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Why ku tho Democratic party
tailed to hold It own in Oregon for
tha last ten year? Thar wu a time
when tho Democrats mastered almost
balf tho votes In tho tat. A lata
aa Pennoyer day they could elect a
Governor and ono or two other mem
bora of tho atata administration with
out calling upon tho Republicans lor
help. SUU farther back In our his
tory they numbered fully half tho
Voting population. But thing aro
totally changed now.
The Democratic party toss become a
negligible factor In the practical poll
tic of Oregon. Poll tic Una still re
tain the name aa a matter of form,
but they uae the party machinery only
to launch their nomination. Once
eecurely placed on the ticket they
turn their backa on their Democratic
brethren and pooe aa non-partisan a.
expecting to "win. If they win at all.
through Republican Totea. Thla la a
singular atate of affairs. If the prea
ent trend of event continue for a
few yeara more there will be no Demo
cratic party left In thla atate. Not
even the machine will remain and
great non-partisan lumlnarlea like Mr.
Chamberlain will be forced to seek
nomination aa well aa election from
the Republican. 'We cnnot help
relieving that the Democratic party in
Oregon haa to thank its own disloyal
member for the lingering but certain
death to which It seem to be doomed,
unless It falls Into other hand. If
Dr. Lane. Mr. Chamberlain and a
number of other professed followers
of the mighty Jefferson had devoted
half as much energy to propagating
their party principle and maintain
ing it organltlon a they have to
fishing for an office through Republi
can vote, the Democrats would not
have fallen Into their present low es
tate. . Tet there are Democrats In Oregon
who are keeping the faith. There 1
a small band of devoted follower of
the historic Democratic flag who are
trying to retrieve the organisation
from the clutchea of the selfish pollti
chJ opportunist who are responsible
for Its present sad condition. These
men. headed by George H. Thomas,
chairman of the Multnomah Demo
cratic Central Committee: Mr. Van
Duser. Mr. Schlesel. Mr. McKay,
and other have Incurred the deadly
enmity of the Boume-Chamberlaln-YVaat
outfit, because they have Insist
ed that the Democratic party ought
to stand for something but office and
spoils, and that It haa some duty
other than the elevation of certain
eir-seeklng and ambitious politician
to official place. They have observed
with chagrin and humiliation the sorry
wreck Mr. Chamberlain and his clique
have made of the DemocraUo party.
They have seen It decrease la num
bers from a powerful and militant
body to a very small percentage of
the total registration of Oregon. They
have learned that the chief function
of the Democratic party today in Ore
gon Is to be an Instrument for the
success of Mr. Chamberlain and of
one or two other so-called Democrats
designated by Mr. Chamberlain. They
are tired of having the Democrats
made a mere convenience for Cham
berlain and hi gang. They protest.
They are making a fight for principle
and not for office. They believe that
this is a Government of party and
that the welfare and progress of the
nation rest upon Government by party,
put there cannot be but one party.
There must be two parties. Nor can there
be two parti os continuously or per
manently unless one shall be opposed
viswooaly and always by another.
These Democrat are right. They
re doing their duty aa high minded
men. It Is not vital, nor always Im
portant, whether a citizen belong to
the Republican or the Democratic
party. But It is the duty of every
citizen to belong to some party. There
fore. The Oregonlan commends this
mail and devoted body of men for
doing their duty aa they see It In the
face of contumely, contempt, revile
rnerrt and attack by those other Demo
crats who now call themselves non
partisans, and have sold out and be
trayed the Democratic party. These
"non-partisans" have been plainly rec
reant to their high obligation as
Democrat to make of It a potent and
responsible political organization.
The Republican party 1 vaatly bet
ter off when It Is faced by a strong
and self-respecting opposition. The
otter demoralization of the Demo
cratic party In Oregon through the
past operations of Chamberlain and
through hi recent alliance with the
renegade Republican Bourne haa been
a, bad thing for all parties. If the
Democratic parry In Oregon shall ever
gt on its feet and become again a
factor a a party in affairs, we shall
then have a united Republican party.
The Democratic party will do very
little ag-tln In Oregon until It shall
repudiate Chamberlain and afl hi
work and the men who play the gam
with Chamberlain. Democrat see the
situation clearly. Some of them have
the courage to say so. Others weakly
follow Chamberlain and Bourne wher
ever those heavenly twins seek to
lead them. The election of West will
be a perpetuation of the old method,
old polices, old leadership and the
old game-
' The demand made on Portland tax
payers for alleged running expenses of
the city government are far and away
ta excess of any ever before mad on
the public The heaviest Increases are
for salaries for the army of new em
ploye that are constantly being added
to our overgrown official family. But
wait until w get the public docks. In
c other department of tha city will
there be such opportunities to place
large number of men who have not
made good in honest endeavor In com
mercial and Industrial pursuits, ves
sels arrive and depart at all hours of
the day and night. To meet the re
quirement of the eight-hour law
there will need to be three shift of
superintendents, assistants, weighers.
