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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, AUG. 7. 10.
WASHINGTON'S FIERCE FIGHT.
Over In Washington, too, they are
trying to elect a United States Senai
tor by a pretended popular vote. They
have no Statement No. 1, but they
have a pledge that up to a certain
point resembles Oregon's Justly cele
brated Statement. It binds all candi
dates, if elected, to vote In the Legis
lature for the choice of their party.
Many candidates have subscribed to
the pledge. Others have not.
A campaign of extraordinary bit
terness is under way with Senator
Ankeny and Representative Jones as
the only Republican candidates. Mr.
Jones has, in a public speech in Se
attle, made sensational charges
against his competitor. It is exceptional
even In Washington for a candidate
lor high office thus to assail another.
Tet this is. It may be supposed, such
an occurrence as may hereafter be ex
pected in our popular campaigns for
Senator or other Important office. It
Is well enough, perhaps, that the can
didates get into the open and fight
It out between themselves. Mr. Jones,
no doubt, weighed his cause carefully,
and feels that he is, in the circum
stances, fully Justified. We dare say
that the effect of his .extraordinary
speech will be greatly to damage Mr.
Ankenys candidacy, if his accusations
shall be generally believed, and per
haps to defeat Ankeny. Yet, If we
understand Mr. Jones correctly, he
has pledged hlmselfto support for
election by the Legislature an unfit
man, if that unfit man shall be suc
cessful in the primary. The Oregonian
does not intend this remark so much
as a criticism of Mr. Jones as an ex
position of the absurdities and incon
sistencies one is led Into by an at
tempt to elect a United States Sen
ator In a manner not contemplated
nor authorized by the Constitution of
the United States absurdities and In"
consistencies that will obtain until the
Constitution shall be again literally
followed, or the constitutional method
is changed so that there shall be an
actual election by the people.
But now suppose that Mr. Jones
shall be nominated. Every Republi
can candidate for the Legislature who
has subscribed to the pledge is bound
to vote for Jones in the Legislature.
Will such candidates be loyally sup
ported in November by the Ankeny
faction throughout the state? Hardly,
for the reason that the Ankeny people
will undoubtedly see another chance
to take a second bite at the Senatorial
cherry at Olympla. There are about
twenty unpledged Republican hold
over Senators. There will be some
Democrats. Others not pledged will
be elected. Some of the regular can
didates, bound to Jones, will be de
feated by the Democratic nominees.
All these In the aggregate are likely
to prove formidable in the contest
by the "Statement" (Jones) members
for election of their candidates. Be
sides, how many of the latter will be
really for Ankeny but pledged to
Jones? The same situation will be
presented if Ankeny shall be nomi
nated at the September primary, and
Jones defeated. Jones will support
Ankeny. but can he deliver his fol
lowing? It may do no good to point out to
the Republicans of Washington the
dilemma which confronts them; but
it is Just as well for them to under
stand now that It must be met if the
campaign is to proceed on its present
hasis. which it will, no doubt.
THE RAILROAD VOTE.
The "railroad vote" this year will
undoubtedly play a more important
part in politics than ever before. The
"platform" of the Nebraska Railway
Employes' Protective Association, as
outlined In Wednesday's Oregonian,
reflects a more serious interest in the
political situation than has ever been
shown in a similar announcement.
Thirty thousand men have Joined the
association in Nebraska, and the
membership is spreading to other
states. The pamphlet issued by the
association states that over 6,000.000
people are either employed directly
or are dependent on the railroads for
a livelihood, and that $300,000,000
is distributed in wages through them
to as many more engaged in various
vocations.
An Industrial machine of sucti great
dimensions' cannot fail to wield a
powerful influence in politics if Its
energies are not divided. As more or
less secrecy surrounds the organiza
tion and campaign of this new factor
in National politics, it is not known
to what extent its members are bound
to Ignore party affiliations and vote
for the Presidential candidate agreed
on by special committees; but there
are a great many reasons why the
men should vote pretty nearly as a
unit. In the recent muckraking cam
paign which swept over the country,
all railroads suffered alike In tle
eyes of the foreign Investor, and.
wherever the roads suffered, the em
ployes were also affected. Mr. Bryan,
with a desire to add to the confusion
In which the railroads were plunged
by indiscriminate attacks, on his re
turn from abroad, came to the front
with an indorsement of Government
ownership. He Is undoubtedly still a
believer in snch a policy. Just aa In his
heart he still remains true to free
silver; but his friends have suc
ceeded in stopping his flow of .lan
guage on both of these topics.
