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Eastern Business Office The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 48 60 Tribune building. Chicaeo. rooms 610-512 Tribune building. POBTLAND. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1908. THE MISSION TO HOT SPRINGS. Mr. Bourne, the nominal Senator from Oregon, is at Hot Springs, Va. But the fact that he Is there is unim portant. Jt is said, however, that he has eone there, and is staying there, for the purpose of getting an opportunity to make a demand on Mr. Taft that In case of his election to the Presidency he will not "attempt to dictate," will not "use any in fluence," to bring about the nomina tion of his successor. The suggestion of it, or the thought of it, is an insult both to Mr. Taft and to Mr. Roosevelt. It Is in accord, how ever, with Mr. Bourne's personal, fac tious and insane opposition to Mr. Taft. But Mr. Bourne professes to be a great friend and admirer of Mr. Roosevelt. He demanded that Mr. Roosevelt should be a candidate again. He went so far as to insist, with incessant iteration, that Mr. Roosevelt should violate his own pledge; in plain words, dishonor him self. Exceedingly unfortunate It Is that Mr. Bourne has not the moral perception to see the consequences of such a position. It is undoubted that the influence of Mr. Roosevelt was thrown for Mr. Taft's nomination. But Mr. Bourne, a great Roosevelt man Mr. Bourne, who Insisted that Mr. Roosevelt should violate his own deliberate and solemn word as to a renomination for himself now wishes to fix it as a stigma upon Mr. Taft, that his own nomination was assisted by President Roosevelt! One might be able, from study of literatures, ancient and modern, to find terms proper for characterization of a course like this; but for the pres ent The Oregonian will refrain. It is no guess, however, that if Mr. Bourne should go to Mr. Taft with his sug gestion he would And right quick that he had sailed into "chilling regions of thick-ribbed ice." Admit that President Roosevelt was active and earnest in urging the nom ination of Mr. Taft. It was largely a case of self-defense. He had to prove to the country, against the morally purblind like Mr. Bourne, that his own renunciation was sincere. Could any one have believed it, even of Mr. Bourne, that a man could be so obtuse, morally, mentally, po litically, as to profess to be the spe cial friend and admirer of Mr. Roose velt, and yet willing to cast upon him the opprobrium that would follow compliance by Mr. Taft with a de mand that would dishonor both him and the President? But, as there are irrational quantities even in mathematics, which defy all attempts at solution, or substitution foi equivalents, so there are irreducible quantities and qualities in the moral ities of politics, which must go out on the dump with the slag, to be trodden under foot of men. Mr. Bourne, on his mission to the Virginia Springs, is putting himself in the position of Sancho Panza, whose Ineptitude betrayed him into naming a halter In the house of a man who had been hanged. THK A( Km ALOIS NAVY. "Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, and some day you'll be ruler of the queen's navee." Thus sang Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.. in the famous "Pinafore," an opera which most cleverly rebuked the then existing policy of placing the control of the British navy In the hands of bureaucrats, whose sole qualification for the position was a political pull of goodly dimensions. Something of a similar nature seems to be at the bot tom of the trouble in our own Navy. Sir Joseph, in a further recital of his rise to power, stated that while In Parliament he "always voted at his party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all," and. as a reward for his political fidelity, he be came "ruler of the queen's navee." In Secretary Metcalf we have a very fair American edition of Sir Joseph Por ter. It is quite natural that, with our Navy In charge of a man whose sole eligibility for the position seems to rest on the fact that he "always voted at the party's call." there should be endless discord and clashing among the subordinates who are supposed to have some technical knowledge about building and operating ships. This constant Jarring between the bureau chiefs could not exist If the man at the head of the Navy Depart ment possessed some technical knowl edge of the work that he is supposed to direct. With a Secretary of the Navy who knew something about the business, the man with a new Idea re garding construction would have an opportunity to demonstrate Its merits Instead of having It turned down by a lot of fossils who cling to ancient 1 lans and methods, for fear that a change might disclose their own Ig norance. The Bureau of Ordnance has plans of its own regarding the mounting of guns, and. If these plans do not meet the approval of the Board of Construction, their adoption or rejection is not dependent on their merits, but upon which particular branch of the Navy has the strongest pull at the time when a controversy arises. Criticism of the new battleship North Dakota Is the bone of conten tion at this tim. There will be an important conference at the Navy War College at Newport tomorrow, at which the President will undoubtedly Tattle some of the departmental dry bones in an effort to determine who is to blame for the alleged faulty con struction and equipment