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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, JUNE 1. 1908.
DEMOCRATIC FALLACIES.
Our demo-plutocratic friends argue
that we ought all to vote against Mr.
Hawley at the June election because
Mr. Hermann has been a disappoint
ment to his party and a comfort to its
enemies. Mr. Hermann was sent to
Washington to support the President in
his fight against plutocracy and monop
oly. His own misdeeds soon made it
Impossible, for him to support anybody
or anything. What has that to do with
the principle of the case? Mr. Her
mann failed in his duty. The fact is
admitted, and there the matter ends.
It 19 just as necessary today to send to
Washington a man who will 6tand by
the President as it would have been if
Mr. Hermann had been all that was
good and honorable. It Is even more
so, because the Republicans of the
state are now under obligations to re
trieve the mistakes they have made In
the past. Because we once sent to
Washington a man who disappointed us
hall we now choose one who, we know,
will act against the policies of the Pres
ident? Nothing can be advanced against
either the ability or the integrity of
Mr. Hawley. He is a man who will
without a doubt retrieve the errors
which our representatives at Washing
ton have made In the past. Shall we
punish him for Mr. Hermann's faults?
Where is the sense or Justice in such a
policy as that? Because we failed in
our purpose to support the President
two years ago, must we fall again now?
The Democratic organ Beems to think
so. The President needs the support of
his friends. Great Interests are allied
against him and his policy. Wrhether in
the long run he can succeed or not Is
an open question. He certainly cannot
succeed unless the country stands be
hind him in the right. What he has ac
complished so far has been through the
Influence of an overwhelming public
Fentiment. The least break in the una
nimity of that sentiment will discourage
him and lend aid and comfort to his
enemies. The defeat of the Republican
ticket would Indicate such a break.
It 1" natural for the Democrats to en
deavor to belittle this argument and
deny its force. Mr. Roosevelt, they say,
values the Democrats of Oregon more
highly than the Republicans. It would
be a fine thing for them if this were
rue. and they may try to delude them
elves into believing that it really ,is
rue; but of course such talk is sheer
nonsense. Mr. Roosevelt Is sufficiently
experienced In political life to know
that his permanent and reliable support
must come from his own party. To as
sort the contrary is to make use of the
methods of the bunco man who tries to
sell pewter spoons for silver. Some
things are too plain to need discussion,
and this Is one of them. The Wash
ington Evening Star says with direct
reference to our pending state cam
paign: There le no kinship belween the President
and the Democratic party. . . . Iet us
eiir-nose the remooratic party in full control
of the next Congress. Would It pasa a tariff
Mil which the Freeirt-nt could approve?
Would It pass a measure relating to the
Philippines which he could approve? The
President and the Democratic leaders are
very far apart on the great questions of the
day, and) could: not be drawn together with
horses and chains.
A campaign very, much like our own
is now on in Pennsylvania purely a
state election. The same argument is
made there that Democrats should be
elected because they are in harmony
with the President. This Is what the
North American, an independent paper,
lias to say about it:
The President who sits at . Washington to
wage the war of the people agalnet cor
porate tyranny, ' corporate wealth and cor
porate corruption. Is a Republican. He can
have effective becking only from hla own
party. IV ?at of his own party anywhere will
tend to discredit him. The criminal railroad
and trusts well know that and are trying
despeirr'.ely to rebuke him through Republican
defeats.
Will Oregon help them carry out this
r'an? If that is the wish of the voters,
they can do it by electing all or part of
the Democratic ticket.
"The Oregonlan would have support
ed Hermann and Williamson if they
had been renominated," howl the Dem
ocratic, spellbinders. But they were not
renominated. They were not even can
didates for renomlnatioii. They knew
better. The Republican party, which
elected them because they were Repub
licans, would have rejected, and did re
ject, them because they were under
criminal prosecution. The party doesn't
support such men for office under such
circumstances; nor -does this paper, as
everybody knows. The President of the
United States undertook to purge the
public service of such men, and the
people of Oregon support and approve
his course. If the Republican party
nominated! and elected them, a Repub
lican President discovered their mis
deeds, exposed them to the world-,
brought the two to trial, and Oregon
Juries, mostly Republicans, convicted
them. The attitude of The Oregonlan
toward these men is exactly the atti-
tude of the Republican Administration,
the Republican party, and the whole
people of Oregon.
JCDti.MENT IN VOTING.
At the primary election last month a
great many voters marked their ballots
for the first man on the ticket for each
office, showing little discrimination or
expression of opinion. An examination
of the returns shows that the man at
the head of the list for each office had
an advantage by reason of his position.
In the primary election the contest was
between Republicans, and doubtless
many voters felt that it made no differ
ence to them which of the candidates
won, and marked their ballots for the
first. In the general election no such
practice as this should be followed.
