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Eastern Business Office Vcrree Conk lln New York. Brunawlck building. i-ni-caro. Steaer bulldlnir. - Ran FranclMro Office R. J- Bidwell Co. T42 Market etrret. a European Oft ire No. 3. Regent street, d. W., London. rORTIND, FIUD.W, NOV. . Ml- THE rori LAB VOTE. Figures now available on the recent election provide a number of sur prises. Growth in population, prev alence generally of fair weather on election day and. at least, a. normally interesting campaign, one would think would have combined to produce a record vote. But the National totals indicate a falling oft of several hun dred thousand from the vote of 1908. Again, only one party showed any gain in total popular vote. Wilson's total is less than was Bryan's tour years ago; the combined vote of Taft and Roosevelt is less than was the vote of Taft in 1908, and the vote for Chafln has suffered a distinct loss in four years. Only the Socialist jparty shows a gain. In analyzing the vote one must also account for more than 125,000 electors who were compelled to seek new alignments or refrain from voting. Four years ago the Socialist Labor, the Populist and the Independ ence parties had candidates in the field. The three parties combined polled. 125,797 votes. They had no electors on the ballot in the recent election. .- The popular vote cast for Debs was probably twice as great as . he re ceived in 1908, although the incom plete totals so- far fall short of doubling it. There is more than one element on which to speculate in this result. One is the fact that, while Nationally the Socialists showed great gains, they suffered reverses in sev eral localities where they had pre viously been strong. Defeat of Victor Berger, the Socialist Representative in Congress from Wisconsin, following an overthrow of the Milwaukee so cialist city administration, may be cited. In Schenectady, N. T., a So cialist Mayor and a Socialist member of the Legislature failed to secure re turn to office. Reading, Pa., also turned out of office a Socialist legis lator, and in the Massachusetts mill towns, where there was increased So cialist activity throughout the year, featured by the Lawrence strike. Debs lost about one-half of his vote of 1908. It would therefore seem that a near view of Socialism is not con ducive to growth in Socialist voting. We think, however, that the Increased vote for Debs does not clearly indi cate a corresponding conversion to Socialist doctrines. A number of fac tors may have contributed to this in crease. Some of the labor publica tions made an energetic campaign against Woodrowr Wilson. By other means or events a great many Repub licans were driven out of the party who would not support Roosevelt. Wherever one of this class was con vinced by attacks on Wilson's labor record he was left with little choice of candidates aside from Debs. We imagine, also, that a great many for mer Republicans, dissatisfied with both Taft and Roosevelt, yet respond ing to a feeling that duty required them to exercise the franchise, voted for Debs, knowing that there was no possibility of electing him. At best one can but speculate on the cause of the results given, but a general dissatisfaction with candi dates and platforms which obviously kept several hundred thousand people fmin ti. noils is corroborative evi dence that there went to the polls T-orrx-cratsc and Republicans who -- sought to voice general dissatisfac tion with everything by voting for Debs, but not caring one whit for So cialist principles. ADD TO THE LIST Or EMT.R1T1. Plans to secure for the people the benefit of the knowledge and experi- ence gained by our chief retired Na 1 tional officers have been expanded by Bryan to include not only ex-Presl-1L dents, but ex-Vice-Presidents and ex-'-7 Speakers. . He would give ex-Presidents the privilege of the floor in both Senate and House, as has often been proposed; but he would also give to ex-Vice-Presidents the privilege or the floor in the Senate and to ex Speakers the same privilege in the House. That seems wise for several reasons. Not only is it desirable that the Government have the benefit of the accumulated experience of those who have held its highest offices, but .-. the privilege of the floor may be nec " essary to enable these ex-offlcials to elucidate public policies in which they ': have had part and to answer critics face to face. By means of one of r '" those colloquies of which the Senate - is so fond, misapprehensions as to the 7- motives which prompted a President - to a certain act might be cleared up. "- In the same manner an ex-Vice-Presi-Odent or ex-Speaker might explain '. rulings which had been cited '"' as precedents by successors or ' their critics. If the acts of a Presi- dent had been subject of controversy '".during the term or his successor, h mi-rht make his defense before j , Senate or House and secure for it - the widest publicity through tne con 1 gresslonal Record and the franking ; privilege, which should De extended tn him fnr such occasions at least. ""When his public acts are under dis h in surely entitled to the . same means of getting his version of ; . them before the puDiic at -National - nAnaA oa ATA his critiCS. I Bryan proposed, when Roosevelt -' was Vice-President, that that oinciai should be ex-offlclo a member of the j Cabinet, and he has renewed the pro- 5 in mnst instances there might be no objection to this change, for the "Vice-President usually pulls in har dness with the President, but there A. may be exceptions. It is possmie mat, " if the election were thrown Into Con ?"gress. President and Vice-President would be of opposite parties. It would not only be impolitic, but it would be unjust to the President, who is primarily responsible for the con duct of the Government, to compel him to take a political opponent into his councils. The fact that we shall soon have two ex-Presidents who are in the prime of life with many years of activity before them and that we have three living ex-Vice-Presidents, one of whom. Fairbanks, is still active In public affairs, makes this subject ripe for action. CLOSING THE DOOB TO OTHERS. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Nov. S3. (To the Editor.) I notice, with regret, an ever increasing apace on the editorial page or The Oregonian allotted to readers desirous or rlvlne their views on popular topics, sucn as Th alarming increase of divorce and Its causes," "tho capital punishment DOgie. "married life In Its varied aspects and even that great bug-a-boo, bmoking in public cara" - You are to be congratulated on your for bearance and largeness of heart for passing su.h -rHUs" to print. Perhaps the bene fits to humanity will be large even o tbe adoption of laws abolishing thene evils. If so the gods be praised. Meantime the mi crobes of divorce, mlsmatlng. "'. hanging will continue to elude the steri lising serum of public protest which is the gist of the whole matter. I feel sure that pending this great up heaval there remain quite a ,ew f; readers who would prefer to ',"; able apaca devoted to your editorials cleancut. concise and logical .as they are and a large well-built a astenasket hand In which to dump these wild. rjh" vant and immaterial O"'0",1 V2i.r plague spots on the best page lnQtn"apa Our North Yakima friend is so well satisfied with The Oregonian s discussions of all matters of current and historical, philosophical and so ciological interest that he would sup press the opinions of all other per sons whatsoever. He flatters. What would be said of a newspaper that re fused to open its columns to any other view than it own of any subject or issue? What should be said? The Oregonian has a notion that any attempt to suppress discussion or divorce or capital punishment or married life or smoking in public cars would be futile. The things that interest people are the problems' of life, big and little. The things that do not interest the public, whatever they are, have no proper place in the columns of a newspaper. We beg to assure our critical friend that there is In this office a waste basket of large capacity and avail able location. It is rarely empty, though frequently emptied. That its contents are chosen with discretion Is proved by the fact that we print the gentle Jeremiad of our reproving North Yakima correspondent. STEADINESS IN DEFEAT. Senator Beveridge's remedy for our "abnormal condition" politically in the United States Is first to destroy the Republican party, and then as a matter of course the Democratic will disappear. The Senator's logic ap pears to be that no Democrat need re main on guard if there is no Repub lican party to be guarded against. t m.,t ho Admitted that a fairly good start has been made in the first great step of the Togressiv fiu- . th T?rmbllcan Darty Kmuuuc, Jvk - ' shows a surprising disinclination to If there is to be a test of staying qualities between the Republicans and seceding jrrogrea lves, there are some four million Re publicans who have already shown that they regard defeat as a calamity . ,a hnrnn with eauanlmlty and fortitude. Very likely they can face it again and even again. But how many successive defeats will the so-called Progressive party survive? THE SYMPHON'Y ORCHESTRA. x-aw Snnrtnv afternoon the Port- tonrt Rvmnhnnv Orchestra will give the third entertainment in the series of six which it has planned ror tne season. This orchestra is remarkable ATnr,. nrMti iz&t iona of its kind, lnas- much as it is the only one which has survived and given the puDiic nignr mneirni nprformances without a large endowment. The only assured support which It has nao inus iw 1 a pledge of $3000 from eighteen or t.ntv nitixAnn of Portland. For the remainder of Its funds it must rely upon the receipts from tne box 01 fice. No symphony orchestra in this or any other country can be supported permanently by the sale of seats. The one in Minneapolis has a guarantee fund of $4.000. Unless the box office produces this sum the deficit is always made up by the grantors. At St. Paul there Is a guarantee of $50,000 on the same basis. At San Francisco the orchestra enjoys a still Detter .i.un.nm Tn that aDDreciative city $50 citizens contribute $35,000 directly to the fund for Its support without any expectation of remunera tion. The time will come before a great while when the music-loving people of Portland will blush to remember the mAoo-ar smnhort which the symphony orchestra has been receiving. It is the only one in the world wnicn nas aitao nro-aniKpri and clayed a season without assured financial support. Of course this can only be done nere at a great sacrifice on the part of the musicians. They are obliged to give their time and services largely with out recompense except such as comes from the faithful performance of a public service. There is much musical culture and much fondness for good orchestral work in i-ortiano, dui uh r,.,.n!tAiv It has not hitherto been directed to the support of the local organization. It is nigniy creuuaDie to the city, of course; that a guarantee fund of $32,000 for four perform ances of a grand opera- company has been secured. But if we can contrib fA nrh anms to attract outside com panies why can we not be a little more liberal in encouraging home en terprise? Live art is always local art STIFLING THE BRYAN OPPOSITION. If Mr. Heirry will study the elec tion returns of November 5 he will doubtless be greatly surprised to learn that Woodrow Wilson and not William Jennings Bryaa was elected President of the