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In the ngony of such a struggle, and k long as its wounds were tUll fresh, the per sonality of the man who stood In the . position occupied by Jefferson Davis could not be treated by his enemies as a cold abstraction, at a mere name in history, nor without prejudice. For In euch a struggle and crisis the person ality of the leader engages the atten tion and stands for the cause he rep resents. Lincoln, therefore, was as much detested at tho South as Davis was at the North. But history, freed from tho breath of paselon, no longer regards theso personalities and hatreds. Kvery right-minded man, speaking or writing of our great conflict, treats it, as he thinks of it, from the larger point of view. The careers of the actors on. either elide are simply a part of the history of the country. No ani mosity ie held In either section against any of them. But, by Southern writers, more than Northern, Jefferson Davlp has been criticised for his course during the war. They have complained that he was not able to suppress his personal piques and dislikes, that his temperament was not judicial and fair, that the Confed eracy at critical times wag deprived of the services of not a few of its best anen, and thereby loet opportunities to strike blows that might have restored tho cause or prevented disasters. They eviy It was Jealous-y on the part of Davis of such commanders as Beaure gard, Johnston, Longstreet, and even of Lee of want of the military In sight necessary for appreciation of their plans that caused the loss of op portunities that never returned. Of course, no man's heart wae more deep ly engaged in the cause than that of Jefferson Davis: but between him and the military leaders there was not that confidence, and consequently: not that co-operation, which were absolutely es sential in war, and especially in a war against forces usually superior at crit ical points. Yet Mr. Davl? was chosen President of the Confederacy through popular belief in his military fitness a belief not shared even at the time by nome, perhaps most, of the Confed eracy's ablceK soldiers. In the allegations of defect of tact and temperament in him there may, however, have been mistakes and ex aggerations. Lincoln had similar ac etisers In the North, who alleged Jeal ousy on his part towards MeCleUan and other commanden. But when really efficient commanders, ae Grant, Sher man, Thomas and Sheridan, appeared. there was no eign of jealousy or dis trust on Lincoln's part. On the con trary, he supported them to the ut " inot. It is probable that Davis de pended too much on his own Judgment in military affairs, was too theoretical ns a fMldler. and too little disposed to heed the suggestions or accept the judgments of others. , If, however, the criticisms which many Southern writers have passed on the conduct of the war by Jefferson Davis are well founded, the whole coun try, and all the parts of it then en paged in war, have good reason for congratulation that he, and not an abler military man, was- at the head of the Confederate government. Aroused to action by the murder of Iteno Hutchinson, the Mayor of Spo kane' has ordered that the police clear the town at once of every loafer who cannot give an account of himself. This is another case of shutting the door after the horse has been stolen. It is difficult to understand why the Mayor or police o any town should permit scores of idle men to inhabit the low resorts when their very ap pearance and all circumstances leave no doubt that they are ruffians await ing nn opportunity to eohimlt crime. "Where is the consistency In mending defective bridges to save lives and property, when the town- is filled with thugs who ure known to be a constant menace to both property and life? And yet there are cities where the po lice enter into league with criminals, who are known as "stool pigeons," and permit these outlaws to continue In crime, preying; upon the people 'Who pay the salaries of the officers. BANK PROSPERITY IN OREGON. Those were facts indeed 'of Oregon's progress and prosperity which Benja min I. Cohen, of Portland, cited in an address before the American Bankers' Association in St. Louis Thursday. Most important was his statement that Oregon bank deposits have increased more than 216.500,000 in the year be tween September 1, 1905, and Septem ber 1, 1906. The total deposits in Ore gon on the latter date were $78,861,057, of which 254,270,144 was in Portland. Said he: . In the ahsence.of a state banking law. It is hard to get statistics; but there are 17 banks and trust companies In Portland, Or., and I have had returns from all of them, except one email concern. Their deposits on the dates below mentioned were; September 1, 1805, $43,688,823; September 1, 1806. 