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THE AUTOPSY TELLS IT.
A small fraction of a great party,
that fraction composed of Its most
volatile or unstable material, cannot
control the action of a great party.
It was submitted to in the case of
Mr. Bourne by many who never will
submit to it again. Mr. Bourne got
the plurality nomination, though
seven-tenths of the Republicans of
the state were against him. Through
loyalty to party enough of them
swallowed the dose though they
gagged and kecked at It to give him
a bare plurality over Gearin. They
never will do It, or the like of It,
again.
For a similar reason they wouldn't
have Cake though there was less
nausea, less kecking, at Cake than at
Bourne. But there was determina
tion not to submit to the Imposition
again. Republicans of Oregon are'
not going to have their noses held and
doses like these crammed down their
throats any more.
The primary law, with its invitation
to Democrats to register as Repub
licans, and . with its "statement,"
which persons who never could be
nominated under a system that was
fairly representative are eager to
take, because It affords the only op
portunity that unfit men ever could
obtain, is the source of this abortive
system, whose result is annihilation
of the Republican party.
A consequence Is that the State of
Oregon, which professes to be Re
publican, Is pledged to the election
of a Democratic Senator. That is,
the so-called Republican party is
pledged to a result directly opposite
to every reason that the Republican
party has for existence. A "bunch,"
who, under rational conditions, never
would be thought of for the Legisla
ture, is sent to that body, to act In
direct opposition to the political sen
timent of their party and to the
dominant sentiment of the state.
Mr. Cake, in his speeches through
out the state, continually declared
that he had never felt that he could
appear as a candidate so long as the
old convention or representative sys
tem lasted. But that system, thank
heaven, hnrl hepn hrrtlrn dntvn? n n rl
since a time had come when real
merit, ready to serve the people, had
at last obtained Its opportunity, he
had answered the call of the people,
against the political managers, and
now appeared as a candidate. The
"people" would stand by him. Did
they?
Moreover, in his addresses through
out the state Mr. Cake said that the
time had come when the Senator to
be chosen must be a man wqrthy of
election and re-election, a man able
to serve the state, a man of quality
and character, fit for the high sta
tion. Such a man should be elected
term after term: and his experience
In affairs and his devotion to the
people would assure it. The modesty
of the argument was not convincing.
Especially at Astoria It didn't take
well.
Mr. Cake also was for the Holy
Statement; because by it, and It
alone, he could get the recognition
that he complained he never could
tet under the convention and repre
sentative system. Knocking at the
door with "the statement," he was
sure the door would be opened. It
had Indeed been opened to Bourne;
yet It was done grudgingly, and only
just so far as to permit an unwelcome
comer to squeeze in; but never again
will be opened to Bourne, nor to
Imitators who seem to think that
since Bourne succeeded, any "self
made man" may. There will always
b a Democratic or other opposition
candidate.
There Is no possibility of getting
nominations in this way, and under
these pledges, that men who require
the best ability and talent in office
will support. The attempt to force
on the Republican party by such
methods men who don't "measure
up" to requirements, has put the
party in Oregon quite out of busi
ness; till now It is uncertain how the
state will vote even in the Presidential
election. By common acknowledg
ment there is now no Republican
party in Oregon. The victim is In
the morgue, and the autopsy is a
plain revelation of the causes that
took him there.
A GRBAT SEWOTAPER-S CENTENNIAL
Sl'MBEB.
A mighty memorial number is the
issue of the St. Louis Republic
of July 12. 1898. The great
paper on that day completed its first
century. It is by far the oldest
Journal of the great region long
known as "The West"; and the work
it has done is attested by the success
of its long career. This centennial
number Is largely historical and
reminiscent; it contains tributes to
The Republic from every part of the
United States and from all the prin
cipal newspapers. The editor of Tha
Oregonlan sent the following:
The first newspaper I remember to have
seen was The Republic. It was the newspaper
of all Illinois, In the days of my early
recollection, aa it is yet the, newspaper of
a large part of that state, as well as of
Missouri and the Southwest. The place of
my nativity waa Peoria: there were no rail
roads till long afterward, and river steam
boats carried our malla and the producta of
the country. St. Louis was the steamboat
center of tha Northern Mississippi region,
and thsrefore Its commercial emporium.
Naturally also the place to which we looked
for news: hence, everybody who desired to
know read The Republic though the num
bers that came Into our hands not Infre
quently were a week old.
The local papera that sprang up in my
time at Peoria and Springfield and Qutncy
depended on The Republic for newa and for
Interpretation of the course of eventa And
before that time, during the apace of 40
lay the work The Republic had done
aa a newspaper for development of the West.
