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REVIEW AND FORECAST.
Mr. Cake owes his failure to his
championship in the election of
Statement No. 1, as he had
owed his nomination to use of
the statement in the primary, and
to the. fact that, under the conditions,
the Democrats had seen fit to throw
to him in the primary a considerable
body of their votes, knowing they
were heaving dynamite Into the Re
publican camp. Mr. Chamberlain re
ceived the votes of thousands who do
not expect the Legislature to elect
him, and who gave him their votes In
accord with that forecast and Intent.
Their protest. In other words, was
egainst the new-fangled scheme of
pledging candidates of one party for
the Legislature to the election of the
candidate of another party to the
Senate The belitf now is general
that the Legislature will not elect
Chamberlain. The Oregonian ex
presses no opinion upon It, at present;
It has not data enough. It only says
now, as it has often declared hereto
fore, that it regards the scheme as
perfectly irrational and unworkable,
since it annihilates distinction of
parties, proposes to upset the consti
tutional method or system of election,
and to compel members of the
Legislature to act directly against
their own political principles, as
well as against the ordinary
motives of human nature. It Is, In
short, the impracticable scheme of
doctrinaires, effective chiefly In pro
ducing discord and disorder, intensify
ing factional feeling, and giving the
minority party a tremendous advan
tage. It is the use of the Democratic
party once more, first by one Repub
lican faction In the primary, and
second, by another Republican faction
In the election, to hold control of the
Republican partyjor to "get even";
and no other weapon could be so ef
fective in the hands of either faction
as this contention over Statement No.
1. It is always the abstraction, the
absurdity, the thing that is useless or
impracticable, in politics or religion,
that men fight over most. Ten to
fifteen thousand votes that were given
to Chamberlain were cast for the pur
pose of putting the ' knife into the
faction- that took up Statement No. 1.
Thousands more, detesting the folly,
did not go so far.
To begin with. In such primary,
there never will be a contest Involving
an entire party for an important
office, which will' not produce an im
medicable rupture In that party; be
cause it is not in human nature to
carry on a bitter contest for a prize
. and then to find the defeated con
testants and their friends unite with
eagerness and enthusiasm in support
of the competitor who has been their
antagonist and even their enemy. The
methods necessarily employed in such
a primary forbid union and harmony
in the ensuing election; and the be
lief, or even the allegation, that the
aid of the opposite party has been
called in or accepted by one of the
primary contestants or the other, will
provoke reprisals every time. Add to
this the lunacy that proposes to make
the members of one party elect
through the Legislature the candidate
of tnj opposite party for the Senate,
and you have all the necessary mate
rials for producing the confusion that
exists in Oregon today.
All this, too, has come like oil to
the flames of old contentions in the
Republican party. Already the feud
was inveterate, and long . past cure.
Still, as the fire must smoulder out
some time, it might have disappeared
within a few years more, but for this
new fuel, which makes a fierce flame
that will burn till defeat and failure,
one added to another, shall reduce the
party to a hopeless minority, with no
prospect of profit, or of gratification,
to one faction or another, from con
tinuance of it.
It Is not to be doubted that the
people of Oregon, taken as a whole are
for the primary law, which in itself is
not unreasonable, but sure to beget by
its methods and practice fatal dissen
sions in any powerful party. Nor is
it to be doubted that the majority of
the whole people are at present for
Statement No. 1. All Democrats are
for It, because It Is a means to tease
their opponents and bring profit to
themselves. Some Republicans are
for It, because tinder existing condi
tions they are able to use It as a
weapon against an opposing Repub
lican faction. Other Republicans are
not for it, because they consider them
selves the victims of it, through the
combination of an opposing Repub
lican faction with the Democrats. But
no matter who may be for it, or why,
or how parties and factions in
course of time and events may
change their attitude towards it
it cannot stand as a perma
nent method of politics because it is
not reasonable; because it is the nega
tion of party organization; because it
violates custom, usage and constitu
tional method; because it is an Isolated
attempt by a Bingle state to do a thing
which upsets effort to get results
through party action; because it
breeds dissensions and spreads' fac
tional divisions, and cannot but do
so as long as it shall last or attempt
shall be made to enforce it
In political sentiment the state is
overwhelmingly Republican, but in
present conditions there is no bond of
union. Two-thirds of the voters of
the state are Republicans, and they
vote the ticket offered them in the
name of the party throughout; but
they except the head, which they take
as the representative of .their factional
differences, put the knife into the head
of the ticket, then go right-on down
the line voting for everything else
that carries the Republican name. All
Republican factions will, however, be
united on the Presidential ticket in
November; the Democratic party will
not be able to make more than the
appearance of a fight. Should the
Republican candidate for the Presi
dency be elected, as he probably will
be, the embarrassment of a Repub
lican Legislature called on to elect a
Democratic Senator is a prospect that
might impress you with its gravity or
stir your risibilities, according to your
humor or your -mood. We shall see
whatjwe shall see. s
Mr. Cake did not, know, or did nol
fully realize, that he was between two
Republican factions and in position
"to get the knife;" yet he was voted for
loyally by great numbers who were
in position between the two factions,
devoted to neither the one nor' the
other, yet devoted to their party.
