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191.
T1UOR GAMX.
Let us examine the Oregtm political
situation, candidly and fairly. There
ha fceen two factions In the Repub
lican party, divided over the Issue of
assembly and anti-assembly, and Inci
dentally orer Statement One. This
m solely a question -within the party
to tie settled at the party's primary.
The results were that on tho state,
judicial and Congressional tickets
there "were nominated some assembly,
some anti-assembly candidates, and In
the counties the voters determined the
Issue largely, or wholly, on the merits
of the candidates themselves, so that
there Is representation everywhere
among the Republican candidates of
every faction, of every opinion and of
every Interest. There are no longer
assembly or anti-assembly tickets;
that designation or affiliation neces
sarily disappeared when the Republi
can voters accepted the one or the
other as their accredited candidates
for tho election. If those men are
not now Republican candidates, there
-was no Republican primary: If they
are not entitled to credit and support
aa Republican candidates, the Repub
lican primary itself had no right or
authority to name them, and was a
humbug and fraud. Yet no one openly
says the Republican primary didn't
know what It was about when It se
lected certain of these candidates, or
aQ of them; only that tho Issues that
were there definitely and finally de
termined, so far as this campaign Is
concerned, must be kept alive so that
the ends of certain other politicians,
irreconcilably hostile to any scheme
of organization, harmony, or union
within the Republican party, may be
successfully promoted.
Tho anti-assembly movement was
vigorously and publicly supported
throughout the state by the Demo
cratic Chamberlain organization and
the "independent" Chamberlain press,
and by the so-called Republican
Bourne faction and the factional
Bourne press. They formed an offen
sive and defensive alliance; they took
charge, where they could, of the anti
assembly campaign. They consti
tuted a powerful element of support
far numerous anti-assembly Republi
cans who acknowledge allegiance
neither to Bourne nor to Chamber
lain; but who at that time saw no way
to reject their aid or repudiate their
allegiance. These Republicans accept
now, as they always intended to ac
cept, the arbitrament of the Republi
can primary, and are going forward
Into the campaign to secure the elec
tion of the entire Republican ticket.
But not so Bourne and Chamber
lain. The Chamberlain forces of
course were meddlers In the pri
mary, had no business there, and
never have pretended that they had
any Interest In the triumph of the
Republican party, or of any Republi
can faction, except Insofar as It might
' contribute to their own political wel
fare. But Bourne and his personal
following had an. obligation and a
duty, which they now disown utterly.
They have read themselves out of the
Republican party; They are calling
loudly on all anti-assembly Republi
cans, lately Joined with them in the
common effort to overthrow the as
sembly, to take the back track into
the bushes with them and carry on a
guerrilla warfare with the main body
of Republicans, now Joined under the
standard of a reunited party.
When we look at this business
calmly and without prejudice or ran
cor we are forced to recognize that the
Bourne - Chamberlain political ma
chine la Inspired solely by a great
desire to build Itself up on the ruins
of a demoralized and distracted Re
publican party. Chamberlain will help
Bourne to be Senator if Bourne will
later help him to be re-elected Sena
tor. Together they will elect West
Governor. Together they will recruit
the g-uertUas. the bushwhackers and
the marauders, the irreconcilable!,
the nondescripts and the irregulars
of every Independent" camp in the
Joint endeavor to elect only the men
who may be friendly to them and de
feat every man who will not sign
their articles of lasting fidelity to
them, and each of them, first, last,
and always. Bourne cares Just as
much for Republican principles and
policies as Chamberlain does. He Is
looking out only for Bourne. He has
road good heretofore In his lofty pose
as a 'friend of the people." He Is
the friend of no people who are not
first more than friendly with him.
The Bourne-Chamberlain game
clearly Is to keep alive the false issue
of assemblylsra and to leave nothing
undone that will prevent the union of
the Republican . factions. No one
need be deceived about their methods
or their motives, or their ultimate
purposes. All ar as plain as day.
wzaxvjarjB na aERoruyt.
Oeoeral Miles follow or coincides
wth Hiram Maxim, the great In
ventor of projectiles. In the statement
that the airship will replace the bat
tleship In the fast, furious and deci
sive fights of future wars. Instead of
being an adjunct to the Navy, says
General Milne, "the aeroplane Is likety
to replace the Navy In the next great
war." "In the next great war," says
Hiram Maxim, "over the roar of
battle below there will speed to the
conflict a tornado of Tying machines,
aircraft against aircraft in strange
demoniacal encounter, while the com
batants below wUl be assailed by the
falling wreckage from friend and foe
alike. There will be new and strange
missiles In that conflict and there will
be fearful maneuvers between con
tending craft In their attempts to out-a-ace
aad ovarrtde each other."
Thes-e- r the opinions not of bird-
Knfer4 at Pnttl
men enthualastlo in their calling, but
of a grizzled warrior and a grizzled
purveyor of missiles of war who look
ahead with keen, perhaps prophetic,
vision Into the possibilities of the fu
ture . as bearing upon the lines In
which their lives have run.
