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Th Chicago Inter-Ocean quotes
iMoinc organ or in insurgents' as
suggesting that, since the progres
ses have gone to pieces, on the reci
procity campaign, the beat war out la
or them to support a "progressive
Democrat" for PrmldsnL Tha Intl-
-natlcn la given that the name of a
"nationally known Insurgent Republican-
presumably La Follette
ught to be nominated for Vlce
Prrsident with Woodrow Wilson.
-.hough It is admitted that It la ut-
rrtv ImnPAhihU IVil t K rWttnAratttf
convention would make such a nomi
nation." The apprehension of the Insurgent
paper la well founded. The Demo
crat have an eye out for the main
chance, and they know that too much
Insurgency on the Democratic ticket
la quite as bad as too little. They will
follow the usnal practice. If Wilson
hall be nominated, of selecting a can
didate with a large and accessible
barL as they did In 1S6. when they
nominated the shipbuilder SewelU who
had no other Qualification but money.
Darts In 104. and Kern In DOS.
La Follette la. besides, a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
President: or there are several lone
some gentlemen In the progressive
ramp who think he ta, or will be.
Mr. Bourne has taken personal charge
of the La Follette campaign and our
own LatTerty (Walter) contemplates
throwing the weight of his powerful
Influence In the La Follette scales.
There will be something doing In Ore
gon next year, when Senator Bourne
grandly neglects his own campaign
tor' re-election and nobly dedicates
ktmself and his mlghtly talents to the
cause of La Follette. the only honest
man anywhere.
But suppose La Follette shall be
nominated by the Republicans what
then?
T.TTTCT or tfrr. rristotT amexd-
MENT.
The constitutional amendment for
the direct election of Senators Is not
yet out of danger. It has several
squares to move over before It reaches
the safe harbor of the kins; row, and
In the meantime It may be captured by
the enemy and put out of the game.
As It left the House the amendment
was so framed that It deprived Con
grew of all control over the election of
Senators, leaving the entire subject to
the State Legislatures. In the Senate
Mr. Brtstnw, of Kansas, offered an
amendment to the resolution which re.
stored the authority of Congress. In
fact the Bristow amendment, so much
talked of Just now. simply Imposed the
original language of the Constitution
upon the resolution as It came from
the House. This says that Congress
may at any time by law make or alter
existing regulations concerning the
choice of Senators. The Bristow
amendment passed the Senate by the
aid of Vice-President Sherman's cast
ing vote. The entire resolution must
now go to a conference committee,
jrhlch will take up the difference be
tween the House and Senate and try
to settle It by a compromise In case
neither - body will recede from Its
ground. It Is said by some that no
compromise can be reached and that
the amendment la likely to fail once
more on that account.
It has even been suggested that Mr.
JBrtsfw In offering hta amendment to
the i)use resolution was moved by se
cret hostility to the plan of direct elec
tion. He knew. It Is said, that he
would thus excite an Irreconcilable op
position between the two houses of
Congress and thus stave off the Issue
for a few years more. Of course It
can only be postponed. Sooner or later
direct elections are as certain to come
as leaves In June. But It Is absurd to
whisper any such suspicion of Mr.
Bristow motives. He Is a sincere
man according to his lights, and be
lieves as cordially as any member of
the Senate In the rule of the people.
Indeed he owes all his political for
tunes to the direct action of the Kansas
voters at the primaries. He Is not
likely to want to break down the
bridge which has carried him safely
to a seat In the Senate. No doubt Mr.
Bristow honestly thinks that It Is best
for Congress to retain explicit power to
oversee Senatorial elections. It would
seldom be used, perhaps never, but
one can Imagine contingencies where
It would be invaluable. For example,
were a number of the State Legisla
tures to omit making provision for
choosing: Senators, they might serl
ously embarrass the Federal Govern
ment or suspend the operation of Its
machinery. This fancy seems to us
rather chimerical, but It hsa been set
out as a weighty objection to the
House resolution, and probably It ap
pears Important to some minds. We
dare say Senator Bristow sees some
thing In It.
The South objects to Federal control
of Senatorial elections, and since the
voire of that section la predominant in
the House by reason of the Democratic
majority, we need not expect that Its
point will be yielded to the Senate In
conference, on the otner nana, since
the Senate adopted the Bristow amend
ment by one vote only, we might rea
sonably think that It would give way
without much urging. The truth Is.
however, that many Senators who
voted for direct election are not really
In favor of it. and will be glad of a
decent pretext for defeating It without
going on record. So It Is not likely
that they will be eager for compro
mise If they see a way to gain their in
direct purpose by standing out for Mr.
Brlstow's amendment- With this state
of things in prospect, we must not be
too confident that direct election will
b embodied In the Federal Constitu
tion Immediately. The whole subject
may have to. pass over until the next
ww Rffsuiftna f idii
-dr. uprtN ordar or personal ebIi
our local bank, stamp., coin r emw
f .1 tne Ktikri r!k. OI. poeloff'.e
Congress, and perhaps suffer the same
fate there. The South Is determined
to win every point It can for local con
trol of all Its elections. Were Congress
Intrusted with, explicit authority In the
matter. It might possibly pluck up
courage some time or other to protect
the constitutional lights of the negroes
who are now disfranchised In so many
states. This would be extremely dis
tasteful to the politicians of that re
gion, who thrive on race hatred in nu
merous Instances.
