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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, .SEPT. 27. 1908.
SERVING TWO MASTERS.
In the case of Senator Bailey the peo
ple of Texas are asking with singular
pertinence the old question whether a
man can serve two masters without
betraying one of them. The two mas
ters are, on the one hand the people of
Texas whom he is ecnt to the Senate to
represent; on the other, the corpora
tions whom he serves as a lawyer.
Some months ago Mr. David Graham
Phillips asserted In the Cosmopolitan
that Mr. Bailey's effort to serve these
opposing interests simultaneously had
turned out as the Scriptures tell us all
euch efforts must; he had held to the
trusts, Mr. Phillips declared, and de
spised the people. When the magazine
article appeared Mr. Bailey rose in his
place in the Senate and defended him
self, making two different answers to
the charges. His first answer was that
It was a wicked and shameless thing
for any man to accuse a United States
Senator of misdoing. The occupant of
an office so exalted, Mr. Bailey held,
should be exempt from criticism, and
the people should always assume that
he had acted with infinite and dispas
sionate wisdom.
Bailey's second answer was that,
while he had made a great deal of
money in the service of the trusts dur
ing his term in the Senate, neverthe
less he had done it innocently, acting
solely a a lawyer and not as a Senator,
and without neglecting his official du
ties in the least. Nobody took the first
part of Mr. Bailey's defense very seri
ously. " The people of America have
never shown much inclination to admit
that their official servants are too ex
alted for criticism; while his own con
stituents have committed the sacrilege,
if it i6 sacrilege, of peering very thor
oughly into his career. The result is
that his re-election to the Senate is in
peril. His statement that he has served
the corporations without failing in his
duty to the State of Texas is not ac
cepted. It is explicitly charged by the
Good Government League of Houston
that the corporations have employed
Mr. Bailey and made him rich, not for
his legal services, but for his influence
as a Senator, and the same belief is
expressed in many other communities.
Some counties have even instructed
their delegations In the Legislature to
vote against the re-election of the
young and brilliant statesman.
The most damning offense which Mr,
Bailey is eaid to have committed was
the use of his official influence to rein
stato the Standard Oil Company in
Texas after it had been expelled from
the state by the courts. It sought res
toration under one of its numerous
aliases. In this case the name "Waters-Pierce
Oil Company" was assumed,
but the evidence brought out by Mr.
Hadley, of Missouri, showed how flimsy
was the disguise. Mr. Bailey pleads
in defense that he did not know this
company to be identical with Standard
Oil, and he presents a letter from
Pierce to prove that the fact was con
cealed from him. It is not likely that
this plea will impress anybody very
deeply. Mr. Pierce's reputation for
veracity has suffered shocks so numer
ous and severe that his word can
scarcely suffice to whitewash a be
smirched statesman; while it speaks ill
for Mr. Bailey's perspicacity that he
should have been deceived in a matter
so important.
Whatever turn Mr. Bailey's fortunes
may ultimately take, the question re
mains for solution whether a United
States Senator can consistently accept
retainer fees from the predatory cor
porations. Mr. Bailey defies his accus
ers to point to a single speech or vote
of his which is in the interest of his
clients and against the people; but
such talk is Irrelevant. The corpora
tions are not served by speeches and
votes. It is in the silence and secrecy
of the committee-room and by the im
perceptible working of outside influ
ence that thelJ--jrk is done. There is
no need to vote against the predatory
ellents of men like Bailey, for a meas
ure which they oppose is smothered in
committee and never brought to vote;
while, as for speeches, they give their
most servile retainers, like Elkins, per
mission to speak against them to any
lengths that may be necessary to befool
& constituency. What do they care for
speeches? Nor is it pertinent to the
Issue to remark, as Mr. Bailey does,
that he has been constantly in his place
in Congress. He has undoubtedly .been
a diligent official, but the question is,
"To what has his diligence tended?"
To what has the official diligence of
Mr. Bailey and those other Senators
who hire out their abilities to the pred
atory . corporations tended during the
last quarter of a century? Has it re
sulted upon the whole in legislation fa
vorable to the people or to the trusts?
To this question only one answer is
possible. Up to the time of the pass
age of the rate bill the records of Con
gress may be searched in vain for
many years to find a single act which
effectually -checked the raids of the
predatory plutocracy. The Senate had
reached a pas where it boastfully
paraded Itself as the bulwark of law
less mllllonalredom. Piatt openly rep
resented the express trust; Aldrlch,
Standard Oil; Dryden, the Insurance
pirates; Elkins, the railroad rebaters;
and so on through the list. This was
the legitimate outcome of the retention
of Senators in the service of the cor
porations. No man, even though he be
a United States Senator, can serve two
masters. The plain duty of our law
makers Is to extend to many other
cases the statute which already for
bids Congressmen to accept certain retainers.'
