Mr. Rands says as to the advantages Port land would' derive from Mr. Fisher's Alaska policy. SELLING TAKES RIGHT COVRSE Former Bourne Supporter Gives Hear ty Indorsement. Harney Countv News. Hon. Ben Selling, who received lant April the Republican nomination for unitea estates senator In this state, has demonstrated his worthiness, not only to carry the banner of the, -oartv in election, but to fill the office after he is elected. Immediatly after his re turn from his vacation last week, he prepared a statement denning his dos! tion and declaring himself a supporter ol rresiaent iaii ana tne regular Re publican ticket, consequently opposed to tne organization of a third party. At tne same time, Mr. Selling sur renders no part of his principles as a progressive and no part of credit that is due to him as a pioneer and faithful advocate of that line of political thought. No man In Oregon or in the United States has a better title to the name Progressive" than Ben Selling. n every movement for popular legis lation and for enlarging the reserve power of the masses, Mr. Selling has been an Influential factor, through all the times and struggles when such ad vocates were in the minority and were the targets for bitter abuse. Ben Selling was an earnest and per sistent advocate of popular rights and privileges when the men who are now leading the noisy band of Roosevelt shouters were among the most hide bound standpatters, some of them go ing so far as openly to refuse as mem- en of the Legislature to vote for the uccessful candidate of their own party for United States Senator, Just to em phasize their opposition to the popu lar system of election. Mr. Selling Is a true progressive, who believes that the most desirable re forms can be wrought out within the party and that there is no good pur pose to be served by surrendering to the democracy to the party that bas never been able to demonstrate Its ability to give the Nation a policy that will maintain its prosperity and its National strength. The News did not support Mr. Selling in the pri maries but shall be very glad to lend its best efforts towards his election in November. A Study In IrrlBatlon. Boston Herald. Willie was on a visit to his uncle in the country and was watching him milking one evening. When he re turned to the house his aunt asked him: "Is Uncle Hezzle through milk ing yet Willie?" Not yet answered Willie. "He s finished two faucets and has Just com menced on the other two." RESULTS OF SUFFRAGE IX IDAHO Longr-Tlme Resident Credits . Much of State's) Advancement to Women. PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Edl tor.) It is very amusing to read the articles in The Oregonian against the contention for woman suffrage. The less a person knows about such mat ters, the farther he allows his imagi nation to run toward what will hap pen If the ballot is placed in woman's hands. Equal suffrage is not general throughout these United States, and the consequence is that people at present have a very limited idea of the public good or bad to be derived there from. Very few are interested enough in woman's welfare in a political way to study the conditions existing today in states where woman's rights have been considered. All men have equal rights under the law according to our Constitution, and to deprive a naturalized American citi zen, who has abided by all the condi tions required under out laws, from casting his ballot at the polls, would be considered an outrage on American citizenship. He is not asked concern ing his property Interests in the state or county, his mode of making a living, his standard of morality or whether he has ever paid 1 cent of tax into the public treasury for the support of the state, county or city government So long as he has registered, been in the state and county the required time, he is entitled to vote. He exercises that vote with as much power as the man whose taxes and generous pocketbook help to keep up the expenses of our government and build up Its lnstitu tions. He is interested in all kinds of improvements where taxes and assess ments must be raised and levied. Still, some would disenfranchise the woman whose property is assessed and levied upon for the support and benefit of the public good. Should I say that the man who is not a taxpayer is not entitled to a vote there would reflect upon me the bitter est denunciation for such a statement but when I claim that the woman who pays taxes for the benefit of our state, county and city government should have the franchise you cannot with sin cerity argue otherwise. If her money is good enough, her ballot is good enough. As a citizen of Idaho for nearly 30 yars, living part of this time under Its territorial form of government to its statehood in 1890, and 16 years longer under its state form of govern ment I had ple'nty of time and occa sion to become acquainted with its po litical and moral condition. There was nothing much in the early history of the state but mining, lumbering and stockraising. Agriculture was carried on only in a small way In the more accessible portions where markets might be secured for some of its prod ucts among the mines and logging camps. These industries mining, lum bering and stockraising are not as conducive to building up a refined pop ulation as agriculture. Therefore, Idaho was in a lawless condition for many years. Gambling, whisky and all other creative accessories followed in line and continued for a time after its state hood, culminating finally in the