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THJ. UTXAUKNT HlrE.
l-i tti dy of i- adversity It was
tfe enough IT the tvawctilic party
l no:Mn tut find fault wltn the
rtects ef the lit p jbl.v ar.s. Now that
: is coming Ir.t.i powrr. vnnu ar
eard from 'I directions coJ.lrg ufnn
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r. r.'r.:rurt!vi lrK;..tifn 15 nt
.- f.iu;iftn.l;njr. but l the only
rty miy l nt-l tr merely h'cju.'x
othrr has N'n a fj;Iurr. but n-
&s It doc .:nf thin of uhytatittal
rf!t ta th country It will -on b
-td out akMln. TJ:e Dfniwrau of
slilty und h.ir:ctr whom tho l.it
ur.paign brought to th rront jmhi
ly ooultn to uar our nn. t.r..i
rns with rojiolntion. J'crhar th'y
y uccci In iw tillnK snm of thom
r tTnrrarJn to cfinc.
No doubt tho dccaJunt Ilous of
prfscntatiys rwfnu one of th
Oft fTpWxir.K ilUlicuUi.-s whiib our
itrtmta will hav t dl with prr.
tlr. Whut art tho rauwj which
we broitht It to Its lfnv cMate? Hew
.a It b rrtitorrd to Its rrvrT fi'i-
ury in th Government? Sooner or
:rr the litter question nu bo an
ered unless wo rc wiillriK to be
.d by monarch or a t!o: oll
.rchy. and ti answer It e must flmt
ytisate the former. The process
decadence cannot be reversed until
4 understand w nat fus n. i
perflcls.1 to explain the lus of powrr
d pretlg which th? ll-ux hoa iiiit-
n of mediocre ability, and of fUc
1 mtnd. Too frequently this Is true,
.t why U It true? WY.y do not the
'ers e!ect men of stern Integrity,
iiu.nteJ courage aud ouLstAdinK
iltry to represent them in Conirre!J?
Xt doubt there are many reasons,
t one or two ureni more Important
Aa the rest. Kor one thtrj men of
st-raxe ability do rot as a rule care
mo. for Conprens, and aaln th
nple do not take interest enough In
lower bouse to pcrsuude them to
ike the sacrifice. This disrepute
o wrhlch tho so-called popular
nch of the National LeirtsUture
f-illen aiivre the Civil War Is a
narkahle phenomenon which future
.torUaj will study with astonished
erest. They will find as they pur-
i their researches that this branch
Conirress Is In our day neither rep
tentative, popular nor. In any true
of the word. lecUlatlve. To
sure. Its members are chosen
ectly by the people, but when
ction dy ts over It has been
practice for many of them to
(tet their constituents.
'onstitufjonalty the powers of the
er house are by no means Impos-
Even Its theoretlcaliy exclusive
vers over revenue bills have been
entoasly evaded. Tho Senate U-iuaJ-
makts of the House bill a mere
rims; poinc ana amenus 11 oui 01
likeness to Itself. The popular
nch has no voice In fililns; the great
ointlve offices, while the Senate
! the Supreme Court, working In
son for the last half century, have
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-It It may have shown. Whether
House will some day recover Its
ialrve and make head against the
rr orncne ni Kiitarnrneri( wniin
e almost obliterated Its power is
Interesting question. Its condition
ly is no more debased than the
ise of Commons was In Kllzubeth's
and It possesses the nam weapon
ch has made the popular chamber
ilr.ant In the British Parliament.
ie!y the constitutional control of
revenue. Skillfully used, this In-
.ment would make the House su
me over the Senate, the President
the courts, but hitherto It has
J line ii iwuMii c a mm vm m
hand of a little chll.L
SO MORS "POKK BIR'L."
jbstantlal appropriations recom-
ata nv ins t.nieE di r.nrinrvra inr
rove me nt of the Columbia River
recognition of the work that the
pie of Portland, have performed
;hat stream. The river and har-
blll hna been removed from the
rk barll class of legislation. Now
In the future the merit of proj
for which appropriations will be
d vrlll be determined largely by
amount of faith shown by the
le asking1 the money. This faith
of course understood must take
form of local appropriations such
the Port of Portland has been
In? for many years.
. the old days when the river and
wr bin was brought Into discredit
the large number of worthless
cis on wnicn money was wasted
h!y, none of the communities that
red the worth of a Congressman
:he amount of money he could
i( i irom iii9 .-ftuonu i reitsury
heir worthless projects would put
i single doHsr to show their own
In the merit of their respective
mes.
rtlar.d. by expending mora than
)0.000 on Columbia River !m
rmer.t. has demonstrated to the
rnment that this Is a project of
Importance to the growth and
lopment of the region drained by
rreat river. Other ports situated
waterways that are actually en
1 to consideration In Federal ap
Hatlons. are now following the
of Portland, and the river and
or bills of the future tll show
consideration for any ports that
to aid with local appropriations!