"INFLUENCES" ON FOURTH STREET.
Why is it so hard to "get action" on
the Fourth-street franchise matter?
Because the Southern Pacific is not the
only "Influence" fighting it. Other
companies hold similar franchises and
don't want their privileges taken-away
any more than the Southern Pacific
does. Hence they combine, but keep
themselves in the dark. For if the
Southern Pacific can be ousted from
Fourth street, cannot they be ousted
from others?
The gas company holds franchises of
this kind; likewise the electric com
pany, the terminal company, the O. R.
& N., the Hydraulic Elevator Company
and the Southern Pacific on the East
Side. All these franchises are many
years old, granted before It was cus
tomary to limit their duration. If the
city can end one of them it can end all.
These influences are all in sympathy.
They want the Fourth-street matter
squelched. And they are banded to
gether to squelch it. Now the people
can see why it Is so hard to "get ac
tion." Their faithful servants they
will remember hereafter; also others.
The sooner the majority of the City
Council get the idea out of their heads
that they can smother the Fourth-
street agitation by refusing to pass an
ousting ordinance the better for the
public and their own peace of mind.
The tenure of the street by the rail
road under the present terms will not
long be endured. Th'e existing fran
chise, granted thirty-seven years ago,
Is incompatible with present conditions.
It gives the railroad free use of one of
the principal streets and withholds
from the city powers which the city
could exercise, were the franchise ter
minated and replaced with a new one.
The value of the Front-street franchise,
recently granted to the United Rail
ways, has taught the people the worth
of Fourth street.
The city should hae the right of de
fining new terms under which . the
Southern Pacific may continue to run
its cars on the street. The old fran
chise revoked, it can exercise thi9 right.
The Council should pass an ordinance
to end the old franchise. The only way
to terminate the grant is for the city
government to declare the old franchisee
forfeited, and then. If need be, to fight
for forfeiture in the courts. Not other
wise can the railroad be forced to
give up the present franchise, be
cause it declares that it will con
tinue to use the franchise indefi
nitely, ami that in a "short time" it
"hopes" to take off the steam trains
and run only electric. This declaration,
if nothing else, should move that body
to take action.
There is abundant argument and au
thority for the view that the city can
revoke the existing franchise. The is
sue should be tried. The city has noth
ing to lose and everything to gain
from a fight, and the railroad has much
to lose, including the good-will of the
public It will not do for members of
the Council to declare the Council
without power in the premises. That
is for the courts to declare, if it is to
be done at all. But It may be said with
a large degree of confidence the courts
would not take the view that the old
franchise, with its duration undefined,
is interminable, irrevocable, and en
durable forever.
Will the city revoke other franchises
arter that or the Southern Pacific on
Fourth street? Perhaps as they be
come extremely valuable. But that' is
for the future. Now the Fourth-street
franchise Is the question.
HUGHES AND HEARST.
Since the Republicans of New York
have nominated a decent candidate for
Governor, Mr. Jerome may be expected
to take the stump for him as he said
he would. Mr. Hughes is more than
decent. He le admirable. A strong,
clean man of high ability, with a rec
ord for courage and devotion to duty,
he ought to poll an enormous vote even
without the aid of Mr. Jerome. It may
be suspected, in fact, that the vehe
ment District Attorney has lost a good
ly portion of his power to influence the
voters of New York one way or the
other.
The nomination of Hearst by the
Democrats was brought about after
a most bitter struggle. He had
the Indorsement not only of the
Independence League, 'but also of the
political party which normally controls
the state. New York is Democratic by
nature and Republican by training.
Sometimes Nature prevails and some
times education. What will happen
this year Is problematic beyond all
present solution. With a fair count
Hearst undoubtedly had a majority in
New York at the last city election, and
there is no reason to believe that he
has lost ground since. The leading pa
pers are against him, but one can
scarcely believe that they reach the
Hearst constituency, while his work
against the gas monopoly and the
Coney Island railroad steal, to cite two
Instances out of many similar ones,
has been immensely popular. Hearst's
appeal has consistently been made to
the lowest stratum of the electorate.
who are not much influenced by high
ethical considerations and who do not
read the editorials in the Evening Post.
Perhaps they lie too far down in soci
ety for even the World to reach. These
voters, though not very Intellectual,
are numerous, and they are permeated
with loyalty to the man whom they
understand to be their champion and
defender. Thus much may be said of
his city constituency; while in the
country it is impossible to estimate his
hold upon the farmers. The rural dele
gates to Buffalo were strongly favor-
ame to Hearst, some or them were
bound to him by Ironclad instructions
from the voters.