Does a man's desire for honor and
office blind him to a situation?
Often; but it never should.
Though the primary law breeds
party divisions, it will be accepted
and adhered to, because on the whole
it appears to be fair. But the excres
cence known as Statement No. 1
will not be kept, because it is no
proper part of such law; only a crazy
notion of such minds as those of
XJ'Ren and Bourne, and a delusion of
such others, for the time, as may be
impressed, superficially, with the nov
elty of it. Chamberlain is merely
playing with it; he does not believe in
it for a moment as a permanent and
practicable thing, and even now does
not expect that it will elect him.' But
he finds it good enough to pester his
adversaries with; yet as a man of
sense he doesn't expect it to prevail
or to stand.
' There can be no rational politics
with the Holy Statement; . nor with
Initiative and Referendum, till men
learn to use them carefully and spar
ingly. Tinkers of the Constitution are
to go out of business and to attend to
employments to which their talents
are equal. Mr. U'Ren or Mr. Wagnon
might hoe cabbage with advantage,
and Mr. Crldge might run a post
wagon. These are very useful employ
ments. But the state is to have less
of the work of this sort of people as
Constitution-tinkers; and the' less it
has the better for its peace and pros
perity. AX HONORED BAND.
The Indian war veterans will be en
tertained in this city as usual at the
annual reunion of these grizzled war
riors and their wives, by a banquet
prepared and served by their descend
ants. The tables will be spread In the
"Woodmen of the "World Hall, Eleventh
street, and tn"e banquet will be fol
lowed by a special address by Mayor
Lane and music by the Veteran Quar
tet. This announcement brings a flood
of memories of the time more than
half a century ago, in . which the
streets of every pioneer village in the
"Willamette Valley resounded with the
footfalls of courageous, sturdy young
men, "off for the Indian country," the
survivors of whom are known, hailed
and honored as the Indian War Vet
erans of today, who rallied at the call
of George L. Curry, Governor of Ore
gon Territory, in defense of the
frontier homes that w.ere menaced by
hostile savages. Hastily and scantily
equipped, these sturdy young settlers
went out to do battle against an am
bushed foe, much better equipped for
the fray than themselves and with the
advantage that thorough acquaintance
with the country gave. Some of them
came not back again, but after a time
more than one mutilated body was
sent back to the settlements, a grew
some object lesson of savage warfare,
to be laid away from sight with sor
row, with shuddering and with tears
a sacrifice uponthe altar of home and
of country.
The survivors of the returning host
a yearly dwindling band-r-will be
with us next week, first as Indian War
Veterans and again as pioneers, enjoy
ing the welcome and "breaking bread
and eating salt" with our citizens. It
is not necessary to bespeak for them
a .cordial welcome, or a generous
measure of hospitality. The announce
men of their coming insures the
cordial greetings, the sympathetic ad
dress, the inspiring music and the j
bountiful feast which are their due.
The lives of these men and of the
women who walked beside them car
rying woman's full share of the bur
dens that grew out of the Indian wars
of the frontier, are practically all be
hind them. They live largely in the
shadowy domain of memory. To
many of them the annual reunion with
their comrades Is the one outing of the
year. Prone, as Is the wont of age, to
reflection, this coming together is a
bright anticipation, indulged for
months prior to its realization. It Is
meet, therefore, that their coming
among us should be hailed as an op
portunity to express our appreciation
for their heroic part in the settlement
of the state which is their due.
PORTLAND PROGRESS DISCONCERTING:
The letting of a contract by the
Hill lines for the largest wheat ware
house In the United States to be erect
ed on the old Weldlor mill property
in this city, seems to have disturbed
the Tacoma News. The editor be
comes almost hysterical in asserting
that Pqrtland has always had access
to the new field that is now about to
be opened up by the North Bank Road
and that the railroads have by prefer
ence, at enormous expense, been haul
ing the grain over the Cascade Moun
tains to Tacoma, instead of down to
Portland over the water-level grade.
"Let Portland build all the ware
houses she pleases," says the Tacoma
paper, and "the grain will go where
ships tie up to the docks." But It Is
not Portland that is building thin
mammoth warehouse and wharf. It
is Mr. Hill, who is Just completing a
railroad from the grain fields east of
the Cascade Mountains by a water
level grade over which he can haul
wheat at a profit at a rate so low,
that to meet it, would bankrupt any
line that was forced to lift the traffic
over the lofty Cascade Mountains.
