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i-OKTI.ANn. THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1910.
BRYAN'S LATEST DErEAT.
Mr. Bryan's energetic effort to drive
the Democratic party of Nebraska into
the Prohibition camp has resulted in
dismal failure. The Democracy of his
home state has long been loyal to
Bryan and has followed hiB flag in
many a hopeless battle. It cheerfully
faced defeat over free silver and anti
Imperialism and other disastrous issues
In three Presidential contests. It ac
cepted in 1904 with hardly a grimace
the unpalatable' recommendation of
the Peerless Leader that all go down
the line for so obnoxious a candidate
as Alton B. Parker. In the interim
between Presidential contests counsel
of Mr. Bryan has been sought as to
party platforms and as to local cam
paigns, and his suggestions have been
Implicitly accepted. It was the happy
Jot of the party in Nebraska to have
for its own the intrepid Bryan. That
the principles supported by Bryan
were false and that his leadership in
variably involved disaster to himself
and party were mere matters of detail.
After all, the Democrats of Nebraska
had faith in Bryan and he was an
asset not easily to be surrendered.
Bryan accepted as a matter of
course his own imperial control of the
party. It was his to order, theirs to
obey. He traded on his remarkable
hold upon his immediate following
and benefited much thereby politically.
A few months since Mr. Bryan aston
ished the country by coming out
openly for Prohibition. He had been
through many Presidential campaigns
an a variety of state contests without
In any way betraying his consciousness
of the evil of the liquor habit and the
power of the saloon. His conversion
to the ranks of ardent fanatics on that
question was therefore quite unex
pected. He made several public ad
dresses setting forth his new views on
Prohibition and reconciling them' so
far as ho could with his previous ut
terances on personal liberty.
Bryan sent forth a decree from Lin
coln that the Democratic party should
adopt county prohibition. There was
Instant revolt. Former ardent cham
pions of Bryan, like Mayor Dahlman,
of Omaha, and Representative Hitch
cock fell away from him. Along iwith
Ihem went pretty much the whole body
of the Democratic party. County con
ventions were held. Out of the first
twenty which sent delegates to the
etate convention at Grand Island, just
one. Lancaster, Bryan's own home, in
dorsed his stand. At the state conven
tion Tuesday Mr. Bryan sang his swan
pong, praising his own virtuous con
duct in his long proprietorship of the
Democracy and insisting that failure
to follow him in his new advocacy of
a great moral reform would ljp fatal.
The convention defeated the Bryan
county option plan by a vote of more
than three to one, first imposing upon
tS Peerless Leader the unheard-of
humiliation of fixing conditions under
which, he might make a single speech.
Has Bryan read himself out of the
Democratic party? Or will he read
the Nebraska Democracy out of the
Democratic party? It has been the
habit of Mr. Bryan through many
years to define Democracy and to in
sist that every other person whatso
ever should live up to his definition,
on penalty of official proscription
by the party's sole lawful and recog
nized ruler. He placed a .ban at one.
time or another on various New York
leaders. He once questioned the or
thodoxy of John A. Johnson's princi
ples. Lately he wrote an article in
which doubts were expresssed about
the party fidelity of Governor Harmon.
There could be no other king than
Bryan. If Bryan accepts the decision
of the Nebraska Democracy, it will be
something new in the experience of
the Lincoln autocrat.
An Interesting sidelight on the situa
tion In Nebraska is that the Republi
can State Convention there has de
clared for precisely the same scheme
of Prohibition In Nebraska that Bryan
so valiantly urged upon the Democ
racy. If Prohibition is the paramount
issue now, it will be extremely diffi
cult and embarrassing for Mr. Bryan
to evade the logic of his own record
and support the Democracy which op
poses his Ideas and oppose the Repub
licans, wno indorse them. If Bryan
were a real opportunist, as he has been
frequently charged with being, he
would, of course, desert his own fol
lowing now and join his old enemies.
That he has been an opportunist in
the sense that he has sought always
ior any issue whatsoever that will an
peal to the popular fancy is of course
true. But he has always heretofore
been able to take his party with him
wherever he went. Now he has the
unique experience of being called upon
to xonow nis party wherever it goes.
WOMEN RKTLACED BY MEN. .
The Government has decided to dis-
pense with women as typists and
stenographers In its service. In ac
cordance with this decision women
re not eligible to the examinations
for these positions that will be held
throughout the country next Tues.
day. The reasons given for this do
not In any way reflect upon the abil
ity of well qualified women to do the
work. It is asserted, however, that
women are not as amenable to dis
vipllne as men, while the latter are
more easily transferred from place to
place, as the needs of the service re
quire, and they can be more readily
promoted to other lines of work.
It is remembered that George B.
Cortelyou and "William Loeb. each dis
tinguished in his time as private sec
retary to the President, and each later
becoming official and political factors
In the Government, began life as low
ly stenographers. Doubtless a num
ber of bright, competent women be
gan about the same time, but for
obvious reasons none of these were
transferred and retransferred along
various lines of work leading up to
official station and finally landed on
high official ground.
