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rOBIUWl). TUESDAY, JULY 28, IMS.
OREGON IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
Oregon not always has thrown its
vote on the Republican side In Presi
dential elections. Seymour got the
electoral vote ol the state, over Grant,
in 1868, and one electoral vote went
to Weaver (Populist) in 1892. With
these exceptions the vote of Oregon
has gone to Republican candidates
for the Presidency.
In 1860 the vote of the state went
to Lincoln. Before that election the
territory and state had been uni
formly for the Democratic party.
But that party had split on slavery
the larger portion of It In Oregon
standing with the pro-slavery faction.
The vote in i860 gave this result:
Lincoln, 6270; Breckenrldge, 6006;
Douglas, 3 951. There were 183 votes
for Bell, of Tennessee.
In 1864 the contest was between
Lincoln and McClellan. The former
received 9888 votes, the latter 8457.
From that time there was rapid in
crease of Democratic stre ngth in Ore
gon, due to the arrival of large num
bers from Missouri and the South
west. These were mainly ex-Confederates,
and were known commonly as
"the left wing of Price's army." By
1S68 they had increased so fast that
even Grant couldn't tarry the state.
For Seymour the vote was 11,125; for
Grant 10,960. In 1872 the Democrats
refused to vote for Greeley, and Grant
carried the state by nearly 3000 ma
jority. In 1876 the state voted for
Hayes by about 1000 plurality, and
in 1880 for Garfleid by something
less. In 1884 It voted for Blaine by
a plurality of 2256, and in 1888 for
Harrison by 776D. In 1892 the Dem
ocratic party of the state was nearly
absorbed by the Populists; and the
Democratic-Populist vote, combined
on one of the Populist electors, gave
him a majority. Cleveland was
elected, but got no vote from Oregon.
The greatest fight ever made in the
state was that on sliver In 1896. The
vote was 48,779 for McKinley, and
46,662 for Bryan. Multnomah County
saved the state to McKinley by giving
him 6371 majority. In 1900 the
plurality for McKinley was 13,141
though his total vote was below that
he had received in 1896.
In 1904 Roosevelt received the
phenomenal plurality of 42,934. This,
however, was no real indication of
the political sentiment of the state
though not a few, greedy for place,
have been banking on it, mostly to
their discomfiture, ever since. But
there will not be so much eagerness
hereafter, at least till the memory of
recent failures shall grow dull.
Cl LINKS E STEAMSHIP LINE.
it Is dctlnitely announced that a
fleet of vessels, to be operated by the
Chinese, will be placed in service on
the Pacific in opposition to the Japan
ese lines, which, up to date, have
proved to be the most successful rate
smashers that have ever appeared on
the ocean. All of this will be very
distressing to the American Merchant
Marine League, and according to the
league doctrine, offers increasing evi
dence of the necessity for a ship sub
sidy "to encourage foreign trade." It
has been but a few years since the
trans-Pacific trade was almost exclu
sively in the hands of the British and
American liners, and rates were from
Jfi to $10 per ton. Then came the
Germans and Norwegians, with their
theup second-hand steamers, and
small crews, and rates were cut to 35
per ton. With the Chinese indemnity
fund burning holes in the Japanese
treasury, the Nippon empire subsl
ilizod a steamship line, enabling the
Japanese, with cheap ships and still
choapt-r labor, to cut under the poor
ly-paid British, Germans and Nor
wegians.
For the past two years, owing to
the presence of Japanese competition
and a surplus of tonnage of other na
tlonalities, the producers and shippers
of Oregon and Washington have been
afforded the lowest freight rates on
record between the Pacific Coast and
the Orient. Not infrequently the rate
has dropped to 1 per ton, and for
months it has been hovering around
32 to $3 per ton. Meanwhile, to add
to the gaiety of the nations engaged
in the business, the French have "cut
In" with a lot of steamers which are
subsidized so heavily that they can
steam around the world from port to
port without carrying a pound of car
go, aiul still show a profit by the
operation, as long as there is any
money in the French treasury. Any
thing that these French vessels receive
for freight is acceptable and satis
factory. The present situationdiffering on
ly In degree from that which has been
in evidence for years shows the tm
. possibility of the American Govern
ment's paying a ship subsidy of suffi
cient size to admit of Americans com
peting with these foreigners unless we
unpermitted to buy ships and employ
crtTs at the same rates as are paid by
the foreigners with whom we are ex
pected to compete. The experience of
many years on the Pacific shows quite
plainly that a subsidy which would
enable an American ship successfully
to meet the competition of a British
vessel would be inadequate for the
contest with the Germans and Nor
wegians. Neither would an increase
to meet the German and Norwegian
competition be sufficient to place us
on even terms with the Japanese, not
to mention the subsidized French, and
the unsubsidized Chinese.
Meanwhile, with every big port in
the known world blocked with idle
tonnage rusting at anchor. It is be
coming increasingly difficult for the
subsidy promoters to convince the
people that our foreign trade is suffer
ing for lack of a merchant marine.
