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Newspaper Page Text6 NKTL1XD. UKZC05. Eciarrd it Portland. Oregon, roatortea a Second-Claa Matter. ul)jliit' nr tnTmrlbly tn Adranesx (Br ataU- Dally. Iinlv included, ana rear T-5 l;a,lr. Suaaay lcc.udU, .x month. .-. Daily. Sunday Included, three mo DIM. v - . - . i . i . .. . - I nra mnnlh. ... Dal.y witnout fcunday, an year.... U0 s.as Daily, without Bandar, six roontna.. Dal'.y'. wltaoul SunJar. tnrte tcontli. . 1T' Dally, wltnout Sunday. on monta Waeklx, on. yaar i Sunda. on year ... J - fcunAar and Weakly, on year By Carrtar. Dally. Sunday Included, one year. . lui v. i; n .1 . ir in. iiutid. on month 00 How to Kemlt Bend poetofdee oney erd.r. axpreea order or pareonal check on yocr local tana. Stampa. coin or are at th sender's risk- Olvo poatotnco ad dress tB lull. Including county and slate. Foatage Rates 10 to 14 pages. 1 nt: 10 to 28 page. 2 cents; 80 to 44 Pe cents: 4 to 00 pagea, 4 canta Foreign fost er douola rit't Eastern Baeineaa Office The 8. C- Beck wlt.i Special Aaeocy New York, rooroa Jf 0 Tribune building. Chicago, room tltl-au THbjn building ' PORTLAND. HOXDAI, OCT. 1. 19- "OAMES" EN POLITICS. If on 1 to Judge from report from varloua source in New York, It would teem that Governor Hughes had no chance of rev-el jction. The whole liquor element and gambling- ele ment, and" all the sporty" classes are against him. and many ma chine politicians of the Republican party; while the moral element of the Democratic party If that phrase Is not a misnomer oppose him for partisan reasons, regardless of what he stands for in the political and moral regeneration of the state. The forecasters, however, may be in error. But it Is probable they are not. All accounts practically agree that re venge is to be taken by the "gangs" whom Governor Hughes has opposed. Promoters and patrons of all the abuses he has checked are In league to defeat him. Machine politicians of both parties are working together to that end. Members of the Legislature, over whom he prevailed on the issue of racetrack gambling, are venom ously against him. Many of these have been beaten for re-nomination bv their constituents; and of course they and their bunches of supporters are all on the war-path against the Governor. It is hoped to get a Legis lature that will set aside the meas ures the Governor has forced through, and at the same time to elect a Gov ernor who will approve the repeal measures. All the newspapers. Demo cratic, Republican, Independent, ap pear to be of one opinion, that Hughes will be beaten. Should this prove true, it will be an interesting exhibit of the power of old abuses to maintain their ground. In Indiana there is a similar situ ation. The state has Just enacted a county local option law. A special session of the Legislature was called ' for the purpose, and under great pres sure the bill was put through. Nearly all the Republicans in the Legislature supported It; nearly all the Democrats stood against It. The act was approved by the Governor, a Republican, to whose purpose and effort the passage of the bill mainly was due. The local option law now stands as a Republi can measure: for the Republican party Is responsible for it and a tremendous effort is making on this issue to turn the state over to the Democratic party. A Democratic Legislature and Gov ernor therefore are probable in Indi ana and the vote for Taft is likely to be reduced through the general re sentment of the whole class, of voters who are furious against the new liquor legislation. Undoubtedly Dem ocratic partisans, even those who favor local option, will "stand pat" with and for their party In this crusade against the law arguing that they can act with their party and yet not lose the law; for their party will not be able to repeal It. and Indeed will not want to. after It "gets in." Over all other Issues the liquor question now takes precedence In Indiana, and It Is asserted that the Democratic cam paign Is more heavily financed by the liquor Interest than any campaign in the state ever was. These are among the games of poll ' tics. They have about the same rela tion to political honesty as the bunco game in Oregon, that has been played so beautifully this year. AX ENDLESS CONTEST. The assumption that men, after they strike and quit a Job, have a right to interfere with and prevent the oper ation of a business er Industry which they have abandoned, presents the crucial point In the matter of Injunc tions, In labor disputes. The Orego nlan had this special from Chicago yesterday: Peaceful picketing by striking union men In perm:slbl by court decree, but the of ficial Judicial sanction expressly provide that "the picketing ahall not be dona In a threatening or Intimidating manner." Thla 1 one of the point emphasized In tha 1'nlted State Circuit Court of Appeal' de cision reviewing the Federal Court Injunc tion Issued against Iron Molders Union No. 123. of Milwaukee, during the Iron molders' strike at the plants of the AUis-Chalmers Company oevcxal year ago. The higher court's decision, it is added, "upholds the Injunction in a modified form and vacates a number of paragraphs. The appellate court simply holds that the lower court went too far In prohibiting peaceful picketing and rules that there was no reason for enjoining a boycott because none existed." v It Is a very difficult subject; since the line that divides or defines the rights of the parties is close and Indis tinct. "Peaceful picketing," with ef fective action on the rart of the strikers, by "persuasion," and without intimidation." can be maintained only by greatest care and forbearance, on both sides. It will be necessary for all hands to go to