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Wheatley, 83 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. WaahiagtoB. j. C Ebbltt House News Stand. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1&01. STAND TJP AND BE COUNTED TODAY 1 Every voter in Oregon ought to vote today. Iiet us cast a vote large enough to show that we live in a state which is itself alive. Oregon will do herself credit by cast ing a full vote today. A full vote will "be the best possible notice to the world 6f the growth and progress of the state. The vote of Oregon today should ex ceed. 100,000. Were It all out it would exceed 120.000. In 1896 It was S7.337. That "was eight years ago. The most 'effective way to show the growth of the .state since that time Is to show an in crease of the aggregate vote toda'y. So get out and vote. Of course you "will vote as you please for Roosevelt, for Parker, for Debs, for Watson, for Swallow, or anybody; but, cast your vote. Show that you are alive, and are breathing the vital air! Oregon wants very man today to stand up and be counted.. YIlXAINr AND DESPERATION. InasmuCh as the final effort of the Democratic campaign is based on the 'assertion that "Roosevelt is' trying to buy the election with millions of money contributed by the trusts," some little. examination of the statement, gro tesque and absurd as it Is, may be ap proprlate for the morning of election day. On what is it based? On their own allegations, without one word or scin tilla of proof to sustain it. It was started by the partisan organs of the Democratic candidate, and then 'was taken up by Parker himself, who put it la this form, viz: Congress creates a new Department of Com' merce and Labor. Of that department the President of the United States appoints a Sec retary. That Secretary was his private sec retary. Within that department provision la made for the collection from large corporations, Including the so-called trusts, of Information which, It Is to be borne in mind. Is to be sub' mined to the President for public or private use, as he may direct. By grace of the -same Executive, this Secre tary, through whose department this Informa tion 1 collected, "becomej the chairman of the National Republican Committee. His chief duty It has been -and still' la to collect funds for the purpose of securing the election of the President. And it is now notorious that' there has re sulted from this organized ' importunity what ever may be the precise way in which it la made effective an overflowing treasury to tho committee, of which boast is openly and con Usually made. This is printed once more, at length, by The Oregonlan, that the reader may weigh Mr. Parker's own words. He will see that they amount to nothing less than a monstrous charge of blackmail for which Congress expressly prepared the way by legislation the object of it all being to wring money In great sums from "the trusts," for use in the cam paign for Roosevelt's election. Is it a mark of that "Judicial mind," of which the country has heard so much during the -past four months, when Mr. Par ker borrows so monstrous an accusa tion from a partisan yellow press makes It his own, and, without slightest proof of any kind to support It, hurls it at the candidate opposing him? On what ground does Judge Parker assume that "the trusts" have made contributions to the Republican cam palgn fund? He offers no proof of it he doesn't name a "trust" that has sub scribed; he simply assumes a statement made upon no authority, and makes it his own. Has not his own party col lected a campaign fund? Is it likely that the capitalistic gang led by Bel mont, who wrested the control of the party from Bryan and nominated Par ker, and then added the octogenarian of West "Virginia to the ticket solely because he is one of the mighty multi millionaires of the country is it likely that this plutocratic gang has not sup plied the Democratic campaign com mittee with money, in great sums Does the Democratic Committee , pub lish the sources of its funds and the amounts contributed? No more does the Republican Committee. These things are always kept secret by both parties. But from the nature of the campaign, from the way Parker's can dldacy was worked up, from the action that Roosevelt-as President has taken against such trusts as he could reach under the law, there Is more probabll lty every way that the trusts are con' rtributlng to Taggart's than to Cortel you's campaign fund. But now comes the climax of this slanderous yet absurd charge against the President and the Congress. Cor telyou publishes his statement that the Republican campaign, has been con ducted with 4i much smalls; fund than any campaign for the last twelve years. The fund this year," he says, "though made up xZ the contributions of more than. 4000 persons, has been only about one-half as large as the Republican fund -when President McKlnley was elected In 1896." Moreover, "every dol lar of this fund has come from volun tary contributions, made without de mand. Importunity, pledge or promise of any kind." Behold now how Tom Taggart, of the Democratic Committee, replies. The fund employed in" 1896, when McKlnley was the "candidate. Taggart says, was $10,000,000; and Cortelyou now admits that he has had this year one-half that sum. Therefore, "Cortelyou has re ceived from the trusts" $5,000,000 to be expended for election bf Roosevelt!" This reasoning and its conclusion would bent the "calm, judicial mind" of Judge Parker himself. . - Such are the "puerilities enroloyed to sustain a