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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
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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.