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PORTLAND. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1908.
BRYAN AND HIS PARTY.
No judicious observer can doubt for
a moment that Governor Johnson, of
Minnesota, would be a stronger candi
date at the polls than Mr. Bryan. For
Johnson would receive every vote that
Bryan could obtain, and many more
of the conservative sort, who regard
Bryan as wanting in soundness of
judgment, and Indeed in political sin
cerity. But there is no probability that
Johnson can obtain the Denver nomi
nation though his state is solidly be
hind him and New York Is likely to
throw its vote for him, forming a nu
cleus that might possibly make it dif
ficult for Bryan's supporters to bring
to him the necessary two-thirds of
the delegates in the convention. New
Jersey and Connecticut, under the in
fluence of New York, are restive under
the pressure for Bryan, and much in
clined to throw their votes against
him. Georgia, also, declined to in
struct for Bryan, and elsewhere in the
South are delegates who may Join the
opposition.
Nevertheless the supporters of Bryan
claim the necessary two-thirds, with a
considerable number to spare. Almost
two-thirds, they say, areunder posi
tive instructions; and they profess
they have no doubt of Bryan's nomi
nation on the first ballot.
Beyond question the active workers
of the Democratic party in most of the
states are for Bryan. His opponents
are men who take little part in the
preliminary movements of politics,
and couldn't control the party if they
tried. Yet they are numerous enough
to exert much power In elections. They
remember Bryan's effort to debase the
money of the country, his declara
tion for Government ownership of the
railways, and his disposition to go dan
gerously far, as they believe, in with
drawing protection from property
rights. These persons believe they
have sufficient power to prevent Bryan
from carrying any state in which busi
ness. Industrial and property Interests
outweigh those of sentimental, ag
gressive and revolutionary politics.
They have been able to beat him
heretofore on this basis, . and they
think they cart do it again. Undoubt
edly they will try to do it. They
would make no such effort against
Johnson, Judge Gray or Governor
Francis, of Missouri.
It is observed everywhere that Re
publicans rather wish for the nomina
tion of Bryan. They fully believe it
would be easier to beat him than to
beat Johnson. For Johnson could
scarcely lose any of Bryan's ardent fol
lowers, and certainly would get the
support of great numbers little or not
at all Inclined towards the Republi
can party, but wholly adverse to
Bryan.
By no possibility can Bryan carry
anything east of the State of Ohio.
But in several of the great states of
the Upper Mississippi Valley he will
have powerful support. Should Chi
cago give him a very great majority
he probably would be elected. But
that will be his only chance. The two
great cities of New York and Chicago
will probably, as heretofore, decide the
election; not merely by the magnitude
of their own vote, but by the influence
they exert in the wide territory about
them.
It Is possible, though at present It
can hardly be regarded as probable,
that the states west of the Rocky
Mountains will be very Important fac
tors. But they are not likely all to
vote the same way. Their combined
strength in the Electoral College Is
about equal to that of the State of
Illinois.
THE ACCIDENT RECORD.
In all countries railroad accidents
occur, not because they are absolutely
unavoidable, but because at some one
of a thousand points of management
there may be inattention or failure;
and. moreover, the physical condition
of roadbed, of rails, of cars, becoming
weak, may escape detection, till acci
dent shall reveal It. On the whole it
Is wonderful, when the extent of the
traffic is considered, that the accidents
are so few.
But the greater numbers of those
killed are not employes or passengers,
or people run over who are crossing
the tracks; nor all these together.
The greater number consists of
tramps who are stealing rides. Such
are killed every day, by trains that
run through without detention or
knowledge of accident." And in every
smash-up tramps perish. About 4000
"trespassers" persons are killed annu
ally, and as many more maimed or In
jured. In five years, according to the
reports of the Commerce Commission,
the railroads of the United States
killed 23,974' persons of this class and
injured 25,236 more. The statistics of
course could not be complete. Of the
so-called trespassers not all were
tramps, but the majority were.
A writer in the Atlantic says: "We
have the idea that American railroads
kill many passengers. Yet almost ten
trespassers are killed to every passen
ger killed. We believe that the train
man takes his life in his hands; yet
more than twice as many trespassers
annually sustain fatal accidents." The
writer wonders "that there should be
left living a single Jack the Hobo to
wash his shirt." But he doesn't wash
his shirt.
The tramp or vagrant hobo is an
awful nuisance to the country. If the
railroads help to keep the class mov
ing about, they help also to reduce Its
numbers.'
Salem desires a first-class hotel and
-wants Its chief hostelry Improved. Ac
cording to the Statesman, "Ladd &
Bush, who own a half. Interest," and
"Ladd & Tilton, who own a half in
terest." favor the project; "but there
are two estates in the East owning the
other two-sixths interests," remarks
the Statesman; yet "there Is no doubt
the matter will be arranged In due
time." Sure. When the Salem paper
can solve the arithmetical problem
of fitting a fifteen-yard carpet snugly
to a twelve-yard room, the rest will
be easy.
fiOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
Various artists are at work on drafts
for the platform that is to come forth
from Denver. All suggestions are
passed up to Mr. Bryan for his ap
proval, rejection or amendment. To
the deliverance on Injunction much at
tention will be directed: but we may
suppose that Its form will be practi
cally Identical with that which Bryan
has been accustomed to recommend to
his party in Nebraska. The latest
Democratic convention of that state
adopted the following:
We favor such a modification of the laws
relating to Injunctions as will, first, prevent
the issuing of the writ In industrial disputes
except after notice to defendants and full
hearing; second, permit trial before a Judge
other than the one who Issued the writ;
and, third, allow a Jury to be summoned in
all cases where the alleged contempt -Is
committed outBide the presence of the court.
