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Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager five wagons. I.ulilllrld. Nev. Louie Follln; C. K. Hunter. Ktircka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND. FRIDAY, JANUARY SI, 1908. CAUSES OF rXCTUEASrSQ INSANITY. Tho relative number of Insane per sons In the world is increasing, but it dues not Increase so fast as one would suppose from tho records of the crim inal courts. Fifty years ago the de fense of Insanity was comparatively rare; now it is more common than any other. The lawyers have grad ually built up a working definition of insanity which Is so complicated, tortuous' and vague that thefe are very few homicides which cannot be brought within , its bounds. Any ec centric escapade in the course of a long life, a sudden outburst of tem per, a career of Immoderate vice, such things as these suffice to make out a case of insanity in court and plenty of experts seem to be always ready to dress them up In a ponder ous and learned way so that they look impressive. Almost everybody can remember acts of his own which In tho hands of a capable lawyer would show that he was Insane should occasion- arise. Indeed, It would be a good plan for people to form the habit of setting down in a diary the unusual things which they may happen to do from time to time. Nobody knows how soon the record might become invaluable, since most of us would commit murder under sufficient temptation, and it Is best to bo ready with a prepared defense. Quite apart from tho misleading records- of the courts an actual in crease of Insanity has been noted in recent years. Contrary to the com mon opinion, it is most noticeable in cities. The Springfield Republican quotes Dr. Pauline Leader, of one of tho Iowa hospitals for the insane, to the effect that the much discussed preponderance of insanity in rural districts Is Imaginary. "No more farmers' wives become insane than from any other class." she says, add ing that tho healthy, active, outdoor life of the farm is more healthful and more generally beneficial to mind and body than the life led by laborious women in cities. It has never been argued that farm work made women insane: It was the loneliness of their lives that was supposed to be dele terious. Perhaps years ago, when Iowa and the Dakotas were thinly settled, this cause may have been more active than it is now and- we may accept rr. Leader's statement without giving up the belief that soli tude and monotony tend to destroy the intellect. Persons familiar with tho business of grazing sheep on the desert .ranges know how prone the herders are to lose their minds. The effect of solitude upon the brain has often been taken for a theme by authors and seldom has it been worked out more dramatically than in the late noval called "The Fugitive Blacksmith." There is every ground for believing that lonely existence, day after day, in the monotonous drudgery would affect a farmer's wife just as it would a sheep herder. , It is interesting to remark here that those who oppose the . parcels post and other means of ameliorating the conditions of country life are really laboring to increase the num ber of the insane; but since the plu tocratic corporations slay men's bodies without the least scruple when it will increase their dividends, there is no reason to suppose that they would hesitater to slay's, women's minds for the same purpose. The mere fact that a parcels post would lessen the disease and misery of country life will not move the ex press trust to cease Its opposition. Like other trusts, it thrives on disease and fattens on misery. As country districts grow well populated and neighborly society de velops fewer people become Insane. Life on a small farm in a populous community probably comes nearer to normal human existence than any other in the modern world. The city Is deleterious to the mental faculties from causes which are the opposite of solitude and monotony. It im poses the strain of constant excite ment, unceasing noise, relentless worry. Preventable noises in the city are responsible for a great deal of insanity. Such noises as the racket of trolley cars cannot be abolished, though they could be diminished; but one of the worst of all these disease breeding nuisances, the barking of dogs in the night, might be abated entirely. Could the cases -where this needless . abomination has caused death , or insanity " be collected : they would present a formidable array. There Is absolutely no excuse for per mitting dogs to exist within the limits of a city. Apart from their filth and noise, they are diligent propagators of diphtheria. '. ' . The worry which causes Insanity generally relates to property. It arises -among the poor from, the per petual grin of the wolf at the door, and among the well-to-rdo from the fear of losing what they have in the savings bank. In stock investments, or in some other place of insecurity. To future historians one" of the; most striking features of the age we live in will be the- general insecurity of property. They will wonder .t the stupidity of this generation in failing to devise some method of making our possessions safe. The sense of inse curity is prevalent and Incessant. It grinds both rich and poor and prob ably causes more insanity than any other defect In civilization. It not only alloys the pleasures of life but it adds to the horrors of death, for few men leave the