It was founded soon after Lewis and
Clark returned from their expedition to the
Pacific Ocean; and in no small degree to
Its breadth. Intelligence and earnestness was
due the interest that was aroused as the
yeara went by In the Oregon country, in the
assertion of the authority of the United
Statee over it, and in the adoption of meas
ures to Induce and promote the movement
of American aettlera across the plaina to the
far-off land. The Republic, more than any
other agency, caused the migration to Ore
gon. It has been a pleasure to observe that
this pioneer of the journalism of the great
Mississippi Valley has held throughout Its
career of lOO years the place made by Itself,
for itself, which no other haa been able to
fill. It began with the beginning of things,
and always has kept at the front. AH the
conditions of journalism have changed again
and again-durlng its career, but it haa al
ways een among the foremost. In the new
adaptations. Esto perpetual
HOW TKB SOUTH VIEWS IT.
Here in Oregon the election of
Senator has been taken out of the
hands of the Legislature, because
"members of the Legislature may be
bought, while the people cannot be."
But this isn't the view in the solid
Democratic states of the South. They
do not consent to popular election
of Senators there. We find the
Charleston News and Courier saying:
Perhaps little la to be gained by repeating
the arguments against this sinister proposi
tion, to which Colonel Bryan is unhappily
wedded. If at any time It should be in
corporated Into the Federal Constitution the
way would be open for the Southern Repub
licans to actively participate in the elec
tion of Senators. That the brains and money
of the Republican party in the North would
be turned to the capturing of Southern Sen
atorships were the elections to be by direct
vote of the people la too plain to require
statement.
Now, perhaps some of you may
begin to see what is happening In
Oregon, and how arid why. The
Democratic party here Is capturing
Senatorships by the Very means which
the Southern Democrats fear the Re
publicans would employ in the
Democratic states of the South.
There, they resolve not to allow Re
publicans "to participate in the elec
tion of Senators," through popular
vote, or to form combinations there
for with dissatisfied or purchasable
elements of the Democratic party.
The South always has had a real
genius for politics. It made the one
mistake of secession, only because It
did not understand the fighting spirit
of the North. But since the Civil
War it has been the most conserva-1
tive section of the country, and today
is the best security the country has
egainst radical change. It is merely
through survival of conditions that
have followed the political habits of
former times, that the conservative
South Is now associated with the rad
ical and socialistic elements of the
Democratic party of the North. The
Richmond News-Leader says that
today "probably a majority of the
daily papers of the larger Southern
cities are anti-Bryan." But the con
servatism of the South cannot yet
recover itself. It must feel its way.
But no Southern state will do what
Oregon has done, in the matter of
electing Senators. No Southern state
would even support an amendment
of the Constitution calling for popu
lar election. One and all they stand
for concentration of authority and
power in politics, through the repre
sentative system; believing that surer,
more substantial and more satisfac
tory results are had through this
system than through the action of a
tumultuous democracy.
-THE SUN 8HIXETH WHEN NO MAN
CAN WORK."
Three men employed in an excava
tion for a building near Good Samari
tan Hospital quit yesterday noon.
after half a day's labor. Retiring to
the shade of a friendly tree, they
lighted their pipes, stretched them
selves on the grass, and enjoyed for
several hours a delectable symposium
on the bitter lot of the workingman.
At abbut the same hour, three other
'workingmen," engaged to open up
a spring in a suburb of the city, be
came persuaded also that the sun
was too hot for work, and they, too.
Joined the ranks of the unemployed.
down around Burnside street. There
were doubtless other similar incidents
yesterday, but they have not been
chronicled.
The sun was Indeed hot yesterday,
and nothing could be done by any.
body without perspiration. Why, in
deed, should anybody work when Old
Sol blazes and the cooling shades
invite, and lager beer at Ave cents a
glass is to be had in 400 Portland
saloons from 5 A. M. one day through
the long hours till 1 A. M. the next
day? Why, Indeed? To be sure there
is work to do, and there never will
be enough willing hands to do it.
But what of that? The laborer Is
worthy of his hire and a little more,
but no employer is ever liberal
enough, and the workman is justified
in quitting in the middle of the day
and in retiring to Blaster's or Erlck
son's or Fritz", to consider the hard
lot of the downtrodden workingmen
and the Iniquities of a government
that doesn't pay pensions to every
body who is too tired to toil.
Yet we are told that times are
hard, and that there is not employ
ment enough to go around. But It
is not the purpose of this little essay
to declare that there is work for
everybody who will work. 'It is sim
ply to inquire what in the world is
going to become of our 400 saloons
if their patrons don't, or won't, go
out and earn enough money to sustain
them?
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
The favorable progress of the old
age pension bill In the British Par
liament indicates that the Liberals
will gain the credit of passing the
measure, though they did not orig
inate It. The Tories fathered the
scheme years ago, but in England It?
is rather the rule for both parties to
have a try at every measure of much
Importance. One begins It and is
denounced by the other for the terri
fying Innovation. Then it goes out
of power and the other party calmly
pushes the scheme to completion.
The Increase of the Socialist-Labor
vote of late years has accelerated the
progress of the old age pension bill.
Some say it is a plan to silence the
agitators by granting one of their
Obviously Just demands. Others say
that it Is a step toward the socialist
revolution.
