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PORTLAND. THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1906.
OUR "BEST PEOPLE."
Collier's Weekly, In a recent number,
contained the following; observations,
which should be of special Interest In
Portland:
What rich men give back to the community.
Increasing as It does, bears no comparison
to what the public give away to corpora
tions. Controller Myers said In 1880 that It
v4uld pay any man to run the New York
City government without levying any taxes,
provided he could get possession of all the
franchises which the city had In former
times given away, together with those fran
chises which It still controlled. "Those fran
chises are now so valuable," he eaid, "that
If their present incumbents were reasonably
taxed a sufficient revenue would be obtained
to meet the expenses of city government, thus
permitting of the abolition of taxes oil prop
erty." The rights which public service cor
porations get for nothing from the cities
they would be compelled to pay millons for
If they had to buy such rights In property
owned by Individuals. "No people." said Mr.
Louis Brandels, about a year ago, "would
have submitted to such robbery if the facta
had been kept before them."
This is an exact account of what has
been done In Portland, if the citizens
of Portland were now In possession of
"all the franchises which the city in for
mer times had given away," would
there be any necessity for issuing; bonds
for any purpose? There would, Indeed,
be money enough to take up all the
bonds that have been issued thus far
for every purpose; and money enough,
moreover, for extension of water sys
tem, for park improvements, for new
public buildings, and all else for Im
provements of a. public character that
could reasonably be desired. But plu
tocrats, sharpers, first families, monop
olists and grafters have got all the pro
ceeds of these public utilities, and now
snap their fingers in the face of the
public; while they etudy, Invent and
conspire new schemes of extortion. Yet
they pose as public benefactors. The
term is a euphemism for public robbers.
These gangs have taken away from the
city and converted! to their own uses
and enrichment property enough to
have supplied all the public wants of
the city, without the necessity of a dol
lar of taxation. And they are eo much
more holy and moral than other people.
Their newspaper will tell you eo.
DOLLAR WHEAT DELAYED.
The American Society of Equity, an
organization of farmers, said to have a
membership in excess of 100,000, met in
Chicago Tuesday and adopted' "Dollar
Wheat" as its slogan. The society does
not intend to confine its operations to
advancing the price of wheat, but will
also endeavor to make a corresponding
advance in other commodities. It would
be a great victory for the American So
ciety of Equity, and would also contrib
ute greatly to the prosperity of the
country, if the price of wheat could be
forced up to $1 per bushel, but unfor
tunately there are a number of obsta
cles in the way, over which the society
has no control and no power to remove.
It may have been only a coincidence,
but it is a fact, that since the American
Society of Equity decided to fix the
price of wheat at $1 per bushel, the Chi
cago market in two days suffered a de
cline of about 3 cents per bushel, and
yesterday closed the session weak and
dragging at 82V4 cents per bushel.
Nothing but serious damage to the
American crop, or a concerted move on
the part of all wheatgrowers in the
United States, can force prices up to $1
per bushel, eo long as the European
markets are glutted1 with wheat from
countries where the present prices are
not only remunerative, but also very
attractive. India, the Argentine and
Russia are all favored with big crops.
In the Punjaub district alone. In India,
official reports place the crop at 600,000
tons in excess of any previous records
In Southern Russia the crop Is so great
that ids feared that It will overtax the
facilities of the country for harvesting
It, and the Argentine, which has been
shipping steadily since early in the
year, is still dumping from 2,000,000 to
3,000.000 bushels per week on the for
eign market, already sluggish from an
oversupply of wheat.
The weekly statistics, appearing Mon
day, showed an increase of 1,000,000
bushels in world's shipments, and quan
titles on passage were 4.000,000 bushels
greater than on a corresponding date
last year. The effect of these big sup
plies of wheat available for the Euro
pean markets ls reflected in a dragging
market and low prices abroad. In spite
of the repeated attempts of the manip
ulators in this country to force prices.
The July option, when It touched 85
cents early this week, had scored a
clear gain of 9 cents per bushel from
the low point reached about six weeks
ago. During the same period the for
eign market showed a loss of a half
penny per cental, and throughout the
entire period has not varied in price 2
cents per bushel.
It is not alone the foreign situation
that is statistically weak, but In this
country the American visible la 11,500,
000 bushels greater than it has been at
any corresponding period since 1903, and
is less than 6,000,000 bushels smaller
than It was In the record crop year of
1901. Concerted action on the part of
the American Society of Equity might
result In forcing wheat tip to $1 per
bushel for a very brjef period, but It
would be impossible to maintain it at
anything, approaching that figure eo
long as the foreign market is in io need
of American wheat and crop prospects
are good at home. The "corpse" which
would be left on hand after the farmers'
corner had worked the price up to $1
per bushel would! be of more extensive
proportions than that which cost Letter
pere so many millions when his son Jo
seph attempted the Impossible.
