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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10.
IS BRYAX PERFECTLY SANE?
We have never been of the opinion
that W. J. Bryan is an" intellectual
fraud. He never seems to think
straight; but we have given him credit
for moral correctness, coupled, albeit,
with most amazing mental crookedness.
He has certainly had some actual hal
lucination of mind which lies at the
basis of his campaign for cheap money
and his attacks on property; and it Is
necessary to find some other explana
tion for his resentment at the Gold
Democrats, beside the pitiful and paltry
reason that they voted against him.
"We have assumed that Bryan's In
sistence upon "regularity" in 1896 and
1900 springs very largely from loyalty
to the "cause" then represented and
the men then engaged, and not solely
from wounded vanity and pride over
his personal humiliation. Now, then,
how are we to account for his sudden
acceptance of John H. Clarke, of Ohio,
Democratic nominee for Senator? Mr.
Clarke was as thorough-going a Gold
Democrat as there was In the country.
In 1896 he said:
The evil of free coinage Is sure and cer
tain. That Is why I left the Chicago plat
form. If all the dreams of the advocates of
free silver were true, they would do more
harm in two yeara than could be repaired In
twenty. I believe In smashing trusts, but
I believe this year we ought all to vote
to smash the most gigantic and the most
Impudently infamous trust the silver trust;
tor the disaster that will, follow the elec
tion of the candidate olthe Chicago plat
form will fall equally upon the poor and
the rich. It means tho abso
lute breaking of all honest ties between
man and man. It means dishonesty and re
pudiation. Never shall I vote to do this
'thing. It is not Democracy. It Is repudia
tion. Not only this, but Mr. Clarke said
at Napoleon, O., last week that he had
nothing to retract and nothing to apol
ogize for. He said further that the sil
ver question was a relic of the past,
and that he was, as he always had
been, in favor of sound money. That
speech was made only twenty-four
hours before Mr. Bryan approved the
candidacy of Mr. Clarke. In 1896 Mr.
Clarke said: "I shall vote for Palmer
and Buckner because I find that I can
stand upon their platform." One of the
crowd -asked if he would vote for Mc
Kinley, and Mr. Clarke answered: "Mc
Xlnley will not need my vote to carry
Ohio, but were we living in a close
state I would vote for him."
Mr. Bryan's own explanation of the
fact that he favors Clarke and cher
ishes his grudge against other Gold
Democrats is that Clarke is hostile to
the Money Power, while Cleveland and
the rest are in favor of It. Now it is
Impossible that Bryan supposes he can
divide believers In the gold standard
Into gold-standard friends of the Money
Power and gold-standard enemies of
the Money Power and make the coun
try accept his arbitrary classification.
It seems almost equally unlikely that
he Is so pitifully vain and cheap a
fellow as to forgive Gold Democrats
who persist In their financial error
merely because they smile on him and
flatter his vanity. After all that has
happened, does he still hold to his fan
tastic fixed notion about certain mil
lions having become possessed of a
devil known as the Money Power?
The man who can believe in this
creature of the imagination and attrib
ute to its malign influence the votes for
McKlnley and Palmer in 1896 should
have no difficulty in believing implicitly
In ghosts, witches and pursuing fiends.
Confidence In Mr. Bryan's sanity is not
strengthened by the fact that he never
discusses public questions as other men
do, but whether It Is finance, trusts,
tariff, labor, foreign relations, military"
affairs or the nebular hypothesis, in
variably makes the burden of his theme
the dreaded hobgoblin of the Money
Power, which bears down his conscious
ness, asleep or awake. It Is gravely to
be doubted whether Mr. Bryan, how
ever normal on other subjects, Is per
fectly sane when he gets on the sub
ject of the "Money Power." He seems
to have thought about it so much that
it has turned his head.
The game of war that is being played
In the Autumn maneuvers at Corbetha,
Saxony, Is scarcely less trying or fatal
upon the troops engaged than is real
war desperately waged. Eighty thou
sand men In full war uniform, perform
ing the strenuous labor required of
them in the open field, uppn which the
sun beat with a heat of 120 degrees,
called' for a test of human endurance
which many of the soldiers were un
able to standi According- to the report,
the ambulances were busy picking up
stricken soldiers who fell In the ranks
under the great heat and the fatigue
Imposed. War, as an expression of ne
cessity or of patriotic fervor, seems a
civil game by contrast with this use
less pantomime in which men fall and
many die, that the pride of rulers may
be flattered. The waste and despotism
of the military system of the German
Empire are well exemplified In mimic
warfare in which thousands of soldiers
fall. Our Army maneuvers are-tame
compared with those of the German
army, yet the records show that the
American soldier can be depended upon
to fight and to endure when called upon
to meet the sacrifices of actual war.
The military spirit, behind which lurks
the spirit of savagery, literally rides
roughshod over Continental Europe,
and the week's maneuvers in Saxony
attest its relentless power.
NO FEAR OP PANIC HERE.
