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PORTLAND, MONDAY, MAX 25, 1908.
THE ONE ONLY SACRAMENT.
Should ' Mr. Chamberlain receive a
majority, or a plurality, of the popular
vote over Mr. Cake, he will owe his
fortune in no small degree to the bal
lots of those who detest the use that
has been made of Statement No. 1,
who resent its exaltation to the place
of the leading: political principle of the
.Republican - party, the principle to
which all other things must be subord
inate, and who are full of resent
ment at this perversion, degradation
and suppression of the objects, alms
and purposes of a great historic party.
It is true that Mr. Chamberlain also
places the Sacred Statement above all
considerations of party, principles and
politics. But that is because he and
his party are needy. To them this
vagary is a windfall. It is a godsend.
A feeble party ashamed of its past and
wishing to escape it; having no prin
ciples or purposes for the future, and
utterly discredited by its past, is glad
enough of an invitation from its oppo
nents to accept a trifling and silly
whimsy as a substitute for the conten
tion between the parties, based on
fundamental principles, that has ex
isted since the country began to make
its history. The Democratic party,
worsted on this basis, now rejoices in
the opportunity to put a figment, de
vised as a political method by upstart
politicians, above all the alms and ob
jects and traditional policies of parties.
The Holy Statement, thus advanced
to a position above everything else in
our own political system, superseding
everything in the character, the his
tory and the traditions of parties, was
not, when proclaimed, intended for
statement of a principle, still less for
enforcement as a principle. It was in
serted in the primary law avowedly as
a suggestion; nothing more. If the
candidate wished to accept it he was at
liberty to do so; but by sensible men
it never was supposed at the time
that anybody would have the idiotic
audacity to insist that it should be
used to abolish distinctions of party,
or that any candidate would accept it
and allow it to be. used as a bond to
compel him to vote for a political and
party opponent forahe highest politi
cal office In ttie gift of the state. By
the great majority of-those who Voted
for the primary law it therefore was
deemed a mere excrescence, useless
but harmless. Now, however. It is
made to supersede everything else.
You can't be a Republican unless you
roar night and day for the Holy State
ment. Democrats, being out of meat,
and bound to get the woodchuck, will
ot course roar for it.
It was passed over in the primary
law, as a negligible vagary; because,
moreover, It is art avowed act of
nullification of the Constitution of the
United States,-and of course never en
forceable. It was and is conceivable
that members of the Legislature might
take the vote of their own party as
a guide, and even as a direction. In a
party sense and on moral obligation,
for election of the Senator: and this
would be In ordinary circumstances, a
very proper thing to do. But to Insist
that men of one party shall be com
pelled by it to elect candidates of the
opposite party to highest political of
fices is worthy merely of bedlam.
That Is. It Is worthy of the present
leadership of the Republican party of
Oregon. The Democratic party doesn't
count In this estimate. It simply takes
advantage of a situation; of which, as
a minority party, It expects to be the
beneficiary, in high degree.
Large numbers of Republicans re
sent the folly which places their party
In a position like this. It confounds
all true distinctions of party; for we
certainly shall have a Republican
Legislature that is, a Legislature
nominally Republican; yet if Cham
berlain shall obtain the majority or
plurality, it will be in fact a Demo
cratic Legislature; and party effort, so
far as Republicans are concerned, will
be of no avail, but merely a. farce. All
this comes from such leadership as
Messrs. TJ'Ren and Bourne have been
giving the Republican party, and
which a large section of the party has
been weak enough to accept. But
had the men of the party disregarded
the claptrap statement, as they should
have done, and had an unquestioned
right to do for even by its own terms
it Is merely voluntary, or had the
candidates for the Legislature simply
said they would vote for their party's
choice when declared by their party,
just as Presidential electors do, there
would have been no trouble about It.
Mr. Cake seems to have thought it
necessary to fall In with the current.
He is fully entitled, therefore, to all
the help and strength the "statement"
may bring him. But how far it will
avail him, against the competition of
Mr. - Chamberlain for the same "great
principle," is yet to be determined. A
forced construction of a. vagary of the
primary law, optional at most, or best,
yet Intended for nullification of a con
stitutional duty Imposed on the Legis
lature, has been advanced to the rank
of a first and only principle; yet it Is
distasteful to a- multitude who are yet
masters of their own suffrage. How
they will act no one can determine; yet
the issue of the election, or the most
Important of its Issues, will depend
upon their action. But though Mr.
Cake has declared his acceptance of
the Sacred Statement, it Is absurd to
censure him for his refusal to demand
defeat of the Republican candidates
who have declined to accept it as the
one great sacrament of their party.
