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IS BRTA- A pmifX R.VT?
The picturesque anil always edify
ing editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal more than augges'-s in a re
cent article upon Mr. Bryan that the
distinguished luminary of the Platte
la subject to a pettiness of soul un
becoming to so great a politician. To
Illustrate his Innuendo. Colonel Pat
terson brings forward Mr. Bryan's
attempt to quiz Governor Harmon not
lore ago. He finds the secret of the
Bryan unklndltness toward Harmon
in the fact that the latter was In
Years agone Attorney-General for
Mr. Cleveland, of hated memory to
the Bryantte. Colonel Watterson
then goes on to wonder whether Mr.
Bryan would not discover fatal ob
jections to Woodrow Wilson. Thomas
M. Osborne and Indeed every other
Democrat of light and leading If he
were to push himself forward as a
Presidential possibility. The fact that
he might do so seems to the editor of
the Courier-Journal to Indicate ' In
Mr. Bryan a certain pettiness, an In
ability to forgive his ancient foes.
The Chicago Inter Ocean. comment
Inn upon Colonel Watterson's Bryanlc
meditations, opines that he has erred
In divining the motives of the great
Nebraskan.
As the Inter Ocean sees him. Mr.
Brvan not only forgives his enemies
rith exemplary ease, but he goes far
ther. He forgets their weaknesses,
which a great statesman will never
do. It Is told -of favour, the savior
of Itatv. that he did not know what
personal animosity was. But it Is
also said of him that he never trusted
an Instrument which had once proved
unreliable. The Inter Ocean thinks
Mr. Bryan resembles the famous Ital
ian In the former particular, but not
In the latter. He Is prone to lean on
broken reeds. But It Is not so much
men as measures which elude Mr.
Bryan's memory. There is no con
tinuity In his political life, we are
given to understand by the writer in
the Inter Ocean. "'Some Issue of the
moment always looms larger to him
than any real permanent Issue. Just
now It Is the liquor traffic. A few
weeks ago It was the direct election
of Senators," and so on. In other
words. Mr. Bryan Is an opportunist
of the undesirable sort. There are
opportunists who unite flexibility with
consistency. They amend their course
to suit the breeze of the moment, but
they never lose sight of the stars
which are guiding them to a distant
haven. Mr. Bryan feels the force of
the breexe. but he does not see the
tsra.
With much deference to the Inter
Ocean, we believe that it Is as badly
In error as Colonel Watterson In
weighing Mr. Bryan's statesmanship.
While he does not conspicuously
cherish petty spite, he certainly has
shown Mmself to be a pretty good
hater. It la probably true that he
never has permitted resentment to
hinder his working with anybody, but
it cannot be maintained that bis mem
ory Is unusually short either for men
or Ideas. Mr. Bryan doese Indeed flit
from flower to flower In search of
paramount Issues, but throughout his
career one can easily discern a guid
ing and organising principle. The
reason why It Is not clear to every
body lies in the fact that many people
r TtrvAn fttr a Jeffersonlan
Pernor rat. In fact, he takes himself
tor one. No voice Is louder than his
In celebrating the glories of the man
who taught that the best government
Is the one which governs least, but
with Mr. Bryan praise Is one thing
and conduct another. He lauds Jef
ferson to the skies, but he does not
follow him. Mr. Bryan has been "un
able to recur to the first principles of
Democracy." as the Inter Ocean puts
It. simply because he does not believe
in them. It do not fallow, however,
that there are no first principles in
which be does believe, though he may
be the last man In the world to find
it out.
From the beginning of his career
to the present time Mr. Bryan has
been a consistent advocate of central
isation In government. In the period
of his buoyant youth he taught that
all currency, whether silver or paper,
should be Issued directly by the Fed
eral Government. He Would have
no Intermediaries, be they National
banks or what not. Later he horri
fied the orthodox members of his
party by coming out for Government
ownership of the railroads, which Is
centralisation of the most glaring spe
cie. Once upon a time a cartoon In
a Eastern paper which Is still re
membered pictured Mr. Bryan as a
plucked fowl perched dismally on a
bough in the wintry show. All his
feathers were gone but one solitary
plume In hie tall, which the artist had
labeled "Government ownership." Not
far away in a well-feathered nest sat
Mr. Ro-ieJovelt. warm and cosy, sur
rounded with the downy spoils which
he had plucked from his rival. "I
suppose." remarked Mr. Bryan, as he
pensively gased on his one remaining
feather, or "policy." "he'll rull this
one out. too. pretty soon." The not
Very darkly-veiled suggestion was that
Mr. Roosevelt has availed himself
mora or less of Mr. Bryan's Ideas.
However that may have been. It is
true enough tiftat there Is not a single
one of the Roosevelt centralising pol
icies which Mr. Bryan does not ap
prove of and which he has not called
his own at one time or another. In
hts heart he Is a Harailtonian. He
believes In multiplying the functions
of the Government, and to this peril
ous heresy he has seduced millions
of his fellow Democrats. There Is no
difference at bottom between the
Jvmocracy of Mr. Bryan and the Re
avabUculem of tie Rooacvcit school. ,
Their kinship Is Indicated by the
ease with which Bryan Democrats
In Kansas .and some other states
migrate to the camp of the insurgent
Republicans.
