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PORTLAXB, TVESDAY, MARCH , 1908.
. THE MEMORY OF EMMET.
Robert Emmet represents the high
est possible type of self-sacrlticing pa
triotism of the sentimental . kind.
Kvery successive age, so long as his
toric records are preserved, will honor
the name of this youth and weep over
his fate. He was a youthful John
lirown, but with a higher ideal. His
limitation awas that his ideal was not
uttainable. In him was embodied the
longing of Ireland for deliverance and
independence. But his fervent patri
otism, kindled by his Imagination, did
not propose or prepare means equal to
the result he Intended. He perished.
Any judgment could have foreseen It.
liut he Is embalmed, through his fate.
In the tears of the world.
He might easily have escaped.
Uvery man and every woman In Ire
land would have gone to the rack
lather than betray him. Nothing
would have been easier in his case
than concealment and escape. But
Hgitin he was misled by sentiment and
imagination. He had escaped already,
but dared everything by returning to
Dublin to meet his betrothed, Sarah,
daughter of the celebrated orator and
advocate, John Philpot Curran. He
was discovered, seized and executed.
But he Is immortal. He is of the
martyrs . who have sacriilced them
selves to their ideals; by whose sacri
fices In all ages mankind Is redeemed.
Ireland never may obtain independ
ence. It probably would not be best
for her if she should. But the sacri
fice of Robert Kmmet is none the less
a force in working out her destiny.
His bearing at the trial, his speech to
the judges, his conception of his situ
ation, and the nobility of soul with
v hich he met it, will bring pity and
sympathy and cause tears tostart. and
inspire hearts with high resolve, so
li'iitf as human records shall be pre
served upon the earlh. That Ireland
now. though not independent. Is vir
tually free, is due to the sacrifice of
high souls among her children,
among whom the name of Robert Em
met is set highest, to stand there for
ever. A man engaged in the enterprise he
undertook would not be executed now;
but England at that time was trem
bling In every liber from her fear of
Napoleon.
ONE MORE CAMPAIOX OF EDUCATION.
it Is not likely that the notes known
as greenbacks will be retired, cer
tainly not at present; but they ought
to be. They are no profit either to
the Government or to the people, but
constitute at all times a burden and a
danger. Enormous reserves of gold
must be beld to assure their converti
bility, or maintenance of value. They
lie as a dead weight upon the gold
leserve. constituting a mass without
flexibility, elasticity or mobility. They
are a most impracticable and unsci
entific currency.
These greenbacks are a cash reserve
for banks; but nothing could be more
anomalous than the use of debt obliga
tion of the Government for this is
Just what the greenback is as the
legal basis for debt obligations by the
banks to an amount four times as
Kreat. As ex-Secretary Gage says,
they merely weaken the foundation
of metallic money, on which the fabric
of our whole credit system must finally
rest." And our bank notes, on the
present basis, are but another feature
of the same perilous system: which
was hut a device born of the stress of
th Civil War to make a market for
I'nited States bonds. It has troubled
us ever since; but we never have had
the intelligent courage necessary to
change it.
Tha Fowler bill goes but a step In
the necessary direction. Perhaps even
this bill cannot be passed. Error, be
coming Inveterate, is exceedingly diffi
cult to remove. But we shall have re
currence of these currency panics till
we get on a rational basis.
The currency of the country should
be a bank currency based on gold
reserves, but related to and standing
for the products of our labor, the con
sumable products of the country, the
things we eat, wear and use. Every
other civilized nation has such a cur
rency. Are we forever to be too un
intelligent to have it? As Chairman
Fowler says: "Until we adopt , this
principle and relate our currency to
and base It on the consumable com
modities of the country we shall ex
periment in vain, and be caught now
and again In the throes of currency
panics."
A campaign of education is almost
as necessary on this subject as such
campaign was a dozen years ago on the
gold standard.
UNWARRANTED SHOOTING.
It is well that Patrolman Suitter has
been Indicted. If the public has the
facts correctly, he ought to be con
victed. From the reports there are
but two possible conclusions. Either
Suitter Is a coward who uses his re
volver for protection at the first inti
mation of danger, or he is a man of
murderous passion who should never
have been put upon the police force.
Only in rare and extreme cases should
an officer use firearms. It is his busV
ness to employ tact, persuasion, his
lists, his club if need be. - In time of
trouble he should use shrewdness or
agility, or any device he can. All
means must be exhausted before he
has the right to shoot.
Policemen are not clothed ordinar
ily with the power of life and death.
