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HARVEY T HrTErlKIJJ SCOTT.
No word can be written now by the
poor pen of a sorrowing; associate that
will fitly commemorate the death of
Mr. Scott. Here at his desk are the
silent relics of his life and labor. Here
la his worn ecrapbook, there his era.er
and Ink-pad. yonder the many works
of bin varied reference library. Above
s an enlarged full-length portrait, a
perfect semblance of his living pres
ence; and near at hand is a smiling;
desk-picture of a baby grandchild. It
seems incredible that his alert and
rigorous step may not soon be heard
fa the hallway, hla key inserted to
the door, and his day's work begun.
Everything is here as ha lrft It; yet
naught can ever again here be as he
left It
Mr. Scotfs death was a vast surprise
to his fellow-workers. True, he had
been Quite sick, but he was better, and
he kpew and felt that he was better,
and that in all human probability he
would soon return to his accustomed
dally tasks. He was seventy-two years
old. and over, but he had been strong
and well all his life, with a physique
a powerful and reliable as his domi
nating Intellect; and good health was
with hire largely a habit. It seemed
that he must live for many years. All
his office affairs were arranged In the
expectation of a long life, and there
was no preparation by his associates
for his passing, even In the recent
three, months. But here Is the end:
the work must somehow go on. Yet
how will It be done without the vast
resources of that mighty Intellectual
reservoir to draw on. or his perfect
. courage and firm determination to
rely upon, or his unfailing good will
toward those who had his confidence
to depend upon?
Tha greatest monument to Mr.
Scott's memory is his achievements
through Tho Oregonian. Of them
there U no need to write now. But a
word may be said about his personal
ity and the every-day side of his char
acter and of his own outlook on life.
He was a good man and a good friend.
He had strong likes for a few per
sons, and deep dislikes for a few oth
ers. But the list of the former was
larger than many have thought, while
of the latter In the closing days there
were practically none. He was a
strong partisan, but It was easier to
conciliate and placate him than may
have been supposed. If he believed
In a measure, he followed his opinion
anywhere to Its logical consequence.
If he believed In a man. he found a
way always of letting him know It
not by empty professions, but usually
In some substantial and effective man
ner, for he would not or could not
adopt the little arts that smaller men
have of manifesting friendship for
others.
Mr. Scott was In a sense a solitary
man. for he had no way of getting on
an exact social or personal or intel
. lectual level with others. But he had,
nevertheless, a highly developed so-
rial gift. He was fond of congenial
" company, loved a humorous story, and
told many, and told them well, and ho
sought always In his periods of relax
ation the companionship of those who
..wi inat or instruct him. Yet
theVo were not many who could vie
m tth him In the ready play of a scln
filiating wit or discuss with him the
nrfrsHina' problems of politics or lire or
religion. His books were his familiar
friends and constant companions. He
knew history, he knew theology, he
knew literature, he knew everything
that men can know. He even knew
' men. though It was easy for such as
. had the rare possession or his rsitn
In them to deceive him. He had a su
perb courage to do what he thought
he ought to do, and to tell others what
he thought they should do, whether It
pleased them or .not to hear it But
they listened, always, and usually
they heeded. He cared very little for
the harsh Judgments of his many crit
ics, and he often Affected an exaspera
tion he never felt. He was scrupulous
In discharging his personal obligations
to others, though he was csreful to
avoid Intimacy with many., since It
imposed burdens that he had neither
: the time nor the Inclination to as
sume. He was honest always with
himself and with those around him;
he was petty in nothing whatever. He
was exceedingly modest In his per
sonal deportment, in dress, and In his
manner of llvina-. But with his large
vision he saw opportunity quickly, and
he would venture boldly. He believed
in The Oregonian and in its destiny,
and he urged always large Investments
1 In modern equipment, and Increasing
outlay for news service and other In
dispensable, features of a growing and
-i important dally newspaper. If the
a nar needed it. nr u , likelv to need
-
It soon, he wanted to get It. In this
great view he had always the ener
getic and large-minded co-operation
and support of Mr. Pittock. The re
sult of their Joint endeavor Is The Cre
st on tan.
. lir. Scott s conception ox aiaUh was
that of a man of brave and reverent
mind, accustomed to view logically
and dispassionately all human prob
lems.. In his later years he looKea
backward over the traveled road wist
fully and tenderly, often recalling the
names and the presence of those who
had worked out the riddle and passed
on. He frequently quoted In this con
nection the following stanzas from
Gray's Elegy":
Fo- whom to dumb forgetfulness a prey.
Dleplraslng anxious bem nere rann.
lft the warm precinct of the cheerful day.
Nor ct on longing, lingering ioo
hind.
On some fond breast th parting soul relies.
Some plou drops the closing eye require..
E'en from the tomb th yolce of nature
erica;
E'en In our ashes live their wonted Arcs.
ATi.'KE UETAUArES.
Joe .Cans, the colored fighter, still
well on the sunny sloe of 40, is dying
at his old home in Baltimore. Con
sumption is riven as the immediate
cause of the ex-lightweight's hurried
movement toward the next worm. ia
a case of this character, however, con
nmnifnn in onlv one of many dis
eases by which outraged Nature shows
her disapproval of the abuse to wnicn
human beings subject their Domes.
