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STRAIGHTFORWARD POLITICS.
Chairman Cake says Taft will be
elected. Perhaps. But he will not be
elected by men like Mr. Cake, who
are electing; Democrats to the United
States Senate. There must be something-
like consistent and logical ac
tion In politics to this extent at least,
that a man can't be on both sides of
a main question. Ht can't stand at
once for both parties for election of
a Republican President and a Demo
cratic Senator, and have any weight or
influence at all. People deride such
absurdities.
If Chamberlain is to be elected to
the Senate. Bryan should have the
electoral vote of the state. Converse
ly, if Bryan is not to get the electoral
vote of the state. Chamberlain should
not be Senator. Is Oregon a Demo
cratic state? If so, very well. Let
Bryan nd Chamberlain have it, for
they are entitled to it. On the other
hand. Is Oregon a Republican state?
Then let us cut out this Juggle, and
have decent, honest and straightfor
ward politics, so that the elector who
casts his vote may know distinctly
what he is voting for, what party,
what policy, what politics.
Every honest man hates "mixers"
who have no sure principles men
who are working politics as a trade,
men of accommodating principles,
that Is, of no principles, who, in pur
suit of personal ambitions, entangle
themselves with "statements," make
pacts with men of the opposite party
and sell out, betray, or compromise
their own associates. Advocacy . of
Taft by men who profess to be Repub
licans, yet are going to elect Chamber
lain, will only produce disgust. This
Is the reason why the Bryan pary has
hopes of the state. Xo honest man
likes to be Juggled with.
This Scripture has not been sur
passed in truth and pungency yet. this
Scripture, to wit: "He that Is not for
me is against me. and he that gath
ereth not with me scattereth abroad."
Men must be on one side or another.
The Laodiceans, in religion, long
ago were "spewed out." No question
also about their being spewed out in
politics.
cosQmtxsa the air.
In their seventeen-year contest with
the seemingly unconquerable forces of
Jr. the Wright brothers are appar
ently at last victorious. The aeroplane
records established at Fort Meyer
Wednesday quite naturally do not
guarantee immediate adoption of the
machine as a perfect success in its
present form. They have demonstrat
ed, however, that It is possible for a
machine much heavier than air to rise
at the will of man and to be navi
gated at a speed of nearly forty miles
per hour, at all time under perfect
control. Orville Wright's aeroplane,
with which he made the record flights
Wednesday, weighed more than 1000
pounds, and on one of Its flights It car-
. ried the additional weight of two men.
. Yet, in apparent defiance of the laws
of. gravitation. It arose steadily and
was kept afloat In the air without Indi
cating any Imperfections In construc
tion. The utility of the present machines
' is, of .course, a doubtful quantity, but
'the possibilities for development into
a machine of great value, especially In
'war times, -is unquestioned. The se
cret of construction has been discov
ered, and It Is so thoroughly under-
; stood that all that is necessary is en
largement and improvement of the
' present plans. Comparison of an aero-
plane with other mechanical construc
; tions or Inventions is, of course, im-
possible, but there are certain features
' Involved which do not differ material
' ly from those which are found in the
. construction of steamships, locomo
' tlves or other examples of applied
power for propulsion purposes.
' The shipbuilder, by careful calcula
tion, can determine by the perform
: ance of a craft of a given size the ex
: act changes that are necessary In or
der to make a larger craft travel at a
proportionately faster speed or carry
. a heavier load. These calculations,
traced back to the original starting
point, began with the successful con
struction of the first steamboat. That
craft introduced the basic principle
from which all subsequent steam ves
sels developed and expanded. The
same rule can be applied to the aero
plane, and a century hence. In Its
probable highly developed stafce. the
machine will still be but an Improved
model of the aeroplane on which the
Wright brothers expended more pains
taking effort than has been devoted to
any other Invention that the present
century has brought forth.
The balloon, which In age has sev
eral centuries the advantage of the
aeroplane, even with its propeller and
gasoline engine attachment, has never
reached a point of development where
It was not at the mercy of the ele
ments, and In but slight control of the
balloonist. The aeroplane "flies with
Its own wings," and Is not dependent
on artificial gas to keep it afloat. It
has come to stay, and. in view of the
accomplishment of the Wright broth
ers, as well as other aviators, it Is dif
ficult to predict the limits of develop
ment and utility that may be reached
within the next few years. The
Wright brothers have won a lasting
place among the world's greatest In
ventors, and Incidentally they have
brought fame and glory to the land of
their birth-
Prehistoric man undoubtedly yelled
In glee over some of the contests
uhiKh were nulled off between his
JOad-whea. Xii ,world, .was yu,
the stone ax and bludgeon were fa
vorite weapons in those days, the spec
tators must have received their
money's worth whenever the exhibi
tions were given. But for all that our
twentieth century civilization can still
offer interesting entertainment which
might have proved not uninteresting
to the boys of long ago. For exam
ple, the account of the Gans-Nelson
glove contest in San Francisco says
that "Gans presented a terrible pic
ture. His right eye was closed, the
left partially so; his lips and nose
were badly lacerated, and his face
puffed out like an inflated balloon."
