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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. 1906.
BOMS DEMOCRATIC MISTAKES.
The resolution adopted by the Demo
cratic State Convention of Michigan at
Detroit are Interesting- as eigne of the
times. It was to foe expected, perhaps,
that they would favor the election of
United States Senators by popular
vote, for that Idea hae taken hold of
the public so firmly that few politicians
venture openly to oppose it. Of course
the choice of the electors is not manda
tory upon the Legislature in any case,
but it is coming more and more to have
the force of & command. The constitu
tional method of electing Senators is
visibly going the -way of the electoral
college. In a few years more the leg
islative choice may be nothing more
than a mere form in any state. It has
not been much more than a form for
years in several states, though the peo
ple were not always responsible for the
Innovation. Neither in New York, New
Jersey nor Rhode Island have recent
Legislatures done more than ratify a se
lection made for them by the bosses in
the interest of the corporations. It has,
in fact, come to a pass where many
Legislatures have abdicated their con
stitutional power, and it must go either
to bosses like Aldrich or to .the people.
No friend of American Institutions can
hesitate which to favor. The Demo
crats of Michigan display unexpected
shrewdness in yielding gracefully to a
tendency which no party can resist.
Their trust resolution cannot escape
so easily. It is elmply contrary to the
fact to assert, as they do, that the evils
from trusts and corporations which an
noy the country "are a direct outcome
of class legislation by the Republican
party." In most cases they are not the
outcome of legislation of any sort, but
rather of the lack of it. It is univer
sally admitted that corporations have
arrived at their position of overween
ing power by taking advantage of gaps
in the law. The Nation has been try
ing to make a system of Jurisprudence
which was developed before the mod
ern methods of production and trans
portation arose apply to the new condi
tion of things. Of course it falls. Hence
the assertion that all these evils are
due to class legislation is a lamentable
departure from strict veracity, and it
must be, in part at least, willful. One
may concede that trusts have been fos
tered by the tariff, but for this the
Democrats must share the responsibil
ity with the Republicans. "When the
Government was In their hands and
they had a chance to reduce the tariff
to a reasonable level they did nothing
of the sort. Instead they raised it.
Many of the most irrational protection
ists in Congress have all along been
Democrats. Their convictions upon the
question, like those of their opponents,
are determined largely, if not wholly,
by their selfish interests. Should the
next Democratic National platform de
clare flatly for a revenue tariff, the
party would split over it.
The convention was clearly guilty of
another moral lapse in saying that the
remedial laws enacted by the last Con
gress show that the "Republican party
has no honest purpose to remove from
the people" the evils of corporation
rule. It is Impossible, they add, to ex
pect relief from Republican sources.
Now men in general are inclined to
judge the future by the past, and
wisely so. The remedial legislation
passed by the last Congress was In cer
tain respects defective. It was the out
come of compromises in some case9,
and compromises always fall short of
what reformers desire. Nevertheless
the rate bill, the pure-food law, the de
natured alcohol bill and the measures
to push the Panama Canal form a re
epectacle body of .positive achievement,
greater than any Democratic Congress
ever enacted in any one session, in the
history of the country, and what the
Republicans are likely to do hereafter
will be decided from what they have
already done. Mr. Hendryx, the tem
porary chairman of the convention,
made some queer statements in rela
tion to the rate bill. He would find it
difficult to verify them were he called
-upon to do so. The efficacious clauses
of the bill, he said, were stricken out
at a kitchen cabinet meeting, where the
President surrendered to the railroads
"and the dark-lantern brigade."
Such talk Is very well for a Demo
cratic convention, but the fact is that
the rate bill when it came from the
Senate was a great deal more effica
cious than the House left it. Even Mr.
La Follette, who Is much displeased
with the action of the Senate upon the
whole, admits this. It is admitted also
Iby all candid, citizens that the rate bill
Is a more thoroughgoing measure than
anybody thought it possible to pass
when the matter first came before Con
gress. We got more than we dared to
hope for, yet the President is blamed
because we did not get still more. Were
such a thing as fairness admissible at a
Democratic convention, we should be
inclined to reproach the Michigan body
for its untenable position with respect
to the President and the remedial
measures of the last Congress. It is
safe to Bay that everything was done
which under the circumstances could
be done. Why should Mr. Roosevelt
"surrender"? He had nothing to hope
from Mr. Aldrich and nothing to fear
from either him or the railroads. In
view of what the Department of Jus
tice has been doing of late, it is simply
puerile to believe that Mr. Roosevelt Is
under the influence of "Standard Oil."
