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Cr.NTRAL, BANK AND BRANCHES.
Anion? the authorities on ilnanclal
'. enT "-f the present day, none
stands higher than Signer Luzzatl. of
Ilaly, formerly Minister of Finance of
that country, whose administration
effected more than any other agency
in bringing order out of the chaos of
Italian finance. When therefore,
Signor Luzzatl Bays that the great
need of the United States, to give con
trol and steadiness to its financial
affairs and currency system is a cen
tral bank similar to those in Europe,
and that "thla would do more than
anything to purify the financial
atmosphere of America, and check
the Immoral speculation that is stain
ing the greatest democracy in the
world," he utters words which we per
haps have not wisdom enough yet to
heed, but which by hard experience
we shall yet be taught to heed.
The main obstacle now is the ignor
ant prejudice of our politicians., which
has been handed down as a heritage
from the days of President Jackson,
who. instead of allowing the Bank of
the United States to become what it
ought to have been. In a fit of partisan
fury destroyed It. The crass stupidity
of that act left the country in flnan
cial helplessness, with no system at
all; and at the outbreak of the Civil
War issues of treasury notes, with no
provision for their redemption, be
came an only resource, followed by
the present National bank system, so
called, which is but a piece of rude
patchwork the whole constituting
such a travesty of banking, finance
and currency as the world never be
fore has seen.
The Bank of the United States was
everywhere attacked by state sover
eignty demagogues. The states had
never delegated the power or.--au
thority, they asserted; the duty of a
good government was to destroy not
to charter monopolies; a moneyed
class would- be given privileges and
benefits that could not be enjoyed by
all; the states would be deprived of
their right to enact banking laws, and
concentration of money power would
create an aristocracy of wealth and
bring down upon the Government the
Just and heavy hatred of the great
mass of the people for whose good
the Constitution had been framed.
Jefferson' had opposed the first
bank, and that was enough; though
taught by bitter experience, after the
first one had been wound up, Madison
had been compelled to sign the sec
ond, on the pressing need of finding
a remedy for the disorders that were
besetting the currency. Madison had
a "much fairer and more open mind
than Jefferson, whose hatred of
Hamilton was such that he was ready
at any time to sacrifice the interests
of the country to it; yet every pro
posal for a bank must follow, through
necessity, the lines marked out by
Hamilton. This financial "genius has,
indeed, dictated the laws of banking
and currency to both hemispheres.
Jackson, of course", knew nothing
about banking, finance or currency.
Passionate Ignorance was the guide
of all his actions. And the Bank of
the United State,- instead of being
continued, and adapted as it might
have been to the various and chang
ing needs of the country, 'was at
tacked and destroyed. Many of the,
states taxed its branches, stock and
issues, and were urged by the party
in power to persist in doing so, in
violation of the law and Constitution
as interpreted by the luminous de
cisions of Chief Justice Marshall. At
tacked so furiously, the bank made
various efforts at explanation and de
fense, but these created political en
tanglements, which still further In
furiated Its assailants. Principles of
finance, of banking and of credit cur
rency were wholly lost In the din and
fray and uproar of partisanship and
ignorance. Thus the central bank,
that, under right treatment, would
have been the financial stay of the
country, providing It, moreover, with
a sound, flexible and stable credit
currency, which would have enabled
It to stand the strain of the Civil War
and to meet or avert panic conditions
since, fell; and we have the present
crazy-qullt as a substitute, which will
continue to plague us, so long as It
shall exist. . .
It is not probable that even yet
Congress can be Induced to consider
any plan of a central bank, with
branches; for the partisan prejudice
of the former, time still persists and
seems well-nigh immortal. Some
progress, however, there has been; for
nobody now advocates return to the
schemes of banking formerly author
ized by the various states, which
offered examples of nearly every form
of note issues and every degree or
phenomenon, of failure.
Progress of the National Idea has
cut the state sovereignty notion out
of this business; yet the flat notion as
to money or currency still prevails
widely, and many still demand to
know why the Government should not
issue direct from the treasury all the
money" wanted by the people. . Why
they a3k,, should notes be Issued
through banks? Necessity of main
tenance of conditions for redemption
of notes, so that their nominal value
may be their real value. Is a lesson yet
beyond the teaching of this school
though one would think there had
been experience enough, even In our
history, to Impress It on every mind.
No one of the central bank systems
of foreign countries would quite suit
our own, for they all vary from each
other, to meet special conditions of
their own countries, and so ours
would vary from them. But the gen
eral principles and features would be
the same. A bank currency, under a
proper system, is elastic or flexibly;
Its security is the gold reserves and
mercantile bills based on staple com
modities moving in all markets. Un
der right management, in which Gov
ernment particpates, the security is
perfect. But a bond-secured currency
is fixed and rigid; it has no expansive
and practically no contractile quality;
it is liable to congestion in banks or
hoards, and the congestion becomes
both a cause and effect of panics.
