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IX QUEST OF TABUT JCSTICB..
Tho President goes back to tariff
"revision. In order, he thinks, to satisfy
popular clamor against spoliation by
' the "protective" system. But the
return will be vain. Clamor will not
'be silenced until the Government
',hall quit the buncombe and the fal
. lacy of pork-barrel tariff. Only way
to abolish the spoils Is to quit the
protective tariff policy.
Tariff for revenue is the rational
way. Duty tax should be collected on
Imported articles of general con
sumption and on luxuries of the rich
and the well-to-do that would spread
the burdens of taxation over the
general tnasa of the citizenship, who
In any event must be expected to bear
them
Protective tariff confers special
privileges and special benefits on the
citizens whom it favors at expense
' of others. Any protective tariff does
Just that. Every one has done It and
so does the one now in force. The
new revision that President Taft has
In mind will do It again. Any revi
sion that Beveridee and Cummins
would advocate would perform the
same feat and create dissatisfaction
and disappointment.
Great many tariff revisionists in
the East think raw products, like those
produced In the South and the West,
should come in "free," while manu
factured goods, like those made In
the East, should be kept out with
heavy duty. That was President
Cleveland's Idea. It split his party
with Southern and Western Insur
gency. That Idea will split any po
litical party. Yet It is the idea that
chiefly supports tariff revision. It
demands low duty or free admission
of wool, such as Oregon and Washing
ton produce, while clamoring for duty
on manufactured woolen goods
Adjustment of tariff to conform
" with "cost of production at home and
abroad" Is also chimerical. That cost
Is subject to many varying conditions.
Besides, opinions on the subject will
be Irreconcilable. Also, differences
between cost of production at home
and abroad will shift and vary con
tinually. None of them Is. or ever
will be, a fixed quantity or a eXeady
quantity for any length of time. - Fur
thermore, new processes and ele
ments are -continually entering Into
cost of manufacture; cost of materials
rises '-d falls. Differences and dis-
partJe of many sorts make the new
scheme of tariff revision a chimera.
Cost of production at home Is so un
stable that tariff system cannot be
based on It; cost abroad is equally
uncertain and doubtless more so.
"Insurgent" revision goes at the Job
wrong. It professes to seek Justice,
yet it turns away from where closest
approximation to Justice is. Its guid
ing principle yet remains absurdly
tariff for protection. Its principle
should be tariff for revenue.
IX) THEY OPPOSE TAFT?
In the course of some interesting
reflections upon Mr. Roosevelt's rela
tion to his purty. the New York Times
makes frequent reference to the "in
surgents." Of course nobody can use
a word wi(hout assigning some mean
ing to it either vaguely or definitely.
The Times is not -very definite in its
handling of the term "Insurgent," but
upon the whole our learned contemporary-
seems to understand that it
signifies an opponent of Mr. Taft.
That Is, a Kepubllcan opponent. Nat
urally a Democratic insurgent would
mean something else, possibly an op
ponent of Mr. Bailey In Texas and an
ally of Mr. Bryan In Nebraska. Upon
reflection one cannot yield to the defi
nition which the Times -affixes to "In
surgent" the admiring homage which
usually passes without question to the
utterances of that distinguished Dem
ocratic organ. As a rule the Repub
lican Insurgents are not opponents of
Mr. Taft. Some of them hare resent
ed with acrid vigor a real or fancied
effort on the part of the President's
advisers to thrust them out of the
party, bat In no case have they taken
a pneltlve stand against his declared
policies. The worst they have done
has been to try to modify rather radi
cally some of the proposals which
the Administration Inld before Con
gress. It is Inconceivable that this
rould be construed as opposition to
Mr. Taft. Things have come to a
pretty pass If the performance by a
member of Congress of his constitu
tional duties means hostility to the
President.
- Tho Times appears also to have
been misled rather widely In Its un
derstanding of the causes of insur
gency. It says that the only solid
basis of "opposition to Mr. Taft among
progressive Republh !" Is the tariff.
This la equivalent' to saying that In
surgency implies opposition to the
President and that there is no other
uhetantlal reason for It than the
tariff. Haw superficial such a view
is may be gathered from the fact that
Mr. Taft and the insurgents stand
today on precisely the same ground
so f.tr ca the tariff is concerned. In
surgency goes dPr than a mere de
al re for proper rxform In the tariff
-at hedulea. It demands the extensive
rooMleKatlons of the conditions which
raako an indefensible tariff law pos
sible. These conditions make a great
m ail y other undersirable things pos
blble besides the tariff law and ac
cordingly insurgency Includes a large
number of articles In Its creed. Mot
of them are mainly of local Interest,
, howevor.
The Times is correct in thinking
that the demand for a scientific tariff
is more widespread ' than any of the
rest. But In Kansas Insurgency takes
the curious form of a revolt against
i Ir. jCa-nnon. and what he stands for.