Mr. Hill is building this wharf at
Portland because this is the most con
venient port at which he can deliver
grain and receive the maximum
freight rate. If he had no intention
of delivering this wheat at Portland
for transfer to the ocean carriers, the
construction of such an Immense dock
would be a needless expense, for Port
land already has in operation, a sys
tem of grain (docks of much greater
capacity than that of all Tacoma grain
docks combined. If there was to be
ho grain hauled to Portland over this
line, there would be no necessity for
making a heavy investment In ware
houses for handling It. . It is, of
course, barely possible that Mr. Hill
has made a mistake by not consulting
with- the- News editor before letting
the contract for such a big warehouse,
or even before building the . North
Bank Road, but he has gone so far
with the Investment already that it is
too late to back out, and he must now
pay the penalty for his own folly, by
shipping -wheat from this city. ,
The News is slightly Jn error when
it asserts that "the grain will go where
the ships tie up to the docks." This
happens sometimes, but as a rule the
process is reversed, and the ship goes
to the grain. The experiment of mak
ing the grain go to the ship was tried
on the Columbia fifty years ago, when
Oregon first began shipping wheat.
The ships in that case stopped at St.
Helens, twenty-eight miles below
Portland, and owners decreed that
point to be the head of navigation.
The grain, however, was assembled on
the Portland docks, and there were
other ships In great numbers whose
owners were glad to send them to
Portland for it. For the information
of the News, it may be stated that
"ships tie to the docks" at Port Town
send, Bellingham, Port Blakely and a
dozen other ports on Puget Sound, but
the grain does not seem to "go" to
them. A closer study of the geography
of the Pacific Northwest, with a
treatise on the laws of gravitation and
political economy, as a side line, might
be quite advantageous to the editor of
the News before taking another
strangle hold on such an important
topic as Portland's shipping.
ENTER THE GHOST.
Persons who are interested In the
affairs of the spirit world will And
an entertaining letter from Thomas
Buckman, of Ashland, today In an
other column of The Oregonian. ' We
gather from what this contributor says
that he is in possession of some evi
dence which proves that the spirits of
the dead can communicate with- the
living. At any rate, he takes us to
task rather severely for doubting that
such evidence exists, and this, of
course, he would not do unless he pos
sessed knowledge of facts which are
unknown to us. What are these facts?
Mr. Buckman would have conferred a
more substantial favor upon mankind
by stating them and showing how
they might be verified than he does by
casting vague reproaches upon The
Oregonian for lack of faith. When
the facts are forthcoming and are
shown to be Indisputable then faith
will come readily enough, and not be
fore. Mr. Buckman commits a curious er
ror which we have noticed in a great
many other people who undertake to
defend spiritualism. He assumes that
nobody who doubts the alleged won
ders of his faith has ever investigated
it. The fact is, on the contrary, that
those who have investigated most
carefully, conscientiously and com
pletely are the ones who doubt most
radically. The alleged, communica
tions from the dead which are ex
hibited by mediums convince only
those who wish to be convinced. Upon
a skeptical mind they have no power
whatever. Our contributor thinks we
would, never have said there was no
evidence of spirit communication had
we "once thought how big a statement
It was." The truth is that we have
thought It all over very carefully In
deed and the bigness of the statement
does not trouble us in the least so
long as we are certain that it is true. I
If such evidence exists, we say again, '
let it be produced.
The Oregonian has not been without
interest in these questions during the I
passing years. It has taken pains to
look and learn when there was an op-
portunity and It is not ignorant of the J
contents of books where investigators t
have recorded their observations. The
result of it all is a settled belief that
thus far nothing whatever has passed
between the worlds of the living and
the dead. Whether some means of
communication may not be discovered
In course of time we do not undertake
to say. If there are such things as
spirits we do not see why they should
not send messages to living men and
women and perhaps a line of com
munication and a code of signals will
be Invented sometime. Meanwhile,
nothing is gained, so far as we can see,
by pretending to do what cannot be
done.
Mr. Buckman errs in saying that
fraud "is eliminated almost entirely
from private circles." ' Those circles
are the hotbeds where It flourishes
most luxuriantly. It is safe to say
that there never was a "successful"
private seance held where fraud,
either conscious or unconscious, was
not committed. The conditions In
private circles utterly preclude calm
criticism of what happens. Investiga
tion is not permitted. Any person who
displays skepticism is frowned upon
and probably excluded. The effort at
such meetings is to create an atmos
phere of credulity and work up ."faith"
at all hazards. It is a little difficult
to decide whether private seances are
worse than public ones, but we think
that upon the whole they are.
