OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY MAY 15, 1903
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CUNiON A- LABEl
Roosevelt Desires Hermann's Election.
ProiJent Roosevelt has announced that he is de
sirous of the election of Hon. Ringer Hermann to Con
gress from the First Congressional District of Oregon.
Thus is exploded the great bugaboo of alleged lack of
harmony between President Roosevelt and Mr. Her
mann, upon which the Democrats have been harping
so much. In a letter to United States Senator J. II.
Mitchell, Thomas II. Carter, president of te National
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Ccmmiision, writes as
' follows:
"In regard to the candidacy for Congress of Hon.
Binder Hermann, to which you refer, permit me to
fay that I made it a sjieeial point to ask President
Roos-evelt direct what his attitude was in regard to
Mr. Hermann. I had no doubt, to begin with, as to
Lis leply. but since, according to your suggestion, per
Eons resisting the election of Mr. Hermann had sug
gested that his candidacy was regarded with difavor
by the President, I felt constrained to secure fir you,
as Mr. Hermann's friend, direct information from
headquarters. In his usual frank and forceful man
ner, the President used, as near as I can recall the
following language, to-wit:
" "There is not one word of truth in the rumor that I
am opposed to Mr. Hermann's elect ion; but.on the con
trary, I heartily and earnestly desire his election. I
Lojk? that every voter who believes in the principles
of the party and wishes well for the administration
will cast bis vote for Mr. Hermann. The rumored
quarrel between Mr. Hermann and myself is without
foundation. Our relations ure, and always have been,
cordial.'"
The Texasizing of Panama.
The latest advices from Columbia indicate that the
opposition to the Panama canal treaty is strengthen
ing. This gives added point to the striking sugges
ti on n.srfe by M. Jean Izzoula a French writer fa
miliar with the conditions on the Isthmus thatj
should Columbia fail to ratify the treaty, the thing for
the state ot Panama to do is to seceJe and become an
independent republic. To the trade and industries
of Panama the building of the canal will be a tremen
dous stimulus. It will affect but little the people of
the rest of Colombia. Here is a sharp cleavage in
interests, which M. Izzoula believes will result in po
litical separation. There is, besides, plenty of prece
dent fur such action in the history of South American
states, even in that of Colombia herself; and Texas, it
will be recalled, split from Mexico, not because of a
numerical preponderance of Americans in the territo
ry, but on account of the preponderance of American
influence. It is perhaps not improbable that.if an inde
jiendeiit Republic of Panama were organized, it might
follow the example of Texas and ask admission to the
Union. Such a programme would present many element.-
of attractiveness. Since Columbia would be
unable to fill her contract, we should have to pay her
no niur.ey. Questions ot sovereignty over the canal
route would be forever settled. We could fortify it if
we pleased. The hitherto dilatory statesmen of Bo
gota might do worse than to see that a special session
of congress is speedily called and the treaty ratified
before it is everlastingly too late.
Native Sons in Politics.
The attempt of Mr. Reames, the democratic candi
date for congress in this district, to take the Native
Sons orJer into politics is not a new move in this state.
The attempt has been made to take various fra
ternal orders into politics in times past, but with little
success It has not been considered the legitimate
function of lodges and churches to pursue politics.
If Mr. Reames succeeds in being elected at the
hands of the people of Western Oregon after his ap
peal to the Native Sons, that order will have gained a
reputation which other orders have Bhunned in the
past.
Other candidates will seek to use it in the future,
and it will be pulled this way and that by politicians
until there is nothing left of it.
If Mr. Reames fails of election it will be said the
Native Sons had no influence. It is safe to say that
the first fraternal organization in Oregon that goes in
to active politics will probably cease to exist.
The appeal to the Native Sons is not founded on a
sound political argument. There is no principle of
political economy bound up in wearing this badge or
that, and no issue in the campaign that hinges on
birthplace. Salem Journal.
The Increase of Suicide and Its Cause.
Attention is being called to the fact that the num
ber of suicides is increasing more rapidly than is the
population, not only in this country but in Europe, as ,
well. In Fugland, for instance, nearly ."0,(HH) persons
have perished by their own hands during the hint
decade, apd, according to the records of coroners' juriesr '
the number has increased two hundred ht cent, dur-i
ing t lie last half century. In Continental Kurope nn
even worse condition of affairs is noted. The suicides
to each million inhabitants in F.ngland number HO, in
Raden it is I'.'S. and in Sarony ;!'! Brussels, llerlin :
Stockholm, and St. Petersburg have each a record ex-
ceeuing oui, w line m i aris aim lenna me muniier
exceeds -100. Yet the increase of the tendency to siii-j
cide is not confined to the cities. In England, a com-'
parison between the seventy-lour largest towns andj
the remainder of the country shows a preponderance
outside of the cities. In France, the annual rate has;
increased from 1"7 to JM, and in liermany there is
about the same increase. In Austria the rate has in
creased 3", in Ilungarv -7, in Scotland IS, and in Ire.
landS. Contrary to the general impression, suicide j
is most prevalent in Continental KuroH among the,
phlegmatic Germanic people and not among the more j
excitable French. A startling fact is that there is nn
increase in the number of juvenile suicides. During!