On the other hand a credit cur
rency, bank currency, based on
mercantile bills representing com
modities all the time in movement
for the demand in the world's
markets keeps the commodities al
ways moving is an active currency.
It must move, because the com
modities move for ' necessary con
sumption; and gold comes, when the
wheat and cotton and other products
represented by the merchants' bills are
sold in ,the foreign markers.
Our Clearing-House certificates. Is
sued at Portland on wheat, are illus
trations 'on a small scale. But the
whole business ought to be transacted
through a central bank and Its
branches, under close""- regulation by
the Government.
LINCOLN" AND HIS ENEMIES.
There was very general observance
of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
The observance will be still more gen
eral next year, for that will be the
first centenary of Lincoln's birth.
The most gratifying thing of all is
that Abraham Lincoln has conquered
his enemies. He was nearest to our
universal humanity of any of our
public men; the mildest, the. most
catholic, yet the firmest; unequalled
In sagacity and in devotion to highest
Ideals, yet most vilified and maligned.
One reason why a great many men
,and women don't like the Democratic
party, or even its name, is their
memory of the bitter and terrible
abuse which that party heaped upon
Abraham Lincoln. And it was the
whole party that did It, not merely
the spokesmen of the party. In the
agony of the great war they came
near beating Lincoln,' even In the
state of New York. His majority in
that state In 1S64 was only 6749. In
Oregon it was but 1431.
No man was ever fought by any party
so venomously as Lincoln was fought
by the Democratic party, that now
pretends to revere him. The speeches
and newspapers and general fury of
the Democratic party of that time were
simply horrible. No supporter of Lin
coln, then, and of the cause for which
Lincoln stood, would even speak to a
Democrat in those days, if he could
avoid It. There were politics then,
politics. Indeed!
Hatred of Lincoln in the South was
but natural. But why should It have
been so venemous in the North? It
pervaded the Democratic party of the
North, through and through. There
never has been anything like It. To
read the debates and proceedings of
the Democratic National Convention,
held at Chicago in 1864, with the de
nunciations of Lincoln there on every
body's lips, will, evsn at this distance
of time, start a thrill of horror.
A MOVE TOWARD MONOPOLY.
In a tentative manner the Produce
Merchant's Association seems to have
taken up the problem of preventing
farmers from peddling their potatoes,
veal and cabbages on the city streets.
This practice of the farmers Is dis
liked by the association, one gathers,
partly because It demoralizes prices,
partly because It Interferes with the
retail grocery trade. Both these rea
sons are worth examining, not only
from the point of view of the dealer,
but also from that of the consumer.
It is undeniable that both the farmer
and the consumer have rights In this
matter of street peddling. The mer
chants are not the only parties who
are Interested In It; nor are they the
only ones whom the Council should
consult In case It proposes to legislate
upon the subject.
What are we to understand by "de
moralizing prices," It means that the
farmers sell their produce cheaper on
the street than the combination per
mits the retail grocers to sell the
same class of goods in their stores.
As long as the farmers are permitted
to peddle potatoes and cabbages from
their wagons, no trust can fix an ex
tortionate price upon such goods. The
liberty of the farmer t seH protects
the consumer from robbery. Forbid
the farmer to peddle his produce and
Immediately the purchaser of vege
tables for the table Is placed exactly
where the purchaser of wood now Is.
He is at the mercy of a combination,
which will push prices as high as they
will go. Prices are "demoralized" In
the opinion of the combinations when
they are fixed with reference to the
consumer's rights. Anything which
prevents the combination from agree
ing upon an extortionate price and
compelling the consumer to pay It is
"demoralizing."
The purpose of the Produce Associ
ation , to ask restrictive legislation
from the Council is certainly courage
ous. For many months the Council
has been considering more or les3
seriously how to relieve the public
from the extortions of the wood, coal,
ice and divers other trusts. It is
somewhat bold to come forward at
this Juncture and ask the city fathers
to deliver the people over to the
tender mercies of another combina
tion which may not be a trust, but
which acts in many respects Just as a
trust would act.
It Is to the Interest of the consumer
that prices should be "demoralized"
as much as possible. It is to his in
terest to prevent the establishment of
monopoly prices in produce as In
everything else. It Is well enough to
regulate farmers' peddling. They
should not be permitted to obstruct
the streets or to annoy householders
by importunity. It Is not a bad idea
to have a public market where all
produce from the country may be ex
posed for sale during certain hours
of the day. This is done in many
cities and it is a good plan. But stalls
In the market ought not to be held at
prices which are prohibitive to farm
ers and only within the reach of the
trust.
If Portland is to have a genuine
public market the stalls ought to be
rented at a figure which will protect
both the farmer and the consumer.