The campaign in New York with
Hughes on one side and Hearst on the
other will be interesting In more ways
than one. As a mere fight it will be
the most "exciting of recent years. But
ft will be still more interesting as
test of the progress which radical ideas
have made among the people. Mr.
Hughes, while he is a man of the high
est character, promises nothing in th
least degree revolutionary. What Mr,
Hearst does not promise on the other
hand can hardly be conjectured. No
body seems to know where he would
stop if he could have his way. Thus
the nght. will be not so much between
RpnliVilinnn and ripmncrat &S between
conservative and radical. Many Demo
crats will vote for Hughes. How many
Republicans will vote for Hearst is a
subject for guesswork onl
It would be a DOia man wnu uum
venture to predict the result of the
coming election, but nobody denies its
Importance. It will certainly aeciue
h Governor of the leading
state in the Union; it may decide who
is to be the next President.
PORTLAND'S LUMBER LEAD.
ti v. 1 . - , . . . -1. V. ocloii m n rfl font-
disingenuous Post-Intelligencer, of Se
attle, attacking The Oregonian's state
ment that Portland cuts and ships more
lumber than any other city in the world
and quoting figures to show that Aber
deen, Wash., surpasses this city In
water shipments, "The Oregonian will
dispute the accuracy of these figures."
The Seattle paper has a tricky way
of misrepresenting the figures, so as to
underrate the lead of Portland as a
lumber-producing center. When The
Oregonian says that Portland is the
largest shipping point, meaning by
water and rail, the Seattle paper de
clares that Aberdeen's water shipments
last year exceeded Portland's, and that
therefore Portland should take a back
seat.
According to the Tlmberman of Jan
uary, 1906, a recognized authority on
lumber statistics, the lumber cut last
year in the largest mill centers of Ore
gon and Washington was as follows:
Feet.
Portland Ml. 320.000
Tacoma . 347,218,840
Aberdeen .....208.4S4.891
Port Blakeley i:.7T3,OoO
Hoquiam 120,160.000
Seattle W4.tuo,aoa
Eugene 84.300,000
Astoria 80,000,000
Port Gamble 69,000,000
Wlllapa Harbor 65.197,237
Baker City 4o.000.000
Coemopolls 88,300,000
These figures make plain the suprem
acy of Portland as a lumber manufac
turing and shipping point. Over 80
per cent of the cut in Portland' was
shipped more than the whole cut of
Tacoma. Aberdeen sent out more lum
ber by water than Portland, but its
mill product was only half as large.
Second in the world to Portland as a
lumber-cutting city Is Minneapolis,
with an output last year of 362,166,758.
Tacoma was third; Gray's Harbor, as a
whole, where Aberdeen is situated, pro
duced 442,944,991.
The following figures from the Ore
gon Lumber Manufacturers' Associa
tion show the rank of lumber ports for
cargo shipments in 1905:
Aberdeen 220.ngS.0O0
Gulfport, Miss. 207.614.OO0
New Orleans
2Ut3.975.000
Portland, Or.
189,976,097
Portland exported a large part of its
lumber by rail. Of the 451,320,000 feet
manufactured, 92,000,000 was consumed
locally, according to the Oregon Lum
ber Manufacturers' Association, and
about 190,000,000 was shipped by water,
leaving about 170,000,000 shipped by rail.
Aberdeen is an active and thriving
city. Its shipping is of large volume
and high importance to this part of the
country. Portland is glad to see it
grow so rapidly, and will be pleased to
see it keep its lead, "as a port for water
cargoes of lumber.
Seattle has a habit of underrating
Portland's business and commerce and
of overrating its own, and then, by
comparison of the two, getting a wide
margin in Its own favor. This is the
method also of the Seattle lumbermen
and the Pacific Coast Lumber Manu
facturers' Association at that city,
which supplied the Post-Intelligencer
with figures belittling Portland. But
for Portland's supremacy, the Puget
Sound lumbermen and newspapers
would not feel themselves impelled to
pursue such unfair methods.
CUBA'S SELFISH PATRIOTS.
A bunch of self-seeking politicians in
Cuba, considering themselves patriots
and heroes and dubbing themselves
Generals and Colonels, has organized a
revolution and enlisted a lot of mulatto
tramps and vagabonds to fight another
crowd of similar sort which has been
disporting itself as the Palma govern
ment. That both sets lacjfthe "self
restraint necessary to peaceful self-
government," Which President Roose
velt told them two weeks ago was es
sential to the Independence of the
island, has become evident from
the practical failure of Taft to bring
them into agreement. It looks as if
the United States is to be forced to oc
cupy the island, in order to ward off
anarchy and foreign complications. The
island occupied by the United States,
it may not again be relinquished.
