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The disposition !n many quarters to
explain the rWtlon as a rebuke to
Mr. Roosevelt may not be entirely un
justified by the fact. No doubt his
real or Imaginary aspirations to t-rrve
another term exiit.d a great deal of
rotntal disturbance In the philo
sophic and well poised East. Th
Wet was not mii' h flustratfd over
the. matter, but what can you rxpect
cf the bovine bucolic temperament In
lb storm and stress of jm h an emer
gency? It Is only too apt to "ait on
the stile and continue to smile." no
matter what happen.". Such was the
wild outburst rf panic terror In the
Ka.tt over Roosevelt's hypothetical
"Caesarism" that the Independent
ventures to refer to it as "mob fury."
which seem. indeed to b fairly de
scriptive. New Tork was the cyclone center,
and It Is natural therefore to
explain the rt-sult in that state
as a repudiation of tho Colonel's
ambitious projects. If he has
any. Of course, other thing were re
pudiated at the same time, and some
other men. Tho result In New York
can hardly be taken aa an. approval of
the AM rich tariff or of the Kt-publlcan
CM Guard. Outside of that state
Roosevelt and his supposed aspira
tions to sovereign power cut much
Jena of a P.&rur. Tho Democratic vic
tory in Mr. Taffs state. Ohio, might
by straining a point be made to mean
anti-Roosevcltism. but It U vastly cal
ler to read anti-Taftism in:o it. As
a matter of fact. It tjrned on the tar
iff and local issu-s. Neither of these
Individuals played anything like the
part In It that many suppose.
To say that the complete Demo
cratic victory Indiana and the par
tial ones In Massachusetts anil Min
nesota were intended to rebuke Itoose
velt Is madne... In state like Kan
sas, the party held Its own In
spite of Roosevelt and Ms am
bitions. The truth of the mat
ter Is that popular desire to drive out
certain bedraggled machines weighed
heavily in the lnte election and de
cided many result.. Whero the
voters were enabled to punish
the machine without overthrowing- the
party, they did so. Whero the ma
chine and party were virtually Iden- :
tlca!. both went overboard together.
It stands to reason that the Demo
cratic landslide must have cut Mr.
Roosevelt to tho heart. Whether he
did It uusetflshly or with vcrct reach
ing after a throne axd diadem, there
Is no question that ho threw himself
with all his might Into the contest and
did his best to win the battle for the
Republicans. He failed for tho time,
but it does not follow that ho U no
longer a power to be reckoned with In
politics. The clamor of the Eastern
press against Mr. Roosevelt has not
affected Western sentiment a great
deal. The people of the Mississippi
Valley explain it all by a very simple
formula, -Wall Street." and go on Just
as they did before. In the election,
o far as they were concerned, he was
not an Issue. They were occupied
wrth other matters. If the time ever
comes when he Is clearly and Indis
putably an tatue. then we shall learn
what the West thinks of him. Until
this has occurred. It may be just as
well for our metropolitan contempo
raries not to flatter themselves too
Jubilantly that "Roosevelt is dead.
Me la likely to prove to be an uncom
fortably lively corpse.
BLOCKING THE OFT..V DOOR.
' The views of ex-Consul II. B. Miller
regarding the attitude of the Euro
pean powers In the Far East are In
conformity with the reports of com
mercial traveler who have recently
visited the Orient. The stubborn Hsht
made against the United States ob
taining any part of the recent Chinese
loan, revealed a very hoetilo senti
ment against this country. It Is un
questionably true, ns stated by Mr.
Miller, that Japan is taking advantage
of this commercial Jealousy and Is get
ting the trade. To paraphrase on old
saying. It has the appearance of a
caae of where thieves are getting away
with, the swag when honest men fall
out. But while it may be agreeable
for the European powers, acting un
der an unofficial agreement, to block
the open door for the time being, a
policy of this kind will hardly be per
manent. The rivalry between Germany and
Great Britain, at home and In the
Far East, Is so Intense that neither
will sit Idly by and permit such a won
derful field for exploitation as North
ern China fall under the spell of an
upstart nation like Japan. It was
formerly the practice of Germany and
England to make ever)' little squabble
between their traders and the Chi
nese an excuse for annexing a few
thousand square miles of territory as
balm to outraged feeling. This policy
of territorial expansion Is no longer
practicable, for Japan has more seri
ous Intentions on China than the mere
using of It as a trade field and will
object to any further, slicing of the
carcass on which she Is beginning to
feaet. If the European powers have
determined to go It alone In the M.an
churlan game, temporarily using Ja
pan as a pawn. It Is not Improbable
that their course was. suggested by the
preposterous proposal made by Sec
retary Knox.
