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AN HISTORIC FARA1.1XU
' We might logically Infer from Colo
Uel Roosevelt's Insistence on recognl
' tlon of the party'- will In nominating
j Presidential candidates that he to
Equally convinced that the people's will
should be obeyed In the general elec
tion. It Is rather remarkable, however,
in the light of result In two Presl
cential elections, that the clamor for
eloser obedience to the voice of the
'people should deal first with the party
: will rather than frith, the public will.
Neither Rutherford B. Hayes nor Ben
jamin Harrison was the popular choice
iff the voters. Ttlden had a majority
ever Hayes of 250.935, and a major
ity In the entire vote cast of 157.037.
, garrison, although he had a majority
'of 6S In the electoral college, had 9S,-
17 less than Cleveland la the popular
ote in J.S.S. " : v ia
I, Here was material for Roosevelt
long ago to show his love for the peo
ple. Here were overturnlngs of the
popular will. that. It seems to us,
.greatly discount In Importance the act
of the National committee In the Cali
fornia district contest. Colonel Roose.
-velt declares the latter was a "steal
from the people." We do not recall
that he has ever declared for popular
flection of Presidents or denounced
the Harrison electors as political bri
gands. Yet the .election of Harrison
and the seating of the two California
Taft delegates are parallel cases. Each
was the result of following strictly a
mode of election laid down by the
power that had sole authority to pre
scribe it.
The Constitution require us to elect
the President, through the Intermedi
ary of an electoral college. iThe mem
bers of the electoral college are ap
portioned to the several states accord
ing to Congressional representation.
Each state ha two Senators, no mat
ter what It population. Only the
Representatives are apportioned ac
cording to census enumeration. The
result, as history shows, may be the
election of a President who Is not the
real choice of the people.
The Republican National Oomm,lttee
fixes the rules for choosing delegate to
the Republican National Convention.
Only Congress, by enacting a National
primary law, can deprive It. of. that
power and authority. The commit
tee's convention call was specific In
providing that each Congressional
district should ealect two delegates
without Interference by other districts.
So long as nominations for. President
ial candidates are not regulated by
act of Congress, Presidential primary
procedure fixed by state law la likely
to conflict with procedure outlined by
the National committee. It was so In
California. Indeed. Oregon' method
of electing delegates does not conform
with the regulations of the National
committee. The California law pro
vided for election of delegates by vote
of the people of the whole state, and
was thereby not In accord with the re
quirement fixed by the committee, that
delegates should be chosen by the vot
ers of each district.
It ws possible to analyse the Cali
fornia vote, however, and it was found
that in one district the Roosevelt dele
gates, while receiving a majority of
77.000 In the state at large, were de
feated by about SOO In tha district.
.This was the basis for the contest
which was decided by the committee
;Jn favor of the Taft delegate from
the one district.
We don't know that the opinion of
j,the voters within the boundaries of a
;tate Is any more sacred than the opin
ion of the voters within the boundaries
'of a Congressional district Nor do we
-jenow why the National committee
' named the district Instead of the state
.as the unit. It certainly was not
rdone to defeat the workings of the
California Presidential primary law.
; because that law was passed after the
committee's call was Issued. The
same basis 1 used for apportioning
delegates as for apportioning Preel-
dentlal electors. Therefore, a state
unit system, even with a Presidential
(primary In each state might overturn
jjthe popular choice for candidate a
readily as the popular choice for Pres.
' Ident was twice overthrown In general
.elections.
Q There I one phase of the California
tease to be considered, even though it
the admitted that the seating of the
'Taft delegates was strictly regular,
'while delegates were personally
I pledged, there was a square on each
i ballot In which the voter could express
his choice among the Presidential
candidates. The state Presidential
(preference Is the unit rule for
delegates put Into popular form.
(The candidates who go Into such
fan election tacitly agree to abide
Jby the rule. The Taft delegates seated
J from California are as morally bound
Ito vote for Roosevelt In the convention
la are the Taft men elected In Oregon
who have, declared this their purpose.
!We sincerely trust that the real
choice of the people will be named by
the Chicago convention, and that the
(real choice of the people will be elect
ted In November. It Is possible neither
I swish will be realized. If so, shall we
hear from Oyster Bay as each hope Is
shattered, or only If the Colonel Is the
victim In the first outrage?
THE COMMERCE COCRT.
. A phase of the recall of Judge has
found favor with Congress, where a
combination of Democrat and Insur
gents ha voted to recall the Com
mere Court by abolishing It. It crea.
,tlon was opposed by the Insurgent.
.auid their opposition ha been Inten
sified by the court's suspension of the
Spokane and other rate decisions of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which have, prompted Senator Poln.
dexter to lead In the movement for Its
' abolition. This movement baa gained
strength from the charges against
Judge Archbald, whotte appointment
was, to say the least, unfortunate. The
court Itself has aggravated criticism
by a disposition to stretch It powers.
But the reasons for the existence oi
the court are sound as ever. It Is In
tended to exercise a power to review
the Commission's rate decisions, which.
If not exercised by It, would be exer
cised by the other Federal court and
could not be constitutionally taken
away. Rightly constituted. It would
become so expert In Interpretation or
railroad laws as to command universal
respect. By confining Itself to railroad
cases It can greatly expedite their final
decision and thereby aid shippers and
railroads in securing prompt Justice.
