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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1908.
THE CONVENTION TO REBUKE CON
GRESS. It is the general belief that "me
and my policies" will "go" at Chicago.
It is the only line of safety for the Re
publican parly. Theodore Roosevelt
will give his party both the candidate
and the platform. No ordinary man
would be permitted to do such a thing;
nor would Roosevelt, in an ordinary
time. But the time is extraordinary.
New adjustments are taking place
between the governors and the gov
erned in plainer and more accurate
speech, between the people and the
officials who administer their affairs.
Much has been gained through seven
years of Roosevelt, and there should
be no reaction.
Should the Chicago convention fall
under control of the allied reaction
aries, there would be mighty hard
sledding for the Republican party. It
would be just such an opportunity as
the followers of Bryan would desire,
and might lead to his election.
The President is said to insist that
the Republican platform shall contain
a demand for modification of the law
of injunction, so as to relieve labor
unions of the enforced application of
il which judges of the lower Federal
Courts have often conceded, upon
request of employers. Such statute
has been urged often heretofore by the
President, In his messages, but Con
gress has failed to act on his recom
mendations. Taft's position in favor
of such change has been stated in nu
merous speeches, and his nomination
will probably carry it into the plat
form. But there will be a fight over
it. as our special reports from 'day to
day indicate. The President virtually
is appealing this controversy from
Congress to the National Republican
Convention, and doubtless will win;
for the convention will hardly go on
record against a demand on such a
subject, made in a manner that will
attract the attention of all the work
ing people of the United States.
' This matter and the demand for
tariff revision will be the most con
spicuous features of the platform.
Substantially, therefore, the platform
(if the supporters of Taft can have
their way with it) will be a reproof to
Congress for its inaction. This it is to
have a forceful man at the head of a
party. Cleveland took a similar course
with the Congress of his party on
monetary questions, and broke its fat
uous obstinacy for sliver; but his party
repudiated him, and the country in
turn then repudiated his party. The
cases are not quite nor nearly parallel;
but Roosevelt's force and fortune hith
erto have been equal to every emer
gency, and the situation now seems to
be completely dominated by "me and
my policies." There will be many
who don't like it. They have the al
ternative of Bryan.
But a convention of a great party
making a platform against the course
and policy of a Congress which has
long been in control of that party, is
a new spectacle in our politics and
government. The convention will de
clare the party in favor of the meas
ures and policies which the President
has urged, yet Congress' has refused.
That at least is a most probable result.
As a new phase of National politics
it is worth attention
will get it.
and certainly
The big trans-Atlantic steamship
companies seem to be fully informed
regarding the principal sources of the
revenues from their fine - steamers,
and there is every year an increasing
desire to cater to the American trade.
The Hamburg-American line fol
lowed its big steamship Amerika
with the President Lincoln and the
President Grant, and now the North
German Lloyd is completing a new
leviathan which Is to bear the name
George Washington. The Cunarders
stick - to ancient geographical names
for their flyers, and the White Star
is partial to similar nomenclature.
With the other lines, however, there
are plenty of suggestions of the
United States in the Chicago, St.
Paul, St. Louis, Minneapolis, New
York, Pennsylvania and other big
liners which find in the American
tourist a liberal source of revenue.
CAN WE MAKE IT PLAIN?
The Oregonlan receives, an anony
mous note asking: "Why are you
urging Statement No. 1 Republicans
to violate their pledge?" The in
quirer misreads The Oregonian. It
has given no such advice, nor any
suggestion or intimation of the kind.
It advised Republicans not to
pledge to Statement No. 1; told them
there was a trap in it; that it was a
silly farce and humbug. It tried to
keep them out of the trap, but they
walked Into it. The Oregonian has
no more advice to give. '
It was not possible, and The Ore
gonian knew it, to unite the Republi
cans of the state: on any candidate be
fore the people. One reason was that
the Legislature alone has the power
to elect, and. everybody knew it. An
other reason was that while Republi
cans would unite to elect a Legisla
ture, they wouldn't unite on any can
didate for the Legislature to elect. A
third reason was, Mr. Cake had not
a personality that could bring any
approach to unity in the party. He
seems to have been almost the only
man who didn't know it. Finally,
the constitutional method of election
is through the Legislature and by the
Legislature, and there is no other.
And The Oregonian trusts it isn't a
fool.
Since- all these things are true. The
Oregonian, foreseeing disaster to the
Republicans through the conse
quences of such situation, advised
Chem to keep out of the trap. But
they didn't.- It now has no sugges
tion to make, no advice to give. Be
sides, it is useless. There is no Re
publican party in Oregon. Then
"why seek ye the- living among the
dead"?
LURE OF THE COUNTRY.
