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THE MORNING OREGONIAN.' THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1910.
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PORTLAND, THIRSDAV, JAN. 13, 1U10.
"THE OANO."
Senators Bourne and Chamberlain,
operating in politics together, sit for
their portraits, which they send out
to such newspapers throughout the
country as they think likely or will
ing to print them. We see the joint
picture Ui the Detroit Times the two
statesmen looking with an admiring
squint towards each other -and wink
ing the other eye at the public like
little John Horner poking his thumb
5nto the Christmas pie, pulling ouvthe
plums and crooning his tune, "What a
mart boy am 1!"
Over the portraits is the legend,
"Will Lead the Fight to Save Oregon
From Gang Rule." Now, if you are
in search of something to jar you,
here you have it. From "gang rule!"
The Bourne-Chamberlain gang is the
only organized political gang in Ore
gon. As a combination, it is at once
unprincipled and detestable. It is out.
for the spoils, without regard to the
principles of any legitimate, political
party.
Identification of Bourne and Cham
berlain,' by these methods and an
nouncements including their loving
pictures thrown together (arcades
ambo) certainly will do something for
promotion of the Republican assembly-convention
plan, and for cementa
tion of .Republican organization. It is
a happy conception of these two po
litical Dromios to bunch together
each as a political actor and - adven
turer and each as the complement
and counterpart of the other. On the
other l.and, it Is. altogether proper
and satisfactory to know that when
you are following one of these states
men you are following the other, and
following both.
"-It makes little difference whether
they go abreast or tandem. They and
their followers are "the gang." We
are not specially blaming Chamberlain
and his party. This play is their party
game and over and above and be
yond and behind It all. they are Dem
ocratic party men. Bourne 'and his
part of the gang have no principles at
all. They are on all sides of all ques
tions, at one time and another.
Bourne now is for Bryan, anon against
him. He is actually in sympathy and
purpose with Pinchot and "the Insur
gents," but holds to Taft, because he
wishes to have "his sa? about the of
fices," and thinks he will have better
chances by pretending to be a Repub
lican than by coming out directly
against the Administration.
If there is or could be anything in
politics "more contemptible than this
business anything of the gang more
gangy words couldn't paint it, nor
the smirks of the actors suggest it.
The Republican party of Oregon, as
an organization, has fallen into a state
of innocuous desuetude. The go-as-you-please
plurality primary has killed
it. Question- now is how to revive it.
The method is the assembly conven
tion, for suggestion of candidates. The
primary law remains in force and
must he followed. But it is necessary,
absolutelv. to nnv siKvpssf ui T-i;t;,.oi
action, that there shall be conference
and agreement on representative men
as candidates for leading offices. The
self-nominating plurality scheme ,1s
death, not only to parties, but to party
objects and purposes. The self-nominated
candidate represents nobody but
himself with possible addition of a
small group about him. He cannot be
elected. He ought not to be. His lit
tle plurality represents no large body
of men. no principle, no party.
But now there is to he an effort on
the part of Republicans of Oregon to
revive and to restore party organiza
tion. It is silly and useless to pre
tend anything in the name of a party
when there is no party, and there can
be no party without organization, and
no organization except through rep
resentative effort. The assembly or
convention plan will meet this re
quirement. It will engage and include
and represent the heart and soul and
spirit and purpose of the Republican
party. There will be some dissenters,
most probably, followers of Jonathan
Bourne. But is he a man to be fol
lowed in anything? However, his fol
lowing will consist only of the few
who want office and expect to get' of
fice through him.
The Republican party of Oregon will
make an effort to pull itself out of the
mud and mire of defeat. If will'form
an organization. It will hol'd conven
tions and recommend candidates for
the primaries. They who may not
like it, of course, will be at liberty to
act with "the gang" of Jonathan
Bourne and George Chamberlain.
"The gang" doubtless will predict, de
feat of the Republican effort. Very
well, then; matters can't be worse, in
that event, for the Republican party,
iis purposes and principles, than they
ore now. Can there be anything
worse, from the Republican party's
point of view, than the continued
election of Democratic Governors and
Senators and Mayors of Portland? A
party, even in defeat, if it have defi
nite objects, may stand for some
thing; but what can a party stand for
when it juggles, or is juggled with, to
such extent that it is pledged in the
outcome to election of Its bitterest
opponents to highest representative
. offices? Xo, no; the Republican party
of Oregon now will cast out "the
gang" these shysters in politics,
these false pretenders -on one side
professing nonpartisanship, for a sin
ister purpose, and even registering as
Republicans to promote the decep
tion, yet partisan Democrats always;
on the other hand, men professing to
be Republicans, yet binding them
selves to the election of Democrats to
highest positions, and actually doing
lt . .Many, misled, have acted .with
"the. gang" hitherto, who,' it is be
lieved, will act with it no more. Be
sides, if Oregon is to be a Democratic
state, let it be so. But let us have no
false pretenses about it.
HIGH AM LOW PRICES.
