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PORTLAND. BATIRDAT. AIG. S. 190.
, TirE WORLD'S COXVERSIOX,
In trying to put a good face upon Its
flop to Bryan ism the New York World
says many amusing things and some
true ones. Naturally it strives to ac
complish the "conversion" by insen
sible gradations. First it ventures a
little unkind reflection upon Mr. Taft.
"Is he his own man or a puppet?"
the great organ of Independent Dem
ocracy cautiously inquires. Then
follows a couple of columns of modi
fled praise for Mr. Bryan. Forget
ting its famous map, which proved
that the Nebraskan was the most un
popular of all possible candidates and
utterly hopeless of election. The
World is now amazed at his tremen
dous hold on the people and Intimates
that if Mr. Taft beats him it will be
by a close rub. It is shocked into
Bryanlsm principally by Mr. Roose
velt's usurpations and assaults upon
the courts, but it views with alarm
also the extravagant appropriations
which he has misled Congress into
granting. All these things The World
has meditated upon in the stilt
watches of the night and they have
gradually turned its convictions
Brjanward.
When one la determined to be con
verted, he can always find reasons for
It, but he cannot always keep them
from looking funny. Spiritual flops
of this made-to-order character al
most invariably have their solemnity
Impaired by a touch of the ludicrous.
In The World's case there is more
than a touch. It has learned nothing
about Mr. Bryan since the Denver
convention which it has not known
for years; yet in spite of that knowl
edge this leading Democratic paper
' Jn the United States has systemati
! cally decried the ability, motives and
; conduct of tho 'Nebraskan. Now,
: with no reason for the reversal except
that he has been nominated. It turns
6quarely around and begins to laud
end magnify him. We do not blame
i The World for seeking assiduously
' to give some cover of decency to this
: change of heart. We commiserate it,
In fact, for not being able to find a
' robe that conceals more and reveala
less. Its plight is one that almost
: commands pity, for It usually wrings
a sympathetic heart to see human be
ings in distress, even when they have
deserved it.
i One could wish, however, that The
World might, for Its own sake, have
chosen to obscure its trail by some
other method than by slandering Mr.
Roosevelt so outrageously. It speaks
of him in recent issues almost as
I venomously as it used to speak of
I Mr. Bryan before the Denver con
' vention came off. "Never before was
there such a debauch of extravagance
In modern government as that which
the Roosevelt administration is re
sponsible for," shouts the bewildered
metropolitan paper. It forgets that
Mr. Roosevelt cannot spend a penny
of the public funds until he has been
authorized by Congress and that
throughout his term of office Con
gress has been hostile to him. If
there has been extravagance some
' body besides the President must
: be blamed for it, if one wishes to be
' fair. Fairness, however, can hardly
be numbered among the more con
spicuous traits of The World when
It plunges into politics. "The excesses
of the Roosevelt administration will
hurt" Mr. Taft, is another of The
World's pretty speeches.
Since these "excesses' have made
Mr. Roosevelt the most popular Pres
ident who ever dwelt in the White
House, it is difficult to understand
how they can hurt Taft. In the first
place, he is not to blame for them,
and if he were, is the public likely to
condemn in him what it praises and
admixes In Roosevelt? The trouble
with The World and a .number of
other New York papers is that they
have no perspective. They see neither
widely nor truly. Shut in by the walls
of their conceit and Ignorance, they
Imagine that they discern the con
dition of the entire country when in
reality they do not see beyond their
! own noses. Though those organs are
In some cases pretty long, still they
do not reach very far across the
United States. But enough of this.
The agony in which The World is
laboring would, perhaps, excuse even
greater excesses of language than it
employs. The sorry predicament of
a great newspaper which is In the act
of denying all that it has affirmed, and
affirming all it has denied, should ex
cite tears rather than mirth and The
Oregonlan proceeds, therefore, to hide
Its smiles and squeeze out a few tears
of condolence with Its New York con
temporary. ( . THE DUTCH NAVY.
When Admiral Jaoob Van Heema
kerk was laid to rest In the Old
' Church at Amsterdam, they carved
upon his tombstone: "The man who
' ever Eteered his way through Ice or
Iron.- Several oenturies have passed
' since this remarkable sea fighter was
killed during one of his victorious
conflicts with the Spanish, but there
is still fighting blood In the Dutch,
and there may be particular fitness
In the fact that the battleship that the
Dutch are sending down to Venezuela
for the puropes of administering cas
tlgatlon to the insulting Castro bears
the historic name Jacob Van Heems-
kerk. The Dutch have been engaged
in peaceful pursuits for so long, and
they are naturally of euch a calm
phlegmatic disposition that Castro
may have got the impression xnat
they would express no resentment
While he was heaping insults on them.
