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PORTLAND. THtKSIAY. AUG. IS. 1908.
"o parallel in history."
"In all the previous history of the
world." declares a socialist publica
tion, "there can be no parallel found,
either in extent or degree, for the con
fiscation that is legally enforced
through the capitalist system upon
the laboring masses of today."
This is one of those sweeping state
ments, loud and false, of which men
who appoint themselves "champions
of labor," that they may live on the
labor of others, by writing and speech
making, are constantly fond. While
U is entirely true that labor does not
obtain in all cases as much as It
should In fairness receive, it Is a fact,
nevertheless, that the lot of workmen
i'l general, the wages they obtain and
the conditions in which they live, are
far better than at any former period of
human history. They ought to be,
and they are.
Especially in a new country like
ours, where land is yet abundant and
practically free, and vast resources,
framed in the prodigality of nature,
are a-s yet scarcely touched by the
hand of industry, labor cannot lack
opportunity. But the man whose cap
ital is his labor must be guided by
it purposeful Intelligence of his own.
He must have the spirit to work all
he can, not as little as he can; and If
ht is to accomplish anything he-never
must permit himself to begin with the
notion that society Is organized for
his oppression, or that he may look
for resource or advantage for him
self In some new arrangement of the
social and industrial organism, to be
accomplished through political ac
tivity, social revolution, alteration of
the bases of industrial life, or change
of governmental forms.
If anybody really thinks that con
ditions of labor are now worse than
they ever have been in the history of
the world, he may easily disabuse
his mind by careful reading of any
ot the multitude of books on social
and industrial life In England and
in the United States, during centuries
preceding the present time. Take
"Social England," a monumental
work in six volumes, by many writers,
edited by H. D. Traill (Putnam).
This work covers many centuries.
Take "The Economic and Social Con
dition of New England," by W. B.
Veeden, two volumes (Houghton
Mifflin & Co). Take Mc.Master's
History of the People of the United
States," passim. Head the great
book of Thorold Rogers on Work
and Wages. (Putnam). This book
details minutely the progress, and
gives a comprehensive estimate., of
the conditions of labor in England
during the last sixty years. It gives
moreover, a sketch of the industrial
life and economic condition of Eng
land, from early times. Our own cus
toms come to us through our an
cestors In America, from England and
the rest of Europe, modified by time,
circumstances and conditions in the
New World; and labor here, there
fore, has always been in happier cir
cumstances than in the seats of our
ancestors, and is so today. On the
whole, too, it is in happier circum
stances in our own country than it
ever was in any former time; for it
lias the advantage of general diffusion
of knowledge, and knowledge is
power. Progress of physical science
has made during the last fifty years
the condition of the laborer far better
than ever before, and is steadily im
proving it. Maintenance of sanitary
conditions and care of the public
health rive protection to the workine
classes such as they never had before.
Their own efforts, through labor
unions, which formerly were not per
mitted to exist and against which
statutes thundered, are now efficient
means for improvement of their con
dition and for their protection against
arbitrary wrong. In all civilized
states labor now gets justice, or
nearer approach to justice, than ever
before. Some of the conditions are
hard, truly. So they ever will be,
for man is subject to the conditions of
his existence on the earth; certainly
never can wholly change them.
Though some employers get rich, the
workers in the main get what Is due
them; for many employers, and ln
oeed the greater number, use up their
capital and fail. The few who grow
enormously rich have, or have had,
some special privilege, which it is the
business of government to cut off.
But when these shall all be cut off
the general conditions will still be
the same, and men and women will
have to work still, as heretofore and
row.
They who assert that never be
fore In the history of the world were
the laboring masses so robbed and
oppressed as now, know nothing of
the subject, either from the history
ot the world, or from their own ex
perience. It Is merely their function
to talk loosely and loud. They get
their living out of It, at the expense
of labor; for they never engage in
any- productive employment them
Belves. Their actual knowledge is al
ways in inverse ratio to the positlve
ness of their assertion; and when you
find them saying that in all the pre
vious history of the world never can
there be found a parallel for the In
justice practiced on labor today, you
may be sure they have no knowledge
of history, no personal experience, no
gTasp of the subject In Its economic
or historic bearings, to support their
contention or claim. Zeal without
knowledge is worse than stupidity and
Inaction, and there is reason to fear
that such instructors as these never
Kill like Jonathan (not Jonathan
! Bourne) taste the wild honey In the
wood In the day of battle ana nna
their eyes enlightened.'
RACES WITHOIT BETTTNG.