BBOWXELlS AJWrKD SOTIOS.
Mr. BrownelL formerly a state sen-1
ator, once president of the Senate,
erstwhile a land fraud defendant, and
always a tnoun of the people or
some of them now appears . before
the public in a new role. He la mayor
of Oregon City. But It la of no use
for a man like Browne!! to be mayor.
If people do not know It; so he set
about the other day to do a little ad
vertising for his own benefit. He
made an address at the unveiling' of
a fountain erected at Oregon City In
memory of Dr. John McLoughlin.
wherein he wandered far afield from
any pertinent discussion of the great
services to Oregon of the revered Mc
Loughlin with a defense of the late
John H. Mitchell.
Senator Mitchell was prosecuted at
the' Instance of President Roosevelt,
said BrownelL because -the Senator
was chairman of the Inter-oceanic
canal committee and the President
sought to destroy him In order to
steal for himself the great glory of
building the canal between the Atlan
tic and Pacific.
This Is all most absurd. There 1
nothing- to sustain It. There is every
thing to refute It. The land-fraud In
vestigations In Oregon were begun
without the slightest expectation or
purpose of Involving Senator Mitchell.
The particular occasion for them was
the difficulty between Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock and Commissioner
of the Land Office Hermann; and their
Inspiration was Hitchcock. The Secre
tary of the Interior was not pursuing
Senator Mitchell, and there was no
Idea that he was Involved: he was
after Mr. Hermann. He did not get
Hermann, but, largely through acci
dent, evidence was procured for a pro
ceeding against Senator Mitchell In a
charge only Indirectly related to the
land frauds.
President Roosevelt did not need to
destroy any one to get credit for the
Panama Canal, or to remove a par
tisan of the Nicaragua route, which
Senator Mitchell favored. He did not
destroy 6enator Morgan, a more con
spicuous and famous advocate of Nic-
aragja than any other.
He went ahead on his own account
as President to close up the negotiation
for Panama, without reference to the
attitude of any Senator; and he car
ried It through.
Mr. BrownelL now that Tie has been
somewhat chastened by his own ex
periences with the Government, ought
to get things straight Or Is this re
markable story of his a mere prelim
inary to a revelation that President
Roosevelt sought to destroy him
(Brownell) by prosecuting him for
land frauds because he wanted to be
Governor, or Congressman, or District
Attorney, or any thing he could get?
A3C CJiWISB' rROSECTTlON.
The Nmt Tork County Medical So
ciety Is not acting wisely In prosecut
ing Wentworth Byron Wlnslow. As a
Christian Science healer he has cured
natienta of various maladies by un
orthodox methods and possibly he has
tafhnlr-allv violated the state law. but
If the regular doctors were better ad
vised they would overlook inese mat
ters. They should not take offense be
cause other men cure diseases by
methods which are out of their line or
practice, nor Is It Judicious for them
to nse the power of the law to sup
press medical progress In directions
which they themselves ao not wisu 10
follow.
Orthndo medicine has Its uses and
they are very extended, but other sys
tem of healing are also Denenciai.
People of mature years ought to be
free to choose any method they like of
curing their ailments. If they happen
to select the wrong one In any given
Instance, the law of nature will Inflict
sufficient penalty without calling in
the Sheriff. The authorities ought to
see to It that communicable diseases
r. Ttrnrt.riv looked after and children
protected from the Ignorant fanaticism
f their misguided friends, dui oeyona
this the Isvw cannot Justly go.
a ......nilnn Ilka, that of the Chrls-
tiah Scientist Wlnslow gives counte-
.n in th. accusstlon that regular
physicians are Intolerant, that they
wish to found a medical trust, and so
on. It militates seriously against Na
tional legislation for the protection of
the public health, since It fortifies
prejudice against scientific medicine.
Genuine medical science has no more
need of legal protection than any
other true science. By Invoking the
law It harks back to the ways of the
Inquisition, when It was supposed that
orthodoxy could not survive without
the help of the rack and stake. It Is
perfectly proper for the law to compel
every healer or medicine vender or
what not to tell the public exactly
what he Is giving them, but If. being
forewarned, they accept It, they ought
to bear the consequences.
A GUT FtlALAJfX.
For several days past an unusual
number of men with the frost rime
of time upon beard and chin, and gen.
tie-faced women with heads thatched
with snow have been going In and out
about the city, their presence bring
ing the dreamy, misty, heroic past in
close touch with the active, glowing
present. It Is necessary to Introduce
these visitors to the great body of
citizens who throng our streets today,
but to all whose residence In Portland
dates back to the city's earlier years
the gray-haired phalanx that presses
our streets with the halting steps Is
Instantly recognized as the remnant
of a once numerous but yearly dwin
dling host that Is fondly hailed as
"Pioneers."
