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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MAT 6. 1009.
V' FSB OF PARTY XA.ME.
Of course, the members of an ex
tinguished party are likely to say they
don't beiieve in party at all. The fox
that had lost his tail could show that
the tail of every other fox was a useless
appendage.
Why are men appealing to the Re
publican party, in making these nomi
nations in Portland? Four men, at
least, are contending for the Repub
lican nomination for Mayor. Tet some
of them are unwilling to say they
will accept the result and support the
candidate who may win the nomina
tion.. Why, then, do they call them
selves Republicans? Why do they con
tend for the Republican nomination?
Party, of course, is nothing in itself.
But is party an efficient agent of gov
ernment, or not? They who appeal to
party evidently think it is, or they
would not call themselves Republicans
or Democrats.
Parts- name, party organization,
party purpose, the Idea of accomplish
ing things by party action, must be
abandoned; or party must be em
ployed and used for definitive purpose.
They who wish to use party, or the
name of party, to reach their objects,
must bo loyal to the requirements or
party existence and action. They may,
at the outset, repudiate party, if they
see fit. But they can't use party on the
principle, "Heads I win, tails you lose."
It Is unfortunate, indeed, that the
Democratic party in Portland and Ore
gon has passed into inocuous des
uetude. It now is in this position, that
while it still tries to use the party
name, and to accomplish and maintain
( through party name, such organiza
, tion as it can, it tries to effect combina
tions for its own partisan enda not for
the public good with every dis
gruntled element of other parties; and
the consequence is that in this petty
strife the public weal is lost sight of,
or relegated to an inferior place. Com
binations between a weak party and
the dissatisfied elements of an oppo
' sltlon never portend much good to the
' community. The usual result is to
. bring shysters to the front.
But these people often say there is
6mall distinction or no difference be
tween the parties. Then why should
they, on either side, employ the party
name? Is it done merely for confusion
and deception? Party names in this
country have stood for distinct policies
that could not be mistaken. So they
will again. Indeed, they do now. The
Republican party stands for a govern
ment of authority, and on occasion a
government of force. The Democratic,
party stands for a loose kind of polloy
that in its ultirr-ate is negation or
abandonment of government to sec
tional Ideas and to local whims. Pres
ident Cleveland was only nominally a
Democrat. When he asserted au
thority for the Government and used
force to overcome opposition, he lost
his. standing at once with his party.
His vigorous measures, repeating those
of Washington, Hamilton and Lincoln,
broke the backbone of his party, and it
never has been vertebrate since..
It is admitted that in municipal af
fairs considerations of this kind need
not enter. But they do. This Is at
tested by the use of party names, In
electoral contests in our municipalities.
Why should men say, how can they
say, that party . Is nothing in these
municipal contests, and yet struggle
for the advantage of party names in
obtainment of nominations, and in the
argument for their own election, after
wards? It is a duty to strip this business of
Its hypocrisy, for it is a form of rank
hypocrisy. Members of the minority
party on one side, not seeing a way to
elect candidates of their own party,
will combine with the factional ele
ment of the opposite party for elec
tion of unfit men, "Just for devilment";
while the members of the faction with
which they combine will still use the
party name for commendation of them
selves and for obtainment in the party
name of votes from the party which
they have repudiated. This is done in
the name, or under the pretense, of
honesty in politics. It Is the game now
in progress in Portland. And it is
called honor, faith, honesty and re
form. If men wish to be independent
of party, let them say so. Let them
drop party names, not use them to
Juggle with, either in primaries or elec
tions. We have candidates in Portland
now using party name only for the
purpose of the primary, but intending
to repudiate it. and virtually saying
they will repudiate It, if they do not
get the party nominations. Isn't It
about time the electorate should rid
Itself of this sort of Juggle? It is fruit
ful of dishonesty in politics and dis
honesty in politics is fruitful of dis
honesty in office. Let men repudiate
party if they will, but let them do it
openly and frankly not try to sneak
nominations In the name of party, with
no Intention of abiding the result
3houId It turn out against them.
The direct primary in Washington
continues to show results not unlike
those accomplished in this state. The
defeat of the Republican candidate
for Mayor of Spokane is the latest
example of the admirable workings
of the law. There was the usual
scramble for the nomination at the
primaries, and with the usual Demo
cratic assistance,' the weakest of the
candidates landed the nomination, the
men best qualified for the position re
fusing to lower their dignity by mak
ing the fierce scramble for votes. Hav
ing nominated the weakest Republican
for the head of the ticket, the Demo
crats then put forward their strongest
man, and, with the aid of the dis
gruntled candidates who had failed to
win at the primaries, he was elected.
Only under the direct primary and the
practices which it makes possible
could so weak a man as the defeated
Republican candidate have secured
the nomination. Once nominated, the
matter of defeating him with a good
Democrat was easy.
A WICKED FBOT.ENT.