Almost simultaneousely with the
slackening of the demand for high
priced city real estate last Fall came
an increased demand for suburban
home property and small farms.
This demand has continued through
out the entire period of temporary
quietude which settled over the mar
ket for business property in .the city.
Since early in the Spring a veritable
exodus to the country has been in
progress. All along the route of the
suburban electriclines now complet
ed, and even along the right of way
for projected lines.v re hundreds of
new settlers who have moved out
where they can enjoy the freedom of
the country and live more econom
ically, and be independent. Life in
the country is natural, in the city it
is artificial. Panics come and panics
go, but the forces of Nature, obedi
ent to the efforts of the tiller of the
soil, go on forever.
While the financial troubles were
sweeping over the land last Fall,
making paupers out of millionaires.
and crushing the lifeout of the city
dwellers, who are ever in jeopardy
from the upper and the nether mill
stones of high cost of living and low
wages, the country dweller remained
calm and unmindful of the life
tragedies that were so much in evi
dence in the cities. The carefully
cultivated fields returned crops which
were unaffected by financial troubles.
there was fruit in the orchards and
fat kine in the feeding pens. The
bulls and the bears in the wheat pit
might juggle prices in their mad
struggles for wealth, but the farmer
had the grain, and if the price In tho
markets did not suit him he could
eat it, keep it or feed it to his stock.
It contained the raw material from
which the "staff of life" is made, and
it had for the farmer a value which
even the market manipulators could
not affect.
There are no "hard times" in the
generally accepted sense of the term
in the country, nor will there ever
be so long as air, water, rich soil and
the efforts of man combine in the
production of crops which are not
entirely at the mercy of the influ
ences that cause the financial ruin
of thousands and dire distress for
millions whenever one of those peri
odical waves of depression sweep
over the land. The country dweller
of course enjoys varying degrees of
prosperity, for no two seasons are
exactly the same, but the changes, no
matter how violent, fail to deprive
him of the livelihood that the soil
will always give him. It is during
hard times in the city that the lure
of the country becomes the strongest.
The city is cold and cruel to the sons
of men, the country is warm and
kind. It can never be the scene of
such life-and-death struggles as are
ever going on in the crowded walks
of the city. In the crty the struggle
for existence is between men. In the
country it is between man and Na
ture, and Nature, always kind, yields
easily to those who seek her conquest.
That the present movement back
to the soil will continue is almost a
certainty. Aside from the positive
assurance of plenty of the necessities.
and at least some of the luxuries of
life, which have always been availa
ble to the country dweller, the re
cent establishment of the free deliv
ery, rural telephone and other advan
tages have brought the country much
nearer to the conveniences of the city
than was possible to imagine twenty
years ago.
JAIL, NOT FINE.
New York's new law against race
track gambling provides for pun
ishment by imprisonment, with
no alternative of payment of a
line. That is as It should be.
The gambler is a man who cares
nothing for a fine. He counts an oc
casional fine as one of the current ex
penses of his business. But the gara-
i bier does not like the inside of a jail
I any better than other people do. The
! Coff tf the matter Is that If thprA wai-o
more jail sentences and fewer fines im
posed upon men who deliberately vio
late the law, there would be less
crime. Too frequently the jail pen
alty falls upon the man who Is not a
criminal at heart, while the man who
deliberately violates law for the few
dollars he can gain by it is let off with
a fine. The man who forges a check
while he a under the influence of 11-
: . - i
quor, or who steals because he is hun
gry, or who commits assault and bat
tery while In the heat of passion, may
not be n criminal by choice. He does
not act In pursuance of premeditated
plan. He does not set law at defiance.
But the man who engages in gam
bling, or who systematically embezzles
money belonging to another, or who
sells liquor in a "dry" county, does so
with deliberate Intent to violate law,
not only once, but day after day. His
motive is the lowest to get by that
unlawful practice a few dollars that he
could as well earn in some legitimate
occupation. Such men should be sent
to jail not fined.
THE TREND AND THE LOGIC.
Oregon's vote in thf Presidential
election of this year may be of little
importance though it was decisive
once. The state now cannot be said
to be assuredly Republican, and the
chance is not small that it will cast
its vote for Bryan. The whole trend
and tendency of recent political move
ment in the state, of the initiative and
referendum, of the operation of the
primary law and its vermiform ap
pendix, and of the general legislation
and constitutional changes effected un
der the system, is Bryanward. It was
the logic of this whole movement that
gave Chamberlain his vote the other
day. Why will not the logic be equal
ly powerful for support of Bryan?
The only chance that It will not lies
in the possibility, likelihood or con
jecture, that men who have thought
themselves Republicans, but were be
fooled one way or another into de
livery of nearly a mortal blow at their
party, may get their eyes open to the
mistake and change their attitude and
their votes back to conformity with
the general line of the action of their
party.
