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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, FEB, 1. 190.
TJIE SANITY OF ROOSEVELT.
The New York Sun, organ of "the
interests," thinks President Roose
velt's actions prove him to be insane.
It puts- the suggestion and conclusion
delicately and pityingly, thus:
We may only remark that in respect of tone,
of substance and of Intention, the message
delivered to Congress yesterday by the Chief
Magistrate of the United States is absolutely
without precedent or parallel in our docu
mentary history. Comment on Its contents is
unnecessary; It Is the method, the manner,
the aura that are most disturbing.
Can any person skilled In the psychologle
indications read this) portentous diatribe with
out perceiving that its legitimate place Is
lather in the inwards of a carefully-framed
hypothetical question addressed to experts than
in any respectable collection or state papers?
It Is an even more disturbing reflection that
the hand which penned this message is the
same hand which directs the American Navy,
now on its mission toward unknown possl-
nintles.
God send our ships and all of us
good luck I
And yet the American people be
lieve in the sanity of Theodore Roose
velt and approve the actions, the
course, the policy, that "the interests"
regard as proofs of insanity.
The Sun rather stretches the truth
when it asserts that the President's
special message la "without precedent
or parallel in our documentary his
tory." Most of our statesmen have
spoken out plainly when there was
occasion for it. Especially was this '
true of those who stood at the head of
affairs before tire Civil War. The Re
publican party originated in plain
speaking. Though its beginnings were
deeply rooted in the fundamental
ideas of our history, it came into be
ing' as a party of protest against in
tolerable wrong, of constructive hos
tility to special privilege. In continu
ing this protest and this hostility Mr.
Roosevelt merely obeys the enduring
impulse which Is the soul and life of
the Republican party. If he puts his
rrotest in unusual form, the circum
Ftances are unusual which confront
him. If his hostility is energetic, we
must not forget that the foes of the
country whom he attacks are ener
getic, powerful and incredibly astute.
He might have spoken of the trusts
and the robber magnates in terms of
polite endearment; he might have ob
scured their crimes in a oloud of fine
language. But if he had done so he
would not have accomplished the- pur
pose he had in mind.
That purpose was to arouse the
country to the danger which menaces,
a danger serious and imminent. The
; plutocratic oligarchy, like the oli
. garchy of- slaveholders half a century
ago, has its hand on the throat of
" the courts. Any judge who dares to
defy its mandates in his decisions is
assailed with systematic slander; any
t ourt which It cannot control it seeks
to disgrace by falsehood and calumny.
The plutocracy aspires tp rule the
country by controlling the Judiciary.
It - aspires also to corrupt legislation
at the source by filling the' Senate
with its creatures and driving the
House with an ox goad in the. hands
of its most serviceable retainer. It
seeks to destroy the influence of the
Executive by mendacious sneers, such
as we read in the above quotation
from the Sun. The President wrote
his special message to bring these
facts clearly before the eyes of the
country, and he succeeded. "
Newspapers like the Sun and men
like those who dictate its policy are
always at a loss to comprehend simple
honesty and direct, unequivocal
speech. Accustomed to astute indi
rection, habituated to veil, their pur
poses until it is no longer possible for
their intended victims to escape, they
are astonished that anybody should
deal openly, frankly and sincerely
with great public questions, as Mr.
Roosevelt does. Indurated to deceit,
the plain truth appals them. They
have relied so long on words to con
ceal their purposes that they -think
the President insane when he ex
presses a straightforward intent in
unmistakable language. In brief, just
'as some of the. hangers-on mistake
theft for business enterprise, so the
-.magnates themselves mistake blunt
candor for insanity. "The man is tell
ing the truth," they cry In astonish
ment, 'he must "be crazy." They know
very well that they themselves would
never tell the truth unless they were
crazy, and, they Judge the President
accordingly.
THE INITIATIVE "PERFESH."
Initiative measures do not start
spontaneously. Some are hobbies,
and the hobby-makers start them.
These are simple fads, that their au
thors or devotees have cherished all
their lives, without ever having had a
chance before to get a hearing for
them. The great body of the sensi
ble and practical folk wouldn't listen.
Other some of these measures are
schemes in which their promoters
have a special Interest one grab
game or another. The initiative sup
plies a method, or starts a hope, of
getting these whimsies, or graft
schemes, enacted into laws. The hope
is to smuggle them through, by
stealthy method knowing that the
electors are likely to be careless or ln
attentive, or unwilling to be troubled
with such matters, and will either
vote yea, or not at all.
The business of procuring signa
tures for initiative measures is be
coming an "industry" of the state. It
Is rapidly creating a professional
class, who find in it profit and thrift.
