THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1908.
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rORTLAXD, MONDAY. SEPT. tl, 1008.
PH1IJPPIXE INDEPENDENCS AGAIN.
It Is undoubted that there are am
bitious native politicians In the Phil
ippines who desire "national Independ
ence" for the Islands. Every native
agitator realizes that he would have
better opportunity for his ambition. If
the United States should withdraw and
leave the native politicians to work
their own will. Then many of them
could become Important men and ex
ploit the revenues, control the "con
cessions," after the fashion taught and
practiced by the Spaniards, and get
rich. Should the authority of the Uni
ted States be withdrawn from the Isl
ands, some of these local politicians
would soon become great men among
their fellows; and they would prefer
this opportunity to all the advantages
derived by the people of the Islands
from government under direction of
the United States.
Hence there is an "independence"
: or "nationalist" party In the Philip
pines. There always has been, since
the United States expelled Spain.
Agulnaldo t'.ien immediately began his
efforts to expel the Americans by force
of arms. There was a good deal of
bloody fighting, in which the troops of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho for a
time bore the brunt. The Americans
remained, though the disorders
dragged along during several years.
Not till recently were the insurgents
finally quelled. Yet the "war," during
the early stages, was mainly an enter
prise of politicians of the Agulnaldo
type, who entertained great schemes
for their own glory and profit; and
during its latter stages, it was an en
terprise of robbers and outlaws, con
ducted in the name of "independence"
and "freedom." The hopes of these
"patriots" at all times have been stim
ulated and supported by reports that
the great Democratic party of the Uni
ted States, led by the great Mr. Bryan,
was their champion. The letter of
General Lawton, commanding In Lu
zon. In which he spoke bitterly of the
encouragement thus given to the In
surgents, and of his own expectation
of death as a consequence of it
which was speedily fulfilled Is among
the memorable things of our history
In the Philippines.
It is Incredible that the people of
the United States desire their Govern
ment to abandon these Islands. Cer
tainly those of our Pacific States do
not. Bryan made the demand for
our withdrawal from the islands the
"paramount issue" of his campaign
in 1900; upon which he was beaten by
a greater majority than In 189, when
free coinage of silver was the basis
of his campaign. We of the Pacific
States see advantages for our own
Coast in retention of these islands,
which to the Atlantic States do not so
forcibly appear; yet the larger matter
of the welfare of the islands them
selves cannot be less apparent to the
people of our Eastern States than to
those of our Pacific Coast. Growing
American Interests and humanities In
the islands cannot be sacrificed with
out extreme Injustice and cruelty
to the Filipinos as well as to the Amer
icans. ', The new educational system
which, among other efforts by the
Americans, is effecting regeneration of
the islands; the direction of Internal
improvements, and the administration
of Justice on an even scale, which
never was known to the native people
before are these progressive efforts
to be abandoned, our people recalled,
and the Islands turned back to the
conditions of Spanish mediae vailsm?
This Is Just what is involved In Bryan's
insistence of "national independence"
. in the Islands. . But his object Is not
the welfare of the islands, nor the true
interest of America. He is merely
pushing a proposal on which he hopes
to obtain votes among a class of sen
timentalists in the East who profess
themselves special devotees of "lib
erty," and use the word without
knowledge that nothing can be predi
cated of the word itself, without con
sideration of times, situations and cir
cumstances, in particular cases, where
the word may be used or applied.
Even If Bryan should be elected, it
would be found impossible for the Uni
ted States to grant independence to
the Philippines. But his election, and
the hope of Independence, would cre
ate grave difficulties, by setting the
so-called nationalist party In a roar j
for freedom: and disorders and out- I
breaks would probably result, which '
would call the military Into operation
again. Nor is It credible that the
quiet and orderly people of the Islands
desire the withdrawal of the Ameri
cans, with the practical certainty of
very grave disorders to follow It. Cuba
is an example. We ought never to
have evacuated Cuba, and have been
compelled to send forces back to re
establish peace and order. The Fili
pinos are less advanced than the Cu-
bans in knowledge of the necessary
principles of self-government.
AN "INDEPENDENT" DEMOCRATIC
ARGUMENT.
There is an argument made by
Cleveland Democrats for Taft against
Bryan which is attracting a good deal
of attention. It is the argument of
those who want neither Roosevelt's
personality in the Government, nor
Bryan's personality, which has been
declared bv Bryan himself to be a
copy of Roosevelt's. The New York
Times says:
The voter who cannot see that Taft Is dif
ferent from the other candidate has loet
all sense of political discrimination. w need
him for peace, quiet, recuperation. We need
htm In order that we may have a Government
Mf lawa and not of one man. . . . Tha
prUMlpiaa of Cleveland Democracy are to be J
found In none of tha platforms. For that
reason we regard Mr. Cleveland's letter, re
cently published ra the Times, aa a more Im
portant declaration of principle, aa a safer
guide for the voter, than any of the resolu
tions adopted by the conventions.
