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CLASS PRIVILEGE AND CLASS WKOMig.
Mr. Roosevelt's latest message to
CongM-ess, like the one which preceded
It not Ions ago. Is a piece of splendid
political eloquence. It is allame with
civic honor and devoted patriotism;
hut ahove and beyond these qualities
it displays a philosophic knowledge,
a masterly forethought, for which his
tory wiU distlnKuish him above all
our former Presidents. Mr. Roosevelt
is nol only a statesman learned in the
-xperlence of tho past, but he is also a
student of those problems which are
peculiar to our own times and of
t hich the past knew nothing. No one
can read this' message attentively
without acknowledging that the Pres
ident has studied the modern science
of sociology deeply and with profit.
He is under no illusions, for example,
about the dogmas of "individualism"
which have for so long' misled the
American public with their specious
allurements. Huxley pointed out long
ago that there is no philosophical dis
tinction between what goes by the
name "Individualism" and the terrible
specter named "anarchy." Mr. Roose
velt recalls this lesson in his message,
though he is careful to avoid misun
derstanding by qualifying the term.
He speaks of "exaggerated individual
ism." This exaggerated individualism,
which is but another name for an
archy, or the destruction of law, has
led to the results which might natur
ally have been expected from such a
political philosophy. The strong, com
bined in great corporations and syndi
cates, have escaped from all authority
and the weak have been made to suf
fer tyranny and extortion. Such must
necessarily be the outcome of the
principles of anarchy applied to socU
4ty. If we are determined to be an
archists, no matter by what specious
name we call pur doctrines, we must
expect the inevitable consequences to
follow. Rut the President thinks that
the country has had enough of those
consequences. "In my Judgment," he
says, "tho American people have defi
nitely made up their minds that the
day of the reign of the great law
defying corporations is over." The
country has resolved that they shall
all be subjected to equal and Just law.
How to bring the anarchy-loving
corporations under the law is a prob
lem which it is admittedly difficult to
solve. Mr. Roosevelt believes that a
National incorporation act, with the
restrictions which it might impose, is
the ideal to aim at, but he Is con
vinced, on the other hand, that the
time for demanding such an act has
not arrived. Meanwhile he reiteTates
the opinion that authority should be
given to some executive official to "de
termine In the first place whether a
given combination is advisable or nec
essarily in the interest of the public."
If the combination appears to be bene
ficial the certificate of the official ex
aminer would exempt It from prose
cution under the anti-trust law. If
not. then it would be left to the mer
cies of the courts without protection.
The President proposes this scheme
merely as a temporary measure until
the country shall have grown up to
the stature of a National license act
for corporations.
The Oregonian has already pointed
out the obvious objections to this plan.
Still it Is questionable whether the re
sults would not for a time be excellent.
Certainly almost any remedy which
promises to break up the lawless hab
its of the millionaire syndicates is
worth trying. Mr. Roosevelt seems to
think that this object, together with
equitable legislation for laboring men,
should be the main purpose of Con
gress until It Is accomplished. If Con
gress has any purpose whatever except
to win as many votes and lose as few
as possible, we are unable to discern
. lu but for all that Mr. Aoosevelt is
the in-
lusl be) !
Junction power of the courts m
modified In the interest of Justice to
the worklngmen. and that the right
to strike peaceably shall be put be
yond all doubt. -As to the new em
ployers" liability act. his enthusiasm is
remarkably temperate. It represents
a real advance, he admits, but it
come short of what ought to have
been done." He assigns two strong
reasons why Congrees should cease Its
hesitation and quibbling in the matter
of Justice to labor. One of. them Is
that1 every wrong, especially a wrong
to the humbler classes, ought to be
righted as soon as possible. The
other is that if the rights of working
men are not conceded by timely legis
lation, an advantage will accrue to the
agitator who are striving to stimulate
"class-consciousness."
So far as we are aware, this is the
first time that the portentous phrase
"clas-consciousness" has ever been
used In an American state paper, but
we venture to predict that It is far
from being the last. Some people
have been In the habit of denying that
there are any social classes In this
country, but they are mere ostriches
who think the danger Is over -when
they have hidden their heads. We
have classes and we have also an army
of propagandists who are striving to
excite hostility between them. Class
consciousness is the first step toward
class warfare. It arises from either
of two things, both bad. Special priv
ilege excites class-consciousness In
those who enjoy It. Special wrongs
excite It In those who suffer from
them. The latter species of class
consciousness Is the more bitter, but.
not the more deeply felt. Most Euro
pean class distinctions are looted both
in privilege and wrong. Our own up
to the present depend mostly upon
special privileges, but wrongs are by
no means lacking. Mr. Roosevelt rea
sons that if we do not desire class
warfare in the United States we must
bollsh both the privileges and the
wrongs which stir up hostility. Who
has a better thesis to advance?
MR. WAUKON AND HIS MOTIVES.
