Morning Oregonian., October 26, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

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PORTLAND, MONDAY. OCT. . 190s.
ONE PANIC, A'D ANOTHER.
Taft. In a recent speech, said the
sjsnlc of last year was "a result or too
. rapid growth and -expansion." He
added: "But you never heard of a
Democratic panic that -was a result
of prosperity."
To this Bryan answers: "Every
person nho feels that he has had too
much prosperity and deserves the pun
ishment of a panic should vote the
republican ticket. The rest can vote
with us."
As quips go, this will do for a re
tort. However, it leaves unanswered
the remark that the panic of last
year was a result of too rapid growth
and expansion; in other words, of a
spirit of speculation that had too
heavily discounted the future; of too
high an estimate of values and of
power to realize quiokly on them: of
too much prosperity, in short pros
pective prosperity, however, not yet
realized, but Just In reach of the spec
ulator and plunger, as he supposed.
The country, in fact, was very pros
perous, and the general prosperity
was little li.terrupttd. But on this
prosperity speculators had formed
mighty expectations, surpassing all
realities. They capitalized their pro
Jett. drew great hanks into their serv
ice, used and abused credit, to ex
tremes. Finally their projects col
lapsed, their banks failed, the alarm
spread and there was a general rush
for money on all the banks of the
country. The Immediate cause of the
breakdown was an enormous and des
' perate speculative effort in copper,
betwevn rival syndicates. Exploita
tion. In many other directions, had
gone too far. The panic that ensued
was. as Mr. Taft has said, the result
simply of "too rapid growth and ex
pansion." A panic of this kind has no relation
whatever to such an one as that
which grew out of the silver craze
and plagued the country for many
years. The panic of last year was not
general: it did not affect the vital or
productive forces of the country; It
was soon over.' In contrast with If
the panic produced by the silver craie
was general, pervasive, and all per
vading. It produced universal stag
nation In business and cut wages of
labor and all prices. Wheat sold be
low 30 cents a bushel. Then Bryan
-ame forward with his direct demand
for free coinage of silver at 1 8 to 1.
and made everything worse still. Hun
dreds of thousands are now going to
vote against Bryan mainly because
They remember that panic (which
was a panic), his agency In producing
end continuing it. the hard times of
many years that attended it, and the
Immediate relief that followed his de
feat. They believe still, fa they Jtnew
then, that the man lacks the Judg
ment and balance necessary for the
Presidency, and have fears of the con
sequences should he be elected. This "
la what the present distrust and slack
ness in business means. It is why you
near the general remark, "Wait till
after the election." I
GOOn ROADS PROBLEMS.
Increasing interest In both wagon
roads and railroads is shown in the
enthusiastic meeting of the Oregon
Idaho Development Congress at .Rose
burg last week. A statement In one
of the resolutions adopted at the
meeting, that "the time has arrived
for development of the State of Ore
gon when the needs of business in all
productive and distributive lines re
quire the improvement of the wagon
roads throughout the state." will not
be questioned. It would not be over
stating the facts if the resolution had
said that the time for such improve
ment arrived several years ago. It
was stated by one of the speakers that
It was the purpose of the people of
the Siuslaw country to secure permis
sion from the next Legislature to is
sue bonds to the amount of 10 per
cent of th taxable property In order
to provide funds for the improvement
of the harbor.
This method of securing funds for
harbor improvement has proven quite
effective In Multnomah County, where
the people residing in the district have
taxed themselves for the purpose of
maintaining a deep river channel
through which the products of the
entire Columbia basin find easy access
to the sea. It is perhaps unfair to
Portland that all of this burden
should be carried by Portland, and
there may be territory In the Siuslaw
country that will not be included In
the proposed taxable district' that will
profit by the improvements that will
e" made.
In either road improvement or har
bor Improvement, however. It seems
a difficult matter to distribute the bur
den where it will fall equitably on all
of the beneficiaries. The entire State
of Oregon, particularly the coast coun
ties. Is developing so rapidly that the
necessity of good roads Is becoming
pressing in the extreme. This neces
sity has forced some localities, notably
In Clatsop and Tillamook Counties, to
undertake considerable expensive road
work, and the results achieved have
peen satisfactory in the extreme, so
far as the work has proceeded.
There is not much disposition on
the part of property-owners anywhere
to protest against the collection of
money that is honestly expended in
construction or repair of roads. As
an example of what support can be se
cured for a good road into an inacces
sible region, the highway recently
completed between Seaside and Elk
Creek, in, Clatsop County, is interest
ing. The Elk Creek property-owners
Rare net-only willing to pay their reg
ular road taxes, but they also by in
dividual subscription raised a sum
sufficient to pay about one-fourth the
cost of the road. Clatsop County has
also built many miles of good road In
other parts of the county, and. In
connection with Tillamook County, is
now preparing to put through a good
road extending from the Columbia
River south as far as Netarts Bay.
