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J'ORTLAND. WEOMKDAI, NOV. 1, 1913.
WIL60X AI THE ELECTIONS.
Newspapers in general see only en
couragement for President Wilson in
the- results of the recent elections,
though his warmest adherents cannot
gainsay that Democratic success has
been due to a divided opposition. The
New York papers are generally too
absorbed in rejoicing at the overthrow
of Tammany to pay much attention
to results in other states, but the Sun
attributes Governor Fielder's election
in New Jersey "to the confidence of
lila party and doubtless of many men
of other parties in President Wilson,"
yet adds that the victory was won
with the good help of Mr. Colby and
the simon-pure Progressives."
Though an open supporter of Mr.
Walsh for Governor of Massachusetts,
the Springfield Republican admits
there were vote3 enough to beat him,
but says that under the circumstances
it was impossible to prevent his elec
tion, for "it was the simplest of prob
lems in division" It ascribes to the
Progressives a purpose only to poll
more votes than the regular Republi
cans and says "the two branches of
the old Republican: party Just about
eliminated each other."
"Outside of Massachusetts," says
the Boston. Transcript, "the returns
show that the Republican party is
gradually recuperating from its pun
ishment of last year and that the
third party la such a poor third that
lis presence in the field only promotes
Democratic victory." It ascribes the
different story in Massachusetts "in
part to the 'rule-or-ruin' Republi
cans," who deprived Mr. Gardner of
effective organization. It says "Mr.
Gardner remains the leader of his
party in tho state" and "has Just be
gun to fight." It expresses the hope
that "those who stand loyally by him
will turn their attention to the com
plete reorganization of their party."
Tho Brooklyn Eagle says the Presi
dent "qught to be pleased with this
showing," for "he knows that the re
buke of Foss is as important as the
victory of Walsh" and "he under
stands that tho close vote on the ticket
outside of the Governorship indicates
a friendlier feeling toward Democracy
than the Bay State Ts in the habit of
showing." The Eagle holds that "the
tariff bill Is in the process of being
tried out and that "the voters have
Jumped on" Mr. Foss "becausa fair
play demanded a suspension of Judg
ment." The Chicago Record-Herald finds
it "exceeding difficult to ge at the
exact significance in National politics"
of the elections. It says:
Evidently there Is a fatal division carried
over from the last campaign that is of more
importance than discussions of the tariff
or the currency, and it must have its ln
tluence on the political development of the
future.
In general it would appear at least that
the time has not yet como for a marked
revulsion from the decision of last year.
"Broadly speaking, the elections
were favorable to the Democrats,"
says the Indianapolis News, which
holds the President's greatest victory
to have been that won by the Fuslon-
ists in New York City,
Among the conclusions drawn by
the Baltimore Evening Sun are these:
That Wilson is as strong today as he was
a year aeo.
That the day of spasmodic reform is pass
ing and the people propose to have honest
and capable government nay in and day out.
That the low tariff bill is a popular one
and that even the annoyances Incident to
tn.e putting of an income tax Into operation
o not offend a people confident of the
ability and fairness of the Administration
responsible for it.
That a fair primary Is the greatest guar
antee of btg majorities on general election
day.
The? Chicago Evening Post sayst
As far as the National ' politics of the
elections Is concerned, we are glad that no
one will be able to wring from them i
rebuke to President 'Wilson.
It finds comfort for the Progres-
sives in Air. Bird's defeat of Mr. Gard
ner and in the splendid fights they
made for good government in cities.
How the Progressives aided the
cause of good government is not easy
to conceive, since by dividing the op
position they promrtted tho success of
the machine in Indianapolis and other
cities.
II ANDY AH OUT THE IIOf.SK.
There is lamentation In the news
paper world over the unhappy man
who ought to be "handy about the
house" but is not. His deficiency is held
up as a subject for tears and he ia ex.
ftorted to aspire to better things. It
Is well known that all women are full
of inventive and constructive genius.
Under the guidance of the erudite
"women's columns" in any number of
magazines they can transform a soap
box into a whatnot without much dif
ficulty and make over an old beer Jug
Into a Greek vase. ,
It is the man of the house whose
hands are helpless and his brain lm
beetle before the problems of daily
life. He cannot mend a leaky spigot
He cannot put a shelf in the pantry.
If he can drive a nail without splitting
the hoard it is more than one usually
expects of him. When his weary and
sad-faced wife begs him to mend the
broken broom handle he replies in
differently, "Oh, have -somebody do
It and Til pay for It." Whence flows
many an increment to the cost of liv
ing.
Philosophers have speculated a
great deal over the question why the
ordinary man of the house is so help,
less when it comes to using his hands,
Some say it is because he is too proud
to work. Others hold that the male
is naturally inferior to the female as
a Jack of all trades. In our opinion
his incapacity is one of the many
consequences of bad early training.