The "perfesh" will undertake to get
names for any Initiative petition, so
as to fulfill the requirements of the
law. The rate the solicitors are paid
depends on the earnestness of the au
thors of the scheme, the extent of
their hopes of profit through it, and
their ability to pay, compared with
the prospect of the profit or gratifica
tion to themselves. Payment of three
to five cents a name is the rstost usual
fee to canvassers or solicitors; but if
there is good promise of graft or
profit from the law that is proposed,
ten cents has been charged and paid
and even more, when the time was
short and the petition had to be filed
soon.
At three to five cents a name, can
vassers have been known to boast
that it was easy to make eight to ten
dollars a day; because the person to
whom such petition is presented al
most invariably signs in order to get
rid of the solicitor and avoid his en
treaty and explanatory harangue. To
almost every initiative petition for a
general law-; perhaps every one the
signatures necessary for its filing are
obtained in this way. It is not so
much so with referendum bills, yet to
some extent it is the same, as to them.
Completion of the work of the "ini
tiative perfesh" takes the petitions up
to the Secretary of State, who is
charged with the duty of preparing
the methods and arguments for their
exploitation. The State Printer's bill,
and the bills .for stationery, postage
and clerical service, become very
heavy. All these are charged against
the state.
The utmost vigilance will always be
necessary, on the part of the electo
rate at the polls, to prevent jobs in
these bills, or foolish measures that
are mere fads, from being sneaked
through. But the great majority will
not be vigilant, they will pay no at
tention; and herein is the real dan
ger. GREEK.
The report comes by- way of the
Boston Transcript that Dr. Joseph
Wood, head master of the famous
English school at Harrow, has de
clared that "Greek must go." In his
school, which educates great numbers
of leading Englishmen, "the place of
irGleek will be taken henceforth by art.
music and the modern languages.
One almost necessarily infers that
science, too, will play a more con
spicuous part at Harrow than hereto
fore. '
All this is in concord with the
changing conditions of the modern
world. The time when Greek was es
sential to an "education" has passed
away. But the time when the world
can spare Greek culture has not come
and never will. . Most of us are will
ing enough to admit that our modern,
scientific, evolutionary civilization be
gan for all practical purposes with
the renaissance some time before Co
lumbus discovered America. The re
naissance owed its potential energy to
the rediscovery of the Greek language
and literature. Perhaps if they had
never been opened up to Western
Europe we might have had chemistry,
electricity, steam and free thought,
but they would not have come to us
so 'soon by hundreds of years, and it
is conceivable that they might never
have come at all.
The debt of the Aryan world to the
Greek language and the books written
in that golden tongue is beyond all
computation, and we have, not been
stingy in owning it. - For two or three
centuries the speech of Plato has
formed the foundation of college cur
riculums and what began as a grate
ful acknowledgment of benefit con
ferred has finally begun to degenerate
into intellectual formalism. The
Western world has begun to feel Its
burden of Greek as a sort of intellec
tual slavery. It feels somewhat as if
the greatest of the literatures was lit
tle more than a squeezed orange. Why
should the succeeding generations of
English and American youth continue
to suck it? "
The tendency now is to discard
Greek and revert to that condition
which- .Erasmus ' found at Oxford,
where not one of the professors could
read Homer. We can easily carry
this tendency too far. For every boy
and girl to go through the pretense of
learning Greek in college , is absurd,
but-to banish it from the curriculum
would be lamentable. All that we
have and are comes directly or indi
rectly from the land of Hellas. Greece
'taught us how to think, how to write,
how to act in civilized society, 'how to
pray, how to govern, how to question
the universe, and how to die. Chris
tianity is half Greek. Philosophy is
all Greek. Science travels the long
way which the far-sighted Stagirite
pioneered two thousand years ago.
Religion still follows afar off in the
footsteps of Plato. To cease the study
of Greek would be like denying our
intellectual parentage. We should be
gin to wander in a world which we
could not account for.
Still Greek is. becoming more and
more a study for the elect few who
have special aptitudes and tastes. It
is a difficult language, requiring years
o application. The time the ordinary
student spends upon it may not be en
tirely wasted, but he seldom goes far
enough to receive much return except
in a general knowledge of the laws" of
language. Sound intellectual economy
would turn his efforts in other direc
tions. While our colleges will always
continue to teach Greek, the classes
will be likely to diminish progressive
ly in numbers. Perhaps ultimately it
will become a purely university or
"post-graduate" study, like Sanserif
and Hebrew, and the ordinary person
will depend upon translations for his
knowledge of the noblest literature of
the world. But was there ever a time
when he did not?
WHAT A SPECTATOR SEES.
This kind of thing is going on in
Multnomah County and all over the
state. That is to say:
Democrats are registering every
where as Republicans, and in the pri
mary they will vote for the Republi
can candidates for the nominations
whom they deem weakest and most
easily beaten. Then In the general
election they will vote for the Demo
cratic candidates.