In Iowa it "expresses rather ferocious
resentment for Mr. WIckersham's
suggestion that Cummins and Dolli
ver are not genuine Republicans.. In
Indiana insurgency seems to bVrettv
accurately summed up in loyalty to
Mr. "Beveridge and his1' fortunes. In
Michigan it Is a vague dissatisfaction
with Mr. Burrows. It will be seen,
therefore, that the Tiroes needs to
enlarge Its idea' of the meaning of a
word which is likely to cut an im
portant figure in. contemporary
politics. '
OKKOON'8 LITTIJ; BOSSES.
Behind the war between President
Taft and ex-President Roosevelt on
the one hand and the selfish gang of
intriguing New York machine politi
cians on the other is the direct pri
maries. Taft, Roosevelt and Hughes
want a sane and reasonable primary
law. like the Cobb bill. The bosses
want no primary and have so far de
feated the movement In that direc
tion. The Cobb bill, which combines
recognition of party organisation
with the widest and freest possible
participation in party affairs by the
voters at large, would put the party
machine out of business. Therefore
the bosses oppose It.
So it is in Oregon. Any plan that
looks tp concerted party action and
intelligent party direction- has and
will have the united opposition of the
new school of bosses, all graduates of
the old school of politics, like Bourne,
Hofer. Brownell and TTRen. The di
rect primary that Roosevelt, Taft and
Hughes demand in New York those
great "leaders of the people" won't
have In Oregon. The little bosses of
Oregon are in . opposition to .'Taft.
Hughe and Roosevelt, Just as the lit
tle bosses of New York oppose them,
and for exactly the same reason.
They want to continue in business- at
the old stand.
The "Oregon bosses don't want to
build up party: they seek to destroy
party, especially the Republican par
ty. Therefore they Join hands with
Democrats, Populists and Socialists
everywhere hi any plan to dsrupt,
demoralize and ruin the Republican
party. Any effective plan of party
organization through the direct pri
mary, such as the Cobb . bill pro
poses.' will encounter their deter
mined, united and everlasting hostility.
DEFOTTIOJiS OF COXSERTATION.
Before discussing any subject It is
well to find out Just what the terra In
question means. When inquiry Is
made, varieties of meaning and of
usage appear. Here is a caee in point:
If the" dictionary is consulted it seems
that conservation may mean either
(1) Preserving, guarding and protect
ing, or i) the keeping In an entire
unbroken state. Through all deriva
tives and in quotations, the double
significance appears. There is yet a
third meaning given, and that Is "of
ficial care or keeping and supervi
sion." So one sees how easy it la
for both Secretary Baillnger and ex
Chief Forester Pinchot to uphold
"conservation." Both are honest, both
are convinced of the absolute neces
sity of conservation by the Nation of
the natural resources in forests, coal
lands, water powers. Yet, translate
each man's views into action, call on
either to formulate his policy and pre
pare rules for its observance, and see
how they diverge.
Mr. Pinchot has, doubtless, inspired
his former chief with his own reading
of the term. Permeating and color
ing their every utterance is the-dogma
that the aim and essence of conserva
tion Is "keeping In an entire state"
the natural resources of the Nation,
and this for the special benefit of
generations yet to come. Now one
word yet is to be .defined. It is
"entire " that is untouched, undimin
ished. The duty, then, of this gen
eration by this reading Is so to hold
possession of the forests that the next
may take over the limited ownership
intact.
Yet there is no such thing as a
next generation. The people pass one
by one, and as each passes his place
is filled. The present generation,
pacing this earth today, has its own
duties, first of all to the brothers and
sisters of today. It is we who have
ownership in and rights over the Na
tional possessions, as well as duties
for their "conservation." There never
has been nor can there be a line
drawn between one generation and
another on which a trust theory of
one for the next might be built. Nor
is the analogy that of holders of a
lease on all. the properties of tne
Nation. In that case demand might
properly be made that those proper
ties be held intact and so passed on
when the terra of the lease ceased.
"Reasonable wear and tear" is the
reservation, and the only one. for the
leaseholder's benefit- Subject to that
only he must give up possession as he
received It. If forests pass into the
leaseholder's temporary control, his
enjoyment of them must be truly lim
ited: he must beware of so using aa
to detract from the value when his
term is up. . Cutting of the timber to
the extent of absolute necessity to
prevent rotting or protect' from fire
would be within the leaseholder's
rights, but no more. The imaginary
future generation would have the
freeholder's rights as against the pres
ent leaseholder generation, and could
claim "conservation" in the second
sense.
But there Is another and a sounder
analogy. The present generation,
owners of the National resources,
able to dispose of them, protestwho
may. stand In possession, truly, . but
yet know that their sons shall Inherit
their estates. Their first duty is to
develop, the second, which they, may
or may not assume. Is to conserve.
The forests of the Nation are owned
by the American people of today on
these terms.