It ha exceeded It Jurisdiction, but
the 8upreme Court ha already begun
to put It within the proper limits.
The device by which the abolition
of the court Is sought the insertion
Id an appropriation bill of a provision
to that effect or the omission of any
provision for Its maintenance 1 alone
ample Justification for a veto by Pres
ident Taft. That he will use the veto
power le predicted. As the appropria
tion bill I necewiary. Congress cannot
avoid passing It anew without the ob
jectionable clause -for omission. If
Congress still Insist on abolishing the
court It can pass a separate bill to that
effect. Such a bill may psss the House
over a veto by a combination of Demo
crat and Insurgents, but it I doubtful
If It can command a two-thirds ma
jority In the Senate.
The Commerce court ha a gooa
prospect of surviving attacks now
made upon It. If It has any nnni
members. It can be purged of them.
The attacks will serve a a warning to
It to act with more clrcumpect1on and
not to attempt to extend Ita Jurisdic
tion beyond the strict limit provided
by law.
oettoco Rio or ntWHrrJ).
If the Oregon Naval Mllltla shall
continue In existence, there can be but
one Justification for Ita lease of life,
and that the carrying out of a well
ordered plan for training a reserve of
young men for possible war service.
Discipline. Is the keynote of such serv
ice, for without discipline a naval force
Is worse than useless. Lack of disci
pline ha been the main .characteristic
of the Oregon reserve organisation
during It brief and stormy career.
Inexplicable personal ambition.
petty vanity and pique have contrib
uted to this lack of discipline, If, In
deed, they have not created It. What
can be expected of the rank and file
when the commissioned officers con
duct unending Jangle and Intrigues
among themselves for personal ad
vancement? Chief of these trouble-makers has
been George 8. Shepherd, would-be
commander of the boat. Without na
val experience, without training In the
exact science of commanding men.
Shepherd has nevertheless sought
through political Intrigue to maintain
himself In command a a reward for
services In helping organize the local
reserve. Inefficiency made It Impossi
ble for him to remain In command of
the cruiser Boston and falling to se
cure his commission, he obviously aet
out to rule or ruin. He all but suc
ceeded In the ambition last named.'
It Is difficult for the average nor
mal American to understand a man
who will persist In trying to force him
self in where he Is not wanted. It Is
still harder to understand the motives
that will cause a man to persist In
forcing Inexperience upon tbe naval
service of the Tnlted States. Gover
nor West has.taken the light stand
In the matter In his decWon to let the
naval mllltla continue provided Shep
herd can be effectually gotten rid of
and a measure of discipline estab
lished. WHAT ABO IT THE VICR-FKlXrrEXT?
Amid all thia fury about the next
President, what about the next Vice
President? We have become accus
tomed to regard that office a of no
Importance a mere consolation prize
for a disappointed aspirant to the
Presidency yet we have been repeat
edly reminded of Its Importance by the
succession of the Incumbent to the
higher office. Had strong men been
elected Instead of such weak sticks as
Tyler and Fillmore, the history of the
country might have been very different
Had a man who was thoroughly In
sympathy with Lincoln's policy been
elected on th ticket with him In 1864
Instead of the headstrong and tippling
Johnson, the work of reconstruction
would have been done In such a way
as to prevent many evils like the per
petuation of sectionalism and race ani
mosity resulting from the passions
which were aroused by Johnson's con
flict with Congress. The wise selection
of Arthur In 18S0 assured the country
creditable administration during the
term to which Garfield was elected.
Even should he not succeed to the
Presidency, a man of convictions, abil
ity and force of character has an op
portunity to make his Influence per
ceptibly felt In public affairs. This
was realized more In the early than In
the recent history of the country, for
John Adams, Jefferson and Van Bu
ren, after serving a Vice-President,
were elected President. Roosevelt Is
the anly recent Vice-President who has
been elected to the highest office, and
he only after having succeeded to that
office. His career Is the most power
ful demonstration of the Importance of
the Vice-Presidency.
Were such a man a La Follette, or
Cummins, or Hadley of Missouri to be
elected on the same ticket with Roose
velt, we may be sure that he would not
be content to remain a mere figure
bead. With what Joyous energy would
'Little Bob" preside over the' body
which treated him with contempt and
relegated him to a committee-room In
the basement! How he would delight
In smashing that hallowed structure of
prerogative, privilege and precedent In
which Senatorial dignity Is entrenched.
If by any misfortune to Roosevelt he
were to succeed to the Presidency, we
might expect an administration no less
strenuous than that of Roosevelt. Wers
Hadley to be elected, he would rise to
the occasion little lee effectively than
would La Follette.
Were such a man as Hughes or Root
to become Vice-President on a Taft'
ticket, no man need Imagine that he
would remain a mere ornament.
Hughes proved as Governor of New
Tork that, when convinced that a
measure is necessary, he can find a
way of bringing it about in spite of
obstacles Interposed by the Interests
and the bosses. Root has made for
himself a place as a middle-of-the-road
progressive, he has a power of cold
analysis which cut to the heart of
things and be ha transcendent ability
which will drag out of obscurity any
office he holds.
