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ItBTLANl. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 12. 1908.
THE EVOLUTION OF A METHOD.
The. original statute of frauds and
perjuries, celebrated in the history of
English, and American law, was a
statute for prevention, not for pro
motion of frauds and perjuries. The
substance of the statute (29 Car. II)
has been re-enacted, from the days of
our early history, in all the colonies,
and in all the states, that constitute
the American Union. But it was and Is
a statute for prevention, not for pro
motion of frauds and perjuries; and
as such It has been approved by time
and experience.
We now have a new statute of
frauds and perjuries. Whatever Its
intent, its effect is promotion, not pre
vention of frauds and perjuries. Ore
gon has taken the lead in it, and gone
further with it than any other state;
though many more are following hard
after. This statute is the primary
ejection law.
In effect it has been found that the
law becomes a device ror enaonng
political parties to control the nomi
nations of opposing political parties
and to support the fraudulent prac
tlce by bold lying and wholesale per
jury.
It is a species of fraud and perjury
especially attractive to the members
of a minority party; and it is encour
aged also by factions of the majority
party as a means of supporting their
own aspirations, through the help, In
primary elections, of members of the
opposite party. It thus serves the
double purpose of diorganlzlng the
majority party by forcing undesir
able nominations upon It, and of help
ing the minority party to successes it
could not gain in straight contests
on its own merits. It invites men to
tell lies and to commit perjuries, that
they may nominate the weakest and
most objectionable men of the oppo
site party men whom their own party
would ot nominate and this done,
they then have a chance, by voting in
the election ngnlnst the candidates
they had voted for in the primary, to
get success for their own party. All
which is Justified by the allegation
that "everything is fair In love, war
tind polities."
To put it in concrete form: Repub
licans who never could get nomina
tions from their party on their own
"merits, call in Democrats to help
them. Democrats are more than will
ing, because they see a chance,
through the method, for their own
party. Hence Democrats Join in forc
ing nominations on the Republican
rarty which they know will not get
that party's support. To be prepared
for this, they register falsely as Re
publicans, commit perjury to support
the lie. then vote in the election with
enthusiastic Joy for the nominees of
their own party, brag about the tri
umph and call it "the will of the
people." Of course all Democrats
don't act thus, but many do enough
for the purpose do it. This is not to
say that Republicans, or large num
bers of them, wouldn't do the like,
it" the conditions were reversed. No
doubt they would. But is this honest
action, and this the way to honest re
ruits in politics? It is ten times more
corrupt and corrupting than all the
abuses ever possible, or even alleged,
in the former time.
Illinois is Just now getting an il
lustration of it, . and giving to the
country a further lesson in it. Yet
Illinois doesn't go nearly so far in the
felly as Oregon has gone. In Illi
nois they don't yet expect, and at
tempt by law to command, one polit
ical party to elect the candidate of the
opposite party to the Senate of the
United States. But they have awak
ened to the fact that the Repnblican
candidates for Governor and for the
Senate, and largely for members of the
Legislature have been nominated
by Democrats, who have thrown
scarcely any votes for the primary
candidates of their own party. The
outcome will be that Stevenson, the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
will be elected, and Stringer, Demo
cratic candidate for the Senate, will
f;et a plurality of the popular vote.
Yet if the Legislature shall have a
Republican majority, that party will
elect the Senator; for in Illinois ail
balked at the supremo folly that has
been enacted in Oregon.
Yet the primary law was used in
Illinois, as In Oregon, for nomination
of Republican candidates for the Leg
islature through Democratic help.
In nearly every county of Oregon Re
publicans wishing to got nominations
lor the Legislature solicited and ob
tained Democratic help in the pri
maries. The argument was. "Help me
to. get the nomination: you can vote
as you please in the election." This
ws the cause of the nomination of
most of the "Statement Xo. 1" can
riidatesfor the Legislature. In many
parts of the state the Democrats,
thinking It hopeless for their own
party. didn't . nominate legislative
candidates; yet had they done so they
would have elected many of them,
and might perhaps have won a legis
lative majority. But in the circum
stances the pledge of the (so-called)
Republican candidates to vote for a
Democrat for the Senate was good
enough for them. So we have in the
Legislature of Oregon a (nominal)
Republican majority yet a sufficient
number of them pledged, with the
help of the Democratic members, to
lection of the Democratic can
didate for the Senate. In Illinois,
however, the conditions are different,
f .r there is no attempt in that state
t to overthrow the constitutional
i method. Yet the Democrats have
treat hopes of carrying the Leglela-1
j ture, though with the aid of Republl
, can voters, incensed by the nomlna
' Hon of their candidates by Democratic
help.