THE BANKERS AND THE LAW.
The Oregon Bankers' Association Is,
of course, aware that there is no law
for regulation and Inspection of private
banks and trust companies in Oregon.
The members of the association muet
also be aware that there is a general
public demand that proper and ade
quate legal safeguards be placed around
such institutions. It may be assumed
that the reason the Bankers' Associa
tion has heretofore paid no heed to their
situation, to which the public is poig
nantly alive, through disastrous experi
ences of the past, is that the organiza
tion as a whole has hadi no opportunity
to do real work, having been organized
only a year ago amid the social allure
ments and enticements of the Lewis
and Clark Fair; so that this Is its first
business meeting.
If there Bhall come out of its present
session of the banking association a
movement or a project to place upon
the Oregon statute-books a complete,
reasonable and efficient state banking
law, the bankers will have done no less
than their full duty. None know so
well as they how much such a law is
needed, and how thoroughly and suc
cessfully the private banks in this state
have been regarded by their owners as
private business, and not the public's.
But it is the public's business how these
banks and trust companies sha,ll be
conducted. Moreover, It Is nobody's
business but the public's, and the men
who have the actual management and
direction of such institutions are merely
the public's fiduciary agents or trustees.
They must be held Immediately and di
rectly accountable to the public for the
honest and efficient management of
their trusts. There must be publicity
of every bank's affairs. There must be
rigid and thorough inspection. There
must be no loans or investments of
funds for private benefit. The money
of depositors should not be used for ex
ploitation of the collateral schemes of
the bankers and their friends. If there
is a sound banking law, these things
cannot be done. The present abuses, if
there are any, can be avoided and cor
rected. The state bankers have a profound In
terest In these matters. They know
better than anybody precisely what
such a law should contain. They ought
to frame it and urge its passage by the
Legislature. Will they?
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN.
Between the present political situa
tion and that in 1828, when Jackson was
elected for the first time, there is a re
semblance which no student of history
can have failed to notice. Then, as
now, the leading candidate of the Dem
ocratic party was a man with a griev
ance which his friends appealed, to the
people to remedy. Jackson, though he
received more electoral votes In 1824
than Adams, was nevertheless set aside
by the House of Representatives and
Adams .became President. The general
feeling was that he had! been unjustly
treated, and that feeling helped to elect
him four years later. Mr. Bryan stands
in a similar case. The Courier-Journal
says of him that "in his person stands
an actual and visible victim of all that
is wanton and criminal In our politics";
that "he has served his probation and
earned his reward"; while other Demo
cratic papers assert in plain words that
the second election of McKlnley was
won by the dishonest use of syndi
cate money.
In 1828, as now, the tariff was a vital
issue. By the Democrats the tariff of
that day was denounced as "a gross
and palpable violation of the Constitu
tion." The Democrats of our time love
to trace the origin of all the evils that
now afflict the body politic back to the
Dingley schedules. "The more the
question has been considered the clearer
it has become," says Judge Parker,
"that a protective tariff has been a
fruitful nourishing mother of all our po
litlcal evils." Upon this remark the
Courier-Journal comments that "he sees
the tariff in the-true light"; that "it?
robs the many for the sake of the few,
and that it is "a system of favoritism
and graft whlcrf is at the bottom of
present commercial conditions." Thus
of these two great Democratic lights
the one attributes all our political ills.
the other all our commercial Ills, to the
tariff. It becomes with them a uni
versal explanatory concept. There is
nothing bad for which it does not ac
count.
There is etill another point of resem
blance between the period of Jackson
and our own day. In the election of
1828 popular fear of the increasing
power of the aristocratic element in the
country played an important part. It
is likely to be not less Important in our
next Presidential campaign. "The peo
ple have lost control of the Government,
and know it," says the Courier-Journal,
which now hurrahs vociferously for
Bryan, though formerly it repudiated
him. In the coming campaign, declares
this great newspaper, the masses with
Bryan at their head are to be arrayed
against the classes; government of the
people, by the people and for the people
will stand opposed to government by
the syndicates, for the syndicates and
of the syndicates. The determination
Is evident on the part of the Democratic
organs to fasten upon the Republican
party the responsibility for all the plu
tocratic evils which have grown up
during the last quarter century, and it
sometimes seems a if certain promi
nent Republicans were inspired by an
evil genius to play into their . hands,
Thus the Courier-Journal quotes with
zest the remark of Mr. Shaw that any
person who advocates tariff reform re
pudiates the National Republican party.