The Oregonian Is pained, and a little
surprised, to discover that Mr. H. D.
Wagnon's manners are no better than
his statistics. We have long known
that he was perfectly reckless in citing
figures, but we had not supposed that
mere defeat in an argument would
cause him to lose his decency alto
gether and resort to billingsgate. Still
facts are facts, though they are
sometimes sad ones, and It must be
admitted that Mr. Wagnon, In the let
ter which The Oregonian prints today,
gets pretty low down. We have cor
rected his grammar and reformed his
spelling for a good while out of re
spect for the single-taxers, who seem
to' have selected him as their. cham
pion". Why they did so has always
been a mystery. It has seemed to us
to impeach their Judgment, which is
weak at best; but. inasmuch as Mr.
Wagnon was good enough for them,
we put up with his wretched grammar
and silly logic. But when it comes to
calling our remarks "hogwash," mat
ters between us verge toward a crisis.
In saying that The Oregonian de
sires to "fool the people" Mr. Wag
non, of course, judges our motives
from his own, but we are perfectly
willing to allow whatever tve have
said concerning this matter of taxation
to stand upon its own merits. The
public is free to investigate all that
we have said and determine whether
it Is true or not. Moreover, the inves
tigation is easily made. We suggest
also that if the railroads and timber
lands are not assessed at their proper
valuation, the remedy Is exceedingly
simple. The people need only elect
honest Assessors and the trick is done.
There is no need to amend the con
stitution to secure honest assessments.
Indeed an amendment would not help
the case In the slightest degree. Even
if we had the single tax. a dishonest
Assessor could still undervalue the
railroads and timber lands and dis
criminate against the farmer ejtaetly
as he does now.
The truth Is that the only possible
remedy for the evils caused by dishon
est officials is to elect honest ones.
This may seem an unpleasant remedy
to men like Mr. Wagnon, but it is un
avoidable unless we desire the evils
to continue. The ignorant demagogue
and the dishonest agitator may well be
dispensed with, if we can put honest
men In office and secure the benefits
of upright administration. Perhaps
when that is accomplished the seem
ing necessity for many of the proposed
new laws and constitutional amend
ments will have vanished.
THE StETVRX OF CONFIDENCE
The most encouraging item of finan
cial news that has appeared in the
newspapers for many weeks was con
veyed in a London cable printed In
yesterday"s Oregonian. It stated that
the $20,000,000 Pennsylvania 4 per
cent bonds, which were placed on sale
in London, were oversubscribed many
times, with such an enormous press
of offerings that the subscriptions
were closed one hour after they had
been opened. The J20, 000,000 allot
ted to the American bidders was over
subscribed $100,000,000. The heavy
oversubscription In this country is not
surprising, in view of the manner in
which idle funds have been accumu
lating at all money centers, and also
w hen it is remembered that the Amer
icans were in excellent position for
judging the merits of the security,
while the foreigners were not.
The principal cause of the protract
ed period of Inactivity in dealings in
legitimate bonds and stocks has been
due to the fright given the foreign in
vestors when good, bad and indifferent
securities were attacked with an im
partiality that could not do otherwise
than convey the Impression thai all of
our railroads and Industrial enter
prises were in control of thieves and
financial thlmble-rlggers. It has taken
considerable time to disabuse the
minds of foreign Investors on this
point, but the avidity with which they
took up the Pennsylvania bond Issue
is a most encouraging sign that our
credit has' been at least partly re-established
In the money centers of the
Old World. Despite the temporary
dullness in traffic and retrenchment on
most of the big railroads of the coun
try, there Is a general disposition on
the part of the managements, wher
ever possible, to prepare for the future
by building double tracks and exten
sions and. adding to the equipment.
This, of course, has, except in a few
cases, been prevented by lack of funds,
which were withheld on account of the
unsettled' financial and political situa
tion, foreigners in particular objecting
to making any further Investments in
American railroad securities. . . The
right. He Insists again that the
eagerness with which th Pennsyl
vania offering was taken up now
makes It reasonably certain that there
will be plenty of money available for
more bond issues which other roads
desire to put out, and the sentimental
effect was felt throughout the list of
American railroad securities yesterday
and Monday.
With the foreigner's fears dispelled
and some of the old-time eagerness
present for Investing in American rail
road securities, there will undoubtedly
be a check on the gold exports, and
there will also be an Increase In the
amount of employment available for
both American capital and American
labor. With the restoration of confi
dence abroad and good crops at home.
It Is only a question of a very short
time until this country will again be
booming along on a new wave of prosperity.
MR. STEEL AMD MR. ROr8.
Mr. Oeorge A. Steel. State Treasurer,
was "yours faithfully" In his letters
to Banker Ross, telling about progress
in the Legislature as to bills In the
Interest of Mr. Ross wildcat' bank.
