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PORTLAND, . MONDAY, JUNE 11, 10O6.
CONJECTURAL POLITICS.
There ran be small reason to doubt
that William Jennings Bryan will be
the Democratic Presidential candidate
in 1908. And he may be elected. His
party will unite upon him, for the sec
tion that controlled It in 1896 and again
in 1900 will not be so fatuous as to
call again for debasement of the money
of the country through free coinage of
silver. The party has been trying to
forget that folly ever since. Yet the
platform of 1908 may contain some
astounding proposition of gross error or
obstinate fallacy, which will destroy the
hope of peace and unity In the party
and give the signal for another defeat.
The clamor for Bryan is rising now,
and there is effort in many parts of
the country to manufacture enthusiasm
in his behalf. But It may be prema
ture; for it Is difficult to keep up effort
of this kind for two year9 and more.
Enthusiasm, to be kept sweet and
sparkling, should not be exposed too
long to the air. It is likely to grow
flat and stale. Yet undoubtedly the
Democratic party will enter upon its
next campaign with more spirit than
it has had since 1S96. It will make
strong efforts to carry the House of
Representatives this Fall, with some
chance of success. Unquestionably it
will make a heavy reduction of the
Kepublican majority In that body.
But the Republicans have time yet to
make a good deal of campaign material
for themselves. Investigation of the
trusts and prosecution of trust abuses
are proceeding with a vigor that could
not be exceeded under any Presi
dent. On this subject the Republicans
will have a record by 1908. Probably
the main assault of the Bryan party
will be made on the present tariff, by
which the Republicans seem disposed to
stand without flinching, the majority
apparently believing that the country,
If not wholly satisfied with it, would
prefer to let it standi as it Is, rather
than trust tariff -making to the Demo
cratic party. We think this an error
of Judgment; for though the country
has a lively recollection of the last
Democratic tariff bill, which was so
bad that President Cleveland denounced
it and refused to sign it, and though It
keenly remembers the effect of this lop
sided and unjust measure on the coun
try, yet to "stand pat" and uphold the
Republican party would meaji that
there . never should be any tariff
changes. It is a mistake to suppose
the country would stand for that. ,
r The Oregonian believes the Repub
Jiran party will go into the elections
of this year, and of 1908, at a disad
vantage, on this question. It ought not
to do so, but it probably will. Speaker
Cannon's statement that If the country
wanted the tariff changed It would have
opportunity to call the Democratic
party to the work was an almost con
temptuous declaration that the Repub
lican party would do nothing about it.
Beyond doubt the sentiment for pro
tection is strong throughout the coun
try; but it will not much longer ac
cept the dictum- that the tariff must
stand as it Is, without change. Even
Democratic protectionists, the most ex
treme among them, will vote their
party ticket for victory, and then rely
on influential persons and Interests
within their own party for protection
at Washington, as in Cleveland's time.
They will have the co-operation in the
elections of Republicans here and there
throughout the country, who want the
tariff modified to meet their own per
sonal views and local interests. It will
be a combination dangerous to the Re
publican party.
CHEAP BFILDINGS A MENACE.
Cheap buildings were San Francisco's
ruin. The lesson is wholesome for
every city in the land.
"The bigotry of architects," writes
George J. Wellington, fire protective
and electrical engineer. In a report to
the London Fire Prevention Committee,
"the cupidity of contractors and the
penurlousness of owners have laid the
metropolis of the Pacific low. The
work of Intelligent architects came to
naught, againet the creations of in
competent ones. The owners of well
constructed buildings were burned out
by their criminally careless neighbors."
Buildings have been put up in every
city, including Portland, on plans that
would yield the biggest possible return
on the investment and not for con
slderatlon of safety or permanence of
the structures. Cheap materials and
light, and flimsy supports and frames
have made structures so fragile that
even a light quake will tumble them
down and bring their Inflammable con
tents In contact with fire. Flames start
in numerous ways in a shakeup like
that at San Francisco. In drug stores,
the breaking of receptacles releases
fiery chemicals, including phosphorus.
Brick chimneys topple over, and oil
lamps and stoves overturn, thus releas
ing Are in combustible matter. Elec-
tricity at San Francisco is not believed
-to have Jet loose, tho puflagxattori.eliQUld afford soma hQ2&.-st reductioaiaJLpowerw .To generate tha eama mpunt
owingr to the immediate disability of J
power stations, the cutting out of
switches by attendants and the opera
tion of automatic devices.
The lessons at San Francisco in the
main were repetitions of those at Balti
more and other burned cities. They
demonstrated anew the inefficiency of
many supposed safeguards and the
menace of careless building. Mr. Wel
lington writes:
"Unprotected openings of brick buildings, im
properly hung and uncared for metal-clad
shutters, ineffective rolling and ordinary Iron
shutters, were all conspicuous by their weak
nesses. Etxposed sides of hollow tile fire
proofing, again cracked away; concealed
piping again forced fire-proofing away from
steel members, that it was Intended to pro
tect; metal lath, and plaater partitions again
failed and unprotected steel waa again warped
and distorted, permitting floors to fall. Tall
brick buildings of jointed interiors radiated
heat, followed by fire, to wooden cornices and
window frameer
Castlron columns stood the test, because
there was no water to crack them. Store
fronts disintegrated and fireproof buildings
were left in thoroughly damaged condition by
their inflammable contents. Fire walls, sur
rounding large areas, fell after being deprived
of their wooden supports.
