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Fo.taae Kateo 10 to 14 paces. 1 cent; IB to 28 pacea. 2 centa; 80 to 4 paaea. a cent j ; 48 to 80 pasea, 4 centa Forelfu oat are double ratea Eastern Business Office The B. C- Bee srltb Special Agency New York, rooroe 48 60 Tribune buiidlni. Chicago, rooms 610-012 Trtbjn bulldlnc. PORTLAND. SATURDAY. AUG. 29. 1008. WHAT HOKS BRIAN STAN 6 FORT When the members of the Iroquois Club, of San Francisco, asked Mr. Hearst to resign his membership In that organization they thought they were discrediting him before the peo ple of the country. Instead they dis credited themselves by-calling atten tion to the fact that Hearst prefers to stand openly for the political princi ples in which he says he believes, while they are willing partly to assert and partly to conceal their political beliefs in the hope of getting office. They are apt pupils of their leader. The Oregonian is accused of misrep resentation when It calls attention to that portion of Mr. Bryan's address of acceptance in which he declared that whatever strength he possesses Is due to the principles and policies for which he has stood, and that his re nomlnation has confirmed his faith in them and strengthened his attachment for them. It Is asserted by Mr. Bryan's apologists that another por tion of his address in which he says he will be bound by his party platform is sufficient evidence that he has aban doned the effort to promote the cause of free silver and has ceased his an tagonism to the Republican party's Philippine policy. But that is wholly a matter of Inter pretation. Opinions may reasonably differ as to what Mr. Bryan really meant the people to infer from his language. In 1896 Mr. Bryan de clared that the silver question was the paramount issue, that prosperity could not be restored without re-establishment of the double standard, and that no question Is settled until It Is settled right. . His whole soul was wrapped up in the silver issue. Now he de clares that his attachment to that principle has been strengthened. No one who heard him talk in 1896 sup posed that it would be possible to make him a stronger believer In free silver than he was then. But he says he is. And we are expected to accept the dictum of one portion of his fol lowers that he did not mean what he said because, in another portion of his address, he said- that he would be bound not only by what his party platform contained, but also by what It omitted. But who knows at just what moment Mr. Bryan had has fin gers crossed? Was he giving the peo ple a "fill" when he declared his in creased attachment to the policies which gave him all the strength he possesses or when he said he would be bound by what his party platform omitted? If he was really In earnest and sincere, why couldn't he have said, "Gentlemen, I have abandoned free silver and have come to the con clusion that I was wrong when I said that the Republican Philippine policy was a crime against liberty." If Mr. Bryan has abandoned the Is sues which he declared to be para mount in 1S96 and 1900, It would not have taken twenty words to say so. There was no need to make two vague and conflicting assertions which left every man free to place upon his lan guage an interpretation different from that given it by his neighbor. The voter who believes that Mr. Bryan's attachment to free silver and antl-im-perialism has been strengthened is called a liar by the one who believes that Bryan will be bound by what his party platform omits, and vice versa. Why should a man who poses as a statesman use language which permits such radically different interpreta tions, and which, however interpreted, cannot be reconciled In its assertions? Instead of asking Mr. Hearst to ten der his resignation, the Iroquois Club should have called upon Mr. Bryan for an explanation of his address of acceptance. Then, perhaps, it would have been found that Mr. Hearst is really a good Democrat and there would have been no need to call for his resignation. RUBBER. Possibly the next editions of the big dictionaries will clothe the verb "rub ber" with the respectability of a place in their columns, and lift it from slangdom. It deserves all It can get, for It is one of the expressive words of the American language. We. use the patriotic adjective advisedly, for our cousins- beyond the pond have not the keenness of perception needed to encompass its powerful meaning. Originating In contempt of one who would twist his neck in turning the head to gaze at something not in tended to be gazed at, he was called a "rubberneck" because of the elas ticity of connection between head and shoulder. Tour true Britisher would never have thought of the proper word. "Giraffe" would be more to his hand, and that would have been slander of a deserving beast, you know. The "rubber" is of all classes, but of one sex. The reason is obvious. There is nothing about the male sex worth "rubbering," but on the other hand there Is much. Most of the "rubbers" can be found any clear day on a street corner Just after the sprinkling wagon has passed. They are so easily identified they need no description here. They are contempt ible, of course, yet they are human, after all. Some of them are found In the early morning. Notably the man of business, who comes down before 8 o'clock and takes away from the boys of the store their Job of washing the sidewalk with the hose. "The hose" ah, yes. He has his eye on the hose. There you have the connection. The hose Is rubber and he "rubbers" the hose. Some humorist whose name should go down to fame has told of the only