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PORTLAND, .THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904
"SAFE AND SANE."
Having- attributed to Theodore Boose
velt all sorts of wild, vagarious and
dangerous opinions, and hot-headed
dispositions, and purposes full of peril
-to the peace and liberties of the coun
try. Democratic critics now fall foul of
his speech, delivered when the commit
tee led by Speaker Cannon notified him
of his nomination; declaring it a, studied
effort at self-effacement, as if he would
like to have the country reverse its
judgment as to his temperament and
nature, and believe him not at all the
violent, uproarious, rash, hasty and
dangerous man he is.
Now in fact all of Mr. Roosevelt's
public utterances are in quiet and dig
nified tone, as becomes one in the sta
tion he occupies. Nothing is farther
from his nature than the boisterous in
considerateness which it pleases his
critics to attribute to him. No Presi
dent ever has given more careful or
conscientious attention to the problems
before him. But he is earnest in his
opinions and statements, doesn't mince
phrases, and leaves no one in doubt as
to what he means.
Since that speech is subject of com
ment in so many opposition newspapers
it may be just as well to look at it
again.. It was carefully prepared, of
course, as every speech on such occa
sion must be. But it wasn't "tame."
It carried shafts that find the joints in
the Democratic armor, with sure aim.
Thus, to Democrats who boast that
their party is now "safe and sane," he
replies: "Ours is not only sane, but co
herent" And, by the boast that their
party Is now "safe and sane" they wish
it understood that "if triumphant they
may be trusted to prove false to every
principle which in the last eight years
they have laid down as vital." Let us
reprint a longer passage here:
We are not constrained to keep silent on any
vital question; we are divided on no vital ques
tion; our polltfy Is continuous, and Is the same
for all sections and localities. There Is noth
ing experimental about the government we ask
the -people to continue in power, for our per
formance in the past, our proved governmental
efficiency, is a guarantee as to our promises
for the future. Our opponents, either openly
or eecretly, according to their several tem
peraments, now ask the people to trust their
present promises in consideration of the fact
that they Intend to treat their past promises
as null and void. "We know our own minds,
and we have kept of the same mind for a suf
ficient length of time to give to our policy co
herence and canity.
This may not be "dangerous to con
stitutional liberty," but it is pretty good
stuff. In a few slight but incisive
strokes it sets out the difference and
contrast between the parties. Judge
Parker is said to be working on his re
sponse, soon to he made, to his nornl
nating committee, with as much assidu
ity as relief from Jhe interruptions of
Importunate politicians will allow him.
Doubtless he will try to tell how "safe
and sane" his party has become since
the day when he stood with it In spite
of the fact that it was neither safe nor
sane; but there will be nothing in his
response more pertinent, pointed "or di
rect than these extracts from Mr.
Roosevelt's speech, or in other passages
that might be as freely quoted.
Here is a party which, by its own
confessions, has not been "safe and
sane" during many years. Tet it makes
a virtue now of its professions of sud
den though perhaps temporary sanity;
Just as that person who quit vicious
ways only last week, and confesses it.
now sets up as a reformer, professing
to be about the highest exemplar of
virtue which the world affords. Such
professions are common. They are cur
rent as copper counters, and about as
valuable.
In this speech, as in all -his public
utterances, Theodore Rooseveit appears
as the man he is, to confute the carl
catures of malicious and desperate po
litical opponents. Tet still it perhaps is
to be expected that these peopje, who
admit that for many years they have
been neither 'safe nor sane,' should
profess to think that the candidate who
stands against their pretensions is an
"unsafe" and "dangerous" man. But
do we -go for judgment and wisdom to
-persons just escaped frotn the asylum
for the insane?
"When the Democratic party was su
preme in the State of Washington, only
a few years ago, did the state dominate
the corporations or did the corporations
..dominate the state? This, simple ques
tion .is sufficient answer to the state
Democratic platform. Turner was bos;
his party was In supreme power in the
slate; it had the vLegislature and the
Governor; it .voted for Bryan'by an Im
mense majority. But what did it do for
deliverance of the state from the domi
nation of corporations? Nothing what
ever. It only talked with its mouth.
THE FUTURE OF CONTRABAND..
The contraband law of the future
must be the resultant of two antago
nistic and creditable world tendencies.
One is the war instinct and the other is
the spirit of peace.' On the one hand
are those who deprecate any and all
wars, some from "humanitarian and
some from commercial considerations.
No trader wants war, because he loses
more from seizures and prostration in
the long run than he makes in spas
modic and feverish sales at the outset
of hostilities. The commercial world Is.
for peace and for limiting the scope of
belligerent undertakings to the preju
dice of neutral commerce.
There are those who hold, on the
other hand, that it is better for war to
be short and decisive and over with
than to be shorn of Its terrors and long
drawn out Of this theory the chief ex
ponent is, Captain Alfred Mahan. It is
his conviction that all efforts to miti
gate the severity of naval warfare are
ill-advised, Inasmuch as their net result
to the combataiits who are sustained
by receipt of contraband foodstuffs and
other materials Is to prolong the war
and postpone the return of peace' and
prosperity. Those who agree with Cap
tain Mahan also share with him a cer
tain contempt for the theorists who on
humanitarian grounds would reduce
war to the status of a lawn fete or a
Sunday school picnic.