They who were vociferous for silver
a few years ago were rabid then also
in their denunciation of low prices,
which, thev asserted, followed as a
consequence of the refusal to give sil
ver "its rightful place" in the mone
tary system of the country. These
persons r.ow are prominent among
those who decry high prices; and
some of them intimate that the gold
standard is responsible for this condi
tion, because the monopolists control
gold and products and prices, and
"hove the whole game In their hands."
When prices are low, the theorists
are busy in accounting for them, and
when high equally busy in accounting
for them in .each case with but slen
der knowledge. Prices were low .in
the days of the silver ..-raze chiefly be
cause credit had been destroyed, be
cause money had been hidden away
and actual cash was exceedingly short.
Prices are high noy, for many rea
sons. One is abundance of credit and
unusual abundance of money; another
ls the .general extravagance that J
springs from this conditioh; a third is
the disinclination of increasing multi
tudes to work at productive industry;
a fourth is a high and general organ
ization of the means of distribution,
yielding unusual, excessive and in
many cases unconscionable profits to
combinations. 1
It is a tendency resulting from con
ditions that must run their course.
The -conditions will yield to no artifi
cial remedy. The law of demand and
supply alone can change them. This
law often is slow in its movement.
But, after all, which is to be preferred
an era of low prices or an era of
high prices?
THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
The fourth dimension of space is a
purely hypothetical or speculative
subject. It may exist or it may not.
Our senses have been evolved in a
three dimensional environment, and
are therefore not adapted to perceive
the fourth dimension, if it exists. We
may, however, study it easily enough
as a matter of pure speculation. All
that is necessary is to assign four rec
tangular cartesian co-ordinates to
each point in space, instead of the1
usual three, and proceed to manipu
late our equations. Certain results
will be obtained which are mathemat
ically, or at least methodologically,
true. " Still there is no way to verify
them experimentally, and they are of
no practical importance.
The study of the fourth dimension
does not belong to the higher mathe
matics particularly. It is neither pro
found nor difficult, and it may be pur
sued by methods extremely elemen
tary. "If the ten-year-old boy, William
James Sidts, has been lecturing upon
this subject at Harvard, his feat is
wonderful, of course. Any mathemat
ical skill In a boy of ten is wonderful.
But we may feel reasonably certain
that he has advanced nothing new and
nothing which makes it necessary for
Buch men as Pierce and Byerly to ask
him for elucidation.
STANDARD AITUS BOX.
The Lafean bill, which seeks to es
tablish .a "United States standard"
package- for apples is not devoid of
commendable features. The provision
that the correct name and address of
the packer shall appear legibly on
every box is highly desirable, since
there is no other way to protect those
whoso names have earned a substan
tial market value through intelligent
and honest packing. It is also an ex
cellent requirement, of the bill that
every person who . breaks up an old
package and makes a new one out of
its contents shall label it with his own
name and address. No packer ought
to be held responsible for any work
but his own, and nobody ought to be
permitted to pass off his fumbling job
as the product of a better man.
Theoretically, no fault can be found
with the purpose of the Lafean bill to
establish an apple box of standard size
for interstate and foreign trade. The
box selected is one which contains
2342 cubic inches, and, to a person
unfamiliar with applergrowing and
packing, this will probably appear ,as
suitable as any other.: The consumer
who buys a box marked "TJ. S. stand
ard" will know unfailingly just what
its cubic capacity is, and what more
does he want? To the practical or
chardist of the Pacific Coast; how
ever, the size of the box fixed upon
in the Lafean bill is by no means a
subject of indifference. It means the
demoralization of his well-established,
world-wide and thoroughly honest
business. The Oregon apple-growers
have adopted boxes which are suita
ble in every way to' the size and shape
of the fruit which they produce. Tho
form of these packages, the labels
upon them and their general appear
ance are known in every market from
Pekin to London, and wherever they
are known they carry an assurance
of unswerving integrity. The quality
and quantity of the fruit in an Oregon
apple box are absolutely, guaranteed
by the label it bears.
. This standing In the world's mar
kets is a valuable vested right of the
Oregon orchardists. They have gained
it by long-continued, incessant and
studious industry. The provisions of
the Lafean bill will-to a large extent,
deprive them of it. The box used in
Oregon is somewhat smaller than the
one prescribed in the- bill, and for
that reason it will not be lawful to
mark It "U. S. standard.-'1 It must be
stamped, In fact, with some .symbol
of inferiority such as "short box."
This will substantially discriminate
against Oregon apples in the markets
ot the world.
