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PORTLAND. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1905.
1
BRYAN AND THE SOCIALISTS.
The lull significance of Mr. Bryan's
recent Chicago speech appears just to
ha-ve dawned on the Eastern Democ
racy. He has nailed his flag to the
standard of socialism. He proposes a
most astounding scheme for govern
ment. state and municipal control of all
public utilities, professing in the most
solemn way to follow the tenets of Jef
ferson. Yet he entirely abandons the
cardinal doctrines of the great Demo
crat and strikes hand with Debs. More
audacious still, he proposes to carry off
the Democratic party, body, boots and
breeches, into the socialistic camp. -He
calmly suggests saddling upon the Gov
ernment a most enormolis debt, and he
outlines a plan of state employment for
everybody that wants a job and can't
get it anywhere else. The result of Mr.
Bryan's former enterprise of free coin
age of silver would have been confisca
tion. Now confiscation seems to be his
purpose, for there is scarcely a. scheme
which touches the public interest in any
-way that Mr. Bryan does not purpose,
directly or indirectly, to couple up with
his new propaganda.
It is not to be wondered at, therefore.
that the New Tork World, an impor
tant Democratic newspaper, has become
somewhat exoited over the outlook for
Democracy. It must be said in justice
to Mr. Bryan that the World was never
friendly tovhim. It bolted Mr. Bryan's
nomination in 1896. It has fought him in
his schemes all along the line, bnt it
supported Mr. Parker with, great Indus
try and more or less' discretion. It de
clared Itself the oracle for the Demo
cratic campaign, and to some extent
shaped the issues. The result was Mr.
Parker's overwhelming defeat in New
Tork, for which the World holds the
Bryan Democracy in considerable part
accountable. It is not surprising, there
fore, to find it at outs with Bryan, nor
is it surprising that It declines to follow
Bryan In his socialistic excursion, but
it Is surprising to note that it assaults
him with such vehement bitterness,
making subsequent retreat impossible
and throwing overboard all prospect of
any future compromise between the two
Democratic factions. The Eastern De
mocracy and the Western Democracy
were never more antipodal. The
World's attitude means not only that
they cannot get together, but they do
not want toget together. It is unques
tlonable that the sentiments expressed
by the New York paper are Indorsed
by the great body of Democrats In that
state. They have no future in the ranks
of the National Democracy, and they
know It. We shall soon see in the Na
tion two Democracies, or, more likely
no Democracy; but there will always
be Democrats.
LETTING OUR LIGHT SHINE.
After all, now, perhaps this exceed
ingly good reputation the Hood Klver
country has secured is due as much to
the people of that locality as to the 2d
vantages of climate and soil. Those
Hoqd River people are great advertis
ers. Though they may not let their left
hands know what their right hands-do
they are sure to let all the rest of the
world know. And they do things as
they ought to be done. They keep their
orchards clean, cull out the poor fruit
and keep it at home, pack their fruit in
first-class1 style, arid then put a big
brand on the box proclaiming to the
world that this fruit was grown in the
Hood River Valley. All this is right
and proper, and it pleases all Oregon
to have Hood River receive the credit
It does for the surpassing quality of
its products.
But, now, is it not quite possible that
there are other sections of Oregon with
scarcely any outside reputation that
could do as well? Is it not possible that
some other sections would produce just
as good apples, if the trees and fruit
were properly cared for? If the people
of every other locality would take the
pride in their community reputation
that the Hood River people do, wouldn'
all Oregon have as good a name for
fruit as Hood River has? The experi
ment might be worth trying. Let every
community adopt a distinctive name
for its fruits, all of thorn-ending with
Oregon," and let each "community
strive for supremacy. Then It will not
be long before the brand "Oregon" -will
be synonymous -with "best" in all kinds
of fruit prpducts. Let us not be hasty
in concluding that Hood River's repu
tation is due entirely to superiority of
climate and soIL The intelligence, en
terprise and tireless energy of the peo
ple count for something.
FRAUDS IX STATE LANDS.
After all these years of state land-
grabbing, indictments have at last been
returned against a few of the jnen en
gaged in plqndering the public, and
perhaps some convictions may be had.
The Marion County grand Jury has re
turned the indictments, and has also
made an extensive report concerning
the manner In which the state lands
have been' sold. In making specific
charges against men who have perpe
trated fraud against the state the
grand jury has taken a step that prom
ises to bring the guilty to punishment.
even though the lands that have been
taken by Illegal means may not be re
covered. So far as the report" Is con
cerned, it contains nothing new, for the
facts have been published by The Ore
gonlan many times in the last four or
five years. The manner in which the
frauds have been conducted is an old
story, familiar to all who have read the
daily papers.
There are two tasks which the grand
Jury has set for the officers of the state
to convict the guilty men and to re
cover the lands. As to the first, there
should be no halting and no favorites.