Joe Gans was a sturdy, well-built.
young colored man. He was not only
exceptionally well endowed'with bod
iiv strenirth. but had more than the
average mental equipment of his race
along with it. xiis aiiaoimy nu muu
ntv murin him. with the possible ex
ception of Peter Jackson, the beat-
liked colored pugilist wno n :c
come prominently before the public.
Rut nana was a prizerignter. nis
strength, his ability to stand puninti-
ment. his excellent "footworn, etc..
-1 nn h. mnrket on exactly
tine j ... . . . v., ..... ... -
the same basis as the prostitutes of
the other sex sou tneir pn
charms. '
r:.in rknw to let some other male
prostitute maul him around for a
stipulated sum, in preference to earn
ing m honest dollar by hard work.
Just s the female prostitute prefers
the life she leads to one oi respeci
Miitc .ml initnstrv. Members of either
sex who make merchandise of their
physical charms do not live long, and
Gans has proved no exception to in
n,i. Tho terrible drubbings which
he received In bis struggle to hold the
title of a lightweight champion leu
their mark on his constitution, and
k. hima an easv Drev to the dread
disease for which he Is about to take
the count. These warnings, by wnicn
v.h.ra nr. in tn to decent living and re
spectable conduct, are generally un
heeded, however, and there win prou
ably be both male and female prosti
tutes as long as the worm lasts.
THE riWiRIM FATHERS.
TA It nnl hi. errieVOUS Unto VOU
that you have been instrumental to
v,- l- hx ir. for others. The honor
shall be ryours unto the world's end."
After enduring that rirst va inter oi
cold and hunger, the survivors of the
Mayflower's little company received
this message rrom tneir inenua
home. It was a present consolation
In that time of utter need, a prophecy
that stands today after a test and ful-
Fitting. Indeed. It Is that the first
magistrate of this great Nation of
90.000.000 souls should Journey to
that historic spot and dedicate the
... onito hnft that marks the
spot of the landing of the travel-worn
and feeble company on the Massa
chusetts coast.
Self-exiled for conscience sane irom
.k.i. ...,n.H PTnirlish homes, fifteen
years and more had been spent by the
majority in Holland, wnuner tney naa
j hA rnwinr nersecutlon of
the English- bishops. It is no wonder
that the I'oriians grew u mo umuu
0t,- is the need of the church.
The English Church under Queen
Elizabeth, as unuer ner laimr,
VIII, was a compromise in doctrine,
ritual, organization and practice. On
.i v.r,.i not onlv the church but
the Queen and her officers were most
bitterly attacked uy ome uu nc.
.,. i .,norter. Philln II of Spain.
Open invasion, conspiracy. Insurrec
tion, assassination, were u-ieu, nv
once, but through a term of thirty
years. Only by most dexterous hand
ling were the- Koman Catholics of
England held to support the Queen
and remain true to their allegiance.
Out of 4.800.000 English of that age
3.600,000 were Catholics, more or less
active and pronounced. Yet, when at
i.,i tho ran Armaria Railed. England
offered a united and enthusiastic front
to her mighty foe.
The English Bible was the weapon
on which the Protestant minority re
lied. No longer chained in the
churches it was printed and In the
homes of the people. Really, the
only prose literature of that day. It
was studied, learned and debated on
throughout tho land. The high claims
of Queen and bishops to spiritual au
tocracy were tested by the law and
the testimony and found wanting. So
Puritanism, the bitterest enemy of
Rome, soon came to question also Its
English counterpart. Very soon Bap
tists. Anabaptists, Independents, and
Calvinlsts of divers grades raised their
heads. In England, as already on tho
Continent of Europe. The dominance
of the new ideas was as hateful to
Queen and bishops on the one hand
as the Roman Catholic nierarcny ana
adherents on the others. No time
was lost nor mercy shown. The 'bish
ops' prisons were choked with teach
ers, printers, preachers and their
flocks. Leaders among them went to
the gall. ivs. Less prominent believ-
rs fled from England in haste, and
mn
tost found refug" In noiiana, tnen
ill at war with Spain. It is typical
sti
of
that era trial spiritual, lar more
mn tAmnoral crimes and misdemean
t)
ors, sent men, women, and even chil-iti-nn
to nrison and to death. And
tl
hey were more than willing to suf-
fer
r for conscience saKe.
1-.. ri. . ...Vi ni- tho refinra kindlv
w
elcome. first at Amsterdam and then
at
Leyden - on - the - Knine. years
j -. I . . - V.- Ti.it faw tnfneri f Vi
pas
paru bw" i . - - - - j
Leyden colony In their Dutch homes.
Loss of their English nationality and
characters stared the exiles In the
face and absorption In the folk among
whom they lived. They were but few
in number, and a community of hand
workers In various trades.
