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PORTLAND, THURSDAY. DKC. , 1908.
TAFT AND CANJeOX.
- It 1 most probable that the imral
' Hence of an open conflict between Mr.
Taft and Mr. Cannon has been exag-
gerated by persons who love a good
.story better than the truth. Bolh
,men are noble warriors and It Is in
credible thut either would refuse to
' tight were he pushed to the wall. But
on the other hand, both are exceed
ingly wary and neither of them Is by
;anv means pushed to the wall. They
' probably enjoy a shindy as well as
! the next man, but warfare is wasteful.
' It la seldom advisable to fight until
the resources of diplomacy have been
' exhausted, and. so far as the public
' knows, diplomatic arts have not been
' Invoked at all to settle their real or
imaginary differences. Two astute
"and indurated politicians may hold di-
vergent opinions on many subjects
betides the tariff without coming to
'blows. Still the rooted and growing
suspicion that a struggle for exlst
', t-nce is on between Air. Taft and the
rrverend obstacle who has been
"Speaker of the House so long is well
imagined even if it is not 'true.'
Mr. Cannon was brought up In the
school of protection, after the stralt
' i-st manner of that sect. He Is too
'. Wld now to change, but he can and
tie will surrender to the Inevitable
', demand for revision. After all. the
' "revision will not depart very far from
J '.his idea or position: for there still
I will be protective tariff, and he has
udmltted that the vote of the coun
! iry indicates a demand for change of
scheduler though neither he nor
I anybody else knows what changes,
J ior how to mark them.
Cannon probably will be re-elected
'to the Speakership. But ha will be
" less autocratic than heretofore. The
' House must be ruled, but it can be
done with less show of despotic power
than Cannon has heretofore main
! tained. The time has come for at
least a show of tariff revision, and
!'annon and Payne and Dalzell know
it. They will have no fight with
I Taft. New tariff schedules, there
fore, will come forth; but It is not to
-be expected that they will be radical,
JLn any important particular. For
protective policy in our country has
J jnot yet run its course; and as to Taft
find Cannon, we shall soon be treated
I to a show of eirenlcal disposition on
"both sides. During the. recent cam-
paign the Democratic party dwelt lit
Jtle on the tariff, because it was not
Fur of Its ground. That party con
l Jtains hosts of protectionists. As be-
tw-een the two parties Republican
I and Democratic the tariff has been
t very much exaggerated as an issue.
As between Taft and Cannon, the is
J rue is more general. It does not re-
late to tariff alone; for temperament
', ally the men stand as far apart as
the poles. Mr. Cannon clings tena
ciously to vested interests arid to old
ways, and fails to recognize abuses
where others see them; while Mr.
Taft Is a pragmatist In philosophy
and action, and earnestly believes in
following the paths which have been
opened by the Administration of Mr.
Roosevelt. In which Mr. Taft himself
has borne so prominent a part.
JAPAN AND AMERICA.
The agreement between Japan and
the United States Is an important
undertaking attended with possibili
ties which at this time may be only
faintly appreciated. In the develop
ment of the commerce of the Pacific
Ocean, the agreement declares that
"'the policy of both governments, un
influenced by any aggressive tend
encies, is directed to the maintenance
of the existing status quo in the region
-above mentioned, and to the defense
of the principle of equal opportunity
for commerce and industry In China."
It is further stated In the agreement
that the two countries "are firmly
resolved reciprocally to respect the
territorial possessions belonging to
-each other in said region" and that
;,they are "determined to preserve the
common interests of all jiowers In
.rc'hina by supporting by all pacific
'means at their-disposal the Indepen
dence and Integrity of China and the
principle of equal opportunity for
.commerce and industry of all nations
'In that empire."
The language of the agreement is
clear, and its purpose as outlined is
j-unmistakable. Of course it cannot
.'(scape the attention of the European
-powers, for which this agreement in
effect promises police duty, that the
prestige of both Japan and the United
' States will be heightened by the power
.which is assumed through this agree
ment. The tone of the foreign press,
jhoweveS-. indicates a .willingness to
'permit the two countries nearest the
"'bone of contention" to manage af-
lairs for the best interest of all con-
cerned. One particularly interesting
I jioint is suggested by this sudden and
far-reaching change in the - Far
Eastern political situation, and that
Js the imperative necessity of retain
ing the battleship fleet in the Pacific.
"T'nder the new agreement. It will be
observed that both Japan and the
United States have equal Interest in
"the maintenance of order on the Pa
cific, and especially in China.