Last year the Oregon State Fair
Board put an end to racetrack gamb
ling at the fair grounds, and the re
sult seems to have been a disappoint
ment to those who confidently assert
ed that "you can't have races without
gambling." So great was the inter
est In last year"s races that the Board
has found it advisable to double the
capacity of the grandstand, and this
has been done. This does not mean
that the attendance has been doubled,
or will be, for presumably part of the
space upon which the new grandstand
has been built was formerly occupied
by people who stood up while watch
ing the races. Doubling the grand
bland indicates two things, however
that the attendance has been and will
be as large as before gambling was
eliminated, and that the crowd will
be a more orderly one. The gambling
element found pleasure in jamming
and jostling In front of the grand
stand. By. this means excitement
could be aroused and the work ot the
"touts" could be facilitated. Those
who do not bet on the races find it
more pleasant and convenient to sit
down, and they will now have an
opportunity.
The race without gambling has
many advantages over the race upon
which pools are sold, and has no ap
parent disadvantages. To the lover
of clean sport the race free from
gambling is just as Interesting and
exciting as any speed contest upon
which bets are made. Such a race
is much more satisfactory, for there
is no suspicion of unfairness, as there
often Is when large amounts of money
are to change hands upon the result.
But the race without gambling draws
a considerable numDer or spectators
who have conscientious scruples
against lending the Indorsement of
their presence to any occasion which
includes a violation of both civil and
moral law. Such people have no hes
itancy in attending a race meet where
rool-selling has been discontinued.
While gambling was never very ex
tensive at the Oregon state fair, the
fact that it existed, with official ap
proval, had an injurious effect. The
crowds will be larger, instead of
smaller, with the betting eliminated.
BRYAN'S NOTIFICATION SPEECn.
Mr. Bryan's notification speech will
not disappoint anybody. It contains
cbout what might have been expected
and Its sentences are turned In that
easy, lucid way for which he is well
known. He makes :ull use of the
opportunities for retort which Mr.
Taft has afforded. Naturally, the man
who speaks first must expect to be
criticised by the one who follows, and
no one can make a speech with which
it Is impossible to pick flaws. Through
out his address Mr. Bryan's premises
read pretty well. Few of them can
be disputed and they are stated in
temperate language. It is his con
clusion that one has to reject. The
same conclusion is drawn from every
argument In the spech and it is re
peated at the close of each para
graph In form or substance. The
whole discourse might. In fact, be
summed up in a single sentence, "The
country Is going to the dogs under
Republican rule and the only way to
save It Is to elect William Jennings
Bryan President."
The corporations have wrested the
substance of power away from the
people and left them only the shadow;
therefore we must elect Mr. Bryan.
The trusts have destroyed competition
and set up universal monopolies;
therefore, we must elect Mr. Bryan.
Seventy billion dollars of watered
stock has been issued by the corpor
ations; therefore, we must elect Mr.
Bryan. The tariff has not been re
fcrmed. Senators cannot yet be elect
ed by the people, the House of Rep
resentatives is ruled despotically by
Mr. Cannon and his satellites; there
fore, we must elect Mr. Bryan. The
peerless one Is a sort of soothing syrup
or pink pill, warranted to cure all
diseases. Mr. Bryan says that if he
Is elected he will call Congress In
extra session immediately after he Is
Inaugurated and demand submission
of an amendment authorizing popu
lar election of Senators. Suppose he
should do so, what would be the re
sult? Does he imagine that his man
date would change the conduct of
the Senate with reference to this very
desirable amendment? The only way
to secure direct choice of Senators
by the voters is to elect no one to
the Senate who Is not pledged un
equivocally to that policy. And even
then the result would not be certain.
How could a Democratic victory
alter the subservience of the House
cf Representatives to Its bosses? The
Democrats in that body have been
just as servile as the Republicans and
perhaps more so. Throughout the
last session, John Sharp Williams
was in perfect accord with Mr. Can
non. The revolt which he appeared to
engineer was understood on all hands
to be simulated. If the Democrats
expect to change the attitude of the
House toward its petty tyrants, they
must begin by electing a very differ
ent class of members from those they
have selected hitherto. In fact, the
only way to reform Congress is to
cease sending corporation tools to
the Senate and simpletons to the
House. With a House composed of
men having the courage and character
which a Representative ought to
possess, Mr. Cannon and his clique
would find themselves dethroned
within half an hour of the opening of
the session. The members are servile
to their bosses, not because anything
compels them to be so, but because
servility comes natural to them, and
altering their labels from Republican
to Democrat would not affect their
mental state In the least degree.
How Mr. Bryan's election is to help
solve the watered stock problem is
another mystery. The stock is in the
hands of persons who have bought and
paid for it. They may have been
fools to make the Investment, but it
is made, and there is no possible help
for It now. The only feasible pre
vention of sale of watered stock Is to
give the public full information about
corporation assets, as Mr. Roosevelt
has proposed, and even then the folly
of Investors could not be wholly
checked.
The fact is that Mr. Bryan has
nothing to propose In the way of
remedies for public evils which Is
either novel or practicable. Plausible
as his address sounds, it is far from be
ing a statesmanlike utterance. Strong
in denunciation, it Is exceedingly weak
on the conservative side. The only
promising plan for restoring the rule of
law and the rights of the public in
this country Is the one which Mr.