Suh language is" a very midsummer
madness. It gives the Democrats err.
actly the opportunity they desire. The
Courier-Journal, as might be expected,,
chuckles with delight over It. Mr.
Shaw, it says, "is a candidate 1fr the
Republican nomination for President.
True to the Republican sentiment in
behalf of plutocracy and graft, he bows
down and worships the Dingley tariff
and calls upon all others to do the
same."
The Courier-Journal predicts that
when Bryan returns in August to his
native land his boom will receive such
an impetus and popular confirmation
as to make his nomination by the Dem
ocrats for the next President a certain
event. The New York Times is not
quite so sure of it. The Times believes
that the Bryan movement is premature
and foresees that in the course of the
two years yet to Intervene before the
election numerous things may happen
to obscure the Nebraskan's popularity.
Still, this conservative Democratic
newspaper perceives that many of the
demands of the Chicago Bryanite plat
form, which, when they were first an
nounced, were assailed as socialistic
and destructive of all organized gov
ernment,-have now .become orthodox
Republican doctrine. Among these ar
ticles the Times enumerates criticism of
the Federal Courts, control of the syn
dicates and the Inheritance tax. This
tax. It asserts, differs in principle not at
all from the Bryanite income tax. The
Brooklyn Eagle, with a hostility to
Bryan more pronounced than that of
the Times, declares that he is not less
radical than in former days; that as be
tween him and Hearst there is little
choice on the score of principles, and it
seems to convey the impression that
one of these men is as dangerous as
the other.
The Courier-Journal, on' the other
hand, accepts Bryan with enthusiasm.
He. carries no disabilities," it says.
He has survived the crudities and
hysteria of the ill-starred campaign of
1898"; and "since then "he has carried
himself wltn a prudence and aplomb"
which Indicate the "growing rather
than the waning man." Mr. Watterson
predicts a campaign between Roosevelt
and Bryan, with a doubtful issue whose
decision may depend upon the Southern
vote. He says that the President has
made himself exceedingly strong in the
South; that none of the border states
could be relied upon to vote against
him, and that factional quarrels have
weakened the Democrats in other
states. A contest between Bryan and
Roosevelt, he believes, "would be a
dangerous conjunction for the Demo
crats, and! it would hit them hardest in
the South."
INDIVIDUALISM.
The letter from two gentlemen, who,
we infer, are soclaliste, which Is printed
in another column, raises the question
what we ought to understand by the
word "Individualist" It has a bad
sense as well as a good one. Dick Tur
pln and Captain Kidd were strong indi
vidualists of much the same sort as Mr.
Carnegie. Their rule of conduct was to
get all they could and keep all they
got. "Git a plenty while you're gittin',"
was their motto, and our present-day
heroes of high finance act upon the
same principle.
Individuality is valuable In society up
to the point where it does not Interfere
with the common good. This allows it
a wide field. It permits the develop
ment of independent traits of charac
ter arid admits the ownership of private
property. But no thoughtful Jurist has
ever conceded to the individual the ab
solute control of any property what
ever. The claim made by our pluto
crats that their property is absolved
from legal regulation is a novel thing in
history. .Nothing like it was ever heard
of before our day. It has no founda
tion either in precedent or reason.
All social evolution has depended
upon the suppression of that individual
ism which preys upon others. Our tol
erance of it is a relapse toward sava
gery. But that individualism which
consists in free development of the body
and expansion of the mind is the most
precious of human rights, and- if the
present industrial system tends to de
stroy it, as our correspondents assert,
then the system needs reform. Many
hold, however, that reform may more
fruitfully look toward a Just distribu
tion of the products of labor rather
than toward a complete overturn of
present arrangements.
There is no right-thinking man who
would not be glad to see every human
being living in happiness and comfort.
No fair-minded man wishes to see his
fellow mortals work too hard or too long
in order to earn their dally bread.
Something is undoubtedly wrong in our.
social machinery, since some through
no merit of their own have too much
and many through no fault of their own
have too little, but where the wrong is
and how to remedy it are questions to
which no complete answer has yet been
found. Our correspondents seem to
think that socialism Is such an answer,
but comparatively few Americans
would agree with them.
RELIEF FOR THE SQUATTERS.
The most legitimate and logical ob
jection ever entered by the land-grabbers
against the forest-reserve policy
was that it withheld from settlement a
vast area of rich agricultural land. Of
course the greater part of the opposi
tion to the forest reserves came from
the great land barons, who were not
interested in agriculture, but who were
after the rich timber which the forest
reserve policy has placed beyond their
reach. They enlisted In the cause of
the agriculturist not because they
cared anything about his rights, but be
cause, in this particular matter, his
claim on the land was the only one
which was entitled to consideration.