An Interesting study of the problems
of contraband is supplied by Professor
T. J. Lawrence, lecturer on interna
tional law at the British Naval College
at Greenwich, In a book which has just
appeared and which presumably em
bodies a series of his lectures. In this
book Professor Lawrence enumerates
various things which are unquestion
ably contraband, and then deals with
some which are In dispute. Amoffg
these are foodstuffs. The author seems
disposed to agree with Japan in holding
that provisions destined for naval or
military use by a belligerent are con
traband. But he emphatically rejects
the doctrine of Russia that they are
contraband when destined for the use
of persons not In the military or naval
service of a belligerent. Russia did
not accept that doctrine twenty years
ago. Speaking for Britain, Professor
Lawrence says: "It is a matter of life
and death for us to prevent any change
in international law which shall make
the food of the civilian population un
doubtedly contraband, and if agree
ments and protests will not do It, force
must"
There is little room for doubt that the
view adhered to by Professor Lawrence
Is certain to prevail over the theory of
Captain Mahan. That is, philanthropy
and commercialism will win the day
over virility. Chief agent In this out
come is the change in British opinion
and practice. Our own National view
has coincided with Japan's, for in mod
ern wars our interest has been to have
our foodstuff cargoes exempt from cap
ture. Great Britain refused to agree
to that contention, at The Hague, be
cause her interest has seemed to lie In
the direction of great freedom for a
belligerent She might be glad some
day, for example, if at war -with
France, to starve "Prance to terms
by preventing cargoes of food
stuffs from reaching French ports,
just as she did In the case of the
Boers in South Africa a practice, by
the way, which Is supported by an un
broken line of British legal decisions.
Professor Lawrence's book Indicates
that in the light of the recent seizures
of merchantmen by Russia, the Brit
ish view will be that Great Britain has
more to gain by free ingress of food
stuffs to her ports in time of war than
she can possibly gain in a hypothetical
war with some Continental foe.
How is this pacific view of contra
band ,to be imposed upon the nations?
Professor" Lawrence indicates what
seems to The Oregonian the true an
swer. He Is of opinion that if it should
come to that, Britain would not stand
alone. "Our kinsmen of the United
States," he declares, "are with us heart
and soul In the doctrine that foodstuffs
are not contraband unless destined for
uune u&e, anu iney are prepared to
enforce it at all risks." To this com
mon conclusion the two governments
of Great Britain and the United States
will some day, we believe, come; and if
It takes the shock of battle to enforce
this demand of peace upon the unruly
passions and practices of war, then in
that' conflict the English and American
fleets and arms will sta"nd side by side
and stand triumphantly. Every inter
ference with British ships and Ameri
can cargoes ventured by Russia only
hastens the day when across the path
of the bear that walks like a man a
Hon and eagle shall stand In the name
of liberty and progress to teach him
that conquest abroad Is not to be based
upon despotism at home. The world Is
very busy these days In the pursuits of
peace, unruly boys who want to fight
must get off the street and not Inter
rupt traffic.
HIGH PRICES FOR HIGH-CLASS HORSES.
onward Silver, 2:05, a 9-year-old
stallion, was sold at Lexington last
week to Baron FranchettI, of Florence,
Italy, for $21,000. The price paid Is cer
tainly encouraging for breeders of fast
horses and disproves the oft-repeated
statement that the automobile rage is
affecting the horsebreeding industry
Oregon just at present has no horse
sufficiently developed to command" $21,
000, but within the confines of the state
is some of the beat equine blood on
earth. There were good, square race
meetings in Portland and other North
Pacific cities twelve or fifteen years
ago, and the opportunities they offered
bona fide breeders of good horses were
such that a number of wonderful per-
lormers were developed on these tracks
Some of the best of these performers
found their way beyond the Rockies.
and on the parlor tracks of the grand
circuit met and vanquished the fastest
horses then on the turf.
Crooked racing, however, damaged
the industry, and Oregon is no longer
famous in the East as a breeder of fast
horses. That honest racing will be pat
ronized and that the industry Is not
dead is eyldenced by the big crowds
that attended the Irvlngton Park races
last year. The managers this year are
the same as last, and if they receive
the public support to which they are
entitled it will do much to restore the
breeding and racing business to tfie Im
portant position it held before crooked
racing ruined it There are hundreds
of undeveloped .horses of great speed in
the state, and they cannot be developed
otherwise than through honestly con
ducted race meetings. The Increase of
a fraction df a second In the speed of ,a
horse frequently adds a. largevsum to
his value, and the only recognized
method for gauging that speed is by
the official timekeeper's report of an
actual contest at au honestly conducted
race meeting.
