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IT IS TRAJiSFORMATIOJI.
Shall the Democratic party die?"
la the hud-line of a leading article
In the NVw York World. That Jour
nal expresses the belief that. If the
Imocratic party shall fall this time,
the Hearst. Watson and Debs force",
uniting, will make an organization
that will supersede it. Still, auch party
would continue the name of the Dem
ocratic party; and the difference be
tween this party and that led by
Bryan Is unimportant and negligible.
The transformation of the Democratic
party took place In 1896. at Chicago,
when It rejected all conservative
counsels, insulted the Cleveland ad
ministration, and turned to Bryan.
Since then it haa been traveling on the
borderlund of socialistic theory or
policy, with occasional large Incur
sions Into it. Bryan. Hearst. Debs and
Watson are but variants of purpose
and effort substantially the same. So
many men, of great ambitions, are
unable to agree; there is not room
for all of thura at the head, and the
rest of them are trying now to elimi
nate Bryan, as the first step to new
leadership and further action. But the
party will not die. It is, however, en
tirely committed to a revolutionary
radicalism, and will return to its old
traditions no more.
But. says the World, "The Demo
cratic party tin this contest) Is fight
ing for its life. If it dies the Jeffer
eonlan theory of Government dks with
It." But the Jeffersonlan theory of
government died long since. It per
ished with the surrender of the Con
federate armies.
The Jeffersonlan theory of govern
ment rested on assertion of state
authority and state sovereignty, as
against National authority and Na
tional sovereignty. It culminated in
secession of many states, in 1S60-61:
then finally was crushed In 1865. But
though the Jeffersonlan theory was
then destroyed, the name assumed by
Jefferson's party survived, and Is likely
to survive Indefinitely: since it Is con
venient as any and haa a vogue
through custom and use that could not
be transferred to another name.
on financial and social questions
the party began to divide. Immediately
after the Civil War. The greenback
craze was accepted as a party expedi
ent, as the silver craze was later, and
as the crudities of bank Insurance and
of the war on the long-established
principle and use of injunction for
protection of personal and prop
erty rights. have been accepted
now. Yet defeat after defeat of
the great radical branch of the
party have given opportunity at
intervals for the conservative branch
to assert Itself; first. In the election of
Cleveland, who drew much more than
his party's strength, and later in the
nomination of Parker, who. however,
was deserted by the radical or Bryan
branch of his party and left Immeas
urably behind. Now again the radical
element, under Bryan, is at the fore;
and whether he shall be elected or de
feated tho conservative or Cleveland
Parker element never will control the
party again. It Is only the party
name that survives these transforma
tions. The party Itself shows a con
stantly increasing trend to socialistic
doctrines, which. In their ultlmates
signify and portend a centralization
directly the opposite of the revered
Jeffersonlan theory." But domina
tion of Bryan In the party Is repented
by ninny, who find him still trying as
they fear or pretend, to hold as far
as he can to the plutocratic section,
which still has votes and power.
Bryan therefore will lose votes to
Debs, to Watson nnd to Hlsgon. whose
followers hope for removal of Bryan,
and for opportunity to pledge the
Democratic party still more completely
to the advunclng doctrines of Social
ism. This party will preserve Its name,
but Its character has been completely
changed twice, within recent times;
first by the defeat at Appomattox, and
second bv the ascendancy of Bryan
Ism. "The Jeffersonian theory" has
not only gone from the party, but has
been completely reversed. The tend
ency now Is towards doctrines of a
socialistic nature, whose ultimate. If
ever reached, will be the most strong
ly centralized government the world
has jet seen.
JOY, NOT SfTTKRINO.
In Introducing Mr. Taft at the Mad-lson-Sraare
meeting Wednesday night
General Horace Porter made an
amusing slip of the tongue. He said
that W. J. lnyan was "suffering" from
some political and financial delusions.
Of course this was merely what Bet
sey Bobbett would call a "lapsus of
the llngui." Mr. Bryan la the pos
sessor of numerous deluslona, but 'he
does not suffer from them. On the
contrary, he rejoicus in them. To him
delusions are like tea to the old New
Kngland deacon's wife. "Bread and
me.it are the staff of life," remarked
this philosophic female, "but tea Is
life itself." Thus it is with Mr.
Bryan. Sundered from his dear delu
sions, what would he be? Nothing
but a faded phantasmagoria. Like a
shimmering mirage, he "would vanish
in the gulfs of the Illimitable Inane.
-Take away the curtain," said the
guests of Pyrrhaslus, "and let us see
your picture." But the curtain was
the picture, and the painter could not
remove it. Even so. Mr. Bryan's de
lusions are Mr. Bryan. In them he
lives and moves and has hui being.
To the historian of the future it will
be a melancholy but Interesting task
to gather up the shattered fragments
of the various hallucinations whlrh
one after the other have beset Mr.
