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CHEAP HUMAN LIFE.
An ill-natured Englishman once re
marked after traveling three weeks in
this country that the American people
. was like a setting hen. It was forever
'. bustling, cackling and fluttering, he ir-
reverently said, but never seemed to
accomplish anything. This observa-
tion was hardly fair, for even a setting
hen accomplishes something. She
'. hatches out her chickens, at least, or
; : she does if the skunks do not eat the
; eggs; and even the most sour-tem-
pered of our critics must acknowledge
'. that we have done something similar.
We have assembled a huge population
J ! In the United States, though most of
' it we have not hatched. It has come
: from other coops or henhouses and
. .we have done our best to shelter it
with out wings. Whether we have
; succeeded as well as the average hen
, " does in protecting our brood, both
native and foreign born, seems to be
' questionable. The Rev. Mr. Corby
gave some statistics last Sunday in his
sermon which rather go to show that
. . while we do very well at hatching and
: otherwise accumulating population, as
brooders we are dismal failures.
While human life may not be quite
:; the cheapest thing in this country, still
there is little to indicate that it is
valued very highly. Mr. Corby cites
of some well-known estimates which
- make us out to be the most murderous
. of all the civilized nations. We kill
with malice aforethought twenty times
as many people to the million of popu
lation as the Germans do. Is this an
, argument for militarism? Germany,
while the most military of modern
countries, is at the same time the one
where life is safest and one's posses-
sions most secure. But one need not
r believe that the Germans would have
any less respect for life If they
' soldiered as little as we do. The truth
r about the matter is that they are
brought up from their youth to respect
the law, while we are induced by the
force of precept, example and custom
to break It whenever we canv Murder
J is simply one among many methods of
t law-breaking which prevail here, and
.- it is not quite certain that It Is the
worst.
v To illustrate the harsh truth that
Americans are a nation of law-break-'
ers one may recall some facts about
j the "game hog" which were presented
in the last number of the Saturday
Evening Post. This predaceous and
altogether unlovely beast ,has ravaged
the fishing streams and lakes of Wis-
consin, Michigan and Minnesota until
nothing is left of their formerly multi-
tudinous finny tribes except what the
1 Government supplies from hatcheries.
In all these states there are laws more
- or less liberal, which limit the number
. of fish to be caught by, any individual,
I with restrictions upon shipping and
selling; but the Evening Post article
points out that it is a matter of pride
' among the game hogs to defy and
evade all these laws and that their
friends greatly admire their skill and
, shrewdness in doing it. But when the
ill-famed beast crosses the border to
. carry on his depredations In Canada
; he finds a public sentiment which will
not tolerate breach of the laws, even
in so small a matter as catching fish.
Disregard of the law is a habit of
- mind, just as the opposite is. Either
of them may be taught and in this
country It is disregard which we
v sedulously instil into the hearts of our
'"' youth from their schooldays on
through college and their careers in
business. When the son of an Amer
lean citizen is punished by the'teacher
what does the falher do about it as a
rule? Does he tell the urchin that he
deserved all he got and a great deal
more and caution him that if he
makes any further trouble there Is a
hickory withe waiting for use in the
woodshed? Nothing of the sort. The
disobedient "boy is coddled, pitied and
upheld in his waywardness. Often the
parent goes to the'school directors to
"get even" with the teacher and not
infrequently he goes to law to obtain
damages, when he ought to be on his
knees offering up prayers of thankfulness.-.
Thus the insidious lessons of
lawlessness are begun in the school
days of children and in college they
are repeated and multiplied.
Next to being a football expert how
may a youth in college most easily,
most quickly and most brightly .cover
himself with glory? It is by breaking
the rules of the faculty,- is it not?
Even better than that is to break the
ordinances of the town where the col
lege is situated. This disposition is
not confined to state universities and
schools where tuition Is free, as some
persons fatuously .imagine. It pre
vails in all colleges. It is the universal
spirit toward law and obedience which
American youth carry from their
home's out into the world. And from
college they take it Into business. The
most unpardonable slaughters In this
country are not committed with guns
and poison. They are committed In
schoolhouses and theaters, where
human beings are consumed by fire,
hundreds at a time, because certain
persons find it inconvenient to obey
the law. They are maimed and
slaughtered in coal mines and upon
railroads for the same reason. The
persons who are responsible for these
hideous sacrifices, living sacrifices to
their God Mammon, are not by nature
cruel. Very likely they pity their
victims. Just as our great commercial
grafters regret the necessity that
"compels" them to cheat and prevari
cate and- bribe. "But does the robed
priest for his pity falter?" So long
as mawkish sentimentality, or the
prosperity of any man's business, or
the indulgence of any man's Indolence
and greed are held superior to the
law of the land so long will the
slaughter of human beings' proceed
without diminution. Nor should we
forget the stimulus to our National
contempt for law which is given by
the courts every time they annul a
statute In the high-handed manner
which has lately become the fashion.
