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Vc shall hear something during the next session of Congress about the Ex ecutive usurping the legislative func tions of the Government; but in the present state of the public mind we scarcely know what the eminent states men in the Senate who no longer con trol the destinies of the Nation are going to do about it. The President asked for ratification of the Santo Do mingo treaty, and the Senate failed to do it; but the United States is going cihead anyhow to collect the revenues of the bankrupt island republic. The President asked for efficient railroad rate legislation, and the House passed -the Esch-Townsend bill; but the Sen ate parleyed for time, wanted to inves tigate, referred the question to a com mittee, and will defeat the whole Ex ecutive project if it dares; but the President is going to abolish secret re bates anyhow, and perhaps do more. The President saw that the protective tariff imposes, in some of its schedules, particular hardship on the consumer, and in others confers inordinate ben efits on the manufacturer, and he ven tured to suggest a revision. The stand patters went at once into a panic, and Congress did nothing. Now we are confronted by a deficit for the year of something like 530,000,000. and there must be either tariff revision or new revenue legislation, or both. Thus the President will have his way. President Roosevelt asked Congress for Panama Canal legislation. He told the story of his request and Congress' failure to comply at his recent Iroquois banquet speech. The incident is thus reported in the Chicago Tribune: The President said: "I wanted Congrww to give me power to remodel the commission. It did not do It." Then he paused, and. with an Indescribable expression of amusement, which proved to bo infectious throughout his audience, added. "I remodeled it, anyhow." He rawed again, and. turning to Mr. Dick inson, to whom he was pointedly addressing this part of his remarks, he said in a Atage whimper "purely ' in the exercise of my ex ecutive functions." Only those who heard the President' speech could appreciate the full significance of his phrafc. "I remodeled -It anyhow." There was everything in the ex pression and comparatively little in the words, an they were modltiod by the subsequent and qualifying phrase, "purely In the exercise of ray executive functions," It was a thor oughly Rooseveltlan episode. But the President Is wise in his gen eration. He does not intend to ride roughshod over Congress. For exam ple, the high protective stand-patters were in mighty agony when Secretary Taft announced that the Government would buy Panama Canal supplies, ships and machinery in the world's markets. The inevitable result of such a policy -would have been a direct con flict between the Administration and Congress. Legislation In line with the good old-fashioned Government method of buying In the -world's markets at a low price only when you can't buy at home at any price would doubtless have been enacted. So the Taft order -will be carried out to the extent of buying for the present what must be had and glr ing Congress a chance to be heard later, if it desires! President Roosevelt is with the Secretary in the spirit and purpose of his order; but he is saga clous enough not to pick a quarrel with Congress. We shall see whether Con gress "will venture to pick a quarrel with him on this very tender subject. But some gentlemen will complain loudly that President Roosevelt is pro ceeding on the theory that he is the whole United States Government. In a certain sense he is. By as much as the United States Senate has recently lost prestige and the National respect and confidence, by so much, and more, has President Roosevelt acquired it The Roosevelt policy is to determine care fully what should be done, and to do it. The things Congress has "not done it should have done, and Congress knows it. So does Roosevelt. He knows, too, that Congress must and will back him up. sooner or later, in all the; Important policies, foreign and domestic, he has formulated and in part executed. Thus he goes ahead "purely In the exercise of his executive functions." RECIPROCITY OR RETALIATION? The speech of Secretary of the Treas ury Leslie M. Shaw, at Cleveland, Sat urday night, in many respects was so similar to the one he made at the ban quet of the railway men at "Washington the week previous, that it would seem to indicate that he desires to make it appear that the Administration had de cided on a policy not at all friendly to reciprocity. In his speech before the railway men, the Secretary explained that the purpose of our tariff policy was to reserve for Americans "a large measure of the commerce incident to supplying the wants and needs of our own people." Our foreign commerce he patronizingly mentionedas "that which we yield to others." In his Cleve land speech. Saturday night, the Secre tary said: I cannot believe that any cpuntry seriously considers imposing new and severe discrim inations against the people of the United States. Such action would be most unfortu nate from every point of view to both coun tries. Certain It is that the United States baa done nothing and will do nothing to In vite such a course. Assuming that there might be a pos sibility of some adverse action on the part of other nations, the secretary out lines four methods by which the