Onward Silver, as his name Indicates,
is a son of the great Onward, but the
mere fact that he was bred in the pur
ple would not have enabled him to
command $21,000 had it not been accom
panied by the official knowledge that he
could trot a mile in 2:05. There is not
very much Onward blood in Oregon and
Washington, but there is plenty which
for both -speed and stamina is equally
as good. Old Altamont has passed on
to the horse heaven, if there Is such a
place, but long before he died he proved
his merit, and for three years was In
the front rank as the king of all sires
of extreme speed, with six performers
in the charmed circle of the 2:10 list,
while Onward had but two. No more
sensational performers ever went down
the grand circuit than, the Oregon
horses Klamath, Altao, Chehalis, Doc
Sperry, Ella T. and Alameda, and there
is still plenty of the same blood which
courses through the veins of these one
time stars-of the equine world. Then
there is a coming band of the great Mc-
Kinney's progeny, and not a few of the
mighty Wilkes family, as well as others
perhaps equally meritorious.
All of this royal equine blood is here,
and it only awaits development to en
hance the value of the animals In
whose veins It runs. There Is not only
a growing market for high-class horses
abroad, but the increasing wealth of
our own people also offers an oppor
tunity for disposing of the best animals
to good advantage. To command a
good price, however, a horse must have
a record for speed, and the only legiti
mate speed records that are recognized
by horse purchasers are those which ,are
made at honestly conducted race meet
ings. ON THE FIDELITY OF FAIRBANKS.
At a time when no less than two vet
eran Democrats of western Oregon
have announced their Intention to
transfer their allegiance to the Repub
lican party and an equal number of
lifelong Republicans at Esopus have
declared a purpose to vote for Judge
Parker, it is gratifying to note that the
decision of one noted man, hitherto in
doubt, has at last fallen In unambig
uous terms. We allude to the Hon.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana.
Mr. Fairbanks has long been recog
nized as one of the most judicial-minded
of men, and misgivings have arisen
as to his choice between the strenuous
and the dictatorial moods. Since Judge
Parker was nominated at St. Louis, if
we remember aright, Mr. Fairbanks has
uttered no word of comment on the
Democratic nominee. An expectant land
waited In suspenders. What would he
say? Yesterday he spoke, and this is
what he said:
The charges made against President
Roosevelt in the Democratic platform find
an irrefutable answer in his splendid ad
ministration, never surpassed in all the his
tory of the Republic and never equaled by
the party that seeks to discredit it
The disapproval of the Democratic
platform is plain. Mr. Fairbanks com
prehends it and rejects. All doubt is
set at rest In another place in the
same speech of acceptance Mr. Fair
banks says
During the ' last three years President
Roosevelt has been confronted with large and
serious questions. These he has met and
solved with high wisdom and courage.
There is no equivocation in these ut
terances. Mr. Fairbanks is solid for
Roosevelt. He is unreservedly out for
the man with the "splendid administra
tion, never surpassed in all the history
of the Republic." We are justified in
predicting that on' the eighth day of
November Mr. Fairbanks will march
firmly up to the polls and mark his bal
lot for Theodore Roosevelt Yesterday,
altogether, was an eventful day. It ap
prised Mr. Fairbanks of his own nomi
nation, It apprised a waiting and doubt
ing committee that he would accept
that nomination, and It established
once and for all Mr. Fairbanks candid
and disinterested choice for President
May we venture also to hope that the
remainder of the National ticket com
mends itself equally to his favorable
notice?
CUNARD SUBSIDY MADE PLAIN.
At every port visited by the Mer
chant Marine Commission, which has
just taken its departure from Portland,
mention has been made of the heavy
subsidies which Great Britain pays her
merchant marine. Details of the terms
and conditions of these subsidies are
never mentioned, and this omission nat
urally confuses the mind of one un
familiar with the situation. Just at
this time those who are making a great
effort to foist a ship subsidy on the
American people have a great deal to
say about the new Cunard liners' which
are being constructed under govern
ment supervision. A news Item in yes
terday's Oregonian stated - that the
House of Commons at an all-night ses
sion discussed a measure -"to provide
money for the agreement entered into
between the government and the Cunard
Steamship Company," and that "after
considerable opposition to a resolution
authorizing the government to raise
$13,000,OQfl to be employed in the build
ing of new Cunard line steamships the
resolution was adopted by a majority of
seventy-nine."
The importance of this item hinges
on the "agreement" mentioned. This
agreement, which was entered into by
the British government and the Cunard
Steamship Company in August, 1903,
provides that the government will lend
or will Indorse & loan not to exceed
$13,000,000, in return for which the
Cunard Steamship Company Is to build
and operate two large-size steamers
capable of maintaining a minimum av
erage ocean speed of 25 knots per hour.
This loan is payable in twenty years,
and bears 2 per cent Interest a rate
which is equivalent to about 4 per cent
in this country. These vessels are to be
built under the supervision of British
naval officers, and the requirements as
to speed and equipment are so strict
that great difficulty was experienced in
finding builders who were willing to
submit bids, even with the knowledge
that the government and the Cunard
people expected to pay high 'prices for
'the work.