Why not avoid the discrimination
by adopting the Lafean box? There
are several reasons. In the first plac
the Oregon package is it is, with its
present size and shape, is desired in
every market at a high price.. Any
change in the appeavance of the box
means a possible loss of selling ca
pacity. The change must be explained
to purchasers. Doubts will arise, com
petition already overcome must be
fought anew: In the end, the market
will be reconquered, but the effort and
expense of doing it will be a wholly
unnecessary waste. - This is not a case
where some dishonest trade practice
is sought to be reformed bv legisla
tion. It would require a good deal of
hardihood to accuse Oregon apple-
1 growers of trickery or deceit of any
ucst-iiuuun, setter man in almost
any other case, the purchaser of a box
of Oregon apples' knows . what he is
getting before he has opened the pack
age. He knows the number of ap
ples it contains, their size, color and
quality. The Lafean bill requires the
package to contain "not more than
1,0 per cent" of scabby, wormy land
bruised fruit. In a standard Oregon
box, nobody can find a solitary apple
which is not free from defect. This
is one of the facts which the present
form and appearance of the package
certify to the world. . i
Again, the size and shape of the
Oregon box have ," been gradually
evolved to suit the fruit which it is to
contain. No other would permit the
apples to be packed so compactly and
neatly. "A smaller box would destroy
the symmetry of the arrangement.. A
larger one, such as the Lafean bl re
quires, would make it necessary to re
vise the art of packing, from the rudi-"
menl& The knowledge gained from
long experience and hard study which
our experts possess would suddenly
become - worse than useless. They
must begin at the rudiments and learn
their trade anew. And all for- "What?
To satisfy a purely theoretical
whimsy. Granting that a standard
box ought to be adopted, we submit
that the Hood River size should' be
preferred. This is in general use In
Oregon, and it has every just argu
ment in Its favor. The Coast Is the
part of the country where apple boxes
are most used. The Coast has taught
orchardists everywhere else how to
cultiva'.e, spray and market fruit.
What justice is there in requiring-;our
apple-growers at this late day to alter
the methods which have ; beeiv an es
sential factor in their success?
BIDDING A FOOL NOTION - (iOODBYE.
A relic of "progressive" statesman
ship will be displayed before 'the elec
torate of Oregon - next November hv
the shape of a constitutional amend-'
ment that would allow the state to
enter the business of building and op
erating railroads. The amendment
will be dumped over the back fence
into the rubbish, for even its best
friends now see that the common
wealth does not need it, and is better
off without It.
The -Portland Chamber of Com
merce, which a year ago was' eager
tor adoption of this amendment, now
deems it unnecessary. William Mac
Master, president of that body, at the
annual meeting of the members, said
in his report: "It now seems there
will be no necessity for the adoption
by the state of this amendment, for
both the Hill and the Harriman In
terests are contending for the control
of Eastern Oregon business." Mr.
MacMaster cited that the Chamber of
Commerce '"took the initiative' in
urging the measure, and that there
was wide difference of opinion as to
its need and wisdom.
The Chamber was contending for
what it thought would hasten the rail
road progress of Eastern Oregon, and
with the zeal that characterizes all its.
efforts for the prosperity' of the
Northwest country, it sent members of
its body to Salem to urge' the amend
ment on the Legislature. Largely
through their influence, the amend
ment was adopted by the Legislature
for submission to the vote of the elec
tors of the state. The " amendment
would expunge from the cbnstitution
erperience-teste.-i barriers to state
built cr f-tate-owned railroads. These
barriers are chief among the safe
guards of the constitution. Their abo
lition would entail a perpetual menace
to property and- credit. All this -was
Just as true a year ago as It. is now.
some persons may maka the absurd
contention that the proposed amend
ment "scared" the Hill and the Har
riman forces Into conflict and started
them in a race up the Deschutes. If
any of the erstwhile- champions of the
measure find comfort in . this notion.
they are welcome to it. But the idea
is absurd and exposes an erroneous
judgment, like that which lined up the
Legislature last Winter. The amend
ment could hold out no terrors for
the big railroad companies, and did
not. They all laughed at it in their
sleeves.
The amendment, then, is to be "re
called" next November election, and
put safe.ly away. It is fitting -that men
who made most of it In its nrtme
should speak best of it in its demise.
l nere may be some even who -will
weep as they kiss the pet folly good
bye. A PROGRESSIVE- COLLEGE.
If the enlargement nf Win o m
University's-board of trustees signifies
uiuneer institution is about
to make its escape from sectarian
shackles, there is every reason to be
lieve that the move is a good one.
Escape from sectarian shackles does
not mean escane from iipniminaHAnni
good will, influence and fostering care.
These 3re excellent things for a col
lege, Dut sectarianism is something al
together" different and .wholly bad.
Willamette University never will and
never ought'.to cast off Its relations
with Methodism, but it mnv vwt t,-
erly assume much broader relations
with the world of progressive scholar
ship than it has hitherto enjoyed.
that this is the significance of the
additions to its board of trustees is
only a guess of ours. It may or may
not be true, but we hope, it is. - All
the so-called "sectarian" colleges are
moving in the direction of" wider:-re-lationship
and more catholic teaching,
albeit some of them go rather slowly.
In the process they have sacrificed
nothing that is valuable in denomina
tionalism. while thev have n-Q id ;
students and in financial resources.
.Moreover, the movement is in har
mony with the spirit of our times,
which grows impatient of sectarianism
and seeks the universal both in schol
arship and religion. V -A
Very likely the "sects" will -never
disappear, and perhaps their total loss
would be regrettable.'. But the ten
dency among sensible, people is to
minimize their differences . and dvell
upon what they have In common. If
W'illamette University has launched it
self into this current, its friends will
be gratified.