Mr. Steel still was "yours faithfully"
In the trial of Mr. Ross, when called
by the state to give testimony for coraa
viction of the banker. Let Mr. Steel
have full credit for his fidelity to Mr.
Ross, but let it be remembered that
Mr. Ross speculations with school
money in defiance of law would
have cost the people of this state the
greater part of a $288,000 deposit, but
for the rescue furnished by a bonding
company and the Ladd guarantee.
The conviction of Mr. Ross and the
ruined political Career of Mr. Steel (if
nothing more serious) are the fruits of
one more "system" in Oregon. Other
systems have ruined several conspicu
ous careers in this state. This last
one has brought down Mr. Ross and
Mr. Steel. It has been practiced before,-
but not with disastrous ending.
A banker or some other man of in
fluence joins political forces with a
candidate for State Treasurer, an offi
cer who -handles millions of dollars
and deposits hundreds of thousands.
The candidate is elected, whereupon
he places large sums of money on de
posit with the banker or favors his
business friend with use of It. The
successful candidate, on his side, bene
fits from the favor by receiving inter
est payments for the money and
thrusting the proceeds Into his pocket.
This system has built up several large
fortunes In Oregon. Mr. Steel was
elected on a pledge to reform this
method. How he carried out his
promise the plight of the state funds
bears witness.
In the case of Ross, for the first
time, the public money was loaned by
him in speculations from which he
could not recover It. A financial crisis
came and smashed his bank. The
state money not loaned was passed out
by the teller in an effort to tide the
bank over a "run." Large part of
the state money was school fund. The
laws say that the State Land Board
shall handle tha school fund, and that
no other set of persons and no Individ
ual shall. For breaking this law rtosa
stands convicted.
The close alliance between Mr. Ross
and Mr. Steel is the continuance of a
long chain of political sequences.
Many years they stood together In the
same political faction. Mr. Ross was
Mr. Steel's private banVer. In Mr.
Ross' bank Mr. Steel deposited his pri
vate money, and from Mr. Ross he
borrowed money to make his political
campaign two years ago. Mr. Ross
organized their old-time political fac
tion for his nomination. One of Mr.
Steel's first acts as State Treasurer
was to deposit large sums of public
funds in Mr. Ross' bank. During: the
last Legislature Mr. Steel did what he
could In the Capitol toward shaping
bills for Mr. Ross" Interest for regula
tion of banks and for deposits of state
funds. When the deposit law became
operative. Mr. Steel designated the
Ross bank as the state's depository in
Oregon. When the Ross bank failed
it owed the state $395,000. And final
ly, when the state prosecuted Mr. Ross
Mr. Steel endeavored to protect him
with his testimony.
The mournful outcome is the prod
uct of a lax public conscience, which
once allowed the system to exist, but
now of a lax Suite Treasurer, who did
not obey the popular demand that the
laws be enforced and who strove in
the Legislature "against the people's in
terest. Will Mr. Steel feel the law's
clutches? Perhaps, and yet perhaps
not. The next State Treasurer will be
a new type of man, -Not soon again
will public money be used for private
speculation.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The naval bill, which passed, the
Senate Monday, carried appropriations
of more than $123,000,000. It pro
vides for two new battleships, the
building of two new. colliers, tire pur
chase of three colliers, the construc
tion of submarines and other minor
craft, and it. also Increases both the
pay and the strength of the entire
nayal force of officers and men. This
Is the longest stride yet made In the
onward march of our Navy toward su
premacy on the high seas, but it is not
at all out of keeping with the suddenly
acquired prestige of the United States
as a world power, and where the true
position of this' country In relation to
other powers, especially those in the
Far Fast, is understood, there will be
much regret that the President's pro
gramme for four battleships was not
carried out.
Rejection of this proposal for equip
ment which would place this Govern
ment In a position to dictate the naval
policy of the world can hardly be
traced to a desire to economise, but,
from the temper of the House of Rep
resentatives, It had more the appear
ance of a studied attempt to oppose
the plan because the President had
recommended It., Certainly, with a
naval bill carrying an appropriation of
$123,000,000, the additional cost of a
couple of battleships would not have,
been overwhelmingly oppressive. It
will be a matter of general regret that
the bill makes no provision for a new
Navy-yard or more drydocks on the
Pacific Coast. Now that Congress
has at last secured a fairly intelligent
understanding of the Importance of an
increased Navy and the stationing of a
larger portion of it In the Pacific, the
fact should not have been overlooked
that the facilities for docking, repair
ing and coaling these vessels in Pa
cific waters are woefully Inadequate.
A naval station In the Philippines
and another at Hawaii are necessities,
and our ships would be at -a serious
disadvantage in case of war if these
facilities were not available. There
should also be at some point on the
Pacific Coast a large Navy-yard in
which battleships and all other vessels
for use In the Navy could be con
structed. The experience of the Con
necticut demonstrates that the work
done Is equal to that of the contract
yards, and, in spite of the unbusiness
like labor conditions at the Govern
ment yards, the cost was but little
more than It would have been had the
ship been built by contract. There is
another decided advantage in building
these ships In Government yards, for
their construction enables the Govern
ment to keep In service a regular force
of skilled men who would necessarily
wander away If the work was limited
to the uncertainty of repair Jobs.
