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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1904. f?T4A Au, A JA t AS ftp Jrtti?fftllil"t'5it't1r Trvpr XJ'-"V-J s v r BsteresT at the PoetoSSce at Portlasd. Or., i m secosd-class matter. I revised Subscription rates. j , Sr sail (postage prepaid la advance) I oS"T' J xaonth I Daily, with Sunday, per year. ........ v.w I Bun day. per year - 2.00 TTBMJJT. i - . .......... I The weekly. 3 months .50 I Dally-per WMk, delivered. Sunday ex- I)!SpeV'weeK'aeUv;a; Sunday" Yn- "C 1 J nts CIUUW -. ....... ...... ............. V. I POSTAGE RATES. I United States, Canada and Mexico 1 10 tO 14-Pace paper lO I T 16 to 80-pago paper 2c I 22 to 44-page paper 3a Foreign rates, double, KAIjinCKX-gPSDOBes OFFICE. tise b. v. Beonraa special AgcBeyi , CMr.ro: Iloomi E10-212 Tribune building. I The Orsgaslaa does not buy pom or stories from individuals and cannot under- I talc to retarn any manuscript sent to It witnont solicitation. o siamp. auou.u iLMVP OV RAT'S!- I Cbtoags Auditorium Annex; Postofflce Hews -o.. lis Jjearoorn street. rtan-ri. , Tiillii. Til art TTKmlKriTi A- Kend- I r(,v offt.oi R.nt.Pnih t . -jid prtiaauir Bros.. 605 16th at. Kaasas CKy. So Rlckseckar Clear Co.. Ninth and Walnut. Uh Aajelea B. F. Gardner, 259 South OaldaBd. CaL W. H. Johnston, 14th and rranlclln st. HlnaeapoUs M. J. Kavanangh. 00 South Third; U Beffelsbnreer; 217 First avenue I South. I finlmi tt R. Oodard and Mrtra & Ear- rop. I Oeutba Barkalotr Bros.. 1612 Faraam; ZlaBeath Stationery Co.. 1303 Farnam. sau uu can. xsuto Second South street. I 6t Ixwls World's Fair Nerrs Co. Geo. I. Ackerman. newsboy. Eighth and Olive sta, and Excelsior News Company. Son FraseIeo J. K. Cooper Co.. 740 Mar- ket. near Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros., 230 Butter; L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News stand; F. W. Pitts, 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; n. Wheatiey. 83 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. I WashlagtOB. . CEBMtt House News PORTLAND. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1 WASHINGTON'S VOTE. Official returns for President and Governor at the recent election in the State of "Washington are at last avail able. They reveal some interesting and instructive results. The totals were: Roosevelt 100,698, Parker 28,015, Roose velt's plurality 7,6S3; Mead 74,005, Tur ner 58,979, Mead's plurality 15,027. It thus appears that the Republican can dldate for President got 26,692 more votes than the Republican candidate for Governor, and the Democratic can didate for President received 30,974 fewer votes than the Democratic can didate for Governor. The plurality for Roosevelt exceeded the plurality for Mead by 57,656, and yet the latter had a comfortable enough margin in a total of about 150,000. It would be entirely unfair to Mr. Mead to say that the dif ference of 57,656 votes between his own total and Mr. Roosevelt's represents the extent of Republican defection. It might more truthfully be held to have measured the extraordinary personal popularity of Mr. Roosevelt and the extraordinary unpopularity of the Democratic candidate and Democratic doctrines. The true Republican strength is therefore an indeterminate figure lying somewhere between 72,683 and 100,698. The proportion of the Republican Presidential vote over the Democratic is about 3 4-1, while In Oregon it was almost exactly the same. The Infer ence to be drawn is that the In fluences operating in both states for the benefit of Republicans and against the Democracy -were precisely similar, and were effective in the same degree. 'without reference to any state or local contest. It Is to be added, however, that the actual Republican gain i. e., vote for President In "Washington over 1900 is much greater than in Oregon, probably larger than In any other state. McKlnley In 1900 had 57.456 in Wash ington, making an actual increase in 1904 of 43,242, or a gain of about 75 per cent. In Oregon the gala over 1900 was about 30 per cent. Ex-Senator Turner carried for Gov ernor twelve out of the thlrty-slx coun ties, all east of the mountains, while Roosevelt had a pluralitj' In all. Mr, Mead did not attain the Roosevelt maximum In a single county, though he came near it in "Whatcom, his home county, attesting the high regard In which he is held by his neighbors. Mr. Mead undertook and carried to ft suc cessful conclusion a campaign of pe culiar difficulty. His party was torn by dissensions, its leaders were bitterly hostile to one another, and on at least one issue there were two elements of the rank and file that seemed to be utterly Irreconcilable. At the outset it was apparent that he must allay a vast amount of prejudice, modify the com mon notion as to the circumstances of his nomination, and persuade the vot ers that he was, after all, no man's man but his own. All this he faced, to say nothing of a candidate for the op position In whose behalf a tremendous furor of sentiment had been worked up through the instrumentality of every device known to the skillful and not too scrupulous politician. Mead saw the farmer on his ranch, the lumber man in his camp, the fisherman at his net, and. the artisan In his shop. He made an excellent canvass, and he emerged with a much larger personal acquaintance than when he was nomi nated an acquaintance that is friendly and Is at the base of the confidence now generally felt in his Independence, ability and integrity. , TOO MANY SALMON CAUGHT. Salmon were relatively scarce in Co lumbia waters this year; at least that Is the general verdict Supply of fish was so slack that hatcheries secured only one-fourth the quantity of eggs of the season preceding. Yet canneries and pickling plants made larger packs than InlSOS. What do these facts Indicate? Are they not evidence proving that more salmon would have