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THE MOKXIXG GREGONIAX, SATURDAY. JUXE 27, 1908.
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1908.
rHIUPPINE INDEPENDENCE.
The fact becomes known that the
Philippine Assembly, after long de
bate, and balance between variant
opinions, now rejecting . and now
amending and renewing an expression
of desire for independence, finally
adopted, at the last moment, when the
Assembly was closing, a resolution
Q which declares that the Philippine
Islands wish to be independent and go
It alone.
It Is not strange. In all breasts
there is desire to be free from au
thority, and especially of foreign au:
thority; and a belief, moreover, that
each and every body of people have
the right of freedom and independ
ence. Of course, however, unless they
are well and far advanced towards
self-government, they will have to
fight it out among themselves. But
they don't know that their chief ene
mies are those of their own household.
Our people of the English colonies
of America took it up in 1770 and
fought it out, during many years.
They gained their independence. But
are the people of the Philippine
Islands as well qualified by racial
characteristics and historical antece
dents to assert and to maintain the
principles of national independence
and of self-government? Are they
qualified at all? They are not, of
course.
In the first place, the principles of
self-government are wholly alien to a
people in their stage of civilization.
Next, it must be remarked that vigor
ous and effective self-government
never yet has appeared in tropical
countries; perhaps never will. But,
then, are they to be oppressed by for
eign masters? No, they are not to be
oppressed. But the United States in
ten years has done for the Philippine
Islands more than they ever would or
could do for themselves in ten centu
ries. The Filipinos need us far more
than we need them. We are starting
them on the road to instruction in
everything. What they need is the
example and instruction of the great
outer world, enforced with authority
at once considerate and mild and ef
fective. Left to themselves, these peo
ple would still be savages, for all time.
Spain gave them a start, indeed; yet
Spain's government was a govern
ment of medieval times not suffi
ciently progressive. It was dominated
by ancient ideas of politics, of religion
and of industrial and commercial life,
in which the interest of the mass of
the people was considered little or
not at all.
On a -wholly different basis Is the
rule of the United States. The people
are invited to participate in their local
government. They elect a local Leg
islature. The best talent is encour
aged to come forward. Internal ad
ministration Is adjusted to their wishes
and to their interests, as far as con
sistent with the larger experience of
those who have known through ages
the responsibilities of representative
and Independent self-government. It
must be expected, however, that this
will not suit the daring and revolu
tionary spirits, who are not taken at
their own valuation now. but who
have an Instinctive thought or feeling
that if the authority of the. United
States were removed they might be
great men at home. Of all such the
word "Independence" Is the cry.
It is human nature. But it does
not follow that it would be wisdom
Would a half-civilized, revolutionary
republic, consisting of a vast number
of unusslmilatcd tribes, on maqy
Islands, be a good to itself or a good to
the world? Yet they want "independ
ence"; they want "self-government"
which means that they desire to be as
free as possible from effective govern
ment. A writer in the Political Sci
ence Quarterly for March last, who
has made personal study of the condi
tions in the islands, says: "To the
masses of the people 'independencia' 1
magic thing which they do not un
derstand but which they intensely
Want; it is a panacea for all evils, the
secret of prosperity and the key to
the millennium. Just what it is they
do not know, but they know that they
want it. There is unquestionably at
present a vague but developing sent!
ment of nationality. The obstacles in
the way of the rapid development of
such a sentiment are very great, al
though slowly disappearing." Doubt
less altogether true.
And yet the Philippines, left to
themselves, certainly could not main
tain their Independence. The people
would break lrvto factions; the fac
tions would invite foreign air? against
each other; outrages against foreign
subjects in the islands would bring
quick demands for Indemnity or re
dress, and places in the islands would
be seized for enforcement of the de
mands. But what would be the atti
tude of the United States? Could our
country permit such things to be
done? Is it to hold a protectorate
over the islands, to prevent them from
falling into the hands of others?
Then if it is to be responsible for the
islands it cannot grant them independ
ence. It must hold the sovereignty or
quit altogether. Yet the sovereignty
of the United States may be, and It Is,
consistent with large measure of local
self-government for the islands.
It may be expected that the Denver
convention will demand "independ
ence" for the Philippine Islands. But
we doubt whether the people of the
United States will believe that in pres
ent circumstances it should be grant
ed. Moreover, by the time the people
of the Philippines shall have advanced
to a true basis of self-government. It is
probable they will be proud of their
allegiance to the United States and by
no means willing to sever It. We
could quit the Philippines at any time.
Bnt can they afford to quit us? Yet
we believe the people of the United
States would not, on direct appeal,
express a wish to withdraw the Na
tional flag from the Philippines. Our
Pacific States certainly would not.
MORE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE.
Senators in Congress are officials of
the United States. The Constitution
of the United States prescribes the
manner and method by which they are
to be elected. ' This does not suit the
people of Oregon; and they resolve
therefore to nullify or circumvent the
Constitution.