case on record of a female "rubber." It was during the memorable journey from Sodom. "Pa." said Mr. Lot's young son, "Ma is turning to rubber." "I'll fool you," snapped ma, and she turned to salt. Pity somebody all great and power ful cannot cure the freshness of some of the twentieth-century "rubbers" with m little salt. GUARANTEEING A BANK'S HONESTY. A Federal guarantee of bank depos its puts the Government at once Into the banking business. Do we want that? If we do, why go at the busi ness Indirectly by guaranteeing the se curity of deposits, and as a conse quence the solvency of the bank and the honesty and effllcency of the banker? It will be a senseless ven ture, certainly, thus to be responsible for the mistakes and losses of the bank, and the honesty and efficiency of Its management, without having a voice the controlling voice -in Its conduct. Why, then, not go Into the business directly, take over all the banks and run them? How. can the Government protect itself unless it does take over the banks. If It shall go Into the guarantee scheme? The bank depositor likes to feel that his money Is safe. But should he be obliged to exercise no discrimina tion betweep banks, and to accept no responsibility for the cousequences of his own good or bad judgment In se lecting a good or bad bank? He would not be, of course, under the guarantee plan. He could and would put his money In the bank paying him the largest Interest on his deposit or otherwise showing him the greatest consideration by allowing him the largest credit, say, in the matter of loans. But he can sleep all right nights. His money Is safe, however unsafe the bank may be. But why cannot the Government in sist that all banks shall be conducted on certain well-defined lines, thus .in suring their solvency? may be asked. The Government does that now, bo tar as National banks are con cerned; but it guarantees nothing, ex cept the prosecution of dishonest bankers. That Is all the Govern ment should do or Indeed can do, un less It is willing to go into the bank ing business, accept deposits, make loans and investments, and thus dis place entirely the private banker. The most effective and practicable guaran tee of the safety of deposits is rigid and perfect Inspection and supervis ion, direct accountability to the law. and Immediate responsibility to de positors. The guarantee plan penalizes the honest banker for the crimes and mis demeanors of the dishonest banker. The honest banker will not need to strive by prudent, conservative and careful methods to secure the good will and confidence ofithe public, for the Government will say to the depos itor that he may trust one banker Just a completely as another. Is that wise or fair, or sound In morals or policy? That bank will do the most business, then, that does the most for its clients, or offers to do the most, and the bank that safeguards the money of Its depositors best will do the least. AT GERVAIS. Gervais is a small town on the Southern Pacific road, about forty miles south of Portland and in the midst of a fertile district. While there are many big holdings, there is much diversified farming, and though the town Is shadowed by the combined state capital and county seat, fourteen miles distant. It is a shipping station of no small rank. Everything grows about Gervais and there are many special money crops. Just now one firm Is sending away a ton of ever green blackberries a day, with an oc casional spurt to three tons. Pickers get about 2 cents a pound for the fruit. That is money from the outside, clear gain almost. Growing clover and hulling the seed Is another indus try that pays, even with a crop one third short this year. A man with a head on him has a half-acre In green peas, that are In demand now when very few are growing, from which he has Just gathered over half a ton at the first picking and will get a ton more from his vines. He gets S cents a pound all from the outside and more clear gain to the community. Everybody has a hop field around Gervais, and that means very much more money; though the price this year be low. When the tree fruits are ripe, and when the potatoes and other crops that grow in the ground are garnered. Gervais will be again to the fore with, shipments "foreign." These are just a few of the items that make a good country town, and Ger vais is mentioned because the facts were at hand. There are many like It In Oregon and there are many more that can be made like It If a few men In each place make the start- THE POLICE COURT. Mr. Swett's idea that punishment should be corrective Instead of vin dictive is strictly in accord with the constitution of Oregon and with com mon sense. It Is true. too. that when a man Is before the court for the first time charged with a petty of fense It is often better to dismiss him with a reprimand than to Impose a penalty. Upon .this all students of penology are agreed. When punish ment Is Imposed the prisoner is forced to live in surroundings which do not tend to make him better. Quite the contrary. Everything contributes to make him worse. It is frequently the case that a person who has no crim inal disposition acquires a very decid ed one by his associations when In Jail for some trivial offense. Those Who know the Inside facts about re form schools, the rockplle and other punitory Institutions of that grade are well aware that they are as a rule nurseries of crime. As to fining men for drunkenness, it is often necessary, of course. But It should not be for gotten that If the man has a wife and children itls they who pay the fine, either directly or