THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1912.
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STEALING IAFT'8 CXOTHEe.
Not having enough good deeds of.
their own as arguments by which to
win votes, the Democrats claim credit
toy some of the good deeds of the Re
publicans. In his speech to the Dem
ocratic convention Senator-elect James
said of his party:
Wo eubmltted to the country an amend
ment to the Federal Constitution Providing
for an Income tax. . . . And before the
enow flies I believe that this amendment
to the Federal Constitution will be Indorsea
by a sufficient number of states to make
It a part of our Constitution. Then wiu
como to the Democratic party the honor and
the glory of being the only political org an
liation in the history of this Republic that
ever amended the Federal Constitution In a
hundred years save by the sword.
The income-tax amendment which
has been ratified by over thirty of the
necessary thirty-six states was pro.
posed by a Republican President,
drawn by a Republican Attorney-General
and submitted to the states by a
Republican Senate and a Republican
House. The only part the Democrats
had in the whole transaction was to
Join In the chorus.
The Democratic platform also takes
credit for the submission to the people
of the amendment providing for direct
election of Senators. It ignores the
facts that similar amendments had
been passed by successive Republican
Houses; that a. Republican, Senator
Borah, first succeeded In getting this
amendment out of committee in the
Senate and In putting that body on
record by vote; that the amendment
adopted by the Democratic House was
loaded with a proviso which no Re
publican could accept without surren
d nf a. fundamental party principle;
that the amendment without this pro
viso was adopted by a Republican Sen.
ate; that only after a long dispute in
conference did the Democrats abandon
this proviso; and that the amendment
was finally approved by a Republican
President.
Any man of any party could secure
the adoption of such an amendment by
any House, as experience has proved;
the real work was to get it through the
Senate. That work was done by a Re
publican and the amendment was
passed through the Senate mainly by
Republican votes.
The Democrats are retaliating for
Roosevelt's larceny of Bryan's political
clothes by appropriating those of Taft,
but the clothes are such a misfit that
any man can see they are stolen.
PKOTECTOKS OFFER VB AID.
Three Pennsylvania trappers have
written to the Governor of Washing
ton offering their services in the dan
gerous work of exterminating seal and
walrus that are devastating life and
property along the Columbia River.
Regardless of the dangers - and trials
o' travel and hunting operations, the
three aver possession of bravery suf
ficient to meet the situation. Further
more they are fine rifle shots and used
to vigorous life in the open.
Oregon and Washington should Join
In raising funds to import these brave
men to protect our i-nperiled popu
lace along both sides of the Colum
bia. True, walrus and seal are no
longer on the Columbia since the last
circus was in Vcr.couver, yet the men
ace of the treacherous sparrow and
omnlverous humming bird prove a se
rious drawback to the development
of the cour-try. Since "Spike Eared"
Mike McCuff and his staunch band of
river scouts were ambushed by a
drove of hostile butterflies recently
and exterminated, the pitiless beasts
of prey that infest the region have
been, permitted 'inrebuked. It
has become unsafe for residents even
to venture to water's edge to
board their electric-lighted launches
and pleasure craft, lest some vicious
brook trout leap upon them from the
river and crush their skulls with a
few deft swishes of its deadly tail.
Something should be done, too, to
protect river traffic. What brave
captain, taking his palatial steamer
up the river, can be sure of returning
alive when the waters fairly teem with
steel-Jawed salmon? There wanton
monsters in a spirit of malice or ca
price may clip a yawning hole in the
hull at any moment. Only steel-armored
battleships are safe and no
doubt the Oregon, now on its way
up. has the decks cleared for action.
The more serious dangers, of
course, are those that our brave res
cuers will have to face in forcing their
way here. They should beware of a
very dark-complexioned gentleman
usually addressed r.s George who car
ries food on the dining-cars. Unless
given twenty-five cents above the
price' of meals George is apt to be
come quite peeved and force our he
roes to suffer an extended wait at
the next meal. Disembarking from
the rigors of travel on a Pullman pal
ace car, our heroes should be certain
that their dress suits are well pressed
and their linen spotless. In the prim
itive civilization of Columbia River
towns the populace seldom changes
from sack to frock coat with the ad
vent of afternoon but it is most punc
tilious about dressing In evening
clothes for dinner and is apt to look
with disfavor upon our heroes should
this custom be disregarded.
As to the dangers to be faced it is
needless to mention more. Clearly the
intrepid huntsmen have been fully en
lightened by the flood of wooly West
literature that graces a certain class
of popular Eastern magazines.
The Methodists of Oregon and Idaho
have found a fairly satisfactory an
swer to the problem that has been
worrying the authorities of that church
lately. The problem Is "how t'. make
the church grow again as it did in the
middle of the last century. The an
swer from Oregon and Idaho is J'edu
cate. Following the good example
set at Salem the Idaho Methodists
have raised more than a quarter of a
million to endow a new college. Any
institution which wishes to thrive in
these days must appeal o cultivated
Intelligence.
