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(HOOSIMi ONtS COMPANY.
It tj amusing, and not unlnstruc
Hve. to peruse the various comments
which have been made upon Roose
velt refusal to nit with Senator Lorl
mer at the Hamilton Club's dinner.
They fall Into two distinct classes.
Writer of one set. or school, see noth
Init In the Incident except a snub ad
ministered by one politician to an
other. To the moral lesson which it
ronvey they are totally blind, or at
least they pretend to be. Thus a
Pittsburg paper fears that now an at
tempt will be made to exclude from
pood society "all public men whose
Integrity has been assailed." and Is
appalled at the "resultant t-hock and
scandal.'
The esteemed Hartford Times opines
that nobody who "understands the
rules of decent society" will approve
what Roosevelt did. The Buffalo
County. He appropriated fifteen head
of his neighbor's horses, one for
every year of his life, and drove them
over the mountains as his own. Be
ing caught he pleaded guilty and will
possibly be calle-1 upon to do a year's
time In the penitentiary for every
horse he stole. Notwithstanding the
flagrancy of his crime the case of this
boy excites pity on account of his ex
treme youth, and of the Incontestable
fact that his Incarceration In the
state's prison, -with the degrading as
sociations that this Implies, will stamp
out whatever spark of honor and
pride that may have smoldered under
his untoward environment In his boy
hood and leave him atathe end of his
term of durance a man besotted In
Ignorance, purposeless for good and
a grievance against society.
THE CASK OP CASOX.
Boon Cason Is a candidate for state
Senator for Multnomah as a Statement
No. 1 anti-assembly candidate. But
Cason Is not acceptable to the little anti-
assembly assembly of backroom bosses
They have rubbed him off the slate.
They say he has no right to "butt In."
He must be eliminated. He Interferes
with the plans of the machine. He Is
a stalking horse of the assembly. He
has solicited and obtained an Inter
view In The Oregonlan. He must be
pulled off. He might be elected. All
this, and more like It. constitutes the
bosses' Indictment against Cason.
Why has not Cason as much right
to run for state Senator as any other
anti-assembly candidate? Why Is he
not entitled to fair play? Why should
he be made the victim of the machi
nations of a selfish political clique that
desires the election of Its state can
didate and no other. Cason has shown
signs of Independence and aggressive
ness not pleasing to the little bosses.
There must be discipline, teamwork,
co-operation and harmony among the
elect; therefore Cason must go.
The Oregonlan Is not supporting
dustiial and commercial' project that
the world has ever undertaken. It
will have back of It the credit and In
tegrity of the state and the Indorse
ment of the entire region west of the
Rocky Mountains. An enterprise' of
such a colossal nature favored by so
large a number of people cannot well
be Ignored by the Government. The
magnitude of the affair made possible
by the generous support given it will
compel Government recognition. The
Panama Canal Exposition should be
held at San Francisco because no
other port that is In any manner elig
ible for the honor can muster any
where near the support that will be
given the affair If It Is held on the
Pacific Coast. If the Government
should discriminate and lend support
to a smaller affair at New Orleans,
the Western exposition would still
prove a more attractive project for
both Americans and foreigners.
Time, remembers that the Colonel has ' " " "
to nnvp nis t nnuiuai. j uriciiiniicu
Its merits. There was an Interview
with him In the course of much other
political news. The Oregonlan had
no reason to think that his candidacy
was not genuine; nor docs It think
so now. On the' contrary. It believes
that Cason, who appears to be a
! sturdy and self-reliant young man. is
out to win If he can. Let Cason have
the show to which he la plainly en
titled. He cannot get It In the com
pany he has elected to keep. The
Oregonlan will give It to him and to
every other.
dined many a time and oft with peo
ple Jimt . bad as Lorimer. and won
ders what has awakened him to this
sudden spasm of virtue. But the writ
era who take this unedlfylng view of
the subject are very much the excep
tion. The great majority of the re-
pertable papers of the countrv
whether they are friendly to Mr. Roose
velt or not. commend him for taking
the stand he did In this Instance.
Thus the Baltimore Sun says he has
"given the country an excellent lesson
in sound morals." The Springfield
Republican thinks that Lorimer "de
serves the dubious distinction which
Mr. Roosevelt has thrust upon him.
m rticnmond journal reminds us
that "guilt Is personal" and that "the
personal element must obtain In the
octal relations between the honest
and dishonest members of society." Of
course such high-class weeklies as
The Outlook and The Independent are
pleased with Mr. Roosevelt's act. The
Independent quotes the Apostle John,
who declared that good people should
not receive certain corrupt persons
into their houses nor give them greet
ing on the street, and It goes on to
predict that "this act of Mr. Roose
velt will be a precedent. It will be
historical." Decidedly the pres of the
country Is awake to .the moral aspect
3f the affair, and It Is encouraging
to lovers of sound standards to read,
what most publications have to say
about It.
