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PORTLAND, TTE8DAY. AUG. 4. 1908.
B MORE EXCTRrilOJf.
Not much more Is The Oregonlan
going to talk about Statement No. 1.
From the first it has declared State
ment No. 1 an Instrument to wreck
and dissolve the Republican party of
Oregon. So far It has foretold exactly
what has happened. It Is under no
delusion as to what will happen fur
ther. Democrats of Oregon now ex
pect to give the vote of the state to
Bryan. Their main dependence Is the
demoralization of the Republican
party, produced by the primary law,
which permits and even invites Demo
crat to nominate Republican candi
dates, and by Statement No. 1, which
requires Republican Legislatures to
elect Democrats to the United States
Senate. There are (so-called) Repub
licans who may like these things; but
there are Republicans who do not like
them, because such conditions will de
feat the noblest cause, the sincerest
efforts, and the truest courage. Tou
are deserted in the strife by your com
rades, who have made terms with the
enemy. But though The Oregonlan
has no Intention of harping on this
subject forever, it will make further
reply to this statement from a paper
published at Pendleton, to wit, known
as the East Oregonlan:
Partlee may Uvo and wax strong under
Statement No. 1, but In order to do thl
Republican votera like The Oregonlan muat
support and vote for Republican candidates
let Democrats yote for Democrats.
The sure cure for the alleged demoralizing
effect of Statement No. 1 Is strict party
loyalty, especially among Republicans In
Oregon.
This should be addressed to others,
not to The Oregonlan. It should be
taken home by the paper that makes
the statement; for it doesn't apply to
The Oregonlan. For has not The Ore
gonlan, year in and year out, urged
"pr ty loyalty," only to be turned
down and sent Into the gloomy vale
of Achor and shadow of humiliation,
by pretended Republicans like those
of the Pendleton paper, who have en
couraged the election of Democrats to
the highest offices? These people now
babble of "party loyalty"!
Under the conditions of the recent
election in Oregon, the folly of State
ment No. 1 pushed and supported by
a class who used it simply to get nom
inations which they never could obtain
under any representative system, The
Oregonian saw no chance whatever of
any result, except the triumph of
Chamberlain and of the Democratic
party. It was useless to think of it,
or to talk about it. AH sense of party
loyalty had been destroyed by a class
who had been electing Democrats for
years, to "get even" with men of their
own party, by whom their own (sup
posed) merits had been refused ac
knowledgment. Tet, seizing Statement
No. 1 , and using an alliance with
Democrats in the primaries, they im
mediately claimed thereupon the sup
port of Republicans whom they had
constantly defeated, in former elec
tions! It was simple folly to suppose
success could be had under such con
ditions. Chamberlain's plurality, large
as it was, would have been very much
larger, but for the vote he lost by his
veto of the university appropriation.
The simple fact is. the course these
people pursued, their use of State
ment No. 1 as a factional weapon,
Intensified the factional fight among
the Republicans of Oregon, more
than anything else or all things
else, and made accommodation im
possible. Hence now nobody knows
whether Bryan or Taft will get
the vote of Oregon. There is
no ground for sure appeal to any Re
publican principle or sentiment; nor is
there any possibility whatever that the
Republican party ever will succeed un
der a system that requires It to elect
its opponents to the highest offices in
the state and Nation. Republicans of
Oregon stand alone in attempting this
folly. No other state, Republican or
Democratic, will think of adopting it.
AH mark Oregon, and refuse lt;and
our state stands, in this essay, as "the
fool of the family" as a leading East
ern journal expressed It. Not an
other state, with an overwhelming ma
jority for one party in its Legislature,
will ever be committed to the elec
tion -of the candidate of the opposite
party to the Senate. Moreover, this
folly, demonstrated !n Oregon, has
given an Immense setback throughout
the country North and South-, to the
proposal to elect Senators by direct
vote of the peojle. This is the larger
and most unfortunate consequence. It
Is noted by both parties; the Southern
States, especially, the head and heart
and backbone of the Democratic party,
are against It, and It has a place in
the Democratic platform only because
it is part of the contents of a grab-bag,
stuffed for a special occasion. The
Democratic party never will do any
thing that the South doesn't want; and
to lose their hold on the election of
Senators Is justwhat the influential and
powerful forces of Southern politics do
not want and will not have. Plainly
plated, they spurn a system that would
admit the participation of political op
ponents in the election of Senators. In
their way of thinking. It is a crazy
Idea, fit for half-baked Northern Re
publicans. Is the 8outh "solid" for
naught? In solid Democratic states
there are no Statement No. 1 Demo
crats, never will be. It is a doctrine
for Republican gudgeons, in Republi
can states: and as such, it is mightily
caressed by Democratic politicians.
"Oregon" wheat, as the Willamette"
Valley product was known in the
European grain markets before "Wal
la Walla" wheat had begun to make
the country east of the Cascade Moun
tains famous for Its wheat production,
has vanished from the foreign trade
lists, but the "valley" still produces a
considerable quantity of wheat, and
old Yamhill this year Is to the front
with reports of forty bushels per acre.
