Morning Oregonian., September 19, 1910, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, SEPTE3IBER 19, 1910.
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TKr ORRiON M FT HOD El.trWHFRK.
The Indianapolis News rinds Itself
much Interested in the fate of th
thirty-two bill and amendments to
be .voted on in Oregon in November
under the Initiative and referendum.
It has observed the spread of the
movement for the initiative through
out the country, but says frankly that
"it Is not prepared to Join hands with
those who would Impose on the people
the burden of legislating directly.
. . . Think of a tariff hill made di
rectly by the people. Congress has
done badly enough, but " the people
would do nothing at all. . . . The
remedy Is to elect better men to offh
and hoM them to very strict account
ability. . . . The-Oregonian." con
tlrtues the News, "is not much tm
.pressed with the beauties of direct leg
islation. Docs it. we wonder, accur
atcly reflect public opinion on this
subject?"
The Oregonian Is quite unable to re
ply In terms entirely intelligible to an
observer so far from the real habitat
of the Initiative as Indiana. Undoubt
fdty. If the question of abolishing the
'Initiative were to be submitted unde
th initiative, of course it would no
!be done. Nor Is there a movemen
there to do it. But there Is. or ough
'to be. a general appreciation of the
'crave blunder made in permitting the
initiative to be made to apply to gen
ral legislation.
The initiative now must bear the
.burden of solving, or endeavoring to
solve, every social, economic, political
legislative and administrative problem
-under the sun. It is the instrument
by which every fad. or fancy, or ntv-
-tlon. .or hobby of anybody and every
;body may be passed up to the people
and determined. The proposed acts
'or amendments are In part such meas
ures as could or would get no serious
consideration from any legislative
body. They do not represent as a
rule the seafoned thought or the ma
ture Judgment of skilled and disln
terested law-makers, but they are too
often the product of the mind or pur
pose of some schemer or dreamer or
propagandist who could get a hearing
in no other way.
But the fact that the initiative Is
1 bused by some people Is no real In
dictment of Its efficacy, and would be
no necessary reason for Its abandon
ment. The most serious criticism that
ran Justly be made of the Initiative is
that it Is used as a method or vehicle
of general and miscellaneous Icgtsl.i
!ion. Without going now Into the
question as to whether the plan to
Vglslate through electoral units is not
In effect and In fact a reversion to
the dark ages, it may be said, without
expectation of denial, that the Oregon
legislature, so far as It acts through
".the Initiative, comprises 150.000 per
"ons who have no opportunity to con-
fer. or amend, or revise, or cornpro
'mlse, or harmonize. This is not leg
islation. . It Is the approval or the
! veto by the people In every Instance
of particular laws prepared by one or
more persons who may or may not be
" known to the people and w ho may
:r may not have their confidence.
' Th.it Is all. It Is' too much.
J The News remarks' that The Ore-
Igonian is opposed to the thirty-two
measures to be passed on In Oregon
.this November. There Is a misunder
standing which the News shares with
'others. The Oregonian has advised
. the voter in doubt to take the safe side
and say no. It would, it thinks, be
V recreant to its duty If it made any
'other suggestion. It Is not prepared
J to say that there are not among these
thirty-two measures some meritorious
projects, or amendments; but It has
i oecome apparent io t no un-Runmii,
Willamette Valley. A Vancouver item
tells of the harvesting of four and one
half tons of timothy per acre, on a
ranch near that point, and from sev
eral localities are reports of sales of
apples and pears at high figures. From
Kails City. Oregon, comes the report
that the big mills at that point will
resume work this week and give em
ployment to several hundred men.
some of whom will be employed in
building a new logging railroad Into
the Slletx country. The, Astorlan pack
ers who operate In Alaska are selling
their salt salmon this year at $10 per
barrel compared with $6 last year.
For the first fourteen business (days
of the month. Portland's building per
mits were nearly $1,000,000. and a
number of large deals In real estate
w-fre consummated.
On the market page an estimate on
the Oregon onion crop showed expected
returns of 300 carloads, worth at pres
ent" prices more than $300,000. Re
ceipts of wheat at Portland for the
week ending Saturday were 418 car
loads, and -150 carloads of miscellan
eous grain were received. The condi
tions reflected in news of this charac
ter are so different from those pre
vailing in other parts of the country
that Oregon seems all the more attrac
tlve by contrast, and. In the event of
the people, of all classes, even the free
lunch routers of the North End. Is evi
dence that conditions are better than
they' have been in the past. Tariff
reform, which seems to be the "goat"
In the present upheaval, comes slowly.
So slowly. In fact, does it come, that
during the seven years of the Roose
velt administration it stood still, and
failed to move again until President
Taft Insisted on action. But In 'this
twentieth century, when business
moves rapidly in order that all may
live and prosper, even political reform
ought to be accomplished without a
complete block of the wheels of trade.
When It becomes necessary to re
build a big railroad bridge, or replace
a wooden bridge with a steel structure.
train service Is no longer Interrupted.