moat calumnlousaccusatlon. But the proceeding, villainous and des perate, does -not seem to -have swept the country by storm. FISH CANNED DON'T SPAWN. Behold, the Oregon Fish Commissioner declares he is unable to enforce the law because be cannot stretch forth his arni to the Washington shore. Hark, the Washington Commissioner comes back saying Oregon is the real breeding ground of lawbreakers and his arm Is not long enough to reach their lairs. Is there naught else for these two digni taries to do than to declaim "You're another"? Are there not fish to save and lawbreakers to -punish? Thus the wardens in the two states shake fists at one another, each from his own -stamping ground, and throw adjectives and verbs and nouns across the waters and let poachers, with gill nets, traps, seines, wheels and whatnot keep up the raid on the vitality of Columbia River's famous salmon,, in season and out. And the harch- eries can secure so few of the vital ele ments of propagation that they might as well go out of business. Is it not a pity that wo must Buffer the fisheries to go to ruin before learn ing this axiom: We cannot can our fish and hatch them, too? Theories have obfuscated common sense up to now, but at last we are getting down to the real menace neither officer will do bis duty because both will not. When the season Is closed by law it is kept open by pirates. whose lairs, each officer says, are be yond his grasp. Salmon which should be saved for hatcheries find their course as thickly strewn with snares as If there were no closed Beason at all; indeed, more so. since fish that enter the Columbia be tween March 1 and April 15, the closed season, are the best of the year, and the greed of poachers Is whetted all the keener Unless more salmon can reach the hatcheries, the fisheries will go to ruin. The Washington Commissioner will have to adduce a more plausible expla nation than that because a dry season has made streams unusually short of water, fish are too sulky to spawn. If we mistake not. Snake River is still flowing past Ontario, and Is big enough for a school of whales. The patent fact is that the salmon were massacred on the lower river. Fiery gentlemen have declaimed here tofore that poachers could never starve the hatcheries, fish as hard and long as they would. The facts' at Ontario should silence that gentry forever. The scarcity at that hatchery is in females, not males, and many -females bear the marks of gillnets.' Last Spring" every body wondered why canneries packed bo many female fish. .Now everybody knows. The facts tell the story, Fe males, "being less able to escape, were sacrificed arid a great preponderance of males is seen at Ontario. Is more convincing evidence needed' to prove that traps, gillnets. seines and .wheels destroy fish needed by hatch eries; that salmon cannot perpetuate their species unless protected by closed seasons; that closed seasons will not save the fisheries unless enforced; that they will not be enforced under the pres ent regime, and that the Legislatures of Oregon and Washington must put their heads together and enact more effective law and force officers of the law to their duty? The remedy is concurrent legislation for these two ends: First Enforcement of the closed sea son. Second Shorter open Beason, either by lengthening the "closed 6eason after April 15 or by ordaining the closed Sun day, or by both. Epithets hurled from one bank of the Columbia to the other will not enforce law nor save fish. Invectives should not constitute an officer's fitness to snooze in a dry, warm Office- at. a fat salary. MISTAKEN JUDGMENT. The mistaken Judgment on the part of bid people" that induces them to give . title to their home in lieu of- "care while they live" has been so often sadly exemplified- that it. .seems strange that it' should be repeated, year after year. Such transfer of Interests may not, and probably does not, in every case, result in unhapplness and bitterness of spirit, but such result Is the rule rather than the exception. Fortunately such a com pact seldom ends in tragedy, as was the case a few days ago in Southern- Ore gon, in which the aged father appears in the role of murderer and his son-in-law as victim. The occurrence is a shocking one, and the circumstances excite both horror and pity. The story preceding the shooting Is not an unfamiliar one. "There has been more or less trouble ever since the farm was turned over to the son-in-law." So runs the record. The sequel presents a man" of 70 years in custody for murder, his aged and distracted wife awaiting the outcome of an Investigation that means commitment to the insane asy lum or capital punishment for her hus band; a daughter widowed and her chllt dren left fatherless. Sympathy takes the place of censure in such a case, but raises a warning voice against the cause which made such a tragedy possl ble the surrender of the home before the "old people" were beyond the need of an earthly habitation. "Keep the loai under your own arm, mother," w.as the advice given by a worldly-wise pioneer on his deathbed to his wife in this city a few years ago, "Give the children a slice occasionally if they need it, but hold on to the loaf while you live.'' "Our children are good to us," he added, as a cloud gathered over his wife's face, "but they will not be less1 considerate of you when I am gone If you have and hold the property in your own name., There is wtedom In this advice. It should offend no -one. Tear, come and o. Changes Occur. The "old people' grow querulous, perhaps; the