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MAINE.
. Perhaps It is not worth while to try
to do anything for h Republican
rty since the temper of the country
obviously Is that It shall be beaten,
and beaten overwhelmingly and ' 1b
toominlously. in thecurrent election".
The result In Maine foretells disaster
In November in unmistakable terms.
It is unprecedented that Maine, a his
toric Republican state, steadfast here
tofore ax the rocks of Its granite coast.
hnuld have administered this chas
tisement to the Republican candidates
through any local dissatisfaction or
Brother accidental or fortuitous clr
cuoetence: If the Republican party
cannot rely on safe majorities and
ronsistent support In .Maine, where
hall It look confidently for success
thrs year? . . ...
The Immediate cause of the. Maine
outcome undoubtedly was the disaf
fection of a portion" of the " Repub
lican voter through 'the activity of
Senator Hale and the Congressional
delegation for the Payne-Aldrich bill
nd otherwise In support of "regular"
men. methods and measures. Maine
lias long had Hale In the Senate,- so
long that he had come to look upon
the office as a personal possession
nd the Republican party In the state
as a private asset. Hale was never
popular, at home: or if. he ever had
elonjents. el strength aside from his
polltifal prowess, the time had long
ravsed. Tot the force of tradition was
strong in Maine, and Hale was kept
In the Senate because he had been
there .a long time and had become
an Influential "National figure srnd
was able to keep- Maine in Its ancient
position In the National councils.
Then came the Payne-Aldrlch bill, the
mild outburst of Insurgent passion, and
all the accompanying symptoms of
ireneral political disorder and unrest.
Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan,
New "Hampshire and Vermont gave
evidences of their Indifference toward
the Republican party and their active
discontent even In the highly prosper
ous conditions to which the policies of
the party have contributed so large a
hare. Now Maine breaks the rule of
over forty years, elects a Democratic
Governor, two Democratic Representa
tives out . of four, and a Democratic
Legislature which will send, a Demo
cratic Senator to succeed Senator
Male, who, having with unexpected
Intuition seen the rising storm, had
already announced the withdrawal of
, his candidacy for re-election.
It Is said that the falling off in the
Republican vote In Maine was 7 per
rent and the Increase m the Demo
cratic vote 18 per cent, so that for the
most part the- shifting of voters from
one party to another was not a heavy
percentage.- Tet It is always so. The
balance of power In a Nation controlled-
through popular government
rests with a few. who by alternating
their party allegiances may bring
about momentous consequences. Yet
there is little or no consolation for
Republican to be found in the figure.-;
but the lesson of Maine must bo
Interpreted by the evidential facts,
which are that the party was not and
could not be held together, and by
the results, uhich are an almost com
plete reversal of the state's old-time
political attitude.
If the New York World's astonishing
assumption that the Nation is every
where aroused over the Governmental
extravagance is a correct reading of
the general Democratic mind, that
party has again manifested Its usual
opacity In Interpreting events and in
dicated Its Incapacity for taking ad
vantage of thetn. There are a hundred
explanations of the present public distemper.-
and each of them Is better
than the World's. The country is
prosperous, and the producers are all
getting high prices and making large
profits.- They can stand the drain of
Governmental expenditure National,
state and municipal a great deal bet
ter, than they could sixteen years ago,
when the country turned to the Re
publican .party to extricate It from
thc-.alough of despondency, debt, dis
traction and despair, and was placed
on the high road of financial inde
pendence and general prosperity.
Since this great task was performed
'by the Republican party, there has
been no backward step, nor even a
sign of recession to the old days. It
Is hard to resist the temptation to
remark that the Nation Is at last tired
of being well off and wants. to smash
something. Just for the sake of a
change. That Is not the true explana
tion, of course, but it is a part of it.
nevertneletw.
The influences that -overturned
Maine are everywhere . at work
throughout the country- They are
almost innumerable, but they proceed
with the common purpose of upset
ting the party In power: They are
the tariff. Cannonlem (so-called), the
war on Taft by the restless friends
and allies of Roosevelt. Pinchotlsm,
' the gospel of suspicion, dissatisfac
tion, discontent "and falsehood fos
tered and spread by the muckraking
magazines, growing desire to set aside
representative government, the "direct
primary, the initiative and referen
dum, socialism, and all the kindred
fads, theories, principles and doc
trines of the New Idea. There are
other reasons, no doubt, but there Is
not room nor occasion to mention
them.
' Yet withal there is no Increase of
confidence- In the Democratic party,
whlch.-is at Its lowest estate, and no
desire -to put affairs In its hands with
a view to their proper adminlstraton.
The plan appears to be to make room
for the Democracy In the Republican
household, and to displace the old
kames. tha old. traditions, the-old poli
cies., and the old leaders. Does the
New Nationalism mean a new party?
' (.PREADIMi OREGON'S FAME.
