Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 05, 1908, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 FTIE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAN," FRIDAY, 5, ISU5 (SSj? (Drggmrian SCBSCRIPTCON BATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. (By Mall.) Daily, Sunday Included, one year 8S? Daily, Funday Included, six months.... 4.-S Dally. Sunday Included, three months.. 2.-3 JJully, bunaay Included, one momu... Dally, without Sunday, one year Daily, without Sunday, six months.. . Dally, without Sunday, three- months. Dally, without Sunduy, one month.... liniliv nna - .I..... .75 O.OO 3.23 1.75 .60 2. SO Weekly, one year (issued Thursday)... 160 unday and weekly, one year u BY CARRIER. Dally, Sunday Included, one year 9 JO Daily, Sunday Included, one month HOW TO REMIT Send postoftlce money order. expresB order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postoffice a dress in full. Including county and state. POSTAGE RATES. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postottlce as Second-Class Matter. . 10 to 14 Pages nt 16 to 28 Pages 5 " 80 to 44 Pages 3 nts 46 to 60 Pages centa Foreign postage, double rates. IMPORTANT The postal laws are str,c; Newspapers on which postage Is not fuuy prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN' BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8. C. Beckwlth Special Agency New York, rooms 48-00 Tribune buudlng. Chi cago, rooms B10-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex: Postoftlce News Co., 17S Dearborn street; Empire Isews Eland. St. rntil, Minn. N. Ste. Marie. Commer cial Station Colorado Springs. Colo. H. II. Bell. Denver Hamilton & Kendtlck. Seventeenth street; Pratt I?oo8 store. 1214 Fifteenth street; H. r. Hansen. S.-KlQe, George Carson. Kansas City. Mo Rlr.kserker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut: Yoma News Co. Minneapolis, M. i. Cavanaugh. 60 South Third. Cincinnati. O. Yomt, News Co. Cleveland, o. James p-jshaw. 307 Super ior street War.hinjrton. I. C. Ebbltt House. 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Fort Worth, Tex. Southwestern N. and A. Agency. Anmrilla, Tex. Timmons & Pope. San Francisco. Foster & Orear; Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Stand: L. parent; N. Wheatley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.: United News Agency. 14 Eddy street; B. E. Amos, man ager three wagons; Worlds N. b.. 2625 A. utter street. Oakland. Cal. W. H. Johnson. Fourteenth and Franklin streets; N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager five wagons; Wellingham, E. 0i. (ioldlleltl, Nev. Louie Follln. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE B, 1908. "REIT BLICAN GOVERNJLENT." It is possible; some think it highly probable; others deem it very certain, that the initiative and referendum methods of legislation particularly the former will be set aside by the Supreme Court of the United States, because violative of the Constitution of the United Stafes. The Oregonlan "shouldn't wonder," yet it doesn't know. We have a lot of it. It appears in our methods of state legislation; by democracy simple, and straight, in stead of by representative bodies. It appears in the effort to set aside (vir tually) the constitutional method of election of United States Senators. It appears in the ingenuity of many of the states to suppress the vote of the man who is black. In all these and other instances the hope is to beat the Constitution by the cleverness of the trick. Statesmen like Mr. U'Ren and Mr. Bourne, not to mention Mr. Cham berlain and Mr. Sweek (these last b)y the way don't believe in it, but are using it for a temporary political pur pose) think they can do it. But suppose the Supreme Court of the United States shall judge all these fine practices by the historical princi ples of the Constitution of the United States, which some suppose is still the supreme law of the land. Possibly then the Supreme Court will perish. Possibly then our statesmen oX Oregon will become the Dantons and Rohes pierrcs and Marats of the new era. Yet the last fortune of these great protagonists of our revolutionary re form, we believe was not happy. How ever, the individual is of small conse quence. More statesmen always arise as good as those who perish by their own folly. And better. That document which the wisdom (or folly) of our ancestors formulated, known as the Constitution of the United States, declares that "the United States shall guarantee to every state In the Union a republican form of government." What is a republi can form of government? Is it gov ernment through laws enacted by rep--resentative bodies, or government by direct legislation carried by plebiscite? There can be no doubt that those who made the Constitution of the United States and those who have in terpreted it till now, believed and held that a Republican form of government was representative government; not government by straight democracy. That is, that laws were not to be made by the people acting en masse, but by representative bodies chosen by the people. There is a question here that is to come before the Supreme Court of the United States; if not for deter mination at least for an opinion. It wilt come up most probably on tax laws. Indee-a case of this kind, from Oregon, Is already taken to the Su preme Court. There is no doubt what a republican form of government is historically. It Is a representative democracy In contradistinction to an absolute de mocracy. The very name, borrowed from the Roman system. Implies It. "The theory," says one of our great est statesmen (Calhoun), "that regards