THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1908.
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PORTLAND. FRIDAT. NOT. XJ. I.
SIGNS A'D FOKTEVrft.
.r-i . ir i the intention to
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push "Statement One" for all It may
be worth, for control or ine organisa
tion of the Legislature and for direc
tion of the legislation of the session.
That "would establish fidelity to the
Holy Statement as the new basis of
division of parties In the state.
Perhaps this innovation has gone
so far that it will be impossible to
arrest It, and all measures proposed in
Oregon hereafter will be tried and
Judged upon "the new principle." and
decided upon the conflicting motives
as to party action to which it will give
rise. In such case those who Insist
on "the new principle," and those
who oppose It. will act separately
hereafter; old associations will be per
manently severed and new combina
tions made, for future party action.
In the opinion of The Oregonlan the
course that shall be pursued during
the coming session will determine the
future course of political parties in
Oregon, and in particular of the Re
publican party: also whether the Re
publican party in Oregon is to stand
for anything hereafter, or be swal
lowed up in a "combine" with the
Democrats.
"They say," further, that the Bourne
and Chamberlain forces are working
together to control the organization of
both branches of the Legislature, in
combination for control of the policy
and legislation of the session. Prob
ably this is true. If so. It Is the next
step to the new political alignment.
The Bourne forces, such as they are.
and the Statement One politicians,
hitherto Republicans, will be gathered
rapidly into the Democratic fold.
Bourne himself would feel more com
fortable at Washington, and a more
mightv man. with a Democratic Sena
tor for his colleague. Thus, he could
masquerade as a Republican till the
end of Taft's Presidential term, and
then might see or suppose a chance to
turn with profit to the Democratic
party.
These simply are forecasts. The
forecaster's work rests on signs and
probabilities; and the head of the
Weather Bureau Is not the only man
In the business. It is a function also
of atftive and vigilant Journalism.
ORK.IN Or THANKSGIVING.
Thanksgiving, as we have it, is of
New England and Puritan origin.
After the years of terrible privation
OS:i-l" the Massachusetts exiles
In 1823 obtained from the soil and
from the rivers and forests of the
country an abundance of food. In tho
Autumn, then, of 1823 there was
thanksgiving; and from this the cus
tom spread among the expanding New
England colonies.
Presently, however, as a day of fes
tivity. It was put Into opposition to
Christmas. The Puritan soul was
scandalized by feasting and revelry on
the holy day Christmas which it
was felt should be a day of penance
and fasting and devotion. New Eng
land therefore pushed the festivities
of Thanksgiving against the profan
ation of Christmas day.
This, however, gradually changed.
Christmas as a day of festivity and
cheer held Its own in the other colo
nies, and their customs gradually re
acted on New England. Both days
held their ground as holidays; but
Thanksgiving did not obtain much
hold In the South. New England mi
gration carried It. however, to the
West, whore the two met on equal
terms. This gave Thanksgiving strong
basis and support; and In 1SS3 Presi
dent Lincoln Issued a proclamation In
his peculiar and Impressive manner,
recommending observance of the last
Thursday of November as the day.
This has been followed as a custom
errr since. Some say It was Sarah
Josepha Hale, a woman of note In
her cay long time editor of Godey's
Lady's Book whose urgency of the
matter on President Lincoln moved
him to issue the proclamation. It was
the year of the crisis of the Civil War.
after the victories of Vicksburg,
Gettysburg and Chattanooga.
PHI LI 1-11 NK !-tCAR IMPORT.
It is extremely Improbable that the
business of the beet and cane sugar
producer? of this country would be
very much affected by free admission
of Philippine sugar. While necessity
for some revenue from imports is
plain to all. and it may be advisable
to levy a moderate duty on sugar
imported from foreign countries,
there are clrcum'tsnces In connection
with the Philippines which should
make these island dependencies ex
empt fritn the toll levied on sugnr
from olher countries. Aside from
certain obligations which we owe the
people of the Philippines, there is
nothing In the situation to Indicate
that the output of sugar In the Islands
will very soon reuch proportions that
will prove a menace to American
susar.
On this point, Secretary Wright
testified before the ways and means
committee that "it was not possible
that the Hands could supply the
actual increase In demand for sugar
year by year In the L'nitcd States."
He further said that in his opinion the
American markets would not be af
fected by the Philippine sugar "until
the beet and cane sugar produced
within the tariff wall increases 1.S00,
000 tons." The Insignificant propor
tions of the Philippine sugar imports
are shown in the official figures of the
Bureau of Statistics for the fiscal year
ending June 30. According to this
authority, the imports from all porta
for the year were 3.371.997.112
pounds, and of this amount the Phil
ippines contributed 8S.46S.000 pounds,
a scant one per cent of all the im
ports. It can readily be understood from
these figures that the danger of the
' price of American sugar being im
perilled by Philippine competition is
very remote. Imports of Cuban
sugar, which comes in under a prefer
ential duty of 20 per cent lower than
the regular rate exacted from foreign
countries, last year amounted to
2.30S.189.28S pounds. It is not at all
clear that the American sugar indus
try Is In danger from any source, but
there Is decidedly less excuse for fear
; of Philippine competition than from
i any other quarter.
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A TRA'iK STORY.