Indirectly. In fact, the routine practice of the Police Court amounts to compelling the wife to bear the burden of her husband's misdeeds. When a man Is sent to the rockplle It is argued by many philanthropists that -he should be credited with rea sonable daily wages, and if he has a family the sum should be turned over to them when his term expires. In a recent number of Harper's Monthly Mr. Howells contended that this prin ciple ought to be applied to convicts In the penitentiary.. It is an undeniable truth that trials in the Police Court are seldom con ducted with that consideration for hu man feeling which Justice demands. Although it Is the most tragic of all our Institutions and reeks with woeful misery, the Police Court is the jest of many writers and the frightful char acters who are gathered there are made food for mirth. It is like laugh ter at corpses molderlng In open graves. If Judge Swett can do any thing whatever toward making the Police Court a means of mercy and reformation, he deserves the gratitude of everybody and should be encour aged most heartily. HARSH MERCY. A proposed law to reimburse the owners of diseased cattle which are destroyed by the state Is under more or less active debate In Washington. In favor of It the argument Is made that the man whose stock is sacrificed Is often poor and feels the loss se verely, that the slaughter is made more for the public benefit than for his own, and that frequently the dis ease is communicated to the herd through no negligence on his part. The answer seems to be that If the state were to reimburse the owners bf the diseased cattle it would cause them to grow careless and Infection would go on unchecked. This an swer is probably sufficient. Nothing ought to be done which will make stockowners less careful than they are about protecting their herds. Even when the law shows them no mercy there are always some who will shirk precautions if they can and stand their chance of escaping by accident. The argument that since the state receives the benefit It should pay for the cattle destroyed Is not without weight, but after all It is rather spe clous. Unless a man's entire herd Is diseased he benefits more than any bodv else by the elimination of the in fected members. If he has waited without taking remedlali measures until all his cattle have caught the disorder, it seems well enough to pun ish him for his carelessness, which in such an Instance differs little from crime. But the contention that In fection is often communicated to a herd through no fault of the owner deserves serious consideration. The penalty of destruction, though whole some. Is severe,' and the state cannot equitably inflict it unless In turn It gives stockowners all possible protec tion from the Indifference and sloth of their neighbors. If a state official neglects his duty and through his neglect one Infected animal is permit ted to poison an entire county, then the state Is to blame and not the own ers, and in equity the state should bear the loss. To make the law a fair one only such Inspectors should be chosen as will Impose the penalty with absolute rigor and Impartiality. Some have suggested damage suits against careless inspectors through whose lack of . vigilance or ill-timed good nature stockowners have suffered loss, and the idea has its merits. BRYAN AND GOLD STANDARD. The question has been asked of Mr. Bryan whether or not he will pro tect the Government gold reserve and maintain the gold standard in case of need. It appeared In the Chicago Record-Herald for the first time, and seems to have been inspired by a let ter from an anxious inquirer in Ohio. In this period of stress and strain, with a diminishing gold reserve, a deficit in the Treasury and millions of doilars interest to pay, what If Mr. Bryan should conceive the happy thought of meeting the Government obligations with silver? What would happen? The Ohio patriot thinks there would be a panic of tre mendous dimensions. If Mr. Bryan should decide to pay out silver Instead of gold, everybody who had gold would chuck it into a hole in the ground the next night, and when the radiant dawn appeared we should find ourselves all of a sudden where Mr. Bryan wanted to put us long ago, that Is, on a silver basis. Of course he can avert all this timorousness and estab lish our confidence in the future be yond peradventure by simply saying that in the contingency described he will stick to the gold standard though the heavens fall and all the Rocky Mountain States vote against him. He could settle the matter once for all by a frank and unequivocal statement and thus foreVer lay the ghost of his past sins, or the most troublesome of those numerous ghosts. The task of laying them all. Is too much perhaps to ask of him at one time. It is claimed for him that Mr. Bryan has already renounced something of his free-silver predilection. If he has done so and means to persevere in his reformed state, what harm would there be in his coming out openly and saying that whatever happens he will maintain the gold standard even If he has to sell bonds to do it? This would stultify him somewhat because he de nounced Mr. Cleveland bitterly for do ing the same thing, but when a man is in politics as a business a little stul tification is not so bad. One gets used to it by frequent practice, and certainly Mr.