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Newspaper Page Textmrm inr.ATvn nurfnvnv TTPTlVPeniT' nrTflRFK. 21, 1908. ill. i l i v i ar . . i - v uui i k.ji - - - - rOKTLlXD, OREGON. ' Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postottlca aa Eecond-Clas Mutter. Subscription Rata Invariably In Advance. Dally. Sunday Included, one year Dai.y. i-undrfr inducted, six monthi. ... L'aily. f-unday Included, three months.. -zz Liai.v. Sunday included, one month.... Isallv, without Sunday, one year- ? Lailv, without Sunday, six months.... X)aiiy. wltnout Sunday. Three months., -i-'- L'aiiy. without Sunday, one juontn WeeKly, one year J Sunday, one year ; ... Sunday and Weekly, one year 4-"u (By Carrier.) Pally. Sunday Included, one year.. -5 tiai.y. Sunday included, one month How to Kemit Send postoftlce m erder. express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, com or currency ire at the spader's risk, Give postotfKa ad dress In full, including county and state. Postage Bale-10 to 14 pages. 1 cent: 19 to is p..s.s. 2 cents; 3') to.44 paces. 3 cent. 46 to M panes. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rate. Eastern Businew. bffire-rhe S. C. B'ck with Special Ag-ncy-N-w York. room. 4S 6U Tribune bul.dlca. Chicago, rooms ulu-il-Tribune buildinx. FOBTLASD WEDMSD1I. OCT. tU 1808. FROFERTY HAS RIGHTS. Always In exciting times, when changes are in progress in social, po litical, industrial and economic life, the more radical or violent members of an association that deals with such problems come to the front and take direction of Its movement. The others, though a majority, unwilling to con tend, are overborne. It Is principle pf the great American Federation of Labor that the order shall keep clear of partisan politics; yet certain ones, professing to speak for it, are doing their utmost for defeat of Taft and election of Bryan. Individuals. f course, have a right to do what they will, in their choice between parties and candidates; but when an attempt Is made by a labor union to coerce its members into support of one party, or into opposition to another, what is that but that very same coercion which members of the unions denounce when attempted by employers? The bet hope for the country Is that this sort of thing -will not be permitted to go very far. It would introduce class divisions, of the most serious nature, Into our political life. All men must be alike subject to the laws, and to control by the methods emploved for their enforcement. The Constitution of the United States de clares that "the judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution and the laws of the United States." In junction to prevent wrongs and in juries is a proceeding In equity that has come down from very ancient times. Is It to apply to one class or description of our people, while others are to be exempt from It? Of course Injunction is only a temporary ex pedient. Each and every case must b tried and decided on its merits. But what Gompers and his associates In sist upon is curtailment of power ex pressly given to the Judiciary by the Constitution. The protest is against what they call "Judicial despotism." It assumes that one particular de scription of our people must be ex empt from the restraint that applies to others. Not only this, but part of the power given to the judiciary by the Constitution is to be taken away from that tribunal and lodged in the legislative branch, where, as has been well said, politics and passing agita tion may bo able to change the atti tude of the government toward the rights of life, liberty and property. Life and property are almost In terchangeable terms, and the struggle for both has been continuous since man's appearance on earth. Property has been recognized since the days of Abraham and Lot: and society is un thinkable, and government impossi ble, without it. Property is protected because it Is property, because It feeds, clothes, shelters and benefits mankind and Is protected, moreover, to encourage the producer to save and accumulate it. It Is not protected be cause it belongs to rich or poor, to-the resident or non-resident, to the state or the individual, to an outcast or to a philanthropist. ' The trouble with the theorist Is that h wants to gain favor by condemning the man who has more property than another denying projection to his property on the false theory that men' are. equal In property rights. He de mands protection for the Improvident in taking possession of property, nt his own. on the pretext that he needs It. But the owners of the small prop erties can only be secure In their pos sessions by protection also of prop erty in the larger accumulations. For the larger properties thus become a barrier for protection of the smaller in all their gradations. The cry that "the rich are growing' richer," by reason of each conditions, ! both true and not true; but the cry that the poor are growing poorer as a consequence of them Is not true, nor true at all. The modern world never sets "the dollar above the man." That is false and miserable stuff. But no mutter how capable the man, his use fulness Is more available when he his property. The dollar cannot stnnd alone, t ut -is additional to man. "The man or the dollar" is absurdity. Protection of property, and of the personal rights that go with it, lies at the bottom of the Injunction. . But the restraining order should be care fully used and never granted without notice exert where Injury Is immi nent; and then the matter should have Immediate investigation.. The restrain ing order will be useless, after the in jury Is done or the property destroyed. Moreover, the right to do lawful busi ness is a personal right, and the right to the business itself is a property right; and the effort to destroy prop erty and