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PORTLAND, THURSDAY. OCT. 1. 19C8.
NEEDLESS DISINTERMENT.
Long had the statute slept, under
which a great many persons were
arrested on Sunday last for selling
tunall packages of fruits or peanuts
to passersby, or foe shining; th shoes
or brushing: the dust from the clothes
of those who had need of the service.
But last Sunday great numbers were
accused of these "crimes." Close
construction of the statute. It Is said,
requires this proceeding, for vindica
tion of the majesty of the law, and
for protection of public and private
morals. Hitherto this small, though
convenient traffic, has been carried on
tinder the exceptions permitted by the
word "necessity." It belongs. Indeed,
to things that have become necessary
through changes in conditions since
the statute was enacted forty-four
years ago.
In 1864, when this statute was en
acted, the most simple and primitive
pioneer conditions prevailed. The
population was small and sparse;
there was no town above the rank of
a rural village: means of transporta
tion on land did not exist, and on the
water were very limited; there was
no railroad; and the steamboat sched
ules, when there were any, advertised
trips of once or twice a week. On
Sundays people reposed at home, and
most did little else on week days. It
was easy for the few thousand peo
ple scattered over a vast country
that abounded In all the resources of
nature, to get a living and be con
tent. The habits of that time lingered
long In the country and in some de
gree still survive, which Is one reason
why the progress of Oregon is slow
and difficult. Habits and thoughts
and customs of that time were fixed
In statutes which have been regarded
for years as obsolete; certainly are
obsolescent. But even those statutes
were protests, to an extent, against
the beginnings of emergence from
pioneer conditions. Partlculary so was
the one under present consideration.
The country was Just beginning to
move a little. Some stir out of the
usual way began to' be noticed, and
when It appeared on Sundays it at
tracted unusual attention. Dealers
began to offer little luxuries and nec
essaries for sale on that day. In a
small way there were Sunday amuse
ments. Now and then a Summer ex
cursion was advertised for Sunday,
and fruits and sandwiches and soda
water were sold. Booths for the sale
of meats, fruits and vegetables were
erected at or near camp-meeting
grounds, and those less scrupulous
about Sunday observance would buy
on that day. These things, and simi
lar ones, scandalized "the good peo
ple." and their resolve to stop them,
and to prevent the growth of the cus
tom that was "profaning the Lord's
day" led to this statute; which, how
ever. In this special feature, has never
been enforced, but in most places has
lain dormant all these years.
We know from highest authority
that the Sabbath was made for man,
not man for the Sabbath; and we In
fer the same of Sunday. This par
ticular day It Is proper to observe
with special decorum. In deference to
a large general opinion which has
adopted it as a day of rest or of re
ligious devotion. But qulot and harm
less amusement or recreation, as each
person, family or group wishes, can
not be cut out of it, nor should
occasional purchase of such little
necessaries or luxuries as may be con
venient or desirable for enjoyment of
the day or occasion. Of course this
cannot include alcoholic liquors, for
that trade falls Into another category,
and Indeed Is In a class wholly by
Itself. But to thousands the purchase
of fruits and other light edibles on
Sundays Is an actual necessity, and to
many It is a comfort and convenience;
and it contributes much to decent ap
pearance to be able to get the service
of the brush at the stand of the boot
black. At the time when this statute
was framed people didn't care much
about shoe polish, nor was there much
fruit to be bought, nor any of the
Innumerable articles of delicatessen
now sold at all the stands; the dally
papers were meagre, the newsstand
ws practically unknown, and so was
the great list of modern magazines.
If It was no harm to let this old
law. almost unnoticed when It- was
enacted, and practically forgotten
long ago. continue to sleep. It Is not
possible to see any good result from
the- effort to revive It by literal en
forcement of these features. Besides,
question will be raised, before every
Jury, under the exceptions provided
In the act Itself. Of course the law
can be altered or repealed. If the peo
ple desire, but there are obsolete en
actments that may Just as well be Ig
nored or let alone. Dead long since,
there Is no need of disinterment for
new burial.
Before the final result is determined
In the Presidential contest, Mr. Sam
uel Gompers will have a painful
knowledge of the fact that It Is be
yond hit power to lead the better
element In organized Jabor around
Ilka a lot of dumb beasts, incapable
of thinking or acting for themselves.
Vtlca lodge. No. 425. International As
sociation of Machinists, haa adopted
a resolution, declaring that "In view
cf the Haskell exposure and in view
of the condition of labor In the South,
which Is almost entirely under Demo
cratic control, we cannot Indorse nor
can we conscientiously approve the
action of Mr. Gompers." The allusion
to Democratic friendship for labor as
axtmplined In the South, where D-
' 1 1 ' I -,,,.-w-w-M T TPW STARV I TRR PRIMARY AND THE BOSS
mocracy is In full control, is very
much to the point, showing as it does
that Democracy is not the friend'of
organized labor. The Democratic rec
ord alone is sufficient to drive labor
votes from Bryan, and Gompers, by
his unwarranted assumptions of con
trol of the labor vote, has unwitting
ly aided In alienating the better ele
ment in the labor camp from the
Democratic ranks..