Mr. Cleveland, it will be remem
bered, spoke highly of Taft, and made
an argument for his election. The
New York Evening Post offers these
remarks, which have a trend like those
of the New York Times:
Mr. Bryan's claim to the heritage of
Roosevelt policies la thrown out of court by
the only competent Judge, Mr. Roosevelt
himself. Conrad Kohrs. of Helena, Montana,
had written to his good friend, the Presi
dent, asking about the matter, and the
President kindly replies In a reassuring let
ter of about, three columns. Mr. Taft, he
says, is "the man who I feel la in an espe
cial sens tha representative of all that in
which I most believe In political life." Mr.
Taft la the "true foe of abuses." "He and
I have on avery essential point stood In
heartiest agreement, ahoulder to shoulder."
After all this Mr .Bryan must find it rather
difficult to poae as the original Roosevelt
man. And from the point of view of prac
tical politics there is something to be said
for a campaign of more vigorous opposition
than Mr. Bryan is making. If the Demo
cratic party really stands for no Important
principles but those laid down by Mr.
Roosevelt, a good many Democrats will
frankly say that" they prefer Taft. He Is
obvlouely a firmer and mora steady-going
man than Mr. Bryan, and tha election of Mr.
Taft will save us from the disturbance of
overturning the administration. If Mr.
Bryan can promts us nothing better than
we have had under Roosevelt, or than we
should have under Taft, why should any
one want to make him President?
BRYAN AXD SILVER AGAIN.
One of the obvious features of the
Bryan campaign is the fear of Bryan
that his record on silver will be re
called against him. When questioned
aa to whether, in his opinion, free
coinage of silver should still be called
for and granted, and what he would
do on the subject, if he were Presi
dent, he only answers that if condi
tions again were such as they were In
1896, he would again advocate free
coinage of silver.
But conditions in 1896 were just
what the silver party had made them;
and Bryan had become its champion.
The policy had expelled gold from the
country, paralyzed business and indus
try and utterly wrecked credit. Upon
the defeut of Bryan confidence was
quickly restored and the country has
been dwelling in prosperity ever since.
The flurry of last Fall was only a
temporary disturbance produced by a
class of speculators and plungers about
the stock exchanges, and soon passed
away. It did not touch the great and
vital Interests of the country.
It Is not probable that the condi
tions of 1896 will be renewed. Defeat
of Bryan that year ended the craze
and crusade for silver, which was the
root of the trouble. Of course he
can't acknowledge now how gross his
error was then, for that would reflect
upon his judgment and fitness for the
high place he seeks; which, indeed, is
the main thing to be considered In
this relation now, for the silver folly
Is so discredited that it can't put up
its head again; yet it can't be over
looked that the man who was the
great champion of it must be sorely
wanting in balance and judgment, and
every man may well hesitate and ques
tion therefore whether it is safe to
vote for him.
Mr. Bryan is impulsive and erratlo
by nature, but has become a tempo
rizer and opportunist, trying new ex
pedients and wishing his old errors,
which he advanced to the rank of
leading principles, forgotten. But
there is many an elector who never
will vote for the silver champion of
1896, because such cannot believe that
the man who would be the leader of
so erroneous and dangerous a policy
could be counted on surely as "safe
and sane." 'Twould be a disquieting
question, "What would he do next?"
RESULTS OF PORT LHTROYTSMEXTS.
Wheat shipments from Portland for
the month of Septemebr to date have
reached a total of 1,167,116 bushels,
and the barley sent forward this
month totals 228,125 bushels. During
the same period there has been
shipped from Seattle and Tacoma
115,382 bushels of wheat. There is,
of course, no reason for believing that
thlB 10-to-l ratio In favor of Port
land as a wheat-shipping port will be'
continued through the season, but it Is
a certainty that this port will hold a
goodly portion of the long lead that
has been taken over the Puget Sound
ports. This satisfactory showing seems
to demonstrate quite clearly that the
grain business of the Pacific North
west is to be concentrated at the foot
of the downhill haul to Portland.
As the new North Bank road is not
yet hauling wheat into Portland by
rail, and the business that Is coming
over the line for trans-shipment by
boat to Portland is not large, it is
quite clear that other Influences than
the new road are advancing Portland's
prestige as the greatest wheat port on
the Pacific Coast. The Improved
channel from Portland to the sea has
been a prominent factor in bringing
about this pleasing result, but of equal
and perhaps greater importance has
been the work of the Chamber of
Commerce and the railroads in reduc
ing port charges on shipping. The O.
R. & N., by removing the pilotage
charge at the mouth of the river,
placed shipping on even terms with
the Puget Sound ports and made the
port more attractive than competitive
ports, by continuing the pilot service,
which Is not available to the ships en
tering Puget Sound.
The Chamber of Commerce, with
the assistance of the Pacific Bridge
Company and the Columbia Steel
Works, is removing ballast from grain
ships free of charge after it is dis
charged from the hold, thus placing
the port on equal terms with Puget
Sound, where the ballast Is dumped In
the bay. Another feature of the situ
ation is the loyalty of the Portland
exporters, who in the past have oper
ated so extensively on Puget Sound.