The market should be conducted pri
marily In the Interest of the' great
public and only incidentally for the
benefit of the produce merchants. If
a public market pays expenses, that
is all the city need require from It.
The general benefit of clean, cheap,
fresh and abundant farm produce, on .
sale where everybody could get It,
would be so great that the Idea of
profit from the Investment need not
be considered at all; though a public
market conducted in the Interest of
the consumer may well pay a money
profit.
The people of Portland have the
right to buy their table vegetables
anywhere and of anybody they please.
They have the right to buy in fhe
cheapest available market; and It
would be Intolerable for the Council
to try to compel them to pay two
middlemen's profits where one will
suffice. In this era of high prices
and difficult subsistence the Council
would not be wise, to Impose new
burdens upon householders. The
home is quite as important as the re
tall grocery store. While we value
both, if one must be sacrificed it
should not be the home. We should
never forget that all these efforts to
place the public at the mercy of
monopolies are direct blows at the
welfare of the home and family.
NEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Secretary Taft Is still lifting up his
voice in behalf of the Phillipines and
to his consistent attitude and earnest
endeavors, to secure fair play for our
trans-Pacific dependencies, is due the
patience with which our new wards
have waited for this Government to
do what Is right toward them. Out
of the chaos, which resulted when the
United States "broke the bar of
Spain," the Filipinos have emerged
with surprising rapidity, when the
handicaps they endure are considered.
In their National Assembly, they have,
as stated by Secretary Taft, "a gov
ernment that Is largely a government
of Phillipine people under the final
guidance, however, of an. American
executive, and one branch of the
legislature." But while the Phillipines
have come Into our family circle as
an adopted child, we have as yet,
signally failed In extending to them
the rights and privileges that are
granted other members of the famllv.
The newly established Assembly has
sent to Washington as representatives
of the islands, two commissioners who
are said to be able men, well qualified
to plead the cause of their constitu
ents. Unfortunately they have no
vote in Congress, and no place on the
committees, and aside from their pos
session of official credentials from the
Phillipine Assembly, they are but lit
tle above the grade of lobbyists. These
commissioners were Instructed by
their Assembly to make on Congress
the same demands that have for years
been put forth by Mr. Taft and other
exponents of the doctrine of a square
ceai. me most Important concession.
"if It be proper to term an act of
simple justice a concession," de
manded by these commissioners will
be the revision or abolition of the
Dingley tariff rates on sugar, tobacco,
hemp and other staple products which
are particularly adapted to Phillipine
territory. In a spirit much fairer than
that which opposes them, the Fill
pinos express a willingness to have
free entry of sugar limited to 250,000
tons' per annum, and of tobacco to
3,000,000 pounds per annum.
When it is considered that this
sugar must be shipped 8000 miles by
water, and 2000 miles by rail, to reach
most of the American consumers who
are now at the mercy of the sugar
trust. It Is easy to understand the
fallacy of the argument put forth by
the trust representatives, that their
business would be ruined by this com
petition. And there are other Inter
ests -to be considered. When the ar
rogant sugar trust publicly announces
at Washington that no relief will be
given the Phillipine sugar producers
at this session of Congress,' it not only
Increases the hatred of the Filipinos
for the country that Is hampering its
industrial growth, but It is forcing
millions of American consumers to
pay exorbitant prices for the trust
! product.
The commissioners will also ask the
repeal of the law requiring all ship.
ments to the United States to be made
In American bottoms. This of course
will be fought by the Interests who
are using lack of American tonnage
as a club with which to beat a sub
sidy bill through Congress. The
American flag is a glorious banner of
freedom, but when the unsophisti
cated Filipino Is made to suffer mon
strous injustice by the country that
has forced his allegiance to that flag,
it Is small wonder that his reverence
for the flag Is not on the Increase.
The Republican party won freedom
for the Filipinos, but It has not com
pleted Its mission In their territory,
and unless it rejects the pleas of the
svigar trust, the tobacco trust, the
shipping trust and all other iniquiti
ous organizations for the restraint of
trade, the prestige for making true
and loyal American subjects out of
the island men, will rest with the
Democrats, for sooner or later, the In
terests of the producer and consumer,
will be given precedence over those
of the trusts which now wax great
from the efforts of both.
Grand opera sung in English is one
of the Innovations promised with the
change in the management of the
Metropolitan Opera House in New
Tork. This radical change is sug
gestive of the remarks of the rural
gentleman who attempted to order a
meal at a high-toned restaurant In
Gotham. "I believe." said he, "that
if a man were to go down into New
Tork City and start a hotel with the
bill of fare printed In English so that
folks "could read It, he would make a
fortune. It would get rumored around
the country that there was such a
hotel, and the sheriff would never get
It." New Tork may perhaps be sur
prised to learn that theye are a num
ber of people in this country Tor
whom the English language, sung or
spoken, has a very pleasing sound,
but it is a fact, and it may be dem
onstrated, even in grand opera.