Good roads in other parts of the
state can be secured In the same man
ner If the public is only assured that
there will be a dollar's worth of work
for every dollar raised by subscription
or taxation. It might be advantageous
to have the roadbuilding system under
state Jurisdiction, and' perhaps assisted
by state aid, but if the efforts of the
taxpayers In the various counties are
as well directed as they have been in
Clatsop, Tillamook and some of the
other counties, excellent results can
be secured "without the necessity of
making the roadbuilding exclusively
a state function.
CHAIRMAN MACK'S "CLAIMS."
It may be supposed that no one
failed to examine the "claims" of
Chairman Mack for Bryan, published
yesterday. By the way. observe also
that none of the alleged news matter
given out by the Democratic commit
tee however raw or rare fails to
an near In The Oregonian. Still, we
are not vouching for it as news..
The -Imaginative chairman gives
Brvan SOI electoral votes, or 59 more
than necessary for his election. This
is pretty good till one observes that
in order to get these votes he Includes
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska,
Nevada, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware,
Kansas and South Dakota. Then one
begins to have fears. For we suspect
it is not certain that Bryan will carry
any one of these states, and the proba
bilities are immensely against his ob
tainment of a majority of the electoral
vote which they represent.
The New York Herald, which has
been very friendly to Bryan through
out the campaign, and has used its
news columns specially for presentation-
of his appeals and all news In his
behalf, offers an estimate quite differ
ent from that of Chairman Mack. In
yesterday's Issue the Herald presents
a complete summary by states, col
lected through its own agencies, by
which It assigns to Taft 280 electoral
votes, to Bryan 156, leaving 47 doubt
ful. Necessary to elect, 242. Now
this certainly does not settle the elec
tion, but It has a chance of being a
sounder Judgment than that of a rain
bow-chaser. It accords, too, substan
tially with the forecast of the Chicago
Tribune, the New York World and
other newspapers that have resources
equal to the effort and expense of
making independent campaign in
quiries, on so great a scale.
The Heralds forecast or New rone
is particularly noticeable. It gives
Brvan 79.900 plurality In the city, and
Taft 160.400 in the remainder of the
state. The estimate for Bryan in the
city Is probably large enough. Whether
that for Mr. Taft in the remainder of
the state is not too large, is, we be
lieve, more open to question. Less
than 80.500 plurality could, however.
carry New York.
NATl'RE OF THE CONTEST.
It has been, a strugqje of twenty
years and more to protect prop
erty and business In the. United States
against . their assailants. The attack
has proceeded mainly by subtle ana
Indirect attempts upon the Integrity
of money and general credit. . The
greenback craze was Its first phase.
This was a proposition to continue the
Issue of Irredeemable paper notes and
pay" the National debt with them.
After repeated efforts to force this
follv. and defeat after defeat, it was
abandoned. Next craze was free coin
age of silver. That raged for many
years. Silver was falling, the world
over, and the object was to place the
standard money on a cheap metal and
debase the dollar. This finally was
abandoned, but only after repeated
defeats.
The disposition now manifests itself
In other forms; for restriction of the
operations of capital, so it may not be
possible to push large operations with
hope of profit; to withhold from prop
erty and business the protection of
law, by denying power of restraining
those who would attack them; by en
deavor to limit power of production
or amount of output of large Indus
tries: by forcing sound banks to in
sure the deposits of reckless or dis
honest ones; by loading on property
and business new burdens of taxation,
"for the benefit of the people;" by
coddling idleness, encouraging inef
ficiency and making industry in labor
and energy in business pay for It.
All this now is summed up in the
new effort to elect Bryan to the Presi
dency. It will fail to elect Bryan, we
think: but even if it should elect
Bryan it will fail, because the people,
when they see Its consequences, will
shrink back from them. Yet election
of Bryan might, for a time, put a
check upon movement of business and
make people say, "Wait yet longer."
. The signs all are that the country
thinks it best that Bryan should be
beaten now again as heretofore. But
for the unhappy situation in the
South, where1 the negro specter stalks,
eclipsing reason, there wouldn't be
the slightest doubt. But desperate po
litical gamblers In the. North, having
more .than half enough votes to start
with, counted up in advance of every
election, always have the hope of suc
cess, and much prospect of It.
COMMON SENKK NOT COERCION.
The "coercion" of -which Mr. Bryan
complains in the East seems to be
quite general here In Portland. Scores
of prominent business men in this
city, publicly and privately, have
stated in unmistakable terms their be
lief as to the harmful effects that
would probably, follow the election of
Bryan. Among the Interviews print
ed In yesterday's Oregonian were a
number with real estate operators in
which they told of numerous large
deals held up pending news of the
election of Mr. Taft. Most of these
transactions Involved construction of
new buildings in addition to the
transfer of the realty, and in the con
struction work quite naturally there
would be a demand for labor.
Reasoning from the Bryan theory. It
Is thus plain that the men who refuse
to Invest their money and thus pro
vide employment to labor until they
are assured of Taft's election are
guilty of "coercing" the voters.