IT IS A DIRTY FARCE.
Some three years ago, more or less,
Binger Hermann was indicted by an
Oregon grand Jury, on accusation of
complicity in land frauds. The coun
try has been waiting for the, proofs.
A continuous stream of insinuation
has come out of the detective and
other official service to the effect that
there was "hot stuff" about Hermann.
The newspapers have been supplied
with it, in Oregon, at Washington, and
more or less throughout the country.
But Hermann has not been brought
to trial. Is there, in reality, any proof
against him? Or is this an industri
ous proceeding, on the part of detec
tive and prosecuting attorneys, to
make it appear that they have been
earning their money?
The same about Senator Fulton.
There has been an Infinite amount of
talk against him. In official circles.
Heney made long speeches against
him. Officials of the Department of
Justice, here and at Washington, have
been giving out whispers for years that
"they had the dope on Fulton"; that
he was' subject to indictment, and that
terrible things were to be told and re
vealed. But they never do anything
but utter cowardly and malicious in
sinuation, telling the people through
the newspapers that awful revelations
are coming. "We can't tell(much now,
but there be those that could tell an'
they would; just wait."
The Oregonian thinks that both Mr.
Hermann and Mr. Fulton have waited
long enough, and that the public has
waited long enough. We now believe
that Mr. Hermann never will be
brought to trial, and that no distinct
charges . ever will be formulated
against Mr. Fulton. This dirty and
cowardly business is now about at an
end.
OREGON DEEP-SEA FISHERIES.
An Astoria fishing schooner made
an experimental trip off the Columbia
bar a few daj-s ago, and without any
particular effort caught five tons of ex
cellent fish, among the varieties taken
being cod, sole, halibut, hake and red
snapper, all edible fish, for which there
is a large and growing demand. This
recent attempt to develop one of the
many latent resources for which this
country Is famous is by no means the
pioneer venture of Its kind, for deep
sea fishing has been tried at intervals
for a number of years, and in the past
has not me with great success on ac
count of the poor transportation facil
ities, as well as the limited population
chat could be" reached. But the pop
ulation of the territory which could
be reached from Astoria has more
than doubled since a determined effort
has been made to develop the deep
sea fisheries, and the transportation
facilities for reaching this population
are better than they have ever been In
the past, and, with the completion of
the North Bank road, will be still fur
ther improved.
The ease with which big catches of
fish are made bv the few men who
have experimented with the industry
proves quite clearly that the supply of
raw material is practically inexhausti
ble, and is so easy of access from the
Columbia River that the catch can be
placed on the market in better condi
tion than from any other port on the
North Pacific. The industry has for
many years been a factor of consider
able importance in the trade of Seattle
and Vancouver, large fleets of schoon
ers and steamers going out from these
ports. As Nature has provided the
fish in unlimited quantities, the only
expense attached to the business Is for
labor and cost of operating the vessels.
Individually the men engaged in the
work may not make excessive profits,
but in the aggregate 'the earnings will
reach large sums. It is an industry
which in all parts of the world where
cities and shipping facilities grow up
near the sea attains considerable
prominence and is beneficial alike to
the fisherman, the community in
which he resides and the great army
of consumers who are thus afforded a
plentiful supply of cheap and whole
some food.
The field . which -can be reached is
enormous. Spokane, under the new
train service promised by the North
Bank line, will be but fifteen or six
teen hours from Astoria, and it will
thus be an easy matter to land deep
sea fish in the Inland Empire metrop
olis about twenty-four hours after
they are taken from the ocean, while
points as far east as Helena will be
reached within forty-eight hours of J
the time the fish are caught and placed
on ice. In order to increase the sale
of the product, it will be necessary to
keep it out of the hands of a trust and
admit of the sale of the fish at reason
able prices, so as to increase the de
mand. There is a great future or the
persons who will first properly exploit
the deep-sea fisheries near the Colum
bia River, and the men now engaged
in the work should be encouraged lit
every possible manner.
THE "CHEAP SKATES" OF THE CITY.
"No wonder our big cities produce
few really ylg men these days. Hav
ing to live in the caged and cramped
quarters of the modern apartment
house, they have, no room to grow
big." Thus the Eugene Guard. But
Portland poured out .from its little
homes and flats and apartment-
houses nearly 10,000 majority for the j
State University at Eugene; and all
were needed to save the University
from strangulation by our highly de
veloped people on the farms, where
nobody is "caged - or cramped" for
want of room.
