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PORTLAND. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908.
DISTINCTION AS TO BOSSES.
"Who is a bad boss,' or what is a
bad boss?" asks a reader who quotes
from The Oregonian the statement
that "men have revolted ' today not
against bosses, but against bad
bosses." But how are you to distin
guish between good and bad bosses?
This is the substance of the question
put to The Oregonian.
It is not so difficult. Men must have
leadership. This, of course, is not
acceptable now, since we have the
doctrine that since the sovereignty is
in the people, each and every man
is as good as each and every other
man in counsel, that is, as good in
ability and breadth of 'view, and
therefore as well worthy to be fol
lowed; and therefore again, the ma
jority jnay confidently attempt every
thing, without regard to the inquiry
whether they know, or not. Of
course they are supposed to know.
All knowledge, as Dogberry said of
reading and writing, may be under
stood . to come by nature.
But let this discussion pass. The
Oregonian doubtless is wrong. It
has been accustomed to think
that leadership was necessary and in
dispensable among men, because
some men might have clearer views
and larger views about affairs of hu
man life and of human interest than
others, and it might be better at
times to follow the advice given by a
minority than that dictated by a ma
jority. It has supposed that certain
principles of government were per
manently established, as those, or
most of them, written In the constitu
tion of Oregon some fifty years ago.
The fundamental principle was rep
resentative government. But The
Oregonian finds its mistake. Noth
ing that is written in the constitution
of Oregon has any sure foundation.
We may change any part of it, or the
Whole of it, or abolish it altogether;
and make the "lawgiver of Oregon
City" the constitution of Oregon, at
any single election.
Now the right kind of a boss would
deliver us from all this. But under
our system he could work only
through regular and established
forms. He would be compelled to
appeal to the people through party;
for party organization and party ac
tion are the best of all buffers against
violent and radical change. When
you abolish party, which is an appeal
as well to the history of the country
bs to the prejudices of men, you have
lost the firmest hold you have on sta
ble government. Destruction of par
ties is simply the rule of the mob.
Popular government, democratic gov
ernment, representative or republican
government, has taught nothing, if
not this lesson. Government with
out party is despotism.
And if parties are to exist, there
must be party leaders; and opposing
factions in each and every party, not
less than all men of the opposite
party, will call every potential leader
a boss, and will tell the dear people
that no one man has a right to more
Influence in party or in affairs than
another. For are not all men cre
ated equal? It is heresy to say oth
erwise. But do the people know
their own minds on this subject? The
people of Oregon condemn bossism;
yet they simply groveled for a quar
ter of a century at tne feet of John
Hippie AHtchell, and refused utterly
all proofs of his unworthiness; and so
they will grovel again at the feet of
some other boss, when the time and
the man shall be coincident and
there will always be the man for the
time.
This reduces the inquiry to the
comparison between bosses, and to
the difference between them. Theo
dore Roosevelt is the boss of the Re
publican party. His dictum "goes."
All Republicans follow him, and even
Democrats believe in nim. Why?
Because he has proven himself un
selfish, and wholly devoted to the
public weal. Here is a proper kind
of boss, as distinguished from the
bad boss. Mr. Roosevblt could have
been President again. He could have
"gone the limit'' and "broken the rec
ord." But he refused to put himself in
position or to allow others to put him
in position that could call his unself
ishness and disinterestedness in ques
tion. He bosses .his party for the
good of his party and for the good of
his country, not for his own ambition
or emolument. He wishes' his. poli
cies and his purposes continued," and
so has endeavored to point the way
to the nomination of his successor.
This is in accord with the traditions
of the country. - So Jefferson did; so
Jackson did; so Lincoln unquestion
ably would have done, for the guid
ance of his party and of his coun
try, through problems left unfinished
by him.
A bad boss was Buchanan, who,
under the influence of the pro-slavery
element of his party committed his
party and tried to commit the coun
try to extension of slavery, and re
fused to take measures against seces
sion and rebellion. A bad boss was
Bryan, who committed his party to
free coinage of silver.wlth ita conse
quence of debasement of the money
of the country. A bad boss was
Douglas, who, for his ambition to be
President, opened ' a controversy for
extension and perpetuation of slav
ry, whose consequences are not yet
exhausted. A bad boss is he in any
state who tries to "work politics" for
his personal advancement or for his
special group of associates oT satel
lites. To bring the matter close
home, by the very nearest example
(parva componere magnis), a bad
boss was "Jack" Matthews, who.
however, was but a sub-boss his
chief at Washington.
The people may prcrV? a worthy
boss to a bad one, but if they cannot
get the one they will take the other;
for they must have leaders, maugre
all assertions that leaders have no
place in a .system where all men are
equal. , The assertion falls because
all men are not equal, and most of
them have sense enough to know it.