The division of Manchuria Into two
separate fields to be exploited by Ja
pan and Russia created some misgiv
ings In this country and the matter
might have been arrur.ged more to
our .satisfaction hail not Secretary
Knox demanded the Impossible and
been promptly turned down at Toklo
and Et Petersburg. His demand was
for the surrender of control of 800
mis of double track road which Rus
sia had built In Northern Manchuria
after the close of the war. but as a
scheme for neutralizing the Man
churtan railway, the Knox demand
was a flat failure. Since then we have
submitted nothing In Ueu of that pro
posal, and. until we make a protest
Hxalnst any partiality In the manipu
lRtion of the open door, the Japanese
and their foreign allies will go as far
as they dnre. -
Meanwhile, It must not be forgotten
that China, erstwhile an ancient, fos
silized country. La awakening and with
that awakening has come the knowl
eiige. that of all th countries of the
earth, the United States alone is the
one that hits always ployed fair with
I'hlna or sought to protect her from
her tnoml. s. With the awukening
hai al.-o come n realization of power
that lain dormant for centuries.
li fore submitting to anf more indig
nities at the hands of the Japanese,
Ru?-slan. or even tho British and Ger
mans, China may turn to her most
recent creditor and best friend and.
with our assistance, keep her trade
door as wide open as is necessary.
The Chlr.a of the old days was never
a serious element In nny of the grab
games that were worked, but the new
China must be reckoned with and the
Vnltej States may aid In the reckoning.
TUK U--SON rou OIUXON.
That experiment station of .the
Union, the sovereign commonwealth
of Oregon, has more kinds of fancy
modish reforms to the square mile
than nny other spot in the country."
This from the Ne.v Tork Evening
Sun. Oregon la advertised by Its lov
ing friends. Now we are to have the
single tax somewhere or anywhere in
nreir.in nerhnns. Anv county is at
liberty to try it. If It shall desire, un
dr the latest and newest fashion In
constitutional amendments. Few
rounties will, perhaps none. But,
though we don't know where we're
going, we're on our way.
Oregon wanted the direct primary,
and rot It. through the Initiative. It
wanted local option, and got it,
throtish the Initiative. It wanted a
corrupt practice. act. and got It,
through tho Initiative. So th other
things. Lately it trlod to abolish the
poll tax. through the Initiative, and
enacted an optional county single tax.
Hut Oregon U not a single-tax state
It rejected single tax two years ago
bv a two to one vote. Now It makes
the Initial step for the exclusive and
arbitrary land tax. It was a trick, an
artifice of single-tax schemers and
theorists who dared not make their
purposes known. The voters of Ore
gon have been outrageously deceived.
They will not stand it. They will
repeal the single tux. also through the
Initiative.
But who will say now that limita
tions and safeguards should not be
put around the Initiative?
LAND 1HSWJW
Buffeted by cold winds and
drenched by rain, a large number of
landseekers lined up before the land
office In La Grande. Sunday, and there
waited all night the opening of the
ofTlce Monday morning and an oppor
tunity to file on land in Grant, al-
lowa and Baker Counties.
Land hunger thus demonstrated Is
nothing new In the occupation of the
Great West. Beginning some twenty
years ago with the opening of
Oklahoma to settlers. It has followed
the trail of Indian reservation open
Insrs across the continent without dis
closing any new features, except as
the p.rplexed Government has taken
a hand, and through the cheap and
common continuance of a gambling
wheel has lessened to some extent the
eager strivings of the land hungry to
be first upon the ground, and the bit
ter feuds that resulted therefrom.
When the "land opening" was a
new thing the sedate public looked on
In amazement at the scenes that ac
companied it. Rushing across the
Oklahoma border where they had
been waiting, many of them, on half
rations for days, were men on foot
and on horseback; men with scrawny
teams drawing dilapidated wagons. In
which the family and household goods
were bestowed: widows with hungry
children clinging to their scant cal
ico skirts: men and women, old
young and middle-aged, upon some of
whose faces failure In life was written
In every line, upon others eager ex
pectation all anxious to secure a fair
and fertile tract of Government land
practically for nothing.
History has repeated Itself many
times since then, without furnishing
any new details. Urged on by land
hunger, which next to mining fever Is
the most potent force that moves men
to great exertion, a host has sprung
from the ground, as It were, at every
"land opening," possessed of frenzied
eagerness to be first In the great game
of "something for nothing." Fine
farms and valuable holdings for the
few and disappointment for the many
have formed the rule In these cases.
Those who really profited by the op
portunity took with them to the land
opening something more substantial
and reasoning than land hunger. They
took with them a determination to
settle and make the best of what they
got; an unflagging Industry and some
experience ia plowing, sowing and
reaping, and something besides their
bare hands and a wagonload of di
lapidated household goods with which
to begin operations. Continuing In
the purpose of home building, these
people in a few years have won out in
the land game. By far the greater
number, however, who Joined the
frantic rush to the land opening In Its
earlier stages retreated, discouraged
and disconsolate, over the border, de
nouncing the wholo thing as a fraud
and a snare.
Truth Is, the benefit to be derived
from these land openings depends
largely upon the Individual who makes
a filing. Some of the land is worth
less for agriculture, much of It is
susceptible to cultivation, but none of
It will make the -holder rich and
happy without the expenditure of
some money and much time and effort
which represent money.
