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CXSTABLE AS WATER.
Mr. Bryan's idea of the issue In
the present campaign appears to be a.
good deal like the pea In the shell
came. When you think you have it
f and sure, behold It isn't there.
The New Tork Tribune presents a
pretty Uttle list of the various and
lu.lv. thesea which Mr Bryan has
held aloft one after another aa all
irtportant Issues. But once they were
.loft the eloquent candidate thought
he had had enough of them . nd in
continently dropped them Like th
My butterfly. Mr. Bryan -iov... to mt
from flower to flower. He began the
campaign with a grand 'rV
trumpets proclaiming that the Lssue
of issues was e question. -Shall the
people rule?" Where is it no-w? Has
Mr. Bryan discovered that the people
do rule or that they do not? If they
do rule, why does he not soothe our
perturbed spirits by telling us so . If
they do not rule, why has he dropped
the subject? Is It less Important than
It was a few weeks ago? Has the
experience of the New York bosses
with Mr. Hughes convinced the mel
lifluous Nebraskan that the rule of
the people is a subject which they
can dispose of without assistance.
As a matter of fact, the people al
ways rule whenever they are willing
to take the trouble to do it. When
they are not willing to take the trou
ble then they are ruled by the bosses
and the charlatans Just as they de
serve The country realized this un
deniable truth, and therefore it took
little Interest In Mr. Brian's first
glorious but evanescent Issue, fao he
had to find another. Wandering
vaguely up and down the earth in
search of something to orate about,
he lighted upon Mr. Gompers' injunc
tion bugaboo which the Denver plat
form entertained with such decep
tively tender courtesy. As long as It
Is the principal business of the courts
to protect property the process of In
junction will remain essentially as it
Is No change that amounts to any
thing will be made. Mr. Bryan knows
this and everybody else knows it. But
by Inserting a rromise to Interpose a
Jury trial between the court order
nd the penalty for violating it. Mr.
Bryan hoped to persuade the worK
Ingmen that something would be
done and thus reap the harvest of
their votes. By the time they found
out how they had been imposed upon,
he fancied he would be firmly seated
In the Presidential chair and could
listen to their howls of disappoint
ment with a complacent soul.
The trouble with this plan is that
there Is a respectable number of
aorkingmen who understand the in
junction situation thoroughly, and
know xactly what is to be expected
In the way of alteration. They know
perfectly well that It makes not an
lota of difference whether Bryan or
Taft Is President bo far as injunctions
re concerned. Thus tjie feigned at
tack on the power of the courts has
measurably failed as a lure for the
labor vote, and Its failure will become
more and more decisive as election
day approaches. Tho American peo
ple will not permit the authority of
the courts to be Impaired by any
party, and consequently worklngmcn
will feci perfectly free to vote for the
better man as between Taft and
Bryan. Those who really wish to at
tack the courts will Join some party
which declares its purpose frankly.
Not many of them can be misled by
a simulated attack which Is nothing
more than a springe to catch wood
cocks. So far as Injunctions go, the
Tribune says that Mr. Bryan seems
to dodge "his own issue." To let the
cat out of the bag. he Is afraid of it
for two good reasons. In tho first
place, he knows that no promise to
wreck the authority of the courts
could be kept were he ten times
President. In the second place, he is
aware that to parade such a promise
would cost him many more votes
among the prosperous classes than It
would win for him among the lndl
' gent.
There are a number of other issues
. like the guaranty of bank deposits,
the extirpation of the trusts, govern
ment ownership of rail-ways, and so
on. which Mr. Bryan has timidly
thrust Into the world and then heart
lessly deserted. Forsaken and for
lorn they wander up and down the
land without a sponsor and In danger
of perishing, while the Peerless One
likewise "wanders with nothing to talk
, about except himself. This brings us
to the real Issue of the campaign
the one which emerges above all
others as paramount, while the
feigned issues faint and fade away.
That Issue is Mr. Bryan himself, the
elusive, unstable, fleeting Mr. Bryan:
the man who blows hot today and
cold tomorrow, who declares this
week that the salvation of the coun
try depends on government owner
ship or the guaranty of deposits, and
next week on something entirely dif
ferent; Mr. Bryan who has not the
ability to formulate a statesmanlike
programme 'or the courage to stand
by it If he could formulate It: who
hopes to win the Presidency by pan
dering to ail tastes and placating all
differences of opinion. He has so
many principles and changes them so
often that It Is the same as If he had
none at all.
To put the matter briefly. Mr.
Brian stands neither for the Roose
velt reform nor for the revolutionary
Ideas of the Socialists. He belongs
to the past Insofar as he belongs to
anything. His thought Is crude, his
measures are childish, his standards
re false. If he should be elected he
would grope hopelessly bewildered
In the thicket of his perplexed con
cepts and accomplish nothing. What
d we want of such a President?
OCAEANTX.
Government requires guaranty of
Its own funds, wherever Its funds
may be. It does not require guaranty
of private business transactions. That
Is not its function.
This is the reason why government
requires of every collector and cus
todian of Its funds a guaranty or se
curity for their safety. It doesn't
require the man who buys wool or
turnips to guaranty the payment. It
is the business of the seller to do
that. Government la simply taking
care of its own business. It leaves
each Individual to take care of his
own. It Is the depositor's business
to think about the safety of tho bank
in which he may deposit his money.