world without some doubt in "their minds whether or not their families can keep what has been left them. No matter how large and well invested an Inheritance may be the chance is about even that it will be lost in the mutations of finance. IT IS OREGON'S CAUSE. The favor of a visit has been paid The Oregonian by Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Cotton of the railway combine that has long had Oregon bottled up. The object of the visit was to protest against a statement made some days ago by The Oregonian, to the effect that the roads were not kept up to a proper degree of repair, betterment, efficiency and safety. This, they say, is unfair and untrue, because much money has been spent on improve ment of the roads and they are in excellent condition; and so are the equipment and service. If these things are true the people of 'Oregon certainly are unreasonable, if not lacking in intelligence. Most of us have been under the impression that the roads and the service have been dragging along in any old way, deemed good enough for Oregon. But the complaint is not against the local management. It lies against the policy pursued by the stock-jobbers of New York, who control the whole system, and milk it to the utmost, while refusing or withholding the ex tensions and the service due to Ore gon. No small part of the contribu tion to the recent financial crisis was due to the enormous operations of these plungers, who, instead of ren dering the country the railroad service it requires, gamble, with the money and the credit at their com mand with stocks and bonds all round the board. Oregon is not satis tied with her share -of the treatment and its consequences; and if this newspaper is able to say a word that can get attention,, in expression of the dissatisfaction of the people of Oregon, it is thereby performing one of its most important duties' to the publie. THE WAY OF THE POLITICIAN. . Mr Bryan shows himself a super ficial observer and incorrect thinker, when he says that "predatory wealth can protect itself more easily from National legislation than from state legislation." The contrary -Is true, in fact. It is always easy for "the inter ests" to control the local legislatures. Upon them, one by one, the effort may be directed. For example, the legislation of Pennsylvania and New Jersey is and has been for years just what "the interests" have wished. On the other hand, it Is seldom that any private steal can be got through Con gress. If you mention protective tariff for refutation of this remark, the answer is that protective tariff, in one phase or another, has support from every state of the Union and from members of every party. Mem bers of Congress from Louisiana and Texas unite with members from Ohio and Massachusetts to - support it. Tariff is a subject of National legisla tion. Were it a subject of state legis lation, the jobs in it would run to in finity. In municipal and state fran chises the greatest of all jobs are per petrated, and the most numerous. The reason is that predatory wealth can so easily control state legislation. It is not surprising that when a man talks as much as Mr. Bryan does he is unable to keep an account of his own opinions. Though he professes to oppose centralization, and to be an advocate of the Jeffersonian doctrine as to the rights and powers of the states, as against the National Gov ernment, no Hamiltonian has ever gone so far as he has in the direction of centralization. He has proposed Government ownership of 'railroads, Federal license of corporations. Gov ernment guarantee of bank deposits, and even Federal police work in the states, as regulation of child labor. There may be wonder -why Mr. Bryan so distrusts state power at one time and exalts it at another. But this or the like of it is the privilege, or at least the habit, of the enterprising politician, who is outside the works and wants to get inside the works. If was distinctly Jefferson's method, who denounced all the policies of the Federalists, and yet when he reached the Presidency not only accepted their policies in the main, but went in many important ways much further in the direction ot centralized power, than they had done. ' FIE UPOX THEM. The young woman who was dis charged by the California' Bank Com missioners because she knew more than they, did and served the public more faithfully happened to find a new position at once. She therefore suffers no inconvenience and the Commissioners will receive their merited portion of scorn and con tempt. But suppose this girl had not been acquainted with the president of the California Trust Company. Her discharge might then have . been a serious matter vand it would have bitten all the deeper because she was punished for her merits and not for her deficiencies. The lesson to be learned is not en tirely clear. Shall subordinate of ficials cultivate the habit pf not being too competent and active, or shall their, superiors try somewhat more energetically to earn their salaries? Would it not be(a strange and happy transformation in political life if every official were to begin from this day to strive diligently to give value received for his pay? The new bustle and hustle that would ensue in publio offices would be a little disconcerting at the outset, but in time we should get used to it, and it is quite likely that everybody except the officials themselves would enjoy the change. Perhaps even they