Congress has at last recognized the
right of the agriculturist by enacting a
law permitting the homesteading of ag
ricultural lands in forest reserves.
This law will remove all legitimate ob
jection to, the forest-reserve policy as it
now stands, and will be welcomed by
thousands of settlers all over the United
States.
Many of these forest reserves contain
"squatters" who have been holding
their claims for more than twenty
years, awaiting the coming of the sur
veyor and an opportunity to perfect
title. In some cases these squatters
have made Improvements valued at
several thousand dollars, and to refuse
them the right to perfect title to these
claims would be a manifest injustice.
While there are still some large areas
of very good land available for settlers
outside of forest reserves, It is a fact
that the best lands have been taken up
by the people who have been coming
into the Pacific Northwest for the past
fifty years. Within the bounds of the
forest reserves the situation is different,
for the inaccessibility of many of these
reserves has served as a protection
against the invasion of the landseekers,
and, under the protection of the Gov
ernment, some of the choicest agricul
tural land on earth Is still untouched or
has been only partially improved by
the squatters who have pushed beyond
the limits of the reserves.
It is of great importance, not only to
these settlers, but to the country as a
whole, that some assurance be given
these squatters that their Interests will
be safeguarded, and the new law will
enable them to proceed with their im
provements, secure in the knowledge
that they can some day perfect title to
their cleams. It Is highly essential that
the timber thieves should be kept out
of the forest reserves, but it is equally
important that legitimate settlers be
given an opportunity to develop the
portions of the reserves which are ex-
ceptionally valuable for agricultural
purposes, but not necessarily of vital
importance to the general plan of forest-reserve
protection.
Mrs. William E, Corey, wife of the
steel magnate, has begun divorce pro
ceedings against her husband on the
grounds of desertion. When they were
married, in 1883, Mr. Corey earned a
salary of $40 per month. Now he is at
the head of the greatest corporation the
world ever saw, and Is reputed to enjoy
a salary of $1,000,000 per annum. There
used to be an old saw about love flying
out of the window when poverty came
In at the door. The experience of the
Coreys, as well as other unhappy peo
ple of great wealth, would indicate
that not infrequently love begins seek
ing an exit when wealth comes in. The
conduct of Mr. Corey, which forced his
wife to seek divorce, has been so ut
terly reprehensible that it would seem
that respect for common decency would
compel the steel trust to kick him back
into obscurity.
It is a matter of serious regret that
the omnibus lighthouse bill should have
been shorn of one of Its most important
provisions before it was agreed upon in
conference committee. The amendment
of Senator Piles, of Washington, for a
steel light vessel for Swlftsure Bank,
off the entrance of the Straits of Fuca,
was cut out, leaving this passage to the
"graveyard of the Pacific," where
bleach the skeletons of ships from
every port, without this needed senti
nel. The fate of the Valencia and the
disclosures attendant upon the dire ca
lamity that followed her wreck have, it
seems, been soon forgotten. Or per
haps the horrors of this wreck were
without Import to the men from the In
land regions, to whom the cyclone cel
lar represents all that is necessary for
the protection of human life from the
stress of storm.
The Chinese Empire Is in financial
trouble. The pay of that new and -imposing
army, about which we have been
reading a great deal, is In arrears, and
desertions are so numerous that there
is danger of the officers being left alone
in their glory. The Dowager Empress
has Issued a longedlct Impressing upon
her officials the necessity of economy
and expressing her appreciation of the
sufferings of the people. Incidentally
the old lady calls attention to "the dis
favor of heaven in falling to send rain."
If all of the troubles which have beset
the Chinese si no the snappy little Japs
humbled their pride about a dozen
years ago can be traced to the disfavor
of heaven, the time would seem to be
ripe for the selection of a new brand of
religion.
Russia has begun the discouraging
task of rebuilding her fleet. The celer
ity with which the former fleet was
knocked to pieces, sunk and captured
suggests that Russia needs men to man
her ships of war who know how to han
dle them, whether in- rendezvous or in
action. It Is one thing to build a navy,
and not difficult to procure expert naval
constructors. It is quite another to
take care of ships of war in time of
peace so that they will be In a high
state of efficiency when wanted; and
still another to be able to handle them
in action. The deficiency of Russia In
the two points last named became
known to all the world through the bat
tle of the Sea of Japan.
The New York Press of June 7. com
menting on the election of Mr. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., to the United States Senate
under the provisions of our primary
elections law, says: "There is nothing
to prevent every state in the Union
from adopting this programme. The
Oregon method of choosing United
States Senators operates along the line
of least resistance. It demonstrates
that an amendment to the Constitution
is not necessary to give the people di
rect control over the choice of their rep
resentatives in the upper branch of
Congress."