The railroad men, however, who
have no use for Government owner
ship, with its attendant red tape and
political favoritism, and who prefer
to stand on their merits as railroad
in.n instead of politicians, have not
forgotten the matter and they will
probably vote In November for the
candidate who has never been famous
for his pursuit of fads and follies such
as free silver and Government owner
ship. TO KILL PACIFIC TRADE.
As was predicted In The Oregonian
several days ago, the attempt to kill
the trans-Pacific trade by enforcing
the absurd law which prevents the
railroads from competing with the
Suez route, meets with the hearty ap
proval of the New York papers. '.'The
East can be reached without going
West," asserts the New York Jouiial of
Commerce, whose advertising columns
contain the names of numerous
steamers offering to carry freight to
the Far East by way of the Suez.
The New York paper also notes that
"there is ample means of transporta
tion by way of the Suez Canal and
Cape Horn, and it Is likely to keep up
with the requirements of the trade."
A column article on the subject con
cludes with the encouraging statement
that "if this Oriental trade is allowed
to decline on the Pacific It is likely to
rise' correspondingly on the Atlantic."
Plain statements of this character
from a newspaper of the standing and
reputation of the Journal of Com
merce .ought to convince the com
mercial bodies of the Pacific Coast
that perhaps, after all, there is some
thing in the problem that might be
worth looking after. It is pointed out
by the New York paper that Chicago
and other important distributing
points are so much nearer the Atlantic
than the Pacific Coast that shipping
can be handled without difficulty by
way of New York. From the Atlantic
Coast standpoint, this may be all
right,' but It should be remembered
that the first protest against the mon
strously unjust provision of the law
came from a Chicago commercial or
ganization. The Chicago shippers, as well as
those of hundreds of other ports, do
not care to have their business
handled by a long, roundabout route
like the Suez, when they can ship
across the continent and thence across
the Pacific In about one-half the time
consumed In the old and out-of-date
Suez route. Pacific Coast shippers op
pose the law because by depriving
the railroads of the transcontinental
freight for the Orient curtailment of
the steamer service Is forced and local
business suffers accordingly.
BRISTOW V8. LONG.
The lively contest within the Repub
lican party for the United States Sen
atorshlp from Kansas has ended in
the defeat of Mr. Long. The victory
of his rival, Mr. Bristow, at the pri
maries is now past doubt and the
people of Kansas are to be congrat
ulated upon the good Judgment they
have shown. Mr. Long belongs to a
class of public men who are rapidly
disappearing, and nobody except the
predatory trusts and a certain group
of corporations regrets their retire
ment. His public career has been one
of subservience to the undesirable "in
terests." He has never cared much
for the welfare of the people whom
he pretended to serve, but has de
voted what ability he had to the rail
reads. Standard Oil and similar
causes. The contest between him and
Mr. Bristow derived almost a Na
tional Interest from he fact that Wil
liam Allen White took an active part
in lt. His newspaper did excellent
service in showing up the more or
less shady Incidents of Senator Long's
career and in emphasizing Mr. Bris
tow's merits.
The latter has had to travel the
usual thorny path of the man who
carries inflexible integrity into poli
tics. As Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, Mr. Bristow won the hearty
hatred of the Jellified Congressmen by
exposing their grafting favoritism.
Their-clamors drove him out of the
Postoffice, but Mr. Roosevelt provided
him another berth at Panama, where
he was sent to. Investigate commer
cial affairs. Here he disclosed a num
ber of disagreeable facts which, of
course, made him more enemies. It
Is safest for a public investigator not
to find out too much. Mr. Bristow
is exactly the right kind of a man for
the United States Senate. Rigorously
honest, courageous, independent. In
full sympathy with the people of his
state, approved by publicists like Wil
liam Allen White, with a record of In
numerable enemies made by noble
public service, what more could we
ask of him? It Is interesting to think
of the emotions his success must in
spire in the patriotic breasts of Mr.
Aldrlch and Mr. Piatt, of New York.
MILKING COWS BY MACHINERY.
Difficulty in securing competent and
steady help in milking cows has been
a great hindrance to development of
dairying in Oregon. For this reason
much Interest will center In the prac
tical demonstration of the operation of
milking machines at the State Fair
next month, when all manufacturers
of such machines will be on hand to
show what their inventions will do. If
it can be shown that any or all of the
machines are a success, the demon
stration will go far toward giving new
impetus to the dairying industry an
Industry which, more than any other,
tends to keep an agricultural region
productive and make it prosperous.