If he had beer educated in boyhood's
happy hours to use tools he would
have preserved the capacity to do so
all his days and would have been
healthier and happier for it, to say
nothing of an immensely magnified
utility a head of a family.
Why Is it, by the way, that all the
exercises in our gymnasiums are
merely ornamental? We mean in par
ticular those designed for grown men.
They are taught to frisk around in
divers more or less beautiful postures,
but who ever thinks of teaching them
to use the saw, the hammer and the
soldering Iron? There Is as much
good exercise in these employments as
in Jumping over horizontal bars and
as far as utility and pleasure go, there
is no comparison.
FRAMING A "NEW" MEXICAN I'OUCY.
For several weeks the world has
been holding its breath while Wood
row Wilson and William Jennings
Bryan have been working out a new
Mexican policy. Europe agreed to do
nothing in the meantime, for it was
strongly intimated that we would
temporize no longer. At the outset
more battleships were shoved into
Mexican ports. Naval men termed
this a naval demonstration designed
to awe Dictator Huerta. Orders went
out to United States troops to prepare
for possible eventualities. i
All the while the world at large
speculated on what was about io hap.
pen. It cam to light that Huerta's
resignation had been called for from
Washington. What would Huerta do
about it? Would he dare defy the
United States? If he did would the
United States lift the embargo on
arms or would It precipitate armed In
tervention? What form would that
"drastic action" expected of the Ad
ministration take?
At last hold your breath the new
policy has shaped itself. It has leaked
out from the White House. We are
to follow a policy of "hands off."
Ever hear of that policy before?
Huerta, the insolent wretch, has ab
solutely refused to back down. . In
stead of resigning he naively an
nounced his intention of raising an
army of 500,000 men. For what? To
attack the 10,000 Constitutionalists?
Very well. If he is going to get nasty
about It we will have nothing more to
do with him. We wash our hands of
the base creature. We shall cease to
recall the alleged fact of his existence.
Maybe he'll perish of a broken heart
under our slights. There, at least, is
a faint gleam of hope In that idea.
RUSSIAN" EMIG RATION'S EFFECTS.
Emigration from Russia to the
American hemisphere has reached
such proportions as to attract the
earnest attention of the Czar's gov
ernment, particularly as it has ex
tended to the purely Russian popula
tion. It has grown from about 40,000
a year toward the close of the last
century to an average of about 250,
000 a year during the last decade, ac
cording to the London Times". Con
trary to the general impression, the
emigrants are not mainly Jews, from
,25 to 40 "per cent of the total being
of that race. Poles, Lithuanians,
Germans and Finns come next In or
der and an exodus of . Russians has
now begun from Little Russia.
Owing to the heavy passport fees
Imposed to check emigration, the
great majority of emigrants are smug
gled across the frontier to . German
ports and furnish lucrative business
to the German steamships. Many ob
tain temporary passports to work as
harvest laborers in Germany and Den-
mark, and sail from those countries
to America. The great majority come
to North America, but many now .go
to South America, where they have
founded" settlements. Only from a
fourth to a fifth sail from Libau, the
terminus of the Russian trans-Atlantic
steamers, and it Is proposed to check
the drain to German ports by estab
lishing a line from Odessa to Rio, to
handle traffic to South America.
An increasing proportion of Rus
sian emigrants return home, and it is
now estimated at between 15 and 25
per cent. These Americanized Rus
sians with their newly acquired ideas
of liberty and progress may prove a
cause, of disquiet to their despotic
rulers. They may gradually work as
great a social transformation as has
been caused by returning Italians and
Hungarians, and ia time may bring
about political -change. The United
States by thus planting the leaven of
liberty and progress In those who so
journ with us for a few years may
work a peaceful revolution in Europe
far more effective than that which
was attempted by the military propa
gandlsts of the first French revolu
tion. FAIR BATES FOB RAILROADS.
While the award of the board whlca
arbitrated the Eastern railroad wage
dl."?pnte expressly disclaims any au
thority to consider an advance in rail
road rates as compensation for the ad
vance in wages, the whole tenor of
the decision shows that it considers
that such an advance should be made.
not only in Justice to the railroads but
in the interest of the public. The very
fact that the increased cost of living
was considered an important factor
In the award suggests that the cost
of living for railroads has also ad
vanced and that the same reasoning
which is held to Justify raising train
men's wages Justifies raising railroad
rates.
An increase- !n wages Increases cost
of operation, and the price of all ma
terials entering into construction has
advanced. Railroads must pay for
right of 'way, which in former times
would have been a gift. Growing
volume of traffic compels them to en
large terminals, for which they must
buy urban real estate at high prices,
and to double their tracks. Laws re
quiring safety devices and restricting
hours of labor impose additional ex
pense.
We are frequently told that the
stock of railroads is watered and that.