of our ships. It is not alone in construction and equipment of the ships that it would be advantageous to have in charge a man who knew something about the subject, but in directing their move ments a little knowledge would prove of value. Secretary Metcalf was so grossly Ignorant of the draft of his fleet of battleships that in making an excuse for their not being sent to Portland- he said that the vessels were drawing from two feet to four feet more than they actually were drawing when they steamed past the Columbia River en route for Puget Sound. Of course the Secretary was in ig norance of the draft of the vessels, and it was accordingly an easy matter for some navigating officer who did cot want to come to Portland to make him believe that the ships were too deep-draft for the Columbia River. Had the Secretary been at all familiar with the ships under his supervision, he would have known that they were not drawing the measurement "of water that was reported, and he would also have known that it was as safe for them to come to Portland as it was for them to go to Puget Sound. If the President, by a rigid investi gation, succeeds in breaking up this system of giving to men unfitted for the work important positions where special knowledge of the subject is a necessity, we will Boon note a cessa tion of these ugly rumors about our Navy. A hundred-mlllion-dollar Navy is too great an affair to be intrusted to a novice. CONCEALED WEAPON'S. There was no practical reason why the murderer and suicide, Conelli, should not have had a dozen revolvers concealed about his person as well as two. Considering the perfect liberty of carrying concealed weapons which prevails, he was remarkably temper ate in the matter. Good observers in the South attribute the many crimes of violence which take place in that section to the habit of "pistol toting." as they call it. A man who has a firearm in his pocket is continu ally tempted to use it, be the provoca tion what it may. Trifling offenses which would pass with an oath or a scowl between unarmed men lead to bloodshed when the parties are armed. The law Justly and properly for bids persons to carry concealed weap ons, but the ban is a nullity. Every body who wishes to bear a revolver hidden about his clothes does so and apparently there is no way to hinder him. It is not possible for the police to arrest every man who passes by and search him for firearms. If the carrying of concealed weapons and the evil that flows from It are ever stopped it will be through the deter mination of each individual to obey the law. The cases when it can be enforced by the authorities are very exceptional. Sensible people know very well that they are, as a rule, no safer with a weapon than without one. Even to keep a revolver at hand in a bedroom is hardly commendable. The chances are about even that it will help a burglar more than It will Intimidate him. He is quite likely to get hold of it first. On the street and in dan gerous places weapons seldom assist one. An armed man in such localities is not an atom safer than one who is known to be without weapons. Per sons who wish to shoot are usually too quick for the amateur. But aside from their futility as a means of de fense, weapons lead directly to blood shed when they are carried indiscrim inately. If they could be confined to the wise and prudent the case would not be so bad. But the fact is that prudent people seldom carry revol vers, while the vicious and the fools have them almost always. There is a great field for some educational genius here, but while we are waiting for the development of healthy senti ment why cannot the sale of mur derous weapons be somewhat restrict ed by law? BRYAN AND WAGES. Will the wage-working people of the country, should Mr. Bryan be elected, obtain higher wages and get shorter hours as a consequence of his election? His speeches thus far are intended to hold out the idea that these will be the results. And yet we suppose that if Mr. Bryan shall be elected, wages and hours of labor will not be different from what they are now; and yet possibly they may be different, for we remember 1893. OREGON'S HONBKKFIL CHERRIES. The Cherry Fair held In Salem last week was an epoch In the history of horticulture In Oregon. The distinct success of the Fair and the high quality of its exhibits draw attention tc the fact that the people of Oregon, and especially of the Williamette Val ley, do not appreciate In any degree the remarkable possibilities of our section in the growing of cherries. We speak indifferently of our beautiful and luscious Royal Annes, American Lamberts, but until some official test Is made we do not appear to under stand that In Western Oregon are na tural climatic and soil conditions which produce cherries of the highest quality and of the largest size ever t-hown to the world. The, Royal Anne is a native of the south of France and Is the standard among white cherries. But in its native home it is not the Koyal Anne of the Willamette Valley, where it is grown 1 inches in diameter and supreme in quality. Yet the Royal Anne has been surpassed in the estimation of connoisseurs by the Wing, the Lambert, the Hoskins and several other varieties, all of which have been originated In the Willam ette Valley. Here, in their native home, these varieties have excelled the products of all ages, and empha size the claim that Oregon Is unsur passed in this tempting