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It Is generally understood that the efforus of Mr. Gompers against Repre sentative Llttlefleld were of email con sequence In the campaign just ended In Maine. Mr. Ltttleficld lost many votes compared with the showing he made In the last previous election, but all the other Republican candidates suffered In the same way. Had Mr. Gompers op- ' posed them all, the result might pos sibly have .been attributed to him, but he did not. For a common effect we must eeek a common cause. One that operates In some places but not In oth ers will not suffice. It is likely that the decrease In the Republican vote was caused, as Mr. Llttlefleld says, by other factors than Mr. Gompers. The v worklngmen In tola district are Inter ested, for one thing, in the ship-subsidy bill which Mr. Llttlefleld has conspic uously befriended. They believe, erro neously but sincerely, that this meas ure would Increase their wages and promote the general -prosperity of Maine. The ship subsidy Is not intend ed to benefit worklngmen or to advance - the welfare of Maine, or any other state. Its sole intent is to abstract some millions of money from the pock ets of the people and turn them over to a trust. Incidentally It may possi bly be necessary for the beneficiaries of the grab to divide up a portion of their spoil, and possibly they might think it well to raise wages temporarily with a fraction of it. But whatever they did In this direction they would do with reluctance and would cease as soon as they thought it safe. Neither the tariff beneficiaries nor those of any other class legislation will render up a single penny of their plun der except as they are forced to do so. Their plea of wishing to raise wages is arrant hypocrisy. They pay such wages as they are compelled to, end not a cent more. Whenever the labor mar ket permits they reduce wages. The tariff is a free gift from the poorer class of Americans to the richer, and the ship subsidy is no better in princi ple and would be even worse in prac . tice. Still, the worklngmen of Mr. Llt tlefield's district believe that the ship subsidy grab would do great things for them; hence their friendliness for their representative which the appeals of Mr. Gompers to a wider class interest could not overcome. Very likely also many Democrats who are displeased to see organized labor enter politics voted for Mr. Llttlefleld to express their disap proval of the efforts which Mr. Gom pers made against him. If this was really the case. It shows, what has been prophesied many times, that should or ganized labor systematically take a hand in politics one of the conse quences might be a formal union of the older parties under the name Republi can to oppose them. The differences between the so-called conservative Democrats and the Republicans are much less significant than those be tween either party and the political representatives of organized labor. At present these representatives are such merely In name. Their followers do not seem to follow. The working men In Mr. Littlefleld's district, not be ing minded to strike at present, feel no ' great Interest, evidently Jn the question of government by Injunction. Injunc tions Injure the interests of organized labor only when they interfere with the opposition to scab labor during a strike. ; It has been the effort of the employing class to extend the scope of these In junctions as widely as possible. The ' famous injunction Issued toy Judge : Jenkins, which actually forbade certain . employes to quit their Job, went to an extreme which has not been accepted as a precedent, tout In general the courts. In their anxious desire to pro. teot the Interests of property, have gradually pushed the common-law in. junction farther and farther into the field of individual liberty until in the eyes not only of worklngmen, but of many disinterested observers, it has become a menace. The principal ob jections to the writ of injunctions as lately used are two. In the first place, it makes the court intrude upon the field of the Legislature. The tendency is marked on the part of some judges to create new crimes and invent new punishments under the power of in junction. It is one of the most valued safeguards to liberty in America that the legislative, executive and judicial departments are separate and distinct. Any act on the part of either which tends to Intrude upon the others Is con trary to the genius of our Institutions. That the courts have of late years somewhat overstepped the limits of their department Is widely believed. The other objection to the modern use of the writ of injunction is that it destroys the constitutional guarantee of a Jury trial to the accused. This Is perhaps a more insidious evil than the other; for the legislative bodies may probably be trusted to confine the courts to their legitimate field In the long run, especially as the inevitable method of the referendum spreads while the denial of a jury affects only Isolated individuals. It Is a distinct act of tyranny, and, like many such acts, it may be perpetrated afely for a long time In obscure cases. Thus the very soul of liberty is quietly assassin ated. The rich and strong need no con stitutional guarantees. They are for the poor, the obscure, the friendless, and the use toward which we are tend