If they were capitalized at their ac
tual value, their present rates would
pay a fair return. Valuation of the
railroads is now being made by the
Government in order to determine
whether and to what degree this
statement is true, but this work will
occupy several years. In the mean
time railroads are unable to borrow
on reasonable terms the capital nec
essary for the Improvements de
scribed. In consequence, the develop
ment of our transportation system,
which is necessary in the Interest of
shippers and travelers as well as of
carriers, has not only ceased to keep
pace with the growing requirements
of the country, but has actually fallen
behind. The patrons of the roads
suffer in slow and Inefficient service
far more than the equivalent of the
5 per cent advance In rates asked by
the Eastern roads. With great pains
one transcontinental road has been
able to increase the average daily
movement of a carload of freight to
thirty-one and one-half miles. The
shipper loses by this delay. If a rival
road were able to guaranty him move
ment twice as expeditious on payment
of 5 per cent more, he would gladly
pay It.
This question concerns not only
owners and patrons of existing roads,
it concerns those who look to new
roads for development of new coun
try. It particularly concerns Oregon,
for our greatest need is railroads, and
work, on pending projects has stopped
or languishes for lack of capital. By
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the State Railroad Commission
we are amply protected against extor
tion by the railroads. It is time that
we applied to the railroads the prin
ciple of a fair day's wage for a fair
day's work which we apply to work
men. MRS. BRIGHT REDtX.
A copy of the Harbinger of Light,
which we are privileged to see lying
on our desk as we wrlte, , contains
great news. The wondering and re
joicing world Is given to understand
that "Mrs. Bright has returned.
Where from? Poor, benighted reader,
she has returned from the evergreen
shore. Mrs. Bright passed away June
21, 1913, at Melbourne, Australia, Be
tween that date and August 1 she
made several efforts to bring herself
to the attention of one medium and
another, but did not succeed. Her
signals were perhaps a little indefinite.
On one occasion she caused a clear
light to shine over a medium's head
at a seance. This, of course, was em
phatic, but a light may mean so many
different things.
Who could have supposed that it
signified the departed Mrs. Bright and
her alone of the innumerable millions
of the emigrants to Paradise? On an
other occasion she walked out of the
cabinet at a seance in full view of the
spectators. Or at any rate In as nearly
full view as the lamps permit when
they are all put out. But her face was
veiled and so she failed again to be
recognized.
These astonishing and Indeed epoch
making facts we have gleaned from
"the Harbinger of Light, a monthly
Journal devoted to psychology, occult
Ism and spiritual philosophy," which
is published In Melbourne. The Poly
nesian Continent seems to be far
ahead -of these northern regions In
spiritual knowledge and culture. Un
deterred by the failure of her previous
efforts to make herself known,. Mrs.
Bright tried again on August 1, not in
Melbourne, where familiarity had per
haps bred contempt among the medi
ums, but in Rothesay, Scotland.
Your genuine ghost is nothing If
not cosmopolitan. This time she not
only made herself recognized, but ac
tually got a chance to talk and we
must confess that she Improved her
opportunity. A long, long column of
the Harbinger of Light is filled with
her remarks. What did she say? The
usual thing and her grammar was also
usual. "Humanity needs teachers,"
she declared, "but none of us are in
dispensable. We can all be done with
out." After this penetrating revela
tion who could question that it was
Mrs. Bright herself speaking and no
body else?
ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE.
Alfred Russell Wallace, whose death
at a good old age is Just announced,
was one of the most interesting men
of his time, His biological researches
were numerous and sufficiently dis
tinguished to give him a place at the
head of evolutionary science. He also
made many excursions into other
fields. In the extremely suggestive
book published in 1903 which he en
titled "Man's Place in the Universe,"
Wallace used hl3 -comprehensive
knowledge of astronomy to prove, or
try to prove, that the earth is the
only inhabitable planet. His argument
leads him to assert that our solar
system lies at almost the precise cen
ter of the created universe, while the
earth is the only world which Is
adapted by its size and physical
features to sustain life. His conclu
sion is that our place in the universe
is unique. Indeed, he reverts to the
ancient theological position that the
whole universe was made for man.
who Is the only animate creature en
dowed with intelligence to be found
within its limits. Wallace showed in
other ways that his active and acute
intelligence contained a curious mln
gllng of medieval and modern traits.
It Is well known that he accepted
many of the most difficult tenets of
spiritualism. He believed In the ma
terialization of disembodied souls and
found it possible to put implicit faith
In many of the common tales of com
munications from the spirit world.
He has 'always been one of the fore
most "psychical researchers," but it
is' not thought that his contributions
added much to the scientific value of
the soclety'3 investigations. Credulity
of this sort was sufficiently astonishing
In a man of Wallace's scientific abil
ity. It seems to illustrate the diver
sity of gifts which the same individual
may possess . and perhaps demon
strates that there is a trace of folly
in the greatest minds.
