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10 , FOETLAXD. OREGOJ.. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postoff: a Second-Claa Matter. feobterlptton Bates Invariably In Advance. 'By MaiL) Tally. Sunday Included, one year 5 ii Daily. Sunday Included. six mutH.... Daily. Sunday Included three months... Daily. Sunday Included, one month I'ally. without Sunday, one year I'ally. without Sunday, alx moitthi J. JO Dally, without Sunday three month.... l.j Daily, without Sunday, one month . Weekly, one year J Sunday, one year -ou Eunday and weeklv. one year -l By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, on year.. "J0 Dally. Sunday Included, one month How to Remit Bend poetoBlc money order. Hprni order or peraonal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at the ender rik- Give postorrlc ad dres In full. Including county and Mate rootage Hate 10 to 1 psse. 1 cent; IB to SS page. 2 cent; 30 to 40 pare. 3 cent; 4i3 to eo pace. cent. Foreign pota douhl rata Eastern Bnslne Office The S. C yrixh Special Agency New York, room -.'0 Tribune building. Chlcaco. room Dio-Ol Tribune bulldinc. ' rORTTAXD, -ET-EHDAY, SOV. It. lWt- WHKN rKtlFHKCY IS EAST. One of Senator Bourne's follower" gives out the information that the op position of The Oregonian to "state ment one" will surely re-elect Bourne to the Senate. Never will Bourne be re-elected on "statement one." But the "statement" may elect another Democrat, and surely will, if Bourne should carry off another nomination; which, however, he could only do with the aid of the Democratic party in the primaries. Possibly the Democratic vote cast in the Kepublican primary might give him the nomination; and this certainly will be attempted. Then the whole body of the substantial Republican vote would go to the Democratic can didate in the election, and Bourne would get a full dose of his own medi cine. This course of politics In Oregon is not at all unlikely. It can, indeed, be foretold as strongest of probabilities. The game will begin w ith the registra tion of Democrats all over the state, as Republicans. They will cast their votes for Bourne in the primaries, and for Bourne members of the Legisla ture. In the election they will vote for their own party candidate for the Sen ate, and half-shell Republicans for the Legislature, who tie themselves up by "statement one." On the other hand, those Republicans who oppose Bourne and detest the system there are many thousands of these 'will vote for the Democratic candidate for the Senate, in order to get rid of Bourne and the bunco system together. Then, if a "statement one" Legisla ture shall be elected, there will be an other Democratic Senator. Repetition of this proceeding a few times may open the eye of even the dullest and most stupid Republicans to the real Inwardness of the bunco game, which begins by false registration of Demo crats and dependence of Republicans or persons. who profess to be Repub licanson the Democratic vote In the primaries. As a means of dividing and defeating a majority party nothing like it ever was applied. Perhaps Demo crats are not to be blamed so much for playing a game sure to result in the discomfiture and defeat of their op ponents though false tricks, support ed by perjury, do have a bad look, as opening methods of a reform politi cal campaign. Whether the scheme will go through, as outlined and intended, cannot be predicted with absolute certainty; but that it will be attempted by "state ment" Republicans and Democrats Is surest and safest of predictions. The expectations of Bourne and his few followers are based wholly upon It. Should their expectations as to the primary be successful, then the pre sageful and the wise will quietly await the election of another Democratic Senator. From the first step to the last the march will have the measured pace and certainty of fate. It can be arrested only by successful effort of Republicans in the primary to reject Bourne and the "statement" that cap tures' gulls, and gives party disorgan izes and malcontents their oppor tunity. Prophecy is easy and certain, when all the conditions are foreknown. Bourne must be rejected, and "state ment one" must be rejected; or there will be another Democratic Senator. The bunco game is to be eliminated. Republicans intend to beat all "clever operators" who use the party (Re publican) name in this bunco game, relying on their Democratic coadjutors to help it out and see it through. We rhall have Democratic Senators, then? Very well. Such has been the result so far. It can't be worse. But this business is to be straightened out, and the "cross-lift" of political schemers, who "operate" between the two parties and who play factions of one against the other, for their own advantage or advancement, is to be ended, it party isn't to stand for anything, let party go. It will be led no further by these jugglers; who. after the State of Ore gon had given an immense majority for a Kepublican President. found themselves so tangled up by their fool promises that they felt bound to elect and did elect to the Senate an extreme Democrat of the Southern type, and called it the will of the people. It was a miserable and utterly abominable bunco game: it was the very flower and fruit of indirection, of oblique, devious, deceptive and crooked ways In politics; and if It is to be ended only by the permanent ascendancy of the Dem ocratic party in Oregon, so be it. That is preferable to the operations of polit ical gamblers, of no Republican record, of Bryan antecedents, masquer ading as Republicans. :xi or pRKsmt-NTS loxg toi r. President Taffs journey ends today. It has been an arduous journey, and he has performed it as a duty rather than as a pleasure. His predecessor set the pace. True, there were "presiden tial progresses" before Roosevelt. But none so elaborate and exacting. President Taft has borne himself well. He talked frankly to the