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POBTLAXD. FRO AT. OCT. t. 10.
.CST A rLAT FOB TOTES.
Never had Any man. In quiet times,
more difficult role than W. J. Bryan
has Assumed. He Is on A hunt for
votes. His extreme Anxiety to oonclll
Ate All cssea And conditions and
'roups of voters Is manifest In every
course or turn be makes. To play on
the prepossessions, the prejudices, the
supposed Interests or antipathies of
one sort or another. Is his study night
and day.
His principles, say rather the pur
poses or announcements, on which he
made his former efforts, have all been
put out of sight. 2s"o more of free
coinage of silver; yet we once heard
that till silver should be restored,
there was no use to talk of anything
else. No more of the necessity of re
construction of the Supreme Court, to
meet the new and rising demands of
the American people. No more of
Anti-Imperialism and scuttle of the
Philippine Islands. Nothing now but
a lot of dust or chaff, about injunc
tion and tariff and monopoly and trust
magnates, blown about by every wind.
To the man who talks so much as
Mr. Bryan does, and who wants to
please everybody. It Is a trying or
deal. He desires the help of the busi
ness interests of the country, yet he
wishes it understood that he Is the
enemy of every Important business
interest for he insists that every one
of them Is a monopoly or a trust.
A while ago he denounced Wall street
as "Fagln's den of thieves: a gam
bling hell. In comparison with which
Monte Carlo is insignificant." But
more recently and only the other
day in the same hall, he made a
speech in which anxious not to an
tagonize the business vote he said:
We are not even opposed to the ex
change, or to the stock market."
No need to "make up" -with Guffey,
of Pennsylvania, whom he threw out
of the Denver convention; for Guffey
lives In A state where there is no hope
of a Bryan electoral vote. Guffey now
tells it that he recalls an Incident,
namely, that on the night the creden
tials committee reported to the Den
ver convention, Haskell, Bryan's man
ager and platform maker, yelled to
him (Guffey), "Back to your oil
tanks!" It doesn't bring distress to
Guffey to learn that Haskell now is
out of both lines of business, political
and oil. But Pennsylvania will vote
for Taft two to one, so that isn't inter
esting. Yet as far as possible Bryan
has tied up all along the line. In the
contested states, wrth those whom he
had previously denounced as the be
trayers of the people to plutocratic
interests. "Tom" Taggart, of French
Lick Springs, manager of the Parker
candidacy In 1904, who. Bryan
asserted, was "so Intimately asso
ciated with trusts and corporations"
as to disgust everybody, is now
Bryan's representative and manager
In" Indiana. Judge Parker, whose
nomination was "secured by crooked
and Indefensible methods," now is
accepted by Bryan as a worker and
supporter, makes speeches for Bryan,
and entertained Bryan In New York
th other day. The services of David
B. Hill now also are sought the
same Hill of whom Bryan said
that he was so, close to Parker
that If Parker were elected Pres
ident, "those who attempted to
reach the White House would have to
wade through peanut shells knee
deep to reach him." Kven Ryan and
Belmont, drafters of that "cowardly
and straddling platform" of 1904, as
Bryan called It, are now welcomed.
The Bryan leader In Illinois Is Roger
Sullivan, whom the peerless Nebras
kan once assailed, and of whose plans
to control the convention of 1904,
Bryan said, "No band of train robbers
ever planned a robbery more deliber
ately or with less conscience." Is now
his trusted lieutenant in Illinois. And
the writer of the Bryan platform,
tinder direction of Bryan himself,
was Haskell of Oklahoma; ami every
body knows now who Haskell Is and
what has happened to him.
It Is an attempt to drag In the sup
port and to get the votes of all sorts
And conditions of men. But some sort
or lot of them Is to be greatly de
ceived and disappointed. Doubtless It
will be those who furnish the great
mass or bulk 6f the votes. The bosses.
In the event of success, will be near
the throne.
A tendency of these Associations,
solicited for Bryan and active in his
behalf, is to drive voters to the Debs
and Hearst tickets. The great com
plaint of the supporters of these tick
ets, most of whom formerly supported
Bryan, is that in his eagerness to get
the help of tho plutocratic Democracy,
he has turned his back on the ideas
and purposes upon which he came to
the front and which gave him name
and fame. There is talk about "The
New Bryan." but these people don't
vant The New Bryan and others have
reason to distrust him.
Vital statistics of Ireland for the
past year show a birth rate of 23.2
per 1P00 of estimated population and
an excess of births over deaths of
54.40S. In the same twelve months,
however, the emigration reached 39,
081. an Increase over the former year
and also over the average the past
ten years. Net loss of population was
14.6T4. Now in France, one of the
richest countries In the world, there Is
a shrinking of population also,
the birth rate having declined
to 19.7. Last year, for the first, time
in history, deaths exceeded births by
10.000. A century ago the French
birth rata was 32 per 1000. Econo
mists And statisticians are watching
the situation with Increased anxiety.
