THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1910.
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tPOKTLA-ND. aUTTKDAY. OCT. tt, 11
wobjju ro uncs.
Th Oregonlan had occasion tbo
hther day to call attention to the
gainful and Indefensible change oi
.tiltuda between 1907 and 109 by
Chamberlain towards th
sooted subject of emergency clauses,
n 1907 our impeccable Governor
hundered forth a noble bull against
he reprehensible practice of adding
mergency clauses to routine icgis-
ative acts. The Governor was rlght-
oualy Indignant. No Legislature bad
i right to attach an emergency clause
any act "except for the Immediate
reservation of public peace, heaitn
r safety. It was a magnificent re
uke splendidly administered. The
Legislature at once reformed. There
K-ere no emergency clauses at that
sal on attached to any bill for any
Lurposw not contemplated oy in
onstltation.
But behold the change. In 1909
ollclcal exigencies had arisen that
ppeared to the Governor to call for
-ctlve meajrures to keep his hand on
he throttle of the state political ma-
hlne. He had been elected Senator
hrousrh the choice of the people. He
vaa to be succeeded by a Republican
iovemor. Here was an unfortunate
mergoncy that could be met only by
n entire traversal of his fine words
f two years before. Various meat-
.rea creating political Jobs were has-
:ly Jammed through the Legislature,
a this way two needless members
ere added to the Supreme Court In
pen contravention to the express will
f the people. A fat Judicial place
as provided In Multnomah County
r the Governor's private secretary,
'wo Tax Commissioners were created,
nd a -water code, with a State Engl
eer. two division superintendents and
arious underlings, was adopted.
Vlthout exception these measures
arried emergency clauses and were
-nraediately signed by the Governor
nd all appointments duly made be-
ore he stepped from one rich Job Into
nother.
The emergency clause tacked on to
he water code was a sad burlesque
f plain truth. It Is worth reading
t thfs time, when all eyes observe the
xtraordlnary efforts being made by
he Bourne-Chamberlain partnership
a hold together their demorallxed
nd fast-disintegrating machine. It is:
fier-tlaa It Fmerm-em-vj "Whereas there
rreat ancertalntv exlatlnff thrus-hoot th
tele with r-rerente to ma water nans ot
arious rartlee alone the itrtimi. ditchaa
4 vittr wars as to their several Inter
ns, tharaln ent-;lr, eipenslee litigation
nd enaenderin manr animoettlea ana raurn
d blood, thereby cmlanaarlnff rha publlo
-aca and aafe'r of many eectione of tha
a:e: and. Whereas. It ta urgent that
-.eee eoedltlona fee remedied for tha preser
attoa of th nubile paai-e. health and
fetr of tha Stat, this act shall r-a In
ill fnrra and afreet upon and axter us
pproval by tba Gornor.
How far into the wretched depths
f machine politics Governor Cham-'
erlain had descended in the two
ears following his entirely correct
nd commendable effort to require
he Legislature to pursue a stralght-
irward course in the enactment of
:11s. so that they might be presented
3 him for signature on their merits.
.ay be shown by quoting a para
raph from the Governor's message
f 1907. Here it la:
My at taction has ba-m call ad to tha ra'-t
iat many. If not a majority, at tha blii
Mcaj hava baw Introduced in both tna
ouaa ud Sanata hava an emaraanrr c!aua
.rlarinr sum billa to b-. for tha Immodtata
.aarvatlon of tha publlr p.ac.. health and
tfaty of tha paopl. thua In effect, cutting
f tha rtxal to hare au.-h laws refarrad to
-a paop'.a. As a ma:tr of fact, no law
in bava for Ita on-t tha Immedlata
aervatloa of tna public peaca unlraa It ba
prarant inva.ion. l&i'irretlon or war;
law caa hava for Its oblart tha lm
ed!ala preaei atloa of tha puMIc health
aiaaa It la to prevent tha Introduction of
'ixia pkasua or tha spread ot soma con
icloaa or Infectloua c:u. mn- no law
in hare) for Ita ot)e?t the Immedlata pre a
-ration of tha piuTle a-ifetr unleae It ba
prevent riot or mob violence or ewmethtna;
Wru:ated to brine about great destruction
: lfa or property.
Another two ) cars have passed,
oreraor Chamberlain has taken In
partner. In a remarkable effort to
lonopolixe and perpetuate control of
two principal political parties of
regon. The partner is Senator
ource. They have Joined hands in
a open effort to elect Mr. West
yvernor. There Is widespread revolt
i the Democratic party against
hamberlaln and West. There is a
neral taming In the Republican
trty against Bourne. The conspiracy
1U falL It should fall. The election
f Mr. Bowerman will definitely ter
minate the official career of Senator
otirne and it will perform a similar
-l-vice for Oregon when It shall help
bring about the retirement of Sen
ior Chamberlain later. The result,
may be hoped, wl'.l be two Repub
n United States Senators for Ore--n.
a clrar gain for the state atld an
ndoubted benefit to the Nation.
IR4.r. COLOMT MOVEXEVT.