Aeroplanes can be built by the
score for what one battleship will
cost, continues General Miles, and they
wUl eventually become the defenders
of our coastline. This part of his
prophecy should bring comfort to the
Pacific Coast, open at every part as It
Is to the assault of a sea-going enemy,
and practically defenseless. Certainly
there is next to nothing now to pre
vent a fleet of a hostile nation from
shelling every city of our entire coast
and landing, under cover of Its guns,
a hostile army Nothing. It may be
added, except fear of a reckoning that
would come in time, with which the
heedless who enjoy the triumph of an
hour would refuse to reckon until after
Immense mischief was done. Wel
come the aeroplane, therefore, wheth
er an Instrument of offensive or de
fensive warfare. On the Pacific
Coast we need defense. If these men
are visionaries, there Is assurance In
their wonderful visions.
THE HIGHWAY IO THE OCEAN.
Half a dozen years ago, before the
effect ofthe present Jetty extension
was felt on the channel at the en
trance of the river, a sixty-mile gale,
such as was raging Sunday, meant a
bar so rough that it was unsafe and
almost impossible for vessels to cross.
With the present fine channel to sea,
the bar-bound vessel Is now a rarity.
Beginning at 7 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, and at intervals of an hour or two
through the day, seven steamers and
one sailing vessel entered the river
and two steamers crossed out.
The fleet of ten vessels Included
practically all types of craft, from the
coasting steamers, with full cargoes of
freight and passengers, to a 7000-ton
tramp steamship. Some of them
crossed In at dead low water and
others at high water. One of them,
an American ship carrying a full
cargo of salmon, came In under her
own sail at low tide. As an obstacle
to commerce the Columbia River en
trance Is among the things that were.
MRS. CIAUSSEJTS 81 IT.
- If all the accounts are true, Mrs.
Ida von Claussen Is something of a
pugilist. Two New York bankers who
ventured to differ with her upon cer
tain delicate subjects felt the force of
her puissant fist and bit the dust. At
Saratoga she more than hinted that
all she wanted was to catch Mr. Roose
velt, big stick and all. out alone and
she would ahow him who hla master
was. How tho Colonel evaded her
warlike pursuit Is not precisely known.
Falling to get a meeting with him
upon the stricken field, Mrs. Claussen
has now taken her cause Into the
courts and laid her damages at a mil
lion dollars. She must have had a
good deal of character originally to be
able to suffer so much Injury to It and
still have some left.
Mrs. Clauasen's wrongs are indeed
dreadful. When Mr. Roosevelt was
President she desired to be presented
to the Swedish monarch In full pano
ply of peacock feathers and swelling
bosom, such as Is fashionable on occa
sions of that sort, and her request was
refused by our Minister to Sweden. On
what grounds history Is silent, but If
Mrs. Claussen Is to be trusted, she was
contumellously reviled and despoiled
of her good name to tho value of a
cool million. Her pluck In seeking
Justice for her wrongs Is commend
able. Submission Is the virtue of
slaves. Freemen ought to fight to the
last gasp for whatever belongs to
them, and should let no wrong go un
whlpped of Justice.
But there is some slight difficulty in
tracing Mr. Roosevelt's connection
with this hideous outrage. Is the
President to be held accountable for
everything, the representatives of the
Nation at foreign courts do In the
course of their employment? To be
sure, qui faclt per allum faclt per se,
the principal la Identical with the
agent In the eye of the law. but It
seems to be a novel doctrine that Am
bassadors and Foreign Ministers are
the agents of the President, except in
diplomatic business. Perhaps, though.
Mrs. Claussen holds that her presenta
tion at the court of Sweden was an
affair of high diplomatic import. Many
women traveling in foreign parts en
tertain similar views. So far as they
can see, the main reason for keeping
representatives at European courts is
to arrange meetings between these
enterprising matrons and gilded mon
archs. FLANS OF THE NORTH COAST.,
Robert Strahorn, president of the
mysterious North Coast Road, who
has spent about J5.00fl.000 In con
struction work without divulging the
source from which the money came,
in a Tacoma Interview is quoted as
saying: "We will bring the North
Coast to Puget Sound in a year and a
half, and I do not see Why Tacoma
should not be one of Its terminals."
Mr. Strahorn stated further that the
road would be built through Cowlitz
Pass, a route by which It would nec
essarily emerge on tho west sido of
the Cascade Mountains at a point as
near to Portland as to Tacoma. From
the west end of Cowlitz Pass the to
pography of the country is such that
Portland could be reached by a much
more economical route than that
which the road must follow In reach
ing Tacoma.
