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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1910. romuxn. oht.oo. 6.00 S 24 1.75 .B ... 1 !M ... 2 50 ... S-bO Entered at Portland. Oncoa. Poatofflca as Pccnd-CI fattr. bubecrtptloa Bate lavai-tably la Ad vane (BY MAIL). PalTy. Furd.T Included. on Tr 'JSC Fallv. Sunday Included. SIX months... . 4--? Illv. Sunday Included. thre montM.. iauy. feundair Included, on mont-. r(ly. wl'.bout Sunday. en year " rsl:y. without Sunday. si, month.. Iai:y. without Sunday, thre months. Tal!y. without Sunday, on month.. w k!T. ono year. ... Sunday, ona year..... Sunday and weekly, an year.. (Br Carrier). Petty, fnnilir Included, on year - w-g a Rally. Sunday. Included, on month. ... .73 How to Remit Send PoetofTIc money . order, exrren order or personal check on your Ixal bank, frames, coin or currency are at the sender's rleic. Olv Postofflc ' addreaa In full. Including county and stale. I'eataa-o Rate 10 to 14 rae-es. 1 cent: 16 . to as pace. 2 cents; SO to 40 pares, a cents: o to so paces, 4 cents, rorsisn postas conbl rata. . Kaateea froslaea Office Vrr- ft OrfV . Im Nw York. Hraiumlck building. .hl rsxo. 8te-r hulld:nc. PORTWND. IRtVUT, SEPT. 1. 19l- roiJTiCAL rRosrrcrs. Democratic expectations of electing the next National Houm of Represent atives seem to have lost a little of their ardor. The rancorous hatred between the. insurgents and regulars of the Republican party has been somewhat assuaged and with the res toration of Internal peace the pros pect vanishes that they will knife each other on election day. Not that peace has been entirely restored, either. Mr. Cannon continues to ful minate, against the insane and trai torous insurgents, but the angry old gentlemen now resembles the toothless giant whom John Bunyan saw gnash ing his gums in the cave as the pil grims passed by. He can do no harm. In Wisconsin one could scarcely say 'that the Republican factions have learned to love one another. Floods of money are said to be pouring into the state to defeat La Kollette. On the other hand. Mr. La Kollette is importing floods of oratory in his own behalf. The disgruntled regulars have ceased to talk openly about preferring a Democratic victory In Indiana to, the re-election of Beveridge, but It does not follow that they are actively aiding in the campaign of that grand young man. as he is called by some of his admirers. No doubt they are becoming reconciled to share party honor and power with the Insurgents, but we cannot expect them to bow to the inevitable everywhere with the same grace as President Taft ex hibits. If they could have captured the President and expelled the insur gents from the party as they set out to do In the beginning, we should now be gazing upon the spectacle of two envenomed factions laboring to de stroy each other. Perhaps the start ling victories of the Insurgents In the Mississippi states have contributed to the adoption of wiser counsels. What ver the reason may be. certainly the counsels now prevailing In the Re publican party are preferable to ex asperated strife. vv do not appre hend that the Democrats expect to he termed the American people, who would not buy his gold bricks, had him classed with the cave bear, the pterodactyl, the dinosaurus or oth er extinct curiosities. But when the female avenger of Helnze gave out the story of the Titian-haired lady who had turned' the Samson trick on Helnze. Mr. Lawson strutted forth from his retirement, with an "Oh yes. I know her." Now comes John D. Archbold with a statement, that "Standard Oil does not employ red- haired sirens in Its business" and that "These statements are a tissue of falsehoods." As this Is not the first time that Standard Oil has publicly declared that Mr. Lawson is a roman ces t. no great carnage will ensue ex cept posslblv In a literary manner. DOIMilXG HIS Dt'TV. POHTMXD. Or.. Aug. 31. To tho Edi tor. Will Tha Oree-nnlan alv to the vot ers before election In several Issues Its ad vice on each on of the 8- bills to be voted upon? Whether w like It or not, we have to rote and as we have no time to study law. a shurt condensed explanation of each measure with brief advlc will so 'one way. VOTER. Here is an astonishing attempt at evasion of responsibility by one of the 150.000 duly const'tutod legislators of the State of Oregon. It ought to be a simple matter for him to take these thirty-two separate measures and master them one by one. He can do it between now and November by de voting himself, say, three hours each night to tha task. Or he can leave It to U"Ren. which likely enough Is what he w ill do anyway. If he leaves It to The Oregonlan, ho will be ad vised to vote no on all these measures. Yet The Oregonlan will do as this troubled legislator desires, .and print duly a complete summary or state ment as to each proposed act and amendment. There may be some of the 14 9.999 other Oregon legislators who will be unwilling or unable to give up all their time to finding out what It Is all about, anyway, and they may ask for enlightenment. But of course only here and there is one who needs or desires light from The Oregonlan. for there Is a lot of peo ple in this state who can tell the pub lic with their eyes shut Just what ought to be done In every possible emergency. They know. Ask them. Ask them, or any one of them, for example, to explain in detail, or even In outline, the provisions of the elab orate corrupt practices act, passed tinder the Initiative two years ago. They can tell you, of course. Every one knows, for didn't everybody vote on It? If everybody did not know, what business had he to vote on such an act. or on any act about which he knows nothing? to assassinate Japanese dignitaries whenever