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PORTLASn. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 3. 1908.
A LETTER AD A RKPLY.
The Oregonlan prints the following
letter, and gives It a frank "reply. The
letter is not printed as written, but
its orthography and syntax have been
corrected as far as possible. But the
writer evidently has been brought up
in the Jefferson school, and in his
mental operations is a victim of words
and phrases. . There are many like
him. First the letter; then the reply
it asks:
roRThAXn. Sept. 2D (To the Editor.)
in this mornings Ibunuari oregonlan there
appear two remarkable editorials, to wit:
The Tendencies of a Party." and "It la a
Mmple Story. One at least of your readers
would be pleased to hava The Oregonlan
make the real position of the Republican
party anent the "strong, centralized gov
ernment" idea plain and frank. It should
be known tn all Americans that the Repub
lican leaders do not believe In a repreaeuta
t:v form of government.
The high prlet and prophet of that party
" was. and Is yet. Alexander Hamilton. Ham
ilton -was a lifelong foe to the republican
form of government, and did everything
In his power to create a ruling class for this
country. The Oregonlan knowa this, and
the editorials referred to ahow the editor
to he In complete accord with the Harali
tonlan doctrine of distrust of the people.
Evidently the editor was not entirely frank
In the statement. "Mr. chamberlain was not
th choice of a majority of the people of
Oregon for Senator." The Oregonlan should
Inform Its readra how the people'a choir
for any off:ce could be more rrearly Indi
cated than by their votes? Does The Ore
gonlan. like Senator Heyburn of Idaho, re
sent the idea of the people making known
their desires? Be frank. Mr. Editor, and
don't waste so much Ink in telling your
readers th real position of th party you
are trying to support, and the prlnclplea
you and the party atand for.
T. R. STEVENSON.
The Oregonlan has no hesitation,
and wilt flnd'no difficulty, in defining
what it means by a strong, efficient,
centralized government, as against a
weak, inefficient government of state
sovereignty and decentralization. In
this difference lies the whole history
and politics of the country, from the
beginning till now.
The Government of the Confedera
tion was loose and inefficient; every
thing depended on the states, each
acting for itself and each jealous more
or less of all the rest. A common
cause held them together during the
Revolution; but even during that try
ing period there was continual want
of co-operation and no means of en
forcing it. After the achievement of
Independence chaos ensued; Congress
had no real power; it was the crisis of
the Republic, or of the group of Re
publics that constituted ' the feeble
federation. It became necessary to
form a strong central government, if
everything was not to be lost The
ending of the war had let loose all
the forces of disagreement and dis
union. The situation was one of dis
order and anarchy; nothing less. Two
parties arose in the country on this
situation; one of them demanding a
strong central government; the other
either resisting the demand outright,
or contending for a weak plan that
would have afforded little or no im
provement or relief. On one side it
was a National party; on the other a
States' Rights party. Washington was
the leader of the former; Jefferson
was the soul of the latter. As early
as 1783 Washington wrote to
Hamilton: "Unless Congress shall
have powers competent to all general
purposes, the distresses we have en
countered, the expense we have in
curred, and the blood we have spilt
will avail us nothing." Hamilton
wrote in reply: "It remains now to
"make solid establishments within to
. perpetuate our Union, to prevent our
being a ball in the hands of European
powers, banded against each other at
their pleasure; in fine, to make our
independence truly a blessing. This,
It is to be lamented, will be an ardu
ous work; for to borrow a figure from
mechanics, the centrifugal is much
stronger than the. centripetal force in
these slates the seeds of disunion
much more numerous than those of
union. I will add that Tour Ex
cellency exertions are as essential to
accomplish this end as they have been
. to establish independence."
Jefferson was the soul of the effort
to preserve the "rights of the states,"
and prevent "consolidation of the
Union." He was afraid of the conse
quences of "centralization." He
feared, and then disparaged, the vir
tues of a settled constitution, with
grant and establishment of central
power. It was his notion that the
world could be governed by phrases,
and he was a phrase-maker. "The
policy of his life." says a not un
friendly historian. "was to toss
phrases into the ears of mankind; like
honey-cakes to Cerberus." His fears
for "the liberties of the people" made
him an enemy of all government
strong enough to enforce any real
authority. Shortly after the effort for
stronger government in Washing
ton's words. "Consolidation of the
Union" began, Jefferson was sent as
Ambassador to France, where he re
mained till after the formation and
adoption of the Constitution; but his
lieutenants in America generally op
posed it, and it never could have been
carried through without the active
support and great influence of Wash
ington, whose desires and purposes
were made effective chiefly by the
address and the arguments of
Hamilton. While the Constitution
was in course of formation, and even
after its completion. Jefferson's let
ters show that he now held one view
and now another. Most of his fol
lowers in Virginia were against it,
and a mighty effort was necessary to
carry it. Finally he wrote to Madison
that he wished that nine states might
accept it, and four withhold their
ratification, so as to prevent it from
going into effect till the rights of the
states might ba better secured. But
by strenuous efforts the Constitution
was carried, and then ho set himself
to undermine It.
