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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1906.
TWO PLATFORMS.
The Republican party's first platform,
adopted "at Philadelphia June 17, 1856,
consisted of nine resolutions. - The plat
form adopted In the same city on June
18, 1906, by the Republican League con
tain .eight paragraphs, or planks, as
they ar'voften called. While the
League does- not speak for the party
officially, still It Is a body of National
representation and one may fairly as
sume that the opinions which It has
expressed are those which would find
favor among Republican orators and
politicians. Some of them would be ap
proved by the voters and some would
not. A comparison of the platform
which expresses the sentiment of the
party leaders in the fiftieth year of Re
publicanism with the one adopted by
the convention which nominated Fre
mont ought to show an advance In wis
dom, patriotism and courage. If It
shows no such advance, then the com
parison should be received with peni
tential sighs and tears. What Is the
use of living if we do not grow better
and wiser as time passes?
The first resolution in the platform of
1858 declare that the principles of the
Declaration of Independence, and of the
Constitution are essential to Republican
institutions and must be maintained'.
The second denies the power of Con-
. gress to give jegal existence to slavery
?in any territory, while the third asserts
the right and Imperative duty of Con
gress to prohibit it. Slavery -and po
lygamy are classed together as "twin
relics of barbarism." The fourth reso
lution recites the wrongs and woes of
bleeding Kansas; how the dearest rights
of the people have been wrongfully and
violently taken from them, their right
to keep and bear arms Infringed, and
that of trial by Jury denied; how mur
ders, robberies and arsons have been
Instigated and encouraged by the Na
tional Administration; and the conven
tion declares its fixed purpose to bring
the perpetrators "of these atrocious
outrages to a sure and condign punish
ment hereafter." This fourth resolu
tion rises to a height of eloquence
which Is only rivalled by the later doc
ument when It recites the glories of the
Dlngley tariff, as we shall see.
The fifth resolution Is really a contln-
Uation of the fourth, and demands the
Immediate admission of Kansas as a
free state. The sixth deals with the
once Infamous "Ostend circular," which
was a document Issued by the agents
of President Pierce In Europe In fur
therance of a plan to steal Cuba from
Spain and make It a breeding-ground
of negroes for the cotton fields of the
far South. The clroular Is denounced
as a "highwayman's plea which would
bring shame and dishonor upon any
government that sanctioned it." The
seventh and eighth resolutions demand
aid for the Pacific Railroad and appro
priations for rivers and- harbors. The
ninth Invites the affiliation and co-op.
era t ion of all men in the support of Re
publican principles.
This first platform of the Republican
party may be supposed to contain a
statement of Its essential doctrfnes.
ifere. If anywhere, must be found those
principles which- gave It vitality and
vigor and distinguished It from other
parties. Through these principles the
party made its triumphant appeal to
the American people and won its. first
recruits. The doctrine of protection Is
not among them; It Is not mentioned at
all In the platform of 1856, though It
appears, temperately stated. In that of
1860. In the declaration of 1906 it holds
the position of prime Importance, and
is declared to be "sacred." So times
change. The older platform mentions
some sacred things, such as "liberty of
conscience and equality of rights among
citizens," but In those primitive days
they had not risen, or fallen, to the
point of paying semi-divine honors to
a tax. The league delegates -allot to
the Dlngley tariff all the credit for
what God, man and Nature working
together have accomplished In the
United States. - Forests, mines, fertility
of the soil, sunshine, rain and human
intelligence are, without exception, due
to the beneficent influence of revered
Dlngleyism. The pronunclamento is
paved from blasphemy at this point
only by its folly. Were we to take It
In serious earnest, we should have to
look at It as a slander upon the energy
and Intelligence of the American peo
pie. What nonsense to attribute all
they have done In the last decade to the
effect of a single statute!
The sacred schedules should be
changed, the platform says, "when the
conditions of industry, commerce and
finance demand, and not till then."
When will finance,- especially high
finance, demand a revision of that tariff
which is the very soul and sinew of its
power over the industry of the nation?
And since industry is controlled by
finance,, when will industry demand re-
vision? And since commerce is nothing
more nor less than industry and finance
combined, when will commerce demand
revision? Quoth the raven, never
more. Revision is demanded in the in
terest of the consumers, that is of the
great majority of the Nation: but the
league delegates evidently did not think
the consumer worth mentioning. There
is no hint in their platform that such a
person exists. They grow pathetic over
the wrongs of the Southern negro and
zealously demand legislation to restore
the franchise to him, but the robbery of
the American people by the trusts
which have grown up under the aegis
of the Dlngley tariff is a matter of no
concern. -'
In view of their tariff doctrine, the
league's demand for equity and Justice
to all, by all and for all,"- savors a
little too strongly of Mr. Pecksniff.