the opportunity presents It self, but even in that line of endeavor they will lack the support of other na tions, even those which feel resent ment over the Japanese annexation policy. Immunity of Japan from out side Interference In her Corean pro gramme, which has now been com pleted, lies in the inability of most of the interested powers to appear in court with clean hands. - Consent of all the governed was not obtained when Great Britain Invaded Egypt, when Germany went Into East Africa, France Into Madagascar, or the United States into the Philippines. Resentment of any of these powers over the Japanese policy toward Corea might tempt the men of Nippon to say something disagreeable. still. should Japan place any obstacles in the way of the open door and Inter fere with the trade of other nations, reprisals might follow. THE INDISPENSABLE. Great Indignation among the Democratic counselors and steersmen of the anti-assembly movement at any suggestion that Boumo has anything to do with the grand allied attack by the Statement Oners, old line pop ulists and atandepat Democrats on the assembly. What Is it? Jealousy al ready transpiring among those sweet confederates, the hungry brothers of reform, Messrs. Bourne and Chamber- Iain? Of course one should not take too much of the credit for Inspiring the grand uprising of the people from the Democratic senator; who frequently engineers a personally conducted movement of that kind In the direc tion in which it will do him the most good. Yet Mr. Chamberlain la a modest man and wants nothing what ever but the usufruct. But we are going to see some inter esting times here in Oregon. Mr. Bourne, the self-anointed apostle of the new Idea all new Ideas has adopted the anti-assembly movement for his very own, and there Is no way to freeze him out. Not Bourne. Nor will the refrigerating process be any thing but seeming, for that winsome gentleman seems always to make him self indispensable when the Indispensa ble Is needed. naturally be confined to moral sup port. There may be considerable local traffic developed along the river, and the steamboats would be of advan tage as feeders to the railroads which do not reach some of the territory where the steamers would touch. Eventually the matter will be settled on the basis of cost and permanent value. If the expense is not too great, and It Is possible for the boats suc cessfully to compete with the rail roads, it may some day be possible to take a boat through from Astoria to Revelstoke, or even to Tobacco Plains, Mont. So far as the cost is concerned, how ever, any project by which Canada agrees to Improve her portion of the Columbia River as an offset for similar improvement by the Americans of their portion of the river would be about as fair a bargain as that cele bra ted transaction of the Indian and the white man, by which the Indian always got the owl and the white man the turkey. FOOLING THE, rEOFLE. INTERNATIONAL LAW. The International Law Association which recently held its annual confer ence, seems to be one of the children of The Hague conference and to have the same beneficent aim, namely, to render war unreasonable and repug nant to civilized nations. The Presi dent of the conference. Lord Justice Hungary is reported to be alarmed over the exodus of her good citizens to the United States and the govern ment is about to take steps to stop the emigration. According to the legal adviser of the Hungarian consulate In New Tork so many of the best of the middle classes have come to this country, that the Hungarfan govern ment Is beginning to feel the drain If Hungary and a number of other old-world countries would keep more of their undesirable citizens at home, this country might be willing to fore go the coming of the other classes. A policy which will hold back the bet ter element, and make the United States a dumping ground for the scum that Is not wanted abroad, will not be popular with the United States. If Hungary is going to place an embargo on emigration, it might as well In clude the poor stock along with the other. Wo get enough of the dregs without any further segregation. The Willamette Valley Is not yet out of the grain business. The Sain ranch In Scrogglns Valley, Washington County, has Just turned off 117 bush els of oats per acre from a field of 37 acres. Most of the Willamette Valley land is becoming too valuable to use for grain-growing, but If anyone be lieves that grain growing has been abandoned by reason of any deteriora tion In soil or climate, the yields of both oats and wheat which are now being secured, ought to cause a re vision of opinion. The Increasing demands of the Sum mer visitors as well as others, are making heavy inroads on the clam Kennedy, of the English High Court supply, and a Newport. Oregon, farm- of Justice. In his address, defined the er "a Ju" Deen nnea DU Ior cal,mu Through Statement One, voters of chief object of the association to be razor clams and shipping mem out 01 to get rid of the idea of selfish na- ln cuumj. am n.o v i i.i .. I of conservation of resources, for a v ' u i uivmwuil. . . , . Having in mind the recent Esper- seaside resort witnout ciams woum anto conference. It In lntereatino- In oe minus tne cruet Oregon are said to have declared a Democrat and a near-Democrat the "people's choice" for United States Senators. Vet In party registration Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly three to one. Three-fourth of the voters of this state subscribe themselves as mem bers of the Republican party and take most solemn oath to that effect. How- notice that this high authority defined a common language, or, to use his . own words, "the unification of lan guage." as the greatest agent to