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OB wlth Special Aiency New York, roorni ." so Tnhun bulldlnk. Cnlcssjo. room S1X Tribune biiildln. FT) TUB. nUOAI. ArCCST a. 11- the tssrz. The special champion of Statement No. 1 from the first has been Jona than oume. It is his child. Bourne put It In the primary law through the friendly agency of ITRen. It slum bered unnoticed In the unfamiliar precincts of the primary law from 1904 to 180$ when Bourne began his widespread campaign of education as to the beauties and advantages of the now famous Statement. He thus systematically laid a foundation for his candidacy for Senator. It was all carefully planned from the beginning. It was the only way by which Bourne could possibly be elected Senator. He knew it. He advertised Statement No. 1 everywhere, and incidentally him self with It. He became the plurality nominee of the Republican primary for United States Senator, receiving thirty per cent of the entire vote. Party loyalty enabled him to beat the Democratic nominee) at the polls, and later through the ingenious and suc cessful operations of Statement No. 1 he was elected Senator by the Legis lature. Now we discover in the Republican party two opposing factions. One de sires party organization and effective. Intelligent and harmonious party ac tion. The other opposes assembly or party organization, and definitely aligns itself wtih the forces support ing Statement No. 1. The life, soul and spirit of Statement No. 1 was and is Jonathan Bourne. The can didate for the Legislature who sub scribes to Statement No. 1 definitely and avowedly loins hands with the Bourne organization and Is as Indeli bly Impressed with the stamp or Bourneism. The Bourne machine to day Is the single active instrumental ity in flzlng the legislative anti-assembly slates throughout Oregon. It Is putting up candidates everywhere. It is seeking and making alliances in every county. It Is the main impulse behind every Statement No. 1 candi date. The Bourne, machine Is doing more. It is arranging for a Bourne cam paign all down the line. It has brought out B. F. Mulkey as the candidate for Congress in the First District against W. Hawley. Mul key swallows the whole Bourne pro gramme, for he Is of the swallowing kind. It Is seeking strenuously to accommodate the ambitions and ac tivities of the several anti-assembly candidates for Governor to a con certed movement behind a single can didate. The Bourne Influence tried to bring out Dunlway for Governor and failed. It sought to persuade Dr. A. C. Smith that his true course toward the Governorship was with the anti-assembly forces, and it failed. Now It Is ready to get behind any available candidate to defeat Bowerman, and to that end It . will dispose of Colonel Hofcr, who says he Is a candidate. In any manner the Bourne machine may desire. It will do yet more. It will all this time have an eye favorable to the nomination by the Democracy of Os wald West for Governor. If West shall be the Democratic candidate against Bowerman as the Republican nominee who can doubt where the Immediate Bourne influence will be exerted? West as Governor means a perpetuation of the Bourne-Chamberlain control In Oregon affairs, for West Is the political protege and creature of Chamberlain. , All this is perfectly clear. It is set forth In this plain manner that there may be no misunderstanding of the issue before the people of Oregon. It Is Bourne. It Is Bourneism. The time Is here and now In Oregon dur ing the present campaign when Bourn and Bourneism are to be voted up or down. Let us start out with a proper apprehension of what is before us. On the one hand there Is Bourne; on the other there is the certain defeat of Bourne. On the one hand there is party demoralization and party paralysis: on the other there is at least a praiseworthy effort by men who have the welfare of the Republican party much at heart In the direction of party unity, party or ganization and party success. CALIFORNIA'S GRAIN CROP. A Stockton special In the Orego nlan yesterday says that the grain growers of the famous San Joaquin Valley are harvesting an unusually large crop of barley and wheat. In the island district west of Stockton barley Is running as high as seventy five bushels per acre, and heavy wheat yields are also reported. This is very gratifying news to the Pacific Northwest, as well as to California. It Is Improbable that California will ever again figure extensively as an exporter of wheat, and even her bar ley exports wtll never reach the big figures scored in the past. Tet there Is reason for believing that the higher prices for cereals will result In better cultivation and bigger yields of grain. The Interest which the Pacific North west has In the California grain crop is purely economic. When the grain growers of Oregon. Washington and Idaho are unable to find a market for their product in foreign countries. It Is of course ad vantageous to sell It nearer home. But California and the North Pacific states are so closely related tn a busi ness way that we should much prefer that California raise her own grain, and leave the exportable surplus from Oregon and Washington to be sold abroad. For the year ending June 10 there was shipped from Portland and Puget Sound to California ports more than t. 600. 00 bushels of wheat and 660.000 barrels of flour, making a grand total (flour Included) of more than s.000. 