As little does the method of appoint
ment of other Federal officials suit the
people of Oregon. They have nothing
to say about the selection of the Fed
eral Judges, the Marshals and District
Attorneys, the Postmasters and Collec
tors of Revenue, and the whole trsfin
of Federal officials. The total tribe
and troop of them is appointed with
out consultation with the people and
without regard for their wishes. "All
these officials should, be elective. That
is, the President should be required to
appoint such persons for all these
various offices, and permitted to ap
point only such as have been selected
through the primary law and general
election, under the statutes of Ore
gon. It la indeed a pity if the people
of a great state who are able to
change the constitutional method of
the election of a single Federal offi
cial can't do It for all; especially since
it is this cloud of officials that comes
in closer touch with us than any Sen
ator can.
To get rid of the tyranny of the
Constitution Is an effort worthy of free
men. Especially dious and oppres
sive is the machinery of the courts of
the United States. Every, candidate
for Judge, Marshal or Attorney should
be nominated by the people through
the primary and confirmed by - the
election. Initiative statute like that
controlling the election of Senators
should be offered, for the next elec
tion, through petition; requiring the
President of the United States to await
and observe the mandate of the people
of Oregon on this subject; and recall
should also be extended to all such
officials. It can be made as effective
in law as the change in the election ;of
Senators as binding legally and mor
ally. We should like to know why
the people of Portland or of Scio are
not entitled to say who shall be their
Postmaster? We pine for true liberty,
genuine freedom, the simple and hon
est rule of the people; and entertain
no doubt that others pine for it as
much as we do. But it is our own
fault if we do not work the
possibilities of primary law, ini
tiative, recall and statutory man
date,' to the full accomplishment of
our freedom. Hereditary bondsmen,
know you not, who would be fFee
yourselves must strike the blow?
A MENACE TO INDUSTRY.
Mr George W. Culma has hit upon
an idea which deserves attention. We
say attention, mind, not approval. At
tention may lead ultimately to ap
proval, but since the idea is some-.
what novel it is perhaps not well to
commit oneself to it rashly. Mr.
Culma lives in Montclalr, N. J., a
town, we take it, which, like other
towns In other states, is perturbed by
the perennial liquor problem. His
idea presents what may turn out to be
a working solution of this problem.
He would permit no man to purchase
intoxicating beverages without a li
cense.
The world has turned on its axis a
long time, and many generations of
men have passed into the tomb, but
nobody ever thought of this before.
It is truly original. It stands Inves
tigation pretty well, too. For exam
ple, nobody could sell liquor unless
somebody bought it. Hence, if the
sale is perilous to the state, the same
is true of the purchase. If it wrecks
a man's moral nature to stand behind
a bar, so it does to stand in front of a
bar. If It Is an evil deed to put the
bottle to your neighbor's lips, it is just
as bad to offer your lips for the put
ting. Whatever Iniquity may be con.
nected with the liquor business is cer
tainly two-sided. There can be no
seller without a buyer. There can be
no saloon without customers. Hence
if the seller must pay a license fee,
why not the buyer also? If the sa
loon must compensate the city for the
detriment it causes, why ought not the
customers of the saloon to pay for
their share In the detriment?
. One can easily Imagine that Mr.
Culma's plan is too effective to be
adopted. If every patron of the bar
had to pay a license fee and wear a
conspicuous badge proclaiming his
privilege. It is pretty certain that the
sale of beverages would fall off amaz
ingly. The drink problem would dis
appear upon the first day after the law
went into effect, and that would never
do. What would become of the occu
pation of the temperance reformers
if such a thing were permitted to hap
pen? In a Presidential year we must
be cautious about depriving people of
their Jobs.
APPEAL IN LUMBER CASES.
Advices from Chicago are that the
railroads will appeal to the courts for
relief from the order made by the In
terstate Commerce Commission in the
lumber rate cases. This action on the
part of the railroads will hardly occa
sion surprise, for, while the decisions
of the Commission were favorable to
some of the interests involved, as a
whole they were not of a character to
elicit the unqualified approval of the
lumbermen themselves. It is this dis
satisfaction regarding some of the de
clslons that may aid the railroads in
their appeal. The opening of the
"Portland gateway," through which
Washington lumber can pass to mar
kets formerly under exclusive control
of the Oregon manufacturers, will
hardly prove satisfactory to the men
who have built up a trade in those
markets and who have no great desire
to divide it with their competitors,
some of whom are using Japanese la
bor in their mills, yards and camps.
The decisions of the Commission,
which will appear in full in tomor
row's Oregonian, when examined in
detail present some features that must
prove puzzling to many of the lum
bermen themselves. For example, the
sentiment in Oregon against the open
ing of the Portland gateway to the
Washington manufacturers was prac
tically unanimous, both on the part of
the shippers and the railroad as well.