A long train of perplexities appears
about to begin, for who can say but
that the United States will encounter
as serious difficulties in pacifying the
heroes in Cuba as the savages in the
Philippines? -
The revolution in Cuba started in
much the same way as in other petty
American republics, where there is lack
of the "self-restraint necessary to
peaceful self-government." The Mod
erate party, headed by President
Palma, in order to keep itself in power
against a growing opposition, resorted
to coercion in elections and suppression
and imprisonment of rivals. Those on
the other side in the Liberal party hav
ing failed to gain expected places of
power or to Influence the government,
organized a rebellion which they saw
Palma's government was ill prepared
to put down.
Some men of ability were among the
heads of the revolt. But they found all
kinds of riff-raft in the negro and
mulatto population, hungry for adven
ture and lawlessness and ready to at
tach themselves to any General or
Colonel who would give them hope of
plunder. Palma had gaudy heroes on
his side, too, and an army of mulatto
and negro patriots, but not so many as
his enemies. He could not hold his foes
at bay, and they began to march and
plunder.
Then Taft goes to Cuba to induce the
rebels to lay down their arms. They re
fuse, saying they represent the major
ity of the population. Palma sees the
jig Is up and is about to resign. To
keep a government in the island the
United States is all but compelled to
establish one and maintain it by force
of landed marines.
Such Is the situation today. Mean
while the government party, an im
potent minority calling its rivals trait
ors, is surrendering the government so
that the United States must take it up,
and the rivals, seeing the Palma fac
tlonists endangering the Independence
of the island, in turn calls them by the
same name.
Cuba has about 1,500.000 inhabitants,
one-third of whom are negroes and
mulattoes. A large number of the lat
ter are vagabonds and roustabouts,
craving adventure and chance to do
violence. Out of this class the two ar
mies are recruited each a gang of lazy,
worthless negroes, bent on winning
through disorder what they could not
obtain through peaceful means, and
doing deeds that make their claim of
patriotism a He and a farce. The Cu
bans must be commended for their re
sistance to Spain, yet in that struggle
patriotism was hardly their Impulse;
the Spaniards were weak ,and plunder
played a continuous 'part. And after
independence the Cubans at once de
manded pay for their military service.
In Portland many of these patriots
would be rounded up in the Police
Court and sent below or out where lit
tle stones are made from big ones.
Against this rabble apparently the
Big Stick must be used. It is not a
pleasant task. It means a lot of trou
ble. The United States would better be
at other business, but it has pretext
enough under the clause of the Cuban
constitution which retains to the United
States the privilege to "exercise the
right to intervene for the preservation
of Cuban independence, the mainte
nance of a government adequate for
the protection of life, property and in
dividual liberty, and for discharging
the obligations with respect to Cuba
imposed by the treaty of Paris on the
United States, now to be assumed and
undertaken by the government of
Cuba."
A meeting attended by 300 of Atlan
ta's prominent citizens to consider the
race war which disgraced Georgia's
chief city, condemned In unmeasured
terms the heralding In extra editions of
local papers under flaming headlines,
of assaults on white women declaring
euch "inflammatory headlines" to have
been the direct incitement to the recent
outrages. This may or may not state
the facts correctly. The breaking out
of the riots was not a sudden impulse,
but the seizing of an opportunity to
put into execution acts that had been
all but planned. For it should be re
membered that a few weeks ago the
Atlanta News commended editorially a
South Carolina mob for lynching a ne
gro in Governor Heyward's presence
and offered $1000 to Incite Atlanta
whites to do likewise. The News said:
Hurrah for South Carolina, three cheers and
tiger for the brave men of that state. They
have vindicated the honor of one community
-In Carolina, even In the presence of the Gov
ernor of the , state. Today South Carolina
stands at the forefront of the Southern pa
triots. Tomorrow Georgia may claim the
honor.
It -made the cash offer mentioned.
and added: "There should be a placard
posted on every tree and post of the
county, giving the imps of hell fire no
tice that an awful doom awaits them
if they put their murderous and lustful
fingers on the white skin of any woman
In the county.
Poor old South Carolina is waking
up. Enterprising men in the Palmetto
State wanted the benefit of Industrious
Immigrants and effort in that direction
has already borne fruit in the decision
of the North German Lloyd Company
to operate an emigrant vessel directly
from European ports to Charleston. As
many emigrants leave the old country
simply for America, with, no definite
notion of locality, no small proportion
will settle down where they happen
to land. Thus South Carolina Is likely
to gain many immigrants who never
would reach that state via New York
or Boston. North Carolina authorities
are now trying to get a similar service
for their state the Immigrant ships to
land at Norfolk, Va.