young people are beset with cares and It may be, are overburdened 'with expense. Grandchildren are thoughtless, noisy. perhaps undutlfuL The situation 13 not a happy one and all concerned wait pa tiently or impatiently, according to their varying moods, for death to end It. While It is true, as Will Carleton ex presses it, that Every couple's children Are a heap the best to them. Parents are wise who do not put the confidence implied in this statement to the supreme test by making a transfer of their property to their children in consideration! of love and care while they live: This consideration should be theirs without the transfer. If It is not. it Is very certain that a deed to the farm or other property will not buy It. "WHICH IS THE CIVILIZED POWER? George Kennan, than whom no one is better qualified for the task, draws a comparison between Russia and Japan in a recent number of the Outlook, the statements and conclusions of which furnish food for,, much thought upon a matter that Is at present of world-wide interest. Mr. Kennan. asks the question "Which is the civilized power Japan or Rus sia?" and proceeds to answer It, or rather to submit statements upon rela tive points in Russian and Japanese character and development which place the burden of the answer upon the reader, and which, (lt may be added, force the intelligent reader to answer in favor bf Japan. He- assumes that In the definitions of "civilization," from whatever stand-- point this condition is regarded. It must be generally admitted that cer tain qualities," characteristics and ac quirements must exist In the civilized state of the twentieth century; that among these are mental and moral cul ture; enlightenment and toleration In religious faith; general respect for and observance of law; a Judicial system that gives legal security to person and property without class distinction; In dividual freedom, 'to think, choose and act within wide limits of law and In all fields of human activity; a certain level of individual and national Integ rity and a degree bf Individual and na tional development in the personal vir tue's; I. e., modesty, morality, human ity and fairness. . It Is shown that, looking to mental and moral culture, Toklo has ten book stores for every one that can be found In St. Petersburg! that Russia has In school but 25 per cent of her children of school age, Japan 92 per cent of hers, That Russia, with an annual national revenue of about $LOOO,o6o,000, spends for primary education less than 512, 000,000, or 8 cents per capita of her whole population, while Japan, with only one-eighth of Russia's revenue. spends for the same purpose 316,000,000, yearly, or nearly 34 cents per capita of her whole population. More than one-half of the schools of Russia are controlled by the HolySynod and are directed chiefly to Instruction in religion, the catechism and choral church singing. Reading and writing are only incidentals. In the primary schools of Japan are taught geography. arithmetic, reading, writing, Japanese history, elementary science, .drawing. singing, gymnastics and (for the girls) sewing. In Japan the Instruction is liberal and tolerant in spirit, whf)e in Russia particularly In the 40,000 schools managed by the Holy Synod the aim Is not so much to awaken and enlighten the mind as to give It a strong bias in favor of the servile virtues, in cluding submission, reverence, loyalty to the Czar as the source of all power. and devotion to a superstitious medie val church. In brief, teaching in the Russian schools is largely based on medieval bigotry and superstition; In Japan it is founded on reason. In the educational rescript to stu dents Issued by the Mikado in October, 1S00, Is the following exhortation: "Be filial to your parents and affectionate to your brothers; be loving husbands and wives and true to your friends conduct yourselves with modesty and be benevolent to all; develop your In tenectuai faculties and. perfect your moral powers by gaining knowledge and acquiring a profession; promote public interests and advance public affairs ever respect the national constitution and obey the laws of the country, and in case bf necessity courageously sacri fice yourselves to the public good." This may not constitute "religion" in the estimation of the Procurator of the Holy Synod, but it must be conceded that it is a better religion to live by than that which teaches children to re peat a medieval catechism, believe In tne aevii, cross tnemseives Deiore ikons, rely on the Intercession of the saints, worship old Byzantine pictures and kiss the half-decaying bones of dead priests'. If the answer ,to the question asked by Mr. Kennan, "Which Is the civil Ized power?" depended solely upon the educational presentment as here out lined, not only every enlightened Amer lean, but every enlightened citizen of the world, would quickly respond "Japan." Other points In comparison between the two great belligerents in the Far Bast are brought out with equal vivid ness, and all are In favor of the nation that Is struggling for its existence in Manchuria. Indeed, so startling are the differences shown between medieval narrowness on the one hand and mod ern expansion of thought on the other that one can hardly pass from the one to the other without a mental shock. It Is the difference between an abso lute and a constitutional monarchy; in dividual freedom of thought and its official restriction; modesty and valn gloriousness; the boast of the usurper of- power and the Bteadfast courage that .speaks in actions rather than In words. It may be added In conclusion that Mr. Kennan proclaims himself an ardent lover and admirer of the" Russian peo ple, and In this presentment he. makes the sharpest possible distinction be tween that people and the church and state by which It has been oppressed, misled, kept In Ignorance and In part corrupted. "The Russian bureaucracy," he declares, "is not Russia; on the con trary, it is Russia's greatest enemy. The one Is arrogant and boastful; the other modest and seir-restralried."' The sixtieth anniversary of the or ganization of the Congregatlonallst Church at Oregon City will be observed with appropriate ceremonies from No vember 15 to' November 20, inclusive. The announcement recalls tender mem ories of Rev. George H. Atkinson and his wife, who were among the first members and workers in the pioneer church; of Rev. Horace Lyman and his wife, who . frequently lent a. "helping hand in the work, .and of a number of'olher faithful servants of "ihe Mas- ter who were tent out from -time to time in the early-days by the Home Mission ary Society to this then isolated re gion. Earnest in their endeavor, most of them idealists who wrought with a purpose, but were not worldly wise, the early pastors tf this church and their helpers in the ministry labored patient ly In the far-away years and passed on. leaving ;the" recbrd of good men and true behind them. Rev. P. S. Knight, an honored pastor of the middle period of ithe sixty years for- which the old church at Oregon City stands, will de liver the anniversary sermon. It will be Interesting to note how many, if any. of bis auditors on that historic occasion were among those who formed a part of the life of the church in the year of its founding, or of the community In which it was founded. A member of the People's party has written to inquire why the initials of the names of the People's party candi dates for President and "Vice-President were left off the official ballot. On the ballot prepared by Secretary of State Dunbar the names of all .other candi dates were given in full, thus: "Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis"; but opposite the names of the Populist elec toral candidates appears only "Watson and Tibbies." The correspondent who makes inquiry for the reason of . this manner of placing the names on the official ballot seems to think, an effort was made to slight the People's party candidates. This was not the case, however, for, as explained In The Ore gonlan at the time, the ballot was made utf, the Secretary of State placed the names upon the ballot exactly as he was requested to do by the managers of the party. The Secretary of 'State has no right to place anything on the bal lot except what the law and the certifi cates or petitions of nomination require. and If the Democratic party managers had asked that the names of their can didates be given as "Parker and Da vis," the names would have gone on the ballot In that form. One singular feature of the elections is that the Democrats In many North ern States seem almost wholly to have abandoned any effort for Parker and to have confined their campaign to the state tickets. Democratic candidates for Governor are being vigorously sup ported in the following states, with the reasonable prospect of election In some of them: Rhode Island,-Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, West Virginia, Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska, Utah, New -Jersey. Wisconsin. Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Washington. It is a straight issue today on the pro hibition question for and against pro hibition. It should be understood by every voter. There is no deception, no Juggle, now. If you wish the manufac ture and sale of liquors prohibited in your county, say so; if not, say so. The issue is as straight and direct, in the Coqnty of Multnomah and City of Portland, as elsewhere in the state. Thousands upon thousands were fooled last June. They ought not to be fooled now. The lator Involved In arranging the new transfer system of the consolidated Portland street and suburban railways has. been arduous. The result was pre sented in The Oregonlan yesterday, and Its solution is now up to the public. The oJC-fashloned virtues or good nature and patience will "be in demand for a while, until conductors and patrons of the street-cars get used to the new or der of things. Boss Murphy, of Tammany- Hall, will not give out figures, on New York City because '"prudence dictates now that the Republican management should not know In advance the majority which New York will give for the Democratic ticket" So Boss Murphy proposes to keep It to himself.- The majority, it may be supposed, will be disclosed in due time, and It will be whatever the exigencies of the situation demand. Times change conditions. Eight short years ago the entire Pacific Coast was politically debatable ground. Oregon gave 2100 and California less than 2000 plurality for McKlnley; while Washing ton went overwhelmingly for Bryan, with 13,000 plurality. But today Oregon will doubtless give from 25,000 to 30,000, California from 40,000 to 60,000, and Washington 30,000 to 35,000 plurality for Roosevelt Prosperity did it The Oregonlan confesses that it is in tolerant towards every kind of delusion and fraud, and Intends always to be. It therefore was opposed to, and ex posed as far as It was able, the delu sion, dupery and fraud of the miscalled f local option scheme last "Spring. The situation now completely Justifies the