- Mention like thla from the Spring
field. .Mass Republican, pure reading
matter, first column, editorial page,
helps to bring Oregon to the fore:
. A rood many New Fnglandera fret that
thev have transacted nulta a piece of bual
bmi when they aril tha 1.1 or 2v barrrla of
applea grown In thrlr orcharda each year.
There ara larger transaction In New York
State, but tor real apple-buyln ona muat
Ir-ok to the Oregon and Waehlngton or
chard. A bit- transaction of th sort was
completed lat week, when th crop handled
b-r I ha Hood River grower- aawlatloo
a a old In on lot to a New York home.
It I euppoeed to be th blggeet red appla
deal on record, and between 40O and
rerloada of apple wer old for about
IIOU.OIW).
By the time the paragraph is copied
Into numerous exchanges, which Is
sure to happen, a whole lot of Eastern
folk will be puckering their lips for
some of the Incomparably fine fruit
therein mentioned. Meantime. the
Hood River association will not take
unkindly the hint that a box of extra
fancy Spltzenbergs be sent, charges
prepaid, to the editor of our' distin
guished New England contemporary,
not exactly as an honorarium, but to
demonstrate the worthiness of the
product so generously noticed.
A SHORT rATWHISM.
What is-Insurgency? -
A sort of' an epidemic which has
spread all over the United States.
For what object?
To split the Republican party into
two factions.
What is the result?
Thus far. the election of Demo
cratic" Congressmen in districts that
have always been safely Republican.
Is the. disease spreading?
Road the returns from Maine. "As
Maine goes, so goes the Union."
Whar Is the remedy?
There Is none. The Democrats are
playing both ends against the middle.
That party presents a solid front.
Will the next Congress be Demo
cratic? Maybe two to one.
What about Oregon?
The worst duck in the puddle. The
partnership heretofore existing be
tween -the free-silver-Populist-sore-head
Republican wing of the domi
nant party and the unbroken Demo
cratic party, whose fruits are Bourne
and Chamberlain, has not been dis
solved... The. firm is still doing busi
ness at. the old stand.
Will Oregon elect a Democratic
Governor in November?
Possibly. That party's candidate is
likely to poll more' votes than the
assembly candidate or the anti-assembly
candidate. Up to Monday night
4911 electors In Multnomah hadreg
tetered as Democrats. Watch "that
number multiplied by two and a half
or' three 'at' the November election.
Bourne has publicly declaned that he
would vote for a Democrat against
an assembly candidate for any office!
How about Congressmen?
We are worried. . But what's the
use?
Then is the Republican party of
Oregon, numerically twice as strong
as the Democratic party, to have no
voice in National affairs?
There is no Republican party in
Oregon.
What has become of the party that
elected Taft?
Ask Roosevelt.
i - t -IXRXTER' FEAST.
. The. projected dinner in Senator
Lorimer's glory will, no doubt, be a
momentous happening. It Is to be at
tended by a great host of his admir
ing friends and will carry a tremen
dous rebuke . to Colonel Roosevelt,
who declined to dine with the
smirched Senator. This banquet, if It
ever comes off, will not be exactly
like the celebrated feast of Belshaz
xar. The Babylonian monarch had "a
thousand dark nobles" bending at his
board, according to the Inspired Byron,
but their sable tint was a matter of
exterior complexion only. Leoiimer's
guests will also e dark, but the dye
will be internal. Their outside will
be as fair as a Summer morn. A con
gregation of whlted sepulchers they
might possibly be called without de
parting far from the truth.
We do not anticipate any handwrit
ing on the wall, either, at the Lorl
mer festivity. That miracle has al
ready happened so many times over
this Summer that there is no more
need of it. It would be a trifle super
fluous for the Almighty to go to the
trouble of telling Lorlmer and his
crowd that "they have been weighed
In the balance and found wanting" at
this time of day. The weighing pro
cess Is now an old storj".
It is a little .disconcerting to read
that the banquet in glorification of
bribery is to be "held before the No
vember election." This Is too unkind.
In the present suffering condition of
the Republican party one would sup
pose that Mr. Lorlmer might have
spared it this last blow. The patient
Is already sick nearly unto death from
too much glorification of the things
that Lorlmer stands for. To call em
phatic attention to them Just before
election day seems like painting the
lily, but If. he Insists on doing it we
suppose there is no law to prevent.
Time was when a man morally con
victed of the' deeds that Lorlmer has
done went away and hid himself In
some secluded nook, suppressing the
odor of himself as much as he could.
But things are different now. Such
characters seek "vindication" either
by a grand dinner or by an election
or something of the sort. It never
occurs to them that the best medi
cine for. a smirched soul is humility
and remorse.-
' - . - 1 THE ABRCKl COMXirr.
-Any fears or fond hopes that might
have been' raised over the possible
disappearance from the news columns
of the engagement of Miss Katherine
Elklns and the Duke of the Abruzzl
have again" been dashed to earth. Few,
If any. of the American girls who have
attempted to sell themselves to for
eign nobility have had more extensive
and long-drawn-out negotiations than
those which followed the original an
nouncement of this proposed marriage.
