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THE HORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1805. Cntcrcd at the Fostofflce at Portias. OfM as eecend-claas matter. SUBSCXIITIOX KATJES. IXVARIABLT IN ADVANCE. (By Mall or Express.) Dally and Eunday. per year ...SB.00 Dally and Eunday. alx months S.W Dally and Sunday, tnrea months 3.58 Dally and Eunday. per month .W Dally -without Sunday, per year 7.50 Dally without Sunday, lr montha 8.00 Dally without Sunday, three montha... 1.85 Dally without Sunday, per month o-5 Sunday, per year.. .0 Sunday, six montha - Eunday. three months. 5 BY CARRIER. Dally without Sunday, per week t .11 Dally, per week. Sunday included. ....t D THE WEEKLY OREQONIAX. (Issued Every Thursday.) Weekly, per year X.M Weekly. six months - Weekly, three month..... - -"0 HOW TO REMIT Send postotfice money order, express order or personal check oa yeur local bank. Stamps, cola or currency ara at the sender's risk. EASTERN' BUSINESS OFFICE. The 6. C. OeckwlUi Special Agency 2Cew York, rooms 43-50 Tribune building. 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Omaha Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farn&m; Mageath Stationery Co., 130S Farnam; 240 Euth 14 th. Sacramento, CaL Sacramento News Co.. 42 K street. Salt JjiUe Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Eeeoad street South; National News Agency. Yellowstone Park. Wyo. Canyon Hotel, take Hotel. Yellowstone Park Assn. Tnir Beach B. E. Amos. San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 74C Market street; Goldsmith Bros., 2S0 Sutter and Hotel St. Francjs News Stand; I . Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Plttr. 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley Movable Newi Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand. St. Louis. Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News CempeBy. 00 Olive street. WaKhlncton, D. C Ebbltt House. Pennsyl vaala avenue. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 0. REFORMS IN LIFE INSURANCE. The committee of the New York Leg islature appointed to investigate the life insurance companies, held its first sesston on September 6. The chairman. State Senator Armstrong, has taken pains to assure the public that the work of the committee will be entirely pacific No sucking dove could be more harmless. "Our object will not be," he benignantly remarks, "to punish any body for wrongdoing in the past" Their only purpose is to formulate a law that will make everybody good in the future. We are familiar with programmes of Ifois kind.' To sponge off the slate and set out with a new batch of statutes after a debauch of lawbreaking is a favorite way our statesmen have of striking terror to the -hearts of evil doers. In the face of continual failure they continually try to lead (men to vir tue "by the subtle enticements of ideally revised laws. The simple device of cul tivating virtue by enforcing what laws we already have never seems to strike them, wise as they are. Probably It is too brutal. In the touching hope that they can devise an insurance law so beautiful as a work of art that no fu ture Hdye or Depew will have the heart to break it, these innocent committee men go to work. Of course, if some unosthetic malefactor should be so rude as to violate their new statutes, they win be grieved, but not revengeful. They will net wish to see him -punished. In Itself the object at which the legis lative committee aims Is a good one, to make the insurance companies mutual in fact as well as name. At present, as Mr. Armstrong well suggests, most of them violate the principle of mutuality In two ways the -policy-holders are not properly represented In the manage ment, and the profits of the business are by various devices too largely di verted from the policy-holders to the officials. Vast numbers of proxies, real or Imaginary, are accumulated in the home offices of the companies and used to perpetuate the holders of them in control without regard to the wishes or Interests of those who pay the premi ums. The elections are farcical affairs always, and certain evidence taken toy the committee goes to show that they are sometimes held without the ordi nary precautions for common honesty. "In all caseB," Mr. Cummlngs, Inspector of elections lor the Mutual Life, testi fied, "the inspectors accepted the state ments of voters as to their eligibility." This is merely an added touch of ab surdity to these ridiculous elections, of course; but it sets a premium on lying. The theory of mutual insurance is exactly the same as the theory of fra ternal insurance. The policy-holders insure one another that is the gist of the matter. In one case business is se cured through agents, in the other through lodges, but that does not af fect the principle. In tooth cases If profits arise, they belong to the policy holders, not to the officials. Hitherto the mutual companies have been safer than many of the lodges because they have obeyed the mathematical lawB of insurance better: but heavy commis sions to agents, together with extrava gance and waste in the home offices, have made their premium rates exces sive. The tactics of loading the rates to accumulate a surplus are also of dubious advantage. The most a sur plus can do for the policy-holder is to reduce his premiums from what it earns; and since the premiums have been previously increased to produce the surplus itself, the