The announcement of Mr. Ptrahorn
that the new road would probably
have a terminal at Tacoma will cause
no surprise. Neither will it be at ail
surprising to learn that Mr. Strahorn
"cannot see why" Portland should not
be one of Its terminals. A great deal
of money has been wasted In the early
days of railroad building In the Pa
cific Northwest In dlvertng ralroads
to some particular pont for the pur
pose of building up a town or city, oft
times to the detriment of the road
and to the development of the coun
try through which It was built. This
practice has been discontinued and
the present tendency of railroad build
ing is to go wherever traffic is ob
tainable. The North Coast has ap
parently an unlimited amount of
money behind It and can accordingly
Invade almost any field It cares to
enter In the Pacific Northwest. It Is
not reasonable to usum that It will
spend the enormous sum necessary for
the construction of a line through
Cowlitz Pass without developing to the
fullest extent the principal territory
lying west of that barrier.
. Portland Is the terminus of some
lines which do not directly enter Pu
get Sound over their own tracks.
Puget Sound cities ax the termini of
lines which. dx not coma to Portland
over their own. tracks. The demands
of te business interests of the great
territory which Is now developing
more rapidly than ever are such that
Instead of the people coaxing the rail
roads, the latter are quite willing to
go where business awaits them. The
North Coast road, so far as having
a desirable outlet for the traffic which
It collects In the Pacific Northwest Is
concerned, may be said to begin no
where and end nowhere. It Is Incon
ceivable, however, that such an enor
mous amount of money would be ex
pended without a transcontinental
outlet being arranged for, and event
ually the Eastern outlet of the system
will be disclosed.
Thus far every Northern transcon
tinental road that has crossed the
Rocky Mountains has found It advan
tageous and necessary to supply Port
land and the great traffic-producing
region around us with facilities for
sniping over their respective lines.
The North Coast will hardly be ex
pected to change this system.
DT THE HANDS OF ITS FMBXD3.
The primaries are over. They were
held September 24. Yet the Bourno
cratic campaign is going right ahead
on the same old issues, the same old
shout against the assembly, the same
old appeal to the supposititious fac
tions and Interests and warring ele
ments ivsthln the party. But the war Is
over. This Bourne-Democratic talk Is
all humbug, all buncombe. It doesn't
sound true. Beating the tom-tom and
sounding the Jangling cymbal gets
tiresome when the Republican family
has settled Its differences and gone to
bed.
Take that foolish story about the
Legislature and Bowerman as Gover
nor repealing Statement One. Is
Statement One in danger? Then It will
be betrayed In the house of its
friends, for the Legislature of 1911
will be a Statement One Legislature.
A majority of Republican nominees
have taken the Statement One pledge,
and. If any of them shall be defeated,
their places will be taken by Demo
crats who are Just as good Statement
Oners as any others.
The cry against Bowerman over the
direct primary and Statement One Is
weak, childish and unconvincing. The
Democrats and their Bourne familiars
have lost their heads. Bowerman's
record as to the primary law Is good.
His statement as to his present atti
tude is clear, frank and honest. He
will do what he says and all he says.
Everyone who knows Bowerman be
lieves him and should believe him.
NAVY IF.rAUTMTvNT DISCSDrXXATTON.
Coal mine owners on the Atlantic
Coast seem to have a strong hold on
the Government. With an unlimited
amount of first-class coal available on
the Paclflo Coast the Navy Depart
ment is still showing favoritism to the
Atlantlo mineowners. It was recently
announced that the Government would
make tests of Paclflo Coast coal on
the cruisers Maryland and West Vir
ginia. Instead of making this a wide
open test In which Pacific Coast deal
ers would have an opportunty to sub
mit the best coal obtainable, the de
partment limited Its call to Roslyn,
Carbonado and Black Diamond coal,
and of these coals. Insisted on "mine
run" instead of permitting the bidders
to submit selected coal, which could
easily be done and still keep the price
below the Eastern article, with freight
added.
Comox coal, a grade which Is used
-by British warships entering the
North Pacific and one of the best
steam coals la the world, the Govern
ment refused to consider, presumably
because It was a foreign coal, al
though It Is not at all clear why that
fact should disqualify It from the
competition. The cost of bringing
Atlantlo Coast coal to the Paclflo Is
enormous even at the low freight
rates mad by foreign steamers on
which the Government la obliged to
depend for transportation. This heavy
expense Is one of the arguments that
la used against maintaining a large
fleet on the Pacific station, where it is
needed, for If the pull of the Atlantlo
mineowners were sufficient to secure
contracts for all of ths coal that would
be needed with a big fleet stationed on
this coast, the freight cost alone would
run into millions.
To the average American citizen It
seems absurd that the United States
Government Is so much more helpless
In this respect than any other govern
ment or that our battleships are such
fragile, delicately constructed affairs
that they cannot use coal that is good
enough for the British Navy and for
the best merchant marine ships afloat.
Until our representatives in Congress
realize the futility of trying to force a
ship subsidy bill on the country and
in lieu thereof permit our people to
buy cheap ships wherever we can find
them, we must depend on foreign ton
nage to bring our coal supplies from
the mines of the Atlantic coal mo
nopoly. It is bad enough to be forced to use
this foreign tonnage when we should
be operating It under the American
flag, but we would be doubly Jeop
ardized In case of war by tho refusal
of the Government to use Pacific
Coast coal. Perhaps It might facili
tate the economical operation of our
battleships. If their engine and boiler
rooms were placed In charge of a few
practical engineers from the merchant
marine service. These men have no
trouble with either Comox or Puget
Sound coal, especially when It is
picked," as It could be with a profit
If Pacific Coast men were permitted
to bid on the contracts.