There was also a number of Inter
views with large wholesale merchants
In which they were practically unani
mous in their statements that large
orders were unobtainable until after
' Taft's election should be assured. One
erm rif ma nuf acturers announced
that, in event of Bryan's election and
continuation of the slack business
new ffliiserl bv uncertainty as to
the
result, it would be necessary to redu
ce
th working force and also the wa
ages
of those whom it would be possible
to continue in employment. This
waiting condition can be traced from
cause to effect with such aeaaiy ac
curacy that it would seem to be un
necessary for the employer to . b
nrinred to "coerce" his employe b:
pointing out where the latter must
bear a share of the burden mat wm
be laid on all classes of society ir
the event of Bryan's election.
Tf o finimed bv the Bryan men
a simple statement notifying the em-
rttavaa of what may be expected u
der Bryanism Is coercion, the same
harsh term would be equally appro
priate when applied to the investor
who refuses to buy or buna ana tn
omr.inv lahor until he is assured
the election of Taft. It must also
be applied to the retail merchants
who refuse to buy goods from the
wholesalers until after they are as
it-o1 that the country is not to be
ano-tiiferl 1n a wave of Bryanlsm.
And yet a careful analysis of the sit
uation in any branch -ef industrial en
will show conclusively that 1
is not coercion, but plain common
sense, that prompts sensible business
men to adjust their affairs for a pos
sible coming storm and at the same
time notify those dependent on them
for employment to do iiKewise
from: perky to s ferry.
It Is a far cry from 1854, when
Commodore Matthew Calbreath Perry
entered the Bay of Yeddo and broke
the seal of seclusion under which
Japan had dwelt a nation unto her-
eejf and 1908, when, with extraor
dinary demonstrations of welcome
from the government and the people,
Admiral Sperry swung his magnificent
fleet Into the harbor and dropped an
chor.
The time between the two dates Is
historically short. It is less Indeed
than an ordinary lifetime; yet the
fifty-four years that Intervene between
the expedition of Commodore Perry
and that of Admiral Sperry mark
chpgnes so radical as to awaken. In
review, astonishment in an age little
given even to surprise.
Japan, a recluse nation In 1854, dis
trustful of foreigners, even antago
nistic to all peoples outside of her
own rockbound, wave-surrounded
shores, eyed askance the naval de
tachment sent out by the United
States under Commodore Perry to
conclude a commercial treaty between
the two nations, and scarcely gave It
such welcome as the simplest rules of
international courtesy required. Japan,
a world power In 1908, gives the
mighty fleet of the United States un
der Admiral Sperry a welcome that
causes the reception of the visiting
fleet at home ports on the Pacific
Coast, and that accorded by the Aus
trallan government when anchors
were dropped before the great com
mercial cities of the British Empire
In the Pacific, to pale into Insignifi
cance. Comparisons In this line may
be ungenerous, since at every ' port
visited by the American squadron
since leaving Hampton Roads last De
cember the expressions of good will
have been earnest, sincere, hearty,
even extravagant.
Of the welcome gtven by Japan it
can be said, further than all this, that
it is distinctly Japanese. That Is" to
say, it is unique, artistic, lavish, gor
geous, methodical. Witness the. voices
of 10.000 little brown school children
rising as one voice In singing "Amer
ica" as the officers of the fleet passed
between their lines. In this demon
stration of welcome Japan has shown
to the world the most marked charac
teristics of her people Industry that
Is painstaking and systematic; origin
ality that is quaint and distinctive;
cordiality that has successfully veiled
any feeling of resentment that may
exist against, the people and the Gov
ernment of the United States on ac
count of exclusion laws and discrim
ination In regard to labor and edu
cational privileges among us. If they
are not sincere in the extravagant
demonstrations of good will now in
progress in the capital city of the em
pire, and In the good cheer offered to
the representatives of our Govern
ment, they have simulated a sincerity
that has deceived the officers of our
battleship fleet
There Is, however, no reason -to
doubt the sinoerity of the welcome
accorded to Admiral Sperry and his
command. If this visit of the fleet
dispels through the genial glow of
hospitality the cloud that within a
year rose between Japan and the
United States, trailing at times the
shadow of war; if it re-establishes the
feeling of friendship that is the basis
of commercial growth and reciprocity,
it will be worth all that the year's
cruise has cost the Nation in. energy,
anxiety and money. Japan Is our
nearest trans-Pacific neighbor. It Is
worth while to cultivate her acquaint
ance along lines of nelghborltness and
to forget small differences In the
wider estimate of peace and good will.
Oregon has been settled for more
than seventy years, but there are still
remaining many reminders of the wil
derness. If desired, the seeker for
"natural wlldness" can And it without
much difficulty. This is suggested by
a news dispatch from Roseburg which
states that one Bill Bradley, of Capps
Illlhee, had slain, between August 15
and October 10, no less than thirty
seven wolves, and coyotes. The new
settlers are steadily crowding the wil
derness Hoe a little farther back each
year, but, so long as It is possible for
a single hunter to kill thirty-seven
wolves and coyotes In less than two
months, Oregon is certain to retain her
reputation as one of the best game
states In the Union. As these thirty
seven "varmints" were all removed
from a region where their sustenance
was of necessity drawn from the
haunts of wild game, their removal
ought to improve the hunting of more
desirable denizens of the woods.