- Bryan has had all the practice that can be necessary. A Mr. Freeman, who writes to the Record Herald on this question, believes that Mr. Bryan will not dare to come out openly and promise to maintain the gold standard at all costs, because It might lose him the vote of the Rocky Mountain States. It Is not likely that the conse quences would 'be quite so serious. In fact, the time Is now singularly pro pitious for Mr. Bryan to put -his foot down on the silver heresy and stamp out the last smoldering embers of its life, because nobody is particularly excited over It. We rather Imagine that If he were to make the declara tion for the gold standard which the Record-Herald requests it might help allure to his speckled standard the wavering loyalty of the mercenary East, while It would not cost him any thing of consequence in the West. As a well-wisher to aspiring merit, The Oregonian counsels Mr. Bryan to seize this favorable moment and make a bold confession of past sin and present repentence. If it should cost him three or four states, would not the loss be well repaid by the consciousness of the Impregnable record which he would thus acquire for the next Pres idential campaign? A man who ex pects to run for President all his life must make provision for the far fu ture as well as for the Immediate present. Every theater-goer of middle age or over learned with regret of the pass ing of Tony Pastor the other day. He pioneered the variety show In Amer ica, now developed into a colossal combination of commercialism and more or less art under the French title vaudeville. Pastor dates back sixty years. He was circus acrobat, clown, dancer and ballad singer. When he began to manage a theater folk didn't consider variety shows re spectable; genteel women didn't at tend. Still he drew profitable audi ences of men and steadily Improved the quality and the atmosphere of performances. It was Pastor who dis covered and exploited Lillian Russell, Nat Goodwin, Denman Thompson, May Irwin, "Old Hoss" Hoey and Evans, Maggie Cline and scores of others who became stars In "straight" drama or "top-notchers" In specialties. He did not succeed in getting into the theater trust, but went to the wall. His curtain rang down on a man broken In fortune and spirit. He will be remembered with affection by the theatrical fraternity, for he was ever kind and charitable. In London a newly organized Bread and Food Reform League is Just now finishing a Summer campaign. It3 principal purpose Is to teach how food should be prepared and to urge the claims of such neglected staples as oatmeal, wheatmeal, barley, rice, maize, peas, beans, lentils, nuts, fresh and dried fruits and green roots and vegetables. Under prevailing high prices for meats and fowls, the wage earner tn Portland, as well as In Lon don, must learn to like less expensive but equally wholesome food. The sedentary man can thrive physically if he never eats the flesh of animals. All cereals are cheap and wholesome. Provide several varieties, cook them well, serve with rich milk and you have, particularly for children, an ideal diet. It Is monotony In food that creates dislike. In the highly Important part that fresh vegetables cut In our cuisine, Portland Is espe cially favored. The frugal man who earns as little as $16 a week may ac quire a full lot and a sanitary house In any one of a dozen East Side su burbs and grow his own succulent food. Unfortunately our best fruit is In such demand at the East, that the local price la prohibitive for the aver age breadwinner; still there are other Oregon apples besides the Yellow Newtown, the Spitzenberg and the Oakley that plain folk enjoy. New York, always theater mad, is Just now enjoying a new thrill new play, new author, new plot, new name, "The Devil," and new sensation of the same piece at two theaters, each ver sion differing widely from the other and the men playing the name part as far apart In their conception as the poles. "The Devil" was imported from Hungary; one translation was made for Henry W. Savage, the other for David BelascQ. Franz Molnar, a young newspaper man of Budapest, created "The Devil," who In this dis puted play is a polished, well-educated, witty villain whose mission Is to go about among happy people, sow the seeds of jealousy and cultivate them until they bear the fruit of mis ery and separation.. Iago is the veri est tyro compared with Mr. Molnar's satanic majesty, who Is a universal disruptionist. All things warp at his touch. At last he stands victorious amid the havoc he has wrought and then fades away into the nothingness whence he came. Simultaneous pro duction of "The Devil" at two high class playhouses gives the critics un usual opportunity for brilliant work, which incidentally furnishes the larg est publicity. Cherrygrowers at La Grande dried a large portion of their fruit this year, and expect to have no difficulty In marketing It. This is an enterprise that should be systematically promot ed. There Is now no established mar ket for a considerable quantity of dried cherries, for the reason that It has been the practice to can cherries Instead of drying them. But the dry ing process should be the cheaper, not only because of the saving of cans, but also because of the smaller freight charges in getting the fruit to- market. But if there is to be built up a steady market for dried cherries, there must be care in putting up a good quality of fruit and effort must be made to in form the people of the merits of this fruit when cured instead of canned. If the cherry orchards that have been planted In the last two years come to bearing. It will be difficult to harvest and pack the crop unless drying be resorted to. Under the statute of limitations a man or woman gains title to land by" ten years adverse possession under claim of right. That is the rule of law In such an unimportant