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' In the "Wednesday morning news
papers Colonel Roosevelt's latest defl
. the "biz sinister influences w
mm Ovster Bay. "They
know me and I know them," he said.
"It Is anything to beat me. I am
-ritinir a lone hand and I am going
to fight it out to the end." The "big
sinister influences," he asserted, naa
determined to eliminate him from
public life because he is the one man
they really fear. Having defeated
him in Chicago they were trying to
control the Democratic convention i
the same end.
It is regrettable that the Colonel
did not explain how the sinister In
fluences were proceeding In the Dem
ocratic convention to carry out their
fell purpose. Surely the Colonel would
. i- a nemncmtie candidate who
had an odor of Standard oil about
bim, or wore a dollar marK ior a
scarf pin. We can Imagine nothing
that would contribute more to the
Colonel's third party movement than
the nomination by t" Democrats of
a -candidate hand-picked and Iron
fettered by the sinister Influences.
Did the Colonel fear that there was
a vile conspiracy of bosses to prevent
the traditional Democratio mistake T
Would the sinister Influences go to
the length of naming a really good
man In the Democratio convention
Just to beat Roosevelt?
Whatever the Colonel meant we
are Inclined to believe that the other
colonel the peerless oneattempted
to answer him. Colonel Bryan wrote
a resolution. He presented it Wednes
day night. It was a resolution that
had the support of political exigen
cies. The convention did not dare
defeat it, o It adopted it.
By this resolution we are assured
In advance that the Democratio can
didate Is not the representative of or
under any obligations to "the privi
lege hunting or favor seeking class."
It was a wise thing to do. The voter
will now, no doubt, be as euro that
he la not deceived as when he reads
on an otherwise doubtful drawing the
Inscription "This la a horse."
It was a bold attempt to counteract
the force of Colonel Roosevelt's cryp
tic utterance. Nobody could under
stand Just what he meant, but one
thing was sure. The Colonel was pre.
paring to put a poison brand on the
Democratio concoction. Therefore the
Democratio convention gummed and
printed a pure food label. The one
that sticks may have much to do
with the result in November.
a sntK way to a Bronx's.
, There is one way In which the Dem
ocrats can accumulate a surplus that
is by suspending the operation of the
Government. While the House has
been debating tariff bills whicTi It
knows can never become law and has
been investigating every trust, from
money to peanuts, the fiscal year has
almost slipped away and no money
has been provided to run the Govern
ment during the year beginning Mon
day. The money has been coming In,
but none of it can legally be spent
.until Congress says the word. Con
gress has been too busy saying mil
lions of purposeless words to say the
one word necessary to keep the -machinery
going.
By suspending the payroll, laying
up the Navy In the navy-yards, build
ing no battleships, having no Army
maneuvers, suspending work on build
ings and rivers and harbors, expendi
ture of Government money can be
stopped, except on pensions and Con
gressional salaries these never stop
and a surplus can be accumulated.
That Is the Democratic method of
accumulating a surplus to keep
money Instead of spending it. It is
the method of a miser. But the Dem
ocratic method of disposing of a sur
plus is quite otherwise. The Demo
crats are alarmed at such a spectacle
Instead of rejoicing in it. as does a
miser. They resort to drastic tariff
reductions and promote panic and
penury in order to stop the dreaded
flow of money into the treasury.. They
succeeded in 1893 and 1894 so well
that all of us who were alive in those
years well remember the result. They
are now cooking another dish of the
same kind for us at Baltimore. No
vember will show whether our appe
tite for it has returned.
oi k iuoc.kkt:
It is a logical assumption that the
two detectives who tried to engineer
the bribery of Deputy District Attor
ney Collier expected to receive or were
tacitly promised immunity from the
charge of extortion that had pre
viously been lodged against them.
- Here were two men working for
their liberty. They proposed, or were
invited by superiors, to attempt to cast
ignominy upon another public official.
By inducing some other person to en
gage in crime, they were to es
cape their own danger. They were
doubtful Implements for use in a
moral renovation. If guilty them
selves, to what lengths would they not
go to carry out the plot?
The selection of such go-betweens
was a display of puerile Judgment if
not of a determination to discredit Mr.
Collier by fair means or .foul. If such
"proceedings are in the line of official
duty an officer Is ever in danger of
discovering . incriminating evidence
about his person or effects. He should
be accompanied by at least two body
guards, wear padlocks on his coat
pockets, maintain his desk in a safety
deposit vault, and refuse to accept
packages tendered by unknown or
doubtful messengers.
It has been suggested that nobody
believe the Mayor or Chief of Police
undertook actually to bribe a deputy
district attorney, and that It is regret
table that the news of the indictment
must go broadcast without the miti
gating explanation. This may all be
admitted except the implication, that
there is an explanation that is wholly
mitigating. The full story would con
vince the world that some of our city
officials, if not lawbreakers,
persona totally reckless of other men's
reputations. The main regret is not
that the news goes forth curtailed. It
Is that we have such news to send out.
