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Cnl co. staffer building. TOBTLAND. THTTBSDAT. RETT. t. 1M. DETTBJIESINO THE ISSUES. Do the primary settle anything-? It should. The Republican primary. If it does not belie its name and pur pMi is held to determine differences within the party as to candidates and policies. The Democratic party should similarly concern itself with Demo cratic affairs. Of course In Oregon there is no Democratic party or Demo cratic primary worth the name. We only occasionally run across some one ftrho will even admit that he Is a Demo crat. There are ertain Democratic leaders and statesmen, to be sure, who pose as Democrats. Their principal duty and office Is to worry about the candidates and organization of the Re publican party. Hence we find open Alliances between certain Democrats and certain Republicans who work in both primaries for their own personal success and care nothing otherwise about the welfare of either party. The Oregonlan calls attention again to the course of the Bourne-Chamberlain machine. It sought to achieve the defeat of Mr. Bowerman for Gov ernor at the Republican primary, and failed. At the same time it brought about easily the nomination of Mr. "West as the Democratic candidate for Governor. Mr. West is an amiable and energetic young man who has all Ills political life been the poIittcU pro tege of Mr. Chamberlain and Is now to be the Instrument through which Senator Chamberlain and Senator Bourne are to cement their hard-and-tast hold on the Oregon political ma chine. Now the Chamberlain forces are lined up behind West. So are the Bourne forces. Mr. Bourne ha been careful to make his position clear. Many days ago he publicly declared that he would vupport no assembly nominee either at the primary or at the succeeding election. He will not support Mr. Bowerman. He will support Mr. West. This attitude falls In with his general Khm of alliance with Mr. Chamber lain to divide things In Oregon equally between them. It la easy to understand, then, the sources of dissatisfaction of the Bourne-Chamberlain element with the result of the recent primary In the nomination of Mr. Bowerman. Bow erman Is In the way. They con tinue the outcry about Statement No. 1 and assembly, though Mr. Bowerman is not now the nominee of any Repub lican assembly. He Is the choice of the Republican primary, precisely as Mr. Bourne was the choice In 190. and as Mr. Chamberlain was the Dem ocratic choice In 1908. It Is pretended by the newspaper boosters of the Bonrne-Chamberlaln partnership that Bowerman as Governor would Inter fere with the proper and efficient op eration of Statement No. 1. Yet Mr. Bowerman as State Senator in the ses sion of 1907, without any previous pledge and without any promise or ob ligation to any individual, accepted the people's choice and voted for Mr. Jtotimo for United States Senator. It perfectly certain that If Mr. Bower nan had pledged himself In 1909 to vote for Mr. Chamberlain he would liave so voted: but he had declined hen to subscribe to Statement No. 1 and he had been elected on that issue, mind there was no just reason to de mand or expect that ho would at that ftesston aid In sending to the United Plates Senate by his vote a member of an oppoalng political party. Yet no one will say that Mr. Bowerman In 3 909 placed any obstacle In the way of the consummate flowering of adroit political strategy in the distinguished person of our present Democratic Senator. There Is no good reason why the Statement No. 1 feature of the primary law should by the people of Oregon be assigned to the exclusive possession or proprietorship of Mr. Bourne or Mr. Chamberlain. Yet these gentlemen would have It appear that participa tion In legislative affairs by others than members of their own particular clique is a menace to the popular elec tion of Senators. What is wanted by this little combination of political op posite is a man In the Governor's chair who will protect them first and the di rect primary afterwards. Mr. West la the Ideal solution for them. He will lo as they desire. He will help Mr. Bourne to be elected. Therefore Mr. Bourne will help him to be elected. The Oregonlan will not pretend that It desired the nomination of Mr. Bow erman. It thought some other ought to have been named. Yet he has fairly won the primary nomination against great odds and despite the machinations and Intrigues of political enemies of every description from every party. He Is a carable. force ful, purposeful and honest man. He Is opposed by Mr. West. If Mr. West shall be elected, there will be here in Oregon the continued domination of Bourne and Chamberlain In Oregon affairs. The Oregonlan thinks that Oregon as a Republican state should nave a Republican Senator to succeed Mr. Chamberlain. It thinks the same about Mr. Bourne. There are a thou sand other reasons not necessary now to name why the Bourne regime should be terminated. For the pres ent, these reasons may be summed tip In the statment that Oregon Is worthy of better representation at Washington. The refusal of the California au thorities to commit to the asylum an Insane man who has been sending threatening letters to Governor Ben son Is to be followed by a return to California of some of her Insane peo ple who have wandered Into Oregon. There may be some disadvantages In this system of reprisal, but In the end Oregon might be the gainer by It. Tb.ls state has always been rather good-natured about accepting burdens which other states