They see, indeed race suicide. On this
side of the water we would probably
be face to face with the same problem
if new Immigration more prolific than
old stock did not maintain an average.
SIRENS AXD SATYRS.
Mayor Lane tells the exact truth
when he says that "sin-soaked sirens
.have played a part In the world's his
tory as far back as tjiere are written
itcords," and a good deal farther, but
it is only part of the truth. To make
It complete he should have specified
the aid which the sin-soaked sirens
have always received from rum
soaked satyrs. The two parties to the'
Bin and shame have always been In
separable. Without the latter we
should never have had the former,
though the converse Is not true, for in
most cases it is the satyr who is ac
countable for the existence of the
siren. But when it comes to making
laws and enforcing them, the woman,
because she is plainly In evidence and
easy to strike at and helpless to strike
back, must bear the punishment and
the misery while her partner in guilt
goes scathless.
It Is respectfully submitted that the
question what Is to become of tho
scarlet woman when she is expelled
from her home is a pertinent one. 1
Mayor Lane says he does not know
what 1 to become of her. Perhaps
there are some eager enthusiasts for
law enforcement who do not care.
Let these Pharisees get what comfort
they can from the contemplation "of
their holiness; but let them remem
ber one thing besides their holiness.
Had they been born and nurtured In
the environment of the siren, they
would be as sin-soaked as she is, in
stead of standing in their radiant pur
ity and casting stones at her. Even
as it Is, one cannot help believing that
some of the most ardent of these
strenuous law-enforcers must be
classified with the satyrs. How many
of those who clamor for the expulsion
of the scarlet woman from her mis
erable shelter can aver that they are
not responsible for the fate of at least
one of her class?
But, aside from all that, the ques
tion of the siren's crust of bread when
she can no longer ply her trade will
not down. Of honest industry she
knows nothing, and, even If she gets a
job in a respectable establishment, the
police will haunt her and finally drive
her out of it. That this Is the inten
tion is unmistakably intimated In the
latest news upon the subject. The
poor creature can therefore be neither
honest nor dishonest. Surely her lot
is a hard one. There seems nothing
for her to do but commit suicide and
get out of the world as quickly as she
can. If she could only take with her
the male reprobates who have made
her what she is, perhaps this might
be best for all concerned, but as the
law permits them to live and flourish,
certainly It ought not to force her to
perish. Is there not some way to help
the lost woman? Are religion, the
church, the world, all good men and
good women, utterly helpless in the
face of this awful problem? What
would Jesus do about it?
GRAND CIRCriT BEATEN.
The summaries of the grand circuit
races at Columbus, O., as printed in
yesterday's news columns, offer addi
tional testimony to the high character
of the races at the Pacific National
Show in this city last week. The Co
lumbus track Is one of the finest on
the grand circuit, and the big meet
ings always draw great fields of high
class horses: but the 2:13 pace at Co
lumbus waa won In four heats averag
ing 2:09 Vi, while at Portland the 2:14
pace, eligible to horsea a full second
slower than the limit at Columbus,
was reeled oft in three straight heats
averaging 2:08. Five heats In the
2:09 pace at Columbus, Wednesday,
were paced in 2:07. exactly the same
Average time that was made in the
2:09 pace at Portland, Although the
fastest heat at Columbus was three
quarters of a second slower than the
fastest heat In the 2:09 race at Port
land. An even more remarkable showing
was made by the trotters. The aver
age time made In the 2:19 trot at Co
lumbus Wednesday was 2:13Vi. while
at Portland the 2:27 trotters reeled oft
three heats in Average time of 2:14.
In other words, trotters in the 2:27
class at Portland came within half a
second of equaling the average time
made by tho 2:19 class at Columbus.
Not only was the 2:09 pace at Port
land faster than that on the grand cir
cuit, but it was also the fastest five
heat race ever paced west of the Mis
sissippi River.
For high-class racing without the
unpleasant gambling and drinking
features, no such entertainment as
that offered by the Pacific National
Show has ever been attempted in the
Pacific Northwest, and if there is
prper response to the call for sup
port, the show next year will be even
greater than that which was so In
differently received by Portland peo
ple last week.
rORTLAXD'S INDCTEXDEXT POSITION.
The recent visit on the Coast of a
party of Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul directors, together with ap
proaching completion of their road to
the Pacific Coast, has renewed inter
est in this latest of the big rail lines
to cross the continent. Both Seattle
and Tacoma are quite naturally claim
ing exclusive rights as the Western
terminus of the line, but, if real estate
purchases offer a afe criterion, Ta
coma would seem to be a favorite.