Bryan's imagination and reverently
catalogue and classify them. Just as
geologists arrange the relics of extinct
monsters in cases. Marvelous will be
the extent and variety of the exhibi
tion. Goldsmith's rustics were lost In 1
wonder that one small head could !
carry all their revered schoolmaster j
Knew. a century irom i"ic
world will be wondering that one
head, however large, could carry all
the freaks of fancy that Mr. Eryan has
welcomed. What an addition he would
have been to that academy of the
learned which Swift describes In the
country of the Laputans. These sapi
ent scientists busied themselves ex
tracting sunbeams from cucumbers.
Inventing a machine to make water
run up hill and producing a breed of
three-legged cows. They would have
given Mr. Bryan the glad hand as a
heaven-sent brother of the guild.
TlfE LOWEST DEPTH.
We have this from a Bryan speech,
delivered yesterday at Home. N. Y.:
Thay are' talktnr. proaprlty and th
papers tell ua that they ara Klng to have
a ftrvat biff parada In New York City next
Saturday nlalit. They ar gotnjr to have
red lire. Thev are roina- to have lllumlna
tiona; they are golns to have bands; and
when 1 u In New York I saw them
bullulnc srandatanda alone; the route for
the p-ople who will watch the parade.
Why don't they take the money and fur
r.ieh lode-lnica at nlaht for the hundreda
of men whom I aaw leepln on the bencha
In the park? I had occasion to ride down
Broadway two nlshta. ona time at 2 o'clock
and another time at 4 o'clock In the morn
Itir. and there were not leaa than 200 men
.leepins In ona park on b-nchea and they
were protectlns theniaela from the cold t7
tvlnr. r.epaper. around their limb., and
while the men have not tl.a money wltn
which to bur lodKine-e the republican party
la apendlnn lta money fur red tire In order
to prove that It la the party of prosperity.
This is the very worst yet. For a
partisan appeal there Is no lower
depth of degradation. It Is a direct
appeal, by Bryan, for the hobo or va
grant vote: and a confession as well
that he depends largely on it. Why
doesn't his party attempt the "relief
for these people which he blames oth
ers for neglecting?
The simple truth Is. as every Intelli
gent person knows, there can be no re
lief, no real help, for the -men who lie
about in the parks. All efforts for
their relief only multiply their num
bers. There's Tammany, supporting
Brysn. It has all the revenues of the
richest city In the world at Its com
mand, large proportions of which It
habitually appropriates for the uses
of Its gangs. But of course even Tam
many can't support all the dead beats.
Nothing so pitiful, so reprehensible, so
contemptible, has ever appeared as
this Bryan appeal to the rabble of the
country.
MAxrrACTrRB or cement.
In a recently published report the
United States Geological Survey shows
astonishing progress of cement manu
facture in the United States. In 1897
the total production was 2.430.903
barrels, valued at $3,724,903. In 1907
the output was 4S. 785. 890 barrels,
valued at 153,992,631, at the places of
manufacture.
Pennsylvania took the lead with 20.
393.965 barrels. New Jersey followed
next with 4,449.896 barrels, while Indi
ana ranked third with 3.782.841 bar
rels. Michigan manufactured 3.5 72.
668 barrels. Kansas 3.353,925 barrels.
Illinois 2.036,093 barrels. Kentucky
and Missouri 3,186.925 barrels, Cali
fornia and Washington 1.S93.004 bar
rels. Colorado. Utah. Texas, South Da
kota and Arizona 1.399.000 barrels,
and Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia
and Virginia 1.274.470 barrels.
Oregon will get Into the business
soon. It was only a few years ago
that almost all the cement used In
the United States was imported .from
foreign countries.
THE rRIVtLKOE OF VIOT.SXCK.
In perusing the various guesses as
to what the injunction plank in the
Democratic platform means readers
will be reminded of Dr. Holmes' fa
mous "three Johns." These three
were first the young fellow John as
he reallv existed, known only to the
Almighty; second, John's Idea of John;
and third, other peoples Idea of jonn.
Naturally these personages were all
different. Likewise with the Demo
cratic Injunction plank. There is
first, the true meaning of that weird
Incantation; second, what Bryan and
Gompers think It means; and third.
what other people think it means, as
to its true meaning that Is veiled from
everybody but the Almighty, like the
real John, and it Is very doubtful
whether even omniscience has been
able to elucidate it.
The plank declares that "Injunc
tions should not be issued in any cases
In which Injunctions would not Issue
if no Industrial dispute were In
volved." Any candid person who will
sit down and deliberately try to make
this string of words mean something
will find himself In the situation of
Mark Twain when he asked the high
school girl to write him an English
sentence. She wrote "The young lady
was a person of perennial vicissi
tudes." Mr. Bryan might Just as well
have used this elegant dictum for his
Injunction plank. It expresses Just as
much and just as little as the one he
actually did use.
But there Is not a shadow of doubt
as to what Bryan and Gompers think
their plank means. Mr. Gompers de
sires to have the members of the
labor unions set apart from other citi
sens of the United States In a specially
favored class. The .favor which he
seeks is the unrestricted right to com
pel "scabs" to join the unions and to
terrorize everybody who employs them
by the boycott and by violence. If
there were no scabs In existence the
unions would control the labor world
absolutely. The final purpose of all
their efforts Is to extirpate the non
union element. If this could be
done Industrial peace would reign, but
It would be the peace of complete
tyranny exercised by the wage-earning
class over their employers. The
unions could extirpate the scab were
it not for the Interposition of the
courts through the writ of injunction.
