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THE MORXTXG OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1908.
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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE 16. 1908.
EAST AND WEST AGAIN.
With Taft and Bryan as the candidates-
it is clear that the battle
ground of the campaign will be the
great states of the Middle West, and
the Pacilic States - probably, too
though there may be an appeal for
Taft in the Pacific States more effec
tive than that for Bryan, on the
ground that Taft has knowledge su
perior to that of Bryan in matters of
Pacific Coast commerce, and naval
needs in the Pacific, Philippine affairs
and relations in general with the Ori
ent; and, moreover, better disposition
to maintain the broad and great pol
icy necessary to the progress of our
Pacific States. But these considera
tions will hot affect the great Mid
dle West, which will look at things
from its own standpoint, not from
ours. Again, it is much more proba
ble that Taft may lose in Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois than that Bryan may
win anything in New England, New
York and New Jersey.
It presents a new pnase of the old
geographical division of Eastern and
Western interests, which has been
very manifest since the Civil War,
and specially so since the break be
' tween the Eastern and Western sec
tions of the Democratic party, which
signalized the first nomination of
Bryan. The questions of that year
had effect on the Republican party,
too, which lost heavily in the West on
the sliver issue, but made its losses
good through reinforcements re
ceived from -the Democratic party.
These to some extent have been
drifting back to their old associa
tions; and Bryan now throughout the
West certainly will be much stronger
than Parker was in 1904, and proba
bly even stronger than he himself
was in 1896. The division between
the Eastern or capitalistic section of
the country, and the Western section,
whose most notable product or out
put consists of a noble band of free
men who refuse to worship at the
shrine of Mammon this is the burn
ing comparison of Bryan orators
has been much accentuated of late;
and the Bryan people, neglecting the
East and assured of the South, will
now make their main effort in the
Middle AVest, chiefly in Illinois, Indi
ana and Ohio. The electoral strength
of the Pacific States Is too small to
stake much expectation or hope upon
It.
It is believed that the East will go
solidly for Taft as against Bryan, and
that the only hope of a Democratic
electoral, vote will begin west of
Pennsylvania. And, as 'the campaign
shall make progress, it will be found
that the appeal In the West against
the capitalism of the East will be the
main card played for Bryan. It will
have a certain effectiveness, beyond
doubt; and It may prove decisive. It
will be felt in Oregon, as elsewhere,
and will be indeed one of the main
elements of Bryan's strength In this
and other Pacific States. Against
Bryan there will be no argument so
impressive now as the argument In
former years, that It was necessary to
beat him to prevent the slump to de
based money and to maintain the
gold standard.
TOMATO-CROWING.
Tomato-growing has proved to be
very profitable Jn Rogue River Val
ley. A cannery has been established
. at Grants Pass to care for the crop
and the acreage will be double that of
last year. This 1 vegetable-fruit has
come into use almost entirely within
the past ' half-century. It has been
developed by cultivation from the
bright little "love apples," so-called
yellow and red, round and pear-
shaped, which were grown as orna
ments to the garden border by our
great-grandmothers, and which, the
children were warned not to touch,
as they were poisonous to the
smooth, bright, large and toothsome
product grown by the ton and found
upon the tables of rich and poor
alike the year round.- The yield,
when properly cultivated, is from
twenty to forty bushels to the acre,
and the season in Rogue River Val
ley lasts from August until Novem
ber for the fresh product and the
year round for the canned product,
the country over. A tomato field
with plants bearing ripe, green and
growing fruit and still set with points
of yellow blossoms is a sight worth
going far to see. It is seen at its best
in the Rogue River Valley in the late
Summer and early Autumn.
POSITION OF GOVERNOR HUGHES."
Governor Hughes will refuse nomi
nation f.or the Vice-Presidency. It is
a place that never can become im
portant except through the death of
the President; and this is a step that
no man wishes to think of rising by.
It Is said also that Mr. Hughes will
refuse to be candidate for Governor
again. Yet there are those who hope
to induce him to take it, by appeal to
his sense of public duty. Mr. Hughes,
however, no doubt knows that the
man who consents to be a candidate
through appeals of this kind is very
sure to be beaten. Sense of public
duty will more often defeat a man
than elect him. John A. Dix was one
of the greatest Governors of New
York. He was defeated for re-election,
because the voters cared noth
ing about his sense of public duty, or
his conscientious and able adminis
tration of the office. There was a
new whimsey of politics that carried
them away.
The man who retains the favor of
the people must not be devoted mere
ly to his duty, but must be doing new
and striking things. This Is the se
cret of the popularity of Roosevelt.