Voters should act carefully and with
due discrimination. Before marking the
ballot for any man, the voter should
look after his name and see to what
party he belongs. The ballot should be
marked not only for the man, but for
the political principles for which the
candidate stands and in which the voter
believes. The voter who believes in So
cialist prlnclj.les should vote for the So
cialist candidates. Those who are ad
vocates of Democratic principles and
policies shduld vote for Democratic
candidates. Those who hope to see Re
publican principles and policies prevail
should mark their ballots for Republi
can candidates.
Any man can mark a ballot very
quickly if he goes through and marks
for the first candidate for each office.
That is an act that requires very little
Intelligence or care. Careful, thought
ful men do not proceed in that way.
Impulsive men may mark their ballots
for the name that is most familiar to
them. Men who exercise Judgment
take into consideration the principles
which a candidate represents, and they
vote not merely for the name, but for
the man and the party. Under the
Australian ballot system the ballot is
long and somewhat complicated. It
takes care to mark a ballot without
making mistakes that will Invalidate
the ballot entirely or prevent its being
counted for some offices. Be careful
how you vote.
MR. ROOSEVELT AT HAMPTON.
In his Memorial day address to the
negro students at Hampton Institute
President Roosevelt talked with his
usual wisdom, and something more
than his usual triteness, upon the as
sumption that each member of his audi
ence had. for the end) and aim of exist
ence the elevation of the colored race.
Possibly the assumption was correct,
but far more likely it was not. Out of
the whole body of students of any white
school only a small proportion care
much for the elevation of their race;
the great majority are solely occupied
with the elevation of themselves-, and it
Is not credible that the negroes are In
this respect far ahead of other young
people. The President had a great deal
to say about what was necessary for
the average man to do in order to bet
ter himself. The Hampton students are
not average persons; they are highly
exceptional; and it may be guessed that
In their secret hearts they would have
been vastly more delighted to learn
what the 'exceptional colored person
must do to make himself rich, prosper
ous and respected by his white fellow
citizens. Not that Mr. Roosevelt was entirely
silent uppn this point. He gave his
hearers to understand that "It Is the
work of the man who works with his
hands that counts in the end for most,"
and held out a distinct hope that fame
and social standing are henceforth, in
the good time coming and now almost
arrived, to be acquired by manual la
bor in the shop and on the farm. "Our
white civilization," he said, "is going to
tend more and more toward recognizing
the capital part played by the manual
worker, whether in the workshop or on
the farm." Steady hard work with the
hands Is therefore the President's recipe
for rising In the world. He also set
forth In plain terms how a race may
rise. It is through character. "What
counts is character, the character of the
average man and the average woman."
It would be interesting to know
whether or not the shrewd boys and
girls who listened to these remarks
smiled when they heard them.
Character does and always has count
ed in the advancement of races, but bad
character has counted for as much as
good. The races which have advanced
farthest and most rapidly have as a
rule been drunken, quarrelsome, blood
thirsty and domineering. The Greeks
were notoriously thievish; the Romans
were cruel; the medieval Italians were
treacherous; the French are unchaste;
the Germans are Intemperate: the Eng
lish are selfish and the Americans are
grafters. Many of the qualities which
go to make up what is called good
character never have assisted a race in
the struggle for existence. Modesty,
submlsslveness, strict regard for the
rights of others, have been a hindrance,
not a help, and the peoples which have
exhibited these qualities most strikingly
are the ones which have lagged In the
march of civilization. Throughout the
course of history the battle has been to
the strong and the race to the swift.
The men who could not fight have had
to bow the neck to those that could, and
the prizes have gone to those who had
the strength and the will to take them.
The trouble today in American politics
is that the people have too -much of the
virtue of meekness; they submit too
readily to imposition and injustice; they
are not ready enough to rise up against
oppression andi robbery. The great les
son of English history to the world is
the excellent effect upon politics and
law of individual and National pug
nacity. English liberty has broadened
down from age to age, as Tennyson
puts It; because every Englishman has
always been ready to fight for his
rights, no matter whether the question
concerned the prerogative of the crown
or a right of way across a field. The
attempt of the British monapch-s to set
the laws aside was met by rebellion;
when the same thing is done in Amer
ica by arbitrary authority, we rever
ently submit to it.
The negro listeners to the Presldient's
remarks must also have recollected that
during the last generation of our his
tory bad character baa led almost as
frequently as good to great success for
Individuals. They could not have
helped recalling our Perkinses, Rocke
fellers, Cassatts, Platts, Aldrlches and
Armours, whose success in amassing
fortunes and acquiring Influence in the
affairs of men has surpassed the wild
est dreams of youthful ambition; and
they must have reasoned quietly to
themselves that Mr. Roosevelt was giv
ing them a dose of Sunday-school mor
ality which was adapted to the exigen
cies of the Sunday school, and. to noth
ing else. The cold fact is that virtue in
Itself brings neither happiness nor suc
cess invariably; nor does vice preclude
them. Some kinds of vice are destruct
ive to health and lose a man tho esteem
of his neighbors, but not all kinds, by
any means; and some varieties of vir
tue help one to success while others
hinder. The theory that there is in the
nature of things any material reward
for virtue or penalty for vice must e
definitely given up so far as this world
le concerned. What may happen in the
next one is, of course, another question.
