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PORTLAND. SATURDAY", FEBRUARY V,
"STATEMENT NUMBER ONE.
It could not have been the intent fn
waking the primary law, either of those
who drew it or of the voters who en
acted it, to make conditions that would
require every member of the Legisla
ture to vote for the same person for
United States Senator. Tet that is
nvhat the literal interpretation of 'the
law and obedience to it would require.
But to such literal interpretation it is
impossible to yield obedience. To do so
would be to ignore parts', in the elec
tion of Senators. At the same time
there would be no conformity to the
nvishes of the people, or actual obedi
ence to their mandate. It could not
ihave been the Intent of the makers of
.the law to require the abandonment of
political parties. That would be Im
practicable, even quixotic. Besides, the
law dn many places recognizes the ex
fistence of political parties, by prescrib
ing what methods they shall pursue.
An effort is making throughout the
state to require every candidate, for
the Legislative Assembly to pledge
himself, by "statement No. 1," formu
3ated in the law, to a condition that
(would require every member, whether
Republican, Democrat or other, to vote
for the same man for Senator. That
this may be clearly understood. The
Oregonian requests- particular attention
to the "statement," viz:
I further state to the people of Oregon as
well as to the people of my legislative dis
trict, that during my term of office 1 will
always vote for that candidate for United
States Senator in Congress who has received
the highest number of the people's votes for
that position at the election next preceding
the election of a Senator In Congress, with
out regard to my Individual preference.
There are several parties. In the gen
eral election the Republican nartv will
ihave a candidate, the Democratic party
will have a candidate, the Prohibition
party will have a candidate, the Social
ist party will bave a candidate. And
itbere may be Independent candidates.
Some one of the many candidates will
receive a plurality vdte in the general
election. It is not likely that any one
-of -them will receive a majority. Yet
the pledge would require every member
of the Legislature, no matter of what
party, to vote for the one man, Repub
aican, Democrat, Prohibition, Populist,
Socialist or Independent, who had re
ceived the popular plurality though
that candidate had received only a
small fraction of the popular vote, and
a great majority of the members of the
Legislature might have been elected as
members of other parties. We should
ay, therefore, that "statement No. 1"
is faulty, and is not likely to stand.
The object of the primary raw was
not the absurd one of trying to .abolish
political parties. Its object simply was
to prescribe a method of controlling
party nominations, so as to take the
MWPr nf JiroganHnn- nnn1Jn.
I f-...w6 wuuiuaa'a it way
from conventions, where custom had
3ong held it, and give It to the entire
electorate. The method of electing Sen
ator, being prescribed strictly by the
Constitution of the United States, could
not fall properly into this regulation.
i under state law. Yet The Oregonian
has been willing to admit that the can
didate, of a party for the Senate might
properly be indicated or designated by
popular vote, And that the man who
should get the vote of his party in the
general election ought to get the vote
of his party in the Legislature. But
The Oregonian (believes that the voters
who elect Democrats to the Legislature
do not expect them to vote for a Re
publican for the Senate, or that the vot
ers who elect Republicans expect them
to vote for a Democrat, or a Socialist,
or a Prohibitionist. The candidate for
the Senate who has his party vote be
hind him Is entitled to the votes of the
members of the Legislature elected bv
This party, but can have no ground to
claim more. This is the only moral ob
ligation to which the member can be
subjected, even" under "statement No.
1." But the literal interpretation would
be otherwise.
"Under our form "of government."
says the preamble to the primary law,
"political parties are useful and neces
sary tat the present time." Through
out the act the terms "political
party" and "political, parties" are
constantly used. Party names, even,
are mentioned In It, for precision,
as "the Republican party," "the Demo
cratic party," and "any third party";
and In the forms prescribed for use
blank spaces are left for insertion of
party names. The act, "then, proceeds '
on the ground that there are and will
be political parties; yet strict adher
ence to the letter of "statement No. 1"
would ignore or set aside party, or re
quire members of the Legislature to do
so, in the most Important matter of
party interest and action the election
of Senators of the United States.
In this particular, therefore, "state
ment No. 1" is not only at variance but
in direct conflict with the general pur
pose and whole tenor of the primary
law Itself; to say nothing of its antag
onism to the underlying motives of
party action, through which alone a
government 'by the people can have a
meaning. A Juggle that would mix,
confuse and confound the principles
and purposes of opposing parties would
close the way to popular government
through elections. Its real signification
would be a scramble for place or of
fice, with no meaning or definite pur
pose accompanying it or beyond. it.
