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rORTLANI. THURSDAY. APRIL SO, 1!HM).
TUB HEARST 1IF.W OF .MR. TAFT.
The chances are that the gleams of
humor which lurk hero and there in
tho editorial columns of the Hearst
newspapers are unintentional. The
preference of those publications for a
platitudinous solemnity is so marked
that one hardly dares suspect them of
ever beins funny except by accident.
funny they are now and then,
Just as the most tearful and blood
cuiflfng melodrama sometimes makes
a Joke by mistake. Such an unpre
meditated bit of humor, we imagine,
lies in the .closing sentence of a polit
ical editorial article which appeared
in the New York American a day or
two ago. The article discusses, not
without acuteness, the probabilities
for the nomination and election of
Taft and Bryan. These promising can
didates are weiphed and found want
ins:. The American advances excel
lent reasons why both of them will
be nominated and neither of them
lroted: and it brinps the article to a
close with the following reflection:
""It may be and it surely oucht to be
that the Intelligent and liberated vot
ers of the country will realize that
their best hope of good government is
In tho clear, definite platform, the
united faith and tho clean candidato
of the Independent party."
Think of the treasures of uncon
scious humor in a man who ran say
without a smile that tho best hope of
America lies in making Mr. Hearst our
next President. We concede willingly
that Mr. Hears! has been instrumental
Jn effecting at least ono excellent piece
of work for this country. He has
taught the Illiterate classes to read.
The literature which he has provided
for them to exercise their new skill
upon Is pot the best In the world, but
neither Is It the worst; and the main
point is that, after learning to read
ths sort of material to bo found In the
American and Journal, they will prob
ably go on out of curiosity to try some
thing better. A great pedagogue has
"aid that it makes no difference what
people begin to read, they will Inevi
tably end with something that will do
them good. Let us hope he was right.
Still, granting to Mr. Hearst all tho
credit which Is his due for this
achievement. It Is no injustice to say
of him that he lacks every imaginable
ciuullricatton which the President of
the I'nited States ought to possess.
So conspicuous are his deficiencies
that It Is simply funny to mention his.
name In that connection.
However, a man or a newspaper
may be daft on a single question, and
eminently sane on every other. The
American's opinion of Mr. Hearst may
be amusing and nothing more, while
its views of Taft and Bryan may de
serve attentive respect. When It says,
for example, that if Mr. Taft wins the
Republican nomination it w-111 be "'by
the force of the President's definite
and persistent advocacy," we are
rtound to listen because the remark Is
at least partially true. We dare say
that If the President had thrown his
Influence for some other man Mr. Taft
would not have expected to win the
nomination. Put this leaves unan
swered the very Important question.
"Why did Mr. Roosevelt throw his
influence for the Secretary of War and
not for somebody else?" The Presi
dent has Initiated a policy which he
believes to be essential to the safety
f the-Nation. lt his opinion we are
threatened on one side with the quag
mire of socialism and on the other
with the deep dttch of anarchy. Fe.
tween these disastrous alternatives lies
the narrow and difficult path of con
trol, regulation and the supremacy of
righteous law. To initiate this policy
nd win the preliminary battles In the
campaign for It required an incom
parable hold upon the affections of
the people. It required courage and
resolution auch as few men possess.
Rut the victory Is not yet won, as Mr.
Roosevelt well knows. The ship Is
launched with flying colors, but ahead
there are tempests: on the lee are
shoals and quicksands. To steer the
vessel safely to its harbor needs a
helmsman with a strong hand and a
steadfast soul. The hostile faction In
Congress has been defeated, but not
annihilated. At the first opportunity
11. will rise as strong as ever and more
eager to fight. Its resources are not
diminished. Its militant skill has
grown with the experience of combat.
Is It credible that Mr. Roosevelt, him
self a wary and battle-scarred veteran
In political warfure. would choose for
his successor In this great enterprise
a weakling, a parasite, a mere syco
phant? To think so is infantile. He
has cast his Influence for Mr. Taft be
cause he recognizes In the War Secre
tary the same forethought and cour
age which have served so well for his
own guldnnce. He sees In him also
that unswerving and indefatigable pa
tience which will balk at no obstacle
and yield to no resistance.