At 'the beginning some difficulty was
experienced In making Pa Elkins un
derstand that the Duke, at the beg
garly few millions at which he was
quoted, was a bargain in royalty. Sat
isfying himself that Italian' Dukes
were not on sale at the dollar stores.
Pa Elklns at last consented. Then the
Duke backed water. A closer exam
ination of his Intended bride failed to
reveal any greater claim to royalty
than a vulgar fortune made In oil.
steel and slimlar prosaic staples which
Pa Elklns had skillfully syndicated
Into a trust.
Katherine did not even have Indian
blood In her -veins. On making this
discovery the Dnke took a short cut
back to his profession of mountain
climbing and Pa Elkins began graft
ing limbs on a family tree. In this
pursuit, to use a classical expression,
he- had Burbank "backed off the
boards," and In dus season the Elkins
family tree revealed beyond question
that through the Elkins veins there
coursed a strain of royal blood as blue
as that of the South Sea Island
kings. Ready money and royalty
then seemed to be getting close to
gether, but the King of Italy object
ed, and again the Duke of the Abruzzl
took to the mountains.
Meanwhile, pressure from an un
known source convinced the King of
Italy that there was too much money
In the Elklns dower to permit It to get
away from Italy, and the royal con
sent was given. Now comes the news
from Rome that the fat Is again In
the fire and that "the Duke of the
Abruzzl himself "broke off the match
for personal reasons." The next scene
In this international comedy will be
awaited with a mild degree of Inter
est. It Is approaching the vaudeville
period.
REMOVE TICE RESTRICTIONS.
The advantages of removing the an
cient restrictions which hamper the
growth of this country have often been
referred to In an effort to secure need
ed reform in our tariff laws. It re
quired many years of effort to secure
the tariff reductions necessary to de
velop trade with the Philippines, and
the Interests which antagonized the
effort drew doleful pictures of the re
sults which were sure to follow this
first attack at the sacred Idol of pro
tection. .Virtual free trade with the
Philippines has now been In effect
more than one year, and the returns
are so satisfactory that even a high
tariff paper like the San Francisco Call
speaks In glowing terms of the change.
According to the Government figures,
the value of our exports to the Philip
pines for the twelve months ending
with June was nearly J 17.000.000, a
gain 'of over J3.000.000 over the pre
ceding twelve months.
The purchsaing power of the Philip
pines had- been increased through the
market which we provided for the
Islands' sugar, tobacco, hemp, etc., to
the extent of more than 117,000.000.
Of hemp alone we took $10,000,000
worth, and tobacco, -which had previ
ously been barred out by the tariff,
amounted to nearly Jl,700,000. The
San Francisco Call, in noting this
heavy increase In business, states that
"It has an important bearing on the
business of this port (San Francisco),
through which pass most of the Im
ports and xports." There is another
most necessary reform ."which will
have an equally Important bearing on
the foreign business of San Fran
ciscothe repeal of the ancient navigation-laws
which prevent us from
attracting ships to the American flag.
If the Call and other high-tariff news
papers would Join in- a demand for
free ships with which to handle this
ever-Increasing Philippine trade, there
would be an enormous saving In
freights, and San Francisco, Portland
and Puget Sound -would, in'due season,
become the home port for big fleets
of ships which are now forced to sail
under alien flags, and, of course, spend
their money for repairs, equipment,
etc., in the ports -where they are reg
istered. As free trade In the Philip
pines has proved so satisfactory, why
not extend it to the ships needed to
carry 'the products of our Island de
pendency? ..
THE STORY OP FORT WAIU WALLA.
.For good and sufficient reasons the
historic stockade known as Fort
Walla Walla was established by the
Government: for good and sufficient
reasons the War Department has de
cided to abandon the old fort sell it
out this Autumn. The logic of events
Is behind both the establishment and
the abandonment of this military sta
tion. Away back in 1847. so runs the
story, the mission established by Mar
cus Whitman at Walilatpu. six miles
from the present site of Walla Walla,
was invested by the friendly (as was
supposed) Cayuse and Nez Perce In
dians and its peaceful, unarmed In
mates were massacred. The Govern
ment, owing to the absence of troops,
military posts and supplies In the Far
West, was powerless to protect its
peaceful citizens of the frontier. Wars
and rumors of wars followed this trag
edy, and finally. In 1S55, Fort Walla
Walla was established, a bulwark of
reassurance if not of safety to the set
tlers, and a warning to the hostile
Indians who opposed the occupancy of
the country by the white man.
Many of the succeeding years were
years of vigilance and anxiety, of sor
tie and defense and of martial spirit
and array at old Fort Walla Walla.
Detachments from thence were hur
ried to the front with Colonels Steptoe
and Wright and later Joined in the
weary marches led by General How
ard in his hot pursuit of Joseph the
Nex Perce. Peace at length reigned,
a peace that was literally conquered,
and quiet fell upon the old fort.