The original structure Is not torn
down and traffic is not halted while
the old bridge is being replaced. It
would be far better for the country If
the. Ills which are offered as an ex
cuse for the insurgent stampede were
removed by the same method as the
brldge-bullder employs when he re
moves the weak timbers or beams In
the old structure by replacing them
with new ones without Interrupting
traffic or prosperity. Unlrss some
such policy as this is followed, the
men with the swollen fortunes who
There will be no necessity for docks,
public or private, if we are unable to
get big freighters up and down the
river.
anything like a period of hard times, are ostensibly the target at which the
would feel the strain less than it would
be felt elsewhere.
J as It must have become apparent also
to alt thoughtful persons, that the leg
islative measures are a mistake, and
that the Initiative and referendum
rught to be limited to primary ques
tions, which can be completely an
anered by the people through a plain
yes" or "no." It will come to that
eventually, because It must. There
can and should be and there will be
Tin objection to the people deciding for
themselves all problems which they
olesire.to decide: but It is an impos
ition and a nuisance, and It Is wholly
Iwrons. to call on them to Investigate
and determine matters In which they
j have no concern ani no proper inter-
, est. auoui w nil n inr) cttrr ana tan
;know little or nothing, or about which
there can be no complete or Intellt-
gent expression of their will.
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J nRIJl.iH M A H fT NEW!.
Much comment has been excited in
,the East by the remarkably favorable
J renditions in the Pacific Northwest,
and particularly tn Portland and Ore
jgon. So much development is under
jway in this new region, and new
(wealth Is being created so rapidly,
jthat It Is not at all surprising that
this field should loom larger than ever
,on the commerctnl horizon. The
-.auses for this satisfactory state of
! affairs are easily understood by a
perusal of the news columns of the
papers. We And. for example, on the
first pace of The Oregonian yesterday,
'.hat bank clearings for the week end
ing Saturday Increased 23 per cent
.over the same week last year. On the
'sixth page It is mentioned that the Fall
. run of salmon Is very good In all the
."oast streams and is expected-to be
heavy in the Columbia as soon as the
'rains begin. On the same page Is an
Item showing that the average profit
per acre from alfalfa In Klamath
' bounty this year is $23. So.
On the seventh page there is news
,rf the booking of an order of
19.000.000 feet of lumber by a South
Berd mill for shipment to South
America. A Tarn hill dispatch reports
that hop-pickers are making from $3
to $ per day gathering the largest
and best hop crop ever grown in the
V Vt ONSTfTl TION A I. IM-KIMiES.
The public is being, bombarded from
Democratic quarters with excited thun-
derlngs against the "Infamous"
Brooke-Bean bill, which found support
from many Republicans in the Oregon
Legislature of 1909. This dreadful
measure provided as follows:
t shall h unlawful for any candidate
for office to tak or make any promts or
plctae In wrltina. . . tha cmrrylnw out
of which shall he contrary to or in violation
of the prnviaton of th Constitution of th
United States, or of th Stat ot Orrxun.
or whlh ahall h In violation of tha oath of
ofrif to fupport the Constitution of th
t nltcd Stataa or of thJ Stata of Or,a-on.
w hlch shall be an axreement.
promise or pledye not to perform a duty
tinn"ed by the f'onatltution of the I'nlted
fctatvs or of 4h itate of Oregon. un-n such
officer.
Penalties were provided for viola-
tion of the terms of the act. This 'is
the horrible bogy that the frenzied
Journalistic (Democratic) promoters
of Statement One are now exhibiting
to public view. One Is irresistibly led
to assume thit they Insist upon the
right of anybody and everybody at
any time and on his own motion to I marketers do not reject a bushel of
subscribe to a promise or pledge to I potatoes which actuallv'measures only
violate either the Federal Constitution I three pecks and a half, that is the
Insurgents are shooting, will quietly
lock up their cash and their factories
and await the passing of tbe wave.
which Is not a wave of prosperity.
Meanwhile, the scanty hoards of the
millions who re neither capitalists.
Idlers nor politicians are to be thought
of. ;
MMK IMHHONE-ST FRACTK KS.
The honest farmer of the stump
speaker is still a good deal of a myth
In some parts of the country. Confis
cation of 600 fraudulent baskets and
barrels . at the Brooklyn market the
other day shows that he (s no more
common in the Kast than in the West.
It was In these peccant measure that
the farmers of the vicinity brought
their wares to sell to the guileless
Brooklyn housekeepers.
No sensible person expects farmers
to be more honest than other peo
ple. If the market will accept
straw-berry box with the bottom half
way to the top the farmer is willing
to furnish It. If consumers will buy
boxes of apples with a layer of beau
ties on top and rotten culls beneath,
the producer will supply that kind. If
or stato constitution.
HKI.P1 NO MWMITIf COl'NTY?
The Cottage Grove Sentinel ventures
the. dark suggestion that The Ore
gonian wants to defeat Nfsmith Coun
ty "because it is an assembly organ.
body and soul, and -would go to any
icnKin io auvttme macnine ponucs.
It has." declares the Senti
nel, "repeatedly Insulted the Intelll
gence of the electorate of Oregon by
questioning their qualifications to vote
for proposed laws; It has, practically
speaking, dubbed the people ignor
amuses because they refuse to turn
the grindstone to grind the assembly
axe." And so on
The Sentinel man has exceptional
ability for putting forth rubbish tin
der the guise of argument. Does this
sort of stuff help Nesmlth County?