The Government is now building
two colliers for use as tenders to the
fleet, one at Mare Island Navy-yard
and the other at New Tork. The in
creasing slge of the naval fleet will, of
course, make necessary more of these
colliers, and a well-equipped .Navy
yard on the Pacific Coast of huge pro
portions would find profitable employ
ment for an Indefinite period In build
ing new craft when It was not engaged
In repairing the vessels already In
service. Regardless of the differences
existing between the President and a
certain element In the House and Sen
ate, the big Navy project has been
indorsed by the people, and it may as
well be regarded' as an accepted fact,
for It has reached a point where there
can be no retreat. There are obliga
tions and responsibilities that go with
the position of being a world power,
and the United States has never yet
failed to meet any of its obligations.
The Board of Education has been
furnished with a detailed report of the
findings of the committee, of the lire
Department that was appointed sev
eral weeks ago to inspect the various
school buildings of the city in regard
to existing danger from fire. The re
port calls for alterations In some of
the buildings, where furnace pipes
were found to be In close proximity
with wood used in construction and
electric wiring had been carelessly
done. These alterations will no doubt
be made during the vacation period,
now but a few weeks distant, while
minor suggestions relative to rubbish
In the basements, the storing of sup
plies, etc., have . already been fol
lowed. The schools will close June
19. The buildings will be but slightly
heated. If at all, during the Interven
ing time, and teachers and pupils will
be spared the noise and confusion at
tendant upon such alterations a9 may
be necessary to reduce the danger of
fire In the buildings.
The assertions of the Conservatives
in England that the navy is already
sufficiently largo seem to be partially
borne out by the news dispatches of
the past few weeks. At least the
navy seems too large to keep out of
its own way. Early In the month the
torpedo-boat destroyer Tiger was sunk
in collision with the British cruiser
Berwick off the Isle of Wight, and
yesterday the torpedo-boat destroyer
Gala was cut in two and sunk in the
North Sea by the scout Attentive, an
other destroyer being injured at the
same time. A boiler explosion on the
battleship Britannia is also reported.
These recent casualties, together with
the sinking of the cruiser Gladiator by
the American liner St. Paul last Sat
urday, will put a crimp In the appro
priations for maintenance, and also
disclose the fact that some one may
be guilty of reckless navigation or
careless handling of government prop
erty. The big Cunarders Lusitania and
Mauretanla have so far distanced the
rest of the trans-Atlantic flyers that
there is no longer any question as to
which is the fastest steamer afloat,
and accordingly a new form of adver
tising becomes necessary. Hence we
see the Hamburg-American line set
ting forth the claims of the erstwhile
queen of the seas, the Deutschland, as
"unbeaten by any arans-Atlantic
steamship equipped with reciprocating
engines." This opens up quite a field
for advertising exploitation, for on
similar lines nearly every. liner cross
ing the pond could claim some kind of
a record. It is now up to the White
Star or the North German Lloyd to
clam that their crack flyers are "un
beaten" by any trans-Atlantic liner
equipped with compound engines
manufactured by Smith, Jones or
Brown, as the case may be.
The substantial growth of Multno
mah County is shown in the Increased
interest in and attendance upon Its
rural and sub-rural schools. New
buildings, aggregating In cost some
$18,000, will be built this Summer in
the three districts of Eastern Multno
mah, of which Gresham, Rockwood
and Terry are the school centers, while
the teaching force in these schools will
be almost doubled when the school
year opens In September. The money
for the improvements ordered will be
borrowed and paid In two years by di
rect taxation." The end In this case Is
held by taxpayers to Justify the means.
Mr. Cake, we are told, declines to
advise the putting up of Independent
candidates for the Legislature in coun
ties where there are no Republican
Statement No. 1 candidates. Natur
ally. He is, we believe, the duly nom
inated v Republican candidate for
United States Senator. It would be
extraordinary for htm to aid any
movement to defeat'any Republican
candidate for the Legislature.
The stinted hospitality of the Santa
Barbarans In the treatment accorded
to the men of the ' battleship fleet
seems to have suffered by comparison
with the open-handed hospitality of
the citizens of Los Angeles.
Mr. Jeffrey has beaten Mr. Derby
for that Democratic Congressional
nomination by five votes. All that is
now ahead of Candidate Jeffrey Is
about 15,000 Republican majority.
The Grass Valley (Cal.) . boy who
tried to make his father think he was
a burglar was so sticcessful that his
funeral occurred the day but one after
the attempt.
In Chicago they have been having
a "clean-up day," and have been turn
ing the school children loose to do the
cleaning up. No one else Interested,
evidently.