54.270,144. In crease, S10.SH0.321. Per cent, 24.2. In the State of Oregon, outside of .Portland, there are 141; of whiftl 104 have reported. Their deposits were; September 1, 1805, $18,644,367; September V JOOO. $24,390,913. In- crease, $5,946,046. Per cent, 31.11. Gross deposits for entire State of Oregon: September 1, 1906, $62,334,190; September 1, 1906, $78,861,057. Increase, $16,526,887. Per cent, 26.5. Mr. Cohen made these totals from statements submitted to him by banks throughout the state. His figures are probably the most accurate that have ever been compiled. Oregon, being without a bank examiner, has had to content itself with estimates of total deposits heretofore. As Mr. Cohen holds the good will and confidence of Oregon banks, he is in a favorable posi tion to secure the desired Information. TWO JUDGES. The conviction of the Standard Oil Company at Findlay must have come with a shock to Judge Banker after he had exerted himself so faithfully to pre vent it. It Is a credit to the good sense of the Jury and their desire to do justice that they found the trust guilty even after the trial Judge had exclud ed all the really important evidence. As for Judge Banker, he was loyal to the end to the monopolists culprit. Mr. Troup, the lawyer for the trust. moved for a "new trial" as soon as the verdict of conviction came in, and the kindly Judge assured him that "all such motions" would be entertained as a matter of course. Evidently, Mr. Troup has a large sheaf of dilatory and be deviling motions up his sleeve, and Judge Banker purposes to give him a free hand in the use of them to defeat Justice. Of course, a new trial means that the labor and expense of the trial which has just resulted in a conviction were thrown ajvay. This must be some body's fault, and the only person who can possibly be blamed for it is Judge Banker himself. As presiding Judge, it .was his duty to see that the trial jyas conducted fair ly and according to the rules ? law. If it was not so conducted, he should be punished for his negligence, igno rance or complicity. He was certainly derelict in his duty. The necessity for granting a new trial is a disgrace to a Judge. It is the best possible evidence that he is incompetent for his position. Judge Banker's fawning haste to as sure the trust lawyer in effect that he could have as many new trials as he chose to ask for was a luminous com mentary on his judicial character. Contrast with this compliant Judge the attitude of Judge Holt, of the Uni ted States Circuit Court, who has just imposed a fine of $105(000 on tho, New York Central Kallroad for granting re bates to the sugar trust. While this important case was pending, Judge Holt never found it necessary to make salaams and apologies to the culprit trtist. He maintained the dignity and impartiality which becomes his office, and when the verdict of guilty came in ho Imposed a penalty which was pro portionate to the crime. Throughout the trial at Findlay Judge Banker seems to have trembled in his shoes lest he should be guilty of helping convict the Standard Oil Com pany. vHe has maintained the attitude of a spaniel at its master's feet. Seem ingly he could not endure the thought that the great and good Mr. Rocke feller's trust should be punished like an ordinary criminal. All this illus trates the reasons for excluding the monopolies from politics and forbidding them to Interfere with elections, espe cially the elections of Judges. AN OLD-NEW QUESTION. The vexed question in a time of many vexed questions is the old one old but ever new of domestic or household service. It is discussed up one side nd down the other by women in a neigh borly way, by women In clubs, by cor respondents in newspapers, by Labor Commissioners and by editorial writers, and still no conclusion is reached. The problem remains unsolved. Is it tin- solvable? If any question in this age of expedients, of intellectual force and of progress may bo so called, then cer tainly this one is entitled to the first place in that discouraging category The statement of State Labor Commis sioner Hon, published In The Oregonlan yesterday, is merely a recapitulation of things that have been said a thou sand times. Literally speaking, we "hear till unheard, the same old slob bered tale." First, domestic help ob jects to the title of "servant." Cater ing to this feeling, the Ladles' Home Journal several years ago proposed that the term "helper" be substituted, and many women adopted this suggestion. only to find that "helpers" are not more plentiful. or more satisfactory in the domestic realm than are servants, Next, it is argued that domestic help ers should meet on terms of equality with the employer and her daughters; that they should, in brief, be as daugh ters in the house and be accorded full social privileges. Of course, no one but a man would ever make a suggestion of this kind, and he would abandon the idea, the first time the helper came in to 6pend the evening in the parlor with the family and guest?. It