The longshoremen, after five years of
miserably slow work in loading ships,
have suddenly awakened and are now
doing nearly as good work as has been
done on Puget Sound.
In brief, Portland has demonstrated
that the port can be made as cheap
and attractive for shipping as any
other port, and this fact, combined
with Portland's matchless location
where tidewater meets the water-level
grade from the interior, assures Its su
premacy so long as vigilance is main
tained and none of the ground so re
cently gained is lost. Success of the
Port of Portland measure now before
the courts will insure continuation of
satisfactory towage and pilotage rates,
and will also enable the ballast prob
lem to be handled satisfactorily. In .
order, however, that the burden shall
not fall too heavily on the port, it is
of vital necessity that the compulsory
pilotage law be repealed at the next
session of the Legislature, and the
service be performed at more reason
able rates than are now In force,
i :
BRACED FOR THE SHOCK.
Liquidation on the part of the timid,
and extreme conservatism on the part
of those who are not timid, but who
see a possibility of the election of
Bryan, have brought about a very pe
culiar situation in Eastern financial
centers. With an abundance of money
available at rates as low as 2 per cent
on call, and 3 per cent for six
months' loans, and with gilt-edge
stocks offering at prices which show
a return of from H to i per cent?
trading is sluggish and inactive. The
New York bank statement for the
week ending last Saturday shows that
the clearing-house banks of the me
tropolis hold cash reserves of more
than $400,000,000, or more than S50,
000,000 in excess of legal require
ments. On a corresponding date last
year the cash reserves held by the
same banks were but $268,000,000 and
the surplus was $5,646,000.
The country has practically recov
ered from the panic which began last
October, and money reserves are
large both East and West. The de
mands from the West for crop-moving
purposes have been lighter than in
any previous season for many years,
the Western banks all reporting their
ability to finance the crop movement
without Eastern aid. Good crops and
good prices prevail, and all that pre
vents the release of the millions of
cheap money, which is now lying Idle,
is the assurance from the November
elections that the present timidity Is
unfounded.
The extent to which this policy of
retrenchment and waiting is being car
ried Is strikingly shown by the recent
returns on railroad earnings. The
Southern Pacific, for example, trans
formed a decrease of $1,700,000 In
gross earnings in July into a gain of
$220,000 In net earnings. The re
trenchment that was necessary in or
der to effect this saving of nearly
$2,000,000 could only be accomplished
by withholding appropriations for bet
terments, wages for repair crews, and
in other directions scrimping along
until it was regarded as safe to make
the outlay really necessary to keep
the road up to its high standard.
And yet the prevailing sentiment
throughout the country is optimistic,
and the "waiting game" is played sole
ly for the purpose of "bracing for the
shock," In case It should come In the
form of Bryan's election. There will
be no borrowing of consequence, even
of cheap money, and the reserves will
be maintained at high figures. To use
a favorite expression of a really great
Democrat, now dead, "It is a condition,
and not a theory, that confronts us."
And there will be but little change In
this condition until the result of the
November elections Is known.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
There is a great deal of Inconsis
tency among hotel-keepers. For ex
ample, some of the most aristocratic
of them will exclude dogs from their
luxurious apartments while they read
ily take in people who are no bet
ter than dogs. At least these persons
class themselves with dogs and there
fore they can hardly complain if
other people assign them to the rank.
Mrs. W.'T. Godfrey, spouse of a great
eastern plutocrat, seems thus to de
mand classification with the canine
species and to glory in it. Visiting
Chicago the other day, this dame went
to the Auditorium hotel with a string
of four terriers lollygagglng along at
her satin-shod heels. Where her chil
dren were the account does not say,
but there is no doubt about the dogs.
Entering the portals of the hotel she
first kissed each dirty beast on the
snout, as Is the habit of women of her
kind, and then ordered the flunkies
to take them to her room. They de
clined to do so, saying that the rules
of the house forbade. In fact, there
was no choice but to lodge the four
brutes in the basement
It was at this sorrowful moment
that Mrs. Godfrey displayed the lofty
capacity for heroic sacrifice which la
Inborn In every truly womanly soul.
Did she desert her four darlings In
their distressful predicament? Did
she permit herself to loll on down In
a- silken-hung chamber while they
pined dismally in the coal hole? Not
she. Grandly did Mrs. Godfrey rise to
the occasion. She might have de
serted her children, but her dogs
never. She followed them down into
the dark basement and sat weeping
over them and kissing their noses all
that long, sad night. Where in all
the annals of feminine devotion shall
we find a deed to compare with this
one in pure renunciation for the sake
of the ideal? It is such self-denying
heroines as Mrs. Godfrey that
make us proud of the generation we
belong to and the age we live in. Our
women can not bear children to re
plenish the earth, but they can nur
ture dogs to adorn it, and what more
can we ask?
fJNCINARIA AMERICAN A.