The Seattle minister who refused a
$10,000 salary offered him by a Pitts
burs church because he believed It his
duty to stay In the Northwest, evefl at
a salary of only $6000, was manifestly
right. For one thing. It is worth
$4000 a year to live In the Northwest.
For another, perhaps Seattle needs
the prjeacher as badly as Pittsburg
does.
The United States and Canada last
week contributed another 6,000,000
bushels to the world's supply of wheat
and the vast shipments were absorbed
without any pronounced decline in
prices. The American crop this year
was not a large one, but It has been
moving out of the hands of the pro
ducers in record-breaking quantities,
and, unless there is a break In the
market In the near future, it will
probably leave higher average returns
per bushel than for any season since
the Leiter year. The old slogan, "Vote
for Bryan and dollar wheat," is not
In use this year.
The New York bank statement tor
the week ending Saturday makes a
surprisingly favorable showing, with
an increase of $1,408,875 in the sur
plus reserve. This increase follows
several weeks of decreasing reserves
due to the demands of the Interior
for crop-moving purposes, and seems
to Indicate that the Rubicon has been
crossed, and that from this time for
ward we may expect a gradual accu
mulation of reserves until the result
of the election Is definitely known. If
Bryan is elected there will be no im
mediate shrinkage, for the money will
be held inactive in the banks until it
is definitely known whether .or not
the Nebraskan is to attempt to put in
practice his peculiar theories as ex
pounded from the stump. 'The elec
tion of Taft will be the signal for re
lease of the immense sums that are
now stored In the banks, earning lit
tle for their holders and In no possi
ble manner benefiting the people.
Taking the counties of Oregon one
by one, and all through, the Fall reg
istration is fully two to one for the
Republicans and against the Demo
crats. Is there any significance here?
Does it point to anything? Have men
been lying, universally, in this new
registration T What reason now,
when there Is no local issue to make
crooked politics, have men who are
Democrats to declare themselves Re
publicans and register as such? If
they are really for Bryan wouldn't
they so declare, for the purpose of en
couraging their fellow partisans
throughout the state?
All over the state the County Boards
of Equalization have completed their
work and the assessment rolls for the
year have been made up. We have
been hearing much in recent years of
the manner In which valuable water
powers have been gobbled up, and It
has been frequently suggested in
these columns that taxpayers general
ly would do well to see that assess
ors get property of this kind listed at
its actual value. If the Assessor has
not done his duty, what are you going
to do about It?
The gamblers won out at Reno,
Nev and that city will enjoy the un
enviable distinction of being one of
the few cities in civilized America
where the green-cloth parasites are
licensed to ply their thieving opera
tions. Fortunately for Nevada, the
gambling issue is still before the peo
ple of the state as a whole, and the
next Legislature will undoubtedly
place the state on the same plane of
civilization as other states enjoy.
The Washington politicians who
have been engaged in an endless
chain of speculation as to what might
have happened had Mr. Cosgrove's
Illness proved fatal should have
known better than to Bother with
such Improbabilities. Any one famil
iar with the staying qualities of Mr.
Cosgrove should know full well that
he would' refuse to die now on the
eve of a victory for which he has
been striving for many years.
Even without other guaranty, the
deposits of a bank are always as safe
as . its assets are good; and what is
true of one bank is true of All banks,
and would be true of associated
banks. The whole problem lies In the
ability and honesty of the manage
ment; and It is useless to expect good
banks to insure bad ones.
John M. Gearln will address the
people In Bryan's behalf. Mr. Cham
berlain will keep quiet. The differ
ence is that Gearln has been United
States Senator in a Republican state,
while Chamberlain has not yet been
elected.
Three surviving members of the
Cleveland Cabinet declare for Bryan.
Released from the domination of the
master mind, they declare for Bryan.
So It has been among men. In all
ages. There are few leading minds.
You probably will not say that you
want Tom Taggart's man Kern the
Tom Taggart of French Uck Springs,
his man for your Vice-President.
So, possibly, when you stop to think,
you will not vote for him.
"A vote for Debs is a vote for
Taft," says a Bryan organ, meaning
that Socialist votes ought to be cast
for Bryan. But, If that is true, it
furnishes an additional reason for vot
ing against Bryan.
Illinois is now the third state In the
production of petroleum, Oklahoma
and California ranking first and sec
ond. Yet only three years ago Illinois
was "practically a non-producer."
Republicans In Oregon who have
been lured away by non-partisan
tempters of course find It impossible
now to lure the non-partisans away
from the Democratic party.
T mae rtA hr enrte doesn't care
ortiAfhAr Portland navs as much at
tention to its exposition as Seattle did
Portlands. However, ronmnu is
illing to go one better.