If It is such a step It is not a very
long one. It grants to old men past
seventy a pension of five shillings,
about a dollar and a quarter, a week
if they have no means of their own.
This is probably less than it would
cost to maintain them In the poor
house, while it preserves their self
respect, it is said. The British plan
differs from the German by requiring
no contribution to the pension fund
from workmen during their produc
tive years. Mr. Asquith argues that
the laborer actually makes his con
tribution hy adding to the prosperity
and wealth of the community, and
the community Is justly bound to re
turn a part of this when he becomes
incapacitated. Americans have not
yet begun to look favorably upon old
age pensions, but the new Massachu
setts law permitting savings banks
to sell life insurance and annuities
will accomplish much the same result
if it becomes popular. A general
plan by which workingmen may pay
for an annuity by Blow accumulations
is much needed in every state. Still
ore needed is a lav which shall
make savings secure beyond perad-
venture. Postal banks will effect this
most desirable end when we get
them, and perhaps the other states
will ultimately adopt the Massachu
setts plan of selling annuities.
A RETURN TO ORTHODOXY.
It is not quite clear why the minis
ters of North Takima should be
deemed blameworthy for preaching
lit their shirt sleeves the other Sun
day. If they had shed their long,
thick black coats on a biting Winter's
day when the fire in the church stove
was almost out, we should think
they were unwise, but the Sunday In
question was in midsummer and it
was hot. Even for the parched and
blistered Takima region the tempera
ture was high. The pitiless sun beat
down from a brazen sky, the churches
reeked with fiery blasts, th! congre
gations swam in perspiration. No
clergyman acting by himself had the
courage te doff his heavy coat, that
mistaken symbol of reverential ortho
doxy, but the deed was conceived. It
appears, in the ministerial union and
carried out at sermon time the next
Sunday.
Imagine all the ministers in a thriv
ing city like North Yakima emerg
ing to the gaze of their congregations
In their shirt sleeves. Imagine the
shock the spectacle gave the assem
bled piety of that city of hops, apples
and politicians. An account, which
may be exaggerated, says that in one
church seven deaf old ladles fainted,
while in another the entire corps of
deacons marched out singing the
Doxology. Still, in spite of the com
motion which their appearance
caused we cannot see why the Yakima
ministers were not fully Justified in
shedding their coats. By doing so
the' were able to preach more com
fortably and therefore more power
fully. However shocked some of
their hearers may have been, it Is
quite certain that the Almighty was
not disturbed in the least. It is im
possible to believe that he cares what
cut or color of clothes his preachers
wear or whether they are clothed at
all. Indeed, if we may trust the
Scriptures, he prefers man in the
unclad condition, for he so made him
and kept him thus as long as circum
stances permitted.
The idea that it shows more rever
ence to address the Deity In clothes
of some particular cut or color is a
relic of superstition. So is the kin
dred notion that the Lord prefers an
obsolete grammar in prayer. Many
persons would be horrified to hear
anybody say "you" to the Almighty
Instead of the customary "thou," and
yet it is certain that "you" is the
more appropriate. We are taught
that there are three persons in the
Deity, hence it is proper to use the
plural pronoun In our petitions. But
the pronoun "thou" is singular. Min
isters and others who address the
Deity as "thou" are therefore im
plicitly guilty of denying the great
fundamental doctrine of the trinity,
though they may not always Intend
to commit that enormity. By a simi
lar train of thought we are led to
the conclusion that it is more ortho
dox to preach in one's shirt sleeves
than in a coat, especially a frock
coat. Does anybody Imagine that
Paul wore a frock coat when he
preached on Mars Hill? No, indeed;
he had on a garment which was vir
tually a shirt, except that It had no
sleeves or starched front. The cus
toms of the primitive church are all
on the side of the Yakima preachers.
WHY CASTRO IS UNPUNISHED.
There would be neither pleasure
nor profit In shooting fleas or mos
quitoes with an elephant gun, and
there is nothing attractive in the
pastime of killing skunks with any
kind of a weapon. For somewhat
similar reasons, the United States has
failed tq administer to Venezuela well
merited punishment for the indigni
ties American citizens have suffered.
It is but natural that American citi
zens who have has their property
confiscated should feel aggrieved over
present conditions in the land of
Castro. It may offer no consolation
to such to remember that it is not
alone the United States and its citi
zens who have suffered these indigni
ties, but the fact that Great Britain,
Germany, France and a number of
smaller countries have, temporarily
at least, accepted without resentment
the Insults they have received from
Castro, may point to a day of retribu
tion at which reparation will be de
manded for Insults as well as property
losses.
The immunity from punishment
which he has thus far enjoyed has
undoubtedly swollen the Castro
head, and, as there are only a few
"two bit" nations left that have failed
to receive a snub at his hands, the
doughty fire-eater will soon be, like
Alexander, sighing for more worlds
to conquer. The present difficulty in
collecting American claims and pro
tecting American rights in Venezuela
is due to the mistake made by this
country in ever assuming that Vene
zuela was a civilized country, amen
able to the customs and treaties of
civilized countries. It was on that
assumption that in the . past no
greater rights or privileges were asked
for American citizens in Venezuela
than were granted the citizens of Ven
ezuela when they came to the United
States. The citizens of either country
in case of wrong had recourse to the
courts for protection.