Taft and Bryan will be the candi
dates; and if there are any who think
it will be an easy walk-over for Taft
In Oregon, they will be disabused of
that notion before November. The
simple fact that the Republicans of
Oregon, by their factional divisions,
by their encouragement of irrational
and extreme use of "the new system,"
which they have played directly Into
the hands of their opponents, and by
their advance far upon the line of pop
ulistic and socialistic effort, have just
about put their party out of business.
Instead of using initiative and refer
endum sparingly and judiciously, and
the primary law rationally, they have
gone to the last extremes; with result,
as always in such cases, of weaken
ing their own position and of giving
immense advantage to their opponents.
If these methods are to prevail in
Oregon, if the Republican party is to
set no check to them, then Oregon is
to be permanently a Democratic state.
The system, so administered and con
ducted, suits the Democratic party
better than-' the Republican. Jt be
longs logically to the Democratic party
and to that party will come the usu
fruct and the glory, of which the elec
tion of June 1 afforded a foretaste,
Perhaps Republicans will call a halt;
perhaps some will take the back track.
If not, there will be no continuance of
the Republican party in Oregon as a
real force in affairs. It will not be
necessary under the system; and the
logic of the situation will control it.
5
l'OKTLANU COMMERCIAL (LIB.
The Portland Commercial Club,
whic,h last evening celebrated the
formal opening of its new building,
has become within a few years since
its organization- one oZ the most pow
erful influences at work in the up
building of the city and state. No other
city in the United States of double or
treble the population of-Portland has
ever succeeded In enlisting under one
banner in clubdom a membership of
1300 active, pushing, representative
business men, working harmoniously
together for the general good of all.
No other city of a corresponding size
occupies such spacious, elegant quar
ters in its own building as those in
the newly-opened home of the ban
ner publicity, organization of the
country.
The building of the new home for
the club was an undertaking of great
proportions. ' It required a heavy
cash outlay, ' and many months of
hard work and careful planning on
the part of the men in direct charge.
That it was finished on time, within
the estimated cost, and elegantly
equipped, and also furnished on time
and within the estimate, Is a high
tribute to the executive ability of the
members who aecomRlished such
wonderful results. The . publicity
work of the club has met with such
general approval and praise, and has
shown such excellent results, that its
influence has widened out far beyond
the limits indicated by Its title. From
all over the Pacific Northwest, wher
ever Portland's commercial interests
are involved, there will be found non
resident members of the club or its
friends, who while In .the city have
enjoyed -the hospitality of the mem
bers. Portland owes a lasting debt of
gratitude to the active members of
the club, whose untiring efforts are
reflected in the splendid edifice which
was formally opened last evening.
The results already accomplished
have demonstrated that there was a
waiting field for such an organiza
tion, and as Portland and Oregon and
the great Northwest continue to grow,
the Commercial Club with its remark
ably able management, will be a fac
tor of ever-increasing influence.
Portland is proud of its Commercial
Club, and of the men who are respon
sible for the great success the club
has achieved. May its shadow never
grow less.
TAXES AND THE NEW THOUGHT.
Sundry 'remedies have been pro
posed by philosophers to relieve man
kind from the woe of paying taxes,
but thus far all have failed. We
should not be discouraged, however,
for there Is still hope. In Christian
Science and the New Thought there
bubbles a wellsprlng of comfort.
Bankers, trust magnates and their
fellow-millionaires have long known
how to apply these faiths to the
problem of reducing taxes, but they
have always kept their knowledge
secret, to the great disadvantage of
the world in general, and it now
seems about time to let farmers and
others of the oppressed classes un
derstand how the trick Is done. It
is in this way:
Suppose a plutocrat possesses a
stack of bonds a foot high and the
Assessor fixes his blighting gaze upon
them. This sometimes happens,
though not often, for usually tho
bonds are invisible. But when tho
calamity occurs, what does the plu
tocrat do? Does he, like the inno
cent farmer, answer, "Yea, verily, this
pile of bond's is worth a million dol
lars and I will joyously pay the tax j
upon them"? Not so; he frames his
answer in the language or me iew
Thought. "All matter is but a vis
Ion," says he. "It is but a figment of
the imagination. These bonds seem
to be here, but in reality they' do not
exist. Therefore it is wrong to tax
them." So they ere not taxed.
Likewise as to his cash In the bank
the millionaire says to the Assessor:
"Cash is matter, gross matter, and
matter Is a delusion of mortal mind.
Hence, though I seem to have a hun
dred thousand dollars In yon decep
tive phantasm of a bank, in reality I
have nothing." So he, too, goes
scathless.