What could be more virtuous than the
life of the hard-working, honest farmer,
who harms nobody and draws his sub
sistence from the reluctant earth? Nev
ertheless! ever since there r has been
such a thing as history the farmer has
been the butt of ridicule and the bearer
of burdens for all the rest of mankind.
His virtue has not elevated him. What
he has gained in the way of advance
ment has come from his ability and
readiness to fight, and the same is true
of all other worklngmen. The President
says that this rule Is going to be altered
soon, and that henceforth manual labor
is to be more highly respected. One
may hope and even believe that he is
right, but the change impends not be
cause labor has been meek.vlong-suffer-ing
and submissive. - Labor will get
what dt is able to fight for and defend.
The rest the better classes will take, as
they always have.
We must cease to hold up worldly
success as the lure to virtue. There i
some connection between them, but not
much. Virtue Is In Itself a desirable
thing, more desirable than riches and
honor. It is often necessary to sacrifice
worldly success for the sake of virtue,
and when such a crisis comes in life a
man ought to have the Inner fortitude
to make his choice definitely and with
out hesitation. If he is taught that the
only reason for practicing virtue is its
use as a stepping-stone to wealth and
honor, where will he find fortitude when
friends forsake and fortune fails? The
President put the cart before the horse.
Success Is desirable because it is a help
and stimulus to virtue, not virtue be
cause It is a help to success. Virtue
and happiness are ends of life; success
merely a means. The fundamental mis
take of modern civilization is to live
for the means Instead of the end ,
FACTS ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE.
The various commercial organizations
of California are engaged in the appro
priate and commendable work of plac
ing before the world a true statement
of facts and conditions as they existed
in relation to the earthquake. San
Francisco and San Jose, as well as a
number of other places where minor
damage was done, have suffered enough
through direct loss by the great disas
ter to be immune In all justice from
any additional loss resulting from the
circulation of sensational and unwar
ranted reports. That such reports have
been the means of frightening away
capital and population is undoubtedly
true to a certain extent, and it is with
a view to calming this feeling of ner
vousness over the possible recurrence of
such a disaster that publicity is now
being given to a plain statement of
facts.
As is stated In a circular issued by
the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce,
had the damage ceased with the earth
quake shock, the incident would by this
time have passed into history. The
fires responsible for such an overwhelm
ing proportion of the damage broke out
mainly in buildings of an old type,
which, of course, will be replaced with
modern structures so built as to with
stand such temblores If any should
ever, again occur, and a. repetition of
the conflagration that wrought such
havoc will be an impossibility. But It
is not alone San Francisco that Is suf
fering an injustice by the circulation
of sensational reports, magnifying the
possible danger from future earth
quakes. All of the rest of the big State
of California is affected to a degree, un
less the facts are fully impressed upon
the minds of the people.
No damage at all was done through
out the San Joaquin andi Sacramento
Valleys, or 'in Northern and Southern
California, and, in comparison with the
area unaffected by the earthquake, that
which suffered Is small indeed, although
the damage done was of great propor
tions. Earthquakes of similar and
greater severity have been felt in many
lands, and, although thousands of years
have elapsed since some of them were
recorded in history,' they have never
been repeated. There is no reason
why San Francisco should not en
joy a similar immunity for perhaps
many thousand years. As for the rest
of the state, with its great and diversi
fied natural resources, nothing can pre
vent It from going ahead with the de
velopment of those resources. The op
portunities are as good as before the
disaster, and the liability of loss is no
greater than It was.
Business Is going ahead throughout
the greater part of the state without
the slightest Interruption, and it will
be but a short time before matters will
be adjusted and the commerce of the
state again flow seaward through the
magnificent Golden Gate. With such a
harbor and such wonderful resources
behind It,' time will speedily repair all
the damage wrought by the great dis
aster. Few can tell the year or age of
the last" preceding dangerous earth
quake on the San Francisco peninsula,
and the risk, of a recurrence within a
few hundred years Is remote.
WHEAT'S STATISTIC AI, WEAKNESS.
The May option In the Chicago wheat
market expired yesterday in a collapse,
showing a net loss for the day of 2
cents per bushel. The distant options,
beJng a few cents lower than May,
showed less weakness, but the general
tone of the market Is not one that of
fers much encouragement to the bullish
element. Before its recent collapse the
Maypption in Chicago at one time
showed an advance of more than 10
cents per bushel over the low point
reached. While the Chicago manipulat
ors were Infusing this artificial strength
into trie market, the Liverpool market
refused to budge, never for a single day
following the advance in the - United
States. This indifference of the people
who make the world's wheat market is
positive evidence of the impossibility of
high prices in the United States unless
there 1s a crop failure, which at this
time is hardly possible.