Their first and foremost duty is to
keep the peace, not to break it. Upon
the occasion of the death of Shaffer
the facts look very much as if Officer
Suitter were the aggressor. One can
hardly avoid the thought that he
'broke in upon the noisy band of
merry-makers with an offensive, al
most brutal, display of authority and
gave his orders in a manner calculated
to irritate rather than calm them.
Patrolman Leavlns' statement that the
men crowded around Suitter "with
murder in all their eyes" is incredible.
Doubtless they were excited and an
gry. They had been drinking, we dare
say. Moreover, they seem to have been
foreigners . who understood English
with difficulty. An officer who knew
his business would have considered all
these facts and conducted himself ac
cordingly. It is hard to escape the
conclusion that Suitter fired when
there was not the slightest excuse for
it. Two women testify that they were
holding Shaffer's hands at the time, so
that he was hardly In a situation to be
very dangerous. It seems likely also
that if the crowd had really been in a
murderous mood the death .of Shaffer
would have excited them to frenzy In
stead of quieting them.
It looks upon the whole as if Patrol-"
man Suitter killed Shaffer wantonly,
and his very hasty use of his pistol in
the Burkhardt Incident strengthens
this opinion. Of course the evidence
may ultimately justify his act, but if
it does it must be something very dif
ferent from what has yet come to
light.
SOME WISE RESOLUTIONS.
Among the resolutions adopted by
the department of superintendence of
the National Educational Association
at Its session in Washington two or
three' treat of subjects which are Im
portant to the whole country. The
resolution in favor of ungraded schools
in large cities to instruct immigrants'
children in English is particularly
wise. The need of such schools Is ap
parent to everybody who has the
slightest knowledge of immigrants
and their difficulties. No matter how
intelligent they may be, nor how eager
they are to become self-supporting,
their ignorance of English makes it al
most impossible for them to find work
except among their own people. Thus
their opportunities are cut oft and they
are too frequently victimized by over
work and under-pay. At the same
time they live in ignorance of our laws
and institutions, and if they; take part
at all In politics it is only as blind tools
of some boss.
Portland Is not a very large city as
cities go In these days, but even here
the desirability of instructing immi
grants from Russia and elsewhere in
English has become so manifest that
charitable people have taken up the
work without waiting for action by the
school authorities. It is a public duty,
however, and should be done at public
expense. If we permit foreigners to
settle here, we must see to it that they
are taught our language. An inter
esting part of this resolution is its ref
erence to ungraded schools. It raises
the question whether we have not been
making too much of grades and exam
inations in all our public schools. Have
we not lost sight of the true object
of education in our eagerness to see
children rise from grade to grade, pass
one examination after another, and
finally graduate? Those men and
women who can remember the old un
graded public school usually have a
good deal 'to say in its favor. The
association of young and old scholars
in the same room was not found to be
Harmful to anybody's morals, while it
spurred the ambition of the little boys
and girls to hear the big ones recite
their lessons in advanced grammar,
in hiBtory and In alegbra.
Much of that atmosphere of intol
erable dullness which now overhangs
the public school system is due to the
narrow outlook of the scholars, from
whom every fact not included in the
course for their particular grade is
sedulously concealed and for whom the
only stimulus to ambition is an exam
ination. Much has been gained, no
doubt, by rigid grading, but also much
has certainly been lost. Perhaps the
time may come when those boys and
girls who are not thinking of prepar
ing for the university will again be
taught the elements of the branches in
ungraded schools. The suggestion of
the superintendents' department ad
mits of great extension. What they
find good for the children of foreigners
may turn out to be good for natives
as well. The fault of the ungraded
school is lack of system; but there is
such a thing as having too much sys
tem. It Is possible to live altogether
for the system and forget what it was
devised for.
Touching upon agricultural educa
tion, the department of superintend
ence went to the root of the matter.
There has been a great deal of talk
about teaching agriculture In the com
mon schools lately, and everybody,
from the President down, has advo
cated it with great enthusiasm. It is
a most desirable thing, we all admit.
But, after all, of what use Is it to talk
about teaching children agriculture
until there is somebody who knows
how to do it? There used to be a su
perstition that anybody, no matter
how big a fool he was naturally, could
run a farm. That superstition has
vanished, and in place of it we now
have the belief that everybody can
teach farming, even those who never
saw a plow. The department of su
perintendence holds that one must
know at least a little about agriculture
before he Is fit to teach it to children;
hence the recommendation for normal
school training in this subject support
ed by the Government. Certainly if it
is the duty of the National Government
to maintain colleges of agriculture it
is no less a duty to train teachers who
can spread the results of the college
work among the people. Compared
with what they might be, the agricul
tural colleges are sterile, and the prin
cipal reason why they are not more
fruitful is the gulf between them and
the farmer. Normal classes In farm
ing would bridge this gulf.