Transcontinental railroads are han-
:ir.g a record-breaking rush of colo
ists. both the Hill and the Harrl-
an I'.nee being taxed to the rapacity
' their equipment to handle the
owds. This movement Is unusual at
time when the East and Middle
'est are complaining of dull times.
would seem to confirm the general
ilief that Oregon, even In periods of
mporary dullness, is so much better
ft than other parts of the country
hat It Is a most attractive place to
re. The present record movement Is
e result of many years of careful
rpo!tatlon on the part of the rall-
vads and the commercial organiza-
ona of the state. This advertising by
we. papers, maps, pamphlets and
rookj baa been supplemented by an
veil more powerful advertising fore
lthe testimony of the man who has
ven the state a trial.
There are thousands of t h e.-e men
nd women scattered throughout the
Lite. Their experience has proved so
Litlsftactory that thty have been the
ana of bringing many others wno
tUfb.t-B.ot have com tad they been
dependent on other sources for their
knowledge of the state and Its oppor
tunities. There is so much to attract
new settlers to this region, without In
the least overdrawing the picture,
that disappointment Is rare among the
nen-comers. This Fall colonist move
ment Is the heaviest ever known, but
It will be eclipsed by the rush that
will come in the Spring.
Next year there will be opened up
for settlement the great Central Ore
gon region, a territory which will sup
port a greater population than can
find homes in the Willamette Valley.
New rail lines will also have opened
op the great undeveloped country. ly
ing between the Columbia River and
the ocean. It will be many years be
fore Oregon will be unable to offer the
strongest kind of Inducements to new
settlers, and as the real merits of the
country are better understood thlJ
colonist rush will not be limited to
Spring and Fall periods, but will be
In evidence throughout the year.
NLVE LAvTS AT A TDtt
Once upon a time It was a common
provision of all state constitutions
that the subject of every legislative
bill must be clearly expressed In the
title: and It was a vital requirement
of some constitutions that not more
than a single subject of legislation
could be Included in the same meas
ure. In other words, one legislative
act could not embrace such varying
and conflicting' subjects as water
rights and the mortgage tax or fish
ing and road tax. and so on. No in
telligent person will say that these
methods were unwise or Impractical.
Yet In our new-fangled scheme of
legislation In Oregon we have un
dertaken to Improve on the ways of
old-fashioned legislation by passing
thirty-two laws in as many seconds.
We are trying to do more. We in
clude nine laws In one, as, for exam
ple, the following constitutional
amendment (No. 360-361):
For aa amendment to Article IV.. Con
stitution of Oreon. Increasing ' Initiative,
referendum, and recall ttowera of tha peo
ple; reetrictlna; use of emergency clauaa and
veto power on atate and municipal legisla
tion; requirta proportional election of mem
bers Or the Legislative Aasembly from tha
atata at large; annual aeeatons and inrraae
lna members' salaries and terms of office;
providing for electlona of Speaker of House
and president ot senate ouiaiae ox memoer;
reetrleMng corporate franchleee to 2d years:
providing ten-dollar penalty for unaxcuaed
abeencee from any roll call, and changing
the form of oath of office to provide against
lied legislative log-rolling.
Tou may take It or leave it. Ton
vote up the whole business or you
vote it down. If you say "yes" you
swallow It all; If you say no you re
ject it all, though you may ravor
some part of this extraordinary
agglomeration.
Here you have the unrestricted
and unrestrained Initiative. There are
thirty-one other measures besides.
some simple, others complex. But Jn
this. Instance we take a straight cut
across lota and dispose of nine at a
time knock "em down. If we don't
like 'em, and set 'em up In the other
alley.
DLSCT'SSIOX OF THE IXLLER CASK.
The Oregohlan of last Tuesday gave
Its readers a brief account of a ser
mon which Rev, James A. Dodds had
preached at Ridgefleld. on the subject
of the acquittal of Merle Fuller. The
Utter, It will be recalled, is the young
man who drew his revolver and shot
a train conductor In order to uphold
his end of a dispute they were having
over an accident on the railroad. In
connection with this matter. The Ore
gonlan " publishes today a copy of a
letter which Jamea A. Stapleton, the
man who prosecuted Fuller, has writ
ten to Mr. Dodds. The letter warmly
commends the stand the reverend
gentleman has taken and improves
the occasion to admire his moral
courage. To speak the truth about
our laxity to criminals fcefore a con
gregation presumably aa flabby as the
rest of us does Indeed require unusual
courage, and the The Oregonlan Joins
Mr. Stapleton in his appreciation of
It. Proceeding to discuss th rea
sons why Fuller won his liberty in the
face of the law and the facts, Mr.
Stapleton first refers to that Inex
plicable fondness for bloody murder
ers which Is so conspicuous almost
everywhere In this country.
