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AFTER THB EVENT.
.' ' In his Commoner of latest issje Mr.
' Brian announces resumption of his
: editorial work. In his first article he
, assorts his Intention to explore the
causes of his third defeat, "solve the
mystery of 1908." and ascertain "how
It happened." "How did It happen?"
' he asks: "how could It happen, that
.'the result was so wholly at variance
with the hopes of one party, with the
'fears of the other and with the gen
eral opinion among men accustomed
to the study of political conditions
and public sentiment?" The question
betrays the deep disappointment" of
, the man who asks it.
Doubtless in his voyages of explora
tion, for discovery of the causes, Mr.
. Bryan will proceed to great distances.
' amid fogs of opinion and clouds of
words. The result will be no more
. satisfactory than the account given
by the Ancient .Mariner of his voyages
' in seas man never knew before nor
since, and the narrative will lack the
interest created by poetic power. But
the sage of 'Lincoln is determined to
rind out. He says he will continue
. the Inquiry from week to week
doubtless for an indefinite period.
Some conception of this thought,
'some realization of the disappointment
. he has suffered, may be gained from
.a string of questions he asks In his
second article. Here are a few of
them: "Does any one believe that
the American people will permanently
permit secrecy as to campaign contri
. butions? Does any one believe that
the American people will permanently
permit the will of the voters to be
thwarted, as It is now. by the election
of Senators through Legislatures ?
Does any one believe that the con
sumer will permanently permit the
tariff to be written by the beneficiaries
'of that tariff? Does any one believe
that the public will permanently tol
erate estrangement between labor and
' capital? Does any one believe that
the fifteen millions of depositors will
forever permit their savings to be
jeopardized as at present?" And so
on. to nearly the possible limit of
. nebulous, eloquence.
These questions are put in a form
and manner that furnish a good in
dex to Mr. Bryan's hazy thinking. As
to campaign funds, there always will
lie much secret-?' about them. Noth
ing wlir be published that the man
agers of any party really wish to con
ceal. The true inwardness of Mr.
' Bryan's campaign fund never will be
known. It Is perfectly easy to conceal
or to cover all information that would
"produce embarrassment. ' Election of
Senators through Legislatures will
continue, because the states will not
wish to change it. Southern States
will be. even further from it than
Northern! All signs show that this
''reform now has less favor than It
had years ago.
So of the other questions. As to
the tariff, no part of the country Is
willing to give up protection of its
own special products. The states of
one section are as strenuous on this
point as those of another. This fact
controls, and probably always will
control, the formulation of tariff
schedules. As to the conflict of in
terests between labor and capital, who,
xcept a dreamer.' expects ever to see
an end of It? As1 to guaranty of bank
. deposits, it is another Idle and empty
dream as Idle and empty as guaran
ty against losses In other forms and
lines of business.
One reform, as to banks, is all im
portant. It must be forbidden, under
severest penalties, for any officer of
a bank to lend "the money of the bank
to himself, or to any corporation,
jvartnershlp or concern in which he
may have an interest. This will be
the surest of all protection for de
positors. It will force all shysters out
of "the banking business.
Mr. Bryan has been defeated main
ly because his notions are seen to
iHck practical quality. They are chi
merical, and appear even more so
when put In this Interrogative form
after the election than they were be
fore It.
ht'A.XT Hri'lV OF LABOR.
It was announced from Washing
ton on Saturday that no action, prob
ably, would be taken at the short ses
sion of Congress this "Winter on the
Japanese exclusion bill. It Is not a
matter to roar about, because there
ire but few Japanese in the United
States, and extremely few are coming:
nd it la the policy of the Japanese
(covernment to discourage and re
strict as far as it can the emigration
f its people.
Yet the Japanese are a sensitive
race, and their pride as a -people
would be flinched by discrimination
.m our part against them. To our
Sect they gave a splendid reception;
snd there does not appear to be any
special need now to enact a measure
gainst them that would give offense.
The few Japanese in the' United
States are a quiet, orderly and highly
useful people. To our fruitgrowers
such help as they rentier Is almost in
dispensable. Without their aid many
of our applegrowrrs would not have
been able to get their fruit picked and
boxed, for it is their universal com
plaint that Americans will not per
form such work or can't be depended
tin. They work but a short time, and
Inefficiently, then demand what money
may be due "them, and hike oft to
town, leaving the employer In the
lurch. The Japanese are a mainstay
Df the orchardists in these emergen
cies. The few remaining Chinese are
also a great help.
A time may come when it will be
deemed advkable to dosav thn arataa
against the Japanese, but. clearly it
Is not yet! To the Chinese the door
probably never will be opened. For
years it has been the position of The
Oregonian that we would better let
industries of particular kinds on the
Coast languish, rather than have ever
lasting agitation and turmoil. The
country undoubtedly Is suffering for
want of several kinds of labor that
Americans can't be Induced to per
form men who will neither work
I themselves in any efficient way. nor
willingly permit mn of the "inferior
races" to do it- Every agriculturist
and orchardlst In our Pacific states
has an acquired experience In this
line.