THIS FRESS OX THE NEW PARTY.
That Roosevelt's bolt from the Cht
cage convention and his decision to
organize a new party are due not to
any vital difference on principle, but
to his failure, to secure the nomination,
his selfish ambition and his enmity for
Taft Is the conclusion of most of the
Eastern newspapers so far received.
They fail to see behind the Colonel's
course any of the lofty motives and
alms which he professes.
Calling Roosevelt's opposition to or
ganization of the convention "a sheer,
barren futility," serving as "a pretext
to explain away his defeat and de
signed to destroy the Republican par
ty," the New York Times compares his
third party movement with others
which have gone before. Some of
these third parties, it says, have done
good, having bad "a real, moral senti
ment to inspire them and leaders of
real worth and sincerity to guide
them." Some "have wrought havoc
and confusion," having "been the out
come of discontent in some cases Jus
tifiedmanipulated by unscrupulous
demagogues." In the latter class the
Times puts the Roosevelt movement.
though it pretends hypocritically to
belong to the former. Admitting that
a large proportion of Roosevelt r rol
lowing "think he is an able and sin
cere foe of unjust privilege, it con
tinues: Aa a matter of fast, ha is the reverse.
He haa Keen the tool and the beneficiary
of privilege, haa stubbornly refuaed to ngnt
It when he had place ana power, haa been
f politically lta benenciery, ana nas -eateu
rom the hand" of the intereete that have
waxed fat and strong on privilege.
The third party movement is., de
clared to be worse than any of its
class, being "tainted with affiliation
with the interests" and "handicapped
by the domination of an ambitious,
unscrupulous, tricky politician."
"Extraordinary self-seeking and
selfishness" are held by the New York
Evening Post to be the salient note of
the Roosevelt movement. Conceding
that among the Colonel's followers
"were many on fire with the vision or
a new social Ideal." it says: "There
were many others who simply bowed
down and worshiped blindly the god
success." Others were bound to him
by what they could get out of him.
and the Post cites Perkins' interest in
the Steel Trust, Pinchot and Gar
field's grudge against Taft as exam
ples. It says:
For the moment the whole crowd at Chi
cago haa regarded polltloa from the point of
view of pocket or advantage. Waa there
any real oounaellng for the Nation's good ?
Any dlacuaslon of governmental policies?
Any consideration of the Intereata of the
neonle aa a whole, aave aiittertna generalties
about social Justice and the people's welfare ?
"The Florentine party" is the name
chosen by the New York Sun for the
new party, the predestined leaders of
which, it says, are Roosevelt and
Bryan or perhaps Hearst. It depicts
each as playing Alphonse to the other's
Gaston a "contest truly Florentine,
medieval in its chivalry of self-
sacrifice." v .
"Rump conclave" is the Brooklyn
Eagle's name for the Roosevelt con
vention. It says:
Fortunately, every tjratenso by which the
Roosevelt movement affects to seek Justifi
cation la auatalned by no facta whatever.
And facta are stubborn things. Facta are
thinga which In the long run vindicate
themselves.
The bolt Is attributed by the Eagle
to "defeat of the Roosevelt endeavor
to be named for the Presidency by the
regular Republican party." It thus
explains this defeat:
Mr. Roosevelt owes his defeat in most part
to the Instinct of the American people
arainet a third term for any President. He
did and aald more to renounce and denounce
recourse to a third' term by himself or by
any other man In any conceivable circum
stances than any other human being has
ever dona hefore. Ho reversed himself and
his word whan ha sought a third term, tnia
time. The pretext for this reversal or Him
self has had Its root in resentment against
Mr. Taft
The bolt Is attributed by the Indian
apolis News to Roosevelt's failure to
secure the nomination, not to his sen
sitiveness about the contest decisions,
abandonment of some contests . for
delegates whom. Roosevelt had de
clared to be stolen being cited as proof.
The News continues:
Of course, the outcry against bosses and
the interests can only be regarded as an
absurdity In view of the fact that auch men
aa Fllnn, Gary, Perkins, Ward. Wttauer and
Lyon were supporters of Mr. Roosevelt, ti
tha third-ternior had really been desirous
of advaneina the nrogreaelva movement he
could have accomplished much by throwing
the weignt ot nis personality id ia rgnciw.
Cummins. Hadley. Borah, or some other of
the real progressive leaders. Probably he
could have brought about tha nomination of
ona of these men. As it waa he subordinat
ed, as he haa ever done, principle to self.
Such Is the origin of this bolting party.
The News presumes that "If no
popular support is won, there will' be
no new party," and questions whether
Perkins and his crowd will be willing
to put up more money. It finds a dis.
position among the Colonel's followers
to draw back from the extremes of
men of the Heney type and concludes
that the outlook for a third party
can hardly be said to be cheerful.
