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THE VOTE OF JUNE.
Unquestionably President Roosevelt
Is popular In Oregon. Unquestionably
he will receive the largest majority
ever thrown for a candidate in the
?c an earnesjt of their sup-
. le people of Oregon ought
t- largest possible majority
i fi u party which, later in the
sike him Its formal candl-
laajority In June will have
Alflcance. Any majority
wvill suffice.
ected with National poll-
tics also a. e election of Representa
tives in Congress. Hermann and Will
iamson will be elected, of course; but
It is important that their majorities
should go towards the highest possible
high-water mark. It Is the way to as
sure the country of the earnestness, of
Oregon for the party and the causeof
which President Roosevelt now Is the
leading representative.
Not for years, if ever before, have
the Republicans of Oregon been so gen
erally in harmony as they are now.
Factional differences have passed away,
with disappearance of the causes that
produced them. The one thing neces
sary Is to get out the full vote. Re
member, therefore that this Is the last
week of registration.
Two years ago the Republican vote
for Supreme Judge was 49,876, and the
plurality was 17,146. The Republican
vote of the state next month should
not fall below 55,000, and may much
exceed that figure carrying the plural
ity above 20,000. The aggregate plural
ity for Representatives in Congress
should be as large. These results are
legitimately to be expected, on a full
registration and a full vote. Such ma
jorities are due to the country from the
people of Oregon. For Oregon has been
treated with great consideration by the
Republican party and by President
Roosevelt. The opportunity of requital
will be presented in June. Let us have
a full vote.
"A DUAL ORGANIZATION FOR COMBAT."
President Eliot of Harvard ably de
fined the labor situation, which Includes
the position of both employer and em
ploye, when he said In his recent ad
dress to students of the great univer
sity over which he presides that the
actual Industrial situation In the United
States Is In a large measure a dual or
ganization for combat." When he adds
that within the last two years this
industrial combat has become more In
tense though less violent, through the
firm organization of employers, and
now unlike ordinary warfare threatens
to ie Incessant, the combatants agree
ing to truces but never making peace,"
he presents a summary of the case the
gravity of which should arrest the at
tention of all thoughtful men.
We have only to look at the condi
tions that have prevailed for half a
year In one of the richest mining- re
gions of Colorado, and of the country,
and that still prevail without prospect
of settlement, to find proof of the grow
ing intensity of the strife In the Indus
trial field. Or If this does not suffice,
or Is regarded as an old story In which
contention has begotten contention and
stubbornness stubbornness, any com
munity may find the estimate of Presi
dent Eliot upon this point verified in
the spirit of unrest and uncertainty
that pervades Its Industrial life. Presi
dent Eliot displays an intimate knowl
edge of human nature and a mind that
has taken keen note of events In the
Industrial field w hen he declares fur
ther that the weapons used in this per
petual warfare are those "which saints
and angels could not use without being
demoralized." Selfishness, stubborn
ness, spite, retaliation are enlisted In
this contest. Like everything else, these
elements grow by w hat they feed upon.
Long before any strike is ended the
public hss lost sight of the first princi
ples In the contention, and censures in
discriminately the opposing forces as
stubborn, unjust, exasperating and
reprehensible.
Take, for example, the findings of
Ray Stannard Baker in the battle be
tween the giants of industry at Cripple
Creek and Tellurlde. Who Is able, after
studying his presentment of the situa
tion from opposing points of view, to
tell at this stage of the game whether
the mlneowners or mlneworkers are the
more Intolerant, unjust, pugnacious and
stubborn? Yet in the beginning one
side or the other was responsible. Yet
is it possible, without going back, to
first causes that are quite remote, to
fix the blame and place the censure?
If it were possible or practicable to do
this. Is It not more than likely that the
patient student of cause and effect
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Would pause in wonder and exclaim, J
"Behold, how great a matter a little- J
fire klndleth!"
The pathologist In .his diagnosis of
the most insidious and fatal disease that
menaces human life bids us to "beware
of Its beginnings." The -same, warning
may wisely be sounded in connection
With industrial discontent before it hap
assumed the type of a disease, the prog
ress of which is as insidious and as cer
tain In Its way as Is that of consump
tion. In either case the ounce of pre
vention is worth the pound of cure.
TALLEX LIKE XUCIFEK.
When Mr. Charles A. Towne, erst
while one of the fiercest antagonists- of
the Money Power, became -"interested.
In Texas oil and other industries" and
opened "offices at 63 Wall street" It was
an event of moment In the financial
world unparalleled, .since ex-Governor
Hogg, of Texas, also a tremendous
toreador of the corporation bullpen,
similarly became interested in Texas oil
and other industries and joined the cra
ven ranks of the plutocrats.
But there are worse things. In the
book of fate. Jacob S. Coxey, who
earned a place among the immortals
by leading a gallant band of plutocfat
haters across the country, only to be
ordered off the grass by the Capjtoll
policeman, has fallen from grace
In a similar manner. From a penni
less and incorruptible hobo he has de
scended to the level of the bloated
bondholder. His scene of damnable op
erations Is Cincinnati, where he leads
the Satanic forces of the Coxey Steel &
Silica Sand Company. He has closed a
deal with the Union Savings Bank &
Trust Company by which the latter
guarantees the $500,000 first mortgage- 6
per cent gold bonds on the plants of the
company, due In 1964. Just think of it
5500,000, and gold bonds at that!