Let us carry the question one step
further: Shall this development be
by the combined and organised forces
of the Nation, or through the indi
viduals composing It? Ever since its
foundation the individual has claimed
and by law has been accorded his
right to his segregated portion or tne
v.iinn.i oMtitt- Donation laws, home
stead laws. Umber ana stone acts, all
bear witness to this fact, lest injus
tice te done by one citizen to another,
conditions have been stated by which
the pioneer's ' purpose to claim his
fraction of the Nation's land shall be
maAt. i-lear. and his fulfillment of his
contract with his fellows to do lils
part to subdue the land and turn it
to. use be proved. ' It is not disputed
that such conditions may Justly vary
with the class of property in ques
tion. Agricultural land, timber land.
fMni. onil Tnnnv Kiihdivlalnna
of each class, demand varying treat
ment. The present rignts or me liv
ing community so that it may sot
suffer from the acts of the individual
may need to be safeguarded.
Here is one last point: This Indi
vidual claimant whose rights need,
at this time, to be specially upheld,
is a citizen of some . state in this
Union. When once his ownership In
his claim Is perfected and title passes
from the Nation to the Individual,
then the Jurisdiction of the state over
him in respect of all property, of
whatever class, he owns, comes into
play. What that involves, as Kipling
says. Is another story-
The decent and well-disposed man
recognizes that, while using the prop
erty that he owns, he should in that
use avoid extravagance and waste. He
admits in his soul that it is his only
to use, but that right is his, he be-,
lieves, to its reasonable limit. He
knows, also, or at any rate he believes,
that others will succeed him in sim
ilar use when he has passed behind
the -curtain. Therefore, to preserve,
to guard, to protect, will be his care.
To that extent "conservation" will be
the standing motto of his life.
TAXING . PORTLAND FOR BOADS.
Certain parts of Clackamas and
Washington Counties wish Portland
taxpayers to build "them, roads; there
fore they "initiate bills" to annex
their districts to Multnomah. But
they ought to know that Portland has
more than it can do already, paying
taxes to build roads within the pres
ent boundaries of this county.
Great deal of road building in
Multnomah is yet undone. County
authorities are getting to it fast as
funds and machinery can work.
Doubling or trebling the size of the
county cannot make road building go
forward any faster. That will only
delay road work in outlying parts of
present Multnomah that are Justly
entitled to next service.
Besides, Portland property owners
who pay the great bulk of the road
tax should be taken into considera
tion. This Is not a matter of interest
solely to residents of the parcels of
Clackamas and Washington Counties.
Cose of transcribing the records of
Clackamas and Washington for Mult
nomah would reach a prodigious sum
many tens of thousands of dollars.
Moreover, the changes would practi
cally obliterate the political power of
the two neighboring counties in the
Legislature.
These county questions, like those
In other parts of the state, are proper
subjects for legislative attention
There they can receive the discussion
and the consideration they deserve.
None of the county measures submit
ted by initiative is a proper one for
"direct legislation." All should be
voted down.
GALLAGHER'S PRATERS.
The politician out of a Job who shot
Mayor Gayuor must be a singularly
vain individual. There is a story that
he has been praying for the eminent
official whom he tried to murder, and
that he flatters himself a good deal
over the probable success of his in
tercessions. "If the prayer of the sin
ner is heard." he has remarked, "God
In his goodness has heard my prayer,"
and will probably heal the wounded
Mayor.
The conceit of a person like Galla
gher in supposing that he can alter
the purposes of the Almighty is dis
tasteful to a sane mind. Of course if
his prayers are powerful enough to
cure the Mayor, they are also power
ful enough to kill him should Gal
lagher's disposition happen to change.
It Is marvelous that a man should
remain in this age of tho world who
fancies that he has the-resources of
the Creator under his personal control
and can direct them as he sees
proper. The thought Is very insistent
that if the red-handed Gallagher has
any influence at the throne of grace
he will do well , to use it in his own
behalf. The chances are that h needs
Intercession a great deal more than
Judge Gaynor does.
BRITAIN'S COLONIAL NAVDSlS.
The cruiser Rainbow, purchased by
Canada from Great Britian to form
the nucleus of a Canadian navy, has
sailed from Portsmouth, England for
Esqulmalt. The Rainbow is a second
class cruiser of S600 tons displace
ment -and not enough fighting equip
ment to make her a very formidable
antagonist for anything much heavier
than a Puget Sound tugboat. While
the transaction in some respects re
sembles that of the big brother who
sells his bladeless knife to the little
fellow for money to apply on the pur
chase of one that will cut something,
Canada is so loyal that she will hard
ly begrudge the money. This transac
tion is 'a, beginning of a movement to
have all of the British colonies come
to the rescue of the mother country
by maintaining auxiliary navies which
in time of war would of course fight
under the banner and direction of
Great Britain.