The Papke-Ketchel mill was also a
pleasing affair, for the news dispatches
state that "Ketchel presented a terri
ble spectacle. Both eyes were swollen
Into great black puffs, and completely
closed. His lips were swollen. His
face was beaten and cut and puffed
out of shape" Spectacles of this kind
could hardly fall to entertain the
grumpiest old sport that ever lived in
a cave shortly after the passing of the
paleozoic age.
TOIOTOI'8 EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.
The Holy Synod of the Russian
Church has never forgiven Tolstoi for
preaching the doctrines of Jesus. In
1901 It excommunicated him after
threatening him for thirty years, and
now, when the whole world has Joined
in celebrating his 80th anniversary,
the priestly hierarchy of his native
land forbids the faithful to do him
honor. Tolstoi probably comes nearer
than any other man now living to the
actual realization of the Ideal which
Jesus upheld In thought and conduct,
and in return for it the church which
professes to follow Jesus' precepts re
wards him with its curse and seeks to
exclude him from the fellowship of
human kind. Nor should we forget
that in Russia excommunication still
means something. In the rest of the
world priesthoods may retain their old
Inclination to smother progress and
persecute the benefactors of the race,
but they have lost the power. In
Russia they still wield political power.
In that unhappy land, blasted by tyr
anny and ruled by murder, genius is
still at the mercy of superstition and
truth must bow to besotted ignorance
which invokes the name of heaven to
sanctify the deeds of hell.
, Tolstoi's 80th birthday has not
found him In a Joyous mood. His
latest utterance to the Western world,
which may well toe his last, is like the
moan of a martyr in the flames. It Is
printed in fulMn Llttell's Living Age
for August 8. Last week's Outlook
gives it in synopsis. The old man,
after sixty years of public labor for
his country and his people, after writ
ing books which will never die and
thinking thoughts deeper and truer
than almost any other teacher in the
modern world, finds himself on the
verge of the grave proscribed by his
monarch, cursed 'by the church and
hated by the peasants for whom he
has sacrificed wealth, honor and com
fort. The Czar threatens him with
death, the priests condemn him to
everlasting fire, and the peasants
throw stones through his (windows.
Looking out over Russia, he sees
bloodshed, hatred, cruelty, falsehood
everywhere. The government upholds
its authority by butchering the peo
ple. The people, taught the fearful
lesson by their rulers, butcher each
other. Twenty years ago, says Tol
stoi, there was but one executioner in
all Russia. Now hungry men are un
derbidding each other for the heads
man's Job In every town, and legal
murder Is lei out by wholesale. He
tells how twenty peasants, well dressed
in the Czar's uniform and well fed
with the Czar's bread, will be lined up
In the early morning, facing twenty
other peasants gaunt with hunger,
their coats in rags, their feet wrapped
with withes of twisted straw, and the
Czar's twenty at the word of command
aim their guns and shoot down the
starving twenty; and this is what the
Russians call government. It Is going
on morning after morning' all over
the land.-
No such an indictment against a
government was ever drawn as this of
Tolstoi against the Czar and his au
tocracy. The peasants and revolution
aries may be guilty of terrible deeds,
he says, but the autocracy Is guilty of
worse. It has murdered, robbed, tor
tured, exiled the saints and blighted
the genius of the country, not for the
good of the people, but for the sole
purpose of perpetuating its own
power. That the Czar and his rela
tives may live in luxury and perform
their daily parts In the pageant of
governing, the Russian people must
writhe In misery. "I have seen enough
of It," cries the old man, "and I hope
this letter will cause the Czar to put
an end to my life. Let me be hanged
or scourged into the grave with my
brothers." It Is not pleasant to hear
this cry of despair from the most fa
mous man in the world. Tolstoi's life
has been filled with achievements. He
is the greatest novelist, perhaps, who
ever lived. His teaching on social
subjects has been second in Influence
only to the New Testament with this
generation.' He has developed a pro
found theory of pedagogy and illus
trated it by conducting a school for
the poor for many years. He has is
sued revolutionary teachings upon art
and preached the doctrines of primi
tive Christianity with the whole world
for a congregation. But the only use
the church has for him is to doom him
to perdition, and, in return for the
glory he has brought to Russia, the
Czar threatens to put him to death.
Tolstoi would "have been hanged years
ago were it not that the autocracy
stands in fear of the public opinion of
the world. Truly there must be some
thing wrong with a church which ex
communicates a man like Tolstoi, and
a government which is guilty of the
crimes he charges might easily be
made better.