would come to enjoy it after a while, for it is really more satisfactory to feel that one earns what he receives than to be .a thinly disguised object of charity, as too many public officials are at present. One of our greatest needs in this country is a set of public officers who understand their duties well enough not to feel jealous of their female clerks and, with courage enough to do what their oath pf office requires. MR. I.ITTLKI IEI.D'S WAIL. It is, of course, quite natural that Mr. Littlefield should rant and protest against the appropriation of $1,000, 000 for coal and for freights thereon for the Pacific squadron. . This pro test from ' the patriotic man from Maine is not made from any objection to the fleet's making the voyage .to the Pacific. - Neither can he find any legitimate reason for the purchase of the coal or for its shipment in foreign ships, which carried it at such a low figure that the Government has saved a vast sum of money on freight alone. In his vigorous objection to the ap propriation asked, Mr. Littlefield was merely taking advantage of an oppor tunity to say a few words in favor of that long-sought graft, the ship sub sidy. Mr. Littlefield asserted that, under the act of 1817, which Is still in force, the coal which had been shipped in foreign bottoms should have been seized and sold. -There are people in this country who have for years watched the movements of the Little fields, Gallingers, Humphreys, and all their retinue of millionaire shipown ers, and who, in despair of securing honest legislation for a ' merchant marine, might now welcome seizure of some of these foreign vessels car rying American coal. Such sel2ure Would force th.s Government to act in a speedy and businesslike manner, and in a very short time the Amer ican flag would float over a great fleet of vessels that are now available to registry under any other flag on earth except the Stars and Stripes. No precedent would have been estab lished had the Government, instead of chartering the fleet of foreign steamers to carry the coal, simply purchased them outright. This was the expedient resorted to with signal success during the war with Spain, a few years ago,and today all of the best ships in the auxiliary service of the Navy and War Departments are foreign-built craft that were hastily pressed Into service at a time when stress of circumstances compelled substitution of ship subsidy bun combe by plain business sense. The Government offered a- freight bonus of 60 per cent for American vessels to carry coal for the fleet and several thousand tons are now afloat In American bottoms. This extra 50 per cent comes out of the money paid Into the treasury for the account of the people as a whole, and the profits of a few rich shipowners are thus en hanced at the expense of many thou sands of people who would prefer cheap ships to high freights. Mr. Littlefield is correct in his statement that our naval fleet was without power to support itself within the radius of its operations, but if he had the interest of his country as much at heart as he has the interests of the shipping trust, he would offer as a substitute to the ship subsidy bill a measure granting power to the Gov ernment to take . advantage of the present low . prices of foreign ship ping, and to secure a fleet of colliers and other tenders for our Navy. The bill should also permit American citi zens to buy foreign ships, and place them under the American flag SIMULATED POWER. Edward VII opened -the British Parliament Wednesday with medieval pomp nd ceremony. The grandeur of this function was for many years, during the long reign of Queen Victoria, obscured by the black shadow ot the personal grief of the sovereign. The throne, almost lit erally, was hung with crepe for more than a generation, the queen refusing to be consoled for the death of the Prince Consort, and keeping up through all these years the outward signs of mourning in her apparel and in her public as well as private life. The British people, 'who delight in outward insignia of power, chafed at the lugubrious spectacle presented by a throne in perpetual mourning, though they repressed for the most part audible murmurs out of tender veneration for their widowed queen. Edward VII, very early in his reign, disclosed the hand of a man at the helm by opening Parliament with great pomp less than a month after the death of the queen. The scene of Wednesday was but a repetition of that of February 14, 1901, the occasion being one of the most brilliant state ceremonies in the long history of the British realm. The king's speech held but the com monplace utterances of the constitu tional monarch and was received with scant Interest by the lords of the realm and the government of ficials gathered In the throne room; but the 'loyal and enthusiastic multi tude, shut out from the Inner circle of royalty, lined the route from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in full enjoyment of the spectacle presented by the grand pageant. Edward VII is a constitutional monarch in the sense prescribed by that term. Hence, neither women clamoring for suffrage, nor Irish Na tionalists demanding a fair hearing before the courts can expect anything by special favor or Intervention of the king. The throne of England, as occupied for more than sixty years by Victoria the most conservative of sovereigns is satisfactory to her son. He will enjoy the panoply of