THOC RASCAL BEADLE!"
, Amazement aits on the face of every
one who hears that there is serious
thought of deportation of the fallen
women of the city to some place out
side the limits, and of trying to herd
them there. This would be the cli
max of the Insane effort in the name
of reform.
These women are made what they
are by the men who visit them. If a
radical remedy, a complete remedy, la
sought, every man of this description
should be seized and so dealt with that
he would have no further inclinations
in that direction. The dictionary will
supply verbs that would accurately
express the meaning.
These women, all, are more sinned
against than sinning. They are of a
class that never will disappear, be
cause the men who make them what
they are, are coddled by society and
protected by law. But there Is some
sense of Justice and mercy left. The
ill-balanced mind of no Mayor, play
ing a game that suits a shallow capa
city, can extirpate or destroy it. -
What, finally, la to be done with
these miserable creatures, lost utterly
and objects of pity If auch objects
there are, anywhere In the world?
Will this enlightened Mayor order
them to be ranged up against a dead
wall, to be shot? Even their distress
elnce the men who have made them
what they are go unmolested will
raise voices in supplication for pity,
and hands too for vengeance and re
dress. The human heart is not stone.
"Thou rascal beadle, .hold thy
bloody hand! "Why dost thou lash
that w ?" Read the whole passage
In King Lear, iv:6. It should be an
exercise for our purifying angels to
day, and for a week to come!
AN OVERDUE TKIBCTE.
From Seattle we learn that Judge
Orange Jacobs Is for Bryan; and the
announcement Is paraded as matter
of Importance. The Judge says that
"Bryan and his followers would be
better able to revise the tariff than
Republicans. He also objects to
President Roosevelt's action in the
Haskell matter."
Judge Jacobs Is one of those who
have lived till their flame lacks oil.
He was a supporter of Bryan In 1896,
and again in 1900. Then he thought
free coinage of silver the sole and
sovereign principle for salvation of
the country. He went over from the
Republican to the Democratic party
on that "principle." "Vhere ish dot
barty now?"
Fossils of various kinds, including
coprolltes, are so common that the
discovery of one or another occasions
no surprise. Just a word, however,
about Judge Jacobs because he is
from Oregon observe, "from Ore
gon." He was a dull, poky lawyer in Jack
son County. In the distribution of
Presidential electors in 1868 re
quired by geographical custom he
was nominated on the Grant electoral
ticket. But Oregon went Democratic
that year; it rejected Grant and voted
for Seymour though Jacobs may not
have'been the Jonah on the Republi
can ship. However, Jacobs, because
he had had a place on the Republican
electoral ticket, "wanted something."
The Oregon Senators r Williams and
Corbett were not unkind. They in
duced Grant to send him to the Ter
ritory of Washington as a petty Judge.
Hence "Judge Jacobs." By sligqt
transposition of the letters of his first
name he was known In Oregon as
"Onager Jacobs." For which, the
Century, the Standard, or Webster,
q. v.
Oregon having unloaded him,
Washington got him. Then, In the
dull middle ages of Washington, he
got to be delegate in Congress. But
after awhile the territory expanded
and grew, and Washington became a
state. In the rush of the new life,
our friend from Oregon was left be
hind. The Republican party wouldn't
have him. It had sailed far and away
beyond him; and he became a silver
ite", a Bryanite, anything. During the
silver craze he got a petty local Judge
ship by election; and now he unmuz
zles his wisdom as an old Republican
who has determined to support Bryan
as the last means of salvation for the
country, though he has always sup
ported Bryan heretofore, on very dif
ferent measures, necessary, as he then
held, for the salvation of the country.
It Is a small matter, but this trib
ute is due from Oregon to Onager
Jacobs.
TUB END OF THE WAR.
Throughout his controversy with
the President over the Haskell scan
dal Mr. Bryan has kept up an air
of injured Innocence which must have
exasperated his opponent. His last
letter is even more martyr-like than
the others. "How can you be so
wicked as to say naughty things about
a man of my known salntllness?"
This is the complaint that murmurs
between the lines of Mr. Bryan's mild
and melancholy farewell epistle. At
least one may suppose It is his fare
well, because Mr. Roosevelt has as
sured the world that so fa'r as he .is
concerned the logomachy is close'd.
Still, in spite of his lamblike meek
ness. Mr. Bryan manages to get in
a poisoned dart or two. The gentle
assurance that he will not suspend
existing laws "even for the protection
of cabinet officers." candor compels
one to say is quite unexpectedly vic
ious coming from the humble hermit
of the Platte. It is neither Christian
nor gentlemanly, for Christians never
twit an opponent at all, and gentle
men never twit on facts.
In the main Mr. Bryan's letter Is a
tiresome repetition of what has been
said many and many a time before. Hit
effort Is to prove that the trust mag
nates abhor the Democrats and love
the Republicans for the same reason
that the ass loves his master's crib.
