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PORTLAND, Tt'ESDAY. FEB. 11, 1908.
A PARTY'S FARCICAL POSITION.
Every Republican candidate for the
Legislature who takes Statement No.
1 pledges himself to vote for Ge.orge
K. Chamberlain for the United States
Senate. Perhaps . that is all right,
though. But every candidate who
thinks himself a Republican or calls
himself such oug1it to know what it
ineans. The Oregonian says plainly
what it means, because it detests indi
rection, pretense, deception and hum
bug. This is not to say that a majority
of the voters of Oregon want George
Chamberlain for Senator. To him as
a man they may have no objection.
Their objection is to him as a .Demo
crat. No majority of the voters of
Oregon wants a Democratic Senator.
Doubtless the majority of the voters
of Oregon would call themselves Re
publicans though they have had a
mighty poor way of showing it or
proving it. They have elected Mr.
Chamberlain twice to the office of
Governor. Have they any excuse to
otter why they shouldn't give him
their suffrages on the direct vote for
Senator? These people simply have
not known or cared anything about
party or principle, or objects to be
achieved through party action. Right
here is the reason why The Oregonian
has quit trying the use of appeal, ex
hortation or argument with them.
They never consider the basic princi
ples of party action; they have no re
gard for the past; they never look to
the future. They ,may call themselves
Republicans, but they have no polit
ical principles at all. . The shallow
notions of the hour are enough for
them. Excuse The Oregonian, which
has been earnest in its political con
victions, from dependence on such as
these.
A lot of them may now be carried
oft by Statement No. 1. They will vote
for Mr. Chamberlain in June and for
Statement No. 1, to be applied in Jan
uary, when the Legislature will meet.
Yet they say they are Republicans.
But the' fact is theydon't know what
they are, or what they are voting for.
Tet of course they have a right to do
just what they please. Only The Ore
gonian must be excused from any furr
ther effort to help the Republican
party to success, with reliance on vot
ers of this description. It has "been
there" often enough to have learned
its lesson.
Amid this factional spirit, this ut
terly insensate condition on the part
of a greaf class of persons who call
themselves. Republicans, but don't
know why, "yet habitually vote for
Democrats because of personal pique
or some other petty dislike of those
who obtain Republican nominations,
there ought to be a voice that will tell
the truth plainly. This voice has no
interest at all in it beyond that of the
common citizen. But it excuses itself
from the. arts and consequences of
dupery and humbug. It declares,
therefore that the so-called Republi
cans of Oregon, divided by faction,
having no clear view of the princi
ples or purposes or objects of party
action, cannot be expected to .unite in
support of any candidate for tbo Sen
ate In the popular election, but will
vote in largo numbers for Chamber
lain for Senator, as they have voted
for him for Governor; and then, if
candidates for the Legislature shall be
pledged to Statement No. 1, he will be
elected. And perhaps it will be just
as well. The Oregonian certainly
will not complain. It only wishes to
say that it will not be made a' foo
of further, by renewal of such efforts
us It has made heretofore, to fight In
the leading ranks with such a party
fur victory, "Ye shapes of men, that
have the souls of geese!" exclaimed
I'orlolanus. Thfre has been enough
jf It, thank you. IMease excuse..
The Astorlan. is out with another of
its periodical tirades against Portland,
in which it mentions "an inferior and
very restricted river reach dubbed by
sheer courtesy a harbor," and the
"negligible depths" of tho Willamette
and Columbia above Astoria. In its
issue of January 5 the Astorian print
ed the following item:
The British steamer Glanstrae, which is
wheat laden and bound for the United King
dom for orders, has been lying 'In the lower
harbor for the font twelve days awaiting an
opportunity to get to sea. She Is drawing
twenty-flve feet and will get out when the
bar la smooth.
The Glenstrae, fully loaded, made
the run from Portland to Astoria in
less than twelve hours. Her experi
ence after reaching Astoria, as re
ported by the Astorian, sets at rest
any dispute that might arise as to the
exact portion of the Columbia in
which ships are detained. And Port
land, regardless of the protests 6f As
toria, will continue work on the bar
until the channel between Astoria,
and the sea is equal to that between
Portland and Astoria, and delays at
the bar will be no more.
THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS.
The charge that President Roose
velt has used the appointing power
to promote the interests of Mr. Taft
turns out to be another invention of
those fertile brains which are busy in
disseminating falsehoods. The New
York Evening Post raised a terrible
hullaballoo about an aspirant for a
Federal job in Plattsburg whom
Roosevelt would not appoint because
he was a friend of Mr. Hughes. Truly
a frightfully wicked piece of business
altogether, enough to make a civil
service reformer tear his hair, and a
criminal millionaire weep tears of
blood. But it turns out that the vic
tim of this awful crime .was a friend
of Taft instead of Hughes. Will the
Post now proceed to wall in a fine
frenzy because Roosevelt would not
appoint a friend of Taft?