Mr. Buckman thinks we "acknowl
edge that mediums possess a power
which is not understood by the world,"
and wonders why we should deny that
power to be "spirits." We deny it be
cause many persons who possess the
power declare that it Is mere telep
athy, or thought transmission, and
that spirits have nothing to do with it.
If spirits are not needed In one case
of thought transmission they are not
needed in any case, and it is a good
rule to choose an explanation In ac
cordance with natural law whenever
we can. To invoke spirits unneces
sarily is not a sign of a healthy mind.
In his letter Mr. Buckman gives us
some good advice. In return we will
give him a little. Let him reflect how
much misery has been created in the
world by superstition, how tyrannical
it has been, how cruel, how degrading
to mankind, and then let him ask
himself if it is not better to be a little
too skeptical than a great deal too
credulous. x
U'Ren wrote to Chamberlain that
the only way to assure the perma
nency of the Holy Statement was to
beat Chamberlain and give the popu
lar vote to Cake. But Chamberlain
gets the popular vote. Now then,
Holy Statement men are absolved
from their obligation by the Great
High Priest. You see there is trouble
ahead. Should adherence to the Holy
Statement elect a Democratic Senator
the Republican party will turn solidly
against the Holy Statement and rend
it, and cast out all its adherents.
Should a Republican Senator be
elected in spite of It, the Holy State
ment will be dead anyhow. Whether
the Holy Statement kill its advocates
or they kill it, or all of them perish
together even makes gain for com
mon sense in politics.
The big Cunarder Mauretanla ar
rived at Sandy Hook lightship at 7:50
Monday night, after clipping seven
minutes from the west-bound record.
Seven minutes is not very much time
to save on a three thousand-mile voy
age, but the passengers who waited
over a day or two In Liverpool . to
connect with the Mauretania, and
who, of course, were unable to get
ashore in New York until yesterday
morning, are undoubtedly satisfied
with the performance. The prestige
which goes with a record-breaking
steamship is worth more to the com
pany operating her than the time
saved Is worth to the passengers car
ried. Eight cargoes of wheat aggregating
900,000 bushels arrived out at Queens
town from Portland Monday and
Tuesday, nearly all of the ships mak
ing fast passages. Of course, Portland
Is not much of a wheat port in the
opinion of the Tacoma News, but any
port which can dispatch a sufficient
number of ships to swell the arrivals
out to 900,000 bushels in two days, is
bound to attract some attention, even
In Europe, which draws to her shores
fleets from all parts of the world.
"Fudge-eating mollycoddles, stiffs,
salary quacks, loafers and dirty graft
ers." These are a few of the pet
names applied to the ministers by
Billy Sunday, the revivalist. Billy as
serted that gome who were preaching
should be carrying the hod. Perhaps
he is right, but Billy leaves us a little
In doubt as to whether he should be
teaching language to an association
of yegg men or doing literary work for
Tom Lawson.
Marlon County votes against the
university because it has a college of
its own. Benton does the same thing
because it has the agricultural college,
and' Washington the same thing be
cause It has the college at Forest
Grove. Good friends, it does strike us
that this is too narrow to be worthy
of you.
The Republican candidate for the
Legislature who declared for State
ment No. 1 and was elected now is in
a fix. Unless he withdraw from it, he
is not a Republican but a Democrat.
Any look ahead should have foreseen
this plight or predicament.
Mr. Chamberlain's best friends are
advising him not to quit the Gov
ernor's chair now, but to wait till the
Legislature shall elect him to the
Senate. The Oregonian wishes Mr.
Chamberlain well, but is in no posi
tion to tender him advice.
Statement No. 1 Republicans elected
to the Legislature now are Democrats.
It is an embarrassing position. ' They
might escape from it by resigning and
giving their constituents the oppor
tunity to elect men who would repre
sent them. '
Statement No. 1 is surely the real
thing. Ask any Republican Legislator
who signed it.
Manning and O'Day deserved to be
elected, anyway. That's something.
- THE3 PI. ATT SCANDAL. "
The Shame, of New York, and a Na
tional Shame.
New York Times.
Going to court to make his defense
against charges that would bring
shame and humiliation to any man of
any age, this Senator of the United
States, now nearly 75 years old, by his
appeararrce in the witness-chair. Into
which in hla helplessness he was lifted
by his attendants, and by his testi
mony, presented a spectacle of physical
decrepitude and moral laxity to which
only a morbid imagination could add a
darkening touch, in publicly resisting
a blackmailing attempt, he did what
many men would not have done, and
that must be put to his credit; but
that is the only entry upon that side
of the unpleasant account. The baffled
complainant went from the courtroom
to the Tombs, to await trial upon
charges of perjury, while he returns
to his (seat In the Senate, In which he
represents the greatest state in the
Union.