Inspectors, watchmen, truckers, etc
The ti. 600.000 opening wedge of this
expensive elephant which we may
have to feed, with its annual fixed
charges of more than 1150.000. will be
but a small portion of what it will cost
the taxpayer when the salary roll
reaches its best proportions.
IXTRODCf-rsO TUB, TAM"
Thi little article will introduce to
the general notice the "Citizen" CalL"
a paper printed at the town of Red
mond. Crook County, Oregon. It ap
pears that the Call, published In a
growing and ambitious community,
anxious for the attention of the out
side world, ought to have something
to say about the general activities of
Its community: but It devote itsolf
entirely to prohibition.
It would seem also that the utter
failure of prohibition in the County
of Crook ought to cause on who 1
an actual observer of the course of
Its futile operation to hesitate about
recommending similar condition for
the remainder of the state; but fact
and experience make no Impression
on paper like the Call. It thinks
prohibition, which la known to be a
bad thing for. Crook County, la a good
thing for Oregon. The way to get
prohibition for Oregon, In the opinion
of the Citizen' Call. 1 to abuse The
Oregonlan. The Oregonlan doesn't
mind, but It think the people who
may happen to read the Call ought to
be a little better enlightened about
condition in Portland. The Call says:
Portland baa as many blind piss sa "h
ha mil- -r.. vn Bow whan sb la on her
uod bbavlor.
The statement Is not true. But sup
pose it were? Would it Improve con
ditions in Portland If the saloon aa a
legalised Institution should be abol
ished, and more blind pigs were to
take It place? It would not. Tet
that la Just what will happen here if
the saloon shall be abolished and
every effort at sane and effective reg
ulation be abandoned for absolute
prohibition.
The decent citizenship of Portland
doesn't think well of the saloon. But
it abhor more the blind pig. boot
legging, the kitchen saloon, and the
like, and would avoid the car
nival of disorder, lawlessness and
drunkenness that are their certain
accompaniment.
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Senator Bourne and Oiamberlain.
In the National capital, oppose the
people's rule of public resource In
Oregon. Their candidate for Gov
ernor. Mr. West, ape their political
schemes and notion.
That 1 to say. this bunch of poli
ticians think people of Oregon are
not fit to us the value and the reve
nue of public resources for roads,
irrigation work, college, normal
school, corrective Institution, and
other necessary Improvement. They
support and urge the Plnchot policy
of taking these value and revenue
away from the people they profess
to serve and obey, and of feeding
therewith a host of devouring offi
cials In Washington. D. C Those
officials are wholly beyond the reach
of the people of thi state to regulate
or to recall.
Now this I a very Important mat
ter. It touches the pocketbook pf
every citizen of this state. It make
a world of difference to the people
of Oregon whether the public re
source of Oregon are to be used
as those of older states have been
used for comfort and enjoyment of
themselves or for the aggrandizement
and theorizing of non-resident offi
cials. It should be known aa one of
the very Important issues of next
week's election.
Are Oregon resources for the use
of people of Oregon and for their
control? Candidate West, by hi al
liance with Chamberlain and Bourne,
signifies that they are not. But Can
didate Bowerman. boldly and openly
declares that the people of Oregon
have first Interest in the public re
sources of this atate and announces
that he will strive to win this con
trol for the very own of Oregon citi
zens. Mr. West and Bourne' servile
newspaper In Portland are quibbling
and pettifogging on this question.
They straddle the issue and talk
words and more words. But this 1
a question on which people of Oregon
are entitled to a clear and fair answer
from each candidate for Governor.
Shall benefit of resource accrue to
people of Oregon or to official aris
tocrats elsewhere? Shall the people
of Oregon rule?
WATER MXIU, NOT DOCK. '
Delegate from the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce to the National
Rivers and Harbors Convention and
the Trans-Mississippi Congress will be
Instructed to ak aid in securing ap
propriation for improving and deep
ening the Columbia River and for the
construction of a north Jetty at the
mouth of the river. In urging Im
provement of thi nature, the Cham
ber of Commerce official make some
atonement for the harm caused by
indorsing the debt-Increasing, unnec
essary public dock project. Dock and
wharf facilities of the port have al
ways been ahead of the business of
the port. River Improvement have
always been a little behind the
requirements of the port. The rea
son for the presenoe here of dock
facilities more than ample for the
fanmedlate requirements of the city 1
that such an overwhelming percent
age of the freight received or shipped
over these dock Is bought and sold
by the private owner of these pri
vate dock.
A a result of thla ownership, these
private dock have always been built
a little larger than waa actually neces
sary at the time of their construction
and they have always had space to
sell at much lower figure than It
would be possible to make, except at
a loss, on a public dock. There is
no more reason why the Chamber of
Commerce official sholud go out of
their way to approve a plan, for public
docks than there would be for them
to pass resolution demanding public
warehouses and stores for the Jobbers
who would not be averse to using any
conveniences that were free or for
which the taxpayers paid even a por
tion of the expense. . In demanding
aid - for river and harbor Improve
ments, however, the Chamber of Com
merce 1 displaying better Judgment.
