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Fort Worth, Tex. Southwestern N. and A. Agenoy. Amarilla, Tex. Tlmmoni Pope. San Francisco. Foster as Orear: Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Stand; L. Parent: N. Wheatley; Fairmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United News Agency. 14 Eddy street; B. E. Amos, man ager three wagons; Worlds N. b.. 2625 A. Sutter street. Oakland, Cai. W. H. Johnson, Fourteenth and Frankiln streets; N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager flvfl wagons; Welllngham, E. O. Goldneid. Nov. Louie Follln. Eureka, Cai. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eif reka News Co. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAT 22, 1908. MR. I'ORAEER'S SYSTEM. un iviay ii tno untcago Record Herald published a list of the dele gates to the Republican National con vention, with an itemized statement of their Instructions, preferences and contests. This list, which is probably accurate, assigns Mr. Taft 602 dele gates, either by instruction or per sonal pledge. If he could count upon this number without fall he would be sure of the nomination, since it is 111 more than a majority of the conven tion. He cannot count upon them all, for 122 may be unseated by contest ants. Of course it is extremely un likely that such a thing should hap pen; but if it should, Mr. Taft will still have 480 delegates beyond all peradventure. This is only 11 short of a majority. In the full convention there will be 980 delegates, so that 491 will be enough to make a choice. In all likelihood Mr. Taft 'will secure many more than 11 delegates from the contested cases, but if he does not, he is by no means lost. His men are contesting six of the, seats which the "allies" claim and they may win all of them. Besides there are 108 dele gates who have thus far been neither instructed nor pledged. The majority of this group is friendly to Taft. It is evident," therefore, that the chance of Mr.' Taft's nomination vir tually amounts to a certainty. Making the worst possible supposition for him he will go into the convention lacking only 11 votes of a majority, and there is no reason to believe that in every doubtful case the worst will happen. .His luck has usually been as good as other men's, and sometimes a little better. But even supposing that all the contests should be decided against him, and none of the unpledged dele gates should favor him, his resources are not yet exhausted. There remains the problematic Mr. Foraker with his 13 instructed delegates. Thirteen would be two more than Mr. Taft needs In the direst contingency that can befall him. Will Mr. Foraker come to his rescue in that very im probable crisis? The history of that eloquent and versatile gentleman per suades us that he will. Twice before in emergencies, when his Senatorial destiny hung dubiously in the balance, Mr. Foraker has not been above making a trade which saved his skin at the expense of his constituency; why should he hesitate this time? His first election to the Senate was in 1897, but the bargain upon which it depended was consum mated somewhat earlier, while McKln ley was making his first campaign for the Presidency. Foraker opposed Mc Klnley. threatening to turn the negro vote of Ohio against him, just as he now threatens to turn it against Taft, and to smooth matters over, Mark Hanna, who was McKlnley's Warwick, promised to make him Senator, and kept his word. When he was securely seated among the legislative magnates of his countrty Mr. Foraker forgot all about the negroes and never remem bered them again until his term was about to expire. This was in 1903 when Roosevelt was running for Presi dent on his own account. Foraker's seat in the Senate was again threatened at that time, but his bewitching oratory stHl held the infatuated negroes loyal to his stand ard and he made another trade. This time he exchanged them for the in fluence of the Roosevelt managers. They gave him his seat in the Senate again and he made Ohio unanimous for Roosevelt. History is quite apt to repeat itself when it has a chance, and just now the chance in Ohio is good. Mr. Foraker's seat in the Senate Is again in danger. Just as it always Is When bis term expires. With all his brilliancy and his unquestioned ability", Mr. Foraker has never been able to win the unflinching loyalty of anybody but the negroes, so that his successive elections are never without serious contest. Many men have been able to gain such a hold upon the affec tion and confidence of a great state that they have been returned to the Senate as a matter of course term after term for 30 years or more, but such good fortune has never befallen Mr. Foraker. Whether the blame is to be charged to some defect in his character, or to the slim appreciation of Ohloans for their heroes, one can not undertake to decide. The fact is undeniable. Moreover, just as in his previous political crises, Mr. Foraker now holds the negro vote of Ohio in the hollow of his very supple hand. He has used the Brownsville Incident for all it was worth to create negro prejudice against Roosevelt and Taft, neglecting no