At last the "poor white" ol the
South has been accounted for. Most
forlorn, wearisome and woe-begone of
human beings, he is also the laziest
He eats clay. His wife "dips"
snuff. He dwells In a tumble
down hut and lives on razor
back hog fried with hominy made
from stunted corn. It has always
been supposed that his deficiency was
of the soul. He has been preached
to and lectured about as a moral de
generate; but he has been slandered.
His soul is all right. It is his body
that is wrong and the cause of its
wrongness is a germ. There is a
little creature which , wriggles about
in the warm southern sand and in
sinuates Itself into the bare feet of
the inhabitants, thence working grad
ually to the intestines where it fixes
its claws to the walls and drains the
vitality of its host. It Is called un
clnaria Americana, or the hook worm,
and it Is the cause of the laziness of
the poor white. When he has nour
ished his ln-dwelling army of uncin
arias he has no energy left to nourish
himself.
In the State of Georgia alone there
are some 200.000 cases of the disease
according to the Atlanta Constitution.
On the justified assumption that other
states are as badly afflicted as Georgia,
it may be conceived how much suf
fering and economic loss are to be at
tributed to this parasite. The only
mitigating circumstance is that the
disease caused by the uncinaria la
easy to cure. A little thymol followed j
by laxatives expels the whole swarm
of parasites from the system and re
stores the patient to health and ac
tivlty. One would suppose that, since
the remedy Is so cheap and simple,
the disease would presently be eradi
cated from the South, but It seems
that the afflicted crackers sneer at the
medicine instead of swallowing it and
prefer to languish rather than get well
and go to work. It is strange to
think how readily ignorant people be
lieve Incredible things about the other
world and how skeptical they are of
the simplest truths of science.
The contention that Oregon has
jurisdiction over the citizens of Wash
ington who are obeying the laws of
Washington is untenable, and the at
tempt to sustain any such contention
can have but one result defeat for
Oregon. Thirteen years ago, Wash
ington fishermen operating in Wash
ington waters, clearly within the
boundaries of the state, were arrested
by Astoria fish wardens and taken to
Astoria where they were fined. An
appeal to the Federal Court caused
their prompt release, the Federal
Court holding that Oregon could not
make or enforce laws governing the
fishing industry in the state of Wash
In g ton. The present situation Is prac
tically the same as that of thirteen
years ago. The merits of the con
troversy, so far as salmon protection
is concerned, do not enter largely into
the question which is causing the most
of the trouble. That question is: Has
Oregon the right to enforce Oregon
laws In territory beyond the state
linear
The Pacific National Show, which
opens its gates in this city today, Is
the largest enterprise of its kind ever
attempted In the Pacific Northwest.
The magnificent grounds" and track,
with their excellent equipment, repre
sent a heavy outlay of money, and the
livestock exhibits and the entries for
the racing events are, in numbers and
quality, in keeping with the magni
tude and high class of the big show.
For thee reasons, as well as for the
fact that a successful show of this
kind Is of incalculable value to the
livestock industry, Portland should
turn out in full force and make the
pioneer exhibition of the Pacific Na
tional Show a grand success. If the
attendance Is in keeping with the mer
its of the show, the success of the first
attempt will be such as to assure an
even greater exhibit next year. In
view of the big preparations and the
large number of entries for the first
exhibition, good patronage will make
the Pacific National Show famous all
over the country, wherever livestock is
bred.
The Ohio statesman is exceedingly
anxious that the public should under
stand that It was Foraker the citizen,
and not Foraker the Senator, who se
cured that oil-tainted money. There
Is a story told, sometimes with the late
Confederate General Leonldas Polk as
the central figure. Polk, prior to the
Civil War, was a full-fledged Episcopal
bishop, and during an engagement in
the war, in a moment of excitement,
swore like the proverbial trooper. He
met the expression of surprise on the
face of another officer with the state
ment that it was Polk the soldier, and
not Polk the bishop, that had been
swearing. Whereupon the Inquiring
officer desired Information as to the
fate of Polk the bishop, after Polk the
soldier had been sent to hell for swear
ing. Speculation as to - the fate of
Foraker the Senator, after the public
gets through with Foraker the citizen,
or vice versa, will be devoid of some
of the uncertainty that surrounded the
fate fit the bishop-soldier.
There seems to be a contest on be
tween Linn and Washington counties
as to which has the tallest hunter.
Washington now claims a half-inch
lead over Linn, with a man 6 feet 5
inches tall. Perhaps if. some of the
Oregon counties would refuse hunters
licenses to any man less than six feet
tall, there would be fewer hunting
accidents. The man who would mis
take a 6 feet 6 inch hunter for a
bear or a deer ought to be -sent where
he would have no second opportunity
for making the mistake.
It is the demand of the Advocate
(colored) that "the negro soldiers .be
reinstated." Hence it is bitter against
Taft. But will election of Bryan lead
to reinstatement of the colored sol
iora lent if the South knows itself.
The South Insists on exclusion of all
'niggers" from the Army.