. The primary law is all right in Its in
tent. But it is an error to attempt to
push it beyond Its true Intent. For
let iL be borne in mind that its intent
or object is to do away with the con
vention system, and to provide a way of
making party or Independent nomina
tions through direct action of the elec
tors. Its purpose Is not to control elec
tions, but to provide a method of mak
ing nominations. The section that au
thorizes the taking of the popular vote
on candidates for the United States la
well enough for guidance of the mem
bers of the Legislature, but there Is no
reason in the attempt made in connec
tion with it to abolish parties by inser
tion of a pledge that would require
every member of the Legislature to
vote for the one candidate who had re
ceived the highest vote. Each member
may consider himself iunder obligation
to vote for the candidate who had re
ceived the vote of his party in the gen
eral election, but not for one not of the
member's own party, just because that
one had received the highest popular
vote. With this reservation or expla
nation any candidate for the Legislative
Assembly may give his assent to
"statement No. 1" without embarrass
ment, if he wishes to give it. but other
wise he cannot It Is time the subject
thus presented through the primary law
were studied, not only by all persons
who may become candidates for the
Legislature, but by the whole body of
the people. Rightly to understand' this
Juggle. will be to eliminate IL
AN ADDITIONAL WORD.
Such comment and criticism as The
Oregonian has contained during some
days past, on the statements put
forth by the transportation committee
of the Chamber of Commerce upon a
coast railroad project that has thus
obtained some notoriety, have proceed
ed first from doubt on the part of The
Oregonian as to the good faith and suf
ficiency of the project, and on the other
from a feeling that it was unfair to
Mr. Lytle and might .injure him, even
If the new project'should have no suf
ficient foundation.
There is difference of opinion, which
will have to wait for solution. We
shall see. The coast road has but to
make good. The committee evidently
believes it will make good, fpr it pro
fesses to have examined the credentials
of the parties land is satisfied. Again,
It is stated that the proposition came
to the committee, or was referred to It,
some weeks before Mr. Lytle undertook
his Tillamook road.
So long have we waited for this road
that we should deeply regret to see it
embarrassed especially by any project
that may be doubtful. But the earn
estness end sincerity of the commit
tee, whose report the Chamber of Com
merce has approved, we cannot doubt.
All The Oregonian has to say further at
this time is to repeat that the proposed
coast railroad has only to "make good,"
which should be an easy matter for a
project with a vast capital behind It.
Congratulatory acknowledgments will
then be due from The Oregonian.
HARMONY.
The enthusiasm manifested at the Sil
verton meeting of the Willamette Val
ley Development League should be pro
ductive of very gratifying results in
the good roads movement. The subject
of permanent Improvement of public
highways was the chief topic for dis
cussion, and the handling It received
shows an entirely practical study of the
subject The general conclusion that
the Willamette Valley or any other part
of Oregon needs good roads Ib easily
drawn. Any schoolboy may safely
venture such an opinion as that- To
go further and show by accurate fig
ures the exact value of good roads as
compared with poor ones, the savings
to be made by the reduction of grades
and the laying of hard surfaces, the
cost of crushed rock roads and the
methods of taxation by which they may
be secured, requires investigation and
careful thought by men ot knowledge
upon such subjects. That information
of this kind has been gafhered by good
roads enthusiasts was shown by the
papers read at the Silverton meeting.
The addresses seem to show a diminu
tion of that class of discussion com
monly designated by the expression
"hot air." and a very marked increase
In sound reason and reliable facts.
That there was a noticeable lack of
harmony among the people of Silverton
regarding arrangements for the meet
ing is to be regretted, but there Is sat
isfaction in learning that those business
men who had been offended let the mat
ter pass with no further action on their
part than remaining away from the
meeting. Assuming that they had
cause to feel offended, they displayed
their loyalty by refraining from any
acts which would Injure the success of
the meeting. If the citizens' of a com
munity cannot all pull together, they
can at least get along with none pull
ing back. The progress of any com
munity depends upon united effort If
there be any lack of union the man or
men responsible therefor should be
quietly hunted out and lined up for the
long pull and hard pull for common
welfare.
This applies not only to small com
munities but to the state at large. The
man whose efforts are bent toward the
perpetuation or strengthening of local
personal jealousies is a cancer on the
community, sapping its vitality. The
man who, in larger affairs, seeks to
array one part of the state against an
other In this great work of development
is a disorganize a destructlonist and a
hindrance to progress. He Is more than
a mere obstacle or stumbling-block, for
he makes active opposition to that uni
fication which Is now the desire of the
people of Oregon.
This is a "get-together" era. The
people of Oregon and of the entire
Northwest got together to make the
Lewis and Clark Fair a complete suc
cess. They are now standing together
for the improvement of the Columbia,
not only at the mouth, but at Celilo;
for the construction of irrigation sys
tems In Klamath, Umatilla and Mal-
heur; for the deepening of the Willam
ette and the public ownership of the
locks at Oregon City; for the deepening
of entrances to coast harbors and for
the construction of steam and electric
railways. The spirit of harmony and
united effort is abroad In the state. If
any man makes it his business to stir
up strife, jealousy and division, knock
him down and throw him out.
A LOGICAL DIVERSION.