United States. Prob ably it would be well also for Mr. Heirry to recall what he said in his previous letter, wherein he had "dif fered rrom" The Oregonian because through its Washington (D. C.) cor respondence it had set forth the situ ation as to Bryan's real or supposi tious candidacy for a Cabinet place, and had ventured to say that "Bryan would likely trouble Wilson.". It was a candid and luminous presentation of a delicate and interesting political problem., Mr. JHelrry had undertaken In his newspaper thesis to shpw that Brvan would not trouble Wilson. If any one will take the trouble to read the Heirry letter today he will discover that Mr. Heirry gives a num ber of ' reasons why Wilson will be troubled by Bryan and that they are THE MOttXTXP OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1912- some half-dozen in number, viz.: Murphy, Ryan, Belmont, Morgan, .-!., -1, sr. TTnriAT-wnnd. Mr. Heirry n would have Bryan made the chief official adviser of President wiison, despite those ominous and trouble ...a ratnT-A in nil Democratic pro cedure and policies. If President Wilson should begin nis aamiuisu tion by inviting open or secret war fare with the dominant lnnuences va namru.r9fi House, he has a singular conception of the strategic requirements of his situation.' Trm hA wiiann administration split upon the Bryan rock? Or will it prefer to stand upon ine crjau t PrmMMit Wilson must take chances of the one, or strive to per form the other. All The oregonian has sought to show in its discussion c.-An thnt President Wilson is Ul AJ.jaa. ." in a hard position. Some eminent Democratic contributors to the news- - wava hAAn Rnnoved that there (JOILIO should be any suggestion of the prob ability or possibility of Democratic in- harmony, and have pointed out mc easy road to a graveyard peace by tho nrhniA conservative ele ment of the party to walk the plank. WHY IT MORE TO LIVE. A writer of discernment and expe rience, discussing apples, points out that the cost of distribution or tne Oreeon nroduct to the markets of the world la a large factor in the situa tion: and he remarks tnai mo nAnoA nf dAlivArv for all commodi- tles adds materially to the cost of living. It is true: yet it is aiso irue. so far as Oregon apples are con AAr.At that orithmit transportation the product of our orchards would be worth little to tne producer. The nrAp-nn nnnlA cannot be sold to the customer by personal ' dellv- m , J Ae ery in box or basket, a no uaj ul complicated and elaborate marketing machinery is here; the day of primi tive salesmanship and maiviumu barter and sale is gone forever. Are a-. hAttAi off a a whole, or are we wprse off? The reply must be that we are better off. The cost of living might be greatly T.riiiArl if -art, should change our standards of living. There are a thousand ways by which economies rviotf nnw h effected. Let us abol ish the delivery wagon, the tele phone, the telegraph, tne taxicau, u theater, the barber, the bootblack, the social club, the grill, the moving picture, the parlor car, the automo bile, the fancy grocery package, the rvin. fountain and ice cream parlor, et id omne genus,, and get back to the good old days 01 our lauieia. Away with them all. ' W5 ate living too high. The cost of living must ue reduced. ThA rnet nt Hvinsr is .hieher be- cause our standards are getting high er. We can get them down if we will; but we won't. Folly, extrava gance, sensuality,' drunkenness, waste and Idleness contribute their share of the burden, to be sure; they always did. The sober man pays pan 01 hA nAnfllrv inflicted upon the drunk ard and the profligate; the Indus trious man must somenow carry mo drone and laggard; the virtuous suf fer from the transgressions of the wicked, immoral and sensuous. It was always so. But on the whole we are all a little, more f comfortable and' live eas ier and better than those who were before us. There is little about our Atninotinn nnv nf 11s would dispense with if we could, except the old, old vices and the old, old sins. SURGEONS' FEES. The perennial controversy over the n.nr,A. limit fAr flnctors" fees, and particularly surgeons fees, is raging with renewed vigor in the columns of some of our Eastern contemporaries. One physician wno nad occasion iu express himself on the witness stand said that "he always adjusted his fee to the patient's circumstances, charg ing a poor devil nothing," and ex tracting from the rich as mucn as tne tmffio would bear. We Buppose something of the same sort goes on everywhere. Doctors do a great deal of work for wnicn tney receive uu flirAotlv. while indirectly they make 'their rich patients pay for it. Very likely It works out jairiy in tne long run. The surgeons contend that AVAn when thev comrjel a wealthy sufferer to fork over ten or twenty thousand dollars for an operation it u none too much. "Compare fees of this size with those which law yers obtain," they argue plausibly enough. "A lawyer will get fifty or a hundred thousand dollars for or ganizing a corporation so skilfully that it evades tne mesnes 01 me iw and nobody finds an atom of fault, but let a surgeon perform an opera tion which saves the trust magnate's life and if he asks as much as twenty thousand dollars for It high heaven. Is rent with shrieks of protest." The doctors seem to have come to the conclusion that people of great wealth value their property vastly higher than they do their lives. For a comparatively unimportant service to their revenues they do not grum ble at huge fees, but a service which saves them from death is never worth more 'than a few hundred dollars In their estimation. Of course they talk glibly about the exceeding pre ciousness of life; but talk is cheap. ThA real tost comes when they are asked to pay for work which