The appointment of two assistant in
spectors of steam vessels for the dis
trict of the Willamette reflects the re
markable growth of the water traffic in
this district. Not only has there been
a wonderful increase in all classes of
seagoing vessels coming to Portland,
but in all parts of the district there
have been numerous additions to the
fleets of inland steamers. Despite the
steady growth of this fleet, all vessels
are employed and there is work for
more.
A year ago, when Standard Oil de
clined to "answer, the public mind pic
tured a defiant and arrogant plutocrat
with his capacious front heaving an"
expanding, his plug hat on the back of
his head, his nose In the air and his
thunderous voice demanding to know
"what you were going to do about It?"
Now it's different. Standard Oil on the
dead run from pursuing Justice is
neither dignified nor awesome; but it's
safer for Standard Oil.
Mary Baker G. Eddy may well be
proud of her enormous following. Per
haps she is wise in keeping out of sight
of the enthusiastic throng, 150,000
strong, that gathered in Boston in her
honor this week. She is a woman who
does nothing without a purpose and
keeps calmly and persistently to one
course. Therein is the keynote to her
success the like of which the world has
seldom seen.
The annual rally of the Oregon Pio
neers was participated in and enjoyed
by hundreds of men and women grown
gray in the service of the state. There
were thirty-three vacant seats at the
annual banquet board, and- a corre
sponding narrowing of the familiar cir
cle. But the usual hospitality was dis
pensed and the usual good cheer pre
vailed. The fact that the seventeen months'
penitentiary sentence of C. H. Brooks
who informed on Senator Burton, was
commuted by the President to a $1500
fine is an event of some interest in Ore
gon; and possibly of importance to some
of our citizens.
It's homecoming week in Kentucky,
and Louisville is entertaining thousands
between Sundays, which are dry. The
old home ain't what it used to be. -
In the voluminous lexicon of fire in
surance,' there's no such word as pay
meaning, pay promptly and fully all
honest losses.
.We are bound to say that the pioneers
really do not look as if they had been
here so long.
After all, why did they keep Addicks
out of the United States Senate?
, What so rare as a pleasant day in
June? ,
WHAT DEFEATED REPUBLICANS
Party, Exploited for Years by Bosses
and Politician.
(This Is the version of the recent election
and the forces at work in producing Its re
sults, given by the Grant's Pass Observer:)
The result of the late election, so far as
county and state offices are concerned, is
now pretty definitely known. The Re
publicans elected every member but one of
the Representative section of the State
Legislature, but five seats in the State
Senate were secured by Democrats. AH
the other purely political offices were car
ried by Republicans, except that of Gov
ernor, which was again won by Mr. Cham
berlain, Democrat, by a majority of over
2000. As Republicans are nominally two to
one in the state, Mr. Chamberlain must
have received a large alleered Republican
vote, and this fact is considerably resent
ed by those Republicans who were faithful
to the party. But It is not at all surpris
ing that Mr. Chamberlain carried the
state. Most men who are in touch with
the people expected that he would, and if
he had had any other opponent than Mr.
Wlthycombe his majority would undoubt
edly have been very much larger. Why?
Simply because the Republican party had
for years been exploited by professional
politicians and bosses who cared nothing
for the welfare of the state, and devoted
their whole energies to using the party
for purely selfish purposes. When things
were about as bad as they could be Cham
berlain appeared on the political scene as
a sort of possible savior of public in
terests, and was elected Governor. He
was shrewd and able, and he availed him
self of his office to make favor with the
people by aiding measures looking to
wards needed relief from abuses that had
been piled up by Republican misrule ma
nipulated by political scoundrels. The dis
gusted rank and file of the Republican
party of Oregon recognized in their Demo
cratic Governor a man who was doing
good service for the state, and they tied to
him just as Republicans In several other
states lent their strength to Democratic
reformers. There is no reason to believe
that Mr. Chamberlain had then or has
now any particularly virtuous ideas in re
gard to bettering affairs In the state, but
in his own interest and the interest of his
party, he professed a policy that was ac
ceptable to the bulk of the people, and
along with this policy the bulk of the peo
ple accepted the man. Two years ago the
exploited and degraded Republican ' party
of this state had no claim whatever upon
honest votes in the ranks, and it is rea
sonably certain that at that time a very
large number of sincere Republicans had
convinced themselves that It was their
duty to back Chamberlain. The convic
tion of Senator Mitchell and Representa
tive Williamson, and the indictments
hanging over the heads of other assumed
lights of the Republican party, more wide
ly exposed and confirmed the rottenness
of the party as operated in Oregon and
added to the strength of Mr. Chamberlain.
