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COSBTITrTIOjrAI. AD BEPRE9ENTA
TIVB DCTY.
It will not be doubted by the Repub
licans of Oregon, we suppose, that it
was a mlttake to allow - statement
Number One" to put them In a very
"peculiar" position In relation to the
election of United States Senator. The
pledge that many members of the
Legislature made Is one that cannot
be soo soon or too decisively re
tracted. The Republicans of Oregon, consti
tuting a prodigious majority of the
people, ought not to be misrepresented
at Washington during the long term
of six years by a Democrat in the Sen
ate. The situation In which the state
and their party are placed came about
through a series of luckless and Ill
considered movements, assisted by
fraudulent proceedings on the part of
the Democrats of the state. The
method and Its consequences are all
wrong; and the result, if it be not
arrested, will be a clear travesty of
representative government and direct
reversal of the political will of Oregon.
For Oregon no more wants a Demo
cratic Senator than it desired to cast
lis vote for a Democrat for President.
Through a Juggle of politics the pre
ponderant political sentiment of the
state ought not to be defied and mis
represented. When a mistake has been
made it ought to be righted; and no
pledge or promise made through for
getfulness of constitutional and politi
cal duty, or assisted or forced by the
trick of false registration for the pur
pose of controlling the primaries of
the opposite party, should be consid
ered ss having any moral or other
validity. When a man finds he Is
wrong, the best thing he can do Is to
reconsider and to get light quick;
especially so when his mistake Is made
In a representative capacity and the
rights of nil the people are concerned.
It Is the right of the Republicans of
Oregon to have a Republican Senator;
and since the Senatorshlp is a great
National office. Republicans of all the
states have rights In this Oregon
business that should be considered.
Moreover, the Republican Administra
tion of President Taft will be entitled
to support, not to opposition, from
Oregon.
The vote for Bryan in Oregon, for
President. Is the measure of Cham
berlain's actual strength for Senator;
and the Republican majority of the
state Is as much entitled to the Sena
tor as to the Presidential electors and
. to the choice for President. These
are the great political offices, through
which the policies of the country are
directed.
By a law enacted through Initiative
petition. It Is attempted to compel or
require members of the Legislature to
forego and repudiate their duty under
the Constitution and laws of the
T'nlted States. In the matter of elec
tion of United States Senators, and to
accept and conform to a totally dif
ferent Instruction. Such law, with the
instruction under It. Is void ab initio.
No promise or pledge asked, exacted
or granted, under such instruction,
should be considered as having the
least weight or binding force In
morals or conscience. No man can
sign away his right to perform his
constitutional duty. - It Is enough, to
say that such promise In this case was
made without sufficient consideration
of the circumstances and facts and
consequences. The subject was a
novel one: it was pressed by an un
scrupulous partisan opposition, large
part of which registered under false
pretense, and then, when the pledges
were secured helped to nominate Re
publican candidates. In violation of
the intent of the primary law
and of fair politics; and finally
to make their election sure de
clined In most cases to put forth
Democratic candidates. It was a trick
game, from the beginning, and ought
to bind nobody. That It was assisted
by the competition of Republican fac
tions with each other doesn't furnish
excuse, nor change its nature at all.
Time now is approaching to get rid of
these Juggling and fraudulent prac
tices in politics, and to start the prece
dent that will prevent repetitions of
schemes that defeat the purposes and
methods of the Constitution and the
will of the vsst majority of the people.
There Is nothing better than obedience
to the Constitution and laws and sup
pression of these Indirections and
bunco games.
Question is straight and direct. Is
a Democratic Senator Mr. Chamber
lain from Mississippi, imbued through
and through with Southern political
ideas, which tolerate no dissent, but
send to Congress ever" Senator and
Representative to support their theory
and idea, la Mr. Chamberlain to be
sent to the Senate by a Republican
Legislature of Oregon, to act and to
vote with the Solid South and with A
faction repudiated at the North, to
hamper and embarrass and if possible
to defeat the policies of the Repub
lican party and its Administration?
Then why did Oregon vote for Taft?
Ax we children? Have we any Idea
about what we want, or how to ac
complish it?
It is in the hands of a Republican
Legislature to elect a Republican Sen
ator, and It ought to do so. A score
of excellent and fit men might be
named not recognising any faction
either of whom would serve the state
well, and at the same time on political
questions continually arising in the
Senate, would give the Republican
party, overwhelmingly dominant in
Oregon, the representation in the Sen
ate to which it Is entitled, and the
Administration at Washington the
support which is Its due from Oregon.
The members of the Legislature can
select such man; they need no dicta
tion, and The Oregonlan will offer no
suggestion. But when the member of
the Legislature takes his oath of of
fice he will find this initiative statute
of Oregon and any pledge he may
have made in accord with it, directly
at variance with the Constitution and
laws of the United States lit this very
Important matter; and he will find It
necessary to make his choice, one
way or the other. It seems to The
Oregonlan that constitutional and rep
resentative duty ought to prevail.
POSSIBILITY APPROACHES REALITY.
