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JIJIE II. 101
h . ' IS TUB "OITH F.UTHriLf
jAccordlng to present Indication
there U Just ona thin that can bring
about '. the nomination of Colonel
' noosvlt by the Republican conw-n
tlon. hat one thin Is a secret un
dirstandlng by the Colonel with 1
number of the Southern delegates who
the National Committee has recom
mended" iha 11 be seated.
sThe ..National Committee has; fully
demonstrated It pro-Taft leanings. It
will at a sufficient number of con
tested delegate to give President Taft,
on tha f ace of things at least, a ma
jority In the National Convention
Beating of the so-called Taft delegates
from the South, however, does not ab
solutely insure solid South for Taft
We have heard of the visit of Ormsby
McHarg : among the Southern dele
rates. One who saw him working In
the South tells the New York Times
that Mr. McHarg went about his work
la an "extremely buslness-llkt man
ner."
Those who came In touch with Mc
Harg In Oregon when he was sent
West to Induce members of the Ore
gon Legislature to violate Statement 1
and defeat Chamberlain for the Ben
ate. wlllvrecognlze the aptnesa of the
description of the McHarg procedure
given the Times. It may reasonably
be questioned, therefore, whether all
the "Taft delegates" from the South
are solid, for Taft.
. Some support to 'the suspicion that
there may be a secret understanding
with certain Southern delegates Is
given by the apparent willingness with
which the ten or fifteen warm sup
porters of Roosevelt on the National
Committee saw the Southern contests
settled In Taft's apparent favor.
Roosevelt's own men on the commit
tee voted to a man against hi conten
tions in severs! cases.
The oonteifts are 'going against
Roosevelt. They will continue to go
-gainst him except, perhaps, in a tow
eases where his contentions are too
fftrong to be safely ignored. 80 marked
Ms the drift that there is but one in
Iftulry standing in the way of a safe
forecast of the action of the conven
'tlon. Can McHarg deliver the gpocs?
Si '
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WHAT AROIT 'THI STAY-AT-HOM
' How will the men who stayed away
'from the presidential primaries vote
at the election T In some states
the total Republican vote was less
than SO per cent of the normal
strength. In others It ran up to 60
per cent. If allowance Is made for
the large proportion of Democrat
which crossed the party boundary line
to muddy the water for their neigh
bors, the proportion was much less. It
seemed during the campaign preceding
the primaries that the Republican
party was stirred to Its depths as
hever before, but the vote proved that
the political waters were moved only
half way to the bottom. How- will
hose men vote who can be awakeried
o Interest In politics only by the con-
eat between the parties?
The stay-at-home is a man who la
low to become excited. He Is an spa.
ihetlc 'optimist, who Is naturally dis
posed to act, or rather to abstain
from acting, on the assumption that
everything will come out all right
anyhow. He Is predisposed to con
kervatlsm on the principle of let well
enough alone. The reformer, the rad.
leal, tbe man who believes the coun
try will go to the dogs unless It swal
ows his pet panacea, always votes,
Set against him are those who are
actively opposed to radical measures.
The stay-at-home Is of the same men,
tal bent as the latter, but only pas
sively so.
' Should Tsft be nominated and
should Roosevelt bolt, both opposed
by a Democrat of whatever stripe, the
din of political strife until November
will be deafening. It will awaken all
except the rrsost somnolent of the stay-at-homes.
They will And party lines
broken , In many places, their own
harty efHIt In two. They will be called
i Upon to choose between the two fac
J lions of their own party If they pre-
I fer to stay with It. or to bolt to the
Democrats if neither pleases them.
" The Roosevelt shouters assume that
, their victory In the primaries la a sure
precursor of victory at the election,
but is It? Should one-half of the
voters who stayed away from the pri
maries appear at the polls and in the
main vote either for Taft or for the
Democratic candidate, they might turn
the scale against Roosevelt. The Issue
may be decided by the stay-at-homes
and the Independent, who, always ac
tive In politics, wander across party
lines according to their view of the
questions paramount at the time.
All of which Implies that the man
who cotyectly guesses the result of the
conning , election will be an uncom
monly good guesser.
CO TO THE ROSE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
After all the effort that haa been
made to secure a worthy patronage for
the Rose Musical Festival, it is now
$2000 In debt. -Who Is to blame for
this unfortunate state of things?- No.
.body la to blame, but a. good many peo
ple have been remiss. Thousands who
could have attended the concerts and
would have enjoyed themselves thor
oughly listening to the excellent music
ive not attended simply because they
did not remember, or because some
trifling engagement Interfered. In
consequence of this remlsaqess comes
the dismal news that the Musical Fes.
rival has not thus far been the finan
cial success -that it deserved to be but
fhat a heavy debt has accumulated.
Debts have to be paid by somebody.
In this rase the promoters must look
for the tnoney In some other direction
.If It Is riot forthcoming from the pub
lic. Btu no doubt it will be forthoom.
,1ti. There Is to be one more concert
this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. It will
take pse In the Gipsy Smith auditor
ium and will Include a wealth of beau
tiful music
Mr. Khrgott. the New York soloist,
will sing tbe "Toreador' Song" from
"Carmen." The , orchestra will play
tha lovely "A us Melnen Groaaen
Schmerxen," the music by Robert
Franx and the words by Heine. We
suppose the words will not be heard,
but what of It? Everybody knows
them by heart. Mary Cheney will sing
"The Old Kenttrcky Home" and "The
Star-Spangled Banner." Wb.o can atay
away from such a banquet of melody?