THE CAXXOX ISSIE.
Speaker Cannon stands alone. He
will be re-elected to Congress, doubt
less, but the hue and cry against him
and his Iron-clad House organization
have destroyed any possible chance
he might have for re-election as
Speaker. Representative Longworth.
son-in-law of Ropsevelt and a stal
wart, has declared against Cannon.
Even the President, who loves Vace,
and never seeks or makes war with
out a strong Impulse, has made It
clear that Cannon as Speaker must go.
It is idle, therefore, for the insur
gents, or for those who have for their
own purposes attached themselves to
the insurgent movement, to attempt
to make Cannonlsm an Issue in the
Congressional campaign. The Speak
er is beaten and everybody knows it.
Even he knows it. but he dies fight
ing to the last.
t.KANt.fcS AND THE INITIATIVE.
Evening Star Grange and M'oodlawn
Grange are much to be commended
for setting aside time for discussion
of what are termed the most impor
tant measures covered by the initia
tive to be voted on at the coming elec
tion. But In the Intimation that, ow
ing to the large number, only a few
can be considered, danger surely lurks.
Can the "great ignorance" that is said
to exist, and surely does exist,
"among all classes concerning these
measures" be dispelled by such partial
Instruction? And how about the ref
erendum? Why this partiality?
A 'very cursory reading shows that
every one of the "measures" to be
voted on requires study, whether they
bear the title initiative or referendum.
Out of that maze of twenty-five initia
tives and seven referendum, to pick
out which to support and which to
denounce is surely a tough Job. It Is
made worse when one finds various
measures contradictory of others.
Then there are the topics, ranging
from woman suffrage and state and
county taxation to shutting off Ashing
in Rogue River except with hook and
line from the creation of five or' six
new counties to knocking out local
option, and creating a board -to edit
and publish a state magazine, among
half a dozen Incongruous duties. But
the peaches come last on the list.
There is one omnium gatherum of an
Initiative which would take a whole
Grange meeting to itself, and then
some be left over to the next. Is it
sarcastic or straight when it proposes
to extend the field of initiative, refer
endum and recall? It looks as if the
whole earth and the waters under the
earth were under review already.
Again, when the teeth of the Legis
lature have been pulled and its claws
cut close, annual sessions and higher
salaries for the members are proposed.
Then, lest elections on old lines be
too simple, the new fad of "propor
tional representation" Is to be Intro
duced. It would not be a bad notion
to have a Grange meeting set apart
for that. too. and let all the neighbors
in. This very free use of the great
Ideas of the Initiative and referendum
reminds one of the elephant In the
circus. Have you not seen him pick
up with his great trunk a pin on the
floor or a dropped cent? Yes. he can
do that very thing, but you would
hardly lead him about the country to
pick up spilled pins and cents. Great
strength should be kept for great
needs. So the best suggestion that
can be offered the Granges is that they
begin by asking what are the legiti
mate and reasonable uses of these
popular powers each and all of them.
Determine that and see how many In
the long list before them meet that
test. If any there are, vote them in.
If none have the courage to vote them
all out. One thing sure is that who
ever votes for a change In Oregon's
constitution and laws, or votes In
some far-reaching new "measure"
without understanding its meaning
and force Is a very poor friend to the
initiative and referendum.
Just one suggestion more. The
Granges are setting a good example.
Why should not every commercial
club, development club, farmers' asso
ciation, or like bodies In our state fol
low their lead? The timej Is very
short.
CANADA'S IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
That the "back flow" of the immi
gration movement which has been
running In Canada's favor for the past
two years promises larger volume
than the Canadians will enjoy is quite
evident. A Winnipeg dispatch In The
Oregonlan yesterday said that a dep
utation from the Winnipeg Chamber
of Commerce and Grain Exchange
called on Consul-General Jones and
requested him to bring to the atten
tion of President Taft what they term
"the organized campaign Inaugurated
in the L'nlted States to induce Cana
dian settlers to return to the United
States." It la not yet apparent In the
United States that there is an organ
ized movement to induce ex-Americans
to come back to their native land.
Most of the Americans who have
gone across the line were oretty fa
miliar with conditions here as well
as In CanaSa. before they went. Until
we modify our Plnchotized conserva
tion laws, we have no Inducements to
offer them that were not In evidence
when they departed.
The attempt of Canada, however,
to check this back-flow reveals a
somewhat paradoxical situation. While
Canada Is endeavoring to attract
American settlers and hold those who
have already crossed the line, she Is
making equally strenuous objections
to the admission of other settlers en
tering from the Atlantic seaboard.
This Immigration Is largely made up
of impecunious people who have made
a failure of life In the United King
dom and Continental Europe, and
have been assisted by the Salvation
Army and other charitable organiza
tions, and -at times by the Govern
ment, to reach this new land of prom-
lse. Canada is not entnusiaatic over
this rlasa of population, and is con
templating increasing the amount of
money that an Immigrant Is required
to possess In the hope of checking the
flow of undesirables.' In this respect
Canada's experience is not very much
different from that of the United
States.
