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MINOR PARTIM.
Some wondering comment has been
xcited by the small vote which ,each
of the minor parties polled In the
'. election just over. None of them
' mustered anything like the number t
expected. Observers had not anticl-
pated many votes for Mr. Hearst s so
called Independence party, but the
pitiful remnant who actually remained
Joval to it fell far below what was
looked for. Much the same is true of
the Prohibltloni.-ts and Socialists. The
Prohibition party has no fssue wnlch
can ever give it real vitality, but It has
devoted adherents and some growth is
natural; but this year It shows de
cadence rather than growth. Its vote
. has not increased. On the contrary It
' has fallen off. The Socialists, basing
Ill-Judged expectations on the number
. who voted for Debs four years ago.
looked for total of a million votes
or more this year. Some indeed were
more moderate. The Appeal to Rea
son, for example, set e figure at
' 800.000. If it runs UP to half a million
It wHI exceed present prospects.
NT Debs explains this lapse in what
eemed to be a steady progression by
I saying that the Socialist vote four
' years ago was far above the normal
mark. Manv Democrats of radical
1 propensities, dissatisned with Parker
and unwilling m side with the Repub
licans, cast their votes for Debs, he
.Insists. This is not unlikely. Doubt
" les it is an error to deny that the
Socialist party has been Increasing
year by year and its vote this Fall Indi
cates pretty nearly its real member
ship todav: All those who had united
with it temporarily for one reason or
- another went either Jo Bryan or Taft.
leaving onlv those whose devotion
' knows no wavering, Unlike the Pro
i.i.i.ii.r. ih Knfiallsts have an issue
which is llkelv to become more for
midable as time passes, and there is no
hope whatever that their party will
merge with any other, or dissolve.
Perhaps on the other hand It may
never grow large enough to wage a
real contest for National control. It
mav remain always -what it has been
thus far. a thorn in the side of the
larger parties stimulating them to ad
vance and supplying them with new
Ideas. ..'.,.
The United States throughout its
career has baj-n ruled by one or the
other of two parties fairly well bal
anced numerically. Smaller parties
have appeared pretty regularly, but
thev have not succeeded in gaining any
considerable hold either in Congress
or the State legislatures. The only
way there has been for a third or
fourth party to acquire representation
has been by growing large enough to
swallow one of the old parties. This
has happened frequently and may
happen again, but there is little pres
ent indication that such an event is
near. Our system of majority repre
sentation is largely responsible for the
exclusion of all the small factions from
elective offices. No matter if the mi
nority has but one vote fewer than the
majority, the latter gets all the rep
resentatives ' and the former none.
Many claim that this is the best pos
sible arrangement, since it promotes
stability. Others insist upon its essen
tial unfairness and put forward nu
merous schemes of minority repre
sentation. The constitution of Oregon
has adopted the plan of minority rep
resentation, but no feasible way of se
curing It has yet been worked out.
either here or elsewhere. All the sys
tems hitherto proposed seem to be af
fected with radical grounds for ob
jection. The long chances are that we shall
continue to be governed by two great
parties In more or less regular alter
nation for many years to come, and
that the minor factions will go on
struggling under the almost fatal diffi
culty of absolute non-representation.
Still at various times in the past, in
Bn.tA Af thiv riifTifMiltv- minor Darties
Jiave grown to major ones and It would
be folly to prophesy that It will never
happen again. The rule has been, how
ever, for one of the former great
parties to disintegrate or merge with
the new one, not for three nearly equal
parties to exist simultaneously, and
there is no reason to expect that this
rule will cease to work in the future,
at least for a long time to come. If,
for example, the Socialists should grow
more rapidly than now seems reason
able and acquire something like half
the votes of the electorate, it is almost
certain that . the Democratic party
would merge with it largely, the frac
tion which did not merge disappearing
in the ranks of the Republicans. Thus
we should still have but two great
parties, a new and an old one: but we
may predict with some confidence that
the new party, whatever its principles
might be would retain the good old
name of "Democratic." This name has
already covered a multitude of prin
ciples utterly contradictory to one
another, to say nothing of sins most
heinous, and it will be apt to keep on
doing so. In fact some observers would
not be much surprised to see a major
party within the, next ten years which
will be Socialist in most of Its prin
ciples but which will still call itself
the party of Jackson and Jefferson.
The brief period of profit-taking in
stocks Thursday was followed yester
day by another strong upward move
ment in which both industrial and
railroad stocks participated. The prin
cipal reason given was the assurance
of Judge Taft that there would be no
Interference with honest corporations;
but another reason can be found In the
broadening of the market. Prior to
Judge Taft's election it was practically
Impossible to Interest outside capital
in either railroad or Industrial securi
ties, and for months the stock market
had been in the hands of the profes-
si ona Is. Now that confidence Is re
; etorad. and there is a big demand com-
ing (or the products of the steel works
and other factoires represented In the
long list of industrials which have
been a drug on the market, the In
vesting public Is aaln In the market,
and is creating an investment rather
than a speculative demand for stock.
