Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 22, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text2J &te$o man PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oreron. Postofrle as $cond-Claj Matter. eubacriptioa Ratr Invariably la Advance, (By alall.) Pally, Sunday Included, on year 8 Datlv. Sunday Included. ix monlhl..., --a Ially, Sunday Included, three nionlh-. Daily. Sunday Included, one moutn.... 'J Daily, without Sunday, one year Iafly. without Sunday, six month r r rlly. without Sunday, three month.. bally, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year i Sunday, on year bunday and Weekly, on year ou (By Carrier.) Pally. Sunday Included, on year Iial y. Sunday Included, on month How to Hemit Send poetofllce mon'J' prder, express order or personal cnecu on your local bank. Stamp coin or currency are at th wnder's rtk. Give poatoHice aa drea In full, Including county and atate. Postage Kate 10 to 14 paicea, 1 cent; 1 lo 28 pa. 2 cent; 30 to 44 pace. S 1 to tw pas'. 4 cents. Foreign poetas douM ralea. Ea.tern Bueine Office The S. C. Brk wlth Special Aaency New Tor, room 48 10 Tribune building. Chicago, room oiu-oia Tribune building. FORTXAXD WEDNESDAY. OCT. tl. 190. TUB CENTERS OF THE BTOB. The election, as The Oregonlan said long ago, will be determined in the cities of New Tork and Chicago, fchould the. Democratic majority In New Tork be held down to a figure below 100,000, and should Chicago throw a vote substantially even be tween the parties. Taft will be elected. Otherwise all the chances are In Brvan's favor. Throughout the rural districts the mind and temper of the people show little or no change from former times. The agitation is in the cities. The country districts are quiet. They are unusually prosperous. Prices of all products are excellent. For years they have been good; now they are exceptionally better than any general average. In the cities there has been exces sive congestion; in the great cities more than In others. There, the strug gle for life is fiercest, and appeal to discontent therefore takes deeper hold. The larger cities therefore are the hatcheries or breeding grounds of Bryanism; New Tork and Chicago consequently most proline of all. Question hence is, what will the voters of the Jarger cities doT How far will they be carried away by ap peals to their resentment against the position in which they find themselves, and in which in fact they have placed themselves? They do not like country life: they are unwilling to work on the farms, in the fields and mines and for ests, but prefer the cities, where they may take the chances of getting a weekly wage and of spending it amid a sort of excitement and hilarity. The Bryan appeal to such is strong. It will carry away many; but will it take the overwhelming number? The prob lem is chiefly in the two greatest cities; in lesser cities to an extent, but in decreasing force and proportion. In Indiana Republicans are so torn by factional dissensions that we may regard that state as doubtful, with chances for Bryan. In Qhio Taft is strong, but in- the state there are large cities not among the largest, yet still liable to some of the Influences that prevail in the largest. But Ohio will stand for Taft. It is a mighty indus trial state, and on the whole very pros perous. Disappointments of the peo ple give little cause of discontent. Tou never will see a revolution among a people who are In a fairly prosperous and comfortable condition. It is hu man nature, even, rather to bear the Ills we have than fly to others that we know not of. But the City of New Tork might rarry the State of New Tork for Bryan, and the City of Chicago might earn- the State of Illinois for Bryan. In 1892 this happened In the case of Cleveland, and he was elected. And the influence of the great cities ex tended into states far around them. The like may happen now, but It eems not probable. However, It remains that the elec tion lies In the cities of New Tork and Chicago. There is nothing to indi cate that in these great cities Bryan Is as strong as Cleveland was. For if the street rabble is on one side the business Interests are on the other. Bryan cannot be strong with the busi ness interests, especially In the large cities. Large and small business inter ests are in general alike against him. His crusade is a disturbing factor; it makes uncertainty as to consequences, as heretofore. Nearly all business In fluence, therefore. Is against him. It is not less manifest, less pronounced now, than It was In 1896. l VXWTIXO.ME PRESENTATION. Oregon Is a long distance from Washington, and for that reason our great and good government at the Na tional capital sometimes gets the wires crossed and sends us something that was not ordered, or at least was not wanted. An example of this pa ternalism Is noticed in the news dis patches, which bring the Information that several hundred cattish are en route for this state In a car sent west by the Bureau of Fisheries. These flabby, coarse-moated representatives of the fish family are a shade better than the carp for food purposes, but lack some of the merits of the carp as a fertilizer, and for that reason mill not be much more welcome than were the rultus rooters" which have dug up all of the wapato on the Columbia river bottoms, and have even de stroyed the hay on the overflowed meadows along the stream. In his San Francisco speech Hearst said that Heney was anxious to meet any one who was respectable, but that no one who was respectable desired to meet Heney. Now, while The Oregonian doesn't approve this, it will serve for illustration. The cattish has a similar trait. He is at all