Hence they instinctively fly to lead
ers, and follow them. If, however,
unselfish and disinterested leaders
do not appear they will follow the
other sort, and often will follow the
other sort by preference, because
they do not see-Jhrough hollow faly
sitiss and are unable to discover good
qualities in those who "would serve
them better. Led away by the self
seeking boss, they often scorn sound
counsels. Afterward, opening their
eyes suddenly, they reject for the
nonce all leadership, or turn for lead
ership to men of the party which
they had always -vigorously opposed.
This is the history of politics in Ore
gon; it is the same everywhere. The
boss takes advantage of the traits of
human nature, and then becomes a
sacrifice to it, unless, like Roose
velt, he is absolutely disinterested
and unselfish, and at the same time
has within him a power and disposi
tion to work successfully for the pub
lic welfare. Kven then, from want
of tact, he often falls. Hence the
bitterness of Corlolanus and the dis
tress felt by Washington at the In
gratitude of hl3 countrymen. If the
unselfish nature is Haughty and un
yielding it is sure, in time, to fall Into
disfavor; but Roosevelt has the con
ciliatory quality also, which tempers
but does not weaken his firmness.
Yet even he in time might get a fall;
for, "a habitation giddy and unsure
hath he who bulldeth on the vulgar
heart."
9 Still, there Is a distinction of bosses.
The best hold on the people is gained
through honest and unselfish en
deavor; but this requires as much
tact as the career of the selfish boss,
and even more judgment. The peo
ple are quite as apt to turn against
best men as against the worst, un
less the leader, and favorite, or boss,
is a very tactful man.
RECORD ALIEN EXODUS.
A single steamer sailing from New
York yesterday carried 2000 steerage
passengers for Europe, while another
thousand who had secured tickets at
Western agencies were unable to find
quarters on board, and must wait
over for another steamer. This re
markable exodus of aliens from the
United States has been going on for
more than six months, and instead of
slackening, seems actually Increasing.
For the first five months of 1908
more than 300,000 steerage passen
gers departed from New York and
Boston, and since the panic began,
last October, more than 500,000 have
left our shores. While the number
of outward-bound aliens was con
stantly increasing, the inflow of steer
age passengers showed a striking de
cline as compared with the previous
season.
For the first four months of 1907,
404,332 immigrants came into the
United States, while for the same
corresponding period this season the
Immigration was but 124,392, show
ing a decline for the four months of
279,940. On this basis the total de
crease in the number of newcomers
would reach fully 500,000. It would
thus seem probable that the United
States has already lost since the panic
approximately 1,000,000 people, one
half of whom have left our shores,
the other - half being prevented by
changed financial conditions from
coming here. This remarkable move
ment of aliens presents an interesting
study. It is easy to understand 'hy
the rush was checked and about half
a million people who were preparing
to follow their friends to this country
suddenly decided to remain In Eu
rope.ebut it is not so easy to under
stand why the outflow from this
country continues in such large pro
portions at a time when an oncoming
harvest of great proportions is mak
ing great demands on the supply of
labor.
The prospect for employment in
the Old World cannot be the lure
that took them back, for the indus
trial depression Is making its pres
ence fert in Europe to a greater ex
tent than in America. Undoubtedly
the enhanced purchasing power of
the dollar in Europe is the magnet
that is 'drawing them across the
water. On the whole the movement
is not liable to prove detrimental to
this country. The outflow is taking
with it a considerable number of "un
desirables" whose room is preferable
to their company, and when they get
back to the land of their birth with
the wealth they have amassed in this
country, it may be the means of in
ducing some of their more desirable
neighbors to make a trip to the land
where money comes easier than in
the Old Wrorld.
SIR. GOMPER8 AND HIS HOSS PISTOL.
It is not yet or now possible to say
with certainty whether the Chicago
convention will yield to the demands
of Mr. Gompers, representing the la
bor unions, or not. We should sup
pose, however, that the convention
would permit no special interest, no
organization outside the party it rep
resents, to write its platform.
- Mr. Gompers doubtless is a very
able and powerful man. He comes
to Chicago and points a pistol at the
head of the Republican party, quite
after the manner of the highwayman,
and makes his demand. The de
mand is that no injunction shall issue
against, any demands or proceedings
of organized labor. All such de
mands or proceedings shall be ex
empt from charge of conspiracy un
der the so-called Sherman law. Next
month he will be at Denver, with his
pistol at the head of the Democratic
convention, to enforce the same de
mand. We think both parties should turn
him down, and that the Republican
party, since its convention comes
first, should set the example for the
other. There have been abuses of In
junction, no doubt. Buthey are to
be corrected by criticism, not by abo
lition of the principle or rule, alto
gether. Property and rights of prop
erty, and the right of men not mem
bers of unions to work for a living,
are still to be preserved, somehow.