have thrust on us. It Is a common practice for the town paupers and other undesirables to be shifted north from California and south from Washington until they are safely over the state Una. As a rule, Oregon Is less fortunate or more humane about passing them on. Let ns hope that Dr. Stelner will stand pat on his policy of forcing California to care for her own Insane. A DEMOCRATIC IDYLL. The nomination of Judge J. W. Hamilton la the second Judicial dis trict Is one of the more agreeable epi sodes In our bewildering and dust begrlmed politics. Mr. Hamilton, if the accounts are true, did not disburse one red cent for election expenses. He wrote his petition for nomination on hts own typewriter with his own lily hand, or at any rate he did not go to the expense of printing It. and It was circulated by persons who liked him well enough for a Judge to do the work without pay. If this la not democratic simplicity, we should be obliged to anybody who would show us a specimen of that rare and highly desirable phenomenon. Judge Hamilton's case looks very much like the fabulous tale of the of fice seeking the man. In the Garden of Eden. It Is said by the learned, this occasionally happened, but never since the ates were closed upon the depar ture of our first parents and the angel began to swing his fiery sword In the tmnt vnril of their old home. With out venturing to make any compari sons, which are odious proverbially, we still insist mat a man who van m nominated as Judge Hamilton has been must be a pretty good Judge. tka unnnt tMt of a man is the Judgment of his neighbors. Wben they think well of him it is iairiy cer tain that he has good stuff In him, whatever his occupation happens to be. If they fight shy of him, others who do not know him so well are usually wise If they follow the local exam ple. A candidate for office whom his next-door neighbors do their best to vote down would shine more profitably In private life than as trustee of the public welfare. We throw out these observations to bolster up our opinion that Judge Hamilton's extremely democratic call to run for office again demonstrates his excellence as a member of the Ju diciary. What political creed he pro rMA wa tin not at this moment choose to recall. One thing we are assured of and that Is the entire wnoiesome ness of his manhood and the exem plary fairness of his deeds on the bench. If he had shown favor to any body bis neighbors would have known It and his nominating petition would not have circulated so economically. THE NEW YORK CONVENTION. Mr. Roofs speech when he was made permanent chairman of the New York Republican Convention fairly overflowed with common sense. It must have been refreshing to the war-wearled delegates to hear him utter those elementary truths of poll tics and statesmanship which seem to have been forgotten by many in the turmoil of partisan strife. The direct primary law, for example, which Mr. Roosevelt has been fighting for. Mr. Root declares that the Re publican party will give to the people as a matter of course. It is a novelty only In the United States. Civilized European countries long ago adopted eaulvalent political reforms and are now discussing other measures far more advanced. The right of the peo ple to name their candidates for office Is as clear, according to Mr. Root's philosophy, as the right to elect them. After the smoke of the fight has cleared away, who will there be to doubt It? Few men who really care for the welfare of the Republican party will question the wisdom of Mr. Root's advice that It should take the leadership In progressive measures and maintain m the future the repu tation which it won long ago. The Jeremiahs In New York have been the members of the "Old Guard" and the Wall street newspapers which have backed them In their resistance to much-needed progress. Mr. Roose velt has performed the role of Isaiah. Samson and Goliath all at the same time. No voice could have been more resounding than his In challenging the foe to mortal combat, none more Jubi lantly prophetic of good things to be born of the convention and no hand more potent to wield tho weapons of political warfare. It must be conced ed ven by his bitterest foes that the valiant Colonel Hias lived well up to his reputation during the weeks which have preceded the meeting of the con vention and proved himself not only a fearless champion of the cause he stands for. but also a most astute poli tician. His enemies have not spared him. Ridicule, anathema and even some slight ventures in mendacity have been employed to work his over throw, but they seem to have been futile. As a nice little specimen of men dacity, or what might be so named by a severe critic. Is the statement we have read In one New York paper that Vice-President Sherman took no part whatever in obtaining the preliminary nomination for chairman of the con vention by the state central commit tee. According to the paper we are referring to, he maintained all the time the most dignified Indifference while Mr. Roosevelt did nothing but roar and intrigue. To see the lack of exact impartiality In this, we need only recall the use Mr. Sherman and his friends made of Mr. Taffs name In the maneuvers before the commit tee. The use was so unpardonable that the President felt called upon to deny that he had authorized Mr. Sherman to do anything of the sort. Indiffer ence of that variety -usually goes by another name. Upon the whole the activity of the Vice-President before the convention met did not