Moreover, if they can commit Re
publican candidates for the Legisla
ture to Statement No. 1, they will ex
pect a Republican Legislature to elect
the Democratic candidate to the Sen
ate; for whom, by their sharp prac
tice, they have secured a plurality of
the popular vote. Again, by such
practice, they might get one or both
members of the House of Represent
atives in Congress
Now all this, even if it should suc
ceed, wouldn't concern The Orego
nlan, or make a particle of difference;
only it wishes it understood that it
isn't a mere gull, that doesn't know
what's going on about it, or foresee
futurities.
Every kind of fraud and deception
is 4n this business. It Is a juggle arid
a cheat, through and through. This
journal doesn't concern itself about
the result. To that it Is indifferent.
But it would be sorry if it were so
stupid that it could be duped or
fooled, and not know the intent and
tendency of things going on round
about it.
EASY EXPLANATION.
Rev. George R. Varney wants The
Oregdnian to explain what it meant
when it said that "he (Varney) has
too much to say that isn't true." The
Oregonian meant Just that. In a pub
lished letter Mr. Varney warmly de
fends the famous Baker City "pink
circular" and says that "no man in
Baker City has denied the truth of a
single statement made in the circu
lar." We summon Varney as i. wit
ness in denial of its truth. The Baker
Ministers' Association, including Var
ney, has subscribed to a complete
apology to the public and to Judge
Smith for lying about the Judge In
that circular.
Wlthoujt Investigation, these min
isters made against the judge the
shocking and Inexcusable charge
that he was drunk on the bench.
It was not true. Varney and
his fellow-preachers gloss over their
gross fault by boasting of their hu
mility in "confessing their deep regret
at making such a blunder." They
would not have made such a blunder
if they had had any proper appreci
ation of their sacred duty to use every
reasonable effort to learn the truth
before they attempted to proclaim it.
These. Baker City preachers rushed
out thl3 sensational fly-by-night cir
cular in such haste as to Justify the
suspicion that they feared they might
by some chance ascertain the facts
before they had opportunity to attack
the Baker City authorities and malign
the good name of an upright Judge.
Varney no doubt wrote the circular,
and the other preachers no doubt
"supposed" his statements were true.
There are some things even a
preacher should not take on faith.
RECOUPING BY ECONOMY.
The effects of the recent upheaval,
which began as a "rich man's panic"
and ended by throwing several hun
dred thousand poor men out of em
ployment, -are still coming to light.
The "rich men" are all taking sub
stantial nourishment at regular meal
times, but they seem to be practicing
retrenchment in their expenditures
for luxuries. An Associated Press dis
patch notes a decline in the January
imports of precious stones " at New
Tork of over $3,000,000 compared
with -the imports for January, 1907.
There was also a heavy decline in the
number and value of automobiles Im
ported in January, as compared with
January. 1907. The total amount of
Imports of all classes was more than
$27,000,000 less than for January,
1907. - .
The, people who import precious
stones and automobiles, of course,
form but a small portion of our popu
lation, but their, forced retrenchment
is fully as significant as that of otrtier
members of society who will never
have Intimate association with dia
monds or automobiles. -This policy of
retrenchment will affect our customs
revenues, but it Is a hopeful sign for
the future. Mr. John W. Gates, who
escaped from Wall street shortly be
fore the temple of speculation col
lapsed, told a New York reporter a
few days ago that he knew that good
times were surely coming, for he no
ticed that the people were wearing
their old clothes. It must necessarily
follow that, if the people stop buying
automobiles and diamonds and con
tinue to wear their old clothes, it is
only a question of a short time until
they will again be prosperous.
Lord Welby, an English financier of
considerable note, has been making a
study of the recent crisis in this coun
try, and has Imparted his views to the
world through the Contemporary Re
view, of London. The importance of
wearing old clothes and retrenching
on expenditures wherever possible is
suggested in his statement that "the
capital required to extend business
and to open new fields of trade can
only be supplied from the savings of
the world. From these accumulations,
and from nowhere else, must be de
rived the capital ruthlessly destroyed
in war and the sums usefully em
ployed in the works of art and peace.
The moment that . the passions., the
extravagances and the legitimafe
needs of the world trench, too closely
upon these accumulations, then finan
cial stringency is inescapable."
Not all of the blame for the recent
crisis Is charged up against the ex
travagance of the people, for Lord
Welby is vigorous in his condemna
tion of our frenzied finance specula
tion; but he makes It quite clear that
rigid economy and industry will be
necessary on the part of every one to
bring about speedy recovery. It was
not an unmitigated hardship that the
extravagance of the people was
checked at the same time a halt was
called on that wild fever of specula
tion In Wall street. Wffh booming
prosperity on every hand, much less
attention was paid to saving money
than there was to making it. Petty
economies were Bcorned and countless
millions were wasted on automobiles
and other luxuries which were not
needed.
