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Ban Franclaco Otflee B. J. BlawsU 142 Market street. a Kuropema Oltloe No. 3 Resent street. W- Lo-Ddon. . , rOBTLAN'D. WEDNESDAY. AUG. t. KFORMI 0 THE LBGISIATCKK. For the benefit of those who pain fully peruse the communication from Mr. C. W. Bar.ee. published today. It ought to be stated that Mr. Barzee Is discussing Mr. ITRen's mat constitutionthat wonderful refold which, by means of nicely quantitative relations and complicated calculations In proportion. Is to dis pose of the evils of the existing legis lative system. That fact is clear to mb, though it might not be to tne casual reader of the dally newspapers. But further than that, we are in some doubt- Mr. Barxee's reasoning Is in tricate. It winds and twists from Sa lem. Or. to Washington. D. C. One may well be puzzled at his urst broadside. The proposed amendment would abolish the State Senate. Mr. Barxee Is a socialist and socialists would abol ish the National Senate. Mr. Barzee fceginB by seizing an argument against maintaining the upper house of Con gress, and he applies it ruthlessly in support of the Oregon amendment Special interests, he implies, have gained control of the Senate at Wash ington because the members of that body are not elected directly by the people. Therefore the State Senate should be abolished. This remarkable logic is weakened by the fact that the members of the State Senate are now elected and always have been elected In the same manner that members of th lower house are chosen. Choice of each is now protected by the direct primary. Each is subject to the recall. Our election machinery Is now warranted by Mr. LTRen to op erate only for the common people. The special Interests haven't a chance to run it. We can only conclude that Mr. Barzee. walking in his customary fog of theory, has become lost. There Is no good reason for taking up Mr. Barzee's questions and argu ments in chronological order. Most of them can be answered with the statement that both his letter and the amendment are founded on a false theory. It is asserted by the support ers of the amendment that each legis lator elected under Its provisions would be the proxy in the Legislature of a definite constituency and would carry out that constituency's will. Tet we are to limit each candidate to a twelve-word platform. He may get his votes from any portion of the state, but each voter may vote for only one candidate. If there are 100, 000 votes cast in the election, the sixty members are to poll that many votes on the various measures considered. The legislator who has received one tenth, one-twentieth, one-fiftieth of the total vote is to poll on each meas ure 10,000, 6000 or 2000 votes, the number depending on his strength at the polls. The result must be that the legislator would represent only numbers except, perhaps, as to the views he expressed in his twelve-word platform, though he might expend the money necessary to buy space In the state's campaign pamphlet and extend his pledges. But he Is to be elected for- four years. The sessions of the Legislature are to be held annually. Hundreds of bills would be presented at each session on which hla constitu ents would not have been Informed as to his opinion. We hold no political conventions. There would be no party platform to which he would owe allegiance. He could not ascertain the views of the voters who elected him. If he could, he would not find them uniform. He would not repre sent any particular section of the state. He would not be bound by the opin ions of his home people. He would be the spokesman in the Legislature of widely scattered men whose Identity he would not know and who might hold as many different ideas on new legislation as there were numbers in the group. Tet If his "constituents" happened to number one-tenth of the state vote, he would have the voting power of six legislators elected under the present method. The power would be his to do with as he liked. He might happen to please his shadowy constituents and still be recalled by men who did not vote for him. The proxifled legisla tor In practice would therefore keep his ear to the ground to avoid recall or to make himself politically popu lar. The minority would be represent ed only in theory. Consequently there Is no cause for discussing Mr. Barzee's question as to The Oregonlan's belief In minority rights. The Inspiration for presenting this amendment was the tendency of its promoters to copy after somebody or something. A good many of our re formers are atavistic. They experi ence a primeval tendency to ape oth ers who are doing something out of the ordinary. This they call progres slveness. The framers of this amend ment have employed the essentials of a scheme of election practiced in some Eurogean countries where government Is by groups. Here, where govern ment has been by parties and groups are unknown. It would destroy what "little we have left of party govern ment and bring about a rule by Individuals who would be uncontrolled and have no definite responsibility. The scheme would overthrow all the good, all the checks and balances of the present system, and correct none of Its evils. Answering Mr. Barzee, The Orego nlan will say that It has condemned some of the vetoes entered by the Governor. It has done more than that. It has condemned some of the acts of the Legislatures. It does not concede that mistakes made by the chief executive call for abo lition of the veto power, .any more than errors by the Legislature call for abrogation of the law-making power. Answering