T.immr m An have urs-ed Sunday
closing of billiard and poolrooms a
long time. It is wen enouga.
ttiav u-ont ,Mcnr stores and theaters
closed on Sunday. But they make big
mistake thinking tne reaction win
open their saloons on that day. How
ever, their good work is not amiss.
i OrtiAmnn Viad lived in this aoe he
would have hung over his desk the
rnn "tv.i la mv busv day." That
is what he had In mind when he said,
"Withdraw thy root rrora my neign
bor's house, lest he be weary of thee
and so hate thee."
Governor Chamberlain will not ap-
rminr a commission to draft bills for
Columbia River salmon protection.
WiHfientlv circumstances have altered
His Excellency's policy of advising the
Legislature of Its duties to tne people,
temporarily at least.
Bryan was arrested Saturday for
scorching" across the State of Rhode
Island. Perhaps he was only trying
to "back-fire" and stay the maren or
the Hearst conflagration that has been
dropping cinders around his head.
Th.r. vnnv be some doubt as to the
respective degrees of Oregon and
Washington ownership in the Colum
bia River, but there will not be much
questioning of the rights of Uncle Sam
on either side of the river.
rT, n,rtlc McDowell, of Summer-
ville. Or., was fined $250 the other
day after he had pleaded guilty to a
charge of giving liquor to two boys.
Enforcement of that kind of law beats
prohibition.
Now they have initiative in Maine,
carried by a big majority; and they say
now prohibition will "go." At least
the voters will get a cnance at it.
Those disagreeing doctors are likely
to forget the ethics In the free adver
tising they are getting.
ELECTION ECHOES ON MAINE
Varied Newspaper Comment aa to Effect
on Contest la November.
Washington (D. C.) Post, Ind.
The election In Maine has only a re
mote and incidental bearing upon the
National campaign, but so tar as it
goes It shows that Mr. Bryan has made
no headway there during the last four
years. It Is fair to assume that in No
vember, with local questions eliminat
ed, the voters of that state will give
Taft the normal plurality In the
neighborhood of 20.000.
Only a Prohibition Victory.
New York Globe and Advertiser, Rep.
This question being discussed before
the people to the practical exclusion of
National Issues, party lines were In
'large degree broken down. Thousands
of Republicans voted for Gardner, the
anti-Prohibition candidate, and many
Democrats voted for Fernald, the Pro
hlbitlon candidate. The victory that
has been won is not a Republican vic
tory, but a Prohibition one. e
There is nothing to suggest that Maine
will not give Its customary Republican
plurality for Taft and Sherman elec
tors. Talk persists that Mr. Bryan Is
stronger than he was. The returns, as
we have thus far received them, do not
Indicate any falling away of Republi
can strength.
Maine Will Repudiate Mr. Bryan.
Chicago Tribune, Rep.
The Issue there was the resubmission
to tha people of the Prohibition ques
tion. There are many Republicans who
aro resubmlsaionlsta and for that rea
son Toted the Democratic ticket. They
did not do it for love of Mr. Bryan,
whom they have repudiated twice and
will again, but because they could not
stomach the attitude of the party on a
purely local Issue. September scares
do the Republicans no harm. They
usually are the prelude to November
victories.
No Comfort for Democracy.
Baltimore American, Rep.
It was the Issue of the resubmission
of the constitution provision for the
prohibition of the sale and the manu
facture of Intoxicating liquors. Maine,
while the center of seething agitation
that swept the sentiments of the people,
nevertheless cast Its vote on the right
side. It Is now, as always,, absolutely
Republican. It has taken its accus
tomed place with Vermont as one of
the earliest states In the campaign to
give a salutary sign of the times. The
Democrats can reap no consolation
from the Maine outcome.
Not Quite So Fast, Mr. Bryan!
New York Evening Post, Ind.
It Is, of course, true that the Prohi
bition Issue has figured In other years
when the state was an accurate barom
eter of the vote In the Nation; but this
year, as last, when the vote was but a
trifle larger, the dissatisfaction with
the existing conditions has been greater
than for many years. However. Mr.
Bryan can take this vote and make the
most of It. He will need all the encour
agement he can get from It.
Concedes Maine to Mr. Taft.
New Orleans Times-Democrat, Dem.
If the Maine election Is anything of
a "barometer," its reading must be in
terpreted as entirely favorable to the
Democratic candidates. It is not easy
to see how the result can be twisted by
the most Ingenious among the Republi
can soothsayers, into a favorable aug
ury, and such influence as it exerts
upon the National campaign should be
helpful to the Democrats. Maine's elec
toral vote will of course be cast for Mr.
Taft
Maine Turns Toward Resubmission.
Boston Transcript, Ind. Rep.
The volume of resubmission senti
ment accounts for Maine people's Indif
ference to the appeal of "a Presidential
year." Taken as a whole, the Maine
result may be deemed aa advantageous
to the National Republican campaign,
for it will have the effect of a tonic
shock shaking the Republicans out of
that disposition to take everything for
granted which Is the parent of apathy.
It does not mean that Maine is turning
towards Bryan. It means that Maine
is turning towards resubmission, and
so long as the Republican Bphralm Is
wedded to his Idol he must expect to
receive similar admonitions even In
Presidential years.