FAILURE OF THE DEMONSTRATION.
A large proportion of the time of
the conventions at Cl.Icago and Bal
timore was occupied in demonstra
tions, wherein delegates ' rooted up
their state standards anC with ban
ners bearing the portraits of their fa
vorites and mottoes expresslr-g their
devotion, carried thori around the
hall amid a din of shouting from del
egates ant audience. There was a
time when such demonstrations were
spontaneous outbursts of enthusiasm
for particular candidates. Then they
meant something arid had their ef
fect. That is the case no longer. Demon
strations are now carefully prear
ranged, but the men whom they are
designed to influence know that they
are prearranged. Therefore, these
men are not Influenced. A tremer
dous demonstration was made at Chi
cago in 1908 in an. effort to stampede
the Republican convention for Roose
velt, but it failed. Similar demonstra
tions were made for him this year, but
they failed. The demonstrations for
Clark and Wilson at Baltimore had
no Influence in deciding the nomina
tion. As a political device for achiev
ing a certain end, the demonstration
is played out.
The explanation is not far to seek.
The delegates know that the demon
stration is a carefully planned at
tempt to stampede them, and they ob
serve that only those who are already
partisans of the man on who3e bo
half It is made take part in it. The
delegates now go to the convention
Instructed or pledged to support a cer.
tain candidate, -not as free agents to
make a choice among the several who
offer themselves, as was formerly the
case. Hence they are not free to be
stampeded, even were they so dis
posed. In former conventions dem
onstrations at time swept off their
feet delegates who had preferred
some man other than the one for
whom applause burst out. Their lack
of spontaneity and the custom of in
structing and pledging delegates have
combined to reduce thom to mere use.
less noise. .
Our methods of influencing votes
are cha-ing with our methods of vot
ing. The campaign of 1896 saw the
end of the marching clu". the parade
and the red fire, for the result proved
that men did not vote as they pa
raded. The money form-rly spent on
parades Is now spent on pamphlets
which appeal to the voter's lntelll
gence Instead of to his love of the
spectacular. The demonstration may
be destined to go the way of the pa
rade.
CO-OPERATION AT TILXAMOOK.
The most striking fact which a vis
itor to Tillamook observes is the ex.
tent to which the farmers of that vi
cinity have carried out the method of
co-operation in preparing and market
ing their product. Almost all of them
are dairymen and the milk which
they produce is manufactured into
cheese in factories 'Which are owned
and managed by the farmers them
selves. The best dairy land around
the town of Tillamook overflows now
and then during the Winter season,
particularly when there is a high tide
combined with floods in the rivers dis
charging into the bay. By these over
flows a deposit of silt is left on the
land which maintains its fertility with
out other application. It is said by
competent observers that this land will
keep a cow to the acre with very lit
tle, trouble to the farmer, except milk
ing. Some hay is used during the
Winter but not a great deal. The tes
timony is that some pastures might
be grazed the year round were it not
for the rains, which render the surface
unfit for cattle to tread upon.
But In spite of their exceptional ad
vantages of soil and climate the Til
lamook dairymen would be no better
off than other farmers If they had not
solved the problem of co-operation.
The profits of their industry would
be ' intercepted by middlemen and
they would spend their lives working
for others to enjoy Just as their less
happy brethren do in ther places.
Perhaps the fact that a good many
Swiss and Danes have settled near
Tillamook accounts f-r the advanced
state of co-operation in that local
ity. Perhaps there may be other rea
sons for it, but the fact is undeniable
that it furnishes an example which
other parts of Oregon might well
strive to imitate.
The dairymen have built half a doz
en cheese factories conveniently sit
uated for each neighborhood. These,
as we said, are owned and managed
co-operatively. The various factories
are closely united in an association
which employs an expert inspector. It
is his business to see that cheese of
a uniform grade is produced and that
It is cured and marketed under the
best conditions. Among the foremen
of the factories there is a generous
rivalry to produce the best results.
One of them, we understand, habitu
ally obtains two or three pounds more
of cheese from each one hundred
pounds of milk than any of his com
petitors. Of course this gives him
much local importance. Under this
system Tillamook cheese sells cur
rently for some three cents a pound
more than the Eastern varieties and
every penny of the proceeds goes into
the farmers' pockets. Eere is z. les
son which ought to be studied else
where and we hope it will be.
REFORMING THE COW.
The Oregon dairy cow, or so much
of her as caters to the Portland trade,
will, if a prorosed ordinance becomes
law, find life exceeding irksome. After
a half-year of labor the city health
people have evolved a measure that
cannot help but bring longevity and
eternal happiness to all Inhabitants
and place Portland not only among
the Btars, but far and away beyond
into the Milky Way.