Roosevelt has been pursuing and
which Mr. Taft promises faithfully to
carry out. It has not done as much
as might be wished, but it has cer
talnly done something, while all that
Mr. Bryan has to offer is a dish of
visions, most of them vague and some
a little flatulent. It would seem as If
the voter could not hesitate where to
fix his choice.
FORGIVEN BUT THAT WAS ALL.
Those who read the. story of the
Prodigal Son frequently overlook two
circumstances to which attention was
called by Rev. Harold Pattlson, In his
sermon at the White Temple last Sun
day evening. The speaker declared
that the wayward youth was. In some
respects, better for his experience,
but his assertion was wisely qualified
by the remark that forgiven sin leaves
its scar and that the prodigal never
recovered the patrimony he had
wasted.
Ministers of the gospel are usually
too ready to emphasize the power of
divinity to cleanse from all sin, leav
ing the impression that in their opin
ion this forgiveness saves from the
effect of sin. Nothing could be more
misleading. Those who find the story
of the Prodigal Son interesting should
not fail to notice Mr. Pattison's limi
tation upon the effect of the father's
forgiveness. The son was welcomed
by his father and restored to his
former place in his father's affections.
He was not welcomed by his brother,
and, if the story had been told in all
Its details, it may be readily believed
that he was not welcomed by his
former sweetheart, if he had one. The
young man who spends his patrimony
in riotous living with harlots may
find forgiveness at the hands of an
Indulgent father, but he cannot hope
to be restored to the full confidence
of his fellow-men nor can he expect
pure-minded young women to accept
his attentions. Moreover, the lasting
evil effects of that sort of life are be
coming so well known that eventually
we shall have laws that will prevent
the Prodigal Sons from perpetuating
their species. Sin left its scar and the
wasted patrimony was not restored.
MILITARY AVIATION.
The progress of aviation has excited
much unrest among the military
authorities of the world. They have
been inclined to believe that the na
tion which first succeeds in navigat
ing the air will immediately become
the predominant power. Armies
must be remodeled and navies will be
of questionable value. WTith this opin
ion the Engineering News does not
agree. In the number for July 30 it
says editorially that the military value
of the airship has probably been much
overestimated. As affording a position
for attack it has at least two disad
vantages which cannot be overcome.
It is immoderately dangerous to those
whom it carries and it affords an easy
mark to the enemy. An airship can
not possibly fly high enough to be out
of reach of modern guns. Sharpshoot
ers would desire no better diversion
than to riddle a balloon or shatter an
aeroplane, evan if It were two miles
high.
At the best, moreover, an airship
can transport but a small load of ex
plosive substance, not enough to de
stroy a city, or materially injure an
army. The notion that one of them
might drop enough dynamite from on
high to devastate an entire province
Is erroneous, according to the Engin
eering News. It is the opinion of
the News that aviation will not have
much effect upon the relative military
efficiency of the nations and that
those which are behindhand In the
development of the art need not worry
on that account. Terrestrial armies
and navies will continue to be about
as useful as they have ever been.
WHEAT STILL. KING.
With an indicated yield of 44.000,
000 bushels In the Pacific Northwest,
and the price hovering around 80
cents in the interior, wheat is still
king among the great natural products
of the Pacific Northwest. The 1905
crop, in spite of its dimensions, can
hardly be regarded as a good crop,
as light yields were noted throughout
a considerable portion of the territory,
but, with the output running to the
big figures given. In adverse circum
stances, it is easily apparent that
there are still possibilities for greater
expansion in the industry. The size
of the present crop has been greatly
increased through the introduction of
improved methods of farming, and
there has also been some increase by
reason of new acreage, most of the
latter being in the State of Washing
ton. Wheatgrowing is an old industry
in Oregon, but it was not until 1869
that the Government considered the
crop in this state to be worth mention
in Its statistics. In that year Oregon
was credited with 1,750,000 bushels,
which represented the entire output
of the Pacific Northwest. This yield
was increased to 12,039,000 bushels in
1882, the first year In which Wash
ington appears on the records, the
Evergreen State being credited with
2,440,000 bushels, while Idaho pro
duced 660,000 bushels. These figures
are generally believed to be some
what in excess of the actual yield, as
they are not reflected in the shipping
records of that early period. Umatilla,
now the banner wheat county of the
state, had hardly begun growing wheat
when the Willamette Valley was at its
maximum of production. The Valley
long ago reached the summit of its
greatness as a wheat producer, and it
has been nearly Ave years since a
cargo of Valley wheat was sent for
eign. Umatilla is now following the ex
ample set by the Willamette Valley
farmers, and is gradually changing
into fruit and diversified farming, ex
cept in the districts where the wheat
barons control large tracts on which
the profits of growing 80-cent wheat
are too alluring to be relinquished.