The following article was published
by The Oregonlan Immediately after
the election last June. It will bear
republication now. and mny be worth
thinking about now. It was entitled
when published, "A Peep at a Pos
sibility." Now the. possibility ap
proaches reality:-
Suppose that Taft should be elected
President In November. Now here Is a Re
publican Legislature In Oregon to 'meet in
January.
The new administration will want the
aupport of Oregon in the Senate. Friends
and supporters of the new administration
will expatiate on the absurdity of the elec
tion of an opposition Senator by the Re
publican Legislature of Oregon.
Republican members of the Legislature,
divers of them, and even many, will wish to
assist the new administration, and to stand
well with It. Sundry of them will not be
averse to service under tha new administra
tion, or at least to favors for their friends.
But there will be a chilly atmosphere at
Washington for Republicans who have sent
a Democratic Senator from Oregon to op
pose the Administration.
Of course these considerations will In
fluence nobody now. Our brave electors and
their candidates are far and away above
all this sort of thing1 at the present time.
But. Just cast a horoscope of: the situation
next January at Salem under the very prob
able conditions supposed, as above. Our
poor words are merely words of forecast;
they are neither prophethical nor prophy
lactlcal; for nothing that might ba aaid
now could add to the gravity of such a
situation, or express all 'Its meaning.
BRYAN AND CANNON.
No one, in the circumstances of to
day, can begrudge Mr. Bryan the vic
tory he has gained in his own state.
It is a testimonial to the estimation
in which he is held for his personal
qualities; yet Nebraska no more ap
proves his politics and policies than
Iowa and Kansas and the Dakotas do.
But the people of Nebraska, and es
pecially the people of Lincoln and of
his own district, felt the force of Mr.
Bryan's personal appeal for their sup
port, and they responded with their
votes. Seldom has there been any
thing more pathetic in our political
history than Mr. Bryan's appeal to his
people at home, on the night before
the election. It melted his neighbors;
his political opponents voted for him.
The feeling shown In that speech
touched, indeed, the heart of the
country though it could not induce
others to vote for Bryan as It brought
his neighbors to vote for him.
Besides, there was the thought
among the people of Nebraska, and
especially among the people of his
county and city, that here is the op
portunity to honor ourselves and the
state and city and county we live in
by voting for our citizen. Let us If
we can focalize on Nebraska, and on
the little city of Lincoln, for the term
of four years, the eyes of the United
States and even of the world! Let us
make Lincoln as noted as Oyster Bay!
Let us stand by our man! The chance
will not come to Nebraska again!
This feeling, moreover, was sup
ported by their citizen's general ami
ability of character, and by recogni
tion of his peculiar talents as an ora
tor. It Is not conceivable that any
person In the United States has a re
gret that Nebraska voted for Bryan.
There, too. is Uncle Joe Cannon.
He has been attacked and beset as few
men in our recent political history
have been. But his neighbors, and
the people of his district, without
much regard for party, made up their
minds to stand by him. As a conse
quence, though subjected to vehement
and even vicious attack from a great
number of Independent and opposite
sources, he is elected by nearly his
usual majority. People voted for
Uncle Joe because his name and posi
tion he had achieved had brought
honor to his district and to them. Be
sides, the old man is a rare character,
admired for many qualities by all who
have the fortune to know him.
But, of course. In fiercest of political
fights, like those of the times of the
Civil War and when the calamity of
free coinage of silver, with change of
money standard, and financial ruin
were impending, little, mighty little,
is thought about these amenities and
sentimentalities. They sleep then, to
be awakened on better days.
LAt'GHXXO AT SPIRITS.
A contributor whose sincerity merits
all respect makes this complaint about
gome remarks which recently ap
peared In The Oregonlan: "I read
with deep Interest your comments
upon a letter written by Hon. Harry
Yanckwlch. . . . While reading it
I wondered why it was that a con
scious spiritual life after death and
belief that it could be proven was al
ways treated so lightly by the public
press." To this the evident reply Is
that the press does not treat lightly
the solemn truth which our contribu
tor specifies. The fact or supposition
of a future life is never ridiculed by
men of ordinary reverence. But they
are often Inclined to smile at the
proofs which are offered that spirits
can communicate with living persons.
The fact of a future life Is not in ques
tion: neither is the reality of messages
from another world. They may pass
back and forth every day for anything
we know.
But the undeniable fact Is that most
of the specimens of such messages
which have been made public are In
effably foolish In substance and Ignor
ant in form. They are ridiculed be
cause they are inherently ridiculous.
Let some, medium reveal through
spirit communication one single, soli
tary fact not heretofore known and
let the fact be never so minute. The
result will be an instantaneous sur
cease of ridicule and an overwhelming
access of faith. Thus far. with all
that the spirits are alleged to have said
and done, they have told us nothing
that we did not already know, and
they have accomplished nothing but
the most childish tricks. That a dis
embodied soul should Journey across
the measureless abyss which divides
heaven from earth to tip a table and
announce to John Smith that his
grandfather had seven sons is not to
to be believed. Let the mediums pro
duce something worthy of credence
and the world will grow solemn
enough over It. Too much faith, not
too little, has been the common fail
ing of humanity. But so long as the
spirits continue to be funny and noth
ing more, they must expect to be
laughed at.