Everybody ought to go and help
make the first Rosa Musical Festival
a financial success, so that we may
have others In the years to come. If
the promoters of this one are swamped
with debt, who will have courage
enough to make another effort?
Portland Is to be a great metropolis
before long, and It must acquire ar
tistic habits In keeping with its future.
Music s not the least of tbe arts. It
will be a sorry tale to go out over the
country that with all our prosperity
and high hopes for the coming years
we permitted our first Rose Musical
Festival to lapse Into bankruptcy.
TIIK'tVHT Or TMTC ROOSEVEIT WAVE.
We strongly suspect that. Mr. George
Watklns, of Marshfleld, haa never read
the Republican National platform of
1908. We are certain, moreover, that
if he has read It. ' Its pledges have
passed out of hi mind. Otherwise he
would not, in hi letter which la pub
lished todsy, sttempt to Justify his op.
position to Taft on the ground of Taft's
failure to keep tariff promise.
The platform on which Mr. Taft was
sleeted did not promise reduction of
the tariff. The tariff plank of the
platform advocated revision; it did not
promise, reductions or Increases.' ' It
did make the following declaration:
In all tartfC lealalatlon th tru prtnclpl
of protection la bat maintained by th
Imposition of such dutl as will equal tha
dirfaranra hatweaa th coat of production a
horn and abroad. toa;ath-r wits a rai
abl profit to A marl can Sadutrla
The Tariff Board was not specifically
asked for, as Mr. Watklns asserts. But
its creation was directly and distinctly
in line with the pledge of the Repub
lican party as denned In the foregoing
plank. Its purpose is to ascertain the
difference between the cost of pro
duction at home and abroad. Anybody
who can see a subterfuge In this ought
to consult an oculist.
Mr. Watklns come nearer the mark
when he says that Taft Is too easy, too
slow and too ponderous. If Taft had
made a big noise about what he was
doing. Instead of sitting down comfort
ably and carrying out hla party
pledges, he would without a doubt be
much stronger with the people than he
1 today. In that respect "he doesn't
seem to know us very well," or if he
doe be either csnnot or will not
change his disposition.
Mr. Watklns should spend some
quiet evening reading his party' plat
form, and pay less attention to Demo
cratic literature. If he will do this he
will discover that some of the "mat
ters of minor Importance" over -which
Taft "fiddled away the . time" were
considered in 1908 to be of sufficient
Importance to place in that platform
Roosevelt's hold on the American peo.
pie cannot be traced to actual short
comings In Taft, lesst of all to failure
to carry out party tariff promises.
DAM XALARKEVS tUB.
The . Oregonlan bewails Dan Ma
larkey's broken rib, but It rejoices
that he has a fifteen-year-old boy with
vigor enough in hla arm to thrash his
father. Naturally a friendly thrash
ing Is what w mean. Far be It from
ua to encouraga family discord. Would
tnat there were a rather in every
American family with grit and vigor
enough "to get hi rib, or even his
neck, broken In a lusty boxing bout
with hi son and would that every
family had a son. or two Of them, with
the muscle to hold their own In a
tournament with their elders.
We -take It that a man who boxes
with his son U a true Christian and
a master of .'domestic strategy. The
boy who feel free to break his father's
ribs, all in the way of kindly sport.
will not smoke cigarettes behind the
barn or slink off with vile companions
to low and cowardly Indulgence. Very
few American adults of either sex play
as much as they ought and almost
none of them ever think of playing
with their half-grown boys and girls
Dignity would sutler, they fancy. In a
game of fisticuffs, or at any rate the
boy who once discovered that he
could thrash his "daddy" would be for.
evermore beyond discipline.
That Is arrant nonsense. What I
needed In the family 1 not the disci
pllne of fear and cold authority, but
that of understanding and sympathy,
and this comes from precisely the aort
of relations which Dan Malarkey has
established with his vigorous son. One
of the most attractive pictures In
Whitman's poems Is that of a man of
eighty years old, sound In wlni) and
limb, who never shaved or cut his hair
and who loved nothing -ko well as to
go off hunting and fishing with his
seven son -following him and their
sons following them. The old man
was still the huskiest of the bunch In
spite of his fourscore years. The boys
were proud and happy to go on the
expedition with their sire and he was
proud of hli eugenic offspring.
Perhaps, after all. the Ideal family
la a democracy where kindliness and
understanding 'supply the" daily law
and authority comes to the front only
In rare emergencies, - -
FIRST BATTUE- TO BE OTXR ROOT.
The first battle between ' Taft and
Roosevejt In the Chicago convention
will be fought over the motion to elect
Senator Root temporary chairman. It
is doubtful whether Roosevelt can de
feat Root, for the Senator I admitted
to be stronger than Taft, whom he
supports. He will receive Jhe votes of
those Roosevelt men who wish to
avoid an open breach In tha party and
of those delegates who, though pledged
by the popular vote to support the
Colonel, are personally favorable to
Taft.
Roosevelt's vacillation on the ques
tion whether to accept or oppose Root
may have been due to recognition of
this fact and of the adverse effect of a
defeat at the opening of the conven
tion on his own chance of nomination.