In his social theories Tolstoi Is an
Individualist. Like the early Christian
apostles, he knows nothing of nations
and races. His interest is fixed upon
the individual man, and he condemns
all the Institutions of society which
thwart, the happiness or cramp the
growth of the unit. Hence he has but
scant respect for the church, the
state, the army or the courts. In the
celebrated "Kreutzer Sonata" he even
condemns marriage, and for that rea
son Mr. Wanamaker found the book
immoral when he was Postmaster
General; but It is only the commer
cial element in marriage which is re
pugnant to Tolstoi. He would dis
solve no union which has not been al
ready morally dissolved by the decay
of affection or poisoned from the out
set by bargain and sale. As an indi
vidualist Tolstoi is the acknowledged
leader of modern thought. Behind
hisj. there is. a long array, of famous
names. Ibsen, Nietzsche, Carlyle, Spen
cer, Kmerson, and many more, but
none of them rivaled the genius of
the great Russian or wrought with
such potency upon the destinies of the
world.
THE FIFTH-RIB METHOD.
8. When they were at the great "tone
which 1" In Glbeon, Amaaa- went before
them, and Joab'a garment that he had put
on waa girded nnto him, and upon it a
girdle with a (word fastened upon hla
lolne In tha sheath thereof; and as he went
forth It fell out.
. And Joab aald to Amaaa. "Art thou In
health, my brother?" And Joab took Amaaa
by the beard with the right hand to kiss
him. 1
10. But Amaaa. took no heed to the
sword that was In Joab'a hand; so he smote
him therewith In the fifth lib, and shed
out his -bowels to the ground, and he died.
II Samuel zx.
There was political trouble in Is
rael. Absalom, son of King David, 1y
such arts as we see politicians of Ore
gon employing to this day, stole the
hearts of the people and attempted to
supersede the King. But Joab, son of
Zerulah, sister of David, a mighty
man of arms, was captain of the host;
and he hated intriguing politicians,
among whom were Ahithophel and
Amasa, who were playing both sides,
but secretly urging Absalom on. Da
vid, who was a father as well as a
King, didn't want Absalom, his son,
harshly dealt with. But Joab was not
a man of gentle measures, and Absa
lom was in rebellion. Joab complete
ly defeated the adherents of Absalom
and slew great numbers of them. 'Ab
salom himself, caught by the hair In, a
tree under which his mule carried
him, was slain by Joab. Among our
politicians there are so many who
don't read the Bible that we give an
outline of the story. Joab forced the
King to stop his lamentations for his
rebellious and worthless son; but after
a little time the King placed Amasa,
a political trimmer, in command of his
men of arms, superseding Joab. The
fifth-rib episode, as related in the
passage quoted, followed. It would
be accounted murder in our days, tout
in practical politics men "of our days
"do each other up" Just as effectively,
with the gentle Inquiry on their lips,
"Art thou In health, my brother?"
It Is the smooth question which men
of each and every Republican faction
of the country are putting to each
other, in preparation for delivery of
fatal fifth-rib stabs. The primary law
is the sword or dagger that does the
business. First thing anybody knows
he feels his friend's steel in his peri
cardium. The method has a soothing
effect. It is producing an unparal
leled harmony.
By way of literary" Illustration let
us add a word. "Absalom and Ahitho
phel" Is a splendid and wonderful po
litical satire by Dryden. By the gen
ius of the author political conditions
in England about 1680 were assimi
lated to those in ancient Israel. The
Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of
James, was Absalom, Illegitimate son
of David; Ahithophel was the Earl
of Shaftesbury, and George Vllllers,
Duke of . Buckingham, was Zimri.
Other characters and actors In Eng
lish politics were identified with tur
bulent, selfish, treacherous politicians
of .Israel scheming rascals who
placed their own interest above the
welfare of the state. These all were
fifth-rib politicians. The poem is
long, but all our aspiring politicians
ought to read It and get Its great pas
sages by heart. What faction will do
and what characters-it will develop,
they may see in this poem, in all per
fection. Our Republican clubs should
read and re-read the poem at their
meetings, instead of fooling away their
time In vapid harangues. -
THE GO-AS-YOtJ-FUEASE PRIMARY.
This Is from a Seattle dispatch to
The Oregonian yesterday: r
One surprising feature of the primary
election was the small vote cast by the
Democrats. From every county comes the
report that Democrats participated In the
Republican primaries and In doing so un
doubtedly they have left themselves In the
same class with the Socialists, so far as
party organisation Is concerned. Returns at
hand Indicate that they will not reach the
10 per cent required by the law to give the
right to present themselves on the primary
ticket at the next election. '
There you have your direct primary.
Democrats abandoned their own party
to influence the action of the opposing
party in the primary, so that they may
have an easy thing in the ensuing elec
tion. Many of them no doubt became
Republicans for the moment through
the entreaty of candidates who needed
their votes; tut the bulk of them were
Inspired by a purpose to do mischief
and to create havoc, confusion, con
sternation and dissatisfaction in the
party which they have an inveterate
desire to humiliate and defeat. So
they go to the extreme of committing
perjury by swearing they are Republi
cans. They are not, never will be,
and could not be if they tried.