very dis tinctly redound to his credit. Like a great many other politicians who are politicians and nothing more, he failed completely to see the signs of the times. It Is only 'a few weeks since he declared publicly that he "could find no traces of Insurgency In the West." This was perhaps ten days before the Kansas primaries were held. No doubt the New York convention brought Mr. Roosevelt face to face with one of the crises of his career. Had he succumbed to the slight which the Old Guard Imposed upon him when it preferred Sherman, the coun try would have accused him of cow ardice and lost much of Its faith In his prowess. Had he failed to win when he decided to fight It Is likely enough that his prestige would have been seriously Impaired, for after all success is an Important factor In hold ing the confidence of the public. It Is certainly to Mr. Roosevelt's credit THE MOltXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910. that he met the crisis in a manner which did full Justice to his courage and managed it so that defeat was turned to victory. He has placed him self in a position big with responsi bility, however, and open to attack on every side. If the platform adopted by the convention smacks of radical Ism, the New York papers will accuse him of socialism, demagogy and a host of other dreadful qualities. If it is not radical enough the insurgent West will deride him as another Ichabod and all the Kansas Whittlers will write lamentations over his moral lapse. If the Democrats win In the Fall elections in New York his ene mies will hold Roosevelt accountable. They will say that his platform and his attacks on the Supreme Court wrought the havoc. The only thing that can increase his credit with the country Is a glorious Republican vic tory In New York, and, sad as it is to admit such a fact, we must confess that the outlook for one Is pretty slim. Some say the Democrats will win by a quarter of a million votes. FOR A PACIFIC FLEET. The importance and necessity of maintaining a fleet of battleships on the Pacific have been fully appreciated In all of the regions west of the Rocky Mountains for many years. From time to time, protest has been made over the lack of protection given the Pacific Coast, but the proposed Pacific Coast Congress for the purpose of urging on Congress the necessity of action on the matter Is the first con certed effort that has been made. Admiral Evans has been advocating the construction of a new navy for the Pacific, or of enough ships to In sure the same number on each ocean as are now stationed on the Atlantic. While the necessity of the big fleet on the Pacific is unquestioned, it is extremely doubtful about sufficient appropriation being easily obtained for such an enormous sum as would be necessary to build fifteen or twenty battleships for the Pacific squadron. Expenditures for naval purposes are already causing much concern throughout the world, and it might be much easier to secure a readjust ment of the present fleet so that the Pacific coast would come in for Its share of ships. The cities which have been asked to participate in this Con gress, Instead of advocating the Evans plan for an extensive addition to the Navy, might fare better by making their fight for a fairer and safer dis tribution of the Navy now built. Statesmen, diplomats and warriors are practically unanimous In their ex pressed belief that the world's next great war will be fought on the Pa cific. They are similarly unanimous In declaring that the relations of the great European powers with the United States are such that the pros pect for any kind of a war In which the Atlantic would be fighting ground are very remote. Aside from the remote possibility for war on the Atlantic, it should also be remembered that nearly the entire Atlantic coast line is remarkably well fortified and that It would be an Im possibility for a hostile fleet to get within range of any of the big cities without inviting destruction from the powerful guns which guard the har bors. And yet In spite of these mag nificent land defenses and remote pos sibility of the' appearance of a foreign foe on the Atlantic, all of our best fighting, ships and most of the second raters are kept on the Atlantic sta tion, where they are not needed, in stead of on the Pacific, where the "hurry up" call will first be heard. The constantly changing types of warships, and the appearance of the airship as a possible factor in warfare have already created a sentiment against the enormous appropriations necessary for "building a new Navy for the Pacific, but no good reason can be advanced for refusing the Pacific coast request that the fleet already built be stationed where It Is liable to bo needed for fighting . purposes Instead of for dress parade and Junket ing purposes. It Is doubtful If the Pa cific Coast could secure a new navy on the lines laid down by Admiral Evans, but a united effort on the part of the Pacific Coast cities ought to bring some of the battleships for permanent place In the -Pacific squadron. 