times willing and ready to devour any other fish that swims, but there is no other fish that has the slightest desire to have anything to do with the catfish. This aversion of the other flfh to de vouring the offspring of the catfish enables that outcast in the fish world to thrive and flourish to a degree im possible of attainment by palatable Oregon trout or salmon. As a result, we shall learn in due season that this piscatorial gold brick which Uncle Sam has handed us will devour large quantities of spawn and fry of the salmon and trout, without any possi bility of the latter fish ever develop ing an appetite for catfish. The blame f i r introduction of the Carp In these waters has never been definitely fixed, but there has never been any question about the worth lasaness of the pest, and much the same can be said of the catfish. A few were brought here years ago, but the pure, clear waters of the Colum bia and other Oregon streams were so different from the warm, sewer-like puddles that are the favorite habitat of the catfish that they failed to thrive well and are not plentiful, although there was a sufficiency for all of our needs without the Importation of any more of the same family. The con-, signment now en route will be liber ated at Drain and Toncalla, Or., and Nahcotta, SVash., and every man who appreciates the present fine game fish of the Pacific Northwest will hope that the importations will never wan der far from the locality where they are dumped Into the water. WE A 1. 1. ARB "IN IT." A Democratic friend and brother who reads The Oregonian presents an assumption of his own, and then pro tests against the assumption. He says: "The Oregonian ought not to prophesy disaster to the country In case of Bryan's election." Well, The Oregonian doesn't. It has reported what a great many per sons are saying, "Wait till after the election," and that many Intended Investments appear to have been checked and undertakings halted, by an apprehension of Injury to credit. Industry and business, as a possible consequence of the election; for the scare that came from false finance some years ago is still remembered, and the leader of the injurious falla cies of that time Is again a candidate for the Presidency. But even If he should now be elect ed The Oregonian is unwilling to pre dict disaster as a consequence; for It expects to continue or try to continue publication In rny event, and in com mon with others in business It will desire to get on and try to see it through whatever may happen. It wants no "disaster." no "slump," but fair prosperity for all and its own share of it. Besides, prediction of dis aster, if It becomes very general, may be a factor In producing disaster and If the impress! jn should become gen eral that Bryan's election would be followed by "four years of Lent," even then "I told you so" would not do any good to the prophetic soul, nor "Who would have thought It?" to the peni tential soul. This Journal does not expect Bryan to be elected, yet grants that it is a possibility. But even if he should be elected it will wish still to do a little business, continue publication and try to make expenses, of get enough to live on. It believes many more will be In the same mood. Of one thing, however. The Oregonian is convinced, namely, that the election of Bryan would not do business and Industry any good. His defeats hitherto have certainly been very good for the country, and still another pretty surely would be a further bene fit. For If he should be elected, there would at least be waiting and stagna tion for a period, till people were re assured. HOBSON AND BRYAN AT VARIANCE. Bryan rails at the Roosevelt Ad ministration for extravagance in the Army and Navy. Then along comes Hobson, supporting Bryan, and rails at the Roosevelt Administration for leaving the Pacific Coast defenseless against foreign invasion. Bryan and Hobson ought to hold a meeting to see If they can't pull together. As a matter of fact, Hobson has no business going up and down the coun try haranguing for Bryan, when Bryan at the same time is haranguing against the measures and methods that are curing the defenseless con dition of this country at home and abroad. If there is a Japanese peril, as Hobson tells us, we shall need a bigger Navy and Army. We shall get neither, if Bryan shall have his way. Does Bryan consider Hobson a false alarm? This country is pursuing a policy forced Into it by causes it could not ward off which requires a strong and vigorous policy In relations with other nations. In affairs dealing with American republics, Europe and Asia, it must have a strong arm so that It can deal without fear or cringing. Hobson seeks to alarm us. In these re spects, as to Japan. He Is aware that but for guns and ships we should be driven out of the Orient, and should have the contempt of warring Amer ican republics and the European na tions that would like to swoop down on them. Bryan sees not these things. He calls necessary expenses extrava gance. Hobson can talk more consistently In the Middle West, where there are said to be voters who don't care whether the seaboard is protected or not. That is where Bryan has been making the argument. Hobson should "get wise" and follow tlie leader. He will have poor success talking Bryan ism on the Pacific Coast. SEATTLE FAIR DISSENSION. The unsatisfactory results attendant on swapping horses while crossing a stream have frequently been com mented on. Every friend of the forthcoming Alaska - Tukon - Pacific Exposition will regret that the old ex periment has been tried at such a crit ical point in the life of the enterprise. Portland and Oregon have considera ble Interest in the Seattle exposition. This state, at an expense of many thousands of dollars, has completed the first state building that as yet adorns the site of the fair, and the en terprise has received from Portland and Oregon both moral and financial support greatly In excess of anything that was extended to the Lewis and Clark Fair by the people of Seattle. The guarded reports that have ap peared regarding the resignation of Mr. Reed as director of exploitation have undoubtedly failed to throw much light on the Internal difficulties encountered by the management; but between the lines of these reports it Is not difficult to read that the underly ing cause of the trouble is the old Seattle spirit, which seeks to make the A.