CRT OF THE rXDERDOO.
President Rush Rhees, of the Uni
versity of Rochester, put In plain
words a fact that Is patent to all men
when he said: ."Our present world
Is full of the cry of the underdog, the
resentment of the thwarted and the
sordid pessimism of the disappointed."
No ope needs to go farther than the
boundaries of his own community,
possibly not farther than his next
door neighbor, or it may be not out
side of his own family circle, to catch
the forlorn echo of this cry. The wail
of the underdog Is Insistent of Injury,
an Impotent protest against the might
that holds him down. A spaniel. In
sofar as fighting capacity Is con
cerned, he has rushed the mastiff and
Is getting the worst of the battle. If
he comes out of tho contest with a
proper estimate of his own fighting
qualities, without dissatisfaction with
such powers as he really possesses, he
Is the better for the unequal encoun
ter. President Rhees finds but one thing
more appalling than the crude mate
rialism that finds expression In the
conduct, the pleasures and the enter
prises of many winners of success
and devotees of pleasure, and that is
the bitter materialism of the men who
have missed success in their striving
for wealth and who by their bitter
ness declare that their eyes still see no
greater good than the gold which
their hands have failed to grasp. In
this view a sordid pessimism may
well be reckoned as even a more
tragic debasement of soul than is a
sordid .boasting of success.
Let no man's life be accounted a
failure who has done his best soberly,
earnestly and with unflagging pur
pose; who has left whining to the
man who Is ready to acknowledge
himself whipped by circumstance;
who sees In what he has been able to
compass of good and gain, success and
not failure; who refuses even to con
sider himself an underdog In the
fight for happiness and peace In the
world or to cry and make pessimistic
protest against the best that his en
deavor has been able to compass.
Take for an example good and gar
rulous, optimistic and flighty Wait
Whitman. Poor even to poverty; In
firm physically during many years of
his life; homeless In that he had no
abiding place where wife and children
dwell; unappreciated In what he
wrote and. what he did and what he
believed, he was still a shining exam
ple of a serene spirit that refused to
entertain discouragement or disap
pointment, but cheerily declared
through It all and In almost gleeful
defiance of It all,
I ask not good fortune, I myself am good
fortune.
H. C. Fassett, Government inspector
of fisheries of Alaska. In an Interview
In this city Sunday, stated that
"Alaska will soon be to the United
States In fisheries what Norway is to
Europe," and that "all Alaska needs
now is more population to make the
fishing Industry flourish." The fish
ery resources of Alaska have already
added' millions to the wealth of the
United States, and, as stated by Mr.
Fassett, have as yet hardly been
scratched. But If the Pinchot policy
of conservation Is to prevail In Alaska,
It will be many generations in the fu
ture before it will be possible for the
people to enjoy the advantages of
these wonderful resources. The dis
couragement of development and its
attendant decrease In population Is the
keynote to the Pinchot conservation
policy, and Alaska, as well as other
far Western regions, must be pre
served In Its natural wild state In or
der that the Plnchota and other enor
mously wealthy faddists can have Na
tional parks and reserves of unlimited
extent for pleasure purposes.
The boy who killed a wildcat after
a hard fight by rapping It over the
head with a rail might have learned a
lesson or two from Oliver Optic on
the art of fighting beasts. Two of his
boy heroes were once attacked by a
huge dog and their only weapon was
a piece of board. Instead of hitting
the dog's head, which would have
been useless, they struck his legs and
finally broke them. The head is not
the most vulnerable part to blows
either In man or beast.
The Seriate Is not to 'be wholly dis
connected with Its glorious past even
though Aldrlch, Hale and others may
retire, some voluntarily and others by
Invitation. Mr. Tillman will remain
at his post through the wreck of
worlds, he declares. The South Caro
lina statesman may be classed among
the curiosities, rather than ornaments
of the Senate but he has his uses and
when his time comes to retire, as It
must sooner or later, he will be
missed.
Editor Flagg's tale of the little as
sembly in Postmaster Merrick's office
Is credible, and the story of the "per
nicious activity" of Portland's Post
master Is good reading. But the sad
dest part of the narrative Is the disil
lusion as to the call of "the people"
to Colonel Hofer to run. It may also
be said that Editor Flagg's reputation
for veracity in what he says outside
of his paper Is beyond question.
If the farmers "receive less than
half what their milk costs consumers"
they may thank themselves. Co-operative
marketing, as It is practiced In
Denmark, would give the farmers the
full value of their milk and bring
more or less relief to the consumer.
The American farmer sometimes
carries his preference for "going it
alone" to an unprofitable extreme.
