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PORTLAND, THURSDAY. JUXE 11, 1908.
A SUtlARED PILL.
Discriminating readers must be
"awfully amused" by the platform
adopted by the Democratic convention
of Oregon. It forgets all the time
honored principles; it knows nothing
of Jefferson; it isn't afraid of central
ization; it doesn't allude to the perils
of imperialism; It completely over
looks the infamies of protective tariff.
It only affirms initiative and referen
dum, with primary law and Holy
Statement; together with a few other
things on which men may "speak
wide," because they have no real
knowledge of what they are talking
about. It Is all "awfully amusing,"
and we know the reason why. Our
George' is not yet elected; and the
Democratic Magi and hierarchs must
not offend the halfbreed Republicans,
who have been caught in the trap, yet
are the sole dependence for the elec
tion of the Democratic Senator.
Hence the Democratic party conven
tion has made a platform which di
vorces the party from its historic prin
ciples. AH that the party has -contended
for heretofore, all that it re
ceived from Jefferson, all its fear of
centralization, its devotion to the
rights and sovereignty of states, its de
testation of protective or sumptuary
laws all goes to the ash heap. The
platform starts the party anew on a
bunch of doctrines said to be "fit for
adoption by an intelligent and en
lightened . people." The platform is
short; it is "thin and meager as an
ague fit," and it dwells only on topics
that have captivated mongrel Repub
licans, who have given the Democratic
party of Oregon its great victory. It
wouldn't do to assert the time-honored
principles of the Democratic party; It
wouldn't do to fulminate against im
perialism, because that would mean
abandonment of the Philippine Islands
and relinquishment of the expectation
of commercial and naval development
In the Pacific and promotion of the
interests of our Pacific States. It
wouldn't do to exclaim against the
robbery of protective tariff, because it
might offend these halfbreed Repub
lican allies. So the platform was con
fined to those "principles" which it is
believed, at least asserted, were af
firmed and established by the recent
election in Oregon. The platform
doesn't even denounce Hermann and
the land thieves a strange omission
but then we reflect that it may proceed
from natural and proper sympathy for
leading Democrats from Umatilla and
elsewhere, now getting into trouble.
The platform, however, approves the
splendid results of the Initiative and
referendum, and of the bunco "State
ment" In the primary law, through
which "we have secured the election
of a United States Senator by a direct
vote of the people." It is an achieve
ment for "our party," Indeed.
But what would be the result if the
Democratic party at Denver should
declare In Its platform for these new
"high principles"? Mr. Bryan has
committed himself, as our Democratic
platform does, to initiative and referr
endum, to guarantee of bank deposits
by National and state governments,
and to -compulsory reduction of rail
way rates, pending inquiry into their
reasonableness. Will the party be
courageous enough to write these de
mands in its National platform? The
question was "put up" the other day
to Senator Rayner, of Maryland, one
of the ablest and most brilliant men
of the Democratic party. He thus
made answer:
My own deliberate Judgment is that when
we embody these doctrines In the Demo
cratic platform the next step that It will
be necessary to take will be to change the
name of the party and revive the name of
"Federalist" or take some other title suit
able to the occasion; and then, after we
have done this, the final step will be, with
our leaders in the van. in solemn procession
to accompany the remains of Democracy
to their resting place, and when we are
engaged in performing the last sad rites
and obsequlea, and are commemorating her
departed virtues, do npt let us forget to
recount the tragic manner of her death, so
that posterity shall know that' in the hour
of her brightest hopes and most alluring
prospects, determined to end her great his
toric career, she threw herself upon the
poisoned weapon of Federal centralization
and died of a self-inflicted wound.
There you have an Eastern opinion,
of high authority, on the Democratic
platform of Oregon. On such plat
form Bryan would probably carry Ore
gon, for the state has "gone bug
house," as the fitting slang goes; but
there are states east of the Mississippi
River which mightn't perhaps
wouldn't take so kindly to It; and it
is our misfortune that those states
have electoral power enough to give
us trouble, and even to put our re
forms In doubt. Their electoral power,
indeed, is In Inverse ratio Judged by
the Oregon standard to their com
mon sense and patriotism. Maryland,
however, isn't much of a state, but we
think it Is bigger at present than Ore
gon; though there are many In Ore
gon who believe this state the greatest
in the Union. Brother U'Ren Is the
leader of these forces.
Further, In the effort to avoid con
troversy with their half-baked Repub
lican allies, by vague allegation ' of
matters upon which none of the par
ties have accurate knowledge, this
stuff Is put Into the platform, viz:
Resolved. That the Democratic party
pledges Itself to reform the existing abuses
and extravagances In the postal service,
andxtbat hereafter the United States shall
pay no more for the transportation of malls
than express companies pay for the trans
portation of express matter of similar
weight and character; and that no pay
ment as annual rental for a cat used in
the postal service shall be made. And we
denounce the present payment of $44oO per
car for annual rent, as a graft, pure and
simple, and that the same money might be
more Justly used to advance the pay of
the underpaid and overworked lettercarriera.