The man who has willfully been party
to fraud upon the 'state should meet
his proper punishment, in order that he
and others may be deterred from sim
ilar transactions In the future. Too
long industrious, hardworking young
men have seen landgrafters grow rich
while living lives of ease, and nothing
that can happen will do more to dis
courage those who are tempted to pur
sue the same methods than. will a con
crete demonstration of the truth that
the way of the transgressor is hard.
But the state must move carefully
and advisedly when it attempts to
carry out the grand jury's recommen
dation that proceedings be commenced
to set aside sales of 500,000 acres of
land. The Oregonian has no word to
say in defense of carelessness on the
part of a land board or criminal acts on
the part of a landgrabber. Nor is it
one of those who are overanxious to
protect the "innocent person"; but'the
State of Oregon, which is now throw
ing wide its doors and Inviting the good
people of all lands to come here to
make homes, cannot afford to send out
the impression that land titles in this
state are insecure. Where land is still
held "by one who is known to be a party
to fraud, by all means let his convey
ance be set aside. The reputation of
the state cannot suffer thereby. But
where the land has passed Into the
hands of a resident of the other states,
who has paid money in good faith sole
ly upon the credit of the seal of the
State of Oregon, of whose lands and
Customs he knows little, let not his title
be questioned. Guilty men should be
punished, but the state should not in
jure itself by wholesale setting aside
of deeds or certificates of sale unless
the facts present a plain case of fraud.
There are those interested, directly or
indirectly, in the land-fraud transac
tions who will seek to discourage these
prosecutions on one pretext or another.
That the investigation was started for
political effect, and that the expense is
heavy, are comments already coming
from those who are opposed to the
prosecutions. In answer to such, let It
be said that Governor Chamberlain Is
entitled to whatever advantage he can
get out of his own official acts, and
those of his appointees. Also let it be
Eaid that when a government stays the
execution of its laws on account of ex
pense, it has admitted its lack of effi
ciency or of moral stamina. If the
prosecution fails to make good in the
trial of charges, it will then be time to
complain of expense.
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Chicago. ls at all times a city of ex
tremes. Capital attacked demands and
secures immediate re-enforcement. La
bor, seeking to enhance the power of
the individual by association carried to
its utmost limits, obtains both shelter
in numbers and arms for a battle in
which quarter is neither asked nor
given. Even in these short hours the
original cause of trouble is obscured,
and on the way to be forgotten. The
garment-workers' strike dates from Oc
tober last, based on demands for
shorter hours and higher pay, the
closed shop being only Incidentally in
volved. No sound reason has yet been
offered for the drawing of other inter
ests of either capital or labor into that
dispute. So far it was a limited quar
rel. While excuses may be offered for
workers in catching at help from other
trades, and the support tendered by the
Teamsters' Union has one admirable
side in that It was the strong rushing
to the aid of the weak yet therein lay
the cause of all these after-woes. Fi
nancial help' given by outside organiza
tions to that involved in the limited
strike of the garment-workers would
have dragged no other trades into the
dispute, and would not have alienated
one fraction of the moral support al
ways accorded to organized labor striv
ing for and within Its rights. Under
existing conditions of the teamsters' la
bor and life, their weekly work and
wages would have gone on. 'The scope
of the difficulty would have been held
within its natural bounds. Although
arbitration was asked for and refused
at an early stage, yet the history of
other strikes has proven that it i& ex
actly in such conditions that public
opinion has ultimately won its way and
brought both sides to terms
But how vastly, lamentably, different
is the scene of all but declared war on
which the sun went down last night.
The gage of battle is thrown down by
the employers, lifted by the men. Over
two. hundred thousand workers obey
the hurried call to abandon work, to
add each one his or her mite of weight
to the pressure for disorganization and
disorder. Public Inconvenience and dls
tress are planned for, fought for, in or
der to embitter public feeling. The
dally supplies for dally needs of the
population of the second greatest city
in the Union is deliberately iThpeded,
obstructed, in effect cut off, to the in
tent that through the suffering of the
innocent the fact of war should be car
ried to every household. Riot and dls
order in the streets, only one grade
lower than in the Russian cities, of
which, with horror, we have been told
On the other side Is the instant ap
pearance of armed men, in unauthor
ized and Illegal numbers and apparent
discipline, attempting forcible protec
tion to men who are in Imminent dan
i ger to life -and limb while following
what should -be a harmless and neces
sary business.
Each hour, as it passes with its story
of lawlessness and cruelty, sets yet an
other barricade In the road of return to
sanity and order. Yet that road must
first be cleared before remedies can be
sought for the bitter differences which
cause and maintain this war. If the
city cannot, the state must, intervene.