reached the hatcheries had fewer been caught, and. that fewer would have been caught had the Fish Warden prohibited the use of gear before the open season began, April 15, and after the open season closed, August 15? Neither Mr. Van Dusen nor his friends pretend that he enforced the closed season or even tried to do so. While enforcement of the law might have saved salmon for hatcheries, still the scarcity of eggs at those plants is due, probably sot so much to the Fish Warden's laxity as to the long open season between April .IS and August 15, four months. In that period glll- 3ieti, eei-Ms, traps Bd wbeetc jmlvg tan- restrained license. And -when three out very four or five fish caught at the cascades bear marks of the down-river nets, it Is evident that few salmon es- cape. The Ions' open season should be shortened either by extending the closed season to Hay 15 or by lnstitut- ins the closed Sunday. The latter does iiui seezii m u.u pu&Hiurc, iiuwcva, nxw OUf rn.nrwratlnn nf thf Ktntp. of Waih . J .V. . . . luluui umfc in uui n&cij iu uc granted. It Mr. van Dusen cannot now enforce the closed season, how .vi.ri land . V n Citndmr? T7a floVa 4A UbU U1U UUJCU UUiiUU . the Oregon Legislature for two fast pa trol - boats, but. what assurance has the crinUy-ra fmm Vile TunT-A that Via nHII .f , , , . . use mem in running aown lawDreait- ers? Why enact more law for hatch- ery streams When he does not enforce ,..! i. .v. -""cjr wuucu uum -ifa'o.u. iure xor more natcnenes. nut ue law makers will ask what Is the use of more hatcheries -when the nlants .al d ,.orkIn enllot secnre enoueh bt lv uuoj . Pjrr.vmrF - VAT, TRJVS.Pirmr tt?tiv -Le ucciaentai it oriental liner vjaeiic, vuica sanea irom ban iTan clsco for the Drient last month, will proceed from Hone Konsr to Eurone. i,,, .. .0 n- nlo n "-- " "- tune ago, since tne mcepuon oi tne Oriental trade. It has been the policy of steamship owners to send out to the Pa- rtflr nnrtenf- vescola orhlrVi Vinfl nut ur uecome wo smau ior tne iraae. ittui ul iui3 jwiicy, as- siiuwh by the retirement of the Gaelic to the Atlantic trade because she was too small nJ Rlntc for ho .TnMflf , . . . , .. . , iB aa eloquent iriouie to tne remarKaDie growtn of this traffic It Is not yet twenty years since the Gaelic was placed on the run between San Francisco and the Orient, and at that , . , ' time she so much larger than any ' the craft that had preceded her that she TV as generally regarded as too large for the trade. Twentv veara urn nnt n slmrl ivsel ui aiJaingion or xnusn v;o lunroia ports, ana a mommy service from San Francisco by steamers of the Gaelic type, and even smaller craft. was ample for all demands that were made for space. Last week five steam ers sailing from these northern ports carried a total of 60,000 tons. This week two vessels of 12,000 tons capacity are loading at Portland, a 10,000-ton carrier is at Seattle, two smaller ones at Ta- coma, and at least one will be dis patched from Vancouver, B. C. A dozen years ago the man who attempted to forecast such an enormous volume of business In the trans-Pacific field would have been pronounced mildly In sane. And yet the business Is here, and It is still Increasing so rapidly that, viewed from any standpoint. It Is diffi cult to estimate the vast proportions Into which It Is destined to grow This enormous trade received its first great impetus with the closing of the war between Japan and China, and while at brief periods there have been pauses, the total each fiscal year since that time has scored a heavy gain over Its predecessor. The volume of this traffic and its character is something to conjure with. In the vessels clearing from Oregon and "Washington ports last week Portland shippers dispatched over 100,000 barrels of flour, and more than 65.000 barrels -were dispatched on the same steamers by Seattle and Ta- coma shippers. To produce this amount of flour required 750.000 bushels of wheat, or about twelve shiploads of the size that were clearing for Europe twenty years ago. So rapid has been the Increase of this branch of the busi ness that in a very short time the en tire wheat crop of the Pacific North west will find a market as flour In the Orient, and all of the profit of milling, etc., will be kept at home. But flour Is not the only local product that Is helping to make up these gneat cargoes, for last week's fleet to the Far East carried Immense Quantities of canned salmon, lumber, fruit and other products of the Pacific Northwest. The boom in trans-Pacific business which will follow the end of the present war Is certain to be much more extensive, and fraught with greater trade possi bilities, than that which followed the declaration of peace between the Jap anese and the Chinese. No other por tion of the United States Is so well situated forproflting to the fullest ex tent by this business as Oregon and "Washington, and, If we are to judge the future by the past, it will be less than twenty years until there is a dally steamer service between these two states and China and Japan. A MODERN TRAVELER, The traveling library rivals in use fulness and perhaps much exceeds In meeting a long-felt -want the costly library of the great city. To have thirst for knowledge and a love of read ing ingratiated on account of isolation from centers of population and inability to purchase books is a real hardship ana one tnat laiis to tne lot or not a few, even in this age and land of books. The mission of the traveling library is to relieve this condition. It is rela tively a new enterprise. It is due to the efforts of Mr. Melvil Dewey, state li brarian of New York, who Induced the Legislature of that state to make an appropriation for traveling libraries and drew up plans for their successful operation In his own state. In accord ance with these plans strong boxes -were provided, .and packed with from