Oregon is said to be a Republican
State. But of late years there has
been but feeble vindication of the
claim. If, however, Oregon is a Re
publican state, the Republican party
is entitled to the Senator. It will
elect the Senator unless the opportun
ity has been thrown away through an
ineffable folly, having its root in the
war of factions, which may give a
Democratic candidate for the Senate
a plurality of the popular vote In no
case can he get a majority and then
convert a Legislature, elected as a Re
publican body. Into a Democratic body
for the purpose of his election.
WHAT THE GOLDMAN WOMAN STANDS
FOR.
AH Emma Goldman wants is to
have all law abolished so that the indi
vidual may not be restrained In his
freedom , and everybody may do as he
likes. Of course all this is the very
negation of civilization and the disin
tegration of society into its units,
where everybody may- do as he likes:
Everybody may do as he likes now, if
he does not Interfere with others in
their desire to do as they like; but
that is what everybody is prone to
do all the time. So laws are framed
and society organized, and each must
conform to common rules of conduct
so that all may get along together.
It is well to know from the Gold
man woman's Hps Just what she stands
for and what she would have; but it
Is tiresome, after her own acknowl
edgement that she would abolish law.
to hear from her defenders that she
Is really the enlightened champion of
a great and desirable- movement for
the benefit of humanity. She would
undermine the whole social order, and
she would produce .chaos. She Is an
outlaw and she is at war with society.
As The Oregonian has frequently
said, it is a mistake to attempt to re
strain her, or to deny her right of
free speech. Let her go on. But .let
us have no false pretense or humbug
about "anarchism" as distinguished
from "anarchy"; and let us learn
from observation of her and her asso
ciates a lesson in self-restraint and
let us continue to see In them pretty
much everything that a good citizen
ought not to be.
' THE NEW GRAIN DOCKS.
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle,
better known as the North Bank Rail
road, last week let the contract for the
construction at Portland of the largest
wheal warehouse in the United States.
The Northern Pacific warehouses on
the Tacoma waterfront cover a slight
ly greater ground space than will be
covered by the Portland structure, but
they are single-story houses, while that
in Portland will have two floors, the
combined capacity of the two floors
being nearly equal to that of all of the
East Side grain docks now in use. The
construction of this enormous wheat
warehouse and dock at Portland will
set at rest the numerous rumors that
have b-en in circulation regarding the
shipping point for wheat brought
down from the interior over the North
Bank road. The contract calls for the
completion of this monster warehouse
by September 1, which will be in am
ple time for handling the 1908 crop.
It would be difficult to overestimate
the advantages which Portland will
gain from the coming of this new
road, with its great terminal facilities
for handling rail and ocean traffic, but
that it will nearly double the wheat
trade of this port is almost a certainty,
and with the increasing output of the
great Inland Empire it is highly prob
able that within the next five years
Portland will enjoy the distinction of
being the greatest wheat port in the
United States. The country directly
tributary to the North Bank road will
not produce a very great amount of
wheat, but the line will be fed by both
the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific, which inthe past have been
forced at heavy expense to haul all
the wheat out of their territory over
the lofty mountains lying between the
wheat fields and Puget Sound, the for
mer tidewater market for this grain.
Since the beginning of work on the
North Bank road Portland has experi
enced no doubts as to where the wheat
traffic of the line would meet the
ocean carriers, but ambitious newspa
pers on Puget Sound and elsewhere
have indulged in considerable specula
tion regarding the possibility that the
road will haul wheat past this city to
some other seaport.
The final determination of Mr. Hill
to make Portland the great seaport for
the Immense traffic of the Inland Em
pire will set at rest the idle rumors
that have been in circulation and will
result in the carrying out of a number
of other plans for industrial enter
prises which have rested, pending tho
settlement of the wheat warehouse
matter. The selection of Portland as
the port of export for wheat from the
Hill territory, as well as for that
brought here over the Harriman lines,
does not relieve the people of this port
of the necessity of keeping the river
channel In its present excellent condi-
tlon, nor of improving the tug and bar
service. The success of the Port of
Portland measure at the election next
Monday will enable us to give a tug
service adequate to the requirements
of the port, and at satisfactory prices.
The bar pilotage, which lays such a
heavy burden on steam tonnage enter
ing the river, must next be taken in
hand, and at the coming session of the
Legislature this branch of the busi
ness will also be placed in the hands
of the people who are most vitally In
terested in keeping port charges down
to the same level, as that of ports with
which we come in comnetition. We
1 will now have both the Harriman and
-! tho Hill rail systems using Portland as
a port for the distribution of grain
I coming over their lines. This business
will be retained here Just so long as we
keep plenty of water on the bar and in
the river, and- offer ships the same
towage and pilotage rates that they
secure on Puget" Sound. To make
these rates and thus retain for all time
the grain business at this port is not a
difficult matter, but it will require at
tention, and the first move to be made
is to secure the passage of the bill
which comes up for action next Mon
day. A NEW SINGLE-TAX LUBE.