In the old days, when the valley was
dependent almost entirely on the
wheat crop, this would have been re
garded as a highly profitable crop,
but so many of the old wheat farms
are now turning off several hundred
dollars per acre in fruit and small
farming that wheat growing as a
profitable industry is no longer seri
ously considered on the high-priced
lands where it was formerly the only
industry. The last cargo of "Oregon"
wheat was shipped several years ago,
and in a few years the Willamette
Valley will be obliged to import wheat
and flour to feed the opulent fruit
growers and small farmers who can
not afford to grow wheat on such
high-priced land.
THE PRESENT FORECAST.
A section of the Republican party
of Oregon or what was once the Re
publican party of Oregon joining
with the Democrats, Is going to make
Chamberlain Senator. And Chamber
lain is for Bryan; he has been ap
pointed by Chairman . Mack, of the
Democratic National Committee, a
member of the Bryan Campaign Ad
visory Committee; and men of Ore
gon who call themselves Republicans
are pledged to elect Chamberlain to
the Senate; and they also have con
trol of the Taft campaign in Oregon.
Now the whole vista opens before you!
Was there ever such betrayal of a
party? What are Republicans, who
earnestly wish to give the vote of the
state to Taft. to expect? The direc
tion of the Taft Republican campaign
in the hands of men who are pledged
to the election of Chamberlain to the
Senate, who works with fanatic devo
tion for Bryan; while the so-called
Republican managers expect to pull
the wool over the eyes of sincere and
disinterested Republican voters of the
state, and through Chamberlain make
themselves "solid" with the Bryan Ad
ministration! Some may permit themselves to be
deceived. Please excuse The Orego
nlan from such gullibility and such
folly.
On the issues of today, as presented
today, the state is extremely close be
tween the parties, at best. But with
this play of professed Republicans,
through Chamberlain, for the favor of
the expected Bryan Administration,
how easy to topple the electoral vote
of the state Into the Bryan column!
It will make as little difference to
The Oregonlan as to others. But The
Oregonlan wishes to excuse Itself from
the imputation that it can't see
through a ladder, and from being
tfenuo-ht n tool of rierention. or a vic
tim of stupid credulity. It will require
vigorous measures, on tne part or me
earnest supporters of Taft, to save
Oregon from betrayal, through Cham
berlain Republicans, to Bryan, uon i
mistake it. They who are resting in
security on the notion that Taft Is sure
to carry Oregon may as well awake.
For Chamberlain and his Demo
cratic supporters, who are pursuing a
subtle policy and expect results from
it, The Oregonlan has no censure. It
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lot of Republicans in this state, or
men who call themselves such, it
would only say however, for the
present the rest is silence.
WILL- WAR BALLOONS BE USEFUL?
The war balloon or airship may
prove to be'an important factor in fu
ture conflicts between nations, but this
is very doubtful. It is more likely
that invention of guns for destroying
airships will proceed much more rap
idly than perfection of ships for aerial
navigation, and that the first attempt
to use' the new Instrument of warfare
will prove disastrous. When a single
rifle ball flre,d through the gas bag of
a balloon will start a tear that will de
stroy the balloon in a very few mo
ments, it seems almost certain that the
army attacked is practically safe from
explosives designed to be dropped from
overhead.
Much the same difficulty will be ex
perienced by those who undertake to
operate aeroplanes, whose expansive
wings will furnish a good target for
rapid-fire guns from below. An air
ship of any sort, to be of practical use,
must be able to carry about 1000
pounds of explosives. Either a bal
loon or an aeroplane that could carry
this weight would be a large affair.
and could hardly escape the fusillade
of leaden bullets that would be fired
at it from guns specially designed to
guard against attacks from that direc
tion. Accuracy of aim Is one of the well
known attainments of the modern
gunner. A little practice will make
him as certain to hit a target above
him as to hit one on the level. It
must be remembered, however, that
experiments In aerial navigation have
but Just begun, and that there is
scarcely any limit to Yankee ingenuity.
Perhaps some way will be found to es
cape the bullets of an enemy.
WHY HARRIMAX WAS WELCOME.
"Nothing would give me greater
pleasure than to have Mr. Harrlman
with us." .said George Gould, when
interrogated on his return from Eu
rope. This sentiment is strikingly at
variance with that which was so much
In evidence about a year ago, when it
was freely predicted that the directors
and stockholders of the lines under
Harrlman management would be
forced to Jettison the famous leader
in order to appease the public, which
was hammering Harrlman stocks in
response to the disapproval of the
President, This cordial expression
of Mr. Gould's, and the changed senti
ment of the public, is not due to any
increased personal admiration for the
greatest railroad man of the age, but is
due to his' ability to "make good.
The work of taking a bankrupt and
run-down road out of the financial
gutter and placing It on a paying
basis has become as much of a hobby
with Mr. Harrlman as the objection
able practice of wrecking roads was
with the late Jay Gould. The show
ing made by the Gould roads and the
Harrlman roads for the past twelve
years offers ample Justification for
Mr. Gould's expression of pleasure
over the prospect of securing the as
sistance of his former antagonist. Mis
souri Pacific, which has made the best
showing of any of the Gould lines, was
selling at 15 per share in 1896. Union
Pacific was so near to worthless that It
was a drug on the market at 3.50 per
share when Mr. Harrlman became ac
tive in the management of the road.