The Indianapolis Star approves
Roosevelt's course In referring to the
people the acceptance or rejection of
Taff nomination. It accepts as well
founded the charges of delegate-stealing
and expatiates on "the almost re
ligious fervor of the progressive
forces"; on the "flushed faces of ear
nest men and women as if they were
enlisted In a holy war, and concludes:
Out from the eordld gTlnd and deadly
blight of partisan pollttas haa arisen, per
nape, a new inspiration nu a new v i . . -tlon
as of something worth fighting for at
length besides the spoils of office and the
(ratification of revenge. It may be that
once again principle ahall triumph over pol
icy In our National lira ana aisiincuon su
persede mediocrity and chicanery In public
affairs. If It Is ali a dream it is a good
dream at that, and if it la true, life will be
worth living In theaa United States during
the next few montha.
The New York Tribune believes
most of Roosevelt's supporters "realize
that the preservation of the Republi
can party is incomparably more im
portant than the gratification of any
personal ambition above all an ambi
tion fostered by self-etyled reformers
like Pinchot and Garfield for revenge,
or by speculators like Munsey." It
continues:
Intelligent peopla moat, fn the calmer
momenta which are coming, perceive that a
eamoalan professedly agalnat trusts and
monopoly and the selfish Interest of indi
viduals which la ept auve oy tne resources
of tha chairman of tha finance committee
of the Harvester Trust Is too grotesque to
command the toleration of serious men. In
that causa tha money oi cieorgo w. renews
atinks:
Taft s nomination is condemned Dy
the Chicago Evening Post as tainted.
It frankly accepts as true tha charges
of fraud in deciding contests; believes
"that the people finally showed their
overwhelming preference for Roose
velt at the primaries"; and believes
"that they should be allowed to say
whether or not they wish Roosevelt to
carry forward their banner by means
of a new party." It believes that, if
the people want the new party, they
will have it, but It would sternly oppose
Roosevelt, if it felt that he was lead
ing a purely personal Roosevelt move
ment.
Bryan is likened" to Roosevelt by the
Louisville Courier-Journal in that
"both confuse politics and morals,
That Journal says:
If Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan between
them should succeed In breaking up both the
two old parties and establishing a new party
laid In llnea of virtue, oblivious equally of
natural and economic laws, nroooalna the
while to seek tha millennium, they would in
point of fact find themselves afloat upon a
shoreless sea in a ship finely rigged and
beautifully decorated, but unfit for rough
weather. In other words, the objective point
of Mr. Bryan and the objective point of air.
Roosevelt, whether they know it, or believe
It, or not, la socialism pure ana simple.
An appeal for sober, second thought
comes from the Cincinnati Commer
cial Tribune,' which does not believe
any , true Republican outside of the
frenzied partizans of both factions is
ready to turn the Nation over to the
Democracy. It says:
It is not as Taft man, nor aa Roosevelt
men, nor aa any otnar mutki oi men ouuiae
of Republicans that we speak. With the
warring faotiona, with the rival ambitions.
with the astonishing hullaDBJoo oi o-iin
sides we have nothing to do.
The true Republicans. . tha men whose
voices have not as yet been heard, but whose
Judgment and whose opinion will ultimately
determine tha matter, demand that Judg
ment be suspended until the angry passions
and noises of conflict have aiea aown.
It is. time for sober second thought.
The Kansas City Star refers to what
Roosevelt aald of the vicious circle by
which he alleges that the National
committee perpetuates fraud and
says: '
The new party of tha people the Progres
sive party will brass, that vicious circle.
The bandana, the badge chosen by
the new party "because it is used by
the common people," comes in for
some sarcastic comment from the
Denver Republican.
Today tha bandana la a curiosity. The
users of bandana handkerchiefa are few
and far between. Ask a storekeeper for a
bandana, and tha obanes are he will
think yon are seeking to purcnaae a Danana.
The "Dlam Deepul" use plain white handker
chiefa and plenty of them. Tha bandana
la the aymbol of tne retired millionaire,
who la wealthy enough to have his hand
kerchiefa mada to order. It is the insignia
of plutocracy, the unearned increment, the
dollar that la above the man, and all the
other evil influences of wealth.
These comments by the Eastern
press are not so enlightening as to the
probable strength of the third party
movement as they are interesting.
Roosevelt's personality and hold on the
masses enabled him to make tremen.
dous headway in the pre-convention
campaign against the influence of the
stronger Eastern Journals. Particu
larly was this true In New jersey,
where the New York newspapers dom
inate the circulation field. Only two
New York newspapers of consequence,
and these two in the second rank of
importance, supported Roosevelt. Yet
he won New Jersey. One may iook,
however, for the influence of the press
to be shown stronger in the general
election. The fact remains that In
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts less
than half the vote was polled in the
primaries. The deterrent to voting
may have been disgust with the char
acter of the campaign, dissatisfaction
with both candidates or general Indif
ference, or all three elements. But
voting in the general election is looked
upon as a duty by many person who
Ignore the primaries. These, too, are
of'en the loudest ' Reclaimers against
the kind of material. chosen for party
candidates. The fact remains that
Roosevelt has a strong force ;o reckon
with in the large Eastern newspapers
if he carries out his third party
programme.