In the interests of good horse sense
it may be an excellent plan to fill the
next vacancy on the Interstate Com
merce Commission with a first-class
traffic man. A combination of states
men, idealists and an expert In rates
would accomplish reforms quicker
than the present body.
The census bureau has announced
the population of Pasadena, Cal., and
the gain for the decade was 222 per
cent. Now that the department has
made a start on the Pacific Coast,
perhaps the gains which will be shown
by other Coast cities will appear less
startling.
If, as suggested by General Miles,
aeroplanes will supplant battleships.
Oregon would like to put In a requisi
tion to Secretary von Meyer for 100
Just as a starter.
Managers of a lot of county fairs In
Oregon and Washington have reason
to felicitate themselves over tho fact
that the heavy rains held oft until
this week.
Suppose the losing California teams
"lay down" to the Oaklands, and this
weather keeps up so that Portland
can't play. Wouldn't It be awful, Wal
ter? That Portland man who says he
knows the men who blew up the Times
office Is In a fair way to make money
or trouble for himself.
Oldfleld has lost his nerve, or, it
may be, thinks he has all the honors
a live man may carry.
They promise that the Hawthorne
bridge will be ready for traffic within
four weeks. Hooray!
The many moving-picture shows do
not affect the growth in number of
Portland theaters.
The elements, meaning those In
control above, appear to be against
a dry campaign.
Seasonable weather this, but there's
too much of K.
Harry Orchard has a good alibi,
anyway. .
Even young Taft Is an Insurgent.
COJITIEXT OX THE PRIMARIES.
Astorlan, Rep.
We are determined to stand by the
party as It has declared itself for the
men named for Congressional, state and
county administration: as one of the
party organs of the state we could not
take another course, nor do we think
there Is a single Republican In Oregon
who can Justify any other procedure;
and with such uniform conclusion there
will be nothing to deter or defeat us
next month. Surely the end will conse
crate the effort.
Bern rue Must Show Loyalty.
Amity Standard. Rep.
It is now up to Senator Bourne to show
his loyalty to the Republican ticket as
named at the primary, or forever dis
pense with his favorite war cry of "the
will of the people." The main troublej
with the Senator and hie crowd is that
they have become too firmly convinced
that the "will of the people" rests largely
under their own hats.
Reins Reld by the People.
Baker City Herald, Rep.
The overwhelming defeat of assembly
candidates In all parts of the state, ex
cept where personality was injected into
the contest, shows that the people desire
to retain the reins of government In
their own hands and say who shall make
and Interpret their laws for them.
People's Will Represented.
Polk County Observer, Rep.
The assembly took from no voter any
right or privilege that he enjoyed before
It was held-. If the assembly candidate
was the more acceptable to him, he voted
for the assembly candidate. If he de
sired to support a candidate opposed to
the aesembly, he found the name of that
candidate on his ballot also, and all that
remained for him to do was to take his
pencil and Indicate his choice. He found,
that he was free to vote as he pleased,
and this he proceeded to do. Now, that
the voters of Oregon have exercised such
a privilege, who will say that the ticket
nominated does not represent the peo
ple's will? Already, the defeated candi
dates of both the assembly and anti
assembly tickets are lining up as one
man for the election of the winners. .
Republican Victory Possible.
Eugene Register, Rep.
Now if Republicans unite on assembly
and an ti -assembly candidates as they
should, the state can have to Its credit
this year a straight Republican victory,
regardless of the differences prevailing
before the primary.
Time Alone Will Answer.
Albany Herald, Rep.
Already the question has arisen, "what
shall we do to preserve the primary law
In Oregon?" Shall it die In the house of
Its friends and nnn advocates .all for lack
of nourishment? Time alone will answer
this question.
Hard to Get Together.
Union Scout, Rep.
If s pretty hard for people to get to
gether on short notice after so great a
dissension. It's up to the politicians to
fight it out The assemblyltes say that It
is a good thing and they will do it again.
The others say they would like to see
them.
Call for Action.
Harney County, News, Rep.
Now. fellow Republicans, let us get In
and elect the ticket nominated from
Governor to Constable.
Team Work Needed.
St. Helens Mist, Rep.
The assault in detail is the favorite
method of attack of the Democratic
party. Few in numbers, Its leaders real
ize that they can not win by a general
attack; therefore, as the campaign prog
resses, they will select the weakest can
didate on the Republican ticket and con
centrate the assault upon him. The an
swer to this method In Columbia County
and through the state should be what is
known in football practice as "'team
work." Stand by the ticket all along the
line from Governor to Constable, unless
tt can be demonstrated to you that some
Republican candidate has more of the
"yellow dog" in him than his Democratlo
opponent The man who fosters -his
grouches and is continually ripping open
his old sores will never accomplish any
good purpose thereby.
Harmony Wagon Needs Repairs,
Newberg Graphic, Rep.
Among Portland politicians the har
mony wagon will need the tires reset be
fore the November election In order to
Insure eafe delivery of the goods.