Another class of citizen!!, urged to
shift burdens of taxation to landown
ers, is that of retail dealers. A rep
resentative of a grocery firm in New
York, signing himself "Yours frater
nally, George L. Rusby," has sent a
circular letter to retail dealers In Ore
gon "urging that you actively co-operate
in promoting the Interests of the
proposed tax-reform amendment."
Rusby argues that the single tax
would make fewer town lots, fewer
unused mining privileges, a stimulated
demand for labor's products, and more
Improvements. "Retail dealers are
especially affected, and, fortunately,
there is to you given an enviable op
portunity to render assistance, for you
come in direct contact with every voter
of the Btate." This argument, of
course, is meant to appeal also to
commission men and middlemen 5n
general, since in the Bystem of distri
bution they all belong to the same
general class. Landowning farm
ers, who find the "middleman" mak
ing more money out of their products
than they do themselves and adding
to the price of farmers' necessaries for
margin and profit, will not welcome
this proposal of the retail man to shift
taxes to land. Farmers who behold
the middleman making more money
out of prunes and potatoes than they
do themselves and consumers who pay
high prices for those articles will per
haps not follow the middleman's per
suasion to put taxes on land. That
would be a step toward the single-tax
goal of heaping all taxes on land and
exempting the middleman's goods.
The mass of producers and consumers
will probably not believe that the deal
er's business should be made , easier
for him by exemption from taxes.
The biggest of Industry's burdens is
not taxes, but middleman's profits.
This is not saying that those profits
will be eliminated or middlemen abol
ished. But when retailers look for re
forms they should remember the so
cialists who would reform them by
cutting out their "unnecessary" share
of labor's product and making them
"go to work."
The needs of this state, in the way
of progress, come not so much from
too much land nor surfeit of empty
town lots, but from lack of people.
Increased population will cause idle
land to be used as fast as it can be
made to pay. Lots are filling up
everywhere around Portland. "Wild
land is being brought under cultiva
tion all about. The persons who are
do.ng this are not retail dealers, but
owners of land. They are removing
trees, stumps and stones, and draining
the soil. These are "improvements"
quite as essential as houses and fences.
Without these Improvements the land
would often be worthless. In many
cases the improvements constitute the
greater value of the land. Exemption
of improvements would help the aver
age landowner if there were not so
many heavy owners of that class of
property, whose taxes would be light
ened at his expense.
If retail dealers plan to quit the
middleman's business and turn to own
ing land and clearing It for crops.
they would better vote against single
tax. There are a large number of
landowning retailers already. They
should know that the bulwark of any
state Is its landowners and that any
"reform" that unduly adds to their
burdens of taxation is contrary to the
public Interest. The only Just princi
ple of taxation Is assessment of all
property. There are abuses under this
system, but fewer than there would
be under any other, wherein large
holdings of property would be exempt.
SUBSIDY BILL KILLED.
Another ship subsidy bill has been
laid to rest along with its predeces
sors, and free-born, independent Amer
ican citizens who object to grafting
even when It is attempted under the
guise of patriotism will all feel re
lieved. In the amount involved and
the general character of its make-up
the bill which received its knockout
blow in the House Saturday was far
less objectionable than some of the
bills that had preceded It., Tho
amount asked as an entering wedge
was comparatively small for a nation
that supports a billion-dollar appropri
ation bill, but the principle involved
was much the same as that which was
responsible for the defeat of all sim
ilar attempts to raid the Treasury.
The bill was not even satisfactory to
most of the men who in the past have
endeavored to force subsidy bills
through Congress. The Pacific Mail,
which has the finest American ships
afloat and probably is in actual need
of a subsidy to a greater extent than
any other American line In existence,
was not very favorable to this bill that
was killed for the reason that the re
strictions it Imposed would have taken
off most of the profits that might have
accrued from the subsidy.
Now that Congress has consistently,
year after year, laid these subsidy bills
to rest, would it not seem proper to
begin the upbuilding of our merchant
marine in an independent, sensible,
businesslike manner, such as is fol
lowed by other nations that have be
come great on the high seas? There
is a surplus of tonnage in the world
today. Magnificent tramp steamships
are laid up for lack of business In all
of the big ports of the world, and for
eign shipyards are building new ves
sels at the lowest rates ever quoted.