You see, good friend of the Eugene
Guard, that human society is a mighty
big thing. All wish to do the right
thing, but all look at things from vari
ant and differing points of view. The
city may not have as many "really big
men" as the country; of course it
hasn't. But in many ways it supplies
a sort of .check or leaven to the com
monwealth, which modifies somewhat,
though it may nit control, the product
of the fermentation. Though we may
not have any "really big men" in the
cities, yet we of the cities and we of
the cojuntry do really need 'each other.
And, by the way, here is Mr. Cham
berlain; by far the biggest man in
Oregon, if he did veto the University
bill, which Portland has saved; and
besides he is a city man.
Truth is that human society is the
strangest of all phenomena in the
world, as we know it. Its mystery is
beyond any ken. Let us tolerate each
other.
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Surgeon-General Wyman, In his re
port on experience with the bubonic
plague in San Francisco, just pub
lished, says that The danger, to this
country, and to the world at large, of
spread of thev plague is not past, but
that ceaseless vigilance,"' everywhere,
will be necessary to keep it down.
Commercial intercourse is now so
rapid and general that the disease may
appear suddenly in the most unexpect
ed places.
The present movement of the plague
began as far back as 1894, when it first
made. its appearance in China. By
1898 it had spread to India, Japan,
Asiatic Turkey, Russia and Africa. -In
1899 It passed over the border lines
of Europe. By lg0 7 it had made its
appearance in every civilized country,
including the United .States, having in
vaded the- Pacific Coast. In 1907, in
the known world, 1,400,000 cases were
reported, with 1,200,000 deaths.
Both rats and the fleas they carry
are believed to be very common means
of spreading the plague. The Surgeon-General
therefore advocates a
vigorous campaign of extermination of
the rats. Coal oil has been found to
be a valuable agent in the killing of
the fleas. Dr. Wyman also advises the
authorities of all seaports to compel
the unloading of vessels from plague
ports by lighter, and that, until un
loaded and freed of rats, the ship be
kept at least a quarter of a mile from
shore, so that the rats cannot swim
ashore. As fifty-one countries were
Infected in 1907, this holding up of
vessels at the various seaports would
be a serious matter. However, so
dread is the disease that any attempt
at prevention would .be Justified. All
ports are warned that it Is necessary
constantly to be on their guard.
THE FARMERS' WAREHOUSE.
A Walla Walla disjiatch in yester
day's Oregonian announced that the
O. R. & N. Co. had granted the Farm
ers' Co-Operative and Educational
Association half a dozen warehouse
sites in the Walla Walla country. The
O. R. & N. has also turned over to
the farmers Its warehouse at Farm
ington, andat a number of other In
terior points the farmers have either
built new houses' or leased old ones
from the former owners. The out
come of this new method for handling
the wheat crop will be watched with
considerable interest. The "farmers'
warehouse" throughout the wheat belt
has, except in a few cases, been forced
out of business by Stress of competi
tion. The big exporters who for
years have been extending their ware
house systems through the wheat
country encountered such keen com
petition from the millers, both eiport
and local, that they were obliged to
handle the crop on a margin which
left no profit for the country ware
houseman who endeavored to compete
with them.
This elimination of the middleman
at the interior,, warehouse seems to
have been unfavorably received by the
farmers, and they are now making an
effort to regain the ground they have
lost In the business. Possession of the
country warehouse will enable them
to determine accurately the cost of
handling and storing wheat in the in
terior. But the Pacific Northwest is
so far from the markets to which the
wheat must be shipped that it will be
a very difficult matter to effect much
reform until the facilities for taking
care of the wheat from the time it
leaves the - farmer's wagon until it
reaches the consumer in Europe are
all in the hands of the farmers. The
exporters who charter the ships, sell
the cargoes and supply the money for
financing the crop are, of course. In a
position to handle the. business more
economically than It can be handled
by dividing the various stages of the
journey among two or three different
individuals or firms, each of which
will, of course, take something for the
service performed.
So long as the Pacific. Northwest is
dependent on Europe for a market,
and farmers are dissatisfied with the
present system of handling the grain,
they should not stop at so small a por
tion of the expense involved as coun
try warehousing of the grain, but
should place themselves on even terms
with the exporters with whom they
compete by securing also facilities for
shipping direct to 'the foreign con
sumer. Before incurring too much
expense in the construction of ware
houses and chartering of ships, how
ever, it might be well to note that not
a single exporter dependent for a live
lihood on buying arid selling wheat
and operating warehouses has been
able to stand the strain of the compe-
ti.tion of the past fifteen years. Of
those that took the place of the "fallen
timber," few, if any, have made as
much money out of the business as has
been made by the farmers whose crops
they have been warehousing and
financing.