THE RESEMBLANCE AND THB DIF
FERENCE. So much has been said about the
North Dakota case, and misrepresen
tation of its significance and bearing
on Oregon has been so studiously con
tinued, that it may be well to restate,
briefly. Just what its resemblance to
the case In Oregon is.
In North Dakota the law attempted
to enforce a pledge from the candi
date for the Legislature, that he would
vote in that body for the candidate
for the Senate, of his own party, who
might receive the highest vote for the
office, cast In the primary preceding
the general election. The Supreme
Court of the state set the law aside
on the ground that it was violative
both of the rights of the voter and
of the candidate for the Legislature.
In Oregon the law "instructs" each
and every member of the Legislature
"to vote for and to elect" the .candi
date who may have received the high
est number of votes in the preceding
general election; without reference
to the candidate's political principles
or party connections.
' Undoubtedly, If one of these acts
Is void so is the other. The differ
ence between them In principle Is
nothing; only the Oregon act Is ab
surd as well as unconstitutional. In
that it attempts to compel members
of the Legislature not only to vote
for a particular candidate for the
Senate, but to elect him, even If such
candidate should stand In opposition
to their own party. That the act may
be examined by every person, for him
self, we print in full, viz:
Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Oregon:
Section 1. That we. the people, of
the State of Oregon, hereby Instruct
our Kepresentatives and Senators in
our Legislative Assembly, as such offi
cers, to vote for and elect the candi
dates for United States Senator from
this state who receive the highest
number of votes at our general elec
tions. Since the enactment of this statute,
in June last, nobody can be concerned
with Statement One, or with any
"pledge" given In accord with it.
Every member, whether he "pledged"
or not, is under command to vote for
Chamberlain, and must do so, or vio
late a law of the state and his own
oath of office; that is. if this statute
Is a valid one and the system It was
enacted to uphold is to stand.
In other words, this statute makes
Statement One obsolete, supersedes It,
completely annuls it. The purpose
of it was and is to compel every mem
ber of the Legislature to vote for a
particular candidate, and to elect him.
The difference between it and the
North Dakota statute is that the lat
ter proposed to compel the member
to vote for the candidate of his party
who had received the highest vote in
his party's primary, for Senator. v
Oregon's initiative statute leaves
the member no choice. It is com
pulsory. Prior to Its enactment State
ment One was voluntary. Now, there
is no Statement One; and with annul
ment of it by compulsory statute, all
pledges based on it are annulled
too: and instead of Statement
One and the "pledge." there is a
mandate to every member. He is
"Instructed." He has no choice.
Is there any interference in all
this with the constitutional system of
election?
PROBLEM OF THE PACIFIC.
The American fleet, after Its spec
tacular world-circling tour, is now
working back to the Atlantic station,
and the Pacific possessions " of the
United States will soon again be un
protected and at the mercy of any
foe that might suddenly pounce upon
them. The time-fostered, egotistical
arrogance of the East is such that
every effort to create a sentiment fa
voring retention of a portion of the
fleet on the Pacific Coast was op
posed by every newspaper of impor
tance on the Atlantic Coast. With
the cruise undertaken at a time when
practically all the world was at peace,
there was perhaps no necessity for a
fleet of warships anywhere: but. as
these vessels are maintained more
with a view to preventing war than
to engage in actual fighting, it would
have been the part of wisdom to sta
tion at least a portion of the fleet
where its services were most liable
to be required.
This location. It Is needless to re
peat. Is not on the Atlantic Coast,
where .oil of the principal seaports
are so admirably protected with land
fortifications that any hostile fleet
approaching could be destroyed long
before it got within shelling distance.
The imperative reason why a large
squadron of American battleships
should be stationed on the Pacific
has frequently been set forth by the
newspapers of the Pacific Coast. That
there -was nothing overdrawn or fan
ciful in our fears that the Pacific
was destined to be the scene of the
world's greatest sea battles, and that,
too, at no far distant date in the fu
ture. Is shown by the attitude of
greater statesmen and diplomats than
those who are responsible 'for with
drawal of our fleet from the station
where It is most needed. Underlying
the bombastic words of Emperor
William, which have sent a thrill
through the civilized world, there Is
a sentiment that bodes ilk for any
nation that has unprotected posses
sions lying along the -shores of the
Pacific. Here is the language of the
ruler who. has in but little more
than a decade helped to make Ger
many one of the world's greatest sea
powers:
Who can" foresee what may take place on
the Pacific In the days to- come, daya not
so far distant aa some believe, but daye at
any rate for whloh all European powera
wit'h Far Eastern interests ought steadily
to prepsre? IxKik at the accomplished nee
of JMi; think of tire - posaible national
awakenlnr of China and then Judge of the
vi.i t.rohlems of the racinr. Only thoae
powera which have great navies -lll be
listened to with respect when the future
of the Pacific comes to be solved, and. If
for that reason only. Germany must have a
powerful fleet. It may even he that Eng
fccaeU will be giad that Germany haa
a fleet when they speak together In the
great debates of the future.