This makes violence, the boycott and
the destruction of property, contempt
of court, and sends those who are
guilty of It to JalUwithout a Jury trial.
Thus the writ becomes an extremely
formidable weapon against the unions.
It Is in fact the one effective defense
which "capital" has at Its command.
Naturally the unions wish to destroy
the power of the courts to Imprison
strikers summarily. They would Inter
pose a Jury trial between the court
order and the penalty for disobeying
It. and Bryan and Gompers understand
the Democratic Injunction plank to
promise this specific thing. If It did
not seem to make this promise, Mr.
Gompers and the unions would care
nothing for it.
The plank is so obscure that in all
likelihood Mr. Bryan could evade it
easily enough if he were to be elected.
Certainly even If he had the instant
power to clip the wings of the courts
he would not dare to exercise it, since
such an act would make the whole
business community his irreconcilable
enemies. The courts are the main bul
warks of business and property.
Weaken them .In the slightest particu
lar and the foundations of commer
cial civilization are undermined to
that extent. Mr. Bryan knows all
this as well as anybody, for he Is a
student of conditions, and a shrewd
one. Hence it Is Inconceivable that
he should attempt to carry out in
practice the theory which he now ad
vocates to catch the labor vote.
For the laborers themselves It would
be a sorry day that should -give them
any greater privilege of violence than
they now possess. Their victories must
be won by brains and not by brick
bats. Violence has never advanced
their cause one fraction of an Inch
and it never will. To get justice they
must appeal to the reason of man
kind. It follows that they must edu
cate themselves to think. For it Is
reason which appeals to reason. Vio
lence never does.
To demand that the act of a court,
,when it Issues an Injunction, shall be
subject to trial by Jury, Is the strang
est farce ever ye't attempted. Pro
posal to appeal the order of a court
to a jury for decision for that Is
what this demand means, if It means
anything was laughed out of the
campaign in the Eastern States weeks
ago.
THEN AND NOW.
The Democratic National Commit
tee has a full page advertisement in
the last number of Collier's whose
perusal stimulates various emotions.
One of them is regret that the very
large sum of money which this ad
vertisement must have cost has not
been distributed among the starving
workmen for whom Mr. Bryan's heart
has been bleeding for the last few
weeks'. Ills National Committee must
have expected the advertisement to
do great good, or they would not have
diverted from charitable uses the
funds necessary to pay for it because,
as everybody knows, they are very
seriously in earnest about aiding the
poor and relieving the unfortunate.
Mr. Taggart, for example, makes it the
business of his life to relieve the un
fortunate of their cash.
The advertisement begins with a
question which might seem Impolite
if it were not so evidently Inspired by
warm-hearted zeal for the good of us
all. To those who would do us good
we pardon everything. "Has your In
come increased 4 8 per cent since
1896?" This is the stunning question
which the committee asks point blank
without giving one a moment to pre
pare an evasive answer. It Is like
beginning a conversation with the late
Li Ching Fu. Feeling obliged to reply
one naturally searches his mind for
the exact truth, and finally brings up
the conviction that there are quite a
number of people whose inepmes have
increased not only 4 8 per cent but
fully 4 8,000 per cent since the heroic
and halcyon days of 1896. The days of
"94-'96 were the palmy times of Coxey's
army, one is fain to recollect, when
the tarnished and tattered battalions
of the victims of Democratic rule pa
raded the country howling for bread
and finding none. Prices may be
higher now than they were In those
blessed years, but we are not aware
that there is any Coxey's army In
existence or any call for enlistments
in such a band.
Prices have gone up at a fearful
rate, this we must confess, but after
all it is some consolation that most
people have the wherewithal to pay
them. This in 1896 we did not have.
We went about gaunt and hungry and
who knows but we should do the same
again next Winter were: we si Ill
advised as to elect Mr. Bryan Presi
dent? The purport of this expensive ad
vertisement is that the extortions of
the trusts depend altogether on the
tariff. Itemove the tariff and you ex
tirpate the trusts at one fell swoop.
Thus the Dmocratic Committee rea
sons, or thinks it reasons, and It is a
beautiful example of Bryanitic lntol
lectuation. Through the thick skulls
of these quasi-reasoning beings it
seems to be impossible to beat the
truth that the trusts are the product
of an evolutionary process which no
possible legislation could have pre
vented. That we submit to be robbed
by them is of course our own stupidity
which we may outgrow In time, but
the expectation of destroying them is
a piece of stupidity which the Bryan
ltes will never outgrow. The complete
repeal of the protective tariff would
not destroy one solitary trust. It would
Impair the profits of a number, but it
would not even shake their position
of economic tyranny. One may say in
all certitude that in every case where
a trust fully controls a product the
repeal of the tariff would increase the
burdens of the consumer In the end.