The Pacific Northwest, with its large
number of rapid-flowing streams, is
probably in a better position than
other localities to meet the changed,
conditions which will come with the
treeless, coalless age. Recent "dis
patches from Spokane announced the
beginning of work on a big power
plant which will take 30,000 horse
power out of the Spokane River. This
power will be used for the disjrtbutlon
of heat, light and power oveajyji. large
area of country, and the cost will.be
smaller even than it would have been
when coal and wood were at the low
est prices. This plant, of course, is
only one of a large number that can
be found scattered, throughout Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho.
It is an awful thing that the Fora
ker negro delegations of the Southern
States threaten to do. If the National
convention at Chicago shall decide the
contests against them they will bolt
and let the Republican . party in the
Southern States go to the bow-wows
Since already the Republican party In
every Southern State Is about as negli
gible a factor in Republican politics
as Oregon has become, the threat may
not prove very terrifying.
Of 229 contests for seats in the Re
publican National Convention, eight
are from Ohio, one is from Pennsyl
vania, and four are from Arizona and
Alaska. That is, all but nine are from
states (or territories) that can give the
Republican party no electoral votes.
Our Statement No. 1 people, having
tied' themselves up so that they will
have to vote for Chamberlain in Janu
ary, may think it well to get their
hand in by voting for Bryan in No
vember.' That would be entirely log
ical, any way.
"The result of the Senatorial con
test," says the Corvallis Gazette, "sim
ply shows. what damage a big news
paper can do when it draws its glitter
ing blade and runs amuck in the ranks
of its friend." Wonder what big
newspaper that was? Its work seems
to have been unobserved during the
contest. But if some big newspaper
should really draw its mighty clay
more knd swing its fearful whinyard.
it might be worth while, from the Ga
zette's point of view, to be a looker-on.
Says a Eugene paper: "If you don't
believe that 'money talks,' just keep
your ear to the ground until the spell
binders get busy about that billion dol
lars handed out at this session of Con
gress and you'll be convinced."
Didn't Eugene get the Federal build
ing it wanted, the Federal building It
is to have? Well, it will get it. Mean
time there are several other parts of
the country "in" on this billion-dollar
appropriation.
Tom Watson, of Georgia, will be the
Populist candidate for the Presidency.
He will .be a mighty good man to vote
for. Oregon has virtually declared
for his principles; yet Oregon perhaps
doesn't yet know it. But "there's
pippins and. cheese to come."
We never shall have the full flower
and fruit of Statement No. 1 till Mr.
Gearln shall succeed Mr. Bourne.
The law to change the Constitution
of the United States, or rather to set
aside the Constitution of the United
States, in the matter of electing Sena
tors, carried in the election of last
Monday by a very large majority. It
would be courteous, at least, to inform
the Senate and the various depart
ments at Washington that the Consti
tution has been suspended in this par
ticular by the voters of the State of
Oregon.
"Seattle," says the amusing little Ar
gus, of that place, "tells the truth
about Portland at all times." The lat
est "truth" from that source was. the
pleasant and harmless and well-meant
invention about the importation of
roses from California to help out the
Rose Festival.
The Democrats of Arkansas kept
Jeff Davis at home, defeating him as
candidate for delegate to Denver. The
light is breaking in darkest Arkansas.
President Roosevelt wants the Re
publican National Convention to revise
the tariff "immediately after the in
auguration of a Republican Presi
dent." No promises can be made, or
kept, of course, on behalf of a Demo
cratic President.
The two new fish laws for the Co
lumbia River, if enforced, will protect
salmon by exterminating wheels at one
end of the river and gillnets at the
other. As each faction desires salmon
"protected," they will now have op
portunity to prove the sincerity of
their desire.
Senator Bourne will go to Europe.
There Is no need, however, of taking
alarm at the recall this early.
The Statement No. 1 legislators will
do a great deal for Chamberlain if
they shall elect him Senator. But
what, oh! what, can or will Cham
berlain do for them?
"They were In the habit of playfully
shooting at each other's feet in the
rear of the shop," says a Washtucna
dispatch conveying the news that Todd
Brockmann had been fatally shot, pre
sumably by Judd Mathews, at Iah
lotus, Wash. It is further stated that
both were "swinging their guns in a
rotary motion and it is not absolutely
certain which fired the fatal shot."
From these particulars it would seem
that the playful recreation indulged in
at Kahlotus was as harmless as shoot
ing firecrackers in a powder maga
zine. The San Francisco Police Commis
sioners have decided to place the lid
on some of the worst of the Barbary
Coast saloons. Robbery, shanghaing,
and murder have been prominent feat
ures of business in these saloons for a
long time, but the Barbary -Coasters
have until now used judgment in the
selection of their victims. The great
moral wave which Ms about to sweep
over the toughest portion of the tough
city was caused by some of the thugs
mistaking a policeman for a "come
on" and murdering him before they
discovered their error.