The United States can, if necessary or
If It is profitable to do so, carry our
own freight to market in our own
ships, just as, if necessary, we could
be "hewers of wood and drawers of
water." For the present, however, our
time and money are worth more in
other directions, and we will continue
to employ others to perform these
tasks which we find unprofitable for
ourselves.
THE CRISIS IS AT HAND.
It will be impossible to carry on a
campaign for Taft in Oregon under
the leadership of men pledged to the
election of a Democrat (Chamber
lain) to the Senate. Republicans
have no confidence in such leader
ship; will not follow it. Mr. Cake and
others, who are pledged to the elec
tion of Mr. Chamberlain, will not be
permitted to lead the Republican
party further, to its final betrayal and
undoing.
There is no levity In all this. It is
a most serious matter. Before these
people pledged themselves to the elec
tion of a Democratic Senator, under
the leadership of Bourne, TTRen and
Cake, they were told plainly what it
would mean.
Possibly Oregon may be carried for
Taft. It is a possibility, only. It can
be carried for Taft only by utterly
Ignoring the leadership and advice of
pretended Republicans who are
pledged to such result as the election
of a Democrat to the Senate.
Since the chairman of the Repub
lican State Central Committee, and
his distinguished brother, who made
the futile race for the Senate (it was
as if a half-speed lad had contended
in the Olympian games), are both com
mitted, .and all whom they misled
committed, to the election of a Demo
crat to the Senate a position In po
litical affairs and National importance
scarcely Inferior to that of President
are you to expect any result for
the Republican party? The only
chance Is to repudiate such leader
ship. Otherwise the state will go for
Bryan, with a rush. New organiza
tion of the Republican party is Indis
pensable, if hopeful effort is to be
made for the Republican candidate
for the Presidency in the state.
All this was foreseen. It was all
predicted, again and again, as a con
sequence of exaltation of Statement
No. 1 to the rank of a first and con
trolling principle of party action.
If Oregon is to be carried for Taft
there must be organization for the
effort, beyond the reach of betrayal
by those so-called Republicans who
have made themselves Democrats in
fuct.
PREPARING FOR NEW BUSINESS.
One of the longest and costliest
steel drawbridges in the world will
within thirty days connect Portland
with a vast new territory lying on
the north bank of the Columbia River
and stretching inland to the Rocky
Mountains and north far beyond the
boundary line. Not since the Villard
trains rolled into Portland, twenty
five years ago, has there been an
event approaching In importance for
this city the coming opening of this
new line to a rich territory from
which Portland has long been barred.
The a'dveht of this line will admit
Portland to one of the richest regions
on the American continent, and
through it this city becomes the
western terminus of the great Hill
system of railroads.
The enormous expenditure for
bridging two great rivers in order to
reach this citv will be amDlv 1usti-
fled by the traffic which can be
brought down the water-level grade
of the Columbia to tidewater at Port
land at a fraction of the cost of lift
ing it over the Cascade Mountains.
The largest grain dock in the world
13 now under construction in this
city for the use of the North Bank
road, and will be completed In time
for handling this season's grain crop.
This Immense structure, now rising
along the waterfront in the northern
part of the city, will contain 306,000
square feet of floor space, compared
with 214,400 square feet of floor space
on the large grain docks built by the
Northern Pacific in Tacoma several
years ago, and which, pending the
completion of the Portland docks,
still hold the record for size. .
The capacity of this big dock is
approximately 65,000 tons of grain.
equal to more than twenty average
shiploads. By comparison with other
docks in this city, it has a greater
capacity than the four Harriman
docks Alaska, Alnsworth, O. R. & N
and Southern Pacific with Green
wich or Columbia Included, and will
fall short less than 5000 tons of
equaling in capacity all of the grain
docks now built on the west side of
the river. The opening of the new
road next month will be an occasion
for a public expression of welcome
l i keeping with the importance of the
occasion. Portland is now nearly
sixty years of age, but its greatest
growth and the greatest development
of the tributary territory have taken
place in the twenty-five years since
the O. R. & N. gave us rail facilities
for reaching the Inland Empire. A
field of even greater extent will now
be opened up by the North Bank road
and the new line between Riparia and.
Lewlston.
BREAKING I P LARGE FARMS.
Dispatches from Linn County con
vey the information that the large
grain farms of that county are being
cut up into small farms and sold to
new settlers, who will conduct opera
tions on a different plan from that
which has prevailed in the past. Linn
has been slower than most of the Val
ley counties in realizing the advantage
of cutting up the large farms. Though
It was one of the first to begin dairy
ing on a large scale, thus decreas
ing the annual drain upon the soil
incident to grain growing. It has until
lately retained the policy of main
taining the large farms. Homeseekers
can find many good opportunities in
Linn County. From the level lands
of the region near the Willamette to
the rolling hills near the foot of the
Cascade Range, there is awaiting the
small farmer every character of soil
and surroundings one can wish.