What the New York Tribune says
about the political situation in Oregon
Is said sanely: yet question Is whether
the Tribune, saying sanely, is in po
sition to Judge of the political situa
tion In Oregon.
The situation is without parallel. It
can be judged from no out-ide stand
point. It can be judged only from in
side knowledge, possessed by observers
In Oregon who have watched the
course of It from the beginning.
Hitherto the majority In Oregon has
been no more sane on thisr' subject
than it was on the subject of silver
coinage and silver money, down to
1896. when the people began to re
cover their senses. On this stibject
also they will recover their senses.
But when?
Perhaps this folly In Oregon is nec
essary for enlightenment of the coun
try. But it doesn't cheer us to find
other states calling Oregon the fool of
the family, and jeering at Oregon, as
she wears her fool's cap and bells.
The poignancy of it Is that such
journals as the New York Tribune and
the Washington Post, reasoning sanely
on the situation in Oregon, and still
expecting a sane result out of It, yet
may be mistaken. They reason only
from their own standpoint oC sanity
that Is. from the standpoint of the
whole sanity of the country outside a
faction of Oregon.
Doubtless there are people who like
our state to be the laughing stock of
the country. It is a distinction for
our state that The Oregonian confesses
it does not enjoy.
After a while a treatise may be
written on this subject. The proper
title of it will be "A Strange Story."
IT STARTLES. DiUEXD.
It is a strange story about Judge
Mllo A. Root. that, comes from Seattle
the story that he has resigned his
office for the remainder of his term
only, but will take the oath and re
sume the duties for the. new term to
which he has been elected.
His case, his example, as a judge. Is
one of the worst that has come to pub
lic attention. Undoubtedly he was
deeply compromised, or he would not
have resigned. Every" one sees and
knows there was more than "epistolary
indiscretions" in the transactions.
But here is the point: What use
did Mr. Gordon, attorney of the Great
Northern, make of the $30,000? Why
should his use of it have forced the
resignation of Judge Root? Does a
great corporation the Great North
ern, for example place In the hands
of an attorney (say Gordon) so large
a sum, to be expended for its "Inter
ests" In ways that involve Judges, yot
are not specifically accounted for? And
then, when the tongue of fame gets
busy, the Judge resigns!
It seems hardly probable that this
judge will take the oath of office for
the new term. 1
Instances like this, which give rea
son to fear that the law, and justice
which the law is intended to enforce,
have been corrupted and bought out.
give occasion for real concern, and in
deed for alarm. The thought that Jus
tice may be debauched In Its very
sunctuary Is sufficiently startling.
THE Tl KKEY TRUST THAT FAILED.
It will be a matter of general rejoic
ing that the Portland market men who
attempted to hold up the people for,
extravagant prices for turkeys were
left with large stocks on hand, even
after heavy sales at auction prices.
This game of "cinching" the public Is
worked every year, and at times when
there is a small supply of turkeys It
has proved highly profitable. But the
public has begun to understand the
system, and Wednesday In large num
bers the buyers either held off for the
inevitable break In prices or purchased
a less expensive centerpiece for the
Thanksgiving dinner. Tho. loss to the
dealers who attempted to corner the
market, and until the last moment held
prices up to nn extravagant figure,
will not cease with the sacrillce
in price that was necessary In order
to make the stock move.
Their patrons whom they held up
for 30 cents, and in some eases 33
cents, a pound for turkeys, as a rule
were not transient customers, and, re
gardless of their ability to pay any
price that might have bee:i asked, they
will not bo pleased with the treatment
they have received. The Thanksgiv
ing dinner has become one of the es
tablished customs of the country, and
it is. of course, very unsatisfactory to
postpone purchase of the turkey until
the hour when the shop closes the
night before Thanksgiving. The mar
ket men. however, by their policy of
the past few seasons, have set this
hour as the one most favorable for
the purchaser who will not pay extrav
agant and unreasonable prices.
Having established this custom of
selling a portion of the turkeys at
much more than they are worth and of
working off the remainder at less than
they are worth, the market men need
not be surprised to find Christmas
shoppers holding off until the last
minute, or asserting their disapproval
of even a turkey "trust" by substitut
ing some other kind of Christmas din
ner. A TRIO OF rNSFEAKABl.ES.
Princess Sagan, erratic and soiled
daughter of the late Jay Gould, has
made a most complete mess of mar
rying foreign titles. Some sympathy
Is still felt for her as a mother, who
is about to lose the care and custody
of her children, but even this is not
well based, since by her last marrage
and her conduct Immediately preceding
4hat event, she proved herself unfit
to direct the lives and order the edu
cation and home associations of her
young sons. Truth to tell, the father
of the box's 1s no better fit than the
mother and step-father for this trust.
Grandmother Castellane is a worthy
and reputable woman, but she made a
sad failure in rearing her own son and
it may be questioned whether she can
do better by her grandsons. She U
anxious, however, to undertake the
task with $60,000 a year from the
Gould estate to eke along. Under all the
circumstances the French court that
is called upon to decide who shall be
custodian of these - worse than or
phaned boys has a most perplexing
and unenviable task.