Hamilton wanted a stronger govern
ment than the Constitution created,
but he was for representative govern
ment, not for monarchy. The plan he
spoke for was tentative merely, and
was partly merged, by the common
method of compromise. Into the gen
eral plan. He proposed a House of
Representatives, a Senate and a Gov
ernor or President, all elective; but
President and Senators were to hold
through life xr good behavior. This
last was not contended for in expecta
tion of carrying it; for it was Hamil
ton's deliberate purpose to overshoot
the mark, and terrify the champions
of loose confederation with the for
midable aspect of an alternative
which was vastly more disconcerting.
The policy had good results. It dis
posed the opposition to acceptance of
stronger measures than it otherwise
would have accepted; and the present
Constitution was the result of com
promises thus obtained. Yet Hamilton
foresaw and predicted that it would
be attacked by some group or groups
of states, acting in concert, which
actually happened, as the great Civil
War attests; and he doubted whether
the Constitution, in the form It Anally
assumed, would have power sufficient
for Us own preservation. But the
growth of National sentiment, in the
period between the formation of the
Constitution and the outbreak of the
Civil War, resolved that doubt; yet
it was a mighty struggle.
Yet. though he feared the Constitu
tion would not prove strong enough
for enforcement of National authority
Hamilton supported it; the most
powerful of the papers in the Federal
1st were written by him, for expos!
tion of its principles and to urge its
adoption; and It was to his efforts
alone, against mighty opposition, that
the State of New York, whose power
ful aid was necessary to its adoption,
was induced to accept it. Partisans of
Jefferson's ideas in New York bitterly
opposed it; and Hamilton's fight
against Clinton, which resulted in suc
cess for the Constitution, was one of
the most striking achievements of our
politics. In Virginia, also, the Consti
tution was carried only after a power
ful straggle against those who were
afraid of "consolidation." Jefferson
himself never spoke or wrote a word
in favor of its adoption, but discour
aged it rather; and after his return
to America began immediately to set
up constructions ot.it that virtually
would have nullified it, and which did
finally bring on tha great Civil War.
The partisan idea, started and prop
agated by Jefferson, that Hamilton
Was an enemy of the Constitution,
wanted a King, and opposed repre
sentative government, persists only
among the followers of Jefferson and
the disciples of his theory of govern
ment. So far as it survives it Is but
a party cry. .Hamilton was a patriot
in every instinct of his nature and
fiber of his being. He was a soldier of
the Revolution, the trusted friend and
counselor and secretary of Washing
ton; he was in the field to the end of
the struggle and led the assault on the
first redoubt at Yorktown; while
Jefferson never was a man of vigor
ous action, but was a cunning and
skulking politician, both, in war and
peace, and did nothing for defense
even of Virginia, of which he was
Governor, but allowed the state to be
overrun by the enemy, and took him
self off In the most cowardly manner
from every scene of danger. He had
no power of organization, was helpless
in emergency, and was merely a
shallow political theorist, gone daft
through the fear that the men who
had fought the battles of the Revolu
tion for liberty would prove traitors
to their country. He hired a rascal
named Freneau to malign Washington,
then, made a record, in gloating way,
over Washington's rage at the re
peated attacks, and set down in jus
tification that Freneau had helped to
save the country, when it was "fast
galloping into a monarchy." In his
Mazzel letter, Jefferson, stung by the
success of the Jay Treaty, made a bit
ter attack on Washington's Adminis
tration and its leading measures, and
babbled further about "monarchy."
The letter, unexpectedly published
in Europe, brought to a final
end the hitherto friendly intercourse
between Washington and Jefferson. In
his characteristic way Jefferson wrcta
to Monroe that the circumstances
were such that he could neither avow
nor deny the letter, but sneakingly
wrote to Washington a denial that h
had communicated this letter or any
thing of the kind to the public prints.
Interest in these matters is nothing,
except when necessary to show that
Jefferson was beside himself, always,
on the subjects of "liberty" and
monarchv," when talking of his po
litical opponents; and his name has
carried the stuff on down to our time.
He was always cultivating in his brain
a crop of "monarchical conspiracies"
suspected on the part of his oppo
nents; but what he was cultivating in
fact was the dissolution of the Union
and the great Civil War.
The Confederate government, first
at Montgomery, then at Richmond,
was the legitimate child of Jefferson.
It was founded avowedly on his prin
ciples and on his authority. Every
step of their proceeding the secession
ists and dlsunionists justified by the
name and by the writings of Jefferson
the evil genius of the National life of
America. It was little or no compen
sation to the country that he had
compiled the Declaration of Independ
ence, for others would have done it
as well or better, and besides it was in
the main only a revision of bundles of
pamphlets and "declarations" previ
ously In circulation. In many para
graphs It is practically identical with
the Mecklenburg (N. C.) declaration,
issued a considerable time earlier; but
still it may be taken as Jefferson's in
large part, for it has many of the
sloppy general characteristic of Jef
ferson's compositions.