mook. Coos Pay and other const
are In 1'ne and have made pre-
tl sums by taxing tho districts
benefited. Recommendations
f 930.000 for the mouth of the Colum
bla River and J00.000 for the Celilo
Cir.iil. The former sum should carry
the Ji ttv work and the dredging oper
aMons tn to a point where the 40-foot
ch.tr.ncl o-isht to be an assured fuct
It Is noticeable In connection with
thc.e llh-ral appropriations for the
Columbia Klr that the opposition
which formerly existed in the State
of Washington has completely van
lhe,1. The Importance of that miKhty
river from Its mouth to the head of
n.n !s:ition. as a great trade artery, is
at I.st thoroughly appreciated in
Washlneton. where Its sreatest ehore
line lies, as well as In Oregon, and in
the future we may reasonably expect
substantial aid from the Washington
.1. legation In iVncrrx for ary projects
th.it will enable ocean carriers to
handle our products most economi
cally. Meanwhile the work of the
Tort of ! rttand Is not completed, nor
will it b until the Urc'st ships afloat
can rcn.-h this dry. the create-t rail
road center on the Pacific Coast.
OKI4.UN IN 0t.R.V.
The coming Oregon La-guUature will
doubtless be called on to reapportion
the mate into three Congression.il dis
trict.-: f"r it appears to, be avtured
that the state's representation hi Con-grr.-u
will be Increased under the new
apportionment. The present Concrete
h is 31 members on a baois of 1S.1
population for each district. If It
sha'l appear dei-lrable not to lm re.i
creatly the House membership. th
ratio for the reapportionment will
probable be about 1:5.000: and Ore-
1 : . c c i A inn tn T (1 n nnn
K'n. itn ii-'n i..'v.v--v
population, ought easily to get an
other representative.
The result will be. of course, that
Multnomah will have one Represent
ative In Congress. It cannot be and
will not be denied her. But It will
riot be ea.y to devle a plan for divid
ing the remainder of the state Into
two new districts. The statisticians,
etatejmen end politicians who usually
take charge of such things will have
now something to do In arranging a
scheme of apportionment that will
aallffy aiL
niB Mx.i.r twkks' nuF.i.
A newspaper in Portland defends
and upholds the single tax. It Is tha
Portland Journal. Here Is the lan
giisge of that bold advocate of a rad
ical, revolutionary and destructive
system of lund confiscation 6V Impos
ing on realty the entire tax burden.
Sinr'e tx ... Is mmpllcliv ltlf.
n-l IT nrr Silopleil Would l-en 111"
im-nr( of covrnn-.entl ms-hlnTy. leas-n
ret(illrsltna sn1 llmntl put mn end te
ui snd lnjualny in tb UUig aad
co- .tton ej lKXe.
Ttis comylct lncuallty of the present
vstiTt Is io rolonous ihsl It I" larslv
robbery, robbery f the honest tnn who
nbmtli to sBnlcnt at fuii vain for the
Ksneflt ef tl.a who e.iuester prrpsrty
o in limit or tulr manipulative ability.
The iractb-e of eiariUns Just snd unllornf
taxation has bom ao general that tha
tuoral linpulao la corrupted and vcn
IMU'loIlam ltalf Is 1ull-l and d.tlneJ.
Thrra are worse tliliiirs than slncle tax.
TliTe are thtnsa preva-nt In Orron and
In l'.-r:iiil that ra infinluly wore than
tr.t tax Thi )loin U widely popular
In many rlflea and i-umraunlilM In t'anaila.
In soma of them It has been la operation
f"r mr than five years with the rult
that tha pi as" la being coplM I", others.
Vanrou-er recently adopting It. In all. .It
Is becoming a permanent Institution.
There Is morn stuff like this more
of the cant, sophistry. Jargon and
humbug of the obecsed slngle-taxer.
The above Is quite enough to show
that the penniless propagandists of a
destructive and ruinous project and
the grevdy beneficiaries and busy
hirelings of the Fels fund have a
fri.nd and champion In a Portland
publication.
Yet we think the men who own
farms and homes and city lots. Im
proved and unimproved. In Oregon,
are not going to make any mistake
about what the single tax will do for
them. They lure not for It. The re
sponsible citizenship of Oregon Is
against It. The people have gone on
rrcord once. They were buncoed Into
passing the rr'sent county scheme.
They will put themselves right wnen
they have the chance, despite their
self-called leader and their fa lee
counselors.
TRAnB AM) M BMMIA
Consul-General Thomas Sammons.
at Yokohama like a great many other
American Consuls In various parts of
the world, seems to have the idea that
one of the duties of a foreign repre
sentative of the United States Is to
boost for the ship subsidy. In a re
rent report to his government. Mr.
Sammo'ns bewails the scarcity of
American shipping on the Pacific and
calls attention to the advantages
which Japanese lines on the Pacific
have over American lines. He states
that the Japanese government pas
the steamships plying from Japanese
ports to San Francisco and Seattle di
rect subsidies to the amount of
:.:?(. 14$ a year. As these team
ships carry considerably less than
1.000.000 tons of freight a year, it is
easy to see that the Japanese taxpay
ers are contributing more than tl a
ton to the profits of the big syndicates
that operate these ships.
It Is quite true, as stated by Mr.