line of horti culture. However, excellent as these varieties seem to be, we have not been able to introduce them to the markets of New York and Chicago. The Juici ness, the very luscious quality that endears these fruits to us, has hither to been their undoing, robbing them of their carrying quality for distant shipments. Experiments to obviate this tender ness in our cherries and berries have been in progress for some time, and it is now thought that the difficulty will be overcome by cooling the fruit before it is put into refrigeration. It is planned to load cars with cherries and run them into cooling stations, allowing them to stand a few hours, or until the temperature of the fruit drops gradually to the proper point, and then to ice the cars in the ordi nary manner of refrigerating. It is thought that by this plan cherries, loganberries and all other tender fruits will carry in perfect condition to New York. Thus far these experi ments indicate the solution of the tender cherry difficulty. Yamhill County Is at present the acknowledged champion cherry-growing section of the world. If she is to retain her supremacy, she should be the first to establish one of these cool ing stations. Salem will surely estab lish one In the near future, and other sections will soon follow. If the rich markets of New York and Chicago could be shown the cherries of Ore gon, 'fruits grown In the highest per fection ever known, sensations would follow, and prices would not depend on the whims of cannerymen and their combinations. PORTLAND'S BIG DEBT. Now that Portland is about to add heavily to its debt for a new pipe line' from Bull Run, parks,, public docks, a new Madison bridge and fire mains. It is pertinent to figure the cost in in creased taxes. When the new luxuries shall be paid for, the public debt of Portland will amount to between $12,000,000 and $13,000,000 and property-owners will pay $500,000 a year interest. This debt will include near ly $3,000,000 bonds for the existing water system which will be in creased to $6,000,000 for the new pipe line; and also $1,500,000 for the Port of Portland. Portland is a large city and ranks well in wealth with cities of Its size. But it cannot be gainsaid that $12, 000,000 debt will be a heavy burden. It is not too much to say- that few voters stopped to think what the in creased debt would be and that many did not care. There will be hard thinking by taxpayers hereafter, as they go to the Courthouse yearly to pay the $500,000 interest. The heaviest part of the new load will be the $120,000 yearly interest, plus as much more perhaps for sink ing fund, for the $3,000,000 pipe line. This toad is put on property-owners, whereas it should be borne by water consumers. It is the universal rule in municipalities that such cost shall be paid by the users of water. The de parture from this rule in Portland was accomplished chiefly by single tax vagaries. The public opposition to this method is Indicated by the close margin of 400 votes, by which the charter amendment embodying it carried in the election in June, 1907. Had the public realized the meaning of the amendment, as they are begin ning to realize now, it would probably have been beaten. It is not too late to change back the method to that which has been in force in Portland, in the past. It has been fair to water consumers and property-owners. It is in force in practically every important city. In the city election next June a suit able amendment can be enacted, to take effect before the new debt shall be saddled irrevocably on taxpayers. The public debt of Portland wiil be stupendous even with the load thus divided. This city has rushed into debt with a careless air of "somebody will pay; we'll not worry." Somebody will pay, sure enough. It will be an army of taxpayers and the cost will be an increase of between one-third and one-half in city taxes. A WOBBLING HOBBY. The three-cent-fare-municipal-own-ership hobby which Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, has been rid ing for a good many years seems to have become "winded" in the home stretch, and is about to expire before it reaches the wire. A Cleveland dis patch in yesterday's Oregonian says that the Ohio city has had three months' experience under the new law, and two of the three months have shown a heavy deficit. The operating expenses have been running from $40,000 to $50,000 above the earnings, and the deficit will be fur ther increased after July 2 8, when free transfers are to be given. Under the present arrangement, the com pany charges one cent for transfers, and on some of the routes a three cent fare in reality requires an addi tional four cents in transfers before the trip is ended. With this additional revenue cut off. the deficit, which in May reached $54,916, will be greatly Increased. There is also a suit in court for enlargement of the zone in which" the three-cent fare will be effective. It will be remembered that in an effort to make the receipts and disburse ments approximate, an attempt was made to reduce wages a few months ago. This resulted In riot, the de struction of considerable property, and no visible reduction in the size of the deficit. The service was reduced in an effort to make up for the loss suffered by the reduction, and some of the lines were abandoned. This method of economy was met with mass meetings, at which the citizens voiced their .indignation, and made demand that