Life must be held sacred, j Riot must
be put down. Savagery, from either
side, must be barred out. The safety
of the Republic, which is the highest
law, demands that these disputes be
kept within bounds which shall allow
the rights of neutrals to be respected.
Until a crisis like this arises, few real
ize how complex are the conditions
under which the day's supplies reach
the household necessities of a populous
city. For organized labor, Avlthout due
notice, to cause the wheels to be
clogged, or stop, on which the life and
health of thousands on thousands of
families depend is worse than a crime;
it is a blunder of the first magnitude.
Such action brings home to us all, as
nothing else will, the great underlying
fact that the public, the people, society
in all Its classes, outweigh any section,
however numerous, however strong.
As In Chicago once before, as in Italy
today, the Nation supports the Gov
ernment, which says to striking men.
Cease labor if you so will it, but bring
the train service of the nation to a
standstill by violence, this you shall
not do.
How shall the force of reasoning, how
shall the sense of things as they really
are. be brought home to minds Ignorant
at best, played on by leaders who in
riot and disorder find at once their ele
ment and their reward? To any who
have seen and heard, as they are, the
races, tongues and languages current
in that huge city, it seems, in truth, a
hopeless, an Impossible, task. In such
turmoil what has to become of the so
cial settlement, of the agents of help
and charity, 'of the ministers and teach
ers, who have been spending weary
years. In trying to raise both young and
old out of the slough of misery in which
thousands are plunged back today? Is
it possible that the great forces at work
before our eyes can, without catastro
phc, be restored to natural and normal
play?
DISCRIMINATION RUN RIOT.
A steamship carrying a full cargo of
flour for the Orient was dispatched
from this city by the Portland Flourin;
Mills Company yesterday. The steam
ship was chartered a a freight rate
materially lower than that which Is ex
acted by the Harrlman lines operating
out of San Francisco or the Hill lines
out of Seattle and Tacoma. This Is the
third tramp steamship sent out by Port
land exporters within the past six
weeks, and another is to follow early
next month. The Portland & Asiatic
Steamship Company, which operates a
line between Portland and the Orient,
has dispatched two steamships, while
these three "outsiders" were being
loaded and cleared by Portland busi
ness men. During that period the PU
get Sound lines have dispatched no less
than seven steamers of large capacity,
while six have departed from San Fran
cisco under Harrlman management.
These figures show the heavy handi
cap under which Portland Is forced to
do business so long as Harrlman is en
deavoring to divert everything possible
to San Francisco, and Hill Is perform
ing a similar service for the Puget
Sound cities. Another noticeable feat
ure in connection with this business
that has been handled with the Orient
in the past six weeks lies In the char
acter of the cargoes. Of the two Har
rlman steamers departing from Port
land, flour and other local products
made up nearly two-thirds Of the entire
cargoes carried, while, onjy about one
sixth of the cargoes carried from Puget
Sound and San Francisco was of flour
and other commodities of local produc-
tiop. This shows that the Harrlman
system is diverting practically all of
its through freight to San Francisco,
and is handling just as little as possible
from Portland.
It also points quite clearly to division
between the Hill lines and the Harrl
man lines of the Oriental freight traffic
originating In the East In this divi
sion Portland was apparcntlj- thrown a
sop in the way of an Irregular steam
ship service totally Inadequate to the
demands of the port, and in conse
quence necessitating the charter of
tramp steamers to handle our products.
In attempting to gloss over this dis
crimination against Portland, the
steamship men call attention to some
shortcomings of minor Importance in
our harbor facilities. The untenable
nature of these inconsequential objec
tions to Portland is disclosed by the
actual transactions which take place at
this port. The steamship Drumburton,
cleared yesterday, was chartered by a
firm in this city at a rate $1 per ton
lower than was demanded by the
steamers of the Harrlman system from
Portland or San Francisco, or by the
Hill steamers from Puget Sound.
The tramp steamers which preceded
the Drumburton were chartered with
the option of loading at either Portland
or Puget Sound at exactly the same
rate at either port. We are thus offered
indisputable evidence that Portland Is
on even terms with the Puget Sound
ports in the opinion of shipowners, and
that steamers will take freight to the
Orient from Portland docks for the
same rate that they will charge from
the Puget Sound docks. The burden of
the discrimination Is thus thrown en
tirely on the railroad company, which
is hauling the freight across the conti
nent. It is openly admitted that Mr.
Harrlman dare not extend his railway
system in the Pacific Northwest With
out permission from the Hill contin
gent, and it Is becoming equally appar
ent that he is not permitted to operate
a satisfactory' steamship service out of
Portland.