In, effect, it forced the railroad com
pany, which at" the time the com
plaints were filed was unable to han
dle all of the business offering by its
Oregon patrons, to take up additional
business offered by the Washington
lumbermen. ' This not only deprived
the Oregon mills of badly needed fa
cilities, but it admitted into a field
which by right of location was in ex
clusively Oregon territory a competi
tor who lacked the forethought to
build a mill where it would be avail
able for supplying the coveted trade. I
On this case alone the commission
was unanimous in Its opinion, there
being dissensions in all of the other
cases. Chairman Knapp and Corn
missioner Harlan taking the position I
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that the advanced rates are Justified
by the changed conditions since the
old rates were established. While
conditions have changed since the old
rates were established, they have also
undergone some striking changes since
the Interstate Commerce Commission
began investigating thesecases. This
is noticeable in the Willamette Valley
rate cases. The Valley mills protest
ed against an advance from $3.10 to
to per ton on lumber, and, in refusing
to allow the "advance, the Commission
stated that "the advance exceeds by a
considerable amount the average
profit of the manufacturer In the Wil
lamette Valley, plus the price of
stumpage." The Commission also
expressed the opinion that, should the
advance be allowed, the smaller mills
would be obliged to close down. As
lumber has declined from $6 to $10
per thousand in the California mar
kets, where much of the Valley out
put was shipped. It would now be dif
ficult for the Commission to determine
accurately whether It was the advance
in freight or the decline in lumber
prices that forced the smaller mills to
close down. J
It is of the highest importance to
the Pacific Northwest that our mills
enjoy a low freight rate to market,
but if this low rate is made at the ex
pense of every other commodity, some
of our shippers would like to see the
case investigated a little further under
the changed conditions which the
panic of last Fall brought with it. If
the case is tried out in the courts there
will hardly be any Portland lumber
men testifying that they became mil
lionaires in the business within the
past year.
THE INSURANCE OUTRAGE.
The heavy advance in insurance
rates in this city should not occasion
much surprise. It is so thoroughly in
keeping with the methods of the com
panies which yearly make enormous
profits out of the business in this city
that we see in the notice of advance
only a continuation of the general
policy of exacting the last possible
cent that can be forced from the peo
ple. While not at all surprising, this
latest hold-up presents at least one
new feature that cannot fall to excite
comment. Fire insurance in Portland
has always been a profitable business.
Climatic conditions and a good high
pressure water supply have combined
to minimize the usual risks attached
to the business, and the losses which
the companies have been called on to
pay have been quite Inconsequential in
comparison with the enormous amount
of premiums collected. Under such
conditions It has naturally been diffi
cult for the insurance men to conjure
up excuses for their frequent rate ad
vances.
The San Francisco earthquake and
fire was used as a pretext for advanc
ing rates two years ago, although it
never has been made clear why Port
land should be penalized simply be
cause San Franctsrt) had proved to be
a bad risk. Followed to its logical
conclusion, a system of this kind will
eventually result in low rates on pow
der-houses In distant states, the risk
equalization being effected by increas
ing the rates at Portland, where losses
are small and Infrequent. The new
feature of this latest advance, which
is only 25 per cent, is in the excuse put
forward. It Is contended that the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company is supplying electric current
of a character that enhances hazard of
fire, and that, Instead of the direct
current now in use, it should be
changed to an alternating current,
with which there is much less liability
of loss by fire. The merits of the con
tention will hardly be understood by
the people who are asked to pay the
bills. The fire record does not seem
to corroborate the theory advanced.
Admitting, however, that the fires
which we might have had and may
have in the future were caused by an
improper and unsafe electric current,
it still remains questionable whether
all of the blame and expense for the
alleged carelessness should be saddled
on the people. If the electric com
pany is Jeopardizing our property by
supplying an unsafe current, it is do
ing so under permission granted by
the City Council. But do any of the
property-owners who are about to be
mulcted for. an additional 25 per cent
premium ever recall a determined ef
fort on the part of the insurance com
panies to force the Council to do its
duty by making a demand on the elec
trie company that the unsafe current
be replaced by one that was safe?
Is there any good reason why the
parsimony of the electric company, the
indifference of the Council or the
grasping proclivities of the Insurance
trust should permit this unreasonable
advance in rates? Portland has been
an easy graft for the underwriters,
and will probably continue to be so
until a more decided stand is made
against the injustice. This latest
"cinch game" may be the means of
awakening interest in a local insur
ance company which could be organ
ized for the purpose of selling insur.
ance at something near its actual
value, based on the risk involved.
Writing from hearsay, handed down
from imperfect memory, the author of
the sketch of Francis Marion Dodge
who died a few days ago at Wood
burn, has. recorded several very palpa
ble mistakes. He has mixed up the
Cayuse Indian War of 1847-48 with
the Indian War at Puget Sound in
1855-56. It was in the latter, not the
former, that Marion Dodge served,
He enlisted in Captain Gilmore Hays'
company at Olympla, in October, 1855
again enlisted in January, 1856, and
continued "111 the end of the war.
Hays was promoted to the rank of
Major, and commanded a battalion of
four companies, and A. B. Rabbcson
succeeded to the command of the
company, in which Dodge became a
sergeant. Major Hays lived many
years at Olympla, then went to Idaho.