It is a condition, not a theory, that
confronts the Government here. It
Is not only desirable but necessary to
keep material in stock, so to speak,
from iwhich promotions can be made.
Some of the leading railroads made
this discovery several years ago and
gave out the information that no
more women would be taken on its
stenographic force. The decision no
doubt worked a hardship on compe
tent young women in some cases, but
it was held that the general good of
the service required this sacrifice on
the part of individuals.
THE DEMOCRATIC GAME. .
The Aberdeen Herald, a Democratic
newspaper, openly advises Democrats
to vote for Miles Poindexter for the
United States Senator in the Republi
can primary. If Poindexter is not good
enough Republican for Republicans,
he la good enough Democrat for Dem
ocrats. The Herald does not see how
a Democrat can do otherwise than
vote for Poindexter "as conditions ex
ist in this state."
The conditions which "bring forth
this criminal counsel from a Demo
cratic paper are, first, Poindexter's
record of consistent hostility to any
thing Republican in Congress, "and,
second, the gross Imperfections of the
promiscuous primary in its notorious
failure to protect one party from ruin
ous interference by members of
another.
The Oregonian has repeatedly de
clared that there Is grave danger that
the purposes of the primary would be
bo outrageously perverted that Poin
dexter, rabid insurgent and Demo
cratic ally and mischief-maker, would
be nominated for Senator by Demo
crats. If he "were to be the choice of
Republicans at a Republican primary,
the Legislature would . perhaps have
no proper alternative but to elect
him Senator. But he will not be. It
is now well understood that he cannot
be. Therefore Democrats have dropped
all disguise and are calling upon other
Democrats to invade the Republican
primary so that they may "get their
man." It is a dirty game, which there
is no way under the law to prevent.
MSRePKESENTniG POliTLAND.
Every year at the opening of the
harvest season, some Walla "Walla
farmers, through ignorance or in the
belief that they are improving the
market situation, start a rumor that
wheat will command a Higher price in
Tacoma than in Portland. A Walla
Walla dispatch In The Oregonian yes
terday states: "Farmers say that Ta
coma always pays several cents better
price for wheat than does Portland,
and those on the Harriman lines have
been demanding rates to the former
city. One farmer states that this
means $900 to him, as he is offered
6 cents per bushel more by Tacoma
buyers than he can get in Portland.
About four-fifths of all the wheat
shipped out of Tacoma and Portland
is handled by firms that have their
headquarters in this city. The price
paid as a rule is exactly the same for
delivery at Portland or Puget Sound.
At times an emergency demand
springs up, and a small lot of wheat
may change hands at a cent or two
above the market. This advantage in
price occurs as often In Portland as
it does on Puget Sound. Even this
week a small sale was made for Port
land delivery at 2 cents above the rul
ing price on Puget Sound. The reason
that there can be no difference of con
sequence in price at either port- lies
in the fact that the freight charges
either to Europe or California, the
markets to which the wheat is shipped,
are exactly the same from Portland
and Puget Sound. Competition is a
little stronger In Portland than it Is at
Tacoma for the reason that in addi
tion to the big exporting firms (which
handle the business at both ports there
are nearly a dozen Independent buyers
in Portland who do not operate at Ta
coma. Figures on last season's business of
fer the best argument in refutation of
the charge that Tacoma was the better
market. During the twelve months
ending July 1 there was shipped from
Portland to Europe 5.665,067 bushels
of wheat; from all Puget Sound ports
to Europe the shipments were 3,874,
072 bushels. To California, Portland
shipped 3,888,058 bushels, while Puget
Sound shipped 2,729,516 bushels. If
Portland had been a poorer market
than Tacoma, the figures would have
been reversed.
THE COIXJSSCS OF TRUSTS.
The quarterly statement of the
United States. Steel Corporation, better
known as the "steel trust," was made
public Tuesday. It shows that this
king of all trusts has a perfect right
to be known as the greatest industrial
enterprise the world has ever known.
In the three months ending June 30
this Colossus of industries showed
gross earnings of more than $40,000,
000 and net earnings of $33,880,755
This means that there was added to
the net profits of the trust every
twenty-four hours during the three
months $376,400, or about $900 a min
ute.
Out of these Immense profits the
trust set aside for expenditures made
and to be made for additional prop
erty, new plants, etc., $7,500,000. There
was charged off for depreciation and
extraordinary expense for the last
quarter $5,569,949, and there was still
enough" to pay 1 4 per cent dividend
on the preferred and 1 M per cent on
the common stock, and leave a surplus
of more than $6,000,00p. These hand
some dividends were paid on stock
that is so well saturated with water
that on a legitimate valuation returns
would, probably be three times as
large.
New York dispatches conveying the
figures state that Wall street was dis
appointed because the report showed
unfilled orders of but 4,257,754 tons, a
decrease of more than 1,000,000 tons
from the previous quarter. This de
crease will hardly Interfere with the
profits of the trust. The world has
reached a stage where it builds almost
everything out of iron and steel, and
the. demand for the great staple Is
steadily increasing. The steel trust.
through the iniquitous tariff, has se
cured such a strong hold of the trade
of the world that any shortage o'f or
ders can be speedily remedied by an
advance in prices.