When these steamers are completed
the. government will pay a subsidy of
$750,000 per year, in return for which
the vessels -must carry the malls, em
ploy naval reserve men as seamen and
officers, and will naturally have their
freight and passenger space limited by
peculiar construction that will admit of
the; almost instantaneous transforma
tion of the vessels Into cruisers. These
two big cruisers, which, aside from the
mail subsidy, are costing the British
government nothing except the guaran
tee of a loan, will be the finest and:
fastest, in the world, and their cost of
maintenance, including insurance, re
pairs, wages, and other incidentals, is
all pald'by the Cunard" line. Built ex-
clusively for abnormally high speed, the
great bunker space necessary, together
with that, reserved for the fighting
equipment, will leave room for but little
else but mails ttnd passengers, and for
strictly commercial purposes the "new
flyers will be of small consequence.
This Is strictly in line with- the Brit
ish and German policy of subsidies, and Jj
is not, even in a renjote degree. In keeping-
with any subsidy bilL yet drafted
for the American people. The ocean
carriers that handle the commerce of
the world are the tramp steamers and
the sailing vessels, and neither of these
classes of carriers receives any subsi
dies from the .British or the German
government. We of the Pacific Coast
are asked to support a subsidy scheme
on the pretext that our ships must Come
in competition with subsidized fleets of
Great Britain and Germany, when, as a
matter of fact, neither of these coun
tries pays-any subsidy to its commerce-carriers
which circle the globe
and wbloh have carried to foreign mar
kets millions of tons of Pacific Coast
products at rates so low that we were
unable to meet them with our own
ships.
In the new Cunarders the British gov
ernment will have two of the fastest
cruisers afloat, and the subsidy paid is
undoubtedly smaller than the cost of
maintaining even a single cruiser of
similar size, speed and equipment, were
It not used in time of peace for the pas
senger service.
Portland's trade with the Orient la
seriously injured at this time by the.
action of Mr. R. P. Schwerin, manager
of the, Harriman steamship lines. Mr.
Schwerin Is, or pretends to be, fright
ened over the possibilities of seizure of
some of his ships; and for some Teason
not yet made public, refuses to follow
the example of rival lines and place
war insurance on them and send them
about their business. His arbitrary and
unreasonable attitude would be in a
measure excusable if other ports in di
rect competition with this city were
also prevented from carrying on trade
with Japan. Unfortunately for Port
land's shipping prestige, but perhaps
fortunately for her shippers, there Is a
little more enterprise displayed by the
Puget Sound steamship managers, and
for the past three days they have been
soliciting traffic in Portland and have
picked up so much business that they
are already negotiating for extra
steamers with which to handle It. In
strange contrast to the fear expressed
by Mr. Schwerin is the statement of
Manager Studley, of Seattle's Oriental
line, who says: "So far as our company
is concerned, we do not propose to stop
handling freight forthe Orient because
of the war. If the Pacific Mail, the Oc
cidental & Oriental and the Portland &
Asiatic companies care to stop handling
supplies to the Far East, we will en
deavor to take care of all their trade
that comes this way." The matter has
reached such an acute stage that It
would seem eminently proper for the
Chamber of Commerce to take It up
with the Government. Mr. Schwerin
apparently Is not so familiar with the
steamship business as his rivals on the
north, and will accordingly be unable
to act until the American Government
secures a clearer knowledge of Rus
sia's intentions regarding neutral
freight in neutral ships. It Is unfortu
nate for Portland that our commercial
destiny at this time Is in the 'hands of
San Francisco instead of Portland men.
The Lewis and Clark Corporation, In
the selection of Director-General Goode
for president, has undoubtedly chosen
the best possible solution of the prob
lem on Its hands. Mr. Goode's fitness
for the place has been abundantly at
tested by his admirable and efficient
administration of the director-general
ship. While the presidency was pre
paring- for him he has been gathering
the equipment for the presidency, in
work, in study, In observation at St
Louis. Given a successful director-
general, ana tnere could be no more
promising arrangement than the union
of that office and the office of president
The combination of these two positions
In one person has been successfully
utilized at San Francisco. Omaha and
now at St. Louis. Probably some meas
ure of the disappointment at Buffalo
was due to the failure to combine them,
We think the board has done well in
electing Mr. Goode president, but It
would have been a serious mistake not
to have availed itself of Mr. I. N.
Fleischner's knowledge, experience and
administrative ability on the new and
smaller executive board. This has been
done, and President Goode will now
have the benefit of an executive board
whose combined business ability will
guarantee a successful administration
for him and splendid results for the
Exposition. The board, besides Mr.
Goode and Mr. Flelschner, consists of
Messrs. T. B. Wilcox, W. D. Fenton,
A. L. Mills, Paul Wesslnger and John
C. Alnsworth.
A Democratic paper of Oregon tells
us that the Republican party, through
its National Administration, has been-
mighty extravagant It has appropri
ated lots of money. Yes; and Oregon
got a lot of It Half a million for the
Lewis and Clark Fair, big money for
rivers and harbors, heavy appropria
tions for postal service, public build
ings, pensions and what not Perhaps
our1 Democratic paper of Oregon thinks
these appropriations ought not to have
been made; but It will not dare to say
so. It Is just talking through its hat
He who wants appfopriations for Ore
gon has no right to complain that the
t6tal for the United States Is large; for
Oregon gets more than her just
share. There Is a lot of rubbish In this
talk about extravagance and economy,
which the authors of It since they
want everything that can possibly be
got for their own state ought to be
ashamed to utter. But who ever knew
one of these cheap skates to be
ashamed?