MEANS MICH FOR PORTLAND.
The occasion for the notable ban
quet at the Commercial Club last night
was among the most important in the
commercial history of Portland. It
was something more than a tribute to
Mr. James J. Hill, the master railroad-builder
of the age. It was a
spontaneous manifestation of the
pleasure and good feeling that are at
tendant on the consummation of a
long-deferred project fraught with
great possibilities for Portland. To
the work of, Mr. Hill more than to any
other influence, or all other influences
combined, is due the phenomenal
growth of Seattle. Through all the
years when he was building up that
cltv with his transcontinental rail line
and his trans-Pacific steamship line,
Portland was ignored by him. As we
had not then fully realized the neces
sity for improving the Columbia
Kiwr entrance, it is probable that Mr.
Hill had good reasons for declining at
that time to Include this port In his list
of Pacific Coast terminals.
With the improvement of the river
there has come a change, and experi
ence has undoubtedly demonstrated
that any possible shortcomings which
might exist at the entrance of the river
have been more than offset by the
enormous saving In moving traffic over
a water-level line instead of lifting it
over a lofty chain of mountains. But,
In recognition of what Mr. Hill has
done in the building of the North Bank
Railroad. Portland forgets any possi
ble slights of the past, and is proud
of the opportunity to honor him for
what he has now accomplished. He
has "made good," and In every way
fulfilled his promise made two years
ago. For that reason he will not soon
be forgotten by Portland and the peo
ple who dwell in the territory that the
hew North Bank road has made trib
utary to this city.
While the spirit of good feeling ani
mates us it might be a good time to
cultivate a more friendly feeling, not
only toward Mr. Hill, but toward other
railroad men who have interests in
this country. The Pacific Northwest
is a sparsely settled country, and, in
order that the population may be In
creased, we need railroads probably
more than any other region of similar
area in the United States. It is much
less a question of rates than of service.
The Condon farmer who -was obliged
to haul his wheat nearly sixty miles
to Arlington had but small complaint
about rates when the O. R. & N. exten
sion was built, because he knew that
the most extravagant rate that the
railroad might charge would be so
much less than It was then costing him
to market his wheat that it would dou
ble and treble the value of his land.
There are half a dozen localities
similarly situated in the Pacific North
west, and to some of them Mr. Hill
will undoubtedly turn his attention
with feeders for his wonderful main
line to Portland. That line has cost a
vast sum of money. Mr. Hill has not
stated how much, but it is generally
believed to be somewhere between
$40,000,000 and $50,000,000. To earn
even a reasonable return on this enor
mous Investment it will be necessary
to exact good rates until the popula
tion and development of the country
Increase the traffic. This does not
mean that the rates should be higher
than for similar service in other parts
of the country where conditions- are
similar.
It does mean, that until we get a
number of necessary feeders and ex
tensions built in this country a very
liberal policy should be shown the rail
roads operating in this region. Mr.
Hill has built a great road, but not In
his lifetime will It return the profits
that will ultimately result from the
economic advantages it presents. Port
land, however, has a mutual interest
with Mr. Hill In his railroads, as It also
has with Mr. Harriman in his lines in
the Pacific Northwest. This interest Is
such that we desire to make it profit
able and attractive for all railroad
builders, so that they will build feed
ers and extensions In all directions.
Portland is under lasting obligations
to Mr. Hill for the splendid new route
he has opened for us, and should do
everything possible to make it easy for
him to continue the work and to make
a financial success of his big invest
ment in Portland territory.
IN THE INTEREST OF CLEAN MILK.
While the question of the whole
someness of the city milk supply Is
being discussed, would it not be well
to provide by city ordinance for the
delivery of all milk from the dairy
tanks direct to the consumers, In bot
tles? The reasons that make this
method of delivering milk compulsory
in many. If not most, cities of the
country are manifest. In the first
place, it insures that nothing will get
into the milk, after it has left the
dairy, whether drippings from the oil
skin sleeves and wet, grimy hands of
the milkman, or flying coal dust from
early morning fires as the milk is
poured from one can to another, back
and forth so that those first served on
the route will not get all the cream, or
odors of the stable so pungent at times
when, the milk or cream is poured Into
the coffee or is warmed for the baby's
breakfast; or hairs from the backs of
over-drtven, perspiring or rain-soaked
horses.
There is besides a guaranty of good
and just measure In the use of stand
ard bottles, both to consumer and pro
ducer, and the certainty of protection
from prowling cats or other animals
at the back door where the milk is
delivered before the' family has arisen.
Glass Is moreover much cleaner and
much more easily kept clean than tin,
and is in fact the only container of
milk In transit that can be kept per
fectly sweet and clean.