assassi nation of Governor Steunenberg. Wo man suffrage was advocated and the same line of argument was brought against It as propounded in the various articles published from time to time in the past in The Oregonian, but all to no avail. ISqual suffrage won out. Great credit may Justly be given to the unceasing zeal and Intelligence of the woman voter that today Idaho po litically. socially and. morally, with its great prosperity and its educational advantages, has one of the brightest futures before it of any state in the Union. One very absurd argument against equal suffrage is that the greatest vote will be cast by. the lowest class or women. This idea has been exploded in Idaho, as it will be In Oregon If suffrage Is granted. The most sen sible. Intelligent and thoughtful wo men are the only ones who make i study of our political, educational and social conditions, and correct them ac cordingly. The women voters of Idaho use the same ballots and vote upon any and all questions that a man solves by his ballot They hold state and county offices. The Australian system of sin gle booths is in use, and each booth Is filled with either a man or woman, as the case may require. I do not doubt their ballot Is cast with as much intelligence and precision as the most of men. Perhaps the man who says, what an irksome duty this must be for the wo men folks, does not want his wife to enjoy a couple of hours or a half day off from her household affairs. He can enjoy going to the polls, smoking campaign cigars and talking politics with his friends, but he thinks a little pleasure irksome to her once or twice year. I dare say tms very same man would compel his wife to go to the polls and vote for him, if he were running for office. Suffrage for woman only broadens her mind, brightens her Intellect and fits her to handle the more important responsibilities of life which affect the character and honor of our Nation and its rising generation. Will all women vote? I answer, no. All men do not vote. Why should it be expected of the woman? The last day of registration now is about the busiest one for the registrars, and then some wonder why they had not thought of it before. Did it ever occur to you that only from one-half to two thirds of the registered voters ever go to the polls? The politician is not ab sent but the ordinary business man is too much engrossed in business to spend the time. Out of a total of 365 registered voters in precinct No. 81 less than 250 caat their ballots at the last primary nomi nating election. Neither will all wo men vote. There are anti-suffragists now and always will be. Woman will vote when the political issues appeal to her. JOHN H. HUTCHISON, S52 East Fifty-seventh street PERKINS AND THE BIG TRUSTS. One More Statement aa to His Cor poration Connections, PORTLAND, Aug. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Somebody at Medford the other dav wrote a letter to The oregonian challenging its statement that Mr. Perkins was an officer of various trusts and corporations and asking The Oregonian to deny, if it would, that he had resigned all nis corporation connections. Why did not The Oregonian deny it? He has not retired ana evidently does not intend to retire. Does not The Oregonian know that Mr. Perkins is now a member of the executive com mittee of the great steel trust and a member of the executive committee of that other immense corporation, the harvester trust? I suppose The Oregonian knows what anyone may know, but for some reason did not mention it. Why didn't The Oregonian quote Mr. Roosevelt as to Perkins and the steel trust? That was a tearful story Mr. Roosevelt told last Saturday about Perkins" reasons for supporting him. And r iinn. too. He also put that odious Fllnn In the angel choir. Could anyone else In the world but Roosevelt have Invited Perkins and Fllnn and Heney to the platform to Join him in leading the audience sing Onward. Christian soldier ! uiinn and Heney and Perkins must give the recording angel a case or the Jlmminy fits when they start a thing like that. Imagine Doc Coe singing "I Am Heaven's Little Lamb"! J. H. M. A Voice That la Not Talkative. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The voice of conscience win. never talk you to death. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of August 21. 1882. A friend writing us from Puget Sound informs us that ex-Collector Adair hat become a citizen of British Columbia and that he holds a very important political position in that British colony. His son, John Adair, who deserted from the United States Army, is commander-in-chief of a small force of British troops and between the two they control considerable influence and dangerous power in that remote prov ince. The battle below Culpepper Court house on August 9 Is characterized aa one of the most desperate contests of the war. Jacobson and Eweil had ad vanced in greatly superior force with the purpose of crushing Banks' corps and so crippling Pope's army as to prevent a speedy advance on Gordons ville. But through the heroism of Banks the effort was baffled, and. the prompt arrival of reinforcements plac ing the contending armies upon a more equal footing, threw Jackson upon the ' defensive. On the 11th Pope had con centrated a formidable army and was prepared to advance to the attack. But in the meantime the rebel generals had received tidings of the successful expedition sent by Burnside to cut the Virginia Central Railroad at Freder ickshall and other points, and sending a