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JORTI.AM. MONDAY. NOV. 23, 190"-
BKYAN AND in PARTY.
Eastern newspapers are unfair
to .Mr. Bryan when they point to
the fact that in several of the most
important states his vote was much
less than that thrown for "his party's
candidates for the office of Governor,
and then allege his unpopularity as
the cause.
This difference 4n results was
caused by local issues. In -New York
Hushes was opposed by the whole
bode of "sporting interests." and
Chanler drew many thousands of
votes on this account. In Ohio and
Indiana the liquor forces went in solid
mass against the fit-publican local
tickets, but sidit on Bryan and Taft.
In Illinois a U -publican fold greatly
reduced the vote for Denecn and In
creased that 'for Stevenson. In Min
nesota Johns. n's vote was purely a
personal trtbute to a man who had
won even whin Roosevelt was the
Presidential candidate. In Missouri
Democratic dissension defeated Cow
herd for Governor and cut down the
vote for the candidates of that party
ail along the line.
In New York It is undoubted that
some other candidate for the Presi
dency would have run better than
Bryan; but nowhere west of Pennsyl
vania could any othet democratic
candidate for the Presidency have
come within hailing distance of him
I.r popularity. Uryan was the ideal
Western Democratic candidate. It
was for the Western vote that he was
nominated: and he received all that
belonged to his party, under existing
conditions. The South was Indifferent,
hut sure to cast Its vote for him; the
Kuct was against him. but his party
In the West was passionately devoted
to him. and would not believe that
he could be defeated. On the com
bination of the South nnd Wrst there
ttt steadfast coniid-iice. Hut the
West was immovioiy i;cpuniK-an.
even attains! Bryan though local
disturbances cave the Democratic
party great (tains In many of the im
portant states.
Mr. Bryan Is no Rood representative
of his party In the Fast or in the
South: but-he Is Its strongest repre
sentative In the West. This last was
the fact that created apprehension
anions the surporters of Taft, and
gave an appenrance of doubt as to the
result till the very end of the cam
paign. AIDING DRY-LAND FAKMKHS.
The Department of Agriculture and
the Int&rior Department have agreed
to estahlish and equip an experiment
farm on the I'matllhi Irrigation proj
ect to assist farmers in properly de
veloping their land. This highly im
portant adjunct of the irrigation proj
ect was secured largely through the
efforts of President Kerr, of the Ore
gon Agricultural College. The result
ant benefits can hardiy be overesti
mated. Irrigation farming Is so radi
cally different from the system fol
lowed where the natural moisture Is
sufficient to mature a crop that the
novice will almost invariably be
forced to pay dearly for his experi
ence if he fails to give the matter
much study. In this method of farm
inn: it is Indeed a case where "a little
learning is a dangerous thing," for too
much water or an improper distribu
tion o? the supply Us liable to cause as
much damage as would lie caused by
a drought.
The Washington dispatch bringing
the news of this proposed aid to the
irrigators also says that Professor
Kerr has secured from the Agricul
tural Department a promise to co-operate
with the state in establishing an
-perim"nt station for dry-land farm
ing In Morrow, Gilliam or Sherman
County. While the methods of dry
arming nnd Irrigated farming are
as;ly different, both have the same
nd in view. The purpose of each is
to bring Into a productive state vast
tracts of rich land which at the pres
ent time are non-productive. In many
localities it is absolutely necessary
that water he secured in order to pro
dure a crop. nnd. even In other semi
arid localities, -water would greatly
enhance the value of the land.
But throughout the Pacific North
vest there are vast tracts of semi
arid land that, with proper cultiva
tion and a thorough knowledge of the
work on the part of the farmer, can
be made to turn out very good crops
without the aid of irrigation. The
Oregon Agricultural College has on
its staff a number of dry' farming ex
perts who have had practical experi
ence covering many years in farming
district, where the amount of natural
moisture was much less than it is in
the dry regions of the Pad tic North
west, and where water for irrigating
purposes was unavailable. With an
experimental farm where practical
demonstrations of dry-farming meth
ods can be made, these experts can
do an Inestimable amount of good.
Irrigation, of course, where the
supply of water Is ample, can be made,
the most certain method of farming
known, hut the dry farming lands
east of, the Cascade Mountains have
a wonderful future, and in years to
come, when the science of conserva
tion of natural moisture in the soil is
thoroughly understood, surprising re
sults will follow. The Umatilla Irri
gation experiment farm will prove of
great value to the state and to the
projects in adjoining s:ates, but its
advantages cannot excel those which
will follow a thorough understanding
of dry farming in the Pacific North
west. The Wisconsin Central seems to be
the latest addition to the ILarriman
possessions, and, as it is a broken
down, poorly-located, badly-construct-ed
line. It is naturally a property dear
to the Harrlman heart, assuming, of
course, that the railroad king has a
I heart. The Wisconsin Central runs
through a rich country, which turns
out an enormous traffic that finds a
market both east and -west. It passes
through a great number of thriving
cities and towns, and through a rich
farming region. In this field a few
years hence there will be an enormous
demand for the Pacific Coast lumber
which can now be hauled on a Har
rlman line from the sawmill to the
consumer. Mr. Harriman's reputation
as a reconstruetor of railroads Is so
well known that it is a safe prophecy
that, within a very few years, the
generally demoralized Wisconsin Cen
tral will grade up to the Harriman
standard, which Is now accepted
throughout the railroad world as be
ing the best that money can produce.