THE COMING OF THE OREGON.
More than, sentiment attaches to
the scheduled visit of the superb old
battleship Oregon to Portland harbor.
The advent of the large fighting craft
marks the end of official apprehension
concerning the navigability of our
waterway for large craft. Slowly but
surely the groundless fears of the
Navy Department have been put aside
by success of navigators in negotiat
ing the Columbia and Willamette.
The coming of Captain Elllcott with
the armored cruiser Maryland marked
the beginning of the end.
Fixed official recognition of our
harbor facilities Is indicated in the
order for tha Oregon's visit. For the
Oregon is essentially a deep water
craft and is reported as apt to misbe
have. Only the most searching in
vestigation of our channel and harbor
limitations eouid precede such an or.
der. The Government takes no
chances in such matters In fact the
excessive conservatism of officialdom
has been the needless barrier to such
visits in. the past.
The effect of the Oregon's visit is
bound to reach merchantmen. Al
ready great trans-Pacific steamers
have tied up in our harbor and in the
future we may look forward to a
marked ' increase of the fleet that
makes this port. The obstacle of un
just misapprehension has been cleared
away.
munxo KOf.ES.
Some day there will arise an enter
prising schoolma'am In Oregon who
will set her pupils at work to figure
out how many tons of rose petals go
to waste in the state every Summer.
The next step will be to calculate how
many hogsheads of attar of roses
might be made from the flower leaves
and what it would sell for at 150 or
160 an ounce. Attar of roses is worth
a good deal more than its weight in
gold when it is properly made. Why
should not Oregon build up a great
industry on the beauty of its roses?
Other crops fall now and then. Some
years there are but few cherries. Oc
casionally something happens to the
apples. But the roses bloom as faith
fully as Spring returns and the har
vest we might have If they were gath
ered and utilized would be unfailing.
Attar of rose is difficult to make.
It requires goodness knows how many
pounds of petals to make a drop of
the precious substances, but there are
leas difficult ways of preserving tl.e
fragrance of the flowers. A new meth
od which has been published by S.
Leonard Baslin in the Scientific Amer
ican can be followed by anybody who
has a little time to spare and a mod
erate supply of gumption...
Early in the morning before the-dew
hasidried and the flowers have felt
the wilting influence of the sun. go
out into the garden and pick a Mg pan
full of rose petals. Spread them out
thinly in some sort of a sieve and
wave them about gently until they
are dry. Have ready some flat disks
of cotton batting cut to the size of
the Inside of a glass fruit Jar and giva
them a good soaking in pure olive oil.
Everything is now in shape. Put a
disk of cotton, dripping with oil. Into
the bottom of the Jar and cover it with
rose leaves. Then another and an-
other in the same way until the jar
is full. Cork it securely and set it on
a sunny shelf. In two weeks open the
Jar and squeeze out the oil from the
cotton disks. It will be heavily charged
with the essence of roses and will be
as fragrant as the most exacting taste
could demand, . Other flowers may
be treated in the same way with ex
cellent results. ,
The method is so simple that it
might be practiced by everybody who
has a garden of rosea or pinks and
why should it not be profitable
commercially?
THE BTSTDICAUSTS' SOCIAL. WAR.
The Asqulth Cabinet is paying dear
ly for its alliance with the Labor par
ty. Its concessions to the demands of
the unions are the price it has paid
for their support. Those concessions
have convinced the unions of their
omnipotence and have encouraged
them to follow the railroad and trans
port workers' strike with the seamen's
strike, the coal miners' strike, and now
with the London transport workers
strike. Britain had barely recovered
from its fright at the threatened par
alysis of traffic than it was in danger
of freezing and suffered from an in
dustrlal paralysis due to the .miners'
strike. The metropolis is now threat
ened with famine unless the employ
ers concede the demands of the trans
port strikers.
The present strike was ordered to
enforce a closed-shop agreement. Be,
cause one man refused to Join the
union, all employes or the firm for
which he worked struck, and the dis
putes committee of the union ordered
a general strike. The union was ac
cused of breaking its agreement by
upholding the refusal of unionists to
work with a non-unionist, but Sir Ed
ward Clarke, an eminent lawyer, who
was called upon to examine into the
rights of the case, found that the em
ployer broke his agreement by hiring
the nonunionlst. But tha union Is ac
cused of having broken the agreement
of last Summer by striking, for the
agreement provided that all disputes
should be referred to the Board of
Trade. The dispute has extended from
the one man first concerned to 250,000
now on strike and has caused great
suffering and inconvenience to Lon
don's millions. -
As usual in such cases, the govern
ment comes in for blame from all
sides. The police are protecting those
men who have broken away from the
strike and those who have supplanted
strikers, thereby earning the curses of
the strikers, but they do not prevent
peaceful picketing, thereby incurring
the fierce denunciations of the em
ployers and of the suffering public.