First, he declared against Root a a
reactionary. Then he said the dele
gate should decide. Then he made
Barnes telegram asking delegates to
upport Root the ground for .a new
declaration sgalnst his former chief
lieutenant. Barnes said In effect tlfat
every vote for Root would be Inter
preted as a vote against Roosevelt,
and then the fat was In the fir. The
hallenge wa taken up and the first
fight Is to be on temporary chairman.
This change of attitude haa proved
highly embarrassing to the Colonel's
friends. When he showed a disposition
to retract hi first declaration aaralnst
Root, the New York Globe recalled a
speech made- by tho -Senator In the
New York campaign of 1910 highly
eulogizing Roosevelt. The Globe said
Root was not likely to "tertd hlmslf
to strong-arm tactic for control of
the convention or to stultify himself
by Insulting Roosevelt now and inter
preting him In terms of demagogy." It
also said: ..'" ',
Sanatoe Raot. If h taoueht It worth whlla.
could aaak a atrona: elama.ro' bains conatd
arad a praaraaatv. Ha aasportad tha
Huahaa admlalatra'la aad aapoclally Ua
affort to aacur th paaaaa of a dlror.
primary law. Ha Lh loadlns advorata
of th ratlttcatloa of lb In com, ta amacd
rntaL Ha Totad asalna th aaattns of
Lorlntr. aad la raady la do It asaln. Who
tan has a rtht to aay that Enator Root
wUl eaia tha occasion, b? tamnorary chair
man at Cbtcas-Ok. to aaaJt a apctacl of
hlmaalf T
But when ' Barnes telegram ap
peared, making the election of Root
tbe first point to be gained in the
fight on Roosevelt, and the Colonel
took up the challenge and proclaimed
war on Root, the Globe was under the
necessity of flopping. It says Barnes
practically forced Roosevelt .to op
pose Root": that he "could not well
keep quiet aa to a candidacy thus put
forward aa distinctively -anti-Roose.
velt and anti-progressive." ' Then
expatiated on the advantage to the
Colonel of avoiding a row, as though
the Colonel were ever known fo avoid
a tow when there waa a chance to en
Joy one yes, "enjoy" Is the right
word.
But Root was not put forward by
Barnes, but by the National committee.
He waa chosen as a friend of both can.
dldate. though a Taft man. He is
generally credited with having been
Roosevelt's Drat choice for the suc
cession In 108. The committee prob
ably fastened on him as so cool-headed
he Is proverbially cold that he
could best ride the storm which
threatens to break at Chicago on the
llth: that he could best prevent or
quell a rumpus or head off a stamped.
That Is likely the real reason . the
Colonel doesn't want him. '.
ROffMEAta teOTII AXXrVr-RHARY,
If tbe celebration of Rousseau's
200th anniversary, which takes place
this month. Is on a scale corresponding
to hi Influence over the course of his
tory, It will bo a stupendous affair,
He wa born in Geneva toward the
end of June In the year 1712. -Hi
father waa a dancing master and his
mother died soon after he saw the
light. Geneva being at that time th
most protectant city in the world
Rousseau' ancestors and early a so
elates were naturally of the faith of
Calvin, but It can not be said that
their conduct was very exemplary
Moat of his relation were haled be
for tha ecclesiastical government of
the city first and last for misconduct.
The early education which his father
gave him consisted in reading eentl
mental novels, not always of the most
rigorous moral character. In his boy
hood he waa Apprenticed to an en
graver of cruel disposition and loos
habits, who made life so unpleasant
for him that he. ran away, and went
forth Into the world to seeat hi for
tunes. The first friend - whom the
youthful Jean Jacques fell in with
were some kindly priest addicted to
proselytizing. Under their influence
he abjured Calvinism aad became a
Catholic. It wa not until he had
grown famous that be experienced a
second conversion and reverted to the
faith of his childhood. ,
The first of the long strain of worn
en who bef needed . Rousseau was
Madame de Warens. She wa It years
older than her protege but disparity
of years did not prevent sparks of
passion from passing between the pair.
Either out of love or pur kindliness
Madame de Warens assisted Rous
seau for some 12 years, giving him a
home when he needed one and for
warding his education In various ways.
One of the most beautiful passages in
the Confessions is the description of a
few months he passed with her, se
cluded In a rural cottage, where "In
nocence and virtue" reigned without
the aid of a marriage ceremony and
sentimentality gushed In bounteous
springs. . In the course of time a Ger
man barber of a wandering turn hap
pened to capture Madame de Warens'
susceptible heart and Rousseau dlsllk.
lng to live with a successful rival be-,
took himself to Paris. Here again he
wa befriended by women, some of
them noble and wealthy, others not
so grand. HI most lasting connection
was with a servant girl, Terese Levas-
seuer, who served him faithfully both
as mistress and drudge for many
years. The connection produced five
children whom Rousseau disposed of
as fast aa they were born by sending
them to a foundling asylum. When he
was approaching SO year of age
Rousseau came under the protection
of the Marshal de Luxembourg and
his wife, who provided him with a
dwelling and assisted him In many
other way.