The "vast problems of the Pacific"
and the "great debates of the future"
referred to by the German Emperor
do not concern alone the sparsely
populated Pacific states bordering on
this great ocean, where the political
map of the world will some day be
changed. They are of vital interest
to ever American citizen East, West,
North or South, and when the inev
itable struggle toward which we are
drifting comes, if we are to be "lis
tened to with respect," It is an abso
lute necessity that our Navy be in a
position where it can command that
respect. Instead of on dress parade
13.000 miles from the scene of action.
These approaching days of destiny,
as the German Emperor says, may
not be "so far distant as some be
lieve." and our fleet. In which we
have1 Invested a vast amount of money,
should be as near to striking dis
tance when the crisis comes as it is
possible to get it. Pending comple
tion of the Panama Canal, if anything
shouM happen in the Pacific, it will
happen so quickly that the fleet
would be fully as useful at Omaha or
Oshkosh as. it would be sixty days
steaming distant on the Atlantic sta
tion.
THEY ARE NOT NONPARTISANS.
"Shall Taft be President? Are the
electors of President and Vice-President
to refuse to ratify and confirm
the choice of the people? If they
should not it would be Just as if the
Legislature of Oregon were to refuse
to elect Chamberlain." Only it
wouldn't. Taft Is to be elected be
cause his party has carried most of
the states and a great majority of the
Presidential electors. Incidentally,
also, there is an Immense popular vote
behind him'.
But are any Bryan electors to vote
for Taft? Are they to fall in and make
it unanimous? It would seem they
must do so, if the principle is to he
maintained and the mandate of the
people obeyed.
Then the business would bear close,
resemblance to the election ot a Dem
ocratic Senator by a Legislature
strongly Republican, backed, more
over, by a mighty Republican major
ity on the popular vote.
But the elector's of Nebraska, of
South Carolina and of the other Bryan
states dovbtless will refuse obedience
to the popular will. They are not,
nonpartisans.
INCREASING OUR POPULATION.
The big land deal, reported in yes
terday's news dispatches from Albany,
means much more for the state than
half a dozen timber land transactions
involving ten times the acreage In
cluded in the Albany transaction. By
this deal Eastern capitalists have se
cured 30,000 acres of the old Corvallis
and Taquina Bay wagon road grant,
and will place It on the market in
10, 20 and 40-acre tracts. The lands
purchased are located in a very rich
and productive portion of Lincoln
and Benton counties, and are admir
ably adapted for fruit culture, dairy
ing and small farming. Anyone who
has ever visited that portion of the
state can readily understand how
small tracts can easily be made to
support large families. The class of
Immigrants who twill take kindly to
this small farming will do much to
ward the upbuilding of the state.
Lack of population Is one of the
greatest drawbacks to the growth of
the state, and our population will not
be greatly increased in the immedi
ate future by purchase by Eastern
syndicates of our timber lands. Nor
Is -there much opportunity for an in
crease in population in the big wheat
districts of Eastern Oregon, where
individual land holdings have stead
ily increased, with a corresponding re
duction In the number of small farms.
These Lincoln and Benton County
lands and there are a number of
similar enterprises before the public
In other parts of the state are not
being sold for their timber, nor for
wheat farms, but are intende'd to
make homes for practical farmers.
who will some day become sufficient
ly numerous In our state to stop the
enormous drain of Oregon money
that now goes East for butter, eggs,
pork, nuts, honey and numerous oth
er commodities which can be pro
duced in this state to better advan
tage than anywhere else in the coun
try. Oregon still has vast areas of tim
ber land for sale, and also immense
tracts of wheat land; but the class of
immigrants we now prefer are. the
small farmers who will produce as
much Dew wealth from a 20-acre
tract as the wheat farmer can get
from his quarter or half section of
wheat land. This kind of farming
means from five to fifteen families
on a quarter section, instead of five
or six quarter sections to one family,
as Is too frequently the case in Ore
gon and Washington. Best of all,
there Is nothing experimental In this
kind of small farming, for its suc
cess has been repeatedly demon
strated. HOGS AS MONEY-MAKER!.