It is a shameful truth that Thomas C.
Piatt is a Senator, the occupant of a
great office, to which he has three
times been elected, and now, for the
third time, the public decency is af
fronted by the flaunting forth of his
follies and frailties. Society may in
some measure condone the vagaries of
those whose brilliant abilities and dis
tinguished service have won Its admir
ation and its respect, but the record of
Mr. Piatt entitles him to no such exten
uating and complacent leniency of
judgment. His occupancy of the Sena
torial office is a scandal, which com
mon decency demands should be ended
at once by his resignation.
The people of this state have been
mightily stirred up of late about horse
race betting, a practice that may be
viewed as an innocent pastime or as a
perilous Indulgence, according to the
means or the moderation of those who
engage In it Will they now demand
that this man come down from the
seat he is not, and never was, worthy
to occupy, and take himself out of their
sight, where hla senile philanderlngs
will no longer outrage their sene of
decency? Thomas C. Piatt in the Sen
ate is a more revolting spectacle than
the' bookmakers at the race track. Will
the pulpit, in eloquent indignation,
launch against him him its rebukes,
will it exhort listening congregations
to make heard an organized and state
wide demand for his immediate resig
nation, will It point out that to over
look and condone repeated transgres
sions blunts the public conscience, un
dermines morality and destroys right
standards of conduct? Do the people
really need to be aroused to the frag
rancy of the Piatt scandal? Are they
asleep? Have they any care for the
good , name of the state and for their
own dignity? Ta what lengths must
this old man go? How often and how
many times must the community ring
and the air reek with his escapades be
fore they will come to the pitch of
action? His term will not expire until
March 4, 1909. Will they tolerate his
presence In the Senate chamber another
week, without making their protesting
voices heard by him?
He is a useless Senator, that they all
know. This Is not the worst of it. It
is grievous that the Empire State
should be without credit and without
authority in the Senate, but the con
tinuance there of Thomas C. Piatt
works a deeper 111. In civilized socie
ties loose and shameless conduct in
vokes the penalty of public odium. It
is, in effect, a repeal of the law of
common morality to permit Thomas C.
Piatt to enjoy further those marks of
public confidence and those honors that
are worthily bestowed only upon re
spected and self-respecting men. What
an example to the youth of the land!
LEND A HAND FOR JVEW BCSIJfESS
St. Eon la People Head Movement to De
crease Number of Unemployed.
(Prom a olrcular Issued by the National
Prosperity Association of Bt. Louis. Mo.
A canvass just completed by this as
sociation shows that St Louis manufac
turers, merchants, bankers and other busi
ness lines, are demonstrating their con
fidence by increasing materially the num
ber of employed. Concerted action al
ready taken by many business organiza
tions in their respective cities and towns
has produced good results, similar to
those obtained In St. Louis.
The National Prosperity Association
directs its efforts:
First To obtain as much publicity as
possible, in newspapers and correspond
ence, for encouraging information about
crops and business.
Second To secure with returning pros
perity first consideration for the unem
ployed. .
Third To discourage reckless and un
justifiable attacks upon business and rail
roads in political platforms and by poli
tical speakers.
St. Louis newspapers, business organi
zations, wholesale houses and their
traveling salesmen, railroad system with 4
their thousands of employes,, promptly
indorsed the movement: they co-operated
with the association; they furnished the
machinery which made the purposes ef
fective. . '
The National Prosperity Association Is
supported by voluntary contributions
from business men of St. Louis who
think they see good in the movement.
The National Prosperity Association be
lieves that In times of depression the last
thing to do Is to reduce wages or working
force; ftat in returning prosperity the
first thing to do Is to re-employ those
laid off and to maintain standards of
wages. It exerts Its influence to make
effective this creed. .
What St. Louis is doing, every othr
city, every town, con do, either through
the organization of its own Prosperity
Association or through the existing busi
ness organizations. The United States
Government recently 'compiled a directory
of business organizations. The list con
tained over 100,000 of these leagues, ex
changes, clubs and associations. It shows
enrollment of business men everywhere.
These business bodies exercise most ef
fective Influence upon local matters. If
they can be brought to active, vigorous
consideration of National affairs, their
power for good will be very great. For
this consideration the National Prosperity
Association appeals. A hopeful spirit
cultivated by the 100,000 organizations
means the end of business depression and
timidity. Concerted consideration for the
unemployed means work for everybody.
A warning watch upon the politicians
means a campaign of reason and sanity
without disaster to business.
Straw Hat Stopa Pursuing; Bull.
Philadelphia Dispatch.
William Miller, living near Loganville,
Pa., aged 63, was being chased by a bull
until the animal's attention was dis
tracted by Miller's new straw hat which
blew off, when the pursued had time to
escape.