that end. But, In despair of such a means of understanding each other and defeat a solitary Republican Insurgent ver' POH"'n brazen effrontery being understood, he advocated the who has been nominated for Congress. The only seats which the Democrats can win In the next House they must wrest from Republican regulars. Could they gain twenty-three of these, they would bo in the majority and might elect the Speaker and at least propose new legislation. This would be a de elded advantage to them In the 11 elections if they took a stand for rad ical, downward revision of the tariff. The chances are. however, that the Democrats, if they were in control would imitate Cannon's arbitrary pol icy aa nearly as possible, while, so far aa the tariff is concerned, they would b more than likely to adopt the insensate folly of Mr. Bailey. Nat urally this would blight any prospects they might have of electing the Pres ident In 191. But can they win twenty-three Congressional seat from the Republicans? If what happened in Mr. Aldrldge's district Is any guide, tnry can do it easily. But we are inclined to believe that the Aldridge cataclysm cannot be taken for a prec edent. The man himself is a slngu larly malodorous specimen of the New 1 ork machine politician, while In Rochester, the principal city of his d -.strict, progressive, or even revolu tionary, sentiment. Is very strong. ' There- may not be many such district", In the East. Then again there may be scores of them. The popular un rest Is universal and what form it may ultimately take it is useless to try to predict. Even if the next House of Repre scntatlves remains Republican, It will present an aspect almost entirely new fundamen ers of legislation will be reduced to the ranks. thre of them who get back, and progressive bills will hold the stage. The Kansas platform indi tares tne sort or measures which a Republican House, will favor with th insurgents in control, a non-partisan tariff commission, radical extension of- the powers of the Interstate Com merce Commission and physical valu ation of the railroads are some of the Mils which would almost certainly come forward and pass Into laws. The opposition of the Senate to legislation of this nature Is likely to be a thing of the past when Congress meets again. Tha Insurgent group In the Senate was strong last year, and it will gain rathr than lose in numbers from new on. Thus we see that there is more prospect of a revolutionized and relnvljorsted Republican party going into power at the next election than there Is of a Democratic victory This L well for the country, because the Democrats really have nothing to declare that these three-fourths of Oregon's voters want Democratic Sen ators and that the virtuous medium of their expression is Statement One. Truth Is. Statement One. coupled with plurality primaries, has so dis jointed the politics of this state and upset the orderly expression ' of the people's will that majority voters are represented, against - their political conscience, in the National capital by unification or law." a common forum open to all the individual members of civilized nations, was too much to hope for now, but to aspire to a common system of law to govern every forum was a legitimate and rea sonable hope. Toward this end advances are ever being made In the field of commer cial law. the tendency being marked to disregard the technicalities of past Visitors who have rot seen Port land since the year of the fair will not recognise the place when they come again. This Summer has made it al most a new city. The old shacks In tho business center are mostly gone. Towering structures replace them. Street paving is under way every where. It is worth living through tho hubbub to see the results. NOW A FRIEND OF THE PRIMARY Interesting; Sidelights on a Certain Campaign for the Governorship. Soma one at Salem has taken the trouble to so over the files of the Salem - turns' for th purpose of learning what tha emi nent editor of that paper, now an anti assembly candidate for Governor, and an uncompromising champion of tho primary law, may have had to say while the primary law was before the people for passage under the Initiative in 1904. The results are quite Interesting. The fallowing are all extracts from the Salem Journal) : June 4, 1904. Tha Journal lias just. ROOSEVELT MAKES A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES Colonel Stays He Stands) for "Square DeV Even If Rules of Game 31 oat Be Changed Special Intercuts Should Be Eliminated Krom Politics, Cor porations Controlled and Tariff Revised One Schedule at a Time l. rail li sted Income and Inheritance Taxes Favored Equalization, of Oppor tunity Is Burden of Speecu at Osawatomte. OSAWATOM1E. Kan.. Aug. 31. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in his speech here today outlined the princi ples for which he stands. These in cluded the elimination of the "special as outspokenly and unequivocally aa- i interests" from politics. Government vised its readers to vote against an I supervision of all corporations dealing- tained. the special Interests are too in fluential. Probably this is true of both the big interests and tho little interests. The duty of Congress is to provide a method by which the Interest of the whole people shall be all that receives consideration. To this end there must be an expert tariff commission, wholly the proposed laws and constitutional I jn public necessities.; personal respon- I removed from the possibility of politi- amendments. I siblllty of officers of offending corpo- The direct primary law Is a scnemo rations, revision of the tariff one to e-lvo a. few Republican Dosses monopoly of nominations, wipe all other political parties out or existence ana destroy Independent voting ana mo secrecy of the ballot. June 3. 