TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY. JUE 13. 1911.
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daman.la of thctr constltu-nt. or hat
thcr tan a to tx lha at-ml-arnta and
(l-r- of Ihalr constltu-nv. In th lrn
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IT aaj o:r!:-!oaJy to tho rlamor of
th p.'-! h'' elrrtrcl him
farnii- or tha it vkntn, or tho lum.
b--rniro. r the tl-rirrmrrj that h
look cut r.rt fr thlr trtrrt. and
ioni:jr for th Ntin". It U an
Imcnuiv. apvctacW. a ala-nifWani and
lr.trn. tia ln. td-nt in thr ir.;rr-a of
th ina.ril th sol a rp-
r.rntactvf cirnrurDt that rrprt
vntiL pat tha arctlonal a.i-r.-t ot th
ar.at pllrttal olu!lon of "onerr
ha.1 ei txf"rto rl--arly prrrnt4 It-
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!--nator Porah. of Idaho, who ha
rontU tioo and tha abilltr to npr
thrm alouantlr and cofrntty. afford
tha tio! rant amplo of tha Sen
ator a ho contra to the racu of tho
asttat.d and datrraard farmrr by d-tUri-c
that ha ltl part company
with tha Prt'Ient orr r-lprocIty.
Senator Borah, lika th othr pro
frraatva. Ions fondly chartfhad tho
loaa l l'a of tha tariff aa tha corravt
and certain aolutloa or ttta many Ilia
and abuaaa of hl(ti protection; but.
alo Ilka tha other prralTe. or
moat of them, ha d!rTer that the
Iowa idea la a theory and not a con
1 -no. and ha refuara to take tha Drat
practical atep toward putting It Into
affe.-t. Tha farmer of Idaho, or uch
f the farmera aa hava mada them
wUes heard from tha huatinu and In
the gran aad through tha local pa
pers, are now the objreta of Mr.
lu.rih'a tender aoltrltude; not tha
wuiimfn of Idaho, nor tha farmera or
cor.-umera ft the country at la rice, nor
any other of tha common Intrreata of
I the people, s-o crorf a man aa
Borah eucht to hare had tha count
an.! Independence to emulate the II-ln-trlou
precedent of many another
Senator of other da who found In
the prejudice or misinformation or
, la-noranc of any cla of conatituenta
aa Incentive to an enllftitened ekpoal
tln of the truth and a brare etate
men of a Seoator"e duty to hlmaelf.
h'. :at and bla country. Put Mr.
Porah preent attitude t atrtctly In
, .-n r J with the latter-day irira that
' a Senator ahould repreaent the people
i who i-r.t htm there: and It la clear
that no Senator hereafter will ha tha
temerity to ha-ard an opinion or a
ume a poattlon that be fjnrte w.'Tl
be objectimabl at home and there
fore Jeopardise hi proapect of re-e!-tton.
Pot Senator Porah 1 not alone In
hi application of the brake to the
rocra'.e machine In It nrcraaary
momentum toaard a lower t art IT. Sen.
ator Cummin. tennior La Follette.
Senator Smith tMlchlcan. Senator
Clapp. anl other dltlnr-lhd
ment of the Inur;ent cltvle haa
found It expedient to force! and l
nore the fart that the Payne-Aldrlch
tariff mde the ftrat yawnlr.c breach
bear a Ihrra and the Taft Adminl'
tratloa. Te rre!Jent wa a tand
p::er. a reactionary, a foe to proc
reaa and a creature of B ( Pu-lnea.
n-ratH he In-lated that a hllh-pro-tectixe
tariff a espre-eed In the
laj ne-AUruh blil waa the proper
po!!cy; they were pretrreaalvea. friend
of t&e peer! and enrmle pf the ln
trreet becauae they Irt .ied that the
tariff be Io-red and that the Iowa
jflea a tariff that properly equal!
' tue coat of rr,-'-',u,n - l,-m' and
asr"d hae corrrete embodiment
thrwiO true tariff revision. Kow the
rre:dr.t take a eir-c'e atrp toward
re::.-a!!on of the pntfeaalTe IdeaL
and th-y promptly abandon the Ideal
aal the President, almoat In a body.
It wo'i! ! r.-t b Ju.t to bUme
!l!orah. Cu-nrr.tr and the rt. Ty
ra-rot help It. Tbrv are Ju: a re
l i. tr.: to commit poiitloa: -ulvlJ a
the n-.ot confirmed ar.d h-ne!.-.
tar.i; ::er. They know, or at Icajt
Ikay fear, that their couatltuenta are
nat f-'r Canadian re--!prc-ci;v. It fol
low thJt the prudent ar.d la-U-al
ccar-a l f'T them to repre-ent their
ror.::turnt. The fni'.ed S-atc J-.n-are
t lr;!-ed twcomlr rr ren!atlve.
tiu twrikT rt.i. TRiar.
If there are any of the Alnt!r Tlr
ruea wiilch the benerolent Pteel Trnt
ha not practiced d urine It kinder
career. Mr. Gary. II prealdaat. doe
not know of them. It ha aoucht to
establish to monopoly. It haa kept
the pal.c we'.farw conetantly In mind.