For Mooning Swains.
Puck.
Fair are your cheeks as roses rare;
(All who write rhymes have said this.)
Your eyes are brlg-ht as stars at night.
A million girls have read this.)
Ah! (Here Insert her name.)
Your Hps are life's elixir!
(Or say, "Love's scintillating? flame."
'Most either one will fix her.") ,
Girl with the fascinating curl,
(First lesson, this is simple!) r
My heart beats true to none but you.
(Now shy one at her dimple!)
Ah! (Here Insert her name.)
Your Hps are like old wine. dear.
(Or put far more secade and tame
"I would that you were mine!" here.)
Love, by yon disc moon high above,
(An oath's the proper caper)
I swear you this a. true heart's kiss!
(Try this on scented paper.)
Ah! (Here insert her name. )
This passioned rhyme must woo you!
(Jfere make a bid for lasting fame.)
Who hasn't loved ne'er knew you!
RESTS IN HILL HE DEFENDED
General Clinton's Body. Revolutionary
Hero, Kelntrrred at Kingston, N. Y.
Chicago Record-Herald. '
With cannon booming an echo of the
thundering guns of revolutionary days,
the body of General George Clinton, first
Governor of the State of New York, twice
Vice-President of the United States, sol
dier, patriot and statesman, has been
taken to New York City from the Con
gressional Cemetery at Washington, D.
C, and reinterred in the Hudson Valley
hills at Kingston the hills of his nativity,
which he so valiantly defended against
the invasion of the British.
When the countrymen of the warrior
statesman assembled around his bier
there was recalled thia historic and char
acteristic utterance, which General Clin
ton made on a memorable occasion:
"I would rather roast in hell to all
eternity than consent to a dependence up
on Great Britain or to show mercy to
a damned Tory."
General George Clinton, whose memory
has been thus honored, was a man of re
markable character. He was born in Lit
tle Britain. Ulster County uiow Orange).
N. Y., July 26, 1TXI. He was named after
Admiral George Clinton, son of the Earl
of Lincoln, who was Colonial Governor
of New York from 1743 to 1753. Gen
eral Clinton's father was Charles Clinton,
native of Longford. Ireland, who came to
America In 1729, settling In Ulster County.
In 1775, when 14 years- old. Clinton ran
away from home and shipped on board a
privateer to fight the French. The next
year he enlisted In his father's regiment
and displayed vallance and daring In the
fight against Fort Frontenac. After these
hostilities he took up the study of law in
New York City, was admitted to the bar
and became clerk of the Common Pleas
Court In Ulster County. In 176S he was
elected a member of the New York As
sembly. He was elected in 1775 as one of
the delegates to the second Continental
Congress, in which body he adfocated
all the warlike measures that were
adopted. In this year he was appointed
General of a brigade and assumed com
mand of the militia of "Ulster County.
He served with great honor to himself
and his country. In. the Spring of 1777
Congress appointed him commander of all
the posts In the Highlands of the Hudson,
and so nobly did he control the military
forces that in June, 1777, after the New
York State constitution drafted by John
Hay had been adopted, he was elected
first Governor of the state.
During the war Clinton was mainly oc
cupied in carrying Into effect the public
defense and security. He was re-elected
in 1780 and continued as Governor until
1795. He entertained General Washington
In New York when peace was declared
with Great Britain, and on the occasion of
the evacuation Governor Clinton rode be
side "the Father of his Country" as chief
magistrate of the state.
After the war Governor Clinton Inter
ested himself in the construction of the
Erie Canal, and afterward became an
earnest champion of state sovereignty. So
popular did he become that he was elected
Vlce-Fresldftit when Thomas Jerrerson was
elected to . the Presidency of the United
States for the second time. Clinton was
married to Cornelia Tappan, of Kingston.
He had one son and five daughters. One
of his daughters became the wife of Cit
izen Genet, French Minister to the United
States in 1793.
ASD FROM HUGHES' OWS TOWN
Send Call That Taft'a Nomination at
Chicago Be Unanimous.
New York Globe.
"Make it unanimous." This is the
timely and pertinent suggestion that the
Taft organization of New York makes
to the "field" Presidential candidates.
The contest is over, and has been over
for two weeks. The nomination of Secre
tary Taft is assured. There has been
ample time to find flaws, if any existed.
In the Taft tables of first ballot strength,
and nothing has been discovered. It
would be an act not only of graciousness
and good humor, but of political wis
dom for the candidates to recognize pub
licly what they acknowledge privately
that there is not a vestige of doubt con
cerning the result of a roll-call If one
is had at the Chicago convention.