1904. The three questions to be submitted to the voters at the elec tion next Monday should be voted down. All are equally pernicious and bad. The direct primary law is a subterfuge of a few Portland politicians who are aspiring to control the whole state through the Portland machine. schedule at a time, graduated income and inheritance taxes, comprehensive labor laws and direct primaries asso ciated with corrupt practices acts. Colonel Roosevelt opened his address with a reference to the two crises in National history, the formation of the government and its preservation. New Problems Important. His reference to the connection of John Brown with tho second crisis led to a criticism of people who gathered to do honor to the men who faced earlv problems, yet shrank from or denounced cal pressure or of improper, business Influence. As fast as its recommenda tions are made, I believe In revising one schedule at a time. A general revision of the tariff almost Inevitably leads to log rolling, and the subordination of the gen eral public interest in local and special Interest. Vnfair Money-Gettins Denounced. The absence of effective state, and especially National restraint upon un fair money-getting, has tended to cre ate a small class of enormously wealthy and economically powerful men, whose chief object Is to hold and increase. their power. The crime need is to June 2, 1904. The primary election the men who were trying to meet the change the conditions which enable thesa bill will double the election expenses. Kill It. Kill all the freak bills. The state has too many now. problems of the 20th century. He Dro- ceeaea: Of that generation of men to whom we owe so much the man to whom we owe the most is. of course. Lincoln Fart of our debt to him Is because he forecast our present struggle and saw too way out. He said: "I hold, that while man exists it is his duty to improve not onlv his own the nrlnciole of direct nomination, but I condition, but to assist in ameliorating I less thnt dollar hn hn fniriv .rn,i that principle would become obnoxious I mankind." And again, "Labor Is prior I Every dollar received should represent under the operation of the URen bill. I to and independent of capital; capital I a dollar's worth of service rendpred. In the first place, tne u Ken dih is oniy tne fruit of labor and could takes away existing political customs never have existed but for labor. La and rlsrhts of the people, and bor is the superior of capital and de The U'Ren bill sweeps away political serves much the higher consideration. conventions county, district and state Capital has Its rights, which are as wortny June 1, 1904. The Journal editor at first was favorable to the U'Ren bill. But closer study of tho provisions of that bill revealed that it is loaded and would kill direct nomination if it was adopted. The Journal still fights for men to accumulate power which it is not for the general welfare that they should hold or exercise. This, I know, im plies a policy of a far more active gov ernmental interference with social and economic conditions in this country than, we have yet had, but I think we have got to face the fact that such an Increase in governmental control is now necessary. No man should receive a dollar un- Senators who belong to a minority I generations of lawmakers and Judges Oregon hops must be picked clean this year. The crop is of first qual ity and reputation must be considered Last year the picking was careless an the good name of the Oregon produc suffered. Pay for the work is good- one cent a pound, and the grower can party and w hom they do not want. This is no fine-spun theory: It la fact. The names of Senators Bourne and Chamberlain prove the fact. The three-fourths voters of Oregon havo been unable to elect a people's choice man to the United States Senate. They have been foiled by plurality nomina tions and Statement One. Now the and to administer substantial Justice supervise his hands with profit. based on the everlasting, simple prin tings of right and wrong. In study ing the decisions of the appeal courts of the great nations In cases deter mining the civil rights of Individuals of different nationalities the same de sire Is manifest. Progress of all na tions is very plain towards availing boosters of this system are trying tq themselves of the International high It is enough to take away the breath of a layman to find the Bar Associa tion beginning housecleaning on Joseph Choate. who has worn about all the honors a lawyer can carry. If the charges be sustained and drastic action taken, there Is hope of general weeding among the small fry. repeat Its workings In next election of Senator. It is dishonest business. It fills politics with perjury. It causes Dem ocrats to Invade Republican politics court at Tha Hague in many direc tions not expected when that tribunal was culled Into existence. So that. ttarMIng as the Idea may seem at f'.r. courts In Washington, London, and to lure so-caiiea itepuDiican can- j-aris, isornn ana at. Petersburg, ap didates for the Legislature to "take" I plying similar laws and prescribing the pledge with promise of Demo- similar rules of practice in all parallel cratlc votes. It leads thousands of cases submitted for determination. Democrats to register as Republicans I may be seen ere this generation passes. by false oath for purpose of mod- No more potent agency for common dling In Republican nominations for understanding between the nations benefit of Democratic candidates. It can well be thought of. But first the By all means, let Mr. McMurray run a twenty-car train from t ourtn street to the Fair Grounds every day