The stock boom of 1901-03 carried
Missouri Pacific up to 125 and Union
Pacific to 133 per share. Four years
later Missouri Pacific had dropped
back to 110 and Union Pacific had
advanced to Its record of a fraction
more than 195.
Yesterday Union Paclfltj closed at
165 and Missouri Pacific at 58, the
latter having gained more than 5 per
share since the report of Mr. Harri
man's probable connection with the
system has been in circulation. From
these figures It will be seen that Union
Pacific yesterday was 1 22 per share
higher than it was In 1901-02, . and
Missouri Pacific, even with a 5 ad
vance within a week, was still 67
lower than it was in 1901-02.
These figures disclose the true rea
son why Mr. Gould's stockholders are
bo anxious to turn control of the prop
erty over to Mr. Harriman. The
'showing Is all the more remarkable
when it is noted that both Gould and
Harriman have always had free rein
In management of the respective properties.-
Nothing succeeds like success,
and if Mr. Harrlman can work the
same kind of miracles with the Gould
and Erie systems that he has per
formed on his other formerly decrepit
properties, there will be no limit to the
field before him, so long as there are
railroads In need of rehabilitation.
ENFORCE THE FOREST FIRE LAW.
Many of the reports from the dis
tricts in which forest fires are raging
convey the Information that the dam
age is slight for the reason that the
fire is burning only the brush and
refuse where the timber has been re
moved. ' While it is pleasing to know
that valuable timber is not being de
stroyed, yet there are two reasons why
this explanation does not entirely re
move the deplorable features of the
situation. In the first place, there is
great danger that the fire will spread,
as it has done in some instances, to
merchantable timber. In the second
place, the fires kill the young trees
which have sprung up and which
would eventually reforest the hills.
The laws of this state require that
the rubbish of . lumber camps be
burned at a season of the year when
there is no danger of the fire spread
ing. They require that the rubbish be
burned after each season of slashing,
and if this were done there would be
no fuel to feed a future fire after a
growth of young trees had started.
Burning the rubbish at the proper
season would not only remove the
danger of disastrous fires, but would
relieve the state from that pall of
smoke which obscures the view at a
time when Oregon should be most
beautiful. The forest fire law should
be more vigorously enforced.
DOLLAR WHEAT AGAIN.
"Dollar wheat" appeared in Chicago
again yesterday after an absence of a
few weeks. The conditions under
which the historic price was scored
were strikingly similar to those which
sent prices soaring about a year ago.
It is perhaps too early for buyers to
become unduly excited over the rust
scare, which was the principal feature
in yesterday's crop news. We have
rust scares nearer home than the Mid
dle West, one in Umatilla County a
few days ago causing some misgivings
that there would not be enough first
class wheat In Oregon's banner county
to supply the demands for home con
sumption. ' This year, however, there
are underlying features of strength
that were missing from the market in
the rust scares of previous years. It
is still too early to determine the ex
tent of the ravages which rust is said
to be making in the fields east of the
Rocky Mountains, but the loss from
this source or from the chinchbug is
never as great as first reports make it.
We may expect improvement in the
rust condition, and possible decline in
price, but there can be little, If any.
Improvement in the statistical position
of the great cereal until the new Ar
gentine crop comes on the market.
The American Visible yesterday
showed a substantial Increase of near
ly 2,000,000 bushels, but this was in
sufficient to swell the total to more
than 16,000,000 bushels, compared
with more than 48,000,000 bushels on
the same date last year. Quantities
on passage for the week ending last
Saturday were more than d.OOO.OOO
bushels smaller than for the same
week last year, and world's shipments
for the week were 2.0000,000 bushels
smaller than a year ago.
High prices for wheat, corn or oats,
when they are due to a short crop In
the United States, can hardly be re
garded as an unqualified blesslnlg.
Much of the curtailment in the de
mand for lumber in the .Middle West
last year was due to the poor crop of
grain, and every railroad in the grain
belt suffered in revenue, along with
the farmers who had nothing of con
sequence to ship. In the Pacific North
west farmers last year profited greatly
because of the short crop and high
prices in other parts of the Country,
and there was a record-breaking crop
to be marketed at the high prices.
This year the crop is smaller, but
the prices are opening higher, and.
unless there is a change in the situa
tion, the net returns for the crop of
the Pacific Northwest will not fall far
short of those of last year. One thing
Is certain, neither rust nor chinchbug
can inflict any further damage on the
crop that is tributary to Portland, and
we shall sympathize with as good a
grace as possible with the unfortunate
wheatgrowers whose poor crops in
other parts of the country are boost
ing prices locally.
WHERE WLLX, BKVAN GET HIS VOTES?
With the Free-Silver Republicans
back in the ranks of the old party,
and with most of the Populists again
lined up under the Republican banner,
it is difficult to understand where Mr.
Bryan Is going to get the votes neces
sary to elect him to the Presidency.