..-neit-ne to the r.:e-t of Ita own
financial profit. I: ha not accepted
rebff en when they were offered
ry t.e tempter In the form of a rail
road ant. Above a!l. It ha been
watchfu; oer the tr.tfrea! of It m
plfre. a
Thi revrd. a Mr. Oary unfolded
It 13 tr;e Cor.rrevi'or.i! committee,
mi" he pleased the- te?!emen.
h.:a It co:d nr-f'r hare failed to
eac.'e their aatontehment. Such con
;jnt Tlrtue I rare Indeed an where
on arth particularly rare In tru!.
Home of the eommltta mav have felt
."ft- a-jrl"!n of a HiiM flit through
ttre.r tauarta when Mr. Oary roh o
toelinfly of the aollcltode of ht
top-is fr the r-oMe welfare. They
wondered, per ha pa. why It la that the
Btel Tru-t haa been aelllrve tl rati
In Meik-o and other foreign land for
1:4 a tin while American have had
to pay IJI for them. In fact, why
Is It that the one conplcuou effect
of our protective system Is to forca
we American to pay our trusts mora
for their crxxis than they coat to for
eigners? Cnncedicc that Mr. Gary's testimony
must be takea In a Pickwickian sense
for the moil part, it Is atlll true that
the Steel Trust has pent a great deal
of thought and money for the good
of Its employe and also that It ha
been repaid with Inirratltude. This Is
sad. but there Im reason for It. to
ejuot a famous phraae. The Steel
Trust ha tried to lift lt raployea
up In the good old feudal way. Now.
It as one of the disappointing charac
teristics of men that they refuse to e
lifted up. They will rise by their own
efforts sometime, but not by the ef
fort of a feudal patron.
This potr.ta out the fundamental
error which the excellent Steel Trust
ha committed In dealing with It
workmen. It ha forgotten tnat they
are free men and must either rise by
their own effort or remain In tha
mlra. The beat thing Mr. Gary or
any other, employer can do for hi
men is to pay them generous waga
and then leave them alone to work
out their own salvation.
HKOTHKK (CHRtiOTTS, LETTrK-
Rer. Mr. Ehrgott. pastor of the Ea-t
Sid Baptist Church, appears to have
some apprehension that all the lessons
of the recent municipal election may
not have been duly Impressed on tho
Mayor-elecl. The brother therefore
addresses a letter to Mr. Kushlight In
which, pewklng for hlmaelf and hi
congregation, he says thst "It Is our
expectation that promptly aM without
need! delay you will ue your o'
n.laj powers to aubmlt to the people
the adoption of the commission form
of government."
That progressive East Side congre
gation fairly represents the desire and
the aaplrations of the whole people
of Portland. The public hopes to hnve
the commission government promptly
and without nee-Dews delay.
Mayor Rushlight ought to he In u
uncertainty about It. We take It that
be Is not. for certain Of his friends
Mr. Kellaher. Mr. Rlesland and others
are buy with their plan to get up a
charter that will doubtless rertVct the
Keltaher-Rleaiand Ideal of local gov
ernment. Vet we shall not Judge
hastily. It may be. and w trust will
be. a better document than tha active
sponsor-hip of the men who have In
volved the public ntlftles project In
present defeat and who urged the ri
diculous antlllon-dollar paving plant
scheme would Justify the public In
looking for. The people of Portland
will have ample opportunity to com
pare It with the charter to be framed
by the excellent commission appointed
by Mayor lmon. The decision ought
to be on the respective merits of tha
rival documents.
We aha.! look for an early reply to
Prother Ehrgott'a letter. It should
satisfy the anxiety of the East Sid
church and the curiosity of the pub
lic. It will be easy for a Mayor who
meana business to write such a letter
to a public that knows what It wants.
TBOtTStM or "JIM" SVITH.
Although ex-Senator -Jim" Smith
of New Jersey he weep whenever
he ea the "n" Is making a bitter
fight to prevent Governor Wilson from
rapturing the tate delegation to tha
DemecTStlc National Convention, he la
handicapped by the fact that WlUon
has changed the rule of the game.
Under a lirw of which vVllaon aecored
the passage, delegate to National
convention will hereafter be elected
by direct primary, at which the peo
ple will be allowed to express their
preference for President.
Smith was a highly auccessful boss
under the old rules, which provided
for nomlnatlona by a convention domi
nated by the boaa. Rut It la hard work
to teach an old dog new trick, and
he will hardly be as successful under
the new rule, at which Wllaon ha
proved hlmceif an adept.
Smith thlnke WlUon "played It low
down" on him using his money and
his organization to secure the Gov
ernorship and then turn against him.
Wilson's view la that, being the party
candidate, he had a right to the sup
port of the party organisation, but
that doe not aatlsfy Smith. He peev
ishly replies that the rain Is not
played that way and that. If Wilson
did not Intend to play It as It always
had been played, he should have eaid
so. Whereupon Wilson smiles, aa one
who says: "W hat are you going to do
about lr Smith est about showing
Wilson what he Is going to do about
It. but he finds himself called upon
to rlay a new game, largely of Wll-
i son's own lavsntlon. at which Smith
I Is a novice.