Some libels are absurd enough to re
fute themselves.
It is to be wished for their political
welfare that the Michigan Democrats
had paid less heed to the shortcomings
of the Republicans and attended more
wisely to their own steps. What have
they to gain by evoking the spirit of
free silver from the -dismal shades
where it wanders ghostly and forlorn
to shed tears of regret over It? Mr.
Hendryx repeated this folly at Detroit
apparently with the approbation of his
colleagues. Do they expect to incorpo
rate a free-silver plank in their next
platform? If they do, are the Ameri
can people expected to vote for it? To
the evils of trusts and corporations are
we to add those of repudiation of debts
and & debased currency? For the ad
monition of the Democrats it may be
said that every tear they shed over the
corpse of free silver drives a nail in
their political coffin. The sooner they
drop the putrescent subject and devote
themselves to living issues the better
for their own success and the more
wholesome for our National political
life.
GROWTH' OF DIRECT PRIMARY.
It is the common opinion in Oregon
that the direct primary is here to stay.
Undoubtedly it will stay, with some
changes and modifications that experi
ence will suggest and require, but it is
to be something more than a perma
nent method of nominating candidates
to office In Oregon only, and is to be in
troduced elsewhere. Sooner or later, no
doubt, it will be adopted in every other
Western state and perhaps in the At
lantic States, although it is a singular
fact that little or nothing has been
done in great states like New York and
Pennsylvania in the way of nomination
reform. It Is not easy to understand
why, for it is well known that both par
ties there are profoundly dissatisfied
with machine politics and with the cor
rupt domination of individual bosses.
Apparently the voters think that the
convention method is good enough, and
all that needs to be done is to change
bosses. They may think differently af
ter a while.
The remarkable spread of the direct
primary movement has been much In
evidence during the current week. To
day, in Illinois, a direct primary law
is to be tried for the first time. It
covers nominations by all parties for
every office, from United States Senator
down, although the convention system
has not been abandoned and the pri
mary is merely to be considered the
formal expression of the voters' prefer
ences. But it is obvious, from the ac
tive campaign being made by candi
dates for all offices in Illinois, that they
consider the results of today's pri
maries of first importance; and that
succeeding conventions will not Ignore
the nominations thus made or sug
gested directly by the voters. If
conventions do Ignore them, it is
certain that the next step will be
be abolishment of the convention and
outright nomination of candidates by
the primary. The professional politi
cian, who is the instinctive foe of the
direct primary, 6trlkes bis flag with
bitterness- of heart and anguish of
spirit; but strike it he must.
In Pocatello, on Wednesday, the
Idaho Republican Convention adopted
the following resolution:
"We favor the enactment of a primary elec
tion law In order that the election may be
brought nearer the people.
Nomination of a United States Sena
tor by the Republican convention was
avowedly an expedient adopted in lieu
of a primary law providing for direct
nomination of Senator. It was success
ful at Pocatello, not so much because
the candidate, Mr. Borah, was popular,
but because the temper of the Repub
lican voters was favorable to a direct
primary law and every reasonable
measure looking in that direction. En
actment by the Legislature of a satis
factory primary la win Idaho is a mat
ter of only a short time, just as it will
be in the State of Washington, where
the agitation is general and growing
more and more formidable. The Iowa
convention on Wednesday adopted this
plank;
The Republican party has always stood for
the enlarged participation of the Individual
voice In public affairs. To this end, we pledge
ourselves and our party In this state to the
enactment of a wise and Judicious primary
election law, which will provide (or the selec
tion by direct vote of all candidates tor office
to be filled at the general election and the
expression of party preference In the selec
tion of United States Senators.
The Michigan Republican Convention
the same day passed a resolution to the
end "that the people of the United
States so amend the Constitution of the
United States as to permit the election
of United States Senators by the direct
vote of the people." The Michigan
Democratic Convention on Thursday
adopted a resolution favoVing "the
nomination and election of United
States Senators by direct vote." The
North Dakota Democracy favored ex
tension of the primary election law to
state officers.
These are the results of one week In
these important reforms. No state con
vention held during the week Ignored
either the question of a direct primary
law or the kindred question of direct
election of United States Senators by
the people.
A NEW AND VAST EMPIRE.