This Is deemed good enough to take
place of the roar about time-honored
principles, the sacred cause of silver,
the Infamy of protection and freedom
for the Philippines, and other various
stock phrases of former platforms.
It will not do to alarm the new con
verts, for Our George Isn't elected yet.
Keep back, don't crowd, mourners.
But in fact the writers of this reso
lution knew nothing of the subject
they were dealing with. They have
no accurate information about the cost
of transportation of the malls, but are
pumping wind. Under direction of
President Roosevelt for years this
subject has been dealt with; and
Roosevelt is not the man to allow
swindling to go on without check. The
cost has been reduced, not perhaps
yet to the lowest practical limit; for
everything must depend on progressive
experience.. Can It be supposed the
makers of this platform know how
much it is actually worth to furnish
and equip a mall car and haul It for a
year? They know as little about It as
they know of Kepler's laws of plane
tary motion.-
But they were under the necessity
of avoiding statements and declara
tions that would give offense to the
hybrid Republicans who have Joined
them. After a while these people,
now sensitive, will be able to take
stronger medicine.
NO MONOPOLY ON WATERWAYS.
The advantages of water transpor
tation, either lake, river or ocean, are
so clearly outlined, wherever such
transportation is available, that It
seems strange to note any questioning
of such advantages. The almost
unanimous vote by which Congress
approved the measures for the devel
opment of the inland waterways of the
country, of course, reflects the general
public sentiment on the matter, and
there will be unquestionably great
progress made in the near future In
opening up these competitive high
ways. Amidst this almost universal
approval of waterway improvement
appears a mild "knock" from the
United States Investor, an excellent
authority in its special line, but ap
parently very poorly informed regard
ing water transportation. As evidence
of its misunderstanding of the topic,
the Investor says: ,
But how much prospect Is there that mo
nopolies will not come and come to stay
upon the inland waterways, even after the
Government has made them wide open to
traffic? The oceans which bound this coun
try are as free as any river can be made.
Highly profitable coasting trad, between the
cities upon the seaboard of this country is
handled by steamboats and the industry has
reahced great importance. Yet one can
count on the fingers of a single hand the
routes upon either the Atlantic or the Pa
cific where actual competition between lines
of 'steamers exists.
A transportation monopoly on
either river, lake or ocean is an impos
sibility for the reason that they are
open to all comers, and an Insignificant
Investment will admit of any one who
so desires entering the business. On
the river the batteau, flatboat, or even
the raft, can be pressed into service
whenever an attempted monopoly
charges more than the traffic will
bear. On the lake a very ordinary
low-priced schooner or cheap tug and
barge can compete for business on
even terms with the big vessels of the
greatest monopoly that could be at
tempted. On all oceans, wherever the
tides ebb and flow, the independent
tramp steamer will be found acting as
an automatic freight-regulating, monopoly-destroying
agency for facili
tating the economical movement of
the world's commerce. The waterways
of the world today afford a particu
larly bright and shining example of
the immutable workings of the law of
supply and demand. The power of
that law is so great that freight is now
being carried 5000 miles across the
Pacific, at tl per ton, and big ocean
freighters are steaming and sailing
away from our shores in ballast after
fruitless offers to carry freight at the
bare cost of handling it.
Coastwise, the same conditions pre
vail. But little more than a year ago,
the freight on lumber-from Portland
to California ports was $9 and $10 per
thousand, not by reason of a monop
oly, but because there was more
freight than carriers. Today tonnage
goes begging at $4 per thousand and
lower, not because of a monop
oly, but because there Is more ton
nage than there is freight. These con
ditions are not new or unusual. They
have been in evidence since navigation
of the waterways' of the country first
began. The man with money enough
to buy a locomotive and a few cars
cannot operate them on Mr. Harrl
man's railroad ofct of Portland in com
petition with Mr. Harriman's trains.
He can, however. Invest his capital in
a steamboat, coasting steamer or
trans-Pacific liner, and use. free of
cost, exactly the same highway that is
used by Mr. Harriman's river steamer,
coaster or trans-Paclflc liner. Mo-
nopoly under such conditions is an
impossibility, and the conditions will
never change, for the waterways of
the country were made by a power
that is greater even than the trusts.
big WHEAT CROP COMING.