It is not materially different from
the Taft platform, except In the de
mand for trial by jury in cases where
the alleged contempt is committed
outside the presence of the court. Mr.
Gompers has been hoping to get rid
of Injunctions altogether "in labor
cases."
It would appear, then, that the
Democratic party does not intend to
insist on abandonment of "government
by injunction," against which so many
eloquent speeches have been made.
But when one wants to procee.d
against his neighbor's property or
business, or knock his neighbor's head
off, he doesn't like to be restrained by
injunction. It is an odious form of gov
ernment. So is the policeman's club.
CHAMBERLAIN AND THE "OTHERS."
Governor Chamberlain's explanation
and defense of his course In accepting
unconstitutional compensation is ona
of the most disingenuous utterances of
his public career. He has, In fact,
placed himself In that indefensible po
sition assumed by ex-Governor Geer,
to which reference has recently been
made in these columns. When accused
of taking money from the treasury In
violation of the constitution, he points
at Lord and Geer and Moore and Kin-'
caid and says, "They did It, too."
Better no excuse at all than one like
this. One could admire the fighting
propensities of one who said frankly,
"Yes, I took the money and spent it,
and what are you going to do about
it?" That would at least be frank and
to the point. To point the accusing
finger at another in the effort to de
tract attention from'the main charge,
or for some other purpose that cannot
be imagined, is childish.
The plain facts in the matter are
these: The constitution declares that
the state officers shall receive certain
salaries, that of the Governor being
placed at $1500. The section upon
this subject closes with this emphatic
and comprehensive limitation: "They
shall receive no fees or perquisites
whatever for the performance of any
duties connected with their respective
offices; and the compensation of offi
cers, if not fixed by this constitution,
shall be provided by law." From this
section it is apparent that the Legis
lature Tiad no power over the salary of
the Governor, for it is "fixed" by the
constitution. The people ,who organ
ized the state government declared
what compensation - certain officers
shall receive, and they are entitled to
that much, and no more.
But Governor Chamberlain says, as
Governor Geer said before him, that
the Legislature imposed new duties
upon the Governor by making him a
member of certain boards, such as the
board of trustees of the Asylum, of
the Blind School, the Mute School, etc.,
and provided him a salary for the per
formance of these duties. But in set
ting up this defense the Governor
either pleads guilty to ignorance of
the constitution or a desire to conceal
his knowledge. Section 10, of article
2, of the constitution, says: "Nor
shall any person hold more than one
lucrative office at the same time, ex
cept as in this constitution expressly
permitted." That is just as plain as
the provision that an officer shall re
ceive no fees or perquisites.
Now, then, when Governor Cham
berlain draws his excess salaries he
does so either as Governor or in some
other official capacity. If he draws it
as Governor, he violates that section
which says that he shall receive no
fees or perquisites whatever. If he
draws it in some other official capa
city, he violates that section which
says that no person shall hold more
than one lucrative office at the same
time. No amount of sophistry can get
around a proposition so plain and sim
ple as this.
But it is not the violation of the
constitution that renders Governor
Chamberlain most open to criticism.
That has become an every-day occur
rence in Oregon, and is no longer even
a fault. But the character of defense
or excuse that is put up Is what merits
condemnation. "The others do it, too,"
is the plea. That was the plea put up
in behalf of the eminent gentlemen
caught. In the dragnet of the land
fraud prosecutors. That is the excuse
for bribery in Legislatures, for graft
ing In San Francisco and for illegal
public grabs everywhere. But It is a
defense that has no standing whatever
in law or in morals.
Fortunately our own Supreme Court
has given its express disapproval of
this attempt to evade and ignore the
provisions of the constitution. For
nearly half a century all the people of
the state acquiesced in the violation of
that section of the constitution which
provided that only certain property
might be exempted from taxation.
When the question was presented be
fore the Supreme Court that tribunal
held that the constitution meant what
ic said, and that misinterpretation of
its provisions could not change its
meaning, even though acquiesced in
by all the people. Though Legisla
tures and Assessors and tax collectors,
boards of equalization and county
courts, had recognized the validity of
ac,ts exempting from taxation prop
erty other than that mentioned in the
constitution as exempt, when the ques
tion came up to the Supreme Court
all these misinterpretations were swept
aside and the court stood squarely by
the constitution, as it should have
done. In view of this, especially since
he Is a lawyer, Governor Chamberlain
shows poor judgment as well as weak
ness when he attempts to Justify his
own acts by saying that Geer did the
same. Let every tub stand on its own
bottom. Let every man submit his
acts to the test of right and wrong,
whatever others may have done or left
undone. .