If Bryan , should be defeated,
wouldn't It be a hard blow to the pa
triots in Oregon, who can't carry their
own state for him, but have eyes on
the pie?
The Idea of Hobson coming out
here to the Pacific Coast and talking
for Brvan and a larger Navy! What
can you think of that!
TTlArlon of Taft would be reassur
ing all investors in American un
dertakings at home or abroad. Would
election of Bryan?
Tacoma has raised over $36,000 for
a stadium. A stadium Is something
In which the people can watch Ta
coma grow.
Portland's murders show It is be
coming a large city. Portland's hang
ings, however, are below the average.
Bryan, who wouldn't have a Pacific
Navy, ought not to get a vote on the
Pacific Coast.
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND LABOR
Judse George Says Hr)n-GomprrV De
mands Tend to Clara LCRlslatlon.
PORTLAND, Oct- 25. To the Editor.)
Mr. Gompers has done. In the past, some
good work, but he is too Impulsive and
partisan. He is in error regarding the
decision of the Supreme Court, presided
over by that eminent Democrat, Chief
Justice Fuller. He says that it brings
labor unions for the first time under the
Sherman anti-trust law. They always
-were under It. Numerous courts have so
held and the Supreme Court decided noth
ing new. In a dispatch, Mr. Gompers is
reported as saying that the Republicans
intend to wreck the labor unions by pro
ceeding against them criminally under
the Sherman law. His apprehensions axe
imaginary. The Sherman act. passed in
1S90, prohibited "all . . . combinations
or conspiracies In restraint of commerce
among the states, or with foreign na
tions." Mr. Furuseth In his recent address In
this city said of this decision, concurred
in by all the Democrats, that "with one
sweep the right of combination was taken
from us and we were subject to being
sent to Jail." etc But that case never
decided against the right of laborers to
combine, and no labor union Is In any
danger whatever.
The Sherman law never prohibited any
peaceable labor organisation, or any or
ganization from doing any lawful thing.
Judge Taft so decided as far back as 1894
in the 'case of the Cincinnati Railroad,
two years before Mr. Bryan thought la
bor was being crucified upon a cross of
gold. Even a year before that, the United
States Circuit Court of Louisiana held
that the Sherman law applied to com
binations of all kinds workers as well as
capitalists; and this was three years be
fore Mr. Bryan wa trying to shove off
with free silver the crown of thorns that
he said the Republican were trying to
press down upon the brow of labor. Mr.
Bryan was in Congress after that Louis
iana decision, but he never tried to amend
the Sherman act so as to let out labor
organizations.
The Supreme Court was unanimous. No
Democrat on the bench thought of decid
ing otherwise.
If the unions In that case were not re
st raining interstate hatters commerce,
what were they doing? And if Chief Jus
tice Fuller, or any of the other Demo
cratic Judgrjs. had received the Demo
cratic nomination, Mr. Gompers and Mr.
Furuseth could wallop them all over
but would they?
The decision was that neither they,, nor
any one else, could, under the act, re
strain by a vast system of boycotting in
terstate hat-selling commerce that unions
were not exempt from law made for all.
It In no way affected agreements be
tween the employes and employers, nor
touched any essential right of unionism,
or of employes to strike or quit. Mr.
Gompers wants Congress to authorize la
bor unions to boycott as much of Inter
state commerce and trade with foreign
countries as they please. Let this then
be so understood generally, and from
what Mr. Gompers says. It may be In
ferred that Mr. Bryan has pledged this
and other special legislation for a class
not enjoyed by the remainder of the
American people.
But the great body of union-labor peo
ple are law-abiding, sensible Americans,
and ask for no special favors not ac
corded to all. All they ask Is a square
deal. They ought to have it, and if they
elect Mr. Taft they will get It There is
good reason why labor interests should
have a good representative in the next
administration of the President. For one,
I voted for the act creating the Bureau
of Labor passed In the 48th Congress
(18S'4, and signed by President Arthur.
In the EOth Congress the Bureau was
made an independent Department of La
bor, and five years ago a Republican Con
gress established .the Department of Com
merce and Labor and made its head a
Cabinet officer.
A good representative of labor interest
of brains and judgment is beneficial, and
it's safe to say that such incumbency will
come only from the next Taft Republi
can Administration. M. C. GEORGEL
SHEEP MEN ARE ALL FOR TAFT
Why Not, Since Success of Bryan Spells
Ruin for Them ?
Wallowa Bun.
It Is a significant fact that the sheep
men -of this county are nearly all Taft
men. Whenever men have property at
stake, they naturally look to a Republi
can Administration to protect that prop
erty for them. A prominent sheepman
remarked a few days ago that if he did
not have a sheep, he would like to see
Bryan given a chance to try his Ideas,
but that he could not afford to support a
man whose very ideas were ruinous to
the sheep business.