These names are mentioned purely
to Illustrate the fact that the office of
Vice-President Is largely what 1 Is
made by the man who oocuples It and
that Its potentialities should Impress
upon us the wisdom of electing to It a
man capable of filling the office of
President, not a mere respectable me
diocrity to fill a chair.
MftCOVrRIEA AT PCTMPKlf.
The buried ItalUn cities of Pompeii
and Herculaneum continue to afford
new materials of interest as excava
tions' are carried on. In Herculaneum
there Is an ancient library which has
been only partially Investigated. What
books it may contain nobody knows,
but the chances are good for finding
among Its treasures some of the clas
sical works which have been mourned
as lost. If a complete copy of ilcnan
der's plsys should be found In this
building, no doubt the excavators
would feel repaid for all their expense
and time.
Pompeii Is Just now the seat of the
most active researches. In that city
Professor Fplnazzola. of the Naples
National Mumutn, has brought to light
an entire street which has been lying
under a covering of ashes since the
first Christian century. The name of
the street Is "Abundance." One of the
most Interesting sights It ofTers is a sa
loon whre the fashionable drinks of
Roman times were dispensed. It Is
said to be not unlike an Americsn sa
loon in Its surroun dinar. The wb.Hk
are covered with Inscriptions, some of
them political, so that we may be sure
the Roman saloon was as deeply con
cerned with public affairs as our own
are. Most of the evils we complain' of
are very old.
The world has been much aston
ished to learn that many of the polit
ical inscriptions In the saloon at Pom
peii refer to a political agitation
among the women. The voters are
urged to support the woman' candi
date and various enticing argument
are advanced to persuade them. The
right of suffrage was limited to the
men In those days, but the other sex
evidently enjoyed the privilege of beg
ging for what they wanted aJid exer
cised it vigorously. Perhaps If they
had had the choice they would have
preferred voting to begging. Some of
the women of our time are of that In
clination, and we are told that human
nature doe not change a great doal as
the centuries glide away.
Soveral persons have been found
along the street "Abundance" in the
act of making their escape when they
were overwhelmed by the storm of
burning ashes. One man was climbing
a tree, but death caught him In the
act and he ha been preserved with his
last agony fresh on his face for mod
ern tourist to wonder at. One Whole
family has been found marvelously
preserved Just as the ashes buried
them.
FIOHTINO TTTK R11TP TRTKT.
In order to gratify the desire to kill
the foreign shipowners' trust. Repre
sentative Humphrey is willing to kill
our foreign commerce and draw us into
serious dispute with other nations.
He ha Induced the House to pass a
bill excluding from our ports all ships
operated under agreement In restraint
of trade. Were the bill to become
law, of which happily there is no dan
ger, practically all the great ocean
liners and many of the freighter would
be shut out and we should be reduced
to the condition brought about by the
embargo of 1813. That law cut down
our exports In one year to one-fifth of
their former total.
This bill attempts to extend the ap
plication of our laws to foreign ships
owned by foreign citizens and to con
tracts made by those citizens in their
own country. We have treaties of
trade and commerce with the great
ship-owning countries, and. If this bill
should become law,- they would have
something very emphatic to say about
It. If protests did not prove effective,
they would be very likely to resort to
retaliation.'
There Is no excuse for Inflicting se
vere Injury on ourselves In order to
break up the shipping trust when
other Implements are available which
will accomplish the same purpose and
will benefit Instead of Injuring us. The
shipbuilders of Europe are as willing
to build "ships for us as for the trust,
if we will but allow them. The Incur
sion of a large number of Americana
owning foreign-built ships under
American register. Into the ocean car.
rylng trade would quickly restore com
petition. These ships would be com
pletely under American Jurisprudence
and their owners could be prohibited,
under severe penalties, from Joining
any combination, American or inter
national. If wa enforced such a law
with vigor and skill, no combination
of foreign shipowners could survive in
face of the competition thus kept alive
and we should escape diplomatic com
plications with other nations.
CRADCATIOX AND IJIT5.
The college graduate who goes out
into the world with an education
which will really help him to solve his
practical problems is exceptionally
fortunate. Too iften he discovers that
his four years of what passed for
preparation have been useless. He
will have heard a great deal about
mental discipline from his professors
and naturally cannot have escaped ac
quiring more or less of It, but It Is a
discipline which does not count In the
affairs of the world. There 1 a preva
lent college superstition that constru
ing Vergil and solving problems in al
gebra prepare a person to face the
difficulties of breadwlnnlng. Nothing
could be more fallacious. Instead of
helping thoy are much more likely to
hinder. The study of Latin syntax Is
so unlike any mental exercise which
the exigencies of life demand that it
actually unfits one for practical affairs.
The same Is true' to an even greater
degree of mathematical exerclsea The
most unpractical persons on earth are
professors of mathematics. Sir Isaac
Newton, who was the prince of Brit
ish mathematicians, lost his lady love
by poking his red-hot pipe with her
lfttle finger In a moment of absent
mindedness. Tha world Is full of stories, most of
them true, about the unfitness of
mathematicians for practical affairs.