The railroad, manufacturing and
jobbing interests of the United States
are Just at this time fully as much,
concerned in the grain crop of the
country as they are In the unusual
political situation. The wheat market
seems affected by their concern and is
acting in a very nervous and excited
manner. In the Chicago market yes
terday there was a range of more than
2 cents per bushel, and the close Was
weak at the lowest figures reached for
several weelfs. Fortunately for all
concerned, except possibly the farmer,
who is always favored with good
crops when prices are-high, the weak
ening influence in the market yerter
day was the continued bright pros
pects for a good crop. The crop in
Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri, In
diana and Illinois, the big Winter
wheat states' of the country, has near
ly reached maturity In fine condition,
and covers a much larger acreage than
last year.
The recent declines In the Chicago
market, as stated, have been largely
due to the bright prospects for a big
crop, but unless the Government was
very much at fault in its estimate of
last year's crop, it is questionable
whether very low prices are warranted
even with a big crop in sight. The
exports from this country to June 1
were 43,000,000 bushels more than for
the corresponding period in 1906-7,
when the crop was supposed to be
more than 100,000,000 bushels greater
than that of last year. The American
visible has been decreasing at such a
rate that on Monday it was 28,000,000
bushels smaller than on the same date
last year. These figures would Indi
cate that stocks in this country have
been cleaned up much more thorough
ly than usual, and that before new-'
crop wheat begins moving freely there
is a possibility for a decided scarcity
of old-crop wheat.
Ignoring our American bullish sta
tistical position, however, and the for
eign situation certainly does not war
rant much, if any, weakness in the
market. In India the latest estimates
of the Liverpool Corn Trade News
place the shortage in the 1908 crop
as compared with its predecessor at
65,000,000 bushels. In France weather
conditions have been very unfavorable,
and, while there. Is a posj'.bility that
the amount produced will be sufficient
for home consumption, it is now re
garded as a certainty that there will
be nothing to spare for export.
Drought threatens the southern part
of Russia and the Roumanian crop is
already damaged to the extent of 25
per cent. Germany alone of the prom
inent European countries reports a
favorable outlook, but even that coun
try Is going into the new crop with
empty bins, and under such circum
stances can hardly prove a bearish In
fluence on the market. With due rec
ognition of world-wide conditions, it is
not at all Improbable that the United
States may have the gratification of
harvesting a big crop and selling it at
big prices, or at least at something
better than low prices.
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.
It now devolves on the lawmakers
of Oregon to devise an election system
which will secure to minority parties
representation in the Leglsature. It
is safe to say that not one voter in a
hundred could tell, if asked to do so,
Just how the theory of proportional
representation can be worked out In
practice. Quite likely there are not
ten men elected to seats in the next
Legislature who .could answer the
question definitely and specifically.
Tet a majority of the people have
voted for the amendment declaring for
the proportional representation princi
ple, and presumably we are now to
have that principle put into practical
operation. Failure rn the part of the
Legislature to enact a proportional
representation law would undoubtedly
result In submission of one or more
acts of that kind under the initiative
at the next election. Since measures
proposed under the initiative are not
subject to amendment after they have
been proposed, it Is far better that the
.details of the act be determined In a
deliberative body, where imperfections
may be eliminated.
Members-elect of the Legislature
should not delay consideration of this
subject until the session begins. After
they arrive at Salem the time and at
tention of the Senators and Repre
sentatives are occupied with so many
questions that it is difficult to give to
any one, if important, that ; careful
consideration which is necessary if In
telligent action is to be taken. Pro
portional representation is a large sub
ject, requiring consideration of the
relative merits of many schemes by
which the desired result may be ap
proximately attained. Careful reading
and thought are essential. At Eugene,
about ten days ago, the Lebanon and
Astoria High Schools debated the sub
ject of proportional representation,
the discussion being for the purpose of
determining the high school debating
championship of the state. In con
nection with the debate. Professor E.
E. DeCou, of Eugene, secretary of the
league, issued a pamphlet containing,
among other things, a list of boojts,
pamphlets and magazine articles bear
ing on the subject. If members of
the Legislature will secure this list and
provide themselves with some of the
literature therein mentioned, they will
be able to Inform themselves upon
both the principles and details of pro
portional representation.
In enactment of laws In accordance
with the new amendment, several im
portant objects should be kept in
mind. There should be as little devi
ation as possible from the existing
method of marking ballots. The sys
tem adopted should be simple enough
to be readily understood by all the vot
ers. The new system should be such
as to tend to election of the best men
in all parties. Some of the plans pro
posed require a different method of
voting and would take time to learn.
Others assure election of the candi
dates nominated by each party, thus
making a nomination equal to an elec
tion. ' If possible, a system of propor
tional representation should be adopt
ed which will secure nomination of a
full set of candidates by each party
and election of the strongest men on
each ticket in accordance with the
number of members to which each
party is entitled.