Mrs. Waymire, it seems, has disap
peared. Nobody need worry. She'll
turn up in somebody's private office.
. Fortunately, Taft will return from
the Isthmus before the convention gets
together. . -
PtLAT(iROIM FOR CHII.DRF.X.
OI4-FaMsieat Sasgtvattam for laisnrre
snrtat ( HollaeJar Tark.
PORTLAND. April (To the F-ditor t
We !) believe in playgrounds for chil
dren. We are glad and proud to note that
the chl'dren of Portland are well supplied
with vacant spaces upon which to dis
port themselves In childly fashion. So
ample are the varaat apacea in and about
the rlty that boys are at no loss to find
room to play. ball, or rngiuts In other
seemly gamrg. without going (rest dist
ances from their homes, while the park
space Is reasonably ample for family
outings.
This much for the present. The needs
of the future must, however, be reckoned
with, if Portland Is to kefp up Its tvputa
tton as a progressive city. In this reckon
ing let us not ctmfuse the playground
with the highly ornamental park. Take
Hollsday Park, for example. Nature has
lavishly endowed the spare thus desig
nated with trees, both evergreen and
deciduous. There is room for swings for
the children, benches for their caretakers,
or any other "grown-up" who may desire
to enjoy an hour In the park: and tables
upon which the basket lunches may be
spread. There gs a drinking fountain hard
by. and hydrants In convenient places.
There wna a good turf under foot until
It was plowed under acme weeks ago. but
this can be restored by due process of
cultivation and seeding1, and it should be
done without delay. Perhaps It would be
well to cut out some of the larger trees,
as the growth that Nature always prodi
gal of her bounty In Oregon has provided
Is rather dense. Sunshine is as neressary
to the enjoyment of rest and healthful
sports as shade.
The question, pertinent at this time. Is:
What is necessary to make this delightful
little park a practical as well ar an Ideal
playground? This question, is easily
answered. Shade, not too dense: a clean,
soft, well-kept turf, plenty of arater for
irrigation as well as for drinking, aid
swings, benches' and tables properly dis
posed about the grounds.
If children thus provided for cannot
enjoy themselves, it Is idle to attempt
to coax them into outdoor enjoyment.
We want playgrounds where children can
go in their school clothes or garments of
every day. swing, tumble about, play tag
or hide and seek not flower gardens witli
carefully kept hedges and borders, and
paths patrolled by trim little boys and
girls In-. Sunday garb, forbidden by warn
ing signs to step on the grass or pick the
flowers.
Hnlladay Park, as It is. Is a pretty
square of woodland, without undergrowth.
It is adequately supplied with water from
a drinking fountain in the street hard by.
and for greater convenience from faucets
on the grounds. -Thin the grove out by
removing a few not more than a dosen
at most of the more undesirable trees;
give it a good carpet of grass, a few
swings and benches, and turn the chil
dren Into It with such supervision as par
ental responsibility must provide, and
leave them to. their own devices for play.
The freedom and spontaneity that makes
play play and a playground a playground
worthy of the name is not realized In an
ornamental park. Trust something to
Nature; spare the trees that make this
little park a sylvan beauty spot In the
center of a beautiful and rapidly growing
residence district of the city, and let the
children have it as a playground of the
plain, old-fashioned sort. Let good sense
and a wholesome spirit of economy rule
in this matter, to the end that Holladay
Park may be made a children's play
ground, not a fashionable resort. Spare
the nature trees, give us grass, and never
mind the swimming pool and the woman's
gymnasium, the prim Tower beds and
foreign shrubs. Let us have s play
ground to use not a bit of ornamental
landscape to worry over. EASTSIDER.
BLAMES CHAMBERLAIN POLITICS
Mr. Hume Denies He ;lonta Over Mas
ter Warden Van Daaen'i Dlsmlaanl.
PORTLAND, Or., April 28. (To the
Editor.) There appears in last Sun
day's Oregonlsn a statement with re
gard to the building of a couple of
launches by me, and in connection
therewith an inference is drawn that
possibly I may, by such investment,
show my delight at the dismissal of
H. G. Van Dusen from the position of
Master Warden for the State of Oregon.
To correct such an impression, I de
sire to say that I do not consider I had
anything to do with the downfall of
Mr. Van Dusen, and am not gloating
over his removal, for the reason that I
believe him the least culpable of the
officials to whom was entrusted the
preservation of tho salmon supply of
the State of Oregon. Mr. Van Dusen
was simply a servant of the Fish Com
mission of the State of Oregon, of
which Governor George E. Chamberlain
was the head, and who was backed by
the whole power of the state; and who,
in spite of, the complaint of the Fish
Warden that he could not enforce the
laws governing the fishing Industry,
the Governor gave no assistance for
their due enforcement, although the
matter was forcibly brought to his at
tention many times.