another question, The Oregonian asserts that ninety legis lators drawing ft per day for sixty day biennially would receive less money than sixty members drawing $3 per day for sixty days annually. The arithmetical problem is too simple to be disputed. Nor would annual ses sions give us better quality in the per sonnel of the Legislature. More likely the reverse would occur. The kind of men the Legislature needs will not bind themselves to abandon busi ness, profession or trade for two months each year for four years for a per diem of $3. Moreover, the need for legislation la not so great that an nual sessions are required. In brief the amendment is not alone the most radical measure presented this year. It Is complicated, undesir able, visionary. Impracticable, and it presents no important change that is for the good of the people. PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. Compare the Roosevelt precept with the Roosevelt practice. In his con fession of faith the Colonel said: Tho nomination of Mr. Taft at Chicago was a fraud upon tho rank and file of the Republican party: It waa obtained only by defrauding tha rank and file of the party of their riant to axpreaa their choice. In the Southern states the negroes compose a large proportion of the rank and file of the nascent Progres sive party. The edict has gone out from Oyster Bay that white men be put at the helm of his party in those states. In compliance with this order negroes were excluded from the con ventions and after they had held sep arate conventions, the steam roller was ruthlessly run over the delegates they elected. That Is the Roosevelt practice, which hardly agrees with the Roosevelt precept. That the negro is not slow to resent this departure of the new party from its professions In the very moment of Its birth is apparent from the action of the Colored Men's National Pro gressive Association. Roosevelt may succeed In suppressing the negro vote of the South, as the Democratic party has done for decades, and he may wean away a certain proportion of the Southern whites from their old politi cal allegiance, but he has already alienated the Northern negroes. His treatment of tha blacks will also drive away from him thousands of Northern white men, who cannot fail to resent his desertion of the principles of the great emancipator, whom he Is so fond of quoting. WOJtEN rV HEROIC BOLES. ' We are used to associating woman with the milder and subtler things of life. She has taken her place In the civilized world as complement and ministering angel to that creature of supposed sterner stuff, man. Conven tion has assigned her a place at the cradle or In the drawing-room or among the less exacting vocations. Yet unfathomable woman rises every now and again to show her adaptability to life's most vigorous roles. History continually records her appearance where only the highest or der of courage may be looked for. She has led great armies into battle, even as she has screamed or gone Into hys terics at sight of a mouse. Coddled in the comforts of city life, she usually Is noted as going into col lapse when anything trying on the nerves occurs. Now and then she con tradicts this reputation by killing a burglar or smashing a masher. Put Into the vigorous life of the frontier, though, her courage quickly adapts itself to the harsh requirements. We have In. mind the case of Mrs. Decker, wife of a Snake River rancher, whose exploit, as Just recounted in the dis patches, is merely characteristic of the woman placed where self-reliance and a high order of courage are demanded. William Morgan, gunflghter and all-around bad man, walked in on her, covered her with the customary six- shooter, and demanded his breakfast. Instead of developing hysterics or suf fering a nervous collapse, she coolly noted the bad man's advantage, cooked him a breakfast, served it, and with nice calculations waited until he. was lost in greedy enjoyment of a long-delayed meal. With a bad man's contempt for femininity, Morgan doubtless felt himself entirely safe un til he was requested to elevate his digits, - the request being emphasized by a gleaming little gun backed by a cool, collected and very determined woman. The lady then exhibited an admirable discretion in such matters by applying the famous "hog tie" to the bad man, after which she tele phoned for the Sheriff. While the record doesn't state. It is probable that she proceeded thereafter to wash the dishes, scrub the floor. change the children's clothes, put din ner on to cook and, since It was Mon day, finish the week's washing. POPULAR GOVERNMENT ARMY. FOR TIDE Why not Introduce the principles of popular government into our military establishment? The opportunity is now at hand and by siding with the five Oregon militia, officers who mu tinied at field maneuvers the basis can be laid for an evolution of tactics such as will give the humble man In the ranks more to say. Having got Into trouble by refusing to obey the orders of General Maui, the staunch and stubborn quintet Is now finding fault with a second order of the Oregon military staff mustering their battalion out of the service. They insist upon a public hearing. The main, contention put forth by them is that the order they disobeyed waa cruel and unjust. Here Is a splendid opportunity for the investigating committee. The opening wedge Is at hand for a com plete readjustment of military laws and practices. The way can be paved for a broader humanity to the men who carry the guns. The present prac tice of arbitrarily ordering the soldier to do things