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PORTLAND. SATTJRDAT. SKIT. IS. 108.
WAJTCNO TO KNOW.
Business throughout the country, in
Test org throughout the country, con
cede there is some danger of the elec
tion of Bryan. It is Just as It was in
18 St. Everything; waits. The prin
ciple of caution and conservation rules
the hour. Nobody knows what a
Bryan administration might do, or at
tempt. Ptssibly this may be the ed
itorial on the morning after the elec
tion, to wit: "It is a good time for use
of caution and prudence. Nobody can
tell what is to happen. Everybody
will wait."
It is unfortunate, indeed, that the
policy of any party is so dreaded that
people will halt their undertakings and
investments, and "wait to see." Yet
notoriously this Is the condition all
over the United States, at this time.
It is reflected in the halt of industrial
undertakings and . investments of all
kinds; in doubt of what is going to
happen; in uncertainty as to whether
people who put In their money to'
promote new ventures or to sustain
old ones, will be able to obtain any
return upon it. It is reflected in the
stock markets in all the principal cen
ters and great cities. It is likely be
fore the close of the campaign to be
as striking as it was in 1896.
People fear, as they did in 1896, that
business can't be done on Bryan's
principles. Then he stood for free
coinage of sliver, with consequent de
basement of the money of the country.
He now is silent on this for the sake
of votes but he hasn't renounced it.
He has declared for the extreme
socialist doctrine of Government own
ership of the railroads, yet is silent on
it now for the sake of votes but
he hasn't renounced it. Owners of
railroad stocks throughout the coun
try and there are thousands of them
are not enthusiastic about it. Those
to whom stocks and bonds are offered
for new railroads in Oregon and
elsewhere naturally hold off. They
desire to Invest, but are unwilling to
put their money In Jeopardy. Whether
the money for railroad extensions and
other great Investments in Oregon is
to be forthcoming, or held up to await
results, will depend very much, if not
altogether, on the result of the voting
on the first Tuesday of November.
We shsll know pretty soon. It Is but
six weeks off. .
The party that thus threatens the
country has stood for more than fifty
years athwart the path of progress.
It Is still, as it has so long been, op
posed alike to the established order,
and to the growing Bplrit of rational
and conservative progression. Its policy
would interrupt natural movement of
reforms, by which the past Is secured,
the present cared for, and the future
guarded, on the one hand by resist
ance to extreme and radical measures,
and on the other by Judicious .correc
tion of known excesses and evils. The
course pursued by President Roose
velt Is the right one. No man has
been so great a promoter of necessary
reforms. Note what he says, in his
letter commending the nomination
of Taft to the electors of the
country: "It is necessary that this
great reform movement should go
on. But no reform movement is
healthy If It goes on by spasms; If it
Is marked by periods of frenzied ad
vance, followed, as such periods of
frenzied advance always must be fol
lowed, by equally violent periods of
reaction. The revolutionary and the
reactionary really play into one an
other's hands, to the extent that each
by his excesses necessarily tends to
arouse such disgust, such a feeling of
revolt, in the minds of quiet people
as temporarily to restore the other to
power." Further, "We must not per
mit our public affairs to fall alter
nately into the hands of revolution
aries and reactionaries, of the ex
treme radicals of unrest and of the
bigoted conservatives who recognize
no wrongs to remedy."
Taft's candidacy stands for the ra
tional, moderate and sensible middle
course thus commended. Bryan's for
the radical and dangerous extreme.
There will be tremendous pressure be
fore the business Is over, and the strin
gency will increase steadily from this
time till the day of election; for Bryan,
as heretofore. Is recognized as the rep
resentative of danger to actual busi
ness: and while It does not signify
to most of the people of the United
States who holds the offices, or in the
name of what party the offices are
held, it does signify, tremendously,
whether confidence is maintained in
properties, industries and values, or
not. The disturbance now is very
noticeable: and it will increase stead
ily, should the chances seem to grow
in favor of Bryan's election.
Spokane capitalists will shortly be
gin construction of an electric line
from that city to the Columbia River,
near the mouth of the Spokane River.
This line, like the others which radiate
from the metropolis of Eastern Wash
ington, will offer transportation facili
ties to a rich region that will in a few
.... nmiT- nut a heavv traffic for the
upbuilding of Spokane. The develop
ment that followed, construction oi tne
Coeur d'Alene line from Spokane to
Lake Coeur d'Alene was so remark
ably profitable for Spokane that It
hastened building of the system which
is now reaching down through the
best part of the Palouse country. It
is onlv within the past three years
that the- possibilities of the suburban
electric line have been fully appre
ciated In Portland, but. now that a
start has been made, we may expect
to witness big Increase In the mile
age within a short time. As a factor
In city and town building, the electric
line is a very close second to the steam
roads.
SEW YORK THE PIVOTAL STATE.