AU a man has to do In order to
become a popular hero, particularly
among the women, is to shoot down
somebody in cold blood. The more
horrible the circumstances of the
crime, the more the murderer Is be
loved. Mr. Stapleton recounts that
even . before the Jury In the court
room, persons approached Fuller and
shook hands with him to show how
much they respected and admired
one who had committed a frightful
crime. Women, Mr. Stapleton re
marks, did more of this than the men.
but both sexes did enough of It to
make us blush for our race. We do
cot argue that a criminal should be
deserted by his friends or treated
with cruelty and neglect, but it seems
highly proper to protest against bis
being lionized In th very presence of
the law which is seeking to punish
him. Does this practice indicate that
we are smitten with some singular
psychological disorder which destroys
our moral sensibilities? Have w
really come to the point where we
esteem crime more highly than pro
saic virtue, and take for our National
heroes men who openly defy the law
which our own representatives have
made? The mob who paraded them
selves before the Jury to shake Ful
ler's bloody hand knew that their ac
tion would intimidate the Jury. No
doubt that was on of their reasons
for doing It. It seems as If the court
ought to have felt some Intimation of
the same fact and forbidden the
shameful exhibition.
Exhibition of what? Well, for one
thing, defiance of th law. Degener
ate crtme worship was another qual
ity which it displayed. There has
always been a disposition among the
low and vulgar classes of society to
exalt criminals and make heroes Nf
them. Witness th undying glory of
Claud Duval In British lore. But
with us this disposition has escaped
from the vulgar and spread apparent
ly to all ranks of society. Our most
elegant dames love to Imitate the fish
wives who wept over the execution
of Black Bess rider. Does this indi
cate that we are growing in humanity,
or merely that we are becoming sillier
with the passing years?
Mr. Stapleton says roundly that the
acquittal of such murderers as Fuller
prove that w hold human life In
contempt. Of course there Is another
side to the question. It may prove
that we think highly of human life,
too highly to condemn a man to im
prisonment or death for a deed which
no punishment can amend. Still, to
sane minds it cannot appear any bet
ter than washy sentimentality to re
fuse to punish crime because the pun
ishment will mak somebody, suffer.
'There Is a common saying that the
Infliction of now pain does not rem
edy pain that has been endured.
Doubtless this saying gives us an In
dex of widespread popular feeling re
garding the punishment of . crimi
nals. "What Is the use ?" Is on every
body's tongue. Mr. Stapleton says
the sentiment of the people with
whom he talked about Fuller was
"almost uniformly in the criminal's
favor." Of course they were salving
their conscience by whispering , to
themselves that nothing was to be
gained by punishing him, for they
knew well enough that he was guilty.
The existence of such a sentiment
among th people may indicate that
the bonds of society are dissolving,
and that w are reverting to the state
of primitive savagery when there was
no law and no restraint upon crime
but private vengeance. Or it may in
dicate a profound discontent with the
administration of the law and with
the principle which underlie its or
dinary penalties. It cannot be denied
that there Is some weight In the com
mon opinion thai crime is not mend
ed by inflicting suffering. We may
possibly discern In the popular ten
derness for murderers an undercur
rent of belief that society should ex
pend its effort to prevent crime rather
than punish it. If this Is so, then tne
feeling Is not -despicable. On th
contrary It la wholesome, and prom
ises better things for the future.'
Usually It is a mistake to despise
widespread popular feeling offhand.
Investigation's apt to show that there
are good reasons for It, though they
may bo hidden out of sight for the
moment.
KOIJr G OtR COLXATKRA U
WHh the United States shipping
cotton In a volume which at present
high price breaks all previous rec
ords for total values for the period,
with Egypt also a liberal seller of
cotton, and with India, the Argentine
and Russia, all making heavy drafts
for either old or new crop wheat, it
is not surprising that .England has
found her gold supply running low.
In an effort to check this drain on
her stocks of the yellow metal the
bank rat was advanced Friday to 5
per cent, and at this figure it Is hoped
to replenish th supply. While easy
money in England Is of course re
flected in the American financial sit
uation. Just at this time the balance
of trade by which we could swing
gold in this direction Is much smaller
than usual. Had it not been for the
abnormally high prices and liberal
shipments of cotton, that balance of
trade. Instead of being in our favor,
would have been against us, for there
was an enormous decrease in the Sep
tember exports of wheat, corn, pork:
and other agricultural products.
This docline In the exports of food
stuffs from the United States did not,
however, relieve England of the ne
cessity of making up the shortage in
other parts of the world. While the
American farmers have been holding
back Immense supplies of corn, wheat
and other grains. Russia, India and
the Argentine have been taking ad
vantage of the good market thus cre
ated, and have been shipping record
quantities, roost of which England
ha been obliged to finance, for a time
at least, even though some of it was
diverted to continental ports.
Th fact that the United States has
managed to hold a grain crop which
in the aggregate Is the largest on rec
ord shows the financial conditions in
this country to b remarkably healthy.
Th total output of the five principal
cereals, wheat, oats, rye, barley and
corn, reached the enormous figure or
6.053,391,000 bushels, which at pres
ent market prices la easily worth
J2. 670.000. 000. A country that is so
enormously wealthy that It can af
ford to hold this amount of tangible
collateral for higher prices than the
very remunerative figure now offered.
Is not In much danger of a panic of
any proportions of consequence.