It is a remarkable fact that the Gov.
ernor, after flirting with the Fisher
man's Union of Astoria, and other simi
lar organizations, for a great length
of time, should, after seven 5'ears, dis
cover the Incapacity of Mr. Van Dusen.
It is evident that in summing up his
mental calculations on the prospective
support he was likely to receive in his
pursuit of Senatorial honors, that he
found a fractional advantage on the
side of the Democracy of Eastern Ore
gon. It Is well that the Governor of Ore
gon will not represent the state at the
coming Advisory Council to be soon
held at Washington, D. C, to consider
among other Important questions the
preservation of the natural resources
of the United States of America, for
the reason that such an appearance on
his part would be an absurdity when
his record as head of the Fish Com
mission might be considered and the
results contemplated.
R. D. HUME.
BARRETT DECLARES FOR CAKE.
Incidentally He Is for People's Choice
for United States Senator.
HILLSBORO, Or., April 27. (To the
Voters of the Twenty-fourth Senatorial
District of Oregon.) Having received the
nomination of the Republican party for
Senator of this joint Senatorial district,
comprising Lincoln, Tillamook, Washing
ton and Yamhill counties, and also having
received the Indorsement of the State-ment-No.-l
convention, at McMinnvllle.
last Saturday, I deem it' proper for me to
make a statement of my position to the
votefs of this district.
I am a personal friend of Senator Ful
ton, and, as such, felt that if he received
the nomination, at the primary election, I
should support him without regard to the
election in June. Mr. Fulton lost out.
Mr. Cake was nominated. Mr. Cake made
the fight in favor of Statement No. I,
that is. in favor of the Legislature elect
ing the candidate who received the ma
jority vote in June.
I had said I would support the Republi
can voters' choice for United States Sena
tor. Mr. Cake has. in effect said that he
does not want the office unless he is the
people's choice. As a Republican, I sub
mit to the will of the majority, and will
support Mr. Cake for United States Sena
tor, and the principle upon which he was
nominated, in other words, support the
candidate who is the people's choice at
the June election.
In saying this, I have no doubt but what
Mr. Cake, with the large Republican ma
jority In Oregon, will be elected in June,
in which event he will not only be the
Republican choice, but also the people's
choice, for that position, and that, when
the Legislature meets, he will receive the
.unanimous vote. W. N. BARRETT.
noon t Halt's rot chamberlain
Ieai Me Retire. tateseat J.
I Relag ow Vladlratea f
Raker City Herald.
Since the recent primary election,
when Cake polled more votes than did
both Fulton, on the Republican ticket,
and Chamberlain, on th Democratic
ticket, there has been an opinion that
Governor Chamberlain could not do
a more graceful thing than announce
to Oregon voters that he will not be
a condldate. This would Je in keep
ing with tha principle of Statement
No. 1. and as the Governor claims to
be the pioneer advocate of the Impor
tant measure he could add strength to
It for the future If he will take the
full meaning of the document unto
hlmse'f.
In an Interview the chief executive
of the state made plain his Intention
of being a candidate for the Senate
airiinst Mr. Cake. He said he had
rights in this contest which are bound
to be respected, chief of which is the
right of discovery, for In his opinion
he has been one of the "original"
Statement No. 1 men In Oregon.
If Chamberlain la the big. broad,
magnanlmoua man as represented by
Tom Richardson and others of his ar
dent admirers, he should ftlke the view
of the people as paramount, and that
view was expressed at the recent
primaries.
This Is an opportunity for Chamber
lain to show what Is claimed for him
by his friends. It Is a chance for him
to "make good" In the fullest sense of
the term. Why not. Governor, why
not?
MOVX PALIS DIVORCES SLACKEN
Nat So Xamf rons as Tlsey Were Before
the "Flannels! Strlaareaey.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It would be nonsensical to assert that
the hard times, superinduced by the
clearing of the atmosphere, have re
sulted In no good whatever. Such a
statement. If made by the thoughtless
or the Intemperate, would immediately
be controverted by the news from
Sioux Falls, S. D. "
The stringency occasioned by the
rich man's panic has had a paralyzing
effect upon the business of the 68 law
yers, the 24 boarding-house keepers,
the 40 doctors, and the dozen milliners
who have not only subsisted but flour
ished on the divorce industry of that
city for the last few years.
At the present time there is nothing
doing in the divorce business at Sioux
Falls. 'Why," said one of the leading
attorneys of the place a few days ago.
"I have had only two divorce clients
since call money went up to 125 per
cent in New York. If this keeps on a
bunch of Sioux Falls attorneys will be
looking for work in the harvest fields
this Summer."
Last year 220 divorces were granted
to nonresidents of the State of South
Dakota, and nearly all of these were
handled by Sioux Falls attorneys. The
divorce business is worth not less than
$50,000 a year to the Sioux Falls bar.