twenty-five to one hundred volumes. These were sent to such places as de sired them, and the people of which were willing to pay the small cost of transportation. The books -were to re ceive good care, to be retained elx months free of charge, and then" ex changed for others. The volumes -were selected by men experienced in library needs. They were to present a variety of subjects suited to various tastes. Ethics, sci ence, history and biography were to be presented in popular forms, with select poems and wholesome fiction from the standard novels down to "Helen's Ba bies" and "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch." The plan proved popular from the be ginning, and in 1S95 it was taken up by the Legislatures of Michigan and Iowa, the first state appropriating 12500 and the second $2000 for the work. Ohio soon followed, and others came into line until twelve states now have systems of traveling libraries working under state authority. In a number of other states, including our own, dt few li brarles are supported by private gen erosity, usually through the agencies of woman's clubs. These libraries, says the Minneapolis Tribune, are of incalculable interest to the people of the great agricultural and mining states. They go to the most out-of-the-way hamlets, to lum ber and mining camps and ranches. to desolate forest, prairie and moun tain homes, and to isolated country schoolhouses. Testimonials on all sides show how eagerly these books are wel comed and with what avidity they are read. This simple and effective method of supplying a great need has found Its way Into Canada and British Columbia, where, during the long "Winters of stress and storm, books are keenly ap preciated. One Is reminded in this con nection of TVhittier's Blraple recital of the incidents of his boj'hood years. "Shut in from all the world without" by the heavy snows that fell in early "Winter and lay upon the land in great drifts for weeks and 'even months, he records that "the few books that the house contained were drained of their last virtue." That there are still eager readers, thumbing worn volumes by lonely fire sides and longing for something new even in .New England Is probable; that there are many In the solitudes of the Far "West who are hnugry for "some thing to read" Is certain. To these the traveling library Is a boon undreamed of by Carnegie, and one which It Is pleasant to think is being each year more and more widely bestowed. IMPORTANCE OF COALING STATIONS. Lord Lansdowne's warning to Brit ish shipowners that they must not charter steamers to follow the Russian fleet as storeshlps or colliers Is not in any way a straining of the neutrality laws in favor of Japan. "While the for' elgn enlistment act forbids the organl zation of armed parties and the fitting out of armed vessels to aid a belllger ent. the rlcht of Drlvate Dersons to trade In contraband has not been de nied and the exportation of small fight ing craft has not been forbidden, as the lively trade. In American submarines testifies. The presence of a collier or storeship with a belligerent squadron, however, Is really an augmentation of the fleet's fighting strength, and It Is the duty of a neutral power to restrain Its subjects from contributing to such augmentation. As In the case of the Spanish Admiral Camara, Great Brit ain refused Rojestvensky permission to coal at Port Said, or Indeed at any of the numerous way stations on the hlghroadMo the Far East. "Were It not for the compliance -of France, the Rus sian commander would already have been in a bad way. In the voyage of Rojestvensky Amer icans may find a forcible object-lesson In the need of well-equipped coaling stations and naval bases. "Without an abundant supply of coal, battleships are less userui than forts. Without a base or coaling station beyond our Im mediate coasts, the American Navy might as well consist of armored nums, instead of ships designed to keep the seas. Were America at war, the greatest anti-expansionist would not desire the Navy to lie behind forti fied headlands, but to go forth and smash the enemy off his own coast. Fortunately, we hold in the Pacific, which is to be the Mediterranean the middle sea of this century, excellent vantage points in the best positions. European nations recognize the vital Importance of sheltering ports for their navies. Great Britain has dotted the map -with red specks. Between her home ports and the Orient she has some sixteen Important coaling sta tions, among them Singapore, the "half-way house of the East." France, as the Russians have grateful reason to know, ihas Blzerta, In the Mediterra nean; Jlbutll, In the Red Sea, and Sal gon, in Oriental waters. Germany Is Improving her position in the same di rection. It would be an easy matter for France or Britain to menace Japan with a fleet In good condition, whereas it would be a difficult task for Japan to reach either of those. countries with fleet at all, and then the ships would have to go into action without refitting and emerge therefrom with no opportu nity for repairs. An efficient navy does not merely consist of a large number of ships. Be sides the multifarious demands of or ganization, the need for an ample sup ply of trained officers and men, it must have all the advantages that conven lent bases dnd coaling stations offer as a preparation for meeting a possible enemy In the state of highest efficiency. and the Russian navy's lack of all these things Is a warning' to other pow ers. lt is mmcuit to conceive of a more practical and humane charity than that represented by the Visiting Nurses' As sociation of this city. Effort that brings relief to that most pitiable of all suffer ers the poverty-stricken sick repre sents the dlvlnest of charity, the most gracious of all ministering. Such finan clal assistance as this association needs to carry on its work should