Still, it would be wrong to conclude
that the platform is, upon the whole;
either insincere or . trivial. . If the
tariff doctrine is vacant of all promise,'
this is probably because the delegates
were waiting for some clearer indi
cation of public sentlrnent than is yet
available. When the voters declare
their wish the Republican leaders will
obey. The tariff will be revised when
public opinion clearly demands it; what
finance and commerce have to say can
not decide this any more than other
questions. On the other hand, there is
a positive paragraph in favor of a
postal currency and a parcels post.
great advances in civilization for which
the people have waited too lqng already.
Possibly the opposition of the express
companies will have weakened suffi
ciently to permit their adoption by the
next Congress. The platform of the
league, therefore. Is by no means alto
gether a compromise with the privi
leged interests. Upon some questions
it takes radical ground, and even where
it hesitates the way is left open for
advancement when the mandate comes
from the voters.
THE FINE ART OF INTENTION.
The morphine habit, as everybody
knows, destroys the ability to tell the
truth. Corporations and trusts seem to
radiate a sort of morphine vapor which
their attorneys and employes absorb
and which has the same effect upon
them as the mendacious drug itself.
There is no other way to account for
that preternatural abhorrence of fact
and love of fiction which they all ex
hibit. Nobody could Imagine for an in
stant that Mr. Teal in his normal con
dition would encourage prevarication or
speak with a double tongue. The influ
ence of some potent 'drug is the only
tiling that can account for the variance
between his virtuous principles and his
slippery practice in the gas investiga
tion." An ardent lover of the public, an
apostle of frankness. Mr. Teal desired
above all things to lay open to the com
mittee the entire history of the gas
company without reservation. We know
he did, because he said so. And yet.
during the investigation, he did his best
to conceal everything of any conse
quence and what he could not conceal
he tried to explain away. How can
such conduct be accounted for unless
we assume that he had absorbed some
subtle poison which stole away his vir
tue for the time being? Mr. Teal. knew
also that Dr.. Hampton' had been em
ployed by the company to analyze the
kerosene used in generating gas; yet he
listened with complacent approval
while Mr. Dole testified that she only
analyzed coke and coal. Nay, in -cross-
examination he even tempted the trail
veracity of the superintendent until it
gave way again and the Invention was
repeated.
What was the use of the invention.
after all? None whatever It', would
not have Injured the cdmpany to admit
that Dr. Hampton analyzed Kerosene
for them. Mr. Dole denied it- and the
lawyer encouraged him in his men
dacity from sheer inability to stick to
facts. Employment by a predatory
corporation creates this Inability. The
servants, agents and officers of Stand
ard Oil and the Beet Trust display it
as flauntingly as Mr. Dole, and their
attorneys encourage it as complacently
as Mr. Teal. Mendacity becomes a
mental disease, a monomania, with
these people.
If it is not a disease, why do they do
It? Can it be to show their contempt
for the public? Do they put' off the
public with fictions and idle tales, as
men tell preposterous stories to little
boys; Just for the fun of it or Just to
get rid of an impertinent medfller? Has
the public in their eyes but trie one
right and the one duty to lie still and
be shorn? The more they show their
hand the more this seems to be the
case.
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
In population, development and gen
eral prosperity in all branches, the
new State of Oklahoma easily out
classes all predecessors at the date of
their admission into the Union. The
new state, with an area hut 4000 square
miles greater thanthat of Washington
has a white population in excess or
1,000,000, in addition to about 70,000 In
dians, who . are the best, representa
tlVes of their race to be found In the
United States. The rapid development
of Oklahoma since the "boomers'
ewaTmed over her borders, about 17
years ago, Is unequaled by that of any
other Western territory or state. Less
than a dozen years after that dramatic
rush into the "boomer's paradise" a
statehood convention was held at Guth
rie, the territorial capital, at which a
memorial was drawn up setting forth
that, without Including Indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma exceeded twelve states
in area and nine states in population.
This was five years ago. The memor
ial also recited that at that time the
territory, with an area only about one
half as great as that of the present
state of Oklahoma, contained 144 banksv
22 daily newspapers, and 1200 miles of
railroad completed, with nearly as
much more under construction.
Indian Territory, which' has lost its
identity in the new. State of Oklahoma,
was a parent of the Territory of Okla
homa. The Government in 1889 pur
chased the rights of the Indians in the
largest half of the Indian Territory,
and the same year threw open for set
tlement, under the name Oklahoma Ter
ritory, a tract embracing 38,830 square
miles. Both of these territories have,
from the earliest days of Western ex
ploration and settlement, been regarded
as veritable garden, spots, and the
knowledge of their wonderful richness
had spread all over the United States
long before Oklahoma was opened for
settlement. This knowledge naturally
resulted in the famous Oklahoma rush.
exceeding in proportions any similar
affair before or since.