Thus far the main, fault in our pub
lic schools has been their tendency to
assume that everybody is to be a mer
chant and must therefore learn com
mercial arithmetic, commercial geog
raphy and commercial everything else.
The fact is that most boys will have
very little to do with so-called "busi
ness" and a great deal to do with
farming, mechanics and similar mat
ters, while, as a rule, by ts.r the most
practical subject for girls to study is
domestic economy, which the schools
almost uniformly disdain. Inasmuch
as the department of superintendence
seems to advocate schools of all-round
usefulness, its recommendations de
serve more attention from the public
than such things usually get.
PORTLAND'S NEW TRADE FIELD.
It is Impossible to estimate the ex
tent of the advantages which Portland
will gain through the coming to this
city of the North Bank Railroad; but
its value as one of the city's greatest
commercial assets is daily becoming
more apparent. The Kennewick Com
mercial Club, in response to a request
from the. North Bank management,
has recently compiled statistics show
ing the amount 'of business handled
by the merchants at that point. The
figures are of special interest to Port
land for the reason that, in the past,
it has been a difficult matter for our
merchants to get a foothold In the
trade of the North Bank territory.
Some idea of what our merchants have
been missing in the past can be gained
by these figures, which show that dur
ing the twelve months ending Decem
ber 31, 1907, Kennewick received from
Tacoma 270 carloads, Seattle 190 car
loads and Portland 40 carloads of
freight.
In addition to these 500 carloads
there were received at the thriving
North Bank city 3364 tons in less than
carload lots, Portland's percentage of
this latter being about the same as for
the carload business. It Is, of course,
no reflection on tle enterprise of the
Portland merethants that this city has
in the past cut such a pitifully small
figure in the traffic along the north
bank of the Columbia. We have failed
to make much headway in that field
simply because our transportation fa
cilities were Inadequate for the ex
ploitation, except in a small way, of
any of that trade field lying north of
the Columbia. All this has been
changed by completion of the new
line, and never again will the Puget
Sound cities be enabled to make so
favorable a - showing at Columbia
River points.
The physical handicap which Port
land suffered in the North Bank terri
tory in the past has not only been re
moved, but the building of the new
line has actually placed a handicap on
the Puget Sound cities, which it will
be impossible to overcome. The rail
haul from Portland to Kennewick by
the water-level route, over the easiest
grade possessed by any railroad west
of the Rocky Mountains, is but 222
miles, compared with 251 miles to Se
attle and 247 miles to Tacoma; and by
the latter route the handicap of dis
tance is intensified by one of the steep
est mountain grades in the West.
When the new road settles Into perma
nent shape and high-speed trains are
In operation, it will be possible for the
people of Kennewick to come to Port
land, spend several hours in transac
tion of their business, and return to
Kennewick the same day. And Ken
newick and its adjacent territory are
only a portion of the immense new
territory that has been added to Port
land's trade field by completion of the
North Bank Railroad, for throughout
the entire distance traversed by the
new road there is an immense amount
of new business developing.
All that Portland has ever. asked in
any competitive trade field was even
terms with her bompetitors, and with
such terms our merchants have always
secured the lion's share of the trade.
The combined efforts of nature and
James J. Hill have provided us with
something better than even terms in
the new field across the Columbia, and
there Is no reason for doubting that
we will make the most of It. Carload
statistics on- freight received at Ken
newick in 1908 will show a decided
change over those for 1907, and the
change in Portland's favor will be still
more pronounced In 1909 and there
after. In reporting to Ambassador Tower
at Berlin that he had given $100,000
to complete the proposed fund neces
sary for the continuation of Dr. Koch's
researches into the cause and cure of
consumption, Mr. Carnegie adds that
he considers Koch, Pasteur and Lister
the three great leaders of civilization.
The term civilization is a wide one
and many factors enter into it. That
the physicians named have done great
service in the advancement of human
knowledge along the special lines of
their endeavor cannot be questioned.
But there are other names that in the
interest of humanity and the welfare
of the race stand with these in the
van of progress. These men are lead
ers, but there are others both In the
physical and intellectual world whose
names enter into the achievements of
civilization. Still, Carnegie gave the
money for a great and useful purpose,
and he was entitled to pay a compli
ment to this great trio of medical he
roes, and they are fully entitled to
receive it.