In the last Washington Legislature
It was seriously proposed to fix the
primary law so that any voter could
vote any ticket he pleased without dis
closing his party affiliation. It was
argued that the secrecy of the ballot
was sacred and should be preserved at
a primary as at an election. This was
Inviting Democrats, or anybody, to
vote a Republican ticket, or any
ticket. Just as they pleased, without
risk or penalty of any kind. The
measure was rejected by legislators
who properly said that no man who
was not a Republican had a right to
vote at a Republican primary, and
vice versa as to the Democrats. But
It might as well have been permitted
to go into the law. The whole direct
primary scheme' is a go-as-you-please
scramble, "fe. hurly-burly, a Jumble, a
hodge-podge; and there is no way, ap
parently, to prevent the wrong of hav
ing one party direct and control the
atcion of another through Its opera
tion. PTIOT CHARGES TOO HIGH.
The Grays Harbor Washingtonian,
In reprinting an Oregonian editorial
paragraph on the recent mishap to the
steamship Mathilda, says that, while
the editorial Is m the main correct,
the "assumption that the pilotage
charges on Grays Harbor are too high
Is undoubtedly erroneous." To sub
stantiate this statement, the Grays
Harbor paper further states: "The
pilotage charges here are said by the
owners to be the same as they are on
the Columbia River for piloting to As
toria on the inward trip." While it Is
not a pleasant acknowledgment to
make. It Is a fact nevertheless that the
pilotage charges on the Columbia are
too high. They are so much In excess
of what the legitimate demands of
commerce will stand that. In order
honreMrallv to reduce them, the O. R.
& . Co, Is at xurt expense. I about
i
820,000 per year absorbing a large
portion of them In order to prevent
ships from going to other ports where
the charges are more reasonable..
The Oregonlan's comment on the
Grays Harbor situation was suggested
by recollection of former troubles on
the Columbia River, in which disas
ters similar to that which befel the
Mathilda were frequently caused by
poor pilots. The expensive and un
satisfactory tug and pilot service in
the early days of Columbia River
shipping gave this port a bad name,
from which it has not yet fully recov
ered, and, if the people of Grays Har
bor are wise to the situation, they will
take care that the flattering Btart they
are now making for seaport honors la
"hot marred by imposition of any un
necessary handicaps on shipping.
"The laborer is worthy of his hire,"
whether he is piloting ships or hoeing
corn, but the value of his labor will
be determined by supply and demand,
and In the case of the pilots the de
mand for their services will be gov
erned to a considerable extent by com
petition of other ports. As previously
stated, it was very poor economy for
the master of the Mathilda to employ
an incompetent pilot In order to save
the extra expense of a good one, but
it is very much to the interest of the
Grays Harbor people to see that good
pilots are available at rates so reason
able that they will be preferred to
poor ones.
Portland and Astoria capitalists
every year send to Alaska ships which
return in the Fall with full cargoes of
salmon, the value of the pack coming
into the Columbia from Alaska reach
ing large" figures.. The transaction
does not seem to be a difficult under
taking, and it yields good returns.
From this it would seem that it might
be possible for this port to become
still more interested in the Alaska
trade. Our merchants ship to Puget
Sound, for trans-shipment to Alaska,
large quantities of Oregon products
and merchandise which can- be se
cured to much better advantage here
than elsewhere, and there is no good
reason why this port should not toe en
gaged In some other branch of the
Alaska business than salmon packing.
Perhaps some day, when the volume
of business handled here does not
overtax otlr capacities, we may find
the Alaska trade worth cultivating.
The Socialists have made emphatic
denial of the Gompers charge that
capitalists friendly to Taft were pay
ing the expenses of the "Red Special"
which is to go careening through the
country in the Interest of the Social
ist party. Perhaps it was Jealousy
over the success of the Socialists in
raising the wind that inspired the
Gompers slander. According to a New
York special, it was only "after a run
ning "debatd that rocked the building"
that Gompers succeeded In wheedling
J15 out of the Central Federated
Union of Manhattan. Mr. Gompers,
by his wild talk- and unwarranted
charges, is losing as a labor leader
prestige which will not easily be re
covered. The Protestants and Catholics,
whose bloody wars kept the early
population of England down to small
proportions, seem o have a willing
ness to resume the old methods of
conversion tfhlch were used so effec
tively several hundred years . ago.
London Protestants have asked King
Edward to forbid a Catholic procession
in London on the ground that it may
provoke bloodshed and . rioting. - Re
ligious tolerance, like some other
British institutions, does not seem to
have changed very much In the past
few hundred years.