Other years passed, and now at last
it has been decided that, having en
tirely outlived the necessity that called
it Into existence, the old fort will be
abandoned.
Not since 1878 have soldiers been
called from Fort Walla Walla to the
defense of settlers from a savage foe.
Having performed its part In the
great drama of civilization like a sen
tient' thing; having answered a vital
need In a strenuous time wherein
savagery and civilization were at war,
or sleeping . upon their arms; having
in brief served well its day and gen
eration, the old fort will be disman
tled, the small detachment of troops
there quartered will be sent to other
stations, the fine acreage comprising
the military reserve will be appraised
and sold, and Fort Walla Walla, with
Its storied past, -will belong to history.
Memory for a while will linger over
scenes of which It was the theater;
tradition will weave tales of fairyland
with the old fort for its inspiration:
folk-lore will recite legends of fair
women and brave men who now and
again called Its officers quarters home.
Further than this. It will soon belong
to the roll of things that were for a
time but now are not.
A woman organizer, professing al
legiance, to some National organiza
tion or other, has appeared in Port
land for the purpose of getting the
department store female clerks and
employes into a union. Of course it is
their privilege to form a union if they
desire, or to do anything that will
serve to benefit them. But there is
no excuse for misrepresenting their
condition to bring about that result, or
any result. This -woman organizer is
responsible for the statement that the
average monthly wage of department J
store women and girls In Portland is I
only- $17.50. J.t is not true. " It la so j
far from the truth that it is grossly
and ridiculously false. The average
wage in one large store for female
employes of all classes, from highest
to lowest, is over $45 per month; and
the pay is practically the same In all.
These girls and women, by the way,
have not been dissatisfied with their
employment or with their treatment.
Probably they are not asking for out
side help, since obviously they do not
need it. ,
The Oregon State Fair, which got
a good start on the high road to pros
perity in the past several seasons. Is
again attracting large crowds. It was
the success of the State Fair that, was
largely responsible for the attempt to
revive the Livestock Show and racing
meet in this city. Either of these
events Is decidedly advantageous ' to
the other. . By, affording exhibitors an
opportunity to' reach two of these big
events without loss of time, much bet
ter exhibits are attracted. If Port
land can Induce the streetcar company
to provide adequate transportation, it
will be possible to have a number of
the largest stake races ever arranged
In the West, and Salem, following a
week later, will also have the same
number of big events. In time the
Country Club track in this, city and
the State Fair track at Salem will be
come as well known to horsemen all
over the country as Charter Oak and
Lexington are known today. The
State Fair offers a fine programme this
week, and It is apparently receiving
the support It deserves.
The Canadian government an
nounces the wheat yield of that coun
try for 1910 at 122,785,000 bushels,
a decrease of 44,000,000 bushe.ls from
last year. When It Is considered that
there has been an enormous amount
of new wheat land brokea up in that
much-advertised country, a 25 per
cent decrease in the output does not
make a very good showing for the per
manency of the industry, or for the
assurance of profitable crops. There
are, of course, occasional crop failures
in the United States, but nothing ap
proaching the uncertainty of the Ca
nadian crop ever troubles the Ameri
can farmer. If wheat prices-continue
to rise to a permanent basis much
higher than that now prevailing, it
might pay to get one crop out of two
or three in Canada, but the farmer
who is desirous of securing a crop
every year will prefer the American
side of the line.
There was no meeting, secret or
otherwise, of corporation lawyers, or
any others, at Mr. Fenton's office In
the Interest of Judge Cleland's candi
dacy. Mr. Fenton explodes that per
sistent campaign falsehood by explicit
denial. There was a meeting of Judge
Cleland's friends of various shades of
political opinion and of various pro
fessional connections at ex-Senator
Fulton's office. It was not secret
Do the anti-assembly candidates insist
on a monopoly of secret meetings for
the purpose of slate-fixing?
Next to dogs, chickens are the most
fruitful cause of quarrels .between
neighbors. Saintly men and angelic
women have been known to curse and
swear at persons who refused to stand
quietly and be bitten by their dogs. A
Seattle man shot his next door neigh
bor Monday after a year's quarrel over
their hens. The plain lesson of such
events la that the city Is no place for
livestock. The" sooner it Is' banished
to the country the sooner sweet peace
will unfold . her ' snowy pinions above
our heads.
Dr. Brougher"s courage In donning
an "Ice cream suit" for pulpit wear
rather scatters one's wits. Such revo
lutionary conduct can only be properly
weighed after long meditation. Per
haps it is wicked, perhaps a noble
victory for righteousness. At any
rate, it raises the profound question of
what particular good is accomplished
by the customary outfit. What neces
sary accession of salntliness accrues
from buttoning a collar behind?
The love troubles of Miss Elkins
and her fickle Abruzzl are like a novel
in sixty volumes. They were interest
ing to begin with. Now they pall.