people, and has attempted no sensations. His moderation, balani'e and good temper have been observable throughout. Let it not be overlooked that the demands upon a man in his, position, during a Journey of six weeks, are not small. While Mr. Taft has made no very great speeches, he has acquitted himself creditably everywhere. There may be some question whether the country has the right to expect these laborious Journeys of the man who holds Its great executive office; but the notion is that anything may be required of "the servant of the people." The notion was ridiculed poignantly by Falstaff, in his exclamation that "there 4s not a dangerous action can peep out its head but I am thrust upon it. Well, I cannot last forever. But It was al ways yet the trick of our English na tion, if they have a good thing, to make It too common." It is natural, indeed, that the people of the United States should wish to see the President, whoever he may be; but these long Journeys and their re quirements make very trying con ditions for the President. WHO IS TO JlIK.tr It is said, now, that the objection to the assembly or convention is not an objection to the right of citizens to meet and discuss political or public affairs, but to the claim of any body of citizens to represent a political party, or to suggest candidates in Its name. It Is, then, a protest against the exist ence of a political party. No political or other party can exist without or ganization, of some kind. If no group or association is to act for party or in its name, then men can't associate, unite or combine, and party cannot exist an absurd conclusion. If men. meeting together, suggest candidates, for the electors, in the name of the Republican party, the degree of their acceptance by the Re publican electors will depend on the acknowledged fitness of the recom mendations. Men who profess to rep resent a party yet do not represent it, will certainly be rejected. For the right of any body of men to their claim that they represent a political party, or the people, will be subject to public judgment In the case of a political party to the Judg ment of the members of that party. There can be no coercive force. There was nothing to prevent the three tailors of Tooley street from as sembling In convention and beginning their declaration with "We, the people of England." There can be no proper objection in Oregon to any Republican, Democratic, Prohibition, Labor or other assembly, claiming to represent its party,- or the whole people. If its claim Is recognized. It will have stand ing and efficiency; and it ought to have. But ' who is to judge, in any such case? The friends of the as sembly, or Its political opponents? VOTING IN A WASHINGTON PRIMARY. The Supreme Court of Washington recently rendered a decision nullify ing the provision of the direct primary law which requires voterfe to designate their party affiliation. It is pretended In some quarters that the Supreme Court has thus given its sanction to the dishonest practice by many Demo cratic voters of taking part in a Re publican primary, and has affirmed the right of the voter to change his politics as often as he pleases and to vote In any primary he wishes. if the Supreme Court of Washington had rendered such a decision it would hardly be worthy of any man's respect or confidence. But of course it has not. It has. on the contrary, distinctly supported the right of political parties to maintain their respective entities by demanding that all voters who desire may participate in the deliberations or proceedings of any party in a primary upon presenting proper credentials as members of that party. When the direct primary law was passed by the Washington Legislature in 1907 It was found that there was no proper provision limiting par ticipation in a primary to the mem bers of any political party. Later, at a special session of the Legislature, It was attempted to correct this over sight by amending the primary law so as to require that every voter should have registered as a member of a party before he could vote in its pri mary. The Supreme Court now holds that the Legislature merely blundered in thus attempting to amend the pri mary law. It holds that the legislative purpose was entirely proper, but that the amendment should have been added to the registration law. The court declares that "In a most lauda ble endeavor to correct an existing abuse the last Legislature altered sec tion 12 of the primary law," and "in its attempt to meet a condition the Legislature has stopped Bhort of Its purpose and Its endeavor must be held to be ineffectual until a proper amend ment is made to the registration law making-compliance with the later law possible." The Washington Legislature will then, of course, make a suita ble amendment to the registra tion law, and, so far as it can, will place all possible barriers in the way of any wholesale Democratic in vasion of a Republican primary. There is nothing sacred about either the Washington primary law or registra tion law. The Legislature there is not fearful of consequences In making any proper or necessary change. KINO EDWARD. Edward VII of England celebrated yesterday the sixty-eighth anniversary of his birth. It was on the 9th of No vember, 1841, that the news went out from Buckingham Palace that Vic toria, England's then youthful Queen, had given birth to a son. A daughter had been born the previous year, to the great disappointment of the Queen, the Prince Consort and the nation; and now this disappointment was changed to rejoicing, for. though proud of the little Princess Royal, who was not barred from the succession by her sex, they were still firmly held by old traditions to the desire that a King should rule over them. King Edward has thus far justified the hope that was born with him. As Frince of Wales he was known for full sixty years. He succeeded to the throne in January, 1901, hence has been King of Great