8TTXX. IN THE EXPERIMENT AX STAG E. W. Kennedy Jones, executive head of the London Mall, now In this coun try. evldenUy looks with doubt upon the probability that the aeroplane will ever be developed Into a safe, service able and reliable motor machine. His assertion that there is no safe aero plane yet is borne out by the facts. The assertion seems to be superfluous, as even the most experienced aviators recognise danger In every flight that th.v nip. Careful study and practi cally boundless Ingenuity are, how ever, engaged In the errort to elimi nate the known and acknowledged dangers that attend aviation. Since nothing can be done in thla line with out taking risks, it is dlffcult to see how the question can be solved with out taking a grave, perhaps a desper ate chance with accident and possible death. There Is but one way to do things and that Is to do them; but one way to develop any new Idea In physics and that is through patient, repeatec and, if necessary, daring experiment What wonderful Invention Is there that has not had to go through an experimental stage more or less dan gerous to tho Inventor? What of ap .ii.j oiA.trlo!tv. nf steam, of srreat engineering undertakings? What In, ventlon appliea to me rspia transit, of a wingless race has numbered more victims than the automobile? It is true that the element of danger has never been eliminated from any of these public utilities of a motion-mad age; true also, possibly that it never will be entirely eliminated, since the laws of gravity are Immutable, and violent Impact of the human body, moving at a high rate of speed, with Immovable bodies can produce but one result. Yet human persistence, in taking chances against odds thus represented, has been a tremendous factor In the evolution of the social and economic life of the civilized world. The automobile Is still a luxury for the few, a toy for the reckless. Yet If we are to Judge of the future by the past, even the near future by the near past, it will. In conjunction with cars moved by the electric current, eventually displace the horse in city streets and largely on country, roads. The automobile has passed beyond the experimental stage, but with a speed maniac at the wheel It Is not less a menace to human life now than It was In Its experimental stage. The danger element thus Indicated Is not likely to be outgrown, but the auto mobile will nevertheless come In time to be In as common use as tho vehicle drawn by horses now Is, and It will not be more dangerous to numan me. The equally safe aeroplane Is -more problematical. But he Is a presump tuous man who affirms that the prob lem is one that is impossible of solution. There are those, however, who be lieve that a really safe aeroplane will yet be developed, furnishing means of travel that will be as widely employed and as safe as is the ralroad train drawn by mighty engines that are urged to great speed by the power of steam. It may be conceded that the flying machine is not now a means of travel that can be commended to the cautious. It Is pre-eminently for those-who dare and who are urged on by the zeal of the Inventor. But it is young yet, and there are many at work upon it. Backed by enthusiasm and daring; financed by private wealth crrtiToTTi mnntnl funda! Indorsed bv naval authorities,- why should it not succeed, even tnougn as yet no nuo aeroplane has been launched upon the air? The concrete railroad tie Is the latest addition to the list of articles that n n ha made of "something to take the place of wood." According to a Stockton. Cal., dlspatcn. a con crete tie has been Invented that will stand all the tests to which a wooden tie would be subjected. The Invention, If it bears out the claims of Its pro-mntAt-a wilt reault In enormous saving to the' railroads, for the annual ex penditure for tie renewals runs into vast sums on every big road. The concrete pile is a success and has al- MrwW tolran thA rtlftr.A of thousands of young trees formerly "used for piling. t a ttA Droves eaually successful, there will be an even greater saving of older timDer wnicn Is now eawed Into ties. This is forest conservation on new lines. Note what our neighbors at Wood land. Wash., are doing. They have or ganized the Lewis River Valley Fruit growers' Association, taken a ware. VimiBA onrt nrnnosa to grade their fruit to the highest standard. Building of the new Northern racino-aouoio tmm VanpniivBr to Kalama . has brought this district much closer to Portland than Hood River or xamniu. It is, in fact, our closest apple nelgh whnnH. a heautlful country with rich soil and the greater part awaiting de velopment. A little more man tui v.ri,-r rfrto from Portland, our rela tions are close and getting closer every day. The old connection Dy toai is practically a thing of the past. The, first annual harvest show of Clark County, Washington, will be, held In a few days in Vancouver. The r that section, notwith standing the uncommonly dry Sum mer In which they were matured, m, makA nn excellent showing. Many farmers, gardeners and fruit growers of the old pioneer county w Washington are taking great pains to imvA tho nnalltv of the products of their lands, and in order that all may see what each Is doing in tnis line mo i. ahnur was devised. The ef fort Is most commendable and the fair will doubtless furnish many Burpri, even to farmers themselves. Pacific University holds a memorial service for the late Harvey W. Scott at Forest Grove this afternoon. Men of prominence In the state who were acquainted with Mr. Scott and his work will speak. This pioneer Institu- t,i.t Mr Scott was the first w - . graduate and a trustee, honors Itself as well as him in paying mn tribute to the greatest of her sons. A large number of invitations have been issued, and it Is expected that many will attend. The car leaving -i.rnn ir.iiw.tric deDOt at 12:10 will reach Forest Grove in season for the services, and visitors can return at. 4:10. Robert W. Chanler Is