Thousands of acres of varying
grades of land In Grant. Wallowa and
Baker Counties will be filed upon
through the La Grande land otllce
this week. Hundreds of homes will
grow out of these filings as the years
go on. The development of them will
be slow or fat In accordance with the
means In money. Industry, economy
of resource, and experience In farm
ing semi-arid lands that are brought
to. bear in the subjugation of these
holdings. Nature Is kind In that lo
cality, but she needs to be coaxed
somewhat and. above all. It Is nec
essary to understand her moods.
Transportation Is a great factor to
be reckoned with In making this vast
and beautiful wilderness productive,
and Its promise of assistance has been
given. These things assured. It need
no prophet to foretell the result; for
truly a vast empire will blossom Into
plenty here when thus reinforced by
the skill, the Industry' and the deter
mlnatlon of man.
HOMB KI LE IN TIEE COfXTBY
"With all the wet votes and home
rute'Iaws In the state. Hormlston will
remain dry," declares the Hermlston
Herald. Doubtless. That Is home
rule. If Hermlston shall desire to re
main dry, all the home rule laws and
wet votes In the state should not be
permitted to make It otherwise than
dry.
Vet there are perplexing problems
to be worked out under the new home
rule amendment to the consiitution
There Is no troublle under the local
option law about the smallest geo
graphical unit the precinct going
dry and Maying dry If It desires: but
It would not, under the local option
law, go wet If the. remainder of the
county preferred to be dry. Now-
home rule Is going to change the sit
uatlon by permitting any municipality
in Oregon to be wet or dry as 1'
chooses.
So we shall see manv wet oases In
th dry Oregon desert many of them
where they should not be unless
there are proper and desirable limi
tations placed on the home rule act
For example, no small community de
siring to set up a saloon should he
allowed to do It If the common sent!
ment of the surrounding territory Is
against It, and If the wet area is not
In Itself large enough, strong enough
and populous, enough to- make I
clearly able to regulato Its own af
fairs. In other words, the home rule
unit should not apply to villages or
country communities.
HKLPS EX TEACHING AGRICT'LTUKK-
School Instruction In agriculture
has as yet rcarcely passed the argu
mentative and amateur stage. In
many rural districts the teachers and
patrons are still discussing the ques
tion whether or not It is worth while
to teach agriculture. They doubt If
upon the whole It la as valuable to the
youthful Intelligence as the geog
raphy of the Sunda Islands. Some are
frightened at the Idea of displacing
any of the ancient and moth-eaten
pedagogical fetLshes with a-subject so
familiar and homely. What educa
rlohal value can It have which com
pares with the subtle and elevating
Influence of cube root and compound
proportion? The two latter subjects
may not be very useful, but they fairly
bubble over with "culture." The dyed
In-the-wool pedagogue Is loth to
admit that any study can be both use
ful and cultural. He divides all pos
slble objects of study Into two sharply
distinct classes, those which furnish
mental adornment and those which
look to bread and butter. Before the
former he bows down In humble
adoration. The latter he despises.
It would be interesting to Inquire
why It Is that many American educa
tionists looks down so scornfully
upon "practical" studies. We boost
of being a practical people. In our
popular oratory we cannot say enough
of our dislike of theory and abstract
tlons. But in school, where our chil.
drcn are supposed to be prepared for
life. It often happens that theories and
abstractions reign supreme. There Is
no warrant In educational literature
of the better type for this hatred of
the useful. Aristotle lays down the
law that children ought to learn how
things are done a long time before
they are taught the why. Practice
should precede theory In his opinion
He says again that the only purpose
of schooling Is to teach men the activ
ities they must follow afterward. Of
pure "mind culture" the shrewdest of
the Greeks never seems to have had a
conception, or If he did he put H
away as something unworthy. In fact
we must look to the modern peda
gogue for the Inception of that lovely
but futile dream. The only way to
cultivate the mind of a child is to
bring; his muscles and senses Into
action.
This is probably the principal edu
cational value of instruction in agri
culture. But in addition It provides a
mass of school material which Is In
terestlng- and wholesome and which at
the same time prepares the way for a
decent moral attitude toward labor.
Hitherto the strong Influence of the
school has been directed away from
respect for the manual and material
The new spirit teaches that muscle
has its rights In the world as well
as mind, and brings the child Into rev
erent relations with the soil, the grow
ing plant and the tools of the artisan.
He finds sermons in the healthy ac
tivities of the lrve human being as
well as in literature and mathematics,
The grammar of growth stands out
beside the grammar of language and
suffers nothing from comparison with
It. The principal difficulty in the way
of teaching agriculture will be for a
long time the lack of properly-pre
pared teachers and adequate text
books. The teacher must be in sym
pathy with the subject before she can
teach It effectively, and this Is prob
ably too much to expect from the
average young woman who holds a
county certificate.