He died a long time ago. Dodge was
very young at the time of the Indian
War, but was a hardy and daring fel
low, and a very active scout. Colonel
B. F. Shaw, who led the expedition
which Dodge accompanied across the
mountains, from Puget Sound to
Walla Walla and Grand Ronde, to fin-
ish up with the hostile Indians there,
died at Vancouver, Wash., a short time
ago.
A Bryan-silver organ says President
Cleveland was not big enough for his
country. His vision was "limited by
skyscrapers." He didn't know any
thing about the Mighty West, or he
would have stood like a wall of ada
mant for free coinage of silver, at the
revealed ratio. He was ignorant of
the vast historical development and
mighty experience of the ages in
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finance, along the Platte bottoms and
in parts of Oregon. He "lived In a
narrowed circle." He should have
consulted the silver mineowners and
the enthusiastic patriots of the meas
ureless West, whose Ideas and pur
poses reflect the culture and experi
ence of the whole firmament of man
and time. Never mind Europe. '"Tell
with" men who talk about the value of
silver In the markets of the world.
Here was the free American, clapper
for Bryan, living in the illimitable
West a child of natur' and a child of
freedom, whose boastful answer to the
tyrant and the despot is that his
bright home is in the settin' Sftn!
To this standard it must be admitted
that Grover Cleveland doesn't "meas
ure up."
There is a charming naivete in the
remark of Dr. Davis, who confesses
that as a candidate for the Legislature
he thoughtlessly "took the Statement."
He says: "Well, when we took our
Statement No. 1 pledges I had no more
idea that -George Chamberlain would
be elected United States Senator than
that this roof over our heads is going
to fall in right now." Then there is
complaint that Mr. Chamberlain, can
didate for the Senate, was "not run
ning under his true colors." and so on
and so on. It is more Interesting than
instructive. There ha3 been experi
ence aforetime, and lots of it, against
all sorts of bunco games, those of poll
tics included. Suppose Mr. Chamber
lain did call himself a Roosevelt man
and non-partisan? Is there any man
who does not know that the amiable
political operator is a Democrat by na
ture, nativity and necessity, as far re
moved from all Republican sentiment
as from the center thrice to the ut
most pole? And this means not
merely the pole of earth, but the im
measurable distance of the sidereal
pole.
The last rivet In the North Bank
bridge over the Columbia was driven
Thursday and the long-expected road
is at last completed through to Ore
gon. The bridge across the Willam
ette is 'nearly ready for traffic, and by
the time the grain fleet, which is now
being chartered for new-crop loading,
reaches Portland, . the North Bank
trains will be bringing solid trainloads
of wheat into this city from territory
which has until this season been inac
cessible from Portland. With twenty
six feet of water on the river entrance
at low tide and the entire wheat crop
of the Pacific Northwest available for
the roads which reach Portland over
water-level grade, Portland's posi
tion in the wheat trade is assured be
yond all doubt.
Would election of Taft or Bryan
prove best for the country? A vast
number, who care little about argu
ments fur party, are asking themselves
this question. The general presump
tion is in favor of Taft. Certainly
election of Bryan would not ruin the
country now, as such result would
have brought It to ruin In 1896, by
change of the money standard from
gold to silver. But what do those peo
ple mean, who, when you talk busi
ness or recommend investment, say
"Wait till after the election"? Whence
these "obstinate questionings"? There
will be time to examine all these
things before November.
With tfie recount practically ended
Mr. Hearst is still nearly 3000 votes
short of McClellan's plurality. With
the vanishing prospect for securing
the desired number of votes Mr.
Hearst's attorney makes the announce
ment that he is In possession of suffl
cient evidence of ballot-box stuffing
to invalidate the title of Mr. McClellan
to the office of Mayor of New York
This would indicate that the advertis
ing possibilities of the contest had not
yet been exhausted and that it was the
intention of Mr. Hearst to pose as a
martyr as long as the contest can be
maintained.
Says the Montgomery' (Ala.) Adver
tiser: "There has not been in the his
tory of this country so flagrant misuse
of official power and patronage as has
been expended to bring about this re
sult (the nomination of Taft)." Oh,
yes! There was President Buchanan's
effort to prevent Douglas from getting
the Democratic nomination at Charles
ton. It succeeded, too. But it dlvid
ed the Democratic party and was a
leading step towards the Civil War.
So subtle an agent is electricity that
no expert dare declare precisely in
what circumstances it will commit ar
son. On this point It will be very In
teresting, not to say important, to
learn from the fire records In Port
land the past twenty-five years how
many buildings have been ignited and
how much property destroyed by the
direct current. With anch Informa
tion, easily obtainable, the justice of
increased insurance rates may be
equitably determined.
An Oregon physician gave his pa
tient a hypodermic Injection of anti
toxin and the patient died almost in
stantly. The Coroner's Jury attributed
the death to the treatment, but the
brother physicians have joined in a
written statement commending the
methods of treatment adopfcd by the
accused doctor. So there you are.
The patient is dead and will be dead a
long: time.
In the interests of peace and har
mony, among distinguished American
patriots, let us hope Mr. Hearst's con
test with Mr. McClellan may end be
fore the next Mayoralty election In
Greater New York..