If dock ownership can ever be made
self-sustaining, it will be when It 1
handled aa a business and not a po
litical proposition.
There la always capital awaiting In
vestment provided the way seems
clear for a reasonable profit. This
capital ha built docks for Portland
In the past and It will continue to
bund them as the business demands
them. With the river improvements
It is different. Private capital cannot
embark in channel-building because it
would be Impossible to evolve a plan
by which It could receive satisfactory
returns on the Investment. It Is
clearly a function of the Government
or the municipality most benefited to
Improve the channel so that snips can
reach our docks. There the duty of
the Government ends and the duty of
individuals who reap the benefits from
the dock begins.
torage charges on Portland docks
and rates for berthing ships at these
docks are lower than they are at any
other Pacific Coast port. Shipowners
accordingly have no reason for de
manding that the Portland taxpayers
handicap themselves with a dock debt
of millions which will bring with It
advantages to a small number of very
wealthy Jobbers and shipowners, and
to no one else. There Is already
more dock space In Portland than is
now needed for handling the business
of the port, and it will shortly be in
creased by additional structure. A
the owners of these docks control ab
solutely SO per cent of the Imports
and export moving in and out of
Portland, a public dock could not pos
sibly get enough business to pay oper
ating expenses, even if It were located
where It would suit aU of the taxpay
ers, which, of course, would be an
Impossibility.
WATKR-MAIX FAX.LACT AOA1X.
In support of the proposed water
amendment for free mains for land
speculators. It Is alleged that water
revenue from the new pipe will pay
for their cost. But this is Just what
those revenues ought not to do. The
proceeds from water rentals, the city
over and In every part of the city,
should be expended for upkeep of the
water plant and for office hire. None
of such proceed should pay for new
main, either In the city as a wholt
or in particular district or in par
ticular street.
It 1 a big task to pry self-interest
seekers away from this fallacy. Hith
erto, water consumers throughout
the city have paid for new distribut
ing mains. Now It Is proposed to
withhold certain part of the monthly
rental that suburban districts should
pay Into the water fund for general
maintenance of the water system, and
to lay pipes with It for profit and
enrichment of land speculators thus
to make them a free gift of enhanced
land value at expense of water con
sumers. This whole scheme of free water
mains for land owners is wrong, and
variations and differentiations of the
scheme are equally wrong.
"Each district which want a water
main." says E. L. Mills, chairman of
the Civic Council, which is urging
adoption of the amendment, "la taken
as a unit by itself and Is compelled
to pay the cost of laying that main,"
(out of monthly rentals). In other
words each "unit" is to use Its water
rentals for its own pipes and Is to
contribute nothing to the general
water fund for support of the whole
water system. Right here Is the fal
lacy of the proposed amendment.
If consumers in each "unit" should
pay higher water rates than those in
other parts of the city, the proposed
arrangement might work out more
fairly: yet not altogether so, since
renting tenants In a "unit" would be
paying in high monthly rates for the
pipes of the landlord. But under the
charter, water rates must be equal all
over the city.
The only Just system is that used
In Seattle and other cities, whereby
landowners pay for a six-inch main
and consumers pay for the additional
cost of larger mains. That is the
system which should be Instituted In
Portland.
Voters of Portland revolted in 1907
from the law which compelled water
consumers to pay for land owners'
water-main enrichment. The pro
posed amendment would return that
arrangement in new guise. If they
shall accept the amendment they
will do so because they do not un
derstand It. Enforcement of the
amendment will make the same dis
satisfaction as that which broke out
in 1907.
CONrTJCTTNO TAX MBASTRE8.
Three of the 32 measure submitted
this year provide for amendments to
the constitution relating to taxation.
Two, which were referred to the vot
ers by the Legislative session, are in
harmony, while a third presented by
Initiative petition and fathered by the
labor organizations, is in conflict with
one of the others.
The two amendment proposed by
the Legislative Assembly are of doubt
ful merit in that they would remove
practically all constitutional restric
tions on exemption and permit the
imposing of taxes on one class of
property based on a less rate or valu
ation than on another class of prop
erty. These amendments give the
Legislature equal power with the peo
ple to enact tax laws. The labor
amendment, however, permit the
Legislature to do no more than pro
pose tax laws for the approval or re
jection by the people. It' goes still
further by suspending all restrictions
found In the constitution on the pow
er of the people to declare what shall
be subject to taxation or exemption
and by authorizing each county to
regulate taxation and exemptions
within its own borders.