It Is the grocer's business to think
about the financial standing, of the
person who buys his goods whether
he is "good pay." or not. Are the
bills of grocers to be guaranteed by
law ?
Heretofore The Oregonlan has
spoken of the Oklahoma experiment.
jt troaied the Oklahoma essay simply
as an experiment, of which the results
will not be known till some crisis
shall occur. The demand for bank
guaranty Is now a mere partisan cry.
It has reference solely to political
partisanship, not to economic policy.
After election nothing more will be
heard of the great success of It. In
or from the wonderful state of Okla
homaeven though the Standard Oil
Governor of Oklahoma did write
Bryan's platform.
But it is said that deposits in the
banks of Oklahoma have greatly In
creased since this law "went into effect.
Is that any assurance that they will
be paid, when a crisis comes? The
opposite, rather. In Oklahoma now
they are depositing money in any
kind of thing they call a bank; and
the banks that offer largest Interest
and therefore probably are least se
cure, are the favorites. Again, it is
shown that the increase of deposits,
of which boast is made, is due largely
to deposit of public funds by officials
of all kinds, who formerly kept the
public money In the vaults provided
for it.
One man takes a note from an
other. Is government to guaranty
its payment, or to provide or require
that Its payment shall be guaranteed?
Or la each person to look out for his
own business? In the long run, all
this nonsense will be abandoned, and
each person will still look out for his
own business, as heretofore.
PROSPKBITT OF THE COUNTRY.
It doubtless Is true that the radical
or "agitator" section of labor will
throw most of Its votes against Taft.
It will divide them between Bryan
and Dehs. Such course is natural
to it.
But the steady part of the labor
unions never Is controlled by these
radicals. It votes on deliberate Judg
ment, and on large general principles,
that include regard for the whole
welfare of the country. Still, it may
be expected that Taft will lose votes
that Roosevelt received four years
ago.
But .the general condition of in
dustry throughout the country is
good. In our Pacific states labor
never was In better demand, and it
Is well paid. Lumbermen, generally,
are at work. The entire agricultural
class of the country Is very prosper
ous. A correspondent, writing from Ne
braska, says: "In the railroad cen
ters Taft will lose votes. This means
that the majorities In the cities will
be cut down. But the farmers are
peculiarly prosperous. They have
had a long succession of bumper
crops, with sky prices." Further:
"The farmer class Is living better,
eating better, dressing better than
ever before. The country postofflces
are more active, and the rural deliv
ery routea have been bringing In
newspapers and magazines, and costly
automobiles may be found at the
front door of one prosperous farm
house after another."
The same conditions are observable
throughout the Pacific states. It
would be strange Indeed If the farm
ing people were not satisfied with the
prosperity that has been Bteadlly
theirs, these many years. Their main J
trouble Is to obtain the assistant labor
they require.
THE PANHANDLE PROBLEM.
The Spokane report that the joint
agreement between the O. R. & N.
and the Northern Pacific in the
Lewlston territory had been abro
gated will perhaps be denied, but
sooner or later it will be confirmed.
This confirmation may not take the
form of an official circular to the
public, but will more likely be mani
fest In lively construction work. The
territory Involved Is rich in natural
resources and a satisfactory division
between two competing lines of the
long haul on this traffic will 'always
be a delicate matter. The Northern
Pacific,; through its activity about ten
years ago, has become pretty firmly
Intrenched in the Clearwater coun
try, and is marching on to Grange
ville. With the prestige of possession in
no small portion of the Idaho Pan
handle, traffic, and a Joint agreement
by which It can use the water-level
route from Lewlston to Riparla,
where It again connects with its own
tracks, it is quite apparent that the
Hill road has an Immense advantage
over the Harriman lines. Unless the
latter should break the joint agree
ment regarding the territory beyond
Lewlston, at would be placed in then
position of operating the Lewiston
Riparia line under a Joint agreement
and getting only a small portion of
the traffic that yielded Its greatest
profit on the haul before it reached
Lewlston and after It left Riparla.
There Is quite naturally a great econ
omic waste where two lines of rail
road are built close together in . a
territory where one line can handle
all of the traffic. It was this fact
that induced Mr. Harriman to offer
the Hill lines a trackage agreement
over the O. R. X.. rather than have
the opposition build a line down the
north bank of the Columbia.
Not that Mr. Harriman was desir
ous of saving money for the Hill
forces, but because It offered hit.; an
opportunity to trade his trackage
rights for concessions elsewhere.
The Northwest will eventually be the
gainer by this failure of the two
leading railroad systems to reach an
agreement which would have de
prived us of the North Bank Road.
A similar satisfactory situation will
probably develop' when the inevitable
split occurs In the Idaho territory.
As a local proposition, one single-
track line between Riparia and Lew
lston can handle ail of the traffic
TIIE Mnnxixn OREGONtA. KEOPAT-.,.PCrQgEB .7., 1908.
that can ever be developed along the
road. But elimination of grades nas
been a Harriman hobby and the
Harriman forces are already at work
building a .line down Snake River to
Lewlston, where ultimately there
will be a connection for Riparla.