For the sake of a weary world' it is
to be hoped that the woebegone twain
will either hurry up and get married
or sunder their fortunes for good. It
is time to clear the stage for new
actors.
Dr. Brougher savs he will wear his
"Ice cream" clothes whenever the
weather at Los Angeles sizzles. That's
what he gets for moving away from
Portland, where withering heat is
never felt
This headline covers an Indianapolis
news item: "Coal Still at $1.60 a
Ton." In Portland It would be mov
ing Into 10,000 basements If the price
were three times as high.
If Bryan had only "laid low" two
years ago, what a chance he would
have now with the insurgents doing
more for his party than it could ever
do for Itself.
Just as the icemen have been trained
to become honest, the coal dealer be
gins to sell short weight. This is a
world of woe and "wickedness.
According to the very latest bulle
tin Ahrmzl has broken off the match.
Things might have gone differently if
Katherine had a big brother.
Lay by something else than the um
brella for the rainy day. The lean
years are already casting a vaporous
shadow o'er the land.
Seismic disturbances are felt right
along in many parts of California, but
nothing now can shock the Native
Son. '
Doesn't It always come to this? In
surgency elects the Democrat. Then
what have you accomplished?
Don't be discouraged over the news
from Maine. Cheer up. The worst
Is yet to come.
Why didn't Bryan think to go up
Into Maine and unload a few speeches
last month?
Now watch the cartoonists bind up
fresh wounds . on the G. O. P. . ele
phant. Members of boards of election will
earn their compensation this year.
Make it unanimous and let them do
their worst, which Is their best.
"Remember the Maine" election and
repent. . '
Insurgence, -then resurgenca.
SAFK, SAXB, SELF-RESTRAINED
Attitude of President Taft In the
Present Hullaballoo.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The , events of the past fortnight
must have suggested to thoughtful
and honest observers of American
politics of both parties some such sen
timent as this: Let us thank God
that whate'er befall, we have In the
Presidential chair a sane, honorable
and self-restrained man, who has kept
patience in the face of the utmost
provocation, who has borne himself
as a gentleman, who has sustained the
high dignity of the Presidential of
fice, even though false friends have
aimed deliberate insult at him: who
has so acted that the promise exciteQ
by his reputation and record have been
more than fulfilled: who by the force
of his character gives assurance to ail
patriotic. Americans that though the
gusts of hysteria and lawlessness may
descend upon us. . the executive, un
moved, will do his duty, so that the
republic shall take no harm.
The race is not always to the swift.
President Taffs finest performance
lies in keening silence.- and in show
ing confidence that in the long run
the mania .will abate, and that the
conservative portion of the country
outweighs and outnumbers Populists,
Bryanitos, half-baked Socialists, sen
sationalists and all that class of reck
less persons so ignorant of the art of
government and so careless of conse
quences that their possession of a voice
and vote has always been considered
the chief danger of a republican form
of government.
The current news dispatches pur
porting to quote from Mr. Taft's pri
vate conversation to the effect that
soma of the planks of the "new na
tionalism" are "unconstitutional" have
been denied. Ha is to be congratulated
for refusing absolutely to enter into
these wild controversies. Unconstitu
tional? Why It is simply nonsense.
It is gravely proposed to undertake a
programme of universal social uplift,
and to "use the National Government
as a tool wherever it is necessary." in
order to revolutionize our social, gov
ernmental and economic life. Appar
ently some inspired and all-wise auto
crat is to Judge of the necessity, and
is to proceed gayly on the unending
quest for the millenium, without any
sort of regard for or even recognition
of the fart that the Constitution of the
United States exists or that this is
a Governmen of law and not of per
sonal whim and caprice.
When a reasonable, moderate,
thoughtful statesman like Taft. learned
in the law and acquainted with the
spirit of our institutions, shall state
his opinion of the new nationalism,
which lightly brushes aside the Con
stitution, the courts and the state gov
ernments, and accepts the recall, the
referendum and all the experimental
fads of populism, he will not stop with
a mere statement that It' is unconstitu
tional. He could show that it Is a
wild dream, supported only by those
who would lightly and wantonly turn
the United States Government Into a
laboratory for rash sociological experi
mentation, despite the fact that Amer
ica escaped the perils that have usual
ly beset republics, and has won the
mightiest success of- the ages, chiefly
because the wise founders positively
thrust aside the notions of doctrin
arles and adhered religiously In fram
ing the Government to those devices
which had been' proved good and sound
in practice.
But the President has wisely re
frained from making any answer, for
who can answer mere exclamation or
argue with it? Like Bryanism, it will
spend Itself and dwindle to nothing
ness. The value of Taft to his country
and to his party at this Juncture Is
that, as Grover Cleveland let Bryan
denounce him and win- the plaudits of
the thoughtless, so Taft "sits tight,"
docs his duty, remains calm and trusts
to the saving sense of the country.