The Taft men of New York have made
a record that warrants them In asking
respectful consideration for their sugges
tion. When the name of Governor
Hughes -was presented,- although their
own Judgment was that Secretary Taft
was the most available candidate, they
interposed no captious opposition. They
said: "Governor Hughes Is a good man.
It Is fitting that be should have the sup
port of his own state and every chance
to develop what strength he can through
out the country." The political game
Is supposed to be ruthless and cruel.
Here was an Instance where politeness
and consideration were controlling. The
Hughes movement did not move per
haps it was launched too late, perhaps
the name of Governor Hughes was too
new to the country for it to hope to
succeed.
In we approaching campaign it is not
enough that the Republican party shall
win and Secretary Taft be elected Pres
ident. More than this is needed. We
want it to be recognized during the cam
paign that he is certain to win. Business
is showing signs of revival. Manufactur
ers who are impatient to get on full
time and worklngmen who would like to
have their jobs back should not be asked
to wait until after November. They
won't be required to wait If It shall ap
pear there Is no reasonable doubt as
to the November result. One element
making for doubt will be removed If
there shall be a unanimous nomination
of Secretary Taft at Chicago and an im
pressive demonstration thus made of Re
publican unity.
For Man and Anto.
Puck.
Mrs. Russet You durn old fool!
Haven't I warned you time an' agin about
buyln" patent medicines frum them market-place
fakers?
Mr. Russet But this here is something
entirely dlff'rent. No household should
be without it fer a minute.
Mrs. Russet Of course not! What is
it?
Mr. Russet Carburetted Peroxide uv
Gasso Hydrolene. Good fer Man an" Auto!
Squirrels Make Useless 300 Phones.
Kansas City Star.
Squirrels around Salina', Kan., put 300
telephones out of use by gnawing holes In
the lead cables, permitting water to run
In. which destroyed the conductor paper
around the separate wires.
Sacs for Breach of Promise at SB.
Columbus (O.) Dispatch.
At Lebanon, Ohio, Jesse Gaston, aged
83, sued Rebecca Jane Sides, aged SO, for
failure to marry him, setting damages
at $10,000, but accepted 125 as a com
promise. Red Squirrel and Ground Hogs, Pets.
Baltimore Dispatch.
A young red squirrel, the property of
a little daughter of William S. Gantlln,
of How Hollow, Mi, has as a chum a
2-year-old ground hog, a pet in Gantlln's
family.
Bnll Snnkea to Kill Farm Peats.
Galveston (Texas) Dispatch.
""More than a carload of big "bull"
snakes has been shipped to the farms
around Adeline, Texas, to kill the rat
tlers, prairie dogs, rats and rabbits.
First Train Ride at 66 Years Old.
New York Press.
Peter Lawson, of Sullivan County, New
York, aged S6, has just taken his tirst
ride on a railroad train.
Eight Hobos' Jobs Fought For.
Baltimore News.
In answer to a theater advertisement
in New York for "eight hobos," 200 men
applied for jobs.
ANY FRAUD I IV SPIRITUALISM
One Believer Takes The Oregonian t
Tank for Freely Impressing Doubt.
ASHLAND. Or.. June 2. (To the Edi
tor.) In the Oregonian of May 27. you
make statements In regard to mediums
and spiritual manifestations that you
certainly did not take well into con
sideration. In regard to the mediums
there in Portland, 1 do not propose to
speak, as I am not there to investigate
their doings, but there are some there
whom I have always regarded as very
upright people.
Had you once thought how big a
statement it is to say. "There is not
one atom of evidence that the spirits
of the dead can communicate with tho
living," you would not have made it.
You say that, "All those persons who
try to make money by offering such
pretended communications play upon
the credulity of the public." Accord
ing to that statement there are but two
classes who have to do witli spiritual
ism knaves and fools. In speaking of
mediums you say. "If they would hon
estly tell the truth about this power, it
would be pleasant to see them exhibit
It; but they do not tell the truth."
Now honestly. Is not that the state
ment of an over-conceited egotist?
You acknowledge that mediums possess
a power which is not understood by the
world, yet when they give the source
of that unusual power, strangely
enough, they all become liars. This
question will arise in the minds of
many, how does it come, that while
you admit the mediums are possessed
with a strange power, ant. you also ad
mit that you don't know the source of
that power, that you know that It is
not what the mediums universally
claim It to be.
I shall not go into any discussion of
spiritualism at this time, but will say
that there are not only thousands, but
millions, of the most intelligent people
who are very iirm believers that they
do get communications from those who
have passed through the change known
as death; and to have some one who
has never had the testimony to con
vince him of its truth to jump up and
say there is no such testimony, and
those who imagine they have had the
testimony have simply "been eager to
be fooled," and of course aro fooled,
comes in ill grace, to say the least; and
many will think of the statement that
has been made about the one who "Is
wise in his own conceit."