That it is the American people -who
are paying the prices that produce
most of the money for these enormous
dividends Is shown in official statistics
recently issued by the Department of
Commerce and Labor. In the fifteen
years ending June 30 the exports of
Iron and steel In various forms have
exceeded the Imports by $1,400,000,
000, while In the fifteen years immedi
ately preceding the imports of these
commodities exceeded the exports by
$300,000,000. In the decade ending in
1890 our imports of iron and steel
products were $481,000,000 and ex
ports . $195,000,000. This country,
with Us immense railroad systems
and great industrial Works, consumes
an overwhelming proportion of the
output of the trust mills, and our peo
ple are forced to pay, to the full extent
of the tariff,- an Increased price over
what is charged the foreigner, al
though the facilities and cheapness of
raw material enable the trust to man
ufacture steel at a much lower . cost
than it can be produced abroad. About
one-half of the $15 net profits that
drops into the trust treasury every
time the clock ticks is unnecessary
tribute permitted by the tariff.
OCR VERSATILE SENATOR.
Our senior Senator at Washington
has apparently changed his mind again
regarding the bridge draw problem.
The task of carrying water on both
shoulders has never been an easy one,
although the political history of Ore
gon shows Senator Bourne as an adept
at the business when he was juggling
politics in this state. It was only af
ter repeated urging from the Port
land Chamber of Commerce and other
public bodies that Senator Bourne
awoke to the fact that there was- ac
tually a sentiment in this city that fa
vored giving the people some rights in
the bridge matter. Removing his ear
from the ground. Senator Bourne then
succeeded in riding in on a Boston
movement for closed draws, and for a
few days it seemed that there was at
last a prospect for relief from the han
dicap we had been suffering for years.
But Senator Bourne, apparently
with full faith in his ainllty to sail un
der two flags at once, has changed his
mind. Just at the last moment, when
the plans of Major Mclndoe for clos
ing the draws at intervals in the morn
ing and the evening are about to be
come effective, the Senator- requests
that the matter be held up for further
investigation. This appeal for delay
was at the request of the steamboat
and sawmill interests. . The situation
presents the somewhat novel spectacle
of the senior) Senator acting one week
for the people and the next for the
interests. In the old days in politics
this system was known to. work admir
ably, but it makes a poor showing in
the limelight. If the senior Senator
displays his usual acumen, he will
switch back to the right sido of this
question with as much alacrity as he
displayed in getting in (wrong by listen
ing to the interests.
THE WOMA3T OF TOMORROW.
Mr. William Hard contributes a re
markable article, from an economic
standpoint, to Everybody's Magazine
for August under the above head. An
article on the "Woman's Invasion" by
the same author was published in that
periodical some months ago. Since
that time, we are told, Mr. Hard has
given close and careful attention to
the study of modern industrial condi
tions as they affect woman's status in
the home and in business, and the re
sults of his findings are embodied in
the August article. Noting the neces
sity for technical training and trade
schools for women, to which response
has been made in recent years by the
Simmons College and the Woman's
Industrial Union in Boston, and by the
Manhattan Trade1 School for Girls, the
author cites facts showfhg the econ
omic value of this training and the
conditions that make such training
imperative. These schools not only
furnish opportunity to learn to do one
particular thing in one-particular de
partment, in one particular trade
Such- knowledge as this could be
gained in a factory. These schools
also furnish means of getting some
understanding of a whole trade, or
getting some kind of view of how the
world is run. The object is not to'
make people Into machines, but just
the reverse. It is the common school.
asserts this author, "which makes
people into machines, when it sends
them directly from books which do
not explain the working world out
into that world to become uncomDre-
hending appendages to minute pro
cesses in infinitely subdivided manu
facturing organizations."
To the objection of the irritated
manufacturer, who protests that it is
impossible to get anybody, boy or girl
(who wants to do anything but hold
aown a Job and grab a pay envelone.
that the -boys and girls of thepresent
day have "too much schooling," the
author responds: "My dear sir, those
early New Englanders were in trade
schools from the time they began to.
crawl on the floor among their
motners looms and spinning (wheels
There was hardly a home in earlv New
England that did not give a number of
technical courses In which the men
and (women were always doing and the
boys and girls were always learning by
imitating." He cites In proof of this
statement a course that was given in
gardening, one in medicinal herbs, one
in pickling, one in brewing (includ
ing a course "in light drinks such as
elderberry wine, the making of wort
out of barley and barm out of hops
ana iermenting the two in barrels)
one in butter and cheese making, one
In soap and starchmaking, one in
preserving (including preserving
everytning mat could not be pickled),
one in musn ana forty kinds of bread.
one in lighting (including the making
or taiiow, the twisting of wicks, the
attaching of wicks to rods, the dipping
or tnem into the melted mass and
patience in keeping on dipping them),
one in wax candles (including the use
os molds), and one In textiles, which
was exceedingly comprehensive, taking
ine learner rrom the growing flax in
the field to the snowy square of linen
on the table, and from the wool on
the sheep's back to the flannel and
linsey and jeans with (which the fam
lly was clothed.