When one hears a Juggle of thl
kind, whether In Oregon or in 1111
nois, called "the will of the people,
hfc may well wonder or question
whether such phrase, so perverted
has more honest intent than the lies
frauds and perjuries employed unde
present forms of the primary law, to
support Its claims. Some primary
law may yet be'evolved, under which
some approximation to the will of a
majority of the members of each of
the political parties, in the making
of nominations, may be attained; but
we haven't it yet In Oregon, nor in
anv Northern state. In the Southern
states, where there is but one political
party, and can't be more than one,
so long as the "black spectre" lasts,
It is a fair method. But In the North
ern States it can't last, in its present
form. In theory it is sound, and in
practice it may be made so, but how
does not yet appear. Like so many
other experiments in legislation.
defeats the expectation and intent of
the projectors. Herein, as elsewhere,
experience is the only corrective
Meantime, we find we have a new
statute of frauds and perjuries; not,
however, like the historic one. for
prevention of frauds and perjuries
but for promotion of them for en
couragement of lying, covin, jug
glery In politics and false swearing
to support It, forming a common habit
for practice in other affairs till men's
relations to each other may be held by
bonds no tetter than dicers' oaths.
WHY ARE THESE PAPERS SO UNHAPPY?
It is causa for great sorrow with
The Oregonian that the Yakima Re
public continues to he displeased about
the impartial course of this paper to
ward the Washington Senatorial elec
tion. The Republic insists that Sen.
ator Ankeny bought his way into the
United States Senate, and that The
Oregonian "usually so well posted in
historical matters" must know all
about it; therefore. The Oregonian
ought to be for Mr. Jones for Senator.
Well, The Oregonian doesn't know all
about it, nor is It willing to accept as
established and indisputable fact as
the Republic does the assumption
that Mr. Ankeny purchased the honor
he has worn with so much grace,
dignity and efficiency during the past
five years. No, indeed; the Republic
will have to show us. It is well
known, of course, that Senator Ankeny
has a great deal of money; but is it
fair or proper on that account to sup
pose and to declare that he has used
it wrongfully? Hardly. Sometimes
It happens that rich men get into
the United States Senate without
buying their way. At least we have
heard so; and there has never been
any satisfactory obtainable evidence
to the contrary.
But the Republic is not the only
Washington paper that is disturbed
over The Oregonian's recent remarks
or Washington affairs. Here is the
Aberdeen World that has found a
way for Representative Jones to get
out of the dilemma in which he has
placed himself by his grave charges
against Senator Ankeny on the one
hand and his pledge to support Ank
eny, if nominated, on the other. The
World very ingeniously argues that,
if the charges are true, Mr. Ankeny
won't be nominated, and, if untrue, he
ought to be, and doubtless will be,
nominated, and Sir. Jones, his ac
cuser, defeated. Mr. Jones must wait,
then, until the primary election to
learn whether his own charges 'are
true? If Ankeny shall he nominated,
Jones will discover that his accusa
tions are false, and he will be free to
support his successful rival, thus ex
onerated, for election by the Legisla
ture? Wonderfully persuasive logic,
that; but where does It leave Mr.
Jones?
EAST AND WEST.
"But if the bosses are allowed to
have their way with the Governor, it
will clinch the West's case against us."
This is the concluding sentence of a
pensive editorial in the New York
Evening Post, entitled, "The West and
the East." The "West's case," spoken
of is that the East is financially, mor
ally and politically corrupt, that it is
conservative only in the sense of cling
ing to its sins with a death-grip, and
that it has not energy enough to free
itself from the control of the vicious
bosses who name its public officers
and hold them in pupillage. The Post
tries, rather feebly, to show that the
West is mistaken in thinking thus
badly of the East, hut it ends with the
remark we have quoted, admitting
that, if Governor Hughes is not re
nominated, it will amount to a plea
of guilty.
The West has had its political dis
eases of one sort and another, but
one can freely say that they have all
been caught from the East. Bosses
have nourished from the Alleghanies
to the Pacific Coaat, but they have
been imitations, more or less faded, of
the original New York production,
and, while all the rest of the country
is throwing off the boss and advancing
to better things politically, the East
stall clings to him with what seems
to be undying affection. And so it is
with every other social disorder. The
West catches them as children do
measles, but it gets over them and is
all the healthier for the experience,
while In the East they become chronic
In that unhappy section no political J
malady is ever cured. In fact, the
people are horrified by cures and have
fallen into the habit of lauding chronic
sickness as conservatism. The Post
laments that the West is likely to
lavor whatever the East rejects, and
seems to dread lest this rule may even
apply to Mr. Bryan. Since Wall street
dislikes him, perhaps the rest of the
country may vote for him unani
mously.. Nobody could blame the West if
this were to happen, but of course it
will not. It is pretty well understood
cut here that Wall street's fondness
for Mr. Taft is not his fault, but his
misfortune, and the people are not
disposed to punish him because he
has some disreputable friends. He
has not sought the support of the
financial pirates and blackleg bosses,
and if they confer it upon him. he
cannot help it. Of course, Mr. Taft
would enjoy a more enthusiastic pop
ularity 4n the West if all the New
York papers were united to fight him.
but, since they have decidetJ to give
him a mild support, he must grin and
bear it. and nobody will think much
the worse of him. There are some
unavoidable inflictions which are par
doned to everybody. The only thing
which could really Injure Mr. Taft in
the estimation of the West would be
the suspicion that he had counten
anced the vile New York bosses in
their fight upon Mr. Hughes, but that
Is out of the question.