And there was the horrible Instance
of the four Ohio postmasters whom
the iniquitous Roosevelt appointed to
help Taft and hinder Foraker and
whom the virtuous Foraker had the
patriotic Senate on high grounds of
unselfish policy reject. It turns cut
that after all there were but three in
this martyred band of anti-Foraker
postmasters, and it appears that each
of them was regularly recommended
by the Congressman from his district.
Mr. Roosevelt, like every other Presi
dent, has followed Congressional rec
ommendations in making his appoint
ments. What else could he do? The
source of the shrieks over this matter
is easy enough to perceive. The
Roosevelt sentiment among the peo
ple is everywhere so strong that Con
gressmen do not dare openly to rec
ommend anybody for office who be
longs to the disgruntled faction. ".'
Nothing would satisfy this faction
except the President's unvarying
choice of the opponents 61 himself
and his policies for Federal office. The
malefactors of great wealth and their
parasites would be delighted to' find
the President such a fool, but they
never will. " He is too much of a
statesman to put stumbling blocks in
his own path, for one thing, and, for
another, he cares too much for the
welfare of the people to put into
power his enemies and theirs. The.
last phrase Is used advisedly, for If
any fact is clearly defined in the pres
ent welter of malice and fiction, it is
that the enemies of Roosevelt ara' the
enemies of the American people.
IMPERFECTIONS OF CIRCULATION. ,
The, recent financial upheaval was
not unattended by beneficial features,
for, in the discussion which has fol
lowed, much light has been shed on
a subject that in far too many quar
ters is but faintly understood. For
example, the Prinevllle Review offers
the following comment:
The Oregonian deprecates the present system
of basing the country's currency upon its in
debtedness, preferring Instead as a basis for
circulating notes the country's consumable
crops. This latter proportion would undoubt
edly be all right, provided the country would
hold the say wheat, for instance in reserve
for redemption of the ' notes, and reduce gold
to the same place as the notes now occupy.
We cannot have two standards, for, in case of
a wheat famine, gold would become almost
worthless. .
The situation is viewed quite differ
ently by M. Yves Guyot, a noted
French writer on political economy
and finance, who, after an exhaustive
summary of the recent trouble, says:
But the I'nlted States must make a-radical
change in its system of circulation. First By
basing bank notes, not on Government bonds,
but on the bank's metallic reserve and billa
payable; Second By getting rid of the green
backs (which keep J130.000.000 of gold In the
Treasury for their redemption) and of the 670
millions of silver dollars and silver certificates,
whose value is altogether fictitious.
It would be folly for an American
to question the ability or. the sound
ness of reasoning of a man of M. Guy
ot's standing, in a country where the
financial system is so delicately ad
justed and so admirably handled that
it serves as a model for the rest of
the world. It is difficult to improve
on the system in a country which for
more than thirty years has kept in
terest rates from' going above 6 per
cent, with rare exceptions, and for
most of the time held it under 4 per
cent. , We are accordingly inclined to
accept the views of this expert as of
value, especially when they have been
confirmed throughout the financial
trouble" from which we are emerging.
The Prinevllle pape'r seems to think
that a "circulation based on such a
tangible asset as wheat would necessi
tate the holding of the wheat until
the redemption of the notes. ,
M. Guyot advocates the issuance of
currency on "bills payable," and, in
this country especially, said "bills pay
able" would represent wheat to a
greater extent than any other com
modity. A wheat draft on Europe, a
bill of lading, or even a shipping re
ceipt when the wheat it represents is
amply covered by insurance, posr
sesses indisputable merit as a base for
circulation. Issuance of currency
against such tangible' commodities as
wheat -or similar products would not
in the slightest degree, make those
commodities money "standards," for
circulation notes would never be is
sued for their full value, and in a
wheat famine, or any other kind of a
famine, -the gold standard would be
maintained, as it has been throughout
our recent trouble.
The advantages of having a circula
tion movable in times of stress was
strikingly shown in Issuance of clearing-house
certificates in the Pacific
Northwest during the recent trouble.