If every taxpayer in Portland should
return to the Assessor one-fifth of his
property, as Mr. Ladd has been doing
with his bank, the wealth of the city
would look like 30 cents and they'd all
be traitors, giving the city a "black
eye." Mr. Ladd's newspaper, however,
boosts population, perhaps to make up
for the other deficiency. The difference
is that it's cheaper to boost popula
tion than to pay one's rightful share of
taxes. It's another phase of "high fee
nance." The community of Forest Grove has
been bereft of an honored member and
the state of an upright and long useful
citizen in the death of Dr. Frederick
Crang-. The call came to Dr. Crang in
response to the simple decree of Nature
and he passed out serenely in obedl
ence to it in the 85th. year of his age.
President Roosevelt "didn't want to
interfere, but he thought Mr. Hughes
was a man who met the requirements
of the present situation." Mr. Hughes
was nominated unanimously. Is Mr.
Roosevelt losing his influence among
Republicans?
Now let some able attorney remind
the Council, or the next Legislature,
that the gas company's franchise also
is irrevocable because It does not ex
1st. It was revoked when the territory
became a state, and has never been re-
enacted.
It seems that the Council's opinion of
the Fourth-street franchise Is correct.
It is irrevocable. A franchise that does
not exiet cannot be revoked. Beauti
fully clear. Isn't it, after the Mayor has
let In the light?
Stensland got back to Chicago, was
tried, found guilty, sentenced and
placed behind the bars at Jollet, all
within a few hours. Chicago justice Is
swift and certain, when the culprit
pleads guilty.
The Methodist preachers are in ses
sion at Sunnyside, but the chicken
market remains firm and without ex
citement. Thus do our fondest tradi
tions pass on into the musty recesses
of memory.
Hughes and Hearst, the two H's.
There is another word beginning with
H that will very nearly describe the
situation in New York this Fall; and
the word isn't Harmony.
Contractor Bennett should at least be
made to put sound shingles in our
schoolhousee. The shingle has a rec
ord as a powerful aid in teaching the
young idea how to shoot.
The "dry" saloons of Eugene show
decided traces of moisture when
squeezed a little by District Attorney
Williams. This is a common phenom
enon in prohibition towns.
The New York World has been print
ing a series of double-leaded editorials
all entitled "Shall the Democratic
Party Die?" Why not, when it Insists
on suicide?
Senator Bailey was working for the
Standard Oil Company, but he didn't
know it. How' could Senator Bailey
know what Lawyer Bailey was doing?
Mayor Lane . Insists that Fourth
street belongs to the people, and not to
the Southern Pacific. Just so. But
he'll have to show the City Council.
MR. BRVAX TUB STORY-TELLER
Ancient Anecdote He Puts) Into nis
Speeches or Tells Friends.
New York Sun.
William Jennings Bryan Is a good
story-teller. Besides punctuating his
speeches with homely anecdotes, he en
livens his conversation by recounting
stories possessed of the merit of -hav
ing a good point.
Mr Bryan's stories- fall into two
clases those he has gleaned at home
and the recent acquisitions from, for
eign sources which ne careiuny se
lected and stored away for future ref
erence during his trip around the globe.
The anecdotes which smack of the red
soil of Nebraska are the best for po
litical speeches. The tales that came
to him in Japan, India or Turney ne
reserves for the private ears oi "
friends.
In his speech at New Haven and
again in Newark Mr. Bryan used an an
ecdote to Illustrate what air. isryan
says the Kepuoiican pany na-a uu
doing to excuse its failure to curb the
trusts. When he launches tnis yarn
he pulls down the corners of his mouth
n a quizzical manner, anecis a urawi
and slowly moves his head from side
to slda as 11 his was tne tasK to re
cite the obituary over the body of one
lately departed.
"There was once a man. goes on
Mr. Bryan's story, "who was sued in
court for returning with a crack across
the bottom of It a kettle he had bor
rowed from a neighbor. The. neighbor
was very angry.
"The man who was sued put up
three defenses. First, he said that
he hadn't borrowed the kettle. Then,
when that failed, he said that the ket
tle was cracked when he borrowed it.
And, finally, when his second argument
was disproved, he said that ne naa
mended the crack before he returned the
kettle.
"And that," concluded Mr. Bryan, "is
the way the Republican party defends
Itself against the charge of not keeping
its promises on the subject of trust
regulation."