If the reader of the American Econ
omist could take the articles, as they
are doubtless intended, for literature of
a satirical turn written to bring the
stand-pat Idea Into contempt by dis
playing Its inherent contradictions and
logical absurdity, he might enjoy Its
pages thoroughly. The successive ar
ticles contradict one another with a
frank unceremoniousness which recalls
the dialogue between the Hare and the
Hatter In "Alice in Wonderland," and
their reasoning resembles nothing so
much as that of Humpty-Dumpty In
Carroll's delightful book. If one could
feel quite sure that the Economist was
written purely to amuse by perplexing,
as the Alice books were. It would be
as delightful as they are; but in spite
of so much evidence to the contrarj't it
is impossible to free the mind of a
haunting suspicion that the Economist
takes Itself seriously end expects the
reader to do the same.
Upon the supposition that its articles
'are written to convince and persuade
the simple-minded that stand-patism
Is a divinely revealed religion, they be
come exasperating. "Thou shalt wor
ship the DIngley tariff with oil thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy strength," Is a commandment
which one might bow to were It en
forced with unimpeachable facts and
Invincible logic, but when the facts are
made to order and the logic of one page
refutes that of the next submission Is
difficult The current number opens
with a syllogism which beautifully
illustrates the Economist's contempt
for facts and Its method of reasoning.
"Tariff revision," it says, "is tariff re
duction. Tariff reduction Is price re
duction. Price reduction is wage reduc
tion. Therefore, tariff reduction is wage
reduction."
Every sentence in this quotation is
either entirely false or Involves a par
tial falsehood. Tariff revision may or
may not be tariff reduction. The Wil
son revision of 1S93 raised the tariff.
The Economist calls the Wilson tariff
"free trade," but It knows better. It
knows that the Wilson bill left the
average of duties higher than it found
them. If the panic which ensued was
caused by the change in the tariff, very
well; but the change was to Increase
protection, not to diminish it; and the
logical conclusion is that protection
causes panics. ' This Is not true, of
course; but neither is It true that to
lessen Import duties causes panics,
Those unhappy commercial disturb
ances have little connection with tariff
changes, as every student of history
well knows. They occur periodically
the world over, and for reasons which
are inherent in modern methods of pro
duction. Were our tariff high enough
to exclude every dollar's worth of for
eign goods, we should have panics just
the same.
If "tariff reduction Is price reduc
tion," then a high tariff means high
prices to the consumer and a low tariff
means low prices. This Is astonishing
doctrine to hear from the high priest of
the stand-patters. Those Idolatrous
sectarians have hitherto contended that
in some mysterious way a high tariff
made goods cheap arid big wages simul
taneously. The Economist Itself
preaches this doctrine In another col
umn of the same Issue, where It says
that other countries buy our goods be
cause they find them "cheaper than can
be had elsewhere" thus contradicting
the premise of its precious syllogism.
But a trifle like a flat contradiction
does not disturb the complacency of a
devout stand-patter. As a matter of
fact the prohibitive tariff makes our
goods dear at home and cheap abroad.
At home it builds up trusts which may
bleed the consumer to the limit of his
power to pay; abroad In the world mar
ket the trust must undersell Its compet
itors or not sell at all. Many of our
goods are the cheapest in the world to
foreign buyers. They are sold either at
a profit or a loss. If at a profit, then
they could be profitably sold at home
for the same price as abroad and need
no protection. If at a loss, then we are
all contributing of our substance to .fur
nish the foreigners cheap goods.
The Economist goes on to say that
price reduction is wage reduction." If
this Is true, then our export trade Is a
calamity to our worklngmen, for on
goods sent abroad, as the Economist
truly asserts, the price has been re
duced below that of foreign manufac
turers: The proportionate wages paid
our labor for making those goods must
be less than foreign pauper labor earns,
and must therefore decrease the total
average of wages. Justice to American
labor therefore requires us to cease ex
porting as well as Importing manufac
tures and confine our trade entirely to
the home market Such Is the absurd
demeanor of stand-pat logic when con
fronted with itself.
AN EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT.
The problem of keeping: minors out of
saloons Is one that has long vexed both
omcers and saloon-keepers. The plan
usually pursued shifts the responsibil
ity entirely from the shoulders of the
offenders -and of their parents and
places It upon those who In legal phrase
may oe termed the party of the second
part This Is at once unjust and Inef
fective. We have In this city an ordi
nance that. If enforced, would do much
to correct this abuse, but which has
never yet been tested here. This ordi
nance provides that the offending mi
nor shall himself be held Jointly re
sponsible with the saloon-keeper "from
whom he purchases drink or who does
not bar him out of the saloon. This
scheme has been tried elsewhere with
a gratifying degree of success, and
there is every reason to believe that It
would prove effectual in settling this
vexed question here.