The "great battle of the campaign" Is
again "imminent" in Manchuria, and
many predictions will be falsified
Kuropatkln extricates his forces and
withdraws northward, as he has done
twice before when correspondents had
warned the world to hold Its breath
Until reliable news comes that the ar
mies are actually engaged. It is as well
to be chary of heeding overmuch the
barkers of the Oriental sldeshqw.
Should Kuropatkln execute another
"strategic movement to the rear," the
only question will be, How long' can he
keep backing?
Another estimable pioneer woman has
ended life's journey, with the death of
Mrs. Adelaide Bloch, who was burled
yesterday. For forty years she has led
here in Portland- a blameless and useful
life, and her passing, though not sur
prising at the end' of Tfi.busy years, is
mourned by all who knew her.
HIS ANNUAL LITTLE STUNT. :
New York Evening Sun. -I
It really seems every Summer about
this time, as if the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst
fears he will be forgotten in his retreat i
in Switzerland unless he burns a little
red fire and explodes a giant cracker be- !
fore he takes possession of his easeful
stateroom in the outgoing steamship. It
is the reverend gentleman's Fourth of
July celebration, his annual orgy of rhet
oric and "bust" of civic zeal.
The doctor was almost stumped for
something to rail at this year. The lid
Is on pretty tight and he is the prophet
who has been confounded His text
"Can the Ethiopian Change?Hls Skin, or
the Leopard His Spots?" had to be tossed
into the waste-paper basket The leo
pard's spots were being painted out by
the swash of the McAdoo brush, and the
Ethiopian was undergoing a visible
bleaching at the hands of. the machine
Mayor. For rhetorical treatment the .
doctor would have preferred the omissions
of self-conscious, canting, afraid-of-lts-
shadow reform administration. A Tam
many administration that makes war on
the vicious element in the organization
take3 the doctor's breath away. The
campaign is so vigorous and unrelenting
that he prudently refrains from slurring
the motives of the Mayor and his Police
Commissioner. He Is obliged to admlf
that the poolroom evil Is being pulled up
root and branch; and he might rejoice
over It, but he takes the good deed calm
ly. McAdoo Is a tolerably efficient man,
his reverence jrrants. but what about the
excise question? The doctor has been
pending a few nights poking about the
back rooms of saloons in Harlem and
downtown quite In the old style; and he
calls upon Mr. McAdoo to "get busy"
about excise violations. "For five
months," he cries, "the Commissioner has
practically let the matter go Its way.
The load Is a heavy one, and he has lain
down under It" Mr. McAdoo might re
join "One thing at a time!" but that
would never satisfy our clerical scold.
Mr. Low, he says, "made no effort to
stand up to his oath of office In the matr
ter of excise, and we are sorry to see a
Tammany administration following his
example. This is not claiming that our
excise statutes, in the form In which they
now exist, are the best possible, but they
are statutes, and so long as they are. it Is
no more criminal In a saloonkeeper to vio
late them than it is for a Police Commis
sioner not to do his best to enforce them."
Does Mr. McAdoo understand that If his
best does not fit the doctor's definition.
he is a miserable lawbreaker? We fancy
that the worthy man's Ideal of a state of
bliss would be a government In which he
was keeper of morals, policeman, judge,
turnkey and executioner with the press
muzzled and editors serving time In the
dark cell. He would have no weak hu
man nature In his community, and the
worst would be like the best his own
best
Discovery of Molybdenum.
. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Oregon Is somewhat excited over the
preparations about completed to ship
molybdenum, found in extensive depos
its in Union County, In that state. The
ore is called molybdenite, but the metal
occurs In other combinations. Its name
As from the Greek and means lead, but
i. w u. amcr-wniie metai, msing oniy
at high temperature. Canada has been
pluming itself for some time because
largo beds of molybdenite exist around
Rossland, in British Columbia. Its
uses are extended, and if Oregon can
now supply what may grow to be an
American demand Canada once again
must tone down Its exuberance.
The metal has recently been made
applicable to the production of high
class steel. Molybdenum steel tools, it
Is said, possess the quality of cuttintr
ribbons with ease from steel bars, will
cut steel bars as readily when red-hot
as 'when cold, and when once tempered
will retain Its temper under all cir
cumstances. Molybdenum has been
successfully tested In France and Ger
many for armor plate, for crucibles, for
coating cartridges for rapid-fire guns,
for manufacture of heavy artillery and
the manufacture of jewelry. As a lu
bricator for diminishing friction in
machinery and preventing- hot boxes It
probably has no equal.