The growing stringency In the money
market, as frequently mentioned in
Eastern news dispatches. Is not yet
making much If any Impression on the
local financial situation. Naturally
there is not very much money available
for wildcat schemes, no matter how
alluring the Interest rates offered may
be. Legitimate business, however, is
not suffering at all from lack of funds,
and the generous crops of the Pacific
Northwest are being financed with as
much ease as ever. Grain exporters at
this season of the year make larger de
mands on the banks than are made by
any other line of industry or trade, and
none of them have had any difficulty
In securing all of the money needed.
The slow selling movement of wheat
and the healthy condition of the coun
try banks has perhaps assisted in keep
ing the demands of the exporters down
to smaller proportions than last year,
but at the same time they have sent
out vast sums to start the crop mov
ing and the banks have arranged to
take care of It, no matter how quickly
it may move.
There Ik a possibility that some of the
apprehension that Is felt in the East
over the alleged scarcity of money may
be due to the remarkable prosperity of
the West. The Atlantic seaboard, as
well as the Middle West, Is -sending
more money to the Pacific Coast for
lumber, fruit, livestock, fish, wool, hops,
etc., than ever before, and It Is flowing
Into the coffers of men who, as a rule,
have enjoyed a number of years of
prosperity before this latest wave
struck them with 80-cent wheat, 20-cent
hops and record-breaking salmon runs.
Prosperity begets confidence, and confi
dence always means easy money.
Whenever there Is any uncertainty In
the financial situation, there Is a weak
ening of confidence, and the depositors
begin drawing out their funds. The
bank, with a vlw to protecting Itself
against a run. Immediately shortens
sail by contracting its loan account.
and the varied industries dependent on
easy money for their operation, and
perhaps existence, are quick to feel the
change.
There has been a material Increase in
the population of Portland and Oregon
and Washington since the last severe
stringency In the money market was
experienced. The increase in trade dur
ing that period has been many times
greater than the Increase In population.
Lumber, fruit, grain, hops and the
products of diversified farming in the
early '90s were not adding such vast
sums to the wealth of the Pacific North
west as they have been adding in the
past few years, and when the wave of
financial disaster rolled westward from
the money centers of the East it found
the people out here on the edge of the
continent 111 prepared to stand up
against it They had lieen spending
money faster than they were creating
it, and when, the purse strings were
tightened there were no such splendidly
developed resources to draw on as are
now available.
Good times and bad times move in
cycles, and In the past, when the pen
dulum has paused In its -upward swing,
our semi-dependence on the East has
caused a paralysis of business which
will never again be experienced until
the marvelous natural resources of our
country have been exhausted. Not only
Is there plenty of money available for
all legitimate Industrial enterprises, but
funds are offering at moderate rates
of Interest for the building of homes
and improvement of residence property
all over the city and state. Portland
may eventually feel a ripple from the
wave of financial trouble which Is said
to be descending on the East, but it
can do but little damage so long as we
are selling so much more than we arc
buying, and fat bank accounts are the
rule and not the exception.
AX EXAMPLE FOR PORTLAND.
That the flow of commerce is setting
towards New Orleans In the way that
it has of late Is a fact of considerable
significance for Portland. The two cit
ies, similarly situated on great naviga
ble rivers draining vast and fertile ba
sins, have much In common, and what
Is true in a commercial sense of one is
likely to be true of the other. New
Orleans is the second port in the United
States, and her percentage of Increase
for the last year was greater than that
of New York. In cotton shipments
New Orleans has assumed permanent
leadership, and In grain is gaining rap
Idly. In the year ending June 30 last
17,836,356 bushels of wheat were ex
ported, as well as 14,420,617 b'ushels of
corn. It Is in the case of wheat, natur
ally, thatPortland Is most Interested.
The introduction of steel barges on the
upper river, the provision of ware
houses and the Improvement of the
channel are given as the reasons for
New Orleans' advance as a wheat-shipping
port. The grain trade of the Mis
sissippi had been almost altogether
turned upstream, owing to the efforts
of the great railways, the former lack
of capital In the South and the lack of
adequate facilities for handling the
trade in the river's natural port. Trade
once started In any direction "keeps
smooth," as a New Orleans writer says,
"the groove of traffic," a saying as
worthy of note in the Northwest as in
the Southeast.
Portland has the trade of a river
basin to secure. As a port there Is
every reason why she should outstrip
New Orleans, especially in the matter
of Imports. In 1992-3 the exports of the
Southern port amounted to $145,893,768,
while the Imports were but S24.066.349.
New Orleans' favorable situation as a
place of export Is marked, but she has
notthis advantage as an importing and
distributing center. Portland, however,
Is situated with equal advantage for
both lines of trade, being a natural
distributing point for Oriental mer
chandise. The growth of New Orleans has
brought about a change of attitude on
the part of the railways, which are now
anxious to get their share of her trade,
whereas they formerly frowned upon
her development as Injurious to their
own Interests. Even the broadest
minded railway men seem to have a
deep dislike of progress In a section
not directly tributary to their own road,
although It -is' imposs'iple for one part
of the country to -advance1 without
proving a benefit, not a detriment, to
the rest. The lesson Is one that-every
city must apparently learn for Itself.