CHANCE FOR Ajf AMERICAN SHIP.
The British bark Poltalloch was sold
In this vity yesterday by- the United
States Marshal for the small sum of
$17,000. This figure was the best that
Could be secured, because the vessel'
is under the' British - flag. Foreign
sailing ships are a drug in the market
at arty old price. The sale, however,
has brought to 'light an interesting
point In connection with the registry
of the vessel. The Poltalloch was
seized by the United States Marshal
and sold to satisfy debts contracted in
San Francisco and this city. The sum
realized from the sale was insufficient
to cover the amount owed by the ship,
and there was accordingly nothing left
for the foreign owners. The Marshal,
acting for the Government, took com
plete possession of the vessel and sold
her and will give title to her.
In the circumstances It is not ex
actly clear why this Government, with
ownership rights in the vessel, suffi
cient to warrant the issuance of an
American bill of sale'to American buy
ers, cannot also give the vessel Amer
ican registry. It is reported that the
new owners will make an effort to
place the vessel under the American
flag. Every American citizen who be
lieves in a merchant marine that" can
float on its own merits would like to
see them succeed. Unfortunately, any
attempt that might be made to bring
this fine vessel under the American
flag will be met with the vigorous op
position of every ship subsidy-seeker
who has ever mourned the decadence
;of the .American merchant, marine.
Every attempt that has been made
to increase our merchant marine by
the common-sense, business-like meth
ods so successfully applied by other
nations is hampered and obstructed by
the subsidy-seekers to such an extent
that the'undertaking Is usually as suc
cessful as the passage of the camel
through the needle's eye. In the case
of the Poltalloch It would seem that
If the Government can seize a ship
and sell ; her for debt, it might also
give her American registry. .
Thomas W. Lawson, who has been
successfully eluding the spotlight since
he succeeded in marketing his last
batch of gold bricks, known as "Ynkon
Gold,".is again before the public. This
time the Bostonian appears in the
news dispatches as. the promoter of a
$50,000,000 tobacco manufacturing
concern. According to a Lexington
(Ky.) dispatch, Mr. Lawson and his
associates harve arranged to take over
the holdings of the Burley Tftbacco
Society, amounting to 118,000,000
pounds. There is something eminent
ly appropriate in Mr. Lawson's con-nectioru-with
an institution in which
"pipes" and "smoke" figure so largely
as they will in the consumption of
118,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Still
it will be remembered that the kind of
"pipe dreams" which made Lawson
famous were never produced by ordi
nary tobacco smoke.
Opposition of the Port of Portl'and
to the Broadway, bridge has been
withdrawn, and ttiere should not be
much delay in getting the big structure
under way. The question of rapid
transit across the river will always be
a fruitful source of contention, but, if
Portland is to retain her greatest
commercial asset the harbor lying
north of the proposed site of the new
bridge, that structure should mark the
northern boundary limits of the bridge
area. South of the site of the new
bridge the facilities for deep-water
shipping are no longer first-class, but
there will still be an immense amount
of water-borne traffic handled in that
area by coasting steamships and river
steamers. Portland's "real harbor,"
as Mr. CorHSett describes it, lies north
of the Broadway bridge site, and no
further encroachments should be made
on it.
Old Neptune is taking heavy toll
from the fleets plying the waters of
the North Pacific this season, the
steamer Czarina being "added to the
already frightfully long list of vessels
that have met with disaster since the
Winter storms began. ' While the
weather has been unusually severe,,
another contributing cause to the in
creased number of wrecks will, be
found In the much larger number of
vessels than usual that are running iri
and out of the Pacific Coast ports.
The coastwise fleets have more than
doubled in size in the past five years,
and there has beln no corresponding
reduction in the percentage of disas
ters. . Loss of life has not been so
large as in some previous seasons, but
the property loss by shipwreck in the
past three months has been excep
tionally heavy.
Ah account wtts given of the death
of -a miser in St. Louis a few days
ago. A ragman, SO Tears old, living
in squalor and destitution, -died alone
and as far, as is known, without rela
tives, and would have been buried in
a pauper's grave but for the finding
among his wretched rags a key to a
safety vault, which contained, bonds
worth $60,000. It was a creature of
this stamp a creature whose life had
been dedicated to purposeless hoard
ing whom -the- poet dismissed after
fierce anralgnment with the words:
Of all who sold eternity for time
None bargained on so easy term with death.
The hottest jobs in Portland now are
held, by those who fire for Ice plants.
Bull Run water Is almost Ice'cold, but
evidently not. chill enough to cool bot
tles of champagne, we are told,-or to
make Roman punch. Prohibition,
you see, would put the' Ice man out of
a Job. ' -
Another heiress of a New; York mil
lionaire has married her chauffeur.
As she is 25 years old and in her right
mind, It is likely she preferred the man
with some go to him to the customary
layout1 for a choice. ' " . . . ;
r. ' -A
Harvard professor has discovered
the tail following Halley's comet, at an
angle of 69 degrees. That is a good
elevation. "It is the hallmark. Uncle
Joe Cannon's cigar is a familiar sam
ple. The shells of the acorns were said
to be extra thick last Autumn; also
the bark of the trees, as sign of a
hard Winter." But - these signs are
present every Autumn.