Sammons, that "if wages and other
expenses were equal, the government
subsidies to the Japanese vessels
would alone be sufficient to enable
them to drive the American vessels
out of the trade If an active freight
war should start." It will probably
be news to Consul-General Sammons
to learn that an active freight war"
has been raging on the Pacific for
years and that even as he was writing
his plea for a ship subsidy British
and Norwegian vessels were carrying
freight across the Pacific at a lower
rate per ton than the Japanese sub
sidy amounted to. and neither the
British nor the Norwegian vessels were
drawing a penny of subsidy from their
respective governments.
Commenting on the report of Mr.
Sammons, the Seattle Fost-Intelli-gencer
says: "Japan has sacrificed In
many directions in order to build up
and maintain on the ocean a great
fleet of modern steamships through
which the foreign trade of Japan Is
steadily expanding." and that. "In the
commercial warfare for the control of
the Pacific, the Japanese government
has shown Infinitely more Intelligence
and forethought than has the Govern
ment of the United States."
While It Is questionable whether the
"commerce" of a country is benefited
by paying a few rich shipowners a
subsidy to carry freight to and from
a country Instead of permitting It to
move In a natural manner, we have
to admit that In some respects the
Japanese government has shown more
intelligence and forethought than the
American Government- We find, for
Instance, that when Japan decided
that a merchant marine would be of
advantage, she went out Into tha open
market and bought ship by the dozen.
In Germany, in England, In Norway,
in the United States, wherever, tn
fact, a good ship could be purchased
at a reasonable price.
This was the beginning of the Jap
anese merchant marine. It Is there
that the Anurlcan merchant marine
must begin If It is ever to amount to
anythlue. At present a few big ship
pine concerns In Japan have enough
of a puil with the government to raid
the treasury for some very heavy sub
sidies, but the trade of Japun Is in no
manner benefited by the practice and
nothing that the United States can do
will counteract the effect of the evil.
If Cimsul Sammons or the Post-Intcl-llg'-ncer
will point out h single In
stance where the United States has
lost any trade on the Pacific or In
any other quarter of the globe
through lack of ships to carry the
freight, it would be something worth
knowing.
rt'BIjr M-1IOOI. MAN.W.BMKM.
There has been much talk of the
mismanagement of the property Inter
ests and other affairs of the school
district by the Board of Education of
School District No. 1. Favoritism In
letting contracts has been charged, re
sulting as has been alleged In the
construction of unsuitable and flimsy
building", at prices out of all propor
tion to their cost or value.
Now comes the Civic Council, coin
posed of delegates from twenty-two
Improvement clubs of this city, and
after freely rensurlng the School
Board for alleged sins of omission
and commission, recommends that
all the present members of the Board
remain in office and assist the Civic
Council In inducing the legislature to
pass laws reorganizing, the method of
public schools control on more mod
ern lines. "The present .ystem."
says the Civic Council committee. -ls
antiquated and does not give as much
general representation as Is desirable."
The Oregonian believes that the
School Ttoard of District No. 1 Is
composed of careful, honorable and
capable citizens. Mistakes may have
been made doubtless have been
matin In construction. In letting con
tracts and in supervision. But he
must be a churl Indeed and hold
withal who would institute grave
charges asrainst the Board on this ac
count and broadly hint at collusion
between that body, or any one of its
members, with di.honest contractors.
The present system of conducting
the affairs of School nistriet No. 1
may be antiquated. The fact that
they havo been practically unchanged
for years, and are. Indeed, merely a
continuation of methods as old as
our common school system. Justifies
this assumption. That they need to
be revised ami improved to meet con
ditions entirely dissimilar lo those
which they were framed to serve is
more than probable. But the Civic
Council. In attempting to make- the
management of the schools in a wide
sense representative, essays a task
that It will be slow to accomplish, for
the simple reason that, beyond send
ing their children to the public schools,
and making complaint when some
rule of discipline Is enforced upon
their own, the patrons of these
schools take very little interest in or
note of their methods.
GROWTH OF THHXB OITIXM.
Of American cities now In the 200.
000 and 300.000 class not one other
has shown one-half of the Increase in
population since 1900 that the Federal
enumeration of Portland, Los Angeles
and .Seattle discloses. Among the
larger cities, Detroit shows tho largest
relative gain, viz. 63 per cent. In the
South. Birmingham. Ala., with 132,
C8S Inhabitants shows a gain of 245
per cent, due to development of the
Iron Industry.
Centers of population have not shift
ed In ten years, though It Is certain
that complete returns from California,
Washington. Oregon, Utah and Idaho
will show an unparalleled movement
toward the Pacific Coast during the
past decade. These states may reason
ably be expected to have an Increase
of 65 to 70 jier cent, practically all
of It drawn from territory" east of the
Rocky Mountains and most of it from
the Mississippi Valley.