But. despite this discrimination, Port
land is booming along on the high road
to success. She is growing more rich
and powerful every day, and also more
independent of the corporations which
are endeavoring tc throttle her. Port
land is the only port on the Pacific
Coast where Individual firms can ohar
ter and load big steamships with full
cargoes for the Orient independent of
railroad assistance. All of the unnat
ural and obstructive discrimination
that can be practiced by the railroads
will be powerless to check the growth
of the only fresh-water nort on th pa
cific Coast, and the day is Approaching
when this city will command enough
.wealth and Influence to compel the
great railroad combines to drop their
present Portland-be-damned attitude
toward us.
Mrs. J. Morgan Smith js a very vStub
born woman. She declined to escape
from the toils of the law iat the expense
of her wayward sister. Nan Patterson.
The prosecuting officer publicly offered
to dismiss a conspiracy-charge against
her If she would answer certain ques
tions. But she would not, and neither
intimidation nor cajolery could make
her answer. The wonder is not so much
that the woman was loyal to her sister.
but that the New York authorities
would openly adopt such methods to
attain the ends of justice. In New
York, we frequently hear, the machin
ery of the courts operates with exact
ness, impartiality and great scrupu
lousness. Yet we find the Prosecuting
Attorney deliberately proposing to per
mit one alleged criminal to escape In
order to convict another. He was will
ing to Ignore the lesser offense in order
to punish the greater. We may expect
the attorneys for the defense to express
their great Indignation at this proced
ure. And when they do. It ought to
make interesting reading in Oregon.
The portage road will soon be feady
for business, but as yet there are no in
dications of any steamboat being built
for the river above Celilo. As has been
previously stated, there is no profit for
a boat to carry wheat to Portland from
points now reached by the railroad, un
less a higher rate than that new exact
ed by the railroad Is charged. Oppor
tunity for securing steamboats on the
upper river lies In pushing the proposed
Clearwater line to a successful termina
tion. Refusal of either the Northern
Pacific or the O, R. & N. to go Into that
field results in a cost of from 25 cents
to 50 cents per bushel, according to lo
cation, which must be paid by the
grower to get his wheat from farm to
market. A boat line from Lewlston In
connection with the road could make a
sweeping reduction .from these figures
and still leave a handsome profit, and It
would incidentally afford the people liv
ing farther down the stream a steam
boat service, which will not be easy to
get under existing circumstances.
Mr. Fred Tollens. one of the hunters
who accompanied President Roosevelt,
must feel deeply chagrined over the
untimely end of old "Clubfoot." the
Colorado grizzly which he killed. We
are informed, with the usual elaborate
detail, that it was the desire of the
party that the President kill the bear,
but Tollens came up while the bear was
playing havoc with the dogs and was
"compelled to kill the grizzly." Lucky
for Tollens that it was not Emperor
Bill, the, famous "killer," whom he ac
companied. The audacity of the man In
shooting a bear intended for the Presi
dent to "kill is amazing. He should
have tied it hand and foot and hung it
ovejj a limb until the President arrived.
The manner in which some men pass
Lup great opportunities for the sake of
saving a few dogs Ls beyond compre
henslon.
The use of Sand Island, a military re
serve at the mouth of the Columbia.
will hereafter cost the occupants sev
eral thousand dollars per annum The
rental this year will be $5120. and will
probaby be more next year. The act of
tnc Government in thus collecting rev
enue and. restricting the rights of the
public to a tract which has for years
been used by any one who "got there
first" opens up a great avenue for spec
ulation as to where this might end. If
every man who Is making 'use of Gov
eminent land on the Pacific Coast today
were compelled to pay rent for it. the
Government would soon collect enough
money to pay for prosecution of the
land frauds.
Portland must be a pretty good train
ing scnooi ior rauroaa men. mere s A
L. Mohler. vice-ppesldent and general
manager of the Union Pacific; E. E
Calvin, vice-president and goneral
manager of the Southern Pacific; C. H
Markham. who preceded Mr. Calvin; J.
G. Woodworth. raffle- manager of the
ionnern i'acinc; Benjamin uampoeii
vice-president and traffic manager of
the Great Northern, and now .comes K,
S. Benson, for nearly ten years in the
railroad service In this city, with the
Important title or auditor of the Pan
ama Railroad.
About- a year ago Portland had
spasm over clean markets that lasted
nearly a week. Now a fresh start
toward reform has been made. A prac
tscal woman of high character and
without fads has been appointed Mar
ket Inspector. Miss Tingle does not
propose going about with a club and
enforce the law. In order to work per
manent reform, she asks the co-opera
tion of every one In Portland who buy
perishable food. Her plan will be pre
sented in The Sunday Oregonian to
morrow. Every housewife should read it
Dispatches from Washington say that
the act repealing the lieu-land law was
passed so hurriedly that a bad job was
made of it. Perhaps there was a well
defined purpose in the hurry a eort of
method in the madness. This much is
indicated by the fact that Santa Fe
scrip was protected by the repeal and
even enhanced In value thereby. There
is even a possibility that nearly all
scrip was protected and that the set
tlers are the only ones who have been
affected by the repeal.