The Oregonian does, not profess to
know what "a progeny of bibllical lore"
may be, but doubtless It is something
very dreadful. Very likely the monster
richly deserves the trouncing which an
excited citizen of Astoria gives It in
another column of the paper this
morning. If the aforesaid "progeny"
is a man, as one is rather led to suspect
from the tone of "Astorian's" letter,
then he is, Indeed, a guilty soul. Run
through the list of his crimes, as enu
merated by the Indignant "Astorian," If
you please. To begin with, he gets a
salary of $2500 a year, from some
source. This is a regrettable lapse. To
draw a salary of $2500 or, indeed, any
salary whatever, is presumptive evi
dence of gross moral turpitude and our
correspondent does wondrous well to
pour out a vial or two of wrath on
the man who is so depraved as to do
such a thing. But what does this prog
eny of bibllical lore draw the salary
for? Well, It is for endeavoring to
import 500 servant girls into Astoria.
The wickedness of such an attempt is
not at first clear, but, upon reflection,
one sees it in all its horror.
Five hundred servant girls iwould set
500 housewives, free from the kitchen.
They would then rush away to Join
.women's clubs .and agitate for the
suffrage. The progeny s attempt was
thus a foul conspiracy against the
homes and husbands of Astoria. Let
us all be thankful that it was foiled ere
it was too late. Five hundred servant
girls, indeed. One tries in vain to re
call anything quite so villainous since
Mr. Pickwick perpetrated his chops
and tomato sauce. But the Biblical
progeny knew no surcease from sin
ning. After his servant girl plot had
happily miscarried, he. rushed furious
ly onward to "save Astoria from a
whirlpool of innocuous desuetude."
This must be a curious kind of a
whirlpool. Despite its probable wick
edness one almost longs to gaze upon
It, merely out of scientific curiosity.
How a whirlpool of desuetude must
whirl. The progeny sought to drag
drowning Astoria from this maelstrom,
an effort which seems to have filled up
the measure of his crimes. At any rate
after accusing him of it, our corres
pondent becomes incoherent with
righteous wrath and we have been un
able to figure out exactly what he is
driving at. Our best conjecture is that
he Is enraged because something or
somebody has been trying to rouse As
toria from the antediluvian slumbers
in which the town sweetly reposes.
Such an attempt would be shockingly
cruel, for Astoria is loveliest when she
sleeps deepest.
MRS. BURDEN'S DANCE.
Just how exciting charity will ulti
mately become under the management
of New York's millionaire society
women it would be rash to try to pre
dict. Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden's terpsi
chorean performance In behalf of the
Manhattan Trade School for Girls will
naturally lead on to still more inter
esting stunts. The worship of Bacchus,
which this discreet matron so fascin
atingly observed, will naturally be fol
lowed at other charity events by rites
in honor of Adonis. We may expect to
see the holy ceremonies which were
anciently performed by the nature wor
shipers in Asia- Minor, renewed by the
society women of New York, and
doubtless the entire ritual will be en
acted publicly according to the primi
tive type of the cult. The mind may
even stray farther in ecstatic anticipa
tatlon of what our elegant and highly
moral society leaders will do for the
sake of charity. Who can say what
religious sacrifices they will not submit
to for that exalted purpose? Perhaps
we shall one day see them sitting in
a row In the temple of Ishtar, as the
dames of ancient Babylon did on cer
tain holy days, waiting for the men of
the city to pass along, inspect the ar
ray and take their pick. The subse
quent performances at the high altar
while the priests recited appropriate
prayers, would seem singularly adapted
to the tastes of New York society. It
is marvelous that they were not initi
ated long ago. '
It is exceeding satisfying to think
of the influence Mrs. Scott-Burden's
"Greek Pageant" must have had on the
young women of the trade school, for
whose benefit the refined exhibition
was held. These girls naturally belong
to the lower classes. They look up, or
down, to women like Mrs. Burden as
examples to be Imitated and, doubt
less, before long they will all be danc
ing the Bacchanalia in their rooms.
Perhaps these chaste harmonies of
arms and legs interwoven will even be
taught in the classrooms of the trade
school. One can imagine how profit
able they would be to the souls of the
young women and how much help such
dances would be to them in earning
their livings. The girls may not have
the money to buy appropriate costumes
immediately. Mrs. Burden did not
wear a great deal, to be sure, but what
there was of her habiliments was ex
pensive. Leopard robes and purple
tunics cost money In these days of
high protection. Even the gauzy silk
stockings, in which Mrs. Burden
diaphanously veiled her chaste legs,
must have been far beyond the means
of a girl from the tenements. But if
these young women cannot raise the
money to buy Bacchic costumes, on the
spur of the moment, they can get it by
and by. There are ways by which
a girl can always procure money, and
Mrs. Burden's performance. In aid of
charity, has effectually taught the girls
that these ways are perfectly innocent.
If it is right for this elegant dame to
exhibit her form and go through las
civious dances before a crowd, why is
it wrong for a shop girl to do the same
thing In a variety show or in a worse
place? It is not at all difficult to fore
see what an uplifting Influence Mrs.
Scott-Burden's self-sacrificing labors
will have on the poor girls for whom
she tripped the light fantastic toe and
disrobed her Venus-like form.