position it took and maintained then. Is Oregon a prohibition state? We shall see. The two Democrats who broke Into. office last June in this county are un able to agree as to certain delicate questions of public policy. If three Democrats had been elected, we suppose that about this stage of the game there would have been a dally riot An apt remark was made by Harper's Weekly when It said that Judge Par ker has an Idea that he is running for Chief Justice and not for President. No matter. Nobody will remember a year from now who was running on the Democratic ticket Judge Parker has aready taken up his farm labors with renewed zest The Judge reconciles himself to the InevI table as easily as the man who f$ent In mourning for his mother-in-law long before tne saa occurrence. Nevada has the distinction of being the only Western State about which Republicans admit there is any doubt whatever. And eyen that rotten bor ough may break away from Newlands and Parker. Tom Taggart' may after today, it is to be hoped, be able to return to French Lick Springs and warm the chair that has long been vacant in the French Lick Poker Club. Grandpa Davis remains sererely con fident that West " Virginia will go for Parker. Mr. Davis has an abiding faith in the power of the "stuff." Men who want to prohibit sale of liquors in the suburbs but to get drunk down town are up against it today. Unless It should be very close. The Oregonlan expects to know by ore o'clock who 1 ejected PrMMt The poH ire open-1 Oregon 'today from S A. M. to, 7 P. It FORECAST 0PNEr YORK. J Walter Wellman telegraphs from New York to the Chicago "Record-Herald (Ind.): "Valuable Information as to actual condi tions in this state, viewed from the 'In side or organization standpoint, came into my possession today, and It warrants the forecast that ' President Roosevelt's plurality In the State of New York wiljl not be far from E0,000. It will be made up as follows: "Plurality for Roosevelt outside the city. 160,000. "Plurality, for Parker in the city. 110,- 000. "Net plurality for Roosevelt, 60.000." Walter Wellman telegraphs also that the charge made by Judge Parker against President Roosevelt is a boomerang,, and that there Is not the slightest Indication ot any change of public sentiment in the storm center of which this city is the piv otal point and this statp the overshadow ing prize to be struggled for. Notwith standing the vigor and dash of the Dem ocratic party's "whirlwind finish," it is the prevailing opinion 'that the effort comes too late, and that the minds of the voters were made up long ago. Besides, it Is .pretty clear that the charges against President Roosevelt and Chairman Cortel you, so vehemently urged by Justice Par ker, are not doing the latter any real good. The sensation which we were prom ised at the Democratic headquarters proof that Andrew Carnegie, J. Pierpont Morgan and the Rockefellers have sub scribed to the Republican campaign fund appears to have got lost on tho side track. ROOSEVELT IS CONFIDENT. He Is in the Best of Spirits, and Dis plays Not the Least Anxiety. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Intense inter est,' coupled with unusual calm, charac terized in Washington official circles the close of the campaign. So far as active participation in the campaign Is con cerned; the National Capitol has played an Inconspicuous part. Important utter ances have been originated here, but few have been delivered in Washington. A notable exception was the promulgation of President Roosevelt's statement last Friday night In response to the charges by Judge Parker against him and against the conduct of the campaign by the Re publican National Committee. That the President's utterance was the great fea ture of the pending political contest Is conceded, and that It aroused widespread interest is evinced by the number of let ters and telegrams received by the Presi dent from people in all parts of the United States commending and congratu lating him upon it To the reply of Judge Parker published vesterdav morninir. the President makes no response. To a friend today he said he was perfectly willing to submit to the people of the country the lssuo between him and Judge Parker, which had already been made up. Ho believes he has done everything rightly and legitimately that ho could do to present to the American people the principles on which he stands. and he awaits their verdict to be rendered tomorrow with absolute calmness and with faith in their Judgment That the President Is confident of tho result of the election, no one who talks with him can doubt for a momenu AH callers on him today found him In the best of spirits, and without an indication of nervousness or anxiety he discussed the result of the election as calmly as if he were not a principal in the contest At the White House the feeling Is that the result of the election will be prac tlcally as it has been Indicated by Na tional Chairman Cortelyou. To callers today the President reiterated, too, the statement made by Chairman Cortelyou that the campaign for his election had been conducted on tho lofty plain and Patriotism, and that If elected he would enter upon the duties of his hlsh office on the 4th of next March without having made a promise or entered Into ah obli gation that in the least way would em barrass an honest man In administering the affairs of the Nation In the Interest ot all tne people in America. Work at the headquarters of the Dem ocratic Congressional committee has been concluded. Secretary Edwards Is the