TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1910.
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a Bin ob a umi coioeu
The end of the nut three cam
palm vrrkt will be fraught with big
IMn or little for the Insurglr.g
Colonel. Will he mlte the Damocral.
especially those of New Vorlc and
Indian. a he did the wild beasts of
Africa? L'pon the Colonel, evidently
rests the heat and burden of the
trrnuoui days In those two state.
It will be Interesting to see whether
the. hero of San Juan. Jung! and Kir
a tor a will emerge from hU present
labors a larger man than ever, or
l-.r. Tor the Hercules has quite as
manv tasks to perform In "nmlnc
rood- as did the blg-stlck giant of
m thology.
It is a fUrht In New York and In
Indian worth the money. In the
Km pi re State large numbers of Re
publicans are expected to bolt to tno
Democratic fold; overturn of the old
party organisation by the Terrible
One hu left sores and bruises: his
preachments on "Interests" and busi
ness have alarmed a goodly number
of the old-time conservative elements
rf the Republican party. Besides, the
reneral spirit of discontent with Re
publican regime Is abroad making
otes for Democratic candidates, .-sol
for Ions time have Democrats
spurred their courage as In the pres
ent campaign. With victory In Maine
dancing In their eyes, they look for
ward hopefully to their party surce.va
In New York. Indiana and other
states next election day. and to mas
tery of the next House of Represen
tat ives In the National Capital.
' Will they succeed? Roosevelt ha
plunged Into th fray to rescue the.
cause. Much depends on mm. as
winner he will be a bigger man than
ever; perhaps the "logical candidate
for re-election a President In 11I
as loser but that has not happened
to him since he became the blg-stlck
prophet.
Meanwhile It Is edifying to see the
Colonel shift and dodge on the tariff
question. He would leave the ques
tion to the Commission: not settle It
himself. This Is one matter which
he sees too big for him. So he holds
out the promise of prtie at the end
of the Commission rainbow. It Is to
be remembered, however, that the
Colonel never waa a tariff revisionist,
when President: and that he Is one
now without telling the people most
directly Interested what schedule
ouiht to be revised downward. He
holds their several Interests by de
claiming for the spoils system of pro
tective tariff and denouncing the only
rational system of tariff for revenue.
Very shortly the country will meas
ure again the slie of the street
Colonel. The Interval Is one of anx
ious waiting. Will he smite his Dem
ocratic foes. Just as he has. done hit
Republican rivals, hip and thigh?
oriental trams histort.
The history of the Oriental steam
ship service out of Portland offers the
strongest possible argument for dis
solution of the I'nlon Pacific-Southern
' Pacific merger. The fact that
these two great transcontinental sys
tems. In crossing the continent, never
approached within 300 miles of each
.other, and for the greater part of the
distance were from SOO to 900 miles
apart, made these two properties
much lesa vulnerable than a number
of other paralleling merged lines in
the Kast. Had Mr. Dunne, the
learned counsel for the Southern Pa
cific, dwelt on this phase of the mat
ter. In his argument at Washington
last week. Instead of misrepresenting
,and belittling Portlands Oriental
trade, he might have gained more
sympathy for his cause.
The I'nlon Pacific-Southern Pacific
discrimination against Portland. In
favor of San Francisco, began long
before the late E. H. Harrtman began
to figure as power In either of the
road. More than twenty years ago
the Northern Pacific Steamship Com
pany attempted to substitute a regu
lar line out of Portland for the small
steamships which the Canadian Pa
cific ran between Portland and Van
couver. B. C. as feeders to Its Orien
tal line. The Union Pacific, appjr-
"ently In the belief that refusal to
grant traffic arrangements to the new
line would enabte the Pacific Mall
to continue Its monopoly of the trans
Pacific trade, declined to assist, and
Tacoma. Instead of Portland, waa
chosen aa the North Pacific port for
the line. By this move the Union
Pacific lost much traffic, which "might
;have passed through Portland, but
could not be forced through San
.Fra nclsco.
Mr. Frank Upton, a man of wide
experience In Oriental steamship and
.traffic affairs, was the next man to
'be attracted by the large amount of
Oriental traffic originating at this
port. He convinced the Union Pa
cific that he could get through traf
fic, which could not be diverted to
San Francisco, and which would seek
entrance) and outlet by way of Taco
ma. If It was not handled through
Portland. Working harmoniously
with the Union Pacific, Mr. Upton
secured enough through freight to en
able him to give what was for those
days fairly good service for the local
traffic to and from Portland. In due
season, however, yie greed of the Pa
cific Mail was apparent. The Upton
line was securing too much through
freight, and the traffic agreement
aras canceled by the Union Pacific.
All of the numerous successors of
the Upton line have found more local
Oriental traffic originating in Port
land than at any other Coast port.
They have also suffered the almost
Insurmountable handicap of being de
prived of through traffic, which Is
necessary In maintaining a frequent
and regular service. From Portland
mora than 9 per cent ot the outward ,
Oriental cargoes are made up of local
commodities. In San Francisco near
ly 0 per cent of the cargoes con
sist of "In transit" freight. Thus, San
Francisco enjoys a good steamship
service, which is made possible only
by the efforts of two great trans
continental railroads. Portland, re
ceiving absolutely no assistance from
these railroads, is now belittled and
abused by Mr. Dunne because of the
poor showing of Its Oriental trade as
compared with that of San Francisco.