The necessity for a plan of this kind
was never more urgently shown than
In a "scare" article from the pen of
Mr. Harold Fraser Wyatt in the Au
gust number of the Nineteenth Cen
tury. Touching on the particular
field In which the Rainbow will op
erate. Mr. Wyatt says that "From
the China station -to Vancouver, some
B000 miles, and from Vancouver down
to Cape Horn, a distance of 7000
miles, our commerce is allowed no
protection at all."- The cause for this
alarm on the part of Mr. Wyatt is the
unparalleled activity in German naval
yards. England, being almost totally
dependent on lands beyond the seas
for her daily bread, is obliged to keep
these marine highways open for her
ships; so Mr. Wyatt fears that, in the
event of war with Germany, his coun
try, would be starved Into humiliat
ing submission in short order unless
some hurry-up orders are placed for
a big fleet mf war ships.
The colonial navies, as proposed for
Canada. Australia and other colonies,
would seem to offer some hope for
safety when the swift German cruisers
start to combing the seven seas In
search of bread and beef for the
brawn of old England; but Mr. Hyatt
has a more elaborate programme out
lined. He Is out for naval protection
in wholesale quantities, and demands
that 18 protected cruisers, instead of
the five ordered, -be laid dowp for
1910-11 and H each succeeding year.
As a precaution against war prices for
the foodstuffs already on hand, he
further demands that Parliament
enact a law providing that the mo
ment hostilities begin with any na
tion, all food then in the United King
dom shall become automatically the
property of the government at pre
vailing market rates.
Nothing more sensational or alarm
ing has been printed on this subject,
which has for months been a night
mare to Great Britain, for Mr, Wyatt
is specific in his statements. He shows
that of 3$ armored cruisers, all but
four, which are on the China station
have been assigned to European
waters, and of 74 protected cruisers
there are only twenty-three in waters
outside of Europe, thus leaving the
great trade routes of the world over
which Great Britain must carry her
supplies, with scarcely any protection
whatever. The most serious feature
of this rather alarming situation is
that the present building programme
of the nation is up to the limit of
funds that can be squeezed out of
the British taxpayer. If Great Britain
moves her ships from the European
station she leaves an opening in a vul
nerable part. If she leaves her for
eign trade in 'jeopardy, her supplies
will be cut off. There are great pos
sibilities for John Bull soon to have
a practical demonstration of what 'it
means to be between the devil and the
deep blue sea.
It might have been only a coinci
dence, but as soon as James A. Patten
returned from Europe and announced
that wheat was so scarce that we must
begin looking for a substitute to take
its place there was a slump in the
market, and for the first time in sev
eral weeks the price fell below $1 per
bushel. The world's consumption of
wheat Is rapidly increasing, but it is
Iqually true that the Increase in yield
has thus far kept pace with the in
creased demand and does not give
promise of coming to a standstill. The
prosperity of the wheat consumers of
the world will have much to do with
regulating prices. Corn, oats, rye and
barley are all used for food when the
poverty of the people prevents the
use of wheat, and In many lands pota
toes and other "roots" are used in in
creased quantities when wheat ad
vances beyond a normal figure.
World-wide conditions are not un
favorable to higher prices for wheat,
but, with a considerable carry-over
from last year's big crop, it is still
early for any uneasiness lest there be
an Insufficient amount to go round.
The retirement of Mr. Brownell
from the race for Senator In Clacka
mas County for reasons vaguely
given opens Inquiry as to tha real
cause of his sudden abandonment of
a . long cherished and more or less
honorable ambition to go to Salem
again. Though perhaps it Is Just as
well that the public never know the
reason and let it go at that. It isn't
prudent to let the "dear people" know
too much about some of these self
named apostles. Yet it Is oonfortlng
to feel that Brownell's heart still beats
true to the cause he so nobly es
poused on the stump up to the time
he met the fatal "obstacle" some one
Interposed to his further progress.
But who put it there? And why?
We really can't repress a yearning
desire for more light.
People who do not believe in
"luck," either good or bad, are in
vited to .ponder over the calamities
which have befallen the Breedlove
family at White Salmon. First one
son splits his knee with aa axe and
then chops hig toes off. Presently
another sprains his ankle. Now the
father narrowly escapes death from
a falling tree. Almost all great men
have believed in luck. Among great
captains of Industry it Is a maxim to
shun the unlucky. Sylla sacrificed to
Fortune as. the most powerful of the
gods. Perhaps it is Just as well not
to despise her too openly.
It is hoped that Anderson Love,
the man of 83 years who has walked
almost 2000 miles to visit his grand
son at Roseburg, will receive a wel
come warm enough to compensate
him for his remarkable feat. If the
grandson enjoys vigorous health and
great power of endurance, he knows
now where those blessings came from
and ought to be correspondingly
grateful to his ancestor.
t The tube skirt, which will be all
the rage this Fall, cannot differ much
from a pair of trousers with one leg
Instead of two. The garment will no
doubt take the prize for Inconvenience,
but wherein will its modesty excel
that of the male attire which it imi
tates? Will women, ever gain the
courage frankly to don the clothing
which so many of them enviously
pattern after? ,
Since the great European prelates
have taken to preaching against the
new fashion in women's dress its suc
cess is assured. An outlandish gown
or bonnet is loved by our fair sisters
for its own sake, but when besides
being ugly they are told authoritative
ly that it Is wicked, then they die
sooner than renounce It.