Why should not the farmer also
apply Christian Science to the tax
problem? Let us suppose he thinks
he has five yearling colts. The As
sessor appears and if the farmer I
still unwashed of his sins, he will
say. "Yes, 1 have five colts," and will
pay the tax upon them. But if he Is
cleansed of mortal delusion he viU
say, "All is one. I seem to have five
colts, but that is a mere figment of
sinful fancy. The five are in reality
but one, and since matter is a delu
sion, even that one does not exist."
To his wife's hens he will apply the
same comfortable doctrine. They
will appear to number twenty or
thirty, hut since all Is one. there will
be but a single hen, and that one a
delusion of mortal mind. Likewise
the new fence will be a dream and the
clearing back of tne barn a hallu
cination. When we all learn the un
searchable riches of the New
Thought, why should anybody pay
taxes? By the formula "all is one"
we may reduce our possessions to a
solitary specimen, and since matter Is
but a diseased fancy of mortal mind,
we may cause that solitary specimen
to vanish away. Then, when the As
sessor departs, we may lay aside the
faith if-we wish. Just as the up-to-date
murderer does with his Insanity,
and let It repose in desuetude for an
other year.
Friends of Mr. J. W. Knowles, of La
Grande, make mention of the fact,
with some pride in it, that, though he
was "turned down" when proposed for
the position 'of Register of the Land
Office at La Grande, some five years
ago, on reports of officious officials of
the detective system of the United
States, he now is elected Circuit Judge
of the Tenth Judicial District, consist
ing of the counties of Union and Wal
lowa, by 1015 majority. Mr. Knowles,
when he was named for the Land Of
fice, had the united support of the
Oregon delegation; but his appoint
ment was denied, on reports from the
cheap little creatures of the class who
have thrown out a stream of insinua
tions against Senator Fulton, and who
caused the indictment of Blnger Her
mann, yet now can substantiate noth
ing against Fulton and will never
bring the indictment of Hermann to
trial. From instances of this sort, in
these days of publicity, you may see
how little chance there was for any
man who had incurred the displeasure
of the informers who hung around
the throne of Nero or of Louis XIV.
Peace negotiations . between the
Yaquis and the Mexican government
came to an abrupt end yesterday and
the murderous redskins are again on
the warpath. About 4000 Mexican
troops are in pursuit and are said to
have all of the water holes guarded,
so that the surrender of the Yaquis
is expected very soon. Unfortunate
ly for the public, not very much cre
dence will be placed in the story that
all means of access to water are cut
off. The Yaquis throughout their
long and bloody career have dis
played ability t get food and drink
at all times, and it .does not require
a very large band of the murderers to
put to flight the greater part of the
Mexican army. What Is needed In
the Yaqul country is a few rough
riders of the Western American type.
It is shown by official report that
during the last five years the great
sum of $9,578,227 has been paid to
life Insurance companies outside the
state, while $2,809,333 is the amount
returned in death losses, etc., during
the same period. This is a heavy
drain; yet life insurance In sound com
panies is good business. There was
some reduction for the year 1907, as
compared with former years, of the
amount paid to outside companies, duo
in part, we may suppose, to the activ
ity of tho Oregon Life, which has
greatly increased its business, and em
ploys its funds in Oregon for Oregon's
development.
The great international automobile
race is reaching an interesting stage.
Latest advices come from Tchita, the
capital of Trans-Baiklia, bringing the
information that the German car will
abandon the Trans-Siberian road at
Tsitsihar. and take to the wagon road.
The Italian car was at Poograniton
aya awaiting a telegraph operator to
accompany it along the railroad
tracks. A frightful accident would
be most certain if any of the ma
chines should meet in collision with
some of the names along the route.
The Oregonian has been asked a
question which seems to indicate that
some persons have forgotten what
"Decoration day" is for. "Should the
flag float at halfmast or at the mast
head?" Since the day Is one for com
memoration of . the dead, the flag
should be at halfmast. This is the
Government rule and it should be the
rule for owners of stores and all pri
vate concerns. The fact that it is of
ten violated simply shows that our pa
triotism lacks proper knowledge some
times. The new bond Issue of the Union
Pacific has been heavily oversub
scribed. Will there be any money for
extensions In Oregon? Maybe we
would as well cut out pessimism for a
little, and wait and see.
It is said that California liquor men
and their allies will boycott Oregon
products. Of course the California
fruit packers will not join with them.
Just to show Seattle that Portland
has abundance of roses of its own, it
may present a quantity of them to the
Seattle Exposition.
We shall behold Democrats doffing
non-partisanship when Chamberlain
and Bryan dole out Federal patronage
in Oregon.