the referendum be in voked and the whole subject be gone over again. Tom Johnson, the erstwhile Idol of the labor classes, has brought down on his own head the wrath of his fol lowers, because he attempted to make them stand a portion ' of the cost of the three-cent fare in the shape of re duced wages. The end is not yet, but it Is approaching, and when the final returns are compiled, and the re ceivership enters, it is not Improbable that the fares will be restored, or at least the municipal ownership fea tures of the situation will be changed. The way of the reformer Is not a path of roses, and Mayor Johnson will do well to begin looking for a new hobby before the last expiring breath passes from the one that has been ridden to death. NETW YORK, July 10 Ex-Justice Roger A. Pryor, of ths fupreme Court, member of the Confederate State Congress. Confeder ate General and a life-long Democrat, cele brated his SOth birthday yesterday. A few friends called to see him and the large desk in the library of his home in West Blxty-nlnth street held two huge bunches of beautiful flowers. But he spent the day as he spends most of his time now with his books and flowers. Associated Press. Here Is a change from 1858-60. Pryor was a fire-eating,, pro-slavery Democrat, of the period antedating the Civil War. As a member of Con gress from Virginia he was one of the most active and bitter of those Who pushed the South into secession. His aggressive fury was resisted in de bate by John F. Potter, of Wisconsin. Pryor challenged Potter, and the lat ter named elghteen-inch bowle knives as weapons; but Pryor'a seconds pro nounced such combat "barbarous," and refused to fight. The affair cre ated a prodigious uproar throughout the country. Pryor's course, follow ing that of Brooks of South Caro lina, who had beaten Sumner into insensibility in the Senate Chamber, and then had challenged Burlingame. of Massachusetts, who had denounced the act, was one of the preludes to the great struggle of arms. After the war Pryor went to New York, where he became a leading member of Tam many. It was needless to say that he has been "a life-long Democrat." The American visible supply of wheat is still gravitating to low levels, the weekly statistics yesterday show ing but 13,2.62,000 bushels, compared with 46,635,000 bushels on the same date last year. There is also a heavy decrease in' quantities on passage, which were 7,000,000 bushels less than a year ago. Both America and the Argentine are apparently getting near the end of their resources for old-crop shipment, the former ship ping but 1,482,000 bushels last week, while the Argentine, which a few weeks ago was1 shipping more than 6,000,000 bushels par week, has now dropped down to less than 2,000,000 bushels. Statistically the wheat situ ation has seldom been stronger at the opening of the season, but the price is not advancing very rapidly on account of the excellent crop prospects in the Middle West and Southwest. Now that the price of lumber is down a little, it would be well for many of the country school districts to consider the matter of putting up new school buildings. While many of the country districts are already provided with suitable buildings, others have old structures, out of date in plan as well as deteriorated by age. There is nothing that makes a community so attractive to home seekers as good school facilities. The first question asked by a family seek ing to purchase land is, "What about your schools?" A good school build ing will easily add to the value of the farm land In the district more than the cost of the building. Public schools, like public roads, are a good investment, aside from the direct use enjoyed by those who bear the ex pense. Last Friday The Oregonian said: "The open season for deer opened Wednesday. The returns on the hunters who mistake a man for a deer will probably begin coming In today or tomorrow." In contrast with previous seasons, it is encouraging to note that the first fatality in this state did not occur until Saturday, fully three days after the season opened. Next year it may be postponed until the fourth day, and some time "when all life's lessons have been learned," men may exercise a little caution be fore they pull the trigger, and there will be no more of these needless tragedies. An Eastern railroad proposes to post In a public place a report of the mistakes and shortcomings of its em ployes. The employes protest. But is not sauce for the goose sauce for the gander? Should not the fact be publicly posted every time a railroad company fails to provide a seat for every passenger, every time it makes an overcharge, every time it delays shipment of freight and every time it makes its employes work too many hours or imposes upon them extra hazardous duties? Would the railroad company protest? Peary is still in touch with civiliza tion, and is sending ' back messages reporting progress. It may be early yet for the innovation, but. if Peary fails to reach the pole, it is not im possible that the next man to go after it in earnest will have his ship equip ped with wireless. With this appar ratus, messages could be sent back from beyond the icepack and the fate of the missing men would no longer be In doubt. It would be comforting on a day like this to receive a few "Marconlgrams" from up near the pole. Mr. Walker, the absconding banker from Connecticut, has been appre hended in Mexico and is now on his way back to the scene of his crime. On arrival at San Francisco he com plained bitterly at the treatment he received at the hands of the Mexican authorities, who, he asserted, should not have extradited him. Mr. Walker's feelings were admirably ex pressed by a poet, who many years ago observed that: No rogue e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. The white spirit of peace ought to kick off her mantle, grab a club and buy a trip ticket to Albany.