pros pective discriminations might be offset. The first of these policies is nothing more or less than a continuation of the present high tariff. The second is a sarcastic "slam" at reciprocity. To quote the Secretary: "I think they call this reciprocity." The third is to re duce materially all tariff schedules, "leaving it to the magnanimity of oth ers to emulate our example." The Sec retary, "without expressing an opinion as to the merits of the proposition," gives it a hard blow by adding that "even the free-trade policy of Great Britain does not exempt her from dis criminations by. countries which adopt the discriminating policy " The fourth policy, which In effect is one of retaliation, seems to strike the Secretary quite favorably. The amend ment providing Tor this method of get ting even with the foreigners has al ready been prepared and was read by the Secretary at Cleveland. In brief, it is a demand that we must be granted the same terms by foreign countries which they give to others, regardless of our own attitude on the tariff. This, in effect, is a refusal of reciprocity and a threat at retaliation, if we are not in cluded In the "favored nation" class. Theoretically we are In a position to enforce such a policy, but it is a ques tion where we would be gainers by such action. Secretary Shaw seems to think that in "yielding to others," by which is meant the foreigners, we are confer ring on them a special favor, and yet It is not clear that our people bought any thing of which hey were not in need, and which it was not to their advan tage to purchase, abroad. There is a considerable . degree of common sense in the admonition, "when you are in Rome, do as -the Romans do." The im mediate cause of the present uneasiness over a change in trade conditions is the demand of Germany for a little fairer treatment in our commercial transactions with that country- It is quite clear that when we are trading with Germany we must do as the Ger mans do. Germany is quite favorably Impressed with reciprocity, so much- so that she has concluded reciprocal treaties with seven other nations of Continental Eu rope, and a revised tariff between the Interested countries goes into effect next March. Russia Is one of the coun tries involved in the new reciprocity deal with Germany, and it is natural to expect that her grain and other ex ports will be admitted into Germany on much better rerms than will those of the countries which refuse to enter into reciprocity with that country. Secretary Shaw thinks such discrimination "would be most unfortunate from every point of view to both countries." but it Is not apparent where Germans' would suffer by It. We are already forcing her to climb over a lofty tariff barrier in order to reach our markets, or, to be accu rate, we are forcing our consumers to scale the barrier in order to get what they need from the Germans. Tariff revision will be a very Impor tant question before the next Congress, and It is not reassuring to find the Sec retary of the Treasury opposing a re vision with reciprocal leanings. We are not a "hermit" nation, and so long as we are trading with the rest of the world, we must extend fair treatment if we expect It In return. REDUCING RISK IN WHEAT TRADE. Within sixty days, new-crop wheat from the Oregon and Washington fields will reach tidewater at Portland and Pugct Sound, and for the first time In May. since inception of the 'busi ness, not a single ship has been char tered for new-crop loading. Half a dozen years ago, exporters, began in January, and even in November and December, to charter ships to carry away wheat that would not "be avail able for six to ten months. This was a practice that had been in vogue for more than thirty years, and was estab lished at a time when the world's sup ply of tonnage was so limited that ship pers were forced to secure their sup plies many months in advance. The increasing supply of tonnage, especially in vessels propelled by steam, is largely responsible for this radical change In the method of handling the grain busi ness, and the change will certainly be welcomed. In no other branch of the grain business does the element of chance enter to such a large extent as in that of "chartering to arrive," and un lucky ventures of this nature have ruined more Pacific Coast wheat op erators than anything else in connec tion with the .grain trade. With the abandonment of this at one time highly necessary form of "gambling" departs the opportunity of the farmers to "hold up" the exporter. The attenuated list of grain vessels en route offers no in ducement for the farmer to hold his wheat, secure In the knowledge that the exporter must either pay' a high price for the wheat or else pay. demur rage on the ship he has chartered and cannot fill. The few remaining- qperators who have not had their financial life ground out between the millstones of the farm er and the shipowner, as well as the new men who have entered the field, have solved the problem with the tramp steamer. In the old days, when we were dependent entirely on the sailing ves sels for moving the grain crop, it re quired many months to assemble the fleet, which was necessarily drawn from all parts of the world. But the tramp steamer, rexardlcss of wind and weath er, can churn its way round the world so rapidly that it is always available on short notice, and as a freight regulator It is