TELLrNG THE TEMTH.
Based on Impartial estimates furnished
bv correspondents for The Oregonlan from
verv county In the state with the excep
tion of Klamath and Lake. Taft will have
a plurality In Oregon of lU.Z'ru. It is imety
to Da more ramer man iw. 1 - . - "
nlan. October 19, 1B0S.
It is more rather than less. The
plurality for Taft In Oregon will ap
proach or exceed 25,000, verifying In
the most complete manner a forecast
by The Oregonian two weeks before
the election. Tet It was not a fore
cast nor a promise nor a prediction
by The Oregonlan Itself, except in so
far as it was an expression, or the
combined expression, of its corre
spondents' opinions and Judgments.
The Oregonian merely performed Its
duty as a public Journal in seeking
information from impartial 4nd in
.formed sources and in presenting it
colorlessly, fairly and fully. It was
not soliciting partisan thunder nor
campaign advantage. It wanted the
truth and it wanted the public to
know the truth as nearly as it could
then be ascertained. It was the truth,
as the event shows.
But this is not all. The Oregonlan
undertook, ,in common with many
newspapers throughout the United
States, a canvass for 'straw" or trial
votes among various representative
classes of citizens, and in many avail
able public places. It did not guar
antee results. It simply guaranteed
the fairness and Integrity of the votes.
On October 5 The Oregonlan said that
if the sum of the various canvasses
was a- fair indication of the vote in
Multnomah County at the election, the
Taft plurality here would be from
6000 to 8000. Perhaps this is a mere
coincidence. The Oregonlan does not
know. But it docs know that the re
sult was interesting, and would seem
to Indicate that the "straw" vote has
value. If it is properly and Intelligently
conducted and is sufficiently elabor
ate. It is worth while to mention that
The Oregonian printed during the re
cent campaign a vast amount of tele
graphic and other correspondence
from various parts of the United
States, setting forth the political situ
ation In every doubtful quarter. We
believe it is a fact that the readers
of The Oregonian were quite as per
fectly informed as to the progress of
the campaign as the readers of any
other newspaper anywhere. They
were not misled on any point at any
time by any of the accredited cor
respondent of The Oregonlan whose
instructions were to tell the truth as
they saw It without regard to conse
quences. They did.
The Oregonian mentions these
things merely because its campaign
news and election forecasts were lately
attacked for partisan purposes. It has
no idea, of course, that any of Its
critics will do It the Justice of ac
knowledging the excellent character of
Its Views service. Indeed, these self--same
critics got all that they really
knew about the campaign from The
Oregonlan. But let that go. What
The Oregonlan said did not suit trlem,
and they set out to prove that The
Oregonlan was wrong. They will quit
that now until the next campaign.
WHAT IT MEANS.
The result of the Presidential elec
tion will make some people so glad
that they can only rejoice and some
so sorry that they can only grieve;
but perhaps there is a third class
whom it will leave in that middle
state of placid satisfaction which per
mits one to seek to draw from events
the lessons which they contain. Ob
viously the first and most emphatic
lesson which the election teaches is
that the country is still afraid of Mr.
Bryan. In spite of his efforts to pose
as a conservative, in spite of his ap
peals to religious sentiment and his
advances to the timid elements of all
parties, the people do not trust him.
They listen to his speeches with
pleased attention. They sympathize
with his pleas for better government
and more equal Justice, but when It
comes to voting their hands are stayed
by the same old suspicion that he is
not a safe man, which twice before
has contributed to his defeat. Nat
urally this third disaster will end his
career as a Presidential possibility, but
as long as Mr. Bryan lives he will be
an object of respectful regard
throughout the United States. The
country will heed his voice as a
prophet, but nevermore as a guide.
He can Inspire, but he cannot lead.
The second obvious lesson of the
election is that the labor vote Is still
a negligible factor in politics. Of the
things it set out to accomplish every
one has been lost, and most of them
badly lost. Mr. Br5an has not been
elected. Mr. Cannon has not been de
feated. To all appearances no con
spicuous "friend of labor" has been
returned to Congress. Indeed, Judg
ing from the results, the friendship
of labor Is more to be dreaded by a
politician than its enmity. The hos
tility of the working man's faction can
be overcome with the greatest ease;
its support seems to be almost a fatal
Incumbrance. But taking the coun
try as a whole, labor has not cut much
of a figure in the election. This may
be a disappointment to Mr. Gompers
and those of his way of thinking, but
people In general will not mourn over
It. The United States Is not yet ready
for political contests based explicitly
on class lines.
But labor has no especial reason to
regret, Its political Impotence In this
campaign. Mr. Taft is as well dis
posed as Mr. Bryan to the working
man, while his-ability to confer favors
Is vastly greater. As a lawyer and a
former Judge, he knows what can and
what cannot be done under the Consti
tution, and there is not the slightest
doubt that he will urge remedial legis
lation up to the last limit which his
conscience permits. If this does not
satisfy the unions, there is nothing for
them to do but form a party of their
own and wage political warfare for
constitutional amendments. Probably
by this time they all perceive what
they are likely to get by seeking to
wield the balance of power between
the Republicans and Democrats. They
simply make more enemies than their
own numbers can compensate.