That the eagerness of the boomers to
secure land in this famous "strip" was
Justified is proven beyond all question
by the marvelous output of agricultural
products which it now sends to mar
ket. Last year Oklahoma produced
more than 15,000,000 bushels of wheat
and 53.000,000 bushels of corn. Indian
Territory is not so well adapted to
wheat, but. the yield last year was
nearly 4,000,000 bushels, and in corn it
was close to Oklahoma, with 49.000,000
bushels. The new state will also be
famous as a stock country. In certain
portions, cotton yields heavily, and
there is abundance of fruit and prod
ucts' of truck farming. The Indian
population is made up of Creeks, Choc
taws, Chickasaws, Cherokees and a few
smaller tribes. The majority of them
are much farther along on the road to
civilization than any other tribes in
the country, and even the generally
detested "squaw man" who has married
into the tribes holds higher rank than
among- a less industrious race of red
men.
The white population of the new Ok
lahoma is said to be of an exception
ally high order, not more than 5 per
cent being foreign born. Surrounded
with such wonderful resources, await
ing only the touch of labor and capi
tal to make them respond, it is easy
to understand the present prosperity of
our newest state. As a territory it has
been described as a "land of richness
which contains no beggars and no mil
lionaires." The "squaw men" and the
boomers, of course, secured the best
lands in Oklahoma, but there still re
main vast stretches which can be
brought under cultivation. Viewed
from almost any standpoint, this latest
addition to the United States is an ac
quisition of which we may well feel
proud, and if the first ten years of
statehood bring results in keeping with
those which marked Oklahoma's last
days as a territory, a decade hence will
find her well up in the front rank with
the great states of the Union.
FOREIGN- TRADE BREAKS RECORD.
Complete statistics on foreign trade
for the first ten months of the current
fiscal year, together with incomplete
figures for the May business, show be
yond all doubt that the foreign trade
of the United States for the year end
ing June 30 will break all previous rec
ords. For the first time it will exceed
in value $3,000,000,000. These enormous
figures refute most effectually and com
pletely the shopworn argument that our
foreign trade is languishing or suffer
ing In any way through lack of ship
ping facilities for reaching foreign
countries. The exports for the twelve
months ending June 30 will reach a
total of nea-ly $1,790,000,000, and the im
ports will he approximately $1,225,000,-
000. These figures will show a gain
over the preceding year's business of
$100,000,0000 in imports and more than
$200,000,000 in exports.
A brief analysis of some of the feat
ures of this remarkable statement,
which has just been Issued by the Bu
reau of Statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, makes the show
ing all the more flattering for the
Americans who are pushing our foreign
trade without the aid of ship subsidies
or any other form of' legalized graft
More than one-fourth of the big gain
over last year's exports was in manu
factured products, which this year
amount to $50,000,000 more than last
year. In almost exactly the same ra
tio there was an increase in Imports of
articles in a crude condition for use
in manufacturing." For the ten
months ending with -April these im
ports showed an -Increase of $25,000,000
over those of the corresponding ten
months of last year. In agricultural
products, exports show an Increase of
$150,000,000. The advantages of buying
from the foreigners as well as selling to
them is disclosed in these three items.
There was a $25,000,000 increase In the
imports of raw materials for manufac
turing, and to offset it a $50,000,000 in
crease in manufactured articles export
ed from this country.
We, of course, needed the raw ma
terials to enable us to use with those
of home production. In affording the
foreigners an opportunity of selling
them to us we incidentally enhanced
the seller's buying power, and they in
creased their purchases of wheat, flour,
provisions and other agricultural proa
ucts to the extent of $150,000,000 over
those of the same period last year. A
most gratifying feature of this wonder
ful commercial showing is a decrease
In the value of both sugar and coffee
imported. The former shows a loss for
the ten months of $12,000,000 as com
pared with the same period last year;
hut this loss should he the American
consumers' gain, for it was due wholly
to lower prices, the amount imported
being 50,000,000 pounds greater than for
the same period last year.
The great prosperity of the country Is
reflected In imports of diamonds and
precious stones amounting to $33,000,000,
compared with $27,000,000 for the same
period last year. There are some sta
ples which buyers cannot do without.
but luxuries of the diamond class are
imported in such large quantities only
in times when there is an abundance
of money in circulation. The steel
trust, in spite of its fear of ' foreign
competition on the Panama Canal
managed to increase its sales during
the ten months about $20,000,000 over
those of the corresponding period in the
preceding year. The showing through
out is a remarkable tribute to the pro
ductlveness of the country. With such
a large balance of trade in our favor
there has, of course, been an enormous
increase In the purchasing power of the
people.