In Japan every dependent member of
a soldier's family receives . govern
mental or private aid. This Is possi
ble only in a country where the heart
of one Is the heart of all. Eleanor
Franlln. the only woman correspondent
ever accredited to the Japanese war
department, will contribute to The Sun
day Oregonian tomorrow a narrative of
brotherhood without a parallel among
the nations of the earth.
Something new in the way of a fight
ing machine has been taken up by the
Navy Department. Scout cruiser, It is
called. It ls a combination of the ordi
nary cruiser and the torpedo-boat de
stroyer, smaller than the one, larger
than the other, and combining the
characteristics of each. Three vessels
or the new type will be built. These
will be fully described m The Sunday
Oregonian tomorrow.
In view of the contracts made by Mr.
Schwab with the Russian government,
it is evidently an ill wind that doesn't
blow some good to American shipbuild
ers. Toklo announces that Japan relies
upon her fleet. Even in St. Petersburg
this dispatch will be credited, as Japan
has nothing else to rely upon.
"The whole world is jn trouble when I
travel," says Emperor William, but he
shows no disposition to make hlmselr a
recluse.
Abnormal conditions In Chicago are
becoming normal.
NOTE ANDCOMMENT,
In modern' cities a street appears to
be something to climb over on a trestle
or go beneath in a tunnel.
Eat strawberry shortcake and grin at
the beef trust.
People would think Siamese twins, very
foolish to fight each other, but no sur
prise is occasioned by such . conduct on
the part of capital and labor.
The injunction works nonunion hours in
Chicago.
Much as we are agin billionaires and
Ich, we cannot help siding with them a
little when an orator refers to them a3
plutocrats more than once In 20 minutes.
Lack of support has flattened out the
St. Paul Globe.
If the recommendations of the American
Association of Economic Entomologists
are followed, users of the vernacular will
henceforth say. "As crazy asxa klinophl-
lug lectularia." That is the Economic, If
not economical, Entomologists' name for
the .insect.
Tibetans are murdering missionaries as
gaily as If there were no such thing as
indemnities.
Sheering news. The Mayor of Ogden
promises to attend the Fair, accompanied
by the six most beautiful girls in his city.
Surfeited as Portlanders are with beauty-
more and more unadorned as the Summer
waxes they will 'gladly welcome Ogden's
pulchrltu'dinous phalanx, for, although
the rose embodies the beauty of all flow
ers,. tli6rc is no reason why we should
never regard the daisy.
Listen to the New York Sun's envious
voice; "The Pacific slope, once aflame
with .the Hon. J. Ham Lewis, is afire
again. The redheaded women of the
Oregonian Portland have a glee club of
10) voices; a singing sunset, an ocean of
high-colored tone color. Meanwhile the
Hon. Tom Watson is making a lot of red
haired music." There are times when
even the Sun, which commands all words.
sacred and profane, finds the tongue of
Shakespeare and of Bourkc Cockran an
insumcicnt Instrument. This Is one of
them. "Singing sunset" ls a gallant tit
tempt to depict the indeplctable, but shall
that animated glow be likened to a die-
away sunset? s
Perhaps the- thing about her trial that
most pains Nan Patterson Is the revela
tion to the world that she used to sign
some of her letters "Crybaby."-
Caraogie should take time by the fore
lock, and found a homo for millionaires
that have given away all their money,
h,ach day brings additional evidence
that It was an Insult to place San Fran
Cisco's defaulting official In the amateur
clast.
By the bye, have you noticed thorn
those stockings that change their minds
about so far above the ankle? The foot
part is of some dark color, but the stock
ing suddenly switches to white or pink
before it completes Its course. The first
time you see. one of this kind on Wash
ington street" you will probably start vio
lently, but when you. have discovered
that It Is not the result of an accident
you will take the others more calmly.
Kubellk, the violinist, is reported to in
tend purchasing a stable of racehorses.
There is no reason why he shouldn't
hnva another string if he reels that way.
If Rojcatvensky were to consult a for
tune teller now he would be advised not
to go on a long voyage and t6 avoid a
small brown man with gold stripes on his
arm.
"There Is a young doctor In Cambridge."
says the Somorvlllc-Journal, "who hasn't
any practice yet. but has killed a horse
since he hung out his shingle, driving as
furiously through the street as If he were
on the way to a patient who was dying."
The young medico probably charged up
the cdst of the horse to his ethical adver
tising account.
Irrlgon's barber shop Is to be opened
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Men needing
a shave on the days in between can rub
their faces In the sand.
A girl porch-cllmbor has been arrested
In Seattle. Bet she had on a .swagger
r pair of stockings.