Among the many talks to farmers
by Dr. Withycombe, director of the
experiment station of the State Agri
cultural College, at various points
where the farmers' demonstration
train halted In its progress up and
down the Willamette Valley, that in
which he introduced hogs as money
makers for Oregon farmers was one of
the most practical and easily under
stood and applied. Every careful
farmer has demonstrated from time to
time on a small scald the fact that
excellent pork can be produced, even
though, in the sense in which corn
grows In the Middle West, Oregon is
not a corn state. In past years when
the price of wheat not Infrequently
fell to 50 cents a bushel, and when to
get the surplus to market meant a long
haul and sometimes a night encamp
ment by the roadside, the thrifty
farmer "turned his wheat into pork"
with substantial profit. The product
was firm and sound; the lard, as the
housewives said, "sweet as a nut," and
the hams and bacon turned out of the
farm smokehouse were toothsome and
well-preserved.
These methods of curing pork be
long, of course, to the past, and are
cited simply to show that Dr. Withy
combe spoke truly when he said that
corn is not necessary to produce the
best grades of pork. Barley, wheat
chop, peas and skim milk, supple
mental to a Fall run hi clover, alfalfa
and stubble fields, will make excellent
hogs not to be butchered on the farm
in the old way, but hogs that will
stand shipment in good shape and
make first-class pork.
Canvassing the matter thoroughly
and taking every detail of feed, care
and handling into account. Dr. Withy
combe assesses the hog as next to the
cow, Oregon's best mortgage-lifter.
The truth of this estimate has been
proved in times past when the mar
ket for grain was at a low ebb and It
became necessary to lift the mortgage
or vacate the old farmhouse. The
hogs could always be depended upon
to do their full share, and pork was
always in demand, even when a day's
receipts of fruit and vegetables would
glut the Portland market.
Mary McLane Is reported to have
mysteriously disappeared from Bos
ton last week. It Is perhaps need
less to mention that the eccentric
young iwoman disappeared from pub
lic view several years ago. Mary won
considerable fame of a questionable
nature about eight years agc( by writ
ing a book, which to insure comfort
able handling, demanded a much bet
ter .grade of asbestos than was need
ed by Amelia Rives, who Is regarded
as the founder In America of that
particular school of literature which
is corrupting to the young and gen
erally nauseating to the old. It has
been more than "Three Weeks" since
Elinor Glyn has been heard from In
the newspapers, and, unless she Is
ashamed of herself and desires to re
form, there will be no widespread
and universal mourning If she re
mains In obscurity as long as Mary
McLane. She might also satisfy the
public by following Mary's example in
disappearing again, either mysteri
ously or otherwise.
A 7-year-old Tillamook boy fatally
wounded his 10-year-old brother Sat
urday with a close-range discharge
of a shotgun. Comment on a case
of this nature is perhaps superflu
ous. It might be said, however, that
the Tillamook parents and guardians
who permit 7 and 10-year-old beys
to play with loaded shotguns are not
much different from those of other
parts of the state or Nation. There
Is not a man or woman in the coun
try, possessed of sufficient intelli
gence to read the newspapers, who
has not frequently noted tragedies of
this nature; but the effect seems to
be lost on them, and the lives of In
nocent but careless children continue
to be snuffed out because no one
seems to take enough Interest In
them to place these deadly weapons
beyond their reach.
Anna Gould has probably learned
by this time that her latest investment
in foreign titles was worse than the
first. She at least believes that the
court will force her to give her chil
dren over to the care of their father,
because her present husband Is not
a fit person to be a stepfather. A
long-suffering public, which has
viewed with Increasing disgust the
antics of this half-witted American
girl, and the French reprobates whom
her money attracted, will have but
small sympathy for Anna, no matter
what fate befall her. But the poor
little children, brought into the world
under such awful circumstances, and
being reared in such an atmosphere,
are certainly entitled to pity. Their
case is fully as pathetic as that of
their parents is disgusting.
The surplus reserve held by the
New York banks Is gradually disap
pearing, and is now but 330,000,000 in
excess of legal requirements. The
reduction of this surplus, however,
reflects a healthy condition in the
financial world, for it is attended by
an increase in loans, which means
that investors are no longer afraid
to extend their borrowing powers and
assist in getting this idle money into
circulation. The reserve which the
law requires shall be held hy the New
York banks amounts' to 3350,000,000,
and in comparison with this amount
the 330,000,000 surplus seems small.
Yet 330,000.000 in active circulation,
frequently turned over, can keep the
wheels of trade moving in a consider
able number of Industries.
Quite a number of divorce decrees
have been set aside recently on the
ground that they were procured by
fnlcA sa-eflrin?. One or two of the
persons who thus procured divorces
have been prosecuted for perjury ana
one went to prison, though he did not
stay long, thanks to a liberal pardon
ing policy. But despite the ease with
which a pardon may be secured, it
seems likely that false swearing will
become dangerous if it be demon
strated that a divorce procured by
that means can be set aside.
