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TT1K MORMNT. OR IXJONI.VN, TUESDAY, MAKCII 5, 1912. IO Zt (Dmrimtmt Knr.i-.1 at r-ti- on". Ptornc M hat lTmriktty Atnoe. IBT MAIL.) ?u-fa. fn-'u'l 4. M MT . . . gunrtar lnc;urlrrt. a'x mmha.... -, Siisd-ir la -lw1-t. thrw rami! t a. . ; ' l.rlul-d. Maotat.... -If Ll.,ju' StiA4tr. OM 7r J ,7 r..i. r I I J.. . . . iihTit oriay. tnm r ma. . -- J w.t.ioui ja!ay. on. at-' VW.aJjr. or y.ar. .............. tui.uir. o J-ar. ...... . ui led Wa.fclj. OM jrftr. IBT CARRIER.I Ta Fir-lay lnc!add. r' . .AO :.3 Sundi tBc!-jdd. on wioatn How I K'll f-r.d po.te.ITro rr nCK ordir or p.rl cbor 7f local baaa. Mar. pa. "la or t . - ....... .i. r.ivo ootoffir aaoxoa la fu.l. taciudiBc coann 4 at . m , 1 A n ll n al T. 1 t to 2 pc-a. a -t. SO to . 41 10 ,, r.aa. 4 oala. out: r&io. Ka.ter, Ro-tnrw Clfn-r V-rr. . Conk-ta-., Tor A. Hruaa-lt kUUUM- '" ui b'.a-.r Dteild.a r-arapfa IMa-N S Kaal troat. S rORTUM. TIKMl.IV. MAKIII . tun 'AIKII n..; or HKKT? Only Mlthl ni'.n'h- Colon. 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Iho I. ttor ih- -.-v-n 1 ;..v-rn..r-. r..r.i.'ilinK K.-.---V. II ! Im--..iii. ft randM.it- nt I hi.-. r. pU . I . -: 1 1 1 1 1 -1 r-vr-rinr Iho I-i. n h- h.i-l iinnuunr-l In ISO! a... I r-p-:i' I in li. and 111. Th- l-ti-r .f Jun.- JT. 1911. rtU. !.-.- ..f Iho anKtt-i-ti.in that Ms Intor with I'm. h. 11 in Italy In April. It'l'. ran .1 lil than "f h-ari, liiieh II m.iy h.n- h.ikon hi fri. nd- :ip f.-r T.irt. Tli.it rhuif wa .In- t" ...1110 .uli M-l. nl ! tho .l:t- of tho l-tt.-r. W.i 11 ih- I trti-t Miit or th- f lilur- of iho l. r'ollrtto h,,..m. or ho-h? r w- It imtly an lrr--u-t 1 li'o p.T. .n.il iimhlli-nT rim run i-ui-i.; kiioi 1.11 ki 1 :. In tii- .i-.-i !i I Ih.- M.i:u llll-tl L-iu-l.itnr.- i o!..n. l -'i n.-- im-.l lh.it th.-.-.- who opp.-..I li plan of putili'it in -ft-. 1 t-- "ill of "1- p-opl-not h. in ih- p-opl- or in our . i-m ot cov-riini-ni. Thl. oj.ir...n .i f;ir.-..-.l 111 r p'.y t t riti.i-.in h iro;i.-al for r-tall if Ju.lh-IH Jo-rl.-ion wl'i-h nullify Mat.- la a Uli. outitlltioll.ll Wo atr-.olN i.io in r-r Mat.- tho ni-n -f r.. iHir-i: ! popular vol" u. Iv t. , ,,i,.n-- Til- in rtioti in tho .I.lt- uoll-'ltlltl"!'- "f U. h .Mlt.-i"" ..tront: .- nl-n. "f In li-f in the r-opl,- i. -Mr. I:...) . lt pr.iifn-al. No man t rop.no tn r-p. al tVo pr--VL-I.n. Tho olilv rllfT. r. nro b-twoOft Mr. l;u.'v.M un.t hf n. t.ort-r.. on th- on- h m-l an. I hi. .ppon-nt on Iti- o-ii-r I-:..-'ii iii.-i i.h1.- -f 1 iri-ir all ri.r.-.-..-l"ll "f Ih- popular i'l. Th- a--n:iiplion hv Mr K. ---li thai hu olfon. l.t il'i not tru-t th- --pl- 1 an iirl-mpt to arono pr- jii-I .. aatn.-l th-ni. In ir. e n and -ra! othrr tat- wo a!r-at Ii.ivi- tho ri-an -f r.-all-ir J i li. t il d-. i.-i-r hv itiro.1 vnto or ..f-ftitiiiioii .1 a m-n.l m-11 1 without th- ii-t-rv-nti.-ii ,.f Iho l.oci'laturo. In otn.r -til-.. ror-tit-.itional .npond-m-nt tan 011U 1 iirif b f. rr tin- p-t-pl- thr.-uth vo'.- of tho l..-.-iMalur- 10 .nb.nit th.-n. Mr. I;.... v-u upi.w- 4 .a. wh-r- a li I. pi--d In ro-pon-o t.. :r.i k p. t-u' ir .i-rnav l. hut i rui!tn-.l i- 1)10 State Supr-mo I'ourl as i.ii.-..r...:ltlli'inl. If that popular .'ai.in.l .orrinu... It will pr-Tpi th- la ti-'at iro to rubniit a on: IT at i-.r .1 1 a -i:-n ! '11. r.t l' popnlnr .o.- h.-r-t- th- l i a. i N- mitdo valid "l th- art hi'! n-.l orl bo rfWT-"d a- l' til it l.ia. hat Will l 7lnn a j.ur- nai l. a- t- futuro Irl.-r- pr-tat'on iiliuli na.'ivr like pnn-lll--. Tin- ot.j ti.-n t.. Mr l:..o -'f nl in i iha:. wVi!.- it niictu r-.-r-ih- di.i-in nt.-r.. .ro-n pr i , it would uiu h int-.t 1 ho t 1 "f 110 1 111--tit ltl.01 01- th- p.-irt Ih i.-3-t;on. In orrir to d-t. r:mr-- I1.1i tn- . ntitu lion r .ill -at. I -n "ii t'lo vr" habt! for rxarripl-. 1- hoilld tin. I it ?l -arA lo r ad 11. t ohl 11 t-t but h- d 1-i.nn if. r; r- t that t-t and !h-n .1.-. a rt. i(n wti--'ti. r ll - p.-oj-lo h id r-v-.- .1 tho-- .1-. i-i..-.. r'nnh. rmnr. It - rff.at -f 'h- popu'ar .-. nuH Iw narrow- I 1 . rh- r d' t Invo'v.d in th- on- .to i.-1'.n un. l-r iii uM .n. Mr. Hn..-.-l''. pi 111 i. t' r-foro. i liirr.-y .1: I in. ft 11 nd won!! I-". i-.-Tl- ..-tr! pa' hi f?.- t tho popular will than would a -r.lituiior.aI arn-nd-:nrnt -uoriMC Ih.- wild- .iit.J-.-t tn .!t-tllto. Th.- i:: u li .SJ-.-tion to conti tultoriil am-r.lrr -nt a an a't-rnatlw lo rr-alt of .1-. i-i. ii l that tho n-.-titnti ii. of ...in- Mi-. v.ntain r--.trli-liora 1I.1T m-ilif thr r .-lm-ndmont l-oxt to tT.!.!!'!". I'm tn those Mat- rv. ail of d-. t'.oii . an only bo iMro dmod by lotiMitim ii. il am-ndm-iit It Krto battT tli.n lor tho poopl- ..f thoso rtat os 10 turn thoir noritio to ward onactlna- amondmont that will relax tho roMrt-tlnn on future amend-mon-t.. Havii.c adopted those, the p-ople ran then amend tho constitu tion In iu-h manner a to brms: the annulled law within its' proylslr.nf. Tho I'olonelN talk about distrust of tho people bean, a family resemblance in tho sloirun of W. J. Bryan In tho campaign of 1908: "Ix-t tho pooplo rule." Tho answer Is that the people do rule- If tho government in city, state or Nation doen not carry out the people' will, the reason Is that the people have he-ome careless ftbout the exercLoo of thoir power and Indifferent to faithlesnne.