The Oregonlan reprints today from
the New York Herald a forecast of
probable election results. There is a
classification of sure Republican states
and sure Democratic states and of
doubtful states. It Is interesting to
observe that Oregon finds a place
among sure Republican states. That
will be great news In Oregon. It Is
also Interesting to know that Illinois
Is regarded as certainly Republican;
but It is still more Interesting to know
that the Herald places such states as
Minnesota, New York, Utah. South
Dakota and Wisconsin in the doubtful
list. This piece of information should
he a great shock to- most Republicans
who have regarded Minnesota, Utah,
South Dakota and Wisconsin as safely
Republican, while most of them have
felt that probabilities were strong In
favor of Taft in New York.
Yet, while there may tie disagree
ment and dispute as to the Herald's
figures in detail, it is true that its es
timate accords with the general view
as to the probable outcome of the elec
tion. It will be apparent to any one,
after a close studyof the Herald's' fig
ures or of any estimate made by any
informed person from impartial
sources, that New York is absolutely
essential to Democratic success, while
it Is possible that Taft might be elect
ed without New York. New York
alone added to the Herald's list of Re
publican states will give the Repub
licans the election. But it will by no
means give the Democrats the elec
tion. Yet, if the Democrats do not
carry New York, they will almost cer
tainly not elect Bryan. If the Repub
licans carry New York, they will al
most certainly elect Taft.
FXFTY-W5VKX YEARS OF PROHIBITION.
Since the year 1851, that is, during
the long period of fifty-seven years,
Maine has been trying, with ill suc
cess, to enforce her prohibitory liquor
law. The case is now more acute thai)
ever, and the recent vote of the state
indicates that the prohibitory law of
Maine will soon be modified, or per
haps repealed.
Neal Dow, temperance lecturer, was
author of the original Maine law. He
died in 1897. at the age of 93. In
1880 he was the Prohibition can
didate for the Presidency. He was
a soldier in the Civil War and was
advanced to the rank of Brigadier
General, was wounded and taken pris
oner by the Confederates at Port Hud
son, in 1863, and was confined eight
months in Llbby Prison.
Neal Dow was the father of pro
hibitory legislation in the United
States. His name was in all the news
papers. It was invoked by Theodore
Winthrop in his famous book, "The
Canoe and the Saddle," a tale of ad
venture at Puget Sound and over the
Cascade Mountains, in 1853. A num
ber of Indians that Winthrop had en
gaged to bring him up the Sound to
Steilacoom, had whisky in their canoe,
and were getting drunk and ugly.
Under cover of a Colt's revolver Win
throp seized the whisky and poured it
out Into the deep, and wrote in his
book. "Didn't I do right, tell me. Oh,
Neal Dow!"
MOKT SrCTESSFVI, FAIR.
The most successful fair ever held
in Oregon will close at Salem today,
the records for attendance having
been repeatedly broken during the
week. That the liberal attend
ance was Justified Is shown by
the high class of the exhibits
and the racing programme. The har
ness races, both In the size of the
purses and the average speed of the
heats, were the best that have ever
been contested it the fair grounds,
and the crowds attracted by this feat
ure alone are a pretty accurate dem
onstration of the possibility of con
ducting a successful race "meeting
without a gambling adjunct.
The enthusiastic support given the
State Fair augurs well for the success
of the meeting of the Pacific National
show In this olty next week. This big
show will bring together the largest
and" finest exhibition of blooded stock
that has been assembled anywhere in
the West since the Lewis and Clark
Exposition. In addition to the large
exhibit of horses for general purposes
there are 350 entries in the trotting
and pacing races, the number includ
ing representatives of the greatest
racehorse families in America. This
exhibition of the Pacific National show
and the great race programme that
has been provided should receive the
most liberal patronage possible, for
the livestock industry, which it will
represent to a greater extent than any
other, is one. of the most important in
the country. Large attendance at the
races will confirm the growing belief
that it is possible to conduct high
grade, clean horseracing without the
aid of a poolbox. A big race meet
has Just been ended in Seattle, and, as
it was conducted for poolroom pur
poses, there has been a general ex
pression of disapproval regarding it.
If Portland will turn out to the
races of the Pacific National show in
anything like the numbers that visited
the State Fair, it will prove quite
conclusively that honest racing is fully
as popular as it ever was, for the Se
attle races, with all of their retinue
of touts, gamblers and hangers-on,
never drew such crowds as were in at
tendance at Salem this week.
JAPAN'S ENFORCED PEACE.
Financial matters In Japan con
tinue to drift from bad to worse. The
situation has become so acute that
some big firms are said to be repud
iating orders placed a few months ago
and are refusing to take delivery of
goods. Postponement of the exhibition
and the cutting down of the army
and navy estimates in the budget to
the extent of . 100,000,000 have
combined to present to the Japanese
peqple In the most forcible manner,
the true condition of the national
finances. For a restless energetic race
like the Japanese, this Budden squelch
ing of ambitions by the mere act of
drawing the purse strings tighter, Is
undoubtedly humiliating and disap
pointing, but there is something more
than a possibility that not only Japan
but the rest of the world may be the
gainer by the changed conditions
which have silenced the roll of war
drums.