000 bushels of wheat. This cost the Callfomians, with the freight added. tahnnt f 10.000. 000. and the money I they paid to the northern grain growers was all withdrawn irom cir culation In California. San Francisco and Los Angeles annually send many millions to Portland and other Oregon and Washington ports for lumber. This la a commodity that cannot bo replaced by California lumber and the state must continue Indefinitely to pay tribute to Portland for this gTeat staple. In the case of grain, however, there is a chance for California to get along with less assistance from the Pacific Northwest. No complaint Is found over the prices the Californlans will ingly pay. but If they raised more grain at home there would be more money In circulation, and they could afford to buy more lumber or other Oregon and Washington staples which It Is Impossible to secure In Califor nia. Money brought to this country from Europe for grain Is all now cap ital added to the Pacific Coast. That which Is merely shifted from Califor nia to Oregon can never prove so advantageous to the general business situation. A TEST Or FAIRNESS. ' It has been fairly demonstrated that the way to abate the drawbridge nuisance in this city Is to abate It. The first day's experiment showed that no passenger boats were de tained, and that relatively few sand scows ' and tow-boats were held up during the closed-draw periods, while hundreds of foot passengers and a large number of streetcars full to their carrying capacity passed over without the usual detention during the rush hours. The fairness of the arrangement in stituted by the county court must be apparent to all, though no doubt the class of persons who make a point of pushing their rights In all matters to the limit and tjarry as many privi leges as possible along with the "push." are dissatisfied with the ar rangement. It may be hoped that such persons will school themselves Into a better frame of mind and thereby come to see that the rights of others are equal to their own. The exercise of the principle of fairness" of which we hear so much in the labor and business world to day is all that Is necessary for the ad justment of the matter on a reason able and fairly satisfactory basis, and with due regard to the Interests of all concerned. THE COCNTY OF NESMITH. The Cottage Grove Leader permits itself to get excited over the attitude of The Oregonlan toward the new county division schemes and says a number of things about the motives of this paper that might Just as well have been left unsaid. We will let that pass wtlhout special comment, though it appears well to notice the statement of the Leader that The Oregonlan had undergone a "change of Its convictions" since April 3. 1909, when the following paragraph was printed in this paper: Cottac Grov will put Into circulation a petition for the creation of Neemlth County. Th county will b formed of portions of Lane and Doafls th larger part from Lue. it will easy to get names enough tor th Initiative petition, and th elector of th state will probably grant It. Th Oregonlan will support It, as lar as It can largely because It wants to honor th nam of Nesmlth. There has been no change of heart or change of convictions on the part of The Oregonlan. It will be noticed that the suggestion of The Oregonlan last year was of qualified Indorse ment. Since that time six or seven nev-county projects have- appeared. There are. or were, several conflict ing, confusing and overlapping schemes from the territory from which it Is proposed to create Nesmlth County. The whole business Is so entangled and involved that it is im possible for the voter to have a clear view of what he is to pass on. and In this situation The Oregonlan has thought the only safe course to pur sue will be to vote against all such schemes. It has said so. The Oregonlan would like to see a Nesmlth County In Oregon, and Cot tage Grove as Its county seat. If the proposal can be made to the Legis lature and the question of boundaries so clarified that it will jiot be embar rassed by other county efforts. The Oregonlan will urge that the name of Nesmlth be thus honored by this fine new county. ? GOOD CORNERS AND BAD. It is announced that the Federal grand Jury will Investigate the re cent corner In July wheat with a view of determining whether or not it was a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Before looking into the wheat corner, the Federal grand Jury might find easier game In the cotton corner which .successfully culminated simul taneously with the alleged wheat cor ner. Compared with the profits of the cotton corner, the small profits of the wheat bulls were so Insignifi cant as hardly to merit mention, but as yet there is no movement being made for Investigating the cotton corner. This may be due to the fact that the greater part of the cotton affected by the high prices which this corner made possible. Is shipped to foreign instead of being used at home. Our people lose some of their Indignation over high prices for American products when the bulk of these products is being paid for by the foreigners." Down South there is heard from time to time denunciation of cotton speculation, but that corners are not altogether detrimental to business la quite clearly set forth by the New Orleans Picayune in the statement. "The operations