There Is no relationship, so far as
The Oregonian, or anyone, has ob
served, between the assembly and
Nesmlth County. Furthermore. The
)regonian would like to see a county
In Oregon named Nesmlth. and it has
no objection to the proposed plan on
its merits. But It has not been able
to approve of the method of
appealing to the state at large
to make new counties under the
initiative. The electorate as a
whole is asked to pass on a variety
of county enterprises about which it
can and will know little, and in which
it has and can have no concern. It Is
unfortunate that Nesmlth is neces-
quantity they will obtain for the price
of a bushel. The sad reflection forces
Itself upon us that honesty Is a dlffl
cult and expensive affair. It requires
the same eternal vigilance aa liberty
and It Is a great deal more costly than I congratulated upon the breadth of
that charming goddess. I thought and the thirst for knowledge
Honest marketing demands watch- I which drive him to those most avail
THE LIVING PRESENT.
"Many clergymen are apt to allow
the newsDaDer to rerJaee the Bible.'
said Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, at
this time England's most - noted
preacher, before the Northfield con
ference recently. After the mild sen
sation created by this assertion had
somewhat subsided. Dr. Morgan
added: "Ministers may not be aware
of this, but there are many who are
In the habit of reading their news
papers before they read their Bibles
In the morning, and unfortunately.
the newspapers are so much more in
teresting to them than the Bible seems
to be that they neglect Bible reading."
There are ministers, of course, to
whom this criticism does not apply;
men who walk solemnly in the shadow
of the past and who regard the touch
of the present as unholy and there
fore to be shunned. But it can hardly
be conceded that men of this class are
the wisest , spiritual leaders of the
present age of Inquiry, wherein the
creed and dogma bused upon a literal
Interpretation of the Bible as the ex
clusive arjfi all sufficient Word, meet
dissent at every turn. It is one thing
to learn lessons from the past; an
other to sit solemnly in the shadow of
the past, ignoring the requirements
and the events of the present.
This is as true in a spiritual as in
a material sense. The mkn who
wraps himself in sacerdotal vestments
and looks backward, ever backward,
for inspiration in his work, has but
a dull message to give to a waiting.
seeking, asking world; while he who.
with proper reverence for the past,
applies Its lessons and precepts to the
needs of the present; who finds in
spiration In the melody of the Psalms 1
and hears the voice of wisdom In the
Proverbs of Solomon, yet is also able
to draw Inspiration from Longfellow
and Emerson; from the logic of Car-
lyle, the human touch of John Stuart
Mill, the rhapsodies of Browning, the
sublime conceptions of Ruskln and
the tender graces of Whlttler, surely
adds thereby to his spiritual equip
ment without in any sense discrediting
the Inspiration that he draws from
the poetry and prophecies of Isaiah.
And If, in pursuing the work of his
vocation, the minister turns to the
newspaper for facts that bear upon
the present social, economic, political
or religious status of the world, a
fraction of whose people he' seeks
earnestly to serve by means of light
that may come to him from whatever
source, through the gateway of an
open mind, should he be censured
therefor? Should he not rather be
MR. MOORES REVIEWS ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
Ham tbe " People Will Rale" If the Anl-Aembly Machine Has It War L'jrbjt Thrown on the Meihoda of tbe
Bourne Schemer Hofer, too, Cornea In for Pungent Dlaeunaion Here Is a Letter Worth Reading.
ful Intelligence In the buyer and the
seller both. It Is unprofitable for the
farmer to offer a superior article when
the purchaser eagerly pays the same
price for one of Inferior quality. But
If the consumer demands an honest
rtlcle and an exact measure and en
forces his demand by refusing to pay
for what he does not receive, the
farmer will respond quickly enough.
It Is Incorrect to say that every de
mand creates a corresponding supply,
but It tends in that direction. It Is
also true that a superior supply tends
to create a corresponding demand.
The two factors react on each other.
Commercial honesty is a matter of in
telligent economics. It arises when
the market calls for it and not bgfore.
Co-operation among producers has
thus far done as much as anything
to foster integrity. Co-operation
among consumers would probably be
still more effective. The most Inef
fective stimulus in the world Is
preaching. Mere words do not chango
the habits of trade.
able sources of Information in regard
to the events of the living, moving,
changing world of thought and energy,
of growth and aspiration, which he
essays to guide along moral and spirit
ual lines?
PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (To the ' Edi
tor.) The patient people of Multnomah
County will welcome the end of the
ftabfest of the anti-assembly office
seekers who are taking themselves so
seriously, and who are presuming so
much on the credulity of their constit
uents. Restless voters are praying for
a surcease. They have .tired of seeing
these excited patriots dandling their
boerte men on the platforms and at the
street corners. Their billingsgate has
grown so stale that it no longer at
tracts attention except when It provokes
retort and retaliation from friends -of
the assembly who will no. longer sub
mit in silence to their shameless fabri
cations. The people realize how foolish
is the suggestion that the assembly is
a menace to the primary law, and that
Statement No. 1 is the anchor of our
salvation. These men who have become
so hypnotized with the "exuberance of
their own verbosity" will be surprised
to know, after the primary is over, that
business In Portland has been going on
as ustial. and that, though conditions
have been more riotous on Seventh,
from Washington to Stark, everything
has been very quiet anfl orderly down
on Burhside street, the riotous element
having simply made a temporary
change of location. The Holy Rollers
of the Bourne contingent have been
having the time of their lives rescuing
the primary law from the clutches of
the assemblyites. The editorial staff
of the Journal has been in a constant
state Of perturbation over the nefarious
work of the "hiarh brows"- who have
been presuming too much on the as
sumption that the average voter is
nothing) but "a weak-minded bone
head." Colin and Lockwood and Jimmy
Ketchem are positively known to have
voted at the primaries, a half-dozen em
ployes of the corporations have been
discovered tn a convention of 1200 men.