In the Heralds' College of America
today families contest the honor of
descent from the Immigrants of Plym
outh Rock. Studying the names and
occupations of the Mayflower s pas-
ser
'ngers. mere are touna tmiors, coo
lers, weavers of wool and flax, print-
b!.
ers
riooonmaKers, siut-KiiiK-i tavcis,
wm r t holt, and au.r?a leather
orfcem, ana one carpenter, one ca.it-
inet-makcr, one butcher, one master-
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1910.
mason. There was no worker, in
metal, no maker of guns, or swords,
or powder; no sailor, and but one.
merchant. There was no landowner,
and, strange to say, no farmer, or
stockraiser from the Lincoln fens.
They were mainly from the Eastern
English counties of level' or undulat
ing land swept by the fierce winds of
the North Sea. The names of their
English homes tell of the- settlement
of Danish searovers and Saxon churls.
The family, and above all, their
Christian names, mark them as the
Immediate sources whence CromwelKa
Ironsides were soon to be enlisted.
Patient, slow to move., but brave and
faithful to the death setting spirit
ual far above bodily needi it is good
for their descendants of today to bo
called to the self-questioning that this
wondrous history suggests. It is true,
past doubt. Indeed, that the record of
the American Nation is full of deeds
worthy of the inspiration coming from
Plymouth Rock. But the ideals of
those tailors and masons, carpenters
and weavers, of those godly and faith
ful wives, of the teachers and leaders
qf the band, are terribly hard to fol
low in these days.
Very fitting is form and material of
the .Pilgrims' monument. There are
no graces of architecture, no adorn
ments of statuary in pillared porch.
Stern, strong, unbending, permanent,
that granite shaft bids fair to defy
the storms of centuries to come.
INCREASE IX IOCAL SHIFTING.
In the twelve hours between A. M.
and 6 P. M. Saturday, seven steam
ships arrived and three crossed out
of the Columbia River. These ves
sels aggregated 19,932 tons net regis
ter -and had a. carrying capacity of
about 50,000 tons. Showing not only
the enormous growth of Coltimbia
River shipping, but the remarkable
change that has taken place In the
character of this business, it is In
teresting to note that out of a fleet
of twenty-nine vessels of nearly 100,
000 tons carrying capacity In port
yesterday, there was not a single ves
sel under charter or available for
grain loading. Not only was grain ton
nage not represented in the shipping
in port, but the grain tonnage of 4 8,
006 tons register now en route to
Portland is but 10,000 tons greater
than the total en route for lumber
and miscellaneous cargoes.
Development and change in the
shipping business have come with
great rapidity, for less than two de
cades ago more than nine-tenths of
our entire foreign shipping fleet was
In the grain trade, and all branches of
the business coastwise and foreign
were greatly overshadowed by the
grain fleet alone. Another Interesting
feature of the change Is the increase
In number of small shipping ports
along the river below Portland. Of
the twenty-nine vessels in port load
ing, or under charter to load, yester
day, fourteen were loading at Port
land and the others were at St. Johns,
Linnton, St. Helens, Rainier, Stella,
Astoria, Knappton and Tongue Point.
In addition to these ports, there are
a nutriber of others along the river
which usually have one or more ves
sels at their docks.
It will be many years before Port
land ceases to figure as one of the
great ' grain-exporting ports of the
country, for the Pacific Northwest has
not yet reached Its maximum or pro
duction, and there will be an increas
ing proportion of the surplus market
ed through this city. The lumber trade
however, has made such rapid gains
on the grain trade that It is hardly
anhihi. that there will ever again
be as large a fleet engaged In the
grain trade as will be necessary to
move the steadily increasing output
of the sawmills.
a feature of the grain fleet en
route for Portland Is the absence of
vaaui rnmin in ballast. Every ship
on the list Is bringing cargo, and the
advantage over the profitless oanasi
voyage is plain. It means lower
freights for the Importer who receives
the Inward cargo and lower freights
for the farmer who provides the grain
for the outward cargo.
RAILROAD'S POVERTY TVKA.
Traffic Manager Stubbs, of the
Harrlman lines, has come forward
with a poverty plea as an excuse for
exacting higher rates lor transporta
tion charges. Regardless of what the
future may hold for the Harrlman
system, the elaborate dividends of the
Union Pacific and other Harriman
lines, together with the occasional
cutting of a large. Juicy "melon" that
had grown out of the big surpluses
that could not safely be added to the
dividends, have been of such recent
date that the public will regard Mr.
Stubbs' views with a degree of skep.
ticlsm. Mr. Stubbs saya that "the rail
roads intend to stand squarely upon
the proposal that they need more
money to keep pace with the growing
demand for transportation.
This need of money Is unquestion
ably true; but the problem is some
what complicated by the uncertainty
of the shippers as to whether they
should supply the necessary money in
the shaDe of increased rates or
whether it would ,not be eminently
proper for the stockholders of the
Harriman securities to be content with
a fair return on the par value of their
stock, with ho extra, "melon-cutting"
thrown in. Union Pacific common
the leading Harriman stock, is now
selling above 1160 per share. Its par
value is 100 per share, and shippers
would be willing to stand for rates
that would assure a geod healthy k
or per cent dividend on the . par
value. But, quarter after quarter, ana
year after year, this stock yields up
Its 10 per cent in aiviaenas, ana i
10 Der cent stock of course finds buy.
ers so far above par that at times In
the past year Union Pacific common
sold up very to -so per snare.