The Milwaukee road has not made
many purchases in the immediate vi
cinity of Portland, but if any one
Imagines for a moment that this city
will not be one of the North Pacific
terminf of the road, such view will
undergo a change in the near future.
The Milwaukee is spending an enor
mous amount of money to reach the
Coast. Some of the construction work
on the line is the most expensive that
has ever been encountered in railroad
building in the West, and this enor
mous expense must be met by the
revenues which come from the traffic
developed along the line. Portland
and the Immense territory tributary
to this city already offer more tonnage
for the railroads than is available
from any other' point in' the Pacific
Northwest, and the volume is steadily
Increasing. The opening of the North
Bank road has introduced this city
into the Eastern Washington and
Idaho trade field on even terms with
the Puget Sound cities. In addition to
that field, this city stands alone as a
distributing point for the entire coun
try lying south of the Columbia River
and north of California. Portland may
not have the exclusive routing of the
traffic that will originate in all of this
territory, but there are a great many
thousand carloads of freight which
will originate in the immediate vicin
ity of the city, and Portland capital
and influence will be felt in the rout
ing of many more thousands of car
loads in other parts of Oregon and
Washington.
For this reason, the Milwaukee will
hardly ignore the position of Portland.
This city, through the North-Bank
road, now has three direct trans
continental lines which are all property-owners
and heavy taxpayers In
this city. As Portland is with increas
ing fidelity following the patronize-home-industry
rule, all of the freight
in this territory will be turned over to
the roads which center here and
which own property here. If the Mil
waukee is desirous of participating In
this immense and rapidly growing
traffic, it will, of course, be necessary
for it to come into Portland on even
terms with the other roads, ' but the
day. has long gone by when Portland
or Oregon finds it either necessary or
advisable to patronize a line that does
not terminate in this city. For this
reason the Milwaukee will come to
Portland, and It will require no exces
sive amount of urging'to bring it here.
THE TSELESS RICH.
Ethel Barrymore is of the opinion
that the "society element" of New
York would never be missed if A
plague should wipe it out. She finds
the women -of this exalted circle to be
piggishly engrossed In fleshly delights.
How the men occupy themselves Miss
Barrymore does not say, but we know
all about them from other sources
perhaps quite as reliable as she is.
Miss Wharton's House of Mirth gives
one enticing glimpses of the daily
occupations of our male aristocracy.
When they are not engaged In high
way robbery, according to her, they
divert themselves by drinking, gam
bling and racing horses. To break
the monotony of these pastimes they
occasionally trade wives with one
another. Two or three other authors
have given us pictures .lately of the
upper section of American society
and their agreement with each other
is so close that it Is hard to disbelieve
them. Of course it is possible that
Phillips, Sinclair, Patterson and the
rest have all copied the same mislead
ing report, but it is not likely. These
satirists allege, just as Miss Barry
more does, that the men and women
of what is called high society are In
terested in nothing but more or less
vicious self-indulgence.
Miss Barrymore's statement .that
brains are an Incumbrance rather
than a help to a person who wishes to
shine in society is probably true. Con
versation at gatherings of the rich
Is Inane and foolish. Nothing is dis
cussed which could possibly interest a
sensible person. No topic is per
mitted which could stimulate the
faintest ray of Intelligence. Million
aire society shuns mental as well as
physical exertion. The use of either
brain or muscles stamps one as be
longing to the vulgar herd. To be
thoroughly eligible in this elite
sphere one must cultivate a haughty
contempt for everything that is use
ful and a disgust for everything that
does not gratify some of the senses.
There are species of parasitic animals
which by disuse have lost all their
organs except the mouth and stom
ach. Our wealthy social parasites are
undergoing a similar process of abor
tion. With some of them the degene
rative change has already gone so far
that they can no longer reproduce
their kind.
Thus one might continue for hours
setting forth the folly, vice and use
lessness of our millionaire society, but
what good would it do? One .might
recite the fact that society in Eng
land, France, Germany and other
countries welcomes authors and art
ists, placing genius at least on a level
with birth and riches, while ours in
its stupidity admits none but money
bags with his wife and children. One
might quote from that significant
story In the Atlantic Monthly entitlod
"The Flavor of Affluence," where the
heroine. Just back from Europe and
Its social ways, unwarily addressed a
sensible remark to her hostess. The
woman, accustomed to nothing but
eeml-ldiocies from her guests, was
shocked and annoyed. Miss Barry
more is entirely right in saying that
American society is gross, vicious and
stupid, but we repeat, what is the
use of her remark? This extraordin
ary group of men and women will
never mend their ways no matter how
severely they are reprimanded and
exhorted, but there is much reason to
believe that the spectacle they pre
sent, though extremely disagreeable, Is
only transient.