The proper utilization of natural ad
vantages and resources will soon bring
the railroads .to sue for business Instead
of coldly holding aloof. New Orleans Is
moving up the line of the world's sea
ports. Portland, with greater pros
pects, should be no slower,
NORTHWEST WHEAT STATISTICS.
The Oregonian's estimate of the
wheat yield of Umatilla County Is not
satisfactory to the Pendleton newspa
pers. It never is. For some "unknown
'reason the capers of the Umatilla
County metropolis are always dissatis
fied with an estimate of less than 5,000,
000 to 6,000,000 bushels of wheat, regard
less of what the actual out-turn may
be. It would give The Oregonlan great
pleasure to credit the banner wheat
county of the state with any number of
millions of bushels, if It were not for
-the fact that padded estimates are of no
value to the trade, and fn time have a
bad effect on the community that
stands sponsor for them. The Pendle
ton East Oregonlan states that the es
timate of The Oregonlan Is too low by
750,000 bushels, and continues as fol
lows: It is a difficult matter to make an accu
rate estimate on the wheat yield of any
Oregon county, owing to the very unsys
tematic manner of handling, the crop, and
the lack of statistics kept by those buying
and selling. All conclusions as to crop fig
ures, are guesses at best, but It is possible
to get somewhere near the true output by
beginning at the basis of the question the
farm area of the county.
The estimates on the Umatilla crop,
as well as that of other counties in the
Pacific Northwest, have always been
made by The Oregonlan as a result of
personal observation and from exten
slve data supplied by farmers, grain
dealers and railroad men. The Govern
ment figures, which are always based
on "the farm area of the county," have
always been so far above the posslblli
ties of the yield that they are valueless
and have never been seriously ctinsld
ered In making up the annual estimate.
That this paper has never been very
far out of the way in its estimates Is
evidenced by the actual returns, which
have been carefully followed each year.
By making due allowance for the wheat
at stations near county lines, It Is not
a difficult matter to ascertain the exact
amount -shipped out of a county. The
population and the consumption per
capita Is also reasonably well under
stood, as also is the amount required
for seed.
This at the close of the season leaves
the amount In farmers hands as the
only factor of uncertainty In the situa
tion. and a very close approximate es
timate of this carry-over is obtainable
by the figures compiled by the railroad
company at each station. The Orego
nian's estimate on the Umatilla crop
for the past five years has been from
500,000 bushels to 2,000.000 bushels below
the figures put out by the Pendleton
papers, and yet shipments from the
county added to the home consumption
requirements and stocks on hand at the
end of the season have always verified
The Oregonian's figures. Just why fig
ures in excess of the actual out-turn
are desired is difficult to understand
for a big crop Is nearly always a signal
for low prices, and the farmer suffers
by the circulation of the news, no mat
ter what the facts may be In the case.
The Oregonlan has never claimed per
feet accuracy for Us figures", as they
are necessarily ptlt out at a time when
the threshing returns are not all in, but
they are based on the best obtainable
data and have stood the test fairly well,
especially when the difficulty In secur
ing them is considered. There Is noth
lng In the Umatilla crop this year that
Indicates an out-turn much If any In
excess of 2,750,000 Imshels, and there are
men In fairly close touch with the situ
ation who are willing to shade this fig.
ure by 250,000 bushels.
PUBLIC YS. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
If Bishop O'Reilly's speech" at Baker
City Is correctly reported as Including
strenuous objection to public schools,
It Is of not the slightest practical conse
quence, for our American free schools
are fundamentally established by our
Federal Constitution, which absolutely
separates church and state. The pub
lic money cannot be diverted from the
American public school to any sort of
denominational school. All denomina
tlons are free' to support the luxury of
a parochial school, and some denomina
tlons, both Catholic and Protestant, do
support them. That Is their Own affair
It does not concern the state If they
choose to tax themselves for a paro
chlal school, but under our form of gov
ernment the public money cannot be
devoted to the multiplication of denom
inational schools. The framers of our
Constitution included no infidels, few
rationalists and a good many devout
orthodox Christians. It was due to the
influence of the Puritan ministers, who
knew what a curse the union of church
and state meant in England, that our
Constitution provided for complete sep
aratlon of church andi state.
Bishop O'Reilly's Indictment of our
public school system Is tinged with big
otry. Under our Constitution Catholics
are entitled to all the rights granted
all other men by that instrument, and
no denomination has profited more by
the absolute separation of church and
state under our Federal Constitution
than the Catholic Our Government
permits all denominations to teach such
. religion as they please, but as a state
it supports no church or church school
The Catholic clergy do not all agree
with Bishop O'Reilly's denunciation of
our public schools. Archbishop Ireland
does not agree with him; he thinks well
of our public schools, and at the in
stance of Archbishop Ireland the late
Pope Leo directed that Catholics who
preferred tp send their children to the
public schools should not be subject to
ecclesiastical penalties for exercising
their freedom of choice. The pope be
Heved the parochial school better than
the public school, but he believed the
Catholic parent should be free to decide
this matter for himself. Pope Leo said
to Archbishop Ireland
The church will not flourish when Catho
lies are in discord with the country and Its
institutions. Teach your people to be faith
ful Americans.