would soon be manifest, and to none more pain fully than, herself, that, though, with them, she was not of them. This state ment does not necessarily reflect die credit upon either party. As well re proach oil and water because they re fuse to mix. Each is valuable in its own sphere or line, and, Indeed; indis pensable therein. Why gird at them because in the nature of things they will not blend? Why open the ques tion of superiority or inferiority in the matter, and " waste strength in vain striving to overcome an elemental con ditlon? Many a capable, conscientious worker in the domestic realm is superior in the virtues of kindness and helpfulness to the supercilious employer who nags her. But is not the same thing true in every other department of labor? Who has not seen a sensitive, well-bred girl behind a counter flush painfully at the brusque rebuke of a floorwalker for some mora or less trivial mistake in- volving annoyance or delay" to a cus tomer? Is this any easier to bear than he rebuke which the domestic worker receives from her employer for allow? ing the bread to burn, or for serving cold eoup or soggy potatoes? Is It not, indeed, harder to bear because it Is more publicly given? But why argue this question? It is a -condition, not a theory,- that con fronts the housekeepers of the country under the head of the domestic prob- em. It is for individual women to work out, each In her own home. Pa tience, humanity, common sense, are ts potent factors. Eliminate one of these, and the desired result that 'of efficient, cheerful domestic service will be difficult to secure. Eliminate all of them, and chaos in the domestioej-ealm results. Apply any or all othese qual ities to the solution of the question, and the effort will sometimes fail, for the simple and sufficient reason that the material to which they are applied is1 not responsive- to their wholesome in fluence. If women in their homes can not settle this question. It will probably remain in Its present chaotic state now perhaps better, again worse, and never, except in rare individual cases, quite satisfactory. MB. VARDAMAN'S PROVINCIALISM. Mr. Vardaman's remarks at Chicago upon the negro, question make strange reading. Their ferocious inhumanity is not so startling as their complete in--difference to fact. Take his statement, for example, that "the matter of white supremacy or negro domination in the South is at fever heat." Could any thing be more absurdly false? Among some of the Southern whites there Is, indeed, a feverish exhibition of Tace hatred, and here and there the poor, frightened negroes make some faint show of trying to protect themselves; but the question of "supremacy" was settled long ago. If ever a race was completely cowed, and subdued, that is the condition of the Southern negroes today. Disfranchised, deprived of civil rights, compelled to travel In Inferior cars, excluded from hotels and restau rants, herded by .themselves In sepa rate schools, worked in chain gangs for trifling offenses what more in the way of subjection could Mr. Vardaman de sire. He says that he wishes "to show the negro his proper place in our sys tem of government," and o accom plish it he intends to secure the repeal of the fifteenth amendment, to the Con stitution, if possible. What, according to Mr. Vardaman and those who agree with him. Is the negro's proper place in our system of government? He makes the matter clear by explaining that the black man is a mere chattel." At least he at tributes such an opinion to Jefferson, and indicates his own agreement with It. Now, Jefferson never held or ex pressed such an opinion of the blacks. Mr. Vardaman'6 statement that he did so is another instance of his indiffer ence to fact. But, leaving aside the opinions of Jefferson, Washington, Clay and other great men of the South from whom Vardaman, Tillman and Thomas Dixon, Jr., might learn abundant les sons of common sense and humanity, let us inquire whether there is a place in our system-of government for ten million human beings who are mere chattels. A chattel is something which can be bought and sold. It has no rights which its owner is bound to re spect. A human being who is a chattel is a slave. And there Is no doubt from all that Mr. Vardaman has to say on the race question that he believes the negro was In his proper place when he was a slave, and that to restore him to his proper place he must be enslaved again. That there Is a. class of men in the South who ardently long for the restoration of negro- slavery there can be no doubt whatever, unless language in their mouths means nothing. How would the free labor of the North relish the prospect of competing with chattel labor in the South? If the pauper labor of Europe is some thing to be dreaded and fended off by tariffs, what of chattel labor In the mills of Georgia and Alabama? If the white workman fears that the compe