Now the shippers are perfectly win
Ing that the road should make a fair
and reasonable profit on its $100 per
share valuation. They are. however,
unwilling to aid in safeguarding the
investment of some speculator who
boiisrht Union Pacific common at
J200 per share simply because high
rates enabled the line to pay divi
dends on that Inflated valuation. In
stead of paying 16 per cent dividends
and cutting 8a per cent special dlvl.
dend "melons" out of the profits of
the roads, some of the money, over
and above a fair and reasonable prorit,
should have been used "to keep pace
with tho growing demand for trans.
oortatlon." For years Mr. Stubbs
turned deaf ear to all requests for
better transportation facilities into
Central Oregon. Not until the Hill
forces actually Invaded the territory
was there any movement in that dl
rection on the part of the lines rep
resented by Mr. St u DOS.
It will be difficult for the Union
PacUic or any oilier line to make
tha aaaala na.lft.va rftta advances ST6
Justified, so long as people are pay
ing well up toward douDie par iur
the common stock, some of which is
not yet thoroughly free from water.
Something must have gone wrong
with the typewriters of the war cor
respondents down In Nicaragua, mere
has not been a decisive battle won
either by the insurgents or the gov
ernment for more than two days.
Perhaps it is the climate that is con
tributing to the feeling of lassitude
that seems to have settled over Nica
ragua, Madris Is not shooting any
American citizens and Estrada's mag
nificent victories, which he has been
winning (by cable) with the regu
larity of clock work, do not seem to
be having any seripus effect on the
government forces. If all of the
punishment that the opposing rorces
have inflicted on each other In the
newspaper stories were real and tan
gible, there would hardly be enough
Deoole left In Nicaragua to bury me
dead, or establish a new government.
The respective contestants should
declare a truce until they can oner
something more exciting than has
been forthcoming for the past rew
days.
The armored cruiser Lion, the
lamest, fastest and most powerful
M-iiIaer in the world." was launched
at Devonport Saturday. This latest
addition to the British navy is iuu
feet long and has a displacement of
28,250 tons. TurDina engines oi ,-000-horsepower
are. expected to give
her a speed of S8 knots. Some very
t..t ,Awir ! hAina. H on a An this "last
word" in fighting ships, as the keel
was not laid until Novemoer s.
..Ac Cimo avnianation for the speed
at which she Is being constructed
may be fcrund, in the tendency oi
warships to get out of style so soon
after they are built. If John Bull
maintains the activity he seems to
have displayed on this special oc
casion, this latest British Lion may be
roaming the seas early next year, and
Great Britain will not De coniromeu
n-lth o tnnrA nowprflll shlD Sailing the
German, the American ' or Japanese
flag for at least a year.
xtr rsiavis. who attained consider
able notoriety through his efforts to
manage the Interior Department while
occupying the position of- a clerk in
the Government Service, la still seek
ing the limelight. His quarrel with
his superior officers in the Govern
ment Service gave mm nis nrsi.
nt mihiieltv. He seemed to like it.
and a quarrel with his wife kept his
name in the papers ior a iew wm
longer. Now comes a report from
White Salmon that he has quarreled
with his partner. In a land deal.
There are various ways in which a
man can secure mention in tne puonc
prints, but Mr. Glavis seems to be
arirtH with a nature that makes it
easy for him to secure plenty of no
toriety without changing from his sys
tem of being simply quarrelsome.
1
T anv of the "chosts of dead de-
iio-ht" ata hauntina- the aroves in
the vicinity of the old Seaside House
yesterday, they must have been ret
minded of the old days. Two tnou
.an.t s-iu. ramhllna- and rollicklna:
around Holladay Park undoubtedly
made nearly as much noise ana mer
riment as was made by some of those
famous legislative excursions " which
the late Ben Holladay personally con
ducted 'to his famous hotel on the
banks of the Necanicum.
The hoo- nt nine cents a rtound has
beguiled many farmers of the Middle
Waat to rtnv corn and raise hogs to
the exclusion of peas, beans, tomatoes
and other croDS that go to the making
of canned goods, which have coma to
be a necessary adjunct of civilization.
It Is well to remember, says a Western
innrnal. the farmer and the packer
man cannot live by hog alone; he
needs peas and tomatoes to round out
his bill of fare.
There is little hope of cessation of
the automobile-buying craze, for com
petition is making them cheaper and
the man or woman who wants one will
have 1t. After all is said, the machine
is a simple part of the equipment of
the present rapid age that talks ana
acts by and with electricity and woulB
crowd the work of.a day.lnto an hour,
Life itself is twentieth-century mad
ness. '
Less than one-half of the voters in
Portland have ' registered, although
the time for closing the books is ap
proaching. On the last few days
there will be the usual big crowd, and
much valuable time will be lost by
thousands of men." who could easily
register now without losing any time
by waiting.
An, Immense fruit crop is the report
from the valleys of Central Idaho this
year. Ollpots that combat frost, and
plenty of water for irrigation, are the
means to the end.