The effect of Lnrimer's exposure is
notably different from that of a cer
tain Indictment during the late un
pleasantness In San Francisco. The
Indicted gentleman had long striven to
gain entrance to elite circles In San
Francisco and he had striven In vain,
But when his name was handed down
"In a swell list of Indictments" the
sealed doors of the hautton flew open
to him and he was received In the
gilded parlors of the best society with
ki-es of welcome. It Is cheering 'to
see that we have come to the point
In civilisation where crime Is no longer
a social distinction at any rate
The privilege of choosing the kind
of people with whom they will asso
ciate is one which gentlemen have
long claimed. In fact, the social
progess known as "Ostracism" Is the
moat effectual of all safeguards of
good morals. Men who could go to
Jail with a blithesome countenance
cannot endure to be cut by decent
people on the street and excluded from
the parlors of their acquaintances.
froclety has dungeons and torture
chambers." wrote a celebrated Uni
tarian preacher of the last generation
'which are far more terrible than
those of the Inquisition." Perhaps
he exaggerated a little, abut It Is In
disputable that the moment good so
ciety begins to banish from Its circles
the men who commit a given act at
that moment the act will lose all its
charm and will be relegated to crimi
nal dens. If President Hadley's doc
trine of ostracising wealthy criminals
had been carried out much of the.
effort which the law has exerted to
catch "higher up" miscreants would
not have been needed. The men high
er up would have kept their paths
straight. The reason why so many
of them are crooks Is because good
society has made no distinction be
tween the crook and the honest man
so long as they both kept out of Jail.
. The precept that a man must be
presumed Innocent of all offence until
he has been convicted In a court of law
Is a feeble evasion of moral responsi
bility. Many men whose misdeeds
strike at the very roots of the social
order could not possibly be convicted.
Often the evidence against them has
been skillfully destroyed. Frequently
they have been so astutely advised by
able lawyers that their crimes fly in
the face of the.law and bid it defiance.
It Is precisely such cases as these that
society must take cognizance of and
Judge by its pure and rigorous canons.
Decent people are not obliged to dine
with miscreants simply because no
Jury has convicted them. If they were
then the last defense of the commu
nity against pollution would have been
thrown down.
It Is to be hoped that Mr. Roose
velt's act will not only be commended
by the press but tnat It will be im
itated and its principle extended. The
lawyer who aids voracious corpora
tions to break the law. the political
middleman who handles the funds
that spread corruption far and 'wide,
the syndicate magnate who under
mines the welfare of society by his
grasping combinations will the time
ever come when they will be excluded
from polite drawing-rooms? Shall we
live to see the day when gold cannot
gild crime thickly enough to hide Its
true hldeousness? If It ever does
come we may thank Mr. Roosevelt for
hastening It.
In
MAINE AND THE INIOX.
a Jubilant editorial, the Balti
more Sun quotes the ancient saw that
'As Maine goes so goes the Union,
ind upon the strength of It predicts
a sweeping Democratic victory mis
Fall. It Is well not to rely too Im
plicitly upoij ancient saws. Oftentimes
the circumstances which made them
true In their day undergo change and
then they lose their virtue. When a
saw has lost Its savor wherewith shall
It be made applicable once more?
The Democratic victories In Maine
and New Tork do not portend wide
National success except to a blinded
and Jaundiced eye. Is it conceivable,
for example, that Wisconsin will go
Democratic this Fall? In that state
thousands of Democrats voted the Re
publican ticket in the primaries.
Rightly or wrongly they believe that
the La Follette platform represents
their best interests and they purpose
to support It without regard to party
tics, Kansas is another state where a
Democratic majority Is unthinkable.
The "Insurgency"' there Is not against
the Republican rarty. but merely
against a certain brand of leadership.
The Kansans are as good Republicans
as they ever were, but they Intend
to make their own definition of what
Republicanism signifies.
There is a much brighter prospect
for a grand breakup of the old Demo
cratic party botn ortn ana souin
than there Is of anything like a sweep
Ing victory. The Independent papers
have begun to speak of it as "putres
cent, odious, sordid, defunct." and so
on. Moreover, these ars the same pa
pers which in Cleveland's time turned,
to the Democrats as the natural scour-
gers or the errant itepuoncans. in
the South the wheelhorse Democrats
are on the anxious seat with tears in
their bleary old eyes. Throughout the
South there I a strong inclination to
ward me newer laeas in pontics, aim
It Is quite possible that, should there
be a new alignment of parties, a
numerous element will leave its old.
affiliation and unite with the pro
gressive Republicans,
FORTIFYING THE CANAL. .
President Taft In his coming mes
sage to Congress will recommend an
appropriation of $2,000,000 for imme
diate use In beginning the work of
fortifying the Panama Canal. It is
expected that the total amount neces
sary for completion of the work will
be approximately $14,000,000. At
first glance this seems a large sum to
spend for protection in a region where
this country i supposed to have full
control, but In comparison with the
Immense cost of the canal which Is
to be protected. It is Insignificant. By
the time the big ditch is completed,
it "Will represent a cost of something
more than $400,000,000, and unless it
is properly fortified a small Intruder
might render the big Investment at
least temporarily worthless.