-Y.-P. exposlticn strictly a Se attle show, a consummation which might not be as desirable for Seattle as it now seems. From one Seattle report regarding Mr. Reed's resignation we learn that he was practically forced to resign be cause of the refusal of the directors to give him the same free rein in management which he enjoyed at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. This may or may not be the true reason for Mr. Reed's retirement, but it re calls the interesting fact that among all expositions held in this country the Portland enterprise stands out as the one lone fair that proved a finan cial success. This success was not due, of course, to Mr. Reed's personal efforts, but part of it was undoubt edly due to the fact that he enjoyed and merited the implicit confidence of the directors and aided to carry out their plans 'without being hampered by too much red tape. In the Lewis and Clark Exposition it was a matter of Indifference to Mr. Reed and his superiors whether an employe came from Seattle or from Skamokawa, so long as he was ex ceptionally well fitted for the work for which he was engaged. It was not a Portland fair, but an enterprise in which the entire Pacific slope par ticipated and profited. The Seattle enterprise should be of similar scope if It expects to fulfill the promises that have been made for it. The Lewis and Clark Exposition was treated with Indifference by Seattle people. Even on Seattle day the attendance from Seattle was far below that of Spokane or Tacoma on the respective days allotted to those two cities. This, however, does not lessen the de sire of Portland that the A.-T.-P. ex position should be made a success. This city will profit by its success, just as Seattle profited by the success of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It might be well for Seattle to get but of the narrow rut In which the Seattle spirit seems to, be traveling. Failure to do this may eventually cost more money than was saved from the sal ary of the Portland director of exploitation. JUST WHAT IT MEANS. President Roosevelt's letter to Sen ator Knox is timely and important, because It helps to clear up, and in fact does clear up, the enigma of the plank in the Democratic platform that refers to injunctions. Read the let ter. Then you will understand what that peculiar utterance in the platform means. It simply means, first, that a man's business is not a property right, to be defended or protected by law; and second, that "no conspiracy to destroy his business should be arrested by law, or forbidden by any court. This merely Is anarchy. It will not be the law, nor the practice, even if Bryan should be elected. The right to do business is a personal right, and the business Itself is a property right; and these rights will be maintained, or there will be neither business nor property. The vast amount of humbug there is in Bryanism! And has been, since it blazed forth under the metaphor of the crown of thorns and cross of gold. INSURING DEPOSITS. It is qujte possible that a voluntary scheme of deposit Insurance could be devised by co-operation between bankers and their customers which would avoid some of the objections against the project of Government in surance. A number of bankers might agree among themselves to establish an insurance fund. They could raise it by mutual assessment and recoup themselves through the increased business which .the plan would bring them. It is reasonably certain that this Increase of business would be ob tained, because there are few people who would not rather put their money in a bank where its return was un questionable than in one where it was doubtful or contingent." The scheme being voluntary, objectionable bankers could be excluded and honest men would not be obliged to make good the defalcations of rogues. The ulti mate effect of such a programme might be to drive unsound bankers out of business, since they could neither gain admission into the circle of the guaranteed institutions nor could they compete with those who were admitted. A little study of this purely ideal and yet perhaps practicable project, brings one face to face with the more obvious objectldns to Mr. Bryan's scheme of Government insurance of deposits. In this plan the fund is to be raised by the contributions of the banks, but It is impossible for them to recoup themselves .as they might under a voluntary arrangement since, all being included, none could look for increased business. The insurance fund would be a dead weight on the banking community and would dimin ish its profits to a degree. To be sure there might be some compensation be cause Government insurance, if it were practicable, would increase con fidence in all banks and would elicit from its hiding places a Bum of money more or less considerable. But the compensation could hardly equal the loss from providing the Insurance fund, whereas under the voluntary and selective