Jefferson was a most subtle and un
scrupulous political opponent. He
either believed or affected to believe
that the men who had achieved our
independence entertained designs
against the liberties of their country
and intended complete subversion t of
the states. Some think he was entire
ly obsessed by this idea; others, that
he was merely "working it" for parti
san ends. Whetherlt was one motive
or the other, or a mixture of the two,
he resolved on a counter stroke; he
drew up the Resolutions of 1798, which
were intended for nullification of the
Constitution, and became later the
basis of the secession of 1860-61. If
ever It was true that the evil a man
does lives after him, it was true in the
case of Jefferson, who was the au
thor of the chiefest and greatest of the
political evils that have tried and
cursed America.
Jefferson's dangerous and destruc
tive principles, enunciated In his Ken
tucky and Virginia resolutions, and
promulgated subtly throughout the
country by his partisan arts, drew
from Washington a long letter ad
dressed to Patrick Henry, the last of
Washington's extended compositions
on public affairs, in which he deplored
these efforts to undermine and over
throw the Constitution, and predicted
the impossibility of maintaining the
Government if these efforts and pur
poses were not arrested and rejected
Jefferson afterwards became President,
and since the Government was In his
hands, ceased his machinations
against the Constitution; but the seed
he had sown continued to bear fruit.
Thirty years later secession was
threatened openly. justifying itself
by Jefferson's principles, but was
averted at that time only by repeal of
an act of Congress at the command of
South Carolina. Thirty years later
still, secession was actually decreed by
many states, who cited as their war
rant Jefferson's Interpretation of the
Constitution as a "compact"' between
the states, which any one of them or
any group of them might set aside at
their pleasure. This was the Civil
War. '
Thus, the historical outline. The
Democratic party still professes to be
the party of Jefferson. Doubtless it
is. The Solid South, the heart and
spirit and purpose and reliance of the
Democratic party, still inslBts that It
is. The Northern Democratic party
responds, Amen! As frankly the Re-
publican party admits that it is the
party of Hamilton; and it points to
the triumph of his principles and pur
poses, in maintenance and consolida
tion of the Union, and in strong and
efficient government. But the Repub
lican party, while the party of Ham
ilton, is the party also -of Washing
ton, of Lincoln and of Roosevelt.
There is no desire whatever to obscure
the distinction; and if there were, why
then there is Appomattox, and then
fear of the Government at Washington
by bank offenders, highwaymen on
postal routes, sellers of liquors to In
dians, and timber thieves!
Now, our friend may know what we
mean by strong centralized and em
cient government. Now, what it may
mean to regulate commerce, extend
the Irrigation ditches in the arid coun
try, and uphold the flag in the Philip,
pine Islands.
. MAYOR LANE AND MR. SABIX.
"Mr. Sabln," says Mayor Lane, "is
a man of absolute honesty and a good
business- man." Then why did the
Mayor force him to resign from his
Executive Board in circumstances that
any self-respecting man must have re
sented? "However, I was elected on
a promise to stand by the people In
every act, and I will do that at all
times," continues the Mayor. Infer-
entially, Mr. Sabln was not standing
by the people, but was employing his
acknowledged honesty and his unques
tioned business capacity in other di
rections and against their interest It
Is unbelievable, of course, that Mr.
Sabin could have done such a thing.
and no one believes it. Yet the
Mayor must have thought it, or fan
cied he thought it, and the result is
that the public service loses an excel
lent official.
Mayor Lane seems to have a fine
aptitude for disagreement. . with his
best friends and most faithful follow
ers. He has got some good men Into
the city administration, and he has
also got them out of it. They will not
stay. They cannot get along with
him. Are they public enemies? No
one questions that the Mayor means
to do right: but why should he assume
that no one else intends to do right 7
The Mayor's temperament is such
that reasonable men find it hard to get
along with him. He seems to come
under the description of men who.
like Colonel Stewart, are tempera
mentally impossible. AU of which is
tough on men who make the mistake
of accepting places on his Executive
Board in the expectation that their
opinions and experience will be valua
ble, their work appreciated and their
motives not Questioned without good
reason.
A COl RAGKOl'S ACT.
For a I i: g time a pretty definite un-
ders. n i.ug of Mr. Foraker's charac
ter, or lack of it, has been afloat in the
country. Two or three years ago cer
tain c'.v;irges in the magazines which
he never refuted left him standing
perilou.- :-" near to the line which sep
arates unscrupulous charlatans from
honest m. :1. During the struggle be
tween Mr. Iloosevelt and the predatory
Interests, w hen it was believed by
many that republican Institutions were
at stake, Mr. Foraker ranged himself
frankly on the side of the men who
sought to overthrow the rule of the
people' and establish an oligarchy of
wealth. By no word or action did he
betray the slightest sympathy with
the President or for the cause of the
people. On the contrary, he left noth
ing undone to make Mr. Roosevelt's
plans miscarry. H even went so far
as to put himself at the head of the
disgruntled negroes tfter the Browns
ville affair in-the h- re of using race
prejudice to advance iTlmseif and fur
ther the interest of those whom he
served.