A GRAY LOTHARIO.
Let us approach the consideration
of the conduct of Mr. T. M. Stevens in a
philosophical spirit. If there is any
excuse for him, it ought to be found
and published. What his brother of
fers as an excuse only makes his case
worse. When a man has lived with a
woman for sixteen years, it does not
help matters to allege that he has
never been married to her. If he has
not been married to her, he ought to
have been, and it does not place his
virtues in a particularly brilliant light
for him to slip away at this late day
and wed another woman. If he must
marry somebody, why not choose the
woman he has been living with and
whom he has imposed upon every
body as his lawful wife? If she
was good enough for sixteen years to
be presented to the world as Mrs.
Stevens, what has happened to make
her not quite good' enough now?
If Mr. T.M. Stevens was sufficiently
unscrupulous to Introduce a person in
Fortland society as Mrs. Stevens, who
was in truth an unmarried woman,
what security is there that he will not
repeat the trick? A man who has
carried on systematic deception for
sixteen years, may De presumed to
have become somewhat expert at the
game. Perhaps he has acquired a
taste for It. Has Stevens told the sec
ond Mrs. Stevens all about his rela
tions with the first one? Has he in
formed her that the alleged Louisa
Powell claims to have a marriage cer.
tlflcate in her bank? If the woman
whom he has now married knows
these facts, she must be the possessor
of a tremendous faith in his word.
How does she know that he is not de
ceiving her as he did her predecessor'
What reason has she to believe that
the Chehalis wedding last May was
genuine?
Mr. Stevens brother declares that
he is too well known in Portland to
permit anybody to believe that he
would have two wives at the same
time. But the fact seems to be that
he is not well known. How many-
people knew that he was living with
a woman unlawfuljy if his present
statement is true, which very likely
it is not and introducing her every
where falsely as his wife? A man
who is capable of such conduct is
capable of anything. Nothing that he
does ought to surprise one. It is
quite natural that he should marry
two wives, or a dozen. Evidently noth
ing guides his conduct but his own
passions, and where they may lead,
who shall predict? If Mr. Stevens was
not married to the woman who has
been presented as his wife for sixteen
years, his conduct to her and to Port
land society Is unpardonable. If he
was married to her, he has not only
broken the law, by the Chehalis per
formance, but he has inflicted an ir
reparable Injury upon Miss Lillian
Monk. It is difficult to see how Mr. T.
M. Stevens can emerge from his pre
dicament with much social credit left.
CARING FOB STREETCAR CROWDS.
Portland is by no means alone in
trying to solve the problem of hand
ling large crowds on streetcars. Every
city in the United States is grappling
with the question, if it is a live-town,
lor nowhere is the service entirely
satisfactory. Streetcar companies
themselves are endeavoring to devise
methods of improving the service,
though it is the general opinion that
they have not tried as earnestly nor as
early as they should. Whether cars
should stop on the near or far side
of cross streets; whether passengers
should be admitted at the front or
rear only; whether they should be
admitted at one end and let out at
the other; whether they should pay
as they enter, are all questions which
can be answered only after experi
ments have been made. Patrons of
streetcars, having become accustomed
to one system of rules and customs,
find innovations troublesome and
many complaints are heard. It takes
considerable time for the traveling
public. to learn new rules or practices
well enough to furnish the basis for
fair comparison of a new system
with the old. Some few people re
fuse, from pure stubbornness, to ob
serve new regulations. Such people
Beem to find delight in making trouble
fcr public service corporations, even
if in so doing they cause inconvenience
to their fellow travelers. For that
reason it is difficult to determine the
real value .or practicability of a new
plan of handling crowds of people.
If an improved transportation serv
ice is desired, the traveling public
should give every reasonable assistance
in making efforts for improvement
successful. Then, if the new schemes
and devices are not found satisfactory,
they can be abandoned with the
knowledge that they have Inherent de
fects. When managers of streetcar
systems try new ideas or new con
trivances, they do so with a view to
making their service more accept
able to the public. Often they fail
n their effort, but the fact that they
have failed cannot be more con
clusively shown than by giving them
co-operation in trying the new de
vices.
The greatest difficulty in operation
of a street railway system is to handle
the crowd during those hours when
working people are going to their
places of employment or returning
to their homes at night. The rush at
such times Is immense. While there
is general demand that the streetcar
companies provide seats for all pat
rons, it is doubtful whether there is
any considerable city in the United
States where cars enough are pro
vided to supply seats for all travelers
during the hours of rush. Yet, that
Is Just the time when seats should
be provided, for those who ride at
that time of day are working peo
ple who are least able to supplement
their day's work by standing in a
crowded car for half an hour.