Bvidence of the putridity of what Is
called high society i. New York and
other Eastern cities. accumulates
rather rapidly. During the Winter we
were constantly hearing of the fetid
plays which they crowded to see at the
theaters. Some of these dramas are
superficially described in the American
Magazine for June, and certainly noth
ing worse is to be seen in the vicious
resorts of the slums. For all that,
society women went to see them in
droves and, stranger still, they took
their daughters along. French people
have long been in the habit of witness
ing vile plays, but they do not let their
young girls see them. There is a. cer
tain cynical shamelessness in the ran
cidity of society morals In the East
which can hardly be paralleled in the
modern world. One would have to go
back to the days of Nero to find any
thing quite like it
Scandalous as the spectacle of these
women is, it is still more pitiful. In
their vain quest of pleasure, they work
harder than the kitchen maid for her
slender wage. Shunning the natural
obligations of their sex, hardened,
shameless, dead to moral sense, after
all their striving they have not gained
what they sought. Pleasure forever
flees them, and their lives are nothing
but a weary round of disappointment
and satiety. Worse than that, they are
sterile. Outraged nature has visited
them with the penalty which awaits
all useless things in this world and
they are hastening to extinction. Like
organs of the body which in the course
of evolution have ceased to perform
any function, our millionaire society is
undergoing the natural process. It Is
perishing while it still seems to sur
vive, a repulsive instance of death in
life. The mad rage of these men and
women for pleasure is no more than a
fever which indicates the approach of
dissolution. As individuals and as a
social class they are doomed to ex
tinction and their wealth will go in
the process of nature to those who can
make it helpful to the world. Instead
of wasting it. Mrs. Scott-Burden's
Bacchic dance may be compared with
the terrible convulsions of the dying
sot In Zola's L'Assommolr. lit is the
writhing of moral disease as it shrinks
from the chill touch of death.
CREATING SEW WEALTH.
The opportunities and possibilities 1
available to the Oregon farmer and
orchardist were never more strikingly
illustrated , than in the sale of the
Lowiujdale apple orchard for the sum
of $275,000. While this Is one of the
rgest industrial transactions that has
iver been reported in the Willamette
Valley outside the cities, its import
ance lies chiefly in the manner In
which this great wealth was created.
But little more than 2 0 years ago,
the land on which this orchard stands
was selling for less than one-twentieth
of the price it now brings with the
growing orchards. Mr. Lownsdale, who
has won a lasting place in the indus
trial history of the state, recognized
the possibilities which the future might
hold for the apple industry, and with
the courage of his convictions, he pro
ceeded to transform -ordinary wheat
land, which at its best could return
but a small profit per acre, to orchard
land, from which phenomenal profits
could be taken.
In bringing about this transforma
tion, Mr. Lownsdale found it necessary
to "blaze the trail," for his enterprise
came so strictly under the head of new
business that it was experiment in
stead of experience that led him on
to success. The apple industry in the
Willamette Valley has grown into great
proportions since the Lownsdale or
chards came into hearing, and hun
dreds now engaged in the pleasant and
profitable work have been enabled to
take it up without the burden of ex
periment and lack of precedent which
handicapped Mr. Lownsdale. Practic
ally all of the people who have en
gaged In the work in the prominent
apple districts of the state during the
past five or ten years have enjoyed,
free of cost, worry or effort, the ad
vantages of the experience of Mr.
Lownsdale and others who pioneered
the industry. To this fact is due the
handsome profits which follow the ef
forts even of the novices in the busi
ness. Twenty years of intelligent effort
have enabled Mr. Lownsdale to add
more than $200,000 to the value of a
comparatively small tract of farm
land. This is the direct, tangible evi
dence of his efforts. Their value in
pointing the way to others who have
followed in his footsteps is inestimably
greater. What has been accomplished
along these lines, since the Lownsdale
orchards began attracting attention to
Oregon as a fruit state, can only in the
faintest degree suggest what may be
expected in the futureThroughout the
great state there are almost innumera
ble localities especially adapted for
fruit, and with the world for a market,
ever Increasing its demands, the new
wealth which will be actually created
from the soil and air will reach pro
portions of greater magnitude than
were ever deemed possible of attain
ment by the original owners of these
fruit lands.
As the pioneer in one of our greatest
industries and as a citizen who has
so successfully demonstrated that
brains and original ideas will bring
their reward on the farm or in the or
chard Just as readily as in the store
or counting-house, Mr. Lownsdale will
not soon be forgotten. This state has
plenty of room for a large number of
men of the Lownsdale type, and the
soil can be depended on to respond to
their efforts. Just as it has responded
to those of the late owner of the
Lownsdale orchards.
THE FRENCH CRISIS.
France seems to be making an eleventh-hour
attempt to repair some of
the damage created by truckling to the
Radicals and Socialists a few weeks
ago, when the postal strike was on.
Paris cables announce that Premier
Clemenceau has taken a firm hold on
the situation, and will no longer tol
erate the right of the public employes
to strike. The recent strike of the pos
tal and telegraph employes was or
dered by the Socialist leaders largely
for the purpose of demonstrating their
power over the Government as well as
the business community. In order to
quell the disturbance at that time, the
Government was induced to make cer
tain minor concessions, which only
served to embolden the strikers and
induce them to ask for more.