What -did those who roared and
howled about low prices a few years
ago desire? High-prices? Now they
have high prices, and they roar and
howl as loud as ever.
If some way could be invented of
shifting moving-picture shows to the
farm districts, perhaps price of hogs
and butter could be lowered.
The man gets along best with the
weather who agrees with each of its
changes. Some married men know
this better than others. I
Pindhot. labored for notoriety. All
he wanted was to be kicked down the
White House steps and then find fame
by showing his bruises.
One heiress elopes with a waiter and
another with a chauffeur, and so on.
Liquor ' is not ' the worst evil that
should be prohibited.
Most sneers -at the prizefight sport
come from persons wMio are shamed
to admit their interest in it.-V- -" .
- JSeth Bullock Is rather old for the
Vigors and rigors of Pinchot's late job.
TO SERVE SKVE&AL. ENDS. . ,
To Harmssiu I'arty and RrinK Men of
Common Politico! I"rl uol !- ToK ether.
'' Morning Astorian. .
The Morning Astorian, along with tha
majority of its Republican friends in Ore
gon, believes in: and Indorses, the pro
posed rule of assemblage for the pur
pose of taking counsel upon Its party
candidates this year, for the reasonthat
the system will serve several very impor
tant ends; among, which may be-men-tioned
the . commanding opportunity, it
offers for" the getting together1 of the
Republicans of the state locally and at
larpf, and ne-uniting'. once more' with a
common and urgent ' Interest" that .shall
contribute to the obliteration of all diver
gencies anad merge the party, into, recog-,
nizeaoie snaps and potent establishment.
This is the fundamental Idea of the as
sembly with us, because of its primal
and notorious necessity. That accom
plished, the right and power of Repub
licanism in Oregon will make for- Its own
continuance in place and prestige, barring
forever the wiles and chicanery that pre
vailed against it during Its long period
of . distraction and practical dissolution.
It is of - the commonest, recognized and
admitted political rales that a party may,
indeed must, hold conference upon the
men and issues that belong to it arfd
which are to make it or break it at the
polls. This is an entirely natural and
acceptable theory and operates tentative
ly, even if there -jvere no proposal to
make it conspicuous and effective; men
of the same bent and trend of thought are
morally certain to get together as far as
they may under all conditions and it is
part of their freedom to. do this; nor is-
ttiat freedom vitiated if the same in
stinct rinds larger expression with the
many.
We are not anxious to see this thing
achieved by the foisting of th "old
guard" to the forefront and the reincar
nation of the "machine" that was con
spicuously responsible for the subsidence
of Republican strength and unity here;
we would like to see the assembly plan
used for rejuvenation and new blood,
with the old-time leaders in the ranks
along with the rest of us, and let things
take their course for the elevation of
true men and good, and the operation
of the best principles we stand fos; but
to reinvest the old leaders with the pow
er, patronage and dictation at the outset
of the new movement were to crush it in
its lncipiency and leave the party to the
fate It has been moving upon for the
past 10 years. This is our position at
this stage of the game, and we are will
ing to abide by the results that shall ob
tain from such a programme while fight
ing for its maintenance.
I'lXCHOTS BLUNDERS.
The President Simply Was Compelled
to Remove Him.
New York Evening Post.
No newspaper, we are sure, has 'more
frequently that the Evening Post recog
nized the admirable motives which have
actuated Mr. - Pinchot in his campaign
for. the preservation of our natural re
sources or recorded more gladly the
great services he has rendered to the
Nation. - It is with the sincerest regret,
therefore, that we state our opinion'that
in his letter to Senator Dolliver, read in
the Senate yesterday, he has gone so far
beyond the bounds of what is proper in
an Administrative official as to lave Mr.
Taft no alternative but to separate him
from the.'public service. In his .letter to
Senator Dolliver, . Mr. Pinchot admits
that two of his subordinates" transgressed
in attacking publicly their superior of
ficer. But in this sam.e epistle, whose
admirable style shows that it was writ
ten calmly, "without undue haste, Mr.
Pinchot, himself commits three . serious
offenses:- (1) - He deliberately trans
gressed the President's rule that subor
dinate officials should not communicate
directly with numbers of Congress: 2)
in advance of the scheduled, unbiased
investigation by Congress lie laid in
formation before that body calculated to
prejudice it against the other party to
the: inquiry; and (3) he deliberately
slapped the Chief Executive's face by
referring to Inspector L. R. Olavis.
whom Mr. Taft has removed for cause
and stigmatized as unworthy of employ
ment,"", "the most' vigorous defender of
the jieople's interests." The President
Mr. Pinchot lets off by saying that he
(Pinchot) believes that Glavis was re
moved "under a mistaken impression of
The facts." Certainly Mr. Pinchot has an
entirely mistaken conception as to what
is and what is not proper in an Ad
ministrative officer. . He cannot be both
a militant reformer attacking Mr. Taft
and placing him in a most embarrassing
position for Mr. Taft has no desire to
make a martyr of Mr. Panchot and also
a loyal subordinate to the Administra
tion. The two things are utterly incom
patible; were Mr. Pinchot's example to
be widely followed, we should have gov
ernmental anarchy ' in Washington.