Thus the information which Mr.
Hearst has published about Mr. For
aker has simply clinched a general sus
picion that he had sold himself to the
aaw-defying corporations," as the
President calls them. Politically he is
no longer important, and personally
he is no longer interesting; but many
people have been curious to know Just
how far Mr. Taft had gone In seeking
a reconciliation with a politician like
Foraker, who was known to be corrupt
and supposed to be powerful. The let
ter which Mr. Roosevelt has given to
the press will satisfy- this curiosity
completely. It shows two things very
clearly. The first is that the Presi
dent has cherished no illusions abput
Mr. Foraker from the outset, but has
recognized him as a parasite of the
plutocrats apd a foe to the people.
The scond, and most important, is that
Mr. Taft has never consented to buy
peace with Foraker at the price of
principle. When the proposal was
made to Mr. Taft that the Ohio Cen
tral Committee should smooth matters
over by putting him forward for Pres
ident and Foraker for the Senate, he
rejected the plan peremptorily on the
ground that harmony meant a sacrl
ftce of political principle. "I do not
care for the Presidency if It has to
come by compromise with Senator
Foraker or any one else on a matter
of principle."
These words of Mr. Taft may well
become historic. They are not quite so
terse as Clay's famous phrase that he
"had rather be right-than be Presi
dent," but they come to the same
thing. They reveal a character of un
bending integrity. They could only
have been uttered by a man who saw
with unerring distinctness the differ
ence between right and wrong and was
resolved at all hazards to hold fast to
the right. In the letter which has
been referred to Mr. Roosevelt de
Clares that such a man Is precisely the
one we need for our next President.
Who Is prepared to say that he is
wrong? After all Mr. Bryan's profes
sions of virtue about, campaign con
tributions, there is now a pretty defi
nite suspicion abroad that he has been
receiving help from the corporations
through Treasurer Haskell. This hy
pocrisy may profitably be compared
with Mr. Taft's frank refusal to profit
by a compromise with Foraker.
THE LIVESTOCK SHOW.
The magnificent display of livestock
now on exhibition at the Pacific Na
tlonal show In this city is a revelation
to visitors who are unfamiliar with the
wonderful strides Oregon Is making in
the stock Industry. The Oregon ex
hibits contain some of the best blood
In the country, and the fact that there
are also elaborate entries attracted
from a large number of other states.
shows clearly the Importance this
state has attained in this great indus
try. The big exhibit barns are filled
with all classes of livestock, which in
numbers and quality is fully equal to
the exhibit made at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition three years ago.
The advantages of such an exhibi
tion cannot be overestimated. The in
terest .displayed not only awakens a
healthy rivalry among the breeders
now prominent in their respective
lines, but the exhibits serve to stim
ulate a desire on the part of the small
farmer and dairyman to Improve the
quality of his herds and flocks. It is
generally acknowledged that It costs
no more to produce and bring to ma
turity a high-grade animal than a
scrub, while there Is a vast difference
In the value of the two. The livestock
show, coming at a time whn the larg
est packing-house plant west of the
Rocky Mountains is under construc
tion in this city, is of special interest,
for it. demonstrates that the Pacific
Northwest can produce tha best stock
that can be turned off anywhere. It
la also shown by the records that it
can be brought to a marketable value
at smaller cost than In any other part
of the country.
The horse exhibit is equally interest
ing, for everything from the heavy
draft animals to the high-strung trot
ters and pacers is of exceptionally high
grade. To be appreciated, this won
derful .exhibition should be seen by
every one, and the merits of the show
as a whole are such that the manage
ment is entitled to the best possible
support. Every Portlander who can
spare the time should make at least
one visit to the finest equipped fair
grounds in the West.
OUR SEATTLE .VISITORS.
Opportunities afforded Portland
men for entertaining their Seattle
neighbors are almost as rare as white
blackbirds, and for that reason the in
formal reception at the Commercial
Club last evening was exceptionally
pleasing to Portland people and appar
ently so to their guests. Seattle peo
ple are too busy to do very much vis
iting except In localities where they
have financial or business interests,
and, as their interests do not He in this
direction, we are seldom favored with
their presence. There are few, if any,
business men In Portland who have
not paid frequent visits to Seattle, but
there are comparatively few of the Se
attle business men who ever visit Port
land.
Portland capital is and has for many
years been largely interested in Seattle
financial and industrial enterprises,
but until quite recently there has been
nothing reciprocal in' the situation.