school a long time In this business, before the subject is well understood; and a good many heauls will be broken meantime. A labor union is a combination to sell labor at the highest price obtain able, as a beef trust or union is a combination to sell beef at the highest price obtainable. But there are limits to both: first In economic conditions, and second. In the right and duty of public authority to keep the peace nj maintain equality for all con cerned. Yet the problems, while the same in principle, present important points of difference. While the labor union must not reaort to violence or intimi dation, the beef trust must be allowed no advantages In ratis, or conditions of transportation, by public carriers. This seems to be about as far as public authority at present can go or vhould go. Final settlement of the questions . involved In these human interests la yet fax in the future; and ! if Judgment is to be taken from the long experience of the world with ; them. It may be supposed that the de i bate and strife between the opposing i Interests are inseparable from man's J position on the eartn. ana never win come to an end. ' A MISAXfE. The voter who will not register, but who hunts up six of his friends on election day and asks them to sign, his papers so that he can vote, is an In tolerable nuisance. And there are many such. The county pays the ex pense of keeping the registration books open for weeks, employing clerks who spend their time registering the voters. Every man living in the state and having a right to vote has an opportunity to register unless tempor arily absent from the state during the period when the books are open. That being true, there is absolutely no rea son why any man should ask his friends to vouch for his right to vote on election day. All over the state the newspapers are urging voters to register. Party managers are urging them to register. But for one reason or another many will not do so. Some, perhaps, like to attract attention at the polls by hurrying around to get the require! six signatures. Others find this a good opportunity to tell their friends that they were "too busy" to register, when, as a matter of fact, they were too lazy or too heedless of the duties of citizenship. But whatever the rea son or excuse, the man, of whatever party, who will not register, is a com mon nuisance and should not be tol erated. Law cannot compel a man to register, but public opinion should. By universal custom freeholders should refuse to sign qualification papers for voters on election day. There should be established an unwritten law which reads "if any man will not take time to register, neither shall he take the time of his friends to certify to his right to vote." The registration law is, a good pre caution against election frauds. Let public opinion insist upon its observ ance. ILRALTHY KI' AX CI AX CONDITIONS. The New Tork bank statement last week showed a further slight decline In surplus reserves, but the amount is more than J37.0O0.00O in excess of legal requirements, and is still close to 1400.000.000. While this condi tion, ,at a time when there are usually very large demands for crop-moving purposes, offers continued evidence of the general disposition of capital to await the result of the November elec tions, indications are appearing that in some lines there is a tendency to discount the future by regarding the election of Mr. Taft as an assured fact. This Is shown in the statistics on importations Just issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. For the month of August the quan tity of articles used In manufactur ing were In nearly all cases much greater than for August. 1907. This showing Is all the more remarkable when It is also noted that the valua tions of nearly every article Imported are lower this year than for the cor responding month last year. For ex ample, there was an Increase of 2,750,000 pounds of hides and skins, while the valuations were $750,000 less than those of a year ago. The imports of raw silk were 25 per cent greater in August this year than they were In August, 1907, but the value was smaller than a year ago. Simi lar changes are noticed throughout the list, showing quite clearly that American manufacturers are again preparing for Increased orders, which, of course, mean Increased employment for labor. The other side of the ledger presents an equally attractive showing. Exports of wheat in Au gust this year were more than twice as large as for the same month last year, and the price this year averaged 11 cents per bushel higher than for the same month last year, and corn is 20 cents per bushel higher than last year. The September returns are not yet on hand, but an Incomplete report by the appraiser at New York shows a gain In imports at that port alone of 16.000,000 over those of August. The appraiser's report contains one very significant item pointing to the Improved financial conditions in this country. This showed the importa tion last month of 290 automobiles, valued at $687,354, compared with 177 cars valued at $656,194 in Sep tember, 1907. The diamond Imports are also picking up, the September Importations exceeding those of Au gust by more than $600,000. As automobiles and diamonds were about the first articles to feel the ef fect of last Fail's panic, the healthy revival in this trade is particularly significant. Only a small proportion of our people use automobiles or dia monds, but the prosperous conditions which admit of a healthy demand for these luxuries are felt in all lines of trade and industry. The country is rapidly regaining all of the headway that was lost a year ago, and, with the electron of Mr. Taft next month, we shall