Walt a minute; don't get up. There's
worse yet in store. William Hope Har
vey, once celebrated as a consecrated
devotee of the horny-handed and
empty-pocketed, whose pseudonym of
"Coin" was stamped on countless effu
sions showing the certain ruin Involved
in the gold standard and the crying ne
cessity of 16 to 1, is president of a rail
road In Arkansas, and has deserted sli
ver for the gold standard, warning his
former friends and .fellow-workers that
there is gold enough for .all require
ments and that free sliver is as dead as
a door nail.
These are like Senator Mills, of Texas,
who long ago abandoned the cause of
the tolling masses before Congress to
amass a fortune which Is now very
great, and like the constituent who
worried Senator Mills for a long time
with protests 'against the free-wool
clause of the so-called Mills bill because
It would ruin the sheep Interests of
Texas and then one day telegraphed
him "Disregard my telegrams and let
ters of protest against free trade In
wool; stand true to Democratic princi
ples; I have sold my sheep." It all re
minds us of the observation made by
the greatest philosophical student of
the Democratic party, Sancho Panza,
squire to him of La Mancha, when he
said that these agitators are divided
Into the haves and the havenots, and
that whenever the havenots get any
thing they join the haves and cease
their cries.
We have words not of commendation
but only of reproach for these apostates
from the gospel of dividing up the prop
erty of those who have with those- who
have not. Their course Indicates In
the plainest manner possible that they
were down on wealth for no other rea
son than that they had none, and were
against the Money Power because they
had no part in Its counsels. They also
give ground for popular suspicion of
every man who Is ostensibly fighting
plutocrats in disinterested devotion to
the cause of the dear people. If these
stalwart enemies of the Money Power
fall us, who, then, can be depended on?
Must a dying world be driven to the
conclusion that if a man wants money
he must earn it Instead of getting some
law passed making the poor rich and
the spendthrift prudent? Who shall
believe Jack Cade, when next he comes
among us, promising seven halfpenny
loaves for a penny, and ten hoops for
"every three-hooped pot?
A BLOW AT FACTIONALISM.
Nothing will do more 'to destroy the
factionalism In the Republican party
than the enactment of the direct pri
mary law at the polls In June.
Throughout the entire state there has
been a demand that factional strife
shall cease, the outside counties blam
ing Multnomah for the continuance of
the conflict. As a matter of fact, the
present system of nominating candi
dates Is responsible' for the division
which has existed for years In the Re
publican party. With the enactment of
the direct primary law the reason for
this division will cease and the party
can be united In Its endeavors.
The operation of the present system
of nominating candidates Is well
known. Candidates are nominated In a
convention and the great contesfjs over
the control of the convention. As the
first Issue to be fought out Is the or
ganization of the convention, two fac
tions are formed and the aspirants who
work with the controlling faction
claim the preference for nominations.
When Republican primaries are held
men ally themselves with one faction
or the other and the victorious faction
claims all the spoils of victory. A man
who aspires to the Republican nomi
nation for Sheriff must work with one
faction or the other, and if his side has
won he bases his claim for a nomination
upon the work he has done for his fac
tion. Members of the losing faction are
either shut out altogether or given only
such nominations as the victors are
willing they should have.
Under this system nominations are
not governed by the wishes or the best
Interests of the people. Even though a
large majority of the members of the
party are in favor of a certain man for
the nomination for Sheriff, if that man
happens to have worked with the losing
faction he is thus debarred from secur
ing a place upon the ticket. This should
not be. Every tub should stand upon
Its own bottom, and every candidate
should stand or fall upon his own mer
its and qualifications. If an admirer of
a prominent Portland leader Is pecul
iarly fitted for .the office of County
Clerk, he should not be debarred from
asking for a nomination merely because
that faction of the party failed by a
few votes to carry the primaries.
What Is true of Multnomah County Is
applicable throughout the state. In
nearly every county factional lines
have been drawn In the past, some po
litical leader having been recognized as
the head of a faction. The factional
fight has been carried into the State
Convention sometimes with disastrous
results. The faction which controls the
State Convention names all the candi
dates, and those who were so unfortu-
nate as to work with the minority, are
shut out entirely, so far as nominations
are concerned. Because one aspirant
for the nomination for Governor has
worked with the prevailing- faction, he
secures the nomination, even though the
rank and file of the. party desire-" an
other man on the ticket for that high
office.
This method of making nominations
is not in the interests, of good govern
ment. It Is satisfactory for the time
being to the faction that happens to be
In power, but it Is unsatisfactory when
the other faction wins. The purpose
in all elections, whether primary, elec
tions or general, state and county elec
tions, should be to ascertain the wishes
of the people. This Is Impossible un
der the present system. The members
of a party go to the polls on primary
day and vote fo'r a list o'f delegates
chosen by political bosses, and have
no -means of knowing what the choice
of those delegates will be a3 between
candidates for the various offices. It
cannot be said that the members of the
party have had an . opportunity to
choose from among the aspirants for,
party nominations.