Evolution Is Intolerant of useless
organs' in the body and useless groups
in society. Our reverence for vested
property rights sometimes enables
such groups to exist long after the
process of natural selection would
have eliminated them, but even this
gives them nothing more than a re
prieve. Their ultimate fate is certain.
We may therefore feel Assured that
our so-called high society is on its
way to absolute extinction, unless it
can Assume some effective part in the
work of the world. When the feudal
nobility of England lost their func
tion of military leaders and protectors
of the people, they became hereditary
governors. Thus they prolonged their
usefulness and obtained a new lease
of life. One may remark also that the
merely wealthy class In England has
never been bo utterly functionless as
our own. It seeks pleasure of course,
but there has been no time when it
felt absolved from every duty 'to the
public like most American million
aires. Since our wealthy group serves
no purpose whatever in the social
organism, it is safe to predict that it
will presently be aborted or extin
guished. How this will be accomplished no
body can say. Evolution depends
upon innumerable factors and their
interaction is so complex that the de
tails can seldom be completely traced
after it is completed, much less can
they be foretold. The socialists will
perhaps endeavor to extinguish the
useless rich by confiscating their be
longings, but it is not likely that so
ciety as a whole will admit this meas
ure. One can speculate with more con
fidence that many millionaire families
will vanish from the world through
their own sterility. Statistics show
that their offspring is falling off both
In numbers and in vigor while men
tally It verges toward Incompetence.
Frequently men of great wealth recog
nize that their children lack the
mental power to take card of their
property and therefore secure It for
them in trusts, but this is a device
which American law .will not long tol
erate any more than British law per
mitted perpetual trusts in land.
Appropriate legislation will ultimately
force these enormous fortunes from
their lurking places and the feeble
minded descendants of millionaire
fathers will rapidly squander them.
Deprived of their wealth and unable
to earn A living they will then sink
into the slums and presently perish.
Thus the problem of the useless rich,
though annoying, is not really dif
ficult. "The Conquerors" is the title of a
new book on the early settlers and
settlement of the Oregon Country, by
R. A. Atwood, of Seattle. It is devoted
mainly to the missionary settlement
of Oregon, and though it is not
notable for new matter, it gathers to
gether in highly interesting presenta
tion much material widely scattered
among books, pamphlets and manu
scripts. There is freshness of treat
ment, too, which commends the book,
and variety of detail and of personal
history to which few except special
students- have been able to obtain
access. In equal space there is hardly
so much information about the early
history of the Oregon Country acces
sible, as in this book. It is strong in
exposure of the Whitman myth. There
is A very large and rather dreary lot of
material about our early history, that
has not yet been reduced to consist
ency And form; and this effort, that
deals almost exclusively with the mis
sionary episode, is a fairly successful
effort to cultivate a single pArt of the
field.
This is the season of low water.
With the river gauges showing the
zero mark, the pilots are taking twenty-five-foot
ships down the river with
out much trouble. This showing Is
highly gratifying to the taxpayers who
have been obliged to foot the Port of
Portland bills. Now that the water is
at its lowest stage, the dredges should
be put to work in the shoalest places
and kept there until there la positive
assurance that ships will meet with no
detention. Columbia River improve
ment is now on a permanent basis,
and a little work at the worst places
may save a far greater expense later.
If it is not neglected now. The old
practice of dredging dirt and sand out
of one part of the channel and dump
ing it a few hundred feet away, where
it will wash back in again, has been
practically abandoned, and, if it is not
resumed, it is only a question of time
until the expense of keeping the chan
nel in good condition the year round
will be quite moderate.
Flood in India has drowned 10,000
natives and frost In British Colum
bia is threatening to kill a number of
pneumonia-stricken Hindus who
have wandered far from that land of
flood and famine. The Hindu prob
lem in British Columbia is becoming
quite serious, and hundreds of the
aliens are said to be living on one
meal a day, and are in no condition to
withstand the rigors of this climate.
Viewed in almost any light, the case
of, the benighted Hindu Is not a
pleasant one. If he remains in the
land of his birth, the dangers of fam
ine and flood are ever before him, and
if he wanders afar he encounters the
labor union and the chill of the Octo
ber morning. Through all of his trou
bles, however, he is, theoretically at
least, a British subject, and as such
is entitled to protection and food,
both of which seem to be scarce in
Hindu haunts in the Pacific North
west. The noble red man, George Sloane
by name, who has kept his daughter
a girl of 16 chained to the floor of a
barn near Tacoma on some flimsy ex
cuse, must be first cousin perhaps
brother to the Tacoma man who
some months ago was haled before the
courts on a charge of tying his young
wife to the bed and leaving her thus
bound day after day as a means of
discipline. The .step between savagery
and civilization is in some cases ex
ceedingly ghort.