1 -v .- ulpi ri iriv Pi.tTl'nRU. I XEW DOWIE TO
SEW REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Essential Features to Be Submitted to
Committee on Resolutions.
Chicago Tribune.
Tariff.
The principle of protection has been
amply vindicated by the great pros
perity the country has enjoyed under
the Dingley law. but the time has
come for revision, and the Republican
party pledges itself to take this ac
tion at a special session of Congress
to be convened immediately after the
next regular session.
Railroads.
As a result of the energetic action
of a Republican President in enforc
ing the law. rebates and discrimina
tions 4n favor of large shippers have
ceased. Realizing the need of greater
governmental regulation of these iron
ways of communication, the Republi
can President and Republican Congress
enacted the Hepburn law of 1906. un
der which larger governmental control
of railroads was provided, the princi
ple of governmental rate making es
tablished, and other means adopted to
prevent' discrimination. The Republi
can party pledges itself ro continue
the policy of reform along lines ad
vocated by the President.
Trusts.
The thorough and efTectlve enforce
ment of the Sherman anti-trust law
has been the work of the Republican
administration. As long as the law
remains as it is it must be observed.
Amendments along the line recom
mended by the President should be en
acted, under which combinations both
of capital and labor should be per
mitted, provided they be not harmful
to the interests of the people as a
whole. Monopoly of" business must be
prohibited just as boycotts by labor
should not be legalized.
Currency.
In view of the financial stringency,
caused by lack of currency, the Re
publican President and Congress have
provided temporary relief and organ
ized a commission to Investigate and
report a definite scheme of permanent
currency reform. The Republican par
ty pledges itself to put the currency
of the country upon a basis which will
prevent a recurrence of such a situa
tion as existed last Winter.
Panama Canal.
The Republican administration has
inaugurated this great enterprise, and
is carrying it on efficiently and hon
estlv. The continuance of the work
should be left in the hands of the par
ty which has shown itself capable of
dealing with such a vast problem.
Philippines.
As a result of the steps taken by
the Republican administration peace
and order have been established and
maintained in the Far Kastern islands.
Action has been taken to tit people for
se!f-governnient through their partici
pation, as members of the commission
and as members of an elective house.
in the conduct of their own affairs.
Lahtir.
The Republican party has enacted an
employers' liability bill, as applied to
common carriers, and a Government
liability bill under which the princi
ple of compensation for Government
employes injured in the line of their
work has been established. The pas
sage of an anti-injunction bill should
be effected by the Republican party.
Child Labor.
The Republican party, through its
representatives, has placed upon the
statute books a child labor law for the
District of Columbia, which should
serve as a model for tle states.
Army.
Both by increase of pay and other
steps the Republican party has sought
to provide the country with an effec
tive land force, able to serve as a
nucleus for a vast body of citizen sol
diery in case of necessity. The tra
ditional principle of not maintaining a
large standing army has been and will
be observed.
Navr.
In its fleet the United States has Its
best . defense against foreign aggres
sion. Tho force in existence is effi
cient and enables the country to pro
tect its interests in all parts of the
world. The proper upbuilding of the
Navy is guaranteed.
Nntural Resources.
The policy enforced by the Republi
can administration has saved the pub
lic domain from spoliation, insured the
development of waterways, and pre
served the forests from complete de
struction. Further steps must be tak
en to conserve the resources which re
main. When Brynn Faced the Deadly Camera.
Boston Transcript.
Can the Republican party elect to
the Presidency a man without a mili
tary record? Not since Abraham Lin
coln's time has it done this, and even
he had a record nf service in the Black
Hawk War. All Its nominees, from
Grant to Mclvinley. Inclusive, wore
Civil War Veterans, except Mr. Blaine,
and Mr. Roosevelt was a Spanish War
veteran. Mr. Taft nppoars to have no
record of military service. How much
this amounts to is a much-debuted
question. The observation of an old
farmer in Pt. Lawrence County, when
Roosevelt was making his famous tour
for Governor In 18!8 that the Repub
lican party was always successful with
Its soldier candidates contains a cer
tain element of truth. The Democrats
have ignored that consideration, as a
rule. Hancock and McClellan have
been its only soldier candidates of the
present period, although Bryan made
for himself, between his first and sec
ond runs, something of a military rec
ord, when, unscathed and unfaltering,
he faced the deadly ctmera.
Gay Old Folks.
Newbcrg Graphic.
It may be remembered that over a
year ago the Graphic made note of the
fact that Uncle Jim Rowell had flnally
succeeded in bringing the "old lady"
to town from their home in the wilds
of Upper Chehalem, for the first time
in seventeen years. The, first step on
the road to unheeding recklessness had
been taken. The second step was noted
soon after in announcing that the old
people had sold out and moved to town.