Close scrutiny of building processes
by cfty officers is. a necessary precau-
tion, especially in congested centers.
The conflagration hazard in great cities
is the dread of insurance companies..
Negligence and disregard of the public
safety, by architects, contractors and
owners will not be tolerdted much
longer. There will be more stringent
laws and more rigid' enforcement. In
some European countries the precau
tions are so strict that owners are
punished even for fires that escape
from their buildings.
VANITY AND VEXATION.
With bones of many a political hero
bleaching on the wastes, eight counties
"dry," and the ballot denied to women,
truly there is vanity and vexation of
spirit. .
How soon again will a resonant voice
in Clackamas speak .up to befriend the
poor and needy and to curb the de
signs of Portland plutocrats at Salem?
The cry of the wolf echoes through the
wild, and the vampire stalks abroad.
Meanwhile the tumbling waters of
Willamette Falls keep on tumbling, and
the men whom Clackamas has lifted
to power, yea to United States Sena
torships theirs is the glassy eye.
Do Ike and Jack now like Jonathan'
better? Have Joe Whitney, Charles
Carey, Frank Klernan and Charles
Rumelin Joined the ranks of those that
perish from the tender mercies of the
wicked? Have Bill Furnish. Sanderson
Reed, Jim Stott and James Withycombe
got the company of other noble Has
Beens? Alaska feeds Cader Powell, so
that one erstwhile patriot need not
hunger yet awhile, and Charley Burck
hart has gone to making a living for
himself, but has not oblivion all but
burled the eminent In Lane and Mult
nomah, who used to rule the Legis
lature? Where are the King of the
Rogue, the Duke of the Dalles, Steve
of Pendleton, Johnny of Baker, the
Cinclnnatus of Marion, Joe of Mult
nomah, Blnger on the Rhine and
Newt? Has glory come to anybody
but Mr. U'Ren? Does the Federal
brigade know Jonathan, or will it now
be solicitous for his welfare? And
will Senator Fulton and Jonathan have
a love feast?
But what's the use of worrying? The
clams down at Clatsop will be just as
happy, three years hence, as now,
though they fret not. In the words
of the popular song:
And the world goes on Jiifft the same.
And the Problem is to find the one to blame,
And it ain't much sense in whining
When you"r forced to give up dining.
And the world goos on.
fNIVEHSAL PEACE POSTPONED.
Symptoms of nervousness In the
movements of the dove of peace may
well be pardoned as the bird hovers
over the strongholds of the European
powers and listens to the prattle about
a universal peace. A London dispatch
in yesterday's Oregonian announced the
mobilization off the Irish Coast of 325
British war vessels with 63,000 men, the
greatest fighting force of men and
ships that has ever been assembled.
Of course, the goodly men who vote
war budgets and arrange for these
spectacular sea parades regard them
as a necessity in the enforcement of
their universal peace policy. They
merely wish to show to the world that
Old England still insists on peace "if
she has to fight for it." When a
mathematical calculation ' reveals the
enormous cost of the maneuvers of this
big fleet, we are reminded of the pre
diction that the cost of war some day
will be so great , that nations cannot
afford to fight.
The Germans take careful note of
the statement that Great Britain's
Dreadnaught will be able to meet and
defeat any three battleships which now
fly the flag of the Kaiser. The 700,000
members of the German Naval League
immediately demand the construction
of a mightier battleship than the Dread
naught. The expenditures on the Ger
man navy last year were $57,000,000,
and it is almost a certainty that the
amount will be increased this year.
The outspoken Germans explain that
these phenomenal increases" in naval
strength are solely due to the remark
able increase in merchant marine and
foreign trade, the assumption being
that a few new warships are needed
every yean properly to protect and at
tend to over-sea traffic. Great Britain
having for centuries ruled the seas and
stood at the head of the list of sea
powers, quietly meets each move of
the Germans and, in the words of the
poker player, "raises back" with an
other "stack" of warships.
But despite all these exhibitions of
naval strength and mutterings when
ever conflict of interests seems immi
nent,, no' one believes that Germany or
Great Britain is desirous of war. No
matter how serious a dispute may arise
between the two countries, Germany
will not attack England until pretty
certain of winning the fight. England,
with a keen knowledge of this fact,
accordingly makes steady additions to
its fleet of warships and thus keeps
just sufficient lead to avert trouble.