All who are so unfortunate as to be
owners of property, or employers, or
persons not members of unions, yet
seeking to support themselves by la
bor, will be enforced to go together.
Perhaps they will be permitted to
stay on the eath.
To all reasonable claims, properly
presented, no party can be Indiffer
ent. But the loud demand of any
organization to be permitted to write
the platform of a great party a pis
tol at Its head to enforce the demand
should be turned down. Mr. Gom
pers, of course, if he cannot move
Chicago, will attempt Denver. (Si
nequeo flectere Superos, Acheron ta
movebo.) Well, let him go to Den
ver. Mr. Bryan may embrace him.
Yet perhaps Mr. Bryan may not.
There are said to be Democrats in
every state who own property, con
duct business and employ labor. In
several states it Is believed there are
enough of them to raise a protest suf
ficiently loud to reach Mr. Bryan's
ear. Mr. Bryan, indeed, has been
toying with tjils heretofore. He may
not admit it now; but then he may
part with a greater number of Demo
crats than he parted with on the sil
ver question.
All reasonable requests of labor are
to be granted, should be grant
ed, must be granted. But only
one-fifth of the labor of the coun
try is union labor. Besides, em
ployers of labor and owners of prop
erty may still have some rights, some
Interests or wishes, anyway.
In the circumstances although we
think the injunction has been abused
and the power should be more strict
ly defined by law, in accord with the
recommendation of President Roose
velt we should say that Mr. Gom
pers should be sent from Chicago .to
Denver.
THE DIFFERENCE.
The Republican platform, we are
told, is to Contain the following state
ment: , v
In. history the difference between De
mocracy and Republicanism is that one
stood for secession, the other for the Union;
the one for slavery, the other for freedom;
one for a debased currency, the other for
pure currency: the one for free sliver, the
other for sound money; the one for free
trade, the other for protection; the one for
contraction of American influence, the other
for lta expansion; one has been forced to
abandon every position taken on the great
Issues before the people the other has held
and vindicated.
In experience the difference between De
mocracy and Republicanism Is that one
means asversity. while the other means
prosperity. One means low wages, the other
means high; one means doubt and debt, tho
other means confidence and thrift.
On principle the difference between De
mocracy and Republicanism la that one
stands for vacillation and timidity in Oov
ernment. the other for strength and pur
pose; one for obstruction, the other for
construction; one promises, the other per
forms: one finds fault, the other finds work.
This is well and strongly written;
Uand it has the concurrence of The
Oregonian throughout, except as to
the statement about protection. Not,
indeed, that The Oregonian would
have the country abandon protection
as a policy, but It believes that the
legislation of both parties has carried
it too far, with the result of building
up special monopolies. Democratic
legislation in Cleveland's time was no
better in this respect than Republi
can. But with this exception the part
quoted above is an ideally correct
statement of an absolute truth. It
marks clearly. In small space, the
difference, in history, between the
two great parties of the United States.
PORTLAND REACHING OUT.
"It Is significant," says the Tacoma
News, "that railways that have here
tofore had their terminals at Port
land or Seattle should now be reach
ing out for a terminal at Tacoma, and
this is the best evidence not only that
there is plenty of business here al
ready, but that the shrewd railway
managers see that in future this will
be the great shipping point of the
Pacific." The significance attached
to these plans of the railroads to
build from Portland to Tacoma is the
same as in the case of a railroad to
Astoria, Tillamook, Coos Bay, Grays
Harbor or any other port along the
Pacific Coast, or to the interior. Port
land is the natural railroad center of
the Pacific Northwest, and in reach
ing out for trade merchants and rail
roads which serve them make no dis
tinction between the Tacoma dollar
and that of any other port which
happens to be one "terminus" of a
railroad starting from Portland.
Portland has one railroad to Ta
coma. We also have ene railroad to
Astoria. Another road is building to
Astoria and another road is building
to Tacoma. The . second road to As
toria traverses a different route from
that now In use, and it will come into
sharp competition with the road al
ready built, thus improving the facil
ities for trade, and at the same time
reducing the expense. The same will
be true of the second road now build
ing to Tacoma. and with .better train
service -and the . reduced rates that
always follow competition and more
traffic, the Portland merchants Willi
profit greatly by the increased bust- :
ness that will be brought to the rail
road center of the Pacific Northwest.