But their latest achievement renders
the former very pale Indeed by com
parison. Yesterday Uncle Jim and wife
recklessly boarded the train for Port
land. The audacity of the feat may be
better understood when it is known
that it was the first time Mrs. Rowell
in her experiences of seventy-odd years,
had ever ridden on a train. In the
face of their evident determination to
cut loose from all restraint we tremble
to think of their mad career in the
giddy metropolis.
Speaking; From Experience.
Silver Lake Leader.
.One of the most trying as well as un
satisfactory situations a man can get
in is trying to carry on a conversation
by telephone with a woman at the
other end of the line so that his wife,
who hears what he has to say, won't
get dead wise.
Chamberlain's .Non-Partisanship.
Pendleton Tribune.
Chamberlain is going to keep a Re
publican out of the Governor's office
as long as possible there 4s where
his. non-partisanship sheds its over
powering Illumination.
Wake Up, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times.
Why is it that the Democrats are mak
ing no mention of Governor Chamberlain
of Oregon as a candidate for the Presidency?
MAKE MONEY
Asserts Tbat He Is the Reincarnation
of Moses, the Lawsjlver.
Kansas City Journal.
From Chicago comes the news of
the resurrection of that high priest
of quackery, John Alexander Dowie.
To be sure, the real Dowie is safely
moldering in his grave and will trou
ble the world no longer; but another
has arisen in his place who proclaims
that he is the only and original John
Alexander Dowie and that "Elijah II"
wss his brother. The new Dowie de
clares that he is "Moses II" ana that
all others claiming this title are
frauds, imitators and infringers.
According to the reincarnated Moses,
he and the late ruler "of Zion lived
with their parents in Scotland, and
both became divine healers. But the
present Dowie was so much superior
to his brother In the art that the lat
ter stole his name and fled, finally
landing In America. The Uowie fam
ily trait of extreme modesty and self
abnegation is about as well developed
in the new Dowie as in the -old. Here
is his announcement: "I am the great
est divine healer the world ever knew.
All my brother did in Chicago lie
learned from trie. I have a divine com
mission to carry out the teaching of
the seven books of Moses which are
not in the Bible. I am the reincarna
tion of Moses. Where I have healed
the multitude I am known as Moses
II."
Being so important a personage, the
new Dowie naturally got busy as soon
as he left the wharf in New York. He
started West. Arriving at Chicago he
only took time to change his travel
stained clothing for his robes of silk
wondrously ornamented with rebus
characters, and then gave out an inter
view in which he unfolded his sublime
scheme. He will resurrect Zion. cure
people by wholesale of diseases the
doctors never even heard of. and gen
erally work the divne . healing fraud
for all it is worth.
The religious faker seems to have
a never-diminishing field of operations.
Human nature delights to accept any
kind of bizarre scheme of worship and
healing, and the more absurd it is the
more fanatical do Its adherents be
come. The first Dowie was a rank
impostor, but he managed to delude
thousands of people and instituted one
of the most sensational religious com
munities the world has known. It is
unlikely that the second Dowie will
be able to muster as many dupes as his
"brother." No doubt he will manage
to fleece and deceive some. There are
laws against commercial fraud, but
there seems no way of getting at the
man who so plays upon the supersti
tions and weaknesses of his fellowr
beings as to ruin them morally and
financially.
YORK
CHILDREN'S CRY
Today's Lesson of the Tenement and
I" n e m ployed Parent Problems.
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
The recent revelations as to the con
dition of certain school children of
New York must come as a distinct
shock to the citizens of this rich and
powerful country. We had. perhaps,
known, in a dim way. that some of
the children from the crowded t.ene
ments of the poor went to school in;
properly nourished and cared for, and
that if they grew up into strong ami
sturdy citizens It was more by tils
grace of God than through any heip
from man. But we, who, as a people.
have waxed indignant over the tern
hie condition of the unemployed li
England; who have deplored the fam
ine-stricken in Ireland, and have come
c-enerouslv to the relief of the starv
in millions of India, must find it hard
to realize that in the public sciiot
of New York there are actually little
ones who cry from hunger tor plain
bread to keep the souls in their emu
elated bodies.
The teachers of the Bast Sido
schools in New York have made known
the facts, and they attribute the hun
ger of the children to the inabilitv o
parents to get employment. But.
whatever the cause, surely there ought
to be instant and ready relief for these
little ones. One story Is told of a boy
who had absolutely nothing to eat for
two days two long days without any
food. That is hunger! Another sad
story, vouched for by a teacher, is thbt
a mother of four little chlldre-i left
home just before the children started
to school because she could not bear
to see them departing for their lessons
while crying with hunger.