To a considerable degree it may be
feared that this is the dominating fac
tor in shaping England's policy, while
jealousy might seem to be the con
trolling .motive behind Germany's
liberal policy toward her naval equip
ment. ,
When the first Hague conference
tackled the subject of universal peace,
it began with the question of limita
tion of armaments, but soon discovered
that to be a case of the cart before
the horse. At the coming Hague con
ference this phase of the peace plan
has been omitted from the list of ques
tions to be discussed. Until there can
be a settlement of the many great
questions In which the powers of the
w(orld are Interested, all will remain
armed for the purpose of forcing their
neighbors to keep the peace. .If the
reported! alliance between Great Britain,
France and Russia is perfected, it
the naval and land equipment now
maintained for war purposes. The task
of building a navy large enough, to
conquer these three big powers would
be hoaeless, and a peaceful adjustment
of territorial difficulties could then be
followed by disarmament and retrench
ment, although many years would
elapse before a movement of this kind
would gain much headway.
WORTHLESS CROP REPORTS.
The monthly crop report of the United
States Government is due today, and as
weather conditions, the chinch bug, the
Hessian fly and other friendly influ
ences, which aid the bulls and the
bears in their scalping operations, have
been quiet of late, it should meet with
a warm reception. It has been a good
many years since the "talent" in the
grain trade paid attention to these mis
leading reports, which cost the Govern
ment such large sum of money, but
they are a Godsend to the men who
like to see the market in a hysterical
condition, regardless of what causes
the hysterics. Judging by the weather
reports of the past fortnight, today's
report on the wheat crop should be of
a bullish nature and cause a spurt In
the market. Judged from the fearful
and wonderful manner in which these
reports are made up, it will probably
be bearish, in spite of the weather con
ditions. It is this tendency to "freakl
ness" in the Government reports that
has cast discredit on the report efforts
of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Nearly three years have passed since
the system was exposed by the sensa
tional escapade of Statistician Holmes
and his chief, John Hyde. A very clear
case was made out again Holmes in
which it was shown that his Juggling
with figures had netted large fortunes
to the select coterie of gamblers who
rigged the market to suit their own
ends, after they had secured advance
information regarding the Government
figures. It -was also shown that Chief
Statistician Hyde ignored facts when
ever their employment in any way con
flicted with his own ideas regarding the
manufacture of the figures that were
put forth at- such a heavy expense.
Hyde, who had never been naturalized,
fled to England and has remained there,
but Holmes, despite the threats made
against him, is still a free man, his
immunity from prosecution said to be
due to the fear of disclosures which he
would make, bringing the entire service
into disrepute.
The Senate a few days ago asked for
the Keep report on crop statistics. Its
publication has awakened Interest In
this sadly mismanaged branch of the
Government service. This report places
Secretary Wilson in a very unfavorable
light, proving as it does that he was
fully cognizant of some of the most
glaring of the errors and abuses, and
yet made no attempt to correct them.
It insists that great improvements are
necessary In making up the cotton
statistics and that the reports on
cereals and livestock ought to be abol
ished unless they can be made better.
It states that the agricultural figures
of the census of 1900 were substantially
correct, while those used by the Bureau
of Statistics were incorrect, and that
Statistician Hyde made but slight ef
fort to have his figures conform with
those of the Census Bureau. As the
opportunity to use these census figures
in connection with those of the Bureau
of Statistics has passed, and It will be
four years before another census shall
be taken, we shall be obliged to drift
along for another four years with any
kind of statistics which can be cooked
up by the Imperfect methods that
placed the Holmes-Hyde regime In bad
odor with the public.
Government reports on the cereal
crops of Oregon, Washington and Idaho
have been notoriously Incorrect. For
this reason the abolishment of the crop
reporting branch of the Agricultural
Department, until the next census gives
it a new start, would not be hailed as
a misfortune.
THE UTILITIES AND THE MORALITIES.
Can Niagara be saved? And should
Niagara be saved? From one stand
point we should say, unhesitatingly,
yes. But from a long and all-round
view of it what?
No need to say that Niagara presents
a scene of majestic beauty and grand
eur. But man is the only thing in this
world, because man is the only creature
that has consciousness and sensibility,
to appreciate Niagara, or anything else.
The question then is whether it will be
best for man, In the long run, to keep
Niagara to look at, or use the energy of
Niagara for light, heat and power; for
travel and transportation; for develop
ment and support of the growing com
forts and conveniences of civilized life.
Of course there is sublimity In Niagara.
The Indian who couldn't do anything
with Niagara had that sense too. But
the Indian, in the presence of the stu
pendous phenomena of Nature, amount
ed to nothing. It is the business of
developed man to turn Nature to ac
count and make the elements serve
him. It is the history of the progress
of man.
Should we like to look on Niagara
forever and be native Indians? But
man, in his progress from primitive
conditions, has a right to make the
best use of Niagara he can. Niagara,
though pot Immoral, Is absolutely un
moral. It has no consciousness, no
eeu'sibllity; yet man may convert its
energy Into the uses of consciousness
and sensibility; and why shouldn't he?
If "sentiment" is our object, we shall
get more sentiment this way than the
other. The tourist who travels to "see
the sights" usually takes the guide
book view. Interest centers in man
and in his works. What did Niagara
ever do for the Iroquois? Or what can
Niagara do for the common tourist,
compared with what modern science
and industry can make Niagara do for
the benefit of mankind?