only official of the committee now here, He expressed confidence that Judge Par ker would be elected, his figures being that the Democratic candidate would have at least 259 votes in the Electoral College. He hopes also that the next House, may be Democratic, though ho Is not absolute ly certain of such result AROUND THE HEADQUARTERS Managers for Both Sides Express Ab solute Confidence. NEW YORK. Nov. 7. Both parties en tared upon the last day of the campaign with expressions of absolute confidence In their respective candidates. The members of the Democratic com mittee were at headquarters quite early, Vice-Chairman Delancey Nlcoll was In charge at the Democratic headquarters and Urey Woodson, secretary of the com mittee, and J. G. Johnson, member of the committee for Kansas, were also there. Secretary Woodson entertained number of newspapermen with stories to illustrate his confidence In the result Mr. Nlcoll, in a more serious frame of mind. expressed the opinion which has hereto fore been given that the Democrats have a sufficient number of electoral votes to elect Judge Parker. vice-unairman uncenan, or the com mittee, did not go to headquarters, but went to the rooms In the Waldorf-As toria, where he has directed his part ot tha campaign for .the past six weeks. The chairman of the Republican com mittee came to headquarters about 12 o'clock, an hour earlier than usual. Con slderable activity was observed around the headquarters. A great many men who had been making speeches and Who had been actively at work in the cam nal en were in the committee-rooms clos intr ud their business with the National committee. A statement in reply to that given out hy tha Democratic National Committee last night was prepared and issued by the representatives of the Sound-Money League of the campaign ot four years ago. Governor Odell, chairman ot the Repub llcan State Committee, Just prior to leav ing the Republican headquarters for his home at Newburgb, expressed his abso lute confidence that the Republicans would carry New York State. Asked as to how far Hlggins would run behln Roosevelt he said 30.000 or 40,000, "Will the National ticket have enough votes to pull Hlggins through? the Gov eracr was asked. "Oh, y.es," he replied. "We will lava margin enough. Murphy (referring to the leader of Tammany Hall) will have to carry Greater New York, by more than 140,000 In order to beat us." The Governor followed this remark with a statement that he did not know whether he should make that assertion, because ha hod not been giving figures and did not like to give figures on quee tions of this city, but he, afterwards as serted that his statement -that the Demo crats would have to carry Greater New York by more than 140,000 was war ranted. At the Democratic stats headquarters none of the Important leaders appeared early in the day, with the exception ot Chairman Boole, of the bureau of the or g&nlzatlon. It was stated that the work of the committee had beea completed and they were ready for the coatest tomor row. Secretary Woodson, who remained the Democratic National headquarters nearly all day, had a long-die tmee tele phone conversation, with CfeairxMa Tag sart. who assured hist Usat fee was eettA -dent of carrying Iadtatia. A tntwgrnm from John G. KcGraw, of Weat Virginia, rnnmlier of tJa-s- -National coinfltittea- M- sured Mr. Woostoen tkftt that state would be hi the Democratic .column. At ItepublScAh National headqarten , confidence of success wm xprwd. SHALL LIEUTENANTS MARRY? ' Chicago Journal. " General Corbin Is worried about the other Army officers. He is afraid their wives do not get enough to eat or to wear and that pin money is too scarce. Ha has an idea the officers, themselves are suf fering for the necessaries ot life and are unable to sleep nights for the gnawing of the wolf at the door. So the benevolent old General, whose own domestic habitation nowadays Is overflowing with dollars,, has interested himself In the matter and means to set It right, if possible. The trouble Is. he finds, that the other Army officers haven't sense enough to know that It takes at least J50.0CO a year to run a marital es tablishment They have no moral right to do so, but they will persist In want ing a home and taking a wife and bring ing children Into th. world, when their pay is totally Inadequate. jNow, what is the obvious remedy? It is Impossible to raise their salaries, for they are getting all they are likely to receive. So the only thing to do Is to ex ert a paternal authority for their own good, and forbid any Army officer to have a wife worth less than 2,000,XX) in her own right It Tvonld be si good thing if the General could take away the existing wives and children of the. Army officers, but per haps that is hardly practicable. But no marriages ought to be permitted here after in the Army unless the candidate for wifehood Is a rich woman, able to support her husband and maintain him In the style to which General Corbin has become accustomed. This is for the good of the officers, but the plan will also be a good thing for the Army. Poor officers' wives can not en tertain on a-scale lavish enough to suit the foreign aristocrats and the residents of Newoort and they humiliate, therefore. the pride of the Army as a whole and of General Corbin as Its ward McAllister. Everything must be sacrificed to the Army by those fortunate enough to bear commissions In it If they are poor. It, Is the only social Institution and actual aristocracy in our so-called republic, and it must be safeguarded in