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THE MORNING OHEGOXIAX, WEDXESDAT, 3IARCII 6, 1913. 10 Mt"fiJ f mi Vattvr. r". Pirttf metti44. Tr ! I? Bunt'ir nclu4d. mnt . . ? X y, wiiBout Htjnd. er . I 'It. with h( f i4t)4iv, mMth--" ri2 I r.Aoui un.ir. inr- mcib- 1 without fcund.jr. o moatb Hw!?. c -r. II 4Ddr. J r. ...... ...... ? . . jr. r uc j , n la.t.ra ItvtMM (Wi Vrr 11. Sm lorn. Iiruli"!: SaUdlSS. cs, t.cr feuiidioa So. luial in. U. roa.TI.tNO. r.l:nY. MKH . I" H H IT 4 THE rfOI or ri'f If there Is nothing to be gained thrmxh party, why a party primary? If a candidate ho enters a primary or a votrr who participate In a pri mary 1 under no obligation to m pt the remit of a primary, what l the good of party, or party rul'S or party organization, or party action? Why have a party? Why try to unite men In a common bonil of union to support certain principles? Why Government y party? Mr. Bourne appeals to the Rcpubll- an primary for nomination a United States Senator, hut reserve In advance the right lo review Its a.-;lon a to President. Mr. Bourne repudiated the action of the Republican primary In lp In nominating Mr. Kowerman for Governor, and boasts of It now. Yet nearly iO.OKO Republicans voted for Howerman In the rlet-tlon and a far leaeer number voted against him. IK the SO. 000 think they were wrong and Kourne right ? Do they think he waa the true Republican, and they were raise to ihrlr party and thfir duty as .itixen? If Mr. Bourne shall be nominated lor Senator, and Mr. Taft i-hall b nominated for President. Bourne will support Taft K-rhap. But the Re publican of Oregon who would like to ..ee Taft nominated mu.-t he almighty careful and behave themselves If they get Bourne's support for Taft. There are 50.000 of them, or thereabouts There l one of Bourne. Thank heaven 'or that. j - - MR. moi;an asi abt. American art lovers have been ihrown Into quite a flutter by the ar rival of Mr. J. P. Morgan's famous col lection In New York. Not all of his reasures have come, but some of them iave. lovely Ivories, heavenly enamels nl things of that sort, enough to make very artistic highbrow In the country hTirk with delight. How gracious it is in Mr. Morgan and divine Provl- Icnce to shower such cxoulMte posses sions upon this unworthy land. The .ases which have been landed are wlce precious, once because they con tain treasures unparalleled from By tantium, medieval France and other mmes of the beautiful, and again bc ause they cost more money than any body bnt a prince of fortune could .ommand. Mr. Morgan etlmates the value of his collections at the modest Igure of $30,000,000. but those who nave seen the whole say that $60,000. 0 would be nearer the mark. Think f one man being able to spend that utn on his amusements and never now the difference. Mr. Morgan's pulence Is largely due to the favors which he has received from the Amer ican people directly and Indirectly, and it is only fitting that he should permit his art treasures to find ultimate re pose in New York. The protective tariff which made the steel trust possible enabled Mr. Morgan to reap some $.10,000,000 as his fee for perfecting that philan thropic organization. Krom other trusts he has received fees of similar magnitude, but none quite so large. Never was there a godf.ither who was so richly rewarded as Mr. Morgan has been for standing sponsor to the preda tory trusts. The fact is that he has exercised the taxing power over the American people for many years- That he has spent his revenues for pictures and enamels ouKht to be some comfort to us. inasmuch as there was'nothlr.g to hinder him from spending them for i h.nipane and monkey dinners If ho had wished. Like anv other monarch, he wni his own master. In fact, ho has Keen a good deal more his own master than most moi '.arc ha are. In modern times It is usual for the man who wields the taxing power to feel .-ome sene of responsibility to his suh lects. Mr. Morsan feels no responsi bility, or if he does It is purely from benevolence. He Is under no eg:-.l ob ligation to at count to the people for a penny of the money which he extorts from them. Mr. Morgan prefers to benrrlt b the tariff without subjecting himself to Its burJens. As long as there was a duty on works of art. he kept these treas ures of his in I.ondon and elsewhere. It Is only since a kindly Congress re moved the duty on old art treasures, largely at hi solicitation and th.it of his friends, that he has begun to bring them oer to these rejoicing shores. Their gradual arrival will impress the . ountrv with Sir. Morgans greatness an art patron. Few men have the j .biiity and inclination combined to I ransack the earth as he has done in I search of rare and beautiful pleces-of handiwork. No iloubt historians 600 tear- from now wl'l recourt his Invest ments in art with wondering admira tion, just as they do Lorenr-- do Med I i's Still. Air. Morgan d.fTers some ahat from Lorenzo in his methods. The great Florentine ruler was an om. nivorotis collector, like our own prince ly trnst promoter, but he also sur rounded himself with living poets, painters and architects. We under stand that Mr. M rgan has no use for living artists. He concerns himself only with those who are dead and rone rd whoe fame has been estab lished by the approval of live or six lenturiejL lie does rot care to stake his reputation as a, connoisseur upon any urcertain ventures. Of course the patronage of a living painter would be an uncertain venture, since posterity might decide that he was a failure. Mr. Morgan direvta his Investments in art bv the same rule as he does his in vestments in stocks and bonds. He differs from the great Florentine art patron in another particular also, lvrnaa waa himself more or less of an amateur In man sorts of craft. He I IB. wndf- t.. OI. ooT!