When the first stroke of paralysis
was received, more than 15.000,000
bushels of wheat had been bought in
Oregon and Washington by European
importers, and but a small amount of
it had been delivered. More than
20,000,000 bushels more remained un
sold. The foreigners, since the incep
tion of the business, have bought our
wheat on a C. O. D. basis, paying for
it in gold not when it was delivered
at the country warehouse, but at its
destination in Europe. By an admira
ble system of international exchange,
based exclusively on the gold stand
ard, it has always been possible for
the local buyer to deposit his shipping
receipts, bills of lading or drafts in
the bank, and draw against them for
gold with which to pay the grower,
the foreign buyer gladly discounting
his bills in preference to standing on
the rights of a C. O. D contract and
waiting the arrival in Europe of the
wheat. ,
The suddenness of the ' panic and
the attendant high premium paid for
gold on bth sides of the Atlantic
made it impossible to sell foreign ex
change. The wheat market was
strong, and farmers anxious to sell,
and, in order that the business could
move forward uninterruptedly, local
bankers adopted a "movable" cur-"
rency in the shape of clearing-house
certificates, behind every dollar of
which there was tangible collateral
worth at least 40 pe cent more than
the fce value of the certificate. The
wheat was not "held, as our Prinevllle
frieifd intimates, it; , would be, for re
demption of the notes, for the gold
for redemption of those notes was al
ready waiting arrival of the wheat in
Europe.
This system was in use all over the
United States. In the South, cotton
was the principal collateral. Corn,
hops, barley and .other staples were
also used. Th.e clearing-house certifi
cate was accepted without 'question
simply because the people knew it
was redeemable in gold, the universal
standard of civilized countries, and its
use permitted a degree of elasticity
impossible in bank notes based on the
public debt. Nothing whatever was
gained by Issuance of more bonds, but
the clearing-house certificate experi
ence demonstrated the superiority ' of
a movable currency backed by good
collateral over that which is based on
public Indebtedness.
. COMPACT TERMINALS WANTED.
Both the Harriman system and the
Hill roads have invested- millions in
this city, and, as the congested condi
tion of the docks for the pact three
months has shown; neither system Js
yet equipped for handling the rapidly
increasing business of the port. With
such a large investment, these great
railway systems naturally have a
great interest in any improvement in
terminal facilities, but a still greater
Interest in the City of Portland. For
that reason we should like to see the
matter of terminals settled, so that
our people, who expect to do busi
ness with both roads, can make ar
rangements with a definite under
standing of the situation. The Port
of Portland, with the enlarged pow
ers given it by the measure to be
passed at the June election, will be in
position to make any needed improve
ments in the harbor or the Channel to
.the sea,- and will also be enabled to
guarantee towage and pilotage
charges that will meet those of any
otheri port on the "Pacific Coast.
The O. R. & N. Co. can with but
slight expense increase its facilities .go
that such a congestion as was in evi
dence during the past Winter can be
avoided. With the Hill road matters
are different, and at least a portion of
its business might be diverted to other
points along the, Willamette or Co
lumbia Rivers, unless a 'satisfactory
adjustment of the terminal problem
can be reached. This would, of course,
hamper the business of exporters and
importers, who would find it neces
sary to do a portion of their busi
ness here and the remainder several
miles -down the river, or -over on the
Columbia. There is plenty of room
in Portland harbor proper for termi
nal facilities for both the Hill an
Hjrrlman roads- and then some. The
city has, perhaps, in the past been too
liberal in giving up' right-of-way fran
chises and in parting with its water
front. This, however, does not justify
the beneficiaries in jeopardizing the
interests of the port by obstructive
tactics calculated to Interfere with
the economical movement of com
merce. The North Bank people, who, will
shortly have a line into this' city, have
as yet made no announcement as to
the location of their tidewater termi
nals in this port, and will undoubtedly
withhold the announcement until the
settlements of their present difficulty
with the Harriman people over .the
terminals in the vicinity of the depot.
That the traffic brought over the rails
of the North Bank road will be
dropped at the nearest point at which
the maximum freight rate can be col
lected is a certainty, and Portland will
see that no obstacles are placed in the
way of handling that traffic at this
city. The Port of Portland has thus
far met every requirement In the way
of facilitating the movement of
freight from rail to ship, and the same
policy with' increased powers will be
followed in the future.
WE SHALL SEE.
The report comes from California
that the Southern Pacific Railroad
has become liable to fines footing up
some $80,000,000 for violation of the
state laws against rebating. Most
readers probably perused the state
ment with a satirical smile. Experi
ence teaches us that such a fine may,
as a remote possibility, be imposed,
but there is no warrant for the belief
that it will ever be collected. Be
tween the guilt of rebating and the
payment of a fine therefor lies a long
and devious route. The Southern Pa
cific may, in course of time, traverse
some part of this journey, but we are
skeptical about its reaching the end.