To enforce her part of the agree
ment, Japan has a big new navy,
which "ship for ship" compares favor
ably with any afloat today. It Is also
needless to mention that this big navy
. Is not stationed more than 15.000 miles
from the scene of a possible outbreak
in China. It is difficult, in fact Im
possible, for Americans, or even for
their nearest neighbors, the Japanese,
to gauge correctly the extent of the
political disturbance which is now
shaking China out of her sleep of cen
turies. For years it has been known
jthat the- wonderful personality and
Intellectual force of the Empress
" Dowager were the strongest Influence
In holding together the Manchu dy
nasty. With the death of that great
leader there has come to the surface
a feeling of unrest that la fraught
with grave possibilities for her suc
cessors, and for the empire Itself. In
the agreement with Japan the United
States again affirms the old pledge to
the support of Chinese Integrity, but
in the event of a crisis which may be
precipitated by the Boxer element in
China, with our fleet back on the At
lantic station, we should be powerless
to render assistance in doing our
share.
Japan, backed up by some of the
European powers which always have
a strong fleet on the Asiatic station,
would then be obliged to handle the
situation -without any assistance from
this country, and in the possible break
up it would be a case of "to the vic
tors belong the spoils." No good
reason has ever been advanced for
the return of the fleet to the Atlantic
station, and there 1s at the present
time grave reason for its retention on
the Pacific. A study of the new
agreement with Japan by some of our
Atlantic Coast statesmen may result
in a change of orders, and the perma
nent establishment of a Pacific fleet
where it can be of some use in case
of trouble.
REMEDY NOT EASY TO FIND.
The chief difficulty In Bolvlng the
concealed weapon problem Is to catch
the criminal. There is no trouble
about conviction, for if there is any
evidence at all It Is conclusive. A
trial on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons need not take over
15 minutes, and, the youngest deputy
in the office of the City Attorney or
of the District Attorney la abundantly
capable of conducting so simple a
case. The severest kind of a law
will not help the situation unless It
points out some way by which the
offender may be detected. Every
third man one meets on the street
may have a revolver In his pocket, yet
no one can tell which men have the
weapons. A portable X-ray machine,
constructed on the kodak plan, would
solve the problem, but the invention
of this handy pocket-Inspector is too
far in the distant future to be prom
ising of results. Not even a real
Sherlock Holmes could Identify a gun
carrier on sight.
Quite likely the police could devise
some means of detecting the pistol
toters if they would, but most of
them think they have troubles enough
of their own already. If highway
men would devote themselves exclu
sively to holding up policemen, un
doubtedly there would be found a
practical means of ridding the coun
try of the desperadoes. But robbers
do "not often select policemen for
their victims. Perhaps they would
do so if every officer were required to
carry $100 in gold on his person while
on duty, but policemen would scarcely
be willing to be used as traps so well
baited for thugs. However, It Is
probable that peace officers would be
more vigilant than they are if they
had .more at stake personally.
The requirement that dealers in
firearms keep a register of all those
who buy weapons would do some lit
tle good perhaps as much good as
is accomplished by the law requiring
druggists to keep a register of poisons
sold. No one ever heard of the
poison-registration law preventing a
suicide or a murder. A pistol-registration
law would do little more. The
question is not one of law nor of pen
alties, but of detection. When this
has been accomplished the rest will
be easy.
INCREA.TNO DIVORCES.
Upon the average during the last
twenty years out of every fourteen
marriages one has ended in divorce.
This Is an Interesting fact, but not
necessarily alarming. That thir
teen marriages out of fourteen last
comfortably until death seems to of
fer fair grounds for satisfaction with
things as they are. Divorces are In
creasing faster than the population in
most of the states, but this may or
may not be an evil. It is quite possi
ble that with this increase goes a cor
responding growth of human happi
ness and the stability of family life.
Families are often broken up where
divorce is not permitted. Compulsory
unions seldom produce anything but
misery and often promote immoral
ity. South Carolina boasts that it per
mits no divorces, and on the face
of it the boast 'is "warranted. But
what is the reality behind the appear
ance? Simply that people who are
unhappily married obtain legal release
in other states. General social con
ditions In South Carolina are far be
hind those In many states where di
vorce is common. Labor is not so
well paid, property Is not so safe, life
less secure. With "no divorce" In
that state goes "pistol toting" as a
companion custom. The truth is that
alarmists greatly exaggerate the dan
gers of lax divorce Jaws. More mis
chief arises from the diversity of the
laws than from their laxity. We
clearly need a uniform divorce code;
it is not at all certain that we need a
stricter one.
WHAT TO DO WITH UNDESIRABLES?
Elimination of the undesirable citi
zen Is one of the principal objects
sought In our present immigration
laws, according to the report of Sec
retary Straus, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. That a fair
degree of success has attended en
forcement of this excellent policy, is
shown by the commissioner's returns
for the last fiscal year. These figures
disclose that during the twelve months
ending June SO there were deported
from the United States 1955 aliens,
while In the same period 10,902 were
rejected at the port -of arrival. . That
the process of eliminating the unde
sirable was not over-worked is evi
dent, In the character of (tome of the
aliens who managed to slip in past
the restrictions. - More than one
fourth of those admitted were illiter
ate, and, while ignorance is of course
no bar to Immigration, the police rec
ords of the Eastern cities in which
most of this low class of Immigration
settles show that In many cases 'it is
the Ignorant foreigner who attempts
to practice his old world crimes in
this country.