tition of Asiatics would lower his stand ard of living and debase our civiliza tion, what would be the effect of com petition with chattel labor? How could the Northern manufacturer pay civilized wages to his workmen when his South ern competitor had numberless hordes Bf chattels to drive to their toil with the lash, and to whom, he need pay no more than the bare cost of their sub sistence? It may be predicted that the prospect of seeing the negro reduced again to the condition of a chattel would not please the elf-respecting la boring man of the North, or the South either. To degrade the laborer de grades labor itself. Free men cannot work in competition with chattels. In fact, there is no place In our system of government for a servile, dehumanized chattel race. Mr. Vardaman will find the repeal of the fifteenth amendment an impossible task even from that pinnacle of influ ence in the United States Senate to which he aspires. The North has looked on with indifference while the South disfranchised the negroes by evasion of the law; but that is a very different thing from openly taking a hand In un doing the work of Lincoln and Grant and reversing the verdict of the Civil War. The fifteenth amendment cannot be repealed; and, if it could, what would the South gain? The repeal would permit the disfranchisement of the blacks; but they are already dis franchised, while, by the pleasant fic tion that they can still vote, the South ern whites enjoy double representation in Congress. The repeal of the en franchising amendment would do noth ing for the South that trickery has not already done; while the open attempt to perpetrate such an outrage on civili zation would excite bitter opposition in the North. Undoubtedly it would lead either to the nullification of the Southern disfranchising laws or to the curtailment of the Soifthern delegations in Congress. If Mr. Vardaman Is wise he will forego his project, lest a worse thing befall him. Vardaman's opinion that negro as saults upon white women grow out of their aspiration for social equality is the raving of a mailman. Probably the current epidemic of these offenses arises from suggestion. The hysterical dis cussion of the matter which rages throughout the South has excited a morbid proclivity. Just as it will in the case of any class of, crimes, and among any class of people. What Mr. Varda man and his compeers" need is a little more association with men of sane in tellect an" civilized opinions. Their principal defect as statesmen Is their provincialism. The production of metals in the Uni ted States, and, indeed, throughout the world, has reached enormous propor tons. This extends to iron, lead, silver, gold and copper. Not in a quarter of a century has copper been as dear as it is. today, notwithstanding the great output a fact attributable to the de mand made noon it hv armMed elec trical science. The United States alone f this year will smelt 2,000,000 ton? more Iron than has ever gone through American blast furnaces in twelve months, while more gold will be mined in 1906 than in any single year since a record was kept of gold production. The world Is saidto be "metal mad," but the truth is that production, with all of Its enormous activity, can scarce ly keep pace with consumption. The report of the Oregon Tax Com mission, appointed in pursuance of an act of the last Legislature, has been published in pamphlet form, and Is ready for distribution. The substance of the report has already been pub lished In the Dews columns of The Ore gonlan, and is in general familiar to all readers of this paper. Those who take special interest In tax legislation and who desire to be heard regarding tax laws to be enacted next Winter will do well to secure a copy of the re port and study It more in detail. The report occupies over 300 pages, and can not be thoroughly understood after only one reading. Copies can be se cured from County Clerks in any coun ty in the state. It has Just been discovered that the books of the Washington State Insane Asylum at Steilacoom are in very bad shape, and have been since 1871. This gives an unpleasant jar to those in this state who have been advocating a State Board of Control such as holds power in Washington over the state institutions. A State Board of Control does not look as good to us as it did. According to the dispatches. Insane pa tients whd have been dead for many years were carried on the books and recorded as in good health. One can't help wondering whether appropriations have been received all these years for the support-of those who are dead but recorded as living. With our favorable balance of trade, which, according to stand-pat econom ics, must be paid in coin, why are we buying gold -in London? Russia's plight Is comprehensible enough. She is bull ing the price of her own bonds bV de pleting her gold reserve. France and Germany are unloading Russian