Since the former difficulty was
patched up, the agitation has been in
creasing until drastic measures are
now regarded as almost a necessity. It
is announced that the property inter
ests of the country will support united
ly any measures that the Government
takes, no matter how rigorous they
may be. The serious nature of the
crisis which France is now facing can
be understood when it is stated that
the Jabor and Socialist leaders claim
that, in obedience to the Socialist doc
trine, the Government employes would
be Justified in preventing any resist
ance to the invaders in case a foreign
foe should set foot on French soil.
Acknowledgment by the French
Government that it had insufficient
control over its employes and servants
to prevent their striking or affiliating
with organizations which thus preach
the doctrine of anarchy would be an
admission that the country was on the
verge of dissolution. The Government
baa the right to expect and demand
from its employes and servants im I
plicit obedience and unqualified loyalty
in time of,trouble.
This could not be possible If the
Government employes were affiliated
with and working under instructions
from the Socialists, who have been
most prominent ' in organizing the
strikes in France. M. Clemenceau may
be a little late in taking a firm grasp !
on the situation, but his republic would
be unworthy the name if it permitted
further drift toward anarchy through
the element that actually draws all its
sustenance from the Government.
In Secretary Ballinger, Mr. Pinchot
seems to have encountered an official
who is familiar with something be
sides the theoretical side of forest pre
servation, forest reserves, etc. Under
the former Administration, millions of
acres of land were withdrawn from
public settlement in order to create
forest reserves, many of them of ques
tionable value. Included in these re
serves are unnumbered millions of feet
of timber, which is now fully ripe and
deteriorating In value every year that
it remains uncut. To prohibit the cut
ting of this timber is to sanction its
destruction,- as it will be worthless if
it remains uncut any longer. Mr. Bal
linger now refuses to grant the request
that further withdrawals of land be
made for forest reserve purposes, until
it Is shown that there is need of such
reserves.
People on the Peninsula are very
much exercised about the proposal to
hold up by the v referendum the con
struction of a very necessary trolley
line. The main' feature of the situa
tion is this, namely: That if the ref
erendum should be invoked the line
will be held up for two years, vastly
to the detriment of Industrial and
property interests in that quarter of
the city. The ordinance has features
that The Oregonian does not approve;
and yet this larger matter is a thing
to think about when men are asked
to sign for the referendum.
The ladles and gentlemen who gain
their livelihood by manufacturing ho
siery and gloves quite naturally view
the change in tariff from a different
standpoint from that taken by the
wearers of these necessities. It is
accordingly noted that a delegation
of young women and men have arrived
in Washington to urge an increase of
25 per cent in the duties on hosiery
and gloves. If Congress defers action
on the tariff until all of the people
are satisfied, the proposed revision will
hardly be accomplished for several
centuries and then some.
Tou may depend that The Oregonian
has been read, and that it has made
some impression on affairs, when state
ments and arguments from its col
umns, printed, ten, twenty or thirty
years ago, are reprinted now as con
clusive matter by those who didn't
obey or follow it then. However, in
all the small matters of politics there
have been changes within ten, twenty
and thirty years; and what was writ
ten for conditions then may not be
applicable to the changed conditions
now. But your literal ass probably
don't know it.
The hypothetical question in regard
to the insanity of Captain Halns, which
will be submitted to the alienists, con
tains 10,000 words.. The answer of the
alienists will probably contain enough
words to make two or three volumes.
Since the unwritten law came into .such
a. prominent place in our courts, the
brevity of diction of Coke and Black
stone seems remarkable by contrast.
The Seattle Restaurant-keepers As
sociation has given a pledge that prices
will not be raised above the present
standard during the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
cific Exposition. Let us hope the stand
ard will be maintained without the as
sistance of stronger butter, weaker tea
or a shrinkage in the size of the or
ders. Mr. Lownsdale had an apple or
chard of 300 acres and unplanted 4and
of 350 acres, and sold it all for $275,
000. But he had been at it 20 years,
which will be a little discouraging to
those apple experts who want to make
$1000 per acre per year for 20 years.
There is reason to fear the supply
of African Hons will not hold out. A
shortage of lions at the rate Roose
velt is killing them, seems inevitable.
Our peace societies should hold meet
ings to protest against further sacrifice
of- these defenseless animals.
Nevertheless, if you are going to
employ a man to manage an intricate,
large and complicate business, would
you employ Bailey, Rushlight, Simon
or McDonell? The Inquiry is made in
no Invidious spirit. It is just a plain
question.
In Central East" Africa there is a
disease known as sleeping sickness. It
is a febrile and wasting disease.
Theodore Roosevelt Is to pass through
the country, but you may depend no
"sleeping sickness" will ever catch
him.
Ten dollars per week "and found"
is the elaborate salary paid circus mu
sicians, according to an attachment
suit filed in this city Tuesday. This
offers a partial explanation for some
of the music that we hear at the cir
cus. The lawyers in the Calhoun case are
yet in the "scoundrel" and "liar" stage
of the argument. The trial is a little
slow, but, as will be seen, everything
is proceeding in an orderly and satis
factory manner.