expedient, however demagogic and disingenuous, to accomplish his pur pose. As usual, the negroes have suc cumbed to his wiles without reflection or intelligence. It makes no difference to them that Foraker uses them for trading stock, and then as soon as his purpose is served casts them aside with contempt. It makes no differ ence to them that he has never in all his career conferred a single material benefit upon their race or made one proposal that could have bettered their condition. He can stand on a plat form and spout orotund bathos from morning till night, and that Is enough. That will capture the colored vote of Ohio and hold It captive until Mr. Foraker gets ready to cast it upon the dunghill again. It is impossible for him to return to the Senate next Win ter against the opposition of the Taft forces. It is impossible for Mr. Taft to take a united delegation to the Re publican convention unless he com promises with Foraker, for the latter has by hook and crook got . hold of four of the Ohio delegates, and' at election time he will control the negro vote. Thus the situation is singularly adapted to the usual Foraker maneu vers. If a trade is not consummated. a beautiful opportunity for him to dis play his commercial ability will have been lost. But we need not tremble. It will not be lost. Mr. Foraker longs to return to the Senate too eagerly to decline to play the game even though everybody by this time can see through his shady "system." FISH SCRAMBLE IX COLUMBIA. It's everybody for himself in the Co lumbia River salmon business, and the devil take the hindmost. New proof of this was found at Astoria last Tues day, when seiners, trapmen and gill netters tried to unite against the wheelmen, but wrangled because the gillnetters would not pledge them selves to desist from fighting trapmen and seiners hereafter, and finally quit with nothing accomplished. That was another entry on the long list of conflicts between rival fish in terests. The rivals have tried to abol ish one another, to shorten one anoth er's open season, to convince Legisla tures that competing methods of catching fish are more destructive than their own, and to shift the whole responsibility for a waning industry on their neighbors. Last Tuesday, the seiners and the trapmen thought they detected in the conference called by the gillnetters a scheme to enlist them against the wheelmen and later to turn the latter against the owners of other kinds of fixed gear seins and traps. So they cut loose from what they called a spider and fly entertainment. The old scramble continues, of everybody for himself and the devil take the hindmost. The Oregonian often has pointed out the futility of "protecting" meas ures offered by the warring fish fac tions. Each side regards the ideal method as that of restricting or abol ishing its rivals. The gillnetters have offered an Initiative bill in Oregon for enactment on election day, abolishing wheels, and the wheel-owners have re taliated with a bill putting severe re strictions on gillnetters. Neither bill checks the gear of its promoters. There will be opportunity for well- informed members of the next Legis latures of two states to offer remedial measures, regulating all kinds of salmon-gear and abolishing none in favor of others. This is the recom mendation of the United States Bu reau of Fisheries, and it accords with sound sense and fair play. Longer closed seasons and diminished size of fishing appliances will save the salmon from extinction, as any sensible person can see, who is not prejudiced in fa vor of a particular class of gear. THE SUBMARINE SCANDAL. Representative Lilley seems to have placed himself in an awkward posi tion through his inability to substan tiate the charges which he made regarding the submarine-boat con tracts. The report of the special in vestigating committee in severe terms accused him of acting in bad faith, and on the floor of the House he was denounced as being guilty of treason. The evidence presented to substan tiate the charges, has been far less convincing than was expected, in view of the confidence with which the scan dal was sprung -on the public; but it is hardly probable that the great American people will be as severe in its judgment on Mr. Lilley as some of his associates in Congress have been. Mr. Lilley failed in making his case stick, but the Electric Boat Company, which was charged with being the chief of fender in the alleged bribery proceed ings, docs not escape entirely un scathed. It is known all over the country that the boat company had in its "em ploy special agents who visited nearly all of the prominent cities in the United States, In an endeavor to secure indorsement by commercial or ganizations to a scheme to unload on the Government an unnecessary num ber of submarine boats, some of them in ports where they would be useless. Enterprise of this character does not constitute a crime; but the natural assumption would be that Govern ment officers and experts would be in a position to know where these sub marines were needed without being prompted by commercial clubs and similar organizations, many of them located hundreds