Deer in Southern Oregon are report
ed to be more numesous this . year
than for several . seasons. This is
probably due to the fact that it is so
unsafe for a man to hunt deer in
Southern Oregon. That region has
become famous for the nearsighted
ness or deerslghtedness of its hunters,
and as a result the timid man who is
not overinsured keeps out of the
woods,
There will be fewer headaches in
the United States. Mildew in France
has cut down the yield of grapes in
the champagne district, and there will
be 40,000,000 bottles of champagne
fewer vthan the average annual out
put. The prohibitionists of the United
States will point to this as further
proof that everything Is coming their
way.
In a public address Speaker Cannon
said that Mr. Bryan had made a mil
lion dollars selling wind and ink to
the public. , Bryan sayB his present
possessions do not exceed the value of
8160,000, and he asks Cannon to tell
how much he's got and how he got It.
Cannon is supposed to have very little
wealth. But perhaps he'll answer.
The New Tork minister who was
tired of life and committed suicide
last week, leaving a note telling his
children he was "going to Join moth
er," must have been grievously disap
pointed when he found he had taken
the wrong route.
Uncle Joe Cannon will never, no,
never, "vote for a law that shall apply
to one man and a different law that
Bhall apply to another." If we read
Uncle Joe's record correctly, he won't
let anybody else vote for -it. either.
Bankers and other rich men are
usually the victims of automobile acci
dents, whenever there are victims.
That's a trifling compensation for not
being a banker or owning an automo
bile. Bryan is coming to the Coast later, ,
perhaps. Hon, Milt Miller says so.
But why? Does Hon. Milt need help
In carrying Oregon? Impossible.
The Democrats are going to concen
trate all their efforts on Indiana.
However, other states are going to
vote aUo In this election.
One new feature attaches to the
State Fair this year: Portland doesn't
have to depend on one transportation
line to reach Salem.
"Great landslide for Ankeny." cries
the Walla Walla Union. The use of
"for," it eeems, was not well advised.
Really, we ought to be ashamed 'to
have to have as many policemen as
Seattle has to have. .
In the circumstances, Mr. Cosgrove
shouldn't complain becaue he was
only, second choice, . -
THE PRIMARY LAW.
It Doea Not Give Expression to the Wtjl
of the People.
Taklma Republic
This paper Is opposed to any amend
ment of the primary law. It la In favor
of repeal. -
As a rule the nominations under the
primary law do not express the will of
the people. Insofar as the claim is
made for the system that it expresses
tha popular will, it is more or less of a
fraud. In our county, at the election
today there are five or six candidates
for a single office. It is altogether likely
that the Republican . candidate for
School Superintendent will be nomi
nated by the votes of no more than 25
per cont of the members of the Repub
lican party. It Is quite possible that
one may be nominated by 15 per cent
of the votes cast by the party. . These
candidates are all very estimable gen
tlemen, but it cannot be said that the
one who Is chosen will be the choice
of his party.
The principle of the rule of the ma
jority Is therefore overthrown, and If
we were unfortunate enough to have
what might be called factional politics
in this county, we would find that the
majority would not only be unable to
rule, but would be helpless before a
minority.
The old system may have had its
faults; Its results were often unsatis
factory and disappointing. However,
that was not the fault of. the system.
It was tha fault of the people them
selves, who neglected their duty as cit
izens and stayed away from the pri
maries. Thus the bosses were enabled
to gain complete control of the Repub
lican party. 1
The provocation for changing the sys
tem in this state was great, but the
trouble was not that the system' was
wrong, but that the people themselves
were to blame for the condition that
they found Intolerable.
There seems to be one good feature
about the new primary law; that Is,
that it induces the people to come out
on election day and perform the duty
they have been negleotlng. Of course
It Is possible that this may not be a
virtue of the law. It may be due to
the fact that the law Is a novelty.
The people may be especially Inter
ested in the Senatorial fight, or the
fight over the Gubernatorial nomina
tion, and perhaps there will be a re
currence of the apathy that was
noticeable while we were proceed
ing under the old law.
We are of the opinion that the rep
resentative system upon which the
government of this country is based is
sound. We believe that the direct pri
mary system contains the germs of
thousand evils which have . not been
known under the old system; and we
think that as they develop the people
will agree with us that this new idea
is attractive mainly' because it is new.
In the end, or after a time, they will
go back to the old plan because it Is
better. -
IJVTELI.BCTUAXITY OK HUGHES
How Ha Summed Up Whole Oaxnpalgm
Issue In Few Words!
New Tork Sun, September 6.
In the speech for Taft which the
distinguished Governor of New Tork
pronounced yesterday In the Ohio cam
paign, we find a particularly striking
passage:
If all that Mr. Bryan has favored during
the past 12 years had been enacted into law
we should have been overwhelmed with
disaster and would regard It as our chief
business In tha future to find a way of es
cape from the meshes of 111-opnsldered leg
islation In which we should have been en
tangled. ' It is fortunate for him aa well
as for us that he was defeated, and what
ever may be his present political potenti
ality can .be ascribed to the fact that hither
to h has not been permitted to carry out
his programme.