-j. on tho part of those whom they elect They no sooner awaken and become vigilant than the, icovemment again performs their will. The character of our anvernment from time to time reflects not only the popular will but every mood of the people, from sloth and corruption to active Interest and demand for strict inteRTtly. tiik wh km: n.l it Six months am Senator llourne Rave out for publication, through an anon mou enrresponuent In Portland, a letter In which h- slat-d his reasons I for opposition " President Taft- The J s-nator declared, without evasion or i.i.ilifl.-ation or condition, that no -w ould forfeit tho respect of nil honest citizens If ho helped lo renominate or r lo. t him iTafl )." No ..no could misunderstand or misinterpret him. lor the Senator plain!;- ll:t-n.!ed that none should. None da!. Hut now- w- have a second letter fr..m the sini- eminent author, in which th.r- Is another view. Somer sanltlin; I- Ih- fashion nowadays anion .ii.-tlnsiithe.l candidates. Tho .--...lid loiter has this tiiforniativc paraKTaph: 1 ..ii 1.. .U1-I.-I1 'Mr l;.-..il.ll-an .art in .tun.' f ..r.. Mr rlrr may r mr r lrr.i.rrl. M. allitn.l- I--T. .lm.-:r. if h- ...... .1.1 I- li.r mwrn.-r ..f h.. n-rnlral '..n. II h .h-.ttid urr ih- p..t"itar m.t..rirmrtil In II.- I'rr-.l- H. -1.I..I .rin.ari.' In .-." 1. ami ahull l- n..m.n.-..l in for mnn-r. Ii- will .iur.ii..--!.:.: r --ie n.v iii.p..n. tr. h.. - ,.-ti Il-r ...nlula... r-.. - IH.FM-'ar n.l..r.tirnl n ..rr..n. an. I Mr. T.n a" '.11 -I n-. at. a n. 'I' rerlh .! .n " J.. -, u-'.l in Ih- ..-nr f Xallonal ... ..ri. f. I'.- 1-.-..I. 1 -Hall n..l i:-l..n h-m l.ui ...ll .n-ni. ar..t atfsrr..:v01. -I" 1- M. i. - n Th-r- il I r.. .t. l 10 ih- aiuwia ..f n- -lrr -r iirt"n hat .... allliu.la I. af'-r ihr tl.k't ha n 11 -H. ... Tho man who runs ma roMl and n-t S.-nat.r Itourno's moaninK. It Is that if Ih.- Senator shall bo nominetod I. the i:-put.l. an primary In or.-Kon h- L prepared to support Ih- Id-publics n Presidential nominee. If the Sen ator j-hall not be nominate.! Iho Sena tor wi'l not siipnort Mr. Taft If Mr. Taft shall be nominal-d. It t nn uir'y alt-ruatlve tho Senator off-r.s Iho voters of I .recoil. I X KIHRI.IM. :... "All over Iho state." says the re r.in fit fourt.r. -th.ro Is protest aeainst ex.-o.--lvo taxation. ... It Jil-t o-.-iirs lo "ll- that perhaps it nnht not bo such a bud Idea . to try tho only present promise of relief, tho single tax. . . . The only wax to prove the proposition Is to try it." Here is Ih- only paper in nr-s-on thai has tho audacity to tell the peo ple that th- way to unscramble cues Is first to si-rapible them. If single lax -hall rotitL-cale all lands and turn them over to tho state, and if the state shall en bankrupt, tho way out is to have a urand free distribution all over atriln. Som-thinn of the same Idea was suKK-st-.! hy Mr. flton to tho Ijihor i -.nindl in San Francisco when h- told the a.mhled Haen.ds that. hen the state had evT thli R in Its own name, it would of cour.. have too much, and tho autocracy, or de mocracy, or iihlfgarrhy. or whatever It mlKht happen to be thai should then mnlMl the stale, would he Justified in apportioning th- surplus where It would il" the mo-t Rood. The I'ourler is tho only ii'-wspap.T in 4 ireiron holdi for the single lax. Its backbone Is as rlltid as Its jiiil-m-nt is bad. Hut it is printed in the home of the Inspired L"i:en. who ''' l.utf.j l.'.'.mi per annum from Jo seph Kels. P.nu-lidy the direct l"Uen Influence pervud. s the sanctum of the fourier. There Is a paper in Portland the Journal that browses coiitinu IU about sinKle tax pasture. nillbliliK simile tax thi.-iles. and rubbiutr noses with other sIiikIo tax reformers. Rut it is afflict I with a preat Jumhiuss when It is a.-kod to say plainly where It stands on the sinclo tax. t WlliTIl IIIIIHI Al TIIK MIIH1I.K AI.IX Noh.id. o think, .an pern- tho letter with which Father ullara favor The ireiroiiian tills nioriiinir without cominn- to the painful conclu sion that he has lost his trmper. This is a falling fairly common anionic dia lectician when lhe run counter to some opinion with which they do not aereo hut It adds little to the cuency or their arniiiu-Pt or Hie craoc of their .liar. icter. I'nloss we are mis taken. Father O'Hara's tenipi-r manl-f-t a growlna tnhrinltx- of late. Wheth-r the number of opinions with which ho dls-ont has been Incroas !ne or aotnethinn has pone uronit with his dicestion we. of course, are un lit. 1c to say. hut the reerottnble fact stand conspicuously In tho e-larlni; hunt f .lav that Ih- once benlltn Father u'H.ir:i shows many of the uiiamlable trails of a public scold in his more recent outpourings. Father OHaM ha fume to the siB- i jrui.ir nier.iai con.iuion ii-r- -e s.-m lo b-llevo that ho enJos a monoj.ol. f-f medieval Instory. An' bo.!y else w ho v.-nturos to step Into that pre-empted field Is cuilty of a tr.-sp.ts which the good father hastens t. . ha.ti.o with all the visor ho can command. Any statement of fact con tornine medieval time which ho hiis not censored L. in Father O'Hara's l.