The last mentioned amendment is
particularly dangerous, because Its
adoption would encourage every tax
theorist to secure submission of hi
Ideas in the succeeding election. Dis
position by the voters to pass over
tax measures on which they had
formed no opinion would make al
most certain approval of several con
flicting bills. Errors or irreconcila
ble conflicts discovered could not be
corrected by the Legislature. That
body could not even submit a correct
ing measure by special election, for
the amendment provides that no bill
regulating taxation or exemption
shall become a law until it shall be
approved by the people at a "regular
general election." For two years the
state would be Inflicted with confus
ing tax laws.
Undoubtedly thousands of voters
expect to guide their course of action
on the more complex of the Initiative
and referendum measures by the ad
vie of friends or acquaintance and
these voters particularly are likely to
be confused by the necessary brevity
of the title during the limited time
they will have in tha polling booths.
All should know that there la danger
In one and questionable merit In two
of the tax amendments. The Ore
gonlan believes that all three should
be defeated and suggests also that
the situation presented In the submis
sion of three Important tax measures
along with 29 other bills and amend
ments and a long list of candidates for
office, adds virtue to the admonition:
When In doubt vote "NO."
The aeroplane for most purposes Is
still In the experimental stage, but the
Increasing interest displayed in Its
performances Is rapidly leading it Into
new fields where it may become fully
as useful as it Is now ornamental.
The very latest use suggested for the'
flying machine Is that of a mallcar
rler between ships at sea, or ships
entering or leaving port. A test is to
be made at New Tork Saturday. If
It Is successful, the new Europa, the
largest ship in the world, will be
equipped with an aeroplane deck from
which the machines can set sail and
on which thoy can alight when return
ing. Everything will depend on the
start in a flight of this nature, for if
the. engine should stop at the end of
the deck runway before the machine
rises, life preservers would become
Immediately necessary. Air and
water have both been partially con
quered by the genius of man, but good
old terra flrma still possesses features
of advantage that are missing from
either of the others.
Bacon, hams and all pork products
are expected to take a slump within
the next few days. It is long overdue
and will be welcomed by the unfortu
nates who have to buy at present
prices. Pork and pork product are
to an overwhelming extent dependent
on the price' of corn as a base for
values. And yet corn haa declined
from 70 cents per bushel to less than
60 cent without any corresponding
decrease in the price of pork products.
The reason for ahis peculiar situation
undoubtedly lies In the decrease in the
number of hogs In the country. That
there should be a decline at this time
with the smaller stocks on hand and
less raw material on which to draw
proves pretty conclusively that the
prices have been forced so high that
consumption has been curtailed to a
greater extent than seemed possible.
Even our staples cease to be staples
when they are forced too far above
the purchasing power of the heaviest
consumers.
One named Tom E. Riley writes to
the papers to ask "Who is Frank J.
Miller, Republican candidate for Rail
road Commissioner?" Mr. Miller is
known throughout Oregon as a busi
ness man of energy and capacity for
affairs. He Is a State Senator and he
has otherwise been much in the public
eye. No one would ever before have
heard of Tom B. Riley except for this
Inquiry, or of Hugh McLain, whom he
favors for Commissioner against Mr.
Miller. If this little paragraph is an
advertisement for Mr. McLain. we
apologize to the public and especially
to Mr. Miller; but really tha people
ought to know the name of the man
they Intend with substantial unanimity
to vote against.
Tha President will hereafter have
plenty of milk for hi porridge, for the
famous White House Jersey has been
displaced by Pauline Wayne III,
whose name indicates her breed. She
comes from one of the btg Holsteln
farms In Wisconsin, Is No. 1166S0 in
the herd book, and gives thirty quart
a day. Now let the black and white
men gloat and look with scorn on the
Island men, for here is the evidence.
A big man needs a big cow, anyway.
The mischievous ants which trouble
sugar growers by planting ant "mealey
bugs" on the canes have their coun
terpart In Oregon orchards. One of
the worst difficulties in the way of
extirpating green aphides Is the bad
habit the ants have of carrying them
to new branches and colonizing them.
Perhaps, before long orchardists and
sugar producers will Join forces to war
on the industrious but pestiferous ant.
Undeterred by the large increase In
apple acreage in the Pacific North
west, the people of the Touchet and
other valleys are setting out more or
chards. The example of Pajaro Val
ley can be followed by all regions that
are adapted, with never a fear of over
production. As population increases,
so does tha demand for the apple, and
the cry will always be like Oliver
Twist's, for "more."
The schedule of rootball accidents
starts off with a rush this Fall. The
list of dead and wounded is already
excitingly long, with every prospect of
rapid extension. What would sport be
worth without danger and who would
believe the danger genuine without a
death now and then? Morlturl ta
salutamus Is as appropriate a cry for
our football teams as It was for Nero'
gladiators.