When the matter of fortifying the
canal was first broached a few weeks
ago. there was a murmur of dissatis
faction In Europe and some talk of
a violation of treaty agreements. Sub
sequent investigation has revealed the
of liquors, to his family and to the
public. The people do not need to be
told that drunkenness Is a curse; they
konw that already. They do not need
to have its uneconomic features pre
sented in infinite detail and staggering
totals. The gaunt rolls of destitution
make plain this wicked waste of sub
stance that should enter Into the
mafntenance of homes and wives and
children. They do not need to listen
with shuddering and disgust to the
confessions of ribaldry and debauch
ery as detailed by the peripatetic re
former, self-styled an "evangelist," to
learn to what depths of degradation
the drink habit can drag a' man.
There Is evidence of this all about
them.
Good old "Tama Jim" Wilson, holder
of the world's record for sticking to
a rat Cabinet Job, has again called
attention to his existence by declining
to make use of a Government frank In
sending out advance copies of a
speech which he delivered at Kenton,
Ohio. Of course If the contents of
that speech were no more valuable
than the contents of the fearfully and
wonderfully made crop reports that
the honorable Secretary of Agriculture
sends out from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, he was fully Justified in
saving the Government the expense,
not to mention the indignation which
must follow the receipt of such stuff
by the voters and taxpayers. Perhaps
if Secretary Wilson were forced to pay
the postage on his crop reports he
would cease sending them out, and the
world would get more accurate infor
mation regarding the situation.
Versatile Dr. Cook, "to whom no
land is distant, to whom no sea is
barred." Last Friday, a returning
traveler from the Southern Hemis
phere, landed in New Tork with a
story that the alleged Pole discoverer.
or the discoverer of an alleged pole.
was living quietly In the Argentine. A
propriety of this Government proceed- later tne cab'8 'rom Copenhagen
Ing to build fortifications and take any giaa linings mat rerm
other steps necessary to safeguard our
Interests. As the existing treaties by
which the rights of the United States
In the canal zone recognized by other
countries give this country the power
to "police and protect" the canal, and
such duty cannot be performed with
out- the necessary fortifications, no
valid objection can be made by other
countries. It might. In fact, be of ad
vantage to some of the old world pow
ers which may become Involved In
trouble, to have this great highway
between the two oceans well fortified
against any possible- Interruption of
servlcei
In connection with the fortification
of the canal, it is also the Intention
of the Government to establish a
nand. the great pole prevaricator, was
laying a course for Etah. accompanied
by John L. Bradley, who supplied the
funds for the first Cook expedition.
As has frequently been stated, you can
find nearly everything in Oregon that
you can find anywhere. On Sunday,
the eminent Dr. Cook, who stole the
' North Pole from a book, was detected
In the lobby of the Portland Hotel
He disappeared soon after being de
tected, and is believed to be hot on
the trail of Halley'a comet.
OLD GAME WILL Sl'HELY FAIL.
Democrats Trying; to Best Hawley Wltb
a Weak Man.
Grants Pass Observer.
It does not appear at this writing
that the Jonathan Bourne combination
is making any considerable progress in
the way of preventing the renomina
tlon of Representative Hawley. Repub
licans had a lesson in the Democrat
Populist game two years ago, and they
do not forget It. A weak candidate Is
put up by the combined machine as a
Republican, while at the same time re
ceiving all the fraudulently registered
Democratic and Populist votes. As an
alleged Republican, this candidate of
the game Is expected to gather In the
weaker brethren of that party, and so
defeat the strong Republican candidate
at the primary election. If that works
out, then a strong Democrat opposes
the alleged Republican at the general
election and wipes him out.
That game was worked In the case of
Senator Chamberlain, but It Is scarcely
credible that the voters will permit it
to be worked again to defeat so able
and faithful a public servant as Haw
ley. If such s misfortune should hap
pen, and Mulkey should, by the combi
nation, receive the Republican nomina
tion, what an easy prey he would be
for a strong Democrat at the election
in November?
However, the prospect of any such
outcome is very remote. In every part
of the- district Representative Hawley
has gained the confidence and esteem
of the Republican voters by his cease
less and efficient efforts to serve Ore
gon. He is, as before stated in this
paper, the most earnest and capable
Representative that this state has ever
had in the Washington House of Rep
resentatives, and the people know it,
and appreciate him accordingly. Jo
sephine will do its, duty, and all the re
ports from other counties show that the
combination against Hawley will fall.
The people want him, not only for what
he has done, but also for what he can
and will do for Oregon in the next Con
gress by reason of the Influential post
tion that his merits have gained for him
among his fellow Representatives.
It will be ample time for San Fran
cisco to feel bad over losing the op
portunity to build a dozen battleships
for China after Mr. Schwab secures
the contract. As a reason for not
strong naval base on Guantanamo considering the Bay City plant in the
Island near Cuba. A similar strong I event the contract is secured, the
naval base should be established
somewhere on the Pacific. This coun
try Is Investing too much money in
the canal' to have it Inadequately
guarded, and no time should be lost
in getting the necessary adjuncts of
the canal under way In time for their
completion when the canal Is ready
for business.