every possible way. Some persons may think that the pro posed regulation will Interfere with the desires of General Corbln's sympathizers to make It a strictly hereditary affair, so iar as the commissioned officers are concerned. But this Is a mistake, for General Corbin knows perfectly well that If officers are prevented from marrying the poor girls of their choice they will marry rich girls, no matter how old and homely they may be, and everything else will soon be readjusted to tne new order of things. Civilians not members of the aristocracy may think that an Army officer of ave rage rank, say Major, -with hls-educatlon and" maintenance at West Point by tho Government with his salary ot 52500 a year In active service, with his retired service pay of J1S73 a year until nls deatn. and with his liberal allowances, ought to be able to set alonff pretty well, even though he does have the luxuries ot a wife and family. But General Corbin knows better. ro man can keep up the. Sort of domestic establishment General Cprbln likes to visit unless one member of the family has a fortune. Times have changed with the Army since the days at Valley Forge. Turveydrop had not risen to be a general officer then. ITALIAN EXTREMISTS ROUTED Definite Election Returns Show Gov ernment Has Gained Twenty Seats ROME, Nov. 7. Definite returns show that all the members of the Cabinet have been re-elected. Ex-Premier Rudlnlr Baron Sonnlnl, leader of the Constitution al opposition, and Slgnor prlne'tti, the ex-Fore I gn Minister, and Ferri, the So cialist leader, have also been re-elected. Summing up the result It Is established that the government has been victorious over the extremists, who lost 20 seats. Turin, Naples, Palermo and almost all the large towns Joined Milan and Genoa In defeating the extremists as a manl testation against the general strike. This rally was the predominant note in the elections. The moat remarkable' contest was In the district of Cartel-Franco, comprising the birthplace of the Pope. Count dl Macola, who killed Slgnor Cavallotti, the famous radical leader, in a duel, had always been re-elected on the first ballot but yester day, although supported by the clericals, the Count "who Is a personal friend of the Pope, did not receive sufficient votes in his contest against the Democrat and Ministerialist candidate, Slgnor Pelle grinl, a stanch advocate of divorce, and Macola must try to win on a second bal lot Slgnor Masi, ex-Mlnlster of Public Instruction and a fugitive from justice accused of peculation, was re-elected unanimously by his fellow-townsmen at Trapanl as a protest against the charges brought against him, the people of Tra-; panl not believing mm guilty. Slgnor Falolzzolo, who Ja considered to be the head of the Mafia Secret Society, was a candidate at Palermo, but ha re celved only 2S9 votes to, 1258 votes cast for his opponent who was elected. Argentina Imports Increasing. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. According to the official report just published, the imports of Argentina during the first nine months of this year amounted to $131,135,000, says a Herald dispatch from. Buenos Ayres. This is an increase of $38,670,000 as com pared with the same period In 1903. The exDorta amounted to $195,896,000. an in crease of J26,055,O0O. The Imports from the United States amounted to $15l440',000 and tha exports to 5S,75o.000. Another Liberal Successful. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 1. The com pleted poll3 of Trinity district Bhow the election of Miller, the third of the Liberal candidates, by a majority of 16. There re main only" two districts to be reported. Stormy weather prevents the collection of ballot boxes. Demonstration by. German Students. TTP.KKA Novl 7. ThR' German Bturlnnto of the University engaged in a demonstra tion today in sympatny wun tneir com- building and subsequently assembled be- lora tne university. , Import More; Export Less. LONDON, N6v. 7. The October state ment of the Board of Trade shows an Increase of tS.TSS.OOG in imports and a de crease ot 52,E07.500 in exports. Polk County to Exhibit. Dallas Observer. Tha Polk County Court Is taking a live ly Interest In the "prpposed Polk County exhibit for the Lewis and Clark Fair, and has already appropriated 9960 to aid in the work of collecting the display. Polk County Is not In such a bad way flnan daily. The fact ot the busine is. Polk County has reduced her deDt rroa jiao.uw to Jeoefl In four years-, and during the time she has not neglected a elngle public. .improvement of importance. More good roads and bridges were built during these four years than ever before, and it might nUa b added thai while this big 'debt wa Waf Mid. the eeoele of Polk County teak tiiaee to nreoare county exhibit that eaptred first yris at the Orofe State. Fair two years m suceflMn. xne prw nt Cawnty Court will have eyery oral of. the eouKty ladeMediMM wiped out ef c teiwiot leaM of tfe next Ix months, and the people, aeatetod by the court, will at tend to the exMMU K0TE AND COMMENT. . The Penniless Poet. ' -Break, break, break. On thy cold, gray stones, O-se--Bat break for a million aeons. . And you won't b as broke as me. Straight Tips. Five Corners, Vt, Nov. 7. Lent Sludg- lns gives Roosevelt between 79 and 80 ma jority In Five Comers. White Riyer Junction Junction. Conn., Nov. 7. "Parker by 20," says Uncle Jnck ltn. "Roosevelt, by Gosh!" says Grandpa Jorkins. Silver Cross, Ida., Nov. 7. Little doing in votes today. Market dullest, in years. with bear influence