-w. .in attack upon Iho i"athollc Church. Any historical opinion, no ina't.T how ol! supported by uulhor lt 11 may he. Is "lie" if Father n'Mara happens to have reached a dif ferent conclusion We know quite w-ll a ho does, for instance, that A I bonus Maartiis was a man of renlus Btid tli.it. in opiHisilion to the current opinion of his time he held many ad vanced j- ienti'l.- positions. Fortu nately ho es.arad punishment, belnr; more lucky than Roper Karon, who was imprisoned many years because of his progressive views. Hut the fact of Count Albert's tearhin; that the earth was round d.e not disprove the the.- fail thai moot of the theo logians bcli-v-! and taught in hit day Ihal It was flat. Some do SO still. There Is nothing of any importance In the statement that Valla who, ac cording to Father O'Hara. first ex posed the fraudulent Donation of Constantino, was a Catholic scholar. All scholars were Catholics at that lime, or pretended to be. It has be come notably common among; rea aoners like Father O'Hara to reply to every statement that the church or theologians favored some erroneous opinion during the Middle Ages by saying- that the man who sruccejisfully opposed the. error was a Catholic. In a preat many cases this was true and sometimes tho man who took up the dangerous task escaped with his life. Sometimes he did not. One swallow does not make a Summer and the rebellious opinions of one man can' not truthfully be quoted as the views of hi adversaries. It is a favorite theoloplral expedient to do so. hut per haps it contributes less to the success of the argument than could be de sired. Father O'Hara's maliirnant re mark about Dr. Andrew D. Whlto may be allowed to pass without comment. Dr. -White is an eminent American patriot, a distinguished scholar and a historian whose statements nro dis puted only by partisans who prefer other things to veracity. TIIK IIH H MAN ANO TH K FAR VI. A certain rich man In Portland, be ing also a pood citizen, not lonp since had born unto him a preat Idea. He had a Summer home i't a prominent resort near Portland and ho had diffi culty in -itirg fresh milk, pure cream, good ecu., sound vegetables. He bought a small farm near his homo. Installed a superintendent, pro vided a l-otno for him and hi family, erected cH Ken-houses, bought poul try galore, secured a small dairv herd, and made pardon. So far. so pood. Th- experiment cost him a lot of money, but he had money lo spend, and moreover ho had a w holesome and luiidahlo Interest in tho thinvf ho was tring to do. Iiecomlng ambitious to enlorse the scope of his operations, our rich man last Fall bought eight acres of ad joining l.i ml. It was nut clear I. lie Wiis willing to pnv well for clearing, and ho soiia'it in the town for men lo clear It. There were many idle men about th. ir t an.! in the .saloon, but they were t o much occtipied with the pursuit of leisure ami tiie study of the hlpli cost of living at somo boi! else's . vpellse to do real work. Finally he found one Impressionable citizen who iier 1 to clear the land for 11 art per acre, but lie wanted six months to do It. At the end of four months, with nothing but th- lightest part of th- work done, ho threw- up the Job. sairg he coii'd pet no one to help hitn. and nsklt.jf to ho remu nerated for w liat he had dope in about twice or thrice th- sum it was vnr.h. Nothing was said, of course, about th delay, or inroance or lii.-onveiiienet-or violation of contract obligation with the laud owner. N'ol -t w holly ill.-, ourac-d. the rich man canio to Portland, saw an em ployment ag.-ni. let the contract again for IHiiil, bought the necessary Im plement, advai.el train fare and supplies, provided a house, and start ed in ,.g-in. A'l w-rl beautifully for a few days. Then, vl'ltlnp th- s.-ene of operations, b- found that Ih- men had unit nnd returned to Portland. The days were cold, and the work was hard. The men pref-rred to starve in Portland, join the crowd of "un employed" around the soapbox agita tor, throng the saloon, and damn the Oov-rnment that doesn't r.rovHe easy work for men m ho want no work. The moral is that the man who tries to make two blades of prass prow where but one grew before, or produce one egp where there was no egg before, or make a habitation in tli- woods where there was no habita tion before, generally lias to 'lo it himself. TIIK MU'TH l-Ol.AU KXI-HDITIOV. Since last March nothing has been hoard from ithi-r of the two explorers who are trying to reach the South Pole. One of tllein is Captain liob crt F. Scott, of the Hritish Navy. The other is Captain Amundsen, the fa mous Norwegian explorer. Captain Scott sailed for the Antarctic regions on Juno 1. lstO. in an old whaling ship which had been fashioned over into a condition suitable for service in tho lee regions and named th' Terra Nova. His exp edition was .