-. dds la f:l. t luOiih eoonir 4 stats. Nuwi lt.i.-lo f U . '"': .' I. ! I rests. M t. esl. i. . bss. 4 cata. gors post saw even wrote verses some of which have come down to us with the approval of the critics. Imagine J. P. Morgan writing verses. His patronage of art Is purely from above. He never soils his own hands either with brush or pencil. He and the little coterie of his worshipers can collect, but they can not produce. While the age of Lo renzo was one of the most fertile in painting, architecture and poetry that the world has seen, the age of Mr. Morgan is one of the most sterile In all forms of. art. Like the Byzantines whose enamels he so much admires and pays such prices for. he seems to radiate artistic Impotence. He Is like a man who can construct Ingenious au tomatons, but cannot become the par ent of a living child. Of course the cry will go up from Mr. Morgan's parasites and the whole horde of sycophants-who worship his money that his Importations will give a magic Impulse to American art. but those1 who understand such subjects know very well that nothing of the kind will happen. Art la noi nourished by feasting on corpses. It Is a living entity and needs inspiration directly from life. There never w as a great art which throve on the contents of mu seums. Museums, like churchyards, are the homes of the dead. Living workers get their Impulse elsewhere. The beauty of Mr. Morgan's importa tions Is naturally In direct proportion to their expenslveness. A chest frill of pottery w hich rost a million dollars I twice as beautiful as one that only stood him at five hundred thousand. This is the rule which applies to pretty nearly all the antique art -which long haired highbrows rave over. The vigor of their adoring howls varies In direct proportion to the cost of the Idols. Most antique pictures loolf as ugly as sin. . TIIK LATKHT STRAW VOTt 'colonel Roosevelt waited until the demand became Irresistible before he reluctantly consented to have It under stood that he would accept the nomi nation for the Presidency If he got It. The voices calling for the Colonel fair ly drowned his protests. They would not take no. All that remains now Is for the Republican convention to nom inate the Colonel. That trifling detail will be looked after at Chicago In June. But meanwhile he has been over whelmingly nominated In most of the straw- vote eanvassea throughout the country . There Is a certain variable ness about straw votes as a rule, but none about the straw contests conduct ed by the Roosevelt newspapers. They all result In a complete triumph for the Colonel. There was hesitation at Oyster Bay until the returns from Glrard, Kan., came in. Glrard Is the home of the Appeal to Reason, the socialist news paper. The Appeal to Reason has Joined the fashion of having a postal card canvass of Its readers. One would suppose that. the result would be fa vorable to some eminent socialist, and he would be right: but the Appeal to Reason had a narrow escape- The to tals of the Appeal's straw vote thus far announced are as follows: l.h - . lr.N'.miira 'V"? liomper. l.--." Knoaovrlt 41. .I! T.fl -' Poor Taft! Behind as usual. But the Colonel certainly, made a fine showing in fast companv. -1ITNKSS5 THE KKAI. TKsT. ' Thirty-two initiative and referen dum measures were on the ballot in 1910. .There will be forty or more In W'e are more and more super seding the-Legislature. We are more and more taking over to. the people In the mass the important and indispens able function of legislation. There are 100,000 odd legislators in Oregon. The people have assumed a tremendous task- It cannot possibly succeed un less there shall be moderation, re straint, limitation and reason. It Is a critical time In the great experiment Oregon is making- One way out and there must be a way through the maze of accumulat ing and complicated legislative propo sals Is to send representative men to the State Legislature. Formerly men were elected to the Legislature be cause they signed Statement Xo. One and .or no other reason. Now there is a disposition to accept Statement One and to remove it as a political issue. Men may now be cho sen with regard to their fitness and experience. There should be no other lest. two Ki"ns or i ivdiwtm. The Colonel Is floundering In a mire of hi." own making. He draws dis tinctions which are Imperceptible to a wayfaring man. What Is the distinc tion between "becoming a candidate" and being "willing to accept a nomi nation?" A plausible explanation is thai a man who becomes a candidate goes forth to seek a nomination, while the man who Is willing to accept sits back in retirement waiting for the nomination to come to him. That Is a very pretty theory, but what are the facts as known In everyday American political life? The man w ho is "willing to accept" informs his close political associates, who forthwith go out into the country and stimulate a demand that he ac cept. He Is in constant communica tion with his lieutenants: at Oyster H,iv. the Outlook