There are other distinguished Catho
He prelates who agree with Archbishop
Ireland that the public schools are bet
ter on the whole for all American chil
dren than the parochial schools. The
Instruction of Catholic parents, the ex
hortations of the Catholic pulpit, the
Catholic Sunday school, surely do not
leave the Catholic child Ignorant of his
obligation to be "honest, upright, truth
ful, chaste, obedient to parents, to be
lieve In Godr hope In God, love to God
and man." But If the Catholic home,
church and Sunday school are Inade
quate the Roman Catholic Is wise to
have his parochial, school, but he can
not expect the state to pay for what It
Is fundamentally prohibited from es
tablishing by our Constitution, which
absolutely separates church and state.
The language of Bishop O'Reilly Im
plies that in our- public schools the
teachers carefully conceal from the
children the fact that Catholics discov
ered America, that the Catholic colony
of Maryland first proclaimed civil and
religious liberty in America; that Cath
olic missionaries have been most effect
ive among the Indians; that Catholic
France helped win our Independence;
that Catholics fought In the ranks of
our Revolutionary Army and were leath
ers on sea and land. This Insinuation
is absurd. It is of no more consequence
pro or con that Columbus was a Cath
olic than It Is that Ravaillac was a
Catholic. It Is pf no more consequence
that Catholic France was our ally for
her selfish political ends than It Is that
Catholic France under Napoleon robbed
the pope of his dominions and treated
him with the grossest indignity.
Our public schools do not teach the
ology,, but we do not believe they are
open to the charge of perverting or In
verting the facts of history" In order to
discredit the Catholic Church. To the
fundamental separation of church and
state in our country the Catholic
Church owes Its rapid growth and pres
ent prosperity. In colonial times Cath
olics were shamefully persecuted under
the law, but after our Federal Consti
tution was adopted outrages committed
against the Catholics were the work of
local mobs in Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Boston. The Know-Nothing party
of 1862 cast In 1856 only about one-fifth
of the popular vote, and carried only
the single State of Maryland. It had
ho representation In Congress after the
Thirty-sixth Congress. In six years It
had completely exhausted ltself,-North
and South. All attempts to revive It
In our day have been promptly
squelched by 'American Protestants,
like Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts.
Really the Catholic has nothing to com
plain, of today In our country; his
church gets all that any church can
get under our Constitution; that is, tol
eration and protection under the law.
If he wants a religious denominational
school, he must pay for It under our
law. Advanced Catholics, like Arch
bishop Ireland, do not agree with
Bishop O'Reilly. They believe that the
public school is the best school to make
the boy grow up thoroughly American
and patriotic in spirit; that the strength
and safety of the church lies In the
fervency of its patriotism; that boys
will not grow up patriots in spirit un
less they are graduates of the American
public school.
The British flag again float3 from the
masthead of the ship Lord Templeton,
and she now claims Victoria for a home
port. The vessel Is owned in San Fran
Cisco, and her American owners, being
unable to secure American registry by
any other method, sought to bring her
In by changing her to the Danish flag.
Admission was impossible, however.
under our antiquated navigation laws,
and she Is forced to fly an alien flag.
The Inquiring minds who are on a still
hunt for Information as to why the
merchant marine of other nations
grows more rapidly than our own can
find some food for reflection In the case
of this splendid ship, which was forced
to register at "Victoria Instead , of Seat
tle, San Francisco or Portland. The
Lord Templeton, like hundreds of other
fine ships, files the British flag because
the progressive British laws welcome
her under that banner and the Ameri
cans refuse to have anything to do with
her. This country will become great
on the high seas as soon as we adopt
the methods and policy of the foremost
marine powers of the world not until
then.
The Irish potato, perhaps a- more
truly national symbol than the Sham
rockand, by the way, why shouldn't
Sir Thomas Lipton call hlsjiext yacht
the Spud? Is taking a prominent part
in the Industrial revival going on In the
green Isle. Its virtues have attracted
a company with millions of capital, and
spirits and starch are to be manufac
tured on a large scale from potatoes.
Experts have studied Continental
methods, and Germans expect the
world's starch market to b.e materially
affected by the Irish product. In this
connection It may be noted that an
English and Irish syndicate has been
formed to supply peat In the form of
bricks, dried and pressed, thus remov
ing one of the chief drawbacks to in
dustrial development in Ireland, name
ly, dear fuel.
The close of the free bath-house sea
son, making two years without the los3
of a single boy In the river while bath
ing, Is subject for enthusiastic congrat
ulations for the projectors and main
tainers of this laudable undertaking:
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of boys
have been taught to swim, and will be
able to save themselves from drown
ing In future accidents. Though "free,"
so far as taxation and subscriptions for
maintenance are concerned, the bath
house has been made self-sustaining.
We understand that nok immediate ap
peals for fresh subscriptions are con
templated; but If they should become
necessary at any time, we bespeak for
the appeal a cordial response.