Two Heppner hoodlums forced an
entrance to a Chinese house, . and,
meeting resistance from the Oriental
proprietor, beat him over the head, in
flicting wounds which will probably
prove fatal. Up to a certain point
there is a striking resemblance in this
Incident to one which occurred at For
est Grove a few days earlier. The
participants In the Forest Grove affair,
as at Heppner, were two hoodlums
and an innocent Chinaman. But at
Forest Grove the Chinaman did not
wait to be beaten and perhaps killed.
He fired on his assailants, inflicting
wounds from which one of them has
since died. If courts and juries are
alike at Heppner and Forest Grove, it
will be interesting to vote whV-h of
these Chinamen pursued the proper
course.
The President has reappointed the
members of the Inland Waterway
Commlssion, with the exception of
General Mackenzie, and it is his Inten
tion that there shall be no lagging of
Interest In one of the most important
subjects before the people today. The
work of the board for the past year
has of necessity been largely of a pre
liminary nature, and, as there are so
many localities interested, it has not
been easy to determine those where
the work should begin. The commis
sion, however, is In a much better po
sition to make reasonable recommen
dations for improvements than the
average Congressional committee
which in the past has too frequently
turned down projects of real merit
and awarded liberal appropriations for
worthless streams. There will be no
"pork barrel" 'In the generally accept
ed sense of the term so long as the
present commission is In service.
The Oregonian has advised no State
ment No. 1 Republican to break his
pledge. On the -contrary. It has as
sumed from the first that none of
them would do so. But It hs had
something to say about "the bunco
game," and has "ironized" a little
about it as an old resident of Yam
hill used to say. A so-called Repub
lican paper of Jackson County now
says:
If The Oregonian does not cease Its silly
clamor and Senator Fulton and other Re
publican chieftains do not quit advising leg
islators to break their written pledges to the
people, there will be other Democrats elect
ed in Oregon.
Why, certainly; elect all the Demo
crats you please. If all the officials
In the state shall be Democrats, The
Oregonian will not worry. But it will
try to keep on saying things and ex
posing bunco games and humbugs.
Following up the disclosure of the
donation of $25,000 by Thomas F.
Ryan, New York, for support of
William J. Bryan for the Presidency,
Dr. George L. Miller, of Nebraska, in
an open letter, asserts that Marcus
Daly, of Montana, the "Silver King,"
sent to Nebraska, ostensibly for the
election of Bryan as Senator, $75,000,
which sum was "used" in a futile ef
fort to secure a Bryan Legislature in
that state. Dr. Miller has long beerf
one of the most widely known Demo
crats in the United States. For many
years he published the Omaha Herald.
But he has not been a supporter of
Bryan.
The new Union Pacific bond issue,
which was placed on sale in London
Tuesday sold at a premium. This Is
a most encouraging sign for improved
conditions in the money market.
When Mr. Harriman's quarrel with
President Roosevelt over a campaign
subscription precipitated the general
onslaught on railroad properties, the
Harriman issues were hammered
harder than any others by the foreign
Investors. Now that Mr. Harriman
has re-established himself In favor
with the foreigners, It will be com
paratively easy for other lines to se
cure funds.
Japanese pacification of Corea con
tinues. Between June 3 and June 7
the Mikado's troops killed 113 and
imprisoned 28 Coreans, who objected
to Japanese methods of government.
By taking into consideration the num
ber of Coreans who have withstood
the blandishments of Japanese peace
methods and of hara-kiri, it can be de
termined with mathematical accuracy
when peace will reign In Corea. The
cemeteries may be somewhat crowded
before the end is accomplished, but
peace 1 in Corea is a certainty If Jap
anese arms and ammunition hold out.
The Baltimore News, aommenting
on Oregon. Bays: "Given a Demo
cratic Legislature In Maryland, a Re
publican candidate for the. Senate no
matter what his majority in the popu
lar vote would run as much chance
of getting the honor as a snowball
would have of coming intact out of the
hottest place the imagination can pic
ture. We call it electing Senators by
direct vote,' but that Is merely a
euphemism." It wouldn't work in
that back-action manner in Oregon,
either. The Democratic party never
will be buncoed by it.
Of course now it would be lots of
fun if the recall should be Invoked on
every so-called Republican member of
the Legislature who has taken State
ment No. 1. It would be just the
thing to bring matters to a'head. We
should like, moreover, to see the full
fruit of this business. There would
be no difficulty In obtaining the neces
sary names for the recall. Besides,
there Is nothing the American citizen
takes so much interest in as the next
election.
Dr. Ci E. Cline writes with good
sense on the saying "Don't Worry."
But he shows that men who don't
worry will do mighty little. Discon
tent, another term for worry, Is what
pushes men on. Men who are con
tent will not exert themselves much.
A great thinker says "Discontent Is
Immortality" a very striking way of
putting It. It is a manifestation of a
purpose and spirit in man that may
outlast his life.