Mr. Bryan sometimes makes Jokes at
the expense of himself and of the is
sues on which he has met defeat. While
he was being taken over to Newark
on the third day of his stay in New
York, he told the newspaper men this
tale:
"Mv former campaigns and the re
sults that came of them remind me of a
man who came out to Nebraska to
take up a farm." said he. "This man
was a greenhorn and he did not know
much about the cyclones that some
times visit our prairies. But he had
some sort of wisdom.
"He put a strange-looking wooden
fence about his place that looked like
a chicken-coop, it was built in a tn
angular shape. A farmer drove by
when this greenhorn was putting up
his fence and commented on its appar
ent instability.
Why, the first good wind comes
along," he said, 'will blow your fence
over like Jackstraws.'
"Ob! all right, said the greenhorn
who was also an optimist. 'My fence is
five feet broad at the bottom and four
feet high. If it blows over, it will be
a foot higher than it Is iow.'
"That's what I hope my political
fence is like," said - Bryan, with a
laugh.
Another Bryan story was lifted bod
lly by Congressman Lentz in his
speech at New Haven. Mr. Lentz was
busy holding the crowd until Mr.
Bryan should appear before the meet
ing of the New England Democrats in
the Tontine Hotel, across the street,
so the use of the Bryan thunder was
perhap3 permissible.
There was once a funeral out in Ne
braska so runs this yarn and the
preacher who had been asked to de
liver the eulogy was a stranger in
town and did not know the departed
sister very well. So after he had said
all that he could, he suggested that if
anybody else could say a few words
about the poor dead sister it would be
a good thing to say them.
Three or four of those who had
known the deceased In her lifetime
made appropriate remarks. Then there
was a pause. At last the old brother
rose and said:
"Well, If we're all through speaking
about the departed sister, I will now
make a few brief remarks about the
tariff."
CHURCHILL IS NOT DISCOURAGED
Novelist Will Continue Efforts for Good
Government,
Chicago Tribune.
CONCORD, N. H. At the beginning
of our campaign last July tne Lin
coln Republican Club proclaimed its
intention of remaining a permanent or
ganization until the objects for which it
was Instituted were accomplished.
We did not expect to gain our ends in
two months, but we feel, in spite of the
nomination of another in this convention,
that we have won a substantial moral
victory far greater than we had hoped
for.
The Republican party has adopted our
platform, and it remains our duty to use
every effort to have that platform Incor
porated Into law.
Speaking personally, no man can
have a greater political reward than
the fact that he had had the support
of the delegates who fought unflinch
ingly during 11 hours in the convention
for principle and who went to their
homes determined to carry on their
cause in the future years to victory
who won the admiration not alone of
their , friends, but continually gathered
from the ranks of their opponents del
egates who had been elected to defeat
them.
We shall continue with our organ
lzatlon and with our efforts for good
government.
WINSTON CHURCHILL.
Dog Swims the English Channel.
London Cable Dispatch in New York Sun
A dog which fell overboard from a tug
off Dungeness has been picked up at the
mouth of the harbor of Boulogne, having
practically swum from England to
France. The course taken by the dog is
regarded as showing a strong drift from
Dungeness to Boulogne, as otherwise the
animal could not have accomplished its
feat. It Is thought that men attempting
to swim the channel will take the hint.
The Country Press.
The Oregon Orlano, of Vale, has ab
sorbed the Nyssa News and is published
semi-weekly.
H. A. Galloway, the new publisher
of the Oregon City Enterprise, Issued
No. 1 of the Oregon City Daily Star
last Monday.
The September number of 'Better
Fruit is characteristic of the Hood
River product. It is a top-notcher.
One Sleeper Who Is Wide Awake.
Atlanta Constitution.
That man Sleeper, acting United States
Minister at Havana, seems to be a pretty
wide-awake fellow.
The Pink Sphinx.
McLandburKh Wilson.
You small pink sphinx ' reposing;
Upon your mother's knee,
Tou riddle of the ages
Now bllnklnr up at me.
Though learned men of science
Around you have revolved.
Tour solemn stare has baffled.
Tour secret held unsolved.
If wisdom fills your noddle
From seas beyond our tide
No mortal sag we know of
Tet kept so much inside.
But If your mind Is vacant.
As some profess to doubt.
No mortal fool w know of
Tet let so little out.
THE ARMY OP COMMERCIAL MEN
That la Not Lessening; In the United
States.
Boston Herald.
The impression has gone abroad that
the knell of the commercial traveler
had been sounded nd that his work
was being superseded by the mall-
order business, but this Impression is
not founded on fact, according to Lau-
rls Page, secretary of the Commercial
Travelers' Accident Association. When
asked if the commercial traveler was
dying out, Mr. Page said:
'Dying out? Not in the least. In
fact, the number of men in the profes
sion, for it is a profession Just as
much as that of a lawyer or a doctor,
is increasing steadily, until today
there are twice as many men on the
road as there were 30 years ago."