whole process forma a vicious oircle. The very plain reason why a stock company desires a large surplus necessarily fails for an honestly managed mutual company. It may foeneflt future policy-holders, but hardly those who create it The reserve is a very different mat ter. It lies at the basis of all safe in surance, whether fraternal or mutual. A young man must pay for his insur ance more than it is worth to provide for the evil -days when the same pay ment will he less than it la worth; hence the reserve arises- Its necessity lies In the fact that we must all grow old, lose our earnlric power . una. die. In Ihe .matter of 'establishing: a nufll clent reserve there Is no reason why the mutual conipanIeaand the lodges should not stand precisely alike. In the matter of giving the policy-holders control of the business the lodges are a long way ahead; and It 4s difficult to foresee what device Mr. Armstrong's committee can think of to give the policy-holders that control in the mu tual companies which he says they ought to have. They cannot vote by mall very well. They cannot assemble at the home office to vote. The pres ent system of giving their proxies all to one or two Interested officers is pure humbug. Perhaps the committee will hit upon some scheme of electing1 dele gates from each large group of policy holders, and as the scheme works out. It would not be surprising to see the mutual companies ultimately organiz ing something like lodges for holding primary elections. IS IT A PORTLAND SHOW? Occasionally some newspaper in Ore gon breaks out in denunciation of Portland for Its "graft" In connection with the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The Independence Enterprise, for ex ample, recites at length the grievances of some citizens, who complain that the country people are coming to Port land and spending their money here. "In return, what consideration is shown any but Multnomah County?" asks the Enterprise, and it continues: The time Is at hand when wc wish to an nounce there are 32 other counties besides Multnomah In Oregon. In these counties live men and women with blood as Wue. hearts as loyal, and accomplishments equal to those who are monopolizing the Fair management In doing their dally rtuntij. Undoubtedlj'. But "the live men and women" of Oregon who come to the Fair and see It are not the people who are complaining. They get the worth of their money, and more. They find that the $4fi0,000 appropriation made by the State of Oregon has been employed wisely, beautifully, impartially, to show the world what a great state Oregon is. If the City of Portland is now re ceiving the major portion of the Fair's direct benefits, the state at large will undoubtedly have its turn later. The Fair will bring many new people to Oregon. It may not he amiss to say, in con nection wHth the $460,000 appropriation, that Multnomah County will pay its share; and that it has for many years cheerfully paid Its portion about one third of the whole of the state tax for support of all the stato institutions at Salem, Including the State Fair, for the. State University at Eugene, for the Agricultural College at Corvallls. and for the Normal Schools. Don't forget the Normal Schools. It has not called upon the state to pay for anything very much at Portland. It has always been shut out of the state "graft." But it has not complained. If the Enterprise thinks this is a Portland show, let its editor come and learn his error. It Is worth going many miles to see President Jefferson Myers, born and reared In the forks of the San tlam that's in the country, lEn't It? disporting himself In a Tuxedo and a telescope hat. GAS, GALL AND GLOOM. "When Allee went to Washington to sit in the Senate chamher. he went there with my tag on," is the brutally plain language used, by the J. Edward Addlcks In his tale of woe over the al leged treachery of his former manager. The unspeakable Addicks in this state ment has conveyed no news to the public ear,' hut the shocking frank ness he exhilbts in calling a spade a ppade is so pronounced that, even re calling its previous -knowledge of Ad dicks, Allee & Co.. the public can hardly read the "swan song" of this prince of boodlers and bribers without at least a mild degree of surprise. With the Addicks record so prominent In American political history, it would be useless to state that this corrupter and debaucher of a commonwealth was not a shade "blacker than he has been painted, but his latest interview reveals such an admirable disregard for equivocation or toning down of rough. Jagged peaks of fact that It Is more Interesting than anything that has yet appeared from the picturesque man of gas, gold and gall. There was none of that stereotyped giving up "funds necessary for the le gitimate expenses of a Senatorial cam paign" when Addicks made drafts on the war chest. It was a plain case of bargain and sale, and the transactions were always in cash. But Allee has apparently refused to stay bought. If we are to believe the testimony of Ad dicks, the transaction -was a bona fide purchase of Senator Allee with bank stock, silver. Inlaid hatracks and horses thrown In. AJIee now seems to have regarded the deal as a sort of a time charter Instead of an outright sale, and, in the absence of funds that would warrant him in continuing to sail under the Addicks flag, he has up anchored and borne away on his own account. This political