Mr. Roosevelt seeks to demonstrate
the contrary proposition. People of
sense understand very well that there
J are many trust magnates supporting
each party and some who are moved
by the spirit to give of their abund
ance unto both. But whatever these
Inflated dignitariea contribute must
be given out of pure love to a great
and good cause, since It stands to rea
son that neither party dares to prom
Till.' lllli; I l, I I t-l-rll I -A . - I III; I k. JL" JL W J- -m-
ise them any return in the present
condition of public feeling, and even
if a promise were made in secret it
could not be kept. The ability to
show that he has never taken a bribe
from Standard Oil is the making of
a politician's fortune In these parlous
times. Few can be found foolhardy
enough to plunge wilfully into the
mud from which so many of their
brethren are emerging besmeared and
inglorious. It is fairly safe to pre
dict that trust contributions will play
no important, and especially no con
spicuous, part on either side of the
campaign in whose brilliant progress
we all rejoice.
There is Just a shadow of suspicion
that Mr. Roosevelt has overshot the
mark as far in rushing to the defense
of plutocratic contributions as Mr.
Bryan did in running a tilt for the
wretched Haskell. If this is so, then
honors are about even between the
distinguished combatants. Neither of
them has done his own cause much
good or his opponent's much harm.
Customarily the country is resigned
tc dispense with the active services
of the President as a controversialist
in partisan campaigns, but Mr. Roose
velt seems to make himself an hon
ored exception to this, as he does to
all other rules.
THE LUMBERMEN'S TICTORY.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals has decided the Willamette
Valley lumber rate case In favor of
the lumbermen. The full text of the
court's opinion Is not yet available,
but, from the outline of the decision,
it is apparent that the basic point in
volved was the right of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to fix a
rate. The case has attracted much
attention all over the country, and
the Judgment as it now stands is a
distinct victory for the Willamette
Valley lumber manufacturers. The
contest began several years ago over
an arbitrary advance in the lumber
rate from $3.10 per thousand to $5
per thousand. This had the effect
of throwing a large volume of lumber
traffic that had previously gone
from' the Willamette Valley to Cali
fornia points by rail into the hands
of the, Columbia River mills, which
could ship by water at a lower rate
than the rail rate.
Quite naturally the men who had
built mills in the Willamette Valley,
with faith in the permanency of the
$3.10 rate, were unable to continue
in business except at a heavy loss.
The Interstate Commerce Commlssiow
after investigating the matter, de
cided that $3.40 per thousand was
a reasonable rate. The railroad com
pany then sought an injunction, and
it was on the Government's demurrer
to the application for an injunction
that the court of appeals has upheld
the right of the commission to fix
rates.
The Interesting features of the case
are by no means exhausted by this
decision, and the traffic of the future
must be depended on either to af
firm or refute some of the. conten
tions of the railroads as well as the
lumbermen. The railroads argued
that the decline in the Industry was
not all due to the advance in the
rates, but to a general decrease in
demand. The strength of this argu
ment was to a certain extent notice
able in the fact that at no time since
the rate has been advanced have the
Columbia River mills, which have a
cheap water rate to the California
market, been able to sell all of the
lumber that they could cut.
In other words, the milling capa
city of the state Is so far In excess
of the demand that some of the mills
must remain Idle until the demand
increases. This, however, has but
slight, if any, bearing on the reason
ableness of the rate, and, if the rail
roads carry the case to a higher court
and the present decision Is sustained,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
is certain to become a 'much more
powerful factor In the ratemaking of
the country than it has ever been in
the past If a $3,40 rate can put the
lumber industry back where it was
before the general slump began, it will
be a big thing for Oregon, and would
start a prosperity movement that not
even the depression of a possible
Bryan victory could check.
'ORTHEBX COMPETITION STRONG.
The Fulton Iron Works, of San
Francisco, after a fine career of fifty
years, in which it has built fully 600
vessels, is going into voluntary liqui
dation. Assets are said to be In ex
cess of liabilities, and the only reason
given for the retirement of the firm
Is lack of business In Its particular
line. The incident affords an example
of the trend to the north of Pacific
Coast industrial enterprises. There is
a temporary dullness In the shipbuild
ing line, but it is no more pronounced
than it has been at various times In
the past, and 13 not of sufficient im
portance to warrant the closing down
forever of an establishment with the
prestige of fifty years of good work
behind it.
But the shipbuilding of the Coast,
like a great many other industries, has
drifted away from San Francisco.
The Fulton Iron Works, under the
Hinckley management, has in the past
built a large number of steamers and
engines for Oregon, Washington and
Alaska buyers, who a score of years
ago depended almost entirely on San
Francisco for everything that was
needed In that line. But the northern
country has for many years been
growing away from San Francisco.