Election Decisive.
Oregon City Enterprise, Rep.
The result of the primary election in
Clackamas County last Saturday is de
cisive. An analysis of the vote shows
clearly that no candidate who does not
uphold the principle of the election of
United States Senators by the people can
hope to secure a Republican nomination,
especially when enough Democrats regis
ter as Republicans to help the thing
along. With three elections to look "back
upon it is not likely that any candidate
for the Leg'slature in Clackamas County
will again refuse to subscribe to State
ment No: L Nothing short of political
suicide will follow.
Fairly Satisfactory.
Grants Pass Observer, Rep.
Considering the assault made upon the
Republican assembly by the combined
Democratic and Bourne forces, the result
of the primary election in regard to state
candidates should be fairly satisfactory
to those Republicans who constituted the
state assembly.
Good to State aad Party.
Rainier Review, Rep.
Now' if all will lay aside their differ
ences and work for the success of the
whole state ticket, great good will result
to the party and through the party to
the state.
Republican Nominees Safe.
Falls City News, Rep.
Good, strong Republican tickets for the
state, district and eounty offices were
nominated. While the strife between the
assembly and tho anti-assembly candi
dates was bitter In some Instances, the
ticket Is well apportioned between two
factions and it is eafe to predict that no
Republican nomintee will be defeated in
November.
Indifference to Primaries.
Pilot Rock Record, Rep.
Portland is determined, if possible to
have both Senators and both Congress
men. They get out and vote in Portland,
but In the small towns and country dis
tricts they stay at home. Altogether too
much indifference is paid to the pri
maries. ,
-Villi Play the Game Fair.
Colonel Hofer" Salem Journal, Rep.
The editor of this . paper, who was a
candidate for the nomination for Gover
nor, announced everywhere on his cam
paign that he would support the candi
dates of his party after the direct pri
mary, and will do so. He will not be
found sulking in his tent as has too
often been the case with Oregon poli
ticians. It is the first duty of a man who
seeks nomination at the bands of a po
litical organization to support the suc
cessful candidate of his party. That is
what he would expect if he were the
nominee, and he should do as he would
be done by. That is the golden rule of
American politics, and the candidate who
violates that rule cannot expect to be
successful In the great game of political
leadership. I shall play the game accord
ing to the rules.
PROHIBITION AN ITTER FAILITIK
Testimony From aa Oresrott Town
Voted Dry Two Years Agro.
Dallas, Polk County, Itemizer.
There is probably no man in the
world who Is more of a prohibitionist
than the editor of the Itemizer, nor
who realizes more fully the great detri
ment that the abuse of the use of liq
uor is to the numan race. There Is a
right and sane way of relieving the
United States of this evil, and there is
a wrong and insane way. The wrong
way is the endeavor to prohibit its use
or sale In one locality, while the resi
dents of an adjoining state, county or
precinct are allowed the privilege. This
has been so abundantly and conclusive
ly proven wherever it has been at
tempted that it la the biggest part of
foolishness to attempt It in new locali
ties. For Marion County to be we and
Pork dry is a discrimination that
works unjustly to the latter In a busi
ness way and does not materially af
fect the sale or use in this county one
lota. This has been conclusively shown
during the two years in which the
local-option law has been In force in
this county.
From a moral standpoint, and we
know whereof we speak, the result has
been worse than If well-regulated sa
loons had been allowed, and we can
cite hundreds of Instances of our night
ly experience to prove this assertion.
Taking our own town, for example. It
is no misstatement that there 4s more
liquor here than there ever was before
and instead of a few places being the
repository f6r such, it can be found
most any place, places that yon would
leant suspect, too.
We would naturally expect the first
result of such a law to by the keeping
of liquor from those who are injudi
cious in Its use, and abuse the privilege
of Its open sale. Now, can you tell us
of one man in this midst, who has been
in the habit of drinking to excess, who
has been profited by the prohibition,
who does not under the local option law
get as much aa he wants and go on his
periodical drunks the same as ever, If
not n little oftenerf
Can you point us to any boys where
the temptation of drinking has been re
moved? As a matter of fact. It has
been placed under their noses more
than ever, as any one who cares to
find out can readily see if they are on
our streets late at night or early in the
morning. Ponder this.
ONE WORD COST HIH $10,000
Interesting Story of a Settlement Be
tween a dull and a Bear.
New Tork Letter to Cincinnati Times
Star. The complete story of that Curry that
sent the price of cotton to 20 cents may
never be written. But here is one little
angle of it it being promised, for the
benefit of those who don't know, that
playing the cotton market makes biting
the percussion caps out of dynamite
cartridges seem a safe pastime. One
persistent bear had been fighting the
market and was eventually caught. He
came to one of the bull leaders to effect
a private settlement. "Make me a figure,"
he begged. "If I have to settle at the
market I'm done for." '
The bull leader didn't want to break
his former antagonist. "Your ' smash
would hurt tho market," said he, can
didly. "Anyhpw, if I let you go now it
won't take you long to get some more
money for me to take away from you.