'TIS PITT, AND PITY T1S.
Bather rancid Is the righteousness
of those who assert that the great po
litical bunco game of the past year
must be followed through to the end,
and repeated, of course, for righteous
ness' sake, year after year, till the
fulfilment of time. Great game it is.
patronized by bunco artists, in the
name of "the people's -will." One of
the beautiful things about it, more
over, is the aftermath of spurious
virtue and counterfeit holiness, by
which, in the name of all the polit
ical beatitudes, those persons are
characterized as monsters of wick
edness who expose and denounce "the
game." Kftsoons these patriotic
saints of "the new system" will insist
that all our books of moral, as well
as of political, philosophy be written
over again, so as to maintain and
glorify the bunco game.
Again, there are sad prophecies
that the Republican party will have
success nevermore, unless It shall
fully and Joyfully accept the bunco
game. It -would be dreadful, indeed,
if that swindled, duped, fooled, bun
coed and hopeless party should get
Into a worse state than It is in now. If
there could be anything worse for it
than loss of Governors and Senators
and all standing and influence In the
affairs of the state, with " loss of Its
own self-respect besides, no doubt its
opponents, so sorry about It. w ill con
tinue to express their sympathy, amid
new and fresh and increasingly
copious effusions of crocodilian tears!
It -would be a pity, indeed. If the
Republican party of Oregon should
get hurt or damaged: and it is griev
ous to behold how greatly its ad
versaries are alarmed about Its future.
Those who denounce the bunco game
by which the party has been put out
of business. "You're killing the
party, you're killing the party!-" is
the cry betray the agony of the
hired mourners at a Chinese funeral.
These pad nnd sorrowful patriots are
like those Northern politicians who In
the white heat and very crisis of the
Civil War, wero wont to exclaim,
"Stop, stop! You're going too far.
Don't irritate the South! You'll make
it Impossible to restore the Union!"
Some thought the South was about
as much "irritated" as it could be;
as It is not a bad opinion now that the
Republican party of Oregon Is about
as dead, under present conditions, as
it is possible for anything to be, yet
lie unhuried.-
What was the story that Harry
Lane told to the Portland relief com
mittee, who wanted to hold back the
remainder of the fund contributed
after the earthquake at San Fran
cisco, against a time -eThen the
stricken city might be more In need
of It? The Mayor's Chinaman was a
correct nnd powerful reasoner.
ADVICE TO THK KI.KJNS GIRL.
The Elklns girl, of course, hopes to
break the long line of unhappy prece
dents, established by marriage of
American heiresses to foreign noble
men. Since almost all girls "land"
the fellow they set their tap for. It
may be assumed in advance of the
Ahruzzi fellow's proposal that he will
perforce pop the question and be ac
cepted. Papa Klklns makes this plain,
for. although ho says there is no en
gagement, he lures the Duke with
line-sounding phrases.
Unless all signs fail, there will pres
ently be an engagement, another
American heiress will be expatriated,
and after a while there will be marital
misery. If American heiresses should
require their titled husbands to live
In this country, and to stay away
from Europe, there -would be more
chances of felicity. When a wife goes
to the home of her husband, she
usually marries the husband's "Whole
family and affiliated tribes. The
Elkins girl might . introduce the
change of requiring the Abruzzl Duke
to live with her in America. Then if
he got along amicably with her fam
ily, he would be the champion hus
band of modern times; If not, still he
would be well trained and she would
have some chance of getting along
with him in peace. American women
cannot make ideal husbands in for
eign lands, in the American sense of
ideal, since the standards are differ
ent. If experience counts for anything.
Senator Elkins' daughter would better
marry her gardener or her coachman,
and keep her money in her own name,
and herself at home.
AN ABINDANCE OF MONEY.
The New York bank statement,
which appeared last Saturday, was if
exceptional Interest for comparison
with the corresponding week of last
year. It was during the week ending
November 23. 1901. that the depths of
financial demoralization were sound
ed, when the total surplus reserve of
the New- York banks had dwindled to
J215.SSl.O0n. a decrease of J54.103.
tiuO below the requirements of the 25
per cent reserve rule. Those figures
marked the turn of the tide, for im
provement set in the following week
and was so pronounced that in the
second week In January all of the
deficit in the surplus reserve had been
wiped out," and there was a surplus
over and above legal requirements
amounting to J5.0S4.050. The " In
crease from that time was steady and
substantia!,, and a new high-water
mark was established in the last week
In June, when there was so much idle
money in the banks that the reserve
above all requirements was J66.09S,
800. Crop-moving and loans for other
purposes have been reducing that
figure since July, but the amount is
still J29.599.625 in excess of the re
serve rule, the total figures for the
reserve being J3S3.10S.700. There
was an expansion of nearly J S. 000. 000
in loans last week, but the remarkable
plethora of money is shown in offer
ings of call money around 2 per cent,
while 60 and 90-day paper is quoted
dull at 3 per cent and 3i and 3 i
per cent for six months' loans. This
remarkably healthy condition of the
great New York banks is perhaps the
strongest assurance we have of the re
turn of prosperity. It is tliis ease in
the money market that has made pos
sible exploitation of long-deferred In
dustrial undertakings. It has also
started building of railroad extensions
and purchase of new equipment.