Anna Gould was bound to make an
erotlcal fool of herself: she was built
that way. Large wealth enabled her
to go abroad and work out her special
bent through two marriages, each of
which was viler than the other. Had
she been born In poverty and early
orphaned, she would have followed
her inclinations possibly through
mercenary or lil-consldered marriage
possibly outside of marriage, but in
any event she could not have lived a
more unwomanly life than she has
lived abroad under the mockery of
marriage. The pity is not for her,
since her destiny is fixed, but for tho
children who, through a mistaken
permission of nature, were born to
her.
As to Count Boni. his reasons for
pressing a claim to the custody of the
children are plain. Resentment and
revenge, not unnatural under the cir
cumstances, and a desire to secure a
large annuity for the maintenance of
the children which, through his doting
mother he would be able to manipu
late, are ample Incentives to the pres
ent suit. It would perhaps do the
fellow more than Justice to assign" the
first-named as the chief reason, for
bringing the claim. The thought that
he may be actuated by parential pride
and affection is inadmissible. As to
the fellow who stands in the shoes
that Bonl was shaken out of, he is
simply unspeakable, as Indeed are the
other parties to this suit.
FOOLSCAP PAPER.
This is a strange phrase, whose
origin has puzzled many. From an old
record It appears that Charles I of
England granted numerous monopo
lies for obtalnment of money for his
purposes, Independently of the Parlia
mentary grants, among others, the
manufacture of paper. The water
mark of the best paper of the rime was
the royal arms of England. The con
sumption of this article was great and
large fortunes were made by those
who had purchased the exclusive right
to vend it.
This, among other monopolies, was
set aside by the Parliament that
brought Charles to the scaffold; and
by way of showing contempt for the
King they ordered the royal arms to be
removed from the paper and a fool
with his cap and bells substituted. It
Is now more than two hundred and
fifty years since the fool's cap was
taken from the paper, but still the
paper of the size which the Revolu
tionary Parliament ordered for their
journals boars the name of the water
mark placed there as an Indignity to
King Charles.
THE AUTOMOBILE BOOM.
The horseless carriage may not soon
displace the intelligent animal which
from the earliest ages In war and'
peace has borne, a prominent part
in the commercial and sporting life of
mankind. There are so many places
where the horse can be used and
where the automobile would be useless
that the breeding industry will not suf
fer by the invasion of the automobile,
and there will always be horse-lovers
whose affection for the noblest of the
brute creation will never be changed
by the mechanical substitute. But for
all that, the automobile Is coming with
a rush, and for speed and utility Is fill
ing a place that nothing else as yet
Invented or created can fill so accept
ably. The extent of this popularity of the
horseless carriage is shown In the
enormous crowds in attendance at the
big race meets. The Vanderbilt cup
race, a few days ago, brought out more
people than ever attended a horse race
on either side of the ocean, and with
a much smaller territory from which
to draw a crowd, the attendance at the
races at Savannah this week was also
far In excess of that which Is attracted
by horseraclng. The growth of the
automobile craze is all the more won
derful when it Is considered that as yet
the auto Is used chiefly for pleasure or
sport. From an Industrial standpoint
It is doubtful if there has ever been
anything approaching It in the rapidity
of development of the business.
The general manager of the Amer
ican Motor Car Manufacturers' Associ
ation, in a recent statement, gave the
amount of automobile sales in 1903 at
$S. 000. 000. while last year they were In
excess of $105,000,000. There is $200,
000.000 capital invested in the trade,
and the number of men employed is In
excess of 100,000. At the close of 1907
there were more than 2S0 builders of
automobiles in the United States, and
this country was still importing foreign
cars in considerable numbers, although
these importations were probably off
set by exports of American machines.
With the industrial feature of the
automobile making such an astonish
ing showing, and the operation of the
machines, either for pleasure or profit,
creating so much interest, it 4s a cer
tainty that we have not yet even ap
proached the height of the craze, If
craze It may be termed. Reckless
speeding of automobiles has created a
prejudice that cannot do otherwise
than hamper the progress of the move
ment, but as the speed maniacs are
killed off and reduction In prices places
the machines In the hands of a more
sensible class of people, their popular
ity will Increase.
There will also be an Increasing de
mand for them for commercial pur
poses, for their utility has been demon
strated beyond the point where they
can be regarded as any such passing
fad as tho bicycle proved to be. The
automobile has come to stay, and
while the big race meets may not prove
the best method for advertising Its
merits, until the demand for the ma
chine as a luxury for sporting purposes
Is filled, the factories will probably
cater to that feature of the trade.
There Is lack of Its usual discrimina
tion on the part of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, In an article in
which the "corporation record" of Sec
retary Root and Senator Foraker Is
said to be identical. Mr. Root's serv
ice to the Metropolitan Railway of
New York was that of a lawyer, pur
suing the business of his profession.
He held no public office. Mr. Fora
ker's service to Standard Oil was, nom
inally, that of a lawyer; but Mr. Fora
ker was a Senator of the United States.
Root was employed solely because he
was a lawyer; Foraker's big "fees"
were paid him because he was a Sena
tor, and his "Influence" was desired.
The Republican's attack on President
Roosevelt, because he supports Root
for Senator, yet so strongly censured
Foraker. is based on failure to ob
serve a most necessary distinction. Or
is It to become a part of the new
ethics that no lawyer shall act or ap
pear for a corporation?