These courses, it must be admitted,
gave girls and women a prettv fair
knowledge of the working world of
their day and generation. But that
day has passed, and that generation
has been succeeded by another and
yet another, and with each period one
or more of the courses in this old
school of technique, the home of old
New England, has been superseded
and has fallen into disuse by (what is
termed progress. -
The college, asserts this writer, is
not a cause, but a symptom. It was
by no means a vagary of chance that
the demand of women for higher edu
cation came simultaneously with the
change from the old industrial home
to the new, more purely domestic
home. It was the simple, clearly de
fined process of evolution. Out of
the vacuum that was left in the home
when the, manufacturing need went
out or it came the explosion which
created the first woman's college
These colleges arose in response to the
needs of women the need to be some
thing, to do something self-respect
ing and self-supporting. Following
the college idea comes the ' modern
industrial school, the aim of which
is to be as informative about modern
Industry as the primitive home was
about primitive industry. It was thus
that the trade schools for girls give
courses in plain sewing, millinery, per
sonal hygiene, color design, business
forms, spelling, business English, tex
tiles and Industrial conditions. The
equipment given suggests the voca
tional lives of the "women of tomor
row." The soap and candles, the
pickles and preserves, the medicines.
salves and ointments, the butter and
cheese, the sausages and bacon used
in the houses, even in the rural homes
of New England, are no longer the
products of domestic skill and labor.
Is not this species of home manufac
ture dearer to sentiment than to real
ity? If so, let us rejoice in the energy
and wisdom and philanthropy that
have blossomed and borne fruit in
such industrial training schools as the
Simmons College and the Woman's
Educational and Industrial Union of
Boston, the Manhattan Trade School
for Girls, and, away back in the years,
Troy Female Seminary, Mount Hol
yoke Seminary and Rockford College.
These institutions, with others of their
kind, enable women to supplement the
general education of the .. common
schools, which does not land them
anywhere In industrial life, by voca
tional and technical training. The
women of yesterday are sacred to
memory the women of today are ris
ing grandly to meet their opportuni
ties, the women of tomorrow will have
a clear comprehension of an industrial
world that is represented by methods
and crowned by results unknown to the
primitive homes, each of which was
a trade school in its (way, according
to the scope of its endeavor and Its
needs.
Asa B. Thomson has lost his case
in the Federal Court, . wherein he
sought ' to defeat the payment of a
$6000 note justly due the Scriber bank
at La Grande. That the public may
understand the nature of this transac
tion, and something of the manner of
man Thomson is, the facts are herein
briefly recorded: Thomson was Re
ceiver of the Land Office at La Grande.
With Scriber- he was engaged in pri
vate investments, and he borrowed
$6000 of the bank, giving his note,
During Scriber's absence he contrived
by a ruse to get hold of his note.
When Scriber returned Thomson re
fused to return the note or to pay the
money. When the bank examiner
came Scriber put among the bank's
paper a forged note to take the place
of the genuine note. This was Scri
ber's first forgery and the beginning of
his downfall. Why he did not make
public at that -time Thomson's action
is not clear, but probably his relations
with the Receiver were such that he
did not want them investigated. Prob
ably, too, Thomson knew all this, and
so boldly kept his own note and as
boldly refused to pay back his just ob
ligation. Perhaps from this little story
there may toe formed some notion of
how much, if anything, Thomson has
had to do with Scriber's present plight.
Explorer Peary has abandoned the
lecture platform. His story of the
North Pole discovery utterly failed to
enthuse the people in the cities which
he visited. Had Peary been a man of
different temperament, he would not
today be suffering the extreme chagrin
which he must feel over his reception
by the American public. This senti
ment toward Peary was not altogether
due to having the glory of the discov
ery dimmed or at least "bungled" by
Dr. Cook. It was to a great extent
a rebuke to the arrogant manner in
which Peary has acted for years
toward any other aspirant for polar
honors. With the Government paying
him a salary while he followed his
chosen pursuit, and the public paying
his expense bills, Peary came to re
gard himself as the sole proprietor, of
the North Pole. Peary's actions since
his return softened the blow which the
public delivered to Cook and dimmed
his own fame.
There should be ready sale for the
bonds of the Multnomah Athletic
Club, which will be offered beginning
today. Apart from the matter of club
interest by members and civic pride
by others, these bonds ought to be
good demand. They are backed by
close-in real estate worth more than
twice the sum of the issue of bonds
and they earn 6 per cent interest. The
present net income of the club is more
than large enough to meet the inter
est on $200,000. - Besides, the rentals
from business lots on Chapman street
and Morrison . street, extended, will
probably double the club s net receipts
In any market, these bonds would be
regarded as gilt-edge security. Mem
bers, friends of the club- and those
seeking merely a safe investment are
urged to be prompt with subscriptions
In order that the work of building may
get under way while the weather is
good.