The Canadian Manufacturer asserts
that the valuable deposits can now be
worked so as to supply the world's de
mands, and that the metal will domi
nate In the production of armor plates,
cannon, marine and other machinery
These are large statements, but molyb
denum may occupy the center of the
metal stage soon, and when it does It
ought to go Into court and have Its
name changed.
Philomath College.
. Corvallls Gazette.
Material is being hau.ed on the grounds
for the erection of two large wings to the
main building of Philomath College. Ac
tual work will probably not bo begun be
fore early Fall, but matters are taking
shape and all things are being done so
that wtten the work actually begins it
Will be done In a very short time.
The main building when completed will
be three stories high and 104 feet long
and GO feet wide. This will give ample
room for present needs so far as needed
classrooms are concerned. The two
wings, one on the east and the other on
the west side, will be each three stories
high, 60 feet long and 32 feet wide. Tho
tower will be worked over and the whole
covered with a mansard roof.
J. R. Parker, the efficient manager.
has already jBecured 54000 with which to
commence the work and Is going East
to secure funds with which to erect a
boys' dormitory. The board of directors
Is also planning to erect several neat
little cottages to rent, the funds there
for accruing as Interest from permanent
college funds.
The Sagacious Inspector.
Pendleton Tribune.
The Postoffice Inspector now requires
the Pendleton papers to make a deposit
for the ensuing month's postage. Ap
proximately the amount of the postage
paid per month by each paper must be
paid in advance to the local officials for
fear of bankruptcy. The Tribune and
East Oregonian have been mailing papers
at the Pendleton office, for the last quar
ter of a century and never failed to pay
their postage every month, but their
credit is now all in and they must dig.
Both papers are considered on the ragged
edge of financial doubt and they must
step up to the little window and plank
down their coin or Uncle Sam will cast
their daily sheets out for the hobo to
sleep In, for kindling to floating sparks
or to litter the streets with their dis
credited honor and fallen pride. 'Tls
a pity that Pendleton newspapers are
such .irresponsible institutions that a
Postoffice Inspector finds it necessary to
protect his record tor penetration and
punctuality In business.
Great Writing at Eugene.
Eugene Register.
After taxing his feeble mental pow
ers to the verge of brain fever, the
Guard's editorial fourflush futility es
says to launch forth on the world a
gem of thought, tho wonderfully bril
liant finality of which is that Stiles
failed of election, owing to too much
Gllstrap. . '
I Did But Look.
Thomas Otway.
I did but look and love awhile, i
Twas but for one half hour:'
Then to resist I had no will.
And now I have no power.
To sigh, and wish, Is all ray ease:
Sighs, which do heat Impart
Enough to melt the coldest Ice,
Yet cannot warm, your heart
Ol would your pity give, my heart .
One corner of your breast, V.;
'Twould learn of yours the winning, art,
, And quickly steal the rest!
THESOUfa AND ITS PARTY,
Chicago- Chronicle.
Already tho political forecasters are
preparing; and publishing their bulle
tins and as usual the one fixed condi
tion the one datum laid down as cer
tain, and immutable by the weather
prophets of both parties Is "the solid
South."
i Every forecaster assumes the Soutn
as ar solid section. Not one of them
assumes any other section to be solid.
They count on sure Republican states,
such as Pennsylvania, Vermont and
Iowa, and they find these in all sec
tions except "the solid South." The
states classed as doubtful are in New
England, the "Middle" States, in those
known as the "border slave
states," in the Middle West and in the A
Far West There Is no ciouDtiui siaie
in "the solid South."
How are we to account for this re
markable phenomenon this political
factor which has been as fixed as the
.geometrical pi for a quarter of a cen
tury? Why is the South solid? Not because
the people of the "solid South" party
are agreed upon any principle or pol
icy of a broad. National character, such
as a tariff policy, a monetary policy or
a colonial policy. The Democratic
party in the Southern states Is not
united upon any such thing. Men who
call themselves Democrats in the South
do not know what Democracy meant
when the Democratic party was Demo
cratic. The older ones have forgotten and
the younger ones never knew.
The South Is solid on only one thing,
and that is the negro with two d's and
two g's. Democracy Is Identified In
the minds of Southern white men with
the "lost cause" and the hope of re
gaining it
The "lost cause" is essentially the
cause of slavery. Its adherents do not
now say slavery, but they say what
comes to the same thing. They say
that tho three anti-slavery amend
ments must be repealed, or nullified If
they cannot be repealed. They say in
substance that this must be done in
order that the "nigger" and every ona
is a "nigger" -who has a drop of Afri
can blood in his veins may be robbed
not only of all political rights, but of
all opportunity to rise above the status
of a menial.
In other words, they say in sub
stance, by word and deed, that all
negroes must be held In an inferior
and servile condition wholly irrespec
tive of their individual merits, and
that to this end they must be denied
equal rights before the law.
In still other words, "the solid
South" is in a state of chronic insur
rection against the constitution and
the laws of the United States.
What is to be said of a party whose
largest single Ingredient is this "solid
South," whose character is such that it
attracts to Itself, and has attracted to
itself ever since the surrender of the
Confederate armies, all who hope to
regain the lost cause of slavery by
nullification of the constitution and
the laws?