Japan brag and bluster have been
silenced because it was no longer pos
sible to float loans with which to
carry on the programme of conquest
w hlch began with the defeat of China
THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY,' SEPTEMBER IP, 1905.
and was enlarged and accelerated by
the victory over Russia. The con
tinued aggression of the Japanese in
Manchuria, where the "open door"
has been but a figure of speech to all
other countries than Japan, was due
to belief that the alleged preferred
rights of the Nippon Empire In that
neutral territory would. If necessary,
be backed up by force. It was a sim
ilar belief on the part of Japan that
caused the numerous exhibitions of
bad faith which finally culminated in
the Tatsu Maru incident.
That flagrant violation of the treaty
between the two. countries has proved
a costly boomerang in the shape of a
trade boycott, but the aggression
would undoubtedly have continued
had Japan been assured of the credit
necessary for fulfillment of the pro
gramme of conquest. Poverty has
been the means of making a man out
of many a worthless spendthrift, and
it may work similar wonders in the
case of Japan. Rigid economy will be
necessary in order to prevent National
and Individual bankruptcy on a vast
scale, and in the practice of this econ
omy the Japanese mind may be di
verted to more peaceful and profit
able pursuits than It has been dwell
ing on since war became such a popu
lar pastime in the Far .East.
In the old days our ancestors were
in the habit of fighting among them
selves because there was not much else
to occupy their time and keep the
blood in active circulation. Today
there is plenty of opportunity for ex
penditure of capital and labor in more
useful pursuits than war, and the ex
perience of Japan seems to point to
the coming of a time when the great
International bankers of the world will
be the peacemakers who alone will
determine whether war should be de
clared or not. With a curtailment by
all countries of the enormous expense
which now seems necessary in order
to prevent or carry on warfare, there
will be a corresponding Increase in
the amount available for work vastly
more beneficial to all mankind.
MR. FORAKER.
Two or three years ago, when muck
raking . was rife and the ax of the
spoiler was laid to the root of many a
stately reputation, Mr. Foraker, of
Ohio, was one of the loudest and
most earnest to call for confidence in
our financiers and Senators. How
much he deserved the confidence for
which he clamored, the revelations
made by Mr. Hearst at Columbus, O.,
on September 17, show with surpass
ing clearness. For some time, Mr.
Foraker has posed as an emancipated
soul confronting like a wall of granite
the usurping power of the President.
Others might bow their proud necks
to Mr. Roosevelt's yoke, but Joseph
B. Foraker would evermore present an
unbending front to the tyrant. Others
might wear the collar of the political
serf, but' Joseph B. Foraker ' never
would. Now we know why he w.ould
not. It was because his neck was
fully occupied by another collar,
namely, that of the Standard OH Com
pany, leaving no room for Mr. Roose
velt's. In all his opposition to the
President's polilces, it appears that
Mr. Foraker has simply been obeying
the master to whom he had sold him
self, literally for hard cash.
In the light of the facts which Mr.
Hearst has revealed, one cannot help
casting a transient glance at the New
York Evening Post, which has never
ceased to laud the Ohio statesman for
his bold opposition to the President.
All of Mr. Forakers evident subserv
iency to the corrupt financial ring
which seeks to control Congress. The
Post has complacently overlooked In
its satisfaction with his hostility to
Mr. Roosevelt, and it has assumed as
a matter of course that, while every
body who supported the President was
a fawning sycophant, everybody, in
cluding Mr. Foraker, who opposed him
was necessarily a model of purity. Now
we see how pure at least one of these
models has been for years, and heaven
only knows how many more are In
the same boat. All we are certain of
is that Standard Oil has extended its
putrefying Influence as far as Its re
sources permitted and that those re.
sources are very great. Mr. Hearst
has published letters which make it
clear that while Mr. Foraker was
a United States Senator he used his
official position both to forward and
to suppress legislation in the inter
est of the Standard Oil Company and
that he received large sums of money
for doing so. One specified fee was
$15,000, another was 114,500. The
letters were signed by John D. Arch
bold, the pious benefactor of Syracuse
University and the terrestrial deity
of Dr. Day.
How Mr. Hearst got possession of
these damning documents Is an aca
demic question entirely without in
terest. In the business of thief catch
ing it is occasionally necessary to use
means at which a delicate taste might
revclt. Still, thieves must be caught,
and so must the snaky politician who
takes office from his country while he
betrays it to its enemies. Mr. Foraker
pleads the pitable defense that he
made no effort to direct legislation
while he was the paid servant of the
Standard Oil Company. It Is sufficient
to blacken his name forever that- he
took pay from the monopoly while he
was In Congress, no matter whether
he did anything in return for it or
not; but the letters very clearly prove
that he was not by any means so in
active as he would have us believe.
It is pretty evident that he earned
every penny that Mr. Archbold paid
him while he was parading himself
in the Senate chamber as a great in
corruptible constitutional lawyer. It
is Mr. Foraker's proudest boast, and
the boast of almost every member of
the corporation clique of Senators,
that they are constitutional lawyers,
meaning by the phrase that they can
always find something in the Consti
tution to thwart all efforts to compel
the corporations to obey the law. On
one occasion Mr. Foraker's master
writes that he Is "glad to hear that
Foraker thinks the situation Is well in
hand," In Congress. Another time
there is an "outrageous bill" which
must be looked after and the. driver
hopes his poor slave will "have no
difficulty in killing It.". Presumably
he had little difficulty, for in those
blessed pre-Rooseveltian days it was
exceedingly easy to kill a bill to which
Standard Oil. objected, or to pass one
which it desired. Mr. Foraker admits
that the letters are "true copies" and
than undertakes to deny the main fact
which they prove. This fact is that
he took pay from the Standard Oil
Company for influencing legislation
while he was a Senator. The denial
Is either Infantile of impudent.