The government is accused of allow
ing the union to coerce and Intimidate
nonunionists under the guise of
peaceful picketing. The Tory press
does not miss the opportunity or malt
ing political capital by accusing the
government of having "facilitated the
setting up of a grinding tyranny." The
socialist organs deny that the unions
desire to starve the people, but admit
that "it is difficult, if not Impossible,
in a strike, to avoid inflicting some
hardships upon perfectly innocent
people." One of them says "those af
fected have recognized this and have
borne the sacrifice uncomplainingly.'
But the strike is more than a mere
struggle for the closed shop it is one
of a series of battles In a social war
begun by the syndicalists for the
avowed purpose of extinguishing the
capitalist. They turn with contempt
from legislative remedies for the real
or supposed wrongs of labor, and
adopt cruder, but as they think, more
effective weapons. Their attitude and
purpose were thus bluntly stated in a
speech by Tom Mann, ex-presldent of
the International Transport workers
Federation: vmi have had a veneration of rSDresen-
tatlvas In Parliament, and what have they
done? No, we will fight our own battles.
Labor runs the machine, and labor will
stop the maohlna until its demands are
met. And ao we go on until we possess
the machine Itself, until labor haa appro
priated all surplus and the capitalist is ex
tinct. A Ilg lOf rMimeni,
In Europe the unions have been
largely "won over to syndicalism. In
the United States the syndicalists have
organized the I. W. W. to fight the
unions unless they fall in line with
the syndicalist policy and to carry on
the social war for extinction of the
capitalist.
The nominating speeches at Baltl,
more represent all the candidates as
such peerless leaders that the em'
barrassment of the delegates among
such riches may explain their inabil
ity to agree on the first ballot. Then
again the speeches may have had no
more effect than any other current
of hot air flowing through the conven
tion ball.
What has been done to the battle
ship Oregon since she made her fa
mous voyage around the Horn that
she navigates like a crab T There was
nothing the matter with her then'. Is
the defect In the ship or in her
navigators?
A game cock taken into the Balti
more convention hall refused to crow.
A white dove urged to fly over the
warring delegates declined to spread
her wings of peace. These are por
tentous omens for Democracy.
ni.Rnn'a ri&rht in naturalization has
settled down to a question of degree
in his attachment to the Constitution,
nisson denies anv srreater attachment
than a man feels for his wife's rela
tions.
Judging by the attitude of Hadley,
Borah, Representative La Follette and
other lieutenants of Roosevelt, there
is a bolt from the bolters.
The spectacle of New York, under
Tammany control, voting against "the
privilege-hunting -and favor-seeking
classes" is a grim Jest-
There should be an Oregon day
during Elks week, that half a mil
lion people can do honor to the old
fighter.
Senator Gore la unfortunate. Nat
urally, a crowd attracted by a Demo
cratic convention . would rob a blind
Portland will have glory enough
this year, even without the pennants.
Naturally the Baltimore convention
will dodge equal suffrage.
Bryan forced the Baltimore conven
tion to "come to heel."
Nothing under for Underwood-
first place only.
La Follette at least speaks plainly
when he talks.
Profane history is In the making at
Baltimore.
OMAR'S PHILOSOPHY DEFEXDED
Comaarfaoa la Made With Material Ursa
of Otker Writings.
PORTLAND, Or, June 2S. (To the
Editor.) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khay
yam and the English-speaking people
are remarkably fortunate in having
Fitzgerald's translation of it is the
cry of humanity. It makes no differ
ence what religion one professes nor
what teaching or preaching has influ
enced his belief, deep in the .heart ev
ery thoughtful, intelligent human be
ing asks himself the questions of the
old .Persian race.
In each verse, perfect in itself, ean
one read the theme correctly and find
evil in the song?
Isn't the idea in the much quoted
"Book of Verses Underneath the
Bough" Identical with that of Emer
son's i
Not of adamant or gold
Built he heaven, stark and cold.
But a nest of bending reeds.
Flowering grass .and scanted weeds.
Is heaven pictured as a subjective
condition of the mind more material
istic than when represented as a city
with pavements of gold and gates of
pearl?
It is doubtful If a person shut In by
his profession from the great earthly
lovesthat of husband and wife or
parent and child can comprehend how
little attraction there might be in a
bargain counter salvation that did not
include the loved ones also. The com
fort to world-weary mortals in the
stanzas beginning:
So when the angel of tha darker drink
can well be compared to the "Come
unto me" of the Man. of Galilee, .while
their calm philosophy Is infinitely bet
ter than the fear of death which has
come largely through the not unmixed
good of the various Christian religions.
Had their worth been confined to
the beauty of the language with which
the sentiments of the Rubaiyat were
clothed, long ago had thef tattered
garments been blown , away by the
winds of time. But amid the 'broidered
draplngs of Oriental mysticiBm
gleaming with "a faith too wide for
doctrine and a Benevolence untram
meled by oreed" is the Jewel of truth
that the moth and rust of centuries
have not destroyed and the acid of crit
icism cannot tarnish.
. SARAH HINDS WILDER,
, - 1908 East Stark St
TIMES TO FI.Y OliD GLORY.