Portland has Teason to plume her
self not only on the $2,000,000 build
ing permits so far this month, but also
on the fact that most of the money
expended in the construction is Port
land money.
In the good time coming, a long
way off, there will be no surface cars
and no fender problem. - Until then
let humanity carry more insurance
and dodge the swift-coming vehicle of
destruction. -
When Rome denounces prevailing
feminine fashions it simply provokes
more insurgency. The right to direct
in spiritual matters does not include
matters sartorial.
If ever they go at the tariff in earn
est on a scientific basis and pursue it
to the logical end, there won't be
enough protection left to hold an In
quest over.
Barring the trusts, the whole coun
try is with President Taft in his dec
laration that extortionate profits are
to be tolerated no longer.
Three: hundred carloads of peaches
going east from the Yakima Valley
should make Delaware and Michigan
take a look at the map.-
While there was 'no referee-to make
an official decision, it still is evident
that Vice-President Bherman hit be
low the belt.
. It is noticeable that most of the
automobile speeders have other men's
wives with them. Perhaps their own
are too slow.
Just before the show begins, visit
the menagerie and see the lion and'
the kangaroo play golf on the lynx.
There is only one region that has
more fire, and it cannot be mentioned
In polite circles.
All the clowns are not In the circus,
but many of the best are there.
HOW THE WEST IS BOTTLED ll
Settlers la Reserves Are Harassed and
Worried With Red Tape.
Irrigon Irrigator
The hegira to the farm lands of Al
berta, brought about by "Ptnchoserva
tlsm." has been the ruin of very many
who ought to have secured good homes
In Oregon, Washington and Idaho. 'By
spending large sums in advertising, se
curing seductive agents, by devious
and not always fair and truthful meth
ods, much land was sold to these immi
grants, and theyw spent much money in
building homes and in fencing, plowing
and putting in crops, or rather in seed
ing the ground to wheat and other
cereals, for the harvest time' has
passed, and they had no crops wocth
mentioning.
And now many of the disappointed
and disillusioned ones are turning
their eyes towards their own deserted
country, wiser, but poorer.
We cannot but feel sorry for these
unfortunate ones, and yet we do not
much blame them. They would have
preferred to remain in their own coun
try, but "Pinchoservatism" has had us
bottled np. They saw the best of
everything In the way of land for the
homebuilders was to be retained for
future generations, that yards and
yards miles and miles of red tape
had to be unwound before a man
could get a homestead in the reser
vations, reservations called forest re
serves, but containing much of the
best agricultural land in the states
mentioned.
And even when the red tape was un
raveled, the homestead entry made, the
home built then came the hired uian
of the Pinchot regime and made life
miserable for the settler. Petty of
ficialdom is never so happy as when
running a settler's cow off the . reser
vation, forbidding him to cut a log
for building purposes, overseeing the
chopping of his firewood harassing
him in every possible way.
These hirelings, egged on by the
higher-ups, think it their duty to save
everything from the grass to the juni
pers for future generations, their mot
to being "tohellwlth the settler, he
ought to be glad if we let him live."
Perhaps a better day is coming. We
do not much care whether it comes
under the name of Taftism, insur
gency. Democracy or Republicanism.
What the West wants is a broad and
honest allotment of the agricultural
lands of the Northwest to the Incom
ing homeseekers. We do not want
them longer turned Canadawards, but
kept at home for their own good, for
our good, for the good of the coun
try. We of the West have had enough ox
this "Pinchoservatism." We 'are nau
seated with it. and we will turn to
any man, any set of men. any party
that will free us from the un-Ameri-cantsm
of these petty tyrants, these
enemies of the West.
WHERB LANGUAGE FAILS.
Times When Finest Llae ot Profanity
Does Not Satisfy.
New York World.
An excitable New York man, gasolin
ing through his native Virginia, offered
$1000 for a new cuss word to express
his emotions when his machine balked.
He was disappointed. He must so remain.-
For one dowered with Saxon speech
to crave aid in -expletive Is like seek
ing coals in Newcastle. What surcease
of his muted sorrow can Germany of
fer, where "Thunder weather!" and
"Potsthousand !" are blasphemy su
preme; or France, with its "sacred
Blue!" and "Name of a Pipe!" or Tur
key, where you murmur "Destiny!"
when a wheel breaks; or' Italy, where
a too-deliberate donkey is invited to
"put one. foot before the other"; or
Spain, where one may bid a persistent
heggar "Go in peace, little brother?"
Eloquence of expression Northern
races may indeed study in warmer
climes. When a Latin says "Caramba!"
or "Diavolo!" It "ain't so much wot 'e
says as the nawsty way e says it," as
the British sailor explained when
charged with assault. But for exten
sive and intensive "cussing out" a Colo
rado, mule conductar, a Pennsylvania
section boss or a New York stevedore
can face the world unashamed.
