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PORTLAND. FRIDAY. XOVEMKEB a, 191.
I PKOLMNG THE DIRECT PRIMARY.
Ben Soiling; is the regular Republi
can nominee for United States Sen
ator. He was named at the April pri
mary by a majority of more than 6000
over Jonathan Bourne, Jr. He was
the deliberate choice of the people ex
pressed through their ordained voice,
the primary. Hla election in Novem
ber is an indorsement of the primary;
his defeat by Mr. Bourne, whom he
defeated in a fair and open contest
in April, would be a distinct and in
tentional repudiation of the primary
itself.
The direct primary as a method of
political action will survive only as
its decisions are upheld by the people;
if they shall be rejected, the primary
will, and must, and should, soon fall
into neglect and disuse.
Mr. Selling is a fit nominee. He
has been long a resident of Oregon.
He is a successful business man. He
has been a factor in politics, for he
has taken an active part for many
years in public affairs. He has never
been a machine politician, but has al
ways stood with and for the people.
His name is Identified closely with the
important progressive laws of Oregon.
He has been a leader In all sound po
litical reforms. He has given gener
ously of time, service, and money to
every worthy public cause.
Mr. Selling will be a real Senator
at Washington. He has engaging per
sonal qualities that will make him
speedily acquainted. He will be well
received. He will be all the time at
work. He will get results. He will
be In accord with the progressive
movement of the times. He will look
diligently after all Oregon Interests.
He will be personally accessible to
every constituent, there or at home.
There need be no fear that he will not
make good.
Above all, Mr. Selling is entitled to
election, for he has fairly won his
nomination, and the people of Oregon
believe in fair play. They wish, too,
to preserve the "direct primary.
THE PEOPLE NOT ON TRIAL.
Under the spirit of our election laws I
am not a candidate, but In order to obey the
call from the people I am obliged undtr
the letter of the law to become a candi
date. In the Republican primaries I was
a candidate of my own initiation and was
defeated. Technically I am BEain a candi
date, but not of my own Initiative or voli
tion, but under direction of a large percent
age of the electorate of the state. Jona
than Bourne In his address to the people,
October 8. 1912.
A lame, weak, insincere and silly
excuse. We are asked to believe that,
though the primary turned down Mr.
Bourne, the "call of the people."
through the 16.000 procured names,
recalled the direct primary, set it
aside, suspended it. canceled its ver
dict, rejected and repudiated its Judg
ment, and relegated it to limbo.
Sixteen thousand names, paid for
and otherwise, are paramount to the
votes of 70,000 citizens in a direct
primary!
Sixteen thousand wayfaring citi
zens, hurrying along the streets, or
intercepted at their business, or cor
nered in barrooms, and signing a pre
pared petition under direct solicita
tion by paid or engaged or chance
hawkers, are held to represent a "call
of the people," while 70,000 citizens,
Koing soberly, formally and voluntar
ily to the polls, are not the people!
We do not wonder that Mr. Bourne,
in his desperate plan to destroy the
direct primary, is driven to invent the
poor defense that he is only technical
ly a candidate.
Mr. Bourne, and not the people of
Oregon, is now on trial.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN.
The death of Vice-President Sher
man adds to the complications of the
present involved political situation.
By removing the Republican candi
date for Vice-President within so few
days of the election, it cuts off the op
portunity to nominate a new candi
date before that event. The vacancy
on the ticket can be filled by the Na
tional committee In reliance upon the
Republican members of the electoral
college to vote for the man the com
mittee selects, but those who vote the
Republican ticket next Tuesday will
not know, when they cast their ballots
for electors, for whom they are voting
for Vice-President. Such a situation
is unprecedented in our history since
it became the custom to elect the
President and Vice-President practi
cally by popular vote.
Even more serious is the possible
effect of Sherman's death on the his
tory of the country in the event that
the election should be thrown into
Congress. W"ith a deadlock in the
House on the election of President
practically assured, the election of
President would fall, in effect, to the
Senate, for the man chosen by that
body for Vice-President would auto
matically become President. Should
the Republican ticket be either first
or second in the race, the Republican
nominee for Vice-President would be
one of the two eligible for election. If
the vacancies in Colorado, Idaho and
Illinois should be filled in January by
the election of Republicans, there
would be 52 members nominally of
that party and 44 Democrats, 49 votes
being necessary to elect.
But Bristow, Dixon, Clapp and
Poindexter have seceded to the Roose
velt Progressive party and Bourne has
become an Independent with leanings
to Roosevelt. That would reduce the
Republican membership to 47, or two
less than a majority. These members
and possibly other Insurgents, such as
Borah, Works, Gronna, La. Follette,
Cummins, would, not be willing to
vote for the nominee of the Repub
lican National Committee. They could
create a deadlock in the Senate. Even
if only the four declared Roosevelt
men vote for Johnson, and all others
classed as Republicans vote for the
Republican nominee, there will still
be a deadlock, for the latter will only
have 48 votes, one short of a majority.