be freely given by those -who have been found ever ready to respond to the call of the helpless. The work is far from being pleasant, and the faithful care of the sick is never an easy task. Love takes It up uncomplainingly and performs Its duties cheerfully, and duty stands by the task with unflinching courage. But It Is only when at the behest of pure philanthropy and humanity that the lowly sick are visited, their needs dls covered and their wants supplied by personal endeavor and supervision that the true meaning of heroism in the sick room is disclosed. The "American Visible" supply of wheat is still on the up grade, and weekly statistics yesterday showed an Increase of more than 2,200,000 bushels. This brings the total up to 35,595",000 bushels, which Is nearly 6,000,000 bush els more than was in sight at a corre sponding date last year. World's ship ments, as reported yesterday, were nearly 2,000,000 bushels less than, last week, but as-nearly half of the decrease was in Russia, where for weeks a de crease has been expected, the falling off caused no strength, and both foreign and home markets showed decided weakness and closed lower. Russian shipments were 4,624,000 bushels an amount -which is simply phenomenal for the last week in November. Argen tine shipments are falling off quite ma terially, but as that country is on the eve "of another harvest, small ship ments at this season of the year ha'e but little effect on prices. Mr, Steve Bailey, of Seattle, who has become quite notorious on account of the noise which he makes while placing his election bets, is reported to have lost $30,000 on the Washington election. In casting about for an excuse for mak ing such a spectacle of himself, Mr. Bailey hit on the idea that there had been wholesale frauds committed in King County. Specific charges are not made, but Mr. Bailey, who endeavored to make his moaey "talk" before elec tion, says In & general sort of a way that Turner lost 7060 votes by the fail ure of the election judges to Interpret properly the marking on the tickets. The public has always been assured that Mr. Bailey is a "good loser." This is probably due to the fact that he loses so often. As ordinarily Interpreted, the term does not fit Mr. Bailey when he Is squealing. The spectacle presented by a drunken boy is, if possible, more appalling than that presented by a drunken woman for the reason that the latter Is sup posed at least to have reached the age of discretion and personal responsibil ity. Every one who, by negligence or for gain, contributes to this shocking spectacle, or makes it possible, should be subjected to the severest penalty which the law provides for this crime. The legislators of Oregon have not been remiss in their duty in this matter. Proper penalty Is provided for Belling or giving liquor to minors and for allowing minors to visit places- where liquor Is sold. The fact that In the face of this boys whom no liquor-vendor can mis take for young men who have attained their majority have been found upon the streets of this city In a helpless state of drunkenness upon more than one occasion recently, proves that law alone will not protect the young from evil. Parental oversight, official vigi lance, and, when It comes to that, prompt action by the courts, are neces sary if this wholesome law Is to answer the purpose of its enactment. "Revenge Is sweet," and a number of "Washington politicians are now won derlng to what extent Lleutenant-Gov- ernor-elect Coon will gratify his feel ings, in this respect. During his cam paign. Mr. Coon was the target for some of tne most villainous charges j1" asaInf an? Jn; dldate. The ample majority by which he was elected vindicated him In the eyes of the people, but the punishment of his detractors has not yet taken place. As presiding officer of the State Senate he will be in a position to or ganize that body in almost any man ner he may see fit, and, while he has a good reputation for fair and honorable dealing. It Is not unreasonable to pre sume that some of his detractors will be made to feel that their offense has not been forgotten or condoned. Richard Harding Davis tells Eastern newspapers that the attitude or tne Japanese In the present war toward the correspondent is Inexcusably offen sive. "We came up somewhere near the main army," he says, "and that was the nearest we ever arrived at the front. We remained four miles back of the fighting for four days. Then we became disgusted." Mr. Davis is need lessly frank In giving away the secrets of the profession. Moaticorrespondents can write a better story four miles' be hind the front than anywhere inN front of the front. The surroundings are more conducive to tranquil tninKing. and easy writing. And the telegraph and mall facilities are usually better. Mr. Davis will yet give to the world a graphic story of that battle. The Canadians have not thrown any shells Into our fishing fleet, but they have gathered in a few peaceful Yan kees who were herring fishing way down in Passamaquoddy Bay. Thet amount of property involved represents valuation of but 520,000, but If the bluenoses on the Canadian cruiser which made 'the seizure have made a mistake in the llimts of their jurisdic tion, the apology will need to be as abject as though there was a million involved. The American of the true- blue stripe abounds on the Maine Ash ing grounds, and any Interference with his liberties, especially by a Canadian, will certainly call for Immediate in vestigation and reparation if a mistake has occurred. The accuracy of the forecasts of the Weather Bureau on last week's storms was remarkable, and shipmasters who heeded the storm warnings and re mained snug in port saved money for the underwriters and much unpleasant ness for themselves. Considering the violence of the gales which raged for the greater part of the week, the Weather Bureau