of miles from salt water. The report of the special committee states that the Lake Torpedo-Boat Company was shown to be behind the charges of excessive profits from sub marine contracts, and that the fig ures had been compiled by their I agents. It is not exactly clear that Mr. Lilley is entitled to censure for securing this information from a rival boat company, especially when it is apparent that the company supplying the information was in an exceptional position to determine whether or not the profits were excessive. In order to show that the charges of the Elec tric Boat Company were excessive, it would of course, be necessary for the competing concern to prove that it could build boats at less cost to the Government. The fact that it has been unable to secure contracts at lower prices, as it claims, would in itself constitute good grounds for sus picion. Awards to the highest bidder can hardly be made unless excellent ex planation is forthcoming, and thus far there does not appear to be .rea son to show why one boat company has received all of the contracts at prices which the concern that has re ceived none asserts are too high. Mr. Lilley was apparently at fault in fail ing to get his evidence in tangible shape; but the investigation has not entirely cleared the skirts of the boat company which has enjoyed a monop oly of the business. BATING SOULS IN LAOS. On the opening day of the Presby terian General Assembly at Kansas City, hardly anything could have been more interesting than the speech of the Rev. William A, Briggs, mis sionary to Laos. In this dim land, far to the north of Siam, where no trav eler ever goes, Dr. Briggs reports that Buddhism is dying out before Chris tianity. A decisive victory of our re ligion over heathendom Is so unusual in the Orient that one is constrained to search for a reason. Can it be because the Presbyterians have been laboring in Laos without the handicap of sectarian rivalry? When half a dozen different denomi nations undertake to convert the heathen in the same place their vary ing views of the Gospel must confuse their listeners more or less. To the limited pagan intelligence sectarian di vergencies must present themselves as o many distinct faiths. The poor, blinded creatures will not be able as a rule to understand that each sect is preaching the same faith under a dif ferent pame, and if they can under stand it, they must still be puzzled so know why they are favored with so many competing instructors. Very likely, if . Dr. Briggs had en joyed the company of six or seven rival missionaries in Laos, the whole band would have had fewer converts to re port than he gained alone. His ex perience leads one to anticipate a day when missionary work will be carried on with less waste of money and ef fort than we have now to deplore and when the results will probably be more respectable. It may be a dream, but it is a pleasant one to think of the whole earth as converted to Christianity, sectarian differences all merged in one great religious fed eration, a single world language used by all men, war abolished, as It surely will be when we all become Christians, and the arts of peace everywhere pur sued in kindliness and comfort. Is this too much to expect from the con version of the world? The faith which we profess promises to eradi cate evil from the human heart and make the nations dwell together In fraternal unity. Is this promise a mere form of words, or does it mean what it says? A SENILE ROUE AND MISS .WOOD. Age never appears in a more un lovely role than when posing, with a self-satisfied smirk and grimace, as an object of the amorous regards of youth. All feeling of respect and rev erence that by common consent of civilized peoples is due to gray hair, and eyebrows touched by the frost rime of time flees in disgust when the whitened thatch projects over weak eyes, watering lasciviously at folly's indecent pose as represented by a young woman ogling for the money that is behind the trick that she is playing to catch the senile regards of the hoary simpleton. It is bad enough and disgusting enough when the latter is a plain lumberman or a lusty cattleman, or an uncouth miner, whose accumulations in these honest vocations have been the golden bait that allured the angler, but who has not heretofore been known to the general public. But when a United States Senator drags his toga to the slimy social Ashing pond and poses and postures, and drools and smirks while the unscrupulous angler, watch ing her chance, takes him 1n for the gudgeon that he is, the disgust of de cent people is augmented and nausea ensues. It does not matter that Senator Piatt probably tells the indecent truth. when he denies that he was married to his youthful accuser. He admits all of the important allegations of lewd, immoral conduct and seeks cover in his infamous part in the matter at issue in the simple, boyish declara tions that the prosecuting witness 'fascinated him" and he was "very fond of her." The great state of New Tork is the humiliated sponsor for this senile sim pleton. She knew the man full well. yet she bestowed upon him the rank and title of a United