unequalled. ' There will still be plenty of sailing vessels in the Pacific Coast grain trade, for In many respects they possess ad vantages over the steamer, but they will never again be chartered to arrive in such numbers or so far In advance as in the past. The wheat business, no matter how carefully It is conducted, not infrequently drifts dangerously close to the line of "gambling," and elimination of the necessity for specu lating in ships lessens the hazard In volved quite materially. In time it will also have a tendency to lessen the risk assumed by the farmer when he refuses a good price for his wheat for no other reason than that he believes that the exporter "mus have it" to meet ton nage engagements. THE FIRST OF JUNE. The first of June Is near at hand. It will mark the opening of the greatest Expo sition ever held west of the Missouri River. It will be in some respects the most noteworthy day In the history of the Pacific Northwest. Many thousand visitors will behold for the first time the fruit of the long, earnest and expensive effort by the people of Oregon to assem ble in -one mighty display the Industry, art, science, history and material achievements of one hundred years. The eyes of the whole world will be focused here. The Nation will be interested In knowing what has been done, and how well it Is done, and especially If the widely-proclaimed announcement that the Fair Is ready on time Is true. It will be important, too, to show that the hopes and the pride of Portland, Oregon and the Northwest are all centered In the Fair, and that every citizen Is. first of all, anxious and willing to contribute his share to insure Its certain success. To that end every person In Portland who can possibly attend the Fair on the opening day should by all means do so. Leading men of the Nation will be here. They are to take part in the opening exercises. If it shall appear In the news reports sent to all parts of the United States and Canada, and even abroad, that there was in Portland a mighty outpouring of enthusiastic peo ple, much good will have been done. The First of June Is a legal holiday. It should also be made a commercial holiday. Business houses should close. The city should be decorated through out Let all whistles be blown at noon. Everybody wear a rose. Let all go to the Fair, and hit the Trail In the after noon. GAINING SCHOOL LANDS. In dispatches from Washington, pub lished in Saturday's Oregonian. an offi cial of the Land Department expressed the opinion, unofficially, that the State of Oregon will be permitted to select In demnity lands in lieu of the unsurveyed school sections in the new Wallowa for est reserve. If this should be the final decision of the department, Oregon will profit thereby to the extent of about $200,000. for It Is estimated that there are 40.000 acres of unsurveyed school lands In the reserve. The reason why indemnity lands should be allowed on unsurveyed school sections and not on surveyed sections is plain. The state" secures Its school lands through a grant from the Government, but title does not pass until the lands have been surveyed. The grant pro vides for selection of indemnity lands where any of the school sections have been disposed of. Now, if the Govern ment withdraws from sale, entry or other disposition all its lands in a cer tain area, the withdrawal will include unsurveyed school sections, for the rea son that the title still remains in the Government. Because of their location, these lands have no present market value, but If the state be permitted to select other lands In their stead, the lands selected will find ready sale at 55 an acre. In all the proposed reserves the surveyed sections have been bought up by persons who had advance infor mation regarding the Government's plans, but the repeal of the lieu-land law will prevent their using these sur veyed sections as base for the selection of lieu land. The unsurveyed sections were not bought, because the state sells no unsurveyed land. If the Secretary of the Interior should- decide that the state may select Indemnity lands for the school sections In the Wallowa re serve, his decision will be supported by good reason. The State Commission and the Fair Corporation have different ideas about some phases of Exposition management; but the dispute Is not serious. The com mission thinks the corporation has gone ahead without consulting It fully and freely, and without referring certain matters to It for ratification or indorse ment, or otherwise, as the law seems to provide; the corporation doesn't very well see how there can be two heads to one concern, and besides, it Interprets the law differently, and is fortified in its position by an opinion of the state's Attorney-General. The controversy Is In process of adjustment, and It will be adjusted, because everybody Is anxious that It shall be. The commission re gards the success of the Fair as para mount to every consideration as to how potent a voice any individual shall have In the management, and the corpora tion takes the same view. If any tim orous citizen has been concerned for fear that this little teapot tempest will in any way jeopardize the complete success of the Exposition, he can be fully reassured that there Is ao danger. The report that the Western Pacific, which the Gould Interests are building to the Coast, will reach Portland and- Pu get Sound