There are plenty of men in the coun
try who know how to milk, but they
don't like the work and will not do It
iff they can get anything else that will
pay nearly as good wages. In recent
years, when employment has been
plentiful, men have deserted the dairy
farms to work in the logging camps,
lumber mills or railroad construction
gangs. Though that work is more
toilsome than milking cows, it is more
attractive to strong men and the hours
suit them better. As a rule, too, the
wages have been better than most
dairymen have felt that they could
afford to pay.- Present indications are
that employment will continue to be
plentiful for reliable men, so that the
outlook for the dairyman Is no better
than it has been, so far as the problem
of securing help is concerned.
To the dairyman the wage scale is
of secondary Importance. He must
have a man who knows how to milk,
who will give' honest service and who
will not quit cn short notice. There
are few men who will meet all these
conditions. The latter two qualifica
tions are the ones most commonly
lacking. A dairy farmer can manage
to get along with a poor milker,
though his cows will reduce their yield
under the handling of a man who does
not understand his work. The man
who will not give honest servlce.how
ever. Is a serious Injury to the dairy
man, for he will soon turn a herd of
cows dry. But most of all, the man
who will quit unexpectedly Is the one
who makes dairying a troublesome
and unsatisfactory occupation. The
orchardlst can let his trees go unculti
vated for a few days without damage
resulting, and the grain farmer can let
his wheat stand In the field till he can
hire a new crew, but the dairyman has
work which must be done twice a day,
as regularly as the sun rises and sets.
A milker must therefore be as steady
as a machine.
From these observations it will be
seen why so many dairymen have In
xecent years given up the production
of milk and milk products. They
found the labor problem too hard for
them to solve. It is a problem which
vexes the dairyman not only in Ore
gon but In practically every part of the
United States. For this reason there
is need for a machine that will make
skilled milkers unnecessary and re
lieve milking of its character of drudg
ery. Reduction in cost of milking is
not the object to be accomplished,
though this, of course. Is an important
consideration. A machine successful
in Its operation will meet the demand
even if It does not reduce the cost In
the least.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has been giving attention
to the subject of milking machines,
and seems Inclined to believe that sev
eral of the contrivances now in use are
or can be made successful. Mrs. S. A.
Yoakam, Deputy Dairy and Food Com
missioner for Coos County, who has
charge of the dairy exhibit at the State
Fair, has milking machines in use on
her ranch, and at the last meeting of
the Dairyman's Association she as
sured the members that the machines
are a success. The particular advan
tages they are believed to possess are
regularity of service, thorough milk
ing, cleanliness and simplicity of operation.
THE CHARTER COMMISSION.
Appointment of a commission to re
vise the charter of Portland Is an
event which may prove to be of prime
importance to the city, and again it
may not. A good deal will depend
upon the spirit In which the commis
sion undertakes its task, upon the ex
perience, information and ability of
the members and upon the disposition
of the people to follow their work
with intelligent and sympathetic crit
icism. For.it must not be forgotten
that in this matter of charter revision
the citizens of Portland have the final
word to say, and, unless that word
is spoken fairly and wisely, the com
mission's labors may be of little con
sequence. It is conceded by most ob
servers that the charter we have is
unsatisfactory in essential particulars.
Perhaps its worst defect is the com
plicated nature of the government it
establishes. Wheel within wheel
grinds, whirls and buzzes with such a
complexity of forces, pulling in all
directions that the net result is stag
nation. It Is a common belief among
the taxpayers of Portland that, the
charter we have is unworkable.
What the charter seems to author
ize in one section it seems to forbid
In another. Few of the functions
which it provides for can be carried
out without litigation. At least this
appears to be the lesson of experience.
The Executive Board does not work
harmoniously in the scheme. It Is
often at outs with the Council and
sometimes with the Mayor. its
authority is apparently extensive, but
in reality vague and shadowy. Ac
tually, the Executive Board operates
like a superfluity upon the govern
mental system. It was created with
the best of intentions, no loubt, but
somebody failed to give those inten
tions the exact twist which bridges
the gulf between theory and practice.
Again, the civil service rules are not
to be commended. Instead of oper
ating to secure a continuous and
efficient public service, their main
effect Is to keep Incompetents In of
fice. The police force, of all thlnyg.v
ought to be under undivided and re
sponsible management. The present
civil service rules simply paralyze Its
control and leave- nobody responsible.
Discipline is difficult. Removal is
virtually Impossible.
The system of electing Councilmen
by wards has been condemned by
pretty nearly every well-informed
modern writer on municipal policy.
Publicists are not entirely agreed about
the wisdom of the Galveston or Des
Moines plan of eliminating the Coun
cil and lodging the government of the
city In a commission of five or six
members; but there is no disagreement
upon the precept that all Councilmen
should be chosen by the city at large.