In 1896, and again in 1900, he was
the nominee of the Democrats, and
was indorsed by the Free-Silver Re
publicans and the Populists. Every
body knows that the Free-Silver Re
publicans were men who left their
party In 1896, and anyone who takes
the trouble to look up alist of his
neighbors who went wrong" on the sil
ver question at that time will find
that they are all, or nearly all, back
in the harness again. Some of the
Populists had formerly been Demo
crats, but most of them came out of
the Republican party and returned
again when Populism declined. The
Middle - of - the - Road Populists still
cling to their faith, and will not vote
6 for Bryan.
If Mr. Bryan had been tne Demo
cratic nominee in 1904, it is quite like
ly that many of the voters who had
been in these two new parties would
have gone to his support and would
have been permanently enrolled as
Democrats. But they would not sup
port Parker. It was easy for them to
go back to Republicanism with Roose
velt as a leader, and they went. They
have seen the mistake they made in
leaving the party in the first place,
and they are not likely to repeat the
experience, especially when their own
party has a candidate quite satisfac
tory to them. Undoubtedly Mr. Bry
an will get the votes of a few of the
former Free-Silver Republicans, but
the number of them will not be much
larger than the number of Democrats
he will lose to Hearst. Certainly he
will not get enough of them to over
come the majority now registered
against the Democracy.
Another circumstance worth con
sidering is that the large number of
Democrats who went over to the Re
publican party on the sound-money
issue have never gone back, and will
not go with Bryan as a candidate. A
few dyed-in-the-wool Democrats may
have gone back, but most of them are
still allied with the Republicans.
The battle ground of this campaign
Is in the Middle West, and In New
York. It is possible that disappoint
ment over the defeat of favorite sons,
combined with some loss of. the labor
vote and the loss of part of the negro
vote, may give the Democratic candi
date a chance to win some of the
Northern States. Local factional con
troversies, more than anything else,
will 'threaten Republican success. But
the surface indications at the present
time are that these will be smoothed
over and that there will be general
harmony in the support of the ticket.
The fact that the issues between the
two parties are not as sharply drawn
as In previous campaigns will make
predictions as to the outcome diffi
cult, but from a statistical standpoint
the situation looks very good to the
Republicans.
In Virginia there Is a law which
provides that there must be a per
sonal payment of taxes as a qualifi
cation for voting and the courts have
decided that this means that a man
must appear . personally at the tax
collector's office and pay his tax.
Sending the money by mall will not
suffice. Quite likely this Is another
fine-spun distinction. Reason would
lead to the conclusion that the law
merely means that the payment must
be by the voter with his own money
and not by another person in his be
half. The object is to prevent one
man paying a tax for another and
thus enabling him to vote. So long
as he is paying his own money there
would seem to be no reason why he
should pay It in person Instead of
sending It by mall. But the opinion
of the court prevails over the views
of Virginia lawyers.
Says the Huntington Herald of that
town's tramps and "bums":
Huntington Is infested with a lot of dirty,
good-for-nothing tramps that are too lasy to
work and are in the habit of begging food,
and when the housewife refuse to give
them what they want t eat, curse and
abuse her.
Another resting-place for this gentry
is the Plaza, In Portland. Many
tramps think their share of the earth's
surface is that public place, but over
look the improvements made by tax
payers, in grass, trees, water, benches
and sidewalks. The bums scorn to
turn their hand to making any such
improvements on land that would
make it their own. They are entitled
to receive no part of the earth's sur
face without contributing their share
of the earth's labor.
Governor Chamberlain, of course, is
a warm supporter of President Roose
velt's policies. He says so, in every
public utterance. But who does not
know that If Roosevelt were again a
candidate, and pushing his policies to
the utmost, Chamberlain would be
against Roosevelt, policies and all?
Those who criticise Taft for submit
ting hi3 speech of acceptance to
Roosevelt before delivering It might do
well to reflect that. If some of the
other aspirants for the Republican
nomination had been In a similar
frame of mind, they would have been
more popular.
There was another famous pilgrim
age into Virginia. Josh Billings, dur
ing the war, started for Richmond to
"convince Jeff Davis of the error of
his ways and to get him to jine the
Young Men's Christian Association."
Mr. Bourne has evidently been read
ing up.
Pendleton is seeking a supply of
water from a source In the mountains.
Such a water supply would not only be
of great value to the people now resi
dents of Pendleton, but would do as
much as anything else to bring new
people there to make their homes.
The people of Oregon, by means of
Statement No. 1, declared that they
want for United States Senator neither
a Democrat nor a Republican, but a
non-partisan. But when Chamberlain
turns partisan, who is the people's
choice?
Those Vice-Presidential candidates
could make a hit by cutting their ac
ceptance addresses down to about 500
words. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
was shorter than that, and it was good
enough to make a man immortal.
When the cement plant comes to
Portland, the political factions should
use the first of its product in laying
the cornerstone of their new edifice,
which is to be founded on friendship
and brotherly love.
Democratic newspapers delight in
asserting that Roosevelt needs a rest.