matter as title to property. How much longer than sixteen years, then, should a woman be required to live with a man who claims her as his wife before she will be safe from the danger of his denying his marriage to her? It is the open and notorious possession un der claim of right that gives title to property. Should not open and pub lic declaration of marriage relation be sufficient evidence to establish that relation after sixteen years? Or is the right of a married person of so much less consequence than the right of a person In possession of property? A good place to experiment with the recall is In counties where the Asses sor falls to assess corporation prop erty upon the same basis of valuation that he assesses property 'owned by individuals. The Bryan and Kern campaign fund has now reached the magnificent total of $20. Three dollars more ls needed to guarantee Bryan's election. Now perhaps the Mongolian pheas ant wishes the Initiative would be in voked by the advocates of protection of game birds. A good bank insurance law is one that Insures a dishonest banker a quick and sure road to the peniten tiary. The California Republicans want the tariff revised, except on oranges and lemons. Is the tariff a local ques tion? The American Bar Association has adopted a code of ethics. Now liti gants will get a square deal. Mrs. Earle has forgiven her hus band. "The more you beat 'em, the better they be." Wouldn't this new fishery law make a salmon laugh? THINKS CRIMINAL LAW FAILED Lawyer Favor Imposition of Death Penalty Only In Certain Caeca. (From an address on "Are our laws respon- alble for the increase of violent crime. delivered at Seattle, Wash., before the American Bar Association, by Frederick Bansman. of hat city.) I will suggest some changes in the laws. Appeals An appeal should be grant ed !n criminal cases only when allowed, and the propriety of it certified upon specific questions by the Judge allow ing it. Second, the state should under various conditions have the right of one appeal upon error of law after ac quittal, the defendant meanwhile ad mitted to bail. Third, every appeal should be taken within ten days. Evidence I wouldsuggest total aboli tion of the hypothetical question. Insanity A person pleading this de fense, as It Is not a constitutional right, should be compelled not only to plead It formally, but also to file a bill of particulars of the times, places, cir cumstances and witnesses to be relied upon to prove it, and by this bill of particulars he should be bound. Occa sionally hardship may occur, but let It be remembered that Insanity is not a constitutional defense, that It might be taken away altogether, that the state Is continually surprised by testi mony both true and fraudulent in this respect, and in this country this sort of defense has been scandalously abused. Jurors On the qualification of Jurors the right of examination should be greatly reduced. The number of chal lenges should not, however, be reduced. As to the confinement of the prison er after conviction of insanity, or his acquittal-as insane, all proof of ances tral Insanity should be excluded, no re trial of his sanity should be allowed within five years, and this trial should occur before a magistrate or examining board and not a Jury. Reforma In Punishment. Death penalty I never thought the time would come when I should believe that this might well be abolished, but I see now in the overwhelming ire ouencv of aeauittals, that its rigors are of doubtful use. The spectacle of a man lighting for his life appeals strong ly to the sentimental character of our people, and I must remind you that all laws must be passed in the spirit of the race that has to enforce them. At every murder trial the newspapers and the public abound In such acclamation as "He is making a fine fight for his life." I am at last compelled to believe that our people do not, upon the wnoie believe in capital punishment for mur- rler errent as it attends robbery or burglary. In all the other Instances It eimnlv makes a hero of the oerenaani. Far better would it be to try for a while loath though I am to come to this conclusion the expedient of allow ing murderers to be punished in some instances by a confinement as mild as te,n years, the Jury, however, having the right to fix the penalty up to lire con finement. This would, in a measure, take the Jury into the confidence of the prosecutor in behalf of public order and, certainly, would deprive the criminal of any heroic plight. Against my argu ment it may be mentioned that in many states something of this kind is already permitted, In that the Jury, upon a trial for murder, may find the defend ant guilty of lesser offenses and that thus he is not exposed to hanging. The answer to this is that, as the statute authorizes hanging, a sentimental at titude is created from the beginning, the state seems to be seeking a life, and everybody has sympathy for what may have been done merely In the heat of passion. Pennine and Conviction. It is an old fact in criminal Juris prudence that acquittals Increase when penalties appear too severe, and that a crime can often be made less frequent by reducing its punishment. To state It conversely, whenever there is a steady increase in acquittals, the first probable cause of it is a pub lic dislike of the penalty. This Is an old phenomenon in Jurisprudence. Its cure was long ago discovered. Don't Increase, but diminish the penalty. This experiment I submit to be con sidered, for you might otherwise in re ducing the defendant's right of appeal and some defenses like Insanity, make