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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.
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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
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studies Intelligent and persistently the
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wnoie state; it tests nor sun, imuo v..v...
-i kut ffft-AH trt her anil And cli-
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mate; it measures her streams, explores
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COVerS IIIO lliuilji ciiciuin .....
n 1-..1 Ufa aiiri lanria sr.ientlf in aid
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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
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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.
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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.
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