Owing to the fact that the fiscal
year commenced several months be
fore the Industrial depression of a
year ago began, the statistics make
a more favorable showing of gain than
will be possible for the calendar year.
Deducting the total number of de
partures of aliens from the number
errlvlng. a net gain of 209,867 in our
alien population Is shown for the
twelve months. Secretary Straus
finds that the greatest violators of the
alien contract labor laws are the
American manufacturer and strongly
recommends adoption of a system of
corporation ' regulation, through an
administrative office. It Is somewhat
surprising to find in the report' that
during the year the net Increase of
Japanese In the country was but ZS2S,
Considering the amount of disturb
ance that was created over their ad
mission, they must have been a very
noisy lot of Immigrants. .
With the return of prosperity, it is
probable that there will come an In
crease in the number of immigrants,
and. If there is a .continuation of the
policy of eliminating the undesirables,
we can still find room for a number of
millions, providing they do not huddle
into the cities, but instead- go Into the
country, and work where they,, are
needed.
A PAINFUL DILEMMA.
Attorney M. J. Gordon, of Spokane,
seems to have played a singular part
in the scandalous events which are
associated with the name of Judge
Root In current reports. Mr. Gordon
was formerly a member of the Wash
ington Supreme Court, but resigned
hl3 position to become counsel for
the Great Northern Railroad.
What Judge Gordon's acts were
which commended him so highly to
the railroad while he was still on
the bench history does not state.
Were they among those Judicial de
cisions which have made current
gossip in Washington affirm that the
corporations own the courts? Did
they consist In Judicial amendments
to the state constitution which trans
formed public protection Into public
bane? Perhaps we shall never know.
Nor are we likely to know, either,
how many other Judges are rendering
similar services in the expectation of
a similar reward. We are sure that
Judge Gordon received his recom
pense and with that fact certain infor
mation ceases.
While Judge Gordon was serving
the Great Northern Railroad in the
capacity of counsel some $80,000 of
Its money which he happened to have
went out of sight so it is said. What
became of it nobody seems to know
exactly, but It was declared by rail
road officials that Mr. Gordon had in
cluded It, perhaps by mistake, among
his perquisites. The perquisites of
corporation counsel are bountiful and
a minor Item like $80,000 might easily
be lost among them. Clearly the
company gave up the money as lost,
gave It up with marvelous facility in
fact. It made no outcry over the
loss. ' Much less did It openly accuse
Judge Gordon of embezzlement and
prosecute him. To the widows and
orphans who notoriously own the
stock , of the Great Northern $80,000
must have been rather a serious loss.
The Christian fortitude with which
the company endured the calamity of
its shareholders not only excites sur
prise but it elicits admiration. "What
meekness," we exclaim Involuntarily,
"what a shining example of humble
submission to wrong.". No doubt the
Great Northern passed many hours
in prayer before It attained this truly
devout state of mind in regard to
Judge Gordon and the $80,000 he had
lost, or acquired.
But perhaps some other factor be
sides prayer helped exalt the. com
pany to Its exemplary meekness.' 'A
while before the money disappeared
Judge Root, of the Supreme Court,
reversed a previous decision of that
tribunal which the Great Northern
had found painfully disagreeable. At
torney Gordon is said to have procured
the reversal. Of course a court has
a right to reverse Itself. Indeed such
an act is very often the sign of a
moral awakening and the evidence of
a contrite heart. But this reversal
was peculiar in some respects. For
one thing It was said that Judge Root
permitted Mr. Gordon to write his
decision. Doubtless it was the charm
of Mr. Gordon's English style which
caused Judge Root to accept this
singular courtesy from him, if he did
accept it, but unkind critics conjured
up less innocent reasons. "Nobody
minds if a Judge permits a corporation
lawyer to outline his decisions orally,"
sneered the critics, "but when the rail
road counsel actually composes and
writes out the sacred document It is
pushing a good thing a little too far."
What the secret was of Mr. Gordon's
pq$ver over Judge Root it were hope
less to inquire. Perhaps the latter
was susceptible to hypnotic influence.
Perhaps the Tude strength of the Gor
don will overpowered the struggling
angel In his soul. There are esoteric
mysteries which one may not rashly
approach. Judge Root's utterances
since his downfall suggest that his
nature is endowed with delicacy
rather than vigor, nor does his power
to select the honorable course where
a dishonorable one is open seem . to
be excessively keen. At any rate,
Gordon either wrote the decision for
Judge Root or he did not.
If he did write it, one can easily
see why the railroad company did not
make him any trouble about the $80,
000. Perhaps the decision was worth
as much as that, and even If It was
not the suppression of the scandal
was cheap at the price. 'To have it
publicly known that this is the way
corporations win suits would never do.