that may not harmonize with his esthetlo nature can be undermined. By all means we should stand by the mutinous quintet in their conten tion. Then their names will go down in history for having overthrown the ancient and obsolete idea that dis cipline Is necessary to maintenance of an effective army. What a splendid spirit, of untrammeled independence might be built up by elimination of discipline and substitution of a mili tary Initiative and referendum to which might well be added a recall of officers. It will entail a complete revision of the manual of arms and all other reg ulation books, but think of the Im provement that can be effected. The change might start with the manual of arms. When the company com mander, wishing to have his company shift their pieces from the ground to their shoulders, stated his desires In that direction, he could do away with the harsh command, "Right shoulder arms" as now In use. Instead, he could be required to call forward the first sergeant, whose designation might be changed to resolutions-sergeant, and have that non-com draw up a formal resolution. Then put the order to the test of popular vote. The sarrie principle could be carried on through the firing manual, the manual of guard duty, field service regulations and embodied in the text books on security and information. When. In time of actual warfare, the commanding general decides that the activities of the enemy should be met with an offensive movement, he could be required to put the matter to a vote of all the troops participating. The bright minds In the ranks would be able to determine promptly whether or not the General's orders were well-timed and prudent. If they concurred with him, and had not been captured during the period of debate, t,he advance could be conducted at the discretion of the majority. If they did not concur and the General were In clined to disagree with them, then they could exercise the military recall, reduce him to the ranks and elect the company cook to command of the brigade, division, corps or army. Obviously the present agitation about unfair marching orders teems with possibilities for setting In motion the wheels of military evolution. PARTNERS WITH VICE. Ex-Mayor Northey, of Huntington, is not hurt in the least. It appears, by the summary demand of Governor West that he resign his official posi tion and his place as cashier of a Huntington bank as well, for the pub lic good. But he gracefully remarks that the Governor is a dandy, and gets out. From which It is evident that the ox-Mayor and ex-cashler la a philosopher as well as an associate officially of grafters, macquereaux, gamblers and the riffraff and off scourings of . a wide-open frontier town. We draw this interesting con clusion from Northey's own remarks and from the record as furnished by the Governor. There has been a gross defiance of decency and law at Huntington for many months. The officials have done nothing to protect the public and it is evident that they have actively countenanced gambling, prostitution and all sorts of vice, and have not been vigilant In the prosecution of other crimes growing out of these shocking conditions. The plea is made that it Is a railroad town and these things cannot be prevented. Then Heaven help the town and the railroad men. The facts are they always are in such cases that the sa loons and gamblers and the scarlet women were in a partnership of law less effort to get the money away from the railroad employes and any others; and the conspiracy extended to the business community, or a part of It. The money was "circulated" and everybody got his little bit. Shame on such rotten business. When a mayor or town marshal or a sheriff tolerates the Infamous col lusion between whisky, gambling and prostitution, and decent people are helpless. Governor West Is right In taking a hand. If he cannot suppress chronic disorder or persistent and no torious vice, except 'by calling out the National Guard, let him call out the National Guard. TUB NEW CONFESSION" OF FAITH. Colonel Roosevelt's confession of faith begins with an argument that both the old parties are under the domination of the bosses, that neither offers, hope of salvation, and that in the Progressive party alone lies deliv erance. He proceeds to reassert the right of the people to rule and to commend the Presidential primary, direct election of Senators, the short ballot and the Initiative, referendum and recall as the means of rendering that right secure. Incidentally he places the blame for boss rule on the people themselves by saying: We havo permitted the growing; up of a breed of politicians who twist so-called rep resentative Institutions Into a means of thwarting Instead of expressing tho Judg ment of tho people. Then he tells once more how he was "defrauded" of the Republican nomi nation and asserts that the action of the Republican convention "does not bind a single honest member of the party." Ho proceeds to contend for popular vote on the confirmation or reversal of judicial decisions dealing with con stitutional questions, on the ground that "the people should have power to deal with the effect of the acts of all their governmental agencies," courts as well as executive and Legislature: that "the people must be the ultimate makers of their own constitution," and where their agents differ, must decide between them. He next takes up what he considers needed legislation in the cause of Jus tice to the wage-worker. He holds that "the public has a right to com plete knowledge of the facts of work"; that the public can