This may sound startling, but a mo
ment's consideration will oonvince the
iiini it la tniA. The repeal of
the tariff would force the trusts to
mot nnrl overcome a temporary lor-
eign competition. They would over
come this either by driving It out oi
the market or by combining with it.
In either event the cessation of com-
. r . t ..i.i i.A jii I j. n-ji rl .v n new
petition uum wci iv. .,...-.- "j
tax on the consumer. If there Is any
person so simple as to Denee tnai
cr.iv,nr.titirin would not cease, all there
is to say about him Is that he has
reflected with little profit upon tne
processes of contemporary trade.
SfBSTOY SYSTEM IN JAPAN.
The eminent Pacific Coast boosters
for a ship subsidy are about to lose
one of their stock arguments for a
norotianf marine. For several years
we have been threatened by en inva
sion of Japanese ships, which were ex
pected to handle all the traffic of the
Pacific at rates so low that no Amer
ican vessel could compete. This alarm
ing prestige of the Japanese waa all
credited to the liberal subsidy that was
paid by the Japanese government to
.hlnnivnom Rllt JaDBIl haS HOW
reached the end of her financial tether.
and It has become necessary to prac
tice such rigid economy that practi
cally all of the ship subsidies are to
be withdrawn. The only payments
being made are those which are for
mall steamers. There was from the
beginning of the Japanese ship-subsidy
policy a considerable amount of that
national pride and patriotism in our
own country best described as , "the
old flag and an appropriation."
The sentiment Is still alive in Japan,
but economic reasons seem to have
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' triotic nature, and the subsidy system
Is to be abandoned because mere is no
more money available with which to
pay subsidies. The national debt. In
spite of the small population of the
countrv, has reached the enormous to
tal of $1,400,000,000, and to pay the
Interest on foreign loans requires an
annual drain of 100, 000,000, a sum
that would be troublesome even in a
land of high wages, where the people
possess much greater earning power
than the Japanese. The Japanese peo
ple are groaning under the weight of
this burden, and are insisting that
the government abandon its elaborate
plans for maritime conquest, and de
vote tome of the hard-earned millions
to the Industrial development that will
J yield more direct and tangible returns
' than have ever been secured from the
millions wasted on the Japanese ship
ping trust.
A large amount of conceit has been
taken out of Japan since her expendi
tures for expansion on the high seas
began outrunning the revenues. There
Is another cause for disappointment in
the failure of the Japanese "copyists,"
who have in a degree reproduced
many American and European inven
tions, but in nearly every case have
failed to turn out something "Just as
good" or even approaching the foreign
article In finish or efficiency. The ex
pensive experience which the Japanese
have been purchasing in the past few
years has taught them that It will be
a long time before foreign Inventions
and foreign brains can be entirely dis
pensed with. It has also taught them
that the only people who have profited
by the Immense sums that have been
paid for ship subsidies are the big
steamship owners and the shipbuilding
plants, neither, however, receiving
benefits approaching those enjoyed by
the foreigner who secured the advan
tages of cheap freight with the Japan
ese government paying the bills, a sit
uation which the United States is for
tunate in escaping. ,
The Nat'onal Fire Protection Asso
ciation in a very interesting compila
tion of figures shows the annual fire
loss for the past five years to average
3252,000,000. This is a sum before
which the loss by bank failures dwin
dles Into Insignificance, and It is a sub
ject that ought to Interest every property-owner
In the land. What we seem
to need. If the Bryan bank guaranty
theory Is correct, is guarantee against
fire loss. The Fire Protection Asso
ciation shows that the greater part of
this fire loss Is due to carelessness, and
practically all of the loss by failing
banks is due to the same cause, or to
criminal Ignorance of the first princi
ples of banking. We shoul 1 accord
ingly tax the owner of a well-protected
fireproof building to the full extent
necessary to make up a fund to pay
the fire loss of his negligent neighbor
who does business In a flimsily-bullt,
unprotected firetrap. If we place a
premium on dishonest, careless bank
ing methods, by agreeing to stand all
the loss resulting from such methods,
why refuse to follow to its logical con
clusion the principle Involved and em
brace other lines?
A plague-ship, carrying fifty-two
dead and fifty 'dying, has reached Yo
kohama, No phantom ship, conjured
from the dreams of an opium-eater,
but a strong, full-rigged vessel, flying
the German flag, was this floating laz
aretto. With 41 coolies on board
wretched, hungry and reeking with
foul odors this ship was turned back
from a Mexican port to Hongkong,
whence she had sailed. Accepting the
invitation to a ghoulish feast, that the
conditions on shipboard gave, the
plague was soon rife among the shud
dering creatures, and appalling results
followed. Imagination refuses to con
template a scene bo shocking as that
presented by this plague-stricken ship
and Its living, Infected and Infectious,
corpses, and turns sickened from the
task.
Mrs. Dorcas J. Spencer, of Califor
nia, charged the Winegrowers' Asso
ciation of that state before the Na
tional W. C. T. U. Convention in Den
ver with "flooding the state with so
called temperance literature, the pur
pose of which is to make people be
lieve that wlne-drlnklng is not injuri
ous." Why, said Mrs. Spencer, "they
advocate that the child shall be given
wine as soon as he Is weaned." What
says the Wise Man of Antiquity?