How can be. who has buncoed ths
1 voters again and again, stump the
' state with any success against an ur
i bane college professor who Insists on
earning out platform promises and
the verdict or direct primaries. ah
old-style politician haa no show
against a msn like thst.
thi nor.rm TomT.
Mr. Lettlce Jsne Reynolds, the old
est of a family of nine children who.
I with the'r parents, joined tne -v nu
' man Immigration" and crossed th
cotrtlr.ent In 1J4J fcy the primitive
methods then In vogue, died at her
I T- 1 1 lf.ll. r n -..-.a I A
There I more than the record of a
lor.g and active life, covering the pe
riod of eventful year first on the
far frontier then on the Western
rergs of civl'.lxatlon and finally In a
popuioua. cultivated community. In the
brief account of th passing of thi
graclou woman at the age of SI.
A child of It year, "the oldest of a
family of cine." Lettlce Jane Dtllican.
with the other members of her fam
ily. Including ;he brave mother of nine
small children, headed by the Intrepid
father, plunged Into a trackless wilder
ness slrty-nlne jears ago. seeking
they knew not what. Not pioneer con
dition urely. since the start In this
Ins'.snce was made from Arkansas,
where the nine children were born. At
thai time the conditloca In that state
were crude enough to aatlafy the
strongest, most unreasoning desire for
frontier life.
The dsnger Involved In uch a Jour
ney st su.-h a time, to a helpless family
were truly arpaiilng. The Indians
along the route, so slowly and wearily
traversed, might or might rot prove
hostile; certainly they and th entire
country that was passed over wer
gravely Inhospitable to auch an under
taking. Sickness might or might not
overtake th little band, bat th prob
abilities In thi direction were grava
Indeed, and during the long months of
the Journey snelther medical attendance
nor ordinary care of the lck wa pos
sible. . These considerations, together with
the fact that after traversing a danger
haunted wilderness of many hundred
of miles, a danger-haunted hom
awaited the family, should have given
the responsible head pause In this du
bious undertaking. It would hav
done so. no doubt, had the adventurous
pioneer been aware of the real and
great magnitude of the force to be
met - and overcome. Ignorance of
these conditions stood this pioneer and
many -who followed in his train in
closely succeeding years In the atead
of courage. Courage rose to meet the
ex. -ancles of danger and alckness. of
privation and death, when they cam,
as com they frequently did. but this
courage was the aftermath of the ad
venture, nut it Inspiration.
Looking back from the sunset slope
of life, men and women who were the
young children of the ox-team Immi
gration era are lost In wonder at the
hardihood of their forbears In plung
ing with them Into the trackless wil
derness of the long ago. And though,
aa In duty bound and by filial love
constrained, they assess this hardihood
as courage and contemplate it with
admiration akin to awe. few or them
Indeed would care or dare, under the
lure of similar conditions, to follow
the example of these -boldest of pio
neers. Interpreted by the light of ex
perience and lifelong observation, th
story or the Pacific Coast pioneer, th
beginnings of which ar laid In the ox
team era. la more than wonderful It
Is astounding.
TH A-OMATB TtyVTKU
The towel that can stand alone U
one of th traditions of the printing
office. Now comes the hotel towel that
can walk.
The Kansas Stat Board of Health Is
discoverer of the moving powers of
thla familiar friend, the roller towel.
Of coarse, w always knew that this
faithful attendant upon country hotel,
bark norch and kitchen ablutions per
formed under proper manipulation
many evolutions per mlntuc. but who
ever suspected that, after having made
divers and sundry of these evolutions,
the roller towel was. aa It were. In
stinct with life? Vet this the experts
of the Kansas Board of Health affirm
to b the fact, and they are going on
In the most coldblooded way to count
and classify the germs that are re
sponsible for this miracle of towel
walking. But for the proof they adduce In the
horned, thousand-legged and other
wise fearsome-looking germs which
ar disclosed by th microscope as th
moving fore on th animate towel, we
would be tempted to clasa these bug
hunters with the nature-fa krrs and
scout the atory aa a libel upon an old
friend.
With these grewsom proofs Im
pending, however. It behooves every
body to accept the story and shun the
roller towel of the country hotel even
as the public drtnklng-cup la shunned,
and acknowledge another debt to the
bu-y bacteriologist.
MISTAKES l DIRKCT laWJl.aUATIOX.
Our own Jonathan la again to the
front boasting of the Infallibility of
the Oregon application of the Initia
tive and referendum. He does not al
low mere facts to stand In the way. In
a letter to G. W. P. Hunt, president
of the Arizona Constitutional Conven
tion, he says:
The setlaa of yaur people wa guided
larselr ay th azparlence of th people
of Orecon. who have aow enjoyad popular
governm-nt for e!M year. Ton wora wt
In following euch guidance, for la th past
elsht years th pooP'e of Orosoa hav voted
upon a total of oistr-tour measure ub
ntiltad to popular vote and bava not mad
a anuria ralatasa; whtla they have In numer
ous 1 naturae secured advanced le-lslatloa
whtrh they coola not Mouri from the Leg
islature and have dafeated a aumbar of
unwlas acta paaaed by th Legislature.
- Not a alngl mistake! - How about
the rival Columbia River fishing bills,
both of which war adopted, and
which tied up the Industry so com
pletely that both parties to the con
troversy , appealed to the Legislature?