"The Imputation of being another
man's man and of being dominated by
the President," to quote the American
again. Is not therefore something that
will hinder Mr. Taft: on the contrary
it -.will help him as the people under
stand it. To them Mr. Taft is not an
other man's man In the sense of hav
ing no mind of his own. Rather they
believe that he has freely and consci
entiously adopted Mr. Roosevelt's pol
icy because he believes that the safety
of the rountry depends upon Its suc
cess. If he thinks that policy to be
the true one, how could he. as an hon
est man and patriotic statesman, adopt
any other? Is It not a strange thing
that it should be accounted a discredit
to a candidate that he advocates a pol
icy which is demonstrably best for the
country. Instead of seeking some nov
elty merely to display a vain spirit of
Independence?
lIORSKBRKEnKRS- P ROSPKRITY.
Portland as a horse market made
an exceptionally fine showing on the
first day of the sale now being held at
the old Exposition gruunds. There
were sold from one consignment sixty-
one horses at an average price of
$165, many of the animals selling
above $300. The attendance at the
opening day of the sale was In excess
of R00, and among the buyers were
prominent breeders and horse fancjlers
from every Pacific Coast state, from
British Columbia and from points as
far east as Minnesota. The interest
shown at this sale was to a consider
able extent due to the decided Impetus
given the horse business by the horse
show held In this city last . Fall, and
It augurs weU for the success of the
annual race meeting which will be
given under the auspices of the Coun
try Club.
Horse breeding in Oregon has from
the earliest history of the state been a
most important industry, and prior to
the development on an extensive scale
of other lines, it proved one of the
greatest advertising features of the
state. In the early days the Oregon
range horses found a market as far
east as the Mississippi River, and
wherever they were sold were always
regarded as possessing greater endur
ance and speed than any other range
horses. The introduction of high
class blood Into this range stock re
sulted in added speed and style for the
range horse, and on every prominent
racetrack between the Atlantic and
the Facifio Oregon horses have won
fame and money. In the development
of other industries and the extinction
of the range horse, the breeding of
high-class animals has been in a meas
ure lost sight of, but it was not aban
doned, and there are today In Oregon
more high-cUss horFes than ever be
fore, and that there Is a profit in
breeding and developing them- is
shown by the demand, which is suffi
cient .to maintain satisfactory prices.
It is through sales' such as are now
In progress in thts city, horse shows
and fairs, that Interest is awakened
In the business, and the opportunity
afforded to witness its growth and im
portance. Not all of the interest cen
ters around thoroughbreds and har
ness horses, but at no previous period
have high-grade . draft animals com
manded such excellent figures as at
the present time. That Portland Is
regarded as the center of the Indus
try in the Pacific Northwest Is shown
by the' presence at this sale of offer
ings from all of the Northwestern
States.
ECUNIC IS FOREIGN TRADE.
The foreign- trade of the United
States is still on the down, grade, and
the March report, which was issued by
the Department of Commerce and La
bor a few days ago, makes a very poor
showing for both exports and imports.
While the Imports showed a gain of
about $5,000,000 over the month of
February, the total was but $89,000,
000, compared with $133,000,000 in
March, 1907. In one sense this shrink
age of $44,000,000 might be regarded
as in a measure beneficial, showing
as it does that we apparently spent
that much less with the foreigners In
March this year than last. But it
must be remembered that the only
reason that our people buy goods
abroad is because they can save money
by so doing. There is an economic
advantage not only for the purchaser,
but theduties collected on Imports are
by far the most important portion of
the funds necessary for carrying on
the work of the Government.
The momentum gained by our for
eign trade in the booming times which
marked the advent of 1907 was not
easily overcome by the panic which
set In last October, and it was not until
December that imports began to show
loss as compared with the corre
sponding month in the preceding year,
and the gain had been so heavy in the
early months o 1907. that the net de
crease failed to show very large until
last month. For the first nine months
of the current fiscal year there is
shown a decrease of . $135,000,000 in
imports, and for the first time "since
last October there is a decrease noted
In exports, the figures for March being
only $141, COO. 000, a decrease of more
than $:0. 000. 000 -from the figures for
March, 1907.
The enormous export business of
last year carried the totals up so high
that the" receding wave has not yet
swept away all of the gain, and with
totals for the nine months of $1,498
000.000, we are still about $47,000,000
ahead of last season's figures for the
same period. There is one very com
forting feature of the situation for
those who see in an excess of exports
over imports so much cause for con
gratulation as this "balance of trade"
for the nine months ending March 31
had . reached the enormous total of
.567,000,000, a figure never before ap
proached in a similar period. This
excess' of exports over Imports for
March was $24,000,000 greater than
for March, 1907. and for the nine
months was $182,000,000 greater than
for the same period In the preceding
season. As this country has shipped
out nearly all of the exportable sur
plus of its agricultural products, affd
the demand for manufactured goods Is
light, there will probably be a still fur
ther shrinkage In the figures before
the close of the fiscal year.