It as a government of the mere numer ical majority rests on a gross and groundless misconception." Beyond any question the form of government created by the Constitu tion of the United States Is purely rep resentative in character. A republican form of government to those who made the Constitution consisted of a government acting through represent atives of the people, or laws made by them. In the. Constitutional conven tion of 17S7, and In our governmental history since that time, the term "re publican government" has been under stood to mean representative govern ment. The debates in the convention show this to be true; and all recog nized interpretation since confirms It. The popular initiative, so-called, is not a proceeding of representative gov ernment. Oh the contrary, its distinct purpose Is to substitute direct govern ment by democracy for representative or republican government. One of its evils is that 1t affords no opportunity for discussion, amendment or modifi cation of its propositions before their final adoption.- It is offered to the elector, and he responds yes or no, sel dom with knowledge. It Is not repub lican government. The authorities on the subject are infinite in number and of most weighty character. That we shall have some of them stated by the Supreme Court after a while can scarcely be doubted. Then their weight will be considered. Meantime It is just as well we should bethink us that ours is a republican or representative government, and not a type of primitive democracy, and stick a pin there. A BENEFACTOR OF HIS KIND. In asking the court to impose but a nominal fine upon the recreant mail carrier, George P. Lee, the Deputy District Attorney displayed a psycho logical insight into the depths of the human heart which we-greet with sol emn admiration. Poor Lee would stick the letters into his pocket as he received them. Then he would forget all aftout them for weeks and months and, years. Finally, w-hen he did re member the missives, he was ashamed to mail them. In this conduct of the unhappy Lee we behold the very soul and Image of most of the men with whose acquaintance we are honored. They would do exactly as he did. Nay, they daily and hourly do as he did, and if he should be cast into a dun geon vile, so should they; for crime consists . In the state of mind of the criminal, and not In his outward and visible act. If everybody who forgets to mail a letter were to be Imprisoned, who of us could retain his liberty? . Vdry like ly Lee's forgetfulness was stimulated by the certainty that most of the epistles he received to mail were of no consequence. Oblivion followed by the kitchen stove was 'by ar. the best place for them. Think of the unhap piness he prevented by forgetting to mail those vacuous missives! Some of them, we imagine, contained hasty words of which the writer repented as soon as the letter was out of her hands. Some of them contained rash promises which were better unkept. Some of them may have contained promissory notes to pay for automo biles and pianos. Now the maw of oblivion has swallowed them and with them all their potential evil. Let us not ejtecrate Mr. Lee. Let us hail him rather as a benefactor of his fellow man. Most of us would be better off if some friendly hand would consign everything we write or speak to a yawning pocket and keep it there for ever. OCR ROSES. It is not too much to say that the disclosures of the Rose Show have been a surprise in many ways to our own citizens, while to the multitude of strangers within our gates they have been little short of a revelation. To persons living in places less favored by nature as regards climate, scenery and general lavishness of early Sum mer vegetation and blossoming abun dance, the scene at the Oriental build ing on the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds during the last three days has been a glimpse of wonderland, a symphony of color and of fragrance that would require the tenderly ex alted Imagination of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward to conceive and. her ready pen to depict. A feature of the enchanting beauty of the Garden of Eden as sung by Milton wasrecorded in the broken line which placed therein Flowers of all hue. And without thorn, the rose. According to pious tradition the thorn was set upon the branch which bears the rose in token of divine dis pleasure incurred by our first parents in the transgression for which they were banished from paradise. AH of the arts of cultivation have not been able to eliminate this mark, and we have come to accept it as a charac teristic without which a rose would not be a rose. Does not the thorn In deed add its own distinguishing feat ure to the sturdy stems upon which Caroline Testout lifts her delicately shaded but still gorgeous blooms to the slender, pliant twigs upon which Catherine Mermet, Maman Cochet and Marie Van Houtte nod and sway and exhale their subtle fragrance upon the sweet June air? To the soldierly spikes upon which General Jacque minot, In true military fashion, sets his blood-red signet? And tq, the stems of delicate emerald upon which La France upholds her silvery pink petals, folding them back gracefully in the exuberance of her generosity that their incomparable fragrance may be the more' freely exhaled? . No, our roses are not thornless; we would not have them so, but we take them Just as they are and challenge the world outside of Persian gardens to rival them In beauty and fragrance and abundance. INCREASING TRADE FACILITIES. It is announced that the Kosmos steamship line" will send one of its regular steamers to Portland this month, and