There was nothing small about the
I exploit of Clarence Ogilvy. the youth-
ful horsethlef of Pilot Rock. Umatilla
THE PANAMA EXPOHITION.
A New Orleans dispatch states that
some disappointment is felt over the
census returns which credit that city
with a population of but 339.076. It
Is feared that these returns will have
an unfavorable effect on tne pros
pects of the Panama Exposition. It
is not at all clear why the difference
between what New Orleans expected
and what she received in the "way of
Government census figures should ma
terially affect the status of the expo
sition. New Orleans has other and
more weighty factors to contend with
in this contest for the exposition
honors. So far as the matter has,
progressed, it would seem that the
Southern city could not be assured of
more than one-half the amount of
financial support that is already guar
anteed the San Francisco exposition.
On the Pacific Coast every large city
within a thousand miles of San Fran
cisco is working harmoniously with
the California metropolis to secure the
celebration of the big event on this
Coast.
New Orleans may have some out-
side-support, but It does not approach
In volume that which is accorded San
Francisco. The amount of money
pledged for the San Francisco expo
sition is so great that it would be un
reasonable to expect the Government
to add enough , to the New Orleans
fund to make the Louisiana affair
approximate In Importance the one
which will be held on this Coast.
With California holding a celebration
which in everj' respect would outshine
the one held in New Orleans, it would
be Idle to presume that the Govern
ment would withhold its sanction and
support from the greater exposition
In favor of the smaller one. The New
Orleans Picayune takes Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane to task
for advising the Callfornians to pro
ceed with their big show Irrespective
of what Congress may do and seem
to think that If the Government with
holds its financial support from the
enterprise. It will also withhold Its
officlat sanction. This is hardly probable.
The exposition at San Francisco will
be held in honor of the greatest in-
WHEAT S STATISTICAL POSITION
With n increase of nearly 1.000,000
bushels in the wheat supply yester
day the total now stands In excess of
29.000.000 bushels, an Increase of 16,-
000,000 bushels over the same date
last year. Other evidence of In
creased stocks of wheat throughout
the world were shown In the weekly
statistics from abroad. There was an
Incrase of 13,000,000 bushels In
"quantities on passage" as compared
with the same week in the preceding
year, and world's shipments Increased
more than 2.000,000 bushels as com
pared with those for the correspond
ing week a year ago. But while the
statistical situation has shown signs
of weakening there has been , less
change in prices than might be ex
pected. Heavy offerings of new crop
wheat in Chicago have crowded the
September option down about 5 cents
per bushel under last year's figures,
but the close on December wheat yes
terday was less than 2 cents lower
than on the same date last year.
It is in the coarse grains that the
greatest change in prices has taken
place since harvest began, and Sep
tember corn, which sold at 69 cents
a year ago, yesterday closed weak at
55 cents. Oats showed similar
weakness, yesterday's Chicago figures
being 6 cents per bushel under those
of a year ago. However, so long as
wheat shows Insufficient weakness to
carry it much below the dollar mark
and with corn and onts selling at pres
ent figures,-there ought to be the
usual amount of prosperity in the
grain bolt provided the crop is mar
keted before the Argentine sellers
trail In on the heels of the Russians
and overload the foreign market. A
big crop at reasonably high prices Is
In some respects preferable to a small
crop at excessively nign prices. jt
gives more work to the railroads, the
warehousemen and to all others who
are in any way connected with the in
dustry. .
I steel magnate says that San Francisco
is "obsessed with unionism." Here
ought to be an opportunity for the
Seattle spirit to get in its work. Se
attle has a fine plant for building bat
tleships and her citizens paid a $100,
000 bonus for the privilege of building
a $1,000,000 ship a few years ago,
unionism has never secured a very
strong foothold in Seattle and the
building of a few -battleships for China
would give that city a boost which
would do much to overcome the pres
ent stagnation along the waterfront
The death of James Clark McGrew
at his home In Kirkwood, W. Va last
Sunday, in his 98th year, recalls
scenes In the Forty-first and Forty
second Congresses of which he was a
member. He was the oldest ex-Rep
resentative in the United States, and
passed away suddenly as the result of
slight fatigue Incident to the celebra
tion of his birthday. The announce
ment of his death caused no surprise.
but wonder, rather. In that It had been
so long delayed. His Identification
with his era is made in the statement
that he was one of fifty-five men in
the Richmond conference who op
posed the secession of Virginia from
the Union.
Authorities on dairying in Oregon
are no doubt right when they tell
land holders in irrigable districts of
Umatilla and Morrow counties that
they can do no better with their
areas available to cultivation than to
plant alfalfa extensively and then buy
enough cows to consume all the land
will produce. The milk and butter
fat thus taken from the soil would,
it is computed, return not less than
$20 a ton to the grower of alfalfa.