The Supreme Court of Idaho having
decided ex-Senator Dubois is not a
Democrat, that gentleman concurs by
bolting from something to which he
did not belong. That should elect
Brady, Republican nominee. The di
rect primary has its disadvantages.
There are injunctions and injunc
tions. We haven't heard any very
Vigorous denunciation from union la
bor headquarters of the latest Federal
Court lnjuction tying the hands of
Oregon's Fish Warden.
Governor Haskell says he lays aside
his dignity to answer one Theodore
Roosevelt. Hadn't he already and
aforetime laid it aside In the service
of Standard Oil?
Mrs. Howard Gould is dissatisfied
with her petty alimony of 324,000 a
year, and demands 3120,000. We vote
for the 3120,000. It isn't too much
for a real lady.
No one can doubt that that Murphy
picture disclosed to a pleased world
the benignant countenances of an
ideal Executive Board from the Lane
standpoint. .'
That drunken cook with the rattle
snake made a lot of needless excite
ment down in the . red-light district
until It was discovered that the snake
was real.
"The sin-soaked sirens must go,"
remarks the Mayor. But the rum
soaked satyrs who are responsible for
the sin-soaked sirens may stay.
The Indiana Republican papers are
gleefully announcing the fact that one
Indiana family has 30 Taft votes. He
needs a few more, however.
Speak up a little louder, Mr. Taft,
The boiler-factory war between T. R.
and W. J. B. has subsided and you
can now be heard.
No more head dropping In the new
Executive ftoard. No, sir; not while
the euckoo chorus keeps its voice and
can be heard.
General Apathy seems to have been
succeeded by General Hysteria, but
old General Results has his turn next
month.
Of course a man may spend his
wire's money. If he cannot, whose
wile's money, caa lie spend Z
MB. FORAKER'S DOWSFAIX.
There la o Rfudi Why It Should
Injure Mr, Taft.
Springfield Republican, Dem. Taft.
That the exposure of Senator For
aker's intimate relations with the
Standard Oil Company some years ago
may now hurt Mr. Taft Is a conclusion
that no fair-minded person can enter
tain, so far as his own vole" is con
cerned. Mr. Taffs political relations
with the Senator have been notoriously
unfriendly and he cannot be held re
sponsible for Mr. Foraker's corporation
record. One could wish, of course, that
the ostentatious meeting and "recon
ciliation" at the recent Grand Army pa
rade in Toledo between the two men
had not taken place; and the zealous
politicians who engineered the affair
are npw wringing their hands probably.
In any event no further political rec
ognition of Senator Foraker by the
Taft managers is expedient, and they
will doubtless keep him off the Repub
lican stump, if possible, during the bal
ance of the campaign. Hearst has been
making a desperate effort for weeks to
besmirch the leaders of both the great
parties, and his activities against Bryan
in this line have been notable. The
Democrats, on the whole, have thus far
been tarred up by Hearst quite as much
as the Republicans, but he falls to pro
duce the evidence clinching Ma charges
against Chairman Mack and Treasurer
Haskell, whom he accuses of receiving
campaign money from the Standard Oil
Company.
Natural Suspicions.
New York World, Dem.
Unfortunately the stench of Stand
ard Oil now extends far beyond the
Senator himself. It clings to every
thing he represented and smothers ev
ery action, however courageous or dis
interested. A large element of the pub
lic will believe that he fought against
the rate bill only because the Standard
Oil Company oppoeed it; that he cham
pioned the colored troops only because
the Star.dard Oil Company believed It
waa no effective way of attacking the
President; that he was against Mr.
Taffs nomination only because the
Standard Oil Company was against it;
that he resisted personal government
only because the Standard Oil Com
pany was incensed by Mr. Roosevelt's
course In prosecuting it.
Cynlclam and Arrogance.
New York Journal of Commerce, Ind.
There can be no greater crime against
the Republic than a deliberate effort
to cheat the citizen of his rights by in
terposing between him and his elected
representative the obligations of a paid
servant of a corporation. Nothing could
be better calculated to give the ordin
ary American voter the Idea that all
great combinations of capital are en
emies to free institutions than the cyn
ically avowed and arrogantly practiced
methods of the agents of the Standard
Oil Company in dealing with the state
and National legislation to which they
were opposed.
Embarrassing.
New York Tribune, Rep.
There are, we hope, few persons who
do not wish to believe that Senator For
aker has thue acquitted himself of a
particular accusation which involved
the propriety of his conduct and his
veracity. Neverthless, it seems, to us
that a just, public judgment of the
hitherto unknown relations which ad
mittedly existed between him and the
Standard Oil Company would continu
ally embarrass his appearance in the
campaign as an advocate either of Mr.
Taffe election to the Presidency or his
own re-election to the Senate.
Suicide.
Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Taft.