at present in the limelight as the colossal erotic of . . ua la nrur seeking to cancel the ante-nuptial agreement whereby he bought a diva and lert nimseir pen .ii... vvifAlea and fortuneless, he seeks to recover. His escapade dis proves the assumption at tne time oi Anna Gould-de Castellane-de Sagan's public career as a marrying woman, that the extreme of erotic folly is ex clusively a feminine characteristic. Rightly to -comprehend outside In terference In the Republican pri maries last week, watch the move ments of , Democratic managers the next fortnight. .They helped to nomi nate certain weak candidates merely to make Republican defeat certain. As heretofore, all Democratic effort will be directed against the weaklings. This streetcar fender business has dragged out too long. Let's see. Isn't It fully two years since the Council demanded and the company promised customary protection? What this community wants and is entitled to have, if such a thing is possible, Is a fender that will fend. "Margin in the House will be re duced," reads a news headline. Will be? Is there any doubt about the elec tion In Maine? Besides, there are forty-five more states to hear from. When you read of the labor riots In Berlin, it is not apparent that they handle mobs on the other side any more effectively than we do in Amer ica. The Colonel may be assured that the Portland man who caught two pheas ants at North Beach with hooks and a line is not a nature faker. Still there's a lot of pardonable curi osity over the exact Inside of the pur chase of 400 feet of waterfront in the heart of Portland's harbor. By and by there will be nobody left to "whoop her up" at the primaries. President Taft is considering exten sion of the civil service. In the proceedings of the Saratoga convention, the Injection of tobasco by both sides saves the assemblage from Indictment for dullness. Eighteen hundred students at the Oregon Agricultural College this Win ter will help to solve the back-to-the-farm problem. i Mayor Gaynor's declining to be a candidate robs New York Democrats of a very excellent man to run for Governor. La Follette's proposal to jolt Taft sounds like the Jungle story of the monkey and the hippopotamus. TAFT'S POINTED POKER STORY. Told to a Caller to Illustrate a Certain Current Event. New York Globe. Those who thirrk President Taft is worrying himself thin over political developments may take another guess. Callers at the Taft cottage find him in a peaceful frame of mind, taking things as they come and determined to go ahead and be President as he sees his duty, regardless of the effect upon his own political future. The President Is a good story-teller and very few of his visitors get away without having joined him in a lausrh. Here is one story credited to the President by a caller at the Taft cot. tage today: A Governor of Colorado (of course not the present Governor) and a friend were playing euchre. The hands had Just been dealt and the Governor's friend looked at him and sighed: "I wish I were playing poker.' "Is that so?" asked the Governor indifferently, licking the broken wrap per of his cigar. "How much would you bet?" "I'd bet $100 on this hand," said the friend. "Well," said the Governor, yawning, "you must have a good hand." Then squinting at a queen that was lying on the table he added: "I think I might take you on If I ha 3 that queen." "Take it." said the Governor's friend, which the Governor did and promptly bet $1000. His friend saw him and dropped four kings. The Gov ernor laid down four aces and a lone queen. "It's your money." said the friend after he had recovered, 'but will you tell me what the deuce you wanted of that queen?" President Taft himself doesn't play poker, but he knows enough about the game to appreciate how largely human nature figures in It, and it was in Il lustration of this point that he i- said to have told the story. CITIES OVER 2.1,000 POPULATION Census Returns Which Have Been An nounced Since September 1. . P. C mm. moo. Inc. Altoona, Pa. 62,127 3S.973 SS.S Atlantlo City. N. J. 44.461 27.838 5M.7 Amsterdam. N. Y. . 31.287 20,929 49.4 Auhiirn. N." V .14 M4 an. 345 14.2 Battle Creek. Men. 2S.267 18.56:1 Sivi BinKhamton. N. Y. 4S.443 39.B47 Boston. Mass 870.58S 5B0.S92 19.8 Csntnn 11 SO 1 T .1ft rt7 HH.T Chicago. Ill 2.185.2S3 1.A08.57S 2 T Cleveland, O. 660,tl3 381.768 4)-9 Colorado Springs.. 28.07S 21,085 37.9 Covington. Ky. ... 53.270 42.988 24.1 u&nvme. in. ..... zj.ni io.oo 11 Dayton. 0 116.B77 85.33.1 36.8 Dubuque. Ia. 3S.4:i4 38.27 6.1 East Orange, N. J. 34.371 21.508 69.8 Erie. Pa. 08.52S 32.733 26.2 Everett. Mass. .... 33.484 24.336 37.3 Flint. Mich 3S..W 13.1UJ Haverlll. Mass. ... 44.115 37.175 J8.7 uJAb. lUnaa. . . ft7 734 45.719 26.3 Jamestown, N. Y.. 81.297 22,892 36.7 Jollet, III S4.0fu zh.ooi J--i Kalamazoo. Mich.. 39.437 24.404 61.8 Kingston. N. Y.... 25.AU8 24.535 5.8 L Cross, Wla. ... 30.417 28.8A5 5.3 Lansing. Mich. ... 31.229 1.485 89.4 Uwrenca.' Man... 85.892 62.559 37.0 Uttle Rock. Ark.. 45.91 38,307 19.9 T .mm?, l! uu. 106.294 94.969 11.9 Lynchburg. Vs. ... 29.494 fSOl 56.1 .M i eesporL, ,or ft i - Merlden. Conn. ... 27.265 24.308 12.2 Mt Vernon. N. Y. . 30.919 21.22.8 45.7 Muskogee. Ala. ... 25,278 4.254 .494.2 New Bedford, Mass 06.552 62,44a 54.8 Nevburg. N. Y 25.473 24.943 2.1 KCnr D T r7.149 22.441 2L0 New Orleans, La... 339,075 287,104 18.1 N. Roonelle, I. x. zn.ini i.u" Niagara Falls. N.Y. 30.445 19,457 56.6 Oklahoma C"y. Ok 64.205 10.037 639.7 Passaic N. J 64.778 27.777 97.2 P!tU.fleld. Mas.... 32,121 21,766 47.6 poughkeepsle. N.Y. 27.936 24.029 1 8.3 Racine. Wis 38.002 29.102 30.6 Rochester, K. Y... 218.149 162,608 S4.2 Rockford. I1L .... 