Very likely it is both infantile and
impudent. Mr. Foraker could not
have anticipated that these letters
would be published and the revelation
coming suddenly with ruinous effect
has probably stupefied him. He must
realize that this incident ends his
public career. For the civic crime
which he has committed he can never
atone. He can no longer figure openly
either In state or National politics.
Mr. Taft must drop him at once. Fur
ther negotiations for "harmony" with
Mr. ForaJter would be disastrous to
Mr. Taft himself and to his party
everywhere. The scandal is odorous
enough already and everything pos
sible should be done to Invoke for
getfulness, but nothing to condone it.
Some good man like Mr. Burton, of
Cleveland, must be put forward for
the Senate and the blackened name of
Foraker shunted into oblivion as
quickly as possible.
In the opinion of Jamea J. Hill,
cheap wheat is a thing of the past. In
his estimation tie energies of the peo
ple should be brought to the soil and
intelligently expended there. In this
view the golden era of intensified
farming is at hand, providing the land
is worked with intelligent zeal. The
Idea is pleasing to any one who has
noted with observant eye the crowd
ing and turmoil of the great cities
where tens of thousands hover con
stantly hpon the grim verge of want,
consuming, at prices which they can
not afford to pay and have anything
left for the Winter of life, the prod
ucts of the land. Farmers, said Mr.
Hill, should study the science of agri
culture, being helped thereto by a
multiplication of agricultural schools
by the Government, leaving out, if
necessary, the construction of one
$5,000,000 battleship for the purpose.
This view, aside from the fact that it
is presented by a cool-headed, practi
cal man who is in close touch with the
productive energy of the country, is
well worthy of consideration.
Whatever the motives may be that
have caused Mr. Hearst to take such
a lively interest in showing Mr. Bryan
up in his true light, there Is no deny
ing that his word paintings of the Ne
braska statesman are gems of the first
water. "He is the astonishing Jug
gler," said Mr. Hearst in his Atlanta
speech, 'who keeps the whole of the
surprising collection of conflicting
principles in the air at the same time,
but balances Belmont, the union labor
breaker, in one hand, and Gompers,
the union labor leader, in the other."
For Bryan the unfortunate part of
this statement is that it contains so
much truth, for few, If any, men
have fought union labor more stub
bornly than Belmont, while Gompers
Is supposed to stand for everything in
labor that is opposed by Belmont. Mr.
Brian's grand balancing actmay.come
to grief on election day, for Hearst is
strewing numerous banana peels along
his route in New York and other con
gested labor centers.
The fact that a woman, at a very
early age, is the mother of seven, or
any other considerable number of
children, does not in itself prove that
she is a "glorious specimen of Amer
ican womanhood," the President to
the contrary notwithstanding. The
proof in such a case must come years
hence, when the children have
reached years of accountability. If
they develop into useful citizens, the
mother may be Justly proud of her
offering to the commonwealth, and
lauded, if it comes to that, for her
fecundity. If, on the other hand, the
world is the wore and not the better
for this offering .upon the domestio
altar, the mother is to be pitied rather
than commended for a contribution to
the census that does not pay, whether
materially or ethically considered, for
the cost of enumeration and printing.
Bryan declares himself a Roosevelt
man, but Roosevelt declares himself
a Taft man. Bryan proclaims himself
the political heir of Roosevelt, but
Roosevelt, overlooking Bryan, declares
Taft his Ideal candidate for the Pres
idency. It seems rather a pity that
Bryan should have made Roosevelt
his model, since Roosevelt can't ac
knowledge the imitation at all. but
turns to Taft as the man who ac
tually" represents his ideals, policies
and purposes.
The death of Mrs. Irvine, widow of
the late Robert A. Irvine, in this city
Thursday night, closes the long and
useful life of one of the pioneer
women of Linn County. A helpful
wife, an affectionate mother, an earn
est church woman and a devoted
Christian, Mrs. Irvine will long be re
membered and honored in the com
munity in which the major part of her
long life was spent.
The good Mr. Archbold didn't ex
pect, of course, that the good Mr.
Foraker would use that money to in
fluence Congressional legislation. It
was to go in the contribution box for
the benefit of the heathen the hea
then Senators who couldn't otherwise
see things as Standard Oil sees them.
Possibly it may not be regarded as
important hereafter whether the sen
ior Senator from Ohio is or Is not for
Taft. But what becomes of the seir
sacrlficing and devoted champion of
the-colored man and brother? He
kept all that money himself.
Mr. Bryan Is howling because some
directors of the -steel trust see fit to
support the Republican National
ticket. There seems to be no way to
help it. But would Bryan be any
happier if they should support him?