The following special came yester
day from Washington (February IS),
to the Evening Telegram:
Senator Bourne has issued l circular let
ter addressed to the Reaubllcan votera of
Oregon in support of the primary election
law and Statement No. 1. In support of
his vlewa Senator Bourne quoted from
Washington's farewell address. Lincoln's
Gettysburg address and Roosevelt on the
party. In conclusion he .says:
"I advise jny friends and constituents
In the interest of true Republicanism and
Ideal American cltlxenshlp to vote for State
ment No. 1 nominees for the Legislature In
the April primaries and vote only for State
ment No. 1 nominees at the June election
and their party nominee for Senator."
All this could have been made more
Impressive, if, 4n support of his views.
Senator Bourne had added to his
quotations from Washington's Fare
well Address, to Lincoln's Gettysburg
Oration, and to Roosevelt's recent
message, Bryan's electrical metaphor
on the Crown of Thorns and Cross of
Gold. And Senator Bourne was Just
the man to do It. All Oregon must
be sorry that it escaped him.
Commercial bodies of the Pacific
Coast are already agitating the re
tention on the Pacific Coast of a fleet
of at least six . modern battleships.
There will naturally be strenuous op
position from the same sources that
have been criticising the sending of
the fleet to this Coast, but among
loyal deep-thinking Americans, who
regard the Navy as an agency for the
preservation of peace, the proposition
will be warmly welcomed. The Pacific
will be the scene of the greatest com
mercial and political activity that the
New World has ever known. The
Atlantic with shores crowded with a
people on whom the restraining hand
of civilization has rested for., mora
than a century, will never again be the
scenes of such trouble as is possible
on the Pacific so long as we are con
fronted with the ambitious, recently
civilized and In some cases almost un
civilized races across the Pacific.
The financial condition of Japan is
an' excellent guarantee against any
very wide breach of International
peace at this time. The discussion of
the financial budget at Tokio almost
precipitated a riot on the floor of the
House of Representatives, and the
principal speakers for " the Govern
ment argued that it was both unwise
and dangerous to discuss the nation's
finances from a pessimistic stand
point. The success of Japan In con
cealing its true condition from Russia
was the greatest factor in forcing the
surrender of its antagonist during the
recent war, but should the men of
Nippon get into trouble with a nation
like the United States, that Is per
fectly familiar with conditions, much
greater difficulty would be experi
enced In putting out a bluff that
would be duly respected.
Now would be a good time for Seat
tie promoters to have the census of
that city taken. The bill-board cam
paign for advertising Seattle has been
pushed In the East with such energy
and success (?) that disappointed,
clamorous thousands of men and
women are in that city stranded.
begging for work which is not to be
had and accepting in lieu thereof the
dole of- charity. TiB Is a heavy price
to pay for the name of being a
phenomenally busy wide awake city
of unlimited Industrial opportunities,
but It is a legitimate one. It is to the
credit of Seattle that It is doing all
it can to liquidate its obligation to the
multitude of men and women that
boastful boomers have lured to the
city.
The Oregonian has had something
to say hitherto in notes somewhat
loud, about the condition of railroads
in Oregon and danger of travel upon
them. It doesn't wish now to say,
"Told you so," but It would like to
urge anew the necessity, and the duty,
of a more liberal management and
service, so that the people may have
better assurance of safety.
Senator Bourne is out with a state
ment advising Republicans to vote
only for StatementNo. 1 nominees at
the June election. Some Republicans
may take the advice, if they feel like
it; others will not, because they don't
feel like it. They feel, somehow, they
say, that the results of Statement No.
1 hitherto have not been all that
could be desired.
A writer in the Albany Democrat,
not liking Brother Hofer of the
Capital Journal, calls him "this piti
able editor." Isn't this too con
temptuous? "Take any shape but
that."
There will be no need to vote for
any Republican nominee for the
Legislature who pledges to Statement
No. 1. Any Democratic nominee will
do as well.
La Follette, his Intimates say, does
not expect the Presidency now, but
wants to keep his name before the
country for 1912. A far look and dim
prospect.
An inexpensive way to improve the
city streets would be to make the ob
structing banana wagons and peanut
vendors move on.
-Patrolman Hepner hadn't served
long enough on the Portland prflice
force to be a coward or to flee In the
face of danger.
Investors who are looking for real
estate that has slumped should try
Seattle or Los Angeles. There's hone
in Portland.
While the married letter-carrier
patiently bears the burden of Christ
mas loads, he rebels. at being a pack
horse today.
"The Roosevelt panic" Is what they
call it. It alludes, we may suppose to
the panic among the plutocrats.