vnledlctory of J. Ed ward Addicks discloses to a marked degree the main source of his failure to secure a seat in that charmed circle of statesmen who are today gracing and disgracing the United States Senate. In politics Addicks ecognlzed only re sults, and the necessity for securing them by careful diplomatic' routes never seems to have' occurred to him. The scholarly, able and brilliant Sena tor Chauncey Depew, armed with a six shooter and a bludgeon, could not have held up the Equitable for a $259,000 loan on assets that were worthless, but ap proaching the Equitable with the guileless, lamb-like manner which has made him famous, the favor sought was easy. "I will not sell my birthright for a mess of 'porridge, " said the sliver Populist during a Senatorial contest at Olympla when he was asked to ac cept a stipulated sum as payment for a vote for a galvanized gold Democrat, And yet, when the "porridge" came along in the shape of a $60-a-month appointment for a relative, the odium of the -bribe disappeared Jike mist foe fore the morning sun. Even the people of Delaware seem to have had com punctions against "being bought and sold as hough they were shares of 'bank stock, hatracks, horses, etc., and a more diplomatic political highway man than Addicks would- certainly have achieved greater success with them. Addicks as a factor in Delaware poli tics disappears with the disappearance of his money. But It will require care ful deodorizing for many a year to again place that debauched and cor rupted commonwealth on a plane of political respectability. Addicks and his ex-tool have In a manner demon strated that money, tainted or untaint ed, cannot purchase everything for which il peMM6r may exprs a longing. A 'number of similar demon strations are overdue at other points In the country. THE IDENTIFICATION OF DELILAH. It may be doubted whether the Rev. Hay Palmer had ever seen the Inside of a dancehall before he preached in the one at Aberdeen, and doubtless he had often wondered what sort of a pre sentment those palaces of sin make to the carnal eye. His curiosity about them was, of course, entirely sanctified. He has never desired to whirl in giddy mazes with one of the sylphs who make their haunts In dancehalls; nor has It ever entered into his heart to pant for a s4p of beer from a glass bestowed by their seductive fingers. Not he. He only wished to see these lithesome De lllahs in order to Identify them by an exact description In his prayers. The brethren of his congregation all turned with the same pious desire. Each one ardently longed to foe able to tell the Lord Just how a real Delilah selling beer to a church member on his knees actually looked to paint the scene in all Its vivid horrors. If anybody should impute to these devoted men such a motive as unsanc tlfled curiosity, or love of display and excitement, or a desire for notoriety, let him foe anathema. They visited, the dancehall out of pure and unadulter ated zeal for the Lord's service. WHO SHOULD CARE FOR INSANE? It should occasion no surprise thati the law requiring relatives of Insane patients to pay the cost of their main tenance at the State Insane Asylum has not been productive of much income to that Institution. Not even the friends of the law expected much from it, but it was passed In the hope that a part of the burden of maintaining the in stitution might be lifted from the shoul ders of the taxpayers in general and placed upon those who are under obli gations to support members of their families. The law provides that when a patient shall be committed to the Asylum the committing jfllcer shall in quire concerning the financial condition of ' those to whom the patient has a right to look for support, and. If they be able to pay, the court shall make an order requiring such relatives to pay the State Treasurer $10 per month dur ing the time the patient remains In the Asylum. There are several reasons why few payments are made under this law. In the first place, a large proportion of the persons committed to the Asylum are dissolute, irresponsible strangers who are taken Into custody while traveling through the state. Their relatives. If they have any, are unknown. From the records of commitments It seems quite probable that many of the pa tients are men who have been turned out of asylums in other states with the intention that they should come to this state and find public support. In a few instances it has been proven beyond doubt that the officers of the Asylum in a sister state deliberately sent dis charged patients to Oregon In order to relieve their own state from the burden of maintaining them. Oregon has never stooped to this practice, and is now supporting persons In the Asylum who should be cared for in other states. Again, It must be remembered that County Judges are hut human and that they have a desire to be on friendly terms with the Influential residents of their several counties. When, there fore, an Insane person with well-to-do relatives is sent to the State Insane Asylum, it Is not strange that the Judge should Incline to 'relieve the fam ily of the burden, especially when he can do so by merely remaining silent upon the subject of the financial stand ing of the persons upon whom the pa tient is dependent It Is easier and much more pleasant for the committing officer to let the state bear the burden than to place It upon the shoulders of one whose vote he may need