business and the right to do business, as a means of warfare against the owner, never can obtain the sanction of settled, regular and permanent law. rilAMBKRLVIX VS. ROOE EI.T. Under this title the Baker lemo rrat reprints a mass rf specifications against Roosevelt, taken from a speech made by a Texas Congressman, the drift of which is that Roosevelt is "the biggest political bluffer the country has ever seen"; "a broncho buster"; "he ts considerate, for he permits the Supreme Court to con strue a part of the laws a part of the binj instead of himself construing all of the laws ail of the time." and so on and so on. All this the Baker pa per winds up with the following choice editorial comment: How graat the contrast between ha and Chamberialn the latter decline to drag the ofnee of Governor In the mire of dirty politics He ile- lares the office beionra to tlin people and be Is the aercant of th people nnd while rising the office belor.ta to ail the people, drawing a salary from the ppk. be has nn npht to take part In a prty fljtit. Who is the' mora dignified, Kooseelt or i'hamber'.a'n ? How great, indeed, "the contrast between be and Chamberlain!" Pass- i.. thi irrammar. ft is great. Jlany specifications might be made to sustain this point, by those-who could push the "contrast." if they would. WE PAC9E FOB A REPLY. Now since it la so certain, in Demo cratic quarters, that hundreds and thousands of Republicans throughout Oregon have broken away from their v.-ir nnrl are srotng to vote for Bryan, i perhaps the discoverers of this un I paralleled phenomenon will edify and 1 reassure a waiting world by publish ' ing some of these thousands of names, j Such publication would make a 1 genuine sensation, .omius ..uu ' . : . f initrnaliitl it. As an acnieveiiitm. it would go to the top notch. Even a few thousand of these names would fill the" supporters of Taft with dis may. Telegraphed to the Eastern States, the story would give the Bryan campaign . immense encouragement, and would go very far to assure Bry an's election. . Let us have the names! If the Democratic organs are unable to meet the expense of publishing them, The Oregonian day by day will give pages to them, gratis. When will Alex Sweek's committee send in the first hundred and then the first thousand names? "We pause for a reply!" 'tSOOO FOR TJSEUS8 INFORMATION. The City Council has spent $5000 of taxpayers" money to learn from Engi neer Modjeski what everybody with half an ounce of gumption knew be forehand. Of course, a river tunnel Is Impracticable, and so is a high bridge. If the City Government were run on business principles, it wouldn't waste money that wayj It will be a long time before Port land can afford tunnel transit or a mammoth bridge. It -must make big advances in population and wealth. Then, because of rivalry between parts of the city,' there must be more than one such "tube or viaduct. The cost of these facilities would be enormous. It is far beyond the reach of the pres ent city to pay. The expenditure is as impracticable as that for bridges would have been forty years ago, when ferries were the best means of tran sit available. Some day Portland will be big enough to pay for the New Tork and the Chicago facilities. But the time is not now. The short bridges are the cheap est and the most serviceable for Port land at present. It may be supposed that since provision has been mads for a new bridge at Madison street, that structure must be erected; and it is undoubted that a bridge Just be low the railroad bridge would be a great convenience to the lower East Side. The railroad bridge itself is now practically useless, for interurban traffic. A' short bridge Just below it might be within the means of the city presently; and yet enoromus addition to the bonded indebtedness has al ready been voted. It is an exceeding ly troublesome matter this hasta to build a city and get all the conven iences and facilities in advance of the growth of wealth to be drawn on for the purpose. As to the Modjeski re port, it is not apparent that it fur nishes additional information or en lightenment. It Is no wonder people complain that money is wasted, when they behold such things as the use less Modjeski report and the arch at the depot. The Modjeski report does not assist In solution of the bridge problem at all. We all knew before hand that a low bridge could be built there if the city desired to under take It. MR. pirKPlIERBfS REASONS. In The Outlook for October 17, Mr. Edward M. Shepherd, the distin guished New York Democrat, gives, his reasons for supporting Bryan. The reasons are not very strong, but nei ther is Mr. Shepherd's support. His loyalty to the Bryan standard is of a chastened and tempered variety which by no means swallows the peerless leader's theories whole. Some of them, like the guaranty of bank deposits, it more than half rejects. But in a tepid, artistic, cultivated manner Mr. Shep herd does announce a preference for Bryan and advances one or two rea sons for it- As we said, the guaoanty of deposits Is not one of the reasons. Mr. Shepherd does not admit that this project is outlandish as some contend. On the contrary, he finds respectable authority among economists for the opinion that it is wise, but lae himself has not yet been converted to it, though he is at the mourners' bench and in a hopeful, spiritual state. An early change of heart may therefore be looked for. In speaking of the deposit guaranty, Mr. Shepherd makes one remark which ought to be an swered by somebody who believes in a high tariff. "However ridiculous or unjust the guaranty of deposits may be to the bankers," he says in sub stance, "it is not half so injurious as the guarantee of reasonable profits to the trusts through the protective tar iff is to the whole country." Perhaps if