From grain farming to diversified
farming and from diversified farming
to intensified farming is an easy
course. To turn immediately from
grain farming to intensified farming
is more difficult. Most of the grain
farms have been so badly managed
that the soil is in poor condition.
is unproductive and difficult to culti-
. vate, not because It Is lacking in what
may be called the mineral elements.
but because it Is lacking in humus.
Diversified farming brings rotation of
crops. It includes livestock hus
bandry by means of which fertility is
restored to the soil. By dairying and
proper rotation of crops the soil will
be restored to Its original productive
ness and mellowness, thus preparing it
for fruitgrowing and production of
other valuable crops.
Linn is one of the best agricultural
counties of the Willamette Valley,
hut like other counties it held too
long to the grain-growing practice.
Its lands have not advanced in value
as rapidly as they should. But the
hange will soon be experienced.
Those who purchase small tracts In
Linn or other Valley counties this year
will find that within the next five
ears their lands will double In value
by reason of Increased population, in
creased value .of the crops produced.
Improved transportation facilities and
progressive policies In general.
ARB THEY VOLCANOES?
Dispatches from Bellingham, Wash.,
say that five explorers w.ho have Just
returned from a trip to Mount Baker,
near the Canadian line, report that
Baker is in active eruption, three
craters belching forth vapor and
fumes. Heat from the interior is so
intense that the snow and ice are
rapidly melting, and it is said that
the craters are increasing in size.
While the word-picture of the erup
tion might lead one to imagine a
crater pouring forth fire and smoke,
after the fashion of Pelee, the activ
ity, if the reports have any founda
tion at all, amounts to no more than
the emission of steam and sulphurous
fumes. There is no reason to doubt
the activity of the craters to this ex
tent, for Mount Hood has emitted
steam and fumes at intervals ever
since it has been Known.
Indeed, there are reliable reports
of an unusual activity in tire crater
of Hood a little less than a year ago
In the last Issue of the National Geo
graphic Magazine A. H. Sylvester, of
the United States Geologic Survey,
gives a description of phenomena
witnessed by members of his survey
ing crew. On August 2 8, 1907, very
distinct columns of steam were seen
and during the night White River
suddenly rose to treble its volume of
the day before, the increased waters
coming presumably from the snow
and ice melted by the Internal heat
of the mountain. There are authentic
accounts of a startling explosion in
the vicinity of Hood in October, 1S49,
and in March, I860, both St. Helens
and Baker were in eruption. The ex
plosion In the vicinity of Mount Hood
in 1849 was followed by stoppage of
the flow of water in Silver Creek for
twenty-four hours, and the fish In the
stream were killed.
The volcanic mountains of the Pa
cific Coast are evidently subject to
the same subterranean conditions,
for Baker and St. Helens were in
eruption at the same time in 1860.
Available records do not inform us
whether Mount Hood could be seen
at that time. Last August, when
Hood was in unusual activity, there
were very remarkable changes in the
topography of the volcanic islands off
the coast of Alaska.
Such activity as has been observed
dees not, however, indicate a proba
ble return to the eruptions of fire
and lava such as prevailed when
these volcanoes were young. Rather,
the present phenomena are the last
struggles, the dying gasps, of the
mighty giants. Volcanoes whioh are
subject to violent eruption are near
the sea, and it is the theory that
quantities of water find a channel
into the heart of the volcano, there
to be transformed into steam. When
the pressure becomes great enough
there Is an explosion and an eruption
accompanied by emission of lava. In
the case of our coast volcanoes the
steam probably comes from surface
water which has seeped into the crev
ices of the heated rocks.
NEW WHEAT MOVING.
An increase of over 1,000,000
bushels in the American visible sup
ply of wheat is evidence that the 1908
wheat crop is on the move and that,
from this time forward, there will
probably be a steady increase in
slocks until well past the turn of the
year. A late crop and small carry
over sometimes prevent the "visible'
from finding bed rock until along In
August, but only twice in the past
ten years has the last- week in July
failed to note liberal increases in the
visible supply. Now that the turn
of the tide seems to have been
reached in supplies in this country,
there is less probability of fancy
prices than seemed almost a certainty
a few weeks ago when the Argentine
shipments began to show a heavy
falling off. The task of providing
breadstuff s for Europe has this year
fallen to the United States and the
Argentine to a greater extent than
ever before, and with harvest time
six months apart in the two countries,
the crop of one country moves in its
greatest volume at a time when that
of the other is down to low ebb.
Last year American shipments ran
down to 2,211,000 bushels for the
week ending July 18. From that
point there was a steady rise until
the last .week in December the ship
ments were 6,256,000 bushels. After
the turn of the year, these shipments
began to fall away, but in January
the Argentine wheeled into line and
broke all previous records with ship
ments in a single week of more than
7,000,000 bushels. These enormous
shiDments were maintained around
6,000,000 bushels per week for sev
eral months, and, as they came
time to make up for the dwindling
shipments from this country, they
kept the foreign market well sup
plied. Now comes the United States
with another big crop, just at a time
when the Argentine shipping season
is nearing an end.
