THE MORNTXG OREGOXIAJT. MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1910.
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-Certain voters," remarks Mr. La
Follette, editor and statesman, in his
weekly paper, "will be at A disadvan
tage In Oregon this Fall the Illiter
ate, the careless and the imbecile."
But certain other voters will be at A
much irreater dtsadvantag-e the
thrifty, the Intelligent and the re
sponsible. They and their property
and all their Interests are at the
mercy of A fantastic scheme of legis-
lation that Invites the Ignorant. tns
vicious, the careless and the unin
formed to decide at the polls ques
tions of great moment on equal terms
with all others.
Perhaps." continues the Wlscon
sin sage, this will be the only elec
tion In the Nation where the bad cltl-
sen will be to some extent automati
cally disfranchised by h'.s. own bad
citizenship." How disfranchised?
He is not disfranchised. He is told
by demagogic politicians and con
scienceless newspapers that he Is Just
as well qualified and just as much
entitled to take over into his own
hands all the affairs of government
a anybody else better qualified and
more deserving- than any Legislature
' or any other restricted or controlled
representative system and that he Is
defrauded of his rights When he is
not permitted to make in his own
way any law, or statute, or constitu
tional amendment whatever. There
Is no effort to disfranchise such a
voter In Oregon. Under oar system
he cannot be disfranchised. On the
contrary, he Is a member in good
standing in the court of last resort
on every possible question or prob
lem In which the public may have, or
may think it has, an Interest.
Mr. La Follette discusses at much
length In his paper the Oregon system
and the happy lot of the electorate
here In being called on to pass on
thirty-two various and Independent
measures In November, under the In
itiative and referendum. It was to
be expected that a radical politician
Ilk La Follette would find much to
approve and nothing to condemn In
the Oregon system. Tet It was also
to be expected that he would have
taken the trouble to inform himself
somewhat both as to the initiative
and as to the proposals now before
the Oregon voters. He says:
Really, th problem r sot a complex
a th reactionary preaa would hav ua
think. Many of th bill are referendum
o euch thins a th stblthmetu of nor
mal choot at certain point, merger of
count lea. creation of nw counties, fishery
nette In rivers, and aalaxle of public
ofrleers.
There is no statement In the fore
going paragraph that Is entirely cor
rect, and several of them are wholly
Incorrect. In every Instance except
the last, these are Initiative meas
ures. The difference between the In
itiative And referendum may not be
clear to La Follette. but to others
who take pains to Inform themselves
It is the difference between represent
ative government and the entire nega
tion of representative government.
The Initiative la the assumption of
the lawmaking power by the people;
the referendum Is the mere exercise
by the people of approval or veto of
A particular measure enacted by A
Legislature. If Mr. La Follette is as
muddy In his understanding And as
Inaccurate in his statement of other
Affairs as he Is About Oregon matters,
he has heretofore had remarkable
luck In avoiding deserved exposure.
WAIL Or A MiU.NLK.
Every student of human nature, or
even the ordinary observer of his fel
low man In the Journey through life,
encounters occasional human misfits
And failures. These helpless, depend
ent. shlfUeaa drifters, for whom the
world was not made right, are invari
ably childish In their waitings and
whimperings, suggesting the thought
that they have been weaned too soon
and should still be provided with the
rubber-tipped nursing bottle. One of
these; whining Infants who signs him
self "Burr." writing from Corvallls
to the EscanabA (Mich.) Press on the
Oregon country, asserts that "nowhere
beneath the Stars and Stripes, so far
as this writer's personal knowledge
goes, are there grouped in one spot so
many conditions of soil and climate
all calculated to make the place an
Ideal one to stay away from.
At the beginning of his letter
"Burr mentions that he has been in
Oregon two weeks. There can be no
denying the fact that he is a most pre
cocious baby, even though he does cry
for his nursing bottle, for In that
brief fortnight he has discovered that
frotn November to May It rains con
tinuously. tKreams overflow and the
red mud Is over all. Continuing his
baby prattle with the whining under
tone. "Burr" asserts that "the only
crop Are oats and wheat, and the soli
is exhausted. Grasses must be plant
ed every year, cultivated fields cannot
be pastured during the Winter," etc.
The thorough and exhaustive study
which "Purr' has made of conditions
In the M.000 square miles of Oregon
territory In th two weeks he has been
at Conrailla. "sick every minute of the
time." as he admits, enables him to
state positively that "It requires about
1(( Acres of land to keep a team, two
cows, three pigs and calf."
This baby "Burr" rambles on
through nearly a column of similar
grotesque 1H about A state where
hundred and thousands of people are
rapidly becoming independent, and In
many cases wealthy, on ten and twenty-acre
farms, and summArisea the re
sult of his exhaustive research Into the
financial, agricultural and general
economic situation In Oregon, during
his two weeks of Illness at Corvallls,
with the sage observation that "If
there Is anything to build as endur
ing prosperity on. I swan I cant see
It-" If "Burr" had only diluted his
concentrated falsehoods about Oregon,
they might have been productive of
harm in the vicinity of Escansba,
where "Burr" Is apparently permitted
to run at large without restraint.