Is such a party fit to be trusted by
liberty-loving men who respect the
constitution and hope for the establish
ment of equal, Impartial justice for all,
Irrespective of race, creed or birth
place?
To ask this question is to answer it
Nearly 30,000 on Strike in Chicago.
Chicago Correspondence New York Sun.
A fair estimate of the men who went out
yesterday at the stockyards, according to
the statements of the various officers, is
as follows:
Car-workers, lcera and cleaners 2,000
Sheet-metalworkers and canworkers.
liOO
300
400
75
4S0
130
400
Steamllttera and helpers.
Carpenters
Machinists
Firemen
Engineers
Electrical workers
Coopers . i 3Q0
Blacksmiths and helpers.
223
400
Welithmasters. checkers. shlDnlnc cletfcs.
.fainters zoo
Livestock handlers.
600
400
'250
Elevator men and oilers.
Soapmakera
Glueworkertf
250
Halrsplnnere and halrfinlshers 175
Horseshoe rs
100
Stablemen
12;
Total 7.510
Previously on strike, butcher workmen. .22,000
Grand total 29,510
Signs- of Degeneracy.
Chicago Chronicle.
Professor Starr, of the University of
Chicago, includes among the symptoms of
degeneracy the following: Parting the
hair in the middle or on the right side,
baldness, gray hairs before the age of 45,
a stub nose, bat ears, small lobes on the
ears, a reepding Chin, protruding lips,
cross eyes, left-handedness, fondness for
jewelry for the hand by men, red hair, the
teeth far apart, pigeon toes and knock
knees. Unless Professor Starr means to
ay that the entire human .family Is de
generating his remarks appear to be fully
as sensational as any that have been re
ported from the university in the past,
which is saying a great deal. The colossal
brain of Socrates was sheltered under a
bald head, the godlike physiognomy of
John Milton was crowned with hair parted
In the middle and Thomas Jefferson had
red hair. Perhaps the professor's lec
ture was designed to relieve the tedium of
a Summer day.
It Works Both Ways.
New York Press.
If Judge. Parker takes the advice of
one of his Court of Appeals associates
and stays behind the bench for refuge
from annoying questions, the approaching
visit of the .committee on notification to
Esopus will be robbed of tho uncommon
Interest which attaches to It, since for
the first time It was expected to draw
something out of the candidate not known
before Its call. For If It was a violation
of the proprieties for a Judge to discuss
politics In public before a nomination it
will be equally improper for the same
Judge to discuss the supreme issues of a
heated political campaign until after the
election.
Left a Handkerchief There.
Sunset Magazine.
She went to a store where she'd traded be
fore. And left a handkerchief there;
She gayly wont wheeling or autompbllng,
And left a handkerchief there.
For this sweet little maldon was minus a
pocket.
And even a chain for her hanky to lock it;
So wherever she went, like the trail of a
rocket,
She left a handkerchief there.
If she went to the park for a stroll about
dark.
She left a handkerchief there;
And e'en at prayer meeting, she left as her
groetlng
A dear llttlo handkerchief there.
Oh, her trail, It Was strewn, as buds are
dewbeaded.
With hankys she left, and with hankys she
needed,
For whenever she went, she always suc
ceeded In leaving a handkerchief there.
She died, as we must, and over her dust
Though she'd left a handkerchief there
Her parents both wept for the maiden who
slept
They wept in their handkerchiefs there.
And' "Oh." cried her mother, "I know I
shall find her;
She'sjiertain to leave me one little reminder:
All the way through the mist I will find
them behind her,
The handkerchiefs she has left there."
Oh, maidens, dear maidens, just keep on
. a-dropplng
Your handkerchiefs ever in calling or shop
ping. Like seeds that you're sowing for reaping
or cropping, 1
Mayhap in the future we'U know where
you're stopping s
'By hand .
V -Kerchiefs- that. j
Xou leave there.
- NOTE AND COMMENT..
r , . .
Judge Parker's brother says he is anx
ious to-keep out of the public gaze. Then
why did he leave Seattle for Astoria?
Another 20,000 Japs have been added to
the boneyard. And if there are any more
left, let 'em hide: the correspondents are
warming up to their work.
"Simple Points in Cookery" Is the cap
tion of an article in tho New York Trib
une. A limited experience leads us to
believe that there are no simple points
In cookery.
Professor Starr, of Chicago University,
is going to the Interior of China in search
of white people. The purfosh is hasty:
he shouldnt abandon Chicago without an
other canvass.
The School Board of New Brunswick.
N. J., with commendable care for the
public morality, is said to have forbidden
the study of botany In the schools on ac
count of the polygamous habits of flow
ers. . x
Ernest Thompson Seton has christened
his little girl Ann Seton Thompson Seton.
If his repugnance, for the name Thomp
son, and his fondness for the name Seton
continues to increase, his next child will
probably be Seton to the n-th power.
Andrew Lang proposes that the books
of dead authors .be boosted by advertis
ing, and that the public be deluded Into
the belief that the authors are "live
ones" by skilfully written interviews. As
the first author to be thus treated we
would suggest Andrew Lang.