saves their lives. Then tney snow exactly what they think. Physicians say that they have another good reason for charging high prices to- the rich. It is their propensity to grumble. No roottpr if one asks them, no more than fifty dollars for a cure or an operation, the' charge Is scrutinized and criticised exactly the same as if it had been ten thousand. So why not make it ten thousand? As well suffer for a sheep as for a lamb. a a tho world is arranged, unless the poor obtain surgical aid for little or nothing, they must go witnout it. They are liable to the same maladies as the wealthy and much more liable to accidents, but their pockets are empty and unless charity intervenes In some form they can have no re lief. This presents a pretty problem to the surgeon. He may harden his heart and let the poor perish. If he chooses the other course and aids them in their distress where Is his own livelihood to come from? The inicAnt ia so numerous that if a man rnnnented to do so he might de1 trntA all his time to them. Almost Durcpnn does sacrifice & con siderable . proportion of his working time to operations for which he can nnvi no remuneration directly. - If he does not obtain it indirectly he will himself slip down among the in digent and his usefulness will be de stroyed. Whether he can be Justified fnr takine- what he needs with a high hand from the rich is a question, which is debatable. We cannot overlook the fact, how ever, that society has played a master part in the creation 01 every greai fortune. It has supplied the raw ma terials which tne nnanciai Beiuu used In his operations. It has supplied thA nrkmin whom he captained in his enterprises and from whose labor he made his profit. It nas suppueu the laws and institutions without which the most gifted master of finance could accomplish little. ITmrlntf rlrtriA an TTIllCh tO h I D in the n.ramtiiatinn' nf every ereat fortune that exists, Is it too much to say that society has some claims upon in Naturally the millionaire is inclined to forget the assistance he has re ceived from the world and say that his wealth 1b his own creation en ti.oi.r h,.t nn nrcsinlzRrl state has ever conceded any such claim. It Is as cer tain as anything can be that tne mn- llnnslT-A 19 hilt SL KUPrAPH Of tTUStCB fOT the public and that his rights over his possessions are only what the law chooses to concede. There is no em iriAnt loo-Hi writer in anv country who would think of questioning this prop osition. They have ail upneiu u " one form or another. Granting so m.mh thA nniv miAxtinn that remains is one of method. How shall the pub lic obtain from Its opulent irusi.ec! their proper contributions to social necessities? The law might step in and exact them. It has done so by imposing in monv omintrlps and states income and inheritance taxes, but the method .is a harsh one. It seems more natural and even more merciful to permit the contributions to come through gentler channels and the big fees which sur geons charge- their wealthier patients AAAm tn ni-nrriHA a channel Which IS at once sufficiently agreeable and "reason ably productive. When a muirasun has to pay a twenty thousand dollar fee for having his appendix removed, If he ever does,- he can comfort him self with the reflection mat 11 ne m hAino- i-nhhAii it i for an obiect unde niably good and that he has received an actual and .definite benefit in re turn, . for his contribution, tjan one aita.. oai. oo miifh fnr taxes? Who IS prepared to assert that the object for which . most taxes are exacted ie a good one? And who would pretend to say that ' he . has ever received any assignable benefit for the taxes ne nas paid? Of course he has received re-. turns in a vague and indefinite man ner, but nothing upon which he can lay his finger and say "this is mine and nobody else's." On the other hand when he loses his appendix the favor is clearly personal. It has no nebulous vagueness wnatever. So the argument appears to be all thA siriA nf the surgeons. They seem to play In the drama of social life something like Robin Hood's in the elder days of England. That worthy made it his Dusiness 10 iuu the rich and give the proceeds to the poor. The modern surgeon does not rob the rich. Far be it from us to hint at anch a thine. But he does Aff-Anf innsidorable transfer of prop erty from them from which the poor obtain a certain substantial Denent. In view of the failure of the Pro-a-taacIva nnrtv to make even a dent In the solid South, one cannot easily see how Beveridge can legitimately ciaim thnt th Progressive party is to be the. means of breaking up sectional lines in politics. Tne souo esoulu 'mm not break up until the demand for division comes from within, not from the divided North. It must come from a large section of the Southern T-iAmnnroHn nartv. not from the party which derives its entire strength from the North. Referring to the announcement of Representative Henry, of Texas, that ,a Ti-ni nnt h a candidate for Speak er against Champ Clark, Bryan says In the Commoner: But while declining to be a candidate himself, Mr. Henry expresses the sentiment of Democrats generally, when he speaks for the re-election of Champ Clark. Champ Clark has a high place in the Democratic party regardless of differences In the past, and his unanimous re-election to the office of Speaker will be met with applause from Democrats of every section of the Union. Is this meant for an olive branch? J. Pierpont Morgan has decided to give the Congressional library a val- t-i Atirtn tf fllltn?rADhS. AnV- u&uie " - body would be entirely satisfied with one autograph rrom air. morgan yiu iaI It were properly preceded by an array of figures and ciphers. This is probably the last year of - HHHnnri hv extiress com- " - panles. The