- It Held Him for Awhile.
Rehebeth Sunday Herald.
The dapper 1 little traveling man
glanced 'at the' menu and then looked
up at 'the pretty waitress. "Nice. day.
little one," he began;
"Yes, it is," she answered, "and so
was yesterday, and. my name is Ella
and I know I'm a little peach, and
have pretty, blue- eyes, and I've been
here quite a while and like the place
and don't think I'm too nice a girl tc
be working in a hotel; If I did I'd quit
my job? and my wages are satisfactory;
and I don't know if there is a show
or dane in town tonight, and if .there
Is J shall not go with you, and-I'm
from the country, and I'm a respect
able girl,- and my brother Is cook In
this hotel and he weighs 200 pounds
and last week he wiped up this dining
room floor with a-fresh $50 a month
traveling man who tried to make a
date with me. Now, what'll you have?"
The dapper little traveling man said
he was not very, hungry and a cup ol
coffee and some hot cakes would do.
- I : .
Domestic Training for Girls.
London -Chronicle.
The proposal . which has been . set
forth in Germany to compel all girls to
undergo a period of training as domes
tic servants was -roresnadowed by
George Gissing in the "Private Papers
of Henry Kyecroft." "I had far rather
see England covered with schools of
cookery-than with schools of the ordi
nary kind; the issue would be infinitely
more helpful. Little girls' should be
taight cooking and baking more assid
uovsly than they are taught to read
Think of the glorious revolu
tion that c5uld be wrought In our
troubled England If it could be or
dained that no maid, of whatever
rank, might become a wife unless she
had proved her ability to make and
bake a perfect loaf of bread."
The President and the Insurgents.
Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier.
The "insurgents" have determined 'to
put Taft out of business, if they can, and
though it is not ecoming in the likes of
us to say either yea or nay to them, we
hope they will fail. . . . We shall be
frank enough to say that we stand by
old Taft, because we -believe that he is
better than his party, and we take no
stock whatever in the soscalled insur
gent. They are out for the stuff. They
want to make themselves solid in their
several districts and they want Taft to
help them. We hope that he will do
nothing of the sort. . He can't afford it
Wiiat he ought to do is to tell them this
is what I have recommended and you can
do as . you please.
Not the Place for Brains.
New York Herald.
' A Western wonmn holds that large
feet are evidence- of great brains.
Maybe, but it's no place to carry them.
-W HO IS "FATHER OP OREGON t"
Eloquent Testimony of Dr. W. Hlnes to
Dr. John MrLoufthlla.
PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to a letter In. The Ore
gonian today, signed a Pioneer, in re
lation to Dr. John McLoughlln, and Rev.
Jason Lee, I do not wish to enter into
any controversy in the newspapers as
to which of the two should be prop
erly called "the Father of Oregon." I,
however, wish to call attention "to the
address of Rev.- H. K. Hlnes, D. D.. a
Methodist minister, who came to Ore
gon in 1853. and a brother of Rev.
Gustavus Hlnes who came to Oregon
as a Methodist missionary on the ship
Lausanne In 1840. Dr. Hlnes was the
author of a history of Oregon, and
also of the, "Misionary History of the
Pacific , Northwest." published in 1899.
He was a great admirer of Rev. Jason
Lee, as -is shown particularly in his
Misionary History. This address was
delivered at Pendleton, December 10,
1897. In closing his address Dr. Hines,
referring to the actions of Dr. Mc
Loughlln and the Hudson's Bay Com
pany, said:
"The great company, erst and long the
rulers of Oregon, disown the acts and re
prove the conduct of this man -of men.
Rising to an even higher altitude of
resplendent manhood, with a magnifi
cent scorn he casts down his lofty
off ice with its salary of $12,000 a year,
at the feet of these knights of the
counting-house and ledger, cuts all the
bonds that bind him to their service,
comes back-from the palaces of Lon
don to the green woods and soft plains
of Oregon, takes his place as an Ameri
can citizen under the stars and. stripes,
and thus wins the place of imperish
able honor and fame as the true
'Father of , Oregon.' There his ablest
contemporaries place him. There the
great state within whose bounds
he died and whose foundations he laid,
by the voice of her Legislature and her
chief executive has crowned him. There
history, whose verdict I record tonight,
and with which my own heart agrees,
enshrines him as the greatest of our
really great pioneer era."
FREDERICK V. HOLMAX.
PROHIBITION IX SOUTH CAROMXA.
The Peculiar Phase of the Question in
That State.
Charleston News an'd Courier.
It is" said that Senator Carlisle, of Spar
tanburg County, will introduce a state
wide prohibition bill at the session of the
Legislature which will conveno next
week. He is said to be in favor of mak
ing, prohibition in the Legislature rather
than leave the question to the people for
settlement. Besides, he is said to be of the
opinion that the state has already voted
in favor of prohibition and that the
counties have voted out the dispensary.