Yet better things are In store. The
same Influences that forced the Har
rlman system to open up Central Ore
gon may also have a beneficial effect
on Portland's Oriental steamship
service.
BOWER AX AXD TVT.T, CONTRAST.
Republicans of Oregon often have
elected candidates of the rival party
to office. The highest offices they
have delivered over to the party of
opposite opinion and policy. The pre
text has been that the Democratic
candidates were the fitter ones. Time
has not proved this assertion true,
else why are the high offices so
weakly filled?
But this time the pretext, as to
election of Governor, falls. Mr. Bow
erman's superiority over Mr: West Is
plain. He is a man of successful pri
vate business, whereas Mr. West has
made office holding his profession
and his main source of livelihood ' Mr.
Rowerman has proved himself an ef
ficient Chief Executive In the Gov
ernors seat, wnereas .ur. nm
proved himself an Indifferent official
In the position of railroad commis
sioner. Mr. Bowerman's political
career has been one of straightfor
ward political endeavor; that of Mr.
We-t has been one of secret political
gaming in the service) of Chamber
lain and bourne.
Republicans have best of reasons
for supporting their candidate for
Governor. If party and partisan ar
guments no longer avail, then Mr.
Bowerman Is the fitter man because
of his personal merits. He Will make
an efficient Governor. He does not
need the office but now desires It.
Mr. West not only desires It but
thinks he needs It.
The arguments which Democrats
have used to elect Democrats, hith
ertothose of superior personal mer
it are the very arguments which, if
consistently adhered to. should lead
them now to vote for Bowerman. But
of course Democrats will do no such
hlng. They boost and hArangue for
their man West.
rW NATIOXAUSAI. WM. TAXES.
Democrats of New York State have
declared wart In their party platform,
on bureaucracy of "New Nationalism"
In the following words:
Thay would rodur th States to prefec
ture governed fiwn waahinston. Tnr
would cloth th president with power to
deelar what to lowtul o. powir uaurped
bv on rro!dnt la th ca of a giant cor
poration aoaorbtnt a eorr.potltor. Such a
ew Katlonaltanv w-ooia iy tn m-jmn
hand of a ouroaarraey upon every induatrv.
inrreaatn the burdena ot taxation, making
th stniisla for lif still harder, and com
relllns vrr American workman to carry on
hta back a Federal Inspector. Asalnal all
this visitation of Federal centralisation
power to the deatructlon of hom rul.
aaainat thl despair of rpreeneatlv gov
ernment, against thla contemptuous impa-
tl'nc of th restraints of the law ard ol
th dclalora of th eourta w contend. In
lunnmt confidence, that th people of thl
tat and of thla Nation will not fnrt th
nohl heritage of their past, but uiwn mat
foundation mill build th UI1 nobler pro
gress of their future.
These are fit words, bravely spoken.
Off'ce-seeklng and Job-making have
become an Industry in this country of
prodigious proportions. "New Na
tionalism" is one of Its chief pretexts.
In the break-up of parties (If such
Is going on) Democrats have hit upon
one of the living truths of govern
ment that spread of governmental
functions makes Jobs, waste, corrup
tion, tyranny, taxes. This Is one of
the old moralities. It Is Just as true
now as when one hundred and thirty-
four years ago the revolting colonies
denounced King George, declaring:
"He has erected a multitude of new
offices and sent hither swarms of of
ficers to harass our people and eat
out their substance."
PORTLAND'S rERMAVEXT PROSPERlTT
That the Pacific Coast is the most
prosperous region
In
the United
States, and Portland, by a good Bare
percentage, the most prosperous city
on the Pacific Coast. Is shown In an
elaborate compilation of bank clean
Ings In the latest Issue of the New
York Financial Chronicle. These fig
ures are for the month of September
and for tho nine months ending with
September. For September the clear
ings of all the cities showed a de
crease of 16.1 per cent, and for the
nine months the Increase was but 2.6
per cent. In the segregation by
groups, we find the Pacific cities
redited with a September Increase of
10.S per cent, and for the nine
months the Increase was 11 per cent.
In this group Portland leads all of
the large cities with a gain of 28.3
per cent for September, while for the
entire nine months this city makes
the remarkable showing of 38.1 per
cent Increase. In beptember, San
FrancUco showed a gain of 13.2 per
cent: Los Angeles 22 per cent, while
Seattle showed a decrease of 13.1 per
cent.
All the big Coast cities are far be
hind Portland in gains for the nine
months, Loa Angeles being the near
est, with 20.5 per cent Increase; San
Francleco coming next with 20.3 per
cent Increase. Seattle s heavy de
creases for the recent months have
not wiped out all of Its earlier gains.
and for the nine months that city Is
credited with 7.4 per cent Increase.
That this remarkable showing for
Portland will continue for the remain
der of the year now seems certain.
The clearings for the week, ending
last Saturday. were more than
1 1.1 00.000 In excess of those for the
same week in io. The "Seattle
learlngs for the same week were
2.200.000 less than for the second
week of October. 10.