In the past Mr. Bryan has stood for
various ideas, all of which were destruct
ive to at least one Industry. The fallacy
of these ideas has become apparent to
the majority of the people and they have
shown their belief. To please the people,
to gain their vote, Mr. Bryan has cast
aside his ideals, free silver, imperialism,
free trade, government ownership, and is
now worshiping at. the shrine of the new
deity, guarantee of bank deposits. One
by one the people have Investigated the
Issues presented before and have rejected
them. They will reject as strongly any
plan to permit a dishonest banker to ply
his calling at the expense of the hon
est banker.
In Wallowa County, where everything is
prosperous, Taft will get a big majority.
ODDS 0 TO 1 AGAINST BRYAN.
LlOTda Insures Business Men 9500,000
Against His Election.
New York Times, October 20.
Nine to one are the odds against the
election of William J. Bryan, as figured
out by Lloyds Exchange In London. At
least that most conservative and careful
concern, after receiving reports from con
fidential agents in all parts of the United
states, according to information given out
last night by the Republican National
Committee, has accepted risks the equiva
lent to a wager at those odds against the
Nebraskan to an aggregate of JS0O.000.
The premium on this insurance, paid by
American business men to insure them
selves against business losses contingent
on a Democratic victory, amount to about
J55.000.
It was also announced that in view of
the two slight accidents to trains on
which the Republican candidate has been
traveling during his speeehmaking tour,
Lloyds has been esked to underwrite
some risks providing against such a con
tingency as Mr. Taft being prevented
from taking bis seat in the White House
by death or by incurring bodily Injury
that would prevent him from accepting
office.
Bee Sttnsa Man's Tong-ue.
Newark (N. J.) Dispatch.
Roscoe Jones, of West Orange, N. J.,
took some honey from a hive, and In
tasting it was stung on the tongue by a
bee. 'For several hours he was unable
to close his mouth or partake of food
of any kind. .
THE ELECTION AND BUSINESS
Rem ark a From a Point of View That
Should Intercut All Concerned.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Straw votes and canvasses of opin
ion are now in vogue. Here Is one
which has exceptional Interest for busi
ness men and wage earners:
The National Association of Manu
facturers has taken a canvass of its
3000 members as to business conditions
and prospects. There were four ques
tions. The last one, asking for sug
gestions as to something that might
better conditions and hasten the return
of good times, opened the way for some
reference to politics. In every case
the reply received to the last query
Indicated more or less emphatically a
hope for the election of Taft as a fac
tor making for good business and a
return of prosperity.
Several of these replies are peculiarly
Interesting as coming from the Demo
cratic South.
One Alabama firm said briefly:
"Elect Taft." Another: "The possibil
ities for the iron trade in 19H9. hinge
on the election of Taft as President
and the ability of the railroads to
finance their needs." Still another: "If
the Republican ticket Is elected we be
lieve the outlook Is bright for a good
business." All that from the new South.
And so It went with the replies
throughout, with an occasional varia
tion as to the business effects of the
election of Mr. Bryan, for example:
"The election of Mr. Bryan will, in our
opinion, prolong present business condi
tions Indefinitely."
There can be no question, of course,
that the employers' side of the business
world desires the election of Mr. Taft.
Such men feel that the election of Mr.
Bryan would mean renewal of disturb
ance, uneasiness of- Investors, prolonga
tion of slack times: the election of Mr.
Taft, renewal of confidence, and the
return of boom times.
Investors and wage payers fee! that
way, beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Wage earners should think that over,
'and realize that in voting for Taft they
are voting for themselves.
To those who harp on "Roosevelt hard
times," we reply that William H. Taft
is not an agitator.
LIFE ON THE UPPER COLUMBIA
Enormous Numbers of Salmon Being
Taken Out tiy Indians.
North Yakima Republic
It Is salmon time on the Columbla.
C A. Day. of the White Bluffs Land
Company, returned yesterday from Co
lumbia River points, where he has been
on business. With him Mr. Day brought
a number of fine Columbia River sal
mon, which he Is today giving away
to his friends. The annual salmon run
Is now On, and there are hundreds of
fishermen catching hundreds of fish
with the seine. .
According to Mr. Day, there are 00
Indians camped at White Bluffs for
the sole purpose of catching enough
fish to last them through the Winter.
There are Indiana there from every
part of the state, including the Moses
Coulee, Palouse, Colvllle and Yakima
districts. Wenatchee and other up-river
towns have sent their delegations of
redmen to the annual fish-catch.
The fish being caught weigh from
five to 85 pounds each. Mr. Day says
people not living near the river have
little or no Idea of the number of fish
that are annually taken from the river.
The Indians, being experts, land the
largest ones. They dry them at the
camps, and what they do not save for
food In Winter, they sell. The fish
brought home by Mr. Day are some of
the largest river salmon ever seen here.
Residents of the lands along the
Columbia depend almost entirely on the
salmon they catch for their Winter's
meat supply. Besides the seine, white
men and Indians organise large parties
and with torches go out at night in
boats for the purpose of spearing the
fish.
LIFE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
Narr a Failure fu 61 Years.