Most of these Idle vessels fly the Brit
ish flag, and in large numbers they
are being bought up by far-seeing
Germans, Norwegians and Italians,
who, a year or two hence, when tha
demand again overtakes tha supply,
will be making plenty of money with
them. . '
We need ships under the American
flag, but the trust-built, over-protected
ship such as we are forced to take In
order to secure American registry is
not the craft that can make money in
competition with the ships of every
other nation. Nearly all of the best
ships sailing- under the American flag
today are foreign-built craft which
had to be wrecked and repaired before
they were permitted o fly the Stars
and Stripes. Would it not be well for
Congress to repeal that trade-stifling
law which prohibits Americans from
buying ships as cheaply as they can be
bought by our competitors? We shall
never know until given an opportu
nity, whether we can successfully
compete with our rivals or not, and
no subsidy bill will offer that oppor
tunity. -
It is said In some quarters, perhaps
In not a few, that the liquor trade is
against John Manning and will try to
defeat him, because he Is not "liberal"
enough. This, undoubtedly, is the at
titude of some part of the liquor trade.
But what the liquor trade most of all
needs, if it ia to be tolerated at alL Is
the reasonable regulation and restraint
for which Mr. Manning, as a public
official, stands. If this reasonable
regulation and restriction cannot be
had, then we shall have prohibition.
How many more lessons will be neces
sary on this point? The progress of
prohibition, under the name of local
option, has been due to the determina
tion of the liquor trade to have every
thing its own iray and be free from
the restraints of law. This never will
be tolerated again. District Attorney
Manning has simply been doing his
duty as an executive officer. If the
liquor trade thinks It has anything to
gain by rejection of him, for this rea
son, and by election of one who will
give its abuses free rein, It will very
soon discover Its mistake.
One of Oregon's ablest officials is
J. W. Bailey, Food and Dairy Com
missi in er, who will be re-elected next
week. Mr. Bailey has held the office
ten years and has been foremost In
the .work of developing the dairy in
dustry In Oregon. Ten years ago, the
dairy, as a commercial business, was
In a primitive stage In this state. To
day that business ranks among the
first of Oregon producers. Mr. Bailey
has ' enforced the laws against food
adulterations and short weight and
measure, until violations are now com
paratively rare. He will be elected by
a large majority. He deserves all the
votes that will be cast for him.
Mr. George A. Thacher, writing of
the single tax, makes this important
point, which the advocates of the sys
tem overlook, to-wlt: "In the cities
the buildings are worth a good deal
more than the land. In the country
the land Is worth a good deal more
than the buildings, and consequently
to exempt all Improvements except
business blocks will make it neces
sary for the country to pay a still
larger per cent of the taxes than it
does now."
One of the proposed changes of the
constitution has special merit. It
would change the time of the state
election from June to November. No
vember is a better month for our elec
tions, under present conditions, than
June. Besides, we should cut out one
half the number of our elections, by
having them fall every four years at
the time the Presidential elections are
held.
A woman in a "dlrectoire" gown
shocked Chicago by walking down
State street. There is much Ignorance
out here in the Northwest as to the
exact nature of the dlrectoire gown,
but if it shocked Chicago the natural
assumption is that we have no right to
inquire further. Therefore we'll never
know.
One of the most difficult of all
questions Is that of the origin of life.
Can life originate from matter alone?
Many modern scientists assert that
abiogenesis has been conclusively
proved. Don't know about that. We
should like to have the Oregon refer
endum on It.
If the electorate were the same as
that of two years agoi the supporters
of Mr. Chamberlain might almost
claim success for him. But there are
not less than 20,000 new voters men
who never voted in Oregon befor.
How will their votes fall?
The great TJ'Ren scheme of propor
tional representation, we are told by
Its gifted author, is in "successful ope
ration in Japan, Switzerland, Denmark
and Tasmania." Also In Patagonia
and Thibet and Abyssinia, we hear.
By all means we should desire to be
clF-ssed with those enlightened coun
tries. Whai; Is commonly called the Reddy
amendment to the constitution Is put
forth by its sponsors as a "home rule
for cities" amendment. Its purpose
Is to advance the Interests of the "open
town" policy of local government. It
should be vigorously opposed by all
believers in law and order and
decency. Vote "No."
k
Four years ago Oregon started the
ball for the Presidential campaign by
giving 24,000 Republican majority in
June. It electrified the country. Will
Oregon next Monday show an equal
Republican majority? Or will It be
greater? Wonder what Mr. Chamber
lain's real opinion is?
Brother Brougher .will bring those
Baptists Njiere next year. Just in time
for the June flood, if there shall be a
flood. But what terrors has a flood
for a Baptist?
Should Mr. Chamberlain be elected
to the Senate, there are many per
sons in Oregon who will watch with
eager admiration his career as a non
partisan. On one point there is no difference
whatever ' between the advocates of
the several salmon bills. Each and all
the parties want all the various salmon
they can get.
Now the Municipal Association has
Indorsed John Manning for re-election
as District Attorney. Won't somebody
move to make it unanimous?
Trust Oregon weather to know when
to bring on the rosea.
OTHER COLLEGES BESIDES V. OP O.
C. H. Walker Reviews Oregon's Denom
inational Institutions of Learning;.