parcels post will affect seriously tne minimum rate ui w cents, held by people generally to be "all profits ' "September 25, 1913." That date will be written big In history. It is the date set for the passage of the first ship through the Panama Canal. Public sugar bowls are even more dangerous than bombs, says Surgeon General Blue. Still, we prefer taking chances with the sugar bowl. Carnegie's opinion seems to be that A-t oTAotpst nleasure to amass ing a fortune is getting rid of it as an intolerable burden. Do not add to the burdens of the traffic officer. At times his mind will be in the condition that borders on lunacy. t hA mnvicted masher- were sent to the rockpile there would be less offending. A fine is too ngni pun ishment. New York is enjoying two feet of snow. The best Portland can boast just at this season is a brisk crop of roses. ' Patrick's freedom is due to per- - - . 1 ,h aA,. sistent erion, nuou uj ui"" Of guilt, despite tne veraim. Doubtless some sort of technicality will intervene to postpone the hang ings due in a tortnignt. Skirts are not to be narrower this season, wen, nuoouy imu uu pecting the impossible. Disappearance of the flax exhibit is greater mystery than that' of the Roosevelt book. Grouches .will be magnificent of proportion today among the weak of digestion. prhn the Turks have gotten their second wind and will do, better hereafter. -Anyway those changes in the Bull Moose platform are harmless now. A two-day fast will relieve this morning's indigestion, .1 THREE SQ.UARE FEET PER PATRON Irate Writer Declare He Will Initiate New Streetcar liaw. PORTLAND, Nov. 27. (To the Edi tor.) The expected has happened th ordinance srivlnfr a reduction in fare to straphangers has been de clared null and void by order of the court which decision is no doubt right and just and was perhaps foreseen by the framers of the ordinance. Be that as it may, the writer is a contributing straphanger to the extent inn nop annum und I rjroDOse to devote some part of my salary and all of my spare time oeiweeu uuw am the next election to Initiating a law that will punish by heavy fine any person or corporation that collects any fare on any vehicle on which three ..a faat nf spatinir BDace is not provided for each person carried. Such a law will say noming nuuui. taking away the franchise of the cor poration, or confiscating the rolling stock of the road; it will simply regu late the conduct 01 ail persons enjoy ing certain privileges, and protect the interest of the payee. Then if the court decides that such law Is uncon stitutional, discriminatory and confis wa will know that 5 cents is not the proper fare -to be charged for street railway transportation. Yesterday arternoon x uoaiueu. Mount Scott car at Arleta station, swung onto a strap until the car reached Grand avenue, iransierreo. w Bc.ll-Shavcr car that carried 72 passengers before crossing East Mor rison street, raneo to uoaio. iwo City Park cars on account or a plethora of human freight, finally wedged myself and sample case into a sawed-off dividend wagon mat ua.u n. cargo of 67 contributors, all more or less mentally responsible, and finally reached home one hour and 20 minutes after paying and entering. Thu ! tia iinnftmmnn occurrence: It happens to me morning, noon, night and between meals, 'ine corporation will not run a work car to carry Its track workers to and from their work. They also pay as they enter, and wedge Into overflowing cars, wipe ti,.i. nnAv ft on the clothinc of all present and utter great odors of stale beer and garlic. The whole practice is a rank Injus tice to every man, woman and child who is compelled to contribute to the income of this coterie of investors. It hA l-AA-ninted in the interest of the passenger, the man who pays the freight. It has gone too i. n n TTTM1 A XT 649 East Forty-ninth St. N. MR. BRYAN- AND HIS ENEMIES The Latter Onght to Be Ignored In the Interest of Hnrmony. wraTi isn Nov. 26. (To the Edi tor.) I reply to your editorial article of November 26, entitled "Foolish Friends of Bryan." 1 was lomewnm c.-ivnA tn nnta that T had made an Impression upon your mind in my let ter entitled "Wilson's Democratic Foes." I had reference to the reactionary ele ment found in the Democratic ranks from New York that Bryan dared to defy .at the Baltimore convention and that intended to disrupt the party, namely. Murphy, Ryan, Belmont, Morgan. I claim again this element is directly opposed to Mr. Bryan's ideas nf nrne-ressiveness. as well as many Republicans in both houses. I ask ir air. Bryan is 10 rttusm . v, onto o-nnit1r winCTS in both parties? Then I say quit advocating Government reiorms sucn as auvutum by Mr. Bryan. Let the privilege hunting .1 fa,rn-.o.a1n7 fl dfcta.te tO the 1 1.1 .ivi--sv".b people as in the past and disrupt both old parties in tne next iour yeara. t .hi. rtatwr AiimlntatrAtlnn is to recognize the Wall street bunch, and the reactionary or stanapat nepuuu- t,an in iqik th snecial interests and money trust will again get in power and enslave the people again. The Oregonian says putting aiau In the Cabinet is to invite a monu Mm Tn nnv otherwise Is to de clare that Ryan, Murphy, Parker, Bel mont, Clark ana un-aerwoou wouiu uc -i a n.l nvpr ridden." I sav yes as to the first four names. And as to the last two names tney will nave a say as elective officers have a voice, with nrvm in the Cabinet. We all know that a man cannot carry on a fight lor progressive rai " interest of the people for 18 years with out making political enemies. You asked "why overlook Clark and Under wood?" .. . n itc. TTnnAi-wnnd T will say again, for the same reason above men tioned, he Is sore at air. rsryan ue cause Bryan publicly denounced him a .n ao-n mil chartred that he was holding back revision of