That body, despised of the Bourn
crowd, passed a bill which cut the
tangle, satisfied the demands of both
factions and put th fishing Industry
on a living basis.
At the Isst election an Initiative bill
was passed which forbade all fishing
In Rogue River, except with hook and
Una. Th bill put out of business a
cannery which desired only to pack
kinds of salmon not desired by
anglers, who promoted the bill. The
Legislature amended the Initiative bill
by passing a measure which gave
each party what It wanted and left
everybody satisfied. The cannery
could have been operated, and the fish
sought by the anglers would have been
protected. But Governor West, be
lieving any bill passed by the Initiative
to be sacred from th unholy hands of
th Legislature, vetoed tha amend
ment. Then there v. as the single tax
amendment. It looked so Innocent
Just a little bill to repeal th poll tnx.
Everybody waa In favor of that. He
would pay protective tariff tax to the
Steel Trut. the Woolen Trust and
various other trust, but pay poll tax
never. The peopl voted it with a
whoop and found when tt was too
lata that they had repealed a tax that
did not exist and had opened the way
for the Imposition of the single tax
on th state, county by county. There
were other mistake, but these will
suffice to show how Mr. Bourne' en
thusiasm has blinded hlra to facta.
But the mischief Is not limited to bills
passed under th initiative and referen
dum. It even extend to bill which
wer affirmed by the rferndum and
to btl'.l aa to which It la now proposed
to Invoke the referendum. In 190
the general appropriation bill, carry
ing appropriation for all stat office
and Institutions, was voted upon after
being held up since February. 1901.
During the Intervening time improve
ment waa stopped at all stat Institu
tion and many thousanda of dollars
were paid In Interest on warrants Is
aued for the unavoidable expen of
carrying on th atate government.
It ia "now proposed to invoke the
referendum against the appropriation
for the State University and. whether
the appropriations are eventually sus
tained or not. Improvement will b
suspended until the vote Is taken, and
additional expense will be Incurred.
This mischief may result In race or the
fact that the referendum petitions ar
derp'.y tainted with forgery.
Rightly applied, the Initiative and
referendum are good means of en
forcing the passage of good lawi and
of killing bad laws. Aa applied under
th Bourne free and easy system, they
ar oftert pernicious In the extrema.
In Judging of them. It la essential to
distinguish between the principle In
volved and th Bourne method of ap
plying it.
The Tobacco Trust, condemned to
die. Is second only to the Standard
OH Company In high dividend These
grew from 39.3 to 2.5 per cent by
stages tn ' th last Ave yeau-s. Hard
times da hot affect It. for when Us
sales of good cigur shrink, those of
cheap cigars, chewing and smoking
tobacco expand these being the hard
times smokes. The trust controls only
IS per cent of the clpar business, but
has 7 per cent of the smoking and
chewing tobacco trade, and 82 per
cent of the little cigars and cigarettes.
In the ten years from 1900 to 1909
the American consumption of smok
ing and chewing tobacco and snuff haa
Increased from 300.000.000 to 4S1.
000.000 pounds, of cigars from 5,6(5.
000.000 to 8.667.000.000. of little cigars
from 10.000.000 to 1.043.000.000. and
of cigarettes from S.tSt.OOO.OOO to 6,
835.000.00 The criticism on the big fee which
was paid John W. Foster for settle
ment of the Ward claim against China
recalls on of the moat interesting;
characters the United States contribut
ed to h -story. Frederick T. Ward was
an American adventurer in China
when the TaJ Ping rebellion broke out.
He took a contract from the Chinese
government to raise an army to sup
press the rebellion. He fought and
won some desperate battles and wa
In a fair way to complete a good,
workmanlike Job when he was killed
In action. The work was taken up
and finished by Charles George Gor
don, the Englishman, who thereby ac
quired fame and th sobrrquet "Chi
nese Gordon." Ward's success in or
ganizing an army out of the miscel
laneous material at hand wes consid
ered a work of genius.
The Eugene Guard I "tired of
turning the other cheek" to enemies
of the State University. "This taik
about the necessity of kow-towing to
Inveterate enemies and seeking to
placate them with oft phrases Is the
veriest drivel." cries the Guard. It
would seem that a great row among
the educational Institutions of the
Mate is Imminent If the sangttlnsry
advice of the Eugene paper Is fol
lowed. To what end? To what good?
Where will the Slate UalverIty ben
efit? Will the Guard' policy of fight
ing the other Institutions make friends
for the University? The only hope
of the University la tho good will an-1
friendliness of the state. Fight? Fight
what? Fight whom?
H. O. Havemeyer waa alwaya known
aa a close-mouthed man. but his
secretlveness waa not supposed to have
gone the length or keeping stock
holders or the sugar trust in the dark
about Its affairs. When the New Eng
land stockholders inquired Into the
business they were surprised to find
the president of the trust was only
a small bolder and that they held the
majority. They then took control.
The underweighing frauds, for which
Havemeyer escaped Indictment" by
dying, may have been one reason for
secrecy.
Governor Dix Is determined thst the
New York Assembly shall not dodge
a vote on the Income tax amendment,
which has already passed the Senate.