But if, as they pretend, he is doing so
much harm by his talking, why worry
about It? Does it not increase Demo
cratic votes?
Numerous fires Indicate that holders
of insurance policies are getting even
for high insurance rates, to a degree
at least.
If Heney had been here, things
might have turned out differently; but
of course Heney wasn't here.
Like the apple with no core, the
watermelon in the hands of the aver
age small boy has no rind.
Luckily for the militia boys, they
don't have to tramp with all that
baggage on their backs.
Now we see why the land-fraud de
fendants were not tried sooner.
MR. TAPTS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Newspapers of Different Shades of
Opinion Give Their Views.
St. Louis (Hp.) Republic (Dem.).
As a panegyric of Roosevelt the
speech differed from the familiar style
of recent Presidential messages only In
the necessary elimination of the per
sonal pronoun.
Mr. Toft Fill, the BUI.
Cincinnati (O.) Commercial Tribune
(Rep.).
The speech embodies the dignified,
the temperate, yet forceful expressions
of a strong man deeply Impressed with
the honor paid to him, and deeply Im
pressed with the responsibilities of the
high office to which he will be'ehosen.
His Self-Effaeement Is Thorough.
Boston Post (Dem.).
The address Is a eulogy of Roosevelt
and the Roosevelt policies, to which
the record and the achievements of the
Republican party appear merely con
tributory to the glory of his hero, and
the announced purposes of the candi
date himself are modestly Intimated to
be to "clinch what, has been done" by
Roosevelt.
It la Judicial In Tone.
Boston Globe (Dem.).
The language of the speech shows
that It Is the product of a mind given
to the study of legal problems. Mr.
Taft's strong advocacy of President
Roosevelt's ' policies will probably
please the radical Republicans in the
West, and his statements on several
important subjects will doubtless satis
fy conservative Eastern Republicans.
Conservatism to Restore Confidence.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.).
If Taft is elected President, he will
carry out the policies which have be
come known as the Roosevelt policies.
There is a conservative note running
throughout the speech which, coming
from Taft, will be accepted by business
interests as Indicative of a sturdy ef
fort to restore confidence, while at the
same time insisting on the fulfillment
of the law.
Good Executive but That's AH.
Chicago Journal (Rep.).
Mr. Taft commits himself unreserv
edly to the Roosevelt policies, except
as to the tariff, which Mr. Roosevelt
has never talked about increasing. He
gives the impression that he is a judge
reviewing facts laid before him, which
was exactly what was to have been
expected from his temperament. If
elected, he will be an executive officer,
but not an original, constructive force
In government.
Will He Be President or Proxy T
New York World (Dem.).
However excellent Mr. Taft's utter
ances are in tone, and however strong
the contrast between his judicial style
and Mr. Roosevelt's cowboy style, his
speech leaves one great problem of the
campaign unsolved. In the minds of
the intelligent, thoughtful voters every
where lies this grave question of the
Republican candidate's personal politi
cal dependence upon Roosevelt, will
Taft be a President or a proxy?
Appeala to Country' Beat Judgment.
Indianapolis Star (Rep.).
Mr. Taft's programme will appeal to
the best Judgment of the country; and
his address will strengthen the convic
tion that in his hands, better than in
any others available, the work of re
form may be trusted with entire con
fidence. It will inspire confidence
among manly men wjio may not be able
to agree with all the nominee says. It
will create in their minds the convic
tion that he is a man to be trusted.
Hlnta of a Deplorable Sacrifice.
New York Sun (Rep.).
The speech, deplorable as it is, will
not lose Mr. Taft a Republican vote.
The odious compulsion to seem and to
be; the leaden sense crushing debt
upon which the insatiable creditor com
putes from hour to hour his compound
Interest; the deadly obligation to grati
tude that makes that sweetest and sim
plest of virtues to seem a very vice;
the never relenting admonition to self
effacement did ever a man free, inde
pendent, and sane find his neck In such
a yoke?
Evidence of Presidential Caliber.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
Mr. Taft plants himself squarely on
the Roosevelt policies and announces
that the chief function of the next ad
ministration should be, in his Judgment,
"a progressive development of what
has been performed by President
Roosevelt." This speech of acceptance
should be the main feature of the Re
publican campaign text-book, some
thing for the people to study and re
flect upon. They will see in it evi
dence and proof that the speaker Is of
Presidential caliber.
Criticises Tariff Attitude.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Mr. Taft would not on any account
hit the trusts through the tariff be
cause the smaller concerns, which the
trusts are driving out of business,
might be accidentally hit. He would
have some part of the tariff revised up
ward and some revised downward. He
Is In favor of labor unions, and not less
In favor of nonunion labor. It is a
calm, Judicial presentation of the rea
sons why Taft and Roosevelt think
William Howard Taft ought to be elect
ed President.
A Statesman Fit to Lead.
Chicago Tribune (Rep.)
The address should be read and re
read by every American who wishes to
consider the Issues of the coming cam
paign free from partisan prejudice and
with a mind single to his civic duty.
Happily party divisions are on as high
lines as ever In the history of the Re
public. Party feeling in' its worse
sense has seldom been weaker. The
campaign before us Is not likely to be
marred by unfraternal bitterness, by
recrimination or by injustice. Mr.