States Senator. Who shall say that her humiliation complete as it is before the world, is undeserved ? TAKING NEWCOMERS FROM OREGON. It is easy to see the force of the ar gument being used by Washington im migration boosters for the purpose of turning homeseekers from Oregon to Washington. They remind the new comers that Washington has appropri ated 1475,000 for its Agricultural Col lege for the present biennial period, while Oregon has held up an appropri ation of $125,000 for its State Univer sity. The idea conveyed is that better educational facilities are offered in Washington than in Oregon, and that the former state is therefore a better one in which to locate. Without wait' ing to see whether the people of Ore gon shall approve or reject the appro priation, the. mere fact that the bill has been held up under the referen dum is made the basis of a comparison in favor of the sister state on the north. As a large majority of the new comers are people with families, the educational argument is one which ap peals to them with peculiar force. It has been remarked heretofore in these columns that a city can scarcely hold out a more attractive induce ment to homeseekers than the mainte nance of a free high school. Every man with a family of children de sires to locate within reach of good public schools, and. in fact, most men will refuse to locate where such schools cannot be had. While the lo- cai school facilities are of the greatest influence in determining the choice of a home, the advantages offered in the way of state institutions for higher education are also effective considera tions. The institutions maintained re flect, in a large measure, the attitude of the people toward education, and, while extravagance is not to be ad vised merely for the purpose of mak ing a showing, in the present instance, when the question is whether the ap propriation shall be approved or re jected, there should be no hesitancy In deciding what shall be done. . Even if it were admitted, for the sake of ar gument, that the appropriation is a little too large, there still remains the fact that to vote down the appropria tion will create an erroneous impres sion as to the attitude of the people of Oregon toward higher education. Ac tion of this kind would afford immi gration agents of adjoining states an opportunity to make comparisons ad verse to the interests of Oregon an opportunity of which they might well be expected to take advantage. The work that is being done for dependent, destitute and abused chil dren of Oregon by the Boys" and Girls Aid Society Is of yearly increas ing magnitude and of vital interest to the community. This institution is not a reformatory, but a care-taker of children who need Its aid. Delin quents are dealt with In other institu tions. This is seemly since no stigma of crime or serious misdemeanor should attach to- children who are merely, destitute or are the victims of cruelty. Nor should such children be subject to. associations that will lead them into mischief or pave the way for crime. The work of this so ciety extends over the state and is furthered by a state appropriation, which the Legislature next January will be asked to increase to meet a growing need. It is cruel Indeed to deprive the City Council of that little junket to see the fleet on Puget Sound, espe cially when a paltry $400 was all that was needed. It would not only give the Councilmen a rest from their ar duous labors, but it would also be a reward of merit for the modesty of the request- It should be remembered that no attempt was made by these city servants to secure an appropria tion for a Jaunt to California, when the fleet arrived. Neither did they ask permissipn and funds for a trip East before the fleet started. Com pared with what they might have asked for, the proposed appropriation of $400 is a very small matter. Lltigation that threatens the title to the home is always disquieting and if pushed, becomes exasperating to a degree. Hundreds of home titles are shadowed by this menace in a section of this city. Each of these homes represents more or less of effort, self- sacrifice, loyalty and affection on the part of their owners and occupants. It may be hoped that this shadow will speedily pass, since there are few things more trying to the temper or paralyzing to endeavor than is a men ace to property that has been won by toil and acquired in good faith. Two years ago, when he was de feated for the Senatorial nomination, Mr. Cake made a campaign tour in be half of his successful opponent, Mr. Bourne. Now, of course, nothing hut his arduous duties at Washington pre vents Senator Bourne fr"om raising his clarion voice from the stump through out Oregon for the benefit of Candi date Cake. Everybody can get a clear Idea of the style of advanced government they have down in Oklahoma by read ing of the efforts of the "insurgents" to get the speaker out of the House by force. The other day there was a fist fight between two Senators. Okla homa is the state with a constitution having all the latest frills, made by statesmen of the "Texas steer" variety. Why is it that the bishops the Meth odists