of the small coterie of Southern business men and finan ciers who have managed the great doal in cotton this season have been of Inestimable advantage to the South, as thereby Southern producers have been able to secure something like the true value of their product, and a ready market has been made for all the available cotton in this section." It would appear from this opinion of a reputable newspaper, printed at the seat of the cotton in dustry, that the cotton corner Instead of being an object of suspicion and investigation was actually beneficial to the cotton industry. The degree of Iniquity that may be charged against these somewhat dis turbing factors in trade depends largely on the viewpoint. The men who forced the price of cotton so high that the short-sellers were obliged to pay millions to settle their contracts are regarded in the South as public benefactors, while in the North the men who attempted to force wheat prices to high figures are condemned and made the subject for a Federal grand Jury Investigation. If the an nounced lnevstigation of the alleged wheat corner is unattended by more unfavorable disclosures than its pre decessors have brought to light, it will be tame and uninteresting. After all. It might be as well not to throw too many safeguards around the nefarious short sellers who, regard less of crop conditions, are always en deavoring to depress prices. For them should be Invoked that old rule: H who sails what 1 not hlrn Must buy It back or go to prison. A few years in prison might break the desires of these shorts unnatur ally to depress the market. ANNUAL STRIKE RUMOR. The annual rumble and murmur about a water-front strike is again in the air, but the chances for such an interruption to the shipping business here are less promising this year than ever before. This year for the first time In the history of the port, all roads leading through the wheat country have terminals on Puget Sound; a grainhandlers' and long shoremen's strike would be almost an Impossibility, for the simple reason that there would tie no grain to han dle at Portland If anything happened to place this city at a disadvantage with Puget Sound. Nearly all of the firms doing business in Portland have branch houses and dock facilities at Tacoma and Seattle. With the O. R. & N. line to Puget Sound, It would be possible to ship through every bsuhel of the surplus wheat without even taking the trouble to settle the strike. This change in a situation that has existed for years may go a long ways toward clearing the industrial atmos phere, so far as it applies to the water-front business in this city. Aside from the grain business, the amount of freight handled on the water-front is not large enough to supply employment' for many men. So far as the employers of water front labor are concerned. It is a ma ter of Indifference how high the wages or Bhort the hours may be, if the 8am e wages and hours prevail on Puget Sound. It is simply a case of meeting competition. If the grain cannot be handled at Portland on practically the same labor scale as prevails on Puget Sound, it will most certainly go to Puget Sound. This Is not a matter that requires great knowledge of political economy. It Is a cold, hard, commercial fact that must be plain to all who are in any manner familiar with the con ditions prevailing in the two ports. A water-front strike in Portland would drive business to Puget Sound: with the business gone, there would be nothing to strike for at Portland. The Harriman extension to Puget Sound has made changes on the in dustrial as well as on the railroad map. ' THE DISASTER AT HOOVER. The calamity that overtook the lit tle mill town of Hoover, on the North Santlam River, a few days ago was complete. Of the prosperous village made up of the homes of a thrifty la boring class but three remained after the fire, started in the tinder-dry de bris of the mill, had swept on and out Into the timber beyond. A calamity of this kind would be ir remediable but for the humanity that responds full-handed with such as it can muster, to the dire need that ap peals for succor. Before the terrible sweep of the flames in this instance, a capacious sawmill, a large lumber yard, a hotel, general merchandise store, the postoflice and twenty-five cottages and bunkhouses went down. Desperate Are-fighters, making com mon cause against a common danger, saved some of the household belong ings of the mlllmen's homes by load ing them upon boxcars and sending them by the force of gravity to Detroit two and a half miles away. The. homes of the people of that village were open to the shelterless, supply depots were drawn upon for provisions and the homeless were temporarily re lieved of the "hot distress" engen dered by the Are. "The primal sin of selfishness" is, by a calamity of this kind, trans muted, temporarily at least. Into the lofty virtues of sympathy and gener osity. Tried literally by fire, the gold in human nature is quickly purged of its dross. The financial loss in this mill, village and lumber fire is esti mated at J100.000. It Is a significant fact, and one which discredits the esti mate that "money rules the world," that the loss suffered by the laboring men In homes, household goods and the temporary crippling of the busi ness which gave them employment, is given precedence in the report of the disaster over the heavy