ing of the sinister writ of injunction operates to make them nugatory. The court -creates the crime and then pro ceeds to act as accuser, judge and Jury, at the same time determining the pen alty and imposing It "without appeal. In Turkey this would be called an out rage upon human rights. Still, the bill to limit the power to Issue the writ of Injunction which Mr. Gompers advocated -and Mr.' Llttlefleld opposed was not in Itself a. desirable measure. It did not, as "The Square Deal" passionately ' asserts, give the worklngmen authority "to destroy the property of the employer"; but It im posed undue restraint upon the liberty of the courts. What is needed is not so much a law stating when injunctions shall or shall not issue, as the assur ance of a Jury trial in injunction pro ceedings, the right of appeal, and of changing the venue. A judge Is not necessarily the fairest person to try a case when the gist of the offense is oontempt of his own orders. These concessions to labor few fair-minded men would oppose. Mr. Gompers might easily secure them from a Congress whioh would stubbornly refuse the more radical avors which he ha de manded. NORMAL SCHOOL, CONTROL. Normal school reform seems sure to toe a question for the Legislature next Winter, just as It was a live Issue at the last election. It does not seem pos sible to consolidate the four normal schools into one, nor to abolish any of them, except perhaps that at Drain, Douglas County, but an Improvement that can toe easily made Is the creation of a single board of regents for all the normals. This ought to toe done. Its need everywhere is admitted, toecause of the tetter uniformity in training that would result. Each school now has its own board, and while it is true that members of the State Board of Educa tion Governor, Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction are ex-offlcio members of the hoards of regents at Monmouth, Ashland and Drain, they are outnumbered and their influence does not bring the uniformity that Is required of a well-ordered sys tem of state training for teachers. The Monmouth institution has ten re gents and the Ashland and Drain each have eleven 'besides the State Board of Education and the Weston has eight. Here are four boards working independently of each other, perform ing functions that one board should perform for all the schools. After the advantage of one normal board shall have been demonstrated, the further advantage of one control for all state educational institutions will probably make itself manifest. The State Agricultural College and the State University are duplicating sev eral of each other's departments, like those of mining and electrical engi neering, entailing an unnecessary ex pense to the taxpayers of the state. Consolidated control of these two insti tutions witli that of the normals would work for higher efficiency and lower cost in all of the institutions and for a more consistent educational system. A HOP-SEASON TRAGEDY. The hope that the hop harvest would pass without its tragedy was destined to disappointment. The actors in this tragedy, with the exception of the dead peace officer of the quiet little village of St. Paul, Marlon County, were of the rough, drinking class to whom work In the hopyarda appeals only through the opportunity it . gives for drinking, carousing and association with men of their kind. If only those were killed in the drunken torawl who were participants in it and deliberately primed themselves for it, the circum stance would furnlBh little cause for regret. The pity of It is that a good and worthy citizen, an officer in dis charge of his duty, lost his life in the attempt to quell the disturbance.. Leniency in the case of criminals of the type that shoot to kill and without provocation is the result of misplaced sympathy. Wholesome sympathy does not go out to men like Frank Smith,' who slew Sheriff Shaver and Marshal Henderson last Spring. The same may be said of the man or men who slew J. A. Krechter, of St. Paul. They have taken their lives In their hands. Jus tice demands of them a last acount lng, and it may be hoped that the de mand will toe speedily enforced. A QUEER INDORSEMENT. The Ohio Republican Convention has obeyed the Scriptural injunction to be all things to all men with fidelity and skllL On the one hand it "indorses" Mr. Roosevelt, "whose lofty Ideals of public duty and of private citizenship have won for him a unique place In the confidence and regard of the American people." On the other, it "indorses" with equal enthusiasm and warmth of admiration Mr. Foraker, who stands for all that Mr. Roosevelt opposes. These Indorsements cannot both be sincere unless both of them are mean ingless. The Republicans of Ohio can not toe equally pleased with two poli cies which oppose and contradict each other. If they have any genuine opin ions, they must disapprove one of these policies at least. They might dis approve them both; tout by no legerde main can they approve them both. These Indorsements of flatly contra dictory . men and measures mark the imbecility of boss politics. It has no convictions, or, If It has, is afraid to express them. No depth of idiocy ap pals it; no dlslngenuousness shocks it. Language is used toy the bosses and their puppets, not to express honest thought, for they have none, tout to toe