-That city is one of the best in the Willam ette Valley and haa a Commercial Club capable of doing it much good. Yet there is a division of opinion of its merits that is working harm, and the worst of it is that it gets Into print daily in one of the newspapers. More club work of both kinds Is needed. Over in Aberdeen there is wild in dignation among the City Councilmen that they are made to pay their way over a toll bridge. Why should a City Councilman have to pay any body for anything? Isn't he a City Councilman? Whatever may be said of Murderer Conelll's scheme to get rid of the woman and her friend at the same time. It will be agreed that he did a job both neat and commendable when he turned the pistol on himself. The news that civil war confronts the Sultan and that seven thousand soldiers have turned against him is thrilling, of course; but what a wait ing world wants to know Is where the harem stands in this great crisis? Mr. Bryan makes it clear that he would rather have ten thousand one dollar subscriptions than one ten thousand dollar subscription. Don't all speak at once. That Colorado Springs conference of Republican managers is being duly in terspersed with automobile rides and such. That ought to help a lot to win the campaign. General Kiefer says it will take a miracle to elect Bryan. Does the General really think that one miracle can do it? ORIGIN OF STATEMENT NUMBER 1 Editor Geer Says the Late Senator Mitchell Wsi Ita Amthor. Pendleton Tribune. Within the past two years, that is, since the life of the direct primary law in Oregon, the inquiry ahas been made many times as to who was the author of that section which provides for Statement No. 1, a feature of the law which is universally admitted to be out of place In a statute whose object is to control nominations for official posi tions, for the section providing for this statement does not stop at the ter- mlnntlnn nt t V. n r t n ( ,, - aavau,uo.iii,UQ, UU B.H " of Its other sections, but pursues the ! candidate after his election and seeks I to control bis official actions after he Is sworn Into office! This, as we have said, is out of air harmony with the declared purpose of the law, for It Is a "nominating law" and its operation ceases on the close of the day of the primary election with this exception, that section 13, alone of all its sections, takes up a further work and undertakes to govern an of ficer in the performance of his official duties. Naturally, therefore. It has been often the subject of speculation' as to how this feature of a "nominating law" found its way into its "midst." The Tribune has It from unques tioned authority that the late Senator Mitchell was himself the author of the famous Statement No. 1, and prepared it and succeeded in having it incor porated as a part of that innovation in our election laws. The history of the matter is that the "holdup" session of 1897 was the result of a minority of the members of that body deciding that, since Mitchell's election was certain to follow its or ganisation, the only way to carry out their "paramount Issue" would be to fail to take the oath of office and thus render It Impossible . to do atiy sort of legislative work. The prime mover as well as the backbone of this "momentously nervy scheme was Jonathan Bourne, who had been elected a member of the House from Multnomah County as a Mitchell man, with the understanding that the Senator would use his influence toward securing Bourne's election as Speaker of that body. ' But trouble arose be tween the compactors to the compact In the later Summer, when Bourne became a supporter of Bryan for President, while Mitchell supported McKinley. e This, of course, made trouble, the promise to boost Bourne for the Speak ership was considered nil and the am bitious Representative proceeded to do business in a way whose results are well remembered to this day. But Mitchell was elected again In 1901. A direct primary law was to be enacted in 1904, and to guard against any further Indulgence in the Bourne tactics when his term should expire in 1907, he evolved the feature contained in section 13, which provides for "bind ing" members to not only 'support the candidate for Senator who should re ceive the highest vote, it being held by the Senator, and doubtless correctly, that In a contest before the people he' would be that man; but the Legislative candidate was required to say in his petition for nomination that "if I am nominated for the office of Senator or Representative in the Legislature I will accept the nomination, and, if i am elected I will qualify as such officer." Mitchell was elected to the Senate four times, on two of which occasions his success was brought about solely through the aid of Democratic votes. His insertion of Statement No. 1 was to provide not only for the certain sup port of the Democrats, but a method which would probably force most of the Republican members to take the same pledge. When the time came, however, for the application of this principle to Ore gon politics Mitchell's troubles had overtaken him, and the irony of fate stands prominently outlined against the political sky in the fact that Jona than Bourne himself was the man who rode into the United States Senate as his successor, and solely through .the agency of this specially provided ma chinery against a repetition of Bourne's tactics! Verily, politics Is mighty queer. "FIRST" PARTY MUIR GLACIER Many Persons Have Made the Jour ney In Recent Years. PORTLAND, July i9.