Thus far we have not received very
many of the "assisted" immigrants
from the Old World, but among the
millions who have poured into the At
lantic ports In the past ten years there
have been a large number who have
become more of a burden than a ben
efit to the country. This class of im
migration hangs around the cities,
and. except in small numbers, does
not take up farm work or similar
TITT3 MORNIXG OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY,
lines of effort. These Southern Euro
pean immigrants do not readily assim
ilate with our people. The thrifty
among them save their money and
send or take it back to the land from
which they came. The shiftless add
to the already overwhelming cost of
crime in the country, and both classes
are thus more burdensome than
beneficial.
That Canada will eventually suffer
more than the United States from this
class of Immigration is a certainty,
for while our maximum immigration
of all kinds is only about. 1 per cent
of the population, that of -Canada In
recent years has reached t per cent.
In the clrcamstances It is not surpris
ing that Canada Is very anxious to re
tain her American settlers. She will
need them all to keep order and main
tain respectability among others of her
new settlers.
lNSfBGEXTS AND THE TARIFF.
Chief issue of "insurgents" is pro
tective tariff. It for long time has
been so in this country' and may for
long time continue to be so. When
Democrats enacted protective tariff
in Cleveland's Administration, insur
gents wrecked the party. The party's
President led the van of the revolt.
Under - the Dingley tariff bill of
Republicans, Insurgents grumbled
long and loud, until "revision" was
necessary. But Payne's revision bill
satisfies no better than did its pre
decessor. Insurgents are on the war
path again.
Just so long as either party adheres
to the disguised humbug and robbery
of protective tariff there will be In
surgency and revolt. The American
people will never be content so long
as Import duties take from one group
to bestow upon another.
Insurgents of Indiana. Iowa, Kan
sas and Minnesota don't offer real
hope to the groaning masses; they
don't offer revenue tariff: they cling
to the old protective tariff fetich of
tariff spoils for favored few and taxes
for unfavored many. Until they quit
"protection" they cannot be reformed.
They are of the same kind as Aldrich.
The Insurgents attack the high-wool
duty that helps Oregon citizens to a
share of the spoils. Tet If they shall
succeed In cutting out Oregon's wool
duty, this state will then have more
Insurgents than ever.
Protective tariff bars Insurgents
from rational -and abiding principle
of political action. Until they shall
abandon It, their messianic hopes will
fall. The right kind of insurgency
demands tariff for revenue only.
EKPERANTO.
The election of a Portland man to
high office In the Esperanto Associa
tion of North America indicates that
this city may number more students
of the new language among its inhab
itants than is commonly supposed.
The idea of an auxiliary language, as
It Is called, appeals strongly to a great
many people.
In the centuries preceding the ISth
Latin enjoyed the position of a uni
versal auxiliary tongue. All scientific
men and scholars could speak and
write It, while for the uses of every
day they employed their native
speech. English. French or Italian, as
It might happen to be. The Esper
antists cherish a similar ambition for
their artlflclcal language. They do
not ask anyone to abandon the tongue
ha learned In childhood, but they hope
that everybody will finally adopt Es
peranto In communications with those
of foreign speech.
The artificial language has made
more progress than might have
seemed possible at first. It has stu
dents in every civilized country and a
literature which Is at least not con
temptible. But whether it will ever
be used as an auxiliary language
throughout the world Is doubtful.
We do not attach much Importance
to the objection that Esperanto has
rot "evolved." Many improvements
which have apparently not evolved
have been adopted everywhere and
will never be abandoned. The real
complaint against Esperanto is its
lack of simplicity. Its grammar Is
more complex than that of English.
In the matter of declension It harks
back to decaying usage, and its ap
paratus for expressing relations of
time, place. Inference and so on Is
too difficult for ordinary people to
understand. English, on the other
hand. Is almost free from declension
and expresses all. relations as simply
as possible. In the long run, there is
much reason to believe, English 'will
be the universal language of com
merce, business and scholarship.
Some say that Its progress to that goal
would be a great deal more rapid if
It enjoyed a scientific system of
spelling.
WITHOCT PORTENT OR PROMTSK..
The President, on his recent visit
to Maine, commented upon the fact
that, by holding Its Congressional
election in September, that state Im
posed upon itself the burden of a dou
ble election once in four years, since
every state must vote for President
of the United States In November.
Maine and Vermont, now that Oregon
is out of the four year's double elec
tion line, are the only Northern
states that vote for members of Con
gress In any other month than No
vember. As to the few Southern
states that hold elections In other
months, they simply do not count,
since they are in no sense political
weather gauges.
Formerly state elections were held
in the several states all along the cal
endar, seemingly as It happened, from
early Spring until late Autumn. The
unnecessary waste of time and forces,
vital and material. Incident to holding
two elections every fourth year where
one would suffice, was noted and de
plored, until finally public opinion
was aroused to the point of 'action,
and. in all but the two states noted
the political sign-board indicated by
a state election In the months pre
ceding a Presidential election, was
discarded.