dazzle and bedevil the voter. The boss is for God and the devil; for the cor poration and the public; for honesty and dishonesty; for rate regulation and against It; for pure food and for potted poison; for prohibition and free whisky. He has a dozen faces, each turned sup plicatingly to some group of half a dozen voters. He will sell his soul for a score of ballots, and barter his hope of heaven for the control of a caucus. The Indorsement which the Ohio con vention has given Mr. Roosevelt Is no compliment to him. It cannot mean that the convention approves his poli cies, for It has also indorsed Mr. For aker, who opposes those policies. It cannot mean that It admires Mr. Roosevelt's political methods, for It has Indorsed Foraker and Dick, all of whose methods are the direct opposite of Mr. Roosevelt's. What does the In dorsement mean? It means nothing. It Is a noise In the air; a. confession of imbecile cowardice; an abandonment of principle and a surrender to political legerdemain. There was a time In the history of American politics when such brazen hypocrisy won votes, but unless all the signs are misleading that time has passed. The men who go to the front from this time forward must toe men of principles, with the courage to avow and defend them. Trimming, time-serving, double-dealing, have seen their best days. ' If the Ohio convention likes Mr. For aker's course in Congress, It 'should have said so and kept silence about Mr. Roosevelt, or condemned him. It can not like Mr. Foraker's course and Mr. Roosevelt's also. To say that it does Is to make words meaningless and defy the common Sense of the Nation. The convention might say that it liked Mr. Foraker's course and still remain re spectable. There is mo accounting for tastes. But to assert with pompous rhetoric and blatant hypocrisy that it likes Foraker's and Roosevelt's courses equally well this is to write the con vention down an ass. WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN MEXICO. Trouble seems to be slumbering with one eye open "down by the Rio Grande" and beyond. If reports are to be credited, there are likely to be war like doings afoot in Mexico very soon, which neither the iron hand of Diaz, strengthened by the "American influ ence," nor the cooler judgment of the Castlllan element will be able to stay. For years the feeling against the old Indian dictator has been growing, fos tered by the clerical party, and what threatens to be a culmination of this unrest is anticipated next Sunday, which will be a national feast day. The ostensible cause for the prom ised demonstration is dissatisfaction on the part of the working classes against the competition of labor from the United States. The fact that workmen, both skilled and unskilled, who come from this side of the international boundary are paid double the wage given the Mexicans is undoubtedly an occasion for bitterness against the Gringoes, but back of It all Is the deep seated opposition on the part of the church, which represents the old order, to Diaz and his party. For a long time Mexico has been kept in the paths of peace and material prosperity by the powerful personality of Portiflo Diaz, one of the greatest personalities of the time. Aspiring leaders of the opposition have been held through fear of him and have been content to bide their time against the old man's death, believing that in such an event It would be an easy matter to overthrow his dynasty. However, the perpetual president of our neighobrlng republic, In spite of his seventy-five years, shows no inclination to exclaim "After me, the deluge," and fall back on his pillow. His physical and mental vigor Is such that the opposition Is in despair of his early taking off and has evidently concluded to wait no longer. Observers of Latin-American politics are a unit In the belief that Mexico has "been good" Just about as long as her hot temperament will permit, and that she Is about to take a tumble from the high white water-wagon of peace. Diaz has been kind to Americans who have sought his domain as a field for Invest ment and vocation. In fact, he Is prop erly held responsible for the American invasion, which has made Itself felt In every corner of Mexico. He has lit erally and figuratively opened his arms to our captains of industry, their rail roads, ranches and mines, to the dls--gust and alarm of the church, the na tive magnates and the? rabble which they dominate. They would drive the hated Invaders Into the sea or' back across the sand-barred Rubicon. Re cently there have been anti-American demonstrations In the northern prov inces. In which citizens of the United States have lost their lives and prop erty. The Yaqul outbreaks of recent years have undoubtedly been incited by the opposition to the Diaz government, and the promised riots next Sunday, should the programme be carried out, have of a certainty been planned by the Clerical party. The church sees its revenues decreasing because the Gringo controls the great Industries and em ploys imported labor, which pays no tribute to its Institutions. Vast tracts which It has delayed acquiring as grants from the state have beeir di verted to syndicates from the north, through the patronage of President Diaz. But at bottom there is a deeper rea son for the revolt of the Clerical side. Diaz is too liberal by far. He