Some of the members of this pha
lanx crowned In gray are Indian War
Veterans, veritable soldiers who fought
in the forefront of civilization In the
Pacific Northwest. All are pioneers.
And to each and every one battle
scarred men. women upon whose faces
and forms the battle of civilization
has left an enduring impress and their
descendants who were born In early
cabin homes cordial welcome and
good cheer are extended by the citi
zens of a proud and prosperous city
whlch was known to these old-newcomers
in its wild environment and
rude beginnings.
These people make no plaint of the
early conditions Into which they vol
untarily came or were arbitrarily
brought. The dangers of the pioneer
life were In a degree offset by the
peace of many quiet years; the isola
tion in which the pioneers dwelt was
cheered and brightened by the spirit
of true netghborllness that extended
far and wide. The dangers that
lurked at times were common dan
gers, the pleasures were common
pleasures and there was a riotous
abundance on every hand which
scouted all thought of destitution.
Such clothing as was needed was
readily procurable and In addition to
this the simple, well-kept Sunday
suit hung In a corner under the raft
ers of thrift, giving assurance of re
spectable appearance and the self-respect
that follows It. when camp meet
ing time came round, or the preacher,
riding; his long circuit, halted at the
hospitable farm house on stated Sun
days and preached a satisfying: gospel
In the log- schoolhouse hardby.
Dlctance from market rendered ex
tra labor In producing any surplus of
agriculture, except wheat, futile, and
this standard product of pioneer fields
went to far markets in bottoms that
were hastened on their way by favor
ing breezes or delsyed by adverse
gales. Though the conditions of a
far and restricted market not infre
quently sent the price of the pioneers"
wk..f A yarn f n Kn r.nlt A. bushel and
held It there for several successive
harvests, the Income was generally
more than sufficient to meet the outgo
and contentment went hand in hand
with plenty.
. These things are dear to the mem
ory of the pioneer. They belong to a
storied past and are tenderly recorded
in the books of memory. Incidents by
which the story is embellished will be
recited tonight by the annua! campflre
of the Pioneer Association. The great
est good fellowship, .reflecting from
far-away, years when people were ac
counted neighbors, even though they
dwelt ten or twenty miles apart, will
characterize the closing scene of the
yearly reunion: good-byes will be said
with bearded lips that mock the tre
mor of faint hearts. "Auld Lang Syne"
will be sung, trembling voices rising in
faint, sweet treble or quavering baas
in the chorus, and with the Invocation
-rsnA h rith van till we meet again"
rising from full hearts to smiling lips,
the gray phalanx will disband, and the
thirty-ninth annual reunlon of the
Oregon Pioneer Association will be
ended.
Honor to the pioneers, and may the
thinning of their ranks by Nature be
ordered along lines of a kindness that
gives sleep -when sleep Is due and to
tired hands whose work is done the
benlson of rest. And may each mem
ber of the gray phalanx live as long as
life holds enjoyment and be able to re
turn to us year after year In the bloom
and beauty of June, as long as ne or
she lives! ; .
ntosEcrnoN of trust officials.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, wishes
Congress to bring criminal prosecu
tions atauinat the officials of the trusts
which have been held guilty of violat
ing the Sherman law. Both ex-PresI-dent
Roosevelt and President Taft
have stated the reason why such
prosecutions have not been begun
that Juries refuse to convict. They re
fuse to convict because there la no uni
versal, urgent public opinion in favor
of the Imprisonment of trust officials.
The general public does not regard It
as a crime to organize a trust, but
rather as a smart trick if one can "get
away with it." If the average Jury
were confronted with the saintly face
of John D. Rockefeller, accused of the
crime of organizing a trust, for which
the penalty was a term In prison. It
would regard him as the Impersona
tion of so many hundred millions and
as a very smart man to have acquired
all that money. In Its heart it would
fall down and worship him and would
promptly acquit him and send him
away with -a halo on his brow.
Enforcement of law cannot go far
if at all. In advance of public opinion,
for Juries, after all. represent public
opinion as well as Judgment on the
facts in any particular case. The fail
ure of prohibition laws In states where
the people persist In drinking proves
this. Although a Jury may be Impar
tial as to the particulars of the case
In court. It takes with it Into the Jury
box the general sentiment of the com
munity on the subject involved and
decides in accordance therewith. In
spite of the Judge's instructions as to
the law. The many acquittals, on
such specious pleas as Insanity, of
men who have applied the. unwritten
law by killing others Is another ex
ample. If Mr. Pomerene really wishes to
have trust officers imprisoned it -will
be necessary for him to convince the
great mass of the people that trust
officers ought to be in Jail and create
a general desire to put them In Jail.
Then Juries may convict and Judges
sentence, but not before. Until then
such resolutions as Mr. Pomerene has
Introduced are mere buncombe.
TRICKS IN TARIFF-MAKING.
Once more the Government is
learning that ad valorem duties are a
premium on customs frauds, but the
Democrats Ignore the lesson and In
the new wool tariff bill propose to sub
stitute ad valorem for specific duties.
Frauds amounting to millions of dol
lars are said to have been discovered
in Importations of cutlery, opportu
nity for which has been given by the
peculiar construction of the tariff
schedule.