Mr, Roosevelt had to compose another platform in the light of recent experience, he would not include the sop to the monopo lies of a guaranty of "reasonable profits," but everybody makes a blunder now and then. Nobody sup poses that Mr. Roosevelt's pen is al ways inspired. ' But the semi-occasional slips which he makes are neg ligible in comparison with the an tics of Mr. Bryan's pen, which never does' anything but slip. In reading Mr. Shepherd's article it is hard to decide whether he makes the guar anty project a reason for opposing or supporting Mr. Bryan. His mind seems to hang fire upon it, and per haps it does not count either way. Such support as he does vouchsafe to the . Democratic candidate seems to be based on two grounds. The first is Mrj Bryan's opposition to Imper ialism; the second his opposition to protection. Mr. Shepherd is dissat isfied with the increase of -our ex penditures' for the army and navy under Republican rule. He notes the fact that the navy cost but $30,000, 000 In the last year of, Cleveland's ad ministration, while at present it costs four times as much. It is the same way with the army. Since the Ar cadian times of Cleveland Democracy the expense of the army ha3 ex panded from $23. 000,000 to $95,000. 000 a year. These figures fill Mr. Shepherd's breast with alarm, and he hopes to see them materially lessened if Mr. Bryan becomes President. His alarm seems to be rather t needless. The increase of our military outlay does not indicate that the country is falling under the domination of a standing wmy. A large fraction of it must be attributed to the rise In the cost of living ' which makes every thing more expensive now than K was in Cleveland's time. Some of the increase goes for higher salaries, while a great deal of it is. disbursed in the Philippines. There has been no growth of the army or of the military spirit to correspond with the- ex pandlng appropriations. Hence they can scarcely be a cause for alarm. As for imperialism in general, Mr. Shepherd somewhat overstates the disposition "to extend American influ ence when he says that many of us wish the Republic "by a greater navy and a greater army to enforce its domination upon unwilling peoples and races beyond the seas and its Influence in European and Asiatic politics." It is safe to say that all the imperialism which the Repub lican party advocates is limited to the control of certain outlying islands which are essential to the proper de fence of the country. The Republicans are Just as willing as the Democrats 1 are, to grant self-government to the Filipinos in the good old American way. To a large extent they have al ready done so, and they will grant more as the islanders show them selves ready for it. The future would promise more to the Philippines as a State in the Union, if that were pos sible, than as a precariously Independ ent nation. If we should cut them loose today their chimerical Independ ence would not last a year, unless we guaranteed It, and the guaranty might plunge us into a profitless war. The theorists who make a fetich of "independence" as if it were the best and only blessing for a people shut their eyes to the most Important facts of history. REDUCING THE MERCHANT MARINE. Piled up on the reefs of the Gilbert Islands, in the South Pacific, a total loss, but with crew all safe, lies the British bark Fifeshire, which was en route from Australia for Port land with a cargo of. coal. The Fifeshire was one of a numer ous fleet of fine sailing ships that twenty years ago made fortunes for the owners in carrying Oregon wheat to Europe. But the Fifeshire, like a great many other ancient craft, has been crowded into the "has been" class by the modern tramp steamers which circle the globe and load and discharge two or three cargoes while the sailing vessel is making a single voyage around the Horn. It is by reason of this change that there is no longer any great lamentation among the foreign shipowners when one of their vessels is lost, and the under writers are called on to foot the bills. All of the crew of the Fifeshire were saved, and, as Portland was not actually in need of the coal, the only real losers by the disaster are the un derwriters. The master who was in command of the Fifeshire is said to have had exceptionally good luck In losing old ships that had outlived their usefulness, the Fifeshire being the third total loss to , his credit within the past few years. That he Is promptly given command of other vessels Indicates that his inefficiency is appreciated. The foreign commerce of the Gilbert Islands is not large, and besides, the inlands had no right to get in the path of the Fifeshire; but, if some of the foreign shipowners who in the past have discriminated strong ly against the Columbia River have a say in the . matter, they will proba bly blame the islands for the disas ter. The incident recalls two compara tively recent wrecks near the mouth of the Columbia River, in which the shipowners were equally fortunate and the underwriters correspondingly unfortunate. The Peter Iredale and the Galena were both sailed on Clat sop Beach within a few hours of the time their masters had secured ac curate bearings from Tillamook light. No lives were lost in either case, and the master of the Peter Iredale was punished for his carelessness by being placed in command of a fine new steamer. A similar fate is said to have overtaken the master of the an cient Galena, and If the captain of the Fifeshire will only wreck a few more, he also may secure command of a steamer. Low freights and cheap steamers are rapidly removing the old "windjammer" from the ocean. TRYING TO "SQUARE" THEMSELVES. Fire insurance companies are re ducing some of their rates, and it Is believed by some that this is an ef fort to forestall adverse