Britain and Ireland nearly eight years. He had the advantage greater than Americans in their republican simplicity and directness fully appreci ate of long tutelage in royal and gov ernmental roles. During many years of her long reign Queen Victoria was In mourning because of the untimely death of the Prince Consort. Upon Edward, as Prince of Wales, devolved many of the minor duties usually dis charged by the sovereign. His posi tion, as he grew to middle life and be yond, always subordinate, always one of delegated duty, must have been ex ceedingly tiresome and at times try ing. But through it he received the training of a modern ruler, and when the time came he assumed the duties of his widened opportunities naturally and understandingly. A a constitutional sovereign, a titu lar ruler, the acknowledged head of a limited monarchy. King Edward has discharged the duties of his position acceptably and with dignity. Unlike his nephew, the German Emperor, he is a man of peace. Unless war. is forced upon him, England's progress during King Edward's reign will be TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, along paths guarde-i by diplomacy. Had he come to the throne in his youth or early manhood, he might have assumed some of the airs of a war lord. But the fires of youth had burned low before the weight of re sponsibility fell upon him, and in com mon with most men who have passed the age of three-score years. King Ed ward enjoys the blessings of peace. Short, of large girth, rheumatic, heavy, phlegmatic, of consanguineous blood. King Edward's chances for a long reign are small. But, long or short, it will be characterized by dignity and his pasing at its close will be sincerely mourned by the British people. : BRIDGES AND SHIPPING INTERESTS. Portland needs the proposed Broad way bridge across the Willamette River. It needs, also, the projected O. R. & N. bridge. It needs the bridge now building at Madison street. It requires "all these new facilities to keep pace with and ,to promote its growth. Whether all- these bridges should be free from tolls, is another question that has not yet been raised. Right now it is fit to say that all of these new viaducts are essential to progress and public convenience. If many of the foes of the Broad way bridge should reveal their real personal interests in their opposition, they could be dealt with more directly. It- may be pointed out that sectional Jealousy of districts and property owners who are "cut out" of the adja cent benefits of the Broadway plan and who want the bridge "relocated" make up one powerful grpup.-Another group is that of wharf and waterfront own ers, who perceive that the tendency of bridges is to hold big shipping down stream. They think this detriment to their property Interests will be an equal, or worse detriment to the city, or at least pretend to think so. Wherever the bridge, now proposed fpr Broadway street, should be placed. It would incur the hostility and op position of these two classes of prop erty owners. But there ought to be less opposition at Broadway than any where else, because that is a proper location for the bridge. In this matter the advantages of the whole city should be accounted above those of warring landowners. Portland has al ways done everything in its power to improve its shipping facilities. None of its bridges ever impaired its po sition as a port for big ships, but each in turn has gradually shifted the fa vored mooring places down stream. It is not necessary for the people of this city to subject themselves to delay and bother in crossing the river in or der to keep its hold on shipping. MR. GLAVIS' MARE'S-NEST. Advance sheets of Collier's Weekly for November 13, contain an elaborate story of the Glavis-Ballinger contro versy as viewed by Mr. Glavis. This gentleman, it will be remembered, was removed from a' position in the field division of the General Land Office because of his inability to work as a subordinate in the service of the Gen eral Land Office. If Mr. Glavis had chosen as a means of presenting his case to the public a more reliable and respectable paper than the scandal serving, muck-raking and generally disreputable Collier's, it might have carried a greater weight with the pub lic. Even at that, there is nothing in the story of Mr. Glavis, which wan ders over more than three pages of Collier's, that could be regarded as re flecting seriously on his superiors In the Land Department. Nothing is presented to show that Mr. Balllnger has deviated from the law, and the evidence presented contains no new charges which were not reviewed by President Taft when the controversy first arose. The star feature of the exhibit made by Mr. Glavis, in Collier's, is a fac simile of a letter from Francis J. Heney, introducing Mr. Glavis to Sen ator La Follette. In this letter Mr. Heney expresses his belief that La Follette is "the one man In the United States who can and will use the infor mation (Mr. Glavis' story) for the benefit of the whole people of the United States, regardless of who may be injured thereby." Only one honest man in the United States? Then, indeed, we are in a sad way. Impatience of the law and an ever present desire to take "short cuts" where the provisions of the law, in sisted on going around, were chief characteristics of Mr. Heney. The effect of his example on young Mr. Glavis is noticeable in the egotism which the latter displays in his Collier article. Mr. Glavis insists that his removal was unfair, and the criticism of his conduct by the Presi dent was "grievously unfair." The whole Irrtent of the article Is to throw discredit on Balllnger, and by infer ence convey the impression that his conduct In the Government service was Influenced by reason of his being a legal adviser of some of the parties In the Alaska controversy before he en tered the Government service. President Taft made a thorough in vestigation of all the charges, and