The date for a recovery from tha
present decline in our foreign trade, is
not easy to predict, but with another
good crop of cereals and a continua
tion of present prices. It will be diffi
cult to retard at least some progress
toward the old high levels. We shall
not only have plenty of products to
bring up the. export figures, but our
people will "have money with which to
pay for an Increased import business.
The Ijnited States of America is too
great a country and has too many re
sources ' to make possible any pro
tracted Bpel! Tif hard times or declin
ing foreign trade.
NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OREGON.
Today The Oregonian prints another
letter from - Mr. Cyrus H. Walker
whiclt Is not .without interest. The
purpose of the..letter It to argue that
because Mr. Walker has lived in Ore
gon a long time and passed through
many pioneer vicissitudes he is there
fore exceptionally well qualified to de
cide What the state needs, education
ally and otherwise. This argument
Uleserves some respect, although it is
fallacious. When . Mr.-Walker was a
younger man than he Is now we have
no doubt that he was progressive. His
views were broad and his spirit enter
prising. But now his mind has nar
rowed. He thinks that nothing must
be done In the future which was not
done In the past. He believes that all
wisdom was exhausted In his youth.
He measures the needs of the great
future by those of the primitive past.
To him the educational system which
was contrived to meet pioneer condi
tions will suffice for the varied de
mands of a mature civilization. Of
course this view is natural to an old
man, but it would be fatal to accept it
as correct.
The educational needs of Oregon
are Identical with those of other states
n the Union. We are not a "peculiar
people," nor are our conditions such
as to exempt us from competition with
those who enjoy the advantages of
good college training. We need a
university which fs generously sun-
ported, because nothing else will give
adequate results. No state which has
founded a well-equipped university
and enjoyed its benefits has ever re
gretted the act. The returns are so
beneficial from every point of view
that when the investment has onco
been Intelligently made it is invariably
continued. These are facts which are
perfectly well known to everybody,
and they are of much greater value
to one who would form a sound judg
ment upon the educational question
than arer Mr. Walker's pioneer remi
niscences.
The time is past when Oregon ought
to be content with the arid narrowness
of the backwoods. We are inviting
Immigrants to come here from parts
of the country where the common
schools are supplemented by great
state (Universities. These immigrants
are well informed. They know what
Is best for themselves and their fami
lies. They realize that educational
advantages are worth more than gen
ial climate or fertile soil, and if we
deny these advantages to them they
will shun Oregon and make their
homes elsewhere. Mr. Walker and
those who agree with him in the as
sault upon the university do not un
derstand what a hold education has
upon the progressive people of this
country. He may be satisfied with an
education for his children which stops
at the eighth grade, but the majority
of intelligent Americans desire some
thing more. They are ambitious to
place their children in a position to
compete with the strongest and to en
joy the best. Whatever the unpro
gressive backwoodsman may think.
the ambitious American believes that
nothing is too good for his family,
and he is willing to pay for It.
A HOME MISSIONARY FIELD.
The physical and moral conditions
of the Indians In Alaska are probably
as bad as they can be. The public
was told but now, by a Federal official
of that far northern territory, of the
alarming prevalence of tubercular
maladies among .these people and the
rapid spread of suoh maladies through
conditions incident to unsanitary liv
ing, insufficient or innutritlous food
and utter ignorance of the communi
cability of disease by contact.-
The picture presented was a sad and
indeed a revolting one. It was assert
ed in this connection that unless meas
ures were taken to quarantine the In
dians who are afflicted with scrofulous
diseases, and particularly tuberculous
Indians, and teach them the simple
rules of cleanliness and the value of
fresh air in their abodes, that not only
would the Indian population of the
Alaskan peninsula perish from off the
earth in the space of a few years, but
the white population would also be
practically wiped out, this notwith
standing the fact that the climate of
Alaska is bracing and its natural con
ditions are in every way conducive to
health and longevity.
So far as the public has been in
formed, no notice has been taken by
the Federal health officers of this pre
sentment and appeal. Now comes an
other report from these wretched In
dians that Is even more appalling than
the first. A woman is the informant
In this case Mrs. C. R. Reynolds, who
has spent many years in Juneau, Sitka
and Douglas, the older centers of set
tlement, and who is no doubt fullv
qualified to speak. Acocrding to Mrs.