Dr. Meylan, physical director of Co
lumbia College, after careful examina
tion of a large number of students, de
clares that the use of tobacco at an
early age does not stunt the growth ot
boys, neither does it affect the lung
capacity. This opinion, especially as
regards the growth of the boy, is dis
proved by the observation of the prin
cipals of our public schools, the super
intendents of reform schools, the re
cruiting officers of the Army and by
thoughtful persons generally. The
consensus of Inexpert opinion opin
ion based upon common observation
and experience is that the early use
of tobacco stunts the growth of the
boy, blunts his moral sensibilities to a
greater or less extent, makes him dull
in school, irritable at home and restive
under restraint. While men may use,
tobacco to excess with impunity
(though the increasing number of
deaths from heart failure renders this
doubtful), boys cannot use it without
effects distinctly deleterious and easily
discerned by those who are not looking
for an excuse for its use. Technical
ity, both In law and medicine, not in
frequently wins out in the battle
against opmmon observation and com
mon sense, but this does not alter the
facts in the case.
The high steps which must be
mounted when entering most of the
streetcars of this city are a real hard
ship dally to thousands of passengers.
Tired working women who have been
on their feet every minute of the day
that the law allows, and more; women
with infants in their arms; elderly
women who are no longer agile; stout
women, and men as well; old men and
women, and men, women and children
of any age who are not strong enough
to pull themselves bodily up on these
high steps without great exertion
these are they who suffer hardship
more or less serious every time they
board, and only in iess degree when
they alight from, one of these "high
steppers." Reference has frequently
been made to this fact by the press of
the city, and it Is a matter of fre
quent comment among passengers.
The 6treet railway company, however,
has taken no notice of 'the complaints
nor of the effort required to mount the
car steps, amounting in many Instances
to a struggle which its officers must
have witnessed many times.
A few days ago the announcement
came in our telegraphic report of the
death of General Rufus Saxton, U. S.
A. He was Army Quartermaster
here during several years, and was
well known then throughout the Pa
cific Northwest. This was about
thirty-five years ago. Details of his
life are supplied by the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican. He was a native
of Westfield (near Springfield); born
in 1824, entered West Point in 1845,
and active service in the Army in 1S49.
He first, came West with the Northern
Pacific Railroad exploration in 1853.
During the great war his services
were chiefly in the. Quartermaster's de
partment, for which he had special
fitness, and after the war he continued
for many years In the same branch of
the service. By act of Congress in
1904 he was made Brigadier-General.
Very many who knew him here, in
Portland, and throughout Oregon and
Washington, still live; and no officer
of the Army who has been stationed
here was ever more highly esteemed.
The elimination of Judge Hargis un
doubtedly contributed in no small de
gree to lessening the life insurance
risks in the Blue Grass State, but if
any one believes for a moment that
Kentucky is civilized, his mind will
suffer a change after reading a notice
issued by President Hawkins, of the
Burley Tobacco' Association. In this
card to tobacco-growers Hawkins,
among other warnings, says that if
growers plant their crop they will en
dure a "year of torment, for It will be
365 days of hell." He intimates in his
warning that a "battalion of soldiers
and a Gatllng gun" will be insufficient
to protect the men who attempt to
grow tobacco in 1908. Ralsuli, Muley
Hafid and a few others of their circle
should be introduced into Kentucky to
spread civilization.
Tilmon Ford, whose funeral, will be
held at Salem today, had lived in and
been identified with Marion County
and Salem practically all of his life of
three-score and five years. Boy and
man, no one was better known in the
community life of that section than he.
In temperance work during the era of
aggressive Good Templarism; in poli
tics and in law, he was from time to
time, and In the latter much of the
time, actively engaged and well known.
As the span of human life Is now
measured, Tilmon Ford was not an old
man, and up to the last few weeks he
was at work in the harness. He will
be missed by the few surviving associ
ates of a lifetime.
The Salvation Army in England has
chartered five steamships, one of which
has already arrived at Halifax with
800 immigrants who are going to the
Canadian Northwest in search of new
homes. This work was begun two
years ago, and since that time the
army has forwarded several thousand
hcjjpless and homeless people, to Can
ada, where the opportunities for Im
proving their condition are Immeasur
ably better than in England. Scoffers
may criticise some of the methods of
the Salvation Army, but there are few.
If any, other brands of religion which
can show superior results in the alle
viation of physical and moral misery.
Why, certainly; if any Republioan
candidate for the Legislature wishes
to pledge himself, in advance, to vote,
in a contingency most likely to arise,
for a Democratic Senator, let him do
so. Certainly, certainly, certainly. It
is a free country. But if such shouldn't
be elected there might be no occasion
for surprise. Most persons when vot
hig wish to know just what they are
voting for.
There are thousands of Republicans
throughout the state who do not want
to vote for Chamberlain, or for any
other Democrat, for Senator. There
fore they will not vote for URen for
the Republican nomination.