has modernized Mexico to such a degree that the church feels its own people clipping away after false gods.' Latin American Catholicism cannot abide the modernizing spirit. The two are absolutely Incompatible, and so the old Caesar who sits at Chapultepec, the cause of all their discontent, must be thrown down. The battle-cry, "Mexico for Mexi cans," Is a popular shibboleth, calcu lated to inflame the mob. Ambitious politicians and soldiers are busily sow ing disaffection, while the clergy sup ply the munitions of war and the ele ment of religious fanaticism which is always most potent to arouse the ig norant and superstitious. These ele ments and the fact that the Latin American Is by nature a "drunk and disorderly" in politics, form a combina tion by no means trifling. r On the other hand, the government has a better organization than at any time since it won ltB Independence from Spain. Diaz has a keen eye for dis turbers in his own camp, and his pun ishment of treason has always been through the sure and swift medium of a file of soldiers and the offender with his back to a high wall. He has a reg ular army of nearly 50,000, well disci plined, armed with the latest war im plements, officered by experts who are in the main so loyal as to make mutiny a remote contingency. The cavalry in particular is said to compare favorably with any in the world. His treasury is well supplied, and, with the Ameri can influence back of him, the Presi dent Is in a good position to go Into a campaign and to prosecute it vigorous ly. Colonel Greene, the Guggenheims, the Mexican Central and many other vast American interests have armies of their own which would toe used to protect their property and maintain lines of communication. This latter condition brings up the question which Is of most interest to Americans. That is, the attitude of this country in the event of a general revolt throughout the southern repub lic. The United States Is bound to pro tect its citizens and its citizens' prop erty, and In Mexico the American and his goods are as the leaves on the trees. Along the border, in Texas, New Mex ico, Arizona and California, is a large element which Is fairly "aching to get a crack at the greasers." A dozen regiments of hard-riding gunfighters could be recruited in that territory alone within a week, if the prospect of a brush with the Mexicans were of fered.. If there should be a general antl-Amerlcan demonstration in the Mexican border towns next Sunday, and some of our people should be killed, there would toe .a filibustering expedi tion large enough for an army corps on the south side of the line inside of forty-eight hours, and it might not stop this side of the Montezuma capi tal. It 1b believed that the Washington Government has toeen quietly strength ening the garrisons at our posts along the line, and, should trouble come, we shall not toe caught, entirely unpre pared. Diaz is our friend and ally, and the natural conclusion Is that this Gov ernment will not see him deposed and the state given over to anarchy with out armed effort in his behalf, partic ularly where so many Americans and their, holdings would become the prey of the Insurgents. Should we go to the assistance of the government down there In the event of an upheaval, we may have a very pretty piece of police work to do, and eventually we may find ourselves In possession of the whole melon which we cut into these sixty years agone. . The late Charles T. Kamm, of this city, was a son and grandson of pio neers. His maternal grandfather, the late W. H. Gray, was one of the earliest missionaries who came hither from the East In the vain hope of converting the Indians of the Willamette Valley to Christianity. His grandmother, a gen tle, devoted woman, is yet remembered by a surviving few for her many wom anly virtues. The opportunities of the young man were large. His parents have the sympathy of the community in mourning the death of their only son. St. Johns elects a new Mayor and does it peaceably. St. Johns appears to realize that it is time to remove the impression that it is a quarrelsome community. Of course it Isn't. But mistaken impressions somehow get abroad when there is always a row over any public scheme anybody pro poses, or over filling the offices, or do ing anything else for the general good. St. Johns Is evidently ready to leave the past behind and pull together for the future. The products of the great packing plants must toe duly labeled before shipment. This Is the edict of tJie De partment of Agriculture. It- will pos sibly toe recalled, in this connection, that the embalmed beef sent to Cuba during the Spanish War for the use of United States soldiers was properly and conspicuously labeled according to con tract with the War Department. But was it, therefore, fit for human food? Ask General Miles. The rain caused the fair grounds to present a somewhat dismal appearance yesterday. It did not, however, dampen the ardor of campers on the grounds, though undoubtedly it caused them some discomfort. Since most people at this time of the year prefer a little mud to a great deal of dust, the discomfort caused by the rain had its compensa tions. ' The strange part of it is that, with all the experience that Portland has had In giving away valuable street franchises, the proposition to dedicate