plan it would almost certainly be greater. Probably, how ever, no conceivable project of deposit Insurance would succeed as well as postal savings banks In bringing out hoarded currency. Again, under the voluntary plan dis honest bankers c.uld be excluded, while under the governmental plan all must be treated alike. The bene fits of the guaranty would fall on the Just and the unjust without distinc tion. A man who tried to' conduct a safe business would be compelled to help provide against the recklessness of the gambler and speculator. It is also likely that since people would deem their money safe in any case, they would cease to care much about the character of the banks and the business would presently swarm with rascals. Thus the effect of the Gov ernment guaranty would not be to drive unsound banks out of existence, but to multiply them. The answer may be made that a system of rigorous in spection would cancel this objection, but we all know what the inspection of banks has amounted to In the past. Apparently it has not been a very difficult task for bankers to elude the vigilance of Inspectors when they felt so Inclined. The tricks at their dis posal are almost Infinite in number and some of them would deceive the most expert detective unless he could be at the bank dally for a long time. It Is therefore questionable whether any general project for Government Insurance of deposits would work well even in times of prosperity, while in panicky seasons failure would be unavoidable. What fund could be collected large enough to make good the deposits when all the banks in the country close at the same time as they virtually did last Winter? It is re plied that the guaranty would prevent panics, but this could only be true if the cause of panics lay in distrust of the banks. The truth is, however, that panics arise from a different cause and distrust of the banks is a second ary consequence. It is quite useless to try to cure a disease by doctoring the symptoms. There would be panics Just the Saras' if every man in the country ordinarily believed that his deposit was safe beyond all accident and when a panic came it would de stroy confidence and- wreck the banks, guaranty or no guaranty. Thus at best the Insurance of deposits is but a palliative. Even as a palliative its morality is not beyond reproach. Some have likened it to fire Insurance. But In fire insurance the man himself pays for the protection he receives, while in the guaranty plan the expense of protection would fall on the bankers and not on those who are benefited. It takes a certain flexibility of princi ple to call this Just. The fact is, too, that what most people put Into the banks is credit, and not money at all. If a bank fails they lose merely hypo thetical and not real wealth, and the guaranty project requires the bankers to Insure the soundness of all the credit in the country. If credit were Inflated this burden would become al most incalculable, and the very feel ing of false security which the guar anty afforded would Increase the evil. There would be a sort of treacherous inter-action between the guaranty and inflated credit which could hardly fail to intensify the misery of panics. That our banking system is far from perfect is admitted, and the country will not rest until a remedy has been found. But the guaranty of deposits is not a real remedy. Perhaps none will ever be found that can be relied upon In all cases, until we have learned how to insure the country against panics, which, however, is un likely, because settlement must al ways follow periods of speculation. Having scattered the scarlet women from their old restricted haunts into respectable quarters in various parts of the city, our reform Mayor Is now unable to convict them of charges of plying their old vocation. This, of course surprises no one who has made the slightest study of the condi tions responsible for the existence of the so-called Boclal evil. It Is doubt ful even if it surprises our saintly Mayor. There is a possibility, faint to be sure, but still a possibility, that with the moral crusade a thing of the past, our efficient city government may find time to discover and arrest some of the numerous individuals who are committing highway robbery and murder, under the noses of the police department. The courtesan, even when penned in a restricted and iso lated district, is not an ornament to society, but even at her worst she has some points of merit over the murder ous yeggmen who circulate unmolest ed in our midst. Bryan says that, if elected, he will have a labor man in the Cabinet, and then the labor unions will be able to get what they want we suppose such wages and hours and other con ditions as they may desire. And yet doubtless it will occur to a great many working people that it is, and will re main, an economic question. Some thing will still remain to be said by those who direct the business and pay the wages. Bryan is out for votes. After the election he will admit that economic conditions will still control terms and conditions of employment. It Is observed that -Portland has been favored by a visit from another Important official of the Equitable Life Assurance Company, to look after certain "proposed" investments. A tew months since- Portland had the pleasure of entertaining one Paul Morton, president of the same con cern, who came here to see about other "proposed" Investments. That Is the singular quality of the Equita ble's investments in Oregon. They are all "proposed." But it is a cheap and easy way to advertise. Now indeed, if the Roman Catholic Church, through its priests and mem bers, should act towards any candi