(To Editor.) Noticing the statement of Frank C. Savage in this morning's Oregonian, that his party recently "had the honor of being the first people ever set ashore on Muir Glacier, in Glacier Bay, Alaska," permit me to say that 19 years ago this month, Tyler Woodward, of this city; R. M. Brewston, of Woodstock; the late ex-Governor D. P. Thompson, and the writer, were landed within a stone's throw of the face of Muir Glacier, then towering 300 feet above the water in the bay, by the good ship Carona, Captain Carroll; and after passing with great difficulty over the moraine on the left margin, we went far out and onto the highest part of Muir Glacier, then something worth seeing. Muir Glacier is now less than one-third the size it was then and will soon be a thing of the past. The three gentlemen above named were the pluckiest, best-informed traveling companions imaginable. C. E. CLINB. Mr. Savage's statement will probably also be disputed "by some thousands of others who In the last quarter century have made the same Journey to the sum mit or crest of the glacier. All Alaska excursion steamers for many years pene trated Glacier Bay, prior to the earth quake several years ego, and regularly landed their passengers, who religiously made the climb to the top of the glacier. Possibly Mr. Savage meant that his party was the first since the earthquake. Mr. Kern's Fllarbtjr Political Faith. New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser (Ind.-Rep.) Kern's political record i as varie gated as that of his chief. There is scarce a public question before the American people which he has not both opposed and supported. Early in 1896 he was a Gold Democrat. Later In the same year he was shouting for Bryan and free silver. He has been against hauling down the flag in the Philip pines and for hauling it down. Three weeks ago he issued a statement in which he said: "I am not in favor of a plank declaring against injunctions, and do not believe the .Democrats will incorporate such a plank in the plat form." Now Kern Is particularly pleased because there Is an injunction plank. Manifestly a fluttering and flighty politician of a familiar type. A NEW ARRANGEMENT. Divisional Appropriation of the White Heue. Hearst's New York American. In naming John W. Kern for Vice President the Democrats selected the personal counsel, the personal friend and the personal choice of Tom Tag gart, who dictated his nomination. In the light of ithis choice Mr. Bryan's offer to divide the White House with Kern should he be elected presents interesting possibilities. Once in possession of a wing of the White House. Mr. Kern may want to divide it with Mr. Taggart, whose natural Instinct would prompt him to turn his half of the wing into a gambling-house. Mr. Bryan, still being in possession of more room than he needed for his personal use. might then be disposed to divide his wing with Thomas F. Ryan. Surely anybody good enough to de liver the vote of Indiana and anybody good enough to provide a campaign fund are good enough to live in the White House. Kern has worn the Taggart tag since he has been In politics. Taggart made him City Attorney of Indianapolis. Taggart had him twice nominated for Governor, and in 1904 saw him defeat ed by more than 90.000 votes. Kern corralled the delegates for Taggart at the St. Louis convention four years ago, and, at Taggart's dic tation, made a speech extolling Parker. Serving on the committee on resolu tions and on the sub-committee on cre dentials, he made a platform that suited Belmont and threw from the convention hall hundreds of legally elected delegates. Subsequently he visited Judge Parker and sought and got Taggart's appoint ment as National chairman, the most scandalous appointment made in any party for many years. At Taggart's trial for running a common gambling - house at French Lick Springs Kern was the lawyer for the defense. As Mr. Bryan knew of Kern's subserviency to Taggart when he permitted Kern to be his Vice-Presidential candidate, he probably would see no objection to Taggart's residence in Kern's half of the White House. With Ktrn and Taggart In one wing and Bryan and Ryan In the other, ac celeration of the National currency might be taken care of without much help from the Secretary of the Treas ury or the National banks. BACK TO THE CAVE OF ADULLAM Soclallat-Laborltes Mean 'Well but Are Wrong In Philosophy. Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.) , The Soclallst-Laber party cast about 32,000 votes four years ago, and these represented a lot of dissatisfied peo ple who thought the country was being joined by ita rulers and that society was built on a false basis. There were more votes cast in 1900, and what tha number will be this November is prob lematical, but is not likely to reach a greater figure than four years ago. These people are not to be condemned out of hand nor laughed at. They have a grievance which seems to them ec important as to override all other con siderations In politics. It is a condition that has always ex isted and which goes back historically to the Cave of Adullam. There are always with us the unfortunate, the miserable, the people in debt and those who see little ahead for them under existing conditions. Their effort to im prove their situation is not to be sneered at, but to be treated with kindness and consideration. The Socialist-Labor platform Is based on an tipathy to capitalism of every sort, which it holds has captured in its own interest the schools, the church and the professions. It wants more than Karl Marx ever demanded. It thinks there is no property except in labor and that an equal distribution according to the amount of labor (by which It seems to mean largely manual labor) of all the property in the country Is the only solution of the many ills that flesh Is heir to. This Is not new In theory nor has there ever lacked a number of honest men who have thought that this dis tribution was for the general good. It Is chimerical, of course, and It Is des tined to constant failure until the world is absolutely changed and hu man nature put on a new basis. But we must permit people to put forth their protests, and in the coming cam paign they will figure only as a little faction of people who may mean well but who are wrong in their philosophy. NOW, SUPPOSE WE HAD A WAR Would Yon Rather Have' Mr. Taft or Mr. Bryan President f New York Times If it were true that we were going to have a war with Japan or any other power, it would come during this or the next administration. War is not one of those coming events that cast their shadows years in advance. If there were to be a war, does anyone suppose that the American people would hesitate in making their choice between Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan as Commander-in-Chief of the National forces? Neither of them has seen mili tary services, although we believe Colonel Bryan got as far as Florida during our Spanish War, but that makes no difference. The qualification is mental and temperamental. Wars may be averted by wise nego tiation. Which would be the better negotiator, Mr. Taft, who has had a long and arduous experience In .Na tional affairs, who knows the people of the Orient, who has visited Japan, knows its statesmen and its people, is admired and respected by them, or Mr. Bryan, who is quite unknown In any field of negotiation save that of per sonal and party politics, and whose convention at Denver adopted a resolu tion for the exclusion of Asiatic Im migrants which has given offense at Toklo? We think the American people would have little difficulty In coming to the conclusion that if there is to be a war Mr. Taft would be a safer and more efficient person In the chief post of re sponsibility than Mr. Bryan. Undismayed. New York Times. He came -up smilln' used to say He made his fortune that-a-way; He had hard luck a-plenty, too. But settled down an' fought her through; An' every time he got a Jolt He Jist took on a tighter holt. Slipped back some when he tried to climb, But came up smilln' every time. He came up smlllln' used to git His shar o' knocks, but he had grit. An' If they hurt he didn't set Around th' groe'ry store an' fret. He Jlst grabbed Fortune by th- hair An hung on till he got his share. He had th- grit in him to stay An' come up smilin' every day. He Jist gripped hard an' all alone Like a set bull-pup with a bone. An' if he got shook loose, why then He got up an' grabbed holt again; He didn't have no time, he'd say. To bother about yesterday. An' when there was a prise to win He came up smilln' an' pitched In. He came up smilln' good fer him! He had th' grit an' pluck an' vim. 6o he's on Easy street, an' dumed If I don't think hut luck is earned! No matter if he lost sometimes. He's got th' stuff in him that climbs. An' when his chance was mighty slim. Ha oama up amtlUV Good fer him! IN PRONOUNCING "LOS ANGELES' Twelve Different Win. All Wrong and Five Are Barbarous. Charles F. Lummis. City Librarian of Los Angeles, in the Hartford (Conn.) Times. It is a curious predicament when the very inhabitants of an American city call its name in no less than 12 differ ent ways, of which all are wrong and Ave are barbarous. This unhappy and probably unique distinction belongs ,to Los Angeles, Cal. Yet it is old enough to be known better. It was probably pronounced for more than a century before the new immigrations set up so tall a Tower of Babel. The commonest and worst atrocity sounds like "Lost Angia Lees" (as dis tlngulshed by stress from a presump tive Seraphina Lees, or Kittle Lees) flat o. Jelly g, and those flowery beds of ees upon which philology will never be carried to the skies. I cannot recall that any other city in the world is so blithered, even by its strangest visitors. Here are three massacres in only four syllables. There is in Spanish no flat o; there Is no "Oh, Gee!" and while there Is our sound of double-e, it Is written with an 1. It Is upon this spe cial boggle-pronunciation that the merry widow mind predicates its sorry Jest of "City of Lost Angels." Other pronunciations current even here besides the "Loss Anjeloss" prac tically confined to a few unaccllmated persons are: Loss ANGIE Less. Loss ANG-eleez. . Loss ANG-el-ess. Loss ANN-Hell -Ees. Loss ANN-Hell-Ess. Loss ANN-Hay-Lace. Loce ANN-Jell-Eez. Loce