Reynolds, who is now in Seattle seek
ing to arouse the pity of the pitiful
and the Interest of the public gener
ally, young Indian girls, and indeed
girls of mixed breeds and nationalities,
are sold by their unnatural mothers at
very tender ages, for Immoral pur
poses to brutalized men. It Is not a
case now and then that Is reported,
but a revolting custom against which
Mrs. Reynolds protests In the name of
pity, humanity and decency a custom
that not only debases the bodies of the
victims but subjugates the moral sense
of all concerned in the vile traffic; to
the basest of instincts and afflicts tjie
offspring of such degrading alliances
with untold miseries. Mrs. Reynolds
will consult the officials of the Wash
ington Children's Home Society, hop
ing by their advice and co-operation
to bring this matter to the attention
of Congress, through the Washington
delegation.
We recall in (his connection the fact
that missionary societies of the vari
ous church denominations in this city
and state have been very busy the past
few weeks in presenting and discussing
the question of foreign missions. The
"ail-day missionary meeting" has been
made an occasion for prayer, exhorta
tion, feasting and general good fellow
ship among those who are commis
sioned by the churches as missionary
workers. Now the attention of the
missionary delegations, comprising
these bodies, has been focused upon
China, now upon India, and now upon
Japan. The religious beliefs of these
people and other so-called heathen
have been deplored and the great need
of carrying the gospel according to
Christian creeds to them has been ex
patiated upon. Tet from some cause
these wretched "heathen" at our very
doors: these simple-minded, tractable,
inoffensive but shockingly degraded
creatures, the Alaskan Indians, have
been overlooked in this zealous search
for souls to save and bodies to rescue.
Is It that the very nearness of these
people blind the missionary workers
to their appalling need? Is it that to
civilize and uplift the Alaskan Indians
Is but a paltry, disagreeable tasR near
home so very near that Its taint is
almost upon our garments, its stench
in our very nostrils? That ihls task
does not involve the expense of a theo
logical course or -the cost of a long
voyage? That it represents missionary
effort divested of the romance of
travel, the martyrdom of long banish
ment from home and native land?
An object aver pressing dims tha sight
And hides behind its ardor to ba een,
declared a deeply religious poet of a
past generation. Perhaps this Is why
our zealous missionary workers over
look the bitter needs of the Alaskan
Indians and are so deeply concerned
for the welfare of the "heathen" of
storied Nippon, Farther India and Far
Cathay.
Churqnies of Burlington, N. J., are
about to come up to the help' of the
weak against the mighty. Men, It is
said, have been practically excluded
from places of public worship by the
advent of the "Merry Widow" hat.
Noting this in dismay, the pastors of
several churches of that city are con
sidering the advisability of putting a
ban upon these hats. While In point
of fact a woman has as much right to
sit in church under an extended para
sol or even an umbrella as she has to
sit under a straw cartwheel, piled high
with flowers, the wisdom of placing a
ban upon the "Merry Widow" hat in
church may be doubted. 'If wearing
it drives men away, its interdiction
would most likely make women the
major part in any congregation re
fuse to go to church. The wis course
probably will be to let the "Merry
Widow" have her fling without over
much protest, since undoubtedly she
will have it anyhow.
' i
At the ripe old age of 86, Simon
Blumauer, for more than half a cen
tury a prominent resident of Portland,
has passed 'on to the great beyond.
Mr. Blumauer was one of a large
number of foreign immigrants whose
coming to this country has proved of
inestimable value to state and nation.
During his long and active career in
Portland he witnessed the struggling
hamlet among the trees along the
banks of the Willamette develop Into
the metropolis of the Pacifr North
west, and through all the changing
years since he first settled in Portland
he has had the respect and honor of
all classes of people with whom he.
came In contact. Regret at the pass
ing of this, old pioneer and good clti
zen will be tempered by the thought
that his long life of usefulness has en
titled him to a release from the cares
of life and that he well earned the
reward which is now his.
An elaborate review of the wheat
business of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho was printed in The Oregonian
early, in April. The article, which
was the result of considerable work
and expense, contained the first accu
rate figures that had annearpd re
garding, the size of th$ 1907 crop in
the three statesrand was quite widely
copied. The Seattle Post-Intelllgencer
and the Minneapolis Commercial West
were so well pleased with the article
that they reproduced it as leading edl
torlals. neglecting, unfortunately, to
give any credit whatever to the paper
which had paid the expense of gather
ing the information and placing 1t be
fore the public. The Oregonian is
complimented, indeed, with the appre
ciatlon shown its work.
The City of New Tork is to build a
new skyscraper to be used as a home
for all of the city departments except
the police, fire and health. The build
ing is expected to cost $7,000,000, and
when completed will save the city
$500,000 per year In rents. As it was
a City Hall building -that caused Tam
many no end of trouble In the days of
Boss Tweed, the owners, of "Little Old
New York" should exercise due care
in the. letting of the contracts. Based
on the general run of prices In New
York, it would seem that $7,000,000
for the building would hardly 'leave
sufficient leeway for much graft.