It-wa at this time of his life that
he composed the books which made
htm famous and sowed th seed of
the French revolution. His first im
portant literary efforts were two es
says written In a composition pro
posed by the Academy of Dijon. In
the former of these Rousseau set out
to prove that science and art have de
graded man from his condition of
primitive health and virtue. Tolstoi
took up the same thesis In our time
and preached Its doctrine with re
hewed power and success. Rousseau's
other essay discusses the subject of
Inequality among men. It wa in sub.
stance an attack upon private property
and contain the essential theories of
socialism. But these were merely pre
liminaries to his four really great
works. Three of them, "La Nouvalle
Helolse," "Du Contrat Social" and
"Emlle," were produced during the
period., of his intimacy with the
Marshal de Luxembourg. The "Con
fessions" waa the final work -of his
career. The labor of composing, the
New Helotse" was ameliorated by
the friendship of Madame de Luxem
bourg, whom he "used to visit In' th
morning while she was still In bed in
order to read aloud the chapter he
naa written tne a ay . petore. it u I
sensational romance, narrating the
amours of a gushing yOung' woman
with a tutor. Nobody read It now
adays, but it laid tha foundation of
modern romanticism In literature and
art and no doubt Inspired Goethe to
write his "Sorrows of .Werther."
The "Social Contract" begins with
the tartrina' sentence, "Men are born
free and I aee them everywhere en
slaved. With this as a text or rather
a lelt motif, Rousseau plunge into
his theory of society. Governments
began, he assumes, with a contract
between Independent individual by
which each gave up some of his nat
ural rights In return for the advant
age of mutual help and protection.
When society breaks Its part of the
bargain and becomes oppressive the
Individual has the right to secede and
resume hit original liberty. Rousseau
goes on' to say that every government
in the world ha actually broken the I
social contract and, therefore, not one
of them has any moral claim to the
obedience of Its subjects. This doc
trine supplied the Revolutionist of
the Terror with their political phil
osophy. The Social Contract was
the bible of the French radicals.
Robespierre had it by heart and con
tlnually quoted It la his Interminable
speeches. It waa th textbook of every
restless man In France up to tha exe
cution of the King.
Rousseau's "Emlle" Instructs th
world how to return to the blessed
"stato of nature" by the proper edu
cation of the young. The teacher is to
follow the natural bent of the pupil-
There Is to be no luxury, no compul
slon, no discipline. Nature, as maul
fested in the child's desires, is to ba
the sole guide. It is the easiest thin
In the world to present these precepts
In a ridiculous light, but they have
been making headway In the schools
ever since "Emlle" was published an
now they are, with some reservations.
accepted everywhere In 'theory, how
vere far practice departs from them
Froebel and Pestalozxl merely de
veloped Rousseau's pedagogy. Dr.
Maria Montessorl has applied his thf
orle in an educational practice whir
bids fair to revolutionize all our
schools.
Rousseau was one of the weakest
men morally who ever lived. His
body was diseased from the cradle to
the grave. His psychology waa ab
normal and hla thinking was so mixed
with sentimental slop that scholars
almost uniformly despise it. But he
was master of the most persuasive
pros style any man has used sine
Plato. ,
Years sgo, when a farmer took a
shot at Paul Boyton swimming down
the Missouri in costume, thinking he
waa the greatgrandfather of all cat
fish, there was an element of humor
In the Incident. Now the aviator
prey of the excitable bucolic, for
biplane was wrecked in New York
Friday by a rifleman who thought the
machine a mammoth eagle. The
world's progress coses slowly Into th
backwoods.
"Flying to the aid of the Injured'
I no longer a mere ft pur of speech. A
New York doctor, with the help of avl.
ator Robinson,' haa made the expres
sion literally exact. When he was
called to aid an injured lad at Lak
Keuka he entered an aeroplane and
flew to his patient. How long wilt it
be until doctor make flying machines
s common a automobiles are now
What a stride from the horse and
buggy I
The California farmer who has de.
veloped a variety of barley with five
heads to the stalk deserves well of his
country. Men who carry out expert'
menta In plant breeding are among
the best friends of the human race
Suppose somebody should grow ears of
Wheat by and by as big as ears of corn
The skeptic will smile at the idea, but
it can be done and some time It will be
Nothing symbolize the unity of the
American people better than one of the
great battleships.. It belongs to all of
us. By Its threatening guns the power
of tho Nation I proclaimed, and It 1 a
power to which every individual ha
contributed.
Happily for th Republican conven
ventlon, th American auffraglst I not
aa belligerent aa the English suf
fragett or Root would have cause to
dread a mauling such a waa given
Asqulth.
,New York Democrat are betting
even money that tho next President
will be a Democrat. Tempt one to
mortgage the old homestead and get
a much of that money aa possible.
Mount Katmal equals Mont Pelee
In volcanic pyrotechnics and 1 only
surpassed in the number of fatalities
through the fact that th people were
not there to be killed.
Wives who were courted and be
came brides in the good, old-fashioned
way have a sniff of contempt for the
young women who tell how they catch
millionaires.
The most deluded mortal on earth
Is the unfortunate convict who Joins
ta mutiny. He gets contempt on th
utalde and 1 du for torture "within.
Let a wave of sympathy go out to
Judge Hennessy Murphy these festival
days because the scheme of nature
does not contemplate a green rose.
These are holiday day in Portland.
wherein many work at hard labor to
provide entertainment of tha multi
tude. So the Joy la unconflned.
" A quarter-million dollars' worth of
blood stock at th Union show gives
an idea of what is in the Grand Ronde
and Powder valley.