People would begin to ask forthwith
in their irrational, thoughtless way.
"How many other Supreme Court
judges are permitting corporation
counsel . to write their decisions?"
Very likely the railroad might have
been willing to spend ten times $80,
000 rather than ' let the secret leak
out. But If Gordon did not write the
decision there was no secret to leak
out. The railroad had nothing to lose
by prosecuting him and possibly it
had something to win. Why then did
it not prosecute him? A fatal pres
sure of logic compels us to conclude
that if Attorney Gojdon grabbed the
railroad's money he also wrote Judge
Root's decision and the knowledge
that he did so frightened the com
pany from prosecuting him. - .If no
other dilemmas of this sort had ever
arisen, would the corporations stand
precisely where they do before the
law and the constitution mean exactly
what it does? -
For a brief period at least, the
American farmer who can market
his wheat at any point In the Middle
West has a slight advantage over his
cheap labor Argentine competitor.
The Chicago market Is so far above
a parity with the English markets
on which the Argentine wheat is sold
that not even the cheap ocean freight
from the Argentine to Europe can off
set the difference In ppice in favor of
the American farmer, who can mar
ket his wheat on a Chicago basis. The
Indifference of the foreign market to
the hilarious strength In Chicago was
reflected yesterday in a slight decline,
while there was a further advance in
Chicago.
The periodical revolutions in Haytl
usually degenerate Into wars of ex
termination. Were the fiery blacks
who bring on these revolutions the
only ones to suffer by the frequent
upheavals the rest of the world would
probably be content to stand aside,
and permit the different factions to
emulate the example of the famous
Kilkenny cats. But the rest of the
world has- property, interests which
are imperilled whenever these people
begin fighting, and In duty bound
must always send down a few gun
boats to stand guard over foreign
property, and occasionally take a
hand in straightening out the row.
It is for this reason that all the world
would welcome the inevitable crisis
which sooner or later will take the
Haytian government out of the hands
of "the unruly Haytians and establish
law and order in keeping with the
civilization of the white man.
The New York World offers this
remark:
If the Oregon Republican Legislature
keeps lta pledges and obeya the popular
mandate. Governor George B. Chamberlain,
twice-elected Democratic reformer, wlil
aucceed Republican Senator Fulton.
Mr. Chamberlain owes his success
entirely to personal and factional dis
putes In the Republican party; not
at all to any supposition that he is a
"reformer." There was nothing for
him to reform. The business of the
state, all its affairs, were in good
order. But each Republican faction
in the state hated the other, and
Chamberlain has been the man
through whom they have executed
their vengeance on each other. He,
however, is only an ordinary Demo
cratic partisan, and now has the only
political machine existing in the state.
Great is humbug!
D. P. Doherty shot and killed a
friend at Lexington, last December,
because the Jatter would not set up
the drinks as often as the murderer
thought he should. He was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment,
and the judgment was affirmed by
the Supreme Court last Tuesday. This
was a pretty quick disposition of the
case considering the many opportuni
ties the lawyers have to delay pro
ceedings. The verdict was apparent
ly Just, with the possible exception
that perhaps it should have been
murder in the first degree instead of
in the second. Justice was at least
tempered with mercy.
The Russ, published at St. Peters-,
burg, asserts that the American
Japanese agreement Is but a post
ponement of war and that the conflict
will occur about the end of Taft's
administration. Unfortunately the
Russ does not say whether it means
Taft's first or his second administra
tion, but since we do not look upon
predictions from ' St. Petersburg as
authoritative upon war topics, per
haps it does not make much differ
ence. Whatever else may happen, it
is safe to assert that America will
surrender no Port Arthurs.
It is found that oysters and clams
convey typhoid germs, hence we are
told we must forswear these shellfish.
It has long been known that milk is
a frequent source of infection, and it
is asserted by authorities that tuber
cular beef will spread the white
plague. Vegetables produced in gar
dens near cities have long been under
the ban. Pork has been under strong
suspicion for centuries. It begins to
look as though we shall have to fall
back upon fruit and nuts, which will
be good news to the apple and walnut
growers.
We are now told that Cleopatra
was not a dazzler for beauty; also
that Queen Elizabeth had fiery tem
per and hair and her subjects called
her beautiful under compulsion; also
that Tsl An, Empress Dowager of
China, would have come in among the
last in a beauty contest. After all,
the only place to find the really beau
tiful woman is in the illustrated song
at the vaudeville shows.
Why shouldn't a marriage between
royalty and capital be called off when
ever the parties to the contract find
that there has been a misunderstand
ing? It Is always permissible to back
out of a horse trade if you find that
the horse's teeth have been filed to
conceal his age or if he balks before
leaving the possession of the original
owner.
Railroad companies that are In the
market for the purchase of Supreme
Court decisions should not haggle
over prices, but should always remem
ber that there are always exceptions
to the old rule law of supply and
demand or rather there are contin
gencies arising which temporarily
balk its infallible workings.