The steady, consistent gain that
Portland has been making through
out the year Is an unmistakable dem
onstration of the presence tn this ter
ritory' of much new capital that is
actively engaged In development of a
permanent nature. Railroads are
pending large sums of money In
building new lines. These expendi
tures will cease with the completion
of construction work, but develop
ment by the new settlers and town-
builders who are following on the
heels of the graders, and even pre
ceding them, will place in circulation
till greater sums of money.
Aside from this great factor in the
financial situation, the aggregate
alue of lumber, grain, fruit, hops.
wool, salmon and other staples that
have made Oregon famous, la this
year greater than ever. Portland's
prosperity rests on a firm basis, and
so long as its people and neighbors
deal almost exclusively In "staples,"
the political revolutions which dis
turb the East can have but passing
effect here.
' LET THEM THAT PROFIT, PAT.
At the bottom of the water main
controversy In Portland Is the oh
vious Injustice of giving speculative
landowners benefit of pipe extensions
atthe expense of the community of
taxpayers - or of water consumers
These owners are the proper persons
to pay this expense. During many
years they have escaped I It. Th
profits accruing from land values, en
hanced by water mains at public ex
pens, they have put In their pockets,
This Injustice became so lntolerabl
that In 1907 city voters amended th
charter so as to require landowners
to pay for water mains. Just as for
sidewalks, streets and sewers. Ever
since, there has been effort to restore
the old system. Speculative lot own
ers have fought the district assess
ment plan In court. In order to In
demnlfy themselves for litigation and
delav. pipe contractors have forced
up the price of their work. Now
la asserted that water consumers
should pay for distributing mains, in
order to reduce their cost to a rea
sonablo figure. An amendment to
the charter Is proposed to that end
for the special election next month
This amendment has approval of
Mayor Simon, the Water Board and
the Civic Council of Improvement
Clubs.
The right persons to pay for new
mains are the landowners who wan
them and who profit from them
Neither water consumers nor tax
payers would then be required to
supply funds for bond Interest and
sinking fund for enrichment or
speculators.
The proposed amendment falls
short of the Justice which people of
this city have been demanding. Should
It carry In the coming election. It will
not settle this vexing controversy. The
demand will not be silenced that those
persons whose lands are made val
uable by new mains shall pay for the
mains.
The district assessment plan oper
ates successfully In other cities. Seat
tle has found it highly satisfactory
It ought to be put In force In Port
land. If this pulling and hauling of
the question were ended lot owners
would not fight assessments In court,
delavs and uncertainties to contract
ors would be eliminated and price of
laying mains would be. forced down
to legitimate basis.
The Oregonian concedes that new
legislation Is needed. It admits that
the proposed amendment would facil
itate pipe laying and street work
But It cannot find In the amendment
th Just and permanent arrangement
for which ceople of this city have
been striving.
ALWAYS A BLANK WALL.
The pitiful thing about modern splr
Ituallsm as "demonstrated" by its so
called mediums, is the blank wall. In-
surmountable and echoless, against
which all Inquiry Is halted at the very
point where human hope reaches Its
height and human expectation stands
on tlD-toe the point of real test as
demanded by the simplest evidence -of
the power and genuineness of the al
leged "control." Every one who has
given attention to the matter knows
how utterly characterless are the al
leged spiritualistic sonnets of Shake
speare, the philosophical utterances
of Ruskln and Carlyle. the emotional
platitudes that are said to emanate
from our nearest and dearest who have
passed on.
There is nothing In what is pur
ported to come from Gladstone or
Lincoln or Webster that bespeaks the
statesmen whom the world knew; cer
talnly nothing that Indicates the ad
vancement In wisdom or logic of these
men through the enlarged opportunl
ties and clearer vision that they are
supposed to have attained. For the
myriads of those who seek to assuage
a natural grief and soften personal
sorrow by establishing communication
with their dead, there are but the
stock phrases instituted by the Fox
Sisters more than half a century ago,'
and worn threadbure of consolation
through thousandfold repetition. It
is through "repetition hammered on
the ear" that the mystic of the usual
"seance," the purported "control" of
minds great and small that the eager
questioner concerning things beyond
mortal ken Is met. It Is with these
husks that spiritual hunger Is sought
to be appeased by the paid go-betweens
that claim to be errand-runners
and mensage-bearers between the
Intelligences of two worlds. The blank
wall which arrests all Inquiry is soon
er or later reached by the earnest seek
er after truth, and he Is halted In dis
appointment upon the threshold of
what seemed to be a closely Impending
revelation that would clear away the
mystery of death.
These are matters of common
knowledge, and are distinctly apart
from the psychological research in
which scientists, with open minds un
clouded and unwarped by personal sor
row, have engaged. A recent, indeed a
present example of this effort Is noted
In the attempt to open communication
with Professor- William James, the
Harvard psychologist, who died a few
weeks ago. The test proposed Is an
exceedingly simple one. It Is that the
contents of a letter written by him
shortly before his death, which are
unknown except to the secretary of
the Metropolitan Psychical Society to
whom It was addressed, be divulged.