Oregon was long the state that
pointed the initial finger to the Presi
dential result In November. Its fore
cast was the same for many years a
forecast that was usually verified
when the time came. What little sat
isfaction accrued from being first in
line was. however, more than out
weighed by the work, expense and
annoyance of holding two elections
where one was enough, and after
much political skirmishing the change
was made; the state election will be
held this year and hereafter in
November.
Long habit constrains us still to
think of June as the battle month
In state politics. We congratulate
ourselves, nevertheless, upon a change
that gives us but one general election
in Presidential years. While alleged
reform measures barnacle our politi
cal system, greatly increasing the pre
liminary election expenses, the cut
ting out of one election every four
years will contribute something to the
balance of accounts and give us poli
cal quietude In June.
The pivotal states that were In past
political contests worked to the limit
by campaign managers for "moral
effect," were Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana. The first of these changed
its state election date from October
to November in 1872; Indiana wheeled
into line in 1880, and Ohio in 1884.
Since the latter date the October
elections, of which so much was made
In the National campaign, have been
things of the past. Maine and Ver
mont will be the first to elect mem
bers to the Sixty-second Congress.
The election takes place In Vermont
on the 7th and in Maine bn the 12th
of September. Great things are doing
and greater things brewing in Na
tional politics, but with the Presiden
tial election still two years off and
President Taft meeting smilingly but
with decision and dignity every emer
gency that is presented to him as
Chief Executive, the result of the
elections In these states will hardly
be big, either with portent or promise.
It has been nearly a decade since
the last shipment of Willamette Val
ley wheat was sent foreign, but the
possibilities of the Valley as a grain
growing region are as great as ever.
Most of the Valley farmers are reap
ing greater profits from dairying and
fruitgrowing than they are getting out
of grain, but the Valley will this year
produce more wheat than Is needed
for home consumption, and will have
a large surplus of other grains. A
yield of ninety-nine bushels per acre
on a ten-acre field of oats near Hills
boro, with Winter wheat running from
30 to 35 bushels per acre, is pretty
good evidence that there are still
good gralngrowing properties In the
soil, although It is much more valu
able for other purposes. Even the
Walla Walla country, the successor of
the Willamette Valley in the export
wheat trade. Is rapidly drifting into
fruit and vegetable growing and
dairying. The returns are so much
greater than those which are possible
from grain that even sixty-bushel
wheat yields would not tempt the
farmers to return to the cereal production.
The Panama Canal is making good
progress according to the latest issue
of the v"anal Record. For a distance
of miles, the eastern end of the
canal is now navigable for vessels of
fifteen feet draft, and on the western
end "five miles of the big ditch are
open to vessels of all kinds. There
still remains a vast amount of work
before either of these approaches will
be completed, but the rapidity with
which work is progressing gives assur
ance that the big task will be per
formed in time for the 1915 celebra
tions that are being arranged In honor
of the event. There has been an enor
mous loss through paying excessive
freight rates to American vessels en
gaged In transporting material to the
canal: but. as these "donations" to
the shipowner were all open and above
board, there have been no such scan
dals in connection with the work as
grew out of the French attempt to
build the canal, and it will be com
pleted on time.
Justice occasionally discards her
leaden boots and trips swiftly forward
even in Oregon. The accelerated
movement on the part of the blind
goddess is usually most noticeable
along the frontier, where there are
avengers lurking in the bushes and
liable to leave Justice behind In the
race, unless she Is alert. Attention to
the occasional speed spurts of Justice
Is called by the refusal of the Supreme
Court to Interfere in the case of Mur
derer Harrell, who shot and killed the
Newell brothers near Lakevlew, June
9. Arrest, conviction and sentence
were prompt, and the murderer was
sentenced to hang September 9. There
being no further obstacles in the way
of carrying out the sentence, Mr. Har
rell will probably pay the penalty
which he earned exactly three months
after the commission of the crime.
The French aviator. Monsieur Le
Bianc. has solved an important prob
lem 'n aviation. The great question in
flying has ' been how to keep from
wreck 1n a storm. Mr. Le Blanc's an
swer is simple and conclusive. He
files ahead of It. Falstaff solved the
problem of reconciling glory with
safety in battle by running. M. Le
Blanc thus merely adapts a solution.
He does not Invent It, but he may
have discovered the secret of suc
cessful aviation All the same.
What's to be gained by transmuting
copper into Iron? This new professor
can't turn his discovery Into money.
Now, if he could only change copper
or iron or both into gold, he could sell
the Invention to Morgan for a lot of
money, while the great New York
banker could capitalize it for ten
times the purchase price.
The Senatorial committee Investi
gating the "third degree" In San Fran
cisco can learn more and all about it
by simply killing a plain-clothes man
from the front office.
Chicago's woman superintendent
wants to Install kitchens In her
schools. That ought to make going to
school as popular as going to a picnic.
If public drinking cups are danger
ous, why Is It many men do not die
from passing around the same old
whisky bottle and gurgling?
Shallenberger. beaten in the Ne
braska primaries for the Democratic
renomination, has the Populist deck
up his sleeve.
That is a mighty aggregation that
will assault the Oregon City atmos
phere this afternoon.
Now Portugal Is making faces at
the Pope, but Portugal is not big
enough for a grimace.
Danville shows a gain of 70 per cent
in the decade. Its biggest citizen grew
more than that.
As coughing autos disturb Mr.
Rockefeller, he must produce a noise
less fluid.
Texas Republicans have gone
through the usual farce of nominating
a ticket.
The union-made coffin Is the last
resort of the man who wears the but
ton. The price of tobacco is raised. But
you don't have to pay It.
AUGUST 20, 1910.
NR. SCOTT'S I.IKE SERVICE.
Estimates br Two Rellstowi Journals
of OregOB.
j. H. Murphy. In the Catholic SentinM.
In a truly catholic spirit, the Sentinel
has asked me to add my humble tribute
to a man who dedicated his great gifts
of learning and brilliancy to the wel
fare of his country and a sincere fel
lowship with the misfortunes of hu
manity. Scarcely one year ago, Harvey W.
Scott mentioned my name in his news
paper as an "old friend." I regard it
as a blessed privilege to have known
this man and to have been counted
among his humble friends.
A newspaper records events: It rarely
creates them. What arouses a keen
Interest in one man may excite dis
pleasure and vexation in another man.
So with the editor in commenting on
an event. For twenty years have I
Btudied the coinage of Mr. Scott's con
victions, and to my mind these twenty
years is a chapter of consistent, fear
less and faultless logic, which lauda
tion cannot adorn nor detraction de
face, for your truly consistent man is
the man of Mr. Scott's rare character,
whose strength of integrity and fidel
ity to truth are superior to opinions
expressed in the past, if under other
conditions, right and Justice demand a
revision of policies, but never an abase
ment of principles. Mr. Scott Jiad
drunk at the head of the fountain of
fundamentals, and In assimilating the
best thought of the day. his instincts
in the retrospect of cause and effect, of
experience, growth and an ascending
progression of our social evolution, was
unequalled and unerring. Herein his
mind was free from all prepossessions;
he was able to perceive with a vision
clear and true the wonderful develop
ment our civilization is undergoing, its
Inherent possibilities for weal or woe,
and he sought to bring out into the full
est and clearest light that any decisive
triumph for the cause of humanity lay
in the avoidance of the errors of the
Dast and in the employment of those
principles of human government that
had survived the obliterations ana ae
cay of the centuries and had been at
tested by the wisdom of the ages. In
this respect he was the safest guide
that I have ever met in the flesh. He
was the bodily presentation of his be
loved Edmund Burke.
The future can estimate at their true
worth the services of this simple, un
affected and great man to his coun
trymen and to mankind. I write of
him merely as a student who has been
elevated by his character and instruct
ed oy his wisdom. In this capacity he
appeals to me as the Sage of Oregon,
bigger than party and twenty-five
years In advance of Its political per
spective. . . . Here In Oregon, the
tariff question was Mr. Scott, and Mr.
Scott was the tariff question: here in
Oregon Mr. Scott was the silver ques
tion, and the sliver question was Mr.
Scott; here in Oregon' Mr. Scott was
the bulwark of decent, well ordered
and representative government. In life
Mr. Scott was the ablest exponent of
his state's wisdom and patriotism; in
death he Is the supreme figure of its
best aspirations. If there was any bit
terness or disappointment that touched
the tranquil soul of thi? smiling chief
tain of the philosophic world, I never
discerned it In the written or spoken
word. His life, taken all In all. was
"a grand and noble creed."
There are those living today who
will bear me out In what I say, that
Harvey W. Scott has been, on more
than one occasion, the best and truest
friend that the Roman Catholic Church
had in this state, outside of its own
communion. Mr. Chesterton and other
enlightened writers have paid no more
liberal tributes to the Catholic Church
than has Harvey W. Scott.
I looked into his private room the
other night In The Oregonlan building
about the hour of 11 o'clock. The lights
were turned down low, throwing a
mournful somber over that vacant
chair; a melancholy stillness overbur
dened the room; the amu3ed smile that
used to salute my entrance I will see no
more, the kindly and fatherly greeting
I will never hear' again; the faithful
sentinel of the people's rights has gone
forever, the very walls seemed to be
clothed In sadness and I was over
whelmed with the belief that the guid
ing star of this great newspaper who
freely gave the conspicuous abilities of
his long, useful and sincere life, to his
country, his state and his fellowman,
that this reverent and persistent seeker
of truth, had found truth among the
Immortals, and that future historians
will linger o'er his name and future
generations perpetuate his fame.
Oregon's Moat Influential Citlaen-
Paclflc Christian Advocate.
In the death of Harvey Whitefleld
Scott, Oregon has lost Its most noted
and Influential citizen. Indeed, we think
It might be said with equal emphasis
that he was the most noted and Influen
tial person in the entire Pacific North
west region. .