Such experts would tell Mr. Newman
that language Is at best inadequate. It
always has been. It 'must always be
mo. He who seeks to wreak his full
thought upon expression pursues a fe
vered vision. It will never be done.
Impoaatble Conflict.
New York Evening Post, Indpt.
There Is naturally some amusemeac
at the mischance which befe'.l Colonel
Roosevelt -yesterday, at the hands of
the Republican state commUtee. What
will King Haakon say? What will Em
peror William think? Barnes and
Woodruff have apparently shown them
selves of sterner stuff than any of
the potentates of Kurope And theio
is certainly groun-I for sardonic com
ment on the coii'-ast between the way
Id which the Ripubllcai. machine now
openly defies K-K.sevelt, and its former
fashion of meek!y obevlr.g hia, orders
when he had the power of life' aud
death that is, of patronage over its
members. But the comic aspects of the
affair at once disappear when we begin
to ask what It really means for the
Republican party in this state. Noth
ing could well be more dramatic or
critical than '-this sudden revelation
that it is torn in two;- that the men in
control of the organization are In an
ugly and fighting temper, and would
rather see the whole campaign wrecked
and the party beaten in New York and
throughout the whole country than sur
render one lota of their local power.
Yesterday's proceedings make It clear
that the conflict is irrepressible. From
now to the day of the convention there
will be an open fight in the party; it
may even go on to the very hour of
election. - .
Rone Will Howl for This.
New York World. Dem.
New York takes no more kindly to
the bossism of an ex-President than
to that of a President in office. For
the third time in a little more than six
weeks representatives of Mr. Roose
velt's party in this state have ignored
him, rejected his advice and disobeyed
his orders. . . Contumacy such us
this will impress many people as shock
ing in the extreme. It is contrary to
every precept of the uproarious Roose
velt following. It is In conflict vith
the personal ideas which have so l"ng
controlled that worshipful and master
ful circle. Wherever a few of the eWnt
are gathered together today we riiatl
see blanched faces and tightening -fists.
If Rome does not howl for this, then
of a truth the oracles and the portents
re all. awry.
RjUnlner Chickens.
. Dallas News.
. It has come to psss that SO cents'
worth of chicken feed a week win sup
port a two-bit. hen and help her lay
three B-cent eggs.
' Fond of Snorts.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Is he fond of outdoor sports?"
"yes. His wife complains that he
even Invites them home to dinner."
I HOW MAYOR GAYNOR DID IT I I
MAYOR GAYNOR
Simply Devoted tilmaelf to the Inter
ests af the People.
Indianapolis Star.
The change of opinion about Mayor
Gaynor is sincere and not mere
courtesy growing out of the murderous
assault upon him; evidence of the re
versed attitude has been manifeat for
some time and this attack has merely
given it opportunity for expression.
But how did ' this man bring about
such a change within tha short seven
months that he has served as Mayor?
The answer is simple: He devoted
himself to the interests of the people
without regard to party or faction.
This took courage, for It meant the
antagonizing of -powerful men and in
terests In his own party and out; yet
he went serenely on attending strictly
to the business of being Mayor and
of administering affairs for the public
good to the best of his ability, which
B"UU L J HID lit L 1 ' ' - '
Is not small. He undertook .to check
abuses wherever he found tnem. xo
lessen extravagance, to put an end to
municipal graft, to improve police con
ditions, to give the city clean, honest
government. He spent no time in
building up a personal "machine" or in
intriguing for future political advance
ment. He simply worked at being
Mayor, yet by his course he has won
more popular favor than he coulq, pos
sibly have attained by any other
course.
FliYfXG OVER THE FRONTIERS
Germany Stirred Up Over the Anttca mt
French Aviator.
Berlin Dispatch to Chicago News.
Whether aeronauts have a right to
fly across international frontiers is be
coming a delicate question in, Europe.
How sensitive sentiment In Germany
has become on the subject is shown by
the published comments on the recent
aeroplane flights in Eastern France,
where the aviator Legagneux crossed
the frontier near Metz. In the opinion
of a considerable section of the German
press the feat was an offense against
international good manners, if not ac
tually a trespass against the frontier
regulations. Hence the irate" demand
is raised that the government prevent
the recurrence of such performances.
The statement of the French General
Manoury that he would be able oy
means of an aeroplane to reconnoiter
effectively within 600 yards of the Ger
man frontier has added to the ill feel
ing. A number of newspapers join in
suggesting that "tne 'next time French
gentlemen undertake reconnoissance
tours over the frontier they may be
hauled down out of the air by German
bullets." The whole question. It is' rec
ognized here, must soon ,be made the
subject of international regulation.
. How Fabrics Got Their Names.
Calico comes from Calicut, India.
Satin came from Zaytown, China.
Serge is named after Xerge, Spain.
Mosul, which is in Asia, is the name
sake of muslin.