Over this water-level line wiu oe
carried the vast tonnage that will be
developed in the entire Coast regions
between the California line and Brit
ish Columbia. This traffic Is grow
ing into such enormous proportions
ihat it cannot fail to excite great
comoetition between the roads, and.
as this competition increases, there
will come increasing difficulties in
maintaining an amicable Joint agree
ment over the short connecting link
between Lewiston and Riparla. The
logical and natural solution of the
problem Is construction of a line
down the south hank of the Snake
River and abrogation of all agree
ments regarding the Panhandle terri
tory. This solution may not be
reached Immediately, but It is one of
the certainties of the future.
THE TREND OF HISTORY.
The Bulgars, a people of Turanian
stock, kin to the Huns ana to tne
later Turks, first made their appear
ance in the region of the Lower
Danube in the sixth century. A. D.
Late in the seventh century the first
Bulgarian Kingdom was established
between the Danube and the Balkans.
Not numerically strong, they were
very warlike; and they gradually ex
tended their Inffuence and conquests,
and became a powerful factor In nar
rowing the boundaries of the Eastern
Roman or Byzantine Empire. Most
of the original stock became Ma
hometan; but Bulgaria, south of the
Danube, became Christian, and Sla
vonian-.- The .modern Bulgarians Dear
the Bulgarian name only In the way
in which the Romanized Celts of Gaul
bear the name of their f rankisn
masters from Germany; in the way
in which Jhe Slavs of Kief and of
Moscow bear the name of their Rus
sian masters of Scandinavia. Anal
agous also were changes produced by
the Norman conquest of England.
The Bulgarian Kingdom spread
within few centuries over a large
territory, extending from the Danube
to the Aegean, and from the Euxine
to the Adriatic. But revival of the
power of tho Byzantine Emperors in
the eleventh century reduced Bul
garia again to narrow limits, for a
time; and about the middle of the
fourteenth century the western parts
of Bulgaria were absorbed in the
Empire of Servia. Again, Bulgaria
made good its claim against the Byz
antine Empire, and gained an ascend
ancy over Servia; and by the year
1440 it had taken in nearly the whole
remnant in Europe of the once great
empire of the East. Even efore this
date the Ottoman Turks had entered
Europe, and in 1453 they took Con
stantinople. From this time the
Turks pushed their dominion rapidly
over the whole of Southwestern
Europe, and even reduced the greater
part of Hungary; till finally their
progress was stopped in Europe by
the valor of the Poles.
This was the final deliverance of
Europe from the danger and dread of
Moslem power; which, at intervals,
had been a menace for nearly a
thousand years.
But the Turks l.ad finally destroyed
the old East Roman power and had
completely absorbed the old King
doms of Bulgaria and of Servia, as
well as large territories north of the
Danube.- The whole scene since has
been but a history of misrule, accen
tuated by innumerable revolts In
the various principalities, bringing
new and increasingly horrible cruel
ties and oppressions. The "Bulgarian
atrocities" have repeatedly shocked
the civilized world, and have been
the occasion or excuse for interven
tion by other nations; notably by
T?,i.!in which has seldom been at
any long Interval at peace with the
Turk. Her own aggrandizement un
doubtedly has been Russia's chief
aim. Western Europe never has been
willing to see in the hands of Russia
the enormous power which the pos
session of Constantinople would give
her. Napoleon, even in the height of
his power, refused it, declaring that
he could not permit Russia to be
come so dangerously powerful. Uivi
sion of Europe between himself and
the Czar. Napoleon knew could be no
more than a temporary arrangement
or truce; for each would always be
lentous of the other.
England, latterly, is the power that
has stood in Russia's pain, in is is
Russia, having broken the military
power of Turkey, forced from the
latter the Treaty of San Stefano,
which parcelled out the territory of
the Ottoman Empire In Europe
among the various states of the
Southeast, all to be virtually under
Russian protectorate. Then it was
that the rest of Europe, under the
lead of England, took alarm, ana
forced Russia to cancel the Treaty
of San Stefam, and take the Treaty
of Berlin as a Substitute for it. This,
however, could be nothing more than
a makeshift. The situation is not
agreeable to the people of the princi
nallties. who insist on paying tribute
to Turkey no longer. Hence, their
present proclamation of indepen
dence.
It would be an easy matter, but for
the fear of Russia entertained by the
rest of Europe. Fear of Russia at
pntistantlnonle is the nightmare, not
only of England, but of France, Aus
tria, and Germany. This is "the
providence that's watchful in a state,'
These powers fear that an Indepen
dent Bulgaria, if they had no bonds
upon her. might gravitate to Russia,
through the affinities of the Slavonic
population. Affinities of blood reach
back over the ages. They are the
most wonderful of the phenomena of
biology and history. That they should
be most wonderful in the human race
is not surprising; for mind has af
finities even more subtle than matter,
and of greater potentiality.
It seems that no race, no people. Is
conceded the right to control or direct
its own destiny, in its own way, with
out regard to others. Jefferson's
idea of local-state-sovereignty democ
racv. is small. Inflnitessly small! Its
last kick in America was at Appomat
tox. Democracy win prevail. But
It is great; it isn't smalL Bryan Is an
exponent merely of Its small local
views.