To begin with, the barn must be Just
so. Not any old ramshackle shed will
do; architectural lines must be con
sidered and mea- of ventilation be
provided for continuous change of air.
This latter is all right, to be sure;
for anybody familiar with the atmos
phere of the common cow barn knows
the penetrating and lasting quality of
the aroma. To attain this result, only
an expert can "edit" the stall, but to
provide these is part of tha mission
of dairy schools and agricultural col
leges. So that point can be passed
as settled.
Feeds and meth of feeding are
important Items of the law. The day
has passed when any old thing is fit
for the cow to eat. No longer will
the bovine that supplies this big city
be used as consumer of the odds and
ends mostly ends of the product of
farm and garden. Her menu is to be
as fa.- removed from the ordinary as
the bill of fare of the fashionable grill
is from the ham-and Joint below the
line. Her appetite must be consulted.
and properly to look after this mat
ter the cow dentist must be called in,
although the law is not definite
thereon..
The modus operandi of milking is
too elaborate to be discussed in ora
nary space, but the requirements are
rigid. The rules governing the milker
will bring about a hiatus and exodus
of hired men at J26 to ?40 a monin,
for they cannot fill the bill. Especial
ly is the prohibition of tobacco an in
fringement of personal liberty. If a
milker cannot chew during the oper
ation, his alternative is to use bad
language,, and the effect will be worse.
Evidently the Humane Society was
not consulted, for the cow's tail is to
be tied to her leg while the milk is
drawn. Out upon such cruelty. For
what do these healthfolk suppose the
tail was made, if it cannot be flipped
and flickered? Suppose it does hit
the milker dozens of times to once it
hits a fly. The tail is not put on for
ornament. The kicking cow may have
her hind legs tied as measure of safe
ty, but courtesy to her sex demands a
free tail.
There is much more to the ordi
nance, but it is all the work of city
people. They may not have learned
of cows In a correspondence school,
but it Is evident they never got up be.
times and milked thirty or forty be.
fore breakfast. V
RECEIVING OUR VISITORS.
Portland is to play host on a large
scale during the annual grand lodge
convention of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. From every
section of the United States the
antlered herd is centering upon this
city for their yearly business meeting
and frolic. There will be in the city
by Monday another such concourse of
people as marked the opening of the
Lewis and Clark Exposit: n.
It is a duty of every Portlander to
make the sojourn of these visitors
pleasant and memorable. Out of all
the favored cities of the United States
the Elks picked Portland for their
1912 gathering. Our natural beauties
and advantages proved the winning
magnet when backed by a corps of
earnest local boosters.
The visiting thousands are mainly
from the best classes the country over
and should be received and treated
with every possible consideration
throughout their stay. Let all Port.
landers Join in strengthening the al
ready proud reputation Portland has
won for open-handed hospitality.
"LIFE" ON THE MONTESSORI METHOD.
Professedly comic magazines, such
as "Life," are sometimes funnier
when they try for the moment to be
serious than they are when they os
tentatiously wear the cap and bells.
This mishap befalls the National pe
riodical of smiles more lamentably
than usual in its Fourth of July num
ber. Three different articles in that
collection of wit and wisdom strike the
discerning reader as far funnier than
their authors ever dreamed they were
but not quite in the same way, per
haps, as they wished. Only one of
them will receive any extended com
ment here but we cannot help, out
of kindness to the mirth loving read
er, calling attention to the other two-
One of them, entitled, "Exiles," be
wails the tragic lot of a Mr. William
Gustafson of Astoria, Long Island,
Mr. Gustafson is one of those pighead
ed individuals who prefers to suffer
the pangs of martyrdom rather than
obey the vaccination act. When the
local authorities threatened . to shut
him up in Jail if he did not have his
family vaccinated he cold out his
holding at Astoria and moved to - a
town where smallpox epidemics are
more -welcome. "Life" classes Mr. Gus
tafson with Cranmer and Girodano
Bruno, we suppose. At least it sheds
harrels of tears over his woes. This is
in strict harmony with its usual prac
tice of fighting scientific medicine and
urging the world to go back to the
days of witchcraft and incantation so
far as the art of healing is concerned.
The other little article to which we
wish to give preliminary attention also
touches upon medical affairs. It takes
for a text the announcement that two
or three newsparers have attached
medical editors to their staffs in order
that their readers may get current
news concerning the public health.