Persons who are fond of Oregon
history will read with Interest the
news that there Is to be a controversy
over the title to the McLoughlln
estate at Oregon City. The ingrati
tude and treachery which deprived the
good old man of his property have
been partially atoned for, - but not
wholly. There Is still room for Jus
tice to his descendants.
A 8 AXE PBEKEXTMENT.
It is refreshing to find a preacher
who eschews sentiment and theory in
consialering the question of prohibi
tion and abides by the facts that are
known to all observant men. Rev.
John H. Cudllpp In his discourse upon
that subject from the Grace Metho
dist Episcopal pulpit Sunday evening
disclosed to his no doubt surprised
audience a man who Is able to look
dispassionately upon this question, to
proclaim It not the only, or even the
paramount question at Issue before the
American people today, but a ques
tion worthy of careful, earnest con
sideration, albeit subordinate to some
others.
In this sane presentment of the
question. Mr. Cudllpp warned the
church not to be deceived as to the
strength and position of the liquor
traffic. He bids theorists to remem
ber that the great Catholic Church,
with her Z, 000, 000 votes on a conser
vative estimate, cannot be counted
upon in the prohibition fight; he
points to the practically solid Ger
man vote that will be thrown against
it because German voters have their
own convictions upon the subject; he
refers to the commercial value of the
liquor business, asserting that this Is
of astounding volume, and last and
perhaps greatest, certainly not least,
he bids the blind champions of pro
hibition to remember that In ten mil
lion cases "drink has become a fixed
habit for which man will sacrifice
them all." These are words of truth
and soberness outranking for the pur
poses of enlightenment the statistics
that have been gathered through the
painstaking effort of years showing
the cost of this traffic to the consumer
The trials of current politics seem
to tell severely on our statesmen.
Cannon broke down in Kansas. La
Follette Is In the hands of surgeons.
Lodge collapsed the other night while
he was making a speech. No doubt
mental anxiety preys upon the body
and this campaign Is notable for oc
casions of grief and worry.
As a very pleasant reminder of
troublous days three years ago, the
Westlnghouse Air Brake Company yes
terday declared a regular quarterly
dividend of 2 Vi per cent with extra
dividends of the same size. The West
lnghouse concern was hard hit by Ui4
panic of 1907.
REVIVING OLD APPLE ORCHARDS.
Wonderful Results of Proper Handling
of Ased Trees.
Boston Globe.
J. Stearns Wyman has had an experi
ence in orcharding which will interest
growers of fruits. Mr. Wyman's home
is In Winchester, and apple, trees, some
of them half a hundred years old, have
bloomed and fruited on his grounds
without attention until last year, when
he got busy, with a view In .mind of
trying to make the old trees grow big
ger and better fruit.
Ijirge apples were produced by a tree
which the owner believed to be the
most wretched-looking one In Winches
ter. It was a down-and-out growth,
very old, hopelessly decrepit, and all in
as a producer when Mr. Wyman began
revival work on It. He cleaned out the
hollow trunk, filled the void with ce
ment, moved ajjl loose bark on trunk
and limbs, cut away dead branches and
covered the cut places with a prepara
tion to keep out the weather.
He did some very close pruning, but
that was what the old tree needed, and
very early last Spring it bloomed in a
glory of gladness that surprised some
of the neighbors who were quite sure
that Mr. Wyman had been too severe in
his revival work.
No fertilizers were used. As the
weeks rolled their courses the old apple
tree seemed to get Into the gayety of
the sunshine and the breezes. Bees and
humming birds quested sweetness In
the hearts of Its blossoms, robins and
finches and bluebirds flitted through Its
foliage, and early in the Summer first
baby apples as big as horse chestnuts
foretold to Mr. Wyman the Autumn
coming of big fruit.
Roosevelt and Heant.
Providence Journal.
A short memory is an excellent thing
for a politician to cultivate. He never
can tell when it may be essential to
forget the bitterest animosities and
make great friends of those who have
been enemies. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Hearst seem now to be burying all un-
klndllness in an alliance against the
reactionaries In New York. It Is less
than four years sincg Mr. Root de
nounced Mr. Hearst, at Mr. Roosevelt's
explicit request. In stinging terms, and
only last June Mr. Hearst attacked Mr.
Roosevelt's Guild Hall speech and ac
cused him of "Caesarlsm." But Mr.
Roosevelt's attack upon the "bosses"
has apparently redeemed him in Mr.
Hearst's eyes, while the proffered sup
port of the Independence League must
cover a multitude or sins in air. itoose-
velt's. It will be curious to watch the
outcome of -such a rapprochement be
tween two men whom so short a time
ago nothing seemed likely to reconcile.
LAWYERS' NOMINATION- PLAN
Boost of Non-Political Judiciary,
Opposed to Primary Law, Stated.
PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 19. (To the
Editor.) Permit me through The Ore
gonlan to discuss briefly the argument
presented to the Secretary of State in
the voters' pamphlet by the committee
representing the so-called non-political
Judiciary Assembly.