It was the secret of the popularity
of Caesar and Bonaparte. Napoleon
knew this secret better than any man
who ever lived. The mere man of
duty doesn't appeal to the popular
imagination. A touch of charlatanry
is always necessary. Herein lies the
secret of the enormous popular
strength of William J. Bryan, and
herein the strong probability of the
defeat of William H. Taft, who has
too little of the charlatan in his
make-up to waken general enthusi
asm. Bryan has It, and it is the key
to his Immense popularity. It will
take an immense effort to elect Taft,
because the appeal must be made to
the sober sense of the country, and
there is no clear and forcible issue
on which to make it, as there was
when Bryan was the candidate afore
time. SIRE. NOT FATHER.
A human derelict, bobbing about
upon the agitated sea of human life,
as unmindful of his course as 'Is the
sodden, half-submerged hulk of- a
vessel that has become a vagrant of
the high seas; an aggravation to
thrift, a thorn in the side of charity,
a menace to society, a type of and
standing near the head of his class in
the long, listless, irresponsible line of
do-naughts, is one Austin, at present,
sad to say, of this city. Mark now
how plain a tale supports this vig
orous Indictment. This fellow Aus
tin James or John, or whatever
name he was given by parents who,
through neglect or indulgence or
other pernicious form of irresponsible
parentage, started him early upon"
the broad road of selfishness and
unthrift was married some years
ago to a woman who possibly mis
took him for a man. The record .of
the intervening years is silent, except
that it shows that - seven children,
four boys and three girls, were born
to the pair. Of these, the boys are
inmates of the home of-the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society, the girls are
charges at the Children's Home
charities maintained by public taxes
and private benevolence. The wife
and mother is in the county hospital.
Here is a situation which it would
seem would stir even the sluggard to
action and set him to work at any
vocation, however lowly or laborious,
by which he might contribute a few
dollars, now and then, to the .dire
needs of his helpless family. ' There
is a just and wholesome rule in the
government of the Children's Home
which requires parents, when able
bodied, to contribute a monthly sum
to the support of their children that
are under its care. The children of
this man have been in the home
four months, during which time he
has failed to contribute a pnny to
their support. Upon being reminded
a few days ago of his obligation and
delinquency, he replied that he had
no money and could not get work,
adding that he had been out of work
four months. "That is too bad," re
plied the practical superintendent,
"and should not and need not con
tinue. I am in great need of a man
to work about the grounds. There is
digging, trimming shrubbery and
gardening that shouW and must be
done. I will employ you to do this
work, give you $1.50 a day with two
good meals, and you may begin at
once." i
What did this able-bodied, impe
cunious husband and father do? Ac
cept the offer promptly, pull off his
coat and set to work cheerfully and
thankfully? Indeed, no. Mr. Aus
tin was faithful to his class, its
standards and traditions. Looking
incredulous for a moment, as if un
able to realize that the indignity of
a Job of work had really been of
fered him, this father of seven pau
pers this husband of an invalid wife
who is also a guest of chf rity re
sponded loftily, saying: "That is not
the kind of work I am looking for."
"Perhaps not," answered his would
be employer, with grim insistence.
"But should you not, under the very
distressing circumstances that sur
round your family, be willing to take
anything that offers an opportunity
to earn an honest dollar?"
But he repeated, doggedly this
husband and father of paupers, this
human sire who feels no more re
sponsibility for his offspring than
does the wild horse upon the range
"That is not the kind of work I am
looking for," turned his back upon
his family and their necessities,
scorned the humble opportunity to
earn for them at useful work, and
went his way.
Society will one day rise in its
might and protect itself through leg
islation in the only way possible
against bold and indecent impostors
of this type. It will ask itself "What
right has a man to be a sire who has
no conception whatever of the duties
of human fatherhood?" After care
ful deliberation it will answer "None"
and proceed to record its answer in a
way that 'will be effective. Speed the
day.
FOES OF SALOON. NOT LIQUOR.
We take it that Oregon as a whole
does not want prohibition. But . a
majority of the men who voted on
the wet and dry issue June 1 declared
against the saloon. The people of
Oregon, then, are not hostile to
liquor, but to the saloon method of
selling it. They would not vote for
prohibition did they think they would
put liquor completely under the ban,
or that they would be barred from
getting liquor in a neighboring coun-
ty, ,or in Portland, or in the express I
office. They don't want saloons near I
their homes or their workmen. But
they do want it where they can get
it themselves. Such is the truth
about the prohibition elections in this
state. For this reason, state prohibi
tion would not carry.
Recent elections under local option
laws have given very similar results
all over the country. The Oregon
election was no exception. Here as
elsewhere the "wet" party has been
badly routed, and notable gains .have
been made for temperance. At least
saloons have been closed, and until
the contrary Is proved we may fafrly
conclude that this makes for temper
ance. Taking the state as a whole,
the sentiment against the saloons ap
pears to be overwhelming. Only one
county which had been dry went wet
at the election. This was a sparsely
settled county and the majority for
the saloons was only thfee votes.