East Third street perpetually to the use of a railroad is considered by the City Council. It Is one of those Imper tinent demands that should be thrown out of court without a hearing. Contractor Bennett's theory Is that any old material is good enough for Portland's school buildings. Did Mr. Bennett ever hear what happened to the Tanner-Creek sewer contractors? Or did anything happen to them, ex cept a very unhappy period of public criticism and a Jail sentence that was never carried into effect? A story comes from Denver that a Kansas City man who died last Win ter In Kansas City and was duly stowed away in a vault came to life, as a result of the devotion of his fiancee, on September 4, and the next day was married. The yarn sounds a trifle fishy to us. But then of course we've never seen the woman. We shall toe able to hear with a sem blance of fortitude the misfortunes of the Wall-street gamblers who sold Union Pacific short and got caught by the Harriman coup, If Mr. Harrlman uses any of his easily-gotten gains to build the coast line from San Fran cisco to Drain. The Ohio Republicans "heartily in dorse" the President and "heartily in dorse" the Ohio Senators. Why didn't they go into particulars and heartily Indorse the President for his rate reg ulation fight on the railroads, and the railroads for their anti-rate regulation fight (through Foraker) on the Presi dent? However, there are some Ohio Re publicans of the same opinion still. It may be a trifle more difficult for Sena tor Dick and Senator Foraker to be Indorsed at the polls. The Ohio voter won't stand without hitching, or stand to be hitched. The W. C. T. U. prayed all day for Republican success in Maine, and the Republicans won. Everything is all right, but there are Republicans in Maine who wish that prayer might be answered by a larger majority. Nobody 'wants anybody robbed; but if somebody has to be robbed and we reckon some one has to be, as long as there are women, wine and fools the public would vote toy a large majority that it be the gas company. Senator Foraker declares his personal Independence of President Roosevelt and all his policies, even Including spelling reform, and is going to follow the dictates of his own conscience. Is he that kind of a speller? They are taking up a collection to preserve the Thomas Paine home in New Rochelle, N. T. Tet Mr. Paine atohorred orthodoxy and all its works. The automobile route doesn't neces sarily lead to misery, remorse and Jail, but It does If you haven't an automo bile Income. Portland's Btrlctly up-to-date minis ters are outdone. A Belllngham preacher has opened a downtown office. It was high authority that said: "There's nothing but roguery in vil lainous man." Be sure you're right, Mr. Mayor, and then go ahead. . RUSSIA AS IT IS TODAY. General Relaxation of Morals Forces of Anorrhy Regnant. St. Petersburg Letter in London Times. Superficially regarded, everything Is as It was three years ago. The Drtnmn. Vi.i.e Vioen dissolved and aCQUi- 1 escenee Is everywhere writ large. As all was in the beginning, all Is now and ever shall be. Closer scrutiny soon t" covers the deceptive appearance of things and a glimpse beneath the surface sug gests that everything, except the appear ance, has changed. Demos found belated articulation when the Douma was estab lished, the censorship of the press re laxed and some freedom of assembly al lowed; and by newspapers, political clubs and public meetings, all of which had a prodigious mushroBm growth, a body of public opinion whose movements are dis quieting In the extreme was manuSac tured with bewildering haste. The bounds of propriety are flagrantly transgressed In the cartoons, the criti cisms arid even the advertisements of the daily papers: in the shops grossly Inde cent prints have displaced the lives of saints and command a wide iale; drunken men and women reel in the streets In greater numbers than ever before; In numerable beggars, many of them sturdy rogues, demand money as their due, not as alms, and pour foul abuse upon those who withhold their hand; roulette and other games of chance, hitherto played indeed, but only in private clubs and secret haunts, have now established themselves openly In public pleasure grounds; and everywhere and anywhere, at work and at play, men, women and children sing ribald songs to the tune of the ""Marseillaise:." None of these things were tolerated un der the old regime; and, although they are Indeed Its condemnation, being mere ly the manifestation of a spirit bred and fostered by It, they are regarded Instead by those who do not reason from effects to cause as the condemnation of the new order, which the summoning of the Douma ushered in. Here is to be found the explanation of the mute acquiescence in the dissolution of the Douma on the part of those patriotic Russians, and their name Is legion, who, while liberal in their political sympathies, yet have religion as the first Interest of their lives; these Irregularities succeeded the Institution of the Douma, and good peo ple In Russia, as elsewhere, will mistake post hoc for propter hoc. Other symptoms have tended to alien ate the sympathies of the manufacturing and commercial classes of the com munity. The last three years have seen a great improvement in the status, the hours of work, the wages and the condi tions