The expression of a belief is all right
enough, and people as a rule are very
generous to .torerate It; but a positive
statement presupposes that the one
who makes it knows whereof he speaks
and when one would Indicate by his
statement that he is possessed with the
real knowledge to speak, as though he
had all the facts at his command, when
common sense would indicate that he
could not possibly have more than a
simple opinion, it places him in a very
unenviable position.
As to fraud, we are all well aware of
the fact that there is a great deal of it
practiced, and it requires very close
scrutiny, and the keenest of senses,
many times to be able to sift the false
from the true. In that which is offered
through public mediums; but, the spir
itualist is rarely ever made a spiritual
ist by what Is offered through public
mediums; he is almost invariably con
vinced by what he gets in private cir
cles where fraud is eliminated almost
entirely. But spiritualism is not alone
in having fraud foisted upon it; the
public suffers In many ways, for in
stance, a man making a positive state
ment concerning which he is entirely
deficient in the knowledge of the facts.
We will go farther, and say that a me
dium claims to bring word from a de
parted friend to console the bereaved
heart of the one here; a priest claims
to know the condition of the one who
died, and dictates the course of lite
that those who are here shall pursue
to Insure happiness hereafter: a
preacher claims that he has everything
clear as to the condition of the de
parted, and states what thoso who aro
still in this life must do to find grace
in the country beyond: the agnostic
jumps up and is very loud in his de
nunciation of all the rest, and says
they are all simply matters that aro
being peddled for a pace, while he lias
to have so much for every talk he
makes. Weill who are the frauds?
and who are the gullible people?
Would it not be well for anyone before
making a broad onslaught upon any
one class of people to listen a llttlo
before he starts in as he might hear
the words whispered in his ears: "Go
slow!" THOMAS BUCKMAN.
MORE DATA ON COST OF MVINa
American Conditions Also Reflected In
Europe and the Orient.
Chicago Record-Herald.
We had recently a notice of an advance
in the price of meat which may possibly
operate as a check on predictions of a
general fall in prices. It is interesting to
noto also fresh proofs that the advance
of which so much has been said during
the last few years has its parallel In
other countries. One of our consuls In
France reports the following Increase in
percentages from 1902 to 1907: Beef, 22;
veal, 14; mutton, 25; pork, 27. Upon other
foodstuffs the advance has been: Bread.
15; butter, 14; cheese, 25; vegetables, 15 to
SO; pastry, 25; fish, 60. Sirloin sells at 31
cents a pound, leg of mutton 28 cents and
veal 31 cents. The people, it appears, are
consuming more and more horseflesh,
which sells at about one-third the price
of other butchers' meat, but the consul
says that the change is not due to Its
cheapness alone, but also to the fact that
the old repugnance for it is being over
come and is rapidly disappearing. The
developments thus recorded are referred
to in the local press as "tho triumph of
the horse," though the horse might con
template them without any great elation
of spirits.
Other consular reports Indicate that the
rise in prices has struck the Orient also.
In two years there has been a heavy ad
vance in India on the common food sup
plies," and the cost of living in Calcutta
is increased by an advance of from 25
to 30 per cent in rents. Statistics from
several Chinese cities show the same
tendencies. Rents have about doubled in
ten years. "A seven-room house in a
row without garden" brings J0 gold a
month. Household commod!ti?s have gona
up from SO to 40 per . tent. Servants'
wages still appear very low when juiisod
by American standards, hut in certain
places there has bren a big advance. We
know also that since the American oc
cupation of the Philippines the cost of
living there has been very considerably
increased.
Ballads of the Northern Girl.
Puck.
Her manner wss perfectly sweet
And golden the hue of her hair:
She was pretty, of course, and petite:
And when you would ask of her: "Wher
Are you from?" she would answer: "Kau
CTlalre,
"Wisconsin. What? 'Baltimore'? Nixie!
What made you think I was from
there?" . . .
She always applauded at "Dixie "
She was fair from her head to her f eot ;
She was oh. description's despair.
As she rose from her orchestra prat
And pounded her gloves to a tear
This little maid from Bellalre,
Ohio Inuenuous, tricksy.
"New Orleans? No! . . . How yoa
stare!"
She always applauded at "Dixie."
She is found in the shop and the street;
She sits in a restaurant chair;
She may be bourgeois or elite:
Tiut she thrills to the Southerner's air.
From Portsmouth, N. H.. and Biff Bear,
N. Y-, this itjiquitous pixie.
Thourh blue wes her grandfather's wear,
She always applauded at "Dixie."
L'ENVOr.
O Epitaph-makers, prepare
This sentence, and chisel it quick, see?
Here Lieth Miss Legion, the Fair;
She Always Applauded at "Dixie."