territory probably has much foundation In fact. The route, as out lined in a Boise dispatch In yesterday's Oregonian. would tap a very rich tim ber nod agricultural belt in Central Oregon, and the country traversed would supply an enormous traffic as soon as the road was built. The appear ance of Mr. Gould In this field would be hailed with genuine pleasure by all commercial interests In the Pacific Northwest. The record of George Gould as a railroad man is & good one. and he has never yet been bluffed, or beaten out an any of his big projects. If the railroad magnates who have been jug gling with our commercial Interests for the past dozen years had possessed nerve of the Gould character, the rail road map of the Northwest would be a different afTalr from what It now Is. The correspondent who replied. In a communication yesterday, to The Ore gonian's remarks on Judge Frazers decision in the Taylor case, quite mis understood what was said. The Ore gonian did not at all assert that the color line should "be drawn In theaters or anywhere else; nor did- Judge Fraaer so hold. He did declare lnveffecl that a theater ticket is a license and that the proprietor may revoke it for any reason that seems to him sufficient. It would be quite as reasonable to say that he must not charge different prices for different seats as to say that he must not in any way classify his pa trons. It is not with the theater-owner a matter of prejudice; It is self-protection and self-interest, and In line with the wishes and desires of his patrons. Furthermore. It Is difficult to under stand why any citizen, white or black, will Insist on going where he is not wanted, and paying for It. It is not every boxcar burglar that can get the British government to in tercede in his behalf, and for that rea son Mr. William Smith, a British sub ject, temporarily sojourning at Walla Walla, may feel quite flattered although not free. The Attorney-General of the State ef Washington has Informed Brit ish Consul Laidlaw that the trial and conviction of Mr. Smith was all in due form, and the only crooked thing In connection with It waB Smith himself. If Mr. Smith has any desire to prolong the discussion, he might enter a com plaint about the food served or the laundering of the napkins at the peni tentiary. On release from the peniten tiary Mr. Smith will undoubtedly con fer a favor on the Washington author ities if he will return to the protection of the government to which he so suc cessfully appealed for an Investigation. The Loomls-Bowen scandal seems to be fizzling out. Minister Bowen made serious charges against his predeces sor in office, the present Assistant Sec retary of State, and he has signally falled to make good..-- He makes the plea that he "nerer 'intended to appear as the accuser of Mr. Loomis, but he forwarded to the department such ru mors as he heard, in the course of his duty. This will hardly satisfy either the President or Secretary Taft, espe cially when there Is good reason to be lieve that Bowen gave out at Caracas for newspaper publication the sup posedly damaging revelations against Loomis. It would seem that Minister Bowen Is a good man to have out of the diplomatic service. The City of Seattle and the State of Washington differ regarding the legal status of that time-honored bunko game known as fortune-telling. The city collected a license of 550 from one of these seers who could not peer far enough Into the future to sec what he was going up against, and the state ar rested him as a vagrant. After paying his fine, he demanded the return of his license fee, and It was refused. Seattle was apparently proceeding under the belief that it was legitimate to bunko a bunko man. If this Incident Is suffi ciently advertised, there will be no overflow of the Portland bunko men to Seattle. Because the members of the Eugene High School baseball team disobeyed rules laid down for them by the school authorities, they haVe been forbidden to participate In any more games this year. Some of the boys propose to play any way, and one of the Eugene papers en courages them by saying that business men of the city are In sympathy with them. That's right, boys defy the School Board, violate the rules, break your promises, and then, as you grow older, defy officers of the law, overturn government, have everything your own way. Damn authority, damn law, damn everything but your own free wills. Johann Hoch, the murderer of nu merous wives, says that he did not get a "square deal" in the courts. If his victims were alive, they would probably have the same complaint to make against Hoch. As the murderers of women and girls are Invariably the most arrant cowards on earth, it Is quite natural to read in the dispatches that Hoch spends the greater part of his time in weeping, his sobs being audible throughout the jail. Hereafter all ice cream that contains less than 12 per cent of butter fat will be an adulterated article and will be under the ban of the law. Before the season gets further advanced the Ice cream consuming public would like to have the Food and Dairy Commissioner take a spin around the state and secure a few samples of ice cream for testing purposes. It would be worth while to know where the genuine article can be bought. The Chicago Evening Post editorially comments on Mayor Williams' renomi nation, saying among other complimen tary things: Judge Williams