An ad valorem duty has. the merit
of showing on 1U face what ratio th
duty bears to the value of the com
modity, for which reason It Is pre
ferred by the tariff reformer. But It
offers temptation to th importer to
evade duty by undervaluation. In
which he Is aided by the foreign mer
chant from whom he burs." The Gov
ernment's only defense is a corps of
skilled appraisers, of wide knowledge
and unshakable Integrity... A specino
duty, being levied on the quantity and
quality of the goods. Involves so many
technical descriptions of which the
average citizen Is Ignorant that It may
be unconscionably high without ap
pearing so. By its many diversities
in classification It also opens the wa
to fraud and dispute. Senator Aldrlch
worked so many "snakes" into trie
wool and cotton schedules of the
Payne-Aldrlch law that the late Sen
ator Dolllver literally worked himself
Into his grave ferreting them out.
In tariffs, as in other things, th
simplest way Is the best and the most
honest. A complex tariff made up of
a number of different rates of duty,
some specific, some ad valorem, with
a maze of technical descriptions of
the commodities taxed, with provisos
and exceptions without limit, gives an
opening for the tricky legislator to
slip in a few words which entirely
change the effect of a schedule and a
rate of duty for the benefit of some
pet Industry.
Two notable cases in comparatively
recent history illustrate this fact,
When the great anthracite coal strike
caused a fuel famine in the East and
a demand for free Importation of
coal, close examination of the tariff re
vealed that, though It was generally
believed that anthracite coal was ad
mitted duty free, it was In reality sub
ject to the same duty as bituminous
coaL A trick had been .played in de
fining anthracite coal. The law pro
vided that all anthracite coal contain
ing more than a certain percentage
of fixed carbon should come In freer
all containing less than that percen
tage should pay duty at the same rate
as bituminous. That definition classi
fied as bituminous coal, or with it, all
the anthracite coal that came In, or
was likely to come in, from abroad.
It pretended to give a boon to the
Eastern coal consumer, but really
taxed him and gave the boon to the
coal trust.
A similar trick was played with the
petroleum duty. The Dlngley tariff
pretended to admit petroleum and its
products free, but contained a proviso
that all such Imports coming from a
I country which Imposed a duty on pe-
Itroleum from the United States should
pay 99 per cent duty. - If the men
who drew that bill did not know, they
I should have been Informed, that every
other petroleum-producing country in
the world Imposed a tariff on that com
modity. Hence, the Standard Oil
Company and Its few competitors en
Joyed 99 per cent protection until the
trick was discovered and the proviso
repealed by the Payhe-Aldrich law.
With tariffs as with other things. It
is a good rule to see that the goods
are as represented before accepting
them.
Some bureaucratlo devotee of red-
tape conservation and strangulation
has written an article for publication
in a local paper complaining of a re
cent discussion by The Oregonian of
the Olympic peninsula ' and Govern
ment methods there. The Aberdeen
World, printed at one gateway of the
peninsula, reprints In fufl The Orego
nlan's article "A Blight on Develop
ment" and says that "every resident
of Grays Harbor will recognize it as
faithful to the minutest detail." AVe
have a real preference for the testi
mony of people who know. The Gov
ernment bureaucrats, or some of them,
have not,
Score again for-the parrot! A few
days ago a circumstance was noted
wherein one of these gorgeously vested
brawlers of bird land proved her use
fulness by putting a burglar to flight
with her vociferous shout "Get out,
get out." And now comes a story from
Oregon City in which "Polly" brought
assistance to her paralyzed owner
who, but for the bird, lived alone, by
her loud cries for help.. If this record
is kept up we shalt have to forgive
"Pretty Polly" for the raucous tones In
which she voices her vanity ad
hunger, in season and out of season.
Horace Havemeyer's filial loyalty to
his father is praiseworthy, but one
scarcely expects that he can do much
to retrieve a reputation so hopelessly
bad. The evil the old trust founder
did lives after him In glaring shame
lessness. If he ever did any good it
lies interred with his bones. So it will
be with all our financial Caesars. They
will be remembered to point morals
and adorn tales and everybody will
forget all about the colleges tljey en
dowed. Versatility Is required in Portland
policemen. They must not only be
able to walk, ride, sboot, know a little
law, time a speeding automobile, rec
ognize a face they have not seen for
years, escort a lady across a street with
the gallantry of a Beau Brummel, rec
ognize a fantan or faro layout, but
they must know how to catch a snake
and cage It. Patrolman Wilson was
equal to the occasion.
The three Northwestern States are
taking turns at experience with out
laws. First came Waslhngtori with
Bill Byrd, then Oregon with the train
robbers, and now comes Idaho with
Hugh Whitney, the multiple murderer
The law-dodger watches the brief ca
reer of the outlaw with the reflection
that his own game Is safer, more prof
itable and lasts longer.
If the Senate passes the Underwood
bill reducing the wool tariff the Presi
dent will find himself between the
horns of a dilemma. He must make
his choice between an. "Indefensible
schedule" and an indefensible revision
of It, and whichever way he turns he
will make some votes and lose some.