WEALTH OF THE DESCHUTES REGION.
On their present visit to Central Ore
gon the party of state officials who
have gone to inspect the irrigation
works on the Deschutes will see a re
gion crowded with possibilities in pro
duction of wealth. With a soil unsur
passed in richness and a climate of
which sunshine is one of the most con
spicuous features, the Deschutes coun
try awaits only the enterprise Of man
turning water from the river upon the
thirsty plain to make it a scene of
beauty, a habitation .for thousands of
happy families, a center for great in
dustrial activity. The Deschutes River
is a rapid stream with rocky banks,
affording admirable opportunities for
the development of water power. Ex
tending eastward and westward from
the river are vast plains, now arid
upon which the water may be conduct
ed by means of extensive canal sys
tems. In the foothills of the Cascades,
and in places reaching down to the
river, are almost immeasurable forests
of white, pine timber adapted to the
manufacture of lumber. Nature . has
been lavish in bestowal of her favors
upon the valley of the Deschutes, yet
has left an important work to be done
by man before that portion of the state
can become in any considerable degree
an agricultural region. Without irri
gation crops are always uncertain and
never large. Without irrigation the
Deschutes country will remain a sage
brush plain inhabited by the coyote and
traversed by the scattering herds that
pick a scanty living for a few months
In the year. With irrigation, the possi
bilities of the Deschutes, as a wealth-
producing country, are limited only by
the quantity of water which may be
available for use in reclamation work,
Private enterprise has undertaken the
construction of irrigation .systems in
the region that has for forty years been
known to Central Oregon travelers as
the Bend country. Under contracts
with the state the reclamation compa
nies have begun and diligently prose
cuted the construction work. Already
water has been provided for a large
area of landi and scores of intending
settlers have applied for land upon I
which to build homes. The present
season will see many a field- of thrifty
alfalfa growing where sagebrush and
junipers partly covered the ground a
year ago, and in a year or so many a
comfortable home will be seen on the
farms whose only means of identifica
tion today is the surveyor's stake. Pro
ceeding under a law that was hastily
drawn, the reclamation companies have
been on several occasions in disagree
ment with the state officials, but
through a desire of the companies to
perform their part according to law and
their contracts, and the desire of the
state officials to protect fully the in
terests of the settlers, present and fu
ture, the differences have been amica
bly adjusted. In pursuance of their
duty to see that the reclamation com
panies procure a sufficient -supply of
water and conduct it to the land to be
reclaimed, members of the State Land
Board, and other officials, have gone to
the Deschutes country to examine per
sonally the work that has been done
and. the land yet to be reclaimed. This
visit will afford opportunity for the
gathering and dissemination of valua
ble and Interesting information, will
give the state officials a thorough un
derstanding of the situation in the irri
gation work, and enable the board and
the companies -to reach definite under
standings as to work that can, should
and must be done to make the reclama
tion enterprises the greatest possible
success.
Persons desiring to secure lands in
the great Crow'Indlan reservation. In
Montana, began to register In the Gov
ernment registration office at Billings
promptly at 9 o'clock A. M June 14. A
large number of waiting landhunters,
Including many women, were In line.
Applicants filed in at the rear en
trance, registered In turn and came out
at the front, the prudent ones depart
ing at once for their homes. The work
was and is still being conducted in a
systematic manner, showing that the
Government, unlike the individual,
learns something from experience. Reg
istration will continue dally up to and
Including June 28. If the number that
registered the first day represents the
average day's registration, between
7000 and 8000 names from Billings alone
will be fed to the great wheel of for
tune which will begin to revolve at 9
o'clock July 2. The event has been
eagerly anticipated by thousands of
landseekers for months. The possibil
ity of fraud and speculation in secur
ing these lands has been reduced to the
minimum. The probability of disap
pointment is, however, an element that
cannot be eliminated from a scramble
In which every one hopes to secure the
best that is going.
The end of the day of the milkmaid is
in sight and her professional brother
has little more time for strikes. Ma
chinery is to replace them and relieve
the dairy of Its hitherto " apparently
everlasting drudgery. A local creamery
concern, It was stated some time ago,
was Investigating by practical test the
merits of two milking machines, and
would soon, announce its opinion as to
the better for its' patrons. All hail the
day of its advent! When it comes, such
progressive men as Farmer Scott, of
Milwaukie, who Is generating electricity
for farm work from ram (hydraulic)
power, can hook up two cows to the
machine, tell the hired man to watch
them, and do the little tripping neces
sary, and In his office calculate his
profits. The hired man, autocrat no
longer, can no more kick for $45 a
month, eight hours' actual work a day,
ham and eggs for breakfast and roast
beef for dinner. And the milkpail be
ing far out of reach, not even the cows
will have a kick coming.