to secure re-election. Men and women who are so unsound of mind that they cannot take care of themselves are properly charges of the state unless they have relatives who can and should support them. When the Insane persons become dangerous to be at large, it is the duty of the state to take them into custody. In any event, however, the obligations of near kinship are not dissolved, and the state has a right to call upon a husband, father or son to pay the cost of keep ing his Insane relative at the Asylum. If the law upon this subject can be im proved so as to make It more effective, changes should he made. By strict en forcement of its provisions the burdens of general taxation can he lightened. Insanity Is a disease, not a crime, and the state is under no more obligation to support a demented person than it Is one afflicted with smallpox. In either case the public assumes the duty of caring for the invalid only for Its own protection. CANAL TRANSIT REVIVED. Economy of canal transport over rail Is recognized by the most progressive European countries, where big sums are expended continually in developing that mode of transit. In those countries It has been discovered that the. capacity of railways Is limited in traffic prob lems, and as a result, attention has been directed again to canals, as be fore railroads were Invented. The canal systems already are very elaborate and their extensions are continuous. The United States has not yet come bad: to the canal stage, owing to the wide expanse of the country and the lesser density of its activities. Here canals do not compete with railways and are but complementary to railways. There, the railways carry the lighter and more valuable "materials, which need rapid transit, while canals carry the heavier and less valuable goods, which do not require rapid transit. Revival of canal transport began af ter the Franco-Prussian War, when Franco turned in to revive its flagging industries and to restore its unused canals. Germany turned Its attention in the same direction, stimulated to do bo by needf low freights and dissatis faction with high rail rates. Within the last few weeks a most ex tensive canal programme has been sanctioned by the Prussian government involving an expenditure of $83,000,000. The greater portion of this money Is allocated to the building of a canal from the Rhine to the Weser, Including the canalization of the Lippe. The waterway from Stettin to Berlin Is to be rendered navigable for large vessels, at accost of $10,000,000, and smaller sums are to be spent on Improving the water way between the Oder and the "Vistula, and on the canalization of part of ta Oder. This does not mark the end of the canal development. At some future date the canalization of the Moselle Saar. the connection of Leipzig with Brjsa. on the-Elbe, and a canal from Schwerln to the Baltic are to be taken in hand. For some years past the Wurtemburg government has been studying a scheme to construct a canal from the Rhine, starting at Mainz, util izing the Neckar. and Joining the Dan ube at Lauingen. By this, goods from the near and Far East will be carried at cheap freights from the Black Sea to the North Sea. In France, practically the whole of the waterway system is the property of the state, which maintains It out of the public funds free of all tolls, thus following the su trees t ion of the commis sion of 1872. Since that date the total expenditure on canals amounts to about $500,000,000. In 1901 the details of an exhaustive scheme were published, and In 1903 part of It, Involving an expendi ture of over $50,000,000. was authorized. Most .of the money Is being spent on improving the navigation of the Gar onne, the Orleans, and other canals In tended to link CImbleux to Orleans and Cette and Marseille with the Rhone. The length of canals in France is 3015 miles, and that of the rivers and streams so used. 4555 miles. Throughout Europe the same active policy is belrur nursued to develop the use-of waterways and canals. Austria Hungary, in the recent enthusiasm for economic development, voted a credit of $10,500,000 in 1301 for the construction of canals between the 'Danube and the Oder, and thence to the Elbe and the Vistula, The work Is to be accom plished by the year 1914. and then fur ther schemes are to be authorized. In Belgium the splendid system of water ways and canals plays an active part In the commercial and Industrial en terprise of the country. For centuries Holland has been threaded with artificial waterways, yet since 1S62 nearly $85,000,000 has been expended on improvements and exten sions. The most important canal con structed has been that connecting the port of Amsterdam with the Rhine. Though the total tonnage using the canal has Increased from 1,240,257 tons in 1892 to 4.433.257 tons In 1899, it has not been carried out at the expense of the competing railways, which have considerably Increased their traffic Even in conservative Russia a survey has recently been started for the long-talked-of Baltlc-to-Black-Sea Canal. A pair of two-legged brutes are scheduled to hammer each other to a finish at San Francisco this afternoon for one of the largest purses that has -been hung up in many years. There are the usual predlctibns that crooked work may foe expected, and unless there 4s more money to be made by playing fair, the rumors will probably be con firmed. Several centuries of civiliza tion have not