The railroads may need money to
. . -1 An.nM0 Hut maalhff
meei ituwuifi uciuouua, . ... . . a
those requirements means earning
much money. The railroads are not
poverty-stricken this year.
Iowa is one of the great dairy states,
but the State Health Board gives poor
milk as one cause for the death qf one-
third of its infants this year,
The consumer is led to wonder why
the fuel man is not bankrupted when
he hears In detail the cost to the
dealer.
Than has been no business In the
Dallas Police Court for the past three
months. Yet Dallas is pot "slow
town. '
Great Britain's cruiser Lion will be
the largest of her class in the world
until Germany and Japan beat it.
One effective way to close draws
is to close them.
Exercises for Youna- Ladies.
Boston Transcript
Throwing a fellow over.
Tossing one's head In the air.
Jumping at a chance.
Pushing one's self forward.
Getting in tho swim.
Fishing for an invitation.
Shooting arch glances at a man.
Twisting him round the little finger..
Casting about for an excuse.
Running up millinery bills.
A Matter of Doubt.
Washington Star.
Evidently America's most distln-a-uished
citiien is en as friendly terms
! with the President of the United States
as he was with the crowned heads oi
Europe.
FREE ADV. FOB KELMITH COUNTY
Booster Rushes Forward With let
ter aad Geta It Printed.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. . (To
the Editor) I wish to correct an edi
t.riei .i.i.mini hearinfr on the pro
posed Nesmith County which appeared
in your issue of The Oregonian of yes
i.niav In which it was stated: "There
are, or were, several conniciins, u
fusing and overlapping schemes from
the territory from which it is proposed
to create Nesmith County."
Ttecarriina- this matter, I Wlsn to say
that there has never been, or is there
now, but ono overlapping u.u.iu.j
line, between the proposed wesmiiu
County and any other proposed county.
That is In the case of tne proposea vvu
liams County, the scheme inaugurated
by the citizens of the little town of
Drain to embarrass if not defeat the
Nesmith County movement, by overlap
ping a few square miles of territory at
one point on the south boundary of the
proposed Nesmith and north boundary
of tho proposed Williams County. How
ever, this overlapping of boundary
lines embraces such a smalt area oi
territory that it Is looked upon as a
very Insignificant and non-imporuun
matter In Southern Oregon where the
facts are so well known. As Is well
known, the initiative petitions for tho
proposed county of Umpqua were neves
tiled with the Secretary of State, hence
the new county proposed to bo formed
from West Lane and West Douglas and
its boundary lines conforming fully
with those of Nesmith, will not materi
alize, at least, not this year.
The Oregonian of yesterday aisq
says: "The Oregonian wouio. nao
see a Nesmith County in Oregon, and
Cottage Grove as its county seat. If
the proposal can be made to me tes's
latura and- tho ouestion of boundaries
so clarified that it will not bo embar
rassed by other county efforts, . J. no ur
egonlan will urge that the name of
Nesmith be thus honored by this fine
new countv."
The matter of Sossible connicting
laws approved by the people in an elec
tion, has already been fully provided
for, and this applies plainly and fully to
the proposed counties of Nesmith and
Williams, should they both succeed in
iNOvember with their small area ox
overlapping territory. I refer to the
following law bearing directly on this
matter:.
Section 7, of an act of the Legislative
imhlv of tha State ot Oregon, niea in
ih. ntrtM nf the Kecretarv of state Febru
ary 25. 1007. being- chapter 226 of the laws
tanr and hainar an act nrovldlng for
-..... J in,, mfffct the Initiative and refer
endum powers reserved by '.lie people in sec
tion 1 and section 1A of article IV of the
constitution of the State of Oregon, on gen
eral, special and municipal legislation.
among otner tnings yruviue ma..
;i ,air,in. law shall be approved
by the people at the same election, the law
receiving tne greatest uuiuu,, -
live voles shall be paramount In alt par
ticulars as to which, there lr conllc-
There was no substantial error in
The Oregonlan's statement, to which
this letter purports to be a correction.
There were three confusing and contig
uous new-county projects in the terri
tory out of which it is proposed to cre
ate Nesmith County. : One of them fell,
by the wayside and now there are two,
and they overlap. But' the law will
straighten that all out, says the corre
spondent. So they are going ahead, in
the full expectation or placing on the
statute books one initiative law that
will probably conflict with another, and
then take the whole business to the
court, or the Legislature, or any old
place, no one is now quite clear where.
for adjustment. For the present, it is a
mere race between two opposing
county schemes for tne most votes apd
the devil can take the hindmost.
The real purpose of this correspond
ent in writing thus to The Oregonian
was of course to get another free ad
vertisement for Nesmith County. Well,
he's got t. . .
MR. FIXCHOT MORE DISTRESS
He Again Intimates His Poor Oplnloa
of Hla Fellow Citizens.
New York Times, Dem.
Gifford Plnchot continues to attack
Secretary Balllnger. reviewing jar.