One Icy Winter morning the bead of
that department at Cornell, a venera
ble and mu:h-respected man, was met
by some students making his danger
ous way down the college hill care
fully escorting the coal scuttle, to
which he was paying markedly polite
attention One of the students, a lit
tle bolder than the rest. Inquired what
he was going to do with it- "Oh." re
plied the ancient sage, waking for a
moment from his scholarly abstrac
tion. "I thought It was my wife." If
this story Is not true, it 1 well Invent
ed. The ancient tale of the astrono
mer who fell Into tha horse pond
while he was perusing the stars Illus
trates the remoteness of this class of
men from the real world. They feel
but little Interest In the affairs by
which people live. They have Invent
ed a code of ethics, a system of beliefs,
a standard of conduct which apply to
an lmagtnary world. All this Is harm
less enougn In Itself. As Charles Lamb
said of the fanciful Immoralities of
the operatic etaae. "they do not harm
boeaime nobody taken them seriously."
The trouble la that our college dwell
ers In fairyland do their utmost to
compel students to take their unreali
ties seriously. For four years they
continue to din into the ears of the
young thut the Imaginary world
where he Is wandering vaguely about
under their leadership Is the only
world there Is. They tell him that the
rules Of conduct which they have de
duced from chimerical premises will
apply line for line to the sphere Into
which he must enter, after he gradu
ates. Of course thia Is not true. One
of the first experiences which the col
lege man is obliged to pa.s through
after commencement is the painful
discovery that most of the notions he
gained from his professors about so
ciety and business are unreliable. The
heads of theye worthy men are filled
for the moM part with idle tnles about
Oreece and Home, and they seek to
build up the psychology of the modern
American youth on the pattern of Cato
and Cicero. The Romans would have
been Just as wise if they had tried to
transform their sons into F.gyptlans of
the time of the firm dynasty.
Collcgo professors have an Incurable
habit of educating the young for a
world th:it has paused away. They see
somethiiiK "unscholarly," something
perilous to culture and the finer things
of the spirit In any system of educa
tion whlch'applle to the present and
the actual. The contrast between col
lege day dreams and the real world Is
so glaring that the graduate almost
always finds It necessary to go through
a painful disillusionment before he can
begin to do anything useful for himself
or anybody elao. Ho finds that the
best uso he can make of hi four years
education Is to forget a good deal of
It as rapidly as possible. The waate
which this procecs entails Is very un
fortunate. If It were possible for a
young mail to spend his four college
years In storing his mind with useful
acquirements Instead of loading It up
with lumber which must be hauled out
again with painful toll, certainly. he
would be the better for It and the
world would go forward much faster
than It doe. The evolutionists have a
theory, which they owe to the late
John Flske. that Nature has pro
longed the youth of the human unit In
order that he may have adequate time
to master the acquirements of his pre
decessors. No doubt this theory Is
true, but the purpose of Nature is so
often thwarted that the beneJUs of her
scheme are largely forfeited. What
passe for the education of youth Is
frequently a mere drill in empty form
ulas and only by a strained metaphor
can It be called "acaulrement."
It Is an interesting question whether
the proposed unification of the man
agement of some of our higher educa
tional Institutions will cause the so-
called ' classical' education to take a
more practical turn. If that should De
the consequence of the move, it would
be well iworth while.
rnu- V. - art ton' tn one t h A t PV
C. Randall, who was asphyxiated by
powder fumes in a well near Nuwberg
on Tuesday, was not really dead. Had
modern methods been applied, he
could- probably have been restored to
consciousness. The menus or person
who have suffered an accident of this
kind are too apt to give up nope do
Viqva mmlA nroner effort for
relief and thus lives are sometimes
needlessly sacrificed.
rr-v. Av..rrna fonnrilnd About betweon
tha Taft nnT Ronsevelt men are of the
kind usually heard in the fight between
Republican and Iemocra-ls arter uie
nominations are made and Appear do-
cldedly out of place wunin a., jwu-iy.
Even should the convention not split.
the Democrats will find abundant
campaign thurtder In the charges the
loser In the fight for nomination has
made against the winner.
p.r)ni the most absurd ante-con
vention story 1s the one which tells us
that Hughes 1 willing to take the sec
T.iaa on. tha ticket. Occasionally
an Esau Is found in modem time who
can be persuaded to trade a sumptuous
blrthrglht for a mess of thin pottage,,
but we never heard that any of the
tribe went by the name of Hughe.
The republican government of
China seems to . have ltsc?f well In
hand. It has rejected a seductive proj-
ect of Issulne irredeemable paper
money and resolved to sell Interest
bearing bonds Instead. This will please
the capitalists of the world and for
tify China's credit.
rvinrrean has refused to set apart
more than 3250.000 to mount Teddy's
hunting trophies. Are the Democratic
In the House fearful that a certain
symbolical animal of excessive length
of ears may later be added to tha
Colonel's array of trophies?
An Armv officer who has been
strangely missing for three month is
now busy explaining fo tne war ue
nsrtmsnt Doubtless his powers of
explanation will not bo put to a real
test until he take up the subject with
his wife, '
Seemingly the sun could reatrain Its
curiosity no longer when the horse and
vehicle parade moved. It thrust It
welcome gaze over the spectacle at the
moment the procession moved off.
Southern Oregon apple and pears
are uaeu uj iviu . . . . v. n
Kings will have the best of things even
If they do have to send half -ay
around the world for them.