"Wine is a mocker and strong drink
is raging, and whoso is deceived
thereby is not wise." These words,
verified by the experience of mankind
throughout the ages, should be suffi
cient answer to the assertion that ha
bitual wine drinking is beneficial to
all even to children.
To have a Jurjr trial to decide
whether a court should Issue an In
junction, or whether an injunction is
sued by a court should be obeyed; and
to insist on a law to compel good
banks to Insure deposits in bad ones
these are the main principles of Bry
anlsm this year. Are they less Irra
tional than the old rhetoric about the
crown of thorns and the cross of gold?
Wouldn't Bryan better have stuck to
his old scheme, to which he owes his
prominence and fame?
Tet if you wish to show your neigh
bor on election day, by fair statement
and argument, how you think he could
and should vote, with advantage to
himself and to the country, there Is no
reason for you to fear punishment un
der the urenic "corrupt practice act."
You may Just exercise your right of
free speech, and of free printing, too,
and let the urenic. lawgiver at the Ore
gon City canyon go hang.
If the portraits of Presidential can
didates In the windows of houses of
men who work for a living along the
streetcar lines are a sample of those
on other streets of Portland, the over
shadowing proportion of Taft to
Bryan ought to be convincing to the
shouters and supporters of the latter
gentleman that they are In a 16-to-l
minority in the big city of Oregon.
D. B. Hill now comes forward and
will say pleasant words for Bryan.
Some day Mr. Bryan will speak nicely
of Hill. The old-line Democrats are
willing to do anything for Bryan but
vote for him.
' Even supporters of Bryan are mak
ing contracts that are to be void in
case their favorite shall be elected.
Like the old German "they don't got
no confidence."
Solely In the Interest of fair play, we
suggest that the Bryan straw vote
managers might get a lot of encour
agement by polling the barrooms.
Nobody that we hear of is making
contracts for business on condition
that they are to be null if Taft should
be elected.
Banker Ross and Banker Scriber
could keep each other company in
the Oregon penitentiary, by swapping
experiences.
It may surprise many persons to
know that a land-fraud trial has been
In progress in the Federal Courthouse,
8peakin of voices, Mr. Taft isn't
running for President on his vocal
organ. But there are others.
Bryan may be the advance agent of
prosperity, the same way as in 1896
and 1900.
Why stop with guarantee of bank
deposits? How about the Interest?
CHAIRMAN MACK'S PREDICTIONS.
N Variation Tala Yr From Pre-Elee-
tton Flfcurra Furniehed la 189-19O0.
PORTLAND, Or.. Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) In your columns of yesterday
morning, Mr. Norman E. Mack, chair
man of the National Democratic Com
mittee, is quoted as declaring that the
rumblings and thunder of the Bryan
landslide in the West are already heard
In the Eastern states, and today I can
confidently predict the election of Mr.
Bryan that a landslide In the West will
extend to the shores of the Atlantic. It
means that the Democratic National
ticket will carry every doubtful state,
etc. I figure that Mr. Bryan will have
at least 301 electoral votes, or 59 more
than Is necessary for a choice. This
comfortable majority will be increased
rather than decreased when the vote is
counted. In addition to the 166 votes
of the solid South and in this I Include
Maryland I am confident that Mr.
Bryan will carry New York. New Jer
sey, Connecticut, Idaho, Montana, Colo
rado, Nebraska, Nevada, Indlanla, Ohio,
Delaware, Kansas and South Dakota.
etc" In a postscrlp this morning, Mr.
Mack also adds Wisconsin, Iowa, Jjilnois,
Utah, Oregon and Washington.
This is the same Mr. Mack who pre
dicted the overwhelming election of Mr.
Bryan, both In 1896 and 1900. In both
of the years named Democratic phropheta
of every description were telling us that
the rising tide of Bryanlsm was sweeping
everything before it and why it was do
ing so explained with an Infinitude of de
tail Just as It Is now being explained
by those who are "on the inside" and
"know things that will surprise you
when the vote Is counted."
On November 4, 1900, Mr. Bryan him
self sent out from Lincoln his final an
nouncement with the opening clause:
"The fight has been made and won.'1
On the same date Dick Croker. the Tam
many boss, formally announced that
New York. Ohio and Indiana were cer
tain for Bryan.
On November 8, 1900, James K. Jones,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. Issued his final announce
ment with the following "opening re
marks": "The fight Is won. Bryan and
Stevenson will be elected. The Demo
crats will hold all the states they car
ried In 1896 with the possible exception
of Wyoming. We will also carry New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland.
West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois." He closes with the ex
uberant and patriotic announcement that
"It will be found when l..e vote Is
counted that the people have determined
with emphasis that the Kepubllo must
be preserved, that the power of the
trusts must be curbed; that the man
Is to be considered before the dollar, and
that the the voice of the people carnot
be suppressed by attempted Intimidation
or corruption."