The direct primary law is based upon
ths.theory of a government of the peo
ple by the people and for the people.
It does not propose to destroy party
lines nor to displace party leaders. It
proposes to change the manner In
which party leaders work, so that they
shall work with the people, and not ac
complish their ends through the manip
ulation of caucuses -and conventions.
The direct nomination law Is American
In principle, proposing a" marked Im
provement in popular government. It
Is proposed by men who have confi
dence in the Intelligence, and honesty
of the people and their ability to gov
ern themselves. v
DOES HILL REALLY WANT PARKER?
If D. B. Hill is sincere in his apparent
determination to secure Judge Parker's
nomination at St. Louis, It Is the first
time in his" political career that he has
set himself honestly at a worthy enter
prise and has dealt fairly with the os
tensible object of his efforts. To. keep
faith has been the conspicuous vacancy
m his record. He turned his back on
Cleveland at the first opportunity, and
did his utmost to ruin him politically.
It would be difficult to find an Intelli
gent and well-informed politician of
either party in New York State who is
not convinced that Hill betrayed and
brought about the defeat of Cleveland
in 1SSS, when Hill carried it for Gov
ernor and Cleveland lost It for Presi
dent. The New York Globe undertakes to
say that In 1888 Hill worked more or
less In secret, but In 1892 he came out
Into the open as the deadly enemy of
Cleveland, and by holding his "snap"
convention in midwinter got the New
York delegation to the National Con
vention away from Cleveland and
pledged It to himself. It Is generally
believed that he prevented Parker's
nomination for Governor in 1902 be
cause he was afraid that if Parker were
to be elected it would make him a more
formidable candidate for the Presidency
than Hill. It has been very difficult for
Democrats familiar with the Inside his
tory of Hill's doings at that time to
believe that he Is sincere In his support
of Parker now. They suspect that he
Is merely playing with him now in or
der to push him aside later and step
Into the front himself. They suspect
that the platform which he put Par
ker upon at Albany was a part of his
scheme to draw Bryan and other fire
from the West, artd thus weaken Par
ker's chances.
There Is a cumulation of circumstan
tial evidence that somebody Is working
against Parker systematically, without
reference to Bryan's outbursts. Whether
Hill or Gorman had anything to do
with pbtalnlng from Mr. Cleveland his
ominous Indorsement of Parker is un
certain, bu It Is certain that It was
Instantly followed by outcries against
Parker by many eminent Democratic
politicians of the Hill and Gorman
school, not at all friendly to Bryan's
rule-or-ruln policy. The Taggart activ
ity against Parker In Indiana is more
naturally referable to a Gorman-HUl
understanding than to a Bryan influ
ence. Even the organization of the
Democratic State Committee of New
York has a very queer look. Hill pre
tends that he was overruled In his
plans, but that Is pretty good evidence
that he was not, and It Is suspected
that he was working on the surface for
one man as chairman and beneath the
surface for another. Whatever the
facts about it are, there can be little
doubt that the outcome Is not helpful
to Parker's Interests.
The superficial significance of Hill's
relationship to Parker Is that the trick
ster's unpopularity among honest men
Is damaging to the candidate; but be
neath this obvious situation may very
easily be found a possibility that Hill
at heart, as he has so often done be
fore, is conspiring for some unworthy
end of his own. Doubtless he has his
reasons for wishing to hold the New
York delegation away from Cleveland
or Bryan through the Parker Instruc
tions, but he Is pretty certain to have
other plans for them which will be dis
closed If he Is ever In a position to use
New York's votes In a cofhblnation
wth Hearst or even Bryan to nominate
himself or some man of his choice. It
is the rule for machinations of this sort
to win in a limited destructive way, as
In defeating a candidate through
treachery, but to go to pieces In every
large constructive undertaking. Hill
has never nominated a President He
receives honor at National conventions,
but the party knows better than to fol
low his plans. Hill's secret antipathy
to Parker, If revealed at SL Louis,
would as likely as not Induce the cop-.
ventlon to take the New York dele
gation at its word and nominate Par
ker, partly as a rebuke to Hill and
partly In the belief that Hill could jiot
control him If elected.
A QUESTION" OF I1W.
Secretary of State Dunbar and State
Treasurer Moore were manifestly right
In declaring that it is not the province
of the State Land Board to order a suit
brought In the name of the state to set
aside deeds where private parties are
contesting for posseslson and title. The
question before the Board was not
whether there Is justice In the claims
of the Warner Valley settlers, but
whether It Is the duty of the Board to
order a suit commenced. There ls'-no
statute which cam be construed as fix
ing such a duty upon the Board. On
the other hand, there are statutes
which make it the duty of Prosecuting
Attorneys to bring such suits and au
thorizing the Governor to direct that
such action be taken.