This, in my opinion, is one of the
most deliberate, premeditated and dead
ly blows that has yet been struck at
the direct primary law of this state.
While the argument purports on its
face to voice the combined wisdom of
the Oregon Bar Association, it Is a well
known fact that but few of the lawyers
of the state gave the movement their
countenance or support, and probably
less than even the number who met in
assembly at the call of its self-constituted
leaders are altogether lit sym
pathy with its purposes.
The movement plainly appears as one
upon the part of its sponsors not only
to ignore the direct primary law.
but to violate the same in both spirit
and letter. Those who took it upon
themselves to hold an assemblage styled
by them "a gathering of electors." July
19. 1910, and at that time attempted to
recommend a non-porftical judiciary
ticket for Justice of the Supreme Court
of this state, not only ignored and do
ignore the fact that under the law of
this state, which most of these lawyers
have sworn to uphold, provision is
made that other candidates than those
recommended by an assemblage of law
yers or laymen or both, have the right
to file the required petition for a nom
ination at any time before September
3, but the statement contained in the
argument that Judge King is opposed
by Judge Burnett, and Judge Slater by
Wallace McCamant Is misleading and
Incorrect both as a matter of fact and
of law.
It is unnecessary to read further than
the preamble of the direct nominating
law to see that the law clearly provides
in its preamble, as well as in each and
every provision contained therein, that
each party. Republican, Democratic or
otherwise, shall nominate its own can
didates. The statement above from the
non-political Judiciary assembly refers
to the direct primary nominating elec
tion. It is therefore impossible, under
the law, that Judge King, a Democrat,
should he opposed by Judge Burnett, a
Republican.
It Is equally Incorrect and untrue to
say that Judge Slater is opposed by
Wallace McCamant. As a matter of
fact. Judges King and Slater are run
ning as Democrats, and their names will
not appear upon the Republican ticket
at the primaries. They have no oppo
sitlon, and will be nominated as Dem
ocrats and by the Democratic party.
On the other hand, the names of Judges
Moore, McBrlde, Bean and Burnett, and
Wallace McCamant, - will appear upon
the Republican ticket.
Under these circumstances, it is
neither honest nor fair for this self-
constituted faction of the legal fra
ternlty.of the state to assume that
September 24 the contest will be be
tween the candidates nominated at their
assembly, and those nominated at the
Republican assembly a short time later.
As a matter of fact, there will be no
judicial contest at the Republican pri
maries, except for the four-year term.
where Judge Henry J. Bean, of Pendle
ton, and Wallace McCamant, of Port
land, are contesting for the nomination.
It is an incongruous situation when we
have a direct primary In this state,
which means that the people themselves
shall select the candidates for the vari
ous offices, that a few lawyers shall
delegate unto themselves so much wis
dom that they can say, as does this
committee, that their Democratic can
didates favor progressive legislation
nd popular government, and thereby
intimate that the Republican candi
dates oppose these things. If the-' peo
ple of this state will analyze this so
called argument presented by the com
mittee of the lawyers assembly. In the
light of intelligence and spirit of the
direct primary law, I am confident they
will find such argument to be merely
an attack upon the direct primary sys
tem and presented to sustain the the
ories of doctrinaires.
J. H. LAWRET.
Not
Fifty-Six Years 1n One School.
Philadelphia "Inquirer.
Professor Zephanlah Hopper, the
oldest school teacher in Philadelphia.
who is 82 years old, began his 56th
year of teaching at the Central High
School. .
He was greeted by the faculty and
by another generation of students, as
he marched into the assembly hall yes
terday. He is as active as ever, still
walking every day to and from his
home.
The veteran professor, was graduated
In the first class that left the high
school. After spending a few years at
college and in special work, he went
back to the school as a professor. He
has remained there ever since.
There are men all over the country
who are now grandfathers, who re
member Doctor Hopper as their teach
er. It is estimated that he has taught
fully 15,000 students during his long
service.
Cause, bnt an Effect.
John Moody, in his Weekly Review of
Financial Conditions.
There are many people who hold the
notion that one Theodore Roosevelt is
the cause of all the political unsettle
ment in the country. But I would not
for a moment dignify this individual by
giving him the credit for such prowess,
in spite of his claims for attention.
Roosevelt Is not the cause of anything;
he is simply one of the effects or con
sequences of some real causes. Every
fundamental shakeup In human society
Is naturally attended by considerable
superficial froth; every volcano blows
forth masses of lava and other inani
mate but overheated substance. And
Roosevelt Is only one of the concrete
manifestations of the temper of the
times, and in my opinion a very crude
manifestation. If he were locked In
cage and muzzled, the political trend
or tne times would go on Just the same,
Tne test course tor those to pursue
who are troubled at the noise this en
tertaining morallzer, but shrewd poli
tician. Is making. Is to Ignore his ora
tory. and rather turn their attention
to the causes of the economic trend
which make his consplcuousness and
popularity possible.
MEANS SOVEREIGNTIAL SVICIDE.
Neiv Constitutional Amendment to Be
Voted On In November.
ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) In 1906. Section 2 of Article
XI of the constitution of the State of
Oregon was amended to read as fol
lows: "Corporations may be formed
under general laws, but shall not be
created by the Legislative Assembly by
special laws. The Legislative Assem
bly shall not enact, amend or repeal
any charter or act of incorporation
for any municipality, city or town. Th!
legal voters of every city and town
are hereby granted power to enact a-n-1
amend their municipal charter, subject
to the constitution and criminal laws
of the state of Oregon.
In the case of City of MrMinnvllle
vs. Howenstine. 109 Pac. 81. the Su
preme Court of the State of Oregon had
this constitutional amendment under
consideration, and the opinion of one
of the Justices, in deciding that case,
states that the object of this amend
ment was to relieve the Legislature of
the long-standing and rapidly increas
ing burden, imposed upon that body
each session in the matter of passing
municipal charters and amendments
thereof, and' at the same time to pre
vent the passage of charters and
amendments not acceptable to the
people of the localities affected. In
Oregon, legislative powers are exer
cised by the people directly, by popu
lar vote, and also indirectly through the
Legislative Assembly. The effect of
this amendment was to prevent the
Legislative Assembly from enacting,
amending or repealing the charter of
any municipality, but as was said in
the opinion just referred to, the Legis
lative Assembly, as one o the state's
lawmaking branches, may still by sren
eral lam control and regulate all of
Its municipalities, while the people,
through the direct method of legisla
tion, may enact either general or special
laws for this purpose.
.
In other words, the constitutional
amendment of 1006 did not take away
from the Legislature the right to control
cities, towns and other municipalities by
means of general legislation, and the peo
ple at large have, of course, full author
ity over such corporations and may enact
either general or epeclal laws creating,
or amending, or abrogating their char
ters at will.
As said by Judge Cooley in his work on
"Constitutional Limitations." fourth edi
tion, page p31, "The creation of munici
pal corporations, and the conferring upon
them of certain powers and subjecting
them to corresponding duties, does not
deprive the Lgislature of the state of
that general control over their citizens
which was before possessed. It still has
authority to amend their charters, en
large or diminish their powers, extend:
or limit their boundaries, consolidate two
or more into one, overrule tfieir legis
lative action whenever it is deemed un
wise. Impolitic, or unjust, and even abol
ish them altogether In the legislative
discretion, and substitute those which
are different. The rights and franchises
of such a corporation, being granted for
the purposes of government, can never
become such vested rights as against the
stste that they cannot he taken away."
Since the adoption of the initiative and
referendum amendment in the State of
Oregon, under which the people exercise
the right of direct legislation, and tin
adoption of the constitutional amendment
of 1906 above referred to. the general
supervisory power over corporations is
not vested solely in the legislative as
sembly, but the force of Judge Cooley s
statement applies in principle to Oregon
ao well as to any other state In the
Union.
The attempt to fly over the Simplon
Pass Is rather foolhardy In the pres
ent state of aviation. Still, without
foolhardlness the new art would never
reach perfection. Kiplingites under
stand that the man who makes the
world go is he who tilts at "the thing
that can't be done."
What did the President and the
Colonel talk about, anyway? That's
one of the troubles running a paper;
often the best news doesn't get into
print.
There must have been conversation
other than concerning the weather
and the children's health when Taft
and T. R. met.
While Captain Larsen was making
his trip through Niagara Rapids, the
fool-killer must have been taking a
day off.
How would you like the job of Ber-
geant-at-arms at the New York Re
publican convention?
It is within the possibilities that the
Saratoga convention next week may
make history.
Roosevelt's Simple Platform.
Philadelphia North American.
Mr. Roosevelt burned the last bridge
behind him when he spoke as he did
to the Hamilton Club in Chicago. He
has nowhere to retreat. He must stand
or fall upon his new platform. That
platform Invites the opposition of every
power to which every politician has
looked since American politics have ex
lsted. It is a platform bigger than
either or both of the platforms of the
present two big parties. And It is so
simple that It means only opposition to
special privilege and devotion to com
mercial morality, political honesty and
clean government.
Working; Like a Dog.
Clarkesville (Ga.) Banner.
You've heard people say that they
have worked like a dog all day. An
exchange has floured It if this were
literally true the 24 hours would be
spent thus: "One hour digging out a
rat. two hours knawing at a bone, one
hour waiting for a cat to come down
from the tree, half an hour begging
to get into the house, and the balance
of the time sleeping on a mat. In the
doorway."
Too Easily Excited.
Baltimore American.
"My dear, don't you think it is time
we were getting in the coal?"
"There you go! Always ready to pile
up one set of bills before the ones
on hand are paid, and"
"There, there! Don't get so excited.
You're not the furnace you don't have
to fire up."
The ChanKlns; Season.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
About time now to pack the "Own
your own home" slogan away In moth
balls and drag out the other: "Steam
heat and 'Janitor service."
Fit for "Pinafore."
Christian Register.