This situation continuing till noon
on March 4, Secretary Knox would be
come Acting President. He would be
required under the law, upon taking
office, to give twenty days' notice of an
extra session of Congress. The obvi
ous purpose Is that Congress may call
a special election for the choice of
new electors, who would then proceed
to elect President and Vice-President
in the usual way. In the meantime
Knox would continue to act as Presi
dent. The entire course of the Roosevelt
party Justifies the assumption that it
would precipitate such a situation If
the opportunity offered. It would
then be able still runner to aH.nin.ao
ho. -Roniihiirun nartv and would se
cure a second chance to win a popular
victory. Even ir a secona eietuuu
should result in a second aeaaioca,
that party would view with gratifica
tion the confusion it had caused. But
in tha meantime a new Congress
would have been, elected with little
likelihood of a repetition of the pres
ent close party division.
DEALING OPENLY WITH THE PUBLIC.
Probably it has been observed by
the public that two candidates for
State Senator for Multnomah County
or the Republican ticket have asked
no odds from any opposing party and
have made a straight-out appeal for
support on the ground that they have
been . nominated by the Republican
party and by no other. They are Mr.
I. N. Day and Mr. Gus C. Moser.
These two upstanding candidates
have trafficked with no other party
for indorsement or another nomina
tion, and have not professed allegi
ance to the principles or purposes of
anv nthor than the ReDublican party.
They were triumphantly nominated at
the Republican primary, ana mat was
enough. They have taken Statement
One and they will abide by its condi
tions. They are active, experienced
and outspoken men and they will
make first-class Senators at Salem for
county and state.
It is not important nowadays that
man Via son t tn tha Legislature be
cause they are Republicans; but it is
important to get men who are honest
in their own convictions ana irann
with the public.
WANTED: AX EXPLANATION.
In speeches and in advertising Single-Tax
Wagnon has asserted that not
one dollar on office furniture and fix
tures is assessed against banks in
Portland. He is making this state
ment one of the issues of his campaign
for Assessor. The assertion is wholly
false. Wagnon's main support, the
Evening Journal, knows it. It dare
not deny it.
Some persons might vote for a can
didate for Assessor if they detected
him In willfully falsifying who would
not vote for him if they thought him
an ignoramus. On the other hand,
some might be willing to vote for an
Ignoramus who would not vote for a
falsifier.
It is the duty of the Journal to en
lighten such voters. If it can possibly
take time from swatting the majority
rule bogey, it ought to say something
about Wagnon that is to the point.
What led its candidate into such an
easily disproved statement ignorance
or trickiness?
THE SITCIJSOIB TO THE PRESIDENCY.
James S. Sherman is the sixth Vice
President of the United States who
has died in office. The others, the
terms for which they were elected and
the dates of their death were:
Name Term. Died.
C!e.rKe Clinton 1S0S-13 1M2
William R. Kin ii.-i is.-i
Henrv Wilson 1N7:.-T IS'5
Thomas A. Hendricks 1KS3-9 lsss
Garret A. Hotoarl 1SI7-101 11
Until 1887 the law provided that in
case of the death or disability of the
President at a time when the office of
Vice-President was vacant, the Presi
dent of the Senate should succeed to
the Presidency and that the Speaker
of the House should be next in succes
sion. In 1887, the President being a
Democrat and the Republicans having
a majority of two in the Senate and
the Democrats a majority of firteen in
the House, the vancacy caused by the
death of Hendricks Impressed upon
the Democrats the possibility that the
existing order of succession might
transfer control of the Government to
the opposite party and passed 'a bill
through the House establishing the
present order of succession. The Re
publicans, foreseeing that they might
Buffer in the same manner, passed the
bill through the Senate.
The new order of succession is. in
case of the death of the Vice-
President: Secretary of State, Sec.
retary of the Treasury, Secretary
of War, Attorney-General, Postmaster-General,
Secretary of the Navy,
Secretary of the Interior. This ar
rangement continues the political
complexion of the Administration un
changed throughout a Presidential
term, and therefore more fully car
ries out the popular will as expressed
at the preceding Presidential election
than does the former arrangement.
By giving the succession to members
of the Cabinet, it also provides, so far
as is humanly possible, for continua
tion of the dead President s policy.
Secretary Knox is now first in order
of succession to President Taft. Next
to him comes Secretary MacVeagh,
then Secretary Stimson, Attorney
General Wickersham, Postmaster-
General Hitchcock, Secretary Meyer
and Secretary Fisher.
THE CASE OF JONES AND SMITH.