In the State of Washington the
Legislature Is said to contain only
seven lawyers. If there were only
so many In the Oregon Legislature,
there might be more chance of enact
ing laws to send bankwreckers to the
penitentiary and murderers to the
gallows.
Nobody has yet declared that Legis
lators should violate their pledges. To
do so would be to urge them to vio
late the Constitution of the United
States, which ordains that the Legis
lature not the people shall elect
United States Senators.
It seems probable that emotional
Insanity, superinduced by whisky, will
be the line of defense for Finch. The
Jury can easily find good reason for
hanging a man of that kind for exer
cise of his emotions.
Finch's defense will be "emotional
insanity."" Certainly. It is only a
step further to the ground that no
sane man ever committed murder,
and therefore all murderers should be
set free. Why not?
Inherited tendency toward hogging
everything in sight is hard to eradi
cate. Jay Gould's children now have
almost a monopoly In the dirty di
vorce news of two continents.
Star baseball players demanding
largely Increased salaries would fare
better if they had thought to form a
union and then got under the wings
of Brother Gompers.
The local option law in Lane
County is no joke. Joseph Jacobs,
who violated the law, has been fined
$500 and given a term of 30 days In
Jail.
No murderer, sane or insane, should
ever be set free. He should either be
hanged, or confined forever, where
he can commit no more murders.
If a man who murders is a victim
of emotional Insanity, how about the'
lawyer who defends him from the
gallows?
The revolution in Haytl is much
needed to replenish the supply of
Generals and Colonels. .
The best Christmas goods are
those picked out first, and the early
shopper gets them.
MAMMON'S T03VGENTLIE4. "IRONY.
The Fate That Pursues the Progeny of
Jay Gould.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The merits of the case in which the
three most ridiculous figures of the
period are involved are hardly worth
discussing, since there is little or no
merit in either of the litigants, but it
is Interesting to speculate upon the
probability that the sins of the late
Jay Gould, frenzied financier, are be
ing visited upon the second and third
generations.
The late Mr. Gould made money his
god and made money without regard
to the comfort or convenience or the
rights of ills fellow-men. He grew
rich. Having grown very ricn, ne aiea.
without having accomplished anything
in life worthy of note or of emulation.
The profits of his peculiar business
methods were loaded upon the shoul
ders of his children. . As a family they
have constituted living definitions of
the term "new rich" in its worst mean
ing. The present "Princess" de Sagan,
who has purchased two bogus titles
and incidentally two of the most un
speakable members of the French no
bility, an aristocratic order that has
no actual existence, has gone further
and fared worse than the other Goulds
in employing her fortune to indulge a
bourgeois taste for the tinsel of the
sort of Parisian high-life that is mere
ly the upper-tenderloin when it rises
to that doubtful distinction.
What Bonl de Castellane says, or
can prove, about Helie de Sagan, or
what Helie says or can prove of Bonl,
is of no great Interest, since neither
has a character or a reputation to lose,
and it is difficult to stir up a feeling
of sympathy for the troubles of the
American woman whose money has
been put to no nobler -uses than the
support of the precious brace of make
believe noblemen she has chosen to
select from the bargain counter. But
for the third generation upon which
the ungentle irony of Mammon is being
visited there should be a measure of
sympathy. While the noble Bonl and
the noble Helie snap and snarl at each
other, and while the noble Boni. whose
various establishments, maintained
from his wife's purse, were the scan
dal of Europe when he was the hus
band of the former Miss Gould, charges
the "Princess" with improper conduct
with the "Prince" prior to the divorce,
and the "Prince" with peccadiloes Bince
his marriage, there are three grand
children of the late frenzleid financier,
Jay Gould, who are as unfortunately
situated as if each had been guilty of
having deliberately selected as its par
ents persons entirely ineligible for
the responsibilities of parenthood.
Possibly the punishment of Jay
Gould in another world Is to be forced
to look Into a kaleidoscope arid ob
serve the shifting matrimonial affairs
of his heirs. If it is, the penalty should
be sufficient to fit any financial crime
that couid be charged against him by
those who were his contemporaries in
the business world.
HOW THEY DO IT IN SPOKANE
Elaborate Preparation to Make the
Great Apple Show a Success.
SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 2. Apples
and amusements will comprise the pro
gramme of the National Apple Show,
which opens here December 7 and con
tinues through the week. Apples will
figure in nearly every branch of the big
exposition and in every form. The
amusement features will comprise the
best line of side 6hows and vaudeville
attractions ever brought to the North
west. Most of them will be presented
at the apple show for the first time on
the Pacific Coast.