Unfortunately, it has developed
that, while a Venezuelan wrongfully
deprived of his rights in the United
States, could promptly recover dam
ages, the American citizen in Vene
zuela could not receive equally fair
treatment. But, while our wronged
Americans who have had their proper
ty in Venezuela confiscated, may chafe
at the delay in getting justice, it can
not much longer be deferred. It is
hardly worth while to take our ele
phant guns and go down and blockade
the ports of this annoying mosquito.
although we would win the applause
of the whole world by so doing. Such
action on the part of the United States
would, of course, hasten the end of
Castro politics in Venezuela, but the
end is approaching so rapidly from
another direction that It is probably
the part of wisdom to await It. With
severance of diplomatic relations with
the rest of the world, Castro has been
thrown pretty much on his own re
sources, and about the only object
on which he can give vent to his
bullying nature is his own people.
This in due season will produce one
of the customary revolutions and, on
this particular occasion at least, any
party of revolutionists who will make
a determined effort to supplant Cas
tro will receive plenty of encourage
ment from almost any of the powers
that have been affronted.
With such encouragement in a land
where revolutions are of almost spon
taneous growth. It would not be a
difficult matter accurately to fore
cast the result. With a new admin
istration grateful for the support,,
moral, and perhaps otherwise, which
it would receive from the Unified
States, it would be an easy matter for
our citizens to get back the property
of which Castro has robbed them.
This method of collecting would be
fully as successful as sending a fleet
of warships and a land force to Ven
ezuela to enforce our demands, and
much less expensive.- Death and
taxes are said to be the only "cer
tainties" in this world, but Central
American revolutions, are pretty close
to mat ciass.
A Garfield (Wash.) dispatch in yes
terday's Oregonlan reports some of
the wheat fields in that vicinity as
turning off 45 bushels of wheat per
acre. As the same fields last year
turned off big crops at high prices.
it is probable that their owners are
among those referred to by Mr. Bryan
in his appeal for funds In which he
says that "there 'are hundreds of thou
sands of farmers who are abundantly
able to contribute to the campaign
fund." Still, there is a possibility that
the farmer will read elsewhere in the
Bryan appeal that he is "the victim of
all special legislation and has suf
fered from the control of politics by
the great predatory corporations."
This "suffering" he has experienced
may prevent the farmer from going
down in his jeans for the $100 which
Mr. Bryan thinks would be about the
proper figure. It will at least be a
difficult matter for him to reconcile
the two statements, one that he is
suffering." etc., and the other-that he
is "abundantly able to contribute."
Among the most useful of the pio
neers of Oregon was Alanson
Hlnman, who died at Forest Grove on
Monday. He had lived in Oregon 64
years a record very few now can
equal. When he came to the Oregon
country there were less than 2000
persons of American citizenship in
the whole of the vast territory of
more than 300,000 square miles. The
greater part of Mr. Hinman's long
life was spent in Washington
County. He was a good farmer and
trader, active in politics and In mer
cantile business, and always an enter
prising citizen. A youth of 22. he
came from New York to Oregon to
And, as others did, a new and wider
field for the activities of life. , These
persons laid the foundations on which
the great superstructure of today,
and of all time, is rising here.
The California coast has claimed
another wreck, the Kosmos liner An
ubis going ashore on San Miguel Isl
and, near Point Concepcion, on Mon
day. Fortunately no loss of life seems
to have resulted, and the underwriters
alone will suffer from the disaster. In
the number of ships lost since they
established the service to the Pacific
Coast, the Kosmos Company has been
very unfortunate, but, with freights
dragging at unprofitable low rates,
and new steamers obtainable for much
smaller prices than were paid for the
old liners, these wrecks are not un
mitigated evils. There is a possibility,
though, that the underwriters may
become aweary of the numerous
wrecks on the route followed by the
Kosmos steamers, and advance rates
in keeping with the risk.
A philosopher who makes inquiry
Into the causes of panics seems to
have hit the central idea. He says:
"If all people who deposit money in
the banks would leave It there till
they actually needed it, there would
be no such thing as a panic." Strange
this great truth never has been so
plainly stated before. Wall street
doesn't cause panics. It is the peo
ple who run blindly after their
money.
Has the time come to set up a
statue of Robert E. Lee in the Capitol
at Washington, beside that of George
Washington? Will It ever come? And
if the statue should be placed there
would' its intent be to commemorate
the services of Lee, for the preserva
tion of the Liberty and Union and
Nationality of the United States
which were established chiefly
through the services of Washington?
"Bryan," some' say, "stands for
Roosevelt's policies and Taft does
not." ' Then why isn't Roosevelt ex
pected to support Bryan and oppose
Taft? Because Bryan does' not stand
for Roosevelt's' policies, but Taft
does. You remember the answer
given In explanation of the boy's
wonderful story? "The boy lied."