Governor Chamberlain's prote'st
against the refusal of the other mem
bers of the Board to order a suit
'brought Is calculated to create the Im-
presslon that they were unfavorable to
the contentions of the settlers. Such an
Impression would be erroneous, for
Dunbar" id Moore pointed out very
clearly the remedy which lay open- to
the Warner Valley settlers according
to the laws of the state. It is well that
the suit should be 'brought and that the
setters be given an opportunity to prove
their claim to the land upon which they
have built their homes. Public sympa-.
thy will quite naturally be with the set
tlers, but this sympathy will .not go to
the extent of censuring the State Land
Board for asking them to pursue their
remedy according to law. especially
when that remedy is clear and com
plete. The famous- actress, Adelaide Neilson,
looked like an Oriental, but she was
Engjish-born Her mother was an ob
scure actress named Browne. Her
father, to whom her mother was not
married, was said to have been Span
ish, also Jewish.. The" theatrical critic
of the New York Sun says that like
nearly all the great players, from David
Garrlck and Mrs. Slddons to Edwin
Booth and Mrs. Kendal, from Edmund
Kean to Richard Mansfield. Adelaide
Neilson had a moiety of that Hebraic
blood In her veins which George du
Maurler declared a precious quintes
sence for an artist. There "Is consider
able historic support for this view.
Rachel was a Jewess; BernhardtMs half
Jew; the fanfous opera singer, Braham,
was a Jew. Many of the most famous
musicians and musical composers have
been Jews, such as Mendelssohn, Mey
erbeer, Offenbach and Halevy. Heine,
famous writer of lovely songs, was a
Jew. There Is ample foundation of his
torical fact for the statement that the
artist temperament has been brilliant
ly represented In various directions by
the Hebrew people.
Among the thriving evangelistic de
nominations the Baptists show signs of
sturdy growth. The American Baptist
Year Book Just Issued shows that there
are 45,72.7 Baptist churches in the
United States, with a total membership
of 4,506,747, showing a gain for tlje, year
of 898 churches and 176,285 members. In
other words, 2.46 churches and about
483 members were added to the denom
inational strength for every day In the
year, and this without any so-called
"great revivals." There were 234.321
baptisms during the year. The number
of Baptist ministers Is 38,895. The con
tributions for home missions were $423,
718; for foreign misslpns, $550,202, and
for all purposes, $5,994,341. There are
under Baptist control nine theological
seminaries with a total attendance of
1095 students, and 97 colleges and uni
versities, with 31,985 students. The in
tense devotion of the Baptist pulpit to
questions of individual character and
conduct may reasonably be expected to
give the denomination a larger and
larger place In the religious activity of
the future.
It may be supposed that the present
charter of the City of Portland will
not be continued always, without al
teration or amendment. Changes In
many particulars already are talked
about, and more to come. To these
things The Oregonlan Is practically
Indifferent, for It deems them of
small Importance. The principal feat
ures of this charter were made by a
bunch of faddists, and It Is so lame In
many places that even they (or some of
them) are calling for amendments. The
Oregonlan, for its part, accepted the
charter, for it didn't want to fight or
squabble over It; but it never professes
fondness for fads or Innovations In leg
islation or government. It knows, more
over, that not a few which are In this
charter will wear ouU In time and no
long time, either. Everybody knows
that this charter Is a. kind of crazy
quilt. Usually It is called "Joe Teal's
Crazy Quilt," for Its principal author.
The Washington Post was wholly in
correct in its statement that Repre
sentatives Hermann and Williamson
will remain away from Oregon till after
the election. It is the intention of both
to come home just as soon as they can
finish necessary business at Washing
ton, which will require only a few days
longer. Both will be in Oregon within
a week, or ten days, at furthest. The
Post calls Itself an "Independent" pa
per, and no doubt thinks It Is. Never
theless It opposes President Roosevelt
and his Administration, and Is doing
what it can to put the Democratic party
In power including the election1 of a
Democratic President. It is an able and
brilliant newspaper, with strong Demo
cratic bias. Of course It Is not for
Bryan or Hearst. It desires the nomi
nation of Parker, or some other repre
sentative of Cleveland Democracy.
In Democratic circles there is bitter
disputation as to Parker. One ques
tion is whether he voted for Bryan."
Some affirm and others deny, but Par
ker says nothing. In the case of a man
named for the Presidency it Is a mat
ter of Importance; for there are multi
tudes throughout the country who are
not likely to be convinced that the man
who deliberately voted for Bryan, onlrjistrict Convention should hav
tne issues or iaae ana or isoq, can te ar
safe and proper man for the Presldency
of the United States.
Ex-Senator Turner, of Washington,
inveighs" against "our colonial policy."
He means that we ought to get out of
the Philippines, oiit of the Hawaiian
Islands, and out of Porto Rico. On this
Issue he sets up his claim for the Vice
Presidency of the United States. Were
it presented plainly, he wouldn't get
5 per cent of the popular vote of Washington.-
Mr."Turner Is one of the cheap
Jacks of politics; discredited nowhere
perhaps so much as In his own State of
Washington. "
The smallness of th& Russian force
In Manchuria is a surprise to every
body except, perhaps the Japanese.