So discredited or disabled is, or ap
pears to be, Foraker, that Candidate
Taft declines to appear on the same
platform with him hereafter. That
speaks for Itself. Self-preservation is
the first law of nature. The Republi
cans would rather Foraker should per
ish than Taft be endangered. They
have not finished Foraker.. Not even
Hearst has done that. Foraker has
just finished himself.
More In Sorrow Than In Anger.
New York Times, Dem. Taft.
Only a fiendish partisanship can gloat
over such a disaster to reputation.
Senator Foraker has done service of
inestimable value in the Senate. His
experience, his ability, his knowledge
of constitutional law have at times
made him a seemingly indispensable
member of. the Senate. It is pitiful
that so great talent should have been
used in bo base a way.
A Iocal Parallel. -
Boston Transcript, Rep.
So criticism of a United States Sena
tor's being In the pay of the Standard
Oil Company, whose relations to legis
lation never Bleep, is an "assault upon
the confidence of the people in their
Government." Sounds strikingly like
what Frank J. Linehan wrote of the
JTlnance Commission!
Fartlia Descensus Avernl.
New York Globe, Rep.
Senator Foraker was magnificently
equipped for a life of great public use
fulness. But the strain of his surround
ings was too strong for him, and he
sank to the plane that the Archbold
correspondence discloses.
Mr. Foraker aa an Individual.
Buffalo Express, Rep.
Whatever basis there may be for the
Hearst charges against Mr. Foraker,
they can in no sense reflect on the Na
tional Republican ticket or party, but
can apply only to Mr. Foraker as an
Individual.
Careless Mr. Archbold.
Chicago Record-Herald, Rep.
Was it not very careless of Senator
Foraker and Mr. Archbold to leave such
important letters lying around where
people whose names cannot be divulged
might pick them up?
Not the Nominee.
Chicago News, Ind.
It would have been annoying for the
grand old party If the Ohio Senator
had been carrying the banner when he
blew up.
And a Pocketbook.
Washington Star, Ind.
Mr. Hearst is demonstrating to sev
eral statesmen what a nuisance a man
with a ecrapbook may become.
Mr. Foraker's Prosperity.
-Cleveland Leader, Rep.
It isn't hard to understand how Sena
tor Foraker became a rich man in a
very short time.
Butler's Fare "Repairs and Fuel."
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
The Comptroller of the United States
Treasury has decided that the railroad
fare of the second butler employed at
the White House, from Oyster Bay to
Washington, D. C can be paid out of
the annual appropriation for "repairs
and fuel." '
Ghoatly Planlata Strike Keys.
Philadelphia Dispatch.
Misses Liliie "and Minnie Joseph, of
Georgetown, Del., were badly fright
ened by hearing 15 or 20 notes struck
on a piano, although no one was near
the Instrument, They auspect ghosts.
1 OXB GOMPERS' COIP THAT FAILED T OREGOX'S FIRST STOCK FAlK
St. I.oula Labor Body Which De
nounced Bryan as Wctl as Taft.
St. Louis Correspondence of the Chi
cago Dally Socialist.
The Central Trades and Labor union
Sunday turned down the report of the
committee which, since the meeting of
Sunday, August 13, had been investiga
ting the "reward our friends and de
feat our enemies" policy of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, and had report
ed favorably on it.
A substitute resolution directly op
posite to that which the committee had
brought in was adopted after some dis
cussion by a vote of S8 to 75.
This action came as a complete sur
prise, especially to the local Democratic
newspapers, which knew of the com
mittee's intended report and had de
voted much space to "boosting" it. . It
took a decision from the chair to get
the opposition resolution started and
one of the committeraen grossly in
sulted the defeated coal miners of Ala
bama. For the past three weeks the Demo
cratic papers had ,much to say about
the good work this committee would
do for William J. Bryan and the Demo
cratic party. So anxiously were these
yellow sheets pursuing their political
"labor friendship" work that Joe Pul
itzer's Post. Dispatch (the St. Louis
edition of the New York World) got its
dates mixed and published the an
nouncement a week ago that the Cen
tral Trades and Labor union would
meet on Sunday, September 6, and' in
dorse Bryan and the Democratic party.
Public Got Wrong Idea.
The names of the resolution com
mittee, Wilson, Conroy and Barber, were
prominently mentioned and it seems
that every capitalist paper wu well
informed as to the kind of a report the
committee was going to make.
Since at least two of the committee
members are also leaders of the "Work
ingmen's Bryan Club," a late political
creation of local business agents, and
other agents, the general public must
have received the idea that the St.
Louis Central Trades and Labor union
and the Workingmen's Bryan Club
practically meant the same thing, espe
cially since the president of the one
was also the president of the other.