that, if satisfactory sup port is given the line by shippers In this city, a rgular service will, be maintained. This is a very Important matter for Portland, as . the Kosmos line is one of the largest transporta tion enterprises in the world. Its steamers sailing from Pacific Coast ports made nearly 100 ports of call on the long journey through two oceans and around two continents, and, If the service is established from Portland, it will give the shippers of this city, di rect communication with ports from which In the past we have been barred from doing business. The trade of the Central American ports reached by the Kosmos line is large and is rapidly Increasing, and the comparatively small share which Portland has se cured in this trade Is handled by trans shipment either at Puget Sound ports or at San Francisco, the latter port securing the bulk or It because local steamship facilities afford- a better service than can be secured in ship ping by way of Puget Sound. But, viewed from a strictly business standpoint, there has never been any unsurmountable obstacle in the way of Portland's doing business direct with the rich country lying to the south. We have been paying a certain tribute to Tacoma, Seattle ana San Francisco for handling -business for us which with a little effort might easily have been handled from this port. The per manence of this new service will de pend on the amount of business that can be secured here, and the cost of getting steamers in and out of port. It will, of course, be necessary to make the port charges as light as those at ports with which we compete. If an attempt is made to exact full pilotage charges. It will seriously affect the profits on the amount of business available during the period necessary for establishment of the new enter prisev Once thoroughly established in this trade, the steamers of the new line will work up an enormous business, for. In addition to the "local" trade along 10,000 miles of Pacific and At lantic coast line, the steamers offer a cheap and convenient service for ship ment direct to Europe of grain, hops, salmon, lumber and other commodities which at present are either sent in sailing vessels or overland by rail for trans-shipment at Atlantic Coast ports. The coming of this new line to Port, land will, if no attempt Is made to ex act port charges to thejlmit that "the traffic will bear," be followed in the near future by direct steamship serv ice connecting with the Tehuantepec line and delivering New Tork freight in Portland within thirty days of the time it is shipped. Portland is al ready receiving some benefit from this service, but the delays and disadvan tages of reshipment from San Fran cisco, are so unsatisfactory that rt a small portion of the business that is possible Is now being secured. With the American-Hawaiian and the Kosmos lines both affording a di rect service, Portland's prestige as a shipping center will receive an enor mous impetus. MONEY FOR RAILROADS. Announcement that the Union Pa cific has sold $40,000,000 of its recent ly authorized bond Issue is easily the most encouraging sign of returning confidence that has yet appeared in the business world. The unfortunate disagreement between the President and Mr. Harriman has had the effect of depreciating the value of Harriman secirities to a greater extent than any others of similar worth. In the face of such a handicap, the placing of such a large amount at a figure esti mated as high as 94 is notable evi dence of the turn of the tide. The re cent flotation of a similar amount of Pennsylvania bonds offered no such accurate reflection of an Improved money market as is shown by the sale pf the Harriman issue, for the reason that the Pennsylvania was an old es tablished enterprise, in which the amount of traffic available, and the cost of moving it, could be figured out with mathematical accuracy. The Pennsylvania had also the advantage of never having incurred the Presiden tial wrath, and on the whole was far and away superior to the Union" Pa cific as collateral for a loan or a bond issue. But Mr. Harriman has apparently secured the money In the face of odds of no small proportions, and the senti mental effect on the entire financial situation cannot be other than benefi cial. It points quite clearly to the fact that the era of "ghost dancing" is about ended and that the people are once more ready to Invest their money and start the wheels of trade in mo tion. Mr. Harriman has under way a large number of projects, is new en terprises being strung along all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and as some very important ones are actually begun in the Pacific North west, it is highly probable that Oregon and Washington will participate In the distribution of the big sum which he has raised for new construction and extensions. The announcement regarding the Harriman bond issue was not the only encouraging railroad news in yester day's dispatches, for New York ad vices reported resumption on a ten hour basis of work In the Erie shops for the purpose of repairing all equip ment that had been lying idle since the panic set in last Fall. This would indicate that Mr. Harriman was about to Inaugurate Union Pacific methods on the Erie, which is his latest acqui sition. If he succeeds in bringing that broken-down joke of a railroad up to the Harriman standard for equipment and efficiency, the stockholders will have cause for rejoicing over its fall ing Into his hands. The country weathered the storms of last Fall in fine shape, and, while it Is not yet back on an even keel, and In perfect sailing trim, it is