The . time-honored and much-used
process in such cases may as well be
reahearsed, not to convey new knowl
edge to anybody, but rather that
readers may replenish the fountains
of their tears. First come years of
violation of the law in secret with
vigorous denials from the company
and all its sycophants that they are
granting rebates. They used to do it
in the unregenerate era of a vanished
past, but not any more. Oh, dear, no,
not any rebates for these dozen years
agone. Then the company is found
out and it may be prosecuted or It
may not, most likely not. Either it
has a strap tied to the prosecuting
officers or it has a ready resource in some
compliant judge who will quash the
Lindictments if they are ever found.
But It may happen that the company
will actually be arraigned in court.
Consider the Interminable string of
wrangles that will follow. If no flaw
appears in the papers it will be mirac-
j ulous, for prosecuting officers, how
ever skillful they may he in ordinary
cases, seem mysteriously to lose their
cunning when they draw up papers
against a great corporation like the
Southern Pacific. Still the documents
in the case may all stand fire, and", in
a wild flight of the imagination, let us
suppose that the jury brings in a ver
dict of guilty and the judge imposes
the maximum fine of 80,000,000.
Two things will follow.
First, the company will attack the
constitutionality of the state law. Any
law which compels corporations to
pay their taxes, and all laws which
compel them to do business honestly
are unconstitutional In their estima
tion, and. in many cases, the courts
agree with them. Next the company
will begin a campaign of slander
against the trial judge, as the Stand
ard Oil Company did against Judge
Landis when he made the law pinch a
little. The purpose, of -.' this is,' of
course, to intimidate all judges who
may be called upon to try" similar'
causes hereafter. The Standard 'Oil
plutocrats naturally look for some re
sults from their calumnies against
Judge Landis. One of the most prob
able would be the shrinking of every
man on the1 Federal bench from a
repetition of his offense against the
powers that rule us afld' rob us. With
all these obstacles in the way, if the.
Southern Pacific Company is, punished
for rebating, everybody will be happy
of course, but everybody will also be
astonished.
The' extreme difficulty of enforcing
an ' obnoxious law in a community
where public sentiment is against the
measure is again illustrated on Puget
Sound. There is a law on the Wash
ington statute-books which gives pi
lots holding branches from the State
Pilot Commission the exclusive right
to pilot foreign vessels within the
waters of the state. Every few month
some pilot, with a United States li
cense pilots a foreign vessel on Puget
Sound, and the regular state pilots in
voke the law to have' him punished.
The last case was that of the German
ship R. C. Rickmers, which waspilot
ed from Port Townsend to Tacoma by
a man who had no state license, al
though he had been engaged in pilot
ing on Puget Sound for nearly thirty
years. The pilot was arrested on
complaint of the state pilots, and was
promptly discharged. The courts seem
to take the view that it is better to
violate a 'poor law than to hamper
shipping with ' "close corporation"
charges, which generally accompany
compulsory pilotage.
New York advocates of pur food
are again before the Legislature at
Albany urging the passage of what is
known as the "drawn poultry bill."
This bill provides that any slaugh
tered game, animal, poultry or fowl
shall be considered-"adulterated food"
unless the viscera have been removed
within twelve hours after slaughter.
The object of this bill is so unmis
takably Wholesome that, from a sani
tary standpoint. It needs no further
support than that contained in the
plain words of its text.- The plucked
fowl, with crop distended with fer
menting"' food and body containing the
noisome residue of the previous gorge,
is not an appetizing object in our
markets, even a tew hours after it has
been slaughtered. After 12 hours have
passed, the limit as regards whole
sameness has certainly been reached,
and the flesh may well be classed
as "adulterated food" the elements
that enter into this adulteration being
disgusting, even to the Imagination of
the uninitiated.
The definite statement that the im
mense packing plant for Swift & Co.
will be completed in this city within
a year is one of the most important
announcements yet made in connec
tion with Portland's commercial de
velopment. The magnitude of the
enterprise, involving as it does the in
vestment of many millions, is conclu
sive evidence that this city has been
selected as the headquarters for .the
whole Pacific Coast for this great in
dustry. It will be of great advantage
to the city in adding thousands of em
ployes to the manufacturing payroll,
and it will also make this city a great
market for livestock which in the past
has been sent East from the vast
ranges west of the Rocky Mountains.
Second only in Importance to the
coming of the North Bank road is the
establishment of this great plant, and
Its coming will give the city a prestige
that .will be helpful in drawing other
factories to this city.
The industrial situation in the East
should, at least in a slight degree, feel
the effect of the record-breaking tide
of emigration which is still pouring
over the seas to the Old World. Janu
ary returns, compiled by the Interna
tional Steamship Company's agents,
show an increase of 45,171 In the
number of steerage passengers return-'
ing- . to Europe- as compared with
January, 1907. ' Steerage passengers
coming to this country from Europe
for the same month showed a de
crease of 16,308, as compared with
January, 1907. With the inflow of
Old World labor checked, and no ces
sation in the numbers leaving this
country. It will be but a short time
until the present glut in the labor
market is sufficiently relieved to in
sure employment for all who desire to
work.