the steel schedule because ne naa inieresi.3 m the steel industry. As to Mr. Clark he himself would have been nominated easily had he left the disrupting element In the t( nnnvpntion. Mr Brvan had nothing against Mr. Clark. He asked him to take tne stano wiin tne pro gressives on the temporary chair- -.kin -Ha fnilAi tn rln sn because 11 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1' - 1 Murphy, Bryan, Belmont and Morgan . . . , . , , -1. t 1 , n a were Denini nim wiin ivxuipny av . .. e XrAW Vnrlr 1 ' 1 O T V Tn H 11 H IT P T S votes oi ' " J - - - guessed that Murphy was a bigger man than tsryan ana loet tnw nomnm- . i r . , 4-t.a ffrantaat ctatAamnn in the lion. -tui. um r- - " TTiti ciaipa if nnt In the world, was not to be outdone by this element at the back or Mr. tjiarK. bo to neaa on the Murphy crowd, from disrupting the Democratic convention he had a resolu tion passed which I will repeat to-wit: "As proof of our fidelity to the people hA-oh,, Anlnra niiraelvea nnnosed to the nomination of any candidate for President who is a representative or or under any obligation to J. P. Morgan, Ryan, Belmont or any other member ot the privilege-hunting and favor-seeking class." This resolution reflected on Mr. Clark, and defended the intent of the above gentlemen rrom mw iorit. . -r ll,tln BmivnAW Avict hMvMn rientts ii l nu . - - - Bryan, Underwood and Clark. I hope vour devoted prayer will bring good - . .-. . r 1 T t-IM Ill.'l 1111 ! results. unAiuurio u. jiiiih. i . SANDED STREETS AID TO AITOS Plan Iniloraed Willi Suggestion mm to Avoiding; Future meceaauy. PORTLAND, Nov. 26. (To the Ed itni. s r hate noticed with a ereat deal of interest several letters and editorials in regard to sanding the streets ror tne benefit of horses. This not only gives hnA. a fnnthnld. hut autos as well, and I believe everyone who drives a machine will welcome sucn sanainB, and pedestrians as well, who use any th.nirht nn tho matter. Not a few ac cidents have happened with machines as a result of these slippery streets, and pedestrians have been the ones to suffer. n,,t lAt'. o-At at thin from the bottom. Let the Humane Society take this mat ter up with the Council in regard to . i nnv tiitiira n&VAmAntS. Let laviiifi o j - , the Council see that asphaltio pave ments made with a "top dressing" of sand and asphalt do pronioitea in eyu .mn.Hnn ThAgA are the ones which become as smooth as glass and which cause the trouble, xnere are plenty 01 othr pavements made with a crushed rock dressing or a concrete top which do not become a sheet of Ice when wet. If we go on laying these slippery streets there will be no end to the is-. hna ir tha nroner navements are laid' in the future, the sanding will gradually be done away wmi. No doubt a great howl would go up m . nmnaniea lflvlnc this Davement, but that doesn't make traffic stick to their pavements. -K- Luai-iw An Incident In Club Life. t nnfoviilA nourler-Journal. "Disgraceful affair at the club. Cholly and Ferdy came to blows." "Nothing so very disgraceful about that" "But they allowed themselves to be held i o (. i. " j . - - . ..... ii.i a rniin a ot Deuuojo, iwiu .-. were very smaii oeuuoys t BRYAN'S VIEWS ON THE RESULTS Democratic Leader Believe Third Term Idea Has Received .nletns. The Commoner. n-V, ml .nnanlntinn that Mr Taft can draw from the result is that by sacrificing himself, he saved the coun try from a third term at least he made certain the defeat of Colonel Roosevelt. utcn-.. -Ariii .ai with him more kindly than the orators of the third party have. Even the criticism, oi tne Democrats will be softened by an ap nniati r.r v.io n.rnnni nnalities and of the great service that he has ren dered the country by oiviaing me nuKiiinn nartv Tt wits not his inten tion, of course, to divide his party, but it was tne natural result ot m j"""'"- istration. and the Nation is tne Dene- flciary. He did some good things, out mcj T-m.A ehailnveil hv hie cin Of com mission and omission. Circumstances were against him and he was out of joint with the times. He was recom mended four years ago as an impos sible charactera progressive in the West, and a "standpatter" in the East. He could not have lumuea an expectations that were excited, and by .,Amntino- a whiiA tn fnilow 2l mid dle course, he alienated both sides so that when he finally cast in nis lot with the "standpatters" he aroused no enthusiasm even among- his followers. Tne Kepuoiican party is o cA.t-ncu by its overwhelming defeat that it will it iffinnit tn rApnver. The chances are that the progressives will return and' take charge oi tne party. uu nuoi In the next campaign a pianoim m...., in u - nmnnmisA hetween the two extremes, but so far as can be seen now Mr. Taft has rounded out his political career. As an ex-President, ano man of character, he will carry to his retirement the esteem and good will of the people, and will be useful in in ternational DOlitics a growing hum honor and dignity. Colonel Roosevelt has suffered a re v..i.. T.rm ha irAoniv felt by him nunc " ' 1 - j r-u-. tha difference De- U11U lllO IIIEJIU - tween his vote eight years ago and ... . . - - J ln hl.lnrv his vote now will oe nuteu m u.aw.,. i thA situation is changed by future events, the descent from his great popularity to his present poainou will remain a meiancuoiy nv, .,,-, fiii itmisnL however, will be compelled to credit him with having performed an extraordinary ica i,i- on lam a force in so short a time. There is an inertia in every party that tends to noia tne mtuuw" i ii m.nar what the Dartv may in una, iiu - . . do. To have taken more than hair or the voting strength away from the old organization - is an unparalleled i-.