elect nowadays are from among the men the public has never heard much about? It used to be different. Either that, or the average newspa per reader knew more about the Meth odists than nowadays. Yet. that doesn't sound reasonable. Perhaps our non-partisan Governor can make his position as a Roosevelt Democrat a little clearer by explain ing that a Roosevelt Democrat is a Democrat that always votes for the Democratic opponent of Mr. Roose velt. Did Our George vote for Roose velt or Parker? Roses, .literally by the million, await a few days' sunshine to burst into full bloom. With the wind shifting to the north and the Rose Festival yet ten days' off, the prospect for an abundance of roses for all purposes planned is not disquieting. Senator Burrows, who is to be tem porary chairman at Chicago, is having dally conferences with the President. If Burrows doesn't . understand just what he ought to say in that opening- gun speech, it will be no fault of the President's. A high bridge at Madison street will cost a million or so; that's all, A high bridge is necessarily a long bridge also. After awhile the subway will seem cheap if we can ever make up our minds that one subway is enough. A few remarks are now due from the man who says they never have serious railroad disasters on the well managed roads of Europe. A few more wrecks like the affair at Ant werp wiU depopulate that hemmed-in country. Why complain if a lot of citizens preferred to stay at home and let the battleships go by -without a cheer? Can't such citizens look at the war ship pictures and be happy and pa triotic? Mr. Aldrich thinks no currency leg islation is better than the Vreeland bill; and Mr. Vreeland thinks no leg islation is better than the Aldrich bill. Singular, but they both appear to be right. ' Chester Thompson Is quite sane now, of course; and will be until some other Judge Emory crosses his path. . It is a comfort to reflect that there cannot possibly be any rain left by the time the Rose Festival rolls around. SHOWS CLEAR CASE FOR OREGON I Varsity Graduate of SS on Other State' Liberality la Education. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., May 16. (To the Editor.) Those who take a deep interest in Oregon's past, present and future and they are many, even outside the state are watching . with keen so licitation the progress of sentiment in favor of the annual appropria tion for her State University. Re sults of Fall elections in Oregon are al ways watched by other states to see what shall be the first recorded decision on issues of the day. as shown by voters at the polls, since that of Oregon comes earliest And no less is the young state being watched now to see what her June expression will be on the sub ject of state support of higher education. Oregon's financial status is rather unique in that she has no bonded in debtedness, and that property -Is as sessed at only 33 1-3 per cent of Its actual value, while the tax rate re mains as low as $5.45 per thousand. This makes the absolute rate only $1.82 per thousand. Nine other states have no bonded indebtedness (but five assess to the full value), but in no other one are both the percentage of valuation and the rate per thousand so low. Michigan comes next with a tax rate of $2.81 per thousand on an 83 per cent valuation, or an absolute rate of about $2.40 on full valuation. Com pare these figures (they are easily veri fied) with those of Arizona, for example. where the rate is $7.50 per thousand on a 50 per cent valuation; or with Wiscon sin, with a tax rate of $11.27 per thou sand, and on a valuation of 75 per cent with Wyoming, whose tax rate is $6.60 on valuations same as that of Oregon, and an indebtedness of $200,000; with Ohio, whose rate is $1.35 on a valuation of 60 per cent; with New Mexico, where the annual state tax rate is $14 per thou sand on a valuation of 20 per cent; or with Indiana, whose rate is $17 per thou sand on a 60 per cent proportion of the market 'value. These figures show that as compared with other states Oregon is in a condition quite favorable to the fostering of her educational institutions if she desires to do so. It must be remembered that the state school is deprived, apparently by rea son of its being such, of much of the resources from endowments, bequests. etc., that fall to other universities. And it has become apparent to the people of many of the states that permanent provision must be made for their state and other colleges if they would educate their children and grandchildren at home, so that many states have enacted regu lar annual appropriation for that pur pose. Michigan, for instance, with just pride in her university, and her agrlcul cultural college as well, and a partial appreciation of what they every year contribute to the wealth of the state. has made statutory provision of. mill tax for support of the former and 1-10 mill tax for the latter that for the agri cultural college not to exceed the total of $100,000 in any one year. And our neighbor, California, not content with a regular levy of 1-5 mill tax and in spite of her bonded indebtedness of $6,500.000 In 1905 as in 1903, appropriated $100,000 additional for the maintenance of her state university for each of two years. Minnesota has made regular provision for her state university by a 23-100 mill tax; Wyoming has recently (1905) swung into line with a mill tax, and Ne bra ska, with a tax levy already of $7 per thousand, comes out with a round mill tax for the same purpose. Arizona is also there with a 3-5 mill levy, al though her state tax rate was $7.60 per thousand on a 60 per cent valuation; and Wisconsin, undaunted by a state tax rate of $11.27 per thousand, and this on a valuation of 75 per cent, gives a Z-5 mill lew to the annual support of her mag nificent university. Some states sup port two or more departments In separ ate schools. Colorado, with $2,500,000 of Indebtedness, still so disposes of 4-5 mill tax: North Dakota, with $700,000 bond ed debt, levies .63 mill tax; and Ohio, a .22 mill tax; while New Mexico many thought her a useless bit of frontier ter ritory gives to her three state institu tions the splendid support of 1H mill tax levy. - Most of the states thus named for comparison are, like Oregon, noted for the diversified character of their farm and other products. None of them is richer in forest, field, fisheries or farm products than our great native state. Can our state afford to do less or be less than her neighbor states of the great West? For. what a state does for her youth she is. or quickly becomes. Can we afford to be behind any In tne mat ter of opportunities offered to our young men and women 7 If Oregon did as well even as Nebraska, whose tax rate is higher by $1.65 per thousand than ours, our annual tax levy for our state uni versity would amount to $188,000. Does the treacherous Platte have richer snores than the Willamette, or the Columbia and Its Southern tributaries? If we did as well as New Mexico, whose state tax rate is $14 per thousand, we should de vote annually to this' purpose $282,000. Besides, New Mexico has "a bonded debt of nearly $1,000,000. Utah, notwithstand ing a debt of $900,000 and a tax rate oi 15 Der thousand on a valuation oi ou per cent, irri'es a sum equal to $1 per capita or ner entire population, ior tno EUDDort oi ner two state scnoois. it ure gon did as well, our State Department would be expending over $500,000 per year on higher education. 11 111 11 uilfVCiailjr " llSetl lO LI1M BIUU Ul III." ........ languages ana tne nigncr iimiinriinnn-a even to tne extent mat some u:u w u-- i ntv,t k. atnmA nrnntift fnr nnnnni- tion to support by the state. But it is nOl 0 W1LU HIO 111-... 1 1 ............... studies Intelligent and persistently the . . . t. . 1 II ftine. wnoie state; it tests nor sun, imuo v..v... -i kut ffft-AH trt her anil And cli- jiiuuutta "... .. - mate; it measures her streams, explores . -. i.i i .. ,. ,. .n i- ner mines, jisin net ..... COVerS IIIO lliuilji ciiciuin ..... n 1-..1 Ufa aiiri lanria sr.ientlf in aid (1.1 1,1 UUIIli.l , . . . . to her every industry. It Is a friend of everyone, tne enemy oi none. J411 tlllB mioiuno "m "!'!"'- . . . . j f ers to every son and daughter of the state to develop all their powers and so to increase their earning capacity, as ii .il- Aano.4tir 1a n1nv life Tn Well H i 1 1 1 1 i.i. ,. i. ... . those from -the farm and the ranch the best in tne worm ub invuuuuii w. For them its doors swing wide open. The rich may go elsewhere, but for them there is perhaps not another "open door" inviting them to so great opportunity. . ... ..i i i. i i., m,- Kciil uf fiirt nnrl t n them we appeal for support of their State university. T XT fyT.TRA r. . i xt n i EC1- tViA Qault SfA Marie urnuuKio u . . ' -' . Michigan; Five Years Assistant Physi cian Under Major BieraiKns. Fsrmlntt la Denmark. Denmark has nearly 200.000 farms and farm gardens oi ten acres or teas, and about 104,000 farms of between . . is r-rmi There are lew than 1000 farms in the entire kingdom of 500 acres or over, tne aggresaw oi those last named being less than 1.- Anii aaa n-Aa TnAFtt fit A 1 (IRS m.nnr atlve dairies, with 158,170 members, and a co-operative egg exporting so ciety Wltn DUU local CBiners. x ne uusi ness transacted by these co-operativ concerns is eiiurmuuo- Carrler 'Plgeosi Files to Warmth. tlnllimAP. Wawa A carrier pigeon was found fast in a flue of a public-school building in Coatesville, Pa,, and It was found nec essary to make an opening in the pipe to release wiiu fi.u. Playing; a Thlnkloa; Part. Pendleton . Tribune. And yet Bourne can think of a whole lot of things. wltMa the next four years. CHURCH UNION GAINS STRENGTH Teadenry Seem, la May- Meetings of Some Proteatant Deaominatlona. Chicago Tribune. The constant tendency toward church union is reflected year by year in the May meetings of the several Protestant denominations. An Illustration is af forded by the discussions regarding a possible coming together of the Metho dist Episcopal and Methodist Protest ant Churches. The latter became inde pendent of the older organization 8) years ago as a result of a disagreement on the point of admitting laymen to the church councils. Its statistics for the United States show some 2300 churches. 