When this kind of misrepresentation
Is directed, however, against a state
that has A world-wide reputation for
Its fruit, hops, stock, lumber and dairy
products, and A score of other great
staples. It falls flat. The world smiles
and enjoys the tales of Baron uun
chausen. While baby "Burr's" tale
about Oregon is fully as Impossible
and absurd as some of the fancy-cre
ated visions of the Baron, its humor
suffers by the whimper that, runs
through It.
ROOSEVELT THE MARTVR.
Undoubtedly the President Is doing
his utmost to avoid a rupture witn
Colonel Roosevelt, and doubtless the
Colonel 1s not for the present seeking
war with ths Administration. That
Roosevelt has been desirous of com
posing the troubles of the Republican
party is evident: but that the course
of events has taken him Irresistibly
in one direction and the President In
another Is likewise obvious. That both
Roosevelt and Taft are themselves
anxious to be on terms of amity and
onncnrri doe not. annarently. greatly
influence the personal counselors and
confidants of either. As neither la
captain of his own destiny nor master
of his own rate, wnat is to nappen
will happen.
Tet it may be said that the little
New Tork bosses who defeated Roose
v.lt fn. m rvirwrv chairman of the
coming Republican New York con
vention have contributed A lot to ine
general political disturbance without
damaging the Roosevelt prestige. In
deed, they are guilty of a most amaz
ing piece of political folly. They have
declined to permit Roosevelt to have
a large voice lh the New York con
vention, and they will not permit him
to run the New York campaign. They
are making a martyr of him before
the country. The little Republican
bosses will lose the coming New York
election. Why did they allow Roose
velt to step aside and thus put on
them the onus of defeat?
CHAXCK FOB MOXBOE TMCTBXXK.
The news from Nicaragua to not re
assuring. A live refugee having
many points of advantage over A dead
ruler. President Madriz seems to be
on the run to safety, after naming as
successor Jose Dolores Estrada, A
brother of the active Insurgent Gen
eral who has been the principal figure
In the downfall of Zelaya And his suc
cessor. But the selection of this par
ticular member of the Estrada fam
ily Is not approved by all of the In
surgents. When the present campaign
against the government began, this
successor of Madrls sent an abusive
message to his brother. General Es
trada, because the latter had taken up
the fight against Zelaya. While Gen
eral Estrada is willing to extend the
mantle of brotherly love far enough so
that one of the family can take charge
until an election can be held. Gen
erals Mena and Chamorro, most val
ued aids of General Estrada, are ob
jecting. This would Indicate that Madrls
had purposely made this appointment
for the purpose of stirring up enough
trouble to keep the insurgents busy
with each other while he was fol
lowing his former chieftain, Zelaya,
Into exile. A New Orleans dispatch
In The Oregon lan yesterday said that
cable advices report Insurgents sack
ing every point in reach and Ameri
cans In the Interior preparing to get
to the coast. The present crisis would
seem to demand that the American
Government take some long-overdue
action, -by making use of the Monroe
Doctrine. The halting, wabbling, hesi
. ,t-- sttitnri of this Government
towards the warring factions in Nica
ragua has had much to do wim pro
longing the strife.
It Is clearly the duty of this coun
try under the Monroe Doctrine to
maintain order among the Central
American countries. That famous
doctrine was promulgated for the
purpose of enabling the United States
to protect the weak Central Ameri
can countries from foreign enemies.
While supplying this protection to
these little republics that are too weak
A mu j.. t nAmjielvAs- it was incident
ally our duty to protect them from
each other, or from internal strife
among themselves, xnis we nave
failed to do, and the task which now
confronts us U far more serious than
it would have been had drastic meas
.. luuie AnnteA several months ago.
The Nlcaraguan war still contains
possibilities of serious trouble lor wis
country.
TOM nfiFaCS AXD TECB nCMANS.
Thomas H. Tibbies, the "Omaha In
dian," who wrote In The Sunday Ore
gonlan of the woes of the red man. is
sn Indian by adoption. In the middle
'70s Tibbies was A Methodist minister
And was "gTasahoppered" while living
In Southwestern Nebraska. Ills wife
died and he drifted into Omaha, where
he essayed to make a llvtng as A news
paper reporter. About that time A
movement was started to transfer the
Poncas from their fertile lands north
of Omaha to the Indian Territory, and
Tibbies worked to the front as a cam
paigner for the tribe. He paid court
to the prettiest maiden on the reser
vation and they were married "white
man style."
A few years later Tibbies became a
peripatetio politician, embr&olng every
vagary And whim. When Mr. Bryan
started his paper at Lincoln. Tibbies
started one like it In form and shape
but, lacking Bryan's ability, he soon
ceased publication. Afterward he was
a candidate for Vice-President on an
"also-ran" ticket,
Tom Tlbblea always had the faculty
of getting to the front by hanging on
to the tailgate of every vehicle to Al
most every procession. He Is getting
along in years; he must be close to
70; but his present effort shows that,
he has the same old grip.