Mayor Rodgers, of Salem, says in
an address to the voters of his city
that he would be ashamed if he could
not boast that his administration has
spent more money than any of Its
predecessors. That is a very good
policy, provided previous administra
tions have spent money wisely. Some
cities have seen administrations that
spent money so freely and so extrava
gantly that no cne would deem It
commendable to spend more.
What is wanted, what is necessary.
In order to carry out the principle of
the law revealed through URen and
Bourne, in Oregon, Is the deliberate
vote of Nebraska for Taft, and of the
Bryan states of the South. Then we
shall see Indeed the rule of the peo
ple established. Unless Nebraska
shall come up with her vote for Taft
there is no logic In the insistence of
the vote of the Legislature of Oregon
for Chamberlain.
In order to carry out the Oregon
idea the great state of Oregon has a
right to demand a solid vote of all the
states for Taft. Bryan has been
beaten. Every state should be ex
pected to cast its electoral vote for
Taft. "Shall the people rule?"
Mr. Bryan asks everybody to write
him and tell him how it all happened.
This Is the great between-election
paramount issue. Or. perhaps the
Commoner Is. Now is the time to
subscribe.
People who delight In the Oregon
egg are wondering what manner of
feed is given the poultry that produce
the Eastern eggs now flooding this
market.
Prosecuting grafters may be a more
popular, undertaking in the future
than it has been in the past, and
should be less dangerous.
Where is "Wheat King" Conley, the
prize lecher of La Grande? Is any
one really trying to find him?
Miss Anna Gould seems to be un
happy though married to a second
prince. All America told her so.
CATHOLIC VOTE SOLID FOR TAFTf
Oae Explanation tilvea for Cundldnte's
Great Strena-th.
F. B. Sanborn In Springfield Republican.
Two explanations instantly occur for the
loss of Bryan's vote and the gain for
Taft in most of the cities. Foremost Is
the increasing Catholic vote, won for
Taft by his diplomatic dealings with the
Pope and the friars in the Philippines.
There can be no mistake about this; it
does not account for the whole slump in
the Democratic vote of Boston or -New
York, but It was the chief element there.
In the Congressional elections it is far
less noticeable, yet visible enough In some
districts. The approach of Mitchell fo
election over Tirrell was forced by the
same Catholic interest, aided by some
vote-trading a vote for Mitchell being
giveft In return for a Democratic rait
vote.
The election of Democratic Governors
In several states that went for Taft Is
another Indication of how the Catholic
vote went. They are chosen In Indiana,
Ohio and Minnesota, not in Rhode Island,
and not In Connecticut, where the Catho
lics largely voted for Lilley. In New
Hampshire they did the same for Carr.
who has almost thrown the election Into
the Legislature, as was done two years
ago. In Maryland, where there Is a large
Catholic vote, it seems to have Deen neu
tralized by the pjitl-Roosevelt negro vote.
In Michigan the close vote for Governor
was due to one of those faction ngnts
among Republicans that tfave distin
guished this campaign, and which, but
for the heavy Catholic vote for Taft,
would have given Bryan the election in
spite of Hearst. In the South generally
the Democrats had their own way, as
usual. In distrust of Taft, Roosevelt.
Adams and the unfriends of tiie negro
among Republicans. In Massachusetts
"and Rhode Island the anti-Roosevelt ne
gro vote was overslaughtered by the
Catholic rush to elect the friend of the
Philippine friars.
LIFE IX THE OREGON COUNTRY
I Big- Things In Oregon.
Salem Statesman.
Talking about the 50,000 boxes of
apples raised and packed by Millard O.
Lownsdale on his Yamhill County farm,
what is the matter with the 550,000
odd pounds of prunes raised and cured
this year on his Yamhill County farm
by E. P. McCornack, of Salem?
Holding; the Owner's Own.
McMlnnvllle Register.
They Impose a great many extra
duties on our good-natured day police
man not prescribed in the city charter,
but the most arduous task of all was
that of holding the dog Tuesday morn
ing while its owner got aboard the
train and out of sight.
Playing It Low Down on Dave.
Weston Leader,
Fred Young is rather congratulating
himself on getting rid of the poorest
cow In Umatilla County an animal
scarecrow that he took up as an estray
and has since been trying to give away.
He bet the cow on Bryan, Dave Laven
der taking the Taft end of the bet
without investigating the stakes.
Young now insists that Lavender shall
take prompt possession of his property.
Valley Girl Captures Bunebgrass.
Irrlgon Irrigator.
Miss Mamie Susbauer, of Cornelius,
daughter of Michael Susbauer. and niece
of Peter Susbauer, of Irrigon, is here
visiting at the home of her aunt " and
uncle on their fine ranch west of town.
Mrs. Susbauer says she will try and teep
the young iady all Winter. If the editor
of the Irrigator was 80 or 40 years
younger lie would not only second Mrs.