Portland knows well how inefficient
the ward system has shown itself in
practice. Each member represents,
of necessity, a narrow group of voters
and can pay little attention to the
needs of the entire community. Worse
still, local politics put the members
In opposition to the Mayor, and we
have the spectacle of a divided gov
ernment working, not for the public
good, but to accomplish petty, fac
tional purposes. It Is conceded, too,
that the present charter makes in
sufficient provision for the municipal
interest in the matter of granting pub
lic service franchises.
The rights of the city are not
wholly ignored In this particular, but
in practice it turns out that the pro
visions for safeguarding them are
more apparent than real. They bear
many traces of the fine Italian hand
of the corporation lawyer.
It Is believed that the new commis
sion will labor to secure first of all
simplicity in the government of the
city. A complicated machine Is not
necessary and experience has proved
that It entails unnumbered evils. After
simplicity will come responsibility.
Whatever form is adopted each power
should be definitely located in some
clearly designated individual who may
be rewarded for his merits or pun
ished for his dereliction. It ought
to be possible to devise a charter un
der which no official can shirk the
blame for his misdeeds or his neg
ligence. Another . highly Important
matter Is the adoption of a modern
system of municipal bookkeeping.
This may seem trivial to many, but
if the taxpayers will consider how lit
tle they really know of. the way in
which their money is spent, where it
goes, what for and who gets it, they
will recognize the great advantage of
an Improved system. Complete pub
licity of municipal accounts is one of
the crying needs of the present time.
As Mr. Roosevelt has well said on
many occasions, publicity Is In Itself
a remedy for many evils.
What the commission will probably
try to do Is to formulate a plan of
government which shall give Port
land fuil opportunity to develop into
a great, beautiful and healthy city;
give each official a free hand to ex
ercise his ability for the public good
with full responsibility for his acts;
distribute equally and fairly the bur
dens of fire protection, water supply
and street Improvements; devise an
adequate scheme for keeping the
streets clean and disposing of gar
bage; provide for an efficient police
force and for safeguarding the public
health. Upon all these questions re
cent investigators have thought and
written abundantly. Many experi
ments have been made In other cities
and their results are at hand for our
instruction. It is hoped that the com
mission will make the best possible
use of all of them.
Mr. Harriman apparently fixed mat
ters up in first-class shape before he
left New York, for, while his special
Is rolling Westward the price of Mis
souri Pacific, the chief Gould prop
erty, continues to advance, the gain
yesterday being nearly three points.
The continued strength of the stock
market, especially railroad stocks, has
a tendency to confirm Mr. Harriman's
statement that he came to the rescue
of the Erie and the Gould system for
the purpose of preventing a general
depression In other stocks. In saving
the Wabash and the Erie from re
ceiverships, the railroad king not only
covered himself with glory, but in
cidentally protected a good many
thousand miles of railroad that might
have been unable to withstand the
hammering that would have followed
the announcement of any additional
receiverships at this time. Mr. Har
riman has always shunned notoriety
and for that reason his recent coups
have not been given the spectacular
publicity that is welcomed by other
lailroad klng3; but they have had a
remarkably healthy effect on the
market.
The peculiar attraction which a
railroad track holds for a man who
is deaf has never been explained. If
explanation is possible, but casualities
of this nature are about as numerous
as ever. Two of these victims of their
own infirmity were killed Wednesday,
one a laborer on the O. R. & N. and
the other .a prominent farmer of
Freewater, Or., the latter being struck
by an interurban car on the Walla
Waila-Freewater line. Railroads and
electric lines are indispensable fea
tures of our social and commercial
life, but they should never be used by
pedestrians who are hard of hearing.
The Sunday school lessons printed
in the daily papers make curious
reading sometimes. In the current
one the sage remark occurs that "the
best way to cure doubt is to' save
souls." Why under the sun should
anybody want to cure doubt since
doubt is the beginning of all Investiga
tion and progress? But if it must
be cured, we suggest that the best
remedy Is to tell nothing but the truth
and be ready to prove it.
-The law of gravitation is sometimes
noticeable In commerce as well as In
aeronautics, and for that reason Chi
cago wheat yesterday lost about one
half of the gain of the day previous.
As the decline left the May option
soaring well above $1. per bushel,
there is no occasion for great alarm
among the down-trodden farmers, and
the contributions to the Bryan fund
will not be seriously jeopardized by
reason of cheap wheat.
About one-half of the traveling
population of Portland would much
prefer a seat-whlle-you-rlde car to the
pay-as-you-enter- vehicle. The great
fear now oppressing the army of strap
hangers Is that the new scheme has
been Inaugurated In- order that a few
additional passengers can be hy
draullcked Into place when it is no
longer necessary for the conductor to
worm his way through the packed
aisles.