It would be like adding testimony
to an already clearly proven and fully
accepted statement to recount these
reasons for urging the delivery of milk
In bottles but for the fact that milk is
still delivered in the old way to con
sumers by a number of dairymen In
this city. Plainly stated there can be
more filth concealed in milk than In
any other article that comes to our
tables with the single exception of the
mince pie. There are heavy odds in
favor of the latter on the basis of a
relatively limited consumption, mince
pie being left pff the bill of fare In
most families during the Summer
months and never at any time form
ing an article of diet for babies and
young children. Milk goes into every
home and is always in season. Nothing
is more disgusting than milk that
smells of the stable or of unclean ves
sels, or that in being poured from the
pail leaves a dark streak at the bot
tom suggestive of drippings from' the
hands of the- milker or from the oil
skin sleeves of the deliverer, who In
the rain and darkness pours the indi
TOE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, yOTEMBER 7,
vidual portion from a wet can Into an
other wet can. after a run up the steps
and around to the back door, into a
pall or pitcher set out the night be
fore to receive It. It is unaccountable
that the delivery of milk in this way
is tolerated by the health authorities
of this city and that milk so delivered
is accepted by cleanly housewives, and
by mothers solicitous for the health of
their children. The practice should be
stopped right now. The way is sim
ple. Let consumers notify aeaiers
that after this month they will receive
their daily milk supply only in bot
tles and the work will be done. Or,
since everybody's business Is nobody's
business, let the City Council proclaim
through ordinance that on and after
December 1 all milk delivered to fami
lies in this city shall be contained in
bottles, for the due and proper return
of which the consumer is liable. The
question is one of public health, of the
decent supervision of an article of
dailv consumption that is especially
susceptible to contamination and de
terioration In handling, and of simple
cleanliness which should appeal to all
Intelligent consumers and enlightened
sanitarians.
A JVKT VKKDWT.
Bank-wreckers Morse and Curtis,
who will go down in financa.il history
as the stray sparks that set off the
frenzied finance powder magazine,
about a year ago, have both been
found guilty of misapplication of
funds placed in their charge. From
all of the evidence presented the ver
dict seems to be a Just one. and it will
meet the approval of the American
public. Reading between the lines of
the testimony, it is fairly plain that
there were other big rascals who
profited by the "frenzied" methods of
this pair of twentieth-century bucca
neers of Wall street; but this fact does
not shift nor alter the accountability of
the men who were at the head of the
great institutions that were looted.
Morse and Curtis were, to use an ex
pression of the circles in which one of
them will shortly move, "caught with
the goods on them." and their guilt
will hardly be minimized by the un
proven statement that the "other fel
low" was really the one to blame for
the wrong-doing. FdV the good name
of the country and Its honest financial
institutions, it is to be hoped that this
precious pair of looters will be given
punishment somewhat in keeping with
the serious nature of the crime. That
crime, by the way, was not all covered
by the indictment, for incidental to the
loss of money and the widespread
financial stringency which was precipi
tated there was a loss of confidence In
all American banking methods. Among
our own people who still have faith In
their fellow-men this feeling has failed
to sink in as deeply as it has abroad.
This country is not yet so big and
rich and powerful that it has no use
for foreign money or foreign citizens,
If they come to us in the right spirit.
It Is to this class that the Morse bank
ing system has administered a blow
which will not soon be forgotten. They
will send over no more money for in
vestment in American securities until
we have proved that our methods of
finance have undergone a reformation.
RKVTVAIi IN STEEL TRADE.
Whatever its iniquities may be or
whatever comment can be legitimately
directed against the policy of the steel
trust and the protective tariff that
made it a trust, there is no disguising
the fact that the business of the
United States Steel Corporation is
one of the most accurate trade bar
ometers in the country. For this rea
son the report of that company on its
September earnings will be read with
much interest. This report shows net
earnings for the quarter ending Sep
tember 30 to be $27,107,274, an In
crease of nearly $7,000,000 over the
preceding quarter and of nearly
$9,000,000 over the quarter ending
March 31. The earnings for last
quarter are still far short of the enor
mous total reached for the corre
sponding quarter last year, which
failed to reflect any of the signs of
the approaching financial squall.
Perhaps the most encouraging feat
ure of the report is the fact that it
shows that there has been no sec
ondary reaction since the slump of a
year ago. As indicated by the figures
for the quarters succeeding the
smash, there has been a steady, unin
terrupted movement toward normal
conditions. That it will continue at
least for another quarter Is assured
by the number of unfilled orders al
ready on the books. These unfilled
orders call for 3.313,876 tons of steel
products, and it is definitely known
that an immense tonnage is being
held back awaiting the result of the
election and the necessary financial
arrangements. While these figures
are much below those of last year's
record-breaking quarters, they make
a very satisfactory showing in com
parison with those for the corre
sponding period In 1904, when the
business of the country was tempor
arily arrested by a Presidential cam
paign. For the quarter ending September
30, 1904, the unfilled orders amount
ed to but 3,027.436 tons, but the re
covery was so pronounced that by De
cember 30, 1904, the amount had in
creased to 4,696,203 tons.' While ac
curate figures on the amount of busi
ness that might be held in abeyance
pending the result of the election are
unobtainable, it is generally believed
that the amount four years ago was
much less than at the present time.