The overwhelming influence that
these two countries have on the
world's markets at this time is shown
in the world's shipments for the past
week. Out of a total of 4,676,000
bushels the United States contributed
2,530,000 bushels, and the Argentine
1.736,000 bushels, leaving a total of
410,000 bushels for the combined
shipments of Russia, India, Australia
and the Danubian ports. For the
same week last year these four coun
tries shipped 4,296,000 bushels, the
United States 2,377.000 bushels, and
the Argentine but 680,000 bushels.
Steam transportation and cheap
freights have played a leading part
In bringing about a change which no
longer forces the Old World to carry
large stocks, or look far ahead for
opportunity to replenish them. From
now on we may expect liberal in
creases in the visible supply and in
American shipments, with very little
decrease until the Argentine, our co
laborer In the bread-supplying busi
ness, is again at hand with a crop.
The statistical position of the cereal
is strong, but the future of the mart
ket depends entirely on the manner
in whioh the American crop moves
prior to the arrival on the market of
another Argentine crop. As to the
latter, it is always sold as soon as it
is ready for market, regardless of
prices.
Wheat king McCroskey, the Demo
cratic war horse of Whitman County,
has started a battery of binders at
work on his immense domain, and
reports that his wheat farms will
yield about forty bushels per acre.
He also has a 1000-acre field of oats,
which promises a large yield. Mr.
McCroskey Is "abundantly able to con
tribute" to the farmers' campaign
fund which Mr. Bryan is raising, but
he is not a victim of "special legis
lation." Whenever the "predatory
corporations" begin to make dents in
the McCroskey bank roll, the wheat
king goes to the Legislature and
passes a rate bill reducing grain
freights to tide water. The McCros
key rate bill and the Anderson rate
bill were more effective in reducing
wheat freights from interior points to
Portland and Puget Sound than any
agency that has ever been Invoked in
Portland. Incidentally, the cost of
securing results was less than It would
have been had they undertaken to
run opposition to Hill and Harriman
with any kind of a transportation
line.
There is not likely to be an imme
diate demand for houses built on the
Edison plan of pouring concrete into
moulds. Estimates show that the cost
would be about the same as for wood
in the first Instance, and the lasting
qualities of the concrete is a doubt
ful advantage. A wooden house built
on good foundation' will last fifty
years if painted occasionally, and by
that time any house would be so far
out of style that no one would want
to live In it. Should Edison or some
other Inventor succeed In perfecting
plans by which the cost of concrete
houses could be brought materially
below the cost of wood, there would
undoubtedly be a strong demand for
that kind of building material for
dwellings.
It seems strange that in a fruit
growing section as well known as
Fresno, California, there should be
now an agitation in favor of use of
spring wagons for hauling fruit. Here
in Oregon no one thinks of hauling
fresh fruits In anything but a spring
wagon. Fruitgrowers have learned
that the springs protect the fruit from
bruises. Moreover, it Is being more
generally recognized that springs save
a wagon from the effects of hard jolts.
Should Bryan be elected by the
negro vote of the Northern States
the colored gentleman will be mightily
puffed up, and the Southern Democ
racy will find "niggers" strutting
about the White House claiming large
share of the glory. Such prospect la
distressing; hence the Southern press
insists that Bryan shall "let the nig
ger know beforehand that he is to
keep his place."
Mr. Bryan and the rest of the
Democratic party have reason to
"view with alarm" the many evi
dences of returning prosperity. They
should at once denounce as a cunning
Republican trick this opening of mills
and factories and the return to the
various industrial activities ' which
prevailed prior to the panic precipi
tated by the Wall-street speculators.
Here is an expression from Iowa:
"With hogs at 18 a hundred you can't
pry the farmers loose from the Re
publican party with a crowbar."
What! Will not they believe Bryan
when he offers 310 a hundred? Per
haps, however, they think it will
make a difference what kind of money
they are paid in; and Bryan is a sil
ver advocate.
Two Albany men,' aged 80 and 82
years, have started for the summit
of the Cascade Mountains to search
for a ledge of gold ore which is said
to have been discovered in the early
'70s, but lost again. Not even old age
can quench the miner's venturesome
spirit. Hope springs eternal in the
human breast.
Wall-street magnates have made
32,600,000,000 by the appreciation of
values of stocks since the slump inci-
cent to th9 financial stringency of a
year ago. But they need not take
any credit to themselves. While it
is true that Wall street caused the
slump, It was the country that brought
the revival.
A cousin, of the late Jay Gould is
dying of starvation in Los Angeles.
His daughter could not support him.
Better to die of starvation and leave
a daughter in poverty than to die in
luxury and leave one who will cause
her father to turn over in his grave.
After looking at the picture of Mrs.