The Tacoma paper has been misin
formed regarding conditions which
are responsible for Portland's re
markable growth as a railroad and
shipping center. It expresses grave
doubts of our ability to get rid of
the excessive pilotage charges be
cause "the fight has been made for
many years and still the pilots main
tain their handicapping charges,"
and adds that "whatever may be
done in regard to this admitted han
dicap to Portland's greatness, no leg
islation will void the natural handi
caps which have always existed in
river 1 shoalsi and are against the
Willamette metropolis as a shipping
point." If the News was at all in
formed on the subject, it would know
that the "leglslation"which brought
into existence the Port of Portland
Commission has resulted in the re
moval of all "river shoals" in this vi
cinity. So effectual was that legis
lation as carried, out by the Port of
Portland that there is a minimum
depth of twenty-six feet at a num
ber of points where scant eighteen
feet of water was in evidence when
the work began. With the Port of
Portland's enlarged powers and ex
cellent equipment for the work, any
depth required can now be secured
at comparatively light expense.
Meanwhile Portland jobbers are han
dling a business of something more
than 3200,000,000 per year, and the
shipping business of the port, both
foreign and coastwise, is breaking all
former records. ,More building Is In
progress than at any other point on
the Pacific Coast, and In various
other ways the matchless advantages
of oilr wonderful natural location are
quite clflarly apparent.
Shipping entering the Columbia
River this year will easily exceed
1,000,000 tons, Portland alone han
dling nearly 400,000 tons for the first
five months of 1908, the dullest part
of the season. The business has
doubled and trebled in the past few
years, and the quarantine facilities of
the port have not kept pace with the
growth. A United States marine hos
pital, at or near Astoria, is a neces
sity of which the port should no
longer be deprived. The unfortunate
detention of the transport Sherman Is
pretty certain to be used as an argu
ment against sending transports here
In the future. The news was un
doubtedly received with joy by the
Columbia River "knockers," who
seem to have the last word on any
question in which the interests of
Portland are involved. Objection will
be made to sending transports here
because there is no marine hospital,
and following out the usual Govern
ment line of reasoning there will be
no marine hospital because no trans
ports are sent here. Great is the
Government and prejudiced are some
of Its prophets.
New York horsemen who are in
the game for the money it produces
are considering the advisability of
calling . off some of the big races
where heavy purses were hung up,
the anti-gambling law making it un
certain whether racing without the
betting attachment could be made
successful. If the anti-gambling fkws
are rigidly enforced, there will be a
good many former devotees of the al
leged "sport of kings" who will re
gard It with no more interest than
was shown by the Indian Prince who
declined to attend a race for the rea
son that "any fool knows that some
horses are faster than others."
Some of the cities, of Oregon will
celebrate the Fourth for three days.
The object, of course. Is to give that
much more time to Instill into the
youthful mind proper ideas of patri
otism. This is. a glorious country,
and one day is not enough to recount
the valorous deeds of our warriors
and the achievements of our states
men. Neither Is It time enough to
drink the proper amount of pink lem
onade, fire the desired number of
bombs, watch the necessary number
of ball games and enjoy the always
attractive horse races.
Though the business of the Chicago
convention was Interrupted for an
hour yesterday by howls and cheers
for Roosevelt, it was chiefly a gallery
demonstration. Taft will be nomi
nated at once, when a vote is reached.
A similar demonstration held up the
St. Louis convention four years ago,
when Bryan sentiment pervaded the
galleries and extended even to the
floor of the convention; yet Parker
was nominated. Shouters for a pop
ular favorite always get busy at these
opportunities.
District Attorney John A. McNary,
of the Third Judicial District, who
presides" over four counties that have
gone "dry," says that he will make
special efforts to enforce the liquor
laws and that he welcomes the or
ganization of law enforcement
leagues. Since the saloon people
themselves have gone on record as
favoring the suppression of the law
breaking class, McNary ought to
have plenty of help.
California has been . copying the
Oregon list of books for use in school
libraries and - is trying to secure the
enactment of a library law similar to
ymtMn force in, 'this -state. A wise
move, sure enough, and yet many
years'-of reading books such as are
used In Oregon will not overcome the
effect of reading newspapers such as
find their way into too many homes
In California. .
Some say revision of the city char
ter is again Imperative. Doubtless
for the purpose 'of giving away such
franchises as may be left, or for ar
ranging for' their sale. This is the
main reason why the present charter
was made.
It is now nearly -three weeks since
election, and the completer official re
turns are not yet available. It is evi
dent that there are - some County
Clerks . who ought not to have been
re-elected.
One wpuld like to see the "conven
tions nominate Fulton and Cham
berlain for the "Vice-Presidency, on
the tickets of the respective parties,
to see whicji ticket would get the
more votes in Oregon.
This was a good time for the rain
early enough to help the hay,
grain and gardens, and too early to
burst the Royal' Anne .cherries.