Holland 1 not a. very large country.
but she seems to have a navy ample
for any demands that will be made
upon her by a two-bit country like
Venezuela. In addition to the battle
ship Jacob Van Heemskerl:, which is a
vessel of 5211 tons, with a crew of
441 men, the Dutch government has
also sent the 4000-ton cruiser Geld
erland to Venezuela. The Dutch navy
consists of ten armored cruisers and
battleships, six unarmored cruisers
and eleven gunboats and a number of
torpedo-boat destroyers, a fleet suf
ficiently large to make considerable
trouble for Castro or any other mon
arch resting on a similarly precarious
pedestal. Holland aiso nas a mer
chant marine which could be used
for transport service In case it was
necessary, the big liner Rotterdam.
Just completed, being one of the larg
est steamers afloat, with capacity to
carry enough troops at a single trip
to whip Castro's army into submission.
Tn aplectlncr Holland as an object on
which to vent his displeasure, Castro
may have used good Judgment so far
as the size of the country was con
cerned, but he may have misjudged
hoi.- ftirhrtnir ability. The ghost of
Van Heemskerk may guide the bat
tleship that bears his name.
MR. HARRTMAX'S VISIT.
Xfr. Hirrlirmn will tndav begin his
hard-earnod vacation, and it will be
In Oregon. It is pleasant lor ure
ernn thus to be favored as the seat
o
of the great man's annual recreation.
It is a mighty state, an Interesting
and beautiful state, with many at
irnptlve retreats and inviting soli
tudes where the most harassed of the
world's busv men may certainly Una
rest, refreshment and rejuvenation.
Oregon wishes Mr. Harrlman well,
and It hopes that he will get much
heneflt from his month 8 stay nere. J.I
ventures to hope also that Oregon
may derive some benefit. We feel
sure that it will, for there are many
indications that Mr. Harrlman is in
a kindly mood toward this long-
neglected state and tnat ne win soon
carry out his delayed schemes of
building to Coos Bay, to Tillamook,
through Central Oregon and else
whore We are willing: to think that
ho hi4 vroaf nln for Oreeron which
were Interrupted and for the time de
feated by the panic last Fan. 'rne
financial skies are brighter now, and
money Is easier to get; at least it Is
easier for Mr. Harrlman to get, as
he has shown by his extraordinary
rnnnn. both in the Erie and the Gould
systems. Probably there will be funds
soon for the Oregon enterprises. We
cannot doubt it.
"Rut whatever hnrmens to Oregon a
cherished railroad projects, Mr. Har
rlman Is a guest within our borders
and ho in welcome. Let him forget
his worries. If he has any, and let us
refrain from worrying him in any
way.
OFFICIAL MOIRN'IXG.
According to Governor Cummins,
Iowa Is in "official mourning" for the
late Senator Allison. The distinction
at which he hints between official and
real mourning is of vital importance
to anybody who desires to fathom the
inner secrets of life and death. Doubt
less Mr. Cummins himself is at this
moment mourning officially for the
departed Senator. That his soul is
burdened with much genuine woe is
matter for question. Now that the
aged Mr. Allison has effected his
triumphant entry into Paradise, the
way is open to Governor Cummins to
make a flowery progress to the Fed
eral Senate, which is a sort of earthly
Paradise preferred by some to the
heavenly one. How, then, can he be
grieved over what has happened? His
mourning, purely official, is but a de
corous tribute to propriety. Why
propriety demands so many false
hoods from us all It Is not necessary
to inquire at this moment.
Official mourning is a very ancient
practice, which has lost a great many
of its more picturesque rites. In an
cient Egypt It was not confined to de
parted Senators, but any person of
sufficient wealth could provide his
remains with any quantity of official
grief which he might desire. Mourn
ing for the dead was a regular pro
fession in that highly convenient land
and was held in much esteem. A band
of mourners whom long practice had
made very expert accompanied the
funeral procession, shrieking, tearing
their hair and scratching their faces.
The vigor of the shrieks and scratches
was in accurate proportion to the
size of their fees. In Mr. Allison's
official funeral possibly Mr. Cannon's
committee of Congressmen may be
compared with the professional
mourners of Egypt, though If there
should be a corporation lawyer among
them perhaps his grief is more sin
cere. There is more than a trace of In
sincerity In most funerals. As a rule,
the grief expressed exceeds what Is
felt, and the customs which prevail
are full of barbaric survivals. When
shall we forsake this paganism and
adopt the Christian idea that the body
Is but an empty shell which It is best
to cast Into the Are and consume ut
terly without fetlshistic rites?
THE FARMERS' WEALTH.
Wheat in the Eastern Oregon and
Washington fields has been selling as
high as 80 cents per bushel, and
barley has sold up to J 1.2 5 per
cental. At these prices the Portland
exporters have succeeded In dislodg
ing a comparatively small fraction of
the amount available for export, the
remainder being held by farmers for
higher prices. If the farmers are suc
cessful in securing higher prices, or
even continuation of the present
prices, the crop this year will pro
duce nearly it not quite as much
money as the much larger crop of last
year. It will be remembered now,
In the face of the rich man's panic
and the shortage of ready cash, all of
the interior banks were well sup
piled by the deposits of the men who
had harvested a big crop of 75-cent
wheat.