speedily strike the old gait which we were temporarily forced to aban don last year. DRASTIC PUNISHMENT FOR POACHERS. The gunboat Torktown, Just arrived at San Francisco, confirms news of the summary execution by the Russian authorities of several Japanese seal poachers who were captured on Ko mandorsky Island. Poaching and pe lagic sealing In forbidden territory have been engaged In for the past thirty years and perhaps longer, but infliction of the death penalty is something new. and, unless the offense was something more serious than poaching, the penalty may Invite trou ble for the Russians. The Incident may have the effect of defining more clearly the position of Japan In the sealing problem. As matters now stand, Japan is making more serious inroads on the seal herds than are being made by all other nations. When the United States and Great Britain at the Paris Tribunal agreed to respect certain rules and regula tions for protection of seal life. Japan had not yet attained sufficient marl time Importance to be considered In the agreement. Japan's rights were so lightly regarded that both Ameri can and Canadian sealers made fre quent raids -on the islands off the Ja pan coast, and in a few years probably stole about as many skins as have since been secured by the Japanese In their raids on American and Russian preserves. The sealing industry In creased in prominence with other lines of marine exploitation as Japan began extending her operations, and, as the Nippon Empire was unhampered by any of the restrictions that were placed on American and Canadian sealers, the Japanese sealers pursued their calling with considerably more freedom than the boldest of the z&idV THE MORXIXG ers of the American and Canadian sealers had displayed. Naturally the right to engage in pe lagic sealing irrespective of the American-British agreement, which was also ratified by Russia, does not give the Japanese the right to raid the rookeries or breeding-places of the seal, but summary execution of tha raiders would seem to be a little greater punishment than Is necessary to "fit the crime." Russia may yet take this view of the matter. A3 EVIL SIGN. The halcyon airs which kiss the streets of St. John are perfumed by the superabundant piety of a certain "Patriot" who has permitted The Oregonian to partake of the crumbs of his inspired wisdom in this wise: "For Christ's sake and the sake of suffer ing humanity stop and consider for a moment what you are doing when you support Taft for President." Accom panying this moving exhortation is a tract. It is a grisly little tract, one of the same old sort that gaunt spin sters used to give us In the long ago, reeking of brimstone and blue flame. It la Issued by the Pentecostal Pub lishing Company, of Louisville, Ky., and Its purpose Is to show the faithful why they ought not to vote for Taft. Several reasons are assigned, but avowedly the principal one Is the fact of his being a Unitarian. With the usual logic of fanaticism the tract argues that by voting for Taft we should "repudiate pur faith in the world's Redeemer." Did anyone ever hear such nonsense? When we voted for McKinley did that make Metho dists of us? When we voted for Roosevelt did it carry us all into the Dutch Reformed 'communion 7 If not, then why should voting for Taft make us all Unitarians? Does every voter feel obliged to Join the churchs of every politician he votes for? If he does, then some of us must belong to a gay motley of churches. When we vote for a public officer must the act be construed as an acceptance of his religious creed? Why not also of his opinions upon Athenian Art? What under heaven has religion to do with the matter? The Oregonian supports Taft because it believes him to be capable and sincere. What congregation he happens to worship with does not concern us. But if we had hitherto had no good reason for supporting Taft this tract, rank as it is with ferocious and blinded fanaticism, would provide us with one. When the cohorts of grew some superstition unite to smite a man then Is our time for standing by him. This intrusion of bigotry into politics is one of the evil signs of the campaign. It is ominous of dire days ahead. TWENTIETH CENTURY WHALING. There was a tinge of romance run ning all through the whaling industry of the last century. The pursuit of the leviathans of the deep developed a "breed of the oaken heart," which for physical strength, indifference to fear, and ability to endure hardship and face death, have never been equaled on sea or shore. It also de veloped a race of women who were fit mates for these men of iron, who sailed away Into the unknown, on voyages frequently lasting three years or more. The sea then as now levied Its remorseless toll on all who fared forth to . wrest treasure from its depths, and not a village or hamlet along the New England coast was spared. The stoical resignation which enabled those Spartan mothers, wives and sweethearts to endure the pangs of parting as the whalers sailed away, kept them prepared for the blow that fell with the news that their men would never come back. And these tragedies, which left their scars on every village, were interspersed with the keenest of Joys when the lucky ships would came bowling in full to the hatches with a cargo that enabled at least 'some of the crew to take a long furlough and dwell in peace and plenty on shore. But steam and modern business methods have knocked all of the ro mance, most of the tragedy, and a great deal of the interest, out of the whaling industry. The old whalers that made New Bedford famous have all fallen into decay, and the men who sailed them have made their last port. But here on the Pacific, within twenty-four