If the soda water which Inspired
Adam Wurra, of Salem, to telegraph
news of his own death to his wife
could have been analyzed, perhaps a
strong stick would have been found in
It. A druggist sometimes puts strange
things in soda water when given the
right wink.
A strike of rich silver ore in Baker
County calls attention to a mining re
gion within easy reach and of better
promise than the alluring fields of
Alaska.
Vacation time la here, and the boy
with the blood lust and a .22 will soon
be abroad. It Is in the blood and
bound to work out.
Dr. Osier may have been ripe for
his own chloroform treatment. He
no doubt thinks his title has pro
longed his usefulness.
There are many happy tuft-hunters
in England and many sorrowfully feel
the place where they think the tuft
ought to be but is not.
"Absolute Life" See's defense is that
his cult is pure. All of them talk that
way until the shotgun puts them
where they cannot talk.
The news Is out of plate anywhere
but in the funny columr. that frost
nipped vegetation at Lake Lablsh Sun
day night.
Apostle See was able to hornswog
gle the women with his cult, and they
appear to have liked It,
Twenty-flve cents appears to be the
established price of Oregon hops, but
the season Is young.
The regulation requiring lights on
rowboats will save a few foolish lives.
Hello, pioneers, and hello again.
What's the best word?
For ten long weeks the schoolmarm
need not set the alarm.
Give the ambitious boy a Job during
vacation.
FORMER TEXAN BOOSTS TEXAS
Mor. Dlaenaslo. on Water,' Whiskey,
Mosquitoes, Climate, Ete.
PORTLAND, Or, June 20. (To the
Editor.) In an editorial on "A Bilious
Voice From Texas," in The Oregonian
of a recent issue, a great Injustice Is
don to the Lone Star Stat. If a pes
simistic; Texan writes bad things In the
Houston Post about Oregon, because he
could not find watermelons - In the
Springtime there, there Is no good rea
son why Tbe Oregonian, In an editorial,
should defame the great State of Texas
by quoting th "bilious views" of an
Oregon resident who spent two months
Lin Southeastern Texas.
That a healthy person can become an
Invalid by living for two months in
Southeastern Texas, as it happened to
the Oregon resident, is something new
to me, a resident of Southeastern Texas
for 19 years, as well as to any other
Texan. I never was shaking with
fever, as the "Oregon Resident" ex
presses it; never took a single dose of
quinine or calomel; neither have I heard
that the drugs are used in that region
any more than elsewhere. During the
It years of my residence In Texas I
have seen only one patient of malarial
fever, and heard of few. While there
may be some marshy spots that are
aubject to malaria, I am sure that It
can be found In Oregon, or In nearly
any of the other states; so that the
"Oregon Resident" could have selected
a place to have pitched his tent from
over 200.000 square miles of land not
subject to malaria or any other mal
ady, and savd himself from becoming
an Invalid.
"Oregon Resident" also says that
there Is more meat and fewer good
steaks in Texas. The fact is, one can
obtain at normal price as delicious
steaks there aa anywhere In the United
States. He says more horses and fewer
good roads. To this I will say that I
have seen worse roads In Oregon than
I did in Texas. The more settled part
of Texas Is surely not behind in good
roads, notwithstanding that it has
much more railroad to the square mile
than Oregon.
As to religion, I think that Texas is
as religious, if not more, than Oregon,
or any other state. As to "more doc
tors and less health," I do not know the
ratio of physicians to the population
as It would require statistical data to
answer It, but I do know that there is
as much health there as anywhere. My
constitution Is not stronger than th
average man's, and I can say that I am
by no means an Invalid after living
there 19 years, and I am a good sped
men of a Texan.
There Is plenty of good water In
Texas, as artesian wells can be bored
almost anywhere there; and If It is not
as cool as the mountain water In Ore'
gon. it can be cooled with ice, which Is
manufactured everywhere. As to bad
whisky, of which the "Oregon Resi
dent" complains, I will aay that I have
not sampled enough to become author
ity on that stuff, but will, however,
venture my opinion on it. It mostly
depends on the locality in Texas, as
well as In Oregon. In a "blind pig
locality it is very bad, but I can as
sure every one contemplating a visit to
Texas that the licensed localities carry
a variety of the best brands, from "Old
Crow" to "That's AIL"
Regarding tbe hot climate, Texas Is
repaid with a very mild and pleasant
Winter climate, resembling mostly the
Spring In Oregon, with only occasional
rains. True, there are sections inrestea
with mosquitoes and other insects typical
to semi-tropical regions, but that is eas
ily overcome by the help of wire and
cloth screens, which are extensively in
use. and If the "Oregon Resident" did not
see a window screen, as he says, he
has not visited any decent dwelling
houses In Texas.
"Oregon Resident" complains of Tex
as having more cattle and fewer dalr
les. To that I will say that I have
lived ' for nearly a year In a town In
Oregon that has 1000 milch cows within
a radius of five miles, and actually did
not taste nor see butter that was not
shipped from a distance of less than 76
miles. 1
In conclusion, I own no real estate
or other Interests In Texas, and Intend
to make Oregon my home; so there
cannot be any selfish motive of my de
fending my former home state.