The ancient Clfy of Damascus is re
sponsible for damask.
Cambrio got its name from Cambria
and gauze from Gaza.
Taffeta Is named after a Bagdad
street where the material was at one
time sold. '
Alpaca derives its name from the Pe
ruvian animal from whose wool it was
made.
Cashmere was originally made in
Thibet, in the V&la of Cashmere, where
sheep growing a specially fine grade of
wool grazed.
Thomas Blanket, a celebrated clo
thier, who is said to have Introduced
wool into England in the 14th century,
is responsible for the name of our bed
covering. ,
One-Sentence Sermons.
It is always safe to learn, even from
our enemies; seldom safe to instruct,
even our friends. Colton.
Only he who lives a life of his own
can help the lives of other men.
Brooks.
Talents are nurtured best in solitude.
But character on life's tempestuous sea.
Goethe.
They are never alone that are accom
panied by noble thoughts. Sir Philip
Sidney.
I am not sure but that we are more
in need of those who oan talk about
religion than those who can preach
about It. James Stalker.
No man is born into the world whose
work is not born with him. Lowell.
Carve the face within, not dress It
from without. For whoever would be
fairer, illumination must begin in t.-e
soul; the face catches the glow only
from that side. W. C. Gannett.
If Mr. Roowevelt Disapproves?
" New York Press, Rep.
Not who is temporary chairman or
who is permanent chairman will count,
but what comes forth from the conven
tion as a ticket and a platform. If,
for example, it is a ticket such as
Colonel Roosevelt knows must be nomi
nated to be elected. Republicans as a
whole could feel disposed to support it.
And, of course, as a delegala to tho
convention, Mr. Roosevelt can say just
as much and say it Just as strongly, s
if he were either temporary or permanent-chairman,
or both together. If, on
the other hand, it is a ticKet such as
Mr. Roosevelt could not recommend to
the delegates or afterward indorse to
the voters of his party well. It would
not be worth while to print the names
of the candidates upon the ballots.
Ought to Ha-ve Followed Root's Advice.
New York Sun, Ind. Rep.
On three occasions since his Napole
onic return Colonel Roosevelt has
sought to influence political develop
ments, and on each occasion his wishes
have been set at naught. He must now
appreciate the wisdom of Elihu Rock,
who advised him to.maKe an announce
ment on his arrival in New York tiiat
he would not express any political
views for at least 60 days. It is proper
to observe that the period of absten
tion originally urged upon Colonel
Roosevelt by the gentleman whom he
ha good reasons for regarding as the
most sagacious of counselors the pe
riod of - abstention twice violated, as
above, by the irrepressible beneficiary
of Mr. Root's sage advice has now ex
pired. -
When the Election Waa On.
Kansas City Star.
The election returns move Walt
Mason to sing: 'The clarion note is
full of rags, the slogan snorts no more;
we all have heard the 'final word' till
we are sick and sore. The hewgag
and the timbrel, the tocsin, the appeal,
are baled away against the day when
liberty shall squeal; when liberty
shall yip and yell and whoop and siglg
and moan, then we'll unbale our kit
and sail inte the fray alone. Put the
mothballs o'er the tocsin, soak the
pibroch in the sink, the day is done,
the fight Is won; let's go and take a
drink."
Vnmnsical T. R.
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Colonel Roosevelt's visit to a miner's
house developed the fact that he can't
play the- piano. Another instrument
he haa never attempted to play Is. the
second fiddle. ,
That "Little Group of Men."
Kansas City Star.
"The little group of men" to which
Senator Aldrlch refers contemptuously
has a majority of about 35,000 in the
Republican party in Kansas.
Very Eur,
Baltimore Evening Sun. '
In Oklahoma they now say. "It's as
easy as taking land from Indians."
Life's Sunny Side
"Now that the Democrats are crow
ing over their prospects of winning the
Congressional election," said Represen
tative Butler, of Pennsylvania, the other
day, "I am reminded of what good old
Ike Hill, assistant sergeant-at-arms of
the House, used to say on the eve of
an election. Ike was a Democrat
through and through, but he was a
philosophical Democrat.
"When anybody masked hira how he
thought the vote would go he would In
variably reply:
By gosh! I think we've got 'em. .f
they don't buy us off.' " Popular Maga
zine. e e
"Tom, I've worked pretty hard for
quite a while now and have done very
- i -. n l .1 . . n r.llro and
. 111, BO i I1I1 13 11 1. I I LI - U - - - - -
tufn the business over to you. What do
you say?" -"
The young man pondered the situ
ation gravely. Then a bright idea
seemed to strike him.
"I say, dfad,' he suggested, "ho
would it do for you to work a .few
years longer and then the two of us
retire together?" London Tid-Bits.
Fred, aged 3, had been a naughty boy.
and his mother had punished him. He
felt very much hurt and complained to
his auntie about his mamma's spanking
him. Auntie said. "It is not you that
mamma spanks, but a little devil inside
of you who makes you do naughty
things." After sitting very still for five
minutes he said, "It beats all, how it
hurts me when that devil gets
spanked." Delineator.