date for office before the people as the Methodist Church in Cannon's dis trict is acting towards him, and as hide-bound "orthodox" Protestants here and there are acting towards Taft, wouldn't the roof be lifted off the sky by a shout equaling that which, in Milton's fable, "tore Hell's concave and beyond. Frighted the reign of Chaos and Old Night"? "Two millions of dollars more money in the Oregon banks now," says the Albany Democrat, "than In My. Oregon is all right." But this means that money which ought to be busy is idle and waiting. Why is It Idle and waiting? Money is not wealth. If not employed It will soon disappear.' Why Is It not employed? People say, "Wait till after the elec tion" ? Is that because they fear Taft will be elected? Not one-fifth, perhaps not one-tenth part of the deposits in banks are money - deposits. They are deposits, not of money but of credits checks and other evidences or indicia of value, but not money. The bank, therefore, that guarantees deposits must guarantee the credit of deposit ors. It is preposterous; it is impos sible. Clackamas Republicans are worried, it is said, as to whether or not Taft will be able to carry the county. This is strange news, for Clackamas County Republicans have never before been known, to worry about anything but their fortunes in carrying elections for themselves. Strengthening public confidence al ways Increases business. If you have wheat or apples or merchandise to sell this Winter, which outcome do you think would most likely improve mar ket conditions the election of Taft or the election of Bryan? Now here it is figured out that Bryan may be elected should he get the four votes of Oregon. The figures of such a combination are possible; only Bryan won't get the votes of Oregon. They have sent Haskell down to Texas, where he can do the least pos sible harm by his campaign speeches. It's tough on a state that already has Bailey to have to stand Haskell. Senator Aldrlch says he fears no Archbold letters. Neither do Sena tor Foraker nor Governor Haskell, but what's the difference? Probably .the Seattle men think they can run their exposition with out any Portland man's 'put-in." That's natural for them. Oh, yes, Oregon is doubtful doubt ful whether that plurality for Taft will be 20,000 or 30,000. STRIKING EXPRESSIONS BY TAFT. Political Truth Uttered In Various ' Speeches Durlnjr Tbia Campaigns. The Democratic party today, as or ganized, is nothing but organized in capacity. At Montpelier, Vermont. Bryan would have the initiative' and referendum because he distrusts rep resentative government, and has no confidence in the, ability of the people to select conscientious representatives; he would take away from courts, be cause he distrusts the ability of Judges to resist the malign Influence of the money power, the power to enforce their own erders.--At Columbus, Ohio. Anything that makes capital idle, or which reduces or destroys it, must re duce both wages and the opportunity to earn wages. At Cooper Union, New York City. ' v "The course of the administration has only been directed against such organ ized capital as was violating the stat utes of the United States and no other. The business men of our com munity as a whole are honest and their methods are sound. At Boston, Mass. The so-called colonial policy of the United States has added to our trade already something over 1100,000,000 a yean, At Cleveland, Ohio. The administration of exact justice by courts without fear or favor, un moved by the influence of the wealthy or the threats of the demagogue, is the highest ideal that a government ofths people can strive for, and any means by which a suitor, however unpopular or poor, is deprived of enjoying this, is to be condemned. At Columbus, Ohio. - I believe that a navy is the greatest Insurer of peace that we could possibly have, a navy commensurate with the number of dependencies we have, and commensurate with our population, and commensurate with our Influence as a world power. At Cleveland, Ohio. If we asume control over a people for the benefit of that people (as In the Philippines), and with the purpose of developing them to a self-governing ca pacity, and with the intentma of giving them the right to become Independent when they shall show themselves fit, the charge that we are imperialists is utterly without foundation. At Cleve land, Ohio. The present business system of the country rests on the protective tariff, and any attempt to change it to a free trade basis will certainly lead to dis aster. At Columbus, Ohio. The Democratic party has no policy which the country can depend upon. Its whole stock in trade is that of ir responsible criticism and obstruction, and when charged with the responsi bility of doing anything it utterly falls. At Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Bryan asks me what I would do with the trusts. I answer that I Would restrain ell unlawful trusts with all the efficiency of injunctive process and would punish with all the severity of criminal prosecution every attempt on the part of aggregated capital to suppress competition. At Columbus, Ohio. " , The leader of the Republican party during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln, and it has never lost the in spiration of his leadership. At Kansas City, Mo. As a party shows Itself homogeneous, able to grasp the truth with re-pect to new Issues, able to discard unimportant differences of opinion, sensitive with respect to the successful maintenance of government, and highly charged with the responsibility of its obliga tion to the people at large, it estab lishes Its claim to the confidence of the public, and to