Wallace, who was born Jn 1823
some fourteen years after Charles
Darwin, began his career as a land
surveyor. This reminds one of Her
bert Spencer, another famous pioneer
of evolution, who was an engineer In
Ms younger days and finally forsook
that calling for philosophy. Wallace
gave up surveying for the vocation of
naturalist. The study of- animal life
fascinated him, as it did Darwin, and
he pursued unremitting researches in
many remote parts of the world with
brilliant results. The fruits of his
labors were published in works whlch
gave him high standing among con
temporary men of science.
While he was carrying on his stud
ies In the East Indies Wallace was
struck by the thought that the vari
ous animal species must have arisen
from a common stock through the
process of natural selection, heredity
and the struggle for existence being
the active factors in the process. In
the tropics he had seen so much of
the intimate relations between one
species and another, protective varia
tions are so striking and the bound
aries between types are so evanescent
that no other hypothesis seemed to fit
the facts. The only surprising thing
Is that It had not occurred to other
naturalists long before. It really had
occurred to one man in precisely the
same form and that was Charles Dar
win. This great genius had been work
ing on the theory of evolution by nat
ural selection ever since his famous
voyage in the Beagle. With exemplary
patience he had been elaborating his
arguments and collecting corrobora
tive facts for more than twenty years,
but had published little or nothing
upon the subject, when he received a
letter from his friend Alfred Russell
Wallace containing a brief statement
of the evolutionary hypothesis and
asking him to present it to the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science.
Darwin's fidelity to , his friend
obliged him to comply, but he owed
something also to his own reputation.
Hence he accompanied Russell's letter
with a brief statement of what he had
done on his account. Thus the great
hypothesis cf evolution which has
transformed modern' thought and
given a new direction to every branch
of science came into the world from
two sources at the same time. The
same is true of the calculus, which
Newton and Leibnitz discovered con
temporaneously, and of many other
fundamental "human achievements.
Immediately after Russell's letter
was published Darwin set to work to
complete his work on "The Origin of
Species," which appeared in 1859. It
is almost Impossible for readers of
this generation to imagine the hubbub
which Darwin's boob; stirred up. There
was scarcely a theologian of note in
the civilized world who did not hasten
to denounce it. The Anglican bishops
were particularly heated in their at
tacks on Darwin and his theorie.
Their great argument was that evo
lution contradicted the opening chap
ters of Genesis. "If evolution is true,"
they said over and over again, "we
must give up the Bible, for the two
cannot be harmonlzed."To many ear
nest persons the thought that man
was "descended from the monkeys"
was unspeakably repugnant. Darwin's
theory was defended Just as vigorously
as It was attacked. Herbert Spencer
devoted a long life to elaborating anQ
explaining it. Huxley took the offen
sive and put the theologians to rout
on many a stricken field.
Alfred Russell Wallace came up to
the help of evolution with vast erudi
tion, and a mammoth array of scien
tific evidence. Such a struggle could
have only one termination. The evo
lutlonlsts gained a complete victory
The faith which they were supposed
to threaten has become Intelligent
enough to perceive in Darwin and
Wallace its staunch est supporters. In
his great poem, "In Memoriam," Ten
nyson beautifuly reconciled the new
thought with the old faith and noth
ing is left today of the contention but
here and there a faint echo.
The intelligent and pious modern
can see no reason why the Creator
should not have made the world by
an evolutionary process and the con
tradictions between Darwin and the
Bible have lost their substance In the
light of historical crlticlsm.
There is ululatlon In the land over
the passing of the spare room and the
decay of hospitality. People who
dwell In apartments have barely room
enough for themselves. There Is none
for their friends. So the day has gone
forever when a gay and happy house
hold welcomed the arrival of a dozen
unexpected guests and had places for
them all to sleep. But perhaps some
substitute .for the good, old hospitality
will be invented. The social instinct
ia too vital to be killed by apartment
houses, A patient, said to be "violently in
sane," has escaped from the asylum
farm and! is causing much worry to
the authorities. There is no doubt of
it, Since when has it become custom
to allow "violently insane" patients
the liberty of the farm?
French boxing authorities hold that
Jack Johnson forfeited the champion
ship by forfeiting his bond, but what
does Johnson care? He gets the pro
ceeds of his past glory and Is free to
win more foolish women who admire
brutal brawn.
Murder statistics show Italy to be a
safer country to live in than the
United States, but it would not be so
If we deported all the Black Hand
thugs to their native land.
There are great opportunities in
lumber over in the Philippines, so the
Insular Bureau announces. Yes, even
to a large chance of returning home
in a wooden overcoat.
fTama Jim" Wilson is in Washing
ton to write a book on his administra
tion of the Agricultural Department.
Will it be a history, an apology or a
vindication?