Hence it forms but an insignificant
exception to the general trend of sen
timent. Multnomah County forms a much
more important exception. Of course
the vote of this county Is decided by
Portland, and in this city as in most
others of Its size, the saloons are not
in disfavor. The people are willing
to tolerate them, though public
opinion demands serious reforms in
the way they are managed. If the
reforms are not conceded within a
reasonable time, it is pretty certain
that Portland will follow the example
of the country towns and discontinue
the saloons.
Naturally the next move of the
Anti-Saloon League will be to pro
pose state prohibition. The rule of
the league in other states has been
first to carry a large number of coun
ties, then call for state action. In
the main It has been successful, espe
cially in the South, but some good
observers believe that state , prohibi
tion wiH not prove so efficient against
the evils of the liquor traffic as local
option. When . once the state has
taken the matter up, local sentiment
may fall into quiescence. The war
against the saloons has thus far suc
ceeded because it has been a local
war. Each community has fought its
own battles. So long as. the people
of a given ward, village, county,
make it clear that they do not want
saloons, they will not have them.
But put the business into the hands
of state officials, let the local senti
ment cool and the local agitators be
come., quiet, and what will be the re
sult? It is easy to foresee.
A PARALLEL OR TWO.
Perhaps the most Interesting part
of history are its parallels. Few in
cidents occur which, with some varia
tion, have not occurred before. Few
sermons are preached whose essential
points have not been repeated many
times. There is nothing new under
the sun. Most of the new religions
sects which seem to cause the Rev.
S. C. Lapham so much perturbation
of spirit are new only in name.
Their rites, their doctrines are
hoary with age. The "tongues of fire
fanatics" simply repeat, perhaps with
excessive fervor, a practice which
was once common in the church to
which Dr. Lapham belongs. It is
promised to the faithful that they
shall "speak with tongues." The fa
natics whom Dr. Lapham reprobated
so severely in his last Sunday's ser
mon take this promise literally. Why
should they not? Why is it wrong
to take the Lord at his word?
Does not Dr. Lapham believe that the
Lord can keep his promise? Is it
right to expect him to keep some
promises and wrong to expect him to
keep others? How shall we distin
guish between the promises which
are reliable and those which are not?
Has Dr. Lapham any rule that will
help in this quandary? Can he spec
ify a solitary promise in the New
Testament which he really and truly
believes will be fulfilled? If any of
them are to be fulfilled, why not the
one about speaking with tongues?
And, finally, how does Dr. Lapham
know that the "fanatics" whom he
scolds so roundly have net been fa
vored with the very same miraculous
power which St. Paul describes?
He must know, if he has read
much history, that the priests and
aristocrats of heathendom used
pretty nearly the same language
about the early Christians which he
applies to the "tongues of fire peo
ple," the Christian Scientists and
others who are so unlucky as to differ
from him. The primitive followers
of Jesus were . accused " of almost
every crime that can be Imagined.
Ancient writers who mention them
at all speak of them as malefactors,
enemies of the human race and "free
lovers." At their "Agapes," or love
feasts, we read in grave authors that
they murdered and devoured new
born infants, that they offered
prayers to obscene deities, that at a
signal the lights were extinguished
and all restraint was abandoned.
Now time has cleared the Christian
Church of these imputed crimes and
we find a minister of Jesus laying
them to the charge of the members
of another faith. Dr. Lapham does
not accuse the Christain Scientists di
rectly of murdering Infants, but he
makes the implication pretty plain.
As to free love, he is explicit. If we
are to believe him, this depraved doc
trine is part of their faith.
But must we believe him? It is
not quite clear from the report of his
sermon whether Dr. Lapham accuses
the Christian Scientists of practicing
free love or simply of preaching it.
The early Christians were accused of
practicing it in the most repulsive
way. Has Dr. Lapham any better
evidence to offer than the calumni
ators of his own church had? Is his
accusation based on anything more
respectable than theological hatred?
How much envy of a powerful and
aggressive sect is mingled with Dr.
Lapham's zeal for 6aving souls by tho
ancient device of misrepresentation?
The Christian Science churches in
Portland and elsewhere are open to
the public. Has anybody ever heard
free love preached in them? Dr.
Lapham says Mrs. Eddy teaches free
love. The same thing has been said
of Jesus. The story of the 'woman
taken In adultery, the saying that in
heaven there Is no marrying or giving
in marriage, and other passages, have
all been said" to teach free love. Let
his enemies interpret him and there
is no teacher, not even the Masten,
who Is not a criminal. St. Paul has
been quoted to "justify the oppression
of women, slavery and drunkenness.
We need not be surprised, therefore,
to hear Dr. Lapham call the Chris
tian Scientists -free lovers. Consider
ing that he and they differ upon some
points of theology, we are surprised
at the .moderation of his language.
Undoubtedly it relieved his feelings,
but was he absurd enough to expect
anybody to believe it? Probably
not.