The matter Of our fleet as seagoing
craft was at last accounts being tesU
ed in a furious gale off Cape Pillar, at
the western entrance of the Straits of
Magellan. The vessels were standing
the test nobly and "making splendid
progress" against the strong winds
that have throughout the history of
navigation made Cape Horn and its
vicinity the dread of. the mariner.
Alfonso XII died and was burled
some years ago. It is a pity that his
social sins "against his family, his
kingdom and society bore fpuit that
survived him.
In such weather as yesterday the
average Portlander's fancy turns to
the seedsman and the store where
they sell garden spades.
Opponents who have counted on a
divided Ohio delegation to beat Taft
may have to change the plan of. battle
tomorrow.
Back in Indiana they are saying
there isn't enough fire in the : Fair
banks campaign to light a 5-cent
cigar.
Warning to men who hereafter
shall enter Oregon politics for the
graft therein: Don't get ound out.
Perhaps before the next Federal
census Portland will annex the town
of Swlftville. ,
KUEF SPRINGS TECHNICALITIES
Opposes Every Legal Obstacle to
Beginning of Trial.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. Counsel for
the defense fairly bristled with technical
objections this afternoon when tlio prose
cution commenced" to make a counter
showing to the objections and motions of
AbrVham Ruef to further proceedings in
his trial on the, ground that he had never
been arraigned because of a clerical error
in the copy of the indictment directed to
him. Assistant District Attorney F. J.
Heney announced when the case was
called that he would not be able to make
a counter-affidavit to the one mada last
week by Ruef until tomorrow, as he had
only arrived in the city today.
Assistant District Attorney John O'Gara
then read the' affidavits of W E. Tucker,
acting shorthand reporter. R. J. Alex
ander, clerk of the court, and one by
himself containing extracts from the
transcription of Ruef's arraignment on
May 27 of last year and setting forth
what occurred at that time.
Henry Ach, chief counsel for Ruef, In
terposed more, than a soore of lengthy ob
jections to the filing of the counter-affidavit.
He made a motion assms that
the entire record be produced In this hear
ing Of the proceedings in Ruef's case on
indictment No. 823 on which he is to be
tried. ' '
Judge Lawlor announced that he would
reserve his. rulings on the- .admission of
the affidavits and Mr. Ach's objections
to them.
IIEXEY TO PURSUE GRAFTERS
Will Let Nothing Interfere With tlie
San .Francisco Cases.
. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10-Fresh
from his latest victory in the prosecu
tion of .the Oregon land fraud cases at
Portland, where as special assistant to
the United States Attorney-General he
secured the conviction last week of
John H. Hall, former United States Dis
trict Attorney, on a charge of conspir
acy, Francis J. Heney arrived, in San
Francisco this morning to " resume the
prosecution of the bribery-graft cases.
. Immediately upon his arrival Heney
went into conference with District At
torney Langdon, Special Agent William
J. Burns, Rudolph Spreckela and others
associated with the prosecution, in
which he familiarized himself fully
with all that has transpired in the
cases since he went north early in Jan
uary. It was shortly after Heneyswent to
Portland that District Attorney Lang
don annulled the immunity contract
given to Abe KuuX and announced the
determination of the prosecution to
place the' former political boss upon
trial.
While denying that he Intended to
resign immediately as a special prosecu
tor for the Federal Government, Heney
stated that he would- probably try but
one more of the score of cases still
pending in the Oregon land fraud in
dictments that of Binger Hermann,
formerly Commissioner of the United
States General Land Office.
"I have returned to San Francisco to
resume the prosecution of ' the bribery
graft cases' Said Mr. Heney. "While I
have not resigned from the Government
service, I will let nothing else interfere
with the prosecution of the cases here
until they have been disposed of. The
Government Is desirous of having me pry
into the case of Binger Hermann and
conduct the retrial of Congressman Wil
liamson, who has been granted a new
trial. If I get through here by June 1, I
may then return to Portland, and as Her
mann and Williamson are co-defendants
I may try both at the same time. That
will probably end my personal connection
with the conduct of the remaining trials
in the land fraud cases."
Heney declined to discuss the alleged
immunity contract given to Abe Ruef,
which was annulled after he had left for
the- north. Neither would he say whether
he would make a counter-affidavit to the
one made by Ruef last week, in which
the former political boss declared that
the prosecution could not carry Out its
part of the programme because Superior
Judge Lawlor refused to dismiss the. in
dictments against him.
"I can say nothing until I have had
an opportunity to confer with everybody
associated with tho prosecution," said
Heney. .