financial loss, while through it all sounded a note of relief that no lives were lost. All of which Is to say that, bad as the Hoo ver mill Are was, it might easily have been worse. EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING. All the advertising or counties, cit ies, districts, in these Pacific States, that is carried on under the head of development, is effective in reaching and Informing a multitude of people east of us on the productions and at tractions of this empire within an empire. The fact Is responsible for the outpouring of books, pictures, booklets and pamphlets without end. That much of this literature is highly colored Is undeniable. That all Is discounted by the' best of the Eastern inquirers when at last it reaches them is also true. Like bul lets on a battlefield, thousands on thousands fail to reach a mark. But under this same heading come other forms of advertising not open to the dangers of exaggeration, nd of disbelief. One Is that of the Oregon products car, filled with grains, grasses, fruits, vegetables, in fact a fair on wheels. From city to city, from country depot to depot, it is car ried, and is thronged with streams of visitors while daylight lasts. Nothing compares with it In the power to reach the very folk desired. A strong feature is that not only is the man of the household informed, but the housewife and her children press to the car. No trouble should be spared to fill that now being fitted out by the Great Northern Railroad with our best. A hint may be permitted: That photographs are accepted and treas ured when books and circulars do not attract. The farm homes of Oregon bearing comfort, beauty, prosperity on the face of them are the best illus trations for the grain and fruit we raise. Not a county In our state should fail to be represented in that gallery. Development leagues may well spend hundreds of dollars from their treasuries in "providing this store of pictures of Oregon scenes and life for free distribution wherever the car goes. i Tet another form of advertising may be developed to the limit without fear. The county fair appeals to na tive and foreigner alike. Can any assertion by word of mouth, or in print and . picture, compare in faith compelling with the demonstration of the fair? Have we not seen the vis itor, struck with the size, color, form, of the exhibits, stop and return to talk with the exhibitor so often to be found proudly watching the shelves which the products of his farm and orchard adorn ? That talk is worth, in real at traction to the county, scores of books and pamphlets. Moreover, that advertisement Is live itself, and life-compelling. Germs of improvement in breeds of stock, in farm and orchard products, in new implements and tools, fly far and wide from the county fair. Let develop ment leagues, county courts, railroads, livestock and poultry societies aid the county fair, which should find a place within this and the .next month in every county in the state. WHOLLY "DRV OR PARTLY "DRV?" There are thirty-four counties In Oregon twenty-one of them "dry," thirteen "wet." The dry area has been growing steadily since enactment of the county prohibition law in 1904. The dry territory is the greater part of the area of Oregon, and about one half the state's population lives therein. Hundreds of public saloons have been abolished. The county pro hibition law has had a fair test. The collection of internal revenue for Oregon has Just made public the figures of liquor revenue receipts for this district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. They are: From dis tilled liquor licenses. 3307,208, an in crease of $37,937 over 1909; from beer licenses, 3224.721, exceeding the pre vious largest year by $18,965. If the sale of liquor In Oregon in creases largely from year to year with the. state half "dry," what will be the ratio of increase with Oregon wholly "dry"? Whether or not the political period is having a special bearing upon the nerves of the people of Lafayette, Ala., it is a pretty sure thing, says the Indianapolis Star, that something is working upon their feelings. Witness the follownig ordinance passed by the town Council of thafSouUiern village a few days ago: Section 1. That the keeping of any Jack ass within three-fourths of a mile of th County Courthouse In said town of LaFay ette, and within the hearing; distance of the populace within the above designated territory, is hereby declared a nuisance, and Is hereby made unlawful. The County Courthouse being com monly " used for political gatherings there Is probably enough of harsh dis cordance brayed upon the air, from day to day within the three-quarter-mile limit fixed by this ordinance, without "the addition of the tuneful notes of 'the Jackass. The people's nerves should not be entirely disre garded in these piping times of peace. It used to be "Yamhill agMn the world"; it ought to be "Oregon agIn the world." This remark is anent the report of the Agricultural Depart ment, published Friday, which gives in detail the condition of the apple crop in 43 states of the Union. Run your eye down the list and note that Oregon leads all the rest with a percentage of 93. Our Northern neighbor, Washington, is next with 92 per cent, and Idaho third with 90. More gratifying still is the record for the past ten years, during which the "Oregon Country" and California oc