The New York Evening Post says
the decision of the Supreme Court on
the hours of women's work, in the case
taken up from Oregon, "is not only
just in morals, but is sound from the
economic point of view."
King Humbert of Italy says 'It's a
King's business' to be shot at." In
Portland it's a policeman's business to
shoot at the other fellow whether it
is necessary to shoot him or not."
Albany is to have a cannery. Since
Linn County has voted "dry," why not
turn the brewery Into a cannery?
Dr. Brougher thinks that Mayor
Lane lacks backbone; but he must ad
mit that the Mayor has muscle.
Democratic advocacy of Statement
No. 1: "Will you walk Into my par
lor, said the spider to the fly?"
LITTLE JOKER IX PRIM ART LAW
What's the Cosustttntloa Brlweea
FTlendat Aata the Klyseck.er.T,
The Dalles Optimist.
The Federal constitution sajs in toler
ably plain language how Senators and Con
gressmen ase to be elected, and there are
none who misunderstand it. For many
years there have been pending both be
fore the House and the Senate various
bills to amend the fundamental law as to
the election of our Senators, but no such
bill has ever passed, 'and no such amend
ment therefore has come before the
various legislatures for adoption, and it is
very doubtful if the states would concur
in such an amendment If brought before
them.
But some of the foxy politicians in this
state thought they had found a way to
dodge the constitution by forcing the
Legislature to elect Senators at the dic
tation of the voters.
How fair that sounds. '.'Let the peo
ple elect!" "The members of the Legis
lature are a venal lot; let us take the
matter into our own hands and compel
them to elct whomsoever we, choose."
cry the reformers, and they actually
hoodwinked the people into passing a law
which in effect nullifies the constitution
of the United States as to such elections.
When Cleveland was President, Big Tim
Sullivan, of New Yovk, who was a mem
ber of Congress, went to Grover and
asked him to remove a certain United
States Judge to make a place for a con
stituent of Tin's. Grover said "I can't
do it, for the constitution is In the way."
Tim replied. "Mr. President, why let the
constitution stand between friends?"
In effect that Is about what the fly
speckers are saying in this state, and
what they have been saying for the last
three or four years.
In the Portland Journal of February IS
we find this: "O, the Federal constitu
tion. But this Is claptrap, subterfuge,
humbug." We have found an entirely
legitimate, proper way to dodge the let
ter of the constitution." '
When the flyspeckers adopted the
direct primaries .and the kindred dam
phool laws, they started them off with a
statement that they were for the preserva
tion of parties. The preamble asseverates
that parties are necessary In our form
of government. Then it gives us the
direct primaries law for the preservation
of parties. And so far as that law is con
cerned we will not criticize It now. But
when the framers of the law got along
to the election of United States Senators
they put little joker in which they call
Statement 'No. '1, which practically nulli
fies party so -far as the election of Sen
ators is concerned, and makes of the
Legislature simply a tool to destroy the
dominant party.
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However, we think that statement will
not defeat the will of the people again.
It gave us Bourne, and the Lord knows
the punishment is greater than we can
bear, and never again will a' Legislature
be elected in this state with its hands tied
as was the case two years ago.
One Bourne Is all the Republicans of
this state can stand, and though we are
disrupted, disorganized, shattered and
torn, without leaders or organization, It
is not too late yet for us to arise and
elect a' legislature which will be true
to the party.
This Is a Republican state. We have a
majority of over 30,000. Let us rise tip
and wipe the flyspeckers off the map,
and send these damphool laws along with
them.
CURIOUS INDEX OF PROSPERITY.
The American Panic and the Market
For Precloaa Stonea.
The cutting down, two months ago, of
the semi-annual dividend on the great De
Beers Diamond Company, from 35 per cent
to nothing, was instantly 'ascribed to the
losses of wealthy Americans in the recent
panic. Amsterdam is the diamond market
of the world: there now comes to hand,
from Paris, the report of the French con
sul at that city on the crisis. The diamond-cutting
establishments of the city
employ 9.500 hands, their annual salaries
footing up nearly $8,400,000. Last year's
sales broke all records of the Industry's
history, and the Increase was In sales to
America. These are the direct shipments
from Amsterdam to the United States, for
a series of fiscal years ending June 30;
Francs. " Francs.
1907 2.175,808 1903 42.016.1U
1906 53,793.834 1902 29.013,278
1905 48,135.403 1901 30.305.800
1904 27,156,979 1900 16-,324,350
To thlB the Consul adds that "it Is Im
possible to even estimate the amount of
diamonds -bought on the spot by American
tourists." Evidently the demand, direct or
indirect, has stopped with extraordinary
suddenness. The American rich men cut
down their diamond expenditures rather
abruptly after 1903, as the above figures
for the subsequent year will show, when
our diamond imports from Holland de
creased 35 per cent. In December and
January of the present season, however,
our own trade figures show that they fell
from 2,706,962 to J112.471.