ALBANY, Or., May 23. (To -the Ed
itor.) As the oldest of Oregon s native
sons I surely have as much right as any
one to protest against the impression that
la evidently going abroad that the Uni
versity of Oregon is the only institution
of its class or rank in this state.
The provisional government of Oregon
was organized July 5, 1845; the territorial,
August 14. IMS. In the "articles of com
pact," for the latter government, article
III reads: "Religion, morality and knowl
edge being necessary to good government
and the happiness of mankind, schools
and the means of education shall forever
be encouraged."
Following out the spirit of the above
declaration the pioneer Christian fathers
and mothers, by self-sacrificing labors
and gifts, founded denominational col
leges and universities that have, through
all these years, been our pride and Joy.
Willamette University, which in 1848,
when I visited it. was called "Salem In
stitute," and Pacific University, at Forest
Grove, which commenced in a log church,
where I was a scholar, during the Winter
of 1849-50, have, within the past 60 years,
sent out scores of brainy men and womf n
who have left and are leaving their Im
press upon bur entire Pacific Northwest.
For the Information of new-comers and
those intending to come to Oregon, I give
the entire list of our colleges and uni
versities, with denomination by which
founded: Willamette University, Meth
odist; Pacific University, Congregational:
McMinnville College, Baptist: Albany Col
lege, Presbyterian; 1 Pacific College,
Friends; Dallas College, Evangelical;
Philomath College, United Brethren;
Mount Angel College, Catholic; Columbia
University, Portland, Catholic; Mineral
Springs College, Sodaville, Presbyterian;
and Milton College, Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Monmouth Institute, now a
normal school, was founded in pioneer
days by the Christian Church.
All these have done magnificent work,
and were the State University, by any
possibility to drop out, these other col
leges would still carry on the work of
higher education, sending forth hundreds
of graduates of the very highest class.
In the face of the above I sternly re
sent the disparaging statement sent out
by our Grange committee through one
of the University of Oregon Alumni, that
the denominational colleges were "but
little better than high schools or acad
emies." From the above list it will be seen that
Eastern Oregon has but one college out
of the more than ten enumerated. Baker
City and The Dalles each has splendid
academies, and Weston has a normal
school that Is entitled to a generous sup
port by our state government.
I have lived In Umatilla County and
other parts of Eastern Oregon. Hence
I have a very warm heart towards her
wide-awake citizens and their highest
interests. Eastern Oregon pays a large
part of our state taxes and is entitled
to more than she now enjoys of .educa
tional facilities.
I was pleased to see - that, my mentfon
some weeks since through The Orego
nian that Washington State had $50,000,000
Irreducible school fund, while Oregon
had only from 16.000,000 to $6,000,000.
brought about so much discussion regard
ing the conservation of our water power,
etc., from which to derive an additional
Income for common school purposes.
Washington can much better afford to
give say $500,000 for her university than
can Oregon n 25.000 annually for hers.
Still, if Washington had the referendum
power as has Oregon, there might be a
referendum also hanging over Tier appro
priation. For our referendum I leave
it thus: "The lot is cast Into the lap, but
the whole disposing thereof is of the
Lord."
CYRUS H. WALKER.
BRAVE NIPPON AND OUR. . ROSES
Honorable Japan Working? for Port
land's Flower Festival
PORTLAND, May 23. (To the Editors
Permit me a little space in Interest of
Portland Japanese in the coming Rose
Festival. It will, be acknowledged that
Japanese of the city have been pro
gressing rapidly as the city, itself and
they are taking hands in hands with you
In welfare of their own community, both
morally and materially. The rapid and
healthful growth of the city and Oregon
Is as much pride to them as it Is to Port
landers and Oregonians. This spirit will
apparently be manifested in coming
Festival of Roses In June.
As already circulated festival pro
gramme ;shows, Japanese are to take an
important part. They have been working
on it for some time and Its arrangement
and securing of funds and materials for
the two floats have not been a small task.
The floats will have many an ideal signi
ficances. The committee spared no pain
In selecting the subject of the floats.
They were advertized through Japanese
paper with cash prizes for the three best
plans. Two of these are now in progress
of construction.
The owner of the founding which stands
on the northwest corner of the Tenth and
Davis will be glad to know that it is a
little work-shop turning out two beauti
ful Rose Festival floats planned and con
structed by Japanese talents. One is a
house shaped somewhat like a temple In
the land of cherry blossoms- with .hand
carvings and latlce work, drapped with
exquisitely colored buntings and tafts.