If now 2 years old, hale and hearty, serene in spite of bitter attack, vigorous In mind and dignified in mien, a gen tleman of the old school who will show to the Portland visitors this Summer the courtesy Inbred in the statesman of SO years ago. It Is announced that the normal schools will bring a mandamus suit to compel the Secretary of State to audit their claims for expenses, of mainte nance. This will at least serve to keep the people reminded of the fact that they are supporting at least one more normal than they have any use for. The latest reports are that the hop crop in England promises a smaller yield than last year, which reports are encouraging the Oregon growers to ex pect better prices. While we don't wish English laborers any harm, we cannot help reflecting that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Governor Folk, of Missouri, says that lawbreaking leads to anarchy, and he speaks truth if ever a man did. To the extent that any man intentionally vio lates the laws of his country he is an anarchist, for to that extent he has sought to overthrow government. Dr. Lane ought not to lose his tem per. But perhaps it can be forgiven on the ground of youthful indiscretion in getting Into a controversy with' a healthy antagonist S2 years old. The direct-primary la is quite likely to Insure a good ' attendance of politi cians at farmers' meetings held within a year of the state primary election. Queer Pose for Democrats'. Seattle News. Portland is amid a city campaign and the stress which precedes the opening of the Exposition. There is a fair proa pect that the veteran Republican. Mayor lYilllajHK, will be again the choice of the people. Democrats who claraor as a. party faction for a closed town resem ble that waif which put ea sheep s clothing. 0REG0N0Z0NE. There are bo aoncs like the old saazs Our fathers used to stag; There are bo-Joys like the old Jeys Our brothers oaed to Siring; There are no beaux like thevol4 beaux . Our sisters used to shake: There are no plea like the old plea . Our mothers uaed to make. But we still have the same old topic of conversation the weather the same old weather. No matter what hap pens, the weather we have always with us. Now and then it changes, but it never passes away. At some places there Is more weather than at others, but there Is always weather somewhere. We can live without love and books and butchers' bills, but civilized man cannot live without weather. Some kind of weather is essential to human happi ness. Let us believe in weather and quit slandering it, quit saying mean things about it when It is too busy doing good to stop and listen. Weather makes millions of blades of grass grow where none would grow without it. Weather sprinkles our lawns and dries up the mud puddles where our neighbors' dogs haved wallowed and made holes In our back yards. Weather puts Ice in our coolers and paints the mint on the julep. Weather thaws out our chilblains, and adds variety to our Sunday school pic nics. Weather wels us and dries us, freezes us and fries us, tans us and dyes U5. makes us thirsty and pours the healing lotion of living water. Weather does all these things for us. without charging a cent or taking our promissory notes and then we turn around and talk about it! We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. Let us re solve from this time forward to quit talking about this oldest and most faithful friend of mankind the weather. Ho Was Full. A young man in Haleyville. Ala., who wants a job at the Lewis and Clark Ex position, begins a second letter to one of the officials in this somewhat am biguous manner: "Dear Sir I wrote you In regard to a position on the Fair ground. You were full at the time and said you would file my application." AVhcn in Portland. Are you feeling patriotic? Wear a rose! Do you want to look exotic? Wear a rcie! If you cart to be In fashion (It has come to be a passion) Wear a rote! Do you feel In sorry humor? Wear a, rose! Have you heard a horrid rumor! Wear a rote! There is something in the blooming That will free you of your glooming! Wear a ro! , Are you feeling man and stingy? Wear a roe! Is your soul a cellar dlncy? Wear a rose! There is something in Its brightness That will give your spirit lightness: Wear a rose! Is your spirit gladly thrilling? Wear a rose! Are you generous and willing? Wear a roie! Be assured that love reposes In the bosoms of the roses: Wear a rote! "Hops Arc Stronger" was the way a heading read In The Sunday Orego nian. "Anxious Reader" wants to know what effect this will have on the 1935 brew of lager. The bathtub has achieved the stage. In "Mrs. Battle's Bath," now running In New Tork that Is, the play Is run ning, the bath being stationary a dainty porcelain tub has the center of the stage. Actors now must carry al most as much luggage as an English army officer In heavy marching order. After seeing the likeness of Theodore P. Shonts, one wonders whether it vrasi the engineer's facial resemblance to Roosevelt or the fellow-feeling induced by the Identity of front names that in duced the President to appoint Mr. Shontfr canal digger extraordinary. When a miserable rejected lover, so called, murders his sweetheart arid then 1:111b himself, one always feels that if he had begun at the other end of the Job bis deed would be fully justifiable. If John L. Sullivan and Charley Mitchell manage to stand