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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.