" The grand Jury has thoroughly In
vestigated the Kelly Butte scandal
and other phases of the prolonged
tlzht which the County Court has
been waging against Sheriff Stevens,
and among other comment in its re
port appears the statement that "the
wishes of any man or set of men must
not be allowed to thwart the will of
the people, and the custody and con-
trol of prisoners at Kelly Butte should
be placed in the hands of the Sheriff."
Now that the Oregon Legislature, by
a bill passed at the last session; the
people by a two-to-one referendum
vote affirming the act, and the ferand
Jury by Its report, have all agreed on
this point, roadbuilding by prisoners
ought to proceed without any more
whisky and opium smuggling or gen
eral grafting at Kelly Butte- There is
no good reason why a few ablebodied
convicts should be immune from road
work and permitted to smoke opium
,rf Hrlnk whisky, while others.
.i ..-. ia,.v nf mnnev for the pur
chase of such luxuries, are made to
work. In the future, there win De n0
difficulty in fixing the responsioimy
for the handling or ine cuuw v
oners.
h1o nossibilitles for de-
lilO v -
velopment In the coast counties are
strikinglv shown in me .--.-ports.
For example, the Clatsop
County Assessor reports 5379 acres
of tillable land, and 47S.997 acres of
non-tillable land In Clatsop i-ountj-.
The term "non-tillable" is somewnat
misleading, for it includes vast areas
of fine Umber land, wnicn, alter
Umber is removed, will produce enor
mous crops, or which can be trans
formed Into the finest dairy ranches'
In the world. Dense forests of won-i.-rui
iimhur now make the greater
part of Clatsop as well as other coast
county lands "non-uuaoie, out iuo
farmer and stockman, who will some
How fniinw the logger through that
country, will make those acres turn
oft sustenance for thousanas, ana
i!-e- ciUes and towns will spring up
throughout the entire "non-tillable"
region of the coast.
The French submarine Emeraude
arrived at Cherbourg. Monday, after
a run of 81 hours, in which she cov
ered a distance of 69 3 miles under
water. This beats the record made
by the NauUlus, which that eminent
Frenchman Jules Verne set afloat
more than a generation ago under
command of Captain Nemo, ine
Emeraude's points of superiority over
the Nautilus are further disclosed,
when It is remembered that the Jules
Verne submarine was a fictitious pro
duction, leaving no official log to cor
roborate the story of her voyages.
while the Emeraude is a real tangible
craft. The French are a great people.
Jules Verne gave them the record for
the nrst suDmanne, ana xne eme
raude now shows up with the longest
submarine cruise on record.
The steamships Magdala and
Nederland, each drawing 25 feet,
crossed out of the Columbia together.
The Magdala in the channel found
plenty of water, but the Nederiana,
deviating sllghUy from the deepest
water, touched lightly on the sands
and started a few rivets. The acci
dent was a trivial affair, and was
liable to happen in any port where
ships fall to keep in the channel. It
Is fortunate for the Columbia River
that the two ressels passed out at the
same time. When one ship crosses
out without touching, and another of
equal draft at the same stage of tide
takes the ground, it is unmistakably
clear that the condition of the chan
nel is in no way responsible for any
slight accident. If, in the face of the
evidence, our Puget Sound friends
can derive any comfort from this
matter, they are welcome to It.
Multnomah County is giving ample
proof of its right to be known as an
agricultural and horticultural sec
tion of the state in the fair
now in progress at jresnam.
The products of field, garden, orchard
and dairy, now on display there, are
of the very best in their several lines.
The exhibit is worth going far to see
The attendance upon the opening day
was good and the weather fine. For
the rest, the farmers are proud of the
display, as, indeed, they have good
right to be.
The American FederaUon . of
Woman's Clubs has given added proof
of its usefulness as an organization
and of the scope and intelligence of its
effort, in the announcement that it
will give acUve support to the cam
paign of educaUon against tubercu
losis. With a membership number
ing 800,000, this body will certainly
be able to advance the interests of
science and humanity in the cause to
which it has Just been pledged.
All the big deals and all the big
profits are not made in town lots and
business property in the Oregon
Country. For example, there is the
case of Rev. H. M. Bartlett, of Ken
ewick, who has Just sold his 33-acre
orchard for J29.700. at the rate of
900 an acre. In the Spring of 1904
he bought the land for J250 an acre,
and the balance of f21,450 is pay for
his acumen and four years' labor.
Bryan telegraphs to the Fresno
(Cal.) Tribune: "Our piatiorm en
titles us to the support of the Pacific
fnn-t states." Probably because he
thinks the Pacific Coast states don't
want a Pacific naval force, desire
abandonment of the Philippines and
other Pacific Islands, and don't care
for development of Pacific Coast
commerce.
Wex Jones writes that "a simple
letter acknowledging the receipt of
money from, say. Standard Oil, is
sure to be twisted into some sinister
meaning by unscrupulous political
enemies." Therefore, don't write let
ters. That boy, Wex Jones, when in
Oregon, gave proof of much sagacity,
The French have made a record
voyage with a submarine, 69S miles
In 81 hours. They are Just a cen
tury too late. One hundred years
o trn that enhmBrlnn wnnlri haTA en
abled Napoleon to humble Great
Britain.
Roosevelt's refusal to take the
stump for Taft lessens the need of
Governor Chamberlain's taking the
stump for Bryan. "Our George " al
ways was lucky.