Niagara is convertible not only into
an industrial but moral power. It
may light the roads and streets; and
light itself Is the greatest moral "force
In the world. Immorality and wrong
never can stand in the presence of
light. Before the mutineers on the ship
in mid-ocean could attempt their plans
they waited till "the gaudy, blabbling
and remorseful day" had "dropped Into
the bosom of the sea." Niagara may
warm and light all the schools and
churches and libraries within the reach
of its currents. It ' may chase crime
off the streets.. It may move people
by tens of thousands, speedily, from one
locality to another. It may light the
'cottage and boil the pot, saving
labor to the housewife and contributing
to the cleanliness and comfort of the
home, and with' reduction of expense,
expense of labor, of spirit, of money.
Why then should not Niagara, and
every other energy , in the world, be
turned thus to industrial, social, moral
and economic uses?
On the material side the argument
is as strong. We are told that if all
the water of Niagara were used it
would produce about 3,500,000 horse-
of power by steam would require 50,
000,000 tons of coal a year. Niagara
power can be generated and sold in
large quantities at $15 per horse-power
a year, or $35 per horse-power a year
less than it is possible to obtain it
from coal.
Thus the complete utilization of Ni
agara's power would mean a saving
to the industries affected of $122,500,000
a year in cost of power, and a saving
to the country's coal supply of a possi
ble consumption of 50,000,000 tons a
year. To prohibit the development of
Niagara's power would have the same
effect as the maintenance of a con
flagration in which' as much as 50,000.
000 tons of coal a year might be con
sumed. And the coal thus consumed
can never be replaced. It is perma
nently abstracted from the Nation's
treasury of natural wealth.
Coal, therefore, that could be used
elsewhere will be saved by use of Ni
agara. Coal is not inexhaustible. The
needs of the human race require con
servation of it, as far as possible.
Time probably will come since Niagara
is the greatest physical energy in the
world when the territory within two
hundred miles of Niagara will be the
most densely inhabited district on the
globe. . An equal amount of energy
perhaps greater is created by the Co
lumbia River and its tributaries; with
the additional advantage that it is dis
persed over a region of 200,000 square
miles, and may be used at places in
numerable. And it will be Let not
those be sneered at who talk of sub
stituting "utility" for "grandeur." For
where can grandeur, or utility, or both,
be served to better purpose' or used for
better purpose than in service of man
and bringing out what there is In him
in him who alone has conception of
utility and grandeur, . and to whom
alone the words have a meaning?
When we consider what may be done
with our waterfalls, we shall conclude
that It Isn't worth while to save the
scenic effects for tourists and sight
seers. Thes-.forces "lnay be converted
to a moral purpose far more noble and
glorious. For,- everything that minis
ters to human comfort, that promotes
industry, that helps the progress of the
race, is a moral gain. Energy, con
vertible from gravitation or other force
into light and power for use of man,
means regeneration of the world.
Willamette Falls and Snoqualmie
Falls are not so "scenic" as they once
were; but they have been converted
from un-moral to moral uses, with pro
digious advantage. The world has but
just begun this business. In this, what
part of the world more fortunate than
our Pacific Northwest States?
The world is fit to live in only as
It Is modified by human agency. It Is
the business of man to control the
forces of Nature, within his limits and
the limits have not yet been set; and
to turn these forces to his own in
dustrial and moral uses. Portland oc
cupies ground once covered by an Im
penetrable and useless forest. The lands
once flooded by beaver dams produce
our best vegetables and fruits; and If we
preserve Castle Rock on the Columbia
it will be only because Just as good
rock In abundance and at no higher
cost may be had elsewhere.
Those keen and vigilant servants of
the public, who guard the National
Treasury from their s"eats in the United
States Senate, are much disturbed over
an alleged "graft" in connection with
the payment of $1,500,000 to the Colville
Indians, for the reservation lands. Set
tlers desirous of opening up the coun
try and developing the rich lands,
have, with the aid of some of the In
dians, been endeavoring for more than
eight years to secure the opening of
the reservation. Despairing at the
dilatory tactics employed by the Senate
in doing anything for them, they have
from time to time employed lawyers
to hasten matters. It Is in the large
fee sought by a number of these law
yers that the thrifty Senate scents
"graft." The Oregonian Is unable to
state whether these lawyers' claims
are legal and collectable or not. One
thing is certain, however if the Senate
would be a little more prompt in at
tending to such important public mat
ters, there would be less necessity for
employing lawyers and lobbyists to
look after them.
President Howard Elliott, of the
Northern Pacific, says he is sending
ISO new locomotives out West to assist
in handling the immense amount of
new business along the line of his road.
Mr. Harriman Is having something like
fifty locomotives and c.ars constructed
to relieve the strain on his present
equipment. With all of this new roll
ing, stock available, there should be
less complaint of car shortage, although
the traffic to be handled by these roads
is growing more rapidly than ever be
fore. It is not alone the railroad traffic
that is growing, for Portland today has
more shipping than ever before in its
history. Headed for its docks, to load
wheat, flour, lumber and other com
modities, is an endless procession of
ships and steamers, strung along all
the way from Liverpool down the At
lantic and round the Horn and from
Colombo through the China seas and
across the Pacific to Portland. There
are .lively times-ahead for the ports,
where the railroads reach tidewater on
the Pacific.