There is one branch of industry that
is not suffering by the violent changes
in the N.ew Tork stock market and
the Chicago grain markets. The
broker, with his little ticker, like the
darky's coon trap, catches them
a-comin' and a-goin': With grain
showing from 3 to 5 cents per bushel
variation, and stocks as wide a spread
as $11 per share between high and low
in a single session, there-is always a
large amount of trading.
Thirty-two concerns oppose regula
tion of the draws. Thirteen thousand
persons dally cross the bridges. Will
the War Department believe that the
voice of thirty-two is louder than the
complaints of the thirteen thousand?
Senator Bourne listens to the thirty-
two, for the people rule. Some peo
pie.
Meanwhile Mr. Bryan may make
prohibition of liquor for himself as
wide as any state and as lasting as
life. Is there any other real way to
make prohibition effective?
The news from Nebraska would
seem to indicate that- the Democrats
are getting ready to fall out and fall
down at the psychological moment.
- Jimmie Garfield got 73 out of 1100
votes for Governor in the Ohio con
vention. They had Jimmie sized up.
Ohio "pointed with pride" and Iowa
"viewed with alarm" yesterday. The
campaign is on, and all is well.
- Can Bryan come back? He never
did. Can Fielder Jones come back?
He won't
WHY NOT HAVE TWO PARTIES T
Snggeatlons to Rrpabllcnns tad- Dems-
crsts for Am Off Year. .
PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Politically the writer assumes
no virtues not possessed by the masses.
but appeals to' the common sense of
Oregon's electorate. With no United
States Senator to elect, with no Presi
dential campaign at stake, this may
be counted an off year for paying up
old scores; in other words, of getting
even. . .
I beg to urge a different policy. It
is no secret that Oregon stands at the
foot of the list of states with both of
the old parties, in adherence to sound
politics. On the Republican side there I
has been too little regard of party!
principles, too - much readiness to
espouse doctrines not in accord with
right, but to increase party registra
tion. Democrats have not been true .to
their party, but have sought office by
vying with Republicans in espousing
fake doctrines, and allylnjr themselves
with the -defeated faction of Repub
licans in the nominating contest. In
stead of standing as a live factor at
election, they have been the tail to
either Republican faction that would
permit them to hang on, continuously
falling to .have their own ticket.
No Republican of backbone can be
proud of his party's history In Ore
gon. No Democrat of intelligence can'
but deplore the vacillating tactics and
guerilla methods which, entitled their
party to no local title, but nationally
assumed to be Democratic. ".
Is not Oregon capable of possessing
two reputable parties, one shaking off
men without any sentiment of their
own; the other contending for some
thing more" than office?
Instead of two factions, each nurs
ing hangers-on, who never did believe
In Republicanism, that party will do
more credit to itself and have better
standing with the people, when it
shakes off men who condemn a re
publican form of government and rids
its registration of names marked "Re
publican" who. seek only the party's
defeat. The Democratic party "will
stand in far better light when it will
give attention to its own fences, de
fine its own principles, and marshal
enough members to name Its own
ticket, and a - full ticket; instead of
wasting its energies to build a Re
publican party whose greatest curse is
the unsolicited " aid of these same
Democrats.
Is it not possible to have a Demo
cratic party In Oregon of enough
members to -have its own candidates,
paying some heed to its own princi
ples, eulogizing its own candidates
for Legislature, instead of seeking out
men registered as "Republican," and
praising "half-breeds" as superior to
the best of Democrats or Republicans?
Frequently "we see the boast, that
the entire electorate of Oregon Is
capable of enacting wise laws by the
use of an "x" on election day; if so,
Democrats can surely find "men cap
able to serve in the Legislature where
committees, experts, libraries, etc.,
can be utilized. If it is possible that
Democracy .. lacks legislative ability,
would it not be well to devote an oc
casional editorial to the Democratic
cause, rather than devote all editorial
space to Republican policies and in
enthusing over the need of Democ
racy giving its undivided attention to
helping anti-assembly Republicans?
Oregon's resources are so wonderful
that people are flocking here in spite
of her mongrel politics; but in my
opinion, the time is- ripe for two con
sistent, respectable, self-dependent
parties, which can and will fight on
their strength, and cease to look for
victory as the result of an incongru
ous, inconsistent opposition.
Such suggestion will not meet the
approval of men who are simply fight
ing for office, especially the disciples
of fads, with no liking for either of
the old parties; but no unbiased Dem
ocrat or Republican, with a desire for
respectable politics can afford to allow
Oregon to grow notorious as the abode
of political cranks, who in the name of
the people and with the cry of reform
on their lips, seek to enroll people of
all parties under one common name,
and with a pretense of devotion to
party, do everything possible to cor
rupt all that remains of a once or
ganized party; and at the same time
destroy the only opposition worthy
the name of party. In brief, when all
are registered as Republican, and the
Democracy is powerless by reason of
such registration, the spirit of an
archy must rule. Common sense calls
for the organization of at least two
parties, the more evenly divided the
better, and for the good of Oregon
will we not have two parties? We
are better off without two Republican
parties; we are lonesome without a
Democratic party.