cupy the first four places In the per centage column. This year Is the time for rejoicing at Rogue River, Lownsdaleville, the whole Willamette Valley and the Umpqua, to say noth ing of Hood River and Mosier dis tricts that speak for themselves one year after another. For more than a generation it has been a common occurence for Amer ican horses to be sent over to Europe and win huge prizes. It is very un usual, however, for a European horse to come to this country and carry off speed honors. Such an event Is now possible, however, for the European trotting stallion Willy, now campaign ing in the West, is making such an excellent showing that it is believed he may win the big wagon race at the New Tork meeting. Forty American trotters are entered for this race. The past records of Willy are so re markable that Americans may suffer the humiliation of witnessing one of their big racing prizes carried off by a foreign-bred horse. It is not im probable, however, that if the pedi gree of this great European racer was traced back far enough it might run into an American equine family. The Colonel is finding relaxation from his recent killing expedition by going to see the miners' families in Pennsylvania. At Avondale he found one woman who was the mother of twelve children and another who had added eighteen to the population of the over-populated poverty-stricken region in which misery increases as children increase. There is no fear of any race suicide among the Colonel's friends, so long as certain, sometimes necessary operations are forbidden by law. What is almost certain to happen to the family of those who produce eighteen children when they cannot properly support and educate one-sixth that number is never con sidered by these rabbit-like animals .who apparently find no great hard ship in following out the teachings of the Colonel on this particular topic. Some of these Senators are. talking too much and some too little. For example, there are Senators Crane a nne if the former would say less about Ballinger and the latter say more about Bherman, tne reading puu lic might learn the facts. Mere talk ing is not saying much. Toung Meyers, who killed the Salem ..iiMman a-ets a new trial on a tech nicality the officer failed to show a warrant when making tne arrest, unca more the laws trivialities seem to favor the slayers of men. There is two and a half inches of deficiency in the rainfall at Portland. about that much this month and square the books by Sep tember 1- Barnum and Bailey, Buffalo Bill and other resuscitated people are headed toward this Coast. The day of the "come-back" is not yet past. Benjamin Ide Wheeler says trusts are our chief peril. He overlooks the fight pictures and Ice cream cones. Madras holds the record for deep wells." a persistent driller having found water at a depth of 425 feet. TEACHERS SALARY ASD EXPENSE What Chance to Save .a Competency "" Under Present Condition f PORTLAND. Aug. 3. (To the Edi tor.) In a recent editorial In The Ore gonian the statement was made that few teachers who enter the schoolroom do so with the expectation of making that their lifework. Let us see what the inducements are which would lead a young woman to make teaching her profession. In the grammar and primary grades of this city the average salary Is. I suppose, $800 to $850 per year, or about $65 to $70 per month. In order to obtain this a young wom an must have graduated from the High School, or done equivalent work, and in case she enters the pupil teachers' class, give two additional years of her time to the acquiring, by personal ob servation, knowledge pf schoolroom work. Some gain experience in outside schools, but experience they must have. All this is right, but is the compensa tion adequate? For the young woman who does not live at home, the expenses are about as follows: For a warm, lighted room, with peo ple of education and refinement where she can read and study Twelve months at $35 '42 two Dusineas suits One a-own ............. Gloves, hats, shoes, etc Laundry Car -fare ............. Dentist Doctor and lost time. Lectures, books, etc. .........' rharllv . . Vacation expenses -5 Total .$750 leaving her an opportunity to save from $50 to $100 per year. Is this provision for old age sufficient? It would not seem so. Some teachers, to save more, cook, eat and sleep in one room. Some do their own sewing, some their laundry and tone do not attend church; while others who wish to hear the best in music, stand in line from one to two hours on cold, wintry nights, hoping to reach the gallery where seats are cheap. I believe a teacher should not do such things. After taking care of and teaching 40 children of various inclinations and dispositions. In order to be at her best, a teacher should not be worried about the years to come or about current expenses. Will not our Board of Education con sider these things before arriving at any decision in regard to the teacnersr petltlon for a comfortable living? JEAN. Land for the Common People. Joseph Burtt, of London, in Leslie's. In all I spent four months traveling and lecturing in the Eastern cities of the States, and met many men of varied classes. In my wildest dreams for the race I had never foreseen such wealth, such freedom,- such equality. America is the land of the common people, as England is the land of the classes. If I were a young worklngman I would go to the States as soon as I could earn passage, because, once on her soil, I should cease to be a laborer and become a man which is a very ,klne Better than the boundless wealth of America, better than any material Dene fit she can bestow, is this sense of man hood and equality that is as all-pervading as the air. Worse than the earthen floor of the peasant's hovel, still found in our southern counties, and the starvation wages on which he lives, is the. slavish spirit that drags the cap from his head before the parson or the squire or crowds him into the ditch as the carriage passes by. He is not a man, only a laborer, one step above the serf. Miserable Water In the Alblna District. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Edi tor.) How long will the Northeast Portlanders have to endure that miser able Alblna water? Immediately upon the relief of the Southeast Slders from a slmlar affliction came this scourge upon us. The authorit'es simply "robbed Peter to pay Paul." The state ment of the City Physician that the water is free from germs is doubtless true; no germ could long survive its metallic quality. Aside from its abominable flavor, the water is' so hard that housewives are compelled to resort to sal soda or some similar "softener" in order to get results from any kind of soap. In fact, it is unsatisfactory from every stand point except for irrigating purposes. It is enough to have to fight for pure mUk without our water supply being tampered with. We are paying for and are certainly entitled to pure Bull Run water, and it is hoped that immediate action will be taken to relieve the situation. HOLLADAT RESIDENT. Politics and Conservation. New York Evening Sun. Professor Bailey, of the Cornell Col lege of Agriculture and the Country Life Commission, ' in denying that his back-to-nature proposals are to be dis cussed at a conference in St. Paul after the close of the Conservation Congress, remarked sadly: I am alraid that Ute conservative move ment Is In danger of becoming confused by the people with politics. We do not want a conservation party and an antl-conservatlon nartv Conservation is an economic and so cial problem rather than a political issue. Consider the lgh chivalry of Mr. Plnchot the modesty of Mr. Garfield, to say nothing of the loyalty of the humbler members of the band, and Mr. Bailey's suggestion becomes absurd at once. These seekers after ' the ideal may be statesmen, but they are most certainly not politicians wouldn't be anything so low and vulgar. Origin of "Got Your Goat." . New Tork Sun. Sitting at a table in a Broadway cafe a well-known turfman a few nights ago told how the phrase "Got your goat" originated. He said it was bor rowed from the racetrack stable. He said that it had been the custom of many trainers to place a goat with a thoroughbred in training for a race. The diversion that the goat furnished the horse- was supposed to play a great part in balancing the animal's temperament. When the time for the race was near at hand great care was exercised to prevent the horse's friend from being stolen by hangers-on, who figured thus to unnerve the racer. The loss of the goat has been known to worry a thoroughbred enough to make him lose a race, and so It came to be said that when a horse failed to per form up to expectations somebody had got his goat. Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Press. A child thinks his parents beat him because they deserve it themselves. The only objection to virtues is how dull they make people, but it's enough. A man will hunt the world over for money: he expects religion to find him. A girl never trusts a canoe, but she can make any man believe she does be cause he's managing it. No matter how suspicious a woman is about all other women's figures, she could never make herself believe any body would be suspicious about hers. . A Real Democrat. " Washington Herald. James Jr Corbett must be a real Democrat. He always wins the fight for his side before it takes place, and loses it in the show-down. . v Cynicism From Ohio. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. The world is principally made up of fighters, promotora, and suckers. IS ROOSEVELT AN ASSET OR LIABILITY? Editor of the North American Review Declares n Conflict Between Roosevelt nnd Taft Is Inevitable One Statement That Made George Harvey Member of the Ananias Club. A few days ago Theodore Roosevelt almost spplled the short and ugly word to George Harvey, editor of the North American Re view, on account of a statement contained In an axtlcl In the current number of the Review from Colonel Harvey's pen. Fol lowing are copious extracts from the article which was headed: "Is Roosevelt An Asset or a Liability?" They are published with out prejudice. The party seemed to be doomed. Only the strongest imaginable counter-irritant could save it from its subservience to specialized privilege. Fortunately or unfortunately, as one gauges what might have happened otherwise, the es sential revivifying force appeared, like a meteor in the sky, in Theodore Roosevelt. It was as a force, such a force, that we proclaimed him the chief, if not Indeed the sole remaining asset of the mighty body politic whose vitals had fallen victim to a mordant ulcer. What follows is known of alL Guided by instinct so sure as to seem amazing and at times almost uncanny, stirred