The efficacy of arbitration and the
justice in It are shown by ftie 7 per
cent increase of pay awarded to East
ern trainmen. That course beats a
strike.
VThe same old Bill" Sulzer insists
on remaining Governor so far as the
payroll is concerned. His attachment
for the payroll is truly touching.
A Republic, Wash., hotel man was
held up and robbed of $1800, it is re
ported. The small ,town hotel must be
a paying proposition.
It is entirely probable that the num
ber of undefeated elevens will be re
duced by. one-half at the Multnomah
field -next Saturday.
Insolvent corporations are held to
be immune from corporation tax. The
same fortunate rule applies to de
ceased individuals.
The cost of widening one Portland
street Is put at more than one-third
of a million- a mere bagatelle for
Portland.
Congress has set apart a whole day
for hearing from women on suffrage.
Must intend to hear only one woman.
All the while that Eastern 6torm Is
leaving ruin and death in Its wake we
are having our annual flower show.
It might be wyll to change the name
of the moral squad of the police de
partment to the gambling platoon.
Theodore is speechmaking In Bue
nos Ayres. We thought he went down
there to lose himself for a spell.
Damage to the Argentine wheat
crop strengthens the market. It's an
111 wind blows no one good.
Toung Sayre and Jessie will always
have something to hock, thanks to
Congress.
Provident shoppers, of course, have
their Christmas shopping at least half
finished.
Huerta announces that his sole a!m
Is peace. Then he's a poor marksman.
Mr. Asqulth has made It clear that
the Anglo-Saxons will stand together.
Anna Held decries bad habits among
American women. Fie, fie, Anna!
Arbitration has become a great
force lnthe industrial world.
Huerta might consult old Weyler to
advantage.
Is your Thanksgiving turkey being
fattened ?
When Mr. Hill comes to town things
happen.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
helmet. '
Topical Verse
Tenaora Mutantnr.
I remember when, not very long ago.
our youthful merry
Sports were frowned upon, when
night was coming on
When a guardian with gumption would
be scared wed get consumption
If we stayed ontdors between the
dusk and dawn :
When a boy discovered lying on the
ground was mourned as dying
Or as good as dead! .And I remem
ber when
'Tws reckoned simple suiotda to cast
a shirt or shoe aside
But times have changed a little bit
since then.
We could read of how our fathers
didn't have such pesky bothers.
How the old-time Injuns alept upon
the grass t
How Arcadian Amaryllis baver hoard
of a bacillus.
Though she lived among the lilies
lucky lass!
Endymlon might " charm us, but hla
moonlight naps would harm us.
And we couldn't sleep tn dew damp
moor or fen
For when we called attention to his
tale, our folks would mention
That times had changed an awful
lot since then.
We're returning row, you'll notice, to
the lovely Land of Lotus,
And the "night air" doesn't cause.
but cures a cough.
We defy the windy season now, for
listen, there a a reason"
Clothing cures consumption (If you
take It off!).
Our grandmothers were silly when
they warned us that a chilly
Day was rather hard on narrow-
chested men.
And we moderns hear no more of what.
perhaps, was true a score of
Years ago. You see the times have
changed since then.
Ted Robinson, in Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Homorable Mention
I'm one of those near winners who
In any competition.
Almost but do not quite squeeze
through
The gateway of ambition;
For when I try for any kind
Of prize for brain invention.
Under "Awards' my name I find.
Wins "honorable mention."
It's jnst the same whenever I,
To mend ray circumstances.
For something lucrative apply
With seemingly good chances.
Just as I think I've got a cinch
As steady as a pension,
I lose the job by half an inch
Of "honorable mention."
The same with love. The girl who
most
Aroused my heart's emotion
Had several beaux, yet I made boast
Of privileged devotion;
Yet when I felt I had obtained
Her best and sole attention.
She married Muggs, and all I gained
Was "honorable mention."
And probably 'twill be my fate
When, after earthly striving.
I come at last to heaven's gate.
To hear upon arriving:
"Although to win a dazzling crown
Was doubtless your Intention,
We find we have to hand .you down
Our 'honorable mention.' "
London Tit-Bits.
Columbus and the Areoplane,
When old Chris. CoL. some years ago,
Sailed forth across the sea
To find the way
To ln-dl-ay,
And found Amertkee,
The distant shore he did not gain
By sailing in an aeroplane.
No forty Meven miles an hour
With whirring wheels and things
To curl one's hair
And split the air
On widespread, flying wings
Did old Chris make aoross the main
He never saw an areoplane.
Three months or more he plugged
along
From Palos to the shore
Which lay beyond
The briny pond
That none had crossed .before,
And never any one in Spain
Had thought about an aeroplane.
Slow going that too slow for tis
Who hit the hurry gait
And feel that we
Must cross the sea
At once or be too latej
And yet In crossing the main,
Chris had it on the aeroplane.
What?