"Roosevelt," says Senator Borah,
"saved the Republican party." Wheth
er the party was worth saving is yet
to be determined. And, again, how long
the salvation will last.
If the flood prophets will take a
stroll down to the river they will be
startled to discover that the great flood
of 1909 is having difficulty reaching
the dignity of a freshet.
A carload of live lobsters has start
ed from Halifax for the Pacific Coast.
So many of the lobsters we have here
are dead ones that the new arrivals
will be welcomed.
Now Ortis Hamilton, late Adjutant
General of Washington, Joins the ranks
of undesirable public officials in that
city. Olympia must be a gay capital.
Apostle Galvanl should be able to
present the Oregon idea at the Na
tional Peace Congress. His tomahawk
was left at home.
SOME REMARKS ABOUT ASTORIA
With Special Twlart Toward the Paid
Booster Who Fosters Enmity.
ASTORIA, May 4. (To the Editor.)
Astoria Is certainly up against it.
to use a slang phrase. For the past
two years it has endeavored to forge
ahead with the ostensible purpose of
defeating Portland to the goal of com
mercial supremacy. It has what is
euphoniously styled' a Chamber of
Commerce. No one seems to know
from whence it derived its name, or
what its mission on earth is. For the
past two years it has been the pli
able tool of a nondescript especially
imported from some Southern state
imbued with the idea, that Astoria is
the center of gravitation around whose
enchanted circle the entire north Pa
cific Coast revolves. At a salary of
$2500 per annum, fudged from the un
sophisticated white population of this
embryo bailiwick, who are largely In
the minority in the point of population,
he has endeavoured first to bring five
hundred servant girls here to contami
nate the rising male generation. The
next attempt at gaining the commer
cial supremacy of the state, was the
suggested importation of five hundred
descendents of darkest Africa to werk
in the logging camps, notwithstand
ing there were many experienced log
gers looking for work. This not be
ing productive of any benefit to the as
pirant for commercial honors, he in
vited five hundred Japs for the osten
sible purpose of clearing' logged off
lands, upon which a billy goat would
starve to death. He has scattered his
ephemeral advertisements in all the
eastern magazines and newspapers,
overlooking the best advertising med
ium lie Oregonian, in his efforts to
bring to the mouth of the Columbia a
race of foreigners whom his environ
ments would meet with a hearty co
operation in overthrowing the recog
nized seaport of the northwest for
the sold benefit and behoof of Astoria,
whose only claim to commercial su
premacy is the fish which managed to
escape the hundreds of miles of gill
net meshes in its efforts to reach the
natural spawning grounds.
From an organization of over 200
members one j'ear ago, the Astoria
chamber of commerce has dwindled
down to a membership which can be
counted on the two hands,, and if all
signs do not fail, it is simply a mat
ter .of time when this Messiah, who
came to save Astoria from the whirl
pool of lnnocous desuetude will be
compelled to hie himself to the balmy
sunny skies of Louisiana from whence
he came, leaving the vendors of ephem
eral desires to become a common
point of the shipment of products it
cannot produce, owing to the lethargy
of its Inhabitants, from whence it came
in the early days of Lewis and Clark.
Truly. Astoria is up against it Its
location and natural resources are
made subservient to those of more cul
tured and enterprising people, where
knockers have been relegated to the
realms of the mossback asylum for
imbeciles, free from the cares and tur
moils of a busy world.
Astoria is still on the map, not as
a rival of any of the more prosperous
cities of the northwest, but as a sub
urban retreat destined only to take
Its proper place in the history of Ore
gon, with ambitions never to be ful
filled under the present disposition of
the populace to antagonize cities su
perior in every respect as regards com
mercial supremacy and importance.
It always will be on the map, because
it is an entrepot, a sort of way sta
tion on the lines having their termin
als in the more central portion of pop
ulation and wealth, where money re
ceived from products is distributed
among home residents, and not scat
tered broadcast over the world for
lack of facilities for providing for the
immediate wants of its own popula
tion. This, today, is in brief, the po
sition Astoria occupies through the
efforts of a progeny of bibllical lore
upon whose foundations he expects t6
build a city to which Portland will
simply be an outlying political ward,
subservient to the jealousies and an
tagonisms displayed by this learned
leader of the blind leading the blind.
Requiescat In pace.
ASTORIAN.
WHAT TO DO WITH THAT ARCH
Cover It With Flowers That "Will
Bloom Eight Months of the Year.
' PORTLAND, May 6. (To the Editor.)
There has been considerable talk
about tearing down the arch
of welcome on Sixth street near the
Union Depot. While passing along there
the other day, it occurred to me that It
would be a pity and a howling shame to
tear it down, but Instead transform it
into a thing of beauty. This is how I
would propose to make it such. Have a
trench dug around the base of the arch
three feet, and about two feet wide, build
a cement curb eighteen inches high
around same for protection from vehicles,
fill trench with prepared soil, then plant
the following:
Climbing Caroline Testout roses.
Madam Wurtemburg roses.
Ampelopsls Vichii (Boston Ivy).
Virginia creeper.