What has caused this exiguity of
funds among the Atlantic Baptists?
Their vote of flattery to Mr. Rocke
feller Indicates that they must be
hard up indeed. One can only hope
that the earthly fount of every bless
ing will reward them according to
their zeal. If he does, they will be
bounteously bedewed.
In Seattle they date everything
from the fire, and In San Francisco
from the earthquake: but hereafter
In Portland let time begin with the
hour when the great oxaluria con
troversy was settled.
It was the other Rojestvensky who
died. No great matter, however, to
anybody but the Admiral. But what
has become of that old Russian plan
of hanging all Generals and Admirals
who lost a battle?
Anybody have that oxaluria feel
ing this morning?
Anyway, our nights are always
cool. Sure.
COMPARES OUR BEACH RESORTS, j
W. J. Bans Writes of Attractiveness
of English Watering; Places. -
. DEAL, England. July 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Having a leisure hour, it occurs to
Die that a letter on the subject of the
Oregon beach resorts, as compared with
those of the old world, might not be out
of place.
With 84 degrees in the shade In London,
it is a comforting thought that within
two hours or so there are dozens of cool
coast retreats waiting to be chosen from.
So, as the English home fleet of 13 bat
tleships, headed by the much-discussed
Dreadnought and 25 protected cruisers
wag anchored oft here, this place seemed
to have the call. The numerous attrac
tive hotels, all facing on the sea, present
the first difficulty, and there is no great
mistake in choosing any one of them.
The first thing I notice is that In order
to hold the beach In position low sunken
rivetments are run down every hundred
feet or so to the water's edge, projecting
a foot or less above the beach, which is
of gravel, running to sand as you enter
the water. This would seem to be what
is needed at Seaside to prevent the
"scour" that has taken place to the south
of Moore's.
The next and almost last comes the im
portance of good roads, and especially
walks. While the strenuous athlete may
prefer the unbroken trail, the percentage
of such in the average beach population
Is small. For miles in each direction a
promenade runs back of the gravel beach
to the cast terminating In downs like
Gearhart. while golf links, most carefully
tended, provide a special drawing card
for many. If the game is to attract it
is only when carried on under the best
of conditions, which means smooth lawns,
watered and rolled nightly for "putting
greens" and the "fair green" or general
course kept closely cut except for occa
sional stretches of rough ground properly
left for "hazards." Played in the rough
without any of these provisions, its at
tractions are and always will remain a
negligible quantity. Coast links are far
and away the most attractive owing to
the lightness of the soil, and are looked
upon as most valuable assets to any
neighborhood. I don't know any stretch
on the Pacific Coast more suitable for
them than the territory from Skipanon
Creek north for some distance. All it
needs is money and population to supply
it, both of which- will no doubt come in
time.
Other attractions are sea fishing and
sailing, which the comparative smooth
ness of the water makes very enjoyable,
whereas the "swell" of the Pacific makes
these impossible. "Good roads" seem to
sum up the one attainable thing to be
copied. The instinct to "move about"
seems universal, ''he bicycle is still in
high favor here both for work and en
joyment, and the country is simply over
run with motor cars, so much so that
instead of the roads being improved by
the broad tires they are being ruined
by the suction which draws the dirt from
the rock and distributes It over all the
adjoining property. Dwellings on steep
roads are therefore now much in de
mand. -County authorities are laying a
tar preparation to overcome this defect
and no doubt it will be overcome in time,
even if the motorists have to pay directly
for it. A little money more or less does
not count in this sport.
In town, the days of hansoms and four
wheelers seem to be numbered, and the
three shrill whistles for "taxis" are
mostly what you hear around all the ho
tels, and after theater.
The American invasion Is admitted to
be much smaller than usual this year, but
for days hotel managers have been turn
ing away patrons, and even bath-rooms
for sleeping purposes have been at a
premium. One reason is the activity of
the court, the King being here, there, and
everywhere, so that as a drawing card he
would seem to be one of the bst.
But this is hardly apropos of beach re
sorts.
W. J. BURNS.
ISSUES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
One Platform Is Conservative, the
Other Radical.
Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.).
So surely as the Denver and Chicago
conventions adopted platforms and
nominated candidates, so surely did
they make an issue, which as yet is
unexpressed in words. This issue Is
not alone radicalism versus conserva
tism, but it is that of the radical West
against the conservative East. What
expression has been made as yet Is
wholly In the acts of the conventions.
It is not to be praised, nor com
mended. Indeed, it is to be deplored.
Theelement of sectionalism is thereby
Introduced. This is to be feared. It
was not an end aimed at in either
convention, but it is a result not to be
Ignored. Apparently aa occult force
-was in operation to bring about the
results. Each convention was domi
nated by a controlling personality.