At Victoria. Vancouver, Seattle, Ta
coma, Portland, Grays Harbor and
Coos Bay are Iron works and ship
yards that can turn out vessels as eco
nomically and expeditiously as they
could be made by the San Francisco
concern. There has also been an in
creasing disposition on the part of
northern people to patronize home in
dustry, and each year sees a relatively
smaller amount of money sent away
for outside products than was sent
away during the preceding year.
These are the conditions that have
forced one of the oldest shipbuilding
concerns on the Pacific Coast to seek
voluntary liquidation. It would, of
course, be possible for this firm to
continue In business, and. by estab
lishing a plant in the north, secure at
least a portion of the steadily growing
trade; but it will never again be possi
ble for San Francisco to do as much
business with the northern country as
has been handled in the past.
Portland yards have within the past
two vears built fully-equipped steam
ers for Chinese, Russian, .Australian
and British buyers, and have mean
while turned out a number of fine
steamers for Puget Sound and Alaska.
Tacoma a yard have-turned out many
fine vessels, and the largest battleship
yet launched on the Pacific Coast was
built at a Seattle yard. In coastwise
sailing vessels and steam schooners
the yards of Grays Harbor, Puget
Sound and Coos Bay have put afloat a
large number of fine craft, many of
which were engined and equipped at
Portland. The independence of the
Oregon and Washington country over
San Francisco was never more pro
nounced than at the present time, and,
while retirement of an old-established
firm like the Fulton Iron Works is a
matter of regret, its passing simply
means the appearance of a newer and
superior successor at some other point
on the Pacific Coast.
The local Seaman's Institute on
Tuesday night celebrated its tenth
anniversary with an entertaining pro
gramme of music and speaking. The
Seaman's Institute has become one of
the most important features of mis
sion work along the waterfront, and
is deserving of liberal support. The
days of the "shanghaier" are ended
in Portland, and the changed condi
tions have been largely brougltl about
by tie efforts of the Seaman's Insti
tute to provide clean, interesting en
tertainment for Jack ashore. With
such diversions, the likelihood of his
wandering Into the dives and dead
falls of the old North End has been
so greatly lessened that they are al-v
most forgotten. Aside, from the moral
and humanitarian side of the question,
It should not be forgotten that the
'sailors and apprentices, who now
come to our port in hundreds, will
return a few years hence as masters
In the merchant marine, and aa they
Journey around the world they will
have many opportunities for saying
a good word for the port which en
tertained them so cordially when they
were "before the mast."
A fireproof building Is needed by
the Oregon Historical Society for the
proper arrangement and preservation
of its many destructible treasures. It
has outgrown the cramped quarters
in the City Hall occupied the past ten
years through the courtesy of the mu
nicipal authorities. So large and
varied have the historical collections
become that a separate, commodious
structure cannot long be delayed. Of
ficers of the society have begun a
movement looking toward an appro
priation by the next Legislature to this
end. Their effort ought to and prob
ably will have the support of every
county in Oregon. In the matter of
state pride no section Is lacking. Dif
ferences may arise over details, but on
the question of safely housing the his
torical collections already gathered
Oregon will have but one voice. For
future generations the present treas
ures will have priceless worth. Very
few of them can be duplicated. No
false notions of economy should pre
vent Oregon's lawmakers from plac
ing the collected material beyond the
possibility of destruction by fire.
The "Demon Rum" - received an
other blow under the belt In Ohio
Tuesday, when sixteen counties went
"dry," with the result that 890 sa
loons will be put out of business. Ohio
is a long distance from Oregon, but,
from the tone of the Eastern news
paper comment, the potent factors In
bringing about this great change do
not seem to be dissimilar from those
which are working In Oregon and
other parts of the West. Sunday ca
rousing, selling liquor to boys and
drunkards, and other similar objec
tionable tactics on the part of the
liquor men themselves, have brought
about the strong sentiment against
the traffic,. and law-abiding saloon
men are suffering along with the out
laws who have dragged them down.
Cholera has evidently found con
genial surroundings and an abundance
upon which to feed in St. Petersburg.
Cases are multiplying with the rapid
ity that characterizes the movement of
an actively contagious filth disease
among a people to whom the simplest
sanitary rules are unknown and who
resist with a sort of ferocity that is
born of ignorance and superstition the
efforts of science to prevent the spread
of disease among them. The death
rate since the epidemic broke out
would be appalling but for the fact
that life, not death, is the appalling
thing to these wretched people.
Seventh Day Adventists are strictly
Sabbatarians. Saturday, not Sunday,
is "Lord's day" to thein. Naturally
therefore they protest against the
Sunday-closing law as an arbitrary
Infringement of the principles for
which they stand and of the rights of
their people as a religious body. Clear
ly their point is well taken.
Some men who registered as Dem
ocrats in 1906 and then as Republi
cans In 1908 say that the county rec
ords don't tell the truth. If men's
oaths are not to be believed, how
good is their word? '
Taught by knowledge of his "prin
ciples" and their consequences, Bryan
declares that If he shall now be elected
he never will be a candidate again. He
seems to know it would be useless.