W. J. Lampton, in the New York
Times.
The Poet's Trouble.
(He stumbles upon a half-dozen
words that have no rimes In the lan
guage.)
The cresent moon hangs o'er the sleep
ing town.
A shred of cloud caught on her lower
cusp;
Through filmy mist her tenuous rays
come down.
And (No rime for "cusp." Have to
start again.)
Sickly the moonlight shines upon the
plain.
Dim. like a half worn-out electric
bulb;
Heaven's eyes are full of unshed tears
of rain.
And (This is a fool language, any
how.) The changing moon would fain avoid
the task
Of ushering in a sad. Autumnal
month;
She sides her face behind a cloudy
mask.
And (This is one of the delights of
being a poet)
The moon's aweary of the deeds she
doth
Weakly she shines on heaps ot dust
and culm;
And (Goodnight!)
Judge.
On Her Stoutness.
When I consider how my life la spent.
How half my days in Impotent, vain
wrath.
Are given over to massage and bath.
And diet of a Bcantiness worse than
Lent.
That I to my dressmaker may present
A hlpless shape moueled like any
lath
Is it worth while, I cry. to tread this
path.
A parcel of my plumpness to prevent?
Oh, Fashion, ban these slim and slen
der slips!
For few of us can stand their fearful
test.
',T is not enough If lines be long
and straight,
"T is not enough though we efface our
hips
And exercise continuous without
rest.
They also curve who only take off
weight. Carolyn Wells.
Animal Daicea.
You know about the turkey trot.
The monkey twist.
The bunny hug, as like as not.
Is on your list.
You know the weaBel dip. ot course,
The pigeon whig;
And that great dance, the crazy horse
The latest thing.
I love the neat gorilla flop.
The kangaroo.
The proper place to give a hop
Is at the zoo. - .-Exchange.
LARGE OWNERS HOLD SOLVTION
Men Who Control Large Land Trnctn
Can Kesulato General Frlcea.
PORTLAND, Nov. 10. (To the Ed
itor.) I have read everything that has
been published In the Portland papers
and have heard every word that has
been publicly uttered on the railway
situation during both the Harrlman and
Hill visitations. From this I have
gleaned the following facts:
That financial conditions are not
favorable for securing money for rail
road construction and too high a rate
of Interest is demanded.
That American railway securities are
In poor standing both at home end
abroad.
That these conditions are brought
about to a very great extent by liti
gation and legislation past and threat
ened. That while these conditions continue
the construction of new lines will not
be undertaken and no extensions, con
nections or new mileage will be added
except where It Is necessary to protect
the lines already in operation.
Locally, so far as Central Oregon Is
concerned, that If the start had not
already been made railroad building
there would not be undertaken while
these conditions exist.
The decision as to whether or not it
is necessary for the protection of the
existing and operating lines that the
stub of a road up the Deschutes Can
yon terminating at Bend, and one In
Malheur Canyon, reaching up to River
side, and both surely operating at a
loss, be connected across Harney and
Crook counties Is before the railroad
court and one which the officials will
undoubtedly soon decide. The settler
and investor in Central Oregon are
called upon to pay the penalty for the
mistake of the railroad companies and
of the politicians. One thing that
Judge Lovett reiterated with emphasis
was hla opinion that the large specu
lative land holdings in Oregon- were
retarding its progress.
At the Hill banquet Saturday night,
CoL C. E. S. Wood made an Impassioned
plea for cheaper land for -our prospec
tive farmer settlers, stating that every
acre of good, available agricultural
land was taken up and was held at an
unreasonable' price. He was followed
by Louis W. Hill, who Intimated some
doubt as to Wood's statement, that all
government lands were taken up, but
he also insisted upon cheaper lands
for the'settlers and colonies which hl3
company wanted to bring to Oregon.
Mr. Jas. J. Hill in bis fine- agricul
: tural address plainly stated and re
peated that $15 per acre for raw sage
brush land in Central Oregon was an
absurd price and that land speculation
and high prices were doing more to
prevent railroad building and state de
velopment than any other cause.
If this Is true, let us face the situ
ation and place the blame where it
belongs If sage-brush land which,
when cultivated, will produce 25 to 33
bushels of Turkey red wheat or a fair
yield of other grains, and alfalfa Is
not worth $15 per acre, let us insist
upon the price being reduced to the
proper amount. If the prloe being
asked for land Is not too high then
Mr. Hill and these other gentlemen are
libeling our country, and such state
ments should be stopped, for they go
out broadcast and are believed, and It
would then be plain that such claims
were made simply as an excuse for his
company in not eontlnutng the Central
Oregon transportation system.
Louis W. Hill. W. P. Davidson. H.
Corbett, Wm. Hanley. Col. C. E. S.