by innate daring so audacious as to make the highest courage seem insipid, unhampered by scruple as to method in fashioning achievements to satisfy clamor, the most venturous of beings of the present day touched, as with the rod of Moses, the rock from which there gushed a veritable geyser cf popularity. The effect upon that ardent temperament was inevitable and Irresistible. Himself became drunk from sense of power. Incalculable harm ensued from reckless acts and un constrained mouthlngs. Dominance of the ego became absolute. He no longer interpreted the law. He was the law. He no longer expounded righteousness. He was righteousness incarnate. All men whose recollections differed from his were liars. All who disagreed were scoundrels. So it was then and so, we regret to say, after a full year of changing perspectives, relaxing con centrated mentality and resting Jaded nerves, it is today. - Such the force em bodied In the Son or should we say Child? of Destiny. It is as a force, not as an individual, that we must continue to regard and reckon with Theodore Roosevelt. In no other way can accurate Judgment be formed. Close touch with his cap tivating personality blinds the vision. Such another does not exist. It radi ates Joy. It lnf usf.s confidence. It im plants faith. It inspires courage. It breathes an endowment of superhuman insight. Its self-Judgment, wjiether pretended or real, no less tnan its sen- appreciation, instills belief in unwonted sagacity. Its very pranklshness is as fascinating as its exuberance is -en livening. Its lack of humor Is forgot ten In the presence of abounding wit. Suspicions of insincerity disappear like mists from the face of the ocean be fore the gales of a truculent spirit Such is the nature of the man de void of sympathy, yet strong in self- sensibility far from lovable, yet among the most likable now in evl dence anywhere. Time has come for a new reckoning. Turn the page and take the pen. Is Roosevelt a liability or an asset? Who can say? He fetches popularity sore- lv needed. He also brings contusion and distraction. He offers amazing power of effective appeal. In turn, he demands subserviency, tie is wiiiine, perforce, that for the time his own nominee shall continue to be Presi dent of the corporation, but he must be Chairman of the Board. -The President as an official shall heed the by-laws, but he, the Chairman, must remain un fettered. The President shall safe guard the organization, but he, the Chairman, must be privileged ostenta tiously to oonspire with and furtively to aid and abet its enemies: He, the Chairman, must be the great judge the final arbiter between President and directors on the one hand and recalci trants on the other. He will be Just and fair. The scales suspended from his strong right hand will be balanced as by a feather. Appeal from any de cision that he may make, being unes sential to considerations of equity, must never be taken. All must abide in faith in him und Gott. ' These are the terms submitted by Theodore Roosevelt, the force, to the Republican party. They are com pounded In the mortar of studied in sults, which have been heaped upon the . president of the board, from the day on which its would-be chairman arrived in Genoa and took to his bosom an employe whose virulent in subordination had , necessitated his dismissal from the public service by the President himself. ., Subsequent happenings, need not be recounted. All have been to the same effect. By implication as plain as it has been unvarying, he who proposes to be come chairman of the board, with un limited power and without official re sponsibility, has served notice upon the directors of the corporation that the cost of the popularity which he alone can put into its coffers is com- ETIQl TETTB AT THE THEATER. Little Bunch of Handy Hints for Those WhoV Don't Know. Dramatic Mirror. If your comrade pokes you in the ribs at every Joke in the play, thank him politely and say that, you like to hp massaged after dinner. If "n actor isn't speaking loud y enough for you to hear. Immediately start a conversation with a neighbor, so he won t feel lonesome. . If a man insists on going out be tween acts, arrange your feet so he will trip over them as he passes you. Perhaps that will teach him. If you happen to be aci1,?1"1 anv of the cast tell everyone about it ThTs will give the hearer, a personal inirthe smrtwairof the lady in front of you isn't buttoned run your finger up and down her backbone. This will probably , attract her attention to the error in her makeup. If the boy. m passing a Sjass of wa ter to you between the acts, spills It over the shirt front of the gentleman next you, tell the gentleman not to mind, because you really weren't thirsty anyway. " . If someone comes to sit in the seat where you have placed, your hat, re move the hat without a word If he is a gentleman your haughty silence will make him feel the impertinence of his musionT if she is a lady nothing will have any effect. - If a comedian pauses for your ap proval, laugh audibly. Otherwise, he mav think you don't like the play. If the theater suddenly bursts into flame assure your neighbor that there is no danger so long as they remain in the building. This will avert a panic. If a man steps on the train of your dress in the aisle, hand him a transfer ticket and wait for him to get off, This la th Open Benson Fort