11 A
BATTLEFIELD OF T
CAMPAIGN
Republican Leader Think Political
, Fight Will Be In Middle West.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch to Brook
lyn Eagle, Ind.-Dem.-
Republican leaders believe that the
battleground of the Presidential cam
paign will be the Middle Western
States, and not the East, as in former
years. At the same time they admit
that the situation there has large ele
ments of danger. They do not know
which way the radical vote will go,
which gave to Roosevelt his tremen
dous pluralities in that section in 1904.
Party lines, Republican leaders state,
have been badly shattered . during the
past two Presidential campaigns.
Whether Taft will be able to hold the
great following which.the progressive
Roosevelt policies have in the Middle
West ie the problem that is worrying
the managers. Some of them admit,
with surprising frankness, that John
son would certainly take away from
Taft several of these states which
Roosevelt carried with enormous votes,
and further, that It is a question
whether Taft "will be able to hold them
against Bryan.
Representative Charles F. Scott, of
Kansas, expresses this fear. He Is the
Republican chairman of the House
committee on agriculture, is the pro
prietor of a big newspaper, and a keen
political observer.'
"The light this year," said Mr. Scott,
"will be in the states of Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
Kansas and Nebraska, Instead of the
East, where former contests have been
determined. The reasons for the
change of battleground are about as
follows: The Roosevelt administration
is popular in those states, where the
people believe thoroughly In the
Roosevelt programme.
"The people of that section want the
President's programme carried for
ward. They are so earnest that If
they thought It necessary to elect a
Democratic administration in order to
carry it forward, they would do it.
"There is danger in the Middle West
ern situation. If the Democratic Con
vention at Denver should have a lucid
interval and nominate Johnson, I
should think there would be a good
chance of losing two or three Middle
Western States. Of course, this will
not happen. The Denver convention
will nominate Mr. Bryan, and he is not
any stronger now than he was in 1800,
unless he is made stronger by the
failure of the Republican convention
to take advantage of its opportuni
ties." BAITING THE CAMERA BRIGADE
Republican Delegates at Chios so Get
Busy at a New Game.
Chicago Evening Post.
They have a new game down at the
Auditorium "Annex a cruel game, but
one hugely enjoyed. It is called "Bait
ing the Newspaper Photographers,"
but lt( seems almost equally hard on
eome of the distinguished guests, Judg
ing, at any rate, from the little joke
on ex-United States Senator John C.
Spooner, of Wisconsin, by a mischiev
ously Inclined delegate.
The lobby of the Annex, and to a
lesser degree of the other hotels, is
swarming, of course, with newspaper
photographers with orders to "get" the
distinguished Republican leaders as
fast as they arrive. One of the tribe,
sitting disconsolately on a sofa wait
ing for some great man to come along,
was accosted by a delegates
"Wake up, young man," he said to
the camera fiend. "See that. man over
there?" pointing to Mr. Spooner, who
was Just leaving the breakfast room
of the Annex. "That" is United State
Senator Robert M. Lay Follette. You
ought to get his picture."
The photographer hastened Joyfully
across the room and 'addressed, as he
thought, the champion filibuster of the
Senate.
"La Follette?" echoed the ex-Senator
sharply. 'Who the devil told you I
was La Follette? My name's Spooner,
sir John C. Spooner."
"Oh, excuse mel" said the youth,
tumbling to the fact that somehow he
had put his foot in It. "Would yon
mind posing, anyway?"
"Not much," said the ex-Senator
dryly. "You still might get the names
mixed. I think I will be excused while
I still retain some of my own person
ality." .
Tne photographer looked around
vengefully for the delegate who had
dumped him into the predicament, but
the latter had ducked.
Another picture-chaser was steered
Into a bunch of Southern delegates
with a hunch that "the tall man in the
gray fedora," wag "Senator Booker T.
Washington."
"Senator Booker T. Washington!"
ejaculated the irate Southerner, while
the gTOup sent up a shout of laughter.
"You piffle-headed chump I gotta
good mind " ( ..
"No, you haven't, either," broke in
the other delegates as. socn as they
could speak for laughter. "This Just
goes to show how much the North
knows about the negro problem. We
ought to have a drink; on that"
And they did, generously Including
the crestfallen camera man in the line
up at the bar.
The Girl .for Him.
Everybody's Magazine.
A Scotchman, wishing to know his fske
at once, telegraphed a proposal of mar
riage to the lady of his choice. After
spending the entire day at the telegraph
office, he was finally rewarded . late In
the evening by an affirmative answer.
"If I were you," suggested the operator
when he delivered the message, "I'd think
twice before I'd marry a girl that kept
me waiting all day for my answer."
"Na. na," retorted the Scot. "The lass
who waits for the night rates Is the lass
for me."
It Is Unthinkable.
"If we give women votes, will they
want to run for all the offices?"
"I don't think so. Can you imagine a
woman setting up the ice-cream sodas for
people not even In her set?"