45.401 31.051 46.2 Salem. Mass 43.697 35.958 21.5 Springfield. 111. ... 51.678 34.159 51.3 o,iSflll. Mass.. 88.928 62.059 43.7 Troy. N. Y 76.813 60.651 26.8 Waterloo. Ia. 26.693 12.580 112.2 w.t.rtnwn. V. Y. . 26.730 21.698 47.3 Wllkesbarre, Pa... 67.705 51.721 20.1 WlUlaxrispori, fi.. oww ' " . Birds Swiftest in Flight. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 28. (To the Edi tor) Which is the fastest In flight, the canvasback, or the teal duck; that is, for a short distance. Also what is the fastest bird of flight? D. E. SIMPSON. Portland duck-shooters ' are agreed that the teal Is faster of flight than the canvasback duck, either for a short or a long distance. The teal, they say, in relative merits of swiftness, can be compared with the quail to the pheasant In the upland birds. C. William Beebe, in his book, "The air." av that the swallow Is the fast est bird of flight In a test in Germany between homing pigeons and a swallow, the latter, easily outdistanced the for mer. This swallow flew a distance of 148 miles ln 1:08, or at an average of about two miles a minute. Ducks, claims Mr. Beebe, have been known to attain a speed of 90 miles an hour. Millions Paid for Killing Rata. Washington Cor. New York World. Uncle Sam's annual bill for the pre vention of the Importation of conta gion amounts to $2,000,000. according to a report by Surgeon-General Walter nr..MA tt,A Puhiln l-Tealth and Ma rine Hospital Service. It was under the direction of tnis service tnai zaa.iiu rats and 118.338 ground squirrels were destroyed on the Pacific Coast a few years ago because of the supposition, that these animals were largely re sponsible for the spread of bubonic plague. , The Real Autocrat. Baltimore American. The White House Is to have another debutante this season, and the Nation will turn from its political wrangles and business complexities long enough to fix an approving eye upon the pic ture of a young girl's enjoyment and pleasure. For after all, the American girl is the real autocrat of this great! republic, and what interests her inter est everybody. Beware m Patient Mini Angrr. Providence Journel. The impression gains ground that Mr. Taft is preparing to light to main tain himself in the active leadership of his party, the Colonel to the contrary notwithstanding. It Is to be, feared that the rumpus as an unavoidable ele ment of politics has come to stay for some time. What They All Say. i Atchison Globe. A man went to see a small baby. "He's a fine fellow, Isn't she?" he said when he thought be had to say some thing. "How old is it now? Do her teeth bother him much. He does look like you, doesn't she? Every one says It does." ProvlnaT His Undoing. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. T. R.'s splendid teeth, says a Toledo dentist, are responsible for his mental and physical ability. But Isn't a man with such teeth liable to bite off more than he can chew? One of the Beat Sigma. Washington Herald. One sign of the stability of our pros perity Is that Wall street is doing only one-tenth as much business aa this time last year. Another Jnmrler on the Job. New Bedford Standard. "Habitual unveracity" is a phrase which a New York newspaper applies to the Colonel. How the Colonel" must wish he had thought of It .first! STILL, 1ST THE COLONEL'S BLOOD. However, the New nationalism Ia Not Wanted by the Country. Indianapolis News. The new nationalism was short-lived, indeed. Nothing is more encouraging than the disapproval which the people have shown of it. That disapproval has been so strong and so unanimous as to have Impressed even Mr. Roosevelt with tho necessity of getting out from un der. This he did on Thursday, though his retreat was hardly graceful. Writ ing of "The Old Issue," Kipling has this to say of "the old king": He ehall mark our goings, question whence we came. Set tils guards about us, aa In freedom's name. Ha shall take a tribute, toll of all our ware; He shall change our gold lor arms arms we may not bear. He shall break his Judges if they cross his word; He shall rule above the law, calling on our Lord. . Long-forgotten bondage, dwarfing heart and brain All our fathers died to loose he shall find again. But not on this American people, whether native or foreign born. The former have been schooled in liberty and self-government, and the latter have fled from old despotisms in order that they might enjoy liberty and self government here. We shall all be de lighted to have an "application of cer tain old-time moralities to the condi tions of the day," but that is not the new nationalism, or anything like it Mr. Roosevelt has publicly discarded it, at least In Its extreme and dangerous form, but It Is in his blood. It is not only the East that is hostile to It, though the denunciations of the East ern papers must have been very dis concerting to Mr. Roosevelt, but the West as well. We all wish reform, and clean, honest government, but we also desire liberty under the institutions which have been found essential to its preservation. ANTI-TTPPING SOCIETY FORMED. Charter Secured by Texas Organization to Fight the Evil. Dally News. The anti-tlpplng movement, which, starting in the East, has rapidly spread charter was taken out at Austin Monday for the national Anti-ripping oocwij. The constitution and by-laws of the so olety prohibit the giving of