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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.