Considering past favors, to say
nothing of others to come In the cam
paign this Fall, it is no wonder that
Taft rejoiced over an aquatic victory
by Roosevelt's alma mater. .
It is still possible to travel from
Seattle to Victoria for 25 cents. In
such circumstances it seems strange
that so many people remain in Seattle.
Sometimes It is necessary to make
hay even if the sun does not shine.
. DOOLEV ON the; democracy.
Forecast of the Platform Coming From
Denver.
Mr. Dooley in the American Magazine.
"It takes all kinds Iv men to mkk up
th" Dimmycratic party, an thin there
are hardly enough. They come to th'
convintion fr'm ivry corner iv th" earth,
fr'm th' pine-clad hills iv Maine, whore
th' close season f'r a Dimmycrat is oil's;
two months, to th' banks iv th' Rio
Grande, where a Republican has to go
over to. Mexico to vote. They'll all be
there.
"They'll be ivry diff'rent kind iv a
Dimmycrat lver I seen. There'll be
Dlmmycrats who be!ie,eth" protective
tariff shud be destroyed, an' those that
believe it shud be tickled. Th' Dimmy
cratic party has niver altered in its op
position to a protective tariff. It recog
nizes In this system th' soorces iv
preedytory wealth, an' manny Tv th' ills
that our body polytick is subjick to,
includin' th' happiness iv th' few. It
recognize? thim an' is glad to recognize
thlm. How d'ye do? How are ye?"
Following are a few of the gems
from the Denver platform as -"Dooley"
foresees it:
"We favor an income tax, an" incomes
suitable to support th' same in proper
state."
"We believe in rural free delivery.
Ivry farmer should have nis bills on th'
first iv th' month."
"On th! currency question we have an
Impression that we have said enough.
Anny wan who wishes to know our
opinyons on this momentious question
can- look thim up in th' files lv th'
papers iv twelve years ago, an' may
he lose his eyesight doin' it.
"An" finally, an' this is where w
come in sthrong, we denounce an' de
plore all an' slv'ral th' policies lv th
adminlsthration now dhrawln' to a
close. "tjndher this rejeem poverty- has
Increased ontil it is now powerful be
yond th' dreams iv avarice; th' laborer
is no longer worthy iv his hire.
wasn't ontil a little while ago; fortunes
have become swollen ontil they bust
th' coorts are no longer th' refuge iv
th' poor and opprissed, but what they
were intended to be. '
Holland Says Submarines Useless.
Newark (N. J.) Star.
John P. Holland, inventor of the H'ol
land boat, declared to a Star repre
sentative that the submarine boats be
longing to the Government, and for
wnich millions were disbursed, are ab
solutely useless, and that any further
expenditure for these boats, as contem
plated in the naval appropriation bill
will be a criminal waste of the public
money. "The appropriations," said Mr.
Holland, "should go to the building of
battle ships, which constitute the great
unit of naval power.
The inventor was asked if only the
American built submarine was useless
if the European type excelled.
"By no means," said Mr. Holland:
"the submarines of France, England
and Germany are of Just as little prac
tical use in naval warfare ffs ours
under the conditions that exist today.
"The original Holland boat, designed
and built by me, was intended for har
bor defense, and to operate against a
hostile fleet beleaguering a port and
anchored outside within a few miles.
Such was the blockade of Santiago Har
bor by Sampson's fleet in 1898. But we
did not then have the high-powered
guns of the present day. Harbors are
now protected by ordnance carrying
projectiles to such effective distances
that the hostile ships must keep 12 or
15 miles off and also keep constantly in
motion. Against these ships a sub
marine would have no power."
The Other Billings Is Heard From.
ASHLAND, Or., June 25. (To the Ed
itor.) My attention has been called to
a recent communication in The Orego
nian, wherein the writer severely criti
cises some of the (work of our great
state school, the Oregon Agricultural
College. The communication is sup
posed to be written from Ashland, Or.,
and is signed Marvel C. Billings. In re
ply, I wish to say:
First, That no such person as Marvel
C. Billings is known here. All the "Bil
lings" mall Is put in my P. O. box, and,
with the exception of a very short time,
has been so for the last 32 years.
Second, I have two boys one a
graduate of the O. A. C, the other ot
the U. of O. who have each learned
that Oergon needs all of its good educa
tional institutions, whether they are
supported by the state or otherwise.
Third, This particular Billings fam
ily has always been on the side of good
educatlo'n, local or state.
Fourth, Your correspondent, doubt
less with an assumed name, should have
known that any referendum measure
against education would not even
sprout in the dry climate of Jackson
County. . G. F. BILLINGS.
One Woman Worker's Church Record.
Hebron (Me.) Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record.
For 70 year Mrs. Adelia Everett
never missed a sermon, prayer meeting,
Bible class. Ladles' Aid Society, or Sunday-school
at the village Baptist meet
ing house, not even when her son was
born inconveniently close to a service.
Sunday evening, after going home from
the evening service, she dropped dead.