Tom Kreitson's Full Dosen,
Drain ' Nonpareil.
A fine little eight-pound son arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Krew
son on Wednesday night, the 26th. This
is the 12th visit from the "stork" at their
home, ten of whom are alive. Tom feels
like he to, entitled to a "Roosevelt
medal.''
A FEW SQUIBS.
"I wouldn't give a straw for ths man
who la continually drinking-." "Such a
man wouldn't uae it if you did." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Get many ducks?" "Naw this gun's
no good. Whenever I'd aboot at a bird the
report was so loud that It scared him
away." Cleveland Leader.
Sharpeon "I haven't much acquaintance
with Spunjall, but I'm not favorably Im
pressed with him. How does he strike
you?" Phlata "For a V generally." Chi
cago Tribune. ,
Short "I got behind with my rent this
month. Could you lot me have 110?"
Long "Got behind with your rent, oh?
What 'is it owing to?" Short "Why, my
landlord, of course." vThlcago Daily Newa.
"The ofrlce should seek the man. you
know." "That's all right." replied the
avowed aspirant, "but I gave it a fair
chance and it seemed diffident." Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
Nell "They aay Miss Topnote won Mr.
Gotrox with her voice." Belle "But she
sings terribly." Nell "That'e Just it. He
told her If aho would never sing again he
would marry her." Philadelphia Record.
"Now. Willie Bright," said the Sunday
school teacher, "can you tell me what a
prophet Is?" "Sure." replied Willie. "A
prophet is one of those fellows who's al
ways goln' around lookin' for a chance to
say 'I told you so.' " Philadelphia Press.
Reporter "I suppose you don't know
what the Senator think about this tariff
reform bosineas?" Senator's Private Sec
retary "No; no more than you do. I only
know what he saya about It." Chicago
Trlbuna.
The leading citixen of ft small country
town aacorted a friend on a tour of in
spection through the village. The friend,
who was a resident of a metropolitan city,
was duly Impressed by the many advan
tages of the little town. Finally the two
men reached the cemetery. The visitor
carefully looked at the various tributes
and then turned to his guide. "Say,
Dave." he began, "wh-wh-where do you
b-b-bury your s-s-sinners ?" Judge.
"THE PROFESSIONAL CIRCULATOR
He I the Chief Promoter of ' Initiative
and Referendum.
Pacific Outlook (Grants Phss.
The latest addition to the list of Ore
gon industries is that of the "profes
sional" circuIatoV of initiative petitions.
It Is a legitimate business perfectly
so. The man who circulates hustles for
his money, and in some cases has to do
a lot of dexterous chin work to earn
ordinary wages. There Is no kick to be
made on the "profession": but It sim
ply goes to show the inconsistencies
and evils that may accompany the In
itiative method of legislation. It Is
open to criticism, if not condemnation,
because of the fact that a large per
centage of tlte namee secured come as
the reward ot persistency. The circu
lator. In some Instances, works on a
basis of 10 cents per name, and this
may mean from $5 to $10 per day. With
this easy money in view, he is bound
to stick to his victim like a wood-tick
to a dog's back until the victim signs
up to get rid of him. Ten chances to
one he has but the foggiest sort of
an Idea as to the merits or the pur
port of the proposed measure, and he
gets but little enlightenment from the
rapid-fire prattle of the circulator.
Moreover, he is not particularly inter
ested. Without doubt, a large share of the
signatures that have been 'placed upon
Initiative petitions .have been obtained
In this way. An instance may be cited
right here In this district. A man
pushing the "f.ingle tax" petition suc
ceeded in getting the signatures of sev.
eral voters on the street by very little
persuasion or explanation of the meas
ure. Another citizen who was well
posted as to the Intent and probable
workings of the law. witnessed the per
formance, and In order to demonstrate
the inconsistency of the thing, he ques
tioned the signers and found that not
one of them had any conception of the
design of the measure. He then called
up the circulator and called his atten
tion to this fact, and pointedly asked if
he, himself, knew what sort of a meas
ure he was pushing, and learned' to his
amusement that the circulator knew
but little about It. He wae pushing it
"for what there was In it."
Now, then, some of these measures
are good; some of them have "Jokers"
in them that could only be discerned by
careful study and Information; some
of them are palpably vicious. Don't
sign a petition Just to, get rid of a man
or to accommodate a friend. You may
be standing sponsor for future legisla
tion that will come back at you In a
very unpleasant way later on. If you
are not Informed on the subject, don't
sign. If you are interested, go home
and read up, or go down town and talk
with a friend who is posted, but don't
sign till you know what you're doing.