There is an enormous amount of rail
road -work pending, and if funds are
released, now that the election is
over, the steel trust will undoubtedly
book more orders than ever" before,
especially if concessions In price are
made.
The promotion of Millard Lownsdale
to the position of horticultural director
for the First District Insures inspec
tion that inspects of the orchards of
this district. Mr. Lownsdale Indulges
no sentiment about old family or
chards that have become breeding
places for pests that prey upon, and
threaten the fruit industry of the Wil
lamette Valley- He considers wormy
apples worse than none at all, even
for cider, and thinks that gnarly,
moss-grown apple trees detract from,
rather than add to the beauty of the
landscape. Proceeding in accordance
with these ideas, he will see that old
orchards in his district are either
cleaned up or destroyed Just as a
duly empowered horticultural commis
sioner should. Success to him in
bringing orchardlsts of his district up
to his own standard as a horticulturist.
The public schools of New Tork
City will cost the taxpayers next year
$33,750,000, or more than $7,000,000
in excess of this year's expenditures.
The growth oPa city is attested by the
growth of its schools. Considerably
more than 25.000 pupils are added to
the school rolls in New York City
every year. Notwithstanding the fact
na. hiitMinn are constantly be-
ing opened and the army of teachers
as constantly Increased the School
Board finds it impossible to keep in
advance of this constantly growing
tide. It will require $4,000,000 in 1909
to install new courses of study and
trade schools now being planned as
necessary to the full efficiency of the
public school system in the great city.
In the meantime thousands of children
in the primary grades can only be
accommodated half a day. No one
who looks abroad over the streets
during the vacation season or notes the
conditions of crowding and "part time"
.Virtr,! Authorities struggle
during the school year indulges in any
fears of race suicide. The perplexing
question is what to do with the annual
Increase for wnicn it seems uniiiaoiuio
to make adequate, provision in the
public schools.
ti.. innr-urrerin? residents of the
northeast portion of the city should
tender a vote of thanks or a chromo
to the Woodlawn passengers who de
clined to "take the car ahead," know
ing, as they did, that the "car ahead"
was already filled to the. suffocating
point. Perhaps if some of the officials
r . v. raihriLv comDanv were to
take a trip on almost any of their
Woodlawn. Alberta, uroaaway or ir
Ington cars about 6 o'clock In the
evening, they would understand why
there Is such wild resentment against
such tactics by the company. On the
Trvinotnn line the service is about the
same as seventeen years ago, although
a computation ot tne rares couentu
then and now would certainly 'show
that there had been an increase in the
population of that district.
c t rsnmnAm vhn led the labor
.'(Vllllil I '.lit I 1 .-
pony "to the brink." and there learned
that "twenty thousand could not make
. i jvini, aav hnt be Is not a can
didata for re-election as president of
the American Federation oi uaour, um
"will be glad to serve again if it Is the
will of the convention." Mr. Gompers
need have no anxiety on this score. He
will learn what labor thinks of him
if any of his friends should attempt. to
make It the will of the convention that
he be re-elected. Organized labor has
objections to any one making a mon
key of it.
The building permits for October,
icallv all taken out
v, ihn first breath of the panic
brought operations to a halt. For that
reason they made a nigmy satisiac-
tory showing, but October. 1908. wnn
the uncertainty of a Presidential elec
tion hnMltiv ii n rnnfti derable business.
showed a gain over the corresponding
month in 1907 of Z8 per cent. Port
land has gathered a momentum that it
. m imnnsinhiA in rhwik. and from
this time forward it will be acceler
ated instead of slackened.
The local Police Court has decided
that betting' on elections is not gam
bling. So far as these election bets
concerned Taft's success In New York,
or the size of the majority, in Oregon,
the decision is undoubtedly good law.
In neither of these cases could betting
on the result be considered gambling.
It was a cinch. There was no gamble
about it.
if ha niYMDi Is continued a little
while longer, Mayor Lane may yet suc
ceed in having a perfect cabinet. This
happy result cannot, of course, be se
cured until the process of elimination
has left no one but the Mayor, for it
aAAm in k imnnsKihla fDr him to se
cure any assistants who can grade up
to his Ideas or. civic mcru nu
esty. '
Have you observed that, although
nnlv 7000 nersohs were registered In
Multnomah as Democrats, 10,000 voted
for Bryan, as members of that party
What better evidence of the fraud
committed by Democrats in register
ing as Republicans?
Where now are the Oregon states
men who declared that if Taft should
be nominated, Bryan would defeat
him, and who fought "Instructions"
for Taft for that reason? Probably
they would like to play golf with Taft
at Hot Springs.