Taft has begun the great controversy
like a statesman fit to lead.
Prefers Mr. Taft to Mr. Bryan.
New York Evening Post (Ind.).
In fine, Mr. Taft's speech seems like
ly to alienate still further the labor
element and the hot radicals of his own
party, especially those of the West.
They already look upon the Chicago
platform as too reactionary; Mr. Taft
is even less Inclined to cut loose and
run amuck. By this attitude he will
be strengthened among the conserva
tives of the East and the large busi
ness centers of the West; and among
those who, while anxious for reform,
dread Mr.' Bryan's propensity for
flighty and Ill-considered Innovations.
Injunction View the Correct One.
St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Democrat (Rep.).
Mr. Taft makes It plain that. If elect
ed, he will work along the same lines
as Mr. Roosevelt so far as the changed
Issues and conditions will permit. This
was to be expected. 1 Naturally the
question of Injunctions occupies a large
space in Mr. Taft's address. Tempor
ary restraining orders, he says, should
Issue only In rare cases, where the
threatened changes of the status quo
would Inflict Irreparable Injury. The
answer which Mr. Bryan and his friends
will make to this statement Is that it
leaves the present practice unchanged.
And they will be correct. The present
practice has protected many lives and
saved untold amounts of property.
BRYAN MX' ST HUB ikw tukiv -c-
Without That State He Has Slim
Chance of Election.
Brooklyn Eagle, Ind.
The total number of votes In the
electoral, college is 476. Therefore to
be elected Mr. Bryan must receive 239.
How is he to get this number without
New York? Facts are stubborn things.
Were Mr. Bryan to receive the entire
vote of the Southern and Western
States it is true he wouid have a very
large majority. But will he. or, indeed,
can he, in any event, obtain such votes?
Let us examine.
The states are thus classified with
tbeir electoral votes:
Eastern States Connecticut, ?; Dela
ware, 3: Maine. 6; Maryland. 8; Massa
chusetts, 16; New Hampshire, 4; New
Jersey, 12; New York, 39: Ohio. 23;
Pennsylvania,' 34; Rhode Island, 4; Ver
mont. 4. Total, 160.
Southern States Alabama, 11; Ar
kansas, 9; Florida, 5; Georgia, 13; Ken
tucky, 13; Louisiana, 9; Mississippi, ID;
North Carolina, 12; South Carolina, 9;
Tennessee, 12; Texas, 18; Virginia, 12;
West Virginia, 7. Total, 140.
Western States Colorado, 5; Idaho,
J; Illinois, 27; Indiana, 15; Iowa, 13;
Kansas. 10: Michigan, 14; Minnesota,
11; Missouri, 18: Montana, 3: Nebraska,
8; Nevada, 3; North Dakota. 4; South.
Dakota, 4; Utah. 3; Wisconsin, 13;
Wyoming, 3. Total. 157.
Pacific Coast States California, 10;
Oregon, 4; Washington, 5. Total, 19.
Grand total, 476.
In the beginning, though there are
some doubtful states in the South, let
us concede every one of the electoral
votes of the Southern States to Mr.
Bryan. He. therefore, starts with 140
votes. This is a number 99 short of
election; If the West is to elect him
the 99 votes must come from the West
ern States. They have in the total 157.
In 1896 Mr. Bryan carried five Western
States Missouri,' Nebraska, South Da
kota, Utah and Wyoming with a total
of 36 votes. If, in 1908, he were to do
as well he yet would be 63 short of a
majority. But In 1900 all of these
states, except Missouri, slipped away
from him. There are divisions in the
Republican party of Iowa and Wiscon
sin, from which large Democratic hopes
are extracted. Well, if Mr. Bryan were
to be successful in those two states he
would receive 26 more votes, which
would leave him yet 37 votes short of
election. Even' if the vote of Washing
ton, which Is a Pacific Coast State, 5
were added, he would yet be 32 short
of an election. If he were fortunate
enough to carry Indiana, which some
of his more enthusiastic supporters
claim he will, he would have? 15 more
electoral votes; but would yet be 17
short of the requisite 239. And If he
were to carry California, 10, and Ore
gon, 4, he would yet be 3 short of
election.
Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minne
sota and North Dakota are, eoncededly,
beyond his reach. Yet without one of
them, the West, even aided by the Pa
cific Coast States, cannot give him the
requisite 239 in the electoral college.
Therefore, he must have one of the
Eastern States. Were he to secure
New York he could afford to lose some
of the Western States now counted for
him a loss with which he Is qfllte
likely to meet. Indeed, New York is
the only Eastern State which he has
even a ghost of a chance of carrying.
Despite the Republican divisions in
Iowa and Wisconsin, the probabilities
are that both will point true to the
Republican ticket. Indiana is not by
any means certain for Bryan. It is
even declared that he cannot carry his
own State of Nebraska. To be elected,
humiliating as it may be, Bryan must
have New York.
MARRIED SEVENTY -FIVE TEARS
Remarkable Anniversary of an Aared
Jewlah Couple.