If he cannot Induce the Judiciary
committee, which is disposed to kill
It. to report the resolution., he will
call an extra aesslon to consider It.
The Tammany legislators will be on
the horns of a dilemma If they vote
for Income tax. they lose th ravor of
th Interests; It they vote against It.
they loss votes. But will Dix stand
firm ?
If the people of Oregon are laboring
under any Impression that they alone
know Senator Bourne, and that he has
successfully bamboozled and hood
winked all others, they have but to
read the very interesting and suffi
ciently accurate article on Bourne, re
printed from the New York Globe to
day. It Is by the Globe's Washington
correspondent. H can aee a thing or
two.
The increased use or typewriters Is
accompanied by a decline in the art
of penmanship. Another handicap is
the method of teaching writing In the
schools, with change from one to an
other system. The general standard
of handwriting a century or two ago
waa better than that which prevails
today as reference to old books of rec
ord will show.
Waldorf Astor will be In his element
entertaining the bigwigs or the Brit
ish Empire. If the old furbuyer who
founded the Astor family could ap
pear at Cliveden there would be an
Interesting meeting. Would Waldorf
be more embarrassed by the appear
ance of his ancestor than John Jacob
would be by that of his descendant?
In consequence of the Kansas hunt
for germs the public roller towel of
the country hotel Is likely to go the
way of th public drinking cup. The
human body must be a tough article
to have withstood the attacks of all
th germs the doctors are "discovering.
A poll of the newspaper editors of
the Wet. North and Southwest, made
by the Chicago Tribune, shows 3113
out of 4S03 in favor of Canadian reci
procity. That Is probably about the
proportion for the voter In general.
Governor Harmon warns the gradu
ate that the mad race Tor wealth men
aces the legal profession. That, how
ever, will not deter the veriest tyro
from bringing suit In a Justice court
to collect any old claim.
An all-around athlete leads the
graduating class at West Point, and
breaks the dread fetish that athletics
r. fatal to acholarshlD. It Is a Dlt5"
he goes into the engineers' Instead of I
th fighting room.
Mrs. Nation's will makes Initial pro
vision for a horn for drunkards' wives
and children, but an institution of
that character is barely practicable,
for women of that kind are -usually
too proud to enter it.
When a man contemplates the Junk
his w-ife stores In cellar and attic he
has kindly feeling for the Government
that sells a 13.000.000 war vessel for
a few thousand dollars.
Broilers said to be affected with
tuberculosis are on the local market
and it may be so. but a chicken of
the broiler size la rather young to
hav a developed case.
BUI Byrd Is a common criminal, not
a desperado like Harry Tracey. :
EASTER 51 COIVCEPTIOX OF BOURSE 1
Writer la w Vark Fapatr Deplete
Oregoa Senator aa Fickle.
New York Globe.
If Jonathan Bourne were not a rich
man and a Senator, he would the
original wonder boy as a preas agent.
When It comes to devising fresh and
original waya la whloh to keep his
name on th first page he makes other
publicity pushers seem as quiet as a
small boy In the Jam closet. His lat
est announcement Is that he Is to make
a "speechless" campaign for re-election
. in Oregon, Just to find out
whether the people were Joking when
they elected him to the Senate In 1907.
Considering that there Is a state pri
mary law in Oregon and that he won
his last nomination by a margin of
421 vote that has some vslue as a
space grabber. Oregon papers are due
to comment widely upon that plan
though most of them will likely admit
that between now and 1913 Bourne
may change his mind.
That seems to be one of the best
things he does. He is a small man,
with the foot of a cat and the softly
twittering- voice of a meadowlark. If
one may Judge by performance, his
chief atrbltion Is to cuddle ut to the
rran In power. He learned tennl In
order to play with President Roosevelt,
and originated the Roosevelt Third
Term League, which made some little
stir for a time. He paid $1000 to a
Western Judfte for. the bet essay on
"Why Roosevelt Should Be Renomi
nated" though that was a matter of
business, for it was good booming ma
terial for a magazine In which he waa
Interested and he led a delegation of
Roosevelt rooters to Chicago, who were
still at work on the very day that W.
H. Taft came home a winner.. Then
he learned golf, told President Taft it
had been a dreadful mlBtake. and for
a time It looked as though he might be
a member of the Taft kitchen cabinet.
Having been the most radical Senator
conversationally of all radical Sen
ators he switched and became the
lieutenant of Senator Aldrichs boy
scouts. With Senator Crane, of Massa
chusetts, he would canvass the Senate
to find out whether a given Aldrich
proposition would go through, and if
not what mean must be used to make
it go through. Aldrich did the think
ing and Bourne the running. More re
cently he again saw1 an error in his
ways, criticised President Tsft severe
ly for what he called the use of the
Federal patronage In making sure of a
renomlnstlon. and organized the Pro
gressive Republican League, the pur
pose of which is presumably to defeat
President Taft's rcnominatlon ir pos
sible. Hence the conclusion that
because Senator Bourne says today
that he will not make a speech during
his 1913 campaign, tomorrow he may
engage a hallful of stenographers and
go to turning out burning words by
the hod for use on the hustings.