1500 ministers, and 183,000 communicants. The former has nearly 28,000 churches, 18,000 ministers and 3,003.000 members. That the latter would gain by a reunion with the former, now grown to such a position of influence and power, seems certain. The Northern Baptists are moving toward Oklahoma City, where their an nual May meetings are to be held soon. When the statistics of this denomina tion are examined they show two bodies called "regular," but one car ries the qualifying word "Northern, and the other "Southern." The former has 9000 churches, about 8000 ministers and a total membership of 1,200.005. The Southern division of white Bap tists is larger, having 22,00) churches, 13,000 ministers and a membership of nearly 2,600,000. The qualifying words, Northern and Southern, tell of disagreements before the Civil War largely due to slavery problems. The same disturbing cause split the Methodists, the Presbyterians, and some other Protestant denomina tions. The emancipation proclamation was issued nearly half a century ago. But the two parts of a great denomina tion have worked along independently, although not far removed from each other in essential points. For several years they have been looking across the old-time barrier with a common consciousness that no good reason ex ists for divi3lon of interest and con sequent reduction of strength. The holding of the meetings of the Northern wins- in a far Southwestern State is significant- It may not result in an early reunion. But it is one ot the straws which show how the wind is blowing in the present day. Similar movements are observed in other de nominations. Leaders of thought are considering the possibilities of re uniting forces. The smaller divisions are seeing the advantages of union with the larger. The lines of demarca tion are disappearing as more liberal views show the lack of sufficient rea son for separate existence If not the absurdity of present conditions of or ganization. No one doubts the eventual outcome. The idea of church union is gaining strength steadily. LONDON TIMES SWELLS WITH PRIDE Say la a Recent Iaane It Contained 253,000 Words A Dreary Waste. New Tork Times. The London Times points with pride to the astonishing fact that on May 1 it contained, not so many columns of advertisements, not a wonderful array of exclusive news dispatches, but 253, 000 words, equivalent to the number contained in three ordinary novels. The first idea of an expert journalist of the American type, on reading this announcement, is that the 23,000 words might have been reduced to 100,000 without the omission of any essential news or expression of opinion. But the London Times differs from other Journals in the fullness of its re ports of public affairs, and perhaps few of its many words on May 1 were wasted. With its stenographic Par liamentary report, however, its news summary of Parliament, its daily re view of Parliament, and its editorial leader on the proceedings, one of its many "features" at this time of the year would be considered somewhat overdone by a busy American reader. The London Times has been much improved a3 a newspaper lately. It takes note now or many incidents oi human Interest which it used to ignore. But the best tendency of modern Jour nalism is not toward the multiplication of words. Rabbit Peat in Australia. Pittsburg Dispatch. In 1852 two rabbits were Imported into Australia from England. These arrrivals In that continent now num ber billions and are a great pest- Five rabbits eat as much grass as one'Bheen. From 1878 to 1888 the Australian gov ernment paid out $5,888,015 as bounty for the noxious animals, at the rate of 25 cents each, and from 1883 to 1886 $2,200,000 for the same purpose. For some years the rabbits died by millions, owing to the drought, but since 1904, with the rainy seasons in creasing, they have again come into notice and bid fair to become as great pests as in the past. ' , Smelting; Lraenlcal Ore. Wall Street Journal. No process has yet been discovered by which the highly arsenical ore found in Cobalt properties can be smelted. This problem has been the subject of research by many chemists, particularly those of Germany, and there is a fortune awaiting the dis coverer. Many of the smaller proper ties in the Canadian silver district have large quantities of ore which is practically useless at the moment on account of the percentage of arsenla which it contains. Engine Smoke Scares Chinese. Kansas City Star. An Americanized Chinaman. Chin Gee Hee. is the projector, president and en-glneer-in-chlef of a railroad which has recently been opened in the Hongkong hinterland. Of the six locomotives used four were purchased in the United States, the others coming from Germany. The president says his chief difficulty in building the road was in overcoming the obstinacy of the natives, who opposed the work on the ground that the smoke from the locomotives would ruin their crops. Tree Cutting For Merry Widow Hats. Fort Worth (Tex.) Dispatch. The Federation of Women's Clubs In Fort Worth, Texas, adopted a resolu tion asking the Street Commissioners to trim all trees on the streets to a height of six feet, so that the