Within the past year,, however, there
has come a change, and Seattle in
vestors have found in this city a most
attractive field for Investment. It is
frequently stated that there is no sen
timent in business, but the statement
is only partly true. Business relations
encourage social relations and tend to
cement friendships which are of ad
vantage to individuals as well as com
munities. There has been for many
years considerable rivalry between Se
attle and Portland, and among the
Seattle people who were unacquainted
either with Portland or our people a
wrong impression regarding this city
has become rather firmly intrenched.
Something of this nature may also
be prevalent to a certain extent In
Portland, but It Is less pronounced be
cause Portland people Know more
about Seattle than Seattle people
know about Portland. The two com
munities have so much in common,
however, that establishment of closer
social relations cannot fall to prove
beneficial to both cities. The Seattle
men are active, energetic hustlers, and
in the face of great odds they hava
built a magnificent city for which they
are entitled to great credit. We ad
mire their enterprise and enjoy their
company and regret that their visit
was so brief that they were unable to
see more of the city and its Inhabi
tants. AS IMPENDING CALAMITY.
- Forsaking for a moment The Orego-
nlan's habitual mood of temperate
optimism, let us contemplate a possi
ble catastrophe. Each age has Its own
horrors. There is a fashion in misery
as there is in bonnets, and the calam
ities of one generation are as impossi
ble to Its successor as a last year's
coat. Who would have thought that
the skyscraper would have entailed an
entirely new set of woes upon suffer
ing humanity? We speak of build
ings, not bonnets. There are sky
scrapers of both species, but it Is upon
the former that the attention is now
fixed. It was drawn thither by the
news that some 400 "milliners who
were suddenly awakened from their
dreams of beauty In a New York sky
scraper by an alarm of fire forthwith
fell into a panic, running hither and
yon -with miles of pink ribbon and
clouds of feathers trailing after them,
vainly seeking to escape a danger
which fortunately proved to be imag
inary. Suppose it had not been, imaginary.
Suppose a city of skyscrapers should
be overtaken by one of those cata
clysmic conflagrations which sweep
away a metropolis in a day, and sup
pose the flames were at the height of
their fury at that time In the fore
noon when the tall buildings are most
populous. ' How would the inmates
escape? The buildings are out of all
proportion to the streets which they
overtop. The streets were planned as
to width for structures of six or seven
stories, and even then they "were
crowded in times of excitement. How
shall a multitude ten times greater
flow through when deadly peril urges
them forward? - Were Cassandra now
alive she would predict that a world
astounding horror Is impending be
cause of the disproportion between
the population of our skyscrapers and
the width of the streets. But Cassan
dra Is not alive, unless it be in the
spirit land, and If she were here no
body would believe what she said. So
It is best perhaps to hold one's peace
and avoid the penalties of unpopular
prophecy.
Judge Webster in his Hood River
speech on good roads stated that the
next Legislature will ba asked to
make- laws providing, among other
things, for "the employment of state
and county prisoners In the construe
tion of roads.'' inasmuch as the last
Legislature passed & law providing for
the employment of county prisoners
on the roads and the County Court re
fuses to employ them for that purpose.
a new law would be superfluous. A
law compelling the County Court to
obey the present law might help some
what in relieving the taxpayer's bur
Vien. The prisoners now lying idle in
the County Jail could have built con
slderable road during the present fine
weather had they been worked as the
present law directs they shall be
worked.
The Bryan organ called upon The
Oregonlan in loudest tones and with
many Jeers to go over the registration
lists and verify, if it could, that men
formerly Democrat had registered as
Republicans. The Oregonian went
over the list for this city, found a
great many, and published the names.
Now the Bryan organ is howling about
that, and calling it an outrage. But
some people are mighty hard to please,
fn the meartlms, it doesn't explain
how it expects Bryan to carry Oregon
jwhen the Republican registration for
this year is 80,921 and the Demo
cratic registration 28,788.
Another Alaska salmon ship has
been lost with a full cargo of packed
fish. If the disasters of this kind con
tinue with the same frequency that
has been noted in the past, there will
not be enough of the enormous pack
left to have any visible effect in break
ing prices. It Is unfortunate that the
underwriters are called on to pay for
such large quantities of salmon at a
time when the consumers were ex
pecting to buy the fish at a slight re
duction in price. A big salmon pack
does not necessarily mean cheap fish
if it is returned to the waters in cases.
Two Wheeler County stock rustlers
have been sitenced to the peniten
tiary for horsestealing. Before the
better stock movement" which has
just culminated in the Pacific National
show secured much of a hold in Ore
gon it happened not Infrequently that
the average Oregon horse was hardly
worth stealing. Both Justice and live
stock seem to be showing better qual
ity than was in evidence on the range
a few years ago.
Philadelphia, from October 4 to Oc
tober 10, will celebrate the 225th an
niversary of the founding of the city.