It will be many years before some
of our people will again get reckless
with their savings, and indiscrimi
nately purchase luxuries which can
not contribute to their happiness or
well-being, in anything like propor
tionate ratio to their cost. The les
son has been a severe one, and will
hardly need repetition for those of
the present generation.
The records of political economy
throughout the world are replete with
evidence tending to show that the pio
neers in almost any branch of en
deavor receive remuneration scant in
deed in comparison with their succes
sors in the same calling. The enter
prising brigand who captured Mary
Ellen Stone was obliged to dispose of
Ills capture for the beggarly pittance
that could be scraped together by the
religious societies which were respon
sible for Mary Ellen being at large.
Then came Raisuli -and gathered i
Perdicarls, the American. "Perd"
was of very little more use to the
'American people than Miss Stone, but
the price had advanced and it cost
approximately $50,000 to get him out
of the clutches of the bandit. The
Incident, however, awakened in Rai
suli the thought that he was not get
ting all that the traffio would bear,
and as a result we are now informed
that Great Britain must pay $100,000
and grant immunity from punishment
to Raisuli for restoration of Cald
MacLain. Wtih such a steady rise in
the market price It will soon require
a King's ransom to bring in the stray
Caucasians who fall into the hands of
the outlaws.
If a lunacy commission does not in
terfere with the decree of the court,
and Harry Thaw is permitted to re
main quietly in the Matteawan State.
Hospital for the Insane sans tobacrb,
liquor and rich food; -kept strictly
within hospital regulations as to reg
ular hours for sleep, meals and exer
cise, -and restrained from all vicious
Indulgences, he may in the course of
ten years become a reasonably clean,
decent man, who can be discharged
from the asylum with safety to the
community. His mother, good woman,
makes the mistake common to moth
ers of vicious, irresponsible eons, in
resisting the decree that forces this
degenerate into retirement. Therein,
as wide experience proves, lies her
only hope of release from anxiety lest
he further disgrace his family through
crimes against society. The good
woman who seeks, in tears and en
treaties, the release of a degenerate
son from durance for crime is an ob
ject of sincerest pity. The Governor
or commission that denies this plea
performs not only a distressing but a
heroic duty, and is entitled to the
commendation of the public that is
thus signally served.
A philosopher of the green cloth
remarked that the keen delights of
playing faro bank were riot infre
quently marred by the cver-recurrlng
thought that, while a man one day
might have $100, there would be 100
days In which he had no dollar. Some
such thought must be forced on Mr.
C. W. Morse, who for a few fleeting
months was credited with wealth ap
proximating $20,000,000 and is now a
fugitive from Justice, worth several
hundred thousand dollars less than
nothing. It is perhaps wrong, how
ever, to mention the game conducted
by Messrs. Morse and Heinze in con
nection with a faro bank, for by com
parison the latter is immediately ele
vated to the ranks of strictly legiti
mate undertakings. The more we
read of the high finance games of
New Tork the easier it is to under
stand the difficulty encountered " by
Eugene Canfleld in conducting a faro
bank in that city with nothing but the
"splits" as a legitimate percentage in
his favor.
Ex-Premier Franco, for a short
time dictator of Portugal, has left his
country for his country's good and is
now in Spain. He is followed to his
retreat by the hatred of the people
and the reproaches of the royal fam
ily of Portugal, who lay the death of
the King and Crown Prince at his
door. His brief career and Its bloody
termination prove that it is not safe
to attempt to return to practices in
government that the world has out
grown. The Czar of Russia may, if
he will, learn a lesson from the recent
experience of Portugal and apply it
with profit to himself in his dealings
with his Finnish subjects.
San Francisco Is experiencing a
coal blockade, there being about 100,
000 tons more of the fuel than can be
handled in present storage facilities.
The liberal stocks piled upfor the
coming fleet have contributed to, the
trouble, but the ever-increasing con
sumption of oil has also been a factor
in lessening the demand for coal, thus
aiding in the blockade. Despite the
mild Winter and the liberal Importa
tions, there is nothing resembling a
coal blockade in Portland, or, if there
is, it has not been reflected in lower
prices.
It seems that Senator Bourne has
discovered that he Is not "the whole
thing" at Washington. But nobody
is save one. Truth is, the individual
Senator or Representative whoever
he may be is all mixed up in the
basket of small potatoes, and has to
be content with such recognition as
he can get. '
William J. Bryan hopes for a Dem
ocratic victory this Fall, with himself
in the title role." He has indulged
this hope so often that it has become
second nature to him.
Schuebel is exploiting the virtue of
silence. This is chiefly remarkable
from the fact that he was trained (so
far as he has been trained) in the
U'Ren school of politics.