A streetcar company contends that
it ought not be expected to provide
seats for all during the rush, for to
do so would mean the purchase of
many cars that would stand idle
through most of the day. There is
some force to this argument, and yet
it is indisputable that people who pay
full fare are entitled to seats. It has
been suggested that the man or
woman who does not get a seat
should not pay fare or should be
given a rebate, but this is hardly
practicable. A car that leaves the
Business portion of the city with half
Its passengers standing will have
seats for all soon after the residence
ailstrlct has bwa xeaotiefi, Jutsvduoijll the lime.
tion of a double fare system would
probably cause confusion enough to
counterbalance Its advantages.
To a large extent the traveling pub
He could aid in solving the problem
of handling crowds morning and
evening. All those whose occupations
will permit should ride at hours when
the cars are not crowded. Undoubted
ly It would be practicable for some
employers to adjust their time of
opening and closing their factories
so that their, employes could come and
go just before or after the rush. This
would be a convenience to those di
rectly affected and also to those who
must travel at the time when the
largest numbers are going and com-
.lng. The problem of handling large
crowds is not one for the people alone
to solve, however. Streetcar com
panies must be required to furnish a
reasonable number of cars operated
at Intervals frequent enough to ac
commodate actual needs of the pub
lic. So far as they can do so, the
patrons of a carline should co-operate
in making the service satisfactory.
Portland has scarcely begun to
realize the magnitude of the trans
portation problem. The rapid growth
of the city, now assured by construe
tion of new transcontinental and in
terurban lines, will make the problem
more difficult from year to year. The
real problem now presented is not
how to handle the crowds in a city
the size of Portland, but how to
handle the crowds in a city double or
treble the size. We shall have the
people here in a very few years. How
to take care of them is the question
that may well be studied in advance
In the harvest season we like to
boast of the mighty wheat.crop of the
United States and tell how It feeds
the world. But there are other
countries which raise wheat. France,
for example, is only about as large
as Texas, but its annual wheat crop
is half as much, as that of all the
United States, and some statisticians
say that the net profits of the French
farmers exceed those of our own
Whether that ds so or not, the French
farmers lend money to the whole
world. Russia alone owes them $12
000,000,000.
It does not require much investiga
tion to learn what is fundamentally
wrong with country life. For the last
century farmer boys have been taught
in school that it was a disgrace to till
the soil and a fine thing to be a clerk
In a store. This kind of instruction
is mischievous. Let boys learn farm
ing in school instead of banking; give
the rural district good roads, a parcels
post and co-operative marketing and
country, life will take care of itself.
The best help Congress can give the
farmers is legislation that will kill
the parasites that live upon them.
The New York World now supports
Bryan, because it finds that Hearst's
New York American will oppose him.
Had Hearst stuck to Bryan, Pulitzer
would still loathe Bryan, would con
tinue to print the "Map of Bryanism,"
and to declare that "Bryan can have
no possible chance of election." It
dcesn't amount to much; but every
newspaper ought to try to protect it
self from contemptibllity.
It would be ungracious and unkind
for those gentlemen who have gone
to Lincoln to tell Bryan that he has
been nominated for President, also to
inform him that Taft Is going to carry
the Middle Western States. So they
are whispering the glad news to Bryan
that he will get them all. But Brother
Bryan hasn't got that certificate of
election yet.
"If the Republican party of Oregon
resists further 'the will of the. peo
ple' It is doomed." What could
doom" it more than it is doomed
already? A party that forgets its old
purposes and its old renoun, and
elects its political opponents habit
ually to highest offices, has no "doom"
awaiting it. Its doom is already
achieved.
"What has the Republican party
done for labor?" Nothing. What can
it do for labor? Nothing. What has
the Democratic party done for labor,
or what can it do for labor? Nothing.
Labor's resources are in itself. That
is, every man's resources are in him
self; nowhere else.
The late elections in the Philippines
put into office a number of reprobates
and a few criminals. This shows that
the Filipinos are unfit for self-government,
so the critics say. What
does an election in New York show
when it puts Fingy Connors and his
like into office?
Possibly Senator Bourne, who is
extensively entertaining the Republi
can Presidential nominee in a series
o f very recherche affairs at Hot
Springs, thinks he can do Mr. Taft
more good in Virginia than in Oregon.
Possibly, indeed. .
The Lincoln campaign management
gives it out that It Is embarrassed for
funds. Funds? Now what use can
a party of purity and probity have
for money in a campaign. ' Away with
such sordid notions. Down with plu
tocracy. Judge Parker denies that he is
supporting Bryan in a perfunctory
way. No, indeed. He is giving Bryan
the same enthusiastic and unquali
fied support Bryan gave him when
Parker was running, or thought he
was.
If a man lives with a woman six
teen years and introduces her every
where among good people as his wife,
and then says they were never mar
ried, what kind of a scrub is he? This
sounds like a puzzle, but it isn't.