An an evidence of their sincerity, in
spired further by the hope of winning
the reward of $1000 offered by this so
ciety for the correct reading, of this
letter, fifty mediums have engaged in
the effort, but without success. Every
one who has attempted to reveal Its
contents has failed In every particular.
"Not one of these letters." says the
secretary, "has the slightest trace of
any expression used by Professor
James In his letter." When It Is add
ed that the expressions us?d are "sim
ilar to those of professional mediums
since the days of the Fox Sisters, with
reference to various relatives of the
professor, mostly inaccurate" the story
of the blank wall, against which all
mediums and Investigators run. Is re
peated and Its Impenetrability, by any
means yet discovered Is emphasized.
The. attempt is In a sense pitiful,
since manifestly it Is sincere. What
discoveries science may yet make in
this. direction it is impossble to fore-'
see. But it is manifest that the mystic
road taken at random so long ago will
continue to lead up to the blank wall,
against which tho hopes of so many ,
ernest seekers after truth have been
wrecked.
The management of a prominent
local river transportation company
announces that he Intends to vote for
public docks. He Is quoted as say
ing. "Under present conditions It
scarcely pays a private owner to
maintain a dock as It should be." And
yet we are asked to lay a burden of
millions of dollars on taxpayers, in
order that this steamboat owner, who
makes a profit carrying freight, and
the merchants who make a profit
buying and selling that freight, may
enjoy cheaper wharfage. If private
owners, operating docks on strictly
business principles, are unable to
make much profit out of them, what
can we expect from a public dock,
which, of course, will have to support
a brigade of political appointees? It
might cheapen steamboat transporta
tion. If taxpayers operated public
steamboats, but they would have to
pay for the service. They will also
have to pay if burdened with public
docks.
Rioting at the capital of Nicaragua
Is reported In a cable received at New
Orleans. As the saddle-colored hood
lums that malco up the voting strength
of Nicaragua must be pretty well
".winded" after their protracted riot.
that was supposed to end with the
victory of Estrada, this latest tempes
In the pan-American teapot should
not be long-lived. Revolutions an
riots seem to bo necessary features o
life In Central America, and opera
bouffe wars follow each other with
regularity of the seasons, with extra
numbers added to the programme
when the seasons are too slow In
moving. The Monroe Doctrine pro
tects Nicaragua, and all the other
little yellow devils of republics In tho
warm belt, from outside Interference
The United States may yet be obliged
to use It to protect Nicaraguans from
themselves.
Democrats of Oregon appear to
be wakng up to the selfish schemes
of Chamberlain-one-man Democracy.
"One-man" campaigns have been the
rule for nearly a decade. The trick
sters encourage Democratic meddling
In Republican primaries, as one
means to their end. and all the while
deny, with virtuous seeming, the
"game" of meddle and perjury. A
Democratic newcomer in this state
denounced the game at a meeting o
the central committee of the party
last Saturday night and exposed the
fraud in his precinct in the following
words:
In my precinct. I hav made th dis
covery that prnhably -6 Democrat were
already registered. They told m they had
reKlstered aa Reoubllrana o aa to bo fn a
position to "take a whack" at some of the
nominees on tho Republican tlckt-
The controversy now waging in
Portland over the question whether
the Bible is "the word of God" indi
cates the chief reason of opposition to
Bible teaching tn the public schools.
The Hebrew Scriptures are & model of
literary style and diction; they' are a
most valuable historical narrative
they are an everlasting compendium
of moral precepts. But ecclesiastical
and miraculous reading of these He
brew books will always make discord
It is this kind of reading that rival
religious bodies would demand in the
public schools. The only enduring
basis of Interpretation Is that of ra
tional and logical Inquiry after truth
and that Is the very interpretation
that votaries of literal inspiration re
sist.
If the Initiative and referendum In
Oregon Is to be reserved for "funda
mentals." either it will have to bo
mended so as to remove It from the
easy reach of cranks and agitators,
or the restrictive power of public
opinion will have to be developed
through lessons of experience. Each
election sees the number of measures
multiplied. Instead of being con
fined to elemental matters of legisla
tion they cover and include many de
tails that should properly be attended
to by lawmaking assembly. In 1906
the number of initiatives and refer
endum measures was 12; In 1908 it
was 19: this year it is 32. Obviously
many lessons are to ba learned In the
use of the Initiative and referendum
Professor Shaw, like all knowledge
able men who go there, sees a great
future for the Malheur Valley. So
did the Hopes, the Jlalletts, the
Highs, the Browns, the Greens and
the Johnsons, and other pioneer fam
Hies who settled there a generation
ago and have made yearly demon stra
tions of their belief and practice.
The admonition to "Watch Tacoma
Grow" seems to have been followed
quite literally, by the census bureau
If U were not for that old adage re
garding the dwellers in glass houses.
we might expect Jealous Seattle to
invite the world to "Watch Tacoma
Shrink."
The youTh who is studying cookery
at the Unlver&ity of v ashington is
worth a doxen' embryo lawyers and
doctors, but as an ultimate husband
he will not be successful until the
days of topsy-turvy.