him more than ever a martyr in the eyes of the Jury and his life more clearly than heretofore an object of pursuit. In a word, our criminal trials have failed both from the lenience of the Jury and the technicalities of procedure. The former Is supremely significant be cause it shows that the people do not desire to impose the punishment. This lenity must be accepted. It must be taken into our-calculations. For Instance, our Juries certainly do not favor wife murder. Yet I have shown you that they often acquit de fendants in this on grounds of emo tional Insanity. There Is no other ex planation than that of mercy. Now, it would be absurd, with evidence on every hand of popular mercy towards murder as an emotional act, to Increase at present its penalties. It would be unscientific treatment of the case. My advice is as follows: In murder with robbery or burglary, retain the death penalty. The people are willing there to apply it and the culprits, be ing criminal by habit, require the ter ror of death. In other cases relax the penalty. In a word, my general advice as to lessening the crime of murder Is, di minish the penalty, and make the procedure-, on the other hand, more simple and severe. One thing Is certain. We have made a failure under the ancient penalties. Gyropter, a New Flying Machine. . Baltimore Sun. G. L. O. Davidson, a Scotch engineer, has Invented a flying machine, called a "gyropter," which is said to excel even Wright's aeroplane. It- has no propeller, but two rotary fans, be tween and below which the engines are suspended. The fans produce a down ward thrust on the air, with the result of lifting the gyropter. When inclined a little forward the fans give a hori zontal motion of flight at high speed. To guide, there Is a tail operated by a pendulum, which, through an electric current, brings the motor into opera tion automatically. Undesirable tilting in any direction Is prevented. It Is said, by the gyroscopic effect of the great 27-foot circular wings. In the event of an accident to the engines, the low center of gravity would prevent over turning and the gyropter would sink slowly to the earth, the rotary wings revolving rapidly against the upward alr-thrUBtcrcated by the descent, hus checking the fall. The inventor has ingeniously utilized a familiar toy. Chorus Girls Threaten Mass Meeting. New York Press. May Leslie, a chorus girl appearing In the "Follies of 1908," Is Indignant over certain portions of Joseph Medlll Patterson's "A Little Brother of the Rl6h." She declared that ahe would call a mass meeting of the chorus girls in New York with a view to framing a stinging denial of some things Mr. Patterson has said about them. For Thrashing; a Man, $30. Baltimore News. Ascertaining in advance that it would cost $30 to kick a man, Henry Seifert, of Bethlehem, Pa., attempted to thrash a barkeeper who refused to drink with him, and later attacked Justice Haust, who fined him $30. PARISIAN EDITOR INTERVIEWS MR. HARRIMAN Thinks Railroad Chief la More Than a King Also Chats With President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft. STEPHEN LAUZANNE. editor of the Le Matin newspaper, Paris, France, who visited this country a short time ago, has recorded his impressions of us in a new book, "Instantanes d' Amerique.V Just published in Paris. He says that what he has written can be called "a series of snap-shots by a Journalist." M. Lauzanne's best and longest talk was with E. H. Harrlman, the railroad king, and he also delved Into the affairs of the Standard Oil. under the chaperon age of William Rockefeller and John D. Archbold. Manifestly, M. Lauzanne's calls on President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft were of short duration. "King of American railroads." Is what M. Lauzanne calls Mr. Harrlman, but adds that the title is Inadequate. Har rlman Is more than a king, he says. "He is, the most prodigious handler of men and capital of his century," declares the Parisian editor. "In his Broadway office I looked long at the map of his kingdom; it is greater, more permanent, than those of all the sovereigns of an cient Europe. "Mr. Harrlman is just over 60. He is small and lean, and speaks In a low voice, but rapidly. His physiognomy is all in his eyes, which gaze at you from behind his glasses, stare at you, put you out of countenance, seeking like two gim lets to bore into your thoughts." "Well," he said to me, "have you seen any of our railroads?" The Frenchman remarked that he had; that he had noticed a line running along the Hudson, poorly built, with elementary embankments, flimsy wooden bridges, ugly trestles, yet traversed by splendid trainB drawn by gigantic locomotives. In France, he added. It Is the other way; beautifully constructed railroad lines, traversed by the most abominable trains in the world, drawn by antediluvian en gines, which never In all their career arrive on time. Mr. Harrlman smiled caustically and remarked: "You are right. Our railroads probably lack the artistic look; that Is a mat ter concerning which you have time to busy yourselves in little countries like France and England. "As for us, we shall occupy ourselves later with the embellishment of our rail roads; we'll get to that in a century or two." "There is one thing, sir, please re member," continued Mr. Harrlman, "which, in the eyes of Americans, sur passes beauty; it's ease. We are a peo ple who care little whether lire is Deau tiful. but we demand that it be easy. Now. the railroad Is foremost purveyor of ease, the greatest comfort of life. You just stated that you admired the multiplicity, speed