Jones owns a truck patch and also
a team of horses which he works out.
He takes the profits from both, puts
them together and spends what he
needs out of the lump sum for gro
ceries and clothing.
Smith also has a truck patch and
a team of horses. But Smith keeps
the earnings of the two separate.
From the garden revenues he buys
only groceries. The earnings of the
team' he spends only for clothes.
Is there a practical difference in
the two plans?
The two cases give a rough and
homely illustration of the difference
between the tax system under which
the Portland man pays taxes and the
system under which the Vancouver,
B. C man pays taxes. The Portland
taxpayer is Jones. He pays a tax on
his land, a tax on his improvements
and a tax on his. personal property.
All these go into a lump sum from'
which state and city needs are met.
The Vancouver taxpayer is Smith.
He keeps his tax revenues separate.
From the taxes he pays on lands only
the local needs are met. His Im
provements, if they bear Income, pay
a tax and his personal property also
pays a tax into a fund from which the
state needs are met
Is there a practical difference In
the two plans?
But suppose, Robinson conceived a
scheme to make Jones .lose his land.
Suppose he went jto Jones and told
him he had the wrong system; that
he ought not to spend any of the
team's earnings for clothes; that he
should make the truck garden reve
nues do for all his expenses. Suppose
Robinson knew of Smith's two-fund
plan, yet ignoring truth, told Jones
that Smith made his garden pay for
both groceries and clothes?
Would Robinson be an honest man?
' The paid Oregon single tax agita
tor Is Robinson. He wants the Oregon
man to lose his Jand. He tells the
voter that land pays all the taxes in
Vancouver. He knows it does not.
If British Columbia prosperity is
an argument for single tax it is Just as
good an argument for the antithesis
or single tax. It Is Just as true to say
that land is exempt from taxation in
British Columbia as it is to say that
personal property and improvements
are there exempt. But neither asser
tion is true. The man who likens the
tax system employed in British' Co
lumbla and Vancouver to the gradU'
ated single tax amendment proposed
in Oregon is a miserable faker and
there ought to be a corrupt practices
act passed for his particular benefit.
ORATOR PVFF AND WAGNON.
His opponent Is a powerful argument for
the election of Mr. Warnon as Assessor.
Mr. Reed repudiated the primary law and
brought out Mr. Simon to beat the primary
nominee. Why? Why did Mr. Reed become
Mr. Simon's campaign manager in an effort
to beat the regular primary nominee 7
Thus saith the single-tax newspaper,
puller-on of single-tax Wagnon, and
side-line baoster of the single-tax
game (played by others). Did this
Journalistic Orator Puff support the
direct primary nominee whom it says
Mr. Reed repudiated?
Every single-taxer in Portland and
Multnomah County is trying" to give
the incompetent and biased Wagnon a
leg up into the Assessor's office. It
is a campaign of false pretense and
pitiful humbug, for the cry is that
Wagnon will give "equitable assess
ments" under the present law.
But the real purpose of Wagnon
and his allies is to capture the Asses
sor's office for the single-taxers.
ARNOLD BENNETT ON AMERICA. ,
Arnold Bennett's distinguishing
quality Is common sense. It Is as
notable in his novels as in his obser
vations on life in the United States
and in both it is more conspicuous
than any other trait. Even when the
characters in his stories do improb
able things they do them in such a
way as, to impress the reader with
their remarkable sanity. Such a man
as Priam Ffarl in "Buried Alive" con
ducts himself as no human being ever
did or could in real life, and yet while
reading that fascinating book we
never for a moment think of him as
a foolish person. . He has always the
best and most convincing reasons for
what he does. The same is true of
all Bennett's characters. From one
point of view his novels are the most
realistic in English literature, though
they are far from being the most like
life. One may Bay much the same
about the travel notes on the United
States which he has been publishing
In Harper's Magazine and which he
finishes in the November number.
They are shrewd to the point of the
miraculous and so sensible that tney
continually shock one like a cold
morning bath.
It will not do to say of Arnold Ben
nett that as a foreigner who has been
In this country but a short time he
does not understand our civilization.
As a matter of fact, travelers who
make brief visits here are apt to un
derstand us a great deal better than
we do ourselves, at least in some par
ticulars. They are like onlookers at
a game of chess who see all sorts of
moves which escape the notice of the
players. This is singularly true of
Bennett, who, though he is alien to
some of oiir institutions, is not by any
means alien to our blood and feelings.