power, without troubling himself or his ad visers about questions of reform. The Chicago wheat market went off with a rush yesterday, the May option showing a loss of nearly 2 cents per bushel. The excuse offered for this extraordinary weakness was heavy shipments from the Argentine, together with fairly heavy exports from this country. Fortunately for the United States, the farmers have marketed the greater part of the sur plus, and the average price received has been so far above the average of recent years that it has made the business of wheatgrowing much more attractive than for several years. East, of the Rocky Mountains, a large proportion of the crop has been moved, but in the Pacific North west there are still several millions to go . forward. As the farmers of Oregon and Washington have already received more money than ever be fore received for a single crop, - the added millions will spell prosperity with large letters throughout the In land Empire. A fellow named Schuyleman makes complaint that The Oregonian hasn't printed sundry long, stupid and tedi ous letters written by him. He is one of those who make themselves a nui sance by trying to get before the pub lic in long, prosy and worthless let ters, expecting the newspaper to sur render its space and "pay the freight" for their exploitation. Many letters are offered to The Oregonian, and it prints more letters from the people than any other newspaper on the Pacific Coast, but it can't print all, and never prints any from those per sons who simply want to exploit themselves, and rub the itch of a poor opinion, in the hope of gaining notoriety. The last letter this fellow sent to The Oregonian was a long, driveling, canting epistle, extolling Thorburn Ross as a good and pious man, censured unjustly by the publio. The writer would vouch for Ross, but there didn't appear to be anybody who would vouch for him. Mr. W. H. Calkins, of Eugene, thinks the referendum system stops far short of what the people require for assertion of liberty and promotion of Justice. He suggests that the system- should - be so amended and en larged as to call the referendum on opinions or decisions of the Courts, and especially those of. the Supreme Court. It does, indeed, seem anoma lous that any branch of the Govern ment should be above control of the people and of their right of review and reversal. The initiative and referendum,- having conquered for the people the executive and legislative branches, nhould now advance to conquest of the judicial. The pre tense that any branch of the Govern ment should be above review ahd correction by the people is a doctrine dangerous to liberty. This new and final reform is necessary to comple tion of all that have preceded it. Will the average or general voter take a look at the fish bills, on the initiative ballot, and tell which one he wants? Will he spend days and nights trying to find out, so he can make up his mind? How is he to decide how he will vote on the crea tion of a new county in a part of the state remote from where he lives? Or on a plan of forcing "Sabbath observance" in various neighbor hoods? Or on a fanciful scheme to put men out of office before the close of their terms ? It will be strenuous, men and brethren. If you undertake it. But you will not. Nine-tenths of you will exclaim, "Bother the whole business!" and let it go at that. No reasonable person could have fore seen to what extremes either initia tive or referendum would be carried. Else the system would have been re jected by a bigger vote than that by which It was a lopted. It is to be regretted that the Coun cil could not see its way to approve of the Park Board's contract with the new superintendent promptly. With tfie Rose Festival in sight, when the city will be on exhibition before the whole world. there should he no, I shiftless, ignorant. tasteless work aispiayea m the parks. An engineer, however competent within his own field, is not a landscape artist and It is no derogation from his ahllltv rr say that he is not a suitable person to undertake the beautifying of the parks for- a great national festival. In empldying a noted specialist the Park Board has acted wisely and there should be no undue procras tination in ratifying their contract. The initiative petition for enlarge ment of the powers of the Port of Portland to enable It to handle the bar pilotage and towage was filed yesterday with the names of 2460 voters attached. The number of signers was about 1,000 more than required by law, and their signatures were nearly all secured without so licitation, not one dollar being spent in circulating the petitions. No other petition ever circulatedln the county has met with such unanimous favor, and the success of the measure, when it comes before the people in June, promises to be fully as overwhelm ing as the popularity with which the petition v.as received. ' Daniel J. Hennessy who died sud denly on the streets of Butte a few daysjago, is mourned by alt classes in Montana. Working men, city and county officials, delegations from labor and other organizations from the chief cities of the state marched in the funeral procession of the dead millionaire, who was known as "the merchant prince of Montana." This shows that a man may accumulate a large fortune through his dealings with his . fellow men and yet retain the respect and confidence of all classes in the community. Judge R. S. Bean has filed his