served to eradicate from the mind of man the desire to witness the Infliction of physical pain on his fellow-man. Men who are .lacking the advantages of education and breeding feel this desire much stronger than those who have lived in a higher civilization. For this reason the slug ging match today will attract as se lect an audience of pluguglles and all round bad men as has ever gathered around a ringside. Sandwiched In with them, cheek by Jowl, will be found a number of prominent men who stand so high in the affairs of commerce and state that their names will be carefully withheld from the list of those pres ent. It Is but fair to the Bat Mas tersons and others of their ilk to state that their high-toned friends will enjov the "mill" equally with the bad men from the country's numerous Bitter Creeks. At a trial of a new aeroplane at Sac ramento yesterday the spectators pro tested because the machine did not fly high enough or remain in the air long enough. So many of the curious crowds that gather round the suicidal balloon is ts this season have witnessed the spectacle of seeing a man killed that an ascension without a tragedy Is hard ly considered a good return on the money Invested. Professor Baldwin. who went up and out with dynamite a lew aays ago, at least escaped the criticism of the crowd and gave them a spectacle new and novel as well as fatal. The Chinese government is paying off the American stockholders of the Canton-Hankow Railroad, and will in the future manago Its affairs without assistance from the foreign devils who were so useful In getting It started. The Great Joss has apparently been placated, for It Is stated that the native capitalists of the Flowery Kingdom will extend the road several hundred miles. Superstition and Iimorance seem to take to the woods whenever the iron horse invades the territory where they dwelt The Seattle police department will abandon- all efforts to secure convic tions of gamblers under the felony act, and will satisfy outraged law by treat ing the culprits merely as vagrants. This Is about all that was expected of the law when It was passed, but the penalty, provided was so severe that the Washington gamblers have been on fairly good behavior ever since its passage. While it has failed to fulfill the hopes of the most optimistic of Its promoters, it has resulted in much good. The Opp mine, located one mile from Grant's Pass, has been sold by a Arm of Seattle "brokers to Eastern parties for $150,000. The mine was purchased from the discoverer by Spokane parties and has proved one of the most promis ing strikes In Southern Oregon. Spo kane, Seattle, Denver and other outside capital seems quick to recognize the merit of the mines In Southern Oregon, but a Portlander in that rich field for exploitation is a rare bird. M. Wltte was at least half-way right when he stated that America and Rus sia were the two great nations of the earth. . The Siamese twins, simile, how ever, was a little far-fetched so much eo. In fact, that It almost points to the presence of a foottle of vodka, . The Lucky Boy mine, In the Blue River district, for the second time within a month Is tied up fey a strike. If these affairs are to foe periodical, it would seem appropriate to change the name of the property. The feature of the defense in the land-fraud eases from the beginning has been abatement, postponement, de lay. Anything to shut out the testi mony, anything to prevent disclosure of the facts. When Governor Folk comes here next week to help celebrate Missouri day, Portland will take ipains to show him. . 0REG0NJ)Z0NE - Tho Hoo-Hoo "Tell." Scatt! What's that? It's the old black cat! - Whose? She mews . . . . ' For the great Hoo-Hoos! Wow!. Me-ouw! Lumber! Slumber? Well, not now! Daniel J. Healey has been a dlnlngar conductor for 23 years without taking a vacation, and In all that time, so it Is said, he never has made a single enemy. A diamond monolith should be erected In honor of Mr. Healey. Any man who can submit to having half his coffee slopped over and lost three times a day for 23 years without once losing his patience, deserves the best that gods or men can offer. Ary Eastern enthusiast, worried as to what shall be done with Theodore Roose velt after he becomes an ex-President, suggests that he be chosen, as universal peace arbitrator at a salary of $300,000 a year. While we never did believe in "scab" labor, we think this salary Is ex cessive, and we shall be pleased to accept this Job for $439,000 If traveling expenses are thrown in. DlTorce. There was a man and ho .prayed a prayer. Even as you and I; And he prayed he would mate with & maiden fair. Even as you and I; He prayed and he prayed, but he did not know That the fairest maidens are not so slow But they-set a pace that Is fledged with woe. Even as you and I. And he wedded, a maiden fair to see. Even as you would do; And they couldn't accord and they didn't agree. Even as you might do; And they went the pace to the Circuit Court, And the papers said in their long report That she -was a peach and you were a though you ain't! Kaiser Wllhelm. It is said, wants to take a dive to the bottom of Kiel Bay in a submarine boat. Ordinary persons al ways like to Imitate great men. My! those Japs are curious chaps. For since they cannot fight the Russes, Like Imps and elves they fight themselves! Who ever saw such strenuous cusses? According to a tradition of the Eskimos, woman