bonds quietly, but steadily, and the strain on the European financial system must be enormous. The United States and Ar gentina, particularly the latter, can buy gold with their exports, but Russia's case is different. When the Czar can borrow no more he will be bankrupt. Then the crash will come. Labor Commissioner Hoff says that the word "servant" and the low social position a "servant" must take are re sponsible for the difficulty In securing domestic help. Let's appeal to Presi dent Roosevelt, who makes and un makes languages, to give us a better word and establish a new line of thought which will make housework honorable in the opinions of the people. Let Roosevelt but say the word and the "hired girl" shall be held In higher esteem than the stenographer or clerk. Then the troubles of the housewife will be over. Two Danish Princes have started on a visit to the Far East, and will prob ably return by way of America. If they cross this continent they will have opportunity to see many of their coun trymen, now thriving American citi zens, of whom this country is proud. The -Danes are a hard-working, thrifty and law-abiding people. Though we have not so many of them as we have of a number of other nationalities, we see in every part of the country, espe cially in the North and West, the evi dence of their thrift. The Ladd estate, which owes its origin to the liquor trade, runs an anti-liquor and prohibition newspaper, yet runs also the biggest bar in Portland, at the Portland Hotel, and through its news paper congratulates the Weinhard brewery on the enterprise It shows In doubling its capacity and output. Mr. William Ladd is chief and master of all this versatility. And he runs a pul pit besides, which consigns to hades all unbelievers. "Tllly-vally, Sir John, ne'er tell me!" The National Bankers' Association does not take kindly to Secretary snaw s nai money seneroe. xne oank ers have a plan of their own for issu ing "credit," which is fiat, money that would make a Middle-of-the-Road Pop ulist sick with envy. The heresy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next. Chauncey M. Depew has been re elected a director of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Encouraged by this assurance of the esteem in -which he is held by his fellow-citizens, he should become a candidate for some office to be filled by popular vote. He might learn a few things. The flurry in Wall street is an in vitation to the lambs to sell their hold ings to the "System" at bargain prices. When the flurry is over, the lambs will be invited to buy the same stocks back again at a premium. Thus the ma chine works. Congregational churches of Oregon will endeavor to raise $1 per member for home missions. This dollar con tribution movement starts out tinder better promise than that of the Repub lican and Democratic parties .for cam paign funds. . Judge Banker may be able to inter pret the law entirely to Standard Oil's" satisfaction, but that Jury was able to get at the facts entirely to the public satisfaction. The loser "of a gold umbrella-handle learns from an advertisement that it was found safe, near the gas com pany's office. That person was born lucky. Current Washington County papers bring the cheering news that Dr. C. L. Large, bong-tong commissioner of Im migration, still has his hand in J. J. Bill has been sued in New York for $10,000,000, on a railroad deal. That little Judgment won't wswry Hill any, if the case goes against him. The Findlay jury sang a few hymns and then found a verdict against Stand ard Oil. Wasn't that rubbing it in just a trifle hard on John D. ? It is best to be clean, and it pays to be straight. It comes hard, sometimes, and it grinds. Yet "the wages of ein is death.' - ROOSEVEL.T, ROCKEFELLER, BRYAN Three) Contrary Opinions on Govern ment Ownership and Trusts. The Baltimore News prints a symposium from . three distinguished sources Presi dent Roosevelt, John D. Rocketeller and William Jennings Bryan on live issues of today. President Roosevelt's ideas: Government ownership of railroads would be evil in Its results from every standpoint. To exercise constantly in creasing and more efficient control over common carriers prevents all necessity for Government ownership. Our civilization shall not be the civiliz ation of a mere plutocracy, a banking- house. Wall-street syndicate civilization; nor yet can there be submission to class hatred. " An extension of the National power to oversee and secure correct behavior in the management of all great corporations engaged in interstate business will render more stable the present system of doing away with grave abuses. "It is our duty to see that there is adequate supervision and control over the business use of swollen fortunes of to day, and also to determine the conditions under which these fortunes are to be transmitted and the percentage that they shall pay to the Government. Only the Nation can do this." Rockefeller's Ideas. If we limit opportunity, we will have put the brakes on our National develop ment. Will the individual strive for suc cess if he knows the hard-won prize is to be snatched from his fingers at the last by his Government? We are still too young a Nation to begin tearing down. We must build up for years to come. The very children ' in the streets should be taught the need of our development. At this critical stage we are giving the enemy ammunition to fire at us. Take the attack we made on our own packing business, for instance. 