The tobacco trust has sliced the
usual large quarterly pie and served it
to stockholders. It takes more than
a Wall-street panic to injure Amer
ica's staple Industry.
On February 25 New Tork City will
annex New Jersey by submarine tun
nels. President Roosevelt acting as
master of ceremonies.
Shall we have the referendum on
court decisions? It would be great
est of all possible reforms.
Who furnished the tip that Ore
gon's delegation will Eplit even on
Ta and Hughes?
MRS. EDDY'S TRANSFERRED SHRINK
Precedents for the Change of Base sf
Cbrlstlan Science.
New York Times.
Famous historical precedents for the
sudden transfer, in the night, of the
shrine of Christian Science, from Con
cord, N. H., to Brookline, Mass., are the
flight of Mohammed from -Mecca to
Medina, and the removal of the Mormon
Church from Nauvoo to Salt Lake. Irs.
Eddy's removal of her lares and penates,
if we may be pardoned for associating
the doings of this high priestess with
pagan names, is not quite so explainable
as the flight of the prophets of Islam
and Mormon.
We have not heard that the New Hamp
shire climate is unfavorable to the de
velopment of the cult, and In view of the
prosperous grq,wth of Christian Science
since 1S89, when its "discoverer and
founder" first made her residence In
Concord, we should infer that the condi
tions there were all favorable to her
denomination.
The circumstances of the flight, how
ever, Indicate that the need of secrecy
was felt. The new shrine had been care
fully prepared beforehand, and although
there must be a small army of newspaper
reporters near the place, not one of them
had learned what was going on.
The seeress informs the world that her
decision to move was not made suddenly.
and her desire to be near the earliest es
tablished church of her cult is the only
reason she gives' for the change of base.
But Mohammed was never "Interviewed,"
and it is doubtful If he would have made
any newspaper his confidant. The au
thentic announcement of the presence of
a physician, with "credentials," in Mrs.
Eddy's suite is surprising, in view of the
general condemnation of the practice of
medicine by her followers. But it was
doubtless wise to have one In attendance
on a very old lady making a tedious
journey at night. And it only proves
once mors that the ways of seers and
prophets are past finding out.
NO WAY TO HEAD OFF MR. BRYAN
Skillful Manner In Which He "Palled
Off Hii Wnshlntcton Visit.
Washington Correspondence of New York
Times.
Mr. Bryan has handled his campaign
on this visit to Washington with con
summate skill. He has taken a leaf out
of the Roosevelt book and has become
master, with a big stick. He has greeted
every one of the men who secretly cher
ished the intention of telling him that he
ought to be the Warwick and not the
candidate of the Democracy, with very
much the same sort of cheerful glare
that John L. Sullivan used to employ on
his antagonist In the ring. As a result
that secretly cherished intention has re
mained secret.
Mr. Bryan carried off the Newlands
dinner last night on Just that plan.
When the cigars were reached and the
guests moved out to the smoking-room.
Mr. Bryan took charge of the conversa
tion, and thereafter the Senators listened
dutifully to what he had to say.
He began by telling them that he had
heard of but one candidate for the Presi
dency who had been defeated three times;
that there might have been a man de
feated four times, but he was absolutely
certain no man had ever been defeated
on his fifth campaign. Then, apropos,
perhaps, of something he felt in the at
mosphere, he told the story of a cow
puncher in Texas who went unbidden to
a ra,nch dance. The floor manager took
him by the arm and somewhat abruptly
conducted him outside. In a short time
the cow puncher tried again. Then the
manager tackled him with violence and
threw him out. Aa he picked himself up
the cow puncher turned to some loungers
and said: "Those fellows can't fool me.
I know what they mean. They don't
want me."
When Cannon IVu Approached.
Washington Letter to Troy Times.
"In all your experience," said your
correspondent to Speaker Cannon the
other day, "did anybody ever make a
cqld-blooded proposition to bribe you
for a cash consideration of its equiva
lent?" "To be honest, I will say that in my
nearly 20 years on the committee on
appropriations I never had but one ex
perience of the sort you suggnst." was
the reply. And then the veteran re
marked: I.will not say that I do not
like money, or that I would not make
money by any legitimate means, but It
is my pride and glory thatio man lives
who can truthfully say that he owns
Joe Cannon. The representative of a
very powerful institution once came to
me with an offer that was equivalent
to possibly $250,000, He wanted to buy
me for that sum. I showed him out of
my committee-room, and I will say
that the concern he represented did
well in withdrawing him from the
Washington field. Not that I do not
want $250,000, or $100,000, or $50,000,
but I figured tha If I took a bribe I
would have to live ever afterward with
a thief and a scoundrel. Now I only
have one life to live, and I do not want
to spend the remainder of my days In
the society of a thief. Neither' will I
permit myself the. punishment of asso
ciation with a man who Is the slave of
another man, and the official who sells
himsqlf to another is owned body and
soul by that man. Selfish motives alone
would keep me honest."