Mr. Jones' phrophecies. however, after
the manner of Democratic prophecies
generally, slipped a cog on election day
and, of course, "the Republic" has been
In a bad way ever since, "tottering on
its base," as it were, to quote from an
old-time Democratic National platform.
It is interesting to recall that in 1900
these "sure Democratic states" returned
pluralities for McKinley Hnd Roosevelt
as follows: New York 143,606. New Jer
sey 86.899, Delaware 3671, Maryland 13.
741. West Virginia 21,022. Indiana 23,479.
Ohio 65.036. Illinois 94,924. On these
eight states alone Brother Jones was
"off" nearly 500.000 votes.
Mr. Mack belongs to the same school
of prophets, prophets who are without
honor, not only In their own country,
but in every other. It Is due to Mr.
Mack,' however, to note that he does not
follow Mr. Jones in saying positively
"the fight is won." Mr. Mack simply
"figures" and "confidently predicts." His
figures and predictions will make inter
esting reading on Wednesday morning
next, C. B. MOORES.
Roosevelt's Plurality.
PORTLAND. Oct. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) You will confer a favor on many
of your readers by publishing a list of
the states carried by Roosevelt In 1904
and the plurality over Parker in each
of these states that gave him its elec
toral vote. A. R- S.
Popular
plurality.
B7.3K3 D
17.K74 D
115.822 R
34.52 R
Statee. ' Rep.
Alabama
Arkansas
California 10
Colorado 5
Connecticut 7
Delaware 8
Florida
Georgia ;
Idaho 3
Illinois 27
Indiana 15
Iowa 11
Kansas 10
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 6
Maryland! 1
Massachusetts IB
Michigan 14
Minnesota 11
&lis?!sfippl
Dem.
11
8
3S.1KO R.
4.358 R
18.732 D
59.460 D
29,309 R
305.0.19 R
93.944 R
ir.8.7ft6 R
12fi,O03 R
11.89.1 D
42.503 R
36,8(17 R
51 R
9!,07 R
227,715 R
lfil.464 R
50,112 D
25.137 R
I. 1. 159 R
6.S2 R
2.8S.1 R
20,089 R
Rrt.flKR R
175.622 R
41.679 O
38.322 R
255.421 R
42.934 R
302.A51 R
16.7K6 R
PO.C08 D
50.114 R
28.284 D
llfi.SO.I D
29,031 R
30.BS2 R
34. IRS D
73.442 Tt
31.758 R
155.834 R
II. 559 R
R
13
Missouri 19
Montana 8 ...
Kebraeka 8 ...
Nevada 3- ...
New Hampshire 4 ...
New Jersey ., . 12
New York 39 ...
North Carolina ... 12
North Dakota 4
Ohio 23
Oregon 4 ...
Pennsylvania 34 ....
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 9
south Dakota 4 ...
Tennessee 12
Texae 18
rtah ..v 3
Vermont
Virginia "
"Washington . 2
Weft Virginia
Wisconsin 1
Wyoming 3
TotaI, 338 140
Roosevelt's popular vote I'!w?o?f
Parker'a Popular vote .5.077,1171
Rooaevelf a plurality .2.545,515
WIM Be Snved From Seonrne of Bryanls
HEPPNER, Or., Oct- 28. (To the
Editor.) In your issue of October 24
I see fragments of letters from Roose
velt to Taft. and from Taft to Roose
velt. I beg to thank you heartily for
the reproduction of that part of Hamp
ton's Broadway Magazine. No better
argument could be offered to your In
terested readers in aupport of the Re
publican ticket. Every, patriotic vir
tue is found in that exchange of in
timate thoughts and aspirations.
Above all on the part of both there Is
the main preoccupation, the same de
sire, viz: How best can we promote
the greatest good of our country?
Truly it does good to meet such evi
dence of honesty and disinterestedness
in at least some of our statesmen.
Shall the people rule? says W. J. B.
I rather believe they will, but I know
for a surety that God does, and ever
shall, and I have no doubt that He
will save the nation from W. J. Bryan
unless we have deserved the scourge.
In God we trust to good purpose. We
are not all hypocrites which claim
that motto.
I have not recovered yet from that
stupendous piece of presumption:
"Heir of President Roosevelt." Verily
one feels like blushing to see any
sensible American, native or foreign,
so grossly deceived. LOUIS VORUZ.
The Deadly Facsimile.
The Evening Telegram,. Portland.
While publicly urging the election
of William J. Bryan and asserting
editorially that the election ef the
Democratic candidate to the Presi
dency will not Jeopardize business in
terests of the country, the Oregon
Dally Journal is privately agreeing to
cancel contracts with advertisers In
the event of the election of Bryan.
Herewith is a reproduction of one
of the "to-be-cancelled-in-case of-Bryan's-electlon"
contracts.
Farmer Temple Tells
Once a Democrat. Thea a Populist,
He'a for TartHow a Thrifty and
the School of Experience.
Interview In Pendleton Tribune with Wil
liam Temple, one of Umatilla Countys
farmera.