nex week. That will accommodate great crowd and cause little Interfer ence to cross-town traffic. Tho City Council can be "clever" in this mat ter to aid a great exposition. prevents Republicans from electing of their own party to the Senate. Tartv assembly Is Intended to rec ommend men for office whom major ity of party will nominate and elect. That Is the chief reason for assembly. l-'ree-for-all scramble for nomination "corpus Juris" must be formulated not in this country alone, but In the older nations also. Then the harmon ising and legalizing of the same would be. if a colossal, yet not an Impossi ble task. The rule, of procedure will be njajorlty and therefore make, nentally altered. The old lead- Eruption. Staement One puts cllmas on this business The people have been unable to designate their true choice for Sena tor, with plurality primaries and Statement One. Nor will they be able to designate their true choice In fu ture with this system. The people rule, of course; but they do sr only according to the methods of orderly, rational political action. Triumph of minority political faction OVER JTOU.MBIA NAVIGATION. Although the Columbia River does not touch at Portland, and both Wash ington and British Columbia have a greater shore line than Oregon along that stream. Portland has always taken a larger interest in the improve ment of the river than any other com munity In the Pacific Northwest. Fai; up in tha domain now presided over by Hon. v ilfrld Laurier, Captain Leonard White, of this city, built and gogue politicians in this state. Is not "people's rule." although it has operated the little steamer Forty-Nine been frequently called so by dema- more than frty-nve years ago. This steamer, as wen as a number of oth ers which ran from the boundary "line of the Cnlteri Ktatpa nnrlv 9nn miic THE JAPANNED COREA. up througn th. Arr0w Lakes and Co- Anncxatlon of Corea by Japan does lumbia River, was owned and opar- not meet with the unqualified ap- ated by Portland men. Prior to con- proval of any one except the Japan- I atruction of the Canadian Pacific Rail- ee. unfortunately, perhaps, ror tne road and Its rail and steamer feeders Coreans, none of the nations Inter- the business was very profitable, estecj Is sufficiently affected to force That there is still a, field for the Japan to a reconsideration of the steamboat in that country is apparent problem, immunity from application by the business that is being devel- by other nations of this forco Is ex- I oped along both sides of ths river, plained In an article In the St. Peters- Further details of Canadian co-opera- offer but flatulent promises by one burg Novo. Vremya. which sum mar- tlon on the scheme for Improving the f a-t lr-n VaVsHlfh ka ak VaB- f..tl.. 1.1 J.. I. ... ... .1. fsctlon which the other fully Intends to break. The way they evade the rroblem of tariff revision Is Ivnlcal. c-ome. - of them adopt Mr. Ballev's foolish. If not dishonest, scheme; oth ers ery for academic free trade, which is out or tne question, as they, well ter. The sentimental side of the story "nl"- consequence is mere stag- I is found In the protest of tO.OOO Co reans scattered through the United no conflict rwcause nobody would go to war for Cores." This Is the business view of the mat- There seems to be so much money in Oregon It la necessary to start more banks to hold It. One opens In Grants Pass this week; there Is a new National bank at McMfnnville, and the small town of Vale, with two Na tional banks, is to have a state Instltu tlon. If the ghost of John Brown hov ered over Osawatomle while the Colo nel was speaking. It must have felt a twinge of envy. John could stir up a tempest in his day, but Theodore sets a cyclone going whenever he opens his mouth. Chicago is learning how to sympa thise with San Francisco with adult Orientals In the primary classes, but should find an easy solution from her experience with a very much-mixed population. The addition to the Oregon Slate Prison was not made necessary be cause of Increased attendanee, but for school room and other reformatory work. Oregon stays about so wicked all the time. Who had charge of the St. Johns petition to be annexed to Portland? Surely Rome on blundered With tha ft. Johns three hundred. nation. The Democrats could not and would not do anything effectual with th tariff. But the fact that Presi dent Taft Is cautiously moving toward complete harmony with the Insurgent Idea gives goed hope that the Re publicans will take hold of the tariff sincerely and vigorously and settle the vexed problems which It presents for the best Interest of all concerned. The late Thomas Lawson of Boston emerged from his tomb a few days ago to tell the waiting world that ha knew all about the red-headed lady who. In the Interests of Standard Oil, had made T. Augustus Helnie give up I scant consideration great aerets. Lawson has been off I a change In Japan's policy in Corea, It the front page for so long that most will not be brought about by the of the gelatine spined shrimps." as I Corsans. Tbey will probably continue lies its views with the statement that river will be awaited with Interest. war is the sole means of annulling an If the Canadian assistance is confined accomplished fact, and there will be to the Improvement of that portion of tne river lying In Canadian territorv. blr Wilfrid Laurier can easily afford to make almost any kind of a prom ise. The Columbia River is today navigable from Revelstoke to Rob son, a distance of 13 miles, for the largest class of steamers at all sea sons. South of Robson but little dif ficulty Is experienced for full-powered boats of considerable size as far south of the American boundary Una as Northport. Wash. The Canadians