A lot of Democrats In Illinois, too,
think that they have a right to vote
at the Republican primaries or any
old primaries. Which proves that a
Democrat can read.
Mr. Hearst will heed the pitiful
appeals of the Independence League
for money, of course. But he should
change Its name to the Dependence
League.
Senator La Follette wants to start
a weekly paper on the lines of Bryan's
Commoner. But It won't be any Com
moner. It couldn't be
They are going to notify Bryan to
day that he has been nominated; but
there is a suspicion that he knew it
PENALTY FOR SLIGHT HAZING
Discretion Should Be Left to the Ofn
4. cera at Went Point.
Boston Transcript.
Some years ago Congress ordained
that hazing at the Military Academy
"must go" and legislated accordingly.
Hazing ha'd been carried from rough
horse play, or practical Joking, to
downright brutality when Congress
acted. Since then it has been very lit
tle known at West Point. Probably it
has been practiced in secret and in a
small way, but the plebe gentries who
forgot to salute a sparrow with the
epithet, "The American Eagle," and
presented arms, has no peculiarly pain
ful ordeal ahead at the hands of a
, vehmgerichte. If any future cavalier
rode around a room on a broomstick
reciting Sheridan's Ride, knowledge of
the occurrence did not transpire. The
great hazings had become things of the
past.
That the practice had not been extir
pated was evidenced last' month when
eight cadets, charged with hazing, were
brought to trial before a board of offi
cers convened by Colonel Scott, Super
intendent of the Military Academy. The
court found the accused guilty and rec
ommended that they be dismissed from
the service. That was as far as the
court could go, the execution of the
sentence being subject to the approval
by the Commander-in-Chief of its rec
ord and proceedings. The requirement
of the law that hazers must be ex
pelled is mandatory, but a fault in the
proceedings might vitiate the verdict.
Apparently, by earlier versions, the
President transmitted to the Secretary
of War a note expressing personal ap
proval of the finding of the court, leav
ing to him the official promulgation of
the order, if he coincided in the judg
ment as to the regularity of the pro
ceedings. . From this point, however,
starts a controversy, in which the
names of Secretary Loeb and the Sec
retary of War are involved, while Su
perintendent Scott appears on the scene
at a conference held at Oyster Bay.
Secretary Wright is quoted as saying
that he and the President regard die
missal as too severe a penalty, and a
statement has been published denying
Secretary Loeb's assertion that the
President approved dismissal, and was
still undecided as to his final action
Meanwhile Secretary Loeb has gone to
the Maine woods, which must be more
agreeable than the environs of Oyster
Bay just now. The impression is easily
obtained that the President would tern
per wrath with mercy, but finds the
way difficult.
The episode suggests that to make
the punishment fit the crime, . Congress
should leave a large measure of dls
cretion to the officers of the Military
Academy, to the end that the same pen
alty shall not be inflicted for a boyish
prank as for a grave affront to disci
pline or humanity.
GO SLOW ON ALASKAN WHEAT
Dr. Wlthycombe Thinks It May Have
Little Commercial Value.
CORVALLIS. Or., Aug. 10. (To the
Editor.) Permit me to offer a word
caution to our farmers regarding the
"Alaska" wheat, the merits of which
were so fully and so interestingly set
forth in yesterday's Oregonian.
It is not our purpose to discourage
the introduction of a new and valuable
variety of wheat to the Pacific North
west, but we are frank to confess we
are somewhat Incredulous ae to the
value of "Alaska" wheat. While we
have not had an opportunity of seeing
the "Alaska" wheat grown by Mr.
Adams, nevertheless the description
and cuts published in yesterday's Ore
gonian correspond very closely with the
characteristics of a variety of wheat
known as "seven-headed," or Egyp
tian" wheat. This wheat has been
grown on a small scale at this station
for some years, and we find it to be or
little commercial value. Hence we sug
gest that our farimers do not become
too enthusiastic over this new wheat
until Its merits have been more fully
and conclusively demonstrated.
JAMES WITHYCOMBE,
Director Oregon Experiment Station.
The Most Popular Drink.
Philadelphia Record.
"What Is the most popular drink?"
said a dispenser of cooling beverages
at a Chestnut-street soda fountain
"Why, good old lemonade. Yes, sir,
there may be fads, foibles and stunts
in the soft-drink line, but when it
comes to piping hot weather, with
everybody mopping his brow, there are
more calls for lemonade than any other
brew.' Of course, this refers mostly
to men, for the women run to sundaes
or anything with Ice cream in it. But
then, again, there are enough women
who take lemonade to give the 'made
in the shade' drink an easy win when
stacked up against any other. Orange
phosphate runs a close second, I think
and Is about as cooling as anything I
can think of. Yes, sir. they talk about
handing out lemons as If it was some
thin' awful, but I can't see it. Give
me a lemon squeezed Into a glass and
add enough sugar, water and ice to
ake real lemonade, and then just stick
a dash of llmejulce in to help out, and
you've pretty nearly got a drink that II
make the town local option, especially
this hot weather. I'm making yours
now."