-'itnpp-d with all that money could purchase or science de. ise. He lias in store three different means for traveling over the I.e. flog- teams, ponies anil motor.. Naturally most is expected from the motors, inasmuch as they have been previously tested on the Antarctic ice and have done well. Captain Amund sen is not so thoroughly oiuippcd. at Ieat in the pa ra pherna ! ia of explora tion. Ills V----I i Mil ill and his cri iv not nuni-reus. H- did not intend, perhaps, to seek the South Pole when he lirst set out on his present voyage Tho plan was an afterthought and If would therefore not be surprising If his lack of an ad plate outfit should somewhat Imperil his chances pf suc cess. Ho hints! f said that ho had taken only Just enough supplies for his tvent -one men. but. on tho other hand, h- expected thorn to list for seven ears. Caplaln Scott fiid not know- that a rival expedition was in search of the South Pole until his own vessel en countered Captain Amundsen's, the Fram. hy accident. The Terra Nova, was cruising eastward from McMurdo Sound and met tho Fram som 400 miles distant from thai point. Al that time she was skirtinp the great Ice harrier which furrounds the Antarctic Continent, no doubt in the hope of I'ndins some op-ping to the interior. Those circumstance were communi cate 1 to the world b the Terra Nova, which made a t-1p to New 7,-alaud last March, but what has happened to either expedition since that time no body knows, one of to heroic ex plorer. may have reached the South Pole. It is conceivable. Indeed, that both of them have done svo. Hut we must not conceal the possibility that both of them may have perished or that they may b- imprisoned by the ice waiting for a favorable opportunity to advance. Tho r-gion about the South Pole dif fers in many feature from tho surface of the Arctic inr. There is open water in favorable s-as'jns to witiim a com paratively short (iistan. e of the North Pole, so that it may he reache.. by a short dash over the final ice ti-ld. This was Pear's actual method of proceeding-. But there is no open water with in many hundreit of miles of tho South Polo. It I surround-d hy what may fairly he called a continent of ice. Tho outer edges of tho continent form a lofty barrier Impassable everywhere except nl McMurdo Sound and one or two similar openings. Still further to Increase thu difficulty uf approach. there Is another ice barrier some dis tance inland. This is said to be the outer end of a vast placier which may extend to the South Pole itself. Obvi ously, the way to reach that destina tion is to mount upon this glacier and follow Its upward trend. Lieutenant Shackleton intended to carry out this method of procedure, but when he reached the Interior Ice barrier he was so enfeebled by hardship that he was obliged to return to the coa-st. It Is Lieutenant Shackleton's opin ion that both Captain Scott and Cap tain Amundsen are safe and that news will be received from them before a preat while. Should hoth of them succeed In reaching the Pole, a contro versy may arise over the award of ap propriate honors, but there is no like lihood of any such scandal as Captain Cook precipitated- Both Scott and Amundsen are honorable men and neither of them would claim any dis tinction which he had not justly earned. Still, if both explorers should rea-h the Pole at about the same time. Norway and England might put forth rival claims to the credit of the discov ery. It L said by some persons that Captain Amundsen set out on his ex pedition in a rather clandestine man ner, almost as if he intended to run a race for the Pole with Captain Scott without giving him duo notice. This rumor provides the basis for a very pretty controversy in certain contin poncies whlrh tho reader can easily imagine. Still the public Interest in tho matter is likely to be rather tepid. The South Pole never has appealed very strongly to tho romantic imagina tion of the world. Fxcitlng- adventure has clad Iho North Pole with all the fascination of n regon w hore some he roes have perished and some have achieved undying renown. It is sur rounded with tho charm of successful ambition and tho pathos of failure. Commerce once hoped to hnd a prac ticable passage to the Indies by way of the sea. In tho Arctic zone and the pioneers of trade sacrificed many a life to that forlorn dclusihui. Nothing of this sort has happened In the Antarctic region. It is a cheer less -wast- of unrelieved ice. It has no Ksquimaux. no reindeer., no open channels which may lure tho voyager to failure anil death or guide him to strange discoveries. Romance can make little of such a territory. Imag ination shrinks from Its chill desola tion. No doubt science will profit heavily when the South Pole is finally discovered, but our common store of thought and feeling will not ho much enriched nor will literature find one of Its great enigmas solved as it did by Peari's expedition. Poetry, and ro mance care very little about tho South Pole. , The Chinese revolution has readied the really .-ru.