the ton years from ISS7 to 1S'.)7, there were 221 boys J
and 70 girls who committed suicide in Kurope. It is j
hard to determine the cause of this increase of suicide i
in Euroie. Ii is hard to determine the cause of thi8 j
increase of suic. de both among old and young. Aj
French investigator attributes a part i)f it at least to j
the sensational character of the modern press. He:
points out that, when a peculiar method of suicide is ;
described in the papers with painstaking detail, it is I
almost sure to be followed by a number of close imi-j
tations. A man in Los Angeles who succeeded in his j
third attempt at suicide recently was found to have.
his pockets stiilied tint ot 'sensational newspaper ac
counts of suicides. The inlhience of such suggestion
upon immature minds would justify a part of the in
crease of juvenile suicide ln-ing attributed to this case
in England, a significant similarity in the proportion
of male to female suicides and of males to females
punished for .drunkenness is pointed out. Suicide is
more common among the educated than among the
uneducated, among employed women than among the
unemployed women, and among unemployed men I
than employed men.
A PROMINENT COLLEGE MAN.
Ono of Indiana's Useful Educators Says:
"1 Feel Like a New liar.."
Oregon t'llr Market ltcMrt.
(Oorrro ted to Krliliiy.)
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fr. John W. Mi nj;, M Je(Tron Ave., IuJ! .nioll, Inch, Htto llepreenullv
ot ImllimniHills ItiisliieHU College, w rlhm
" firmly believe that I owe my tine health lo Peruna. Constant travel and
change of food anil water wrought havoc with my atomaih, and tor month I
luffered with Indigestion and catarrh of the ttomach. I felt that the only th ng
to do was to give up my occupation which If': :ry reluctant to do. Seeing
an aa. of l-eruna as a specific for catarrh . . ed to give It a trial, and wed
It faithfully for six weeks, when I found that my troubles had all disappeared
and I seemed like a new man. I have a bottle of I'cruna In my grip all the
time, and i ccaslonally take a few doses which keeps me In excellent health. "
John W. Meng.
TIIK mot common phaneiiof unmmer
cutiirrh areestiirrh of tlio utomwli
anil bowels. Peruna la a cpeolflo fur
stiminor cntarrh.
Hull. nrower, RepreHentntlvK
I In ConcreAs from Alabama, write tlio
foliowlug leltcr to Dr. Ilitrtiimni
House of KepriMeliliillvog,
'nul.li,..ir, ll fi
I his speech at Ashland A. K. Reames, democratic , Tho reninn Meijii'liiet'o..('oliiiniiii, O.:
candidate for congress said, "in a congress already
heavily republican the election of a democrat from
this district would make no diH'erenee in national
measures."
This is a very frank admission on the part of Mr
Reames to say the least. He admits that in a con
gress heavily republican he would be a mere figure
head, politically, unable to accomplish anything in
the way of legislation. Mr. Reames has defined the
issue, 'shall we send a man to congress who can do
nothing or do we want the district represented in con
gress by a man who has already made his influence
felt in legislation affecting for good the interests and
material prosperity of Oregon and the Pacific coast."
If it is a mere question of drawing pay we should, by
all means, send Mr. Reames, but if we want work
done and something accomplished, send Hermann.
Get your ballot and take your choice.
tieiltlemen " I Imvo lined nm Ixittlu
o' l'eruua for libultude, and I tnku uen-
uro in rceo'niu.'Udiiio It to thono wliol
need l good remedy. A lonle It In n
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Willi lirewer.
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fnetory remilu from tlio usu of rerun,
write at ouee to ir, IUrtmnn, glvliiK i
full MtHleinent of your r nnil lie wlli
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It is amusing with what assumed agility a local
sheet changes its position and relation towards poli
ticians of inlhience and standing in the community.
For months it extols the many virtues and inlhiential
standing of a man prominent in public life through
its column?, and in other ways, so long as the privi
lege could be tolerated. But suddenly a change of
mind is experienced. Its praises are replaced with
abuse and ridicule in an effort to consign to political
oblivion those who have befriended and aided in a pe
cuniary and business way and made possible its ex
istence. There is a limit to which the average man
will become obligated in support of any uncertain en
terprise, and this fact is offered in explanation of the
course oi me sneei to wmen reierence is made. I tie
abused in this case, it is understood, has sunken as
much as he cares to, and is now reaping his divi
dends. Rumors of apathy within tne ranks of Clackamas
county Republicans in the pending congressional cam
paign," were dispelled last night on the occasion of Mr
Hermann's visit to this city, marking the opening of
the campaign in this county. There was a large at
tendance at Shively's hall and good interest was inani.
fested in the discussion of political questions. There
was marked enthusiasm and when the votes are
counted on the first Monday in June it will be found
that Clackamas county republicans did their part to
wards continuing a substantial representation from
this district in the National legislative halls.
The announcement by President Roosevelt that the
relations are most cordial between himself and Mr.
Hermann, whose election be desires, quite completely
disorganizes the principal contention of the Democrats
in their opposition to Mr. Hermann's candidacy. It
is now only a question of Mr. Hermann's plurality
His election, which never hag been honestly doubted
is now an assured certainty.
The sudden and unexpected death in Portland
Wednesday of V. V. Brooks, after a surgical opera-
ion for appendicitis, is to be regretted. Mr. Brooks
was at ons time connected with the Enterprise and
during his residence here made a wide circle of friends
who deplore Lis untimely taking away.
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