Reasoning from analogy. It is easy to
believe the Turkish version of the mas
sacre. Who has not heard of the pot
hunter who. killed his birds and even
deer out of season, just because he was
attacked and had to defend himself?
The Christians were undoubtedly the
assailants, and the swaddling) babes
that were butchered must have been
making a violent attack on the Mussul
mans before they were murdered. The
unspeakable Turk Is living up to his
reputation.
It Is highly Improper on the part of a
gambler, even in Seattle, to have pooK
room messages delayed while he places
his bets, but sympathy with the pro
prietors does not lead one to tears.
Diplomatic relations In Southeastern
Europe are elastic things, ' and ican
stand an amount of straining that
would snap those In unaccustomed
places.
In the European chancellories the
New Eastern question plays seesaw
with the Far Eastern question. At
present the former is up in the air.
It Is difficult to understand why Mr.
Hood, because he has been pierced by
Cupid's dart, should wish further to
perforate himself with a bullet.
HERE'S THE WHOLE ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle, Sept. 5.
Grover Cleveland has survived his sec
ond Presidential term a sufficient length
of time to enjoy some of the applause
which Is certain to be accorded him long
after -he shall have passed away. The
sober second thought of the American
people Is always right. It is manifest al
ready that Grover Cleveland Is destined to
be regarded as one of the heroic figures
In American history.
When he retired from the Presidency In
1S97 Mr. Cleveland was yet too much of
a partisan Democrat to excite more than
languid interest on the part of Republi
cans. He was too much of a partisan
Democrat also to gain the approval of the
Populists, Socialists and revolutionists
who had usurped control of his party.
The years that have passed since then,
however, have been educational in the
highest degree. They have instructed rea
sonable men of all parties not only as to
the alarming conditions which prevailed
during Mr. Cleveland's second term, and
which he met manfully, but as to the
tendencies of the elements which were
most bitter In their denunciation of him.
Time has informed as well as modified
public opinion. Time Is Justifying him and
his policies.
In the light of all that has happened
since Mr. Cleveland left the White House
It is clear enough now to most Intelligent
Americans that no other President since
Lincoln has had to deal with so many
problems at once new and revolutionary.
How he met these conditions, how bravely
and patiently he upheld the dignity of his
great office and how confidently he de
pended upon the enlightened Judgment or
his fellow-citizens to approve his course
are now matters of record.
When Mr. Cleveland took office in 1S93
the Treasury was practically bankrupt;
depression and apprehension existed In
financial circles; panic was in the air; In
dustry was, suffering from overproduction
and uncertainty; hundreds of thousands
of men were out of work, many of them
riotous, and credits were being shortened
or denied on every hand. 1
It suited some partisans at the time to
assert that these evidences of approach
ing commercial and industrial distress
were due to Mr. Cleveland's election, but
that opinion Is not reasonably held today.
They proceeded from a vicious financial
system, tho worst feature of which was
the -Imminent prospect that the Govern
ment, and therefore the country, would be
forced to a silver basis. Lack ot laitn m
the soundness of the Treasury was re
flected in suspicion and fear as to every
thing and everybody else.
During that Administration Mr. Cleve
land Identified himself forever with thre,e
noble ideas which cannot fall to command
f the respect of the American people so long
as the Republic shall last.
He stood unflinchingly for public and
private credit, although timid and trim
ming politicians of every faith were either
silent or equivocal or devilish In the J cow
ardice, the ignorance or the dishonesty
with which they opposed or embarrassed
him.
He stood boldly for the energetic en
forcement of the laws of the United States
as against mobs and conspiracies organ
ized by desperate men on lines akin to re
bellion and revolution, although dema
gogues on all sides openly made common
cause with law-breakers or sought to take
advantage of the momentary unpopular
ity which he earned.
He stood like a rock for the principle
now accepted by all Democrats and most
Republicans that the power of taxation
should not be used by Government to for
tlfy monopolistic oppressors of the peo
ple, though men In his own party provea
false and by perfidy unexampled In our
history defeated a worthy reform.
In the presence of the men whom Grover
Cleveland's retirement has admitted to
leadership in tho Democratic party mere
agitators most of them, Socialists and
Populists many of them, and undoubted
revolutionists some of them the people ot
the United States have had an opportunity
In recent years to perceive the difference
between a constitutional Democrat ana a
constitutional demacroeue.
All who have faith In mankind will not
wonder that the judgment has been favor
able to the former.
There has been some discussion of late
of the propriety and the possibility of con
ferring the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency In 1XM upon Mr. Cleveland.
Whether anything shall come of this
movement or not, the fact Is distinctly
creditable to the Democrats. The more they
talk about it and the greater inclination
they manifest to carry out the project the
greater will be the credit to which they
will be enltled.
The third-term objection does not apply,
for the excellent reason that under all the
historic definitions no third term is pro
posed. The unwritten law of the land Is
that there shall be no third consecutive
term. No possible objection can be urged,
no argument that ever was used against a
third consecutive term, can apply to a
case of this kind.
Mr. Cleveland is not only the greatest
living Democrat; he is also the most pop
ular of. Democrats.