The tobacco trust has not been very
hard hit by the panic. On Wednesday
it announced a quarterly dividend of
2 per cent and 7 per cent extra on
common stock, the largest quarterly
distribution that has been made since
August, 1907. Even in hard times,
the necessities of life such as tobacco
and whisky are pretty certain to enjoy
a trade that knows no interruption.
As might have been expected, the
criminal law stands in a hopeless
muddle over Jackson Reid. Although
everybody admits that he committed
murder, still, It seems that there is
no way to punish him. This, of
course, excites no surprise. There is
no way to punish any criminal. To
this consummation has civilization
come at last.
The Sultan of Turkey is about to
arrest the grafters "who have made
his people miserable." We venture
to predict that there is one grafter
whom the Sultan will not disturb,
and he is the greatest and worst of
the lot. The good ruler can see the
picture of this malefactor in his
looking-glass almost any day.
Governor Cummins feels real bad
over the death of "Iowa's greatest
man" and has placed the state in of
ficial mourning. Let the Senatorship
wait, he says. Besides, it will take
time for the Governor to figure out a
way to appoint Iowa's surviving great
est man to the Senate.
It is costing a good deal of blood
shed In Persia to maintain for one
rather foolish man the privilege of
calling himself "Shah." Some day
the world will waken to the truth
which America discovered long ago,
that luxuries of this sort are too dear
at any price.
Forty-seven thousand barrels of
whisky were burned during a confla
gration at Midway, Ky., Wednesday
night. This suddenly-created short
age In available supplies can be but
partly filled by watering the remain
der of the stock.
President Bryan will, of course,
make Alton B. Parker his Chief Jus
tice of the United States Supreme
Court. Such touching fidelity and un
bought laudation as his Los Angeles
speech should be adequately re
warded. The increasing number of auto
mobile accidents doesn't decrease the
number of gentlemen and ladies who
are willing to take chances on preci
pices and grade-crossings and all
styles of midnight lunacy.
MORES VIEWS OF TABTS SPEECH
Republican aad Independent.
Albany Journal (Rep.).
It Is logical, direct, clear, exhaustive,
strong, conservative.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph (Rep.)
He states the Issues with clearness
and without any attempt at evasion.
Boston Advertiser (Rep.).
He is both forceful and judicial, care
ful in statement and clear In purpose.
Cleveland Leader (Rep.).
The next administration is to be no
echo of the present. It will be a ful
fillment, not an imitation.
Manchester (N. H.) Union (Rep.).
It gives assurance that there will be
no backward step, while Its calm, ju
dicial tone carries with It a deep sense
of reasonable conservatism.
Providence Journal (Ind. -Rep.).
Throughout the speech there IS a
wholesome spirit of self-restraint that
differentiates it from most of Mr.
Roosevelt's recent addresses.
Kennebec (Me.) Journal (Rep.).
It is a speech In which Candidate
Taft makes good and will make the
country more pleased at the opportu
nity to make him President Taft.
Utlca Press (Ind.).
The worst thing about Judge Taft's
speech is its length. It la difficult to
see how he could have said it any bet
ter if he really felt obliged to say so
much.
Hartford Courant (Rep.).
The speech Is eminently a reassur
ing, tranquillizing, healing speech
without a syllable of wild radicalism
or menace to honest business in it
from first to last.
Ohio State Journal (Rep.).
Judge Taft's whole speech gives to
his party the assurances that It Is on
the right path, and the whole country
will feel this assurance, as the cam
paign progresses.
Portland (Me.) Advertiser (Rep.).
The following of this policy means
the carrying out of plans already made
and well understood, so that there need
be no disturbance of business If the
Republican party Is again Intrusted
with the management of the Nation's
affairs,
Cleveland News (Rep.).
There Is much In his speech which
will find favor with the admirers of
President Roosevelt. There is also
much which will recommend the Candi
date to all -who perceive danger in
some of the President's measures and
utterances.
Detroit News (Rep.).
He wants to carry out the plans of
Roosevelt. He wants to make every
Roosevelt principle operative. Where
he cannot do so with existing laws, he
will labor for new laws. Where he can
substitute common sense for red tape
he will do so.
Washington Post (Ind.).'
There is no doubt of his intention
to carry forward the Roosevelt poli
cies. There is calmness in the an
nouncement of his position; but it is
the calmness of a firm man, who does
not need to shout in order to empha
size the fixedness of his purpose.
Baltimore News (Ind.).