Romance of Huggins Pike.
Indianapolis News.
She was a fair young damsel
Of twenty years, belike,
Residing temporarily
Out on the Huggins pike.
Out on the Huggins pike she dwelt
In seeming sweet content.
Where cooking for the harvest hands
With butter-making blent. ,
But ever to the Hugglna pike
Came rumors of the town;
And yearnings soon possessed this maid
So strong they -would not down.
Ambition from the Hugglna pike
Withdrew- this winsome girl.
And to the town she did repair
To meet Its giddy whirl.
She heard of pretty offiice girls
And those who thumped the types.
Who1 earned all sorts of dollars
And dressed In beauteous stripes;
'who had great opportunities
To catch a millionaire.
Or. better yet. no lack of chance
To wed his son and heir.
And so It was she came to town.
But, oh, alas, alack!
She found the ofTice doors were closed.
For business had grown alack.
She found a canning factory,
Aial put up corn and beans.
She lived up seven flights of stairs
To keep within her means.
And so she tolled, week after week.
With aching heart and brain;
And sighed for peaceful Huggins pik
And the old days again.
Till Robert Jones, an old-time swain.
That way did chance to hike;
Be popped, and she. much wleex grown
Went back -to Huggins pike.
STANDS FOR A SANE FOCRTH.
Grants Pass Patriotism to Be Leav
ened With Dancing.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. June 16. (To the
Editor.) The editorial in last Sunday's
Oregonian. entitled "A Sane Fourth,"
fully meets our approval and we are
preparing to hold a celebration at Wlld
ervilla that will be free from the many
objectionable features that have so
marred average celebrations of recent
years.. Each Fourth of July for the past
25 years or more the sporting element and
every other element except the better
element have been getting more' and
more the control of the celebrations, un
til' the Fourth of July has come to be
a day of pandemonium instead of pa
triotism. The Fourth of July should be
a day for teaching patriotism and a
higher standard of citizenship, instead
of a day for racking the nerves of or
derly people, endangering the lives of
children and of lowering the morals of
the young.
Recognizing that dancing is only harm
ful when made so, and that most young
people enjoy that healthy amusement,
and, that if they cannot dance at one
place they will at another 'and too often
at places where a person of mature Judg
ment would not think of going, the ex
ecutive committee have modified their
first order of "no dancing" and will have
a platform on the grounds and 'allov?
dancing after the' close of the literary
programme. The rough element, though,
will be entirely" excluded.
We shall be glad to have other Ore
gonlans as our guests and enjoy with
the good people of Rogue River Valley
a Fourth of July celebration that will
be truly American in character and free
from "Chiness noise features" and the
hoodlum desecration of the purposes of
the Nation's birthday.
Mr. Buxton, master of the Oregon State
Grange, cannot be with us owing to an
urgent request that " he speak at an
other celebration and assist In the dedi
cation "of a fine Grange hall at Vernonia,'
in Columbia County.
I wish the best of prosperity to The
Oregonian, as a paper worthy of It, at d
that it will be able to chronicle at least
one sane celebration In Oregon this
Fourth. CHARLES MESERVE.
Chairman 'Executive Committee, Grants
Pass Fruitgrowers' Association.
DECLINE OF HORSES IN FRANCE
Finest Public Roads In the World
Favor Fast Motor Cars.
Kansas City Journal.
A story comes from Paris which
contains the first evidence that has yet
been produced to the effect that the
automobile is lessening the use of the
horse in matters of pleasure or busi
ness. A Paris horse-dealer, a veteran
in the business, is responsible for the
assertion that the automobile is "slow
ly but surely killing the horse." In
corroboration of this statement It is
said that motor cars are largely super
seding horse cabs in tbe French capi
tal, and automobiles have almost driv
en the family carriage out of use.
Horses of all kinds are steadily de
clining in values, especially those used
for hunting and pleasure riding. At
the sale of a famous stable of hunt
ers not long ago the best horse, which
was formerly valued' at $1000, sold for
$460, while the others, all beautifully
gaited thoroughbreds, averaged less
than $200. A fine carriage, horse sold
for $85. It is said that a' good pair
of pedigreed carriage horses can be
had in Paris for less than $200, with
the carriage thrown in for $100 more.
Ordinary cab horses or riding hacks
sell for $25 to $75 apiece.
It is natural that the horse should
give way to the. automobile in France,
for the reason that that country has
the finest system of public roads in
the world, traversing the country in
every direction and affording the op
portunity for traveling at the high
rate of speed which the motor car
alone affords. Travel in a carriage at
the comparatively snail's pace of six
or eight miles an hour must seem
wearisome and unsatisfactory when
contrasted with an automobile flying
smoothly and swiftly along at 20 to 50
miles an hour. In the country, how
ever, especially In the United States,
where the roads are as a rule exe
crable, it is likely that the horse will
hold his own for many years to come.