Up in Umatilla, a drv county, six
teen persons have been Indicted on
219 charges for selling liquor unlaw
fully. Prohibition prohibits, except
when it doesn't prohibit.
The Earl of Rosslyn Is the latest to
demonstrate that there Is no system
that will break the bank at Monte
Carlo. But there Is a system. It is
the stay-away system.
Whether or not liquor men moved
the District Attorney to the general
closing order, they are getting Just as
much satisfaction out of It, one way
or the other. '
Bryan asks Taft or Roosevelt to
name any "trust" that has announced
Its support of him. But what trust
has declared for Taft? There's a lot
of buncombe.
Governor Chamberlain can turn
non-partl6an again, before the Legis
lature meets. "Our George" can do
many things which other men' would
fail at.
So no more at present from T.
Roosevelt. It must be that there Is
nothing more to say.
Mr. Archbold successfully proves
that somebody stole those famous let
ters. We suspected It.
Hearst started it. Hearst Is a lot
better aa a 6tarter than as a finisher.
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Member Will Ak for State Aid to'
Conatrnet Fire-Proof B illicit.
The matter of securing a permanent
home for the Oregon Historical Society
Is one that the' officers and members
of that important organization must
meet in the near future. This society
was organized on December 17, 1898,
with H. W. Scott, president; Judge C.
B. Bellinger, vice-president; Professor
F. G. Young, secretary; Lewis B. Cox,
treasurer; the Governor of Oregon, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Mrs. Harriet K. McArthur, Mrs. Maria L.
Myrlck, Professor James R, Robertson,
and Professor J. R. Wilson, directors.
A little later Mr. George H. Himes was
appointed assistant secretary and cu
rator, for the purpose of securing mem
bers for the society and gathering his
torical material in order to fulfill the
object for which the society was or
ganized, viz., "The collection, preser
vation, exhibition and publication of
material of a historical character, es
pecially that relating to the history of
Oregon and of the United States; and
for the'accompllshment of this end, to
explore all places of deposit of archae
ological matter; to acquire documents,
manuscripts and publications of every
description; to obtain narratives and
records of the pioneers of the Oregon
Territory; to ascertain and preserve the
Indian names of mountains, streams,
and localities In Oregon, and their in
terpretations and significations; to
gather and preserve the Indian tra
ditions relative to the nistory of the
Pacific Northwest prior to white settle
ment; to maintain a gallery of histori
cal portraiture and an ethnological and
historical museum; to publish and
otherwise diffuse information relative
to the history of Oregon and of the
original Territory; and in general to
encourage and develop within this state
the study of history."
To what extent the objects above set
forth have been carried out may be seen
in the eight rooms now occupied by the
society on the top floor of the City
Hall, so kindly placed at the disposal of
its board of directors nine years ago
by the city authorities. The aggrega
tion of valuable historical material re
lating to almost every phase of the be
ginning and .progress of Oregon, and in
many respects the entire Pacific North
west, is said by those competent to
Judge to be the largest in existence.
Of newspapers there are approximately
200,000, beginning with the Spectator
of February 5, 1846, the first newspaper
on the Pacific Coast, which was Issued
at Oregon City; letters, 12,000; pamph
lets, books and photographs by the
thousand, and a great mass of docu
mentary material other than letters, in
the nature of scrapbooks, account
books, etc, numbering thousands of
pieces.
The time has now arrived when a
beginning should be made to bind the
thousands of volumes of newspapers
and pamphlets, properly Index the same,
classify, arrange and index the docu
mentary material' and put everything
in the custody of the society in proper
order for examination. This cannot
be done in the rooms now occupied, for
the reason that they are already very
much crowded, and for the further and
most weighty reason that the city au
thorities are certain to want all the
rooms now used by the Historical So
ciety in a relatively short time.
Recognizing the gravity of the situ
ation, a special meeting of the Board of
Directors of the society was held the
First of last July to plan for such ac
tion as the necessities of the case de
manded. After long discussion the
whole matter was referred to a com
mittee of five, as follows: William D.
Fenton, Dr. J. R. Wilson, Theodore R
Wilcox, H. C Campbell and George H.
Himes.
Owing to the approach of the vaca
tion season it was impossible to get a
quorum of the committee together for
several weeks. At length three of the
committee, Theodorre B. Wilcox, Dr. J.