It will be a great and notable event,
exceeding in festivities and display
everything of the kind ever attempted
in America. It will be great, not
merely in display, but in historic In
terest and will attract tha attention of
the whole country.
With the cholera reducing the popu
lation oi xtussia, arougnt parcning me
New England States and forest fires
devastating a number of Eastern and
Middle Western States, the pure air
and glorious climate of old Oregon in
these dreamy September days are
more attractive than ever.
After many years the Northern Pa
cific has discovered an inviting field
between Willapa Bay and the Colum
bia River. At the present rate we
shall soon have to use armed force to
prevent railroads from making further
conquest of Portland.
Of course The Oregonian wishes to
be fair. It will be fair. Should Taft
get the 62,133 majority in Oregon to
which he Is entitled. The Oregonlan,
of course, will withdraw any remarks
about the Juggle of the registration
which the circumstances will seem to
require.
The fourth International Fisheries
Congress Is in session at Washington,
D. C, with BOO delegates lif attend
ance. It may afford an opportunity to
get some expert advice regarding tha
rights of a State Fish Warden.
It scarcely appears, from the pres
ent state of the campaign and ex
change of civilities between Bryan and
Roosevelt, that Bryan will continue to
push himself as the heir of Roosevelt
sc much as he did a while ago.
Officers of the Standard Oil Com
pany doubtless know whether Gov
ernor Haskell has served them, and
doubtless they won't tell.
Without specific mention in the Na
tional party platforms, Standard Oil
has developed Into no inconsiderable
National campaign topic.
Marine Note. The oil-tank steamer
C. N. Haskell is reported homeward
bound to Oklahoma with a heavy list
to port.
Let us hope that Bryan won't try
to make a National Issue out of Colo
nel Stewart's acerbity of temper.
Twenty-five per cent saving in Are
insurance will go a long way toward
meeting other local taxes.
Senator Foraker will reply, later,
when he catches his breath. Poor
Foraker!
As for President Roosevelt, he has
no difficulty In determining who the
Real Heir is.
"CAP" AXSON IS DOWJf AND OUT
Former Chicago Baseball Hero Loses
His Money Playing Polities.
"A sour-faced old lady with false
curls, false teeth, false hopes, false
promises and a false face is this wo
man they call name Fortune," yester
day - mused Adrian Anson, for many
years captain of the Chicago National
League baseball team.
The "Cap" is broke. He is stretched
upon a financial rack that has caused
many a stout heart to groan, but not
the "Cap." If he is broke he is also
game.
"Well, you don't think that- you are
out for good, do you?" asked a friend.
The old baseball warrior, who many
times led the Chicago team in a seem
ingly forlorn ninth-inning rally,
straightened up his shoulders and
turned toward the questioner.
"Say, do you think I am giving up?
Well, you don't know me. Give up.
well I should say not! I have a few
more innings to play and you can bet
I am walking to the plate with my
war-club in my hajid and that I'll
sting those financial troubles a mile
if the pitcher will only put one over
the plate.
However. AnBon is pretty hard hit
at that. His last hard blow from the
old lady whom he accuses of treating
hfm so harshly cams In the form of
two suits to foreclose mortgages for a
sum aggregating (11,000 on property
held by Mrs. Anson and himself on the
South Side.
When the "Cap" had to retire from
baseball ten years ago he opened a
large pool and billiard hall abova the
La Salle theater on Madison street,
near Clark. The plaoe thrived and
was filled with large crowds at first.
Then for some reason the crowds be
gan to fall off. Finally he was pushed
Into politics. Some men make money
out of politics, but Anson didn't. It
was a game that he did not under
stand. He was elected City Clerk the
first time Mayor Dunne ran. This
place pays $5000 a year and he was in
office two years. But he came out with
very little of the money. The pool
and billiard hall went from bad to
worse. It became practically deserted
and he found himself owing more than
a year's rent. That finished him.
However, he says he isn't done yet,
the thousands who used to see him
stand up in the Better's box and line
them out believe that he will make
good again.
SAYS NEW YORK IS NOW SAFE
Hashes' Victory Said to Be Helpful to
Taft.
Raymond's New York Letter to Chicago
Tribune, Sept. 14.
By the nomination of Governor
Hughes At Saratoga, on the first ballot
by a total of 827 votes out of a mem
bership of 1000, New York has definite
ly been taken out of tha list of doubt
ful states. By the same token it seems
hard to figure out how Mr. Bryan can
hope for an election to the Presidency
when he knows that the 39 electoral
votes of New York are registered In
advance against him.
Hughes has been nominated for a
second term as Governor of New York,
not because the bosses were for him,
not because he had a personal machine
behind him, but simply and solely be
cause he represented a certain popular
idea, the effect of which is certain to
be demonstrated at the election in -No
vember.
Every practical polltlolan admits that
if Governor Hughes had been denied a
rendminatlon the result would have
been to create so much disgust among
the plain voters of the state as to give
the Democrats a fair chance of carrying
it. Now that he has been put in the
field again, his personal popularity
ought to be enough to insure the car
rying of the state by the Republicans.