Main Sends Up a Danger Signal.
New York Mail, Rep.
The Maine campaign has been com
plicated by local Issues, particularly
the question of prohibition, and the re
sult announced Is more a verdict upon
them than on matters of National Im
port. So far as Maine sends up any
signal to the Republicans of the coun
try, it is a danger signal. The verdict
declares that the Indifference of the
Kast has not been shaken off; that Re
publican apathy throughout the coun
try has not been dispelled; that Na
tional sucoess may be endangered by
local Issues and a series of ugly and
bitter local fights.
Thinks Maine Is tor Mr. Bryan.
Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem.
The result of the Maine election Is a
gun which will be generally interpreted
as Indicating Republican disaster In
November. ... It won't do, gentle
men! You cannot, ask that state elec
tions in which the Republicans barely
hold their own shall be taken as sig
nifying a Republican triumph in No
vember while elections in which Demo
cratic gains almost overcome heavy
Republican majorities shall have no
other than a local bearing. You can
not, as you have been doing, point to
Vermont as presaging tne election or
Taft and now dismiss Maine as of no
National significance.
Moral Effect of Republican Defeat.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Ind.
uem.
The Republicans have elected their
state ticket in Maine, but by a plurality
so low as to invest the result with
the moral effect of a defeat The Indi
cations are that this Republican lead
has been reduced below 10.000, and may
not much exceed the off-year Republi
can plurality of 7800 for 1906, when
much the same local questions were
uppermost, and there was no Presiden
tial election to distract attention or
tighten the party grip upon the aver
age Republican voter for National ef
fect . . Meantime, at any rate, the
National Republican managers are very
forcibly reminded that they have no
easy task before them, and that if Mr.
Taft is to be elected there must be a
great stirring up all through the Re
publican line.
British Girt for Mr. Roosevelt.
Birmingham (England) Post
A movement has been started, I hear
among some of our leading sportsmen
to present Mr. Roosevelt with some
souvenir of his proposed shooting trip
next Spring, to BritiBh East Africa,
after he leaves the White House at
Washington, D. C. It Is suggested that
sporting gun of British manufacture
would be an appropriate object to offer
to the retiring President of the United
Statas, and it seems very likely that
the gift will untimately take this form,
and that the gun will reacn Mr. Roose
velt before he lands at Mombasa, so
that he can use it during his stay In
the British protectorate.
SCORES BRYAN'S BANK PLAN.
Writer Says It la Long Step Toward
Socialism.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept 17.
(To the Editor.) Mr. Bryan, in his To
peka speech, discussing "Guaranteed
Bank Deposits," among other things,
said:
"The United States Government re
quires the deposit of specific security
when it entrusts money to a National
bank, although it can examine the
bank at any time; the state requires
security when it deposits money in a
bank; the county requires security and
the city requires security; even the
banks require security from the offi
cials who handle money. Why should
the depositor be left to take his
chances?" While some might not feel
enthusiastic over the plan of "guar
anteeing bank deposits," no one can
find serious fault with the object to be
attained. We will all practically agree
with Mr. Bryan that everyone who
handles other people's money, whether
as an official or In a private capacity,
should be required to guarantee that
the money entrusted to him or them
will be returned. And no one can
blame any depositor for insisting on
such guarantee. Depositors might de
mand this guarantee even In the ab
sence of any law requiring banks to
make the guarantee. No one Is criticis
ing Mr. Bryan or anyone for advocating
such a system. But there Is much objec
tion and criticism as to the Democratic
plan of "guaranteeing bank deposits."
Why should the patrons of sound
banking Institutions be compelled to
guarantee or insure that depositors In
banks of dishonest and speculative offi
cials shall have their money returned
to them, when they have nothing to say
as to the management,, nothing to do
with these last-named banks whatever?
If Mr. Bryan will advocate that every
bank, before It receives a charter to do
business or to receive deposits, shall
secure some insurance society toa Insure
that every depositor placing money
with such bank will receive the amount
of his deposits back, no serious objec
tion could arise to the plan. Then each
depositor in such bank, by paying his
share of the Insurance rate, would be
secured against loss. It would be the
affair of the patrons of each bank. No
Innocent third parties would be com
pelled to step in and" make good losses
of dishonest officials. Mr. Bryan In his
Topeka discourse evaded the real ob
jection to his plan as pointed out by
Mr. Taft
The plan advocated by the JJemocrat
lc candidate Is an attempt to make the
careful depositor, who uses good Judg
ment care and rjklll in his selectlrn of
a bank In which to make his deposits
stand responsible for the losses of the
thriftless. Ignorant or designing pat
rons of banks of the first-named class.
It is an attempt to do away with the
personal factor of human nature and
place the thriftless, the Ignorant and
dishonest patrons on a level with the
thrifty, intelligent and honest depositor
and patron. It is a bold attempt to
level all conditions. Indirectly confis
cate private property, make the honest
and Intelligent Individual a prey to the
ignorant and vicious. It Is a long step
toward Socialism. Mr. Bryan carefully
evades the objection that Mr. Taft has
urged to his plan. It does not seem
possible that the people will ever take
this step toward Socialism, advocated
by the Democratic party.