was quite fortunate in maintaining communication with the North Head station. The service from that point Is of great value to the shipping community, ana sat. tseaia, who has been untiring In his efforts to make it as prompt and accurate as pos- sible, Is success. to be congratulated on his The Polk County Mohair Association will hold a meeting next Saturday to arrange for the annual goat show. The breeding of Angora goats is an Indus- tr o comparatively recent date, but " nas aireaay assumea proportions oi consmeraoie importance, xne goats in most cases have not only proved very remunerative as producers of mohair, but, on account of their habits of feed ing, have also proved of great value in keeping down stubble ana brush on land. As an article of food goat meat is not much superior to Belgian hare, but the goat has other merits that warmly commend it to the Willamette Valley farmers. Says the Albany (Or.) Democrat: "Judge Parker will continue to practice .law, notwithstanding The Oregonian has figured out that he will not succeed at It. He already has $10,000 worth of business in sight." This merely con firms what The Oregonian said. The $10,000 worth of business already in sight comes to him in an official way, through the favor of Tammany. What The Oregonian said was that Judge Parker would not succeed, were he to rely on "going It alone" in New Yofk. Some of the Philadelphia editors ob ject to having the Liberty Bell visit other cities, on the ground that it sa vors of a nippoarome. iviaenuy the bell is not the only thing in Philadel phia that is cracked. Secretary-Taft Will probably meet General Huerta3 in Panama Huertas measures 4 feet 8, about the same as his visitor If one Is measured up and down and the other around. The Macedonians have arranged their next rislnsr for the Spring of 1306. This Will give them nice time to visit the I Lewis and Clark Fair. In a San Francisco court the plaintiff fired a revolver at the Judge. As he made a bad shot he should be fined for contempt of court. Xuropatkin new has aa automobile. LMkr smb. with op pe MatJt on the Hortmy row. NOTE AND C0MHEST. Magazine Stories a la Mode. Steelyard had the clean-cut features and the strong Jaw that betokened an aggres sive business man. His thin Hps were tightly compressed and he entered the office of Sugars & Sand, the wholesale grocers of Bullfrog, W. Ya. "Gentlemen," he said, coming to the point at once, "I want to consolidate your business and mine." Sugars smiled at the young man, and remarked: "It would be going some to consolidate a peanut stand with the greatest wholesale grocery In Bullfrog." Steelyard rose to his feet. "Then It is a fight to a finish," he observed calmly, and left the room. Soon his resourceful management of the peanut stand made It self felt. By dint of hiding his goods on the blind baggage. Steelyard managed to send out a peanut on almost every pas senger train leaving Bullfrog. It had no freight to pay, and, his business soon at tained such proportions that he was able to buy a controlling interest in Sugars & Sand. The firm is now Sugars, Steelyard & Sand, and it monopolizes the cracker trade of Bullfrog. Steelyard, himself, has the cutest little bullterrier in West Vir ginia. St. Andrew's,, day tomorrow. Save your Scotch. At a poultry show in London this month a Wyandotte rooster sold for JK5. There's rooster that has something to crow about. 7 ' L. According to a London paper chrysan themum salad is a great thing. The same flowers serve two purposes. They decorate the table until It is time for the salad, and then the petals are pulled off and popped into the bowl. The highly combustible celluloid comb has come into prominence again; a girl having been burned by one while sleeping near a campflre in Colorado. Some enter prising fire Insurance company should issue policies on hair. Charitable people In London are organ ized under the name of the London Men dicity Society. That's a good way to at tract members. Most anybody is ready to join what they mistake for a mendacity society. V The Argonaut laments the opening of a trolley read to Mandalay. There is no cause for sorrow. Kipling can easily amend his ballad to fit the -new conditions, for goodness knows he has had practice enough of late In describing motor-cars. Life should give poor little Cupid a rest, at any rate in the Winter. The poor little chap appears on almost every page. shooting his tiny arrows at people clad warmly In furs while he shivers In the garb that was the mode In earliest Eden. Poor little kid, if .he contracts pneumonia what shall we do? Few people will be proud to commend the action of a San Francisco man in shooting at a Judge who had decided some point against him. The trouble about such a custom, should it become universal, is that the Judge would nat urally be Inclined to favor the attorney who had the best reputation as a shot. Some delver into personalia has dis covered that. "Shelley had his dry bread and raisins which he carried about in his, waistcoat pocket; Dryden once asked hfo host beforehand to provide 'a chine of honest bacon for dinner; Thackeray's favorite dish was boiled beans and bacon; Tennyson had his boiled salt beef and new potatoes; Pope rose from his bed at Lord Bollngbroke's only on the promise of a dish of stewed lampreys; Milton laid down the rule that he who would write an epic for the nation must subsist on vegetables and water.' " From this It would seem that the poet's of breakfast food may have been inspired by the very thing of which they sang. The rsew Tork Evening Post, which finds cause for gloom In most any old thing, says that "American football al ways limited to men of unusual physical endurance, is still further being restricted; vigorous and active men of 160 to 170 pounds, who would have stood a chance of making the teams ten years ago, must now confine their