He is a better democrat than some
Americans and sees our deficiencies
in the line of popular government
with depressing distinctness. We have
been calling ourselves the most demo
cratic Nation in the world so many
years that it lowers our pride sadly
to hear from an Englishman that his
country is ahead of us, and a long
way ahead, as far as popular rule is
concerned. Still no American who is
willing to face the facts can deny that
It is true. The British official who
corresponds most nearly to our Pres
ident is the Prime Minister, and he
can be turned out of office at any
moment by a hostile vote in Parlia
ment. Again no British Judge can
thwart the will of the people ex
pressed in an act of Parliament, while
the will of the American people can
be balked by any one of a score of
Judges, some petty and some exalted.
The unwillingness to face unde
niable facts Mr. Bennett declares to
be characteristic of all the English-
speaking nations. He finds it in Eng
land and Just as much or even more
of it here. The tendency to look
upon a fact as non-existent because
we have agreed not to talk about it
has long been predominant in our
life, both political and social. That
a habit of this sort is a real danger
must be evident to anyone who takes
the trouble to think about it. As far
as social hygiene is concerned, the
danger has already come to light and
we see the public health seriously
threatened by diseases of vice which
have been allowed to spread un
checked under the protecting shadow
of the prudery which we complacent
ly call "purity." The same has begun
to happen in politics. Our inveterate
habit of declaring that everything was
perfect and no changes could ever be
needed in our institutions has brought
us to the verge of revolutionary vio
lence in some directions. Arnold Ben
nett charitably calls this form of Na
tional conceit "lack of public spirit."
Many of our bept people take no ac
tive part in politics because they sin
cerely believe that we have arranged
the machinery of government with
such exquisite omniscience that it
will forever run perfectly without any
attention. To his mind our National
Indifference to politics Is the most
striking sign of our lack of public
spirit, but he sees many others.
For example, he did not find much
genuine interest in the higher matters
of human interest like art and litera
ture in the United States. To be sure,
there are fine collections of old mas
ters and antiques and he says he vis
ited some of them with delight but
collections of that kind have little to
do with art. They are like drawers
of dead butterflies and books pasted
full of postage stamps. The rage for
collecting is no more noble when it
happens to turn to pictures than when
it is satisfied with beetles. True in
terest in art is shown 'by buying the
works of living painters rather than
by bidding in the canvases oi aeau
ones at mammotli prices. Half of the
"love of art" which some of our mil
lionaires exhibit is vanity and the
other half ignorance. ' It is encourag
ing to find a man like Arnold Bennett
agreeing with some of our native ob
aarrora ,,rnn thio n ninr SDeaking of
mii lnolc nf nnhlie snirit in regard
literature, Mr. Bennett notices that
we have not much real appreciation
for Poe, though none of our poets has
influenced French art as he has. He
oneiba of Walt Whitman as "our one
supreme world poet" but how many
Americans would accept nis juug
ment? Do we not as a people prefer
Longfellow's pretty Jingles to Whlt-
mon'c mnioatir RweeO of thOUght?
Still it is likely that Arnold Bennett
goes farther than the facts warrant
in belittling our public spirit. There
is a good deal of it here and the sup
ply is growing. It is useless to aeny
thai in fnrmpr vears our countrymen
have been too much occupied iwith
making money to think a great deal
nf tho common welfare, but that con
dition Is passing away and on every
side we see the altruistic spirit spring
ing up. Hitherto it has taken the
fnrm nf trifta to colleges and social
work in the cities, but now its sphere
is raDidlv enlarging. The business
men's clubs in Portland which are
turning their attention to almost
ovonr nncplvahle asnect of the public
welfare illustrate new and hopeful
tendencies of the time.
Some of the dangers of monopoly
roirtilated by. law. as Roosevelt pro
poses, are pointed out by Professor
John B. Clark, of Columbia, in an ar
tide in the Independent. He says:
With the woxjd crowding itself more and
more densely with people, the art of extract
ing a living from It must be practiced more
- nr. mint Irvpiif new
ana morn .un.ii.ni. ' ..--- - - -
machinery, discover new raw materials, use
new motive power. . . . uinerwiae Hu
manity will grow poorer with every passing
decade. The only thing that can guarantee
such progress is competition.
What Inducement would there be
for a monopoly regulated by law and
with prices fixed by a Federal commis
sion to adopt new inventions, discover
new raw materials, use new motive
power? Whatever economies it ef
fected would be taken rrom it in an
enforced reduction of price. Only by
the free play of competition can prog
ress be made: the first to introduce an
improvement gaining an advantage
which would go to the consumer in
reduced prices when its use became
general. All the Interests of a monop
oly under Government regulation are
opposed to improvement ana are
bound up in adherence to antiquated
methods and appliances.
Some of our contemporaries dls
na,a.a thB rAsntircefulness of the
woman in Stamford, Conn., who ran
for a policeman when her kitchen
stovepipe fell down. They denounce
her course as a weak reliance on pa
tcmniiem nnrl a hetraval of the an-
cient American spirit of self-help. We
cannot see it in that lignt. un tne
rlisrjosed to Draise
her for putting to good use a social
agency for which nobody seems mtn
ertofore to have found an employ
ment Would that ail policemen were
as innocently .engaged as in putting
up stovepipe.