predominating. Bourbon, Ky., Nov. 7. Colonel Blue- grass concedes Kentucky to Swallow to morrow. Later Colonel Bluegrass says that he means swallow with a small "3." London, Eng., Nov. 7. Much Interest is displayed In the American elections; A prominent member of Parliament ex pressed his opinion today that Judge Roosevelt would have Increased the Re publican majority In Alabama If the col ored voters had not been attracted by Colonel Parker's imperialistic propaganda. From a Reporter's diary. Whether- the following contribution is genuine or not, deponent knoweth not: Monday Got a job, probably because the story I offered referred to that bar ber as a tonsorlal. artist Tuesday Had a narrow escape. In a moment of abstraction- I wrote it -'policeman" Instead ot "blue-coated guard Ian of the peace." Wednesday-:-Copy-reader made mo say Are laddies.". Still think it should have been "firefighters" or "helmeted heroes of the fire line." Thursday Some relic of Greeley days persists In using the term "barkeep" on this -paper. Any sane man knows mix ologist" is correct and that he "presides over a thirst emporium." But our copy reader Is not sane. Friday Wanted to be original today and wrote -"Buster fanned." City editor swore as he changed it to "made three hungry reaches into the balmy Oregon atmos phere." .' Saturday Fired today for calling Jeffries 'the champion of the ring" instead of the monarch of the squared circle." " Hurry up with your bet Democrats wanted a whirlwind' finish and got caught in a blizzard. After today the weather will get its rights as a topic of conversation. There's one good thing about not being a doubtful state: Few spellbinders were let loose on us. Look at the date lines this morning to make sure you're hot reading political dope for war news, or vice versa. Of Kuropatkin it seems true that Tho Grand Dukes by the ShsJche'B brim . ' X blooming nals&nce are to him,. And they are. nothing more. The Japanese and the Russians" are now said to be face to face. No wonder they are inactive; the faces- on eithet Side-are enough to stop a clock. Tomorrow the public will be surprised to learn that there were no doubtful states. The big wigs on the winning side will proclaim that they never-doubted the . result for a moment . .- : . S. Not often does Sunday school, present the attraction of a man-hunt or -classes would be better filled with the adven turous. Members of a Sunday jail-visiting class in Dover, Del., recently had the experience, the prisoners choosing the ' time of worship to make a dash for free- I dam. Jailers, cops and evangelists all , Joined, in the chase. Frenzied Finance" has driven a Chi- I Cago man Insane. D. W. Trotter, man- r ager ot an oilhouse, went dotty as the result it is said, of reading the F. F. articles by Lawson of Boston. Trotter thinks that agents of the Standard Oil are on his trail for the purpose of mur dering him. although he does not explain how he could ever become of sufficient 1 Importance to attract the attention of de gang. It might prove of more service to the community if Trotter got the notion that he was divinely commissioned to ., wipe the Standard Oil people out of ex- istence. A class yell made up from the first syl lables ot the names of the minor prophets in use by the Bible study department of the r. M. C. A, at Bellefontalne, O, Tha yell is: Ho, Jo. Am, Ob. Jo, Ml, Ua, Ha, Zer Ha, Ze, Ma, Bible Study! Bible Study! T. M. C. A. Ah-h-h-h! The Influence of suck a cry as this, more awful than "the thunder of the captains arid the shouting," .should prove decidedly stimulating -to the young .men of Belle fontalne, and they should attack the host3 of " darkness with an Impetuosity that would scatter them as rapidly as the shadows flee away. W,EX. J. Where Did Tom Get It? Kansas City Times. It is known. that Chairman Taggart baa been furnished with $100,000 for the In diana campaign. It is believed that with this snug little sum and how much more, the public does not khow Mr. Taggart can "do. right" by the "Great Independent Vote." BUt who contributes the money for the doubtful states? It has not come through popular subscriptions, for it is known that there have been few of the voluntary small contributions that fur nished the two Bryan campaigns. Surely it has not come from the great trusts, which Mr. Belmont Mr. McCarren, Mr. Sheehan, Mr. Meyer and others, of the Parker crowd represent for all of these have, of course, been "held up" by Mr. Cortelyou, according to the- gossip f tho campaign and the solemn, utterances of Judge Parker himself. What Jackson County Wilt Do. Ashland Tidings.. Eight years ago Jackson County gave William. J Bryan, Democratic nominee for President, 1090 majority, in round num bers, over McKlnley. The reversal in the political complexion of the county was. re flected four years later, when McKlnley received a plurality of 40 votes in this county over the same Bryan. Republican ' sentiment has grown steadily in the last four years, and it will not be surprising to see the one-time banner Democratic county of Oregon roll up M0 plur&Jrtr for Roosevelt and Fairbanks one week from tomorrow. Fortune In, Wheat Rakihjfr . i Atheaa. Press.' Wheatraleinr in UBaatllla CtHiaty. kes become so prgfttaleie duriss .the; laet five years that 'land adapted t&ta e6p to net to, be had f er- leas than an acre, and there Wt little of the good land-, that caa be bought at that prtpe. Th,fxKr tuaity to- a alek .tortsne la wfceat in tlmettU. County k Tvtt o$a to any o-fte tanta he k. already a& owner of wheat land.