ambitions to the second elevens or drop out altogether. Skill, speed and dash have given way to mere beef and brawn. And then on another of the same Issue the Post prints some comments on the Yale-Harvard frame In xuey is lauaea as an Ail-American star. Hurley's weight, men- tioned in the story. Is 165. Still its almost impossible to be at once pessimistic and consistent, so the Post may be excused. WEX. J. He Has a Free Hand. Haroer'a -WenViv The most effective by Theodore Roosevelt were these penned "iu mgni, declining renomlnatlon. o &uy enective ' ariviftrtiv tv. 4i iiunareas oi thousands who had voted on uiese -woras do re the definite as- Durauc mat uieir confidence was not nnspiacea. That Mr. Roosevelt had de termined upon -this course was well known to nis inenas, but with commendable pride he withheld the announcement nnHi a time when by no possibility could it be LTjiiatrueu as a Dia ior political support. We cannot say that we approve of his position, ror the reason that clrcum- ffK JSfflrffis- jyyj in flat opposition to the welfare of the country and the desires of the people, nor m taeso ximes oo we attach much Im portance even to the wholly misunder stood two-term -tradition. But If it was to be done, that was the time to do It. If. In consequence, anybody ever had a freer hand to write his name full and large upon the pages of history, we cannot re call his name. But the main point Is that all men now know that the Thee dore Roosevelt whom they voted for is the Theodore Roosevelt they thought he The President's "Frederick" Speech. New York Times (Dem.) It is characteristic of the President that .he should not have deputed to any other omoai or unomciai person, as he might penecuy have one, the somewhat invidi ous task of "receiving," on the part of the people of the United States, a monument to a monarch1 who stands for everything tnat tnat people stands against, but should have himself assumed that task. It Is pleasure to say that he acquitted himself of it so well as not to suggest that he might better have employed a substitute. The President has said, on a public oc casion, that "he claimed to be an his torian." His claim to the spirit of his torical investigation and estimate rauet be allowed. This Is a gift which coses particularly into play when the Prcfflidoct of the United States, at the bednalsg of the 20th century, has to appraise the claims upon mankind of a great soiifer and a great King in the Central EerMe of the middle of the 18th. The appraisal was not without historical value, and it showed a perfect sease of the dtScQHfee and the exigencies of the occasion. Is this respect, we think, it win b agrssd that no living Aerfeaa esvJd bmre done- It better, and few living Ansrioan so welL HOW JOHNSON WAS ELECTED. One of the -results of the 8th of No vember was the election of a Demo cratic Governor in Minnesota, where Rboseveit has an enormous majority. The St. Paul Pioneer Press says that many erroneous statements have been made about the cause or causes of It; and it undertakes to clear the matter up, using as Its text a statement made by the New York Evening- Post. Sim ilar ones have been made by an im mense number of newspapers. The ar ticle by the Pioneer Press follows, viz: We are Indebted to the good New Tork Even- ins Post for the Interesting Intelligence that John A. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Minnesota, owed his election to a colossal "break" by his Republican, op ponents, to-wlt: "Some ten days before elec tion a campaign, circular was sent broadcast stating that Johnson's father had died In a poorhouse. and that his mother took In wash ing. This la something new. No one In Minnesota ever saw or heard of any such cam- pa?gn circular. It Is true that the papers supporting Johnson pretended that a campaign circular was going to be Issued containing a story derogatory to Johnson, and they pub lished the story which they eald was to be the subject of this campaign circular. But no such campaign circular was ever Issued, and the only story ever published on the subject was that circulated by the Johnson papers on the pretense of defending him from It. It was a very different story from that given by the Post. The alleged charge from which they defended him was not that his parents were poor, but that he. had neglected to take care of one of them at least, when he was amply able to do so. They published the story as a pre text for extolling his filial virtue in helping his poor mother and sister, as if boys of that kind were very uncommon. But In thus an ewerlng charges that never were presented. except by- themselves. It Is much to be doubted whether this appeal to public sympathy for a wrong which had not been done him won him any votes to speak of. But the Evening Post eaya: "It created such revulsion of feeling in his favor as baa never been seen In this country." This Is the veriest rot. He was elected by a plurality of between SOOO and 10,000 over Dunn. The rest of the Republican state ticket waa elected by a plurality of between 50,000 and 60,000. So that apparently somewhere about 28,000 Repub licans voted for Johnson in preference to their own candidate. Where did they come from? Everybody In Minnesota knows where they came from. The larger proportion of them were cast by Swedish Republicans, who readily found an excuse for voting for a candidate of Swedish parentage In the wretched lies that were circulated about the Republican candi date. There are about 60.000 Swedish Repub licans In the state. It Is not at all to be wondered at that probably some 20,000 of them voted for Johnson when they were told that Dunn was unfit for the office, that he was un fairly nominated and eo on. Second There had been a hotly contested fight for the nomination, la, which Governor Van Sant did his best to help Collins. Most of the friends of the