The world is not likely soon to lack
for bread. Not only are the rich wheat
growing centers of the United States
embracing Kansas, the Dakotas, Min
nesota, Montana and Eastern Oregon
and Washington,' enormously produc
tive of this great cereal and increasing
in productiveness year by year, but
away to the north of us far to the
west of the old Canadian provinces that
until recently were considered all that
there was of Canada that invited civili
zation a new empire has been dis
closed and added to the great domain
of agriculture. From this new bread
producing center of the North Ameri
can Continent nearly a hundred million
bushels of wheat found their way to
the world's markets in 1905, and there
yet remained 70,000,0000 acres of wheat
land to be settled.
Like the table lands of the Rocky
Mountain region of the United States,
these lands were, until recently, sup
posed to be a barren waste. Now, as
stated by W. Frank McClure In a late
number of the New York Independent,
it is predicted that the present genera
tion in Western Canada will witness
the growing of wheat upon 45,000,000
acres of this wheat belt with an aver
age production of twenty bushels to
the acre. This will exceed the annual
sroduction of the United States by 200.-
000,000 bushels, and will equal one-third
the crop of the entire world.
A feature of this growing and wheat
growing region that is of interest, not
to say concern, to the American people
is that these provinces of Canada, ac
knowledging allegiance to Great Brit
ainManitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Assinlboia have already drawn to
themselves 200,000 Americans, and it is
freely predicted that it will not be long
until 18 per cent of the people there
will be of American birth or parentage.
Not only so, but already millions of
American capital have been invested
beyond our Northern boundary and
millions more are setting that way.
Speculation as to the outcome of this
feature of the occupation of Canada is
rife. It may mean the growth of a re
publican empire to the north of us, the
citizen-subjects of which give full and
free allegiance to the British crown,
thus nullifying by the arts of peace the
far-away edict of the Revolutionary
war; or it may foreshadow the fulfill
ment of the long dream of the annexa
tion of Canada to the United States.
Will the peaceful conquest of American
citizens to the number of hundreds of
thousands be compassed by the allure
ments held out to settlers to come in
and possess this new agricultural cen
ter? Or will the American spirit, sup
posed to be animated by political lib
erty, leaven the whole lump and result
in a demand for full and free repub
lican Institutions?
THE TRANSPORTATION SHORTAGE.
In no other line of industry is the
upward swing of the pendulum of pros
perity more noticeable than in the
transportation business. On land and
water alike there is scarcity of facili
ties for moving the enormous amount
of freight offering, and the scarcity is
daily becoming more pronounced. The
railroads for more than a year have
been overtaxed, and even addition of
new equipment as rapidly as it can be
secured has failed to make a noticeable
Impression on the situation. On the
ocean, except in the .foreign trade, sim
ilar conditions hamper the operations
of shippers. Rates on all classes of
coasting vessels have steadily 'ad
vanced, until now in some lines they
are considerably more than double the
figures quoted less than two years ago.
Even at the abnormally high rates de
manded by vessel-owners, it is Impossi
ble to secure tonnage sufficient to han
dle the business. -
In the matter of rates the shipowner
has somewhat of an advantage over the
railroads, for he is in position to take
advantage of the law of supply and
demand, and is quick to do so, while
the railroad rates must remain the
same, regardless of whether the roads
have more business than they can han
dle or have thousands of cars idle. In
dull times, when rates are low and
charters are not easily obtainable, the
shipowner can console himself with the
thought that the inevitable up-turn,
when it comes, will enable him to exact
enough additional toll from the shipper
to offset the loss through enforced idle
ness. But the railroads, with thou
sands of cars standing idle on the side
tracks when business is dull, can figure
out no such prospect for getting even
on the loss sustained by failure to keep
the rolling stock in motion. This fact
In a measure accounts for the car
shortage which so frequently disturbs
business conditions in the West.
To make estimates of sufficient ac
curacy so that there will be no short
age of "cars, and at the same time have
no abnormal amount of idle rolling
stock on hand during the dull seasons,
is a' task which not infrequently over
taxes the abilities of both traffic and
operating departments of the railroads.
This year the situation in the Pacific
Northwest promises to become more
serious than ever. Paradoxical as it
may seem, prosperity and misfortune
alike have contributed in bringing
about this car shortage. The rapid and
enormous growth of the lumber busi
ness, together with an Immense amount
of development work in other lines,
would probably have overtaxed the fa
cilities of the railroads had there been
no otller influence. The San Francisco
disaster created new and abnormal
conditions which had to be met by sac
rifice of interests in other directions.