He came across the plains when a boy
but 14 years of age: at a time when the
heroic elements In the life would be most
profoundly Impressed. The ruggedness
of his character, the vigor of his mind,
the emphasis of his decisions were in
delibly fixed by. the company In which
he moved during these early days. To
the end of his life the qualities of the
pioneer were predominant. .
Mr. Scott was a man of very wide
learning, and very extensive attainments.
He began his editorial work when a very
young man. but his preparation- for that
work for many years antedated his en
trance upon it- He was actively inter
ested in everything that pertained to the
welfare of this Government and espe
cially of the Northwest part of it. Mr.
Scott was an ardent Republican and ultra
partisan. He was an earnest believer in
strong government and had but little pa
tience with anything which hinted of so
cialism or populism.
He performed some very valuable serv
ices for Methodism. When the Portland
University was organized, Mr. Scott was
selected as the president of the boaVd
of trustees. He entered upon his duties
with Immense enthusiasm and but for the
unhappy mismanagement of that insti
tution before he took hold of it, he would
doubtless have contributed ail his pro
digious Influence toward its success. But
the failure of the university discouraged
Mr. Scott for several years from com
mitting himself to a similar enterprise,
though he always believed in the small
but thoroughly equipped college.
His article on Jason Lee, read June 10,
1906, at the re-interment of Jason Lee's
bones at Salem, was a thorough vindica
tion of the claim of Lee's friends that
he was the father of American Oregon,
and it was one of the most valuable lit
erary contributions In the vindication of
the claims and character of the early
Methodist pioneers of this country that
we have ever read.
Mr. Scott believed In immortality.
While he had his own views of the
possibility of the soul's conscious rela
tion to God, and these views were not
always In harmony with those enter
tained by us. he was nevertheless an
earnest believer in God.
One of the best qualities of his charac
ter came to the surface one day when
the writer said to him: "But your In
fluence must be felt as long as The Ore
gonlan exists, for you have made that
great Journal and it must retain some
thing of your character on through the
years." when he said. "Give me no more
credit for the creation of The Oregoniaa
than belongs to me. The greater part
of the task should be credited to Mr.
Plttock. He has been the greatest in
fluence behind that paper. It is his brain
and vigorous planning that has made that
papr possible. I have done, very large
ly, the editorial work, but he has planned
and sacrificed and contributed of his
means till his is the lion's share of the
redit for that great paper."
LAWYER SUES FOR DIVORCE
Soldier Deserts Wife at Approach, of
Stork and She Seeks Decree.
Lawyers, although they are in court
every few days, and often hear of the
location and nature of the matrimonial
shoals, do not always steer clear of
them. M. O. Wilkins was one of these
who appeared before Judge Cleland In
the Circuit Court yesterday morning and
asked for a decree of separation from
Anna Wilkins. The attorney said he
married her August 26, 1907, and that they
lived happily until February. 1909. when
he found that she was drinking intoxicat
ing liquor, and remonstrated with her.
"Then we had some trouble because
she stayed out nights," he said, "and
when her father, who is 80 years old,
asked her to come and stay with him,
she left me. I did everything 1 could to
reconcile matters, and get her to return
to me. but she has steadfastly refused.
It was a year ago last July that she
left."
Z. T. Clark, a neeighbor; and S. Frazier
were two other witnesses who testified
of Mrs. Wilkins' desertion. The decree
was allowed.
Willard R. Wysong was a soldier boy.
But when he heard of the approach of
Dame Stork he deserted both his home
and the Army, if the statements of Mrs.
Nina M. Wysong are to be believed. She
was one of the six applicants for divorce
who appeared before Circuit Judge Cle
land yesterday to tell their troubles. She
said she was married to Wysong in Van
couver, Wash.. February 14, 1907. The
following December, said Mrs. Wysong,
he heard that the stork was coming. For
15 months, she testified, she did not hear
from him. Then, in May, 1909. she had
a letter saying he would return the fol
lowing month. But 6he saw nothing of
him.
While Mrs. Wysong was testifying her
young son . clambered about the court
room, taking a look here and a peep
there. Before his mother could seat her
self in the witness chair he was there.
The ludee granted the divorce.
L Mrs. Neva E. Reed said that Ross Reed
failed to provide more than io a monin
for the suDnort of their child and her
self, although he was earning from J75
to $90 a month. He spent all tne money
for alcoholic drink and women, she said.
At last he left, and so short was she of
funds that she was obliged to move the
household goods to the home of her father
on a wheelbarrow. Her father, Mr. Wal
ganot, has been caring for her since, she
said. She is living in Sellwood. She was
married to Boss May 2, 1902. This divorce
was also granted.
The court decided Mrs. B. A. Stratton
was entitled to a divorce from T. E.
Stratton, to whom she was married at
Oregon City, October 26. 1909. Wltn tears
in her eyes she told how she was taken
111 and when at the hospital was deserted
by her husband, who took the larger
part of J1000 she had saved, leaving her
only $3 In her purse. She exhausted every
mnun to find him. she said, sending reg
istered letters to cities where she thought
he might be, and at last appealing to
Chief of Police Cox and Matron Cameron.