Frank Gould one can scarcely help
feeling that if she had worn a larger
waist and a smaller hat it would be
easier to discredit the story about a
conspiracy to secure perjured testi
mony in her divorce suit.
There will not be much confidence
among the Republicans of Oregon
upon going into a fight for the state,
when they know that the leaders of
the organization of their party are
pledged to betrayal to the opposition.
Salem preachers tried to induce the
city officers to stop the Sunday ball
games, but their request was refused.
Now the games have been called off
because of lack of patronage. Is the
result satisfactory to the preachers?
Many a farmer has spent time pray
ing for rain and worrying because it
did not come, when he could have
done very well without it if he had
ran his cultivator and worked his hoe
persistently.
Mr. Bryan spends whole days in
talking into the phonograph. "Such
is statesmanship In the twentieth cen
tury."
Anyway, Mr. Sherman should get
the barber vote solid. No man can
trim his own whickers of that variety.
1DKPBDEXCB LEAGUE POSITION 1
What It Sraada for and What It Mar j C
Aeaieve- In campaign.
The position of the Independence
League In the present campaign is of in
terest, not only because of the direct ef
fect the entrance of a new third party
may have- on the coming election, but
also because of the future that may
open for that party when the election is
over. Should the Independence League
ticket draw heavily from the Democratic
strength, as now seems probable, it might
be the determining factor in accomplish
ing the defeat of Bryan. Mr. Bryan's
election could scarcely now be considered
a strong probability, even without the an
tagonism of the Hearst party, so that
even if he should be defeated, the credit
need not necessarily be given to the
League, but after the votes have been
counted the results may show that this
new political organization materially af
fected the result.
The Independence League gathers much
of its strength from its extreme radical
ism and its aggressiveness. When Hearst
called Bryan a chameleon he pointed out
one of the weakest elements of the
Bryan campaign. Neither radicals nor
conservatives are satisfied with Bryan's
attitude. The Independence League makes
no bid for the conservative vote, but does
lay down a set of principles that invites
the support of many extremists who sup
ported Bryan in his previous contests.
As a consequence the more .conservative
Democrats who have no firm party al
legiance are likely to vote for Taft, while
many Democrats who do not like the
party platform because of its uncertain
ties will vote for the Independence League
candidates because they are aggressively
urging radical reforms. Briefly stated,
here are the chief reforms for which the
League stands:
Direct nominations.
The referendum'.
The recall.
Drastic corrupt-practices legislation.
Public ownership of the telegraph, imme
diately, and of other public utilities as rap
idly as Government shall demonstrate
ability o conduct public utilities for publlo
benefit.
An emergency currency Issued by the
Government.
The sight-hour day.
Compulsory use of safety appliances.
An anti-blacklist law.
' Good roads.
The parcels post.
Postal savings banks.
Penal anti-trust laws.
Ship subsidies.
A bis; Navy.
Irrigation.
Improvement of waterways.
An interstate commerce court.
Tariff reform.
That is a programme which the Dem
ocratic party could not adopt without
Insuring overwhelming defeat, and yet.
because some of its features appeal very
strongly to many people It is a pro
gramme which will draw many Democrats
away from Bryan. It will attract few
Republicans. Moreover, the Democratic
party Is scarcely in a position to make a
fight against the Independence League
ticket and platform, for the party nomi
nated Hearst, the creator of the League,
for Governor of New York after he had
been barely defeated for Mayor of the
City of New York. Though Hearst and
bis league can and will wage war upon
Bryan, the latter can hope to gain noth
ing by making war in return. No one
questions the good faith or at least the
earnestness, of Hearst in advocating ex
treme measures of governmental reform.
though many strongly disapprove of his
record In private life. For Mr. Bryan or
his campaign managers to attack Hearst
would be to arouse suspicion among rad
ical Democrats as to the good faith of
Bryan "In his advocacy of reform and it
would be the signal for wholesale deser
tions.
It is not possible for the Independence
League to carry a single state, and yet
it may poll such a large vote In some
states as to become a formidable factor
in the campaign of 1912. Third parties
have been growing In recent years. In
1900 the combined vote of all parties ex
cept the Republican and Democratic was
less than 3 per cent of the total, but in
1904 it was over 6 per cent. The great
est gain was in the Socialist vote, which
increased 250 per cent over the vote of
four years previous. There are many
people in both of the old parties who have
socialistic ideas and yet who dislike the
name of the party and the class of men
who are prominent in its management.
Voters of this kind could quite easily be
drawn Into a party advocating radical
changes In government if the new party
were kept free from the class of voters
who call themselves socialists but who
are anarchists in fact. Defeat of Bryan,
a large vote for the Independence League
ticket and aggressive work during the
ensuing four years could place the Dem
ocracy in such a position as to make it
fight for second place In 1912.