and three men. to wit: Fenton. Huston
and atapleton. members of that eonven
tion. are known to have been Republi
cans only since 1896. Little wonder Is
it then that candidates on the Bourne
slate have felt compelled to steal Bry
an s slogan, "Let the people rule." and
scatter it broadcast on their campaign
cards. They might have adopted the
slogan. "Lt the tides ebb and flow."
out the tides, having no vote, have been
utterly Ignored.
This uprising of the Lord's anointed
is the result of the holding of several
assemnnes ana a general disposition to
discredit "the holy statement." The ex
citement seems to be confined wholly
to office-seekers and their immediate
friends, and because it Is so concentrated-it
is correspondingly violent. An
Imaginary situation Is depicted. Facts
are distorted. Epithet passes current
as argument. There are boisterous
method and extravagant statement.
Good citizens are held up as enemies of
the direct primary law, as henchmen of
the machine, and as hirelings of the
corporations. On five minutes' notice
any one of these unselfish professional
saviors of the Republic Is guaranteed to
tnrow a fit for the good of the cause
and that the people may he rescued
from the clutches of "the interests."
managers have made a note of this, and
in the first list of anti-ssembly candi
dates published there were Just 13 whose
names began with one of the first three
letters of the alphabet. Later a revised
list was published in one of the Bourne
organs. The following were published
under the heading "Anti-Assembly tick
et": Charles A. Bigelow. James Cole, T.
G. Perkins, W. J. Clemens, James D.
Abbott, Stephen Collins, Willis I. Cottell,
J. C. Bryant, James J. Flynn, James M.
Ambrose. K. C. Couch, A. G. Rushlight.
Under the head of "Independents" was
published the following list: John B.
Goddard, F. N. Myers, Charles Burn
side. L. M. Davis, Seneca Fouts, Edwin
G. Amine, Ralph C. Clyde and Oliver
M. Hickey. W. H. Chatten is named as
Anti-Assembly candidate for Joint Representative.
rfcRMANENT CHANNEL NECESSARY.
WRIGHT. r ible wan. both hmba
Tnillfationa are favnrahla for nn in-
sarily grouped in tne pudiic minawnn depen(lent Bteamsnfp nne to ply be-
otner county project nii. ... "". .,., Panama and North Pacific
or may not have, merit; but The Ore
gonian sees no way to make flesh of
the one and fowl of the other.
Does It help Nesmlth County for its
public advocates to aouse ana misrep
resent those who would be friendly to
heir effort if they felt that they could
be?
HA. PROSPERITY BECOME IRKMME?
The big moneyed Interests of the
ountry have been having things their
wn way too long. It Is time that a
hange was made and the people took
hand In the game." The foregoing
expression was not made by an un
washed North End street-corner so-
lalist. It was not the utterance of
ranting demagogue cavorting around
he country for the purpose of stirring
ports. Including Portland. Pending
the completion of the Panama Canal
neither the Panama line nor tho
American-Hawaiian service between
the Atlantic and Pacific, seaboards can
offer as high a grade of competition
as will be possible after the canal
Is completed. That the canal will
prove of inestimable value in lowering
freight rates on low-grade commodi
ties like lumber and grain is a cer
tainty. It is of the highest importance
that Portland get In the best possible
position for handling the business.
Considerable energy is wasted In an
effort to prove that Portland la not
sufficiently supplied with wharfage fa
cilities or dock sites, the object of this
agitation being to engage the city in
dock ownershp.
Fortunately. Portland is already welt
The offensive treatment to which
returning Americans are subjected by
the New York customs officials has
resulted in diverting a large amount
of passenger traffic to-Canada. It is
stated that the New York officers will
now be sent to the Canadian border
ports to harass the returning Ameri
cans, who thus seek to evade the
harsh treatment given them In the
big port. It would seem that an easier
method for keeping this travel In Its
old established route through New
York would be the employment of
regulations less obnoxious to the trav
elers. Perhaps If Collector Loeb
would replace some of his corps of
Bowery-tough inspectors, with alert,
polite inspectors, from other districts.
he would catch more smugglers and
would arouse less hostility. The pres
ence on a ship of one or two smugglers
hardly Justifies rough treatment for
the entire crowd of passengers, and
the un-American practice will be
stopped because public opinion is
against it.
tin the masses against the classes. It
as not even the plaint of an ism- suppnea lin wmrvra aim nns a prur.
nfected office-seeker w ho had fears tlcally unlimited watertront on wnicn
Commenting on last week's bank
statement, the New York Financier
says: "The important feature of the
statement was an increase of $17,630,-
800 in loans, due probably to crop
financing, principally to meet the
needs of the South." It Is refreshing
to observe that some other section
of the country than the West is cred
ited with making the drain on New
York for money. As a matter of fact.