The fact that Hughes was nominated
by a state convention .two-thirds of the
members of which were personally op
posed to him only strengthens the po
sition of the Republicans in New York,
because it shows a yielding of the ma
chine to the Insistent demands of the
people themselves.
All of the organization was against
Hughes, but he had behind him the,
people themselves, and the people lor
once at least have won.
Back of the triumph of Hughes at
Saratoga' there must necessarily be dis
cerned the extraordinary political sa
gacity of Theodore Roosevelt. At the
time of the last Republican state con
vention, when a Governor was to be
nominated, Hughes was not really an
appreciable quantity. He had conduct
ed a remarkable investigation, as a re
sult of which the extraordinary fabrlo
which Included the great Insurance
companies and the heavy financial In
stitutions o'f Manhattan went tumbling
to the ground.
Let Us Have Something; Definite.
, Brooklyn Eagle, Ind.
Mr. Bryan said that no great ques
tion could be settled before silver was
raised to the rank of gold.
This he has not recanted.
He . said that the possession of tho
Philippines would destroy the Repub
lic. This he has not recanted.
He said that government ownership
furnished the only satisfactory reme
dy for railroad Iniquities.
This he has not recanted.
He said that the only way to cure
the infirmities of the large corpora
tions was to exterminate the corpora
tions. This he has not recanted.
What he might do with reference
to any one or all of these subjects
were he elected President Is not
known. Should hard times furnish
provocation, real or apparent, he might
renew his allegiance to bi-metallism.
He is under a self-imposed obliga
tion to abandon the Filipinos to their
fate. He has only banked, rather than
extinguish the two other fires Go
vernment ownership and extermination.
Questions will not smoke him out.
His refuge is either silence or evasion.
He will not even tell the South wheth
er he would make or refrain from
making any effort to modify the status
of the negro.
The country has had more than
enough of the rubbish about the Roose
velt mantle. It will choose he heir.
Proving Citizenship.
TROUTDALE, Or., Sept. 20. (To the
Editor.) I took out my first naturali
zation papers in San Francisco, in 1900,
and came to Oregon two years ago.
Will it be necessary for me to have
two witnesses to swear that they hava
known me to be a resident of the
United States for the past five years
In order that I may take out my sec
ond papers?
J. D.
Yes. It will require two witnesses
to prove residence in Oregon; also two
witnesses to prove residenca In Cali
fornia. But if you are not so fortu
nate as to have witnesses in this stata
who can testify to residence in both
states, the court will accept as suf
ficient testimony depositions from
two witnesses residing in California.
Parson Marries 1400 Couples.
Philadelphia Record.
Rev. Joseph S. Evans, pastor of
Goshen Baptist Church, Borough of
West Chester, Pa., in celebrating his
7"th birthday, figured out that he has
married 1400 couples.
Would Fine AU Son-Voters. '
New York Herald,
ic. . n.nrM r white, of Glen
Ridge. N. J., proposes to pay every man
who votes in that place 1 and fine
those who fall to vote
WHEN HARRIMAX GOT BACK.
Breeay Fiction About His Interview
With I.lttle Grent Men.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Hero worship has gona to such ab
surd lengths that Wall street would
not be surprised to read something of
this kind In the morning newspapers:
Edward H. Harrlman, commander-ln
chief of the American railroads, reached
his office at 9:59 yesterday morning,
after bis triumphal procession across the
continent. In the mountain fastnesses
of Oregon his dynamic brain had
recast the railroad map of the United
States. He has returned all Impatience
to put his plans into execution. Strid
ing through the corridor and past the
outer offices, ho went direct to his pri
vate room, never speaking a word. His
staff could see fire in his eye. Imme
diately, the electric bell on Secretary
Millar's desk birred furiously. The wiz
ard had divested himself of his over
coat and was surveying a map Just
compiled for him by a corps of experts
a map portraying the Harrlman plans
for 1908-1909. There was no exchange
of courtesies when the secretary en
tered. a a
"Send for Morgan, HIH. Gould. Van
derbllt. Rockefeller, MrCrea. Ripley,
Harahan. Underwood. Have Kruttseh
nltt on hand."
"Yes. sir." '
"Also summon Gary. - I find I shall
want the Steel Corporation. - Not back
from Europe yet? Didn't he know I
had returned? How dare he squander
his time that way? One month does
me, but I shall see Morgan . about
this."
"What hour shall I name?"
"What hour? Why. st once, of
course. If I'm busy, let them wait.
Order the out-of-town men to Jump on
special trains mstanter. Have all lines
cleared. Go. Did I mention Schiff?
Very well, notify him. too."
.