Pending removal of the ban on de
velopment of her resource, Alaska Is
keeping herself awaJr. with volcanic
eruption.
John Sharp William wanta to
abolish th luxurious bathroom of th
Senate as a powerful wast of water.
Every boy above the age of reason
should be taken aboard th Maryland
to Inspect one of his country fighters.
A doctor flying In an aeroplane
saved th life of an Injured boy. Sub
tract on from th airship'' toll.
Th Colonel may not bolt. This I
a Red. White and Blu Rapubllc, not a
banana dynasty.
Steady, now. Mr. Baal, steady!
Hold a taut Un on those. "westerly
wind."
W thought Alaska' main trouble
had to do with Icebergs and conserva
tion.
There ia no lack of Indoor and out
door amusement these Summer days.
No Jostling and nothing but courtesy
during the parade tonight.
Next week we can return to work
for a much needed rest.
Time la too alow In Its flight to keep
ahead of th festivities.
The Colonel will hav hi hand oa
th "helium."
Heney 1 trying to make a noise In
Chlcsgo.
There is something; doing for aiL
Even the Colt are burrowing.
AT THE CAFETERIA
By AddLaoa Boaaatt.,
It was Friday afternoon and th littl
blonde cashier was away at tha ball
game, where she waa rooting like any
thing for the Baavera The stout girl
was taking the cash snd she wss hav
lng bar troubles with the cash register.
As the clock chimed A the cafeteria
poultry-men had not yt appeared, an
th boss, pecking out from the kitchen
cogitated that they also were takln
a day off. As he was looking he noted
that the stout girl was somewhat be
wildered aa she cracked up 90 cents
ror three customers who were just
passing out. As the one who paid
noted the 90-cent signal at the top of
the register he remarked to the girl
that she had made aa error the chec
was only &6 cents. "How atupld." ah
replied. "But I can fix that," and ah
proceeded to crack up th proper
amount, si cent a. There, sh said,
"It's all right now."
As the boss was mildly swearing to
himseif at the stupidity of cashiers In
general, and the stout girl In psrtlcu
lar, the poultrymen entered, accom
panlad by Mr. Jobllng. They selected
thsir rations and seated themselves
tbstr accustomed table. They war
scarcely in thalr chairs when Brother
Obsession entered and soon was beald
them with his edibles on a trsy before
him.
Jobllng said ba waa In a great hurry
as a team waa awaiting him down
Front street, and he had to get back
to the ranch at once. "I brought
soma draased poultry and a few cases
of eggs." he continued, "and only wis
to remark that things are running very
smoothly out there, th hens ar lay
lng wall, thera la no atgn of disease
among tha fowl, tha little ehlc-a. ar
doing better than any I ever aaw
la a faw days w will hav nearly 2000
more little fellows ts look after,
have hired aa eld gentleman and hi
wtfa to aaalat me, as tha work I get
ting to be a llttl mora than I can at
tend to. I found this aged couple I
want of a home, so I have fixed them
up very nJcaly In the old house, and I
thing it was lucky for them and lucky
ror ua Thy hav a aotvt noma
IlKht work, and I do not hav to pa
thm vry much. Its a month and the!
kp for tha two of them.
"And from now on we ar going t
accumulate a few dollars every dsy
so that by the first of the yesr I will
b sble to "
"Just a minute." said Brother Obaaa
slon, "Jost a minute of your valuabl
time. Ws are here to discuss matter
or grave Import to the country, to
the state, to th eltjr to humanity 1
general. Ana I do not see why we
should waste our time discussing world
ly affaire-
"Seeing, said Jobllng. "that you ar
rathar nervous. Just recovering from
bat' you hav bean on for several days.
I tnink I will sllow you and these fou
gents to discuss these rreve question
by rourslvs; If ma for the chicken
ranch." And he ambled out. .
a
"Look hare. Obsession." remarked Fst
ss Jobllng disappeared through the door.
"how about what Jobllng says sbout
this bar you have been Indulging In
have you really been drunk again, or
yaf"
"it is quite true that I was some
what overcome by the beat and took
a cooling beverage to reduce my tern
peratur and I think the dark at th
drug stofs put something stronger Into
the concoction thsn I am accustomed
to and It had a bad effect on my nervs.
Hut I am all right now and such
thing will never happen again."
I aee by tha mornlnr psper." ssld
veg, -tnat there are already 21 bill
sbout ready for their appearance on
tn ballet in November and perhaps a
aosen mora being prepared; eo when
we get our ready mere arm be laws
covering sbout 2a pa of an ordln
ary law book, ao 1 think the voters
will ba able to veta with Intelligence.
Any voter who can't aasimllate 2110
pages of lsws tn 10 days hsd ought to
Do disenfranchised.
"On of these laws." said Bones.
'seems to upset the hull blsmed enn
stltutlon and present form of govern
ment"
Except the god-given Initiative, di
rect prlmarlea. recall and all of tha
eaaeatlala to th people s rule nobody
win ever have the sail to try to upset
them," said Fst. "Th people of Ore
gon msy seem to be going a llttl
strong on new laws, but you must re
mamber we are th chosen paopl of
tn world to point tha war for th
downfall of the bosaas, for th right of
very voter to become a lawmaker.'