The trial of Becker has been com
mAnnihiv hrlof Tf that could be the
end of it, American Justice would win
a credit mark. But it is not the end.
There is to be a stay of execution, an
annum nprhans a series of retrials
and a final miscarriage of Justice. We
are able to. begin these affairs beau
tifully, but somehow we seem unaoie
to end them.
The $200,000 chimpanzee was a vic
tim nf over-education, which made
him delicate. When he elected to
waiir Hire a man. discardiner family
characteristics, such as use of a pre
hensile tail, for example, his days De-
came numbered.
nrnft In tha Navv Is Incredible and
discoveries of irregularities in the
commissary department of battleships
must have been magnified Decause
least expected. Popular idea of the
Navy places it beyond reproach.
The Chehalls hen that laid 148 eggs
during six warm months did very
well; but what the world of egg-eaters
wants is a fowl that will do as well
the other half of the year and lift the
egg from the list of luxuries.
The wife of a New Tork dancer
spent nearly J10.000 for dress during
the past year and is termed extrava
gant. That is more than some women
spend in a lifetime and less than oth
ers spend In a week.
New Vork loan sharks drive many
to despair and suicide. Investigators
report. War begun on this beast of
prey should cease only when extirpa
tion of the breed occurs.
Fnnthnll unlike baseball. Is a cold-
weather game, and standing around
the bulletin board is uncomfortable,
which may account for apparent lack
of enthusiasm.
Campaign expenses total near the
million mark. Many get the money
and little 13 wasted. This is one of
the few benefits of quadrennial tur
moil.
Australian women absolutely refuse
to renounce long hat pins. Backed
with such armament they are in a
position to maintain their position.
The man who recognizes his wife
in full partnership is willing to accord
her the right to vote. The "Henry
Pecks" are. of course, excusable.
Those Turks will have to start run
ning in circles or swim the Aegean
Sea if they keep up that rearward
movement much longer.
Germany will continue effort to get
a coaling station in America until
Uncle Sam gets mad and teaches her
a long-needed lesson.
The negro soldier has been found
to be less subject to sickness than the
white. So, too, does the mule out
class the horse.
Boston equestrians are delighted
with Western saddle ponies. Just wait.
though, until one of those broncs re
verts to type.
frtncAsrinn in China l.q to become
more serious than ever. Chinese
women are adopting the "Merry
Widow" hat.
Naturally Roosevelt should have a
noisy welcome. That is what he pre
fers plenty of racket.
TVia TCnlsAr'a idea nf e-ratiturlft l tr
send his autographed photo. That's
vanity, not grautuae.
Special Election Measure?
The Oregonlan Gives Itm Views on
Two Charters and Twenty Amend
ments and Ordinances to Be Con
sidered Saturday, November 3.
The real issue in the special city
election Saturday, November 2, is the
official commission charter. The Ore
gonlan advocates the defeat of the short
charter, the publio utilities fraud, and
advises a vote of No on several amend
ments because the substance of them is
contained in the official charter draft
Bond measures have been considered on
the ground of public needs.
Official commission charter:
X 10O Yea, Vote Yea.
101 No.
Appropriating $300,000 to buy Ross
Island:
103 Yes. '
X 103. Vote No.
Appropriating $850,000 for South Port
land bridge:
104 Yea.
X 105 No. Vote No.
Appropriating $100,000 for incinerat
ing plant:
X 106 Yea, Vote Yea.
107 No.
Appropriating $2,000,000 for parks and
boulevards:
X 10S Yea. Vote Yea.
109 No.-
Appropriating $200,000 for auditorium
site:
110 Yes.
111 No.
No recommendation.
Relating to waterfront street vaca
tions: 112 Yes.
X 113 No. Vote No.
Extending time for filing applications
for bonding local assessments:
X 114 Yea. Vote Yea.
115 No.
Authorizing Council to fix salary of
City Attorney:
116 Yes.
X 117 No. Vote No.
Authorizing Council to fix salary of
City Treasurer:
118 Yes.
X 110 No. Vote No.
Authorizing Council to fix salary of
City Engineer:
120 Yes.
X 121 No. Vote No.
Creating office of City Prosecutor:
122 Yes.
X 123 No. Vote No.
Extending bonding act to street open
ings: .
X 124 Yea. Vote Yea.
125 No.
Removing police department from
civil service:
126 Yes.
X 127 No. Vote No.
Authorizing taxation to pay water
bondB:
128 Yes.
X 128 No. Vote No.
Relating to manner of opening
streets:
130 Yes.
X 131 No. Vote No.