office and elsewhere, by personal Interview, letter and tele gram, instructing and advising them how to create the demand. He writes articles for his own newspaper, of which advance proofs are furnished to the news associations for distribution among all the newspapers of the coun try. In these articles he disparages the acts of the man who will be his rival, in case the demand for bis nom ination becomes so strong that he will fed safe in publicly announcing his willingness to accept. loes that rival prosecute a trust which he always treated with distin guished consideration when In office? He affirms that mere size Is no offense against ' the anti-trust, law and that there are good trusts and bad trusts. loes his Tlval negotiate treaties to perpetuate peace among nations? He sas those treaties compel us to accept a slap in the face without retaliation. tioes some muckraker perpetrate a clumsy forgery, to sustain a charge that the rival is encouraging monopoly to seize the public domain? He seizes upon It as an excuse to exploit, by contrast, his own aealous care of the public interests. He appropriates to himself and his henchmen the title "progressive." implying that all mho disagree with them are reactionaries. A man who Is 'willing to accept" conducts a campaign from ambush, by indirection and innuendo. He covertly encourages, while he publicly disowns, the underhand attacks. .the misrepre sentation, all the devious and sinuous devices of the trained political "knock er." who wears down confidence in his rival. The man who "becomes a candi date" comes out Into the open light of day and Is ready to receive blow for blow like a courageous fighter. He tells the people frankly -where he stands and why he stands there. He resorts to no subterfuges, no Innuendo, but Is a knight of the political tourna ment rather than an Indian skulking behind rocks and bushes. It sounds strange to use the words "dare not" with regard to a man who has gained a reputation of being will ing to dare anything, but Roosevelt dared not at an earlier date become An open candidate. He was hampered by his oft-repeated pledges, and wait ed until the carefully worked up popu lar demand gave him an excuse, sat isfactory to himself, for setting those pledges at naught. His Judgment, warped by wounded vanity and Insa tiable ambition, he Imagined the seven Governors voiced that demand and furnished an excuse for violating his word, and he at last ventured to make the leap. He had been chafing at the restraint he had placed upon himself by his own promise and he has at last broken those bonds. The moral law which, as he has preached for years, should govern public life, has become nothing to him. when It becomes an obstacle to ambition. But. as Shake speare aays: "It Is a good divine that follows his own instructions." AMD THE PARTKLS POT. If there were a parcels post In this country the egg situation In Spokane never could have assumed the tragic aspect which It now presents. The lo cal producers of tbat sapid esculent tlnd themselves shut out of their nat ural market by the dealers, that Is. by the commission men. These worthies have learned by experience that they can make more money by dealing out stale Eastern eggs to the Spokane pub. lie than they can by dispensing those produced freshly at home. Of course this compels the local poultry farmers either to pack their eggs or ship them to some distant market. To meet this untoward situation the henowners have decided to establish a market of their own In Spokane and fight the commis sion magnates with their own weap ons. If necessary, the price will be cut down to a figure with which the East ern product cannot compete. While It is raining sheap eggs, the Spokane householders will probably keep .their baskets right side up and lay In a sup ply for the future.. With a parcels post the poultry farmers might easily avoid any such unhappy dilemma as that In which they now find themselves. All they need do to establish a market for their product would be to send round sam ples by mall. The excellence of their fresh eggs would, of course, appeal to the taste of sensible householders. Collections would be made without dif ficulty and new shipments through the postoffice would be in demand. Thus in course of time a handsome trade could be built up between the producer and the consumer free from depend ence upon the middleman. Lest it be suspected that this Is mere theory, we must remind the reader again that it is the common practice In Germany, where a parcels post has long been established. In that favored country all sorts of produce are shipped by mail. The postoffice not only forwards the goods, but It also delivers them and collects the pay, which Is remitted to the Bhlpper. Thus the department demonstrates Its use fulness to the public in a manner which ours might well envy. The ob ject In Germany is not so much to make the postoffice exhibit-a surplus as to make it serve the people, but in cidentally It yields a goodly revenue. DIRHT VH. CIKCl'MSTAVTTAI. PROOF. The Enes case, which recently came to a climax in this city, is another ar gument against the theory that direct evidence is more reliable than circum stantial. In this case. Involving the theft of Jewelry, clothing and furs, to trie value of $500, from the apart ments of Mrs. M. R. McDonald, two men In the pawnshop where a portion of the goods had been pledged swore