gathering headway so rap idly that It will very soon strike the gait that it was forced to abandon last Fall. V im-LY SUNDAY'S VIEW!?. Billy Sunday, the evangelist, thinks- the professors In theological semin aries are of "no more use than crane's legs to a setting hen." To ..punish them for the ineptitude he would "stand them on their heads in a mud puddle." These somewhat startling views he" announced at a preachers' meeting in Pittsburg the other day. Naturally they excited some conster nation, but Billy was not disturbed. He' went calmly on and declared that the dear brethren there present listen ing to his remarks were a set of "stiffs, salary quacks and loafers." Amenities of this sort are part of Billy's stock In trade. He knows their advertising value. But they are not devoid of truth. Much as we respect ana admire minis ters, the fact cannot be denied that next to lawyers they are the worst educated men In the world. Not that they are Ignorant of some things, but they are ignorant of pretty nearly everything which it behooves a man among men to know. Not that they lack knowledge, but they lack most knowledge that would of use to them in saving the modern sinner. Their education is out of touch with life. It pertains to weary old abstractions which nobody cares anything about and deals with hypotheses which were superseded generations ago. Undoubtedly this Is the fault of the professors in the theological semin aries, though it Is hard to see how the fault is to be remedied. The instant one of these professors tries to bring his teaching up within a century or two of modern history and science he is accused of heresy and turned out of his chair. Hence, the most ele mentary wisdom leads them to cling to their chimeras and shadows and shun the light. Under these condi tions the education of ministers does not seem likely to improve very soon. We doubt whether it would help much to adopt Billy Sunday's remedy and stand the professors on their- heads in the mud. A new set would soon be found to take their places who needed treatment Just as badly. One of the County Commissioners is quoted in an evening paper to the ef fect that the . prisoners will not be worked on the county roads after they are placed in the custody of Sheriff Stevens. It is questionable whether or not the Commissioners have such complete control of the movements of the prisoners as will permit them to take the men away from the road work. So long as the county is to pay f2i cents per meal for boarding these prisoners, it is certainly more import ant than ever that they should be kept at work on the roads. If they are withdrawn, some taxpayers who will be obliged to pay for the work that the prisoners are, now doing might dis cover means of forcing the County Court to fulfill the duties for which it was elected. The bill permitting the Sheriff to feed the prisoners received the overwhelmingly large vote that was given it in Multnomah County largely by reason of a general belief that under the present method it was costirfg the county much more than the 12 cents per meal permitted by the new bill. County funds or eounty work should not be used for the pur pose of revenge. The determination of Captain Ber minghatn, supervising inspector of steamboats, to prosecute four patriotic river captains for blowing the whistles on their boats while the American bat tleship fleet was entering San Fran cisco harbor may be strictly in his line of duty, but it will hardly meet with the approval of the American people. The needless blowing of steam whistles on ordinary occasions is a nuisance, but when the noise is turned loose in honor of such a mag nificent spectacle as inspired the steamboat captains, it is questionable whether they should receive a very severe rebuke. Captain Bermlngham is growing old and crusty, but he is a good American ,and he ought to take a. very broad view of the alleged breach of the rules. The situation in Morocco seems to be improving, the tribesmen, for the time being at least, devoting their at tention to killing each other. The Chanfioos, supported by the Cheriflans, recently engaged in battle with the Mtouguis, and before the latter were defeated there was a heavy loss on hoth sides. If Abdul Aziz could get some more of his warlike subjects to fighting each other instead of the gov ernment, his position on the throne would be materially strengthened. There was a decrease of about $2, 500,000 In the value of diamonds im ported last month as compared with May, 1907, and the Imports of sugar were valued at $2,200,000 more than for the same month last year. De creasing imports of diamonds Indicate a scarcity of money, but so long as we can buy sugar in Increasing quantities the country is in fairly good shape. Douglas County had roses in Port land yesterday, and they were Doug las' best, which is to say that they were the finest In the world. The spirit with which outside counties have supported the Festival and contributed to its success Is one of its most satis factory features. Ex-Senator Fred Dubois will en deavor to convince the Denver conven tion that the Mormon question Is the only real issue before the American people. Mr. Bryan's convention will -have other linen to wash besides Idaho's. In Iowa the Republican party is dy ing of senility. It stays by Allison. Well, it has to die. of something. To die may be all right. At least or most or worst, it is not, necessarily, to be a fool when death comes in course of nature. Uncle Sam and the Japanese Samu rai were shown in the parade yesten day engaged In the "friendly clasp of the peaceful hand" as a valued Jap anese