. The trend of the European market
and the foreign statistical position of
the cereal afford conclusive evidence
that we can expect no strengthening
assistance from across the Atlantic.
Russia, which is now nearing the end
of the season and is at a peroid where
under ordinary circumstances ship
ments would show a heavy falling off. Is
still pouring wheat into the English
and Continental markets In quantities
never before in evidence so late In the
season. For the week ending last Sat
urday these shipments were 4,128,000
bushels, or considerably more than one
third of all the shipments from all other
ports. The Argentine shipments showed
a slight falling oft last week, but the
total for the season from that country
Is more than 10,000,000 bushels greater
than for the same period last season.
World's shipments last week were
2,000,000 bushels greater than a year
ago, and quantities on passage were
7,000,000 bushels greater than at the
same date last year. '
Harvesting will begin In Southern
Russia in thirty days, and will reach
the great wheat region of Central Rus
sia within sixtydays; and the latest re
ports state that. "in the southwest and
south regions the Winter crops are con
sidered assured, the Spring outlook very
favorable." Other foreign countries re
port generally favorable-conditions,, so
that it may be regarded as practically
a certainty that the Old World can get
along with very little wheat from the
United States, unless we make the price
in keeping with that established by the
cheap wheat of Russia and the Argen
tine. In this country prospects continue
very favorable for a good crop, and,
even should it be only an ordinary crop,
there . Is apparently enough of last
year's wheat still on iiand to help out a
very small crop in taking care of the
home demand without the necessity of
forcing prices to unreasonable heights.
The American crop last year was ap
proximately the same as that of 1902,
and, with but one month of the season
remaining, 'vre have' exported (flour In
cluded) but 122,000,000 bushels as com
pared with 203,000,000 bushels for the
twelve months' exports from the crop
of. 1902, the 1905 crop being worthless
for comparisons on account of the failure.
If. King Alfonso gets safely off on his
honeymoon tour with his bride he will
be fortunate. Royalty's triumph is an
archy's opportunity. The bomb Intend
ed for one might easily hit another and
that other the King himself. All
Christendom will unite in the hope that
Russian wrongs will not be avenged
upon Spanish soil in a time of great na
tional rejoicing. Great care has been
bestowed upon the bringing up of King
Alfonso. From the time shortly suc
ceeding his father's death, when the na
tion was. notified that an heir might
still be expected, to the time, when his
marriage was finally negotiated, the
widowed Queen-mother has had but
one purpose In life. The world has ap
plauded her efforts to make out of this
son of his father a ruler who would
bring peace and honor to Spain. And it
earnestly hopes that the boy may be
given a chance to make an honorable
record as a ruler.
If Adjutant-General Finzer did not
intend to "bring the National Guard
into politics," he took a most extraordi
nary method of avoiding it. But that
Js precisely what he did Intend. He
had no business1 to write such a letter.
Its purpose was to make the guard, or
those members of the guard who had
served with Finzer in the Philippines, a
political machine which was to elect
Chamberlain, who was to keep Finzer
in office. How did Finzer know he
would keep his job? Because Cham
berlain had told him he could keep it if
he delivered the National Guard vote, of
course. If Finzer delivered the goods,
and helped elect Chamberlain, Cham
berlain would deliver the goods and re
tain Finzer. That was the whole
scheme. It bears no other interpreta
tion. The debate on woman suffrage
throughout the state is active; the re
sult is difficult to forecast. The Orego
nian guesses there will be 30,000 to 35,000
votes cast for it; how many against it
can only be conjectured, since many are
likely not to vote on the measure at
all." Its advocates and supporters will,
however, all vote for it, for t'hey have
the zeal of enthusiasts. Some of Its op
ponents are earnest also, but probably
many voters will be indifferent. Should
the vote on the proposition be small, we
shall expect it to carry; should the vote
be furt, it will probably be beaten.
A Parliamentary inquiry will be made
at Ottawa to learn whether or not the
$220,000 appropriation for the Hudson's
Bay expedition was properly expended.
The expedition included eight sailors
and twenty-four politicians, and they
took along $1500 worth of brandy and
wine, 6000 cigarettes and plenty of
cigars. If the figures are correct, the
money was certainly improperly ex
pended, for the twenty-four politicians
utterly failed in securing a proper share
of it for the Canadian necessities of life.
A number of citizens of North Yak
ima have complained to the City Coun
cil that the Chief Engineer swore at
them at a recent fire. The department
to a man stands by the Chief and says
he did not swear. Probably both sides
are right from both viewpoints, for put
ting out a good fire is- like driving a
mule team on a bad Toad.
