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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.
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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.