Change of Venue In Texas.
Lordsburg Liberal.
Down in Reeves County, Texas, a man
named RiKirs killed a friend named Mo
Cutcheon. He claimed Mac had hit mm
with a switch, and In fear of his life he
had shot him. A switch Is not a deadly
weapon In Reeves County, so Riggs got
the case transferred to Tarrant County on
a change of venue. The records showed
that in Tarrant County switches were
used in the schools and considered innocu
ous; and Rlggs thought he was up against
it and got the case transferred back to
Reeves County. About this time Rlggs
lawyer heard of El Paso County, where a
hard word is considered a deadly weapon.
and got the case transferred to that
county. Rlggs was tried last week and
was acquitted.
Bryan Tunins; Up.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
It's about time for the intermittent
crack of campaign speeches out at Lin
coln, Neb., to give way to the uninter
rupted roar of the most persistently
vociferous political speechlfler on rec
ord. When the Flan Won't Bile.
National Snortsman.
There's days when the fish won't bite;
It s either too calm or else too rougn;
It's either too warm or not warm enough;
It's either too cloudy or the sun's too Drignt;
The wind's the wrong; way, or the moon's
not right;
It's either too wet. or else It's too dry;
Or for some other reason, you can't tell
why.
But there's days when the neh won't bite.
There's days when the fish won't bite;
You may try every lure, you may try
every bait.
You may do what you will, and wait
and wait
From morning- till noon and from noon till
night.
But you won't set a nibble tho" you try
all your might;
You may grumble or swear.
But the fish don't care.
For there's days when the fish won't bite.
But there's days when the flsh will bite;
When It ain't too Calm and it ain't too
rough.
When it ain't too warm, but Just warm
enough;
And the big old fellows, oh. Joy. how they
fight!
Your rod's bent dcuble as you keep your
line tight.
How they leap'! How they run!
Gee whiz, but it's tun I
On the dtcys when the 4h will btte!
r a-Trnr. Ttwiiiiini n
r HERE'S INGENIOUS ARGUMENT.
If Mr. Ankeny's Innocent, He'll Be
Elected; df Guilty, Beaten.
Aberdeen World.
The dilemma in which the Orego
nian places the Republican party in
this state as the result of the' direct
primary law is more Imaginary than
reaL Take the case of Congressman
Jones. The Oregonian finds that he
has denounced Mr. Ankeny, has made
great charges against the Senator,
which, if true, stamp him as
unfit, and yet. Mr. Jones has pledged
himself to support for Senator the man
who receives the highest vote in his
party at the primary. Suppose now,
It is argued, Mr. Ankeny should re
ceive that vote what is Mr. Jones
to do? Support one he considers un
fit? Or deny allegiance to the primary
law and bolt the party nominee?
The questions are Interesting and
perhaps somewhat puzzling. But Mr.
Jones should not be called on to face
them. He. has made certain accusa
tions against the Senator. These
facts, or alleged facts, if you will
have It that way are before the vo
ters of the party. No doubt their
truth or falsity will be demonstrated
before the primary. If true, it can
not be supposed that the party will
nominate a bribe-giver for high office.
If untrue, then the accuser, who will
stand forth as a defamer of char
acter, ought not to be nominated.
If true if not dlsproven before the
primary there is plenty of time for
disproof and still Mr. Ankeny should
be nominated, then what binding force
can there be in a pledge for him?
Taint In one party to a contract voids
the contract, doesn't it?
The pledge of the primary law must
be presumed to be based on the per
sonal fitness, which Includes clean
character, honor and honesty, as well
as ability, of the Senatorial candi
dates. If Mr. Ankeny should be nom
inated in spite of the fact that bribery
should be proved against him putting
the case hypothetlcally for the mo
ment would The Oregonian urge any
legislator to abide by his pledge and
vote for Ankeny? Wouldn't it be
the height of absurdity and incon
sistency to reward crime? Of course,
it could be done on the theory that
the party had expressed its desire for
Ankeny despite its knowledge of his
offenses. Mr. Jones himself might
take that position; but if he should,
under the conditions outlined, it would
be the result of his own option.
Surely, pledge or no pledge, he could
not be expected to give his support
where he had shown dishonesty.
The Issue is so clear cut at this time
that The Oregonian's dilemma is purely
speculative. Mr. Ankeny cannot ig
nore these charges. Coming from the
source they do, he must answer them.
Before he can solicit a vote, he must
prove his unsullied honor. He cannot
do this better than by compelling
proof of the Jones' accusations. There
is a way to do that and It should be
pursued. Mr. Ankeny Is not helpless.
Failure to seize the resources and
powers open to him must be taken
as conclusive evidence of guilt.