The day may come when the monu
ment to Alexander III of Russia will
be matched by a monument to the vic
tim of the massacre of "Red Sunday.
Those who wore their straw hats to
the parade yesterday afternoon were
able to boast of enviable foresight.
Each horse knew he was the cyno
sure of loving and admiring eyes In
the throng and acted accordingly. .
The new Senator from Nevada Is
young and rich enough to become a
popular lawmaker.
Many West Sidcr have opportunity
to get acquainted with Grand avenue
today.
Even Jove has become a ball fan
and aids his favorites with thunder
bolts. The. suffragettes breaking windows
In Dublin cannot be the real article.
Salute the flag. today. For that mat
ter, salute It every time It passe.
Ihere was nothing cUltus In the Se
attle section. It was hlyu kloshe. '
The Humphry knew they would not
swing today.
OHK ITKM I HIGH LIVING COST
Soap Krriac, Oar lasaxMrtaait Savtaal.
Soot l.onsrr Kwi.
PORTLAND. June It. (To the Edi
tor.) Among the visitors In Portland
this week Is a mnn of National Im
portance who made his fortune fn the
manufacture and 1 of soap. Per
haps It would be better to say that he
laid the foundation for his fortune In
that way, for he has not been actively
enaraaed In that bueineaa for acveral
yearn, aa hla many other vast hoMinga.
all comlna primarily from the pro
ceeds of hla manufacturing Industry,
have abaorbed all of his time and at
tention, lie Is still, however, a director
and large stockholder In one of the
largest aoap planta In the world.
When he began the soap business
about 13 years sko in a little town in
Ohio, the mot of the grease ued In
the manufacture of hla so-p was ob
tained by aendina out two or three
"soap- grease wagons." loading the
wagons with soft and bar soap, which
the drivers traded to the housewives
for their aoap urease.
In these d.iyi. and for many years
after. It waa tna custom of every house
wife to save all the srsse dertvert from
cooking meats, most of them golna so
far aa to gather every partlrle from
tha dishwater. And when the "snap
grease sukoh" came arourwt. usually
about one m week, thia grease m-nn
bartered for a surply of soft soup for
serubblnjr and bar soap for other house
hold purposes Often, In the mjr
wealthy families, there was a sur;.ius
of areaae, and for such surplua a in ail
sums of money were derived.
In this way the manufacturer got
his grease, the chief Ingredient of hla
sonp. at a very amall cost, ami the
housewife In turn got her aoap for
practically nothinfr nothlner aave a
little labor. Hence both were benefited
In speaking of his early experiences
to a friend a day or so ago, this manu
facturer remarked that tha saving of
aoap greaae la no longer practice, I save
In tha houses of the ultra-frugal and
tha very poor, and the "soap grease
waaon" Is a thlna- of the past. Hoft
oap which was formerly used almost
universally for scrubbing and the sh
ina of many of the coarior fabrics. Is
scarcely known.
In plaea of saving the soap grease
it Is now an a rule thrown sway: It
goes out with the dishwater; It Is not
considered "fashionable" or worth whtla
to save It. In place of the soap former
ly derived from its barter, lye and
other compounds are used, whica come
In tin cans and other expensive pack
ages or containers. In buying" these
cleansers tha housewife pays for such
containers, for tha prlntmc and label
ing, the profit to the manufacturer and
the wholesaler and retailer, the advertising-
and cost of transportation,
and finally the wrapplnar ao1 delivery.
So perhaps four or Ave tlmee the orlar
inal cost Roes from the housewife's ex
chequer to get a can or package of one
of these cleansers not so good ss one
of the old gourd dlpperaful of soft soap
which cost practically nothing.
But It la no longer "genteel" to
economise so closely ai to look sfter
such a trifle aa a little soap grease.
Soma, a very few, of our more sensi
ble and frugal families of course adhere
aa near as they can to the old method
but they must manufacture their
own aoap. They cannot Ket It from
the wagon their less frugal sisters
have put them out of business. And the
home-manufacture of soap Is almost a
thing of the past. It Is so much "nicer"
to go to the store and buy a handsome
package of some cleanser.
Tha high cost or living? Think of
the little matter of the handsome wrap
pers on the soap you buy. When tha
gentleman mentioned begun his busi
ness career, and for long years after,
all soap save a very few brands of
toilet aoap waa aold In long burs by
the pound. It was unwrapped, not
stamped or pressed, not perfumed
JuaC soap. Now a "bar" of the same
aoap, after all of theae manipulations,
sails for twice the coat of the old bar
variety, and la practically not mn good.
It la Just auch little things that are
largely responsible for the high cost
of living our abandonment of the
underlying principles of frugality.
J. J. B.
VACATION gCTIOOI." DO SOT PAT.
Teacher Telia ef Drawback Knaed la
Last aaaasser'a Warh-
PORTLAND, June 10. (To The Edi
tor. ) In the name of common srnre.
1 wish to protest against the vacation
achools ss they were conducted In this
city last Summer. I Know that 1 voc
the Sentiment of all teachers who last
September were obliged to advance
the failures of tha preceding term b
causa they bad apent atz weeka review
ing tho work of the grade- To ba
sure, thy were a drag on the rest of
the class all terra and probably failed
again In February, but they had faith
fully attended tmrnmr school ao they
must b sent on.