correspondent recently said. Each had at least one hand free. It doesn't make any difference, of course, and probably isn't worth men tioning; but Portland sent several thousand people to Seattle to see the fleet. Has anybody seen anybody from Seattle during the Rose Show? When Republicans elect a Legisla ture, six to one, under agreement to elect a Democratic Senator, it is about time for every man of sense to quit the party. Democrats never will do such a fool thing as that. It's all a little hard on us Repub licans. But cheer up. Some day the Democrats may have trouble among themselves, and w'e can then elect a Governor or a Senator of our own. Mr. Bourne urges a Republican Legislature to elect Mr. Chamberlain. No Democratic Legislature will ever elect Mr. Bourne. No Republican Legislature either, ever again. Those automobllists who rush down the street and around corners at high speed ought to be selected to make road races with a minimum speed limit of 100 miles per hour. Is there anybody In Eugene now who imagines that Multnomah County is inspired by a deep, dark purpose to dismantle the State University and move It to Portland? To the 'idealist in politics. State ment No. 1 has been a most Interest ing and beautiful theory. Now we are to know something about it in practice. N6w that Messrs. Wagnon, Cridge et al. have failed in their great slnsle tax enterprise, why not embark on some popular scheme of double taxa tion? Mr. Lee, who forgot to post some letters, destroyed them and then gave himself up to the Federal authorities, is establishing a mighty bad precedent. President and horse escaped un scathed from that little accident on the river bank and In the water. Lucky President. Also lucky horse. Out on that lonely desert isle Drey fus was at least safe from assassination. BENTON COUNTY'S ADVERSE VOTE How People There Stand on Inlvrmlty Appropriation. CORVALLIS, Or.. June 3.-(To the Edi tor.) I notice in The Oregonian today a criticism of the vote cast by Benton and certain other counties on the University appropriation measure in which you state that Benton County voted against the appropriation because the Agricultural College is located at Corvallis. Were you correct, in your facts and conclusions the criticism would be merited. The vote of the outlying precincts of Benton County was, I believe, not more unfavorable to the appropriation than the average vote in the Willamette Valley. Two Benton County precincts which re turned a 99 majority (being a five to one vote) against the appropriation are trib utary to Albany rather than Corvallis, the home of the college. Benton County is surrounded on all sides by a population adverse to generous state support of higher education. Even some. Lane pre cincts returned an adverse "vote on the appropriation. Outside precincts are not materially influenced by the sentiment prevailing in the town. and. just as was the case in portions of Lane County on the University appropriation, 1 have no doubt that the vote would have Seen hard in our outlying precincts on a refer endum of the Agricultural College appro priation. The four Corvallis precincts include more than 40 square miles of country district. Notwithstanding the adverse vote from the .country portions of these precincts, the majority against the appro priation therein was only 39 Practically every Corvallis business man signed a published statement urging a 'favorable vote on the appropriation and one college professor. Dr. "James Withycombe, spoke In Its favor before the Linn County Grange and other places. Leading busi ness men and college professors and stu dents worked earnestly for Its support In this county. I had charge of the worlt in this county in the interests of the appropriation and am sufficiently ad vised as to the local sentiment and vote to say that the vote in Corvallis proper was easily two to one in favor of the ap propriation. Perhaps 100 nonresident students of the Agricultural College voted in Corvallis. Were the charge of The Oregonian true, the majority in the Corvallis precincts would have been nearer 000 than 39. Re spectfully yours, B. R. BRYSOX, BRYAN PRIZE nEPl'BLICAX , ASSET Hla Nomination Means Taffn Election aa President of United States. New York World. Dem. In a cable from London J. Pierpont Morgan is quoted as saying that "Wil liam H. Taft will he the next Presi dent of the United States and the finan cial troubles In America will soon be over." Certainly if Mr. Bryan is the Democratic candidate Mr. Taft will be the next President of the United States. Only 242 electoral votes are neces sary to a choice. With Bryan as Taft's opponent, the Republicans will enter the campaign with at least 270 votes assured, or 2$ more .than a majority: Maine B. Illinois 27 New Hampshire .. 4 Iowa l.'J Vermont 4 Nebraska S Massachusetts . . . . 