IS PORTLAND'S FUTURE "AT STAKE"?
Ample evidence of the impregnable
position of Portland as a trade center
can be found in the plain, uncolored
recital of facts appearing in the news
columns of the daily papers. In yes
terday's Oregonian there were four
separate items of railroad news, any
one of which was sufficient to silence
any pessimistic utterances about
"Portland's future" being "at stake,"
as alleged in a sensational meeting no
tice circulated among members of the
Commercial Club a few days ago. One
of the items mentioned announced the
early completion of the North Bank
Railroad bridge across the Willamette,
and the Inauguration of a train service
August 15. Completion of this road
Into Portland will prove to be beyond
question the most important commer
cial event that Portland has had occa
sion to observe since 1883, when direct
rail connection with the East was
formed. The other items were all In
close relationship to the North Bank
enterprise, but each of them had a dis
tinct bearing on Portland's future
trade expansion.
One of these news Hems, under a
Spokane date line, told of the new
survey which the.-Hill Interests are
making for a north-and-south line
through the best part of the Wash
ington wheat belt to act as a feeder
for the North Bank road. This new
line as projected, would, at light cost
of construction and economical opera
tion, make tributary to the North
Bank Toad nearly all the wheat of the
famous Big Bend country, a territory
from which Portland has been as ef
fectually barred as though it were be
yond' the Rockies. The road, in pass
ing north from a North Bank connec
tion near the Columbia River, would
also tap much of the best wheat coun
try on the main line of the Northern
Pacific. The saving to the railroads
by bringing this wheat to Portland
over a water-level grade, instead of
carrying it over the Cascade Moun
tains, v would be enormous, and the
feeder will undoubtedly be rushed to
completion at the earliest possible mo
ment. A Lewiston dispatch in yesterday's
Oregonian announced issuance of an
order for installation of heavier steel
on the Idaho end of the Spokane &
Palouse branch of the Northern Pa
cific, in order that the wheat traffic,
which was formerly taken out by way
of Spokane and thence over the moun
tains to Puget Sound, can in the fu
ture be routed by way of Lewiston and
thence to Portland. For nearly ten
years the Northern Pacific has, at
enormous expense, been hauling the
Idaho wheat crop up the heavy grades
of Potlatch Canyon, and thence to
Puget Sound by way of Marshall Junc
tion, a few miles west of Spokane.
With inauguration of a water-level
service the wheat movement will be
reversed. The Idaho crop will go out
by way of Lewiston and the Palouse
crop in Hill territory will go down
through the canyon. It will be much
cheaper for wheat trains to "coast"
down to Lewiston than it was to
"buck" them up Kendrick Hill. An
other Lewiston Item In yesterday's
Oregonian told of the plans for an
early extension of the Spokane & In
land electric line from Moscow, Idaho,
to Lewiston.
This road also taps a fine wheat
country some of which is not reached
by either the O. R. & N. or the North
ern Pacific, and, as in the case of its
older competitors, the only outlet by
a down grade Is through Lewiston and
thence on to Portland.
These new trade highways are com
ing into existence In conformity with
the plans of Nature. The "line of
least resistance" from any part of the
Inland Empire leads down to tide
water at Portland. We have three
great transcontinental railroads termi
nating at Portland, a fourth is near at
hand, and a fifth will be here easily
within the next five years. These
roads, with their feeders, will reach
nearly all of the accessible portions of
the Inland Empire, and will land the
products of the country at tidewater.
The only possible manner in which
"Portland's future" can be jeopardized
under this new era lies In our failure
to keep the channel from Portland to
the sea in such shape that the traffic
brought down over the water-level
grade can be passed on to sea with
no greater delay and expense than are
met In other ports with which we
have been obliged to compete.
Delays have been done away with
by the excellent work on the river en
trance and river, and the expense was
last year equalized by the Chamber
of Commerce acting with the railroads
on pilotage, towage and ballast
charges. In keeping down these
charges and In maintaining a good
channel to the sea lies the most ur
gent duty of every Portlander. It is
a duty we owe the Inland Empire pro
ducer, for we cannot expect the rate
reductions which must come in the
near future if we force the railroads
to haul the wheat many miles past
our doors to some port where charges
and delays may be less than we per
mit at Portland. The only real seri
ous matter Portland has "at stake" is
the maintenance of a deep, safe high
way to the sea, and. as our ability to
f ope with this problem, has already
been demonstrated, even that is not
serious.
IS LABOR'S VOTE DELIVERABLE?
Mayor Dahlman. of Omaha, a warm
personal friend of Mr. Bryan's, says
that the "peerless leader" will take no
definite action on the injunction plank
which organized labor is demanding,
until after a conference which will be
held this 'week with prominent labor
leaders. From the manner in which
the politicians have been flirting with
the labor vote this year, it would seem
that Mr. Gompers has made more of
an impression than was warranted by
"past performances" of the labor vote.