From the miocene of the Oregon
coast Dr. Thomas Condon has recovered
the skull of a fossil pinniped a ma
rine animal of the seal family which
presents certain features not hitherto1
described. He gives an account in a
bulletin of the University of Oregon.
Dr. Condon seems to hold the theory
of the origin of pinnipeds from certain
types, of terrestrial carnlvora. It is
contrary to the theory that all life on
the earth had Its origin in the sea, and
that land animals, man included, were
developed from older types by varia
tion. Of course now there's nothing but
the appearance of things to prevent a
non-partisan from being the Demo
cratic candidate for President or "Vice
President of the United States. And
yet perhaps the Democratic party
might not want a non-partisan candi
date. Senator Smoot is a Mormon. But
there is difficulty in turning a man
out of the Senate for his religious
opinions. Who shall say that Smoot's
religious opinions are more absurd than
those of others?
i
What is all this stuff about denatured
alcohol? The man -denatured, of dis
natured, by alcohol is the troublesome
problem.
The man who is a non-partisan is
expected to vote the Democratic ticket
That's what it means.
Now for deep harbors, railroad regu
lation, honest government and -garden
seeds, .
GEOGRAPHY OP WORD LIAR."
Means Trouble In Texas and Death
Drinks In Kentucky.
Various Dispatches in N. Y. World.
Houston. In Texas the epithet
"liar" is an invitation for- trouble.
When used by one Southern' gentleman
to another deliberately, it is with the
understanding that it is a direct thrust
at his manhood, and calls for a fight
or a foot race. To overlook the epithet
indicates either guilt or cowardice, and
with a silent acceptance of either all
right fo be called a gentleman is for
feited. An immediate apology is de
manded, otherwise the resort is to pis
tols, either upon the spot, if both happen
to be armed, or afterward. Frequently
apologies are forced at a revolver's point.
Louisville. The He in Kentucky means
death or the drinks. Generally speaking,
it means a fight, and for any man to
"swallow the lie" hurled at him means
that his streak of yellow is so broad and
long as to make him contemptible in the
eyes of his fellow-men.
Atlanta. In Georgia the "He direct" is
considered an affront involving the honor
of a gentleman. In the old duelling days
many notable encounters resulted from
the use of this epithet. It is generally
considered that a man who will "take a
lie" will not resent any other insult.
Though not provided by law. it is the
general course of procedure in court to
regard the "lie" as the first blow. This
has been the turning point on which
many men accused of murder have got off
with light sentences where the "lie" was
passed, blows followed, and finally the
man who was denounced killed the giver
of the epithet.
Columbus Gentlemen may be said to
have abandoned the use of the word
"liar" in Ohio for two rsasons it is not
gentlemanly and it is not safe.
Charleston the word "liar" as applied
by one gentleman to another in South
Carolina has meant a fight in many in
stances. With both parties present, the
scrap is due on the spot.
Milwaukee Leading lawyers says that
"Uar" means in Wisconsin that a per
Bon is telling a falsehood and is doing It
deliberately and intentionally. They hold
that Wisconsin is not far enough West to
make such a remark a cause for shooting.
COMMENT OX OREGOX ELECTION.
Which Democrats Don't Reciprocate.
Olympian.
Republicans have a peculiar habit. It
seems, of electing Democratic Mayors
and now and then a Democratic Governor.
How Name Sounds Abroad.
Hoquiam Washingtonlan.
Oregon had a fierce time wrestling with
the name of its Republican candidate for
Governor Withycombe being evidently
too cumbersome for some of the voters
to remember.
Donees No LOnnrer Ruled.
Castle Rock (Wash.) Advocate.
The most righteous thing the people of
Oregon did last Monday was to elect
Hon. Willis S. Duniway to the office of
State Printer. Through the machina
tions of the iniquitous Mitchell-Mathews
ring he has been kept out of the place
heretofore, but at last he has reached the
goal he desired and so richly deserves.
Miller Helped Miller.
Salem Journal.
Milt Miller's Republican friends voted
for Frank Miller for Joint Senator. Frank
Miller's Republican friends voted for Milt
Miller for Senator. That shut out Byrd
and Wright, electing the two . Millers
Senators for Linn.
That is practical politics, and as Dr.
Byrd is not a practical politician he will
not go to the Oregon Senate as Joint
Senator, and George W. Wright will not
go as Senator.
Superior Merit of Bourne,
Eugene Journal.
Bourne will make a good Senator for
Oregon, one of the. best, and we believe
the very best Oregon has ever had, not
withstanding all the lies that were pub
lished about him. And "every statement
No. 1 member of the Legislature. Demo
crat as well as Republican, must vote
for him." But will they? Not if the old
party hacks and grafters, who have lived
on party names and official crumbs and
stealings all their lives, can prevent It
by lying, fraud, bribery or any other form
of deviltry. He is not good enough to
represent them, say the modern Phari
sees,, while not one of the gang is fit to
untie bis shoes.
Bryan In 11)08.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
There Is little doubt that in 1308 Mr.
Bryan will still lead the Democracy,
probably as its candidate. Therefore the
practical problem for the Republican
party is likely to be "How to beat
Bryan."