The New York Herald classifies Ore
gon among the sure Republican states.
Dear, dear. Hon. Milt Miller should
take his pen In hand and write to the
Herald.
Just one more day and -the State
Fair will emerge from ft successful
week, without rain. It Isn't the same
old State Fair.
"The German Wright brothers have
not yet appeared," remarked The
Oregonlan the other day. Nor disap
peared. It looks as If It were going to be
mighty hard for Foraker to take the
stump in Ohio for his own re-election.
As for us, we think we'll postpone
any contemplated aeroplane trip for
about' a half century.
Did Foraker divide with his colored
proteges? Nay, verily. Now they will
desert h Ira-
ONE MNEVTP OX TAFT AND BRTAW.
Impartial Estimate of Electoral Vote
Baaed am Condition Tata Week.
New York Herald, Sept. 13.
Political managers at the outset of a
campaign cast up votes of which they
may reasonably be certain and what votes
they must secure from the doubtful ele
ments in order to win. They know cer
tain states in a Presidential contest can
be carried for their candidates and that
others wilt be carried for the opposition.
The territory that la hopeless to their
cause they abandon or only work in for
the purpose of misleading the enemy,
while they concentrate their energies on
holding what they have and getting the
doubtful states.
Resume Not Partlsaa.
In the Herald's resume no politician's
word is taken as to what states are con
ceded to either party or what state are
designated as doubtful. The records of
past elections are iouoweo. auu "uc
weight is given to the living forces and
the important factors that are to be em
ployed in the campaign now opening with
vigor. A ehang overnight might a little
later in the canvass result in the shift
of one or more state. States that are
considered safely Republican or safely
Democratic might, by the action of a
Governor or by a slip in speech by a
candidate, De properly mien iu un
column Into the other or placed among
those that are doubtful. It is not ex
pected that either National Committee
will agree entirely wim me icouure. i "
lgnations which please the Republicans
will displease tne wemocrtun, " u"u
i. .v,- --a with an alignment
i-i-i. i i tk. HnnW ful column
niLii iui3B . - -
states on which Mr. Hitchcock claims to
hold a mortgage.
-Ei l vr- Tlrvnn will object to
the classification of California as Repub
lican, while Mr. Taft's managers will find
m i. i.u .v, ni.itnir rtf Wisconsin, the
territory of Senator La Follette, whose
platform was adopted at juenvcr, m w.o
doubtful column.
Division of the States.
t- i.- ro.nivn the fighting ground
for the Presidency into territory clearly
defined R is possible to apportion the
-,.. h. .rh candidate will carry in
all probability as follows.
REPUBLICAN STATES.
California lOINew Jersey "
Connecticut TINorth Dakota
Delaware 3Ohlo
Idaho aiuresu" -
Illinois 2iPennylyanla 3
jowa ISiRhod Island 4
Kansas lui Vermont
Maine BlWashington o
Massachusetts ininmami -
Michigan 141 T7Z
Ktx Hampshire ... l Total 2"
DEMOCRATIC STATES.
Alabama lllOklahoma T
Arkansas oiN'orth Carolina ....is
Florida SiSouth Carolina
n i- 1 HT.nnPUM ......... 1
Kentucky" V.'.V. .. .l3Tcxa IS
Louisiana ......... .....
Mississippi , ""7TT
Missouri 18 Total 181
Nevada 3
DOUBTFUL STATES.
C.ilorado Ritjtah
Indiana 151 South Dakota 4
Maryland SlWIsconsin . . 13
Minnesota lllWest Virginia T
Montana 3
Nebraska 81 Total "8
New York 30
But In this campaign there is another
class of states on which it would be well
to keep an eye. They are states where
there have been violent fluctuations in
state elections or where there are known
conditions which indicate a great falling
off in the heavily Democratic and heav
ily Republican vote. These states might
be called "surprise states,"
In Special Classification.
There is not sufficient reason at the
outset of the activities of the campaign to
warrant their being placed in the doubt
ful column, and all of them, so designat
ed, for purposes of explanation, are in
the above Republican or Democratic clas
sifications. They are as follows:
SURPRISE STATES
California (R.) ...lOIOhlo (R.) 23
Georgia (D.) 13 Oregon (R.
Kentucky (D.) 13 Rhode Ial'd R....
Missouri (D.) 181
Nevada (D.) 3 Total 2
North Dakota R ). 41
Laying aside the "surprise" states
for a moment, a recapitulation of the
states shows this summary:
Total numbr of vote In Electoral Col
lege ................- "3
Majority necessary to choice
Republicans reasonably sure of -8
Democrats reasonably aura of ......... .1(11
Republican to win must gain
Democrat to win must gain el
Now taking up the "surprise' states
and classing them in the doubtful col
umn, the summary appears thus:
Total number of vote In Electoral Col
lege 4S3
Majority necessary to choice 24
Republican reasonably sure of ...362
Democrats reasonably sure of 114
Republican must get R
Democrat must get 128
Perhaps there may be no chance of
the nine "surprise" states proving
doubtful. Perhaps Bryan will get the
electors in Georgia. Kentucky, Mis
souri and Nevada without trouble. Per
haps California, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, Ohio and Oregon will remain in
the Republican column to the end. But
those who neglected to keep an eye on
"surprise" states in 1904 were astound
ed on election morning to learn that
Missouri had been carried by Roosevelt
and that Farkar had won all but one
elector in Maryland.