New York has for a long time been
drawing on the West for funds, and
the rates of interest are more liberal
than those which the West was for
merly accustomed to pay to the East.
Despite the heavy drain that has been I ods of its adoption. The returns in our
made on the New York banks, the I late elections show that a large percen
surplus reserve Is still more than $21,- tae of the voters always cast their votes
000,000 above the legal requirements. '"""" . "lr , 1 1
lilt? lull ui Hie uaiiui. in intr lam nyruac
Is It not now about time to anneal
from Philip drunk to Philin sober, to
talk sense, and to allow reason to re
sume her sway? How many success
ful nominations for office have been
made in this state during the past six
years without the Intervention of some
sort of assembly? Where la there any
where a voter who la not auDDnrtlnar
r-anrilriatca what are the prodnrta of
aome aanemhlyf What eonatltutea an
asaemhlj, ana how many make a quo
rum f la the cathertns: of a half-doaea
men behind locked doom anil drawn
blind, with the llarhta tnrned low, a
daaareroim menaee to the direct
primary law than a aratherlna; of 1200
men In a an-eat hall open to public de
liberation and free discussion t Is a
gathering of five men in the dark to
set up. a slate permissible, while a
gathering of 500 in the open is not?
Can a boss better manage an assembly
of 500 men or one of five? Can Messrs.
fatten and Gesner in Marion C'ountv.
acting under Hofer's instructions, meet
in the hack office of Patton s store, or
der Libby, who wants to be Senator, to
stand aside for themselves, and then
proceed to Johnson s store and name
the rest of the legislative ticket, care
fully confining it to five men, three of
them ex-Populists? If so, can't 300
Marlon County Republicans meet in
open assembly and do the same thing?
Can Messrs. U'Ren and Brownell in
Clackamas County arbitrarily set aside
Linn Jones, a candidate for Senator, and
the popular choice, and nominate Wal
ter Dlmick, turning the trick by pur
posely withholding Brownell's an
nouncement of withdrawal until Pimick
had gotten everything ready to file his
petition and make his declaration?
a a a
Can Mr. Buurne and his local bosses
in Portland quietly, and under cover.
dictate their A. B. C. legislative slate.
and do it lawfully, while denying Repub
licans the privilege of doing the same
thing in open assembly? Let us examine
this Bourne legislative slate end in
quire into the reasons for and the meth-
Why were Amme, Burnside and Clyde,
who were in the original A., B. C. list,
thrown Into the discard to make way
for Flynn, . Perkins and Rushlight? Be
cause the Assembly Republicans had al
ready named fthree strong men, Angeil.
Beveridge and Collier, the only A. B. C.
candidates out of their list of thirteen.
This made a total of 16 A. B. C. candi
dates when there were only thirteen to
elect and in the arrangement on the
ballot Collins. Cotteil and Couch would
stand at the bottom of the list. Stand
ing below tha. dead line they would lose
the .advantage their Initials wonld other
wise give them. Flynn, Perkins and
Rushlight were approved as candidates
having a considerable personal following,
while Amme. Burneide and Clyde were
considered strong only- on account of
their initials. They declined to take the
hint and retire, however, and their re
fusal leaves Bourne only six men above
the dead line with ell of his maneuver
ing, with three Assembly men and three
"Independents." It is an open secret
that Amme, Burnside, Clyde. Davis,
Fouts, Goddard, Hickey and Myers, pub
lished as "Independents," are to Jtft no
Bourne support. They are to be utilized
as decoy ducks" to attract scattering
votes that might otherwise go to the
Assembly candidates.
Colonel Hofer, the leading Anti-Assem
bly candidate for Governor, in a recent
speech, told ;us what kind of legislation
we might expect from an Antl-Assembl
A. B. C. Legislature by referring us to
the Session Laws of 190?,. where three
fourths of all the bills are to create new
ofices, raise salaries, or make approprl
ations. Out of over 600 pages of new
laws over two-thirds of the enactments
are laws raising salaries, creating new
Jobs, or establishing new institutions,
with pay rolls all imposing burdens on
the taxpayers."
I
f failure that his merits would escape
recognition In these piping times of
prosperity. It was a statement made
In Portland Saturday by a Umatilla
County wheat king who has grown
ealthy In the past five years of the
greatest prosperity the country has
ever known. By no conceivable stretch
As the crop will soon begin to move
these facilities can be extended. Anx
lety over the ' wharfage problem In
Portland should be shifted to another
branch of the maritime commerce of
the port. That branch which is In,
need of attention Is the river channel
from Portland to the sea. The Jetty
i at the mouth of the river is rapidly
of Representatives there were 56 men
of the imagination could this dissat- I deepening the water on the bar.
isfled rural capltaliut hope to reap
greater profita on his investment or
enjoy greater prosperity than he has
experienced In the past five years and
is still enjoying.
But this prosperity has palled on
him. as It apparently has on thous
ands of others, and. Joining hands with
the great army of Neverworks and
disappointed politicians, he lifts up his I of dredging silt and sand out of one
voice and urges the overthrow of ex- I part of the river and dumping it in I
If
Portland Is desirous of handling to the
best advantage the new business that
will be created by the Panama Canal.