peti tion for nomination for re-election to the Supreme Court. He is now fin ishing his third term of six years each, on this bench, ani before he became a Justice of the Supreme Court he was Circuit Judge for a number of years. To painstaking and conscientious service he owes the long favor with which he has been treated by the people, who, doubtless, will elect him again. Tou don't hear anyone poking fun these days of "canned fish" money. It did its duty; and now that it is dead, Portland can pay it the tribute of gratitude if not respect. Guilty or not guilty, immunity or no immunity, talkative or taciturn, you can't keep Abe Ruef oft the first page. Through whom, we wonder, did Abe Ruef receive the tip that a court of appeals would declare him innocent? TO CONTROL COURT DECISIONS A Fiirther Necessary Measure Under the Referendum. EUGEXE; Or., Jan." 28. (To the Editor.) It seems" to the writer that In the matter of the referendum the authors of this Constitutional amendment have come far short of giving this the scope that it should have. In order to really put the Government into the hands of the people. AH primary works on Civil Government make three departments, the Legislative, the executive and the judicial. The ref erendum reaches all actions of the Legis lative branch, the Recall will undoubtedly control the executive, but the judicial, which overshadows all in its power, has no curb. Now would it not be a good plan to have the action of the Supreme Court subject to the referendum, as by so do ing it would be' divested of the power to make null the action of the people, by construction? As the people are the fountain of jus tice', so the right of referendum should be extended to all cases decided by the Supreme Court, and all suitors should have the right to go to the fountain for flnal decision affecting their rights. It seems to the writer that there can be no distinction in principle between the con trol of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the control of the action of the Legis lature. If the people are to be the final arbiters as to the form of law, they should also' be the supreme authority as to the construction of law. A form of appeal from the Supreme Court to the people themselves could be easily arranged. It might be urged that the expense would be too great to print and circulate the case and argument among the people, but it would seem t6 the writer that that would not be necessary, as all papers in connection with the case, on appeal, could be filed with the Secretary of State, or some. other officer, and anyone desir ing to inform themselves In regard to the case could go there and read It. It would be open to all. and I have no doubt there would be ample opportunity for all so desiring to examine Into the matter thoroughly. In fact. It would seem to the writer that the printing of laws and arguments as is done In the present ref erendum proceedings Is wholly a waste of money, as no one ever reads any of the stuff that is circulated. All that would be necessary iri. order to get the decision of the peopln would be to have the title of the case printed on the bal lot. It is quite possible, too, that the initi ative could be used with effect along this line; and by appropriate procedure the suitor could bring his case before the people direct, if he so desired, with out submitting to the delay of passing through the courts with his case. The writer of this only offers his Ideas along this line as a suggestion; and it would seem that an experienced reformer coujd from these few pointers frame an amendment that would cure this very fundamental defect In our basic law. W. W. CALKINS. -"AST EXAMPLE." Under the above headline, the Eugene Register publishes the following article. The Oregonian reprints It as part of the political discussion of the time. Such a situation as is herein presented, would make a dilemma indeed;, but In truth It is Just . what very probably will occur. But what is anybody going to do about it? The Oregonian has been "up against" this, or the like of this. In several elections, and has declared its Independence mainly because it is satis fied with the experience It already has had in the game. Here is the Register's article : In the coming; Senatorial contest In this state, it is apparent that we shall have a three-cornered fight before, the - primaries, wtth Chamberlain out for ' tfie Democrats and Fulton and Cake for the Republicans. Now when those primary votes are counted, say out of 100,000 Chamberlain gets 35.OO0 and the other two candidates 63.0O0. Now here Is the actual political expression and personal expression of the people on choice for United Statea Senator. What will the Statement No. 1 fellow do about those 63,000 votes which represent the preference of over three-fifths of the voters in the mat ter. By whatever turn the campaign might take .