Fortunately for the country as a
whole, the good crops this year are
not all confined to the Pacific North
west, for throughout the country there
Is much better than an average crop
and the wheat yield alone promises to
exceed that of last year by 100,000,000
bushels, which, at present prices, will
give every man, woman and child in
the United States an average of $1
more spending money than was ob
tainable from the same source last
year. The corn crop of the country
promises to be larger than that of
last year, and the oats crop Is a record-breaker,
and all are selling at
unusually high prices. In the face of
such conditions, there Is small won
der that financiers and politicians
alike are predicting an early return
of prosperity on a greater scale than
ever.
The almost fabulous amount of
money that the farm products of this
country will this year produce is
difficult for the ordinary mind to
comprehend. To quote from a recent
writer in the Review of Reviews:
"When we remember that the Ameri
can farmer earnB enough in seven
teen days to buy out Standard Oil and
enough In fifty days to wipe Carne
gie and the steel trust off the indus
trial map, the story of the trusts
seems like 'the short and simple an
nals of the poor,.' "
It Is In the prosperity of the farmer
that we must look for speedy return
to the good times which were so sud
denly disturbed last Fall, and with
good crops and high prices assured,
not even a political upheaval of over
whelming proportions can stay the re
turn 'of prosperity. When it comes
to a question of matching wealth and
resources, the American farmers have
the railroad magnates and trust bar
ons so badly distanced that they can
never catch up. This Is probably the
reason that socialism and anarchy
are seldom heard of in farming com
munities. i '
SECOND OR FIRST CHOICK?
The ChehaJis Bee-Nugget has taken
Its pencil in hand to make a few cal
culations as to the second choice pro
vision of the Washington direct pri
mary law. It has reached the some
what startling conclusion that a can
didate for any state office who is not
really the first choice of the voters
may very easily get the nomination.
It will be remembered that there Is
a provision in the Washington pri
mary law that a successful candidate
for a state or Congressional office must
get 40 per cent of the votes for that
office, provided there 6haII be not
less than four candidates theVefor. It
is the assumption of the law that any
man running for office against three
competitors, and getting 40 per cent
of. all the votes, must be regarded as
the real choice of his party. It is
also the assumption that If he gets
less than 40 per cent he is not the
choice. Now here is where the sec
ond choice arrangement becomes ef
fective. The Bee-Nugget makes the fol
lowing Illustration:
Here la an example of the way the first
and second choice provision of tho law1
might work out In practice: It la assumed
that there are four candldatea for the office
of Governor and that their vote 1 as fol
lows: Com-
Flrrrt Second bined, 1st
Choice. Choice. anrt 2d.
McCarthy 20.000 8.000 45,000
Sehmlta 80.000 10.000 40.000
Llndetrom 15.000 50.000 85,000
Sippl 38,000 15,000 60,000
Nona of the candidates received 40 per cent
of the first choice votes, hut It will be no
ticed that the man who received the smallest
first choice vote received the largest second
choice vote in fact, half of the voters pre
ferred him as second- choice and his combined
vote save him the nomination. This is an
extreme case and shows how the problem
might work out. It Is lust aa probable that
the man who had the moat first choice votes
would also have the most second choice
votes. The problem will work out many
ways and It will be Interesting to watch the
election returns on the second choice vote.
It is obvious, of course, that the
Bee-Nugget had in mind the very in
teresting Gubernatorial contest In
Washington, where there are five or
more candidates for the Republican
nomination, three, or perhaps four,
having considerable elements of
strength. It would appear to be high
ly doubtful whether any of the four
shall succeed in getting 40 per cent
of the vote, and It becomes important
to know what Is going to become of
the second choice vote. It Is probable
that the candidate who shall succeed
in impressing the largest number of
voters that he is good enough as an
alternative of their particular choice
will win the nomination. There are
some people, indeed, who believe that
the second choice Is likely to be the
best choice, Inasmuch as many voters
are influenced in declaring for a can
didate as first choice by reasons of
locality, of personal acquaintance or
of partisan considerations.
The Washington contest for Gov
ernor is an extremely sharp affair
and is stirring up nearly as many an
tagonisms as the Senatorial fight. Yet
with this second choice arrangement
It is possible that such a candidate
will be named as will command the
general support of his party. It must
be added, however, that nothing but
a practical demonstration of its oper
ation will determine whether the sec
ond choice provision is satisfactory or
not.
THE MVESTOCK SHOW.