Authorizing $200,000 for publio mar
ket:
X 133 Yea. Vote Yea.
133 No.
Public Service fraud and treasury
grab: 1
134 Yes.
X 135 No. Vote No.
Authorizing city to transfer ferries
to county control: ,
X 138 Yea. Vote Yea,
137 No. .
Recognition of Greater Portland
plans:
X 138 ea. Vote Yea.
139 No.
Granting franchise to . Northwestern
Electric Company:
X 140 Yea. Vote Yea,
141 No.
Short charter:
142 Yes.
X 143 No. Vote No.
Covered in Official Commission Char
ter.
Rosa Island and Bennett Plana.
PORTLAND, Oct. 81. (To the Edi
tor.) I beg to make a plea for the
Roas Island project as relatnd to tne
Greater Portland Plans. You admonish
the voters In your cartoon of this date.
Don't forget the number." "Vote No,
103, Ross Island Bonds; Vote Yes, 138,
Greater Portland Plans,"
I beg to call you attention to the fact
that the Ross Island project Is one of
the fundamental units of the Greater
Portland plans. Mr. Bennett lays par
ticular stress on Ross Island as being
essential to the park and boulevard
extension and for a connecting link In
the traffic arteries of the East and
West Sides of the river. The acquisi
tion of Ross Island is, as is stated in
the Greater Portland Plans Publica
tion, "a unique opportunity, combined
with the river banks It will make of . this
part of the river one of the most de
lightful of places, comparable to Mar
guerite Island at Budapest or Belle
Isle in Detroit"
Personally, I believe the scheme as
outlined by Mayor Rushlight is not
only practicable, but if carried to frui
tion would be one or rortiana s great
est municipal assets.
EDGAR M. LAZAKUa.
Friends of Primary Vote for Selling:.
ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 31. (To tne trai
tor.) In a communication published in
T,a riroirnnlnn October 26. Mr. Fisher
says that he has always been a Repub
lican, tnat ne suiipurieu dcihuui jjwu,
at the primary, that because of his
rrwa ..ctii't fnp tha Offtpfin svstem he
. t J. w . . . ' -
cannot now support Mr. Bourne as an
Independent canaiaate ior tne same ui
fice. but will support Harry Lane, and
. . . v.iM ya Vi r.
aoes not unce uttur lu m.u
ould. to be consistent vote for Mr.
Selling.
From 10.000 to 15,000 Just such Re
publicans as Mr. Fisher nominate
most of the canaiaates on me nepuu
can tickets and then switch over where
they belong and vote the Democratic
ticket.
Notwithstanding the nooaoo jvir.
Fisher brings up as an excuse for vot-
r for a Democrat, ne ana nis oranu
Ti ..M1..na will lAavn that thft TT1 H
U L Il JIU Ui .Ltiii " - "
Jority understand why they register as
Republicans, in order to control the Re
publican nominations and then vote
where they belong in November, and
propose to defeat their trick by electing
the regular nominee, Mr. Selling.
A. W. THOMAS.
Swimming: by Instinct.
; Detroit Free Press. '
Is man a swimming animal by na
ture? Some people think so. usually
those who have themselves swum on
the first attempt without previous In
struction. One man remembers how,
when a boy. he swam across a wide
channel without thinking about what
he was doing, having plunged into the
water to escape from a practical joke
of one of bis companions.
SINGLE) TAX WORRIES INVESTOR
Man Saving for Fntnre Wants to Know
What to Expect If Scheme Carrlea.
PORTLAND, Oct SI. (To the Edi
tn, i r ,m a ottizon nf this city and a
taxpayer. I have been reading the vari
ous articles concerning tne mum-si-tated
"single tax," both pro and con,
also listened to a number of arguments,
speeches and discussions, both for and
against this measure, and now that it
is nearly time to cast my vote one way
or the other, I confess that I am utterly
confused and bewildered, so write to
you for advice, explaining to you Just
how I am situated.
I am a man working on a salary, out
of which I have been, by living eco
nomically, able to save some money
which I have invested in real estate,
both for safety and profit Out of my
savings I have purchased a parcel of
ground situated in this city at the in
tersection of two streets which I felt
would some day be suitable for busi
ness purposes and which I irltended im
proving for that purpose. I find now
that my Judgment was correct for busi
ness has grown up on opposite corners,
and as soon as I have tha available
money contemplate improving my prop
erty. My property, though vacant since
I bought it has increased in value, but
I expected this, otherwise I should not
have invested, as I had no money to
throw away, and I figured that after 1
have this property paid for and a suit
able building built thereon, I would
have an Income which would help sup
port and educate my family, and help
take care of me in my declining years,
when my services will probably be
worth not as much as a younger and
more active man.