As has frequently been stated, the la
bor element, which is represented by
Mr. Gompers, constitutes only a very
small portion of the actual labor vote
of the country, and the inability of Mr.
Gompers to deliver more than a small
number or votes would seem to Indi
cate that an "eyelash finish" was ex
pected in November.
Whether through distrust for its
leaders or through a strong under
lying sentiment of "Americanism," la
bor does not present a strong showing
when an attempt is made to herd it
into a separate party or to use it for
political purposes as a balance of
power between the two big parties.
The first appearance of a National
labor ticket was in 1888, and the nov
elty, of the proceeding was so great
that it received 146,836 votes out of a
total of about 10.000,000 cast. Four
years later a Socialist labor ticket re
ceived only 21,532 votes. Last Presi
dential election the same kind fft a
ticket received about 34,000 votes, al-
though E. V. Debs, running as a So-
(.iai!L, receivea more tnan 40U.UUU.
As this was more than 300.000 in ex
cess of the vote that Debs received In
1900, when he ran as a Socialist-Democrat,
it would appear that the bond
of sympathy between the labor vote
and the Socialist vote was not as
strong as generally believed.
If Mr. Gompers secures any par
ticular concessions from Mr. Bryan
under promise to deliver a given num
ber of votes, the Nebraska candidate
may be ilisapolnted when the count Is
made. v American labor of the better
class will not be traded or herded for
political purposes. "
A man who had deserted a- wife and
coaxed a 17-year-old girl to elope with
him, afterwards'marrylng her, on Sat
urday evening in this city fired three
bullets into his helpless victim at such
close range that the revolver discharge
set fire to her clothing. From his
cell in prison the would-be murderer
made an elaborate statement In which
he mentions "humiliation," "honor"
and "self-respect." The tragedy pre
sents no new phases, but when a mur
derer who had previously been a wife
deserter and a child-stealer claims
that he has suffered "humiliation,"
or that he has any "honor" or "self
respect," that could be damaged by
the woman he tried to "Tclll, It is cer
tainly something new and unusual.
Seventeen-year-old girls need some
encouragement before they can lure
married men away from their homes,
and, no matter how .great the sins of
the poor girl who seems to have paid
the penalty with her life, they are
small in comparison with those of the
man who lured her away from home,
mistreated her, attempted to murder
her, and as a finale blackened her
character as she lay In torture from
the wounds he had Inflicted.
The Oregonian, because it has re
ferred to the history of the country,
for instruction and guidance, has been
accused of "waving the bloody shirt."
Oh, well; let The Oregonian stand re
'buked. It is disreputable, doubtless,
to recall that anybody ever stood for
abolition of slavery, for maintenance
of the Union, or for support of the
gold standard and agreement with the
world's monetary-system and measure
of values. The Oregonian humbly sub
mits. What does Bryan care if "twenty
thousand Democrats of old Connecti
cut" don't want him? He never car
ried Connecticut, and probably never
will. When the Democrats of Illinois,
or ,ndiana, or Ohio, oppose him and
go to Denver to prevent his nomina
tion, the man from Nebraska will
worry somewhat. But not about Con
necticut. A Spokane man got a divorce from
his wife because she wouldn't leave
Portland and live with him in Spo
kane. It is dangerous for any mar
ried man who has the misfortune to
live elsewhere to introduce his family
to the beauties and attractions of
Portland.
Tacoma is disposed to be facetious
over Portland's proud announcement
that the channel at the river entrance
is 3000 feet wide and 26 feet deep. It
might be improved, of course, but not
by a harbor like Tacoma's 26 feet
wide and 3000 feet deep, or there
abouts. Your Uncle Yim Hill has found that
it is easier and cheaper to haul wheat
down hill to Portland than over the
mountains to Puget Sound. This in
formation may not make our friends
on the Sound happy, but we can't help
it. Portland didn't put the mountains
there.
Harry Thaw has obtained a new
writ of habeas corpus and is now out
for a new trial. There does hot seem
to be much chance for relief for the
long-suffering public until the Thaw
undertaker gets out a writ of that kind
for Harry.
There need be no great surprise that
ex-Register Bridges, of the Roseburg
Land Office, made arrangements with
the prosecution for Immunity. From
his own confessions as to his dealings
with Kribs, it is evident that he badly
needed it.
John D. Rockefeller is said to be
writing his memoirs. If he tells how
he got It they will be Interesting. But
the chances are he will say he got his
millions by prayer. Still It will be
worth while to hear from the most
powerful prayer in the world.
The late Portland Rose Carnival
cost something like $23,500. It was a
great show. It couldn't have been
more satisfactory if it had cost $100,
000. But it didn't cost $100.00. Evi
dently it'Shouldn't.
There appear to be some persons in
Mexico who are opposed to a third," or
fourth, or fifth, term, as the case may
be, for President Diaz. If they live
long enough they will have their way.
The business men of the country
may be serenely sure Bryan can't win;
but the business men do not cast all
the votes. Nor can victories be won
by confidence alone.
Mayor McCIellan really received a
plurality over Mr. Hearst, as the re
count shows. But for a man who was
safe In his job,. the Mayor was mighty
incredulous about it.