The roof is decorated entlrly with artifi
cial cherry blossoms trimmed with style
and taste. It is noteworthy to observe
symbolic designs of chrysanthemum and
star on front and back of roof, the first
representing the imperial emblem and the
latter taken from American ensign, the
both giving most harmonious effect. Sur
rounding and leaving a little space from
the temple-like building, there is a balus
trade forming an outer boarder - on the
platform of the float. On this platform
and in the house, there are to toe number
of Japanese ladles in full costume of silk
as worn in Japan, adding to the pic
turesqueness of the float. The wheels of
Oregon make shall not escape from being
decorated with cherry blossoms or will
the Oregon born horses which will escort
the Oriental palace, will be left without
being turned into the blossom bearers.
Following this float there will come
a cherry garden In full bloom bearing
Uncle Sam and Japanese Samurai in
complete suite of helmet and coat of mail.
They will be In posture of friendly shake
of peaceful hands under the large cherry
tree which is blooming so late In the
Beason. From this float a souvenir
cherry blossom will bs scattered through
out the parade leaving flowery' passage
for the Festival Queen.
The cherry tree Is dear to Americans
through the incident of George Wash
ington but to Japanese, its blossom is an
emblem of character:
isles of blest Japan!
Should your Yamato spirit stranger sesk to
aesn.
Say scenting morn's sunlit air.
Blows the cherry wild and fair! .
CBushldo.)
Cherry and rosss, roses and cherry,
Bs proud and; be merry.
The Festival Is waiting; and watting .for you;
Come and sparkle like Oregon dew.
a (Self.)
X M. FUJIYAMA.
Senator Flint, Wearer of Fine Clothes.
Washington. D. C. Dispatch. (
The best-dressed man In the United
States Senate does not come from Broad
way or Fifth avenue. By general con
sent the palm is given to Frank P. Flint,
who hails from California, 3000 miles
from the center of sartorial excellence.
It Is not because Senator Flint's clothes
are of finer quality than those of his col
leagues. His clothes are the best because
they fit Kim to perfection and because
they are" always cut to the latest mode.
The Senator's handsome form Is a great
aid to his tailor." Apollo would have been
glad to have called him brother, and his
waist is as slender as the most fastidious
tailor could wish.
GRAVE "MENACE TO DEMOCRACY
Protest by the "Conservative Press
Aarainst the New Movement.
(Reprinted from the Washington Post by
the New York World. John R. McLean,
proprietor of ths Post, was formerly Dfmo
cratlc leader of Ohio, at on time Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of the state,
and s the proprietor also of the Cincinnati
Enquirer.)
Dally it becomes more .manifest that
political America is separating Into
two camps the Individualists and the
Socialists. As the Free Soil party in
the forties embarrassed and defeated
In turn the established parties of Jack
son and Clay, the Populist party came
on the field later and defeated many a
political calculation. It elected Gar
field In 1880 and helped to elect Cleve
land four years later.
The Populist party, originally the
Greenback. Intimidated the Repub
licans of the West and the Democrats
of the South. The convention that
nominated McKinley fn 1896 could not
stand erect before It, while the con
vention that nominated Bryan that
year fell prostrate and worshipped at
Its altars.
But political extravagance knows no
bounds and agrarlanisra has given
place to socialism. The paternalism
practiced by the dominant party of tha
past 40 ysara has done its appointed
work, and Its fruit is seen In the pres
ent clamor for all sorts of' things
government by constitutional construc
tion, government by Inexorable neces
sity, government ownership, the Initia
tive and "referendum. Insurance of
bank deposits, child-labor laws, anni
hilation of the reserved powers of the
states. Federal license to do business
In tha states, valuation of railroad
properties, suspension of the writ of
injunction, and what not.
A new party has been created, and it
is not extravagant to Intimate that It
will poll 2.000.000 votes next Novem
ber. It threatens to destroy the Dem
ocratic party, though that is a Job
the Democratic party has already ac
complished to all Intents and purposes
as ths Free Soilers destroyed the
Whig party and then strive for the
mastery against the Republican party.
In 1844 the Free Soli party got but a
handful of votes, but it defeated Henry
Clay for President; In 1848 It did not
enter the Electoral College, but it made
Zachary Taylor President. By 1856 it
was most formidable, and very nearly
'elected tlje charlatan it nominated for
President. In 1860 it triumphed, and
for nearly a half century It has con
trolled the destinies of this people,
with slight checks during the two ad
ministrations of Mr. Cleveland.
Suppose the Independence League
should make such a showing in 1908 as
to deprive the Democratic party of a
single electoral vote outside of what
we call the South and Oklahoma? There
would be nothing left for the Demo
cratic party to do but to dissolve and
take for epitaph, "Died of stupidity
and poltroonery."
That would fetch a new alignment
of conservative versus liberal, of Indi
vidualism versus socialism.
That is what is coming.
TENDERFOOT AND DRIVER.
True Story of How One Prospered and
the Other Did Not.
Pendleton East Oregonian.
Thirty years ago1 this Spring a "tender
foot" settled among ;the sagebrush be-,
side the stage road running through Uma
tilla County. The stags driver ridiculed
the idea of making a home there, and
the stage driver knew, for had he not
driven stage over that route for five
years and had seen nothing but sand and
Jack rabbits.
But the "tenderfoot" was determined to
have a home and bo he began digging a
ditch from the Umatilla River and turned
the water upon a little garden patch.
Next Spring the driver was startled to
see green gasa and garden stuff growing
in the sand. Then he was amazed to
see peach blooms bursting from the limbs
of little trees and next year he saw sev
eral stacks of alfalfa dotting the patch
of cleared ground. ,
But still he doubted. "I will give you
two years to starve out," be said to the
"tenderfoot-"' The "tenderfoot" had but
little money, to be sure, while the driver
drew 1100 per month and Bpent it all in
Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City
joints within two days after he drew it.
This week the "tenderfoot" sold a por
tion of his sagebrush flat for $10,000 and
still owns enough to make him inde
pendently rich. And last month that
same knowing stake driver was sent to
a poor house in the Coeur d'Alenes, after
30 years of a precarious existence as a
laborer for others.
The "tenderfoot" won the bet. He
played a winning game. He stuck to the
sagebrush. The old stage road has van
ished, the old driver has been forgotten,
but the sagebrush fiat and Its ditches
filled with water are tha marvel of the
land.
Cona-ressman "Madam the Joker.'
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
Representative J. Adam Bede, or, as
he is familiarly called, "Jadaxn. the Jok
er," speaks at all times in a humorous
vein. No matter where, or what the oc
casion, be gets his audience In a good
humor at the start. Recently he was
toastmaster at a banquet. Prior to his
introduction, letters from all the Repub
lican candidates had been read, express
ing regret at their necessary absence.
Each letter brought forth a burst of ap
plause." When J. Adam was Introduced
he began. "The greatest men are not
always elected President; that is why I
am not a candidate. If I had been, I
would have gone away and written you
a letter, regretting my absence."
Later In the evening, in Introducing a
speaker from a Western state, where
landslides are common, he told of a rail
road conductor who had brought his
train In much behind schedule time. ' The
conductor was summoned to appear be
fore an official to give an explanation.
When asked why his train was so late, he
replied :
"One-half mile of the scenery fell down
on the train, and we had to clear it
away."
"Jack" Peterson En Tour.
Albany Democrat.
J. H. Peterson, a leading Portland man,
was In the city this rhornlng in his big
auto car, driven by his chauffeur, and
was the center of attraction down on
First street, where he stopped his auto
and asked for a doctor, paying he was
feeling bad and wanted a prescription.
The Democrat man was pointed out as
a physician, and made an examination
of his -heart, declaring that he was all
right and didn't need any medicine, when
he said he would go to Corvallis and get
one. Strange that a man should leave
Portland without a big supply of pre
scriptions. Peterson was the former
owner of the land on which the new
W. F. block Is located, getting a fortune
for the site. He is the gentleman who
raised the Elder. He was up through the
valley on a fast jaunt and seemed to be
enjoying himself, and as well showing
his appreciation for a Joke.
Cat Kills a Black Snake.
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
In Klondike Park, South Norwalk,
Conn., a crowd saw a cat kill a black
snake four feet long after a fierce battle
lasting nearly half an hour.
Initiative and Referendum
Measures
For the Information of voters there will
be published on this page from day to day
brief summaries of the inltltatlve and ref
erendum measures to be submitted to the
people at the June election, together with
a short statement of ths arguments tor and
against each.
NTTMBBR 17.
BILL AGAINST FISH WHEELS.
The second fishery bill,, proposed under
the initiative by the Lower Columbia fish
ing interests for the purpose of putting
the fishwheels of the Upper Columbia out
of business, prohibits fishing for salmon
in the Columbia above the mouth of the
Sandy River, except with hook and line.
It also prohibits fishing In the Sandy
River upon the same conditions and for
bids fishing in either the Columbia or
Sandy, above the mouth of the Sandy by
any means during the spawning season.
The mouth of the 9andy is about 20 miles
up the Columbia from the mouth of the
Willamette.
This bill Is based upon the theory that
the fishwheels are responsible for the de
crease in the supply of salmon, and es--peclally
for the decrease In the supply at
the hatcheries, where the fish are taken
for hatchery purposes. It Is shown that ,
the fishwheels are located in the nar
rows of the Columbia and that "leads"
are so constructed that the salmon are
led into a trap, from which there is no
a ho mieeis run nignt ana aay.
Prior to 1901 fishwheels were permitted on
all the fishing streams of the state and
the supply of salmon was decreasing. In
that year an act was passed forbidding
the use of stationary appliances and pro
hibiting Ashing In the narrows, but this
act did not apply to the Columbia. Since
that time the supply has increased where
fishwheels were abolished, but has de
creased In the Columbia. From this It
'is argued that the fishwheels are respon
sible for the lessened supply in the Co
lumbia. The fishwheel owners of the Upper Co
lumbia oppose this measure and assert
that the decrease in the supply of sal
mon Is not due entirely to the operation
of the wheels, but to over-fishing all
along the river. They assert that the en
actment of this bill would amount to
a confiscation of their property. They
uree defeat of this hill snH tlm nmt-
ment of the bill prepared by themselves
for the purpose of putting the glll-netters
of the Lower Columbia out of business.
Persons having no direct financial in
terest in the two fish bills generally take
the view that neither bill Is a fair one,
for the reason that each proposes to
abolish one kind of fishing, while permit
ting the other to continue.
UNITED STATES IS NOT ALL.
Enormous Extent of the Great Terri
tory to the North.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Regardless of the great amount of
pride which the people of this country
derive from the feeling that foreigners
look upon the United States as America
and our assumption that the world re
gards the Union as about the only fac
tor on this continent, no one can fail
to agree with J. H. Longley, of the Su
preem Court of Nova Scotia, who at
the dinner of the Canadian Club a few
nights ago, declared that within a very
short time we would be compelled to
admit that Canada was fairly entitled
to the distinction of being a very con
siderable portion of America, both as a
commercial country and as a factor In 4
the affairs of the globe. Canada la
making such rapid strides in every war
that soon an American will not be held
as a representative of nine-tenths o
the continent, as ie now the case in
most countries of the world. She Is
rushing forward to take her place
among the great powers, and ths sig
nificance of the term which we have
appropriated will necessarily diminish;
Territorially, Canada is greater than
the United States, which fact the aver
age "American" overlooks. True, much
of the Dominion lies too far north to
become thickly inhabited, and is there
fore unfit for agricultural and commer
cial purposes. Tet so rapid has been
Canada's' trade expansion, so great her
increase in population during the past
quarter of a century, and so bright and
solid Is the assurance of her future
that the time is almost here when that
country will divide world honors with
the United States.- It Is no longer a
strip of land to the north of us. So ,
attractive is it that -within the past
seven years something like 600.000 peo
ple have moved over the boundary line
chiefly from the Middle Northwest, into
Manitoba and the neighboring prov
inces. They were our best class of
citizens, too, who have migrated, and
the movement is still going on. Twenty-five
years ago there were 2000 miles
of railroad In Canada. Today there are -23,000,
with three transcontinental
lines. The total trade of this part of
the British Empire has grown from
$34,000,000 In 1851, to $550,000,000 at
present, and the great impulse has
come in very recent years. Manitoba
raised 47,000,000 bushels, of wheat in
1903, but last year the crop amounted
to 87.600.000 bushels. While the popu
lation of Canada Is but one-seventh
that of the United States, that country
can rightly claim to be the fairest
flower with the most glowing prospect
of any of England's dependencies.
College Students Get "Cots" for Cats.
Lawrence (Kan.) Dispatch.
To escape capture and death this Spring ,
at the hands of the zoology students of '
the University of Kansas.' a cat needs
every one of its traditional nine lives.
Sixty cats are needed by the zoological
department of the university for dissec
tion In the study of comparative ana
tomy. Students are allowed a "cut" from
class for every cat they bring in and the
cat population of Lawrence fs rapidly
decreasing.
"I am afraid the zoology department Is
destined to be overloaded with cats If the
students keep on catching them." a
sophomore said today. "I've caught
enough cats already to Insure me a holi
day a week until the Summer vacation
comes. It seems to me that more than. 6fl
subjects have been turned in now, but the
hunters are still busy. One good thing
about the hunt Is that feline serenades
at night are becoming less frequent here.
I have been thanked, personally, by many
persons, for my good work and I'm going
to keep It up."
1
"Goldfish Dinners" Given In New York.
New York Herald.
Two "goldfish dinners" have Just been
given in the Gotham, the first by Charles
G. Lathrop, of the Leiand Stanford, Jr.,
University In California, and the second
by Clarence H. Mackay. The fish were
In a large vase, lighted with tiny electric
bulbs, the top covered with flowers. A
dainty dessert at the Gotham Is small
candy cakes make of nuts, and called
"plquanettes."
Train Name "The Rose City Limited."
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. May 23. (To
the Editor.) In view of the annual
Rose Festival and the name, "Rose
City." as applied to Portland, I suggest
that the splendid train of the O. R. & N.
Railroad, now called the Chicago-Portland
Special, be named "The Rose City
Limited." Rose decorations and color,
etc., naturally suggest one of the most
beautiful trains in the world. Do it
now. SPENCER S. SULLIGER.