The third lesson of the election is
that the Roosevelt policies are still
surpassingly popular. The promise of
Mr. Taft to carry them through to
their logical outcome was one Impor
tant cause of his election, backed as it
was by the guarantee of Mr. Roose
velt himself that there would be
neither hesitation nor shadow of turn
ing. If any person interprets the vic
tory as a relapse of the country to
reactionary sentiments, he is fatally
mtstaken. Neither in the Republican
platform nor in Mr. Taft's speeches
nor in Mr. Roosevelt's numerous ut
terances during the campaign was
there an atom of comfort for the re
actionaries. The pledges on all sides
that the great Roosevelt reforms
should be pushed vigorously were em
phatic and explicit, and It was the
faith of the Nation In these pledges
that elected Mr. Taft. Had there been
the least doubt that he was not sincere
in his devotion to the progressive pol
icy, he would have been defeated.
This policy Includes in the first place
a frank acceptance of the. trusts as'
economic necessities. The attempt to
extirpate them is abandoned and re
placed by the determination to con
trol them in the Interest of the public.
The Nation seems to be thoroughly
convinced that Mr. Bryan has blun
dered in his notion that the trusts can
be put out of existence.
Everybody knows also that the
Bryan plan of government ownership
of railroads was only held in
abeyance for the time being and
would have been put forward
again at the first favorable mo
ment. The voters have rejected
this plan and decided m favor of regu
lation. The election does not signify
by any means that the country Is to
be delivered over to the carriers to be
exploited. They are to be controlled,
but not annihilated. The -Sherman
law Is to be enforced against capital
and labor fairly and equally. There
Is to be no suppression of the unions
with a free hand given to monopolies.
We may trust Mr. Taft's known char
acter for that. We may confidently
expect also that his promises to obtain
a parcels post and postal savings banks
for the rural parts of the country will
be kept. He is on record in favor of
both these great ameliorations of
country life and there is every reason
to believe that he will hold his word
sacred.
Finally, we may look for as early
revision of the tariff In the Interest
of the consumer as he can bring to
pass from a reluctant Congress, to
gether with steady extension of Fed
eral . control over the corporations.
These are the substantial benefits
which Mr, Taft's election promises.
What reason has anybody then to
grieve over it?
There is fine philosophy in the polit
ical observations of Mr. Hosea Biglow.
And much good human nature, too.
When they were trying to force him
Into a line that his judgment and his
principles could not approve, he de
clared: Kz to the answerin' o' questions,
I'm an off ox at bein' druv.
Then he proceeded to "stand off"
those who wished to stick him to
Statement One, viz:
I don't approve o' glvin' pledges:
Tou'd ough' to leave a feller free
An' not go knockln' out the wedges
To ketch his fingers In tha tree.
But when a feller's fingers are
ketched In the tree he has a right to
get them out.
Oh. no! Republicans of Oregon
shouldn't want their own. They have
a tremendous majority in their state,
but should give up the Senator to a
local faction and to the Solid South.
Tou see this Is the era of non-partisanship:
and non-partisanship is found
in Its perfection only In the Democratic-Bryan-Solid
South copartner
ship. To that you must succumb, or
carry the taint of partisanship about
you. Let us not be partisans. Let us
be Bryan and Murphy and Tammany
and Solid South Mississippi Demo
crats; and let us elect the Senator they
want. Thus, "a great principle" will
be established we don't think.
Well, now we do not think that the
dogma of the Holy Trinity is finally
rejected by the election of Taft, or
that the dogma Is disturbed or shaken
by this event. Theological and eccle
siastical dogmas belong to the world
of Imagination and feeling, and of
history, too. On these points our Jew
ish brethren, as well as our Roman
Catholic bret hren, could say some
thing, as well as our Protestant breth
ren; Indeed could say It better, for
they have had a lot of experience.
General Benjamin Simpson is prob
ably the oldest man who voted in
Portland on Monday, He is past 90,
cast his first vote for President In 1840
for William Henry Harrison, and has
voted at every Presidential election
since, except during his residence in
Oregon in territorial days. He is a
native of Tennessee, and came to Ore
gon in 1846. He served in the Legis
lature, has been Indian agent and Surveyor-General.
His sight Is dim, but
his powers otherwise are unimpaired.
Bryan was rejected chiefly because
the business interests of the country,'
large and small, were afraid or dis
trustful of his protests, and would not
have them. No one could know what
the Bryan schemes might lead to.
Business will not be monkeyed with by
these political dreamers. The dis
pleasure was most manifest in the
greatest cities. In New York and Chi
cago, especially, the business people
rose up almost en masse against
Bryan.
Four years ago Alex Sweek, Demo
cratic chairman, said Roosevelt
wouldn't have 15,000 plurality In Ore
gon. He had 43.000. Lately, from
the same eminent source, we heard
that Bryan would carry Oregon. He
didn't, by 25,000. How will it be
next time?
For the eighth time, consecutively,
the Republicans have elected a major
ity of the House of Representatives.