Asked regarding the assertions of Pat
rick Calhoun that the Assistant District
Attorney had promised, the street railway
president, at the conclusion of the Ford
trial, that he would next be placed upon
trial, Heney grinned 'and said:
"I- really did not promise Mr. Calhoun
that he would be the next defendant to be
tried. I do not make such promises. I
merely announced what the plans of the
prosecution were, so far as they had pro
gressed at that time, subject to change."
When Ruef's case came up before Judge
Lawlor at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Heney,
smilingly confident, was on hand early to
again direct the prosecution.
Delays Trial of Callioun.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. It took
less than five minutes this morning for
Superior Judge Lawlor to continue the
bribe cases on his calendar for one
.week. They consisted of Patrick Cal
houn, Thornwell Mullaly,' Tirey L.
Ford, William Abbott, Abraham Ruef
and Eugene Schmltz.
Frank Murphy who is attorney
for K'lef, declared tlie court had no
right to make any ruling relative to
h.is client, averring that he had never
been arraigned" on the charge. This
contention was based on the omission
of a word by the stenographer in
copying the intilctment. The court de
clined to entertain the reasons get
forth and followed the conclusion of
Murphy's remarks by ordering the con
tinuance. ,
Dinan-Ruef Case Postponed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. In Judge
Dunne's department of the Superior
'Court this morning the Parkside -bribery
cases, including G. H. Umbsen, J. E.
Green and W. I. Brobeck, charged with
bribery went over for two weeks. Jerry
Dinan and Abraham Ruef, Jointly charged
with conspiracy, were represented by
counsel and their cases were continued
to be set for two weeks.
COUNTY BOARDS IN SESSION
First State Convention of Commis
sioners Held in Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Members of the boards of County Com
missioners from all parts of Washington
are gathered in Tacoma .to attend the
first state convention and will effect a
permanent organization and confer on
matters of general Interest. The first
session has been called for tomorrow.
An elaborate programme has . been ar
ranged and it Is expected the convention
will last the greater part of the week, as
a number of speakers have been secured
snd considerable business is to be brought
before tlie Commissioners.
Governor A. E. Mead Is to address the
cpnventlon and other state officials will
also be present. It Is believed that the
Commissioners will discuss matters of
needed legislation and will probably ap
point a permanent committee to work on
matters of this nature and report at the
next convention.
Polk County Mijls Resume.
DALLAS, Or.. February 10. (Spe
cial.) The sawmill of the Dallas
Lumber Company will resume opera
tions wltii a full crew of men Wednes
day morning, after a shutdown of over
six months. With the resumption of
work in this mill there are no Inac
tive mills in Polk County.
OLD THEOLOGY GOOD EXOUGH
Seattle Pastor Scores Those Who
Take up "Higher Criticism. " .
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Vitriolic criticism of tlie tendency among
ministers to abandon the old theology
for false gods in the shape of so-called
criticism was made in an address before
the Presbyterian Ministerial Association
by Rev. J. M. Wilson -this morning. In
particular the divine deplored tlie con
ditions he alleges to cxlKt In San Fran
cisco, wlrere. lie said, "The pulpits are
saturated with destructive so-called
higher criticism.-" The speaker assailed
Christian Science, scored the teachings
of Chicago University professors and
criticised Rev Francis E. Clark, presi
dent of the National Christian Endeavor,
for allowing a Chicago University -professor
to speak at the convention of the
Endeavorers held here last July.
"Oriental paganism and Occidental
Christianity are engaged in a life-and-death
struggle on the Tacilic Coast,"
declared the divine, "and the very foun
dations of the church are threatened."
SHINGLE-WEAVERS OX STRIKE
Kelso Men Refuse to Work Along
side Nonunion Employe.
KELSO. Wash., Feb." 10. (Special.)
When the whistle blew at the Metcall
shingle mill this morning 35 shingle
weavers refused to go to work, declaring
a nonunion operator was in the employ
of the company against the protest of
the Shingle-weavers' Union.
J. L. Harris, manager of the Metealf
Shingle Company, declares the operative
over which the strike has occurred has
been in the employ ot the company tor
a number of years and is considered by
the management as one of the best em
ployes. He further claimed that the com
pany has always been in favor of em
ploying union men and has always paid
the union scale of wages. The company
does not propose to discharge Z. Steph
ens, a sawyer, and will endeavor to se
cure operators from tlie outside.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Mrs. Mary Campbell.
MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. 10. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. -Mary Campbell, widow of the
late Judge Campbell, died yesterday noon
in her 82d year. Mrs. Campbell was one
of the pioneers of Chehalis County, hav
ing come here about 30 years ago: first
settling at Summit, east of here, and later
moving to Montesano. About 20 years
ago Mrs. Campbell became paralyzed
on the left side, and the end had been
expected for some time. She- leaves
three children: W. D. Campbell. ex-County
Auditor, of Aberdeen; Fred Campbell
and Mrs. Lemuel Nethery, of this city.
Mrs. W. II. Guile.
OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. la (Special.)
News has been received here of the
sudden death of Mrs. W. H. Guile, of
Parkplace, who died February 6 at Kirk
ville. Mo., wkera she had been since last
Fall with her husband on a visit to iel-i-tives.
She was past 50 years of age. Mrs.
Guile was preparing for her return to her
Oregon home when she was taken ill.
She leaves two sons residing in Portland
and a. daughter who Is employed In the
Portland Ubrary Association.
Mrs. J. H . Filklns.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.)
As a result of a stroke of paralysis
yesterday, Mrs. J. H. Filkins died at
her home at Tangent today. She was
HO years old and had lived at Tangent
eight years! She leaves a husband
and nine children.
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Road Clashes With Commission.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 10. (Spe
cial.) Inspector Perley hag reported
to the State Railroad Commission that
the Northern Pacific Is refusing to
obey the Commission rules of February
1, relating to passenger traffic. The
Northern Pacific has refused to post
the commission rules in its stations.
The Commission ruled that no excess
should be collected for a rebate slip
for cash fares paid on the train. The
Northern Pacific posted rules which
provide for cash collection. The
Northern Pacific also refuses to obey
the rule that no more mileage shall be
pulled than would amount to the cash
fare.
The O. R. & N. has posted and. is
obeying all the rules.
Beserter Gives Himself Vp.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.)
At liberty a year and tired of being a
fugitive, Frederick Brunette, a desert
er from the United States Army, gave
himself up in this, city today. The,
commanding officer at Vancouver has
been notified. Brunette was arrested
last night for vagrancy and, after
spending a night in the City Jail, told
Chief of Police Ries that he was a
deserttr. He served three years in
Company H, Seventh Infantry, and,
prior to his desertion in January, 1907,
had re-enlisted for service in tho
Coast Artillery. He deserted from
Fort Harrison, Helelia, Mont.
.
Signs' Apology Voluntary.
MKDKORD. Or., Feb. 10. (Special.)
It now appears that M. B. ti"jrns,
superintendent of the Modford High
School, was not compelled by the School
Board to apologize to the four students
expelled by him for having playing
cards in their possession, or even to
reinstate them. Hie Apology and tho
reinstatement was voluntary and the
Board never acted finally on the mat
ter. The members of the School Board
express themselves as being opposed to
the exhibition of playing-cards in the
schoolroom, but do not regard it 83 a
serious enough offense to Justify ex
pulsion. Sells Logging Business.
MARPHFIELD, Or., Feb. 10. (Spe
cial.) Frank Boutin, who has been op
erating in timber extensively here for
the past two years, has sold to the C.
A. Smith Lumber Company, of this city,
his logging camp on the south inlet,
together with the railroad, boats and
two sections of tlmherland. Boutin has
also sold to Henry Hooch, of North
Bend, a contract for logging land at
Beaver Hill for the Simpson Lumber
Company.
Heavy .Docket at The Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 10. (Spe
cial.) District Court convened ' here
today, with the longest list of crim
inal cases Wasco County has had for
many years, among them two murder
cases.. Because of the legal holidays
Hccumuimcu uuaiucoo nos iimus an un
usually long docket. In addition to the
criminal cases there are 57 equity and
41 law cases.
Riot on Board Ship.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 10. There
was a riot on board the steamshlo Ori
ana today, as a result of which two men
were taken to the hospital and four were
placed under arrest. The trouble was
the outcome of a drunken squabble, in
which a number of the crew were inter
ested. Two Russian stokers were badly
beaten abouf the head with hammers anil
iron bludgeons.
Abd-el-Azli on the Warpath.
TANGIER. Feb. 10. Advices received
here from Rabat state that the army
of Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan, has started
for Fez.
SILHOUETTES
BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
If Sir Edgar Vincent, tlie distinguished
English financier, had visited Portland
on any other day excepting the Sabbath,
he might have learned a lot of new wrin
kles from Brother Ross and hla pals.
The chronic handshaker is almost BS
big a nuisance as the chronic smilcr.
.
Though sho pretends to 'be shocked to
the point of horror because chorus girls
wear short skirts the fattest dowaper is'
always read to wear a Watteau shep
herdess rig if the show is for the benefit
of the minister.
-
In one respect the unemployed poor are
absolutely independent: There Is always
tlie river;
...
Tlie National Association of I.iotior
Dealers now comes forward with plans
for the reformation of booze traffic.