1 tt Kanttafi 10 Rhode Island 4 Colorado Ti Connecticut 7rtah r, New York .19' Wyoming? :i New Jersey .12'North Iakota 4 Pennsylvania 34 iioth Dakota 4 Delaware 3 WashinRton .1 West Virginia 7 Orepon 4 Michigan 14 California 1J Wisconsin irt! Minnesota . . ." lli Total 270 Ohio and Indiana are not Included in this table. The Republicans could af ford to throw them away if they wished to: but Taft will carry both- these States against Bryan. The Republicans will probably carry Maryland, and they will have a fighting jchanee in Ken tucky. There are only two Northern States In which Bryan's nomination would leave a fair prospect of success to the Democratic rarty. These are Nevada and Montana, with six electoral votes between them, and Johnson would be even more likely than Bryan , to carry them. Johnson's nomination would make both New York and New Jersey de batable, and their 51 v)teg are neces sary to any hope whatever of Demo cratic victory. It would probably give Minnesota and the Dakotas to the Dem ocrats. States in which Bryan would be overwhelmingly defeated. It would make Ohio doubtful, it would give the Democrats a chance in Illinois, and it would insure Democratic success in Maryland. These states have 128 elec toral votes, and Bryan's nomination would make a gift of them to Taft. Mr. Bryan is the most valuable asset the Republicans have had sini'e the Civil War. Wlna Bet on Keeping: Silent. St. Louis Dispatch to New York Tim. Ths open season for fool bets is on in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis. That's the reason! for the queer antics of Edward Boston. Boston went to work at 7 o'clock A. M. to furnish diversion for a big crowd at Fifth and Decatur streets, the busi est corner In town. On a wager of jr, with six young men, whose names he would not divulge, he agreed to work 10 hours without speaking to anyone. All he had to do was to pile six bricks on the curb on one side of the street, and then carry them over to the other side and pile them up there, and back again, and lack again, all day long. Several htrsdred persons watched him as he trudged back and forth with the bricks. They asked him questions and hurled taunts at him, but he kept his lips tightly shut, and at 5 P. M. he had won the bet. Juror Votea for Prayer Semlon. Kansas City Star. A new trial was asked in a case at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the ground that the foreman of the jury, before the evidence was discussed, asked his associates to hold a 30-minute prayer meeting. Merry Widow Has tt Rival. Baltimore News. The report from Cincinnati to the effect that a man broke his neck while craning it to got a glimpse of a Di rectoire gown is proof that the press agent of the Merry Widow hat now has a formidable rival. Tight WediticK Shoes Brlnjr Denth. Philadelphia Dispatch. Edward F. Pauley, of Tipton, Pa., wore a pair of tight shoes at his wed ding the other day, which caused gan grene, and death followed. Fresh Air Cars. New York Sun. I hall the Maytlme season of the open trolley cars , No more on platforms stand upon my feet; I get all sorts of weather found between tha earth and stars -While I stay Inside and occupy a seat. 3Jy heavy bearskin overcoat protects me front and back, My automobile goggles shield my eyes While merry Maytlme zephyrs gayly sweep across the track And dust in swirling clouds careens and flies. ' - My oilskins and sou'wester and my Cape Ann cowhide boots I snugly wear upon a ahowery day. Unmindful of the doctors' scurrying devil wagon toots , And the undertakers' vans ttat block ttia way. I hall this joyous season, for a fresh-air fienil am I, And I hate to be Inadequately aired And as for those p,ior mortals, who shiver, wheeze, and dle They shouldn't venture out when not prepared. PARTIXCi WITH ORECO.N MEMBERS Mlehty Subtle, the Final Remark:. Overhaul Yonr Virgil. New York Evening Post. May 30. We saw yesterday how eagerly the Oregon Congressmen besought the President to pat them on the back and call them good boys. How else could they face their constituents next Mon day, or hope for re-election? Mr. Roosevelt came handsomely to their assistance. The Oregon members he had found to be Invariably fired with true patriotism. For proof, note mere ly the fact that they had always "backed up his policies." Enough said. Oregon will ask nothing more when she votes on Monday. Logic-choppers. In deed, may wonder if the President's tribute to the Oregon Congressmen will not make it difficult for htm to certify to the Republican majority as a whole. For he praised the men who come from where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound save Roosevelt dashing, for hav ing specifically supported many meas ures of the purest Rooseveltianism, which Congress in its entirety, and many of the Republican majority, would mone of for example, the four battleships, ship subsidies, modified writs of Injunction, amendments of the Sherman act. All these things Congress has thrown into the waste-basket- How, then, can. those who stood for them be lauded, unless those who Opposed them are to be lashed? Those who innocently ask this ques tion cannot be aware how small are the terrors which the hobgoblin of consis tency holds for a politician like the President. We do not, of course, yet know exactly in what form of words he will commend Congress, but that he will do It heartily and with the utmost sincerity no one btit a cynic could doubt. His programme stands for the ideal. It represents "ultimate" politi cal truth, a he and Mr. Bryan are fond of saying; but he is far too practical a man to imagine that in a slow and ignorant world like this, realization can be at once attained. It was only as a Civil Service Commissioner that Mr. Roosevelt, as President Harrison de clared, wanted the millenlum "right off." As himself President, he knows that he has to suffer fools gladly, and bear much from the wrong-headed and the wicked. So if nearly all his rec ommendations have bsn rejected by Congress, that need not prevent him from giving Congress a glowing eulogy. The perverse Democrats, of course, save that one righteous man, Hobson, will get their Quos ego ! CHAGIG AVORns OF OLD SOXGS Movement to Introduce More minified Diction Into "Dixie" l.lkely to Fall. Chicago Tribune. Women of the Confederate Choir of America have stirred the people of the South by singing the famous old song, "Dixie." with new words. Almost everybody in