"How many men would you say
there are on the road at the present
time, Mr. Page? Sixty or 70 thou
sand?"
"Sixty or 70,000? Why, there
are 50,000 that go out of New lork,
and about ' 10,000 that go out of
Boston. I should say there are be
tween 500,000 and 600,000 at the pres
ent time.
"The commercial traveler. contin
ued Mr. Page, "is steadily increasing.
New men are being put on every day.
You show me a house that is taking
their men off the road and I'll show
you a house that Is on the decline. The
commercial traveler is a live proposi
tion, but the drummer is a thing of
the past."
Roosevelt's Fatal Blunder.
Wm. Allen White in the Emporia Ga
zette.
For once the Gazette will have to
go back on Theodore Roosevelt. He
has made a fatal blunder. It is not
that he has Indorsed the Petroleum V.
Nasby school of spelling. The trouble
s ne had 300 words to go on, and in
cluded a lot" of words ""that no one
uses, like archaeology, orthopedic and
pedobaptlst, and left .shlvveree spelled
charivari.
How did he make that oversight?
With a whole dictionary full of words
to choose from he picked out those
that are rarely used and unimportant.
and left the word shlvveree. which is
ever on the tongue of the great Middle
W est, go scathless. If ever a word
needed reforming charivari is that
word. Why this favoritism? The Ga
zette has stood by the President in
the Morton matter, In the Bowen mat
ter, and In the controversy with Till
man: but to And that he left the
bars down to the word charivari indi
cates a carelessness for the rights of
our toiling masses that Is simply inde
fenslble. It is just such gross special
privileges as that of letting charivari
go unreformed that foment revolution.
The Republican party will hear from
this In the campaign.
Georre Ade a Winner In Raising; Oats.
Richmond (Ind.) Dispatch in New York
World.
George Ade. humorist and playwright. Is
now a prize farmer. Of all the Newton
County farms, Ade s has done the best on
oats.- At the time of sowing Ade claimed
to know little about any crop except oats,
and so an oat-growlng contest ' was
started.
When harvest time came and field after
field made splendid yields, around 60 bush
els to the acre, Ade's farmer friends were
jubilant. Ade's crop was the last to be
threshed, and from the 38 acres irr oats
there was a trifle more than 2600 bushels
of fine grain obtained, a little more than
70 bushels to the acre. It was the larg
est yield to the acre In Newton County,
and one of the best In the state.
Throw Away Your powder Bags.
New York Sun.
Rev. John L. Scudder, pastor of the
First Congregational Church, of Jersey
City, and manager of the People's Pal
ace, is the author of the following,
which appears on cards announcing
the opening of the People's Palace
gymnastic classes:
All young women between 15 and 50
years of age desire to look pretty. If
you want a good figure, a graceful fig
ure and an elastic step Join the merry
gymnastic class, with its fancy
marches, musical drills and athletic
capers. Exchange cosmetics for a lib
eral perspiration twice a week. If you
wish to feel fine and preserve your
healthful spirits Just exercise your
muscles under a competent Instructor.
To be happy you must be healthy.
Newsboy Now Owns a Racehorse,
New York Tribune.
The dream of a Brooklyn newsboy to
own a real race horse and enter the
royal sport of racing has been realized
within the last few days. The newsboy
is William A. Deming. of 242 Tenth
street. He Is 22 years old and was until
recently a well-known figure at Ninth
street and Fifth avenue. He has been
following the races for some time past,
has played carefully and has a tidy bank
account to show for It. His horse Is a
yearling and cost him $300. It is by
Kinley Mack-Elegy.
Why Is MorBnn in the Background f
Wall Street Journal.
There was a day when it was all "Mor
gan." "Morgan," In Wall street. Now It
is all "Harriman."
Is there anything significant In the fact
that Mr. Morgan is keeping In the back
ground in these busy days of Wall street
speculation and railroad financing?
Eleven Thousand Dollars for
Sonata.
Baltimore Sun.
The original manuscript of Beethoven's
famous Waldsteln Sonata (Op. 53), con
sisting of 32 folio sheets, entirely in the
great composer's hand, has Just come
Into the possession of a Leipzig book
seller. The owner offers it for sale at
$11,000.
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FORTUNE FOR FIREMAN'S PATENT
Makes a Reversible Rotary Steam Tur
bine Engrlne.
Escanaba (Mich.) Dispatch, New York
Worm.
A struggle for years against poverty
and to combat enemies who sought to
steal his secret had Its reward a few
days ago when James Devlin, a North
western road fireman, working for a sal
ary of 160 a month, became practically a
millionaire by the sale of a patent for a
reversible rotary steam turbine engine.