Somehow the Democratic organs have
been 'silent lately on the subject of Mr.
Withycombe's nativity. Silly fabrica
tions, made in Oregon or Mississippi, do
not count for much against a man who
has lived in Oregon thirty-five years
and been a good citizen all that time.
That was a convincing list of "non
partisans" that sat on the platform be
hind Governor Chamberlain last night
Harry Lane, Fred Holman, C. E. S.
Wood, John Manning, Alex Sweek,
Thomas O'D-ay, et al. And not en of
fensive partisan among tht;m.
In Oshkosh, Wis., the Government
has begun, the trial of a number of men
who were guilty of land frauds out here
In Oregon. Good. Now we shall see
the punishment of some of those Wis
consin rascals who came out here and
corrupted the good people of this state.
All that need be said to refute the
Democratic contention that R. L. Ste
vens Is the Ladd candidate for Sheriff
is that the Ladd organ is making a ve
hement last-ditch campaign for Tom
Word.
"Tha old gag, 'Vote it straight, " says
a Democratic paper, which supports its
party ticket straight, "doesn't go these
days." Certainly It does go, with the
Democratic organs of Oregon.
Has any one heard, or will any one
say, that even-two years ago the Pres
ident wanted his Administration "sup
ported" by sending Democrats to Con
gress from Oregon? .
The American envoys at Madrid alone
wore no uniforms among the glittering
nobility and grandees. That's the way
to show 'em the real stuff Democrats
are made of.
President Elliott tells Tacoma it "will
be a great city" and his company will
do it. Evidently the Northern Pacific
wants a new entrance.
Where did the Idea come from that
there 1s anything vulgar or indecent
about a petticoat?
OLD TIME WALK REPEATED.
Remarkable Feat of Edward Payson
Weston, Agred 68 lara.
Now York Exchange.
WALKER E. P. WESTON'S FEAT.
Age S years
Left Philadelphia 12:0.1 A. M.
Arrived Jersey City 11:01 P. M.
Arrived City Hall. New York 11:31 P. M.
Distance by road flfl miles
Elapsed time 23 hra. 1!6 mln.
Average, per hour 4.1 miles
First match won. June, 1X70. 5.10 miles In
141 hours 44 minutes, defeating three com
petitors for the Astley belt.
His record over Philadelphia-New Tork
routeln 183 was 23 hours 40 minutes.
Ahead of his schedule and wearing
the same shoes he did when he won the
Astley belt many years ago, Edward
Payson Weston, the famous old-time
long-distance walker, 68 years old, but
hearty. finished more than 100 miles
between Philadelphia and this city at
12:08 o'clock this morning, when he en
tered the Fifth-Avenue Hotel amid the
cheers of a vast throng.
Ho had covered the distance in a lit
tle more than 24 hours and was in
prime condition.
He made the same trip just 43 years
ago, and he made it again at the behest
of a medical college of Philadelphia to
prove that a man of his age. if in good
health. Is capable of the strain of a con
tinuous walk of this kind under like
conditions.
In all this walk, he halted but twice
and slept but half an hour. But for all
that, the veteran pedestrian was in
prime condition. He said that he never
felt better In his life, and he spoke with
the old-time fire and enthusiasm that
marked him when "Weston" was a name
to conjure with.
He left Philadelphia at exactly one
minute past midnight on Wednesday.
He was accompanied In a carriage by
Dr. Robert Taylor, of Greenwich,
Conn., and Dr. R. E. Lee, of Philadel
phia. He took the same route he did in his
walk of more than four decades ago,
and duplicated it by walking to Bruns
wick, N. J., t5 miles,-without a stop.
He slept there 30 minutes and then
took the road to Newark, arriving
there at 9:14 o'clock last night. He
reached the Pennsylvania ferry at Jer
sey City at 11:10, taking the 11:15 boat
for New York.
On the trip the doctors had to relay
their tired horses three times, and
often the horses had to trot to keep up
with Weston's tremendous stride.
All along the route he received ova
tions. At the "FIVe Corners," on Jersey
Cijty Heights, -he was held for five
minutes while the Tenth Warders pre
sented him a big bouquet.
He carried the bouquet when he as
cended the steps of the City Hall in
New York at 11:32 P. M.. while thou
sands cheered. Then he started for the
Fifth-Avenue Hotel.
"I'nc-Ie Joe'' In m Coy Moment.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
While the House of Representatives was
waiting for the last man or two to get a
quorum last evening, John Sharp Will
iams, with a copy of an afternoon paper
in his hand, said he wanted to make a
parliamentary Inquiry.
"I see It reported here," he said, "that
some member of the House Is to make a
speech setting off the boom of the Speak
er for President."