Russia was unprepared to support and
maintain her aggressive, movements
In the Orient and Japan is sending
Russia's" comparatively feeble forces
out of Manchuria..
NewYork'a leading candidates on the
Democratic electoral ticket are the men
who made millions of dollars out of
Cleveland's bond Issues. Interesting
news for Brj-an Democrats, in all parts
of the country! ,
The Panama policy of President
Roosevelt was a splendid achievement.
It has won so completely that not a
word Is heard In utterance against it,
from one end of the country to the
other.
Register, and make as full a vote as
possible. It will tend to show that ypur
town, city or county Is getting ahead.
It may be hoped that after the war
Japan will permit Russia to live.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST" PRESS
Where Relics- Abound.
Astoria Astorlan.
Register today. Tomoraw you may
die or be swiped for .the Oregon His
torical Society's collection of rare rel
ics. No, He Couldn't Get Credit!
Grass Valley Journal.
That was- certainly a green reporter
on The Oregonlan that wrote about the
green Grass. Valley farmer. "Dick" ha3
several thousand dollars cash oh hand,
"while the reporter probably owes, for his
last week's board bill.
May Not Be Misse.d.
Bellingham Reveille.
No, dear reader, civilization will not
lapse Into barbarism if Governor Mc
Brlde fails of the Gubernatorial nomin
ation at the Republican State Conven
tion next week. Things will wabble
along somehow and we will still raise
crops, catch fish and make lumber and
shingles. The ship of state will not lose
ner bearings and drift to destruction.
For, In the language of the street,
"there are' others."
Gambling Doesn't Make Business.
Chehalis Bee-Nugget.
When the anti-gambling law passed'
by the last Washington LeglslaturCwas
under discussion it was argued that' to
suppress gambling wpuld be a direct
blow to the, legitimate business "of
every townn the state. The facts do
not prove this contention. There Is
no gambling in Chehalis, and there are
lots of men wlio have money with which
to pay their honest debts who used to
fritter it away at cards, dice and other
games. The anti-gambling law was the
best pleccof legislation passed at the
last session.
The Challenge Accepted.
Newberg Graphic
In explaining the charms of the South
ern girl, a romantic magazine writer
says she gets her pale, creamy com
plexion from the blooming ofvthe sweet
magnolias, her grace of motion from
waving palms and her health from eat
ing golden oranges and flowering figs.
Humph! It may not sound quite so
poetical, but the Oregon girl mixes her
hands with her mother's in the dish
water, wields the broom, gets out and
exercises in our bracing atmosphere, eats
prunes and big red Oregon apples and is
as charming as the airy, fairy miss down
In Dixie and a whole lot more useful.
A Great American Institution.
Mohawk Correspondent Eugene Register.
There Is some talk? of a picnic among
the young people of this place. If such
an entertainment could be faithfully and
honestly brought about It would afford a
great source of enjoyment, for old as
well as young. The people might assem
ble and have a jolly good time. Nothing
could be more pleasant than to spend a
day In some grove, beneath the shady
folds. What could be more inspiring to
the young man than to walk In the quiet
wooded places with thejnalden he adores?
What could be grander and more Inspir
ing than to see' the silvered heads for one
short day forget the care3 and vicissitudes
of life? A community affords no higher or
nobler example of civilization and moral
ity than that of a sociable assemblage.
Argument Extraordinary but Cogent.
McMInnvIUe Reporter.
While there is only a remote possibil
ity of Doc Goucher going to the Legis
lature, the people are speaking of tho
result such an event would have upon
the community, Goucher Is one of the
busiest physicians, and his absence from
his practice for a period of 40 days
would cause much distress. On the
other hand, while Doc Wright, his run
ning mate, is one of the busy, dentists,
the people can plug up their aching
teeth with cotton, and apply a hot hop
pillow to their jaws for a few weeks, or
until their dentist returns .from the
Legislature. In the physician's practice
there are cases that cannot be put-off
thus. It is reasonable, therefore, .that
the voters will send their dentist to the
Legislature instead of courting death
and disaster.
Opening for the Hunt Club.
Hillsboro Argus.
You have no doubt often heard that
a beaver could not climb a tree but
we have It from the Irishman that the
beaver did climb the tree, when the dogs
were aften him because the beaer could
do nothing else to get away from harm.
And here comes the application Cook's
dogs, from north of Cornelius, gave
chase to a brown fox the other day, and
followed It for hours. Finally, near the
Tew's place, Centervllle, the fox ran
up a stub, 15 or 20 feet In height, slightly
Inclined, and Paul Tews, thinking It was
of the cat species, or a lynx, fired, bring
ing his foxiness down. This is the first
time that tho Argus snake reporter
ever heard of a fox' climbing a tree
but he had to climb to get away from
the dogs. August Tews now has the
hide of the fox at the tailor shop on
Second street.
Office Sought the Man.
McMinnville Reporter.