was created first, and man was fashioned from a piece of chewing gum. From the very nature of things, this the ory lo altogether untenable. If the first man had been made of chewing gum, the first woman would have chewed him up and stuck him on the under side of tho kitchen table or tho piano stool before he could have taken his proper place In the economy of mankind. A young lady from Brooklyn Is cele brated In the New York Times as having made the swiftest descent of Mount Hood on record. "Descending the mountain." says the Times, "she made the Journey from the top to the foot In one hour and fifty minutes, distancing all the other members of the party, including the guide." Since Greater New York annexed its environs, Brooklyn girls have been noted for their swiftness. The Auto on the Farm. Turn out old Billy to graze In the clover And let old Dobbin rest," For the days of the farm-horse drudge are over. His sun gone down In tho West, I Old Time in a manner that's quite re morseless Has turned the animal down. And the Reuben Is running the mobile horseless. Same as tho swell In town. Oh, the scurrying scoot of the startled gopher As he 'scapes the hurry-up plow That Is manned by Hayseed HI, tho chauffeur It saddens me even now! For the auto plow and the auto harrow Are here with their honk and hiss: And it cuts our 'sentiment clean to the marrow That we've got to come to this. Tho farmer to town In his auto carriage Is hauling his garden sass; And I hato to arise with a word to dis parage, But I'm fain to remark, Alas! For now will the farmer's buxom daugh ter And the hand who works for hire Elope In a way that they hadn't oughter, In the auto of her sire! ROBERTUS LOVE. Heart Qualifications. North American. Professor F. J. Miller, examiner at the University of Chicago, recently cre ated a stir before the Junior class in chapel when he presented a 114. of questions which he declared ought to be asked of every man before he re ceived his bachelor degree. The professor argued that university education developed the mind and not the heart. In order to test the finer feelings of candidates for collegiate nonors. he suggested a number of questions. Including the following: Do you see anything to love In a little child? Can you look straight In the eye of an honest man or pure woman? Will a lonely dog follow you? Do you believe In taking advantage of the law when you can do so7 Can you see as much beauty in wash ing dishes and hoeing corn as in play ing golf-and the piano? Can you see sunshine in a mud pud dle? Do you see anything In life besides dollars and cents? Red Thread In Navy Rope. Exchange. Every rope used In the British naval service from heaving line to hawser and wherever it may be used, on ship board or in dockyard, has woven into one of Its strands, for purposes of identification, a red thread. The pre sumption is that any rope with the red thread found outside of such uses is in Improper hands. This custom in the British navy has prevailed since the days of Nelson. Some large con cerns, such as railways, sometimes use an Interwoven colored thread. A Kiddle Answered. Houston Poet. "What Is the scarcest thing on eaxtaT She pondered: "I declare, I think- that It must b a. lock. Of Rockefeller:! hair." - . SENATOR ALLEE ON ADDICKS (An Interview with. Senator Allee of Dela ware. In the Philadelphia Press, September 3. led to the response by Addicks- -which, ap peared In The Oregontan yesterday. The press Interview was In part as follows:) "So far as Mr. Addicks Is concerned, said Senator Allee, "he has no warmer and no more faithful friend in Delaware than myself. For ten years I have de voted myself to his political Interests, and In making this assertion I am not guilty of any egotism, but simply state what Is known to every voter in this state. I am still devoted to Mr. Addicks' Interests, but I cannot blind myself to self-evident facts. "For six years tho National leaders of the party have decried the situation In Delaware. They have Insisted and be seeched, but we who were devoted to Mr. Addicks refused to yield an Inch. We as sumed that position in Justice to the man. for no matter how persistently his polit ical opponents have arraigned him. or may arraign him. the fact remains that it was J. Edward Addicks ,who wrested Delaware from the grasp of a tyrannical and unscrupulous Democratic organiza tion. "Under such circumstances, we felt that the reward of a seat In the Senate was his due, and bo for ten years wa have fought for his recognition, believing that we were right and justified In what we were doing. "But all wars must have an end, for civilization demands It, as In the case of the Russian-Japanese conflict; so all political conflicts within the Republican party must have an end, for party Inter ests and party Integrity demand it. The Impression, not only In this state, but throughout the United States, Is that the struggle of Mr. Addicks friends promises to be an endless one, and that, therefore. It has reached a stage where It must terminate. "We who have followed the banner of Mr. Addicks through good and evil re port, and through contests the like of which were never known before in our history, have nothing with which to re proach ourselves." said Senator Allee, with great emphasis and earnestness. "Wo have fought a good fight, but wa have reached a point where we must face the crucial question, shall th!3 contest go on