HIRAM F. MURDOCH.
FOR WEEKLY PAYMENT.
This System Would Check the "Bro
kerage" Abuse.
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept 30. (To the
Editor.) I have been wondering If It
ever occurred to anyone, especially
those In authority, that there Is an
easy method for public employes to
evade the money sharks who exact
their pound of flesh from their vic
tims whenever misfortune or misman
agement overtakes them. The man
who goes to work for the Government
as clerk or letter-carrier In the post
office, or the one who is employed by
the city in any of Its departments, sel
dom has enough to live upon the first
month In which he is so employed
and provide the necessary outfit of
uniform or tools to do his work. It is
necessary for him to have some money
and before he has drawn his first
month's salary he goes to a "broker"
and secures a loan to tide him over,
fully Intending to save out enough to
carry him over the second month. If
anything should happen to run him
short, he goes again and again and
finally gets into the "broker's" clutches
a full month and is worse off than
when he began. The "broker" knows
all about human frailty and realizes
his chance of losing a monthly war
rant in the end and charges a high per
cent for the accommodation. Many
who borrow money are not improvi
dent; they sometimes have sickness in
their families and their salaries are
not great enough to stand much of a
siege of that kind, and they seek
what to them appears an easy way of
stemming the tide, only to find them
selves In the whirlpool at last
Now for the easy solution of the
problem: If the Government or city
would pay its employes weekly in
stead of monthly there would be no
long waits for money by those who
earn it It Is, noticeable that wage
earners who get their money every
Monday are not hypothecating their
wages. They can tide over one week
pretty easily, but not one month, and
have no reason or Incentive to call
on a "broker" for fancied assistance.
The remedy lies with those in au
thority those who audit and pay the
salaries. It would only require a post
ing of books and the signing of a pay
roll once a week Instead of once a
month to cure the evil and put the
shylocks out or business.
E. L. THORPE.
Roosevelt Families Costly.
La Grande Observer.
Fate seems to have no mercy on the
poor. We have no sooner recovered
from digging up for school books when
the rain requires a round of rubbers.
This Rooseveltlan Idea of large families
reads all right in magazine editions of
the Sunday papers, but poor "Dad" at
certain periods of the year Is entitled
to some consideration also.
VARIOUS PLUNDER.
Mrs. Gramercy "What do we need for
dinner?" Bridget "Shure. mum. Ol trup'ped
over - the rug an' we need a new Bet of
dishes." Puck.
She "Frankly, now. If you had to choose
between me and a million, what would you
do?" He "I'd take the million. Then you
would be easy." Life.
Do you ever do anything to help your
wife with her household tasks?" "Sura I
do. I light the fire every morning." "Ah!
And do you carry the coal up?" "N no. We
cook with electricity." Cleveland Leader.
piper 'The verra pest music I never
heard .whatever was donn at Jamie Mac
Lauchlan's. There was fufteen o' us pipers
In the wee back parlor, all playln' different
chunes. I thoucht I was noatln' In heaven 1"
Punch.
"TitnKe mats nothlne." said the man
of ready-made wisdom. "I guess," answered
Mr. Cumrox. "that you never had any expe
riences with these cafe waiters who regulate
their politeness by the size of the tip."
Washington Star.
"Rufus. yon old loafer! do you think Its
right to leave your wife at the waehtub
while you pass your time fishing? Tas
sah. ledge; 's all right. Mah wife don need
no watchin'. She'll sho'ly wuk Jes- es hahd
ex ef Ah wux dar." Judge.
"He has everything to make a woman
nanny" "On the contrary, he has nothing
but wealth." 'Dear me! What more can
a woman ask of her husband than that
... I..-. wjth?" "That he have brains.
beamy, bravery 1" "But" "Or. failing
these, heart Qlseaser .
On Going Fishing:
BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
DO YOU ever go fishing? Not prima
rily to catch fish as do those to
whom fishing has a significance in pounds
and numbers, but for the higher zest of
pursuing the wild things of the waters;
for the sake of the unspoiled Joy of
seeking out the spirit of the wilderness?
If you do not your life sis vain and
empty. You are missing much that i
worth the striving and to fish requires
little of the travail of strife.
I fish often, not wisely nor too well, for
I am little learned In the craft of my
good friends Izaak Walton and Henry Van
Dyke. However. I revel In my occasional
visits to the unfettered mountain streams
where the trout wise in their day and
generation, defy the ingenuity and du
plicity of us to meet and conquer them
on their own battle-ground.
' The essence of delight lies not In what
the fisherman catches, but in the splendid
inspiration of his fishing. Just to know
the sheer happiness of being out of the
world and its sorry scheme of things, is
in Itself something for which we may
well thank all the gods of fishermen.