Mr. Eddy's nomination for Circuit
Judge by the late Republican State
Convention came as a surprise to the
politicians. This was not because he
was unknown to the Republicans of the
state, for his selection a3 chairman of
the convention itself attested his stand
ing with the party, but the surprise
of the politicians was due to the fact
that a man from a small coast county
with only five votes out of 62 in the
been
the favored one against candidates from
the larger counties, with more votes.
About the time the convention met it'
was taken for granted that the larger
counties would form combinations which
would leave out the Tillamook candi
date, entirely. However, If combina
tions were attempted thoy failed, and
the nomination came tcTMr. Eddy with
out any trade or combination whatever,
and simply" because the delegates be
lieve'd him worthy of the honor. Yam
hill County voters will contribute to
the large vote that -will help to elect
him. v (
Sound Sense and Good Advice.
Catholic Sentinel (Portland).
Reform Is In the air. . Meetings of
censure and wrath are held nightly,
resolutions are adopted; committees of
investigation appointed, reports re
ceived; addresses of indignation and
disgust, clothed in no uncertain Eng
lish, applauded and approved. There
has been a mighty hurrah, but very lit
tle real, genuine active work done. And
when a movement for good is started
by one of our lawmakers, let us show
that we know what he is doing, and
that we appreciate It and will help him.
At present there is an opportunity for
every respectable citizen of Portland to help
the cause of reform. Councilman Albee
says that he will Introduce at the next
meeting of tho City Council an ordin
ance prohibiting boxesstalls or booths
In saloons and restaurants. Now what
should w"e do? Are we in favor'of this
ordinance? Few will say no. Well, then.
t let us, show our approbation. Let us
make It a point to see Mr. Aioee and
express our approval of his stand. Every
voter surely knows the Councilman
from his ward. Call on him, ask him
to vote for the ordinance. If you
don't know him, introduce yourself; he
will be glad to meet you. Tou may be
sure that dlvekeepers and saloon
keepers, coming within the restrictions
of this ordinance, will "see" the mem
bers of the Council. They will not stand
back, and their friends will help them.
MORAL QUALITIES OF THE DOG.
Baltimore Sun.
Town and Country Magazine for April,
In an elaborate article on the recent "At
lantic City Dog Show," with numerous
illustrations of "wire-haired fox-terriers,"
"Chinese chow-chow"- pups, "Welsh ter
riers." "bulldoes" and other breeds of the
canine race, concludes a review of the dog,
fad by saying:
"The doa. show has become within vthe
last two or three years one of the repre
sentative phases of American life, repre
senting as it does one of the "chief ele
ments of interest of the American coun
try gentleman's estate."
. Dogs from time immemorial have been I
tne constant and the faithful companions
and friends of man. They have their place
la every family, whether of high or low
degree. In some of our rural districts
they share the scanty fare of the children
and are as numerous as the family prog
eny. The poorer the family, the" greater
tho numbor of children and of dogs, is the
return tho census-taker should feel
obliged to record. Aud In these same dis
tricts. If the census-taker were authorized
to note the fact, it would be recorded that
"sheep canno be raisecL-" x
Dogs are good in their place, but if
we give way to the dog fad and accept
tho dictum of Town and Country, that
"dog shows are one of the representative
phases of American life,"1 may we not
conclude, that American life is "going to
the dogs?" There are many fads to which
our peqple lend themselves, and love of
the lesser animals the horse, the do and
the cat, for instance is not a sentiment
inconsistent with broad-minded benevo
lence. Horse shows are patronized by the
wealthy and the elite df the land, and
draw to the hippodrome the beauty and
the youth, as well as the sage and staid.
The cat is left to the elderly maid, but it
has Its numerqus friends, some of whom
have gone so far as to leave fortunes for
the care of hundreds of disconsolate mid
night prowlers and disturbers of the
neighborhood peace and quiet In well
apportioned homes and under regulated
guardianship. We do not recall any such
provision, however, for the horse or for
the dog. The horse may and is often
turned out "to grass," freed from harness
or work. He may end his days on. the
common, but is oftener shot as a reward
for the long service he has rendered and
to save the cost of providing oats, hay
and bedding. The dog Is pampered in the
family, fed until he can scarcely waddle,
suffered to lie before the fire and when he
Is blind and rheumatic and unable to af
ford pleasure or diversion, meets his fate
with chloroform or strychnine. Without
doubt the dog Is of all the domestic ani
mals the chosen and the faithful friend
of man. Dog friendship Is an established
quantity. We know he will stay by man
kind when all else has gone.
If we remember rightly the dog was the
one real comforter of a "certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at the
gate fall or sores, and desiring to be fed
with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man's table, and, moreover the dogs came
and licked his sores." And it has been
ever thus, that the dog has remained by
man In good or evil report, In affluence or
In poverty.
Among all the "comforters" of Job, the
much-tried patriarch, it Is not recorded
that his dogs were, among the number of
those who came to him in his distress.
On the contrary, in the course qf his tribu
lations and speaking of the younger set
of the people who held him in derision, he
said that they are of those "whose fathers
I would have,disdained to have set with
the dogs' of my fldek."