The ordinance under which the saloon-keeper
is made to bear all the pen
alty for allowing minors to visit and
hang about his place of business is
manifestly -unjust It has made a great
deal of trouble for the liquor-vender,
but It has not caused the boys the least
worry. The law as It now stands makes
it a misdemeanor for any minor to
enter a saloon and for any saloon
keeper to permit him to enter, the pen
alty being a graduated fine, or. In de
fault of payment Imprisonment This
law the officers should be Instructed to
enforce Impartially. It has 'been tried
with excellent results elsewhere, and no
doubt good results would follow Its en
forcement here.
The wisdom or this course is appar
ent In the first place, the sooner that
boys, after having attained years of
ordinary discretion, are held to be re
sponsible beings, the better for them
selves, for society and for posterity.
Any boy, of the age of 15 and upwards,
should be ashamed to plead the baby
act upon a clear, simple question of
right and wrong. Responsible boyhood
Is the first step, and a necessary step,
toward responsible manhood. Make
these hulking, eif-conceitetl lads, who
thlnk.it smart to evade the law which
forbids them to enter saloons and sneak
drinks, know that they will be held
Jointly responsible with the saloon
keeper for violation of the law and the
keen edge will be taken off their "fun."
Parents will, of course, come In when
the fine Is to be paid, and that will be
a good thing, too, since an experience
of this kind will cause the father to
exercise necessary parental vigilance In
order to prevent Its recurrence.
While any saloon-keeper who know
ingly or carelessly sells drink to a
minor is beyond the pale of decent citi
zenship, the minor who drinks Is not
excusable, unlcs3 he be a young boy,
doped for sport, in which case the per
son or persons who ply him with drink
should be dealt with more severely than
Is yet provided by any statute for such
a crime.
The suggestion that the Government
building on the Lewis and Cljrk Fair
grounds be included in the purchase" of
the site for a private park Is one that
appeals to the sentiment of thousands
who enjoyed the beauties of the Fair.
No one can look at the stately and sub
stantial building without regretting the
waste that Its razing will Involve; yet
the longer process of attempted pres
ervation might Im'olve In the end still
greater waste. This would not. how
ever, necessarily follow. All would de
pend upon the business management
and the purpose of the purchasers. If
an annual Industrial exposition in this
city Is an assured fact it could certain
ly find no more suitable and commodi
ous place than the peninsula upon
which the Government building is lo
cated, and that spacious building itself.
The Idea Is worth considering, at least
Justice T. G. Halley, of the Supreme
Court who owns a 160-acre alfalfa farm
In Umatilla County, was one of the
speakers at the recent Development
League meeting at Silverton. He is
a confident believer in alfalfa as a com
ing hay crop In Western Oregon, and
says that when the farmers have
learned how to produce it In this sec
tion of the state they will have a much
cheaper feed for dairy cows and stock
cattle. A larger butter yield and more
thrifty stock will be the direct result
of the abandonment of present foods
and the adoption of alfalfa. He pre
dicts success for the experiments to be
conducted by the Harrlman lines In
Western Oregon regarding alfalfa
growing this side of the Cascade Moun
tains. In h.is report of the first day's pro
ceedings of the Development League
meeting at Silverton, The Oregonian
representative wrote that "though Just
ly proud of their past achievements and
present condition, the people of Silver
ton have no feeling of satisfaction, but
are determined to advance from good to
better," etc. In transmission over the
wires the word "proud" was omitted
and the punctuation was so badly dis
arranged that readers might be In
doubt whether the article was intended
to be complimentary. This explanation
Is therefore made.
The frenzied utterances of such
negrophobes as Thomas Dixon, Jr.. find
their natural counterparts in the
equally frenzied replies of Professor
Kelly Miller and the pulpit ravings of
Bishop Turner, of the African Method
ist Church. Race hatred in unbalanced
white men begets the same sentiment
in the blacks. Whatever deficiencies
Mr. Dixon finds in the negroes he must
admit that their billingsgate fairly
rivals his own. About the wisdom of
the contestants on either side the less
said the better.
In almost every residence section of
Portland you will see colonial houses.
Generally the architectural effect Is
pleasing. Not one of the designs Is
original. They were copied or adopted
from homes In the New England or
Middle States. For prototypes of. the
favorite twentieth century dwelling, see
illustrations of the houses occupied as
headquarters by George Washington In
the War of the Revolution, to be pub
lished In The Sunday Oregonian to
morrow. The San Jose scale is prevalent in
Portland and generally In the Willam
ette Valley. It Is injuring rose bushes
as well as other plants. This pest can
easily be eradicated with small expense
and not a great deal of labor If every
one will spray the shrubbery on his
lawn. How to spray most effectively is
set forth In an article by Frederick V.
Holman which will appear In The Sun
day Oregonian tomorrow.
The Ponca Indians may have some
thing to learn with reference to. the eti
quette of wedding gifts, but In the ver
nacular of pioneer days their turn-turn
is hyas close. Why should the bride
groom be overlooked In the ante-nuptial
pouatcn when he is really the fellow
who needs consolation and support?