The campaign of the American Soci
ety of Equity for "dollar wheat" is ap
parently yet in process of formation.
At least the cereal Is still on the down
grade. The loss Tuesday was only
half a cent in this country, but as this
was scored in the face of weekly sta
tistics which bore a very "bullish" cast
it was all the more perplexing. The
American visible showed a decrease of
more than 1,600,000 bushels, quantities
on passage shrunk 1,000.000 bushels as
compared with last week, and world's
shipments were 600,000 bushels less than
for last week or for the same week a
year ago. This is the time of year
when wheat must undergo the uncer
tainties of a "weather market,", and,
until the crop Is a little farther aTong,
the American Society of Equity, or any
other agency, will experience difficulty
in lifting prices to $1 per bushel.
Possibly there is another side to the
story of the assault . by two Portland
policemen on the petty officers of Uncle
Sam's warships. There are sailor men
belonging to the' Navy 'who have no
great respect for the civil authorities,
afloat or ashore, and who do not hesi
tate to say so, whether drunk or sober.
And there are policemen, too, however
sober they are on or off duty, who are
too ready to assert their authority and
use their clubs. We do not know what
the facts are yet about the tragic con
flict between the majesty of the law
ashore and the strong right arm of
Uncle Sam's glory and power and
greatness, but we hope to learn before
international complications set in.
The plan to impose a head tax on
cattle was abandoned by Congress as
unequal taxation, "because the value of
a fine beef steer would be much greater
than a steer of inferior weight and con
dition." Perhaps that's the reason a
poll tax can never be collected.
A Bellingham octogenarian, who has
been married sixty years, says the way
to live long and be happy is to avoid
quarrels with your wife. This is good
advice for all who are willing to live
with one woman for sixty years.
Mrs. Mae Wood realizes that if she
is going to establish "her name and
reputation as Mrs. T. C. Piatt she will
have to hurry up. She is not yet off
the grass of her first widowhood.
There are a number of Democrats in
Portland who will make fairly good
postmasters under the Bryan admin
Istration. Get your applications and
recommendations in early.
The new Senator from Maryland,
William Pinckney Whyte, is 82 years of
age. What of it? Other states have
men still older who are fit to be Sena
tor. Well, why not let the lawyers have
$150,000 out of the Colville Indian ap
propriation? Haven't the lawyers got
THE , BRYAN ( INTERVIEW HABIT
Boss of Democracy Will Wear Clothes
Made In Vienna.
New York Sun.
William Jennings- Bryan, Jr., was a
passenger on the steamship Kaiser Wil
hejm II, which arrived at'Hoboken Wed
nesday from Bremen.
The ship was nearly a day late, because
her starboard propeller had broken a
blade. Few knew that young Bryan was
on board, because somebody had added a
"t to his name on the passenger list
and left out the Jennings.
If wireless telegraphy had not apprised
the ship of the launching of the Bryan
boom when she was several days from
port no one would have discovered the
young man. But when the news came
aboard it was too much for "him, and for
a minute or so he dropped his Incog. Then
people wondered why they hadn t long
before seen the striking resemblance of
the youth to his father. When he got
ashore he was abashed. Reporters sur
rounded him and he became taciturn
again.
Someone suggested to him tnat he really
ought to get the interview habit, but he
couldn't see It that way.
"Father," said he, "isn t along. I left
father in Vienna. He was getting some
clothes made."
'When is he coming back?"
'Why, in September -I think. You see.
he is to go to St. Petersburg, and then
he Is going to London."
The boy was asked what the people In
Europe had seemed to think of Mr. Bryan.
They seemed to think quite a lot ot
him," was the reply. "The lower classes
particularly. Most everywhere he went
he found someone who had heard of him
even in India, Japan and the Philip
pines."
Highly Honored Catholic Laymasu
Chicago Evening Post.
William J. Onahan. a prominent Chica-
goan, is planning to leave in July for
Rome, where he expects to have an audi
ence with Pope Plus, who has Just re
newed an honor bestowed upon Mr. Ona
han by Pope Leo XIII. This, the highest
awarded to lay members of the church,
is that of Causeriere Segreto di Cappa e
Spada, which, translated, means "private
chamberlain with cap and sword," and
carries with it the right to the title of
count and the entree to the Vatican.