A Chicago ftian, taking his first les
son in driving an automobile yester
day, ran down and killed a pedestrian.
He must have been a very apt pupil
or else the instructor in the modern
method of doing the Juggernaut act
was an extraordinarily proficient
teacher, s
Two Mississippi delegates have been
instructed for Foraker. It will make
all other Republicans feel most kindly
toward Foraker, of course, to have
the colored delegates all for him.
Santa Barbara Is now offering evi
dence that the restaurant-keeper who
robbed the sailors is a Russian. Prob
ably Santa Barbara also looked upon
its visitors as Japs.
Knox has a delegation behind him
that acts as if it really meant business.
Most of the other states with favorite
sons have ietr fingers crossed.
However, it will be well not to place
thoBe eight Oregon votes officially In
the Taft column until the state con
vention meets.
Needn't class the Portland team as
a pennant winner until it wins a third
feroi in succession.
Welcome home, Senator Hodson.
Hear it drop while you were back in
Washington? .
liET MR. WAGGON JUHITER THIS
Oae Mare Center Shot Afrnlnst the Pro.
Poaed Tax Reform.
SELLWOOD, Or., April (To the
Editor.) I wish to submit to your read
ers the following views upon one measure
to be voted upon m June.
The proposed initiative measure to be
voted upon at the next election, providing
for the exemption of certain property
from taxation. Is a very specious measure,
calculated to deceive the unwary, and
should be most carefully considered. Its
friends state frankly that It Is ieading
up to the single tax theory, whereby. all
tax will be levied upon land and all per
sonal property go free from taxation. ,
. Taking this initiative measure as It
stands without reference to the Henry
tieorge theories, let us see how It would
work In actual practice.
Suppose two farmers owning adjoining
farms of equal acreage and equal in
land values in every way.' Farmer A hag
a small, cheap house, barely sufficient
to shelter himself and family from the
weather, furnished with only the cheap
est supply of furniture. He has a small
barn and the cheapest kind of outhouses.
He has only & very limited amount of
livestock, perhaps a cow. two or three
plffs and a team of horses or yoke of
oxen, only the most meager equipment
of tools with which to cultivate his farm:
no "fruit trees, vines or shrubs," In short,
only the equipment of a beginner labor
ing under difficulties to establish a noma
for his family.
On the other hand, farmer B Is wealthy,
perhaps a retired merchant or banker.
jHis farm la no larger than A'a. no better
In any way. naturally, but he builds a
fine mansion, costing several thousand
dollars: furnishes it with the beat of
furniture, with piano and musical instru
ments, books; pictures and all the ap
pliances of comfort, luxury and elegance;
fences his grounds In the most substantial
manner: builds large barns and expen
sive outnotises and "other appurtenances
thereto": equips his place with all the
most Improved farm machinery and ap
pliances; stocks his farm with the finest
of blooded stock, and has under culti
vation the largest assortment of valuable
"fruit trees, vines and shrubs" and has
all the "other improvements" that his
taste suggests, or his means can com
mand.
Now. comes the Assessor and the Tax
Collector, and what do we find under this
proposed law. should it become effective?
Simply that farmer A must pay exactly
the same amount of tax as farmer B
must pay. since all of B's improvements
and equipments are exempt under the
proposea law.
The same law would require the laborer
living in a shack on a single city lot. to
pay the same amount of tax that Would
be exacted from a man living in a JIO.OOO
nouse, with all its furniture and fixtures,
standing on the lot adjoining.
It would exempt from taxation the
manufacturing plants, if any in the state.
of the Standard Oil Company, the steel
trust, the electric companies, the paper
ana meat trusts and the plants of anv
and all trusts, so many of which have
become odious to the people on account
of their unjust discriminations and op-
jiressive cnarges.
Again, this proposed law is unjust In
tnts, tnat It costs Uie state, city and
county much more to protect personal
property tnan it does to protect land
'I'ersonal property must be protected
against thieves, robbers and burglars,
against arson and other crimes, hut lnnrt
Is exempt from danger from these crimi
nals.
It Is unjust o tax one species of prop
erty to make secure another species that
pays nothing for its own protection. It
would be unjust to tax the farmers and
landowners to protect the properties of
the trusts. The old rule. Is the best. Let
all property alike be subject to taxay,
tion according to its value. The wis-
aom or tms is exemplified by the exner
lence of the ases. and cannot be improved
upon by any other method yet proposed.
