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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.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
GIRLS' AQUATIC SPOETS
ON THE WILLAMETTE
Paddling in a canoe takes the
lead for popularity; how to learn
this fascinating exercise.
ON A FISHING TRIP
TO THE CLACKAMAS
Temperament of six incongruous
people as divulged during the
.day, illustrated by one of the six.
TOUR OF PORTLAND'S "
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
Second article Busy places in
the northern section, West Side,
where the payrolls are long.
DEVELOPING NEW PLAYS
IN BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
In the series by Evers and Ful
lerton there is no chapter more
interesting than this. It illumi
nates many brilliant feats that the
ordinary looker-on doesn 't com
prehend. ,
ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR
NEWSDEALER.