A professor in the University of
Oregon is availed by an Eastern critic
for his translation of "Heimat" on the
alleged ground that the text Is "too
strong meat for babies." .But that
depends. Oregon "babies" grow up
fast and are usually brighter . than
others. -
It Is rather lata In the day for an
association of civic altruists to begin
war on Sheriff Stevens with view to
the election of a Democrat to that of
fice. "Bob" Stevens has been a good
Sheriff for a few years past, and will
be a good Sheriff for a few more.
That is rather a startling statement
coming from Chicago, wherein the bu
reau of public efficiency declares the
$60,000,000 City Hall was built with
out graft. Public morality must ba
improving or a better brand of mu
nicipal whitewash is in use.
The day of free-end -eary banking
In Texas is over. Two presidents of
National institutions Joined the bank
ers' colony at Leavenworth this week
for a five-year sojourn, barring execu
tive clemency. .
Candidate West's "home" In Astoria
I a vacant lot occupied by a bill
board. The billboard Is - probably
adorned with his facial advertisement
for Governor.
Now the Frank Klernans are going
to "appeal" to the United States Su
preme Court. Thank Goodness, that la
the last court they can find.
The Beaver are playing with tha
mouse.
WEST
VMATILLA SOCKED OTt
His Grudataad Ploy Estimate At It
True Worth.
PENDLETON, Nov. 3. To the Edi
tor.) The general opinion among the
people in this part of the state as to
the pending political campaign is that
Mr. West's chances for success have
been dwindling ever since he began
tooting his own horn as to what be hag
done for the dear people. The charge
first made against him of being a mere
grandstand player is being proven by
his methods. In Eastern Oregon he
was the friend of the farmer on ac
count of an alleged reduction of rates,
though there are two Republican mem
bers of the Railroad Commisson who
are fully as able, active and honest as
Mr. West, but they nnd no mention in
his whoop-ups for himself, in South
ern Oregon he had something to do
with the creation and discovery of Cra
ter Lake; in Lincoln County he assured
the people that the Siletz settlers were
under obligations to him for whatever
rights they found themselves in pos
session of after the attempts of the
dastardly "Assemblyites" to get their
lands from them; In Forest Grove he
had wrested some tide lands some
where from the efforts of the grasping
corporations to swipe them away from
the common people who would long ago
have been trampled into the very earth
but for the timely discovery of their
savior, the only Os.
But through it all the people here do
not quite understand how he got hold
of that mileage from the Government
for traveling from Washington City to
Portland In answer to a subpena which
was served in Portland when he made
the trip to the National Capital on
business for the state, as he says, and
which was all finished when he started
home, as' he also says, and since he
would be coming home, anyway. It Is
supposed, and for which trip and all
expenses the state reimbursed him, be
sides his salary a Railroad Commis
sioner which was oolleoted, also. Thi
little Job has settled the matter here
for the Bourne protege, especially
since, as has been shown, he made af
fidavit that his residence was in the
District of Columbia, in order to make
a claim for the Government's money.
And then that little trip back to Wash
ington in order to complete some busi
ness which he says was finished before
be left. that little trip which he never
made but received mileage for and
swore to the Justice of his claim.
In a group of people who were dis
cussing this phase of Mr. Wesf s career
as a reformer yesterday on Main street
here, most of whom were farmers, it
was agreed that Mr. West had alto
gether overdonp his grandstand play in
his self-boosting and entirely left un
done any explanation as to why he
took that mileage from the Govern
ment, no matter what he did with It
afterward, when he admits he was not
away from Oregon at all on Govern
ment business, but he was subpaened
In Portland, that he was returning
from Washington, anyway, the purpose
of his trip having been accomplished,
he says, and made affidavit that he
would return to Washington and got
mileage for that mythical trip and
staid at homel Mr. Bowerman will
carry Umatilla by at least 400 majority.
EASTERN OREGON.
KAMOX STANDS BY BOWERMAN
Republican Have Wo TJae Whatever to
Bonrnea Man.
SALEM, Nov. 8. (To the Editor.)
Frequently of late the Bourne-West
organ in Portland has printed dis
patches from here to the effect that
Marion County is not certain to sup
port Bowerman for the reason that his
proposition to buy the state s supplies
In bulk and buy where they can be
bought the cheapest, has soured the
business men in Salem, who it is as
sumed, expect to hold all these sales
within their own bands. But this is
not so. So far as known the only men
here who are going to support West
sre Democrats, his little game of tak
ing mileage from the Government un
der an affidavit for going back to
Washington when the return trip was
not made at all. has turned from hlra
the few Republican here who might
hav supported him for personal rea
sona There seems no excuse for this
irregularity," none has been offered,
none has been attempted, his affidavit
on file in the Federal Court in Port
land is the witness, and whatever
strength he ever had among Republi
cans here has utterly vanished.
But if there is any element here who
will oppose Bowerman for the reason
that he proposes to buy the state's
supplies In bulk, these same men must
have assurances from West that he
will not make any change from the
present methods.