Merry Widow hats may be protected. Tfalngra for the House. Nashville American. W need a lot of furniture. We need some tableware. And -all of us are needing- clothes; Our old ones need repair. We need another load of coal. We need some napkin rings. And, take It all around, you bet We need a lot ot things. The cellar window needs a pane. Of ioclcs 1 hear complaint. The chimney needs a brick or two. The house la needing; paint. We need a man to spade the yard, "We need some garden seeds. In fact. In summing, up I find Thla Is a world of needs. I don't know how wo get along Without the things we need. We really ought to have a norse. But, then. It might need speed. And the piano needs a man To put the kesw In tuna. Xf there 1 something we don't need. We'll need It pretty sooa. We need another bedroom set. We almost need a stove. We need a fancy rustic seat Xo beautify the grove. And as for money, well, I guess We need it In our bla. If there Is something we don't need i don't know what it la. POTPOURRI BY KAVKTV I. RE. ' The milk of human kindness Is too often the stuff that comes in cans. Now, what would you think of a girl who not only broke off her engage--ment, but who mailed back to her fiance her diamond ring marked "Glass, handle with care"? "What's your name, little boy?" asked the kindly old minister. "Darn'd If I know; my mother got married again yesterday." ' Definition of "nouveau riche" Peo ple who eat with their knives and drink champagne for breakfast. Did Thomas Piatt talk through his hat. Or was Mae Wood so unco good He really couldn't resist her? The old-time rule, 'bout ased fool Cause surmise by public wise That Tom he must have kissed her. (We think It likely.) "But, mamma, I never could marry a man who wears a toupe," eaid the pretty young girl, as she took off her coronet braid, three rats and a 4ong bunch of curls, preparatory " to retir ing. . 'Tis deeds not words that count," does not necessarily apply to telegraph messages. Hnbbr'a Letter. Dear Maud: The place so lonely seems, My heart to you in fancy flies, I meet and kiss you in my dream a Wherever did you hide my tie? No loved face greet me at the door. The silent hall my anguish mocks, I miss you, dearie, more and more Please wire me where to find my socks. The dog and cat so lifeless are. Your little singing bird is mute; I feel as one who is bereft Where do you keep my Summer suit? I've really felt since you have left That longing Is the worst of hurts; I feel as one who Is bereft I can't find any of my shirts. Now, honey girl, enjoy yourself, . And vanish every fear and care I've looked In every drawer and shelff But can't locate my underwear. Dear Maud, I must now say goodbye, I really can't recall much news I've hunted low and hunted high. And cannot find my other shoes. A blonde widow is always so heart broken she can never lay aside her mourning, but the brunette very soon concludes that it's a perfectly barbar- . ous custom, and her dear departed never approved of it, anyway. An unprincipled scamp who has tact and good humor Is of far more value to humanity than a tactless, lugubrious saint. - The late Richard Mansfield was thought by many of his friends to be a sycophant. On one occasion while dining at a Gotham cafe with a party of distinguished New Yorkers, he saw a man at an opposite table whose face was singularly familiar. "How stupid of me," said Mr. Mansfield to his friends. "Now there le a man whose name I can't recall, but I have cer tainly met him abroad at Some of the smart embassy balls. I think perhaps he is one of the secretaries of the le gation. I will send my card over and ask him to Join us." Whereupon the man in question at once Joined the aotor's side. " Ah, ' my dear friend," cald. Mansfield, greeting him effusively, "for the minute I can't recall where it was I met you last?" "Why, Mr. Mansfield, don't you- know me7 I'm Dick Johnson, the head bar ber at the Waldorf-Astoria." Dr. Jones "I understand the opera tion was in the nick of time." Dr. Graft "Ye, another 24 hours the patient would have entirely recov ered without it." IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN DAREDEVIL CIVIL WAR FIGHTERS IN CONGRESS Eighteen Senators and 34 Rep resentatives who fought on one side or the other in the great struggle for the preservation of the Union. . LOVE AND TEARS FOR BLUE ; TEARS AND LOVE FOR GRAY Pull-page illustration in colors that carries its own Memorial Day Message. i REVIVING INDIVIDUALITY AMONG HAND-WORKERS Miriam Van Waters writes of the influence on Portland of the arts and crafts movement a story of intense human interest,' wheth er read by the craftsman, the fad dist or the mere observer. F RESIDENTIAL LIGHTNING RODS THAT NEVER WERE STRUCK Distinguished Republicans and Democrats who tasted the bitter ness of disappointment, and some who are still hoping. PLAIN "ME. BARNES" OF COLORADO Recently a German Count, but disowned because he married a shop girl whom he loved. MERELY F0R PURPOSE OF LAUGHTER The Hotel Clerk on anti-immigration sentiment, Professor Shorty McCabe, Jim Nasium and Pa's Home Companion. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER