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PORTLAND. THURSDAY. MAY 28, 1908.
THE "COMPROMISE" CURRENCY BILL.
The Fowler currency bill is the one
that ought to pass. But It can get
no consideration because it doesn't
suit Vthe interests." Congress Is un
der the control, or Influence, of a
' group of capitalistic bond Jobbers, who
are resolved to secure for themselves
such advantages as may be possible
through additional currency issues.
Their first thought always is to use
the power of issuing currency to bol
ster up their bond speculations. The
Fowler bill would base the emer
gency currency on banking assets, un
der Government supervision, with tax
ation of the notes to an extent that
would induce their periodical retire
ment. This would give a flexible or
elastic currency, in contrast with a
bond-secured currency, which. In the
first place promotes speculation in
bonds, and In the second leads to
hoarding of currency in times of
panic. It is discreditable the way
Congress has dealt with this subject.
A bitter contest has been going on
for months between a group on the
one hand, that has wanted to have in
its own control the power of currency
expansion, that stocks and bonds un
der its manipulation might be floated
on It, and the conservative banking
Itnd industrial interests of the coun
try on the other hand, which have a
first right to be considered in all af
fairs of this kind.
I'se of railway securities as a basis,
which has been insisted on from the
first by the Aldrich group, has for its
obvious intent the employment of
the National currency to promote
sale of bonds and support specula
tion. Use of state, county and munici
pal bonds is scarcely better; be
cause such bonds are floated and
gambled in by promoters and specu
lators, or taken by powerful capi
talists who can always afford to keep
such bonds on hand. The currency
of the country ought to be subject to
the movements of active business, not
subject to congestion in panic times,
as a bond-secured currency always is.
Herein Is the great evil of the long
existing system of National currency,
secured by United States bonds. In
emergencies this currency scarcely
moves at all, but is locked up for
safety. Moreover, it constantly forces
export of gold, adding in this way
to financial difficulties at every strain.
Such currency constantly fails to re
spond to business needs.
The principle Is wholly wrong. It
is not a principle. Indeed, but merely
an expedient, adopted during the
Civil War, largely for the purpose of
stimulating the market for the bonds
of the United States. For the same
reuson, chiefly, it has been adhered
to since. Powerful syndicates, that
can afford to hold the bonds, refuse
to give it up. They now are making
every effort to extend and perpetuate
the system by addition of an "emerg
ency currency," based on bonds In
which speculators may make profit,
while the powerful banks that "stand
In" control the reserves.
The Fowler bill would do away
with all this, but they say it would
be "revolutionary." It would be. In
deed, and for that very reason it
ought to be enacted. It would not
make sudden change, however, but
would start a movement that In a few
years would put our National cur
rency system on scientific, safe and
rational grounds. The prese'nt "com
promise" In Congress will effect noth
ing at all, beyond compromising fur
ther the sound principles of National
currency.
Great Britain may have difficulty
In maintaining her "two power"
standard when it Is applied to bat
tleships, but as a shipbuilding coun
try she is easily well in the lead of
all other Nations combined. The
Glasgow Herald, in its annual compil
ation of shipbuilding and engineering,
shows that in 1907 the world's total
output was 3523 vessels of 3,277,894
tons, and 3.127.149 horsepower, and
of that total Great Britain produced
more than 1,800.000 tons of 1,778,000
horsepower. Fifteen other countries
engaged in shipbuilding, and of the
others the United States stood in the
lead.
SHERIFF AND PRISONERS.
The bill passed by the last Oregon
Legislature providing that the Mult
nomah County Sheriff "shall have the
custody and control of all persons le
gally committed or confined in the
County Jail," comes before the people
for referendum decision next Monday.
The measure was passed by the last
Legislature for the purpose of defin
ing clearly the duties of the Multno
mah County Sheriff regarding the cus
tody of the prisoners in his charge.
The law reduces the remuneration for
feeding prisoners from 17 cents,
which was paid up to the time the
present Sheriff was elected, to 12
cents for meals. The law so clearly
defines the rights and duties of the
Sheriff, that Its indorsement next Mon
day should set at rest the controversy
which has been going on since Sheriff
Stevens attempted to exercise the same
control over the prisoners as was al
lowed his predecessor.'
An attempt Is being mads to coin
political capital out of the situation by
circulation of a report that restoration
to the Sheriff of full control over the
prisoners would result in cessation of
the work that Ss now being conducted
from Kelly Butte. This Is erroneous,
for the law states quite clearly that
the prisoners shall be worked on the
roads "at such places and for such
time, and in such manner as the
County Court may direct." The law is
not an issue in the campaign, for the
reason that, regardless of which can
didate wins.' it must, if it shall be car
ried next Monday, be obeyed, and its
provisions cannot be changed except
by legislation.
If you favor this bill and the con
tention of the Sheriff, you should vote
"yes" on this bill.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON ON CENTRALI
ZATION. Even If Governor Johnson, of Min
nesota, should miss the Democratic
nomination for President this Fall, it
is far from likely that he will drop
into that oblivion which awaits the
mere politician upon his first serious
reverse of fortune. Mr. Johnson is
more than a politician. He is a man
of courage and ideas, and his ideas
have the singular virtue of belonging
to the future rather than the past.
Somewhat in advance of his time, he
will become a more significant figure
as the people understand him better.
Instead of dwindling he promises to
fill a wider arc of the National horizon
in the years to come. Emphatically,
he is a man whom it is well to watch
and study. His opinions upon public
questions possess the interest which
Inheres in everything potential. It is
noteworthy, too, that the Southerners
look upon him kindly, although they
have not yet learned to prefer him
above Mr. Bryan. The Democrats of
Alabama, gave three votes for Bryan
to one for Johnson at their State Con
vention, and yet for all that Governor
Johnson was the principal speaker at
the commencement exercises of the Al
abama State University the other day.
This shows an appreciation of the
man which 1b inquiring as yet, rather
than devoted. Very likely the South
erners do not know as much about Mr.
Johnson as they would like, and are
willing to learn more. Perhaps on
that commencement day he was like a
new horse showing to a crowd of
friendly strangers what he can do on
the track. From the brief report of
his remarks which is available, one
can say without hesitation that he did
himself credit, though his remarks
seem to have involve! a fallacy which
he will probably outgrow as he looks
Into things more deeply. Mr. Johnson
discerns a danger In the Increasing
centralization of the National Govern
ment. At the same time he' discerns
another danger in the increasing
power of "predatory wealth, fostered
by special privilege, defiant of both the
public welfare and the law of the
land."
But It has not yet occurred to him
that the first of these "dangers" is a
necessary consequence of the second.
It takes a strong warrior to overcome
a strong foe. When the country was
young and the enemies of liberty were
weak and scattered a feeble central
Government could deal with them very
well; but in'course of time they have
become more powerful', more cunning,
better organized. What common sense
is there in expecting to defeat and rule
them by a paralytic hand obeying ir
resolutely a timid brain? Governor
Johnson's observations upon this
weighty question Indicate that his
studies of history have as yet been
purely conventional. He has not cut
down through the surface of his books
into their inner meaning. Had he
done so he would have perceived that
the American people are repeating to
day, in a form somewhat novel, a
struggle which is as old at history. It
is the Interminable struggle of the
many who do the world's work against
the few who would rob them of the
fruits of their labor.
The predatory few have always pos
sessed some advantage which the many
lacked. At one time they had horses,
armor, land and weapons, while the
multitude only had their naked hands
and their poverty. Now they have
lawyers, courts, legislatures and money
while the common people have only
their votes. In feudal times the com
mon people did exactly the same thing
in their fight with the predatory nobles
that they are doing now In their fight
with the predatory corporations. They
centralized power in the hands of the
king then, just as they are centralizing
it In the hands of the Federal Govern
ment now. The king, with the people
at his back, was too strong for the
nobles, but his triumph did not help
matters much, because he Joined
forces with the conquered magnates
and became too strong for the people
who had exalted him. The result was
absolutism under the Tudors and Stu
arts in England, under the later Capets
in France, under the Hohenzollerns in
Germany, and so on throughout Eu
rope. It-took the American Revolu
tion, the French Revolution and at
least two revolutions In England to
break the fetters of absolutism even
partially, and they are not wholly gone
as we may see in Germany and Russia.
Centralization, therefore. Is the ally
which the common people must of ne
cessity Invoke to aid them against the
predatory class; but we cannot deny
that it is a dangerous friend. It Is not
so dangerous In this country, however,
as it was in France and England, be
cause with us the government which
we are strengthening continually flows
from the people and as continually
returns to them. It holds power, not
by divine right, not as a freehold, but
simply as an agent appointed for the
time being' and remojable at the will
of the electorate. So long as we ad
here inflexibly to the concept of
government as a tool, a servant, an
agent, a convenience, the stronger it
is the better, since If It is strong and
at the same time efficient, it can exe
cute the popular will more adequately
than if it were weak. However dan
gerous centralized government may be,
it is our only refuge against the greater
danger of centralized plutocracy; and
unless we wish the United States to
become the miserable appenage of a
millionaire class, with the last vestige
of freedom extinguished, we must in
trust out servants at Washington with
greater and greater powers and run
the risk of their being misused. If they
are finally misused It will be our own
fault. In centralizing power we are
forging a sword for the defense of pop
ular Institutions, a sword without
which they must Inevitably be ruined
and lost. If we lack the resolution to
handle the weapon for our own wel
fare, perhaps we deserve the fate that
will befall us.
SINGLE TAX INJUSTICE.
A man spends 11)00' clearing his
land, taking out sturips, leveling and
draining. His neighbor spends 11000
on buildings. Single tax would bur
den the first man's improvements but
not the neighbor's. Where would be
the justice of such a system?
Just such Improvements as the first
man's give land its real value; without
them most land would be worthless
for crops or grazing. They are made
by harder toll than barns and houses.
They become an invisible part of land
value. To tax them makes absurd
the whole argument of single tax,
whose alleged purpose Is to exempt
"toll" and "Industry." The value of
almost all the land in Oregon is first
the price of the labor to make It pro
ductive. The value of wild land Is
based on that future cost.
The neighbor, however, holds land
more favored by nature. He does not
need to spend so much toll or money
to make It productive as the other
man does. Instead, he puts his ef
fort Into buildings. jHIs buildings are
to be exempt from taxes, but the im
provements of the other man are to
be burdened.
It will be vain for single .taxers to
assert that the stump clearing and
water draining will be exempt. They
cannot be made so. They are Integral
and Inseparable elements of the pro
ductive land. Without them the land
is really worth not a dollar. The
whole value of the land is that of the
Improvements which, however, sin
gle tax would not exempt.
Farmers do not need to be warned
of this fallacy of single tax. They
realize many others well enough to
cause them to reject the single tax
plan next Monday. But it may not
be amiss, perhaps, to point out this
last absurdity.
THE DANDELION.
The dandelion is a plant and flower
that may find illustration from the
point of. view. A philosopher says,
wisely, that there are two ways, of
looking at the dandelion. One is to
consider It a noisome weed, and see,
in every plot of ground where It
blooms, nothing but a lack of care
and a disregard of aesthetic Ideals on
the part of the owner. The other is
to appreciate the fact that, were It
not so common a flower, it would be
the pride of the choicest garden. This
view makes contemplation of a lawn
dotted with the yellow stars of the
dandelion a thing of beauty and a
Joy forever.
And so it Is with everything in the
world. Everything depends on the
point of view. Further, the point of
view Is solely the human spirit. The
dandelion, Berkeley's philosophy
teaches us, is nothing in Itself;
doesn't even exist. It is the percep
tion of the thing that Is the reality.
Call the dandelion a phantom, then.
Yet you will see every woman who
has a lawn trying to exterminate it.
DR. JORDAN AS FISH AUTHORITY.
Salmon fisheries of the Columbia
River are warring over what Dr. Jor
dan, of Stanford, has said about de
structU'eness of the several kinds of
fish gear. In a recent letter to a rep
resentative of the Astoria gill-netters,
he says: "Flshwheels and stationary
traps in the Columbia River should be
abolished." This declaration from a
supposed fish authority, is used by the
gill-netters to boost the Astoria bill
for abolition of the wheels of the up
per river.
But in 1895, in a letter to the late
H. D. McGuire, Oregon's Fish Com
missioner. Dr. Jordan said: "I do not
know that wheels or traps are any
more destructive than any other
agency which destroys fish in equal
numbers." This declaration, used by
the wheel owners for thirteen years In
defense of their gear, is now employed
by them to discredit Dr. Jordan's lat
est announcement. Dr. Jordan re
marks In his latest letter: "I spent
some time In Astoria in 1880, ,and I
have made a number of visits there or
farther north, in the same interest,
since then. I have not changed my
opinion In this time as to these mat
ters." If Dr. Jordan believed In 1880 that
wheels should be abolished, he cer
tainly changed his mind in 1895, and
then again on May 13, when he wrote
his latest letter. His remark that he
visited Astoria for his information con
vinces the upper river men that that
is where he formed his opinions. They
say they never saw him at the fish
wheels. . The most reliable authority is the
United States Bureau of Fisheries, De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
which takes the view that Dr. Jordan
took in 1895. In a letter to Senator
Fulton, January 10, 1907, Secretary
Straus, of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, gave the opinion of
the Bureau of Fisheries and his de
partment as follows: "The Depart
ment sees no reason for advocating the
elimination of flshwheels from the
river, as there) Is no evidence to show
that this form of apparatus is particu
larly destructive to salmon."
The salmon industry needs not abo
lition of any one kind of gear, but re
striction and rigid regulation of all
kinds, by means of longer closed sea
son, and limitation of the size and
reach of the gear. These two remedies
should not be forgotten amid the din
raised by fish factions over their rival
bills. .
FARMERS' INTEREST IN CORNERS.
May corn, with the end of the
month near at hand, touched 81 cents
in Chicago yesterday, and the close
was strong at 80 cents. This liberal
advance followed close on the sensa
tional rise of about four cents per
bushel Tuesday. The July option sold
close to 70 cents, which is a remark
ably high figure for corn, and even
the September option was not far be
hind. This rampant bull market in
corn will have a tendency to quiet
some of the agricultural objections, to
speculation , in farm products, for by
no other possible method could May
corn be forced up -to the dizzy heights
around which it has hung for week3,
to the benefit of every corn grower in
the West. Mr. Patten, who is cred
ited with engineering a corner in this
grain, began in April, 1907, to buy
corn for delivery in May, 1908, the
starting price thirteen months ago be
ing about 47 cents per bushel.
Patten was a speculator, and of
course fell under the condemnation of
farmers who do not believe In specu
lation; but through the thirteen
months which have passed since he
began boosting the prioe of the grain,
there has never been a period when
the farmers could not sell tie actual
corn at the price Patten was offering
for future delivery. If corn advanoed
a fraction of a cent on the Chicago
board, a corresponding advance was
noted all over the corn country, and
every farmer who owned a bushel,
the value of his holdings increased
accordingly. Had there been no spec
ulation in futures in corn, there is a
strong probability that the price would
not today be much above 60, and per
haps not over 50 cents per "bushel.
When Joseph Leiter, about ten years
ago, attempted his celebrated corner
in wheat, he ran the price from below
80 cents per bushel to $1.87 per
bushel, and the increased profits of
the farmers alone, by reason of this
speculative advance, were estimated
at more than $150,000,000, a large
share of which came out of the
pockets of the foreign consumers. It
is corners such as Patten is now
working in corn, and such as Leiter
attempted in wheat, that show the
tremendous effect that speculative
trading has on prices of real tangible
commodities sold In cash markets.
These increased prices must, of course,
all be paid by the consumer, and It is
he, and not the farmer who is the real
sufferer by the speculation which in
creases prices.
The Supreme Court of New York
has decided that it will be proper to
open the boxes containing the ballots
cast in the McClellan-Hearst Mayor
alty contest nearly three years ago.
This shows progress and clearly indi
cates that . in some lines New York
Justice moves as rapidly as a tortoise.
There Is reason to believe that the
contents can be examined within the
next two or three years, and along
about 1915 the ballots may be counted.
The pace, however, must be a little
too hot for Willie Hearst. So long
as the contest is undecided, he can
pose as a martyr, and it would be
really cruel to deprive him of that
pleasure by rushing matters at the
speed now indicated.
Illicit love, whether it appears in
lodging-houses In a great city or in
the remote lodges of the aborigines,
usually invites the same penalty. A
Vancouver dispatch in yesterday's
Oregonian reports the finding of the
body of a missing prospector who is
supposed to have been murdered by
the Indians "with whom they quar
reled over some Indian women."
No need for worry about the Re
publican majority in Oregon this year.
As soon as the election is over the
news will be borne by telegraph to
the remotest parts of the country that
Judge Bean, Republican candidate for
Justice of the Supreme Court, at the
head of the ticket, has an immense
majority. We think it will be in the
neighborhood of 80,000.
The way of the transgressor is
hard, even when an attempt is made
to soften It with an immunity bath.
Ex-President Gallagher, of the San
Francisco boodling Board of Super
visors, is haunted by dynamiters who,
in attempting his life, have destroyed
nearly all of the property which he
purchased with the price for which
he sold his honor.
Is the Republican party of Oregon,
led by the men who have got posses
sion of it through initiative and refer
endum and Statement No. 1, an in
spiration to Oregon? Or does the.
old inquiry about judging a . tree . by
its fruit remain a conundrum?
Of course if somebody named Taft
should -perchance whisper to Foraker
that the State of Ohio really needs
his services in the Senate, and will
keep him there, the Roosevelt stam
pede (per Foraker, stampeder), will
be indefinitely postponed.
"Counting the population of Seattle
at 250,000," say the news dispatches
from that thriving young city, "'we
had another quarter million to see
the flee.." Counting the population
of Seattle at 125,000, how many did
you have to see the fleet?
The Methodists concluded their five
days' task of electing eight bishops
without calling In the police. Yet
some people say the Methodists are
the real thing when it comes to the
latest style in churches militant.
The Methodists, we observe, decline
to become an appendage to Mr.
Paget's prohibition kite, and are go
ing in for local option. The Metho
dists are the kind of people who want
to fly when they go kiteing.
And yet, perhaps, those who have
landed property obtained by their
own severe labor and self-denial, or
by the labor and self-denial of their
ancestors, may be as well entitled to
it as those who covet It, -
. "We may adjourn in two dayB or
we may adjourn in two weeks," re
marked Speaker Cannon yesterday,
as he left the White House. He will
return In a day or two and find out
when to adjourn.
Mr. Fernando Nelson hi trying to
show that Vallejo, Cal., Is only thirty
six hours from Portland by automo
bile. That's near enough.
PATRIOTIC SCHOOL SPEECHES
G. A. R- and TV. R. C. Visit Memor
ial Day at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY. Or., May ZT. (Special.)
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic and Woman's Relief Corps to
day visited the Canemah and Willamette
schools, making patriotic speeches. To
morrow a delegation will visit the public
schools of this city and on Friday they
will go to St. John and the Parkplace
school.
The programme for Decoration Day
has been completed and will commence
Saturday morning at 9:4S o'clock with a
march from Willamette Hall to the Wil
lamette River suspension bridge where
the waters will be strewn with flowers in
honbr of the deceased sailors of the War
of the Rebellion. The public exercises
will be held in the City Park, weather
permitting, and George C. Brownell will
deliver the oration. W. P. Hawley Is
president of the day. Miss Ona Renner
will render a vocal number and recitations
will be given by Thomas Sinnott and Mrs.
Frances Evans. Rev. T. F. Bowen will
officiate at the exercises and the response
to the unknown dead will be given by
Rev. R. C. Blackwell, at the cemetery.
CLACKAMAS GOINO REPUBLICAN
Indications Point to Sweeping Vic
tory Rally at Sandy.
OREGON CITY. Or., May 27. (Spe
cial.) Three hundred people attended
the Republican rally laet night at
Sandy, In the eastern part of Clacka
mas County. This is by far the largest
meeting that has been held during the
present campaign and Is record-breaking
for a meeting at Sandy. Nearly
all of the Republican candidates for
county offices were present, and their
meeting followed an outdoor spiel by a
Prohibition orator.
Prospects were never brighter for a
sweeping Republican victory In Clacka
mas. The Democrats have no idea of
electing any of their candidates, but
are making a vain fight to defeat the
Republican nominees for Assessor,
Sheriff and Commissioner. The word
for a "straight ticket" is the slogan of
the Republicans and there will be little
scratching done.
FTXD IDEAL DAIRY SECTION
More Than 700 Cows In Five-Milo
. Radius.
MOUNT ANGEL, Or., May 27. (Spe
cial.) Frank X. Ruldl, formerly of
Colton, Wash., is building an up-to-date
creamery at this place. He ex
pects to have it completed within a
month. Mr. Charles Heimel from Jef
ferson, Wis., an expert butter-maker,
who has had years of - experience in
this business, will be associated with
him. They decided that this section
is an' Ideal dairy country. There are
over 700 cows now within a five-mile
radius of this town and the farmers
are increasing their herds act they have
found that the income from the cows
is far ahead of raising hops in the
long run.
Take Post-Graduate Work.
STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Wash..
May 27. (Special.) The staff of tha
State College experimental station has
received an announcement of the third
session of the Graduate School of Agri
culture, which will this year be held at
Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y., from
July 6 to 31. Several of the State Col
lege professors are planning to attend,
among them Professor R. W. Thatcher,
director of the Washington experiment
station, and Dr. W. E. Ralston, patholo
gist of the department of veterinary
science.
Dies From Injury.
RAYMOND, Wash., May 27. (Spe
cial.) Noah J. Nlckell, a young man
23 years old, who was Injured in the
Quinault Lumber Company's logging
camp near Lebam Monday, died yes
terday at the Raymond General Hos
pital. Nickell was working near a don
key engine In the camp when a chain
broke and hit him in the forehead,
crushing the skull. The remains were
shipped to Gate today, where his par
ents reside.
Ready to Strike Oil.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 27. (Spe
cial.) R. L. Crittenden, who is engi
neering the prospecting for oil on Coos
Bay, announces that the boiler for his
oil-drilling machine has arrived at San
Francisco and will be here in a week.
Other machinery which has been ordered
he expects soon from Portland. Mr. Crit
tenden intends to start drilling for oil
very Boon.
HEFLIN CAUSES DISTURBANCE
Tries to Continue Speech, Which Is
... Declared Out of Order.
WASHINGTON. May 27. The House
today adopted a sweeping resolution call
ing on the Secretary of the Interior for
information regarding the location of
railway rights-of-way In Alaska. In
connection with its consideration the
House was thrown into disorder through
an effort by Heflin of Alabama to speak
on another Bubject. He was called to
order by Hamilton of Michigan and the
chairman ruled that Heflin must confine
his remarks to the resolution.
Ignoring the admonition, Heflin con
tinued his remarks In a low tone of voice,
so that in fact only the stenographers
could hear him.. Pae crossed the
chamber amid the jeers of the Demo
crats and took a seat directly in front
of Heflin and, after hearing a few words,
renewed the point made by Mr. Hamil
ton. By this time the House was In com
plete confusion. The incident was
brought to a close by the Speaker di
recting the reporter not to take down
Heflln's remarks.
HOUSE PASSES MANY BILLS
Several Important Measures Rushed
Through in Last Day.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Aside from the
currency bill the House today passed the
following measures:
Requiring greater space and better ac
commodations on steamships for steerage
passengers; authorizing the sale of cer
tain lands at the head of Cordova Bay,
Alaska, and granting relief to the Alaska
Terminal & Navigation Company; au
thorizing a re-survey of certain townships
In Wyoming; granting to the Interstate
Commerce Commission additional author
ity in the matter of requiring reports of
all accidents on interstate carriers.
The conference report on the omnibus
lands bill and the Senate amendments to
the bill granting obsolete ordnance to
various institutions and organizations
also were agreed to.
After passing a bill reviving the tariff
laws of the Philippine Islands, placing ag
ricultural machinery. Implements and
other articles on the free list, the House
recessed until tomorrow.
Sued Under 28-Hour Law.
. HELENA. Mont., May 27. District At
torney Rasch today Instituted suit In the
United States Court against the Chicago,
Burlington & Qutney Railway Company
for an alleged violation of the 2S-hour law
on a shipment of horses en route to St.
Louis. The penalty is a fine of 500. The
carrier has thrice been convicted on a
similar charge.
TORCHLIGHT PARADE AT SALEM
Big Republican Rally Wallace Mc
Camant Attacks Chamberlain.
SALEM. Or., May 27. (Special.)
The only big Republican rally of this
campaign In. Salem was held tonight,
when 'Wallace McCamant. of Portland,
addressed an Immense audience at the
opera-bouse. Before the meeting a
grand parade was given, for which three
bands furnished the music and in which
a large number of Republicans carried
torches. Mr. McCamant's address was
chiefly in behalf of the election of H. M.
Cake for Senator, though he urged loyal
support of the Republican ticket "all
along the line."
He said that the Democratic party has
a faculty for never being right at the
right time, while the Republican party is
right all the time; that when those ques
tions were in isssue Chamberlain was
wrong on the tariff question, the sliver
questio and the Philippine question, and
that If elected Senator, Chamberlain will
be wrong on all National Issues until
they have been settled right by the Re
publican party.
He attacked Chamberlain's pardon pol
icy, especially condemning the parole of
Hembree and Chick Houghton. He con
demned the Governor's veto of the uni
versity appropriation bill and his ap
pointment of J. S. Smith as assistant
warden at the penitentiary while know
ing that' Smith had taken a bribe In the
Legislature. He closed with a plea for
party loyalty.
6TRONGLY FOR THE STATEMENT
Cake Makes Address at Hermlston
and Says "Vote for Man."
HERMISTON, Or.. May 27. (Special.)
Meeting the most encouraging receptions
on every hand. H. M. Cake, Republican
nominee for United States Senator, en
tered this county today and spoke here
tonight. A great crowd heard him with
the closest attention, and his remarks
were frequently applauded. Especially en
thusiastic was the audience when he em
phasized his position with reference to
Statement No. 1 and severely scored those
who are trying to discredit his views.
Umatilla County is generally conceded to
Mr. Cake, and it Is believed the entire Re
publican ticket will win.
"There are reasons why a Republican
Senator should be elected in Oregon at
this time,' Bald Mr. Cake, " and excellent
reasons, but can anyone give me one Bin
ble reason that has the stamp of sincerity
or weight, why a Democrat should be sent
to a Republican Senate from a Republican
state? They tell me that the people
should 'vote for the man.' I agree with
them; Vote for the man,' and though it
Is the nominee of the Republican party
who says it, I am perfectly willing that
they should emphasize 'Compare the
men.' "
Mr. Cake outlined the history of the
two parties, showed the impossibility of a
Democratic Senator from Oregon achiev
ing results for this state, notwithstanding
the contentions of Democrats to the con
trary. Mr. Cake will visit other parts of
the county and will make en address at
Weston en Saturday.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE ELECTS
Annual Meeting at Tillamook Pa
cific Road Asks More Time.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. May 27. (Special.)
A representative meeting of the Tilla
mook Development League was held last
night, the annual meeting and election
of officers. H. T. Botts was elected
president; E. T. Halton, vice-president;
M. F. Leach, treasurer; Carl Haberlach,
secretary, and Alex McNalr, Erwin Har
rison and P. W. Todd, executive com
mittee, together with the officers of the
league.
: A meeting of the subscribers to the
subsidy to procure rights of way for
the Pacific Railway & Navigation Com
pany is called for Wednesday, when the
railroad company will make an applica
tion for an extension of time for the
completion of the line. The company
gave a $20,000 bond to the subscribers
that the railroad would be completed by
the end of this year, but, owing to the
work being stopped last Fall, this Is now
impossible. The company now promises
to have the road completed by June, 1910,
and will start work by June 16.
Vancouver Barracks Notes.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
May 27. (Special.) Second Lieutenant
Walter S. Fulton, Twenty-Fourth In
fantry, Aide-de-Camp, is announced as
Inspector of small-arms practice of this
department, relieving Captain John J.
Bradlev; acting Judge Advocate.
Second Lieutenant t L. F. L. Whitley,
First Infantry, recently appointed from
West Point, has reported for duty at
post headquarters, pending the arrival
of his regiment from the Philippine
Islands, which is due to arrive the middle
part of June.
Second Lieutenant T. J. Smith, Fourth
Field Artillery, recently appointed from
West Point, has reported for duty with
Battery A of that regiment.
Albany Trip Postponed.
EUGENE, Or., May 27. (Special.)
The excursion of Eugene business men
to Albany has been postponed until a
later date. Nearly 100 people, includ
ing many who wished to make the trip,
are out of the city, most of them hav
ing gone to see the fleet at Seattle.
The fact that the State High School
debate will take place Friday night, to
gether with the fact that a number of
citizens, are busy with election mat
ters, decided the committee in charge
to defer the visit until a big crowd
could be assured.
Governor Speaks at Dallas.
DALLAS. Or.. May 27. (Special.)
Governor Chamberlain spoke here tonight
In the Interest of his campaign for
United States Senator. He had a large
audience, but took up nothing outside
of his regular line of argument. This
afternoon the Governor spoke at Inde
pendence. Arizona Loyal to Bryan.
TUCSON. Ariz., May 27. At the Dem
ocratic territorial convention to be held
here tomorrow W. J. Bryan will be in
dorsed and delegate Mark Smith will be
highly commended. Selim Michelson, of
Phoenix, will possibly be the . National
committeeman and the six delegates will
be elected.
. Elect Judge O'Vaj.
PORTLAND, May 26. (To the Editor.)
Being an admirer of Thomas O'Day,
candidate for Circuit Judge of Department
No. 2, in which he now presides, although
not of speaking acquaintance with the
gentleman, I was greatly pleased to see
a picture of his beaming, genial counten
ance in the columns of The Oregonian
this morning. I am not an alround pol
itician, but t believe In the "survival of
the fittest," and everybody knows who
the right man is for the Judgeship of the
said diBtidct. Any other candidate would
only be an experiment if elected, so let us
retain the Judge who is "tried and true."
He is honest, considerate. Just and a
favorite with the attorneys. What more
do we want; where could we find a bet
ter man?
I heartily coincide with G. W. Allen's
wishes, as expressed by a letter from
himself to The Oregonian a short time
ago, that our people put their shoulders
to the wheel and elect our present Incum
bent, Judge O'Day.
JOHN ANDERSON J. SMITH.
Initiative and Referendum
Measures
"For the Information of voters there win
be published on this page from day to day
brief summaries of the Initiative and ref
erendum meaeuree to be submitted to the
people at the June election, together, with
a short statement of the arguments for and
against each.
NUMBER If.
Hood River County.
The last of the initiative and referen
dum measures is that for the creation of
Hood River County out of territory to be
taken from the western part of Wasco
County. This bill was proposed by the
Hood River Commercial Club. Efforts to
pass a bill of this kind through the Leg
islature were defeated by the Wasco
County delegation and now the effort is
made to create the county by an act
passed under the initiative. The pro
posed county, bo it is asserted by the
framers of the bill, would include an area
of 500 square miles, with a population of
7500 and an assessed valuation of $2,762.
250 in J 907. This would leave Wasco
County with a population of 11.500 In an
area of 1646 square miles, and an as
sessed valuation of $5,457,70. The ar
gument In behalf of the bill is that ths
convenience of the people of the Hood
River district requires that they be set
off in a county by themselves so that
they can reach their county seat within a
reasonable time and distance. '' The top
ography of the country makes it difficult
for the residents of Hood River Valley
to reach the county seat of Wasco County.
When the measure was before the Leg
islature there was strong opposition upon
the ground that the division of Wasco
County and the consequent installation
of a new set of county offices would In
crease the burdens of taxation out of
proportion to the advantages realized.
Opposition to .the measure Is not now
heard from that source. Some doubt Is
expressed, however, whether the people
of the state at large have a right to vote
upon a measure for the creation of a new
county. The view Is taken by some that
a county Is a sort of municipal corpora
tion and that only those residing in the
territory affected are entitled to vote '
upon the question, just sb the Port of
Portland measure Is being voted upon
only by those residing within the limits
of that district.
SAYS THE FISH WHEELS MI ST GO.
Mr. Lorataea Describes tbe I'p-Rlver
Dili as a Freak Measure.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 25. (To the Edi
torsIn The Oregonian of May 25 a news
item tells of F. A. Seufert, of The Dalles,
threatening to sue the officers of the Co
lumbia Rtver Salmon Protective Associa
tion because, as Seufert claims, the fish
wheels in the Upper Columbia have been
misrepresented In the arguments made by
officers of the association.
This simply shows that Mr. Seufert and
tha other fish wheel owners realize that
the fish wheels will go.
Judge Thomas A. McBrlde, In writing
a letter to Austin Buxton, master of the
state Grange, urging the Grange to sup
port bill 332. which would stop fishing at
head of tide, says:
"It is proposed to remedy this (refer
ring here to decline of salmon) by con
fining fishing on the Columbia River to
tidewater, to the part of the river below
the Cascades. At the Cascades and Celilo
are the fish wheels which our bill would
abolish. They are so placed, with re
spect to the bank and the current, that in
the aggregate they catch all the fish,
small and great, that are not caught in
the river below practically none escape.
It is a murderous way of taking fish and
is not permitted anywhere in the world
except on the Columbia River. The ver
dict of the civilized world is against it.
Remove the wheels and a percentage of
salmon, sufficient to restock our streams,
will reach the hatcheries and spawning
beds. Let them remain a year or two
longer and the millions of dollars that
come into this state through the salmon
industry are a lost quantity.
"The wheel men, to protect themselves
and obtain an unfair monopoly, have put
before the public a bill which every
practical man on the Columbia River with
any knowledge of the business knows will
entirely destroy gillnet fishing."
It Is rather late in the day for Mr.
Seufert to try to fool the people of this
state by threatening law suits because
he sees that the Columbia River fish
wheels will be abolished by the voters,
Monday next.
No one has threatened a suit against
Seufert and the other fish wheel owners
who, by their trick bill, are trying to
drive 5000 gillnet fishermen from the
River.
We fully believe that the people of
this state are capable of judging what
Is right and fair. We rest our case with
the voters of the state.
' H. M. LORNTSEN.
Sec'y of the Columbia River Salmon Pro
tective Association.
Heavyweight's Snap on Dispatch Boat.
Baltimore News.
Because Claude Trent, of Princeton.
Mo., serving on the dispatch boat Yank
ton, weighs 215 pounds, he Is unable to
get inside the ship's boilers to clnan
them and do other Jobs required of a
bluejacket. He therefore has an easier
time than the other men.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
FOLK THAT PASS ME ON
MORRISON-STREET BRIDGE
Leone Cass Baer makes short
range studies of men, women,
children and freaks that hurry
across the Willamette at all hours
of the day, and draws pictures of
some of them.
WHERE HARRIMAN WILL
ROUGH IT THIS SUMMER
Pelican Bay Lodge, on Klamath
Lake, in the wildest wilds of Ore
gon, where the railroad magnate
will catch trout and slay bis
game.
HOW VIENNA CELEBRATES
THE WEEK OF EASTER
Mrs. Alma A. Rogers gives the
human side of the great festival
whose features are unknown this
side of the Atlantic.
IN LIGHTER VEIN ON
VARIOUS TOPICS
The Hotel Clork, Emily Em
mins, Jim Nasium and that pic
turesque teacher of art, Professor
Shorty McCabe, each of the four
with something new.
Order early from your news
dealer. .