These purchases th turn have supplied
work for the steel mills and other
manufacturing concerns, and labor,
long Idle, has again begun earning
something.
This complete recovery from such
a severe panic as overwhelmed busi
ness a year ago has been accomplished
without a single Industry being over
looked In the readjustment. Even
cotton, which was the last of the ag
ricultural rroducts to make an up
ward move, is again selling for much
higher prices with a much freer
movement than a year ago. Corn,
wheat, oats and similar farm prod
ucts continue to soar far above nor
mal prices, and naturally are bring
ing wonderful prosperity throughout
the Middle West and Northwest.
Viewed from almost any standpoint,
the commercial, financial and Indus
trial situation presents a most satis
factory appearance, with every pros
pect for stLil greater improvement in
the coming year.
A SCALP BOl'NTY LAW.
The Mitchell Sentinel, published in
the sheep country of Eastern Oregon,
dissents strongly from the proposal to
enact a bounty law for payment of a
fixed sum for the scalps of coyotes
and other predatory animals. It
thinks owners of sheep ought to do
something for protection of their own
flocks against the coyote, the scab,
and other plagues, saying:
The woolsrowers have aa much or more
protection now than any other one Industry
In the United States. Thia county has a
eheep Inspector; there la now In town &
Oovemment Pheep Inspector; both for the
purpose of making the aheepraisera keep
their rlocka clean from scab and now, when
there is not one taxpayer In one hundred
that ow-na a sheep, they ask the state to
pay for kllline; otr the coyotes. It la all
wrona: the sheepralsers say their lose la one
million dollars per year through the dep
redatlona or coyotes. Hah! So did we lose
a million dollars or leas last year by not
ravin cattle enoush to eat up all the grass
In the state. The Sentinel Is now and haa
been In the past a strong friend to protec
tion, and believes In the protection of the
she-p Industry; but aa for placing a bounty
on the scalp of the coyote forthe taxpay
ers of the stale to pay. we say "no." That
la a matter between the sheepmen and the
coyote. Let them settle it.
On the other hand, the Pendleton
Tribune appears to favor such law.
It quotes Mr. J. N. Burgess, president
of the State Woolgrowers' Associa
tion, to the effect that an effort will
be made to fix the bounty at about
J 1.25 for each scalp framing the law
to Include all animals that live by
prey.
Such law in Oregon would, how
ever, be burdensome and almost use
less, unless the states surrounding
our own should enact like laws.
Scalps of nearly 100,000 coyotes were
paid for under a former law of Ore
gon. Scalp-hunting became. an in
dustry; and as fast as the coyotes
were killed, Jack rabbits and squirrels
and similar pests multiplied, doing
damage to growing crops and plun
dering granaries.
It would be hard on the Treasury
of Oregon to pay for all the scalps
brought in from California; Washing
ton and Idaho; and many citizens of
Oregon will believo It not just for the
taxpayers of Oregon to bear the ex
pense of destroying the noxious ani
mals of those states. Even from more
distant states the scalps could be
profitably shipped into Oregon, and
there would be no means of telling
where they came from. It is prob
able that a scalp bounty law. If one
should be enacted, would encounter
the referendum.
CO-EIH'CATION AND FLIRTATION.
Co-education in colleges presents
many problems. Nature is stronger
than faculty .rules and "boy and girl
flirtations" are annoying and perplex
ing the professors exceedingly. A re
port from the Glasgow, Scotland, Uni
versity voices this condition, saying:
"The boasted advantages of co-education
in the way of the achievement of
a higher grade of seriousness and
common sense have not yet appeared."
The experiment in this country has
proved trying, but so far no college or
university which has started out on
that line has abandoned it. The con
trol of students is a difficult problem
at any and all times, and it docs not
appear to be more perplexing in mixed
classes than in student bodies com
posed entirely of students of one sex.
Of course flirtation; when it exists,
puts another factor into the problem,
which must be canceled before the
best results can be attained. It is a
fact, however, that many happymar
rlages result from acquaintances made
at college and from associations in the
classrooms and on the campus. Once
in a while a foolish elopement from
college takes place, but this is an in
cident common to all conditions in life
and is exceedingly rare as compared
with the number of students attending
co-educational institutions.
In our own state there has been
no criticism of co-education and
there is no desire to return to the old
plan of educating boys and girls, or
young men and young women, separ
ately. The principle is held to be
founded In nature and equity, and If
this contention is true It will stand the
test of time and experience. If not, it
will go the way of other experiments
that have been weighed In the balance
and found wanting.