J. W. CAMPBEU
ARB THEY RRYAK ENTHUSIASTS f
These Expression From Demnrratln
Sources Don't Loeik I.Ike It.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
Though Mr. Bryan can probably out
speak and outfox almost any man be
longing to the party now in power on the
new "issues," he has lost too much of his
hold on the cardinal professions. Anyhow,
tne Kepubllcan managers think so. It
would be a great thing for the Jefferson
lans if they could be led by Bryan on thi
lines of the real Democratic gospel.
Charleston. S. C. News'and Courier. Dem
v The Nebraskan derwids upon the vote-
or tne solid south for his nomination at
Denver, and the solid South, which can
elect nobody President, will be the solid
bouth no more If he shall be nominated
But for his Southern support. Mr. Bryan
would not be seriously considered in the
convention at Denver.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
Judge George Gray of Delaware has
been rather accounted the stronger card
In the pack, partly on account of his
Eastern association, his long experience
and great opportunity, and his associa
tion with some of the greatest events In
the last 15 or 20 years of United States
history. The drift has been swift in his
direction for a month or more.
Salt Lake Herald (Dem ).
Considered either for his ability or his
availability. Judge Gray may be regarded
as a serious factor in the convention. He
may not show enough strength In the
opening ballot to make him dangerous t
his rivals; but if he is weak It will be he
cause he has not been so active as his
opponents or willing to sacrifice dignity
to a desire for office. In anj' event, the
convention will see a hard fleht.
Charleston, S. C. News and Courier. Dem.
The South, including the states of Mary
land, Missouri and Kentucky which will
be lost to the party if Mr. Bryan should
be nominated would vote for Judjfe Gray
at the election in November, and there is
reason. to believe that he would carry the
states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and possibly Connecticut, so strong
ly is lie intrenched in the good opinion of
the workingmen of these states. Judge
Gray would make an ideal President. He
has always been a fast friend of the
South.
Detroit Free Press (Tnd. Dem.).
It is clearly the logic of history that
George Gray, being the only bipartite in
the 19(18 aggregation, is as good as elected
already. What chance against his- solid
ified forcea have met with such weak
ened names aa William J. Bryan or John
A. Johnson? Could even William H. Taft
defeat him? Or if the Secretary of War
should not he his opponent, what other
Republican now in the race could bring
against the Delaware jurist such a co
hesive strength as he could show? Joseph
G. Cannon? Charles E. Hughes? Charles
W. Fairbanks? They are hopelessly han
dicapped. Bvery name Is a trine.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
It is true that Mr. Bryan has tempo
rarily abandoned the monstrous combina
tion of centralism and state socialism in
government ownership of the railroads.
But, unfortunately, his followers have not
abandoned it, and the Republicans would
surely not forget It in the campaign
should he become the Democratic candi
date for President. Let the Democrats
of the country soberly ask themselves,
then, before going to Denver and while It
Is yet time, what figure they would cut
before the country and the world with a
ludicroua travesty of Jeffersonian Democ
racy embodied In William J. Bryan.
Some hod x Had to Be Deatea.
Hepjmer Times.
'Morrow County was surprised In the de
feat of Fulton for the Snatorshtp, as he
has made good In his efforts for the state
In Washington and a very large majority
of the Republicans of this county wanted
him returned to complete the mork he has
begun.
SINFfl. AID IN BEER-MAKING.'
Others) Besides Hoa-Piekera Are Co
workers Wlih Satan la Brewer'
Interests.
PORTLAND, April 19. (To the Ed
itor.) This clipping Is from The Ore
gonian of today:
Oregon Cttv. Anfl! 2A (Pneeial.l Rev.
John M. IJnd"n. ptuttor of the First Partlst
church, has Instituted a vigorous cruearte
Ralnst the members of hts church picking
hops, stating that It is encouraging the liquor
interests. In a sermon Sunday night oetore
crowded church, he said: "It requires
quickened conscience to crymallfse actkn
against hop-rlcktng. which is part of the
process of beer-making. No follower of
ChriM. whose body Is the temple of the living
Uod, ought to be engaged In helping along
the brewery business, especially when he Is
urged by Scripture to avoid even appearance
of evil."
How refreshing and elevating! A
new record has been established, a new
light has gone up In the mind of the
Rev. Mr. Linden, and he hag given to
the world and to his followers the
Illuminating spirit of his aanctlty for
whatever benefit may accrue to them.
It. is really beyond understanding how
It has been possible for the Rev. Mr.
Linden to have carried this thought
with him W'lthout giving It publicity
sooner: but it i also hard to under
stand why the Rev. Mr. Linden con
fines his advice to his congregation to
the hop-picking issue alone.