He will not read men out of the
party; he will not attempt to make the
laws; he will not overrule the Supreme
Court; he will never foment strife be
tween classes nor evoke the passions
of that mob which It is easier to arouse
than subdue. He will simply do his
duty as President, enforce the laws
and stand by his country.
Pointed Paragvapha.
Chicago News.
There are more brain calms than brain
storms.
Investigating committees have no
terrors for honest men.
There's no place like home, even if It
Is a homely place.
Happy is the rounder who has no
wife to square himself with.
A faint heart is considered an easy
mark by the up-to-date girl.
Half a million In cold cash makes a
fat widow nice' and plump.
We feel sorry for the man who thinks
that everybody else Is dishonest.
Nearly every girl thinks it Is up to
her to resist a kiss she really wants.
Honest, now. haven't you written a
lot of letters that you wish you hadn't
posted?
Fortunate is the man who takes a
wife for better or for worse and strikes
a happy medium.
When It comes to selecting a second
mate a widow is apt to make a better
qholce than a widower does.
Roosevelt's Self-Restraint.
Congregationallst.
The President of the United States
and the responsible head of the party
finds himself confronted not only with
the difficult task of harmonizing a
divided party, but with an apparent
rlvalshtp which Is an impeachment of
his authority. The party cannot have
two supreme leaders much less two
leaders who are drifting apart. Tho
situation is unprecedented in our his
tory. It will become even more un
familiar and distasteful to sober
minded Americans If the party in power
is divided on the question of personal
allegiance to the United States. That
will seem to many of us a step to
ward the politics which have some
times characterized the Spanish-American
republics. We look to the self-restraint
of Mr. Roosevelt for a relief
from this condition of affairs, and ths
best sign of that self-restraint wouM
be. his positive declaration that he has
no wish to return to the Presidency.
' XothinaT but Kleka for Taft.
Springfield Republican.
After all has been said that can be
said against President Taft, It remains
true that he has been faithful to his
promises In respect to the "clinching''
of "my policies,", and has been to a
large degree successful. In. this work
he has tried to keep the party together,
as -did Roosevelt when he was Presi
dent. He has felt the need of em
ploying such established party leader
ship as was at hand, however reac
tionary it may have been, precisely js
did Roosevelt when he was President.
And for his methods he has received
nothing but kicks from the Roosevelt
followers, and for what he has done
through these methods he has not had
a word of recognition from Roosevelt
himself.
Blue Prints.
McMeasure struggled. It appears.
And did his honest, level best
To please his firm of engineers
At building bridges in the West.
He took the blueprints out one day
Above the stream his firm's bridge
spans.
And In his willing, witless way
He fell right in with all their plans'.
Lipplncott's.
J. J. HILL IJi ANSWER TO HEXEV.
Full Text of Hla Reply to an Attack at
the Conaervation Coogreaa.
Tho Oreg-onlan has published a part of-the
reply of Jamea J. Hill to an attack by
Francis J. Heney at St. Paul. Here It 1
In full: "
St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 10.
It is not often that James J. Hill,
railroad king and aptly termed the
Empire Builder, allow-s ' himself to re
ply to the criticism of others, but he
does so this morning in the Signed
statement-from him that follows, and
Francis J. Heney, uncoverer of timber
frauds on the Pacific Coast, untangler
of the graft snarl of San Francisco, Is
ths target, into the very center of
which Mr. Hill's shafts have flown.
Mr. Hill's answer to the statements
of Mr. Heney, made during the closing
moments of the conservation congress
Thursday, when it was too late for the
chairman of the board of directors of
the Great Northern to make reply In
kind, was brought about by the request
yesterday afternoon of the Pioneer
Press of a statement from Mr. Hill re
garding the matter.
There was the fire of combat in Mr.
Hill's eye as he wheeled about in his
chair to respond. He called for his
stenographer and dictated a reply to
Mr. Heney. It follows in full:
"In this morning's issue of the
Pioneer Press, Francis J. Heney Is re
ported to have made, during the closing
hours of the Conservation Congress,
certain statements so recklessly and
maliciously false that they cannot be
passed with silent contempt. You will
no doubt be glad to give to the truth
as prominent publication as to the
libel.
"Mr. Heney was talking about mat
ters long of public record. It was his
business to know, and it is fair to
assume that he did know, the facts.
Having wilfully falsified them, the re
sponsibility rests upon him. and his
sponsors. He says:
" "We gave to Mr. Hill 60.000.000 acres
of land a strip 2000 miles long, 40
miles In width through the territories,
and 20 miles In width through the
states. This was worth at a fair price
$10 an acre.'
"This has not a rag of truth to cover
its nakedness. It would not be true to
say, if the Government had made a
grant to the Great Northern, that it
gave the land to Mr. Hill. But It did
neither. The Great Northern did not
receive a dollar in money or an acre of
land from the Federal Government.