It Is rather late in the day to right
any wrongs of the red man. for few
exist though undeniably they yet ex
ist. Tears Ago they were plenty, but
the reform started by placing the
larger agencies under control of Army
officers was effective for good. The
trouble wss caused by parceling the
Indiana among the various branches
of religious denominations, when wily
political members secured appoint
ment as agents, under good pay and
greater emoluments. To become an
Indian agent of th plains tribes was
to retire rich In a few years. To this
there were notable exception two of
them being Major John Burke, of the
Standing Rook agency, end Da. Tin
cent G. MacglUlouddy, or the Red !
Cloud agency, both in Dakota and
both under the religious control of the
Roman Catholic Churchy They were
honest men In all their dealings with
their tribes. Of many of the others
with the exception of the Mescaleros,
In New Mexico, under Major W. H- H.
Llewellyn, afterwards a noted Rough
Rider, It may be said their adminis
tration of affairs was simply rotten.
The movement by Senator Dawes
brought about a change, and of late
years little has been heard of wrong-
dealing. Recent disclosures In Okla
homa show that the Indian has be
come pretty much of a white man In
financial matters, able to graft and
prone to be grafted. Effort for rem
edy in that quarter Is too huge a Job
for Tom Tibbies, and, having become
an Indian, he should wrap his blanket
about him. retire to his wickiup, paint
his face black and spend the rest of
his days In burning kinniklnnick. He
belongs to the dead past.- '
MOSS BACKS AND PROGRESS.
An eight-story building is to be
erected on the East Side. This will
be the first structure to go above four
stories on that side of the river, but
it will soon be followed by others.
There has been A heavy growth In the
business district on the East Side,
and this growth will continue. Every
obstacle that is thrown fn the way of
Improving the transportation facili
ties between the East and the West
Side of the River is an incentive for
business to seek the East Side.
This 1 a feature'of the Broadway
bridge problem that may not be un
derstood by the Frank Klernans who
are fighting the Improvement, but It
has long since developed from a
theory Into a condition. West Bide
property owners who fear that con
struction of the Broadway bridge
might divert traffic which now comes
up Third street will hardly profit by
having- a steadily increasing share of
that traffic remain on the East Side
of the river, because the Klernans
were succeisful In retarding the
growth of transportation facilities.
ntAis joseph or Austria.
Eighty years old. Francis Joseph
is the loneliest man in Europe who
wears, and for over sixty years has
worn, A crown. As his eye turns
backward over his long career he
sees at Its beginning nineteen years
of easy life as an Austrian Archduke,
neither an heir nor a pretender to
the throne, with no care for the mor
row, very rich, much of a favorite in
a pleasure-loving court, learning the
soldier's trade. Then in 1840 began
the restless moving of the people
over Europe everywhere that broke
out in 1848 in riot and revolution,
shaking thrones, or upsetting and
changing their occupants. The Aus
trian throne was shaken, but not to
the ground, and in 1849 Ferdinand,
the father of Francis Joseph, abdi
cated and the young Archduke en
tered Into the succession. The two
great divisions of his empire were the
German-speaking Austrlans and the
Hungarians.
The young Emperor at first con
firmed his father's grants of free and
constitutional government. But even
in one short year after 1848 reaction
raised its head. Francis Joseph Is
sued an edict closing the National
Assembly and asserting autocratic
power. Hungary rose, and the Aus
trian Emperor and King, by another
edict, also abrogated the Hungarian
constitution. The Hungarians fought
to desperation, and the issue was
more than doubtful until the Russian
Czar moved a huge army into' Hun
gary In aid of his brother autocrat,
and the revolution was crushed. Kos
suth and Deak were the heroes of
that uprising.
The North Italian provinces of
Austria rose, too. Here also rebellion
failed and the Iron hand lay heavy on
her Italian subjects and their ancient
cities. Then followed the Schonbrunn
proclamation, "the government is re
sponsible to no political authority
other than the throne."
It was needful to tie some classes
of the people to the throne by other
than the fetters of absolute power.
So shortly the Viennese government
published A series of fiscal and com
mercial reforms favorable to the
middle classes. In some ways, for
some years, the nations constituting
Austria prospered. In 1854 Francis
Joseph married the Princess Eliza
beth of Bavaria, the beautiful cousin
of the King.
During the years that followed the
Austrian Emperor's advisers played
off one nationality against another,
so In turn Bohemia, the Slavs and the
Magyars of Hungary were suppressed.
Meanwhile the authority of Francis
Joseph in the German Reich was
reconfirmed. There followed In 1854
the Crimean war. Russia, on the one
hand, France and Great Britain on
the other, bid for Austria's support.
Favoring first one, then the other.
she offended both and laid up for
herself a bitter reward.
The Frenchman was posing then
as champion of oppressed nationali
ties In Europe. Northern Italy was
a striking instance. Therefore he
drove a bargain with the Sardinian
King to move French armies and ex
pel the Austrlans from Italy. The
French were to receive the Italian
provinces of Nice and Savoy as their
reward. Austria refused to . quit, tne
French armies Invaded Italy, the Aus
trlans moved their legions to oppose,
the battles of Magenta and Solferlno
followed. The Austrlans were beaten
and their Italian provinces, save Ven
ice, lost for good. The Emperor
Francis Joseph fought bravely enough
at Solferlno, but escaped unhurt.