defeated candidate loyally supported Dunn. But many of them, assisted by the Republican state machine as far as Van eant could control It, fought him bitterly throughout the campaign. Third Some of the leading Republican papers were openly and Intensely hostile to Dunn. Fourth All those agencies were enlisted In the dirtiest campaign of political and personal detraction against the RepubUcan candidate ever witnessed In this state. Everybody in Minnesota knows what they were. They have been abundantly refuted in these columns, and we shall not go over the list again. Many of those who were at first poisoned against him by those slanders found out before election that they had been deceived, and voted for him. and the time will come before long when those who voted against him because of these false stories will find out how grossly they have been Imposed upon. Fifth To meet this campaign of slander It would have been necessary to organize a thor ough canvass of every election district and hunt the secret calumnies to their holes. But the Republican state central committee were destitute of funds' for such a purpose. They fought the campaign for about a fifth' of the sum employed In electing Van. Sant during his first term. These are the main reasons why Johnson was elected over Dunn; and if the story, the nature and origin .of which Is eo entirely mis apprehended by the Evening Post, had any Influence on the result of the campaign It was too Insignificant to be measured. As They Vote in Darkest Georgia. Leslie's Wekly. An- odd custom prevails in one of the remote and Isolated counties of North east Georgia Rabun, the county that annually produces more Illicit whisky than any other like area in the world. In a certain precinct in this county. far removed from anything like a vil lage, even, and surrounded by some of the roughest and grandest scenery east of the Rockies, Is a locality known as "the law grounds." It Is centrally lo cated, to accommodate the scattered Inhabitants, and for upward of a hun dred years all cases at law have been tried, and all elections for county, state and Federal officers have been held on these common grounds. If the weather is pleasant the meetings in variably take place in the open air, otherwise an old log building is oc cupied. The writer happened to pass this odd polling place about noon on the Presl dential election day, November, 1900. Twelve voters were present, reclining on the ground. A board, one end of which rested upon a log and the other on a rock, served the clerk for a table, while a hat was used as a ballot box. A gentleman informed me that there were 100 voters in the precinct," adding that It was customary to count the ballots whenever anyone desired to know how the different candidates stood! Praises Bar Dredge. Chinook Observer. From the best information possible the bar dredge Chinook will soon be laid up for the winter and during that time it will be decided whether the work that she has accomplished during the past year will Justify the expense of her being re tained here to continue the work for an other year, although the records of her work show that she has removed more soil or sand than any deep-sea dredge ever did before In the world. Orders are awaited from the department whether a-aSM's necessary repairs at Portland, San Fran cisco or Seattle. One of Parker's Mistakes. Hartford Courant. In a long, frank, and fairly exhaus tive catalogue of Alton B. Parker's campaign mistakes, the Memphis Com mercial Appeal (Dem.) Includes his extremely foolish attack on Governor I LukeWright of the Philippines. "He I was not aware," it remarks, "that he was assailing a gentleman who is con ceded to be the strongest man in the South a man whose politics is no bar to preferment because he Is bigger than partisanry. i A Sad 'Note. Providence Journal. If It be true that, after closing up the business of the campaign Chairman Cortelyou has $400,000 left over in his caxno&len fund, the contempt In which a Lh has all along been held fay certain practical politicians win De appre- ciably increased. Te a Little Child. Goveraeur Morris in Century. Come. Jet us kiss you, Newly Seven, Seven times and once to grow on. Tor the sew yea? may net go on Till the lscky kiss b gives, -CMM et H eaves, aewly seven,. Yer eye, se cosft&catly blue. TKegr Were tlM leather's eyes before you. Asd the gay spirit leoktar through. It t! Ute sMiber'a seal that fear yo; Tkre4s. seven, we after yes. Her beasty was. the git t Xmthl A4 yws caHd, too. Is ssdly-givM. Tor it ask in m taat eve Thss Jtrni los&sd wha was saves. SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWESTPRESS Rival Editor a Dude. Klamath- Espress. The bald-headed dude that edits (?) the Republican calls us a Socialist. If we were a Socialist we should feel complimented by the appellation, for some of the bright est Intellects in the world today advocate the doctrines of Karl Marx. Keep Your Eye on Pasco. Pasco Express. We understand that a proposition will soon be made by responsible parties for drilling- an artesian well In Pasco, and also for Installing a system of electric lights. In case such a proposition comes up, the Express hopes Pasco will pull; on its socks and get out- to saw wood. Has Candidates for Penitentiary. Mitchell Sentinel. Some miscreant that no doubt calls himself a man last Saturday night turned the faucets on the water main. And If Mr. Misener had not discovered them the- would have let all the water out-of the reservoir. We have some candidates for the state's prison In Mitchell that will not take no for an answer. Teachers Come Last. McMlnnville Telephone-Register. Our Legislatures appropriate money to build flsh-hatcheries, and the employes receive good wages; they appropriate money to pay bounties, appropriate money for fairs and to build railroads, and we pay the taxes without complain