Dr. Charles E. Hewitt tells his elasw
in theology that graft has taken pos
session or the Christian ministry. A
five-gallon can of the very best kero
sene will be given the first person who
correcuy guesses to which university
Dr. Hewitt belongs.
Iowa proposes a law that will ahoiuh
explosion of firecrackers and such
imngs on July -L Iowa leads the way
in all styles of m-ohibltion: but lot
hope that In this case prohibition will
pronioit
The Front-street commission-houses
are overstocked with fresh eets. w.
had noticed that something was keep
ing tne Oregon hens and our familv
grocer apart
Judge Smith, of Chicago.
mistake In not starting a life Insurant
company. It wouldn't have been neces
sary to borrow a bank roll for that pur
pose.
Mr. "Hill ha nna mniAl.tl.. it-
----- - . vwujvi&uuil.
boosted the rtrW f "Mv TTirrim,,'.
Seattle terminals higher than Mr. Har-
riman eievatea mat Willamette bridge.
When Mr. Longworth wants to be es
pecially kind to his strenuous father-
in-law, he can. let him wear that buf
falo-skin vest
Poor Bonl! He has no maiden
to be restored."
" THE PESSIMIST.
It" Is rumored that Alice Roosevelt
daughter of President Roosevelt will be
married in Washington today.
It is said that It is Nicholas Longworth,
Representative In Congress from the First
Congressional District of Ohio, who will
be fed. a willing victim I mean bride
groom to -the altar.
When Nicholas ran for Congress he was
elected by a clean majority over all the
others of 14.0CO or more, but today he will
be In a decided minority. He will be only
one of two. The other one will be the big
one.
Nicholas will be merely a pain-giving
circumstance not exactly a pain-giving
circumstance. He will stand like a blith
ering Idiot bridegrooms always look like
blithering Idiots while cvory one Is look
ing .at Alice as she marches up to the
strains of Mendelssohn's Weddlns March
or the Wedding March from "Lohengrin."
And they will live happily ever after
ward, but poor old Nicky will hereafter be
known as the son-in-law of President
Roosevelt, and after a while as the son-in-law
of ex-President Roosevelt.
EAST ST. LOUIS. 11L. Feb. 13. With the
greatest deliberation. F. It. Avery, treasurer
of the Averr Manufacturing Company, of
Peoria. I1L. today committed suicide by
breaking the Ice of a small pond near Cen
tenrllle. sir miles south of here.' and holding
his head under the water while he lay on
the shore.
Probably some one told him to go and
soak his head.
This is the blessing that the Rev.
Father Judge, of Chicago, handed out to
Fra Elbertus. of The Philistine:
The editor of The Phtlbtlne Is an atrocious
Har. We sbouM not use such strong lan
guage in characterizing the Infamy of this
po&oner of wells were he not a moral microbe.
Only two or three weeks ago the dally press
of Chicago called attention to a eae of sui
cide which was confessedly committed by a
victim. ji we may call him. of the principles
advocated In The Philistine. Its editor pub
lUhed and circulated a booklet about our
Lord that violate every principle of public
decency and fill the Christian soul with rage.
Voltaire's worst sneers and rarcasms would
be edifying reading compared to It The mind
of uch a scoundrel Is like a red light district
In hi conscience like a city sewer. He blas
phemes the Dflty. thinking In hfo maggot
soul that he la an AJax defying the lightning.
He la even Ims dignified than Ingersoll chal
lenging Cod to rtsltc htm. He Is like a cur
dog standing at the Go Wen Gate of the great
Pacific and spleenlng bis tiny bark at the in
finite acs.
In every country. In times cf decadence,
these LUlsut Satan congregate just as flics
gather around a putrecent carcass.
Did It hurt Fra Elbertus feelings? Not
much! He reprinted it In The Philistine.
Fra Elbertus likes a good roast Here
is another that he reprinted:
Fra Elbertus. editor t The Philistine, is a
dirty, indecent, pusillanimous, good-for-nothing:
a Mot on humanity, a child oZ th 47ll,
a carbuncle on the shoulder of society.
Fra Elbertus must have been saying
something that was true.
The owners and occupants of wooden
buildings In the warehouse district on the
East Side are unanimous in their opinion
that no more wooden buildings should be
put up. Next week they will begin tear
ing down their wooden buildings, and put
ting up brick buildings in their place.
What?.
a
Another Standard Oil magnate has
taken to the woods.
Speaking of Alice and Nicholas, they
will soon be one and insufferable.
j M. B. WELLS
EARL AND LORD 3IAYOR.
Queer Complication in the Entertain
ment nt Dublin of the Abcrdecns.
Dublin Cable.