This moves "Life" to merriment. The
Idea that medical news could be of
any Importance is extremely diverting
to our Jolly contemporary, and by way
of carrying-on the Joke it makes the
bright suggestion that a trained Jour
nalist be appointed "to the staff of
every hospital" to "tell us correctly
what is going on there. The intima
tion is that frightful deeds are com
mitted by hospital surgeons in the
darkness of their fell retreats. They
murder their patients to gratify their
unholy curiosity, put unhappy men
and women to awful tortures for the
mere pleasure of watching their ago
nies, and so on. In other words, "Life"
participates in the vulgar superstition
that hospital physicians are murderers
very slightly disguised and that their
principal enjoyment consists in doing
deeds of horror. The trained journal
ist is to expose them to a shuddering
world. Think of such silliness being
published in a Journal which professes
to speak for the very cream of the In
telligence of the .metropolis of the
United States.
These two refreshing bits of wisdom
from "Life" will perhaps form a suit
able introduction to the article which
we really desire to comment upon. It
refers to Dr. Maria Montessori's new
methods In education. "Life" discusses
them with all the confidence of per
fect ignorance. Either the person who
wrote the editorial never has read Dr.
Montessori's book or he Is unable to
understand the plain English - into
which it has been translated. To be
gin with, the Montessori method Is
spoken of as a "fad." This Is the epi
thet employed by all critics of progres
sive ideas in education, who are too
lazy or too stupid to understand what
they are talking' about. To call an
idea a "fad" is a short and easy way of
disposing of it without regard to its
merits: In the same1 way music, draw
ing, domestic sc'jnce and agriculture
have all been stigmatized as fads by
persons who wished to appear to be
learned pedagogues when in reality
they were pompous simpletons. Hav
ing settled the Montessori method
once and for all by calling it a "fad,"
'Life" goes on to slay the dead by as
serting that "Just as remarkable
things have been accomplished with
young children -y 'ther methods,"
which, as eve- J one knows; Is flatly
contrary to fact. "Just as remarkable
things" never were accomplished be
fore by any system of teaching. In
very exceptional instances great results
have been shown in educating excep
tional children, but never before did
anybody succeed in doing what Dr.
Montessori has done with ordinary
pupils and with the "belated."
'Life runs into another blunder
when it foolishly rema ::s that "Dr.
Montessori develops a lot of prodigies
and then exhibits them to the world.'
This is precisely what she does not do,
The children with whom she began
were very far indeed from being prod
igies. They were feeble-minded pupils
with whom the public schools were un
able to deal. . She took them, applied
her new educational methods to them
and produced what "Life" in its mirac
ulous ignorance of the affair is pleased
to call "prodigies." She has shown
over and over againthat by using the
same methods the same results can be
attained with any child who is not ac
tually idiotic. Of course, when, they
are applied to normal children far bet
ter effects are reached. What she has
done is simply to prove by repeated
experiments that the time which our
children spend in school is so nearly
wasted that they might get ten or a
dozen times more profit out of it than
they do. And the charm of it is th.-t
she reaches this end without requir
ing them to sit all day in painful si
lence and bad air acquiring tubercu
losis and ruining their eyes. Her
teaching ia done under healthy and
happy conditions, with plenty of pure
air, sunshine and exercise. Perhaps
this is the real reason why "Life" op
poses her ideas. -A periodical which
unweariedly attacks scientific medicine
might naturally be expected to attack
scientific pedagogy.
Since the last patent case decided by
the Federal Supreme Ourt b usiness
men and consumers have fti pretty
helpless in the tentacles of the various
octopi. But a ray of hope comes finally
from Chief Justice Rugg, of Massa
chusetts. According to hir-, the owner
of a patent may establish as big a mo
nopoly as he likes, but he must do It
all by himself. If he combines with
other owners he breaks the anti-trust
act. This is an instance where Judi
cial ingenuity operates f-r the public
weal but the Supreme Court at Wash
ington has : .ot yet had its say vpon the
point.
The New York World has grown
weary of wasting space on the words
"well known" whenever it mentions a
notable. It abbreviates the words
into "W. K.," as in the following ex
ample:
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, the W. K. society
queen, Is visiting her also w. K. sister,
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, in Newport, R. I.
If this style be followed, we may
have "P. C." for "prominent citizen
"S. A." for "sterling actor," "B. B
for "beauteous bride," "R. R." for
"rough rider." Then we shall need a
glossary to explain the meaning of
these abbreviations.
If Uncle Sam will line the Mexican
border with troops which will drive
Orozco's guerillas back to face the
guns of Huerta's army the Mexican
revolution will soon fall for lack of
live revolutionists. A warning that
any bullet which crosses the boun
dary from a Mexican gun will bj ta
ken as a signal for American troops
to open fire on both contending Mex
ican armies would serve to prevent
the killing and wounding of Amer
ican citizens, as happened at El Paso
and Douglas.