Now that the. life-preservers aboard the
Grand Republic, owned by the company
that lost the Slocum, have been tested
and- found useless, Isn't it time that the
responsible officials were set afloat with
a string of preservers around their necks?
If they managed to keep the life-preserv-ers
from dragging them to the bottom,
tfie officials might then be turned adrift
in a. "lifeboat" with a hole in the bottom
and unencumbered with oars.
In addition to hailing from the farm.
Judge Parker has the Inestimable privi
lege of having been born in a small
wooden house, as we learn from a pic
ture in the Review of Reviews. When
the birthplace of a Great Man is pic
tured, it is Invariably a small, bleak
house. A mansion never figures in such
pictures. Therefore it begins to look as
if Judge Parker had some claim on great
ness more real than the dispatch of tele
gram. Persuasive are the ways of the ad
writer. Here is how a certain liquor is
eulogized:
"Its rejuvenating and mildly exhilarat
ing properties make it a valuable tonic
and home remedy."
Sounds like a boost for ginger ale or
sweet cider, but when the reader gets
down to the name he finds that It Is an
Irish aqua vltae, of which two sips will
produce the mild exhilaration that ex
presses Itself in the beating of a police
man. News that the Irish societies of Chicago
Intend to sue the Park Board of that
city unless the name of the new ourang
outang Is changed from Mary Dooly to
something else shows all the public at
tention is not devoted ' to the packing
strike. If the. suit is Instituted- it should
provide amusement for the Summec
months, and If the. owner of the name,
as the party most affected by the suit,
is given an opportunity to testify there
should bo a bigger crowd present in court
than watched the "automatic trio" being
tried. . The Park .Board, in the event of
Its being mulcted in damages, will have
to designate its pets by numbers, or be
soaked by other societies.
The "American invaders" lost heavily
yesterday, when the. Duchess of Marl
borough and Mrs. Arthur Paget were In
jured, one being thrown from "her horse
and the other falling down an elevator
shaft. Mrs. Arthur Paget, who is ever In
the forefront of the battle, was unlucky
enough to break her leg, and will be ab
sent for a while from the society she is
said to adorn so highly. Apparently It
will soon bo impossible to throw a Lon
don society woman downstairs wlthut
Injuring an American, and the presence
of so many compatriots must render It
galling to the woman whom a Countess
is showing high life at the very modest
charge of 10 guineas a week.
"Rustic poets do not always find
rhymes come easily and naturally," says
tho London Globe. Its remark being
prompted by this epitaph from a country
district:
Hero lies the body of William Bee;
This waa him. this was he,
A. B. C. D. E. F, G.
The rhymes are perfect, and It Is pos
sible for the reader to throw any expres
sion Into the syllables of the last line.
It Is not such a bad Idea, and would save
'campaign poets much labor. The samo
line would do for Republican and Demo
crat alike, each giving his own emphasis
to the letters:
Is Roosevelt, the man for me?
A. B. C, D. E. F, Gee!
Do I think the samo of Fairbanks, too?
K, L, M. N, O, P, Q.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Ted Did you ever know one of those get-rich,
quick schemes to pan out? Ned Tom's did.
He eloped with a millionaire's daughter.
Town Topics.
Unsophisticated Visitor By the way, why do
you call this the "Pike"? Guard (tired of
answering 'the question) Because It feeds on
gudgeons, suckers and small fry. Chicago Trib
une. Mrs. Jawworker So you are going to leave
me, Bridget; haven't I treated you like one of
the family? Bridget Indade. ye have, mum,
an Ol've shtood It as long as Ol'm going to!
Smart Set.
First Baggageman Look out! Better not toss
that trunk. Second Baggageman Why not?
It Isn't marked "Handle with care." First
Baggageman That's the reason why. It may
be a decoy. Chicago Tribune.
Gusher I notice that an Indiana scientist haa
lately produced living creatures by the use of
a solution o alcohol and other materials.
Lusher Humph! That's nothing. lAlone that
years ago. Baltimore American.
Young Come, now, own up; don't you And
It a little harder to get around than you did
Ave or ten years ago? Elder Not a bit, I as
sure you. I have noticed, however, that they
make stairs steeper than they used to, but
that, of course, is andther matter. Boston
Transcript.
SummerResorter But how can you guaran
tee fresh vegetables when you don't know what
kind of weather you are going to have? Land
lordBecause I run my establishment on scien
tific principles. I leave nothing to chance, you
know: I feed my boarders on nothing but
canned goods, which can be depended upon,
weather or no. Boston Transcript.
Benedict Come In. old fellow, and smoke a
cigar while I dress, and I'll go down, town with
you. Bachelor (hesitatingly) I I don't think
your wife cares for me to call at your' house.
I'll 'wait at the corner for you. Benedjct Non
sense; come in. She isn't here. Bachelor She's
not at home, then? Benedict Yes, she's at
home, but ehe's out In the back yard talking
to a neighbor over the fence, and she won't be
in for the next three hours. Plck-Me-TJpV