Dublin society docs not take kindly to
the new Mcerov and Vlcerene. tli rcnri
and Countess of Aberdeen. The Earl Is
a very tussy and self-important personage
and the Countess has in a very pro
nounced fashion those aunlitles whlrh
make up "The Manager." On the other
nanu. tne tari and Countess of Dudley
were beloved by the Irish people on ac
count of their democratic simnlfrltv nnri
unaffected kindness. The Earl of Aber
deen made a mess of it when he was Lord
Lieutenant once before, and It 13 expected
he will fail again.
By a queer Jumble of fate the haughty
Vlceroy. In all his functions wherein
Dublin is concerned, must entertain the
Lord Mayor, and that high civic dignitary
happens to be J. Patrick Nanettl. the
half-Italian, half-Irish foreman of . the
Dublin Evening Telegraph composing,
room. Now. Mr. Nanctti entertains the
popular prejudice against the fussy Aber
deens. and It Is whispered that in the
boycott which Is to be Impending, peer
and printer will be amusingly arrayed
against each other.
The eighth Earl of Aberdeen has rents
and seats and titles galore; a month ago
Patrick Nanettl was getting $30 a week.
Now he gets i20,C0 a year. As foreman
he wears a white apron, as Lord Mayor
he wears gorgeous robes and a silver
collar. His father was Italian and his
mother Irish, and he Is the first member
of a labor union to be olected Lord Mayor
of Dublin.
To Add to the Confusion of Tongues.
Kansas City Star.
College students will learn with alarm
that the proposal of an enthusiastic Irish
lecturer to revive the study of Gaelic has
been received with great enthusiasm In
various American cities. Gaelic may be a
truly delightful and entrancing tongue, as
liquid as Italian, as clear as French and
as simple as volapuk. Its literature may
be as fascinating as the Greek or as
romantic as the German. But If It be
revived there will be another language to
vex the already overburdened student.
There will be a celing analogous to that
of the small school girl who wept at the
time of the declaration of war with
Spain because she heard that new his
tory was being made daily. Nowadays
if a man would be a specialist In pretty
much anything, from medicine to mathe
matics, he ought to know three or four
languages besides hla own. He must be
ready to "keep up" In the French and
German periodicals and to make excur
sions into Italian and Latin if not Greek.
Contributions are constantly being made
to the stock of knowledge in most known
languages, including Japanese. And now
It Is proposed to add another.
Mills Deadlier Than Battles.
New York World.
In the mills and on the railroads of Alle
gheny County. Pennsylvania, which In
cludes Pittsburg. 17.700 persons were killed
and Injured In 1S05 whose cases became
matters of record. Many victims who
went to neither hospital nor morgue es
caped the count
This number Is barely less than the to
tal of Union and Confederate dead and
wounded at Fredericksburg. It Is almost
four times the total of casualties at the
first Bull Run and 2000 greater than the
Federal loss at the second Bull Run. It
exceeds by 40CO the French lose at G rave
lot te. When captains of industry lead
their companies into chances of death
and mutilation greater than those of war
there Is no excuse.
NEW LIFE IN THE OLD TOWN.
Hlllsboro Argus.
It certainly pleases the suburban towns
to see the United Railway people go Into
Portland and open the eyes of the old
conservatives who have made their -millions
and sat back, taking their cent-per-centum,
retarding progress, encouraging
no development unless there was a big
graft in it for no Investment Involved;
and who have merely worked outside cap
ital for a rake-off. The new blood will
show Portland's millionaire obstruction
ists that there Is such a thing as legiti
mate business: that the dog-in-tbe-man-gcr
policy has been crushed by the Jug
gernaut of time; and Portland and vicin
ity will now begin to take notice of her
opportunities. No more can the first fam
ilies stick up their nasal atmosphere split
ters and retard growth and reasonable
gain In legitimate circles. All of which
makes one exclaim, with the SO-year-oId
minister, who went to sec the Lewis and
Clark Fair, 'God bless the beautiful City
of Portland!"
Scathing Rebuke.
Holdenville Tribune.
The following letter was received
recently:
"Dear Sir: I hereby offer my roslg
nashun as a subscriber to your papier.
It being a pamphlet of such small kon
sequenc as not to benefit my famlly
by takin it What you need In your
shete is brancs St some one to russol
up news and rite editorials on live
topics. No menshun has bin made in
your shete of me butchcrin a poloa
china pfg welghin C69 pounds or the
gapes in the chickens out this way.
You Ignor the fact that I bot a bran
new bob sled and that I traded my
blind mule and say nothln about HI
Slmpklns's Jersey calf breaking his
two frunt legs fallin in a well, 2 im
portant chivereea have bin uterly
ignored by your shete & a 3 column
obitchury notice writ by me on the
death of grandpa Henery was left out
of your shete to say nothln' of the
alfabetical poem beginning "X is for
And and also for Ark." writ by me
darter. This is the reason your paper
Is so unpopular here. If you don't
want edytorlals from this place and
ain't goln to put up no neWs in your
shete we don't want said shete.