Her extraordinary record was brought
to an end, when, at the regular monthly
meeting of the aid society, her funeral
was held. Mrs. Everett was 81 years
old. The little church was built when
she was 11 years old, and she became a
member. She - was very strong and
well, but, even when sick, would insist
on being taken to church. Nearly 30
years ago she became so hysterical at
the thought of missing service, four
days after her only son's birth, that she
was carried to the meeting.
Pistol Shot Shatters Paper Heart.
AUentown (Pa.) Morning Call.
Joe H. Hart received a unique post
card from Annie Oakley, the champion
woman rifle shot of the world. To the
left of the picture is Miss Oakley, hold
ing a pistol aloft, and in the center is a
red heart, pierced by a pistol shot. The
card is postmarked Newark, N. J., the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Butler
(Annie Oakley is Mrs. Butler in private
life.) Mrs. Butler pierced the card itself
with a shot from a pistol.
Dreama Hla Wnr Out of Mine.
Pottsville (Pa.) Dispatch to Philadel
phia Record.
While Imprisoned by a fall of coal at
the West Schuylkill colliery David
Moyer fell asleep and dreamed he saw
a manhole by which he could escape
to the surface. When he awoke he suc
ceeded in finding the manhole, which
had been abandoned so long ago that
it was forgotten, and while efforts
were being made to rescue him he sur
prised the rescuers by suddenly appear
ing in their midst.
Chances Asalnat Injunction Plank.
Washington (D. C.) Post. Ind.
By the time Congress has thrashed out
the tariff qhestion and enacted a new
tariff law.-the "injunction plank" just
adopted after such superfluous excitement
will be very ancient history Indeed, and
the question itself may have become "ac
ademic." If it should' survive- and come
before Congress, it would come as a new
question to new Legislators, and the
Aliances would be against any legislation.
Woman's Right to Powder Bag Upheld.
St Louis (Mo.) Dispatch.
Judge Tracy, of St. Louis, fined
Christine Johnson $100 for seizing his
wife's powder bag and throwing it out
of the window, saying a woman had a
right to use a powder bag without in
M. E. GENERAL CONFERENCE.
The Mountain Labored nnd Brought
Forth, a Monae.
PORTLAND. June 25. (To the Editor.)
The atmosphere having cleared since
the adjournment of the late general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, it may not be amiss to consider
results.
Some good things were accomplished.
such as devising a definite plan for the
better support of the wornout preachers
and the widows of those who have died
in the work, which the Pacific Christian
Advocate of this date fails in its sum
mary to mention; giving permission to
pastors to pass over the old requirement
of six months' probation of persons com
ing into the church; simplifying the work
ing of the benevolent boards; and the
election of some good material to the
episcopacy. It must be said, however.
that the net work accomplished by the
conference as a whole is not a little dis
appointing. The conference was clearly lacking in
leadership, as shown by its failure to
comprehend the spirit of the age. This
was shown in Its refusal to remove from
the discipline a silly list of things church
members may not do, such as dancing,
playing cards and going to a circus, leav
ing them clearly by the letter of the law
at liberty to visit Sunday baseball, prize
fights and such other things as are not
catalogued in the famous paragraph No.
48. The board of bishops, in their cus
tomary episcopal address, urged the con
ference to eliminate the present word
ing, but the wisdom of a lot of sopho
more delegates refused to change it.
The conference likewise refused flatly
to appoint a commission to act conjoint
ly with a commission appointed by the
general conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church South for the purpose of
giving to world-wide Methodism a new
and improved doctrinal statement. What
the result of this procedure will be is
not clear. Most likely the church South
will have sense enough to proceed with
an undertaking demanded by modern
scholarship and an enlightened constitu
ency. It Is notorious that much of the
present statement is as dead as the man
(Cranmer) who wrote it more than 400
years ago. The attitude of the late gen
eral conference in this matter is inex
plicable, unless it be the utter lack of
competent leadership.
The term "presiding elder" was. with
due pomp, dropped from the discipline,
and "district superintendent" supplied.
But what of that. With the conscious
certainty of frowns from good people
who in the main shout over what is done
by church tribunals, for no other reason
than it was done, it may be stated that
better work might have been done in the
election of bishops.
Bishop Smith, a choice and able spirit.
but already 69 years old, with bishops
being superannuated at"2, is a little
puzzling. It is likewise no secret that
Robert Mclntyre has .seen his best days,
while bishops Neulsen, Hughes and
Lewis have not demonstrated any distinc
tive fitness for the place, and are from
the very nature of the case an experiment.
But the slogan was, "smash the ma
chine." all of which is in order. It re
mains to be seen, however, whether
smashing the machine brings better re
sults than following the impulse of
crowd, who. like a lot of sheep, go all
the same way, and for no other reason.
The general conference likewise took
itself too seriously. A gathering that
cost the church members at home in
round numbers $130,000, using much of its
time throwing bouquets at each other in
the reception of fraternal delegates, dls
cussing resolutions of no particular con
senuence. making Junketing trips to
Doints In the region round about, was
pleasing enough, no doubt, to men of the
cloth and to laymen ana laywomen,
many of them dazed by the new expert
ences, but expensive to the church at
large and disappointing In results.