We have not yet felt the full effect of
these abnormal transportation condi
tions, but will undoubtedly do so when
the wheat crop begins to move. In past
seasons the railroads serving Portland
have generally succeeded in borrowing
cars from Eastern roads for temporary
use while the rush was on. This year
prospects for relief from that quarter
are not bright, for the simple reason
that the same general song of prosper
ity Is heard all over the land. Kansas
alone, with twice as much wheat as
will be grown in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, and 200,000,000 bushels of
corn, will need more cars than ever be
fore in her history, and other Middle
Western and Southern States are simi
larly situated.
The ocean situation presents an in
teresting study for the political econo
mists who profess to believe that our
foreign trade is actually hampered
through lack of tonnage. With coast
wise rates at abnormally high figures
and an insufficient number of vessels
to handle the business that is offering,
there is a surplus of tonnage for the
foreign trade at rates as low, and in
some cases lower, thartMhey were when
coastwise rates began moving upward.
Of course none of this cheap ocean
tonnage can come to relief of the over
taxed shipper who is dispatching
freight to a domestic port. Our ancient
shipping laws were not framed for the
purpose of facilitating business and
aiding the millions of shippers and pro
ducers to take advantage of the law of
supply and demand. Instead, they have
created an artificial condition in trade
affairs, and its maintenance is a perpet
ual menace and injury to legitimate
trade.
For more than three years Germany
has had direct steamship service with
the Mexican ports, and Great Britain
has also enjoyed regular communica
tion with that country. Theoretically
these facilities might be expected to in
crease the trade of the two countries,
but the records do not bear out the as
sumption. For the first six months of
the last fiscal year Mexico Imported
from the United States goods- to the
amount of $51,408,988, compared with
$49,216,637 for the same period in the
preceding season. Germany, which
comes next to the United States in the
Mexican trade, exported to that coun
try in the same period $9,793,141 worth
of goods, compared with $11,331,271 for
the corresponding period in the previ
ous season. Great Britain also showed
a loss, her exports declining from $10,
407,314 in the first eix months of the
previous season to $9,068,134 for the
same period in the season just closed.
It is but natural that the United States
should enjoy the lion's share of the
trade; but the fact that this country is
making gains while the other countries
are losing again demonstrates that if
we can supply at the proper prices the
commodities which other countries are
in need of, the facilities for shipping
them will be forthcoming.
The Oregonlan prints on this page a
remarkable tribute to President Roose
velt from the New York World, an Im
portant Democratic newspaper. The
World is not blinded by partisan bias.
It understands the strong hold the
President has on the American people,
their unqualified trust in him and their
belief that he has done more to procure
imfortant remedial legislation as Pres
ident than any other could or would
have done. The World, we think, is
mistaken when it suggests that Roose
velt will be the Republican nominee for
a third term. Mr. Roosevelt will be
largely the issue in the Congressional
campaign of 1906, and more or less in
the Presidential campaign of 1908, but
it may as well be taken for granted
first as last that he meant what he said
when he declared that he would not be
a candidate arid would not accept the
nomination. It is neither fair nor
proper to assume that he is shaping his
political policies and personal conduct
so that the next Republican National
Convention will demand that he be the
candidate, despite his definite declara
tions. The sad death of Ell A. Gage, only
son of Lyman J. Gage, ex-Secretary of
the Treasury, closes the tragedy of a
life of struggle and of disappointment
to all in touch with Its expression for a
period of forty years. "Poor fellow," Is
the Involuntary exclamation as we turn
the last page in this stormy career.
The sympathy thus expressed is due in
a full measure to the father whose hope
the young man was in his boyhood, to
the wife who was in earnest, affection
ate quest of him at the time that he
took his own life, and to the young
sons, to whom he can never be more
than a shadowy, troubled memory. In
this as in many other sad instances
The outward, wayward life we see
Its hidden sprlnKB we may not know.
American biography would be inesti
mably enriched if there should be dis
covered a written estimate of George
Washington by one of his Cabinet offi
cers not of Washington the soldier
and the first President, because we
have these, but of Washington the
man. By common consent, Ulysses
S. Grant is America's military chief
tain. iHis achievements are known to
the world. But what about Grant as a
man among men? Judge George H.
Williams, Grant's able and trusted
Cabinet officer, contributes to The Sun
day Oregonian tomorrow an article
dealing with Grant's personality. It is
certain to take and hold a permanent
place in the literature of the Civil War.