You can settis at 17 cents."
The defeated bear glumly sat down and
wrote out a check for 110,000 the amount
of his loss at that figure. "There," said
he. "Take your blood money Shylock."
The bull got red in the gills and
swelled up like a pigeon. He shook his
finger at the unhappy bear. "Don't call
mo 'Shylock," he stormed. "Just for
that, you can settle at 18 cents."
Tlfe bear sat down silently and wrote
out a check for $20,000. That one word
of insult had cost him $10,000. He handed
it over to the winner and started for
the door. He held ono hand over his
mouth.
IRELAND, THE PENSIVE LAND.
"Land and People Appear Alike In
Tears, Says a Writer.
Walter Williams in "From Missouri to
the Isle of Mull."
The Irishman is a composite of wild
ness and tenderness, of poverty and re-,
flnement- He dearly loves a dispute. In
tellectual or physical. There are no
better fighters In any army than the
Irish. They are eloquent with the pen
and with tho sword. Each Irishman is
a born politician. He is against the
Government usually unless he is a
Protestant or an officeholder. Im
petuous, foolhardy as the average Irish
man is, strangely enough he makes the
best policeman. The British Empire is
pushed forward by the fighting strength
of the Irish, it is financed, by the canny
Scotch, while the English, a more com
posite race than even their American
cousins, enjoy the fruits of the financing
and the fighting.
Ireland is the saddest country. In
Palestine, where the people are poor
and, suffering, there are smiling bar
vests and the land laughs in the sun
light. In Spain, where wretchedness is
the common heritage of the peasant
folk, the skies are gorgeous with color
ing and the climate holds continuous
jubilee. But in Ireland the hillside and
the, meadow, the bare backs of the moun
tains and the blackened bogs seem to
sympathize with the Irish people. Land
and inhabitants appear alike in tears.
Dublin, County Derry, County Donegal
and the North Country are alike in
this regard. There Is no country where
the grass is greener or the skies oiuer
or the people brighter, but fields and
eky and people have a penslveness
which cannot be found elsewhere.
An All-Roosevelt Plank.
New York Sun.
Proposed plank for a new-nationalized
Republican party In New York
State:
We assert the supremacy of the
Executive as the custodian of National
interests and as the voice' of the popu
lar will. We deplore the obstinate ad
herence of our highest tribunals, both
state and Federal, to obsolete principles
In the decision of cases involving the
great questions of the hour. We de
mand a change of attitude on the part
of the Supremo Court of the United
States toward the obvious . rights of
man and the truths of sociology' as In
terpreted and enunciated by a higher
Jurisprudence and a more accurate per
ception of public needs. We believe,
further, that the Constitution Bhould
be made amenable by Executive de
cree, sanct'oned by a majority of the
popular vote.
Enterprise.
Harper's Magazine.
The historic town of Bladenbnrg,
Maryland, had a good bit of fun poked
at it by reason of Its alleged Eraepiness.
For Instance, the story is told that a
Bladensburg merchant was dozing In
his shop one day when a little boy came
In with a pitcher and asked for a quart
of milk. The merchant yawned,
stretched himself, half opened his eyes,
and then, in the most Injured tone,
said:
"Gee whiz! Ain't there nobody that
sells milk In this town but me?"
Wrong Excuse. N
FMegende Blaetter.
"Who has broken the milk Jug?"
"The cat knocked that down,
madamef"
"What eat?"
"Haven't we got one?"
Most of Them Are at Sea.
Charleston News and Courier.
We do not know who originated
"Where am I at?" but It Is bothering a
whole lot of politicians right now.
Life's Sunny Side
Strolling along the boardwalk at At
lantic City, Mr. Mulligan, the wealthy
retired contractor, dropped a quarter
through a crack in tho planking. s A
friend came along a minute later and
found him squatted down, industriously
poking a two-dollar bill through the
treacherous cranny with his forefinger.
"Mulligan, what the dlwll ar-re y
doin'?" Inquired the friend.
"Sh-h." said Mr. Mulligan. "I'm try
in' to make it wort me wnilo to tear up
this board." Everybody's.
At a revival meeting In the western
part of the state some time ago a well
known Eansan was converted. This mnn
had been an inveterate pokeT player. The
following Wednesday night after he had
seen the light he attended prayer meet
ing. The minister In rather an apolo
getio . way called attention that HMO
was needed for church improvements.
The audience was silent for several sec
onds. Finally the recent convert arose:
"The parson Is rlsht," he said. "I'll
start this thing along with t200. Come,
up, you short sports, and take out a
stack of blues and play the game right."
Kansas City Times.
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Congressman Dan Anthony, of Leaven
worth, Kan., a nephew of the late Susan
B Anthony, has a 10-year-old son who
looks at the practical side of things
every time. Not long ago his father had
to go to Washington. When tho day of
departure arrived Mrs. Anthony said to
the boy:
"Son, aren't we going to be lonesome
when papa goes away?"