Mrs. Evans hit the nail on the head
when she attributed a large part of the
high cost of living to the expense of
delivering purchases. Unwillingness of
housewives to carry home their pack
ages is due partly to laziness and partly
to snobbishness, it being considered
bad form" to be seen with a parcel
in one's hands., The cure for high
prices is mainly in our own hands.
Bryan's home-coming could not have
been wanner if he were a candidate.
Lincoln appreciates the Oft-Defeated
One, for without him the capital of
Nebraska would be as little known as
the common run of seats of state gov
ernment.
The latest venture in the newspaper
line in Portland suburbs is the Penin
sula Herald, at Kenton, by Timothy
Brownhill. To say it is a creditable
effort is due Mr.. Brownhill, who is
experienced in that line.
Let us hope that President Penny-
backer, of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, will have a more suc
cessful administration than that of the
Pennsylvania Governor of a similar
name.
The Kaiser may enjoy the cheers
given for him by Russian sailors at
the officers' command, but what would
he not give to hear 10,000 frantic free
men spontaneously shout: "We want
Bill!" - .
Americans in Kanakaland are as
touchy" as white folk in Dixie. That
a Japanese girl was able , to read the
Declaration is creditable to her and
the school system of the islands.
We have none of the wild animals
on the. Columbia River which the
three Pennsylvania nimrods crave to
kill, but we have a few wild men who
are worthy of their attention.
The killing of an American in a
brawl by a Panama policeman was due
to Indulgence in too much Fourth and
has no international significance. i
There are now forty-eight stars in
the National flag. There were' several
times as many when Flynn looked at it
as Johnson hit him.
. Experiments are being made for
the purpose of rendering light aud
ible. They may go further and ren
der sound visible.
Why not let all the would-be actors
in "The Bridge of the Gods" play In
dian? It would only be necessary to
enlarge the tribe.
If there Is anything omitted from
the Elks' programme of entertainment
next week, extraordinary acumen can
not discern it.
La Follette wants to see the Roose
velt statement of expenses and will
have it or use plain talk to the Colo
nel. Never In all natural or any other
history was there such migration of
Elks westward.
If these weather people have any
surplus moisture on hand, today Is the
time to unload.
A near-beer Joint in a "dry" district
must find temptation hard to resist.
Carrier Pigeon at Rainier.
RAINIER. Or- July 4. (To the Ed
itor.) I picked up this morning a car
rier pigeon with a silver band on right
leg branded V. H. C. 424, 1909. Rubber
band on left leg branded H., 99. Two
feathers In left wind branded 424 C.
Other letters cannot make out. The
pigeon came to my place July 3, in the
morning. It is very tame, will eat out
of my hand; is not very poor. I would
like to know what bird fancier owns
the pigeon. GEO. P. GAITHER.
-CONVENTION IS DEFENDED BY DR. BUTLER
President of Colombia tlnlvenrtty GIvea Exposition of Points t Iaano at
ChlcaKo Unit Rnle Involved In California Case Roosevelt Leaders' Ad
vice Taken In Platform Committee.
Springfield Republican.
The following statement concerning
the Republican National convention has
been made by President Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, of Columbia University:
"I look upon the action of the uii
casro convention in renominating Presl
dent Taft and In adopting a platform of
conservative and orderly progress as
having met the greatest crisis which
has confronted the American people
since the Civil War," declared President
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia
University. Dr. Butler was not only
on nf tho sieiecaten to the convention
from New York, but was the member of
the resolutions committee setecie w
draft the first copy , of the party piat
fnrm.
"What was this crisis which has
been successfully met?" was the query
suggested by Dr. Butlers announce
ment
"What was really at stake," he an
swered earnestly, "was the preserva
tion of our representative form of gov
ernment, with its provisions for the
Judicial protection of private rights,
from an attack that was in essence
and principle Bonapartist in character.
Had the forces of law and orderly pro
gress been overthrown in that conven
tion, we should have been well on the
way toward establishing in the United
State an Imner iallsttc democracy. It
is my own opinion, as It was that of
many delegates, mat no euuany
serious attack upon the Government
has been made, save in the doctrines
of nullification and secession."
Dr. Butler was especially concerned
and indignant over the charges which
have heen made to the effect that the
contests for delegates brought by the
Roosevelt forces were unjustly oeciaea.
"There --has been such crimination
and so much reiteration of charges by
the Roosevelt supporters," explained
the Columbia president, "that those of
us who have regard for our personal
reputations feel that it is necessary
to explain to the public at large that
the majority of the convention was not
in reality composed of "thieves- or roo
bers.' Every contest was decided fairly
and sauarelv by the National com
mittee, and later by the committee on
credentials, and finally by tne conven
tion Itself. The country ought to know,
and all Republican, and independent
voters who feel disposed to support Mr.
Taft ought to know just what the facts
The Facta of the Contents.