'Reducing the value of our production means less work, less wages and less business transactions at the very least. It is checking our development instead of "furthering it." Bryan's Ideas. I do not know what the sentiment of the people of. this country or the ma jority of the members of the party to which I have the honor to belong may be, but I have reached the conclusion that there will be no permanent relief from extortionate rates until the rail roads are the property of the Govern ment and operated by the Government in the Interests of the people. 'But 'a dangerous centralization is a danger that cannot be brushed aside, and because I believe that the ownership of all the railroads by the Federal Govern ment would so centralize power as to virtually obliterate state lines I favor the Federal ownership of trunk lines only and the state ownership of all the rest of the railroads. "To my mind tho great Issue in this country is tlie trust question and the questions that grow out of it. The time has come when the people who create corporations shall restrain them for the protection of the public. Very Tall Bulldlnfrs Cause Lunacy. North American. The Lancet publishes a description by Dr. Mercier, a famous physician on men tal diseases, of how a patient was cured of agorophobia, a rare disease, which is seldom cured. It is a nerve disease of the cities. The subject craves to be near some tall vertical structure. When away he has dread of impending danger. In going to and from his office the pa tient treated by Dr. Mercier would sneak through all the alleys, courts and narrow streets he could use. When he came to a wide street he was seized with a reason less panic, and had to take a bus. If it were not very wide he might get through by holding on to a cart. Bridges were impassable to him. If he were compelled to go over a bridge he had to get into a bus some time before he reached it, and keep his eyes shut while he crossed. For his disease Dr. Mercier found no cure, but the man's daughter finally cured him. She ran away with a married man to whom the patient objected very strong ly. The shock completely cured the dis ease, and it is the only case of a com plete cure that Dr. Mercier has ever known of. Secretary Taft Has a Little List. Baltimore News. Secretary Taft is accumulating a for midable list sol official distinction. The extent of it to date is about as follows: Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, Judge of the united States Circuit Court, So licitor-General of the United States, Gov ernor-General of the Philippines, Secre tary of War, Provisional Governor of Cuba. Taft and the Kaiser. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Secretary Taft la for the nonce Emperor of Cuba- News. Oh! -what will Kaiser Wilhelm say When he shall "near the news? Another reignine; wnilam, eh? Will 'Wilhelm have the blues? Will -vVllhelm tear hi rialr and swear ' "By his great royal will And majesty there shall not be Another reigning Bill? Will William mild drive Wilhelm wild? Ob, what will VVllhelm So? Will William Taft drive Wilhelm flaftt With being royal, too? Will William make the Kaiser hot Or will he ope' the gate And bid him stand -with "Me und Gott"- A great triumvirate ? SOLID FOR 4 .-5ii -.-'"t.JFffJsa -SJTri Ji-fCt?peiV' sssaimaS'k,wjr. --$rz: fasar St rXCLE JOE" AS A SCHOOLBOY The Time That He Resolved to Do or Die In Congress. Plainfield Correspondence Indianapolis News. , " 'Joe' Cannon and I used to sit side by side in the old Industrial School at Bloomingdale back in the late '4os. Joe's' father, old Dr. Cannon, was a broad- brimmed-hat and black-coated Quaker. Joe s mother wore the Quaker dress and bonnet, and 'Joe' knows how to talk the' thee-and-thou' language as well as I do, but I guess he doesn't use it much now." Exum Newlin, who for more than ten years has been the bellrlnger of the Western Yearly Meetings, stood with his bell in his hand as he recalled the old days. "Why, I recollect," he continued, "just as well as though it was yesterday, that cne day 'Joe looked up from his books and said: 'I'm going to Congress.' He wrote it on the blackboard and signed it 4 "Joe" Cannon'.' It was recess time, and when Barnabas Hobbs"1 our teacher, called 'Books' again he took about live minutes in commending 'Joe's' high re solve