But Portland, Seattle and Loa An
geles have grown much faster than
the sections for which each is the
chief murket place. What causes con
tributed to the extraordinary advance
of these cities not only tn point of
more people, but of commercial im
portance? Primarily the " Spanish-
American war. At its conclusion the
United States for the first time in his
tory faced the Orient. San Francisco
first felt the Impetus. Except for the
disaster of April, 1906, the Golden
Gate would undoubtedly have led ev
ery other city la the then 300,000
class. '
Alaska gold made Seattle. In the
thirteen years since the steamer Port
land arrived with her cargo of nuggeta
and miners from the Klondike, the
great peninsula has poured into the
lap of Seattle directly and indirectly
hundreds of millions of treasure.
Geographical position and a most ag
gressive fight secured the carrying
trade of the new Eldorado against all
competitors. Seattle also developed
profitable business relations with the
region lying immediately north and
made a start In trans-Pacific com
merce. She laid but small hold upon
the rich agricultural section east of
the Cascade Mountains. Her future
depends largely upon the development
of Alaska. All the gold In that vast,
wild empire does not lie near the Yu
kon, at Nome, nor along the Tanana,
There Is much truth In the oft-re
peated statement that the chief asset
of Los Angeles is climate. A steady
stream of money from every part of
the United States for five months in
the year Is quite as desirable as the
proceeds of wheat and lumber cargoes.
It dally adds to the permanent wealth.
The crop of tourists grows larger each
year. But Los Angeles Is the market
place for orchardlsts who raise annu
ally about 135.000.000 worth of citrus
fruits. In the last ten years oil has
been an Immense factor In the city's
growth and manufacturing has grown
to extensive proportions. Of "outside"
capital there is no end. It will not
be surprising If Los Angeles, now less
than 100,000 behind, shall overtake
San Francisco within the 'next ten
years. Creation of the city and county
of Los Angeles here la annexation
with a vengeance is more than a pos
sibility. And what about Portland? It
would be waste of space to enumerate
the resources of the vast region w-hose
products Portland buys and whose ma
terial needs Portland supplies. Will
there be fewer acres under cultivation
or more? Will saw -mills multiply?
Has horticulture reached the maxi
mum or only begun? How much vir
gin territory will be opened to settle
ment by railroads now building, to say
nothing of lines to be constructed In
the next five years? Is Portland's
hold on the Columbia River basin
growing weaker or stronger? As a dis
tributing center for a rich empire,
where on the Pacific Coast can you
match Portland. Has Portland a
rival? If so, name it. Is it unreason
able to estimate that the three states
comprising Portland's field will add a
million people within the next ten
years?
Wherever you go. either on the Paci
fic Coast or the cities of the East w ith
which we have relations, you hear
Portland spoken of as preeminently
the safe city as well as the progres
sive city. Everywhere It Is known
that there has been no boom; simply
natural growth. In ten years the
Increase In population was 1-9 per
cent. Based on the steady growth
the past thirty years, shall we call
the population ten years hence 400,
ono or 450,000 or a round half million?
Note that an industrious farmer of
Eagle Valley, Baker County, raised
this year on ll'.i acres of excellent
soil crops that realized JS160. The
products were fruit, vegetables and
hogs. No doubt this result could be
duplicated in fifty fertile valleys of.
Oregon with the same Intelligence and
effort. It goes without saying that
the Baker County man did not spend
much time In saloons nor in making
speeches against this country shutting
the door of opportunity in the face of
the man who works with his hands.
Now the holiday season is about
here, the womenfolk can help wonder
fully by shopping early and getting
home before the late afternoon rush.
The human biped of the male gerjder
is naturally a chivalrous animal, but
continued Imposition by thoughtless
(or selfish) women on a crowded
streetcar has taken off the pol
ish on his manners, leaving only the
grouch. When he Is In that condi
tion, the gentler sex need expect no
favors and little courtesy.
In spite of all the agitation against
the demon wim, this country increased
Its consumiHion of distilled liquor by
30.900.000 gallons last year. Perhaps
some genius will pit down and figure
out the relation between this amazing
fact and the "high cost of living."
The grain that made the liquor. the
money paid for drinks, the loss of
time, energy and efficiency and the
moral deterioration of the consumers
all enter into the problem.
Our only fear Is that the rich Illi
nois girls who have taken .up home
steads In Montana and intend to work
their land will never find husbands
worthy of them. There are plenty of
so-calied men who would gladly com
sent to be supported by these gritty
girls, but most of the males who have
anything like their ambitious spirit
were caught in the matrimonial trap
long ago.
Why not have another North Bank
road to connect with the Ilwaco line
at Megler? After waiting nearly forty
years, Portland would hail with dis
tinct pleasure a Journey to the finest
beach In the world without change of
cars. In this era of railroad building
perhaps we will not have to wait long
to hear the station master call out:
"All aboard for North Beach!"
Perhaps Mr. John M. Scott did not
really mead to say that we praise the
Oregon apple too much. Our fault
lies in praising our other blowings too
little. Swell the chorus for the apple,
but don't forget to shout for the tim
ber and dairy too. The apple men are
not an atom too noisy, but some of
the others are more quiet than they
need be.
Even the most expensive warships
cannot expect a long life. Those which
sailed gallantly forth to fight the
Spaniards a few years ago are now
selling at auction. To such base uses
must the proudest vessel come. When
fighting Is done' In the air very likely
ships will die still younger, but It Is a
comfort to think that they will be
cheaper.