Here was his first great example of
fighting to lose.
In a8 Austria went to war once
more. This time she and Prussia in
alliance tore the duchies of Schleewlg
Holsteln from the Danes. Armed oc
cupation lasted till, in December,
1844. Bismarck insisted on making
both duchies part of the military,
commercial and postal Prussian sys
tem. War was inevitable. The seven
weeks war began In June of 18(8.
On July 1 a Prussian army of 211,000
men met an Austrian army of 222,000
at Konlggsgrats. or Sadowa, as it is
often called, and after hard fighting
drove It to utter rout. It was the
first great battle fought with modern
arm. But Bismarck saw far ahead,
and by stopping the Prussian army
short of A triumphal occupancy of
Vienna, made peace easily and opened
the way for the alliance of Prussia
and Austria, But Austria again had
fought to lose. By ths Treaty of
Prague Austria abandoned her claim
to the headship of Germany. She
moved her center of gravity towards
the south and east, and surrendered
Venice to the new Italian Kingdom.
Before the crisis of the vtf Bls-
I marck had felt the pulse of Hungary,
, . , i 1 1
in case anomer xiuugtuidu n.i;v.n.u..
might be on the cards. But Hungary
declined to move and drew closer to
her neighbor Austria. In February,
1867. the Austrian Relchsrath con
sidered the relations of each of Its
constituent nationalities to the other,
Dualism was invented. Practical au
tonomy of Hungary was. conceded.
Separate Parliaments met. The
spheres of common and of separate
action were arranged. Austria be
came Austro-Hungary. Francis Jo-
seDh was crowned at Pesth in June,
1867. with the ancient iron crown of
St. Stephen, worn by Maria Theresa,
his great ancestress.
Since then Austro-Hungary has
prospered. Her progress towards the
south has been very slow, but un
halting. Bosnia and Herzegovina are
hers now and the neighbors on the
states bordering the Turkish empire,
Her peoples have multiplied. They
have burst their boundaries, and very
many thousands of them are working
In the mines of Pennsylvania and In
the steel and iron works of our great
est trust. Hungarians as a rule make
Kood citizens, bringing with them the
traditions of centuries of life on grain
fields, in vineyards, on cattle and
horse ranches, on wide plains and in
mountain valleys of their native land.
Meanwhile how has the ruler of
these diverse and often discordant
peoples fared t His 'life as man is
filled with tragedy. His only son.
the Crown Prince Rudolph, showed
early promise of a successful life. His
people loved him. But in January
28, 1889, his dead body was found In
a hunting lodge in the hills. He died
apparently by his own hand and left
no heir. No wonder that a diack
cloud settled on his parents Uvea.
His mother, the Empress Elizabeth.
thenceforward became a traveler,
seeking but not finding rest. On
September 10, 1898, she was stabbed
to death on the lake shore near
Geneva by an anarchist having no
personal grle-ance against her. Just
then the Jubilee of Francis Joseph
was being prepared for throughout
the empire. On December z,
the ceremonies were held, Austrian
Germans. Hungarians, Bohemians.
Czechs, Galiclans and Austrian Poles
taking each their part.
The old Emperor is held higher
by rich and poor now than ever in
his long life before. While he lives
peace and some sort of harminy
throughout his wide empire are held
eecuro. The Emperor's nephew, the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, stands
rtady to take his place when at last
he shall be called from this world,
where for so long, he has filled so
great and prominent a part.
Cotton advanced $2.50 per bale in
New York Saturday, the sensational
rise being caused by furious bidding
by "short" sellers who had earlier in
the season sold something they did
not possess In the belief that they
could later secure It at a lower figure
than that for which they agreed to
deliver it. As the shorts are said to
have outstanding contracts to the ex
tent of 60,000 bales which they must
buy, still further advances are prob
able. LTndoubtedly these "bear" op
erator? now believe, with some other
reformers, that "corners" In the great
staples are most reprehensible. The
Southern cotton growers who have
the real article to sell, however, will
hardly recognize any great evil In the
situation. The outcry against future
buying and selling comes mainly from
the speculators who get caught on
the wrong side of the market. They
are entitled to no sympathy, and are
getting less of it than was formerly
given them before the game was so
well understood.
"Handsome Harry," the old-time
circus clown who in the height of his
career received a salary of 11000 per
week, has been sent to the New York
almshouse. He became crippled a
number of years ago, and has for a
long time been a public charge. The
thrifty will wonder why a man who
has earned 11000 per week should
be obliged to ask alms in his old age.
The answer Is always before us, how
ever, for In all walks of life, from
circus clowns to statesmen, will be
found many men who could not or
would not see that the evening of life
would surely find them with earning
powers impaired or ruined, and with
nothing saved. Money that comes
easy goes easy. " During the period
when a man's earning powers are the
greatest, old age and its miseries
seem a long ways in the future.
Mr. Gibson Is a bold citizen to go
against a virtuous saint reformed,
purified and beatified like Mr.