FREAKS OF OREGON POLITICS.
Bound to Have Republican Legislature,
But Democratic Senator.
Tacoma Ledger.
The Republicans of Oregon are in a
sorry plight with a decisive majority
In the Legislature pledge-bound to
send Governor George Chamberlain,
Democrat, to the United States Sen
ate. But why commiserate mem :
They made their bed and must expect
to lie in it. Candidates for the Leg
islature were not compelled to pledge
themselves to support whoever re
ceived , the highest popular vote for
United States Senator, regardless of
party. 'They could have pledged them
selves to support for Senator the can
didate of tholr party that received the
highest vote. It they had done the
latter, a Republican would have oeen
elected Senator, for the Legislature Is
strongly Republican.
In Washington members of the Leg
islature will be pledged to support the
candidate of their party receiving tho
highest vote at the! primaries in Sep
tember. If the Legislature is Republi
can, Washington will elect a Republi
can Senator. In Washington the choice
is conflned to party. There is no pop
ular choice in the Oregon sense. The
embarrassment of the Republicans in
Oregon arises from the attempt to an
ticipate a United States constitutional
amendment for the election of Sena
tors by popular vote.
The experimenters Of Oregon, In
their bent for novelties, were not sat
isfied until they upset another' prece
dent by sending to the United States
Senate a man of opposite politics from
the Legislature. It Is not believable
that the state lacks Republicans quite
as capable as Chamberlain, the Demo
crat, for United States Senator. Prob
ably the result would have been the
same whoever the Republicans nomi
nated. The experimenters were as cu
rious and as headstrong as children
to see the possibilities of their State
ment No. 1 invention.
Not Far to Socialism.
Estacada News.
It is a misnomer to apply the' word
"Republican" to any party In Oregon.
Down in Clatsop County, the home of
Senator Fulton, the latter was given
an overwhelming majority at the prU
maries. But the same people turn
Cake down heavily, and vote for Chamberlain.-
It is clear that personalities
predominate the politics of the state
as well as everything else. It is not
far to Socialism along this road.
Hoping: for a Better Day.
Gervals Star.
Statement No. 1 and democracy one
and the same. When the Grand Old
Party awakens from its organized dis
order and party principles are para
mount to spoils and office, then we
may be able to see and witness th
dawn of a better and a brighter day.
Long live the principles of the Repub
lican party. Down with factional dif
ferences, party spite and ruin.
Why Didn't Lane Do Better
Eugene Register.
The most ridiculous part of the
whole political embroglio,. however,
was the fact that the University was
compelled to depend upon counties
other ttian Lane for support on the
appropriation measure. We gave but
a stingy 1500 majority out of a total
voting strength of over 6000. In this
connection Multnomah County heroic
ally came forward with generous eup
port, which saved the measure from
total disgrace, if not oblivion.
Did the Voter Get Mixed T
- Ashland Tidings.
The result of the late Senatorial
election may have been due to an In
stance of mistaken Identity, or several
Instances rather, as the majority for
the Governor seems to be crawling
upwards. The fact of the matter Is,
he so closely resembles Mr. Cake, both
In portraiture and physique, that un
doubtedly many of the electors got
their votes mixed, being unable to dis
tinguish one candidate from another.
How They Look at It In Clatsop.
Astorlan.
Oregon's Democratic Governor should
be shrewd enough to know that the
Republicans, as such, in this state, will
make no more ado about casting that
pledge overboard than they have made
in any of the untoward and discon
certing things that have wrecked and
maligned the ijarty. and left it a by
word of reproach at home and abroad.
For Bryan Next. Perhaps.
Independence Enterprise.
Judging from the temper of the peo
ple of Oregon the prediction Is not an
unsafe one that Bryan will be the next
President. If sentiment Is allowed to
prevail, in other states as In Oregon
the results at this Fall's election may
be a Democratic victory. You can
count on Oregon to do the sentimental
thing.
How They Voted.
Cottage Grove Leader.
It begins to look like Senator Ful
ton's suspicions were well founded
when he said he was defeated at the
primaries by Democrats voting for
Cake, all of whom, however, would
vote , for Chamberlain at the June elec
tion. Great is Oregon's primary elec
tion law.
The Whimsical Voter.
Pendleton Tribune.
In some respects the American pub
lic is a puzzle, and the Australian bal
lot system serves to emphasize the rid
dle. It votes things up or down with
the most charming suavity and lofty
indifference and what are you going
to do f bout it?
Doean't Act Like a Republican State.
Bellingham (Wash.) Herald.