The coming exhibition of the Pa
cific National Livestock Show In this
city next month, promises to equal,
and, in some respects eclipse, the
wonderful exhibition of livestock
which, during the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, brought to this city ex
hibitors and spectators from all parts
of the United States. The generous
purses hung up for the races will
attract the best-bred horses on the
Pacific Coast, which. In effect, means
the best In the world. Some idea of
the magnitude of the exhibit which
will be here can be gleaned from the
announcement that a single breeder,'
Frank Alley, of Roseburg. will bring
two carloads of horses, and another,
D. H. Looney, will have on exhibit
three herds of Jersey cattle, and three
herds of Guernseys. When it is con
sidered that entries of similar mag
nitude are being made by stockmen
and horsemen from all prominent sec
tions of . Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and British Columbia, as
well as entries from states farther
east, It is easy to understand that the
initial show given on the magnificent
grounds of the Country Club Is certain
to prove an attraction that has never
been excelled In the Pacific North
west. Oregon racie horses have made their
native state famous on the best tracks
in the United States, and, while the
sport has been permitted to languish
for a few years, there Is indisputable
evidence of a revival of interest in
clean legitimate racing, which is the
only kind that will be tolerated at the
Portland meets. Many of the great
est equine stars that ever went down
the Grand circuit made their debut In
Oregon, and, with a revival of Interest
In breeding for speed and style, there
will come other worthy successors of
the animals that have made Oregon
famous in the East.
But the race horse part of the big
show is by no means the most Im
portant, for the Pacific Northwest is.
Just at this time, showing greater In
terest than ever before 'in the breed
ing of high-grade cattle, hogs and
sheep. There is building in this city
the largest packing plant west of the
Rocky Mountains, and to keep it in
operation will create enormous mar
ket for all of the livestock that can
be produced on the Pacific Coast as
well as for hundreds of miles back
from the Coast region proper. The
first meet of the Pacific National Live
stock Show Is already assured of
success, and the interest that will be
awakened by the big exhibits that
have made application for space will
in due season be reflected in much
finer stock.
The cost of producing a good ani
mal Is no greater than that of a poor
one, and there is a great difference
in the net returns. Nothing of a
similar nature undertaken since the
Lewis and Clark fair will equal this
first great stock show held at the new
fair grounds in this city.
Nothing more effectually demon
strates the growing faith of the, pub
lic in the ultimate success of aerial
navigation than the immediate and
liberal response made by the Germans
to an appeal for funds with which to
replace Count Zeppelin's wrecked air
ship. The mind of man does not have
to run very far back to reach the per
iod when airship builders were re
garded as cranks entitled to but lit
tle more consideration than was
shown the builders of perpetual mo
tion machines. The experiments of
Zepplin were so successful, however,
that, before the wreckage from his
ship had been cleared away, money
to replace It was pouring in from all
directions. Perhaps the most distress
ing part of the accident for Zeppelin,
now that the money loss has been
made up, lies In the possibility that
some rival experimenter will get
nearer the goal of perfect success be
fore the unfortunate German can re
place his wrecked machine.
Nearly every friend of the Columbia
River will note with regret the fierce
political fight now raging between
Senator Ankeny and Representative
Jones. It is a contest In which the
result, regardless of which is the win
ner, will mean a loss to that portion
of the State of Washington that is
friendly to the great waterway. Sen
ator Ankeny, In his six years at Wash
ington, has attained a prestige which
will be denied a new man, no matter
how great his merits. Congressman
Jones is even more firmly intrenched
In power in the House, and through
out his career has been a. consistent
worker for the Columbia River.
Through years of service he has
reached a position of considerable In
fluence, and the state would be a
loser by exchanging an experienced
Congressman for a new Senator.
The Government crop report, which
appeared yesterday, hardly bears out
the damage reports that have been
given generous circulation In the
Eastern markets. A Spring wheat
condition of 88.7, compared with 79.4
per cent on August 1 last year, and a
ten-year average of 82.7 per cent, can
hardly be regarded as indicating a
very bad crop. Preliminary threshing
returns indicate a Winter wheat yield
considerably larger than last year, and
the condition of corn Is placed at 82.5
per cent, compared with, a ten -year
average of 83.1 per cept. With final
quantitative statements on the crop
yet some distance in the future, it is
full early to be working up to record
prices . with nothing worse than this
kind of a showing for a basis.
The editor of the Northwest Farm
and Home, an Eastern Washington
publication, makes a belated protest
against the award of the Portland
Commercial Club prize to a Baltimore
clergyman. "We wonder why," says
this disappointed editor, "the commit
tee on awarding the prize went to the
Atlantic Coast to find a Baptist min
ister who is so coarse and common a
liar, Instead of recognizing some of
the ingenious fertile and talented Mun
chausen of the Pacific Northwest."
To show that there was no lack of
local talent of the kind mentioned, it
might be said that the editor of the
Farm and Home was among the un
successful contestants for the prize.
Arizona civilization may be gauged
by the treatment . Mrs. Wardwell, the
leper, is receiving. Although every
educated physician knows that lep
rosy is not contagious, the poor
woman has been driven Insane by the
ignorant savagery of the authorities
In detaining her. The fact that Mrs.
Wardwell's husband has a cancer
leads to interesting reflections upon
our marriage customs. What sort
if progeny may be expected from a
union of leprosy with cancer?
The philosophers who teach that
the world is mostly populated with
fools have much to Justify them. If
the Seattle mob that flocked td gape
and sneer and snicker over the
dlrectoire gowns in the window of a
cunning shopkeeper, was not a mass
of fools, what was it? Folly and
lubricity were pretty evenly mingled
in that mob.