The exchange of compliments which
is now In progress between Count Boni
de Castellane and Prince Helie de
Sagan is In a fair way to make the
contestants In that traditional encoun
ter between the pot and the kettle
seem white as the driven snow. The
public has become so thoroughly dis
gusted with the dirty deeds of these
contemptible fortune-hunters that It
would hail with delight a sudden In
fusion of courage which would result
in their killing each other. The un
American female whose wealth is the
cause of the squabble inexcusable only
on the grounds of imbecility, for it
seems inconceivable that any - sane
woman 'Would fall so low as she has
fallen. If it be true that the sins of
the fathers are vlsitec puon the chil
dren, the respectable brothers and sis
ters of Anna Gould are certainly suf
fering to the limit for all the iniquities
that were ever charged up against Jay
Gould, and there is also much trouble
ahead for the innocent offspring of the
Castellanes.
Conditions and people alike have
changed since Sir Henry Morgan. Cap
tain Kldd and others of their kind
fared forth under the Jolly Roger.
The indiscriminate removal of the
heads of -people who disagreed with
these pirate kings was not usually at
tended with great risk. It is different
now in these twentieth-century days.
When General Lecomte, Haytian Min
ister of the Interior, a few days ago
promptly executed the commander of
one of the government gunboats and
dealt likewise with two prominent citi
zens who protested against his action,
the people rose up In their might and
killed Lecomte. A fiery disposition and
a thirst for blood may come natural
to the rulers of those "pepper-" lands
of the south, but in their enforcement
of the law of "might makes right" it
would be better for their health to as
certain just where the "might" is lo
cated.
Thanksgiving day was bright and
balmy, neither Summer nor Winter
weather prevailed, but the compromise
between the two was simply delightful.
"Unusual weather for the season of
the year," said more than one thought
less maligner of Oregon s glorious cli
mate. "Not at all," answered the
man with a memory. It Is easy to
recall Thanksgiving days all along the
line of fifty years, that were equally
favored in the matter of weather.
There have been those of the other
sort, it is true, but the balance between
those and these is about equal, with
now and then a "nipper" thrown In,
as on Thanksgiving day, 1896, just to
make Oregonlans thankful that they
do not live where bitter weather Is
the rule Instead of the exception.
A long-overdue execution Is sched
uled to take place at the Oregon
Penitentiary January 8. The subject
for the noose Is one Math Jancigaj,
who indulged In the not uncommon
pastime of killing a girl who refused
to marry him. There were no ex
tenuating circumstances in the case;
the fellow was not insane, but just
plain devilish. Upon this showing
the Jury found him guilty of murder
in the first degree, and Judge Mc
Brido sentenced him to death. Janci
gaj belongs to that class of men whom
a woman can neither live with nor
get away from. There will be plenty
of them left after this man is gone.
After generons estimates. Park
keeper Mlsche found use for but $20,
968 of the fund of $68,000 appropri
ated the first of the year for the sup
port of the public parks of the city.
He was equal to the emergency, how
ever, and asked for "the balance"
without designating the use to which
It was to be devoted. The trifling
"balance" of $47,032 was held up for
the present, pending explanation by
the members of the Park Board. Of
course the Park Commissioners want
it all. Why should an unexhausted
balance of any appropriation revert to
the general fund?
Portland to be in two baseball
leagues next season? It seems so. No
one will doubt the ability of "mag
nates" to start in on the experiment,
but what about the finish? The busi
ness of baseball isn't always profitable;
two clubs in rival leagues in a town
the size of Portland doesn't look like
a sound proposition. Possibly ran
dom may divide Interest between two
organizations. What then? All inter
ested in the subject will learn before
the season Is two months old. One
thing is reasonably certain: attention
will not be equally divided.
"If," says the Savannah (Ga.)' News,
"Mr. Bryan is nursing an idea that
he may be a candidate again, he might
as well make up his mind at once that
he will never again have the Bolid sup
port of the South. Indeed, it is doubt
ful if he would have any support at
all in the South for the nomination.
The vote in Georgia ought to convinco
him that this state at least is convinced
that there is no use trying further to
elect him President."
The hearing In the case of Mae L.
Otis, for conspiring to kill her mother,
was begun in the Chicago Municipal
Court Wednesday. The defense will
set up a "new disease," i. e.. "moral
anaesthesia." in extenuation of the un
natural crime. By way of explanation
this disease is said to be "a deadening
of the moral perceptions," from which
It appears that there is nothing new
about It except the name.
Now that the holiday Is past with
all its football triumphs and defeats,
its glory and humiliation, it may be
a good plan for the freshmen, seniors
and Intermediates to set up an innova
tion by suspending activities and going
into those things they were sent to
college for. June hath her victories
as well as November. And they are
more important and lasting.
Merely as a reminder, compare the
aggressive, hopeful, self-confident spirit
with which Portland will tackle its
manifold business activities this morn
ing after a day's rest, 'with the tim
idity of one year ago, when financial
clouds hung low on the horizon. Re
covery is complete.
Yesterday, in speaking of Dr. D. K.
Pearsons and his work for the small
colleges The Oregonian said that he
had "accumulated his wealth from rise
of real estate values in this city." Read
"his city." Dr. Pearsons, a native of
Vermont, has resided in Chicago since
1852.