hours' travel of steam heated, electric-lighted cities, and within a few hours of telephonic and telegraphic communication with ail the world, the modern whaler Is mak ing catches larger and more valuable than were ever made by the individual whalers, which in the old days were chasing the cachelot. There Is no ro mance in connection with this modern whaling. The dollar mark has elimi nated it, and the whaler, if he so de sires, can get a daily quotation on whale oil without reaving the station where the cutting in is done. The whales now being taken by the email steam whalers operating out of the Vancouver Island stations are not so valuable as the sperm whale, which was so eagerly pursued by the whaling fleet of the last century, but they are so plentiful in numbers that the catch this season has already reached the enormous total of 556 whales, valued at more than $1,000,000. In the old days, it required from six to ten months to work back to the home port, where the oil and hone could be discharged. Now the oil is placed on board big round-the-world liners and landed In the European markets within sixty or ninety days of the time the whale was killed. The steamer Bellepheron, sailing from Victoria a few days ago, carried as a small portion of her cargo 6000 barrels of this British Columbia whale oil, an amount sufficient to swamp a whaler of the old school. The British Columbia whalers have gathered in $1,000,000 worth of whale oil this season, without the loss of a man and with only nominal expense, two small steam whalers which carry the hunt ers and tow the dead whales to the station being the only floating equip ment in connection with the work. The industry is comparatively new, and, while it is devoid of romance, it is apparently making up for that short coming with increased profits' for the promoters and a safer calling for the employes. ANOTHER STYLE OF "HOLD-IP." There are worse "hold-ups" than the thug ' who sends your hands heavenward at a speed that threat ens a comminuted fracture of the clavicles. There is. for example, the man who owns a bit of ground on a proposed right of way of a public utility, who fears he will, be doomed to poverty and ruin if he fails to get anywhere from six to sixty times its producing value for his strip of land. There is no chance for arbitration with him and his apparent firmness is simple stubbornness. There was a case of this kind in Baker County last OREGONIAN, MONDAY. wuir pivht ftf wav was wanted through an old placer claim for which the owners demanded $36,000; they got $1000. The claim for the larger amount was based on the statement that the ground would produce $4 a yard, which meant a profit of $30 a day; only they neglected to show they had ever done anything of the kind. This kind of mathematics would scare an automobilist off the road when he runs over a chicken; for one can with pencil and paper quickly figure the number of eggs the hen will lay and hatch, and those chickens grow into more hens and do more laying and hatching, and the prscess be repeated until the poultry industry runs into millions. Juries are some times a necessity to keep a man from being consumed by his own greed. Rosalia.' one of the great wheat points, of the Inland Empire, had a big celebration Saturday in honor of the arrival of the tracklaylng machine of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. These welcoming demon strations in honor of new railroads are becoming quite common in the Pacific Northwest, and from present imlicatione will De irequent occur rences for several years. Rosalia has had rail transportation for many years, and for that reason' the wel come may have been less hearty than v.o cnrjii tha o R Jfe N a few weeks earlier, when it ran the first train into Wallowa, Or. Wheat is the mainstay of Rosalia's prosperity, and, as there is an increasing disin clination on the part of the railroads to haul wheat over the Cascade Moun tains when it can follow the water level grade to Portland, the new road will be obliged to follow the prevail ing style and find at Portland an out let for the business it may work up In that vicinity. Considerable activity In railroad surveying Is reported in the Olympic district, north of Grays Harbor. The Milwaukee & St. Paul is reported to have actually begun clearing a right of way through the Olympics, while the Northern Pacific is . said to be planning an extension of its Grays Harbor branch. As the traffic of that region for many years will be almost exclusively timber, the new road is apparently preparing to cut in on the lumber traffic of the roads already built into the Northwest. As the mills already built are unable to find a market for all of the product that they can manufacture, completion of the new line into new territory will probably be followed by a demonstra tion as to how cheap it will be possi ble to cut lumber where the raw ma terial is obtainable at low prices. The Oregon Fish and Game Asso ciation is said to be preparing more stringent laws for protection of Mon golian pheasants and hopes to receive favorable consideration from the Ore gon Legislature. The noticeable scarcity of these birds this season is said to have awakened an interest in their greater protection. Game pro tection is an excellent thing and should be encouraged, but there will always be extreme difficulty encoun tered in convincing the Willamette Valley farmers that it is their duty to refrain from killing pheasants that are eating their grain in order that some city Bportsman may come along later in the season and not only kill the birds, but tramp down the garden and field while the killing is in prog ress. It Is a fashion now to pltoh into "Uncle