In other words, they must have a
promise from the Bourne candidate
for Governor that he will continue to
deliver the goods to them and let the
taxpayers foot the difference In the
bills. One year of West In the Gov
ernor's chair under a continuation of
the present methods would cost the
taxpayers enough more than the change
Bowerman proposes to 10 times over
absorb that mileage he so dramatically
turned into the State Treasury after
his scare which was secured from the
Federal Government for a return trip
to Washington on business for tha
state and which return trip was never
made.
Of course. If West has promised the
Salem merchants to continue deliver
ing the goods to the state through
them, whether they could be bought
cheaper elsewhere or not, he might get
a few votes by reason of it, but this
is so doubtful that no stock Is taken
in it here. Marlon County will be car
ried by Bowerman by several hundred
majority, for it is not a Bourne county
and Is strong for the direct primary.
Universally, the Republicans here are
opposed to knifing the direct primary
law by supporting West, as advised to
do by Bourne. H. W. C
Ed Rove's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
Tou are a suocess If you are right
half the time.
Every man carries a white feather
In his pocket, and occasionally shows
it.
After a man has passed SO and a
woman 8S, they hear fewer noises at
night.
A reputation aa a fighter might be
a good thing if you could get it with
out fighting.
Occasionally a man Is affable who
isn't running for office, and hasnt
anything to sell.
Some people are so good they com
mit little sins Just to have something
over which to repent.
When a man is telling his experi
ences, you can't tell blm one that will
take his mind off of his.
Every man who owns an automo
bile will He a little about the machine's
ability to climb i-llls.
The embarrassing moment you hear
about, really seems like about half
an hour to the embarrassed 'one.
A. New Ireland.
James Boyle in Forum.
There Is now a new Ireland an Ire
land which Is practically unknown to
the vast majority of the Irish race in
America. This new Ireland has been
created mainly by the recent land acts,
although there are other causes social,
economic, a well as legislative which
are silently but surely at work in the
regeneration of the unhappy Erin of old.
Intelligent and fair-minded Irish-Americans
who have within the last five or
six years visited the "old country" after
a long Interval, see this wonderful
change for the better, and freely ac
knowledge It.
Ko Daasm of Hanger.
Detroit Free Press.
The man who has once complimented
a woman on her oooklng need never go
hungry.
! CENTRAL BOARD OF CONTROI. BEST J
Mr. Bonmnai'i Plan for Public Insti
tution at Salem I Approved.
SALEM. Nov. J, (To the Editor.)
There are several commendable fea
tures of Jay Bower-man's plan to create
a central governing board, or board of
control for the publlo Institutions lo
cated at the state capital. Such a
board would not only minimize the
operating expenses of all publlo in
stitutions, but would bring about a
more systematic management of these
institutions by placing them all under
one governing board, said board to
consist of the Governor, Secretary of
State and State Treasurer as ex-of-ficio
members. This arrangement would
bring the Oregon State Penltenttary un
der the control of the proposed board,
and would thereby lessen the political
activity of the officers and employes
of that institution. The penitentiary
is at preaent under the direct super
vision of the Governor.
A review of the history of the state
shows that the penitentiary has cut a
big fugure In our politics and that tho
various superintendents, wardens,
guards, and in some Instances even the
convicts, have been active boosters for
certain candidates for public office.
The other state institutions have been
comparatively free from politics, but
the penitentiary haa continued to oper
ate with immunity and impunity. Two
years ago the penitentiary was an ac
tive booster for Mr. Chamberlain; now
It is doing its best for his protege, "Oz"
West. Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. Mr. Bowerman's plan for a central
board of control for all Institutions will
oompel the Governor to share the pa
tronage of the penitentiary with the
Secretary of State and the State Treas
urer. In advocating this reform Mr.
Bowerman takes high ground. He is
willing to waive the question of pa
tronage in an effort to systematize the
management and control of our state
Institutions and save money for the
taxpayers. No other candidate for Gov
ernor has ever been willing to make
this concession or to advocate this
much-needed change. Mr. Bowerman
certainly deserves commendation for
his attitude.
We are often told that there are
too many boards, commissions and of
fices. The charge is true. It is partic
ularly true at the state institutions here
in Salem. We have separate boards
of trustees for the Asylum, Reform
School, Blind School, Deaf Mute School,
School for the Feeble Minded and State
Stove Foundry. Besides these, we have
the Tuberculosis Commission, the Pub
llo Building Commission and the Capi
tol Building Commission, and the Gov
ernor is the one-man board of the pen
itentiary. In other words, there are
ten different boards, with ten differ
ent sets of officers, and in some in
stances the membership of the boards
is not the same as in others. The
Bowerman plan of abolishing all three
boards and creating tn lieu thereof a
single board of control can be carried
out without the expenditure of addi
tional money for salaries, etc, and
when such a board is onoe established,
it will prove the wisdom of its choice.
MILTON Z. JONES.
FIRE-PROOF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Public Committee Proposed to Figure
Coat, for Taxpayers' Approval.