The natent was sold to the Ivorth Oer-
man Lloyd, the Hamburg-American and
the Cunard Line Steamship companies,
through the firm of Lawson. Walsh &
Lawson of .ew York for Jio.ooo. tn ad
dition Devlin signed a contract by which
he will receive $50 a day for a nunarea
days to superintend the construction of
the first engine. The invention of Devlin
makes the rotary engine reversipie.
which is the end for which inventors
have been striving for years.
The chance in the new invention irom
former patents made on the engine is in
the method of applying steam by means
of alternating cut-off valves.
He Is one of the most peculiar charac
ters Escanaba has ever boasted. He Is
of an extremely retiring disposition, with
no close friends, and but llttlo is Known
of his Ufa before he camo to Escanaba
eight years ago to become a fireman of
the Northwestern Railroad. He hoarded
his savings in order that he might pur
chase material for working models, and
many times denied himself the neces
saries of life In order that he might
carry out his ambitions to perfect his
engine. On one occasion nearly two
years ago, after giving a successful dem
onstration of the model in Appleton.
Wis., Devlin learned that an attempt
was being made to steal his idea, and al
though the Invention was not then
brought to Its present state of comple
tion he blew it up with a stick of dyna
mite and burned all the drawings that
he had prepared.
Since that time up to March of this
year, when Devlin began the construction
of a final model, he burned all drawings
prepared by him and carried the entire
Idea of the invention in his mind.
Veterans Give Way to Younger Men.
Evening Wisconsin.
This has been a hard Summer for tbe
veterans of Congress. Early In the sea
son old General Grosvenor, of Ohio, went
down In defeat before a young rival.
A few months later Representative
Bankhead. of Alabama, the Democratic
father of the House, was unhorsed by
Richmond Pearson Hobson, he who would
like to have a fleet of "oOuO-ton battle
ships." Now comes Samuel Matthews Robert
son, of the Sixth District of Louisiana,
who Is now serving his tenth term. He
lost out at the primaries. He was elected
to fill a vacancy in the Fiftieth Con
gress and stood next to Bankhead In
years of service in the House. His de
feat leaves De Armond, of Missouri, the
Democratic father of the House, although
in comparison with General Ketcham.
General Bingham, HItt, of Illinois, and
Speaker Cannon he is only a newcomer.
The first mentioned! is now serving his
seventeenth year term, but as they have
not been continuous, and there has been
one hiatus in the record of Speaker Can
non, the 14 terms of General Harry H.
Bingham, of Philadelphia, make him the
father of the House.
De Armond's jump Into the Democratio
premiership in the matter of service was
made positive by the defeat of Bankhead,
of Alabama, who has since been elected
"Alternate Senator," to fill the vacancy
that may be caused by the death of
either Senator Morgan or Senator Pettus.
both of whom are now more than 80
years old.
No honor will come to De Armond by
reason of his premiership unleas the
Democrats control the next House. In
such an event he may be designated to
administer the oath to the Democratio
Speaker, John Sharp Williams.
Vassnr Graduate Whips Male Flirts.
Buffalo (N. Y.) Times.
"Women are cowards where men are
concerned; if they had more courage. In
sults to women would be reduced to a
minimum in New York."
This is the opinion of Miss Etta Pier
son, a good-looking brunette of 28, who.
with her umbrella, took all the romance
from the heads of fwo young men in
clined to flirt.
Miss Plerson, who is a Vassar grad
uate and is now employed as cashier in
Martin's restaurant, Fortieh street and
Broadway, was walking briskly home
from her work In Broadway about 2
o'clock A. M., when the young men. un
familiar with the ways of a girl of Miss
Plerson's mental caliber and well-developed
muscle, persisted in following her.
As a result, one was taken to the New
York Hospital for repairs to his scalp
and both later to cells where they spent
the night. The two men. who gave their
names as Conrad Kimball, an advertising
man. of Montclair, N. J., and David
Peters, a diamond broker, were each
fined $10 by Magistrate Baker.
Immigrants.
American Magazine.
Each ship doth bring) them; see where lost
they stand
In huddled groups, and stare from side to
side.
Upon the curious crowds whose looks
deride
Their peasant faces, garments strange that
brand
Them aliens; In their far-off native land
Each had his place, though humble: here
the tide
Sweeps him along, an animal, dull-eyed.
I Patient, submissive. What mysterious hand
Has thus uprooted from their ancient place
These myriad exiles, cast them on our shore.
And what the purpose? Shall our country be
The crucible of nations whence a race
Shall Issue In dim ages to restore
God's Image to mankind, and make men
free?
GOT AWAY WITH IT ?
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