Joe." But whatever anybody may say about Uncle Joe,- or against him, it is known and remembered in Oregon and Washington that there would have been no help for the Port land and Seattle expositions but for Uncle Joe. He It was, and he alone, who "worked it," so the bills could go through. But will Oregon and Washington stand by Uncle Joe? Probably not, for past favors count for nothing; and the ingratitude of republics has always been a theme. Gratitude is a sense of obligation for favors to come. History pardons the great man who in his bitterness spoke of "the swinish multitude," trampling under foot those who have served them: It would seem to be high time that Linn County should begin to hustle and bustle and rustle. Her returns of school population show a decline from 7209 last year to 6568 this year. Douglas, another of the old pioneer counties, shows no gain; while Clack amas, Lane, Washington and Jackson are marching on. Coos and Wasco, of the old counties, likewise are doing well. Some others, however, both of the old and new, should get busy and turn over a new leaf. Four years ago the radicals of the Democratic party stood aside and gave the conservatives a chance to elect their man, but didn't vote for him. Now the conservatives stand aside and give the radicals a chance to elect their man, but will not vote for him. Between the one-gallus Democrats and the plutes of the Dem. party, the chasm is broad and deep. Prohibition evidently has not pro hibited.in some of the "dry" counties, but the fines and jail sentences im posed recently Indicate that it is making a desperate effort to prohibit. Perhaps before they get through with the court proceedings some of the liquor sellers will wish that prohibi tion had prohibited. Judge Parker says one reason why Bryan should be elected Is that there are too many offices and officeholders and the number ought to be reduced. Now, if Bryan should be elected, you Just watch for reduction of the num ber of offices and office-holders! Do you know the name of "the guy" who Is running against Uncle Joe Cannon? No, you don't, and the chances are you never will, even if he should be elected. "A man would be an ass to talk of "sin-soaked sirens,' " says Mayor Lane. "I didn't use the phrase." The syllo gism, it may be feared, will not work out. Those farmers who are praying for rain should remember that the long spell of sunshine has put a beautiful color on the big red Oregon apple. There are millions of people in this country who do not know that a great baseball game was played and do not care. Nebraska starts a boom for Hughes In 1912. Nick Longworth won't like that. It looked a little like Indian Sum mer, even if It wasn't. OCTOBER 12, 19Q3. WHERE WILL. VOTES COME FROM f Stapeadoaa Task Confronting; Bryan to Secure Election. New Tork Times. (Dem.) Taft. Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 had a popular plur ality of 2,545.515, and in the Biectorlal College a majority of 196 votes. How does Mr. Bryan expect to overcome these Imposing Republican majorities this year? Why should any Republican who voted for Mr. Roosevelt In 1904. or for Mr. Mc Kinley In 1S9S or In 1900, vote for Sir. Bryan this year? Why should any Inde pendent Democrat who has hitherto con sistently opposed Mr. Bryan come to his support in 1S0S? Will It be because of Mr. Bryan's ad vocacy of a fund to guarantee bank d.v posits? His plan is rejected by all those who speak with most authority upon banking. It was Kjected at Denver by bankers themselves, the very men who have personal and financial motives more potent, even, than those that actuate depositors for requiring assurances of the soundness of banks. Bankers are univer sally owners of shares in their own and other banks. Even in the worst cases of failure the depositors always get some thing. Stockholders get nothing at all until all other creditors are satisfied. If Mr. Bryan's plan would be a boon to depositors, it would be even In a more positive degree a boon to bank stock holders. They reject It, which Is the best possible evidence of Its chimerical char acter. Will Republicans vote for Mr. Bryan because of his plan to curb the trusts? Governor Hughes ridiculed It It is ridi culed by every man of business under standing. It would be a menace to the people themselves, and they know it. Has Mr. Bryan won support by his promises of tariff reform? Is any voter so Ignorant as not to see that Mr. Bryan can do nothing with the tariff unless he has both a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate? Mr. Taft's pledges that the tariff will be revised are in a way to be fulfilled. Mr. Bryan makes only empty promises. Will his endless talk about campaign contributions win him the confidence of Republicans or of Independent Democrats? The campaign funds this year are too small to be worth talking about. The people are not thinking about them. They are not an Issue. Upon what,, then, does Mr. Bryan base his confidence that he and Mr. Kern will have "a large majority of the pop ular vote." and a majority of the Elec toral College? They can get those ma jorities only be reversing Mr. Roose velt's tremendous popular plurality of two millions and a half, and his major ity of 196 in the Electoral College. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern can be elected, that is, only by securing the support of great numbers of Republicans who voted for Mr. Roosevelt In 1904 and for Mr. Mc Kinley In 1900. Can anybody point out the Issues or the arguments presented by Mr. Bryan in this campaign that are going to work this astonishing change in the temper of the people toward him and toward his party? The campaign and the basis for an enlightened judgment upon its issue may be summed up in the question. Why should any Republican vote for Mr. Bryan? GOVERNOR HUGHES IN THE WEST. Regarded as the Heaviest Gun In the Campaign. From Chicago Letter to New York Even ing Post. Governor Hughes is the heaviest gun In the whole artillery park of Republican orators. I have heard his Youngstown speech more often and more variously commended than any other utterance of the campaign. An Indiana Republican Congressman said: "It's about the only speech that's been made this year to which we can 'point with pride." I wish we had a dozen more like him. In a year when moral and not political issues are uppermost, to have a man with a character like Hughes' on our side is an Important help." Senator Dixon and the members of the National committee feel that they made a ten strike when they induced Governor Hughes to make some speeches through the Middle West, beginning in Indiana on next Monday. An amusing story has been current here of the difficulty with which the New Tork State Repub lican organization was induced to con sent to Governor Hughes making any speeches outside of his home state. Barnes, Ward, Hendricks and the others were apprehensive, and declared that the presence of Hughes was necessary to in sure the election of the Republican ticket in New Tork State. This is not without its humor, coming from men who tried in vain, but to the top of their endeavor, to prevent the Governor's renomination. Governor Hughes has attracted a great deal of attention among the voters in this part of the country, because he has been waging fights, and winning them, in which were involved moral issues. He has overcome the leaders of his own party machine and this has helped him. Traveling about on railway trains and stopping in small towns, one gets an im pressslon that the people In this and ad Joining states are more concerned about the moral fitness of the candidates than about their political beliefs. This state of mind has naturally arisen from the lack of a definite, clean-cut political Is sue between the two parties. Non-Partisan George. Eugene Register. If people think non-partisan George Chamberlain, Governor of Oregon and 8enator-to-be, probably, is sitting idle during this Presidential campaign and keeping hands off, they are badly mis taken. George is Just now manipulating Oregon politics to beat the band, accord ing to reports, by an endless chain of let ters stirring up Democratic headquarters in every section of the state, with the "cheering" news that Bryan is going to carry the State of Oregon, and for the Democratic hosts to line up at the polls and make the victory decisive. In this quiet, unobtrusive way, George is hustling for Bryan; then when the Legislature meets he expects Republican legislators to make him United States Senator. This is what Chamberlain calls manipulating Oregon politics. The biggest political ma chine the State of Oregon ever has had and probably ever will have is located at the State Capitol, with a Democratic Gov ernor at its helm. A FEW SQUIBS. "My grandfather wu a captain of indus try." "Well?" "He left no aword, but we atll! treasure the stubs of his check-book.'" Louisville Courier-Journal. "Dar Is loma difference of opinion." said Uncle Eben, "as to whether money is bet ter dan. brains. But de man dat sits too proud of either I liable to act mo' or lea foolish." Washington Star. Percy Pshaw! What if she did? Two negative In tha same sentence are equiva lent to an affirmative. Algy Tea, but she said. "Saw! Nit!" and It sounded like two sentences. Chicago Tribune. "Darling, you're sleepy" "No, I'm not, mamma." responded Daisy, -who wanted to sit up longer and get soma sweeties; "It s only my eyes are tired because they have been looking so long for some candy." Baltimore American. Mr. Byetop It Just goes to show how youngsters of this generation neglect op portunities. Mr. Ryetop What now, Man dy? Mrs. Ryetop 'Why. when Zeke was home I used to try to make him take the mop and bucket and scrub up the halls. He wouldn't pay no heed, and now he writes that he la on a scrub team up at college, and I bet he doesn't know a thing about scrubbing. Chicago Dally Km. THE OREGON COUNTRY Danger Signs. Pendleton Tribune. The redlight district of Portland has spread over the entire city. Lament of the Lasy Man. Albany Democrat. We no sooner get through mowing the lawn than the time comes to chop wood. Gracious I where Have They Goner Tillamook Headlight. The show people have all gone and we can truthfully say it is a good rid dance to a dirty lot of bad rubbish. Time to Hone That Raaor. Portland Advocate, Colored. The colored race Is on the brink ot destruction, and the time is now ripe to throw off the mask that blinds, and come out In the light. This Is the Timet but Can Father Do It ? Rainier Review. It is said that there is a time in every boy's life when he is about 19 years old when he needs one good licking. If he doesn't get it he will believe for the rest of his life that he can lick his father. Bloe Sunday In Ochoco. Prlnevllle Journal. W. Frank Petett broke his cornet during the week and had to send It to San Francisco to be repaired. This mishap prevented the band concert Sunday. Ahl Hal Brownsville Times. , Because he climbed the fence and en tered upon the land of R H Crooks, of Syracuse Precinct, this county, to get a pheasant he had shot, John French, of Albany, was arrested and fined 115 and costs for trespassing. Killed Diamond-Studded Bird. Albany Herald. China pheasants are valuable for more than, eating purposes. Near Jef ferson the other day. E. A. Mills killed one and in dressing the bird found a diamond In the crop valued at $60. Toe Lost Life Not