But the gradual shifting from vfheat
to diversified farming has not yet
reached proportions where the wheat
industry Js in danger of being forced
into second place. Throughout Cen
tral Oregon there is an immense terri
tory as yet untouched, which, with
proper transportation facilities, can be
made to swell the output of Oregon
wheat to a greater amount than has
yet been reached.
There is also considerable new land
in the State of Washington, and in
the near future we may witness a
Northwestern wheat yield very close
to 100,000,000 bushels. As that max
imum will be reached about the time
that the development of our lumber
industry has increased the output of
that great staple to three or four
times Its present proportions, there
are wonderful possibilities in store for
the Pacific Northwest from these two
great staples alone.
The second volume of reports of
the C. P. Huntington fund for cancer
research 'has Just been Issued. It
contains seventeen papers which, col
lectively, give a fair summary of pres
ent knowledge, the most Important
and most depressing fact being that
no one knows exactly the cause of
cancer and there is no sure cure.
Professor James Ewing, of the medi
cal department of Cornell, discusses
"Cancer Problems" and, after a sur
vey of all the evidence, discards the
parasite theory, though he does not
deny all relation between parasites
and malignant tumors. The theory
of "cell autonomy" is, in his opinion,
the most tenable as "founded on the
sum total of clinical observations and
supported by assured principles drawn
from many collateral sciences." This
theory, difficult to explain in non
technical language, Is that certain
cells of the human body, under certain
conditions, seem to have an autono
mous power of growth and reproduc
tion, like the cells of the lowest organ
isms. Dr. Ewing thinks that the chief
hope for the present generation, of a
reduced- mortality, from cancer, lies
in the earlier recognition of the pre
cancerous stage of the disease and
the elimination of some of its acces
sible factors. This study Is now be
ing carried on by experts in many
parts of the world.
It Is. 350 years since tobacco was
introduced into Germany. This an
niversary is referred to in a recent
article by Hans Winter in the New
York Staats-Zeltung. Tobacco, ho
says, was brought to Europe first In
1558 by the body physician of Philip
II, Don Francisco Hernandez. The
plant received its botanical name,
nlcotina, from Jean Nicot, who was
the French Minister at Lisbon and
sent some to his sovereign, Francis
II. It was introduced into England by
Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1580, though
he has often been credited with hav
ing taken the first tobacco from Amer
ica to Europe. This anniversary may
serve to start anew a discussion as to
whether the weed has added to the
sum of human happiness or comfort.
Its continued use has enabled one of
the meanest trusts in the United States
to pile up millions.
The two Sultans of Morocco, Abdul
Aziz and Mulai Hafid, seem to divide
honors on the numerous battlefields
as evenly as could be expected from
brothers. One week Abdul is on the
run, with Mulai appropriating the
harem, and a few days later It Is Mu
lai that is hot-footing it before the
avenging hosts of the Sultan of record.
This week It is Abdul's turn to wear
the crown of victory, for, after four
days' fighting at Dar El Agada, the
forces of Mulai Hafld were routed,
with heavy loss. If this see-saw ar
rangement is followed a few months
longer, there will not be very many
melancholy Moors left to hold the
offices, and there are plenty of re
turning travelers who assure us that
Morocco would be a lovely place if
there were no Moors there.
Carry the news to Hood River
Smith, Millard Lownsdale, Mayor Hop
kins, of Central Point, and all of the
rest of the apple kings of the greatest
apple state in the Union. The officers
of the American Applegrowers' Asso
ciation, now in session at St. Louis,
predict that apples this year will sell
at $2.50 and $3 per barrel on the
trees, and, as the season wanes, the
price will advance to a beggarly J 10
per barrel. As these prices are in
tended for Eastern apples, it would
be difficult to predict to what height
the price of Oregon apples, the finest
in the world, will soar. When the
best of the Eastern apples are selling
at J 10 per barrel, a judge of good
fruit should not object to paying about
J 50 per box for fancy Oregon stock.
The aggregate value of untaxed and
untaxable property in New York City,
according to the latest official state
ment. Is nearly Jl, 250, 000, 000. This
includes public buildings, parks, char
itable and educational institutions, etc.
Central Park is appraised at $250,000,-
000. Here is food for speculation over
the value of land to be bought soon
by the Portland Park Commission.
What will property that can be bought
today for $100,000 be worth when
Portland shall have reached New
York's present age?
Those who think we have too many
plutocrats in the United States ought
to find great comfort in the daily
record of automobile accidents. Prov
idence thinned out the feudal barons
by causing them to kill each other.
The plutocrats reach the same end
by plunging into chasms and bump
ing against rocks and trees.
. Democrats of Portland are anxious
to get Parker here to speak for
Bryan, but didn't want to hear Parker
when he was a candidate himself.
They treated him throughout with ut
most contempt, and nearly all voted
for Roosevelt.
The New York lawyer who gave the
Sheriff of Saratoga County a written
cpinion, pointing out how he might
break the anti-gambling law safely,
illustrates the fidelity of the profes
sion to its new and beautiful code of
ethics.