The Republican party was then broken
and disorganized, and the one thing that
saved It was the primary law and its
effective abolition of the machine and
bosses. As soon as it was recognized that
the old regime was over, and that a new
era for the Republican party had come,
disaffected members commenced to return
to the fold, thankful and hopeful. But
the time was too short for all those who
had given their confidence to Mr. Cham
berlain to change the convictions they had
sincerely arrived at, and the result was
that many supported him at the late elec
tion, while at the same time they helped
to elect practically all the other Repub
lican political candidates. It was the mis
fortune of Mr. Wlthycombe to suffer de
feat because of abuses that he had no
part in.
There can be nothing gained by being
otherwise than candid in regard to the
plight that Republicans found their party
placed In at the end of machine rule. But
the evil days are now over, and with the
new start provided by the primary law
splandld possibilities loom up for the Re
publican party in Oregon as representing
sound principles and good government.
Poor Men at Yale Beat Scholars.
New York Exchange.
Great interest Is manifested in the
Yale senior class book, just issued,
which shows that the high scholarship
men in the class were able to get along
with a great deal less expenditure than
the low scholarship men. The differ
ence in the figures is considerable. Ac
cording to the book the high scholar
ship men have an average expenditure
of $731 for the year, while $1244 was
the average expended by the low schol
arship men.
Another interesting lot of figures
shows that the average expense per
man is $4146 for four years, the lowest
amount during the year being $100 and
the highest $7600. Sixteen per cent or
S8 men average less than $530 a year.
Ninety-five men earned their expenses
in part, while 24 have earned all their
expenses.
Among the class favorites are Maude
Adams and Richard Mansfield, actress
and actor; "Becky Sharp," character
in fiction; Tennyson, poet; Napoleon,
figure in history; Stevenson, prose
writer; '-Crossing the Bar," poem, and
lJorna'jjoone, novel.
Defeat of Woman Suffrage,
Nebraska State Journal.
The failure of the suffrage amendment
In Oregon will be a great disappointment
to champions of the cause everywhere.
And the reason for the failure must be
attributed to the natural depravity of
man. A strong fight was waged in its
favor. Brainy speakers from all over
the country were there In force, and the
welkin rang as it never did before. Warm
work was done in every part of the state,
but it didn't melt the cold, commercial
atmosphere of Portland whence issued
the flat of the opposition. There was
lethargy even among the women them
selves, some of whom manifested the
same spirit that permeates the great New
York organization opposed to the exten
sion of suffrage to women. Then the for
eign element was up in arms to a man,
reinforced by the solid liquor interests.
In the face of it all the suffragists put
up a gallant fight and the vote shows
that a whole lot of people believe that
woman Is entitled to the ballot If sh
wants it.
Count Bont Writes for Honey.
Paris Dispatch in New York World.
Count Bonl de Castellane's signature
to articles frequently appears In the
newspapers now. His financial diffi
culties have driven him to sell his
own and others' ideas, chiefly on
foreign politics. But charitable In
stincts are stirring within him. He
bid for an autograph of the King of
Sweden at an aristocratic charity sale
arranged by Countess Grefuhle. The
flower of Parisian society flocked to
the showrooms, where De Montesqulou,
who honored America with his pres
ence, once lectured on Gustave Moreau,
and where a costly art collection was
sold.
The Lamp In the West.
Ella Hlgglnson.
Venus has lit her silver lamp
Low In the purple West,
Breathing a soft and mellow light
Upon the sea's full breast;
It Is the hour when velvet winds
Tremble the alder's crest.
Far out. far out the restless bar
StartsSfrom a troubled sleep.
Where roaring through the narrow straits
The meeting waters leap;
But still that shining; pathway leads
Across the lonely deep.
When I sail out the narrow straits
Where unknown dansers be.
And cross the troubled, ifloaning bar
To the mysterious sea
Dear God. wilt Thou not set a lamp
Low In the West for met
HOT STUFF FROM HEARST.
Calls oa Bryan to Repudiate Certain
- Followers.
Indlanapolis, June 9. The Indianapolis
Star has received a telegram from Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, In reply to a mes
sage asking him for his opinion of certain
indorsements of William J. Bryan lately
expressed in various quarters, xhe tele
gram from Mr. Hearst is as follows:
"I have been for many years a sincere
friend and earnest supporter of Mr. Bryan.
I rejoice in his achievements and suc
cesses, and I approve of every honest in
dorsement of him.