The good pastor's grouch at the
Eddyites Is easily, understood. Their
sect Is growing faster than his own.
But, if he is correctly reported, he
seems to believe that the whole tribe
of womankind is as bad as Mrs. Eddy,
or worse. Aside from a general pre
dilection for free love, their worst
fault seems to be a fondness for new
religions, according to Dr. Lapham.
Other critics say it is "a fondness for
old ones. Perhaps it is .both. But
did it ever occur to Dr. Lapham to
ask why it is that a great many
women, and men also, are diligently
seeking for some more rational faith
than the one he preaches? Has he
ever felt a suspicion that the world
has outgrown the devil, the atone
ment and the childish fables which
seem to-compose the main fabric oft
nis sermons ; '
The American visible wheat supply
yesterday showed a decrease of
more than 2,650,000 bushels. With
the single exception of 1903, when
the decrease reported June 16 was
2,707,000 bushels, this is the heaviest
decrease recorded on a corresponding
date in the past ten years. Recent
heavy arrivals of Oregon and Wash
ington wheat at European ports have
cut down the totals for the quantities
on passage, and yesterday the
amount -was 11,000,000 bushels- less
than for a corresponding date last
year. World's shipments showed a
slight increase over last week, but
were 3,000,000 bushels smaller than
for the same period last year. De
spite the near approach of a big crop,
the wheat situation seems to present
some very bullish features, and the
outlook" for low prices is not comfort
ing to those who need cheap wheat.
A public-spirited resident of one of
the suburbs of this city recently
asked a neighbor to sign a petition
for the extension of electricity to
their district for lighting purposes
and was informed that "modern im
provements were a humbug," adding
by way of personal application of his
theory that a bathtub in a house was
a nuisance and that he was having
his taken out, not having used It for
six months. "You look it," com
mented the man interested in public
betterment, and turned away, feeling
that he had done the case justice In
three short .words.
The Philippine Islands government
has appropriated 100,000 pesos for
the entertainment of the American
fleet during its visit at Manila. The
Assembly has not yet confirmed the
appropriation, and there may be
some opposition to it. It cost the
Philippines more than 100,000 pesos
to entertain the American fleet on the
occasion of its visit ten years ago,
and the opposition to the present ap
propriation may come from some of
the liberal contributors to the former
entertainment, the contribution at
that time being far from voluntary.
Year in and year out, Portland
roses are usually at their best on the
10th of June. This year they are at
their best today. Nowhere do they
look so well as in the open air on
their own bushes. Every resident
owes it to himself to see the incom
parably fine exhibit. He will see it
wherever he steps out of doors from
Mount Tabor to Willamette Heights
and from Sellwood to St. John.
That "wet and dry" map of Oregon
doesn't look as much like a checker
board as it did two years ago. The
solid blocks of white, representing
the dry area, are pretty large. It
looks as though there might be a
great deal of activity in "closing out"
sales in the liquor business in the
next two weeks.
It is not yet certain, we are told,
what has happened to the cruiser
Colorado, or whether the vessel Is safe
or not; but certain esteemed, yet
rather tardy contemporaries up and
down the Coast have fear still that
the ship may be lost, and some hopes
of it, so as to vindicate their "news."
There is complaint that Roosevelt
is bossing the "whole thing" at Chi
cago. An .unnecessary complaint.
Had there been an energetic and
thorough-going boss of the Republi
can party in Oregon, the party would
not have lost the Senator.
It required 400 policemen to en
force New York's new anti-gambling
law at the tiravesend track Saturday.
There are evidently a whole lot of
people who like to get rid of their
money, even when the state is trying
to help them keep it.
The bubonic plague has broken
out in Venezuela. Fortunately it did
not appear until Castro had subsided.
With two such blights in operation
simultaneously, Venezuela would In
deed be In sore distress.
Governor Johnson will accept nom
ination for a third term as Governor
of Minnesota. He might get a State
ment No. 1 law passed and then go to
the United States Senate.
Now that the second-elective-term
boom has burst, it Is time for Sena
tor Bourne to take up with some
other fad until that, too, shall bfe
played put.
In the grand prohibition victory In
twenty-one Oregon7 counties, where Is
the glory of the original dry prophets
McKercher. Paget and Amos?
Dr. Lapham's last Sunday remarks
put Dr. Brougher In the shade for
one week at least.
college: for eastern Oregon
Wesley O. Turner Thinks Union Coun
ty Would Contribute l"0,0O0.
LA GRANDE. Or.. June 13. (To the
Editor. ) A few days ago "Bob" Wil
bur, of The Dalles, urged cutting out
some of the work of the Oregon Agri
cultural College and establishing a state
school in Eastern Oregon.