We do not take much stock In the
common twaddle about the natural
tendency of the feminine mind toward
abstractions. Women are by nature
If anything more practical than men.
But they have been directed away
from the real so long and persistently
that they have acquired a distaste
fur It. Their liking for abstractions
is similar to one's taste for olive oil
on peaches. It Is an artificial prod
uct. But It exists all the same and It
must be reckoned with. It Is this.
for one thing, which makes It diffi
cult for women to teach agriculture.
Another trouble Is their unconquer
able contempt for the subject. Much
more than men they are slaves to
tradition, both literary and religious.
and In tradition the farmer Is an In
ferior being. He is the dolt, the
clown, the hind, the brother of the
ox. Bryant speaks of his farmer
neighbors In "Thanatopsls" as "rude
swains who turn the clods with their
shares." When they die they will be
nothing but clods and even now they
are little else. Literature high and
ow abounds with terms of contempt
for the man who tills the soli, and it
Is from literature of one sort and
another that the schoolteacher obtains
her Ideals of. worth. If she does not
get them from literature she does
from the more aristocratic members
of her social circle, and here It Is
theology, law, medicine and the like
which are honored while the soil Is
despised. ,
It follows that the average teacher
must take a revolutionary course of ;
Instruction before she will be prepared
to teach agriculture fruitfully. To
help her conversion, the United States
Department of Agriculture has pre
pared a number of bulletins dealing
with the subject. They will steer her
uncertain steps' carefully away from
old-fashioned botany, which resembles
modern agricultural teaching as little
as anything could. Farmers' Bulletin
409, for Instance, contains a series of
actual school exercises on corn. The
pupils study the grain Itself to begin.
with. Then they plant it and ob
serve the depth at which It best ger
mlnates. Afterward they go to the
field and notice how the roots lie and
Infer the results of deep and shallow
cultivation. What would deep plow
ing do to the surface and brace roots?
This Is one of the specimen questions,
The reader win observe that it aims
at practice rather than ornament.
Then there are problems which may
some time replace the ancient sums in
the "double rule of three Inverse
"About how many bushels of corn are
required to feed a 250-pound hog
Is one of them. It sounds pretty sor
did, does It not, compared with
really profound study of "Hamlet1
Still most of the pupils In our schools
will deal more with hogs than they
wlll with "Hamlet" in after years,
In school they ought to get some
knowledge of both.
The Pullman Car Company has de
elded not to fight the Interstate Com
merce Commission order reducing the
price of upper berths. This will be
good news to the traveling public.
Many a man will now stow himself
away for the night ip an uncomfort
able upper berth, fairly well satisfied
because it was the best he could do,
and witn a 25 per cent reduction to
salve his feelings. Under the old
practice, he, of course, accepted the
upper berth, but retired with a well
warranted grouch against the com
pany because he knew that the man in
the lower berth was enjoying its su
perior comforts at exactly the same
price that he was paying for the up
per berth. The only things now-
needed to restore cordial relations be
tween the Pullman company and its
patrons are a general reduction in all
rates and a withdrawal of the priv
ilege it now gives the public of paying
the porters' salaries.
It was a fine tribute and one well
deserved that more than 100 repre
sentative men of Washington and Ore
gon paid to John Miller Murphy on
the fiftieth birthday of his Washing
ton Standard. Wonderful changes
have taken place in Washington since
Mr. Murphy lifted the first copy of the
Standard from the old Washington
hand-press and while that half cen
tury of honest endeavor has brought
him smaller financial returns than
might have been achieved In other
walks of life, it has certainly brought
rewards of which any man might well
feel proud. To have made an Impress
on the political and social life of a
commonwealth sufficient to bring to
the anniversary banquet young and
old admirers from all parts of Oregon
and Washington, Is an accomplishment
the value of which cannot be estimated
In dollars and cents.
Miss Gunhilda Sklnbones' words of
profound sympathy to "those sweet
rah-rah boys from Eugene" will be
as balm to their wounds, we dare say.
Without taking sides In the affair to
which this gaunt and grim spinster
refers we cannot help remarking that
It looks marvelously like much ado
about nothing. A boy who cannot
take a buffet in a friendly scuffle and
grin and bear It needs Just such sym
pathy as Miss Sklnbones seems to
proffer.
It will please many old-timers to
know that Mrs. Annie Yeamans at the
advanced age of 75 is well and active
and still amusing the public. In the
days when Ned Harrlgan and Tony
Hart wrote and acted clean, genuine
ly humorous Irish comedies. the
'fattest" feminine roles went to Mrs.
Yeamans, an actress of commanding
ability who knew better than any
contemporary how to play a woman In
the lowly, struggling walks of life.
The current complaints that the
American people are extravagant
come noticeably from men whose
economies never have been very
pinching. Mr. Richard Croker, who
runs a racing stable In England on the
spoils of his New Tork bossdom. Is
the latest critic of our wastefulness.
Perhaps It would be Just as well for
him and hli like to pluck the. beam
from their own eyes before they look
for motes In other people's.