By New York law betting Is a crime,
but for all that Judge Gaynor decides
that you may bet with a friend,
though not with strangers. Murder
is also a crime, at least in theory, and
on the same principle you may kill
your friend, but - not your enemy.
Thus do new beauties In the criminal
law perpetually unveil themselves.
If labor strikes are acts of war, and
they certainly are, they should be con
ducted by the rules of war, one of
which prescribes suddenness and tak
ing the enemy by surprise. As mili
tary artists, therefore, the Parisian
electrical strikers merit more praise
than some of our American working
men. .
Did you read that story about the
New York automobilist who went over
a 300-foot precipice with his machine
and friends, and all miraculously
were caught by a friendly bush?
Every precipice. It is evident, ought
to be equipped with a strong and
healthy bush.
Possibly It might be arranged to
lose all the games In the next Olym
piad to the English; and then noth
ing ca occur to disturb the British
American entente. Entente would
seem to be the right word.
Mr. Harrlman says he is indifferent
as to whether Bryan or Taft shall be
elected. Is he official spokesman for
the entire Ananias Club?.
WHY XO PARCELS - POST PLANK t
Republican and Democratic Platforms
Inadequate on One Reform.
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., Aug. 3. (To
the Editor.) This is the season for
Uncle Sam's quadrennial stocktaking.
The National business of the last four
years is being reviewed, the balance
struck, and plans laid for future bet
terments. Among these betterments some po
litical parties have included postofice
savings banks; but. so far as I have
seen, no party has demanded an up-to-date
parcels post. Certainly parcels
post, in any adequate sense, Is tabooed
by both Republicans and Democrats in
their National platforms.
Why Is this thus?
The present situation is too utterly
ridiculous! Living here in the ex
treme West, Just as far as the Star of
Empire permits, I can send by mall 11
pounds in a single package to London,
England, for $1.32. But If I want to
mail 11 pounds to the nearest town,
Monterey, two miles distant, I must
divide it into three packages, because
not more than., four pounds is per
mitted In one parcel at domestic mer
chandise rates, and then pay $1.76
postage. That is, our postoffice
charges me 44 cents more to send ll
pounds for two miles than it charges
for sending the same weight 6003 miles.
Whose fault is this?
Is it the negligence of the Postmaster-General?
Certainly the blame
does not rest with this official, nor
with President Roosevelt. These gen
tlemen have It in their power to con
clude conventions with foreign coun
tries as to postal affairs. Hence the
$1.32 rate for 11-pound packages to
distant lands. But they cannot touch
domestic rates. These are regulated
by Congress.
Who regulates Congress?
Popular fiction ascribes this function
to "the people." But, as Lowell found
50 -years ago, a mysterious agency In
the background Is apt to "arrange for
the people their wants and desires."
This agency has sown broadcast fre
quent statements that cheap parcels
post would ruin the retail merchants
wherever found. It has sedulously ad
vertised the mall-order houses by pub
lishing in the rural press statements
that these houses sell cheaper than
can local merchants, and that, were post
age rates made reasonable, local merchants
would all go broke. Put badly, cheaper
transportation would kill local trade. This,
of course, puts to derision the whole
world's experience. Moreover, In this
special particular the world's experi
ence is quite definite. Parcels post has
been In actual operation In Europe and
India for more than a quarter cen
tury. It has proved so great a boon
to the European retailer that he would
be the first to object to its curtailment
or abolition. It provides rapid trans
portation at rates absolutely equal to
all; no discrimination; no rebates!
Already in this country many mall
order houses, by means of special rates,
deliver bargain-counter goods to pur
chasers free of all charges for trans
portation. In spite of this there has
never been a decade when our country
stores were better stocked with goods
or transacted more business than since
198. Obviously, then, In obstructing
parcels post the retail merchant has
been used as a catspaw for the mys
terious agency aforesaid. The monkey
in the case is branded "Express"; the
chestnuts such airy trifles as J30.0J0,
000 surpluses.
The Postmaster-General and the peo
ple want an up-to-date parcels post.
This has been omitted from the Na
tional platforms. Let it be adopted by
all county and state platforms!
The Nation owes this reform to the
man who wrestles with nature in the
backwoods for the bread of life, which
constitutes its wealth and on which
depends its very existence. His name
Is legion, and he wants it badly and
wants It now.
EDWARD BERWICK,
President Postal Progress League of
California.
Editor Rupp Disclaims.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 5. (To the
Editor.) In your issue of August 4 you
attribute to the World an item for which
credit should fro elsewhere. The article
may be found on your editorial page
under the caption "Editor's Rest on the
Fourth." That heading 1b misleading.
Rest" why, that's a figment of the
imagination in a city as live and hust
ling as Aberdeen. The World appeared
as usual on the Fourth of July, as on
all other days of Its regular publica
tion. Again, there are no Colonels on the
staff of this paper; none of us has yet
been called a "whelp," a "dog." or a
"gutter-snipe" In black-faced type. So
while highly appreciative of the honor
you would do us, "we" must firmly,
though regretfully, disclaim the title.