This big empire has but one small
Normal School at Weston, and everything
else, for which we also pay taxes, is in
or near Salem. We have no de.sire to
have a "branch asylum." as that should
remain at Salem and near Linn County,
so as to be as near as possible to the
source of supply, and thus save "relght."
But if, as suggested, the Oregon Agricul
tural College could abolish those studies
which should be in the high schools, as the
University of Oregon has done, it wold
reduce its number one-half or more, and
therefore require less teaching force. If,
in addition. It cut out Latin, German,
economics, etc.. and make it what its
name calls for, I. e., a farmer's school,
it will have enough buildings for the
next 25 years at least. Its surplus build
ing money and Its excess of teachers
might be utilized here In Eastern Ore
gon. But, some one may ask, should not the
farmers' boys and girls" have an oppor
tunity to study I,atln, German. English
literature, etc., the same as other peo
ple's children? Certainly, and they can
get them all in their high schools or the
State University, just as those who at
tend the X'niversity of Oregon can get
agricultural subjects, if they want them,
by attending the Oregon Agricultural
College. Now. if both the University of
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College
will give up their engineering courses
(insignificant in both institutions) and
let the state establish a good, well
equipped engineering school In Eastern
Oregon, similar to that at Golden. Colo.,
then all three institutions could do their
own peculiar work. There would then
be no need of duplication anywhere, and
hence, no unfriendly rivalries.
I am sure Union County will be glad to
furnish grounds and buildings to the
value of not less than $100,000 to secure
such an institution.
The other suggestions of Mr. Wilhur
that Corvallls should be required to edu
cate Its own high school children, and
that the Oregon Agricultural College
should not be allowed to drain our t'igh
schools of their pupils, is very apropos.
Unless such a movement is started at
Corvallis. an "initiative" will be begun
here in Eastern Oregon to cover all the
above points, and there is no question as
to what the result will be.
WESLEY O. TURNER.'
SALARIED ATHLETES IN COLLEGE
Unual (hargrs of Professionalism Made
Against Summer Ball Tennis.
Indianapolis News.
About this time of the year the usual
annual disclosures of professionalism In
college athletics are made. We regret
to see that several of the big teams in
Indiana are under suspicion. It Is a great
mistake for college boys to think that
success Is so important that It rpust be
bought at a sacrifice of everything that
Is helpful and wholesome.
The fact is that as soon as the col
leges begin- to hire football and baseball
players, or to offer "Inducements" in the
way of "scholarships'" and overpay for
alleged services, they break over the
boundary line and get into the profes
sional field. The teams are all playing
too well. Some of them are equal to
acknowledged professionals, who give
their whole time to public playing and
are paid for the skill which they de
velop. The destructive Influence of over
training of amateurs . has often been
pointed out by physicians. After the
training season there is a relaxation and
a 'consequent deterioration and consump
tion of tissue.
It stands to reason that boys and
young men cannot give their whole time,
or the greater part of their time, to
strenuous athletics and have energy left
for the business for which they are sup
posed to be going to college. The play
is based on a false theory, and that is,
that successful athletics denend alto
gether on winning victories. The preseni,
iTlonn,, It, 1- .1! .1 . , i
....... .l.t in me utieciiun ot aeveiop-
ment of a few athletes. We do not know
whether this tendency will be checked.
If It is not we shall have the spectacle
of colleges employing teams, Just as cities
do, to represent them in the various
sports. In-fact, It almost amounts to that
now. Able and distinguished and clean
college men. who would not for a moment
allow themselves to be placed on the
side of professionalism in the colleges,
tolearte all through the college season
the rankest kind of professionalism,
cloked in gauze. The evil will not be re
moved until the college men make an
honest effort in that direction, and that
they, as a class, have not yet done.
Keep Dr. McLouKhlln'a Memory Green.
PORTLAND. Juno 15. (To the Editor.)
Do the boys of Portland know that one
of the most striking characters in Ameri
can history lived and died In this state?
Without Dr. John McLoughlln. the pio
neers would .have perished at the hands
of Indians or of starvation. No one In
the whole course of frontier history. East
or West. North or South, ever controlled
so many Indians or succored so many im
migrants, as he. The lofty humanity of
this great man sheltered every race the
red man. the French, the Englishman and
the American. They all found In him the
universal brother.
We ought to have lectures about Mc
Loughlln In every Oregon schoolhouse.
lectures which ought to stir our hearts
to seek only the good and true things
and to become like this great, good man
Then we shall not ony grow the most
beautiful roses, but the noblest boys and
girls. Let us hang in every Oregon school
house a picture of Dr. John McLouphlin
as he appeared in his youth, when. like a
beautiful St. John, he looks upon life.
Not In his old age. abused by the English
for favoring America and by Americans
for being an Englishman. These troubles
harried his life, and what Is now his own
state robbed him of his estate. '
A pennant and star for McLoughlln in
every school. M. K E
Christian Selenee and Tax-Gat here r.