Th nronosal that 68 or 78 or 92 dele
gates all these suggestions were made
at one time or another in some form
whose seats were contested should
not be permitted to take part in the
organization of the convention was pre
posterous. Senator Root's ruling on
this point was in strict accord, not
only with law and precedent, but with
common sense. Had he ruled other
wise, it would be within the power
of any person or 'group to institute
enough contests with or without any
basis, to disqualify a large part of the
convention and to turn It over to the
minority. No delegate whose seat was
in contest was permittee to voio m.
own case or any subsidiary motion re
latlnc dlrectlv thereto.
"The talk of the so-called fraudulent
-rtoiotrntns " continued Dr. Butler, "has
4uct thin Amount of justification, and
no more. There were contests in four
cases: Arizona, California, Texas and
Washington, which in my Judgment
were worthy of serious consideration,
because either of the questions of fact
or of law that were involved, ine re
maning contests were either puerile
or Impertinent. Most of them had been
started by artificial stimulation after
the delegates had been elected, for the
purpose of influencing tne pudijc
opinion in other states, as well as the
convention ltseii.
"Rofnrfl raatlner mv vote on the con
tested seats in Arizona, Texas and
washlne-ton. I took the most com
petent aO-VlCe 1 COUIU BBl num
who had stu-aiea tne evmenue n.n n.c
arrmTitR and who had no personal
or partisan interest In the matter, and
I was guided by tneir judgment.
"What were the merits of the con
tests to which you refer?" Dr. Butler
was asked.
" "The Arizona case seemed perfectly
clear," was the reply. "The Texas case
offered the alternative of accepting a
delegation chosen under the auspices
of Cecil Lyon in accordance wmi ma
peculiar system, based on Federal pat
ron a or a. or a delegation chosen by and
from the Republicans of the several
Congressional districts of Texas. It is
not as well known in the North as it
ought to be that the Texas convention
consists of delegates from more than
250 counties. In about 100 of which
thAro la no discernible Republican or
iranizatlon. From and on behalf of
these 100 counties, more or less, Mr.
Lyon himself receives and votes
proxieB. Under his leadership the Re
publican vote in Texas has decreased
from about 150,000 to less than 30,000.
That his system of selecting delegates
was a farce and a fraud on the party
and the public was to me periecuy
evldent.
"Tha Washington case presented ele
ments of graver doubt than any other
case that was considered, wnue, witn
more time at my disposal, I might have
come to a different conclusion, I felt
on reading the statement of the two
onnoainer fcarties and on examining
the briefs of their counsel, that I should
not be Justified in voting to unseat
the Taft delegates.
"The case of California was, in my
Judgment, the clearest of all," con
tinued Dr. Butler, "although it is the
one about which the greatest uproar
has been raised. In the tjaiuornia
case there Is no material difference
upon the facts. The question arising
there ia nurely one of law. It Is a
rule of the Republican party,- finally
established after a long struggle
against the partisans of the unit rule
In the convention of 1880, that every
Congressional district In the United
States Is entitled to its own separate
representation in the National con
vention. In 1880 we did not permit
Logan to cast the entire vote of Illi
nois for Grant against the protest of a
number of individual districts, although
the state convention of Illinois had
Instructed him to do so. Precisely the
same question arises this year In regard
to California.
The Situation In California.
"If the Presidential primary law
passed, be it remembered, after the
call for this convention was issued, at
the SDecial session of the Legislature
called by Governor Johnson had pro
vided for the election of delegates-at-lartre
by sreneral vote of the Repub
licans of the state and for district
delegates by a general vote of .Repub
lican electors in each district, there
would have ' been no difficulty what
soever. Such a law would have
brought the California procedure with
in the rule as to district representa
tion. But what was done was quite
different. It was attempted to Bub-
merare the individual districts and their
preferences under a state majority.
That majority proved to be 77,000, and
it carried with it not only the dele-gates-at-large
from the State of Cali
fornia, but the- Roosevelt delegates in
every Congressional district but one.
In that one district the Taft delegates
received a majority of more than 100
votes. The sole question submitted to
the National committee, to the com
mittee on credentials and to the con
vention in this case was. Are these two
delegates entitled to their Beats, de
spite the provisions of the California
primary law? On that question I have
not an Instant's doubt. To deprive
them of their seats would mean not
only that the Republican National con
vention Is hereafter to establish the
init rule, with all its shocking unfair
ness, but that Legislatures in Demo
cratic states shall have power to dic
tate how the Republican convention
shall be made up.
"By Its action in the California case
the convention served notice that
where Presidential preference primary
laws are enacted they must not at
tempt to deprive separate Congression
al districts of the right to represen
tation to which party law and party
precedent entitle them."
No Steam Roller In Convention.