Worth Living;. Albany Herald. At Holly this week, P. L. Roblnett and Jess Cochran captured a large eagle that measured 7 feet from tip to tip of wings. The bird was cap tured after one of its toes had been shot off. The wound seemed to para lyze the bird so that It could not fly, and was easily captured. What Industry Will Do. Corvallis Republican. R R. Long, a youth of 22, is one of the hustling rurallsts of this part of the country. He has 160 acres of land with 60 cultivated, and on this he had last season 40 acres of timothy and clover and 20 of wheat. Like others of this section, he pays considerable at tention to dairy and stock. He has in cluded a dozen cows, 25 fine head of cattle, also 20 hogs. This young man has already been four years on this place. He, came from Marlon County. Hunter Carlile Kiln Off a Bear Family. Eugene Register. J. E. Carlile, who lives out near the Chlckahominy, was in the city and relates an interesting story. He was out hunting a day or two since and heard a great noise and scuffling down in the .bottom of a canyon. Carefully picking hie way down, he saw across on the other side two bear cubs playing on a large broken off stump. He Immediately killed both of them, when another bear came rushing up toward him from the same direction. He shot and hit the animal, which turned and ran across the canyon, and it took another shot to kill her. On going back to look at the result of his shooting he found a dead one in the bottom of the canyon and the last bear shot had been eating her carcass. It is supposed the mother bear had been shot and dragged herself off and died some two or three days before. Mr. Carlile has three pelts as a result of his little hunt. MARTLAJfD SAFE FOR TAFT. Betting Odds Are Republican at Ratio Five to Two. Baltimore American, Oct. 4. Within four weeks of the election Mary land appears safe enough for Taft and Sherman. While the majority'of the Re publican candidates may not be so large as it was in 1896,. it will come very near approximating that in 1900. A straw, in dicating the trend of public sentiment, is in the betting on the result in the state. "Very few wagers have been made In which large amounts are Involved for the reason that the Bryan men are charry about risking their money, but the few placed show conclusively that the sup porters of the "Peerless One" have lit tle confidence In his chances. One bet was placed In the Calvert Building during the past week of $500 to $200 that Taft would carry Maryland, and still another on Calvert street of $100 to $50, the Bryan man taking the short end. Few of the sporting frater nity care to Invest in the Commoner. Two of the most prominent members of this element, classed as Democrats, said yesterday that they had not yet obtained sufficient data to Justify their placing odds and that they were not prepared to take the Bryan end. They acknowledge the Investment would not be a safe one and that New Tork was a more Inviting field. Even here they are fighting shy of Bryan, confining their attention to the Gover norship. No bets can be had on the general result because of the heavy odds asked. A well-known real estate man stated yesterday he had $1000 to wager and would give three to one on Taft. Earnestness of the Socialists. New Tork World. Seven thousand men and women paid admission fees to attend the Socialist mass-meeting at the Hippodrome on Sunday. Thousands more would have been glad to pay had there been room for them to get in. Such a political demonstration as this Is not to tie dis missed lightly. How many men and women would pay a quarter or 50 cents to go to the Hippodrome to hear William H. Taft speak on politics? How many men and women would" pay this admission fee to hear William J. Bryan speak on pol itics and then be so enthusiastic as to contribute to his cause their Jewelry and the cash In their pockets? Even should Theodore Roosevelt go on the stump, how many people would pay to hear what he said rather than read it in the newspapers for a cent or 2 cents? The enthusiasm of this great Social ist meeting was not for its candidate, but for its cause. Hsu No Significance. PORTLAND, Oct. 10. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly inform me the signifi cance of the word "tiger," as used in the call for three cheers and a "tiger." A. N. T. The same significance as the "a-a-oh" at the end of a football yell. The "tiger" is a growl or a screech, this designation being employed colloquial ly in the United States only. Perhaps the name was suggested by the tiger's vocal characteristic. Pomeranian Dog, Kitten Slse. New Tork Press. A Pomeranian dog, the size of a kit ten, will be sold by the Custom House authorities In New Tork because duty was not paid on the animal. Its board costs 30 cents a day and the dog will be sold for 20 jer cent of its value. LIFE IN GUARANTEE OF BANK DEPOSITS. Texas Banker Shoots ' the "Oklahoma Idea" Full of Bt Holes. J. A. Pondrom. vice-president of the Texarkana. Texas. National bank, con tributes to the current numb of the American Banker, a luminous. Intensely practical article on the guarantee of bank deposits. We have room for only a part of his facts and opinions, here appended: "While our people were suffering from some of the immediate effects of the recent panic the idea of guaran teed deposits was resurrected from the Congressional waste basket where it had been buried some 12 or 15 years ago, and it was loudly proclaimed as the long-sought fountain of perpetual financial youth, strength and prosper ity, the healing balm for every finan cial wound. It looked so good on the surface, it promised so much accord ing to its advocates; It appealed so readily and so powerfully