tips for any service, even on Pullman cars. "The tipping custom has grown to be a burdensome tax on the traveling pub lic." said A. P. Foute. "It costs all the way from 60 cents or 75 cents a day in the towns and small cities to $2.60 and $3 a day at the hotels in New York and other large cities. In order to get any attention you have to tip everybody. You have to pay the elevator man. If you wish anything brought to your room, the bellboy must be compensated. When you go into the washroom a boy hands you a towel and begins to get industrious with his brush and whisk broom, and, as you get ready to leave, he holds out his hand. "The head waiters in the hotels get half the tips the waiters collect, and some of them in New York are worth as much as $200,000. It is folly for the Individual to protest, for he gets the name of being a stingy crank. So the traveling salesmen and the traveling public generally have started an or- t-,A RiAvomont amlnst the OviL If the movement should succeed, the hotels will have to pay their own neip, ana the porters on sleeping cars will have to be put on the payroll of the Pullman Company. "Tipping is of European origin, but the traveler over there is out only a few pennies a day, and he does not miss the money. When the people of the United States adopted the system they ran the things into the ground, by chucking out quarters. 50-cent pieces and silver dollars, prompted to do so no doubt by a desire to create the im pression that they had more money than they knew what to do with." Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Press. One reason why a woman can't play poker Is that she generally wins. After all. there's only one real trouble with life it's a thousand years too short. The most economical woman hates to be caught In the rain without silk stock- At any rate, the man who contradicts himself saves somebody else a lot of trouble. When a Summer girl can't And her way to the most romantic corner of the veranda in the dark If s time to consult an oculist. A Compromlac. Catholic Standard and Times. "Sir," began Lord Brokeleigh, pom pously, "I've called to request your daughter's hand In marriage." "That's out of the question, my man," replied old Roxley. "However. 1 don't want to seem altogether uncharitable, so here's $5 for yoih" The Prima Donna. Catholic Standard and Times. "You look particularly happy today," said Citiman. "I am," replied Subbubs. "I've Just succeeded In getting our leading lady to sign for another season." ( "I didn't know you were in the theat rical business." "I'm not. I refer to our cook." Bad Omen. Indianapolis News. Isn't it about time for the savants to discover that the digits of 1312 add up 13, so that it is almost certain to be politi cally unlucky for somebody? Star Fitrnrea Run Hla-h. Denver Republican. Apparently it is more expensive to marry a Metropolitan grand opera star than one of the members of the original Florodora sextette. Not Enough Birds Birmingham Age-Herald. New York has Imported 22 storks, but surely that number is not enough in city that contains nearly 5,000,000 people. Advice to the Democrats. Washington Post. Democrats shouldn"t attempt legislation until the elections are all over. Frivolity Rebuked. Chicago News. "My dear young friend," the bishop gravely said. After a rigorous examination, "I now have tested you on every hand, And offer my sincere congratulation. Your learning has withstood my probing touch. Your orthodox position pleases greatly: And you. of all my candidates, are much The best of those I have examined lately. "But. sir, there is one feature or defect Not metaphysical nor yet scholastic : To which emphatically I object. A point on which my views are Arm and drastic To thla hirsute and waxened ornament That curls above your lips la mode er ratic. I must protest. It savors of dissent. Of private Judgment. 81r, it is schis matic! your classics I have proved and find them sound: I cast no doubt upon your earnest piety. Shall I reject you on tha single ground Of worldly whim and facial Impropriety 7" The young man. with a look of aore amaze. Replied: "I must . consent to what you ' say, sir": Went to hla mirror for a final gaze. Twirled his mustaohe. then meekly stropped his raxor. FAIXIXG WALIi BRINGS SVIT Daniel Zakocff, Crushed in Dehris or Angelo Hotel, Asks $25,000. Crushed under a brick wall of the Angelo Hotel, which was gutted by the fire which destroyed the old Exposition building, at Nineteenth and Washington streets. Daniel Zakocff brought suit in the Circuit Court yesterday for the re covery of $26,000 from Timothy Kinney and William Morftan. of Morgan. Fliert ner & Boyer. Arthur Langguth and Robert Tucker, his attorneys, filed the complaint for him. Zakoeffs skull was fiactured and his scalp torn, his left eye is said to have been badly injured, his right arm cut and bruised and his bark strained. The walls of the hotel on Washington street, between Trinity Place and Twen tieth street, were left standing after the fire. Zakoetf was employed to clear away the debris. While he was at work on one side of she wall, other workmen were constructing a scaffold on the other side without his knowledge. It is alleged. While the work was going on tha wai; buckled and fell upon Zakoeff. He says the contractor. Morgan, should have known by experience how much strain the wall would stand, and should also have notified him of the danger in work ing close by the wall. The accident hap pened August 16. IMPROVEMENTS AGAIX HIT Oregon