The Democratic "big cinch" organ,
the St. Louis Republic, which had al
ready reserved its front page for a sen
sational article on how Bryan and the
Democratic party had been indorsed by
60,000 union men of St. Louis, was dum
founded whan the Workingmen's Bryan
Club failed to deliver the goods.
Naturally enough the St. Louis Re
public charges the Socialists with hav
ing packed the meeting of the Cen
tral Trades and Labor union, which
sounds queer indeed, in view of the
fact that for fully three weekB all the
Democratic party organs of St. Louis
had repeatedly published the news that
the central body would practically
unanimously Indorse Rryan and the
Democratic party.
The action was also taken In face of
the fact that President Gompers stopped
over in St. Louis both on his way to
and from Texas, and last week addressed
a number of "leading union men" at head
quarters on Pine street.
Made a Long Report.
The report of the committee was
very lengthy and cleverly put up. Af
ter reciting all of the well-known sins
of "Injunction Bill" and the record of
the Republican Machine without men
tioning one syllable about the equally
dirty record of the Democrats, the re
port ended as follows:
Resolved, That we urgently request every
wae-earner, whether he be affiliated with
a trade union or not, to place bis stamp
of disapproval upon the Republican party
and its attitude toward labor by voting
against labor's arch-enemy. Win. H. Taft.
Tour committee would respectfully recom
mend that the president appoint a commu
te of five, of which tha president and sec
retary ahall be members, whose duty it
shall be to carry -on the fight for labor's
redemption as outlined by the president and
the executive council of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Denounces Both Parties
Immediately following the reading of
the committee's report delegate Kaem
merer of the Garment Workers' union
took the floor and offered the follow
ing substitute:
Whereas, There are numerous good rea
sons why organized labor cannot Indorse
the candidacy of William H. Taft for Pres
ident on the Requblfcan ticket: and
Whereas, The Democratic party, as rep
resented by tho Hawes-Kiely-Snake-Kinney-Butler-Wells-Francis
elements In St. Louis,
by tha Governor Comer remocracy in Ala
bama, or by the Tammany Hall Democracy
In New Tork, Is not a particle better than
Mr. Taft and his party: therefore be It
Resolved, That this Central Trades and
Labor Union of St. Louis emphatically re
fuse to indorse the Democratic or the Re
publican party, or tha candidates on either
of the capitalist party tickets.
President Owen Miller ruled the sub
stitute out of order, claiming it was
not germane to the matter before the
house, and If the delegate was desirous
of bringing It before the body he would
have to Introduce It later on after the
committee's report was acted upon.
Delegate Kaemmerer appealed from
the decision of the chair and his appeal
was sustained by a vote of 93 to 70.
What Free Wool Means.
- American Sheep Breeder.
Half a dozen sensitive subscribers
want all criticism of Bryan, the free
wool champion, eliminated from our
columns. They all agree that the
Sheep Breeder would be a very fine
paper with criticism of the free wool
candidate left out. We had the same
class and kind of critics during the
free wool days of the Wilson-Gorman
bill, when foreign fleets laden with
free wool were unloading their cargoes
in every United States port of encry
and domestic flockmasters were going
to tha wall right and left We scored
the free wool advocates then, and Bhall
continue to do It now until the elec
tions are over, and we know whether
we are to have a free wool-free silver
free coinage, 16 to 1-Populistic-govern-ment
ownership of railways-man at
the head of affairs, or are to settle
down to civil, sane government along
prosperous and progressive lines, and
if every Bryan admiring subscriber
drops from our mailing lists and taboos
the paper altogether, we Bhall pocket
the loss and continue to sail under
friendly colors. This Sheep Breeder
stands for and by the sheep and wool
Industry every time, and no free-wool
sophist or demagogue can boom a
sheep-hater in its pages.
Ways of the' Trespasser.
Eugene Register.
The season of the year Is at hand
when the would-be sportsman walks
by trespass signs Into the farmer's
field in search of game, regardless of
being forbid the privilege, and like as
not takes a shot at a cow or a horse
just to see the animal Jump. There is
no class of Individuals so unprincipled
as the sportsman, so-called, who
tramples the farmers' rights under foot
by trespassing, and no class of men
are more Imposed upon In this respect
than the farmers. The farmer has the
same right to privacy of his farm that
these same self-styled hunters have to
the privacy of their own residences.
Let-a rancher walk into one of these
fellows' homes unbidden and proceed
to rummage around, and a policeman
would be sent for posthaste. Absorp
tion of a little of r.he golden rule would
be a good thing for trespassers.
False Teeth a Ground for Divorce.
Chicago Dispatch.
Mrs. William Schlesinger, of Mil
waukee, Wis., wants a divorce, alleg
ing that every time she gets a new set
of false teeth her husband steals
them.