The exercise of personal force was suf
ficient In the Chicago convention to
deny the claims of the radical ele
ment of the Republican party for rep
resentation of its ideas In the plat
form. The exercise of personal force
was sufficient In the Denver conven
tion to deny the claims of the con
servative element of the Democratic
party for representation of its ideas
in the platform. The result was that
the Republican platform represents all
there Is of conservatism presented in
the campaign, and the Democratic plat
form all there is of efficient radicalism.
The argument for radical expression
in the Republican platform was pre
sented by men of the West: that for
conservative expression in the Demo
cratic, platform by men of the East.
Each was denied, with the result of
sectional triumphs.
There was a logical consequence.
The West alone is represented in the
men chosen to stand on the platform
made by the Democratic convention
Bryan from Nebraska and Kern from
Indiana. Eastern men alone on. the
platform made by the Republican con
vention Taft from Ohio and Sherman
from New York. The alignments are
made. The parties are in battle array.
Indeed, the battle is on. The stand
ards of conservatism and radicalism
are opposed one against the other. Un
fortunately, it is section against sec
tion the West against the East.
SPIRIT OF THE BRYAN CAMPAIGN
Feverish, Dissatisfied, Enraa-ed.
Charleston" News and Courier.
If Mr. Bryan cannot be elected be
cause he is popular with the feverish,
dissatisfied, and enraged In the United
States, he cannot be elected at all.
The Haves and Have-Nots.
Chicago Evening Journal.
Bryan is unquestionably the Idol of
a great part of the population, but that
part is mostly composed of men who
have little or no property. The remain
ing part as unquestionably regards
him as a peril.
Prognostic on Ohio.
Cleveland Plaindealer (Dem.).
The Bryan campaign begins , as a
mere illusion.. It is a forlorn hope,
with the emphasis on forlorn. A thick
mantle of defeat is wrapped around
the candidate. His party is cheering at
his funeral. Talk of carrying Ohio fog
Bryan Is silly.
Mighty Small Business.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
If, as appears from the financial re
ports, the Standard Oil's profits since
1882 have been 8929.342.407, and there
Is now a surplus of $314,884,182, why
should- the company hesitate over a
little thing like that $29,000,000 verdict?
INTERESTING ARRANGEMENT
Bryan and Kern Mi scat Agree Rut Mrs.
Bryan and Mrs. Kern In Same House f
New York Sun.
, Mr. Bryan opens up to us a truly
idyllic prospect when he says that in
the event of his election he will take
the Hon. John W. Kern to share the
White House with him. It is an ar
rangement of long standing, proposed
by Mr. Bryan when both he and Kern
were bleeding outside the breastworks,
and renewed now that he at least sees
the Presidency within easy reach.
There may be no precedent for It, and
again Mr. Bryan may not have the
premises at his disposal this year or
next; but it shows a neighborly spirit.
Moreover, it will introduce into official
life at Washington a much-needed
shirt-sleeve simplicity and mark an era
of new observances in the higher
walks.
Of course, the Democratic nominee
was moved to this by an impulse of
generosity. Mr. Kern is frankly poor.
Much as he would like to mingle with
the elite, entertain sumptuously at
home and "eat out" at least three days
in the week, he cannot afford it, and
makes honest confession of the fact.
So Mr. Bryan, who is rich In his own
right and will have besides the opulent
Government allowances set apart for
the maintenance of the White House,
rushes to the rescue with an offer of
free quarters at the Executive Mansion
and a part in all the official hospitali
ties and functions. He is not encum
bered by a large family connection for
whom he will have to provide quar
ters. He can tuck the Kerns away
very comfortably without straining the
resources of the building. Levees, din
ners and so on could be held jointly
or Separately, without the smallest
confusion, and Mr. Kern would thus
be enabled to do a good deal with his
own modest salary on the outside.
We confess the pleasure it gives us
to imagine the practical operation of
this adjustment. There has never been
anything quite like it in the White
House, but that only adds to the ex
citement and the gaiety. The Demo
crats now have only to land their man
in November, and- we shall see tha
wheels go 'round.
MR. BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Thinks It la on a Par With Other
Issues, to Cntch the Floating Vote.
New York Globe.
During the campaign of 1896 Mr.
Bryan's war chest was said to have
been kept replenished by the silver mine
owners. In his second campaign the now
cast-off Guffey, according to his own
testimony, was ore of a number of rich
men to whom the Bryan managers never
appealed in vain. In 1908 Mr. Bryan is
more conscious of the virtue that is lu
him. Unlimited secret contributions hav
ing failed of their purpose in the past, he
now orders his treasurer to keep his
campaign books open before election, and,
lest any one suspect him of trafficking
with the minions of great wealth, an
nounces that no contribution above $10,
000 will be received from any single
source. Beside such a master stroke of
glaring rectitude, how paltry seem Mr.
Taft's instructions to the Republican
treasurer to obey the New York State
law. which requires a public accounting
under oath after the campaign of all
moneys received! The candidate that
would vie with Mr. Bryan in disclosures
of rectitude must devote his. mornings
to something less simple than -the knock
ing about of golf balls.