- - in -Ua formation of a auiiicvoiiiciii. i.k new party, and It is the more remark able when it is rememDereu iimi i" third party candidate was nanaicappeu i.i-,ino tn a third term and still further embarrassed by some or his leading supporters. iru r. 1 nnn anihanrlhAd bv Hanna, Perkins, Munsey and Flinn to secure his nomination may nave oeen sary to enable him to make the show- i v.. aa ot thA f!hlcaeo convention, but the contribution of so large a sum by such men was a great umuc.. . . . . j.,.i.i. thA nnnrnnie-n. and nim to carry uun"& ' 1 , the prominence given to Mr. Perkins alienated a great many pivn'"'"1 who might otherwise have been drawn A V, chnivirKr TTindA bv the 11 6W AlLOl 4.11 on"4i.0 party Its members ougnt to imvo no difficulty In capturing the organisa tion of the old party, if they desire to do so, but they may prefer to wait and see what the Democrats are going j thA tiitnm of the new party as a separate organization must de pend very largely on the manner In which the Democratic party meets the responsibilities of Its new position. As for Mr. Kooseven nimsen, o.n -pends upon the attitude he now takes - j . nrnhiAma which confront towaiu. io r ' " - us. If he still aspires to a third term. he will prove a oeao weisnt m m new organisation -rather than an in spiration. In so far as human calcu lation is possible, the third term Idea seems to have received its quietus, and the chances are that before the next election the states will be ratifying an amendment to the constitution iii...l...b the President to a Bingie term, it t . i . i a Aoina his ambition and XlOOBCVOlb .. ... a -w determines to devote himself to the unselfish propagation or proKreic ii hA win annn recover what he has lost in public esteem and make himself a moral rorce in mo A man's moral force depends very . . Vi iinflAlfishness Of his largely iJ ' " " - efforts, and this rule applies to Mr. Roosevelt as well as to otners. ... -v. ..i.i. t-Atnrna show a larere II tne tuuiF'o - . v., gain in the Democratic vote it will furnish encouragement to the party has made a permanent ad- t hnwAVAr. thA victory must be credited wholly to a division in the Republican party, tne uemocranc Pu.i ty will have even more reason to be on its good behavior, for a failure to rise to the requirements of the occa sion will not only disappoint the Dem ocrats - but will reunite tno rtcpuo- llcans. TRUST REPOSED IN THE PEOPLE Mr. Lnwry Defends Primary Commis sion Plan as Tribute to votera. ONTARIO, Or., Nov. 27. (To the Editor.) Mr. J. D. Winn has "re marked some remarks" on an article of mine, and I would like to say a word in reply. He Is mistaken in clas sifying me with rejected omue numo. for I do not belong there. But I guess he belongs to the class who are con tinually prating about the intelligence, . . A nanahllitV nf thft UPOllle nonesiy -- - - and then will not truBt them to ap point a commission to bbicul a nv oi candidates for state and county offices, somewhat inconsistent, I think. If the people can be trusted to run a pri mary, why not to appoint a commis sion? . , The fact is, In the present order of thinscs, the people do not select their officers. The Officers select them selves. Here is tne way tne primmy works: Suppose It is a gubernatorial election. Tom. Dick, Harry, et al. come to the primary and say "I want to be Governor." The primary says. "Well, pay your entrance fee and we will place your name on the list or ticket." Then Tom, Dick, Harry, et al. will spend the next five or six months running all over the country trying to convince the people that the salvation of the state depends on their election. They loss their time and spend more or less money In these canvassings. When the primary Is held, the minority party will come in and help nominate the least desirable candidate, and then nominate a better man of their own who will be elected at the general election. This game has been played several times, and there is nothing to prevent Its being repeated every time. Now, how much better It would be to have the people pick their men by means of a commission of their own choosing. Then they might have good, able, honest men in office that would look well after the people's interest and be a credit to our state. You see I am going on the supposition that the people of Oregon are intelligent, honest and capable of self-government. W. P. LA WRY. Author's Book Rlsrhts. PORTLAND, Nov. 27. (To the Edi tor )iif a writer sells a story to a magazine or weekly does he still retain Jhe book rights? JTOUNG WRITER. This is a matter to adjust or regulate at the time of sale. Usually the maga zine Issues a voucher In payment "for all rights.". i s The Philosopher's Cap. . Puck. Contentment consists In the tempo rary forgetfulness of the things we would like to have next. Half a Century' Ago From The Oregonian o November SO. 1862. The dwelling House oi ur. nasw burned to the ground at Vancouver on Thursday morning. , ..r-i ...... i .1 i nro-anizinar at Co- oeu. in:v " - lumbus, Ky.. a gigantic expedition for i ' .v, iiii.inr,i it will consist uimiuUK mo .ui.-i..D--.i of 10 powerful gunboats and about 30.- 000 men, clilelly Hoops irom diana and Illinois. The Lon.lon Daily News demonstrates that the fitting out of such vessels as the Alabama is a violation of inter national andstatute laws. New York. Nov. 22. A dispatch from headquarters dated 11 o'clock last nient says Gen. Sumner had demanded the surrender of Fredericksburg. If re fused. 16 hours would be eiven for the removal of noncombatants from the city, at the end of which time the city would be shelled. The Mayor sent a reply at the dictation of Gen. Long street to the effect that the Confeder ates would dispute the Federal occu pation of the city Marshal Groom brought up several of the boiste-.