formulate mini mum occupational standards; that all Industrial conditions which fall below such standards should come within the scope of governmental action and con trol. To these ends he would require all employers to file with the Govern ment wage scales and other data as to wages, deaths, injuries and diseases due to Industrial operation; he would establish National and state minimum wage commissions to determine the minimum standard of wages, and would immediately establish minimum wages for women; he would establish minimum standards of safety and sani tation and of compensation for acci dents and death; he would define a living wage; he would limit hours of labor and restrict employment of women and children; he would grant pensions or Insurance for old age, sickness or unemployment. He would grant women the suffrage, but where there is doubt how they stand he would refer the question to a vote of the women. He would combine In one depart ment enforcement of the pure food law, which he would strengthen, care of public health and the quarantine service. Roosevelt proposes that farm life be made more attractive, that Govern ment co-operate with the farmer to make the farm more productive, that the farmer be helped to co-operate in order that he may secure a larger share of the price of his products while the price to the consumer Is reduced. Much time is devoted to the sub ject of the trusts. The Colonel in sists that destruction of all big busi ness would destroy prosperity, that combination has come to stay, and that revival of competition on the scale on which It formerly existed is unwise and Impossible. He con demns the manner In which the oil and tobacco trusts were dissolved as a travesty of Justice and is severe in his criticism of the Democratic anti-trust plank as proposing to abollBh all busi ness of any size or any efficiency. He renews his former recommendation of a National Industrial Commission, which should control corporations, restrict Issue of securities, prevent or secure punishment of monopoly and all Its devices, and enforce publicity. He would so amend the patent laws as to prevent patents from becoming tools of monopoly, and would establish the parcels post. Roosevelt declares his belief In a protective tariff, but "from the stand point of the interests of the whole peo ple," not as "a bundle of preferences to favored individuals." He believes the people desire protection "primarily in the interest of the wageworker and consumer," and that "no duty should be allowed to stand unless the work ers receive their full share of the benefits." His plan of carrying out this policy Is practically Taft's policy of scientific revision difference in cost of production as the basis of the tariff, a permanent tariff commission to ascertain facts and revision by schedule. Yet he condemns the pres ent Tariff Board as unsatisfactory, ig noring the fact that Taft secured it as a mere beginning and has constantly striven to widen the scope of its work. He predicts that the Democratic tariff policy "would plunge the country into the most widespread Industrial depression we have yet seen." He makes the high cost of living the text for denunciation -of both old par ties as advancing false remedies. His remedies are elimination of the mid dleman, legislation to bring about closer relations between farmer and consumer, action by his proposed In terstate Industrial Commission to do away with arbitrary control by com binations of the necessaries of life; action by Nation and state to make the farmer's business profitable, good roads, reclamation of arid and swamp land. He denies that the tariff or the trusts have much to do with the high cost of living, but he says that the in dustrial commission should not shrink from regulating conditions that create or determine monopoly prices, and that the whole subject should undergo Inquiry by a nonpartisan body of experts. Roosevelt suggests that the issue of currency be taken under direct control of the Government and be regulated to expand and contract with the needs of business. He reaffirms his former definition of conservation by saying It contemplates that our children should have a land that is more, not less, fertile; that the forests and grazing land be handled in the interest of the actual settler, and that the Nation develop and control the Mississippi River. He would have the Government construct, own and operate railroads and telegraph lines In Alaska, and lease the coal lands. A new departure he proposes for that territory is "to try a system of land taxation which will, so far as possible, remove all the burdens from those who actually use the land, and will operate against any man who holds the land for speculation, or derives an Income from it, based, not on his own exer tions, but on the increase in value due to activities not his own." As to the Panama Canal, he asserts our right to exempt coastwise vessels from tolls, but denies that we can grant any favors to vessels In foreign commerce without violating the treaty. He reaffirms his well-known opinions In favor of a strong Army and Navy and against the Taft arbitration treat ies. The friends of Becker in New York are more reluctant to contribute money for defense than for tribute. They can expect no protection from a grafter who Is in jail, and have no cause for gratitude to him, even were they capable of such a sentiment, which is doubtful. No man is more friendless than the grafter who has been found out. Anent Pastor Corby's plea for the unmuzzled dog, it may be said the vicious brute is