There was applause at this, and more
of It with laughter when Speaker Cannon,
interrupting, said:
"HVouId It not wait, say, until Sunday,
and be set off against the gentleman's
aspirations?" meaning Mr. Williams' sup
posed ambition to be Senator from Missis
sippi. "Oh, Mr. Speaker," retorted Mr. Will
iams, "that Is not to the point. I wanted
to ask if It would be In order for the
gentleman to practice on that speech now
while we are waiting for a quorum?"
"That would hardly be business."
drawled the Spsaker, and Mr. Williams
sat down with an "Oh, very well."
The Parsona Want to Know How.
New York Sun.
The two new police chaplains, Rev.
Father Chldwlck and Rev. Mr. Wade, are
learning how to ride a horse at an up
town riding academy, to enable them to
make a showing in the police parade this
year.
Father Chldwlck .served as chaplain In
the United States Navy, and was on the
Maine when she blew up. The first time
he saw his charger he looked it over
critically, and then clambered aloft. When
the lesson was over Mr. Wade asked his
brother minister how he liked it.
"Well, just between ourselves," was the
guarded reply, "I think I would rather
be back in the navy."
The Trust Will Attend to That.
Pittsburg Despatcli.
Now it is recommended that citizens of
Porto Rico shall be recognized as citizens
of the United States. This gives hope,
even to the Filipinos. In a generation or
two tbey may be admitted to trade
equality that is, if no trust objects.
A Moaqtilto Lullaby.
. Puck.
(A Bprlng Fng of the Jersey Coast.)
Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye.
Mother will rock him. d-on't you cry!
I know you are hungry, my little eweet.
With nothing; to drink and so" little to eat.
The natives are tough and' their blood is thin,
But the city folks soon will be rolling; in
Hush, little burzer, go bye.
ITueh. little skeeterbug, hush a-bye.
Think of the Summer time. Just you try I
Chubby old ladles andi thin old" boys.
Plump little children and, Joy of Joys,
Fat little babies, all fresh and sweet
And juicy and lovely for you to eat!
Hush, little buzzer, go bye.
Hush, little skeeterbug, hueh a-bye.
Bonn you'll be ready to buzs and fly:
Daddy will sharpen your dear little bill,
And mother, will teach you to bite, she will!
Maybe they think we are slow and dumb,
But we're not afraid of petroleum!
Hush, little buzzer, go bye.
NO MATTER WHAT FASHION SAYS, THE SUN IS SURE
IT IS STRAW HAT TIME
CHINESE AS VEGETARIANS.
Great Task Wu Tine-Fans: Has Under
taken to Accomplish.
M. Bishop, in New York Sun.
It is announced that Wu Ting-fang, of
China, is teaching vegetarianism to his
people at home. I desire to cite an in
teresting chapter of history In connection
with this matter.
In 1898 it was my misfortune to be
stricken with a desperate case of stom
ach trouble, from which I was relieved
after four months' treatment at a vege
tarian sanatorium.
On my return to Washington, then my
home, Mrs. Bishop and myself, as a
thanksgiving testimonial, tendered a veg
etarian dinner and reception to Dr. J. H.
Kellogg, the father of vegetarianism in
America. The guests numbered 300 and
included Wu Ting-fang, whom it was our
honor to know personally. No one pres
ent showed more interest in the new
fangled bill of fare than did the keen
witted Chinese Minster, and Mrs. Wu. for
this interesting lady was present. For
tunately, the menu of the vegetarian re
past has been, preserved, and I repro
duce it here In full:
MENU.
Nut Salad with Crackers.
Malted Nut Broth.
Protose with Celery.
Nuttose with Jelly.
Zwlebach. Whole Wheat Wafers.
Peanut Butter. Almond Butter.
Granose Apple Pie.
Oranges. Grapes.
Apple and Pineapple Salad Wlih Almond
Dressing.
Nut Bromose and Nut and Fig Bromose with
Fruit Wafers.
Fruit Coco. Caramel Cereal.
Grano6e Biscuit with Coco Cream.
Fruit Bareblt.
Fruit Nectar.
Wu Ting-fang l a, man of rare powers
of observation. He was, on this occa
sion, deeply interested in the address 'of.
Dr. Kellogg on the general topic of
dietetics, and was equally Interested in
the new dishes. If he Is to convert the
Chinese Empire to vegetarianism, this
dinner given in the dining-rooms of the
Cairo Hotel on March 21 1899, must be
counted the starting point of the move
ment. King; Edward Redoeea Laagrhlng; Fat.
London cable dispatch in Minneapolis
Journal.