If nominated for. President next year, he
would poll every Democratic vote in the
land. His candidacy would reunite the
Democratic party. His leadership would
take the organization out ot the mire of
dishonest money, class hatred, envy, mal
ice and disorder. His nomination would
solidify Democrats, and It would cast out
of the party all the devils of radicalism
and revolution.
The times demand strong and good men
in public place. Enemies of the American
system are at work everywhere with
their propagandas of destruction. Timid
men, ambitious men, uncertain men, vain
and showy men moved by every passing
breeze, are not the men for present con
ditions. As never before in our career as
a nation, there Is need today of true and
courageous men In office men who do not
fear tc do right, who do not despair of the
Republic, who take their inspiration from
American patriots and heroes and not
from malicious European petroleumltes,
and who, faithful to their oath, will de
fend tho Constitution and the laws and
transmit them unimpaired to their suc
cessors. That Grover Cleveland is such a man Is
plainly written In the imperishable history
of the United States and In the hearts of
the people.
Tlic Xecdleaxnefift of Grammar.
Kansas City Star.
Professor Arnold Tompkins, of Chicago,
who launches tho opinion that "too much
time' is wasted on good English," and
that "we cannot afford to spend time on
needless grammatical distinctions," may
well be suspected of an envious design
of poaching on the preserves of the fac
ulty of tho University of Chicago, whose
theories and pronunciamentoes amuse or
fatigue the public at frequent intervals.
It must be admitted, though, that Pro
fesseor Tompkins, in his zeal for retrogres
sion, has rather surpassed Dr. Harper,
who, as president of one of the higher in
stitutions of learning in America, went
to considerable pains some time ago to
prove that a college education was quite
Inconsequential and valueless, and that
he Tompkins is at least not far behind
Professor Starr, who recently lent the
sanction of his well-seasoned judgment to
the practice of cannibalism. As Tompkins
has always been regarded as
One of the few, the Immortal names
That were not born to die.
J it is pleasing to know that its Chicago
possessor nas promulgated a doctrine re
garding the use of English which will in
vest him with imperishable fame. It Is
scarcely needless to add that the con
viction to which Professor Tompkins
gives utterance on the uselessness of
grammar proclaims him quite a traveler,
since nobody could possibly find any oc
casion to chide Chicago for wasting time
on gooa .ungnsn.
PROF. MANLEY, PALE AND CALM
(Chicago Intor-Ocean.)
Professor Manley, the daring aeronaut
who was to have made the ascent In
Professor Langley'S. flying machine, ar
rived on the scene of the latest exper
iment at Wldewater, Va., last Thursday,
pale but calm.
He was a trifle late In arriving, but that
did not matter, for there were some little
things still to be attended to before the
aerodrome could soar. An aerodrome Is
purely scientific, and, unlike a bicycle or
an automobile, cannot be thrown together
with a monkeywrench and a claw ham
mer. It must be adjusted by scientists.
Every time it is moved from one p'otce
to another It must be carefully examined
to see that tt has lost none ot us pans.
So that, while Professor Manley arrived
a trifle lafe and was pale and calm, he
was not permitted to rush headlong to his
perilous ascent. The scientists told him
to remain pale, though calm, while they
looked over the machine again to see that
nothing was missing. .
The launching-boat was on hand and
floating easily in the stream. The block
and tackle, could not work more beauti
fully; ttt turntable swung as If it re
volved on ball bearings. THie flying ma
chine had been hoisted In sections to the
top of the superstructure from which It
was soon to plunge into illimitable space.
The silken wings were adjusted. The rud
der was put in place. The motor was
given a few preliminary warming turns.
The scientists placed delicate scientific
instruments "to the valves, applied their
ears to them, and listened to detect any
possible Irregularity in the beats. It
looked as if everything was all right.
Professor Manley. still pale, though
calm, patiently awaited the signal. He
felt that In a few minutes he would be
cutting through the atmosphere at the
rate of 75 feet a second. But there were
other things to be done before the start
could be made. One party of scientists
got out an assortment of grappling irons,
boathooks, cork floats and life-preservers,
while another party of scientists departed
In a launch for a point down the river,
where It was thought possible that the
air ship would take its dive.
All was activity and excitement, but a
scientific air permeated the scene. Even
Professor Manley, pale, though calm, was
scientifically correst In his bearing.
At last -everything was ready. The long-
looked-for moment had come. Professor
Manley, pale, though calm, stepped Into
the flying, machine.
"Go!" commanded Professor Langley,
the Inventor. The scientists fell back.
Professor Manley pulled the lever. A hush
fell upon the spectators. It was a solemn
and yet thrilling moment. Perhaps a trifle
paler, but just as calm as ever. Professor
Manley pulled the lever again. And again
And yet again. Finally he pushed it. But
the flying machine would not fly.
Some silly girls In the crowd began to
titter. Nothing could have been In worse
taste. They tittered every time Professor
Manley worked the lever and the flying
machine would not fly: It is always a
mistake to have silly girls around when a
scientific experiment is in progress. Pro
fessor Lancley might not have sworn if
these silly girls had not tittered. How
ever that may be, he did swear. It is re
ported that he swore "several times. Let
us not blame him. We cannot know how
he suffered.