without reservation that a picture shown them of Mrs. Enes was of the woman who had pawned the goods. Later, when confronted by Mrs. Enes, these two men positively Identified her as the person from whom the goods were received. Fortunately Mrs. Enes could show by many of her neighbors and friends that she was In Perrydale, miles away, when the theft occurred, and all of that day, and she was ac quitted of the crime: but the cloud hung heavily upon her. nevertheless. A few days later Mrs. McDonald saw a man and woman on the street, and thought she recognized the furs worn by the woman as a portion of the plun. der. She followed them and finally had the woman arrested; but the man made his escape. The woman con fessed that the man had committed the crime, and he was later arrested. He confessed, and has been sent to the penitentiary for a long term, and most of the goods have been returned to their owner. This case was peculiar, but far from unprecedented, the court records showing thousands of cases of mistaken Identity. One of fhe most remarkable, but not often referred to. occurred In Baltimore some sixty years ago. A certain prominent Congress man, representing a district up the Hudson River from New York, was a candidate for re-election, and one of his principal lieutenants and workers on election day w-as his secretary, who had come on from Washington to la bor in behalf of his chief- On the evening of the election it was early discovered that the ballot was favor able by a big majority, and the secre tary and a large number of his friends proceeded to "make a night of It." About 7 o"clock on the following morning, after the departure of the morning train for New Tork and Washington (there then being but two trains a day), the secretary", most glo riously drunk, was put to bed at a ho tel, the Congressman and others at tending to the "rites." During the afternoon he got up. went out on the street, gathered around him a number of his friends, made the rounds .of the drinking places, and finally was escorted to the depot by a numerous company, includ ing the Congressman, and was seen aboard the train. When he alighted from the train the following evening at Washington he was arrested and taken back to Baltimore, where he was ac cused of passing seven or eight worth less drafts on as many banks during the day. The Congressman was noti fied and came on at once to defend him. and was enabled to get an almost Immediate trial. At this trial each of the paying tellers swore positively that the secretary was the person to whom they paid the money for the worthless paper. No amount of cross-examining could shake them; they were ab solutely sure he was the man. Then the hack driver who had driven the culprit to the various banks, and had finally taken him to the train and saw him embark for Washington, swore to his identity Just as positlvely as the tellers. None of these" men wilfully swore falsely and yet all swore to some thing absolutely untrue, as was shown when the Congressman and two old friends of the accused wen; on the stand and demonstrated that their friend could not have been within a hundred miles of Baltimore when the crimes were committed, and that he must have gone straight through that city on the train from which he was later arrested. Fifty witnesses, old friends of the accused who saw him embark the evening before the checks were passed, could have been produced to show the same thing. He was. of course, acquitted, and later the real criminal was arrested, confessed and sent to prison for thirty years. The law books and court records are full of Just such, and even more re markable cases. But In spite of this we often hear people say that they would not convict a person of a high crime on anything but direct, positive proof, that circumstantial evidence is too uncertain. And yet where the cir cumstances have no unbroken or even frayed thread, such proof Is far stronger than direct proof can be, save in cases where the testimony Is given by those who knew the accused well and had the opportunity to know that It waa the accused who committed the crime. The same Is true In cases of an alibi. Where the parties are well known to each other, as were those In the case mentioned above, then direct proof Is Infallible. But even then it Is no more reliable than a perfect chain of circumstances, which can neither He nor be mistaken. The efforts of Representative Haw ley to secure obedience by the Land Omce bureaucrats to the law for the relief of Siletx settlers have been sec onded by President Taft and have at last been successful. The fact that Mr. Hawiey had to exert himself not only to get this law passed, but to get It obeyed by the men sworn to adminis ter it. is a pretty commentary on con ditions in the Land Office. We hope Mr. Hawiey will keep after them until they have issued a patent to every set tler entitled to It under the law, re gardless of the bureaucrats' opinion of the law. It is consoling to know that Hud son Maxim numbers the United States of America among the three na tions which will survive, but why has he so poor an opinion of Europe as to predict Its absorption by the United States of Asia? Does he foresee the overrunning of that continent by new Asiatic hordes armed with modern Im plements of warfare? And is America to become the last refuge of the white race, the rest of the world given over to the dusky races