The great leaders of a former genera
tlon In the Methodist Church. Henry Sli
cer. Daniel Curry, Edward R. Ames and
John Lanahan, are dead, and the men
to take their places are not seemingly
at hand: a similar -condition existing in
the Congress of the United States. Is it
because we are living in an age of velvet?
HIGHER SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN
Never Have Fair Scholars Better En
couragement to Stury Than Now,
"Ronton TranscrlDt.
nrAcidit of Vassar Colleae told
the senior class of that institution and
the relatives and friends gathered to en
joy the commencement exercises, that
"the world is not giving much encourage
ment to women to go on in the higher
scholarship.
In this statement he was evidently mak
Ing a distinction between the higher ed
-.notion anA th rdcrhpr scholarsti In : be
tween the broad basis of preparation for
lite Wblcn a college craiiuns Bui-iuac
tn iHva nnd that same training -carried
n t,(o-V,al- nrtH'Ar AH a VOCatlOn. JUSt
what encouragement the college woman
needs to follow ner laeais ana realize ner
ambitions he did not state. The world
i. lnnvino- for results and it has no pre
judices any longer with respect to the
sources rrom wnicn tney now. iwio
o Mn.pA,ia recognition of achievement
ty- fa T-nt7i Andowed his Washington
institution In order to discover the "ex
ceptional man," but the exceptional
woman would doubtless be Just as wel
There never has been a time in the
world's history when there waa such
general and unstinted encouragement of
higher scholarship for women as there is
today. The establishment and liberal en
dowment of women's colleges during the
past 30 years has been the earnest of
this. The proper encouragement consists
of opportunity for tha full use of the
.nnlnmont rurntvpH and A SUrVeV Of the
Held will show that all tho women schol
ars are profitably and fitly employed who
desire to put their attainments at the
world's service. Nor are the openings to
obtain this advanced training lacking.
Some of the women's colleges themselves
offer them and in the great universities
they are increasing and more and more
being Improved. There are scholarships
and fellowships available lor tneir use,
v. TnnHtera nnd the doctors are
leaving their portals in ever increasing
numbers.
On the practical side the woman
scholar not only has small ground of
complaint that she lacks recognition, but
she has reason to congratulate herself
that when she wins a title it is not an
accident of position or circumstance, but
is an evidence of achievement and is so
recognized. She is rarely the target of
an Honorary aegree.
Here Is Puaxle.
Western Oregon (Cottage Grove).
Multnomah County gave Mr. Cham
berlain 1000 majority. Therefore, for
argument's sake, we shall say that the
majority of voters of Multnomah
County are in favor of Mr. Chamber
lain for United States Senator, and of
course that carries wlth.it the State
ment No. 1 idea. Lane County gave
Mr. Cake 700 majority. Therefore for
argument's sake, we shall say that the
majority of the people of Lane County
want Mr. Cake for United States Sena
tor, and this, too, carries with it the
Statement No. 1 idea. Now, are the
members of the Legislature from Lane
County going to Vote the wishes of the
people of Lane County, or are they go
ing to vote the wishes of Multnomah
County?
Taft Stands as Synonym for Tact.
St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch.
The Secretary of War has made the
name of Taft seem a synonym for tact,
but that quality, which is simply the use
of a cool head, is only one of the reasons
for ills success and popularity. He has
not been afraid to do what he thinks
right, as in the 1005 Ohio campaign, when
he fought the machine politicians of his
own party and seemed to put himself out
of the reckoning for future honors.
TOGO, AMERICA'S PROUDEST GOAT.
His Wool Woven Into Mohair Trous
aers Made for Secretary Toft
Denver Republican.
Our congratulations to Admiral Togo,
the most aristocratic angora goat in the
great state of Texas, from whose wool
was woven the mohair trousers presented
to William H. Taft by the Texas delega
tion to the Republican National conven
tion. Through the ages the goat has been
looked upon as a rather soulless animal,
of limited usefulness, fashioned more for
the purpose of drawing children in soap
box wsgons than for benefiting humanity
in general. But Admiral Togo has shown
that, next to the six-cylinder automobile.
the goat is the most wonderful animal in
the world. One year's clip from Admiral
Togo has been sufficient to make a pair
of trousers for William H. Taft, next
President of the United states. It a
year's clin from one goat will make such
a pair of trousers, the clip ffom a million
goats will make trousers for four million
men of ordinary architectural dimensions.
The sum is easy, and any schoolboy could
figure it out if it were not a sacrilege
to do sums in vacation time.
And be it understood that Admiral Togo
is not the only goat in Texas. The state
is full of them goats of both sexes and
all ages and dispositions. Texas babies '
play with goats as other babies play with
pet dogs, and no Texas home is without
its fighting goat to repel burslars. Some
Texas poet no doubt Judd- Mortimer
Lewis, of the Houston Post has sung
of the Lone Star goat:
In other states the fool killer
Slays him who rocks the boat.