Voters of Oregon are again to be re
minded that they have nothing to say
about election of President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House in
the Legislature. But reforms are easy
in Oregon.
Mayor Lane vetoes "Claude" and
"Em.ilia," as names of streets. On the
whole it is well. But there are many
who would prefer these names to
"Harry" and "Belle."
After all, there is a kind of sympa
thy for the poor Statement No. 1 Re
publicans, who are caught like rats In
a trap.
IN"
SPECIALIZING
Mr. Wilbur Indorses Grange Plan of
Conducting State Schools.
THB DALLES. Or., June 10. (To the
Editor.) I see that Pomona Grange, of
Linn County, is agitating the question of
one Board of Governors for the Oregon
Agricultural College and the University
of Oregon, in order that studies may not
be duplicated In the two institutions. I
heartily agree with their plan and think
each institution sliotild stay In its special
limits. Why should nn agricultural
school teach tjntln, German, electrical
englneertns, etc? What use can a farmer
make of such stuff, and as the. agricul
tural college is for the. farmer, let it
teach only 3uch things as the farmer ac
tually needs, and surely no one will con
tend that the farmer needs Latin, eco
nomics, German, etc,
If the O. A. C, will limit itself te such
things only, and then taiaa its standard,
admitting only those who have finished the
high-school course, then there would bo
enough money to hutld another agrinul
tural college in Eastern Oregon, which is
surely entitled to something' more than
one Normal School, The Normal School
at Ashland should be- retained, the one at
Monmouth supported, and one in Eastern
Oregon should be enlarged, No appro
priation should be giwn to O, A, C un
til Corvallis has established a four years'
high-school course. Other towns are
taxed to support a high school, and why
should not Corvallis have one? Let the
Pomona Grange take up these things for
consideration, that is: First The abo
lition of all studies at the O, A, C, that
are not necessary for a strictly agri
cultural (farmer) school, and this will
do much toward doing away with dupli
cation of courses at the U, of O. and the
O. A. C.
Second The raising ef the standard
at the O, A, G, so that only high-achool
graduates can be admitted, Third The
forcing of Corvallis to educate its own
high school children instead of foisting
tliem on the state through the O, A, C,
Now, if Pomona Qraags will lake this
up, I am sure U will meet with hearty
favor all over Eastern Oregon, We will
help: farmers, merchants, meRhttnice,
everybody, Just set the thing going and
it will sweep everything before it,
ROBEHT L. WILBUR,
GEARIX NOT A XOX-PARTISAN
Ex-Senator Says He Is a Democrat,
Without Qualifying Prefix.
PORTLAND, June 10. (To the Editor.)
I note in this morning's Oregonian, un
der the heading, "Is a Non-Partisan,"
this statement:
"It developed during the noon recess of
the Democratic convention that ex-Senator
J. M. Gearin, who had' been sug
gested as one of the delegates-at-large,
had contracted the non-partisan habit of
Governor Chamberlain and would not per
mit his name to be considered by the
convention, either as a delegate to the
Democratic convention or as one of the
Presidential electors."
While I understand, of course, that no
body cares anything about this except
myself, yet, as I do care, I would thank
you to correct it. I am not a "non-partisan"
and have not "contracted the non
partisan habit of Governor Chamberlain."
or of anybody else. I am a Democrat,
without any qualifying prefix Just plain,
old-fashioned Democrat. I do not know
that you shall be called on to speak of
my politics at any time, but if you are,
just , say I am a Democrat. Or, if you
are in a violent and particularly devlish
mood, say I am a Republican, and I will
not complain. But 'whatever your mood
or temper, don't, for God's sake, don't
call me a "non-partisan."
JOHN M. GEARIN.
Ai& Society Meeting.
The regular, monthly meeting of the
board of trustees of the Boys ' and Girls'
Aid Society was held yesterday afternoon
In the chambers of Judge Gilbert. There
wereprsent: Judge Williams, Judge Wol
verton. Dr. T. L. Eliot, Mrs. Levi White,
Mrs. H. H. Northup and Superintendent
Gardner. This being the first meeting of
the board of directors for the fiscal year,
the following officers were unanimously
elected: President. Hon. George H. Wil
liams; secretary, ,F. E. Beach; treasurer,
J. C. Ainsworth. The president then ap
pointed W. T. Gardner to act as assistant
secretary, and named the following
standing committees: Executive Dr. T.
L. Eliot, chairman; Judge W. B. Gilbert
and Mrs. Levi White. Finance J. C.
Ainsworth, chairman; F. E. Beach and
Robert S. Farrell. The report of the
superintendent for May was then read,
showing that 52 children were In the
home May 1, and 28 were received during
the month, making a total of 80. During
the month 23 children were sent away,
leaving 57 In the home June 1.
Mechanics' Lien Not Valid.