Bourne Is a small man physically, so
neat In his dress that sometimes he Is
almost gaudy. One of his most ad
mired Summer turn-outs is of thin,
white material, with a claret-colored
tie and a wide Panama with a claret
band. He talks freely, and is not much
of a speech maker, but usually man
ages to get material in his speeches
which calls for comment. The greater
part of his financial Interests are in
the East, although he has been a resi
dent of Oregon since 1878. The sup
position ha always been that he has
continued his inherited Investments in
the protected manufactures of New
England, but he has never admitted
more than his presidency of the Bourne
Mills at Bonrne, Mass. He has been a
great traveler, has visited almost every
country on the globe, and in spite of
his soft and pleasing address Is about
as astute a political boss as has been
sprouted in the fertile soil of the West.
In an effort to prevent th re-election
of Senator Mitchell he once organized
an enjoyment league which numbered
a quorum of the Oregon House of Rep
resentatives. Not enough members got
to the House to organize that body
throughout the session, and Mitchell
was not re-elected. Bourne's choice,
ex-Senator Corbett, was appointed to
fill the vacancy by the Governor of the
state, but the Senate committee re
fused him admission, while Bourne was
later cleared of charges preferred be
fore that Bar Association of the state.
Partly on that account Oregon now
has a state primary law, which makes
it practically mandatory upon the
Legislature to elect the man getting
the largest number of votes to the
Senate. Bousne.Just crept through In
a primary fight in which he Is credited
with having spent 8100,000. after being
defeated In 1904 at an estimated cost
of 850,000. He was borne in New
Bedford. Mass., In 1866, was prepared
for college In private schools, and left
Harvard a year before he should have
graduated to go around the world. He
was wrecked In a full-rigged ship off
the China coast, and the Bhlp was
sacked end burned by -pirates. That
trip landed him in Portland, Oregon,
where he studied law, but after a year
of practice at the bar preferred to en
ter business. He Is classed as one of
the rich men of the Senate, and has
served several terms In the Oregon
Legislature and ss a delegate to vari
ous National conventions. Every now
and then he visits Oregon.
A Sample of Engllah Love.
Answers. London.
The stars twinkled as only stars oan
twinkle. The moonbeams beamed as
only the moonbeams can beam. The
lovers sat and throbbed thrllllngly as
only lovers can sit and throb tbrill
ingly. Suddenly, as a night owl snored
above, them, his overflowing soul
flowed over.
"Muriel," he exclaimed, waking the
night owl from Its slumbers, "I cannot
understand what you see in me to
love!"
The night owl booted in disgust, and
went to sleep again. Even Muriel, as
her soft eyes dwelt upon the planet
Venus, looked a little disappointed. But
she knew he was too earnest to be
fishing for a compliment, and she
pressed his hand as she dreamily re
plied: "Dear Artie! That's what they all
ay."
Loadoa Strand Shutter Is Tfo More.
London Chroniole.
A writer describes tie forenoon Sun
day Strand and Fleet street as "a shut
tered desert" and doubtless he is quite
satisfied with the phrase. But is it
accurate? .How many shuttered win
dows does he think he would see In
these thoroughfares on a Sunday or at
any other time when the shops are
shut? As a matter of fact the shutter
ha gone from Central London, and is
rapidly passing even from the suburbs.
At what date did the shutter begin to
disappear.? It was a fitting of all
shops as late as the '80a The worst
the modern shop show on Sundays Is
the blind. And most shops present the
weekday temptation with a closed door.
Fattest Htsa Up a Bit.
Toledo Blade.
"So you have your new little
brother?" asked the visitor. "Well,
dearie, will you eell him to me? I'll
give you a dollar for every ounce ho
weighs."
"No, I won't," answered the angel
child.
"Dear loyal little sister!" beamed the
visitor. "And why not?"
"Because." answered the tiny tot,
with a quivering lip, "because he only
weigh six pounds. Come back next
month and Til see if we can t make a
deaf
Timely Tales of the Day
Marriage license records at the Court
bouse show that the old superstitions
of the supposed ill-luck of Friday and
the 13th day of the month are still popu
lar. Friday is always a light day at
the desk of the marirage license clerk. :
The 13th day of the month is also notice
able by the few licenses thst are re
corded for the day, and when Friday and
the 13th of the month tall on the same
day, more than four or five licenses are
seldom made of record.
Even attorneys show their distaste for
Friday, and it is frequently noticeable
that they will endeavor to hunt up
flimsy excuses to prevent having a case
go to trial on that day.
An attorney recently Died a divorce
complaint for a woman client. After
the tiling clerk had recorded on the back
of the complaint the date of filing, he
observed the date and remarked:
"This is the 13th. Isn't ItT That woman
is certainly out of luck, for she was
married on the 13th day of the month,
and now her divorce is filed on the 13th."
But, in spite of the combination of
thlrteens.' the woman was successful in
getting her divorce, which was granted
to her on a Friday.
Little Thaddeus Is an East Side boy.
who likes uncooked young green peas.
These tld-bits he devours with relish
direct from the pods, in whutever quan
tities are obtainable. His weakness for
young green peas recently came near
getting him into trouble, as it led him
to petty larceny.