Real Estate Company Would Prevent Work by Injunction. To prevent by injunction the im provement of six streets on the East Side, the Oregon Real Estate Company filed suit in the Circuit Court yester day against the city. Mayor Simon and the Executive Board. The streets in volved are: Pacific street from Union avenue to East Twelfth; Oregon street from Union avenue to East Seventh: East Sixth street from Holladay avenue to Oregon street; East Seventh street from Holladay avenue to Oregon street; East Eighth street from Holladay ave nue to Pacific street, and East Ninth street from Holladay avenue to Pacific The real estate firm alleges that tlie estimated cost of the work is $39,576, but that this has not been itemized so it can be toid what is being paid for the cement sidewalks, the curbs, laying of water and sewer pipes, grading of the street, laying drain tile, and hard surfacing. The specifications call for bitulithic pavement. A remonstrance of two-thirds of the property owners is alleged to have been filed, protest ing against the improvement, but the City Executive Board is alleged to have proceeded in spite of this. FAMILY NEEDY; PAROLE ASKED Attorney Requests Louis Nelson, Confessed Thief, Be :Freed. Saying Louis Nelson's family is des- , titute and needs his assistance. Attor ney Waldemar Seton asked Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland yesterday that he be paroled. Nelson is accused of the theft of $180 from Ole Anderson on September 2. He pleaded guilty to this offense, but his attorney said he did it while under the influence of liqifbr. Judge Cleland said he would look Into the matter and pass sentence later. Nelson is a cement worker. Mrs. Sedonija Kreise was arraigned and pleaded not guilty before Judge Cleland yesterday to an indictment charging her with larceny in a dwell ing house on September 23. She is al leged to have taken jewelry belonging to John Thomas. MRS. NEWELIi CONTESTS WILXi Instrument Prepared Before Mar riage May Be Set Aside. To have the will of John A. Newell set aside, Mrs. Mildred Allen Newell, the widow, filed a petition in the County Court yesterday. Newell .died August 9 at the age of 6S. His will was dated August 7. 1906, before his marriage, which took place June 25, 1908. His wife's maiden name was Cole. The widow relinquished her right to be appointed administratrix, and Sumner Newell, a son, was appointed adminis trator yesterday. The appraisers are D. H. Burrowes, L. C. Fry, Jr., and W. J. Davie. Besides the widow and son the heirs are: Alice Newell Grimm, a daugh ter: H. H. Newell and George Newell, Papers to Go to Germany. Theodore Kruse, stepson of Anna Marie Kruse, filed a petition in the County Court yesterday, asking that papers In the estate be transmitted to the German Ambassador at Washing ton, D. C: that the estate in Olden burg. Germany, may be probated. Mrs. Kruse died September 4, as the result of a streetcar accident, for wh'ch tho estate held a claim of $1000 against the streetcar company. County Judge Clee ton authorized this settled for $S77.50 yesterday upon Kruse's petition. Her husband. Dirk I. Kruse. lives in Olden burg, Germany. Ho is 70 years old. The stepson was appointed adminis trator of the estate In Multnomah county, yesterday, to act under $2000 bond. Fishbeck Liquor Case Goes to Judge. Judge Gatens, of the Circuit Court, has under advisement the appealed case of the city against Minnie Fishbeck for selling liquor without a license. Wil liam Fishbeck and his wife were con ducting the Drew Lodging House, on Second street near Morrison. A saloon keeper nearby brought about their ar rest, it Is said. They said they did not sell beer, that they are Germans, and keep it for their own use. Fishbeck was convicted in municipal court and fined $200 on one charge, there being several others against him. One of the charges, that of selling liquor oh Sun day, was dismissed in the Circuit Court. Camps Want Moving Pictures. Sam Newman is being sued in the Cir cuit Court by Roy E. Camp and Dora Camp for $2100 and $50 attorney's fees on account of a moving-picture-machine deal. The complaint was tiled yesterday. The Camps allege they gave household goods worth $."U0 as the rental of a moving picture outfit for three months. The deal was made August 15, they say. They al lege they intended to establish moving picture shows in outside towns, and could have made $20 a day. But they say New man failed to furnish the machine. Man Asks $15,fl00 for Injuries. Fifteen thousand dollars damages is the sum William E. Burns asks of the United Engineering & Construction Company because he fell 12 feet from a scaffold to -the floor on July 13. He filed suit in the Circuit Court yester day. He says he was at work, assisting In the construction of a building on Powell street, when he lost his balance and fell. His left ankle was fractured, he says. He is 33 years old. Woman Hurt Hanging Curtains. CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Sept 2S (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Peterson, of Kalama. mother of Mrs. M. P. Mason, of this city, and Mrs. W. H. Imus, of Kalama, while on & chair fixing a curtain yesterday, stepped to a lounge, the springs of which caused her to fall to the floor, fracturing her leg close to the hip. Dr. Campbell set the fracture temporarily and the in jured woman was taken to a hospital in Portland this afternoon, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Imus. The injured woman is about 65 years old. K t