Its continuance In political power. At Kansas City, Mo. The course of the Republican party since its organization in 1856 and its real assumption of control in 1861, down to the present day, is remarkable for,-she- foresight and ability of its leaders, for the discipline and solid arity of its members, for its efficiency and deep sense of responsibility for the preservation and successful main tenance of the Government, and for the greatest resourcefulness in meeting the various trying difficult issues which a history of now a full half century have presented for solution. At Kansas City, Mo. BLEW HOTj NOW HE BLOWS COLD. How Can We Account for Bryan's Change Toward Rooaevelt. SALEM. Or.. Oct- 20. (To the Ed itor.) Queer, are they not, the many and varied effdrts to which our no table W. J. Bryan resorts in his zeal to arouse the public admiration? Do you remember a few months ago when he repeatedly and at length denounced our President as "Roose velt, the Usurper," claiming that his plans, suggestions and theories had been literally stolen and put into prac tice by the Republican President, and that practically all the reforms which have been the result of Roosevelt's term and all good emanating there from, have been the direct outcome of this "steal" and adoption of the Bryan ideas? You will remember on the oc casion of his visit to Oregon how he warmly complimented Mr. Roosevelt upon his judgment and clearness of vision in seeing the necessity of such reforms as he presented, and then with swelling pride, personally assumed all resultant good, claimed all the glory of a fearless administration and stamped It with the seal "W. J. B." Does it not appear rather Inconsis tent now to hear the "great deliverer" talking from a stand-point directly op posite; bewailing the many injustices received at Roosevelt's hands; howling about the calamitous hard times which we supposedly experience at present, and warning the people against a con tinuance of the ruinous measures which have been carried en during Roosevelt's Incumbency, which meth ods have clearly played into the hands of trusts and trade conspirators? What answer can we expect to these questions? Must we be told to simply forget he ever thought or said it, ex cusing it as the outgrowth of over taxed fertility? Poor Doctor Bryan, you claimed the remedy, your flaunted your ability in compounding the prescription, yet now you moan and bewail the patient's death as a result of the dose! How wonderfully deep and consistent is your logio, but could your dead past bury all Its dead, how much more could we love you! A. MOURNER. Two Tracts. New Tork Sun. To attract votes., silent votes, Mr. Bryan Is circulating two political docu ments of a strictly personal nature. One is the "Prince of Peace" sermon, which Is mailed to members of all de nominations. It is expected to do ef fective work among the religious and benevolent, to whom it Is a bid to sup port Mr. Bryan as a truly virtuous man of lofty ideals and altruistic purposes the good man who could do no wrong. The other document is an account of Mr. Bryan's visit to the Vatican, in which he gives an appreciative and pleasing picture of Pius X. This is sent only to Catholic voters. There is no reason why any one should resent Mr. Bryan's unctuous solicitations to vote for him for rea sons of religion. They will react upon him, for th American people hate a humbug. WHO 18 LABOR'S BEST FRIEND. Judge Gemrtre Shows How and Wnr Is Republican Party. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 21. (To the Editor.) Some seek to convey the im pression that the Republican party is not friendly to labor. Never was a greater wrong done a political party. That labor Is free In America today is the work of the Republican party. It has never assumed that "once a la borer always a laborer" its policy has been to enable all honest labor to evolve to the highest plane of good citizenship. It has by legislation ever aided the man ual laborer, through mental and moral progress. Into the ranks of competency, and to capital itself. It has ever favored a square deal of opportunity for labor and policies that will furnish or result In work, until to day America's workmen are the best housed, the best clothed and the highest and best paid in the world. As a rule they are independent citizens, think for themselves, vote Intelligently and they will not be led by the nose by Mr. Gom pers or anyone else. The Republican party has Insured their wages, their savings and their life insurance in good one-hundred -cent dollars. It has legis lated repeatedly for their protection from injuries received, and from injustice from coporate or rich employers. In matters of free employment and labor bureaus, and factory inspection service, boards of arbitration, eight hour laws, child and women labor laws, sweatshop, wage pay ment, protection as members of labor organization, or for union labels, an In spection of the record of laws in the sev eral states shows that from tour to 14 times as many acts have been passed In Republican as in Democratic states. Not a line In Federal legislation, fav orable to united labor, can be found, placed there by the Democratic party, and all the great National labor laws have been put there by the Republican party those relating to slavery, the coolie trade. Immigration, convict labor, protection of seamen, inspection of coal mines, vessels, safety appliances and rail roads, eight-hour laws. Department of Labor, boards of arbitration, homesteads, llfesaving service, pure food laws, sani tary regulations, health laws all are the good work of the Republican party. The Republican party has ever been