Why is it that every effort to
cleanse the pension rolls of fraud Is
bewailed as an "assault upon the
veterans of. the Civil War?" Is this
a case where the tares cannot be
separated from the wheat without de
stroying both? What honest veteran
Is benefited by the frauds in the pen
sion department?
Local history', recorded In the minds
of pioneers, is being opened Just now
to tell again of early hangings In
Oregon. Many old-timers-will declare
that these ceremonials were not as
frequent as circumstances Justified.
Of course, according to the rules of
the Weather Bureau, Oregon will be
charged with a storm yesterday. Res
idents of a less mild climate would
call It a refreshing shower.
These sporadic disturbances aaross
the border Indicate that Mexico is go
ng to have more trouble than usually
attaches to Southern American efforts
for change of government.
Sentencing one guilty man to eight
years and another to six years on Mc
Neil's Island will tend to make the
white slave" traffic unpopular In
Portland.
All that Is now needed to clear the
male parasite out of Portland Is co
operation of the local police. The
Federal authorities have made a good
start.
Today is the very best time-to begin
Christmas shopping campaign.
Every gift you select this week is so
much work out of the way.
The Seine Is falling and the Wil
lamette Is rising. If it were not for
these balances the oceans might slop
over.
Among other things charged to the
Igh cost of living is the $34,000 paid
to see the Yale-Harvard game.
Every respecter of women "will say
Charles E. Wolverton is a Just Juda-e.
OF
INITIATIVE
VOTE
Electorate Rebukes Opea Abuses, bat
Need Protection Axalnst "Jokers."
Except In one instance, the Oregon
electorate on November 8 rejected every
bill of purely local character. Eight of
the nine measures adopted are of inter
est to the state at large. In this result
may bo found an emphatic decision by
the people that miscellaneous legislation
Is out of place on the general election
ballot.
Every county division bill was defeated
by a decisive vote, the voters thereby
plainly indicating that they had not the
time, patience or opportunity to deter
mine the merit of such bills.
The approval of one normal school bill
and the rejection of two others was
logical outcome of the normal school
controversy. There was a general senti
ment expressed that Oregon needs but
one such Institution. Monmouth had th
advantage of being the best known of
the three, and probably the fact that
Its location Is readily accessible from the
more thickly settled portions of the state
also Influenced the action of the voters.
It will be observed that the majority
against the Ashland normal school bill
was greater than that against tho Wes
ton bill. Undoubtedly this feature may
b accounted for In a disposition on the
part of many voters to favor two normal
schools. Preference being given to Hon,
mouth, the voters of this opinion natur
ally believed that the eastern portion of
the state should have the other school
In- the defeat of one local measure th
Baker County Judgeship bill the voters
It may be presumed, believed they were
striking at a gross abuse of the Initiative
and referendum. While the purpose was
laudable, the result w-111 possibly be the
opposite of what was intended. Th
voters failed . to distinguish between
ahuse of the Initiative and abuse of the
referendum. Had the bill been presented
by initiative petition its defeat by so
great a majority would have been
proper rebuke to its promoters. The
bill, however, had been adopted by the
Legislature after an Investigation into
the merits of the question not possible
for the ordinary voter. A dissatisfied
faction In Baker County Invoked the
referendum on this measure and sub
mitted it to the state at largo, although
outside of Baker County the matter of
the salary of the Judge of the Eighth
Judicial District was absolutely of no
consequence. It was pronounced abuse
of the referendum, and the only way to
rebuke It was to approve the bill, thereby
discouraging future efforts to have the
electorate pass on questions of solely local
Importance once decided by the Legisla
ture. Baker County, however, voted
aid tne other portions of the state.
against the bill. and. so far as the In
dividual merits of the measure are con
cerned we may all be satisfied with the
result If Baker County Is content.
The majority of more than 24,000
against the Official Gazette bill may be
properly ascribed to Its utter lack of
merit, its attempted imposition of
burden of 1100,000 annually on the tax
payers for the free dispensation of so
clallstlc Ideas and Its failure to fix the
salaries of the three inspectors of gov
ernment provided for la the bill.
The rejection of the constitutional
amendment embodying the proportional
representation plan was another rebuke
to attempts at miscellaneous enactments
through the Initiative. This was the
most sweeping measure proposed. It
contained more than a score of radical
amendments of the constitution, almos
any one of which could have been elimi
nated without destroying the main feat
ure of proportional representation. The
Oregonlan does not believe that the Ore
gon electorate would put proportional
representation Into practice If It were
presented as a distinct or Individual
measure and thoroughly discussed from
all points of view. True, a constitu
tional amendment permitting the adop
tlon of laws providing for proportional
representation was previously approved,
but the words "proportional representa
tion" are not so appealing when at
tached to the visionary working plan
presented In the defeated measure.