and comfort of our. railroads. I would have you know that they are still in their Infancy. In 20 years from now the population of this country, now 80.000,000. will reach Zuo, 000,000. Hence, in 20 years we shall need double the railroads of today cap able of transporting double as many pas sengers with double the comfort. Be fore us we have a formidable task to accomplish; for each child that is born we must lay another rail. "Yes, we have before us a formidable task, but can we accomplish It? Up to the present' time the obstacles in our path could be overcome. We had to deal with two sorts of men capitalists and salaried employes. I belong to neither class, or, rather, I belong to both. I have a duty to perform with regard to those who have brought me their money, and another with regard to those who. bring me their arms. This double duty Is neither contradictory nor difficult; if I make capital bear fruit I also make salaries do likewise. If revenues diminish, salaries, too, run the risk of going down. The whole secret is to maintain relations of good feeling and equity between those who bring the power to the money and those who bring the strength of their muscles. As I said, this is easy. "But there is something else not so easy. Suddenly, in addition to the two sorts of men whom I have mentioned, a third power has risen. It is the Govern ment. It mixes up everything, makes trouble and confusion everywhere. It threatens some people, excites others. It stirs up quarrels In order to have a pretext for interfering in them. It brings its fist down on tne irague cness board where men are moving the pieces with prudence. ' It makes laws capri ciously, settles questions to suit. n fancy. And in the midst of all this dls Indifferent alike to the interests of all others, it seeks only Us advan tage, feels nothing but the necessity oi advertising Itself. "Ah mv dear sir. who will ever rid us of that pernicious thing called the Government?" no vou hold the Government respon sible. Mr. Harrlman, for the recent crisis In New York and the United states: asked Mr. Lauzanne. Whom else could I hold responsmie : answered the railroad king. "Who was It that sought to restrict Industry? Who threatened It? Listen! When you re strict the industries of a - country by awkward Government Interference you frighten people who have Invested capi tal in those Industries, you make them more exacting, you diminish returns, you decrease salaries. Up and down the social ladder you bring a contradictory state of nervousness, producing, nrst. disorder, then panic, then chaos. We found ourselves Immersed In chaos. But you got out. didn t you? 'We shall not be out completely until the inhabitants of this country under stand that perfect cohesion and absolute co-ordination Is . necessary bctwetn its different Industrial factors; until they demand that laws be made In the In terests of all. not according to the ad vantage and caprice of some." After speaking of less important mat ters the talk again reverted to rail roads. 'If only we railroad men." sighed Mr. Harrlman, "had always been able to get along together. If only we had not made agreements for the sole purpose of breaking, what a lot of trouble would have been avoided!" 'Won't this trouble reappear? asked Mr. Lauzanne, "or Is the crisis past for a long time?" I don t know, answered Mr. Harrl man. We are living at a time wnen no man of good sense will hazard predic tions. If you had come to see me a year ago and asked me such a question I should have answered that I foresaw a certain decline in business; but never for an Instant could I have Imagined one half of what we have seen recently. In fact, I might have told you that, having reached the age of 60, I meant to retire; today, however. I do not know of what stuff tomorrow will be made; all I know Is that I have resolved to continue work ing, to stay at my post until confidence is completely re-established." Simplicity, above all. was what struck Mr. Lauzanne about President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft "Three rooms In the first a negro, in the second two secretaries, in the third Mr. Taft" thus he describes the offices of the Secretary of War. Mr. Taft made remarks to him about tourists and the like, very much the same as those ha has made to many others, in public and private. He said that he wanted a big navy. After listening care fully, the French visitor said: "in short, then, you do not differ in opinion on any point with Mr. Roosevelt, and, if you are elected next November, the policies of Mr. Roosevelt will be yours?" That seemed to Taft a bit brusque. His reply was: "Mr. Roosevelt is a Republican; so am L" A few days later Mr. Lauzanne met Mr. Taft on a dining-car between Washing ton and New York. The Frenchman was extremely shocked because the waiter did not pay more attention to the distin guished statesman. He turned to the head waiter. "Don't you know who that gentleman is?" he inquired. "It s Mr. Taft." "Well," remarked the other, "what of it?" His talk with President Roosevelt was evidently brief. The visitor saw some tennis racquets In the room, commented on them and found that one belonged to the French Ambassador, whom Mr. Roosevelt called the vice-president of my Tennis Cabinet. "I regret to say that today he beat the President." he added. Then the talk turned on trusts. French literature, history and the like, without bringing out anything striking. "What he said about financiers and mil lionaires is what all heads of states say," comments the Frenchman. To give a graphic Idea of the President and convey how