Let us, rather, look upon the pleasanter
side of tho picture. Let us observe Pro
fessor Manley, who, though keenly dis
appointed that he missed the chance of
wanderlnjr through space in Professor
Langley'S aerodrome, remained pale,
though calm, to the end.
Overestimate of the Wheat Crop.
Philadelphia Press.
The Portland Oregonlan, the New Tork
Journal of Commerce and some other
newspapers are attacking the Agrlcul
tural Department for sending out state
ments as to the condition of the wheat
crop at different times which warranted
estimates 200,000,000 bushels In excess of
the actual crop. The rise in the price of
wheat from cents a bushel to SO cents
Is alleged to be due to the discovery of
the great mistake In the department fore
casts, while the farmers are saia to have
lost 10 cents a bushel through selling their
old wheat at a price based oh the alleged
existence of the mythical 200,000,000
bushels.
The estimates made on the department
returns, which are quoted to substantl
ate this complaint, were early ones. Ac
curate estimates of the wheat crop In
the United States are not expected, but so
great an error does harm. There Is no
appropriation by Congress to gather
these returns and the work is largely
voluntary. Attacks have been made
heretofore on the accuracy of the depart
ment estimates, but they have not alwayi
been justified. Trustworthy statistics of
the wheat crop cannot be given now, but
it Is probable that a mistake was made.
The cotton "bulls" are attacking the
department in the same way in connection
with Its returns as to the condition of
the cotton crop. But it is too early yet
to give the facts. Tho price of cotton has
been kept up, but that does not sustain
the speculators' claims as to the crop.
The Bureau of Statistics of the Agrlcul
tural Department should be very conser
vative in -Its estimates In view of the
fact that the Government is supposed to
be responsible for all of Its work. Con
gress should appropriate a sufficient sum
of money to employ competent men In
every state to secure returns as to the
condition of the crops, or else less Im
portance should be attached to these estl
mates. That they are entirely honest is
Indisputable, but there should be no hon
est 'mistakes that do harm to any class
of products.
. Would. Trust Cleveland.
Poughkeepsie Eagle.
The Brooklyn Eagle, which has been for
several months past trying to boom the
nomination of the Honorable Grover
Cleveland for the Presidency by the Dem
ocratlc party next year, now makes an
announcement that Its advices from Sara
toga, the temporary headquarters of the
Democratic party in this state, show that
the delegation from this state will be In
favor of his nomination if he will take it.
This Is a delicate, but quite conclusive
compliment to Mr. Cleveland's Judgment.
Of course he will take It if he thinks he
can be elected, and when the Democratic
managers at Saratoga declare that they
will do their part to give him the noml
nation, if he will take It, it is equivalent
to saying that they think he will be best
qualified to judge of tho chances, and
they are willing to turn over that Impor
tant question to him for decision. What
they want Is the man who will have the
best chance of election; it does not make
a particle of difference whether his namo
Is Cleveland or Bryan or Blank. What
troubles them is the difficulty of guessing
who will have the best chance, if any
body, and perhaps to delegate the settle
ment of that difficult question to Cleve
land himself Is the easiest way to get rid
of it.
We Would Have Them State Fnct
(Springfield Republican.)
Some bitter things are being said by the
Portland Oregonlan against the United
States Department of Agriculture for
overestimating the size of the current
wheat crop. The threshing returns reduce
the crop much below- what the Govern
ment said It would be, and in consequence
of this misrepresentation lower prices ore
vailed than the facts warranted, and the
farmers are our of pocket. Usually the
Government has erred the other way and
department officials have even defended
a deliberate course of underestimating in
order to Keep market prices strong as
such would be the effect In the long run
But this year the rule outside of the de
partment has been to talk bis crops richt
in the face of disproving facts, and the
department mny possibly have caught
some of the spirit of the rule growing
out or wau streets exigency. But whv
denounce the Agricultural Department for
trust would The Oregonlan have the de"
partment become a calamity howler and
i a pessimist?
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The open season for oysters In In force.
Hlllsboro will be quite lonesome with
out the Tromleys.
Lord Salisbury being safely dead. Alfred
Austin writes a poem about him.
Seattle now claims but 130,000 Inhabi
tants. There was a jail delivery' recently.
Lots of good people will be horribly
disappointed if the Rev. Mr. Kennedy
proves his innocence.
The correspondents for the irrigation
congress had a cowboy supper on the way
to Ogden. A jolt of whiskey and a pull
on the belt?
What would be the use of being Ger
man Emperor if you couldn't go on with
sham battle after the umpires had de
clared you dead.
John Hayduck, the Clackamas poet.
says the editor of the Chronicle, It at
present like the clam siient from the 4
sense of his unutterable sweetness.
The Patent Medicirfe Proprietary Asso
ciation Is In session In Boston. It has
taken as motto the trade mark of one of
the members. We work while we sleen.