Mr. Onahan, who is one of the most
influential lay members of the Roman
Catholic Church in the West, first was
given the h6nor on account of the nota
ble work he did in organizing the Co
lumbian Catholic Congress, which met
during the World's Fair. Up to that
time he had the honor of having organ
ized the first Catholic congress for lay
men ever held in the United States that
of 189 in Baltimore.
The decoration which came with the
bestowing of the order is an elaborate
one of gold and garnets. A gold medal
lion of the Pope accompanied it.
If I have the honor of an audience
with the Holy Father this Summer," said
Mr. Onahan, "it will be the first time
I have ever been received. I never saw
Pope Leo until after his death. I was
one of those in the procession who carried
his body from the Vatican to St. Peter's.
I never have seen the present Pope, and
I left Rome Just before he was elected."
Mr. Vanderbllt Prevents Panic.
New York Press.
The coolness of Mrs. Cornelius Vander
bllt. Jr.. quieted the passengers of an ap
parently sinking steamer today and a
panic was averted. The General of the
Newport & Wir;kford line broke shaft near
Newport last night and began to take wa
ter rapidly. The lifeboats were placed In
readiness and great excitement prevailed.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, with a book under her
arm, calmly watched the crew at work at
the pumps. The frightened women on
board were reassured by the undisturbed
manner of Mrs. Vanderbilt. who is a
yachtswoman of no mean ability.
Blnahinar Bride Over Nine Feet Tall.
A Lockport, N. Y., Dispatch.'
The tallest woman in' the world! for
merly with Barnum & Bailey's Circus, be
came tonight the bride of Morris Staple
ton, a wealthy merchant of this city. She
was Miss Mary Ellen Powers, but was
known in the profession as Leah May,
The bride is 9 feet 7 inches tall.
She traveled with the Bamum & Bailey
organization seven years ago and made a
sensation in Europe. She possesses con
siderable wealth.
They Voted First.
Umpqua Valley News.
Here's some sarcasm from the pen of
traitor Newport, or tne Lebanon Criterion
"One of the very strange things about the
election of Mr. Chamberlain for Governor
Is that many Republicans who claim to
be ardent temperance workers surinnrted
him. One of the Injunctions of the tem
perance workers was 'vote as you nrav
These, hpwever, must have voted and
tnen prayed. '
The Mnn With the Hoe.
W. J. Lampton In New York World
Note. Foster Dwlght Cobum has declined
an appointment as United States Senator from
Kaneaa on the ground that he prefer his
work as secretary of the Stats Department of
Agriculture.
I do not hanker for the great
And onerous- affalro of state.
Nor would I give up farming for
The seat of any Senator.
The Senatorial toga means
Much leas to me than farmera' Jeans
And I am prouder hoeing corn
Than any statesman ever born.
To guide the ship of state may ba
To soma the nobleet destiny;
But as for me I choose to steer
The plow through, smiling cornfields here.
Some wish to make the laws, and stand
Am solons of our glorious land;
But I. among these Kansas Pops,
Would much prefer to make good crops.
The neld of statesmanship are leas
To Tne than hayfields, I confess;
And I would rather milk a cow
Than milk the people, anyhow.
Perhaps it's fair In -Washington,
Perhaps It's bright beneath that sun;
Perhaps there spells the glory charm
But me for Kansas' and the farm!
ANOTHER
SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION
Liberal Allowance for Marine Pro
tection and Stream Surveys.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Senator
Hale today reported the sundry civil
appropriation bill. It carries $102,347,
279, a net increase of $7,763,209 over the
amount carried by the bill as it passed
the House. The sundry, civil bill a year
ago carried $67,163,600. An amendment
was adopted restoring to the bill an ap
propriation of $2.5,000 to pay the travel
ing expenses of the President, which
item went out in the House on a point
of order.
The Senate committee struck out the
House provision for a lock canal across
the Isthmus of Panama. A vote on tnis
question will be had in- the Senate to
morrow and until then the expression
as to the type will be left open.
The principal additions to the bill
are as follows:
Land an buildings for the Depart
ments of State, Justice and Commerce
and Labor, $3,000,00D.
Lighthouses, beacons and fog sig
nals, $1. 275,640.
Supplies and repairs for lighthouses
and expenses of light vessels, buoyage
and fog signals, $185,000.
Propagation of food fishes, $10,030.
Continuing construction of Senate of
fice building, $950,000.
Gauging streams and determining
the water supply of the United States
under the Geological Survey, $300,000.
Preparation of a report on the min
eral resources of the United States,
$25,000.
Contii.uation of the forest reserve
surveys, $23,000.
Placing a herd of reindeer on' the
Island of Unalaska, $6000.
Continuing the erection of Grant me
morial in Washington, $40,000.