King Edward, unable since his acci
dent in the rabbit hole to walk, has be
come so heavy that Sir Frederick
Treves is much put out about what to
do In order to keep that "too, too solid"
flesh down, so he has ordered the King
to riding exercises. Accordingly,
weather permitting, most mornings the
monarch telephones over to Marlbor
ough House, and he and the Prince of
Wales go for an early ride. Joining
what is familiarly known as the liver
brigade, or, In other words, that consid
erable number of aged, dried-up look
ing beings whose livers have become
deranged in India and elsewhere, who
take riding before breakfast by way of
shaking themselves up.
Among such a crowd of drawn, yellow-skin
health-seekers the King looks
the picture of health: Indeed, his only
serious complaint is a superabundance
of health, which leads to a rapidity of
flesh forming of quite an uncommon
sort.
King Edward laughs and grows fat
wherever he goes, to a race meeting or
a public gathering of any kind. You
are sure to hear constantly, almost
continually, that particular laugh of
his, which comes out on the left side of
his mouth, and sounds like a prolonged
chuckle, or chortle, to use a Lancashire
expression.
The Vile Aaaanlfa on Mr. Bourne.
Arlington Record.
There Is no man in Oregon offering for
public office on whom such a persistent
and unreasonable fight is being made as
on Jonathan Bourne. There seems to be
a syndicate determined to beat him, re
gardless of cost or consequences. Every
means, fair and foul. Is being used most
of the means being foul and cowardly.
Thousands of letters under seal have
been addressed to voters In Oregon con
taining false statements intended to pre
judice voters against him. This matter,
or much of it, would be excluded from the
malls if the contents could be known.
The matter Is an open Insult to those re
ceiving it. The writer does not -think an
gelic wings have sprouted on Mr. Bourne
yet, but he is an American citizen much
the superior of any man or nyndlcate
that is trying to vllllfy him in the man
ner prescribed. He Is ' the nominee of
the Republican party by virtue of the
voters at the primary election and Is fair
ly entitled to the votes of the Repub
licans of Oregon at the June election.
"Needs Full Cradlea" Roosevelt.
London Chronicle.
President Roosevelt has written a letter
to Dr. Arthur, M. P., the chairman of
the Australian Immigration League. In
wishing success to the league the Presi
dent remarks: "The diminishing birth
rate both in America and Australia is a
matter which should give serious concern
to every thoughtful American and Aus
tralian. But Australia should also con
cern Itself about the need for Immigra
tion. America has plenty. Her territory
Is already pretty well filled, and still
rapidly filling, even in Alaska. Australia
needs more people; she needs full cra
dles; Rhe needs to open her gates, and
especially to put a premium upon obtain
ing immigration for northern Australia."
What Some Remember.
GRESHAM. Or.. May SO (To the Ed
itorsChamberlain said "no." He vetoed
nearly as many bills as all other Gover
nors of Oregon combined. Cleveland said
"no." He vetoed more bills than any
other. President of the United States.
Some of us are old enough to remember
a veto administration. A VOTER.
And Vo One W ill Gainsay It.
Wall Street Journal.
The appointment of Secretary Taft as
Supreme Court JiiBtlce will add great
weight to the bench.
From the Chlcego Kecord-Herald.
OX WOMAN Sl'FFH AGE.
What Prominent C'lttaen Have to Say
About the Movement. '
PORTLAND, May 31. (To the Editor.)
I do not take much Interest In the woman
suffrage question, hut I wish mildly to pro
test against the attack made upon many of
our old and respectable citizens by
the women who have come here from
the East to assist lu the woman
suffrage movement. These women, who
know little or nothing about tho people
of Oregon, do not hesitate to denounce and
vlllify those who differ from them upon this
question by representing that they are the
creatures of the moneyed Interests and cor
porations and enemies of the laboring
classes. This is untrue and unjust and- if'
the vengeful spirit exhibited by these
women in their speeches Is to be carried Into
woman suffrage the less we have of It the
better for the state. If the men and women
of Oregon want woman suffrage they know
how to get It. They are capable of deciding
that question for themselves and they do
not need Instruction or abuse from persons
living In distant parts of the country.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
PORTLAND, May 31. (To the Editor.)
Who has most respect for woman the man "
who honors her In the home in the perform
ance of those duties which are her function
and her glory, or the man wio would em
bioll her In politics the man who approves
of women mingling In such scenes as took
place In the Shaforth election In Denver, or
the man who would protect her from all
danger of such, contamination?
WALLACE M'CAMANTi
PORTLAND, May 31. (To the Editor.)
I read with much Interest Mr. McCamant's
communication published In The Oregonlan
of May 30. showing the part taken by women
In the election frauds in Denver at the time
when Shaforth was returned to Congress.
The facts stated accord fully with my own
Information as to conditions In Colorado. Z
note In this morning's Oregonlan that a re
ply is mads which states that only 3 per
cent of the women In Denver were Impli
cated In these election frauds. Assuming
that this Is true, let us see where It leaves
the argument. There are 20,000 women In
Multnomah County who would be credited
to vote1; 3 per cent of this number Is 600.