There are some verses not inappropriate
to recall in connection with Job and his
trials and temptations,, even though they
do not mention the dog as an asset of pos
session, lost or regained. But they convey
a unique idea of the way the account was
finally balanced:
Sly Beelzebub took all occasions
To try Job's constancy and patience;
He took his honors, took his health;
He took his children, took his wealth
HIa camels, horses, asset", cows
Sly devil, did not take -his spouse.
But heat en, that brings out good from evil
And loes to disappoint the devil.
Had predetermined to reetore
. Twofold of all Job had before
His children, awes, camels, cows-
Short-sighted devil, not to take his spouse.
The ways of Providence are past under
standing, and Job tells us himself that "I
am escaped by the skin of my teeth." Per
haps it was good for him that he did not
have, like Lazarus, a dog for a "com
forter." Perhaps, also, It was because the
dog Is- in many ways too honest to have
figured In the role of a "Job's comforter."
Nevertheless, In our day and generation
It Is a serious "thing to consider. If it is
true, as our contemporary asserts, that
"the dog show is one of the representa
tive phases of American life," and "one of
the chief elements of interest of the Amer
ican country gentleman's estate." The dog
should know his place. After all, he is
but a dog, and only hypersentimentallsm
could elevate him into the high place thus
assigned to him. At the same time, the
fact is not ignored that In his capacity
of an humble and devoted follower, con
fessing dependence on the hand of man.
the dog is without an equal In the animal
kingdom. In this is his shining virtue
and his degraded vice a paradox nowhere
exhibited more strikingly than by the
sycophant of the human species.
What It Costs.
The cost of the Hearst campaign Is a
favorite subject Just now for calculation
by the politicians. All agree that it must
reach several million dollars. Hearst has
hundreds of agents In all parts of the
country working up his boom; he has
costlyTieadquarters In the principal cities
of each state, and he has poured out his
money freely at primaries and conventions
in 45 states. It seems to be an understood
thing, too, that Hearst boomers have to
pay more for everything than anybody
else. New York Correspondence Boston
Transcript.
For the Party's Good.
It is hardly worth while to take up In
detail the grounds of Bryan's objection.
As we have said, he would have objected
In any event. He will bolt Parker's nomi
nation and probably Hearst- will bolt with
hjm. It will be to the permanent good
of Democracy to get rid of this Ingrate
and this self-seeker, but it means the
certain defeat of the candidates of the
St. Louis convention. Buffalo Express.
" When It Will End.
Mr. Bryan must either bolt the Demo
cratic ticket and 'platform or recede from
the position that he has so long, so In
sistently and so consistently maintained.
We think there is hardly a doubt that the
.St. Louis convention will mark the ter
mination of even his professed alllancp
with the Democratic party. Nashville
American. ,
Prophecy.
The National convention will frame a
platform With which Mr. Bryan will not
b'e able to quarrel on the score of its
lack of exp.-cltness, although it may be
safely predicted that It will not suit him
In any other particular. New York World.
Jeanne D'Arc.
Alfred Austin Poet laureate). In tho Inde
pendent. Goddess-of battles, -with the maiden word
And blameless banner, when to France availed
Not all her gallant manhood helme.- and
mailed.
To drHe from oft her soil the alien horde.
That over pasture, hamlet, vineyard poured,
Tou with jour unarmed innocency scaled.
The walla of war, and, where man's might had
failed.
Crowning, enthroned the Anointed of the Lord.
And enould France yet again be called to scare
The stranger from her gates, and hurl back
thence
Feet that would violate her frontiers fair,
Not meretricious sycophants of sense.
But the pure heart and patriotic prajer.
Once more would prpve her rescue and defense.
X0TE -ANDjCOMMENT.
Pine weather on a Sunday somehow
seems extra fine. ,
Tho Seattle KenneTciub seems to be
a sort of cat and -dog affair.
Hearst- in Victoria! We may next
expect to find the Holy Rollers in St.
Paul's.
'Theodore Stelngraeber, thft well-known pub
lisher, who wrote works for the piano and
signed them G. Dtusm, fa dead. Newa Item.
"Tills beats the "explosive Initiate of
the author, Charles G. D. Roberts.
San Francisco reports that Indications
point to a "light crop of dried apricots."
Wonderful are the ways of science. Pre
sumably the California growers dry the
trees, which then produce dried fruit.
A newspaper writer condemns the
Japanese because thoy have the "Jap
an for the Japanese" -idea. What does
this writer think of the United Statea
and Its exclusion act? The day Is a long
way off when men of one nationality
witf hold those of another above their
own.
No writer with a real gift and a reaV ambr.
tlon has any business with a home, children,
the unlntermlttent comforts of life which stultl-,
ly and stifle. From ilrs. Gertrude Atherton'a
article In the North American Beyfew on "Why
ZA American Literature Bourgeois?"
Why not Include food among tho un
lntermlttent comforts of life which
stultify and stifle? The eater of bour
geois liver and onions is likely to pro
duce bourgeois literature.