When the unnecessary panic of 1907
swept over the country. Us effect was
intensified by England sending over
In payment for our agricultural prod
ucts an Immense amount of railroad
and Industrial securities which had
been depreciated by th loose talk of
political agitators and buncombe art
ists In this country. The waning
power of the chief political agitator
of those troublesome times makes the
possibility of a panic very remote at
this time, and so long as American
farmers' bins are bursting, and the
banks are well supplied with money,
this country can view with equanim
ity any slight flurry which necessi
tates an Increase In the English bank
rate.
Vv-HXK. IS THE LIMIT?
The "largest steamship in the
world" has floated into the water at
Belfast. Ireland. This monster craft
is so much larger than any other
steamship afloat, and reaches so far
toward th dimensions of the mythi
cal "thousand-foot steamer" that the
early appearance of that long-predicted
leviathan of the deep is highly
probable. .Th Olympic, which for
the time being Is the last word in
marine architecture, -will make no bid
for the speed supremacy on the At
lantic. . It has been more than twenty
years since the Whit Star line
dropped out of the speed contest and
contented itself with building monster
craft, which for six and comfort
were fully aa attractive as th steam
ers of higher speed and less comfort
able quarters.
Even the Germans seem to have
abandoned the high-speed steamer,
and for several years have been build
ing large, comfortable steamers of the
type that have reached the highest
degree of perfection In the Olympic
Unless national pride and a recogni
tion of the advertising value of the
speed record should" appeal to the
Germans, it is not Improbable that
the Cunard flyers, Mauretania and
Lusltania, will be aloe In their glory
for many years for. In building th
Olympic and Titanic, their chief Brit
ish competitors show no disposition
to enter the speed contest. A com
parison of the size and speed records
of the steamers which at intervals In
the past fifty years have attracted
the attention of the world shows that
for nearly all that period builders
have leaned more favorably toward
great size than speed. The Scotia, In
1863, was th first vessel to cross the.
Atlantic In lees than Bin days, and
It waa seven years later before the
City of Brussels made the trip in less
than eight days. Fifteen years later
the Alaska startled . the world by, i
crossing In less than seven days. It
was 37 years after the Alaska's per
formance before th Lusltania made
the run in less than five days, but In
that period ther iwaa v. guir-h, smcX:
startling gain in the size of the
steamers.
With the exception of that unwieldy
monstrosity, the Great Eastern, built
In 1858, the 600-foot Servia of 7392
tons .was the largest steamer afloat
when the Alaska made the first, pass
age In less than Beven days. Th
Alaska's voyage in a fraction less than
nvnn iavs 'was cut to less than six
days by the City of Paris in 1889, and
to five and one-third days by tne J-iU-canla
in 1894. The Lucania's record
fell before the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse in 1897, and from 1900 until
the appearance of the Lusltania last
year the Deutschland was the undis
puted speed queen of the seas. Mean
while, in length and size, steamers
had been Increasing much more-rap
idly. The Servia got over the 500
foot mark in 1881, and in 1893 the
Lucania and Campania, 601 feet In
length, appeared. The Oceanic,
launched in 1899, was 689 feet in
length, and the Balticv 725 feet in
length, was the "largest ship in the
world" when she was launched in
1904.
It was thus but eleven years from
the 600-foot Lucania to the 725-foot
Baltic, and but three years between
the launching of the . 790-foot Lusl
tanla and the 880-foot Olympic. At
the same ratio of increase, the thou
sand-foot steamer Is near at hand.
The exact amount of credit iwhich
should .be awarded to the sailing qua!
ltles of the old clipper ships. of the
past, and the amount that should go
to the men who sailed them, is diffl
cult to estimate. That the men who
directed tne clipper ships' movements
are entitled to a large share of the
glory has been repeatedly demon
strated, and in no case so plainly as
that of the British bark Muskoka.
which has" recently been given much
prominence in the New York Even
ing Post. ' The Muskoka, In command
of Captain Crowe, of this city, made
more record passages than any mod
era ship afloat, and at the time of
Can tain Crowe's retirement was
known the world over as' the fastest
sailing ship afloat. But the fine lines
and splendid canvas-carrying qualities
of the Muskoka- were of no avail when
Captain Crowe was succeeded by a
poor navigator, and not since Crowe's
retirement has the vessel made a
passage worthy of special mention
The men, and not the ships, are enti
tled to much credit for the record pas
sages of the old days.
"Rotterdam iwould be nothing with
out its harbor and system of publicly-
owned docks," says the Dutch Vice-
Consul, who gets his name in the pa
per because he advocates an unneces
sary and enormously expensive public
dock system for Portland. This city
is more fortunately situated than Rot
terdam. If the Dutch Vice-Consul, or
foreigners in general, think that Port
land will be "nothing" without public
docks, their minds will undergo a
change after a few months of close
observation. Portland's maritime com
merce is growing more rapidly than
ever before. More ships and larger
ships are coming to the port. They
are receiving better dispatch than is
being given at other Pacific Coast
ports, and the expense for wharfage
and dockage are lighter here than
elsewhere. The Dutch Vice-Consul
says "it is a miracle" now tne immense
tonnage of the port is handled with
out public docks. It would be more
of a miracle If we could handle It
with politically-managed public docks.