"Say," said William Temple yester
day, as he entered the Tribune office
with a letter in his hand, "what do
you think of this?" And he exhibited
a letter dated Lincoln, Nebraska, Octo
ber 24, addressed to him and signed by
Mr. William Jennings Bryan.
The letter went on to say that "I
learn that you are inclined to support
our ticket this Fall and I write to ex
press my appreciation. Voters are not
made for parties but parties for vo
ters," and a Job-lot of stuff of like
demagogie appeal for "support."
The editor read the letter, when Mr.
Temple said:
"Now what do you think of that?
Who could have sent such a report as
that to Mr. Bryan? Vote for him?
Well, I should say not. Say, let me tell
you something. You know I can't see
for my life why anybody votes for
Bryan, can you? That is, anybody
who can remember the times we had
when the Democrats were in power.
I tell you I paid for it good. I was a
Democrat until '92. Voted for Cleve
land then, but when the bottom dropped
out of everything at once I began to
open my eyes. I had been taught that
the Republicans were poison, so I
turned Populist, but soon found I had
Jumped out of .the frying pan into the
fire.
a a a
T was farming and working like the
very deuce day and night. In 1894 I
had 20.000 bushels of wheat and the
price was 2S cents merely nothing.
But what was I to do? I came to
Pendleton one day after my threshing
was done and met Mr. . a well
known Populist and he said "Bill, have
you sold your wheat?" I said, 'No, not
yet.' Well.' he replied. you sell It
before you leave town. Before another
week there won't be a railroad run
ning in the United States.' "Why?' I
inquired. 'Why, they'll every one be
torn up. The people are not going to
stand any more of this, Coxey's army
Isn't asleep. You sell.'
"So I sold 10,000 bushels at 23 cents,
and after squaring up with my help
and expenses had J1000 coming to me,
and put it in the First National Bank.
It was Saturday and in a little while
I met my old Populist friend and he
said 'Did you sell. Bill?" I told him I
had and he asked me what. I had done
with the money. I told him I had paid
some debts but still had J100O left and
put it in the First National Bank.
'Why, you d d fool!' he said, 'you are
worse off than ever. That bank won't
open Monday morning and none of the
others will either.'
1
"Well, I was In a stew. I went home
but when the bank's doors opened Mon
day morning I was the first man in
and told Sam Sturgls I wanted my
81000, He didn't ask any ques
tions but began to hand out some gold
and some greenbacks. I asked him if
he couldn't let me have It all In gold.
MR. TAFT'S RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
What tlie Unitarian Church Stands for
In Christian Life.
The following statement concerning
Mr. Taft's religion is sent out by the
Republican National Committee:
The fact that Hon. W. H. Taft is a
Unitarian In his religious belief and
church membership is being made the
basis of much attack. In the interest
of fair play the full .facts should be
It lias been charged that Mr. Taft
Is not a Christian. Without discussing
the question as to whether Joining any
church proves that a man Is really a
Christian, it may be stated tliat the
Unitarians are believers in the Chris
tian faith; In a National conference
a common basis of belief was found
in the statement that "We accept the
religion of Jesua, holding, in accord
ance with His teaching, that practical
religion is summed up in love to God
and love to man."
Unitarian belief has further been
expressed In the Ave principles, adopt
ed by practically all the churches. We
believe In the fatherhood of God, the
brotherhood of man, the leadership of
Jesus, salvation by character, the
progress of mankind onward and up
ward forever."
It has also been charged that Mr.
Taft denies the divinity . of Jesus
Christ. As a matter of fact, the Uni
tarian church does not stand for any
particular theory of the nature of
Jesus. It maintains that the real re
ligious and Christian duty is to follow
him as a great leader In spiritual life.
The particular conception as to what
Jesus was, is entirely a personal mat
ter, with which the church has noth
ing to do.
The distinctive 'characteristic of the
T'iia.iDn viht-oh la its frank adop
tion of the rational principle in reli
gion. It insists that religion shall be
treated in the scientific spirit of free
Investigation. It asserts the authority
of the individual reason and holds
that no statement should be accepted
that does not approve itself to one's
intellect as being worthy of belief.
The Uuitarian church offers a free
fellowship. It holds that freedom is
absolutely essential to religious de
velopment. Every member is at lib
erty to form his own conception of the
truth, and is expected to be true to it,
however much it may differ from the
belief of others. There is no hint of
conformity or compulsion. The com
mon basis of union is a desire to know
the truth and to do good.
There is the fullest acceptance of
the principles of progress in rellgiont
It affirms a God of modern life, an
enlarging revelation of His will and
truth, and an ever-progressing faith,
keeping pace with the advancement of
human thought and evolution. Uni
tarianism simply insists upon having
In religion the same liberty that all
Americans claim in all other realms
of thought and action. ,
BETTING 5 TO 4 AGAINST HUGHES
Biggest Election Wager la New York
Since the Campaign of J 802.
New York World.
The biggest election bet made since
the famous pool formed by the Repub
licans In 1892 to stem the tide of senti
ment toward the Democratic party was
reported yesterday. It was a bet of
850,000 on Chanler against 140,000 on
Hughes and was arranged Just before
the closing of the tstocK lixenange.