Albany Democrat.
Hon. S. M. Pennington, this morning:
"I have seen 61 crops in Oregon, and not
a failure." Oregon against the world.
Worse Than Dos; Tax.
Salem Journal.
We do not blame any one for not want
ing to pay a polttax. It Is about the
meanest tax that any man can be asked
to pay.
Real Tains; to Weather Prophecies.
Lakeview Examiner.
The Indians of Harney County, who
are reported never to fall In their weath
er prognostications: ,say: "Heap cold,
heap snow this Winter. Indian pony no
stand him through: snow several feet
deep." If that Is what we may expect,
woodpiles should be enlarged and extra
clothing should be secured.
The Retort Discourteous.
Portland Advocate.
The little plnheaded. Immoral, degener
ate, blatherskite, donkey-donk editor In
the last issue of his little trumpet, the
Seattle Searchlight, which Is the organ
of macques. pimps, racehorse touts, tin
horn gamblers, dope fiends, women of the
underworld, quacks, mountebanks, rene
gades, Jack-legged, Bible-beating preach
ers and the like, got awfully sassy and
boastful In his last issue. The dirty ras
cal Jawed and jawed, and slobbered over
two columns of rot and slush, the most
of which was Irrelevant, senseless and
bad very bad. Indeed!
Wbr the Fat Man Is 'Happy.
Newport Mall.
Look at a fat man. You wouldn't know
he had any bones at all- Not one shows.
His complexion Is unwrinkled and no
bones stick out. And he's contented and
happy. He's got his bones attending
strictly to business. They've got no time
to be creaking and groaning and making
predictions about the weather. They have
Just as much as they can attend to keep
ing their owner properly stretched out.
Then look at a thin man. His bones are
close to the surface, right where they can
get all the hard knocks and keep well in
the front with their troubles. And the
thin man Is sour and full of aches and
looks on life at best as a sorry series of
disagreeable things.
PICKED UP ROUND ABOUT.
"Well, my little man," inquired a vlaltor
pleasantly "who ara you?" "i'm the baby"a
brother!" was tii Ingenuous reply. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
At the lunch counter I feel mighty aorry
for that maa. "Why?" "Ha haa an Income
of f SO. 000 a- year and only (9-a-weok taatea."
Chicago Record-Heraid.
"Moat people." remarked the thoughtful
thinker, "take life seriously." "Wall, ftm'i
no reason why they should not," rejoined
the matter-of-fact person. "Taking lite le
a serious matter." Chicago Daily News.
"What I object to," aald the reformer, "ia
the ostentation of wealth." "You have a
mistaken idea about the matter. If you
want to find out how shy wealth can be
Juet give It a change to contribute to a
campaign fund." Waehlngton Star.
Strs. Neweii Excuse me, but do you sell
lee here? Dealer Tea, ma'am. Mr. New
wl Well. I want ten. centa worth. By the
wavy, how long have you had It in atock?
Sealer Since last Winter. Mrs. Newed
Ob, that won't do. I wsat aome that is
freah. Chicago Dally News.
Touriet (after a long dlacuaalon with sta
tion master on the aubject of catching a
eteamer) So you would advise me to come
back by the Sunday night train in order to
-atch the boat on Monday mornina? Sta
tion master (severely A wud advise nae
mon tae profana the Sawbath ; but a' 11 Jit
repeat If ye wait till the Monday ye ll nae
get the connection. Punch, j
PORTLAND AND GRAYS HARBOR.
Complaint of Poor Train Servlcej Page
Sound Cities Favored.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Oct. 25. (To the
Editor.) The wretched train service be
tween Portland and the important and
rapidly developing Grays Harbor country
should be brought to the attention of
every business man in Portland.
The train schedule now tn force and
which has been for some time is evidently
designed to. make It as difficult and tedi
ous as possible for Grays Harbor people
to do business with Portland and con
versely the same is true regarding Port
land people reaching the harbor town. In
tending travelers leave Portland at 8:30
A. M. and 2 P. M. tn fairly decent trains.
At Centralis they are dumped into a very
ordinary third-class train and conveyed
to Gate City, where they are again com
pelled to change in an Interval of about
30 minutes to catch the through Grays
Harbor train from the Puget Sound cities.
The annoyance and tediousness of these
transfers discourage travel to Portland,
which city was formerly the shopping
place for the entire Grays Harbor sec
tion. To Illustrate: Last Friday a woman left
Portland for Hoqulam, her home. The
porter In the observation car unfortu
nately placed her valise with a lot of
others, at the Centralia depot. She failed
to secure her valise at Centralia and had
to remain over about seven hours. This
particular woman has been going to
Portland for the past 30 years or more to
shop. She had Just previously remarked,
to the writer, how few Grays Harbor
women went to Portland to shop, as com
pared with former years, on account of
the inadequate train service.