interminably with nothing but defeat a3 the ultimate result? Does personal ad miration and partisan fealty demand that we sacrifice the interests of the state? "And I say unhesitatingly, and with a full knowledge of the facts, that the In terests of Delaware and of the Repub lican party In Delaware will Inevitably suffer as they have not suffered In the past unless some definite, final and har monious conclusion Is reached In this matter." -21 "From your standpoint. Senator Allee. what do you regard as the chief obstacle in the adjustment of these difficulties?" I asked. "The refusal of Mr. Addicks to view the situation from any standpoint but his own. It has taken me ten years to reach this point of view, but I would be doing violence to my experience and common sense If I refused longer to recognize ex isting and self-evident facts." "And what are those facts as you rec ognize them?" "Just what I have stated; that the peo ple of Delaware, with few exceptions, and the Republicans of the Nation, demand a definite ending of conditions which have existed in our party In this- state for ten years, and the question that faces the friends of Mr. Addicks, of whom I count myself not among the least, as ten yeara of ceaseless strife and devotion to his cause bear witness. Is, shall we end It?" "Mr. Addicks can end the situation to day, tomorrow, If he sees fit. The ques tion Is. will he do itr "Of course, you are, doubtless, aware. Senator, the claim will be made, now that Mr. Addicks has fallen on evil days, his friends are deserting him and advocating peace within the party?" I suggested. "Such a claim could only be accepted by right-thinking men as a selfish plf-a. for It would be entirely false, misleading and unjustifiable," wa3 tne Intant reply of he Senator. Continuing, he said: "At no time In the past eight years, at least, has there been a day when the political opponents and personal enemies of Mr. Addicks have not assailed him. These attacks were persistent and relentless, and charges of all sorts were piled up against him. Yet his friends stood by him uirough It all. defended him, rallied to his support and replied gun for gun. If anvtnlng the attacks on him have dimin ished In the past year, if we exclude one author and one publication. "To claim that his friends are deserting him now because of any misfortune Is an Issue that cannot stand for an Instant, because It Is unqualifiedly false. Nothing in the history of American politics has equaled the devotion of Mr. Addicks friends to his cause through ten years of recurring disappointment, of defeats Innumerable; of hopes blasted; and 'no one knows this, or should know It. better than Mr. Addicks," said Senator Allee. Impressively. "What solution for existing conditions can you suggest?" I asked. Senator Allee did not reply to my ques tion for a moment. He was evldently carefully framing a reply. After a little while, he answered: "If Mr. Addicks would view the situa tion in Delaware squarely and unselfish ly, as his friends view It, the mattter would be settled. "Mr. Addicks I3 a gentleman of broad experience of the world and of men. He has tested the fidelity of his political friends and followers for ten years, and he should have faith enough In them now to know, when they speak as they do. that they are loyal In their utterances. I would bo false to myself and doubly false to Mr. Addicks- -were I, In the face of undeniable and. as I now believe, un alterable conditions, lead him on In the belief, or even In the hope, that he can ultimately be elected a United States Sen ator from Delaware. That hope is dead." Taft's Fame Ahrond "See Taft." G. W. Smalley in the London Times. The fact that Mr. Taft may be next President of the United States would of Itself make him. I suppose. Interesting to you. But he really Is Just as Interesting without that. In the official life of Wash ington his position Is unique. I can think of no man before him who has been so many men In one. By rights, he Is Secre tary of War, in succession to Mr. Root, who was reckoned the greatest Secretary of War since Stanton, known in America as the Carnot of the Civil War: an organ izing force and a natural master of men. When Mr. Hay went abroad for his health the President made Mr. Taft de facto Secretary of State. When the President went on his recent tour to see his old companions In arms, the Rough Riders of Texas, and to shoot bears (he shot 10) In Colorado, he left Mr. Taft as his vice gerentacting head of the state. To the embassadors who, as they took leave of him, asked to whom they should carry their affairs in his absence, the President answered. "See Taft." The phrase be came at once current and historic. It may well enough be that Mr. Roosevelt in those two words designated, wittingly or unwittingly, his successor. They have passed into the speech of the people, and if, being la perplexity, you ask an ac quaintance what you shall do, the chances are ho will answer, "See Taft." Up Against tho Impossible. Chicago Tribune. The swarthy customer with the fierce mustache and broad sombrero laid a huge revolver by the side of his plate. "I want a good cantaloupe, suh." he said in the soft, musical voice that some times goes with an exterior of this sort. Did he get It? No, gentle reader. He did not. It wasn't to be had. " But the waiter who took the order made a hasty exit by way of the rear door and Is believed to be running