More Stump Speech Than State Paper.
New York World, Dem.
The Roosevelt who makes the judi
cious grieve Is he who onee more bandies
epithets, who hectors Judges, who quotes
with approval -a letter accusing a rail
road president of crime, though he has
not even been indicted; who calls for
Federal "physical control" of railway
operations: who follows the Bryan plat
form of 1806 in denouncing "government
by injunction," and who utters the dan
gerous doctrine, bad in law, that "when
once an inflated capitalization has gone
upon the market and hss become fixed
In value Its existence must be recog
nized," to enforce his desire of "physical
valuation" of railroads. This Roosevelt
Is Intemperate, abusive, hasty. His mes
sage is more like a stump speech than
a state paper. It Is less an argument
than a shriek.
Woman's Intuition.
Notes and Queries.
The ideal woman does not reason; her
processes of thought are instinctive,
so far that she can give no account of
how she arrives at them. If she at
tempts to do so, her professed reasons
are palpable afterthoughts, proving
that logic, is at least no obtrusive fac
ulty. And she is wise not to pretend
it, and though she cannot reason, she
is very apt to be right.
POLITICAL COMMENT.
The solid South may sucoeed in nomi
nating Mr. Bryan at Denver, but the solid
South cannot elect anybody In November.
This is a point well w.orth remembering-.
If Mr. Bryan shall be nominated he will
not carry even a single state outside the
South. Charleston News and Courier.
Somehow respect for "William J. Bryan
Increases when we find that there is nobody
In the Democratlo party with nerve enough
to tell him to hia face that he won't do.
Baltimore News.
Senator Watterson would serve well, but
Editor Watii;rson will continue to serve
better. His sockdolagers are all his own.
and his party has more than deserved all
he haa administered -to It In the past 12
years. Washington 8 tar.
The many readers of the World who have
Joined in its demand that stock-gambling
be stopped by state and federal law will
applaud Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion In his
special message that the Government for
bid the "use of the- mails, telegraph and
telephone wires'' for such purposes, "Just as
It does In lottery transactions." Such action
would be of incalculable benefit to honest
Industry. New York World.
VARIED VIEWS ON THE) MESSAGE.
Is a Great Moral Awakening;.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
Mr. Roosevelt's pleas will be heard and
heeded by his fellow-countrymen. No
man in our history, has so won them. If
his unceasing zeal sometimes irritates
even those who agree with him and ad
mire him, this is because of the very qual
ities which have made his Presidency a
great moral awakening of the deeper con
victions and conscience at the American
people.
Hints Vagruely of Trouble.
New York Sun. Rep.
The message is absolutely without
precedent or parallel in our documentary
history. Comment on Its contents is un
necessary; it is the method, the manner,
the aura that are most disturbing. It is
an even more disturbing reflection that
the hand which penned this message Is
the same hand which directs the Ameri
can Navy, now on its mission toward
unknown possibilities. God send our ships
and all of us good luck!
Triumph of Wcil-SrndUd Expression.
New York Evening Post (Ind. bem.)
Those who have always believed Mr.
Roosevelt to be a man of moderation,
will find their opinion confirmed by this
message. The very style of it is re
strained and chastened. No abusive epi
thets escape the President. He chooses
the Just and mild word with scrupulous
care. Other productions of his may pos
sibly have been open to the charge of
being Imprudent, tempestuous and ex
treme, tout at last we have from his pen
a perfect triumph of cool deliberation and
well-studied expression.
A New Bid for Totes.
Boston Herald, Ind.-Dem.
The message Is strangely lacking in
the directness and dignity of a Presidential
recommendation to Congress. Regardless
of the truth or Importance of some of the
utterances contained, the occasion and the
circumstances attending it, together with
the tone, suggest the candidate, apparent
ly defiant of foes, yet suppliant of votes.
The stoutest admirers of the President
will regret that In his mind there exists
the necessity for this descent from the
high Presidential office to the Held of
eampaignnig.
Believes In R-oosevelt Policy
Chleago Tribune, Rep.
The Tribune believes in the President
and in the policies with which he Is
identified. He has voiced the' general de
mand for a better ethical standard In
huslness and in politics, which came into
being before he came into office, and he
has performed a great public service in
arousing the conscience of the country.
The Tribune believes in the principle to
which he subscribed, but the Tribune
also .believes that the message which he
sent to Congress yesterday was unneces
sary and inopportune.
"Vindictive, Personal Abase."
New York Mall (Rep.).
The country may applaud Mr. Roosevelt.