RAPS OREGOX HOME-MADE LAWS
The Initiative and Referendum Slaed
I'p as an "Iridescent Hambng."
Washington (D. C.) Post (Ind.).
The voters of Oregon are entitled to
commiseration. In spite of the fact that
they have brought most of their trou
bles upon themselves. In a spirit of
revolt against graft and grafters, the
people have attempted to run their
government at first hand. In a few
months they will be confronted with
the first fruits of their new Initiative
and referendum scheme, in the shape
of a ballot containing at least 20 Impor
tant and complicated measures pro
posed for adoption. The butcher, the
baker and the candlestick maker will
be called upon to drop their tools long
enough to make a cross on the ballot,
and thereby enact this legislation. One
of the proposed laws deals with Sun
day observance; another makes a new
system of representation in lawmaking
bodies; another establishes a new and
untried system of taxation; another re
models the grand' Jury laws; another
provides for recalling from office men
who are unsatisfactory; all these ind
other proposals being difficult ques
tions, requiring deliberation and dis
cussion. But there Is no time for deliberation
on the part of a man working for his
living. He must vote and get back to
work. So the Ushers and choppers and
plowmen of Oregon will take a day
next June and try their hands at law
making. It will be Interesting to note
the effect of laws enacted without de
liberation and discussion. How soon
will It be before the votera will use
their power of Initiative to kill oft the
laws they are now asked to enact?
What will they do when they are asked
to patch up the laws, striking out the
bad and keeping the good? How will
they manage to escape confusion and
disaster?
One of the notable features of the In
itiative scheme in Oregon is the fact
that practically any foolish proposal
can be placed before the voters of the
whole state. The initiative is seized
upon first, of course, by cranks who
have wild notions of reforming the
world' by means of new laws. The
cranks who swarm about Congress are
powerless, and those who infest State
Legislatures are nearly so; but In Ore
gon, with the initiative in full blast,
they flourish like the gTeen bay tree.
They are Joined by cunning and un
scrupulous manipulators, who endeav
or, by Indirection and concealment, to
secure legislation that could not stand
an hour of honest public discussion.
And this hodgepodge of freakish and
crooked legislation proposed by these
undesirable classes is placed before the
voters for their offhand decision! It is
little wonder that The Portland Ore
gonlan, bewildered but with honest ln
etincts, calls upon the voters to vote
"No" right down the line, in order to
be on the safe side.
The Initiative and referendum, one of
Mr. Bryan's pet policies, is an irides
cent humbug.
Bride Has Tea Children.
Philadelphia North American.
William Maguire was before Magis
trate Scott, accused by his bride, who
was Mrs. Clark, with neglecting to sup
port his family. In his defense Maguire
saJd all his trouble was due to miscal
culations he made before the marriage
as to Just how he would support the
widow and her ten children. She had told
him, he said, that three of her children
young men as big as Maguire were
working, and that all he would have to
do was to provide money to pay the rent
of their home. Maguire consequently
calculated that It would be compara
tively easy sailing for him in looking
after the family.
"But, judge." said Maguire, "I no
sooner got married than these three sons
of my wife quit work. Of course, I
kicked. I saw what was coming. Those
sons made it so unpleasant for me I had
to get out. I am willing to take care
of my wife."
"And you have been married only a
month," commented the magistrate.
"Yes; and, by gosh! here I am," said
Maguire, "still on my honeymoon, spend
ing It In a patrol-wagon."
The magistrate said he was sorry for
Maguire, and he released him upon his
own recognizance.
A Story on Senator lodse.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch In New
York Sun.
They are telling this story on Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts:
Mr. Lodge went to a dinner party and
at its conclusion asked for permission to
use his host's telephone to summon his
carriage. I
"Give me Senator Lodge's house," said
Mr. Lodge when central answered.
"Number, please V Inquired central,
sweetly.
"I have forgotten the number," said
Mr. Lodge.
"That Is an unlisted number, and we
have strict orders not to give It to any
one," central explained.
Mr. Lodge told who he was and In
sisted that he was entitled to be con
nected with his own telephone, but no
amount of persuasion could Induce cen
tral to disobey orders. Then Mr. Lodge
had an inspiration. He called up the
White House, explained his predicament
and asked for his own telephone address.
He got it promptly.
Joke Vnhlncea Woman's Jaws.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
With her mouth stretched wide open,
Mrs. Etta Holmes, 37 years old, of 1S87
Charles street, was admitted to the
Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J. For
eome time it was impossible to learn
what troubled the woman, but after a
thorough examination it was found
that her Jaws were dislocated. After
they had been put back into place by
the physician she said that she was
talking with friends at her home when
one of them made a funny remark. It
was while enjoying a hearty laugh
that her Jaws suddenly became rigidly
open. Then the, trip to the hospital
was made. Mrs. Holmes said the bad
a similar experience about a year a-jo,
and now ehe declares she will be care
ful how she laughs in the future.