New York Sana ef tha Revolution Issue
Rules on Flag; Raising.
New York Tribune.
The Sons of the Revolution in the
State of New York, from its headquar
ters at Fraunces' Tavern, at Broad and
Pearl streets, have Issued a set of
rules with regard to the use of the
American flag and the times when It is
fitting to display it
Among the rules are the following:
The flag should not be hoisted before
sunrise nor allowed to remain lip after
sunset
When the National colors are passing
on parade or in review, the spectator
should, if walking, halt, and, if sitting,
arise, stand at attention and uncover.
Whan the National and state flags
fly together' the National flag should
be placed on the right
In placing the flag at half staff, it
should be first hoUted to the top of the
staff, and then lowered to position.
Preliminary to lowering from half staff
It should firBt be raised to the top.
On Memorial Day the flag should fly
at half staff from sunriee to noon and
full staff, from noon to sunset.
The days on which the flag should be
displayed at full staff are Llnooln's
birthday, February 12; Washington's
birthday, February 22; Battle of Lex
ington, April IB ; Flag Day, June 14;
Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17; Inde
pendence Day, July 4; Battle of Sara
toga, October 17; Surrender at York
town, October 19, and Evacuation Day,
November 25.
DVIJfa MAN'S INSISTENT PLEA.
DlFeotlons There Shoul l Be No Mourn
ing of Kloora at His Funeral
Philadelphia Record,
A few days prior to the death of Al
fred P. Reld, former burgess of West
Chester, he made several requests rela
tive to his funeral,
"Let there be no display of mourn
ing, nor depression, nor gloom at my
funeral," he said. "Let there be no
funeral sermon lauding the dead, but
prayers offered, comforting passages
read from Bod s word and grand o)q
hymns sung, and the reading of some
appropriate portions of poems. No
church funeral and no retiring of the
family and relatives to upstairs rooms;
but let them sit in the lower rooms
around the casket and then arise and
follow It out to the waiting carriages
to proceed to the grave. No flowers and
no floral designs accompanying the
precession, to be piled upon the grave.
Let there De ample time ior tne
services at the house and the going to
and the return from the cemetery to
allow all to partake of a comfortable
meal, prepared and served by the caterers-
and waiters, as soon as they ar
rive from the interment about noon.
thus allowing time afterward for the
mingling together in profitable and
comforting intercourse between and
among the different members of the
family on both sides, who have not
often been able to come together. And
thus, with no rushing and hurrying,
return to their homes feeling that it
has been a family gathering which has
profited their souls."
WEAK NECKS CAUSE HEADACHES.
Simple Exercises Will Strengthen Uni
ties and Clear the Brain.
Answers, London.
A thin, weak neck is a frequent cause
of Headache. With suoh a neck the
blood supply to the brain is poor', with
the result that the latter is easily fa
tigued, and then you have headache.
Then, when the neck muscles are
weak, the head is rarely carried in its
proper position. It is allowed to droop
forward, or to one side, the proper cir
culation of the blood being Interfered
with, and heedaohe is again the conse
quence. I
Further, when the head is not held
properly, there is jar when walking or
taking other exercise,, and once more
headache is the inevitable result
The two beat exeroises for the neck
are head bending and head lifting.
In tha former the bead is bent back
wards and forwards and to one side or
the other, the under Jaw being thrust
out when bending backwards, and
forced down into the chest when the
head comes forward.
Head lifting is really neck stretching,
the neck being stretched as far upward
as possible.
Brain workers who xeei fatigue com
ing on will find that a few minutes of
head bending and head lifting will clear
their brains and wonderfully restore
their energies. -
' A Duet in Giddy Girls.
Catholic Standard end Times.
"Have you really broken your engage
ment to him?" asked the first giddy girl.
-yes.' replied the otner. "he was no
fun at alL I simply couldn't make him
jealous, no matter how I tried."
Franknees in Confession.
Kansas City Star.
Mamma (severely) Johnny, what
made you take that cake from the pan
try?
Johnny Mjr apieute, mamma.
A Fanso la the Argument,
Exchange.
"Does your wife ever admit that she
is wrong in an argument?"
No. the nearest she ever comes to it
is to say that I'm not as big a chump
as I look."
MAYOR'S METHODS tlTTESTIOJiED
Mere Dignified Way of Developing
Graft Charges Suggested.
PORTLAND, Juno 28. (To the Ed
itor.) In quoting Mayor" Rushlight's
words "that everything Is not right In
the District, Attorney's office," and
"that the people have ben shaken
down In the prosecutor's office," would
it not seem that if the Mayor had pos
session of such alarming tacts as these
that they alone would be sufficient In
justifying him in taking action against
the District Attorney's office, instead
of trumping up and manufacturing evi
dence, as he tried to do In offering the
$400?
Does it not appear significant that
a holder of such a high office as Mayor
resorts to such undignified and vulgar
methods?