J. P. Morgan, somewhat out of breath,
was the first to arrive. William Rocke-'
feller came next. George J. Gould was
all a-tremble as he floundered into tho
chamber that leads to the august sanc
tum of him whose word makes -or '
breaks fortunes. Cornellus Vanderbilt
telephoned apologies for the absence of
the other members of his family, but
promised to obey Mr. Harrlman's or
ders to the letter. James J. Hill, not
so fleet of foot as of yore, hlrpled
along ten minutes later. Morgan
stared coldly at him. Jacob H. Schiff.
Instead of taking a seat at the end of
the form, along with the others, made'
for Mr. Harrlman's room, but was
told the great one was not yet ready
to receive his visitors. At.llrSB a su
bordinate appeared and announced that
Mr. Harrlman had overlooked the Pan
ama Canal and it would take him per
haps half an hour to clinch control of
it. The gentlemen were at liberty to
take 46 minutes' recess for lunch.
"Sit down," grunted Mr.' Harrlman,;
as they all stood at atention on enter
ing his presence. Some notably
Messrs. Gould, Vanderbilt and Hara
han hesitated to show such famili
arity. Without further ado, Mr. Harrl
man began: "I have drawn up my pro
gramme for the next 12 months. I am
not at all satisfied with the way things
have been running. I find I shall be
obliged to take over a good many more
roads. Also, it occurs to me that tha
Steel Corporation has become a neces
sary adjunct of my business. Mr. Mor
gan, I'm sorry the Judge is not here to
receive orders; inform him he will re
port to me in future. The American
Locomotive Company and the Car and
Foundry Company can also be utilized
by me; I have arranged for their trans
fer to my name. Colonel Coffin is do
ing well enough with the General Elec
tric Company; I'll leave him alone for
the present. Now, for more serious
business.
a
"Tha Erie, Mr. Morgan, has been
frightfully bungled. You may consider
yourself relieved of any further re
sponsibility. Mr. Vanderbilt, I':n-sor-ry
you are the only one of the family
on duty. My investment in New York
Central has not fulfilled expectations.
However, I have decided to increase it,
considerably considerably, you under
stand? so that you, too, . may go to
Europe next Summer if you havo
a mind to. I shall henceforth manage
the Central Mr. Kruttschnitt, look af
ter the necessary rearrangement of
traffic Mr. Gould, you see where your
astuteness has landed you. Stick to
polo. I find I can use the Wabash.
Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Western
Maryland. Also (Mr. Gould gasped)
the Missouri Pacific, St. Louis & Iron
Mountain system Mr. Harahan, you
shall have charge of this section, so
that I can run clear from Chicago to
the Gulf. Presently, I may have to
take over the Western Union so as to
be able to have prompt communication
over my various systems. However,
you can retain it for the present." Mr.
Gould expressed grateful thanks.
It had been noticed that Mr. Hill was
fidgeting uneasily In his chair. Nor
did the pain he evidently felt come
from his Injured hand, which was In
a glove. "Mr. Hill," began Mr. Harri- ,
man, looking very severe, "you have
sorely tried my patience. You have
dared to compete with me. All right,'
sir; all right. Mr. Morgan, you will
please cease your banking relations
with Mr. Hill and, Mr. Schiff, you. of
course, know where you stand. I havo
also built a 1500 mile extension to the
8t. Paul, which hereafter will keep you
In your plaoe. Mr. Rockefeller, havo
the last tie laid by New Year's Eva.
Atchison and Baltimore & Ohio will be
more closely looked after by me In fu
ture, for I find their earnings are very
unsatisfactory. Northwestern is doing
fairly well: I am to leave it as at
present. Now, Mr. McCrea, you will
be glad to learn that I have not in
cluded the Pennsylvania In my list I
intend to wait until you have finished
your extensions or until they finish
you; I have doubts on this point. Tho
Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna will
probably receive my attention next
year. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Schiff will
please remain for Instructions regard
ing the new financing to be done. The
rest of you I bid good day."
Sight Restored by a Babbit's Eye.
New York Herald.
HTnth tnterent Wfle arOUSed among
physicians by the announcement of the
successful grafting of the cornea from
the eye of a rabbit upon the eye of
young man who had Deen ouna since
his 9th year.
The case was reported to the medical
board by Henry R. Lesser, of 4 West
Ninety-third street. According to his
account, tho patient, a man of 24, had
been wl'hout useful sight for 15 years,
from leucoma. a disease of the come-
Three months after the operation. Dr.
Lesser said, the graft is In perfect po
sition and the patient is able to count
fingers at a distance of 12 inches- He
Is gradually learning to distinguish
colors, and is able to go about unat
tended. Specialists In optical surgery say
that while the transplantation of the
rabbit's cornea Is one of the oldest of
plastic operations. It is not common or
often that It yields such good results
as In this case.
Laugh Abont His Age Brings Death.
New York Dispatch.
While laughing at a joke a friend
was telling at his expense about his
age, Charles C. Tyler was stricken with
apoplexy aa his train was entering the
Grand Central Station at New York and
died almost instantly.
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