Music and other entertainments in
the parks of Portland, as in other
cities, are now provided at the public
cost. "Panem et clrcenses." Over
haul your Niebuhr and Mommsen,
and when found make a note of.
No one can see the habitual smile
or smirk, in the pictures of Bryan, in
all the newspapers, Democratic and
Republican alike, without being forced
to laugh. The expression is, "Any
thing to please."
Down in California the primary
didn't dethrone the boss, and in Illi
nois the primary renominated Senator
Hopkins, the Republican machine
manager. Is the boss really out of
business?
Tom Lawson says the country will
get along all right whoever shall be
elected President, and the stock mar
ket will have its little ups and downs;
that's all. Is Tom going back on
Bryan?
DOESN'T APPROVE IRRIGATION.
Old Settler Who Believes) Water Will
- Injure Prairie Lands.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) I read with, interest your recenc
editorial upon Irrigation in the Wil
lamette Valley. It Is a question in
my mind as to whether irrigation upon
our prairie land would be a help in
growing grrain crops.
I took the stand several year ago,
when chls subject was first agitated
In Linn County, that irrigation would
do for the sandy loam of our rlyer bot
toms, on gravelly soil and for pas
tures and meadows; but not for our
prairies with their . clay loam and
"white" land, for the reason that the
soil would pack after irrigation and
unless It could be stirred would bake.
If a large degree of humus could be
returned to our soils, making them as
when we farmed them In pioneer days,
irrigation might be a success.
We old settlers well know that our
lands Bown to Fall grain did not pack
from the Winter's rains and then
"crust" with the cessation of the late
Spring showers, as has been the case
during the later years.
The days of wheatraislng as a staple
crop, however, are well passed in this
valley, and by sowing other grains In
drills far enough apart to admit of
cultivation I believe a larger yield
could be secured than by present
methods, and irrigation would not be
necessary.
Not many years more and we will
likely have to ship In much of our
wheat and flour from Eastern Oregon.
Our leading farm industries are go
ing to be stockraising. fruit produc
tion, both large and small fruits, and
dairying; and so irrigation will might
ily help In raising leguminous crops,
and grasses for hay, for watering our
orchards and gardens in which the soil
can be stirred, and for flooding our
meadows.
We can gladly look forward to the
time when our valley will be dressed
in emerald robes the year round and
"bud and blossom" far beyond the glor
ies we now enjoy.
Let there be Irrigation, but on the
other hand we need thorough tile
drainage to carry off the surplus from
our Winter rains; thus greatly adding
to the productive capacity of our soils
and more reasonable cultivation of the
same.
The question of good roads will also
be largely settled. Then with small
farm holdings, an intensive farming,
and with' people governed by and en
Joying the highest types of a christian
civilization, we will have as near para
dise as can be found outside the pearly
gates of Heaven.
CYRUS HAMLIN WALKER.
FORBID TOBACCO AND CANDIES.
Then a Klde on Portland Streetcar
Will Be a Delight.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) I have an Idea that every wo
man and many men of Portland thank
our streetcar officials for clearing the
front platforms. And the motormen
must feel it to be an order reducing
their cares.
Now, at the risk of incurring the
displeasure of many. I would like to
suggest a further Improvement the
forbidding of smoking on the cars any
where. I am aware I am touching on
a sensitive topic, but I speak feelingly;
and can but think with grateful re
membrance of the city of Honolulu,
where a car ride Is a pleasure at any
and all times, for in every car you read
the (to me) soothing legend of "No
Smoking," and you can take a long
ride to the suburbs with never a
stifling breath of smoke to nauseate
or asphyxiate you.
Nor do"" you see women and children
eatirjg bananas and candy and peanuts
and all the rest of delicate sustenance
Indulged in so freely in some of our
cars. Tobacco for the men and all
these other "luxuries" (Including gum)
for women seem to go hand In hand,
and one is1 just as much out of place
as the other In a streetcar, to my
mind.
A rear platform of a car becomes the
front platform on the return trip. Last
two or three seats reserved for smok
ers on open cars are front seats re
turning. In both Instances there are
ashes and burnt matches and general
nastiness for people to wade through
and get their feet and clothing
smirched. It seems to this fellow mor
tal there may be plenty of opportunity
elsewhere for smoking and chewing
and eating of bananas, etc., than in a
public conveyance.
We of the mainland are apt to feel
that our island neighbors are not quite
so advanced in civilization as ourselves,
but they In Honolulu do have the "near
crossing." but are sufficiently ahead of
us to do away with car smoking (and
all this other refreshment business as
far as I saw) and you may ride miles
and miles around that peaceful city
without other than a delightful ride,
with no nauseating attachments. Let
us copy such civilization.
LILLIAN C. OLDS.
Let Bryan Have His Say.
Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem.
According to the World, there Is
need of real statesmanship at Wash
ington. To its manifest regret Mr.