When the mngazlnes begin to publish
numerous stories nbout John Smith "A
Character Study of John Smith." "John
Smith, the Man." "John Smith's Great
Career." "How. John Smith Succeeded"
do not jump at conclusions. Smith Is not
yet famous. The Infallible sign of fame
is the publication' of an article entitled
"The Real John Smith." For months we
have been reading stories of Luther Bur
bank, surnamod the Wizard, but not un
til today, when wc came across something
on -"The Real Luther Burbank" did we
appreciate his fame.
From a list given by the London Ad
vertising News of Harmsworth publica
tions. One learns that Sir Alfred controls
Home Chat, Home Fashions, Sale Prices,
Woman's World and His Wife.
WEX. J.
Henry Wattcrson at Pompeii.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Pompeii, as can be seen on every
hand, was what Bulwer-Lytton de
scribes It, a toy city, given over to Imi
tation and" luxury. Rome set both the
example and the pace.
The excavations whlch have proceed
ed for more than a century and a half
may be said now to be fairly 'completed.
Nothing more is needed to enable the
archaeologist to reconstruct the life or
the ancient Roman colony nothing else
to startle the modern seeker after truth.
. The temples, the villas, the theaters,
the baths, the gardens, disentombed at
last. He gaping to the skies In heaps
of variegate marble and granite, whis
pering their story mayhap to the moon,
yet telling It plainly enough to the
passer-by under the common light of
day; a story of Indolence and frivolity
mistaken by the semi-barbaric mind for
pleasure; of gorgeous 'displays in pub
lic places, mysterious orgies In private;
feasts incalculable; vinoUs libation to
the gods; gladiatorial combats, chariot
racing, human beings fed to lions; all in
mimicry of Rome, of Rome already be
ginning its downward course toward
the fall.
Art they had to decorate the scene,
within and without the peristyles, pic
tures and statues, arches and colon
nades in bronze and alabaster, porphyry
and carrare, made luminous by Tyrian
dyes and a local red we have not been
able to repeat, though mUch of It is
quite restored.
Why the Earth Tipped.
Providence Bulletin.
Prussian scientists seem to be some
what astonished by their discovery that
the earth OEClllated one-twenty-flfth. of an
Inch the other day. let Prussians should
be the last to overlook the fact .that the
Kaiser has bcea on his travels.
SOCIALISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
Democratic Newspaper Makes Sensatloaal Protect Against the Nctt
Doctrines Exgoandcd by W. J.Bryan Tenets of Jefferson Said
to Be Abandoned.
(The New Tork World, one of the leadlnr
Democratic newspapers of tho country.
printed the following remarkable editorial
on April 21. under the heading "Triple State
Socialism Versus Democracy"):
"There can be no doubt of the determi
nation of William Jennings Bryan to de
stroy the Democratic party and erect a
party of state socialism on the ruins of
the historic structure built by Jefferson.
This much was established at the Iro
quois Club dinner In Chicago and by sub
sequent statements made by Mr. Bryan's
political friends.
"In the Bryan scheme of things the
Democratic party must favor municipal
ownership of telephone, lighting and
street railway systems; state ownership
of ail local railroads within each state,
including presumably interurban electric
lines, and National ownership of trunk
lines and telegraphs. With this must log
ically come National ownership of long
distance telephone lines; of all railroads
which are not wholly within a single
state; of American steamship lines on all
navigable rivers, on the great lakes and
on the high seaB; of the mines; of all oil
refineries, and of all other public utilities
the use of which is not confined to the
territorial limits of the city or a single
state. ,
"Mr. Bryan Is promoting the most
colossal scheme of centralization ever
devised to smother the vital principles of
the true Republic. A constitutional mon
archy, similar to that of Great BrltAin.
would not Involve such subversion of
democratic institutions. And this propa
ganda, of triple state socialism is Jaun
tily instituted in the name of Thomas
Jefferson, the greatest of all opponents of
centralization and paternalism. Tho Brit
ish troops never wrought such devasta
tion to Jefferson's plantation as the Bry-
anltes are trying to bring upon his polit
ical principles.
"Justification sometimes can be found
for municipal ownership of certain pub
lie utilities. Cities generally, have taken
out of tho hands of private corporations
the business of supplying water. Many
cities have engaged in public lighting as
a choice of evils. Where an offensive and
defensive alliance between Tammany poli
ticians and the outlaw gas trust op
presses the people, there 13 much Indeed
to be said In favor of the city's tearing
up tho expired franchises and distributing
gas as it distributes water.
"But as an established fundamental pol
icy municipal ownership of all local utili
ties eventually would mean state control.
Cities are mere creatures of the state and
are subject to such rules and regulations
as the stf may choose to make. State
control of these utilities, plus'stnte own
ership of steam and electric railways ami
interurban telephone lines would mean
the creation of a political machine that
probably never could be overthrown.