True, "we" should like to have writ
ten the item in question, but candor
and fear of detection if we should per
mit the credit to go unchallenged, com
pel us to say that we didn't. The com
ment belongs, we believe, to that faith
ful political prophet and assiduous Ir
rigation advocate, the Yakima Repub
lic, with whose various Bins, we do not
wish to be saddled "We" have quite
enough of our own.
W. A. RUPP.
Aberdeen, August 5.
Wllllnm Knew It All.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
At a reception held In a great hall In
England some years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone were honored guests. Dur
ing the evening It happened that Mr.
Gladstone was in a gallery directly
above the place In the parquet where
Mrs. Gladstone was chatting with some
ladies. In the course of their conver
sation a question arose which the
ladies could not settle satisfactorily,
finally one said:
"Well, there is One above who knows
all things, and some day he will make
all things plain to . us."
"Yes, yes," replied Mrs. Gladstone,
"William will be down in a minute,
and he will tell us all about It."
John Mitchell's Wisdom.
Baltimore News.
The announcement of John Mitchell,
not only the best-known labor leader
in the country but the leader who has
full confidence of the public In the
purity of his motives, that he will take
no part in the Presidential campaign
will do much to keep organized labor
out of politics as an organization. It
is what was expected of Mitchell. He
must know not only that organized
labor has nothing to expect from poli
tics as a body, but that the introduc
tion of politics into an organization of
its heterogeneous character spells
ruin for it.
Not Mortgage bnt Running Expenses.
Nashville American.
The rector of Grace Church, in Nor
folk. Va., says: "I know 60 families in
Norfolk alone that have mortgaged their
homes to buy automobiles." Oh, well,
that Is not so bad. They can probably
meet the mortgage payments. But how
will they manage to pay the cost of main
taining and operating the machines?
That's what'll bust "em.
Kind Worda From Anna.
Washington Herald.
Mme. Gould-de Sagan, or whatever it
Is they call her now. says "American so
ciety cannot compare with that of
France." Thanks, maaam; tnem s the
first kind words you have said about us
In many days.
The Fool's Excuse.
Salt Lake Tribune.
What's the .use? Now the fatal
chauffeur pleads that he didn't know
lie .was loaded! -
I FIRST AND SEtO u k. nun xu i ntu vmj..- m,
Explanation of New Provision of
Washington Primary Law.
Chehalis Bee-Nugget.
The Washington primary election law
contains a provision by which a voter
Is required to express nis preierenuo
for first and second choice for state
and Congressional nominees, providing
there are four or more candidates ior
any office. For the office of Governor
and for some of the other state offices
there will be four or more candidates.
The section of the official primary elec
tion ballot for Governor will look like
this:
First Second
STATE. cholM cholc.
VeTerfcr both first Vote for Vote for
and second choice one one
for this office.
Henry McBride -
Albert E. Mead -
8. G. Cosgrove
Wm. Rldpath
for first choice
A V, v. 1 - t
the voter is required to put an A.
in the first square at tne ngnt u
name of the person for whom he wishes
to vote. To vote for second choice an
"X" should be marked In the second
ho rio-ht nf the name of the
person for whom the voter wishes to
vote.
In al! cases where there are rour or
more candidates of any political party
for one state or Congressional position,
an elector is required to designate one
first and one second choice, for such
position. No voter shall vote for the
same person for first choice and second
choice, and no voter snaii, wnero mwo
are four or more candidates for such
i.in tmto for one Derson only.
either as first or second choice, or for
the same person lor Dotn nrst ana s-
. a hollar whirh Hnes not
comply with this provision (feec. 18) of
the law will not De consiuereu . ...... .,-
plete ballot, and will not be counted for
that office.
The first and second choice provision
of the law does not apply to Legislative
and county offices.
The second choice provision of the
primary law Is new in Washington, but
it is apparently intended to work some
tiiincy nvo a nonnri choice selection un-
.i..e . . .
der the party convention system, un
der that system It many limes lawmu
when there were several candidates
that each of the candidates had only a
small percentage of enough votes to
nominate, but in the end some candi
date would be found who was the sec
ond choice of a large majority of the
convention, although he did not have
as many first-choice votes as some oth
er candidates.
Section 23 of the primary law pro
vides that in cases where there are not
more than three' candidates for a state
or Congressional office the one receiv
ing a plurality of the votes cost shall
be the party nominee, but where the
first and second choice votes are cast,
if no candidate shall have received
more than 40 per cent of the first
choice votes, a canvass shall be made
of the second-choice votes and they
shall be added to the first-choice votes
received by each candidate at the pri
mary election, and the candidate re
ceiving the highest number of first and
second-choice votes shall be the nom
inee for such office of the political par
ty represented by him. If any cand
date shall receive 40 per cent or more
of the first-choice votes of his political
party at the primary election the can
didate receiving the highest number of
first-choice votes will become the party
nominee without reference to the second-choice
votes.
SHERIDAN'S RIDE DOWN THE PIKE
Old-Time Residents of Shenandoah
Valley Are Iconoclasts.
August Metropolitan.