"When the devil was sick the devil a
saint would be. but when the devil was
well devil a saint was he."
Present day statesmen are much more
concerned about what thi!ir press agents
may say than over the final estimate of
the historian.
Straw votes indicate little but the course
of torrid ozone.
It Didn't Make a Hit.
Young Ohiar wroti; a rubiyat
About a feeling he had got.
He printed it into a book
And then his pen in hand he took
And sent it to a girl he'd shook.
She answered back: "I've read your rot
Maybe it's poetry, maybe not.
If I had time I'd like to cook
Up some verses that would look
As lame as yours and tell a lot.
Just now, however, I'm trying to hook
Onto a husband who'd be hot
If we started a correspondence ruhlyat.
It is very dffficult to be honest without
being rude.
Far too many wives look upon their
husbands as an excuse for loafing.
The man who bequeathed his corpse to
a Seattle medical college yesterday may
properly be referred to as a dead give
away. After passing 40 a bachelor accepts mat
rimony as a consolation prize.
The strictly modern dry-goods store that
caters to fashionable patronage might just
as well abolish Its Infants-wear depart
ment. A secret is something which should be
listed under Uie head of "For Men Only."
A long suffering public Is becoming so
deadly tired of blatant professional re
formers that It is actually discovering
virtues in J. Pierpont Morgan.
In society a fool and his money are
much sought after.
The surest way to betray your provin
cialism is to blow about your home town.
Before and After.
Mamie and Reggy met one day
And fell in love in the ancient way.
At marriage the latter would take a
chance
But the lady she led him a merry dance.
At the seaside she flirted the Summer
through,
Something he'd never learned to do,
So he worried and almost pined away
While Maynie had a time that was very
gay.
But Summer girls wane as the seasons
do
And Autumn brought Mamie and Reggie,
too,
Back to town and the social whirl,
The faithful swain and the flirty girl.
They were married at last whan Winter
was o'er
And returned once more to the sounding
shore:
'But strangely enough Mayme's propriety
Became the most proper and prim variety.
While Reggie's gallantries, a regular
revel,
Proved marriage had made him "a per
fect devil:"
And he said to his friends and his faith
ful frriu
"I can if I wish for I'm married now."
CONSERVING OUR FORKST WEALTH
Policy to Be DIscnsRcd nt Meeting of
Oregon Forestry Assoolntlon,
'CORVALLI j5, Or., Feb. 10. (To the
Editor.) In a recent issue of the Min
nesota Forester, this statement occurs:
"Oregon, with her vast forest wealth
practically untouched. Is to be envied.
She needs but to take note of the con
ditions that prevail in this and adjacent
states. In order to fully understand why
she should conserve her forest .wealth."
This little piece of advice, coming ns It
does from one of the states now driven
to desperation in an effort to hold in
check the further destruction of her tim
bered areas and reduce the devastation
wrought through wasteful lumbering
practices, by purchasing large tracts
of deforested lands and planting
them, ought to dispel our ap
parent apathy on this import
ant subject. In the, face of the dreadful
havoc that has been wrought in so many
of the Kiustern states, through the
absence of enlightened public scntim"nt
as to the conservative treatment of the
forests, such counsel as this ousht to
be effective in awakening ,a public In
terest In this great question, which means
so much to our state.
There are many phases to the subject
of forestry In Us relation to a state's
welfare. If judiciously ma'ia'god. our
lumber Interest ought to be able to main
tain In steady employment an army of
workers, an Item of vast importance lo
the state directly and Indirectly. The
history of Europe shows that the state
or nation is the only competent agent in
the continued maintenance of an effective
forest policy embracing large and' varied
tracts of timber. One f tlie vital points
affecting private ownership Is taxation.
At the bednniinr of any state forest
policy, this question is one of the first
for consideration. Properly adjusted It
materially aids in harmonizing private
and public Interests, an important factor
In a sound public policy.
In order to aid in the work of bring
ing about a full consideration of thin im
portant topic, tho State Forestry Asso
ciation will hold a meeting In the City
Hall. Portland. Friday night, February
14. The public is cordially invited to at
tend and take part In the discussion. The
topic will he opened in a paper to be
presented' by H. D. Langille. well-known
in this field of work throughout our
state. The association is a voluntary
organization for the promotion of ail
matters pertaining to forestry in Ore
gon, and. welcomes every public-spirited
citizen to . membership). It contemplates
the publication of a monthly bulletin for
publicity purposes, the tirst issue to ap
pear at an early date. It will also en
gage In a series of public meetings f
be held in various parts of the state, as
determined by the interest manifested in
the several localities.
E. R. LAKE.
President Oregon Forestry Association.