Jentiemen, gentlemen. you ar
talking too lightly of these er sacred
rights of the pepul." remarked Ob
Ion. "You are unaware, perhapa. that
our law when paascd will remedy all
of tha little minor defects In our sys
tem or legislation, in our mod of Dom
ination, la our method of lction.
These things are all a leetle crude Just
now, th ppul only having Just begun
to discover thalr rlrhta and duties.
After th leeUoa thl Fall to hull
World will pint to Oregon aa th place
wnere the 1'utrld Fool of Party Politics
has been Purged and we are the purg.
rs. W ban psrtles are n more, then,
snd not until than, will w bav a par-
tact torn et government.
"L'ndsr thl nw rag-tlra constitu
tion which w ar going to adopt, wha
wiu b th real governor of th
tat 7- aakad Bones.
W must not talk of such things
now," said Obsession. "If it should b
th Lord will that the oaaroua dutl
of th Oovarnor, Beeretary of Gtat.
State Treasurer. Public Printer, tha
Legislature, superintendents and ward,
ens of the various stat Institutions
In othar words If tha Lord should
throw th whole yoke of government
oa our ahouldars. as He will If our
llttlr bills are passd w must b
good. tru. brav and loyal citizens
and not shirk our duties. "
T you think our measure." ssld
Fat. "will hav th proper sugar cost-
ng to pass muster with tbe voters-
do you think the words and language
win a ma involved that -
Any voter who doat have nothing
els to de during th six week prior
to th rail election will have time.
suggested Veg. "t read at least half
of th law to b submitted any sensi
ble snan ought to bava coafldaac
enough tn th rgoa systara' to guess
right oa th other ball.
a Wiattr wf Owttwa Oaeaa.
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Melissa Hodgdon, of Saco, M
la believed to be th oldest Weaver of
cotton goods In tha world. Vsxglng
oa 77 aad a wWow. Mrs. Hodgdon has
bn employed a a cotton weaver
steadily alnce April. lti&. whn sb
want to work In the Pepparell mill la
Biddeford. After a year there she en
tered th employ of the Terk Manu
facturing Company la Saco, where sh
ha sine continued, rarely mlaalng a
day.
- War tVaaaWT, 11 Tear Old.
Cleveland Leader.
Joseph Banar. on of th oldest sur
vivor of th Civil War, and wbo also
wa a vateran of th Mexican War,
haa mad application through Ma at
om y, Wultam C. Vi lenun, of Port
Clinton. O- for Increaae la pension
undar the nw law. n la 11 years
of g. H waa born Bear Monro.
Mich, March 11. 1111.
Aad Maybe the Maid. Tea.
FllrxanJ Blatter.
Young Mistress Do you think my
Ernest really loves ms, Emmy?
Maid Of course, he's such a Bio
young man; h like ail th girls. -
wnr rrrori.E ark roit roohrvelt
Writer Drwaaaa of Tariff Praenla Nt '
Kept by Prealdeat Taft.
MARSHFIELD, Or, Jun . (To th
Editor.) W want many things ws
don't em to b abl to get snd ws
at least believe we want them badly
For one thing we want tha tariff re
duosd n necessari. A reduction was
promised four year ago. W rlld on
that promise; It has not been kept.
W asked for broad and got a tariff
board. W dldnt ask for th board: it
was thurst upon ua W wer told thl
board would help reduce tbe tariff
"scientifically." Tha board said we
must prove that tariffs as established
wr too high. It put th burden
proof on us. W didn't 11 k that. W
believed th burden of proof should
have been placed on tiie shoulders
th people wbo were benefited by th
tariff, and not on ours. Wa believed
they should be compelled to prove th
tariff wer too low, if dlaaatlaf led,
Wa looked upon this as a subterfuge
schema of hew not to fulfil a prom
laa. Then, when. Ilk Prometheus, w
war securely chained to thl rock, th
vulture war aver aftr allowed
peck at our vital, while thoa who
wer supposed to guard our Interest
fiddled tb tlm away with mailers o
minor Important to us and played
"now you aee It and now you don't aee
It" to distract our attention. We be
lleved an emergency sxlsted. We ex
ported something wa to b don an
at one. W ar dlaguated with pro
r.raetlnattoa and horseplay. If oa
our number falls Into th water and
Is in danger of drowning we don't pro
ceed to flgur out what Lincoln or
Grant would do under Ilk condition
but rush to th rescue Ilk th dev
wss after us with a search warrant.
Now, w Ilk Air. Taft. In a way, bu
w think h I too a,y, too alow an
too pondaroua. H appear to hav a.
ha daalrea. feel comfortable and self
satisfied himself, snd Imsglnss every
oooy else is situated the same way
Then, too, be don t saani to know
very wall and can't get acquainted.
worst of ail. wa suspect ha rls
contampt for eur intllignc. our view
and our wishes and hence, it may h
w harbor a secret delight in takln
a fall out of him.
Anyway, all in all. and for ona thin
and for another, wa have had nou
of him aa President and w inland to
dump th aforesaid In th rain bsrre
and w will go a long way to aocom
push that snd.
Wa hav no dslr to scuttl the O. O.
F- but we do Intend to put her
drydock and finish th Job of elfmlnat
lng the. barnariaa. Ws intend to pro
fur the services of a different nsvl
satins officer, after which we hope
to finish changing the crew. In tli
belief that she will eventually msk
nesiway aa in times past snd no
eternally II a helpless old hulk, drift
lng hither and yon In th trough
th sea. Phe must functionate. Ph
must get a move on. else tn tbe end re
gratable things msy occur.