up against each other for two rounds at Tacoma. what is going to become of the cele brated Osier theory? California has a permanent Promo tion Committee. In Oregon this year every citizen Is a promotion committee of one. Every time an Oregonian meets a stranger there is an "Official quorum present and tne committee holds a. meeting. The subject for discussion is "Oregon." Mist and Spray. Two towns there are in Oregon Whose names I can't resist: Already they my heart have won. And one of them la MUt; The other well. It casts a spell. It sheds a rosy ray. And when my soul Is sick with dole I take a trip to Spray. When I have dreams of shining streams And showery leagues of air, I loose myself from bonds of pelf. Unleash th chains of care And float on filmy wings away. By fairy fancies kissed. To lave myself in silver Spray And bathe my aoul in Mist. I know not where these hamlet lie. Nor what may he their size; In sooth, 1 only know that I Am thrilled with sweet surprise When fancy calls I break the thrall. I float afar. away. Till I exist immersed In Mist Of merged In merry Spray! ROBERTUS LOVE. Baby's Finger Prints. London Express. The possibilities In finger-print identifi cation recently led to a curious question being put to Dr. Francis Galton, the great finger-print expert, by the police author ities of a foreign state. They had received information, they said, that a baby who was heir to a great title and estate was in danger of being kidnaped and held to ransom. Supposing this should happen, and the baby event ually be restored, would finger-prints taken before the abduction be sufficient to identify the baby and prove that he was not a changeling? Dr. Galton's answer was that it is ex ceeding difficult to print from the fingers of young infants. From about S years of age and upward, however, there is bo difficulty, and the prints would be suffi cient for Identification purposes. Hale, Hearty and Active. Tacoma Ledger. Mayer Williams, of Portland, is hale, hearty aad active, at 32. This -country has seme grand old men. despite Dr. Osier's dictum. GREAT TARIFF FIGHT IS SURE TO COME RejtHfellcaii Standpatters ami Progressive Kaclag: zt Struggle Tart and Saavr as Leaders ef the Respective Factleas The Canal Shs Ily Incident. Walter Wcllmaa, la Chicago Record-Herald. ' WASHINGTON. May 17. Present indl j cations are that the Republican party 13 to be split In twain on the tariff question, with a bitter; struggle for supremacy be- j tween the standpatters on one side and the progressives on the other. Already two aspirants for the Republican Presi- j dential nomination in 1908 are taking posi tion as leaders respectively of the rival factions. A most Interesting phase of the affair is that both of these aspirants and rivals are members of President Roose velt's Cabinet, and that to this extent, at least, the Administration is divided as to the tariff. These clashing leaders are Secretary of War Taft, the progressive, and Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, the reactionary. It Is an open secret that President Roosevelt's sympathies are with Secretary Taft. The President is a tariff reformer. He welcomes the episode which has precipitated another discussion of the tariff question the action of the Panama Commission in deciding to go Into the world's market and buy where It can buy cheapest, regardless of the -home-market theories of the protectionists. The political pot in Washington was to day fairly boiling, and that purcbase-ln-the-cheapest-market policy of the canal commission supplied the caloric needed to kee- things bubbling. Secretary Shaw was visibly ruffled. As one of the standpat ters, as a Presidential aspirant who has through thick and thin thought it wise to stand by the historic policy of the party and to oppose the slightest modification in the Interest of progress, he was se riously alarmed over what to him seemed a colossal blunder on the part of the Ad ministration with which he is associated. Mr. Shaw shook his head and looked sol emn when the canal order was mentioned in his presence. "Don't take too much stock In the the ory that President Roosevelt Ih responsi ble for this decision," said the Secretary of the Treasury to a newspaper man. "I warn you that If you do you will make a mistake." When this admonition was reported to Secretary Taft later In the day, the recent sitter upon the lid laughed heartily. "I don't know who gave you your warning," he said, "but it will do no harm to tell you that the whole affair was thoroughly discussed by and In the presence of Pres ident Roosevelt, and the policy has his hearty approval. It would not have been adopted had. he had objections to It. So far as responsibility for this great crime is concerned," added the rotund Secretary, "I am quite willing to assume all that myself." Mr. Taft declined to say anything moce. but at the White House his version of the episode was amply confirmed. Pres ident Roosevelt is as earnestly In favor of the policy adopted by the canal com mission as Secretary Taft himself. The law commands the President to construct a ship canal across the American isthmus as cheaply as possible. To obey the law it mar be necessary to buy some supplies and materials abroad. It will almost cer tainly be necessary to buy ships in foreign, countries, and It is besides pretty well un derstood that President Roosevelt is not at all