We used to read In our copybooks
that: "Example Is better than precept
I am afraid that it would Indeed prove
disastrous if the members of the City
Council would follow the example set
them by their Mayor, and if every time
they had a grievance against one of
tneir fellow workers, would try to cor
rupt them by offering bribes. Is there
not a better and cleaner method than
this?
Would it not be bettor for them to
look upon each other as co-workers
instead of grafters?
By the way, what has become of the
proposed commission plan of city gov
ernment? The only time we hear it
really discussed Is around election time,
If we adopt this commission plan we
can at least locate the trouble and
place the blame where it rightfully be
longs, and act accordingly. Thia would
relieve the chaotio condition that now
exists. I am certain that most of the
citizens are weary of the continual
wrangling of the Council and would
welcome any change that would im
prove mattera
I, for one. bellove that the commis
sion plan would bring about the desired
result, although I confess It would seem
a little odd at election time to have
the breweries, paving concerns and
others' with selfish motives quiet at
such times and not busying themselves
in getting their candidates, from whom
tney nave secured pledges, elected.
HALLIE HOLBROOK.
794 Gllsan street.
DEMOCRACY OF THE CIRCUS.
In Spite of Hla 100 Millions Baby Mc
Lean Squeals With Delight
Chicago Tribune.
Now we have had another lesson to
teach us that Independent of our cir
cumstances and environment we are
essentially the rame. Baby McLean has
been to the circus! The one-hundred-milllon-dollar
baby, whose soft pink
ume Doay reposed in a golden and
rosewood cradle, a gift from a King,
who eats from golden dishes, who
spends his moments to play in one of
his five twenty-five thousand-dollar
nurseries, guarded by watchmen and
detectives and surrounded by a score
of attendants, squealed his little one-hundred-million
head off and clanned
his little fifty-million-dollar hands at
sight of the animals and the clowns
and the glittering women turning
somersaults on huge horses with all
the gleeful gusto of any child of 3.
It makes no difference that the circus
performance was witnessed by himself
and his baby companion, John Havenith
no difference to Baby McLean, or the
circus, or the lesson. The essentia!
democratio fart is that he enjoyed' it in
spite of his ona hundred million dol
lars, in spite of his gold cradle and his
one - hundred - and - twanty-five-thou
sand dollars' worth of nurseries, almost
as much as he would have enjoyed It
If he had run away from school and
sneaked under the tent or spent the 15
cents he had been saving for a baseball
bat for a ticket of admission. Almost,
but not quite.
For, after all, the circus Is the great
leveler.
When Men Are "Mister."
PORTLAND, June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Please enlighten a reader as to
the "editorial license" namely: When
is a reporter allowed to use the prefix
"Mr." before a man's name and when
does an editor have to?
Taft, T. R., La Follette, etc., don't
get the "Mr." attached, yet "Deep-
Water George" Shepherd and George
L. twicer always get tno "Mr." when up
fo editorial discussion. Mr. Editor,
this Is a matter which has bothered ma
as man and boy for years, and I guess
others too. will you please enlighten
us as to this editors' license?
J. H. STANTON,
688 East Morrison street.
Individuals of National eminence,
whose names are especially familiar to
the public, suffer generally from the
omission of the "Mr." attachment. It
is a matter fixed by practice and prece
dent. ,
Where the Initials of a man are used
The Oregonlan does not ordinarily ap
ply the title "Mr." This is a matter
of taste and style. The use of the
term "Mr." is not required in any case.
Clergymen Sounded on Suffrage.
PORTLAND, June 27 (To the Edl-
tor.)-The State Equal Suffrage So
ciety and the Portland Equal Suffrage
League have determined to ask the
ministers of Portland how they stand
on the question of suffrage. An im
mediate expression IS desired from each
clergyman. The women have upheld
the hands of the ministers and made
their work possible. They never hesi
tate to ask us for any work however
burdensome or even menial. Now for
the first time we ask something in re
turn and request them to assist us in
our cause which we believe is against
the power of evil.
MRS. A. E. CLARK.
Votes on Delegates,
PORTLAND, June 24 (To the Edi
tor.) Will you' kindly republish the
number of votes each of the delegates
from Oregon to the Chicago convention
received in the primary election? It is
a good time to have impressed upon
our minds how nearly the 60,000 Repub
lican voters of the state come to being
disfranchised In selecting these dele
gates by the primary law. W. H.
Ackerson, 11,132; Boyd. 3495; Bynon,
56S4; Campbell, 2726: Carey, 8314; Cos,
7481; Hall, 4096; McCusker, 864; Smith,
5642; Swift 2259.
FEATURES OF
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
Hoisting Our New Flag An illustrated page of timely interest
upon the changes in our National emblem that go into effect July
Fourth. ,
Gangsters of New York A study of the recklessness amemg the
organized thugs of the metropolis. Our greatest city is in a sad state
of unrebuked lawlessness, says the writer.
Hygienic Marriages An illustrated page study of the movement
for advancing health marriages. A feature of exceptional value and
interest.