Ballina-er's work in the interest, oi con
servation, he pauses to condemn the
Administration bill grafting water
power sites to the states. Its passage,.
he declares, wouio put. tne unci, m
water-power completely In the hands
of the big water power interests." We
do not know upon wnicn state oi mis
Union Mr. Plnchot condescends to be
stow his claim to citizenship. Sup
porters of his "booms" for the Govern
orship of New York and of Pennsyl-.
vanla are In dispute about it. But to
whichever state he belongs, it Is evi
dent that Mr. Plnchot has a poor opin
ion of his fellow-citizens.
Plainly, they are either a pack of
scoundrels or an aggregation of weak
lings and mollycoddles, too helpless to
be intrusted with the conduct of their
own affairs or to be allowed completer
control thereof. Only Mr. Pinchot, and,
possibly, one other man, can guard
them. Alas, these twain are out of
office! "There lives not tnree good men
unchanged- In England," said Falstaff.
That Mr. Pinchot is spared to us evokes
our gratitude.
Trouble With Postal Savings.
New York Journal of Commerce.
It Is evident that there will be a good
deal of trouble in putting the new
postal savings system into practical
operation. There is certainly going to
be a good deal of delay and dissatis
faction. We do not quite understand,
however, the difficulty which is said to
bo apprehended in Washington over the
use of the ordinary passbook method
of making deposits and withdrawals.
The law requires the issue of passbooks
to depositors, but with the provision
that the Postmaster - General "may,
with tha aimroval of the Board of Trus
tees, adopt some other device or de
Vices In lieu of a passbook as a means
of making and preserving evidence of
deposits and withdrawals."
And Gets More for It.
Columbus Ledger.
The Atlanta Journal wisely says
"Tho man who spends his vacation at
borne also keeps his money there."
CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS.
"What do you mean by 'being candfd.
pat" "Speaking unto others as you would
pot Hke them to speak to you."--Puck.
"Pop. who are tho people they call the un
derworld!" "The people you see on the
road fixing their automobiles, my child."
Baltimore American.
Church Tell me what you eat, and 1 11
tell you what yon are. Gotham well. 1
eat hash at Mlxum's restaurant. Church-s-Tan
you're a fool! Judge.
" "City people don't buy gold bricks, you
know," said tha Summer young man. "No."
replied Farmer Corntossel; "they Jes' keep
o'Cln' along, buyln' melons an' such, that
look good on the. outside."--Wahington
Star-
Well-Meaning Golfer Er, do you think
it ouite safe to bring that child across tha
links Matilda Jane Oh. It's all right,
sir I shouldn't think of briBgln' Mm If he
wsrn't as dsaf as a post, poor little chap!
Punch.
Visitor i" Michigan fruit belt) Uncle
Zeke hot Is your berry crop this season 7
Uncle Zeke--I'm thankful to say It's purty
fair I've got enough to feed the Insects,
the 'birds and the boarders, and stll leave
a little profit fer the fruit transportation
companies. Chicago Tribune.
"Yes." said the man with the auburn ti.
as he lit tha stump of a cigar. "I have a
bushel and a half of children. My name
Is Peck, and I have si-" "That's pretty
a relnlned the man behind the corn
cob nine, "hut I've got a mile of them. My
Is Furlong, aad I'm the father
of
JL eight,' V-Cbicso Daily. News,
HERE IS A DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK
Considered Bright From the Conserva
tive or Aatl-Brya StaDttolat.
Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem.
Not in years have the prospects of
the Democratic party appeared more
promising than they do today. Repub
licanism is a house divided against it
self, factional quarrels persisting even
in the face of a National campaign.
The defeat of Mr. Bryan in Nebraska,
removing a blighting influence from
the control of party councils, is a no
tice to the rest of the country that the
Democracy is no man's personal prop
erty. Also it is an invitation to the
intelligent voter who wants to be led
on something more than theories and
illusions and whom the shadow oi ry
anism baa drjven from the Democratic
Two special elections for Congress
have Indicated the drift of public opin
ion away from Republicanism and
toward Democracy. hey have - re
vealed, or suggested, on the part of the
people in general a growing convic
tion that the tariff enacted by a Repub
lican Congress is responsible for the
increasing prices of tha necessaries of
life. They have furnished a species of
measurement upon which estimates oi
the result in November may be intel
ligently based. They have given en
couragement to Democratic hopes and
color to Republican apprehensions.
Moreover, the situation in a number
of important states, so far as it relates
to purely local Issues looks well from
the Democratic standpoint. Judson
Harmon may not realize his ambition
to be re-elected in Ohio, but there are
few impartial observers who do not,
prefer bis, chances to those . of his op
ponent, Mr. Harding, handicapped as
the latter Is by factional disputes and
the unqualified support of Joseph B.
Foraker. In New Jersey the receptive
attitude of Woodrow Wilson is making
an impression upon the Democratic or
ganization as well as an appeal to in
dependent sentiment which the machine
politicians within the Democratic party
will find it hard to resist, in connects
cut the Democratic state committee is
warmly hospitable to the suggestion
that Simeon E. Baldwin.president of
the American bar association, dis
tinguished lawyer, eminent lecturer,
profound scholar, able writer and form
erly Chief Justice of the Connecticut
Supreme Court, shall become the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor. Mean
while Governor Marshall is strengthen
ing the Democratic grip upon Indiana
the while Gornor Shallenberger is
rising to power on the ruins of Nebras
ka Bryanlsm.