One cannot leave Winchester by the
Valley pike without unconsciously step
ping to the cadence and rhythm of
Thomas Buchanan Read's beautiful
verses, for it was along this way that the
Intrepid Sheridan galloped his black horse
Reinzi to the music of the guns at Ce
dar Creek. But did he? Two miles up
the pike and fairly prancing with The ex
hiliaration that strangely comes from rid
ing over this historic span, you will meet
a tall, lank Shenandoan; or he may be
short and stout. Anyway, he will take
a sort of childish delight in despoiling
your idol. Prepare for something like
this:
"In the fust place. It ain't no 20 miles
f Cedar Creek, not by quite a piece, I
reckin. In the second place, Gin'l Sheri
dan had to go hawssback f git there.
But, lawsy, man, it was all ovah when
he got thah! I reckin it would be a pig
of anothah littah, suh, if ol' Jube' Early
hadn't tuk Jlst a drap too much that
mawnin' yes, indeedy!"
Shocking as it all is to all of us whose
declamatory honors on the last day of
school were made possible by "Sheridan's
Ride," the Shenandoan persists in disput
ing the cherished story and Insists that
Wright It was who saved the day at
Cedar Creek. Inasmuch as Wright was
Sheridan's brother officer, and no effort
Is made to detract from the glory of
Federal arms, it appears their story has
at least the element of sincerity.
KlpIIna; nnd the Latin Oration.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Rudyard Kipling knows everything, so
he doubtless knows enough Latin to ap
preciate the praise given to him by the
public orator. Dr. Sandys, In awarding
him his recent Cambridge degree. In
narrando quam conclsus!" Just so, and
Latin Is tne very language to use In
praising his crisp brevity. "Quam
vlvldus!" Even undergraduates read
him. "Quam eloquens! quam varlus,"
whether he is describing "militum
nostrorum orientallum mores" or prais
ing the "vlrtutem indomltam" of our
enemies "in Egypto" "Fuzzy Wuzzy"
can't quite be put into Latin. And it
Is specially true of Mr. Kipling that
"In spatlo brevlssimo" of time he has
won "llttcrarum laudem lmmensam.
Even those whose education had not
Included Latin must have understood
the orator when . he presented "et
navlum et militum nostrorum et im
peril Brltannlci poetam laureatum,
Rudyard Kipling." It was a handsome
ly put and well-merited tribute, but it
is to be hoped that it will not Inspire
Mr. Kipling to take to writing In
Latin.
Still It la the Expected Thnt Happens.
Baltimore American.
The automobile accidents are far too
frequent and often horrifying, but the
endeavor to make natural laws and
human machinery accommodate them
selves to tho needs of excessive speed
and continual strain, with no margin
for accidents, can have but the one
result. In the case of these motor-car
horrors it is the expected which al
ways happens.
Sufficient Cause for Envy.
Houston Post.
On this beautiful sunkissed. zephyr
blown Sabbath morning, with the re
turns all in assuring the defeat of
statewide prohibition in Texas. Heav
enly Houston must seem more like
paradise than ever to those envious
paragraphists who do stunts for the
newspapers of Alabama, Georgia, Kan
sas et id genus omne.
One Man Keeping Quiet.
Washington Herald.
It Isn't probable that anybody could
possibly make lees fuss during a cam
paign than Mr. Harrlman J making
Just now. .
Peculiar Combination of Politics, Or
thodoxy and High Finance.
New York Sun.
One of the most affecting intellectual
and high moral competitions ever ex
hibited to a discriminating puDiic nas
ended with honor to all concerned and.
substantial profit to the great Ameri
can collector, Mr. Bryan. It will be re
membered that Deacon Caldwell, of the
Charlotte Observer, in the frenzy of his
zeal for the Denver ticket, offered to
the Bryan campaign fund which Deacon
Hemohill. of the Charleston News and
Courier was crying for with the same
frenzy, a gander and a hen taken on
subscription account from the patriotic
farmers of Mecklenburg County, as fa
mous for its poultry as for its Declara
tion of Independence. Deacon Hemphill
accepted and fostered these birds at
considerable vexation and expense to
himself. He Is no farmer, but what
pain would he grudge in the service of
Mr. Bryan? A letter from Deacon
Hemphill to Deacon Caldwell tells the
glorious story:
The Hongkong gander and the fat hen con
test closed tonlKht. The gander was won by
Philip H. Gadsden and the fnt hen came to
that loyal supporter of the great Nebraskan
whose name need not be mentioned. The
contest was managed by the Hon. Thomas
J. Neville and the winners were selected liy
Richard Francis Brltton. who Is inclined to
the Presbyterian faith. The contest resulted
In a fund of f23. only 100 competitors out of
a possible 300 having come across.
Would Deacon Hempnill have won
the gander too had it been sufficiently
fat? Who can doubt the success of
such a winning character? The gross
and Irreverent doubts ejaculated by the
Richmond News-Leader, another pis
tonic Bryanist. we set down here mere
ly as a reproach to their unworthy
utterer: .