This exceeds all precedents in the his
tory of the country. No party hith
erto has controlled the House without
a break, during so long a time.
One of the great results of the elec
tion Is the demonstration and the
proof that class can't be arrayed
against class. The effort to do this
was a feature of the contest that gave
many real concern.
A paper at Pendleton (East Orego
nlan) started out for Taft and wound
up for Bryan. It is a. versatile Jour
nal, with ideas of progress backwards.
T r la t n hd fertrtA nn that AT -
T? rvn Ice foliar 1 linnnv nver tVi r-oaulf
which he didn't help to bring about.
But. is he?
Old Rockefeller's declaration fell
fiat. Everybody saw through it.
The people do rule. Certainly.
WHAT DO WE KNOW OF SPIRITS t
Until We Know, Then. Wliy Should
They Not Be Ridiculed T
PORTLAND, Or.. Nov. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) In yesterday's Oregonian, I
read with deep interest your comments
on a letter written by Hon. Harry
Yankwlch, and printed on the same
page. While reading it. I wondered
why it was that a conscious spiritual
life after death, and belief that it could
be . proven, was always treated so
lightly by the public press, and that,
too, by the Editor .of The Oregonian.
who surely is informed that it is proven
to be a fact by some of the best minds
of the world, the scientists.
After all is it so strange a thing to
claim to know what has been taught
for ages? L for one, think that the
millions yes, countless millions of
money and numberless ages of time
used In teaching us of a future life,
ought to begin to bear some fruit be
sides faith. Faith has served us long
and well, but pales Into nothing when
knowledge can take its place. Knowl
edge has been, and Is taking the place
of faith, in spite of the insincere way
it Is treated by the papers. The papers
print a thousand and one subjects that
are of no vital importance to the soul
of man, and might sometimes give way
to what ought, if it does not. concern
every one; and when you, and others
with greater or less influence, think
the world has suffered enough through
Ignorance in the past, will help to let
the light of knowledge shine upon our
pathway, as undisturbed by ridicule as
you have our faith of the future, then
and not till then will men seek with
uplifted eyes and happy hope, that
knowledge which all may have and
rejoice in when the stigma God help
us! of being a spiritualist is wiped
out by corfslstency, and it is consid
ered as much of a virtue to know a
thing, as to think you know it.
NORA ARMSTRONG.
Menace to the Americas Drama.
Chicago Evening Post.
It Is clear that in these days the
path of glory leads but to the stage.
Since theatrical stars aspire to dia
monds, it may be natural for diamond
stars to aspire to theatricals, but the
prospects of an unrestrained hegira
from field to footlights fills one with
forebodings. Mike Donlin, erstwhile
right tanglefoot of the New York nine,
Is even now perpetrating a drama en
titled "Stealing Home" In New York,
while J. Tinker, Cub shortstop. is
about to enact one might say render
a role In "Brown of Harvard" at a
West-Side theater.
Both the public and the dramatic
muse might endure these shocks were
they not big with portent of what is
to follow. The sanguine may regard
them as sporadic outbreaks of stage
Itis, but the discerning know they are
forerunners of an epidemic. Are we
to have Artie Hoffman to enacc "Su
perman" and Stelnfeldt perpetrate a
modern version entitled "Richard at
Third?'" Is Chance, with his circum
spect legs, to "do" "Caught in the
Rain." or "Cap" Anson "Rip Van
Winkle?" And. culmination of porten
tous possibilities, are the White Sox
to harrow the one-night stands with a
minstrel show concluding with an af
terpiece revealing Fielder Jones in
"Oil's Well That Ends Well?"
The stage has survived Corbett and
Fltzslmmons. but the prospect of
Johnny Evers, the Bhoemaker of Troy,
mouthing "2 B or not 2 B" will be its
quick curtain.
Wow the "Drlnkreas Drink."
Baltimore Sun.
Maxim's noiseless gun has been out
done. The drlnkless drink Is now on
tne market in the shape of an evapo
rated drink of whisky made into a
paste.
This latest thirst quencher struck
town several days ago in the sample
cases of whisky salesmen. Efforts are
being made to Induce local w.lisky
firms to order them for the trade in
Georgia and other dry states where the
ordinary moist drink is barred by litw.
The tabloid "drink" looks like cherry
gelatine nestling In a salve box. It
smells a little like old rye. It can
either be chewed or drunk. It Is guar
anteed to reach the right spot and
produce the desired effect either way.
To take it dry one has only to tnin
the box upside down and citrch the
gelatine as it drops out. If a wn drink
Is desired the gelatine can be esslly
dissolved In a little water, and makes
a man's size drink.
The effect the tabloid is go'ng to
have on the whisky traffic ca.ino: he
prognosticated. Instead of going cut
between the . acts the thirsty one can
chew a tabloid and have all the effeots,
even the odor, without leaving hl.i seat.
The prsslbllitles are too numercu3 to
mention.
Governor Hughes Wit.
Wakefield Item.
Governor Hughes, instead of being so
ber and sedate, as imagined by the
majority of people, is becoming quite a
humorist. Reverting to Lewis Stuyve
sant Chanler's denunciation of him as
another Oliver Cromwell, Governor
Hughes flippantly remarks that It re
minds him of the man who was asked
If ha would have some oxtail soup. He
said, "Isn't that going pretty far back
for soup?"