A most remarkable and absolutely
unique story of suddenly acquired
wealth comes from the new State of
Oklahoma. On land allotted to a negro
girl 12 years -old, the daughter of a for
mer Creek slave, oil was recently dis
covered, and the child is now receiving
royalties from men operating the wells
at a rate of $237,000 a year. And she is
only one of several dark-skinned, ob
scure youngsters who are bound to be
come very wealthy from the same find.
This twentieth-century romance, based
on fact, will be published in The Sun
day Oregonian tomorrow.
Coqullle and a few other Oregon
towns, which were voted dry by their
friends in the contiguous territory,
manifest an inclination to vote them
selves wet. Just to show that some
things can be done as well as others.
There Is still a difference of opinion in
some Oregon communities as to what
local option means, but under the fine
array of laws we are getting through
the initiative it would seem to mean
"you pays your money and you takes
your choice."
A twenty-flve-foot lot in the business
part of Ontario, the old railroad me
tropolis of Malheur (it being under
stood, of course, that "Vale is the new
railroad center), sold last week for
$4500, the buyer needing it to finish out
a brick building, which shows Oregon
prosperity to even the remotest ends of
the state.
T. W. Davenport, of Silverton, has
Just passed his 80th birthday. The Ore
gonian congratulates him, and the com
munity in which he has long been a
prominent factor, upon the fact that
"by reason of strength" he has been
enabled to reach an age otherwise in
excess of the old time limit fixed for
human life.
One phase of the Idaho situation: Be
cause Gooding "kidnaped" Haywood
and Moyer, and Borah will prosecute
them this Fall, the state is to be made
Democratic. But will It be? Somebody
murdered Steunenberg, and the Idaho
authorities, we take it, are determined
to punish the guilty and exonerate the
Innocent.
President Roosevelt has sent his dol
lar to the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee, and Governor
Higgins hag followed his example.
That makes two dollars. However, an
other dollar is needed from you.
The Cossacks continue loval tn th
"Emperor, and shoot, slay and murder
at the royal command. It is evidently
a mistake for the revolutionists to try
and win over the Cossacks. Their true
policy is to reduce the supply.
Despite the Hartje, Thaw, Corey and
other scandals, Pittsburg millionaires
are in great demand. Fay Templeton,
the famous actress, has just married
one; but it is understood that it is
merely a Pittsburg marriage.
The Art Students' League drew a lot
of nude pictures and Anthony Corn
stock seized them and threatens to put
the artists in jail. Mr. Comstock's art
education may be deficient, but he has
a good eye for some things.
The Michigan Democrats decline to
take cognizance of the question as to
whether Tom Taggart is a gambler or
not. , They prefer to address themselves
to such live topics as to whether Bryan
was right or wrong in 1896.
Ex-Secretary Long kept discreetly si
lent about the Pilgrtm Mothers. Doubt
less he thought it hard enough on them
that they had to live with the Pilgrim
Fathers.
John D. Long says the Pilgrim Fath
ers some of them were "drunken, li
centious, vicious and quarrelsome."
Wouldn't that make Plymouth Rock?
See that "slump" after the Fair?
Getting bigger and bigger all the time.
Who was the original "slump" prophet?
And what has become of him?
MR. ROOSEVELT AS AJf ISSUE.
Democratic Tribute to the Achieve
, mests of the President.
New York World (Dem.).
"The Republicans Intend that Mr.
Roosevelt shall be the issue in the Con
gress campaign," complains the Buffalo
Times. Of course they do. What better
issue can they have? Not only Is Mr.
Roosevelt the issue, but apparently the
issue is going to manage the campaign.
This may displease Democrats, but no
Republican candidate for office is likely
to complain about either the issue or the
manager.
It .was inevitable that Mr. Roosevelt
should be the issue in the Fall campaign,
but how about 1908? Is It not almost cer
tain that he will be the issue in the next
Presidential campaign. If conditions con
tinue as they now are? That Is a situa
tion which the Democratic party might
as well face first as last. Let us exam
ine it.
Mr. Roosevelt has really done extraor
dinarily well in the matter of curbing
trusts, monopolies and corporations. It
is easy enough to say that he might have
done more, but the fact remains that in
coping with the abuses of organized cap
ital he bas done much better than any
of his predecessors in the White House,
and while he has been doing it he has
succeeded in holding his party together.
He has forced a rate law, a meat-inspection
law and a pure-food law through
Congress. He has enforced the anti-trust
law as none of his predecessors ever
dreamed of doing. He is enforcing the
anti-rebate law with vigor and success.
He is moving against the most powerful
and the most unpopular corporation In aft
the world, the Standard Oil Company.