IruroHe In dry territory let some
statistician give the figures but
Uncle Sam reports an increase of 30,
000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and
3.000,000 barrels of beer In the last
year. One fact like this upsets a
whole library of theories on whether
laws forbidding liquor to be sold tends
to stop the drinking of liquor.
When Industrial warfare Is pushed
to the point of causing babies to starve
one is compelled to reflect that peace
would be preferable. The Chicago
garment workers" strike has made
5000 babies hungry. Is the intelli
gence of America unable to discover
a milder way of settling wage
questions?
, A gallon of benzine will run an
automobile thirty miles if all goes
well. Hence the 2.500,000 gallons
which exploded in Berlin would have
sufficed for a Joy ride 100 times
around the earth. The waste of pleas
ure thus vanished In smoke and noise
Is appalling.
Eugene Is certainly "going some"
In' the race for municipal supremacy
by opening a wholesale grocery busi
ness. Next we know, her Commercial
Club will have the Interstate Com
merce Commission out here to regu
late rail and water rates.
From the National point of view,
decrease In the xural population of
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri as shown
by the 13th census is compensated by
like increase of farmers in Oregon,
Washington and California.
Some one Is advertising a book en
titled "Two Hundred and Nine Ways
to Serve Apples." As a culinary curi
osity it may be -worth the price, but
who cares for the 208 other ways?
What's this? England being sold
for American dollars? We hadn't
heard of Pierpont Morgan organizing
a syndicate to buy the little old island.
If you go at it today, you can get
most of your Christmas shopping out
of the way by the end of the week.
When the world has all the apples It
can eat. Oregon will develop the po
tato and onion Industry.
Nebraska has 1,192.213 people and
William J. Bryan, but Texas may get
him yet.
l.MFtIRM DAY FOR ELECTIONS.
Wliy the First Tne-day After the First
Monday In .November W as Chosen.
New York Times.
To the Kdilor of the New York Tlmos:
tVill you Inform me wJiy It la that election
day In manv mates la the first Tuesday af-r
the flrt Momlav In November? I hae
asked many of my friends. imt nobouy
knows. Newspaper people are supposed to
know everything-, so I appeal to you and
would thank you verv heartily for the in
formation. GEORGE HEGEMAN.
Newark. N. J.. Oct. 2S. 11U0.
We are not omniscient, hs our cor
respondent flatteringly suggests. We
do not know, for example, how this
question managed to pop into his head.
The books on political curiosities fail
to note the answer. But we have ascer
tained the facts and the reason stated,
as follows: The State of New York in
1 S4 1 was the first to adopt "Huesday
i after tho first Monday in November"
ae its election day. Most of tho states
at that time held their elections on
the first Monday, Tuesday or Wednes
day in November. The Congressional
act of March 1. 1792. had prescribed
that elections for Presidential electors
be held within 34 days preceding the
first Wednesday in December, every
fourth year." But the Congressional
Globe of January 17, 1S4.".. records the
passage on that day of a Mil making
the quadrennial election day uniform
thiougliout the United Ptatee. On De
cember S. IS44. the essential provision
of the bill read:
"The next regular stated election for
the choice of electors of President and
Vice-President of the United States
shall he held' in each slate on the first
Tuesday In the month of November,
ISIS; and on the first Tuesday in the
month of November In every fourth
year thereafter."
This fixed upon the "first Tuesday."
not the "first Tuesday after the first
Monday." But Representative Duncan,
the father of the bill, at once an
nounced his intention of changing It.
for the Globe reports:
"As soon as It would be in order
to do so. he (Mr. Duncan) should move
tn amendment of this section so as to
make the riay the first Tuesday alter
the first Monday In November, instead
of the first Tuesday In November.
the section now stood. His reason for
making this change was to avoid the
necessity of changing- the laws In rela
tion to the day on which the Electoral
Colleges now meet: for the first Tues
day in November might. In some cases,
be more than 30 (sic) days from the
flret Wednesday In December.'
The report should have read "34"
Instead of "30" days, to be accurate
but otherwise the reason atked by our
correspondent must have been as stat
ed. Since the Congressional act of
February 3, ISS7, which changed the
date of the meeting of the Electoral
College to the second Monday In the
January following tho election, no spe
cial reason has existed for the statu
tory designation of election day. Any
week day durins; the Fall months
would do, provided it be uniform
throughout the states for the Presi
dential elections.
Historic Highway Marked.
New York Sun.
Rebuilding roads and restudying his
tory have become twin occupations that
are not entirely confined to western
trail markers. Some students of Amer
ican history from three Eastern col
leges spent much of the Summer in
tracing and marking BraddocK s route
across Virginia and West Virginia to
Western Pennsylvania. Maryland, In
acquiring through the State Commis
sion what Is known as the Kldge Koao,
finds that almost every mile of the old
highway Is associated with the history
of the nation or the state.