So far as the present issue is concerned
the direct effect of the Independence
League will be felt only in the doubt
ful states, particularly Illinois and New
York, where the radical vote of Chicago
and New York City is likely to follow
Hearst Instead of Bryan. The defection
is very likely to be so great as to de
prive Bryan of any chance of carrying
those two states. With the Independence
League ticket and platform announces
we shall soon see what course the cam
paign will take.
of Free Smokers t and Strike.
Kaneas City Star.
From Kingston, Jamaica, comes the
news of the first strike that has ever
occurred in that West Indian Island.
This in itself Is interesting, but the.
cause of the strike is none the less so.
As is the custom in most cigar fac
tories, the clgarmakers In a Kingston
factory have always enjoyed the priv
ilege ef making free "smokers" for
themselves. The proprietors of the
factory abrogated this privilege,
whereupon the 70 clgarmakers em
ployed there struck.
Paylne; Summer Bills. '
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Bister Kate is going to the seashore.
Sister Jane is going to the lake;
Camp is plenty good encugh for me sure!
Thafs the place for giving care the shake.
Brother Bill is off to California.
Brother Tom Is sailing for Hongkong
Pop he's Just a-going to stay hre and keep
a-hoelng.
Digging out the cash to help along.
rEate'll spend the Summsr in a hammock,
Jane'U spend the summer In the hills;
Pop'll spend the Bummer Just a-worktn'
like a drummer,
Tollln' late at nlghtto pay the Ullal
Governess is going to the mountains.
Taking little Sue to nave a time
How they'll like the pretty splashy foun
tains! (Had to put that In to make it rhyme)
Mother's going to take a trip to Europe,
8ea air's what she needs to make her
strong
Pop tie's just a-going to stay here and keep
on hoeing.
- Mailing out the checks to help along.
(Kate'll spend the Bummer in a hammock.
Mother'll spend the Summer with her pills,
Pop'll spend the season in the uffice
there's a reason: -Bom
one's got to work to pay las
biUs.1
PRESIDENTS MOSTLY POOR MEN
ire Little for Money Making: and
-Only a Few Made Any.
Chicago Record-Herald.
When the story that President
Roosevelt was about to Invest 31.200.000
In a home in New York City was pub-
tshed a few days ago, people familiar
with the President's financial circum
stances first gasped and then smiled.
It was not necessary for such people to
react the official denial to know that
the tale was absurd. The President
not nearly enough money to do
such a thing.
It is well known that Mr. Roosevelt
has all his life been In easy circum
stances. He has 'never had to earn his
living, but he is not considered wealthy
in the city where he was born and bred.
According to the New York Herald, he
inherited from his father, a merchant
and Importer of glassware In New
York, property that has been variously
estimated to yield 310,000 to 340.000
year. The President's income at the
present time is said to be little larger
than it was shortly after his father's
death, aside from his salary of 350.000
year as president, the greater part
of which must be spent as it is re
ceived. Mr. Roosevelt has a laraer
family than any previous President
and the education of his children has
been expensive.
President McKinley left an estate
worth a little more than 3100,000. of
which amount 340,000 was saved from
his salary as President, and 367.000 was
life Insurance. He was always a poor
man. as wealth Is reckoned nowadays.
In 1893 his fortune was swept away
entirely, and he was overwhelmed with
Indebtedness amounting to between
390.000 and $100,000, through the failure
of a friend with whom he was closely
associated in business matters. His re
covery from this crushing blow and
his refusal to accept a subscription
fund raised by his friends soon after
the disaster furnishes a story unique in
American politics.
President Cleveland is said to have
died comparatively poor. When he went
out of office the country was filled
with stories spread by his political ene
mies about wealth acquired by hira
while President. His real estate In
vestments in Washington proved prof
itable, it is now said, only to the real
estate promoters. The will of Presi
dent Cleveland has not yet been pro-
Dated, but his friends are positive in
the!:: statements that It will reveal
only a small fortune. In early life Mr.
Cleveland knew poverty that compelle
hfm at the age of 12 to begin to earn
nis living as a grocer's boy.
President Arthur was born noor. His
father, a minister, had a salary of 3500
a year, mough Arthur Is often spoken
of as one of our wealthiest President,
ne lert a fortune estimated to 1-avo
been not more than 3160.000. This ren
resented the result of Investment of
savings from his extensive law prac
tice.
James A. Garfield was born in th
humblest poverty and when he went to
wasmngton as President he left at
Mentor, Ohio, a home simple to frugal
ity. Indeed, this home constituted
about all the property left to his family
wnen ne aiea Dy the assassin s bullet
A fund of 3360,000 was raised and pre
sented to his widow.
President Hayes lived always In a
modest fashion, and died in comfort
able circumstances at his country home
in unio.
Ulysses S. Grant was born in poverty
ana aiea in comparatively straitened
circumstances, owing to the Grant &
Ward failure, In which he lost all but
a small remnant of the fortune he had
built up in various business enterprises
aner nis retirement from the Presl
dency.