William H. Crane, the actor, says he
first learned what true love is by acci
dentally overhearing a brief conver
sation between a young man and a very
pretty girl.
"And you're sure you love me?" said
she.
. "Love you?" echoed the young fellow.
"Why, darling, while I was bidding you
goodby on the porch last night your dog
bit a piece out of the calf of my leg, and
I never noticed it till I got home."
Judge.
Souator Penrose, Senator Aldrich and
others were chatting together on one
of tho last nights of the recent Con
gress. Senator Penrose was telling of
his Summer vacations spent in the open,
and how he benefited so much by the
simple life. The subject of the conver
sation drifted to worldly matters.
Mr. Aldrich said with great solem
nity: "Well, gentlemen, I have not
drunk whisky, played cards for money
or attended a horse race in 17 years."
"My gracious," exclaimed Senator
Penrose, admiringly, "I wish I could
say that."
"Why don't you?" seriously inquired
Senator Oliver, who joined the party as
the story was told, "Aldrich did."
Philadelphia Times.
e
"The late Bishop Hare," said a Sioux
Falls physician, "used very reasonably
to impute skepticism to misunderstand
ing. . "He only told me about a Philadelphia
business man of skeptical tendencies
who said to him:
"'My dear Mr. Hare, I do not refuse
to believe jn the story of the ark. I can
accept the ark's enormous size, its odd
shape and the vast number of animals
it contained. But when I am asked, my
dear doctor, to believe that the children
of Israel carried this unwieldy thing
for 40 years in the wilderness well
there, I'm bound to say, my faith breaks
down.". Detroit Free Press.
ORTHODOXY OF THE KAISER.
Ernat Haeckel Finds It n Hindrance
Progress of Free Thought.
"v. New York Evening Post.
Ernst Haeckel, now in his 77th year,
was present at the recent meeting in
Jena of the Deutsche Monlstenbund,
where he expressed his opinion of the
Kaiser. "We must not forget," he said
In his address, "what great disad
vantages result to the progress of free
thought and a consistent interpretation
of nature from the influential person
ality of our much-admired Emperor. I
am far from undervaluing his extraor
dinary gifts and his many-sided knowl
edge. But the personal religious con
viction of the Kaiser is specifically
dogmatic, and his strong accentuation
of orthodox Christianity must deter
many from expressing an adverse
opinion."
Speaking of his book, "The Riddle of
the Universe," of which, perhaps, more
copies have been sold in the last decade
than of any other German publication,
and which i,s the reverse of orthodox,
Haeckel said that a sequel to It would
soon appear, containing selections from
the more than 10,000 letters written to
hliu concerning that book. Most of
these letters, he said, were written by
teachers, physicians, engineers and
naturalists. Among them were some
from teachers in Prussian schools, who
expressed their full agreement with his
views, but begged him not to mention
their names, lest they lost their chances
of promotion. Among the most in
teresting contributions, he added, were
those from women who are Interested
in natural science. These, he said,
"show us that women in this case, as
In many others, often think more lucid
ly and recognize the truth more easily
than educated men, who are likely to
be hampered by wrong notions In
stilled into them in the educational in
stitutions." Is Roosevelt an Insurgent T
Brooklyn Eagle, Indpt. Dem.
For the Republicans nothing more
unfortunate could well have happened.
Without a doubt Mr. Roosevelt is in
censed. If not, his temperament must
have undergone a change. He needs
no infusion of fighting blood, and he ia
not the man to take a blow without an
effort to return it. What he means by
saying he is going to the 'state con
vention can be understood even by
those who are not good at guessing.
He will there take up the gauntlet
thrown down yesterday and fight it
out- . - , Whether Mr. Roosevelt Is
Nationally an Insurgent is not yet
known, except by himself, plus per
haps some close friends. Of .course,
Mr. Sherman may know more than has
been told in print, m any event, he
has added to the lint of reasons for
supposing thad the ex-President pro
poses to line up with the critics of the
Administration, in indorsement of
which not a word has been said at
Oyster Bay. As already noted, Mr.
Roosevelt asks for a progressive plat
form for this state. Less than this for
other commonwealths he is hardly like
ly to demand. ,
; The Dyspeptic's Kick
I Judge.
"Alice, you're a good little wife, I
know, and you can cook to beat the
band; but yon don't get the kind of
dyspepsia tablets my mother used to
buy."
Before and After.
Judge.
This it
tv
ut now
the way
that he
went noma
before
he took -a
wife.
He waa
on deck
for Joy
ridee or
whatever
ele waa
rife. '
He was.
out late
si times
a week
and led a
He goes
etraight home
like this
and stays
there, you
run bet.
He's had
to learn
a thing
or two
he never
will
fora-ft.
lie darea
not stay
out late
because
he wed
a suffra
getta-
rrlsjty
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