Just to keep the record straight. It
w H.0i.irdH tirvw that The Ore-
gonlan's first red-fire flash of the elec
tion of Mr. Taft occurred at 5:56 P. M.
Tuesday, November 3. 1908. All after
that was merely the gory details of the
massacre.
"I hope we'll be half drowned In
the tide of prosperity," says General
Killfeather, sage of the local Democ
racy. The General won't, but some
alleged "principles'1 will. That's no
doubt what he means.
i-kAvu, nicuAn TToflmt CriH.fln and all
the other "independent" outfits, even if
combined, could not nave eieciea
nn-an Rmn men have no reason
to say that votes for them were votes
thrown away.
' ' I f r;u Chamberlain and you'll turn
the state over to the Democrats," cry
certain patriots. But won't it do Just
that if Chamberlain shall be elected
Senator?
New York sends a crooked banker
to prison for fifteen years. The
bank's depositors will lose nothing.
That's a very good way to guarantee
deposits.
Scratch a non-partisan and find a
Democrat. That was the case in the
Presidential election. Now some of
them are angry because they're found
out-
It would solve many difficulties, per
haps, if Mayor Lane would resign on
the ground that he cannot get along
with the Lane administration.
"I would do the same thing if I had
it to do over again," remarks the un
repentant Mr. Gompers. That ought
to suit everybody.
After this no doubt you'll get over
the notion that Missouri is certain to
go Democratic Just because it's Mis
souri. Friends .of fruit pests will dislike
the raising of M. O. Lownsdale to the
State Board of Horticulture.
Chairman Mack has nothing to say.
Naturally; for what could Chairman
Mack have to say ?
And yet there are some persons who
will presently forget . all this fine
weather. y k
Cigar-stand idlers are like a pond
of frogs not many of 'em, but lots of
noise.
1908.
WHICH HORJf OK THIS DILEMMA J
Sfcmll suttemewt One Xrnbrn Dteregrara
"PledK" or Break Oaths f
The Dalles Optimist.
pv.a rmimit is in receipt of a letter
from one of the Statement No. 1 mem
bers-elect of the coming Legislature, ana
as it la couched In civil language, seems
to be written with a desire to seek the
.-t, w. )Rk Dleasure in giving the
substance of it, and also in giving a few
words in way of comment.
in effect the missive says: As you win
not admit that by any possibility - you
amiln have been Induced to take the
statement I took, and cannot, therefore.
put yourself In -my place, or say wnai
vn -a-nnir! tin if bv any chance you found
yourself In my predicament, now -tet me
ask you what the Optimist wouia aaviso
us Statement No. 1 men to do when the
Senatorial election comes up."
Taking it for granted that the writer of
the above thinks he is a Republican, as
he has always claimed to be, we beg to
.v that when he made himself an any
i rwmm-T-utiR Daxtv by taking said
statement he thereby placed himself out
side the pale of our party and Deyona me
wih nf the members of that party.
Consequently it seems too late to give him
any advice.
Unless! Unless he has repented and
again seeks admission to the ranks of
the party which he has agreed to betray.
In such a state of mind there are many
things be can do. In the first place he
can stand by his friends, his party and
his country anl vote as the Constitution
of the state and the Constitution of the
United States says he shall, or Implies
that he shall. In that case the people!
"And the people ah. the people They
who dwell up in the steeple. All alone,
and who tolling, tolling, tolling. In that
muffled monotone. Feel a glory In so
rolling on the human heart a stone They
are neither man nor woman they are
neither brute nor human They are
ghouls."
a a a
Yes, you can do your duty and defy
"the people," remembering that in this
fight there are no "people" save the
Democrats and the Republicans, and you
can choose between them.
But, you will say. "the people" have
Instructed you that they wish you. in
fact that they demand you, to vote for
Chamberla'n. They have done no such
thing. By a smart tilck. a clevsr series
of tricks worthy only of the same old
party that you have fought for so many
years by such trickery they have made
it appear that it is the bounden duty of
you and your associates to vote for Cham
berlain, but "the people" of the State of
Oregon have never said, never will say,
that a Republican Legislature should elect
a Democrat to the Senate.
You can take your choice; vote for
Chamberlain and be called a tool of the
Democrats and shunned by them as pals
always shun one another, tnd be ostra
cised by your own party; or you can vote
for the Republican of your choice and
still have the enmity of the Democrats,
but the plaudits of your own conscience
and the friendship of your party asso
ciates. And there are other ways. For in
stance, you can resign, refuse to vote, run
away, get sick, or you can do as Judas
did, go out and hang yourself.
a a a
But so far as the Optimist is concerned.