Didn't he think that he ought to
have told the farmers not to raise any
ore barley? Just think of It! The
brewers of Oregon and Washington
alone paid to the farmers last season
over $1,000,000 in wicked money for this
prod uct.
How about the laborers of the Rev
erend's congregation wha go out In the
woods and cut down trees? Has it
never occurred to the Reverend that
this Is a very sinful occupation: for
may it not be possible that a srreat
deal of tt Is wood will be converted
Into kegs r.nd barrels to hold tfils sinful
beverage the beer? How about the
workers in the paper mills of Ore
gon City, who convert some of the pulp
Into covers for beer-bottles which are
sent broadcast all over the United
States? And the metal and ironwork
ers who are making boilers and kettles
In which this terrible beverage Is man
ufactured? And Is it not disquieting
to think of the vast number of people
engaged In making machinery to set
these breweries In motion and enable
them to install such refrigeration,
which keepe this beer cool and makes
It so much more attractive than other
things?
Then there are the bookbinders, who
manufacture books, entirely uncon
scious of the fact that in some of them
may be recorded the receipts and dis
bursements of this most wicked Indus
try.- The girl who goes out and makes
an honest living with the rubber stamp
manufacturers think of what is in store
for her when she has to assist in the
making of stamps which will be used
by those who are engaged In the liquor
business. Are not the streetcar com
panies exposing their men to eternal
damnation when thev make them r.
celve nickels from brewery workers:
and ought not the electric lia-ht neonln
and the gas people and those of similar
Industries draw the line on supplying
any of their merchandise to the dis
pensers or Deer?
A. E. BUTTNER.
TAFT SIRE TO BEAT BRYAN.
Democratic Opinion That Nrbrasknn
tannot Carry New York.
New York World (Dem i
William H. Taft will be nominated
ior r-resioent ny the Republican Ka
tional Convention.
If William J. Bryan is to be the Demo,
cratlc candidate Judge Taft's election is
certain. There need be no anxiety as
to tne outcome of another Rrvnn ea
paign: no increased Industrial "suspense,
no further shutting down of factories.
no new recruits to the army of unem-
pioyea.
The opposition to Judge Taft's nrrmt
nation has practically collapsed. He has
a . majority of the delegates already
elected. He has back of him all the
power, prestige and popularity of the
Roosevelt administration. None of the
other candidates has any considerable
support outsld his own state. Mosf of
them can count on "inly a complimentary
vote. None of them could deliver his
delegates to Hughes or Cannon or Knox
or Fairbanks..
All four of these opposing candidates
are personally friendly to Taft. In the
end they will prefer his nomination to
the alternative of Roosevelt's renomlna
tion, knowing that they must take one
or the other.
The sooner they make this position
plain the better it will be for the coun
try. All of them know that Taft is sure
to he nominated. All of them should
realize that public assurance of his
nomination would be a great stimulus
to prosperity. By removing popular tm
certainty as to the action of the Re
publican convention they would aid
greatly in the restoration of confidence.
For If Mr. Bryan is sure of the Demo
cratie nomination as he pretends, noth
ing remains in doubt but the size of
Judge Taft s majority.
XEWBPAPKR WAIFS.
'happ1o Have a cigarette, old man T
Plaptetffh No. I drtiTt fminke foolk filers.
Chappie TVell. I don't blame you for re
fuinir to take chancer. Chicago Dally
News.
The "Wooflperker's FlniPh. The Rohin
Why, It's very sudden. What did he die of?
The Jay Oh, jealousy and destpondency.
He was over by the new steel bridge on
Monday and heard a pneumatic rivater at
work. Puck.
Th Mlstrens What, Suxanna. join to
leave me tiding to get married? This la
mont unexpected. The French maid Oui,
madam, but eel ees not my fault. Et -was
only last nlpht zat your son proposed to me.
Harper's. Bazar.
"Come, Willie,'' said his mother, "don't
ba so selflsh. Let your little" brother play
with your marbles a while." But," pro
tested Willie, "he means to keep them al
ways ' "O, I R-nesa not." "I guess yes!
'Cause he's swallered two o' them already."
Philadelphia Press.
Gaddie- Yes. he's very vindictive. That's
one of his worst faults. Markley I didn't
know he had that fault, too. Oaddle O,
yes; I tell you I'd hate to have a man like
that owe nie a grudsa. Markley Yes, but
there's his other fault. H never paya what
he owes. Philadelphia. Press.