HERE'S A DRAMA FROM REAL LIFE
Demand From the Country to See
Triumphant Virtue on the Stajpe.
Woodburn Independent.
Theatrical companies are occasionally
organized in Portland for touring pur
poses, and some go broke before going
into the country. Indifferent acting and
chestnut plays are the reason for the fail
ures. But If a company of average abil
ity were formed In that city and started
out with the thrilling Lane-Waymire
drama, success would perch upon its ban
ner. It would be a great political card, for
the hero. Lane, would be proven innocent
just before the curtain was rung down on
the last act, and proclaimed Governor of
the State of Oregon by -the assembled
actors and the delighted . and applauding
audiences.
Start 'er going. Mr. Mayor. The people
encourage new ideas, especially those of
the unique order. The late Lieutenant
Governor Laughton fiddled his way
Into office, and other successful
public men adopted "original methods,
but the greatest scheme of all
to tickle and convert an adoring public,
ever ready to greet the muscular hero,
at first abused by villains and a villain ess
and then crowned with a wreath of inno
cence, would be dramatizing and staging
of such an extensively and freely adver
tised heart-breaking story of real Port
land life. Ah, Portland, with all thy semi
skyscrapers and metropolitan-like news
papers, thou are yet a village with thy
bickerings, wayianes and mires.
Says French Affects Her Health.
New York Sun.
The principal of a girls' school has re
ceived from the mother of one pupil a
novel reason for wishing her daughter
excused from French conversation during
meals. The excuse was accompanied by
a doctor's certificate to the effect that the
mental efforts of concentrating her
thoughts on French exercises while eating
Interfered with the proper function of the
young lady's digestive organs, and if per
sisted In was bound eventually to impair
her health. As yet the other pupils have
not learned the cause of their classmate'
exemption from French chatter at the
table. If they do find out it is feared
that doctors' certificates will become epi
demic. Son Gives Mr. Taft Staice Frla-ht.
New Haven Dispatch to New Tork Herald
Robert Alphonso Taft, son of secretary
Taft, heard his father speak in public for
the first time in Music Hall here.
Young Mr. Taft Is a sophoir.ore in Yale,
and he went to the banquet of the Young
Men's Republican Club at the Invitation
of a member.
When Secretary Taft rose to speak he
caught his son's gaze as the young man
proudly but anxiously watched and lis
tened. Secretary Taft said afterward to
& friend:
"It was the first time the boy had heard
me make a speech. He looked so fearful
that his father might break down that for
a few moments I was quite embarrassed
by his glances."
Hard Sledrtlns; for Republicans.
Pilot Rock Record.
It has now almost reached a point In
Oregon politics, wherein it is a crime for
a Republican to seek, aspire or to ask
his friends to assist in his election to
office. Moreover, is all this true as re
gards a seat In the United States Sen
ate. Of course it Is all right for Demo
crats to do those things, but for a Re
publican to Interest himself in his own
behalf it means that he Is sure to be
come an object of attack by some muck
raker. Republicans have but one duty
to perform in Oregon, namely, to vote for
Democrats.
For Consideration of Democrats.
New York World Ind. Dem.).
Bryanism dominates the Democratic
party today only through the cowardice.
Imbecility and subserviency of Demo
cratic politicians. Talleyrand truly said
that mor governments had been ruined
by lackeys than by despots.
Shall the Democratic party die?
light heart Lane.
L.ippIncott'.
Where birds in hedges blossomy
Their lyric notes repest.
Till morning: drips with melody
M-flUifluously sweet;
Where beea from brimming- buttercups
Ambrosia nac-tars drain
O ho. but let's go loitering:
O hey, for Light heart LanI .
Where ways stretch cool and shadowy
To lure t-he latrKsrd feet.
And little winds leap laughingly
Down ranks'of rippling' wheat;
Where wild blossoms pelt the butterflies
With g-usts of rosy rain
O ho, but let's g loitering!
O hey, for Lightheart Lane!
Let's leave the clash and clamoring.
The dust and din and heat;
Let's quit the cramping sordldnc-s
And struggle of the street;
For on full day of joyousness
Let's slip the gyves of pain
O ho. but let's go loitering!
O bay, for Lig-htheart Laa
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SILHOUETTES
BT ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Marriage is a dilapidated castle haunted
by two spooks divorce and alimony. . .
...