"Personally, I would never welcome into
the company of loyal friends of Bryan
and sincere advocates of good government
any such men as Tom Taggart, gambling-house
keeper, or Tim Sullivan,
keeper of dives and brothels, lord pro
tector of crooks and criminals: nor
would I ever welcome such men as
Pat McCarren, election thug, or George
McClellan. election thief; nor such Cap
tain Kldd's of Industry as Belmont, and
Morgan and Dava Francis, all of whom,
with their mercenaries, were last mus
tered under the stained and draggled ban
ners of Cleveland and the corporations.
"I am confident that Mr. Bryan will re
pudiate utterly these men and their pro
fessions of friendship, realizing that they
are not honestly In favor of any man or
any measure that will protect the inter
ests of the plain people of this country.
"WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST."
The Lie Discussed In Court.
Kansas City Times.
The question of what God would do to
punish a boy who swore to a lie was
discussed In Judge Brumback's court yes
terday. Samuel Krashin, .a small boy,
was on the witness stand In a suit for
damages. C. A. Loomis, an attorney,
by way of learning if the boy knew the
solemn nature of an oath, asked him:
"If you do not tell the truth, under
oath, what will happen?" v
"I would commit a sin."
"And what would God do to you if you
committed Buch a sin?"
"I don't know."
Mr. Loomis objected to the boy's testi
fying on the ground that he did not
know what God would do to him if he
lied.
"Well, do you know what God would
do in such a case?" the Judge asked the
lawyer.
"No. I can't say I do," replied Mr.
Loomis.
"If you do know I wish you would en
lighten the court," continued the Judge.
Milton J. Oldham, attorney, suggested
that the only record of what God did to
a person who lied was when he stmck
Ananias dead.
The Judge permitted the boy to testify.
Hobson Finds Congress Cornea High.
Montgomery, Ala. Corr. New York
World.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the
Merrimac, has certified to the Secretary
of State that it cost him $6948 to defeat
Representative J. H. Bankhead for the
nomination for Congress at the recent
Democratic primaries in the Sixth dis
trict. Of this sum $1275 was spent for
printing and $1300 for postage.
Captain Hobson was a naval construc
tor, and resigned from the Navy in Feb
ruary three years ago, at a time when his
salary on shore duty was $2975 a year. He
fln)t asked for retirement, which would
have carried with it a pension, on the
ground of defective vision, but the Board
of Surgeons declined to certify him for
retirement. He tried for Congress two
years ago, and was defeated. In appar
ent proof that his lecture tours must have
been fairly lucrative, it Is seen that in
the recent contest he spent considerably
more than he would have earned in two
years had he continued In the Navy, and
more than one year's salary as Congress
man. Instance of Heredity of Talent.
London Post.
The Darwin family Is being cited as a
marked instance of the heredity of talent.
All of Darwin's sons Francis, George,
Horace and Leonard show marked scien
tific ability. Francis studied medicine, but
did not practice it. He became his fath
er's assistant and later his biographer and
literary executor. He has written exten
sively upon the physiology of plants. The
second son is now a baronet, and Is Plu
mlan professor of astronomy and experi
mental philosophy at Cambridge. The
third son, who is chairman of the Cam
bridge Scientific Instrument Company, as
sists Sir George in his work. The young
est son. Major Leonard Darwin, has
served on several scientific expeditions
and as a member of Parliament, and Is
the author of books on bimetallism and
municipal trade.
A Carnegie Leather MedaL
Washington (D. C.) Post.
A Carnegie medal should go to the
railroad official who succeeded in bar
ricading his house so that designing
mine stock on the parlor table.
Song" of the Plutocrat.,
J. W. in the North American.
The coal belongs to God and man.
And I'm the man!
He, storing It for future needs.
Saved me the deeds. '
This partnership makes me trustee
Of Deity.
And I must scrutinize with care
With whom I share.
With prescience I weigh It out
To them about
Who understand the quality
Of it and me.
I fix the price that shall be paid
For every grade.
But never dig a pound of It
I've better wit.
My microscope 'hows human spawn
Around my throne, '
Who dig and delve from dawn till dark
In blessed work.
Tls toll befits their humble lot.
Without a doubt;
But God and I. e'er since my birth.
Own heaven and earth.
THE SLOTHFUL JEROME
CHERRY MAKER RETIRES.
Rogue River Farmer, After Long Fruit
Work, la Well-to-Do.
Grant's Pass Courier.
In the retirement of C. E. Hoskins from
active horticultural work Rogue River
Valley and all Oregon loses a most valua
ble man in that industry. He and Mrs.
jrtosKins, navtng put in a long, active life,
now propose to enjoy the pleasures of
travel for a year and of visiting the
scenes of their early life in the Eastern
states.