ranging in hue from black to yellow? There is no end to the questions raised by Mr. Maxim as to the future of the human race. When Hanish, the Prince of Adusht, is transformed back to Hennessy and wears coarse stripe raiment instead of robes of purple and gold, he may lose his attractions for the deluded women who call themselves sun-worshipers. It ia significant that the inventors of such fake religions always gather around them people who have more money than brains and always attract the money to their own bank accounts un. til they become millionaires. The pen niless but brainy fakers were made to live off of the brainless rich, who are deluded by their patter. Secretary Wilson's fifteen years in the Cabinet fall naturally into two periods of about the same length. During the first he was a useful offi cial full of initiative and new Ideas. During the second he has been an im pediment to the public service. His attitude toward Dr. Wiley has been a public scandal. Members of one of the Hindu sects stop up a man's nose and mouth with mud wher. age impairs his activity. Christianity forbids the application of this process to Secretary Wilson, but it seems to be about the onlv way to secure his retirement. Th? Christian converts in China are getting a taste of experiences which were common In the early days of the faith. Torture and death were the or dinary lot of the converts and it Is said that their constancy won new adher ents by the hundred. Perhaps thia will be the case In China. We may see a strong Christian church founded on the sufferings of the band who have Just sealed their faith by a tragic dea'h In that turbulent country. President Taft desired first to with draw exorbitant tariff benefits from the wjolen trust, but the Democrats delay action. In view of the revelations re sulting from the Lawrence strike. Democratic inaction on the wool tariff is not tikely to win many votes in Mas. sachust-tts. No decision by the Circuit Court waa needed to clear the name of Frank Steunenberg. There was never a smirch on his record and he belongs In the class of Lincoln and Garfield, martyrs to duty. Curtailment of railway traffic jnse quent upon shortage of coal in tZng Iand will bring about scarcity of fo.id and end the miners" strike, and nobody will be the gainer. Was it ever other wise? The women voters of California re sent Roosevelt's invasion .of woman's right to change her mind. They will give us an -illustration of woman's view- of the sanctity of a man's word. That Spring, with Its usual industrial unrest. Is here Is shown by prospective trouble in the anthracite district. That millions of tons are in storage may ef fect results. SchmiU is acquitted by an Instructed verdict. Of coj c. Next thing in or der Is a comliis- rrt party' for Abe Ruef. The proposition to use Hiram John son for tin can on the Colonel's ticket is not to be considered seriously. Statistics show alien mothers nre most prolific In New York, but their daughters correct the error. Bill WhiU called on the Colonel yes terday to tell bin "what's the ma:ter with Kansas. Roosevelt and a Third Term Maeoa Telearapfc, Dem. Selfish agitation grows apace with selfish designs. Rlcamoad Times-Dispatch, Deos. Signorina Bwana Tumbo has been persuaded to sing an Encore. Aaarasta C hronicle, Dem. He has helped the Democratic party to win success in the next election. C'bleag. Joaraal, Rep. Mr. Roosevelt is mistaken. His mis take is emphasized by reference to the case of General Grant. Philadelphia Reeord, Dem. A short, time ago they were asking. "What shall we do w-lth our ex-President?" We know now we'll defeat htm. Sjrraenae Herald. Rep. On the whole, we must regard Mr. Roosevelt's declaration as an Incident full of gloomy portent to the Repub lican party. Arkaaau Democrat. We would regard the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt and his election to the Presidency of the United States as a National disaster. Roatow Joarmal lad. The Republicans want Roosevelt as their candidate. If they are not de prived of their opportunity by man agers' schemes they will say so. Vtw Yarh World, Dem. Mr. Roosevelt is a unque figure in American politics. Even Aaron Burr r.fuserf to wreck the Democratic party in order to prevent Jefferson e election. Lewlaviile Coorler-Jouraal, Dem. A progressive seems to be an office- seeker who is capable of making the chameleon and Ananias exchange ex presstons of sympathy based upon a common envy of an admitted superior. Baltimore Evening Sun, Dem. Those whom the gods would destroy. etc. Theodore Roosevelt yesterday flew into a temper and threatened to smash cameras leveled at him by news paper photographers. Savannah Newa, Dem. Now is the time to put the stamp of disapproval on third-term ambition for ever. That Is what the people will do In the event of Colonel Roosevelt's nom ination. If we are not greatly mistaken. Davenport Democrat. The people will look to the Demo cratic party, and not to ex-President Roosevelt, for relief, and all the signs point to their declaring for the change next November. Boston Poat, Ind. Theodore Roosevelt stands In the fierce light of public opinion a self confessed seeker of what Washington would not take and Grant could not get. How shall the verdict of this Nation be rendered? Arkansas Gasette, Dem. All right. Let Theodore Roosevelt accept the Republican nomination for President if he can get it. If we