Susbauer' motion, but see that it was
adopted, for Miss Mamie Is a most
charming young lady.
Putting: I'p the Proper Front.
Echo Register.
Recently a citizen of our village was
wheeling home a load of old oyster
cans, bottlesi etc., and curious to know
what use he could put them to, we
made inquiry. "Going to throw them
over in my backyard," he replied. "We
are going to have some relatives from
the city visit us. We may not have
much to eat, but if they see these cans,
bottles and boxes lying around, they
will thinks we've had oysters, cham
pagne, figs and nuts till we've got tired
of 'em. and are now living on bread
and liver and beans for a healthy
change."
' Bryan's Decline In New England.
New York Evening Post.
The Hartford Times has brought out
very clearly the blighting effect of Bryan
Ism in New England. Bryan polled this
year 1100 less votes in Massachusetts than
he did in 1900, 5S00 less In Connecticut,
1000 less in Maine, and 1200 less In Vermont.
He gained 2949 votes in Rhode Island; but,
taking the three growing states of New
England, Massachusetts, and Connecticut,
the Republicans gained more than 54,000
votes, while the Democrats lost 3000.
Tom Stuten's Great Scheme.
Klamath Republican.
-Tom Staten has established a farm
for the raising of mink at Rattlesnake
Point on the Upper Klamath Lake.
About a hundred of the animals are
housed In cages or cabinets, and seem
to do well and thrive in captivity, as
they are all fat and sleek-looking. The
animals are so tame that they will take
food from the hand, although one has
to be careful in handling them, as the
mink is treacherous and has very
sharp teeth. As mink in this county
increase about fivefold, Mr. Staten ex
pects to have something over 600 in his
cages next year. The value of their
fur alone will aggregate about 33000,
but live female minks sell for a much
higher figure than their hide alone is
worth.
Shoemaker. Stick to Yonr Last.
New York Mail.
Hereafter, bankers will be bankers, pure
and simple, not would-be "Napoleons of
finance." So the law has always contem
plated: so a public opinion no longer
blinded by the glare of quick success and
meretricious method will insist; so the
Federal courts have decreed by successful
criminal prosecution; so this state has or
dered by statutes which make further
chain banking impossible.
Iron Arm Jerks Up Farmer.
New York Sun.
When H. M. Hulbutt, a mail clerk on
the Erie Railroad, threw out, near
Greenville. Pa., the iron arm of the
mail-catcher on his caf. he picked up a
farmer, who was loading a car of po
tatoes In a direct line of the car. The
train was running 40 miles an hour,
but Hulbutt dropped the arm and the
farmer was released, none the worse
except for a few scratches.
Odd Results.
Boston Transcript.
If the Democrats have 175 members of
the Sixty-first Congress, as the latest re
turns Indicate, It will be the largest num
ber that they have elected since the
Cleveland Presidential vote of 1892. This
Is one of the odd results of so sweeping
a Republican victory. Two new states
have added six members to the House
since tfhat time, and no third party ap
pears to be now represented there.
Bryan's Failure.
New York Evening Post.
No panic, no depression, nc conceivable
industrial cataclysm could make the
American people elect Bryan. So much
is now perfectly clear to everybody liv
ing, except Mr. Rryan. Yet he has lost
to his party fully 700.000 votes, as proved
by the voting for Democratic sta.t tickets.
Duty to Choose U. S. Senator Rests Where?
Legislature Moat Act la Accord With Constitution and Federal Law. for
There la No Other Way If "People"' of Orraos Have Hlsrht to Say How to
Elect a Senator Why Don't They Prescribe How Many Shall Be Elected
and What His Pay and Office Shall Be t
COQUILLE. Or- Nov. 12. (To the
Editor.) I see that Stephen A.
Lowell, of Pendleton, says that he
dot not wish to reach the United States
Senate "over a pathway of broken
pledges or disregarded laws." That
does sound like a rough road to travel,
but I would like to say a few words
to the Judge and to others like him.
Perhaps I can make the way more
smooth.
Judge, I think you have overlooked
something. You know that a United
States Senator is an officer ot the
United States not an officer of this
state. The office Is created by the
Constitution of the United States, the
officer Is paid by the United Stales
and the United States tays how he
shall be elected. The "pcopli" of Ore
gon did not make the office, cannot
say whether there shall be twD or alx
Senators from Oregon, whether they
shall hold office one or ten years or
whether they shall be selected by
the President like a postmaster or
chosen by tne Legislature. When Ore
gon was admitted into the Union she
acquired the right, under the Constitu
tion of the United States, to send two
men to the United States Senate. I
presume no one would contend that the
people of Oregon could adopt a law
(by the Initiative or otherwise) that
should provide that Oregon could send
three men to the United States Senate
and make It stick. But the same
Constitution that made it possible for
Oregon to send two men to the United
States Senate, also provided how those
two men should be selected. It did not
say that the "people" of Oregon might
select these men. It did not say the
President of the United States shall ap
point them. It might bave done either,
but it did neither. It said then and
It says now: "The Senate of the United
States shall be composed of two Sen
ators from each state, chosen by the
Legislature thereof. The people of
Oregon can no more change or nullify
the Constitution of the United States in
one particular than in another. That
Constitution provides that Senators
and Representatives shall be selected
In each state in the same manner. The
people at large must choose the Rep
resentatives, the Legislature must
choose the Senators. The language is
plain.