solicitous of the rights of labor. Mr. Taft, Its candidate for the Presidency, is clearly right when he says that "not since the beginning of the Government has any other National administration done so much for the cause of labor as has Theodore Roosevelt and the Repub lican Congress elected to sit during his term of office." In these last seven years it has enacted more important laws for tha safety, comfort and welfare of labor than any two decades since the Govern ment was founded. All these are Repub lican laws, and as Senator Beveridge well said, are a part of that plan of statesmanship which seeks to writs con science and humanity upon our statute books. However, Mr. Gompers a Democrat is entreating union laborers to abandon Taft and their best party friend and es pouse Bryan Democracy. We have not forgotten the days when laborers walked the streets in vain searching for work, when Democracy was in power before. That party is bossed by the solid South. Not five per cent of the membership of labor unions is found in the Southern states that will back and be the main part of any Bryan administration. In the South there are few or no sympathetic laws for the protection of labor. There is where child-labor is ex ploited and trades unions practically out lawed. What has labor to hope from the party of the solid South, which now has the lid down and is sitting on negro la bor. Neither Mr. Gompers nor Mr. Bryan will go to the Southern states for labor legislation, because they know they can't get it. The fact is, Mr. Gompers' nose is sim ply out of joint over injunctions. He wants no injunction issued in any labor dispute, when irreparable damage Is about to be committed, where there is any business of anyone he desires to boy cott, whether a party to the wrong com plained of, or any other party. He con strues the Democratic platform to mean this absolutely. Bryan's orators con strue it otherwise. The truth is the Democratic platform doesn't say what it means. It was drafted by the Hon. Facing-both-ways, and if literally enact ed into law would be senseless and use less. Injunctions are only issued be cause of threats to injure business or property, and are not and never have been, and never will be Issued because industrial disputes are involved. Government can never sit Idly by and not prevent by Injunction destruction of business and property, whether an In dustrial dispute is on or off. Never! There must be no class legislation in this matter. There cannot be one law for men who threaten to destroy property in a strike and another for those who neelt to destroy property under other Ctr l' cumstances one law for strikers and an other for the rest of us. The same taw must govern us all. President Roosevelt said the demand was made on him that Injunctions in all labor cases be abolished, but he said the right to restrain all disorder and destruc tion must ever exist whether it is a labor dispute or a dispute of any kind. The truth is there is very small merit In the howl about - Government by in junction. It all arose out of the Deb's case In Cleveland's time, but for years there has not been a case where abuse is shown or even charged. Any. real griev ance should be, ought to be, and will be remedied by the Republican party, and the great mass of union men, outside of a few hot-heads or partisan leaders, are too intelligent and too sensible to ask for other than equality before the law, or to politically antagonize their best real friend. M. C. GEORGE. New Tork and Indiana. r -p.,,! Pioneer Press. In New York a great Republican leader and lawyer, Charles B. Hughes, attacaea the only remaining form of gambling tol erated by the laws, and after a long, hard fight succeeded in putting racetrack gambling uneer legal prohibition. Not only this, but as Governor be is making the prohibition effective. In Indiana, on the other hand, a Democratic leader and lawyer, John W. Kern Bryan's running mate on the Democratic ticket has been fighting for several years to protect the great Indiana gambling places or "Monte Carlos" at French Lick Springs and West ,i j I. i. flaprant violation Of the xtiueii, J 11 --- state laws. The corporations operating these estaDiisnmeiiia u.va uccu mm headed by Tom Taggart. late chairman of ,u n.nu,r0Hi. "NTfLtlnnal Committee, and still high in the Bryanite councils. A man is judged oy tne company no nwin. Taft could never be induced to compan ion with Kern and Taggart, His style of chum is Governor Hughes. Bryan Is not on record as objecting to the company of either of the Indiana worthies named. And whoever votes the Democratic ticket must of necessity declare that the friend and defender of gamblers, Kern, is fit to succeed to the Presidency of the United States. One can't vote for Bryan with out voting for Kern. Arrives Wit SICOOO In Kotrtrets. New York Times. Karl Parrish. a mining engineer, has arrived here from the Spanish Main on the Royal Mail packet Atrato with- a bag of gold nuggets, which were valued on the ship's manifest at 110. 