thifa have something over 500 miles of river on which only a trifling expendi ture would be necessary to place It in first-class condition for steamboatlng the year round. All of the serious and expensive dif ficulties to be overcome lie south of the boundary line, and unless the Ca nadians are sufficiently Interested in an open river to Join with Americans and spend money In removing these obstructions or providing canals around the rapids, their assistance will j Possibly we are wrong, but it would seem that there is nothing whatever going on In Seattle, except a Sena torial election. We have been read ing the Seattle papers- States, Mexico, Hawaii,. Chins and Kastern Russia. The people repre sented by the Corean National Associ ation are very bitter tn their arraign ment of Japan for what they term a monstrous crime and conclude some very savage resolutions with a pledge that "we. the tnis sons of Corea. do determine never to give up our strug gle for the liberty and Independence of dear old Corea until such time as we shall regain them." It Is unnecessary to say that on every question In which sentiment and business conflict, sentiment receives If there Is ever Very likely the breach In the Re publican party is healing, but even at this distance we can still see gaps In Kansas, California and New York. Another Holy Roller In Los Angeles has died from self-imposed starvation. That method of translation Is Just the thing: for the lunacy cult. Even with the quarter of a million for the Broadway bridge out of the way, life will continue to be one bond issue after another. The entire Pacific Northwest would like to paraphrase the old line into "Rainy days hath September." Vacation being over and paid for. It will not be so easy to dig up for the bill collector today. It doesn't appear that the Colonel has been pouring oil this week en troubled waters. but would result In forcing tha rula of King Caucus instead. All the expense of holding the nom ination struggles between all the party aspirants would be saddled on the peo pie by the U'Ren bill. Independent candidates would Be come Impossible and tne rule oi uo party boss and the caucus manipula tors would be legalized and supreme. But there is no use talking to the man who wears the green glass party goggles. He wears them from choice. Direct nomination can be enacted by law In the next Legislature without taking away from the people any of their present political privileges and without doubling election expenses The U'Ron bill makes a man disclose his political party affiliation long advance of the primary and election and this puts greater power in the hands of the managers. May 24, 1904. The U'Ren bill (direct primary) puts a monopoly of office getting In the hands of the rich, the frothy and the professional politicians. May 21, 1904. Only a rich man or a professional politician could get a state nomination under the proposed u tten bill. Only a rich man could afford to cir culate the petitions In the seven big- counties to get onto the state ticket. Only the professional spellbinder could get the ears of the voters to get the nomination for Governor or United States Senator. The expense of the whole squabble for office In the Republican and Demo cratic parties would be saddled on the people. It would be a snap for tne rich poll Iclan or the of flea-seeker who was a fine orator or a newspaper politician or the man in office. Those who want a bill to give a mon opoly of office-seeking to these classes better vote for the bill. May 20, 1904. Tha bill is unconsti tutional because It proposes to tax the people of all other parties for the pur pose of giving the dominant parties a chance to settle differences at public expense. May 17. 1904 U'Ren admits that the bill is his own handiwork and as such he deserves credit for all that is good in it. It Is a patchwork from other states and its weak points are that it seeks to abolish conventions and puts the expense of holding another election on the people. May 16, 1904 That It will be a dead letter and Inoperative no one can doubt. It practically abolishes all political conventions and all parties but the Re publicans and Democrats If a law could do those things. Of course, a law cannot abolish such political Insti tutions and hence it will be a defunct statute. of protection as any other rignts. . . . Aor should this lead to a war upon the owners of DroDertv. Property is the fruit of labor: nroDerty Is desirable, is a positive good in the world. Let not him who Is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus, by example showing that nis own shall be safe from violence when built. It seems to me that In these words Lincoln took substantially the attitude that we ought to take; he showed the proper sense of pronortion in his rela tive estimates ot capital and labor, of human rights and property rights. Special Privilege Evil. In every wise struggle for human Detterment one of the main objects, and often the only object, has been to achieve In larger measure equality of opportunity. In the struggle lor this great end, nations rise from barbarism to civilization, and through It peoples press iorwara from one stage of en lightenment to the next. One of tha chief factors In progress is the de struction of special privilege. The es sence of any struggle for healthy lib erty has always been and must always be to take from some one man or class of men the right to enjoy power or wealth or position or Immunity which has not been earned by service to his or their fellows Now, mind you, if there were any at tempt by mob violence or in any other way to plunder and work harm to the special Interest., whatever it may be that I most dislike, to the wealthy