- Let us assume that the Democrats nom
inate Mr. Bryan on a platform demand
ing the curbing of corporations and the
destruction of trusts and monopolies. Mr.
Roosevelt has already appropriated these
Issues. In large measure he has made
them his own. Will not his party de
mand his renomlnation on the ground
that, having Instituted these reforms, Jie
Is the logical candidate for President In
order that he may complete his work?
Will Mr, Roosevelt be able to resist such
an appeal?
If it should come to the pinch of choos
ing between Mr. Roosevelt, with his rec
ord of substantial achievement, and an
untried executive like Mr. Bryan, with a
handicap of dead issues, would not the
sober business elements of the country
select Mr. Roosevelt as the lesser evil?
Would not the very men who are now
denouncing him for what they call "med
dling with business" support him in pref
erence to somebody who claimed to be far
more radical?
And If, in addition to an appeal to the
country for support in carrying out the
reforms he had already undertaken Mr.
Roosevelt should add tariff reform on the
basis of moderate, reasonable protection,
would not that add immensely to' his
strength among independent voters?
Would not this be particularly the case if
the Democratic convention adopted a vio
lent and extreme anti-protection plank of
Mr. Bryan's own framing? With Mr.
Bryan still clinging to his belief in free
silver, still handicapped by the 1S96 attack
upon the Supreme Court and standing on
a platform that denounced every form of
protection as "a robbery of the many to
enrich the few," would it be Mr. Roose
velt or Mr. Bryan whom the business In
terests of the country would favor for
President?
Could Mr. Roosevelt refuse a nomina
tion in such circumstances? Would his
party permit him to refuse?
Mayor Jailed for Not Enforcing; Law.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mayor Rose, of Kansas City, Kan., has
been ordered by the State Supreme Court
to relinquish his office and pay a fine of
$1000 for contempt of court. If he doesn't
pay the fine he must go to jail. And
all this becauaj the Court claims he has
failed to enforce the laws he was elected
to enforce. But how many mayors would
continue In office If the courts were all
as strict as this Kansas court?
The Poor Old Mnn.
Kansas City Times.
John D. Is not a billionaire,
Poor old man!
So those tales were empty air.
That said it had this goodly share;
"I've not one-third of that, so there!"
Poor old man!
I
Give poor old John D. a dole,
Poor old man!
Such poverty must Irk his soul:
Let's all chip In and swell his roll,
With rebates from our oil and coal.
Poor old man!
He scarce has where to lay his head.
This poor old man;
His heart, discouraged, beats like lead,
"Not half a billion," so he said;
He scarce can buy a crust of bread,
Poor old man!
A poor old beggar, who'd mistreat
The poor old man?
Let's give him words of courage sweet;
He yet may "get upon his feet."
We should not let him feel "plumb beat,"
The poor old man!
THE GREAT
TTvriCE.
ftMTRlBOTC TO TrtC
CAMPAIGN FUND Will
BE TAKEN OUT Ano
SHOT. DOLLARS OF
THE COMMON PEOPLE
RECEIVED GLADLY.
PEARLS HI' LB JEWEL SALE.
Contest for Rare Necklaces aad
Brooches In Auction Rooms,
New York Herald.
The Jewel sale at Christie's, London, did
not disappoint those who expected it to be
the most important event of the season at
the well-known London auction rooms,
and 175 items produced a total of 70,178
($350,890). Toward this 10,000 ($50,000)
was contributed for a magnificent neck
lace of 47 large pearls with a single bril
liant clasp.
Mr. Drayson opened the bidding with
3700 ($1S,500), and 7000 ($35,000). C.
Thompson, of Agnew & Son, stepped in
and remained to the end. though the final
bid came from Mr. Holdaway. Mr. Tan.
nenbaum secured a pearl rope, composed
of 191 pearls, for 3700 ($18,500).
The same property included many more
pieces of considerable value, notably a
five-row paarl necklace, for which Mr.
Mallott gave 3300 ($12,500); a pair of fine
cabochon emerald and diamond earrings,
bought for 1350 ($6750) by Mr. Graham;
an emerald and brilliant collet necklace,
bought for 1250 (J&S0). and a fine oblong
sapphire mounted collet border of bril
liants as a brooch for 1020 ($5100) by
Mr. Hamilton, and three fine black pearls
mounted as studs, bought for 1000 ($5000)
by Mrs. J. Phillips.