If you have never whipped a boisterous
mountain stream, no matter whether you
got five or 60 into your creel, you have
missed one of life's best rewards. The
shouting of the rapids, the soothing prat
tle of the ripples and the sweet calm of
the still pools where Dolly Vardena
and Rainbows meet to talks things over,
are doubly blessed to the understanding
tenant of the city who gets back to the
primitive once or twice In his weary
twelvemonth, spent on pavement and be
tween brick walls.
You roll out of your blankets at the
first prying glance of a sun which rises
earlier here where the sky is clean. The
smell of the fir and the spruce in the
early morning and the taste of the moun
tain air surely no nectar of all the vint-1
ners since the beginning can equal this.
The lust for physical activity, the pas
sion of unrestrained animal energy, such
rejoicing as that of a strong man to run
a race these are the sacraments that
take hold of one who is deep in the
woods, beside a trout stream with his rod
and reel as sinews of war, an appre
ciative mind and a receptive bart to
give him comradeship. "This is the for
est primeval," be says to himself, be he
ever so little learned; and then, nat
urally, he repeats the rest of It about the
murmuring pines and the hemlocks."
Then his hours have come. The day
grows toward maturity. Your rivals, the
fishing birds, leave the stream to you and
no matter how fortunate have been your
casta now you cast In vain. His Majes
ty the Trout takes a midday siesta and
none of your "royal coachmen," "brown
hackles" or "professors" lure him from
the eddies where there is repose after a
fighting of the cascades' foam. You reel
in your line and wallow in the luxury of
the sun-kissed silences. Your eyes and
your thoughts go a-rambllng. As far as
the vision can carry into the sister blue
of the sky, twin to the water's blue, an,
eagle, ever restless and defiant monarch;
soars, unconsciously majestic, typical rf
the high, cloud-scaling aspirations of thje
soul. An humble kingfisher, or loon, em
blematic of the practical every-day, skims
the surface of the stream on a chance for
an unwary meal veritable feathered Mi
cawbers waiting for something to turn up.
Flat on your back you lie, the smoke
of your pipe mingling with the myriad
perfumes of the wild. Your eyes grow
heavy and the spell of the unfretted land
works its will with you. When you
awaken, the shadows have grown gro
tesquely long and the breath of the wind,
Is cold. The riffles look dark and ara
broken by the breeze. It is time to fish
again. "A light fly will be the thing,
you say, and the virile five-pounder that
takes your second cast and leaps for
freedom proves that you are learning the
blandishing arts of the angler. He makes
a game fight, does that five-pounder, and
keeps your nerves tingling and your reel
singing for full ten minutes. Then, after
heartbreaking uncertainty he makes a
long, swinging circle which returns you
20 yards of line, and your trout sulks in
the shelter of a mighty rook to think it
over. Follows an eternity of anxiety, for
no power on earth short of explosive can
beat him If he holds to his advantage.
But the folly of fish is like unto the
folly of wise men, and so Sir Knight FtveJ
Dmina, In ahlnlnff ormnt unH with TAn
nons flying dashes from his citadel on j
forlorn hope. He has missed his calau
latlons, as has many a general before
him, and, after a few "last-ditch" dem
onstrations he Is In shallow water, thanks
to the rod, the silk and the loyal reel. A
moment later he Is a prisoner of war In
your basket and the waters wherein he
was overlord will know him no more
forever.
It is enough to have conquered this
mighty one, and you are well content
and as you climb the crusted boulders
and scale the mossy palisades which He
between you and the endless tree-field
you feel In your heart the triumph of
Napoleon at Wagram. By the time you
get back to camp it Is sundown and the
bacon is a-frylng in the pan. The fire
light already gleams hospitably through
the aisles of the forest Later you know
there will be a bed of seductive fir bows
and a long, undreaming sleep under the
night and the stars and the lofty canopy
of the encompassing forest.
"Good-night. Fisherman! Happy Fish-'
erman. thrloe-fold la your luck, even
though it be only what the unskillful and
unregenerate call 'fisherman's luck.' "
Highest Restaurant in the World.
Chicago Dispatch. , ,
What is probably the highest res
taurant in the world has been opened
at the Elsmeer Station of the Jungfrau
Railway In Switzerland. It is situated
10,000 feet above sea level, close to th
summit of the mountains. The food Id
not cooked by means of ordinary fuel
but by electricity generated by th.
Lutschine Waterfall, deep down In th.
valley below. The cooking Is done oi
the principle of the so-called "Papiniai
Digester." as, owing to the rarefactioii
of the air at that great altitude wate:
bolls much more quickly and woul.
evaporate before cooking the food
With an expenditure of 80 kilowatts o;
electrical energy It Is possible to pre
pare a five-course dinner for a parti
of 100 persons In a very short time
The guests are accommodated InVfi
large hall hewn out of the solid rocW
and heated by electricity.
That's Different.
Boston Herald, Ind.-Dem.
If Mr. Bryan can support himsel
handsomely, giving more than half o
his time to gratuitous work, and la
aside $150,000 in a few years, how Ion
will it take him to accumulate mor
money than any man ought to be ai
lowed to possess, according to his owi
economics? j