Here la Sarkaam.
New. Tork Sun (Piute). 1
Shakespeare was told bis works were by
Bacon.
"That's, nothing-," he retorted. "Doesn't
Roosevelt hog Bryant"
Lightly dismissing the matter, he turned to
the Job on hand.
A Mystery Solved.
Caryle Smith. In Harper's.
"What Is the Navy nailing for?" quoth I to
Captain Sinks. .
"I do not know," the Sea Dog said. "But
this Is what I thinks:
Bob Evans wants to teach the Jape ths
game of Tlddledywlnka."
I put the question next unto our droughty
Admlrell.
"I do not know," said he, "and If I did I
wouldn't tell."
I thought he muttered something else that
bade me go to thunder.
The Secretary next I sought. "O Mister
Sec," said I,
"Why is the Navy sailing West?" Ho
straightway made reply:
"Because it Isn't sailing East." And shook
my hand good-by.
I went to Loeb. "O, William. Loeb, pray
can you tell to me
Just why the Navy's going Weat to tho
Pacific Sea?"
"Why, Is the Navy going West? Who told
you so?" said he.
At last I asked the President, "Please tell
me why you risk
The Navy sailing round the Horn?" He an
swered sharp and brisk:
"Because the sailing Is so bad from Omaha
to Frisk." '
DISTRUSTS MR. BRYAN'S SINCERITY
Democratic Authority Concedes That
He Looks Small to Mr. Taft.
New York Times. (Dem.)
The Roosevelt policies were mine,
are his, and shall be mine again, said
Mr. Bryan to the Democratic Senators
who dmed with him at the home of
Senator Newlands. This is probably
the first time In political history that
a chieftain of the opposition has
sought to establish his title to eligi
bility by planting himself firmly upon
the principles of the party in power.
In fairness, of course. It must be ad
mitted that this singular situation Is
somewhat modified by Mr. Bryan's
claim to a prior use- of the principles
in question. That claim is so well es
tablished in fact, so thoroughly but
tressed by historical circumstance, and
so generally admitted that it Mr.
Bryan had had the forethought to
copyright his policies he could estab
lish his rights to them as intellectual
property In our Federal Court where
infringement suits are prosecuted.
Indeed, a moralist so asture as Mr.
Roosevelt ought to admit that the pol
icies called his are not of his origin
ating, and their transfer to their law
ful owner should be effected, not by
recapture but by voluntary reconvey
ance on the expiration of the ter
minable Interest. If Mr. Taft has In
his makeup a shred of respect for
property rights he will, of course, take
himself out of the way In order that
Mr. Bryan may come Into his own.
and, as Mr. Curtis 6aid of President
Hays, "pass unchallenged to his chair."
This ingenious and subtle plea of
Mr. Bryan qujte eliminates from the
campaign the issue of principle. The
fight now beoomes altogether a matter
of men, reversing the old axiom. And
there's the rub. If the voters all
thought alike we should probably have
Mr. Bryan unanimously, but they wont
think alike. Inevitably, the platforms
being Identical, there will be a measur
ing and comparing of men. If the com-"
parlson were between Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Bryan, we should be alarmed
for the Nebraskan. The American
people admire ability, and follow after
It.
Now, Mr. Roosevelt is so lmmeasure
ably the superior of Mr. Bryan In that
respect that he would enter the race
already so far in the lead of his ad
versary that the gap between them
would never be closed. Mr. Bryan's
personal disadvantage in comparison
with Secretary Taft is not less evi
.dent. This Is a moral people. The
people believe William H. Taft to be
an absolutely sincere man, and a very
large part of the people , distrust the
sincerity of Mr. Bryan. He is too
facile. He has too many principles.
He lays aside the old and takes up
the new with such readiness as to
beget and continually confirm the be
lief that expediency, not conviction.
is the motive of his action. The peo
ple, moreover, know Mr. Taft to be
an efficient man. The efficiency of
Mr. Bryan is altogether untested. In
the two great endeavors of his life
he has disastrously failed, and appears
to have succeeded In nothing save In
accumulating a fortune while pursu
ing his profession of perpetual candl
date. Put against his barren record
the achievements of Mr. Taft In 'the
Phllllpplnes, In Cuba, in Panama, and
In his dally tasks of administration.
The comparison makes Mr. Bryan
look small indeed, and on election day
we are entirely -confident he would dis
appear from view.
NO THIRD TERM ABOUT IT.
Observations on the Recent Message
and on Oregon's Third-Term Senator.
Harper's Weekly.