R. Wilson and George H. Himes met
September 12, and after due considera
tion It was agreed that properly to
house the Historical Society's collec
tion and place it In working order, and
also to provide room for the City Mu
seum, which is also in a fair way to
be crowded out of the City Hall, noth
iing leas than a three-story reinforced
concrete building, 100x200, constructed
with particular regard for safety from
fire, with a good basement, would an
swer the purpose. To that end it was
voted that Mr. Fenton be Instructed
to draw up a bill setting forth the
views of the committee, to be submit
ted to the Legislature at its coming bi
ennial session in January next. The
first draft of this bill has been placed
In the hands of the committee, but as
yet has not been fully examined, and
therefore is not ready for public pre
sentation. It may be stated, however,
in a general way, that the bill in Its
present form contemplates the appoint
ment of a building commission to conr
Bist of the Governor, Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction of the State of Oregon,
and the directors of the Oregon His
torical Society; that it shall be located
upon the capltoi grounds in Salem, un
less a suitable site shall be tendered to
said commission within the corporate
limits of the City of Portland; that, if
erected in Portland, this city shall, by
ordinance, agree perpetually to main
tain and operate said building and care
for the grounds upon which it is placed,
under reasonable rules and regulations
to be prescribed by the city; that the
City of Portland shall be permitted to in
stall and maintain In a portion of said
building a public museum for the bene
fit of the people of the State of Oregon;
provided the City of Portland, by ordi
nance, appropriate, or its citizens con
tribute, towards the acquisition of said
site and the construction of the build
ing to be erected thereon the sum of
not less than $50,000. In addition to
other purposes the bill provides for the
keeping of state and county mineral
exhibits, and roome for the law and
medical departments of the University
of Oregon, if desired, in the Historical
Society building.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Historical Society, the
matter of appropriately celebrating the
BOtb anniversary of Oregon Statehood,
which will occur on February 14, 1909,
was discussed at length, and a com
mittee, consisting of Professor F. G.
Toung, secretary of the Historical So
ciety; Milton W. Smith and George H.
Himes, were appolnited to prepare a
programme for the occasion to be sub
mitted at the next meeting of the
board, which will be on the third Sat
urday of December next. Meanwhile,
the chairman of the committee and
President Frederick V. Holman are en
deavoring to secure gentlemen of Na
tional reputation to deliver addresses
on the occasion.
The tenth annual meeting of the so
ciety will take place on December 19.
next, and Professor Joseph -Schafer, of
the chair of history in the University
of Oregon, has been selected to deliver
the annual address.
Mr. Bryam'e Pronunciation Crltideed.
New York Sun.
There are three words that Mr.
Bryan has never learned to pronounce
in the accepted way, although they
have passed his lips Innumerable
times. Time and sgaln in his recent
Carnegie Hall speech he said "trernen
Jus." "gov'munt" and "Pres'dunt"
"He pronounced them Just that way
In 1896," said one of the Carnegie
Hall listeners. " 'That tremenlus' al
ways reminds me of the locution of a
circuit-riding Methodist preacher that
used to exhort us in Southern Indiana
when I was a boy."
Standard Oil Kimc Tells "What Sort ot
a Beggar" He la.
World's Work.
(Another extract from John D.
Rockefeller's "Some Random Reminis
cences of Men and Events," were pub- ,
lished in last Friday's Oregonian.)
Probably in the life ot every one
there comes a time when he is inclined
to go over again the events, great and
small, which have made up the Inci
dents of his work and pleasure. On a
rainy morning like this, when golf is
out of the question,- I am tempted to
become a garrulous old man, and tell
some stories of men and things which
have happened in an active life.
For 14 years I have been out of
business, and in eight or 10 years have
only once gone to the company's office.
My last call was in the Summer of
1907.
The 60.000 men who are at work
constantly In the service of the com
pany are kept busy year in and year
out. The past year has been a time of
great contraction, but the Standard has
gone on with its plans unchecked, and
the new works and buildings have not
been delayed on account of lack of cap
ital or fear of bad times. It pays Its
workmen well, it cares for them when
sick, and pensions them when old. It
has never had any Important strikes,
and if there is any better function of
business management than giving prof
itable work to employes year after
year. In good timea and bad, I don't
know what it Is.
It is equally true that combinations
of capital are bound to continue and to
grow, and this need not alarm oven the
most timid if the corporation, or the
series of corporations, is properly con
ducted with due regard for the rights
of others. The day of individual com
petition in large afairs is past and
gone you might just as well argue
that we should go back to hand labor
and throw away our efficient machines
and the sober good sense of the peo
ple will accept this fact when they
have studied and tried it out Just see
how the list of stockholders in the
great corporations Is increasing by
leaps and bounds. This means that all
these people are becoming partners in
great businesses.
You hear a good many people of pes
simistic disposition say much about
greed in American life. One would
think to hear them talk that we were a
race of misers in this country. To lay
too much stress upon the reports of
greed in the newspapers would be folly,
since their function is to report the
unusual and even the abnormal. When
a man goes properly about his daily
affairs, the public prints say nothing:
It is only when something extraordi
nary happens to him that he is dis
cussed. But because he is thus brought
Into prominence occasionally, you sure
ly would not say that these occasions
represented his normal life. It is by
no means for money alone that these
active-minded men labor they are en
gaged in a fascinating occupation. The
zest of the work Is maintained by
something better than the mere accu
mulation of money, and, as I think I
have said elsewhere, the standards of
business are high, and are getting bet
ter all -the time.