he works M. Lauzanne used the expedient of reproducing prac tically verbatim whole portions of an interview with the President, recently published. On the subject of the Philippines Mr. Lauzanne is anything but complimentary to Americans. "But," he adds, "every race has Its characteristics, and the characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race Is never to save anybody free- of charge. "The natives were soon able to taste the benefits of the American occupation. It was different, to be sure, from the Spanish regime was neither better nor worse Just something else." He concludes his book, after some hot shot for Tammany, with a few remarks about Presidential campaigns, pointing out that they are cut-and-drled, person ally conducted and woefully bossed. He casts a look Into the immediate fu ture, prophesies about the coming elec tion, draws a pen picture of the boister ous cheering that will sound when the re turns are in. "Who will cheer?" he asks and an swers the question with this sarcastia bit: "The American nation, drunk with en thusiasm, acclaiming the chief elected by It, of Its own free will!" FRUIT PESTS IX ORCHARD. Writer Gives His Unprofitable Experi ences With Fruit Inspectors. HUBBARD, Or.. Aug. 27. (To the Editor.) In last Monday's Issue. In an editorial entitled. ''Persecuting Their Friends." It Is stated that "the farmers of Clackamas County should have given Fruit Commissioner Reid a gold lov ing cup for telling them what he did." . I do not think that we owe Mr. Reid a tin cup, to say nothing of a golden one. He admitted that he started out to make the Clackamas County farmers mad, and lie was pretty successful. Nothing hurts like ridicule, and we of the backwoods are as sensitive of that as any one else. I have had some lit tle experience with fruit pests and have in my orchard now an insect that has given me more trouble than all the codlln moth, wooly aphis and dead spot combined. Two years ago I sent specimens of this insect to the experiment station at Corvallis. and received an answer to my inquiry in which the professor said "it was a hard insect to combat." Upon receiving that response I felt much like an old friend of mine, who, whenever a bit of stale gossip or an old Joke was told him, would invari ably answer, "Please tell me some thing I don't know." I then sent specimens to the Fruit Inspector at Milwaukie. Or., and In three short weeks I received an an swer, saying that lie, the Inspector, would visit my orchard and examine and advise. That was two years ago this month. If a fruit inspector- has been nearer than three miles of my orchard. I have failed to find It out. The insects are with us yet. So much for my experience, or rather non-ex-perience, with fruit inspectors. As to the farmers and frultmen who are signing petitions for Mr. Lowns dale's removal because he enforces the law, they should be in bettor business. If we were to sign petitions for the re moval of all officials who do not en force the laws, we would have very little time left for anything else at least that ie my opinion. J. S. YODER. TRIBUTE TO COLUMBIA'S SCENERY Grander Than Hudaon, Rhine or Dan ube, Says Enthusiastic Visitor. tidtt x-r At, ITn Mi a Editor.) Perhaps the most delightful trip ever i.i,an K,r either thA "care oDnressed" or the "Idle do-nothing," is the one down the glorious Columbia Klver on me u. n. ez -vr Knot t .1 Pottpr. It has been the good fortune of the writer to have steamed up the lordly and majestic Hudson and to have admired ine manMiuunii lining its sides; to nave saueu uuwu ma Dhin. ont viewed with Interest the grand old castles on Its banks, and to have drifted Idly down the blue Danube and watched the ever-changing pano rama of beauty such a trip unfolds: but for that tvpe of scenic treasure that ap peals to the true lover of nature, the trip on the Columbia is far and away head of them ail. k- v,a ir-u contributory to the pleas- t ,., a trir, is ihe uniform cour- UICB I' oulii ..... tesy of the officers of the T. J. Potter. The genial skipper. Captain Inman, has a word of welcome and a hearty handshake for such as I, a visitor. Dear, refined Mrs. Fischer, the stewardess, will be ever re ... i in 0-gtnfni remembrance by the writer, and so throughout the entire roster of officers courtesy ann consiuiraiiuii, delightful anticipation of your wants and complete ana saiisiaciury miiinmcm.. M. P. L. Talk From "Silent" Grandfather. Tn.alrd HeKnatch. M. A. Low. general attorney for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, is known as the "silent man." Mr. Low rarely talks. He is a good listener, but few there are who have heard him take the center of the stage and tell all about It. Mr. Low has a grandchild, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Reid. Some time ago a friend was visiting at the Low residence. The little grand daughter was there. She is of that talkative age. To the visitor she told pretty nearly everything that it is pos sible to store in a little girl's head. Finally the caller said: "My, but you talk a lot for a little girl. Who taught you to talk?" "My grandpa," was tie quick re sponse. ' Long Drop Does Not Wake Her. Philadelphia News. While walking in her sleep. Cells Kendle, 8 years old, fell down two flights of stairs, sustaining Injuries which made necessary her removal to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Neither the long fall nor the pain of her Injuries awakened her, and when received at the hospital she was still fast asleep. It was only after a half hour's hard work that the physician succeeded In arousing the child.