The supporters of the pledge are in
like position with Mr. Jones. They
cannot he supposed to be for cor
ruption after corruption has been
shown, if it shall be shown; for they
support the pledge on the understand
ing that the nominee chosen under
it, is fit morally, at least. If not
mentally. We ought to know all
about this matter before the day of
the primary. If we don't know we
should hesitate a long time before
voting for a man who has so con
ducted his political course as to pro
vide an opportunity even for the
charges made by Mr. Jones. The case
might be quite different if a lesser
than the Congressman were the ac
cuser. So there is no real dilemma the
voters should be guided by the known,
or proven facts.
Cultivate the "Fleldsome" Spirit.
Boston Transcript.
This is the time of year when all of us
like to be out of doors. Many who are
not athletic love to be in the open air.
They are "fleldsome." To them the salt
laden breeze does not cause the anxious
questioning of the yachtsman, "Is there
wind enough for sailing?" The rain which
means that tennis-mad friend must post
pone his match occasions them no annoy
ance. They put on a rubber coat, and
paddle through the mud, revelling In the
glory of the storm; the snow that costs
our skating friend so much peace of mind
demands no toil from them. Nature In all
her moods Is a cherished friend. Why
should we not cultivate this fleldsome
spirit? Only the young and vigorous can
be athletic, but the fleldsome are of all
ages and sexes. It has been said that
there was no hope for the culture of our
colleges until "the nine" deferred to the
Muses. The athlete gets much from the
forest and the stream; but he who is fleld
some gets more; he derives unconsciously
a physical benefit that is mirrored in his
happy mind. Does not the growth of the
athlete into the fleldsome mark the growth
of youth Into maturity?
Authors' Names for Towns.
Chicago News.
Kipling Is a town which has just
blossomed out in Canada, where there
is only one town of Shakespeare. There
is a Shakespeare in Kosciusko County,
Ind. However, the great English
dramatist was never popular among the
new town namers in North America,
although there are in the United States
30 Miltons, three Goldsmiths, four
Dickenees, thirty-odd Scotts, 20 Byrons,
two Tennysons, and one Thackeray.
There isn't a Browning on the Ameri
can map.
Deprecatlnsr a Statesman.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Between those who do not appre
ciate his pink whiskers and the others
who belittle his politics, a certain dis
tinguished citizen of Illinois appears
to be a toothsome J. Ham sandwich.
Bryan's Historic Stunt.
New York Tribune.
An English explorer returning from
Columbia refers to his 20 months on
donkey back as the longest ride of the
kind on record. This lsn t a circum
stance to Mr. Bryan's 12 years In the
saddle.
Two Uncommon Inducements
New York Evening Post.
The Commoner can be had for
the
next three months for 6nly 25 cents.
Another inducement is that Mr. Bryan
promised not to write anything for it
until after election.
Old-Fashioned Art.
Baltimore American.
At a spelling match in Indiana the old
est person present won the prize as the
best speller. Another sad proof that spell
ing is now one of the old-fashioned arts.
If Colonel Guffey Were Asked.
Washington Post.
Possibly Colonel Guffey, if properly ap
proached, would be glad to contribute a
stained glass window or two to the Dem
ocratic campaign fund.
Hard Up for Inspirations.
Boston Transcript.
Richard Harding Davis must be hard
up for inspirations for new stories. He
has Just been appointed a deputy Sher
iff at White Plains.
New Bookings for Summer Attractions
Indianapolis News.
In a little while now the force of clr-
cumstanoes will compel the Chautauquas
to slow up. The speakers will be needed
a -JJis-etuoip.
DILEMMA IN OHIO AND INDIANA
Can Democratic Candidates for Gov
ernor Afford to Itcnore Bryant
Washington Star.
Some of the gossip about the Ohio
situation represents Judge Harmon,
the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, as stronger than Mr. Bryan.
The opinion is expressed. Indeed, that
Harmon and Taft may carry the state.
Local causes are given for Judge Har
mon's strength, whereas Mr. Bryan
will have to stand on his record and
the Denver platform.
News of the same character comes
from Indiana. Mr. Marshall, tho Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor. Is per
sonally popular, a good speaker and
Is thought to be favored In his race
by certain local issues. Thus It may
come about, wo are told, that Marshall
and Taft may win in the Hoosier
state, Mr. Bryan having no special
claims on the voters, and having lost
the state both in 1S96 and 1900.
It was in 1S8S, when Mr. Cleveland
was making his second race for presi
dent, that David B. Hill was running
for Governor of New York. The for
mer was very unpopular In the state
made so by several things. The latter
was very popular made so by his
course at Albany and the general en
ergy of his Democracy. Mr. Cleveland
lost the state, while Mr. Hill carried it.
Instantly there was an outcry by
the Cleveland'.tes, who charged Mr.
Hill with having sold out the National
for the state ticket. It was in vain he
protested and appealed to tne cam
paign record, which showed that he
had worked as hard for Mr. Cleve
land as for himself. But there was
the result; and tho Clevelandltes main
tained that it condemned Mr. Hill past
all forgiveness.