Some men are so absorbed In their
business affairs that they hardly have
time to think of anything else. If they
do interest themselves in a work out
side of their own office and undertake
to raise money, they begin with an
apology, as if they are ashamed of
themselves.
"I am no beggar," I have heard many
of them say, to which I could only re
ply: "I am sorry you feel that way
about It"
I have been this sort of beggar all
my life.
Jilted Man la Silent 30 Years.
Mlddletown Dispatch to New ;YorJc
World.
For 80 years Benjamin Landis, who
lives in a modest little home with his
mother two miles outside of this town,
has notTconversed with friends or rela
tives because, it is reported, he was
jilted by a girl whom he loved de
voutly when a youth.
More than 30 years ago ,"Ben" Lan
dis wooed Miss Fannie Glngerich. who
was then the belle of the countryside,
and who married Harry Snavely. Lan
dis, who was 18 years old, tried to for
get and went West to seek the excite
ment of a mining camp or life on a
ranch. For several years he lived near
Kansas City, but finally returned to
his mother, near Mlddletown.
Relatives declare that he "became
queer while In the West" but neigh
bors and friends say "it was the girl."
It was at this time in his life that he
took the vow never again to speak to
any one, and he has lived up to his
resolution unflinchingly for 80 years.
Today the girl whom Landis wooed
is a widow, her husband having been
killed on a railroad 16 years ago. She
lives with her parents very near the
Landis home, but "Ben" Landis never
talks to her.
One Jap a Human Nonconductor.
Las Vegas (N. M.) Dispatch to Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Playing with death and laughing
when it reached out to claim him for
its own, Hakkadote, a Jap emplbye at
the Hotel Castineda, was found hold
ing a live electric wire in his hands
and touching it to the rails of the
streetcar Just to see the sparks fly.
The wire, which was the streetcar
trolley, carried 22,000 volts of elec
tricity. When electricians came to repair the
break, which had been caused by the
wire burning In two, they would not
touch it until the power had been shut
down, but the Jap stood there with it
in his hand gleefully thrusting It out
at them and laughing when they sprang
back.
"It was the greatest wonder in the
world he was not killed outright." said
the chief electrician. "The only way
I can account for It is that the Jap is
a human nonconductor, or else that
God takes care of fools."
Hilda Mule Colt on Downy Bed.
Columbus (Ind.) Dispatch to Indianap
olis News.
A mule colt owned by Joseph Grlner,
a horse-trader of this city, has re
ceived more than its share of the
comforts, of life. Griner bought the
mule colt at Greensburg, and no
sooner had he placed It in an Inclosure
than it made a dash for liberty. Run
ning against a hitch wire it broke its
right foreleg. A veterinary was called
and placed the broken leg in a plaster
cast. Then Grlner obtained several
large feather pillows and 'placed them
in a wagon bed. On these pillows the
colt was laid and the trip of 30 miles
from Greensburg to this city was
made. The colt reclined on downy
beds of ease all the way, although it
had to be held down at times. Once
here the young mule was turned into
pasture. It is thought It will recover.
The Crowning Criticism.
Washington Star.
ro you expect to make people be
lieve all you say in your speeches?"
"Of course not" answered Senator
Sorghum. "An auditor never wants to
be enlightened by any new facts. What
he wants to hear is something be al
ready believed, so that he can say.
Them's my sentiments!' "
Folleeman Paid tl for Finding 20OO.
Trenton (N. J. )Dlspatch.
Policeman Michael Meehan. of Jer
sey City, N. J., tound a package con
taining '2000, and on restoring it to
its owner received a reward of $1.
He's Slightly Damaged, Perhaps, fcnt
Still In Ring.
Yakima Republic.
The Aberdeen World thinks that
there Js considerable unfinished busi
ness on hand for the proper and speedy
performance of which the primary law
is needed. Among the things the World
would do by means of this law Is to
"eliminate " the boss. Probably, judg
ing from some of the foolish remarks
wa have seen in the World about, the
direct primary system, our contempo
rary thinks that' it will also, if invoked,
grease the wagon, put the baby to sleep
ana cnase ine cat. uui ui "-w
That seems to be the Idea most of the
v .... v.ii n ynn t thA direct
primary law from the start The World
seems to be more tnorougniy mia,
more elegantly nopeiui, mom idumc.'j
K.At.B,i tw1 miiro rinzpri bv its ex
pectations than -any of the rest of them.
But this matter or eiiiimmuHn
boss." It sounds very good to us. The
boss sits in his "torture chamber" at
Tacoma, as of yore. At the end of the
month he draws his big fat salary from
the Government He chuckles with
glee" over the fact that his commission
runs as long as he lives. Ha chortles
In gav abandon over the fact that al
though licked, he Is still "in the game,"
It is true that some of his teeth were
bent In. His proboscis hangs useless.
One of his optics is closed. Most of his
ribs are twisted, and two or three of
them are tied in a double bowknot The
claret flows freely from many wounds.
He was Jabbed In the Jaw, walloped in
the basket and smitten In the neck.
But he wasn't put out. He wasn't
"eliminated," as the World suggests.