The 11000 which her husband took, said
Mrs. Stratton, had been . saved by her
while she was keeping roomers. She has
now gone back to that business, in an
endeavor to pay the bills which her hus
band neglected to settle.
Mrs. Marcia Rasmussen, her daughter,
told of her mother's attempts at suicide
and of the efforts she put forth to dis
suade her from her purpose.
Anna Lewcovltz told the Judge she was
supporting herself by working as a
stenographer in her brother-in-law's real
estate office. She said that Henry Lew
covltz deserted her in 1901. She formerly
lived in New York City and in Philadel
phia, being married in the latter place
in 1899. A decree was granted to her.
FIREMAN DRIVER GIVEN BLAME
Street Railway Holds Motorman. Not
Responsible for Accident.
That Jay W. Stevens, of the Portland
Fire Department, was recklessly driv
ing his horse on the dead run east on
Pine street. August 19, 1908, failing to
sound a gong, is the allegation of the
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
inv in its answer to the city's suit
against it for damages on account of a
collision at Second and Pine. Stevens'
horse and buggy struck the rear end of
the car. The accident happened between
3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The streetcar company alleges that had
Stevens complied with the city ordinance
by keeping on the right side oi me
street the collision would not have hap
pened. It is asserted that the motorman
tnnned at Oak street while northbound
to allow the fire apparatus to pass, and
at Pine, after he had started up, unex
pectedly came upon Stevens. He did not
see the buggy in time, it is saiu, iu pie
vent crossing the street with the car,
so threw on the power in an effort to
pass ahead of the buggy and avoid the
accident.
WIXDSOR CITED FOR CONTEMPT
Alleged Failure to Obey Court Order
Brings Further Charges.
J. N. Windsor must appear in the
Circuit Court at 2 P. M. next Wednes
day and show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt of court. An
order citing him to appear was served
on him last night. It was made at the
instance of Henry Hagelsteln, who has
filed an affidavit saying Windsor has
Ignored the court.
He says an order was issued that
Windsor pay to the clerk, of the court
$4000 belonging to the Campbell Auto
matic Gas Burner Company, which he
held, and that when he failed to do so
the matter was again taken up, with
the resulting suggestion by the court
that Windsor .and Hagelstein meet at
the bank at an appointed time, Wind
sor to turn over the funds. Hagel
stein declares Windsor has failed to do
it. but Instead Is checking out the
funds, and has thus depleted them. .
Court Notes.
Lloyd E. Swail was found a delin
quent child and placed on probation
by Juvenile Judge Gantenbeln yester
day because the lad, although only 14
years old, was working for the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. The
company, it appears, has an agreement
with the Child Labor commission not
to employ children under 16 years of
age. But it was alleged that E. N.
Swail. the boy's father, misrepresent
ed the lad's age In securing him a po
sition. Judge Gantenbeln took no ac
tion, therefore, regarding the company.
Bound over to the grand jury by
Acting Municipal Judge Gebhart on a
charge of threatening to kill Paul
Frank. John Robb filed in the Circuit
Court yesterday a petition for. a writ of
review. He was bound over August
11, and held in Jail under tlOOO bonds
or 8500 cash bail. He contends that
there is no such crime under the Ore
gon law as "threatening to kill," and
declares Judge Gebhart exceeded his
authority when he held Robb to an
swer to it. Judge Cleland will hear
the matter at 3 P. M., September 7.
. ' Oregon Electric Seeks Pass.
EUGENE, Aug. 19. (Special.) The
Oregon Electric surveying crew com
pleted the preliminary survey of Fifth
street this morning and from there ran
a line out High to Fifteenth, follow
ing the streets upon which the Lane
County Asset Company has franchises.
When in the southern part of the city
the surveyors ran several preliminary
lines into the country to the south, sup
posedly with the idea ef getting a good
pass for the extension of the line to
ward Southern Oregon.
BRIDGE CASE IS ARGUED
Judge Cleland Takes Decision Under
Advisement.
Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland took
under advisement yesterday afternoon
the suit to prevent construction work
on the new O. R. & N. railroad bridge -over
the Willamette. Deputy City At-
Tiimlinann hPCn nrcuing tllO
case in the morning, and Attorney John
A. Jeffrey, representing ji. j. i,oium
and Dan Kellaher.' the plaintiffs, took
up the case in the afternoon. Deputy
City Attorney Latourette finishing for
the city.
Jeffrey is seeking a writ of man-.
damus compelling City Attorney Grant
and Municipal Judge Bennett to issue
warrants and complaints against the
bridge foreman and others for obstruct
ing Oregron and Adams streets.
It is Jeffrey's contention that tha
only question Involved Is whether- or
not Oregon and Adams streets are le
gally streets. They have been vacated
by the City Council, but a referendum
petition has been filed for submitting
the question to the voters at the com
ing election. He contends that the va
cation of a street is a legislative act,
and that the question having been sub
mitted to the people the vacation or
dinance passed by the. City Council is
not effective.