The climbing Testout, a grand, rapid
and thrifty grower, would cover more
than half the. height of the arch in one
summer's growth.
The Wurtemburg rose (red), a lofty
climber, should, in two seasons, cover the
top with a . mass of red roses all Summer,
the roses to be stapled on to the walls
as they grow. Boston ivy would cling
tightly to the walls, and after frost, and
roses are through flowering, there would
be the effect of the changing rich color
ing of the ivy leaves.
The Virginia creeper being a rapid
grower, should be planted for quick ef
fect, and torn down and taken out when
the Boston ivy (a' slower grower) gets a
good start and covering. The arch would
be covered eight months of the year with
flowers or foliage.
Imagine the effect ' It would have to
visitors during carnival week. That arch
of welcome covered with growing roses
to greet them, and as they are departing
from the city again, the last beautiful
sight for them to see. Then for the re
mainder of the season, the effect would
be the same with the general public.
Pot grown roses can be had and the
plants well started this summer. The
nearest park gardener could care for the
arch garden.
ALFRED B. M7CAIN.
Mr. Simon and Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A.
PORTLAND, May 5. (To the Editor.)
The question is asked whether Joseph
Simon, a candidate for Mayor, has "ever
parted with so much as a dime for any
thing calculated to develop or improve
Portland and make it a greater and
better city?"
The writer knows of numerous - gifts
for charitable purposes by Mr. Simon
and that he is a prompt and generous
contributor to many civic affairs besides.
The Young Men's Christian Association,
the Young Women's Christian Associa
tion and numerous other church insti
tutions annually receive magnificent gifts
from Mr. Simon,, although he is not a
member of their organizations.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Court Notes.
James Dowd. executor of the James
"Barry estate, petitioned the County Court
yesterday to be allowed to sell to the
United Railways Company, a right of
way across sections 25,. 30 and 31, town
ship 2. north of range 1 west. Dowd
desires to accept $300 for the right of
way
The estate of Oleva J. Haynes has
been appraised at $4127.20.
The . Lillian M. Barnes estate, valued
at $4000, was admitted to probate yes
terday. She died April 7. 1909, leaving
all her property to her husband, Well
ington O. Barnes. He was appointed ex
ecutor yesterday.
CALLS RATIFICATION MEETIXG
Republican Club Pushes Further ,
Unanimous Support Policy.
Under the auspices of the Republican '
Club the Republican voters of this city
are planning a general ratification and
get-together meeting to be held in the 1
A. O. U. W. Hall in the Selllng-Hlrsch I
building next Wednesday night. At a
meeting of the executive committee of
the Republican Club last night C. E.
Lockwood, A. J. Fanno and H. B. Dick
inson were appointed a committee on ar
rangements. Judge M. C. George, pres
ident of the club, will preside as chair
man at the ratification, to attend which
an invitation will be extended to both
the successful and the defeated candi
dates in Saturday's primary election.
The purpose of the gathering is further that even if Paganlni or Wleniawski
to carry out the policy of the Repub- violinists who were said to be inspired
lican Club by bringing the Republicans by the devil because they could make
together in the interest of a unanimous you cry or weep at will could appear
support of the municipal ticket in the today in the flush of their power, they
June election. could not play better than this young
Secretary Lockwood reported that 21 boy. who is more wonderfully gifted
of the 33 Republicans who are seeking i than any other violinist of this genera
nomination In the primaries had signed ; tion. This stamp of universal approval
and returned the pledge submitted by 1 has been placed upon Elman by crowd-
the club, binding themselves to support
the party's successful nominees in the
regular municipal election. The 13 can
didates who have not yet signed the
agreement are: For Mayor, A. A. Bai
ley and A. G. Rushlight: Councilmen-at-large,
Fred J. Brady and J. J. Jen
nings; Second Ward. H. W. Wallace;
Fifth Ward. Eugene Conn; Ninth Ward.
Frank L. McAtee. F. E. Reed and Fred
Tonsing; Tenth Ward, C. H. Beard, M.
F. Donahoe and Joseph T. Bills.
EDUCATES THE RAILROAD MEN
i
More Inspection Trips Over North
west Ordered by Burlington.
Following the visit of P. S. Eustis. pas
senger traffic manager of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy. to Portland and the
Northwest a few weeks ago, several par
ties of Burlington passenger men are
routed to Inspect the north Pacific Coast
cities. The policy of education has proved
so successful in the case of the officials
accompanying Mr. Eustis that the road
has decided to continue the experiment
during the Summer. It is held that every
man routing people, whether for business
or pleasure, to the cities of the North
west, should be acquainted with the cli
matic conditions, the suitability of the
country for certain crops and other con
ditions likely to determine the desire of
settlers to make certain unctions their
homes. Passenger men from Kansas1
City territory, embracing most of Texas,
as well as Kansas City and Omaha, are
scheduled to arrive in Portland May 13.
This will be a party of seven, and will be
followed 10 days later by a large party of
14. conducted by J. Francis, general pas
senger agent of .the C. B. & Q. This
latter party will be dispatched from Chi
cago territory and will comprise men as
well from Cincinnati, Buffalo and other
Eastern points.