"Not only was the Great Northern
built from the western boundary of
Minnesota to the Pacific Coast without
Federal aid, but it bought the right of
way through all the unceded lands,
from the middle of North Dakota to
the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun
tains, at a price fixed by a Federal
commission. The Great Northern is the
only transcontinental line so built.
"It is probable, from the figures
given, that Mr. Heney was referring to
the land grant made to the Northern
Pacific. But the charter of the North
ern Pacific passed Congrese and was
signed by President Lincoln in 1864, 15
jears before I was Interested in the
railroad business, and at a time when
I was working for $75 a month.
"If Mr. Heney did not know these
facts, public property for nearly 50
years, what shall the public call a
man who brlng to important occasions
such incredible Ignorance? If he did
know them, what still shorter and
more unpleasant name does he de
serve? "Mr. Heney says again: 'I don't hesi
tate to say that some good citizen like
James J. Hill would have built the
Great Northern on some such salary a-s
$50,000 a year.'
"Here ' It seems more probable that
he is simply using the pet weapon
of the coward innuendo. He does not
assert that Mr. Hill receives a salary
of $50,000 a year, which would be no
crime if it were true, but makes a
statement which conveys the impres
sion to every one who heard it. There
fore he likely knew the fact that I have
never received, and do not now receive
one dollar of salary from any railway
company.
"These libels bear the mark of pre
arrangement. I had delivered before
the Conservation Congress an address
that opposed courteously, with fact
and argument, the position taken by
Mr. Heney and his backers. Every fig
ure ued in it was taken from official
sources. If its facts or Its logic were
faulty, either could be corrected. In
stead, at the last moment before ad
journment, when there could be no re
ply or correction, Mr. Heney puts be
fore tha congress, not all of whose
members could distinguish between the
falsehood and the fact, between the
public speaker on such an occasion and
the discredited individual, theso bold,
deliberate and carefully calculated
falsehoods.
"It Is reported that Mr. Heney In
tends to spend some time In Minnesota
and address himself to her people. It is
up to him now either to tell the truth
and explain how and by whom he was
so groesly deceived, or to take his self
appointed station as a member of the
Ananias Club. The people, who like fair
play and abhor lying above most things,
will not fall to give some thought to
the probable worth of any cause that
needs or is willing to accept the sup
port of such methods and such men.
"JAMES J. HILL.
"St. Paul. September 9."
Favorite Book for Roys.
Harper's Weekly.
In an attempt to solve the question of
what kind of books boys like best, a re
quest was sent to the library assistants
In charge of children's rooms in New
York City, asking them to make a list
of the 25 books of fiction most popular
among boys of 12 to 15 years old. The
lists were made after careful considera
tion and without consultation and repre
sent very fairly the preference of the
boys. The following are the 25 books:
Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.
Cadet Days, by General Charles King.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill, by
Colonel W. F. Cody.
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by
A. Conan Doyle.
Treasure Island, by Stevenson.
Crimson Sweater, by Barbour.
Behind the Lines, by Barbour.
Jack Among the Indians, by Grlnnell.
Halfback, by Barbour.
Fast Mall, by Drysdale.
Substitute, by Camp.
Pete. Cow Puncher, by Ames. '
Ivanhoe, by Scott. '
Captain Courageous, by Kipling.
Redskin and Cowboy, by Henty.
Story of a Bad Boy. by Aldrich.
Robin Hood, by Pyle.
Yale Cup, by Dudley.
Oliver Twist, by Dickens.
Monte Crlsto, by Dumas.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea. by Verne.
The Spy. by Cooper:
Kidnaped, by Stevenson.
Hla Instructor.
Buffalo Express.
"What would your father say If he
heard you say those words?" asked the
kindly person as the young hopeful let
out a terrific oath. '
"What would me fader say? I learned
'em off'n him."
Promotions In the Ananias Class.
Indianapolis News.
It is understood that the Ananias
Club is to remain in full force and
vigor. Numerous promotions to this
elect company may be expected. Its
founder and most worshipful patriarch
has no Intention of laying aside his
prerogative.'
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
President Johnson, of the American
League, was pointing out to a sporting
editor the wonderful money - making
possibilities of the baBeball business.
Basebiill is ingrained in our people."
he said. "They give their time and
money to baseball, though the heavens
fall.
"There's a spice of truth in the story
of the boss who said to his office boy:
" 'Well, Henry, I don't see how you'll
get to any of the games this season, as
your grandmother died twice while
football was on."
" 'But.' said the boy. 'grandfather has
married again, much against the wishes
of the family.'" St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
a a
The electric ventilating fan on the
wall of the restaurant was whizzing
round. A gentleman who had dined ex
tremely well sat looking at it for soma
time. "Waiter," he complained at last,
"that clock's fast:" Punch.
a a
Mrs. Jones' favorite warning to her
young progeny when they were in mis
chief was that tshe would tend to them
in a minute. "Tending" was accom
plished by applying her open hand
where it would do the most good.