It has no advice to offer to the men who
were so foolish as to allow the Democrats
to hoodwink them into taking a statement
by which they agreed to violate their
oaths when the Senatorial election came
up. all for the sake of an office, showing
that they were participants in the very
worst sort of trickery. Now the election
Is coming on, and they can violate their
oaths by voting for Chamberlain, or vio
late their pledge by voting as they choose.
They must repudiate one of them if they
vote at all. They must either be traitors
to themselves and their party, or traitors
to the Democrats. And they can take
either horn of the dilemma they choose.
And "you'll be damned if you do, and
damned if you don't!" "What fools these
mortals be!"
Bryan as a Campaigner.
Washington Post.
The physical stamina and mental alert
ness displayed by Mr. Bryan during this
campaign are nothing short of marvelous.
As a campaigner he has eclipsed the rec
ords of the most famous stump speakers
of American history. He seems to be
made of something more durable than
flesh and blood. On many an occasion he
has reached his bed In a Pullman car
long after 1 o'clock in the morning after
a day of ceaseless strain, to arise at day
light and deliver speeches, shake hands
and endure laborious travel for another
18 hours. Other men have accomplished
this feat for a week or 10 days at a
stretch, but Mr. Bryan seems to be able
to make such tasks his, regular occupa
tion. Only an abstemious life, a rugged con
stitution and a good disposition could
stand the strain to which Mr. Bryan sub
jects himself. He is admirably consti
tuted to serve as a Presidential candi
date. The drain upon the vital resources
of such candidates Is becoming heavier
with every campaign, and It is a question
whether it will not be necessary to bring
about a complete change of campaign
methods If candidates are to survive and
save their health.
Be Patriotic When You Smoke.
Boston Transcript.
If there Is such a thtng as patriotic
smoking, the average smoker hereabouts
can feel a glow of American satisfaction
as he lights a Porto Ricaa cigar. Porto
Rico is an American possession and has
imported in the last three years nearly
$2,200,000 worth of unmanufactured to
bacco from the United States, which is
i i V. o tola nH Olir Wash-
wurivcu ui -
lngton correspondent points to this Porto
Rlcsn practice as affording some basis
for the Cuban tobacco growers' objection
to free trade in the staple with the
United States. It may be worth while
to remind readers that when free trade
with Porto Rico was proposed the Amer
ican tobacco raisers antagonized It as
likely to injure their home market,
whereas it has provided them with an
enlarged market abroad. Query: Would
not free Philippine tobacco exert a simi
lar effect on the home production?
Hew York's Stupendous Budget.
Boston Transcript.
It Is not .many years ago that the
Federal Government was run at a less
sum than New York City will cost in
the coming fiscal year. Its budget of
$157,000,000 means approximately $40
I, or every man, ...
'the city. Much of New York's taxes,
however, are paiu uj . in
terests.
Must Win Popularity.
Grand Rapids Herald.
A Democratic guarantee for the re
turn of borrowed umbrellas would
touch the hearts of millions.
Chirac English.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Now that they have begun to teach
"pure English" in the Chicago schools,
the movement may yet be extended to
the adults.
AT
DEATHBED
Heirs of Dying Millionaire Engage
In Fierce Encounter.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6. The Thompson
family, backed by deadly weapons,
holds possession of the residence of
Samuel Gregsten, the Hinsdale million
aire, near whose sick bed two sons-in-law,
it is alleged, engaged in a fistic
encounter which resulted In a court
proceding before Justice of the Peace
Davis yesterday.
Attorney William Ormonde Thomp
son, one of the sons-in-law. backed by
his wife, Eleanor Thompson, Mrs. Fred- I
erica, Alien. uhushlci vi ' ' 1 r
sten, and her husband, an automatic
pistol, a "bulldog' revolver, and a double-barreled
shotgun, hold the fashion
able Gregsten mansion, and will with
stand any siege. '
Attorney Walter E. Van Sands, the
other son-in-law, who is said to have
started the fight in the millionaire's
home, and who has been living with his
wifes father for two years, was ordered
by Gregsten "never again to darken the
doors of the home." Mrs. Van Sands
is critically ill at the Hinsdale resi
dence. Robert Van Sands, of Austin,
father of Attorney Van Sands, tele
phoned the Thompsons yesterday that
he had placed his son on a Rock Island
train, and that the young lawyer would
reside in Arizona for a year or more.
But Mr. Thompson, fearing an attack
on the house, has two revolvers in
ready reach on the mantel of the recep
tion room, and a shotgun in the dining
room In the rear. A coachman stands
guard at the front of the mansion,
while a chauffeur is watching the rear
entrance. Two Pinkerton detectives
are detailed to watch the premises.
SOCIETY! GIRLS ARE GRILLED
Professor in Chicago Scores Maids
of Little Work.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. Society girls,
whether in Chicago, New York, Wash
ington or elsewhere, should quit the gay
social whirl and be of some practical use
to the world, according to C. D. Lewis,
editor of the Sociological Review, of
Philadelphia. In an address before the
Englewood Woman's Culture Club yes
terday on the bringing up of girls, he
said In the course of his talk that society
girls should:
Sew buttons on old clothes when
needed.