Mr. Bryan is great only because of
what he has been prevented from do
ing. This little piece of political char
acterization is a thing to admire. It
sums up in less than 100 words th
main question before the voters. It is
delicate in wit, searching in insight,
tremendous in significance. The felicity
of expression is a measure of the finer
qualities of Mr. Hughes' mind. It is
masterly.
Bryan In X&34.
Minneapolis Journal.
When Mr. Bryan was notified In 1916
he made his paramount issue the regu
lation of department stores; in 1920, he
demanded the defeat of the Republi
cans because of the miserable way In
which they had enforced the smoke or
dinance. But in 1924, when a great
concourse had gathered In front of
Falrvlew, Mr. Bryan tottered out upon
the porch and said: "Fellow citizens,
the paramount Issue this year is W
I am getting to be an old man. I
Bhould be putting aside millions for my
family faster than I am. I cannot af
ford to take the time from my lecture
engagements to run for President. The
phonographlo business, which I unfor
tunately started In 1908, has proved a
mistake. The people have been so fa
miliarized with my voice, they won't
cross the street to hear me at a dollar a
throw. I have had to cut rates for the
first time in my lecture career. It Is
up to you, neighbors and fellow citi
zens, to elect me this time. I hereby
renew my pledges of 1900, "1908, 1912,
1916 and 1920 not to be a candidate for
a second term." With a mighty cheer
for the Peerless One, the meeting broke
up. -
Note At the election In November,
1924, Kermit Roosevelt was elected
over Mr. Bryan by an pld-tlme Roose
velt majority.
Trapping; the Jap.
Hobeon's prediction that the Japa
nese would enter the country by way
of Canada and Mexico and capture Chi
cago has not struck terror to the hearts
of the Chlcagoan's, as It should have
done; but rather has proved a pleasant
source of merriment. The Chicago
Record-Herald has a front-page car
toon showing how the advance of the
Japanese is likely to be stopped in the
suburbs. First cornea a line of beautl-:
ful young women gelling tickets to a
concert ("very depleting to war
chest"); then a phalanx of real estate
agents ' offering choice lots for sale
("Inducing Japs to settle In our beyoo
tlful little village"); behind that is a
macadamized road with automobiles
hidden behind a clump of shrubbery
ready to run over the Invaders; and in
the background the railroad station
has been battened up and the agent,
nailing up a sign, "Suburban Service
Discontinued," Is remarking gleefully:
"How are they going to get downtown
now? Huh!"
Steals Watch Owner Carried SS Years.
New Tork Despatch.
C. D. Robinson, whose billiard-room
at 598 Broadway, New York, was- dur
ing the late forties one of the favorite
resorts of the young men of the town,
reports to the police that while on a
New York Central train from Roches
ter he had been robbed of a gold watch
whloh. be had -carried for 68 Years.
SISTER MUST AID BKomnH ikaus wu w.,.-.
Court Orers That Mrs. Falling Help
Cornelius Barrett.
Cornelius W. Barrett, penniless, Is
the brother of Mrs. Xarlfa J. Faling,
owner of a large amount of Portland
property, including the Swetland build
ing, at Fifth and Washington streets.
This was the testimony given in the
County Court yesterday morning be
fore Judge Webster and County Com
missioners Lightner and Barnes. As
Attorney Strong, counsel for Mrs. Fal
ing, had no testimony to contradict It,
there will be nothing for the Court to
do but fix the amount which Mrs. Fal
ing must pay for the support of her
brother. Barrett asked only $10 4
month, although his sister's Income Is
$1600 monthly.
Mrs. Paling's property Is said to be
valued at about $500,000. For several
years Barrett has asked her to assist
him, and has started proceedings sev
eral times to compel her to support
him. Although a permit was issued
last July for him to go to the County
Poor Farm, he refused to go. and has
since been" living In the cellar at Da
vid Kafka's store, at Front and Jeffer
son streets.
Mr. Kafka said that he knew the
Barrett family thirty years ago. and
that before Barrett's father died the
young man was always recognized as
his son. and as a brother of Mrs. Fal
ing. Arthur R. Church and Robert D.
Church said that Mrs. Barrett had
often spoken in their presence of Cor
nelius as her son.
Barrett said that he was born at
Valparaiso, Chile, sixty years ago. He
said his sister was born a year before,
in London, "and that they played to
gether as children. When his father
fell ill, he said, she refused to let the
younger Barrett see him, and has since
denied their relationship.
Mrs. Faling' s attorney said that the
last word he had from Mrs. Faling
was that she was sick In San Fran
cisco. She had told him, he said, that
she did not know whether or not Bar
rett was her brother. Counsel was
willing that the court's order provide
for a payment of $10 a month, or that
If Barrett would consent to live at
the County Poor Farm, his client would
bear the expense. The court will an
nounce the decision this morning.