-ous, noisy "boys'" denomi nated hotel runners last evening with a round turn and Recorder McCoy gave them a very appropriate lesson in the way of fines, etc.. the result of which was the getting out of license by sev eral. We have heard of a case of distress in a poor emigrant family which calls for the Immediate attention of our charitable citizens. A family of hus band, wife and two children are re ported to be sorely afflicted with the smallpox at a house about a mile out of the citv. The wife and two children are in a helpless condition with this disease and the husband is almost ex hausted in strength and means to sup ply their wants. Justice Barr has resigned the mag istracy for South Portland precinct and will shortly remove to his farm. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND STOICISM. Difference Between Mrs. Eddy'a and Romans' Teachings Dlacuaaed. PORTLAND, Nov. 26. (To the Edi tor.) In an interesting editorial today on "Good Cheer," you dwell at some length upon the methods adopted by the Roman Stoics, the primitive monks, and Epicurus in order to secure for themselves this desirable state of mind. In your further discussion of the sub ject and its relation to the teachings of Mrs. Eddy with regard to the attain ment of happiness you write: "Her rule was to treat matter and Its belongings as non-existent theoretically. In prac tice this amounts to about the same thing as the old Stole doctrine of living indifferent to material happenings, perhaps, but she gave it great vitality by making it part of a religious cult" I am glad you used the word per haps to qualify your statement of tho relation between the teachings of Christian Science and Stoicism. In truth there Is no relationship between the two systems of thought. Mrs. Eddy's writings do teach that matter is non-existent, not merely in the realm of theory, but that as a practical every day problem, the laws of matter, the temporal and the finite, may be over come and destroyed by the realization of spiritual truth and the laws of eter nal being. This, however, does not amount to or have any connection with the doctrine of the' Stoics, who tried to live Indifferent to material hap penings. ' ,i- Mrs. Eddy has discerned, with a clear vision that now and In the eternity of time there is but one God, and she has accepted the teachings of the Bible that God is Spirit, God is Love. She has faced the dilemma of explaining the existence of both good and evil by showing that evil, matter and all its accompaniments, ignorance, fear, sin and sickness are no part of God's uni verse, and therefore cannot exist, for God Is good and He Is all. In this way alone does Mrs. Eddy point the way to "good cheer." The stolid indifference of the Stoics to material conditions, while failing to recognize tnem as temporary uiiunoin ena, the withdrawal of the primitive monks from one worldly condition into another, or the vain attempt of Epicu rus and his followers to find happiness In a sense of mental poise and equi librium, without knowledge ot the vital principle and underlying cause of all life, have no attraction for the Indi vidual who has learned from the study of Mrs. Eddy's teachings that God Is only good and that as we keep our minds so filled with Truth and Love, sin, disease, and death cannot enter there. (See Christian Science Senti nel. July 7. 1906.) -si- i?aa,t ho. rAVAnlAd the secret Of happiness and pointed the way to good cheer through the discovery or that mind which was also in unrisi jeou. As we make our thoughts and our lives conform more nearly to his own we will find the vicissitudes of material experience becoming less and less and our store of good cheer becoming sci entific and permanent. The vitality of Mrs. Eddy's teaching has nnt been due to the organization of a new religious cult, but rather to the fact that by works the truth of her teachings have been proven. To the sick to the sinning, to the man with out a God. or to Mie'-ewe-'wlth an Im perfect conception of Him, Christian Science offers a scientific religion ca pable of proof. It Is this fact proven In the face of the most bitter persecu tion and resistance that has given the teachings of Mrs. Eddy such great vi tality and is causing them to be re garded more and more as the message of "Peace on earth, good will to men. PAUL S. SEEI,E. Christian Science Committee on Publication for Oregon. Measuring a lluaband. National Monthly. A certain' bride Is very much in lore with her huBband and very willing to admit it She likes to sound his praises to her mother and to her girl friends. She has a number nf original expres sions When her husband is good she says he is "chocolate cake, three layers deep." When he is very good he is "chocolate cake four layers deep,"' and so on up the scale. Occasionally, how ever, things take a turn. The briiie's mother dropped In the other' day. The bride was a trifle peevish, but her mother pretended not to notice this. "And how is John today?" was her inquiry; "chocolate four layers deep?' "0-" " "Three layers deep? "No." "Two layers deep?" "No." This with a pout. "Then what 1b he?" "Dog biscuit!" Football Hero Sella Silk. ' Boston Globe. Robert Thomas Fisher, Harvard, "IS. "Big Bob" of gridiron fame. Is at work In a Boston department store. Just now he is selling silk. Later he may be found behind another counter. The husky all-American guard la right at home behind the counter. But the cap tain of last year's Crimson has pros pects, and they are bright. It Is whis pered that he will eventually become a member of the firm. A nuaband's Happy Moment. Boston Transcript. Wife what makes you so happy? Dio that letter contain a check? Hub No. but it didn't contain a bill. Indexing Ills Sentiments. Boston Transcript. gcott Never borrow trouble. Mott I don't need to. I have a large stock on hand.