this investigation resulted In the complete vindication of Mr. Ballinger. Mr. Gla vis' plaint in Collier's has not added any weight to the allegations made against Secretary Ballinger, and his comment on President Taft will still further weaken his already weak cause. PORTLAND'S PRIDE IN NEW SCHOOL.. Establishment of the Reed Institute In Portland will mark the most sub stantial effort yet put forth to satisfy the state-wide need of facilities for higher education in this most central city of Oregon. This endeavor, here tofore, has not had funds equal to re quirements. The only institution in the state that has made adequate progress in this direction is the State University, of Eugene, on account of generous support from taxation. Other schools and colleges and they are numerous have dragged along a pre carious existence, because their zeal and courage have not been matched with funds necessary to carry out their ambitious plans. The endowment of the Reed Insti tute will be the largest of any school in Oregon. It will create an Institu tion of considerable proportions. As time goes on, the endowment will probably be increased with accretions from new sources. It will need such additions to keep up with enlarging educational requirements, and the school will be in position to obtain thfm. Large fortunes will be more common In Portland hereafter than in the past, and there will be more dis position to devote them to educational uses after this Institution shall be es tablished, and It shall become an ob ject of pride to the community. The foremost college or university in Oregon should have been built up in Portland ""long ago. The effort has been made often to this end, but the futurV is now opening bright for the first time. Portland will find grow ing interest and pride in the Reed In stitute, and so will the whole state. The best advantages for higher edu cation for a contact with affairs un der a wide horizon as well as with books are In this center, where cur rents meet. Parents who have been sending their children to other places to get these advantages along with the learning of books, will be more content to keep them in Oregon if there shall be a fine institution in Portland. The Reed Institute will be one, of the most gratifying additions to the progress of Portland and of the state. ' On its surplus cash, reported by the O. R. & N. Company, in its own state ments the County Assessor of Mult nomah levied the general tax of the year 1S07. The total of this surplus was something over $16, 000,000. Pay ment on the surplus or reserve was resisted, on the general ground that the statement was largely a matter of figures or bookkeeping. But now the contention has been compromised, by payment of half the amount, and the sum of $114,878 has been paid into court. This ends the litigation, probably, and the compromise seems better for the county and. state than further warfare about it, with uncer tain results. It is a concession on either side, yet in the circumstances better for both. It was the vigilance of the Coiinty Assessor that brought this surplus to light. Probably the company will not report much surplus hereafter. It Is not annqunced' yet that the County Board will accept the Judgment off the Circuit Court; but it would seem better it should do so, and end the contention. The proposal of John D. Rockefeller to spend $1,000,000 In eradicating the hookworm from the South is not be ing received with enthusiasm by most of the Southern papers. The New Orleans Picayune with a breezy inde pendence asserts that "we have solved the mysteries and gained the mastery of yellow fever, the only disease that ever operated as a blight upon our ex treme Southern States, and as to the hobgoblins of pellagra and hookworm, and others of the sort which are being conjured up for our destruction, we may laugh them to scorn." This would indicate that pellagra and the hook worm were not seriously regarded In thi South. -There is still a field for Rockefeller missionary work in which the South seems to have made a fail ure. That is In suppressing the night riding curse that is hanging over that region. Until the murderous outlaws who are destroying life and property are brought to book, the South will suffer a much greater loss than could jjossibly follow the circulation of stories about the jiookworm ana pella gra. A man was killed at Astoria Sunday while "cranking" the engine on a gasoline schooner, and in Portland Monday an automobile machinist had his wrist broken in two places In a similar accident with an automobile engine. The frequency of these acci dents is such that it is surprising that the inventive genius of man has not devised some safer methods for start ing the gasoline engine than the use of the death-dealing, crank. The use of electricity as motive power for au tomobiles and launches is steadily In creasing, but it will be manyyears be fore the popular gasoline engine will be displaced, and the large number of accidents In handling it would seem to call for improvements by which at least a portjon of these fatalities could be avoided. The doom of the horse show is ap proaching. According to New York advices, on the opening night of the twenty-fifth National Horse Show "there was more Interest in the horses than in the new gowns in the boxes." It can easily be understood that by disposition and breeding the people who attend horse shows for the pur pose of displaying their gowns and hats would be barred from such at tendance whenever the attention of the "other half should be diverted from the gowns to the horses. It is probably a depraved taste which leads people to a horse show to see the horses, but If they once get the habit society will be obliged to seek some other stage on which to exhibit gowns and hats. Milk and butter are scarce and many more cows are needed, but dairymen ane not encouraged by the tale that 12 or 25 per cent of all cows in