It Is. of course, the child who la
below normal either physically or men
tally that Is unable to complete the
given work In five months. If tha
cause la physical, can anything mora
absurd be Imagined than keeping htm
I in a schoolroom during the six nottest
weeks of the yesrr tie win unaouDtea
ly gala far more by apendlng the time
In the mountains or at the sytshor;
or. If that Is Impracticable, In the parks
or the playgrounds.
If be Is below normal mentany. iex
na seek a reason. Is he properly nour
ished? Judlng from the school lunches
( have seen, often he Is not. Fre
quently he has five or tea cents with
which to purchase his noon tneal. What
doe he buy? Doughnuts, pickles,
chocolate eclair or an Icecream cone.
Or have his faculties be.n dulled by
the routine work which has been forced
upon him? Jf so. shall we give him
more of It? If he la really deficient
mentally, does anyone hope to help
him by trying V cram in a little) more
book work?
If vacation schools are t accomplish
anything worth while let us follow an
entirely different line. Let the boys
work at their manual training which
I understand they are to do this year.
Arrange to give simple domestic science
lessons to little girls who will prob
ably never reach the high school, but
vaiio will nevertheless be mothers of
the next generation. Olve vsrlous
kinds of handwork. Stories and games
would certainly tend more to an all
around development than the preaent
system, though the child might not re
ceive marks entitling him to advance
a grade. A TEACIlilU.
Jfew Uiad Us Booa to Nortawest.
PORTLAND. June 1J. To the Edi
tor.) I do not believe that the people
of the Northwest appreciate the Im
portance of the amendments which
have been made to the homestead law.
It Is believed by peraons closely In
touch with the situation that this law.
as amended, will have a tendency to
settle up the land. In some respects, it
Is much more favorable than the pre
vious law The homesteader has six
months to establish his residence and
has three years to live upon the land
instsad of five aa heretofore, and. by
giving the proper notice, he can be off
the land five montha in each year.
When the provisions of this act are
generally known to the public. I be
lieve a great deal of public land will
be taken up under this provision.
A. KIXO WILSON'.
Woaaea) Baraeoaa aad Chtaa.
Indianapolis News.
Dr. LI Tuin Tsao. a demure Chinese
woman, who is In St. Louis supple
menting her medical education with
surgical work at the Betbsecla Hos
pital, believes that opportunities for
women physicians and suraeona are
even greater la China than tbey are in
i America,
TARRIF AMD GIRTH KKDl CTIONS.
Writer Marrela Over War Some Mea
Reach Political rearlaaloaa.
PORTLAND. June 18. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonlan, June II, admon
ished our- worthy Roosevelt champion
to come out of the tall timber, or may
be It la the marshes ha wrltea from
Marshfleld and road up on the Re
publican platform of 10.
How men arrive at conclusions Is and
ever will be a tangled skein of mys
tery. Tne obvious escapee the keenest
observer. This political potpourl Is
the result of conclusions without cal
culation. .
Mr. Roosevelt made a platform, aet
Mr. Taft upon It. which aald tha tariff
ought to be revised and Mr. Watklna.
of Marshfleld. concludes that Mr.
Roosevelt's platform said the tariff
must am shall be reduced.
Mr. Taft promised no reduction In the
tariff, hut his efforts to reduce his
weight Ought to satisfy Mr. Wstklns or
any other citizen who sppreclates the
handicap of 359 pounds,
Mr. Taft has done all any man could
do to become slim and slender. He
has reduced until only forty yards of
broadcloth sj-e required for his Prince
Albert, whereas In diiys of yore he
carried nesrly lflO yards of white duck
In rhillpplne waters, where short coats
are faslilonahle.
Whether It ba a crime to weigh ST.fl
pounds I shall not assume the province
of determining, hut surely no thinking
man can charge the iniquities of
Schedule "K" to the ponderousness of
Mr. Taft.
He waa nominated titon a platform
dictated by Theodore Roosevelt, elected
hy a people believing in protective
tariff: he lived up to tbe platform and
is now condemned, reviled and con
elgned to the realms of oblivion for
carrying out tbe will of the people and
for the greater crime of being a fat
man.
To dlf'er with a man's political Ideas
Is the rlrht of everyone, 1 find no
fault with my neighbor because his
views do not coincide with my own
but when a writer alleges that to be
fat Is to commit political sin. 1 am
aroused to the highest pivh of Indigna
tion and nothing shall restrsln my re
sentment. If any man shall, by charging me
with lattjr degenratlon. Imply that I
am Incapable of revising schedule K,
or that I have been false to the peo
ple's Interest. I shall upon such an
occasion trample upon all those forms
with which living skeletons comfort
themselves; nor shall anything but
skin and bonea deter me from my pur
pose. Iet me have fat men about me, and
lU'-h aa sleep o' rights, by all means:
your Roosevelt has a hungry look. I
fear he'll eat me.
Soon aa I get my reduction revised
Til take a trip to Marshfleld and let
Mr. Watklna meet me face to face. I'm
for Taft because he's fat. which Is Just
as good reasoning as saying. "I'm for
Teddy, because he dues things."
JOHN GRF.EN MEADOWS.
WR1TFR I.OSINCf Ft ITU IX SYSTF.M
Issle-Tsi Mealpalatlons Tars Writer
Agalast laltlatlve.