It is a shame that these things are
so. It would bo a greater ihaim to
hide them. American children starv
ing in the midst of plenty! The words
must shock every decent American cit
izen. But that the words are true is
not to be doubted for an Instant. The
evidence Is too plain. God grant that
this disgrace, which touches nearly our
National honor, be soon wiped out.
Limit to Bank Receivers' Salaries.
Boston Transcript.
A wonderful elasticity appears In the
compensation of receivers for embar
rassed financial institutions. The tu
mid charges made by the gentlemen who
have spent less than six months In set
tling up the affairs of the Knickerbock
er Trust Company In New York, perhaps
touched the high-water mark In recent
experiences. By cutting them down
from J75.0O0 to $!!0.000 In each case.
Judge Gaynor has. according to gen
eral standards of service, done no vio
lence to the principle that "the laborer
Is worthy of his hire." A pleasing con
trast is that of a bank in South Brook
lyn, which has just, been put on its
feet after passing through a receiver
ship. A State Examiner detailed for
the business spent 42 days on the task
and the bill for his services was less
than $700. Similar Instances of mod
eration have been reported in other
sections. The experiences of the last
six months have given us the two ex
tremes, and there is apparent need of
at least a maximum limit of charges
for such services.
Bourne, Fulton and Editor Bennett.
The Dalles Optimist.
Two years ago this Fall, at the ap
ple fair at. Hood River, the editor of
this paper showed Senator Fulton an
editorial which was about to be pub
lished In the Optimist attacking
Bourne, and advocating his defeat by
the Legislature. The Senator asked
us, begged of us, not to publish it and
not to attack Bourne in any way, say
ing that he and Jonathan were friendly
and that they were to .work in har
mony for the return of the Astorian.
We told the Senator that Jonathan
would knife him when the time came,
but Mr. Fulton said he had a square
promise from him, and he, Fulton, was
sure Jonathan would tote fair. A
short time ago, after the knifing of
Fulton by Bourne at the primaries,
we saw Mr. Fulton and asked him if
he remembered the conversation, and
he did very well, and said Jonathan
had not only done all we predicted but
more.
An Editor Examines Himself.
Hyden (Ky.) Thousandsticks.
In the last three years we have dona
everything we could to make a good
paper, and really believe that we hava
exceeded the average. The county might
have produced editors with more intelli
gence and education than the present
one, but. upon the other hand, put every
thing together that takes to make a
country editor and country paper suc
cessful, it is our opinion we would class
with the few. Not saying that we have
outstripped all others, we only have a
few of our predecessors to compare our
selves to. but we do know that we have
used every energy and faculty to make
Thousandsticks a bucccss. and for what
little we have done we thank the people
for helplnir us. and congratulate ourselves.
SEW DOWIB
PROPOSAL TO STAMP ALL WIDOWS
Wear Black Patch Over Left Eyebrow,
Counsels English Bachelor.
Baltimore Sun.
A proposal that a law be. enacted com
pelling all marriageable widows (and
nearly all widows are old enough to be
married) to wear some distinctive garb
or badge comes from an English sociolo
gist. He believes that the unmarked
widow is a menace to all bachelors, and.
in consequence, to all free institutions
and human liberty. So long as she is
in deep mourning, he says, she is innoc
uous, because every bachelor, no matter
how ingenuous he may be. is then able
to discern her from afar and to make
his escape with due diligence and in due
season. But once she emerges into the
alluring grays and heliotropes she be
comes alarmingly dangerous.
The bachelor, noting the wedding ring
upon her finger and observing lu-r gay
attire, mistakes her for a flirtatious mar
ried woman, and so proceeds to flirt with
her recklessly, falsely secure in a vain
belief that nothing worse can befall hltn
than a row with her husband. As a re
sult, his conversation becomes daringly
sentimental, and nine times out of ten
he ends at the hymeneal altar, clad l
uncomfortable wedding gauds and with
remorse gnawing at his heart.
The English sociologist aforesaid pro
poses that bachelors be protected from
such hazards by a law requiring all wid
ows, however sedate, to be stamped, in
some legible and indelible manner, with
an adequate danger signal. Says he:
Savage races oblige their .widows to pro
claim themselves by slitting their ears, or
pulling out all of their teeth or painting;
themselves green or blue. I do not advo
cate such extreme measures as these, but
widows, 1 think, might be obliued to wear
a small black xalch over the left eyebrow,
or a hat of some distinctive share. Better
still, every widow might be compolled to
wear on the little linger of her right hand
a silver band. This would be readily dis
tinguishable from other rings, and Its color
would prettily symbolize the wearer's bereft
condition.