The suggestion that the recent message
is a bid for a third term Is rubbish. Sen
ator Bourne, who grabs at It for one,
has his reasons, which are- obvious
enough, for twisting any event or any
utterance that comes along into a third
term portent. Senator Bourne came from
Oregon last Winter, a new Senator and
unknown except In his own state. By
fastening at once on the third term idea.
and identifying himself with It, and talk
ing about and promoting It all the time,
he has gained himself a great deal of
notoriety, so that his name is familiar
to the readers of the newspapers. Every
chance to shout for a third term for
Roosevelt Is a chance to familiarize the
American people with the name and
sentiments of Jonathan Bourne. No such
chance has been neglected so far, and
It Is not likely that any chance will be
neglected. Mr. Bourne has only four
short months more in which to use Mr.
"Roosevelt's popularity as a torch to make
consplouous the outlines of his own
figure. The sole idea he stands for is
the third term for Roosevelt. He will
stand for that for all he is worth as long
as there Is anything to stand on. ' But
there Is no warrant in the message for
the suggestion that the President feels
differently about a third term than he
did two months ago, when he reiterated
his declaration that his present term
should be his last. That he wants his
policies to survive his administration has
never been a secret; that he should uee
all the Influence he can command to Im
pose them on the country Is entirely nat
ural and characteristic, as it also Is that
he should consider that that purpose Is
furthered by expounding them anew from
time to time. The message does not need
any third term yearning to account for
It. It is fully accounted for by the ex
planation that the President loves the
children of his brain, and believes that
the voters will love them more and more
the better they know them. Also, it Ir
ritates him to have any of them dis
paraged or assailed, and he likes to defy
their assailants. One other thing counts
that the writer's passion la very strong
In him, and he likes to see himself in
print.
Tin? AMERICAN -LAXOTJAGa
Detroit Free Press.
This Is the way an J-pngllshman recounts
his experiences with his mother tongue as
"she is SDOke" in the "States":
"I was a stranger in Boston and found
some difficulty in understanding tho lan
sruage of the street.
"I stood on the curb and listened to the
conversation of two teamsters, who were
wrangllne about the right of way.
"One said to the other: 'Aw. oloso yor
trap, or I'll get oft and fracture your re
inforced concretes!
To fhis the one addressed replied: -Stop
overworking the hot-air pump or I'll pull
you off your chariot and swab the Belgian
blocks with you.'
"What are those chaps talking about?1
1 asked, turning to & bystander, who was
also listening to the conversation.
" 'Don't you cotton to the gab?' he asked
me. In surprise.
" 'Don't I which r 1 retorted.
"Don't you fall for the diction?' he
continued. Why. them two rein-pushers
meets head-on right here in the scrouge
where there ain't no room to let both of
'em tries to pass on the pole side then
they conjunct and loosen no their valvei
you heard the eplel one gets kippy and
calls the other a bifurcrated bajazzo then
t'other threatens to put a crimp In No.
l's lung cage. Then 'long; comes a pair of
pinchers from headquarters and tells 'em
to uncork the congestion and move to'rds
their destinations or they'll get a transfer
to the refrigerator. This claps the lid on
the incident. Say, are you a furrlner that
you can't dope United States lingo with
out blue-prints?" "
Shutting; Opium From Filipinos.
Baltimore American.
In the endeavor to enforce the law pro
hibiting the importation of opium into the
Philippines, the United States is facing an
important problem, and in circumventing
the strenuous and stealthy attempt which
will be made to evade that law all the In
genuity of the representatives of the Gov
ernment will be reaulred. There is no
doubt that this law, which aims at the
protection of the natives from this Chi
nese importation, is needed, and It is to
be hoped thatlt will prove effective.
SILHOUETTES
BY ARTHUR A. GREENS.
LIFE is so short at best that tt seems
a pity we must spend most of it
trying to be pleasant to people we don't
like.
At the . Opry.
The City Relative took his country cousin
to the theater and they sat In a box. "I
don't like the acoustics of this theater a,
bit," growled the City Relative during
the performance.
T don't, nuther," responded Country
Cousin, "By Jacks, I'm most breakln"
my neck trytn to see the acters from
thls'n."
s
Revised Definitions No. 1 Adventuress
(noun-fem.) A woman who knows you
but doesn't know your wife.
Almost every day something happens
that makes me hope there is & hell.
A woman dropped dead irr a bargain-
counter rush in an Eastern city recently.,
She was trying to get some silk, stockings
marked down from $2 to (LOT, but couldn't
for the life of her.
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At the Beauty Shop.
Her face got onto her nerves one day.
So she went to the beauty shop over the
way.
And. timidly asked of th Maroened miss.
"Can you do anything; for man like
this?"
"Of course," smfled the maid, "itnd be
fore we get through.
Your face will be even better than nsw."
The) patient sighed, as she felt tax her
purse;
TO take a chance, for rt can't be worse.
see
When one does el good deed, be usually
dulls the edge ot benefaction by talking;
about It.