DAVIS PROTEST IS EVIDENCE
Action After Chamberlain . Election
Admitted in. Libel Trial.
Mrs. L. M. Davis was called on yes
terday to testify In her husband's suit
against the Journal Publishing Company
for $40,000 damages for alleged libel.
Judge Morrow, before a Jury in whose
department the case is being tried, ad
mitted in evidence yesterday a protest
against voting for Chamberlain, which
Davis said he signed Just after he cast
his vote. Attorney W. P. Richardson
came into court yesterday with a copy
of Tuesday's Journal, saying that a re
port of the trial appearing in it showed
malice. ' He wanted it admitted in evi
dence, - but wanted the Jury to disregard
its statement of alleged facts in finding
the verdict. Attorney Logan, represent
ing the publishing company, was willing
to have every newspaper issued in the
last 20 years admitted in evidence, he
said, but could not see how the Jury could
receive it and then disregard it. John H.
Stevenson is associate counsel for the de
fendant. BIG GILLIAM FARMS CHANGE
Tract of 2400 Acres Brings $72,000,
One of 1920 Acres, $48,000.
Two important sales of wheat lands
in Gilliam County were closed yesterday
by W. H. Moore, of the Moore Invest
ment Company. One tract of 2400 acres
was sold to Thomas Hye, of Spokane,
the former owner being A. J. McDaniel,
at a consideration of $72,000. This is said
to be the largest transaction in farm
land ever negotiated in Gilliam County.
The other sale was that of the farm
of J. A. Harbke to J. K. Weatherford,
1920 acres at a consideration of $48,000.
The purchaser was a former resident
of Dayton, Wash. Both these tracts
are located near the town of Olex, on
Rock Creek.
Mr. Moore said last night that quite
a brisk movement is noticeable in farm
lands in Eastern Oregon and that values
are increasing at a favorable rate. He
said the two sales reported are indica
tive of a good tone in the market for
lands of this character.
SAYS HUSBAND BEATS HER
Salt for Divorce Is Brought by Mrs.
William G. Smith.
An ungovernable temper and an insa
tiable appetite for' liquor are alleged by
Mrs. Nellie W. Smith to be a part of
William G. Smith's character. Greatly
distressed on account of frequent beat
ings, she says, she wants a divorce.
The Smiths were married in Portland
May 2, 1900. Six months later the beat
ings commenced, says Mrs. Smith. The
day after Christmas, in 1906, Mrs. Smith
says she was knocked down by a blow
in the face and remained unconscious
for two hours.
Evelyn M. Snyder brought suit in" the
Circuit Court yesterday to secure a di
vorce from Percival W. Snyder. She
says she married him at Los Angeles,
Cal., March 10, 1907, and that he deserted
her less than three months later. Since
that he has contributed nothing to her
support. John Manning is her attorney.
Loyal to Himself Only.
PORTLAND, May 6. (To the Editor.)
Mr. "Rushlight, Mr, McCusker and other
supporters of Mr. Rushlight for Mayor,
declare that Mr. Simon is the only other
possible nominee for Mayor, and that they
cannot support him if nominated. That
means that Mr. Rushlight has no inten
tion to be a Republican after the primary
if the party does not indorse him for
Mayor.' Since the statement is not dis
puted that Mr. Rushlight supported
Harry Lane for Mayor in two contests,
having first taken part in the Repub
lican primaries, the question is pertinent
How long can a man be a good Re
publican whose loyalty centers in him
self only, and who ceases even to make
a pretense of abiding by the party's nom
inations? C. Q. MARX.
All the Same in Oregon.
Charleston News and Courier. '
Some of the members of the New York
Legislature insist that $1500 the year is
too small a remuneration for their serv
ices. In South Carolina the services of
Scions and Solomons, whether middling
fair, good middling, middling, strict low
middling, stained or dogtail. are paid $200
the year and mileage, together with such
stationery, pens, ink and blotting papers
as they can take home in their valises.
MISCHA ELMAN IS
GREAT GENIUS
Rnaalu Youth, Who Will Play Here
May JO. Paaaea Throuah Portland,
and Talk of II 1 career.
BY JOSEPH M QCENT1ST.
RELY, never before has such
groat musical genius visited the
United States as Mlscha Elman. the
young Russian violinist of international
fame, who gives a concert at the Heilig
Theater, Monday night. May 10. under
the direction of Misses Lois Steers
Wynn Coman.
"Great" la the correct worn tr n,
for the music world has already said
ed audiences in concerts at London.
Paris. Berlin, St. Petersburg and other
European capitals, and at New York
City, Chicago, Boston and other places
in this country. Word has even floated
over the ocean that at many concerts
at which Elman appeared, the services
of the police were necessary to regu
late the mobs of enthusiasts who
stormed theater doors.