We venture the assertion that one
William J. Bryan, after reading Mr.
Taft's speech, has increased respect for
his political acumen. It is difficult to
see wherein Mr. Bryan is going to carry
out that programme of posing as the
real logical successor to Mr. Roose
velt. Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.).
The speech, on the whole, must be re
garded as conservative, and it should
be acceptable to the legitimate business
interests of the country. It affords
them, anyhow, all the conservatism
they will be apt to get at present, and
all they can hope for in some years
to come.
Boston Herald (Ind.).
In this speech, more than in any oth
er that he has made, he has revealed
the qualities of a statesman of broad
views, with a clear understanding of
the life and history and spirit of the
great Nation over which he will soon
be called to preside; he has shown sa
gacity and firmness, courtesy and a
wise optimism. ,
Washington Star (Ind.).
If elected to succeed Mr. Roosevelt,
he will use all the powers of his office
toward completing what has been
worthily begun. If there la material
In this for those of his enemies who
in their attacks dwell upon the charge
that he is Mr. Roosevelt's candidate, he
makes them welcome to it
Democratic Comment.
Albany Argus.
It Is defensive, labored, and apologet
ic to an unprecedented degree.
Providence News-Democrat.
One thing that strikes the reader of
the speech is the strained effort to take
the wind out of Colonel Bryan's sails.
Virginia Times-Dispatch (Dem.).
It reveals a man divided between two
instincts, that of loyalty to his chief
tain and that of anxiety to soothe the
business Interests which that chieftain
has so thoroughly alarmed.
Charleston News and Courier.
The bad trusts will not be frightened
by it. and the good trusts ought to chip
In handsomely for the Taft campaign
fund. The only people apparently who
cannot exact some sort of comfort or
doubt from it are the white people of
the South.
Buffalo Times, Chairman Mack's Paper.
In a speech of 12,000 words, Judge
Taft has not contributed a sentence to
the education of the people in political
matters. There Is no backbone, no
meat, no strength In his speech. From
beginning to end it is a plain attempt
to keep on both sides of the great is
sues which are to be fought out in
the campaign.
Charleston Evening Post.
Mr. Taft Is a conservative; he has a
Judicial mind; when he discusses the
phases of the anti-injunction idea he
speaks with profundity and impressive
ness as to the legal aspects of the
things that are, but when he attempts
to present the things that should be
he loses himself In a political maze
that he cannot thread.
Detroit Free Press.
It is a most satisfying speech to
those whose admiration of Roosevelt
policies and methods is unqualified, and
not less so to those whose admiration
of the policies is less qualified than
their admiration of the mechanism by
which it has been sought to give them
effect. The fact that it is satisfying
In quality to both these large elements
In the electorate does not detract from
Its strength.
Kentucky Gazette.
It Is not likely to arouse any great
enthusiasm, and the country can hardly
overlook the fact that the Republican
candidate has put himself so far In ad
vance of his own platform and the po
sition of the really dominant force in
the Republican party as to make the
execution of his pledges an Impossibility.
BOTH AJfTI-INJrxCTIOX FLANKS
Judge WHIIama Points Out the Danger
in the Democratic Utterance.
PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Editor.)
Much Is said about the anti-Injunction
planks in the Republican and Democratic
platforms and It is claimed that the Demo
cratic platform proposes all the relief re
quired while the Republican platform pro
poses nothing of the kind. It is easy to
show the fallacy of this claim so far as
the Issuance of Injunctions is concerned
by putting the planks of the two plat
forms in Juxtaposition. Both platforms
profess a high regard for the courts and
then the Republican platform proceeds as
follows:
We believe, however, that the rules of
procedure in the Federal Courta with re
spect to the Issuance of the writ of Injunc
tion should be more accurately defined by
statute and that no injunction or temporary
restraining order should be issued without
notice except where Irreparable Injury
would result from delay, in which case a
speedy hearing should be granted.
The plank in 'the Democratic platform
upon the subject Is as follows:
Experience has proven the necessity of a
modification of the present law relating to
Injunctions, and we reiterate the pledge
of our National olatforma of 1806 and 104
in favor of the measure which passed the
I'nlted States Senate in 1806. one which a
Republican Congress has ever since refused
o enact, relating to contempts In Federal
i . urts and- providing for trial by Jury In
cases of Indirect contempt. Questions of
Judicial practice have arisen, especially in
connection with Industrial disputes. We
deem that parties to all Judicial proceed
ings should be treated with rigid Impar
tiality and that Injunctions should not be
Issued in any cases In which Injunctions
would not issue if no Industrial dispute were
involved.