have got to meet and settle this issue of third termism, let us meet and settle It In this year 1912. Kansas City Journal, Rep. His betrayal of Taft, his activity in widening the Republican breach and the fact that many of his zealous follow ers would bolt the ticket through pique these things endanger the success of the Republican ticket next Nomber. .New York Evening- Post, Dem. Thousands of members of the A nan las Club are reported to be resigning out "f mean Jealousy of the Founder, who. they say. is now first and the rest nowhere, while others are moving to have the charter name changed to the Third Terra Club, Nebraska State Journnl, Rep. As to the final result of this cam paign, surface Indications point to the success of Roosevelt delegates in every part of the West where the party ma chinery is under popular control. In the East the opposition will be fierce, liberally financed. SI. Paul Ptoneer-Preaa, Rep. If Colonel Roosevelt is nominated at the Chicago convention, the proceed ings will furnish full proof that the people know how to get rid of a Presi dent who has had but one term in of fice. The wishes of the people are more potent than precedents. Hartford Courant, Rep. For the Republican party to go back now on Taft and make the Democrats the unhoped-for present of the third term Issue Into the bargain would be simply to Invite political disaster. The Republican party is not going to com mit any such folly as that. Xew York Herald, Dem. Mr. Roosevelt must remember that he Is now regarded as a man who has de liberately broken his word, as a pri vate citizen seeking office, so be must not object If people punch him in the ribs, kick him on the shins, stove in his hst. call him a duffer and generally give him back as good as he sends. Philadelphia Bulletin, Rep. Colonel Roosevelt has made an Issue which will certainly be fought to a finish, but It is by no means clear whether he may not wreck the Repub lican party, at least, so far as the ne,xt Presidential campaign is concerned, in his attempts to show the people that he alone is destined to be, and ought to be. their ruler. New York Evening Snn. Ind. The Issue lies between demagogy and truth between the cry that the people can do no wrong and the clear percep tion of Lincoln that the people can for a time be fooled. The appeal Is from passion to reason. And we can think of no one better qualified to lead their respective causes than Theodore Roose velt and William Howard Taft. Indianapolis News, Ind. If Mr. Roosevelt goes in 'again, does any one believe that he will be content wlUi four years? Could he make a statement that would bind him to bo content? If he could have two more consecutive terms, what is there, but the patriotism of the people, to prevent him from having another eight years, provided four years are. permitted to intervene? - -. - Boston Transcript, Rep. Theodore Roosevelt Is never in the enemy's country when be visits Mas sachusetts. But when he was at the Statehouse yesterday he must have realized that he was in the midst of an assembly of opponents, not enemies. The legislators heard his address with a courtesy that reflected their regard for the man and their respect for the office he has held, but which even he could not deem acquiescence in his plat form or his many explanations of his Columbus speech. A ,avy With Whiskers. Indianapolis News. Ten sailing vessels, each a century or i7ore old. still are in service 4n Den xi ark's merchant marine. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of March 6. 1S62. Clarksville. the only remaining rebel fort on the Cumberland between Fort Donelson and Nashville, has been tak en and is now held by General Smith's division of General Halleck's army. Nashville itself, full of rebel snores and ammunition, is pale with white flags, which miist soon be hauled down to give place to Union flags. On rebel authority -it was stated that General A. S. Johnston telegraphed to General -. . . V. n . V .-. -i 1 1 shniiM Ha cziir- ! rendered on condition that prlvat property be respected, but no answer has been made. Meanwhile on Wed nesday last (two weeks since), 5000 Infantry and two or three batteries of artillery left St. Louis to ascend the Cumberland and if Grant prefers . to take Nashville without agreeing to any terms with traitors, he will make short work of it. Three thousand rebel prisoners taken at Fort Donelson ask to be given their arms had to be enrolled under the Union flag. Every additional fact reported con cerning the four days' battle at Fort Donelson Increases the evidence that our men fought with unquenchable de termination to be the victors. " The Eleventh Illinois regiment comes out with but. 140 sound men. and one com pany of the regiment was reduced to 16- that can answer as fit for duty at rollcalU The British Colonist extra announces a telegram from General Grant to Gen eral McCiellan that General Price has been captured and Is now a prisoner. The Commissioner of the Land Office at Washington has Instructed the regis ters and receivers at land offices and Surveyors-General to this effect: "Your office and the local offices of the Land Department shall refuse to execute and deliver certificates and evi dences of claims to disloyal persons, whether they have aided and assisted the existing rebellion or are plotting to render it assistance in the future," Upon the receipt of the glorious news yesterday