There ar seversl In whom ws b
lleva, but T. R. seems the moat Inglcsl
W hav tried him; w know him and
h knows us: ws hav faith In him,
wa like hlra and bellev he will In
up with ail tha mlxht that Is In hits
to get soma of the many measures w
want. Hencs we are shouting fur the
Colonel for all we ar worth. Nothing
trsng or treasonable about that,
there? OEO. WATKINA
SYNDICALISM II CALLED gltCESS
0-ratlT I.aaraaalr Pottea Mill
tiled aa Fieal by Writer.
JACKSONVILLE. Or. June I. (To
tha kdltor. Will u kindly stihstnn
tlate your vlaws ss editorially exprea.ed
by you in rogard to syndlcal socialism
(an extract from Manchester Guardian T
un a reader of The Oregonlan, also
tha guardian. I find from statlattcs
published by the Board of Trad. Lon
don. that 7 per cent of Lancashire
cotton spindles are owned by Joint
stock companies. Too manairnra and
directors of th mills ana (I par cent
of th working class: th salesmen
wbo dispose of th yarn ar mainly of
th mlddl class who have risen from
the positions of cardor, spinner and In
side manager.
Also, sir, I would Ilka to drsw your
attention to the yearly balance sheet
of electrlo railroads In Lsncsshlre snd
ak you If it would not be better for
tha whole Stat, of Oraron if such con
ditions existed heir. Portland and tha
Willamette Valley are a paradise be
yond anything existing in England for
tha making of homes. I will give you
two example of municipal ownership
of electric roads that har no natural
power sites Ilk w have. In 1110 and
111 Manchester received $i 25,000 net
profit from its electrlo csrs. Iloehdal,
about -on-thlrd as large as Portland
paid bark Into tho city funds 1170,0(10
net profit out of an Income of $31.0UO
for tha year 1111. Will The Oregonlan
romnianc nd enlighten th votra on
economic questions pertaining tn tha
welfare) of Oretgon (not only of Port
landT
Tou have discussed in your edltorlsls
eonsidarsbly syndicalism snd social
ism, but so far you have failed to give
your readers any account of tha book
written by MacDonald. M. T. (labor
leader In Britain) on aocial con
dlttons. This work has received tin
prats of Empror William aad is be
lng sold In tie rm any aa fast as th
publisher can Issue It. Being an old
subscriber (14 years), will you kindly
glv your reader a llttl knowlelg
of thl bookT I am a firm believer In
th teachings of Abraham Lincoln be
lng so amended as to suit the condi
tions as they now exist. It Is very
distressing to hoar the man working
next to you rurslng his country, hla
flag and hla Maker. I have a family
growing up and I lock to th pra for
right Interpretation of tha aocial
problems that ar now wrecklnr so
cir. JOHN GREAVES.
Th cloaaat approach to syndicalism
In practical operation which w bav In
this country Is ro-oporstlnn. That has
failed in manufactures In several In
stance a. Co-op rat 1 om I auparior to
syndicalism la on Important particu
larthat only workman provident
enough to have saved money oaa tak
part In It, whllo syndicalism propose
o tarn a factory over to tho wliol
body of workmen, provident or Im
provident, good, bad r Indifferent.
Before wo can express aa opinion a to
h bearing of th ess of Laacaahlr
cotton mills on tho question of syn
dlcallsm. It will bo noressery to knaw
mor as to th manner of electing
directors and manager.
Municipal ownevrshlp of street rail
ways has undoubtedly succeded In Enjr-
and in aoras Instances, but In Others It
haa bn a financial tailuro. Certain
condition now exlitlng in th latd
Slat wpuld requlr decided chango
before th systaen could succeed In this
country. W msy In time chang the
conditions snd thereby mako possible
sucosasrul municipal ownership. Th
plan of aharlng th profit between th
operating company aad th municipal
ity, adopted ta Chicago, appear safer
undor existing conditions.
Warwlclutklr.
NEWPORT. Or, Jun t (To th Edl-
or.) To aattle a dlaput between two
Ensllshmeo kindly say whether tha
wn of Birmingham Is la Ptaf fordahlre
or Warwickshire, England.
F. U. PATTISOy.
Jaw la Tina far tbe Lawyer.
Life.
Client So th Jury gave me Ilooo.
That's great, eh?
Lawyer Yea. my boy. You don't
know how bsvdiy 1 needed ill
ne visitor uream
I By Deas Coil laa. I
Satiated unto ennui
With th av'rage ort of show.
Came a stranger from a dlatsac
To th City of th Bo,
Resetted tb city to discover .
That the atmoephers wss full
Of tha deep enthusiasm
Of the op'nlng lestlvsl.
Yswned the strsnger sad decided
He would atay to aa It through,
"Though I doubt." he added softly,
"If they'll show me something new."
Sallied forth Into the hlghwsys,
And found roaei everywhere
Filling gardens, derklns; houses.
Fairly floating through the sir.
And the first day drew to sunset,
And he murmured o'er and O'er, .
"I hav traveled much but never
Saw a thing like this before;
Every place 1 turn to look at.