-with elimination of the lowest of the two Republican candidates for the June elect-ion and the knifing; that might be car ried on by 'the defeated wing of the Re publican party, even to resulting In the Democrat becoming the popular choice at the polls, what Republican bound hand and foot by Statement No. 1, would consider himself as doing his whole duty by his constituency If he failed to take cognizance of the fact that the . voters of the state cast at the primary 65,000 Republican votes, as against 40,000 Democratic votes T "The Lady" with the Clgrarette. Kansas City Star. Without disposition to be finicky or prudish, the general sentiment will ap prove the action of the New , York Board of Aldermen in forbidding wom en' to smoke in restaurants and other public places, and would approve a similar restriction of the feminine highball and cocktail. The idea of women smoking or drinking is repug nant to a wholesome and nearly univer sal feeling. It is out of harmony with the ideals of womanhood and the gen eral fitness of .things. There is a certain standard of femi nine delicacy that wholesome mankind has respected which la impaired by this recent and exotic development. . The New York Aldermen may often be derelict In civic affairs, but they were fundamentally right when they voted to retire from public view the lady with the cigarette.' Idle Rich Worse Than Hoboes. Chicago Dispatch in New York World. Professor Edward A. Ross, of the Uni versity of Wisconsin, denounced big for tunes and Idle rich to the City Club. "In proportion as riches and rich men are honored in the state virtues and the virtuous are looked down upon," salu the professor. "A certain lawyer recently said of Mr. Harrlman: 'He moves In a higher realm into which we may not enter.' Is this the spirit of AmerlcaT An Idle, parasitic class in any commu nity is a detriment to It, whether It is composed of millionaires or of hoboes. The greater danger lies in the former class, because, while people look down upon the hobo, they are inclined to look up to the wealthy parasites. In emula tion of them honest methods of getting a living are deprecated and idleness is exalted." Kins Edward Wears a Corset. New York Dispatch In Washington (D. C.) Herald. "AH the fat men in England of any prominence political and social prom inence, I mean, as well as physical prominence come to me to have their figures improved," said Mme. Jacques, who arrived yesterday from Europe. , "King Edward Is one of my custom ers. He is short and rotund, you know, and his waist is" quite elegantly per ceptible in a proper belt, but without it" and the rejuvenator of Kings and Duchesses lifted her eyebrows and smiled expressively, giving one the im pression that to reveal the true 'pro portions of the Emperor of India and King of Great Britain and Ireland would be lese majeste. - BOURNE AS THIRD TER' BOOXEIt Oregon's Junior Senator Caricatured as Having; a String- Ont. Chicago Inter-Ocean. (Extracts from news report of proceedings at the recent banquet of the Gridiron Club, an organization of Washington, D. C. newspaper men.) The menu card was a campaign song book with a song for each candidate, il lustrated by a cartoon. For example, the song in honor of Judge Harmon was Illustrated by a cartoon showing 'the judge disconsolately gazing from a lone ly tent at an army flocking into Bryan's camp, and the first verse, to the air of , "Tenting xomgnt, was: I am tenting tonight In the old camp ground "Where we tented in '92; But I'm tenting there all by myself. And it makes me feel quite blue. Presently one of the members arose and read a section from the Court Jour nal, one or tne verses oi wnicn follows: v Hear the fellows with the booms Selfish booms! What a world of merriment is echoed from the tombs! - How they speak and speak and speak. In the day and in the night: While the voices growing meek. Listen week succeeding week With a grouchy, sad delight ; Keeping tab, tab, tab. To the oversowing blab That emanates so constantly from their committee rooms. From the booms, booms, booms, booms. Booms, booms, booms. From the crashing and the smashing of the booms. Somewhat later, one of the members entered with a large letter which he de clared had been given him by Senator Bourne, the persistent and indefatigable boomer of a third term for the Presi dent. "Mr. Bourne says," explained the bearer, "that this is the original of President Roosevelt's letter of with drawal, and he calls your attention to the fact that it has something tied to it." Wherewith he unfolded a long string and retired. Above the tables, as the dinner pro gressed, floated varl-colored balloons, each representing some Presidential boom. The presence or a number ot Presidential candidates was one of the features of the dinner, and a good deal of the fun was directed at them. An examiner suddenly said: "Judge Gray, give, an example of a fixed habit." "William Jennings Bryan," was the prompt reply. This examination was suddenly ended by the appearance of the double of Sen ator Bourne, who began -delivering his well-known argument about the necessity of glv ng Roosevelt what Mr. Bourne calls ' a second elective term." It ef fectively broke up the proceedings. Each man whom he addressed picked up his chair and went off with it. Finally, Bourne, finding himself deprived of his audience, picked out a vacant chair and began delivering his argument to It; whereupon the chair walked out of the room all by Itself. Then a fortune teller appeared with a crystal ball In which he saw strange things for Instance, the Union Station filled with runners from Vice-President Fairbanks seeking for Incoming passen gers from Indiana whom the Vice-President might invite to dinner. He also saw Ellhu Root, "who," he said, "would rather make a bright saying than be President." "Then why does not he?" inquired a member. "Did you hear the President's last words to Admiral Evans before . he sailed?" inquired another. ' "No; what did the President