Some left, of the so-called news
papers, which, if they couldn't bark
and snarl and carp at The Oregonian,
would have no function in life.
Promoters of the Ananias Club
onght to find many recruits among
the 52.000 excess of Republicans
over Democrats in Oregon.
The baseball magnates have decid
ed that New York-Chicago tie game
to be a tie game. That ought to sim
plify things
How many labor union men who
are now so loudly for Bryan were
ever for any one else for President?
CLEVELAND LETTER GENIINEJ
Best Opinio Seema Now to Be That
It Is.
After all. opinion is settling down to
the conviction that the Cleveland letter
was genuine. Tho Philadelphia Ledger,
strlcUy and absolutely Independent,
which was among the newspapers that
originally published the article, yet for
a time, after the question of its authen
ticity was raised, was in a state of un
certainty, now reviews the whole mat
ter, and gives these conclusions, vii:
ThotiKIl tne late urover uieveiajia aw
prepared a document more recosnliably cnar-
acierjaT-ic, mura uiuiuufiii)
Individuality, there as a axtlatm ettort to
discredit the authenticity of the article pub
lished by the Public ledger and other pa-
t.i. A ... XI- UaMlnM PxeCUlXir
ot the Cleveland estate, now comet forward
wltn, a eiaiemeni wuiuj jcno w -tho
Cleveland authorship. The article takea
Ita place with the recorded publlo utterancea
of the only Democratic President ainoe the
Except' in mlnda o besotted with party
prejudice that they could not comprehend the
,j .,,.... Hdiah, Intel-
consider i an, ine man wi .-w -
honeaty and relative justice, of great capacity
xor severe lawr uu iuj..v..v-
the lace of the severe problem, setter -u
lnea tor toe i-rsiaencj' hkm. -,,
tn&4 leader, trumpeting faJse calia to reiornj.
. . i i w i n m i HAnaatv with vnlrn
Cleveland forced hla way through cunnlnif
. - l i .taiHna. hla minlte
lile bora down the pretense of later pollUca
in the message written just before hla death.
The doubta of authenticity, unwisely pro
jected In the campaign by hasty eronf
of Mr. Bryan, have compelled Mr. Hastings
to connrm tne retsuiainj i.i ;
doubtera have both extended and intensified
the impression made by the published reflec
tiona of Mr. Cleveland on tha present sit
uation ot National parties.
Strong at first, the CleveJaad paper bu
new a double sireni.n -- - -
arousing to action the aobef conscience of the
tS voThT-read U August 55. and wili
oe (St by many who did not see It when
campaign. Tha Clevehtnd frlt will be a
uSftannenc. on the Presidential elecuon.
Brooklyn Eagle.
T ..a-fetAn -RrnnrtMlburfir. Who SOld to
the New York Times a letter purport
ing to have be.m written oy me
Grover Cleveland, the authenticity of
. . . i i ..oil a in nnestion. in a
wniea ntM uccu -
statement to the press this afternoon
charged that he was tne -Democratic
conspiracy.
... . i .. , h nuhlication of the
Cleveland letter in the Times. Mr: Bran
denburg alleges that ne neara . -.
. . . ...i.i.i.. tVta MArtret councils
plot aaicueu win,."
of the Democratic party to discredit
its authenticity. Ana in a
ment he submitted to District Attorney
Jerome, in whose hands has been placed
the investigation of the entire affair,
this charge is fully elaborated.
"I wae engaged last Spring, began
Mr. Brandenburg this afternoon in a
statement to the Eagle, "Dy r. v. x,r.-kem,-
Sunday editor of the New York
t t . , -xt. . ... i d o.i m e to secure
an article from Mr. Cleveland upon the
subject of personal liberty versus public
policy. This article was tu -
bearinsr upon tne iiugnes i n.-
legislation.
"I visited Mr. Cleveland at nis uumo
in Princeton and secured the desired
Interview. In the course of it the ex-
President complained that he naa gen
erally been misquoted in the newspa-
j q n t i mm to correct
pera auu - ' j -
certain erroneous impressions as to his
Ideas that had gained wiae puuirau.
t An -r,n hotter than suggest
X ltuiU W
a- 1,1- v.A tntriTRt ma with the
to UUU kiin... w "
task. I suggested a number of subjects
on which the public wouia hkb w i
an authoritative opinion from him. I
, j t Dhni,i hva him to write a
series of three articles and offered to
pay him therefor the sura oi iiuu
. i i .. ,..
wnicn ne iwLrLtu.
"On March 5 I saw Mr. Cleveland
again in regard to the matter, and he
submitted to me a number of small
1. 1 . j vaiiis lAflvfi ii ti on which he
had written his views on such subjects
as the tariff, etc. 1 giancea ucm
through and discovered two paragraphs
. . i i j j trt Mr. Rrvan and
wnicn im ui.. .u w -
I endeavored to persuade him to leave
these out.
.t hon tnir thpse sheets of paper
home with me and put them into a con
nected story, whlcn 1 suDmittea to mi.
Plaveland for his correction. He kept
j i- .. ..rn o time made numer
ous corrections and' many interlinear
additions. These were then given utu;n.
to me for a final draft, and while they
were in my possesion many of my
friends saw them. They saw the sig
nature of the ex-President appended
to the 'copy' and his handwriting be
tween many of the typewritten lines.