Evidently he cannot be beaten by try
ing to be more radical than he is. None
is more expert than he to trim his sails
to all the new winds of doctrine.
Evidently he cannot be beaten by being
Just as radical. He would Btill be "the
original Jacobs." and no public person
ality of the day is more winning than his.
Evidently he cannot be beaten by mere
ly going half way with him. Recent ex
periments on that line have strengthened
htm and weakened Republicanism. Fur
thermore, such a policy would not con
ciliate those who wish to go all the way
with him and would alienate those who
will not go with him at all.
What, then, remains for the Republi
can party to do? Simply to stand fast in
its historic position to refuse to be stam
peded into either radicalism or reaction
to stand fast for the interests of all the
the American people, and especially for
the material welfare, of the Nation.
The Went and the Kant.
Youth's Companion.
Readers of the Companion in the West
are doubtless aware that. a majority of
the engineers engaged on the Panama
Canal have been taken from the Middle
West. The president of an Eastern tech
lncal school recently called the attention
of his students to this choice of West
erners, and told them that it, was because
the Westerners are not so much concerned
as the Easterners about their health and
other matters of personal convenience.
The young man who declines to undertake
work that offers because, perchance, it
may be a little unpleasant, will always be
outstripped by the man who overlooks
unpleasantnesses in his eagerness to ac
complish results.
Senator Aldrlcli's Laugh Stopped,
New York Times.
Senator Rayner, fresh from the court
room, and not yet used to the Senate,
has difficulty sometimes In remembering
where he is, and frequently says, "May
it please the court," instead of "Mr.
President."
Friday, in the course of his vehement
attack on executive interference, he said:
"May it please the court," and the Re
publican Senators, laughed loud and long.
"I ought to explain that I was not ad
dressing the Senator from Rhode Is
land," said Rayrier, when he could be
heard. Then the Democratic Senators
laughed loud and long, and Mr. Aldrich's
laugh stopped in the middle.
Their Deeds Told on Bronse Tablets.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A committee headed by Joseph H.
Choate has been formed in New York to
erect bronze tablets on the buildings in
that city in which William Lloyd Gar
rison and Henry George died. The com
mittee has limited the maximum amount
of a single subscription to J10. The house
In which Garrison died. May 24, 1879. is
still standine on the southeast" corner of
Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue.
New York. Henry George died October 29.
1897, in the Union Square Hotel, which was
his headquarters during his last campaign
I, lor the .Mayoralty.
LIFE IX THE OREGON COUNTRY,
Suffering; For the "Legrl-"
Cor. Vancouver Columbian.
If "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or some other
good play would come to Battle Ground
once in awhile it would be well patronized.
Yamhill Point of View.
Newberg Enterprise.
In spite" of the doctors, we believe that
the strawberry does not run as many
people crazy as does the lovely "peach"
in a white shirtwaist.
Evolution In Columbia County.
St. Helens Mist.
We must have a mill of some kind, and
since the gin mills are compelled to close
their doors next month we trust some
one will be good enough to build a Baw
mill. Abreast of the Times.
Leland Cor. Grants Pass Courier.
People are turning their attention to
fine stock. There was a time-that any
thing in the shape of a horse or a cow
was all right, but now nothing but fine
stock goes.
Plagiarising; Noah,
Walla Walla Argus.
"I wish i would stop raining." is a
current expression, and Brother Goodell,
instead of reaching for an ax, takes a
fresh pull at his pipe and solemnly
avers,. "D n it, so do I!"
Yamhill Tree, of Course.
Sheridan New Sun.
A. N. Fanning brought to our office
last Monday a limb of a prune tree 16
inches long that contained 60 prunes. This
indicates that the prune crop on Mr. Fan
ning's farm at least will be a whopper.
Pioneer Womnn.
Eugene Guard.
Wednesday was the 25th anniversary of
the death of Mary Skinner-Packard, the
pioneer woman of Eugene, the first white
woman to make a permanent home in
Lane County. It was she who named
Eugene, giving the town her husband's
first name. She was 31 years of age when
she came here and 65 when she died.
"George" Doesn't "Saw Wood."
Ashland Tidings.
George Chamberlain, the sawmill man,
it is reported, will soon begin the erection
of a hotel building in Talent. The first
report was that it was Governor Cuam
berlain who was promoting the enterprise
in anticipation of retirement from office,
but it later turned out to be his Talejit
namesake who is to help make Talent
grow.
Something; to Be Thankful For.
Walla Walla Statesman.
One result of the recent heavy storm
was to convert several acres of almost
worthless lanu at Milton into valuable
property by depositing large quantities
of soil upon it. It was formerly thickly
covered with rocks, which made it worth
less for cultivation, but when the storms
had abated there was a thick stratum of
alluvial soil upon it.
Proof Triumphant.
McMinnville News Reporter.
There was a sort of a cow on exhibition
at the circus Monday, who also took part
in the parade, whose horns were loose
and she could "wiggle" them. Last win
ter this paper said Am Shadden had a
cow that could wiggle her horns, and
there were some people who scoffed at
the .idea. The cow at the circus proves
that a cow can enjoy that rare accom
plishment. Getting Rich In Oregon.