But In the Lone Star state he lava
For him who kicks the goat.
But now It takes no seer to see that tha
time Is at hand when Texas goats ara
going to be something more than tha
playthings of children and substitutes for
bulldogs In the home. They are going t.
furnish trousers for the multitude, lor
what William H. Taft marching club will
be complete unless It has Texas goat
trousers for every member? Prosperity
will descend on Texas, as it never has
descended before, and Admiral Togo, who
furnished the wool that made the clotn.
that made the pants for Taft, will be re
sponsible for It all.
Long live the proudest goat, and may
Texas see to It that he eats from a golden,
dish and that never a cockle-burr gets
in his beard!
CONTRAST IN NATIONAL, HOLIDAYS
Our Body-Maiming Fourth, and Quiet
Celebrations in Other Lands.
Chicago Post.
Our thrashing machines prize fight- .
ers, battleships and harvesters are
the wonder of the world, at once mar
velous and awe-inspiring and so as
suredly is our National holiday, the
Fourth. Nothing like it can be found
in any other country in the world;
it is ours, uniquely and solely ours,
and no international copyright Is nec
essary to protect our sole proprietor
ship. '
The Japanese are credited with an
imitative ability which enables them
to reproduce by the hundred ny for
eign Invention they covet, from a loco
motive to a camp kit, and to repro
duce with - an exactness that pre
serves the very factory number of the
original. But even the Japanese never
have imitated our National holiday;
they, simple-minded people, go to war
when they wish to slay and maim.
Within the week the first victims
of our Fourth have been listed and
within the week also European na
tions have observed national holidays '
in a way that, were we not always
in such a hurry, would cause us to stop
and ponder the contrast afforded by
the spectacle of Norway and Austria
Hungary celebrating their great days.
In Norway a few days ago waa com
memorated the anniversary of the
country's emancipation from the Swed
ish apron strings. The event was
made a "children's day" and was ob
served with a sanity, a tranquillity
and a freedom from mortuary lists
such as no Fourth of July lias ever
known.
In Vienna on Friday another great
holiday was observed, the 60th anni
versary of the Emperor's accession to
the throne. The celebration took the
form of a great historical pageant in
which 25,000 persons participated and
which Is declared to have been the
most magnificent parade of modern
times. And no ono was killed, no one
was maimed, no property was de
stroyed. We can hardly imagine such
a day.
And our Fourth of July. Already its
death shadow, cast before, has dark
ened homes in different cities. And the
casualty list will grow with each pass
ing day until a month from now per
haps it will reach Its ghastly climax
in the death from tetanus. Our own
foreign travel and the coming to dwell
among us of many people from other
lands have acquainted Americans with
the customs pf many countries. For
the sake of happiness, for the sake, of
life itself, the life of the young, we
should learn from other nations the
way to celebrate our National holiday.
Abundance of Capital on Hand.
Philadelphia Press.
A year ago there was not enough
money available to finance the needs of
mankind. Today, American bank re
serves are at the highest point In a de
cade, and the Bank of England's rata
is as low as it has been in ten years.
In 1907 expansion in every conceivable
line in all civilized countries stopped
short. Since then all industries in all
lands have merely marked time, tinder
such conditions the accumulation of
Idle money has grown rapidly, until
now it exceeds the supply for many
years. Lack of liquid capital last year
was the cause of the remarkable and
world-wide shut-down. Can anyonn
doubt that the abundance of such capi
tal now stimulate enterprise
everywhere, 'and so get all tjle wheels
moving at an early day?
Boy Regiment of Cavalry, 1000 Strong.
Boston Transcript.
No city of its size has more ambi
tious plans for the celebration of the
Fourth of July than Springlield. Mass.,
but these plans contemplate display
rather than noise, at lea.-n the noise
made by explosive instrumentalities.
A chorus of 800 voices, to ho heard In
the open, is one of the proposed fea
tures, but the prize attraction is to bo
a boy regiment of cavalry, 1000 strong,
if that number can be recruited and
equipped. All the boys In the city who
have horses or ponies are asked to re
port at the Board of Trade rooms at
. u , .til n-,i,r,rln serve MR fl
um:f. M-i'- ......
solatium for the small boy, who in
that city is restricted in tho use of
modern detonators.
Burns Trntform Over a Slow Fire.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Record. Dem.
Of all the electioneering pamphlets the
Republican party has put forward not
one equaled the present one In Its gross
flattery of a mere human being, in its
impudent claims to credit for rain and
sunshine, the recurring seasons, the fer
tility of the soil and the mineral wealth
beneath, in its studied avoidance of spe
cific information regarding Its future
action, and its mendacity in referring -to
the opposing party.
Conalgna Platform to Oblivion.
St. Louis (Mo.) Republic. Dem.
This platform may be accepted as It
was Intended. It is a concession to tra
dition and nothing more. Except In re
spect to the tariff programme no new
policy is outlined and the document may
be consigned to that oblivion for which
its makers destined It.
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