-lal point When sol diers, conscious of newly-gained power, create anarchy, the parting of the ways has been reached. In order that the nation may travel the way to true democracy, a popular leader must ari- who can bring the army under control and solidify til- republic. Oth erwise a military leader may spring up In the army and use it. to destroy liberty and become dictator. In the latter case the new -awa koned onerpy of the nation may find an outlet in military adventure and conquest which will set ail Aia in a turmoil and involve the Western world. The Southern Pacific evidently Is in earnest about electrification of Its West Side lines, judging from recent pur chases of necessary depot facilities. Practically all property needed In Forest Grove has been ucquired, and last week Colonel Kddy secured deeds for tho Hatch property on Third street !n McMinnvillo nnd the Burns tract on Second street, the former fur passen ger and the latter fur freight pur poses. With removal of minor obsta cles, the work of transformation and rejuvenation of the old lines will pro-pr-'ss apace. At last a Harvard professor is about to solve the riddle of the sphinx. The monster's sleepy old head was always supposed to he solid, hut Professor Uelsner thinks It is hollow, and unless lie Is mistaken there Is a way to enter It. What will he find there when he gets in? Perhaps a heap of gold, per haps a chest of old manuscripts. Until his report arrives Imagination can put whatever ll likes Into the sphinx' cra nium. An article in a March magazine proves that child labor laws cause a diminution of the birth rate, since they destroy the economic value of children. If we forbid child labor we check the natural growth of population. This is an inter-still-- dil-tnma. There are two ways "at of it. one is to repeal humanitarian legislation. The other is to endow pnrentape. Which Ls the better? Members of the local Ancient Order of Hibernians are justified In denounc. Ing the caricaturing of Irish people in tho senseless forms prevalent on St. Patrick's day. yet they should bear in mind that only silly persons wear the obnoxious emblems and as easy means of identifying them should let it po at that. Judging by the adulteration of food revealed by the Connecticut tests, we need not only Dr. Wiley in unrestrict ed guardianship over our food at Washington but another Dr. Wiley in each state. There is no special significance in the fact that an Idaho boy broke hi heck while riding home from church Sunday night. He was racing and the horse stumbled. Portland gets no holiday games, for the California cities need the money. The Portland fan considers one day as pood as another and attends all the games. If Baroness de .Meyer does not hurry badk to Europe, our woman fencer will strew her laurels across the continent. If Hiram Maxim be a prophet in saying three big L'nited State will rule tho world, some of us will see a heap of trouble if we live long enough. There seems to be little to choose b-tween the Chin-so soldiers looting Pekin and the English suffragettes smashing w indows in London. Yesterday,' the birthday of Robert Kmmet. was the one day of the year to make the whole race kin. Kansas may pride herself on unlim ited freedom for women, but not around Lincoln Center. Half a Century Ago ymm The Orftonln of March IV. We mi j ft t ext-nsed for not publlsh lnR the communication cortaininK some MrlctureH m the a-t of Judpa Wait in ffigrnin? the -all fur a convention of Fet-ecsttionists in this state. If. as rep resented, tho Juries resrrots having done so and admits that It was without due consideration, let the public be satis- A Nevada. Cal., paper says that in the Winter of tiie water rose on the land whore Sacramento now stands from 16 to IS feet above the bank and trappers say that "there was a (treat overflow in Oregon th-e same Winter, and the Willamette wa higher than it had been at any time since John Jacob Amor's party settled at Astoria. The convicts who escaped day before yt'rday went off in a very courteous manner. After the guard wan disarmed they shook hands with him and re marked that if they saw him in the mines next Summer, they would treat him. Indian Charley was the only one who made any hostile demonstration, and he merely wished to chanare cloth Inj? with the jruard. but was prevented by the others. Vermont Troops. It is stated that this state has opened an account with its. troops on the Potomac and regular ly passes to each one of them a credit of $7 a month. This sum may be cheeked for by the volunteer, if he is a ninjyle man. If married, it is paid to his family. If permitted to remain un drawn in the state treasury, for Fix months, the rate of 6 per cent is al lowed "n it. Vermont volunteer., are thus paid 5U3 a month by the National Government and $7 a month by their state, mnkins $20 a month pay in addi tion to their clothing and rations. 