Gorvais Star.
A young man two years ago started
with three head of well-bred Cotswold
ewes. One year from the three ewes and
six yearlings he received 90 pounds of
wool and sold the same at 27 cents, or
$24.30, and also Bold the three yearlings
for $3 each, making a total of J33.30. This
year he has wool from the ten head of
sheep which sold at 23 cents, or $29.60,
besides selling a yearling ram for $10. He
still has 10 old and six Spring and four
Spring rams left, or a total of 20 head.
Who says farmers must grow wheat?
WITH TIIE OLD FOLKS.
Bickleton News.
Sam McCrillis was in from Jersey Fri
day. He is 78 years old, a good talker
and can tell you some good stories and
tell them well.
Forest Grove Times.
Grandpa Ambers Thornburg was the
oldest voter in Forest Grove and proba
bly the oldest in the county to cast his
ballot. He is 94 years old and has been
voting for 73 years, and votes the
straight Republican ticket every time.
Hlllsboro Argus.
Mrs. Mary Bird, who was born in Ore
gon, in 1S39, was In town from North
Plains Monday. She is one of the few
remaining pioneers of that date in the
state.
Ashland Record.
Uncle John Satterfield was up from
Rock Point last Tuesday. He is one of
the pioneer settlers of this part of the
valley and used to shoe the stage horses
in the early days. He sold a piece of
property some years ago and hopes by
managing carefully to have enough to
carry him through his remaining years.
He will be S4 years old next July 4.
Cottage Grove Western Oregon.
James Kerr, of Wildwood, this county,
was a most welcome caller this week.
Mr. Kerr immigrated to Oregon about 23
years ago and has lived In this neighbor
hood since, engaging in mining and farm
ing. He is now nearing the 70-year date,
but hardly considers himself an old man,
since he has older brothers, one having
reached and passed his 82nd birthday. His
father, Manasse Kerr, is 105 years old and
enjoying robust health. Manasse came to
Oregon with his son James 23 years ago
and lived here until five years since, when
he returned to Pennsylvania.
Miss Stenographer, Would Your
George's Weekly.
The chief was cross that morning and
was venting his wrath on the pretty
young lady who manipulated the type
writer. "Everything is in confusion on my
desk," he said testily. "It always is."
"You insist that you don't want any
thing disturbed there?" she responded
meekly.
"Well, I don't wish my papers disturb
ed, but I don't want this sheet of postage
stamps left there."
"Where shall I put them?" she inquired
demurely, as she took them up.
"Don't ask so many questions," he
snapped, "put them anywhere out of my
sight."
VVery well, sir, she cooed, as softly
as a dove.
And licking them with her pretty red
tongue she stuck the sheet on his bald
head and walked out to seek a new
situation.
Good Boys Who Are Unshipped.
Quaker In New York World.
I sympathize with those owners of prop
erty and caretakes who object to children.
I find most of the children disorderly,
saucy and destructive.
In the house where I live. In which there
are 14 families, there are. however, two
boys who are obedient, are not disorderly
nor sauc : who not only go messages for
their own mother cheerfully, but often for
the neighbors, refusing any money offered,
when their own children could not be per
suaded to go.
But, strange as it may appear, these two
boys have been brought up' in a home
where the "rule of the rod" is entirely
eliminated. I am inclined to think it is
not the lack of the rod, but the laziness
of the parents that is to blame.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
An unpublished poem by John Greenleaf
Whittier.
(During Whlttier's residence In Philadel
phia, 1838-1810, a young lady friend, of that
city, herself the writer of pleasing verse.
Miss Elisabeth Nicholson, began a manu
script collection of his poems. Including lit
erally everything he had published at that
time. This collection also included many
sportive and satirical verses, never pub
lished, but circulated among his friends. She
was helped in securing his earliest work,
his boyish poems, by Mr. Whlttler's sister,
Elizabeth, who spent some months In Phila
delphia, while he was editing the Pennsylvania
Freeman. While the collection was making
Whlttier'was not aware of It. snd gave no
help. He was naturally annoyed when a
handsomely bound volume of neat manuscript
was handed him with a request that he would
write a preface for It. He had hoped that
the "vain dreams and folllea of his early
times" had been consigned to oblivion, and
did not relish the raising of their ghosts while
he was engaged in serious work. But as it
was in manuscript only, and for the perusal
of Intimate friends, he consented to furnish
the desired preface, with the result given
below. The lines have a value as showing
the attitude of the poet in middle life toward "
the less unselfish ambitions of his youth.
The unique volume referred to, with its in
troduction in Whlttler's handwriting. Is now
in the possession of Miss Nicholson's relatives. -
S. T. Plckard.J
Sins of my luckless boyhood! Ghosts of
rhymes!
Vain dreams and follies of my early times!
Fruits of brief respite from the student's lore.
Or-conned at intervals of labor o'er
When stretched at ease where oaken shad
ows lay,
And the stream winded at my feet away;
The unconscious ox that panted at my side.
The dog that fondly his young master eyed.