Taft has "refused to discuss the im
portant questions bearing upon busi
ness and industrial revival, the re-employment
of the idle, the fairer distri
bution of public burdens and reduction
of the cost of living." It does not say
when such refusal was forthcoming,
but It is, it submits, "gratifying to
note the fact that Mr. Bryan promises
to devote his first speech of the cam
paign to these problems." Well, it
must be admitted that the text Is big
enough.
If, in a few thousand words, the
Nebraskan can solve all the problems
of business, show how the cost of liv
ing can be reduced, give re-employment
to the Idle and bring about a
fairer distribution of public burdens,
he will demonstrate his claim upon
recognition as the marvel of the age.
Isn't the World asking a trifle too
much? Isn't It filing a demand for the
solution of problems that have been in
evidence since the beginning of the
world, and that will remain until time
shall be no more? However, if Bryan
be equal to it, by all means let him
have his say.
Personal Mention of a Cur.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. (To the Editor.)
On East Salmon street Is the worst
dead-beat of a dog that howls at the
moon; his knowledge of music is very
small and his tones are out of tune. He
howls and howls as the hours go by,
while dodging a brick or two, till the
moon Is low in the western sky and his
voice is spilt in two. And there Isn't a
thing at which to howl, or at which the
cur should weep, and the yell of the dog
Is wrong and foul, for the people are
wild to sleep. But there are plenty of
men like that blame fool hound, who
screech when there's nothing wrong, dls-tut-blng
the town and all around just like
that darn fool hound.
CYNTHIA ELLEN JONES.
A Real Hero.
Washington Star.
"Another hero dat deserves a medal
whether he gits it or not," said Uncle
Eben, "is de man dat goes right along
tendln' to business wifout no complaints
'bout de hot weather." .
One-Sided Conversation.
Philadelphia Press.
Servant But Mr. Skinner is too ill to
talk to you today.
Collector You needn't worry, about
that. iUi-do.-all -the--talking.
PLEASED WITH BLCE JACKETS
Auckland. Gratified by Fine Deport
ment of Her Visitors.
AUCKLAND, N. Z., Aug. 12. The
principal entertainments In honor of
the officers and men of the visiting
battleship fleet are now at an end.
for Thursday. Friday and Saturday
are to be devoted to sports and minor
entertainments. After the races at
Ellerslle, Admiral Sperry and 2D0 offi
cers of the fleet proceeded as the
guests of Prime Minister Ward and
members of Parliament to Rotorua, In
the Thermal District, in the heart of
North Island, 171 miles from Auckland
by rail. Here they will visit the boil
ing springs, geyser and medicinal
baths and witness the opening cere
monies of the beautiful new bath
house. Excursions will be made to
other points of interest near Rotorua.
The good behavior of the men has
made a most favorable Impression on
the people of Auckland. There is no
question but that the men have had a
thoroughly good time on shore. They
have been entertained almost constant
ly with theatrical productions, dinners
and sports, and they hae expressed
their liking for Auckland and the peo
ple of the city in unmistakable terms.
The pallors have shown themselves
ready spenders, and by the time the
fleet leaves the shopkeepers of Auck
land will have reaped a rich harvest.
The men crowd the curio shops day
and night, purchasing souvenirs of the
country, and they have mailed vast
quantities of picture postal cards to
friends at home. All this Is regarded
as a very good advertisement for New
Zealand.
Tonight the noncommissioned offi
cers of the New Zealand garrison en
tertained at drill hall the noncommis
sioned officers of the American and
Australasian ships. There were more
sports and entertainments for the en
listed men. and the officers who did
not go to Rotorua were given a dinner.
Admiral Sperry has received a cable
gram from the Governor of Queens
land, Lord Chelmsford, containing af
fectionate greetings and the wishes
of the Governor for the continued
prosperity of the United States and
Great Britain. In reply the American
Admiral conveyed his heartfelt thanks
and spoke of the common origin of the
free institutions of the two countries.
GIVE EVERY MAN SOUVENIR
Japanese rian Magnificent Recep
tion for Atlantic Fleet.
TOKIO. Aug. 12. Notwithstanding
the fact that this is the vacation period
at the departmental offices of the gov
ernment, the staff at the Navy Depart
ment Is already busily engaged in pre
paring the programme for the recep
tion of the American Atlantic battle
ship fleet which Is due to arrive In
Japanese waters October 17. The re
ception will undoubtedly be conducted
on a grand scale, and the chief diffi
culty now appears to be to keep the
programme within the bounds de
manded by the limited time the war
vessels will remain here. Continual
changes In the details of the plans
are necessary because of this.
It is estimated that the welcome to
be accorded the Americans by Japan
will cost 1500.000. Every officer and
man of the visitors will be presented
with a souvenir of the occasion, these
to be made of silver.