to the un reasoning and the unthinking that a 1 ...ok., Tnialori hv its false promises and deceived by the sophistry of its arguments, and they set up a great clamor ior u.s uuu dlate adoption. "'Most of our brethren of the press Joined this hue and cry, and they worked overtime trying to create a sentiment in its favor by painting it In the most extravagant colors as a pana cea for all present and' future ills. "Politicians who had never been ac cused of any Intimacy with financial matters barked each other's shins get ting Into the band wagon to announce tnat tney iavorea aepowi without having any idea of what it meant. "Financial oraoles and reformers many of whom had never displayed sufficient ability to finance their own affairs, arose at every crossroads to bray about the glories of deposit in surance and the wonders it would ac complish. '"Fortunately the class of people most ly Interested In the safety of bank de posits (I mean those who actually owned bank deposits), were little dis turbed by all tills clamor. "Intelligent depositors saw at a glance that there was more politics Involved in this crusade than real concern for the safety of bank deposits, and they pursued the even tenor of their way, exhibiting toward it an indifference that was well calculated to freeze the enthusiasm of the noisiest agitator. "It reminded me of those flaring pat ent medicine wrappers that inform you that the contents price 60 cents w.U cure any ailment known to man: and yet, when they get sick, intelligent people will persist In the folly of con tracting a doctor's bill. "I do not believe that this scheme presents the true and logical way to increase the safety of bank deposits. "The Idea of taxing the successful in order to pay the unpaid debts of the unsuccessful, of taxing the thrifty and prudent to pay the debts of 'the reck less and imprudent, whether they be individuals or corporations, is contrary and odious to the spirit of our institu tions. "It is paternalism gone wild. It Is socialism in its most hideous form, vio lative of the very fundamental prin ciples on which our whole Government is founded. "If a corporation can be taxed to pay the debts of other corporations. It is but a step further to tax an Indi vidual to pay the debts of other indi viduals, and as good reasons can be assigned for one as for the other. "Once permit that v!ciou principle to be woven into our laws and no man can foresee its evil consequences. "I have no doubt whatever that when ever this thing gets into our higher courts, if it ever does, it will receive its quietus, because I believe it Is In consistent with both the letter and spirit of our fundamental laws. "History tells us that in 1829, about 79 years ago, the great state of New Tork enacted a law similar in all es sential details and that It resulted 'n disaster to all concerned. "Within nine years after Its enact ment, several banks had failed and at the end of that time every bank coming under its blighting provisions was in a state of suspension. "The guaranty fund itself was bank rupt. The law was promptly repealed, and from that good day to this the people of New Tork have never fooled with any more guaranty schemes. "There is absolutely nothing about this scheme that proposes or even pre tends to increase or strengthen the primary security underlying all depos its, which, as you know, consists of the capital, surplus, undivided profits and shareholders' liability of all banks. It simply proposes to give the deposi tor, in addition to the security afforded by his own bank, a claim upon the re curity afforded by all other banks to their depositors and, in turn, gives the depositors in all other banks a claim upon the security afforded by his bank. "It may be particularly Illustrated In this way: I own 120 acres of land; I borrow $1000 from A, giving him a mortgage on 40 acres; I borrow $1000 from B, giving him a mortgage on 40 acres; I borrow another $1000 from C and give a mortgage on the remaining 40 acres. By and by they come alo. -and say they don't feel quite safe, they would like a little more security. I say, "All right, boys, I will fix It so you will be absolutely secured, I will take up those mortgages you hold and give each a mortgage on the whole 320 acres." "Now, assume for the sake of Illustra tion that those mortgages are co-equal and that they contain stipulations pro viding that the first one to be fore closed Bhall be a first mortgage and have a prior lien, and you have the proposition In a 'nutshell.' A. B and C. may go home and hug themselves n the belief that they are now absolutely secured, but there is not a single dol lar of additional security under their claims, not a single cent "But that Is not a fair illustration, the security of A, B and C has not been diminished by the operation, the whole 120 acres is still there subject to their claims, whie in the case of the bank depositor his security will be vastly decreased as a result of this scheme, as I propose to snow you. ana 1 am nos going to ask you to accept mr opinion or my prophecy about what will hap pen under the operation of this scheme. I am not going to tax your credulity by asking you to believe that men will pursue any other course than that dic tated by self-interest which means self preservation, the first law of nature. "Since no reliable estimate can be had of the amount of money outside of the banks and the Treasury, it is manifest ly impossible to make any reliable es timate as to what portion of it is hoarded. "It Is entirely a matter of guess work, and one may name any amount he chooses, secure In the knowledge that the accuracy of his guess can neither be successfully demonstrated or controverted.