yet. IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN TOMORROW LIGHT-WEIGHT FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP Fullest telegraphic report by The Oregonlan's special correspondent, the Associated Press and the Pub lishers' Press of the Brltt-Nelson contest at Colma. WHERE MOTHERS CHECK THEIR BABIES Portland's first day nursery. A . wide-awake young woman tells In sprightly tone how Infants are cared for while their mothers are at work. Life for these youngsters Is mostly comedy. Illustrated with Photographs by Shogren. THROUGH A DESERT IN A MOTOR CAR Between Goldfleld and Bullfrog, Nevada, there has been established a regular transportation by auto mobile through the dreariest sec tion of the United States. The trip Is described by a special corre spondent, who tells also of 'the world's newest gold discovery. TRYING LIFE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS In two weeks the stormy season on. salt water and the long vigil of aid to mariners begins. Paul Danby writes a human story of men and women who keep the lights burn ing. BIRDS OF THE OREGON WOODS William Lovell Flnley, as the third contribution to thi3 series, presents some studies in color, together with a human story of parental care by grosbeaks, in which the duties were equally divided be tween the father and mother; Illus trated by Henry T. Bohlman. MUSINGS FOR THREE MINUTES Marcus W. Bobbins holds that life Is only a poker game, in which the bluff you put up, not always the cards, wins the pot, IMPROVING THE PHILIPPINES Frederic J. Haskln writes of the various works done and under con struction by the Government, In cluding one big mistake In trying to build a railroad. Readers who follow Mr. Haskln are sure of honest, unprejudiced views. QUAINT SAYINGS FROM CHILDREN A reporter of The Sunday Orego- nlan has collected a batch of orig inal remarks by Portland young sters, each one provocative of laughter; Illustrated by Chap Chapln. -RUSHING" THE ' COLLEGE FRESHMAN Now is the very height of the sea son of showering attention on "tenderfeet." If you have son, daughter or other relative entering college this month, you will be In terested in reading the manner of their reception and Its spirit. SHERLOCK HOLMES' DETECTIVE STORY Its title Is "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet," Readers who have followed the new series (each story complete In Itself) marvel at the Inventive genius of Sir A. Conan Doyle. His capacity for entertain ing and mystifying Is unlimited. REV. J. W. BROUGHER AS A BASEBALL CRITIC At the Invitation of The Orego nlan. Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher. D. D.. attended the Labor Day baseball game. He contributes an interesting article for the sporting section on his Impressions of the National game. HOW THE FAIR LOOKS FROM A BALLOON An Oregonlan reporter makes an ascent at the Exposition and de scribes "The Dream City" as seen from the clouds. ONLY COUNTY BUILDING AT .THE FAIR The only county In the United States- to erect a building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition Is Coos. Its exhibit shows the re sources of the Coos Bay district, one of the richest sections of Ore gon not yet tapped by a railroad. The article Is illustrated. HOW OREGON ENTERTAINS ITS GUESTS Oregon Is entertaining visitors from every part of the world this year. The state has important du ties as a host. The Oregon build ing at the Exposition is the club house at which Its guests are re ceived. What the state is doing to maintain .Oregon's reputation for hospitality Is described in an illustrated article. BEST WORK OF NORTH WEST PHOTOGRAPHERS At the sessions of the Photograph ers' Association of the Pacific Northwest and California Just , closed, the best work of the mem bers was on view. From the asso ciation's 1S05 official exhibit, a rep resentative number of photographs have been selected for reproduction In The Oregonlan. MUSIC, SOCIETY AND DRAMATIC Events of the week will be re viewed in society, drama and mu sic Two pages are devoted to the society news, weddings, engage ments, coming events; two pages are given to dramatic and one pago to music; all three departments are Illustrated. NEWS AND GOSSIP IN WORLD OF SPORT Two pages are devoted to sporting news and gossip. Besides a full account of the Brltt-Nelson fight, VThe Oregonlan's telegraphic serv ice will cover all sporting events of the world at large, while local happenings in athletics will be fully reviewed and illustrated. AND THE FULLEST TELE GRAPHIC NEWS OF ANY PA PER ON THE PACIFIC COAST. The Chaperon Speaks. Theodosla Garrison In Life. Very limp and damp my gown. x and the sun-is beating down. And my hat's askew above my blistered face; Bat at least It's consolation and a bit of compensation To know my lambs are gathered in one place. For Dolly, Amaryllis and the most Im prudent Phyllis Are seldom found together In one spot. And the only relaxation In a chaperon's vocation Is to get them all together on a yacht. Hence I sit here glad, though paling, for I never cared for sailing. And I always hod a horror of the sea; Bat at least the satisfaction of a littla forced Inaction Is a thing to be accepted thankfully. And Dolly. Amaryllis and the most Im prudent PhylUs For once they bear my glance and mur mur .not, And content Is o'er me stealing (though I'm -sure my nose- Is. pe.ellng). For r know they can't eacapa aae oa ft yacht.' ,