legislation, such, for example, as the repeal of the deposit law, which keeps many companies out of the State. Reduc tion of insurance rates may have some effect in appeasing the dissatisfaction which has been in evidence for some time, but if the decrease is made only for effect it will likely fail in its pur pose. There has always been a dif ference of opinion as to whether the deposit law should be repealed, but this difference "will not be affected by any temporary reduction in rates. The people are convinced, by the fact that the insurance companies take out of this State two dollars for every dollar they pay back in losses, that rates are too high. Insurance companies have not shown a disposition to give the peo ple a square deal, and no one expects them to do so in the future. They will place rates as high as they dara. The people will therefore take such measures as they deem best to pre vent unreasonable exactions in the future, regardless of any temporary reduction announced Just before a legislative session. SUCCESSFUL RECIPROCITY. The United States is now well into the sccon.-i year of its reciprocal trade agreement with Germany, and the statistics are so favorable that they ore highly complimentary to the fai-ic-eing Americans who, in the face of strenuous opposition, succeeded in perfecting the agreement. Tho Bu reau of Statistics has Issued a sum mary of xtie commerce between the two countries for the eight months ending with August, compared with the same period one year ago. As the German agreement did not become effective until July, 1907, the business for the first six months of that year was handled under the old non-reclp-rocal methods, and the comparison is decidedly satisfactory. According to the official figures, our imports from Germany for the eight months end ing August 31, 1908, were $88,540,752, compared with 1108.676,367 for the same period last year. This decrease of $25,000,000 in Imports will serve to allay any fears that the, agreement gave euch preferences to German goods that there was danger of this country's being swamped with them. Exports for the same period show 8 total of $149,905,542. compared with $152,171,406, a decrease of about $2,250,000. As this slight de crease Is all accounted for In one item, it cannot be regarded as In any way reflecting on the success of the agree ment. The item In which the decrease was noted was corn, the short crop and high prices in this country cur tailing exports to such an extent that the total value of the shipments for the eight months of 1908 was more than $5,000,000 less than that for the corresponding period last year. Our i exports of manufactured cotton wear ing apparel were nearly three times as large for the eight months than they were for the same period In the pre ceding years, and in clocks and watches there was a substantial gain. Our exports of boots and shoes also showed a gain in quantity, but the lower prices at whk-h they were sold made the total valuation slightly un der that of the preceding year. Similar changes are noticeable, thoughout the list. The trade be tween the two countries has so com pletely demonstrated the merits and advantages of these reciprocal agree ments with countries whose trade is worth cultivating that there will un doubtedly be an extension of the sys tem at the earliest possible moment. As the figures show, there is a bal ance of trade of nearly $67,000,000 in our -favor on the eight months' busi ness; but even had it been much less, it would not have been to our disadvan tage, as the list of importations shows a -large number of articles which are needed in this country both for home consumption and for use in our manufacturing- industries in connection with native products. There is no longer anything experimental in the German 1 trade agreement, for its workings have proven in every way satisfactory. , ' Superintendent Lockwood. of the Port of Portland, is said to have gone East for the purpose of looking up tugboats which the Port may require In case the law now before the Su preme . Court is decided in favor of this city. The interests of economy might suggest that the trip be post poned a few days longer In order that the findings of the court be known. It might also be profitable ta determine whether or not some of the Pacific Coast . tugboats are not avail able on advantageous terms. If the Port of Portland is to take over the bar towage business, the O. R. & N. Co. will have no use for tugs now in serv ice, and it is possible that a bargain might be secured without the neces sity of an expensive trip to the East. There would be additional advantage in purchasing a boat that had been used on the Columbia bar. We should know exactly what the craft could do and what she was worth. President Scott, of the Oregon Good Roads Association, is traveling in Eastern Oregon and spreading the gospel 'of good roads by means of fre quent and enthusiastic meetings. The scarcity of- railroad transportation in the country where Judge Scott is now organizing good- roads leagues makes the subject all the more important, as a large portion of the big wheat crop of the Eastern Oregon country must bo hauled long distances by wagon. Good roads have been a special hobby of Judge Scott for many years. In his address he announces his Intention to ask aid of the next Legislature in se-. curing better laws for carrying on the work. Judge Scott's plan for work ing convicts on the public highways is one that cannot fall to appeal to the taxpayers, and, if the lazy law breakers are kept at work building roads instead of loafing in jail, there would soon be less crime and more miles of good road. Oregon banks hold $75,000,000 In deposits, an average of at least $100 per capita for every man, woman and child in the state. As these deposits