Andrew Johnson was born In bitter
poverty, and is said never to have ac
cumulated any wealth. He died in ex
ceedingly modest circumstances. -
President Lincoln never had money
in the common sense of the word. He
was born poor and died poor. In this
world's goods. His income as a coun
try lawyer probably never exceeded
3o000 a year, and his devotion to the
country's interests during the dark
days of the Civil War was so absorb
ing that he made no profitable invest
ments. .
Of the Presidents preceding Lincoln,
James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce. Mil
lard .Klllmore, Zachary Taylor, Andrew
jacKson and John Adams were all poor.
jacKson was wretchedly so. Zachary
Taylor, It Is said, "was born poor, lived
poor ana died poor." James K. Polk
was not norn to riches, but when he
died was possessed of an ample fortune,
according to the standard of his days.
TTis tortune was accumulated by his
law practice and fortunate Invest
ments. John Adams was notoriously
poor, even to mean living. John Qulncy
oMM was in moderate circumstances
irot wealthy.
The two Harrisons. William Henry
and Benjamin, grew up under widely
different material circumstances. Wil
liam Henry Harrison was the son of a
rlcn Virginia planter, and was brought
up in weaitn and luxury. Had he
chosen any other life than that of an
Indian fighter, he probably would have
ended his days in ease and obscurity.
He became an Ohio pioneer, however,
and when elected President he earned
a living at farming and had eked out
his 'Income by a court clerkship. Ben
jamin Harrison was born poor and un
til elected President, had not a large
income. His law practice In his later
days, after his retirement from the
Presidency, was large and lucrative, a
fee of 350,000 being paid him in one
case for an opinion.
In the early days of the Republic,
four Presidents were wealthy accord
ing to the standards of their time
Washington, JefTerson, Madison and
Monroe. All were Virginians and were
bred to the lordly life of the colonial
planters. Washington was said to be
the wealthiest man in the country
when he died, and Jefferson, when at
the head of the Nation, possessed
greater riches than any President be
fore or since his day.
William Howard Taft, Republican
candidate for the Presidency, Is con
sidered a poor man in Washington. He
has never been a money-maker, and his
financial support as a politician has
come chiefly from his rich brother
Charles P. Taft. William Jennings'
Bryan, his opponent, is credited with
having an Income of 350,000 to $60,000
a year from his newspaper. The Com
moner, and from lectures and writings.
Chicago's Babaiyat.
'Chicago Journal.
From this time on we all must Just endure
A state of things for which there is no
cure
A combination of strange circumstance.
Arousing speech to make the air impure!
The man who talks about the big campaign
Will jabber till he drives you half Insane.
And you will almost wish the nation had
Been subjugated by Japan or -Spain.
The auto speeder, if he does not wreck
With his machine the outlines of your nock.
Will yap about the blamed thing, till you
reach
For ax or olub, his flow of speech to check.
Ths baseball fan, gone wild o'er Cube or
Box.
Will Rlbble-gabble about three-base knocks.
And gorgeous pitching, till, whene'er you
spy
Rim coming, you will dodge for sight full
blocks.
The fishing liar, wltb bis wondrous tale
Of rauskellunge. the same size as a whale,
Will hang around your desk, until you
cry:
"Are there ru empty cells in yonder Jail I
AU these and many other pests convene
This year, in larger force than e'er wa
And the law says. "Don't kill them"
otherwise
We'd somehow keep -their graves wl!-topped
wit giee&i
BRYAN ON CLEVELAND.
Great, bat Unintended Tribute to si
"Illustrious Predcressor.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. William J. Bryan described, in an
article In Collier's, some of the quali
fications of the model President. He
says he should have "moral courage."
He should be able "to detect the soph
istries" that are always employed by
"special Interests" seeking "unfair ad
vantage." He should look on himself
as "committed by his platform to cer
tain principles, and those principles are
binding."
Mr. Bryan could have given life ar.d
emphasis to his observations by men
tioning a President a Democratic one
at that who possessed these Presiden
tial qualifications in ample measure.
Few occupants of the White Hous
have equaled Grover Cleveland in moral
courage. He was an Intense party man.
He gloried in his party's triumphs and
mourned, in its defeats. But he had
the moral courage to stand up against
his party when It went mad over free
silver. He knew that he would be ex
communicated, that most Democrats
would vilify and curse him, and that
his course would contribute to the de
feat of his party. Yet he never fal
tered. Mr. Bryan never has favored
the public with any manifestation of
moral courage approaching that.
Cleveland was able "to detect the
sophistries" of the silver-mine owners
and dishonest debtors who hankered
after 50-cent dollars. He was not to
be moved by the appeals of "special In
terests" for free-sliver legislation.
The platform on which Mr. Cleveland
wis elected in 1893 pledged the party
to the maintenance of the equal power
of every dollar at all tlmea In the mar
kets and in the payment of debts."