Judge Gantenbein. in the Circuit Court.
aecmea yesteraay morning uiai wiicic
contractors do extra work outside their
contracts, mechanics' liens filed within
30 days after the completion of this work
are not valid. The case at issue wa that
of Fox & Co. against A. J. Authers,
Phillippe Chaperon and Anna Chaperon.
Chaperon let a contract to Authers to
build a house in Sunnyside. Authers
sublet that portion of the plumbing to
Fox & Co. The work was finished May
31. 1907. Extra plumbing work was sub
sequently done, being completed October
18, 1I07. Judge Gantenbein held that a
mechanic's lien filed within 30 days after
October 18 was Invalid. The Judge said
that there Is a distinction between omis
sions from the original contract and ex
tras or repairs. In the case at Issue, he
said, extra work was done. He said Mrs.
Chaperon should not have been made a
party to the suit.
Sues Partners for Accounting.
Richard Lynch, recently acquitted of
horse-stealing, is again In the Circuit
Court. This time it is a civil suit which
has been brought against him, M. L.
Lynch being also made a defendant. The
plaintiff Is S. F. White, who went Into
partnership with the two men January 1,
1907. as the O. K. Wood & Coal Company.
They immediately started in business, but
White says he does not know how much
money was made, as the two partners
refused to permit an examination of the
books. They conducted a wood camp
near Holbrook. The present complaint
says that they are now bankrupt, and
could not pay damages if the Court should
render Judgment against them. White
ays that the wood-saw. horses, stock
of fuel on hand and bills receivable are
worth at least $2000. He says that1 they
be required to make an accounting, that
a receiver De appointed, and that they
be enjoined from disposing of the
property.
Statement From Allan B. Joy.
PORTLAND, June 10. (To the Editor.)
In reply to an article in Tuesday's is
sue of your paper referring to a com
plaint of trespass In regard to my side
walk, kindly allow me In Justice to my
friends and my family to state that the
sidewalk in question has been In the con
tinuous use and possession of myself and
my grantors for the past seventeen (17)
years and the absurdity of the charge of
trespass was so evident that the complaint
was Immediately withdrawn and the case
dismissed by the City Attorney without
prosecution. ALLAN R. JOY.
Child's Play Ends In Death.
NEW YORK,, June 10. Bouncing on a
sofa beside an open window, 4-year-old
Willie Willsic, living with his parents In
East 160th street, bumped once too hard
yesterday afternoon and the springs
towsed him high In the air and through
the window. He fell five stories to in
stant death. !
BELIEVES
A Qt'ESTldx FOR THE CHI RCHES
Is There a .Chance for the Chriiitlan
Bodlen to Appronph Each Other f
(Passing rrotestantittm and Coming Cath
llcism. by Newman Smyth.)
From The Outlook.
Is it true that Protestantism Is passing
and Catholicism is coming? Tills depends
upon what we mean by Protestantism
and Catholicism. If by Protestantism Is
meant individualism in religion, that is,
that religion is a purely personal matter
between the indiviudal soul and God, with
which no other individual has concern,
then it is passing. If Catholicism means
the embodiment in religious Institutions
of the Catholic spirit, hroad-mtnderlness
in faith, respect in every religious or
ganization for the sincere faiths and the
devout rituals of other religious organ
izations, then Catholicism is coming. Hut
if Catholicism means the doctrine that
Jesus Christ established an ecclesiastical
organization, and that loyalty to the
Master requires that every disciple should
attach himself to that organization, then
Catholicism is not coming. If Protes
tantism means that Jesus Christ simply
imparted and still imparts to all who be
lieve in him a new spiritual life, and that
he leaves them perfectly free to form
their own organizations, frame their own
rfeeds. and establish their own rituals,
then Protestantism is not passing. On
the, contrary. Modernism in the Roman
Catholic Church indicates the develop
ment of this spirit of life and liberty even
in the church which has been most bound
by its traditions; and. on the other hand,
the high church doctrine of an exceed
ingly hierarchical organization makes no
headway even in the Episcopal and Luth
eran churches, and i-s but little known
outside those two denominations. We
wish that Dr. Newman Smythe had de
fined a little more clearly what be means
by the Catholicism that Is coming. Per
haps, however, he would say that a per
vasive spirit of Catholicity cannot. In the
nature of the case, be accurately defined.
Certainly The Outlook heartily agrees
with the conclusion to which, in the clos
ing pages, he conducts his readers: "Well
may all denominations of Protestants
take to heart these words which many
years ago a peacemaker in the Roman
Catholic Church, the profound and de
vout historian and theologian Mohler.
wrote in his Symbolism:' 'Both com
munions should stretch out a friendly
hand to one another in the conscious
ness of a common guilt. This open con
fession of guilt on both sides will be
followed by the festival of reconcilia
tion.' ". The era of Individualism Is
passing in industry, in the state, and
in religion: the era of brotherhood Is
coming in industry and in the state; and
surely the church, which now by its sec
tarian divisions delaj-s the coming of
brotherhood, should seek to find a way
to heal these divisions and to interpret
to the world what brotherhood in the life
of reverence and love really involves.