The only disagreeable feature aJMyat
heaven, so far as I can learn. Is that Bt
Peter doesnt Issue pass checks.
The average woman who sues for
breach of promise Is perfectly willing to
dismiss her action after she has broken
Into the papers as "a striking beauty
with rare charms of face and figure."
One of the really enjoyable spectacles
that the American people have been
privileged recently Is the petering out of
that noisy nuisance, Thomas W. Law
son. s
It will soon be time for the prospective
June bride to collect her trousseau prep-!
aratory to becoming a November divorcee,
see
The combination of a woman and a
telephone Is responsible for the loss of
more valuable time than any other
agency, not even excepting theatrical
performances.
e
According to the President, the Repub
Uoan party Is entitled to its opinions so
long as they are acceptable to Theodore
Roosevelt.
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If Councllmen Driscoll and Vaughn
don't subside pretty soon they should be
tied together and thrown over a clothes
line. e
Wisdom and Folly have conflicting
franchises and frequently get their wires
crossed. .
Home View of Mr. Bryan.
Lincoln (Neb.) State Journal, Rep.
Mr. Bryan has become well-to-do, and
yet to charge him with mercenary motives
Involves a complete misunderstanding of
his life and character. If anythins
can be proved by the testimony of a :
man's neighbors, let it be sat down'
that Mr. Bryan should be credited with
purity of life as well as personal charm;
that he Is sincerely devoted to the In
terests of his country, and that few men
are more willing to give of their earn-1
lngs to public causes In which he feels
an interest.
The failure of a community that cheer-,
fully and virtually unanimously offers;
testimony to all of these things to sup-;
port Mr. Bryan for the Presidency isi
another matter. It arises from a lack'
of faith In the Democratic party and;
Its principles and a distrust of Mr.
Bryan's ability to accomplish anything i
with such a following; rather than a lack .
of belief In the sincerity of Mr. Bryan ;
himself.
Enoch Arden Is Ontdone.
Raleigh (N. C,) Dispatch in New York'
World.
The Legislature has passed almost un
animously a bill validating the mar
riage of Joseph RIdenhour to Mrs. H. C.
Doris, two years ago, in Rowen County.
The woman's husband, Doris, left North
Carolina more than four years ago. When
he had been absent three years reports
came to her. that he had been drowned
In the Far East. Some time after she
married RIdenhour. Now there Is a
child several months old. Doris recently
returned without notice, went to his old
home and found his wife married, real
ized the circumstances and left the state
without troubling her. Senator Redwin,
opposing the bill, said -he thought it
would contravene the Constitution and
be granting a divorce.
A FEW SQ.rXB3.
Patience Lessons, are given now, you
know, by moans of the phonograph. Pa
trice la that the way your sister learned
to sing? Yonkers Statesman.
"I've never had any great luck," declared
the pessimist. "Neither have I," admitted
the optimist. "Made my money by hard
work and advertising. Louisville Courier
Journal.
Tom (at the musicals) Don't you think
Miss Screecher singB wltli considerable
feeling? Jackj Not so I can notice It.
If she had any feeling for the rest of us
he wouldn't sing at all. Chicago Daily
News.
"How did you like the sermon today?"
"Fairly well, but didn't you tiilnk the min
ister struck a mther pessimistic note?"
"I hadn't observed it. The choir struck so
many that 1 overlooked the minister s."
Judge.
"Is my son getting well grounded In the
classics?" asked the anxious millionaire.
"I would put It even stronger than that."
replied the private tutor. "I may. say that
he Is actually stranded onthem." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Dennis Goln' f ahpend th' wake-end at
Callahan's, are ye? An' phwat do yez call
th wake-end? Terence Shure. thot's
Sathurday noight frum th' toime yez dhraw
yure pay till th' ealoons close. Judge
Small Boy Do your glasses magnify
things, grannie? Grannie Oh. yes. dear.
Small Boy Then I wish you wouldn't wear
them when you help me to Jam. I don't '
axually get as much as you think. Punch.
Contractor (coming out of his palatial
residence) Come, boy! No loafing! You
ought to have had that enow oft half an
hour ago. Boy Oh. I wus Just -.valtin'
for It to rain, same as you do when you has
a snow-removal contract. Puck.
"My daughter," said Mrs. Nexdore. "is
positively delighted with her new piano.
She's quite familiar, you know, with all
the classical composnrs " "Familiar."
exclaimed Mrs. Pevprey, "why, she's posi
tively flippant." Philadelphia, press.
"Bluffer Is such a boaster you never
know when he's telling the truth. Be
says he has been presented at court; do
you think he Is telling the truth?" "I
think he Is." "Who do you suppose pre
sented him." "I guess It was the grand
Jury." Baltimore American.