Admiral Viscount Ito, chief of the
naval general staff, who won time
at the battle of the Yalu, In an in
terview granted to the Associated
Press today, said:
"The coming of the great American
fleet to Japan Is one of the most strik
ing events of our history and we must
extend to it our most sincere welcome.
Aside from the social features of this
visit, the coming of the fleet will un
doubtdly tend to bring the nations
closer to each other; and It will like
wise prove of the greatest benefit to
both the American and Japanese
navies as an example. The cruising
of this magnificent fleet the enormous
distance It has covered is unprecedent
ed In the history of the world's navies.
"Within our harbor will be gathered
a fleet of war vessels representing
fully 200,000 tons and consisting of
ships of the most powerful and most
modern types. The coming of the
American fleet Is at our invitation, and
while It is impossible to receive It with
the entire Japanese Navy, as many
vessels ns are available should be as
sembled to pay our respects to the
visitors.
Continuing, Admiral Ito referred to
the reports that have reached Japan
from Europe, which say that theAmer
lean sailors of the fleet objected to
coming to Japanese waters and con
templated an organized strike as a
protest against the proposed visit. Ad
miral Ito said that these reports should
not be credited here, because it Is
extremely doubtful that the American
bluejackets would be likely to act like
striking workmen. But even If these
reports were true, he said, Japanese
sailors should not criticise the Amerl
cans on that account, as It Is Impos
sible to Judge the West by the stand
ards of the East.
GRAYS HARBOR TOWNS CAUGHT
Government Detectives After Man
for Passing Forged Orders.
HOQU1AM, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) United States detectives are hot
on the train of a crook who has been
passing forged money orders on the un
suspecting business men of the Harbor
cities. The orders are of the series
stolen from Seattle Station No. 15 last
Fall.
DREDGES FILLED IX MILLYARI)
Silt From Hoqulam Harbor Used
to Advantage.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) President N. J. Blagen, of the
Grays Harbor Lumber Company, has
contracted with the North American
Dredging Company, now engaged In
deepening the channel to the sea, to fill
the millyards with slit from the bottom
of the bay. This will do away with
the flotsam and Jetsam of the tide flats
now greeting the visitors to this city
when alighting from trains at the
depot.
CANNOT SELL "NEAR BEER''
Brownsville Council Forbids Sale of
So-Called Temperance Drink.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) The Council of Brownsville has put
the ban on "near beer." so far as selling
the same in Brownsville is concerned, at
the regular monthly session. Unfortu
nately for the manufacturers of this
much-advertised "temperance drink" the
ordinances of this city provide that malt
liquor can only be sold by registered
pharmacists, and the, Council ordered
strict enforcement of the law.
Luther League In Session.
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The eighth an
nual convention of the Luther League
of America was formally opened by a
reception and grand rally of delegates
in Emanuel Swedish Lutheran Church
last night. More than 700 delegates,
representing a membership of 60.000,
from every state in the Union, Porto
Rico, Canada. India, Africa and China,
are in attendance, i
TEXT OF CLAYTON'S SPEECH
Alabama Man EulogUos Leader of
Democratic Tarty.
Following is the text of the speech of
Chairman Clayton, of the notification
committee, informing Mr. Bryan or nis
nomination :
Mr. Brvan: The National pemocratle
Convention that assembled at Ec"v1' "J
July 7 was truly a representative body or
the people of the t nit.-d States. Harmony
characterized its deliberations and all or 'j"
conservation of government under a w ni"
ten constitution and for the aj-vlicHtion or
Democratic principUs in public affairs to
meet the requirements of proifrcasive Amer
ican civilization. .
Without the intervention of a completer
ballot vou were nominated for the office ot
President of the lnlted States. A commit
tee, compoped of the permanent chatrman
and one deleftates from each state and ter
ritory, vai appointed to inform you of your
selection as the utandard-bearer of your
party in the pending campaign. Therefore,
in pursuance of the convention, this com
mittee now brings to you this message from
a united and aBgressive Democracy.
Our irreat party ts confident of the right
eousness of its cause, and relying upon the
support of the people, is determined to res
cue the Government of the republic from the
hands of the despoilers who have exploit
ed it for the benefit of faorltes and to the
injury of the masses of plain people.
We know that our party platform and
candidate stand for the best interest of all
the people. We know that success is de
served. We believe that our party and
candidate, animated by the wisest and most
patriotic purposes, will achieve victory in
November. On no political Issue ts the
platform a straddle or evasion, and its
every declaration squares with the princi
ples of old-fashioned Democracy. It is es
sentially a Democratic instrument, preserv
ing and applying the faith of the fathers to
existing conditions.
It is hardly worth while to say. sir, that.
In the judgment of your party associates,
and our countrymen generally, you, as our
candidate, fit our platform. And it is
equally gratifying that there is nothing in
the platform calling for apology. There is
nothing that you would avoid or run away
from. There is nothing omitted that ynu
need supply by giving your Individual views.