owned generally by a man who will go to the limit In fight ing for him, while the harmless and affectionate cur has no friends but the children who love him to do battle in his defense. So this kind of canine must suffer. In order to determine whether a Belasco drama Is adapted from the work of another popular playwriter, It falls to a New York jurist to sit through a production of both plays. Retribution appears to be visiting it self upon the bench. Having failed to recall the Oakland officials, the Workers may now retire from politics. Their services are ur gently needed In the harvest fields. Any of them who fall to answer the call to work may feel the heavy hand of the men they could not recall. Socialists and Industrial Workers received a solar plexus blow In at tempting recall of Oakland officials. The administration slogan, "The American Flag vs. the Red Flag," stood for something and won. Some idea of the perils of aerial nav igation may be gained from the ex perience of the Portland amateur avi ator who was painfully injured by a hydroplane without leaving the earth's surface. The policeman who refused to lead a cow to the pound acted within his rights. That is work for the mounted officer, who might as well be useful while ornamental. Becker, Crooks & Co, while not list ed In Bradstreet's, appears to have been one of New York's most flourish ing closed corporations for some years past. Portland has had to draw on Cali fornia for an extra corps of telegra phers to handle a heavily Increased bulk of business. Crop orders, no doubt. Would the mutinous Second Battal ion be too tired to help Governor West In clamping the lid down on Hunting ton T That boy at Bandon was (juick on the trigger and not old enough to re alize the sorrow that is coming to him. Tha demonstration lasted fiftv-seven minutes, and Included that number of varieties of cheers. Failure of the rice crop across the Pacific means consumption of more American flour. More glory for the Scot. Statistics prove he averages heaviest of the em pire's subjects. Huntington's primal cause 1 of de pravity is In being too much of a man town. Why not settle the colored Bull Moose trouble with plenty of water melon T Th Roosevelt hook Is baited to catch anything from sucker to shark. NEW ' CONSTITUTION IS DISCUSSED Mr. Barsee Tells What He Tblnka Lat- eat U'Ren Scheme Would Do. PORTLAND. Aug. B. (To the Editor.) Under the title, "Revolution in State," we have before us your editorial on the U'Ren proposed amendment to article t of the state constitution. This amend ment Is denominated by you "the most radical measure submitted to the people of the state."' As such we wish to dis cuss it and trust you will not deny us the right of publication of the same. We designate your editorial by subject and number for brevity. 1. Immediate abolition of the Senate. Special interests are to be no longer tolerated by a people with tne -run right of franchise. There is no other reason for two houses in the legislative body but to defeat progressive legisla tion in the Interests of the common people. The people of Oregon have al ready taken to themselves the power of that body to serve special interests by the direct election of United States Senators, end It is but a little farther o go to abolish the Senate entirely. Since it Is shorn of Its powor it be comes a useless appendage. We oan cnoo3e our legislators and make them truly ripri'ser.tative of the people, vv hy cannot che same men be ehosaii :n the one body and equitable service be ob tulneu'.' 2. The eto Power of the Governor Has not Th; Oregonian frequently crit lcla-?il the acts of the Govern.?.- i:: te tolng measures? Why should he have exclusive power over that body aside from joint effort In the enactment of any measure? 3. Majority vs. Minority Representa tlon Do you believe in majority rep resentation only? Would you deny the minority the right of petition? The which Is all there Is embodied In this proportional representation measure, as the majority elected members to the Legislature would have, also, the ma jority of votes. 4. Direct Vote and a Short Ballot Legislators would be elected ' by the vote of Individual citizens, ana. wouia carry their vote into the assembly on a dlreot proxy. Nothing could be more just and efficient. It is enough that a voter be represented by one man aud not bv many. His vote Bhould be counted but onee. 5. Unrepresented Districts No dis trict would fail of representation, be cause If but one vote is cast for a can didate, who is not eleoted, the proxy goes to the ex-offlclo Governor of his party. It Is his business .to attena that section, as be naturally would. 8. Proxy-Voting. Representation- Would make each member responsible to his constituents and his recall would force him to be truly representative. 7. The Governor's (ex-offlcio) proxy representation might "represent mora voters than all the regularly eiectej Representatives." Surely, if this should be the case, the regularly elected Rep resentatives would be justly a repre sentative minority in the state and should not rule according to republican institutions. . 8. Governor (Elect) Sole Right to Finance Bills Would It not be very probable that the Governor would prop ery finance his own administration of affairs? Would not the power of the recall compel respect of every worthy institution and eliminate logrolling? 