Military posts. $150,000.
Building for Bureau of American Re
publics, $230,000.
Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi
tion, $1,450,003.
The bill by a Senate amendment cre
ates the office of General Inspector of
Supplies for Public Buildings at the an
nual salary of $3000 and actual ex
penses, not to exceed $2000.
PCRE-FOOD BILL COMES NEXT
House Adopts Rule Against Protest
from Democratic Leader.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Previous to
the adjournment of the House today Dal
zell (Pa.) reported a bill to take up the
pure-food bill, with 12 hours for debate,
six hours for general debate and six hours
under the five-minute rule. The bill is to
give way to conference reports and such
other matters of general legislation as
may come to the Speaker's table. At the
end of 12 hours the vote is to be taken
on the substitute for the Senate bill and
the amendments without intervening mo
tions. Williams of Mississippi Btated that "the
tolerated members of the committee on
rules," DeArmond and himself, had
agreed.' not to take up the time of the
House in the discussion of the previous
question, except to say the Democrats
would vote against it because they wanted
more time for the debate.
The previous question was ordered and
the j-ule adopted ayes 142, noes 72.
Right of Way on Slletz Reserve.
WASHINGTON. June 20. Under sus
pension of the rules ten bills were passed
by the House today. Including one grant
ing to the Slletz Power & Manufacturing
Company a right of way for a water ditch
or canal through the Slletz Indian Reser
vation In Oregon.
One Appropriation Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON, June 20. The con
ference report on the legislative, ex
ecutive and Judicial appropriation bill
was adopted by the House today, which
passes the bill, tjie Senate having
adopted the report yesterday.
Roosevelt Meets Russian Giant.
WASHINGTON, June 20. President
Roosevelt today received Mathnow, the
Russian giant, and his wife.
CUT IX TWAIX BY A CAR.
Korrible Death of Woman on Streets
of Seattle.
SEATTLE, June 20. Mrs. Charles Man
ning, wife of an employe of the Seattle
Electric Company, was almost cut In two
by a line car at the corner of Maynard
and Plummer streets, while crossing the
track, at 9:40 o'clock this evening, and
died an hour later. ,
MESSAGE OX DRIFTING LOG
Calls for Help From Life Raft Off
Columbia River.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 20. A dispatch
received tonight by Superintendent of the
Provincial Police dated from Ucluluet on
the west coast of Vancouver Island, says:
"A bottle has drifted ashore on Long
Beach near Ucluluet, with the following
message:
" 'On life raft hundred miles off Colum
bia Bay, John Moldren, alive; come to
my rescue. June 6. 1906.' "
A life buoy marked Louise, San Fran
cisco, has also drifted ashore on Long
Beach.
Agent Accused of Robbing. Employer
NEW YORK, June 20. Caleb H. Jack
son, who said he was a manufacturer of
Harrisburg, Pa., was arrested here today
on a charge of embezzling $10,000, growing
out of the sale of $54,000 worth of prop
erty by him as agent for B. F. Karns, of
Washington, D. C, and Los Angeles, to
the Exploration Company of New York.
He was held for trial in $5000 bail. Jack
son says there was no embezzlement. The
papers show that Jackson, as agent for
Karns, sold property for $54,000, sent
Karns $44,000 and kept the other $10,000.
BIG STICK
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
WILL NOT BE PINNED DOWN
Insurance Companies Evade Call for
Fnll Settlement.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20. Of the 120
insurance companies to which telegrams
were sent by Mayor Schmltz and Gov
ernor Pardee calling upon them for some
outline of their policies relative to" the
payment of Insurance losses in this .city.
49 have given answer: The majority of
the companies operating here content
themselves with the areneral statement
that they will deal fairly with policyhold
ers; that the claims against them will be
settled equitably and that the insured can
be 'confident of honorable and just treat
ment at their hands.
TEST CASE OX INSURANCE.
Lawsuit About Earthquake Clause.
Pollcy-Holders Unite for Defense.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20. Two test
cases, brought by two women, who are
refugees from San Francisco, against the
Palatine Insurance Company, of London.
England, to recover $600, insurance money,
were tried in Justice of the Peace Qulnn's
court in Oakland yesterday and decided
in favor of the plalntlffA Notice of ap
peal was given in each case, and the mat
ter will be thrashed out eventually in the
Superior Courts.
The defendant company announced its
Intent to rest its defense on the legality
of the "earthquake clause" in the poli
cies. The Judge said no evidence had been
produced showing that the loss was
caused by the earthquake.