displeased at the turn of events bearing upon the tariff question. The deficit In the Treasury, the prospective trade squabble with Germany, and now the rieht of the Government to buy in ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE Boosting the Matrimonial Game. Albany Democrat. There ought to be at least a dozen weddings- in Albany within a month or two. Mrs. Hint's Receiving cDsy. Hocklnson Corr. Vancouver Columbian. Pete Hlnk was a caller at his mother's last Saturday and Sunday. More Civic Improvement. Empire Corr. North 'Bend Harbor. Mrs. John Flanagan is beautlfylpg her already beautiful home and yard by re placing the old fence with a fancy new one- Providing; a Long-Felt Want. North Bend Harhor. . Mr. Johnson was engaged yesterday starting a cemetery for North Bend. It Is a remarkable fact that the town is 3 years 'old and has never had a grave yard. So Mr. Johnson as undertaker burled a horse and started, one. He makes the comment that If the bay had a board of health people would not leave their dead animals lying so near the city limits. Keeping: TJp "With Father Time. Rainier Corr. St. Helens Mist. Miles Sherln is noted for having the heaviest gold watch and chain on the Columbia River. Mr. Hunter, of Goble, Is noted for having the biggest silver watch and chain In Columbia County. Now comes Mr. Swett. of Rainier, to the front. He has a watch on display In his window eight inches In diameter and a chain six feet long. It Is worth seeing. The watch and chain are the largest in Oregon. That's two better. The Cougar and the "Waiting Moon. Louisville Corr. Vancouver Columbian. Last week, as Ralph Moon was down the country visiting his place near Bla kervllle his hound took the scent of some thing and started off In full cry, so Ralph cut cn33 lota knowing about where the dog ought to come out and he seated him self on a large boulder to await results. He had not been there long before he thought he heard his dog coming to him through the brush, so of course was not prepared to see a monstrous cougar step In view and that right close by. Ralph was not long In getting his cougar pistol In action, but only got one snap shot at It before it got out of his sight. Champion Wrestler's Narrow Escape Castle Rock Advocate. Charles Smith, the ferocious wrestler, while crossing a foot log that is used as a means of transporting human beings from one side to the other of a small hcreek. "fell In" as he was about half way across, and found upon striking the water beneath It would not sustain his weight and consequently ,went to the bottom head foremost, striking In that position tn the mud. Charles was quite frustrated, for a moment or two in the act of releas ing himself from that most agonizing at titude. We can imagine calling for help would not have been very agreeable either. He. realizing his time would last "quick" unless released, tried the half Nelson wrestling hold on a nearby anag, and being the champion of the North west, was the superior of course, arid finally detached himself, stating to a few eye-witnesses that he did not prefer again any direct connection with mother earth. Had Been Sailing on It. A burly skipper and his mate entered a restaurant In Liverpool and demanded a "table-dotty" dinner. In a few min utes a waiter approached and with a great flourish placed two plater of thro, watery-looking fluid before the pair. "HI! me lad, what's this stuff V de manded the mariner, gazing in amaze, ment at tne decoction in front of htm, "Soup, sir," replied the waiter. "Soup!" shoute'd tho old sea dog. "Soup! Bv gum. Bill (turning to bis mate). Jest think o that! 'Ere's you and tne bees cailln on soup all our lives and never knowed it till now." the cheapest market have all synchro nized In a focus of public attention upon the Dlngley law and the economic policy of the near future ' Mr. Roosevelt smiles over the outlook. Things are coming his way. He hasn't felt so good since he killed that last bear out in Colorado. i Although the professional stand-patters' and the protected interests and shipbuild ers who are displeased at the canal pol icy are bearing down on the War Depart ment with their protests and threatening to "raise hades" if the Commission per sists In Its programme, Secretary Taft appears to be altogether happy. He- be lieves he Is right and he doesn't care how loud the howls are from the galled jades. In point of fact. It is not probable Mr. Taft ever gave a moment's thought at the outset to the political phase of the pur chase decision. Though generally regard ed as a presidential aspirant, Mr. Taft Is1 not thinking about politics at alt. Appar ently he doesn't care a rap whether ho Is or Isn't made the nominee of his party three years hence. He is simply sawing wood. He fs attending strictly to his business as one of the officers of the Government, and striving to -do his best for the country. He was a little surprised when it was pointed out to him that this purchase-ln-the-cheapost-market decision, might stir up all the plans and all tho great forces behind American politics, but he could not see that 'that should make the slightest difference in the decision. The Government should go ahead and buy where It could buy to best advantage, just the same. President Roosevelt agreed wifh him. and the thing was done. So far as Mr. Taft is concerned, if the bene ficiaries of the protective system