9. Time-Honored Distinction Between Executive and Legislature Has not the Governor now the right, and Is it not his duty to recommend, by message to the Legislature, the necessities of the state? Could he exercise more authority without the veto than with It? x 10. Death of the Governor Has not the Governor recently been absent from the state and does not the law provide for his substitute already? 11. Annual Meeting of the Legisla ture Would this be more expensive or cumbersome than the calling of a spe cial session of the Legislature, or the meeting of a double body each two years? Would It not afford greater conveniences? Have not the majority of the state electors, represented by their representatives, a right to assem ble themselves in special session? Now we admit that the offered changes are extraordinary. We are living In an extraordinary age of Invention and progress. The revolution of France from kingdom to republic was extraor dinary. So was the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty of China. Our achieve ments are the result of extraordinary conditions. We are living In an age of self-government. C. W. BARZEE. SENATOR LA FOLLETTE'S POSITION Progressive Movement Should Be Kept Within Republican Party. In a signed editorial In his weekly magazine, Just out at Madison, Wis., Senator Robert M. La Follette makes a plea to progressive Republicans to sac rifice everything to maintain the pro- i n.niMtinn -within the Re- publican party. The Senator makes no suggestion as to wnicn oi mo niu,.. tlal candidates deserves the support of this wing of the party. He devotes nearly half of the editorial to show that Roosevelt Is not the real progres sive that is needed for President. He mentions Taft, and that in the same nritv. nnAaam.lt. eavlnsr that neither he nor Roosevelt helped the progressive cause wnue in tne uiio House. Of Governor Wilson he says the i i - n.mni-rw t -would carry ClWUUu a. - - " - small assurance of the advancement or the progressive eause. La Follette says: "In no partisan t o that t Vi nroorressive movement begRn with the Republican party, it rapiaiy toisn iu shaping the policies of state admlnis- . mm mnlnC ItB lmnrOSfllOn On National legislation as a distinctly Re publican movement, ana ui in recent political history I appeal to l r? .Vllnone DV'PrVWhfrW tO progressive wcuw. - - - maintain their progressivism within the Republican party. . . u- .t.t,ml tiat Roosevelt iuwi uw - i.ii. r,A-iAn wan nnftnlv on tne siae of the reactionaries, the Senator con tinues: "Not until about five months ago did Colonel Roosevelt make his so- called declaration or principle". ignoring Issues, he lured the President into a campaign so bitterly personal that by the time of the Chicago conven tion the frenzy and passion aroused , 1 1 BVWvthlTiir tn a fierce scramble to seat delegates and seoure the nomination. Ana upun ma, squabble for offloe between two men, ..Jai 117 Vl Jlfl'sk administrations the Re publican party bad made the trust, tar iff ana special lawreoi ivvw which It Is most severely criticised. It . tA HRtroT & sound and vital progressive movement which al ready goes far to uu within a great and powerful organiza tion." Shrewd Hint to a Wife, Houston (Tex.) Post him: he Is rich and old?" "Old? He may live for 10 years yet!" "Marry him and do your own cooking. A Dreadnought Wife. Birmingham Age-Herald. .it - ..iirinir tA niirphv thin morn- i Was b-.xv..i& . " ' i -vn1it th, lutARt Dreadnousrht. He didn't appear to be much interested." T sbOUid tumK not! Ulggny marneu one." Political Baths of 1912. Judge. Knlcker Is Jones in politics for his health? Rocker Not unless mua Datns are healthy. Disapproval of Tips. Exchange. He I don't approve of tips. She It has been noticed that you do not even tip your hat. Not as People Say. . . De Maulde la Claviers. Women are not so frail as people are pleased to say. They are frail only when they wish to be- - , , XATVRE IS NATION'S PARTNER Henry Clews Foresees Greater Prosper ity Growing From Good Crops. Henry Clews' Letter, August S. The United States seems to have tak en in Mother Nature as a special part ner, and once more the country prom ises to be favored with good harvests. If present calculations are realized, we shall garner a 700,000,000-bushel wheat crop, a 2,900,000,000-bushel corn crop and a 1,200,000,000-bushel oats crop. The yield of potatoes and hay Is also likely to be considerably ahead of last year. The total value of these five crops is estimated at 3, 600,000.000, or about $200,000,000 ahead of last year. In all probability the aggregate of all agricultural wealth produced this year will be about $9,000,000,000, as against $8,600,000,000. the figures of the De partment of Agriculture last year. What this annual production of new wealth means to this country may be estimated when It is remembered that the capital stock of all railroads in the United States Is placed at $8,470,000,000. An increase of $500,000,000 in agricul tural products In a single year cannot but be a powerful stimulus to business. Bankers In all portions of the West are agreed that the crop situation is satisfactory, that business is in more promising condition than for several years past and that the business men of the interior have decided to eliminate politics from their calculations. This is a practical expression of increased confidence based upon positively im proved intrinsic conditions. The money market reflects Increasing business activity. Commercial paper is more plentiful. Time money Is harden ing and the increased demand for funds is being felt In all directions. Among the reasons why New York has been less sanguine than the West is the tremendous output of new se curitles during tha first six months of the year. While the