The transactions of our Navy Depart
ment, and the building of battleships
t Immense cost, with the subsequent
proceedings, might easily be incorpo
rated In a new version of "Pinafore.'
We turn out huge ships, at a great cost,
with all the machinery of war and then
before a commercial steamer has be
gun to lose Its usefulness, the elements
of our squadron begin to deteriorate
and soon are pronounced unfit for use.
Nothing can cope with a new Dread
nought but another Dreadnought of like
tonnage with guns of similar caliber.
But no Dreadnought has yet been test
ed, and before they come to the ar
bitrament of battle most of them will
be towed out to some convenient place
and sunk as Impedimenta too cumber
some to be allowed to obstruct the har
bors where the commerce of the world
Is carried on.
When Maine Went
Boston Transcript, Sept. 13.
The full text of one bit of doggerel
is worth quoting today. It was exact
ly 70 years ago this morning that the
country was singing:
"Oh have you heard the news from
Maine,
Maine, Maine, all honest and true?
She went hell bent for Governor Kent
And Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
And Tippecanoe and Tyler too,
And now we will beat little Van!"
Maine was a Democratic state in those
days, and Its support of the Whig can
didates made quite as memorable a vic
tory as its overturn today constitutes.
Never Again.
W'ashington Star.
Only a little while ago Mr. Roose
velt was standing silent at the tomb
of Napoleon. It seems unlikely that
this historic event will ever again be
even approximately duplicated.
The Usual Remedy. '
New York American.
Sad news from Ohio. The cabbage
crop is short and sauerkraut will Jump
In price. Only remedy appears to be to
put less cabbage in it.
In the lleht of the foregoing there
should carefully be considered a proposed
further amendment to Section 2. Article
XI of the Constitution, which is to be
voted on by the people at the coming
general election. This proposed amend
ment re-enacts the amendment of 19n
above referred to. and adds the follow
ing language:
And the exclusive power to license,
regulate, control, or to suppress or pro
hibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors
therein is vested In such municipality,
but such municipality shall within its
limits be subject to the provision of the
I,ocal Option Law of the State of Oregon."
Laying aside for the present any con
sideration of the language of this pro
posed amendment relating to the Local
Option Law, I wish to direct attention
to the fact that the effect of tms pro
vision in our Consltution would be to
abrogate the right which our Supreme
Court has held to exist in the Legisla
ture ever since the amendment of 1906,
to control and reeulate municipalities
by general laws, and also abrogates the
rights of the people by direct legisla
tion to control and regulate sucn mu
nicipalities by either general or special
laws. In other words, the effect of
this proposed amendment will be that
the State of Oregon abrogates a portion
of its sovereignty and vests the same
In Its municipal corporations. There
would be. with reference to the subject
matter of the proposed amendment, as
many sovereignties within the bounda
ries of Oregon as there are municipal ,
corporations. I doubt whether so unique:
a proposition has ever before been ad
vanced in any state of the American i
Union, and as an example of Constitu- j
tion-tinkering, it is perhaps the most
revolutionary and extraordinary on record.
In the course of the opinion in the!
case of Straw vs. Harris, 103 Pac. 777, i
decided by the Supreme Court of Ore
gan August 24. 1909. the court had un
der consideration the Constitutional
Amendment of 1906 which we have
quoted above, and also the Constitu
tional Amendment of the same year ex-,
tending the Initiative and Referendum:
to municipalities, and with reference!
thereto uses the following language: I
"True, the language used in the amend- i
ments considered would appear to give!
to Incorporated cities the exclusive con-:
tral and management of their own af-l
fairs, even to the extent, if desired, of
legislating within their borders without
limit, to the exclusion of the state. But,
as stated, these provisions must be con-;
strued In connection with others of our:
fundamental laws, which can but lead
to the conclusion above announced, and
whatever may be the literal Import of
the amendments, it cannot be held that
the state has surrendered Its sovereign
ty to the municipalities to the extent
that it must be deemed to have perpet
ually lost control over them. Thjs no
state can do. The logical sequence of
a judicial Interpretation to such effect
would amount to a recognition of a
state's right of dissolution. It would
lead to soverelgntial suicide. It would
result in the creation of states within
the state, and eventually in the sur
render of all state sovereignty all of
which Is expressly Inhibited by article
4. paragraph 3, of our National Constl-i
tution."
When the court used this language it
was not construing a constitutional
provision expressly giving to municipal
corporations exclusive power, nor could
Judge Cooley when stating the general
principles of law applicable to the pow
ers of municipal corporations have
taken into account the possibility of
such a provision, so Inconsistent with
well-established canons. Doubtless the
court would be powerless, even with
the exercise of the most liberal rules of
construction, to relieve the people from
the operation or so drastic a provision
as is now offered, once it were a part of
tne constitution.
Truly the new amendment is noth
ing more nor less than a degree of
'soverelgntial suicide." B. L. EDDY.
Republican Partys Burden. 1
New York World.
The other day Vermont establlsherti
the fact that one Republican ct,
every four would not vot j
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