I have also bought a residence lot in
a good neighborhood, where I Intend
some day to build a home for myself
and family. It may be several years
before my property is Improved, for
the simple reason that at present I have
not the money with which to improve.
I am now paying as much taxes on my
property as the surrounding land is
paying, also street improvements, which
amount to about $100 per year. I have
bonded the streets as they are improved.
vt,. h,thaf nwnn n. tract of 160 acres
nf innn nnw covered with timber. Ul-
va ovnpft tn live on that land
but before he can do so the land will
have to be cleared ana maae reaay ior
cultivation. He is working now, and
saving his money for this purpose, and
i Ann ViimaAlf with tools, ma-
tUBU ch"' -
chinery, etc., and provide a place to live
. .. - . , . T 111 .,.W
and shelter ior nis sioca.. j.l m -
ably be elgnt or ten years ueiui w no
n a . a b hla lnnd tn work it. that
before he will have been able to earn
and save enough money to put the land
In shape to farm.
Now, according to my understanding
of this single-tax measure, an i
will ultimately go oaca to tne sune au
we will lose the land we have worked
' oavArt fnr and the nreDarations I
have made to 'care for myself and my
n1 -nrll! hA inT m ITlA. H.I1U 1. tVl
hcvA mnrA tn show than some of m
co-workers, who are spenaing an mey
earn and enjoying pleasures uu
: - ...Ki nV. T am nnw rlpnvlnfiT mVSelf
In order that I may lay aside something
for a rainy aay.
Tf vnn Ann plpnr mv mind about thl
single tax, and tell me why I should or
should not vote tor tne measure, o.iv
mt.t t niir exiwrt should the measure
carry, you win greatiy oouge a
This writer has a vacant lot, suitable
fni- hnslnAss rjumoses. which has in-
rruswil In value since he purchased
ThA thoorv of the slnule-taxers is mm
the community creates sucn increase
In valiiA and that the community ought
to take it in the.form of taxes, inis is
the goal toward which they are word
ing.
Thn immediate effect of enactment o
nither atata or local measure next Tues
dav would be to increase the taxes on
vacant or unimproved property sucn as
'Confused Reader" ana nis orotner pos
sess. Whether the increase wouia oo
trrpat Anouch to make nayment of the!
tA lmoosslble and forfeiture or sac
rifice of their holdings necessary wouia
riAnAnri nn their individual resources.
Thn utrivinir. savins: homebuilder or in
vestor would be punished by single tax
as severely as the land speculator, bin
itIa tax mleht catch a few of the un
just but In doing so it would ruin many
times that number of the Just.
it wniilrl fall on both alike. If "Con
fused Reader" has a good outlook ahead
of him under present conditions, why
should he think one second about rlsk-
ina- on Axneriment the merit of whlcn
is questioned by the ablest economists
of the day?
HADLEY WANTED ROLL "PURGED."
Roosevelt Delegate Denies T. R.'a
Greed Prevented Compromise,
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 30.
(To the Editor.) Could Governor
Hadlev have accepted a nomination
for the Presidency from the Chicago
convention and gone before the people
as a candidate? He was tne iioor
leader of the Roosevelt faction of
the convention and denounced the roil
as tainted and demanded that it be
purged. Could he have accepted a
nomination from the very membership
he had denounced?
The writer attended the Chicago con
vention as a delegate, a Roosevelt
delegate if you please. Upon return
ing home he read in the Springfield
Republican, of January 24, a Taft
paper, the following: , "Mr. Taft held
an invincible position by his threat to
withdraw if compromise was proposed;
his leaders knew that he had the nerve
to do it and would stick to his word."
He also read in another of the large
New England dailies, a statement by
the editor who had attended the con
vention as a delegate In words about
as follows: "You may put it down
that there was no compromise candi
date seriously considered by the man
agers for Mr. Taft although doubtless
many talked of compromise, but with
out any authority from the managers."
The writer was privileged to attend
many of the conferences or caucuses
in the Roosevelt headquarters during
the convention and is able to vouch for
the fact that Governor Hadley reported
in one of those conferences that he had
been given to understand that there
were many who would like to support
him as a compromise candidate, but
that he had declined to consider such
a proposition at all unless the roll was
purged of delegates illegally chosen,
and of the further fact that Colonel
Roosevelt later in that same conference
stated that he would willingly stand
one side in favor of Mr. Hadley,. Mr.
Cummins, Mr. Beveridge or other pro
gressives he named, but not as the
nominee of that convention as then
constituted could he support any of
them.
Doubtless the opponents of Colonel
Roosvelt Mr. Moores for instance
will say that this was merely another
of his impulses' not intended to be
kept but there are others who do not
Join in the attempt to make it appear
that Governor Hadley could have been
the nominee but for the Colonel's in
satiate greed, and this hot because they
admire every act of! his but in the in
terest of fair play. ' T. C. ELLIOTT.