distribution of these has been much more successful than might have been expected, never theless the local market Is somewhat congested by such excessive offerings of high-grade securities. Wall street is also somewhat con oerned about the future of the rail roads, arising from the persistent de manda of labor. Should the engineers obtain concessions in the recent arbi tration case, it Is expected correspond lng demands will follow from other classes of railroad labor. In the steel trade business continues active. The last quarterly report of the United States Steel Corporation was fairly encouraging. Steel prices are constantly advancing In all directions, and the results of the next quarter should show a much more liberal profit. Other lines of Industry have given evi dence of prosperity. So far as politics are concerned. It can safely be said that from now on they will be less and less a disturbing fac tor. The politicians are learning that derangement of business is apt to In jure their own political fortunes. The West has turned its back upon politics most emphatically, and the East Is not likely to be slow in following this wholesome example. For this reason, if for no other, It Is likely that the tariff question, to which business !s most sensitive, will be handled cau tiously. Whichever party succeeds In the next election, no radical changes need.be anticipated, although some re ductions will inevitably be made tn ex cessive rates, as a conceslon to public opinion. WHEN EVERYTHING COMES EASY Then, Says the Philosopher, All Things Are All Right. PORTLAND. Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) "I see be th" papers that they'Be shuck up th' sleeping law up there at Salem an' found a coal fr'm th" altar av our liberty that we shud blow Into a flame," said the Irish critic while we were sipping two glasses of bacil lus bulgaritlcus. "They tell me ye can find almost anything at Salem that ye can blow into a flame or a fit or a moving pitcher show av Napoleon Bonypart crossing th' desert over Into Idyho. "I never take a dhrink in th' town meself. "If th' lamed glntlemen had pur sued their investigations down a flight av stairs, they might have dis covered a bake oven or a forest fire in th' Governor's office that wud blow thim up stairs agin quicker 'n blazes an' make th' lady holding th scales av Justice on th' roof dance a Jig to th' chune av 'everybody s doln" it." "I don't know what th" facts av th' case Is that made th' coal on th' altar bo smotherln", but that's nawthln" t' do with th' law, f'r evr'y man shud have a fair thrile on the argumint or th' palladium av our liberitles won't have any more statellness than a coun try fiddler. "Ye see evr'y man's rights before a Jury Is invi'late f'r ye on'y need an at'turny, an' evr'y man's rights is sacred before th' Coort. but ye must have a lawyer, but how th' divll can ye tell anything about it until th" battle av th' Hp Is over. "Foley says what's y'r rights this year may be ye're wrongs next year, f'r everything Is right whin ye have a Job an' everything is wrong whin ye haven't- Somehow or other th' altar av our liberty is a ceserteo spot whin things are comin' aisey." J. H. M. TOO MANY CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS Veteran of Japanese War (ommrDli on Muntly of Mllilla. PORTLAND, Aug. A. (To the Editor.) Your honorable news columns have lately said much about certain of your honorable militia not obeying orders from a high officer to march a short distance of five miles. The excuse of honorable officers, that day waa hot, road was dusty and men -were of sore feet and lame Joints, makes a veteran of Russo-Japanese War to laugh softly much. I ask your honorable paper if in Ore gon such "chocolate soldiers" are paid monev of taxDavers? In Russo-Jap anese War never one soldier not obey orders, and many times boys, wnen shot, say "not hurt" and march five miles with blood flowing every step as marnh. I ask vour honorable paper If not too much politics in militia? Looks ilka officer first see what nonoraDie men want to do, then he give orders for them to do that thing. In United States nobody happy and nobody satisfied. All have too much pos sibility, nobody attain tneir amDiuun. Cost of living getting higher, because so many stop producing to quarrel over what is right division or otners- pro ductions. Nobody satisfied with his shim and pretty soon love of country all gone and Government soon break up in many small pieces. Then another strong nation take hold and rule Amer ica with Iron nana. UCrillJA nlKATA. A Fierce Mexican Charge. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'And did you really get close enough to oca ' ' ' "Was It fiercer' "I should say it was." "In a big battle?" "No, in a little ho see a Mexican cnarge; un, yes. tel." Prodigal Son Turns Politician. Washington (D. C.) Star. "Are you a favorite son?" asked the visitor of a South American. "No; 1 have Just been defeated for the Presi dency. Last year I was a favorite son. This year I am a prodigal son." A Frank: Confeaalon. Baltimore American. "I am very observant, sir, and from the way you winced when I stamped on your foot, I conclude that you have pedal afflictions." "Say no more. I ac knowledge tne corn. The Unexpected (?) By Dean Colllna. "Is It not wondrous how the People's Will Gets busy, seeking 'mnng the good and great, By long elimination stunts, until It drops upon The Only Candidate?" Thus mused I to myself, while half asleep. I had nought else to do and musing's cheap. "Who could foresee, some months ago, when Ted Fingered his hat beside the seething ring That, ere the cycle of six months had fled. The Moosers" party might Its cpot light fling, Flashing upon his glasses, crying: 'Ope! What a surprise! The man we seek is He!