Strive to bake bread without burning
It to pieces.
Study how to wash dishes without
breaking them.
Learn how to wash a man's silk un
derwear without tearing it.
Learn to master the mysteries of the
kitchen. Instead of the mysteries of the
drawing-room.
"Society girls become vain and worth
less," said Editor Lewis, "because they
are petted and coddled too much before
marriage. The fact of the matter te that
they have altogether too much leisure
and not enough work. They go gadding
about in automobiles and spend much
precious time at the matinees eating
chocolate candy with foolish men in
swallow-tailed coats. When they marry
they bring to their husbands superficial
beauty, plenty of vanity and a smatter
ing of book learning. That is about the
limit of their accomplishments."
STOCKHOLDERS TO PAY OUT
Booth & Co.'s Indebtedness Will Be
Liquidated.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. Stockholders of
A. Booth & Co. have undertaken to
raise funds for a reorganization of the
company. They have been in confer
ence with the creditors' committee of
Chicago banks, and while definite
plans have not been reached, it Is the
Idea at this time that the stockhold
ers should raise through stock assess
ment something like $665,000. It is
thought that $16 a share on the 3500
shares of preferred stock and $3.50 on
the $3,000,003 of common would be
sufficient.
The company's Indebtedness is
roundly $5,200,000. It Is proposed at
the present time to meet this by an
Issue of bonds and preferred and com
mon stok In a new company, in ad
dition to the assessments mentioned.
In a way it Is figured that from the
assessments and through the sale of
unused properties the company will
be able to raise a sufficient amount
of cash to pay at least 20 per cent of
its indebtedness.
It was announced yesterday that the
largest shareholders In the company
had pledged themselves to pay such
assessment as might be agreed upon.
Young Heiress Stagestrnck.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. H. H. Wilson, 31
years of age, a musician and theatrical
agent, is under arrest at a police sta
tion, charged with disorderly conduct in
connection with the disappearance of
Miss Clara Lletz, 15 years old, from Kan
kakee, 111. The lrl is the daughter of
John Lletz, a wealthy farmer of Ellson,
Minn., and heirees to a large estate In
Germany. Wilson was arrested at his
home yesterday afternoon by detectives,
and the girl was found later at the Chi
cago Beach Hotel, on information fur
nished them by Wilson.
According to the police,' Wilson met
the girl at Kankakee, and she became
Imbued with the idea of being an actress.
Wilson returned to Chicago October 20,
and the girl came on the same train, In
company with another girl of her age,
whose whereabouts and name the police
have been unable to learn.
Critic's Skull Broken.
NEW YORK. Nov. 6. A cheese was
used so well as a weapon last night that
Frank Sinsinbick is now in a hospital
suffering from a fractured skull. He was
walking with two women companions In
Harlem about midnight, when he made
remarks about the odor that emanated
from a package carried by a man walk
ing in front of him. Suddenly the man
halted and "threw the package, which
contained a cheese, at the critic s head.
Sinsinbick was knocked to the sidewalk,
and the owner of the cheese beat the
prostrate man with the novel weapon.
When the police arrived the assaulter
had fled, but the cheese was left behind.
The Injured man may not recover.
Condon National Absorbed.
CONDON, Or., Nov. 6. The Condon
National and the Gilliam County Banks,
of this city, have purchased the building,
fixtures, and furniture and absorbed the
business of the First National Bank of
Condon. It is learned that the Gilliam
County Bank intends to nationalize under
the title of the First National Bank of
Condon, and also that It will retain the
same officers. It is the intention of the
stockholders and directors of the Gilliam
County Bank to raise the capital stock
to $50,000. N. Farnsworth, former cashier
of the first National Bank, will enter the
real estate business in this city.
Kisses Spread Tuberculosis.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 6. Tubercu
losis spread through a rite of their
church, is said to be thinning the popu
lation of the Aleutian Islands at an
alarming rate. Dr. Robert Oleson, of
the Revenue Cutter McCulloch, who ar
rived yesterday from Alaska, states
that 40 per cent of the natives in the
islands are afflicted with consumption.
He expressed a belief that the ceremony
of kissing the dead Is In part respon
sible for the spread of the disease.
FIST-FIGHT
HEAVY BUYING OF STOCK
New York Exchange Has Extraor
dinarily Busy Day.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. There was an
outburst of speculation In the stock
market today which swept prices to a
higher level in a sensational manner.
Commission houses report a large In
flux of buying orders from Western
sources and from large Eastern cities.
The industrial stocks were conspicu
ous In the movement, the Iron and steel
Issues being In heavy demand for ac
counts of the industrial centers of
activity In those lines. Railroads most
affected were those which have not
moved upward before In accordance
with the advance in the speculative
leaders.