Along it once were the homes and
now the graves of many of the John
sons, the Thomases, the Lees, who
helped build up the state. One monu
ment by the roadside is to Governor
Frank Thomas, who. according to an
epitaph written by himself, was "the
author of the measure which gave
Maryland the constitution of 18S4 and
thereby gave freedom to 90,000 human
beings." Over it tramped and fought
soldiers of the French and Indian Wars,
the Revolution and the Rebeyion; at
the extreme end John Brown gathered
his straggling forces and marched upon
Harper's Ferry. A wonderful range of
National history for one little country
road scarcely 50 miles in length.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
It Is usually the "good fellow" who
has the most bad habits.
A widow's second matrimonial play is
apt to be a sure-thing game.
As a matter of fact the majority of
people would like to be honest.
The principles of a good many men
run to Inclinations and then stop.
Few' women are as handsome as they
think men ought to think they are.
' It's tough on a man who Is too lazy
to work and can't get elected to of
fice, Two may be able to live as cheaply as
one If the one doesn't have to pay ali
mony. '
While it Is well to meet your obli
gations promptly. It Is better to have no
obligations.
If a man Is honest with himself, he
can be depended upon to give his neigh
bors a square deal.
After a man has been married a
week he begins to unlearn a lot of
things he knew about women.
Kaeta About Mexico.
Chicago Tribune.
Area. 7fi7.l square miles.
Population. l.T).nOO.
Silver production, nearly $50,000,000 an
nually. Gold production, nearly J30.000.0o0 an
nually. Value of yearly exports, about $125,-
C0M0.
Capitalization of banks, about $100,000,
00. Miles of railroad, about 15.000.
Republic of Mexico declared Independ
ent February 24. U21.
Independence proclaimed December 2,
lS2i.
Recognised by the United States In
1S23.
First constitution proclaimed October
4. 1824:
Present constitution adopted February
5, 1S67.
Republic consists of 26 states, one ter
ritory and a Federal district. -
BUHard Shots.
Boston Post.
The billiard course Is very popular at
Harvard this Fall. It consists .of Eng
lish and drawing.'
A Winchester man made a great hit at
a masquerade ball a short time ago. He
stuck a piece of black court plaster on
the top of his bald head and went as
the cue ball.
The Feminine Reason.
N. SalBbury, In Puck.
Do you ever feel down in tho dumps
As cranky and cross as two stieks.
When life, seems a road full of bumps.
And your spirits are all In a mix?
"Would you know why you're in such a
fix?
Why with inward forebodlnss you're
gnawed ?
The reason, five times out ef mix.
Is called Gladys, or Thoebe. or Maude.
Did you ever feel light as an lf?
As free and as blithe as the air?
As pleased as old Punch with yourself.
Without e'er a trouble or care?
Would you know why tho world seems so
fair.
And life's way so smooth and so broad?
The reason (exceptions are rare)
Is called Gladys, or Phoebe, or Maude.
In short, if you feel sad or blue.
r your spirits with Joy overrun:
When you feel that with life you'd be
through.
And with the gray world you'd be, dona;
When you're bubbling all over with fun.
When from coldness your attitude's thawed.
The reason, ten chances to one.
Is called Gladys, or Phoebe, or Maud.
UNIVERSITY "SPIRIT" COXDEMXED.
Correspondent Appeals for Higher
Ideala Than Sports and Frata.
PORTLAND. Nov. 26 (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian has been publish
ing from time to time communications
from parents, who, no doubt, have chil
dren attending our universities, protest
ing against the whims, fancies, fads and
sports fostered and lureo. there. It is
our duty as citizens of the states, as
taxpayers In the states, whether we have
children or not attending these schools,
to stand with those parents and ask the
proper authorities to call a halt to such
nonsense as those burlesque youths away
from parent control, are allowed to
dabble In. Take, for instance, the so
called fraternities, those secret organi
zations which are granted permission
from nobody but university authorities,
the privilege of plastering their hoot-lng-houses
for secret purposes upon
public property. Yes. and it is great to
note the various select classes who are
permitted "free shelter" In these
I houses, built on grounds -which belong
I to the general public. It is not the boy
who studies hard. It is not the boy
with the "dough," it is not the boy who
I strives hard for an education, but it
i Is the lad who aspires for vain glory.
the "pug with the bulldog, the ass
with the cane, or the "fat scholar."
who, even in his sleep, is ever dream
ing of that "line buck" who covers
himself with glory. Yes. these are the
"scholars" whom our state is forced to
pension with free rent obtained
through the Influence the college frat
holds on the university authorities
mere "oligarchy."
Then, aiiain. there is the question of
so-called "eoliee" spirit." which even
the professor in the classroom, prior to
the hig game, urges with greater ne
cessity than one's strict application
to study. Spirit for what? Spirit to
arouse mule strength; spirit such as
demonstrated itself at Corvallis a few
weeks ago. Why don't they establish
a chair of "spirits'" and teach the art
to a perfection, if they make it a busi
ness to employ a vast army of high
priced men to train these boys and ex
pect them to win by the amount of
college spirit that is yelled into them.