This election has its important bear
ings, but two years hence is vastly
more important, and Oregon will ap
pear vastly better if she enters that
fight with two live parties, than with
one organized clique, with secret or
ders, secret meetings, and not in sym
pathy with any National organization.
. - ' CITIZEN.
Advice for Veterinarian.
Youngstown (O.) Telegram.
A horse suffering from colic was
lying in a pasture at Lordstown one
day last week, and the owner, with a
friend, was endeavoring to cure the ani
mal by holding a blanket oveV its head,
underneath which a smudge of chicken
feathers was burning in a bucket. ,
While they were UOs engaged, a
physician happened along and. inquired
what they were doing. He was told
that the smoke was a most potent cure
for colic, and that, while awaiting the
arrival of a veterinarian, they were
trying the old-fashioned remedy.
"Did you ever have the stomach
ache?" inquired the physician.
"I should say I had."
"Do you think that if you had the
Btomach-ache and someone made you
breathe burning chicken feathers it
would have done you any good?"-
"I can't say it would."
"Well," continued the physician,
"horses are like some people, only
some of them have more sense."
The last bit of information put a
stop to the amateur doctoring, and the
men waited until the arrival of the
veterinarian, who soon had the ani
mal on its feet and browsing as usual.
The Dally Cenans.
Chicago Record-Herald.
t"How many children have you?" said
the tourist affably.
"I dunno exactly," answered the
tired-looking woman.
"You don't know?"
"Not for certain. Willie's gone fish
In", Tommy's breakin' a colt, George
borrowed his father's shotgun to go
huntin', ah' Esmeralda Ann is thlnkin
of elopin". I never know how many
I've got till supper time comes, so's I
can count 'em."
Bnaineaa Looking Up.
Pittsburg Post.
"How's business?"
"Brisk," answered the druggist. "I've
bought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning, and donated
goods for several indoor affairs."
"CHRISTIAN I'XITV KOT A DREAM.
Organic Inioni Not Needed! Mcrclr a
Sanif tip of Purpose.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Or.. July t7.
(To the Editor.) The call for a union
tf the churches of the world, to which
The Oregonian recently gave editorial
attention, cannot expect uniformity of
churches and denominations. But a
unity may be sought and possessed by
them all, not an organic union, but a
sameness of sublime purpose, spirit,
faith, hope and love. Such a oneness
as this, the Man of Nazareth prayed for
and foresaw. To disagree is not of
necessity to wrangle, and to compare
is not to fight; and The Oregonian per
mits many views '-to appear upon its
pages from contributors who are not
aiming to devour one another, but to
know the truth, and to know the truth
is better than to know error.
When minds disagree in some things
many things,' if you please they
have a special gladness in what they
agree on. In fine, disagreement em
phasizes agreement. The systems" of
theology differ mainly in the matter of
metaphysics, and the forms of church
government are but three, viz.. Epis
copal, independent and Presbyterial.
Unity lives in variety, one hand with
five fingers, and one music from many
instruments. Temperament is satisfied
by a particular church, a wholesome
rivalry comes from different evangeli
cal forces, and truth is kept alive by
particular guardians In denominations.
One church makes prominent one thing,
another church another. The Presby
terians have emphasized learning, the
observance of one day in seven, with
no let-up, and the penal code; the Con
gregationalists, civil liberty and indi
vidual dignity; the Baptists the rights
of conscience and the glory of the sac
raments: the Episcopalians, law. order.
authority and continuity in history; the
Methodists have loved ardor that has
not always respected order, warmth,
enthusiasm, and have not been dis
turbed by the shouts of faith. Of course
one church rejoices in the success of
another in this beauty of unity.
If one tree is fallen in the forest of
humanity by the ax of one preacher,
the team of another does not go in to
haul the tree away from the chopper.
Christianity is wider than our creeds.
The great assembly just held at Edin
burgh the most important held during
the Christian Era, speaks for millions
of devout men. women and children
around the globe that they are one.
B. J. HOADLEY.
LIQUOR TO INDIANS IN NEWPORT
Mayor Bensell Correct an Error Made
by a Visitor.
NEWPORT. Or.. July. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Dr. L. j. Falkenberg. of the Smith
sonian Institute, is mistaken in his state
ment In The Oregonian of July 23, when
he says "The City of Newport allows the
saloonkeepers to sell whisky to Indians."
The city tries to prevent the sale of
liquor to Indians. I have lived here
30 years when it was -"dry" and when it
was "wet." Under both conditions, In
dians were drunk on the streets. They
get the liquor from worthless white men,
who, no doubt, make a profit on the
traffic.
The doctor's euggestion to place notice
of a reward in public places would be
time and money wasted. No Indian or
white man, either, for that matter, ever
betrays the party that serves him with
bad whisky. Since they won't do this,
a fine seems the only remedy, for they
count that so much real pleasure lost.