Mr.. Hoskins is one of the best horti
culturists in Oregon and is an acknowl-'
edged-authority on cherries. He has been
making a specialty of cherry growing for
many years and worked along the same
lines of the famous Burbank. the Cali
fornia plant wizard. Several of the cher
ries originated by Mr. Hoskins show re
markably fine qualities and are likely to
prove valuable additions to the commer
cial orchard.
Mr. Hoskins came to Rogue River Val
ley several years ago from near New
berg, In Yamhill County, for the health
of his family. He located near Gold Hill,
where he planted out the largest cherry
orchard in Southern Oregon. This or
chard he has sold, but he retains two
large orchards that he owns near New
berg. Vaaaar Girls Cut la Half by Cenaor.
Poughkeepsie Dispatch In New York
World.
Vaesar's annual class book. "The Vas
sarion," contains this pathetic appeal to
the millionaire who is willing to die poor,
and to the millionaire who isn't:
THE CRY OF THE WILD.
They may cry for dormitories.
Gyms, museums, added stories.
But the bitterest need of Vassar has never
been cried at all.
So. If John D. or Andy
Have some extra money handy.
Let the girls of Vassar tell them of a place
to let It fall.
If In J. they'd see us straining
Every muscle, each neck craning.
Just to peep Into the mirror through the
crowds that throng the hall.
Surely then they'd ope their cotters.
And they'd make us splendid offers
To line all the walls with mirrors Hasten
ye, oh happy day!
"The Vassarion" of 1906, Just published,
like former numbers, did not escape the
faculty's censorship. All the pictures In
It of the lovely girls who have taken
male roles In the college theatricals have
been ruthlessly Inked. All the curve be
low the waistline have been blotted out,
obliterated.
The talented amateurs appear to be
mystically floating through a common
place environment of chairs and tables.
The photographs seem to have been taken
in a dime museum, where, thanks to an
arrangement of mirrors and black cloth,
the upper half of a Venus Is on exhibi
tion. Pettua Taps the Humor Can.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, was
recently Instructing his fellow-members
on an important subject. In the
midst of an Impassioned speech he was
Interrupted by Senator Pettus, who
arose deliberately and addressed the
chair.
"Does the Senator from Indiana yield
to the Senator from Alabama?" asked
the presiding officer.
"Certainly," said Senator Beveridge.
"I always am glad to yield to the
Senator from Alabama, who never in
terrupts without shedding knowledge
on the subject which is under discus
sion, and who always adorns every
speech Into which he may come with
his rare and graceful humor. What
does the Senator from Alabama desire
to ask me?"
"Nothing." said Senator Pettus sol
emnly, "I move that we adjourn."
Dog Is Sentenced to Death.
New York Herald.
Can a dog be convicted of murder?
Last December a man was murdered
and robbed at Interlaken, Switzerland,
nnd a curious feature of the crime was
the large part played by a dog. The
trial of two men who were charged
with the murder was recently conclud-'
ed. The men were sentenced to penal
servitude for life and their dog to
death.
Prlncea Are Playing- Football.
London Truth.
During the last few months the Princes
Edward and Albert of Wales have been
regularly playing football (association) at
Sandrlngham, England.
KEWSPAPER WAIFS.
First Burglar t)ld Bill git much out nr
dat last burglary? Second Burglar No. He
got so little dat his lawyer advised him ter
plead guilty. Judge.
"Do you think that municipal -ownership
would eliminate graft?" "I am not quite
sure," answered Senator Sorghum, "whether
It would eliminate It or simply originate a
new kind." Washington Btar.
Mrs. Muggins Since Mrs. Newrlch's hus
band made all his money ehe haa the doc
tor continually. Mrs. Bugglns Yes. I hear
she Is suffering from nervous prosperity.
Philadelohla Racord.
"Correspondent wants to know who are the
greatest stamp collectors In the country."
said the assistant briefly. "Does ha Inclose
stamp for reply?" answered the editor. "Yes."
"Then tell him we are." Chicago Dally News.
"I bear your master Is a perfect lady
killer, James, especially since he got his
new automobile. Is that so?" ."Well, partly,
ma'am, so to speak. He's run over quite a
lot, but none of 'em's dead yet." Baltimore
American.
"Most actors;" remarked the talkative
boarder, "seem to think they can't get too
far front on the billboard " "Yes," In
terrupted Mm. Starvem. "Quite unlike some
other people who believe they can't get too
far back on the board bill." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"I sent you plans for the porte-cochere and
grand entrance," began. the architect who was
building Nurltch's palatial mansion. "Yes."
Interrupted Nurltch. hotly, "and what do
'you mean by puttln' 'Salve' over the door?
Don't you try to run in no patent medicine
ads on me!" Philadelphia Press.
From the New York World.
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