a
In order to choose, the person choos
ing must indicate his choice. If he
does not name the man of his choice
he does not choose. If he names a
man because someone else tells him to,
it is not his choice. To choose, a man
must exercise his owrf will, express his
own desire, guided by his own intelli
gence if any. I recently saw upon
the stage of one of the theaters In
Portland an automaton. It was com
posed of diverse wheels and wires and
dressed up in the guise of a man. It
couid walk about and gesticulate some
what after the manner of a Legislator.
If this machine were sent to Salem
with a ballot for George Chamberlain
in Its hand, and when the Multnomah
delegation is called upon to vote for
United States Senator It should arise
and deposit that ballot In the Speaker's
hat. would it be contended that this
machine hail "chosen" a United States
Senator? It sounds rather absurd,
doesn't it?
as
Every man. before he takes his seat
as a member of the Legislaure. must
take an oath to support and obey the
Constitution of the United States. That
oath means something. It means that
he will choose a United States Senator.
After taking this oath what is he going
to do when it comes time to vote for
United States Senator? Shall he obey
Pendleton Tribune.
CE. S. WOOD has given his opinion
as to the difference between the
Oregon "law" on the election of
United States Senators and that of North
Dakota, which has recently been pro
nounced unconstitutional by the Su
preme Court of- that state, and in doing
o confines himself entirely to the di
rect primary law of Oregon, which
contains Statement No. 1, and wholly
Ignores the "corripulsory law" Initiated
last June by the people, and which was
Intended to supersede Statement No. 1
altogether.
But this quibbling on the question
does not in the least touch the unde
niable fact that all such attempts to
interfere in the election of United
States Senators are clearly In violation
of the plain terms of the Constitution
of the United States.
That instrument says the people of
the several states shall elect the Repre
sentatives in the lower house of Con
gress, and that the Legislatures of the
several states shall elect the Senators.
That Is a constitutional pronuncia
mento, and all the attempted halr-spllt-tlng
on the question cannot make It
anv different.
If the new "law" in Oregon is any
thing at all, if it Is not the sheerest
farce, there will be no need during the
next .Senatorial campaign for any
pledge of any kind on the part of the
legislatlve'candldates. The people will
not require any, for there stands the
"compulsory" law, which will - catch
H.amKae ttrhofl thA T .effl S 1 a t II T 8
convenes both comln and 'gwine. Even
Mr. Wood will agree to mis.
Speaking further on the question,
Mr. Wood says:
The North Dakota law makes it
obligatory on the legislator to take an
An4-t. a irtttt tni- the npnnle'R choice for
United States Senator. He cannot qual
ify without taking sucn oatn. inis ni
only violates the state constitution,
wV.lh nrnflfrlhtiq What Oath Of OfflCO
the legislator shall take, but perhaps
violates the United States Constitu
tion by compelling the legislator as a
condition of being seated to surrender
his constitutional right.
"The Oregon law does none of these
things. It imposes no new oath, no
condition of office, interposes no bar
to the legislator being seated and In no
way forces him from any constitutional
fa Violin Now Worth WOOO.
Gloucester (N: J.) Despatch.
James H. Rowland, a farmer who
lives near Eatontown, N. J., bought an
old violin at an auction sale two years
ago for 33 which an expert now says is
worth $6000.
Patrician Enlists aa Teomaa.
Indianapolis News.
Glenn W. Corre. 24 years old. a
wealthy young Cincinnati man, enlisted
at Cincinnati, O., as yeoman In the
United States Navy at a salary of 317-50
. month. Corre is the son of the late
Tweedledum and Tweedledee for Senator
his oath and the Constitution, or shall
he obey the Statement No. 1 law? Shall
he vote for the man of his choice or
shall he be Influenced by some power
over him to vote for a man who i
not his choice? Shall his vote b
"free." or controlled? How can a
Legislator choose If he have no choice:
and after taking an oath binding him
to choose, how can he say I will not
choosu. because someone else haa
chosen for ine?
You see. It won't do. Mr. Legislator
can't get out of it in that way. The
Constitution places the responsibility
of choosing upon him and he cannot so
escape it. He must remember his oath.
No doubt, tne "statement" men, find
ing themselves "between the devil and
the deep blue sea," would be glad to
"take to tho woods," but it won't work.