Notable fact It is that though the
number of "dry" counties in Oregon
steadily increases, the revenues of the
United States from the liquor traffic in
Oregon as steadily grow. Here's the
old question again, "Does prohibition
prohibit?"
Th. fitv Crttinnil nnw turns about
and votes to give the Southern Pacific
on Fourth street a year longer. But
is that long enough to save the Coun
cil's face?
Having heard from Boni about
Sagan and Anna, we shall next learn
about the precious Boni. It's a case
of the pot calling the kettle black.
Dorando's macaroni was too much
for Hayes' Manhattan cocktails.
IMPORT DUTY OW PAPER AMD PULP
Amrrlrna Traat Advance-. Price of Pro
duct and Holds Don Wage.
John Norris. chairman of committee
on paper. American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association, has prepared and sub
mitted a brief to the tariff revision
committee In which he sets forth the
conduct of the Paper Trust. He vigor
ously protests against "the methods
of the dark lantern and the sandbag."
Mr. Norris shows that the burden of
higher cost has been borne by the
newspapers, with no compensation to
labor engaged in its making, with de
creased revenue to the Government and
with disturbance to all interested ex
cept the trust. Here are a few of the
facts presented:
NewVpers have hen made to bear .un
due hurdena as a result of the advance In
17 of SI'.! per ton n the price of paper.
Approximately 1.2in.nno tons of news print
paper are u-ed in the United States anr.u
allv. costing consumers in excess of $"0,
Ooo.ooo per annum. A a result of the nn
justlflHble advaroe nf JOtt". "'it paper, the
Baltimore American. m-s taxed s0.Ko per
annum. Another pap-r. Ihe JMilladelphia
Inquirer, vaa taxed Sl.18.0OO per annum.
Preliminarily I call attention to toe fact
that because of a labor dispute between
the International Paper Company and its
employe. covering; a period of three
montha. since Ausuat 1. 108. the output
of the market was reduced about 105.0OO
tons. This curtailment of production has
been availed of by paper makers generally
to mark up the price of news print paper
this week to 1.15 per ton New York, or 20
per ton in exceaa of the price which pre
vailed when the waya and meant committee
considered this schedule 12 years ago and
$15 per ton In exceaa of the time which
would prevail under normal conditions.
Please note that tha publisher- not tha
laborer, nor the paper maker Is aftked to
pay thla bill for Industrial warfare. We
will enow from Its annual rexorta that the
International Paper Company, with all of
ita antiquated outfit and Its 5 subsidiary
companies that aap Its earnings has made
an actual profit of $8.T1) per ton. or 2u per
cent upon all the paper it has turned out
In ten years and that its cost of production
has been SllO.S per ton or SI. 51 per 100
pounds and that Its average price during
the ten yeara which have elapsed since the
paesage of the Dlngley bill has been S4.1.1H
per ton. or $'J.10 per 100 pounds delivered,
an Increase of $11.91 per ton over the price
at which paper was sold when the Dlngley
bill was passed. July 14. 18U7.
It will probably be surprising to the
general public to learn that labor in
paper mills In the United Staets is
paid less than in Canada. Mr. Norris
says:
Paper can be made cheaper at Mlllin
ockett. St. Croix and Berlin than In Can
ada. Iabor is x-aid less here than in Can
ada and we hold that the protective prin
ciple provided for in the Republican platform-
doea not apply to paper, because of
this treatment of labor by paper makers,
and becauae of thla cheapness of cost of
home production as compared with for
eign production. We will show that the
Dlngley bill Increased the duty on ground
wood 45 per cent and on news print paper
4d per cent and that the outcome of the
present policy haa been to Increase Imports
of pulp and paper and to. decrease the ex
ports. There has been a transformation In
the paper situation. Instead of exporting
paper, we are Importing pulp.
In proof of the charge of low wages,
Mr. Norris quotes from the report of the
New York Bureau of Ibor which
shows that in 1906. paper workers,
skilled and unskilled, received $1.92 per
day; in Masachusetts, the average
wage in 1905 was $1.53 per day; In
Wisconsin In 1907, the wage was $1.48
per day: the census report for 1905
shows that 65,694 persons employed re
ceived an average of $9.32 per week,
or $1.55 per day. Mr. Norris concludes
this phase of the subject as follows:
Instead of giving to labor the rewards
which protection was designed tt; confer,
the paper makers have treated their labor
worse than any other Induhtry has done.
Since the first of August. liMJb. a protracted
struggle was carried on between the Inter
national Paper Company and its employes
over a question of R reduction of 5 per
cent In wages the contest entailing a loss
In labor and other items exceeding $1,900,
000, all of which raust ultimately be borne
by the newspaper publishers, under . the
provisions of your tariff schedule.
The brief shows wherein American
newspapers are at a greac disadvan
tage as compared with Canada and with
England; yet naturally, the advantage
would be on our side. Mr. Norris says:
I have eminent authority for the state
ment that American milla can make paper
cheaper than Canadian mills. 1 refer to
Sir William Van Home, the resident of
the Laurentlde Paper Company, of Canada,
which produces 3 60 tons of news print paper
per day. or double the quantity that all
Canada uses. He said the advantage of tho
American mills over the Canadian mills
was as follows:
A supply of skilled labor.
Cheaper coal.
Adequate home market.
Cheaper mill supplies.