If I were rf'Our George" Chamberlain, t ,
would sue the publishers of those Middle
Western papers who are runnina: a pic
ture of "The Old Doctor Who Cures in
Five Days" and palming it on as a like
ness of Oregon's Governor. Even a phy
sician who would cure political 111st with
Statement No. 1 could hardly, in "fair
ness, be referred to as that kind of a
cocto?.
m m
Rev. Andreas Bard, of Walla Walla, ia
likely o get himself disliked in certain
quarters if he continues to talk like a
member of the faculty of Chicago T'ni
versltj. We invariably hold that our opiniona
are convictions, while those of other peo
ple are mere prejudices.'
.
The only difference 1 notice since I be
came a member of a secret society is that
1 get "touched" oftener.
Sumptuary LearislatloaUj
(An Oklahoma reformer proposes tr. prevent
the sale of powder-puffs by Legislative en
actment.) Suppress the puff!
Won't that be tough?
Let's hope that it is all a bluff
To make the girls quit "making up"
Their pretty faces with the truck
The drugstores sell.
If it be true
T'will be so sad.
Where can complexions then be had?
Such tyranny's enough, by gad.
To make a perfect lady mad.
...
Work is a disease with some people,
but fortunately their kind is neither in
fectious nor contagious.
...
One's success is generally a mystery to
one's enemies and a disappointment to
one's friends.
Higher Education-
"Where are you going,' my pretty maid?"
"I'm going to college, sir." she said.
"Then you'll learn a lot about Greek next
Fall."
But she answered hfm haughtily. "Sot
at all.
I am going for boxing and basketball."
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A New York theatrical man is named
John Wesley Rosenquest. Who says the
religions of the world aren't getting to
gether? e s
In the practice of medicine the best
diagnostician is the doctor who can come
nearest telling how much, money his
patient Is worth.
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Did you ever stop to think how good a
platter of ham and egga would have
looked to King Nebuchadnenar while he
was on that grass diet?
Hot Much Chance.
(Contributed.)
tTTten may. run for Senator
And control his county's vote, . j
But he cannot be elected
Till he pays the widow's note. , -
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Judging from his long silence .Fra'd
Elbertus Hubbard muft have fallen into
one of his Justly celebrated etheral moods
and been drowned.
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Suggestion to householders who ride
home from work on the Thirteenth-street
cars: Buy a Jar of cream down, town and
save SO per cent on your butter. The
cream will be churned before you reach
your street.
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The tailoring business is shortly to ex
perience a decided boom. George Alison
is coming back to town.
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The heavy registration for the forth
coming Seattle city election indicates that
women's figures and bank clearances are
not the only things that are padded In the
Sound town.
This department desires to suggest the
name of Rev. Father Hugh J. McDevttt
for the un-offlclal title of Portland's most
useful citizen.
A prominent divine predicts that within
100 years the Christian churches will look
upon New York City as a part of the for
eign mission Held. The doctor is optimis
tic. A foreign missionary takes chances
of being eaten alive when he goes there
now.
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Tampa, F'la., has just had a 1800,000 Are.
Woudn't you like to have coupons for all
the good cigars that were smoked?
.
Crime statistics for the past few days
indicate that it's about time for Congress
to declare an open season on anarchists
and policemen who are too handy with
their guns?
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With the primaries only a few weeks
off. vou are safe in betting1 that the man
who beams upon you -with that smile of
perfect love and trust Is a candidate for
something or other. The affection of the
office-seeker for his fellows passeUi un
derstandinguntil after the votes are
counted.
Shows Advertising Pays.
Hood River Glacier.
William Wesenberg has traded Ms ten
acres in the valley to L. A. Duncan for
160 acres of land at Goldendale, and left
for that place to take possession Thurs
day. There was but a small difference
between "the price of the ten acres and
the 160. although the latter was well Im
proved and had several acres of bearing
apple trees.
An Old Sun Mai.
Garnet Noel Wiley in New Tork Sun.
Mine la a garden red1 with trumpet fknver,
With primrose yellow, gold with mignonette;
Quaint belvederes, a mist of virgin's bower.
Hid amethystine stars of violet.
Tha pebbled walks are fringed with mart
gold; The fountains trickle on their ancient moss:
And vases crumble, till the vines they hold
Lika wayward tresses bind the steps across.
While all alone, the silent heart of it,
A dial stands In greedy Ivy hid;
The white clouds part against the blue and
flit.
Day wanea, yet all In verdure canopied.
And all unheeding, as It were asleep.
The dial stands, nor marks tha passing
hours;
There birds have nested, there the spiders
wees
Long threada of pearl from cups of hidden
flowers.
Then let it sleep the while, with Winter
near.
The leaves will drop, and on tha naked
stones
Perchance some grim old motto will appear
Of lust and duat, and Touth'a unhallowed
bones.