Those who seek divorce, and are com
pelled to take up temporary residence
in Sioux Falls, spend in good times
considerable money in the town aside
from what they pay out In fees. An
average divorce seeker, if a woman, is
worth, according to a statistician of
Sioux Palls. $300 to the grocer. $100 to
some physician, $S0O to the dry goods
dealers, $30 to the dentist, $300 to the
owner of the house in which she takes
up her six months' residence, and $25
to the florist.
"But," says this statistician, "some
women spend several times these
amounts during their stay For exam
ple, a certain Chicago woman stayed In
Sioux Falls just ten days and It cost
her JITiOO. She was visited by hor hus
band a week after her arrival had been
announced by the newspapers, and
within 40 minutes he had made his
peace with her."
Senators Who Don't Speak In Passing;.
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
While there are comparatively few in
stances where Senators have been real
chummy, especially where Senators from
the same state have enjoyed such close
personal relations, there are many where
they have dif&ered hotly. These differences
are generally denied by both parties, but
sometimes become open and well known.
For example, the present Senators from
Texas Bailey and Culberson hardly
speak as tthey pass by. Vice-President
Fairbanks, when a Senatror, and his col
league. Senator Beveridge, lived a cat and
dog political existence. Outwardly they
were friendly, but they had frequent
whirls In committee romms. Senator For
aker and the late Senator Hanna were
hardly on sneaking terms.
When William E. Chandler was in the
Senate there were long Interims when he
and Senator Gallipger were entirely obliv
ious of one another's presence. They
fought and made up again and again.
When Senator Rayner. of Maryland, was
sworn in he was hardly on speaking
terms with the late Senator Gorman.
Generally the two Senators from a state
come fpom different factions or follow
ing, as is the case with Senators Kit
tredge whoBe parents still live In his
native State of New Hampshire and
Gamble, of South Dakota.
But there is a long list of states whose
Senators are alienated to a greater or
less degree by rivalries or jealousies or
open quarrels. These are so numerous
as to be regarded almost commonplace
around the Capitol.
Growlag Respect for Our King;.
Chicago Tribune.
No words spoken by the Secretary
of War during his recent visit to Chi
cago had more value than those in
which he urged respect for the Ameri
can flag.
He mentioned the rising at the
sound of the music of "The Star
Spangle Banner." This should bring
to attention the allegiance of the citi
zen to something , more than mere
money getting. It should emphasize
the strength of the feeling that leads
men to battle or even to certain death
for their country. To make patriotism
a real religion is the need of the
times. His examples from Japan,
from the Philippines and from the
East Side of New York made every
one of his auditors feel the underlying
question whether the "Americans"
represented in , that conference of
members' of patriotic hereditary so
cieties were as alive to the importance
of respect for the flag as they
should be.
Where the Mohair Comes From.
Grants Pass Pacific Outlook.
When riding in a Pullman car in
any part of the United States or in a
sleeper in Canada and enjoying the
nice soft plush seats, or touring about
the city or the country in an automo
bile covered with a great, thick plush
robe, did it ever occur to you that
most of the material of which all this
plush Is manufactured comes from
Oregon? Probably you never thought
about it. but nevertheless, such are
the facts. Oregon supplies more mo
hair from which plush robes and seat
coverings are made than any other
state in the Union.
And the jWorld Is Its Oyster.
Detroit Free Press.
A State Supreme Court has decided
that "clams are not wild animals." but
the Standard Oil Company is still an
octopus.
Initiative and Referendum
Measures
For th Information of to ton thr vili
b puMtih-M on tttta pan from dv to Aav
trif nrnmarlrai f th initiative nrl rrlVr
tndurn mriurt to t -mbmttitxi to ii)
l'.pl at th Juna Hct.on. ttrir m it,
a aort tatnrsent f tha arguments fot'ao-J
avatntt tach.
M MBKIt S.
ai-riff amal Covatj Prl
The flrat four mrAsurfa submittiM to
th. peopl r constitution, it mo ml -rrn
m profxrd by th lrnrlxlnt in
Thea hvo ben revlwrt-J nlroaily h:
thin column. The, next four measur. x
re bllla pas-aeri hy the IcffUlAture ami
rferred to t,t prnple by the filing of
referendum petitions-. The flret of t'.ilw
latter class la the bill alTtstlntr Mult
nomah County only, and providing thai
the Sheriff aha.ll hav th cut-tody of
prisoners committed to or confined In
the County Jail, and that suoh prison
er ahall be worked at auch placen ami
for aut h time and In aiuh manner aw
the County Court may direct, and that.
In count. ea of over 100. 000 Inhabit mitt
(which means Multnomnh. two jailers
shall be employed at salaries not ex
ceeding $90 per month. When the
prisoners are worked upon tho county
road or engaged in any public work,
the Sheriff may. with the approval of
the County Court, appoint aa many
guards as the Court may derm neen
ary. which guards shall receive a sal
ary to be fixed by the court. The bill
also provides that In such county the
Sheriff shall receive 1-S cents per
meal f tr boarding ech person con
fined li. the County Jail, and the san.
price per mral for tho boarding of each
person who, because of working on
public work, la not confined to tha jail.