Like his renowned namesake, who
preferred his corner. Professor
Horner would much rather keep on
doing good work at the Corvallis
college than mix In the mire of pol
itics. There is a grain of comfort in the
report- of a world's combination of
steel men, that the world does not
eat steel.
Adolphus Busch spends money as
easily as It comes. The moral can
be had on application at the right
place.
Eight gall stones have been cut out
of Senator La Follette. His friends
and others now. expect Improvement.
Just so long as tho Corvallis "farm
ers" confine hazing to halrcutting It
can be excused as sanitary.
The public at large can tolerate
these collectors of mall until they do
tho work In motor cars.
The immense census fraud? make
Dig noise, like a serenade by one
coyote.
About 2000 Alaska miners are com
ing south for the pumpkin pie season.
Seattle's "41 stories" may be con
densed Into one big tale.
A recount will give Portland even
more.
Kow the Major needs a lender.
HIGHER CRITICISM AND HERESY
Cklcago Preacher Quits Baptist Pulpit
to Make War oi "I.lbermllam."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Rev. William A. Mathews, pastor cf
the Tabernacle Baptist Church, has an
nounced to his congregation his resig
nation and his withdrawal from tho
ministry to take the lecture plitform
and prove that:
The whale actually swallowed Jonah.
Adam really was made from clay and
Eve from one of his ribs.
' The world and the universe were cre
ated in "six days.
The waters of the Red Sea w;ere part
ed for the children of Israel to pass
through.
Manna from Heaven fed the chosen
people In their Journey through the wild
erness And all the other Biblical accounts
which Professor George Burnham Fos
ter, of the University of Chicago, some
time ago caused a sensation by reject
ing and concerning which Rev. Donald
B. McLaurln, former pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church, remains noncom
mittal since his resignation to go into
business.
Not only disturbed conditions tn the
Baptist denomination in Chicago, but
seeming tendencies in other churches
toward higher criticism influence Dr.
Mathews in the step which he has an
nounced. Chicago he declares the "cit
adel of heresy." and he will storm It
from the public rostrum and "prove the
'higher criticism' a delusion and a
snare." In his sermon Dr. Mathews
said:
Vor 18 years the Baptist Church of
the Central West has endured with pa
tience the destructive Influence of high
er criticism. Stealthily it has crept
into the leading pulpit under the cloak
of ministers and into the institutions,
under the guidance of teachers. Its
artillery of unbelief has kept up a
steady fire from these places of com
manding Influence.
"The higher critics think they have
our defenses destroyed and our retreat
cut orr. rney nave Doioiy onerea us
an outline for a. new Christianity. They
seek to dominate, if not to capture, the
Baptist denomination of the North.
"But the battle is not ended. It is
Just begun. The expulsion of Professor
Foster from the Chicago Baptist Minis
ters' Conference shows which way the
Baptist wind blows in Chicago, the
very citadel of heresy. - '
"Simultaneously with this propagan
da of heresy has come an appalling loss
of spiritual power in our Baptist
Churches. Machine organization among
us was never more perfect and never
more lifeless. Particularly is this true
in Chicago and Illinois. More than 300
Baptist Churches In Illinois are closed
and Dastorless.
"The one sufficient explanation Is
civen bv the prophet Micah. who de
clares that, as a plague for false teach
ing, God visits his people with barren
ness and darkness.
"Higher criticism is the Jonah of the
Baptist denomination. It ie time to call
upon the Baptists of Chicago to humble
themselves before God wHh repentance
and confession. It is time to declare
unto higher critics their sin. It is time
to. blow the trumpet to Zlon. It is time
the Baptist Churches and Baptist min
isters shook themselves free of their
arallina: bondaze to hieher critics.
Dr. Matthews has been pastor of the
Tabernacle Church three years and has
been a member of the Baptist ministry
2ft -rea.. His lecture campaign to re
etaim tho church will beeln November
1. His step follows his appointment for
the work as the result of a recent con
ference of leading Baptist ministers tn
fhioae-o A BaDtist Institution in mi-
cago for Instruction in evangelism is to
be another result of tne comerence.
. Dr. Morrison's "Liberal Religion.-
Tacoma Ledger.
The Rev. A. A. Morrison, of Trinity
Enlsconal Church. Portland, somewhat
startled the house, of deputies meeting
In Cincinnati when he declared the
Bible was not the word of God ana
opposed a preamble submitted oy one
of the deputies because It contained an
assertion to that effect. The Rev. Mr.
Morrison is quoted as saying: "I do not
consider, and I know tnat hundreds of
other ministers do not consider, the
Rlble to be the word of God. It would
he unfortunate to brine up such a sub
ject for discussion at this; time, so I
merely mention It in urging against tne
adoption of such a statement. The
Scriptures are so full of inaccuracies
that the adoption of the proposed pre
amble would place us in such a position
In the scholastic world that it would
be Impossible to induce men of educa
tion to enter the ministry -nd subscribe
to our doctrine. Such an assertion in
the preamble would be out of accord
with this age of scholarship." The pre
amble was defeated, but on just what
ground the dispatches do not say. The
Portland minister s assertions are sig
nificant of the progress of what is
called liberal religion, which is now aa
Issue in several denominations.
. Self-Appreciation.