And, on the boughs above, the -forest bird
Alone rude snatches of their measure heard
Or uttered when the world's enchantment first
On dazzled eye or kindling spirit burst;
When flattery's voice in woman's gentlest tone
Woke thoughts and feelings heretofore un
known; When halls where wealth and beauty, wit and
mirth.
And taste refined, and eloquence and worth
Felt and diffused the Intellect's high Joy,
Opened to welcome even a rustla boy;
Or where ambition's lip of flame and fear
Burned like the Tempter's at my listening ear.
And a proud spirit, hidden deep and long,
Kose up for strife, stern, resolute and strong.
Conscious of power, and proudly looking up
To the high places of the land with hope.
The Idle dreams of the enthusiast boy.
Imagination's sorrow and Its Joy
Woes upon paper, misery in reams.
Distress in albums, and despair In dreams
The dim world of the ideal all the vain
And shadowy tribulation of the brain
The Berkleylsm of Poetry, which sees
The real a dream, and dreams realities
Thoughts born of feelings now disowned and
spurned.
Breathings of hopes for which my spirit
yearned
I look upon ye with no kindly gaze
Ye frail mementoes of my boyish days!
I love not now, with manhood's soberer eye
To read the lesson of your vanity.
Record of time misspent, of mind abused.
Of God-given powers In folly's service used!
Oh, for the power to dedicate anew
Heart, soul and spirit to the right and true
To offer up on Duty's holy shrine
The morning incense of a heart like mine!
But vain the wish! Let the time past suffice
For idle thoughts and worse than vanities.
Thy will, oh Father! hath It not been shown?
Thy gentle teachings, have they not been
known?
Have I not heard amid life's stormy din
The voice of bland entreaty entering In,
When, midst my selfflsh aims of power and
fame.
The mournful sighing of the captive came.
And a proud heart thru all Its triple steel
Melted at others' woe, and learned to feelT
Oh. for Thine aid to bend anew the knee
And turn my spirit wholly unto Thee;
To give up all nay, cease to claim as mine
In pride of heart, powers which alone are
Thine;
To Thee the abused and wasted gifts restore.
Nor dare abuse Thy holy bounty more!
And thou, whose partial hand hath kindly
penned-
These frail and wayside offerings of a friend
Who, cold and. calm la outward seeming, yet
Hath never learned a kindness to forget
Thou unto whom is given that gift of mind
Which, pure Itself, dellghteth still to find
Beauty in all things, anxious to make known
Another's gifts, while careless of thine own
Forgive me, if in gazing coolly now.
With manhood's cautious eye and thought
worn brow.
Even with a grateful sense of secret gladness.
There blends the shadow of regretful sadness.
Independent,
Philadelphia, November 8, 1840.
Mixed Wives.
Harper's Weekly.
In the early part of the last century
there lived in an old New England town
a Mr Church, who in the course of his
earthly life was bereft of four wives, all
of whom were buried in the same lot. In
his old age- it became necessary to re
move the remains to a new cemetery.
This he undertook himself, but in the
prooess the bones became hopelessly
mixed. His "New England conscience'
would not allow him, under the painful
circumstances, to use the original head
stones so he procured new ones, one of
which 'bore the following inscription:
"Here lies Hannah Church and prob
ably a portion of Emily."
Another:
"Sacred to the Memory of Emily Church
who seems to be mixed with Matilda."
Then followed these lines:
"Stranger pause and drop a tear;
For Emily Church lies buried here
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han
nah." Three Prerequlsltles to Long Life.
Exchange.
R. P. Peters, who soon will be 82 year
old. is a park policeman in Sioux City. Ia.
Recently he visited two daughters in Phil
adelphia, stopping in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, where he was born. Ac
cording to this veteran officer, "Good hab
its, clear conscience and hard work' 'are
the three prerequisites to long life.
" i
NEWSPAPER WAXFS.
The man with the muckrake Is behind ths
times. What he needs ia a steam shovel. Life.
"Yes, you can tell my age by looking In the
family ' Bible." "In BevelatlonsT" Brooklyn
Life.
"I suppose those boys," said the foreigner,
"are messengers of some sort. What do the
letters W. U. T. stand for? Wait Until
Tomorrow,' " replied the wise native. Phila
delphia Press.
The Office Boy Say, de bookkeeper's in
love. The Messenger How yer know? The
Office Boy Oh. It's a cinch. When he sticks
his pen in de mucilage bottle, all he does Is
sigh. Puck.
"How did you come to get mixed up in
this altercation?" asked the Prosecuting At
torney. "Ol didn't come to git mixed up in
It," answered Pat; "Ol come to collect a
bill av foor dollars an' twlnty-slven cents."
Judge.
Ma Twaddles Does the story turn out hap
pily? Pa Twaddles I haven't any idea. Ma
T. Why, haven't you finished It? Pa T-
Tes, but it ends when the principal charac
ters get married. Cleveland Leader.
"My ancestors were ail soldiers. Bridsret."
"Indeed, were they, ma'am?" "Yes; do you
know what it Is to come from a fighting
family. Bridget?" "Sure I do, ma'am. That's
why I left my last place, ma'am." Yonkers
Statesman.