PORTLAND, Nov. 2. (To the Editor.)
In view of the numerous newspaper
reports of tho "Civlo League" meetings
(whatever they are) and other talk decry
ing the present method of building school
houses, and calling attention to the
probability of a "Fearful Holocaust" be
ing imminent by reason of these school
houses not being fire-proof constructions
would It not be well to consider the
cost of actual fire-proof school buildings?
I do not mean tha makeshift plans of
some incompetent, so-called architect
who only desires to be selected by the
School Board by reason of the promises
of oheap construction he offers, or, fall
ing in getting the job, at least derives a
considerable amount of valuable advertis
ing from having his name published in
the newspapers in connection with some
meeting where he promise marvels in
the way of fire-proof school buildings,
at no greater or less cost than those
hnllt of wood.
The Woodstock school, which is a fair
sample of nine or ten 8-room frame
schools or additions built by the district
this present year, cost 123,000, which
amount represented the lowest bid for
a frame building, while the lowest bid
received for a tire-proof construction of
the plainest possible type was over $43,-
000.
On the same basis, the expenditure for
nine schools would have been acont
HOO.OOO. as against about $200,000.
Now, presuming that next year's school
buildings are the same as this year's, do
the taxpayers want to furnish the addi
tional money? It is certain that our
School Board would be only too pleased
to erect "fire-proof" school buildings if
rivAn the money, though the members of
that board, together with many other
people who have maae a stuay oi me
danger to lives of pupils by fire, believe
such danger to be almost wholly imagin
ary In connection with any of the school
buildings erected during the last ten
years In this city.
Why not have a committee of citizens
and newspaper editors vlBit the schools
and determine for themselves the real
or Imaginary danger to Ufa Then they
could call a taxpayers' meeting. If they
decide we should have strictly fire-proof
school buildings, and so authorize the
School Board to proceed in the erection
of such buildings, upon the pledge of
the taxpayers that additional funds need
ed will be furnished.
B. G. MACK.
ijae Ten Commandment a for Voters.
First Love thy oountry, which has
redeemed thee from tyranny and bond
age. Second Thou shalt not worship any
policlcal idols, nor bow down to them,
nor serve them, for their iniquity will
be visited on the heads of thy chil
dren, until the third and fourth gener
ation. Third Thou shalt not take the name
of patriotism in vain, nor use it to hide
thy selfish motives.
Fourth Remember the day of eleo
tion and keep it holy.
Fifth Honor the sanotlty of the bal
lot that the days of our most beloved
Republlo may be prolonged.
Sixth Thou shalt not klU the spirit
of freedom by neglecting to exercise
the prerogatives of a freeman.
Seventh Thou shalt not adulterate
the purity of clvio life by entering pol
itics for gain.
Eighth Thou shalt not encourage
publlo servants to steal by thy indif
ference. -
Ninth Thou shalt not let greed for
political reward bear false witness
against the spirit of patriotism.
Tenth Thou shalt not covet a public
office which thou art not fit to fill.
BY F. M. KORINCK.
Cottage Grove, Oregon.
His First Bite.
Exchange.
Re had never fished before, and his
rod was new and shining with resplend
ent varnish. Faultnessly attired, he was
whipping a trout stream when by some
odd chance he got a bite, a one-pounder
from the way the line strained. He did
not play the fish at all, but with rod
held straight ahead, he slowly and stead
ily reeled him In. Presently the fish's
head appeared below the end of the rod.
Did he stop? No; he kept on reeling
the fish in, and finally the fish's head
touched the tip. The man even tried to
pull him through the ring. Just then
the man turned and saw a stranger
standing on the bank. With a bewildered
look he saidr "What shall I do now?"
i imi 1 . V. I vn Al tW " tha
x no oiiijr uuiit j ' '
man said, "is to climb up the pole after
nun.
EXCURSION TRAD? TO BE FIXE
Portland to Send Big Contingent to
Spokane and Level ston.
Special equipment has been ordered by
tho looal officials of the Northern Pa
cific to accommodate the patrons of the
special train that will carry the Com
mercial Club and Chamber of Commerce
party to Lewiston and Spokane In the
latter half of this month. It Is aimed
to make the train the finest In Its ap
pointments ever operated out of a city
on the Pacific Coast and to offer every
convenience to the passengers. Some of
the special service will be brought from
Chicago.
Recruits for this train have been mus
tered to nearly the full strength al
lowed by the railroad officials, but yes
terday the announcement went out that
the party will not necessarily be lim
ited to 76 as was originally intended, hut
that more than that number will be
taken if a larger party can be secured.
The party will be somewhat distinctive
from the usual excursions of this kind
In that no effort will be made to solicit
trade for Portland. The local merchants
are going to Idaho and to Spokane to see
what the people of those places have
done for themselves in the last few years
and to promote a spirit of friendship
and good feeling. It will not be a "trade
extension" trip in the sense the term is
generally understood.