1., M. Starr and A. K. Stuart returned last ntuht on the steamer Cowlitz with (Jcorpe Hose, one of fhe prisoners who escaped from the rounty jail on Satur day nijsrht last. He and two other pris oners re-ached Monti cello In a small boat on Saturday noon. Rose called at the hotel nnd asked for a horse. The landlord finally g;ve him an order for a horse, which was som six miles up the ru;tl. Koso accordingly started af ter the horse, hut was soon overtaken by Sheriff HarrinKton, of Cowlitz Coun ty. The other t wo prisoners had in the meantime put down the Columbia Iti ver in their boat and are now sup posed to be in the vicinity of Astoria. Murray, the fourth prisoner, was not allowed to pet into the boat they es caped with whe-n they left here on Sat urday night and was compelled to walk down the river. KM TIO I HISTORY IMSCI. SStfD Father O'llnra Applfe shor1 and I tcly Word" to Several Mafeinent. I UtTJaANM, Miimli 4. (To the Kdl tor. An interesting editorial in The Oregonian Sunday on "Fiction in His tory' runs over a wide range of his torical literature f roni "that astonish ing liar" Jonathan Carver. to that pri nee of a'i-ura-y, Kd ward C.i boon, who conveyed false views of history not hv prli i vo assertion but by the more subtle and effective nie;ips of "in nuendoes" and "solemn sneers." Al though the catalogue of "historical lies" given in the editorial is fairly ex. tensive, I shou Id like to supplement it with a few additional entries. The tlrst h istorioal lie" I would in stance is one to which The Oregonian lent edi tort a I conn tenance last Friday morning, namely that Catholic theo logiunto in the M iddle Ages denied the sphericity of the earth on dogmatic grounds while the scientists of that period accepted it "except when they went to concession." I pass over the i bbonesue "innuendo" and "solemn sneer" wh ich are as-- good as another He. The statement that Catholic theo logians denied the sphericity of the earth is simply a lie without any miti gating or extenuating circuni stances. A Ibertus .Magn us. the teacher of the most celt-bated theologian since Au gustine. Thomas .-iumas, gives an elaborate proof of the sphericity of the earth. Albert was a theologian and professor in the great I'ni versity of Paris in the l.Uh century. Albert was an orthodox theologian and notwith standing the solemn sneers of those who know nothing of intellectual life in the Middle Ages he was a scientist of high rank. As Ma mi on net poin ts out, it was probably from the teaching of Albert that Coin nib us derived his inspiration. The h istorical fiction which I have just instanced does not stand by itself. It is only one of a whole nest of lies. Ijike unto it are the statements that Pope Boniface fohibited dissection ; tha t anatomy was declared "a sin against the Holy Ghost": that the in ductive method in science was unknown during the M iddle Ages and was "dis covered" by Francis Bacon. The nest from which this brood of historical lies has come forth to plague American readers Is Andrew O. White's work on the "History of the Warfare of Science and Theology." T'nlike Gibbon, White seems to have preferred direct mis statements to innuendoes and sneers as1 a vehicle for hfs false views of history. Another series of historical lies re ceived additional circulation in the edi torial this morning on "Fiction in His tory." It is there intimated that some centuries ago it was the Catholic view that a good end would justify a shady means. Kveryone acquainted with his tory knows that such a statement or Insinuation is a lie. Again in the same editorial we are told that the forgery of the Donation of Constantino was made to fortify the power of the church. This sta:ement is made as though there were some evidence for it. and as though it was not probable t hat the forgery was made in behalf of the Frankish empire. It is certain that the forged doouments were never recognized in Home for 200 years after they served a political purpose in Paris. The assertion that they were inspired by the church is utterly devoid of proof. And the failure to state that the for gery was first noted by a Cardinal of the church. Nicholas of Cusa. and first established by a Catholic scholar. Valla, is in keeping with the high ideal of historical method of the erudite Gib bon, namely, the conveying of partisan views by the subtle means of silence and innuendo. I would conclude these reflections on h istorical f ietions by questioning whether any man. be he Gibbon. Vol taire or an editorial writer, who ap proaches a great and beneficent insti tution like historical Christianity, with a. sneer, solemn or smart, is to be trusted as a historical authority on the j subject. FATHER O'HARA. Politics 11 fn Breath of I-He... Weston I-eader. Teddy ouldn- t keep out of it. Active politics is the breath of his being, and he likea to run for president. His en try against Taft makes the Republican situation beautifully complicated. Homebody ia Danger. Redmond Hub. With Theodore Roosevelt a candidate for Presidential nomination and a war pending with Mexico, the atmosphere is apt to become hazy with excitement. It will be an even bet which event will cause the more fatalities. Weight of Barley. CULVKR. Or.. .March 1. (To the Kdi tor.) What is the le-ral weight for a bushel of barle.y in Oregon? E. W. U Forty-eight pounds. Reception of Ben Selling's Announcement Slate ewpHiem Comment on tnndldn-- cf lirflai-ri Mnn for Office of I ntted Stetet. Senator lav Strona" lBiiowmfiils -lvea. Trre Aanoaavemento Drain Nonparief. For L'nited States Senator, before the people, Ren Selling, of Portland. Enxy Rare fr Selling. Redmond Hub. It is beginning to look like an easy ride for Ben Selling to the l'nited States Senate. Formerly there