Veteran Salemlte write of Hlstorlo
Event Which Left SO Debt.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. SO. (To the Edi
tor.) The business readers of The
Oregonian may get A hint froai the
following "true tale":
The first state fair was held1 on the
east bank of the Clackamas River, to
be near to Portland. The Lueilings,
Wallings, Rynerson and Barlow paid
the Indebtedness it left, about $800.
They were spirited citizens and rec
ommended Marion, Linn or Yamhill
Counties to prepare for the second
state fair. Marlon County Agricultural
Society bought 32 acres of land, and
on It made a track and a roug" pavil
ion. The fair was a success to all but its
promoters, leaving the Marlon County so
ciety $5600 in debt.
Of the total cost up to tne close or me
fair I1T00 had been subscribed by the citi
zens of Salem, then a village. Tlie Marion
Countv Agricultural Society numbered 40,
and the membership fee was $1 per annum.
Money was lent at that date at 10 per
cent per annum to 3 per cent per
month.
A committee was named to sell tha
fairgrounds for the Indebtedness of
$3600, and could have done so under
conditions that would have killed all
chance of an annual fair. Instead of
selling, the committee offered the
grounds to the county, so that the lat
ter could assume the debt and hold
the grounds for public uses, for fairs,
militia encampments, etc. The county
took the grounds at $3000 and the spir
ited citizens raised the $600 and gave
the grounds to the State Agricultural
Society, on condition that it hold 15
consecutive annual fairs there.
Forty-six annual fairs have been
held.
The course outlined was urged by
livestock breeders, who argued that the
annual fair would he worth $6000 per
annum to the business interests of
Salem, alone. It has done more than
that. OLD SALE MITE.
Sitlt Hat la Governor's Hoodoo.
Philadelphia Press.
Bnwrinr Stuart has come to the
conclusion that a silk hat at a mili
tary function ts a "hoodoo."
Since his election as Governor he has
had three silk hats ruined by rain.
Two were drenched at National Guard
brigade reviews. A third met a like
fate at a National Guard division re
view. With these incidents In mind, the
Governor hesitated about buying a new
silk hat for the trip to Winchester,
Va., for the unveiling of the Pennsyl
vania monument. He finally conclud
ed that the "hoodoo" would have to be
broken some time and started South
with the best silk hat to he had. He
was accompanied by his staff. All
went well until after the arrival at
Winchester. The weather was perfect
and members of the staff Jokingly
chided the Governor on his fears.
The Governor, seated in a carriage
with General John W. Schall, of Allen-
town, was being driven through the
streets of Winchester. As the carriage
was passing a man who was sprink
ling the street the hose suddenly burst
A stream of water struck the Gov
ernor's new silk hat and drenched it
from top to bottom.
A crowd on the sidewalk thought it
a great joke and laughed. So did the
Governor, until he started on the re
turn trip home. Then the Joke was on
the Governor's staff.
Want $2000 for Sound Tooth.
Pittsburg Dispatch to Philadelphia In
quirer. H. H. Alter was as mad as a hornet
when, according to his statement, he
discovered that after he had suffered
from toothache for several days, and
went to Dr. W. C. Rummell, the den
tist pulled out the wrong tooth. The
tooth that was extracted. Alter alleges,
was about the best one ho ever owned,
and he wouldn't have taken anything
for it. while the one that he wanted
to have extracted was "a worthless old
thing that he would have been willing
to give any one.
Dr. Rummell said he was sorry be
cause of the mistake he had made, but
Alter was so indignant that he went
Into the local courts and entered a
damage suit against him for $2000, the
amount, he declares, the lost tooth was
worth.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
OREGON'S MATCHLESS
BEAUTY; A TRIBUTE
Former minister in this state,
now an exile in Southern Califor
nia, pours out his soul in adoration
of the most beautiful country in
the world.
OREGON VIEWED BY A
KANSAS TENDERFOOT
She is a bright young woman in
newspaperdom and writes to her
friends to pack up furniture and
all and come to this state.
SILVER CREEK FALLS,
MARION COUNTY
Full-page illustration, in colors,
of a bit of Oregon beauty not fa
miliar to scenic photographers of
the state.
PHILADELPHIA'S
225TH BIRTHDAY
Next week's celebration will
illustrate with pageantry the in
fluence of Quakers on our Nation
al life.
ROMANCE OF OLD OREGON
Beginnings in the conversion of
a great wilderness into the most
fruitful empire on earth, with
some rare illustrations.
PLAYING POKER IN
ETERNAL BLINDNESS
At the rich blind men's club in
Paris, there is the most poignant
game in the world.
THE HOTEL CLERK ON
RESTAURANT LIFE
An essay by Mr. Cobb, whose
truth is quite as apparent in Port
land as it is in New York.
PINCKNEY'S ACTIVE TWINS
Professor Shorty McCabe tells
how they changed the atmosphere
of a country house.
ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR
NEWSDEALER