We do not think that this is a fair state
ment. At the election last August all
the counties voting upon the question,
with the exception of live, voted 'out 'the
dispensary. It was supposed that the
Legislature which provided this method
of determining the question was wholly
sincere in its purpose and that it would
be bound by its own act. It ought to be.
We hope, that Mr. Carlisle will change
his mind and not make whisky the chief
interest of the people of South Carolina.
It has too long abused our patience and
degraded the state. Forty counties are
now prohibition counties. There is no ob
jection to that by any of the people who
happen to live in the five remaining
counties, and if .the people of these coun
ties should at any time vote out the dis
pensary or declare in favor of prohibition
we should think that their wishes and
condition should be regarded as settling
the question for them just as the vote
of the people in the prohibition counties
of the state has settled the question for
them and their conditions. State-Vide
prohibition has never prohibited and will
never prohibit- It does not prphibit in
Georgia or Alabama or in North Caro
lina. It would not prohibit in South Carolina-
Temperance and morality never
have been and never can be legislated
into a people. Restriction is one thing;
prohibition is an entirely different thing.
The Canteen and Disease.
Boston Traveler.
Ever since the canteen was abolished,
the reports of the United State Army
have shown an increase in sickness
which can bo traced largely to the in
fluence on the health of drink of the en
listed men. As compared to this bad
showing, the health of the Army shows
that there has been a steady improve
ment In the health of the troops during
the last ten years, which has allowed
the reduction within four years of 2LXI0
hospital beds at home stations. The
number of men constantly sick fell off
from 47 per 1000 in 1903 to 32 per 100 lust
year.
The last report of the United States
shows that our soldier sick list is higher
now than that of any regular army in
the world, and the record of drunken
ness is also increasing, a poor monu
ment to the efforts of well-meaning but
ill-advised reformers.
Asklna- Too Much.
Woman's Home Companion.
The mother of little 6-year-old Mary
had told her a number of times not to
hitch her sled to passing sleighs, feel
ing that it was a dangerous practice.
It was -such a fascinating sport, how
ever, that Mary could not resist it, and
one day her mother saw her go skim
ming past the house behind a farmer's
"bobs."
When she caflie in from play she was
taken to task, her mother saying se
verely, 'Mary, haven't I told you that
you must not hitch onto bobs? Be
sides, you know it is against the law.'
Mary tossed her head. "Oh," she said,
"don't talk to me about the law. Its
all I can do to keep the Ten Command
ments!" One Ransomed "Sinner.
v Springfield Union.
We call upon heaven to witness that
on this glad New Years's day we turn
over a new leaf and make a solemn re
solve never again to refer to one of those
grand old Democrats of Houston; Tex.,
as a rascally Johnny Reb., or to use that
expressive little word that begins and
ends with the letter "D," or such adjec
tives as disreputable, depraved, profli
gate, abandoned and despised, in speak
ing of the grand old Democrats of grand
old Texas generally.
AH In a Lifetime.
Life.
All Is not literature that litters.
A confirmed business man is an
idealist sidetracked, s
For a man, success in life consists in
getting the money; fois. a woman, in
getting the man who can get the
money.
Most of our millionaires began at the
bottom and worked up. Their sons be
gin at the top and work down.
I.'Knvoi of the Hooked down.
1 Red Hen in the New York Tribune.
When the last hooked gown's in theragbap.
and the hooks are rusty and bent;
When the buttoned frowns are buttoned, and
the dressmakers cease to Invent
Dark schemes to annoy poor husbands, and
weary and worn and old.
When our thumbs, have ceased from their
aching", our heated remarks grown
cold.
We shall rest and. faith, we shall need it
at peace in a Kolden chair
Shall loll on a sort of throne like the man
who'd the nerve to swear;
And the man who set out with the wrong
hook and ended the frame in a fix.
Shall hear the cold ice tinkling- where the
drinks of the (rods they mix. -
There shall be no pads to confuse us, no
store shapes to jret in their place.
No foolish, silly contraptions, embroidery or
Irish lace;
But all the hookinfr we do there, on that
mythical friendly star.
Shall be with a sensible Harness ud the
Back of Things as They r.
THE AN5 1AL OHEtiOMAN.
Impressive.
Redmond Hub. v
The New Year's edition of The Ore
gonian has been perused by the people
of Central Oregon and all are impressed
with a sense of appreciation.. The i-feven
pages which are devoted to this section
of the country are tilled with truthful
pictures and descriptions well calculated
to correct the many erroneous notions
that are adrift about the preat Deschutes
Valley.
Rest Ever. '
Prineville Jn-.irnal.
The annual number of The Portland
Oregonian contained the bewt write-up
Central Oregon ever had. There is io
discountitfS its advertising value to this
country. Our merchantable and market
able resources will receive wide public
ity at an opportuno - time. ,A larj?t im
migration is sure to come this way tile
coming Summer.
Iraetieal Appreciation.
Kelso (Wash.) Kelsonian.