These can be called in as witnesses to
back up my assertion that the letter as
Ln.k.j in t,& TimM tu not a fake.
UUUUttUCU " - - -'
"Mr. Cleveland told me in the next
two articles he would write as per our
agreement, he would outline in a more
radical fashion what he thought -would
be for the welfare of the jjemocratic
party. ...
.TTrt.l tnmnlatpri manuSCrlUt in
1 1 ikii mc ......... -
my possession, to which was appended
a signature oi air. weveiujiu, x wou
the office t the Herald and submitted
u rkiv .,Aitnta4 anrl hasrcrled over it
for weeks. They claimed that they
did not want to publish anything tnat
would be a detriment to Mr. Bryan's
chances of election. There was some
disagreement, too, over tne price i ae-
t'-r t t ,.Titt1 th manuscrlTlt to
Pomeroy Burton of the London Daily
Mall. Mr. Burton reiusea it, aawnuusn
i I, 1 . ....... tmnA Htllff H A did not
no uu . " ev .
,1.1-1. tt rcao nf onnne-h Importance to
UUUk - "
readers across the pond to warrant
paying my price. I tried tne oroaaway
d It turned me down. I
i .t ti tha World, but Mr. Pul
ito. tiinnirht I wanted too much for it,
onH t inn.liT went to the Times. It
kv,& it nn in a 1lffv and asrreed to
pay me $650 cash for the rights of it
and a royalty on ail suDsequeni tuieo.
"Shortly after the letter came out, I
heard that a plot was brewing among
the influential Democrats to discredit
It I am alone in this fight, but will
stick it out and wholly vindicate my
self. "It was unfortunate that Mr. Cleve
land died. He did not get to the other
irfiniu T returned the interlinear
copy of the letter to him before his
death, and his executor ougnt to nave
it.'
Vandala Steal Bismarck's Sword.
-DhllnrlAlnhin. Inouirer.
nsihinir iviMiv alone a dark road on
a two-mile auto sprint to capture three
autoists whose particular brand of hu
mor showed Itself in the confiscation of
the great steel sword from the statue
of Bismarck, located near Wissahickon
mansion, policeman Wilde finally lost
out In tne race wnu uiuii.b .
ki.i. i Wo vlHInff- hroka down.
He saw a machine driven up to the
statue and three young men got out.
rooiirod what was going on
they had climbed the statue, taken the
sword from tne nanas oi tne nmsuug
Bismarck, and jumped into their auto
Kii drain he, hlew his whistle, and.
stopping a passing machine, jumped
In and started the chase. Realizing
they were pursued, the occupants of
.i. l .ntimnh!n nil t Oil full TlOWer
LUC i.i " l a ' - ... - -
and dashed out Hermit Lane toward
Wissahickon CreeK. f or a mne mo
-i vant ii n and then a tire was
CU-IOO Wi ' - --i -
punctured on the rear machine and the
men wlta tne swum cti"
Three Honns Wlta Dlalocated Jieck
Baltimore News.
John D. Cole, of Woodstown, N. J..
whose neck was supposed to have been
broken by a fall from an apple tree,
after three hours of unconsciousness,
revived, and when the dislocated bones
were put in place by physicians, there
was a sharp report like that from a revolver.
Pill MART LAW MAY BE INVOLVED j
. . . . - I
Ken Argu urea Aicainai v n-.... i
Puyallup Valley Tribune.
There Is talk of testing the consti
tutionality of the primary election law.
Let no one be surprised If it shall fall
to stand the test. That it is seriously
defective son can deny, trft us hop
that its defects shall, be passed on by
the Supreme Court before the conven
ing of the next legislature, so that
they may then be remedied. It may be
Interesting to note some of the pro
visions that are. apparently, out of
square with the organic law.
First Under the constitution, every
qualified elector is "entitled to vote at
all elections." There are in this state
four or five political parties other than
the Republican and Democratio parties.
Not a member of any of these parties
hid a right to participate that is, vote
in the recent primary election, hav
ing failed "to cast 10 per cent or the
total vote at the last regular election."
Now, the question naturally arises
"What is an election?" It is "the
power of choosing: free choice; prefer
ence; selection. The act or the public
ceremony of choosing officers of gov
ernment." If the recent primary was
'an act or public ceremony of choosing
officers of government." it follows as
an Illative sequence that the law Is
void.
SiAcond Ths constitution provides
that all elections shall be by ballot.
free and equal." and that the legis
lature shall provide for such method
of voting as will secure to every elec
tor absolute secrecy In preparing and
depositing his ballot." Is the direct
primary an election within the purview
of the constitution? If so, -tt is vcid
1q every particular. No election is
free and equal" from wnicn bociansis.
Prohibitionists, Independents, and all.
except Democrats and Republicans are
barred. And no ballot is "secret"
where the voter must declare his poll-
tics In calling for tt.
Third If the primary election is not
an election, how can the expenses cf
holding It be charged, in pn.Tl, to those
who are denied the privilege ot parti
cipating in it?