If the doctor instead of compiling a
grammar of Indian dialect, would come
over here and find out the man or men
who are responsible for Indians being
drunk, the city will add to his salary
a nice sum. and I am sure the Indian
dialect at times would Increase the value
of his grammar, and be highly appre
ciated by the Smithsonian Institute.
. R. A. BENSELL, Mayor.
Handsome Artificial Diamonds.
New York Press.
A new variety of sophisticated dia
mond is chronicled for early appear
ance In the shops. The ordinary dia
mond (that is, the real article, which
is not, perhaps, so ordinary, after all)
is pure carbon. The new diamonds are
composed of carborundum, a well
known abrasive, now widely used in
grinding wheels, knife sharpeners, etc.,
which is chemically silicon carbide.
Carborundum is very hard, in fact,
stands next to the diamond in respect
of this quality, and has a refractive
index as high as or higher than the
latter stone. The brilliancy of the dia
mond Is due to Its high Index of re
fraction. Until recently it has not been
practicable to manufacture a colorless
calcium carbide, but it is now an
nounced that a manufacturer has suc
ceeded in achieving this" result. This
means. If the report is to be trusted,
that a supply of artificial carborundum
diamonds may soon be on the market.
The fact that carborundum is now
widely used in the form of grindstones
Indicates its cheapness, at least as a
"precious" stone. The Scientific Ameri
can is responsible for this piece .of
news, which we pass along for what it
is worth.
Antl-Aaaembly Organization.
Ontario Optimist.
Parties cannot exist without organi
zation, and men not a part of a party
organization are not a part of society.
The man who thinks he can saddle a
political party on his shoulders and
carry It Is a strong man, and If he suc
ceeds he must have men back of him to
boost him. The antl - assembly men
are an organization, they have .their
satellites working in every community.
They are locked in arms with the
Democratic and anti - Republicans In
every community. They use the pri
mary law as a means to destroy party
unity and claim there should be no
party .organization. They are assisted
by the Republicans who cannot trust
their ambitions to representatives
elected by the party.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
The average man doesn't improve his
time when he tinkers with his "watch.
Even a consistent temperance advo
cate may kick on the amount of his
water, tax.
A suffragette says the average
woman's faith In her husband is fully
two-thirds pretense.
When you hear an undertaker growl
ing about the Increased cost of living
he Is probably trying to boost his busi
ness, A married man complains that every
time he meets one of his wife's rela
tions he is asked to explain something.
Busy for Three Mlnntea.
New York Press.
Willie Manderolo, 6 years old, of 1399
Gates avenue, Brooklyn, had a ride- on
a truck, a slashing from the driver's
whip, a smash from a trolley car, a ride
in the fender and a foot race with a
motorman and a conductor all In three
minutes yesterday afternoon. He passed
through his busy period without a
scratch. In fact, he escaped so well
that women In the trolley car who had
fainted out of sympathy for him when
they saw him standing between the
tracks regretted afterward they had
permitted their feelings to get the bet
ter of them.
No Mlraclca Nowaday.
Cornell Widow.
Young Loveman Dearest, would you
be satisfied with a little vine-hung
cottage in the suburbs, where there is
no malaria, and a convenient trolley,
with a willing, cheerful mald-of-all-work,
who can sew, cook, wash," and
Dearest Stop, Percy; the days of mira
cles are over -
MR. MARTIN ANSWERS CRITICS.
He la Vnshle to Indict the Dog In
Print Without Violating Decency.
PORTLAND. July 2?.-(To the Editor.)
To present the facts concerning the dog
through the medium of any decent news
paper would be impossible. No subject
presents such nauseating details. The
writer will, however, present them fully
In any suitable hall in this city, excluding-
therefrom all women and children.
Mankind should realize that it is yet
In the making, and its savage nature
clings tenaciously to old traditions, and
some , sort of fetich worship. The dear
little bouse fly. "God's little fly." that
was supposed to be a blessing in dis
guise, as the motion of its wings aided
in the circulation of the air, etc. Such
rot is no longer believed.
Education. careful examination of
facts regarding the dog and its day will
have passed. In public debate the writer
is prepared to prove beyond quibble, that
the dog is an adjunct of the wilds and
a nuisance and menace to civilization,
whenever centered in village, town or
city.
In the early '60s the writer, dressed
in buffalo coat, coyote-skin cap, dog
skin mittens, boot packs, etc., hunted
and trapped in the then territory of
Dakota, and carried wolf and coyote
traps and an old Springfield musket
slung across shoulder, and had as a
companion that adjunct of the wilds, a
dog, who then and there occupied his
rightful sphere. At present the above
mentioned paraphernalia, outside of the
wilds. is not in evidence, save and ex
cept the dog.