The vaudeville entertainments will ba
given in the Washington State Armory
building adjoining the main exposition
hall. Two concerts will be given daily,
one In the afternoon and one in the
evening. In all, there will be a dozen
attractions to amuse the people who at
tend the show. Such famous entertain
ers as the Four Rome Beauties, acro
batic dancers, and the Musical Spra
guillas. in their novelty musical act,
head the. list of vaudeville shows. La
Tasco, the comedy Juggler whose per
formances have pleased thousands of
people all through the Eastern states,
has been brought to Spokane for the
National Apple Show, and will give two
acts dally. The Booth-Gordon trio is an
other attraction which will be presented
at the apple show in Spokane for the
first time in the West These daring
bicycle performers have thrilled audi
ences on both sides of the Atlantic by
their clever tricks. Other features will
be the Tony Riders, a monkey act, the
whirling Smillettas and the Raymond
Duo, a new act which has had much
success where given.
One of the chief attractions of the
week will be the National Apple Show
Band of 40 pieces, organized for the oc
casion from among the best musicians
in the three states of Washington, Idaho
and Oregon. This band will lead a par
ade through the city every afternoon and
evening, and will also give concerts in
the armory as a part of the regular pro
gramme. The Spokane male chorus of
E0 voices and the famous Elks' quartet,
also of this city, will be other features
of the musical programme.
A VERY PERTINENT REMARK.
Why Do Men Call Themselves Repub
licans Why Have a Republican
Legislature f
Pendleton Tribune.
Every Republican Statement No. 1 mem
ber of the Legislature says today that he
is as good a Republican as his Republican
colleagues who will not under any cir
cumstances vote for a Democratic Uni
ted States Senator. But the difference is
that the Statement Republicans promised
last May that if the voters would elect
them and the state should go Democratic
for Senator In June, they would g Demo
cratic in January!
It sounds very much like promising to
change one's polities on the only political
question coming up for consideration in
order to insure one's election.
In other words, a man is a Republican
provided his state votes that way, but if
it shall go Democratic he Is on record
agreeing to be a Democrat and to vote
with the Democrats on the only occasion
when the 25.000 Republican majority in
Oregon wants to be seriously and effect
ively represented In the Legislature.
. And that promise requires that man to
do a thing which is directly against the
Constitution of the United States, to sup
port which Is the highest obligation he
takes when qualifying for his seat in the
Legislature!
Mr. Roosevelt as Editor.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The associate reader of the Shouting:
"Here Is some of the worst doggerel I
ever read. It's enough- to make a gar
goyle chuckle. The writer rhymes "heart'
with 'harp' and 'delight' with 'tripe.'
Look at that if you want a good laugh."
Editor Roosevelt "What's the name
signed to the poem?"
Hank Hunter." "
"Eh? 'Hank Hunter! That poetry is all
right. Hank Hunter was one of my best
rough riders."
The Simple Life.
Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.
Go out to the home of some friend who
lives in the country, one of Jhese sharp
Autumn nights. Get out at 5 o'clock the
next morning and do the chores in the
chill approach of the dawn, then hie
yourself to the cornfield and commence
stripping the frost-covered shucks from
the nubbins, staying with the Job until
night. Then, as you unload the corn into
the crib, amidst the gathering dartcness,
you will have no trouble at all in figuring
out why so many people persist In hang
ing around town even when they haven't
any Jobs. i
OFFER TO DEBATE QUESTIONS
Forest Grove Students Prepare for
Three-cornered Contest.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove.
Or., Dec. 2. Special.) At at meeting
of the debate council last night the
following questions were submitted to
Whitman College and Willamette Uni
versity for their consideration prepara
tory to the triangular debate which
comes off in February:
1 Resolved. That lawa ahould be en
acted providing that in case of personal in
iurv to a workman arising; out of. and
In course of employment. his employer
shall be liable tor adequate compensation
and shall not set up contributory negli
genec or negligence, of a fellow servant as
a defense.
(2) Resolved. That In cities of the
United States of 100.000 Inhabitants or over
all the powers .of city government should
be vested in p. commission of not more than
nine men elected by the voters at large
without the assistance of any other rep
resentative body.
A new plan for choosing the ques
tion for debate has been adopted by the
three institutions. Each school sends
two questions to the other members
of the league, and the colleges then
vote for three of the six subjects on
hand, giving first, second and third
choice, and the question receiving the
highest number of votes shall be de
bated. Each Institution puts out two teams
and three debates are held simulta
neously on the same night at the dif
ferent schools. Pacific's affirmative
team will meet Willamette University
in Forest Grove, while the other team
will contend the negative against Whit
man at Walla Walla.
The prospects for winning teams at
this institution are very promising.
Three of last year's debaters are in
school. Ward, Gwynn and Witham, and
a large number of the new men will
enter the tryout the latter part of this
month.
PROBLEM FOR LEGISLATURE
Plan to Put State Schools Under
Control of One Board.
OLYMiPIA, Wash., Dec. 2. Specla1.)
The State Board of Control will rec
ommend to the next legislature that
the positions of 25 regents and trustees
of the state higher educational insti
tutions be abolished and in their stead
a central body of three educators and
business men be appointed to have
full charge of the state college, state
university and three normal schools.