and urging all of us boys and girls to work to high standards. Well, 'Joe's' been there about 35 years. - " 'Joe' was a good scholar and a bright boy. His father was a grand old type of the early Quakers. He was a physi cian who went where and when duty called. A call came one night when Su- ar Creek -was up, and he threw his sad dle-bags ever his horse and started. The swollen Sugar Creek had to be forded. ell. sir. no one ever saw him again. His body was never found. He was one of the six founders of the Bloomingdale school.". Hale and Hearty at 306 Years. New York Herald. Oldest of all living things in New York is the big tortoise of the Bronx Zoolog ical Park, which is 306 years old. He was a "slider" when buffalo were graz ing on what is now the White House lawn at Washington (Memoirs of Colonel Sam uel Argall, Deputy Governor of Virginia, 1612). In the first 300 years of his life he attained a weight of 156 pounds. In the last six he has gained 81 pounds. And he keeps on getting fatter and bigger, greatlyj disconcerting scientists who have been accepting as a fact that the size of the big Sauth Pacific tortoises was an in dication of their wealth of centuries of age. Buster is the tortoise's name. His shell and his flesh are . worthless, and he is too old to add to his ancient Hne, now practically extinct.. He came from the Gallapagos group to the Bronx six years ago, but not directly. His race is for gotten on the islands, tnd only a few specimens are distributed In zoological parks over the civilized world. In spite of his years and the new en vironment into which he has teen cast. Buster Is healthy, and promises to live to a hearty old age of a thousand or so. He is very gentle, and eats from the hands of his keepers. Correct Court Trljronometry. Indianapolis, Ind., Dispatch. As a prisoner was brought before Judge Sherman for sentence the clerk happened to be abs&nt. Judge Sherman asked the officer in charge of the prisoner what the offense was with which lie was charged. "Bigotry, Your Honor. He's been married to three women." "Why, officer, that's not bigotry," said the Judge; "that's trig onometry." "Chaos," Says Editor Watterson. LntisvIHe Courier-Journal. There is doctrinal politics nowhere. In the South we have had but .one issue, the everlasting nigger. In the North they have but one. the everlasting dollar. Both North and South, only dog-eat-dog poll tics, tempered here and there by Social ism, calling itself Democracy, and here and there venality, calling Itself Repub licanism. "Charley" Husrhea and Whiskers. - Chicago Record-Herald. The Republican candidate for Governor of New York is now being referred to by some of his enthusiastic followers as "Charley" Hughes. It must require a good deal of courage to call a man "Charley" to his face when he has such whiskers as Mr. Hughes wears. The Aces of "Bawled" and BaId." PhiladelDhia Press. . A well-known Lowell man recently In vited a dozen friends to his house on the occasion of his 60th birthday anni versary, and here is the way he informed them relative to the event: "Bawled. September 3, 1846. Bald, September 3, 1506." "Buffaloed." W. J. Lampton in New York Sun. What's the matter with the party Jefferson had brought Out of one-man ministration Which the narrow-minded Aught? Brought it out and took the lid off; Laid it open to the lot What's the matter with the party? It Is Buffaloed that's what. What's the matter wltn the party Andrew Jackson lifted up Where the thirsty victor took his Tipple from the victor's cup? Held It for the Nation's credit. Licked secession on the spot-: What's the matter with the party 7 It. Is Buffaloed that's what. What's the matter with the party Samuel Tllden glorified When he led It to surrender Victory and rights and pride - For the welfare of the Nation, Which was threatened had he not? What's the matter -with the party? It is Buffaloed that's what. HEARST From the New York Herald. SOME FEATURES OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN First and foremost, all the world's news by Associated Press, special correspondents and members of The Oreroulan stun", maklns; the fullest and most complete record ot any 1 Pacific Coant newspaper. i DANGEROUS WORK ON THE BED OF THE WILLAMETTE Men are n'ow sinking the ftr.st pier for the North Hank RAilroad bridge across the Willamette lilver below Sfran Island. Inside of a caisson, which rests? on the mud of the river's bottom. courageous laborers are excavating the silt which is carried away by a steam pump. A member of The Oregonlan staff with two artists went down into the dark depths this week and tells of the work going on that no man -sves from tle surface or the shore. Compressed air constantly forced into the cais.son sustains the super incumbent weight of 900 tons. In this air the men work, always mindful of the iltnger. yet never afraid. No one who cares for me chanics will fail