TALFNT. Or.. June 11. (To the Edi
tor.) The single tax blight Is working
One In Oregon and Missouri. The
Kastern land speculatora and soap
makers know how to paralyze prosper
ity. Missionaries always go away from
home, where they are not known, to
preach deceptive doctrine. Where did
Crldge and Eggloston come from? How
much land have they grubbod In Ore
gon? The Oregon Journal has catered to
a class In Oregon until It can afford
a big, new building and it Is a single
tax advocate for the reason that It
wants to dodge paying any tax on the
building the people of Oregon are
building for It.
Who la W. 8. fRen? Can't some one
give ua his hlatory? Oregon voters
must pass on dozens of one-man laws
at every election. It la time new to
vote "No" on all these propoeed laws,
before we get the state In a worse
muss.
I have, until this time, read the Jour
nal and supported the Oregon system
and tried to vote right on the numer
ous questions thrust upon the voter at
every rlectlon but I now refuse longer
to support either.
The referendum I csn support until
It proves a humbug like t ."Ren, and
the Initiative. M. J. HERKIMER.
Mr. I-afferty Reek la Time.
WASHINGTON". June (To the Edi
tor.) A Washington dispatch, June 4.
states that 1 was not present when the
vote was taken on the bill granting to
the City ef Portland a strip of land off
the Cuatomhouae and Postofflce prop
erty on Seventh street. It Is true that
I was absent temporarily from the
hall when the bill was reached, the call
of the calendar having progrcased much
more rapidly than had been expected.
But I returned Juet aa the bill was
called up and voted In favor of ita
paasage. and then moved to lay on the
table a motion to reconsider, which was
done. Thia made the action final. Mr.
Hawley was on his feet ezplalnlng tha
bill when I re-entered the hall and he
did H so well that all objection was
withdrawn, arid there was no need nor
opportunity for m to ssy anything.
A. W. LAFFKKTir.
Heave for Xraataera.
PORTLAND. June 11 (To the Edi
tor.) May I ask The Oreejonlan to call
to the public notice the fact that many
strangers within our gates are unable
to procure roses? They see roses
everywhere, massed la the hotels, over
flowing almost every yard In the city;
yet. unless they have some acquaint
ance here in town, they are forced to
go without a single rose. A lady and
her daughter, a'larlng at the Multno
mah Hotel, found the floritt unable to
supply them, and although roees are
used in profusion to decorate the hotel,
still none are for the guests to have.
It has been auggeated that sv table
for rosea be placed In each hotel, where
fresh flowers might be placed dally
during tha Festival, from which the
guests might help themeelvea. The
people of Portland would surely b
glad to furnish the rosea VI- K. R.
At Wosaaa Raters College.
Baltimore American.
Forced by circumstances when a girl
In school to give up her desire to se
cure a college degree, Mrs. Ella May
Hursey. of Lincoln. Neb.. Is now, at
the age of l&, to realise her ambition.
Tbe Ceemle I.
Nautlllus.
Thera Is something you are vantlns. dearie
Kara Itl
Earn it. not by growing weary
la a farment of orslre.
Vacua and hoyalese to aespainrs.
Hut. mlih all jnur soul's pro.id daring,
From ihs Coittios drink the Klre
Of IwlrmlmtloL than,
rats comas to ak you "Wheat"
Spurn It
With tiia anawar. "Thou
Art too late 1 triumph KOWr
Be your read as legloa, etlll I ana war,
'1-a.rn It!"
Say sot that you can't TOC CAV. air!
oird your soul with one gone Purpose
firal: than break your wlU to srve It;
I-t not man nor m amino a awvrve 11
ir,M hlmaaif Sare r.ot usurp It '
Witt) thia f uerdon Is your micht
You shall press en with dalight;
Turn It
As a ehtatd to eatrh the blow.
,ar)ML). of any fae.
Echoes tnrourh the Arehee of Creation,
"EAKS ITI"
This tbe lw ef trine and narlnn.
Rock and flower, fieah snd spirit,
un and atom, tlma and .distance;
llulo ot Rirht sho. r.l.tanc.
I :aT-n to It. eomrade. har It'
In lour soul a m.t a-Tt H
&nas this Kong of Ufe, near-heart;
Larn It.
And forevar be
r,M from doubt aad waaknsse FRBH
The Unwelcome Guest
P.f Deaa Colllaa.
The Festival Of Roses fair.
When everything la blossom dress!
Brings to our city gates, alike.
The welcome and unweuome guest.
Most every ono la welcome hor
Save one, who really doth appear
A rank outsider. Who's the man f
J. liuvlus, of the wster csnl
Why should he butt In on our show.
And drop the dripping drops of rain,
Striving to make our lahoruig
or all the past fow months In valnl
J. Pluvlus, of the sprinkling pot,
cthrra are welcome you are not.
We do consign your son! to Tophet.
Accompanied by the weather prophet.
Let the bands ploy, the roses fall.
And lot ua frollo In our mirth.
And lot them Join our merry throng...
Who come from all parte of the earth
Our welcome Is not, by the by,
For those who come from out tha sky
i,eea they bo sunhenms. So sklddo,
J. I'luvlus, to your showers snd you.
But If you will not lake tho bint.