Not long ago we heard the cry raised
hy those interested in university af
fairs for an increase In university ap
propriations. It Is true that many
heads of departments were receiving
half pay. If the large amount spent
in departments whose purpose was to
train boys for athletic stunts was
given over to departments whose pur
pose was to train them for intellectual
feats, we would realize greater results
in university affairs. Why do they
permit such valuable time in the golden
hours of youth to be spent at the many
"rah-rah meetings on the eve ot
these "great battles"? A boy should go
to school for the express purpose to
fit himself for life's battles, to earn a
living and I do not mean by that he
should deprive himself of associations
or fellowships; but how shall their liv
ing be mads If he is half prepared
if the time well spent In study Is the
only requisite, and this time is dreamed
away in the spell of college spirit. No
wonder, then, the many examples
where boys are forced to sponge from
their parents after receiving their "Ill-
begotten sheepskin.
Then, again, there Is the question of
hazing, and the. boys who possess tha
least amount of college spirit ar
among Its chief victims. Imagine a
student to be punished for not showing
that frenzied disposition, that savage-
like enthusiasm typical at some foot
ball game a game in which the losing
side resorts to anything but fairness
imagine him to be slugged for his "un
patriotic conduct" and you have to con
sider the merits of so-called college
spirit and hazing.
These and scores of ofher fads, vain
In character, are the "messes" our
boys are allowed to mix In. May we
look to the time when our educational
institutions shall see the folly and
rid themselves of such childlike hob
bies. L. R. W.
One Revolutionary war Pensioner.
Washington Star.
Mrs. Phoebe M. Palmeter. 89 years of
age, of Brookfield. N. Y., pensioned by
special act of Congress as the daugh
ter of Jonathan woolsey, wno servea
In a New Hampshire company, is the
only pensioner on account of the. Revo
lutionary War remaining on Uncle
Sam's pension roll, according to the
annual report of Pension Commissioner
James L. Davenport.
The last widow pensioner of that
war was Esther S. Damon, of Plymouth
Union, Vt.. who died November 11. 1906,
aged 92 years. The last survivor of the
War of the Revolution was Daniel F
Bakeman, who died at fTeedom. Catta
raugus County, N. Y April 5. 1869, aged
100 years, 6 months and 8 days.
Wagner and Little Notes.
London Public Opinion.
Here Is a printed placard, meant to
K. navlpH hrondcast In the nassaces and
dressing rooms of a theater. As to
Whien and wnere it speaas tor iiseu:
A last appeal to my dear colleagues.
Be distinct.
The big notes will come by themselves;
It Is the little notes and their text that
matter.
Xever speak a lina to the audience, but
alwuys to your fellow artor.
In soliloquies. look up or down, never
straight In front of you.
I.H.it wish of all kwp your love for me.
my dears. RICHARD WAGNER.
Bayreuth. August 13. ls"i.
This interesting card Is quoted by a
correspondent describing a theaters' ex
hibition In Berlin, at which the relic
is exhibited.
Fncyelopedln to Be Dedicated to Taft.
The president of the British Academy,
8. H. Butcher, has announced that the
new edition of the Encyclopedia Britan
Ica, which la now In course of prepara
tion, will be dedicated to King George
and President Taft. The work consists of
28 volumes, with 26.000 pages and 40,000
articles. Fifteen hundred persons of
note are engaged in its compilation.
His Means.
Baltimore Evening Sun.
"You are charged with vagrancy, pris
oner at the bar."
"What's dat, Judge V
"Vagrancy? Why, you have no vis
ible means of support."
"Huh! Heah's man wife, Judge; Mary,
Is you visible?"
Not Necessary.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
'What shall we say ef Senator
Smugg?"
Just say he was always faithful to
his trust."
'And shall we mention the name of the
trust?"
Wrist Pincushion.
Philadelphia Times.
A nincushion on the wrist is a con
venience to the home dressmaker. It
should be a small, soft cushion, attached
to an elastic band Just snug enough to
wear en the left wrist. No stopping of
work is then necessary to look for a pin.
Where He Is Enshrined.
Washington Herald.
Mr. Daniel Boone has failed again of
election to the Hall of Fame, but he has
a certain shrine in the heart of the
American boy.
Easy Money.
Washington Post.
Onlv to think that outfit of unskilled
labor In the next Congress will cinch
nine months' pay Before being called on
to earn a dollar.
Stand Fast, Men.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Don't forget to notice that woman's
suffrage won In the state of Washing
ton. They're edging in on us, fellows.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
Champ Clark was seated in his office
In the Capitor surrounded by Democratic
friends when a Republican admirer en
tered. "I want to congratulate you on 'the
Democratic victory." said the newcomer
smilingly. "I have been around Wash
ington for 15 years and had got tu
idea in my mind that the Constitution
provided for a Republican victory every
two years."
"Do you know." said Mr. Clark, "a lot
of people had the idea that the proba
bility of a Democratic victory was re
mote? This frame of mind is best illus
trated by a story I heard not long ago.
A teacher addressing her pupils said:
"Every boy present who would like to
be President of the United States raise
his hand." Only one boy failed to re
spond. " 'Johnny,' said the teacher, 'wouldn't
you like to be President?'