Cheaper first coat of machinery.
Cheaper repairs and maintenance.
Lower ocean rates for exuort.
Lower marine Insurance on. exports.
He omitted, hower, the most important
advantage which the American mills ht-.ve.
Canada Is handicapped by excessive cold
Winters. In the north country, it costs 2.1
per cent more to operate in Winter than In
other seasons.
Mr. Norris presents a mass of evi
dence of combinations and other Ille
galities which will certainly make the
tariff commission sit up and take notice.
The Self-Iatereat of Bryan.
Baltimore News.
Mr. Bryan is in an embarrassing po
sition. Although he has run for the
Presidency three times, he is a young
man, comparatively speaking, and so
far as the question of age Is concerned
he might be a candidate for the honor
anytime within the next 20 years. That
being the fact. It must be an exceed
ingly difficult thing for him to say
something that 'will absolutely elimi
nate himself from all future considera
lon for the Presidency and at the same
time announce that he will continue
to keep up his Interest in politics and
in the reforms for which he and his
party stand.
This would come particularly hard
at a time when he has just seen his
party fairly well united behind his
candidacy and apparently giving htm
cordial support. Politics is Mr. Bryan's
business. He is the editor of a news
paper that lives on political support.
To cut loose from ever being the party
leader again, therefore, entails upon
him a heavy pecuniary sacrifice, for
the reason that no one will care as
much about the Commoner If it is the
organ of a candidate who has been
finally disposed of. Moreover, Mr. Bry
an may wish to go to the Senate from
Nebraska. There again an Irrevocable
decision not to be a candidate for a
fourth term might be embarrassing and
leave him shorn of much of the politi
cal power he now wields.
Fate and the Gould Family.
Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.
What Nemesis is on the trail of the
children of Jay Gould?
The maritlal Infelicities of one are the
sport of two continents. Those of
another entertain his fellow-country
men unceasingly. In the scene of the
father's victories the oldest son's fi
nancial prestige is in eclipse. Only
the one daughter redeems the Gould
name. Her pieties smack of penance
for the inherited or acquired faults of
the others.
The name of Gould, once whispered
In awe. has become a joke and -a by
word in the market and in the social
hall. Why?
Are the sins of the father being vis
ited upon the children of the first gen
eration? The Jay Gould fortune was
sown In dishonor. Its up-piling marked
the dawn of high finance In this coun
try. Methods, then new, now widely
copied. placed In Its architect's hands
the savings of the multitude. It was
ill-gotten wealth but it lasted the life
time of its getter and seemed to dis
prove ancient maxims.
Does fate exist after an? js mere a
oower that sits grimly watching our
doings and waiting to enforce the pen-
lty for our mlsdeeds7
SOUTHER?! DEMOCRATIC OPIJflOX
Tbe South Ongat to Take Dlrertloa of
the Democratic Party.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
It Is useless to be timid or evasive
In the discussion of political affairs,
past, present 'or future. The party
must rid Itself of Bryan leadership, or
drag on, a hopeless and useless exist
ence until annihilation ends It. Mr.
Bryan has for 12 years been a drag on
the Democracy and an insuperable bar
to its success. He is a dreamer, a
vagarist and a time-server who has
tried to be all things to all men. who
has juggled with Democracy for his
own purposes and dallied with the false
doctrines of other parties with the hope
of winning votes for himself. Thous
ands and hundreds of thousands of
life-long Democrats have supported him
in three campaigns when they had no
confidence in his political steadfast
ness, no faith in his political wisdom
and no hope of wlnnimr. They sup
ported him because of their loyalty lo
their party and not through confidence
in him or hope of success.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
That the Nebraskan was defeated the
third time Is no fault of The Tele
graph's, as the earnest fight made in
these columns for Democracy under
him testifies. In neither his second
nor his third race did he make the
showing that he did in the first one.
He ran behind the state Democratic
ticket in every Northern state, and as
much as 170,000 votes In one of them,
and nearly that much in others. What
reason for a fourth candidacy can be
set against these facts? He is simply
down and out. The thing for the
Southern Democrats to do now is to
assume an aggressive leadership with
in the National Democracy, not out
side of it. It must resurrect the old
principles, which can never die as long
as liberty lives, and apply them to
modern conditions, and with them
smoke the rascals out.
The next President of the United
States must be a Democrat.
Savannah (Ga.) News.
The South has remained true to the
party through many discouraging years.
Durinis this time the South has asked
little and received less. It has de
ferred to the East and the West, and
seen written into the platform planks
that it disapproved and nominations
made that it would have preferred not
made. Having abundantly demonstra
ted its loyalty and patriotism in losing
campaigns in which it had no directing
voice, it seems only fair and right that
the South should be given the oppor
tunity to direct a campaign of unquali
fied Democracy.
EASY DIVORCE ENDS IN DAKOTA
One Year's Residence by Applicant aad
Trial In Open Court.
New York Sun.
A moral Issue was submitted to the
people of South Dakota November 3,
when they were called upon to consider
the new divorce law enacted on March
16. 1907, which provided for a year's
residence by the applicant and trial
in the open court at a regualr term.