ROAD-MAKING KNOWLEDGE.
Time was when every man was sup
posed to know how to build, or work
roads, and every woman was supposed
to know how to cook and keep house.
The world moves; it is now generally
conceded that instruction is neces
sary to success in either of these vo
cations. Working tho roads" was in earlier
times in this state a sort of a penance
half play, half shirk, that was
worked out in true lazy man's fashion,
under the direction of a supervisor
who owed his position to the fact that
the job was an undesirable one. His
qualifications for the place were, ignor
ance of theet first principles of road
building, and inability to get effective
work out of the men, who in obedi
ence to a "warning" gathered up as
implements, what garden tools hap
pened to be lying around, and re
ported for duty. After a few days!
scratching the surface, and perhaps
plowing a furrow or two and throwing
some brush into the deepest mudholes,
the road was considered "worked" and
was left to become Inches deep In dust
in the Summer and more than inches
deep in mud in the Winter. .
It finally dawned upon our people
that road building. was a science and
the old haphazard methods were
abandoned. Some good results have
followed a more intelligent system of
road building In Oregon and more
will follow. More perhaps has been
done in the country at large than the
public generally Is aware of. There
are over two million miles of public
roads in the United States and upon
these, looking to their betterment in
a single year U904) approximately
J80.000.000 was expended. It may also
be cited as showing a .National inter
est in good roads that of twenty-three
nations sending delegates to the
international road congress held in
Paris this Fall the United States sent
the largest delegation.
France is a good country in which
to studv road building. The French
government mantains a school of roads
and bridges, from the gradutaes of
which an efficient corps of highway
engineers is drawn, under whose
supervision the roads and bridges
are constructed. Our Government,
through the Department of Agricul
ture, is making some progress in the
same line and now gives instruction in
highway engineering. It also does ef
fective work through bulletins issued
from time to time containing advice
and instruction in the construction and
maintenance of good roads. All of
these things tend toward the intelli
gent treatment of our public highways
and foreshadow the coming of the
time, yet afar off, wherein the broad,
well-built highway will be the rule,
not the exception In all well populated
sections of the country.
A. P. Leonard, ex-Auditor of Pacific
County, has been sentenced to one to
three "years In the penitentiary at
Walla Walla for embezzlement.
Leonard was for many years one of
the most popolar young politicians in
Pacific County. . Gifted with a most
pleasing personality and ever willing
to go to any length to favor a friend,
it was easy for him to become quite
prominent in affairs. Politics in the
State of Washington as well as else
where is a strenuous game, and
Leonard seems to have played it hard.
Few, if any, who are acquainted with
the unfortunate young man will be
lieve that he Intentionally became an
embezzler; but the generosity which
is fostered and encouraged when a
man gets into politics probably led
him beyond his depth, and before he
was fully aware of what had hap
pened, his affairs were in such a snarl
that it was impossible for him to es
cape thepenalty. If Leonard had his
life to live over again, he would stick
to business and let politics severely
alone.
More wreckage is coming ashore on
the west coast of Vancouver Island,
and that well-known "gra-weyard of
the Pacific" has undoubtedly claimed
another victim. As usual in the sea
tragedies that have made that terrible
north coast famous all over the world,
the crew seems to be missing, and the
marks on the wreckage now coming
ashore are not sufficiently clear to re
veal the identity of the craft. The
lifesavlng tug which will soon be sta
tioned at the entrance to the Straits
of Fuca may prevent some of these
tragedies, but. so long as ships sail in
that death-haunted region, they will
in thick weather be at the mercy of
that treacherous current which
sweeps north against the Vancouver
Island shore. It Is a good place for
shipowners who desire to unload their
old vessels on the underwriters, but it
is hard on the unfortunate crews.
A confidence man arrested in New
York Saturday said that the original
complaint which led to his arrest was
made by John D. Rockefeller, who
was one of a number of rich men
whom the prisoner had swindled. De
tails of the plot are missing, but, con
sidering the personality of the victim
and a "by and large" view of every
thing connected therewith, it would
seem that the confidence man should
be sent up for 29,000,000 years. A
man who can bunko John D. Rocke
feller is an unsafe man to be at large
in any community.
The Hartford Courant, which ..- the
oldest continuous publication in
America, recently celebrated the
144tU anniversary of its founda
tion. "We are used to birthday anni
versaries." says tho Courant; "they
chase each other along so fast that
we sometimes lose the count. This
one, we are pleased to remark, finds
us in our usual health and still en
Joying the perpetual youth f iat comes
of being produced anew each morn
ing." Although Statement One is alleged
to bar out the old system of "reward
ing" Legislators for their vote on
United States Senator, there are sev
eral Statement Legislators who are
planning for jobs after Chamberlain's
election. And should Chamberlain
be elected, these patriots will assert
their "claims" sure enough. Watch
for them.