The speech of Judge Taft assuring
non-interference with honest corpora
tions was assigned as a motive for buy
ing. Reports of placing of large orders
in industrial lines and activity in the
metal market helped. The settlement
of the Lancashire cotton mills troubles
was expected to help the demand for
cotton.
Many unverified rumors accompanied
the animated speculation, which had run
up a total of three quarters of a mil
lion shares transferred by noon. Ad
vances from 2 to over 4 points were
numerous all through the list of active
stocks. .
CITES PHENOMENAL FIGURES
Ommissioner Lane Makes Public
General Prosperity Document.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. In the opin
ion of Franklin Lane, Interstate Com
merce Commissioner, the railroad, in
dustrial and financial aspect In this
country is improving rapidly. He said
today:
"It is a fact hardly believable, but
nevertheless true, because it is re
ported by the railroads themselves,
that the to'tal operating revenue per
mile of railroads for the year ending
June 30. 1S08. exceeds that of any
other year in the history of railroading
In the United States, except the ono
year of 1907. The average operating
revenue per mile of the lines per month
for the 226,0i'u miles of railroad re
porting to the Commission was $S94
for the fiscal year of 1008. This was
less by $61 than for the year of 19i7,
but it was more than for the preced
ing year, and was $118 per mile per
month more than in the year of tbe
last Presidential election. Conditions
rapidly are becoming normal and
prosperous."
TOLEDO INDUSTRIES REVIVE
Several Big Factories Add Total of
6000 Men.
TOLEDO. O.. Nov. 6. The Toledo
Shipbuilding Company announces that
work on a new drydoek, to cost between
$250,000 and $.'500,000, will be begun soon.
The company has a contract to build a
new steel freighter to cost $5).000 and
will push the work.
The Toledo Machine & Tool Company
will soon be operating a full comple
ment of men. The Edward Ford Pliaie
Glass Company, which has been running
on half time, will start with a full force
of workmen In a few days. The Toledo
Malleable Company Is making prepara
tions for -a resumption of business and
the Toledo Furnace Company is operat
ing one of its stacks, with the probability
of the resumption of the other in a short
time.
Fully 6000 men will be affected by the
resumption.
COTTON MILLS WILL START
Connecticut Plant to Resume aa
Soon as Machinery Is Set. .
NEW HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 6.
It was stated here today that the cot
ton mills of the Mount Vernon and
Woodbury cotton duck syndicate, lo
cated here, would be started again as
soon as new machinery could be In
stalled. BIG UPLIFT IX BUSINESS
New Bedford Manufacturers Report
Steady Increase for Month.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 6. New
Bedford cotton manufacturers report that
business has been improving for a month
or more and they hope to start all the
machinery on full time before the first
of the year. ,
Full Time In Machinery Works.
PAWTUCKET, R. L, Nov. 6. Notices
have been posted in the factory of
Howard & Bullough. manufacturers of
cotton machinery, today announcing a
resumption of the full-time schedule,
58 hours a week. Since February the
factory has operated 40 hours a week.
KAISER GUEST OF JOSEPH
Visit Regarded as Demonstration of
Good "Will Toward Austria.
VIENNA, Nov. 6. Emperor William of
Germany arrived at the castle in Schoen
brunn, a suburb of Vienna, this after
noon on a brief visit to Emperor Francis
Joseph.
The coming of Emperor William is re
garded as a demonstration of German
good will toward the Austrian attitude
on the Near Eastern question, and the
public turned out In large numbers to
cheer His Majesty.
There was a private dinner party at
Schoenbrunn this evening at which for
eign ambassadors were invited. Follow
ing the dinner Emperor William, had a
long talk with Baron von Aehrenthal, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign AlTatrs, and
later with Emperor Francis Joseph.
Emperor William left at 9 o'clock for
Donaueschimgen in Baden. for a hunt, as
the guest of Prince Furstenburg.
THREE KILLED BY GAS FUMES
Father Reaches Home to Find Wife,
Mother and Child Dead.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Three persons
were asphyxiated by gas fumes from a
kitchen stove at 1309 I street, N. W., this
city, late today. The dead: Mrs. Heba
Cutts Bremerman, Helen C. Bremerman,
her mother-in-law, and Cutts Bremerman.
aged 18 months. .
The house was occupied by the family of
Clarence L. Bremerman. a stenographer
employed at the Congressional Library.
When Mr. Bremerman returned from
work this evening he found his wife,
mother and Infant dead on the floor.
Will Build Two Fast Ships.
VICTORIA, Nov. 6. Two fast pas
senger steamers of the style of the
steamer Princess May will be built
in the Spring for the Grand Trunk
Paciflo Railway Company, according to
word received by officials of the com
pany at Prince Rupert.
Idaho Land Cases Dropped.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 6. (Special.)
Through the dismissal of the Frank
Martin case, It is believed that tho
Government closes the last chapter in
the fameus Southern Idaho timber
fraud cases.