But in the face of wise action on such
a large number of measures the voters
approved the obnoxious county taxation
plan. They elected to give taxation
theorists in each county an opportunity
to beguile the voters therein into ex
perimenting with untried methods of pro
viding public revenues and opened wide
the way for a chaotic state In tax regu
lations and exemptions. The soundest
reasoning is that they were deceived by
the wording of the amendment.
The final analysis of the virtues of the
initiative and referendum must be based
on a consideration of the complete re
sults. Oregon has demonstrated this
year that, as a rule, measures squarely
and honestly presented In such form that
yes" for "no" will be a complete an
swer to -the question presented, .will re
ceive fair consideration and a wise de
cision. Measures complicated by ramifi
cations into subjects not properly con
templated in the main Issues of the bill
are likely to be defeated. And it has
also demonstrated that a power so lack
lng In safeguards that undesirable laws
may be carried by presenting them un
der false colors may be a dangerous
Implement In the hands of theorists, spe
cial Interests or classes. In the un
bridled Initiative, plain and open abuses
of the power of the people were counte
nanced, but it was proven, as so often
asserted by Tho Oregonlan, that some
protection is needed In the law Itself
against tho designs of those who
would use the initiative and referendum
as other than a court of higher appeal
from the incompetency, indifference or
corruption of the Legislature.
Haughty Young Mlaaea. ,
New York Evening Mail.
If you would see human nature In all
Its phases, study the "Situations
Wanted" column In your newspaper.
You would not expect to find unalloyed
Impudence In that column, but you may.
You will find girls advertising to do
housework who specify that there shall
be no children and no pets, that the
washing shall be sent out, and that
they will accept from 7 to $10 a week.
Then they observe that they will pay
no attention to letters sent In answer
to the "ad;" the housewife must "call"
on them In person. The picture of the
haughty young domestic sitting around
at home waiting1 for busy women to
come and beg her to work for them Is
at once delicious and Irritating.
Individuality Neceaxory.
Springfield Republican.
The Republicans must decide soon to
be something completely. They must be
conservative or radical or "mlddlin."
They cannot be all three, and win the
next Presidential election.
Wherein Thejr Differ.
Chicago News.
Miss Askitt What's the difference be
tween advertising Jingles and real
poetry?
Scribbles Oh, people read advertising
Unfflaa.
PHASES
"RIOT" OYI.Y SMALL INCIDENT
Eyewltneaa of Student Mixup Says Re
port, Are Exaggeration.
Vancouver, wa.-h., Nov. a. (To
the Editor. Had I not happened to be
In Carvallis when the football game with
the Eugene University was played, I
would have been impressed by press re
ports to believe that some serious riot-tngs-
occurred after the game and that
the college town's authorities were un
willing to stop fierce attacks upon unof
fending visitors. Amonf the prominent"
people of Oregon at the depot, where the
wildest of this supposed rioting is re
ported to have happened. I noticed Governor-elect
West, State Treasurer-elect
Kay, Mr.- Cake, former Senatorial candi
date: C. N. McArthur. private secretary
of the Governor, and others. There were
also several members of the faculty of
both institutions present and several
members of the CorvalUs police. Any of
these men could, with little trouble, have
caused the subsidence of the songs and
resultant "rushes" that are termed a
"riot" in press reports, and the reports
are as much an insult to these men as
they are a reflection upon the town,
which appears to me to be as orderly
and law-abiding as any In the West, for
not only did they not attempt to prevent
the "rioting," but. so far as I could see,
enjoyed it.
It may be that the Eugene students,
generous victors, should have refrained
from 6inging their tantalizing song to the
effect "We came to give CorvalUs hell,
and we gave Corvaliis hell," and It may
be that the Corvaliis students, as de
feated hosts, should not have sung their
"Rub It Into Oregon" song, and It may be
that either side should not have attempt
ed to silence the songs by pressing en
masse against the singing sections, but
In any school that is largely attended at
least some students will do such things,
and no sensible man is going to regard
such student pranks very seriously.
I also witnessed the tally-ho incident,
which was described by the university
correspondent as an "assault by a mob
of O. A. C. students upon a tally-ho '
loaded with young men and ladies, which
lasted till the mob was put to rout by a
horsewhip." The mob consisted of two
bareheaded boys who ran up from be
hind and grabbed et the bunting with
which the rig was decorated. The tally-ho
stopped and two or three of the young
men Jumped down and put the boys to
flight, after which the rig drove on down
the street. Its occupants laughing over
the affair, which they evidently took as
a joke. ' No blows were struck by a
horsewhip or anything else.
W. G. EMERY.
SOW FOR CLARK'S MULE RIDE
Supposed Next Speaker Dae to Drive
a Pair at the Capital.
Washington Cor. New York World.
Washington is wondering whether
the new dignities of the Speakership,
which now seem certain to fall to Rep
resentative Champ Clark, pf Missouri,
will be sufficiently burdensome to keep
that statesman from riding down Penn
sylvania avenue behind a team of
mules, as he promised the House he
would do some day.