We take it for granted that there
was an eclipse of the sun yesterday,
though it was invisible from Portland.
That is the reason it couldn't be seen
from Portland.
Governor Johnson is another of
those statesmen who might have been
elected President If only some one
else hadn't got the nomination.
Among others not to be present at
Denver: David B. Hill. He WAS a
Democrat.
Good morning! Did you notice the
sun shine yesterday
THE WHIT OP IN JUNCTION.
Justice Brewer on the Need of Its He
tralnlngr Power.
New York World.
Justice Brewer In his address at Clark
College commencement referred to the
present tendency toward restricting the
preventative powers of courts. "There
never was a time," he said, "in the his
tory of the Nation when the full restrain
ing power of the equity court was of so
much Importance. As the population be
comes more and more dense and activi
ties increase, the restraining power of the
equity court is worth vastly more than
the punishing power of the criminal court.
It is in line with the highest thought
of the day.'1
To comprehend Justice Brewer's point
of view requires an understanding of
what Is meant by the lawyer when he
speaks of the law and equity. The dis
tinction Is entirely historical. Ancient
courts of common law like the King's
Bench were emphatically creatures of
precedent. The forms of pleading were
Intricate. Cases were often decided on
technical grounds and without regard to
the merits. A verdict for damages was
the only form of redress. Hence arose
the practice of appealing' for relief to the
King as a fountain of all Justice.
The Chancellor, as the "keeper of the
King's conscience." could disregard tech
nicalities In order to render substantial
justice. He was not obliged to wait un
til a wrong was actually committed, but
.could forbid by injunction or direct man
damus. Naturally this was very dis
pleasing to the established tribunals, and
the common-law courts fined suitors who
dared to resort to Chancery. Finally
Queen Elizabeth interposed and the common-law
judges were sharply admonished.
Lord Bacon says "on their knees." after
which equity was allowed to administer
its own system undisturbed.
Many of the states New Jersey, for ex
ample still keep law and equity distinct.
New York has merged the two, and the
same court has power to award whatever
relief It may consider proper.
BROOKLYN EAGLE BOLTS BRYAN
Will Not Be for Him or His Platform
Under Any Circumstances.
Brooklyn Eagle.
For Mr. Bryan on no platform what
ever will the Eagle be.
For Mr. Bryan under no circumstances
whatever will the Eagle be.
For no platform and for no candidate
whatever of Mr. Bryan's making or pre
scription will the Eagle be.
The Eagle neither waited for Chicago
to say the foregoing nor Is It waiting
for Denver to qualify the foregoing.
It is but reiterated here and now to
enable the Tribune to be under no doubt
whatever on the subject.
The Eagle is historically and logically
Democratic, wholly anti-Bryan and
wholly anti-Popultst.
New York World.
The Brooklyn Eagle has the distinction
of being the first Democratic newspaper
to bolt Bryan and to announce that In no
circumstances will it support Bryan or a
Bryan platform. By carefully reading
the next Issue of the Commoner the Eagle
will doubtless discover that it is owned
by J. Plerpont Morgan and that its edi
torials are written by John D. Rocke
feller. ' View 'of a Labor Man.
' George F. McClane, editor of the
Castle Rock, (Wash.) Advocate, was
for many years an active member of
Multnomah Typographical Union, an'd
held among union labor men of Port
land most pronounced views on eco-1
nomlc questions. In the latest issue
of his paper he speaks as follows on
the injunction plank:
"Don't forget, either, that it was at
the demand of Mr. Taft, who will be
our next President as sure as the sun
shines, that the plank in the platform
limiting the power of the courts In the
matter of injunctions was placed there.
This plank, if carried to a successful
termination, will be one of the greatest
boons ever secured to the American
people, particularly the laboring
classes, who have hardly dared to say
their names were their own in the
presence of some of the corporation
subsidized courts of our land. For
this reason. If for no other, and there
are many others, every laboring man
who is worthy of the name should
rally round the standard of Big Bill
Taft. Irrespective of former party af
filiations."
Another Need for Injunction.
Fossil Journal.
Down in Portland last Sunday, while
a motorman was making a few goo-goo
eyes and throwing a kiss or two In the
direction of a maiden fair standing on the
corner, his car crashed into another car
and gave a lot of passengers the biggest
scare of their lives. Fortunately none
were seriously injured, though some were
considerably bruised and all were badly
shaken up, and this is all the more mirac
ulous in view of the fact that both cars
were wrecked. The summary discharge
of the motorman raises the question
whether or not a carman has any rights
at all that must be respected. If he
works 14 hours a day. when in thunder
is he going to sleep If he can't do his
courting when on duty or wave a "tra-
la-la" to his lady love as his car goes
whizzing by the trystlng place? These
soulless, romanceless corporations should
be suppressed, or at least enjoined from
further Interference with the necessary
pranks of Cupid.
A FEW SQUIBS,
Passenger "How do you feel, my good
tnnn. when the giant waves com tumbling
over the ship?" Old Salt "Wet. ma'am
werry wet!" juage.
Blobbs-'How did you get along in Paris?