Steel stocks have advanced to the
highest figure reached since last
June, and, according to news reports,
"prominent railroad officials have ad
vised steel manufacturers that a much
more liberal policy in placing orders
for equipment Is to be expected after
the election next, month." For many
years steel has been the most deli
cately adjusted commercial barometer,
and the depression or prosperity in
that commodity has nearly always
been reflected in other lines. That the
worst possible effect that may result
from the elections has been pretty
well discounted Is now quite plain, and
the wave of the big stick and the re
verberations of the warwhoop have
lost their power to terrify. Natural
conditions in the country are so
healthy that, no matter which way
the elections go, there will undoubt
edly be an instant revival of business.
A so-called man who amused him
self by offering young girls employ
ment as stenographers and then in
sulting them was given a deserved
sentence of ninety days on the rock pile
by Judge Tazwell. The only regret
In connection with this penalty Is that
the time limit for the offense is
reached too soon. The only chance to
make a useful citizen out of a "low
life" of this type is to keep him at
work for the public for his board,
which as a matter of economy should
be wholesome and ample to keep him
In working trim, but severely plain.
Hard work and a simple, unstimulat
Ifig diet may be safely relied upon to
tame a beast of this type.
Th 48-year-old "philosopher" who
committed suicide In a Denver hotel
the other' night because he could "no
longer cope with the world" was a
weakling who had drifted Into social
Ism and absorbed Its platitudes until
h really believed them. In these
days a man is not old at 48 unless he
makes himself old. The, late Senator
Stewart made and lost two or three
fortunes after he was 60. Others have
done so, and others will, but the shift
less man of education generally com
bines laziness with his frailties and.
when he becomes morbid, snuffs out
his light. The world Is the better,
for It.
When all the hops are made Into
yeast and all the barley Is fed to
horses, and all tho watermelons have
a bourbon flavor, and the apples are
fit for nothing but vinegar, the saloon
will be put out of business.
The Jury In tje Webb case found
him guilty on the evidence of cold
blooded murder induced by luet. plac
ing a heavy burden on the woman
who went wrong.
"Young Corbett" has been relegated
to the ranks of pugilistic "has-beens."
Alas, and alas! What Is the country
coming' to?
The parents of the .18-months-old
child In Dallas who can read would
better put on the brakes. Precocity is
unhealthy.
Chief Cox Is right In arresting Se
attle blacklegs. We have enough of
the home product.
Professor Woodruff dare not say it
to tha Colonel' Xaca.
SENATOR BOlRE AND TARIFF
Spotlla-ht Tkrawi o Hla Record by
New York Paper.
In a recent issue of the Outlook Jon
athan Bourne, Jr., expressed his own
opinion concerning what he had been
doing in Oregon to promote the welfare
of the common people in securing the
nrlnnrinn of nnoDle'a nower laws and In
j recommending other laws that would
serve to wrest control of government
from the bosses and special Interests.
Through something of a coincidence,
someone, not Bourne himself, about the
same time told in the New York World
what the Senator from Oregon has been
doing in Congress.
The World Is devoting a series or
articles to the antecedents, political
history and business and financial con
nections of the Senators who cast votes
In favor of the trusts in the considera
tion of the tariff bilL Our own Jona
than, therein, is characterized as the
friend of the Senator for the Guggen
helms. the Senator of Electricity and one
of the Faithful Forty of the Legion of
Special Privilege.
a a a
This article tells of the growth of the
Bourne family fortune behind the tariff
wall in New England and of the ascend
ancy of the Senior Senator from Oregon
to the presidency of the Bourne notion
Mills, of Tiverton. R. I. Reference is
made to his organization of a Washing
ton copper company In the days when
H. H. Rogers, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, was most active in copper, and it
is declared that he Is allied with bank
ing interests related through maxr'age
to one of the Standard Oil group. It is
asserted that his family cotton mills have
paid dividends every year sjca 1W7. when
the rate was 18 per cent under the Wilson-Gorman
tariff, and that in 190J these
mills paid 47 per cent on their Jl.000.000
capital.
It Is charged that Bourne voted to
place the countervailing duty on petro
leum Instead of leaving it on the free
list where the House bill placed it.
It Is charged that Bourne voted to re
tain the Dingley rates on the cheaper
grades of the Bourne cotton mill prod
ucts and for an Increase over the Ding
ley rates on the more expensive finished
goods, for which his mills manufacture
he greund work.
Senator Bourne voted for those duties
on goods manufactured by his "infanl
industry" that pajjj up to 43 per cent
dividends, without excusing himself whoa
his personal Interests were Involved as
did Senator La Follette.
"When it come to voting on amend
ments proposed by Insurgent Senators."
says the World, "he often paired his vote
with Democrats, thereby avoidln? going
on record, while throwing the influence
of his vote with the Aldrlch crowd,
a a - a
Some of the Bourne votes are listed as
follows In the article:
In the Interest of tho Gnircenheirn Pam
llv Smelter Trust, and possibly incidentally
aiding his own mining; Interests: To in
crease the duty on white lead from 2 to
cents per pound;
Increasing the duty on bl-cnromaw and
chromate of potash from lij to 2V centa
per pound: . ...