New Vacation for Mr. Bryan.
Brooklyn Eagle.
There should be a fortune waiting for
Mr. Bryan at the close of the campaign
as a professor of voice culture.
Shall the People Ruler
The Hd of November was coming on fast.
And the cold Autumn winds) were blowing a
blast.
As over the land Billy Bryan did go.
A-carrying a banner, with this motto:
"Shall tha People Rule?"
On his ponderous head hung very scant hair.
Ills nose It wan Roman, his eyes cast a glare.
But his mouth wore a smile that spread to
each ear.
While shouting the motto. In tonea Joud and
clear:
"Shall the People Rule?"
He aaw through a window, as ba kept get
ting higher,
Judge Taft and his family, beside, a warm
fire;
And he eyed his distinguished competitor
keen.
But he fled as ha cried, and he cried while
a-fleeln'
"Shall the People Rule?"
Take care, you, there!" said an old woman,
"Stop!
It blowln Republican gales on top;
You'll be blowed off, sure, on the other
other side!"
But the famous "Boy Orator" proudly re
plied: "Shall the People Rule?"
"Oh. don't go up, such a fearful night!
Come, eleep on my lap!" said a maiden
bright;
On the end of his nose a tear-drop hung,
But still he shouted, with silvery tongue:
"Shall the People Rule?"
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Beware the big stick from the Roosevelt
tree.
Ife swinging aloft, and it might hit thee!"
Saying which, an old farmer went home to
his bed.
While Bryan'a Quaint motto rang out over
head: "Shall the People Rule?"
On November the 8d. quite late In the day.
Judge Taft. accidentally, was passing that
way.
And he heard, just above him, as often an
twice.
The very same words. In a very weak voice:
"Shall tha People Ruler'
November the 4th. 'bout quarter to seven.
The Judge reached tha spot, which was near
est to heaven:
And found Bryan dumb, in the cold, drifting
snow.
Still clutching his flag, with the queer
motto:
"Shall the Peorle Rule?'
Tea, speechlejss at last, without any doubt.
The people had ruled him decidedly out;
On a drear mountain-top. poor Bryan was
lying.
No mora was tha use for him to be crying:
ONB OF THQ PEOPLE.
PLANS ALL MADE FOR MEET
Good Sport Promised at Interclub
Match Tomorrow Xight.
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All preliminary arrangements for to
morrow night's Interclub boxing and
wrestling tournament between the Seattle
Athletic Club and Multnomah have been
concluded and Indications point toward a
record crowd being In attendance when
the programme opens at 8 o'clock. The
card listed for the night is all that could
be asked, for at least two of the bouts
will be on a par with anything seen In
Portland in years, and the others hold
almost equal promise.
Willie Speck. Seattle's crack 125-pound
scrapper, is scheduled to meet Harry
Neicken, one of the cleverest mitt-artlsts
in the Multnomah Club. These two young
sters came together last SDrlnsr. vhen
i the Pacific Coast championships were
held in Portland. Rnd at that time Speck
scored over Neicken. only to lose .his
laurels to Olmar Drange. He is, there
fore, determined to win tomorrow night
and even up this old score, while Nelck
is equally as determined to wipe out his
former defeat.
Another good boxing bout Is expected
from the meeting between C. C. Ralph,
of Multnomah, and Cal Harris, of Se
attle, who will box at 145 pounds. Ralph
is a new man at the game, .but is said
to possess considerable ability. Harris
is one of Seattle's old standbys and Is
rated as one of the best men In his divis
ion in the Northwest.
In addition to the main boxing bouts
two preliminary events between embryo
champions of the Multnomah Club will
take place. The boys slated to meet
are among the most promising of In
structor Rennlck's younger squad of
boxers.
The two wrestling bouts should prove
most interesting. Wrestling instructor
O'Connell Is not making any strong
boasts of the ability of E. D. Smith, the
Multnomah entry, who is scheduled to
meet V. Venables. of Seattle, but says
that the local man will surely show sime
class. O'Connell believes that If Smith
does not defeat the Seattle champion this
time, he most certainly Will when they
meet again, for a return match will take
place in Seattle at a later date.
Erisar Frank will meet Bert Klncaid. of
Seattle. In a match at 125 pounds. This
bout will be' the first time for several
years that Frank has met a man of his
own weight, for he has heretofore tak-m
on heavier opponents. The matches to
morrow should furnish interesting sport.
FEW CHANGES OF SENATORS
Cummins to Go From Iowa, Kern
From Indiana.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. The present
Indications are that the Republicans
will have about a two-thirds majority
In the United States Senate, as the
result of yesterday's election, or vlr
tually the same as at present. Of the
92 members of that body, 61 hold over.
leaving only 31 places to fill. Of these
19 are held by Republicans and 12 by
Democrats. Alabama, Arkansas, Lou
islana, and Maryland already have
chosen Democrats and Kentucky and
Vermont Republicans. The other
Senators of whom successors are to be
elected are:
Republicans Allison, Iowa; Ankeny,
Washington; Brandegee, Connecticut;
Galllnger, New Hampshire; Hans
brough. North Dakota: Heyburn, Idaho;
Hopkins, Illinois; Klttredge. south Da
kota: Long. Kansas; Penrose. Pennsyl
vanla; Perkins, California; Piatt, New
York; Smoot, Utah; Stephenson, Wis
consin. All of these will be succeeded
either by themselves or other Repub
licans. Democrats Clay, Georgia ; Gary,
South Carolina; Gore, Oklahoma; Milt
on. Florida; Overman, North Carolina.