Tin vou SDeak French" slobbs "Only
enough to make myself misunderstood."
Philadelphia ttecoru.
"My boy," advised the Folonlus with chin
whiskers, "stand by the flag." "I'll do It,
dad." "And don't let the offices go wholly
unprotected." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mrs. Uptown "1 trust that we shall get
along very nicely. N'ora. I am not at all
diffloult to suit." Nora tthe new maid)
"No, ma'am; that's what I thought the
blessed minute I set eyes on the master."
Harper's Bazar.
Cholly "! ovehheard you remark. Miss
Peppery, that Gus Sappy and I were gweat
chums, but I assuah you you were mis
taken " Miss Peppery "Oh. no; it was
you who was mistaken. I said, 'great
chumps.' " Philadelphia Press.
Tourist "Looks like pretty good soil
around here. What crops do the farmers
grow In this section?" Native "That all
depends, stranger." Tourist "Depends on
what?" Native "On what sort uv seed
they puts In an" the weather." Chicago
Dally News.
She "If a man loves his wife as much as
she loves him. he will stop wasting his
money on cigars if she asks him." He
Yes. but If his wife loves him as much as
she ought to love a man who loves her
enough to stop it If she asks him, she won't
ask him." Puck.
THE DIPSOMANIAC'S DREAM.
By A. Jagman.
O. that was a glorious picnic.
And my dream was full of cheer,
1 swung in & silken hammock
By the side of a tank of beer.
The brewer wae up In a pulpit.
The brohop was out on a spree;
The sailors all were ordered ashore.
And the landsmen went to sea.
The tiger ate hay In the barnyard.
The donkey and elephant chummed;
The lazy man did all the hard Jobs,
While the working classes bummed.
The bug drove out in his buggy;
Ben Tillman bowed to a coon;
The Jug ran away with the Juggler.
And the horna froze off to moon.
The admiral stood on the burning deck.
With a blood-red flag unfurled.
And swore he'd have peace and quiet
Or flght till the end of the world.
But now I must contra to a finish.
Though this is not all of it, quite, '
There are forty-four thousand more
verses,
artolei rm covered by copyright.
LOWELL RAPS "STATEMENT NO. 1.
Pendleton Lawyer Says Majority ef
Republicans Oppose It.
PENDLETON. Or., June 37. To the
Editor.) Before the sun finally sets upon
the day of political principles In Oregon,
permit me as an humble representative
of an apparent minority to offer a few
suggestions inspired by the distant music
of that seeming Republican swan-song
to be sung by the party representatives
when the Legislature assembles In Jan
uary. In order that there may be no mis
understanding, however, let me say at
the outset that I am impressed that
those Republicans who are under the
pledge of the eleventh commandment
should consummate that obligation. It
is their duty to vote for Chamberlain
without hesitation, while their party as
sociates by the same token should vote
for Cake. That Is the only honest thing
to do.
I desire, however, to protest in the
strongest possible manner against ac
ceptance of the theory that a majority
of the Republican voters of the state, or
even an imposing minority thereof, in
dorse Statement No. 1. The obligation
upon legislators is moral, not political.
Our Democratic brethren, assisted by
a few Republicans, have been so noisy
In its advocacy that many people seem
to regard the sentiment for that state
ment as substantially unanimous. Noth
ing could be further from the fact. The
abstract of the official vote is now
available, and the returns disclose about
116,000 votes polled at the recent election.
Of these, nearly 70,000 were cast in favor
of the law In effect making the statement
hereafter compulsory, but it should not
be forgotten In the analysis that of this
number at least 40,000 were Democrats,
who voted yes because it was'the trump
card of the game In which they were
sitting.
The great mass of Republicans never
favored the fetich, and they do not favor
It now. They are not dreamers. They
know that this always has been and will
continue to the end a Government of
parties; that this is a Republican state,
and that under a representative form of
government it is entitled to be repre
sented at Washington by men of that
political faith elected In the constitu
tional manner.
The most of the party membership have
opposed the Idealism of the statement,
confident that In the end the considerate
Judgment of the electorate will realize
that principles, not men, must control
In a government of the people. To elim
inate the abuses and corruption of the
Legislative caucus they have welcomed,
it is true, the pledge to support in the
Legislative Assembly the party choice
at the polls, but a pledge which compels
a Legislature of one party to elect a
Federal Senator of another party has
not appealed to those men to whom
Democracy and Republicanism signify
distinct and divergent policies of gov
ernment, present as well as historic.
Those of us, therefore, who have pro
tested against the idea from the begin
ning now have the satisfaction of figures
and a condition which demonstrate the
political accuracy (to say nothing of the
wisdom) of our position.
An analysis of the primary election
and of the general election, so far as
they touch the Legislature, will clearly
disclose that Republican support ol the
statement has at all times been meager.
The now famous pre-election letter of
Mr. U'Ren to Governor Chamberlain
gave the figures as to the primary.