It will be noticed that the Republican
platform provides for notice before an in
junction or restraining order can be is
sued except in extreme cases, while the
Democratic platform makes no provision
for notice in any case.
The vital point In this discussion, if
there is any, is that persons should not be
enjoined or restrained by the courts be
fore they have had notice of the applica
tion for the writ and an opportunity to be
heard In their own defense.
Suppose Congress should pass an act
providing, as set forth In the Democratic
platform, that: "Injunctions should not be
Issued In any cases In which injunctions
would not Issue If no Industrial dispute
were involved." It would amount to
nothing, for two reasons: First Injunc
tions are not now and never were Issued
exclusively because an industrial dispute
is Involved. Injunctions are Issued be
cause certain persons threaten to injure
or destroy the property or business of
other persons and it makes no difference
whether these threats arise out of an in
dustrial dispute or otherwise. If mer
chants or farmers were to indulge In such
threats and were considered dangerous,
an Injunction would issue just as readily
in that case as in a case where an indus
trial dispute was Involved.
Second No limitation or restriction upon
the power of the courts to issue in
junctions is proposed in the Democratlo
platform. Any judge to whom an ap
plication for an Injunction is made where
an Industrial question is involved can say:
"This Is a case In which I would Issue
an injunction if no industrial dispute was
involved and therefore I will issue an in
junction in this case." It may be as
sumed as absolutely certain that no Judge
would issue an Injunction unless the facts
Independent of the fact that the de
fendants were laborers, mechanics, mer
chants or farmers warranted its Issue.
If the provision in the Democratic plat
form for Jury trials in case of contempts
is more favorable to labor than the law
as it now stands it is equally favorable
to all other persons.
To be valid a law providing for Jury
trials in cases for contempts must be
general In Its operation. It cannot be
made to apply to any particular class of
persons and therefore under such a law
a railroad or other corporation might at
tempt to appropriate to Its use the prop
erty of a citizen without compensation
therefor and " if enjoined by a court
might trample the Injunction under its
feet and by expensive and protracted
litigation in a Jury case practically ac
complish the purpose it had in view. Re
cent Judicial proceedings in Idaho, Ore
gon and San Francisco show something of
the expense, delays and difficulties of
Jury trials. The fact is that this pro
vision in the Democratic platform is an
Implied invitation to people to defy the
courts as much as to say: "If an injunc
tion Is lsBued by a Federal Court which
does not please you, disregard and treat
it with contempt and we will try to
empanel a jury that will justify your
conduct." It seems to me that every in
telligent person ought to see that to strip
the courts of the power by appropriate
means to enforce their orders. Judgments
and decrees is to strike a destructive blow
at the independence, efficiency and useful
ness of such courts. It Is radicalism
gone mad.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
Does Thla Refer to Mr. Bryan?
Dallas (Texas) News.
Up to the present time, the great
man who knows how to hold his tongue
cautiously how to evade dangerous
Issues and questions, how to devote his
energy and emphasis to far distant or
Imaginary enemies of the people, or to
matters upon which everybody Is
agreed he Is the great man who is
quite sure to win and to keep the high
est and best of the public offices In this
country.
Misleading Names.
Kansas City Star.
Royal names for hotels are some
times the cause of peculiar misunder
standings. An aged farmer from the
home country decided to make a visit
to Toronto. It was the first time he
had been at a city station, and when a
hotel crier hurried to him with the In
terrogation: "King Edward?" the new
comer simply smiled as he answered:
"No. sir; Thomas Cox, of Eramosa."
His First Thought.
Chicago News.
The Arab guide was showing the
American politician the pyramids.
"And It took 30 years to build them,"
said the guide.
The American politician gave a sigh
of envy.
"Thirty years to build? Great Scott!
Just think of the opportunity to graft!"
Descent of Mr. Cortelyou's Ambition.
Kansas City Star.
Mr. Cortelyou's "boom" for President
fizzled. Then he had a boom for Gov
ernor of New York, and that fizzled.
Next, probably, he will be suggested
for Mayor of New York City, and that
will fizzle. Ultimately he may be men
tioned for Deputy City Clerk, and
something may come of that
Cincinnati's New Glorlea.
Washington Star.
The pride that Cincinnati used to feel
in its pork-packing houses and its
breweries has been completely eclipsed
by Its political glories.
Our Kewest EnKlleh Word.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
"Airmanship" Is the newest addition
to the language. Why not, as well as
seamanship?
. HARRIMAN A MAKEH OF HISTOK1
He Moves In the Railroad World After
Hla Own Peculiar Faahlon.
Washington Star.
The public is not in a position to
comprehend the full significance of E.