man, who ever he may be, for whom I have tha greatest contempt. I would fight for him and so would you If you were worth your salt. He should have Justice. Every special Interest is entitled to Jus tice. At every stage and under all circum stances, the essence of the struggle is to equalize opportunity, destroy prlvi lege and give to the life and citizenshln of every individual the highest possible value, both to himself and to the com monwealth. Practical equality of opportunity for an citizens, when we achieve it. will nave two great results. Mrat, every man will have a fair chance to make of himself all that in him lies, to reach tho highest point to which his canac ities, unassisted by special privilege of his own and unhampered by the special privileges of others, can carry him. and to get for himself and his family substantially what he has earned. Second, equality of opportunity means that the commonwealth will get from every citizen the highest service of which he is capable. No man who carries tho burden of special privileges of another ran give to tha common wealth that service to which it is fairly entitled. I'ulea Cnn He C!ianged. Natlve-Born Chinese. SALEM, Or., Aug. 30. (To the Edi tor) I should thank you to advise me, through the columns of The Oregonian, if a mala child, born in the United States of Chinese parentage, becomes a citizen of this country at the time of his birth, or could said child, because of his birth on American soil, become a citizen of the United States' thereafter? In other words, what would be the status of a male child born to one of Portland s Chinese merchants, as re gards citizenship, In a case where the parents of said child had never been admitted to citizenship? NORMAN HENDERSON. Such child, male or female. Is a citi zen of the United States and is entitled to all the rights and privileges of citi zenship. The 14th amendment to the Federal Constitution reads: "AH persons born or naturalised In the United -States, and subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, ara citizens of the United States and of tha state wherein they reside." Smila, Kansas City Star. Ba affable, lou von't break. Aet as If It were natural Don't be afraid of being pleasant. Especially If you have & family skele ton. What If yeu do think yourself su perior to others It is bad breeding to placard your self by a freeslng countenance. A haughty manner Is no hall mark of respectability and Is a direct bid to the rest of th world to hold an Inquest over your fallings when you die. "Wevtslng" Sir Walter Scott. Indianapolis Star. An enterprising New York publisher will issue a "revised" edition of sir Walter Scott's novels this Fsll. The re vision will not consist In the Interpo lation of any new material, hut in the elimination of matter that the editor may consider superfluous, auoh as his torical references. The purpose of the publisher. It appears, Is to reduce the books as near as possible to the style of modern fiction. The enly remark hat seems suitable In this connection s Great Scott! Necessary Durlns; Vacation. Boston Transcript. "Why do girls wear engagement rings?'' On the same principle that a person ties a string around his Anger so thsy wen't forget they're engaged." " 1 1 i a i f Significant Initials. Kansas City Star. It may be pointed out as more than passing significant that Ti R. also stands for Tariff Revision. I stand for the square deal. But when I say that I am for the squara deal, I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rqles of the game, but that I stand for hav lng those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of op portunity and of reward for equally good service. This means that our governments, national and state, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special Interests. Exactly as the spe cial interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political Integrity be fore the Civil War, so now the great special business Interests too often con trol and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit. We must drive tha special Interests out of politics. There ean ba no effective control of corporations while their political activ ity remains. To put an end to it will ba neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done. We must have complete and effective publicity of corporate affairs, so that tha people may know beyond paradventure whether tho corporations obey tha law ind whether their management entitles them to the confidence of the public. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit tha use of corporate funds direetly or indirectly for political pur poses; it is still mors necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Government Should Supervise. It has become entirely clear that, we must have Government supervision of the capitalization not only of public service corporations including particularly rail ways, but of all corporations doing an in terstate business. I do not wish to sea the Nation forced into ownership of tha railways if it can possibly be avoided, and the only alternative is thorough going and effective regulation, which shall be based on a full knowledge of all tha facts, lnoluding a physical valuation of the property. We hav pome to recognize that fran chises should never be granted except for a limited time, and never without proper provision for compensation to the public. It is my personal belief that the same kind and degree of control and supervision which should he exercised over public servlca corporations should be extended also to combinations which control necessaries of life, such as meat, oil and coal, or which deal In them on an important seal. I believe that the officers, and especi