Moat Coatly Porcelain Service.
Scientific American.
At an exhibition of works of art at
present being held in St Petersburg
there, may be seen a set of porcelain
dishes which is considered the most
costly in the world. It consfsts of 36
hand-colored plates. This set has an
estimated value of 36,000 rubles ($18.
640), a single plate, therefore, being
worth 1000 rubles ($515). It Is the
property of Count Orloff-Davldoff.
Measure of a Plutocrat.
New York Sun.
Knicker Did he speak from a cart
tail?
Bocker No; from an extr tixe. ' 1
Glory That Was Greece
By Dean Collins.
Aloyslus. in his Freshman college
course.
Pens essays full of rhetoric and force.
Solving great questions, that make na
tions weep
And the gods sorrow, in a single sweep;
And "Loyslus yestereven brought
' piece.
Entitled thus: "The Glory That Was
Greece."
"Read!" said I, acquiescent, for I had
Deep rev'rence for the brain-stuff of
the lad.
Aloysius read, and if he read aright
About old Greece, her. glory and her
might
I say, if 'Loyslus' dope was on the
square.
Then Greece of old was certainly "a
bear";
From the Aegean to those borders far
Where Montenegrins now and Bulgars
are.
The Grecian tribes were all "phenoms"
for sure,
In war and art and also lit'rature.
"But this is gone," read 'Loyslus with a
tear,
"And ancient Greece is planted on her
bier.
Even as Rome, unto a like amount
From the stern hand of Fortune took
the count.
Sad are the thoughts that linger in my
dome
When thinking of the grandeur that
was Rome
A bloot-black stand, under a five-year
lease
Oh, sad to see the glory that was
Greece."
"Aloyslus,'- I remarked, "thy dope la
sad. -
Can It be Greece has gone clean to the
bad.
And sons of Macedon shine boots for
cash,
And warlike Spartans live by sllnlglng
hash?
Pause, 'Loyslus In thy literary work
And note the dotted line, where went
the Turk
Southeast like that Aloy
slus, mayhap.
The glory that was Greece is still on
tap."
Portland. October 31.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Nov. 1, 1862.
On Monday, October 25, gold was to
be thrown out of the Board of Ex
change Brokers in New York as an ar
ticle of merchandise. After that It will
probably fall to a lower price than it
has commanded for many weeks. At
Richmond it has gone up to 60 or 70
cents premium.
Chicago, Oct 24. Late Southern pa
pers confirm the Federal occupation of
Sabine City, Texas. Dispatches from
Kentucky indicate that Bragg is now
marching on Nashville.
Washington, Oct 24. General Buell
has been relieved of command of the
Union Army In Kentucky and General
Rosecrans- ordered to the position.
Washington. Oct26. The following
has been received by General Halleck
from St. Louis: Our arms are entirely
successful again in Northwestern Ar
kansas. General Schofleld, finding that
the enemy had encamped at Pea Ridge,
sent General Blunt with the first divi
sion westward and moved towards
,T .m. i . u vl. AcarVA fnrri ( . P n -
nuHLBvitie w nn mo - 'v - - .
"eral Blunt, by making a hard night
march, reacned ana attacaca mo icuc.
force at Mayville at 7 o'clock on the
morning of the 23d. The enemy was
estimated at 6000 to 7000 strong. The
engagement resulted In the total rout
of the enemy and the loss of all his ar
tillery. rHtnnatl Oct. 26. Official returns
show a Democratic majority for Su
preme Judge of 8740. The Democratic
vote has increased 35,000 over last year.
The Union or Kepuoiican voie una in
creased 28.000. The total vote of the
state has fallen off 78,000.
Mr. J. E. Vlntonwill deliver lectures
on temperance on Sunday and Monday
evenings next, in the M. E. Church of
this city.
T-nat niirht wa the coldest night we
have experienced this Fall.
Parcels Poat.
TDuinAV nr Ctrt. 30. (To the Edi
tor.) The Democrats here claim that
the Democrats have aavocatea partcio
nnatai sovinea banks for 15 or
20 years and do not give Taft or the
Republican party credit for this work.
Will you please state In what way, if
any. the Democratic party has advanced
this cause, when and how?
Tii. nnrcela nost has been advocated
in the platforms of the principal parties
for the last several Presidential cam
naiirna hut was not mentioned In any
of the platforms of 1896. The Demo-
crat have advocated the parcels poai.
Kt Tft mida it a living issue and the
Republicans passed It through the Sen
ate and sent It to the Democratic tiouse
in thn last session of Congress. Like
many other progressive measures, the
parcels post hasM'been .aavocatea oy
both Democrats and Kepuoncanw.
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