Increasing the duty on high grade electric
lighting carbona manufactured by the
Standard Oil-National Carbon combination,
an Iron-bound trust, to 45 per cent, ad
valorem, while pretending to reduce the
duty ;
Increasing the tax on barley from 24
to 80 cents per bushel, bo aa to hold some
of tho Western Senators in line for the
bigger benefits to the trusts;
Increasing the duty on lemons, at the
behest of Senator Flint, the Southern Pa
cific Senator, whose constituents soon found
the railroad taking all their anticipated
gain by the simple process of raisins the
freight rate on lemons;
Increasing the duty from 20 to 30 cents
a pound on slubblng, roving, ring and
garnetted waste, by-products in the manu
facture of woolens:
Placing a , countervailing duty on petro-
Bourne was paired on the following, in
favor of the trusts or Aldrich's side:
Approving the action of the Finance Com
mittee in Increasing the duty on fresh meats
(produced only by the Beef Trust) from
the House rate of 1H cents- to 2 cents per
pound. , e e
Senator Bourne has boastod of Ms
parentage of the initiative measure now
before the voters of Oregon which pro
vides for d'rect election of delegates to
the National party conventions. The bill
permits an elector to vote f.-r but one
delegate and thereby forestalls any ex
pression by the voters on National Issues
that may be pending. It eliminates party
conventions, now held not only to choose
delegates to the National conventions but
also to express the will of each party, as
represented by its majority in the state,
concerning what should go int the Na
tional party platforms, or what should
be approved or opposed by us state's
Senators and Representatlvas in Con
gress. With such a law in effect each Senator
from Oregon would be wholly untram
meled by party mandate In voting his
own interests aga'nst those o'f his con
stituents, except Insofar as he had ex
pressed his personal opinions prior to
election on matters that might or might
not be vital Issues during his six years'
term of office.
The Interests of the "common people,"
vho are the principal consumers of cot
ton fabrics and buy largely of patroleum
products, are opposed to the personal In
terests of Senator Bourne. Ho would now
deny the "common people" tin prlvilesa
of expressing thtir views on hu rtco-d
in the Senate or of designating a guide
for his future course, gravely assuring
tj ' earners of $2 a day or less" tha'
the bill Is "submilted in their Interests."
a Spanlah Xewipsper Advertisement.
History of Advertising.
This morning the Jeweler, Slebald 111.
maga. was summoned from his shop to
another and better world.
The undersigned, his widow, will
weep upon his tomb, as will also his
two daughters, Hilda and Emma, the
former of whom is married, and the
latter is open to an offer.
The funeral will take place tomorrow.
His disconsolate widow.
VERONIQUE ILLMAGA.
P. S The bereavement will not In
terrupt our employment, which will be
carried on as usual, only our place of
business will be removed from No. 3
Tesei de Teinturlers to No. 4 Rue de
Mlssionaire. as our grasping landlord
has raised our rent.
5O.OO0 Portuguese in America.
Probably the deposed King of Por
tugal doesn't know it for he is not
credited with being much interested
in his-subjects, much less ex-subjects
but there are 50,000 of his countrymen
In the United States. Massachusetts
runs strong wun uieia naving aoout
15.000. Little Rhode island has 2500
It Is thought they will all be content
not to go back to the new republic, but
to stick to this one.
Portugal Is a
synonym for poverty.
Send the Bills to Father.
Atchison Globe.
Declaring that the ancient Greeks
were never bald because they didn't
wear hats, the men students of the
Ohio Wesleyan University atDelaware,
0 made a bonfire of their -hats, and
danced around it. The Joke in this
celebration Is on the fathers who have
to buv new bats. la. ba, nut it is
fuony, to bo a xathes.
AMERICAN LIFE) HELD AS NAUGHT.
Arframent of Lavryer Who Vainly Pros
ecuted Merle Fuller for Murder.
The following letter was forwarded to
Rev. James S. Dodds by James P. Stapleton,
the attorney -who prosecuted Merle Fuller
at Vancouver:
I have read what you said In your ser
mon preached at Ridgefleld last Sunday,
as same appears in The Oregonlan of the
day following, and wish to congratulate
you from two standpoints: First, on the
accurate analysis of the situation, and
second, on the fact that you have suf
ficient moral strength to express It
publicly. "
Of course, anyone On the outside wit
nessing the prosecution of a criminal,
cannot understand the stone wall of
publio sentiment that is ordinarily ar
rayed against the state, which must be
overcome. This was particularly in
evidence in the Fuller case. I felt per
sonally, and now still have the same
opinion more firmly than ever, that
Fuller was clearly guilty of the of
fense charged. Not only was this true,
but I proved it to the Jury. Fuller
sat near the rail Just inside the bar,
during all of. the trial, and frequently
In the presence of the Jury people
would approach him and shake his
hand. This included more women than
men. This I notice Is also referred to
by you and is another deplorable fea
ture of our criminal prosecution. Such
actions on the part of the assembly
cannot but have some effect on the
Jury.
In connection with this case I talked
with a great many people and the sen
timent was almost uniformly in the
prisoner's favor. In each instance I
asked them to give me tha reasons in
feeling as they did, and in no instance
did any one of them give me a sat
isfactory answer, i In fact, they had
no reason. They simply felt sympa
thetic with the boy without reason.