"Dl'R.V OCR FOOL SOILS."
"Head In Off Somebody! We're Rnn
nlnic Away I"
Corvallis Gazette.
It is rather a peculiar, unprecedented
and disquieting political condition
which now confronts the people of Ore
gon. A strongly Republican state has
elected a Republican Legislature,
which finds itself practically pledged
to elect a Democrat to the United
States Senate.
The Republican legislators-elect who
pledged themselves before election to
stand by Statement No. 1, now find
themselves In a predicament somewhat
similar to that of the farmer who
yoked himself up with a steer. The
steer took fright and galloped off down
the road, the man hanging on for dear
life and yelling to everyone he met:
"Head us off, somebody! Durn our fool
souls, we're running away!"
These new Republican members who
thus pledged themselves may have
foreseen the possibility of a plurality
for Chamberlain, but the probabili
ties are that they did not contemplate
such an outcome. Now they are in
for it.
It has been asserted that the elec
tion of Chamberlain was brought about
by a trick, many Democrats register
ing as Republicans and voting for the
defeat of Fulton and the nomination
of Cake in the primaries, and then vot
ing for Chamberlain at last week's
election, and that thus "the Republi
cans have been tricked, swindled and
defeated by the Democracy and 80,000
been put to rout by 40,000."
Whatever the cause of the disaster,
whether trickery or crass stupidity,
there is a lesson in it that Republicans
should learn, and profit by in future
campaigns.
On the Back Track.
Brooklyn Eagle.
It Is discovered that several leading
negro politicians have declared or will
declare for Mr. Taft for President. That
body of citizens may be regarded as
shrewd and foreseeing in Imitating the
politicians of the white race. And on
other accounts, their course is signifi
cant. They know that Mr. Bryan late
ly scornfully repelled their overtures
to him, with the result of solidifying
the Southern Democrats In his favor;
that no Republican aspirant can do
anything for them which Mr. Taft
would not attempt; and that none
would have the motive to reassure
them which Mr. T.aft would have. It
would be his Instinct to exceed their
expectation. It would be the policy of
other Republican aspirants to reassure
Southern whites against the foolish
fear of political negro control. Mr.
Taft would labor to give to the edu
cational qualifications the Southern
States have established a significance
as binding on whites as on blacks. In
stead of having them rest on a "dis
cretion" which waived them as against
whites and enforced them as against
negroes. No other Republican aspirant
would have Mr. Taft's Interest or in
fluence to do that. The "smart" ne
groes who are for Mr. Taft will not
find much difficulty In coming out
ahead of the fluent "orators" of their
number who are mistaking the real
limitations of those whom they ad
dress. Unique Folly.
Pendleton Tribune.
The primary law in no other state
provides for any proceeding whose re
sults may compel the legislature to elect
a man United States Senator whose poli
tical affiliations arc opposed to its own.
It remains for Oregon alone to artnpt
a lot of freak laws, upsetting most fea
tures of representative government and
gutting whichever party may be in the
majority.
But why is there "no chance for a
Democrat to get the popular vote in the
State of Washington, anyway." when Its
percentage of Republican votes is much
smaller than is that of Oregon?
Isn't it because the Republicans in that
state have refused to set a trap for their
own undoing?
If not, what may the reason be?
A County'R Figure.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
King County (Including Seattle) is a
corporation whose assets are valued in
round numbers, at the huge sum of
J177.000.000.
The revenue of this corporation for
the last year was, also in round num
bers, $7,000,000.
The expenditures of the corporation,
in the same manner, were $6,000,000.
The bonded debt of the corporation
is $-1,813,000. The current debt, in un
funded warrants and the like, is ap
proximately $2,000,000.
With Eugene's Compliments to Albany.
Eugene Guard.
There will be no "boost" excursion
from Eugene to Albany bet your last
dollar on that.
J HONEST BUT ERRATIC BRYAN
ThouKh Clean and Vltffroii He Alarms
Careful Citizens.
Philadelphia Public Lodger.
Nobody dislikes Bryan personally. He
is a good, clean, hearty, vigorous Ameri
can. He is a good talker, a pleasant per
son, by nature and equipment a populai
man. and as an orator be must have
drawn his inexhaustible supply from tho
cave of the winds. All these qualifica
tions and attributes do not explain his
hold on the country. Bryan represents a
trend of thought, an aspiration and a
protest which arrived in iXSfi. The Unit
ed States had been growing rich and
prosperous for a genet a tioi. Some of
j the money had been dishonestly got.