The Oregonlan's great annual number
was out according to schedule. We
thought so much of .it that we invested
in a htflf dozen copies and sent them
East. The Annual this year was one of
the best ever publisher!, featuring ia de
tail the great advantages of the Ka.'.'-rn
Oregon country .which is just being
opened for settlement.
Sure to Brintr ImmlRrul ion.
Prineville Review.
The Oregonian's New Year's edition de
votes considerable space to Central Ore
gon and the two railroads pi-ojfressing
thither. It is bound to be responsible
for an early settlement of this region.
No one, unless it be a railway mail cierk,
has the remotest idea of how a news
paper travels, and not even he knows
how many readers one paper has. That
one edition alone may bring H families
into Crook County. "
Never a Better Advertisement.
Portland Spectator.
In accordance with its custom of years.
The Oreponian issued a magnificent spe
cial edition covering everything worth
telling about in the city and state. The
articles were compiled with aecuraey and
studied detail anil effect, and presented
much valuable information to reM'ient,
newcomer and honiest eker. As un in
structional organ of knowledge at first
hand. The Spectator believes the. slate
never had a better advertisement than
The Oregonian's New Year's issue.
Their Opportunity.
"Bend Bulletin.
The Bend Board of Trade has ordered
5000 copies of Tho Orcv;onan'.s New
Year's edition. These will be for sale
at various 'business places of the f jvu
at 5 cents each, already wrapp -d for
mailing. Now, what does this little news
note signify? Merely this, that Bend
people all of us should buy a few or
many of these papers and send them to
their friends, send them broadcast over
the land.
This New Year's edition is truly a
"golden opportunity" by which Bend peo
ple may advertise their country .iust at
the time when a tremendous de elupment
is about to take place. Do no.t let it s!;n
by. On the contrary, invest a few cen-.s
in a few copies and send them out on
their mission.
THE MIT1EKH.
A Remark: or Two About t.ltloril tho
Pinchot.
New York Sun.
In dealing with the now intolerable
Mr. Gifford Pineiiot as common sense
and self-respect prescribe, the Presi
dent should have the unqua li lied ap
proval and support of all Kood citizens,
no matter what they think of the For
ester's past public services. 1 r. Pin
chot set to other officers of the Gov
ernment an example teudinir to the
destruction of the administrative sys
tem of which he and they were subor
dinate parts. Tlie longest winded pa
tience, the most delicate, consideration,
the most generous allowances on ac
count of temperament, the fullest meas
ure of recognition of Mr. Pineiiot as a
sincere and specially useful person,
must suffer exhaustion when they en
counter persistent mutiny.
The proced ure with regard to the For
ester has no relation to the questions
involved in the pending investigation
by Congress.
The least charitable view of Mr. Gif
ford Pinchot's performances is that lie
was endeavoring for an ulterior purpose
to bring about his own removal. The
most charitable view is that he became
afflicted witlt megalomania of the same
sort as was recently diagnosed bf Attorney-General
Wickersham in the case
of Glavis.
CENTRAL, OUEtJON
IS
PI.KASEU
Resolutions of Anprrcinf ioa From
Commercial Club at Redmond.
Redmond Hub.
Whereas the publishers of the Port
land Oregonian have been at great ex
pense and have shown praiseworthy en
ergy and public spirit in getting out tho
late New Year's illustrated edition of
that newspaper setting forth t-h'e advan
tages, scenery and resources of Central
Oregon,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Red
mond Commercial Cluh, that we com
mend the truth, accuracy, honesty and
artistic skill with which the several ar
ticles on Central Oregon were prepared,
both as to pictorial illustrations and
facts stated.
That we appreciate the efforts of The
Oregonian to acquaint the reading pub
lic with the opportunities to be found In,
Central Oregon for investors, sportsnien,
lovers of nature and homeseekers. That
our secretary present a copy of these
resolutions to The Oregonian and to the
Oregon Hub at Redmond.
- l'oor Ananias.
Washington Star.
"What's the matter?" exelaimcd
Saphira with wifely solicitude. "You
seem utterly dejected." v
"I am," replied Ananias. ''I can't help
thinking of the opportunities 1 miss be
having been born too soon to go out and
lecture as. a North Pole discuvurtr "
Mr. Clark Is Sanguine.
New York Sun.
Tf the Hon. Champ ('lark has an
confidence in this law of chances kind
of logic the Republican party is doomed
and the millennium is in - sight for a
people who for so long a time have
fatuously rejected Democratic states
manship. Not Vniversal Yet.
Indianapolis News. t
As to that enormous increase in tho (
Importation of diamonds showing the
measure of our general prosperity
um-m-, well, a careful search might j
show that a good many of the plain j
people are not wearing diamonds even I
yet. :
Statistical Impossibility.
Boston Advertiser.
Our old acquaintarure "per capita cir-
dilation" bobs uo aain. and shows !
that each person in the United States t
ought to have $:34.S3. - So soon after
Christmas, however, this is a manifest
impossibility.
Preferred the Simple Life.
Judge.
Recruiting Officer If you are a mar
ried man, why are you trying to jyir
the army?" , i
Henpeck 'Cause I'm such a lover ot '
peace !
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