" 'Oh, yes," was the response, "but
what's the use? I'm a Democrat.' '
Miss Merrill, a teacher in a graSa
school, had trouble with Johnnie last
week. Johnnie had trouble doing his
work, and the authorities finally dis
covered that his sight was defective.
Miss Merrill told Johnnie and sent hi.a
homo with a note to his mother. H-5
gazed at the note in horror, then at the
teacher, and burst into tears. The note
read:
"Johnnie has astigmatism: do not let
him return to school until he has osn
attended to."
Miss Merrill understood his grief bet
ter when she received a note from his
mother. It read: "1 don't know wh.it
he done, hut I linked him for it. I car. t
find It on him. and he says he ain't got
It; now you better lick him and see if
you can find it." Chicago Record Herald.
It was only a bit of cardhoard with
the word "Lost." drawn In more or le-s
uncertain letters, with an arrow point
ing to a lonely kid glove, in a window
on Grand avenue near Nineteenth street.
"You mean found, don't you'." asked
a visitor, more to start an argument
than anything else.
"No, Fir." replied the proprietor, ;i
mean 'lost.' If"
"But it had to be lost 'n nrdr to b
found, didn't it? So. therefore, you
should have 'Found' on that card in
stead "
"I'll admit it is something like tha
egg and chicken question of which was
first," the proprietor said. "Now let's
settle th's if we can. In the first place
a thing must be lost before it can be
found. On the other hand, a thing that
has been found must havo been lost at
some time. There we are right back
where we started from. Great. Now
Oh, I'll give it up. I'll be sent away
to a large state building especially
suited for persons who worry over such
trifles If I don't look out. I wish I
hadn't placed that card and gove in
the window, anyhow." Kansas City
T'mes.
A good-sized squad of newspaper
men, citizens and merry villagers
flanked the entrance to the Taft Sum
mer home, at Beverly, and kept their
eyes on the road back of the secret
service guard for the approach of the
carriage containing Colonel Roosevelt
and Senator Lodge. The wait was more
than two hours long and conversation
flourished at times. One knot fell to
discussing Roosevelt.
"The secret of his success." said a
villager, "is that he is a good man."
"That makes me think of the death
of Casev," replied another. "When
Casey lay in his coffin a neighbor
looked long at his face and then said
to the widow, 'He was a good man,
Mrs. Casey.'
" 'He was that.' she replied. It al
ways tuk more than two cops to han
dle him.' " Boston Traveler.
Ed Howe's Philosophy. .
Atchison Globe.
It's a rare man who can loaf and not
become a nuisance.
When some men are not smoking they
are fixing their pipe.
Some men are like phonographs; every
day they reel off exactly the same rec
ords. A man's conscience is frequently as
sisted a good deal by the work of a good
detective. ..... .
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who had a little knot of hair on
the back of her head?
When two of your friends are in a
quarrel tbev will usually make it up
quicker If you let them alone and do not
mention It. a
Some people think That if they do not
eat with a knife or drink coffee out of
a saucer that is enough to know about
etiquette.
Tolstoi's Thoughts on Death.
From His "Cycle of Readings."
The fear of death is unnatural. The
fear of death is the consciousness of s n.
The fear of death emanates from the
fact that people regard as life only a
small part of it. limited by their own
erroneous conception.
Just as the owner of the fig-tree know s
the time when the fruit is ripe, so God
knows when to call the righteous from
tl:is world. .
Str've to keep your life at a point
where you neither fear death nor de
sire it.
Incredible Brutality.
Puck.
Willis-U-nder this year's ffotbaH rules
you can't assist the man w itH the ball.
Gillis-Great S-ott! What do they do
stand around and let him die!
Do It Early.
Do your Christmas shopping early, do it
early, motner
For you know you were exhausted with
.. . , . ..Ae AwAii r.
tne Iiurrj jcdw- ....
Please go out and get the trinkets for
the prattling little ones
Get the engines and the candy and the
pistols and the guns;
Better start right out tomorrow with
your money and your list
But at 10 o 'clock on Christmas eve
you 11 thiDK oi ono "-
Do your Christmas shopping early, do it
early, sister dear;
Get a card for our rich uncle that will
out him on his ear,
Get a tie that is hand painted for your
one and only teau
He will say it Is too splendid for a man
to wear, you know.
Work a pillow for the preacher, and get
something for each friena.
But you'll find you've overlooked one
when you re shopping s at an eno.
Do your Christmas shopping early, do it
early, do you hear.'
Let the high cost of living give you
neither fret nor four.
There are friends In other countries:
who are sure to write
Ere the first day of December heaves
serenely into sight,
So be ready to remember all the people
far away
But you'll find you've failed to get one
for some one on Christmas day.
Do your Christmas shopping early, ere
the drifting snows are nere.
For the day before is madder than all
others In the year
And no odds how soon you do It, when
the final days have come
You will be right In the struggle show
ing how to make things hum.
And on Christmas eve, dear sisters, all
of you. Including ma.
Will exclaim: "Well, goodness, gra
cious! We had quite forgotten pa!"