'Oregon may be Republican in poli
tics, but her antics in recent years do
not indicate it. If the state does not
settle down soon the political cyclone
center will be transferred from Okla
homa. ' 1
Mighty Good Suggestion.
Western Oregon Cottage Grove.
If the Democratic party wishes to be
successful In the election of President of
the United States it could not hit upon
a happier plan than that of nominating
George E. Chamberlain, and then leave
the outcome to Oregon Republicans.
How Much the Saloon Paya.
Prlneville Review.
What is to be gained by it? Simply
the good will of the total abstainer,
who has nothing to fear from the de
mon rum. What Is to be lost? The
Income from 14 saloons, or $7000 a
year.
A Voice From Clackamas. '
Oregon City Enterprise.
Now that we have the recall, let us
try It on George Chamberlain. Roose
velt Republican and United States Senator-elect
from Oregon.
Worse.
Baker City Herald.
There are some things worse than
voting for woman suffrage. Voting for
a Democrat for United States Senator,
for instance.
Boosting a "Best Fellow.'
Castle Rock (Wash.) Advocate.
Governor George E. Chamberlain is
one of the best fellows on earth, and
we are fain to congratulate him on his
success.
TAFT'S TRIBUTE TO GRANT.
No Impropriety in Taft's Reference to
Grant's Early Failure.
New Tork World.
In Secretary Taft's Memorial Day
address on General Grant, regarded as
a whole and with an eye to its intent,
there is little ground for the criticism
voiced by some of its veteran hearers.
The speaker referred plainly to cer
tain weakness of Grant in his early
manhood, to his drinking, to his res
ignation from the army under a cloud
in 1854, and to his subsequent ill-success
at farming and In business. No
honest estimate of Grant's career can
be made without taking these things
into consideration'. In Secretary Taft's
speech they were used Simply to em
phasize an eloquent tribute to the
Grant of later years; to accent the
wonders o selt-rehabllltatlon dis
played when emergency and duty called
the great soldier 10 the front and had
brought out his hitherto latent powers.
s a preparation for conquering the
enemies of the Union, Grant conquered
himself. In its way, this personal vic
tory was as striking as the military
triumphs of Vicksburg and Appomat
tox. There ls no record in the world
to match that of the soldier who be
came within a few short years General
of that very army which he had been
forced to leave, and the chief military
hero In what the German historian
Mommsen called "the mightiest strug
gle and most glorious victory as yet
reooraed In human annals.
To touch in proper spirit upon the
early failures of Grant is essential to
any Intelligent appreciation of his later
career.
At Portland. Vancouver and The
Dalles at tnat early day. Grant's weak
ness was known to everybody. His
triumph over it is not only worth tell
ing, for it redounds to honor, but is
worth knowing to all his countrymen
of every successive generation.
MR. TAFT AND TARIFF REVISION,
Where He Stands on the One Great
Question of (he Hour.
Chicago Tribune.
Political wisdom whether viewed in
short perspective as party expediency
or in the long view which looks singly
to the Nation's welfare demands from
the Republican party an unambiguous
utterance upon tariff revision.
The platform of the Republican par
ty in the State of. Ohio contains a
plank calling for a revision of the
tariff at the next session of Congress.
That plank has the indorsement and
was without doubt the expression of
William H. Taft, who in all human
probability will be chosen to lead the
Republican party to victory in Novem
ber. It is as follows:
A revision of the tariff by a special ses
sion of the next Congress. Insuring- the
maintenance of the true principle of protec
tion by Imposing sucn customs duties as
will eaual the difference between the cost
of production at home and abroad, together
with a reasonable profit, to the end that,
without excessive duties. American manu
facturers, farmers, producers, and wage
earners may. have adequate protection.
This plank belongs in the platform
of the National Republican party. The
nomination of Secretary Taft, virtually
assured, does not insure Its Inclusion,
but considerations of the highest im
portance should do so.
The Basis of Prosperity. ,
Charles F. Speare, in Review of Reviews.
The Nation's prosperity really rests on
farm products.' So Ibng as these reach
up to the value of former years approxi
mately $7,500,000,01) In 1907 this must con
tinue to be so. There has probably never
been a time in this generation when such
splendid general crop prospects existed
as at the beginning of May. and which
have continued up to the middle of the
month. The empty cars of today will
all be enlisted to move the wheat, corn,
oats and cotton now seeded. One strong
impression on the tsaveler In the trans
Mississippi country Is the utilization of
the waste places of past years. The un
sightly desert of today is the blossoming
orchard of tomorrow, and the irrigation
ditch the advance agent of prosperity in
manifold forms. Some of the results of
Irrigation in. Texas, which promises to
rival Louisiana as a rice-producing state,
and in Colorado, where land newly
watered commands from $500 to $1000 an
acre, and that in bearing orchards from
$3000 to $1000 an acre, are marvelous to
behold. Western Texas, cleared of
mesqulte and cultivated for cotton, has
witnessed an increase in her annual rain
fall of nearly ten inches. The change
of climate in the new portion of the
country Is a study by itself. Mature
adapts herself to new conditions and
helps those who help themselves.