When a Presbyterian elder editor has the
assistant foreman In his on print shop and
a person 'Inclined to the Presbyterian faith"
award a prlie and the elder editor g"ts It,
the suggestion of foreordained and regulated
predestination and a previous selection of
the elect Is almost irresistible.
Election Is a doctrine which should
not be mentioned among Bryanites, real
or imitation. The one salient fact of
the gander and hen Bhow is that Mr.
Bryan is $25 "in." Subject, however,
we take it, to the following deductions
for expense incurred by Deacon Hemp
hill: Express charges, Charlotte to
Charleston, $4.20; grass on tne Deacon's
lawn, $6. Bills to the amount of $10.20
have already been rendered. To this
sum Is to be added for use of lawn for
competition, $4; services of assistant
foreman, $5; advertising. $13.33. De
ficiency up to date In the Caldwell
Hemphill, gander-hen, Bryan and Kern
campaign fund, $7.43. Will Treasurer
Haskell please remit to Charleston
without further notice?
HERE IS A PARADISE, INDEED.
Fruit Orchard for Almost Nothing, and
Someone Ela to Care for It.
ORIZABA. Mexico. July 23. (To tho Edi
torsAmong the readers of The Orego
nlan, I have friends who are anxious to
hear what I think of Mexico, after living
here for three years. I have regained my
health, and I like it so well I expect to re
main. This is a wonderful place to make
money, but you do not have to come here,
as you can get land near the railroad on
the banks of a navigable river, absolutely
free, and not have to live on It at all.
You are simply required to have planted
on your land, five acres of fruit trees
within five years. The Department of
Improvement will set out the fruit trees
for you, and care for them until they
come into bearing, for less money than
you can possibly have it done yourself.
You can pay for this work In Installments.
In this rand of "Eternal Spring" three
years will produce an orchard which will
bring you a profit of $300 per acre, or
$1900 per annum from the five acres. And,
when the trees come Into bearing, your
homestead should sell readily for $)00.
If you keep your land, you should have
a regular income of more than $1000 per
annum from It, ana you can nvn u. mo
United States, or wherever you wish, as
the Bame department that planted your,
trees will care for them continuously, and
market your fruit, for one-third of the
crop. You never miss a crop here, as we
always have plenty of rain, and never any
frost. Another thing you can depend on
is you will get every cent due you. No
grafts axe permitted In Mexico. Your
share of the fruit after deducting all ex
penses, should easily exceed $1000 per an
num from a five-acre orchard. I know
this by my own experience.
Do you know any place where $H00 or Jfm
Invested In land will bring you a net profit
of more than $1000 a year, without any
effort on your part? With such opportu
nities, there is no excuse for being wltn-.
out a home,' or for remaining poor, as,
this offer is made to both men and worn-;
en, no matter in what country you live.
By addressing the official In charge,
Senor Ellsha D. Ely. Tuxtepec, Mexico,
you will receive all dosired Information
regarding Mexico, and the procuring of
Jree land. Banks may fall, securities
may become worthless, but land is safe,
Tre and here, a KlnfK
ment. MRS. MARY BENNETT.
How Tnft la to Be Taken.
Baltimore American.
Taft Is taken to be a man of Judicial
temper and fiber who will P'"
the measures of his party without
creating conditions of undue excite
ment. There Is really no necessity to
do so. in view of the fact that the era
of dlvulgement of criminal operations
in high finance has gone by. The
searchlight of publicity has caused the
wrongdoers in high places to run tr
cover. It is only necessary now to
bring about a condition of Just and sat
isfactory working of the business
wheels This Mr. Taft can be counted
upon to accomplish in perfect accord
with the right-thinking element of the
Industrial world. Therefore he is
trusted and believed in by the men
of affairs as well as by the people.
This Is really the situation in a nut
shell. Two Kinds of Rainbow Chasers.
Norfolk Vlrginia-Pljot.
The Republican rainbow chasers who
have visions of shoals of Democrats
flocking to Taft are Just about as
Ksh as the Democratic bubble
blowers who dream of carrying the
eiectlon by negro votes. The number
of Democratic leopards to drop their
political spots will be as small as that
nf the Ethiopians who will change their
party skins. Both will be negligible
quantities wnen the great day comes.
ot In the HUsh-Prlced Clnsa,
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Hisgen Is a nice man, but he will
have to get more of a reputation be
fore ithe magazines will offer him bO
cents a word for his stuff.
A Modern Mysterr.
Pittsburg Dispatcn.
The arrest of a man In New York
for throwing away money Is startling.
How does the New York City govern
ment keep out of Jail?
THE Rl'LKB.
Contributors' address and name
Must both be written plain.
And anything anonymoua
Will no attention gain.
No contribution must exceed
A limitation wise;
Quick riubllcation will oe made
Of all of certain slxe.
Full postage must accompany
Each contribution made.
That all found unacceptable .
May be returned postpaid.
The reader o the rules above
To wrong conclusion springs,
No, they're not for the would-be bard
But Campaign offerings. 1
McLantiburg Wilson,