The incident above note4 will not be
very conduolve to stimulating an early
return visit to Portland. This is only
one case of many that the writer has
noted on different occasions.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
could remedy this situation by putting on
a through Portland-Grays Harbor car,
both ways. The cost would not be great
with no great incidental delays. To do
less is to deliberately discriminate sgaiust
Portland. Perhaps a few thousand less
cars of freight sent to Portland ordinarily
routed over the Northern Pacific might
have the desired effect to malte some
body sit up and take notice.
Two direct trains are dispatched from
Grays Harbor to Puget Sound points, well
appointed and generally well patronized.
Portland gets a log train.
GEORGE M. CORNWAI.iL.
"CAP" HOBSON'S TRIP TO ASTORIA
Queer Reception From the Enthusiastic
"Hosts" of Democracy.
PORTLAND, Oct. 25. (To the Ed
itor.) I aim supposed to be a Repub
lican at least. I am registered as such,
and naturally would like to see our
party carry the state: but if the wild
enthusiasm and active support of all
Democrats are -as devoted as they are
in some parts of the state, I fear the
consequence.
Hobson was at Oregon's city of des
tiny Thursday, and from a weather
standpoint, everything looked fine. The
bay and the view of Washington's
shore were excellent, but oh! the
Democratic majority we have been told
about!
Hobson was met by one automobile,
one flag, four of the majority, and at
the depot was Introduced to the local
police force, which was there assem-.
bled.
At 2 P. M. he made his speech, and
was royally entertained until 5:45 P.
M., when he was eating beans all alone
In a combination saloon and lunch
room, at the depot Just before the train
left, perched on a high stool between
the train conductor and a colored por
ter. He had managed to find his way
back alone, due probably to his marine
training, as his Astoria hosts had dis
appeared long before it came time t
"buy."
Hobson seemed to like the beans In
Astoria, but from the viewpoint of an
Oregonian, who Is proud of our state,
it does not seem that it would ever be
necessary to sink a ship In the channel,
as the hospitality of the city by the
sea will be ample protection against
any invasion.
If the so-called majority works out
as it did Thursday, we certainly have
no cause to fear, and one can easily
see now why it Is that the Democratio
party would need less than 100,000
more to win the election.
ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN
MINORITY.
Neart-Death Tonch of Nitroglycerine.
Philadelphia. Dispatch.
An automobile at Clintonville, Pa.,
frightened a team of horses hitched to a
wagon loaded with 100 quarts of nitro
glycerine, which was thrown out of the
vehicle when it struck a building, but
though everybody who saw the accident
was frightened, the stuff didn't explode.
Women's Ham Barred From Church,
Denver (Colo.) Dispatch.
By a formal resolution, the First Metho
dist Church at Colorado Springs, Colo.,
has declared that women must not wear
hats in the ohurch during divine service.
New Fish In Maine Water.
Baltimore News.
A new fish which may supplant the
herring has appeared in Maine waters.
It is seven inches long and thicker and
fatter than the herring.
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN.
By James J. Montague.
"Now look a' here. Archbold," said wrath
ful John T.. "I thought you Bent
something to Mack
To help out the Peerless, who means to be
Marietta in ahleldlng ua truata from
attack!" , ' ,
"Sure thing." replied Archbold. "Despite
what we've lost in tile recent deplor
able crash, ,
I gladly came through with a ducat or two
. namely, three hundred thousand In
cash I"
"Then what ia the meaning." pursued the
old man in heavily gloom-laden tones,
"Of their noising about that we only fried
out to the tune of a measly two
bones ?
In the statement that Rlddcr begs men to
consider and deeply and closely I've
read It
Concerning the pelf on the Limburger shelf,
that two stands aJone to our credit:'
"Gee, Chief." murmured Archbold. "I little
like that! I knew that if Bryan
got in
He'd Peerlessly stand for our whole bloom
ing band, so I hustled to help him
to win.
Til drop Maok a line for we sure must
divine Just where is that money be-
Ifa, a'ast all too late If It's lost to go
. straight to the cash drawer and aend
him some more!"
"Dear Chief," whispered Archbold the fol
lowing day, "about that remembrance
to Mack ,
He got It all right, and the Peerlees hijs
aulte decided he won t send it back.
Mack write to me thus: 'You must excuse
us. you couldn't have treated us
That yourthree hundred thou appeared two
WUt i vow, an unfortunate olerical
error!" , . .
New York American.
The Debs Platform.
New York Call.
The earth for all the people. That is the
demand.
The machinery of production and distri
bution for all tha people. That la the da
man d.
The collective ownership and control of In
dustry" and ite democratic management In
the Interest of all the people. That Is tha
demand.
The elimination of rent, interest and profit
snd the production of wealth to satisfy the
wants of all the people. That is the de
mand. Co-operative Industry in which all shall
work together in harmony as the basis of
a new social order, a higher civilisation, a
real republic. Thatsls the demand.
The end of class struggles and class rule,
of master and slave, of ignorance and vice,
of poverty and shame", of cruelty and crlma
tha birth of freedom, the dawn of brother- y
hood, the beginning of MAN. That la the f
demand. '
This la Socialism!