start in to ruin his Presidential prospects, and succeed in doing so, he will shed no tears. Mr. Taft stands by the decision despito that. With Mr. Shaw It Is different. Mr. Shaw's notion is that If he can contrive to make the beneficiaries of protection realize that here in Washington he Is1 their friend: that he is fighting their bat tles: that he la so devoted to their inter ests that he is willing to take all sorts of risks in their behalf, they may be grateful enough to turn In and use their mighty power in pushing him along the road to the White House. He has beeni working on that line for two dr three years now, and he 13 at least consistent. It remains to be seen how well founded Is his dependence upon the gratitude of tho high-tariff beneficiaries. President Roosevelt told a number of his callers today that the decision in tha canal purchase case was the only thing that could have been done. If any other determination had been reached the ad ministration would have been open to severe criticism. Western men hold tho view that events are conspiring to bring the tariff question to the front with a rush. Representative Davis, of Minne sota, talked tariff and rebate questions with the President today and unhesitat ingly commended the President's position on rebates and his action in the canal purchases. "Congress will have to wres tle with this problem' said Mr. Davis, "and it will have a big thing on hand. It may open the door for revision of tho tariff, both for increased revenues and for other purposes. There Is a sentiment for tariff revision along certain lines, and this may afford the opportunity that haa so long been sought." THE S0LDIERS0F THE SOUTH New York Times. On the 10th of May there was 'dedi cated at Chester, S. C.,a monument to the Confederate dead, and the address of dedication was delivered by a one armed veteran of tbe Confederate army, who is now a Judge of a United States Court. That simple statement is very significant of the things that have happened, and of those that have not happened in the years since Judge Brawley, with sir fellow-college grad uates, marched from the town of Ches ter to join the Confederate ranks. The address of Judge Brawley was a calm, thoughtful, clear statement of what he considers to have been the temper and character of the war move ment In the South. It is remarkable from the fact that he puts aside, as not controlling, many of the motives that have been assigned to the Southern people. He believes in substance that the difference between the South and the North was one of radical sentiment on the two questions, more . or less merged into one, of state rights and of slavery, and he holds that the settle ment of those questions by the arbitra ment of arms was, so far as can be known, inevitable. Of the unity of feeling in the South he bears unquali fied testimony. He says: "They commit an immense error who hold that what was once right is al ways right. That is true in the domain of morals, where the great primal ob ligations change not, but in institutions and government the fluxion of time and events necessitates successive readap tatlons to changes in environment." The "readaptatlons" have been won derfully rapid- and substantial. A cu rious coincidence illustrates this fact. Tn the Charleston News and Courier, containing the address of Judge Braw ley, there is a letter from a negro of Virginia on We occasion of the death of General Lee. After a touching tribute to General Lee. the writer says: "I was born a slave. I know all the hardships that slavery entailed upon my race. I am no apologist for slavery. Thank God that that bondage that wronged and enfeebled both master and slave is gone, never to return, but deep down In my heart I thank the white man for my contact with him, for the Christian civilisation that slavery brought to my race. The hand of God can be seen in it all." He must be a pessimist indeed who can read such utterances from such representative men and "doubt of the republic." College and Poverty. Chicago Inter-Ocean. A recent bulletin of the Massachusetts Labor Bureau shows that In Harvard, often called "a rich man's-college." nearly 10 per cent of the young men, and nearly 11 per cent of the young women, are the children of people classed by statisticians as wage-earners. In Boston University, the largest Meth odist institution of New Bngland, over 35 per cent of the students are the sons and daughters of wage-workers. The record of Clarlt University is even more remarkable. This Is devoted entire ly to postgraduate and research work that is, to the kind of study which must wait longest for monetary returns. Yet nearly 27 per cent of Its students are from wage-working families. Duty of Republicans. Chehalis Bec-NuggeL Portland has in addition to her World's Fair opening, a municipal campaign qn at this time. At the primaries held a few days ago, Mayor Williams, the ven erable Jurist who has filled the position at the head of that city with credit to himself the past three years, received the Republican nomination, and Dr. Harry Lane the Democratic nomina--tion- As Portland is a Republican city by an overwhelming- majority, and as. there is so geod. reason why Judge Wil liams should KOt succeed himself, there will be but little to it when it comes to a showdown at the election. It is up te. Portland Republican- to aunDort the Mayer" for re-electien.