An honest man, who does not believe
that George Chamberlain Is the proper
man to represent mis staw in ins
United States Senate, must choose
someone else. It rests with his own
conscience, of course, but if his con
science requires him to keep his oath,
he must vote for the man of his choice,
whether be baa promised to vote for
that man or not.
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If ha thinks, way down In his heart .
or whatever he thinks with that "Our
George" is the proper man to represent
this Republican state, in the United
States Senate, let him so choose; but If
he thinks that Judge Lowell is the
proper man, then let him choose him.
Imagine Mr. Legislator who has
promised to vote for Chamberlain, but
wants to vote for Fulton. When called
upon at Salem to name his choice for
United States Senator, he rises In his
place and says: "My choice' for United
States Senator is Charles Fulton. I be
lieve he is the beat man for the place
and I believe that a majority of the
people want him; but I am not frea to
choose as I choose. I have promised
to vote for George Chamberlain. My
choice is for Fulton, but my vote Is for
Chamberlain." What kind of a figure
would he cut before his own conscience
and before the world? And what do
you think would happen to Mr, Cham
berlain when he presented himself at
the door of the United States Senate,
armed with credentials based upon a
vote of that sort? Would the Senate
decide that he had been "chosen" by
the Legislature of Oregon? It la to be
doubted, is It not?
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Suppose a Legislator has pledged
ahlmself to vote for an appropriation to
build an insane asylum at Pendleton,
but after election he finds that the
state constitution says that all state
Institutions shall be located at Salem.
When this bill comes up in the Legis
lature what is he to do? Shall he vio
late the constitution or try to do so)
or shall he break his promise? He must
break something. What shall it be?
It will, perhaps, be easier for the man
who has made pledges to shirk all re
sponsibility by saying, "the people have
taken this matter out of my hands";
but if he has a conscience, which is not
rusty from disuse, he will not satisfy
it In that way, because he will know
that It ia not so. He will know, first,
that the "people" can no more tell him
whom to choose than they can tell him
how many to choose, and. second, that
the people of Oregon do not want
George Chamberlain for United States
Senator.
It seems to me that this so-called
"law" that undertakes to nullify the .
Constitution of the United States is no
law at all. There was no power to
make It, and there is none to enforce
It. The pathway looks straight and
smooth to me for someone but not
for George. AUSTIN S. HAMMOND.
prerogative. The Oregon law permits
a candidate voluntarily to declare him
self in one or two statements or to re
main silent altogether. No conditions
are forced on him and the obligation on
him is wholly moral, not legal."
How is that? Did you say, under
the Dakota law a member Is "compelled
to surrender his constitutional right?"
What right? Clearly the "constitution
al right" to use his own individual
judgment as to whom he would sup
port for United States Senator, Of
course.
But if this Is a "constitutional right"
which a member should not surrender,
what defense can be offered for either
Statement No. 1 or for its successor,
which pretends to even take away the
right of the member to refuse to make
a pledge at all?
Practically every Republican candi
date for the Leg-ialataxe In the entire
State of Oregon laat Jane who sub
scribed to Statement No. 1 did so for
the admitted reason that he tbounjit he
would be defeated If be refused. And
waa he not thereby "compelled to aur
reader bla constitutional rlsrht, of
which Mr. Wood apeaka, through the
power of Intimidation f In other words,
wasn't hla "constitutional right" to use
his own Judgment ns to his eholre for
Senator as fully surrendered for the
sake of grettlus; votes aa the Dakota
member was who found himself in pre
cisely the same situation f
As to Mr. Wood, however, it may be
said that the difference between him
self and Governor Chamberlain is that
when he was the Democratic candidate
for United States Senator in 1903 under
popular vote, and was defeated, he ad
vised the Democratic members to sup-
port the successful candidate, and this
would have been done, resulting in his
election, but for the emphatic objec
tion of Chamberlain himself, who said
It would "be good Democratic polities'
if the successful Republican candidate
should be turned down by a Republi
can Legislature.
For some reason, the Democratic de
mand for a religious observance of the
popular vote on United States Senator
is much more Insistent In 1008 than It
was In 1A03, C hamberlain himself tak
Inff a radically different view of the
"moral force of an expression by the
people now than when In 100S to refuse
to reeoarnlae It would be "sood Demo
cratic politics."
A. G. Corre, and the estate owns the
Bigson House and the Grand Hotel.
He rode to the station, on his way
East, in one of his own automobiles.
Preacher Gets Gifts of 78,3O0.
Buffalo (N". Y.) Despatch.
Rev. Dr. Barclay, pastor of St. Paul's
Church, in Montreal, and one of the
leading Presbyterian ministers in Can
ada, has just had presented to him by
the congregation a purse of 35000. At
the same time he received a gift from
Lord Mount Stephen, a former member
of the congregation, of $73,300.