- "What premonition could a man have got. When modestly Into Chicago's hall Came Theodore and tenderly did spot The delegates as: 'Thieves and liars, all!' That a new party might be Imminent, Possibly boosting him for President. "When the wild protest, by the Bull Moose crew. Rang through the land, and named a special day. When (for the People's sake) the gal lant few Should, In Chicago, form a new ar ray Who would have thought that, ere the thing was o'er. They might call forth the Sage of Saga more? "Yet It is rumored yea, some dare to on this day will go the summon ing call. And. blushing like the modest violet. Will Theodore be led into the hall, To hear th' astounding news that he's been picked To lead the ilooser's fight mayhap, be licked. "Past finding out are the dark ways of Fate! For the poor people going to the bat. The Moosers seek a likely candidate. And sudden, think of Theodore like that: And unexpected, call him thus away. From the secluded haunts of Oyster Bay." Half a Century Ago From The Oreg-onlun of Auk. T, I82-.. Mr. Brents, the expressman, left tne South Ford of John Day on the 20th ult., and from him we derive much in formation relative to the mines. A large number of miners have come in from Powder River, with others who have gone In, swell the population In the mines to fully 1000. Washington. July28- It seems to be the impression that drafting will be re sorted to In most of the border states. A dispatch from Knoxvllle, Tenn., says that Morgan sent a special courier to headquarters, stating that he has taken 11 cities and towns and heavy quantities of army stores. Memphis, July 28. Advices from the South say 10 ironclad gunboats, built In England and fully equipped, have ar rived at Mobile. Three more are ex pected. City Council. Communication was re ceived from the Mayor relative to tho unsafe condition of the bridges In the southern part of the city. The sawmills near the city are now running constantly and still the demand Is greater than the supply. Lumber Is readily selling at prices ranging from $17 to $35 per 1000 feet, according to quality and finish. Lumber for build ing purposes Is in great demand, which is conclusive evidence that our city Is fast improving. DOGS AND WHY THEY GO MAD Dont Get Water to Drink, and There Is Nothing Else to Do. PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 6. (To the Ed itor.) For a week I've been searching the columns of The Oregonian for a man, a really human, far-seeing man. and tills morning I found him. His name Is Rev. James D. Corby. He Is one who goes to the foundation of things and knows why they exist. X presume it never entered the heads of our worthy Mayor and health offi cers to surmise as to why there are snapping, snarling dogs roaming the city now more than in December. I honestly believe Mayor Rushlight him self would snap and snarl If he had not had a drink of water for a week. If a little of the money spent in these . . .. . l .. ,n .vt.im1nflt, rilimh lrensiea uuiuutoio m animals were expended In measures to make tnem comrortaDie, utmu i mad dog problem. All honor to Mr. Corby's church for providing a drinking place for animals, and shame upon a city that collects thousands of dollars per year revenue because of dogs, which same dogs when they become lost or neglected have no alternative but to go mad because that same city has provided no place where they can secure a drink of water. The Humane Society Is doing a grand work for animals, but they are ham pered for funds. Why doesn't the city oo-operate with them and provide them with means to pursue adequately the work they are in because of their love for "every living creature?" I wonder if all have seen their little j i mi.-, n-oo-nr.il) n warning people cara in Ana w i . o - - against leaving dumb brutes at home - ,iii .. An iitif Ilia nlPBHa uncared for wnne i"y . ... . .i i -a1.au ni tVtA mntin- ures of lire at i"e " tains. In my own neighborhood there are dogs, cats ana ... -ihiin their owners enjoy the cooling breenes of the ocean, and, nr rne i irtr- ui c , . r onma T Sft fl.Il d feed and water tnem. - couldn't sleep If I didn't. Sometimes I think there n db sumo . i - nrtmatnnA fanning the temples of these same peop. er on. In the good time cuimus . .m ho more attention en vote, tnero "w 1. Kiven ail along the line to the "ounce of prevenUon" and less to the more ex nenslve and unsatisfactory "pound of Ind in that glad day. believe me. there will be no need of muzzled dogs llthoulh there may be some muzzled other things. nniTapwrirR why i if Judge. i -...t-v man needs a certain anfount ot exercise each day. The fol fowing are a number of thing, a man perfectly wining iu u if in good physical trim: Pay $'5 for a course In physical cul ture. . . , ' j tji- -luha swing: dumDoeuB iiia -nu..,. - violently. ...,. , . ! Crawl on his nanas aim roll like a dog. Climb a tree ana Denave j" - boy." . . Turn handsprings ana su- . T .. i .i .hora are thlnSTS on tne otner uuuu, u-v.v - v : i. ,hinh would srive scarcely as u.inun - -him Just as much exercise, but his wife can't get biro to ao tnem. are: Spade gardens. Feed the furnace. Pump water into the attic tank. Beat the carpets. Mow the lawn. Scrub the floors. Walk the floor with the baby. Essence of a Secret. London Tit Bits. "Sav. what was that story about El vira?" "Well, can you keep a secret?" "Sure." "So can L