Hotel's Salem Journal.
Rev. Clarence True Wilson was ad
vertised at Heppner as having a Joint
debate with Colonel Hofer to help him
get a house.
At Pendleton the same thing was
done, and shows the waning Influence
of the Prohibition leader In his cam
paign.
The last Joint debate that Colonel
Hofer engaged in with that gentleman
was at Ashland and that was two
months ago.
The editor of this paper went, out
with Dr. Wilson as a courtesy to him,
when he was not able to get crowds
to hear him. ,
Now, on the strength of that. Dr.
Wilson Is advertising continuously or
being advertised as having more joint
debates.
As a result of his campaigning: ' in
Oregon, Dr. Wilson has got a position
on big salary In . Chicago for his
church.
We do not begrudge him. but wish
he would not allow any . more use of a
good man's name to boost a falling
cause.
Slaughter of Pheasants.
Brownsville Times.
The wholesale slaughter- of China
pheasants around Brownsville contrary
to law during the past two weeks, and
especially during the past week, Is a
shame and a disgrace to the supposedly
aw-abldlng community. There appears
to be no one to raise a hand against
hunting out of season in this part of
Linn County, and boys and grown-up
men are openly violating the law. So far
there have been 14S6 hunters licenses
and 1365 anglers' licenses issued in
Linn County. This means that the peo
ple of the county have paid the- sum of
2861 into the State Treasury for the
purpose of protecting game and fish.
What have they received in return?
Where is the State Game Warden and
his army of deputies?
Getting Together.
Amity Standard.
There appears to be no desire on
the part of the leaders of either side
n the late unpleasantness in the Re
publican party to continue hostilities
further, while there is every evidence
that past differences will be merged
Into an effort all along the line to elect
every member of the Republican ticket
as nominated. some pretty good
scratches were given on both sides,
with the odds about even.
Each Man Hla Own Guardian.
Chehalis Bee-Nugget.
There is being a great deal said in
this state and elsewhere about local op
tion. The best local option that the
Bee-Nugget knows anything about is
for a man to elevate himself onto the
aler wagon and then stay there.
BONDED DEBT A.VD COlSTRT ROADS
Objection la Made to the Formert Views
ot a Veteran Taxpayer.
HCBBABD. Or.. Oct- 15. (To the Ed
itor.) In an editorial in The Oregon
ian of last Thursday, under the head
ing "Bonds for Roads." fault is found
with the road overseers and country
people in general, for not reading the
literature sent out by tne uooa
Association, -."the Oregon law lactory
and kindred organizations.
How much time can a man give to
reading the pamphlets and leaflets that
burden our mail delivery, after he has
worked 10 hours in a sawmill, on the
farm, or in the orchard, a man who
chores two hours in the morning and
ho Bam n.t niirht. before and after
wArlr hours? non't blame us too
much ' for not reading everything
that comes our way at present, even if
some of It relates to Government sia.
tlstlcs. As far as road supervisors
"knowing nothing at all about road
construction." maybe so and maybe
The editorial also says that "the su-
v.Ie.v,.-. hm,id be taken
"l.J"?:r"r. -otmated
f. I? T"I l we Vuonose
to
a County Engineer is referred to. This
county was afflicted with such an of
ficial some 12 years ago. Yesterday
I passed a monumental folly of his
reefme. where he built a 200-foot
approach 16 feet wide to a bridge the
main span of which measurea oniy j
feet hetween the swav braces.
"Economy is much more likely to
nrevall than ex tra va Brance," said The
Oreeonian. We think that cxtrava
gance would be the rule with economy
in the background, "for where the car
cass is, there will the eagles assemble.'
This Is as true today as it was 2000
years ago, the carcass in this case be
ing the county treasury, and the eagles
or buzzards the officials who would
fatten on the public funds, while the
money lasts.
- There may be roads in Oregon that
no tom can traverse, but they are
not In this part of the valley. Get
ting our produce to market has both
ered us very little, but getting the
coin to the county seat; to pay our
ta vox has been a ereater burden. What
it he with bond taxes added
no one of this generation can tell.
Thn writer lived in a road-bond-rld
Hen countv for 19 years, and in that
i nt a nee. when the bonds were sold,
most of the money was squandered by
a collection of official .harpies. The
nennln received no benefit and even
the men who did what little work that
was accomplished have been waiting
40 years for their pay. lnat county
debt is three times greater today than
It was in the beginning, and the end
is not vet
Better roads. Yes, as fast as we can
nov fnr tho same, but no bonded in
debtedness. J- S. TODER
MR. BOURSE AS A DODGER.
Is Shown to Have Sidetracked Popu
lar Election of Senators.
RAKER CITY. Or.. Oct. 14. (To the
Rrtiinr.4 Sneakintr of that notable ex-
AmriUr or nnnnlar sovereignty, the
ono man who lust at this time wishes
to bring all governmental policies and
direction to the threshold of every
man's door and install them at his fire
side. Jonathan Bourne. Jr., our capable
and very dependable United States
Senator, why has the fact been over
looked that when the question as to
whether or not an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
should be submitted to the people,
whereby the election of United States
Senators should be withdrawn from our
state assemblies and cheerfully tucked
oiono-nMo those firesides, was up for
final vote in the United States Senate,
Senator Bourne was then unaccountably
absent and Is recorded as not voting?