Hore Centralisation In Government.
New Haven Dispatch to New York
Herald.
Governor R. S. Woodruff, while on his
way to luncheon at the Union League
Club, encountered a stout matron who
had caught sight of him from the Ben
nett Memorial Fountain across the
street. She was hurrying to head him
off and half dragged a small boy by the
hand.
"Oh, excuse me; I beg pardon, but Is
not this Governor Woodruff?" she
asked, breathlessly.
"Yes, madam, that's my name," an
swered the Governor, raising his hat
and bowing.
"I thought so. I recognised you from
pictures In the newspapers. Well, can
you tell me, please, where I can get my
little boy's hair cut!"
The Governor escorted the boy and
his mother to the nearest barber shop.
Mr. Chambers' Hard Lock.
PRAIRIE CITY, Or., Sept. 15. (To the
Editor.) The State Veterinary Surgeon
was here about a month stnea and shot
four horses that belonged to H. P. Cham
bers for the glanders, all the team the
poor man had to freight and haul wood
to town to make a living with. Now he
and some of his children are up in the
mountains picking and selling huckleber
ries to make a living for himself and wife
and nine children. Will the state pay
him for these horses in full? Please
answer in the editorial columns of The
Oregonlan. SUBSCRIBER.
Divorcees Borrew Each Other's Food.
St. Louis (Mo.) Despatch.
Charles Schoen, 67 yean old, and his
divorced wife, known as Mrs. Mary
Smith, 64 years old, have lived in- the
same house in St. Louis, he upstairs
and she downstairs, ever since a di
vorce was granted to them, 1 years
ago. ' Schoen and Mrs. Smith are the
best of friends. He sometimes borrows
an egg from her and she often borrows
a little milk or sugar from him.
Oregon's Population.
PORTLAND, Sept. 18 (To the Editor.)
Will you please state In your columns
what Is the estimated population of Ore
gon at the present time. J. H. G.
Whose estimate? And on what basis?
In 1906, the state census, not accurately
taken, gava Oregon about 500,000 people.
The state has now probably about 800,000
or 0.000 papulation.
rtntHB OF PRIMARY LAW.
Observations on Its Workings In Wash
ington. Grants Pass Observer.
The Wsshington state primary elections
were held Tuesday of last week and
were as unsatisfactory as those of Ore
gon. The primary law of Washington
has no "Statement No. 1" for people to
wrangle over, but In a general way it is
much the same as the primary law cere,
and operated quite as viciously. So many
Democrats voted at the Republican nom
inations that there is not th necessary
10 per cent left to entitle ths Democratic
party to a place in the next primary elec
tion. In this political rascality the Dem
ocrats of Washington were even bolder
than those of Oregon.
- The primary law was assumed to be
a remedy for the abuses of the political
machine, and was so accepted by the
voters of Oregon and other states. In
Oregon it did kill the Republican ma
chine, but the Democratic machine is
with us yet in all its glory. The Demo
crats have never utilised the primary
law for legitimate Democratic purposes,
but they have abused it most Inlqult
ously .and notoriously to defraud the
Republican party, notwithstanding that
the protection of parties l a runaamen
tal purpose of the primary law.
A method of oonular election mat is
so open to gross abuses is no more adapt
ed to honeBt government man tne oia
machine method. Indeed it is not as well
adapted. The machine had the merit of
being controlled by a leader whose in
terest required him to provide capable
candidates and to have some considera
tion for the public good. Under the pri
mary law the experience of two elections
has demonstrated that capable candi
dates have no preference with the voters.
as manipulated by opponents, dui ratner
that incapable are brought to the front.
The Legislature elected two years ago.
under the primary law, nas gone on rec
ord aB the worst in Oregon for many
years. It was weak, and it was corrupt,
not comparing favorably with the ma
chine Legislatures In the former qual
ity, and in the latter not any more cred
itable. What the new Legislature will
develop has yet to transpire, but the
omens are not good.
The abuses of the primary law are
Just as flagrant as those of the machine.
There are just as good reasons to abolish
the primary law as there were to abolish
the machine. The primary law should
not be tolerated as at present consti
tuted. It needs good tools to do good
work, and if we are to have good gov
ernment in Oregon the voters must be
provided with good tools. Honest voters
are helpless for honest government with
out honest election conditions.
WHY -WILLIAM IS THE MAN.
Reasons Why One should Vote for Tift,
Alao for Bryan.
Harper's Weekly.
The Providence Journal makes a neat
summary of the reasons being advanced
to convince us independents why we
should vote for Taft and why we should
vote for Bryan.
FOR TAFT.
(I) He will pursue th Roosevelt pollole.