DANIEL ROBINSON.
Formerly of Galveston, Texas.
Why should not The Oregonian quote
the views of a resident of Oregon on
Texas or any other state or any sub
ject? The Oregonian did not defame
Texas. It did not even quote the fa
mous remark of General Sherman or
was It General Sheridan? that If ha
owned hell and Texas, he would sell
Texas and live In the-other place. The
Oregonian lef erred to an Oregon resi
dent's view of Texas merely to say that
the unhappy experiences and choleric
opinions of one individual should hard
ly be permitted to Influence a fair and
correct Judgment of a state and Its peo
ple. Why did not this Texan read the
article in The Oregonian about which
he essays to write?
Run of 181 SI lie to Play Golf.
Chicago Dispatch.
Flv officials of the Rock Island rail
way system ran a special train from
Mollne, 111, to Chicago, a distance of
181 miles. In order to play a game of
golf at the links of the Rock Island
arsenal golf club. The five were Presi
dent Mudge, Vice-President Crosley,
Second Vice-President Melcher, Gen
eral Manager TInsman and General
Passenger Agent Allen
New Leader at Prlnceto. Cnlveratty
Newark, N. J, Despatch.
Dr. John Grier Hlbben, profesor of
philosophy In the Princeton faculty,
mentioned as a possiDie successor to
Woodrow Wilson in the presidency of
the university, was born at Peoria, 111,
In 1861, and has been at Princeton since
1891. He was graduated from Prince
ton In 1882. took his A. M. three years
later, and bis Ph. D. in 1S93.
Two Silver Wedding Anniversaries.
Camden. N. J, Despatch.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Hendrlck
son. of Atlantlo City, N. J, have Just
celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their marriage. It was Mr. Hen
drickson's second sliver wedding anni
versary. He was married to his first
wife 31 years and two years after her
death he was wedded to his present
wife.
Financier of the Honaebold.
Chicago Record-Herald.
i"So he married a manicurist?"
"Yes."
"Is he happy?"
"I'm afraid not. He complains that
she has quit holding his hand and
wants to confine herself exclusively to
holding the pocketbook."
SGOOO Prise for Efficient Lamp.
London Telegraph.
An . anonymous colliery owner,
through Winston Churchill, the home
secretary of England, has offered a
prize of $5000 for an efficient electric
safety lamp. The competition Is open
to the world.
One Fotatoe In the World.
London Tit-Bits.
If there were but one potato In the
world a careful cultivator might pro
duce 10,000,000.000 from It in ten years,
and thus supply the world with seed
Industrial Railroads.'
Baltimore American.
There are 2208 Industrial railroads In
this country, most of which are op
erated in connection with industrial
plants and do nt accept outside business.
AMONG current novels that suggest
Summer and the Idle but restful
ease that comes with vacation days,
William Romaine Peterson's new
novel "The Old Dance Master" is
notable for its quaint, refreshing
humor. If another name had to be
evolved for this 'story, this one might
do: "Herr Habenlchts" Philosophy."
Here are several samples of that phllo
soph)K "I bar dined vith cabiien and vith kings,
and haf been happy vitii both. I haf worn
de soloahoa of Fortune and de goloshes of
Misfortune, and dey' both tit. You ay vat Is
happiness 7 How could I haf been happy
vith ail de money and de land gone? Ach
Ja, read Epictetua. You mention Heine?
Heine said he was not large enough to bear
humllitatlon. But I say. Duchess, dat I
am too big for d. little mousetraps ot mis
fortune. Dey don't admit me!"
"Cynicism." said Herr Habenlchts, In
Idiomatic French, "is frozen truth. But
Duchesse, the great book, have the tem
perature of this wine. I mean Its Inner,
latent temperature. Ha. ha. on dit. good
wine has a body, but It baa also, like a
good book, a soul."
"Are you married, Herr Habenlchts?"
asked Swefllng.
"No." said Herr Habenlchts. gravely; "but
X haf written a book about love."
"It 1. with men as with asparagus. Th.
most Important thing la the head," remarked
the Baron.
"Toa are one of those rare men." said Mr.
Botolph. "who remain unpolsoned by th.
poisons of this world."
"I haf had a happy life, Mr. Botolph,"
replied the Baron. "I haf seen de fun
everywhere, In Mrs. Vlx's as well as with de
Duchesse. Ye must take risks. Ven de
potter makes a vase he knows it Is a risk
becose a vase is easily broken. Ach Ja, and
ven Gott : makes a heart. He knows It is a
risk becose a heart la easily broken. I llks
de hearts dat break as de day breaks Into
sunshine! I like de varm nh and blood,
not de vrosen meat of humanityl I repeat
to myself de lines of de Orphic formula
" To hold a hand uplifted over HAe,
And shall not Loveliness be loved for ever!' "
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William Dean Howells, after a long
Interval, has written another of his
farces. "Parting Friends," published
this week. The scene is a trans
Atlantic liner In all the hubbub of de
parture. A young couple, secretly en
gaged, endeavor to find a quiet corner
and a spare moment for a farewell
kiss, but are thwarted by a succession
of other leave-taking friends laden
with the usual gifts. After numerous
disappointments, the lover has to hurry
ashore, and to cap the climax, see the
kiss his sweetheart wafts to him from
the deck appropriated by another man.