Just at that particular time Senator
Bourne knew that his standing at tne
Presidential table was trembling in the
balance. If he voted on that question
ho would have to vote 'Aye." but
would lose his Presidential meal ticket:
and if he voted "No." how about Ore
gon and the primary election principle,
direct legislation and puouc mannea
toes? There was but one thing to do
duck, and he ducked.
A DEMOCRAT.
Grand Young Man, Beverldge.
New York Sun.
The Indianapolis Star permits itself
to use this sacrilegious sentiment:
"The Beveridge myth, to which the
Sun so sunerstitiously adheres.
Beverldge a myth; Accursed be tne
tonirue that tells us so! we cannot,
dare not, will not believe it. Around
the Grand Young Man are entwined
some of the tenderest sympathies, the
sweetest language, the solemnest pul-
chrltudinous visions this sad world has
known. From those young, earnest,
thought-sagging brows the brightest
aureole of Chautauqua flashes. Not
wind blows that does not whisper of
that Antinoan. the Apollonian presence.
Not a pea dances on a hot griddle, not
a chestnut shell explodes In a fire, not
a waterspout or bladdef bursts that we
are not reminded of Beverldge. How
many of us has he taught to honor
eoodness. greatness, vocipotence and
perfect leading; Juvenile beauty!
If Beveridge be a myth, then what
can we believe in a sterile and an un
progressive universe?
No, no! Muffle tlie Colonel, if you
can and must; but leave us Beverldge,
whose initials Nature herself has in
scribed on every thistle In Indiana!
Sir. West, Naturalized Citizen.
The Dalles Optimist.
Four years ago Oswald West, the
present Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, stumped the state In the inter
ests of Governor Chamberlain, and one
of his strongest cards was the attack
he made on Dr. Withycombe because
the latter was a naturalized citizen,
being a Canadian by birth.
And now it transpires that Mr. West
himself is a naturalized citizen.
We do not claim that Dr. Withy
combe was not eligible for election,
neither do we claim that Mr. West Is
not. But if, as Mr. West asseverated,
the doctor should not be elected owing
to his foreign birth, then how about
Mr. West? "What Is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander" is a very
good political ax'om, and if Dr. Withy
combe was presuming too much, then
surely Mr. West also is.
Will the Republican Wake Cpf
Burns News.
The Democrats are already boasting
that they will elect a majority of the
county officers. They know they are
in the minority and are figuring on set
ting the Republicans to do the Job for
them. It is time for Republicans to
come to their senses and quit that.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
Talk and the world talks with you think
and you think alone. Life.
Pitman Why doesn't Sounders sine any
mora? Horner He listened to a olo he
had made on a phonograph cylinder. Chi
cago Daily New.
"I don't like that woman." "Why not?"
"She'a the woman who , is all the time
teaching my wife a new way of serving up
cold meat." Detroit Fres Prcts.
Friend I don't Bee how you can drink
o much! It's shocking. 'Nother Friend
It shocks me. too it surprises me. I
s'pose it's JuBt luck! Cleveland Leader.
"Why do you cry, Jerry?" "Casey
wouldn't lend me five dollars." "And I
thought he waa your closest friend." "He
never waa so close as that before." Judge.
"Do you think that women could assume
an altitude- of uncompromisin domination
hi affairs?" "Surely." replied Mr. Meekton.
"If you don't believe It come and see our
cook." Washington Star.
"What a blessing civilization has been
to the wofld! Consider for a moment the
bloody sports of ancient Rome " "Why,
what's the matter with an automobile cup
Icacar" .Baltimore Americas.
BIGr GRAFT IS PUBLIC DOCKS.
Why Not "Free" Offices and Stores tot
Merchants, la Asked. ,
PORTLAND, Oct. 16. (To the Ed!-'.
tor.) From the agitation now being:
worked up, one is led to believe the
whole transportation problem in Port-
land hinges on public docks which Is '
certainly not the case. Portland today '
enjoys equal or better rates both coast- ,
wise and foreign than either of its
competitors, and a cheaper wharfage j
and storage rate than any. San Fran-
Cisco not excepted.
The fact of Portland having or not
having public docks makes no differ
ence with the owners of vessels en
gaged in the lumber trade. Nearly all
the managing owners of the vessels
are also engaged in the lumber busi
ness, and find it advantageous to han
dle their own shipping facilities, there
by assuring prompt deliveries. These
vessels coming to northern ports for
lumber, whether Portland, on-ays
Harbor or Puget Sound, are ready to
'take any northbound cargo at a nom
inal rate, as steamers will make as
sooa or Better time with part cargo as
when empty.
The loss of time in loading and un-
loading is the principal factor. If suf
ficient-cargo is moving to enable a
vessel to lose the time necessary to
load and unload and show a profit, car
goes will be brought north. If on the
other hand there is not the volume of
business offered, vessels will come
light. At present and for some time
past, there has been an enormous
volume of business moving northward
and of commodities where time Is not
an essential, viz: cement, asphalt, etc.