The late Lady Montgomery's necklace
of 76 pearls went to Mr. Lyon for 780
($3900). The same price was paid by Mr.
Mallett for a collet necklace composed of
49 graduated brilliants and an oval bril
liant snap. The miscellaenous properties
included a five-row pearl necklace, com
posed of 417 pearls of fine Orient, well
matched and graduated, and with an oval
brilliant clasp of foliage design. The
hammer fell at Mr. Lowe's offer of 4800
($24,000), Mr. Robinson being the under
bidder.
To Mr. Lindenbaum fell for 2350 ($11.
750) a necklace composed of three rows
of 219 graduated peasls, with a pearl and
brilliant cluster snap, while Mr. Tan
nenbaum gave 3400 (J17.000) for a neck
lace of 55 graduated pearls, with a square
brilliant snap.
"The So, of Skidoo" Organise.
Exchange.
The Sons of Skidoo, composed of citi
zens born on the . twenty-third of any
month, has been organized in Waterbury.
Conn. Defiance of those who scorn "23"
was hurled during a birthday dinner of
23 courses, served at 23 small tables, July
23. Qualified sons of the "23" from
all over the state were invited. The
move had its inception with City Clerk
William H. Sandland. who was born
July 23. 1868. At the last city election he
was the only Republican candidate to
win at the polls and gives this as proof
that Father Skidoo looks after his
anointed. The constitution of the or
ganization states that its purposes are
the abolition of foolish superstition and
the exaltation of the name of Skidoo. It
is proposed to make the organization na.
tional.
Man Dressed as a Woman, Flirts.
Newport (R. I.) Despatch.
At the Casino dance there was a sen
sation which the governors of that aris
tocratic place say will not occur again.
It was the sensation of the dull season.
Harry Lehr was outdone. A young man.
dressed as a woman, danced and flirted
as a woman. The young man was Dud
ley Morgan, son of William Rogers Mor
gan, who owns a villa on Rhoda Island
avenue. When Morgan, superbly gowned
in white embroidered net. In empire style,
with a coral necklace, long white suede
gloves, Japanese fan and blond wig, with
Jewels in the hair, came In with Miss
Pauline French and seated himself, all
eyes were centered on him. Sidney Col
ford, not to be balked, took the "lady"
on the floor, and danced with "her," amid
great laughter.
Read the Bible for l.TOth Time.
Chester Corr. Philadelphia Press.
Ambrose S. Ottey. one of the best
known Bible students in this section of
the country, Is dead at his home, at 524
Highland avenue, after an Illness of two
years. For over half a century Professor
Ottey had devoted his spare time to study
of the Bible. Several months ago and
before his Illness became serious he read
the book through for the 130th time.
Clerical Professions and Longevity,
BostonV Transcript.
The clerical profession seems conducive
to longevity. Dr. Howe, of Cambridge.
and Dr. Marsh, of Woburn, have Just cel
ebrated their hundredth and ninetieth
birthdays, respectively, and yesterday
Rev. Dr. Bills, of Pittsfleld, died In his
ninety-first year.
Couldn't Live I'p to Its Name.
Boston Post.
The Morning Majority, London's, new
newspaper, has died after a month's pre
carious existence. It was never able to
live up to Its name.
The Children of Nature. .
With countless number of coeval orbs.
The earth still makes the Journey without
end.
Unless it be when to their source returning
Within the radiant bosom of the sun
They shall expire. Theirs Is the mystery
Of boundless space and time! Whence they
arose
And why! The destiny that must be theirs.
And what It means! Man's queries are In
vain
Night's starry page of grandeur and of
gloom.
By nature writ, reveals no sign to him.
Except some syllables of their Immense
Careers the children of infinity!
mes Armstrong.
ONE-DOLLAR CAMPAIGN
From the New Tork Press.
f SOME FEATURES
OF THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
First and foremost, all the world's
news by Associated rres, special
correspondents and members of The
Oregonian staft. making the fullest
and most complete record of any
Pacific Coast newspaper.
STRANGE FREAK OF
FICKLE FORTUNE
Down in Oklahoma oil was
struck on the land of a lowly
negro girl, the child of a for
mer Creek slave, and she is
now piling up wealth ac the
rate of nearly a quarter of a
million a year. Other Creek
Indian children are certain to
become millionaires from the
same discovery. This Croesus
story is & simple record of the
facts.