Ore gon's dairy herds are liable to be con- demned and destroyed as tubercular. The probable truth is that the per centage is far exaggerated and that the danger is very little. But the "scare" has effect on prices and on supply of dairy cows, none the less. Persons who falsely condemn cows are hardly fit to howl at dairymen for' fail ure to provide more cows. . t The Oregonian tries to hold a bal ance of judgment between Cook and Peary. It has friends on each side of the controversy, whom it mustn't offend. Besides, it is unwilling to dis criminate between the North Pole and the South Pole, and it wouldn't even speak disrespectfully of the equator. The Governor of a state, besieged for pardons or for' commutations, is in an extremely trying position. It is especially so in capital cases; and -the more so, since the law puts the respon sibility on the Governor alone. Strange that amid this talk of a tunnel under the river for use of streetcars, no bright person has sug gested that the car company, instead of taxpayers, stand the expense. Spokane, or any city, has a right to prohibit street meetings, of any sort. Too much talk and gabble and babble in the world anyhow, and not enough attention to work. If the new Minister to China is not to be allowed to talk; there is little wonder that it has been so difficult to find a suitable man for the job. Night joy-riders in Chicago ran into the Chicago River and were drowned. Thus far, no complaints; everybody satisfied. After all, there is no hurry for Cook to show his proofs. ,He couldn't be a greater hero and might be a lesser. Is there really any money balm suf ficient to soothe outraged feelings and conjugal exposures in court I NOVEMBER 10, 1909. THE DEFEAT OF TOM JOHNSON. Attributed to the "Middle t law- Voter. From Cleveland Letter to New York Evening Post. The result of the election indicates that, for the time at least, the people of Cleveland are tired of Tom Johnson. There was no noise about the retire ment from public office of this unique character. The voters said nothing. The fight of the Republican politicians seemed almost perfunctory. Herman Baehr. Johnson's opponent, is a good German of average ability. Both parties were out with circus tents which were packed night after rright with politely interested auditors. Senator T. E. Burton added a little spice to the situation by rushing to the aid of the Republican candidate and immediately getting peppered with a myriad of questions on his tariff vote. For the most part, however, the aud iences were apathetic toward the speakers. Party electors came down to election day completely puzzled. Each side claimed victory, the Johnson forces with a little more confidence because of former victories, but each was like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his courage. They could not fathom the silent vote. Mayor Johnson saw the answer in the first bunch of precincts that was re ported on election night. He was at his office in the City Hall with some of his cabinet. They made a hasty calcula tion: "We're beaten)" whispered one of the party. "Say it loud, Charlie," replied the Mayor cheerfully. The first figures told the whole story. The vot ers who forvyears had gone to the polls and given Johnson and his plans their hearty support, quietly and with deter mination defeated Johnson, and turned the control of civic affairs over to the ether party. The first evidences of a change in feeling toward Mayor Johnson came with the traction settlement a year ago last Spring, by which the administra tion secured control of" the Cleveland traction system on a holding company agreement. A strike of the motormen and conductors immediately followed, which, though it gained no great meas ure of popular support, served to an tagonize a considerable part of the labor vote in certain sections of the city. Many changes in the car service were made. Routes were altered, lines aban doned and schedules cut down. These changes were explained on the ground that operating expenses must be re duced, but the public did not like it. Protests v-ere made to the City Hall and delegations were sent to file com plaints. Many of -them came, away With the Idea, rightly or wrongly, that the streetcar system was going to bai run without much regard for the pub lic. The electorate had supported Mayor Johnson on a three-cent fare platform. They understood that this also meant good service. At the time of the trac tion settlement three-cent fare was granted but for 90 days an extra cent was charged for a transfer. This was discontinued '.ater, and the fare was put on a straight three-cent basis in the city limits. The service, however, con tinued to bring loud and general pro tests. Mayor Johnson got his first decisive defeat shortly after this time. A peti tion inspired by the defeated strikers was circulated calling for a referendum election on the security franchise the city- had granted to the Cleveland Elec tric Railway Company at the time of the traction settlement, as a guarantee that the terms of the lease to the Municipal Traction Company would be lived up to. Mayor Johnson made one of the most spectacular campaigns of his career, but the security grant which he was de fending was defeated by a narrow mar gin. Not long after this the traction prop erties went into the hands of receivers, and have been operated since then un der the direction of the Federal Court. There .have been almost constant nego tiations looking to a settlement. Last Spring the franchise on one East-End carline expired, and the City .Council granted a three-cent franchise to a cer tain Herman Schmidt, long a supporter of Mayor Johnson. This grant the Mayor declared, was a club with which to force the Cleveland Railway Com pany to a settlement, if it would make peace no other way. The franchise was put to a vote on August 3 and decisive ly defeated, another blow to Mayor Johnson. Shortly before election