We do not know. We do know, however,
that out of the cataclysm of last Novem-
ber the country recalls with gratitude the
attitude of the men who saved the day
by deeds as valiant as those immortalized
in battle, and In face of utterances from
the President more destructive in effect
than if a foreign naval fleet had opened
fire on our greatest seaport. The people
will ask by what title does our President,
elected to conserve our interests, plunge
us at this critical time into the chaos of
class antagonism, of vindictive personal
abuse? ,
This Tirade of Violent Abase. -
New York Times, Dem.
The message will be read with astonish
ment at least, but also with profound
regret, not unmixed with disquietude. It
really consists for the most part of a
tirade of violent abuse directed, upon
the one hand, against those the Presi
dent is pursuing, and, upon the other,
against those he imagines to be pursu
ing him. In the unseemly and undig
nified violence of language it surpasses
all his previous achievements, and by
its tone and temper It engenders a nat
ural apprehension as to the extremes to
which this Ill-balanced man may permit
his perfervld zeal to carry him.
Legacy to Future Administrations.
New York Tribune, Rep.
Most of the recommendations con
tained In the message are in no sense
novel. The President's views show no
weakening of his resolve to strike &
Juster balance between the powers which
the managers of corporations have too
often misused and the duties to their
stockholders and to the public which
they have too often neglected. These
views may not find expression in legis
lation this year or next year, or even
the year after. They are the legacy of
Mr. Roosevelt's Administration to the
Administrations which are to follow.
But they contain seed which is bound to
come to fruitage.
Just and Sound Recommendations.
Chicago Record-Herald, Rep.
Other public men have suffered years of
detraction and let events speak for them,
but Roosevelt's genius compels him to
speak out himself, and if the style of his
message displeases some of his own well
wishers there are thousands of others
who will feel that it is just what is
needed to make the war against special
privilege and predatory wealth effective.
As for the substance of the message, the
recommendations that It contains, these
already have public opinion behind them,
They are Just and sound. They are in ac
cordance with modern progress and the
enlightened statesmanship of the age.
They not only deserve hearty support but
they will command the support of Demo
crats and Republicans and will be written
in party platforms If not In the laws of
this session of Congress.
Is In the President's Best Vein.
Washington (D. C.) Post, Ind.
As a vigorous presentation of his side
of the case, it is in the President's best
vein. His intense feeling is manifest
throughout the message, and It is not
difficult to perceive that he regards the
adequate governmental control of corpo
rations the greatest question before the
country. His denunciation of dishonest
persons and methods in business and
finance goes to the limit of severity.
Mr. Roosevelt does not say anything
in the message, even by Inference, re
garding the Presidency. The subject is
left open to speculation. It remains to
be seen what June will bring forth at
Chicago, whether the people will take
Mr. Roosevelt at his word regarding a
third term, or whether they will force the
nomination upon him. Yesterday's mes
sage is certain. In any event, to revive
the enthusiasm of those who desire the
re-election of Mr. Roosevelt.
Doubts Wisdom of Roosevelt Lead.
Baltimore News, Ind.
The greatest danger in the Roosevelt
method lies in the unchecked appeal it
makes to the emotions. It does not de
pend on an examination of facts or of
consequences, but rests Its case almost
exclusively on the emotional sympathy
It Is calculated to arouse. It could be
used with equal effect "to advocate a law
fixing a minimum wage, a law to provide
work for the unemployed, a law for old
age pensions, a law for any project of
socialistic change. And what Is more, it
will be. Suppose that all the reforms the
President has now In hand were to be
accomplished tomorrow; we should still
not have the millennium, the President
himself would not claim that. There
would Btlll be rich and poor, and the
poor would still suffer hardships aye, and
hardships that would not seem one whit
the lees because there had been a change
in the law concerning injunctions.
ICMBER COMPAXT WILL WAIT
Old Rate Necessary for Resumption
of Normal Output.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 6. (Special)
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Com
pany, held yesterday In their offices
here, resulted as follows: President,
Frank H. Buck; vlce-praslden.t. E. H.
Cox; manager and secretary-treasurer,
George H. Kelly; directors. F. H. Buck.
J. E. Danaher, E. H. Cox, George 11.
Kelly. A. C. Dixon and Charles H.
Brlergs.
The record of the past year was re
viewed, but few plans were made for
the Immediate future. Nothing definite
can be done until the settlement of the
rate question. Of the four Lane County
mills, two, located at Saginaw and
Springfield, have been closed down en
tirely, and the mills at Cohurg and
Wendllng are running on about half
time, so that the Booth-Kelly Company
Is doing Just about one-fourth of Its
normal business.
If the rate question is settled favor
ably to the lumbermen, the mills will
be started as soon as business will per
mit, but it can hardly be expected that
all the mills will start up at once, run
ning full capacity, because of the para
lyzed condition ot the market.