In that election, outside the County of
Multnomah, the great majority of Re
publicans Indicated by their ballots their
repudiation of the statement. Portland
politics is a mystery to an outsider, but
still it is a reasonably safe assertion that
a ticket composed of men like Notting
ham, Selling. McArthur and Farrell was
assured nomination from the outset, and
that Statement No. 1 contributed little
in favor of the first rwo or against the
laft two of these gentlemen. There was
a feeling over the state, and presumably
In Portland, that Mr. Hodson was en
deavoring to create a new political ma
chine, and this sentiment, whether true
or false, unquestionably defeated him,
and largely also those candidates whom
the voters regarded as presumably in al
liance with him. Statement No. 1 was
not the controlling element in1 the Port
land .primaries.
In the general election the most of the
Republican Legislative nominees over the
state were elected notwithstanding a
well-planned effort to defeat those men
who had not accepted the new dispensa
tion. In a few instances Democrats,
masquerading as independents In order
to catch the votes of scattering Repub
lican idealists, have been elected to the
Legislature on the statement platform,
but it will not be denied, I think, that
nine-tenths of their support came from
their own party associates.
The result Is that, counting the several
Democrats and those hold-over Senators
who are bound by a pledge given two
years ago, there are only 52 Statement
No. 1 members of the Legislature out
of a total of 90.
Under such circumstances it would
seem that Republican members of both
House and Senate ought to decline further
Democratic liaisons; enter party cau
cuses and organize both branches as Re
publicans, regardless of individual opin
ions upon or obligations arising from
Statement No. 1.
While the complexion of the Legisla
ture will doubtless assure the election of
Mr. Chamberlain to the Senate, a fair
analysis of Its composition indicates
that Statement No. 1 does not reflect
the sentiment of the Republican party
In the state. It demonstrates, however,
that our Democratic friends have suc
cessfully played the smoothest game of
politics that Oregon ever saw.. Behind
the scenes, of course, has been the Dem
ocratic National committee, with Its
money and political acumen, but what
ever the methods the fact remains that
the minority has won the stakes and is
entitled to payment in full.
The writer supported Mr. Fulton at the
primary election, and Mr. Cake at the
general election, and were there 46 anti
statement Republicans in the Legislative
Assembly would now regard the latter
as entitled to the election as the regular
candidate, of his party at the polls. Such
condition does not -exist, however, and
while Chamberlain will be Senator, the
honor will be his, not because the Repub
lican party indorses Statement No. 1, but
because Its members believe that the
Legislature should keep faith In all
promises, mistaken though they may be.
Statement No. 1 is now the law of the
state made so by majority vote upon
an Initiative statute and the men who
have been its opponents will be found Its
most loyal supporters so long as it shall
remain the law, because the most of
them are obedient to every law. It Is,
therefore, no longer an issue even in
party politics, and I write this not In any
thought of changing existing conditions,
but that men may think, and thinking
may know that the famous statement
never has had, and has not now, either,
standing or material support In the can
did opinion of the great majority of Re
publicans throughout the state.
In my judgment, and my observation
has extended over a considerable portion
of the state during the campaign pre
ceding the June election. Statement No.
1 cut small" figure either in the defeat
of Fulton In April or the triumph of
Chamberlain in June.' Time. I think,
will demonstrate that Cake won In the
primary election chiefly because thou
sands of Republicans resident in the
rural portions of the state had read the
Heney charges against Fulton and the
Senator's reply never reached them. The
Governor was victorious at the general
election because of his attractive per
sonality, his wide acquaintance, his
genius as a "mixer." and his marvelous
faculty to remember names and faces.
These qualities brought to him the votes
of large numbers of men over the state
who call themselves Republicans, but
who have no fixed political principles.
SILHOUETTES
BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Just now my one overmastering desire
Is to see Bob McCracken in a directolre'
gown.
Buncoed. ,
Hale and hearty and blithe and strong
Bill in his office works all day long;
Planning the while how he'll enjoy
His coming vacation ah, happy boy.
Tired and haggard and hollow-eyed,
Back from the bllthsome countryside
Comes Bill at length, his vacation o'er.
Busted, disgusted, sick and sore.
Now the moral of this is plain to see.
An outing Is not as cracked up to be.
If you're husky and happy and busy at
home,
Don't get the fool notion that you must
roam.
For ever It was and ever will be.
That Summer resorts are not "one, two,
three"
With the "ads" that you read and the
pictures you see.
Poetry Is a salad dressing poured over
stale ideas to make them palatable.
The man of toe hour is the one who
holds a stop-watch on the progress of
events.
The Roosevelt Homecoming.
The following dispatch, which the tele-,
graph editor hadn't the nerve to runi at
the time It was received, gives to tha
world for the first time the true story oi
the arrival home of "T. R." and his faraV
ily for their Summer nst. It la graphi
cally reported by the Oyster Bay corres
pondent of the Consolidated Press, who
is also editor of the Weekly Clarion and
proprietor of the Red Front Undertaking;
Parlors: . ,j
OYSTER BAY. June 2.I. When No.
pulled In thla afternoon a large crowd was
down at the depot to see our esteemed :
friend and fellow citizen, who Is also Prea-1
Ident, come In. also his family. All were
glad to see him, although it was neces
sary to Interrupt a horseshoe pitching con-;
teat back of Bronson'a store. Hon. Roosfr. i
velt stepped spryly off the train, after;
heartily slapping Mr. Johnson, the colored,
porter of the train, on the back, and mak-'
Ing a Joking reference to Brownsville. He-;
espied our genial liveryman and ye scribe
standing near and borrowed a chew of.