All of these will be succeeded by Demo
crats. The only Senatorshlps remaining In
doubt are those In Ohio. Indiana and
Oregon, which are now represented by
Senators Foraker, Hemenway and
Fulton, Republicans; and Colorado,
Missouri and Nevada, represented by
Senators Teller, Stone and Newlands,
Democrats.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, Is about
to realize his ambition of becoming a
Senator from that state. He has many
admirers in Washington and his entry
upon the scene of National politics
will be observed with keen interest.
If Indiana should send a Democrat In
place of Hemenway, it is supposed here
hat John W. Kern, the defeated Vice
Presidential candidate, will be chosen
and he would be the'flrst Democrat to
occupy a Senatorial seat from Indiana
since 1899, when David Turpie surren
dered his office to Beveridge.
BREAKERS BRUISE OLD MAS
Swept From Rock at Newport and
Almost Drowned.
NEWPORT. Or., Nov. 4. This morning
about 10 o'clock William Wakefield, of
Eddyvllle, a prominent citizen of Lincoln
County, narrowly escaped drowning. He
was en route to Waldport.- had crossed
the bay at this place and walked out
along the south Jetty.
When well out toward the end he slid
down on a rock on the Inside face of
the jetty when suddenly a large breaker
rolled In and broke over the place where
he was sitting, sweeping him off and into
a pool behind the rock work. His head
struck on the rocks, renaenng mm un
conscious and he lay there with the water
rising over him fqr some time before he
revived sufficiently to crawl out on the
sandv beach where he lay In a helpless
condition until nearly 2 o'clock, when he
was discovered by some of the men be
longing to a detachment of the United
State surveyors.
They assisted him home. Wakefield Is
a large man, ?6 years old and a veteran
of the Civil War. He Is bruised about the
head, shoulders and legs, but not serious
ly injured.
APPLES TAKE OX DEEPER RED
Hood River Is All Smiles Because
of Taft's Election.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Nov. 4. (Spe
cial.) Hood River is all smiles today.
Business men and ranchers alike ex
press themselves as being highly
pleased with the great victory for Taft,
and apples are said to have taken on a
deeper blush than ever. A crowd esti
mated to contain several hundred met
the train today to get their morning
paper for details after staying up until
8 o'clock this morning to hear the re
turns read at the Commercial Club.
It is stated that one Bryan supporter
was so sure of his election that he had
made arrangements to make his appli
cation for postmaster and had decided
whom he would employ as clerks. The
vote here for Bryan ran ahead of the
Democratic registration, while that of
the Republicans dropped off about 250.
The total vote In the county was 1237.
City Election in Gervals.
GERVAIS, Or.. Nov. 4. The annual city
election was held here Monday. There
was a friendly contest for Councilmen,
but over the Marshalshlp was the llvollest
contest. The result was as follows:
Councilmen, F. A. Mangold. Jacob Blng
man. August Nibler, L. K. Selgmund and
Anton DeJardin; for Recorder, P. H.
FitzGerald; for Treasurer, Joseph F.
Nathman; for Marshal, John Zoller. The
vote on Councilmen was very close, while
the Marshal was elected by a two-to-one
vote. The new Councilmen stand for a
more progressive city government.
1 CALLS MINISTERS IXTRVE
Georir L. Baker Says They HaTJ
Misrepresented Thin(rs.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 4. (To the Edi
tor.) It Is not the intention of this ar
ticle to start or maintain a quarrel with
church people or with any other class or
set of people, but to correct certain mis
statements which have been given to
these same people by their ministers who
have seen fit to distort the facts. Basing
their arguments upon these distorted
facts, they have atood In the public ros
trums and misrepresented not only my
utterances, but my purposes and Inten
tions, which I submit to any fair-minded
body of men and women is unjust. I
am entitled to an honest verdict as to
honesty in what I say. If 1 can secure
such a verdict from the people, I feel
certain that my acts, like my photo
graph, can stand the scrutiny of my en
emies as well as my friends.
I maintain that the utterances of Rev.
E. Nelson Allen and Rev. V. U. Foulkea
in recent addresses to public assem
blages, later printed in the public press,
will not bear the light of truth, for they
are not true, and it is hard for me to re
frain from saying that these worthy
gentlemen knew they were not true, and
cared not whether tney were or not.
My mode of living is not the same aa
that of other people 1 know, and were I
disposed to be sarcastic, I might add
that their mode of living is not like mine.