PORTLAND, June 15. (To the Ed
itor.) I wish to reply to an editorial
in last Saturday's Oregonian on "Taxes
and New Thought."
It certainly would seem, an easy
"trick" to beat the assessor, the tax
collector and even our creditors had
we-such a philosophy as The Oregon
Ian has made Christian Science appear
However. The Oregonian's readers
should know that the philosophy at
which it has smiled Is not Christian
Science, and that Christian Science
could never have attained Its present
standing had its teaching inspired tax
dodging or any other form of dishonesty.
Christian Science teaches the neces,
sity of honest motives and dealings
and awakens a man .to his moral obli
gations and his duty as a citizen. In
fact, it impels him joyously and hap
pily to report his full quota of ma
terial possessions and pay the. just tax
therebn.
LUTHER P. CUDWORTH.
Christian Science Com. on Publication.
Southern Sentiment.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
To exalt the name of the President of
the Union (Lincoln), and not mention
the name of the president, of the Con
federacy a greater and'better man, by
the way is not creditable to any
Southern orator on any occasion. The
bitterness- and - rancor once felt by
many, even in the South, has passed
forever, and the name and character of
Jefferson Davis now appear in their
true light, and he has come into his
own In the hearts of the people, as a
statesman and a patriot who has had
but few, if any, superiors in American
history. .
THIS IS BREEZY.
Address by a Defeated Candidate "To
My Misguided Friends."
Mr. R. D. Hume, well known throughout
Oregon, was a candidate for the Legisla
ture from Curry and Coos Counties. He
was not elected, but prints in the Wedder
burn Radium the following sprightly letter,
under the address, V'To Mv Misguided
Friends."
I wish to thanK the few who sup
ported me at the late election, that
may have been laboring witli the mis
taken idea that the people of Coos and
Curry considered matters concerning
legislation anything more than a Joke,
and desire to enlighten such of my
friends who have not discovered the
fact, If any there be, as to the causes
which make such n state of public
opinion possible.
N
As for myself. I had little confidence
in any successful result being obtained
so far as my chances of election went,
but being the last trme that I could
try the experiment,' I was curious to
know what the result of a campaign
made without personal effort or the
ordinary free adjuncts heretofore fash
ionable might be. The result shows
that habits which have been of long
standing become second nature and
though the community may be strongly
dry, the habit of being wet around
election times is so ingrained in the
average voter that he cannot realize
merit in anything else. v
The majority of ancient Oregonlans
were always wanting to get something
for nothing, free feeds, free drinks,
free smokes, free rides, etc., and there
are some still remaining among us,
while their descendants are imbued
witli the same spirit. Bourne, our
highly-respected Senator to Congress,
understood this peculiarity of Oregon
lans to a nicety, but since moving to
Washington has probably found a dif
ferent sort of society and may be
somewhat unoccupied until our George
arrives, when something will be doing
in the catering line. Orcgonians are
a peculiar people. While they are
striving to keep the main body dry,
they seem delighted to have a wet
head. ' ,
Preachers, printers and poets have
shouted for a wet head, although some
of the, same are suffering from a dry
throat. (Note the vote for United
States Senator.) While the radical of
the lot are ready to take theirs by im
mersion, between these last and our
George there is a bond of syhipathy
that nothing but a Sahara drought
could dry up, and these form tho ma
jority in Oregon, even if a portion of
them do belong to the church and keep
the jug behind the door. A jug behind
the door is a great comfort to the old
soak who voted dry, as he finds he can
get bigger drinks for less money than
from the saloon, and can pose before
the community as an eminently tem
perate man and worthy citizen, while
he can go to bed drunk every night.
So much for the lack of "setting
them up." Now we will consider the
other forces which militated against
me at the late election.
The result has proven that the peo
ple of this district have made the de
velopment of the country in which they
live possible, and that they are con
tent to be led by the boosters and
knockers who, like weaving spiders,
sit in the middle 'of the web to haul
into their net the unwary who come
within reach. These "toll not, neither
do they spinl' anything but yarns to
deceive the foolish or to destroy the
good name of those who are active in
the creation of industries which fur
nish employment to those by whom
they are surrounded. Such parasites
add nothing to the wealth of the world
and furnish nothing for Its betterment.
They give employment to none, but
playing upon the Jealous tendencies of
the human mind, draw to themselves
the support' of those who have for
gotten the scriptural Injunction, "By
their fruits ye shall know them," and
use such foolish ones to help them
selves to such good things as their ca
pacity will enable them to grasp.