the United States recog nizes the music the moment its lively strains are heard. But those who know the words of the several stansas probably are in the minority. When the words are read they are found to be mere jingle, without' lofty sentiment or poetic worth. To remedy this fault and give to the popular song a better setting has been the object of well meant effort. The women re formers of "Dixie Land" have dis covered, however, that there will be great opposition to any attempt to Im prove the poetry. ' Sentiment is the most powerful fac tor in establishing the popularity of a song. Efforts to change words after that sentiment Uas become a settled one usuilly fail. There has been much criticism of "America" as a Na tional song. The critics have tried to substitute for it something else than a copy of a British national ode. Failing? in that they had an extra stanza writ ten by one of the most famous of American poets. But knowledge of the stanza is confined to the few. Much objection has boon offered to one of the stanzas of . the "Star Spangled Banner." Every effort to eliminate it has been a conspicuous failure. People have ridiculed the. jingle which goes by the name "Yankee Doodle." But they have not been able to rescue the music from the -long-accepted words. Still there is much In the contention of the Southern women who have formed an organization for the ex press purpose of perpetuating th old melodies of that part of the country, notably the war songs. They claim that the old "Dixie" is all right for jollifications, hut that the new ver sion Is mu-li better adapted for occa sions of dignity. To oreseive the famous music, but to use" it to fittingly express sthe true sentiment of the South is their de sire. Their success will ho awaited with interest. They may. through or ganiztittun. accomplish that which has always failed heretofore when it has been left to haphazard. If former ex periences in this country have weight they are likely to fail. Fortnne'w Favor tn Waiters). Washington (D. C.) Post. William Gordon, a waiter In a Chi cago restaurant. is worth $25,000, which he has mad at his profession. Frank Lawler. a bellboy in a Chicago hotel, has made a fortune in 20 years in tips. He has $20,000 in bank and owns three flat buildings. Both men are American born, liwler's business philosophy is summed up by him in .six words: "I am always on the Job." Cordon, an older man and proficient In a most exacting profession, goes more into detail in tolling emulous persons how to get rich: As President Roosevelt says, always Rive a square deal! Never ovcrchacrc. Indeed. I might qnote William .Itfimipgs Bryan as saying: "All things come to him who walls." But I would modify that by adding: "To him who serves unselfishly." It the man rwhind .the diner's chair is crooked, he will be discovered as soon as the crooked man In the ehAir f the president of a rail road. The man who says to a Walter, "f have no appetite." Is the man to cultivate. Temp't his ialate and he will reward you. These servitors are philosophers. They know life and men. They have learned that it i best to give good service and deal squarely with the world. MiihIc Button at C'lilcajro Convention. Chicago Inter Ocean. An electric push button at the desk of Colonel W. F. Stone, sergeant-at-arrns, on the platform of the conven tion, will control the music to be fur nished by a band stationed at the ex treme noisthern end of the big build ing. Whenever Colonel Stone thinks a bit of music would stop or start a stam pede, kill or Inspire applause; warm things up or cool off tli audience, or do any of the other hundred things music is supposed to do. including the soothing of the savage ( political) breast, he will press the button, and the band will do the rest. The arrangements for this were com pleted when Chairman Fred W. I'pham, of the Chicago committee, signed the contract for the music. Newa to Democratic Chieftain New York World. "Larry" Mulligan, "Big Tim" Sulli van's stepbrother, arrived at the City Hall from the Bowery just In time to see the body of Governor Clinton, the revolutionary hero, arrive for reinter ment. "Who's dead?" asked "Larry" in sur prise. "Governor Clinton," was the reply. "Why, I hadn't heard he was sick," said "Larry." Sick Dk Dine on lee Cream. Baltimore News. A pet collie of Jay R. Worst, of West Chester, Pa., suffering from dis temper, lies In a white crib and is fed with ice cream. WASHI-(iTOX BARKERS MEET Important Matters) to Be Dlncusmed by Sinte and Etern Financier. The thirteenth annual convention of the Washington Bankers' Association will be held in North Yakima, June IS. 19 and 20. The programme, replete with interesting features, has been practically completed, and as now ar ranged is as follows: Thnradny, June IS Morning Seaalon. Invocation Rev. Frank C. Whitney, pastor First Baptist Church. Address of welcome Hon. H. H Lombard. Mayor of North Yakima. Address of welcome on behalf of As sociated Banks of North Yakima Hon. O. A. Fechter, president Yakima Val ley Bank. Response Edwin T. Coman, vice president Exchange National Bank, Spokane. Address of the president W. D. Vin cent, cashier Old National Bank, Spo kane. ReDort of the secretary P. C. Kauff- man. second vice-president Fidelity Trust Co., Tacoma. Report of the treasurer J. H. Smith son, president Washington National Bank. Ellensburg. Report Of the executive committee N. H. Latimer, chairman, manager Dex ter Horton & Co.. Seattle. Report of the protective committee. Report of the bill of lading commit tee. Report of the committee on fidelity and. burglary Insurance. Report of committee on uniform