HAINES TO EXPLAIN FAILURE
Sensation Expected In Forest Grove
Bank Disclosures.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Feb. . (Spe
cial.) A meeting of the depositors snd
creditors of the E. W. Haines Bank has
been called, to be held at Verts Hall,
Saturday, at 1:30 P. M. Mr. Haines will
then submit a full statement of the
causes which led the bank to close. The
deposits are estimated at about $50,000,
and the resources considerably above
that amount. Mr. Haines further says
that the troubles of the bank are not al-1
together of recent origin-, but that they
date back In part to something occurring
several years ago, which he expects to
explain.
The impression prevails in the commu
nity that something Hensational will b
disclosed, as Mr. Haines announces that
he will be prepared to show that the
financial difficulties of the bank are not
due to any wrongdoing on his part.
NO VERDICT IV LIQUOR CASE
Jury 'Holds Canny Salnon-Keeper
for Second Trial.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. . (Special.)
Four men voted to the end to convict
in the case against H. K. Tackleson,
charged with the Illegal sale of liquor,
which came to an end at noon today.
The jurors failed to reach an agreement
and were discharged by Judge LcBrlde.
The case was the fourth and last of the1
Canby saloon caw. In which James '.
Jesse, Ben Bermosher, Peter Holberg and;
Tackleson were charged with selling li
quor to minors.
Bermosher and Holberg pleaded guilty
last Monday and were fined $15 each,;
and Jesse stood trial and was convict
ed, but has not yet been sentenced.
Tackleson was held to appear at the
regular April term of the Circuit Court
and will probably be given a second trial.
CONFIRMS CARRAU DECISION
Rehearing Also Denied to Co-opera,
tive Uomebuildcrs.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. .8. (Special.)
The State Supreme Court today denied
motions for rehearings In the Mario
Carrau portion of the John Sullivan es
tate case-and in the case of the Attorney
General against the Co-operative Homo
Builders of California. It was the peti
tion for a rehearing in the Carrau case
which brought abor.t the disbarment of
Judge J. W. Robinson, of this city, by
the Supreme Court.
In the Homebullders case, the Attorney-General
sought to oust the California
corporation from doing business In Wash
ington because It has nfot compiled with
6tate laws governing bSiilding and loan
associations. The decision of the Su
preme Court against the coVnpany stands.
BRAVE WOMAN ROtTS THIEF
Seizes Revolver and Protects-' Con
tents of Jloney Drawer.
SOUTH BEND, Feb. . (Special.) An
attempt to rob the till of the Loveless gro
cery store In this city was thwarted Tues
day by the bravery of Mrs. Loveless, wife
of the proprietor, who routed the robber
at the point of a revolver.
Mr. Loveless had Just left the etore,
when stranger, who had evidently waited
for the opportunity, entered and went
straight to the money drawer. As he
broke it open and started to grab the
contents, Jlrs. Loveless came from a rear
room armed with a SS-caliber revolver. At
her threat to shoot, the thief hurried from
the store and ran up a side street. Thera
was JS0 in the till at the time.
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SCHUEBEL DECLINES TO TALK
Believed Ho Will Refuse Secondary
Position.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 6.-(SpecIal.)
-rhrlstian Schuebel remains strictly non
committal about the reported develop
ments at Washington In relation to the
appointment of a United States Dlstrii-t
Attorney. Mr. Schuebel intimates that
he knows more than he will tell, but de
clines absolutely to discuss the situation.
He sayp he has not received a telegram
from the National capital for six weeks.
Mr. Schuebel declines to say whether
or not he will accept the position of as
sistant to the United States Attorney,
but it is believed here that he will not.
Railway Slakes Bridge Proposal.
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
The Southern Pacific Company has
made a proposal to the city, offering to
construct a reinforced concrete bridge
over Its tracks at or near Sixth street,
the city to-make the approaches and
steps leading to the top of the bluff.
This matter has been pending for some
time, and the proposal of the company Is
now in the hands of the committee on
streets and public property.
Marshal Declines to Resign.
SILVERTON, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
Because he is alleged to have exceeded
his authority as an officer. Mayor Wolf,
at a recent meeting of the Council, re-1
quested the resignation of City Marshal
A. G. McMillen. McMJllen refused to
comply with the Mayor's request and
there is now a deadlock. McMillen Is un
der Indictment by the grand jury on a.
charge of nonfeasance in office, and uis
trial will be held in April.
Clackamas Candidates File.
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
The first candidates to file petitions
under the direct primary nominating law
are County Clerk Greenman, County Re
corder Ramsby and County Assessor Nel
son all of whom are candidates for re
nomination and re-election. Upon Mr.
Nelson's petition appear the words,
"Equal assessment for all."
Adds Course in Italian.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) A course in be-l
ginning Italian, has ben announced by
the department of modern languages. Dr.
Timothy Ohloran is at the head of this
department. - '