I believe that the people in this coun
try are coming to look upon human life
as of too lfttle consequence,
and such sentiment is being
bred in them by verdicts of
"not guilty" brought in by ' Juries
liKe th3 case of the state against Ful
ler. Such verdicts do by implication,
extend to other criminals a license to
commit crime, and rest assured in the
precedent thus established that they
can appeal to the quality of mercy
existing in every human being, and
very likely escape the penalty oi the
law. It was so in the Fuller case
There was nothing upon which
verdict of "not guilty" could be based
except the story of Fuller himself, and
some very Indefinite and unsatisfactory
statements of some witnesses for the
defense as to the quarrelsome disposl
tion of the .deceased. As against this,
I had the straightforward and disin
terested story of two brakemen, who
were the eye witnesses to the whole
performance. Seemingly, the Jury pre
ferred the word of Fuller to that of the
two brakemen.
Another bad feature of our law ia
thus demonstrated. It seems strange
that a man under the charge of murder
in the first degree, as Fuller was, can
come into court and by simply com
mining a lesser crime, to-wit. perjury,
escape "scot-free." I cannot help but
place the ordinary American jury in the
category of dupes. That Is. such peo
Die as buy gold brick or buy, for in
stance. $10,000 of green goods for $10
in good money. It seems so to my
mind, and It seems such a glaring
exhibition of gullibility on the part of
the Jury for thera to believe the story
of a murderer delivered in his own be
half totally. apparently. forgetting
that one under a charge like this would
do anything to help him get out from
under it. This fact last mentioned seems
to have no weight with the Jury what
ever. This was a point which I argued
strongly to the jury.
That Is, I pointed out to them that
Merle Fuller's story was unworthy or
belief, for various reasons, the strong
est of which was that Merle Fuller
could not be expected to go on the
witness stand and tell any story that
would convict him. Another reason
was that Merle Fuller had taken the
life of Stewart, which in Itself was
sufficient to put his veracity in ques
tion. But the Jury seemingly disre
garded all this, and weighing the story
of Merle Fuller together with, tne in
definite statements of some of the wit
nesses for the defense as to Stewart's
vicious disposition, : in the balance
acrainst the straightforward story of
two disinterested brakemen (and the
two stories were directly in conflict)
they let the story of Fuller outweigh
that of the brakemen.
No wonder you boiled over with in
dignation. Tou are eminently right in
doincr so. and again I wish to con
gratulate you on your accurate analy
sis and on the moral courage which
you have to express it in a public
place.
You are at llbetry to use this com
munlcatlon. If you care to.
JAMES P. STAPLETON.
RATES OX PORTLAXD DRVDOCK.
Port Commissioner Wheelwright Ex
plains the New Schedule.
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 21 (To the
Editor.) The editorial in The Ore
Eronian todav states that the rates
charged by the Port of Portland Dry
dock for some time past have been
higher than the rates for the same
service at other ports, and that there
has recently been a very heavy ad-
vanra in those rates. Whereas the
fat!ts are that the regular rates have
been lower than at other Pacific Coast
ports and they have recently Been cut
down from those figures. The reason
ing in The Oregonian is based on the
fact that the Commission nas discon
tinued the custom of allowing two
days' dockage free, or at the nominal
rate of 2 cents per ton per uaj
prevails nowhere else in the world, so
far as I can ascertain. It is a very
simple matter of arithmetic to take
these two free days or neany nee
and figure out an enormous percentage
of increase.
But the fact is that nearly all of the
business done In the fort or t-oriiana
Drydock Is that of cleaning and paint
ing, which as a rule occupies only one
day; the rate for one day is lower, and
so Is the rate for every other day, ex
cept those two days which at one time
were free and which at another timt
were charged at 2 cents per ton as an
experiment.
There were various reasons that in
fluenced the Commission to give these
special concessions, one of them being
the hope that business would thereby
be attracted to the port. The record
of the 12 months from September 19,
1909 to September 19, 1910, however,
shows total receipts from dockage of
vessels 16615.45, while the actual cost
operation was lll.J29.60 and the in
terest on the investment was 16.
000 00. Under these circumstances, the
r UiCainn thought it best to elimi
nate those special privileges and es
tablish rates that are In line with
world usage, but still, as above stated,
,... than those which prevail at
other Pacific Coast ports. Besides this,
metal discounts were offered, de
pending upon the amount of business
brought, to the dock, 15 per cent on
So 000.00. 20 per cent on $7500.00 and
2'per cent on $10,000.00 or over.
There is certainly nothing In the
above facts or the present policy of
the Port of Portland Commission to
Justify the statement that they have
"advanced the rates to a figure that
can hardly fail to drive shipping to
other ports."
WM. D. WHEELWRIGHT.
Non-Coal and Publlc-CoaL
Indianapolis News.
Last year the geological survey fixed
prloes on 2,598.621 acres of public coal
lands and classified 10.857,572 acres of
Jum-coal In nd.