Every plac 1 seek discloses
Everything Is brimming over
W ith a billion, billion roses,"
And h atretehol himself to slumber.
And he said, "It is a dream.
And I'll waken on the morrow,
Fimllng things not what ihey cm.
On tha morrow ha swskaned,
And aroused from his repose.
Found himself ths same ss ever
In tba Kingdom of the Hose.
n'Tls a dream." again he muttered, '
"or a dream It seema la be.
Though two days n'r yet have give
Twice tha Ifaame dream 10 me.
But If I, Indeed, b dreaming
And th "pell soma tlm may break
Qea, I'd Ilk to go on dreaming
For a year, snd never wak."
Portland. Jun 10.
Half a Century Ap
r'rom Th Oronln of Jun II, last
V have letters from Captain Craw
ford, charged with th command of th
scort for th overland emigration thl
present sasson, dstsd at Washington,
May t. lis was then nesrly rsdy t
leave for th frontier. II anticipated
a large emigration to Oreson. Wa un
deraland that It la tha dealan ef Colo
nel Htelnbersrer to send a company ol
cavalry to meet the emlsrams at Fort
Hall. W leu rn also that some steam
ers a re advertised at Hu Louis for Fort
Kenton. We ar of the opinion that
many emigrants will take that route
lo Oregon and Washington, and that
the advantages of the Missouri River
and Mullun's Mountain rosd, ss a rnul
for emigration, will be thoroughly
tested this Hummer.
This city and lha Lower WlllanialU
and Columbia Itlvrr valleys are now
visited with a flood, "th Ilk of which
th memory of the oldest Inhabitant
runneth not back unto." ' A large por
tion of th lower part of this city Is
now under wster. In many placaa to
Ihs depth of four or five feet. Front "
street 1 flooded ss fsr up as lha I'lo.
near Hotel, and Is Impassable for teams
at tha lower end. Tha upper part of
Couch'a wharf Is nearly. If not Quite,
covered, and ths marrhsnts snd traders
In that section hav been compelled
to either ship their goods to higher
ground or remove them tn tha upper
stories or place them upon scaffold.
We notice that lha railroad Iron In
transit for The Dalles snd t'sscades Is
being put to a good purposs In weight
lng down floors, wharfs snd sidewalks,
Embankments ar being built In sums
portions of ths City. A few mor Inches
of the Willamette will cover th main
business portion of our streets. Ther
I now but on farmhouse Inhabitant
on th Columbia Kiver bottom from
Vancouver to Montlcello.
Washington. June I. Dispatches from
th Army befor Richmond ssy: "Our
loss during the two dnys' engagement
will amount to about 200. The enemy's
dead left on the field number nver
li'oo. We hav taken over 100 prison
ers.
Washington. June 1. A dispatch
from McClallan says that tha rebel offi
cers wars unsbla to rally their troops
this morning, snd hsvs retired towards
Richmond. Our men hsvs moved for
ward to Fair Oaks, flv mile from th
city. Every on seams sanguine ef ths
fall of the rebel capital when our
troopa advance.
Washington, Jun t. Th House bill
punishing polygamy in ths United
Htat.'S snd annulling eertain sets or
tha Territory of Utah passed ths Penats
today, 27 to t.
Ws wer shown yesterdsy by Mr. O.
("oilier Bobbins a small box of vry
One specimens of coarse gold recently
obtained on Powder River by Messrs.
Klrkpstrlck snd Comstock. lsts of th
Oomstock ledg. Thro men took out
of their claim on th Powder River
S1 In sight days.
A "Ed" Howe Sees Life
What la known ss nervous prostra
tion In the human family, I known as
fits In cats.
Nothing Is tru that cannot d anion -
strata Itself. .( .
Rlsht I always too slow la assert
ing Itself.
Publlo affairs do not amount to muchj
It is your rrlvst affair that ar really
rrlou and Important.
Pom young men from th country
never regard a clreua day as a success
unless they havs a fight with a circus
man.
When aa agent walks in, you may
daprnd on thl: hi purpos Is to hens
fit himself; h doean't ear anything
about your Interests.
If a woman can't fool a man, It
means sh Is vsry much In Inv with
blm, or that she la particularly stupid.
Discount your axpsctatloa 'at least
It per cent.
At aum time In his life. nrly vry
man tries poetry and ths chlrkn bust,
noes.
A grest many victims of lsslnss pos
a victims of hard times.
n-alaows for b Flawer.
New York Time.
Coming home lb other day la a
ush of excitement, Dora rushed to bar
mother and ald:
Dli, mamma, guess what w ar g-
Ing to do?"
I don t anow, near, out i nop it u
nothing dreadful"
Wa rs going to study botsny, and
nst Saturday w r going oat to tb
woods to tsntalls th flowers."
Two View f Ca arret a.
ltaltimor American.
Will has no tact whatever. II
tarted to talk to that contractor Lot
treat paving In th abstract."
"How waa that lack of tactr"
"II might hav known th contra-
tor was mor Interested la th con-
crel vlw of th subject."
Dadleoted to the Brame,
Detroit Fre Pr'eas.
"What aort of a baseball pitcher is
"Oreat when he win a gam: punk
wha b lose on."
Steel Railroad ( era (M Prr ("cut.
Indianapolis New.
Mor than 0 per cent of th rail
road car built In th United Plates
his year will b of all tl construc
tion.