In these respects you have a tremendous ad
vantage of your Republican opponent, stand
ing on such a platform, possessed of an
abiding conviction that our cause is just,
you will draw the keen blade of righteous
ness 1n truth, throwing away the scabbard,
and fiKht for the 'principle of equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
Your party hns emphatically refused to
form any alliances wit h special interests
that enjoy special privileges under Repub
lican admlnlst ration. You have always re
fused to compromise with those who prosti
tute the functions of covernment for the
lust of greed. It was your lofty states
manship, your unwavering fidelity, your
Jefferson standard of Jrtmocracy that in
duced the representatives of millions of
American f re men unanimously to choose
you as their candidate for the highest of
fice In the world.
It would be inappropriate for me to de
tain this splendid audience that has met
here today to listen to your patriotic and
eloquent words. Therefore, I now hm.d you
an authenticated copy of the platform
adopted by the Democratic Convention, at
Denver and request the secretary to rend
the formal lettter of notification signed by
the committee.
Following is the text of the- letter ot
notification read to Mr. Bryan:
You were unanimously nominated for
President of the United States by the Na
tional Democratic Convention that assem
bled at Denver July 7. The convention di
rected us to convey to you this formal no
tice of your notification.
The duties of the d-legates to the con
vention were mad a plain, especially by the
fact that the people who sent them there
desired the banner of Democracy to be
entrusted to your hands. No Federal office
holders conspired to bring about your nom
ination. Nor did predatory wealth conspire
and its allied Interests contribute to that
end. Your selection came spontaneously
from the hearts of your feilow-clttzers. The
proceedings of the convention Hhow that
with zeal and enthusiasm the plain duty of
the dejeates was accomplished.
The platform adopted Is a bold nnd frank
declaration of time-honored principles of
the Democratic party and their application
to conditions confronting the country. It
was unanimously reported by the commit
tee and was adopted by the convention
without a dissenting vote. A copy of this
platform has ben handed o nu This
declaration expressed that faith that ani
mates the United Deinocrne. Of these
principles it is well known of all men that
for the past 1- years you have been the
bravest, ablest nnd most eloquent advo
cate. Although in two campaigns you have
failed to attain the Presidency, you enjoy
the unique distinction of having lived to
see your ideals r.ccompllshed by a great
majority of the American people and many
of your policies adopted by the party thst
has most strenuously opi oscd t iieni and
that has most bitterly assailed you.
We esteem it a privilege to have been
selected to participate in the ceremonies of
this day, when you are informed that you
have been nominated for tne foremost place
in the world. We doubt not that the peo
ple will in November next declare you to
be their choice for President of the United
States.
The triumph of the principles for which
you stand will redound to the best interests
of the Republic and to the welfare of all
the American people.
UK VAX GETS IXDOKSilMKXl
Turmoil lit Colorado Labor Federa
tion Over Gompers Scheme.
DENVER, Aug. 12. Tile Colorado Fed
eration of Ibor In convention hero to
day by a viva voce vote lndorwed the
Democratic party in the National cam
paign. The indorsement was given when
a long communication from President
Sampel Gompers and members of the ex
ecutive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor, In which the Republican
party was declared to have "insulted"
labor and the Democratic party to have
given the laboring men practically all
that was asked of it and culling upon
laboring men generally to support the
party which has favored them, was
placed before the convention and on mo
tion of P. J- Devault, of Denver, wn
"received and concurred in."
The convention was thrown into tur
moil when some of the delegates charged
that the convention had been "jobbed '
and the federation pledged to support
the Democratic party contrary to the
wish of many members, but efforts to se
cure a reconsideration of the action were
unavailing.
SET PHICE FOK HOr-MCKIXG
Salem District Growers Meet Satur
day to Discuss Situation.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) Hop
growers of this section of the valley will
hold a meeting at the Salem City Hall,
at 1 o'clock next Saturday afternoon, for
the purpose of discussing the price to be
paid for hop-picking. Growers believe
that, in view of the low price of hops,
the price of picking should be reduced
this year, but they realize that nothing
can be accomplished in this direction
without concerted action. They will.
therefore, try to make an agreement as
to the amount to be paid. Local growers
are already advertising for pickers and
report no scarcity of help.
Lynd Files Cross-Complaint.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 12. (Special.)
W. A. Lynd has filed an answer and
cross-complaint in the divorce suit his
wife commenced against him on July 22.
In her complaint the wife accuses Lynd
of cruel and inhuman treatment and fail
ure to support her. Lynd's answer and
cross-complaint, filed August 10, denies
the above accusations. He in turn ac
cuses his wife of cruel and Inhuman
treatment and avers that she has neg
lected her duties as a wife since August
28, 1901.
Company G. Returns Home.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Company G of the Third Oregon:
returned from American Lake this even
ing at 5 o'clock. This evening they were
given a reception at the armory. A ban
quet was served by the mothers and
friends, with the aid of the donations
gLvTjr by-the business men- cf the town.