Yet the subject of all this world
adoration is a mere boy, and a mild
looking, yet manly boy he is for '
Elman was only 18 years old last Janu
ary. I called yesterday morning at the
Hotel Portland to see him, and found
him looking at a newspaper in the
lobby. Then he talked to a Japanese
bellboy, and the pair attracted more
than usual attention. Manager Henry
Woltfson, of New York, under whose
management Elman is making this, his
first American tour, hove in sight, and
Introduced me to Elman, who extended
his hand and said: "How do you do?" I
gazed with awe at those fingers of his,
fingers which he afterward told me
were insured in England for $100, 0U0
against accident through which he
might not be able to play his violin.
Mr. Wolffson led the way to Elman's
apartments, where he met Saul Elman,
father of the young genius.
"This gentleman," said Mr. Wolffson,
indicating Mr. Elman. senior, "is the
capitalist backing the concern, and I
should say that this son of his is a
splendid investment"
During our conversation I closely
studied Mischa Elman's personality. He
is under the medium height, but is
sturdily built and health glows from
him. His hair is of normal length, and
he neither wears a bow-necktie nor any
Bohemian attire which often proclaims
the professional violinist. He is just
an ordinary-looking, natural, unaffect
ed human being whom you might pass
In a crowd, without a second glance,
were It not for those eyes of his. which
pierce you through and through wheU
Elman feels like it.
"There Is not any use in your copy
ing in your notebook my name, the
names of my parents, how many broth
ers and sisters I have, where I was
born, and so on," suggested Elman,
his eyes twinkling with fun, "Mr.
Wolffson, bring out our patent."
The obedient Mr. Wolffson did so
and gravely handed me a paper headed
"Important Invention," and reading:
My name la Mlscha Elman.
My mother's name la Helen Elman.
I have three slaters.
We now live in London.
I Taa born near Odessa.
I like your city very much.
When a child I had the measles, whoop
ing cough and the mumps, and was vac
cinated twice.
1 eat well, sleep well, and very much
like walking, though not oppoaed to au
tomobillng. I am passionately fond of a game at
chess.
This list is quite long and I have
copied only a few of the items.
"That list often saves the newspaper
men a lot of trouble." said Elman,
laughing. "Sometimes, you know, those
foreign names are difficult to spell.
Now, ask me some new ones. If you
can." I did so, and in the course of a
general talk Elman said:
"In 1S96 I became the pupil of Pro
fessor Fiedelman at the Imperial
School of Odessa, and won a free
scholarship at my entrance examina
tion. In 1902 Leopold Auer, the great
Russian violinist, heard me play and I
then became his pupil, and while with
Auer I made my repertoire in one year
and four months. I possess two vio
lins, one of them being a Stradivari
which once belonged to Joachim. I
bought it, and its present value is esti
mated at $10,000. It is my favorite in
strument. My other violin is an Amati,
valued at $8000, but my muscles- are
sometimes too strong for it, unless I
take care. That is why I prefer the
Stradivari.
"No, I don't think that the older vlo'
llnlsts, such as Paganlni, sold them
selves to the devil to obtain the power
to enslave hearers at will. People in
audiences of those days were not so
well educated, not so intelligent as we
of this generation. Consequently they
put down too many things they couldn't
understand to witchcraft, and talked
about some gifted ones being in league
with "the devil. Were Paganlni to ap
pear now the world would see that ha
is not better in technique and in violin
playing generally than are the great
violinists of our day. Now, violinists
study more and therefore accomplish
more. The compositions of Sarasate,
for instance, freely played today, are
more difficult than the compositions of
masters played in Paganinl's day. I do
not think there is any soul in a violin.
The soul in the player brings out tha
divine." .
When wo walked away I realized that
we had been under the spell of a
potent personality. Now, the next
thing is to hear that personality make
music with a violin and a bow. I
wonder If Elman will make Portland
women weep, as he has done in other
cities when he has played the Schubert
"Ave Maria," or make us all laugh
with the Joy reflected in a Cossack
gavotte? We shall soon know.
Elman, his father and manager left
yesterday afternoon for the north.
Elman plays tonight at Seattle; Friday,
Vancouver, B. C; Sunday afternoon,
Seattle; Monday night. May 10, at Port
land: then at Tacoma and Spokane..
Elman then leaves for New York, from"
which port he sails on the Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, May 26, for Europe.
Elman wears a handsome diamond ring,
the gift of King Edward of England,
and a gold watch, presented to him by
the Prince of Wales on behalf of an
English orchestral society.
MR. MTUSKER KEEPS MUM.
Mr. Cox's Letter Breaks Not His Char
acterlatlc Reticence.
PORTLAND. May 5. (To the Editor.)
Just one line tn reply to W. W. Cox,
whose article appears this morning. The
coming primary is to Bettle the question
whether the people or machine politicians
rule. I am not an issue, neither is Mr.
Cox, and the people are not interested
in newspaper controversies. Neither is
it so mueh Mr. Rushlight as the preser
vation of the people's rights in the direct
primary.
I met Mr. Cox once at the people's
forum. He said he was a stranger here,
that he was "honest" and was seeking
information. The class in which he trains
shows his honesty; it is unnecessary to
exploit it. He certainly earns his salary.
It is unnecessary to refer to the assinine
quality of his communication. The ear
marks are plain. Neither do I intend to
advertise him' nor the cause which he
represents by replying to them.
;iCiO& il'CUSKEB.