Fourth The constitution provides
that elections for state and county of
ficers shall be held in November. Un
der the primary law, our Supreme and
Superior Court Judges are virtually
elected in September and not by all
the people, but only by such part or
them as have "earned" the right to
vote by reason t their party's numer
ical strength at the last regular elec
tion. Is that "free and equal?"
Fifth Where there are more than
three candidates to be voted on lor
state and congressional offices, the
elector is compelled to vote for a second
choice or lose his first. Let us Illus
trate: There are four candidates for
a certain pfflce. Three of them in the
voter's judgment may be utterly ob
jectionable and unqualified. Yet in
order to make his vote enecuve ior
the candidate who, he thinks, is fit
and worthy, he must vote for one who
he believes is neither nt nor worthy.
And, even then, his vote may not be
effective, for that his second choice
may nullify his first. Nay, more; it
may defeat the candidate wnom ne
prefers and elect a candidate whom he
distrusts.
The law is obviously defective and
should be amended but not repealed.
PROHIBITION IN CONDON.
Juries Will Not Convict j So Llqoor Is
Freely Sold.
Condon Times.
The crusade against the sale of
liquor in the City of Condon has ended
in a lamentable failure. Three cases
were tried before a jury of about as
upright, honorable and respresentatlve
men as could be found in the county,
and in two of these the jurors found
a verdict for the defendants, and in the
other the counsel for the prosecution
asked for an Instructed verdict of ac
quittal. All the rest ot the cases were
dismissed and abandoned altogether,
except that against Meador, and that
may be tried when he is found. Is
Prohibition a failure? It most certain
ly looks like it In Condon. When this
law was passed by a majority of the
people, we thought the sale of liquor
and whisky-drinking would cease in a
great measure In this town, but has it
ceased? Most certainly not. We are
not blind, and can safely say we have
seen about as much drunkenness on
the streets since the local option law,
or Prohibition, call it which you will,
went into effect last July, as we did
before it.
Field III to Enter Harvard.
American Register (London).
Mrs. Marshall Field, whose romantic
marriage was one of the sensations last
week, only recently returned from
Washington, D. C. She was accom
panied by her elder son, and It is
understood that Mrs. Marshall Field
has decided that as soon as he finishes
his course of studies at Eton he shall
enter Harvard and prepare for the po
litical arena. The boy will go to
Washington, D. C, each year until his
education is complete and will spend
two months in the capital seeing and
learning as much as possible of the
political life of America.
He is heir to the millions accumulat
ed by his grandfather, the great Chi
cago storekeeper, whose son only sur
vived him by a couple of years. Young
Marshall Field has a Uttle brother.
Harry, and a small sister, whose por
trait was recently painted by Shannon
and now hangs in the drawing-room
of their flat in Berkeley Square.
A Turtle That Weighs Over Tos.
Newport (R. I.) Dispatch to the New
York World.
There was great consternation among
a hundred or more soldiers at Fort Ad
ams who thought they saw a capsized
boat in the outer harbor near Dyers
Island, two miles away. Just then a
Government boat In charge of Captain
Willis C. Metcalf, passed, and they
hailed .him and pointed out to him the
big object.
Captain Metcalf later said that, hav
ing visions of Carnegie medals in his
mind, he headed for the "wreck." To
his surprise, instead' of an upturned
boat, he found a leatherback turtle
dead, choked in the meshes of a big
seine. He said that the turtle was ten
feet long, seven feet in width, and it
weighed more than a ton. He was anx
ious to tow it to port for a show at one
of the wharves, but he did not dare to
hitch on a hawser, as decomposition
had set in.
A Sound Suggestion.
PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Can't we have West Portland
High School and East Portland High
School, instead of West Side High
School and East Side High School? The
latter seems to me to be a little silly.
We have a good name for our city.
Why not attach it to things mat De
inner to us instead of tacking on
"sides," etc.? H. TURNER.
lantern Babies for Homes
In West.
Baltimore News.
A carload of 67 babies, accompanied
by nurses, passed through Milwaukee,
Wis., the other day bound for childless
families in the West. The babies are
m . . (a flv vAre nlH anrt WKm
iruui i"u . - .-
sent out by the Home Finding Society
of New York.
firTf I,!fe-SIze Ilooaevelt Portrait.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Artist Charles A. Whipple, of New
York, is painting a life-size oil portrait
of the President to be hung in the Re
publican Club of New York.
ROOSEVELT IN THE CAMPAIGN
-ria- Views on the Propriety of HI"
Buffalo Times. Dem.
Roosevelt has misjudged the Ameri
can people. Now they are judging him.
Jlis recent course has been a deliberate,
repeated, monumental violation ot iu
moat cherished American traditions.
Charleston News and Courier, Dem.
But Mr. Roosevelt Is really not doing
anything more in his partisan work
than his Republican predecessors have
done or attempted to do. He has gone
about the business In a littre different
way, and is attempting by proclamation
and work out in the open what Re
publican presidents have been doing all
along. At any rate, he is making old
Taft take notice, and has introduced
Into the campaign a fat streaa ot w nat
the newspaper people call "human In
terest." Philadelphia Ledger. Ind. Rep.