represent only a small portion of the actual wealth of the people, it is ap parent that this state is at the present time highly prosperous. We have, of course, a number of "equality" shout ers who deliver harangues on our principal streets every night; but they never earned much by honest labor, and accordingly are not now in pos session of their "per capita." Nat urally they wish a division of this $75,000,000, so that they will get their "share," but, unfortunately for those who have earned the money by hard work, the "equality" man would Im mediately spend his '$100 and thus render It necessary to maks a further division. Chairman Mack of the Democratic forces has Just completed a poll of the states,' doubtful and certain, and is convinced that Bryan will be elect ed by a majority running anywhere from a few millions to unanimous. In this respect Mr. Mack does not differ from his predecessors, who have been at the helm of the Bryan ship on pre vious voyages in the direction of Salt Creek. When the votes are counted, and he notes the discrepancies be tween the final result and that indi cated by his poll, Mr. Mack may be unwilling to subscribe to the old state ment that "all men are liars," but he will undoubtedly admit that there are several disciples of Ananias at large about election time. A noticeable feature of the "straw vote" taken in nearly all places Is the large number declaring for Debs. In New Tork (state) alone the vote for Debs will almost certainly exceed 100, 000; some think it will .go much hlgner. In 1904 in the State -of New Tork the vote for Debs was 36,883. This year almost beyond doubt it will be a balance of power. Will it be drawn more largely from Bryan than from Taft, or vice versa? Probability seems strong that it will be drawn most from Bryan. Of course, when non-partisan Dem ocrats of Oregon hear of Taft telling Virginians that they should forget party, they feel that non-partisanship has no place in a Democratic state like Virginia or Mississippi. Ask Gov ernor Chamberlain. There may yet be time, before the Presidential , election, for Governor Chamberlain to have the Legislature elect the United States Senator in spe cial session, so that he can take the stump for Bryan. Better than guarantee of bank de posits would be guarantee that Prose cuting Attorneys will enforce the laws against crooked bankers and send them to the penitentiary. An easy way to make everybody happier will be the discovery of some scheme to keep Harry Thaw In jail and out of the papers at the same time. The last scandal before this one in ths Portland postofflce occurred near ly five j-ears ago. Uncle Sam has a hard time with his money. Under bank guarantee, the honest Church bank in La Grande would have to pay for losses of tho bunco Scriber bank. There will be sweeping Bryan vic tories now every day until Novem ber 3. Brvan's daily horror-scope: "Ore gon Taft'a majority, 19,000." BRYAN'S CHIEF CONTRIBUTOR. Cbarlea J. Hughea" la Lawyer for the Denver Traction Combine, Which Baa Grip" on tne City Through Both Parties. " ' ' - New York Evening Post. October 15. William J. Bryan's campaign fund got its chief contribution from Charles J. Hughes, of Colorado, attorney for the Re publican Utility Corporations in Denver, as Judge Lindsey, ef Juvenile Court fame, describes him. These -corporations are the Denver Tramways, etc., and control the Republican city machine there. Mr. Hughes Is also a candidate for the United States Senate. His $5000 gift was in cluded in the list Issued today from the Democratic National headquarters. The announcement that he was the largest individual contributor to the Bryan campaign fund surprised many downtown today who have a knowledge of corporation affairs in the West. ' Charles J. Hughes Is the "attorney for the Republican Utility Corporations," ac cording to Judge Lindsey, of Juvenile Court fame. Just at present there is the hottest kind of a political fight in Colo rado, and both parties essayed to turn down Judge Lindsey for "meddling too much." The Judge has frequently de clined to- dismiss cases of ballot-box stuffers, voting booth thugs, ward heelers and grafters of various varieties. His work along the lines of Juvenile reform is known all over the United States. When he found that he was to be turned down, he dipped his pen in acid and let loose a few thousand words of inslda truth about politics in the Colorado cap ital, which is astounding reading even in New York. It is in the course of his pamphlet, "The Rule of Plutocracy in Colorado," that Judge Lindsey speaks of Charles J. Hughes as "attorney for the Republican Utility Corporations." He describes how Mr. Hughes, instead of trying certain grafters, "tried me," adding: "He said that I was an 'ingraire' to have exposed them. His logic was that I should have shut my eyes to the stealing because they were Democrats and owned the office of Judge, and had given it to him Demo crat. I was unfaithful to my friends arid my party; but he made no claim that I had agreed to cover up crime. His logic was that I had erred in presuming that the office belonged to the people or that I owed them any duty whatever." The jury unexpectedly brought in a ver dict of "guilty' against the grafters on 13 counts. Judge Lindsey has a good deal to say about-Mr. Bryan's largest individual con tributor. Under a caption, "The Grafters In the Saddle," Judge Lindsey, writing of a caucus, remarks: "Among the leaders present was Charles J. Hughes, one of the ablest men In the state in the Democratic party, promi nently mentioned for United States Sena tor and likewise the greatest corporation lawyer in the employ of the Public Serv ice Corporations." Particularly appropriate to this moment is another reference to Mr. Hughes by Judge Lindsey in these words: ". . . Ryan, tha great street railroad magnate in New York City, who. with his lawyers, is to New York and the Nation exactly what Boss Bill Evans. E. B. Field, and their lawyers, Mr. Hughes and Milton Smith, are to Denver and' to Colorado." Then, as If foreseeing the $5000 campaign contribution, Judge Lindsey wrote: "It pays to praise Bryan in Denveu in stead of abusing him. Plutocracy in its cunning uses both praise and abuse. Why a Republican corporation lawyer could also be a strong Democrat in Colo rado is plain to those who know the poli tics of Denver sufficiently to understand that Republicans and Democrats there are banded together to a large extent for the looting of the city, from valuable franchises down to six prices for writing paper. The town is practically in the financial and political grip of the Tram ways Company, which is proceeding on the assumption that It has a perpetual franchise and cm milk the city without limit, and both parties appear to have been pretty well mixed up In the mess, from the highest offices, through the courts and down to the humble but in dispensable electipn Inspector. GENERAL, S. B. BUCKNER. An Old-Tlrue Democrat on Bryan and Bla Campaign. Washington Post, October 15. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Ken tucky, was in Washington yesterday. He was candidate for Vice-President on the Gold Democratic ticket in 1S96. "I think Mr. Taft will be elected." said General Buckner last night. "If the election were six months further away there would not be any question of the result. Mr. Bryan has lost steadily since the Denver con vention.' He Is coquetting with every new Ism that comes up, and if. he had time avould convlft himself of insincerity. "I am a Democrat, but the Democrats have no candidate. Bryan is a Socialist Populist, and the Democratic platform has not a single Democratic principle in it. Mr. Bryan, in his speech of accept ance, has said that hi j' platform stands, not only for the things it says, but for the things it omits, which means that Mr. Bryan still stands for the ideas he has been advocating for 12 years. Even on the tariff issue Mr. Bryan is not combat ing the Republican tariff doctrine, but is advocating a tariff which would permit of unfair discriminations. The bank deposit guarantee plank merely encourages ras cality. "Mr. Taft I consider to be one of the besLequipped men the Republican party could have nominated for the office of President- He is a constructive statesman, having shown himself to be such in the Philippines, in Cuba and in Panama. He is a sound Jurist, and I do not think there is any question of his election. "As to the result in Kentucky, I will not predict, although I presume it will go Democratic On the National ticket, how ever, the vote will be close." FOREIGN INVESTORS HAVE NO FEAR General Bualneaa Revival Will follow The Election of Taft. In a circular under date of . October 15 on "The Investment Situation," Knauth, Nachod & Kuehne, a large banking concern of New York and Leip sig says: . We believe that Mr. Taft will be elected in the presidency and that his administra tion will- murk the period of a-eneral bus iness revival with the return to very pros perous times. This will not - come all at once it would be a distinct misfortune If It should come immediately but the peo ple are preparing the way for It by eco nomical living and prudent corporation management. The Investor who buys the securities of a great American railroad sys tem at this time is sure of the most con servative management that the property has received in years. Besides this, the better feeling manifested by the public at larite toward railroads and corporate enter prises Is a helpful factor which is likely to have Important bearing on the future of such enterprises. Mr. Bryan's campaign this year has been prosecuted with less ap peal to class prejudice than formerly, large ly for the reason that the people of the country are not In a humor to support such proposals, at ail seriously. They Are American Citizens. EMPIRE, Or.. Oct. 17. (To the Editor.) A subject of Great Britain emigrates to Oregon, marries and raises a family of boys to the age of 21 years or more, but never becomes a citizen (naturalized). Are those boys citizens of the United States with the right to vote; or are they subjects of Great Britain, their father not being naturalized? CHARLES E. GETTY. Finzer and. White at Coos Bay. MARSHFIBLD, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) General W. E. Finzer and Lieutenant White of the Oregon National Guard are on Coos Bay to look into the matter of farming an artillery, company here. FULTON" CT7FC T T RRY AS I UAJJU LI IlJl-.S CiLtllAU A Policies of Xebraskan All Have Come ajid Gone, Declares Senator. ECHO. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) Senator C. W.- Fulton spoke to a crowded house here tonight. He said in part: "I shall talk politics and shall criticise Mr. Bryan. He is a good man, a good citi zen, a good father, but I believe h would make the poorest President that could possibly be selected. It is not every good man that would make a good President. The two parties represent two different schools of thought. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson founded these schools and the construction placed on the Constitution has had Its effect ever since. All the progress this country has ever enjoyed has come through Hamilton's lib eral view of implied constitutional rights. "Mr. Bryan never thinks, talks all the time, but never thinks. All of his policies have come and gone, and "his only hope Is to get into the Presidency. I trust that no person, only he who can stand for his principals against all opposition, can ever be elected to the Presidency. Pro tection has mads this the greatest coun try on earth. We are the greatest agri cultural country In the world. Greatest In manufacturing and greatest in commerce yet we pay our laborers from 50 to 200 per cent greater wages than any other country and the Republican party . has brought this about." NOTED KISSER AT PEXDLEtOX Captain Hobson Speaks for Two Hours Jn Behalf of Bryan. PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) Captain Richmond Pearson Hob son, of Merrlmac fame, spoke for near ly two hours at the Courthouse this evening in behalf of the candidacy of W. J. Bryan. The speaker did not once mention the name of that candidate and only twice during the course of his remarks did he mention Taft, and then only incidentally, and as the Sec retary of War. Despite the unusual hour, S o'clock this afternoon, the courtroom was crowded to overflow ing, about the same number being present as were addressed by Fulton last evening. The address was noj of the skyrocket kind, and while the captain held his audience to the clos est attention throughout, the applause was neither prolonged nor very enthu , slastlc. The speaker devoted considerable time to an arraignment of the adminis tration in leaving the Pacific Coast defenseless from an attack by armed forces and from a peaceful Invasion of cheap laborers. BIG RALLY AT HOOD RIVER Senator Fulton 'to Speak at Repub lican Gathering Tonight. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct 30. (Spe clar.) Under the auspices of the Hood River Taft and Sherman Club, a big Republican -meeting; will be held here tomorrow evening. It will be partici pated in by the various Republican clubs throughout the Valley, and Sen ator Fulton will be the principal speaker. Republicans from all parts of Hood River County have been invited to -attend and a big rally to the. stand ard of Taft and Sherman Is expected from all districts. The programme also includes music and addresses by local speakers. UNION MEN HEAR CLEETOX Portland Speaker Addresses Large Gathering at La Grande. LA GRANDE, Oct. 20. T. J. Cleeton, of Portland, tonight addressed a large crowd at the Elks auditorium on the Issues of the. campaign, using the Re publican viewpoint. His chief topics were the injunction plank, due to the liberal attendance of union men, and the bank question, which is of vital interest here since the bank failure of recent date. He went at length into the features of th Rniihlican nanacea for bank evils. pf.nd pointed out weaknesses and faults In the Bryan scheme. He pointed out now the postal savings had been used in other countries to advantage and but one state in the Union had adopted the bank guar antee plan. MAKING VOTES FOR TAFT Butler and McKlnney Draw Large Crowd at Brownsville. BROWNSVILLE, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) R. R. Butler, Presidential elector on the Republican ticket, and Henry McKln ney, Representative-elect from Baker County, addressed, a large ana enthusias tic audience in this city tonight. Tho men spoke under the auspices of the Republi can State Central Committee and In the interest of Taft and Sherman. As a re suit of tonight's rally. Republican leaders are confident of a big Taft vote here No vember 30. A. M. Templeton, president of the Brownsville Republican Club, introduced the speakers. County Candidates to Speak. ELMA, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.) Tha only Republican .rally of the campaign thus far to be held in Elma will take place this evening. It will be a candl dates' meeting. Every candidate for coun tv office on the Republican ticket is ex pected to be present. The principal speak er of the evening will be J. H. Schively, nominee for Insurance Commissioner. So far the Democrats have held no meetings here. Rodgers at Bay' City. TILLAMOOK. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) Mayor Rodgers, of Salem, spoke to an en thusiastic audience at Bay City tonight. Mr. Rodgers is speaking In the Interest of Taft andSherman under the auspices of the Republican State Central Com mittee. Ellis- Speaks at North Bend. MARSHFIELD. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) Congressman W. R. Ellis delivered an address at a Republican meeting held tonight at North Bend. He will speak at Coquille, Bandon and Myrtle Point during the next few .days. PEARS BRING $6.60 A BOX Season's Record Price for Rogue River Valley Fruit. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 20. (Special. )--The highest price yet realized this year for Rogue River Valley Pears was reached during the present week, when Cornice pears brought $6.60 per box. The price received is $2.20 less than re ceived last year, but when the condi tions of the markets are taken into considration the growers feel satisfied with the results. There are less than five cars remaining to be shipped from this valley, the balance being of the Winter Nellis variety. Calkins Resigns Federal Job. EUGENE, Or., Oct 20. (Special.) W. W Calkins, United States Land Commis sioner and Representative-eleot from Lane County has stated that he will resign his position as Commissioner to take effect January 1. 1W- Held on Unknown Charge. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special. ) John May a stagedriver in Douglas County, was arrested here tonight on request of the Douglas County Sheriff. The charge against him is not known, i Says Captain Ordered Him to Change Abstract for Bids. SEATTLE. Oct. 20. Otis H. Wade, clerk In the local quartermaster's office, was given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Augustus Armstrong today and on the witness stand declared that Captain Frederick Grant, formerly quartermaster at Seattle, ordered him to change an abstract of bids for repairs on the transport Burnside, leaving out certain Information deroga- ' tory to the Heffea-nan iinglne Works, one ' of the bidders. Wade was arrested Sunday while at tempting to sell an abstract of bids and other Information to Erick Johnson, presi dent of the Seattle Machine Works. He was bound over to appear before tlw United States District Court. Wade's defense is that the abstraet of bids In question Is not a Government rec ord, as It Is the abstract he prepared for Captain Grant, the former quartermaster and was ordered to tear up. He declares that an abstract of the bids prepared according to Captain Grant's orders and leaving out the information that the Hef fernan Engine Works could not have dona the work in the time tho other firms could, is now on file in tha Quartermas ter's office. The Heffernan Engine Works was awarded the bid in question. PENNSYLVANIA FORESTS BURN Conflagration Spreading Through Allegheny Mountains. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20. Prom near ly every mountainous section of Penn sylvania come reports of forest and brush fires, the flames in some In stances endangering villages. The fires through the Allegheny Mountains are spreading rapidly and conditions there are reported alarming. Fires Burn More Fiercely. SAULT STE MARIE, Mich.. Oct 20.. A gale which is blowing from the southeast today has revived the forest fires in Chippewa County to greater activity. Northern Ohio Ablaze. TOLEDO, O., Oct. 20. Forest and brush fires are sweeping through sec tions of five counties of Northwestern Ohio, doing an immense amount of damage. A thick haze covers the en tire section. GOT MONEY OX BAD CHECKS K. S. Danner Arrested In Walla Walla After Lon? Search. WALLA 'WALLA, Wash., Oct, 20. (Special.) Following the drawing of a series of "no fund" checks on tiie First National and Elam's Bank, of this city, K. S. Danner, for whom the police and Sheriff's office have been looking for several days, was arrested this morninu; in a local poolroom and charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. The checks were drawn for $5 and $10 each and were given in payment for clothes and medical supplies. WILL VISIT BLIND SCHOOL Governor Mead and State Board to Make Recommendations. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) Governor Albert E. Mead and the State Board of Control, consisting of H. T. Jones, Matt Piles and J. H. Davis will spend tomorrow inspecting the Statu (School for the Deaf and Blind in this city. Upon the knowledge thus gained and from conferences with Superintendent Thomas P. Clarke they will base their recommendations for appropriations to bo made by the next Stale Legislature. LATONIA LICENSE REVOKED Racing Commission Provoked Be cause Club Violated Ruling. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 20. The license of the Latonia .Jockey Club was revoked by the State Racing Commission, which met here today, because the club is vio lating the rules of the commission at tha Fail meeting, which is now in progress. The Commission had ordered that Parl mutel machines be used, but the jockey club contended that it would suffer a financial loss, and went back to the old style of bookmaking. BEET SUGAR FACTORY IDLE Bad Roads Cut Ofr Supply and Close La Grande Plant. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) Bad roads have forced the sugar factory here to stand Idle until the rains subside. At present the highways are so muddy that beets cannot be hauled from tha field and the supply at the factory has run out. The furnaces are kept hot even though the wheels stand still and for this reason the factory can resume its work as soon as sufficient beets are again in the bins to permit it. Seattle Marine News. SEATTLE, Oct. 20. Pilot Ben Craig, jvho was on the bridge of the steamer Cottage City, when she collided with tha schooner Blakeley, filed his report with the United States inspectors today. The steamer Ningchow. arrived from Victoria and proceeds to Tacoma tomor row. Schooner Melrose proceeded to Everett after drydocking here. Steamer A. G. Lindsay returned from Tacoma and Is loading for Seward, sailing tomorrow. Steamer Roma sailed for San Francisco today. Steamer Santa Clara arrived In tonight with many passengers and a good cargo from Seldovia via ports. Steamer Watson arrived from San Fran cisco after a rough passage during which some of the port stateroom windows were broken by the seas. Steamer Corwtn from Nome for Seattle, left Seward yesterday. British steamer. Kumeric arrived from Tacoma to complete cargo for the Orient. Came to Oregon 35 Years Ago. OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct. 20-(Spec;ial.) Alfred B. Smith died this afternoon at his home in this city, aged 75 years. Ha was born in London, England, and cams to America in 1852, settling in Peoria, Id. Thirty-five years ago he came to Oregon and for 30 years lived on a farm at Carus. coming to Oregon City to reside one year aeo He is survived by a wife and tho following children: Mrs. B. Rosensteln. Mrs. C A Coffman, Mrs. Harry Hutchin son John C. Smith and Harry Smith, of . Portland, and William M. Smith and Mrs. C A. Monell. of Oregon City. N. W. t Hold Teachers' Institute. rTTtn t r,t- 9n ("Rneei a 1. A 3i;irurvJ-', -u- - ' . joint teachers' institute for Jackson and Josepnine counties v m uo wiu . . , e OSth n th. 3Atn In. Meaiora nom ..0... . ... elusive. Extensive preparations are al ready under way tiiiu a cAtcvv-i- . . ..nmlnoni fltlli that seven" ...... ...... . r educators from abroad will be present to OAUiQb . a. rnce tzti fieven Years. ,wT--c-,Trt rir Oct- 20. (Snecial.i IL L- Vi.", ' - - - - H. M. Coss. who was tried and convict ed in the Circuit cowt on a statutory 1 -, Dontftnrfd to seven vears in the penitentiary. A certificate was to day granted by the Supreme Court at the Instance of his attorneys. Coss will be released until Oototer 30.