H. Harrlmarr's latest activities in the
aggrandizement of his railroad hold
ings. It is aware that certain negotia
tions are in progress with the Gould in
terests for the absorption by the Har
riman system of the Gould lines. But
the enterprises embrace such a vast
array of values and such complex
financial relations that It is beyond the
powers of the average citizen to obtain
more than a casual Impression of the
proceedings. The figures of American
railroad systems today are so Immense
In their totals and their significance
that it takes a bookkeeper to keep
track of transnortation oDerations In
) detail. When It comes to finance the
man In the street is likely to be utter
ly bewildered by the differentiations
between common and preferred stock,
between classes of bonds, between
leaseholds and options.
But out of the maze of this situation
appears one plain fact, that Harriman,
unquestionably the master mind of the
railroad world today, is at this time
engaged in an effort to Increase his
power. It Is not to be doubted that If
he succeeds in his present negotiations
and obtains control of the Gould sys
tem he will be an irresistible factor In
dustrially In this country. He Is as
suming a tremendous responsibility
and It must be believed that he Is con
scious of it. No man can gather to
himself such power lightly. It may
be merely a game with Mr. Harriman,
perhaps the pursuit of an ideal of con
centrated influence second to none In
the world, or It may be a sincere effort
tq, Improve the transportation condi
tions of the country. It Is said by Mr.
Harriman's friends that he Is a great
builder, a conservator of vast forces,
an organizer of the highest ability. It
is said by his enemies that he is mere
ly a stock gambler on a vast scale who
cares nothing for the welfare of those
whose property he uses In his game.
Whatever may be the truth the fact
remains that when he moves In the
railroad world after his own peculiar
fashion he makes history.
Happy In Lifting Others' Burdens.
Baltimore American.
A rich young woman in Rhode Island,
recently rendered miserable through n
unhappy marriage, has sought relief from
her troubles by becoming a trained nurse.
This sensible young woman has discov
ered that nature supplies a great pana
cea for unhapplnees of mind or body in
hard work, and also the alchemy of
transmuting one's own unhapplneas into
a means of relieving the sorrows of
others. She has adopted a much braver
way of getting rid of her burdens than
by suicide, the refuge of the weak.
A Universal Worklnsrman.
Emerson.
I believe In a spade and an acre of
good ground. Whoso cuts a straight
path to his own living by the help of
God, in the sun and rain and sprouting
grain, seems to me a universal work
Ingman. He solves the problem of
life not for one, but for all men of
sound body:
Statesman's Educational Trip.
Dallas (Texas) News.
Hon. David R. Francis' trip to Europe
Is said to be preliminary to an active
stump speaking campaign for Mr.
Bryan. He goes abroad, perhaps, to
learn a few foreign figures of speech.
Professional Jealousy.
Washington Star.
Journalistic circles cannot fail to be
somewhat disturbed by these reports
that Editor Bryan and Editor Hearst
do not speak. The line on professional
Jealousy should be drawn somewhere.
Jobs for Them In OreRon.
Boston Transcript.
A prominent New York lawyer says
there are 5000 young law-school grad
uates In that city looking for positions.
The harvest season Is not yet ended.
A Boon to SmuKKlera.
Boston Transcript.
Customs officials are said to fear the
advent of airships. Smugglers would
doubtless find them preferable to pneu
matic tubes.
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SECTION OF THE
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OREGONIAN
WHAT THE BOYS OF THE
GREAT FLEET WILL
SEE IN NEW ZEALAND
They will then be among a kin
dred people, speaking their own
language.
ON THE WAY TO THE WELL
One of George Holman's pho
tographs a full page in colors.
WORLD-FAMOUS SEARCHERS
FOR THE SPIRIT LAND
Distinguished scientists who are
bringing their highly-trained
minds to bear on the absorbing
and overshadowing question of an
after-life.
MRS. JOHN W. KERN,
OF INDIANAPOLIS
Wife of the Democratic Vice
Presidential candidate; a model
housekeeper, yet active in the
work of reform.
"WHAT'S TEDDY GOIN'
TO AFRICA FOR?"
"One dollar a word," says the
lintel Clerk, and he proceeds to
satirize modest publishers and
royal huntsmen, and pictures rare
sport on the Nile.
'GYPSY
BOYS OF
OHIO Y,
M. C. A.s
Orderly, cleanly lads who rough
it on foot for their Summer outing.
MYSTERY OF THE
SILVER SKULL
The thousands who have been
reading the chronicles of Creston
Clarke may look forward to a 'fas
cinating story. Like its prede
cessors, this story is complete in
itself.
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