Wood, Drake O'Reilly and their associ
ates own or control Buch'an area of
Gentral Oregon lands that they can
regulate the price. These gentlemen
are all reasonable business men, lead
ing citizens and publicly claim to be
laborinjr for the upbuilding of Oregon.
If land prices are too high they can
offer enough of their non-productive
speculative holdings to put the price
wnere It should be
Doesn't It appear the most comic kind
of comedy for Jas. J. Hill to get up
and scold four or five hundred business
men of Portland about the price of
land tn Central Oregon? Why doesn't
he In a fatherly way take Louis out
In the barn-yard and frankly tell him
that he and his friends must get busy
and adjust Central Oregon land values.
C B. McCONNELL,
Burns, Oregon.
GOVERNMENTS REFLECT PEOPLE.
They Can Re No Rette and No Worse
Than the Governed.
PORTLAND, Nov 10. (To the Editor.)
.Hearing a man bewailing the "rot
tenness of governments," the utter fall
ure of all earthly endeavor toward hu
man happiness, set me to thinking. I
went home, sat down for an hour with
Solomon (I refer to Eccleslastes 17 to
23 verses, chapter lii). It seems that
many men are unaware of the fact that
governments are but reflections of tho
people they govern. A government
cannot be any better than the people
is governs. Tile limitations of human
nature are sufficiently plain; all should
understand this great truth without the
aid of ancient history.
It is almoBt Impossible to ever hope
for the sublime In government. The
Greeks had their chance, the Roman
had theirs, the Hebrews were governed
for awhile by very abla judges, yet
they tailed. What la the answer? Hu
man nature. In "boxcai lattrr"
After all, tnan Is Just a beast of prey
in tne lap ot isature. tls is worse than
the other beasts In some respects. I
have seen man do things that the low
er animals have never been guilty of.
For his own preservation he is com
pelled to pass great Volumes of laws
to bold him In restraint.
GEORGE II. SANDS.
Flrat Antl-Sltivcrr Meeting.
PORTLAND. Nov. 10 (To the Edi
tor.) Flease publish the names of the
39 men In the first anti-slavery con
vocation held at Albanv. Or.. Juna 27.
1S55. Z understand the names appear
in ins uregonian July. 7 of that year,
E, B. W.
in the Weekly Oregontan, July 7,
18S5, appears the following! article
with regard to ths stand taken against
slavery in the Territory of Oregon.
PREH SOIL CONVENTION.
Pursuant- to call, gentlemen from
different portions of Oregon Territory
assembled in the Courthouse In Al
bany, Linn County, on Wednesday, June
27, 1S55, and organized by calling B. K.
Whitsen. Esq. to the chair and appoint
ing W, C. JohnBon secretary,
The chairman explained the object
of the meeting to be to take undei
consideration the proper oourse to be
pursued by those in Oregon who are
opposed to the" extension of slavery.
As this was the first anti-slavery
meeting ever held In the Territory of
Oregon, It Was proposed and carried
by acclamation that a list of the names
of those desiring to be known as mem
bers of this convention be takon and
preserved for future reference Where
upon the following named gentlemen
came forward and recorded their
names, to wit:
Origen Thomson, H. H. Hlcklln, T. S.
Kendall. John R. McClure. WUUaui T.
Baxter, Wilson Blain, John McCoy, Sam
uel Hyde W. L. Coon. William Marks,
W. C Hlcklin, H. F. McCully. David
Irwin, John Smith, Isaac Pest, J. W.
Stewart, G. W. Lambert, J. B. Forsyth,
J. M. McCall, John Conner, Thomas
Cannon, B. F. Whltson, W. C. Johnson,
Hezeklah - Johnson. J. T. Craig, D. C.
Hackley, S. R. McLelland, Robert A.
Buck. Samuel Bell, J. P. Tate, U. H.
Dunning, Alfred Wheeler, Samuel Col
ver, D. H. Bod Inn, W. C. Garwood. D.
Beach. Charles Ferry. J. F. Thompson,
Milton B. Starr.
Twenty-five Year Ago
From The Oregonian of Nov. 12. ISSb.
Olympia. Nov. 11. Tne Republican
demonstration last night was the lar
gest ever witnessed in this city. Co
lumbia Hall was crowded to suffoca
tion. Hon. J. C. Horn presided and
brief addresses were made by General
Milroy, the war eagle of Indiana; Hen.
N. S. Porter, Judge M. A. Hoot, Hon.
F. H. Cavanaugh, General Oarretaon,
of Tacorna, and others.
Salem, Or., Nov. 11. Ex-Governor
W. W. Thayer, judse of the Supreme
Court of Oregon, and his estimable wife
returned this evening from Portland
and Celebrated the thirty-sixth anni
versary of their marriage.
Fulton Park Drawing. The drawing
of pool lots in this most valuable addi
tion will take place at the Mechanics'
Pavilion on Thursday.