The bet was not made in the Ex
change, but tne Hughes end was taken
by one of the biggest trader there. It
is probable it represents the pooling of
a syndicate. It was agreed that certi
tified checks for 810,000 to make valid
the wager should be deposited at 8
o'clock last night with probably the
best known stakeholder of election bets
in this country.
This man denied he had heard any
thing about it. although he was at the
appointed place at the time named, and
of the Days of '94-'96
He Saw the Error of Hla Ways. .d Now
Senalble Man Learned a Few Thin. In
He said he could and that he had no
ticed that every Populist who had
money In the bank always wanted
gold when he took it out.
"Well. sir. I took that money home
and kept it buried in different' places
on the farm until I worried more than
It was worth fearing somebody would
find it, and finally saw what a fool I
was on general principles and put It
In the bank again, made up my mind
that what I needed was to become a
Republican and look after Bill Temple's
Interests when It comes to voting.
"So I voted for McKinley in '96,
began to make money right at once
and have made money ever since, for I
have got living prices for everything I
have had to sell, as has every farmer in
the country.
a a a
"By the time 1900 rolled around I
had bought and paid for 2700 acres of
as good wheat land as there Is In the
United States, had a good bank account
the size of which I won't mention, re-'
tired from my farm, built a nice home
in Pendleton And ever since have had
a good time looking after my interests.
"Why do yon know that In those
times my wife sold earga for 6 cents a
doaen, butter for 15 centa a roll and
I sold many a srood cow for f. 15.
"I saw many a 12O0-pound home sell
for S2.50. Yoa Jtnow they were aent
to the cannery In those days to make
food for the people who were s;lad to
set It.
"I have seen hundred of horara aell
for (20 that would now readily bring
$2.10. I drove a lot of fat hoga to
Pendleton In thoae Democratic daya and
old them to BUI Dnnghtrey for 82.25
a hundred.
" "Oh, you can't talk to me about
Bryan. At that time I had a man
working for me who I was paying 75
cents a day for his work, and he was
begging for the Job at that. Do you
know that four years ago that same
fellow rented a big farm and in that
time has cleaned up J40.000 profit on
another man's land?
In 1S04 I was a nlnve. Actually n'
lave. I worked almost day and night
and my' family skimped In a way that
I wonld now be ashamed to say how
much. I waa In debt 2 1,000. I actually
one day used a f.2.50 sold piece to get
some coffale with that I had saved for
a keepsake for aeveral yeara. I had
no money and couldnt borrow a cent
Today I wouldn't give my big automo
bile for all I waa worth then.
"Now I want you to know that I am
not boasting at all, for what I have
since done and made, any other man
could? have done. The opportunity was
open, that was all. And you can bet
I won't turn down a friend that has
done this for me. No, sir. I will stand
with the Republican party which knows
how to do things, and believes in open
ing up markets and keeping Industries
going that, employ laborers.
"Now isn't that a peach of a letter
to send to me? Bryan is off. that's all.
And what Is more, he always is."
the denial probably was technical. It
is beyond doubt that arrangements for
this wager were made; that the amount
named is correct, and that . it was
agreed upon yesterday afternoon. Just
now, because of the anti-public betting
bill, there is a hesitancy about the an
nouncing of any kind of wagers.
The rate represented by the big bet
was the generally prevailing rate yes
terday, whether the speculation was in
small or large volume. One bet of 81000
on Chanler against $800 on Hughes was
reported from Brooklyn. In one of the
large cafes near the City Hall there Is
a pool of J20.000, of which any one may
have a portion at even money. This Is
only being nibbled at, as men with
means can do better by seeking indi
vidual enthusiasts whose Judgment Is
contrary to their own.
Beware! They'll Probably Hang You.
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) some of our ex-Presidents bore
the name of William. Now, if I should
say to any voter on election day that
I thought that a William would be our
next President, would I be breaking
our good, let-me-alone law, and could I
be punished by fine or imprisonment?
EDWARD J. FINCK.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
PORTLAND'S MOVXNG-
PICTTKE SHOWS
A lot of material facts, some
caustic criticism, a little praise,
humane humor and a preachment
by Leone Cass Baer.
AT THE END OF
A WEARY DAY
Full-page Illustration in colors
from an excellent photograph by
George F. Holman.
MOST DESPERATE
INDIAN CONFLICT IN
FRONTIER HISTORY
Forsyth's 50 scouts who with
stood a thousand warriors for
nine days at Beeeher Island.
MILLIONAIRE DADS'
BIO PROBLEM
Starting their boys right, as put
into practice by the great and the
near-great.
NATION-BUILDERS
TO THE NORTH OF US
Big men, including Americans,
who have done big things in Can
ada. THE HOTEL CLERK
ON ELECTION DAY
Mr. Cobb's unserious view of
the quadrennial event that we
shall celebrate next Tuesday.
ROUNDING UP MAGGIE
Unexpected experience of the
Bishop, Aunt Isabella and Pro
fessor Shorty McCabe.
ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR
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