"The railroads of the United States
employ moro than 1,300.000 persons. In all
nearly 2,000,(XX) periyms must be In the
employ of the various public service cor
porations of the country 2,000.000 more
prospective officeholders In the Bryan
scheme of JefTersonlan Democracy.
"Everybody knows the power wielded
in National politics by the letter car
riers and In city politics by the police
ami firemen. Everybody knows the
pow'er of more than 1,000,000 pension
ers in Federal elections. Add to the
public servants now on the payroll all
WALLACE'S UNWRITTEN NOVEL
Had In Mind Story Suggestive or
"The Wandering Jew."
From Success.
The great American novo!, aecording to
the late Lew Wallace, wbh "Murvate
Eastman," by Tourgec a book of 15 years
ago, it mis a suduiic. unrinan ouuiai-j
1st." and is a story that few people nave i
read, as it was Issued by a small puollsn
ing house. General Wallace thought this
title detracted from Its Interest, as people
might Imagine it a life of a Socialist
leader, or a treatise on socialism.
General Wallace himself had In mind
an American novel. He once said that It
was his Intention to write this story
afJLer he had completed his memoirs. His
th'eme was the striving of Americans to
accomplish wonderful things in an incredi
bly short time. His hero was to be a
restless American who lived for a few
years In Europe, then in Australlu, In
Africa, and in South America, and whe,
Unally. after many years of wandering,
returns to his own country only to start
again upon his journey, never satisfied,
never happy, the spirit of an Indian
within him, and the childlike desire to
see new scenes. In each of these coun
tries his herd was to accomplish worthy
deeds, and when he returns to his own
country it is with the intention of leading
a life of a son of the soil, but his hero
finds he cannot do sO. The story would
have been suggestive of "The Wandering
Jew," with the element of religious con
troversy eliminated.
On Other Business. ,
Harper's Weekly.
Last year a certain Senator from the
Pacific Slope was greatly pestered by
lobbyists, newspaper men and others
desiring to get his views with reference
to a measure upon which he had given
notioe to speak.
"For days before that speech," says
the Senator, in telling what he consid
ers a good Joke on himself. "I was so
harassed and badgered by all sorts of
agents and representatives and news
paper men who Wanted in advance my
opinion In the matter, that I really got
to the point where I dreaded the sight
of a stranger approaching me.
"One morning on my way to the Cap
itol I had just placed my foot on the
carriage step when I noticed the custo
mary man, book in hand, eyeing me
closely. 'Well!' exclaimed I,- no doubt
rather petulantly, 'do you, too, want to
see me?'
"Whereupon thd young fellow smiled
and answered right courteously: 'It
gives me much pleasure, ir, to see so
distinguished a man at any time, but
the fact is I was going a bit further
on.' "
Seedless Apples in Hurncy.
Burns Times-Herald.
R. J. McKlnnon came over from Dla
mond this week having resigned his po
sition at that place. He noted the stir
that the seedless apple trees have caused
through the columns of this great re
ligious paper. "Uncle Bob" says his
tree continues to bear seedless fruit and
that the apples are of fine flavor and
medium size. He does not know as to
their quality as keepers. Since this mat
ter has come up and been published it
is found there are more seedless apple
trees in Harney county which brings
forth much comment as to the cause.
Some assert It is the climate that worked
this peculiar phenomenon. A most thor
ough investigation will be made of the
matter by horticulturists.
Is This a Georgia "Peach"?
Savannah Morning News.
A South Georgia contemporary calls the
Japanese "Ikonoclasts." The point of the
pun is In the fact that the Russians al
ways carry with them Into war their Ikons
or holy pictures, which the Japanese have
not hesitated to smash.
Satisfactory Explanation.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is explained that the SL Louis brew
ers, who wanted the cruiser named after
their city to be christened with a bottle
of beer thought it was a schooner. The
explanation Is sufficient; all will hW'b'e
torgiven. -
employes of street railways', interurban
railways, gas companies, electric light
companies, telephone companies and
steam railways, and the business of
government would be completely in the
hands of officeholders. With the em
ployes combined for continually higher
wages, shorter hours and greater priv
ileges, the stato government in the end
would remain in the control of the po
litical machine that made the most lib
eral concessions to these employes. In
deed, the employes themselves would
be the machine and administer the gov
ernment for their personal profit.
"Add National socialism to municipal
and state socialism, and the Mexlcaniza
tlon of the United States would be an
accomplished fact. With the Federal
officeholders In control of trunk lines,
the telegraphs, steamships and mines
they would have practically all the in
dustries of tho country at their mercy.
Tho producer and the shipper would
be in the power of the officeholder.
"Tho National political machine
would have a community of Interest
with the state machines, and all of
them would be welded into a harmoni
ous whole. To complete the system only
Government savings banks, which Mr.