During the debate in the House last
Spring over the appropriation of $2500
for the maintenance of an automobile
for Speaker Cannon. Mr. , Clark an
nounced a willingness to make use of
this truly democratic method of trans
portation. He opposed motorcars and
all such plutocratic fripperies for the
representatives of the plain people.
Washington wants to know if he is
still of the same mind.
Boston View of Business Situation.
Christian Science Monitor.
Although it is too soon to notice any
appreciable expansion In business fol
lowing last Tuesday's elections, there
has been a general expression of confi
dence as to future developments. Busi
ness Institutions that are sensitive to
National legislation entertain the hope
that as the lowea house of the next Con
gress will be Democratic, while the Sen
ate will be Republican, the country will
be given a rest so far as the passage of
draBtic laws Is concerned. Some fear
has been expressed that the tariff again
will be revised, and, as tariff making al
ways has had an unsettling effect upon
industrial activity, large undertakings
mav be discouraged for the time being.
However, another view of the situation
is that ble enterprises of various kinds
have been held in abeyance for some
time past, pending a settling of political
disturbances, and that, even tnough a
new tariff law should be enacted, It
would be possibly two or three years
before Its provisions would become oper
ative. That Is a long time for enter
prise to wait, and American energy can
not long be held in restraint.
Wanted a Ren Cure.
Charles Hawtrey In Strand Magazine.
When at the Comedy Theater I once
received an application from a young
an who desired to see me on a matter
of urgent Importance. I wrote him,
asking to be informed as to the nature
of his business. He replied that It was
personal and private, but of extreme
urgency, and asked tor an interview.
gave him an appointment, ana ne
called to see me, when I learned that
his object was to place his service at
my disposal. His doctor, he inrormea
me, had oraerea mm 10 lane a coni-
Dlete rest, or in any case to employ
himself in some way that required ab
solutely no brain work! So he had de
cided to go upon the stage.
Narrow Reciprocity at FIrat.
New York Journal of Commerce.
While there is room for a broad reci
procity that would be of large benefit to
both countries, and the broader the bet
ter, the probability is that what can be
accomplished at Washington this coming
Winter will be only a beginning wnnin
pretty narrow limits. There are conflict-.
lng Interests on doih biubb wuiuu it. wm
bn difficult to reconcile, and these are
always obscuring the larger question of
the general well-being of the countries
concerned.
Why She Voted.
Los Angeles Times.
I know a woman who lived In Colo
rado. She says she never voted but
once.
Why did you vote thenr l asKea
her.
"Because, she confessed, I knew a
girl who said she could get a certain
political Job if she could swing six
votes. I was swung."
Why Waste Hla Breath.
Suburban Llfe.
Teacher Now. Tommy, suppose you
had two apples and you gave another
bov his choice of them. You would tell
him to take the bigger one, wouldn't
you?
Tommy No, mum.
Teacher Why?
Tommy 'Cos 'twouldn't be necessary.
Modern Problem.
Rochester Express.
The naragraphers are still keeping in
circulation that paragraph about the
Judge who ruled a man need not sup
port his motner-in-iaw. vv nat is it,
lmpecunlosity, tignt-waaaeaness or
ust pure cusseaness.'
How Abont the Expense!
Baltimore Evening Sun.
Champ Clark says the thing to do is
to reduce the tariff to a revenue basis.
With a steady monthly deficit, it might
not be a bad idea to give some attention
to reducing expenses as well.
MiKbt Be Improved.
Chicago Tribune.
That policeman who comes to see
you, Bridget Is he an officer in good
standing?"
Jist fair, mum; he's a bit stoopshoul-
rad."
SO YEARS Otf" NATIONAL PROGRESS
Growth of United States Industries
Since the Year l.S(M).
J. Bullard in the Protectionist.
Fifty years ago the population of our
countrv'was 31,000,000; now it is fully
90.000,000, with 10.000.000 more resi
dents under our flag In the Philippines.
Hawaii. Porto Rico, Alasna and our
other possessions across the seas.
Fifty years ago our total National
wealth but slightly exceeded J16.000,
000,000: now we are worth at least $120,
000,000,000, with immense natural year
ly Increase.
Fifty years ago our National wealth
per capita of our population was $514,
now the per capita is $1338.
Fifty years ago we were coining gold
at the rate of $23,000,000 a year; now
our annual gold coinage approaches
$100,000,000 a year.
Fifty years ago w-e had $228,000,000
gold and silver in circulation; now our
metallic circulating medium exceeds
$800,000,000, besides $1,283,000,000 gold
and silver In the treasury, against
which gold and silver-certificates are
probably in circulation. All told, including-
United States and National
bank notes, our money now in circula
tion represents $3,121,000,000. as com
pared with $435,000,000 in 1860.
Fifty years ago our money circula
tion per capita of our population was
$13. SS; now it is $14.69, with a popula
tion three times as large.
Fifty years ago our annual bank
clearings totaled $7,000,000,000 a year;
now (1909) they exceed $158,000,000.