There were abuses and wrone.s visible
the naked eye. Municipal administration
in the country had been, if not uniformly
vile, at least generally so bad as to be
scandalous. The assemblage of a Legis
lature was simply regarded in most of
. the states as notice that a season of cor
I ruption had set in. The country abound
I ed in wealth and luxury; lavish display
I tilled the world with wonder,
j Republics abhor inequality. Americans
are extremely ambltiou:. The average
American feels that he is Ill-treated if
he cannot have as much of the world's
goods or "means of happiness" as the
most fortunate. There was something
the matter witli the currency system.
There was a lean streak at the time in
prosperity. There were admitted wrongs
and abuses, and Bryan voiced the protest
and the denunciation in an incoherent
cry in his cross i:f gold diatiToe.
The country has been relatively pros
perous, but prices have been high. The
tariff permitted some trusts to lake a
good many millions a year from the pop
ular pocket; natural genius for monopoly
and . abstraction was responsible lor mil
lions more.
Bryan hurst upon the world as the
skillful spokesman of the dissatisfied, and
in a measure, also, for tnose who saw
abuses against which the people ap
peared to be helpless and hopeless. ' Ho
was the great denouncer. He would seize
the trusts and wrest them up by the
roots; he would smite the gnldbugs; he
would sweep away the humbug la: iff; ho
would curb the railroads, equalize the
distribution of the world's goods, smash
the rings, succor the distressed and lift
up the struggling. It was all one to him
whether the Supreme Court or theit'on
stitution stood in the way; they unust
yield. He would give the people their
rights and more, and respect neither per
sons nor institutions.
Bryan was then tho visible Don Quix
ote in American politics, and he has re
fused to be dispossessed of the role even
by President Koosevelt. He was in a
way the discoverer of the condition of
the popular feeling at a critical moment
in our history, and he gave forcible, or
at least a taking, interpretation to the
thought. He is believed to be honest and
incorruptible; he is the "people's friend."
the enemy of the oppressor, and this is
the position which today he seems to
hold with the- ignorant. Calm and ju
dicious men heard Bryan's specific rem
edy for all the ills which flesh is hear to
the free coinage of silver at lfi to 1
and then they were convinced once and
for all that this man who professed to
have studied the subject was a child in
economics and statecraft: that he was as
dangerous as one given to delusions.
Sensible statesmen feel toward Bryan
just as they would toward a candidate
for the Psesidency who should seriously
propose to change the multiplication
table. They fear that he is dangerous
because In his free silver propaganda he
has indicated that be might become pos
sessed of hallucinations on subjects
equally Important with the currency. He
is a fine, dashing figure of man. and his
heart bleeds for humanity, but such a
man wielding the power of President
might overturn the world.
Thus it is that Bryan enjoys huge pop
ularity with myriads of the thoughtless
who mean well by their country. He is
for the people; he is honest: but if he
was wholly honest in his financial views
the possibility of his election to tho
Presidency would occasion alarm to care
ful men.
A Sad Omission.
Eugene Register.
In nominating their Presidential electors
Oregon Democrats should have pledged
them to Statement No. 1 In order to
Insure their election. Since the Republi
cans failed to exact the same pledge from
their electors, Republicans generally can
he depended upon to vote for Statement
No 1 Democratic electors, and if it
elected them, they might be sufficient In
a close contest to elect Bryan as Presi
dent. Similarity and Difference.
New York World.
In the end it (the Oregon plan) amounts
to much the same thing as the primary
plan followed in Southern States, only
there the contest is between representa
., -,- Tm-VnT-f. nnlv one narty
prevails, while in Oregon the majority
party accepts tne risn m dch.r
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
THE NIGHT EUGENE
WENT WILD WITH JOY
Miriam Van Waters lolls of a
demoiist ration without parallel
when it became known to a cer
tainty that Portland had saved the
University of Oregon. Her recital
of two days' suspense is in high
desrree dramatic.
WITH BETTER PAY, BETTER
SOLDIERS FOR UNCLE SAM
Lieutenant J. M. Kelso, Jr.. re
cruiting ofticer at Portland, is in
terviewed and describes the ef
fect already prodiu-ed by the
Army bill that recently passed
Congress. He pictures 1 lie prolT
ableV nt itre career of non-commissioned
officers.
THE GREAT PARADE OF
THE DONAKIN CIRCUS
"Don turned to the Animal book
and behold!
"It happened exactly as Spots
had foretold ! "
There isn't a healthy child in
the Pacific Northwest that won't
enjoy this parade.
PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN
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America the distributing center
of cheats, hoaxes and fakes by
which chrewd swindlers have got
rich.
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Shorty" Met "abe's picturesque sto
ries, The Hotel Clerk on poor ac
tors, and "Jim Xasium" ou sport
ing topics.
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