There will be cynics who will say that
Mr. Bryan, knowing more of the pro
fession of candidacy than any living man,
has carefully counted the cost and found
that he will gain In things purely ma
terial far more than he will lose by his
appeal to the conscience of the country.
They may pretend to believe that this is
a mere trick designed to forestall efforts
of the Republicans to raise a fund suf
ficient for their campaign purposes. Ex
tremely suspicious observers may go so
far as to accuse the good man of an at
tempt to placate plutocracy by establish
ing a custom under which men of swollen
fortune will no longer feel constrained to
distribute largess from their ill-gotten
gains to both parties. The disrespectful
will discover evidence of demagogy in
his stern refusal to take from corpora
tions money which the statutes of the
United States forbid them to give.
ENGLISHMAN'S VIEW OF BRYAN
Faith in Him a "Religion'' But Ha
Can't Be Elected.
A. Maurice Low, in the National Re
view, of London, for July.
If one asks how Mr: Bryan can be
nominated in the face of the opposition
of the most influential .newspapers of
the country and the equally deter
mined opposition of some of the lead
ing men in his own party, the question
can only be answered by saying, as I
have already said, that Mr. Bryan Is
really a religion with the rank and file
of the Democratic party. Regarding
the possible outcome of the election
merely as a mathematical problem and
calculating the table of the states with
the same Impersonal detachment that
a mathematician solves an equation,
who knows that the unknown quantity
conceals no sentiment, the result can
only be worked out In defeat. The
states that Mr. Bryan will carry are
known, the states that it is absolutely
Impossible for him to carry are equally
well known, and so are the states
about which there may be some doubt,
and no matter how the factors are ar
ranged the result is always the same.
This, I. say, is the mathematical test,
but you talk with Democrats who in
tend to vote for Mr. Bryan and they
can easily convince themselves that
states which voted against Mr. Bryan
when twice before he was nominated
will this year vote for him. They will
tell you that Mr. Taft is not the real
choice of the country, but was simply
forced upon the people by Mr. Roose
velt; that Mr. Bryan and not Mr. Taft
represents the radical sentiment that
they believe to be in the majority; that
both In 1898 and 1900 Mr. Bryan was
handicapped by free silver and was so
maligned by the capitalistic press that
virtuous and respectable people be
lieved him to be an immoral man who
was preaching the doctrine of destruc
tion, but since then they have come to
know him for what he really is.
Bryan and Campaign Fund.
Charleston News and Courier (Dem.)
We still fear, notwithstanding our
own resolute purpose to do tireless
work for the election of Mr. Bryan,
that the enthusiasm for him in this
state Is as thin as it is wide, and we
are not Eanguine that even $25,000 will
be raised for his assistance, see
Presuming that there are 80.000 Bryan
ltes in South Carolina, we dar predict
that they will not contribute an aggre
gate of $4000 to the election of Mr.
Bryan, which is to say that they do not
care a glass of soda water or a 5-cent
cigar each whether he be elected or
not. "What the hell do they carer'
The Two Platforms la a Nutshell.
Louisville Post (Ind.-Dem.)
The distinction in the two platforms
is this: The Republican party inter
prets its own platform by the public
record it has made during the past 11
years; fhe Democratic platform is "the
substance of things hoped for. the evi
dence of things not seen." The Bryan
party make its appeal more to the
faith and the credulity of the people
than to their judgment. It does not
promise changes in the general con
duct of the Government, but it hesi
tates to acknowledge real progress
along the lines upon which the Gov.
ersmut baa been so long proceeding.
A VITRIOLIC ATTACK ON BRYAN
Editor of Harpera "Weekly Calls Atten
tion to His Malevolent Qualities.
Colonel George Harvey's Denver Corre
spondence.
The Democrats of the United States
are now at liberty to resume their ac
customed occupation of electing a Re
publican President. It was a dis
agreeable task when first Imposed upon
them by the nomination of the Boy
Orator in 1898, because it was so un
usual. But custom Is a powerful
agency. In 1900 the Job was easier
and more thoroughly done. Now there
will be no qualms whatever. Old-timers
whose allegiance to party has
melted before repeated betrayals of
traditional principles and young-timers
who have nothing to hope for in fol
lowing a banner to defeat after defeat
will walk cheerfully to the polls and
vote Mr. Taft Into the White House
by a larger majority than anybody has
had since Grant ran away from Gree
ley. The South had its chance and
fluked. Even to the last. New York
might have made a possibly effective
stand, because everyeody nere knows
that If the Peerless had not won on
the first ballot he would have been
down and out. But Murphy had to'
beat McCarren, and made the usual
trade, which gave to Bryan not only
the vote of New York In the conven
tion, but the enormous preliminary ad
vantage of disseminating the informa
tion that it was going that way.
Perhaps It Is just as well. Nobody
nominated against Bryan's wishes
could have hoped to poll as many
votes as Bryan himself will get. John
son would have been knifed unmerci
fully tor his presumption in essaying
to thwart the scheme to increase the
circulation of the Commoner, and Gray
would have fared little better.