Contrary to the general idea, more
horsea were raised, and sold at higher
prices, in the United States last year
than ever before.
SEATTLE'S SLURS AT PORTLAND.
B. W. Rovre Asks If Sound City Appre
ciates This City's Goodwill.
PORTLAND. Or., June 17. (To the
Editor.) Merely as a matter of curi
osity the undersigned member of the
Oregon State Commission totheAlaska-Yukon-Paclflo
Exposition to be held in
Seatt'le In 1909, begs to Inquire of the
good citizens of: the Exposition City
why on the occasion of every visit of
life Oregon Commission, beginning with
the first visit for the purpose of select
ing a site for the Oregon building,
down to and including the visit of this
week, when the commission went over
for the purpose of Inspecting the pro
gress of the nearly completed building.
It should be met with lying and Insult
ing editorials on Portland and Oregon
in the Seattle daily papers.
Surely the great city on the Sound Is
not envious or jealous of the state of
Oregon and the City of Portland for
their ambition to make the Exposition
a Pacific Coast success. Oregon was the
first state to appropriate .money with
which to erect a state building at the
Seattle Exposition and which, when
completed, will surpass in size and
beauty of architecture any of the build
ings so far planned. The State of
Washington, on the contrary, has not
so much as decided on plans for a state
building. It is also a fact that Oregon
brains and Oregon capital have been
foremost in promoting", the Exposition
while the Oregon press have devoted
more space to exploiting the enterprise
than have the Seattle papers.
It is for these reas s that I cannot
see wherein Portland has merited the
slurs and insults of the Seattle press.
If the various commissions from the
other states are shown the same kind
of treatment by the Seattle papers what
possible encouragement can there be
for them to be represented at next
year's Exposition?
E. W. ROWE.
Member Oregon Commission.
Wealthy Man a Suicide.
JOHNS TOWN, Pa., June 17. Joseph
Fangele, 50 years old. director of several
banks, president of the Cresson Springs
Brewing Company, and a wealthy mer
chant, shot and killed himself at Galitzy.
near here, today. He had been In ill
health.
A Free Demonstration.
Chicago Record -Herald.
Hon. Tom Watson is showing daily that
one can run for the Presidency without
being any more prominent than the bride
groom Is at a wedding.
Mary's Menagerie.
New Tork World.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as enow.
It used to butt In everywhere
That Mary used to go.
But Mary fleeced the lamb one day
And shopping went downtown
And bought herself the new sheath skirt.
The split Directoire gown.
Tet sheep's eyes are still cast at her.
And rude men Jeer and gloat:
Though Mary has the lamb no mors
She's got everybody's goat.
For the sheath skirt is the latest cut
It's almost cut in half;
Who cares a damn
For Mary's lamb '
rWHen w see Mary's calif; v
LEHR CASE IX HANDS OF JURY
Paper-Carrier Shot by J. B. Mat
thews Seeks Damages.
In the suit brought by Henry Lehr,
one of The Oregonian East Side car
riers, against John B. Matlhev.-s. the
case was suhjriitted to the jury at 3
o'clock yestprday afternoon. young
Lchr vias shot in the groin by Mat
thews at 5 o'clock on the morning of
December 20, while in the ;ict of cut
ting the string which bound the bun
dle of papers he had received. Xrit
having a knife at hand, the lad used
a stone to hammer the twine in two,
and Matthews entered the defense tn:ic
the noise made 6n the porli of the
house in which .he was slecpius' woke
him and he mistook the boy for a
burglar and fired nt him.
The boy's mother enti-red suit and
the testimony of witnesses and charge
to the jury took up the day in Judce
O'Day's court. The suit is for SliFiOO
damages and $2T00 to cover cost of
suit and attendant expenses. In Mat
thews' testimony he said he wn
"scared nearly to death" when he heard
the noise, and acted without realising
what he was about. Matthews' attor
ney argued in his behalf that the boy
was guilty of "contributory negli
gence," asserting that he made a mo
tion with his hands which Matthews
thought was a menacing demonstration.
ASK GOVERNOR FOR REPRIEVE
Effort Will Be Made to Save Xeck of
Joseph Anderson.
Plan's have been perfected to appeal to
Governor Chamberlain for a reprieve in
the case of Joseph Anderson, convictod
of the murder of Harry Logan in South
Portland, and sentenced to hang Friday,
June 26. In case the Supreme Court
should not grant a stay of execution.
The time In which the appeal may ba
taken to the higher court has been ex
tended until next Saturday, and Attorney
John A. Jeffrey says that the right of
appeal Is not to be forfeited.