Dr. Butler did not neglect to call
attention to the fact that the National
committee had In many Instances dis
missed unanimously the very contests
over which the Roosevelt supporters
are now questioning the action of the
convention, and that in the committee
on credentials members opposed to
President Taft's renominatlon voted
with his friends on some of the mat
ters in dispute.
"Mr. Taft's title to his nomination
is Just as clear as any man's could
be," asserted Dr. Butler. "It is the
result of the different methods of pro
cedure in different parts of the coun
try that the public at large has been
led to believe that contests were de
cided unfairly in his favor.
"Moreover, the majority of the con
vention was scrupulously fair to the
minority. At every point ample time
was given for the consideration of
every disputed question, and a roll call
was had every time it was asked for.
It is a mistake to think that a con
vention of 1078 men can be turned into
a rubber stamp. Senator Root's rulings
were models of clearness, fairness and
cogency. Nobody dreamed of appeal
ing from any of them.
"The convention was more good
humored than the newspaper reports
appear to represent. Most of the vio
lent attacks and angry threats were
made by those who were not delegates
to the convention at all. The cele
brated Mr. Flinn, of Pittsburg, sub
sided after a day or two of ineffective
vociferation, when he found that
neither Chairman Rosewater nor Sen
ator Root, nor the convention as a
whole, was disposed to lie down and
be ridden over roughshod.' In fact, he
seemed pleased to find Bomebody that
could hold his own against him."
Dr. Butler, as a member of the com
mittee on resolutions and its most
active worker, described the manner In
which the platform was finally drafted.
He explained that three working mod
els were submitted to the commit
tee, one from the Roosevelt faction,
another from . the friends of Mr. Taft
and a third from the supporters of
Senator La Follette. The platform, as
finally adopted, he declared, embodied
portions of all three models.
Hadley Helped Make Platform.
"The committee devoted long and
patient study and discussion to every
important matter that came before it,"
asserted Dr. Butler, "and the proceed
ings were harmonious and friendly and
helDful from beginning to end. Gov
ernor Hadley contributed greatly to
the final drafting of the plattorm,
both as to its substance and as to
its language, and the entire Missouri
delegation voted for its adoption. Gov
ernor Hadley has since Issued a pub
lic statement that the platform is the
most progressive declaration ever
made by the Republican party, and he
Is entirely right.
"The attitude toward the platform of
the deleeates from the great states of
Missouri and Illinois, taken together
nrlth the oroceedlnars In the commit
tee on resolutions itself, makes it plain
to me that there Is no very great dif
fArAnce of onlnlon among Republicans
as to the policies to be pressed and
enacted into law. On 95 per cent of
the topics discussed In the commit
tee on resolutions, tne sentiment, was
unanimous: the only differences were
as to forms of expression. It Is these
facts that make it seem clear that any
an-ralled bolt from the Republican
party or from Mr. Taft's candidacy
can have nothing but a purely per
sonal issue to rest upon.
"No bolt was organized on sucn ques
tions as worklntr men'B compensation.
public health, conservation, protection
of American citizenship, control of the
trusts, so that while wrongdoing win
hA nunished. honest business will be
free from danger or alarm; revision
of the tariff downward, where duties
re too hlsrh: the alleviation of the
causes that operate to Increase the
cost of living, or any one 01 a aozen
other topics, for the reason that the
whole Republican party has declared
itself in favor of Just these things.
No bolt can be successfully organized
on the question of whether or not the
people shall rule, because the Repub
lican nartv has declared Itself in fa
vor of making "rule of the people' as
effective and potent as possiDie.
m a word." concluded ur. uuuer
nfT,Ativ. "nothing is left but a
purely personal Issue, and that in turn
must in large measure be based on
perfectly reckless allegations 01 iraua,
nn of which will stand any investi
gation whatever, and all of which were
gone into with the greatest patience
and care."
Two Women Friends Talk.
Judge.
CfrencAi Can VOU tell me Who
that stout, blond man is over there?
He is the worst soft-soaper I ever metl
Dowager Xes; ne is my nusumiu.
When Several Women Mret
Cincinnati Enquirer,
ovinia paw, what Is a telling situ
ation?
paw Any occasion wnen two or more
women meet.
Qulntllllon.
TimfPT.Awn -Tnlv 9 (Tn the HMI-
tor.) How 'would one pronounce a
number with 19 figures In It?
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
Earthatiakes and Eruptions The past month has been strongly
prolific of these disasters, which are made the subject of an illustrated
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Is Modern "Woman Beautiful? She is not any more, says a bold
expert, who goes on to prove that woman of today is merely attractive.
Royal Domestics In a unique illustrated letter a London corre
spondent presents one of the strangest ironies of modern life people
of noble birth seeking domestic service.
Pinch Hitting Joseph Bert Tinker, star shortstop, gives some ex
pert information on the National game.
No More Misfits An account of the new science of human mor
phology that is being perfected in France.