BrownelL- It must pain the good
Brownell to observe that Clackamas
County develops any opposition what
ever to him for State Senator, yet
possibly Clackamas will prefer Gibson,
who has no rotten record to boast of,
to Brownell, who hat and hopes to
have another.
Who, twenty years ago, would have
dreamed of an eight-story fireproof
building at the oaks on the flat above
East Morrison street, where Tom and
Jlggs Parrott, Lou Coulter and Frank
Buchtel first played league baseball T
No Oregon pioneer better deserves
a monument than the late Dr. George
H. Atkinson. He would have asked
no finer memorial than the Congrega
tional Church to be built in his honor
and named for him.
Things doing In Wallowa. New
sugar factory, milk-condensing plant
And exclusive passenger service on the
O. R. & N. Northeast and southeast
in Oregon they are putting on their
seven-league boots.
Latest advices from New York
State, as well as Kansas, Indicate that
there may be slight friction in No
vember between one political party
calling itself progressive and another
dubbed standpat.
The liquor question is a live issue In
Maine, too. Maine adopted prohibi
tion in 1854, and has never been free
from constant agitation, nor had the
law enforced in its larger cities.
To defeat the assembly there has
been formed at Gold Hill an anti-assembly
club. They must have A rare
lot of humorists In Jackson County.
Now Colonel Roosevelt has put an
offending newspaper In the Ananias
Club. Not Hearst's, either. Sub
scription rates on application.
Oh, If the Colonel, could only be
numbered among the blessed peacemakers.
CO.VDEMS5 FALSE PROGRESS.
Leading; Democratic Paper Aaralaat i
Itlatlve and Referendum.
New York World.
"New theories are but the maxims of
certain Individuals; the old maxims
represent the sense of centuries," said
the compilers of the Code of Napoleon,
The World respectively commends this
piece of wisdom to the consideration
of the people who are seeking to es
tablish what they call "direct govern
ment instead of delegated government-"
In particular we commend it to the
Democrats of Ohio. Colorado, Nebraska,
Oregon and elsewhere, who profess to
find a short cut to political salvation
In the Initiative and referendum.
False progress is worse than no pro
gress, and these schemes for direct
government really spell reaction. They
all mean the substitution of popular
pasBlon and prejudice for intelligent
deliberation and restraint. They all
mean a glorified mob law. They all
mean the complete destruction of sta
bility of government.
To substitute direct government for
delegated government, is to overturn
the Constitution and brtig about A
reactionary revolution. The men who
framed the Constitution knew quite
as much about the workings of di
rect rovernxnent as the' Democrats of
Ohio and Colorado can possibly know.
They not only knew the history of it,
but they had applied it n its simplest
form in their own town meetings, and
they understood how little it was adapt
ed to the affairs of a large population
extended over a great area. There
has been no experience since that time
that-contradicts their conclusions.
e
When they drafted the Constitution
of the United States they made thi
a Government of delegated and enu
merated powers. When they framed
the constitutions of their states they
still held to a government of dele
gated and enumerated powers. They
left the supreme power with the peo
plethe power to revise and change
constitutions'; but they also left It so
that there could be no char.e in the
fundamental law until passion had been
cooled by counsel and deliberation. Un
der that kind of government the United
States has grown into the greatest of
all nations, with the most prosperous
and progressive of peoples.
The World is willing to admit that
direct government may work very well
in Switzerland, which Is without large
cities, whloh has a very simple form
of administration, which has no com
plex problems to solve, and has a pop
ulation exceptionally capable of deal
ing with public affairs at first hand.
Direct government works very well
In town meetings for similar reasons;
but the United States is not a town
meeting, nor is any state of the Union.
e
It is true that delegated government
Is often unsatisfactory. Representa
tives do not always represent the pat
riotism of their constituencies. But that
is not the fault of the delegate sys
tem; It is th fault of voters too lazy
and Indifferent to concern themselves
seriously with their political affairs.
They would soon neglect their part In
direct government as generally as they
now neglect their part in delegated
government.
Like Mayor Gaynor. the World is an
old fogy In respect to these newfangled
schemes of political regeneration. In
particular we object to the initiative
and referendum plank In the Demo
cratic platform of a great state like
Ohio because it tends to discredit Demo
cratic intelligence throughout the coun
try, n
a e e
Ohio is a pivotal state. Its Demo
cratic Governor may possibly be the
Democratic candidate for President in
1912. Its Democratic platforms ought
to represent the sound and sober sense
of a truly progressive Democracy, In
that the initiative, the referendum and
the reoall can have no place. On such
a National platform the magnificent
Presidential prospects of the party In
1912 would be utterly destroyed; for
how many Intelligent voters would as
sume that a party which deliberately
adopted such a catch-penny issue could
be safely intrusted with the complex
affairs of the Federal Government and
all the abuses of legislation and ad
ministration that demand reform?
The World believes in the Constitu
tion against personal government and
one-man power. It believes in the Con
stitution against direct government and
mob passion. The Democratic party
has no mission to revolutionize re
publican institutions. It is on trial
again to test Its fitness to resume the
responsibilities of government. Let it
keep away from fake and fraudulent
and foolish Issue and get back to first
principles. Let it get back to Tilden's
old platform Retrenchment and Re
form. That Is always Democratic.