The democracy may not win the next
House of Representatives, but it is in
a position to make a fine fight for con
trol on a big issue. It may not carry
the states of New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Ohio, but with the as
sistance of the antitariff sentiment and
the factional differences among its op
ponents it Is certainly entering upon
the campaign with excellent prospects.
If Dr. Wilson be named in New Jersey
as the Democratic candidate for - the
Governship, artd if Judge Baldwin be
chosen to head the state ticket in Con
necticut, the Democratic party in the
Nation as well as in those two states
will be Immeasurably strengthened.
With such men in the running along
with Governor Harmon the party may
hopefully contemplate 1912.
OXB EDITOR'S HEAD IN
WHIRL
For Much Initiative and Too
Many
Candidates Make Trouble.
Weston Leader.
The Leader's maif is already begin
ning to be burdened with political lit
erature. Men whom we never heard
of before have suddenly become aware
of this paper's existence and have
grown quite friendly and sent us some
thing to read. That they are candidates
for office, or are for or against some
proposition to come up in Oregon this
election, is perhaps incidental. Any
way, that they are kind enough to no
tice us is appreciated.
But the Leader is bewildered at so
much attention, and fears that its- per
plexity will increase as election day
approaches. It doesn't know and hasn't
time to find out Just how benevolent
(or wicked) the several measures are
relating to home rule, state wide pro
hibition, taxation. Jurisprudence, county
division and what not, here in Oregon.
Moreover, the multiplicity of candidates
generated under the direct primary law
gets on our nerves. They are bobbing
up all over the state under a system
which encouraged every man to seek
an office.
We do not say that all this beautiful
hodge-podge of proposed laws and per
spiring aspirants is wrong. We merely
say that it inspires a political night
mare from which this particular editor
fain would flee, as from the wrath to
come. He would hie him to the woods,
and- leave the Job of moulding public
opinion to a Digger Indian, who would
bo Just about as competent.
Tobacco Not a Cause of Disease.
New York Times.
The effects of tobacco on the ear and
upper respiratory tract are summed up
by Dr. H. O. Reik in the Boston Medi
cal and Surgical Journal. These are
his conclusions:
"It does not appear, at least it has
not been proved, that tobacco causes
any definite characteristic lesions of
the nose, ear or throat. While It is
possible that the excessive use of to
bacco may by Indirect action produce
a toxic effect upon the auditory and
olfactory nerves, with resulting im
pairment of the sense of hearing .or
smell, there is not at present any
definite laboratory proof for such an
opinion, nor is there sufficient clinical
evidence to substantiate the belief. The
ill effects of tobaceo smoking on exist
ing diseases of the throat arising frem
other causes are established, and are
the same as would be observed from
any other form of Irritation."
From the Democratic Point of View.
Columbia (O.) State. Dem.
A proposed new party is to consist
of "Lincoln Republicans" apd Jefferson
Democrats, but tne iaiai odjicuuu id
It is that a Lincoln Republican . might
be elected to some good office.
Bitterness of Damocles.
Damocles saw the sword suspended
V.v- a hnlr.
"Shucks." he cried; "my buttons have
hnnor that wav for months.
Thus it may be inferred that he was
married.
Steady Source- sf Wealth.
Lebanon Criterion.
Three hundred dollars a day is about
the sum tho two poultry-houses of this
city have been paying out for produce
in their lines of late. This means
something for a community. -
Inconsistent.
Judge.
He I notice that Mrs. Nicey takes
off her hat in the theater.
She Hum, If she was consistent she
would take off her hair, too.
- Jealous of Competition.
EL Paul Pioneer Press.
Chleago has a new-fangled religion
rhich omits from its creed all refer
ence to sell. Chicago is always Jealous
of competition.
' --
' Everywhere.
The Be Is like a man. All up
And down the world he beats it;
ua .i pr, hnnev all his life-
Some other fellow eatt it, r Puck
APPARENT CONTEMPT FOR IAW
Writer Instaacea Arbitrary Closing
BlidKe Draws, by County Court.
PORTLAND. Aug. 6. -r- (To the Ed
itor.) If there is one thing for which
we' Americans can" with justice be
criticised, it is our lack of Tespect for
the law and the constituted authority.
We often see the city ordinances and
the state law, if not openly violated by
people who should know better, at lease
violations are winked at and the law
held in contempt and often ridicule. If
the law does not meet our approval, in
stead of seeking to repeal it, by a
course of disregard for it we relegate
it to tho realm of dead letters. Every
law should be respected or else it
should be repealed.