Anderson's counsel will contend th.it
the convicted mah is insane. Air. Jeff
rey says that tiie murderer suffered an
Injury to his head when a boy ami that
the effects of the wound are still notice
able. He says that If Anderson would
have permitted it. insanity -would have
been made a defense at the trial, but that
Anderson said he would rather han
than be adjudged insane. A pardon from
the Governor on that ground will be
asked and an effort made to have An
derson committed to the asylum.
DECLARES HUSBAXD BEAT HER
Wife Asks Divorce From AValter A.
Shannon, Sltleshow Man.
Walter A. Shannon, the manager of tho
side show in a circus, is being su;d in
the Circuit Court by his wife. Leona
Shannon, who wants a divorce. She says
that he has frequently struck her vio
lently, choked and abused her. She does
not state the amount of alimony she de
sires, but says her husband has JlO.mX) in
cash, besides horses. mining stock and
Jewelry worth C-JfrM). Ilis salary, she
says, is $2000 a month. She desires to
resume her maiden name, Leona Per
kins. They were married at Vancou
ver, Wash., December 10, 1907.
David Koch accuses Laura A. Koeh
of taking their two children and leav
ing him. He says she also took the
furniture. He says that before she left
he deeded all his property to her, so
that there are no property rights to
adjust. She has been gone more than
a year. They were married at Allen
town, Pa., May 19, 18S4.
Ida King alleges. In a suit for di
vorce from Arthur Nelson King, filed
in the Circuit Court yesterday. thSt
he was guilty of a statutory offenEC
August 15, 1907. Pho accuses him of
frequenting the Twelve-Mile House,
and says that in December, 1906, be
tried to kill her. They were married
at St. Louis, Mo., August 30, 1S95.
Challenge to Dr. Lapham.
MULJNE. Or., June 16. (To the Editor )
I note that you publish A sermon by
Rev. S. C. Japham, in which he chai s-s
Mrs. Eddy and Jack London with advo
cating destruction of the marriage rela
tion. In justice to your readers I bcK
space in your paper to answer at least
one of these charges. I will leav tho
defense of Mrs. Eddy to the members of
her church, but in regard to Jack London
I wish to say that I have read most of
his books and never found anything in
them which savored-of free love or en
titled them to be classed in the category
of vipers. London? writings are amonjr
the very finest and strongest I have ever
read and I suspect , the real reason tho
reverend gentleman is opposed to them Is
because they expose our present economio
system, with its gigantic abuses, entirely
too vividly to be comfortable for the mem
bers of the wealthy class which consti
tute the congregations of many of the city
church. The Rev. Lapham is here
by challenge to quoto the books and
pages of books written by Jack London
in which he indorsed destruction of tho
marriage relation or free love, as It is
miscalled. If. he fails to do so, we will
conclude he has been misinformed con
cerning Jack London and his books.
CLAUDE S. HOWARD.
Plan Mammoth Store.
NEW TORK. June 17. By a series of
transactions extended over several months
and conducted with the utmost secrecy, a
group of conspicuous real estate holilmps
in the new uptown shopping district have
been gathered together under a single,
ownership, with a view to bo used as a
site for a big retail store. The site com
prises 19 lots, including the, whole block
of the front on tho east s'ido of Fiftli
avenue, between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth
streets. The valuation put
upon it is about $7,X,000. The location,
on the crest of Murray Hill, is one of tho
finest on the avenue.
The migration of high-class retail
houses from Broadway and Sixth avetyie
has followed as an incident of the east
ward movement of the fashionable resi
dence population.
Unchanged at La Guayra.
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, June 17. The
steamer Aurora which is replacing the
Caracas of the '.'Red D" line arrived here
today from Puerto Cabello with the usual
bill of health. She lias no passengers
and while at Puerto Cabello no com
munication was allowed with the shore.
Trains are running between La Guayra
and Caracas under quarantine regula
tions. Otherwise the situation with re
gard to the bubonic plague at La. Guayra
remains unchanged.
Founders' Day at Cornell.
ITHACA. N. T., June 17. More than
2000 Cornell alumni are in the city today
to help telebrate the 4 nth anniversary of
the founding of the university.
A general mass meeting was held on
the quadrangle this forenoon. The alumni
body was addressed by the first presi
dent of Cornell University. Andrew D.
White, former Ambassador to Germany
and Russia; Judge Frank If. Hiscock and
President J. G. Schurman.
Rockefeller In Country.
CLEVELAND, June 17. John D. Rock
feller, accompanied by the members of
his household, arrived here this morning.
The train was stopped at Glenvillo, a
v. nrhari. automobiles were in wait
ing to take the party to Forest Hill, Mr.
Rockefellers summer norae. il is stateu
that Mr Rockefeller will stay at Fort
Hill until Fall.