efforts to dispose of the entire traction tangle were resumed in ' earnest. Federal Judge Taylor was drafted as arbitrator, and the matter is now in his hands, with .the chances good for an early set tlement of the eight-years' war, on a basis extremely favorable to the car riders. Mayor Johnson was defeated by the substantial middle-class voter. It was to him that Johnson had addressed his appeal for support against the oppres sion of special privilege. Most of the bigger financial men of the city have always opposed Mayor Johnson. To them he was a veritable Old Man of the Sea. forever on their necks. They have always fought him as valiantly as they could. In the returns from Tuesday's election it Is notable that Johnson about held his own in the high-class residence districts of the East-End, while strong holds which he had controlled for many years mutinied and turned him out. The middle-class voter did not feel that Johnson had kept faith. He had prom ised many things that he had not done American Wan, In Dollars and Cents. Philadelphia Record. "War is h 1." said Genpral Sher man whilst we were "in the heat and stress of our great. civil conflict. But not he, or any other of 'the partici pants in that frightful struggle, fully measured the cost. The Civil War has. Indeed, cost more since it was ended than all the direct expenses incurred in carrying it on. The current annual report of the Pension Commissioner gives the following .statement of dis bursements for pensions from the be ginning of the Government: War of the Revolution (esti mate) 70.000,010 War of 1812 'service pension). 45. 757. .196 Indian war (service pension).. 9,995.609 War with Mexico (service pen sion) 42.492.784 Civil war 3,686,461,840 War with Spain and Philippine insurrection 26.383,805 Regular establishment 15.507,028 Unclassified 16,484.049 Total ....... $3,913,083,501 The above total does not Include the .pension payments for the present fiscal year, which will increase the amount to over $4,000,000,000. Since the war was ended there has been no reason to modify the terse opinion of General Sherman. He knew what he was talk ing about. New C'bair to Prevent Seasickness. New York Herald. Hoping to lessen seasickness F. And ruck has invented an air-cushioned chair, and had four of them set up on the aft promenade deck of the Blucher, of the Hamburg-American line, which arrived here from Hamburg. Mr. Andruck was a passenger, and gathered some testimonials from his fellow travelers 'who had used the chairs during the rather rough voyage. The new device resembles a barber's chair, and. according to the inventor, neutralizes the rolling of the ship so much that seasickness becomes prac tically unknown. He hopes that his invention will be so successful that It will be fitted in future to sofas and beds on vessels. THE FIASCO IV MARYLAND. The Failure ofx the Effort to Dis x franchise the Negro. Louisville Courier-Journal. The effort to disfranchise the negro in Maryland was a faifure. The con stitutional amendment was defeated by some 12,000 votes. A strenuous effort was made to carry it. . There is cause for believing that the rejection of the proposition was due to a doubt on the part of white voters as to whether it would work as well as the politicians promised. It was emphatically asserted by these politicians that no white man would be disfranchised. The masses apparently were not so confident of its infallible ability "to make flesh of one and fowl of another": to elect the white man and reject the black man: to discriminate Democratically among the varied brands of ignorance. The educational qualifications required of the negro were such that during the campaign a leading independent lawyer of Baltimore ottered to pay ouu to am -one. white or black, who could comply with all the conditions of the test. A number of persons tried it, but no one succeeded. The provision required that the voter "shall in the presence of the officers of registration, in his own hand writing, with pen and ink, witnout any aid. suggestion or memorandum whatso ever, and without any question or direc tion addressed to him by any of the officers of registration, make application to register correctly, stating in such ap plication his name, age. date and place of birth, residence and occupation at the time and for the two years next pre ceding, the name or names of his em ployer or employers, if any, at the time and ror tne two years next pi equine,, and whether he has previously voted. and if so the state, county or city and district or precinct in which he voted last, and also the name in full of the Presi dent of the United States, of one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, of the Governor of Mary land, of one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland and of the Mayor of Baltimore City, if the applicant re sides in Baltimore City, or of one of the Coanty Commissioners of the county in which the applicant resides." Such a requirement would task the abilities of a well educated white man, to say nothing of the average Maryland negro. The fear that such a constitu tional amendment might cut both ways evidently influenced a goodly number of voters to oppose its adoption. It is a settled fact, therefore, that there' will be no immediate disfranchisement .of negroes in Maryland. While some of the counties in that state have a large colored population, less than 20 per cent of the entire population is colored. The Democrats made the - amendment an article of party faith, but the returns plainly indicate that a large element of Democratic voters did not consider the issue so important as did the party leaders.