It is very necessary that we cease rainbow-chasing
after docks and devote
our energies to getting tne river in
shape for handling the ships that need.
deep water. There must be an aban
donment of the time-honored practice
to market, there will be a readjust- out of m wn08e names began wiih one
ment which may make an easier mar- of tne tiTtt four Otters of the alphabet.
ket providing the political warwhoop and 52 whose names began with letters
can te stilled Tor a brief period.
Istlng conditions. In the present move
ment of unrest the student of political
economy can search in vain for a logi
cal reason why prosperous, seemingly
well-balanced men should become sud
denly blind to the danger signals of
history and deaf to thewarnings of
experience. The movement bears
strong resemblance to a sudden fear
which sweeps over a herd of cattle
resting at night and starts them on a
blind stampede. If the people were
all wheat kings or were sufficiently
well provided with this world's goods
to be Independent of consequences
that follow these upheavals, or if they
could regard these great economic
changes with the same Indifference as
is shown by the Neverworks who aid
in these revolutions, there would be
no great objection to this strange de
sire to find fault and obstruct the
greatest wave of prosperity that ever
swept over the country.
Not living In Utopia, no reasonable
man expects perfection In politics, re
ligion or government. There are many
good people In the country who desire
honest politics and efficient methods
In public administration. They are
seeking at all times to secure the best
there Is, and th general prosperity of
another. No permanent channel will
ever be secured so long as dredges
dump the sand out on the banks with
nothing to confine It and prevent its
slipping back Into the river again with
each succeeding freshet.
It Is not alone in anticipation of the
completion of the Panama Canal that
this w ork must be carried forward sys
tematically Instead of by the haphaz
ard, slipshod methods of . the past.
Portland has gained the distinction of
being the greatest lumber shipping
port In the world. Ten lumber steam
ers now listed for this port have a car
rying capacity of more than 60,000
tons, equal to the earning capa
city of a fleet of forty wheat
ships of the type which came here
thirty years ago. These big steamers
have replaced the small ones and the
old sailers, for reasons of economy,
and It is of the utmost importance that
the river channel be kept In condition
to handle them without delay and also
to accommodate the still larger car
riers that will follow them.
If we provide a river channel by
which the ships can reach Portland,
there will never be any difficulty In
securing plenty of wharfage facilities
where they ran load and discharge.
Ex-President Castro of Venezuela is
again heard from. This time he is
fmentioned In a manifesto signed by
1S00 people as organizing a plot
against the life of the present Ven
ezuelan executive. . Juan Gomez. Of
course. If Castro were engaged in this
kind of work In Venezuela, a drum
head trial would prevent his carrying
out anything further along these lines,
but the ex-president is far away in
tbe Canary Islands. As unhappy Ven
ezuela has got along so much better
without Castro than she did with him,
some of the friends of Gomez might
retaliate In kind, and send a few am
bassadors to the Canaries to engage
In a little blood-letting on their own
account.
Those wealthy Americans who came
across the Atlantic in the steerage.
only duplicated the westward passage
of their ancestors.
Candidate Abraham, for his en
deavor to improve the Jails, should get
the solid criminal vote, going and coming.
In the first half of the alphabet. In the
last House delegation from this county
the names of 12 of the IB members began
1 1th a letter in the upper half of the
alphabet.
In setting tip the House legislative
ticket of 13 In this county the Bourne
An open assembly, selecting candi
dates with reference to personal fit
ness, is far preferable to a star cham
ber assembly organized solely to catch
votes In the Interests of a boss. He
who opposes the open assembly serves
the purpose of the boss who desires
to work under cover. Without an i
aembly Senator Bourne and bla ma
chine would have bad an absolute mo
nopoly of tbe situation and dictated the
whole campalKD, An aanembly la di
rectly In the Intereat of the people and
clearly antngonlatle to machine rule,
Governor Chamberlain was talking in
the interest of good government when
he wrote to Hon. A. D. Stillman:
feel that it would be proper to call an
assembly of Democrats, both in the
several counties and in the state to
adopt a declaration of principles and
to suggest to the voters capable and
trustworthy men to be nominated at
the direct primary nominating election
and to be voted for at the general
election. This accords with the senti
ments expressed by the late Hon,
George H. Williams, who, speaking in
favor of an assembly, -declared that
ny other method reduces our politics
from an orderly system to a mere
scramble between individuals for office
In which the most blatant demagogue.
or the man with the most money would
be the most likely to succeed."
Governor Hughes, of New York, urg
ing the enactment of the Cobb bill,
spoke along the same lines. He is a
radical champion of the assembly idea
and Theodore Rosevelt, in a signed let
ter in the Outlook, has spoken em
phatically in the same way. Governor
Hughes, In urging his plan, declares,
as one of its chief merits, that "it
would tend to largely reduce the num
ber of candidates and that "It would.
In case an unworthy man were pre
sented, tend to concentrate the opposi
tion upon the strongest opposing can
didate." This is not the ABC
method approved by Messrs. Bourne,
Browneil and Hofer. Hofer has pub
licly declared that Governor Hughes
favors the assembly idea because he is
"wedded to machine politics." Think
of that, coming from Hofer and refer
ring to Hughes. There is a reason.