The toiling masses are kept at a
fever heat by these do-nothing agi
tators whose numbers are great and
who, by magnified stories of the wealth
of a few Individuals, lead the people to
borfieve that the money of the country
is In the hands of the few who conse
quently are a menace to the prosper
ity of the nation, therefore any man
who is doing things to deyelop the sec
tion In which he lives, who pays his
debts, is also an enemy of those whom
he employs. The Idea being instilled
in their minds that no man Is honest
that has made a success in life, they
cannot understand how one could de
sire to represent them' unless he has
some scheme to urge for his personal
benefit. Therefore they expect to dis
count the graft by making such aspi
rant ante to every little grafter along
the route. This diseased condition of
the public mind, the germs of which
have been handed down from the misty
days of Oregon's past, has been inocu
lated by the microbes that have gen
erated In other portions of the Union,
and the public has become so fertilized
that an epidemic has resulted. When.,
however, its course has been run the
laboring people will discover that it Is
work, not wind pudding, that is most
necessary for their comfort and happi
ness, and that one man of genius who
is able to conceive and carry out de
velopments that add to the wealth of
the world for their benefit, Is of more
worth to them, though he may swing
millions than though the same millions
were divided among the lot of misers
who have no capacity beyond lending
money at usurious rates, or a lot of
boosters who are trying to get some
thing for nothing. The effort of these
agitators tends to discourage every
man who has ambition and capacity to
lead In the development of the'natural
wealth of the country, and when am
"bltlon Is killed, mankind will degen
erate to the condition of savages.
Money is the most minute portion of
the wealth of the world, and were the
idea which Idiotic writers are seeking
to convey to the public mind correct,
viz: The wealth of large operators rep
resented by money alone, were the men
to whom its possession" Is credited, to
cease expending the same there would
not be a dollar in circulation In the
United States. The fact Is the wealth
of the greatest capitalists finds invest
ment in industries and developments
which keep labor In motion to add still
more profusely to the created wealth
of our country. The man Is nothing,
the energies he represents are every
thing, and one of administrative genius
is worth more to the laboring classes
than millions of the hot air digesters
who draw conclusions from false prin
ciples. "You may fool all the people
some of the time, and some of the peo
ple all of the time, but you cannot fool
all the people all of the time." And
there is bound to come an awakening,
but perhaps aot until poverty shall
have brought many to where their eyes
will be opened that they may see clear
ly. In conclusion, will say to my
friends that as George E. Chamberlain
has received the majority vote of the
people of Oregon, I believe it is the
proper thing to send him to Washing
ton as Senator, and my reasons for the
belief are first, the state will be rid of
him for a portion of his term as Gov
ernor, during which incumbency h has
damaged the resources of the state
more than all his predecessors put to
gether, and secondly that the hypnotic
spell which he has put upon a majority
of Oregonians may Te broken by the
opportunity offered of measuring him
when placed among the representative
men of the Nation. The field will bfc
large and he won't be able to claim
everything In sight and will have to
make good. R. D. HUME.
OCR METHOD OF LEGISLATION.
Analysis of the New fishery Lama of
the State of Orrgon.
Letter in the Pacific Fisherman.
McGowan, Wash., June 8, 1908. The
new Oregon salmon fishery regulations'
for the Columbia River are- a, good
study In legislation by the "peepul."
This sort of law consists of the lucu
brations of agitators, minus and plus
the defensive efforts of the intended
victims.
A student might well scramble his
brains over such results of law mak
ing. Judges McBride and Bean, ot Ore
gon, alone seem able to make the Ore
gon fish statutes say anything that
agrees with the omniscience of Rosen
berg and Lorentsen.
These" battling twins of U'Ren and
his prolific spouse, the Oregon initia
tive, are not so puzzling after being
spanked into proper alignment. in
brief, the Rosenberg or gillnetters'
bill prohibits, from August 25, 1908, to
September 10, 1908, salmon fishing ex
cept by hook and line, in the Columbia
Rivexand tributaries east of the Sandy
River, Oregon, which is just east of
the meridian of Portland.
The Seufert bill, section 3, makes it
"unlawful from and after September
10, 1908, to take, catch, etc. ... . in
any portion of tiie Columbia River
within the boundaries of the State of
Oregon, or in any portion of said Co
lumbia River over which the State of
Oregon has. jurisdiction, except that
portion of such Columbia River lying
between the west boundary or the
northerly prolongation thereof of
township 8, north range 9 west of the
Willamette meridian, and the west
boundary or the northerly prolonga
tion thereof of township 2. north range
16 east of the Willamette meridian.
That is to say, fishing is not pro
hibited in the Columbia River between
the Deschutes River on the east and
the city limits of the Crty of Astoria
on the west.
Section 1 makes it "unlawful to cast,
drift or haul any net, seine or other
device" between One hour after sunset
and one hour before sunrise tin any of
the channels used for commercial navi
gation by licensed vessels.
Section 2 makes it "unlawful to fish ,
from October. 1 to December 31."
Section 4 limits nets to a length of
150 fathoms and a depth of 4 1-6
fathoms.