Having entered a demurrer to the al
ternative writ of mandamus made re
turnable yesterday, the Deputy City
Attorney contended that the writ Is
defective because it does not allege the
plaintiffs to be either taxpayers or
citizens, and because the duty of the
officers to cause arrests is a discre-.
tionary duty which cannot be con
trolled by the courts. They also con
tended that while the state constitution
pfovides that the referendum may be
used against municipal legislation the
vacation of these streets is not muni
cipal legislation.
It was also contended that as the
petition for the writ does not make
the Clerk of the Municipal Court a
party defendant, and as it Is his duty,
not that of the Municipal Judge, to
issue the warrants, therefore the peti
tion is defective. Further than this,
it was alleged that a private citizen
cannot ask for the abatement of a so
called public nuisance of this character.
No mandamus is necessary, concluded,
the Deputy City Attorneys, as the char
ter provides that in case the City At
torney or Municipal Judge fail to do
their duty they may be removed from
office by the City Council.
LOW RATES ARE ANNOUNCED
Northern Pacific to Make Cut for
Portland Fair.
Excursion rates equivalent to one
and one-third first class rates for the
round trip have been announced by the
x-.v...n woMfi,. to the Pacific Na
tional Fair and Livestock Show, in
Portland, from stations In Oregon.
Washington, Lewlston Junction and
west thereof, and Seattle and south
thereof, main line and branches in
rinHinr ntations on the Washington
and Columbia River branch.
Tickets will be sold from such points
on September 5, good for return to and
Including September 12. On Septem
ber 5 and 7, the road will make the
same rates from South Bend, Cen
tralis Goble and intermediate stations
up to Portland. The Spokane, Portland
& Seattle Railroad participates in the
reduced rates.
The Northern Pacific has also an
nounced excursion rates equivalent to
one and one-third times the regular
one way fare to Centralia and Chehalis
on account of the Southwest Washing
ton Fair, which will be held midway
between the two towns, September 19
to 24. The rates will apply from
Portland north to Tacoma on main line
and branches and on the main line be
tween Tacoma and Seattle. ine sell
ing dates are September 19. 21 and 23.
Reduced rates to several meetings
that will be held In. California in Sep
tember and October have been pub
lished by the Northern Pacific. Camas
Prairie. Canadian Pacific, Spokane.
Portland & Seattle and Southern Pa
cific railways. Tickets to be sold on
the certificate plan on the following
dates and to the destinations named:
August 21 to September 5 inclusive,
San Francisco, on account of the San
gerfest of Pacific Sangerbund.
August 26 to September 8 inclusive.
San Francisco, on account of the
American Veterinary Medical Associa
tion. "
September 3 to 7 inclusive, San Fran
cisco, on account of the Concatenated
Order of Hoo Hoos.
September 21 to 22, Los Angeles, on
account of the American Mining Con
gress. September 23 to October 5 inclusive
Los Angeles, on account of the Amerl.
can Bankers' Association.
September 23 to October 3, inclusive
Fresno, on account of the Danish
Brotherhood of America.
YOUNG PIGEONS WILL RACE
Series of Contests for Fast Birds W
Be Held Soon.
The Oregon Homing Club will start
its series of young bird races tomorrow
night, beginning with the 60-mile sta
tion, and if the weather permits, will
compete every following Sunday until
the series is completed. The races to
be flown are from Castle Rock, 50
miles; Chehalis. 75 miles; Yelm, 100
miles; Seattle, 150 miles: Mount Ver
non, 200 miles, and a 300-mile station
in Canada, that the National associa
tion will designate a week or two prior
to that race.
The club will also hold four races
from the state fair at Salem on Sep
tember 13. 14, 15, 16, for which the
management of the fair have donated
two handsome silver trophies. One of
the most discouraging features of the
sport is that so many birds are shot
by the hunters as they fly over the
country on their way borne.
The membership of the club has
shown a consistent gain since she old
bird races in the Spring, and Is now
on a better footing than at any time
since it was organized. Ralph Warren,
one of the most successful flyers in
Buffalo, who has now made Portland
his home, with Henry Bergar and D.
B. Townsend. are three of the new
members who are gathering together
some of the finest strains of homers
that can be procured, all of them im
porting some direct from England. E.
H. Bauer is still improving his famous
Belgian Honsese strain, while C. C.
Steinel values his celebrated Going
birds very highly. E. Lllias is flying i
th nffanrina- from his Imported Hero
and Hersey stock, while H. E. Brown is
entering the competition with birds of
straight American breeding.
MANNING IS STILL UNCERTAIN
Choice of Democratic Organization
for Governor Reserves Decision.
Just whether the race for the Demo,
cratic nomination for Governor is going
to be a three-cornered affa'r remain!
unsettled. It Is clear that Jefferson
Myers' is not going to get out and that
Oswald West will stay in. But as te
t- . v. TnM Uannfn hnl n the
Democratic organization, will try the
game,, no announcement is yet avail-
able.
Mr. Manning wants a clear field and
has been holding off In the hope of get
ting into the race alone. Now the prob
lem he must solve is whether he can
enter a three-cornered fight and win.
A decision will be reached by him !
fore a great while, it Is saW-