From some of the articles printed on
this subject, ono is led to believe that
if Portland had municipal docks, all
this class of freight would pass over
them. The consignee might not find
It convenient to haul cement from a
public dock to Albina or South East
Side, or even the Northwest side, even.
should he be favored with dock, gratis,
but would prefer having some on vari
ous docks which could be handled to
adjacent territory. If alleged shippers
who favor public docks are In the lum
ber business and can find a market
for the product at a price that will
allow them to pay the current rate on
lumber, they will have no trouble In
Inducing ship owners to send vessels
here for it. If they are in the grain
business and willing to pay the quoted
rates of the established lines, they can
get an outside steamer If desired, and
if they have any merchandise entering
port, the independent steamers will of
fer rates which will enable thorn to
meet all competition, notwithstanding
the fact that a wharfage charge may
be paid to private dock owners.
There is no more reason why tne
city of Portland should furnish a mer
chant free wharfage for his wares, than
that. he should have office room fur
nished him free of charge. Our mer
chants who carry stock in stores and
warehouses, and can secure a little
lower rate by a steam schooner than
bv a regular line, are apt to patronize
steam schooners, even though the ves
sels have to pay a portion of cut rates
to a private dock.
That the interests of a city may be
best served by not allowing transporta
tion corporations to gain control of its
waterfront to the exclusion of ail oth
ers, we must grant, but that the city
should build and operate a system of
docks for the use of transportation
companies, who may wish to compete
for the business, or a broker wnoFe
principal stock in trade Is his office
stationery, we are not ready to grant.
One might think from some of the
public dock arguments that the only
reason Portland did not have steamer
lines to Alaska, Honolulu. Grays Har
bor, and almost any place else, was
the absence of public docks, whereas
the only real reason, is the apathy of
our leading shippers, some or wnom
have branch houses on Puget Sound.
or In San Francisco, where netter
shipping service is rendered. Steamer
lines will operate wherever business
justifies. While the small items of
wharfage and port charges count, they
are offset to a great extent by the
loyalty and fairness of the shippers.
At the present time Tortland mer
chants enjoy ao reasonable transporta
tion rates as their competitors in other
cities. No doubt there are some peo
ple who could use a public dock to
advantage, while others could use free
fuel, and still others would be better
pleasd with a pension.
In a recent article Captain Blain, of
the Oregon Drydock, is quoted as say
ing there is not a dock in our city in
which can be worked a double ender
vessel, and both hatches, mentioning
the Geo. W. Fenwick in this connec
tion. Had Captain Blain taken the
trouble to call at Columbia Dock No. 1,
he could have seen the "Fenwick" dis
charging not only two hatches, but
three at one time. The same thins
happened at the next dock above, Al
bers Dock No. 3, with the Henrlk Ibsen,
where she discharged from three
hatches at one time, then hauled to the
next dock, Albers No. 2, and discharged
from both ends of the ship at the same
time, while the Falcon discharged at
Altoers No. 3 from two hatches.
We are informed by the owners that
Albers docks, when rebuilding opera
tions are completed, will be able to ac
commodate two ships the size of our
China Liners, or four ordinary steam
schooners at the same time.
If, as has been stated, there is such
an enormous profit in private oocks,
will the owners of some of the anti
quated shacks on our waterfront, rise
and explain why they maintain proper
ties that to appearances, would hardly
do credit to a deserted village?
Are the taxpayers of this city In
formed on the dock proposition well
enough to. vot intelligently on the
question? Would it not be well to have
someone who Is familiar with the situ
ation, to outline a plan looking toward
municipal docks, and let the voter have
chance to become acquainted on the
matter, before voting S2,500,000 In
bonds to farther someones private
scheme? It might be well to furnish
the voter a statement of tho operating
expenses of the Open River Transporta
tion Company, and the State Portage
Railway, and other semi-publicly op
erated propositions.
It will be seen that this is one casa
where they that dance do not pay tiie
fiddler. Think of the spectacle of the
state of Oregon and the merchants f?)
of Portland taxing themselves to fur
nish transportation facilities for Wash
ington and Idaho, and their competi
tors in San Francisco, and elsewhere.
only needs public dock proposition to
round out a plan whereby tho tax
payers foot the bill. That there is
some merit In each must be acknowl
edged, but that there is enough merit
either to justify the expense, is a
question.
There are several other propositions
which will help Portland's commercial
interests far more than the building of
public wharves, notably the develop
ment of traffic with Oregon coast coun
ties which are paying a higher freight
rate on commodities than Kastern Ore
gon and Washington.
Our leading shippers cannot sit back
and wait for some one to do this for
them, for other cities are reaching for
this trade and it may slip away as
our AlasKa traae nas aone wniie we
are helping some one in Eastern Ore
gon to a cheap rate.
XAAr A 1 11. ri.
t The Bourne-Chamberlain Game.
Eugene Register.
The hand of Jonathan Bourne la
clearly seen In the movement in this
county to launch an independent. State
ment No. 1 legislative ticket. Bourne
sees in this the psychological moment
for attempting the great feat of land
ing Oregon safely in the Democratio
column, where he has always wanted it.
Republican harmony would spoil hi
I little gams.