President Cleveland kept that pledge,
though It called for much selling ot
bonds and buying of gold ail contrary
to Mr. Bryan s wishes. Cleveland In
curred great odium In many quarters
Decause he kept the faith, but he had
that moral courage which Mr. Bryan
says a model President should be en
dowed with.
Certainly Mr. Bryan did not intend
that his disquisition on the qualifica
tions of a President should be read as
a eulogy of Grover Cleveland, whom he
greatly hated. Cleveland did much to
prevent his election. But the Intelli
gent reader will think of Cleveland
rather than of Bryan when he reads
the article.
WELL ! WELL i ! WELL MI
It Does Take a While to Oct the Eyes
Open.
Pendleton Tribune.
It is just a little galling to read ol
that telegram from Governor Chamber
lain to Bryan congratulating him upon
his nomination and pledging his support
In the pending campaign. If .this does
not look like an undisputed miscarriage
of popular opinion and desire then it
would be Impossible to conjure a situa
tion where such a thing could happen.
Do the Republicans of Oregon really
want a man for United States Senator
who pledges his support to Bryan for
President? Does anybody believe they
do? This Is a tangle- which has been
possible . only through the primary law
and Statement No. 1. and while It may
bo a political crime to question the dlvtn
lty of them both, especially the latter.
It gives ground for a question as to the
binding nature of a promise exacted
from the Republicans under the assur
ance that Chamberlain was a "Roose
velt man," a "non-partisan" and that h
believed In "putting his country above
party." etc. If a contract has been signed
under a misrepresentation how far does
it morally bind "the party of the sec
ond toart?"
New York's ' German Population. -
A Berlin paper, quoting Nature, says
that New York Is the third German city
in the world in point' of population;
"With its 850.000 Germans it Is ex
ceeded In size only by Berlin, which has
about 2,000,000, and by Hamburg, which
has 730,000. The other large German
cities are Munich, 520,000. and Dresden,
600,000." This article was called to the
attention of Dr. Maurice Baumfeld, the
director of the new German theater in
New York, by a Vienna reporter, who
wondered how one theater could supply
the demands of so large a population.
"Up to this time," said Dr. Baumfeld,
"one first-class theater has been
enough. This may have been partly
due to the fact that the young people
have not been sufficiently interested in
the language of their parents, but it
was certainly largely owing to the lo
cation of the theater. My house will
be in the residence district, where
there never was a German theater be
fore, and I hope when I come here
again to be able to say to you that one
German theater is no longer sufficient
for the third German city in the
world."
Milk Your Goat and Pay.
Western Christian Advocate.
An amusing feature about Italians is
the way they deliver milk in the cities
of Italy, especially in Naples and the
cities in the South. First of all, much
of the milk used is goat milk, and the
dairyman has six or 12, more or less,
and these are herded during the day,
but in the morning and at night the
cowboy, or man as he is in this case,
drives his goats through the streets
and stops where he sells the milk, and
the women come out and milk as much
as they want to pay for, and he drives
on to the next place, and so on until
the goats are all milked.
A FEW SQUIBS.
Tom It was a case of lovs at first sight
wltb me. Jack Then why didn't you
marry her? Tom Oh, I saw her again on
several occasions. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mother What makes you think that the
assessor is going to marry you? Daughter
He has already begun to And fault with you.
Piiegends Blatter.
A Mollycoddle: "There goes Willie. I ain't
got no use fsr him." "Why not?" "He al
ways takes a towel with him when he goes
swlmmln'." Denver Post.
Miss Bunkerhlll Have, you read Scott's
novels? Miss Laker All but his Emulsion.
X have seen it advertised a great many
times in Chicago, but I have never been
able to get a copy. Judge.
Mrs. H. My husband is out of work and
out of money, and I am going to get a
divorce from him. Mrs. B. And tben how
are you going to get along? Mrs. H. On
the alimony, of course. Puck.
"Eut," protested the wayward son, "you
should -make allowances for ths follies of
youth." "Huh!" growled the old man. "If
it wasn't for the allowance you get there
would be less folly." Chicago Daily News.
Out of sight: Landlady You can't pay to
day? Why, I thought you said the ghost
would walk? Tragedian (gloomily) I
thought so, but It looks as though the ghost
took an airship. Denver News.
He Was Needed: Nodd I must hurry
home early this afternoon and look after
the baby. Todd Where Is his nurse? Nodd
She got off today and left him In his
mother's charge. Bohemian Magazine.
"Father seems Impressed with your talk
about coupons." said the maiden. "Have you
really any?" "Sure." answered the guileful
youth. "Oot S50 saved up toward a piano
for our little Bat." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I want a photograph representing me
Just as I am. None of this 'touching up
business, understand." "You are in the
wrong shop," replied the artist photog
rapher, "better try the police station. It s a
BertUlon style of picture you're after."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The waiter girl knew a thing or two about
table etiquette. Bo she sniffed scornfully as
she said: "I-t's not our custom to serve a
knife with pie." "No?" remarked the patron
in surprise. "Then bring me an x" Cbl
ago -Journal.