At Forty.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Forty is the age at which a man Is
supposed to be in his prime.
Forty Is old to a man of 80 and
young to A man of 50.
At 40 some men quit sowing wild
oats and others begin.
Forty is an Imaginary line between
youth and old age. '
Some men are 40 at 20 and some
at 60.
At 40 a man is supposed to have
reached years of discretion, and gen
erally he has unless some woman wills
it otherwise.
There are men of 40 who believe It is
unlucky for one to look over one's left
shoulder at. the new moon.
Men have been grandfathers at 40
and yet found it hard to obtain credit.
When a man is 40 he begins to fear
that he may have married too early.
Forty is the age at which most men
find it necessary to call for help when
they try to put on their evening
clothes.
At 40 A man may continue to hope
that there are hair restorers which will
restore.
Newspaper Circulation a Sea.
New York Despatch.
The circulation of the Cunard Dally
Bulletin on the steamship Lusltanla is
over '2000 a day. and has reached 2500.
This Journal has S2 pages. It is excel
lently printed on fine glazed paper,
and sells at five cents a copy. It goes
to press at 1 A. M., and Is ready for
the breakfast table like the newspapers
ashore. Many passengers have it de
livered to their berths, and read the
daily news before they get up. Prac
tically everything of news value In the
whole world appears in the ocean dally
as soon as it is printed in the dallies
on land.
- Severn Wonder of the World.
Puck.
L. Woman.
1L woman.
III. Woman..
IV. Woman.
V. Woman.
VX Woman.
TH. .Woman.!
FIVE-FOOT BOOK SHEW FAILS.
Railroad Displaces Dr. Kllot'a Classic
-With l'p-to-Date Set.
ChlcBRo Tribune.
Dr. Charles William Eliot's famous
"five-foot shelf of books." heralded far
and wide as being the quintessence of th
world's classical literature, was. aban
doned yesterday on limited trains oper
ated by the Burlington Railroad.
The famous library will be displaced
by another library of books, largely mod
ern, which the railroad's officials think
make a more direct and hearty appeal to
the modern traveler's mind.
The Burlington Railroad has been ex
perimenting with the "five-foot shelf of
books" for over a year. Th library was
installed on the limited trains last Sum
mer. The classical works retained the
gloss of their newness as Winter rolled
around, and O. L. Dlckeson, member of
President Miller's staff, personally Inves
tigated to what extent they were being
taken from their shelves In the cars by
paasens-era
Then he set about selecting a new li
brary: Authors. ' Book.
Aldrlch.."Marorl Daw n Other People.
Balzac. H "Short Stories.
Birrell. A... "Colter Dlma-
Bunner "Love In Old Clothe
"Ka!o pine."
Cooper ... "The PU"-"
Da via. R. H. . . "Oallagner." Eto.
Defos ............ .."Roblnaon Crusoe.
Edwards, H. S.
"Hla Defense and Other Stories.
Field, Eugene
.."Lore Affaire of a Bibliomaniac
..."A Little Book of Profitable Talea.
Qolcamlth .. .."The Vicar of Wakefield.
Hadler . "Railway Transportation.
Henry, O 'Options.
Ioelandlo Talea. ."Voleunga Saga," etc.
Janvier
'Color Studies of a Mexican Campaign.
Kipling .........."Captain Courageous.
McPherson. L. G
, "B.iimai! Freight Rate.
Merrltt, A. N
"Federal Besulatioa of Railroad Rates-
Palsrav "Golden Treasury.';
Scott ii , ''Ivaho?'
Eeawell. M. B .,. ,.-."Ppa Bouchard.
Shaketpear OS volumes)
Smollett "Commodore Trunnion's Courtship
Spearman t "Whispering Smith.
Stevenson '
"The Merry Men." "Treasure Islana.
Thackeray ...... ."The Four Georges," etc.
Thompson. B "Cost. Capitalization and
v..i-.4 v.i. of American Rail
.v-, . n.iiwiiT Stattatica of th
United' States. 19O4-1908."
Tracey. Virginia "Merely Players.
Stories by American author.
Stories by English authors
Stories by foreign author.
Holy Bible
The Eaiot library was chosen for in
stallation on Burlington cars by Daniel
Willard. now president of the Baltimore
& Ohio, but at that time vice-president
of the Burlington. Mr. Willard is a "book
worm" of repute In railroad circles, and
naturally turned to the serious selection
made by Dr. Eliot when the furnishing
of the car libraries was brought up. Mr.
Willard, however, added the Bible to the
list made up by Or. Eliot. The Bible
was later stolen from the cars and has
not been replaced.
DEPENDS OJT THE CAR SERVICE.
How the Growth at Portland May Be
Adversely Affected.