A Trade Adventure Another o Richard Spillane's delightful
romances of the business world. A fact story of real life.
Homes for Stray OatsAn account of Portland's most novel insti
tution presented in a delightful vein. Half page, illustrated.
Three Short Stores, complete.
The Jump-ups Mrs. Jump-up 's new pets wreck a small banquet.
Brand-new adventures by the funny bunch in colors, and many
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Oregon, Welcome
By Dean Collins.
Child of the war gods, christened in
battle:
O'er the gray ocean and wlnd-drivn
foam,
Cometh at last from the world of her
wandering.
Oregon, back to her name state and
home.
Year after year, under varying
heavens.
Sailed the great Oregon onward afar.
Into the seven seas, warning all na
tions, "Still is America mighty In war!"
Round the great coastline where sweep
the twin oceans.
Swift and unresting, she Balled to
that day
When old Santiago beheld Spanish
power
Whiffed, like the smoke from her
muzzles, away.
So through the long years runs the
fair story,
And through the earth, wheresoe'er
she is known.
As the years pass, ever brighter and
brighter
Hath the proud record of Oregon
grown.
Changes may come as the world waxes
older;
Mightier warships may ride on the
sea, '
But, long as the hand writes or tongue
tells the story,
Oregon, we shall take glory in thee.
Child of the war gods, christened in
battle,
Sailing unto us o'er wind-driven
foam.
Wide stand the gates of our city to
greet thee,
Oregon, back to thy name state and
home.
Portland, July 5.
FARMER SORRY HE LEFT HERB
Former Orea-onlan Reports Ruin ot
Crop by Montana Storm.
HUNTLEY, Mont., July 1. (To the
Editor.) This afternoon I wished my
self back in Portland again, and the
reason for that was that we had an
awful thunder storm and also a hall
storm something I never saw in good
old Oregon but now I am just read
ing in The Oregonlan that you had a
thunder storm In Portland, which did
a good deal of damage, so I think there
Is no use for me to move back to Port
land. But I'll bet It was no storm
like we had here this afternoon. The
fields were flooded, and after the
storm I went to look at my grain,
which just looked fine before the
storm. But what a difference! It is
just about all gone. From the grain, I
looked at my spuds and the same
sight I could see there. Then I went
to my beet crop, which is the main
crop here, and that beet field looked '
just as If it had been plowed. But
they tell me those beets will be alright,
but of course I don't know, because I
never raised any beets before and this
is my first year in Montana. But If
they would tell me that the grain
would be alright I would tell them mat
I knew better. Oats that would have
brought 50 bushels to the acre will
not bring 15 bushels now, since we nan
this storm.
I tell you. this certainly will make
a person get distrusted, after you have
been working like a slave all Spring,
to get your crops in and irrigate them,
which is no snap, to make them grow.
and then have them look fine and have
a storm come along and destroy every
thing you have. I tell you, It certainly
made me wish myself back In the good
old Willamette Valley. But I suppose
I have to get up courage again and
start anew and try It another year.
But I don't advise anybody from Ore
gon to come to Montana to farm. Stay
in Oregon and I will be there again
some day, I hope.
PETER NANDERZEE.
CAPITAI. PUNISHMENT UPHEID
Alternative la Return to Lynch Law,
Says Writer.
PORTLAND. July 4. (To the Edi
tor.) As the time approaches for- the
people of Oregon to cast their votes
upon some very important matters,
would It not be well for them to sit
down and earnestly consider what
they are about to do In the Interest of
law and order and for the welfare of
those who desire to see the State of
Oregon a safe and peaceful home for
orderly anr" peace-loving people. In
stead of a dumping ground for all the
thugs who may find the rest of the
world too hot or too sensible to hold
them? The statement that life im
prisonment is a greater and more
dreaded punishment than hanging Is
too foolish even for consideration, and
I very much doubt that one authentic
Instance can be produced of a murderer
asking to be hanged until after he
had been reprieved. They will strain
every possible and Impossible point of
law to save their worthless necks, even
With life Imprisonment staring them in
the face as the alternative; and nine
tenths of them would prefer solitary
confinement to the rope. Proof of this
is at the present time very easily ob
tainable. We have now in Oregon six
convicted murderers awaiting sen
tence. Let them be given the choice
between hanging and life imprison
ment, and it is dollars to doughnuts
that they would all select the latter.
Why? Because they would trust to a
diminution of their sentences, as a
reward of pretended reformation, at
the hands of the aforesaid sentimental
ists; and wisely so, since the chances
are that they would all eventually be
turned loose to prey again upon a
peaceful and law-abiding community.
Voters of Oregon, let capital punish
ment stand as the lesser of two evils,
because if not a return to lynch law
is well-nigh Inevitable. E. K. B.
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