"Yes," replied the boy; "but we'll have
a lot more cream in our oatmeal." Den
ver Times.
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When Victor Murdock. the beacon light
of the insurgents, dropped Into Newark
the other day to give a monologue on
Joe Cannon, the tariff, conservation and
the high cost of living, he said he wanted
most of all to see a friend of his boyhood
days who was living here. Here Is Mr.
Murdock's description of the friend:
"A husky, freckle-faced little devil, as
I remember him. In short pants. We
used to rob birds' nests and pilfer ap
ples together out In Kansas glorious
state, Kansas and get into all sorts of
deviltry. Fred that's his nsme was the
terror of tho countryside. I suppose he's
the town bully now. Why, I remember"
and then followed a long list of dare
devil boyish episodes in which Murdock
and friend Fred played stellar parts.
' Fred to be exact, Frederick W. Lewis,
of 600 Ridge street heard that Murdock
was in town and went down to renew
acquaintance with him. They fell on one
another's necks and swapped yarns for
10 minutes. Then Murdock told, all over
again, to an attentive group the tales of
Fred's escapades. When he had finished
he asked:
"By the way, Fred, what are you doing
now?"
"Why, I am pastor of the Forest Hill
Presbyterian. Church here," was the an
swer. Murdock collapsed. Newark Star.
Ed Howe's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
The greatest luxury In this world Is
the luxury of a good friend.
We don't know much, but we know a
lot of things which mean more than a
political resolution.
If fame seems to have slighted you it
Is always possible to go through the
Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara in a bar
rel. If a man is In undisputed control at
his home, and cream is scarce, does he
not always take more than his share
of cream for his oatmeal?
Most tiresome people are tiresome be-,
cause they are constantly trying to
keep something going on. It's a good
idea for everyone to rest occasionally.
There Is talk of sending a certain
man to the poorhouse. He is still able
to do a fairly good day's work, but
talks so much that no one will have
him around.
According to the neighbors, If father
loafs around home a good deal he ought
to be at work, and if he doesn't loaf
around home a good deal he Is neglect
ing his family.
In literature criticism Is always more
Interesting than praise. People who
will go to sleep over praise of a good
man will become tensely interested in
criticism of a good man. That's the
reason there Is so much abuse In the
world.
Danger to Blondes.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Dr. Mackintosh, of London, says
blondes are especially liable to tonsl
litls, rheumatism, heart disease, oste
oarthritis and catarrh, while brunettes
are subject to phthisis, nervous diseases
and malignant growths. Yet many a
blonde dying of phthisis, nervousness
and malignant growths would swear
that she never did put a thing on her
hair but soap.
Mosquitoes Mistaken for Fire.
London Daily News.
A cloud of "smoke" which appeared
to be rising from the cathedral tower
at Belgrade was found, when the fire
brigade arrived, to be a large cluster
of mosquitoes, compact at the base and
tapering toward the top.
Helpless.
Chicago Tribune.
Truth, having been crushed to earth
again, lay helpless.
"What'e the use!" exclaimed Truth,
making no effort to rise. "I shan't try
to get up until after the election. I
can't buck against a million campaign
lies."
Merely a Diversion,
Chicago Tribune.
In his present unofficial position.
Colonel Roosevelt may have no friends
to reward, but he seems to feel that he
has a few public enemies to punish.
TTp-to-Date Hat Measure.
Toledo Blade.
Just when we think we have seen
the largest hat that any girl dare wear
along comes another that will hold
three or four quarts more.
Another Sure Thing.
Atchison Globe.
Another thing which is about as sure
as death and taxes is that no man can
go on bluffing indefinitely without be
ing called.
CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS.
Ha As I went down for tha third tlma
I thought of everything I ever did. She
Didn't It malta you feel cheap? Judge.
Maud How did you feel when Jack was
proposing? Ethel I felt sure I'd say "yee"
if he ever got through. Boston Transcript.
"Ton broke your engagement with Misa
JaulUer" "TeB hut I broke it gently."
"How?" 'Told her what my salary was."
Cleveland Leader.
Blobba It's easy enough to take things
nhllosophlcally If you only make up your
mind to Ifc Blobbs Yes. the trouble Is to,
part with them philosophically. Philadel
phia Record.
-My wife is suhig me for divorce," sighed
the man. "I wish I were dead." "Cheer up,
old boy. It's a whole lot better to have
your wife spending alimony than Ufa In
surance." Detroit Free Press.
Krompton I have a farmer friend whose
crops for tha last four years have gone up
In smoke. Klngsback He must feel dis
couraged. Krompton Not at all; he raises
tobr.-co. Chicago News.
crltie My dear sir, your atory is very
much lacking In attention to dtall. Here
you say. "He watched with admiration the
fashionable beauty as she went up the
street with free, graceful, swinging steps.
Author Well, what's the matter with thatf
Critic If ahe waa a fashionable beauty,
how could she walk that way in a hobble
skirt! Baltimore Amerlcao.
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