whs no tellins what the Legislature would do. but now it is a pretty certain thing that it will follow the wishes of the people. -lany Friends In l.anc. Kugene Register. Mr. Selling has many warm friends In Lane County, and his actions in the State Legislature have shown that he is a warm friend of Lane County an well. He is an Oregon man. familiar with (the conditions and needs of the state, and his interests are in Oregon. Lively Contest 1 Outlook. Baker Democrat. Hon. Ben Selling, of Multnomah County, has announced his candidacy for the United States Senate as a Re publican. The other RepubHcans thus far are: Senator Jonathan Bourne, -'r.. and Judge Stephen A. Lowell. This three-handed contest bids fair to be a lively one. Selling Formidable Candidate. Portland Advocate. And another important incident that will give strenpth to Mr. Sellings can- ; didaey, is his authorization of the state- ; ment that he will not stiind for or in- j do-se any mudslinging. muckraking or abuse of his opponents. Coupled with his many known dee-is of charity and square business dealings makes Mr. Selling a formidable opponent. Capable Candidate. Falls City News. Ben Selling, of Portland, is the Re publican candidate for United States Senator. His announcement that "I will beat Bourne. I am as confident of that as I am of anything that has not actually happened." is an inspira tion to his party to get together and elect this capahie and popular candi date. Public Interest Safe in Him Keeping. Brownsville Times. Mr. Selling has resided in Oregon for r0 years, and has been in business in Portland since 114. Besides these fit ting qualifications, which will appeal to the people of this state, all Mr. Selling's Interests are centered in Oregon, there fore the public Interests of Oregon would not suffer in the keeping of a man of his ability and splendid record as a citizen. Preference for lo.well. Heppner Gazettes-Times. Ben Selling is now an announced candidate for the office of l'nited States Senator to succeed Jonathan Bourne, Jr., and be enters the race fully confident that he will win. This paper is willing to support almost any man in opposition to Bourne, but our strong preference is for Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton. Republican. Strongest Man. Beaverton Reporter. Mr. Selling will no doubt be elected if he receives the nomination : he is well qualified to fill the office; his home and business interests are all in Oregon. His record as a State Senator is a point in his favor that should bring him a great many votes. It looks as if he is the strongest man the Republicans have, and it should be an easy matter for him to carry the state. Mnn of Unsullied Reputation. Portland Advocate. Mr. Selling is a high spirited public man and has been identified- with Ore gon and Portland in a business and po litical way for perhaps a quarter of a century and his reputation for honesty and square dealing is unsullied. And if those thousands of voters who have pledged Mr Selling their support stick to their words and do their duty he will undoubtedly be the next United States Senator from Oregon. Man of High Character. Forest Grove News Times. The Hon. Ben Selling, of Portland, is now an avowed candidate for l'nited States Senator to succeed the Hon. Jon athan Bourne. Mr. Selling is a success ful business man of high character. He is a man in touch with the common peo ple. He is self-made, honest, clean, con servative, upright, and would make Oregon a splendid representative in the higher branch of the Nation's law making body. He will no doubt poll a heavy vote on April 19. All t.ood Men. Joseph Herald. Up to the present there are but three aspirants' for United States Senatorial honors on each ticket, as follows: Re publican, Senator J. Bourne, the present incumbent; Hon. Ben Selling, of Port land, and J udge Stephen Lowell, of Pendleton. Democrat, Hon. Milt Miller, of Lebanon: Hon. Walter M. Pierce, of Hot Lake, and Hon. O. P. Coshow, of Roseburg. All are good, able men, but we'll bet a gopher against a mule that all of them will not be elected. )lot Available Candidate. Pilot Rock Record. Ben Selling, of Portland, has an nounced his candidacy for the Republi can nomination for United States Sena tor. He yielded to the importunate de mands from all parts of the state. He is widely known and very popular in Portland, his home town. He is a Re publican, a progressive Republican, and has taken a leading part In the enact ment of the progressive legislation of this state, now kno,wn as the "Oregon system." All things considered, he seems to be the' most available candidate in the race. A change is demanded in the rep resentation in th upper house of 'on- The Morning Oregonian Is the Most Referred to Newspa per in the Pacific Northwest No matter what the question of the day, those inter ested are never content with reports until they have read The Oregonian's comment. This is but one of the reasons why advertising in The Oregonian produces such profitable results. The Orego nian receives such a thorough reading that your advertise ment partakes of the strength and credit given The Ore