say?" , "He says, 'Bob,' he says, 'Bob,' says he. " 'Don't call me Bob,' says Evans; 'call me 'Doc.' " THE PRIMARY LAW. And a Dissertation on Statement Number One. PORTLAND, Jan. 30. (To the Editor.) I am one of that class of Republican voters that Is receiving a very consider able amount of hectoring by the press and politicians, and I ask privilege of a word in defense. Referring to Mr. Hodson's definition of a Republican as one who votes the Republican ticket and works for and with the party, I would merely say that was David Bl Hill's definition of a Democrat made seven years ago. Mr. Hodson, you must try again. There is an old-fashioned idea prevailing in the minds of a good many people that parties were the creations of principles and were only necessary or Justifiable for this reason. Mr. Hodson and Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, seem to think that the party ' machine must be maintained regardless of principles; that the party, through its machinery, must define and designate the principles and measures on which its adherents must line up and stay In the ranks. Thus they assert that acquiescence In Statement No. 1 Would destroy the party or the machine. Mr. Hodson says that no can didate that subscribes to Statement No. 1 will get his support. To offset this, I declare that no candidate for the Legislative Assembly that refuses to sign Statement No. 1 will get my vote. " So there, Mr. Hodson, is a proposition. I am a plain, common citizen, but I am one of a pretty large class; my vote will count Just as much as yonrs. Candi dates had as well make note of this the plain, common voters will most likely outnumber the politicians at the polls. It is not my purpose to discuss tho merits or demerits of Statement No. 1, or of the primary law. I will only sa? that these have not been on trial long enough to determine anything definitely. There is one thing certain, that in the selection of United States Senators by the people rather than by the Legisla ture, there would be removed the prin cipal cause and means of corruption. The people now elect Representatives to Congress, and practically the President of the United States. Are they not just as competent to choose their United States Senators? The Presidential elec tors merely record the will of the people in the' election of the President. The Legislature should also merely record the will of the people in the selection and election of United States Senators. If the people in a Republican state, as Oregon undoubtedly is. should choose to elect a Democratic or Populist Senator, they certainly have the right and should have the privilege. The will of the peo ple should be supreme. No politicians lri the interest of party should be permitted to thwart this expressed will. Every candidate for the Legislature should be required to sign Statement No. 1. and the voters should see to it that he is of such character that he will keep h promise if elected. AHIO S. WATT. The Will of a Woman. Chicago News. If a woman will Don't attempt to chide. AH your wordy skill She will put aside. She won't be denied: She'll keep on until All has been supplied If. a woman wilL If a woman will You to her must bow. Thus avoid a chill. - Thus srevent a row.. Give It to her now. She might take it ill; Anything allow If a woman will. If a woman wilt Then she will you know. "Swallow down your pill. If she'll have it so. Don't you fume or fret; Smile and pay the bill. What she wants she'll get If a woman will. FOREIGN TRADE ENCOURAGING. Government Returns Show facie Sam la I. a rarer Exporter Than Ever. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The foreign trade returns for December, just published from Washington, D. C, reflect in a striking way the revolution which the pjnic has brought about in the home market. This is best shown uy a comparison of the merchandise figures with those for the same month In pre-, vlous years: Excess of December. Kxports. Imports. export.. 190T f2ti7.179.43ft- fii2.SSS.771 f 114.Si9V.rtf5 1948 190.S99.977 lK4.K4u.7iH 5VW217 1906 lnn.7"8.52n 101.H2.799 9S.Ssj.7.'l 1904 14S.2.V1.259 00.8116,739 4SIM MH 19113 174.819.506 , 77,7rtS.fi."4 87.orf. -2 192 147.092,40:1 S4.SW.VS7 M,K.41(i 1901 1M,41.5K9 79.920.271 a7.vi2.S-l3 19CO 145.SSU.S71 0S.6U7.207 77.102.UJ1 The quick and radical reduction in the) home market's capacity or disposition to absorb goods Is Bhown in the sharp fall ing away of imports from the record fig ure of J134.0O9.OX) a year ago to Ji'li.OOO.'M) last month. On the other hand, exports made a new high record of J2O7.0O0.O0O un der the force of a general liquidation in duced by the financial crisis. The result Is a phenomenal favorable trade balance of $114,S90.600 a figure never before equaled or closely approached with in a single month. Net Imports of gold in December amounted to f43.444.0CS. com pared with J5,736,342 a year aso, whi.e sa ver exports and Imports just about bal anced each other. Thus the apparently unsettled trade balance for last month reaohed the . figure of f71,446,000. which; would have sufficed to pay off quite a volume of obligations, euch as the return of American sttx ks held in i-urope, asldo from those current Invisible obligations common to our situation in relation to tht outside world. It may certainly be said that the great amount of gold imported; during November and December, aggre gating about J107.000.000 In excess of a driblet of gold exports, according to the Government's figures, does not at present represent a oa.n to be called back later, but has been paid for In produce and mer chandise. The phenomenal December trade results assist iri establishing some new records for the country's foreign trade during tho past calendar year. Compared with the year 1806 the account stands as follows: loor. ltioe. Merchandise ex ports fl,23,49S,43 fl.7WS.243. 