Mr. Roosevelt has again demonstrated
his effectiveness in politics. It is not
worth while to argue over his ability
to inject vitality in a campaign. For
aker. Haskell, and Mr. Bryan himself
are able to bear witness to the Presi
dent's skill In selecting time .and place:
to the weight of the metal he throws
In a broadside and the effect he pro
duces. The critical may talk of a riot
of egotism; may ask whether Roosevelt
or Taft is running for the Presidency.
Roosevelt still, Is, or i able to make
himself, the man recognized by the
masses aa the central, commanding,
competing figure of politics.
Boston Herald, Rep.
But even satisfaction at partisan ad
vantage must be tinged with regret
that the President has deemed it neces
sary to follow Mr. Bryan to the edge
of the bog. He has dragged the presi
dential office into the range of the mud
firing. The traditional dignity which
surrounded his position was well worth
preserving. Had Mr. Taft been left to
defend his cause the party interests
would not have been less secure. And
the ideals of the American people who
recognize In the presldenial office an
honor which is not to be recklessly as
sailed or subjected to assault would not
have been sacrificed.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal, Rep.
Nothing provokes the average reac
tionary or the average radical more
than the freedom with which Theodore
Roosevelt stays off the perch of dignity
and mixes with men to see that good
government in the present is followed
by good government in the future. The
things for which Roosevelt is criticised
are intimately associated with the
popularity of "the man of the hour."
The most powerlul raotor in Amenwn
politics in the past four years is such
because of his splendid fracture of prec
edent. Precedent as now invoked has
naught behind it but starch, reaction,
and the real bad thing.
Chicago Dally News, Ind.
Tha Dallv News believes that Taft, In
point of Intellect and courage. Is entire
ly capable or ngnting nis own Dmur..
It believes that President ftooseven
line- Tuft a distinct injustice in maKing
such a clamor in the candidate's behalf.
The people of the United States Know
their way about when It comes to mak
ing a choice for president. They do not
choose one chief executive with the in
tention of delegating to him the task
of telling them who of all possible and
Impossible men must succeed him in
office. Doubtless the President's inten
tions are good. Doubtless he has been
greatly exasperated by the lethargy
which marked the Republican campaign
until the other day. Still, he ought to
remember that he Is the President of
all the people of this nation and he
ought to leave to them the task of
choosing his successor.
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Rep.
The appearance of Theodore Roose
velt upon the battlefield a an active
figure in the fray has changed, in an
instant, the whole aspect of the cam
paign. While once there wae apathy
the mOBt profound ever known at only
a distance of six weeks from election,
there is now eager interest Eighty mil
lions of people sit up and take notice
that there 1b something going on. True,
Mr. Roosevelt has for months been seen
in the background, counselling, advis
ing, encouraging, and sometimes even
driving Republican leaders. But now
In the fore the big stick swings merrily.
The Rough Rider fights side by side
with Taft, and the two beat a lively
tune on armor of a dazed and con
founded enemy. Let the critics find
what fault they may with Roosevelt's
entrance in the fray! True men ap
plaud each well-aimed shaft he speeds
against the- foes of Taft.
Uproots Farm for Hidden Gold.
Baltimore Sun.
A story of hidden gold was told to
the orphans' court of Baltimore county
at Toweon, when Daniel Hare asked
that T4500 In gold, found upon the farm
of Louis Calph, In the Sixth district,
be declared a part of the estate of the
late Joseph Hare, his father.
Recently Ella Hare, a relative of Mr.
Calph, was astonished to pick up a $10
gold piece near an old stump. She told
Mr. Calph, who went gold hunting in
the stump and brought to light 4500 in
gold coins of various denominations.
After putting the money in a safe
place, Mr. Calph spoke of his find and
the news soon reached Daniel Hare,
who concluded that the money must
have been owned by his father. Mr.
Calph agreed that this was possible.
The relatives have had a falling out
as to who owns the money, and tha
farm Is being rooted up in search ot
gold.
Taft Picture Worries Indiana Home.
Hammond (Ind.) Dispatch to Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Mayor Lawrence Becker, who Is a
Democrat, will be compelled to take
his family horse out of a local livery
barn here because the animal goes
frantic when it sees the pictures of
Taft and Sherman, in the shape of
lithographs, hung In the livery stable.
Before the pictures were hung tho
horse was as gentle as a lamb, but when
he is hitched up in the barn he paws
and kicks at the sight of the pictures,
and the barn men can scarcely control
The liveryman complained to Mayor
Becker that he was unable to handle
the horse, and Mayor Becker told the
liveryman to take down the pictures cf
Taft and Sherman and the animal would
be pacified.
Girl's Kin a Earns Pair of Shoes.
Indianapolis (Ind.) Dispatch.
A pair of shoes was offered to any
person who would make a representa
tive of a shoe company at Mitchell,
Ind., smile: but all efforts failed until
Miss Bessie Jones, a pretty telephone
girl, kissed him, when his face limb
ered up.
Truant Officer Earns 14 Daily.
Camden (N. J.) Difpatch.
Henry Truax, truant officer at Tuck
erton, N. J., who gets 50 cents for
rounding up each child found playing
truant, is making 14 a day, and the
school board thinks he Is earning his
money.
Concrete Walk Enriches Beach Front.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
The new concrete boardwalk at At
lantic City, N. J.. which costs $50,000
and is Just thrown open to the public,
will enrich beachfront owners to the
extent of $1,500,000.