RAILWAY WILL FAIT TAXES
Astoria & Columbia Company Aban
dons Suit Against Coniity.
The Astoria & Columbia River Railroad
Company has abandoned its suit against
Multnomah County over Its taxes for
1905 and 1906. The 1905 tax amounted to
$258, and the 1906 tax to $248. The 1907
tax was paid. It was not the amount,
but the principle Involved, against which
the railroad company protested. It con
tended that Its rolling stock in Aiuic
nomah County should not be taxed, be
cause It owns no trackage In the county.
holding only a lease from the Northern
Pacific to run trains from Goble to Port
land. The complaint fras thrown out of
the State Circuit Court on a demurrer
from the county's attorneys, and It has
been decided not to contest the matter
further. The company will now bo com
pelled to pay $671, which includes penalty
and Interest of $167.
The Bult of the ft R. ft N- Company
against the county, contesting the pay
ment of its $229,000 taxes, was filed In the
Circuit Court yesterday. It Is the con
tention of the railroad company that it
had but $S66,095 in taxable property, in
stead of $16,000,000. the amount of money.
noteB and accounts levied on by Assessor
Sigler. The road figures that the county
only has $9117.46 In taxes coming, and
offers to pay this amount. The point
raised before the County Board of Equal
ization Is again brought forward, thatt
the board should have sat In August In
stead of In October. It is also oontended
by the company that banks, mortgage
companies and Individuals should be as
sessed for money, notes and accounts If
railroads are, and that it has been dis
criminated against in this respect.
An injunction has been Issued restrain
ing the Sheriff temporarily from collect
ing the tax. The railroad company gave
a $5000 bond.
FAILS TO COMPEL PAYMENT
O. G. Emig- Must Wait Until $10,262
Notes Fall Due.
John P. Sharkey, Joseph M. Healy and
the H. W. Lemcke Company will not be
compelled at present to pay two notes
aggregating $10,262. O. G. Emig, In
whose favor the notes are drawn,
brought" suit in the Circuit Court to re
cover upon them, alleging that the In
terest had not been paid. Judge Cleland.
before whom the case was tried yester
day, directed the Jury to return a verdict
for the defendant, because It was shown
that the Lemcke company acted in good
faith in paying the Interest.
This fell due January 27, last. A check
was drawn for $160, signed by the H. W.
Lemcke Company, but was not Indorsed
by Mr. Sharkey, the president. When
the cheok was returned the next day the
cash was tendered to Mr. Emig. Judge
Cleland held that, although the notes
called for the payment of the entire
amount when the Interest lapsed, there
was no cause for suit in the present
instance.
ARRAIGNED FOR AUTO THEFT
Dodd and Wilson to Enter Pleas Sep
tember 16.
Howard Dodd and W. C. Wilson were
arraigned In Justice Olson's court yes
terday by Deputy District Attorneys Fitz
gerald and Hennessy, and are to enter
their pleas September 16. If they plead
guilty they will be sentenced, but If
pleas of not guilty are entered, they will
be bound over to the grand Jury. Dodd,
against whom there are two charges, is
held under $1000 bond, or $500 cash ball
for stealing the automobile of Rudolph
Becker,- and under $350 bonds or $160
cash bail for burglarizing Becker's house,
and stealing a ring, bracelet and shoes.
WJlson, who is held on but one charge,
that of assisting In the theft of Becker's
automobile, is held at the County Jail
under $1000 bonds. He Is a married man,
about 26 years old. while Dodd Is 19
years old, and single.
Ernest Dlebler, the automobile thief
who brought a stolen machine from Chi
cago, and who escaped, but was later
recaptured, occupies a cell adjacent to
that of Dodd and Wilson. :
Baker Changes Plea to Guilty.
Robert Baker was fined $76 by Judge
Gantenbein In the State Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon. He changed his
plea of not guilty to a statutory charge
to one of guilty. Belle Davis was named
as co-respondent. The crime was com
mitted last February. This Is the case
in which Judge Cleland several months
ago sustained a demurrer to the in
formation on the ground that no crime
was charged.. It was necessary to draw
a new information.
Charges Husband With Jealousy.
Charging her husband with Jealousy,
Nellie Morris has brought a divorce suit
against George G. Morris In the Stats
Circuit Court. She desires to resume her
maiden name, Hedblom. They were mar
ried in Chicago July 18, 1905.
Howard Bicknell Found Insane.
Howard Bicknell was sent to the asy
lum yesterday. The medical examiners
found that he Is afflicted with melancholia.
Service to Wallowa to Be Inaugu
rated September CO.
Train service to Wallowa from Elgin.