New York World.
Few of the Inmates of the Home for
Aged and Infirm Hebrews on West
One Hundred and Fifth street took ad
vantage of their privilege to visit
friends yesterday, for there were great
doings at the home itself in honor of
the 75th wedding anniversary of
Samuel Ephriam, 103 years old, and
Johanna Ephriam, 100. It was the first
time a diamond wedding had ever
taken place in the Institution, in spite
of tho fact that among its 300 Inmates
15 of them are married couples nearlng
the century mark,
Mrs. Ephriam Is very spry and intel
ligent in spite of her hundred years.
She drew the attention of visitors to
her coquettish cap which had been
made and presented to her by her 95-year-old
friend and fellow Inmate. Mrs.
Sarah Jerowsky, who makes caps for
all the women in the home.
Mrs. Ephriam was born In Germany,
as was Samuel. They were married in
the old country some years before tales
of the opportunities in America at
tracted Mr. Ephriam. He came to New,
York 6) years ago and his wife went
to live with friends in England. Five
years later, having established a little
grocery store, the wife was sent for.
"I was sorry to leave England," said
Mrs. Ephriam, "and I didn't want to
come to America then, but, of course, I
had to go where my husband was. I
thought I could persuade him to go
back again. America Is a wonderful
place and some people do make won
derful fortunes. I hear, but we . didn't
have much luck. In England I lived
like a lady and might have lived that
way all my life, but here you see how
I have ended."
Her husband then came toddling over
to see what his wife was doing. He Is
an optimistic, roly poly man who car
ries his 103 years lightly. "Johanna
doesn't realize how much better off
she Is here than if she was living with
some of our children," said he. "Here
we have a nice home and a beautiful
garden and we can sit on the benches
and smoke."
Among those who helped the Ephrl
ams to celebrate were Calmen Bach,
100 years old; Sarah and Michael
Jerowsky, 95 and 96 respectively; Rab
betta Baumbarten, 92, and Dannie and
Nettie Korn, 90 and 91. The ages of
the remainder of the company varied
all the way between 65 and 90.
Editor's Rest on the Fourth.
Aberdeen World.
There will be no paper tomorrow.
Colonel Al. Schlosser, our capable lino
type mechanic, and his genial assistant.
Colonel Billy Myers, have a previous
engagement to go fishing. Colonel Lig
gett, the accomplished foreman, is
promised a picnic In the woods. Colonel
Bill Bohlin, the manipulator of the Job
types, has promised to teach his twins
to shoot firecrackers. Colonel Jim
Haire, the lightning change artist, to
gether with his nimble assistants in the
ad. alley, are entered in the greased-pig
race. Colonel McVeigh, the well-known
and Justly-celebrated pressman, will
make the address of the day at Umptu
lips. Colonel Stevens, the all-around
man, and Colonel Hoffman, his slde
klcker, have promised to go up to
Mount Cleman and contemplate matri
mony from afar off. Colonel Graiey.
the Janitor, has to look after the kitty.
In the front office, things are even
worse. Colonel Leslie, Colonel Phelps
and the young lady who smiles on the
customers when they coma in, will
spend the day- looking for the hold-up
man. Colonel Watts, Colonel Ellis, Col
onel Felton and the charming society
reporter, have announced a patriotic
strike. What Is the editor to do? With
nobodv on guard but himself and the
devil. It seems to be impossible to get
out a paper that is anywhere near up
to the Btandard, and if It could be done
there would be no way to reach the
public with it. because Colonel Siegrist,
of the circulation department, and his
17 carriers have been engaged to act
as .the ioddees of liberty and her escort,
Letter From J. H. Albert. With a Llttlo
Comment Thereon.
SALEM, Aug. 2. (To th FMItor.) Refer
ring to your editorial of July 2S. entitle!
"Oregon In Presidential Elections." tha
record of Oregon's Gubernstorlsl elections
tells a different story. While the former
shows that with hut one exception tha
state has gone Republican, the latter chows
that during Its statehood In the choice of
Its chief executive the Democrats have won
out nine times, the fuslonlsts (Douglas
Democrats and Republicans) once and
straight Republicans four times.
Within the last 40 years the 10 contests
of .which I have been cognizant resulted
seven times in the election -of a Democrat
and three times only of a Republican. Of
these nine Democrats, three were Indorsed .
by re-election, two chosen T'nited Btates ,
Senators (Governor Grovfr chosen by the
Legislature In 1877 and Governor Chamber
lain elected by the people In 1008), and ona '
(Thayer) elected Supreme Judge, while no '
Republican Governor In Its history has been .
Indorsed by a re-election nor has1 had any
other public recognition by the people.
Now In view of the paramount Importanea
to the people of Oregon of the choice of Ita
chief executive, compared with the weight
of ita light vote in the Electoral College, and
facing the fact that ihe state has In the pnet
gone Democratic more than two to one. and
further, that as a sequence of Republican
dissension in the Raet. resultants of the di
vergent policies of LaFollette. Roosevelt, .