Without an assembly, and with Bow
erman. Smith, Withycombe, Ackerman,
Dlmick and Abraham in the field,
Hofer, a past master In all the arts of
a demagogue, might bank on a plural
ity nomination for Governor, which he
could never otherwise secure. Senator
Bourn has repeatedly declared that
before he will support a Republican can
didate nominated by a method approved
by Geogre E. Chamberlain, George H.
Williams, Theodore Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes he will sup
port a Democrat. Who, after all, are
the real friends of the direct primary
law? Character, fitness, capacity,
backed by a majority of the Republi
can electorate, count as nothing if an
tagonistic, to the interests of the reign
ing machine.
a a
Statement Ko. 1 Is the most ingeni
ous device ever concocted for the com
plete disintegration of a majority
party, and for tbe encouragement of
factional atrlfe. It la the consummate
achievement of the man whose Utopian
Ideal la a government without partie.
Ostensibly intended to give effect to
the popular will, it has-been a most
efficient instrument in defeating it.
Its professed friends have repeatedly
declared in this state that the election
of Senator Chamberlain was effected
by the votes of anti-Cake Republicans
who did not want Senator Chamber;
lain and who did not want a Demo
cratic Senator, but who simply used
Statement No. 1 as. an intsriunent to
wreak their revenge on that Republi
can faction to which they did not be
long. It is a confession that Governor
Chamberlain was not the real choice
of a majority of the voters of the state
and that the Republican rank and file
were the victims of a game of-political
bunco. Statement No. 1 places the bal
ance of power In the hands of political
cutthroats and renders absolutely help
less the great body of Republicans who
are not allied to any faction, bnt who.
are Republicans because they arc be
lievers in the basic principles upon
which the, party is founded. Jf State
ment No. 1 is successful in this cam
paign, and in the campaiKn two years
hence, it means another Democratic
Senator from the State of Oregon two
years hence, and two Democratic Sen
ators for many years to come, for Sen
ator Bourne, who cannot himself suc
ceed, has already given notice that any
Democrat is betetr than any Republi
can who does not agree with him.
m
The Legislative candidate who took the
Statement two years apo practically said,
"My vote for Senator will depend on
whether 900 anti-Cake Republicans decide,
to vote their real sentiments, or to seek
revenge." The Legislative candidate who
takes the Statement two years hence
practically announces that he will leave
the matter entirely to Jonathan Bourne,
for his purse and his machine have tiin
power to defeat any Republican candi
date. Under Statement No. 1 tha Repub
lican party is bound hand and foot.. Th
Republican Legislative candidate whti
takes the Statement is carrying a Repub
lican badge and a IXmocratic pledge.
He has no more right to make an ap
peal for Republican support than has a
Democrat, for he will discharge the only
essential party duty he has to discharge
in exactly the same way his Democratic
opponent will. He should follow In thi
footsteps of Gov. Chamberlain and sail
under the banner of a onn-partisan. If
he intends lo appeal to Republicans for
political support he should be willing to
pledge his support to the Republican vot
ers' choice. Such a course would crip
ple the nrm of the man who tlilnks
more of hla faction than of his pnrty.
It would end tbe wholesale registra
tion of Democrats In Republican pri
maries. It would tend In no way to re
more any of the old abuses In the Leg
islature attendant on senatorial elec
tions, and it would make certain the
election of a man to the Senate whoan
political view were In accord with the
dominant political sentiment of tbe
state. ...
Republican voters who believe that the
principles of the Democratic party are
pernicious and destructive, have a right
to know what will be . the ultimate. 3
well as the proximate, result of- their
vote, and that it will never -be cast by
their representative in the Legislative
Assembly for any man or any party tn
whose political principles they arc radi
cally opposed. Upon no other question
is there such unanimous and enthusias
tic' sentiment in the Democratic ranks
of this state as upon the question of
the Assembly, and of Statement No. 1,
and for most excellent reasons. Editori
als have appeared in the columns of the
Evening Journal upon these topics suffi
cient in space to cover the whole front
of the Spalding building. . It has filled
Its columns with the chosen arguments
of the Anti-Assembly candidates and has
borne the brunt of their fight in this
campaign with such zeal and enthusiasm
as to elicit universal admiration. If they
succeed, in no quarter will there be great
er joy than in the editorial and compos-
ins: rooms of the Journal, and in the
favorite haunts of the lean and lank and
hungry cohorts of the Democratic party.
Theirs will be the victory and theirs tha
ultimate usufruct. Whatever the result
may be. Republicans who have stood true
to the Republican standards can accept
the results with entire complacency, for
tlicy will be responsible for none of the
results not of their own making.
Whatever happens there is at least
temporary relief just ahead. The clatter
and the clutter of the campaign will soon
foe over. Peace will relRn and all the
outward signs of hysteria will disappear.
The sound of the torn torn, the yawp
of the spellbinder, and other discordant
noisos, will" die away. Politicians who
have been drinking only blood, and liv
ing on raw meat, will go back to their
normal diet The coming Fall rains will
dissipate the odors of the political stink
pots. The Hon. "Pike" Davis will re
cover from his unnatural excitement.
The "bonehead" and the "high brow"
will lie down together. Portland will re
sume her normal condition, and continue
to grow, and do business, and the Apostle
of disorder and discontent down on
Burnside street, having no further com
petition, will again come into his own,
ount his box pulpit, and resume misi-
ness Just where our Anu-AssemDiy
friends left off.