Persons serving sentence and not
working are to be given two meals a
day. All other are to be given thru
meals a day.
This measure had Its origin In the
fact that the County Court of .Multno
mah County took county prisoner
away from the custody of the Sheriff
in order to work them on road improve
ment, and the County Court arranged
for the boarding of the men while s
engaged, thus depriving the Sheriff not
only of the custody and control of the
men committed to his charge, but also
of the profit from feeding them. The
hill was introduced and passed by
friend of Sheriff Stevens, and the ref
erendum was demanded by petitions
circulated at the Instance of the
County Court. It Is of Interest almoei
entirely to the people, of Multnomah
County, though It In, In its terms, of
general character, and must therefore.
b voted upon by the people, of the
entire state.
In behalf of the passage of tho bill.
It la argued that the Sheriff should havo
the c.utody and control of prisoner;
at all times, and that there should be
no on who haa authority at any time to
take any prisoner away from him except
by due process of law, as In the cane of
extradition. It Is said that the Sheriff
Is the man who In responsible for th
safe-keeping of prUsoners, that he
knows the criminal records of most of
the men In his charge, that he has the
best opportunity to judge of their char
acters and dispositions, that he an
best Judge which of the prisoners can
safely be worked out-side the walla of
the jail, and, therefore, that he should
have sole and exclusive control of V.c
prisoners, even when working on th-
roads. For these reasons, it Is urged
that the bill should pass.
Against the enactment of tho meas
ure, it is said that the County Court
should have charge of men who wo; k
upon the highways, that when so en
gaged the Sheriff Is relieved from re
sponsibility, and that the County Court
can arrange for the boarding of pris
oners at less expense than would be
sutained If the Sheriff boarded the
men at the usual rate.
SilV YORK'S INDEPENDENT VOTE
No Democratic Candidate for President
Can Win Without It.
New York World (Dem.).
No Democratic candidate for Presi
dent can be elected without the ote
of New York. No Democratic candidate
can carry New York without the sup
port of the Independent voters. In no
other state In the Union Is there so
large a body of them.
In 1895 Mr. MeKinley'a plurality over
Bryan was 268,469, but two years later
Roosevelt was elected Governor by
only 17,768.
In 1300 McKinley's plurality over
Bryan was 143.606, but In 1902 Odell
was re-elected Governor by a beggarly
8,803.
In 1904 Roosevelt's plurality was
17&.562, but Hlggins, the Republican
candidate for Governor, had only 80.560.
In 1905 Jerome was elected District
Attorney in New York County on an
independent ticket, polling 126,157
votes. In the whole city that year
Heart, running for Mayor on another
independent ticket, polled 224,923
votes.
Tp 1906 Hughes carried the state by
57,898, although all the rest of the Re
publican state ticket was defeated by
pluralities ranging from 5000 to 11 O-'-C.
In 1907 Tammany, with a county
ticket superior to the Fusion ticket
and the advantage f a disgruntled
Republican vote, carried Manhattan and
the Bronx by only 25,000, In place of
the 60,000 that was confidently ex
pected. It Is the independent vote of New
York which foredooms Mr. Bryan to
certain defeat If he Is nominated for
President by th Democrats. Not only
doeo he drive the independent vote
away from the ticket in this state, but
he himself is still weaker than this
weakened ticket. In 1896 Porter polled
only 574.524 votes for Governor, but
Mr. Bryan was 23.000 below that, hav
ing f.51.669. In 1 900 Mr. Bryan had
$78,386 votes, but even Stanchfield
polled 693,733. Plainly the Democratic
party can stand no chance whatever of,
carrying New York with Mr. Bryan as
Its candidate.
Mr. Bryan talks about the possibility
of hts carrying New York, New Jersey,
West Virginia, Iowa and Illinois, along
with Ohio, Indiana, California and
North Dakota. He might as well talk
about the prospect of his carrying
Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Wins "Whisky Seven (y-FlTe Years Old.
Washington 1. C.) Dispatch to the
New York Times.
After traveling thousands of miles
a bottle of 75-year-old whisky has
reached Washington. It came from
Ketchikan, Alaska, and now is In the
possession of Thomas Cale. Delegate
in Congress from that territory. The
liquor is In settlement of an election
bet made l months ago, against
which a dog team was wagered.
The whisky waa discovered near the
mouth of the Mackenzie River, in tho
ruins of what at one time was the
northernmost trading post of the Hud
son Bay Company. The cask contain
ing it was dug out of a cache. Marks
upon it showed that it had been taken
Into the frozen north In 133, and how
long before that time it had been dis
tilled cannot be determined.