to be Interested in the story. HOMER DAVENPORTS INVASION OF ARABIAN DESERT He recently returned from Turkey where ho was sent by the Woman's Home C'omianlo!i to write and illustrate a series of articles an tho Arabian .horso and his history. Tho Oregon cartoonist, accompanied by two other giants and armed with a letter from President Roosevelt, did the impossible; secured from Akmut Hafiz' desert. -7 pure blooded hor.se.s and mares, part of which are now on 1U farm in Morris Plains, N. J. Davenport tells In his own way the main ineklants of the expedition. WHERE COLONEL EDWARD D. BAKER FELL Tomorrow is the Forty-fifth anni versary of the battle of Ball's Bluff, near Icosburg, Va.. where Oregon's distinguished Ponator gave up his life for his country. A correspondent tells how this battle-field is to be made accessible as a natural cemetery. GENERAL JAMES F. BELL ON MILITARY TOPICS A special "Washington correspon dent ssnds what General Bell de clares is his lirst and last in terview. Tills talk with the chief of staff, "now In command of -the army of Pacification in Cuba, is more than' Interesting, because tho Philippine' hero is made to talk ot himself. JUDGE BEN LIND5EY, THE BAD BOY AND THE OLD 'UN Intensely human story of a handi capped youngster in Denver who tried his best but . It will perhaps be best not to divulge tho result. Phrtlands Juvenile Court has many cases not widely dif ferentiated from Judge Lindsey's ward. WORLD'S TWO MOST ENTERPRISING SEAPORTS A well Illustrated article by Dexter Marshall detailing the neck and neck race between Antwerp and Hamburg for the supremacy of Continental Kurope. , It must in terest every Portlander as showing what is in store for this city as a shipping center before it has at tained one fourth the age of the German port. IN THE THICK OF NEW YORK THEATERS A. H. Ballard tells of a few dis tinct successes In the outwarrl parade of magnlllcent shnm on tho Great White way. Incidentally ho mentions "Knows" that Portland will see this season. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ON TIMELY TOPICS Nothing better illustrates what the plain people are thinking about than the page of letters con tributed to The Oregonian from all sections of the Pacllic Northwest. WILL TAFT REPEAT ROOSEVELT'S SUCCESS Invasion of Cuba at the head of the Rough Riders sent Roosevelt to the presidency. A correspondent discusses whether Taft's mission as pacillcator may not have the same result for the big war secre tary. , v SOCIETY, MUSIC AND DRAMA Nearly an entire section of The Sunday Oregonlan is gi'en over to these departments. Everything of Importance is printed, from the an nouncement of engagements and descrintions of weddings to notes t of stage life. The attractions of the local playhouses are rtiscusseti and announcement Is made of tho bills for the coming weeks. These departments are Illustrated with reproductions of photographs and sketches. GOSSIP AND NEWS OF THE WORLD OF SPORTS The real opening of the football season in the Northwest will bo witnessed today. Nearly all of tho important teams will play today under the new rules, and tomorrow full details of the game 'will be given in The Oregonlan. Accurate descriptions of football games, both local and Eastern, will be found In tho sporting department. Other seasonable sports are also given due attention. NEEDS OF THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME The work tfnd needs of the Florence Crittenton Home In Portland aro the subject of a special article. The institution has been accomplishing much, but to meet the work of the growing city requires a more gen erous financial support. Money Is now needed for the new building which is being constructed for the home on the Hast Side. BOOK REVIEWS. AND NEWS OF LITERARY FIELD What's going on in the book world is pictured on the book page, and among the new books reviewed this week are: "The Airship Dra- " gon-Fly," by William J. Hopkins: "Princess Marltza," by Percy Brebner; "The Saint," by Antonio Fogazzaro; "Harfl-ng of St. Tim othy's," by Arthur Stanwood Pier; "A Borrowed Slater." by Kllza Orhe White; "Step by Step," by Mrs. George Sheldon Downs, "The Man in the Case," by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; "Montlivet." by Alice PreseottSmlth: "The Face of Clay," by Horace A. Vachell: "The, 1'Aon and the Mouse." ny Charles Klein; "American Hero Stories." by Dr. Eva March Tappan; "Snow Bound." by John Greenleaf WHU tler; "The Second Violin," by Grace S. Richmond: "Tho Divert ing History of John Gilpin," en graved by Robert Seaver; "The Pursuit of Happiness," by George Hodges; "Scarlett of the Mounted." by Marguerite -Merington; "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas." by Charles Dickens; "Miserere," .by Mabel . Wagnalls; "Richard the Brazen." by Cyrus Townsend Brady and Ed , ward Peple: "Brothers and SIs- ters," by Abbie Farwell Brown. 1 3 X