Four years later, when Mr. Hill
aspired to his party's nomination for
President, lie found this old charge a
lion In his path. It had been repeated
so often, many men nad come to be
lieve it, and refused now to support a
man who then, as they thought, had
acted so roprehenslniy. And so he
was punished for something of which
he was entirely Innocent. He knew,
and his accusers should have known,'
that Mr. Cleveland was impossible In'
New York in 1S88. No power could
have saved him.
Judge Harmon and Mr. Marshall
should study this bit of history. If
either has his eye on 1912, and is able
to carry his state this year, he would
do well to pull Mr. Bryan through
with him. Otherwise the Bryanltes,
after the fashion of the Clevelandltes,
might become suspicious, and, with
nothing but suspicion to go on, hold
him up to obloquy as a traitor.
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
One Journal Opposes Roosevelt's Sug
gestion as to a National Anthem.
Washington Herald.
We do not Incline to the belief that,
much success will follow President
Roosevelt's attempt to have the Nation
adopt his favorite song as Its National
hymn.
In the current Issue of Uncle Remus'
Magazine the President writes an arti
cle In which he proposes Julia Ward
Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
as the National hymn for the people.
He recognizes, as does every one else,
the fact that the most popular of airs
is "Pixie," the air of which may be said
in fact to be a National one. As the
President says:
The whole country has adopted it. It la
the best fighting tunn of America. It
would make a sick rahhtt rail a hulldog
a Mar Just to hear It played. It is sung
and applauded In the North as well as tho
South. Tho Northerners do nut sec the-
least bit of partisan or sectional sentiment
in it.
This is quite true as far as it goes,
and is a most forceful statement of the
case, though we cannot help but decry
the Inelegance of the metaphor chosen
by the President of the United States.
However, he goes on to make a plea for
the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
which he says Is "the finest and best
battle hymn possessed by any nation of
the world; a hymn that In loftiness of
thought and expression. In both words
and tune, lends Itself to choral singing
as no other battle hymn does In this
country. There Is not a single
line In the hymn, not a word that
arouses an unpleasant thought in the
mind of any American."
And so he proposes the "Battle Hymn
of the Republic" to be adopted by the
people of the country as their National
hymn, and makes the proposition to
the Southern people first.
It was a wise philosopher who said
"Let me write the songs of the people,
and I care not who makes the laws,"
for that was a recognition of the fact
that the songs of a nation are expres
sive in a great degree of the heart and
soul of that nation. It matters not
what be the words of "Dixie" there Is
something in the tune of It to thrill the
heart and to make the American pulBe
tingle In response. So far as the heart
of the American people has been ex-,
pressed, "Dixie" is and probably al-,
ways will be the one tune adopted as
the National air.
Never Used a Whip on n Horse.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
There was a singularly Interesting case
of self-sacrifice in the North River off,
Fifty-second street. New York City, Sun-;
day. James Farrell, who was awarded a
blue ribbon by the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty. In the work-horse parade
of May 1. was drowned In voluntary sur
render to his son. He and the boy of 19,
both good swimmers, were out together
when the father, probably seized by
cramps, began to sink and the boy swam
to him and tried to grasp hlra by tho
neck. But Farrell Immediately loosed his
hold and sank. The youth plunged after
his father and three or four young men
also tried to reach him, but when they
fetched him up he was dead. Farrell was
noted for his gentleness to animals. He
was 45 years old and had never used a
whip on a horse. His horse was always
his friend, and a word from him was all
that was necessary to secure obedience.
His horse loved him. Can anything better
be said of a driver of horses?
Now for the Automatic Motorman.
Springfield Republloan.
The next step after the pay-as-you-en-ter
car is the nlckel-ln-the-slot car, and
some are already being Installed on the
Third avenue line In New York. You
drop In your nickel and get a ride. The
automatic motorman has not yet arrived.
The Universal Scapegoat.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American
'TIS true the West Point "plebes"
haxed.
'Twas all Loeb's fault;
Why this discussion has been raised,
'TIs all Loeb's fault;
That "plebes" were sent to gather ants,
And count them o'er in weary pants.
The while torment rs looked askance.
That was Loeb's fault.
When men of note got a hard rub,
'Twas all Loeb's fault.
And joined the Ananias rlub
It was Loeb's fault.
When Japanese gut very mad.
And made poor Hodson feel quite sad.
When Havti was behaving bad.
'Twas all Loeb's fault.
Wtien Castro quarreled with the Dutoh,
Twas all Loeb's fault;
When thev said Castro was not much.
That was Loeb's fault;
When Bryan Dems. did nominate.
When fishing failed for lack of bait,
When naughty husbands stayed out lata,
'Twas all Loeb's fault.
That fuss o'er the athletic games
Was all Loeb's fault;
That people got to calling names
That was Loeb's fault.
That It is hot as hot can be.
The air full of humidity.
And forest fires are raging ft es
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