of life of the working class. Un fortunately, with few exceptions, these much-needed reforms were too long with held by the masters, who, only when the men had organized themselves and be come irresistible, yielded to force, em ployed in numerous and fierce strikes, what they had denied to Justice. L'ap petlt vlent en mangeant; and the work men, having gained more than they hoped for, now desire and demand more than they can ever receive. Managers and foremen are subjected to abuse and viol ence and threatened with death because they refuse to make Impossible conces sions to their men. But the Douma itself and especially the Constitutional Democratic party In the Douma, popularly styled the cadets, caused many moderate men of all classes to acquiesce in the rescript by which the Douma was dissolved. . . . Not only did the cadets allow anarchical doc trines which had no place in their creed to be proclaimed In their hearing with out challenge from them, but they made common cause with those by whom these doctrines were proclaimed, accept ing them as allies in the struggle against the Government, doubtless hoping to con trol the extremists when by their aid they had themselves climbed Into power. Not only were the means not Justified by, they defeated, the end. The Gov ernment, as was Intended, was fright ened, but frightened Into the assertion Instead of the surrender of Its power. The Douma was dissolved; the cadets were not only defeated, but discredited, the Octoberlsts, constitutionalists at heart, gave their sympathy, and may give their active help, to M. Stolypln's Cabinet, and the new movement, bereft of Its true leaders, is in danger of changing Its character and direction, with the result that already many who rejoiced in Its inception have come to regard It as a greater menace to the primary and inalienable rights of man hood than even the absolutism which it seeks to overthrow. "To save the prinolple of national representation In spite of the representatives returned at the first elections," was stated by an ex-Cabinet Minister to be the nation's most Immediate task, and his words ex press the present mind of many by whom quite recently he was resolutely op posed. ... The foregoing considerations explain In part, at least, the equanimity, unex pected by all, and by the Government most of all, with which Russia received the news that the Douma had been dis solved and the old regime revived In a modified form. But the end is not yet. The control of the popular movement has Indeed passed into the hands of the men of the revolutionary terror. A time of internal ferment, compared with which all the disorder, pillaging and assassina tion of the past months will have the appearance of public order, lies ' before this unhappy country: and during that period the liberal sentiments of patriotio Russians will be put to a still severer test. But those who now waver will rally again; and recognizing that a re turn to the old regime Is Impossible, and undesirable even If possible, and that the liberty restricted indeed, yet real which was conceded in the institution of the Douma and can never be per manently lost, gives them an opportunity to show themselves statesmen who know the seasons "when to take Occasion by the hand and make The bounds of freedom wider yet, they will unite against the wantonly destructive terrorism to which Russia Is meantime doomed, and putting far from them henceforth fantastic notions, chimerical schemes, and unnatural alli ances, will address themselves with fuller realization of the magnitude and respon sibility of their task, and, therefore, wltn happier results, to the solution of the complex problem which now confronts this state, and which more Western States have already, with varying success, attempted to solves namely, the struggle between democratic and monarchical Ideas In government, the. role of the sov ereign In a parliamentary regime, and the relation of ministerial responsibility to a parliamentary system. Reynard aa a Momrr, London Graphic. The fox Is an excellent mouser. He will. He and watch for a field mouse In the long grass like a cat, pounce upon it, kill it with a bite and lay it on one side until he has caught an other and another, when, picking them all up, as many as he can carry In his mouth, he will canter away with them to serve them out to the cubs. This fact was confirmed by witnesses in Scot land who were examined by a commit tee of the board of agriculture when taking evidence on the occasion of the plague of field voles on the lowland sheep farms in 1893. The Invariable Claim. No matter where a man may dwell. He'll make this statement, as a rule: It's warm by day, the truth to tell. But then the night are always cool." E'en on the arid, thirsting plain. Where blindly roves the panting mule. You'll hear the old familiar strain: "It's hot. But then the nights are cool." Should Satan boldly venture out. Once more our mortal minds to fool. "My home Is warm," he'd say, no doubt; "But then the nights ara always cool." PREPARING FOR HALLOWE'EN Piling Five-Foot Stnmpa 60 Feet High for a Bonfire. There is to be a great time this year at Hallowe'en. For some weeks past Anson O. Rogers at his farm up Coos River has been making a great pile of stumps. The North Bend Harbor says these stumps, some of them four and live