Whatever may be the aftermath, we
can all, Irrespective or iaction, join in
the hope that there Is no foundation for
the. fear of many conservative men that
the conditions of li32 ere approaching
when, under the most prosperous condi-
lons ever known, a change was decreed.
When the signs more clearly indicate tin
coming of the storm, the prudent man
ill take to cover, meet the crisis as De.t
e may, and patiently await the slow and
painful process of rehabilitation.
CHA8. H. MOIIKCS.
Dick Metcalfe, Bryan's associate.
bolts Dahlman. This may be a case
of the dog wagging the tall.
Just as the housewife has about fin
ished putting up everything but
pickles, sugar goes down.
The Rooseveltlan chip la on the
Rooseveltian shoulder: for that matter
It has never been off.
Mr. Hearst's machine In Chicago is
still in the "also ran column.
The man who climbs on the crowd
ed step of a car courts deatb
AS sEEM BY A JAP GEXTLE.MAN.
Hon. Brown He Irritate a Few Efforts
on Hawley sad Mnlkey.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Sept. 17. (Edi
tor Oregonian, what are badly Inflat
ed.) Mr. Dear Sir: Yesterday time I
made street walk by down town and
on corner Is Honoraoie ixo neoeriie.
what are fat man for all Grants Pass.
He are watching street pave with spot
cash eye. . v
Honorable Sir." I said it. "It are
soon time for choose them candydates
for American Politics."
To hell with politics." rejoggle this
Loo man.
I shall not send It there." 1 snaggle,
because It are a necessary evil." ,
When did that happen?" he told me
quite freely.
When them L nlted States are born,
I nogglc. "sometime quite backward.
"It must have been," erupt this Loo;
because I never heard of It before."
Honorable Loo," I make bow down
and said It, "are you an insurgent?"
Sometimes I am and sometimes I
am not. he twagger.- "When I am
mad. I am an Insurgent and very dan
gerous, but when I am not mad. a
child could lead me to water. '
Oh. so thank you." - I twiggle, "It
are all plain to me now."
What are plain? explode this
Meberlie.
Them American Politics." I toggle.
When I am angry for make fight.
then I am Insurgent, but when I am
peaceful and happy, like pet sheep.
then I am not insurgent."
That's about the size of it." he racgle.
'Size of what?" I said it.
Them politics," he rejlggle.
Who is your candy-date for Con
gress?" I told him,
"You can search me." he nuggle for
honest reply.
"Ah! so thank you," I jagger. "but
I shall not examine your clothing, be
cause candy-date would not lurk there."
"You bet he wouldent." say this fat
man, for slang.
"Mulkey are insurgent." I said it.
I "Yes. highly so," renude this Loo.
"What are he mad about?" I ques
tion It.
"Mostly votes," he rejecter, "but it
are all through his system, anyway."
"Will It be fatal?" I ask almost with
eye weep.
"I am afraid so," say this Honorable
Loo. "politically, anyhow."
"How you pick a candy-date for Con
gress?" I quabble.
"Same as I buy a hat," say this
Heberlie nogchantly.
"How you purchase them hat. then?"
I told him. 1
"I get the best goods I can for my
money." he roggle.
"Ah! so too bad!" I jamble, "them
American Politics are too mixey for
Japanese Gentleman."
"Keep out of it, then," he hand me a
free advice.
"But it are very interesting." I trig
gle. "It are a disease." he daggle; "a kind
of itch and very contagious."
"Will Japanese Gentleman catch it?"
I ask for a nervousness.
"Not a bit," he said it; "it will not
bite Jap because he are a yellow pearl."
"Can Mulkey perform duty of Haw
ley in Congress?" I Jubble for ques
tion it.
"Can a bedbug perform duty vf
large work "horse?" snort this Loo for
answer and insurgent reply.
"Them bug cannot do so," I jangle
quickly, because I am sure"
"Mulkey are' a dead one," joust this
Honorable Heberlie. ...
"Oh! so mistaken!" I bubble. "Mulkey
are friend for Japanese gentleman, and
are live candy-date for Congress."
"You are a bonehead." grabble this
Honorable Loo for a disgust.
"Why -ou said It I am a boheheaa:"
I told this Heberlie.
"Because you are one," he tingle for
honest reply.
"Japanese gentleman are very brave,"
I blow, "and will become insurgent for
Indecent and bad name."
"So will I," 'chuggle this reckleft
Loo. "and when I do, I am a regular
volcano."
Then tills Honorable Heberlie begin
to turn green and Japanese gentleman
make walk off to other place for cool
down. Ah. so happ; and so thank you.
A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN.
Per Oliver S. Brown.
Four Women Home-Waiters.
Atchison Globe.
A man so seldom gets his rights
that when we hear of a man who does,
we rejoice. Today we heard of a man
who has four women in his family; at
dinner recently all of them were up
from the table at one time waiting on
him.
Young Man Know-It-AH.
Exchange.
The young man who knows- "more
than his father, usually wants to mani
fest it by not working so hard.
Work in One's Mind.
Exchange. ,
Every man. thinks he works hard, put
very few really do. '