An observant army officer has discov
ered that forts are necessary on tho
Mexican frontier. And here Is Tilla
mook utterly unprotected and open to at
tack from Korea.
Aboard Southern Pacific train. Sept. 8.
! just bumped anoth ! er
cow. we have run over so many cows
since leaving Portland that I call this the
I (another one) the milky way.
"Love It grows irksome and wine It grows
bitter"
Such a confession must come from a quitter,
For as long- as we love and as long: as we
tipple.
The Joy of them, both keeps our hearts on
the ripple."
Reader This author has all the qualifi
cations for making a great success.
Publisher What are they?
ReaderWell, she's a girl, she's less
than 17 years of age, and she has never
been out of Clackamas.
A boosters' union is now proposed. In
the present state of affairs boosters
say they have to boost too long at a
stretch, aria that they cannot do such
good work for the games. It seems rea
sonable that a fresh booster should ba
able to boost more artistically than ono
who has been handling chips for nine
or ten hours. A man with but six hours
of work ahead of him is able to smile
quite naturally when the dealer hands
him a stack.
President Harper, of the Rockefeller's
University of Chicago, Is about to send an
excavating party to the ruins of Babylon.
He. Is led to thi3 decision chiefly by the
translation of a tablet formerly discovered
in the excavation on the site of the fa
mous temple, tho "Admiration of Man
kind." The translation follows:
Now I, Tiglath-Glleser, being in third
year of my' reign in Babylon, the gate of
the gods, do decree that 90,000 men shall be
employed In cutting a canal from Bahraba
to Euphrates, the father of waters, to the
end that traffic may be made easy from
any wells even unto Babylon (here part of
the inscription is effaced, but the trans
lator believes the missing words signified
the Chicago of Assyria). These men shall
receive In wages one-twentieth of a shekel
when the work is completed, and for this
purpose, I, Tlglath-Pileser, King and king
of kings by virtue of holding the presi
dency of the Assyrian Standard Oil Com
pany, decree that oil shall henceforth be
sold at 5 cents more for tho gallon.
A State Department Soliloquy.
State Department Clerk (translating
cipher dispatch): "Hokeypopolls Ameri
can cattle no, consul repeats reports. It
Is that he has beans N-now what tho
delaval does this mean beans oh, been
American consul reports that he has been
suffering assassinated to Turkish delight.'
Tho Infernal scoundrels. Here, boy,
take this cable for Cotton. A few men-of-war
there will spon change their tune.
Come In; come In. What's this? Another
dispatch. "Hokeypopolls American con
sul not assassinated reports indigestion
from eating Turkish delight.' Well, tho
cable's gone now let 'er go, and the ships
fall where they may.
To a Hy.
Six-logged curiosity!
Iris winged Inqulsltlveness!
Didst fancy that within the pot
Lay glutinous free feast?
Or was 't but a passing desire
To leave an Imprint
Gelatinous,
Adhesive
And
Ineradicable?
Thou say'st not.
Thy legs and Iris wings are embalmed
In the amber ot the scribe's paste;
Thy soul only is on the wing.
Thy mortal cerements, like
The ashes ot Caesar,
Shall stop a chink
In a long column
To keep the wind of unjust
And acrimonious
Rebuke
From giving the unfortunate scribe
A wigging
For
Not
Doing
His.
Whole
Duty. J. F. W.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
First Monkey It seems to be a toss-up
whether man descended from us. Second
Monkey Tes, It's heads, they win; talis, we
win. Smart Set.
City Editor How was It? Pretty exciting
scene? Reporter It simply beggared descrip
tion. City Editor Well, suppose you beggar It
to the extent of a column and a half. Catholic
Standard and Times.
"I married her," said Henpeck. "because I
thought her the most even-tempered woman I
had ever met." "And Isn't she?" "Oh! very
even-tempered; always mad about something."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"An Indian woman who lost her voice several
years ago was struck by lightning recently,
and the 3hock restored her speech. They say
she hasn't stopped talking yet." "Her hus
band must have been glad." "I s'pose so.
But all the other men are roasting him good
because he didn't have any lightning rods on
his house." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You haven't received a list of the personal
property assessment for your ward?" tho clerk
said. "Weil, I don't wonder at your kicking
about It. Every taxpayer Is entitled to know
how much he Is assessed." "I don't care a
darn about that," said the man at tho win
dow, "but I've got Just curiosity enough to
want to know how many hone3t men there
are In my neighborhood." Chicago Tribune.
"Rafferty," said Mr. Dolan. "are yez payln
attlntlon till the trusts?" "I am that." "Do
yez think they're goln' to swallow up the
country?" "I had me suspicions. But I've been
lookln at the reap. There's wathermelons In
Georgia, an' pcachc3 in New Jersey, an Cal
fornia pears on the Pacific Coast, not to mln
tlon the mineral products, such as coal. Iron?
copper, lead, an" prairie dogs. An' I've con
cluded that any wan trust that tries ty swallow
the intire outfit Is in line fur wan o' the biggest
attacks lv lndygestlon on record.' Vashin
ton Star.
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