feet across and weighing tons, are piled 40 or 50 feet high. They are lifted on to the pile with a boom, exactly as one would load hay with a derrick. This boom la 76 feet long and it swings from a big fir five or six feet through at the base. It is fastened near the top of the tree about 100 feet from the ground. The boys had to climb that tree. There was no other way to get the boom fastened. Same years ago a preacher down at the stone quarry climbed a similar tree by cutting away the bark and nailing cleats like the rungs of a ladder as he went up. That In itself is a hard task. The plan adopted by Mr. Rogers may have been Just as difficult. It was to swing a ladder from the side of the tree with block and tackle. The ladder Is about SO feet long, made of inch flooring, and a frail and wlggly instrument at best. Two nails at each end of a rung were all that stood between a man and eternity. A workman went to the top of the ladder while it stood on the ground and drove into the tree an iron pin. It was three-quarters iron and he drove It In far enough to make sure. It was his own life that was ai. stake and he drove accordingly. The tackle was swung: to this pin and the ladder lifted about ten feet. The man again moved to the top and drove in another pin. While the ladder was susperded by the lower pin the tackle was moved to the top pin. Again the ladder was lifted another ten feet. The tackle was between the ladder and the tree. This made the ladder very ticklish. It had to be carefully guyed with ropes on all sides. Tou can see that If this was not done when the man was at the top with the ladder hung on a peg In the middle it would turn turtle. The top of the ladder also had to be guyed Into the tree. It is easily seen what a shaky under taking it was and it is no wonder more than one man's nerves failed him be fore he got to the top. The climber had a rope tied around him and thrown over a rung of the ladder as a precau tion against falling. But even with this safety appliance the atmosphere got too thick for the first man and again for the second. The writer had a list of the crew that had this work in hand but some of the school teachers must have got away with the slip of paper, although It Is not known that they were anywhere within a mile of It. Young Johnson was the third man who at last reached the top and finished the work. It took a day and a half for half a dozen men to climb that tree. Then came the stump piling. The stumps had already been lifted with a charge of giant powder from that high bench back of the Rogers' Home. Tho donkey engine was in place and a horse dragged the wire cable to any part of the field. The donkey hauled In the stump and lifted it on to the pile. It was near this stump pile that Miss Leah Rogers killed a bear. It is quite an accomplishment for a young lady to be able to shoot a bear and the distinc tion does not fall to every girl. On the night of Hallowe'en this stump pile will be set afire. It will light up the valley for miles. The blaze will be seen far up Daniel's Creek and across at the V. B. church. - This fire will serve a double pur pose. It will enable husbandmen better to watch their gates that are wont to get up and walk off on this particular night. It will also enable those whose business It Is to help the gates peram bulate better to see what they are doing. Catching; Fish by the Sackful. Baker City Democrat Quite a novel Bight Is to be seen now adays along the banks of Powder River, where the small boy Is reveling in the heavenly delights of catching fish by the sackful, and without the aid of either hook or line. The big canal that taps the river up in the canyon is Just now drawing off the surplus water for the storage reservoirs and the result is that the river Is very low and In places almost dry. The city sewage that empties In the river below the city has had the effect of driving the finny tribe up the river in order to get Into purer water, and the result is that the shallow pools along the stream are literally swarming with fish. The procedure of capturing the fish by the boys is a very simple one. They find a promising hole that is well stocked fvith fish and getting In the water at the deep est end proceed to drive the fish into the shallow water, where they are helpless, and then pick them up and sack them. As there Is no law against a man or a boy catching a fish with his bare hands, the boys pursue their unusual occupation with great glee and some profit. Without Let son Balllet. Boise News. The Boise newspapers have built a great many railroads. They have been specially Industrious In that line, but the railroad editors in this section doff their hats to Baker City. The press of that town has the Boise fraternity beat a mile. It la "Grandpa" Kaiser In Reality. Berlin, Germany, Dispatch. It is stated that the KfUser will soon be made a grandfather for the second time. This time the child will be that of the Prince and Princess Eltel Frederlch, who were married February 27. ENTER, aijjpr- I l I I M 1,1,1 I ' ' DUTY TO BE GEXTLEMEX. Bonaparte Addresses the Annapolis Graduates on Meaning of Term. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Sept. 12. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte today delivered to 85 midshipmen of the first class the diplomas which they have earned by a special Summer course Instead of wait ing to graduate with their classmates next February. Mr. Bonaparte in his address, said in part: Young Gentlemen: You begin today the work of your profession. For three yeara you have tried to learn how to do this work. With what success the days before you will show. Hereafter you belong to your pro fession and. In my tresspass1 on your atten tion this morning I shall eay hut a few wonts as to what that profession Is. First. It la the profession of a gentleman. To eay that In your case la not any ebulli tion of snobbishness, but the statement of a matter of law. For each one of you It Is legal duty to behave as a gentleman, and each of you may be tried and punished for a crime If he falls In this duty. Some little time since I had no difficulty In sus taining the findings of an examining board that any officer who had not the sentiments, habits and manners of a gentleman was disqualified for promotion. Now, what Is a "gentleman?" The ques tion may well be aeked, for the word 19 grossly abused. In common usage. It means sometimes much and sometimes little and often nothing. As used In the laws and regulations governing our Navy Its essential meaning is that you and your brother offi cers have duties beyond the duties of others; that you have obligations which do not rest on all members of a community; that of you are required a measure of self-control, a readiness of self-control, a readiness of self sacrifice, a sensitiveness In honor which It might be neither reasonable or charitable to expect of all your feltow-cltixens. Moreover, since whatever else a "gentle snan" may or may not be, he la and la thought of always and everywhera an a man entitled to respect; It la part of your pro fessional duty, a part of the service due your country at your hands, a part of the solemn and eternal obligation of your oaths, that as officers you be known for such sim plicity and truth, such modesty of demeanor and such purity of life aa will earn for you the respect of good men. From others theue things may be demanded by religion or phil osophy; from you they are but the fulfill ment of your promise; without them you will not bs gentlemen in that sense where every good officer must also be a ' good gentleman. Secondly, your profession is the' profession of arms; you have chosen a military Ufa. Your profession Is a school, a lifelong school, of self-eacriflca and obedience, and never baa the teaching of such a school been more timely to our country's happiness and honor than It la today. I saw not long ago the prediction that In 40 years war would be a lost art. I am not prepared to say that war will never be come a lost art. for I am not girted with that confidence In my own omnlscene which baa been vouchsafed to some among my countrymen, but I am quite ready to say that thLa happy consummation will not be attained In 4o years or 80, or until men have become either better or worse than men. No man "loved peace" more truly than George Washington and none warned his countrymen more earnestly and frequently that only adequate preparation for war at any time and at all times could assure them the peace he loved. And In you and your comrades, young gentlemen, I greet with conflder.oe those who will see that America enjoys such peace and only such peace as Washington would wish her to have. VKIFORMITV IX BTJSIXESS. Commission V0rk9 to That End and Kallroads Help. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Discussing the probable method of proceeding under the new railroad rate law. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Cockrell said the first effort of the commission would be a uniform way of doing business. "We are," he said, "giving most of our attention to securing the adoption of a general system, believing that by pur suing this course we will lighten our own labors and render It possible for the rail roads to aid us in carrying the law into effect." He then outlined the plans of the com mission to be to secure: First A unifrom system of accounting by the railroads. Second A uniform system of classifica tion of freight throughout the United States. Third A uniform schedule of rates, fares and charges. Fourth The performance by the roads of the entire transportation from the place where freight is received to the point of destination. Mr. Cockrell also said that the rail roads are manifesting a disposition to aid the commission in the enforcement of the law. Bid for Big Xaval Guns. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Admiral Ma son, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, today opened bids for supplying $1. 000.000 worth of guns and accessories for the navy. The bids were for 6-lnch, 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch guns, also for 132 sets of steel forglngs for 3-inch guns. Bids were Invited for the guns complete and also for Incom plete guns, the forglngs to be finLshe.l separately. Drunken Man Starts Bun on Bank. ATCHISON. Kan., Sept. 12. A street rumor, said to have been started by a drunken man, caused a run on the Ex chan Natioal Eank today and $50,000 was withdrawn. The bank kept its doors open until 7 o'clock tonight, at which time the excitement had subsided. The bank Is considered very strong. JEROME I H From the New York Press. I T 1 I I l i ' 1 1 li 4