One sure sign that the industrial
depression is ended is the rapid re
sumption or renewal of the- tide of
immigration from Europe. Great
numbers who left America a year ago
are now to return. Some think the
total of these, added to the new im
migration, will bring perhaps 2.000,
000 persons into the country from
abroad, 'during the coming year.
Admitted now to be unconstitu
tional and void, even by those who
voted for it, why was that Initiative
statute, that "instructs" members of
the Legislature to vote in a certain
way for United States Senators, en
acted ? No reason, except that it was
one of the plays In the bunco game.
Very slowly the trial of Ruef con
tinues. It will take all WMnter. Ruef
didn't get a change of venue, though
he made plea for It on the ground
that he couldn't get Justice in San
Francisco. Strange doubt, for one
who already had pleaded guilty.
Another Eastern Oregon man. sent
to the Penitentiary a year ago for ar
son, destroying fences and poisoning
sheep, is reported to be a victim of
quick consumption.. If pardoned he
will probably make the usual
"quick"' recovery.
We are told that the laws of the
Oregon Bar Association forbid com
mendation of a man while he is alive'.
Are we to infer that there is nothing
good to be said about lawyers while
they are alive? .
Taft's vote in Kansas was 197,118.
Bryan's, 160.979. Taft's plurality,
36,139. In 1900, McKinley. 185,955;
Bryan, 162,601. Plurality for McKin
ley, 23,354.
If the city is fairly launched upon
a movement to terminate perpetual
franchises, there are several other
corporations, besides the Southern
Pacific, that possess such privileges.
There will be Statement Republ
icans and anti-Statement Republic
ans in the Oregon Legislature. Same
as usual; two Republican parties.
No other country can beat Cis fine
weather. They've all tried.
LIFE 1ST THE OREGON COUNTRY
Increasing "OM Man" Bennett' Wort.
Irrigon Irrigator.
The Governor has appointed the editor
of the Irrigator a "Commissioner of the
Third Eastern Oregon District Agricul
tural Societv." which means that we are
one of the five Commissioners for this
district, or of the Pendleton Fair.
Thanks, Governor.
Helping Out the Mother.
Newberg Graphic.
When you hear a child crying in
church or other public gatherings, don't
neglect to crane your neck in that direc
tion. It is so comforting to the mother
to know that all eyes are turned on her
although she may have her hands full
caring for her charge.
The Great-arrandmother or Fotntoea.
Silvertonian Appeal.
A monster "spud" was unearthed by
J M. Burnett at his farm south of this
city, last Saturday, and exhibited at a
real estate office Monday. It measures
18 inches In length, 12 inches in circum
ference and weighs five pounds. Mr.
Webb and others claim it is the largest
potato ever grown in Oregon.
The Ubiquitous Woodpile.
Dayton Optimist.
On a dark night one cannot walk out
with his girl any place in this small but
interesting city without turning three
somersaults and about two "pinwheels
over a cord or more of stovewood. The
writer knows of at least two proposals
that were "busted" right in the bud
through this menacing wood question.
Prosperity In Wheeler County.
Mitchell Sentinel.
Isaac Blann came in Tuesday night with
a load of pork, bones and sausage. He
said some Republican told him before
Taft's election that if he, Taft, was
elected everything would advance in price
that is, farm -produce, at least 10 per
cent. So he advanced the price of sau
sage at least 25 per cent to keep up with
the times.
Something Doing In Marks Prairie.
Canby Tribune Correspondent.
Harry Garrett passed through our main
street on his way to see his finance.
Henry Woefer was sawing wood for
Mr. John Jesse Sunday.
Some unknown sinner shot Mr. Sam
Gubble's fine dog with a shotgun one
day last week.
Mr. John Wells killed ' three fine fat
hogs Monday.
Innocence Abroad.
Editor Nutting In Albany Democrat.
I spent my first night in a Pullman
sleeper. No one suspected I was as green
as all that. It is easy to sleep anywhere
if you can turn the key to your brain. I
am getting used to the high-priced style
of the diners. Have gotten the business
dow-n to a science and can get a meat
for 50 cents, a sign of genius. This morn
ing buttered toast, cream and flakes and
cocoa cost 45 cents, and the other 6 "cents
the waiter kept as a tip. Was surprised
that nothing was charged for the finger
bowl service.
Take Notice, Mr. President.
Silver Lake Leader.
Report comes to us that there were
never so many bear signs seen in the
woods as there has been this Fall, the
ground In places being literally covered
with tracks. We would respectfully call
the attention of Teddy Roosevelt to Lake
County, and especially to the vicinity of
Silver Lake, for when a- couple of men
can go out and in two days kill three
bears, cowboys go out and without hunt
ing at all lasso one, and a lady going
visiting, and when only half a mile from
town runs across one, it ought surely to
be the paradise for such lovers of such
sport as our President is.
DRUNKEN NOMINEE WITHDRAWS
Itrgtilnrly Nominated by Democrats for
Allnnta Mnvor, but Haa to Retire.
Atlanta Special to Baltimore News.