ing, but when it comes to a tax to pay a teacher, the most useful of citizens, It Is impossible. Praise for Judge George. Chehalls Bee-Nugget. A decision has recently been rendered by Judge George in Oregon that will prove a crushing blow to gambling In that state. Washington has a good law on the statute hooks, but there are a few rotten holes In the state, like Tacoma, where the Mayor and public officers do not do their duty and gambling Is allowed to flourish. This will be remedied In time and the present and future generations will be the better for the law. Retribution for Wife-Deserter3. Tillamook Headlight We sincerely hope that the state Legis lature will make it a penitentiary offense ior a man to desert his wife and family. That Is only right, for most of us know of Incidents, and right here in Tillamook, where men have deserted their wives and families without as much as providing a day's food ahead for them. Yes, put such men in the penitentiary, where thev belong, especially those who foraake their wives to take up with other women. But make the law also to apply to the woman who deserts her husband and family to taKe up witn another fellow. - . Game Boy3 and Pot-Hunters. CoYvallis Gazette. Telt Burnett and a few friends are golne out hunting today and will use Telt's two wild geese as decoys. Thi3 is the first time that captured geese have been tried in this part of the country for hunting purposes, and the result of the experi ment will be awaited with much interest. The geese will be taken out south a few miles to the roosting grounds and tied. The hunters will hide near-by and If the geese call the others, as it is expected, the market will soon be glutted with goose flesh. The boys are going in a buggy and expect to return loaded down. Port Orford's First Twins. Port Orford Tribune. The population of Port Orford is in creasing at a 2-40 gait The stork be stowed its blessing upon the home of George Forty last Sunday at 2:20 P. M. and dropped Into the arms of the happy parents a daughter lor each. The doctor says they are as fine twins as he ever saw, and that all parties are doing nice ly. They are said to be the first twins born in Port Orford and the while town Is delighted at their arrival. "Here's to your health and your family's, George, may you ail uve long and prosper." and may the example you have set mave many ioiiowers. Editorial Dignity Needs Cash. Dallas Observer. The Review Is glad that hog killing has commenced, because, owing to the liberality of Otto Shultz, we have been living high on sparerlbs. saueage. etc., the past week. Jef ferson Review. This is one of the kind of items that makes a self-respecting publisher ashamed of the business In which he Is engaged. It cheapens the newspaper fraternity In the estimation of the people, and Injures the business of publishers who are conduct ing their affairs on a decent and dignified basis It is on a par with the "cord wood," "turnips," and "patched-pants" jokes that have been going the rounds of the country press for the last 100 years. The editors who write such stuff imagine they are saying something witty. Colonel Hofer Injects Politics. Salem Journal. Political factions at Portland are stirred up over alleged discoveries of rotten sewer construction. The Simon faction Is try ing to make capital against the Mitchell faction out of a defective piece of sewer work. The matter Is being exaggerated on both sides, and to hear some of the outs- talk, there is a wholesome era of cor ruption. It must be plain to all citizens that to resort to reform cries only to do up some other element in politics Is not reform. In party politics reform come3 about only when honest men are put In control of political organizations'. They must be firm enough and honest enough to stand off both the boodler in politics and the boodler In citizenship. For let It be said there is quite as much desire on the part of the citizen to corrupt poli ticians as there 13 on the part of the poli tician to corrupt the Government. out of e giNGER jar. "They say she spends twice as much money as any other woman for complexion powder." 'Of course, she does. She Is two-faced." Judge. Mrs. Grouch If I should die you would never get another wife who would look after you as I have done. Mr. Grouch No: not If I could help it. Chicago News. He I understand that Mrs. "Wiggins rejected Mr. Wiggins thirteen times before atiS ac cepted him. She Tes. She evidently thought It best to shake well before taking. Judge. Mrs. Jenkins Your son's engaged to be -mar ried, I bear. I saw a young lady 'With him today- Was that Mrs. O" Bull Yes. that was his fiasco. Philadelphia Ledger. Elderly Party Don't you think automoblllng a poor form of exercise for young men? Miss Quickstep I don't know. It It seems to be good for the arms. Chicago Tribune. Solomon was playing a little game of poker. "Its a cinch for me," be said. "I can always draw a fistful of queens." Raking- in tho pot. he retired to the harern.--Cinclnnatl Commer-. clal-Tribune. De Style What did your rich uncle leave you when he died? Gunbu3ta Nothing. De Style Didn't he say anything, to you before he passed away? Gunbusta Yes, he said -nothing was too good for me. Criterion. . "Good Intentions, you know, never die." said the man who was fond of Quoting things in his own way. "Indeed?" replied the other. "Probably that would explain why they're so seldom carried out." Philadelphia Imager. "So this Is the 'trust b?s&d of blotters." said th. gestlesssa. la the stsUsssry afeop. "That's a strange naatev" "Not at all, sir." replied the clerk. "We call ts tst becaw they are sack great absorbs:" Sxee. Father See sere. Dtds't I tell ys sever ta plar with that WfiUsas soy saln? Tssssiy Tes, sir. Father Well, to aswssyst sm to day. lemmrKo. sir. wass't sSsytec with hlia-I was Just Satsa' Msu-rhHsastahis Pri . -i 'jLtfBsl