"P: S. If you print obitchury in
your next I may sine again fur yure
shete."
lit red a Poet.
Cheraw Citizen.
Wc take pleasure in announcing that
D. M. Clark of Angelus is now regu
larly on the staff of the Carolina Citi
zen, occupying the chair of poetry. Air.
Clark will furnish at least one original
production weekly. We present this
week "November Nineteen Four," a
pathetic bit of verse, which the author
has dedicated to the memory of a lady.
In the order named we will publish the
following verses by Mr. Clark:
"Friendship," "In Good Old Summer
Time" and "Choosing One of Two."
These -will be followed by others, and
as Spring approaches we think we can
promise our readers some choice sen
timental productions from the pen of
our bright young friend.
Paying: Dearly for Titles.
Cleveland Leader.
The attitude of the average titled
suitor for the hand of an American
girl ought to. be considered Insulting
by her. So upparent Is It that her
money Is what he wants that all at
tempts to put a decent face on the
matter are put transparent shams. Us
ually the girl realizes this fact, but
she is dazzled by visions of social
triumphs In glittering foreign courts
and thinks she can do without the love
of her husband If she can not win it
But nature Is stronger than will power
and usually Is revenged upon her. She
finds her lot a miserable one unless
she Is utterly callous. If children come
her position is rendered almost unen
durable. How often this has resulted
In public scandal every newspaper
reader knows.
Pitt's Dying Words.
Manchester Guardian.
Several of the newspapers are re
turning today to the old subject: What
were the last words of William Pitt?
Vere -they: "Ou, my country! How I
leave my country!" as his kinsman.
James N. Stanhope, who was in the
room at the time, said they were; or,
as Macaulay (who dismissed the Stan
hope story) had It: "Broken exclama
tions about the alarming state of pub
lic affairs"; or. as the story went: "I
think I could eat one of Bellamy's
pies." There Is another form which
ought also to be added to the list. It
came from Pitt's butler, who was dis
appointed of a legacy. He always main
tained that Mr. Pitt's last words were:
"I am sorry I have not anything for
Jenkins."
One Way to Beat the Gas Meter.
Kansas City Journal.
Arch Davenport, a Fort Scott Joker,
turned a large snake loose in his cel
lar under his house. The gas meter
was also in the cellar and for six
months his snakeship forced the gas
company to give Davenport a flat rate
on his gas bill. The young man who
reads the meter never got nearer it
than the door. Last week the snake
was fcund dead and the reading of
the meter showed that Davenport had
iald for only half the gas ho had used.
He war compelled to put up the bal
ance due.
A Practical View.
The Winter twilight was wistful and
sad.
"Listen." she said In a tense voice.
"Hear the howling of the lost wind
among the bare and trembling trees.
See how -mournful lies the waning
light on the snow-covered hills. This
frozen desolation! Oh! does it not
make you feel that in life there is too
much of cold; too much of bleakness?"
"Well, no," he answered candidly.
"Father, you see. Is In the coal busi
ness." A New Geyser.
"Ma," said young Miss Nuritch, "when
we was at the Yellowstone Park, did we
see all the geysers that was there?"
"Yes. my dear," replied Mrs. Nuritch,
we seen all the things that was there.
Why?"
"Because I heard old Mr. Dlnkcnkonf
telling another man today that the 'Gey
ser Wllhelm was the greatest ever "
Philadelphia Press.
Nor. to Be Sneezed At.
Puck.
New Yorker (showing friend Hotel
De Millyun) To tell the truth we are
proud of this hotel.
Chlcagoan Well. I can't blame you
altogether, old man. I honestly think
myself that It's the finest between Chi
cago and London.
Located Quite Satisfactorily.
Kansas City Journal.
Old Bill Missrimmons rcm.irVn.l in
Tom Prendcrgast as he sat down gin-
?eny on one cage or. a dry goods box:
"Tom. did vou ever see a. erni dn hnii
Just where you wanted Itr
ics, said lom. the one on you Is
exactly all right for me."
SOME THINGS
IN THE OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
First and best, the most compre
hensive telegraphic news service by
the Associated Press and special
correspondents, of any Pacific Coast
newspaper; then the customary de
partments, and the best features
that can be bought.
CAN MAN CREATE
LIFE ARTIFICIALLY?
A fortnight ago. Professor Wllhelm
Ostwald, of the University of Leip
sig. startled this country with a
lecture before the students ot Har
vard and Columbia Universities, in
which he declared that man could
create artificially a high form of
animal life. Because he is an emi
nent chemist an able student of
biology and "a profound thinker.
Professor Ostwald's utterance
started a hot controversy among
American scientists.
Now, Professor Ostwald, answer
ing his critics, has written a most
remarkable article which The Sun
day Oregonian secured at large ex
pense and will publish tomorrow.
It is not technical and cannot help
but produce a profound Impression
on mankind.
MORE CLIMBING ROSES
NEEDED IN PORTLAND
A popular article by Frederick V.