"Parting Friends" now takes Its place
with its older brothers, "The Mouse
Trap" and "The Sleeping-Car," which
have withstood two generations of
amateur actors.
Frederick W. Taylor's new book,
"Shop Management," Is a practical ex
position of the theories given to the
world in "The Principles of Scientific
Management." Here Mr. Taylor shows
how they have actually accomplished
the,. seemingly Impossible higher
wages and Increased dividends with
the same products at the same prices
in the shops, yards and factories of
different industries. This Is Intended
as a practical book and is somewhat
more technical In character than Its
predecessor. Some of the subjects are:
The Evils of Soldiering; Accurate
Scientific Time Study; Functional Fore
manship; The Task Idea In Manage
ment; Systems of Paying Wages;
Standards; Planning Department,
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Poet The verses which you are per
using are th precious children of my
brain.
Editor (feelingly) Poor little or
phans. Exchange.
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Books Most in Demand.
Returns from various cities:
CHICAGO.
Wind and Weather.
Lady of the Lake.
Open Country.
Molly's Fourth Hus
band. Songs of the Open.
NEW YORK.
Telephone Directory-
"Who's Who.
The World Almanac.
Bradstreet's.
Almanach d. Gotha.
Dun's Commercial
Reports.
PHILADELPHIA.
East Lynne. I
Children of the Abbey
Thaddeus of Warsaw.
Scottish Chiefs.
St. Elmo.
Edna Browning.
KANSAS CITT.
Pigs Is Pigs.
The Call of th. Wild.
Tbe Prairie.
Hoy to Know the
Wild Flowers.
BOSTON.
Marcus Aurelius.
Eplctetus.
Browning's Poems.
Kant on Pure Reason.
Emerson's Essays.
Ibsen's Dramas.
PITTSBURG.
The City of Dreadful
Night.
The Smoke Eaters.
The Grafters.
An Affair of Dishonor.
The Spoilers.
The Great Divide.
The Sootable Child.
INDIANAPOLIS.
Who's Hoosler.
Alice of old Ten Cents
Beverly of Graustark.
Graustark of Beverly.
Poems Here to Hum.
The Cows of a Thou
sand Handles.
Book Agent Could I sell you a copy
of this book, "One Hundred Ways of
Winning a Woman?"
Mose Jackson Ah knows 200 ways
mahself. Wot troubles me Is getting
rid ob 'em! Puck.
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In "Jungle Trails and Jungle Peo
ple," published this week, Caspar
Whitney gives an account of his ex
periences among the Sakals, an almost
unknown people. They are a half
wild aboriginal folk living In Perak,
the most northerly part of the Malay
Peninsula. They live in trees, and un
like most savages, have neither idols
nor a priesthood and of course, no
written language. Their country is
little traveled and they disappear at
the Intrusion of outsiders.
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A movement has been started to pur
chase and maintain as a permanent
memorial to Louisa M. Alcott the
"Orchard House" In Concord, Mass,
where Miss Alcott wrote "Little Wo
men," and many ot her other stories.
The house and sufficient land about
it can be bought ana put In order for
$8000. If this sum can be raised the
house will be repaired and placed In
the charge of a permanent organiza
tion which will maintain it as an Alcott
Memorial. The Concord Woman's Club
appeals to all lovers of Miss Alcott to
help by contributions, large or small.
Contributions may be sent to Henry F.
Smith, Jr., Middlesex Institution for
Savings, Concord, Mass.
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The third paper of Guglielmo Fer
rero's notable historical series in The
Century on "The Women of the
Caesars" will tell in the July Issue the
dramatic story of the daughters of
Agrippa atid the part they played la
the making of Rome's history.
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Cardinal Gibbons, who Is a member
of the Dickens centenary testimonial
committee, has written to the honor
ary secretary. Francis Arthur Jones, a
letter In which he expresses sincere ap
proval of the movement and best
wishes for its success in this country.
"I feel," he writes, "that it is only
fitting for the English-speaking peo
ple of our land to return honor to
whom It Is due. Personally, I hold Mr.
Dickens very high as a portrayer of
character and writer of honor and
moral truth. I often refer with pleas
ure to passages in his popular novels."
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June 24 has. been set for the date
of Issue of "Thorpe's Way," a novel
much In the style of George Bernard
Shaw, by Morley Roberts, a . novelist
better known in England, perhaps,
than in this country. "Thorpe's Way"
is described as a blend of medieval ro
mance and modern socialism.
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A tenth printing of Jeffery Farnol's
romance, "The Broad Highway," is an
nounced. a a a
Annie Payson Call, whose latest book
Is "Brain Power for Business Men." Is
one of the latest New England authors
to go abroad for the coronation festivities.
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
The great hold that advertising has
on the public is illustrated by the
preparations that are being mada for
the great National convention of the
Associated Advertising Clnba of Amer
ica, which Is to be held In Boston the
first four days of August next.