Stage Fright in Baseball Roger Bresnahan defines some more of
the inner seerets of the great game.
Celebrating Our Birthday The sun never sets on America's In
dependence day. Half page, illustrated.
- Vacation Haunts of Notables An illustrated half page on country
homes and playgrounds of public 'men.
The Jump-ups They celebrate the glorious Fourth.
Two Short Stories, complete. New color comic capers and MANY
OTHER FEATURES.
ORDES TODAY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER.
The Day of Re ief
By Dean Collins.
One time, when but a callow boy.
I used to wait with eager longing
For July 4, that glorious day
Of flags and guns and bells ding
donging. The weary year's monotony
Stretched on and on, and this day
only
Served to disturb the even calm.
And to keep a chap from getting
lonely.
Then did we wave the stars and stripes
And speakers told the nation's glory;
While "oom-pah" bands and bursting
bombs
Gave ginger to theii- oratory.
We made the "nigger chaser" whiss.
Nor cared though powder burns
might pain us;
We snapped the pistol gleefully,
And mocked the fangs of the tetanus.
In short if mem'ry of those days
Distinctly in my brain cell lingers.
We rioted In smoke and flame.
And mocked at loss of eyes and
fingers.
Now all is changed; the modern race
Will with austerity disdain one
Who, planning for the gladsome
Fourth,
Plans aught except a safe and sane
one.
And the great Independence Day
A halo and a palm leaf grabbeth
And, 'mong the average Summer days.
Stands meek as a New England Sab
bath. Yet, with conventions in the air.
And the wild rush of mad cam
paigning. About the Fourth, variety
Which brings relief, I find remain
ing. The fume, the fuss, the smoke and
roar,
Is now the everyday enjoyment;
While, safe and sane, we have the
Fourth
Which offers quieter employment
Let those who scorn the "safe and
sane"
Bring 'gainst the day their stern in
dictment It Is an oasis of rest
I hold, 'mid everyday excitement
Portland, June 28.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan ot Juna SO, 1862.
Cairo, June 8. The packet Platte
Valley arrived this morning direct from
Memphis. Our flotilla of gunboats cap
tured three rebel gunboats and put the
rest to flight After the return of our
boats from the pursuit Commodore
Davis sent a note to the Mayor of
Memphis demanding the surrender of
the city. The Mayor replied that the
force of circumstances placed the city
in hlB (Davis') hands. A boat wag im
mediately sent ashore and the Na
tional flag raised over the postofnee.
Charleston, 8. C, June 4. The enemy
landed this morning, 2000 strong, at
James Island, opposite the city. A
battle toon place and the enemy was
repulsed. Twenty men were taken
prisoners. There is still heavy firing
il)the direction of James Island.
Chicago, June 13. The following was
just received from headquarters, Juna
8: "The Army left Harrisonburg on tha
6th. This morning at 8:30 o clock the
advance engaged the rebels seven miles
from that place. The enemy was very
advantageously posted in timber. Their
troops were formed en masse, and con
sisted undoubtedly of Jackson's entire
force. Our troops fought at times un
der a murderous fire of greatly su
perior numbers. Bayonets and can
nister shot were freely used by our
men with great enact on the enemy.
We are encamped on the field of bat
tle. The fight may be renewed at any
moment"
We learn from Mr, Green that the
city will be again supplied with gas In
about 10 days. We hope it may come
soon as we entertain a big disgust at
the use of candles. Candles may b
Eood for some things and in some
places, but gas light beets them all
hollow in a printing oince.
Democracy and a Deficit.
THE DALLES. Or. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan of June .26.
you mentioned the natural affinity
between Democracy and a deficit
that a surplus in the treasury ot tne
United States was always a constant
worry to Democrats when in power.
How fat was the treasury when Har
rison handed over, the reins of gov
ernment to Cleveland In 1893?
According to your editorial, Cleve
land had a good surplus when he as
sumed office the first time, but was
kept busy during his second term bor
rowing. W. M. HAZLETT.
The Statistician and Economist states
that the net ordinary receipts of the
Government for the year ending June
30, 1893, which waa the last -fiscal
year of the Harrison administration,
were (385,819.628 and tha net ordinary
expenditures for thensaroe year were
f 356.213,663 and the interest payments
(27,364.392, a total outgo of (383.477,
954. This leaves a surplus of (2.341,674
with which Cleveland began the first
fiscal year of his administration.
Presidential Campaign Contributors.
PORTLAND. Juno 26. (To the Ed
itor.) Will you state in the columns
of The Oregonlan whether or not the
Republican or Democratic National
committees ever published the cam
paign expenses of a Presidential elec
tion? A. I MASON.
On October 15, 1908, what purported
to be a list of contributions to the
Democratic National campaign fund up
to that date was made public. The
contributions amounted to about (250,
000. The publication was the result ef
charges made by W. R. Hearst and
Colonel Roosevelt that Charles N.
Haskell, treasurer In the fore part of
tha campaign of the Democratic com
mittee, had been in strong affiliation
with Standard Oil.