warehouse receipt act. Address "American Institute of Banking," W. F. Paull. trust officer Cnion Savings & Trust Coiniany. Seat tle. Appointment of committees. Thursday Afternoon Seaaion. Address "The Currency Question An Answer," V. R. Andrus, Tacoma. Address W. O. Jones. assistant cashier National Park Bank, New York City. Address "Currency Reform," Arthur Reynolds, president Des 'Moines Na tional Bank. Des Moines, Iowa, and member Currency Commission Ameri can Bankers' Association. Practical questions for discussion Currency legislation. Shall bank deposits be guaranteed? Do w want a system of postal sav ings banks? The late financial stringency " and how we met it. Friday, June 10 Mornlnjr Seaalon. Invocation Rev. Maurice J. Bywater, rector St. Michael's Episcopal Church. Report of delegates to thirty-third annual convention of American Bank ers' Association, held at Atlantic City. September 24. 25. 2G and 27, 1907 V. A. Roeder. Bellingham: N. B. Coffman. Chehaiis; C. W. Winter. Colvtlle; Geo. S. Brooke, Spokane; L. I Wark, Con coniiHy. Address Hon. Wesley L. Jones, North Yakima. Call of counties Under this head re ports limited to three minutes will be received from representatives of each county, showing the general conditions of business In their respective com munities. Saturday, June S Morning- Srsaion. Invocation Rev. Morton L. Rose, pastor Christian Clmrch. Address "Pioneer Reminiscences," Hon. Edward Whttson, Judge United States District Court. Address "The United States Reclam ation Work." Charles 11. Swigart. en gineer United States Reclamation Serv ice. Address "Results of Irrigation," W. N. Granger, manager Sunnyside Project United States Reclamation Service. Reports of committees Resolutions, nominations, election of officers ami selection of five delegates and alter nates to the thirty-fourth annual con vention of the American Bankers' As sociation, to be held at Denver. On the soclaLside there will be au tomobiles, reception by citizens with dancing, special excursion to Naches City with basket luncheon, and ex hibition of bronco busting, Indian war dance and pony races. MONDAY'S ELECTION PROVED IT Republican Tarty of Oregon, aa Pre illrted. la Merely a nope of Sand. W1LSOXV1LLE, Or., June 4. To the Editor.) I wish to thank you for the position you have taken now for some time on the political situation. I wrote you two years ago from Inde pendence; Or., telling you in my opinion the effects of statement No. 1. that It was the last chance of a party that was hopelessly in the minority. That the Democratic party was quick to realize its advantage, the results of the elec tion vestcrtlay show. The results show the Republican party of Oregon is hut a rope of sand. It stands for nothing In particular. After the primary 13 held then come those, who to gratify thfir disappointment and for revenge, knife their own candidate. The Inten tion of the primary law Is all right, but some w-ay must he devised that only those who are honest in their loyally to the party they claim shall partici pate in the nominations. In register ing and at the primaries the minority can and does vote and put in nomina tion the least desirable of the majority party: and after putting in nomination the least desirable candidate, then by the help of the disgruntled ones, defeat the one they help nominate, and elect the minority candidate. When I regis tered the question was asked: "What party do you belong to'.'" but at the same time I was reminded that I could vote as I wanted. Some way must be devised that will eliminate the possi bility of the opposing party making the nominations of the other party. Under the old caucus rule you never aw the opnosile party attending and dictating the nominations. As T was returning from voting 1 met a friend who said. "I am only two years from Illinois and do not know' the politics of any." I said, "If a Democrat you will certainly vote for Mr. Chamberlain, but if not, why should you support him?" He answered, "I used to be a Republican." If not one now by what right does he cast a vote that puts in nomination a man he doee not support at the polls? No party fills in full our individual ideal: but we all find that to get that which comes the nearest to our ideal, we must affiliate with some party and be honest to that party. No party Is perfect, or ever will be, but you must remember that to effect anything you must work and make some sacrifice; work in your own party to the end that will give you the best men for office, who will carry out the principles you hold sacred. Hold the men to whom you giye the sacred trust of office re sponsible for an honest fulfillment of that trust. If they betray It, see to it that they must nev.er ask or hope to be trusted again. Yesterday's election reminds me of the old country doctor who was called In to treat a very serious case. He pre scribed a physic, but for fear he had made a mistake, put in the same bottle and prescription Its exact opposite. The voters send to the I'nited States Senate a Democrat, but I presume expect in November to elect as an antidote W. 11. Taft as Republican President. It the President fails to meet your fullest ex pectations, whom will yon hold respon sible? Chamberlain. Taft or yourselves? JOHN W. THORNTON. Anna Held, Authority on Finance, Baltimore News. Anna Hold, the eminent authority on economics, has given out an Interview declaring that the recent fineminl de pression was caused by the extrava gance of the American women. After thus turning state's evidence. Miss Held cannot complain If the fair ob-' Jerts of hpr criticism wreak a sum mary and dreadful vengeance.