The petition for the referendum was
signed by 5 per cent of the qualified
electors, as the code required. The
petitioners must have regarded the old
lax divorce law permitting construc
tive service, six months residence and
dark closet proceedings as a good
thing for South Dakota; and it was
not astonishing that Sioux Falls, which
notoriously profited by its divorce mill,
was strongly represented. In default
of the filing of such a petition the new
law would have stood as enacted. Chal
lenged by the petitioners and their
parasites, it now has the sanction of
the people and the example set by
South Dakota is likely to be followed
In spirit of self-reproach by other
States which have not been In a po-"
sltlon to cast a stone at her.
Causes for divorce are Immorally nu
merous In several of the states. Per
haps unmorally would be the apt word
to use, for some of the causes for
which divorce is granted may be re
garded as mere fictions prompting
conspiracy between the parties to the
suit and their lawyers to sever the
marriage relation. Divorce reform
aims to eliminate the flimsy pretexts
for separation and freedom, but as in
those states where they are stamped
with validity transient residence and
secret hearlnge are allowed, the first
step In divorce reform is to prohibit
such abuse of procedure. Publicity
discourages applications to the courts
for divorce on fictitious and merely
frivolous grounds, and In a state that
Insists upon an adequate term of resi
dence divorce colonies cannot be fos
tered. Tha action of the people of South
Dakota will make a s.tlr in every state
of the Union that Is cursed by bad
divorce laws, and reformers will be
emboldened to renew their attack upon
the evil In the Legislatures.
Death Vindicates Naturally Lazy Man.
Philadelphia Record.
Death has just ended the career of
Richard Slimmer, long known as the
laziest man In Millville, N. J., but with
his death comes the announcement
from physicians who attended him that
the unfortunate man had been grossly
misrepresented. Slimmer could not be
induced to work. He said he felt too
tired. .Efforts to have him do some
thing for the support of his wife and
five small children were unavailing.
His little ones went out to beg and
the authorities caused his arrest- It
was no use. He simply could not be
induced to reform, and he was sent
to jail. That accomplished nothing,
for when the man emerged the situa
tion was not improved. Once not long
ago charitably-inclined residents who
wished to do something for the fam
ily sent Slimmer a load of wood. He
refused to accept it because it was
not 'cut.
Nobody had a good word for the man,
but when the dootors were called to
attend him in his last illness they
found that he had been suffering for
a long time with an organic disease
which sapped all his vitality and left
him weak and practically helpless.
They said he had never merited his
unpieasant notoriety for laziness.
Balsac's "Little Fortress" House.
London Telegraph.
Admirers of Balzac who come to
Paris will hereafter have an oppor
tunity of visiting a museum specially
devoted to souvenirs of the writer. It
consists of the quaint old house and
garden in the Rue Raynouard. at
No. 47. which he inhabited many years
and where he wrote a number of his
best works. Curiously enough, the
house recalls one of the most difficult
periods of his life, when. It Is said, he
was hunted and persecuted by debtors
to an alarming extent. He selected
the house, it is stated, purposely as a
sort of harbor of refuge from duns. It
has no direct entrance from che Rue
Raynouard, and one has first to pass
through the hall of another house and
go down two flights of stairs to a
courtyard below. The house, which is
a small building and which the French
would only call a "pavilion." is en
tered from this courtyard, and has a
little garden at the back. At one side
of the garden there is a steep wall
down the side of the hill, giving the
place the appearance of a little fort
ress. Of Elastic Origin.
Providence (R. I.) Bulletin.
The death is announced of the in
ventor of the gas meter. The idea of
the gas meter is supposed to have been
suggested by a curious device which
archaeologists identify as the emblem
of the original Ananias Club.
THESE VARIOUS FOLLD3S
The Situation In Orrgoa and the Situa
tion In Kansas.
Kansas City Journal.
Oregon has a law tif an admittedly
unconstitutional act of the Legislature
may be called a law) providing for the
election of United States Senators by
a vote of the people at large. The
members of the Legislature are pledged
to disregard their oath to support the
Constitution of the United States and
to voice the selection of a Senator
made by the people, instead of them
selves selecting a Senator as that Con- .
stitution requires them to do. This
arrangement has led to a Strang
complication. The people elected a Re
publican Legislature and a Democratic
Senator. Now the question with the
Republican Legislators is whether the
most popular thing will be to follow
the so-called law and elect a Demo
cratic l'nitcd States Senator, or for
sake the law and stick to the party
anil elect a Republican Senator.
The situation in Kansas is little less
ridiculous. The Republican party
chose Mr. Bristow for Senator, but
elected to the Legislature only 32
Bristow men out of a total of 118 Re
publican members. Eighty-six of the
118 were not Bristow men. It is gen
erally believed that today Mr. Bristow
would fall to carry the state at an
ordinary election at which all voters
had the right to vote. The question
with these 86 members now is whether
to vote according to their own con
victions as the United States Consti
tution requires them to do or be
whipped into line by the primary elec
tion law.
Laws providing for the popular elec
tion of Senators depend for their effl
cacv upon the suposed cowardice of
politicians. In Kansas, members of
the Legislature are compelled under
penalty of party censure to surrender
the right to elect Senators a right
guaranteed and .a duty imposed by the
Constitution. In Alabama even the
Governor Is compelled to surrender his
constitutional right to appoint a Sena
tor In case a vacancy occurs. He is
compelled to appoint one of two "Sena
torial pallbearers" elected by the peo
ple. All this is accomplished by party
tyranny made effective by political
cowardice.