ally the directors, of corporations, should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law. Combinations in Industry are the re sult of an imperative economic law which cannot be repealed by political legisla tion. The effort at prohibiting all com bination has substantially failed. Tha way out lies not in attempting to pre vent such combinations, but In completely controlling them in the Interest of the public welfare. There Is a widespread belief among our people that, unde- the methods of Jmaklng taxlfXs which have hitherto ob-, The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by tho mere fact of Its size. acquires qualities which differentiate it In kind as well as In degree from what is possessed by men of relatively- small means. Therefore, I believe in graduated income tax on big for tunes, and In another tax which is far more easily collected and far more ef fective a graduated inheritance tax on biff fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly In amount with the size of the estate. Of conservation I shall speak more at length elsewhere. Conservation means development as much as it does protec tion. I recognize tho right and tho duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land, but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use. the generations that come after us. The natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people and not mo nopolized for tho benefit ot the few. That is one of the fundamental rea sons why the special interests must be driven out o politics. Of all the ques tions which can come before this Na tion, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, ther-i is none which compares In importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us, and train ing them into a better race to Inhabit the land and pass it on. Conservation is a great moral Issue, for it Involves the patriotic duty of Insuring the safe ty and continuance ot tha Nation, Let me add that the health and vitality of our people are at least as well wortli conserving as their forests, water.-;, lands and minerals, and that in this great work the National Government must bear a most important Dart. Labor's Rights Discussed. The risht to regulate the use of wealth in the public interest is uni versally admitted. Let us admit also the right to regulate the terms and conditions of lahor, which is the chief element of wealth, directly in the in terest of the common good. Xo man can be a good citizen un less he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so that after his day's work Is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of tha community to help in carrying the gen eral load- We keep countless men from belpg good citizens by the conditions of life with which we surround them. We need comprehensive workmen's compensation acts, both state and Na tional laws to regulate child labor and the work of women, and especially wo need in our common schools not merelv education in book learning but also practical training for daily life and work. I do not ask for over-centralization. but I do ask that we work in a spirit of broad and far-reaching Nationalism when we work for what concerns our people as a whole. I believe in shaping the ends of government to protect property as well as human welfare. Normally, and n the lone run, the ends are the same. but whenever the alternative must be faced I ani for men and not for prop erty, t am far from underestiniatijig the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human charac ter. I know well that the reformer must not bring upon the people eco nomic ruin, or the reforms themselves will go down In the ruin. But wo must be ready to faro temporary dis aster, whether or not brought on by those who will war against us to tho knife. Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is Inevitable if our Na tional Ufa brings us nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few and the triumph in both politics and busi ness of a sordid and selfish material ism. Direct Primary Suggested. If our political institutions were per fect, they would absolutely prevent, the political domination of money In any part of our affairs. We need to make our political representatives more quickly and sensitively respon sive to the people whose servants they are. More direct action by tho people In their own affairs under proper safeguards Is vitally necessary. The direct primary Is a step in this direction if it is associated with a cor rupt practices aet effective to prevent the advantage or the man wining recklessly and unscrupulously to spend money over his mora honest competitor. One of the fundamental necessities in a representative government suoh as ours Is to make certain that tho men to whom the people delegate their power shall E-rve the people by whom they are elected, and not the special interests. I believe that every National officer, elected or appointed. should be forbidden to perform any service or receive any compensation directly or indirectly from interstate corporations: and a stmllar provision could not fail to be useful within the states. The object of government Is the welfare of the people. Th material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens. What we need Is goqd citizens. Good cltlsenship means progress; and therefore all good citizens should stand for prog ress, and must be progressive. Should Be Dlaereet. Chicago Record-Herald. A man who Is good because he has never had a chance to be bad may be worthy of respent, but he should not at tempt to make capital of his virtue. Evidence Costs More Than Claim. Philadelphia Record. It cost New York City 143 for wit nesses in condemning one cemetcrv claim .valued at s