They Were Twins,
Cleveland Leader.
While President Roosevelt was hold
ing an open-air reception at Syracuse,
a tall negro pushed his way forward
through the crowd and eagerly grasped
his hand. "Yo' 'n me wah bo'n on the
same day, Mlstah Roosevelt" the darky
enthusiastically said, his shining face
almost cleft from ear to ear by a grin.
"Delignted, indeed, to hear it!"
warmly responded the President, taking
a fresh grip on the black hand and
laughing heartily. "So you and I were
born on the same day? Well, well!"
"Yo' am fo'tyseven yeahs old, suh?"
"1 am," was the quick answer.
"An yo' war bo'n on Octobah 17
1858!"
"Yes."
"Ya-as, suh," then exclaimed the
darky, shaking all over with rapture;
"ya-as, suh, Mr. Roosevelt, yo' an' me
is bote twins!"
Good Story; but Neither True Nor Fair.
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
Ezra Meeker was at Atchison recent
ly, and the papers there are full of
him. Many people suppose that Ezra
travels In his covered wagon, driving
his oxen, but he does nothing of the
kind, and this is why a good many
Kansas newspapers which UHed to
speak admiringly -of him are tired of
the sound of his name. He . travels
from town to town by railway, and
has a hired man who navigates the
prairie schooner. Ezra does the pos
ing and talking and passes the hat
while the hired man and the tired old'
bulls pound the pike.
A FEW SQUIBS.
"It Is easier to be good than great." re
marked the moralizer. "Yes," rejoined the
demoralizer: "One has less opposition."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"How's your machine going?" "Tell you
better later." replied the reformed auto
mobillst. "It's to be sold at auction to
morrow." Philadelphia Ledger.
The widow (at her washtub. to suitor)
"Is yo' sho' yo" luhs me?" Sammy "Co'se
I's sho'." The widow (suspiciously) "Yo'
ain't los' yo'r Job, is yo' ?" Judge.
In a cemetery at Mlddlebury. vt.. Is a
stone, erected by a widow to her loving
husband, bearing this inscription: "Rest in
peace until we meet again." Argonaut.
Him fat the concert) "Don't you think
MIm Howella takes great pains with her
singing?" Her " 'Gives.' I think, would be
a more appropriate word than 'takes.' "
Chicago Dally News.
"I wonder." exclaimed the wrathy woman
witness, "that the lawyer on the other side
can lie easy in his bed!" "Ho can, prob
ably," replied her husband, "but he pre
fers to do it In court." Baltimore Amer
ican. "I've gotten a great deal of pleasure
from anticipating the trip." "More, possibly,
than you'll get from tho trip itself."
"That's what I think. So I've decided to
stay at home and save' the money." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
"We put that motto back on the coins,
anyhowv" said the Congressman. "Yes," an
swered the constituent, "and In view of
what you fellows have accomplished during
this session that motto affords us our only
consolation." Cbloago (Tribute.
WE SHOULD RAISE THE MAINE.
Let the World Know How the Battle
ship Was Blown Up.
From the Independent.
We have "remembered the 'Maine'"
long enough: it is time to disremember
it, if we cannot raise and restore it.
It has been too long a menace and
an insult. It has been all these ten
years a danger to navigation and a
bitter charge of bad . faith against
Spain. It has been more than that,
a proclamation of cowardice, that we
did not dare to test the truth of tho
charge of bad faith that we made.
against a country with which we are
at peace.
AVhen the Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor, it was the general be
lief that some Spaniard miscreants,
presumably military men. had planted
a mine under It and destroyed with it
the lives of 254 men. "Remember the
Maine" was the angry cry; ami while
it did not cause the war with Spain
for that was inevitable it did hasten
it. Spain would not have yielded, nor
would we. Spain had no fear of the
result of war. nor had we. Hut the
blowing up of the Maine unified our
people and hastened the result. Thu
war followed quick, and quickly was
the Spanish fleet 6wept off the seas,
and the United States made sure haste
to divest Spain of all her colonies. It
was a good thing for Spain: whether
It was also a good thing for the United
States has been a question with many.
It was certainly a good thing for Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The hulk of the Maine remained in
the entrance of the harbor of Havana,
visible to all. Congress appropriated
$200,000 to raise and remove it, but
the money was not expended. Why
not?
We fear the reason was a lurking
suspicion that we were in error when
we charged her destruction on Span
ish malice. Since then several vessels
belonging to different navies have been
blown up by spontaneous explosion of
the new powder. After, awhile It do
composes, with heat, and explodes.