2 He will not pursue the Roosevelt pol-
C(3 He Is sound on the tariff, (a) th
stand-patters are for him. (b) the revision
ists are for him;
4) H believe in the sufficiency of the
courts: . ,
(5) He holds that modifications in Judi
cial procedure might be desirable;
(6) Bryan Is a radical;
t7) Taft la not a reactionary;
(8) He is a man of Judicial temper and
experience; , .
(8) His temper and experience will not
be employed to check popular enthusiasm
for progressive measures;
(10) He is a friend of labor;
(II) He is a friend of capital:
(12) He stood by th President in the
Brownsville matter;
(13) He had nothing to do with the
Brownsville matter;
(14) He triumphed over the allies;
(15) The allies are all his supporters;
(1) He is all for Hughes:
(!7) He will not interfere in local poli
tics" US) He Is the protege of Roosevelt;
(19) He 1 tandlng alone;
2) His election will Insure prosperity;
(21) There wlll b prosperity anyway.
FOR BRYAN.
(1) Hi election wUl b a rebuke to
Rooseveltlsm;
(2) He will out-Roosevelt Roosevelt;
(3) He has grown conservative;
(4) He hasn't.
(5) He 1 the fr choice of th Demo
cratic party;
(6) The party has got to swallow him.
(7) He represents Democratic principle;
(8) The principle will be able to survive
bis Incumbency;
(B) After two defeat h deserve an lc-
tl0() To elect him I th only way to get
rid of him;
(11) He wants the people to rule;
(12) The people need Bryan rul;
(13) He is igainst the bosaes;
(14) He is a bully boss:
(15) If elected, ha will b powerless with
out Congress:
(16) If elected, he wilt throw Congress;
(17) Taft will not carry out the Roose
velt nomsivB,
(18) Bryan will carry out th Roovlt
policies;
(19) Tft will:
wi -Rrvan won't.
Doubt need linger no longer in any
intelligent mind. Obviously William is
the man
KEEP YOUR BYE ON THIS PARTY
Likely to Be Heard From Daring; the
Campaign.
New York Evening Mail, Rep.
Lei no one ask whether the new
Independence party will be heard from
In this campaign. it wiu oe nea.ru
from. This party has the equipment
for making a real fight, and seems to
discern an opportunity for it. It has
a well-defined plan of campaign, part
criticism of the old parties, part con
structive policies of Its own. It has
an attractive candidate ot good ngnt-
ing quality In Thomas L. Hlsgen. It
has a camnaiKn manager oi skiu, re
source and persistence in William R.
Hearst. It has organs of publicity in
the widely-spread newspaper enter
prises of Mr. Hearst that give it an
access to the popular, ear more direct
and free than any other third party
him ever had.
This is a year in which personality
will count somewhat more than usual,
and the personality of the square-built.
hard-hitting independent manufacturer
at the head of the new party will be a
measurable asset for his cause. We
differ a little from the organizers of
this narty as to the function It has to
perform; but we expect It will do some
public service in tne puncture ot num
bug and in its insistent demand that
in the domain of policies politicians re
deem eome of their profuse promises
to pay. It differs from the usual third
party in that the subject matter of its
issues covers substantially the same
ground as that of the old parties; it is
not firing squibs like the populists,
or firing 'in the air like the Prohibi
tionists, or firing into the future like
the Socialists.
Cook Hurt by Explosion of Doughnut.
Baltimore News.
Mrs. Mary Wonderlich, of Coalburg,
O., is in a serious condition from in
juries caused by the explosion of a
doughnut. Some think Mrs. Wonderlich
did not make the hole big enough to
accommodate the air the dough sur
rounded. Mrs." Wonderlich may never
cook doughnuts again.
Oyster Bay Shies at Haval Uniforms.
Topeka Journal.
Things will warm up in Oyster Bay
a bit. A number of the jackies on the
President's yacht, the Sylph, were de
nied admission to a public dancing
pavilion in the President's home town
because they wore uniform. This i
certainly worts than "Use majest."
WARM WELCOME TO COMBO'
Poraeroy Warmly Greets Succcssfj
Candidate.
POMEROY. Wash., Sept. 18. (Specta(
Between double rows of red fire an
Into a deafening roar of expl
mtwm th train . hearing B. M
Cosgrove. the Republican nominee fd
Governor of this state, steamed up t
the platform at 7:30 o'clock last eveni
Ing. The street on either side wa
crowded with people who had assem
bled from all parts of the city and
county to do honor to their dlstln
rulahed fpllow-citisen.
Mr. Cosgrove was unaer tne eecurw
ir. Cosgrove was unaer tne eecurw
a committee, which met him ao
rbuck, consisting of Senator J. R.
venson, Mayor H. C. Krouse. At-
rf
Stftrbn
Ktavensnn. Mavor
tornev G. W. Jewett, Fred Matthies and
P. C. Nicholson. He was conveyed from
the train to his homo in an automo
bile. One hour later he reappeared in
the ear at the head ot a procession of
school children and a long line of en
thusiastic cltixen. including the mem
bers of the local G. A. R. post. The
formed at the school build
ing on Fifth street and, guided by a
line of rud fire, proceeded to the Opera
House, where. It had been announced,
Mr rmrrove would address the people.
The large hall was packed to the
doors by the most enthusiastic audi
ence that ever assembled in the city.