LENTS. Or- Aug. 19. (To the Edl
tor.) In a recent news item in The
Oregonlan, entitled "Streetcar Travel
Grows," occur these words from Presi
dent Josselyn: "Portland is growing
in population much faster than the
average citizen realizes. Whether the
newcomers are staying and becomlnj
anchored for the future is more than I
can telL"
As to whether those new people who
ride in Portland streetcars are to be
come citizens of Portland and vicinity
or not will be determined to a certain
extent by the treatment they expect
to receive at the hands of the street
car company. Now, supposing some
one has a relative or friend living neat
the city, say at Lents, and the visitor
calls on his friend and inquires 'what,
advantages Lents offers as a place of
residence. Certainly the .resident can
not paint In rosy hues the car service
that he enjoys, or rather, should like to
between Portland and home. He would
say that the first car to Portland leaves,
if on time, about 18 minutes of 8 A. St
If not on time, it may be, and recently
was. 20 minutes later. Not only would
such information retard the growth of
Lents, but of the other stations along
the Mount Scott line. Twice during
the space of about a week has this
thing happened.
Except on Sunday morning there are
never less than 18 waiting at Lents,
and often 25 or 30.. When the cars are
late, the crowd Is greatly augmented.
and at every stopping place the increase
is noted. On August 17 there were
almost enough at Lents alone to com
fortably fill the seats. Of course, the
hardship is greater for those who find
the cars, late as they are, too full to
admit them; There are many anxious
ones. Inside the cars and out, who are
fearful of losing their positions through
no fault of theirs, but because ths
freight being switched at Lents Junc
tion was allowed to take precedence of
the human freight. It is understood
that the freight train prevented the
passenger cars from getting from the
Cazadero onto the Mount Scott line in
time. It seems to the writer that this
is a parellel case to that of the draw
during the rush hours.
It goes without saying that the com
pletion of the Mount Scott double
track will be gladly welcomed by such
as have not lost their Jobs.
ONE OF THE ANXIOUS ONES.
, One View of Mr. Scott's Rellaioav,
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. Persons not
fully acquainted with Mr. Scott have,
since his death, asked, "What were Mr.
Scott's religious views? Was he an
agnostic?"
Frequent conversations with htm in
the last 22 - years often on matters
religious enable me, I think, to speak
with knowledge of the illustrious edi
tor's faith.
Only a short time before his last ill
ness he remarked in my hearing, sub
stantially as I remember the state
ment, as follows: "I refuse to be clas
sified with any .particular religious
order. I believe in a reasoning religion
replacing dogmatic theology. This,
however, does not disturb my belief In
God, the Supreme Ruler, or my abid
ing faith In immortality."
"I cannot believe," continued he,
"that this feverish life is all; there is
too much proof to the contrary.
"There is genuine Joy only in the
emotions of the heart. Leave science
to the wise, pride to people who don't
know any better, and luxury to the
rich. Industry, compassion and faith
fulness are the best things. To be
powerful or illustrious is little. He
alone is a man who is useful and per
forms s-me necessary and kindly serv
ice to others." .
The above is a fair statement of
Harvey W. Scott's faith. To my mind
the man holding the forgoing views, in
good conscience, is religious.
C E. CLINE.
Britain Counts Nose Next Year.
London Daily Mall.
It Is estimated that at the next cen
sus, to be taken next year, the British
Isles will show a population of 45,000,
000. In 101 the population of England
and Wales was 82,527,843 ; of Scotland.
4.472,103; of Ireland, 4,458,775; and of
the outlying Islands, 160,370. These,
with the 367,738 men, mostly soldiers
and sailors, classed as "undomlclled,"
made a total population for the Brit
ish Isles of 41,978.827.
Dismal Outlook.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Do you believe we shall ever have
universal peace 7"
"Not unless women quit offering
higher wages to their neighbors' cooks."
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
The real estate firm of Solomon &
O'Sullivan had lots for sals in a newly
platted suburban district. . .
O'Sullivan young, enthusiastic and
Irish was writing the advertisement, the .
national eloquence flowing from his pen. -He
urged impending purchasers to seize
the passing moment.
"Napoleon," he wrote, "not only met
opportunity; he created it!"
Mr. Solomon read this line In the ad
vertisement slowly and carefully.
"This fellow Napoleon." he Bald
"what's the use of advertising him with
our money?" Answers.
e e e
The story Is told about Dean Richmond1,
for many years the Democratic leader
of New York. It appears that Boss
Richmond and his lieutenants forgot on
the eve of the convention to "slate" a
candidate for an office which had been
created by the previous Legislature.
Towards morning Boss Richmond was
awakened by his workers and told ot
the mistake.
"Oh, I am tired. Don't bother m now.
I want to sleep. Let the convention nam
a candidate." Chicago Inter-Ocean.
e
Bolton Hall, the brilliant social reform
er, was discussing socialism at a Prince
ton banquet in New York.
"The public ignorance as to socialism
Is decreasing," he said, "but there are
still far too many intelligent people to
whom this philosophy means no more
than It did to the two crude millionaire.
"Two crude millionaires, reclining la a
huge French limousine, talked of social
ism scornfully.
" 'Socialism, as far as I can make It
out,' said the first millionaire, 'means
that you must divide with your fellow
man.'
" 'Oh. no, said the second millionaire.
"Oh. no: you are wrong. Socialism means
that you must make your fellow man di
vide with you.' "Milwaukee Sentinel,
see
The native with a stogie met the native -with
a pipe.