Mrs. H. Anderson, of 47 North Sev
enth street, was on her way home from
shopping a few evening since when it
young man grabbed at her purse. She
dropped her bundles and gave him a
side swipe on the face that made him
dizzy. lie ran down tho streets as
fast as he could.
Oregon apples are In great demand
in China. H. E. Battin & Co. recently
shipped 400 boxes to Vancouver, B. C.
where they were reshipped to China.
Anna Frischkorn, the 15-year-old
daughter of August Frischkorn, living
at 110 Washington street, was taken
down with smallpox yesterday.
London, Nov. 10. A meeting ad
dressed by W. E. Gladstone at Wolver
hampton tonight was broken up by
a mob.
The North Paciflo Terminal Company
proposes to cover North Front street
with jrravel.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oreeonian of Nov, 1, 18S3.
John Galbraith. recently arrived at
Lewiston from Beaverhead by way of
Spokane, reports seeing two old Salmon
River miners, who had Just returned
from the Saskatchewan diggings.
At a meeting of citizens of Oregon
City the committee reported that Dan
iel Harvey asked $100,000 for his Ore
gon City claim, which it considered ex
orbitant, and recommended that a com
pany be organized to bring water from
some point above Harvey's claim, that
an immense waterpower now lying ldla
and worthless may be made available.
The recommendations were adopted and
the following standing committee was
appointed: A. Warner, J. R. Ralston,
Hiram Straight, J. H. Moore, W. C. De
ment, Thomas Charman, Septimus
Huelat.
Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne has been In
duced to appear thts evening in
"East Lynne."
Common Council. The contract for
lighting the streets with coal oil was
thrown up and the president authorized
to contract with the Gas Company for
12 months at their bid $6 per lamp, be
ing $2 less than the old contract.
Wells, Fargo & Co. brought down on
the Hunt last night 300 pounds of dust.
One hundred and ten passengers came
on the boat.
Those loyal men who desire to en
list In the service of their country can
do so by calling upon Sorgeant Gar
rett, corner of Front and Ash streets.
Mr. Newburg, who, It was feared, had
been murdered In the mountains sev
eral weeks since, has turned up all
right at Lewiston.
Does Free Wool Benefit Vat
ONTARIO. Or., Nov. 7. (To tho
Editor.) To settle a controversy do
you think free wool will benefit 75 per
cent of the people of the United States?
A READER.
We cannot bus that It will. It will
practically destroy the wool-growing
Industry, but the benefit to the con
sumers in reduced cost of woolen
gooda will bo Blight, If any. We be
lieve that the destruction of a great
Industry, will Injure every other In
dustry, therefore the whole population,
far more than the reduction In cost of
woolen goods will benefit the people.
Tho country gains more by Imposing a
protective duty. Just sufficient to en
able the Industry to live at a fair
profit, than by throwing wide the gates
to competition from abroad. Free
wool benefits the woolen manufacturer,
but it benefits the consumer of hla
product to only a alight degree.
A Real Wonder Cornea to Town.
Youtigstown (O.) Telegram.
Marjorla came running Into the
house with a. "measuring worm" on a
leaf.
"Look what I found on the pear
tree," she said to her mother.
The mother looked and Bra lied.
"It's Just a little worm," she said.
"But Walt a minute," the youngster
Insisted, "and you'll see him take a
tuck In himself."
An Author In the Country.
Atlanta Constitution.
"The lust man that came by askln'
for work," said the farmer, "was one
o' them wrltln' chaps." "Did he say he
was?" "He didn't need to; I knowed
It without tellln', fer he looked as lone
some as a sheddln' owl aettln' on a
graveyard gate post, an' as hungry as
a possum up a almmon tree that had
Jes been hit by llghtnln'r
Mailing nia Wife's Letter.
Judge.
Mrs. Peck John Henry, did you mall
that letter? J. Henry You, my dear.
I er held it in my hand all the way
to the mailbox. I didn't even put it
In my pocket. I remember distinctly,
because Mrs. Peck That will do,
John Henry. I gave you no letter to
mail.
t
An Experiment
If you have never personally ex
perienced the benefit of newspaper
advertising try this experiment to
day. Read carefutfy through the ad
vertising columns of The Oregonian.
There you will see attractively pic
tured or described the very latust
fashions In wearing apparel for
Fall and Winter. Among these you
will surely find at least onu thing
you need. The best shops tn the
city have a message for you and
you will be surprlstxi how well pre
pared you are to make an intelligent
selection after reading the day's
advertisements.
Then when your shopping ts over,
note with what satisfaction your
purchase was made. Retailers who
advertise are progressive and alert
so that you not only receive
merchandise of finest quality and
latest style, but you also experi
ence store service, polite, intelli
gent salespeople and a shopping
satisfaction that Is perhaps new to
you.
Advertisers in The Oregonian have
a high standard of service as well
of merchandise. Adv.