These advertising clubs are composed
of men who are Intensely Interested In
their profession who realize what a
crreat force advertising; la in the busi
ness world who are willing; to give up
vacations and to spend their own money
to meet and seriously discuss every
phase of the advertising business. In
order thr.x all may learn something
more about the business than they now
know.
It Is not a pleasure Jaunt by any
means It Is a very serious business
that the advertising men have in hand.
Of course, there will be some pleasure
thrown In. because it is Impossible for
a gathering of men not to wish to have
some recreation mixed in with an edu
cational conference, so the programme
Includes a lot of special pleasure fea
tsTres that have been planned by the
hospitable New Englanders for the en
tertainment of the visitors.
It is expected that there will be
from 2000 to 2500 men from all parts
of fhe country present, and that means
that there will be at least from SOOO to
SSOO new suggestions made as to how
the advertising profession, as a whole,
may be Improved and how the work of
the members of the profession may be
made more efficient.
Now, 2000 to 2500 new Ideas about
how to Improve the business of manu
facturers and merchants are a great
many. It Is one Idea to a man.
If those who attend the convention
will take their note books and jot down
the things that they will hear that will
be of advantage to them, every man
will go back to his work better
equipped, mentally and morally, for the
great work that lies before him.
I mention particularly that he will
be better equipped morally because It
takes men of strong convictions with
a keen sense of right doing to under
stand today successful work in the ad
vertising business. The modern ad
vertising man must be the strong force
to compel the merchant or manufac
turer to state only facts In advertise
ments he must be the strong force to
Insist that publications shall not print
fake or unreliable advertisements of
any kind.
The men of the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs will make It clear at the
forthcoming convention that they stand
' for the good only in the advertising
business, and they will discuss plans to
Improve advertising generally to make
readers of advertisements appreciate
their real value to them.
It will be a notable convention.
(To be continued.)
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian June 21, 1SG1.
The river at this point is now within
two feet of high water mark of '59 and
still rising.
Stepher A. Douglas is dead. We do
not know the day of his death. He
was to be burled near Chicago, at. the
Cottage Grove, on the 7th of June. It
will be told of Senator Douglas that
he gave the last efferts of his life to
the Union and the Government he loved
above all things of earth.
Workmen, under the superintendence
of the Street Commissioners, are now
engaged in grading and graveling the
street in front of the Courthouse.
There was a gathering of the peo
ple at Farmlngton, Washington Coun
ty, on the 19th inst. A flag pole of
112 feet was raised, and a flag 15 feet
long and feet wide and "no star
erased," was hoisted by the ladies.
Arrangements are being made for a
Union celebration by the people of
Polk and Marion counties on the an
niversary of our National independence.
The old emigrant road across the
Cascades Is lri order for traveling.
Court Etiquette and Garters.
"King Edward VII as a Sportsman."
The late Duke of Dovenshire, who
was very careful in every tiling, once
entertained King Edward VII at a ball
at Devonshire House, which was the
talk of London. As his majesty went
away, he ocmpllmented the duke on
the magnificent manner in which every
thing had been done and the way in
which the evening had passed off. He
said he could not suggest any- change
for the better, save in one little thing,
which he hoped his grace would not
mind his mentioning. "What is it, sir,"
inquired the duke with much anxiety,
"Pray tell me."
"You have got your garter on upside
down," replied the king.
More Waist, the Less Speed.
Detroit Free Press.
"Mr. Taft," said a Republican states
man, "Is, for his weight, exceedingly
nimble. I remember once, in Cincinnati,
running for his train with him. He ran
well, but, of course, I, with my slender
and athletic build, beat him easily. I
had to wait on every corner, and in
consequence we missed the train.
"Mr Taft said, with an apologetic
laugh, as we turned away from the
closed train gate:
" 'It was my fault we missed her.
More waist, you know, less speed."
Thackery'. Exhibit In Legs.
London Chronicle.
Thackery's lectures started well in
America. Of the first lecture he de
livered in the country his friend Field
records: "I remember Thackery's up
roarious shouting and dancing when he
was told that the tickets to his first
course of lectures were all sold. When
we rode together from his hotel to the
lecture hall, he insisted on thrusting
both his long legs out of the carriage
window in deference, as he said, to his
magnanimous ticket holders."
Good or Bad English
PRESCOTT, Or, June 18. (To the
Editor.) Which of the following sen
tences is Incorrect, or are both cor
rect: The man looks as If he were
sick. The man looks like he was sick.
Which of the following is Jncorrect, or
are both correct: I made me a pair of
shoes. I made myself a pair of snoes.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The sentence "The man looks like he
was sick" is Incorrect. The other three
are correct. It is perhaps better Eng
lish, however, to say "The man looks
sick."
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Guadeloupe's Deal In Firecrackers.
Indianapolis News.
Fireworks are used In Guadeloupe
only on July 14. the French national
holiday. For that occasion small quan
tities are purchased by the various
communes or occasionally by the colo
nial government; . an order rarely
amounts to more than $100,'