Passing a small grocery near his home,
the youngster spied a basket of peas,
and, seeing that no one was looking,
he grabbed a fistful and toddled hur
riedly off. Reaching home with his
plunder, he was about to sit down and
leisurely enjoy himself, when his mother
discovered him with the goods on, and
demanded to know where he got the
peas.
"I taked 'em fum B'own's "tore," ex
plained the youngster, nibbling a pea
appreciatively.
"Thaddeus," said the mother sternly,
"you take those peas right back to Mr.
Brown, and when you give them back to
him, you tell him you are a thief."
Thaddeus obediently got up and started
back towartts the store, but he must have
been exceedingly busy en route, for it
was-a handful of empty pea hulls that
he handed to the grocer.
"Hey, Misser B'own," he said, "take
'em. I'm a fief:"
That there is distinctive character
written in the chlrography of hotel reg
isters Is pretty generally admitted by
men who have the time and patience to
make these carelessly scrawled signa
tures a study, and Al Short, the Seattle
boniface, tells this one along that line:
"We had a day clerk at our house for
some time Who prided himself on being
able to tell by looking at a signature
in. the register whether the owner was
young or old, fat or lean, man or woman,
and It Is a fact that he didn't guess
so far wrong In a vast majority of
cases.
"One day a man who had lost an arm
came to the hotel, and he bad a rubber
hand fitted to the stump. Strange to say,
Instead of signing his name with his
left hand, he put the pen between the
fingers of his false hand and wrote a
fairly good signature with it. We
thought sure we had Fred, because we
felt surely there could be no distin
guishing character in the penmanship
of a rubber hand, so when Fred came
on shift, we passed the word around
among the old guard that frequented the
hotel, and put it up to him to describe
the writer of the signature in question.
" 'That's easy,' replied Fred carelessly.
The fellow Is about 45 years old, weighs
about 165. medium height, wears dark
mustache and his hair Is slightly gray.'
"Well, that knocked us off our pins,
for the description tallied to the dot.
"A few bouts later we discovered Fred
and the one-armed man taking a drink
together at the bar. Afterwards we
found out that the stranger and Fred
were from the same town back East,
and Fred merely recognized the name
and the rest was easy."
"Well, if here isn't my old friend
Seneca Flxit,".said a citizen in Police
Court the other day, slapping Attorney
Fout on the back.
"That sounds, to me - like an insult,
Beneea," commented a bystander.
"Oh, this fellow Is a comrade of mine
in the Spanish War Veterans," replied
Fouts, "and I take it like an uncle of
mine who fought in the Civil War.
"My uncle was one of those little, well
knit, quiet fellows, very modest, but a
most surprising scrapper when he got
started. One day he and I were together
when I met a fellow who had fought
In the Philippines, whom I urged to Join
our camp. As we walked away, my uncle
said:
" 'Every veteran ought to Join his
order. I remember quite Well, after the
Civil War, I licked several old com
rades, not knowing that they had been
in the war. Now, if they had worn the
button, we wouldn't have had any
trouble."
At a recent meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners a discussion was
had with reference to the progress of
the work upon the new Courthouse. Con
siderable adverse comment was made on.
the slowness of the work and the inter
minable length of time it apparently
would take to complete the structure.
Commissioner Lightner took exception
to the statements made and argued that
the County Court had been diligent in
every matter within its power to secure
a rapid completion of the Courthouse.
"Why, gentlemen," he said, "there has
been many a building constructed that
has taken a longer time than will be
taken by the Multnomah County Court
house. The records are full of such in
cidents." Just at this moment County Physician
Geary, with a twinkle in his eye, re
marked: "That's a fact. I know it was
the case with Solomon' Temple."
A Chamois Trail In the Alp.
Harper's Weekly.
An Interesting sight Is to be seen each
day at noon at Grlndewald In the Alps,
when there Is a rush of visitors to the
telescopes to observe "chamois trail."
Promptly each day, at the hour men
tioned, there may be seen a herd of
from twenty to thirty chamois passing
in Indian file up the yawning abysses of
the pFacipitous Jlettenberg rocks, sep
arating two glaciers, the male animals
leading the way, the king of the herd
keeping twenty yards . in advance and
on the watch. . At the bottom of the
Mettenberg, where the slor, Is freed
from snow, the chamois find a meager
subsistenco when their usual feeding
grounds are under snow. The chamois
descend, on telr feeding grounds at
dawn, when there Is little likelihood of
avalanches, and return to their haunts
at an hour when avalanches have al
ready fallen and the danger is past.
Bobby and the New Baby.
Harper- Weekly.
We'm got a new toy up four house.
It ain't no bigger nex a mouse.
Its eye i blue, like sister's doll.
An it 'a no more hair 'n a billiard balL
It makes uch facei. ye never saw
Their like In all your life before.
He's soft and squashy as a rat.
An' seems to love to sing and chat.
Though so far. far as 1 have heard,
"Goo-gab" 's bis one and only word.
He aays It ninety times a flay.
Though what tt means I cannot say.
So far I think ifa mighty queer
They do not like to let me near.
' An" when I've ast to take him out
They holler. No!" My, how they hout!
But Paw and Maw, they do a pile
Of playin' with bun all tbe while.
I hope some tlma tho day will come
When 1 can play round with him soma,
For 'f all the. toys I ever see
He Is the beet of all that be.