The several commercial bodies of San
Francisco will meet Monday, June 25,- to
organize a policy-holders' protective as
sociation for the purpose of securing
prompt and fair settlements for their
members from the various Insurance com
panies in which they hold policies. About
2700 business men are connected with
these commercial bodies, and all of them
have itjsurance losses which they want
adjusted on a fair basis. Their policies
affect about 120 different companies.
STATE WILL SUPPORT CLAIMS
Attorney-General to Defend Rights
of Losers by Disaster.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. Deputy Attorney-General
George A. Sturtevant came
to San Francisco today to commence the
state's fight against the fire Insurance
concerns that have not lived up to the
law. For some hours he was in consulta
tion with Insurance Commissioner Myron
Wolf.
"From now on it will be made the es
pecial business of the Attorney-General's
office," said Mr. Sturtevant, "to prose
cute every action by which the state can
conserve the rights of the insured who
lost property in the great fire. We want
the smaller losers, the mechanics and re
tailers who have become confused in
their efforts to receive just treatment
from the insurance companies, to feel
that they have an office which is fighting
their side of the case."
Commissioner Wolf and Mr. Sturtevant
have decided to co-operate with the Mer
chants' Exchange and the Policy-Holders'
Alliance, which is to be formed under the
auspices of the various mercantile bodies
of the city to force payment In cases
where a disposition is shown to evade
proper adjustment of fire losses.
EXJOIX RELIEF COMMITTEE
Refugees Ask to Have Dihposal of
Funds and Food Stopped.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20 With the
claim that members of the finance
committee of the Citizens' Relief Com
mittee have entered Into a conspiracy
to make Improper use of the relief
funds turned over to their care, pro
ceedings were begun In the Superior
Court today by an associated number
of refugees to obtain an injunction re
straining the finance committee from
doing anything further with the funds
now on hand or receiving any more
money or foodstuffs. The stilt was
filed by Alva Udell, William Howard
and C. F. Pearce, who allege that they
represent 10,000 homeless people In
the relief camps of the city.
The three complainants ask that
they be appointed trustees of the re
lief funds for the refugees they claim
to represent.
SALOOX LICENSE IS FIXED.
Rate $300 a Year and Saloons Open
July 5.
SAX FRANCISCO. June 20. The Board
of Supervisors today passed an ordinance
fixing saloon licenses at $500 per annum.
Saloons will be permitted to resume busi
ness July 6, and for the first 30 days their
doors will remain open from 6 A. M. to 8
P. M. After that time, if the Police Com
missioners so decide, the saloons may re
main open all night.
PROCTOR FOR GOVERNOR.
Vermont Republican Platform Con
tains Indorsement of Roosevelt.
MONTPELIER, Vt., June 20. Fletcher
D. Proctor, son of United States Senator
Redfield Proctor, was nominated by ac
clamation for Governor of Vermont at
the Republican State Convention today.
The ticket was completed as follows:
Lieutenant-Governor, George H. Prouty;
State Treasurer, Edward H. Deavitt;
Auditor, Horace F. Graham; Attorney
General, Clark C. FIUb; Secretary ot
State, Fred G. Fleetwood.
With. the exception of two planks, the
platform adopted dealt with state Issues.
Of the exceptions, one was the indorse
ment of President Roosevelt and the oth
er expressed sympathy with the move
ment against discrimination In Interstate
commerce. The resolutions said on these
subjects:
"We heartily and cordially Indorse the
splendid administration of President
Rooeevelt and we commend the President
as a fearless champion of the welfare of
the people. He has, without fear or fa
vor, uncovered and punished those guilty
of malfeasance in public service. He has
zealously assailed the viblators of the
Federal statutes: he has promoted friend
ly relations with other nations of the
earth and gained for us a front rank In
the world's diplomacy; he has encour
aged wise and helpful legislation and has
shown his determination to continue to
promote protection of ' home Industries,
commercial exoansion and other National
policies that have helped the American
people to enjoy prosperity and progress
without a parallel in the annals of Na
tional development.
"We are in hearty sympathy :wlth the
battle being fought by the Republican
party In behalf of the people against the
evil of rebating, favoritism and discrimi
nation in Interstate commerce. We are
in favor of proper state legislation, of
protecting the people of the state against
like' evils within the state In non-interstate
commerce."
Davis for Governor ot Maine.
BANGOR. Me., June 20. Cyrus W, Da
vis, of Waterville, twice its Representa
tive in the lower branch of the Maine
Legislature and two years ago Democratic
candidate for Governor, was nominated
by acclamation today by the Democratic
State Convention as the gubernatorial
candidate for the September elections.
The nomination of Davis and the adoption
of a platform was the only business for
the convention. Maine has' no Lieutenant-Governor,,
and the other state officers
are appointed by the Legislature. The
platform adopted dealt almost- entirely
with state Issues,