morning from the Atlantic states, many of our citizens ran up the stars and stripes at the masthead. The glorious old flag waves once more in every state of the Union. We learn that there is quite a little town of tents, filled with miners, at the mouth of the Willamette. The inhabi tants are waiting for navigation to open in the Columbia River, so that they can push on for the mines. It is called Salmon Town. Captain H. Hoyt, Just from Astoria, reports that several vessels are lying at that place, unable to cross the bar on account of adverse winds. WOMAN'S TIME IS WELL OCCUPIED Opposition Voiced to Extension of Suf frage nnd Writers Answered. HUBBARD, Or.. March 4. (To the Editor.) Do you think it-fair for so many to pounce onto one? If I re member aright, there have been four different correspondents scoring "anti suffragist" for her remarks about your editorial, "Do Women Want to Vote?" The last one of these was published March 1, and he forgets to sign his name or tell what his occupation is. Although I am one of the men that "C." thinks should have been extinct long ago. I feel as though I were good for several years yet, and I agree with Anti-Suffragist "that I shall be very sorry to see the day come when We shall have woman suffrage in Oregon." I also agree with her "that the wom an who gives her home and family the care and attention she should will have no time for politics or office or jury duty." Think of a self-respecting wom an being shut up with 11 men in a Jury room several days and nights in succession! It is my opinion that such a siege would be anything but a moral uplift to either side. But I agree with Dr. J. G. Holland that ."a woman has the right to sing bass If she wants to. but I do not wish to hear her," and I am like "The Country Contributor" tn the Ladies' Home Journal for February, who asked her friends (?) what she would gain by the ballot. Their an swer was "freedom," and, like her, I ask "Freedom from what?"" I would also point to an article by Ida M. Tarbell in the American Maga zine for February, in which the writer describes mannish costumes and habits of club women, but if I read aright she does not commend the fashion. Under the nom de plume of "Grapho" a writer In the Advance give the re gard I hold for the women of America. "There was a scene out on an ice floe at our lake front, a little while ago, to be remembered always. All . through a bitter night, with icy winds cutting like a knife and searching for the mar row, four young men and a young woman were upon tht ice. When the searchers found them in the morning, not a man of the four had on his over coat. The coats were under and around the young woman. Every man ofthem would have died to save her life. That Is the American man's regard for wom an.. If ever she puts on coarse boots and tramples it under foot, she will be crazier than "Mary Ann." ' J. S. YODER. More A boat Skookum Lake. ' TILLAMOOK, Or., March 4. (To the Editor.) I desire to state for the ben efit of your correspondent that Skoo kum Lake is In Tillamook County, about 20 miles southeast of Tillamook City. It is surrounded by many le gends, traditions and superstitions which date back to the days when thia county was mainly inhabited by the Indians. It is a splendid place for hunting and fishing, beautiful scenery and well worth seeing, although ghosts and other phantoms are said to In habit the vicinity and interfere with the sleep and peace of mind of those who visit the place. It has no trans portation conveniences, no habitation, and Is wild and primitive. Camping supplies must be either carried or taken In by pack horses. JAMES WALTON, JR. The Firing Fish President. SALEM, Or.. March 4. (To the Ed itor.) The sixth President of the Unit ed Fishes was the Flying-fish. He was a wise fish, all right, and made a good President, but he had a bad habit when making a speech of getting very much excited and swim ming around in circles and finally making a rush for the surface, with such speed that he would fly clear out of the water, coming down about 40 rods away from where he started. He was a great trial to bis friends, who had a hard time to follow him. Finally while making one of his grand flights he landed on the deck of a steamer and never did get back. We want a President who will stay down among us when he makes a speech. . Yes. REDMOND, Or., March 3. (To the Edlter.) A man and wife in Oregon hold all property in equal partnership. All deeds, notes and bank accounts are made out to "John Jones and Mary Jones, or the survivors of them." In case of the death of either, can the other - continue the business without any court proceedings? A. SUBSCRIBER. Song of Political Sea By Dean Collins. (Acknowledgements to Reynolds and others. I "Thirteen men on a dead man's chest." (Yo ho. and a cup of coffee!) Or rather seven, from East to West, (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Seven Governors said of late. "Theodore, board the ship of state!" Pooh-pooh, for the rest of the 48! (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Seven Governors out of the bunch, (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Gave me the Presidential hunch, (Yo ho. and a cup of coffee!) What care for the rest of the 4S? If I wait for them. I'll have long to wait: So here's for boarding the ship of state! (Yo ho. and a cup of coffee!) The crew that sailed in the past with