Section 5 provides a weekly close
from 6 P. M. Saturday to 6 P. M. Sun
day from January 1 to October 1.
Section 9 repeals all acts and parts
of acts in conflict therewith. The two
acts conflict only as to "that portion
of the Columbia River within the boun
daries of the State of Oregon" from
the Sandy River on the west to the
Deschutes River on the east.
The Rosenberg bill becomes a law
on August ' 25, and will be in force
until September 10, at which time the
Seufert bill becomes a law, and In sec
tion 9 repeals "all acts and parts of
acts In conflict herewith."
So that Rosenberg's law will have a
brief and exciting career of 15 days,
during which period there Is already a
close season on the Columbia River
for all kinds of gear.
H. S. M'GOWAN.
A POOR APOLOGY FOR GRAFT.
Lincoln Steffens Dealt With by Henry
Watterson.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Lincoln Steffens, the leading magazine
muck raker in point of time and perhaps
point of achievement, set for himself a
difficult and needless task when he under
took to write "An Apology for Graft,"
which appeared in the current number of
the American Magazine. The result of
his doubtless strenuous labors la a very
poor apology for graft.
At great length Mr. Steffens explains
how strong are the temptations that be
set the politician and the business man,
and reaches the conclusion that these
temptations are too great for human na
ture to resist. The burden of the argu
ment is that the various classes, includ
ing the "low politician," the man In of
fice, the political boss behind the man In
office and the kings of finance behind
the boss, commit felonies for reasons of
expediency and because they are victims
of a vicious circle rather than becausn
they are "criminals at heart." Sympathy
and understanding, he asserts, are the
need of the hour. "We have been upon
a ruthless man hunt. We are crying to
put somebody in jail; to make some In
dividual suffer. I hate this hate and I
hate this hunt."
But the "man hunt" has never resulted
In injustice to the prisoner at the bar in
any considerable number of cases where
an attempt has been made to cleanse a
government, local, state or National, by
instituting prosecutions against grafters.
There Is no apology for graft. The
grafter is under no stronger temptation
when confronted with the opportunity to
steal a fortune than is the hungry man
who sees an opportunity to rifle a hen
coop or the pickpocket who sees a chancs
to snatch a purse. Ills excuse is less
because his training has been better. The
law enforced is the best and tho only
regulator of criminals, and the law should
be no respecter of persons.
Mr. Steffens. who turns from the muck
ruke to tiie pocket handkerchief and the
smeling salts to weep over the misfor
tunes of men ,who cannot withstand the
temptation to steal, falls In line with that
portion of the public that stands ready to
sign petitions to a Governor when a mur
derer is . to be hanged, and with the yel
low Journals whoso columns are devoted
to the business of manufacturing sym
pathy for tho humbler variety of crimi
nal In whose caso there is "human in
terest." i "
Senator Barrett's: Fllp-Flop.
Tillamook Headlight.
Republicans in Tillamook County were
greatly surprised when W. N. Barrett
flopped over to Statement No. l'ism after
receiving the nomination for Joint Sen
ator, but like so many other Republicans
who did not see through the trick to
defeat the Republican party, he fell a
prey to the passing clamor of the poli
ticians who wanted to dictate as to who)
he should vote for in the Senatorial con
test. All we need say is that if Mr.
Barrett ever casts his vote for Chamber
lain for United States Senator he will be
misri-presenting his constituents. Mr.
Harrett obtained his nomination with the
understanding that he would vote for a
Republican for United States Senator,
and he. should have stayed with it.
Staunch Republicans are getting tired of
this flopping fllpity-flop business which
they are going to resent.
Does Ma Wish She Was Pa?
From "What to Eat."
"I wish I had a lot o' cash."
Sez pa. one Winter's night: '
"I'd go down South an' stay awhile.
Where days are warm an' bright."
He set an' watched the fire die -' '
(Seemed lost in thoughtful daze).
Till ma brought In eomo fresh pine knots
An' made a cheerful blaze.
"I wish I had a million shares
O' stock In Standard Oil."
Sez pa: "I wouldn't do a thing."
Ma made the kettle boii.
An' mixed hot biscuits, fried some ham
An' eggs (smelt good, you bet!)
Fetched cheese an' doughnuts, made the tea
Then pa set down an' et:
"I wish I was a millionaire.
Sez pa: "I'd have a snap."
Next, from the lounge we heard a snore;
Pa at his ev'nln' nap!
Ma did tho dishes, shook the cloth.
Brushed up. put things away.
An' fed the cat, then started up
Her plans for hakin' day.
She washed an' put some beans to soak.
An' set some bread to rise;
Unstrung dried apples, soaked 'em. too.
All ready for her pies;
She brought more wood, put out the cat.
Then darned four pairs o' socks;
Pa woke, an' sez. "It's time fer bed;
, Ma, have you wound both clocks?"