"Howdy, Zeb?" quoth the stogie native.
"Hear bout th' fuss down to th' court
house?' "Nope," drawled the man with the pipe.
"What was it about?"
"Why, Jim Simpson has been suing Ab
ner Hawley for alienatin' th' affections
of his wife, an' Jedge Musgrave told th'
Jury to bring in a verdict of 6 cents dam
ages, 'cause he thought that w-as all .
the damages was worth to Jim. An' Jim's .
wife got mad an' threw a chair at th'
Jedge, an' he had her arrested an' put
in th' cooler."
"But didn't th' jedge go a leetle too far
when he fixed her value so low?"
"Not at all. not at all. Y'see. he was
her first husband." Cleveland ' Plain
Dealer. . .
e e
"Susannah," asked the preacher, when
It came her turn to answer the usual
question In such cases, "do you take this
man to be your wedded husband, for bet
ter or for worse" ' . .
"Jes' as he is, pahson," she interrupted;
"Jes' as he is. Ef he gits any better
Ah'll know de good Lawd's gwlne to take
'm; an' ef he gits any wusser, w'y, Ah'll
tend to 'im myself." Youth's Companion,
e e e
As a precaution against members of
Congress using the Government mails
for private purposes at the expense of
the Federal treasury, the envelopes in .
which free garden seeds are sent to con
stituents bear in one corner this inscrip
tion: "Penalty for private use, $300.
The other day Representative William
A. Rodenberg, of Illinois, received the
following letter from a farmer to whom
he had sent a package of the seed:
"Dear Congressman Rodenberg: I re
turn, under separate cover, the seed you
sent me, as I would use them for private
purposes, and this would make me liable
to the 8300 fine." Popular Magazine.
"SQUARE DEAL" IN THE PRIMARY
How Governor Hughe Would Recog
nize Party Organization.
From a statement by Governor Hughes, of
New York.
We want a "square deal" in parties.
Those who represent parties in their
organization should be directly chosen
by the party voters, and they should
be made strictly accountable by sim
ple methods to the party voters. The .
.... -naca-a ohmiM hftVA A. fair OD-
fllil -
portunlty for the presentation to the
party of the names ot cauuiuaiw
nomination for public office.
Put under reasonable check, this op-.
nA-.nt-v win fAoiiit.tA leadership and
provide the party with all the import
ant advantages of organized effort. But
the final decision snouia rest wiu m
nnlara (I Yl (1 tYl f P13 Tfi thlS theV
should express their choice with re- ;
spect to each canoiaaie tor auuiiua
tlon. t manno-ers' mndldata stand
out clearly and distinctly to be ap
proved or condemned, xx tne seaumeui
of the party has been suitably recog
nized in his selection, opposition will
be futile and unnecessary. But con
currence with respect to one selection
-V.n.,11 .in .mhniTRM OnDOsition With
respect to others. There is no diffi-
an organization that is truly repre
sentative and to nave tne wuu vi
the party faithfully followed.
When a Man Is Forty. . '
Chicago Record-Herald.
ia atrn nr which a man Is
supposed to be In his prime.
Forty is old to a 'man of 80 and
young to a man of 50.
At 40 some men quit sowing wild
oats and others begin.
Pnrtv Ih an Imaginary line between ,
youth and old age.
borne men are au at -w auu dwwo
at 60. ...
At 40 a man is supposed to have
i i nf t1aorAtion and srener-
ally he has, unless some woman wills
it otherwise.
There are men of 4u who Deiieve it
i r t . tnr- ine to Ionic over one S
left shoulder at the new moon.
JHen have Deen granaiamers at u
and yet found it hard to obtain credit.!
When a man is 40 he begins to fear;
that he may have married too early.!
Forty Is the age at which most men;
Ml A I . nanAecnfV tn -(, 1 1 fflf tiffin W V P II
they try to put on their evening'
domes.
At 40 a man may continue 'to hope
that there are hair restorers which'
will restore.
S00O Part to an Automobile.
New York Tribune.
A recent careful count by the mak-.
ers of a standard type of gaspline car
shows that in the motor, including
magneto and carburetor, there are 1808
pieces; in the transmission system, .
126; in the rear axle, 166; In the steer
ing column, 158; and so on, forming a
total of 4983 separate parts assembled
to co-ordinate and co-operate with one
another in producing a healthy auto
mobile. Furthermore, any one of these
parts is quite capable of becoming the
seat of an automobile disease, which,
if neglected, will result in serious com
plications, requiring the taking down
of the mechanism in the machine shop.
Chicago Girl of 13 Writes Plays. . '
New York Press.
Though Ermlna Carry, daughter of
Edward F. Carry and wife, of High
land Park, Chicago, is only 12 years -old,
she has blossomed as an author.--'
Her first play Is called "A Fairy's
Year." It reveals unusual Imagina
tive power In a girl so young and has
a poetio strain considered remarkable.
The play was presented recently on
the lawn of the Carry home and more
than 8200 was realized for charity.. It
proved so popular that another per- .
formance was demanded and still more ,
money was added to the charity fund,, '