J. H. Davis, of the board, who penned
the recommendation today, favors pay
ing tne board members $3600 a year
each, and declares the proposed busi
nesslike method will prove a saving
over the present plan of no-salaried
regents. He points out all the regents
are men of affairs whose personal in
terests occupy so much of their time
that they cannot give proper attention
to the schools.
If the plan goes through the Legis
lature it will only be after a bitter
fight. University and college and each
of tho normals have ever been bitter
rivals for legislative favors In appro
priations, and each would fear the oth
er might get an advantage under the
three-man board plan.
State college enthusiasts, and thtey
are the most active workers and most
successful here every session, will no
doubt oppose the plan, seeing in it an
attempt to do away with the present
actual control of that institution by
President Enoch A. Bryan. 1J. Is not
certain that Governor Mead will in
dorse the plan.
IIURAL CARRIERS WILL MEET
Three Counties to Be Represented
at Lents Convention Saturday.
GRESHAM. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
Arrangements have been completed by
the rural letter-carriers of three counties
to hold the. first of a series of conven
tions at Lents next Saturday evening.
The carriers of Multnomah, Washing
ton and Clackamas Counties have
formed an. association independent of the
county and state organizations for their
mutual improvement, and will get to
gether for that purpose.
The letter-carriers al Lents have made
complete preparations, having secured
Duke's Hall and arranged for a banquet.
The other carriers of Multnomah 'County
will assist them in bearing the expenses
incident to the occasion.
Among those who have been invited
are Inspectors C. A. Riches and H C.
Clement. Both will be present unless kept
away by official duties. W. H. Boyd and
J. H. Goings, president and secretary of
the Oregon State Rural Letter-Carriers'
Association, will also be there, and all
the postmasters and their assistants have
been invited from the three counties.
A special programme has been pre
pared, consisting of addresses, music and
recitations. E. E. Chlpman, president
of the Multnomah County Association,
will preside and deliver an address of
welcome.
PILES ORGANIZATION STOLEN
Opposition Develops to Plums Given
Out by Senator.
SEATTLBt Wash., Dec. 2. (Special.)
While the political representatives of
United States Senator S. H. Piles slum
bered yesterday afternoon, the King
County Republican Club, formed origi
nally as a Piles organization, was cap
tured by his political opponents and will
be used against him in the next cam
paign. L. H. Gray, elected president of
the club, is severely critical .of Piles,
though he nas not announced open Opposi
tion. After his election, Gray said:
"Senator Piles has not consulted with
the men who made him. While I don't
want to be understood as his opponent,
I am inclined to support a man for Sen
ator who will consult with the business
men of Seattle and who will remember
his friends. I dsn't believe that In the
distribution of his patronage Senator Piles
has exercised good judgment."
Gray referred to the appointment of
George F. Russell as postmaster, which
displeased many Republicans.
IS ELECTED, BUT HAS NO JOB
A. F. Davis Learns That Clark
County Has No Use for Assessor.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) A. F. Davis, of Etna. County Assessor-elect,
was in the city today con
ferring with the County Commissioners
and the Prosecuting Attorney that lie
might learn whether or not he will be
an office-holder after the first of the
year.
His case Is this: He was elected in
November on the Republican ticket, but
at the same time township government
in Clark County carried, and under the
township government each township has
Its own Assessor, and the law says that
these Township Assessors shall report to
the County Auditor. It look very much
as if Mr. Davis would have nothing to
do as County Assessor.
League Ticket Victorious.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
The Citizens' League was victorious in
the city election here today. Carl Al
breght and Tom Coke were elected Al
dermen and J. W. Butler City Recorder.
The League opposes the present city ad
ministration. The proposals to Increase
the bonded Indebtedness $60,000 and to pro
vide a new charter wer defeated.
Charges Against Deputy Sheriff
Rogers, of Elma, Dismissed.
MONTESANO, Wash., Dec. 2. (Special.)
The case of Deputy Sheriff J. F. Rogers,
of Elma, charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses, came up for hear
ing yesterduy, and on motion of the
County Attorney was dismissed.
It was shown that John M. Guess held
Rogers' receipt for $27 for surveying and
locating, Rogers claiming that he did not
locate Guess on the land but did the sur
veying at a set price. He also said that
the action of Guess was the result of a
conspiracy by parties who do not want
a surveyor in their section of the coun
ty. He said that he knew of several
small tracts of land which belonged to
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company that
have been fenced and are being held ille
gally. LIBRARY BUILDING IS BEGUN
Work Starts on $10,000 Structure
at Vancouver.
.,(! WTei-lr nr thft fllinHAtlnn f the
Carnegie free public library has been
started. The structure win consist ui
one story with basement, 32x65 feet.
The building material is to be concrete
am: brlcK. rne imrary win cu"
$10,000.