ANN-Hay-Lace. Loce ANG-EL-Eez. It is a providence that no one yex (so far as I know) has come to 'Xos ANGEL Ease." But an Eastern paper, sitting in judgment on our attempt to clinch the fit pronunciation, solemnly and editorially (if this be not tautol ogy) assured us that the accent of the chief word must come on Ita second syllable; and that it is "an-HAIL-ace!" So it is only a question of time before some Abner Dean of Angels shall "raise his point of order, when " As this city was founded In 1781, and then christened by a name already an cient in a language which is one of law; and as that name has only one correct pronunciation, it seems to he time to establish and make official the due concord of sweet sounds The pop ular difficulty lies chiefly with the g. Spanish g before e has no preciee equivalent In English. It is almost exactly the German ch In "Buch." Those who call the name "Ann Hell" are less outlandish than the "Angle" people; but they are still far from the fact. Quite as bad are those who give the two e's the "day" sound (which c in Spanish has only when accented) and call the last word "ANN-Hay-Lace." Thl Is Indeed a commonplace of the two-bit "Spanish-in-24-Lessons" vocab ularies; but is as offensive to the critic as the jabber g. Despite notable geo graphic differences, the e sounds are lde-ntlcal in "heaven," "hell," and Los Angeles. The nearest that can be asked of busy American population is our hard "g," as in "anger" and it's near enough. For precislonists. It needs only to add" a certain nasai to the hard g, bringing it toward the- German ch. The o is long, and the first word rhymes with "dose." The e's are almost exactly like e in "bed" and "yes." There ia an attempt locally to secure an official pronunciation of this honor able name historic to .this city for more than a century, and of course of fame long before Portola picked and named the site, and De Neve founded this particular pueblo. The following local Jingle covers the case reasonably well: "The lady would remind you, please. Her name Is not Lost Angle Lees, Nor Angle anything whatever. She hopes her friends will be so clever To share her fit historic pride The G shall not be Jellified. O long, G hard, and rhyme with "yes.' And all about Loce Ang-el-ess." Jos Mr. Bryan, Bryan, Bryan. Indianapolis Star. The Lincoln Commoner of July 10 reaches our desk with an unusually In teresting and attractive array of mat ter. The front page Is exclusively given over to the portrait of a familiar face. Pages 2, 3 and 4 give an inspire, and not invidious account of a recently and personally conducted convention at Denver. Pages 5 and contain a cer tain presumably immortal document called a platform, carried out to Den ver In two satchels. Page 7 elucidates the tremendous fervor exciie-i at Den ver by frequent mention of a certain man s rrme. On other pases, the .lum bers of which we are unable to give for lack of s;ace, lmpassloiej eulogies of the same heroic personage are faith fully recorded. On the final page ap pears the address of our hero to the Pennsjlvanla delegates, punctured at suitable Interval with "applause" and great applause." . By reference to the editorial page subhead it is disclosed tha". the indi vidual thus portraitured, eulogized; In tel preted and applauded is not.e other than the editor and proprietor of the paper himself "the Hon. William Jen nings Bryan." Editorial abandon of this sort Is seldom equa'cd and nevtr surpassed even in indlxna. "To Destroy 'Our Party."' Th Spectator (Portland). Our Cousin Jonathan wants Mr. Taft to announce himself in his succession. "Taft," whispers Senator "Bourne from amid the bandages and splints and plaster casts and other last aids to the injured, "should declare when his party or elec torate relives him of service that he will In no manner attempt to select his suc cessor other than to give loyal support to his party's selection." For a badly wounded man, that ls a savage utterance. It means that Mr. Roosevelt did more than give his loyal support to his party's selection. But it is not as bitter as our Cousin Jonathan's further statement that "the means used to nominate Taft may be potential enough to destroy our party." Bitter, eh? But "our party!" What party does our cousin refer to? Any of the lately deceased parties to which he belonged, or the party which elected him to the United States Senate? He surely cannot be speaking of the Republican party. Such talk would be high treason. Still. Senator Bourne Is hardly responsible for what he says; some allowance must be made for one who Is just emerging from the Influence of an anaesthetic. Probably, it ls the gas that ls talking. Expert Advice About Sharks. PORTLAND, Or., July 20. (To the Editor.) I see that there is a plague of sharks off the coast. As a fisher man, having caught sharks on a single bowline from the yardarm on ships in the South Atlantic, in Charleston Har bor and Galveston Bay. I offer the rem edy in use there to keep sharks from biting. It was to heat a common hard brick redhot, dip it in flapjack batter and throw it to the shark in sight. When thie hot bunch is swallowed by the critter he loses all desire to bite anyone. This remedy has been tried on many occasions and It never falls. Or take a sharp sheath knife1 with a lan yard looped around the wrist, Jump overboard when the shark shows him self, and when he turns over, carve him. DR. NET CHURCHMAN. i