When Harry was four years old he was
sent for the first time round the corner
to the grocery. In a few minutes he
came trotting soberly back with the
nickel still In his hand, but no bag of
onions.
"What's the matter?" asked his
mother.
"I'm 'fraid of the man," he said, sol
emnly. "Oh, he won't hurt you," reassured
Mrs. Jones. "Run along and bring the
onions. I'm in a hurry for them "
A second time Harry disappeared
round the corner, and a second time re
turned without his purchase.
"I'm 'frald of the grocer man." he
explained, as before.
"Well, what makes you afraid of
him?" demanded his mpther, impa
tiently. "Why," answered the little fellow,
"bofe times when I goed In he looked at
me, an' said, 'I'll tend to you in a min
ute." Youth's Companion.
a a a
Dr. Brent, the bishop of the Philip
pines; has been addressed before now as
the bishop of the "Phlllppians." He has
also been given another designation
much less apostolic. He says some lit
tle time ago he was' dining at the
house of an eminent Nonconformist.
Most of the maids at the houee were
stanch church women, and were greatly
delighted at having a real bishop to
minister- to. One was heard to say to
another quite gleefully, "The Bishop of
the Philistines is coming to . dinner."
"He must be very old." drily remarked
the housekeeper ,a grim, hard-shelled
Baptist. Church Family Newspaper.
a
"What is your last name, my boy?"
asked the teacher of the new pupil, a
frlphtened-looking youngster of some
half dozen years.
"Tommy."
"Tommy what?"
"Tommy Tompkins."
"Then Tompkins is your last name."
turned to his record book.
"No. sir." came the reply, with the
air of one accustomed to render literal
ness to Inquiring elders. "I don't think
so. sir. Tompkins was my name already
when I was born, and aunty says they
didn't glvi me the other for a whole
month afterward." Youth's Companion.
Thinks That Coraii- Weaken Mind.
New York Dispatch.
Off with the corset! Let waists be.
uneonflned! Such Is the substance of
a highly original document addressed
to Mayor Gaynor by Dr. Hobart San
glovannl, an Italian physician, now in
New Tork City.
"I believe," said Dr. Sangiovanni.
"that woman's Incontestable mental In
feriority is due entirely to the use dur
ing long centuries of the injurious cor
set. You cannot compress the body
without restricting the mind. The cor
set is the symbol of countless proceses
by which the bodies and spirits of
women have been enslaved.
"Consider first the corset of the body
which causes many diseases, especially
anaemia and predisposition to tubercu
Iosts. Then there is the corset of cus
tom and sentiment, which shapes her
mentality to what the average man
considers a fine womanliness, but
which in reality weakens her moral .
muscles Just as the constant support
of the bodily corsets weakens her
physical muscles."
C'banfrlna; Foreign Family Names.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Prussian Minister of Commerce
regrets that many Germans in the
United States' hasten to "Americanize"
their names as well as their customs
and sentiments. He thinks it more loyal
to the mother country, as well as more
expedient for the American Nation, to
retain one's original name. Why should
Schmidt become Smith and Weiss
White? he asks. American savants and
statesmen have often expressed similar
opinions and pointed out the "ethno
logical and sociological confusion" en
tailed by the changing of names and
the dropping of "skys" and other ap
pendages. But how can the practice be
stopped or regulated? The common law
acknowledges a man's right to change
his name, and where application is
made to a court for the privilege of
making a change, approval is almost a
matter of course, provided there is no
intent to defraud creditors or escape
obligations.
Asking Too Much of the Choir.
New York Evening Sun.
A singing exangellst recently In
this city used to declare that the suc
cess which his sacred concerts have
everywhere met has been due to the
fact that he insists on his choir ex
pressing in their faces the emotions
which they sing.
Consider the phrase of the good old
hymn:
O Lord, how wonderful Thou art;
What wretched worms are we.
Now, how Is the choir to assume, the
expression of a worm at all, let alone
of a wretched worm? What is that ex
pression? Has turning any part in tha
assuming of it, and once assumed is it
likely to draw the Sunday morning
robins from the golf links into the de
serted city churches? One can but wish
the singing evangelist had been more
explicit.
Pointed ParnarraphM.
Chicago News.
A woman baits her hook and men
nibble at It. Finally one gets over
bold and he is landed.
When a man says he wants to have a
private talk with you it means that
he has an ax to grind and he- wants
you to turn the grindstone.
The way of woman is beyond the
understanding of man. She laughs when
he thinks she should cry and cries
when he thinks she should laugh.
One Notable Exception.
New York Press.
Everything seems to be insurgintf
now except the graveyards.
Tart Still' on tbe Job. '
. Birmingham Age-Herald.
In this Rooseveltlan era let us re
member that Willlan Howard Taft is
still President of the United States.
Wild Midsummer polltlca.
New York World.
"Joe" Bailey, of Texas, for Presi
dent is the wildest kind of midsummer
politics.