Tou'd almost think, to hear him squeal.
That he wa really, really real!
Advertising Talks
Br WlUiaxm C KinUaatw
Mr. T. D. StucGresor a very able ad
vertising man addressed the New Jer
sey Savings Bank Association at New
ark on May -17th, on the subject of
"Savings Bank Advertisings"
He got right at the meat of things by
saying that the reasons commonly jriven
why savings banks do not advertise
are the following:
AVe do nut need to advertise bwtiue
oar is the only BaT.iisa bank in the
co mm unity, and we will get all tne bm
lnrM there ia anyway, or
' "We do not need to advertise because
of the fact that the bank, baa a large,
handsome, dlstiovtlve and centrally lo
cated baildinK, so that everybody In
tbe town knows where the bank Is and
what It stands for in the conununlty
or
"Advert Ulna; is not die nil led for a
bank."
On this subject Mr. MacGregor said
that it would not be dignified to ad
vertise a bank like a patent medicine
is ordinarily advertised; but there is
dignity in a strong, sensible appeal to
a man to be industrious and systematic
In providing for bis own future and
that of those dependent upon him.
"The best copy for savings bank ad
vertising." Mr. MacGregor continued,
"should contain a lot of what newspa
per editors call 'hnman interest.'
"It Is copy that strikes a responsive
chord in the heart as well as in the
mind of the reader. The advertise
ments must be convincing.
"The .savings bank has more right to
expect satisfactory results from adver
tising because of the great number of
people to whom it appeal?. Every one
who earns more than enough money
for the bare necessities of life la a pos
sible saving bank depositor, and prac
tically every one reads newspapers,
therefore the best medium for savings
bank ndverttsinx; is the newspaper."
If savings banks but realized how
they could increase their business by
advertising intelligently there would
not be one in the country that wouldn't
advertise, and dignity and ethics would
be cast to the winds.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyrisht, 1911, by Georg-e Matthew Adams) '
I have aa Idea a baby becomes as tired
of beins; kissed as a parrot becomes of
being asked the .question: "Polly want
a cracker?"
Many a man who will not break into
your house, will Impose on you-. and lie
about you.
The cold, chilly facts are that people
are not very loyal to anyone. If you
hear people criticise others, that's what
they do to you. There is such a thins;
as friendship, but people seldom die for
the sentiment And It is probable that
your friends are as faithful to you as
you are to them.
Juat how much Army officers do for
their country has not Leen decided; but
it cannot be successfully denied that
they do a good deal for society.
The amount of your fortune is always
exaggerated, so that stories that you are
stingy will go better.
How people love money I - And how they
abuse others for loving it!
People "talk" about a married woman
with regret. They prefer to praise her,
and tell how patient she Is, and how she
is neglected by her husband.
If I expect anyone at 5 o'clock, if he
would please me let him appear at 4:30;
I am very impatient.
Say a good thing about a man, and ha
will usually try to live up to it.
Away down deep in his heart, every
man believes the women regard him
a dear.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan, June 13, 186L
We learn from Washington, in a com
munication from thence, dated April 22,
that Captain Magnadier, who is to go
In charge of the expedition to protect
overland emigration, has Anally received
marching orders. .
Tho new collector for Astoria, Mr.
William L. Adams, received his commis
sion by last mail. He has given bonds
in the sum of aoO.OuO, and leaves thla
morning to enter upon his duties.
A roll is in circulation, with 50 or 60
names attached, for the purpose of
forming a military company to be called
the "Old Jefferson Guard." They in
tend reporting themselves to the Commander-in-Chief
of the United States for
active duty, If required.
The dally stages are unable to make
as good time as they have heretofore.
The Incessant rains within the last two
weeks have put the roads in bad condi
tion for travel.
The London Times says that the Brit
ish government might as well offer medi
ation to a hurricane as to parties in,
America.
The Overadvertlsed Chameleon.
Harper's Weekly.
It is popularly supposed that ths
chameleon possesses the power of as
suming all the colors of the rainbow,
but, as a matter of fact, its capabilities
in that line are somewhat restricted, in
asmuch as' certain colors are quite be
yond its attainment. The chameleon
can, however, pass through a series of
yellows, grays, greens and browns until
it reaches a color almost black; and,
unlike the leopard, tho chameleon can
and does change Its spots. The chief
causes of these rapid changes are an
ger, excitement, fear, heat and cold. In
the full blaze of the Summer sun, the
chameleon takes on a blackish hue,
with pale, pinkish yellow spots and a
central stripe.
Tbe Party Line Gets Into Actios.
Puck.
"Hello! Is this Bender's?
"No."
"It is Ludlows'?"
"No. it's "
"Is it Harklys'?"
"No. This is "
"Is it Pendergasts'?"
"No, it isn't. This Is "
"Is It Hallo ways'?"
"Xo. Let me talk! This is Jame-
"Goodl Just who C wanted to tallt
to!"
Taking; "o Medical Chance.
Winchester (Va.) Herald.
"Of course." the surgeon said who
had operated for appendicitis, "thers
will be a scar."
"That's all right," replied the pa
tient. "Leave any kind of a mark you
like that - will prevent some strange
doctor from coming along and oper-
ating again."