Many believe, and some of our own
officers, that the destruction of the
Maine was an accident for which no
fcpanfard was In the least to blame. It
looks very much as if some people
were unwilling that the truth should
be settled beyond doubt. It seems as
if some would prefer that the accusa
tion should stand, and continue to
stand, whether Justified or not.
But that Is cowardly. We have now
no Ill-will against Spain; she Is a
friendly country. We are at peace with
her, and we ought to wish her well.
Further than , that, if we have, per
chance, done her wrong these ten
years we ought to know and own it.
That we should delay and still refuse
Is neither decent nor brave. Wo can
afford to know and admit the truth.
It is a great wrong to hold a long
grudge against a Nation, and that for
no evil done by the Nation itself, but
at worst by some of its hothead citi
zens. It is an even worse wrong to
maintain that grudge when it may be
that . no offense whatever had bern
committed. Raise the wreck and for
get the Maine.
NOW FOR THE IMPERIAL MANDATE
How Can a Leglslnlor Avoid Voting for
Cham berlain t
PORTLAND, June 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Why this anxiety to find out
what the newly-electod legislators will
do about. the election of United States
Senator?
Have we not the imperative mandate
adopted by the people at the election
last Monday? It will be the law of tl'.o
state as soon as proclamation thereof
shall be made, and doubtless the Gov
ernor will see to it that the necessary
proclamation shall be foriheoming at
the earliest possible moment. Then
woe betide the benighted anti-Statement
man who shall fail to heed the
voice.
It is true that the mandate aforesaid
is against the Constitution of the
United States, which says that the. Leg
islature, not the people at the polls,
but through their representatives,
shall elect their I'nited States Senators.
It is true that it is out of harmony
with what is left of the old constitu
tion of Oregon, which says that "all
elections shall be free and equal." True,
that it provides no penalty with which
to whip recalcitrant legislators who
disobey Its voice, and that it is an at
tempt of the Legislature of Oregon,
acting by way of the polls, to bind a
subsequent Legislature acting in its
representative capacity through forma
known to the state since its earliest
organization.
But what of these minor matters?
What is the Constitution of the United
States, anyway, but the thought of
some effete Easterners, who lived somo
hundred years or so ago, and never
dreamed that there should arise a great
state in the far-distant West, and that
that state should be endowed with such
a plentiful fountain of wisdom, as the
People's Power League of Oregon.
What is the Oregon constitution but a
relic of the days when unlearned and,
hrnorant men lived among the Indian3
of the Pacific Coast?
These be new days, new thoughts,
new ways of doing things, so far ahead
of the utmost wisdom of past experi
ence as not to be thought of in the
same day. Let us go on to the new
until we reach that glorious time when
each man shall be a law unto himself,
and each shall do that which Is right
in his own eyes.
J. W. CAMPBELL
Favors An Electric Lamp Parade.
PORTLAND, June 7. (To the Edi
tor.) As a recent arrival to this fair
city, I believe Portland Is to be con
gratulated for its splendid Rose Festi
val. The two evening parades were
well conceived and executed.
Kansas City has been holding such
parades during the first week In Oc
tober for 20 years, and several years
floats there have been mounted on
wagons, but since 1899 streetcar
trucks have been used Instead. The
street railway company donates the
use of the car trucks and power for
transportation and lighting. This en
ables the parade to travel swifter and
smoother, and gives a thousandfold
greater scope for design. These elec
tric' parades light up the sky in a mar
velous blaze of color.
Some of the floats contain thousands
of bulbs. If Portland should hold one
electric parade it "would never aeain
be satisfied with a wagon parade with
torch light Illumination. By using the
carlines, both sides of the river could
be served. I hope this suggestion will
be considered, for Portland deserves
the best of everything.
J. E. ARXETT.
Gone Into the Tyranny Business.
Weston Leader.
"Proportional representation" and
the "corrupt practices bill," two ex
perimental and superfluous laws, have
spparently been enacted under the Ini
tiative and referendum. Most people
don't know yet what these mean, but
they'll find out, especially when the
law "prohibits attempts on election day
to persuade any voter to vote for or
against any candidate or candidates or
any measure submitted to the people."
The Common People of Oregon have
gone into the tyranny business and
have become their own slaves.
Parson Johnson at the Baseball Game.
Portland Advocate (Colored).
While the members of the Mount
Olivet Baptist Church are working and
slaving day and night, trying to pay
off the indebtedness of their church,
we wonder if they know that their
pastor. Rev. B. B. B. Johnson, was in
the habit of perching himself upon
the bleachers at the baseball game and
yelling just like a dead-game sport?