The man or woman who would inflict
any unnecessary suffering on a dog. or
on. any other brute, only emphasizes his
or her own brute nature, and by the
same token the person who nurses or
wallows with them discredits his man
hood or womanhood. Senator Vest's
"Eulogy on the Dog" was simply the
same professional eloquence he would
use defending a murderer or thief, and
carries no weight whatsoever. Dogs will
tear, rend and destroy their masters, and
the writer can furnish abundant proof
thereof. Has the world so soon forgotten
the Messina horror? What a grewsome
spectacle it was to behold (I quote from
Associated Press reports) "Thousands of
dogs roaming like ravening wolves or
hyenas through Messina's ruins, devour
ing the living "and dead." Oh, dog lovers
and defenders, for every good act on
record for this domesticated wolf, im
partial history will record a thousand
bad and savage ones.
The writer's recollection of Medford.
Or., is that about one year since, his
wife and self, after three nights' loss
of sleep there, caused by hundreds of
barking, howling- curs making night hid
eous, had to leave that dog town and
go on to Ashland to secure a night's
slumber. The merchants of Salem. Or.. .
posted placards in their windows request
ing their customers to leave their dogs
outside. Will some dog defender set forth
the benefits to Portland in its vast army
of useless brutes? Sanitary measures
alone should be sufficient to relegate this
filthy monster to the wilds where he be
longs, as not only does ho befoul the
food we eat, but our beautiful store
fronts and doorways. Awaken, fetish
worshipers and dog idolaters! Alaskan
wilds and trails need your dog.s the more
wolf in them the better. Portland has
thrown off the garb of savagery and
wilderness, and can well dispense with
any and all adjuncts of the wilds.
Awaken, say I. Make this a city for
men and women, civilized men and wom
en. Turn your eyes for a time on God's
little children, and exterminate or send
to the wilds this filthv monster, this
ever-present menace to life, limb, prop- .
erty and comfort in any town or city. r
A. J. MARTIN.
DogR and Children.
PORTLAND, July 25. (To the Edi
tor.) In answer to J. Brown's letter, I
rise to remark that just as many peo
ple are annoyed by their neighbors'
children as by their dogs, and just as
many flower beds are spoiled by chil
dren. (I speak from experience.) Yet
one is considered a crank if jone pro
tests. I do not own a dog aC present,
but my neighbor owns three, and they
do not cause as much annoyance as do
other neighbors' children. Is it not pos
sible, that children and grown people
t n U o il t cufi from safh orhr? T thlnlc
t so. Why blame dumb animals that can
not defend themselves? It does not
seem generous. As for dogs being dis
gusting, one does not expect them to
conform to a human standard of beha
vior. I live on the outskirts of the
city, and can say that I have seen chil
dren do quite as disgusting things, and
with far less excuse.
When a child I lived on a farm with my
mother and sister, and our faithful St.
Bernard was our only protection. His
death was the one real sorrow of my
childhood. He was both playmate and
friend, the truest and most faithful.
His love 'remained ours until his death.
I am not ashamed to say I loved him,
and am glad to pay him this tribute. I
am sure there are many men and wom
en that feel, as I do. Let us hear from
the dog-lovers. A DOG-LOVER.
"Etella" Doesn't Know DOsrs.
PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi
tor.) About this everlasting dog ques
tion: I'm very much surprised "Etella"
(where did mother find that name?)
should take the time that really be
longs to her "higher and nobler call
ing" and stoop to give us poor animal
lovers such a dig
Now let me tell you a dog Is only a
dog except when he has an Intelligent
master. Then he is almos't human; so.
of course, "Etella" can't be expected to
know a dog at its best. No dog will
ever desert you, ,no matter ' how poor
you may become, and that's more than
one can say of most friends. And, any
way, if dogs were really the wolves
one ranter paints them, where do we
get the expression "dog-like devotion"?
It's the highest form of devotion we
know. Besides, literature fairly teems
with good stories about dogs, which, of
course, "Etella" Is too busy to read.
ANTt-ETELLA.
"Love Me, Love My Dog."
PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi
tor.) "Love me, love my dog" is a
saying founded on fact, if not on rea
son. Mr. Martin may console himself,
however, by reflecting that he isn't
compelled to do either.
Every -dependent creature (even a
child) can be rendered disgusting by
neglect or over pampering. For neg
lect the law should be, in every case,
the prompt and well-applied remedy.
The sensible dog owner who cares for
his pet, keeps him at home and does not
Intrude him on anyone, must, however,
be moved to speak in his behalf; must
defend his excellent common sense, his
quiet, unassuming companionship and
his fidelity, which if "only a habit" as
his assailant assures us, is a habit that
goes as deep as life and only dies with
it. MRS. O.
. Use for Laat Yeu'i Hat.
Philadelphia Record.
Last year's hats have their uses.' H.
B. Wilson, of Wallis Run, Lycoming
County, hung his last years' straw hat
on a rafter in the wagon shed loft. This
Spring swallows built a nest on the
crown part hanging uppermost, and
also another nest within the crown.
After the swallows came a wren ana
built her nest in the swallows' nest
within the crown.
Baseball Not Played With the Mouth.
Springfield Republican.
Nothing is more amusing and silly
than to see a ballplayer kick on a
decision when he Is out ten feet, and
there are many who do it. It is use
less generally and is more harmful to
himself than any one else. Baseball
is played with a ball and bat, not with
the mouth..