Or., over the new Wallowa extension of
the O. R. & N. from Elgin, will be in
augurated September 20. Rapid prog
ress Is being made by the construction
forces in completing the line to that
polnf, and the engineering department
promises that the first 38 miles of the
road will be ready for trains on that
date.
J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the
O. R. & N., left last night in his car,
Oregon, for a trip of Inspection over
the new road, to see that al Is ready
for "the opening. He will go over the
new track in his car to Judge of the
character of the work and accept It
from the contractors. While away he
will also inspect the other Oregon lines
of O. R. & N.
Tariffs have been arranged by the
traffic department of the O. R. & N. to
and from Wallowa and Intermediate
points, which will become effective on
September 20. They were prepared
some time ago and filed with the Ore
gon Railroad Commission, and also the
interstate Commerce Commission, as Is
required by the Interstate commerce
law.
This line, which is one of the most
Important feeders of the whole O. R. &
N. system, has been a long time in
building, owing both to the difficult
character of the construction and the
halt in operations last Fall because of
financial conditions. Wallowa is not
the ultimate terminus of the extension,
which will 'be constructed further to
Joseph, a total distance of 64 miles.
The estimated cost of the whole exten
sion is but little less than $2,000,000.1
OLD DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED
Annual Meeting of O. K. & N. Ore
gon & Washington Names Of fleers.
Yesterday was election day for the
Harrlman lines. Stockholders of two
companies met In the Wells-Fargo
building headquarters and chose direc
tors for the coming year. Officers were
also elected by one company.
The O. R. & N. stockholders re-elected
the old directors for the coming 12
months. The annual meeting was post
poned two weeks ago until there
should be a better representation of the
stockholders of the company in the
city. Those chosen are: E. H. Harri
rilan, R. S. Lovett, Maxwell Evarte, Wil
liam D. Cornish, W. L. Bull, of New
York, and J. P. O'Brien, R. Blalsdell,
H. F. Conner, W. W. Cotton, A. Gavin,
W. R. Litzenberg. R. B. Miller, W. l.
Skinner, C. G. Sutherland and V. G.
Wilson.
Unless a special meeting of the direc
tors Is called, they will meet on the
first Tuesday of next month to choose
their officers. E. H. Harrlman will be
re-elected president; J. P. O'Brien, vice
president and general manager; W. W.
Cotton, general counsel, and W. R. Lit
zenberg, secretary.
The Oregon & Washington, the Union
Pacific extension to i'ugct Sound from
Portland, held two electlona yesterday.
Stockholders met In the directors' room
in the Wells-Fargo building and elect
ed the following directors: W. W. Cot
ton, H. F. Conner, W. D. Skinner. Ralph
Blalsdell, W. Robblns.and W. R. Lltzf n
berg, all of Portland, and J. D. Farrell,
of Seattle.
Directors met Immediately after and
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, W. D. Skinner; vice-president and
general manager, J. D. Farrell, Seattle;
secretary, W. R. Litzenberg; assistant
secretary, Alexander Millar, New York;
treasurer, F. V. S. Crosby; assistant
treasurer, J. W. Newklrk; general audi
tor, Erastus Young, Omaha; auditor,
Ralph Blalsdell; chief engineer, H. F.
Baldwin; comptroller, William Mahl,
New York; counsel, R. S. Lovett, N,w
York; general attorney, W. W. Cotton.
General Manager Farrell, of Seattle,
was in the city to attend the two meet
ings. Denver Passenger Agent Here.
George Ady, one of the oldest and
widest-known passenger agents in the
Unlted6tates reached Portland yterday
on his way to the coming convention of
the American Association of Traveling
Passenger Agents, which meets In Seattle ,
next Monday. Mr. Ady Is general agent
of the passenger department of the Har
rlman line's in Denver. He had not been
in Portland for the past IS years and
was very much surprised at the growth
of the city. He said he hardly knew the .
place. He left last night for Seattle.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
HAREXMAN'S MOUNTAIN
HOME IN OREGON
How the railroad king took his
annual vacation in the Switzer
land of North America.
AMERICAN GIRLS WHO
ARE "NEAR QUEENS"
Yankee Princess and Duchesses
most of whom have supped sorrow
and unhappiness.
HIS FIRST-BORN
Full-page illustration in coIom
of a domestic scene laid in Port
land's Chinatown.
CAMPAIGN GENERALS .
AND THEIR STAFFS
Contrasting personalities of the
new National chairmen and their
subordinates.
WORLD-FAMED
YANKEE BANKERS
J. Pierpont Morgan has plenty
of company in Schiff, Stillman,
Vanderlip, Belmont, Higginsoa,
Mitchell and others.-
THE HOTEL CLERK ON
THE TURKISH DISORDERS
This isn't an erudite essay on
political disturbances, but a char
acteristic discourse on foreign and
American things that need reform.
WHEN SWIFTY
WAS GOING SOME
A little episode in the life of
Professor Shorty McCabe's as
sistant, by Sewell Ford.
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