Life's Sunny Side
King Alfonso has a tremenlous appe
tite; like any boy, he is always hungry.
He is far from .handsome, but like any
boy, again, he does not give a rap about
his looks. Recently, while motoring near
La Granfa, the King's appetite plagued
him and he halted at a wayside inn. Ha
ate with much relish while cracking
Jokes with the landlord and the few
peasants who happened to be there, be
ing unknown to them, of course.
A little girl entered to buy wine for
her father.
"Tell me." said Don Alfonso, to the
child, "have you seen the King since he
has been at La Granfa?"
"Only once," answered the girl. "He
had on a beautiful uniform, but he is
very ugly."
The King taughed and told the story
on himself. New York World.
a - a a
Judge Clark A. Smith told a good story
to several new fledged lawyers who were
visiting with him, and the youngsters
enjoyed it thoroughly.
In the old days, when oral examina
tions were still the thing, an examining
board was pommeling an applicant with
questions from Blaekstone, Kent and
other legal lights.
"I aidn't study anything about these
fellows," complained the applicant.
"What did you study?" asked one of
the judges.
"I studied the statutes of the state,"
he replied. "I studied them hard. Ask
me a question about them and I'll show
you. There is where I got my legal
knowledge."
"My young friend," said one astute
Judge on the examining board, "you had
better be very careful, for some day the
Legislature might meet and repeal every
thing you know." Kansas City Journal.
a e e
Scott Bond, a rich Arkansas planter.
Baid at the recent convention of the Na
tional Negro Business League, in New
York:
"The open places are the places for
you, the farm lands. You won't be sick
out there, and the ground will love you
like a brother.
"I am an optimist for my farm brother.
I know he must succeed. And any argu
ment you bring against his success I can
answer optimistically. In fact, I'm like
Calhoun Washington, who said bravely,
no matter what misfortune happened,
Well, it might have been worse."
"But the deacon thought he'd get the
best of the optimist, Calhoun, and so he
said to him one day:
" 'I had a dreadful dream last night. I
thought I saw the bad place. There was
a great lake of boiling, blazing pitch,
and we all were swimming in it you
and I. and all our friends. And when
we'd get near the shore and try to
climb out imps with horns and tails
would jab redhot pitchforks into our
" 'Well, well.' said Calhoun. He thought
a moment, then he added: "But it might
have been worse, eh?"
" 'How might it have been worse, you
fool?' shouted the deacon angrily.
" 'Why,' said Calhoun, 'it might have
been true.' "Louisville Times.
e e e
If Sam Bernard is to be believed, one
of the most common sins to which a frail
humanity Is prone Is that of believing
the worst in any given case. "There's
my friend Jones," said Bernard. "I met
Jones wobbling up Broadway the other
night. Just before I got to htm Jones
sought the comparative shelter of a
lamp post. He giggled at me weakly
when I touched him on the shoulder.
" 'Come on, Jonesie,'. said I. 'I'll take
you to the hotel and put you to bed.'
"Jonesie looked at me for a moment
and then he spoke. 'How far'sh hotel
from here?" he asked.
" 'About Ave minutes' walk.'
" 'Huh,' said Jonesie, nodding his head.
Fl' minutes' walk, huh? F'r you or
f'r me?'
"Now, I know what your conclusion is.
You think that Jones was drunk, but
how do you know he didn't have a
wooden leg? One should always practice
the virtue of charity. You remember the
time Admiral 'Bob' Evans, walking down
Broadway, came to one of his quarter
masters. The sailor straightened up and
saluted. Admiral Evans loked down and
there lay another quartermaster, asleep
in the gutter.
"'Drunk, eh?' said Evans.
"Oh. no. sir,' said the erect quarter
master, deprecatingly. Ow. I wouldn't
call him drunk, sir. I Just seen him
move his .lingers a little." Cincinnati
Times-Star.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
ETHEL PLUNGES
INTO POLITICS
Ethel and Jimmy, after their
dissipation at the Horse Show,
talk politics, or rather, Ethel talks
politics to Jimmy. Written in May
Kelly's best style, and illustrated
with cartoons of Oregon political
celebrities.
CLOSE OF WIDE-OPEN
GAMBLING AT RENO
The last outpost of legalized gam
ing in the United States is aban
doned to a new Nevada law. E. F.
Eunyon pictures in vivid colors
the closing scenes around the faro
tables and roulette wheels.
NO COUNTRY FOR
THE POOR MAN
Paul Leland Haworth writes a
descriptive article giving both
sides of the "free farm" proposi
tion in Northwestern Canada.
"Only the strongest and most vig
orous can get ahead there," is Mr.
Haworth 's conclusion.
UNDER THE ROSE;
A NEW SERIES OF
DETECTIVE STORIES
Frederick Reddale is the author
of a new series of detective storie3
which revolve around the person
ality of Inspector Finney Valen
tine. This week the story is en
titled "The Deuce of Diamonds."
THE EARLY STRUGGLES
OF JAY BOWERMAN
An interesting account of the
rise of Jay Bowerman, Republi
can candidate for Governor. His
early struggles and bis conquest
over many obstacles give clews to
the character of a man who is now
in the public eye.
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