James G. Woodward, regular Demo
cratic nominee for Mayor of Atlanta, has
withdrawn from the campaign in favor
of Robert F. Maddox, the nominee of
the "Citizens' Committee." Mr. Wood
ward's withdrawal follows severe criti
cisms of his private life and a summons
against him to appear in Police Court for
intoxication.
His letter of withdrawal was read at
a mass-meeting and caused great enthu
siasm. Mr. Maddox Is a young man and
vice-president of the American National
Bank, one of the strongest financial In
stitutions in the South, and is very popu
lar in business circles.
Thomas H. Goodwin, the candidate in
the primary who received the highest
number of votes after Woodward, claims
the nomination as the regular Demo
cratic choice. An examination shows
that according to the rules of the Demo
cratic primary Mr. Goodwin is the regu
lar nominee of the Democrats, and now
a stiff fight is in prospect for the elec
tion to the Mayoralty between Goodwin
and Maddox.
"What the Bridegroom Reaents,
New York Times.
"Even the English language emphasizes
the insignificance of a man at his own
wedding," said the prospective bridegroom
disconsolately. "There isn't an indepen
dent word to designate him. He is merely
called the groom of the bride, as if he
were Just about on a level with the brides
maids and a little below the maid of
honor. Best man, of course, means the
bridegroom's best man, but the phrase
itself tends to exalt this Individual at
the expense of his superior.
"Then there's no adjective to describe
what pertains to the male half of the af
fair. You can't speak of the 'bridegromal'
trousers or necktie. On the other hand,
'bridal' applies not only to the posessions
of the girl, but to what relates to both
of them equally, like the trip and the
bridal chamber. The very words, 'matri
mony' and 'matrimonial,' are from the
feminine side only. 'Patrimony' has noth
ing to do with the nuptials. It applies
only to wealth, and signifies that a man's
part in the affair is to get out and hustle
for the cash."
Conundrum and Poser,
Des Moines Capital.
Government of, for and by the people
results in some mighty interesting compli
cations at times. The situation in Ore
gon Is a case in point.
The electoral vote of Oregon goes to
Taft.
The Oregon Legislature Is Republican.
At the mid-Summer primaries the Dem
ocratic candidate for the United States I
Senate won out and under the terms of
the Oregon primary law a Republican
Legislature is compelled to elect the pri
mary choice.
As a Winter evening pastime you might
try and figure out the problem "What is
the politics of Oregon?"
A Pointed Inquiry.
Condon Times.
If a Democrat elector, from a Democrat
state, will not or should not vote for a
Republican President, why should a -Republican
State Senator vote for a Demo
cratic U. S. Senator, whom his county
has voted against?
Should Take a Few Lessons of Teddy.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Evidently the Kaiser is badly in need
of a few correspondent lessons from
Washington in the gentle art of keeping
the plain people bluffed.
Trouble That May Be Acquired.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mr. Taft will go into the White House
devoid of a son-in-law; but, for that mat
ter, so did Mr. Roosevelt.
IT IS A PLAIN MATTER.
So Plain There la No Eirvae for Mla
anderatandlafr It.
Pendleton Tribune.
The difficulty now existing in Oregon
with reference to the Senatorial situa
tion is that the people have under
taken to accomplish a thing they want
by means which are thoroughly and
undeniably unconstitutional.
That the people of the states should
have nothing whatever to do with the
election of United States Senators was
plainly and decisively settled in the
Federal Constitution of 1787, after a
most elaborate discussion, during the
progress of which the question was
analyzed and presented in all its
phases.
It was not an accident that the Con
stitution of the United States says the
people shall choose the Representatives
in Congress, but that the State Legis
latures", independent of the people, shall
choose the Senators.
This distinction was made for a pur
pose, plainly set forth In the debates in
that great convention composed of
great men, it being their final agree
ment that the states, aa states, as dis
tinguished from the people, should se
lect the Senators.
Of course, for saying this much in
favor of obeying the Constitution of
the United States, to support which
members of the Legislature take an
oath, which should be a thousand
times more binding, even in "honor,"
than a mere pledge taken admittedly
for the sake of getting votes, the Trib
une runs the risk of being termed a
"vulture," a "teacher of dishonor," and
a choice lot of other pet names by the
Democratic press, but Just the same,
it is the truth, which cannot be suc
cessfully denied.
While members of the Legislature
are indeed servants of the people in all
matters relating to state legislation,
they are in no sense such in their ca
pacity as choosers of United States
Senators, a trust placed In their hands
solely by the Federal Constitution, and
entirely unknown to the organic law
of Oregon or of any other state.
Nobody has gainsaid this statement
nor will anybody. It is a plain fact
which all people will understand, and
when a state undertakes to "instruct"
Its Legislature to ignore the Constitu
tion of the United tSates, which it has
been unable to amend, and "order" its
Legislature to change the form of our
Federal Government it assumes a posi
tion it cannot long maintain.
POPULAR ELECTION OP SENATORS
Why Election by the Legislatures Was
Adopted.
Indianapolis News.