Suppose 600 women In this county engaged
In repeating, ballotbox-stufflng and fraud
ulent' registration, how much would this
Purify the ballot How much would It In
crease the respect of men for the other sexT
C. V. COOPER.
DR. WISE OX MR. M'CAMANT.
Deplores the Petticoat Card Idea, and
Invents a Word.
PORTLAND. May 31. (To the Editor.)
Some days ago. In common with my fellow
citizens in Portland. I received through ihe
mails a small card, bearing on each side the
representation of a petticoat, with the In
scription. "No petticoat government In
mine," a facsimile having been printed lu
The Oregonlan of May 30. As I consigned
the card into the waste basket, I thought it
quite natural that the sender of this vulgar
thlng should prefer to remain unknown, for
men can hardly be expected to have the
courage of their vulgarity or their de
pravity. In the course of the current discussion of
the card's authorship. I heard it attributed
to the Brewers' and Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers' Association. I was unwilling at the
time to credit this rumur. for some mem
bers of the association, whom I know, are
gentlemen, and I could nqt bring myself to
believe that the association as' a body had
been guilty of such execrable taste let me
use the proper term of such downright In
decency. If a statement which appeared In yester
day morning's Issue of The Oregonlan be
correct, as without doubt It Is, I find that X
have done the Honorable WalLace McCamant
an Injustice In Imagining that the author
of the "petticoat-card idea." would very
wisely .and expllcably choose to remain un
known. For lo and. behold! Mr, Mc
Camant. "who Is managing the antl-equaj
suffrage campaign,' announces with a cour
age worthy of a better cause, and not with
out & certain measure of pride, that he Is
responsible for the publication and dlatrlbu
tion of the cards. True It Is, he admits,
with seeming regret, that he Is not the very
aufhor of this Idea, "which was given to
him by a friend." I write with hesitation,
as one who blundered badly in guessing the
authorship of this now famous card. I had
naturally enough thought it the creation of
some vulgar, besotted denizen of the North
End of Portland, and the author proves to
be none less than the Honorable Wallace
McCamant. If the mere proposal to In
stitute equal suffrage is to excite one of the
leaders of the Portland, bar. who is. at the
same time,' one of the most gifted spokes
men of the Republican party, to what In a
man of lesser breed were downright vul
garity, but In him will be condoned by any
friends that may be left to nlm after this
episode as a "blazing Indiscretion," then
equal suffrage becomes Indeed a very seri
ous matter.
On October 20, 1SS4. Reverend Samuel Dick-'
tnson Burchard made; an address on behalf of
Blaine which elected Cleveland President. To
Burchardfze a man la to encompass his de
feat by the very means through which one
sought to effeot his success. In the vocabu
lary of the equal suffrage movement, to Me
Camantlze will, I fancy, come to signify the'
Insuring of the triumph of the cause one
opposes, because of the use of unclean weap
ons. With confidence, I await the repudiation
of this "means of presenting before the voters
of the state an Issue. Involved In the proposed
adoption of an equal-suffrage amendment" by
the women who are pleased to array them
selves on the side of dutfranchtffe'ment and
political enslavement for women, With equal
confidence, I look to the repudiation on tho
4th day of June, by the men of Oregon, Ore-'
gon's gentlemen, of this manner of dealing
with the equal-suffrage question. Ashes
thrown to windward return on the head of
the thrower, says an Eastern proverb. So.
ought "the petticoat-card Idea," with as much
kindly tolerance as Is possible for this base
and futile manner of argumentation, make
doubly sure the passage of the equal-suffrage
amendment. STEPHEN S. WIS&
P. S. The above letter was written on
Wednesday, May 30, the date of the appear
ance of the card In The Oregonlan, together
with Mr. McCamant's claim of authorship,
or, to be quite accurate, responsibility for the
circulation of the card, but It was withheld
from publication In what has proved to bo the
vain hope that Mr. McCamant- was Incorrectly
quoted.
Even Mint Wouldn't Help It.
Washington, 13. C, Dispatch in New
Y'ork World.
An alcohol exoert was before the Senate
finance committee, telling the Senators
atout the advantages of denaturlzed alco
hol, which some of the statesmen think Is
to revolutionize the light, heat and power
problems.
"This alcohol," said the expert, "can
not be used tor drinking purposes or as
a basis for any drink whatsoever. It will
be denattirized and unfit for human con
sumption." "Can't you drink it at all?" asked Sen
ator Daniel, of Virginia.
"No, sir; It is unfit to drink."
"Isn't there any way you can fix It to
drink it?" ,
"No way at all. Senator." "
"Not even if you put a little mint in
it?" persisted the Virginian.
Remember Also Portland, Or.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Boston may kick, Dublin may look su
perior. But if you want to get next to
or Kentucky and you will be shown.