000. Fifty years ago we did not have a
single National bank; now (June 30,
1909) we have 692fi, with $937,000,000
paid-up capital, $807,000,000 surplus and
undivided profits, and $4,898,000,000 de
posits, accommodating and helping
business and development to fhe extent
of $3,035,000,000 In loans and discounts.
Fifty years ago the deposits in our
savings banks did not quite aggregate
$150,000,000; now .(June 30. 1909) they
total $3,713,000,000.
Fifty years ago the deposits in our
state banks totaled $257,000,000: now
(June 30, 1909) they amount to $2,467,
000,000. Fifty years ago we did not have any
loan and trust companies; now- (June 30,
1909) the deposits held by such com
panies aggregate $2,835,000,000.
Fifty years ago the depositors in our
savings banks numbered only 2,693.
870; now they number 8.831.83.
Fifty years ago the ordinary revenue
of our Government was $66,000,000; now
it exceeds $600,000,000.
Fiftv years ago our yearly disburse
ment for pensions was $1,100,000; now
it is $161,000,000.
Fifty years ago out Imports and ex
ports totaled a value of $686,000,000
for the year; now their value exceeds
$3,000,000,000, a year.
Fifty years ago our exports of manu
factures were worth only $47,000,000;
now- they are worth $671,000,000 a year
to the American factory.
Fifty years ago (1860) Europe bought
$310,000,000 worth of American prod
ucts and manufactures: now the yearly
purchase exceeds $1,146,000,000. an In
crease of $836,000,000.
Flftv years ago the value of the ani
mals on oar farms was $1,089,000,000;
now it Is $5,138,000,000, an increase of
$4,049,000,000.
Fifty years ago the value of our
farms and farm property was $S,000.
000,000; now their value Is fully, $25,-000,000,000.
ROOSEVELT AS A NEWS SOURCE
Change In the Demand That Occurred
Within Two Weeka.
Baltimore Evening Sun.
Universal News Agency:
Gentlemen You sent us only 12 col
umns if items and philosophies by
Roosevelt yesterday. We cannot tole
rate such service. Our opposition had
a story about Roosevelt milking a cow
and another about Teddy's views on
the adulteration of adulterants. Un
less you can give us 15 columns of
Roosevelt news a day please discon
tinue the service. The Daily Bazzazza.
October IB, 1910
Universal News Agency:
Gentlemen Yesterday you sent us
a full half column about Roosevelti
We cannot tolerate such service. Our
opposition paid telegraph tolls on only
. in lines of Roosevelt junk, and we
hereby notify you that If you can t
keep this dry and uninteresting stuff
about Roosevelt down to 20 words a
day you may discontinue the service.
The Daily Bazzazza.
November 10. 1910.
Taft, the One ImpMlng Flimre.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dem.
Out of the confusion of the contest
there has emerged one imposing figure
William Howard Taft with dignity
and honor. Wrong, utterly wrong, on
the tariff question, his bearing during
the storm of misrepresentation that has
beaten about his head, secure from the
treacherous assaults of the enemies in
his own political household. Indiffer
ent to the sapping and mining of the
man who claims to have made him.
he has commanded the respect of polit
ical friends and opponents alike. This
does not mean that he will be the next
President of the United States that
office will go In 1912, If the Democrats
know their opponents, to Wilson of
Harmon, or "something better;" but it
does mean that when he shall leave his
office he will leave It with clean hands
and without the taint of personal or
official treachery upon his garments.
At the Great Moment.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Suddenly the beautifully dressed
young woman laid one of her hands
upon the arm of the young millionaire
who sat beside her.
The great audience was hushed.
The lights were low.
It was an impressive moment.
The glorious and never-to-be-forgot
ten Bernhardt was speamng in low
tones that seemed to vibrate with an
awed exultancy.
Leaning toward his lovely compan
ion, the young man waited for her to
explain why she had wished to draw
his attention from the stage.
In a whisper that betrayed her awful
emotion she said:
"I've Just understood six words In a
row."
Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Press.
Wine may, but politics does not, im
prove with age.
Compliments please a woman more
than flowers, and they cost a lot less.
There's mighty little satisfaction in
being good when there's nobody around
to see it.
Christmas presents stare a man in the
face weeks ahead as bad as a note
that's corning due.
A woman likes to believe she Is the
only one In a man's life, specially if
Bhe knows there are several others.
Living Cheaper Already.
Cleveland Leader.
Pork is now coming down, and it
may be that many of us can have it
for . Thanksgiving instead of being
obliged to worry along with the cheap
er cuts of turkey.
Kegatlve Knowledge.
Kansas City Star.
In addition, Champ Clark has the ad
vantage of knowing exactly what kind
of a Speaker the American people do not
want in Congress.
Cheap, bnt Not in Demand.
Christian Science Monitor.
Hereafter, if present plans are carried
out, you can get an upper berth for $1.50
when you would be willing to pay $5 for
a lower one.