me. (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) 1 swore to consign to the -hungry sea. (Yo ho, and a Cup of coffee!) There was the first, the man at the wheel Who in olden days I had called Square Deal; I knocked him out ere he'd time te squeal. (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) -. There was La Follette I'd boosted well, (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) . He did not guess, till the fell blow fell, (Yo ho. and a cup of coffee!) There were my vows of 1904. And those that in 1908 I swore I drove to the side and I kicked them o'er. (To no, ana a cup ot coffee!) Friendship for Taft of years gone by (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) I turned it away with ne'er a sigh; (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Loud I laughed at my merry prank As I drove it onto the bending plank, And I shed no tears when it stepped and sank. (To ho, and a cup of coffee!) I've nailed my flag to the mast on high, (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Recall of decisions let 'er fly! (Yo ho, and a cup of coffee!) Ev'ry old thing I repudiate As I sail away. Stick around and wait. And see me try boarding the ship of state! (Yo ho. a whole pot of cofee!) Portland, March 4. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe A married man attracts no more at tention than a baseball player in Win ter; but let his wife die. and he will attract an much attention as a good shortstop in July. Many a man starts out to have a good time, and doesn't have It. A man remodeled a store and fitted it up in modern fashion. But it re mained empty so long that when it was finally rented the owner was com pelled to again remodel it. Your friends are often afraid to do you a favor, fearing it will displease your enemy. When in the company of a man of 50, don't say: "O, dear, I am becoming old, I passed 36 yesterday." Some people are courteous only tc strangers, and Impudent only to friends. People are forever talking of revo lution. "Unless this intolerable condi tion is changed," they say, "there .will be a revolution." But it is worth re membering that there has actually been a. revolution in Mexico, and the people are worse off than-they were -before Watch the man-who has been vindU cated a good many times. People often say: "Something should be done about it." when the best thins is to do nothing. A man failed the other day who had swindled women out of 5, 000.000. He did it by telling them of their wrongs and of the greater things they arc cap able of. Men are easily swindled in the same way. ' BREAKING INTO CARTOON FIELD. Beginner Asks Advice as to Manner of Securing Position. . RAYMOND. Wash., March 4. (To the Editor.) I am a young man desiring to follow cartooning as a profession and would like you to advise through the columns of The Oregonian what you: deem the best plan for a beginner. I am not Impelled on by the flattery of admiring friends, because I have had the pleasure many times of experiencing "chills and fever" before the "eagle" eye of the editor. I know how it feels to run the gauntlet of his terse ques tionings: also to be deeply moved to find that my best effort has dropped 5 points below par. I am a reader of daily papers and current political magazines. I have a storehouse of ideas of my own and do not hold a diploma from any corres pondence institution. .1 have had train ing under competent art instructors, but not in illustration. That. I have worked out under my own tutelage. I know what a cartoon is, what it is meant for; also how it is prepared for publication. I have had 10 years ex perience drawing with a pen. If "pull" or "influence" is all that is needed, I can furnish any amount of it. It is generally conceded, though, that brains, talent and Ingenuity go a long way toward paving the road to success. C. C Any number of good sketch artists who are up on- current events and have ideas of their own are available to tha newspapers, but the really good car toonist is rare. He Is one who can convey an Idea worth while in such a way that the sketch attracts the read ers of the paper, and do it not occasion, ally, but day after day. As the large newspaper ordinarily employs but one cartoonist, the beginner, although he may have a .few good samples of his work, naturally has difficulty in con vincing the editor that he can keep up the pace. The editor usually wants some one he is sure of, and the paper able to pay the price seeks a cartoon ist of established reputation. Nor Is an editor who has a satisfactory cartoonist likely to turn him out to give a Job to a promising beginner. The beginner's best plan probably Is to seek a position on one of the smaller dallies. If his work is meritorious ho will have no trouble in advancing to a better position. "Pull" is of no value, the task before him is to find an open-' lng and then convince the editor he is thw man to fill it. It is Just like hunt ing any other Job for which the appli cant believes he is fit. Subjunctive Mood. HUNTINGTON. Or., March 4. (To the Editor.) I cannot find an English crammer. :W111 you be so kind to ad- ' vise me what the subjunctive mood is? What is the difference between pres ent indicative and present RUbJunctive moods? IGNORANT. Try the dictionary. Dried Grass for Match-Making-, Indianapolis News. A wood substitute made of dried grass, is being experimented with abroad lor match-making .