000. He said that the nuggets came from the mines In the Interior of Co lumbia, which were abandoned 200 years ago. Parrish reported that the mines had been reopened by Americans, and were now In successful operation. He ex pects to return to the field of opera tion In a short time with machinery and additional men. , Immediate Reform Demanded In Pert land's City and County Jail. ASTORIA, Oct. 30. (To the Editor.) In a recent issue of a Seattle paper I read where a Dr. Samuel J. Barrows, in speak ing about the condition of the jails in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. referred to those In Portland (city and county) as "two slums, established, countenanced and cultured by law." I wonder what he means. If it is the sanitary condition that he refers to, I have this to say: Last December I visited several county jails In Eastern cities. After my return I visited our own County Jail, and while It Is not as large as many of those in the Eastern cities where I had occasion to visit, it Is by far much cleaner and the ventilation better than in any I had seen. In' fact, I though our County Jail was a nice, clean and comfortable bastile. I don't know anything about the Inside of tha City .Jail, but if it is one-quarter as clean and neat as the office part is. it is verv clean, and the doctor should bear In niind that if a few of the prison ers were each locked In- a room at one of our leading hotels, that room would be come filled In half an hour with an odor sufficient to chase a dog oft a swtll cart. If It is the lack of comfort Dr. Barrows refers to, I will, for his peace of mind, make this motion. If some one will second it: That the County Commissioners and City Council be instructed to proceed without delay, to purchase for the city and county jails, a few comforts, such as Axminster carpets, Persian rugs, foot stools, a few reclining chairs, davenports for the corridors, drop lights, well-shaded for night reading: a supply of sofa pil lows to spread over the cerridors, to squat on while the boarders smoke their Turkish pipes. And further that each boarder be given a pair of silk pajamas, smok ing Jacket and nicely embroidered skull cap, which are to remain his personal property, as a souvenir. To the above might be added three or four thousand bars of cashmere bouquet soap and a barrel of toilet water for the bath, and a few hundred cigars. With these lew comforts and conveni ences I believe our jails would be the most sought after of any in the country, and permanent and itinerant religious ringmasters would then, maybe, spend a few pleasant moments with the Inmates without sprinkling the musk. Mr. Editor, Ivhope my motion will pre vail to the end that we will have no "slums, established, countenanced and cultured by law." WILLIAM H. BARRY. SHERIFF'S EAGLE K YE WANDERS Arrests tKe Wrons; Woman for Insanity and Takes Her to Court. Forest Grove News. One of the most unique errors per haps ever made by a sherrlff was that made Monday by Sheriff Hancock. There are two Mrs. Pearsons in the county and one of them has been charged with insanity. Well, now of course George knew exactly where the Mrs. H. C. Pearson charged, lived and without further adieu hiked off in tha Laurel neighborhood and fetched one Mrs. Pearson into court. .. It was not for the Judge to know the difference for he never saw either of the persons by the same name, and the error was not discovered until court convened Monday afternoon. There was another mystifying feature about the case that the Judge didn't understand and that was no witness appeared against the accused, but the Judge was not to be sidetracked on that account so he 'telephoned to the neighborhood from whence came the Mrs. Pearson, for witnesses. They agreed to appear, but the judge proceeded to ask a few questions; so did the lady. "What do you want of mV asked the woman. "Well," said the judge, "you are charged with Insanity." "Indeed!" interjected the lady. "Yes, you know, of course that it Is a painful duty sometimes for u, but you must hot blame us." "Who dared to charge me with in sanity?" "Well, you are Mrs. H. C. Pearson, are you not?" asked the Judge. "No 6ir, my name is Mrs. Humphrey Pearsons." Connecting this with the fact that no witnesses appeared, the judge took the cue and Investigated the matter and discovered that she was not the lady wanted at all. Finally tha lady admitted that she didn't care much, saying "I had a nice long ride with the sheriff and if he will take me within a half mile of home I will walk the rest of the way." Why He Is Selling His Hogs. Wallowa Chieftain. A prominent rancher of the north end of the county was recently in this city and expressed the desire to dispose of his fat hogs before election. When asked what figure the election cut in the matter, he replied: "I am afraid that if Bryan should, by some chance, be elected, the bottom will drop out of the market, and we will suffer a worse financial panic than that of last Fall, and if wb do, it la a cinch that we will not recover from tho effects of it for a long time to come. I am going home and market my hogs the first opportunity." So it is with all busi ness and all people regardless of party affiliation. They expect that if Bryan should be elected, a panic will result and none are anxious to see it come. When a cloud begins gathering over the financial sky It is quite noticeable that a Democrat will take his money from the bank and bury it In a tin can Just as quick as will a Republican. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, IF YOU LOVE QUIET The Hotel Clerk sums up tha leading features; - an essay that Democrats and Republicans will enjoy alike. PREPARING TOR THE HORRORS OF HALLOWE'EN Full-page illustration in colors from a fine amateur photograph. FRANCIS RICHTER MAS TERS SIGHTLESS READING Mrs. Alma A. Rogers writes from Vienna concerning the young musician who has learned the Braille system for the blind and is now less dependent on others. ADVANCE OF GRAND OPERA IN AMERICA .'The time near at hand when every city, like Europe, will be provided with the best of music. ON GOVERNMENT ORDERS Second of the new series of tron uine detective stories, complete in itself. The simplicity, direct ness and evident truth of these tales make strong appeal to the reader.