Mac age 10, has a neighbor, age 10, of
the oppoltse sex. Their wisdom, Individual
or combined, is more than the sum. of
their years. Recently the neighbor met
Mac with "We've got a new boy baby at
our house, Mac." "That so?" sold Mao;
"that's good! How are all of them?"
"Oh, the "baby's all right, but mamma ap
pears to be laid out."
We all htve our trials at the telephone,
says the Argonaut, but we do not usually
hear "Central's" opinion of us. A San
Francisco lawyer, who had been trying
for ten minutes or more without success
to get the number he asked for, at last
gave vent to his annoyance in very strong
language. His wife, who was standing
near, said, persuasively, "Let me try,
dear." Then, In a gentle voice, which was
intentionally a strong contrast to his an
gry tones, she called, "Hello, Central!"
Her husband distinctly heard "Central"
answer promptly, 'Just a moment,
madam. There Is a crazy man on tha
line. Let me settle him first"
The Sunday that marks the end of the
regular theatrical season, according to
a New- York paper, Is known as "onion
Sunday," because on that day the actor
who has with difficulty restrained his
craving for the root- which Stevenson
called If memory serves "the malden
falr, poetic and wine-scented soul of the
capacious salad bowl" may then eat It,
raw, boiled or fried, without offending
the susceptibilities of the most sensitive
leading woman. This gives one a new
idea regarding the actor's life. Does ho
live In perpetual onlonlessness? Is the
stage a profession to be chosen? Never,
if onions are barred with but a day's ex
ception. Better a Yamhill farm and the
onion, "which ranks (Stevenson again)
with the truffle and the peach as the
chlefest of nature's products." It has
often seemed to us that there was some
thing insipid, flavorless, about an actor
off the stage. Our suspicions have now
almost become certalntles-how can a
man be aught else than flavorless it he
may not eat an onion? And, by the way
the New York paper notes that the word
"ham," as applied to an actor whose am
bitions are greater It is to be hoped
than his performance, has been sup
planted by the name "onion." "He's an
onion," or, more Idiomatic still, "He's a
Bermuda," expresses a world of con
tempt. Senator Scott, who Is a West Virginian
now, but an Ohio man by birth, tell3 a
story about an experience an Ohio man
had many years ago when he went' over
to West Virginia on a little pleasure ex
cursion, says the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
It was old Virginia at the time, however,
as this happened before tho -Civil War.
The Ohio man had a "red back" dollar,
a part of the currency of his state, and
It was considered good. He stopped at a
place of refreshment and got a drink.
The whisky was drawn out of a keg and
served In a tin cup. When the liquid had
been swallowed he laid down his "red
back," and the bartender dived under the
bar and brought out six coon skins, five
fox skins and ten muskrat skins and
passed them over for change.
The Ohio man did not want to show his
Ignorance of Virginia currency, so he took
up the pelts and walked away. But he
wanted to establish values if possible, and
went Into another saloon and laid down
a fox skin. Without saying a word the
man behind the bar gave him a muskrat
and five rabbit skins. As the load was
Increasing in size he concluded that he
would soon have more than he could
carry, so he went back to the first place
and laid down the whole lot, saying:
"Here", give me another drink. Take
all these; I've had all the experience I
want."
Then he sought his canoe and started
for the Ohio side of the river.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Nell Jack is alwaja talking to me about the
depth of his love. Belle The depth wouldn't
interest me so much as the length. Philadel
phia Record.
Little Willie Say, Johnnie, how do people
raise blazes' Little Johnnie By shooting sky
rockets and roman candles, of course. Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Drug Clerk Will you take this tonic? Jones
No; show me something cheaper. My wife
wouldn't eae my life or hers with anything
at 1 23 a bottle. Cincinnati Tribune.
Tess Well, their engagement Is off. Jess
The Idea! It was only announced yesterday.
What did they quarrel about? Tesa As to
which was the more unworthy of the other.
Philadelphia Press.
"I notice the young widow Prettyman doesn't
hae her widow's weed's so much In evidence
hot " "No; she's clearing those weeds away.
I believe she sees signs of a aecond crop of
Orange blossoms." Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Shrlnker Myl Great panic In Vladivo
stok, fear of bombardment; populace fleeing!
I'm glad we were not there! Mrs. Shrlnker
Oh, I don't know. Think of the sacrifice bar
gain sales m the stores! Chicago Dally News.
"There are some things," eald the philoso
pher, "that money cannot buy." "I suppose
to." answered Senator Sorghum. "But that
doesn't alter the fact that there Is an almighty
lot of- things that It will buy." Washington
Star.
"It's so long since you eang," said the
genial sun to the frosen brook. "I suppose
when you get started again jotfll babble
some old chestnut," "Jutht tell them that you
thaw me." lisped the brook faintly. Phila
delphia Press.
"I'd like to see that young Japanese prince."
"A Japanese prince? Where Is he?" "Oh.
he's traveling Incognito." "la he? I'm so
dreadfully weak about geography names.
That's up near Manchuri, Isn't It?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.