The Republicans of Oregon are re
sorting to all sorts of expedients to
get themselves out of their difficult:-.
The latest Is the circulation of peti
tions among their constituents releas
ing them from their pledges. Evident
ly the one thing that has not occurred
to them is to do right to do their duty
to do as they are commanded to do
by the Constitution they have sworn to
support. .
SARCASTIC HENNESSY MURPHY
Marvels at the Tributes Paid to a
Catholic Patriot's Memory.
PORTLAND, Nov. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) I see by your Washington dis
patches that, with military pomp and
splendor, an heroic statue of -e"eral
Philip Henry Sheridan was unveiled in
that city yesterday. The President of
the United States and members of the
Cabinet, the diplomatic corps, Juce8
of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Senators. Representatives in
Congress, veterans of the Civil War,
and many others prominent In official
life as well as a large concourse of
citizens, were assembled as a tribute
to the dashing soldier of the Civil Sar,
whose effigy was displayed to the pub
lic gaze for the first time.
What, are my ears deaf? Was not
this man Sheridan a Catholic? By
what authority was 50.000 of tha peo
ple's money squandered for the apo
theosis of a Catholic? What kind of
days have come upon us, with Salem
ecclesiastically on the bum, Eugene so
dry that the cows and horses are drink
ing booze, and back there at the Na
tional capital the minions of the Pope
cast in bronze and their praises sung
by the Nation's chiefs? But harken
to the President of the United States'.
In all history we have no greater Instance
of aubordlnation of self, of the exalting of a
lofty Ideal over merely material well-belnK
amo'ng the people of a great nation than
was shown by our own people in the ,ivu
War.
But wait. Does not Historian Henry
Cabot Lodge state that those most sig
nallv honored in our Civil War. were
not only Catholics bad enough in it
selfbut Irish? I tell you, sir, the.
country is going to the taradiddles'
And again from President Roosevelt in
the same address:
We should keep steadily before our minds
the fact that Americanism is a question ot
principle, of purpose, of Idealism, of char
acter; that it is not a matter ot birthplace,
or creed or line of descent.
What creed does not enter into the
genius of our patriotism? Well, by
flapjacks! Is not this treason to the
bill of rights? What keeps our zeal
from going to seed, if not
Mongerlng a solemn creed with solemn leer.
Attuned to the music of the creed-hawks aud
graveyard?
What is the matter with the sheep
walkers, those bucolic sorrespondcni.s
who never get off the beaten track and
think as their ancestors thunk before
the flood? They must know that a
wallop at the Catholics is very popular
with pious men of moderate under-..o,T-,icr
nnd helns a return of pros
perity to the collection plate.
Happy were we an oorn Duii-oiamca
sectarians, all born with a Christian
. . . J I I nn nmaf 1,1 tt.
talent to uisMipm -" v
brother's face, and Mr. Editor, as Sena
tor Killfeather says, "is it not time ia
clean out the Oxygen stables?"
J. HENNESSY MURPHY.
Can't Stampede Georgia.
Savannah Morning News.
Mr. Roosevelt thinks that if he had
run for President he would have car-i-min
"tf are ouicklv said.
lieu . . -
even when they don't mean much.
Georgia likes Mr. ftooscveu; mere is n
doubt about that. As a wild-cat killer
and writer for the magazines he is re
garded as a leader of his class. But
Georgia isn't in the least attracted by
ki. mi The vote in the recent
election doesn't show so much of Re-
Dublican gains as it aoes uhuuui.
T v.-n..-i-, ixirtlfferenne. It may
losses ..ii. i. r " .
please Mr. Roosevelt to think he Could
have carriea ueuir,'.
better, but it doesn't hurt any to have
him think so.
Only. a Question of Time
New Bedford (Mass.) Standard.
anrlnrnnno nf thft second
DCts on i" -
Cuban republic are already being made
in Havana. it i umj o, -.i
cha In certain to become a part
of the big American Republic
MEREST TRIFLES. '
. ...... a BCCIlfted Of
.now, my mti num.
striking another boy and knocking out one
of his teeth Scuse me. Jedge, two ol
his teeth." Life.
m i. im.rii-, comoris-
- rne average tarnity
es 4 persons." "I guess I'm the . of t his ,
family. murmured Paw Hoptoad a trine
acridly. Louisville Courier-Journal.
No Danger Excited woman Are you
going to ruR .way with me? BeckleM driv
er (slightly Intoxicated) Sorrj.mun but
but I can't oblige you. I'm mar-married
already. Judge.
"Before we were married you said you'd
lav down your life for me. she sobbed. I
know it." he returned, solemnly: hut this
confounded flat ta so tiny there a no , place
to lay anything down." Harper a Baiac.
The Dominie Why r 'ou "'Y,ti,ou tor
me to dine with you on Thanksgiving, my
voung friend? Freddie 'Cause dad said he
Wouldn't go to the expense of a turkey un
less some one should come to dinner. Puck.
Vicar of Poppleton I hear you have been
over to Ippleton Church the lat two Sun
days Bates. How would you like It if your
cattle atraved into somebody else's field 7
Bates I shouldn't object, if so be the pas
ture was batter! Punch,