- t THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT. A Young Man Needed as Successor to Justice Peckham. .Boston Globe. Who will be the successor of Justice Peel. ham on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States? is a question that is causing considerable discussion in legal circles. It is being pointed out that if President Taft names Horace H. Lur ton, of Tennessee, to be Supreme Court Justice In succession to Justice Peckham, he will give a demonstration of his devo tion to an old friend and his well-known admiration for the Judicial attainments of Judge Lurton. He will, however, have to commit infraction of long-established precedents. Judge Lurton, if appointed now, would be the oldest man ever placed on the Su preme Bench. He is past 65 yeais old, and the oldest man ever named to the bench was 63. Only six men above 60 have ever been so appointed. The average at which men have been named for the bench has been 51.8 years, almost 15 years under the present age of Judge Lurton. In this connection, and in view of the fact that the age considera tion nas always been important, especially in later administrations, with presidents seeking appointees for tnis court, the ex act ages at which all the Supreme Court Justices have been appointed cannot be entirely without interest. Here are the ages at which the present members of the court were named: William H. Moody, 5S; William R. Day, 54; Oliver W. Holmes, 61; Joseph McKenna, 55; Edward D. White, 49; David J. Brewer, 52; Melville W. Fuller, 55; John M. Harlan, 44. Justice Peckham was 57 when he was appointed. The average age of the pres ent Justices, at the time of appointment was a little under 63 years. The ages of the present Justices of the court are John M. Harlan, 76; David J. Brewer, 72; Edward D. White, 64; Joseph McKenna, 66; Oliver W. Holmes, 68; William R. Day, 60; William H. Moody, 56; Melville W. Fuller, 76. The desirability of young men being appointed to assist these Justices in their work is obvious whenever vacan cies occur. The fact that in the 120 years of con "stitutional government there have been only 62 Justices of the Supreme Court is an interesting Incident, as indicating the tendency of the Judges to longevity and their lack of desire to retire. Free Show at Newport. Newport Signal. On Monday evening Newport wit nessed one of the charming sunsets for which this beach is noted. The sun went down behind a horizon of cerulean blue, that gradually took on rich opalescent tints, while overhead the ribbon clouds which stretched in long, slender streamers from west to east were gorgeous in their splendor of crimson coloring. A pathway of phosphorescent beauty marked the line of the setting sun, as it lighted up a comparatively calm sea. The coast line, magnified by the horizontal rays of the "car of Phoebus." stood out in bold relief, headlines and promontories assuming the form of giants, girded for battle, with the encroaching and aggressive tidal Titans. Altogether it was a picture fit for .the brush of a Raphael one of Nature's inimitable masterpieces, whose transcendent beauty could only be grasped by the subllmal sel . Such, but faintly por trayed, is a Newport sunset. CURRENT SMALL CHANGE. Wigwag Harduppe Is quite a philoso pher." Henpeckke Yes; he says he would rather be happy than married. Philadel phia Record. N "You say your son who is in college Is quite a writer?" "Yes." "What does he write for magasines?" "No: home for money." Chicago Record-Herald. "I'm at the end of my resources. Where shall I borrow money?" 'Til tell you. Tell one of ytur funny stories and tackle the man who laughs." Cleveland Leader. Young Woman Customer I'd like some rice, please. you have different qualities, haven't you?" Grocer Yes, miss wedding or pudding? Boston Transcript. "Do you want employment?" asked the sympathetic woman. "I dunno wot dat is. ma'am," replied the husky hobo, "but ef it's anything tew eat, youse may gimme a few." Chicago Daily News. Algy Well. I've decided one-thing, any how. I'm not going to be either a lawyer or a preacher. Archie Huh! Nature de cided that for you about the time you were born. Chicago Tribune. The story (as told In the fishing inn at night Capital day, caught half a dozen, nothing under two pounds weight. What fly? Oh er they took any fly with a bit of silver about It, don'tcherknow. Punch. "This young cub calls on my daughter every evening of the week." "Why don't you kick him into the middle of next week?" 'I guews that's the only way to make him miss a few nights." Louisville Courier-Journal. Friend My dear girl, you have brought all this wretchedness on yourself. What made you want to marry such an unattrac tive, disreputable fellow as this spend thrift lord? Titled Wife (sobbing) I didn't want to marry him. but papa got him so cheap I couldn't resist such a bar gain. Baltimore American. FUTURE OF THE SOUTHWEST. Better Fruit Has Fine Forecast tu Irrigation .Number. Better Fruit, a well known horticultural publication of Hood Kiver. iued W Novfm-b-r an Irrigation edition. The number con tains a great many articles of value atia im portance from writers of information "' u" thorltv. It is profusely- illustrated and beau tifully printed, and has altogether luO page of interesting mutter. The editor furnishes an illuminating article on "Prospective Future ol the Northwest," which Is given herewith: In this edition we have endeavored to Indicate the immensity of the Northwest territory, with its wonderful possibilities and opportunities. In the seven state Washington. Oregon. Idaho. Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota, there are about 400.000,000 acres, which is double the area of New England and the Mid dle States. Of this, 100.000.0o0 acres in round numbers is subject to homestead. Fifty million acres in these states will produce a crop of $00,000,000. Think of the possibilities where the area, which is not producing, is eight times the pro ducing area, and if this were all under cultivation at the present rate of pro ductiveness the output would be some thing over Sti.OOe.OOO.O'iO. Of course there is considerable waste land, yet there awaits 100.0(0 acres available as home steads. All of this land in the North west that is suitable to fruit will support a family on ten acres, yes. even ie, probably five. Some comprehension of the existing opportunities is evident when from fc to $100 per acre can be made on land growing alfalfa; from $100 to $500 in truck gardening, and from $300 to $1000 in fruit growing. There are yields where the net profits in fruit glowing have been from $1000 to $3000 per acre; however, most any conserva- . tive man will say that from $100 to $1000 per acre can be cleared on fruit raising, according to location, the varieties of fruit and the man. No one can realize the importance of irrigation on these vast areas without being familiar with the results. We have endeavored in this number to give the readers some Idea of the immensity of the territory to be settled, the methods of doing it and the profits that can be made and' the opportunities that exist. Land that is valueless without water. with irrigation becomes worth trom jkh) to $3000 and $4000 per acre, and some has been sold at even higher than $4000 in bearing orchard. Irrigation is prob ably today the most important feature in connection witn tne aevetopmcm ui the West. We therefore- call this the "Irrigation Number," and we have added the slogan, which is not original. "Water is Life, Water is Power, Water is Gold." and in the words of some other eloquent, individual, "Water is King." With it man absolutely becomes master of the nii and is not deoendent on rain or nature. With it a crop is a certainty under all conditions. Land can oe se cured under the Carey Act, in Govern- . i ....... onH nnrlop Tirivnte canal 111CI1L yiujci-ia urn. systems, at exceedingly low figures. Im proved property- can be purcnasea at extremely reasonable prices. nr.nA lan.1 n niircliHjsed with water rights from about $50 per acre up, ac cording to locality, aistanue iioiu a ian road, etc., and in another article in this paper we will publish a list comprising most of the towns having commercial clubs or development leagues, and by writing the secretary of thi commercial club in any of the cities me itioned in the list booklets and other information can be secured which will give one a splendid idea of the opportunities, prices of land and a good description of the country. FLATS DE LUXE IX NEW YORK. Twenty-four Rooms In One Suite for 22,0(M Per Year. New York World. Apartments at $22,000 a year are an nounced in one of New York's latest houses of multiple dwellings. More significant than the rental figures themselves is the fact that they are set forth quite casually. The man may happen in tomorrow who finds the $22,000 suite exactly what he wants. He is a man one may meet anywhere on the street today. The yesterday is not many years past when he was an exceptional being and when a $22,000 apartment would have been built only on his special order not on the land lord's chance of his appearance. So we have progressed in the plu tocracy not alone of the owner, but of the tenant. We have in his fullness the lessee who can afford extravagantly not to own the . sumptuous roof over his head; the dweller who seeks to minim- . lie not the cost, but the domiciliary, responsibilities of living. There are 24 rooms in this $22,000 suite a different one, if the tenant choose, for each hour's meditations in the long day. There are nine bath rooms, as though it were assumed that cleanliness is inevitably next to money godliness. For an ultra-costly hired dwelling ultra-modern luxuries must be provided above modern conveniences. It is true that on less than the income of $22,000 at 4 per cent men live honest ly in New York, pay modest rents, rear comely children and are happy in the fear of some things that richer men affect to despise. If this were not so, not even nine bathrooms could atone for the lack of security to the contrac tor for the palatial flat. Mrs. Eddy nnd the Y. M. C. A. Christian Science Monitor. The interest of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, in young people and in the Young Men's Christian Association was manifested on Monday, when her sub scription of $1000 to the Boston Y. M. C. A. building fund was announced at the daily meeting of the committees in charge of the canvass. The other subscriptions of $1000 or more reported Monday are: R. H. Stearns Company $2500, friend $2000, employed of ficers of Boston Y. M. C. A. $1000, Au gustus Hemenway $1000. Stone & Web ster $1000. Amory Lawrence $1000, Tim othy Remick $1000, memorial $1000 and friend $1000. The total subscription received to date toward the $300,000 building amount to $284,122. An Ambiguous Laudation. Lippincott's Magazine. A well-known divine was preaching one Sunday mornins; on the subject of "The Great and Small Things of Creation." To illustrate his thought -that nothing was either too vast or too tiny to be of interest to God, he proceeded in these words: "The Creator of this Immense universe created also the most infinitesimal atom in it. The Architect of these vast moun tains fashioned also the tiniest thread of gold running through them. The God who made me made a daisy." Cruelty to the Indian. Denver Post. When the late General Edward M. Mc Cook lived in Pike s Peak he once pre sided at a dinner in honor of a famous Indian fighter. Mr. McCook, as he then was. concluded his introduction of the Indian tighter with the words: "I can find but one fault with the Colonel's methods. I allude to his well known custom of enlisting in his regi ment only baldheaded men.-, To aggra vate the Indian's feelings so cruelly as that Is carry war too far." Raining Their Social Rank. Chicago Record-Herald. Henry Clews, Jr., and his wife have separated. Thus the Clews family takes social rank with the Astor, Vanderbilt and Gould families. 4 Modern Progress. Madison (Wis.) Democrat. A . Philadelphia cook has asked tht courts to enjoin her employer from dis charging her a new form of the tireless cooker. t