The present movement for the election
of United States Senators by the people
is of comparatively recent origin. In the
convention that framed the Constitution
four plans were discussed. (1) appoint
ment of Senators by the President; (2)
election by the people; (3) election by
the House of Representatives; (4) election
by the State Legislatures. Popular suf
frage was a new experiment at that time,
and the framers of the Constitution were
a little chary about giving the people too
much direct power. Hence the provision
for an electoral college to choose the
President, and hence, also, the provision
finally adopted, for the election of Sena
tors by the Legislatures of the several
states. James Madison, afterward Presi
dent, declared himself "an advocate for
the policy of refining the popular ap
pointment by successive fillratlons." The
theory of the framers was that the elec
tion of Senators by the State Legisla
tures would result in obtaining a higher
grade of Senators than would elections
by the people. Whether they were right
or not is still an open question, but It
is certain that, in the main, the choice
of Senators by the State Legislatures has
resulted In making the Senate the ablest
and most dignified parliamentary body in
the world.
Wide Sympathy for Bryan.
Harper's Weekly.
Such a man is entitled to no consid
eration whatever and, yet, how can
one help feeling sorry for him? He
made a wonderful canvass. All sole
alone, without the aid of a single coun
selor whose advice was worth a cent,
constantly surrounded and pestered by
a lot of toadies and cheap skates, prac
tically unaided on the stump except by
Judge Parken, whom he had derided,
he fought like a giant against tremen
dous odds, never losing heart or tem
per or command of the splendid elo
quence, which Is his one great gift
We have no doubt that he will seein to
bear his disappointment philosophical
ly, but the frightful mental and physi
cal strain upon his nerves must have
left its indelible mark, and t will be a
marvel If he regains his buoyancy or
even avoids a complete breakdown in
spirit if not In body. A moie winning
personality we have never known, and
we are glad to believe that we are but
one of thousands in feeling for him
honest sympathy and wishing him well
all the days of his life.
Oklahoma's Vote.
Boston Transcript.
The small plurality by which Bryan
carried Oklahoma Is one of the most
astonishing results of the election.
Taft had advised the people there
against the adoption of the state con
stitution, of which they seemed pe
culiarly proud, and it was commonly
recognized that tor thein purposes
Bryan was the strongest Democrat that
could be named and Taft the weakest
Republican. At the Denver convention,
which the Oklahomans monopolized,
40,000 plurality ,was the least they
claimed for Bryan. They actually won
by 13,000.
Ex-Senator Gibson Is III.
Batimore News.
Ex-United States Senator Paris Gib
son, of Montana, is at the Johns Hop
kins Hospital and will be operated on
in a few days by Dr. Hugh H. Young.
This is the tecond time Senator Gib
son has been at the Hopkins. Senator
Gibson was elected a State Senator
for Montana In 1891, and on March 7,
1901, he was made a United States
Senator for an unexpired term.
Must Think They Are Easy.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Foraker Is getting letters from Standard
Oil attorneys for the purpose of vindicat
ing himself so that he may again seek
election to the United States Senate.
What is Foraker's private opinion of the
people of Ohio, anyhow?
Imprisoned by 1000 Beer Bottles.
Columbus, (O.) Dispatch.
Carl Belts, of Cleveland, was pinned
Into a 19-foot brewery vault by 1000
beer bottles (empty) falling on him,
and it was necessary to call out the
fire department to rescue him.
Buffalo Bill Wouldn't Be In It.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mr. Roosevelt's decision to go into
literature instead of taking out a Wild
West show conclusively proves that he
cares nothing for money.
Some Improvement.
Houston Post.
Chancellor Day says he thinks Taft
is a great piece of ballast. That will be
some improvement over the great piece
of bombast now in the Whtt House.
Has Had His Bevenare.
Detroit Free Press.
In scrutinizing public leaders it im
pressed one that Judge Parker has that
complacent look which is eloquent of vin
dication. If not of entire content.
ENGLISH VIEW. OF OUR ELECTIONS
Some Features Strike Visitor aa Goodt
Others Not So Good.
Lord Northcllffe in New York Times.
The impression created on the minds
of some English visitors to this city, in
cluding myself, was one of surprise at
the apparent lack of excitement prior to
the election. The fact that your election
takes place on one day throughout this
vast Republic, and that the result is
known on that day, does away with the
long-drawn-out interest of a British gen
eral election, which occupies three weeks,
and is. In my Judgment, a thoroughly
bad system. In this respect yours is
preferable.
You will realize that if. for example,
the election in New York State took
place, let us cay, on the first day of a
three weeks' election, the result would
greatly affect the voting In other states.
In our last general election Manchester
was fought on the first day. It was a
clean sweep for the Liberals, who are
approximately your Democrats. Its in
fluence on the following elections was
enormous. By having the election on
one day, you get a clear expression of
public opinion.
I need scarcely say that the elections
throughout the British Empire are fought
at separate times. In accordance with the
local situation. The Canadian election,
which I witnessed lately, was fought
prior to yours. The Canadians finish
their electiop in one day, as you do, and
close all saloons, as 1 believe you do.
Both these reforms have been discussed
in England.