Bryan also favors, would be needed.
Then organized politics could control
the savings as well as the transporta
tion and industries of the people. The
scheme of a government of the office
holders, by tho officeholders, and for
the "officeholders, would be complete.
"By means of his influence over the
officeholders and tho industries of
Mexico Diaz has kept himself In the
Presidency for life. The elections have
been little more than a sham, a form, a
meaningless ceremony. By liis control
of the military and the officeholders
of a centralized republic Napoleon III
was able to make himself Emperor of
the French, despite the radical, revolu
tionary, reibllcan Instincts and traditions
of the French people. Once established in
the Presidency his control of the nugc
and Intricate machinery of a central
ized government made the achievement
of empire easy, regardless of the cheap
ness of his methods, the scandal of-hi
personal history, aiTd.the insincerity if
his pretensions.
"All that Diaz accomplished in Mex
ico and Louis Napoleon in France Air.
Bryan would make possible in the
United States by constructing a gov
ernment dominated by officeholders
concerned chiefly In perpetuating their
Jobs. And this triple state socialism is
advocated In the namo of democratic
principles, to which it is opposed in the
spirit and In everything whieo has
made the republic a republic In fact as
well as in name.
"if Mr. Bryan's plans could possibly
be curried out. which we refuse to be
lieve, Voltaire's definition of govern
ment would bo actualized in the United
States, two-thirds of the people would
bo paying all they could to support the
other third to maintain an aristocracy
of officeholders, if you please, respon
sible only to themselves.
"As between the Republican party
and tho triple state socialism of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, tnc American
people, under protest will take the Re
publican party, extravagance, high
tariff, big stick, Theodore Roosevelt
and all."
ODD BITS OF OREGON LIFE.
Prosperity.
Itabbitvillc Corr. Irrigon Irrigator. Apr. 26.
Our livery stable ls doing a good busi
ness. They sold two livers last week.
Whirling' the Happy Hours Away.
Rabbitvilie Corr. Irrigon Irrigator.
Sam Merry walked home from church
last Sunday night with Kitty Round. No
cardt. Nothing doing. Just a Merry
go Round occasionally.
Nothing to Worry About.
Coos Bay Harbor. April 22.
It doesn't look from tho way the sa
loon men are preparing to engage In busi
nesa as If they were much afraid of the
decision on the local option contest.
Sharp Practice.
Rabbitvilie Corr. Irrigon Irrigator.
Old man Summerbottom's redhalred girl
accidentally sat down on a cactus last
Monday evenihg. And the only surgical
Implement at hand was a pair of black
smith's tongs.
Kicking Epidemic Injures Three.
Milton Corr. Athena Press.
C. A. Spears was kicked by a horso in
the abdomen last Monday and qulta se
verely Injured. Robert Smith and Ted
Mos are also suffering from a too violent
contact with equine feet.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
society man is neither ornamental nor
useful.
It's better to believe all you say than
half you hear.
Some men would rather go to jail than
hustle for a living.
Fortunately for mankind, the weather
never objects to being talked about.
It is reported that oil trains no longer
run on Standard time in Kansas.
Did it over occur to you that nearly all
fireproof buildings are heavily insured?
Many a man who praises the free lunch
downtown growls about the dinner at
home.
A woman's Idea of good luok Is to find a
pair of socks In the pile that 'doesn't
need darning.
A girl is nover satisfied until tho right
man comes along and says the right thing
at the right time.
There is something wrong with the
woman who declares that there Isn't a
spark of jealousy In her make-up.
If a girl Is entertaining a young man
with a mustache In the parlor, she's
afraid the folks will misunderstand If she
sneezes.
When a woman wants to call her hus
band down before company she doesn't say
a word, but just looks aOiim In a peculiar
'way.
New York Correspondence.
Chicago Journal.
NEW YORK. April 19. A few young
smart Alecks have got into the habit of
gathering In front or the Hoffman House
every evening and spitting on the side
walk while ladlos are passing, and Con
stable Williamson has made up his mind
to break up the gathoring, if he has to
arrest the whole caboodle, regardless of
who ls guilty. It's a nasty habit, boys,
and you ought to be ashamed to do such
a thing.
The electric light plant blew out one of
Its dynamos yesterday evening, and for
two hours the town was in darkness.
John Ellis had his arm broken yesterday
by slipping on the sidewalk on Union
Square.
Eph Wartenson sawed wood for the As
ters all last Week.
One of the Vanderbllt boys was over to
Hobokeh last night. We may hear some
thing Interesting in the way of a wedding
any . old day.
Grandma Burnham was over to Plain
field last Thursday to a church social.
Mr. Starln has decided to run excursions
next Summer to Gem Island1 three" times
a weeki MORE ANON.