It Is wicked to hit a man again when
he has been punished as the boss has
been; but if the direct primary will put
the boss out even now, we are for it
We hope the World will have the
bell rung once more and the fight called
on to the finish.
If the direct primary will oust the
boss from the office of Internal Reven
ue Collector, for goodness sake turn it
loose again.
MOMENTARY MORALITY.
It la One of the Stock Faroes of Human
Life.
Dally Astorlan.
There is something ludicrous in the
effect of a court term on the public
moral sense of a community: of the
deference we all pay to the alleged im
moral conditions that beset the city or
town, when the Judge, the grand and
petit Juries, and the officers of the law,
and all its machinery, are in active oper
ation; of our anxiety to close them, to
mitigate them, to reduce and qualify
and minimize them: how zealous all
hands get In acquiring the necessary de
gree of Ignorance concerning them; and
the general abstemiousness of our little
local sporting worlds at j'Jit such tin
sons. And when term time is over, and trie
legal forces have ceased to revolve about
us with their threatening coils and peo
ple how quickly we assume our old in
difference and how promptly the bars re
lax and fall and disappear. The story Is
as old as human society, but It Is still
one of the stock farces and puerile pre
tenses of the day, all the same, and prob
ably always will be.
Her Searchlight I the Beat Yet.
New York Press.
Women have not achieved much In
the field of Invention, but for the im
provement of the searchlight, Mrs.
Bertha Ayrton is being honored by sci
entific bodies in England. She is the
only woman who holds membership in
the British Institute of Electrical En
gineers, and the only woman who has
received a medal from the Royal soci
ety of London for original, unaided re-
search in electricity. She succeeded
with' the searchlight where men the
world over had failed. After experi
ments carried over several years had
failed to Increase range and illumina
tion, the British Admiralty called on
Professor Ayrton In the hope of making
the searchlight more effective. Ayrton
was puzzled, as other experts had been.
His wife watched his work, and she fi
nally expressed confidence In her abili
ty to make an improvement. Ayrton
gave her a free hand, engaging himself
in other work. A couple of weeks ago
the admiralty heads grew enthusiastic
about the Improved searchlight he ex
hibited before them. When they
crowded around to congratulate him
the professor, with elation, said: Con
gratulate my wife. She is the Inventor:
not I."
' Non-Partisanship "A a Is."
Pendleton Tribune.
Of course Chamberlain will be elected
Senator next Winter, unless something
should happen to prevent it but there
are those who have a notion that when
he was preaching non-partisanship, pure
and simple, for the sole purpose of get
ting Republican votes, for he was as
sured of all the Democratic votes, any
way, he was playing hookey and toting
unfair unless he remained that wav.
After having secured enough Republi
can votes on his promise to be a non
partisan as to political matters to carry
the state for himself, some people think
it Is throwing his Republican supporters
down to now advocate the election of
Brvan.
There are now those who claim n
would be entirely fair to throw him
down on a proposition where he won on
his promise to be a non-partisan all the
time.
But the Tribune looks on with a degree
of amusement for it always knew the
sort of' non-partisan Chamberlain it and
repeatedly pointed it out during the pro
gress of the campaign.
No doubt his non-partisan speeches for
Bryan in October will be superlatively
interesting to those Republicans who sup
ported him with the understanding that
he was a strong Roosevelt man!
What Mr. Taft Like to Eat.
New York Press.
Mr. Taft Is a gourmet without being
a gormand, an epicure without being a
glutton. At the table he Is not finical.
He doesn't smell about his food. He
is never looking for violations of the
alleged pure food regulations. He eatt
with much gusto whatever Is set be
fore him, which Js the best evidence
in the world of a sane mind In a sane
body. He has hot rolls for breakfast
Georgia style the kind that rise five
inches In the pan, and, browned top
and bottom, can be pulled apart like
so many fine pieces of snow-white felt.
Plenty of butter! Or ham gravy! Taft
loves ham and bacon. Smothered
chicken. Toasted cheese. Old - fash
ioned grits. Lye hominy. Waffles.
Hoecakes. Corn pone. Ash caket. Oh.
what's the use? A candidate that revels
in such food ought to carry the Solid
South.
Bouquets for Governor Haskelt
SCAFPOOSE. Or., Sept. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) In reading over The Oregonian's
editorial on Governor Haskell, I see that
a name Is desired to apply to such men
that would befit them. How would Judas
Iscariot do? It is well known that he,
pretending fealty, betrayed tils Master
with a kiss, and with the kiss of an as
sassin. It Is well known how "boycott"
was coined, it being the nam of the man
on whom is was practiced and promi
nently advertised at the time.
O. HEPWORTH.
Jobn T. Rockefeller Poeketa t3,400,OOO.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
The Standard Oil Company one day
recently paid out $6,000,000 in divi
dends, of which amount John D. Rocke
feller received nearly $2,400,000, as his
holdings of stock are said to be 40 per
cent of the whole.