Mayor Krouse presided and made a few
opening remarks: Flve-mlnute speeches
were then maoe Dy Attorney c. .
Vnvlcenrinll Senator Stevenson and H.
C. Thompson, the latter speaking in
behalf of the Grand Army rem.
When he arose to address the audi
ence. Mr. Cosgrove was greeted with
rlnarina. annlause. He said:
I am going to tell you a secret, unn in
tAiH ....nt to Mrs. Cosgrov
SO years ago, soon after our marriage. I
said to her, "Some day I am going to b
the Governor of one of our great states.
That has been my ambition. I have never
allowed anything to awerve me irom inn
course. I have been twice offered the po
sition of Lieutenant-Governor, and once of
fered a Congressional candidacy and also a
Supreme Judgeship of this state. Dut l re
jected these and swept everything aside that
would detract fror.l tne attainment or in.
one great object. Sometimes things looked
dark, and 1 could not see how to proceed,
but I never gave up. Coming from this
small county, with only five or six votes in
a convention, it seemed If I could not
ucceed. but finally 1 saw my chsnce to
go before the people of this state under the
primary law. and I was successful.
Mr. Cosgrove expressed a deep feel
ing of gratitude for the assistance
rendered him by the people of Garfield
County, In what he termed the "attain
ment of my mad ambition." He
thanked the Democrats as well as the
Republicans for their loyal support. He
said: "In one convention of Democrats
every man applauded my efforts to
reach the Gubernatorial chair, and
pledged his support to me." In conclu
sion, Mr. Cosgrove stated that he had
conducted a clean campaign, and, while
his competitors had not always been
entirely fair, he would say nothing
against them, because it would not be
right to denounce a man over whom he
had won a victory.
Mr. Cosgrove is home for a ew
days' rest before organising the inter
ests of his party for the Fall cam
paign. FOUR-DAY FAIR IX YAMHILL-
Annual Livestock and Poultry Show ;
to Be Features.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Sept. 18. (Spe
cial.) Yamhill County's third annual
School Fair will be held for four days
commencing Tuesday. September 22. at
the exhibition grounds In this city. In
connection therewith will also be held
the annual livestock show, under the
auspices of the Yamhill County Live
stock Association.
Prospects for a successful fair are flat
tering, as every school In the county has
arranged for space in the pavilion, and
as the time for the opening of the fair
draws near Interest Increases. On open
ing day no les than 1200 school children
are expected to Join In a parade, march
ing to the music of their own fife and
drum artists.
Among the special features of the week
will be a watermelon feast, provided by
District No. 1, to all the children and
attendants at the fair. The "Grand Prise"
to be competed for by the various scMools
is a grand piano donated by T. H. Comte
and the committee. E. J. Arnold, of
the Arnold Shows, also comes to the
front with special prises of a set of
carpenter tools and a modern sewing
machine for the best collective exhibits
of woodwork and sewing. The stock
parade will be a feature of each day's
programme, and no less a feature of the
show will be the poultry department,
which has been placed in the hands of
a committee of enthusiastic poultry fan
ciers. For the entertainment of those in at
tendance Arnold has been granted the
concessions, and will furnish free to the
visitors the spectacular "Slide for Life,"
the revolving ladder and a balloon and
parachute act each day. No admission
will be charged to enter the grounds,
the cltlsens of McMInnvill having made
every preparation that is possible for
the comfort and enjoyment of their
guests during the four days of the fair.
MATLOCK STANDS NO SHASI
Insist That Seller of "Near Beer"
Shall Be Punished In Eugene.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.)
The brewers who manufacture "near
beer" and Mayor Matlock do not look
at the violation of the recent city or
dinances in the same light. As soon as
the ordinance wag passed the brewers
of Roseburg came to Eugene, stating
that tiAv would ficht tha ordinance in
the- court. They Informed the Mayor
that all they wanted to do was to make
a friendly suit of the case and that they
are willing to pay the cost and to take
the matter up to the Supreme Court,
provided that In the meantime their
customers would be allowed to go right
along and sell the "near beer."
Mayor Matlock would not agree to
this and he stated that arrests would
be made every time a violation of the
law wa committed.
Store Robbed of Revolvers.
DRAIN, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.) W.
W.- Kent's store was robbed last night
of revolver, rasors and pocket knives
and some cartridges. The exact amount
taken is not known. There is no clew
to the robber.
STEVENS CASE OFF RECORD
Difficulties of Wealthy Exporter
May Be Settled Ont of Court.
Delay of the hearing in the T. M.
Stevens uit has given rise to a belief
that the domestic difficulties of the
wealthy exporter are to be settled out
of court. The case was stricken from
the Circuit Court docket yesterday. The
reason given was that Stevens' lawyer, .
Thomas O'Day, had a previous legal en
gagement which could not be broken.
B. A. Clark, lawyer for the woman who
claims to be Mrs. Stevens No. 1 denied
the case had been dropped. He said
the striking off of the trial date from
the calendar meant nothing more than
a delay. It is said, however, that there
will be no airing of the family skele
ton In court and that the case will
eventually be dropped.