flag of truce as a ruse, insloriously skedaddled. On the 12th the enemy had fled across the Rapidan, pursued by Pope's cavalry and light artillery and burning bridges to save his army. City Council Considerable discussion was had upon resolution to pay ?25 for hauling cannon up to the public square and then down again on the Fourth of July last and upon final vote the resolution was lost An ordi nance for planking Front street was lost. Time growing late, we were obliged to leave and hence cannot re port any further at present. This was quite a windy session. John Day Mines-Lucas. Morrow & Co. at Canyon City took out of their claims 307. On the 11th five men with one rocker took out 18 5-16 ounces In half a day. AUTO SCORCHERS ARE SCOREU Streets Are Tio Longer Safe for Chil dren. Says Mother. PORTLAND, Aug. 19. (To the Ed itor.) The regulation of automobile traffic is no one man's fight or duty. It concerns us all. Any person who reaches old age can consider himself luck y. I came to this city two years ago and have lived In almost constant fear, wondering who would be the next vic tim of speed. Would it be mine? A mother knows better than any one what it is to have little ones to look after. Mv heart goes out today to the mother who has nothing to cheer her but a funeral bill and days of toll to nav it. while the reaper goes on his joy rides, shouting only for good roads and the privilege of going as fast as he can without injuring his machine. I have done all I can to train my chil dren. Every time thoy start I warn them to stop at very crossing and look In all directions; then get aiross as quickly as possible. But after be ing trained to look, to run, to dodge, we can't all hope to miss them. They are ever at our heels. Who can say they feel safe on any highway. I!e- cently we took a 20-mile drive into the country. Our driver said he would give only half of the road, but as an auto flew past and only missed us by the skin of the teeth, I insisted that the driver give all the road, as I did not care to take such chances. Our necks were sore the next day from craning them behind us continuously. One man has Just told us of a party who came nine miles in 13 minutes, slowed down when they got to the city limits, and reached home in 16 minutes on a toad that Is neither straight nor level, and many out on their spins never touch the low places. And talk about auto mobile clubs and rights! The people without autos should have the clubs. Go out some fine day (on the Llnnton road), and I think you will be con vinced that auto drivers exercise all the rights due them. Many women still like horses, but consider it no longer safe, especially with children. Many little boys and girls want ponies, but parents say "No, we could not have any peace. It Is -no longer safe." And yet, did you ever read of an accident but what they were, all going slow? One man admitted he had been speed ing, but at the time he ran over the child he was going not more than 12 miles an hour. And they all go on the list of "unavoidable accidents." In one case they said the boy was playing and failed to notice the auto mobile coming upon him. I also notice the streetcars and trains sometimes fail to notice an automobile coming upon them, with the result that they have a damage suit, for the auto was going at 'slow" rate of speed, and did not see the car in time to turn the machine. The driver was sure the motorman was to blame, for If he had been a com petent man and had been looking out. the driver's pet machine would not have been smashed. Who would venture on a railroad or streetcar track without first looking? Pray tell me where is the automobile track, when they skid and scoop yon up at the side of the road? I have seen them strike the curb, scale It off like soft dirt, and go on. But auto drivers are not supposed to look. They are supposed to go and you are to get out of the way. Children are not In this world to keep out of the way, but for us to look after and protect at all times. You cannot put old heads on them. MRS. LILLIE G. BINGHAM. 550 Overton street Kaiser's Use of English Language. London Chronicle. English Is said to have been the language employed at the recent In terview between the German Emperor and the Czar. The Kaiser has more than once shown his preference for our tongue as a means of communica tion In circumstances where German cannot be employed. At a banquet given on the occasion of his first state visit to The Hague, the admiral at the head of the Dutch navy ad dressed the Imperial guest In French, the Kaiser replied in English, observ ing that he was a British admiral and that English was the most appropriate language for seamen to employ. Out of the Mouth of Babea. Pathfinder. Mamma Johnny, is it possible I overheard you teaching the parrot bad words? Johnny No, mamma: I was Just telling him what he musn't say. A Correction In English. London Opinion. The American Shall we try another whirl? The Girl Not now I'm danced out The American Oh. no. not darn stout Just nice and plump. A Treat In the Future. Fliegende Blaetter. Son Oh, papa, I've broken a window. Father Well, I'm busy now. Remind me about it later and I'll give you a whipping. Rubber Roller Aid In Smoking;. Indianapolis News. A.French Inventor has placed a rub ber roller in a cigarette paper holder to push out a single sheet at a time. Criticism of an Actor. Fliegende Blaetter. Effective How did you iflke the actor who played the king? "Ever since I saw him I've been in favor of a republic." ft