The same condition is true in regard to
beliefs and opinions as to what const!
tutts the best government fur the City
of Portland. I am satisfied that my
opinions in this regard are better than
those of men who step down from their
pulpits and without even a faint knowl
edge of the city government under which
they are living, and with a fainter knowl
edge of the men whom the people have
chosen to represent them, set about to
criticise the actions of these represent
atives in a manner that is at once be
wildering in its stupidity and deceit.
The icev. Mr. Allen, whom I have
never had the honor of meeting, to my
knowledge, stated from his pulpit that
I said during one of my addresses in
the council, "that five high-toned women
were arrested for boozing." I never
made such a statement and never used
the expression, "live high-toned women
were arrested." On the contrary, 1 re-
ferred to the women as being respect
able women and having all the appear
ances of respectable women. 1 suppose
the reverend gentleman thought his re
marks would have greater effect ani
carry more weight if he used the ex
pression, "five high-toned women were
arrested for boozing In a notorious liquor
dispensary." So let that much go to
show how willing Rev. Mr. Allen is to
misrepresent the illustration will suf
fice tor its purpose, although It is more
than probable that he has misrepresent
ed in many other Instances. His re
marks are of little import, however, com
pared to the statement of Dr. XV. H.
Foulkes. At an address delivered by
this reverend gentleman at the Y. M. ('.
A., Sunday, November 1, he made the
following statement:
"The conversation which" took place in
the Council meeting was about as fol
lows of course the report came out In
the paper with the language modified
somewhat. It had to be.
"A representative of the Liquor Deal
ers Association arose without being
asked and at the lop of his voice told
the Councilmen what the law was. One
Councilman called out:
" 'Is that so?'
"He replied, 'Yes, It is so.'
"Another called out, 'I am not in favoi
of having liquor sold In houses of pros
titution.' "One of the Councilmen asked. 'Are
there any houses of Ill-fame In Portland?'
"The representative of the Liquor
Dealers association replied: 'You cught
to know, you go there often enough.'
"I said to myself, 'where is the dignity
of a city like this? Here we are, leaving
the welfare of our sons and of our daugh
ters with the Council, which can enact
such a scene as that?' It was a burning
shame and a disgrace."
Dr. Foulkes said that the above conver
sation took place at a Council meeting.
1 say that it did not. Further he pro
ceeds in his misrepresentation and seeks
to impress his auditors with the fact that
I was present when such proceedings
were enacted. I was in attendance .it the
last Council meeting during tne entire
proceeding, and will vouch tnat Dr.
Foulkes willfully misrepresents when he '
said that such language was used at the
Council meeting.
I believe in the church, but I believe
that the church could be engaged In bet
ter business than employing ministers
who deceive their employers. I do not
believe that churches should mix in pol
itics, neither do I believe that the minis
ters are capable of running a city gov
ernment. I stated to Dr. Foulkes that
it would be Impossible to govern this city
according to his Ideas. I believe this be
cause there are classes of people who
pay high licenses and high rents; tax
payers who pay large taxes, besides other
elements found in every large city en
titled to consideration who .agree with '
me that Dr. Foulkes Is talking things
he knows naught of. To disregard their
wishes and accept his would undoubtedly
be perfectly satisfactory to them, in his
opinion.
Certain ministers and part of the press
have seen fit to lay great stress on "no
women In the saloons." making it appear
that I am In favor of opening the doors
of disreputable places to the wives,
mothers and daughters of good famine?.
This is not true and any person who
knows me knows that It is not true. The
conditions that existed before the Cellars'
ordinance went Into effect have not and
will not be changed, as time will demon
strate. In the event that the Rushlight amend
ment becomes a law, conditions will be
not better, nor worse, but It will not ben
efit a few of the larger places as the Cel
lars' ordinance will do If It continues to
be a law. for the reason that a number
of places of a dangerous character will
be altered so as to conform to the Cel
lars' ordinance. In yesterday's Ore
gonlan, Councilman Rushlight explained
the operations of these laws and I refer
all persons who are Interested In this
legislation to compare his views with
those of a few addle-pated ministers who
have flung themselves Into the mire ol
deceit and misrepresentation.
GEO. L. BAKER.
HINTDCS
CAVSING
TROUBLE
Colony In Astoria Proves Disturbing
Element to Police.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 4. (Special.) The
Hindu colony that ha gained a foot
hold in Astoria during the past few
years, is gradually becoming a disturbing
element and causing trouble In the lowei
portion of the city. Last night Officel
Linvllle found it necessary to arrest one,
who gave his name as John Shanan, and
he showed fight. In addition, to this, a
number of his countrymen followed U
the street In a threatening attitude al
the Hindu was being taken to Jail.
Rebuild Memorial Church.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Nov.
4. The Stanford Memorial Church, whlcl
was practically destroyed by the earth
quake. Is now being torn down to the
foundations so that the building may b
restored as soon as possible. It wil
be rebuilt like its original, with ths ex
ception of the large Gothic steeple, whlct
will not reappear In the new building
It is to be made earthquake proof wltl
steel framework. While the frame o)
the builuing will soon be completed, be
cause of the large amount of work whlcl
requires the most skilled mechanics an
stone sculptors, it Is estimated that th
new church will not be opened for tn
use of the public for at least three years
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