Battle Ax from the former named, remark-1
ing- wittily, "He who chooses best chews
least." This sally was greeted with loud,
laughter. The Oyster Bay silver cornet
band then played the "Hlith School Cadets"
march with great enthusiasm, although the
absence of our genial and handsome ton
sorl&llst, William Anderson, who plays the
tuba, was noted. Mr. Anderson was shav
ing a customer who also wanted a ehampoo
and could not leave his shop on South,
Main.
Madam Roosevelt la looking well and
was dressed tasty, but not gaudy, In a
brown skirt and pink basque. Mr. Loeb
followed the party, carrying the family
suit cases and the bird cage. He also
looked well but tired. Among other dis
tinguished and eminent visitors who had
come down from New York on No. tl earlier
In the day to welcome the Honorable were
Mr. Muldoon, the wrestler; Bat Masterson,
the gun gentleman; Professor Bryce, the
English Embassador; Mrs. Eleanor Glyn,
the great literary lady, and Kev. Lyman
Abbott. It was a gala day and none who
saw the sight will deny it was the most
wonderful we have had since the street
fair last Fall. On the way up town Mas
ter Kermit excited considerable Innocent
amusement by tying a can to a dog's tail.
It was a tan-colored dog belonging to the
Widow Jones. Further up town the Presi
dent stopped In front of Wilson's grocery
and sampled some choice dried apples thut
were exposed to view on the sidewalk. The
genial proprietor told him to go ahead
and eat all he could without swelling up.
This made the former party laugh loudly,
and he said "Bully; I'll tell that to Taft."
In front of Dr. Knodgrass' dental parlors
a line display of crowns, plates and com
plete double sets of teeth (advertised In
the Clarion) had been arranged and as he
saw It the distinguished guest appeared to
be delighted.
After arriving at the farm the subject
of our sketch made a few remarks to hla
neighbors, telling them about the injunc
tion plank, his approaching hunt in Atrica,
and what he thought of the Allies. He.
further remarked that good citizenship was
a good thing to have in a town and to keep
It up. He was much pleased at the num-.
ber of babies in arms, who were present
with their parents, sifd remarked slyly that,
Oyster Bay's younger set had evidently;
been doing Its duty.
Later ice cream and cake were served
on the porch and a good time was had byi
all. Then Mr. Roosevelt excused himself
by saying it was almost chore time, fo
putting on his overalls he put up a load;
of hay. swilled tha hogs, cut a Jag of
wood so that Mrs. R. needn't do It In ths
morning, and ithen wrestled with Mr. HI'
Hunkers, his hired hand.
When the supper dishes were done. Miss
Ethel sang "Love Me and the World Is
Mine" in the parlor, and a happy and mo
mentus day came to an end.
.
The conscience of most people is is1,
one respect like the tenements of a;
shrewd landlord. Whenever a deslra-
ble tenant, with Inducements, comes
along it is "for rent."
A Tillman Story.
Senator Tillman recently told this
utorv at a Washington banquet appro-.
pos of that time-honored Democrntio
Congressional Institution "a working;
minority."
"I said to a friend of mine the otho?
day In Charleston:
" "Bill Higglns doesn't seem to hava
much voice In the management of hi3
home, does he?'
"My friend shook his head and
laughed.
" 'No.' said he. 'but Bill supports
his wife, his mother-in-law, bis father-in-law,
and his two brothers-in-law,
and therefore it may be said of hint
that he constitutes a good working
minority.' "
The new crop of graduates is now.
at least a week old and yet the slov
enly old world hasn't taken a single)
reef in his suspenders.
They would be in alignment with the
Democrats were Democracy in th3
ascendency In the state. These men have
hnen flattered because called by name
and presented the political hand-grasp
by the genial Governor of the common
wealth. Out of 103,320 votes cast for
Senator the successful candidate has
52,421, of which number probably ap
proximately 10,jO0 were Republican,
largely from the class of whom I speak.
Chamberlain's triumph is personal, not
political. The election of Senator has
come to him as did his second election
as Governor, for reasons wholly non
political. He will be Senator not because
he is a Democrat, but despite that fact.
Some day Oregon will return to principle
and party in politics. Until that time
comes those of us who are old-fashioned
enough to believe that there are fixed
governmental policies around which
groups of men denominated parties have
naturally heretofore gathered, and
around which they will continue to
gather, despite all theory, can wait with
patience. Opportunism is always tran
sient. Political poise will ultimately be
restored. A whirlwind never measures a
persistent current.
STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
Papa Needs Help.
Washington Star.
"So," remarked the ' boyhood friend,
"you are In the swim."
"Mother and the girls' think I am."
answered Mr. Cumrox. "But my personal
feelings are those of a man who has
fallen overboard and ought to be holler
ing for help."