Newark News. Fried chicken (in a shoe box). Deviled eggs (skewered With tooth- Plpea.nut sandwiches. (No, i Charles, you remove the oiled paper before you eat them.) Potato salad (including a few ants). Sweet pickles and olives (in a butter boat). , Chocolate cake (Smartboy calls it fudge). ' ' . Rejected More Than a Plank. New Tork Mail. The most serious aspect of the Nebras plete mastery, and in the doing there of, to make his meaning unmistakable, he has brought humiliation to and heaped contumely upon the President whom he once -pronounced and whom many still believe to be a noble man. A mighty asset to the Republican party or to any party is Roosevelt, the force- Is it worth the price? That Is a question for the directors, conformably attired, in either the garments of the proud, or tn sackcloth and ashes, to decide. Far be It from us to intrude upon their partisan meditations. What of the neoDlet How stands their account with Theodore Roosevelt? To his credit stands first the breaking of the power of the Senate ollgarchy and the Incitement of discontent which has resulted in healthy revolt. That was a mighty service, performed per haps unintentionally, but already be come, no less on that account, definite ly and permanently effective. The much-vaunted arousal of the public conscience may-have been offset by the consequences of vicious appeals to claas prejudice and envy, but the rescue of the Nation from a gorged, yet hungry, clique, can and should never be forgot ten. Whether in this age of commer cial competition with other countries the so-called injection of a higher mor ality into business, with the aid of a bludgeon, transcends in .value to the human race the virtual estoppel, for a time, of material progress, is a ques tion upon which minds cannot readily meet. It need not how be considered. Suffice it to say that if in fact great ' good was accomplished by glaring mis representation and venomous abuse of individuals, great harm also ensued and grave personal injustices were wrought. To recount the wrongs and injuries in flicted upon thousands of innocent per sons by Theodore Roosevelt, striving under the cloak of high Ideals and pa triotic impulse, would be a task as fu tile now as it has ever been distasteful." It is with a sense of relief that we turn from that seamy record of xeck less and flagitious performance to the clean page of unvarying recognition and appreciation accredited to the peo ple. Against ' them in reckoning the account lies not a single debit. With out stint or measure they have hailed ,and gloried, in the force as a force for good and in no instance for evil. They have extenuated ' its shortcom ings, palliated its offenses, pardoned its iniquities. They have followed like sheep and cheered like goats when lambs, in common with wolves, were haled to the sacrifice. To this day, in the minds of millions, the King can do no wrong. Will the time ever come when a fatal misstep will give rise to the suspicion that "the beginning of his words is," indeed, "foolishness" and "the end of his talk is mischievous madness"? But why speculate? The accounts for the time are closed and balanced. Splendid as have been the honors un grudgingly bestowed by the people upon Theodore Roosevelt, no less sig nal -and valuable have been the serv ices which he has rendered in return. How, then, shall the force be classi fied? As liability, we should say un hesitatingly, of the Republican party. As an asset, we declare with no less certainty, of the people. , Is a struggle for mastery impending between the President and the self appointed chairman of the board? Each to the other Is under definite and last- . lng obligations, but that reckoning too may be considered ended. Each now : stands upon his own pedestal and must of necessity . uphold his own theories and sustain, in vital combat if need be, his own purposes. Neither as an in dividual can control his own actions. Bat recently Roosevelt, the man, de clared that if a National election were to be held next November he undoubt edly would be the Republican candi date and would win. The foregoing sentence Colonel Roose velt declared to be a falsehood.) So, on the other hand, conflicting emotions harass the patient, grateful and high-minded President. He may continue to love, or to think he loves, as. often he has said, Roosevelt, the man. But he is dealing with Roose velt, the force. Already members of his Cabinet feel that he has been be- trayed and murmur in their bitterness. He cannot escapt his responsibility to them and to those who have given their support cheerfully and unswerv ingly. He could not if he would, and it is not in his nature that he would if he could, reverse the policy which he has adopted as Just and right. The chairman, with all his agility and Im munity from reprobation for contradic toriness, has advanced so far in the op posite direction that even he cannot retreat without admitting the sway of a craven spirit. Jovial personal greet ings are to no purpose. A conflict is inevitable, although, in the end,- when the one shall be saddened and the other solaced by defeat, it may not prove to be irrepressible ka incident is its suggestion that Mr. Bryan's party is tired of his leadership that in rejecting local option it was consciously rejecting something more than a plank. 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