"HAM" BURR. A NEW CREATION
BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND
The author of "Chlmmie Fad
den" has created a remarka
bly attractive American char
acter in Hamilton Burr, a per
fectly natural boy at a board
ing school who plays baseball
and sees the weaknesses in
human nature. "Ham" writes
to his dad with freedom and
candor. His first letter will
appear tomorrow, illustrated
by B. Cory Kilvert. It will
be followed by others in
Townsend's best vein.
GENERAL GRANT AS A MAN
BY GEORGE H. WILLIAMS
A most fascinating article on
. the military chieftain dealing
entirely with his personal
side; his strength and his
weakness; his bulldog tenaci
ty; his warm-heartedness and
his imperturbability; his mo
desty and clean-mindedness;
his friendships and his devo
tion to those he loved.
MAKING BEARS TAKE
THEIR OWN PICTURES
Here is an animal story and
a true one without a parallel.
Besides, it took place on the
Pacific Coast. A well-known
naturalist was commissioned
to gee a photograph of a bear
in the wilds, so lie rigged up
a camera, a flashlight and a
string for a trigger and got
t. How he did it is fully ex
plained. TOO FEW OREGON TROUT;
. TOO MANY ANGLERS
Reforms that genuine sports
men propose in order that our
many streams may be re
stocked with speckled Inhabi
tants. One plan Is to license
rods and use the money for
game fish hatcheries.
THIS SUMMER'S BEAUTY
SHOW AT NEWPORT
The season of 1906 at Ameri
ca's most fashionable resort
Is marked by the greatest
array of feminine loveliness
ever known; illustrated with
portraits of noted social lead
ers. A POCAHONTAS OF
THE PACIFIC COAST
Glenn N. Ranck, of Vancouver,
tells the romantic story of
Prlncees Winnemucca, the
white man's friend in the Nez
Perces war.
AUTOMOBILE RIDE
TO MOUNT KOOD
Lewis Russell made the trip
a few days ago. took several
good pictures, which are re
produced, and describes the
outing. There Is room for
improvement In the roads, but
the scenery is matchless.
ELIZABETH NEGLECTS
HER IRONING
The mistress of the ranch of
the pointed firs runs away
from home and spends the
morning amid nature's green
ery along the banks of Deer
Leap. Her telling of the tru
ancy Is charming.
SWEET PEAS IN
PORTLAND GARDENS
A little floral sermon, together
with some interesting facts
concerning this favorite flower
and a bit of sweet philosophy.
WHEN JOE CHOATE
BADGERED RUSSELL SAGE
It was in Sage's cross-examination
in the suit brought by
Laldlaw whom Sage used as a
buffer against a dynamite
bomb. The ex-Ambassador to
England exercised his wit,
satire, sarcasm and shrewd
ness and kept the Wall street
pawnbroker on the gridiron
all the time.
SUSAN CLEGG ON
MINISTERIAL MONOLOGUES
She edifies Mrs. Lathrop with
remarks about what the
preacher could do to secure
larger congregations and less
discomfort among his parish
ioners. HOW JAPANESE PUNISH
THEIR CRIMINALS
Annie Laura Miller writes
about the National peniten
tiary where prisoners are con
fined in a wooden building and
draw one-third pay. The au
thorities carry on with some
success a system of reform for
youthful lawbreaklng.
BEACHES ARE THRONGED
WITH RECREATION SEEKERS
The Oregon and Washington
beach resorts are now approach
ing the high tide of the present
season. All of these seaside re
sorts are covered by The Orego
nian, and news printed of people
of Portland and the Paclfio
Northwest who are spending,
their vacations there.
SOCIETY, MUSIC AND
DRAMATIC REVIEWS
Summer outings and outdoor par
ties make up the society news of
the week. Delightful weather
has given many Portland host
esses the opportunity to plan and
carry out plans of entertainment
that fit the season. In music and
drama the scene has shifted to
the East, where the managers
are preparing tours and new
plays for the coming season.
MANY PORTLAND GIRLS
ARE CRACK SWIMMERS
A full-page article is devoted to
Portland girls who are expert
swimmers and whose .feats in
this sport are quite remarkable.
The article is illustrated with
some unusually successful action
snapshots.
REAL ESTATE REVIEW
OF THE WEEK
Portland's remarkable building
growth Is the theme of the week
ly building and real estate re
view. The page is illustrated
with photographs of some of
Portland's handsome new dwell
ings. SPORTING NEWS ' 1
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Two pages are devoted to the
sporting news of Portland and
vicinity and the world at large.
Special articles by experts are
found on these pages, as well as
Illustrations of current sporting
events.