LEWIS VISITS HIS NAMESAKE
British Ship Will Berth at City
Levee, Waiting Engagement.
William T. Lewis, superintendent for
Hind. Rolph A Co., in honor of whom
the British ship of that name now at
Linnton was christened, has arrived
from San Francisco to attend scouring
a cargo fbr the carrier. No charter
party has been compiled for the Lewis,
and unless she is fixed in another
week she will be loaded by her own
ers, who plan to purchase a cargo on
speculation.
Arrangemetns were yesterday made
with Harbormaster Speler through
whioh the craft will be berthed at the
city levee, foot of Jefferson street. She
has discharged ballast brought from
Honolulu and Is lined in readiness for
wheat, so there will be no delays In
starting when it is determined how she
shall be loaded. The Lewis Is the first
disengaged ship of the season to be
compelled to linger even for a day, but
she was unfortunate in reporting at a
time when sailing tonnage was not in
demand, owing to market conditions
abroad. -
W. I. TOOZE DENOUNCES 'DRTS'
Attorney Says Prohibition In Action
Is Farce.
ATHENA. Or., Nov. . (Special.)
Walter L. Tooze, an attorney, addressed
a moderate audle -ce here in the Athena
Opera-House, on the subject of Home
Rule versus Prohibition. Mr. Tooze de
nounced the prohibition movement on
the grounds that it was a farce and
that the dives and loafing places which
had followed the movement made con
ditions worse than they were under the
regulated saloon.
Tooze defended the home rule move
ment, asserting that the farmers and
rural districts had no right to dictate
what should be in the towns and cities.
Mr. Tooze said that they paid no taxes
to keep up the cities and therefore they
had no right to meddle with city af
fairs. ALBANY PRAYS EIGHT HOURS
As Minister Preaches, People Ap
peal to Heaven for 'Dry' Success.
ALB ANT, Or, Nov. S. Special.) Be
fore a large audience Rev. William Hiram
Foulkes, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Portland, spoke In the Albany
Opera-House this evening in the Interest
of the prohibition cause. .
Continuous prayer meetings were held
here today from 9 o'clock this morning
until S o'clock this afternoon for the suc
cess of the prohibition campaign.
Meetings were held both In the First
Presbyterian Church in the western part
of the city and in the Evangelical Church
in East Albany, leader changing every
half hour.
Man Kescued From River.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) Drenched internally with whis
ky and externally by having fallen
into the Columbia River at the foot of
Washington street tonight, an unknown
man was rescued from his perilous po
sition by W. C Clow and a soldier.
The drowning man was holding to the
end of the plank at the slip. He in
sists that he is a postmaster in some
city 60 miles from Vancouver, but re
fuses to give his name.
Issue Live One In Josephine.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Nov. a (Spe
cial.) The prohibition and anti-prohibition
workers ere vigorously waging
a campaign over the county. During
the last week nearly every section of
the county has been visited in automo
biles by prohibition speakers and others
interested in the cause. This week will
find the "wets" covering the same ter
ritory. Two years ago the prohibition
ists carried the city and county by . a
large margin. Both sides now claim
victory.
Doctor Opposes Road.
VANCOUVER,' Wash., Nov. S. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Montgomery, of Portland,
who owns a ranch In Clark County, was
before the County Commissioner today
to protest against giving a road en his
land, alleging that but one man would
use It, and then only when he went to
ohurch on Sunday and when he hauled
water. He gave a long road along one
side of hia property willingly, but he
said he did object to giving another
side road which would be used so little.
Portland Elks Will Celebrate.
Portland- Lodge, No. 142, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, will cele
brate on Friday night, November 11,
the 21st anniversary of its organization
and the occasion Is to be made a mem
orable one In the history of the lodge.
Invitations are being extended to all
the lodges of Oregon, and it is hoped to
have a most representative gathering
at the temple of the Portland lodge en
the anniversary night.
Fall From Barn Is Fatal.
DAYTON, Wash., Nov. 3. (Special.)
Word reached here today of the accident
al death at Mayville, Or., of Alvin Webb,
brother of Mrs. Brock Weatley and Mrs.
William Sayres, of Dayton. Webb was
at work on the roof of a bam when he
overbalanced, and, falling on the scaf
folding, struck the end of a broken tim
ber, which penetrated the abdomen,
causing almost instantaneous death.
Webb was about 19 years old.
"Dry" Element to Parade.
CORVALLIS, Or., Nov. 3. (Special)
A big parade of "Oregon dry" supporters
will take place here tomorrow. It Is ex
pected the parade will be a mile long,
consisting of school children, automobiles
and adults.
Eugene Building Rapidly.
EUGENE. Or., Nov.;' I. (Special.)
Building permits issued In this city
in October amounted to $62,160. The
1 . . , nni4rgnt la, waa fftr tha Mil.
struct! on of the First Christian Churoh
for igd.ouo.