However much this may be true of
the state and city laws and eourts, as
a rule I do not think it has ever ap
plied in as great a degree at least to
the United States courts, the statutes
or the rules and regulations of the
Federal Government or any of its de
partments. These have ever command
ed a greater degree of respect. While a
prisoner may go before the bar of a
state court, with defiance and con
tempt "for the court, he .comes into a
United States Court, humbly and in
fear and trembling. Everyone who has
the welfare of the country at heart
should welcome the day when our state
courts, our city courts, our state stat
utes and our olty ordinances will com
mand the same respect as that accord
ed the Federal courts and statutes. But.
instead of the tendency being that way.
in the last few days we have had an
incident which seems to show that tho
tide is Just the. other way. We have
had an example of holding In defiance
a department of the Federal Govern
ment. I refer to the closing the draws
by the County Court. ,
To my- mind, the question is not so
much whether there was any express
law, rule or regulation. The person in
authority claimed the right and quoted
his authority. More, his authority had
been recognized "since the memory ot
man .runneth not to the contrary," and.
at least, he had custom and an apparent
authority on his side. A test case
could easily have been arranged and
the matter brought intq court ana
there determined in the regular way.
But no, our officers must take the
matter Into their own hands and set at
defiance authority. I have waited till
some one whose word would carry more
weight than mine, raise his voice in
protest, but r-.o word of disinterested
protest has been spoken. We sit silent,
take it as a matter of course, or, worse
yet, approve and applaud the act and
heap ridicule on the heads of the vic
tims of our servants' defiance. It was
expedient. So Is lynching. Yet who
would advocate lynching? Suppose
Major Mclndoe now took the matter
Into his own hands and ran a Govern
ment boat up to the draw and. when it
opened, dropped anchor and prevented
its clqsing. What a howl we would
make against him. Yet, in principle,
his action wo'uld be just as Justifiable
as that of our County Court.
I say nothing of Commissioner
Goddard, as I consider he is playing
politics, and vicions ones at that, but I
would criticise as severely as 1 couia
the acts of a lawyer and one clothed
with judicial power, a judge, who would
lend himself to a scheme to defy au
thority. The incident may be consid
ered by some as small, but mighty oaks
from little acorns grow.' He who sows
the wind must look to reap the whirl
wind. The harvest may be long com
ing, but it will come.
It is just such acts as these By peo
ple in authority, by those who should
be examples of respect for the law,
which make necessary guards on eur
trucks these days. If the County Court
can set at defianee the United States
Government, why ean't a striker set at
defiance a state law and shy a brick at
a man whom he thinks is encroaching
on his rights? The answer Is anarchy.
C. HENRI LABBE.
HERE'S NEW LOT OF DEMAGOGUES
Insurgency In Itself Meritorious, Should
Stop at Right Place.
Medford Sun.
There Is' a great deal of merit In the
insurgency movement. Outside of the
tariff, over which there is reasonaoie
and honest difference of opinion, there
was much excuse for the movement
and it has done a necessary service for
the country. It has made possible leg
islation that otnerwise wouia nav
been throttled and gave the members
nf roneress the opportunity of making
a showing for their constituencies.
However, this movement is no eirrer
ent from many others of a more or less
radical character. In each and every
one, appealing as they do to popular
leanings, men whose sole thought and
occupation is office-seeking, are sure
to bob up and assert that they are the
only siraon pure representatives of the
new doctrines the trail blazers ef the
great movement that is about to sweep
the country. The greenback move
ment, populism, free silver, socialism
and now the Insurgency movement,
each and all are responsible for the
appearance of those damagogues who
have no more real heart in the move
ments than" a last year's bird's nest,
but who are after office.
' Men were elected to offiee as Popu
lists who had no more in common with
the old people's party than the man in
the moon. The free silver movement
gave many others jobs who knew and
cared no more about silver than a
snowbird. And now tha insurgency
movement Is to have the same lot of
Jonahs hovering about it and making
use of issues that they are in sympathy
with only to the extent of using such
an occasion for personal political ad
vancement. Insurgency in itself is' all right as
long as it corrects certain abuses and
stops at the right spot. Of its doing
that there is absolute certainty. But
insurgent demagoguery is a counter
feit. A regular who is sincere is better
20 times over than an insurgent, who is
insincere and the Republican voters
will govern their actions accordingly.
Their Different Ways.
Chicago Mall Cabout 1870).
One sought her "rights."
Robbed by some eruel chance of life's de
lights, ' , .
With a dissatlBfled and restless soul.
With half a logic which she counted whole.
Earnest, no" doubt, and honest, not uneaed.
But hungering and querulous and vexed.
With starving instincts In a fruitless frame.
And with an (tchlng for the sort of fame
Which cornea trom the mere printing of a
name. . .
She clamored for her "rights," showed
solemn craft.
And men.
Brute men.
They only laughed.
And one sought not her "rights."
She dreamed not of some path ef mannua
But foUowed nature's way and deemed it
And bloomed from flower to fruit of woman
She lod"the "tyrant" :i bore .her noble part
In life with him, and thought with all her
heart - .
She had her "rights."
She held that something men and women
To h. UnUk'e but each a supplement '
t-nto the olher: 'twas her gentle whim:
HwaS not more to her than she to him:
And little children gathered at her knee. .
And men
Brute men.
Would dl for such as she.
, Back: to His Farm.
Grants Pass Observer. .
Charles Nlckell, former newspaper man
of Jackson County and known all over
Southern Oregon, who has beeB serving
a term in the Government prison on
McNeills Island for being mixed up in
land frauds, has served, his term and
returned to his home near Medford,
where he is now. in the ranch business.