With us there is far greater security
against Illegal voting, from the fact that
it is very difficult to get on the register
of voters. I do not know your system,
but in Great Britain a regularly consti
tuted court Is held, presided over by a
barrister-at-law, and attended by lawyers
representing all parties. In this court
all new names to be added to the regis
ter are carefully scrutinized. You are
apparently able to place names on the
register much nearer to election day.
which appears to me to give more oppor
tunity for doubtful voting.
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The methods are different in the two
countries. I went to a magnificent meet
ing of the Republican party tn Madison
Square Garden, at which Mr. Taft, or
what was left of him, appeared. As I
surveyed that great demonstration, I
could not but reflect that 6uch a meeting
is now impossible in England. I was In
formed that there were about 13.000 peo
ple present, of whom I suppose one-third
wero ladles. In England Mr. Taft would
have been met by 400 or 600 determined
suffragettes, who would have shouted
him and every other speaker down. I
made that remark to an American friend
present, who said, "But look at all the
police here."
I do not suppose, however, that the
American people, any more than the
British people, would allow women to be
handled roughly by the police. That Is
the great difficulty at home. If you han
dle these ladies gently, they scratch and
screech; if you handle them roughly, they
become martyrs. As one nagging woman
is sufficient to upset a whole household,
600 suffragettes could have nagged the
Madison Square Garden demonstration
into chaos.
. In another way the meeting in Madison
Square Garden would not have had the
same effect in England. It was what we
call a "ticket meeting." It wag a dem
onstration of the already converted. The
fact that a ticket meeting is a ticket
meeting and not a free and open meet
ing, discounts its importance with us.
I was struck by the absence of inter
ruption of the speakers. We have in
England, and more so in Scotland, a pro
cess known as heckling that is to say,
the propounding of awkward direct ques
tions to the candidate and insistence upon
a reply. These questions are either writ
ten and handed to him on the platform,
or are spoken. In Scotland they form a
very severe feature of the election. Here,
apparently, the newspapers do the heck
ling by putting questions to the candi
dates. I noticed that one candidate
had questions put to him day after day,
and that he did not reply. That, I think,
would have been impossible with us, be
cause his meeting would have been at
tended by resolute opponents who would
have insisted upon an answer. ,
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Americans are constantly discussing
whether the four-year Presidential term
Is not too short. That is not a matter
for an outside critic to Judge. An opin
ion could only be expressed by those
who have experience. With us an elec
tion may be sprung on the country at
any moment. An opinion expressed by a
majority of the House of Commons is
practically certain to produce a general
or national election. Our government la
much closer in touch with the people.
The maximum term in Great Britain is
seven years, but six years'- term Is the
longest that I remember. There are gov
ernments that have not existed for 12
months. Some of your business men
seem to complain that the four-year term
disturbs their arrangements, stops trade,
etc. It may be argued, though, that it
gives the peoplo an opportunity to turn
their thoughts from private affairs to
the great and constantly widening re
sponsibilities of the United States as a
whole. I can express no opinion either
way. The shortening of the Parliamen
tary term In England constitutes one of
the planks against one of our political
parties.
Hlrlmr Wedding- Preaents.
New York Evening Post.
The Cleveland multl who recently
sent out invitations to his daughters
wedding bearing in bold script "no
presents will be received," sets an ex
cellent example, which. If generally
followed, would save the expense in
fashionable circles of hiring presents
for the grand occasion. Several Lon
don, Paris and New York firms have
grown rich by letting out for a night
or day all sorts of finery and trumpery
to make believe that friends of the
bride and bridegroom have contributed
handsomely.
At a recent New York wedding the
guests were more than amazed at the
display of presents. Five rooms were
filled with the costliest Jewelry, bric-a-brac,
tapestries, paintings, cut-glass,
china, ceramics, rugs, furniture, laces,
etc., world without end. Amen! The
father of the bride is a practical Joker.
He couldn't keep a family secret to
save his life. "What did you think ot
Carrie's presents?" he asked an old
friend two or three weeks after the
wedding. "Why, George, old fellow, I
was thunderstruck! And Just think of
the hard times! Theretmust have -been
half a million dollars' wonth of stuff!"
George laughed. "Never breathe it to
my wife," he whispered; "but all that
vast outlay cost me only J2000. I hired
four roomfuls for the occasion from
- & Co., and we had 'em on ex
hibition for a week. The few things
in the hall bedroom were ours."
, Extra Pay to Thrash Boya.
Belvidere (Kan.) Cor. Kansas City Star.
Five dollars a , month will be given
Miss Bessie McQuey as a bonus if she
succeeds in conquering the wayward
boys attending the country school she
is-teaohing north of here.
The school has the reputation for
being "bad." For the last two years
the boys have "licked" their teachers
and run the school.
This Fail the pupils started to "break
In" the new teacher in the usual way.
Miss McQuey corrected them in a very
foreeful manner, giving especial atten
tion to the Evans brothers.
Jnd Evans, treasurer of the school
district, iri complimenting Miss Mc
Quey for disciplining his sons so ef
fectively, offered her J5 a month extra
wages If she maintained order through
out the year.