434, Merchandise im- ports 1.423.326.680 1.820,501,BT ISrcess of exports. f 600.171. 7M f 477,741. S-J Net sliver exports. 15.618.677 1I.729,2: Total exports.. ..f 613.7S5.B31 f 494.471,1 II Net gold Imports.. K8.1K2.SS3 IoS.SI0.222 Apparent unset- . . tied balance f 427.603.246 f 885,600.890 Both exports and imports of merchun-, dlse in 1907 exceeded oil previous records;.; and so did the balance of JJOO.000,000 on merchandise account, and so also of the apparent unsettled tradj balance remain ing (tfter the movements of specie have been taken into consideration. It is, evidently a strong position which; the' country occupies in its commercial relations with the outside world strong for a debtor nation: and we may thus be able to hold large command over the in ternational exchanges In relation t- the movement of gold. The fall of prices and decided check to consumption in the homo market will operate to reduce imports de cidedly, while exports will Increase, at least in quantity, through the necessity created of seeking larger outside markets for the products of our factories. That "American peril' is likely to become more of a reality -than ever before to commer cial Europe during the next year or two. SOUTH CAROLINA UWOR GRAFT More Than $4,000,000 Stolen Under the S'nte'a Dispensary Law. Atlanta (Ga.) Dispatch to N. T. Sun. "In the 14 years of the South Caro lina liquor dispensary law, the amount stolen and grafted aggregates between f 4,000.000 and f 3,000.000, conservative ly estimated." said T. B. Felder, of At lanta, who has been assisting the Attorney-General of South Carolina In prosecuting cases against alleged bribe takers and bribegivers. Warrants .have been issued against 40 or 60 men' all over the United States, says Mr. Felder, charging them with conspiracy, defrauding the State of South Carolina, with perjury and with accepting bribes. It is stated that among those who will soon be Indicted by the grand jury in Columbia "will be wholesale whisky dealers of Atlanta, Macon, Au gusta and Savannah. One of the worst cases appears to be that of a Cincinnati Arm, which claimed that the state owes it J35,000. The Commission declares that the. firm owes the state f63,000 overcharges and fraudulent charges. Attorney Felder says some of the most prominent politicians In South Carolina are involved in the scandal. India's Two Ileal Prodigies. Kansas City Star. India lays claim to two boys who. If the report be true, are real prodigies. A; Benares newspaper says: "When the elder was 2 years of age he acquired the alphabets of several languages almost unaided, and by his fifth year got by: heart the whole of the great grammar of i Panini, together with several English. Sanskrit, Hindi and Bengali books. By his sixth year he was able to write a round hand- and solve problems of arith metic. Now, in his seventh year, he hasi taken up the vow of an ancient Brahmar-; charln, after being invested with the staff 2one, urn, threads and black antelope.; skin, and is studying the Vedas. Thai other boy, his younger brother, now about 4 years old, is able to read books in San skrit, Bengali and Hindi with ease, and can commit to memory any passage on hearing it once or twice." To Him That Hath, Comes More. ' The Kansas City Star. The late Henry C. Havemeyer. head of the sugar trust, leaves an estate of J25. 000 000 to his heirs. Mr. Havemeyer dur-, i'ng his lifetime made no disguise of the discriminative method by which he was enabled to unjustly levy tribute upon the sugar consumers of the United States. It was he who frankly declared that the "tariff was the mother of trusts." Dying,, he pays nothing back. There are no pub lic bequeBts or benefactions. At Home and Abroad. Detroit Free Press. Abroad we always try to be Polite; we study etiquette; The tricks of high society . We never have forgotten yet. We stand upon our dignity. At least, as far as we are able. While waiting, you will never see Our hands above the dining; table. Our soup we never, never blow. , We never start right in on cak; We modulate our voices low. We seldom ever make a break. We never josh the maid who serves. Nor look to see If she is pretty; In fact we're on to all the curves Of high "f8 ln a modern city. To think of asking for dessert Before the solid coarse Is througti Is something. I may here assert, That we would never, never do. All proper customs we obey. On celery we never haunch: We dine in quite the proper way. And then go out and buy a lunch. At "home 'tis very" different, though. Our elbows on the tables rest; If hot. our tea we always blow. And eat the way that pleases beet. We Josh the maid and roast the cook. We call for things we do not see; And sometimes father reads a book. Which may not be propriety. We even In our shirtsleeves dine. While mother wears a dressing gown; The customs, gjadly we resign Of all best families in town. Abroad our etiquette's displayed, Our manners perfect, I repeat; At home behavior's not our trade. But there we get enough to, eat. -