The old Doctor's plan of campaign
is simple and characteristic All things
to all men. Is his motto. He "ad
vances" along one line to catch the
radicals, and "retreats" with equal
facility along another to curry favor
with the conservatives. Speaking
through his temporary chairman, he
bids for the Roosevelt Republican vote,
and simultaneously through his per
manent chairman makes a vicious at
tack upon the President for the delec
tation of those opposed to our happily
retiring Chief Magistrate.
Bryan, the Pacificator.
' Inevitably the question
arises, how could a man of the old
Doctor's shrewdness mako a blunder
which should, and doubtless will, alien
ate a very large proportion of Demo
crats who revered Grover Cleveland as
the most admirable leader the par
ty has produced since 1876? Until re
cently, Mr. Bryan has posed as a paci
ficator. His heart's desire, feigned or
otherwise, was to unite the party. "Let
bygoiies be bygones," he declared In
Chicago last December, when he took
to his bosom Boss Roger Sullivan,
whom only two years before he had
denounced as a highwayman unworthy;
of association with honest Democrats.'
All previous derelictions, even crimes,'
were forgotten "and forgiven while
he was seeking delegates. Even after
he had won the requisite number he
craftily avoided controversy. "he
virulent attacks of Marse Henry to
which In due season we shall recur for
the enhancement of the Nation's gaiety
he Ignored utterly. The inoffensive
Gray candidacy he welcomed patroniz
ingly. Only the New York World's
bitter truths and Governor Johnson's
threatening supremacy evoked expres
sions of savage resentment. All else
was placidly overlooked in the Interest
of harmony and possible success. But
there was no lack of foresight In the
mind of Bryan. When he Issued a
trumpet-call for "Instructions," he
realized far more clearly than his op
ponents the danger which he was
bound to confront in Denver, He an
ticipated and prepared for the reaction
certain to come, and his sagacity has
been fully demonstrated. It is a simple
fact that if the delegates to this con
vention had been free to vote in con
formity with the dictates of their
judgment and desire, Bryan would have
polled less than 400 of the 1000 votes
and would have been hopelessly de
feated. But nearly two-thirds were
bound hand and foot, and Mr. Charles
F. Murphy lnd.uced the -wavering dele
gates to go Into the Nebraskan's camp
by tacitly acquiescing in the vociferous
Bryan insistence that New York would
fall In behind the Peerless on the first
ballot.
Bryan the Malevolent.
e But the fires of success
were seething in the Peerless' breast,
and the day came when restraint
ceased to be endursble. Colonel
James M. Guffey applied the tinder
when, on his way to Denver, he in
cautiously gave out a little unoffend
ing interview to the effect that, in his
judgment, the party would have a bet
ter chance of winning with another
candidate. Off went the lid upon the
volcano, and there Issued a volume of
lava and ashes under which the former
friendly Boss now lies stunned and
burled until at least the day If it
should ever come of the Democracy's
resurrection. The Guffey expression,
supplementing the irritating Parker
resolutions, proved too much for a life
long deceiver now gorged with the sen
sations of absolute authority,' and the
true Bryan stood forth, revealed before
the eyes of all mankind, naked and
proud. Intelligent judgment has always
borne lightly upon this man. He has
been regarded by some as visionary, by
others as an oily fanatic of tha preach
ing Dowle type, by the largest number
as a common demagogue without con
viction, but not wholly devoid of prin
ciple, though canny and possibly harm
ful through his possession of an amaz
ing gift of gab. Only the few who
have had Intimate relations with him
were aware of the scrupulously hidden
malevolence of disposition, the unfor
giving spirit, the relentless vlndictive
ness, which have governed hie every
political act in the interest of self to
the utter exclusion of all other con
siderations. Bryan, the Crocodile.
As an egotist, today Bryan can give
Roosevelt cards and spades. He is
drunk with power and surcharged with
malice against every human being who
has ever stood in the way of full grati
fication of his insatiable ambition.
Doubtless he resented In some degree
the thought of Judge Parker winning
even the slightest approbation from
his convention, but this was not the
underlying motive of his unseemly In
terference with the plan to pay proper
tribute to the late honored President.
as
Bryan hated Cleveland then, he hates
him now; he loathed him living, he
loathes him dead. He Is, moreover, in
the full flush of personal power, in
sanely Jealous of Cleveland's fame.
Every word spoken In praise of
Cleveland as a man of character and
conviction Is gall and wormwood to
Bryan. So it is easy to understand
why he would permit no suitable trib
ute to be paid to the first of Democrats
of his generation, why he refused to
recognize merit in any party leader
other than himself, and why he bathed
resolutions so inadequate as to be al
most insulting with the tears of the
crocodile. When tho ballots shall have
been counted In November, we shall be
able to determine how many men who
honored and loved Grover Cleveland ;
could find it in their hearts to vote for '
William J. Bryan.