And hang around In spite of all.
Th'nk not to stop our wk of sport,
Hy letting dinky raindrops fall,
fteiplta the weather, wet or dry,
We lot the festive streamera fly.
And tnnck you and your drippy art, .
J, 1 luvliis of tho water cart.
1'ortUnil, June 1.
Half a Century Ago
From The oregonlan ef June 14, 1SS3.
Chicago. June I. Governor Stanly
having Issued an order prohibiting the
use of the achools of North Carollha
for the benent of the blacks, the mat
ter waa mads the suhlect of .lbqulry In
both houses today. Much schools are In
contravention ot the laws of tll Stat",
Ktrasburg, Va. June J. tleneral
Fremont'a advance under Colonel
filosert occupied thia place wlthwait
resistance last night.
Washington, June 4. An offlclsl re
port from the Secretary of the Tresa
tiry states that the public debt on May
25 was l('Jl.4&,8.
Chicago, Juna 4. From Tennessee
we learn that the steady development
of tho ITnlon feeling In that etste Is
cheering. Governor Nell S. Rrown, a
prominent rebel snd member cf the
military hoard, addressed a t'nlon
meeting St Columbia a few days since
and said that the rebellion was played
out. Tennessee waa lost to the Con
federacy and all the people ought to
go for the L'nlnn.
Cairo. June ft. The bombardment of
Fort Wright was agiiln commenced en
the morning of the Jd and continued
all day. It was renewed again yester
day morning and was going hn at the
time the steamer left.
It Is reported that the French gov
ernment has resolved on the occupa
tion of the City of Mexico tinder every
contingency and that next Kail every
strategic position of the country Is to
he Belied on. the occupation to extend
for three years to allow time for tha
development of the National will.
Columbian No. 1 gave an exhlhiilon
of their skill and power In forcing a
considerable stream of water out of me
of the cisterns on Klrst street burlc
agnln Into the river from hlch It had
come.
The more husbands a woman has had.
the less fuss she makes about picking
up and leaving a new one. . k
A very serious publication Is railed
"The Crisis." Them Is no crisis. Or,
rather, half the people fear a crisis If a
certain thing la done, snd the other
half fear a crisis If It Is not done.
The most serious fault of some pen.
pie seems to be that they are aggra
vating. In the town wlieta I live, a society of
colored women Is known ss "The White
Roses."
Quarrel with your most. Intlmaia
friend, and get hltn started telling tales
he learned during his Intimacy with
you, and probably your record wouldn't '
look very good. And you know mean
things about yourself that your most
Intimate friends do not know.
A Utile bad luck may cause a lot of
"talk" about the best of ua.
If a man offers you a good thing, you
have a right to wonder why be does
not keep It himself.
There are so many mean men the peo.
pie can't keep track of all of them;
but the people make a mighty good
etaggi-r at keeping track of all the
mean women.
When a woman has enorgy. she has
three tltuea ss muih as an energetlo
man.
Most men are too cowardly (.a few
ara not cowardly enough.
wiiAT-g noi ioitriO! (otsTiir
Ileal Philadelphia rerret.
Clatskanlo Chief.
Mra. O. W. Coffman has Just received
a Carthaginian parrot from Philadel
phia The bird Is one yssr old and Is
very Intelligent. Ills name Is Ted.
Uniall l.aada Pln-Pomad lolly. :
F.ugene Roglsttr.
Mrs. Felix Sparks, ef Blue River,
caught a fine six-pound lolly Var.len
Thursday evening with a light bamboo,
pole and a small fly hook. She had to
play the big fish for 10 ot 16 minutes
before she had It tired. Out enough t
land it.
Womaa Han hovel Attachment.
Illllsboro Argus.
A young lady watching the parade.
Sunday, tried to mako a start for tha
clrcua grounds but found herself stuck
to the pavement In front of the Hllla
boro Commercial Bank. The warm
aim had aoftened tho aurface of the
pavoment, and her heols were held faat
to the tar preparation. Aid was ex
tended, and she was removed from tho
"tanglefoot" after leaving two neat lit
tle hoel-blocka In the sticky surface.
Aimed at Cat. Kicked W all.
aresham Outlook.
Mrs W. J. Wlrts la a great lover
of cats, and also of chlckana, but she
does not like to have the rata too fond
of tbe chlckena. Laat Sunday when she
ssw a est trying to carry a fine young
chicken under the house, she went after
It with the nearest weapon, her fool,
but Instead of kicking the cat. she
kicked the concrete foundation of the
house, with the result that she re
ceived a double sprain, and a frac
ture of one of the bones or the foot,
Kite will be laid up for a week or two.
Fear Pall Into Rtver.
Medford Sun.
Bob Dow Is nursing a crippled knee,
while W. R. Coleman, J. W Dudley and
Harry Luy are suffering minor bruises
today aa the result of a rope breaking
while they were endeavoring to pull
Mose Barkdull, his automobile and a
dog. Turk, out of the Little Applegate
Sunday. The boys pulling on the rope
were badly shaken by the fall, to say
nothing of the Joys of being suddenly
hurled Into the stream, the current of
which was unusually swift at that
point. 1kw may bo laid up for a few
days.
At MEd" Howe Sees Life