Holman on how to grow them. As
every one knows. Mr. Holman for
many years has been growing the
finest roses for the pure pleasure
it involves, and he knows about as
much on the subject as any ama
teur can learn. This is a good ar
ticle to cut out and preserve. In
cidentally, he gives some excellent
advice about spraying rose bushes
right now that every home-owner
in Portland should heed.
PHOTOGRAPHS ACTUALLY
SENT BY WIRE
This is the latest achievement of
mechanical science by Professor Al
fred Korn. of Munich. Recently he
transmitted a distinct picture the
distance of 1C0 miles and says he
could with little trouble have sent
it by cable ucross the ocean. His
method Is fully explained and then
is a reproduction of the photograph
as it was received.
HOUSES OCCUPIED t
BY WASHINGTON
During the War of the Revolution.
Washington occupied as mllltary
headquarters several dwellings, now
of priceless historical value. These
are faithfully pictured and de
scribed In a special article of time
ly value.
"I'VE BEEN THINKING"
BY CHARLES B. LOOMIS
A number of short satirical
sketcheH by the humorist who re
cently visited Portland, each com
plete, in itself. There Is a gentle
ness in hi3 style that cannot help
but captivate the reader who en
joys the pricking of social bubbles.
These sketches will run for several
weeks.
THE RELIGION OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
This is the text of Dr. H111I3' ser
mon for tomorrow, wherein he
points out the spiritual side of the
man who serves God with works.
THE PARADISE OF
THE PACIFIC
Dr. -Norrls R. Cox. of Portland, now
in Honolulu, contributes very read
able comment on what he saw
there. Some of it is In praise and
some In condemnation of the most
beautiful spot In. the big ocean.
UNCIVILIZED TALES
BY A TEXAS SHERIFF
First of a series of interviews by
Irvlng C. Norwood with the Hon.
Bill Sanger, of the Lone Star' State.
He tells of a time when Arnlm's
cow gentlemen bucked the margins
good and plenty.
STRANGE PROUD
RACE OF INDIA
Frederic J. Haskin writes from
Bombay concerning the Parsis who
worship fire and abandon their dea'd
to vultures.
THE "ROOSEVELT BEARS"
IN A BALLOON
In last Sunday's story these Inter
esting animals were carried Into
the air by a balloon. Tomorrow's
story recites how they spent ncarly
24 hours far above the clouds and
had some thrilling experiences.
With each issue of these illustrated
jingles the author's resources In
the matter of fun and his ingenu
ity become more apparent.
LINCOLN STEFFENS ON "THE
REIGN OF PUBLIC OPINION"
Lincoln Steffens continues his series
of studies in government at Wash
ington, D. C. This brilliant inves
tigator went there especially to dis
cover what the Government of the
United States represented, the peo
ple or the special Interests. For to
morrow he has announced his topic.
"Thti Reign of Public Opinion." In
which he proposes to tell whether
or no the Nation's lawmakers bow
to the popular will.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER'S
NEW YORK LETTER
Emilie Frances Bauer contributes a
chatty letter. Miss Bauer is a well
known New York critic, and some
ot the topics she discusses this
week are Jan Kubclik. beloved of
matinee girls; the Leon Orlando
Bailey twins; the Wellington-Johnston
lawsuit: the appearance of
Rudolph G. Ganz; the dinner to Da
vid Blspham; a matinee audience at
"The Uttle Gray Lady." and the
auction sale of the late Irving M.
Scott's pictures.
JIMMY BRITT WRITES
ON THE FIGHTING GAME
For the sporting page, The Orego
nian has secured the weekly review
of the prizefighting game by James
E. Britt. Britt looks at the com
ing contests from the standpoint of
an expert. He expresses himself
fearlessly, and his comments on the
pugilistic sport are certainly orig
inal in expression.
LEADERS IN THE
OREGONIAN VOTING CONTEST
The Oregonian tomorrow will an
nounce the standing of the young
women who arc entered in the con
test for a free trip to Yellowstone
Park. The contest Is growing in
tense, and the result of the count is
awaited with anxiety by the young
women competing.
SOCIETY, MUSIC
AND DRAMATIC REVIEWS
Five pages, with illustrations, are
devoted to society news, accounts
of social happenings, weddings, an
nouncements of coming events, re
view of the theatrical week and
announcements and reviews of mu
sical events.
TWO PAGES OF
LIVE SPORTING NEWS
Timely articles are printed each
week on The Oregonian's sporting
pages. All branches of sport are
covered. The sporting news of- the
world is gathered by the Associated
Press, special correspondents cover
the Pacific Coast, and local writers
describe the events in Portland.
Needs Praying For.
Puck.
Mrs. Porkham (of Chicajro) I see that
when them religious Turks pray they al
ways turn their faces towards the East.
Mr. Porkham Gosh! They must read
the New York papers!