OUR TEN YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES
s
Notable Article in the Next Issue of the
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Ten rears ago, on May first, the Stars and Stripes flung out over
Manila Bay, waving a salntation and a rail to better things for
7,000,000 half-civilized people basking half asleep under a tropical sun.
A new eolonial policy, the first of its kind in the history of the
world, is bein;? worked out in the Philippines. The story, by William
Atherton DuPuy, is the first ever written reeoguizing and developing
that fact. Fine illustrations lend charm.
Read it. The writer tells a tale of an unprecedented paje in tha
world'B history; one that will forever attest the disinterested benevo
lence of the Visited States toward an alien race depending upon, it
through" the fortunes of war.
SILHOUETTES
BY ART HIT? A. GREENE.
The woman who cannot afford to dress
better than her neighbors Is likely to bs
popular with her sex.
Dispatches report that the Pennsyl
vania State Convention hurst into
tumultuous cheers yesterday when the
name of Philander C. Knox was men
tioned. Can you Imagine anyone be
coming tumultuous over a man named
Philander?
A irrass widow and her alimony ax
not soon parted.
If a man makes his "front'' succeed
It la called diimtty. If he rails tt is
known as '"biuff."
Those Santa Barbara. prices are
enough to make the jackles seasick.
The instinctive dislike we all feel for
a policeman Is a survival from the days
when people attended to their own busi
ness. I notice that all henpecked husbands
are advocates of female suffrage. Few
other men take the trouble to declara
themselves.
Many people believe it unlucky to be
married on Friday, but I could nevsr
understand why they make an exception
of that particular day.
It begins to look as If thr wouidi
be no honorary pallbearers at the funeral
of the Aldrich currency bill.
.
It Is some consolation to know tht
ail actresses are not so bad as they are
painted.
I should think the man who turns a
hand-organ would get Very tired of tha
same old grind.
Public benefactors derive their great
est satisfaction, not from their pood
deeds, but from hearing others say how
good they are.
Atonement always pays- usury on its
principal. .
I find that most promoters count
their chickens before tha eggs are laid.
One of life's many inequalities la that
to the grief -stricken meconds seem
hours, while to ths happy hours sre
as but seconds.
Far be it from me to defend the
Merry "Widows but while we're pok
ing fun at it a lot of us old back num
bers who flourished as village cutups
along about '94, should remember that
we wore straw hats with elght-lnnh
brims and found it necessary to wear a
trolley to hold them down.
Bewara of tho person wh eonfldes
his inmost secrets to you. Eventually
he will confide the fact that he desires
to make tha customary touch.
I met the oldest living negro m!nstrI
again yesterday. Oldest living min
strels have the original Six Hundred,
the original Florodora sextette and thj
men who dandled Lincoln on their
knees beaten out of sight as to num
bers. It is a most commendable thing f
tell the truth, but It's usually blamed
unpleasant.
Most any old plub man feels Ilka a
hero In his dressing-gown.
Airy Peralflaae.
I went into a strange barber-shop the
other day to got shaved, and met socially
one of the most brilliant conversational
ists I've ever .known. It's an -old Joke
about the talkative barber, but this is the
truth. After reducing myself to a condi
tion of more or less deshabille. 1 climbed
into 'the torture-chair. The barber placed
his hand on my head with the easy famil
iarity or a Damon to his Pythias and
blandly inquired:
"What's the matter with your head?
Always been that way? It's a fright,
ain't it? Natural?"
I tried to put up the storm-doors and
aitsume the proud and haughty, so I an
swered anapplly: "Bleached and clipped,
can't you see?" Whereupon the gent with
the razor proceeded to hold the following
tete-a-tete with me, while I, at his mercy,
wisely refrained from comment:
"Well, whatdoyouthlnkofthat? When
doyouthlnkweevergoin'toge.t a tpamthat'll
gitoutenthecellar? Havln'ahell of a tlmr
about trying to make the Government
send the fleet here. ThatoIdguyofaCan
non aln'tgotalook-ln fer the nomination
has he? Ibelongto the WOW and I don't
carry nooldllnelnsurance BugstifTcamcln
here yesterday andwhenl'dgjvehim the
bestshave he'devergot Inhisllfebeforehe up
andtells me therasorpulls Ithreatened to
punchhismugandrunhim out oftheshop
Howlsftcullnow? Allriphtyou say Well,
I'msladitaultsyou .Next Gent!"
Consjresnmaa Hob son. Reasoned Veteran
Dallas News.
John Sharp Williams referred to Con
gressman Hnbson as a "young enthusi
ast," notwithstanding the subject of his
remark Is a veteran of one war, two po
litical campaigns and a kissing tour.