Tha Hhrn r.r hnuril hat nn hand some
500 volumes and $1300 with which to
buy new books. An-effort will be made
tn raise the booe fund to $3000 before
the library is opened.
'
.Sleighing In Palouse.
GARFIELD. Wash., Dec. 2. (Special.)
The two-inch fall of snow which visited
the Palouse country Sunday night has
been followed by a gradual drop in tem
perature, which has not allowed the snow
to melt, thus making good sleighing.
During Monday night the mercury con
tinued to fall, and this morning it has
reached the zero mark. Reports from
those who have come into town from the
outlying sections show that the same con
ditions exist throughout the entire county
east of Endicott and north of Colfax.
A little plowing is still being done, but
the continuance of the present tempera
ture for a few hours will stop further
work upon the land.
Week of County Institutes.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
An entire week of local district school
Institutes has been arranged by County
School Superintendent Welles. He will
be assisted at the meetings by State Su
perlntendant Ackerman. While strictly
local in character the parents and teach
ers of the surrounding districts are urged
to attend. The first will be held at Echo,
December 12, and It is expected that tho
teachers at Hermiston and Umatilla will
attend, as this is the only one to be held
in the west end of the county. The next
will be held at Pilot Rock, while the other
places are Frultvale, Vincent and Fern
dale. The sixth place has not yet boen
decided upon.
Pendleton Wants Library.
PENDLETON. Or., Deo. 2. (Special.)
The women of Pondleton have taken upon
themselves the task of saving the city's
public library .from abandonment. At a
recent mass meeting a plan of campaign
was outlined and a big public reception,
the first step, will probably be held some
time this week. It is desired . to hava
Miss Marvin, State Librarian, present and
the date will be arranged to suit her con
venience. The library will be, housed in the new
City Hall and will be In charge of a com
petent librarian. It is also proposed to
raise funds sulicient to make valuable
additions in the way of books and period
icals so that it will be more efficient.
Masters and Lecturers Meet.
GRESHAM. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
The last quarterly meeting, for this year,
of the Masters' and Lecturers' Associa
tion of Multnomah County will be held x
at Evening Star Grange on Saturday
next. The association holds a discussion
of topics interesting to their order and
plans for work to bo done in each sub
ordinate Grange. The membership com
prises all tho masters and lecturers of
the county, 20 in number, while past
masters.- lecturers and secretaries an
honorary members. Several matters of
importance will come up at Saturday's
meeting.
Marooned on Island.
VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 2. (Special.)
Marooned on an Island In tho middle of
the Stewart River for ten days, with the
angry ice tioes grinding past and threat
ening to sweep the surface, was the thrill
ing experience of B. C. Sprague, a vet
eran of the Civil War, who has Just re
turned from Dawson. Sprague was at
New Orleans with Ben Butler and (I
eral Banks and fought under douJ
little Phil Sheridan- in the Shenandd
but he says that his little experience
the Stewart will rank among tne
stirring events of his life.
La Center Remains Dry.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 2. (Spec!
La Center win remain a. ary imu
BninnTiVMinpr circulated a petition in
town with 'a view of presenting tho sa
to the County commissioners, so mat
mil-lit Yn irranted a Honor license, but
tow oiimiri A Detltlon axalnst h.
o cuin.m in the town was at on
started, and 62 signatures were securJ
which showing errectuauy semes me
loon question for La Center.
Freight Wreck Near Pasco.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 2
west-bound Northern Pacific extra fro!
train was wrecked and eight cars
wheat completely demolished about
o'clock this afternoon, 17 miles eest
Pasco. The accident was caused by tj
breaking of a Journal. Passenger trail
were delayed as a result.
William Lamb Relcasoti.
BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 2.-Willla
with the Anthony boy, charged wit!
H,ir iiiM!nirs! in this city, was allowd
to go on his own- recognizance today b
the prosecuting attorney, after a frul
less effort to connect him in any way wit)
the recent (ires. j
Takes Chickens to Japan.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) K
Kaknudn, a Japanese, who has beel
porter at the. Hotel Gross for severa
years, started to Japan today with 1
coops of the finest bred chickens to b
found in Lane County. He is goim
to introduce these American birds il
Japan and raise poultry there.
Special School Meeting Called.
MILWAUKEE, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)-
Directors of the MIlwauKle scnooi aiotncj
have issued a call for a special meeting
of the taxpayers, to be held in the Milf
waukle Schoolhouse, Saturday night, De-i
cember 12, to levy a special tax and t
consider the matter of erecting a school
house In tho east side of the district;
They will also discuss the question of di
viding the diBtrlct. j
Milwaukee Near Completion. j
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 2. President
Williams, VI " eo...j
out the statement that steel has been laid
Art nn i-.t tho mail In WoBSIntrtnJ
and Idaho and only 36 miles remain tq
connect Seattle with the tunnel in the,
t- . Mnnnlalng nrhioh will Vm itnmj
t Tun.