The true bachelor doesn't want the law
to protect him. He can take care of him
self. "The higher man," said a distin
guished philosopher, "yearns for the life
that is hard. I do not advise you to
make peace, but conquer!" The same
thought is apparent in air. Roosevelt's
celebrated treatise on "Strenuous Life."
"I wish to preach." he says, "not the
doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrino
of the strenuous life, the life of toil and
effort, or labor and strife; to preach the
highest form of success which comes,
not to the man who desires mere easy
peace, but to the man who does not
shrink from hardship, or from bitter toil,
and who, out of these, wins the splendid
ultimate triumph."
That is the doctrine of all true bache
lors. When they set up a halloo It is not
for a policeman, but for more enemies!
FARMERS MAKE DRY COUNTY.
Refractory Labor Drives Employers to
IrohIhit Liquor in Orant.
Grant County News.
The vote so adverse to the liquor
men was not the work of prohibition
ists. Those who carried the vote for a
dry county were not actuated very
largely by moral considerations, or it
is not likely that such a vote would
have been mustered in defense of pro
hibition. Farmers and stockmen, ex
tensive employers of labor, are the
men to whom the anti-saloon vote is
readily traced. If they believe that
liquor in unstinted doses is responsi
ble for the failure of labor to respond
to the exceptionally good demand of
the past four years, who can blame
them for voting it out? If they are
mistaken in the cause, the error will
soon be discovered, and the saloon
would have little difficulty in getting
back a favorable majority.
The only other cause which led to
the downfall of the traffic here was
the character and influence of saloon
men. Time and again they were
warned that the sale of liquor to
drunkards and minors, for which some
of them were responsible, wide open
gambling and the habit of butting Into
politics, must prove their undoing. Many
of them believed this and got from
under. Others, the simple, passed on
and were punished. Among the mani
festations of fatal saloon control was
the last city election here, when the
entire control of city government was
taken over by the wide-opens. They
congratulated themselves on a com
plete victory, but they had signed their
own death warrant. When the results
of the election were announced, the
majority of voters In the precinct said
then and there, "the saloons must go."
The Grant County News had hither
to upheld the anti-prohibition side, as a
matter of principle. It had repeatedly
and In the best intention, warned
liquor men to deal fairly by the people,
and got simply stung for its pain3.
Had its admonitions been heeded there
would be no dry Grant County now.
Having disregarded them in anger, tho
ruin was inevitable.
INEVITABLE END OF DEFALCATION
Jail Reward for Bank Officers' Betting
With Depositors Money.
Plttshurg Dispatch.
Reiher and Young, ex-auditor and pay
ing teller of the Farmers Deposit Na
tional Bank, " received their sentences of
ten years In the penitentiary for defal
cation in the funds under their custody.
The frank confession that their crime
was caused by embarking In speculation
and trying to make up losses by taking
bank funds for fresh ventures carries a
lesson that should not be lost.
It Is not exaggeration to say that prac
tically the whole mass of bank-wrecking
and embezzlement has Its cause In
one or another sort of speculation, for
the common purpose of getting rich
quickly without giving value received for
the money. These bank officers were
able by collusion to keep up their diver
sion of funds, moderate at first, and then
swelling to the aggregate of over a mil
linn. But the fin.it discovery was Inev
itable. In their case it did not mean
ruin to the bank, whose capital and sur
plus are several times tho loss; but It
brought the offenders to the peniten
tiary. Certainly this should teach the
lesson that has come . down from the
ages, but Is too often forgotten, that
honor and honesty are better than the
strife for quickly gained wealth, which,
failing of its mark, spells loss and ruin.
Anpther thought is very strongly sug
gested: It was stated by I lie prisoners
that the peculation begnn with the I.eitor
wheat deal ten years asro. There are
strong intimations, though there is not
yet clear proof that the Allegheny Na
tional Bank embezzlement had extended
over a term of years. Twenty years ago
it was the general belief that such irreg
ularities could not go on under the Na
tional bank system more than a year
or so without discovery. Certainly there
were then few, if any. cases of sucn
prolonged and constant diversion as
have been developed of late. There is
room for an inquiry whether the exam
inations and, indeed, the supervision by
presidents and directors have not been
subject in late years to the charge of
slackness.
More Work for Mr. Bryan.
'Washington Post.
When Mr. Bryan gets through repay
ing Mr. Ryan his Su.OnO. would It not
be in order for him to scrutinize the
campaign contributions to his silver
propaganda of l!i;? Tradition has it
that there was considerable dirty money
In that too much of It contributed by a
Standard Oil magnate.
The Lost Pole.
Chicago Tribune.
'"It is now almost a certainty." ob
serves the Cincinnati Enquirer, "that
there is no north pole." Has the wood
pulp trust carried its rapacity to such
an extreme as that?