gonian's news' and editorial columns. The Oregonian's strength and personality mean much to advertisers. Your advertisement in The Oregonian is like a salesman. The more forceful the personality the more clean the address the more convincing the entire makeup, the greater the power as a salesman. orps from Oregon. He appears to be the man en whom all loyal Republicans can unite for the reason that he has u clean recorrt. is :t business man of high standing, genial and hospitable. Plscnvf red A gal n. Cottage Ciroe Sentinel, Ben Sell ing, ot Prt la nd, has come out against Senator Bourne. With Ben Selling ami Bourne buying it ought to be an interesting race-. Both the- Ore gon Journal and The Oregonian seem to be supoorting Selling, which is an other interesting point that is not hard to see inlo. when the size of his dis priy ads in both papers are ti.ken into consideration. Anyway it will be a novelty to sec the two papers agree on one. point. I ho lee of the Party. Grants Pass observer. Mr. Fulton has decided that he will not be a candidate at this election, and tn.at practically places Mr. Selling be fore the public as the choice of the Re publican party in Oregon. We wilt not dwc.il upon the merits of Mr. Selling or tjie b merits of .1 on a than Bourno, who will sck re 110m i nation, but later on th-e Observer will have something to say along both lines. Meantime Ben Sel I ing is ass ii' ed of strong support from all parts of the state. Selling the Right Mnn. Gresham Outlook. Mr. Selling has been petting ready for this announcement for some time and he has been encouraged by thousands of friends. Mr. Selling is a man of practical affairs, not theories. He Is a. good clean Republican, not a politician. He is a thorough Oregonian and stands for the best in the Oregon system. We look for him to make a sweeping cam paign and not only secure the nomina tion on April 19. but the election in the Fall. Ilark ootl4 Voter Consulted. Monroe Leader. Ben Selling, of Portland, is out for United States Senat or to succeed Sen ator Bourne, and is making a "mail order" campaign, w riting to each in dividual voter. It must be very grat ifying to many voters in the back dis tricts to be consulted on so important a matter makes them feel some like the ragged old darkey down South, who was asked by a white man to change a ?20 gold piece. The old man bared his head and replied: "Well. I couldn't jest do dat. sah, but I'so 'bleeged to ye for de compliment, Jest de same." Chance Favor Selling. Tillamook Headlight. The fight is a three-cornered one, be tween Bourne, Lowell and Selling. This combination should have a tendency to favor Bourne, but if it is true that the Senator has lost ground in Oregon, there is some prospects of Selling land ing the nomination, for he is very pop ular in Portland, as he has been ex tremely active in tbe up-building of that city. On the other hand, should Lowell be successful in securing a strong backing from Eastern Oregon it would be a close race. From present indications it looks as though Selling will be nominated on account of his popularity in Portland. Bourne Should. Be Retired. Dallas Observer. The Observer will support Mr. Sel ling's candidacy and hopes to see him chosen. It wants to see him success ful because it believes that Bourne is in no way fitted to represent the great and growing state of Oregon in the United States Senate. No personal animus influences th;s decision. We do not personally know either Bourne or Selling, and our motives in the present fight are solely because we believe that Bourne should be retired. He is not an Oregonian. He has vis ited this state but a very few times since his election. His private inter ests outside the state are apparently much greater than inside its bound aries and his ability is inconsequen tial. We know Bourne by reputation. Through a residence of several years in the" adjoining state of Washington, we have had occasion to know the standing which Oregon's senior Sena tor occupies away from his state, and we know that he is commonly accepted as a joke. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe Little Blrls have a habit of finding a pieat rleal of unreasonable fault with liieir little brothers. And after tho girls are frown they wonder why their brothers do not love them as they should. A very annoying thing: Is to bo thrown Infrequently with a man who refuses to acknowledge that you are entertaining. You have many faults, as you cer tainly have heard; but perhaps you do not know that the f-reatest is the dis position to over-estimate yourself. So manv people won't apologize when it is clearly their duty. Oertain situations cause you humllia. tion when Die fault is not yours. Kvery woman believes she ls an Ideal sick-room visitor. lid you ever tee two lrft-handed men shake hands? When he is generally known as a Grand Man. it is usually a sisn that he takes an interest in some Great Work, he can't accomplish. Y ou hear men speak of certain thinf-s as appetizers. Men do not need appe tizers; what we need is something to dull appetite. No man likes It very well when his wife serves oit a commiltee.