Taft and Foraker, and the Internecine strug
gle at home between Cake. Fulton, and
Bourne, the people have deliberately elected
Governor Chamberlain to the United States '
Senate, how can you consistently place Ore- ,
gon In 3008 In tha column of cock-sure Re
publican Mates?
With these premises what conclusion
could be more logical than that the same
untrammeled vote which deliberately eho
Governor Chamberlain for United States Sen
ator will be cast the same way in Novem
ber? Whatever may be said of the Republican
officials, the live of the Democrats who
have served Oregon, territorial and state,
hav shed lueter upon tha state and Nation,
as executives. Representatives In Congress.
Senators and on the bench, state and Federal. '
Lane, Whltaker (Honest John), Nesmith, De
lason Smith, Thurston. Deady, Grover. Chad- ,
wick, Stark, Kelly, Harding. Walte, Slater,
Bellinger. Prim. Thayer. Strahan. Bonham.
Pannoyer, Stout. McArthur, Joseph Smith.
Ladow, Lafayette. Lane. Gearln, Chamber- .
lain, Halley. all have left enviable records,
with no atain of dishonor: all have kept tha
path of duty, without fear and without re
proach. J. H. ALBERT.
The Oregonian's article referred en
tirely to tho attitude of Oregon In
Presidential elections. The record of
Gubernatorial elections does not tell a
different story, or any story, as to Ore
gon's attitude in presidential elections.
Mr. Albert knows it doesn't. Moreover,
Mr. Albert makes a misstatement when
he says The Oregonlan claimed this as
a cocksure Republican state. The pur
pose of the article mentioned was to
show that It is not a cocksure Repub
lican state; that it has gone Demo
cratic in Presidential elections; and at
other times- It has been saved to tha
Republican party by narrow margins.
Mr. Albert would do well to read more
carefully articles from which he at
tempts to quote
But a word more. It may be admit
ted that the Democratic leaders who
have been mentioned by Mr. Albert
have kept their records free from stain
of dishonor. What a contrast between
the records of these leaders and tha
records of their followers who com
mitted wholesale perjury last Spring
by registering as Republicans in order
that they might stuff Republican bal
lot boxes at the primary election. And
this was done in the interest of Demo
cratic success at the general election.
Mr. Albert is at liberty to point with
pride at the record of his party in this
respect.
It la not true that an untrammeled
vote dellberatoly chose Chamberlain,
for United States Senator. After per
jured Democrats had stuffed Republic
an ballot boxes in order to nominate
the weaker Republican candidate, Re
publicans refused to be bound by tha
result. That is the sum and substance
of the election In June.
HERE IS NEWS ABOUT OREGON.
Strange Tale of an Amaslna; Law foV
Tipplers.
Wichita (Kan.) News.
That public sentiment Is undergoing;
a radical change on the question of
controlling the liquor traffic is shown
by the acts of Legislatures in a num
ber of states within the past few
months restricting the traffic. Tha
State of Oregon, one of the more re
cent to act, lias taken a new depart
ure in this movement, and the plan is
said to work well so far.
In Oregon the order of things has
been reversed. Instead of licensing tho
seller, the buyer of strong drink is
compelled to take out a license for
which he has to pay $5 every six
months. Saloon men are compelled by
law to confine, their sales exclusively
to persons holding licenses to buy,
under pain of a ljeavy fine for selling
to unauthorized drlnker3. The depar
ture from the usual order of things is
so radical that naturally there are
many complaints against It, and thera
are many people who declare it is
wrong; that it Is a restriction on the
liberties of the individual; that the
state cannot legally say one man may
and another may not drtnk. or do any
thing else. A feature of the law tlmt
Is especially unpopular among drink
ing people Is that every six months a
complete list of the licensed drinkers
Is published. This publication is held
by many to be an outrage. But there
are strong arguments in support ot me
law as a whole and In support of tha
publication clause. It is held that the
state has Jut us much right to license
the buyer as the seller of an article;
that in withholding licenses from per
sons Jtnown to be confirmed drunkards
the state is simply exercising its right
and duty in protecting the community.
New York Sky-Scrapers.
New York Evening Post.
How long win it be before the
Singer building Is taken down as a
back number? The query inevitably
suggests itself when one reads this
morning of the doom of the Equitable
building. But the other day it was
the pride of the city, the costliest, the
most impressive and most modern of
skyscrapers. Tourists flocked to It as
to the Battery and Trinity Church. If
anything was to be permanent, it was
this building, which should forever
portray by Its masslveness and, per
haps Its ugliness the solidity of the
Equitable Society. The actual cost
of this building was $ 18,781.640.22, an
astonishingly large sum. to be ex
plained only by undue lavlshness. Tha
land Itself cost the company originally
35,400,100, and at the insurance Inves
tigation it was admitted that the
building was inadequate for the value
of the plot. Gerald R." Brown, the
head of the real estate department of
the society, testified that the land was
alone worth the the fifteen millions at
which the building was carried on the
books. At that time the gross rental
was but 38U6.794. The percentage on
actual cost made by the society was
but a trifle over 2 per cent. Mr.
Brown testified also that a new 3J
story building could be built for from
$8,000,000 to 110,000,000.